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Loup City Northwestern J. W. BURLEIGH, Publisher. LOUP CITY, - - NEBRASKA. The automobile with all Its perils seems to be less fatal than the bath' lug suit. It took a genius like Kipling to see in Joe Chamberlain a subject for poet ic treatment. Almost any flying machine can ac complish wonderful feats in the in ventor’s prospectus. The woman who crossed Abyssinia on a mule is receiving much credit. But the mule did the work. A German scientist has discovered that the bite of the rattlesnake will knock leprosy. So will a gun. People who go away on a holiday and get drowned And that it inter feres seriously with their plans. “Is American literature bourgeois.'” asks Gertrude Atherton. Nay. sister. Much of it is of a finer type than that. At the prospect of a soap famine that celebrated anti-bath doctor will probably have one or two spasms of joy. A mountain of pure soap has been discovered in Nevada. The tramp problem in that state may be consid ered solved. Every little while somebody sug gests that the United States annex San Domingo. Would it not be pos sible to sink it? The young woman who recently coughed up a cent, swallowed twenty years ago, is really entitled to some interest on the money. With something like 400,000.000 in habitants to draw from, China antici pates no trouble in filling the position lately occupied by Mr. Wu. It is not true that the baseball play er who was hit by a train in New Jer sey instantly put up his hand to claim the judgment of the umpire. Gentlemen who have ships afloat with contraband cargoes for the Jap anese will sit up and take notice when you mention remedies for insomnia. The British expedition to Lhasa must wish devoutly that Col. Pope had been more active in pushing the movement for good roads in Thibet. A goat in Delaware has partaken oi a dynamite free lunch and now no one dares to kick it. Here is a val uable hint for the much-abused hobo. Dr. Chalmers may be right in say ing that defecfive sight makes men drink; but it does not take a scientist to prove that drink makes defective sight. What will the poor typesetter do when the legions of General Takahara kamaharahara begin to encounter those of General Shootemoffskykillem offaroff? Gen. Jiminez is reported to have returned to Santo Domingo. If this is so it will be necessary to keep the Santo Domingo telegraph office open at nig-ht again. Most of the girls will fail to see wherein It is of any practical import ance what Gov. Warfield or any other man thinks as to the right : ge for them to marry. A typewriter girl in the patent of fice has copied 22,000 words in seven hours—a world’s record. All wise type writer maids will admire her speed and prefer their own. Be careful where you throw your matches. The wealth that was wiped out last year in fires would have hired the labor of half a million of men for a year at $50 a month each. A physician advises everybody to spend all the time he can in the open air. If rents and living expenses con tinue to go up a good many of us will have to spend all of our time there. That ten-year-old boy who hanged himself because he was compelled to get up early in the morning might not have been worth the piece of rope he used had he lived a few years longer. It IjB to be hoped that the bust that the young Russian woman sculptor is making of Mark Twain will be as ar tistic in all respects as some of tht other busts with which Mark has been connected. When the office boy learns that he is expected to be diligent, neat, quiet, unobtrusive, obliging, modest, accu rate and attentive, he begins to think $3 is not very big pay after all.—Bos ton Home Journal. It is pleasant to know that Colqm bia is willing to enter into friendly relations with the United States again. It is depressing to live constantly in fear of the beginning of a war that wc might not know had begun against us. At a cost of more than $1,100,000. the three miles of lofty sea wall that is hereafter to keep destroying tidal waves out of Galveston was completed last week. And it is pluck that pays, for Galveston’s ocean trade was never so great as now. Even the beef strike is no excuse for a boarding house serving beans four times a week, a boiled dinner twice a week and fish balls on Friday. —Worcester Telegram. And now we presume the Telegram editor will send a marked copy to his landlady. A Danish scientist has discovered a new electric wave by means of which he can ihake a typewrites work in another room. No more novel reading by the typewriter when the boss is shut up in his private office. 