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Couldn’t See the Resemblance.
They have been joking Assistant
Treasurer James A. Matthews of the
Guardian bank, on his resemblance to
President Taft, and Mr. Mathews has
steadily refused to be annoyed there
by. So the Jokers subsided and the
Joke died a natural death.
Until the other night, when Mr. and
Mrs. Mathews dined together with
Mr. and Mrs. Prank Harmon and their
little daughter, when the Taft resem
blance was revived. Turning to young
Miss Harmon, Mr. Mathews asked
whether she, too, thought he looked
like the president.
Dorothy studied long aud earnestly.
Then she answered:
“Not in the face, Uncle Jim."—
Cleveland Leader.
When Fate Mocks.
"To bad about Joe.”
"What’s the matter?"
"He sprained his arm and they are
. afraid he can never pitch aguin, so his
folks are going to make a doctor or
something of that sort out of him."
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The Herb laxative, Garfield Tea. over
comes constipation, giving freedom from
tick headache and bilious attacks.
You complain of Ingratitude; wore
you not repaid by your pleasure In do
ing good?—Levis.
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The CastTe.
. builded me a castle of cloud,
Buttress and bastion fl lag reed with gold,
Ilampart and turret proud,
And donjon bold!
N'o marble Parian
Was whiter than the span
Of the vast keep.
No fair dream quarried from the mines ot
Bleep.
High on the sapphire hill crests of tht
noon
I shaped and $et
Kftch airy parapet
While Orphic zephyrs murmured a low
tune,
The gateway was of shimmering opa'
wrought,
While every tower
[Was like a lily flower
That had Its purity unsullied caught
From the eternal thought.
Like wind tossed snow
1 bade the stainless banners float anc
flow'
With rippling grace
Against cerulean space.
There was no flaw in all the stately wal^
Or base or capital.
And when my heart.
Questioned this lavish art
With wherefore and with why,
lTnto that doubting one £ made reply:
“What spot may be too fair for love to
dwell
Buflded too bright or shaped too cun
ningly,
Or radiant, hold or shining citadel
•For love to dwell?"
—Clinton Seolland
|t f t BITS OF HISTORY*" *|
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Napoleon'* Feeble Son.
One would suppose that the son ul
a man like Napoleon Bonaparte would
Inherit at least some of the strong
qualities of his father, yet such wag
not the case with the Duke of Reich
stadt, the only child of Napoleon and
Mario Ijoulsa. He was born at Paris,
March 20, 1811, and was given the
proud title, "King of Rome." That Na
poleon expected great things of him
Is evidenced by his exultant exclama
tion, “Now begins the proudest epoch
of my reign!" Four years later the
emperor left France forever. Marie
Doulsa took the boy and returned to1
Austria, and the father never saw him
again. He grew up Into a feeble man
hood physically, and gave no evidence
of possessing the genius of his illus
trious parent. Ho was made Duke of
Relchstadt, and entered the Austrian
army In early youth, lip reached ths
rang of lieu tenant colonel, but this waq
probably by reason of birth rather
than of merit. In 1832 he was seized
with “quick consumption” and died
July 22 of that year. Thu* ths boy In
whose birth such great hopes were cen
tered, failed utt.erly to fulfill them. To
his credit be It said, however, that so
far a* known he was a youth of good,
character, studious and amiable. It is
said that the deprivation of the society
■of his boy was the heaviest cross the
emperor had to bear In his exile.
How th* Doctor Cured Col. Prescott
Colonel Prescott, ths hero of Bunker
Hill, was a man of strong character,
lie had a compelling way about him
that made him a natural leader ol
men. He also had a temper that could
make Itself felt upon occasion. At
one time he was prostrated by a des
perate fever while In camp, and was
attended by an army surgeon who
grossly neglected him. He grew worse
Instead of bettor each day, and chafed
sorely under the doctor's neglect.
Finally, on one of the latter’s infre
quent visits, Prescott upbraided him
for his negligence, and told him plain
ly what ho thought of such conduct.
The doctor acknowledged his negli
gence. but frankly and brutally told
the sick man that he thought It prop
er and be.-t to give most of his time
and attention to those patients there
was some hope of saving. This made
Prescott so mad that he leaped from
his bed. seized his sword and made for
the doctor. The latter did not stay to
argue the case, but fled precipitately,
thereby saving his life. Incidentally,
also, he saved the life of his patient,
for the violent passion and sudden ex
ertion seemed to break the fever, and
from that hour Colonel Prescott con
tinued to Improve.
