Borrowing Trouble
Now the very worst things that might
happen you know
Are thu thlngx thut ilont happen at all
We fldgot and worry lamenting and
Horry
In the grasp of cxpoctancyH thrall
Apprehensive forebodings encumber our
BOIllS
Depression weighs down lllcu a pail
So wo wear a long face with a very poor
grace
Andlhcn nothing happeimyit all
When wo prophcHy storms ltlH sure to
clear off
Whon our moneys gotie something
cornea in
And the thoughts of tliose bills which
have given uh chills
J3very month shouldnt make us grow
thin
For they fly down the pust like the leaves
on the Musi
Wo settle up somehow and why
Do we bother and Tret over whaj we for
gel
Hefore many days Iuivu passcil by
We wero not carried olt by that terrible
rough
And In fact twasnt much come to
think
All our pains and our aches and our
dreadful mistakes
Why they too have slid over the brink
Or the gulf that forgets yet we still
wring our hands
Predicting some ruinous fall
Approaching disaster we hail as our
master
And then nothing happens at all
Elliott Walker In Spare Moments
Mount Holly N J Many a mother
has saved her child from death Here
is a child who has saved her mother
from death death under the grinding
wheels of a locomotive tearing along
the rails at 60 miles an hour
The child is 12-year-old Katie John-
son the mother Mrs William John
son If it hadnt been for little Katie
r
Mrs Johnson would he in her grave
now and Katie a motherless little
schoolgirl But Katie kept her wits
where another child might have lost
them
The train was the five oclock mail
from Philadelphiav It was behind
time The engineer was trying to
catch up to his schedule so he pulled
the throttle out to the last notch He
took a chance on the curve near this
city and was about to take the bridge
at top speed when he was horrified to
see a little girl standing on the tracks
not 200 yards away
She was tearing along toward the
on coming train waving something It
was red The engineer knew
Stopped Just in Time
He threw over the throttle and
jammed down the brakes the childs
signal meant danger The heavy train
came to a stop with such a shock that
all the passengers were thrown from
their seats in -the coaches The pilot
of the locomotive wasnt 20 feet from
the little girl when the wheels stopped
grinding along the rails
Whats the matter cried the en
gineer jumping down from his seat
In the cab followed by his fireman
The passengers piled out too curi
ous to know There in front of them
stood a little girl waving her red muf
fler still right in the path of the giant
locomotive that would have ground
her to pieces had it gone two rods fur
ther
Quick come quick she cried for
answer
Then she started to run back over
the tracks followed by the train crew
and scores of the passengers When
they got to the bridge they knew what
the matter was
Woman Caught Between Ties
There on the bridge which the train
would have crossed in five seconds
more they found a woman badly hurt
She had tried to walk across the
bridge and had slipped falling be
tween the ties There she was tight
ly wedged Her head and shoulders
protruded above the ties Any loco
motive that crossed would have de
capitated her instantly And she was
so tightly stuck in between tho ties
that had any train passed over there
would have been no chance for escape
It was Katies mother
I fell she gasped while Katie
and I were crossing the bridge on the
way to town I was caught fast
Gently the train hands and some of
the passengers pulled Mrs Johnson
out of her perilous position Then they
found that her left leg had been frac
tured She never could have helped
herself she would have been killed
Instantly
Katie Not Excited
The women passengers turned to lit
tle Katie who didnt seem to think
she had done anything out of the or
dinary There she was standing on
the bridge trying to comfort her moth
er who was suffering intense pain
from her broken leg The women covered-
her with kisses which Katie
didnt seem to relish because ghe was
excited over seeing that somebody
would get a carriage to take her moth
er home
The carriage was called and injured
Mrs Johnson was taken home glad
that she had suffered only a broken
leg
But after they got back to the cars
the train hands began to tell stories
of old railway men who had forgotten
to wave anything red when to do it
meant saving lives
Katie is a slight child with flaxen
hair cold steady blue eyes and clear
waxen pink complexion She has
about her an air of one who thinks
and acts quickly and with fearless
resolution
How Accident Occurred
We all had been to Philadelphia
that day said Mrs Johnson I had
with me a little four-year-old boy
Herbert Durand and Katie When we
got back to Mount Holly I was pretty
tired and thought I would walk home
the shortest way This led me over
the bridge near the station The children
were ahead of me but a short distance
and were getting over the bridge nice
ly We walked on a plank that runs
across the middle of the bridge I was
about half way across I think when
my foot slipped off this plank and
caused me to fall knocking down lit
tle Herbert and nearly rolling him
into the creek After I had put him on
his feet I started to get up and in
doing so made a misstep that plunged
both my feet and then my body be
tween two ties until only my head
and shoulders were above the bridge
I saved myself from dropping into
the creek below by spreading out my
arms when I felt myself going down
Child Thought Quickly
I screamed as I fell and this at
tracted the attention of Katie who
was a little distance ahead of me She
came running back and taking hold
of one arm tried to help me up but
I could not lift myself enough to get
out While 1 was thinking what to
do whether I should drop into the
creek below or try some other means
of getting loose I found Katie had left
me and started for the station for
4ielp
She had gone but a few steps when
