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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (June 7, 1912)
"T "'J' -jft: 9,. m - Time to Think By Jcanao O. Lolzcaux (Copyright, 1318, by Associated Literary Press.) Tho girl seemed splondldly obllvl eus to hor follow travelers all day. Sho bad boarded tho train at Denver with very little but super-elegant baggage, and alono. Sho had been excited at first, but as tho hours passed hor gaze became quieter, more thoughtful. Sho leaned her cloud of gold-brown hair back ngalnst the seat and Idly watched the porter light up as tho dusk fell upon them. Down tho aisle a few seats and facing her sat a youth with his hat tipped back on his head. He was playing cards with a Kansas farmer. a traveling man from Chicago, and on old Gorman woman. A llttlo old lady, perfect In feature and every de tail of dress, still beautiful, was amusedly watching thorn all. Tho youth caught the traveling man's glanco ns for tho thousandth tltno It rested on tho girl. "Easy to look nt. Isn't bIio?" quoth tho youth. "But sho wouldn't stand for any freshness from you, say I" he obsorvod. Tho man laughed with uneasy Im pudence. "If Kansas and I link you and the lady In this round, I'll show you! I'll go over and make good with that girl my trick!" And then "thc little old lady slowly rose and mado hor way to tho girl, whose eyes woro feverishly bright She smiled, as anything alive to fineness muBt Bmllo. when tho old lady took tho Beat besldo her not like a protector, but as one Booking company. "You are alone, my dear?" "Quito qulto alone!" Then thoy talked, Impersonally, but with friendliness, as strange worn v en of the samo world approach each other, tho older woman wistful at tho freshness of youth, the girl wishing for tho tranquility of age. Tho land scape was qulto dark when sho Bpoko again. "I was going to California," she paid. And then, brusquely, "Did you evor do anything you wore sorry for? I mean, any really big thing? Did you ovor make a decision because you were blind with Ignorance, and bo sorry and scared aftr you had time to think?" She hurled the questions nt tho old lady, who ac cepted them calmly. She had watched for thla chance, feeling something waB wrong. "Yes, my dear child. You are a stranger, so I don't mind telling you. Once, because I felt uneasy, I got off nt a station after I had been started by my father tr, a girls' school. I reached my father Just In time to save him from sulcldo from melan choly ovor my mother's death, and thinking my education was taking me also from him. I never left him again not even when I marriedi" "Forgive mo but did you marry the right man?" Tho llttlo old lady laughed inside, and turned tho worn wedding ring on her flngor. She had known tho troubled look wns because of a man! It nearly always Is! She reached for tho girl's hand, which tightened about hers, and continued: "I wont up the altar steps twice onco to realize at tho last moment that It was to meet the wrong man. It was the terrible moment of my life, but I held" on to my courage. 1 whispered to him that I could not go with him, and then I mercifully fainted. A year after, I married the right man. Ho lived only two years but I had the two years; all the rest, boforo and after, was only for that and I have my aon." "Then you would always follow your " "Always follow your heart. If you lot yourself bo quiet,, thero will In any grent'ovent bo a still voice that will show you tho right path to choose." Tho old lady waited. The girl grow very pale. "Uut if you had promised your father when ho waa dying to marry somebody, and you llkod him. and respected him! And whon It was almost tlmo for you to marry him and you were all ready, and tho whole world knew about It, suppos ing somo one clso came, and you know In ono moment that ho was the right ono? And you felt Instantly that ho knew it, too? And then when you wero taking tho train west to tho first man's mother's, where all your wedding things wqro sent on, what If the real ono forgot hlmsolf nt tho atntlon and showed you his honrt?" She was breathless nd white, but hor voice was very Ipw. Tho old lady waa silent. , "What would you do?" Insisted tho young voice. 