An Undignified Chief Justice.
The Geneva tribunal of arbitration,
Which settled the controversy between
the United States and England con
cerning the Alabama claims, awarded
damages to the former In the sum of
$15,500,000. Hut the verdict was not
unanimous. One of the flve arbitra
tors, Sir Alexander Cockburn, of Eng
land, submitted a dissenting opinion.
For a dozen years Sir Alexander had
been lord chief Justice of England, and
one would expect him to be dignified
In hearing and Judicial temperament.
But all through the trial he acted more
like a petty lawyer In a Htstlce court
than an arbitrator In a gdkat Interna
tional dispute. He differed from his
colleagues on almost every point, great
and little, and made himself generally
disagreeable. In speaking of the clos
ing session of the tribunal Caleb Cush
ing. one of the attorneys for the United
States, said: "The Instant the presi
dent finished reading the award, and
before the sound of his last words had
died on tUp cpr, St.r Alexander Cock
burn snatched up his liat afid, without
.participating In the leavetaklngs
around him. without a word or sign
of courteous recognition for any of his
colleagues, rushed to the door and dis
appeared, In the manner of a criminal
escaping from the dock, rather than
of a Judge separating, and that for
ever. from his colleagues on the
bench."
Penny Wise; Pound Foolish,
That, according to Arthur Wallace
Dunn, in the World's Work. Is what
our government Is. or rather what It
Js trying to be. The Senate and Presi
dent Taft about two years ago be
came Impressed with the necessity of
(economy, and there is still going on
pu investigation in the departments
ito sec where a clerk can he spared
here and there and a few sheets of
paper saved, and how petty economies
< an he accomplished In various ways.
The old adage "saving at the spigot
and wasting Ht the bung," applies to
this. President Taft would have saved
more In millions by a few veto mes
sages than he will save In thousands
by economy commissions.
In ths Carpenter’s Shop.
"Elfe's a hard grind," said the emery
Wheel.
"It's a perfect bore," returned the
guger.
"It means nothing but hard knocks
for me,” signed the nail.
"You haven’t so much to go through
ns 1 have," put In the saw.
"1 can barely scrape along," com
plained the plane.
"I am constantly being set upon,"
added the bench.
"Eel's strike,” satd the hammer.
"Cut It out!" cried the chisel, "her»
comes the boss."
And all was silence.
Getting On.
From the Kansas City Journal.
“Well, little boy. did you go to thr
tlreua the other day?"
“Yes'ro. Pa wanted to go, so I had
to go with him.”
BUILDINGS THAT j
ARE DEATH PROOF
OUR GREAT NEED
Frightful Conditions Are Re.
vealed in Factories in This
Country.
In nn article entitled “Deathproo!
versus Fireproof” in Hampton's, based
on the fatal Triangle shirtwaist fac
tory tire in New York some time ago,
Rheta i'hilde Dorr points out oeftalip
grave lessons to be learned from thaq
disaster. In part she Bays:
"In all, 145 working people, mostly
girls, died in the Triangle lire. Some
one should pay for tills,' said firemen
and policemen over and over again as
they worked, and (hou3ands of New
York people, reading next morning in
their papers, the awful story of the fire,
echoed with, 'Some one shall pay for
this.'
“Who shall pay when 145 Industrious
workingmen and women buy with their
lives the poor privilege of toiling long
hours in a power-driven factory? We
know who pays for the damaged fac
tory building, the broken plate glass,
the lost merchandise. The insurant’#
companies pay for them, their ful|
value. Who shall pay for the loss In
human Ufa?
“Up to the present day wa havt
treated the fire problem much as tlx
old-fashioned doctors treated disease
The doctor’s entire concern was with
the Individual patient. He blew tlx
man, poured drugs down his throat, and
left the result to Providence. The
doctor did nothing at all to prevent thq
spread <ir the recurrence of the dis
ease, and until very recently the theory
that disease ought to and could bq
eliminated altogether was held by ric|
practical man.
“Thus with the fire problem. Oui
entire concern has been with the Indi
vidual catastrophe. We have made o(
lire fighting a science, yet we continue
to have fires. The time has come when
ive must make a business of five pre
vention, and, In rase of unpreve.ntabla
fires, of minimizing the human loss. >
“After all, it Is a simple proposition
that we have before us. First we shall
have to arrange things so that there
will be very few fires. Then we must
arrange things so that the people In a
burning building can get out. And
then we must teach the people, through
(Ire drills, that they can get out.