I heard a whistle and saw Katie
white as a sheet with big tears in her
eyes give one look at me and then
turn about and fairly fly across the
bridge up the track toward the train
that was just visible around a curve
I could not understand what Katie
intended to do to help me but some
how I had absolute confidence that the
child would save my life
The Mothers Agony
Hardly had she gone off the bridge
than she snatched from her neck a red
muffler that she wore and waved it
frantically at the engineer at the
same time planting herself in the mid
dle of the track apparently with the
belief that if the flag did not stop the
engine she would When I saw this
I looked at the engine for an instant
and not being able to see that the
train was slowing down my blood
turned hot and cold by turns and I
shut my eyes determined that I
would not move for I knew that if the
engine ran past Katie and her sig
nal it meant that death had come
to her and might just as well come
to me
In that moment I lived over a good
many years before I realized that
the train had stopped and I was being
lifted from danger
I remember thinking of an
dent which I saw several years ago
on this very bridge when an old man
was killed there by a fast train I re
srr
membered that his heart had fallen
right near where I was standing and
that as I looked at it I could see it
beat two or three times The mem
ory of this night came flashing over
me as I waited for the train and I
think for a moment I must havo
fainted
Realized Childs BraVery
I did not open my eyes until I
heard Katies voice at my side and
felt the strong arms of the trainmen
lifting me and carrying me to the
station And there I wept I guess
hysterically for I then realized just
how brave the childs act was foi
I knew that when Katie started up the
track waving the muffler she never
intended to get off the track until she
had stopped the train
AH that Katie would say about her
part in averting a tragedy was
You see the engine had to stop for
I had a red signal You know
that always stops a train and I
waved it at the engineer because
1 didnt know anything else to
do to make him stop I couldnt
lift mother out ann so I just had to
stop the train I dont think there is
anything funny in that
No I wasnt afraid What should
I be afraid of Didnt I have the red
muffler Dont trains always stop
when the man at the flaghouse waves
a red flag Well- then what should
I be afraid or
Thats the kind of a girl Katie is
She knew no fear She had absolute
confidence that tho red flag controlled
the motion of the wheels of the pon
derous iron horse and made her
mothers life perfectly safe
EFFECT OF WOMEN VOTING
British Writer Tells of Conditions in
New Zealand
New Zealand was the first British
colony to adopt Avomens suffrage
as far back as 1893 says a writer in
the London Chronicle The New
Zealand woman was given universal
adult suffrage Though she had not
sought it she immediatetly used it
Out of 140000 women 109000 had
placed themselves on the register in
a few months and 90000 voted in the
general election of November 1898
They voted peacefully and in order
during the day while the men were
at work and left the booths to the
men in the evening They have voted
with similar regularity and orderli
ness ever since How do the women
use their powers Very calmly by
all accounts Roughly women make
very much the same use of the fran
chise as do men The result has not
produced either a new heaven or a
new hell Men have not been de
prived of their rights There has
been no disorder or unseemly behav
ior no strange revolution in dress or
manners Enfranchisement has led
neither to divided households nor di
vided skirts Families as a mat
ter of fact generally vote on the
same side But on the other hand
there is a general agreement that fam
ily life has become brighter that hus
bands and wives have more subjects
in common to talk about and that
women are really setting themselves
to study and watch public affairs
The effects in fact have been rath
er social than political Women seem
to be treated with more real respect
and not merely at election times
There has arisen between the sexe3
that sense of equality which is per
haps the only permanent and enduring
social basis Speaking generally they
have simply become citizens whose
part in public affairs is not sharply
distinguished from that of men New
Zealand women have simply stepped
into equality And 14 years of polit
ical life have shown them equal to
that equality Working side by side
with man woman still keeps her
place not like to like but like in
difference
The word pictures of which colon
ists used to have so many given them
of domestic discord of children for
gotten husbands uricared for dinners
uncooked dress and appearances neg
lected have already almost passed
from memory It is the commonest
sight to see husband wife and grown
up children walking or driving cheer
fully to the polls together The head
of the family has become a more im
portant factor in politics than of
old
The Horse Doctor
Little Mattie flew into the house
last evening very late for nursery
tea and hurried to her mothers chair
Oh mother she cried dont scold
me for Ive had such a disappoint
ment A horse fell down in the
street and they said they were going
to send for a horse doctor so of
course I had to stay And after I
waited and waited he came and oh
mother what do you think it was
only a man Harpers
Children Should Eat Fat
Fat is essential to the proper growth
of the tissues of the nerves and brain
and is peculiarly important to chil
dren as the brain enlarges rapidly dur
ing childhood Next to butter and
cream bacon is one of the most pal
atable forms in which it can be given
It should not be over cooked as then
too much of the fat is fried out
Sometimes bread soaked in bacon fat
will be eaten with relish
Ventilation by Columns
Ventilation through iron columns is
