HOW LENA SAVED THE RING.
tv-Opy right, 1914, by the .McClure News
paper Syndicate.)
Lena's mother was a widow anf
worked very hard to support Lena and
herself. She took in sewing, and
•ometlmes there was very little work ti
he had, and, of course, very little
money. They lived In one room, which
was In a good neighborhood, for Lena's
mother was anxious to have her attend
• school where children of the better
class went. The room they lived In was
In an attic, and there they ate and
slept. It was neat and clean, and the
corner where the bed stood was cur
tained off, and the room looked cozy
and comfortable.
It was within a month of the time for
school to close, and Lena knew that all
the girls were to have new dresses.
She did not speak of It to her mother,
for she knew there wns very little
money; but she wondered what she
would wear on that day. Her mother,
however, had thought many times. She
had tried to get extra sewing to do,
but had failed, and there was not one
way In which she could economize, as
they had barely enough to live upon
now. She wanted Lena to look as Well
as the other little girls, and she laid
awake nights trying to plan some way
to get the dresH. Of things that she
could sol) there was only one thing left
--her husband's ring; not very valu
able. hut It was the only thing she pos
sessed that had belonged to him.
One night Lena left her mother sew
ing as usual and went to bed. She
awakened some time after and thought
■he heard some one crying. She lis
tened, and then very carefully looked
out from behind the curtains. Her
mother was sitting by the table look
ing at something she held In her hand.
She was crying, and Lena heard her
•ay: “It Is for her, dear; you would
want our little girl to look as well as
the other children, wouldn’t you?" And
then she cried again. Lena watched
her put the object away In a drawer.
The next morning, when her mother
went to the store, Lena looked In the
drawer and found It was her father's
ring her mother had been crying over,
but what her mother had meant by the
words she heard she could not think.
At the breakfast table her mother said:
Do you know what the other girls
are going to wear on graduation day?"
Lena told her she did not. "Well, you
find out," said her mother, "for I want
to get your dress started." T/Cna looked
at her with surprise, for she knew her
mother had had very little work. Sud
denly It came to her mind what her
mother had said the night before, when
she heard her crying. She was to sell
her father's ring and take the money
and buy her a dress.
That noon, when Lena came from
school she asked her mother where her
white dress was that she wore the sum
mer before. "It Is In the trunk," her
mother told her, "hut I do not think
you can wear It this summer. It Is so
worn and too short. Why do you ask?"
Lena told her the girls were to wear
white on graduation day. "And several
of them,” she continued, "are to wear,
their last summer’s dresses. I thought
mine might do.”
"No doubt their dresses were new last
summer," said her mother. But Lena
got tho dress out, and put It on. It
was short, but there was a deep hem.
“Now. mother, I will rip the hem,” said
Lena, “and you can let It down, and
the place that Is worn can be mended,
and when you have washed and Ironed
it the dress will look us pretty as any
of them. Please do not get me a new
dress. I know you have not the time
to make it."
Her mother looked at her, but Lena
insisted that her mother had to work
too hard, and that sho did not need the
dress. So the dress was repaired, and
when Lena’s mother went to the grad
uation exercises and saw her little girl’s
happy fare, sho felt that It counted
more than her dress, but she little knew
the cause of Lena's happiness.
Lena grew to bo a great help to her
mother, and It was not many years be
fore she had taken tho burden from
her mother’s shoulders and was sup
porting her. The ring has never been
sold, and some day Lena will tell her
mother how she saved It.
THE KING AND HIS SONS.
v-vvy«»v ino AicLiure ivewa
paper Syndicate.)
Once upon a time there was a king
who was very old. Ho had two sons
and he decided to divide his kingdom
and let his sons take care of him. So
he called them to him and told them
what he had decided to do. The older
•on put his arms around his father and
told him how much he loved him. thut
he would take good care of him and
that he would give up even his wife
and children to serve him.
The old king was very much pleased
that hl» son should love him bettor
than his wife and children. He did not
•top to think that the son should not
feel that way, even toward his father.
Then ho told the younger gon that he
had decided to divide his kingdom, but
he advised his futher to keep ills
money.