“Within the last two years we have
jieard a great deal about Industrial effl-,
clency. To most people industrial effl-f
clency has meant only a plan for get
ting more and better work out of la
bor, but that Is only part of Its mean
ing. It aims to make Industry efficient
by protecting and conserving the la
borer. Already it has gone far toward
protecting him from death and Injury
by Are.
“We might build an entire city ol
fireproof buildings and have almost as
many fires and quite as many deaths
by fire as we have now. The efficiency
engineers are beginning to impress the
public with the necessity for death
proof buildings,
“A Joint board of sanitary control
Consisting of representatives of em
ployers and workers in the garment
trades recently made an investigation
bf 1,463 garment factories In NevjYYork
City. The conditions they discovered
Were amazing. Here Is a summary of
Iheir report:
“Of 1,463 factories, 1,173 had hall
loors opening inward instead of out
ward. Thus, at the outset, 97.6 per
pent of garment factories in New York
fre violating one Important law guard
ing against loss of life in case of fire.
“Of 491 factories, 40 per cent had no
Ire exits except one fire escape.
“One hundred and one had no fire
•scape drop ladders, or they wpre out
if reach.
“Sixty-five had straight ladders, very
llffloult to use.
"Sixty had halls less than three feet
vide.
"Twenty-eight had all doors leading
n halls and stairways locked during
ihe day.
"Fourteen had no fire escapes.
“Seventy-three factories so flagrant
y violated the fire laws that the com
nlttee thought wise to notify not only
jie proprietors, but the mayor, the su
perintendent of buildings and the firs
tnd police commissioners.
"Clearly, If we are to cease killing
ind maiming the workers, we have got
lo make over the factory. We cannot
car down and rebuild all In a minute,
Put one thing we can do. We can build
i lire wall In the middle of every largq
■Uilding used for manufacturing."
Rather Badly Mixed.
From the Ram's J-lorn.
“Who was the most remarkable woman
hontloned In the btble?" was a question
impounded to a young colored man, who
ras a candidate for the ministry.
“Jesebel," was the reply.
“Why so?”
“Kaso when de king was cornin' Into
|e city, she was lookin’ out ob do upstans
i |n,jo' in de palace. An' ile king he say,
frhrow her down!' An' they throwed
Ur down. An' de king say, "Throw her
I own agin seben times!' an’ dey throwed
er down agin seben times, and moreober
e dogs licked her sores, an' dev geth
lied up de fragments, an’ dey was 1? has
lets full, an' l.o’ in de resurrection whos*
Vife will she be?"
No Wear Out to a Cat.
From the Ram's Horn.
A little girl from the country, visiting
n a city with her parents, was very anx
ous to take an Angora cat home with
ler. To this her mother objected, on the
■round of the care amt inconvenience the
■at would make In traveling, and offered
ho little girl a dollar to spend In any(
vay she wished.
She looked longingly at the dollar, hut
ifter thinking It over for a minute or two
iho said: ,
“But mamma, just thiiik of how much
.onger the cat will last than a dollar!”
Eaty When You Know How.
From the Ram's Horn.
A little girl went home from school one
lay and told her mother she had learned
now to "punkahate."
' And how do you do .lt?" asked the
mother.
“Well. It's tilts way. mamma: When
you say 'Hark!' you put a hatpin after
t, but when "you ask a question you pu<
a button hook."
Wanted to Borrow Hi* Hat.
From the Ram's Horn.
A man who had traded horses with a
maker, went to him a few days later, and
*atd:
“You beat me In that trade."
“Well, what does thee want me to dol
Uoes thee warn me to trade back?" In
quired Broadbrim,
“Oh, no: not at all. I Just want you tt
lend me ycur hat a few days, till 1 tradr
with somebody else."
During the season Just closed, tb«
herring catch along the North Paclflr
joatt was a failure.
SOLVING NEGRO PROBLEM
Under Condition!, the Matter Seemed
Comparatively Easy of
Arrangement.
The central police station was over
crowded one day last week. Officers
were wondering what they would do
should another arrest be made, when
the door opened and a sieepy-looking,
blue eye/l foreigner drifted in with a
most dejected “Goot efning, mens.”
