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■:... Although my feet may never walk your vay*. So other evs will follow you so far; No voice readier to ring vottr praise, Tilt the swift coining of those future days Wli.'ti the world know# 70:1 for the man } ou are. 7on m et go m kbit T roust stay behind. We may rtol fare together, you and 1. Hut, though the p„:h to fame bo Bteep and blind. Walk, .strong and steadfastly, before man kind. IS-ciinre ntv heart must follow till you die. Steadfast and strongly, scorning mean success. lenient to other*—to yourself severe. If you must full, fail not In nobleness. God knows all other failure I could bless That sent you buck to llud your wel < -unc here. - -Scribner's. •f .or* WHEN LILLIAN LOOKED FOR WORK II nr OTIIO B. SENU I Copyrighted. JMl, by The Authors Publishing Company Mrs. Barnes put aside the letter she j had been reading, and gazed into the tire with a troubled expression. “What. Is the matter, my dear?” ! quesloned Mr. Barnes. Why, this letter is from Cousin i William's children —the twins, you know. It seems that when property matters were adjusted after William s death there was found to be almost nothing remaining, only an annuity for his wife: you know she lias been an Invalid for years Not anything for the twins, and they are coming to Boston to tool; for work. I would really like, Aaron, to invite them to stay here until they secure positions.” j “.Suit yourself, my dear, suit your- : self. Only don’t discourage them tn j Their attempts to find work; it will do 1 tnein good. They can find something, | even if it Isn’t quite to their llkiug. <..w»d, strong hoys—about sixteen, irK.’t they?—ought to find employ men* Jf thoy’ro not too proud to take what they can get, until they cat find what they want. Now, when I first • ante to Boston—” Mrs. Barnes had heard this ioo nifeliy times to enjoy Its repetition, and she hastily exclaimed; “But, Aaron, one 1* a girl!” “Same thing, same tiling." returned Mr Barnes, testily—he wrnted to re late his early Boston experiences— "but you’d better keep the girt in the house. Don’t believe In girls going out to work. What can u girl of that jtgo do?” “She Is older than you think,” said Mrs. Barnes, soothingly; “the twins are nineteen, and Lillie says she can do anything that Willie can.” Invited by Mrs. Barnes, the twins came a few days later Mr. Barnes peered out from under his bushy eye brows and over his gold-rimmed spec tacles at the girl. “So you can do anything your broth er can, can you?” he asked, quizzical ly, noting her bright, alert look, and quiet dignity of manner. “Anything except fight,” she an swered. proudly. "I can fight, but we’ve kept together iu everything else. I can ride and shoot and row. I can saddle or harness a horse, and I can dress game as well as Willie can." The old man smiled grimly at the list of Lillian’s accomplishments. “Do you expect to find any of those things to do here In Boston?” ‘ You are laughing at me. Mr. Barnes. We are first-class stenographers and bookkeepers, and t am Just as capa ble as Willie in every way Our books look exactly alike; you can't tell our j writing apart.” ' As for hat," said Mr. Barnes. “I ! can hardly tell you two apart. If you were dressed alike, 1 know i couldn't.” “Lillie is a half inch shorter than I, and weighs less, but we can make up’ to look exactly alike.” and Willie r "I withdraw my application.” stood beside his sister to show bis su perior height. "Mother can't tell us apart when we dress alike.” "Willie makes the better looking girl,” said I.illie, laughing, "because his checks aro always red, and 1 am usually pale.” Mr Rarnes lookod at the handsome ntyty, admiringly. "So you can tight, eAjjf.vou. Willie?" •ourttwfet.course. I’m light-weight," said nVMM'modestly, ‘‘but I can take pret care of myself in an encoim tor, and with a much heavier man than I, too. Father had me in train ing from the time 1 was seven. He said I'd have to fight for myself and Lillie, too. See here. Mr. Barnes—my hand doesn't look much bigger than LU’s. but you feel of It—and look here—” and lie stripped his arm, show ing hard, firm muscles that stood out like knotted cords, Mr. Barnes patted his arni approv ingly. “You’re all right, my boy, you’re all right. Now, when I first came to Boston—” “Slipper is ready, Aaron; you can tell that to the children some other time.’’ That evening Mr. Barnes and Willie had a long talk in the library, and _ e—-1 Landed on his chin. later Lillie was called in for a “con fab," as Willie called it. The next day a tall, stylish young lady called upon several business men who had advertised for bookkeepers and stenographers. She was decided ly handsome. Behind the chiffon veil ano caught bewitening glimpses of rurung yellow hair, great brown eyes and pink cheeks. One man gazed rather pointedly at her face while questioning her as to her ability, and remarked in unctious tones, "1 think you'll do very nicely, my uear.” He was somewhat chagrined to receive me decided reply: "1 withdraw the ap licatiou. I do not euro to lake the position." Out in the hall the bewitching vision clenched a well-gloved hand, and Willie's voice muttered: “Confound his impudence! To think of his looking at Lit like that." the young lady rose gracefully, gripped the back of her trailing skirt in the most approved manner, and sailed serenely out. The next call brought disaster. The advertiser scanned the young lady closely, asked a few questions, and said: "I will let you try the place. The salary is four dollars." The young lady rose Instantly. “I could not consider it. I must earn enough to support myself " “Of course,” answered the man, Coolly, "and with a girl like you, if she knows her business, the matter of sal aries is as easily adjusted as s your veu." His tone and manner added meaning to his words, and he attempt ed to raise the chiffon face-covering. Quick as thought the well gloved hand shot out—straight lead with the left— ami landed on his chin. His head was thrown violently against, the sharp corner of the bookcase by which he stood, cutting an ugly gash. He threw out his hands awkwardly—the first blow was followed instantly by one from the right hand, reaching him on the side of the body abotu two indies above the waist. He dropped forward, falling -avlly to his knees. The blows had been delivered straight from the shoulder, with the whole force of the body behind them. "Get up," said a sharp voice behind the chiffon veil, "get up. I've given you this tor my sister, who might have answered your-ad. only to be insulted.” “I’ll have you arrested for wearing women's clothes," spluttered the badly punished man. "Do," said the other: "do, and 111 tell the whole story in court, and show 'em how 1 did you up." And tno styl ish young lady calmly adjusted her veil, gathered her skirts and vanished from his sight. Reaching the street rhe examined her split gloves ruefully. "This means another pair of gloves before t mats the next cru.’’ This cail was soon over. The younj lady gave a specimen of her writing, i test of her ease ia taking notes anc speed in transcribing them, and was engaged at a moderate salary, but suf flclent to enable a self-respecting worn an to lead a self-respecting life. That evening another “confab" was held in Mr. Barnes’ library, and Willie gave a graphic description of "How Lillian sailed in.” "You're to go to work Monday, LI], and you're all right there. The man is square—and white inside. To-morrow I'll start out for myself." When alone with Mr. Barnes, he said: "You were right. Mr. Barnes; even a nice girl is liable to annoyance, and your scheme was a good one.” The old man delightfully patted him on the shoulder. "You’ve done well, my boy; you’ve done well. For your self, you can work anywhere and at anything. Now, when I first came to Boston—” Mrs. Barnes opened the door. "Sup per is ready, Aaron; tell that to Willie some other time.” DINNERS TO BUSINESS MEN. Heads of Departments Remembered in This Way by Employers. Twenty years ago the president of a big company, the owner of a big business or industry, would as soon havo thought of asking his subordi nate heads of departments to spend the summer at his country home as of giving them a formal dinner once or twice a year. Now the formal dinner-giving practice is so common that it is almost taken for granted. The big corporations of the country give annual dinners to heads of de partments which cost thousands of dollars. Even mercantile firms, small in comparison, are in tho habit of meeting their chief employes around the dining board. There are several reasons for this interesting development. In the first place. Americans are learning to en joy the formal dinner, with its elab orate menu, its wine and its speeches. Then the capitalist has come more and more to realize how much of liis success is due to his heads of depart ments Oftentimes lie gives them an interest in the concern or corporation, and immediately they begin to work for the concern as well as the com pany. Anything that will bind them closer to the employer's interests is not overlooked, and a dinner once in a while is one of these. Taming a Terror. Did; Deadeye was a bandit bold, a bandit tierce was he, who hold up stages, trains, and things here In the west onuntroe. He'd lit* in waiting in n place where chap arral grow thick, and when the stage came on apace would turn his little trick. His name would cause a thrill of fear to swoop the country o'er, for rumor said ho quenched his throat on naught but gurgling gore. The many men that rumor said he'd downed in gun disputes would fill a graveyard to the brim with stiffs yet in their boots. The cash and treasure lie had got from tourists—as a loan—was heap times more than was required to ransom Kl len Stone. "Hands up!" he yelled one day; the man who drove chewed not the rag; he knew Deadeye would give him ten per centum of the swag. “Climb down an' git In line!'' unto the passengers he yelled. They quirk obeyed us tourists do when they are upward held. From out the sage a female came. Dick Deadeye quaked with fear, us near him drew the ancient dame and seised