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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 8, 1904)
Something to Think on. Who 's It that can marry, yet live single? A clergyman. Which Is the most 111 tempered work for tompn? Cross stitch. Why are sentries like day and night? Because when one comes the other goes. If girls were cast adrift on the sea ■where would they steer for? The Isle of Man. What la that which Is put on the table, often cut, but never eaten? A pack of cards. When does a eon take after his father? When his father leaves him nothing to take. What is that which a woman often looks for. but never wishes to fipd? A hole In her stocking. Why should a sparrow be offended If you ■were to call him a pheasant? Because he J would not like to be made game of. Which Is the more obedient, the church bells or the organ? The bells, because they will sound when they are tolled, but the organ saya, "I’ll be blowed first.” Greatest In the World. Arlington, Ind., Dec. 5.—(Special.)— Mr. W. A. Hysong, the photographer, who moved here recently from Sapp, Ky„ is firmly of the opinion that Dodd's Kidney Pills are the greatest Kidney Itemedy the world has ever ■known. “In the years 1901 and 1902,” says Mr. Hysong, "and for some time before I was afflicted with Kidney Trouble. My joints were sore and stiff and I fin ally got so bad I could not turn In bed ■without assistance. In the spring of 19011 1 was induced, by a friend, to try Dodd's Kidney Pills, and after using one and one-half boxes I was and am still completely cured. Several of my uelghbors, too, used Dodd's Kidney Pills and In every case they did as ■recommended.” Cure the early symptoms of Kidney Disease, such as Backache, wiyi 'Dodd’s Kidney Pills and you will never have Bright's Disease. Getting Harnessed. The wedding service flustered hlm He was thinking of the halter, And stepped upon her bridal train While coming from the altar. I hire used PIso’s Cur* far Consump tion with good results. It Is all right.— John W. Henry, Bo* (142, Fostoria, Ohio, •Oct. 4. 1901. WHEN THEY GOT Tr SETHER. What the Women S.id About a Very Charming Rival. I-lfe: There was once a woman •whose clothes were always becoming. And the other women united In say ing: "How can she, on her husband’s In come. afford to dress so expensively?" She had been married seven years and was childless. And her friends, who had also been married seven years, and rejoiced In abundance of little olive plants, said: “How can a woman so disregard her duty to the race?" She was shapely and kept her chin In when she walked. And all the women whose waistlines j were Intermediate said: "No woman that has so good a figure : can be other than frivolous.” Hhe kept the same maid for five yea rs. And the women that changed ser ants every two weeks, said: "But we require our housekeeping ! to be well done.” She did not go In for Maeterlinck nor ! Browning clubs. And the women that strove to be j accepted by magazines said: "A true wife should be a compan l"n to the Intellectual side of her hus band's nature.” She went to dances and was never a wr'l flower. An 1 all the women that knew her, •aid: "She is evidently a coquette and a menace to society.” But she went away. And these same women lamented In •eciet, saying: “We are Indeed bereaved, for, while ■he was among us. we were always •aupplled with a topic for conversation." A Schoolboy’s Trouble. "Do you like going to school, John aty?" asked the visitor. “Yes, sir," answered the truthful ■urchin, "and I like coming home, too, fcut I don't like staying there between 'Inies.” ---- HAPPY CHILDHOOD. Kl(ht Food Makes Happy Children Re cause They Are Healthy. ■Sometimes milk does not agree with ■children or adults. The same thing Is true of other articles of food. What agrees with one sometimes does not •agree with others. Rut food can be so prepared that it "will agree with tha weakest stomach. As an illustration—anyone, no matter how weak the stomach, can eat, relish and digest a nice hot cup of Postum coffee with a spoonful or tw® of Grape-Nuts poured in, and such a com bination contains nourishment to carry one a number of hours, for almost -every particle of It will be digested and taken up by the system and ho made use of. A lady writes from the laud of the Magnolia and the mockingbird wny down In Alabama, and says: “I was led to drink Postum because coffee gave me sour stomach and made me nervous. Agnlu Postum was recom mended by two well-kuowu physicians for my