The officers nodded their greetings
lo the stranger, who then asked: "Can
1 did some sleepings here? I yust
came from Chicago and am start to
work tomorrow."
“Well, the only space we have left
is a bunk which is already occupied
by a colored man. You can share
that if you want to,” replied the offi
cer.
The man thought for a few minutes,
scratched his head and said:
"Well, I guess I no can see him in
dark, and besides I am tired and want
Sleep.”—Milwaukee Wisconsin.
“The Bard of Oden."
The Rev. George F. Culmer, “the
bard of Odon," celebrated his eighty
sixth birthday recently. The Rev.
Mr. Culmer was born May 22, 1825, in
Kent, England, during the reign of
George Frederick (George IV.), for
jvhom he was named. At the time of
his birth John Quincy Adams was
president of the United States.
Dr. Culmer has been a minister for
many years in the Methodist Episco
pal church until his advanced age
made it necessary for him to retire.
He is a scholar and poet. Many of
tls poems have been published in
magazines and newspapers. — Wash
ington Correspondence Indianapolis
Kews.
Willing to Support Proxy.
Albert Tiedemann, a freshman of
the University of Pennsylvania, was
called upon to vote for officers in a
recent gathering. Not being well ac
quainted with the nominees, he
thoughtfully hesitated before filling
out his ballot.
One of the company left the room
with the explanation that he would
"vote by proxy.”
“So will 1,” said Albert, and with
his pencil poised above his paper,
leaned over to a companion on his
right and asked:
"Say, what’s Proxy’s first name?”
Dress.
If a man prefers the kind of clothes
he can jump into and wears another
only under compulsion;
While a woman prefers such clothes
as she cannot put on without toil and
trouble and the expenditure of time,
and will, unless under compulsion,
wear nothlug else;
Then what of permanent equality is
It going to avail for the law to call the
sexes back to the tape and start them
all over again?—-Puck.
Pretty Quick.
He- -But couldn’t you learn to love
me, Anna?
She—I don’t think I could, Harry.
He (reaching for his hat)—It is as
l feared—you are too old to learn.—
Harper's Bazar.
Method.
Mrs. Knicker—Will your furniture
lo in the new fiat?
Mrs. Booker—It will after it's
■mashed.
Friendship is one soul in two bodies.
—Diogenes.
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Good maxims are germs of all good:
firmly impressed on the memory, they
nourish the will.—Joubert.
Garfield Tea will set the* liver right,
correct constipation, cleanse the system,
purify the blood and clear the complexion.
Is life worth living? I should say
that it depends on the liver.—Thomas
Gold Appleton.
Mrs. Wins!os'* Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces inflamma
tion, allays pain, cures wind colic, 35c a bottle.
Outdone.
Willis—I’m raising 500 chickens on
a five-foot lot.
Gillis—That’s nothing. You ought
to see the relatives my wife is taking
care of in our flat.—Puck.
Use of Ants in Nature.
Prof. J. C. Branner, in the Bulletin
of the Geological Society of America,
describes the immense importance of
ants as geologic agents, especially In
tropical regions. Ant burrows have
been found at a depth of 3.5 meters,
and they ramify over vast areas.
Intricate Letter.
When Bilkins was away from home
on a long business trip, he got a letter
from his wife that still puzzles him,
it ended thus: —
“Baby is well and lots brighter than
she used to be. Hoping you are the
same, I remain, your loving wife.”—
Everybody's.
The Worth of the Voice.
How wonderful Is the human voice!
It Is indeed the organ of the soul!
The intellect of man sits enthroned
visibly upon his forehead and in hfs
eye, and the heart of man is written
upon his countenance. But the soul
reveals itself in the voice only; as
God revealed himself to the prophet of
old in the still, small voice, and in
the voice from the burning brush. The
soul of man is audible, not visible. A
sound alone betrays the flowing of the
eternal fountain, invisible to man.—
Longfellow: Hyperion.
First Aid.
George Ade, at a luncheon in Chi
cago, paid a gallant compliment to a
well-known actress.
The actress wore a harem skirt of
the new flame color and Mr. Ade said
to her:
“It is pretty. And what an odd
color it is! Tell me the name of the
color.”
“Flamme de Vesuve—flame of Vesu
vius,” the actress answered.
“Be jabers,” said Mr. Ade, “ye make
a vurry purty crater.”
IN ART CIRCLES.