him by the ear! “You good-fnr-nothin' wretch!" she cried, "you relic of the past, I've sought you far. I've sought you near, and here you be at last! “I’m all Impatient now to hear what storv you kin teli!" And then she pulled him by tin car Into the chaparral! Again the wheels began to hum. the driv er scratched his head. "That mus' be Deadeye’s wife, jes come 'yar from the states," lie said. Not Taking Anything. “Have you taken anything for your trouble?" asked the doctor of a long, lank, hungry-looking man, who com plained of being “run down.” "Well. I haven't been taking much of anything; that is. nothing to speak of. I took a couple of bottles of Pinkham’H bitters a little while back, and a bottle of Qniekem’s invlgorator] with a couple of boxes of curem’s pills, and a lot of quinine and some root bitters. I've got a porous plas ter on my back, ami I'm wearing an electric belt, and taking red clover four times a clay, with a dose or two of salts every other day; excepting for that I'm not taking anything.” Senatorial Gourmets. A party of tourists visited the Sen ate restaurant in Washington. They peered about in every corner. “So this is the place where the senators eat their epicurean feasts, is it?” asked u lady with gray ring lets and a determined east of coun tenance. I “Yes, ma'am,” the guard replied, i Precisely at that moment a waiter gave an order for the two senators I from Michigan, who were lunching to gether. He . aid. “Senator Burrows wants an apple and a glass of milk and Sen ator Alger wants a dish of tapioca pudding."—Saturday Evening Post Unerring Childhood. The aiiild is so often right. It has not tbw miscellaneous knowledge of the grown-up person who reads news papers and keeps a tame Encyclope dia Britannica in a carefully devised cage. But the childish mind has an unerring logical faculty, not in any way confused by superfluity of infor mation. Must Protect Forests. The Russians are awaking to tha fact that a less reckless deforesting has become absolutely Irnperathe. Their forest resources are not omy less than those of Sweden, hut even I less tfcan those of Austria-Hungary j and of the United States. For the Individual 1796 } 1872 3 1952 » I I WHERE OTH :RS GIVE UP IS JUST WHERE WE GET OUR J* SECOND BREATH. J* THIS ACCURACY REVIEW DEPARTMENT i» for co-operation in information to reduce mutually expensive mistakes. It is for mechan ical, commercial and professional people; the employer, employe and customer; and consists of extraits Liken by permission from the copy righted letters, thelecturcs. notebooks and libraries of Dr. Earl M. Pratt. When you secure on any subject an idea personally useful to you, and you wish to give it to him, address him in rare vf The John Crerar Library, Marshall Field Building, Chicago. Ife is hunting the whole world over .for information of every day use to you, and he regrets his inability, personally to reply to contributors. So far as possible he wishes to have in this space the very ideas you would like to find here. You arc at liberty to send him any suggestion you may care to. Ifis Arcade Index libraries were started in lsvj and now con-, tain unpublished information dating back to 17!U> with systematic p'ans extending to !9bJ. Your short story of some example of forethought tie posited in the Arcade Index collection may prove to , U your best monument. ON NEGLECTED SUBJECTS. Carl went south and made some money, then came back to his old village home, purchased a central block of land, and this is what it was and what he did to it. A dramatic man. by buying several houses and lots, secured the whole block for his residence. lie spent a good deal of money on the place, then abandoned it. When Carl se cured the property it was a wilder ness of undergrowth of an unlimited variety. It had a good brick barn and greenhouse, which had been rent icd for a dwelling. Carl lived in that while lie tore down part of the big w'oodcu residence and improved the place. The best part of the residence was sold and removed. With a gang of men and horses he cut down trees, dug up shrubbery and plowed the ground for grading and seeding. At the end of a year or so he had up a modern house and was living iu It. One day while passing the place with my father, I said to him that I would like to clean up some subjects the same as Carl had done to that place. Father replied that such a thing would be possible. There are so many good stories about Carl in my memory that it is a sign of brain gain on my part to be able to stop here and use the above one for what I intended it. As another suggestion, please let me say to you that together we might go at seme subject which is now in tho dark and by union study let day light in on it. While I have some subjects listed it might be better for you to think a little and make the first move after this introduction. What do you want to know which you would be willing others should know? I am willing to live in a barn while clearing up an overgrown subject and grading for improvements. How can we prevent errors and mis takes mutually