Jfckota County Herald
DAKOTA COT, VKB.
JOHN H. KEAM, ... PaMlaber
Tore makes many a
elastic enough for two.
aiiir.ll Income
land np I President Castro of Ten-
W canary birds couldn't tint, they'd
bar to hustle their own hemp aecd.
Some pessimist Una started the re-
Krt - that woiuen'a hata are to lie
rger.
It cost a Chicago woman $2,4W to
I earn that a baby eorrluge la not a good
lavbiga bank. v
Boston advertises a bakery with a
tho'isand windows. This la one wajr to
get light bread.
Recent reiwts from various sections
of the country appear to completely
disprove the theory that the world Is
drying up.
The eastern man who ate fifty oar
f corn at one sitting should now show
the world what he can do with break
fast food.
It Wilt coat (200,000,000, according
to a recent estimate, to tame tho Mis
sissippi River. Hut a thoroughly tamed
Mississippi would lie worth It.
A New Jersey Judge baa decided that
a man may swear la his own home. Rut
!, real gentleman will go out behind
he coal shed and do bio swearing.
Apenkuig of the eternnl fitness of
things, Boston policeman who was
knocked senseless- with a Jug revived
In time U put his assailant In another.
Our Mexican ambassador was run
over by a bicycle. That showa the dan
ger of going to a placo where the vehi
cle of a dead civilization are sUli In
Me.
"It h now asserted that Elinor
Slyn'a second toe la longer than her
rat," says the Washington Post Still,
the report may turn out to be an un
founded rumor.
Marriage In England Is decreasing,
and the suggestion has been made that
the young men are afraid, If tboy
apread the matrimonial net, they may
catch a suffragette.
Not only Is a President to be chosen
this fall, but thirty-three States elect
Governors. Experience has shown tho
wisdom of concentrating elections and
lection excitement as much as possl
ble. A physician says that only a mono
maniac can think of ono subject contln
Jlously for five minutes. And yet any
body can recall a politician who never
thought of anything but an ofllce since
he has been old enough to vote.
Every time anyone Is drowned In one
of the inland lakes the death is pro
claimed as a "mystery." Considering
the vast number of persons who. know
tog nothing of boating or swimming,
nevertheless venture upon the water,
the real "mystery" Is that more do not
die. . -
Edelweiss, "the fatal bloom," has al
most disappeared from tho Mont Blunc
range lu Switzerland, and an Irish no
bleman who Is an expert mountain
climber Is now engaged for the second
Summer In planting the flower at the
Ighcst altitudes he can reach. The
self-imposed tusk, although It evinces n
pleasing sentiment, does nobody nny
particular good, if Influential men of
leisure would apply their enthusiasm
to the work of reforesting barrou
places at home, there would be a dif
ferent story to tell.
- Change will come slowly under our
American system of dividing States,
Cities and towns and having no general
police, but It la Idle to suppose that a
country with no rural police, nnd only
common courtesy uniting Its city po
lice, can keep huraau life ns safe or
track murderers as surely r.s the eu
teloplng dragnet an English or Euro
pean police can spread over an entire
Country. Our States need on efficient
rural police. In constant service, patrol
log the roads. Closer relations between
the police nnd our cities must come If
trlme Is to bo successfully suppressed.
Are foreign-born American citizens
aiore patriotic than the native-born?
An ex-Mayor of Detroit thinks that
some of them, at b ast, are. In speak
ing of the matter to a friend recently,
he recalled a visit from a delegation
Of Poles a few days before lee. 14,
Ih'JU. They nsked what program the
city had arranged for tho day. The
Mayor told them that ho had heard
of none, and nsked why they supposed
there would be nny. "Why," said the
pokesman, "have you forgotten Hint It
Is the centennlnl of tho death of Wash
ington?" The Mayor had forgotten,
but he nt tended the meeting which the
Poles themselves held, nnd listened to
n Intelligent fid deeply reverential
tddrcxs on the life of Washington.
ins roller prevails unioug many
Amerlcaus familiar with economic tun
dltlons lu the West Indian dependou
cles of KurojK that ultimately all of
them will be forced into political union
with tho United States, it may In
many years before the flags of old
world powers cease to flout over these
Islands, or before Kuropeau govern
niouts voluntarily abandon them bo-
cauae they are an uneudurrble burden.