"Do you not iov.e me?" asked the old
king. rather angry with his son tor
Hot proclaiming Ills love for him. "Yes,
father," he suid. "I love you. but l can
not promise to love you better thun
my wife and children If ever I should
have them, hut 1 will do anything 1
o»n to serve you." "You are a bud
•on," the old king said, "1 will not give
you anything," and he drove him from
the house. The poor boy wutked along
the road, wondering what he could do,
for the sons of kings ure not taught
to work and now he would have to do
something to keep from starving. He
eat down by the roadside to think,
when something touched him very
Ugthly upon the hand, and he saw a
Uttle carriage drawn by two white
mice standing beside him. In the car
riage sat the tiniest creature dressed In
gold, and In her hand she held u
wand.
"Do not feel bo sad," she said. "I nm
the fairy queen. 1 do not often appear
In the daytime, but 1 felt so sorry for
you 1 made this an exception to my
rule. Come with me," she said, "and
1 will ahoy you where there Is a castle
waiting for you." She touched with her
wand the rock on which he sat and It
became a hoauttful coach, with the
firlnce sitting In It. Then she touched
wo little squirrels that were running
near and they became beautiful black
horses and drew the coach along "I
Will meet you at the iHstle." said the
queen. He rode along quite a distance
before the horses stopped, and when
they did there was the ltttle queen, in
fear tlnk coach, waiting for him
They drove up a broad driveway to
« beautiful rast’.o among the trees.
Then the queen told him to get out of
the coach *nd follow her. They went
up tho steps Into the hall and then into
a largo room, where they found a beau
tiful young lady, seated on a throne cf
peacock feathers. She put out her
hand us the prince came toward her
and ho knelt and kissed It. She
pointed to a chair, but did not speak,
and tho queen told the prince that a
wlck.ed witch had made her dumb, and
until a prince came and wed her sho
could not speak. She hud been trying
to find a prince who would love her, for
she would not marry one who did not.
Then tho princo knelt before the lady
again and placed his hand over his
heart. “'Will you marry me?” he asked.
"1 am only a poor prince, but I love
you." A bright flash of lightning and
then a roll of thunder shook tho castle
and when all was quiet tho lady smiled
and spoke. "You shall be a king it
you love me," she said, "for I am a
queen and this Is my castle." The
prince looked for the fairy queen, but
she wus not In sight. The next day
they were married and the prince be- j
came a king. (Jne day an old man
knocked at the gate and asked for food
and shelter for the night. The porter
asked the king if he should let him In.
"Yes,” said the king, "I will talk with
him."
When the old man came In the king
saw it was his father. The king quick- 1
ly held his robe In front of his face.
"Tell me, old man," he said, "why are ‘
you so fioor that you have to beg?"
"Oh, your majesty,” replied the old
man. "once I was a king and owned
broad lands, but I gave everything to
my elder son, for he told me that he
loved mo better than all else In the
world, but as soon as he had all my
money he turned mo out of doors, and
I have had to beg for many days. I
bad another son. the younger. If I had
listened to hint I should not be beg
ging." and the old man put his hands
over his face and wept. The young king
quickly uncovered his face and went
to his fnther and lifted his head
"Father," he said. "look 1 am your
son; I love you and you shall live with
me and never want for anything."
When the old king saw that it really
was his son he took him In his arms
and kissed him. *'I did not understand.”
he said, “that ucts count for more than
words, and I thought because your
brother told me so loudly of his love
that his love was deeper than yours,
but I know now that he cared only for
my money and that you were the one
that really loved tne."
The old king lived at the castle and
was happy the rest of his life with his
1 son ami his good queen.
THE FORTUNE OF THE PRINCESS.
(Copyright. 1913, by the McClure News
paper Syndicate.)
Once upon a lime there was a prin
cess, who lived all alone in a castle
with her father, who was a king. Hut.
unlike most kings, this one was very
poor. He bad a great deal of land, but
Ills subject* had gone Into another
country and there wus no one to culti
vate the lend. One day the princess
■aid to her father: "I will go out Into
the world and see If I cannot And work.
No one will know I am a princess, and
I am sure f can earn enough to keep
us from starving."
The Arst place she came to was a
lonely housn on the edge of a deep
wood. The princess knocked at the
door and It was opened by an old
woman. "What do you want'.'" she
asked. "I am looking for work to do."
•aid the princess, "that I may earn
money to core for my father, who Is
old." "Can you spin?" askod the old
woman The princess told her she
could, and the woman, who was a
witch, took her to a room at the top
of the house and told her t,o go to
work and that In the evening she would
return and see what she had done.