expensive to buyer and seller, to employer and employe, to publisher and reader? When science or commerce neglect a live subject it falls into the hands of the fakir and is perverted. What is the subject on which you would like to see unrecorded and un classified useful information collected *nd unbiased and impartial reports prepared? The horse that can go in two-two Dr so enjoys life a hundred times more than the twenty minute animal, j We all lose the best of life by lark of inlmation. One should be a quiet hus tler and do the many little duties like the click of a clock. THE SOURCES OF PLUCK. Regarding the sources of pluck a 'ew words are In order. It may be lue to the last straw approaching and n desperation it is fought off and a lew kind of pluck acquired. It may ;ome by anger or righteous indigna ion. It may come by better care of j he health, and a clearer view' of the 'oal. Danger, love, hope, ambition ind prayer invite pluck to come and •emain. Just before great battles tome of tbe most successful com panders In history have Increased heir pluck by appealing to their Crea ’»r for help and favors. Oif account of a lack of a solution foi a spontaneous pcrplc.city zee get e.rcitea and thus increase complications. Stud) ahead of necessity. THE “OIL SLINGER” MACHINE. mm More than half of my life ago the cashier of a bank tapped on the win dow as I was passing and motioned me in. He was a stockholder in a factory and offered me a place I had been seeking. That was Thursday afternoon and the iast day of high school for me. The next morning at seven o'clock I stood by a big chuck as one of seventy workers. My cloth ing was not suitable for any machine and the chuck machine was the worst one on clothing. The boys smiled and predicted a change in my appearance very soon. My work was to knurl the head of the long screw which moves the jaw of a monkey wrench. In those days the chuck had to be stop pod and started for each screw; as it started up the oil began to fly and the faster the chuck revolved the greater the penetrating power of the oil when it hit me. In order to do the work I had to get in the way of the oil: I did the work but traced the oil from <ny clothing to the chuck and the screw which came to me loaded with it. The oil was secured in the thread cutting machine where a steady stream ran on the die; some would have seen all this at first glance without thinking, but I did not; I even studied the bearings as the source of the trouble, before find ing it on the screws. When I did find the place of the trouble I put a bunch of waste there and laid the screws on It before putting them in the chuck; the waste drew the oil off and the machine lost its name. The machine lost its name because I was dissatis fied with conditions, began tracing the trouble and foi*nd the remedy When a former workman at that chuck visited the factory and asked where oil had gone to. on being told the plan he opened his eyes *nd said nothing. He may have been thinking about the amount of oil he had taken home on his clothing There are both big and little opportunities in every shop and factory for better methods and originality, mutually useful to em ployer and employe. The daily experiences which cost you and others time or worriment or money, jot down, one a day or one a week, an4 reread. Much has been wasted. Begin saving helpful ideas. SOURCES AND ELIMINATION. Nearly five years ago I took two earnest men of intelligence to a room in which was a blackboard, and on that blackboard we three tried to draw an outline on the sources and elimina tion of trouble. One of the young men copied the attempt and later lost it. He tried to reproduce it from mem ory, but never succeeeded. I will give It as near as I can with additions. The sources of trouble arc Ignorance, sickness, idleness, carelessness, dis honesty, lack of training, laziness, in competency, intemperance, misfor tune, disobeying law, morbid curios ity, gluttony and an unbridled tongue. The elimination of trouble is to come about by education, physical culture, industry, dfligenoe, righteousness, en ergy-growing, skill-acquiring, keeping away from crowds, attending to your own business while helping those who are not able to return the compliment, carefulness and forethought, good shoes for your feet and healthful lit erature for your head. Please send me what you think should be added to either of the above lists, and as you look back to your younger days, also give what you con sider the primary sources of desirable forces? What part of your early life has proven most useful later on? What do you know about food and digestion? What is your ideal sys tem of diet? WHAT DO YOU KNOW? How to wisely discriminate w’hen requested to give is something a good many of us would like to know more about. When to give, where to give, what to give and to what to give are puz zles. To sign or not to sign a subscrip tion paper, aud to give or not to give when asked to, frequently come up tor quick decisions. All kinds of people come to the of fice and also greet us on the street, seeking different sized sums for noth ing or something next to nothing, or something really worthy of our at tention and encouragement. Recently a man replied, “After you find ninety-nine in a hundred are frauds you begin to get discouraged.” Lost money and abused kindness are frequent sources of cynicism, but it is a third mistake to let them ba. Do only the work you are forced to do and you ^et d.