no longer valuable for commercial or
military reasons. It 1 not prudent to
forecast the drift of public sentiment
In the United States if the annexation
of Eurojie s dependencies In this hem
Ispbere ever becomes a practical Issue,
Perhaps Americans of future genera
turns liny conclude that It will he
sound jmllcy to withdraw our flag from
the Philippines and to bring Into polit
leal union with the United States all
of those dependencies on this hem
Upbere which European power ma
desire to eed to ni Cut tula gueetlom.
max lot Uii practical shape In this
generation.
The American Bar Association, In
drafting Its code of ethics at 8eattlo
recently, formulated very clearly mlps
of conduct which have long seemed Im
perative to the layman as well as to
the leaders of the bar. Tho movement
to correct certain abuses which nave
too often hampered or delayed the
course of Justice Is timely, and an eva
sive altltudo would have dens much
to lessen the esteem In which the un
offending members of the profeslson
are held. The new canons do not strike
merely at tho shysters snd the trick
sters, whoso Influence, however nox
ious, has never been a serious menace
to the prestige of the bar, but deals
In a comprehensive wsy with those vio
lations of the spirit of Justice which
are masked behind legal usage. Tew
members of the community are called
upon to occupy positions of such trust
as the lawyer, and it Is particularly
needful that the younger member of
the profession should tie made to ap
preciate their responsibility In this re
gard. One of the articles In the code
makes It morally obligatory upon coun
sel to expose any case of corrupt, dis
honest conduct in their owti profession
which comes to their notice. Lawyers
In the past, while reudy to condemn In
private corrupt practices, have rarely
shown any eagerness to prefer such
charges or to assist In conducting a
prosecution. Another frequent abuse
of Justice which Is sharply criticised
Is the practice of bringing actions at
law which liavo no validity In fact, but
which are Intended merely to harass
or Injure the opposite party. In sum
ming up the duty of the lawyer toward
his client and the community the code
covers most of the points comprehen
sively when H says that he should
strive to mnfto his conduct square with
the moral as well as the statute law:
"No. ilent, corporate or Individual,
however powerful, nor any causo, civil
or political, however Important, Is enti
tled to receive, nor should any lawyer
render, any service or ndvlce Involving
disloyalty to the luw, whose ministers
we are, or disrespect of the Judicial
ofllce, which we are bound to uphold, or
corruption of nny person or persons ex
ercising a public ofllce or private trust,
or deception or betrayal of the public."
Ono of the most Important actions of
the convention was tho passage of a
resolution calling upon Congress and the
various Stulcs to formulate legislation
restricting appeals In both civil and
criminal actions to Instances where
actual prejudice Is shown. The right
of appeal has been used so offensively
of recent yenrs, particularly by large
corporations, to defeat the ends of Jus
tice, and cases have been tried so
often upon minute technicalities rath
er than upon their merits that the pub
lic patience has become exhausted. The
outcome of the association's labors will
certainly bo watched with the liveliest
Interest by tho whole people.
A GREAT WRESTLER.
in
Eaeonnter with the t'aar
ail
111a Ig-aabla ltawal.
One of tho stories of Peter tho Great
which are current at the court of St.
Petersburg Is of the great Czar's wres
tling match with' a young dragoon.
Ooce In the Imperial palocc so tho
story goes Peter was nt table with
a great many princes and noblemen,
snd soldiers were posted within the
hall. The Czar was In n Joyous mood,
and, rising, called out to the company :
"Listen, princes and boyarsl Is thero
among you one who will wrestle with
tho Csar?" There was uo reply, and
the Czar repented the challenge.
No prince or nobleman dared to wres
tle with his sovereign. Hut all at once
a young dragoon stepped out from the
ranks of tho soldiers on guard. "Lis
ten, orthodox Cr.ar," be said. "I will
wrestle with thee."
"Well, young dragoon," said Peter, "I
will wrestle with thee, but on these
conditions: If thou throwest me, I
will pardon thee, but If thou art
thrown thou shalt bo beheaded. Wilt
thou wrestle ou these conditions?"
