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The Heart of ByVing'"eE-Roe
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CHAPTER I.
Out of tho Vino Maplea.
Sllotz sat, hor kncoa drawn up to
her chin, on tho flnt top of a Mr
stump. Besldo hor lay Coosnah. heavy
tnuzzlo on hugo paws, his oyea as pale
os tho girl's wcro dark. They wcro
hill-bred both. Porhapo that account
ed for tho delight both found In tho
solitude of this acrlo, whoro thoy
could look down toward tho west on
the feathery, green sea of close packed
pine nnd fir, of spruco and hemlock
and toward tho east on tho narrow
strip of tldo-water slough and the un
painted shacks of tho lumber camp
huddled above Its railway. It was
tho magnificent timber country of tho
great Northwest.
SHetz was wondering, as sho always
did, how far tho mountains ran to tho
south, how far It was to that 'Frisco
of which she had heard so much from
tho tramp loggers who camo and went
with tho seasons, their "turkeys" on
their backs and tho Joyous liberty of
tho Irresponsible forovor tugging at
their eccentric souls.
Over tho facing rldgo sho know
that tho cold Pacific roared and
coaxed on tho ships, to play with them
In tho holl of Vancouver coast. Sho
could bear It sometimes when tho
pines wero still; y'ot sho had novcr
seen It.
Sho had pictures of It in her mind,
many pictures. Sho know woll how
It would look when sho should boo
It a gray floor, a world of It, shot
through with tho reds and purples of
a tardy sun. Of the cities sho had
no clear pictures. Thoy wcro artificial,
man-mado, therefore alien to her, who
know only naturo, though sho had
listened intently to roamcrs from ev
ery cornor of tho globo; for Daily's
lumber camp had Been a queer lot.
It all resolved Itself Into thoso
dreams whon sho sat on tho edgo of
a fir stump, or, bettor yot, In tho ex
altod cloud-high airiness of tho very
apex of tho Hog Back.
There had been no sun, neither to
day nor for many days; and yet thoro
was as suroly prosclcnco of approach
ing night as if shadows forowarncd
Sllotz had hopod for a break, ono of
thoso short pageants whon tho sun
should shoot for a moment Into the
gloom, transfiguring tho world. Now,
as sho scannod tho west, tho dog sud
denly rose from besldo hor, peering
down with his huge head thrust for
ward, his pondulous cars swaying. A
hundred foot below In a tangle of vino
maplo something was laboring. Pres
ently the Bllm troos parted and out
of their tangle struggled a horso, a
mngnlflcont black boast with flaring
nostrils and full, excited oyes. After
every (ow stops it turned its hoad to
right or loft with tho instinct of tho
mountain breed to zigzag, and as often
tho man in tho saddle pulled It sharp
ly back.
With tho flrDt sight of tho Intruders
tho girl on tho high Btump had sprung
up, leaning forward, a growing oxclto- J
mont In hor face. It was tho horse '
that caused it. Somothlng was stir
ring within hor all suddenly and her
heart beat hard. Sho gripped hor
braids tight in both hands aud swal
lowed. "Blunderer," 'sho said aloud. "Oh,
tho blundoror!"
Thon sho cupped her hands at hor
lips and called down: "Lot him alono!
Ho knows how to climb! Let him
alono l"
Tho tann looked up stnrtlod, nnd
tightened his grip on tho rein. Tho
gallant animal wont down upon its
sido, rolling completely over, to lodge,
foct downward, ngalnBt a stone. The
man swung sldowlso out of tho saddlo,
saving hlmsolf with a oplendld quick
ness. Boforo he could gather him
self for action tho girl toro down upon
him.
"What havo you dono?" sho cried
wildly, "what havo you dono to it 7"
Sho droppod on her knees and her
hands wont fluttering over tho black
head In a very passion of pity, touch
ing tho white star on the forohoad,
smoothing tho quivering nostrils.
"Why didn't you lot him climb IiIb
own way? Ho know he's a bunch
grosser. Nothing could go straight
up!"
Sho raised her oyes to him and ho
saw they wero burning behind a fllni
of tears. Ho saw also what gave him
a strango fooling of shock a faint,
bluo tracery extending from tho left
cornor of hor llpa downward nearly
to tho point of tho chin, a sharply
broken' fragment of a tattooed design.
Her oyes wore very dark and her hair,
NJ
HAD 'NOT THE SAME RESULT
Boldlera Saw Great Difference In Re
wards .Offered by tho Two
Hospital Nurses.