children, and I feel especially grateful for the benefit derived. “Milk does not agree with either child, so to the eldest, aged four and one-half years, I give Postum with plenty of sweet cream. It agrees with her splendidly, regulating her bowels perfectly, although she is of a consti pated habit. “For the youngest, aged two and one-half years, 1 use one-half Postum and one-half skimmed milk. 1 have not given any medicine since the chil dren began using Postum, and they enjoy every drop of It. "A neighbor of mine Is giving Postum to her baby lately weaned, with splendid results. The little fellow is thriving famously.” Name given by Postum Oo., Battle Creek. Mich. Postnm agrees perfectly with chil dren and supplies adults with the hot. Invigorating beverage in place of cof fee. Literally thousands of Americans have been helped out of stomach and nervous diseases by leaving off coffee and using Postum Food Coffee. Look in pkg. for the little book, “The Road Co Wellvllie." ... ... ... ■ « - ■ t S . im ■ 1H11 I Hi_BH _ _ Copyright 1901 by Aothor off "Tho Dio off Drotiny.** -An E*tol T. ritzgorald Malloy |#„t Knaoo.” Etc That, being guilty of the crime with which the woman he loved was charged, he had not come forward, and by mak ing a confession of his deed freed her from a terrible accusation, was per fectly explainable to Mackworth. No doubt Bostoek, knowing she was not guilty, felt assured that In a little while her Innocence would be, must be, clear ly proved, while he remained free and unsuspected. A declaration of the part he had played might be wholly unnec essary to the restoration of her good name, while it would certainly Imperil his liberty, If not Ills life. That a man so staid in character, so gentle In manner, could perpetrate Buch a crime was not unreasonable to suppose, when it was considered that the placid exterior of many individuals Is but the effect of constant control over strong emotions; emotions that In mo ments of vehement passion and under circumstances that enrage, fling aside the curb which has long bound them and assert themselves with unre strained strength. That Bostoek's was such a nature Mackworth did not doubt. An expres sion that now and then rose to the surface of the publisher's grave face, a light that occasionally gleamed in those dark eyes, spoke of a strength for good or evil, of a depth where thoughts might lie hidden and unsus pected by those who deemed they knew him best. in piuvK me irum oi tnese sus picions, which the circumstances of the case and the nature of the man made feasible, became Mackworth's desire and business, and this he immediately set about in as secret a manner as his endeavors would allow. His first effort was to discover, if possible, whether George Ilostock on leaving Mrs. Dum barton's house had quitted Its neigh borhood, or where he actually was at the time th murder was committed. This he might have been able to as certain at once had he questioned the publisher; but that was what Mack worth wished to avoid for the present, lest Bostock, knowing he was suspec ted, might be placed on hiH guard, when he would use his utmost endeavors to shelter himself and baffle Justice. By careful inquiry Mackworth learned from the ticket taker of the Malborough road station, not far re moved from Mrs. Dumbarton's house, who wns familiar with Bostock's ap pearance as a frequent passenger, that the publisher had arrived at the station on the evening in question about 8 o’clock, but had not been seen again there that night. Of this the official de clared himself certain. Nor had the cabmen in the neighboring cab ranks, nor in the entire district whom Mack worth patiently and persistently ques-, tioned, conveyed from the neighbor hood that night such a fare as was de scribed to them. This proved but lit tle In itself, for Bostock might have walked to Herschel mansions, the building in whicii he rented a flat. The night porter of the mansions was, therefore, the next to be examined, and like the others, with warnings to preserve strict secrecy. The man had no difficulty in remembering the date, from a trifling circumstance which had happened to himself that evening, and stated that Mr. Bostock had returned to his flat a short time before 1 in the morning. The time that had elapsed between the committal of the murder and the hour he had entered the man dons gave him sufficient leisure to walk home. It was possible, however, that he might have gone straight from Hoxton road to one of his clubs, and