"I will, great Czar," said the soldier.
They closed, nnd presently the soldier
with his left arm threw the Czar and
with his right he preveuted him from
falling to the ground. The sovereign
was clearly beaten. The Czar offered
tho soldier whatever reward he should
claim, and ho Ignobly claimed tbo priv
ilege of drinking free as Ion? as he
lived lu all the Inns belonglug to the
crown. What became of him history
does not say.
Hclatcd.
Persons prosaically coucerned with
tho present perhaps lack sympathy
with those genealogists whose souls are
obsessed with a worship of ancestry.
A number of these uuregenerates found
amusement In the remarks of two club
women with a long lino of forefathers.
Tho two women were cousins. They
were discussing a new acquaintance.
"lty tbo way," said one, "what did
Mr. ISlauk mean by saying he la re
lated to us? How Is he related to us?
is It u near relationship?"
"Oh, yes," answered the other In
deadly seriousness; "we are both de
scended from tho Plautageuets."
Several heathen near by actually
snickered, but tbo daughters of the
Plimtagonets couldn't see anything to
Jaugh nt. New York Times.
Una of Thrt-s,
"ltelng twins" Is Ilia amliltioii f
many u lively boy. ltelng triplets Is
usually a step tieyond bis Intellect. The
complications are too numerous. .One
of the most serious Is suu' sled by this
talc from the Washington star:
"So you are engaged." a man said to
my friend, "to one of (lie beautiful
Vronsky triplets, eh?"
"Yes," my friend replied,
"Hut bow can you tell them apart?"
tho man asked.
"I don't try," suld my friend.
Kvory time a man looks at a time
table, a suspicious wife wonders what
woman la going to run off with hi in.
It is a good thing women dou't
swear: They bavo so many things
that would make them do It.
Some men's affair uie always in 4
critical conditlou.
iter llavo Ti.vh r. I.etlln Part
In IIc.-.'iW tie olfillon.
tVoiiicn have t ;'cn a great, though
r!le-.!t, part in th" Turkish l evolution
which has exacted n constitution from
t lie .Sultan. 'I he most -remarkable" of
he Turkish icvolutlonalres Is the Coun
eps do Itohoxlnska, daughter of the late
Nonry Boy, former under secretary of
state for foreign affairs In Turkey,
iho, lather than bear the oppression of
boreni life, earn pod to Paris and mar
ried a Polish count. She has since
thrown her mini Into the work of lib
trty for her country women. The rev
olution In Turkey Is nfjght for advanc
ed Ideas snd higher Ideals.
The marriage laws of Turkey ore
such that women are not held on n high
plane. Monogamy Is gaining ground
nnd has lieeu for some time, but the
harems still hold a lending place and
the Turkish gentleman Is not credited
with having a home until he has mar
ried two or more women, usually his
Slaves. The expense of marrying a
f3 Vr Ft
THE COUNTESS IIB BOUOZIRSKA.
n omnn of rank owing to numerous wed
liug festivities nnd presents Is enough
to make" the fondest hesrt waver. The
marriage of a slave costs only the pur
chase money for the-woman and for all
that nlie may be a high-born lady. The
dreaded specter of a mother-in-law nev
er troubles the Turk who has married
tt slave, but with all that he has his
troubles with his many wives nnd they
nro never hnppy unless they adopt the
oriental fatalism which leuds thoin to
believe that they have only one life to
live and It matters little bow It Is spent.
It Is rumored that there exists an
unpublished novel by George Meredith,
which, according to present arrange
ments, will not be issued fur some
years after the author's dcatlv- It is
a colncldenco that Count Tolstoy has
lutcly finished a novel to which ho has
attached the same conditions of posthu
mous publication.
"A good cry" has come to bo laugh
ed at ns a weakness of the mid-Victorian
woman, especially those repro
duced by the novelists of Hie time.
Now an eminent French sisjclalist has
written a treatise In which he says
that a copious flow of tears saves many
on attack of nerves, and doubtless if
tho women of to-day indulged in the
old-fashloued "good cry" they would
not suffer so much from depression and
would have less need of other anodynes
for their troubles. This French doctor
also says that we do our nerves and
brains a great deal of good when we
open wide the floodgates.