There In on tho Broton coast a llttlo
seaside resort nestled In nn admlrablo
Betting of rocks and groves and
equipped with a Grand Hotel of tho
Beach, which haa boon transformed In
theso sadly changed days Into a hos
pital for wounded soldiers of Franco
For all that thoro aro other people
on tho oandB bealdos tho convalescent
heroes, nnd especially any.numbor
of pretty women, always ready to lend
their help to tho doctora in charge
Among these o charming dancer from
the Theater of Varleteo in PariB was
particularly lavish with hor atten
tions to tho soldiers. Ono day when
she was prosont ft big, dark fellow
from tho South manlfosted an Invln
ciblo repugnance Jo a bitter dose
which, by the doctor's orders, ho was
to drink.
"If you aro a good boy and do what
the doctor tolls you," said the dancor.
"you may kiss mo."
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Wind
THE GREAT NORTHWEST
CoDVtiKht Ly Uwlil, Mead und Comoany
partod after tho first ,'nshlon of worn
an, was straight nnd vory dark also.
Th-j accusing words Irritated him.
"You'ro right," ho said coldly, "noth
Ing could In such n country. Stnni
bark, plenso,"
Sllotz looked up nt him and Instinc
tlvoly rose to her feet, though h-
slim body was alert with an uncon
scious readiness for prevention of
something.
But tho man only stepped to the
black's head, tightened the rein a bit
and clucked encouragingly.
"Como up," ho said sharply, "up,
boy!"
The horse strotched Its head for
ward, arched Its neck, gathered Its
foot and lurched mightily upward,
finding difficulty and floundering a
llttlo by reason of tho stone which bad
saved It from rolling down tho moun
tain. It placed its feet gingerly, brac
ing against tho declivity, shook Itsolf
vigorously, dtow n good, long breath
and turned its sof noso to Investigate
tho girl. With a llttlo gurgling cry
her hands went out again to caress
It, hungrily, forgetful of the man, her
faco alight with tho Joy of its escape
from injury. Sho smiled and passed
hor bunds along tho high neck, over
the shoulder, down to tho knee, bend
ing to finger with a deft swiftness tbo
fetlock and pastern.
When sho looked up again sho
smiled at tho. man frankly, her anger
gone.
"He's all right, but you want to give
him the rein. Ho knows how to go
up all right. All Oregon horses can
climb If you glvo them tholr tlmo nnd
way."
Ho slipped tho bridle over his arm.
"I'm looking for Daily's lumber
camp. Can you toll me how to get
thoro and how near 1 am?"
"It's right over tho rldgo. You'll
soo It from tho topi"
"Thanks," ho said, lifted hlB soft,
gray hat perfunctorily and turned up
the slopu.
Ho took tho ascent straight, with a
certain grimnoss of purpose. Soon ho
felt a slight pull on tho rolns toward
tho loft, which slackened immediately
to repeat itself to tho right. Tho black
was trying to zigzag In tho narrow
"Dlunderer!" She Said Aloud.
play of tho confining brldlo. Aftor nn
lntorval that triod him sovoroly In
muBdo nnd breath tho Btrangor
reached tho sharp crest of tho rldgo
Below him lay tho valloy, tho wind
ing slough, tho yellow huddle of tho
camp, tho toy railway, with Its tiny
onglno, tho donkoy whoso pulling rose
in a whlto spiral, the railways and
tho hugo log trail winding up tho
otlior slopo Uko n giant serpent. Evon
as ho lookod thoro camo tho staccato
toots of tho whlstlo-bob whoso Invis
ible lino crept away Into tho hills
nbovo tho cables, tho engine got down
to work with a volloy of coughs, tho
Bpools screamed and tho grent stool
ropo lifted heavily along tho troll.
Presently a long, gray ahapo, ghost
ly and sinister, camo creeping ovor tho
lower rldgo, gliding down tho faco of
tho hills, silent, relentless, a veritable
thing of Ufo. Ho leaned forward,
watching It como to rest above tho
railway, halt n llttlo whllo tho antlike
men darted hero and there, nnd then
roll sldowlso into position agalnBt tho
stays.