—.—'in
First Artist—How is he as a sculp
| tor?
Second Artist—Oh! he cuts quite a,
figure.
A Heartless Father.
‘‘I need some help with my household
duties,” announced a woman when her
husband came home the other night.
“What’s the matter with our daugik
ter?” the husband wanted to know.
“Our daughter? The idea! Why,
Jim, you know she's awfully delicate,
and she would die if she had to do
any household work. She has her
school, and—”
"And what? Her teacher’s report
shows that she isn’t doing a bit of
school work.”
“But she is the star member of her
basketball team, and you know she is
eager to take the prize at the gum
nasium contest. But that’s just like
a man—wanting a delicate girl to en
gage in rough, hard labor. Be asham
ed of yourself, Jim Jenkins! You
have no feeling.”
He Got the Pass.
“I want a pass.”
“Pass? You're not entitled to a
pass. You are not an employe.
Sorry.”
“No; but here the anti-pass law says
free transportation can be granted to
‘necessary caretakers of live stock,’
poultry and fruit.’ Well, I'm going on
this trip with an aunt that's a hen—
there'- your poultry; a girl that’s a
peach—there’s your fruit; and a
nephew that's a mule—there’s your
live stock. Gimme a pass.”—The Way
Bill.
No one is satisfied with his fortune,
or dissatisfied with his intellect.—*
Desboulieres.
(A short human-interest story written by C. W. Post for the Ptistum Cereal Co., Ltd.)
Some Day Ask
Your Physician
To tell you the curious story of how the mind
affects the digestion of food.
I refer to the condition the mind is in, just
before, at the time, or Just following the taking
of food.
If he has been properly educated (the major
ity have) he will help you understand the curious
machinery of digestion.
To start you thinking on this interesting
subject, I will try to lay out the plan in a general
way and you can then follow Into more minute
details.
Pawlow (pronounce Pavloff) a famous Russian Phy
liclan and Chemist, experimenting on some dogs, cut
into the tub6 leading from the throat to the stomach.
They were first put. under chloroform or some other
anaesthetic and the operation was painless. They were
kept for months In very good condition.
When quite hungry some un appetizing food was
placed before them and, although hunger forced them
to eat, it was shown by analysis of the contents of the
stomach that little if any of the digestive juices were
found. i
Then, in contrast, some raw meat was put where they
couldn’t reach it at once, and a little time allowed for
the minds of the dogs to “anticipate” and create an ap
petite. When the food was finally tiven them, they de
voured it ravenously and with every evidence of sat
isfaction. The food was passed out into a dish through
the opening before it reached the stomach. It was
found to be mixed with “Ptyalin" the alkaline Juice of
the mouth, which is important for the first step in di
gestion. Then an analysis was made of the contents of
the stomach, into which no food had entered. It was
shown’ that the digestive fluids of stomach were flowing
freely, exactly as if the desirable food had entered.
This proved that it was not the presence of food
which caused the digestive juices to flow, but the flow
was caused entirely and alone as a result of the actioa
of the mind, from "anticipation."
One dog continued to eat the food he liked for over
an hour believing he was getting it into his stomach,
• whereas, not an ounce went there; every particle went
out through the opening and yet all this time the di
gestive juices flowed to the stomach, prepared to
quickly digest food. In response to the curious orders of ■
the mind. '
Do you pick up the lesson?
Unappetizing food, that which fails to create mental
anticipation, does not cause the necessary digestive
juices to flow, whereas, food that is pleasing to the
sight, and hence to the mind, will cause the complicated
machinery of the body to prepare in a wonderful way
for its digestion. ^
How natural, then, to reason that one should sit down
to a meal in a peaceful, happy state of mind and start
oft the breakfast, say with some ripe delicious fruit,
then follow with a bowl of crisp, lightly browned, thin
bits of corn like Post Toasties, add u sprinkle of sugar
and some good yellow cream and the attractive, appetiz
ing picture cannot escape your eye and will produce the
condition of mind which causes the digestive juices
nature has hidden in mouth and stomach, to come forth
and do their work.
These digestive juices can be driven back by a mind
oppressed with worry, hate, anger or dislike of the dis
agreeable appearance of food placed oefoie one.
Solid facts that are worthy the attention of anyone
who esteems prime health and human happiness a3 a
valuable asset in the game of life.
“There’s a Reason” for saying “The Memory Lingers” when breakfast is
started with POST TOASTIES. ^
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