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It Wm the Prlvlles-o friend.
An eminent army officer hut a mas
servant who has been with him a num
ber ot years, and who occasional!
speaks his mind with a candor that
he Imagines, Is warranted by hit
long service. A friend of the officer,
who overheard the servitor's frank
ness, asked why such familiarity wai
permitted.
"Well," said the ofllrer. "I hardlj
look upon James as a valet, but rathei
as a friend; and, as you know, It Is
friend's privilege to tell you thingi
about yourself that you hardly like tc
think about yourself." Success Maga
Cine.
Mi
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A Real Burglar Proof Safe.
A curious modern Invention is to be
teen by a favored few in the Bank ot
England. It Is claimed to be an ab
solutely burglar proof safe, because at
night It is lowered Into a sub-vault of
fceavy masonry and concrete.
When the safe reaches the bottom of
the vault, It Is fastened down by mas
sive steel lugs, operated by a triple
time lock. Until these lugs are re
leased automatically at a fixed time
o human agency can raise the safe.
As for breaking through the subvault
and walls of stone and concrete ten
feet thick, even with dynamite well,
the burglar muat shake his head sor
rowfully and admit that he has met
his Waterloo in that safe.
PROF. JttWYON'S PHILANTHROPY
Olvlna- to the Nation a FrUe That
Money Cannot Bar.
" icould rather preserve the health
a nalion than to be itt rvHetr."
Vunyon.
This motto, written by Prof. Munyon
about sixteen years ago, was the real
cornerstone of his medicine business.
He felt that the people ot the nation
were neglecting their health owing to
lack ot money. With the one thought
In view ot helping humanity, he start
ad in the medicine business, paying
large sums of money to eminent spe
cialists for known and tried formulas
that were known to have been suc
cessful in curing diseases. After care
fully compounding these formulas and
Buttlna: them un in a .marketable con
dition, he offered them to the public
' for a few pennies, easily within the
reach of the poorest family. He hired
eminent specialists at large salaries
and offered their services absolutely
free to the public to diagnose their
cases and advise them what remedies
tb take. After giving the public all
these benefits he was still unsatisfied
and offered further to those who were
cot in reach of the offices which he
established throughout the country;
be advertised, asking them to write to
bis specialists for free medical ex
amination, and to-day Prof. Munyon
Is still fallowing- out this policy, and
whenever he hears ot a new drug or
a new formula that la more effective
than those that he is at the time com
pounding, he purchases them regard
less of cost
Prof. Mnnyen puts up a separate
cure tor almost every ill, and these
remedies can be had at all druggists,
mostly 25 cents a bottle. In taking
these remedies, you are taking what
night be called a sure thing, for he
guarantees them to produce satisfac
tory results or he will refund your
money. This Is a remarkable man
'and a remarkable Institution, manl
Cestly fair te all, and a firm that we do
not hesitate to recommend to our
reader.
Prof. Munyon's address Is 53d and
Jefferson streets, Philadelphia, Pa.
Hot to lia Tempted.
Redd I see it is estimated that
there are 20,006 tons of radium in the
lea.
' Greene But even that won't tempt
the girl with the swell bathing salt
to go Into the water. Yonkers 8 ta tea
man.
WORTH KNOWING.
Simple Remedy That Anyoao Cmm,
Prepare at Home.
Host people are more or less subject
t coughs aad colds. A simple remedy
that will break up a cold quickly and
cure any cough that Is curable Is made
by mixing two ounces ot Glycerine, a
balf-ouuce of Virgin Oil of Pine com
pound pure and eight ounces ot pure
Whisky. You can get these In any good
drug store and easily mix them In a
large bottlo. The mixture Is highly
recommended by the Leach Chemical
Co. of Cincinnati, who prepare the
genuine Virgin Oil of Pine compound
pure for dispensing.
Faith and Works.
Johnny What would you do if you
eras out In the deep water and a great
tig shark was comln" right at you?
Tommy I'd do a short prayer antf
than I'd swim like the old scratch.
BOEH EYES CUBED.
E re-balls nad Ltd Became Terri
bly InBaiued Wae Unable to Co
A boat All Treatment Failed
Catlenra Proved Saeeessfal.