In 'The Passerby In London," pub
lished by tho Bcribncrs, W. S. Campbell
has written an account of many of the
attractive and yet little known "sights"
of London. He calls the book "n tribute
to Wrtn, Gibbons and John Stow, with
some romance and history of Uie Old
, uitr," ana it is illustrated with more
tbnn 120 photographs, Including all the
spires and towers of Wren's city
churches. Ho has chapters on "Old
I-ondon," "Wren," "Grinllng Gibbons
and his work," "Some ancient door
ways," "The Hidden statuary und carv
Ings of London," ond "Nooks and cor
ners." The book Is a guide to people
who are fond of London, and who
know, or who .want to know, tho true
city.
Everyone knows the heart-breaking
Industry with which Flaubert polished
his style, making a martyr of himself
through agonizing purusit of le mot
Juste. M. Antoine Albnlat, lu a hook
on "Ias irnvnd due Styie." which Is
quoted In the Manchester (iuardlan,
thus describes the novel Ists's method of
composition: lie would correct a a page
until It wus illegible, then transcribe It
for further correction, nnd this would
go en for four, six, or even eight times
before the manuscript was handed to
tho amanuensis. Moreover, the fair
copy of the ninauuensla was only
passed on to the printer after being
covered with alterations nd erasures.
Naturally such methods are not con
ducive to sjmh.v protTn-Uon, and
throughout tiiei oonesiiondVe there are
Intimations of the slowness at which
Flaubert conioed. At one time bo pri
duccs two pages a week, at Hiiotlier It
is twenty five In six weeks, again tvxen
ly-seven iu two mouths, a im! on,- b,.
softly "chortles" to himself uvcr lifii-cn
lagca done In six weeks
Ship that Will Not Turn TurUr.
How to prevent slibw from "turning
turtle" as the result 0!' a blow either
by ram, torpedo, shot or isdllsion Mr
fornting the under water part of her
hull has for ten years past closely en
gaged the attention of (ieneral li M
(loulacff, u member of the Institute of,
Naval Architects, who recently lu I.011
don detailed u plan whereby ships
could U' reudcrcd both unslnknble and
lincapsizuble.
In the (ioulaelT syvtcm of construc
tion, which comprises some modi ilea-
Hon of the form and proportion of
vessels, tbo Inventor has endeavored to
protect the ship against torpedoes by
the Internal system of construct!'! of
the hull. lie has attained this pur
pose by making vessels much broader
than they. have been or are nt present,
leaving their length the same or mak
ing them even somewhat longer. The
form of construction provdes treble
broad longitudinal cellular ''side corri
dors, which are rendered possible iff
the Increased breadth of the vqasrt,
and are Intended to reduce to a nil'il
mum the quantity of water that ir-ay
enter the ship through Injuries or
ipeiring made In her under water
skins, Technical World Magazine.
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOGQ
j SECBETARY TAFT'S CHAIR. 8
WXQOOCOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOC
When Secretary Taft made his trip
to the East Inst year, the American
consul at Hongkong gave orders to a
Chinese builder of sedan chairs to make
one for the proper and dignified con
veyance of the Secretary while he
should be in Hongkong. He took pains
to impress upon the man the fact that
Mr. Taft Is unusually heavy, and that
the chair must therefore be of uncom
mon strength. The New York Sun,
hearing' of the existence of the amus
ing contract, asked for a copy of it
The consul, after having ascertained
that the State Department had no ob
jection to his making it public, sent a
copy to the Sun, which recently print
ed It. Translated. It reads as follows:
Hongkong, Oct. 7, 1!K7.
I, the undersigned, Yu Wo, of 15 B,
Wellinirtoii street, agree to make n
sedan chair for the Amerjcau consul
general In the city of Hongkong, as the
red-haired people style It, or "Fragrant
Streams" In tbo vernacular.
This chair Is to be used to carry the
American giant, the Hon. William II.
Taft. The said Taft being one of the
most conspicuous ornaments of .the
American Wal Wu Pu (imperial cabi
net), it will obviously discredit his na
tion If the chair should disintegrates iu
Queen's Bond, or iu front of the gov
ernment house. Such things have hap
pened. To avert International compli
cations of this sort, I, Yu Wo, nssert
my skill us a chalrmakcr.