have been there while the tragedy was taking place, but the most skillful and secretly conducted inquiries made from porters and waiters failed to elicit from them chat they had seen him during the night specified. What the Inspector abiolutely wanted was proof of Bostock being in the neighborhood of Hoxton road about the time the murder was committed, but this, for the present, was not forth coming. Martyn, the policeman in whose beat Hoxton road lay, had passed Mrs. Dum barton’s house about an hour before the occurrance of the tragedy, and had not seen any individual loitering there, nor did he remember meeting any foot pas sengers at that time. Mackworth sat one morning, after breakfast In the sitting room of his Btnall house, situated near King's Cross, pondering over the case. A childless widower of 50 years, he lived, so far as his calling would permit, an isolated existence, his best friend and most con stant companion being an Irish ter rier named Shawn, a wiry, rough-coat ed, true-hearted beast, whose red eves, short ears and nervous movements be trayed his swift perceptions and acute sagacity, traits that endeared him to nls master. A knock at the street door brought Shawn, who had been colled upon the cushion or a chair, to his feet, while presently his loud barks announced that a stranger had entered the hall. A mo ment later and Mackworth's house keeper handed him a card, reading the name on which, the inspector bade her Bhow the visitor in. With some sense of pleasurable excitement and expecta tion, Mackworth stood up to greet Quinton Quave, whom he had already seen, nnd of whose friendship with Mrs. Dumbarton he was well aware. With a rapid glance at the young expressive face and dark eyes, Mackworth Saw he had something to communicate. Sit down, sir—-sit down,” the inspec tor said, waving Quinton to a seut. "Down, Shawn; it's not with every one he makes friends, sir—he's a most sagacious dog." "All my life I have been fond of ani mals of every kind. When I was a boy I used to get into trouble for taking stray cats und destitute dogs home. To me they are all members of one great family. We are the topmost branches " said Quinton. "Not always so harmless as they.” “True. And that brings me to what I came here to say.” “I am anxious to hear you. sir.” Then Quinton told him of the figure he had seen in the uncertain light on the night the tragedy took place. Mack worth could scarcely conceal his satis faction at what he heard, for it seemed as if the evidence of Bostock’s appear ance in Hoxton road was now forth coming. One statement concerning the figure disappointed him. This feeling, however, was but momentary. “You say,” remarked the inspector, “that the man gave you the impression of being a foreigner. May I ask how you came to that conclusion?" "I can scarcely say. Perhaps it was because of the soft hat he had on,” the young man answered. “An article any man might wear who wished to conceal his identity, its leal giving protection to the face. Now, sir, are you quite sure you didn’t see that face with sufficient distinctness to de scribe K, Think well.” "Quite. At that distance and by thgl light It would be impossible for me to see c learly." "But his figure?” "The lights dashing on it as they passed showed the outlines.” “Now,” said Mackworth,in a low, Im pressive voice, didn’t it strike you that there was something familiar in the figure ?” “No,” answered Quinton, promptly. Then, with a new light dawning in his eyes, as if some revelation had been made to him, or some mental darkness temoved, he said: "But-” and paused. "Well?” "It may be because of your sugges tion-’’ • "Never mind that. Tell me what you think, sir," Mackworth replied with eagerness. “It now occurs to me that there was something not altogether unfamiliar in the figure, not only In the outlines, but In the attitude it assumed.” Mackworth, with his hands upon the arms of his chair, leaned forward to ward the young man, on whose face he fixed his eyes, with earnestness, and said: “Who Is It this figure resembled?” "That I cannot tell you.” "It is your duty, sir,” the inspector began in rigid tones. “Remember that on your word may lie the possibility of freeing an innocent woman of blame; of convicting a scoundrel of his guilt.” "It's not that.” replied Quinton ner vously. “I can’t tell you because I don’t know myself. I acknowledged the that a likeness existed, but to whom, I cannot say.” Mackworth felt unable to gauge the sincerity of this assertion. He