Whon the small piny of tho woods
was ovor, Just as La started down ho
Instantly and with ono gulp, tho big
fellow swallowed tho stuff, wined his
great mustncho, and claimed his To
ward. It was all dono so nrottllv Mini
ovon tho hoad surgeon pormltted him
self to smile
But tho real comedy began whon tho
head nurse, a matron turning fifty, ap
peared next morning and announced
"Every ono of you who takes his
medicine will bo allowed to kiss mo."
Tho effect was immodlnte Each
and ovory patient mado a faco aud put
down on tho table beside him tho doso
which ho had been about to swallow.
Now tho head nurso is goodness
itsolf, and hor goodness is woll splcod
with wit. Sho was tho first to laugh
at tho result of hor Invitation. Then
sho protended to bo nngry.
Not Surprising Nowadays,
King Potor of Serbia snatched a
rlllo from a dying soldlor in the
trenchos and prucooded to load and
tiro tho thing. Nowadays wo aro as
much surprised at a king who really
lights aa tho knights of old would
havo beon at a king who did not
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;lanccd involuntarily back along the
vny ho had come.
Tho girl still stood by tho bowlder
'ooklng up, her faco Illumined by that
'ight ho had noticed, nnd ho was quick
enough to comprehend that it was pas
slonato longing for tho big black bo
hind him. Sho had forgotten his pres
ence. Out of tho forns had crept tho
mammoth mongrel. Thoy two stood
together In a suhtlo comradeship
which struck him by Its Isolated sulil
elency. CHAPTER II.
An Amazing Arrival.
It was quitting tlmo quitting tlmo
In the coast country, which mennn
whatever tlmo tho light fadca. Pres
ontly tho loggers camo creeping down
tho trail, sturdy men In spiked boots
laced to tho knee, bluo flannol shirts,
and, for tho most part, corduroys
Thoy trooped down to tho cook-Bhack,
a long building of unpalnted pine, its
two sldo doors leading, tho ono into
tho dining room, tho other sheltered
by a rudo porch, into tho kitchen.
Inside "Ma" Dally, a white-haired
general of meals and men In their or
der, creaked heavily from ovon to
plno sink, her placid faco flaming with
tho heat of tho great steel range.
Tho eating room was long and nar
row, Its plno floor innocent of cover
ing. From end to end ran two long
tables, neat In whlto oilcloth, with In
tervals of catchup bottlea, pepper
sauce, sugar bowls, cream pitchers,
and solidly built receptacles for Bait
and popper. Alone both edKes stood
an army of whlto earthenwnro plates,
flanked by bono-hnndled knives and
forks and tin spoons.
At tho west, besldo nn open door,
was a high plno desk littered with pa
pers, a telephone hung at ono Bldo. A
small tnblo stood beforo a window,
with a rocking chnlr in proximity
ono of thoso low, old-faohloned rock
ing chairs that old women uso, and
that invariably hold a patchwork
cushion with green fringe and a white
knitted tidy. That rocker was part of
Daily's camp. It had followed tho
march of progress as tho camp cut Its
way Into tho hills.
"It's my one comfort," Ma was wont
to say, "though land knows I don't
got to sot in it moro'n a quarter what
I'd like"
As tho loggors slid noisily on to tho
benchos, tholr caulks giving up tho
mud they had hold purposely for tho
swept floor, SUctz camo and went, set
ting tho substantial viands In tho
open spaces left In tho expanso of
whlto oilcloth. Sho exchanged a word
hero and there, always a sensible
word, somothlng of tho work, tho day,
or tho mon thomsolves. Sho was put
ting a plato of cookies, sugar-sanded,
with currants on top, between Jim
Anworthy and a black-halrod Polo,
whon a foot struck tho step at tho
west door. Thoro was something in
tho sound thnt drow every head
around at once. A Btrangor stood
ngnlnst tho misty darkness between
tho JambB.
Ho was young, apparently alfout
twonty-flvo or six, woll set up, with
straight Bhouldors abovo narrow hlpa
and a polso that claimed Instant at
tention. Ho romoved his soft hat,
holding it In Ills hand, whllo bla
bright, bluo oyes lookqd Impersonally
ovor tho room. Ovor his shoulder a
pair of big, dark ones peered anxious
ly, whllo a black muzzlo with a small
whlto pntch nosod his elbow aside
"John Dally?"
It was a call that domauded, not a
question.
From tho head of tho nearest tnblo
a gtnnt of n man, caay nnturcd, lax
foaturod, looso Joints bnndod together
by steel slnows roso lumborlngly.
"I'm him," ho said.