It shall be re-enforced at all weak
points. Tho cross-bars over the shoul
ders of the coolies shall bo strengthened
with metal. The shafts shall be of
double diameter. The body Itself shall
be of eventful width, nnd adhere to
the shafts not merely by the traditional
bonds, but by ropes. Bed cloth shall
adorn the seat of tho chair, and gleam
ing brass look defiantly out on the ad
miring bystanders to n point that, un
consciously,, fokls, nmalis nnd dealers
In rice, firecrackers and Jade shall say,
Certainly this nation of the open door,
that has bo long befriended the middle
kingdom, Is a great power !" Borne by
six coolies, the spectacle shall long
linger in the Oriental mind.
Tho consul general may have the use
of this chair October 11 and 12, 1907,
after which the chair belongs to me,
with the explicit understanding that If
ex-President Cleveland, also reported to
be of heroic size, tours the world, the ,
consul general shall direct his steps to j
iny shop. 1
My prlco Is to bo five dollars, but
there Is to be no charge against the
consul for the making or use of tho
chair If It breaks or humiliates while
In use of the said American giant.-
With such precautions I do safeguard
the dignity of n friendly power, and
contribute an honest ehalrmaker's part '
In preserving the peace of tho far East.
(Signed) YU WO.
OWES FORTUNE TO PRESIDENT.
Girl Sent to Klch Relative by Fath
er Who Aaked Ilooaevelt'a Advice.
Peach alley, a narrow, squalid little
thoroughfare tn tho hill district home
of the poorer Russians, Is beside Itself
with Joy to-night, says a Pittsburg dis
patch to the New York Herald. lie
cause he took the written ndvlce of
President Roosevelt and permitted n
wealthy relative in Memphis, Tenn., to
take charge of his little motherless
daughter Bosle, Ilaimcu Shemer, a pov
erty stricken tobacco "buncher" In a
cigar factory here, living In Peach al
ley, Is happy to-diiy In the knowledge
that his daughter, who Is 8 years old,
has inherited $50,000..
Shelller had to pass the hat lu reach
alley this evening to raise the price of
a ticket to Memphis to get his little
daughter and her money.
Some years 'ago tho young wife of
Shelller died, and when Mrs. Margaret
Schaeffer, the Tennessee relative re
ferred to, offered to take tho child to
her southern home and educate her, the
father hesitated between love and duty.
Iu his perplexity he wrote to President
Roosevelt, explaining the circumstances
nnd msklng what he should do. Ill' re
ceived a reply f'-om Mr. Roosevelt ad
vising him to penult the child to go un
til he could see his way to take care
of her himself.
While at work this afternoon In the
tobacco factory Shelller was nppronch
ed by a detective sent by Chief Mo
(lougli, who had been asked by the
Memphis authorities tn trace him and
tell him that his relative, Mrs. Schaef
fer, had died, leaving bis daughter
Rosic her fortune, which Is estimated
at $:.,( hi. Shelller insisted 011 finish
ing his day's work and was fearful that
he illicit lose Ida Job If he went to
Memphis, but ou telng assured that the
lather of such an hrlress would always
find a Jul) there. If he wanted to work,
be decided to start South.
"lie is a great and gmul President,
that Mr. Roosevelt - a good man and
we will all vote for him lu Peach alley,"
said Shelller this 1 -veiling.
You will observe that the man who
talks a food deal nho'jt "the rights of
free speivh," doesn't take Advantage
of It In passing out compliments.
When we remeniVr how hrao!y n
wouiuii has her teeth pulled, and low
a man yells, we nomctiiiU's think that
palu hurts 11 mnii worn thin v
woman.
WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH DOCTORS t
Br H. Edwla Lewis, it. D.
For the past five years the dominant fea
tures of modern aiedlclne have been doubt,
pessimism and Intolerance. With tactless
seal the medical profession has done Its laun
dry work In the full gaze of an cver-crltlcal
and not over-friendly public.