4# LABORS INDUSTRY Green Fields Wait for Me. I must away to wooded hills and vales. Where broad, slow streams flow cool and silently. And Idle barges flap their listless sails— For me the summer sunset rlows and pales. And green fields wait for me. I long for shadowy forests, where the birds Twitter and chirp at noon from every tree. I long for blossomed leaves and lowing nerds; And Nature’s voices say, in mystic words, "The green fields wait for thee.” I dream of uplands, where the primrose shines And waves her yellow lamps above the lea; Of tangled copses, swung with trailing vines; Of open vistas, skirted with tall pines. Where green fields wait for me. I think of long, sweet afternoons when I May lie and listen to the distant sea. Or hear the breezes in the reeds that sigh Or Insect-voiceB chirping shrill and dry. In fields that wait for me. These dreams of summer come to bid me find The forest’s shade, the wild bird’s mel ody. While summer’s rosy wreaths for me are twined. While summer’s fragrance lingers on the wind. And green fields wait for me. —George Arnold. NEWS OF THE LABOR WORLD. Items of Interest Gathered from Many Sources. Work has been resumed upoa Mi nook (Ind.) coal mines after three years of idleness. The district convention of united mine workers promulgated an official strike order effecting about 6,000 men. The hdpdquarters of the Western Federation of Miners, now in Denver, are to be removed to Lead, S. D., ac cording to information from the west A resolution providing for the regis tration of union labels has been in troduced in the Canadian parliament at Ottawa. The International Slate and Tile Roofers’ Union of America will meet in second annual convention in St. Louis Sept. 12. In New Zealand last year 12,481 per sons drew old age pensions, amount ing to $1,657,670. The total cost of ad ministering the act was $19,000. The striking glove workers at Gloversville, N. Y., are still without hope of immediate peace. The fourth month of the big strike is growing to a close. In ray judgment, the extension of the use of the injunction is the most disturbing factor in our national life, the darkest cloud upon our horizon.— John Mitchell. The wage scale of the bar iron and steel mills of the Republic Iron and Steel Company will not be settled by a board of arbitration because of the refusal of men to serve. Secretary Draper of the Trade and Labor Congress of Canada has sent a circular letter to all local labor unions in Canada urging their affiliation with the Canadian parent body. Five hundred and fifty operatives struck at the United States Cotton company’s mills at Central Falls, R. I., against the 12*4 per cent cut in wages.. The mills shut down. The tin plate scale has been settled and the gre&t Shenango tin plant will start up full turn, orders to that effect having been issued, and the Greer mill will resume within a few days. The Massachusetts State Federa tion affiliated sixty-five additional trade unions during the past twelve months, its membership now includ inj nearly every large union in me Bay state. Dispatches from Pennsylvania mine centers report that the conciliation board is unable to meet the situation, and that both miners and operators are preparing for another great indus trial struggle. The American Sheet and Tin Plate Company and the Amalgamated Asso ciation of Iron, Steel and Tin Work ers have agreed upon a wage scale for tin workers. The union grants a re bate of 12% per cent on foreign or ders. President Mackey of the Interna tional Paper Makers’ Union is report ed to have declared that unless the Fox river valley paper manufacturers settle the strike at once he will call out every union paper maker in the country. The reports of the officers of the In ternational Typographical Union to the forthcoming convention of the or ganization at St. Louis have been is sued in book form and show a splen did progress made by the printers in the past year. The Painters’ Union ir. Deadwood, S. D., has increased the mimimum wage scale from $3 to $3.50 per day and reduced the working day froiii ten to nine hours.* Paper hangers are paid 11% cents, 15 cents and 16 2-3 cents 'an hour and 10 cents a yard for bur lap. Unless the operatives agree to com* into the Fall River mills and work un der the proposed 12% per cent reduc tion, it is doubtful if any attempt will be made by the cotton manufacturers to run the mills before October, was a statement made by a prominent mill treasurer. Labor unions must live ilp to their principles if they expect to be re ceived upon the basis of their procla mations. But all this is equally true of the other side. If employers want the confidence and support of the public they, too, must live up to their professions-*—The Tobacco Worker. The Stationary Firemen’s Union of Chicago will erect a monument in memory of its dead and Labor day has been chosen as the most fitting day on which to dedicate the granite shaft. The union htrs purchased a burial lot for