"About two years ago my eyes got
la such a condition that I was unable
to go about. They were terribly In
flamed, both the balls and lids. I tried
borne rernwlles without relief. Then I
decided to go to our family physician,
but be didn't help them. Then I tried
two luore of our most prominent phy
lclans, but my eyes grew continually
worse. At this rime a friend of mint
advised roe to try Cutluuri Olntineut,
and after using It about oae week uiy
ayes were considerably Improved and
In two weeks they were almost well
they have never given me any trouble
since and I am now sixty-five years
old. I shall never full to praise Cutl'
cure. Q. B. Halsey, Mouth ot Wilson,
Ya.. April 4. li8."
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp, Sols
rrops. Of Cutlcurs Remedies, Boston.
H 1rlfrVl
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Jules
CHAPTER. X.
On May 29. for the first time, the
Sun never sot. The glowing disc jusi
toucher! the boundary line of the hori
zon, and rose again Immediately. The
period was now entered when the day
Inula twenty-four hours.
Next morning there was a magnifi
cent halo; the monarch of day appear
ed surrounded by a luminous circle.
The doctor recommenced his sowing,
for he had plenty of seed, but he was
surprised to find sorrel growing al
ready between the linlf-drled stones,
and even pale, sickly, heaths trying to
show their dcllcato pink blossoms.
At last It began to be really hot
weather. On the 15th of Juno the ther
mometer stood at 67 degrees above
scro.
Py the middle of June the sloop had
made good progress, and Ilatteras, Al
tamont and the doctor went hunting.
The three hunters, accompanied by
Duke, set out on Monday, the 17th of
June, at 6 In the morning, each man
armed with a double-barreled gun, a
hatchet and snow knife, and provisions
for several days.
About noon of the second day they
sighted two ferocious musk-oxen, and
surrounded them on a plateau.
The oxen had begun to shake them
selves Impatiently nt Duke, trying to
kick him off, when Ilatteras started up
right In front of them, shouting and
chasing them back.
This was the signal for Altamont
end the doctor to rush forward and
Are, but at the sight of two assailants.
the terrified animals wheeled around
and attacked Ilatteras. He met their
onset with a firm, steady foot and fired
straight at their heads. But both his
bullets were powerless. They rushed
upon the unfortunate man like furies.
and threw him on the ground In an In
stant. "He Is a dead man!" exclaimed the
doctor, In despairing accents.
A tremendous struggle was going on
in Altamont's breast at the sight of
his prostrate foe, and though his first
impulse was to hasten to his help, he
stopped short, battling with himself
and his prejudices. But his hesitation
- - - i
scarcely lasted hair a second, His better I
sen conquered, and exclaiming, no, u i
would be cowardly!" he rushed for
ward with Clawbonny.
Ilatteras full well understood how
his rival felt, but would rather have
died than have begped his Interven
tion. However, he had hardly time to
think about It, before Altamont was at
his side.
He could not have held out much
longer, for It was Impossible to ward
off the blows of horns and hoofs of
two such powerful antagonists, and In
a few minutes more he must have been
torn to pieces. But suddenly two shots
resounded, and Ilatteras felt the balls
graze his head.
Couragel" shouted Altamont, fling
ing away his discharged weapon, and
throwing himself right In front of the
raging animals. One of them, shot to
the heart, fell dead as he reached tho
spot, while the other dashed madly on
Ilatteras, and was about to gore the
unfortunate captain with his horns,
when Altamont plunged his snow knife
far into the beast's wide open Jaws
with one hand, with the other dealt
him such a tremendous blow on the
head with his hatchet, that the skull
was completely spilt open.
It was done so quickly that It seem
ed like a flash of lightning, and all
was over. The second ox lay dead, and
Clawbonny shouted "Hurrah! hurrah!"
Ilatteras was saved.
He owed his life to the man he hated
the most What a storm of conflicting
passions this must have roused In his
soul! But where was the emotion he
could not master?
However, his action was prompt,
whatever his feeling might be. With
out a moment's hesitancy, he went up
to bis rival, and said in a grave voice:
"Altamont, you have saved my life!"
"You saved mine," replied the Amer
ican.
There was a moment's silence, and
then Altamont added:
"We're quits, Ilatteras."