Tho man In tho door brought his
oyea sharply to focua on hla face, read
ing It with lightning rapidity.
"I'm tho Dlllingworth Lumber com
panyor most of it," ho said clearly,
"and 1'vo come to stay. Where shall
I put my horso?"
Thoro was u startled sllonco aftor
theso amazing words. An unoxprossed
ejaculation went from fnco to face up
and down tho tables. Thon John Dally
showed why ho was tho best foreman
in that region. He got himself loose
from tho cud bonch and walked ovor
to the door.
"All right, Mr.?"
Ho waited easily, as if It was per
fectly natural for strangers to drop
from a hilltop and announce them
selves tho ruling power of tho country,
or moro strictly speaking ono of tho
ruling powers, for thoro wore two.
RESEARCH STOPPED BY WAR
Observations of Wireless Telegraphy
on a Large Scale Had Been
Planned by Nations.
World-wide cooperative observa
tions in wlroloss telography wero
planned by a committee of tho British
Association for tho Advancement ot
Sclonco, which reported at tho Aus
tralian mooting a year ago this s 11 ru
mor that tho project had been cordial
ly ombracod throughout the British
emplro and In othor countries. A
varioty of statistics woro to bo collect
ed tli roe days each week and suitable
forma had boon distributed on a largo
scale Tho outbreak ot tbo European
war, howovor, wrought havoo with
this undertaking, which bad promised
to throw light on several obscuro ques
tions In rndlo-tolography, and only a
fow stations In India, Australia, Can
ada, tho Wost Indies and tho United
States are now keeping up tho work.
Prlvnto wireless stations -throughout
the British emplro woro either dis
mantled or taken over by military au
thorities, whllo naval and othor official
"Snndry," finished tho othor, "Wal
ter Sandry from Now York."
"Como in, Mr. Snndry you'ro Just
In time"
Dally turned back to the lighted
room.
"Sllotz, glvo Mr. Sandry my plnce
Harrison, I'll have to tnko your filing
Bhcd for tonight. Tomorrow we'll fix
things in better shape"
Tho saw-filer, nn Important person
ago and ono to be conciliated, frowned
In his plato, but tho foreman had lost
sight of him. Ho ranched out a hugo
hard hnnd and took tho brldle-reln
from tho newcomer.
Already this man, was standing In
side the rudo building, with a high
headed air of forco, of personality that
made itsolf felt In tho most stolid na
turo prosont. Ho glanced down tho
double lino of faces and for a second,
just a fractional, fleeting moment,
scorned to hesltato. Thon ho laid his
hnt on tho small table, wnlked round
to Daily's empty scat, swung a leather
puttco and a well-built shoo over tho
bench and sat down. Ho was in place,
nnd a vague feeling of adjustment, or
solidity, accompanied him, ns If ho
wns there as ho said, to stay. Every
man In tho room felt It; and one of
thoso strango sensations of portent
communicated Itself to them, as when
the overyday affairs of llfo como to
a turn in the road.
Daily's was on tho evo of a change.
Tho girl was putting a think, white
plato, hot from boiling wator, before
him, deftly laying the simple cutlery,
pushing back nn intruding dish
It Was a Call That Demanded.
There was an air of detachment about
her. No portion of her garments
touched him. Sho waa always so,
aloof In a quiet way. Now, as she
tended the stranger silently, ono of
hor long braids slipped ovor her shoul
der and fell across his hand. He drow
away from tho contact sharply and a
dozen pairs of oyes saw tho action.
"Holl!" murmured a man at the
other side in mild amazement.
But not oven tho Importance of the
arrival of tho Dlllingworth Lumber
company could keep sllont thl3 bunch
of men from tho ends of the earth.
Thoy were free lances, following
wherovor fancy and tho lumber camps
led them through tho mountains and
tho big woods, contented in this place
or moving on, bound by no rules, ns in
dependent and unholduble as tho very
birds of tho air.
In three lnlnutca tho laughter was
sweeping gustily again, accompanied
by tho solid clink of cook-shack dishes,
tho clatter of knives for tho most part
used aa very adequato shovels, and
Walter Sandry was forgotten or
passed over.