'Can't you help me? I wish thoro would bo a wreck!" "That Is very foolish. Bettor he quiet nnd toll mo about It. You know It is not right to marry whore you do not lovo. Nothing can make it right to do wrong." "My promlso ?" "Tho dead cannot llvo for the dear pnes thoy leave behind. Your father would not hold you to It, nor require puch n sacrlflco." "But tho man ho cares for mo, ho has built mo a home." "Tell him tho truth. If you aro sure about this, ask him to releaso you. If ho loves you ho will do so, It ho doesn't lovo you, that also would end It. Thoro is only ono right way. It would bo wrong to keep this from him. Am I right?" Tho girl nodded. Tho baffled travel ing man passed thorn on his way to the dining car. Tho old lady roso decisively. "I'm famished," she Bald. "And you bavo oaten nothing for hourB. Go In with mo. nnd bo sensible, and wo'U dccldo what to do. Wo havo an hour's wait I am bound for California, too. Should be thero now, but havo boon on a hurrlod business trip to Donvor for my son. Come, my dear." Tho girl followed nnd ato what hor now friend ordered. Flnnlly thoy re turned to tholr car. "You will think It strango that I am alono. I havo lived with a cousin. She was to take mo, but I started a wook early. I could not trust myself in the placo with tho right man an other day. I should telegraph they will not expect mo. I havo novcr Been Rex's mother" they were In the dark vestibulo and tho girl did not see tho older woman start at tho name. "People tell me I am sure to lovo her. I can't bear to havo hor think 111 of mo." "Sho will understand," breathed the old lady. "She will think no ill but aro you sure, sure about tbo other man?" "If I could havo one week ono day with him. I would dlo happy!" Sho was taking her sent again and her eyes shone. "I would follow him anywhere In tho world, glvo up any thing for him oh " "My dear, listen. Wo will bo In Salt Lake early In the morning. Wo can stop off. go to a hotel and you can decide what to do. I will help you. You must have your berth mado up now. and go to sleep. It. will como out right for everybody." But sudden ly tho old lady's faco sccmod to have aged. "Helen will you klsa mo?'' The girl did bo. Afterwards she remembered that she had not told her name. And In her berth Bhe wondered dreamily whether Rex Wharton would forgive her, Then sho forgot all about him and fell into dreams of Sherman King. At tho dirty, prosaic station at Salt Lake, In tho brightness of tho May morning, a quick, strango scone oc curred. The old lady and Helen Trav ers had Just entered, when tho girl gavo a cry. A tall, blond young fol low, very pale, snatched her to him and kissed her without a word. Whllo tho older woman was looking hor as tonishment, another man, nlso young but graver, with a dark, fine faco. stopped short at tho door and watched tho group. His features wero a larger model of tho fine old lady's faco, tho chin more square, the forehead high er. He came over and took her hnnd. "Rex!" sho breathed. "Oh, Rex, my poor boy! It couldn't bo helped sho Isn't to blame!" For still, though standing apart from him, Helen saw only Sherman King, and ho her, and ho stood talking to her In a low. eager tone. Rex Wharton almost crushed hla mother's hand In his. "Mother! I thought I would meet you here, send you on homo, and then go to Den ver for her. What does It mean?" Then, a3 If a voice called her, Helen turned and saw him. She walked straight up to him, truth and courage In her eyes. "Bex," she said, "you must forgive mo. But I can't I" "You love some one else? Don't bo afraid of me! I can bear what is coming to me!" She gave a tragic llttlo gesture and tho other man steppod to her side with a protective movement. Whar ton gave a bitter little laugh, and tho girl breathed the mon's names to each other. Rex put out his hand and gavo King a hearty grasp ho was a man. "I Biippose," ho said Blowly, "that I don't deserve happiness. At any rate, you seem to be tb,o better man. Helen, I am still In a manner respon sible for you. What do you wish to do Shall my mother " Tho girl's eyos filled with sudden tears. "Oh," she said, "If my mother had lived! Will you stay a, fow hours until we " "Can bo married? I will make ar rangements Immediately," King fin ished. He turned away and Rex went with him a few steps, then re turned. "Take a taxi to tho St James," ho said, "and wait for us." "Oh!" said tho girl. "I feel llko a wicked wicked " The old lady gave a rueful little smile. "Sherman King avenges my treatment of his father," she Bald quietly. "It comes back to my son." Nora's Luck. In tho employ of a Brooklyn house hold thoro Is a servant named Nora. Although Nora Is frequently scolded for ono thing or another, the family aver sho always gets tho best of tho argument. Recently sho was taken to task by the mistress touching tho dusty condi tion of furniture In the living room. Nora ran her thumb along tbo seat of ono of tho chalis. Sho regarded tho re sult with much Interest. "It shurc bate3 all, mum," said sho, "the dlffei onco yo And when nobody sits