ARBITRATION TAKES PUCE Of CONFLICT Powers Won Over to Ways of Peace. TAFT SEES 6REAT PROGRESS Special Message Discusses Year's Intercourse With Other Countries. REVIEWS MEXICAN CIVIL WAR 2MUC- cl A-e'.ca« Troop* on Se-ft^em B-.-Set Explained—For i gr Trace Relation*— Need Far America* Sfercnar.t Her me . -i. a. Ivr T—Preeideat Taft to*. M*t •« • otters* a rpectal tees MS - fnt-isti rrUIivas TAe uie. rtfr WlMi: c. rrtdk>M cf Ur I'tHdl Slate* * u :^r.* co litrtee bate continue*: •* ' • uso j>i»? Iwr.t.- mciitb* upon a U* <>f 'be u-oa! £ood a ill and i»j. -f!‘f ft«riTae Arbitral . .rr iijh-i u,a-a* .10 un ; ii^il *o»rn«!it on tbe part *m p* tor Lrotdrr arm: ration, j la :: r re icxJtioa of tbe manifold !»&. f.- u aoai.:u4 :a tbe mention of, tt* poOey tf lit wtUenwat of inter n* tf p.tr ’ay arbitration rather t!..* a wax, and Is ir f-ontr to a a ,<*.. ,.*4 demand for an advance In t&a tlrrerUag on the part of the pro p- ! rf It -.far profitable of thor to nirnd tbr scope and obli fi-msu of ttt poUry of arbitration sacftKi in tor present treaties with tfc- • *o»«rate* at*. To pare the way tor *ia» treaty a lt* the railed State* « :r»t Mr » ala : p'>uaud an tn portent »a :a t»» allien. e with Japan. * ad lit Kr*t* b garerninect also ex to ed the ar-sjuafloes arlta signal i.-*od * 'L Ta* new treat!** hare been » frited U> the senate and are ‘ta adiiee and consent to ttw.r t*!.:.ii'lo« All the essentials or ifceee Important treaties bate Ion* ♦»*.« urn. and u m my earnest ; bm» that ite) * til receive prompt •fid itrotaMr actwat CU«a e* A Ison 4, Co. Settled. I am slid to report that on July l| r>! the iaertcaB claim of Alsop A • o acatoat the ibfr.mrst of Chile t •at Anally a loomed of by the decision j ** u: Hntonalc majesty George V. to! skua, as amiable compositeur, tbe matte, bad been referred lor deter-1 irits tr.n llts majesty made sn *' • «d • .-4r:» SljPitMMA to th“ ! < rt «!.-b vas promptly paid t :*«*•• iraject of tbla con »• t.- happily ell mine ini from •i- etwea tbe republic of] t tt* of «-ot.rll»a*l«o. I am fc*’ to . !t-.n to the part ol the l • • * Stale* la facilitating amicable t- • — -«ii* < di/pute* < htrt menaced ♦ , r-rr -»» *- n I*r-’»f.Bia and Costa !• ~ 'utt. pf,a Haiti c.nd the Do Lirlr^a r<^a.fciW the date ot their tnuepend ntr Cdhotahtt ted fo*ta Kira bad Ue* » rUc( a eolation of a boundary dial te. natch came aa a herttare •res. Co!oat)U to the near republic of HMuir.a m* :;c* at the depart »-■ ’ e promptly ; made Meantime, the movement of the rrcopr to TexaB and elsewhere near the boundary, accompanied with sin cere assurances of the utmost good will toward the present Mexican gov ernment aid with larger and more frequent patrols along the border to prevent insurrectionary expeditions from American soil, will hold up the hands of the existing government anil j will have a healthy moral effect to pre | vent attacks upon Americans and ! th«ir property In any subsequent ger ! end internecine strife. Again, the ! sudd<-n mobilization of a division of j troops has been a great test of our j armv and full of useful instruction, white the maneuvers that are thus j made i-.ssible an occupy the troops ! rr.d their officers to great advantage. "The assumption by the press that 1 contemplate Intervention on Mexican soil to protect American lives or prop erty is of course gratuitous, because I seriously doubt whether I have such authority under any circumstances, .ind If 1 had I would not exercise -it without express congressional ap proval. My determined purpose, how ever. it to be in a position so that when danger »o American lives and property in Mexico threatens and the existing government is rendered help less by the insurrection, I can prompt ly execute congressional orders to protect them, with effect. "Meantime. I send you tills letter, through the secretary, to call your attention to some things in connection with the pr< -ence of the division in •he southwest which have doubtless -centred to you. but which [ wish to I emphasize. “In the fit st p'ace. I went to make the mobilization a first-class training for the army, and ! wish you would give yo.:r time and that of ihe war ; c d'.cge to advising and carrying out | u.zncuvers of a useful character, and ’ plan to continue to do this during the uex. ’hree months. By that time we :rsy expeit that either. Ambassador Wilson's tears will have been realized and chao3 and Its consequences have , nsued. or that the present govern i .:,eut ot Mexico will have so read Justed matters as to secure tranquillity .—a result devoutly to be wished. The troops can then be returned to their posts. ‘"Second. Texas Is a state ordinarily peaceful, but you can not put 20,000 troops Into It without running some risk- of a collision between the peo ple of the state, and especially the Mexicans who live in Texas near the border and who sympathize with the insurrectos, and the federal soldiers. Tor that reason I beg you to be as careful as you can to prevent friction of any kind. “Third. One of the great troubles in the concentration of troops Is the danger of disease, and I suppose that you have adopted the most modern methods for the preventing and. If necessary, for stamping out epidemics. That is so much a part of a cam paign that it hardly seems necessary tor me lo call attention to it. “Finally, l wish you to examine the question of the pnirol of the border and put as many troops on that work as is practicable, and more than are now engaged In It, in order to prevent the use of our borderland for the carrying on of the insurrection. I have given assurances to the Mexican am bassador on this point. 