An hour later he stood alone In tho
mlddlo of a tiny room at tho south
of tllo building, looking fixedly at tho
yellow flamo of n glass hand-lamp on
a stand. Under tho lamp waa a woolly
mat of bright red yarn, a wonderful
creation under that a thin, white
scarf, beautifully clean, the Ironed
creases standing out stlflly. J3esldo
the lnmp lay a pluk-llppcd concli shell
and a Bible
Snndry looked longest at tho BIblo
boside tho lamp and presently ho took
It up curiously, fingering it with a quiz
zical, weary smile
Its edges were thin and frayed and
ho noticed that it wn3 greatly worn.
Walter Sandry smiled and clanced
at random through tho book.
"Motherhood," he said half aloud,
"Is thoro nowhoro a father? a dear
old chap of the earth, a gcntlo old
man with white hair? Ono who has
raised a son " As If in nnswer to the
whimsical words, tho fragile leavos
separated at tho tragic record of King
David and tho words of that ancient
father-heart stared up at him. "Oh.
Absalom, my son, my son I" vital In
tholr anguish. With a snap ho closed
tho book, holding It tightly clasped in
hla hands whllo ho stared into tho
llamo of tho lamp with knit brows and
twitching llpa.
It was aB if tho fateful cry had
touched some soro spot In his heart,
sot throbbing soma half-healed pain.
For n moment a Bhadow ns of a vague
romorso darkonod his oxpresslvo faco
! statlona stI'Ped all purely scientific
ODsorving. Similar conditions pre
vailed In tho other bolllgeront coun
tries. Tho sumo circumstances led to
tho complete failure of the extensive
BChomo of special observations planned
In connection with tho solnr ocllpso ot
August 21. 1914. oxcont for'n row nh.
orvatlons mado In Norwav nmi
Bwedon.
Sea-Wall Proved True.
Tho valuo and durability or tho
great sea-wall built at Galveston fol
lowing tho disaster of 1900 wero amply
demonstrated on August 17 nnd IS,
whon a storm probably equaling in
fury that which devastated tho city 16
yoara ago, swept tho harbor. Com
munication across tho six-mile arm of
tho sea bctweon tho Toxns mainland
and Galveston Immediately was cut
off, tho concrete causeway on which
tho railroads enter tho city having
boon brenchod. Tho wind and sea
hurled themselves upou Galveston for
two dnys und nights. But tho great
concreto sea-wall successfully resisted
tho fury of tho olemonts, although tho
rain turned tho streets into rivers.
Thon a resolute strength tightened
hla lips and ho laid the Ulblo gontly
down nnd blow out tho light
It was cold In tho llttlo room nnd
the rain wna dripping from tho eaves
CHAPTER III.
The Wondrous Hills nt Dawn.
Ho was awakened next morning by
the thunder of heavily shod mon storm
Ing in from tho bunkhouse Tho smell
of cooking wns In tho air aud the
crack under his door Bhowed lamp
light. v
Tho rain wns still dripping softly
from tho eaves. Aa Sandry camo Into
tho eating room tho old woman of the
kltchon was looking over tho crowd
of mon as Impersonally a3 ho himselt
had done the night before with a
poise as assured and a aubtlo forco ac
strongly Indicated.
Her bright, old oyes, bluo aa his
own, met Ills lifted glance as ho hesl
tated.
"Set down In tho placo you hnd last
night, Mr. Snndry," sho snld in a rich
voice, "It's yours now. John'll move
down a notch."
She went back" Into tho mysterious
region of plea nnd doughnuta, and
Snndry was conscious of a slight fool
ing of wonder. He was already taken
In as one of tho family In a subtle
way, and It did not qulto suit him tc
bo so. If ho missed certain lifelong
attributes of service and surrounding
If ho took his placo among these
rough men with an Inward tremor ol
rebellion, ho mado no sign.
Again tho girl ho hnd met on the
farther sldo of tho mountain tended
in silence, a triflo more aloof. She
was clad In tho sarno sort of bluo flan
ncl shirt tho men wore, with a red
tie under tho turndown collar and a
rather short blue skirt showing hor
feet laced trimly into miniature boots.
The latter wcro even full of small
steel caulks.
It was still dark when tho loggers
trooped out into the fine rain.
John Dally came to him.
"Now, what would yon like, Mr. San
dry?" ho asked. "Will you como Into
the hills with ua, or would you rathrir
rest around camp? You como a long
ways, I guess."
"Yes. From Now York."
"I was thlnkln' yesterday mobby
you'd rather Just loaf around "
"Yesterday? Did you expect mo?"
"Oh, yes. I got a letter from Mr
Frazer last Week. He said the com
puny hnd mado a chango and I might
look for a visit."