Quarrels with our tools and with each
otber have been tho erder of the day. Criti
cism, susplciou and accusation have been
if
rife, and on every hand have sprung up commercial tend
encies that have lowered the dignity and efficiency of our
profession. The thirst for money, power and position
has possessed' us, and under the spell of these danger
ous Intoxicants too many of us have lost sight of the
true nature and obligations of our calling.
With a stupidity that Is incomprehensible we havo
rushed to sit at the feet of every new prophet, no mat
ter how qiHStionnblc his teaching, and have foolishly
forsaken the time-proved logic of rto old. Thus, In many
Instances, established facts have been discarded for phan
tom theories though temporarily, let na hope. The wor
ship of the laboratory fetish has caused ua to sadly neg
lect clinical and bedsldo observation.
COSTLINESS OF NATION'S WAR
By V.
At the close of the civil war we owed
about $3,000,000,000. In the twenty-five or
thirty years following that we paid two
tblrds of that debt. Since then, although
during the last ten years we have bad un
exampled prospprlty, we hve not paid a
dollar, and we owe to-day, us we did at the
end of the Spanish war, $3,000,000,000. '
During the past ten yftirs the appropria
tions for our army and navy (exclusive of pensions) have
aggregated $ 1,020,000,000, an excess over the prior ten
years of $1,119,000,000. Tbls is why we have not paid
the national debt. Is this nation any better off, with its
magnificent fleet of Ironclads and Its larger army, than
It would have been If it had paid its national debt and
stood to-day as the one great nation on the face of the
earth not owing a dollar?
The surplus excess of our military and naval cxpcndl
tro for the last ten years would have reclaimed every
arid acre within the limits of 1hls couutry, and would
have given us magnificent canalc, stretching from the
North to the South. Every school in the country has
Its military company. We are all craving for war, and
we cannot be craving for war and not have war.
contend that the principles of right and Justice are
eternnl ond can be depended on. If w can trust God
GRANDMOTHER.
Oh I when a grandmother is sweet
How very sweet she is!
Three generations bleuding meet :
A triple grace In this ;
For all we feel and all we know,'
She too has felt and known,
And to the heights where we must grow,
She long ago has grown.
Mothers are lovely, dear; and good
As ever good can be;
And yet it seems they never could
Be quite as quick as she
To find the good and miss the 111
In all the children do;
But then, pertiaps, at last they will
When they're grandmothers too. .
Comparisons how can we make,
Since equal love we give
To each? for either's darling sake
We'd gladly die or live.
Tet one sweet truth Is very clear
And by It we will stand : "
Mothers are lovely, good, and dear,
But grandmothers are "Grand" I
Sunday Magazine.
"So you want to marry my daugh
ter?" said tho banker, eying the young
man steadily.
"I do, sir."
"Do you love her?"
"More than life," was ths emphatic
reply.
The banker thought for a while.
"Let us sec," he finally snld. "What
areyour prospects? You are poor, but
come of a good family. Jpu have In
telligence, honesty ami amultlon; ond
you are now working at a salary of
fifteen dollars per week as assistant
to Mr. Stewart, the cashier. How can
you expect to support a woman who
has been used to luxury all her life on
a sum so small?"
"I didn't think of marrying at once,
sir. I would work hard, and be willing
to wait until I could advance myself
to 11 better position in the bank."
"And do you suppose a girl like
Gladys would engage herself to you?
nnd wait years for a husband, while
there are plenty of eligible youug meii
amont; her neqiialntaikvs?'
Tho rich man spoke mildly, but Wur
ren Lewis detected a sneer In his tone.
Ho hastily arose.
"Then you object, sir," he sold.
"I certainly do. 1 may as well tell
you now that Gladys will marry Mr.
Stewart. Ho Is the man I have picked
out for ber, and they thluk a good deal
of each other. So return to your work,
Mr. liewls, and let us hear no more
of this presumptuous nonsense."
Warren went back to his desk, uu
happy aud disappointed. He was sure
that Gladys loved him, ami Mr. Wilson
had always treated him so cordially
when he called at bis bouse that bo
hoped no object bins would be offered
to his suit. But now all was suddenly
ii 1 man if
1
to see that our dollars are paid, I thlsk wc earn trust rUn
to make good His deolaralleiMi that rl?hNoHWiess will
exalt the nation.