'I sincerely hope that this experi ence will always be remembered by the army and navy as a useful means of education, and I should be greatly disappointed if it resulted in any in jury or disaster to our forces from any cause. I have taken a good deal of responsibility in ordering this mobil ization, but I am ready to answer for it if only you and those under you use the utmost care to avoid the dif ficulties which 1 have pointed out." 1 am more than happy to here re cord the fact that all apprehensions as to the effect of the presence of so iarge a military force in Texas proved groundless; no disturbances occurred. From time to time communications were received from Ambassador Wil son, who had returned to Mexico, con firming the view that the massing of American troops in the neighborhood had bad good effect. The insurrection continued and re sulted In engagements between the regular Mexican troops and the insur gents, and this along the border, so that in several Instances bullets from the coclending forces struck American citizens engaged in their lawful occu pations on American soil. Proper protests were made against these invasions of American rights to the Mexican authorities. The presence of a large military and naval force available for prompt action, near the Mexican border, proved to be most fortunate under the somew hat trying conditions presented by thi3 invasion of American rights. Had no movement theretofore taken place, and because of these events it had been necessary then to bring about the mobilization, it must have had sinister significance. On the other hand, the presence of the troops before and at the time of the unfor tunate killing and wounding of Amer ican citizens at Douglas, made clear that tlie restraint exercised by our government in regard to this occur rence was not due to a lack of force or power to deal with it promptly and aggressively, but was due to a real desire to use every means possible to avoid direct intervention in the af fairs of our neighbor, whose friend ship we valued and were most anxious to retain. The poiiey and action of this gov ernment were based upon an earnest friendliness for the Mexican people as a whole, and it is a matter of gratification to note that this attitude of strict impartiality as to all fac tions in Mexico and of sincere friend ship for the neighboring nation, with out regard for party allegiance, has been generally recognized and has resulted in an even closer and more sympathetic understanding between the two republics and a warmer re gard one for the other. Action to suppress violence and restore tran quility throughout the Mexican repub lic was of peculiar interest to this government, in that it concerned the safeguarding of American life and property in that country. On May 25, 1911, President Diaz resigned. Senor de !a Barra was chosen provisional president. Elections for president and vice-president were thereafter held throughout the republic, and Senor Francisco I. Madero was for mally declared elected on October 15 to the chief magistracy. On Novem ber r> President Madero entered upon the duties of his office. Honduras and Nicaragua Treaties Proposed. As to the situation in Central America, 1 have taken occasion in the past to emphasize mo3t strongly the importance that should be attributed to the consummation of the conven tions between the Republics of Nica ragua and of Honduras and this country, and I again earnestly recom mend that the necessary advice and consent of the senate be accorded to these treaties, which will make it pos sible for these Central American re publics to enter upon an era of genu ine economic national development. Our relations with the Republic of Panama, peculiarly important, due to mutual obligations and the vast in terests created by the canal, have continued in the usual friendly man ner, and we have been glad to make appropriate expression of our atti tude of sympathetic interest in the endeavors of our neighbor in undertak ing the development of the rich re sources of the country. The Chinese Loans. The past year has been marked in our relations with China by the con clusion of two important internation al loans, one for the construction of the Hukuang railways, the other for the carrying out of the currency re form to -which China was pledged by treaties with the United States, Great Britain, and Japan, of which men tion was made in my last annual mes sage. Knowing the interest of the United States in the reform of Chinese cur rency, the Chinese government, in the autumn of 1910, sought the assist ance of the American government to procure funds with which to accom plish that all-important reform. In the course of the subsequent negotia tions there was combined with the proposed currency loan one for cer tain