"I think I'll go about," said Sandry
Outside It was frerh and slightly
cold. A thick, whlto fog struck him in
tho faco with an almoBt palpable
touch. It lay close to tho earth, a
sluggish monster spread down In the
valleys aa If for warmth. Through
Its enshrouding whiteness a lantorn
gleamed faintly across the slough.
Already tho llttlo locomotive was
getting up steam and tho donkoy
showod a red throat for an instant as
McDonald shoved in more wood.
From ahoad camo shouts and a
laugh or two as the men straggled up
to the railway.
Thero wero five cabins sot around
on the edgo of tho small, sloping
mountain meadow which gavo back
ground for Daily's camp; and in all
tho windows lights wero gloaming In
ono cabin a door opened and a mnn
camo 6ut, stopping a moment on the
sill to reach up and kiss n woman
who stood silhouetted against the
light, when the door closed aud San
dry could not seo tho man, though lit
could hear hla footsteps. The fore
man swung ahead In the path.
"Thoy's a foot-log here," ho said
"tidewater slough. 'Taln't deep."
Thoy stopped at tho foot of th
rldgo whoro tho donkoy, tho railway
and the track terminal huddled
against tho bold uplift, and Daily in
troduced him to Hastings and Murphy
tho latter of whom hung out of the
window of his diminutivo cab and
peered at tho stranger out of laugh
ing oyea whose forbears had twinkled
on Donegal's blue bay and "Erin's red
cheeked daughters with impartial Joy.
"Ah, Misthor Dlllingworth," he Bald
heartily, "un' phat d'ye t'ink av the
West Coast now?"
"Sandry, Murphy," caught up Dally
easily, yot with a warning note.
"Shuro! Snndry 'tis! Excuse me,
MIsther Sandry, but ain't th' scenery
foino?"
"What I'vo seen, yes, Murphy," an
swored Sandry after a slight pauso
As ho turned aftor Dally the Irishman
stuck his tonguo in tho corner of his
lips nnd drummed a minute on the
sill, the broad smilo lessoning on his
reckless face
"An' phat d'yo know nbout thot?"
ho nsked retrospectively of tho fog.
(TO HE CONTINUED.)
Scientists Interested In Find.
At a recent scientific gnthorlng, Pro
fnsHnrH Edcoworth. David nnd Wilson
described a completely mineralized hu
man skull found near Warwick, in the
Darling Downs of Queensland. It
probably dates from a period when the
great fossil marsupials were still Uv
ing, nnd la enrlior than nny othor hu
man remains hitherto found in Aus
tralia. Was Not a Roman.
Whllo a sergeant of a certain Brit
ish regiment was engaged with a com
pany of tho National Reservists a
short tlmo ago In physical drill a
drill that demands, to say tho least of
it, a small amount of agility a pri
vate, who looked as It ho had been
younger In his day, complained to tho
non-commissioned officer In charge
that ho was too old for that sort of
practice.
"How old aro you?" Bald tho In
structor. "Fifty-throe," snld tho private.
'Why," exclaimed tho inMructor,
"tho Romnns usad to do this sort of
thing nt tho ago of sixty."
"That may bo," said tho private,
"but I'm not a Itomau; I'm a Wosley
an." Lucky English Angler.
A lucky anglor, on tho first experi
ence ot fishing, has caught at Staines.
England, a golden tench, stated to ho
tho first caught in tho Thames for thu
last 20 years. It wus 14 inches lout
nnd wolghed ono pound and fourteen
ounces.
GETTING
NATHANIEL C. FOWLER.,' Jr. 1
(Copyright, 1915, by Uio HcCluro Newspaper Syndicate.)
OBSERVATION.
Mary Smith that Isn't hor name
Jut It will do was a Junior stenog
rapher for a manufacturing concern.
Hor prescribed duties wero limited to
taking dictation and to transcribing
tho result upon a typewriter. Sho had
two oyes, and sho used both of them.
Tho headquarters of the company
aro In a largo olllco building. Thoro
Is a mail chuto on every floor, and tho
mall Is collocted hourly. Most of tho
letters of this company aro dictated In
tho morning, and a largo proportion of
them nro rendy for mailing by noon.
Comparatively few of thorn, however,
aro mailed until the closo of business.