its dead, 400 feet in Oak Ridge cemetery and a smaller plot in Mt. Carmel. A recently enacted state law in New York requiring journeymen horseshoers to be registered has been declared unconstitutional by the ap pellate division of the Supreme Court Justice Hatch, writing the unanimous opinion of the court, said he failed to see how the regulation of shoeing horses has any tendency to promote the health, comfort, safety and wel fare of society. All the mills but two closed by the paper strike begun nine weeks ago have resumed operations in part. The Howard mill at Menasha is the only one, however, where union men will return, the others being manned with imported non-union help. Union men of the Fox river valley are still de termined and declare the non-union men are not capable of turning out a profitable product. It is said that if the members of the unions who are held responsible for the strike in the New York subway do not adjust matters promptly a gen eral lockout may be ordered by the Building Trades’ Employers’ associa tion, to be followed by an attempt to establish an open shop. If a general lockout is ordered between 25,000 and 30,000 men in greater New York will be affected. Frank Buchanan of Chicago, presi dent of the International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Work ers, announced that he would retire in September, at the convention of the international union in Toronto, Onta rio. “I intend to see that a good man, strong in his convictions but conser vative in action, and above all honest, gets the presidency,” he said. “I will run again myself unless such a man is proposed.” Although the report has been cir culated that the temporary closing of the plants of the International Harves ter company signifies at least a par tial permanent shut down or removal, C. S. Funk, general manager of the company, declares that the works will be closed for two wreeks only in order that a complete inventory of the stock may be made and improvements in stalled. The company in all its plants employs over* 15,000 men. The Cripple Creek district is again being ruled by civil authorities, al though the order suspending martial law, is not met with great favor, as many fear that violence of a most ag gravated form will quickly follow. In fact when the order was being pre pared at the capitol a meeting of citi zens to protest against any change was in session, and was abruptly ad journed when it was learned that it was too late for them to do anything. The forthcoming report of the United States geological survey will show’ that the United States exceeded all previous records in the production of coal in 1903. The total amount of the output of the coal mines of the country during that year was 359,421, 311 tons, an increase of nearly 58,000. 000 tons or 19 per cent over the pre ceding year. The value of the product of 1903 is given as 504,190,733, an in crease in value of 38 per cent over the preceding year. iweniy-iour negroes ana one wmte man are at work on the bricklaying for the government on the war col lege at the Washington barracks. From present indications this part of the work will be finished exclusively by negro labor. Two weeks ago twen ty-eight bricklayers struck and stopped work because George Taylor, a negro, was taken on the work. The union has practically given up the struggle in this particular case, and the strike is broken. J. W. Johnson, international secre tary-treasurer of the Bridge Workers’ Union, reports that the recent vote for affiliation with the proposed Structural Building Trades’ Alliance was 6,135, of which 3,527 were in fa vor of the affiliation and 2,608 against. He announces that the final vote will show the affiliation carried by a vote of four to one, because “many local unions took no action on this vital question, and as their failure to con sider the same records their vote in the affirmative, the official vote will be announced later.” The engineers employed on the New York, New Haven and Hartford sys tem are fighting an order reducing the rata of wages. These men are said to be the highest paid railroad engineers in the country, receiving $35 to $45 per week. The company has demand ed that the men accept the standard rate of wages paid in the east. The committee from the Brotherhood of Engineers will visit President Mellin this week and will also protest against the changes in the time table, which dropped numerous trains and threw many engineers out of work. Patrick McCarvel, one of the men who were deported over the Kansas line by the military early in June, re turned to Victor, where he owns prop erty, including a large hall and a busi ness block valued at $25,000. When McCarvel stepped from the train he was taken in charge by Major H. A. Naylor, acting city marshal. McCar