industrial developments in Man churia, the two loans aggregating the sum of >50,000,000. While this was originally to be solely an American enterprise, the American government, consistently with Its desire to secure a sympathetic and practical co-opera tion of the great powers toward main taining the principle of equality of opportunity and the administrative in tegrity of China, urged the Chinese government to admit to participation In the currency loan the associates of the American group in the Hu kuang loan. While of immense im portance in Itself, the reform con templated in making this loan Is but preliminary to other and more com prehensive fiscal reforms which will be of incalculable benefit to China and foreign interests alike, since they will strengthen the Chinese empire and promote the rapid development of in ternational trade. When these negotiations were be gun, it was understood that a financial adviser was to be employed by China in connection with the reform, and in order that absolute equality in all respects among the lending nations might be scrupulously observed, the American government proposed the nomination of a neutral adviser, which was agreed to by China and the other governments concerned. On Septem ber 28. 1911, Doctor Vissering, presi dent of the Dutch Java bank and a financier of wide experience in the Orient, was recommended to the Chi nese government for the post of mone tary adviser. Especially important at the present, when the ancient Chinese empire is shaken by civil war incidental to its awakening to the many influences and activity of modernization, are the co operative policy of good understanding which has been fostered by the inter national projects referred to above and the general sympathy of view among all the powers interested in the far east. New Japanese Treaty. The treaty of commerce and naviga tion between the United States and Japan, signed in 1S94. would by a strict interpretation of its provisions have terminated on July 17, 1912. Jap an’s general treaties with the other powers, however, terminated in 1911. and the Japanese government ex pressed an earnest desire to conduct the negotiations for a new treaty with the United States simultaneously with its negotiations with the other pow ers. There were a number of impor tant questions involved in the treaty, including the immigration of laborers, revision of the customs tar iff and the right of Americans to hold real estate in Japan. The United States consented to waive all techni calities and to enter at once upon ne gotiations for a new treaty on the un derstanding that there should be a continuance throughout the life of the treaty of the same effective measures for the restriction of immigration of laborers to American territory which had been In operation with entire sat isfaction to both governments since 1908. The Japanese government ac cepted this basis of negotiation, and a new treaty was quickly concluded, resulting in a highly satisfactory set tlement of the other questions re I ferred to. A satisfactory adjustment has also ben effected of the question growing out of the annexation of Korea by Japan. Europe and the Near East. In Europe and the near east, during j the past twelve-month, there has been I at times considerable political unrest. The Moroccan question, which for some months was the cause of great anxiety, happily appears to have reached a stage at which It need no longer be regarded with concern. The Ottoman empire was occupied for a period by strife in Albania and is now at war with Italy. In Greece and the Balkan countries the disquieting po tentialities of this situation have been more or less felt. Persia has been the scene of a long internal struggle. These conditions have been the cause of uneasiness in European diplomacy, but thus far without direct political concern to the United States. In the war which unhappily exists between Italy and Turkey this gov ernment has no direct political inter est, and I took occasion at the suita ble time to issue a proclamation of neutrality in that conflict. At the same time all necessary steps have been taken to safeguard the personal interests of American citizens and or ganizations in so far as affected by the war. Ia spite of the attendant economic uncertainties and detriments to com merce. the United States has gained markedly In its commercial standing with certain of the nations of the near east. Turkey, especially, is be ginning to come into closer relations with the United States through the new interest of American manufactur ers and exporters in the possibilities of those regions, and it is hoped that foundations are being laid for a large and mutually beneficial exchange of commodities between the two coun tries. International Conventions and Confer cnees. The supplementary protocol to The Hague convention for the establish ment of an international prize court, mentioned in my last annual message, embodying stipulations providing for an alternative procedure which would remove the constitutional objection to that part of The Hague convention which provides that there may be an appeal to the proposed court from the decisions of national courts, has re ceived the