sus pected that Quinton hesitated to name the man he supposed himself to have seen because of the consequences to the individual which'might follow. “It may prove of the utmost impor tance that you remembered," remarked the inspector. "I know that. Once set working, my mind may find and supply the clew eventually, but at present that’s impos sible.” Mackworth at this reply felt more confidence In his visitor’s good faith. The inspector was far too fair to sug gest the name uppermost in his mind, and was likewise aware that an inde pendent verification of the man he sus pected would prove more valuable than one which arose from hint or insinu ation. It would be allowable, however, to assist Quinton Quave’s mind in its search for an identity, and during the pause which followed Mackworth sought to conceive some plan by which this might be affected. Presently he said: "Do you think you could recognize him if seen under somewhat similar circumstances?" "I can’t say. It’s possible I might." "The experiment is worth trying, at all events.” "Certainly,” said the young man eagerly. "Then, sir, when I have prepared my plan I will let you know and we will give it a fair trial." “I will do my best to help you,” an t vered Quinton, as he arose to de part. CHAPTER XI. Having accompanied Quinton Quave to the door, Mackworth returned to his sitting room and settled himself down to think over what he had just heard. The Information volunteered by his visitor seemed to the Inspector to favor the supposition he already entertained. It was reasonable to think that the man who, wearing a wide-leafed soft hat, the better to conceal his identity, had stood watchingf Mrs. Dumbarton’s house on the night of, and but a short time before the tragedy, was respon sible for the crime, nor was it unrea sonable to suspect that this man was the same who had visited Mrs. Dum barton two hours before. But supposi tion was one thing and proof another, and to verify his conjecture became Mackworth’s desire. That Martyn had not seen this in dividual in the Hoxton road was read ily understood, for the latter would naturally avoid encountering a police man. However. Martyn might possibly have met on his rounds in the neigh borhood such a man as the inspector could now describe, and it was there fore, now his first care to question the constable once more on the sub ject. Having arrayed himself in a black frock coat, no longer new. a .waist coat admitting a wide view of shirt front, trousers of a sober hue. a standing collar, black tie and a silk hat a quarter of a century out of date, Mackworth stood before the glass over the mantel piece to admire himself. A look of eon teatment illumined his broad, mobile face; an expression of Independence was visible in every movement of his stout, alert figure; an air of respecta bility covered him as with a garment. Seeing him walk down the street, a sil ver headed malaeca cane in one hand, a pair of gloves, the la3t touch of ele gance to his toilet, in the other, one might mistake him for a tradesman who had sought peace and retirement on the wealth he had accumulated. On inquiry at the police Btatlon he learned that Martyn was then off duty, and a few minutes later saw Mack worth In conversation with the round red-faced youth, whose short, light hair shone with a plentiful supply of ponia The Best One. Caller—I’d like to suggest a name for the new torpedo destroyer that Is sup posed to spread so much destruction. Clerk in Navy Department—What name do you suggest? Caller—The Hired Girl. _, turn, and whose full blue eyes expressed the nervousness he felt at being ques tioned by the famous detective. “And you are quite sure,” said the latter, “you saw no one loitering about Hoxton road road on the night of the murder?" "Certain.” said Martyn, stolidly. “You didn’t meet either there or in the district any one whom you might now suspect of being concerned in this business?” "No one,” the policeman answered. Mackworth was disappointed and vexed. “And yet,” he remarked, looking shrewdly at Martyn, “a man above middle height and wearing a soft hat, was seen in the Hoxton road that night within half an hour of the occurrance.” “Oh, X saw him,” Martyn answered, opening wide his eyes and mouth. Mackworth smothered the impreca tion that rose to his lips. "Where have you seen him?” he asked eagerly. “Why, it was such a man—tall, and with a soft hat—that came running to ward me as I stood at the end of the Caxton avenue, saying a servant was calling