vel was allowed to attend to some business affairs, when he was placed on board the first outgoing train, with a warning that in future police pro tection would not be afforded him should he again return. McCarvel originally was deported for openly ex pressing sympathy with the miners’ union and denouncing acts of Gov. Peabody and his military subordi nates. Daniel L. Keefe, in his annual ad dress at the recent convention of the International Longshoremen’s and Ma rine Transport Workers’ Association, declared that a labor union has no spe cial mission as a social organization and said: "A labor union is simply a partnership, wherein each and every member is an integral part, and a partner of the firm—so to speak. Each and every member should have the same mutual interest and desire that ihe business of the union be conducted on strict business principles. The function of the organization is purely the selling of its labor at the best market price; the same as corn or any other commodity; with no senti ment or other consideration calculat ed in any way to interfere with its business. All we ask is justice and an equitable proportion of the wealth our labor creates; the enjoyment of humane conditions and treatment ns hums* beings.” EX-CONFEDERATES AT BOSTON Men Who Wore the Gray Fraternize With Those Who Wore the Blue—Points of Historic Interest in the City. The unique feature, and in some re spects the most important feature of G. A. R. week was the reception ten dered twenty-five distinguished ex Confederate soldiers by Edward W. Kinsley post 113 in Faneuil hall on Monday evening, Aug. 15. Beneath the roof-tree of one of the country’s historic public buildings, consecrated to the cause of American liberty in its broadest sense, these oldtime antagonists, the men of the Grand Army and the defenders of the Confederacy, sat at table. Incidental ly, the members of the noted Lafay ette post, G. A. R., of New York were also the guests of their Boston com rades. The Southerners who accepted the Kinsley post invitation are Gen. Fitz hugh Lee, Gen. Theodore S. Garnett, Col. William F. Cameron and Capt. Benjamin C. Wherry of Virginia; Capt. Thomas C. Timberlake of Ken tucky, Judge Jacob S. Galloway of Tennessee; Col. .John Wilder Atkin son. Col. Wilson G. Lamb, Maj. B. F. Dixon and Cyrus B. Watson of North Carolina; Col. Edward Cox, Col. Wil liam M. Crumley and Capt. Edward S. Gay of Georgia; Gen. Julian W. Whit ing of Alabama; Col. Luke W. Fin lay of Mississippi; Gen. William J. Behan, Col. Benjamin F. Eshelman, Col. William G. Vincent and Col. An drew R. Blakeley of Louisiana; Col. J. N. Simpson, Col. James B. Simp son, Judge George Clark, Col. J. T. Trerevant and E. W. Taylor of Texas; Edward Clifford Brush of Florida (now of Boston). The formalities incident to the re ception of the Southerners com menced at 1 p. m. Monday, Aug. 15, at which hour a luncheon was given and the placards placed upon them Is about as follows: Old State House. “The first building was erected 1658. “Destroyed by fire 1711. “Present building erected 1713. Old South Meeting House. “The oldest church building in Bos ton, built 1730.' Southeast Corner of Tremont and Court sts. “Site of United States custom house, 1759. “Washington lodged here, 1789. “Daniel Webster’s law office here.” Hanover st. American House. “Gen. Joseph Warren’s house stood here. He was killed at the battle of Bunker hill, 1775.” Nos. 80 to 86 Union-st. “Site of the Green Dragon tavern —The Sons of Liberty met here; it was styled by the British and the Tories, ‘a hotbed of sedition.' ” Hanover st., Just South of Cockerel Hall. “Here was shed the first blood of the Revolution; Christopher Snyder killed here by an informer to the ( crown, Feb. 22, 1770.” 16 Hull st. “Built 1724—Staff headquarters of Gen. Gage during the battle of Bunker Hill.” Christ Church, Salem st. “The Christ church or Old North church, from which w^as hung the celebrated signal lanterns on the eventful night of April 18, 1775—The chime of bells is the oldest in Amer ica.” 130 Prince st. “British Major Pitcairn wounded at Bunker Hill, died here. He was FANEUIL HALL DECORATED. the visitors at the New Algonquin club. This was exclusively for the guests and their accompanying ladies. At 2 o’clock the members of Kinsley post, in uniform, arrived at the club house and were introduced to the guests. At 3 o’clock the post re formed and marched to the South terminal to receive the members of Lafayette post of New York. The latter were escorted to their hotel. Promptly at 6 o’clock the company sat down at round tables in Faneuil hall, each of these accommodating seven persons. Some sixteen of the more distinguished guests, with the commander of Kinsley post and the toastmaster, occupied seats at a long table on the platform. Covers