signature of the govern ments parties to the original conven tion and has been ratified by the gov ernment of the United States, together with the prize court convention. The deposit of the ratifications with the government of the Netherlands awaits action by the powers on the declaration, signed at London on Feb ruary 2C, 1909, of the rules of interna tional law to be recognized within the meaning of article seven of The Hague convention for the establishment of an international prize court. Fur-Seal Treaty. The fur-seal controversy, which for nearly twenty-five years has been the source of serious friction between the United Staies and the powers border ing upon the north Pacific ocean, whose subjects have been permitted to engage in pelagic sealing against the fur-seal herds having their breeding grounds within the jurisdiction of the United States, has at last been satis factorily adjusted by the conclusion of the North Pacific sealing convention entered into between the United States, Great Britain, Japan and Rus sia on the seventh of July last. This convention is a conservation measure of very great importance, and if it is carried out in the spirit of reciprocal concession and advantage upon which it is based, there is every reason to be lieve that not only will It result In pre serving the fur-seal herds of the north Pacific ocean and restoring them to their former value for the purposes of commerce, but also that it will afford a permanently satisfactory settlement of a question the only other solution of which seemed to be the total de struction of the fur seals. In another aspect, also, this convention is of im portance in that it furnishes an illus tration of the feasibility of securing a general international game law for the protection of other mammals of the sea, the preservation of which is of importance to all the nations of the world. The attention of congress is especil iy called to the necessity for legisla tion on the part of the United States for the purpose of fulfilling the obliga tions assumed under this convention, to which the senate gave its advice and consent on the twenty-fourth day of July last. International Opium Csmm'ssion. In a special message transmitted to the congress on the seventh of Janu ary, 1911, in which 1 concurred in the recommendations made by the secre tary of state in regard to certain need ful legislation for the control of our interstate and foreign traffic in opium and other menacing drugs, I quoted from my annual message of Decem ber 7. 1909, in which I announced that the results of the International Opium commission held at Shanghai in Feb ruary, 1909. at the invitation of the United States, had been laid before this government; that the report of that commission showed that China was making remarkable progress and admirable efforts toward the eradica tion of the opium evil; that the inter ested governments had not permitted their commercial interests to prevent their co-operation in this reform; and. as a result of collateral investigations of the opium question in this country, I recommended that the manufacture, sale and use of opium in the United States should be more rigorously con trolled by legislation. Prior to that time and In continua tion of the policy of this government to secure the co-operation of the inter ested nations, the United States pro posed an international opium confer ence with full powers for the purpose of clothing with the force of interna tional law the resolutions adopted by the above-mentioned commission, to gether with their essential corollaries. The other powers concerned cordially responded to the proposal of this gov ernment, and, I am glad to be able to announce, representatives of all the powers assembled In conference at The Hague on the first of this month. Since the passage of the opium-ex clusion act, more than twenty states have been animated to modify their pharmacy laws and bring them in ac cord with the spirit of that act. thus stamping out, to a measure, the in trastate traffic In opium ami other habit-forming drugs. But. although 1 have urged on the congress the pass age of certain measures for federal control of the Interstate and foreign traffic in these drugs, no action has yet been taken. In view of the fact that there is now sitting at The Hague so important a conference, which has under review the municipal law3 of the different nations for the mitigation of their opium and other allied evils, a conference which will certainly deal with the international aspects of these evils. It seems to me most essential that the congress should take lmmedi- j ate action on the anti-narcotic legisla- | tion to which I have already called at- j tenticn by a special message Foreign Trade Relations of the United States. In my last annual message I re ferred to the tariff negotiations of the department of state with foreign coun tries in connection with the applica tion, by a series of proclamations, of the minimum tariff of the United States to Importations from the sev eral countries, and I stated that, in its general operation, section 2 of the new tariff law had proved a guaranty oi continued commercial peace, al though there were, unfortunately, in