"No, Altamont," said the captain;
"when the doctor dragged you out of
your Icy tomb I did not know who you
were; but you saved me at the perl)
of your own life, knowing quite well
who I was
Why, you are a fellow creature at
any rate, and whatever raults an
American may have, he Is no coward."
"No, Indeed," said the doctor. "He Is
man, every Inch a man like your
self, Ilatteras."
"And, like me, he shall have part In
the glory that awaits us.'
The glory of reaching the north
pole?" asked Altamont
"Yes," replied Hattsras, preuuiy,
. "I guessed right, then," said Alta-
rront
The American stood still a moment
deeply moved. Then he spoke feeling
ly.
"And you have actually dared to
conceive such a project? Oh! It Is
grand; I tell you It Is sublime even to
think of It!"
But tell me," said Ilatteras, In
hurried manner; "you were not bound
for the pole, then, yourself?'
Altamont hesitated. .
"Come, speak out, man," urged the
doctor.
"Well, to tell the truth. I was not,
and the truth Is better than self-love.
No, I had no such grand purpose In
View. I was trying to clear the north
west pasauge, and that was all.
"Altamont," said Ilatteras, holding
out his hand; "be our companion to
glory, come with us and find the north
pole."
The two men clasped hands In
warm, hearty grasp, and the bond of
friendship between them was sealed,
Wl.en they turned to look for the
doctor they found him In tears.
"Ah! friends," ne said, wiping his
eyes; "you have made me so happy it
Is almost more than I can bear? You
have sacrificed this miserable nation
ality for the suke of the common cause,
You have said, What does It matter
If only the pole Is discovered, whether
It Is by Englishman or an American?'
Why should we brag of being Amerl
can or English when we can boost tha
ws are men?"
Tha good little man was beside htm
self with Joy. He hugged the recon
died enemies to his bosom, and ce
Rented their friendship by his own
affection to both,
Calming themselves the men out up
the oxen and made their way back to
camp. At supper the doctor said:
"My dear old Johnson, 1 took emt aa
N I A I "-II YTi
JrL LLIirVJl
verne.
American and an Englishman with me,
didn't 17"
"Yes, Mr. Clawbonny."
"Well, I bring back two brothers."
This was Joyous news to the sailors,
and they shook hands warmly with Al
tamont; while the doctor recounted all
that had passed, and how the Ameri
can captain hud saved the English
captain's lire. That night no five hap
pier men could have been found than
those that lny sleeping In the little
snow-house.
Dell completed the sloop; the Ice be
gan to brenk up.
A trliil was made to Cape Washing
ton. This short sail of six hours suf
ficiently proved her excellent quali
ties. On the 22d of June, Ilatteras began
to load tho sledge. They put In 200
pounds of salt meat, three cases of
vegetables and preserved meat, besides
llmo Juice, and flour and medicines.
They also took 200 pounds of powder
and a stock of firearms. Including the
sloop and tho Halkett boat, there was
about 1,500 pounds weight, a heavy
load.
However, the distance to the pole
was not 3S5 miles at tho outside, and
as they did not Intend to go more than
twelve miles a day, as they could do It
comfortably In a month. Even If land
failed them, they could always fall
back on the sloop, and finish tho Jour
ney without fatigue to men or dogs.
On Sunday, the 23d, all was ready,
and It was resolved to devote the en
tire day to rest
They retired early to rest, for they
needed to be up betimes. So passed
the last night In Fort Providence.
CHAPTER XI.
Next day at early dawn, Ilatteras
gave the signal for departure. The
well-fed and well-rested dogs were
harnessed to the sledge. They had
been having a good time of It all the
winter, nnd might be expected to do
good service during the summer..
It was at 6 In the morning when the
expedition started. After following the
windings of tho bay and going past
v - " i " - .
Cape Washington, they struck Into the
direct route for the north, and by 7
o'clock
o clock had lost sight of the lighthouse
and Fort Providence.
During the first two clays thoy made
twenty miles In twelve hours, devoting
tho remainder of the time to rest and
meals. The tent was quite sufficient
protection during sleep.
The temperature began to rise. In
many places the snow melted entirely
away, and great patches of water ap
peared.
Hunting w9 not forgotten during
the march, for fresh meat was a ne
cessity. Altamont and Bell kept their
guns loaded, and shot ptarmigans,
guillemots, geese, and a few young
hares.