*gradeU Instead of promoted. Begcgrc in a Combine. The beggars of Spain have formed a combine and arc going to try to keep all of the 2 deutimo pieces out of circulation by holding then when ever they secure any. The object ot I this beggars’ trust is to make peopls give a larger coin. Iowa Farms S4 Per Acre Casn, btluua crop till p»M. llULHAM. Stem L'lty, le Warning. She—The lemperature is falling. Ho—Oh. well, don't lot that worry you. Perhaps some one will catch it She—If it falls far enough, all fresh, green things will catch it You'd better look out. RED CROSS BALL BLUE Should be lu every home. Ask your grocer fur it. Large 2 oa. package only 5 cents. Two Remarkable Families. In Webster county, W. Va., live twfl remarkable families. Currenee Greg ory has thirteen sons, all over sit feet tall and all weighing more fhaD —0 pounv.s. They all vote the dem ocratic ticket. Each boy owns n farm. Mr. Gregory is still young at 72. His wife does all the housework at 65 years. The other family is that of Benjamin Hamrick, a near neigh bor of the Gregorys. He is six feet five inches tall, and has nine sons, all over six feet tall. They weigh from 155 to 226 pounds. All in his family vote the republican ticket. How’s This ? We offer One Hundred Hollars Heward for any 'M of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Haifa Cattarl Cure. F. J. CHENEY A CO.. I’ropa.,Toledo. O. We, the nndondaned, have Known F. .1. Cheney fot the laat IS yearn, and believe blm perfectly honorable In all Imaluraa traueacilcii* and dnxn tally able t« carry Out any obligation* made by their Itrm. West A tbcax. Wholeaale nrugglata. Toledo. O. Walpiko. Kinaax A Mabtix, Wholeaale Krug glata, Toledo, O. Hall'S Catarrh Cure la taken Internally, acting directly upon the blood and rnucoua aorfacee of the system. Teatlmonlala sent free. Price "Jc poa Wmle. Sold by nil Drugglata. Haifa Family Fills are the beat. Think Goats Bring Good Luck. English medical papers are com menting on the remarkable survival of superstition at Cambridge, where a dairyman possessed of a goat is Bending the animal, by request, into and around the houses of his neigh bors in an area affected by the small pox. The rnstice superstition that goats bring good luck is widespread and the London i^ancet quotes many instances. When Your Grocer Says ho does not have Defiance Starch, you may be sure he is afraid to keep it until bu stock of 12 or., packages are Bold. Defiance Starch is not only better than any other Cold Water Starch, but contains 10 07. to the package and sells for same money ae 12 oa. brands. “Tim" Healy’s Tall Hat. The appearance of “Tim" Healy In the house of commons wearing a new silk hat brought out the fact that for ten years since the fight on the homo rule bill, when his high hat was smashed, Mr. Healy had worn a hip# hat sent him by the corporation of Alexandria. He prized the hat high ly, and wore It to its utmost limits, l^ast week he was forced to buy a new tile, and the present from the corpor ation of Alexandria is carefully pre served on a shelf as a relic of stren uous days for home rule. The Family Jewel. "Mr. Br—Brown,” said the young man, stammeringly, “1—I want to ask your consent to my marrying your daughter. 1 know it's asking a great deal; she’s the pride and comfort of your heart, the jewel of the family, and—’’ “Young man,” interrupted the pros pective father-inlaw, “five nights in the week, on an average, I’m kept awake till midnight with banging on the piano, cackling, giggling, rat tling of the furniture and slamming of doors. I’m gettin’ darnation tired of u and anything that promises rellet is welcome. Take her, Tny boy, and hvrry up the happy day.” Texas Finds a Remedy. Fate, Ter., Sept. 21st.—Texas hail seldom. If ever, had such ti profound sensation, as that caused by the Intro duction recently of a new remedy for Kidney diseases. This remedy has already been tried In thousands of cases, and in almost every case tho results have been wonderful.. Henry Vaughan, of Rural Route, No. 3, Fate, says of It: “I suffered with Kidney Trouble for over 18 months. I was very bad and could get nothing ta help me till I heard of the new remedy, Dodd's Kid ney Pills. I began to use these pills, and very soon found myself improv ing. I kept on and now I can say I am absolutely cured and free from any symptom of my old trouble. “I am very glad I heard of this wonderful remedy and I would strongly advise anyone suffering with Kidney trouble to try It, for I know it will cure.” Preserve, by all means in your power, "a sound mind In a sound body.” Avoid politicians who have a new specific for all public ills. 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