out police and murder in the Hixton road, close by." “What did you do?” asked Mack worth impatiently. “ I started off for Hixton road as quick as I could,” replied Martyn. sur prised that it should be thought he had done anything else under the circum stances. "And he—and he, what became of him?" the inspector eagerly inquired. “He came running with me, but I soon outstripped him.” “Did you see him again?” “I don’t think so.” “Now, remember—are you sure you didn’t see him among the crowd that afterward entered Mrs. Dumbarton’s house?” "If he was there I should have recog nized him; no he wasn't among them.” The Inspector frowned as he said: “Do you mean to say that the first and last time you saw him was w'hen he came running to tell you some one was calling out murder?” “Yes,” the policeman answered after a few seconds’ thought, during which he fiercely pulled the straggling hairs of his light mustache. “I never saw him before to my knowledge, and I haven’t set eyes on him sinie.” “From what direction did he come to you ?” “From the Hixton road.” “How far were you from it at that time?" “About 200 yards.” So that you would probably soon have heard the servant, even if he hadn't sent you to her?” “Yes.” “Did it strike you there was anything suspicious in his manner?” Mackworth asked after a pause. "Not at that time.” “But now?" "Well, he seemed in a fright.” “Do you remember his voice?” "I remember what he said.” “Did his voice strike you as being in any way peculiar?” Mackworth asked with caution. • “I can’t say it did.” “Did it lead you to think he was a foreigner?” "No. He spoke English plain enough." "But with an accent?” "He seemed to me an Englishman.” “But now that I have suggested to you that he may have been a foreigner, what do you think?” asked Mackworth. “Why, I still think he was an Eng lishman.” Mackworth was pleased at this de cision, which agreed with his own con clusions regarding the man in the soft hat. To the inspector it was clear that on an alarm being raised by the ser vant, the murderer of David Dumbar ton had, in hurrying away, caught sight of a policeman and called his at tention to the girl’s cries, that he him self, loitering in the neighborhood at that hour, and in a state of excitement, might evade suspicion and escape de tection. “Now think well,” said Mackworth presently, “for on your answer a great deal may depend. Did you see this man's face?” “I suppose I must have looked at him when he spoke to me,” answered Mar tyn; "but I can’t describe him to you." “Every man on the force is expected to have a sharp eye and a keen mem ory for faces,” said Mackworth, testily. “But the whole thing happened so suddenly,” Martyn protested. “I was taken by surpz-ise—and-” “You should always have your wits about you. Do you think you would be able to recognize him, if not by his face perhaps by his figure?” “I might," Martyn replied somewhat doubtfully. ”C know he was a tall nzan, rather slight in build. Yes, if I saw him again I think I should know him.” “Good,” replied Mackworth hope fully. “You suspect some one?” “Never mind. What you have to do now is to think well of your zneeting and recall what you can about him. Then this evening, at half-past 8, come to my place, and put your power of recognition to the test. Meanwhile, not a word of what I have said to you—not a word,” said the inspector. "Depend upon me,” answered Martyn. worzdering what was the experiment which would be tried, how he would cozzduct himself, and what chance of proznotion lay before him in case he was able to place Mackworth on the trail he sought. (Continued Next Week.) Remarkable Hoisting. Mines and Minerals: At the DeBeers mine, in Kimberly, some very remark able work has been done in the hoist ing line, establishing^ wonderful rec ord In the way of capacity for hoist ing from a single shaft. The hoisting engine consists of a pair of vertical, tandem, compound, condensing engines, operating with 120 pounds of steam, hoisting from the 1,200-foot level, mak ing a total lift of about 1,260 feet. Two automatic dumping skips, live by three and six l'eet deep, are used, each weigh ing 4,100 pounds and holding 9,600 pounds of rock. The skip is loaded at the bottom by tipples worked from the chute by a hand lever, and the rapidity of handling is shown by the fact that as high as ninety-two trips have been made in one hour. On one occasion during a single shift of eleven hours and forty-three minutes, the weight of rock hoisted was 3,665 tons, or at the rate of 7,400 tons in twenty-four hours. This record was broken by the same plant a year or two later by hoisting 5,800 tons in twelve hours, and on May 17. 