The princess heard the key turn In
the lock as the old witch closed the
door und she knew that she wus a pris
oner. In the corner of the room she
oaw a spinning wheel. A chair stood
beside It and the princess sat down
•nd began her work. After a while
•he grew faint with hunger und she j
went to the door and called, but no
one answered. At least, she thought
no one did: but r> she listened she
heard a sound like the wind moaning.
"It must be the wind." saicl the prin
cess. "and yet It sounds like some one
In pain." Just then the door opened
•nd the old witch hobbled Into the
room leaning on her cane. When she
•aw the beautiful work the princess
had done she made a craekllng sound j
of pleasure. "Well done, my pretty
tnald. a king's daughter shall wear
this and well she shall pay for It, too."
"I’m glad you like my work.” replied
the prince:;*, “but I should like some
thing to eat and then 1 should like to
go to bed. for 1 have traveled far
today.”
“Of course, my pretty, you shall
have your supper at once,” said the
old witch, hobbling out and locking the
door after her. By and by, the witch
returned and brought some crusts of
bread on a plate which she gave to
the princess and some straw she threw
Into a corner. “This is your supper
and there is your bed, my pretty," she
said, “and in the morning I will bring
you more work to do.” The princess
was so tired that she did not stay
awake. When she awoke she found the
witch had been there and left more
work for her and a Jug of water and
more broad. Alter she had done the
spinning, the princess thought she
would like to walk in the woods and
she went to the door and called again.
There was no answer, but she heard
again the moaning, “it comes from
under the floor,” she said, and seeing
a loose board, she pulled at it with
ail her strength and up it came, and
in the room under her she saw a young
man on some straw in a corner. “Are
you suffering?” she asked. The young
man looked up at her. “Where did
you come from?” he asked. “Has the
witch made you a prisoner, too?" The
princess told him how she came there,
but she did not tell him she was a
princess
"You will never get away from here,”
said the young man. “If you can do
anything that will bring money to the
witch she will keep you a prisoner
forever. I lost my way in the forest
a long time ago and she took me In
for the night, but the next morning
my horse was gone and my coat of
velvet and gold she had taken to a
band of robbers and sold. When I
complained she entered me into this
room and when she locked the door
she said: ‘Here you stay until a prin
cess comes to marry you.* So you see,
l have no chance of escape, as a prin
cess would never come here looking
for a husband.”
“Why do you not try to escape?’*
asked the pfincess. “1 did at first, but
she had me watched by her black cats,
which are as big and strong as dogs.
When I was too weak from not having
enough to eat, she took them away,
nnd here I suppose I shall stay for
ever.” "Will you marry me?" asked
the princess with a smile? "What good
would It do for me to say I would?”
said the young man. "We could not
escape, only a princess can bring that
about.” “Answer me,” said the prin
cess. "It Is a strange thing for a lady
to ask a gentleman to marry her, but
It seems to be the only way.” “Yes,
I will marry you,” said the young man,
and as he spoke the house shook and
a heavy roll of thunder sounded, then
a flash was seen and all was dark
for a second. When it was light again
the house where the princess and the
young man were had vanished and a
beautiful carriage and a pair of coal
black horses stood in its place. A whiz
zing sound was heard above and when
they looked up, there on a broomstick
was the old witch, riding through the
air and on both ends of the broomstick
was a large black cat, spitting Are as
they rode away. “That is the last we
shall see of her,” said the young man. ]
"But I cannot understand how It all
happened. She said I should stay until
a princess came to marry me. "Well,
she is here,” said the princess, blushing
and casting her eyes upon the ground.
"If you are a princess why were you
looking for work?” asked the young
man. The princess told how it hap
pened and that she was very poor,
even though she was the daughter of
a king. "That will not matter,” re
plied the young man, "for if I have not
been a prisoner too long I shall find
my home easily. Get into the carriage
and wo will look for it.”
After they had gone a long way they
came to a beautiful castle and the
young man said: “Here it is: this is
my home.” He knocked at the gate
and many servants came to meet him.
"I am a king,” he told the astonished
princess. "My father died Just before
I fell into the power of the old witch,
so you see you are not marrying be
neath you and you will have all that
money can buy, as well as a husband
who will devote all his life to mak
ing you happy. And now we must go
for your father and bring him here to
live."
THE ROBIN AND THE WORM.
Jtfiu, u* • • * “ mivyiuic 11CWO
j>aper Syndicate.)
Early one morning, a robin, search
ing for his breakfast, picked up a very
fat worm, ana, flying to the top of a
neighboring post, prepared to eat it.