WHY WOMEN SEEM FRIVOLOUS.
By Dr. Lester Frmnk Wari.
0
china and silverware, and she has au idea of them. In
the absence of other Ideas she will think 'about them,
talk about them, have her whole mind absorbed with
them. The mind must act, and this Is nil the material It
has to act upon.
It Is the same of dress. Her soul Is engrossed In
dress, since It Is her most tmportunt object of experience.
If you wish to make her forsake it you must give her
something else to think ef. Give woman an Interest in
great subjects and she soon will abandon small ones. If
sbe knew as much about tho great men of history or of
her own age as she does obout her neighbors she would
cease to talk about the Utter and talk about the former.
Teach her science, philosophy, law, polities, and you will
do much to put aa end to gossip, slander and fashion worship.
SPIRIT.
S. Justice Brewer.
BEWARE OF APPLAUSE OF THE CROWD.
By President Butler of Columbia.
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changed, still he determined to see
Gladys, and ask her if she was aware
that her father wanted her to marry
Mr. Stewart.
' He called on her that evening, nnd
came at once to the subject nearest his
heart.
"Gladys, do you know that your
father wishes you to marry Mr. Stew
art?" he asked.
She colored and lacked confused.
"Yes," she answered.
"But you don't Intend to accept
him?"
"Yes," she sold again. "The matter
was settled by'niy father long ago."
For n . moment Warren could not
speak. , That the girl he loved and
trusted could have deceived him was
hard for him to credit, yet she herself
admitted tho fact, and be was com
peted to believe It.
, Warren Lewis was Tjno of the men In
whom honor' Is placed above every oth
er consideration. He despised any
thing like deception, and a wove of
anger swept over him.
"Well," he said, "I suppose I am not
the first man who has been fooled by
a deceitful woman. I am glad I have
discovered the fact, though how you
expected to profit by such conduct I
cau't imagine. A woman who so far
feigets, her womanliness as to trifle
ne:h - a man who loves her Is not
vinrthy of' his thoughts. I wish you
giAiid-evenlng, Miss WlUon."
As Warreji turneJ away the girl
ruade a step forward and appeared to
ho about to speak ; at before she could
d so he had gon
He went straight home, ond alone
In bis room struggled hard with his
gytef. When "b returned to his duties
at the bank m the following morning,
beyond a alight pallor, there was no
outward indication of the ordoul he
hid parted through during tho night.
But It was n severe blow to the
ycjirig man, none the less. IT had
loved Miss Wilson almost from the first
day he had met her, yet realizing the
social gap between them, would never
have presumed to address her had she
not given him unmistakable encourage
ment. After that he trusted her im-
pllc!tly, ond the dcovery of her dn-
plV'ity was overwhelming.
He was destined to have two more
surprises within the next few days.
The first came In the shape of a tele
giMin announcing the death of a near
relative who had left him a large for
tune. The bank president congratu
lated hi m on his good luck, ond re
marked that ho supposed Warren
would not care to remain longer lu the
position he now held.
"I do, though," said the young man.
"The change in my fortune will make
no difference In that line. I desire to
get a thorough training lu the banking
business, and shall go 011 Just as If
nothing had occurred to pluee me above
the need of working that Is, If you
cure to have me stay."
"Most assuredly I care," said the
banker, heartily. "I'll see to It that
you nro advanced as rapidly as possi
ble." So Warren remained at his desk, ami
110 one would suppose that he wus a
rich man.
The second surprise occurred one
morning when Mr. Stewart was arrest
ed for misappropriating the funds of
the bank. The State bauk examiner
had visited the institution on tlio pre
ceding day, and the arrest of the cash
ier was the result.
Many false entries bad been discov
ered, aggregating over two hundred
thousand dollars, and the folly of at
tempting, to deny bis thefts In the face
of the evidence appealed to the cashier
so cogently that he made a full confes
elon. Speculation had Droved bis rulu.
The newa soon got out, and the next
" l-L '" "il
n IF K:
It ofea U remarked that women as a ru.e
ore more frivolous nnd trifling than mow.