Ilatteras advised them not to go
more than a mile away, as there was
not a day, nor even an hour, to lose,
for three months of fine weather was
the utmost they could count upon. Be
sides, the sledge was often coming to
difficult places, when each man was
needed to lend a helping hand.
For several days the expedition had
been attended with no fatigue. The
travelers had only suffered from the
Intense glare of the sun on the snow,
which threatened them with snow
blindness. At another time of the year they
might have avoided this by walking
during the night, but at present there
was no night nt all. Happily the snow
was beginning to melt, and the bril
liancy would diminish as the process
of dissolution advanced.
On the 8th of June the thermometer
rose to 45 degrees, and the rain fell In
torrents. Ilatteras and his compan
ions, however, marched stoically on
and even hailed the downpour with
delight, knowing that It would hasten
the disappearance of the snow.
As they went along, the doctor often
picked up stones, both round ones and
flat pebbles, as if worn away by the
tide. He thought from this they must
be near the Polar basin, and yet far as
the eye could reach was one Intermln
able plain.
There was not a trace of houses, or
huts, or cairns visible. It was evident
that the Oreenlanders had not pushed
their way so far north, and yet the
famished tribes would have found their
reward In coming, for the country
abounded in game. Bears were fre
quently seen, and numerous herds of
musk-oxen and deer.
On the 29th Bell killed a fox and Al
tamont a musk-ox. These supplies of
fresh food were very acceptable, and
even the doctor surveyed, with consld
erable satisfaction, the haunches of
meat they managed to procure from
time to time.
"Don't let us stint ourselves," he
used to say on these occasions; "food
Is no unimportant matter In expedl
tlrtns like ours."
"Especially, said Johnson, when a
meal depends on a lucky shot'
"You're right, Johnson; a man does
not think so much about dinner when
he knows the soup-pot Is simmering
by the kitchen fire,
On the 30th they came to a district
which seemed to have been upturned
by some volcanic convulsion, so cov
ered was It with cones and sharp, lofty
peaks,
A strong breeze from the southeast
was blowing, which soon Increased to
a hurricane, sweeping over the rocks
covered with snow and the huge mass
es of Ice, whlfh took the forms of Ice
bergs and hummocks, though on dry
land
On all sides nothing could be heard
but the noise of cracking Ice and fall
ing avalanches.
The travelers had to be very careful
In avoiding bills, and even in speaking
aloud, for the slightest agitation In
the air might have caused a catnstro
phe. Indeed, the suddenness Is the pe
culiar feature in arctlo avalanches, dls
tlngulnhlng them from those of Swtt
serland and Norway.
Often the dlslodgement of a block of
Ice Is Instantaneous, and not even
cannon ball or thunderbolt could be
more rapid in Its descent. The loosen
ing, the fall and the crash happen al
most simultaneously
Happily, however, no accident befell
any of the party, and three days after
wards they came to smooth, level
ground again
On the Fourth of July there was
ijoh an exceedingly dense fog that It
was very difficult to keep the straight
course for the north. No misadven
ture, however, aefel the party during
the darkness, exrept the less f Bell's
snowshoes.
At Bell's suggestion torches were
contrived, made of tow steeped In spir
its of wfno and fastened on the end of
a stick, and these served somowhat to
help thera on, though they made but
small progress; for, on the th. after
the fog had cleared off. the doctor took
their bearings, and found that they
had only hern marching at the rate of
eight miles a day.
Determined to make up for lost
time, they rose next morning very ear
ly and started off, Bell and Altamont
as usual going ahead ot the rest and
acting as scouts. Johnson and the oth
ers kept besldo the sledge, nnd we
soon nearly two miles behind the
guides; but the weather wus so dry
and clear that all their movements
could be distinctly observed.
Ktorms blew up again and the tent
was pitched In a ravine for shelter, as
the sky was dark and threatening,
and a violent north wind was blowing.
"I'm afraid we'l have a bad night,"
said Johnson.
"A pretty noisy one, I expect," re
plied the doctor, "but not cold. We
bad better take every precaution, end
fasten down our tent with good big
stonei."
"You are right, Mr. Clawbonny. If
the hurricane swept away our tent, I
don't know where we should find It
again."