Scarcely had he reached the top of the
post when he was surprised to hear
JJj® vvrrm sPeak to him, saying:
What a fine view you get from the
top of this post, and you certainly fly
very swiftly. Mr. Robin. I have never
traveled so far in so short a time.”
The robin was so surprised to hear
the worm speaking to him that he did
*)°t eat him at once, as he intended
doing, but instead said to the worm:
’What do you know of fine views and
swift flying? You live under the gTound
where there is nothing to see. and
when you travel you only crawl slowly
about!”
“You are quite right about my mode
of traveling,” said the worm, ‘‘but you
are entirely wrong when you think that
I see nothing in my underground home,
for there are many wonderful things
there that neither you nor anything
else that lives above ground know any
thing about.”
The robin was interested, although
he thought the worm was rather boast
ful. "What Is there so wonderful un
der the ground?” he asked, “and what
have you seen that no one else has
had an oppprtunity to view?”
“Well.” said the worm, ‘‘my home un
der the ground is much more comfort
able to live in than up here, where it is
•o warm in the summer and cold in the
winter. Down there the soil is always
pool and damp, even though the sun
ihines hotly above, and in the winter
[ have only to burrow my hole a little
Jeper and I am beyond the reach of
the frost and the cold, while you have
to fly miles and mile3 to reach a warm
THREE LITTLE PIGS.
Copyright, 1914, by the McClure News
paper Syndicate.)
Farmer Brown came Into the house
>ne morning and said to his wife: "The
>ld pig is dead, und I think I shall have
o kill the three little ones, as they are
.00 young to eat out of a trough."
"O, father!" said Helen, “let me bring
hem up by hand."
“You cannot go into the pig pen,”
laid her father.
“But father," Helen continued, "the
oacher told us that pigs were
naturally clean animals and that wild
logs do not live in the mud. If I
'ould put the little pigs in the unused
itall in the barn I could feed them
'rom a bottle."
The farmer looked at his wife, and
die said: "Let her try It. I’ll help
ler."
Helen named the pigs—one Pink, be
muse he was pinker than the others,
ind one Greedy because he tried to get
he bottle lirst, and one had a black
ipot over his eye, and she called him
Smut.
Helen put straw In the stall and fed
:hem from a bottle. They would run
;o meet her when she went to the barn
ind squeal and fight for the bottle.
Soon they were large enough to eat
>ut of the trough, and they ran about
ifter Helen like little puppies. They
were nice and clean looking and Helen
elt sure they would not look like oth
;r pigs when they grew up. They
would bite at her dress and try to play
SALLY’S GOOD FAIRY.
vopyngnt. 1914, by the McClure News
paper Syndicate.)
Sally was a little orphan girl and
lved with a family who made her work
sery hard. She had to scrub the floors
md wash the dishes and make the
jeda. and, after working so hard, they
?ave her very little to eat. She slept
n an attic, where It was cold and there
►vere rats running about. Some nights
Sally would cry herself to sleep.
One night, after she had worked very
lard all day, she went to her room, and
}he was so tired she did not undress,
3ut threw herself on the bed and went
:o sleep. Sometimes In the night she
*vas awakened by a bright light in her
room. Poor lit Lie Sally was frightened
md thought the house was on flr.e. She
*at up in bed and looked around.
There was a fire in the fireplace, and
Sally thought she was dreaming, for
ter room did not have a fireplace. Then
jhe 8awr a table with food upon It, and
:her.e was a lamp upon the table, and
ill at once it was lighted. Sally walked
>ver to the table and looked at it, but
;he efid not touch anything, although
»he w’as very hungry. Then she walked
>ver to the fire to warm herself.
‘‘Why did you not eat some of the
?ood things!” said a voice, and sit
ing on the post of the bed was the
iniest girl, and she had on a fluffy,
fink dress trimmed with gold. In her
tier hand she held a gold stick.
Sally thougn she had never seen
inythlng so pretty, not even the dolls
n the shop windows at Christmas
;ime.
"The food is for you,” said the fairy.
‘‘Where did it come from?” asked
Sally.
“I put it there for you.” the fairy
told her.
When Sally had finished eating, the
fairy asked, "What else would you
tike?”
"Oh. I would like to have a father
und mother/* poor little Sally answered.
"I eftn give you those,” said the good
fairy; “come with me/’
FHE REAL VALUE OF RADIUM
IN CANCER TREATMENT
bTom an Interview with Dr. Howard A.