were laid for about 300 in all. Young wom en waiters in special uniform served the food. The speaking was done on a novel plan. Commander Graves gave the address of welcome before dinner was served and between the courses the commander of Lafayette post and such of the other Northern guests as were invited to speak were intro duced. For the remainder of the evening the Southerners had the right of way, and some notable addresses were made. The event eclipsed in interest and significance any reunion between Northern and Southern participants jn the civil war that has ever been held. MANY PLACES OF INTEREST Historic Spots in Boston Pointed Out to Visitors. All of the places of historic interest in the city proper were specially placarded during encampment week so that the visiting thousands could not fail to see them in their walks about the city. A list of these places prominent at the battles of Lexington and Concord. This house built prior to 1723.” Flag Sign for North Sq. "In this square the British troops assembled on the night of the ISth of April, 1775, previous to their march to Lexington and Concord.” Dock Sq. Opposite Brattle St. "Dock sq—The mob which figured in the Boston massacre gathered in this square before going to State street.” Brattle St., One-Quarter Way From Washington St. to Brattle Sq. “Here stood the British barracks where the outbreak started which led to the Boston massacre, March 5, 1770.” Faneuil Hall. “A gift of Peter Feneuil to the town of Boston. “The Cradle of Liberty. “Opened for the first time March 4. 1743. “Burned 1761—rebuilt 1763.” Northeast Corner Kilby St. and Lib erty Sq. “Site of the stamp office destroyed by the mob during Stamp Act riot, 1765.” South Corner Washington and Es sex Sts. “Site of the Liberty Tree, so named, in 1763; destroyed by British, 1775.” Cemetery in Boston Common. “The British soldiers killed at Bunk er Hill lie buried here.” Washington St., Just South Clifton PI. “The line of Colonial entrenchments stood here during the siege of Boston, 1775.” Atlantic Av., Corner of Pearl St. Boston Tea Party tablet decorated with flags. No further wording con sidered necessary. Battery Wharf. “From this wharf the British em barked for the battle of Bunker Hill June 17, 1775.” Polish Novelist’s Hobbies. Henri Sienkewicz, the Polish nov elist, spent a year in wandering and hunting after his student life at War saw. His house is filled with trophies of the chase and he is a collector of all kinds of curiosities. The most striking object in his study is a huge carved chest with silver mountings, which is filled with priceless his torical relics, including among other things, rings and jewels of famous royal personages. Mayor Jones’ Small Fortune. The value of the estate of the late Mayor Samuel M. Jones of Telodo is roughly estimated by his son, Percy Jones, in probate court, at $346,000, of which $325,000 is personal property and $21,000 real estate. The mayor left no will. W. S. Gilbert a Wealthy Man. W. S. Gilbert, associated with Ar thur Sullivan in the composing of comic opera, is reputed to be enor mously wealthy. The royalties from his “Pygmalion and Galatea” alone brought him in $200,000. -— ^ w Long in Political Harness. Eight men who participated in the Fremont campaign in 1856 were pres ent at the state Republican commit tee meeting in New York. They were: Gen. Benjamin F. Tracy of New York, Frederick W. Seward of Montrose! William Barnes. Sr., of Albany, Ellis H. Roberts of Washington (and Uti ca), Theodore M. Pomeroy of Auburn, William Bristol of Warsaw, J. Owen Moore of Nyv York and Harrison C. Gilson of New York. Mr. Bristol, the eldest of the delegates, presided. Those present, with others to be add ed, were made a committee to get up a celebration to be held at Saratoga Springs on the night of Sept. 14. The Republican state convention has been called to meet there on that date. As in His Boyhood. Gov. Herrick of Ohio was the other day interviewed by a reporter who asked him: “Didn’t you saw wood for a living when you were a boy?” “Yes,” replied the governor, “and I still think that it’s a good thing some times to saw wood—and say noth ing.” WITH THE WORLD'S WRITERS J JEW THAT SHAKESPEARE DREW. Most people appear to think that Shylock must either be a demon or a savior. He is, in truth, a mixture of both—the man—the Jew! Once more the poet shows the impartiality of the judge in dealing with Shylock. He presents in him the vices as well as the virtues of his race. Domestic ity is one of the Hebraic virtues. The love of his daupghter commends him to our sympathies—anon his vengeful and cruel nature commands our cen sure. It is, therefore, ridiculous to present Shylock as a merely sympa thetic character. Of course, the cul mination of suffering creates sym pathy