The tent held fast, but sleep was Im
possible, for the tempest was led loose
and raged with tremendous violence.
"It seems to me," said the doctor,
during a brief lull In the deafening
roar, "as If I could hear the sound of
collisions between lcebego and Ice
fields. If we were near the sea, I
could really believe there was a gen
eral break up In the Ice."
"I can't explain the noises any other
way," said Johnson.
"Can we have reached the coast?" I
wonder?" asked Ilatteras.
"It Is not Impossible," replied Claw
bonny. "Listen! Do you hear that
crash? That Is certainly the sound of
Icebergs falling. Wo cannot be very
far from the ocean."
"Well, If It turns out to be so, I shall
push right on over the Ice fields."
"Oh, they'll all be broken up after
such a storm as - this. We Bhall see
what to-morrow brings; but all I can
say Is, If any poor fellows are wander
ing about In a night like this, I pity
them."
(To be continued.) '
TEADE AT PUNTA ARENAS.
Chilian Merchants Favorably Dis
poned to Dor In fnltcd State.
Consul J. E. Rowen sent to the bust
ness men at Punta Arenas, Chile, a
circular letter with the following ques
tions:
1. What percentage of your trade Is
with the United States of America?
2. What objections have you to trade
with the United States, of America?
3. What, suggestions could you offer to
Improve trade with the United States
of America?
The aggregate answers to tho first
question reveal the fact, says United
States Consular Reports, that while
the trade of Punta Arenas has in
cfeased 50 per cent in the past fifteen
years, the United StateB exporting
houses have only 5 per cent of the
trade ot the ten leading importing
houses of Punta Arenas; 75 per cent
of the remainder of the trade Is with
England, France and Germany.
The answers to the second question
are varied, but may be condensed un
der the following heads: 1. Lack of
good facilities for transportation.
2. Higher proportional freights com
pared with Europe. 3. Lack of inter
est of American exporting houses, mak
ing a strong contrast with the persist
ent . efforts of European houses.
4. American exporting houses forward
ing goods which do not meet require
ments of the trade here and which do
not answer to t,he description In cata
logues. 6. Not giving reasonable cred
its, American credits being out of all
comparison with those ot European
houses.
I will give a few concrete illustra
tions of the above. One ot the leading
Importing houses of Punta Arenas
gave to a leading boot and shoe house
of the United States a large order with
special requirement as to the height
of instep and width of toe. The order
was filled with no attention to the
requirements and the goods remained
in the possession ot the firm largely
unsold. As to the lack of Interest on
the part of American exporters, the
head of one of the leading firms ot
Punta Arenas Informed this office that
his firm had Been only two American
commercial travelers in fifteen years.
European firms give three, five and
six months' credit Some European
firms accept an order with the under
standing that CO per cent of the pay
ment Is to be made In three monthe
and the balance in U months. One
of the best importing firms in Punta
Arenas, a Arm giving the United
States one-tenth of its trade, informed
this office that American exporters
seem to show little interest in Punta
Arenas trade and they felt repelled by
their attitude. A large Importing firm
of Punta Arenas made the suggestion
that American exporting houses should
send to Punta Arenas special agents to
study trade conditions here. The lat
ter suggestion has been made by sev
eral prominent Punta Arenas houses
and it is Bound advice.
An F.volutlonnrr Uanajer.
"Do you believe that physical chat
acterlstlcs are Influenced by environ
ment?" "I don't knfcw," answered the New
Yorker. "I hope not. This habit ol
gazing at the tall buildings would
cause us to look as it we were mod
eled after the giraffe. Washington
Star.
A Heady F.xplanatloa.
"What Is the reason you were so laU
In discovering the north pole?"
"Well," answered the explorer, "you
see they have such long nights In
the arctic regions that I overslept"
Washington Star.
Dwelllniia la Got bam.
Foreign Visitor Does It cost much
te live in New York?
Host No, sir; It doesn't cost much
to live In this city, but It costs like
Sam Hill to keep up appearances.
New York Weekly.
England reports that her potato crop
fc.ls year Is the biggest on record.