Kelly, of Baltimore, Reported by Bur
ton J. Hendrick, in the American
Review of Reviews.
"Let me recapitulate,” said Mr. Kelly
in closing, "that there may be uo mis
mderstandings:
"1st. Radium Is not a specific cure
for cancer. It does not take the place
of surgery; it is another help to it.
Cancer patients, in the early stages, as
before, must submit to operation.
"2nd. It is most useful in cancers on
the outside of the body. In many of
these cases it effects cures without
pain and without deformity.
"3rd. It is especially useful in con
nection with surgery, when It can ha
er climate. Then down below the
ground I watch every year the first
springing of the sap into the trees, and
I see the wldespreading roots that sup
port every branch in which you sing.
I see the seeds, which men plant, burst
and grow; X see the gold they dig for,
before they ever know it is there; I
crawl about among diamonds and ru
bies, and all the other precious stones;
I wander among the ruins of buried
cities and know the secrets of buried
treasures and hidden wealth. Much
that you see below the ground is old
and rich with age. And, too, when I
wish to see the world I have only to
crawl to the top of the ground and
look about.”
Thn robin was much interested in
the story and wondered at the many
things which he had never seen and
knew no way of seeing. “I had in
tended,” he said to the worm, “to eat
you, but I have a fine young family in
a nest in a neighboring tree, to whom
I would like to have you tell the story
of your underground life as soon as
they are old enough to listen. There
fore, I am not going to eat you today,
but seme fine mot .ting when my child
ren are older 1 will take you to the nest
and you shall tell them your story.”
And so saying he took the worm care
fully In his beak and flew back to the
ground again.
The wise worm did not delay long
in burrowing his way back into the
earth, and as he did so he said: “If I
had not appreciated all the good things
under the earth I would not have been
able to tell so interesting a story and
so savo my life, and I will be quite cer
tain that Mr. Robin does not have an
opportunity to take me to his nest, for
I am <)uite sure that I would scarcely
have time to finish my story to hl»
children before I would be eaten."
and roll over and tumble like kittens.
One day her father said:" Those pigs
are about right for market.” Helen be
gan to cry. "You will not kill my
pigs,” she said. "They are pets. I
should as soon think of eating old
Towser ns Pink or Smut or Greedy.”
"They will soon be as large as any of
the pigs,” her mother told her, "and
you cannot have them running about
with you then." But Helen would not
be quieted, and did not let the ptgs out
of her eight for days. Then Helen's
aunt sent for her to visit her, and she
stayed several weeks. She made her
father promise he would not kill the
pigs while she was away, and he kept
his word.
When Helen returned she asked for
the pigs the first thing.
"Look tn the pen,” her mother told
her. and there were three big, fat pigs
as large as Helen had ever seen. Smut
had buried herself in a nice muddy
place, and Pink and Greedy were any
thing but the dainty creatures Helen
had thought them. They did not notice
her when she spoke to them.
"Whatever has happened to them?”
she asked her mother, with tears in her
eyes.
"They have grown up," said her
mother, "Just like other pigs." And
then Helen realized that, because the
pigs themselves had made no effort to
raise themselves above other pigs, they
were contented to live in dirty mud.
VV ithout going downstairs, Sally
found herself walking along the street
with the fairy. They stoped In front
of a houp.e where a bright ligth was
shining from the windows, and Sally
could see an old lady and gentleman
sitting before the fire.
“All their children are grown up:
they have married and gone away,”
said the fairy, “and the old people are
very lonely. If they take you to live
with them, will you be good to them?”
“Oh, yes!” answered Sally, “I could
do all the work for them and be happy;
they look so kind."
Then the fairy opened the door and
they went In.
“Here is the little girl for whom you
were wishing.” she said. The old couple
turned around and looked at them.
“How did you know that we were
Just wishing for a little girl to bright
en up our home?” they asked.
“I know all the good wishes that
people niak.e.” the fairy answered.
“Here is a little girl wishing for a
father and mother, and you are wishing
for a daughter; so it was very easy
for me to make you all happy."
The dear old lady put her arms
around Sally and kissed her. Poor
little Sally had nev.er been kissed be
fore, and she did not know what to
do; but she told her that she would
be a good girl and do all the work, for
she thought that was all anyone
wanted of her.
“Oh. Ay dear!” said the old lady,
“you will not have to work. We want
a little girl to love and be merry and
bring sunshine into our lonely home.