stances where foreign governments dealt arbitrarily with American inter ests within their Jurisdiction in a manner injurious and inequitable During the past year some instances of discriminatory treatment have been removed, but I regret to say that there remain a few cases of differential treatment adverse to the commerce of the United States. While none of these instances now appears to amount to undue discrimination in the sense of section 2 of the tariff law of August 5, 1909, they are all exceptions to that complete degree of equality of tariff treatment that the department of state has consistently sought to obtain for American commerce abroad. While the double tariff feature of the tariff law of 1909 has been amply justified by the results achieved in re moving former and preventing new, undue discriminations against Ameri can commerce, It is believed that the time has come for the amendment of this feature of the law in such way as to provide a graduated means of meet ing varying degrees of discriminatory treatment of American commerce in foreign countries as well as to pro tect the financial interests abroad of American citizens against arbitrary and injurious treatment on the part of foreign governments through either legislative or administrative measures. it would also seem desirable that the maximum tariff of the United States should embrace within its pur view the free list, which is not the case at the present time, in order that it might have reasonable significance to the governments of those countries from which the Importations into the j United States are confined virtually to articles on the free list. The fiscal year ended June 30, 1911, shows great progress in the develop ment of American trade. It was note worthy as marking the highest record of exports of American products to foreign countries, the valuation being in excess of $2,000,000,000. These ex ports showed a gain over the preced ing year of more than $300,000,000. There is widespread appreciation ex pressed by the business interests of the country as regards the practical value of the facilities now offered by the department of state and the de partment of commerce and labor for the furtherance of American com merce. Crying Need for American Merchant Marine. I need hardly reiterate the convic tion that there should speedily be built up an American merchant ma rine. This is necessary to assure fa vorable transportation facilities to our great ocean-borne commerce as well as to supplement the navy with an adequate reserve of ships and men. It would have the economic advantage of keeping at home part of the vast sums now paid foreign shipping for carrying American goods. All the great commercial nations pay heavy subsidies to their merchant marine, so that it is obvious that without some wise aid from the Congress the United States must lag behind in the matter of merchant marine in its present anomalous position. Legislation to facilitate the exten sion of American banks to foreign countries is another matter in which our foreign trade needs assistance. Improvement of the Foreign Service. The entire foreign-service organiza tion is being improved and developed with especial regard to the require ments of the commercial interests of the country. The rapid growth of our foreign trade makes it of the utmost importance that governmental agen cies through which that trade is to be aided and protected should possess a high degree of efficiency. Not only should the foreign representatives be maintained upon a generous scale in so far as salaries and establishments are concerned, but the selection and advancement of officers should be defi nitely and permanently regulated by law. so that the service shall not fail to attract men of high character and ability. The experience of the past few years with a partial application of civil service rules to the diplomatic and consular service leaves no doubt in my mind of tbe wisdom of a wider and more permanent extension of those principles to both branches or the foreign service. The men selected for appointment by means of the ex isting executive regulations have been of a far higher average of intelligence and ability than the men appointed before the regulations were promul gated. I tnereiore again commend 10 me favorable action of the congress the enactment of a lair applying to the diplomatic and consular service the principles embodied in section 1753 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, in the civil service act of Jan uary 16. 1SS3. and the executive orders of June 27, 1906. and of November 26, 1S09. In its consideration of this im portant subject I desire to recall to the attention cf the congress the vary favorable report made on the Lowden bill for the improvement of the foreign service by the foreign affairs commit tee of the house of representatives. Available statistics show the strict ness with which the merit system has been applied to the foreign service during recent years and the absolute non-partisan selection of consuls and diplomatic service secretaries who in deed far from being selected with any view to political consideration have actually been chosen to a dispropor tionate extent from states which would have been unrepresented in the for eign service under the system which it is to be hoped is now permanently obsolete. Some legislation for the per petuation of the present system of ex aminations and promotions upon mer it and efficiency would be of greatest ] value to our commercial and interna- ‘ uonal interests. i WM H. TAFT. • «« t*-e Choir Loft, ft <«*» »• *k rrr tor you. dw.