Tho company has a largo branch
house in a Western city. If a lotter is
mailed beforo noon, it catches a lim
ited Western train, and will reach Its
destination the next day in timo for do
livery in tho early afternoon. If it Is
mailed lator, it catches tho train
reaching tho distant city too into for
its delivery on tho following day.
Miss Smith discovered this, and, of
hor own volition, saw to It that all let
ters directed to tho branch house wero
mailed boforo noon, provided, of
course, that thoy wero ready.
Tho advantago is too self-evident for
comment.
Tho prosldent learned what sho was
doing. From that momont sho was a
marked woman in tho office, and. to
day, sho is at tho head of tho steno
graphic department and assistant offico
manager, drawing a salary of about
$2,000.
John Smith and that isn't hla namo
either a few years ago was offico boy
for a wholesaler. Ho, too, used his
eyes. Ono day ho was obliged to wait
in tho post office. Instead of gazing
Into the street, ho poked his head Into
one of tho windows which overlooked
the mailing rack. Ho noticed that let
ters enclosed in envelopes of ordinary
size wero immediately placed in tho
pigeonholes, and that tho distributing
clerk usually dropped tho larger en
velopes onto tho mailing tablo, becauBQ
they did not fit into tho pigeonholes
and because it was difficult to tie them
up with the ordinary envelopes.
John made inquiries, and found that
not infrequently tho large envelopes
missed tho earlier mall, and, therefore,
wero not delivered as promptly as
wero letters enclosed In envelopes of
ordinary size. Ho reported this to his
employer.
Tho incident, insignificant though it
may seem, placed John in tho eye of
tho man for whom ho worked. Today
he is chief clerk.
Your employer expects you to be on
time, to bo faithful, and to do the
work allotted to you. For this serv
ice bo pays you tho regular markot
price He does not ask you to do more,
and 99 per cent of employees do not do
moro.
The fellow who use3 his brain is al
ways observant, and ho is pretty sura
to discover somothlng which will bene
fit his employer. It may bo a little
thing, or a big ono, but it lifts him out
of tbo ranks and is tho boginnlng of
his success.
Doing what you havo to do.'br what
you are told to do, means a livelihood.
Taking tho Initiative, and doing what
you aro not told to do, or oxpocted to
do, stand for promotion and a liberal
salary.
CRAMMING.
This article is not addressed ex
clusively to students, but also to thoso
who aro using tho common methods
of obtaining information by pressure
or force
So unqualifiedly am I opposed to
cramming for examination, and to any
othor similar process, that I have bo
como a strong advocate of a reform
in this direction, looking toward tho
establishment of a now schemo whore
by 'tho pupil will bo provonted from
continuing this vlcloua practice which
has nothing to recommond it.
I would suggest irregular periods
for examinations, so that tho pupils
would not bo advised in advance of
tho ordoal, and, therefore, would bo
obliged to study regularly and persist
ently, if they wished to bo prepared
for the tosts.
It la qulto likely that tho pedagogue,
klln-drlod and unconventional, would
take exceptions to anything which
would disturb tho dregs of his
academic tea, and would claim that
examinations would not be complete
or satisfactory unless they followed
a full term of study.
Perfection In this direction, as in
others, is impossible. Bettor be near-
PROPER PRIDE IN A NATION
May Have as Strong Virtues as In the
Case of Individual Members
of Society.
Prldo has its placo among virtues,
in the lives of Individuals as well as In
tho lives of nations. Prldo, in so far
as it is a virtuo, is a determination not
to be turned OBldo from tho ends which
a man thinks good, no matter what out
side presauro may bo brought to bear
upon him. Thero is pride In Condor
cot, Bontenccd to the guillotine, spend
ing his last days In writing a book on
human progress. Thoro is pride in
thoso who rofuse to recant their rell
glous convictions under persecution
Such prldo is tho noblost form of cour
age; It shows that self-determination
of tho will which is the essenco of
spiritual freedom. But such pride
should havo as Its complement a just
conception of what constltutos human
welfaro, and as its correlative a re
spect for the freedom of others aa ab
solute as tbo determination to pre
serve freedom for ourselves. Exactly
the samo kind of pride Is good in the
A START
or right than farther from right, al
ways assuming thnt there must bo ob
jections aud often valid ones, to every
action, educational or otherwise
My Investigations show thnt fully
ninety per cent of college undergrad
uates and high school pupils, includ
ing thoso who nrj studious, cram for
examination. It line bocomo a custom,
and still remains in force.