in 'em for Jlst tho wan dny, mum! I con gratulate mesllf, mum, that I woik for such a popular family. Now, If it weren't for your visitors, mum, whero'd I bo? At thlm chairs, mum, tho hole day long with my cloth!" petroleum From Egypt. Tho first shipment of petroleum from tho Gemsrih field of Egypt ,hna Just been made, consisting of throe thousand tons In a tank steamer. The Gcmsah oil Held is on tho Rod sea. NEWS fortfie YOUNG PEOPLE HOW TO CONSTRUCT A KITE Among Other Things Needed Is Long, Straight Lath, a Cane, Lots of String, Paste and Paper. In order to mako a klto ono needs a long, straight lath, a cano, lots of string, paper and paste. Tho I nth Is for tho upright. Tho cano should bo three-fourths tho length of tho lath, and must bo securely fastened at its exact ralddlo to tho upper end' of tho lath and brought down to a bow by tho cord. Care must bo taken to bal ance tho two sides of the kito ac curately. A very slight Inexactness will mako tho kite lop-sided. Fasten all tho porta securely with string, and tho skeleton of your klto is complete Now paBte sheets of papor together until you havo ono largo- enough to cover tho whole framework, leaving about two inches to lap over. Pasto this two-Inch margin over the edges securely. Cut somo slips of paper about three Inches wide and pasto thorn along and over the cross and upright strings to securo them firmly to the main shoots. For tho wings, or tnsBolB, tako two strips of papor, snip across like a comb, roll them up and bind the uncut ends with a string. Tho tall is mado of slips of paper twisted and tied along a long string about six Inches apart A good Cheaply Made Kite. long string with a tassol at tho end will answer tho samo purpose and Is moro graceful. Tho tall should bo fif teen times as long as the kite. Tho string should bo light and strong. Tho string should bo fastened to n piece of string, which Is fastened to the up right by both ends and hanging down lu a loop about a foot In depth. Tho points of attachment should bo one a llttlo below tho middle of tho up right and tho other about two-thirds up tho remaining length. Tho Illus tration will show you. Klte-flylng is a delightful pastime, but It is nlso more than that. It has Its uses for scientific nnd military purposes. In tho year 1749 two scien tists attached thermometers to kites and raised them Into tho clouds to mako an oxperlmont In finding out the temperature. Thoy havo also been sent up with Instruments attached to thom to register the wind movements. Thoy holp In making the weather fore casts, as "Old Probs" Hies kites from some of the observing Btatlons to bring information from ns high as a mile up in the air. Then thero nre military kites, used to carry a camera for photographing a fort from above, the abutter being worked by electric wire or clockwork; and a largo klto or several kites coup led togother are used to lift a man up to, say, fifty or ono hundred feet, to let him examine from above tho en emy's army or camp. Of course tho kites used In this way are not Just the ordinary paper and string kito. such as wo mako at homo. Other mato rials must sometimes bo employed. In Japan "kito flying" la a popular amusement, the object aimed at being to so fly one klto as to dlsablo or cut tho string of another. A Scare-Sparrow Invention. It Is easy enough to Invent a scare crow that wlll'snaro a crow, but it Is qulto another thing to find n scare crow that will scare a sparrow. Place the ugliest scarecrow or "scare-sparrow" on tho roof of a house and the saucy little sparrows will go and build their nests In tho pockets of tho coat. With this fact In mind an Invontor lias patontt'd In Washington a "sparrow scarer" which, according to his plans, la to ho placed on tho eaves of houses or suspended nmong foliage It Is In tho form of a very fierce old cat, with bright, lpng, stiff whiskers, glaring eyes nnd n short, stubby nnd erect tall. Such a terrific beast, swaying in tho branches of a troo, would be enough, tho Inventor thinks, to fright en the wits out of any birds. But ho ovldontly doesn't know tho English 'sparrow. It would pull out tho dum my cat's whiskers nnd build a nest in tho crook of its tall. BUNGALOW FOR SMALL BIRDS Excellent Nesting Placo for the Little Songsters May Be Made Out of Thin, Soft Wood. A bird bungalow may bo mado and placed in somo position whero tho birds may uso it ns a homo, Many peoplo mako a practice of propnrlng theso llttlo houses, becnuso they llko to sco tho birds, and also to help tho llttlo fenthored creatures havo a safo homo for rearing tholr families. But It is not all on ono sldo that tho favor will bo