1899, 9,261 loads of blue ground, equal to 7,400 tons of 2,000 pounds each, were hoisted 1,260 feet by this engine, work ing in two compartments, in twenty four hours. Of course this is not their regular every-day working, but spe cial running to show what can be done. The skips are loaded at the bottom so quickly that the engineer sometimes re ceives the signal to hoist before he has completely stopped the engine. Having previously borne sixteen chil dren, the wife of a shoemaker at Wraz, in Bohemia, has now had four at a birth, of whom three are living. The sultan has forbidden the wearing of red blouses by Armenian women. The color is believed to symbolize the bloodshed in their aauntry. SAYS NATION HAS 4,000,000 PAUPERS Robert Hunter, Philanthropist, Adds That 6,000,000 More Are in Need. HOLDS RICH UP TO SCORN Cites Many Classes of Statistics to Prove His Statements—Million Out of Work a Considerable Part of the Year. New York special; Robert Hunter, who became prominent in charity work in Chicago and recently married the daughter of Anson Phelps Stokes of New York, an heiress to millions, has written a book scoring American mil lionaires and denouncing the economic conditions of (he United States. The book is entitled "royerty,” and in it Mr. Hunter asserts that 10,000,000 per sons in this country are in want. He calls 4,000,000 paupers and the re mainder wage-earners. The pauper de pands on public or private charity for his sustenance. The others work, some I of them night and day. and yet are un able to obtain those necessaries which will permit them to maintain a state of physical efficiency. Great Army in Poverty. That 10,000,000 of the people of the United States are in poverty, either as paupers or as laborers pinched by the iron vise of necessity, Mr. Hunter calls to witness an array of statistics. “The number of evictions in a com munity,” he continues, "is a fairly good measure of the minimum distress. In the year 1903 60,463 families in the borough of Manhattan were evicted from their homes. That is about 14 per cent, of the total number of families in the borough. “As another indication the number of pauper burials should be cited. Everyone familiar with the poor knows how desperately they struggle to give a decent burial to their dead. Even the poorest people have friends, politicians or others, who save them, if possible, from this lafet disgrace. And yet one out of every ten persons who die in New York city is buried in a potter's field. I should say that the number of pauper funerals does not represent half the actual distress of the community.” Finds Many in Distress. Mr. Hunter quotes reports from offi cial sources to the effect that in 1897 and 1899 18 per cent, of the inhabitants of New York 'state were in distress. He declares this figure represents only the poor who finally are helped by charity, and adds that he would not be surprised if the number of those in distress in the metropolis and in other large industrial centers rarely fell be low 25 per cent, of the people. Mr. Hunter finds In the fact that 2,000,000 wage-earners in the United States are out of employment from four to six months of the year addi tional data for his estimate. He thinks that an annual income of $460 a year is the average amount on which a family of father, mother and three children can live and keep above the “poverty" line. “It is hardly to be doubted,” the so cial agent continues, “that the mass of unskilled laborers in the north receive less than $460 a year, and that the same class in the south receive less than $300.” immigration Makes It Worse. Mr. Hunter declares that the condi tions of want are increased by the ar rival every year of 500,000 male immi grants, who seek work in the very dis trict where employment is most scarce. He declares that 1,700,000 little children are forced to become wage-earners in thi3 country when they should be in school, and that about 6,000,000 women find it necessary to work, of whom 2,000,000 are employed in factories and mills. "Probably no less than 1,000,000 work ers are killed and injured each year while doing their work,” he says, “and about 10,000,000 persons now living, if the present ratio is kept up, will die of that preventable disease, tubercu losis. "There must be thousands, very like ly CO.000 or 70.000 children in New York city