You shall have pretty clothes and go
to school. AH we ask In return is love.”
Sally had forgotten all about her
friend, she we.s so interested in her n.ew
mother, and when she looked for her.
the fairy wait nowhere to be seen. So
Sally lived with the old lady and
gentleman and was very happy. She
often looked for the fairy, but the little
fairy appear* only when she is needed
to make people happy.
used to destrby vestiges of the tumor
which the knife may have left behind.
It can also he used to good purpose in
irradiating the cancerous area pre
ceding operation.
“4th. There are certain structures
which cannot be operated on—excised
or seriously invaded—without dis
astrous consequences. Radium has
cured Inoperable cases of this kind. It
Is like a microscopic knife whiph goes
after the indlvdual cell.
“5th. It is especially valuable In •
cancer of the uterus. Permanent cures |
even of inoperable cases have ap- |
parently been obtained.
“6th. It is effective only when there j
is no wide dissemination of the dla- |
ii ■> ”
1
Daughter Of Kaiser Presents
Father With Sturdy Grandson
GRAND DUCHESS VICTORIA LOUISE AND HER BABY.
This charming photograph of Kaiser William's only daughter and her
Infant son has just reached this country. The babe will soon be baptised
with all the pomp due the young grandson of the emperor of Germany.
T he Grand Duchess Victoria Louise was married a year ago to Ernest August
duke of Cumberland. Tho sturdy young chap shown here was born on
March 18.
PEACE BALL TO BE
STAGED IN LONDON
Striking Features Provided for
Brilliant Social Event
Next Week.
-■. ■"
London. Special: An Anglo-Ameri
can peace centenary bail, as a prelim
inary to the celebration of the 100th
anniversary of peace between English
speaking peoples, is proposed by the
British committee for Jun.e 10 next. It
will be held in Royal Albert hall,
where, it is expected, several thousand
British and American guests will pre
sent a gorgeous spectacle.
The arrangements are in the hands
of a committe headed by the Duchess
of Teck, Mrs. Walter Page, wife of the
American ambassador, and Princess
Arthur of Connaught. There are hajf
a dozen duchesses, a long list of other
titled ladies and many prominent
Americans on the committee. Among
the Anglo-Americans women partici
pating will be the Duchess of Marl
borough, Countess Granard, Cora,
Countess of Strafford. Lady Randolph
Churchill. Viscountess Acheson. Lady
Bateman, Lady Speyer. Mrs. Ridgeley
Carter. Mrs. Victoria Woodhul Martin
and Mrs. Griffiths, wife of the consul
general.
Some of the striking features of the
ball are suggested in the following pro
gram :
Part I—Processions illustrating the
making of America.
At 12 o’clock the lights will be low
ered and Columbus, with his two cap
tains, will be seen standing on the poop
of the Santa Maria, the ship from
which he first saw America. Below
him on the floor will be seen a proces
sion of the aboriginal inhabitants of
America: then the Elizabethan settlers
with Sir Walter Raleigh, followed by
the Pilgrim Fathers, the Dutch, the
French, William Penn and the Quakers
and finally the signatories to the treaty
of 1814.
Part II—Britannia, followed by rep
resentatives of all British countries,
colonies and states. Britannia will
stand on a raised platform and the
British states will be Immediately fol
lowed by Columbia and the represen
tatives of the 48 United States of
America. Columbia will take her place
on the platform by the side of Britan
nia. and will receive congratulations !
from representatives of foreign coun
tries on the attainment of 100 years I
of peace.
Mercantile Agency’s Liability.
From the New York Sun.
The liability of a mercantile agency
for making false statements to its pa
trons concerning a person or corpora
tion is decided by the supreme court of
Idaho in Pacific Packing company vs.
Bradstreet company, in which the court
said:
“The only safe and just rule either In
law or morals is the one that exacts
truthfulness in business as wrell as else
where and places a penalty upon false
hood, making it dangerous for « mer
cantile, commercial or any other
agency to sell and traffic falsehood and
misrepresentation about the standing I
and credit of men or corporations. The
company that goes into the business of
selling news or reports about others
should assume the responsibility for Its
acts and must be sure that it is ped
dling the truth. There cannot be two
standards of right nor two brands of
truth, one for moralizing and one for
business. The law ought to look with
a stern, cold eye upon the liar, whether
he be incorporated or just as everyday
man. If inerchantile agency can safely
make false reports about the financial
standing and credit of the citizen and
destroy his business it can then »>*ike
the next step with equal impunity and
destroy his reputation, leaving him
ihorn and helpless.