Ct """" iii
$ Opinions of Great Papers on Important Subjects. , &
DRAINING THE YAZOO
NE of the greatest undertakings ever en
tered upon by the United States Geological
Survey is the draining of the famous
Yazoo basin that portion of tho State of
Mississippi lying between the Mississippi
and the Yazoo rivers, and commonly
known as the delta. The first project sur-
O
reyed contains 800 square miles, and State and nation
are co-operating In the work. During the last twenty
four years $9,700,000 has been expended for the build
ing and maintenance of the levees of the delta region,
about one-seventh of this amount being contributed by
the Federal government and the balance by the State.
These levees are supposed, at last, to be fairly durable,
though the Levee Commission does not trust the lordly
Mississippi for a second, and Is ever on the watch.
This reclamation work Is a tremendously difficult
task, however, and the least of the troubles of the en
gineers now at work there Is battling with snakes, mos
quitoes and malaria. It is generally believed by those
living remote from the delta .that its land Is ot a
swampy character. The belief Is unfounded. There are
few, if any, swamps. In the general acceptance of the
term, to be found. It is an area of narrow lakes, bayous
and rivers with deep banks and tortuous courses. Van
Norden Magazine.
WOMEN AND THE GALLOWS.
HE reluctance of Juries to arrive at ver
dicts which place women under the shad
ow of the gallows has long been a ;u' I'ileni
confronting Jurists. The innato clii-.niry
of mankind has an lrradlcable pi-;. !?
against deliberately doing r. w. , i to
death, no matter what crime sin ... r.ve
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committed. This amounts to a statement tins; i . . m
an is tho "weaker vessel," and that we can::, .uite lay
upon her shoulders the full responsibility wliuli a man
must bear. Women cannot, though they wish it ever
bo hard, share all the responsibilities of man. They
must forever be the protected sex; and every man and
most women will be glad of this Irrevocable decree.
Even In the awful hall of Justice when murdered blood
calls out for vengeance and the safety of the community
Is at stake, man will remember the weakness of h
helpmeet and feel a profound reluctance to hand her
over to the common hangman to be strangled to death.
It Is Idle to deny this feeling; and It becomes the part
of statesmanship to recognize it and provide for It.
If juries will not send murderesses to the gallows,
and If executive clemency Is practically certain to be ex
tended to any whom a jury is coerced Into bringing in
guilty, we should provide by law for the proper treat
ment of women who do murder. The expedient of find
ing them guilty of some other crime, that they may get
a lighter sentence, is a dangerous one. It Interferes
with straight thinking on the part of the community
on the subject of crime; and it may lead to very In
DRAMA IN REAL LIFE.
trfnar-I.oat Man on Wot to Prison la
Met by Drother.
So much like a bit from an old-fashioned
melodrama was an Incident in
the Bowery early yesterday morning
that if the scene had been put on a
Btage the critics would have sneered,
the New York World says. Judge
Craln heard about it In general ses
sions later in the day when Joseph
Miller and Abraham Wiener were ar
raigned, charged with burglary.
As Miller and Wiener, handcuffed to
three detectives, were led into the
court room a well-dressed man walked
behind, looking sadly at Miller. When
the prisoners were committed to the
Tombs the stranger wept. He was
Miller's brother, a trusted official in
the service of the United States gov
ernment. Years ago he and Joseph
were boys together on a farm up
State. Angered at a fancied insult,
Joseph ran away from home and until
yesterday had not been seen or heard
of by his relatives.
Detectives Duggan, KInsIer and
O'Farrell arrested Miller and Wiener
Just after midnight in a room at 405
East 8th street. The two had been
Indicted by the grand Jury on the
charge that they had robbed the loft
of a cloakmaker, Herman Schloss, at
ST East 20th street. Detectives and
prisoners, on the way to police head
nuerters, were at 4th street and the
Bowery when a strangor, who had been
eyeing Miller Intently, walked up to
him and slapped him on the back.
"Hello, Joe," he shouted. "Where
have you been for six years? Father
and mother aro sick from worrying
about you."
Miller, who had stopped with a Jerk,
turned away as if to Ignore the ques
tioner. De-tectlve O'Farrell asked what
the Bt ranger wanted.
"This Is my brother," was the reply.
"I want him to come home."
O'Farrell explained the situation.
The grief-stricken brother followed the
party to headquarters. There he was
Informed that Aliller and his compan
ion would be arraigned in general ses
sions and he went thither in advance.