alone, who often arrive at school hungry and unfitted to do well the work required.” “Shorter hours and higher wages,” he suggests as a remedy for some of these conditions. Steadier employment, improved sanitary conditions in work shops and protection in dangerous trades are reforms which in time will decrease materially the amount of pau perism.” NEVER SAW A CHILD. An Island Boy of 14 Who Had Only Seen Grown-Ups. New Orleans Times-Democrat: “Did you ever hear of a child or ever know of one yourself that had never seen a child?” asked a man who takes an Interest in the oddities. “Well, I have, and the case is not a thousand miles from New Orleans, either. The child In this instance had rounded into its fifteenth year before it hud ever laid eyes on another child. It has never heard the musical prattle of compan ions other than the father and mother. The parents settled across the lake a few years ago, after a long residence on a small Island of the sea. Where the child was born and where it spent four teen years of Its life there were no chi! dren. The little fellow knew no asso ciate but the father and mother. I have often wondered, since learning of this curious case what must have been the Impression of the youngster when he gazed for the first time on a member of the human family smaller than he was. Did he think he had come upon a race of dwarfs? Or had his parents given him some idea of the existence of children? I do not know the fam ily and therefore cannot answer these questions. But I would like to know just how the little fellow felt when he first beheld a child. It is the only case of the kind which has come to my knowledge. He had never had an op portunity to play the little games which most of us knew in the days of our childhood. He had never gone through any of the things which made young life sweet to all of us fellows, and while not knowing but what there may be compensating advantages in a life of this sort, I have always felt a bit sorry for the youngster In question. Come to think of it, though, he missed a few things one would like to forget, for I suppose most of us have felt the rap of the maternal slipper because of dis obedience due directly to one's compan ions. At any rate, we have always cherished the idea that our compan ions were In a measure responsible for many of the raps we got. The child who never knew a child could not be led astray In this way. So we do not know but that the lack of campanion ship may have something to commend It.” j JAPANESE MISSIONS. What a Russian Writer Says of Their ml Work in the East. ^ Boston Herald: According to M. de Wes aelitsky, Japan is utilizing this surplus of ! trained intelligence and devoted loyally j in a missionary propaganda of her politi cal ideas throughout Asia. For example, young men of the richest and most highly educated families are found in abundance ready to go to China, and*, in Canton, ac cept the most menial employment in order to mingle with the lowest classes, master the local dialect and familiarize them selves with the manners and ideas of that part of the country. Then, after a longer or shorter stay, they betake themselves to Peking, where easily enough they pass for southern Chinese, make themselves members of secret societies, write for ths papers and carry on an active propaganda in favor of Japanese ideas. Equally in Siam is Japan pursuing a similar role in higher quarters. Two Japanese magis trates have been appointed legal counsel ors of the king; Japanese military officers are remodeling the Siamese army; great concessions have been granted to Japanese j merchants; a school of higher education I and a branch of the Pan-Astatic society have been inaugurated. Initiative. The world bestows its big prizes, both in money and honors, for but one thing. And that is Initiative, says Elbert Hub bard in the American Boy. What is Initiative? I'll tell you: It is doing the right thing without being told. But next to doing the thing without being told is to do it when you are told once. That is to say, carry the message to Garcia; those who can carry a mes sage get high honors, but their pay is not always in proportion. Next, there are those who never do a thing until they are told twice; such get no honors and small pay. Next, there are those who do the right thing only when necessity kicks them from behind, and these get Indifference instead of honors, and a pittance for pay. This kind spends most of his time polishing i? bench with a hard-luck