Guarding the Children.
From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Employer—By the way, the chil
dren usually eat with us.
The New Governess (.firmly)—I must
Dbject to that.
“Why?"
“They’re sure to pick up such faulty
notions of grammar.”
From New York to Sydney by the j
2ape of Good Hope the distance is J
13.395 miles. By the Suez canal it is j
13.823 miles By the Straits of Ma- j
gellan. 12,159 miles, and by the Panamu •
ai^es. Jj
ELLIS ISLAND RULES
AROUSE NORWEGIANS
Parliament Criticises Treatment
of Subjects at American
Port of Entry.
Christiania. Special: The treatment
of Norwegians at the immigration sta^
tion at Ellis Island, New York, has
been receiving criticism in parliament.
Several members of the storthing have
made speeches in which they cited in
stances of illtreatment of Norwegian
immigrants under detention there and
the foreign minister was asked point
edly what he intended to do about it.
The discussion arose from the story
recently published here of a 15-year-old
boy, who was detained at Ellis Island
for a whole month before he was sent
back to Norway. It was asserted that
he was kept prisoner and that only one
of several letters which he wrote ever
reached its destination.
The protestin members in parlia
ment did not criticize the immigration
laws of the United States, but they in
sisted that Norwegians detained under
these laws should be properly treated.
M. Thlen in answer to the interpella
tions. quoted some of the most im
portant of the American immigration
act* and said that too often the Nor
wegian emigrant failed to comply with
the regulations because of ignorance.
He agreed that there were cases of
exceptional severity and cited that of a
Norwegian woman and her four chil
dren who were detained because tha
paper by which her fatherlnlaw guar
anteed that the family would not be
come a public charge was dated a year
before their arrival. She was allowed
to enter while her ease was on appeal
after her relatives had raised *500 bali
for each child, but In the meantime one
of the children died in the hospital
through careless treatment, according
to charges to the Norwegian legation
In Washington.
Simple Flexible Coupling.
From the Scientific American.
A very simple coupling has recent
ly been invented which consists merely
of two sprocket wheels held together
by a roller chain. The sprocket wheels
are keyed to the shafts that are to be
connected, and then the couplin'- la
readily effected by wrapping the roller
chain about the two sprockets and
clasping the chain with a master link.
The shafts may as readily be discon
nected. The coupling has great strength
because all the teeth are in contact
with the chain rollers at one time A
roller bearing, instead of sliding con
tact is thus provided. The chain ad
justs itself automatically to all varia
tions of alignment within wide limita
tions. The coupling has no prejeafin*
parts, and hence it meets with all legal
requirements for safety.
Printing the News.
Prom the Wichita Beacon.
The most distinguished compliment that
lias yet been paid to a western newspaper
was paid when the ('olorado Fuel and Iron
company sued the Rocky Mountain News
and the Denver Times for JGOO.OOO dam
ages. These papers had been printing
with truthful detail the tragic storv at
I .callow where women and children have
hcen killed in the mining trouble where
flesh and blood have been held to be
cheaper than business gain. John C
Shaffer new proprietor of the Rocky
Mountain News and Denver Times take!
the position that this suit is a fight
against the freedom of the press "Sht
l ha story of Colorado mining troubles
lias been a tragic and sordid storv and
in effort has been made by a special
committee of the Chamber of Commerce
Df Denver to doctor the news so t2
horror °f (he situation Mr
daffer has courageously refused to do
this and he must now stand a libel s,,it
probably before a Jury that will hi a su, *
prejudiced in favor of d Coring "ni^
1 he other publishers of the country will
watch the case closely. “y wu*
It touches the right of the public to
*lonWorh°thfaCtS und the r'Bht and obliga
Aor! °Vthe newspapers to publish the
Vs' la a straight out commodity
• o be sold upon its merits as news under
nodern regulations. It ehoud not be
loctore. any more than food should he
toctored. Mr. Shaffer will win his fight
u the court of public opinion In the
orum of conscience he will be vlctoriouS
if|d the W'ri.ditCKiVC the enc°uragement of
ih the « redltabl" members of ills pro
esslon In the world. ^
In order to gain money for one of
.ieir proje' ts. the members of Kansas
woman's clubs are going to do their
>wn washing for one week this sum
ner subscribing the sum savsd to tha
tywi.