shown, for if tho birds nro in your neighborhood, thoy will kill tho bugs which do so much harm and thus save tho trees from destruction. Wo honr a great deal about tho conservation of the forosts. Which means tho saving of tho foroBts from Bird Bungalow. destruction nnd, thus, tho rivors and lakes. So by helping keep tho birds In your neighborhood, you will help save tho troos. You will seo this bungalow has no plnzza, bocauso tho bird enters on tho wing and does not llko to havo a porch on which uninvited guests enn stand and look Into hor houso through tho front door. Tho roof over hangs an Inch In front, for protoctlon agalns rain nnd sun. In tho back, both roof and floor extend a half-Inch beyond tho body of tho houso, bo that thero will bo an air apaco be tween It and the tree, for thoro aro llvo small holes In tho back to servo as vontllators. and thoy, would ho useloss for that purpose If tho bun galow wero flat against tho tree. Tho mnterlal required aro somo vory thin, soft wood (cigar boxes aro good) about four dozon tiny wire nails, and a couplo of yards of copper wlro to attach the bungalow to a tree. Small Iron or steel wlro is apt to rust through and break. MOTORCYCLE OF A NEW TYPE Friction Valve, Which Is Unique Fea ture, Gives Any Variation of Speed That la Desired. A new motorcycle of tho undenting typo has several Interesting features, tho most radical of which is a reverse drive. Tho friction drive, which is a unique feature, gives nny variation of speed desired, from 30 to 1 on low and 3 to 1 on high, with 10 to 1 on roverso. Tho lever on tho right throws out tho clutch when pushed forward, and thla allows tho speed to bo changed by tho lever on tho left footboard. Or, by pushing tho first-named lever still further forward, tho band brako Is operated. It Is claimed that this band brako nnd tho roverso drlvo glvo ab solute safety and control, says tho Popular Mechanics. The Idler wheoJa attached to each sldo of the frame aro lowored by means of a lever mounted nt tho right Unique Design of Motorcycle. of tho seat, and nro raised by press ing a button on the foot-board. Tho construction of tho front hub and axfb Is such that tho ontlro load of the forward half of tho machlno is oup ported directly by tho axle. Tho forks leading to tho steering shaft are used simply to guide tho wheel. FOLLOW IT TO "BITTER END" Few persons Know That It Is Nauti cal Term and Is Borrowed From Cable of Big Ship, You have probably ofton heard a person say: "I will follow It to tho bitter end" or something to that ef fect, but very fow persons know that this Is a nautical term and is bor rowed from a ship'B cnblo. If you have over boon on a big Bhlp you must have noticed two big plecos of wood btlcklng up out of tho deck forward, alongside each other. They sometimes havo a windlass between them and they aro used to securo tho cable that goes to tho anchor. Theso pieces of wood aro cnllcd tho bltts. f When tho ship conies to anchor and the cnblo Id paid out nil that part of it which is abaft or behind the hilts is called tho bitter end ofthoj cable. In a storm or in poor holding ground for anchors the moro cnblo that is paid out tho hotter tho anchor will hold and when the captain Is at all doubtful ho pays out his cahlo to tho bitter end sooner than risk any harm to his Bhlp. Youngster Was Posted, "Papa," queried llttlo Lola, who was looking through a catalogue of ag ricultural Implements, "what la a chill ed plow?" "1 know," exclaimed her six year old brother. "It's a plow that has stood out In the cold all whiter." JH ' 'I j'gyyys. T Newspaper Men Preparing For Two Conventions. TO MOVE ON CHICAGO SOON Then They Must Mako Quick Jump to Baltimore How Tickets Aro Assigned and Quarters Provld ed for the Correspon dents. By GEORGE CLINTON. Wnahlngton.-'-MovIng day is Immi nent in Washington. Vory soon scoros of raombors of congress, tho cam paign manngora of throo Republican candidates and hundreds ot persons who aro to bo mcroly onlookors will tako trains, regular and spoclal. to movo on Chicago for tho groat Re publican national convention. Whllo tho Republican convention is at Its height other scoros of congress men and campaign mnnagors of at least four Democratic candidates nnd moro onlookers than nro numbered among tho hosts of Chicago specta tors, wll Imovo on Baltimore. The conventions this year aro regarded by everybody In Washington as certain to bo of unusual Interest. Tho de mand for tickets to both groat affairs has been greator than ovor before nnd tho committeemen nro bolng put to it not simply to moot tho demand, but to discover wnys and means of de clining domnnds so