Where the only objects with which woman
comes in contact are those of the kitchen, the
nursery, the drawlug room and tho wardrobe,
how shall she be expected to have broad Idcai
of life, the world und the universe? Her
ideas ore perfectly natural and legitimate.
She has seen and bandied culinary ulcuslK
A most persistent enemy of sound stand
ards Is the tendency to delight in tho ap
plause of the crowd and In the acclaim of
the unthinking, the Immature and the ill- -Informed.
More than one leader of men,
post ond present, has been led astray by the
strong temptation which this tendency offers.
Sometimes one almost feels that the
noisiest policy passes for the best, and that
that which is at the moment the most popular is general'
ly held to be the wisest This confusion is the chief
danger to which democracy la exposed. What men want
often contradicts what men ought to have, and to bring
the two Into harmony Is the supreme task alike of edi
cation and statesmanship. -
Not the clamor of the crowd, however augry or how
ever emphatic, but what Six Thomas Browne quaintly
called "the judgment of the Judicious," rs the true stand
ard of merit. To it we must constantly and hopefully
and resolutely repair. We should never for any reason
be tempted or cajoled or frightened Into deserting it.
day a run on the bank began. There
was a hasty meeting ef the director!'.
who contributed oil the cash they could
command to save the honor of the in
stitution, but it was apparent that this
would not preclude the necessity of
closing the doors.
Then Warren came to the rescue.
"I can raise seventy-five thousand
dollars in three hours," be said to Pres
ident Wilson. "I'll gladly "lend It to
the bank if It will be of any service."
"It will save us from ruin, my
young friend," said Mr. Wilson, grasp
ing his hand. "And now, In Justice,
let me tell you something. What
Gladys said to you the other night I
am responsible for. I represented you
as a fortune hunter, nnd commanded '
her to give you up. She has always
obeyed me, nnd she did not refuse to
do so this time, though she now lies
ill as a result. Come and see her. I
no longer object to your attentions to
my daughter, for you have proved
yourself in all ways worthy of her."
When Warren reached tho banker's
house that evening he found Gladys
much Improved, a direct result of her
father's withdrawal of bis objections
to her lover's suit; ami the knowledge
that the girl he loved was not the
treacherous woman she appeared to be
repaid the young man for all he had
suffered.
Warren's money savd the batik.
When the pnnlc-slrlcken depositor
fouud their claims pnid as promptly as
their books were presented they re
covered from their fright, and inanyw,'
put their money back agala, using their
influence to quiet the fcurs of others.
Warren now has a petition In the
bank second only to Mr. Wilson him
self, and Gladys has been his wife for
more than a year. Pennsylvania Grit
Rug-land Haa Frnatable Acres.
The possibilities of profitable garden
ing In England are exemplified by an
acre of land cultivated on the Trench
system of intensive culture, which 'In
the last completed year Is said to have
yielded 023 in gross returns.
This probably constitutes a record
for England, the nearest approach
known to the writer being on acre of
land, the property of n seedsman on
the Great Western line between Ijon
don and Oxford, which has yielded in
one year flower seeds to the value of
270.
In Samoa iiio to St is the average
yield on acre of laud planted In cocoa ;
in Georgia S0 worth of eggplants have
been picked from a single acr- ami
pineapple farms In the Wef.t Imiies
often pay as much ns 1K) an acre.
Such yields as these, however, are
trivial compared with that of an acre
of vineyard In the Moselle wlue-gi-nw-Ing
distict which was sold a few year
ago for nearly 21,000, and which pro
daces a crop worth f2,."i)0; or with;
lliut acre of land In Thibet on which,
grows the sacred "tree of a thiiisni.l
Images," the leaves of which yield an
annual revenue exceeding ;!, Vj
Westminster Gazette.
I'ltrmlilabla Word.
"I suppose," said the friend, f'lha;
the letter of acceptance with which you
raise the party standard represents a
great consumption of midnight oil."
"Isk here, my friend," answered
the cautious candidate; "talk about
electricity or gas us much as you like,
but please don't mention 'staudard' and
'oil'." Washington Star.
When women attend a party, on the.
way home they have quite a little errtt
clsm to offer, even It they had a good
time.
Some men are always having a "tr
rlble time."
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