Tho crammingforexamlnatlon meth
od, Instigated in tho school, Is carried
through life, and ontors business and
profession. Instead of learning by
study nnd persistent effort what 13 re
quired, nearly everybody especially
prepares hlmsolf to meet some antici
pated examination or test, which la
usually scheduled to occur on a defin
ite date Tho knowledge obtained In
this way does not remain. It Is forced
In and forces Itsolf out, usually leav
ing tho mfnd as empty as It was in
tho first plnco.
Tho business or professional man of
marked accomplishment Is always
ready to meet emergency. He as
sumes its constant occurrence He
grounds hlmsolf In what he should
know, over studying, ever learning,
ovor open to suggestion, over anxious
to obtain information. Of courso, if
an unusual task is presented to bira,
ho may read up or study the subject
moro intently, but he docs not dopend
upon this special loading of tho mind.
A short period of daily study accom
pllshesmoro than double tho amount
of timo spent in cramming, and that
which is obtained naturally and regu
larly is not easily forgotten, but re
mains as a permanent asset.
Work, whether you havo to study or
do something else. Keep everlast
ingly at it, whatover may bo your duty
or your vocation. Learn something
every day, and do not mako a special
ty of overloading on any one day. If
you do, you will bo liko tho over
charged gun which is moro likely to
burst than to send the shot to tho
target.
Another Egg Problem.
Two much-bedecked porters woro.
given leavo to go to the races. They
were standing at Fourth and Oak,
waiting for tho car, when a casual
glanco toward the church caused one
of tho colored worthy's thoughts to
tako a peculiar trend. "Look here.
Jim," said ono of thorn, "there haB
been a question in my mind for a long
timo and I can't figuro it out. I lahks
chtcken, you lahks chicken, all our
ancestors lahked chicken, but where
did dat chicken como from? Dere
had to bo an alg befo' dey could be a
chicken, nn' dey had to bo a chickon
to lay dat alg. If dero wasn't no
chicken on earth how did dat alg get
here, an' if dero wasn't no alg on earth
how did dat chicken got hero?"
James maintained that the chicken
was first and poured forth arguments
to that end. His friend became an
gered, a mlxup followed and an offi
cer became Interested in tho discus
sion. Ho heard both sides, gave nei
ther a verdict, but decided to let tbo
judge havo a chance to bear such a
peculiar argument. And ns they wero
being escorted to tho jail ono of the
colored men remarked:
"Jim, 1 bellovea dot fust chicken
waa do work of do dovll." Louiavlllo
Times.
Laws Against Kissing.
On July 16, 1439, an act was passed
forbidding kissing owing to tho pes
tilence raging over England and
France. That Is tho only enactment
passed agalnt kissing in England; but
in several countries thoro aro strin
gent regulations against kissing in
public. Tho Bavarian state railways
forbid kissing on their railway system,
and tho Now York Central Railway
company now build in connection with
every now station a "kissing gallery,"
or elevated platform, whero passen
gors aro requested to tako leavo of
tholr friends, and kiss to tho limit of
their emotion. Ono of the French
railway companlos somo years ago
promulgated a by-law by which kiss
ing was added to tho Jlst of things
banned, but the physicians ot Mil
waukee about the samo time went a
atop farther and prepared a bill for
tho absoluto suppression of kissing on
tho ground ot tho practice beihg 0
menaco to health.
Making a Place In the World.
Tho world is no longer clay, but
rather iron in tho hands of its work
ers, nnd men have got to hammer out
a placo for themsolvos by steady and
rugged blows. Emerson.
llfo of a nation. If wo think 11! of war.
whllo somo othor nation thinks well of
it. let us show our national pride by
1 vlng without war, whatover tempta
tions the other nation may put in our
way to live according to their Ideals
rather than according to our own.
Bertrand Russell. In Atlantic.
Carbon In Gravity Cells.
Carbon can bo used instead ot cop.
por in gravity cells wltn good results
boveral carbons should bo removed
from wornout dry cells, thoroughly
cleaned and connected together After
a few hours of short circuit a coating
of copper from tho copper sulphato
aoiutlon will form on the carbon sur.
face which will perform the fScSS
of ho usual copper electrode vory
well. It must be understood, how
over, that a loss of efficiency will re
sult, as carbon has much greater Z
Blstunce than cfliper.-Popular Sol
ence Monthly and World's Advance
Excellent Motto.
"Practice with science" Ib tho motto
of the Royal Agricultural society ol
England.
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