diplomatically as not to give offonso. It is a caso ot being asked to put at least a hundrod pegs In ono holo and this 1b tho thing which not even tho sagacious and re sourceful national commlttemon of tho two partlos aro ablo to do. Army of Correspondents. Congressmen, political managers and onlookors will not bo tho only bnoa to leavo Washington' for tho Chi cago ovont. At least 1B0 nowBpnpor correspondents will desert tho gal leries of congress somo days in ad vanco of tho Republican convention to go to tho Lnko city, to report not only tho convention itself, but tho bound-to-bo-intorostlng preliminaries. Thoro will bo 600 nowspaper mon In attendance nt both conventions. Prior to tho conventions, tho na tional committeemen of both parties aro oxtromoly busy mon, but thoro aro others who havo to work also. Tho correspondents In Washington hnvo what la called a standing committee whoso duties It Is to rcgulato tho prosB galleries, to docldo on who 1b ontltlod to admission and who is not, to In vestigate In tho raro cases whero somo correspondent is charged with unpro fessional conduct, and to do many oth or things In tho way of "regulation and good government" Mr. Albert's Large Task. Tho chairman of tho standing com mlttoo of correspondents Is Charlos S. Albert. To Mr. Albert havo como tho applications from all tho managing editors ot tho dally papers of tho coun try nsklng for assIgnmentB of Boats on tho press platforms of tho two con ventions. It is also tho duty of the chairman to confer with tho other members of tho standing commlttoo nnd to detormlno whothor or not tho demands of tho different newspapers havo been out of keeping with tho real news necessities In tho caso. It is rathor a difficult and dollcato Job to detormlno Just how many scats tho nowspapors aro entitled to. Whon nil tho applications aro In, the requests for newspaper Boats nro turned ovor by tho 'standing commlttoo to tho chairman of tho national committees on tho management of tho two conven tions, and tho seats aro assigned. In tho houso press gallery acting as Its Bupcrlntondent Is a government employee who hnB boon for something llko thirty years at hlB post of duty. Ho 1b CharloB II. Mann, a Marylander. Ho Is not only a veteran of tho Wash ington service, but a veteran of tho convention Borvlco. In tho senate press gallory aB super intendent Is James D. Preston, young and. extraordinarily actlvo. Ho has boon traveling back nnd forth between Baltimore and Washington sovoral tlmoB a week ovor Blnco tho Demo cratic national committeemen fixed on Baltimore as tbo placo for tho con vention. It Is not too much to say that Mr. Preston probably knows Just what kind ot quartors havo been as signed each Individual correspondent It has been one of his duties to see to It that tbo writers havo places to which they can go to pound out for themselves, or to dictate, instant copy. Department Press Agents Accused. Members of tho houso rules commit teo recently havo been Investigating "tho ubo of prosB agents by tho de partments of government." in many ot tho departments mon nro employed to put out Information concerning tho work which tho government Intends to do along certain linos. Much of this material Is sent to Washington corre spondents and a good deal of it is use ful, for it contains facts which nro ot sorvlce In writing nrticlos concerning tho activities of the government Tho chnrgo has boon mado that somo of the publicity ngouts of tho departments havo gono beyond tho bounds of propriety and havo put out matter Intended not only to defend officials from attack, but to bring dis credit upon pooplo who havo critl clBod tho workings of tho depart ments. Tho direct chnrgo mndo con corning "tho pernicious publicity nctlvity" considered by tho Iioubo rulos commlttoo had to do with mate rial furnished by tho department of agriculture which, It Is Bald, was sent n out In franked envelopes and which was lntondcd, so It Is assertod, to hamper tho Investigation which waa bolng mado into moat inspection af fairs. Publicity That Has Value. Tho govornmont hna benefitted vast ly by Its nttempta to employ proper publicity ngonts, nnd If any ot tho wrltora on behalf of tho govornmont scrvlco havo ovorstoppod tho bounds of propriety thoy havo unquestionably dealt a blow to publicity ot tho right kind. Tako tho bureau of oducatlon, for instance. It furnishes and has boon furnishing for somo tlmo Interesting matter concerning oducatlonal affairs all ovor tho country, and tho trond ot oducatlon In other countries. In tho main It Is wholosomo stuff nnd fre quently it bns not only real educa tlonnl valuo, but real nows