with any man, and, while laugh ing at his pretensions, we weep at his griefs. There can be no doubt that at the time Shakespeare wrote “The Merchant of Venice” the Jews were not regarded with high favor, and Shylock’s first speech shows he is informed by the spirit of revenge. I do not deny that Shylock had just cause to be angry, and it has been said that revenge is a primitive form •f justice. But just when we begin to think that Shylock is becoming the martyr-hero of the play, and that all our sympathies are meant for him, Shakespeare, the altruist, enters upon the scene and gives us the immortal speech on the quality of mercy, which, bursting the walls of the narrow court, preaches to humanity the eter nal message of Christian forgiveness. ■—Herbert Beerbohm Tree in The Fortnightly Review. NAVAL GUNNERY RECORDS. It appears from a tabulated state ment of the results of the annual target practice issued by the navy de partment that the gunners of our fleet have attained a very high degree of accuracy. This is particularly true with regard to gur.s of five-inch cali- j her and upward. The north Atlantic and the Asiatic battleship squadrons ' have distinguished themselves by rec- I ords of 87.27 per cent and 82.84 per cent, respectively. The cruisers have not done so well as the battleships. The explanation is simple enough. The larger vessel constitutes a stead ier gun platform in a seaway, and, its guns being placed higher, a more per fect range is secured. This conclu sion is emphasized by the fact that the gun practice of the torpedo flotillas was very unequal. WHAT THF COON’S EYES SAID. We give below in negro dialect an extract from Mrs. Sutherland’s drama entitled “Po’ White Trash.” It rep resents a negro in the act of killing a coon. He has brought the poor beast to bay and now has him at his mercy. Jfist before firing the fatal shot he catches the coon’s eye and is stopped momentarily by the pathetic appeal which he reads there. The ne gro is giving an account to the doc tor, and we will let him tell it in his own way: ‘‘An’ then, Doctor, I saw. that coon’s eyes—I saw that coon’s eyes. Doc tor, I—I never saw a coon's eyes befo\ I reckon—I reckon—there wouldn’t be so much hurtin’ done in this world ef jes' befo’ yo’ hurted yo’ saw the thing’s eyes! An’ I looked at him—an’ he looked at me—an’ his eyes said, ‘Be you goin’ to kill me?’ Thar wom’t no trees—no sky—no nothin’—jes’ on’y that coon’s eyes. ‘It’s on’y cowards kill what cant fight,’ they says. ‘It’s on'y devils kill fo’ fun,’ they says. Everythin’ thet bed ever been ’fraid—an’ I’ve been ’fraid!—looked out o’ that coon’s eyes. Everythin’ thet ever been hurt—and, God-a mighty! I’ve been hurt! looked out o’ that coon’s eyes. ‘Be yo’ goin’ to kill me?’ they sez. 'Be yo’ goin’ to kill me?’ An’ I flinged my gun’s far’s she’d flew, au’ I sez, ‘No, yo’ mean, scared, hunted critter, yo!”‘ WOMEN ON THE GOLF LINKS. Golf is a grand old game, of course, but its widespread popularity in this country, its marvelous growth here in the last few years, is largely due to the interest that is taken in it by young women. If it were not for their presence in goodly numbers on the links no such public favor as golf has met with would have been recorded, ft is a repetition of the old story of the opera season; the presence of pretty women in the boxes makes U all pretend tp love music and crowds the Metropolitan. yoanf? Ameri tan girl who plays golf not only fills jn the picture prettily, but plays a tattling good game—as is evidenced n the scores made in the women s metropolitan championship games on the Apawnmis grounds, which were concluded in fine style recently.-wNew York Herald. DECIDE WHAT YOU WILL DO. An engineer who starts to build a bridge and then keeps finding better places to put his piers, and wonder ing whether he has selected the best location or not, will never get the bridge across the river. He must de cide, then go ahead and build the bridge, no matter what obstacle he may strike. So it Is with the builder - of character, he must decide finally what he will do, and then make for his goal, refusing to look back or be moved from his course.—Orison Swett 1 Marden in Success. SWEET TOOTH OF ANIMALS. This love of sweets is very com- i mon in our animal neighbors, from '• 'he bee to the horse. If you want to < please a horse, try giving him two or < three lumps of sugar. Not only the 1 bees, but the wasps, flies, butterflies and indeed nearly all insects, are con spicuously attracted *to sweets, and it is this sweet tooth which leads the inseot to visit flowers and thus help thorn to produce seeds.—From Nature and Science in August. St. Nicholas. 