After the hearing the good brother
stepped up to the bad one and asked:
"What can I tell mother and father?"
The prisoner turned and said in a
low voice:
"Don't tell the folks you saw me.
That's all."
JEW AS A FARMER.
Hitherto Only Known as Trader,
Hebrew Become Producer.
We have heard much of the Jew as
a banker, as a money changer, as an
executive of corporate Interests. We
have heard of him. and universally,
as a merchant a successful one. Ev
ery profession, every trade knows
him. But always, It has seemed, bis
n ane has been linked inseparably with
the word "money." with the word
"barter." lie has been known aa the
nonproducer, the middleman whose
keen Insight Into the advantages of
commerce has changed everything to
gold beneath his Midas touch. Now
te Is becoming the producer.
The convention and fair which the
Federation ot Jewish Farmers bold
recently la New York at the Bducsv
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adequate punishment of the criminal through a wrong
classification of her offense. Murder should be called
murder, even when feminine hands commit it; but If
Juries and cabinets will not hang In such cases, then
tho law should provide a punishment which will not
only punish but deter. Montreal Star.
EACH
tlonal Alliance, demonstrated that the
Jew's entrance Into the agricultural
field has been marked by signal suc
cess, Leslie's Weekly says. Ten years
ago there were, perhaps, less than a
hundred Jewish farmers scattered
across the country. They produced no
more than the bare rations of subsist
ence, living each day from hand to
mouth and trusting to the good graces
of fortune for their continued support
rather than to their own knowledge of
tho rules of farming. To-day there are
niore than G.OOO of them In the United
Slates alone. ' The European figures
run Into tens of thousands. Each year
this number Increases. Men and wom
en from the ghettos of the big cities
are beginning to appreciate the ad
vantages of the Independence of the
farmer's life. They see that they can
make a better living at agriculture
than a their present occupations.
They are combining with an increased
knowledge ot scientific farming a de
sire to succeed at this, their first pro
ductive venture.
The Jews are a wonderful people.
After centuries of persecution, during
which they were denied participation
In all great movements and were per
mitted the possession ot naught but
what chattels they could carry with
them In their flight from land to land,
they have found America, in the words
ot Mr. Zangwlll, the melting pot. They
have come here to be Americans as
well as Jews. Thus far their influ
ence upon the country has been good.
They deserve their success.
ORIGIN OF THE ROD.
Uaed in Driving Oxen, It Came
Handy In Measuring Land.
The origin of the rod, pole or
perch as a lineal and superficial meas
ure has been traced to the rod, pole
or goad used to urge and direct a team
of oxen pulling a plow. So it came
about it was used aa a convenient and
handy land measure In feudal times
by the lords in allotting plots of land
for agricultural purposes to the vil
leins and others.
One rod wide and fhrty long (I.
e., one furrow long, deep) built up a
quarter of an acre. The furlong, or
four poles wide and same depth 1.
e., forty poles, one acre was a conven
ient length for a furrow before turn
ing the plow. Of course these lengths
somewhat varied in different parts of
the country where soils and agricul
ture varied, but gradually the slight
variations grew less and finally the
present accepted statutory acre was
evolved.
Gunter's chain of sixty-six feet (ten
square chains to the acre) was invent
ed by Rev. Edmund Ounter (15S1
1626). He was s professor of astron
omy at Gresham College, London, and
Ingeniously adapted It to facilitate dec
imal calculations In land measure
ments. The use of the rod in superfi
cial measurements of brick work and
lineally In hedges, ditches and fences
followed as a convenient existing
measure. Builders' Journal.
Noarlaa; tha Goal.
"How Is your society getting along
la Its effort to abolish war?"
"Well, we've offered $25 for a prise
essay ."-Leulsrllle Ceurler-JeurnsL
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THE LAWYER'S FUNCTION.