vnluo. Tho stopping up of thla sourco ot educa tional publicity probably would not only bo an Injury tojtho govornmont. but n distinct loss to educators nil over tho country who tako a deep In torost In tholr profession nnd all that pertains to It Of courso tho publicity mattor referred to doos not tncludo tho regular publications ot tho de partments. Thero hnB boon no hint of nn Intention to tntcrforo with tholr issue. Not long ago thero was established by congress whnt waa called a bureau of mines. Tho officers of thla bureau are engaged In tho work of showing mining corporations nnd tholr em ployes how to prevent accldcutB and how to Bavo llfo and property. Somo of tho material furnished by the pub licity agent ot this bureau has boon read by hundreds of thousands of peo plo tho country through. Frequently thoso nrticlos havo been accompanied by Illustrations mado from photo graphs of actual accident and life-saving scenes. Tho Btato department nlso has a publicity agent, nnd now much mate rial is given out of a kind which be fore thla waa held secret simply bo causo tho holding of everything secret was tho department's custom. Cheaper Money for Farmers. Tho American state department through flvo ot Its ambassadors hna boon Investigating European systems by which tho farmers thoro aro en abled to borrow money nt rcaoonablo rates. Tho Intention ot tho Btato de partment, after studying tho rosulta ot the Investigation, is to attempt to In troduce tho European Byatom In this country, so that tho Amorlcan fanner can borrow monoy nt choapor ratos. It BoouiB to bo tho administration's thought that if tho Europoan Byatom Is adopted In America tho fartnor can ratso monoy on his farm by moans ot a bond saleable in any part ot tho country. In Europe, it Is said, tho farmer borrows on equal torms with tho, biggest railroad, industrial corpor ation or municipality. Tho state de partment in a printed communication to tho public on tho matter Bays: "Tho Investigation 1b considered ono of tho moBt Important undertakings yot attempted In dollar diplomacy. Myron T. Horrlck, tho newly appointed nmbnasador to Franco, is Secretary Knox's right-hand man In the investi gation. Mr. Horrlck Is hlmsolf tho product of an Ohio farm, and has mado tho "problem ottho farmor" a hobby for yoars. Whon tho work In Europe Is completed tho state department will proparo an organization plan to fit tho schomo to American conditions, and a legislative program will probably bo mapped out for tho president to sub mit to congress. Tho Investigation la centered about tho Credit Fonclor of France and tho Landschattea of Ger many. How the Credit Fonder Works. "Tho Credit Fonclor la a llmltod-U-nblllty company operated under the au- . porvlsion of tho French govornmont for tho purposo of lending monoy to public sorvlco corporations, communi ties, counties and landowners, and to create and negotlato bonds based on mortgages which aro limited to tho amount duo from the lender. In other words, tbo Credit Fonclor acta aa tho agent for tho French fnrinor. bo that instead of seeking to ralso money directly from somo local investor by mortgaging his farm, tho farmer places his mortgage with tho Credit Fonclor, which In turn issues a bond based upon that mortgago and which can be sold anywhere throughout the country. In this way tho French farmer Is freed from tho necessity of borrowing In the limited market of bis own Immediate vicinity. "It IB Just thlB restriction vhich la forcing tho Amorican farmor to pay ex orbitant rates of lutorcst and to put up with nono too acceptable terms. la this country tho farmer 1b practically forced to borrow from Borne investor In his community. If local con ditions make monoy "tight" there ho suffers accordingly. In ono section ot tho country ho pays six per cent. In terest, and In another ten per cent, though In both Instances tho security offered may bo tho camo. Never can ho compoto with tho bonds of tho big Industrial corporations, though In many Instances tho Becurlty which ho offers Is Just as good as that or tbo corporation." It Is Intended to make tho venture. If ndoptod hero, a project primarily for tho benefit of tho farmer. Tho pro moters of tho plan aro not to recclvo nny portion of tho profits, and even tho earnings of tho 6tockholdors will havo o bo kept down to very reason able rates. Adding Insult to Injury. "Why am I gloomy?" demanded tho undeBirablo suitor whom aho had heartlessly Ignored, "Isn't it onough to mako a man gloomy to bo cut by tho one ho'loves best?" "Tho Idea!" exclaimed tho heartless girl; "I didn't ovon know that you shaved yourself." Catholic Standard and Times.