story. Then, still lower down the scale than this, we have the fellow who will not do the right thing even when some one goes along with him to show him how and stays to see that he does it; he is al ways out of a job and receives the con tempt he deserves unless he has a rich pa, in which case destiny patiently awaits around the corner with a stuffed club. To which class do you belong? Every Walk in Ldfe. A. A. Boyce, a farmer, living three and a half miles from Trenton. Mo., says, a se vere cold set tled In my kidneys and : developed so A quickly that | I was obliged k to lay off 3 work on ac- “ count of thei. aching In my 3 buck and! sides. For a -■ time I was unable to walk at all, md every makeshift I tried and all the W medicine I took had not the slightest * affect. My back continued to grow weaker until I began taking Doan's Kidney Pills, and I must say I was more than surprised and gratified to notice the backache disappearing grad ually until it finally stopped.” Doan's Kidney Pills sold by all deal ers or mailed on receipt of price, 50 cents per box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y? An Invention of Satan. What is thought to be the largest turnip ever grown in Colorado was raised near Centerville. It weights 21 pounds and measures forty inches in ta/ circumference. Uaware of Ointment* Tor Catarrh that Contain Alercury, as mercury will surely destroy the sense of smell and completely derange the whole system when entering It through the mucous surfaces. Such articles should never be used oxcept on prescriptions from reputable physicians, as the damage they will do Is tenfold to the good you can possibly derive from them. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co.. Tole do. O., contains no mercury, and Is taken Inter nally, acting directly upon the blood and mu cous surfaces of the system. In buylug Hall’s Catarrh Cure be sure you get the genuine. It Is taken Internally, and made In Toledo, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney ti Co. Testimonials free. Sold by Druggists, price 75c. per bottle. Hall’* Family Fill* are the be*t. WILL KILL PROFESSORS A "ompetition of Millionaires May Cause a Heart Disease Epidemic. New York World: Andrew Carnegie has assured Pittsburg people that If they are really deslrious of having a university which shall beat anything in the country he will help them. Imagination falters when It attempts to picture the struggle that must follow among the philanthropists when such a pacemaker starts in the school-making race. Fancy the scene at the Millionaire's club five years from now when Mr. Car negie will come swinging jauntily into the room with his golf clubs under his arm. ■'Well, John,” lie will say, “I have just added 200 acres to the Pittsburg campus and deposited $5,000,000 In steel bonds as endowment to provide gymnasium facili ties.” Mr. Rockefeller will rub his hands in glee and say: , "To late. Andrew. Very good in its way, but antiquated. 1-have just bought Rake Michigan for the University of Chicago, for its crews to practice on. All out at Sault Ste. Marie hereafter." Mr. Vanderbilt will look up from his paper and remark casually: “I might say that the family has just purchased all the land within two miles ■ of the Yale campus, and will cover it with dormitories.” Mr. Vanderbilt will say this very mod estly, but with a gleam of triumph In his eye. But “Ah!” he will exclaim, as ha returns to his paper. "Boy, bring my check book! Gentlemen, Mrs. Stanford has just bought the Sierra Nevada moun tains for the school of forestry of the Re land Stanford, Jr., university.” The three rich men will pale at this announcement. "There's one thing left to do!” they will cry in chorus. “Raise the professors’ sal aries. We must stay at the top.” "I give an annual income of J100.000 to raise the professors salaries,” one of the millionaires will blurt out. A college professor who happens to be a guest at the club that evening will be carried out fainting. Bearding a Barber. London Tatler: A Highlander who sold 'brooms went into a barber shop in Glas gow to get shaved. The barber bought one of his brooms and after having shaved him, asked the price of it. Twopence,” said the Highlander. "No. no,” said the other; ”1 will give you a penny, and if that does not satisfy ; ou take your broom again.” The Highlander took it and asked . what he had to pay. “A penny,” said the | barber. "I’ll gle you a bawbee, and If I that doesna s.ulsfy you pit an my beard I again.” I I