1 LIFE, death and love. a woman lay jvith closed eves ar<i shad™ >b» pr'f<'nc<' to over, shadow the white-curtained room \ “k“? beside Wle hed. the worn an s hand pressed close in Lis a«a r r his cheek, while his lips rauvi.jg*'s , m prayer. cues Love tbe r°0m Were Life’ D,'alh an(I “What have you given her' tioned Death of Life. 1 brought her my best gifts,*’ an swered Life; “youth, health, beaut-, joy and Love.’’ Has Love brought her good gif 7 again asked Death. Said Love with wistful eyes, 1 brought her brave, bright hours. . ir - shine and laughter, happiness ,1 glory in living, and then a heavy cr< The sunshine she shed all about her even with the fading of Life’s glor> , the cross hidden deep in her soul cast cut self and made a new radiance ar.d beauty there.” “Let her come to me.” said Death. “Life had much to give, but peace and rest are not for Life to bo-tow. Love ■fcould give all, but must reck, n with the human heart. I will crown and glorify and bless her.” Life fled from the quiet room with a sigh and one whispered, tender w'ord; but Love lingered, brave even in the full presence of Death. “What of him?’’ said Love, pointing to the kneeling figure. “He made the cross?” Death asked. “Yes,” said Love, weeping. “We must teach him,’ said Death, “what he could not learn from life.”— L. M. S., in The Outlook. HOW TO REACH A DECISION. If indecision runs in the blood 7 u inherit, arouse yourself and strangle this insidious foe to your achievement before it saps your energy and ruins your life chance. Do not wait until to-morrow, but begin to-day. Compel yourself to develop the opposite qual ity by the constant practice of firm decision. No matter how simple the thing you are called upon to decide, be it the choice of a hat or the color or style of a garment, do not vacil late. Throw all the light possible on whatever you have in hand for de cision; weigh and consider it from every point of view; call your com mon sense and best judgment to your aid before reaching a conclusion, and then, when you have once made your decision, let it be final. Let there be no going back, no reconsidering, amt no opening the matter up for further discussion. Be firm and positive. De clare the polls closed.—Orison Swett Marden in Success. TOADS, $20 EACH. The wonderful insect-killing capac ity of the toad is known in a general way to the enlightened few. sa> a Country Life in America. An im ported colony of toads may be the salvation of a flower garden. W® now have some interesting figure*, which show that every toad in the garden may be worth $20 or more. Many gardeners give their children a cent apiece for every cutworm de stroyed, considering this a low esti mate of the damage caused by these insects. From May 1st to August 1st, a toad may destroy 2.160 cutworms, which it would cost $21.60 to destroy by hand. English gardners are said to pay as much as $25 per hundred for toads for colonizing purposes. MAKE ONLY TO SPEND. We make mere than others, but w® spend both carelessly and for advan tage. The American mechanic’s home is brightened by pictures; well-mad® furniture, carpets and tableware are for his use; he has hooks on the shelf; has a parlor organ, or even a piano; he goes to the play once in a while, and expects a few holidays in the summer, when he can visit some crowded seashore. The American pro fessional man lives in his own house or comfortable apartments, and dresses and lives nearly up to his in come, no matter what it is. He is never averse to receiving large fees, but he is averse to storing them away in vaults. And this easy getting and free spending give to us a larger view of life than can obtain among peopl® who are forever counting the pennies and trying to minimize expenditures. Such people will have few of th» wholesome pleasures that we enjoy and their lives will iack range and variety. The individual who works for $10 a week and saves $9 of it i« your true type of money-maker, but he is not an American.—Brooklyn Ragle. LABOR’S OPINION OF THE CLERGY. "In which public, that of the laborer or of the employer, do the clergymen stand?” I asked of Jane Addams, and she replied: "The working classes believe that the clergyman is the employers’ re tainer. Whether this belief be right or wrong, it is universal and unmis takable.” I took this statement to a well known labor leader. He at once en dorsed it, and added: “I have yet to hear a clergyman who preaches the true social teachings of Christ. If h® did he would condemn the big employ ers who have taken millions for them selves and yet keep factory girls at starvation wages, so that tuousaads ire ruined and become social out lets. He can not condemn them for their profits run his chnrch.”—Ernest Poole in The World To-Day. The joy that is-not Increased by sharing it with another is not yet the purest; the sorrow that Is diminished by recounting it bo another la aot y*t the truest.—Iran Panin.