* *fel» t>n« : t«* to • fr*r« of joy ia tier ♦«*!■ '»t ea y»cr »o»~* brufce co that |:r T« sBtvrrrd the so pr»to ;»« * ..cays it >* tb* fttji'T* and mi !ts* rtlWftt * bo fcawt t<. • i L«vt la tbe rorr.t-r and speak et» » «rfe«* iis#y »r« •pok’*» to —Ki *•£«» Optimistic. "Are you one of the people who think this is going to be a bard win ter?" “No One of the ladies to whom I have been paying alimony has got married again " Ennobling. (liven a fine pedigree, small feet and plenty of good clothes, almost any woman feels qualified to speak with condescension concerning the lower classes. One Thing Intervened. "I Bay. old btjy. lend me an X.” "Would IT I could, dear chap, but there's an algebraic difficulty in the way.” "What is itr “An X with me Is an unknown quan tity."—Pathfinder. Might Better Wait Many a woman has made the terri ble mistake of marrying merely to show the public that she had the chance—Chicago Record-Herald. So Unusual. "Hon. Hiram Digger is an orator ot rare repression ” “In what particular?” "He used the substantiate 'con fidence.' In one ot his speeches the other day. and did not quality It with the adjective 'implicit' “ Up to Oats. Showman—"Walk in. ladles and gentlemen, and see the Aztec giants, descendants of a long-extinct race!”— Meggendorfcr Blaetter. j “And a Fool There Was.” “Who was that fool you bowed tor “My husband." “Oh. ]—er— l humbly apologise." “Never mind. I’m not angry. But what a keen observer you are!”— Judge. A Better Chance. “I see you have quit the beanery for a swell restaurant." “Only temporarily. They have a bet ter line of winter coats, in case I can pick one up by mistake." More Accurate. “Elinor and Mary had quite a squab ble last night over Venice, and Mary proved she was right." “But Elinor has seen Venice.” "And Mary has seen it twenty times— in moving pictures." His Specialty. Agricultural Editor—Do you think your farmer friend could pen a stray farm article now and then? Practical Subscriber—Yep, if the ar tide's pigs, he kia. Hood’s Sarsaparilla Cures all blood humors, all eruptions, clears the complex ion, creates an appetite, aids digestion, relieves that tired feeling, gives vigor and vim. Get it today in usual liquid form or chocolated tablets called Sarsatabs. BOY CARRIED OFF HONORS inquisitive Person Probably Still Is Looking for Information That He Didn’t Get. Every one who has lived in a small town knows the type of person gener ally detested there for his inquisitive habits. That even children delight in thwarting the purposes of such a per son is shown by an incident related by a New Englander. A woman In a New England town wished a friend to share her cider Vinegar and sent her nine-year-old son to deliver it. He returned quickly, his face wearing a satisfied smile. “Mrs. Brown was much obliged, raa, but I met Mr. Parker just after I got there. He said. Hullo, sonny! I won der if you’ve got molasses in that jug?’ ' and I said 'No, sir.’ He said. “Got | vinegar?’ and I told him ‘No. sir.’ “At last he said. ‘Well, that’s a jug i in your hand, ain't it?’ and I put my ! jug on the ground and said, ‘No. sir.’ ’’ BOTANICAL BADINAGE. She—Ah, dearest one, when you ! are gone I shall pine away. He—Tut! tut! Spruce up. Fellows in Distress. An efficient woman principal of a Xew York grammar school, though devoid of good looks and bearing ihe marks of long service in her profes sion. still retains the charm of a de lightful frankness. One day while watching the pupils pass out of her building two by two. as usual, she no ticed one boy marching alone, with his arm to his eyes, sobbing tumultu ously. In answer to her solicitous in quiry as she drew him from the line. J the little fellow wailed: “I—1 haven't ! g-got no pardner!" j The principal extended a prompt I and sympathetic hand. “Shake, dear boy. shake!” she invited. “I haven't, either.” Precise. The proofreader on a small niiddle ; western daily was a woman of great precision and extreme propriety. One day a reporter succeeded in getting 1 into type an item about “Willie Brown, the boy who was burned in the West \ end by a live wire.” On the following day the reporter found on his desk a frigid note ask j ing. “Which is the west end of a j hoy 7’ It took only an instant to reply— i “The end the son sees on, of course.” —Ladles’ Home Journal. Measure of His Intelligence. Fido's Mistress (sobbing)—I've lost my dog; my sweet little innocent pet! Friend—I’m so sorry. Have you put an advertisement in the newspa: per? Fido’s Mistress—Oh, what would he the use? The poor darling doesn’t know how to read.—Woman's Home Companion. We are apt to speak of a inan as being lucky when he has succeeded where we have failed. The only female in the world who has no kick coming is the mermaid. -V Bxie Memory r: . - T J>-'1 ersJ because ‘v'f says