N THE realm of advice a lawyer may
choose between counseling his client how
to uphold the rights secured to him by
the justice of his cause, or how to obtain
benefits from the application of technical
ities and the use of weaknesses of the
particular statute or precedents under con
sideration, whereby he may attain advantages Incon
sistent with fair play between man and man. Every
time a lawyer encourages such an application of the
law as, resulting In injustice, casts disrepute upon the
law, or its administration, he Is plainly promoting dis
cord either in the present or the future. Every time
a lawyer counsels controversy for the establishment of
a right as recognized by existing law, or for the pro
mulgation of new law beneficial to the majority of so
ciety, he Is exercising his true function, and the charge
which he lays upon his Individual client, and, through
him, upon Industry and progress In the mass. If rea
sonable in amount, Is well earned and should be cheer
fully paid. When, however, a lawyer gives the other
kind of advice, the expense, perhaps cheerfully borne by
the client who profits personally therefrom, must be
fihally laid upon society as a whole, which Is thereby
paying for its own injury, and naturally resents the
charge. Donald R. RIchberg, in the Atlantic.
STATE ITS OWN LAW.
N NO other direction is the free agency
of the States shown more than in the at-
' tention given the public schools. The
average yearly expenditure per pupil
throughout the country is 128.25, run
ning from 6.37 in South Carolina to
$72.15 in Nevada. New York, next to Ne
vada, spends more per pupil than any other State, mak
ing an appropriation of $51.50 per pupil. Montana al
lows $49.40 and California $49.29. West Virginia leads
the South with a yearly expenditure of $20.36, and yet
Is under the average of one-third of the States, which
Bpend from $25 to $40 a pupil.
That one-fourth of the States spend more than $35
upon each child and one-fourth less than $16 should
be evidence that, In this field, at least, each common
wealth does very much as It pleases. The Commis
sioner of Education may make recommendations, but
none Is compelled to pay any attention to him what
ever. His duty is principally that of compiling figures.
All of which should be balm to those who have been
worrying about the loss of State rights. Toledo Blade.
SOME ROMAN EXAMPLES.
Hlarhway Advertising- In Pom pel lan
Days More Offensive thnn Now.
When Prof. Abbott travels from
New York to Princeton he passes
through long lines of cows, tobacco
pouches, whisky bottles, suspenders
and golden promises of health, happi
ness and wealth through the eating
of various breakfast foods. Most
travelers find in these the evldene
of a brutal commercialism; the man
who knows his Romans knows that
they are a classical survival.
In a way the highway advertising
In Pompeii was more offensive than
the contemporary outbreak of bad
taste in public appeals, says a writer
in the Outlook; in Pompeii the adver
tisements were put on the walls of
private houses and even on the tombs!
We have not yet put cemeteries ' to
this use. Prof. Abbott reprints some
of these announcements, largely of a
political character, indicating, as one
would expect, that Pompeii, being a
city In which vice was reduced to a
science, had a Tammany hall of its
own. and there were people In the town
In revolt against the desecration. On
one wall an indignant citizen put his
disgust in words, which still survive:
"I wonder, O wall, that you have not
fallen in ruins from supporting the
tiresome production of so many writ
ers." On a monument not far from
Rome this prayer ot a righteous man
was found: "Bill posters, I beg you
to pass this monument by. If any
candidate's name shall have been
painted upon it, may he suffer defeat
and may he never win any office! " It
is amusing to read the poster an
nouncing that "the farmers nominate
M. Casselllus Marcellus as adile." Evi
dently there were grangers before
Kansas! It Is encouraging to be as
sured In large letters of Q. Bruttlua
Balbus that "he will guard the treas
ury," and of a certain Julius Polyhlui
that "he supplied good bread." W
are reminded that there is nothing
new under the sun by the declaration
concerning a candidate that "ball play
ers support him."
Family Floriculture.
George Blank, the stage manager, li
a lover of nature and a hater of over
coats and umbrellas. Recently durlnt
a violent rainstorm he called on hit
mother, entering her presence wring
ing wet.
"George," said she firmly, "you
ought not to expose yourself In such
weather. You will get pneumonia."
"But, mother," exilalmed George,
with a theatrical wave of his hand,
"why should I fear the rain? Does
It not nurture the grass? Is It not
life to the flowers?"
"It Is a long time," Bald the good
woman, closing a window, "since you
were a flower." Success Magazine.
Eds.
Each night on an upright she lbs.
Making strange and cacophonous sds;
Her muscles gain osa
As wildly she pozs.
Till tho cop hies him hence on his rds
Scranton Times.
It is a contest these days over whlcj
wfll contain more different article
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