an interesting feature of a mill at
Preston England Air is drawn in at 1
ground level forced by fans through a
water spray heated by coils in the
usual way and then distributed from
subducts below the basement level to
the different rooms the iron columns
having registers near their tops Flues
in the walls provide for the escEps of
air from these rooms
SgVfeayfes
WATER
Gathering Crude Turpentine
From stereograph copyright by Underwood fc Underwood K T
Scene in one of the great pine forests in North Carolina
RAISING
CANA
GERMANY CONTROLS WORLDS
MARKET OF SINGERS
Exceptionally Good Ones Command
Fancy Prices How the Young
Are Trained Are Very
Sensible to Drafts
Washington Writing from Madge
burg Consul Frank S Hannah says
concerning the business of raising
canary birds in the Harz mountains
The breeding and selling of canary
birds in Germany which has reached
such proportions that it now controls
the markets of the world is conserva
tively estimated of a value of 238
000 In St Andreasburg alone 50000
canaries are yearly raised for export
For an exceptionally good singer asd
breeder at least 300 marks 7140
must be paid and 100 marks 2380
is often paid for a good so called
Vorsaenger a bird used to teach the
younger canaries to sing by example
The normal price for good singers
varies from 286 to 857 Absolute
quiet and undisturbed intimate rela
tions exist between the breeder and
his birds Similar conditions are at
tained by the Madgeburg breeders
Many of the so called Harz canaries
which are exported to the United
States are bred in the city of Madge
burg where some of the best singers
are produced
The training of the young birds to
sing correctly is one of the most im
portant and laborious features of the
breeders activity The young birds
learning by imitation for the most
part acquire bad singing as well as
good and while it is the plan of the
breeders that the birds should only
hear the good singing of the Vorsaen
ger yet some of them naturally chirp
and whistle in an unpleasant manner
and care must be taken that these
birds be removed before the other
birds have acquired the same bad
habits and are rendered unsalable
The art of the breeder lies in his be
ing able to discover the slumbering
talent in the bird at an early age de
veloping the same to its highest point
of perfection in its particular line
These birds are divided into classes
and kept in separate rooms those
having harsh and sharp voices being
often placed in covered cages where
instead of singing they are forced to
listen to other good singers through
which their faults are often overcome
The better singers after passing a
certain stage where their habits are
established and they do not require
the close daily watching of the breed
er are taken into a room reserved for
the best singers The elementary
training for the singer is generally
finished by the end of November and
the singing is at its best at the be
Philadelphia Treatment of the in
sane by water with the idea of wash
ing away insanity germs will be an
innovation in the new quarters for the
insane at the Philadelphia almshouse
which will be opened soon Dr Coply
director of the department of health
is confident of the success of the move
ment
The plant is designed primarily for
the treatment of cases of acute mania
by a system of bathing by which the
body of the patient is kept completely
submerged in running water for as
long a time as is deemed necessary to
effect a cure The plant in its present
form is composed of a number of
rooms of which two are specially set
aside for this kind of treatment
In each bathroom a hammock is ar
ranged on which the patients body
rests Above are hot and cold water
faucets with a thermometer attached
for gauging the temperature There is
RY
BIRDS
ginning of January and again after
the mating time Canaries are very
sensitive to drafts and some singers
the results of years of careful breed
ing and training have been ruined by
a few moments exposure by an open
window
The exports of canaries from this
district for the calendar year 1905
was 37685 and for the calendar year
1906 40048
NEGROES AFRAID OF COMET
Report in Indian Territory Towns
That Earths End Is Near
Muskogee I T The ignorant ne
groes throughout Indian territory are
greatly excited by the reported ap
proach of a destructive comet In
many places they have quit work and
are assembling nightly in churches
and holding religious services
It is reported at Fort Gibson and at
many other points along the Arkansas
river where there are large negro set
tlements that the comet is the only
thing talked about and the negroes be
lieve that the world is coming to an
end This condition has reached such
proportions that the Times Democrat
a local newspaper telegraphed Prof
P J J See of Mare Island asking his
opinion about the comet His reply
was
The comet is a ghost of the air It
is going from the earth instead of to
ward it There is no danger of con
tact
A great many Indians have also be
come alarmed over the agitation but
they are not demonstrative about it
as are the negroes At Westville it is
reported that meetings are being held
nightly and prayer offered These re
ports come from the smaller towns
and rural communities There is not
much excitement among the negroes
of the larger town although it is un
derstood that in nearly every church
service Sunday reference was made
xto it
Would Manage Whole Town
Armour S D One man may run
this town not a political boss but a
business manager J C Cantonwine
is with other taxpayers disgusted
with the city debt and high assess
ments He will put up a bond guar
anteeing that if given the manage
ment of the citys affairs he will
demonstrate that a town and city can
be run profitably when conducted
along business lines
Some of the aldermen look askance
at the proposition but the taxpayers
generally would like to try it Armour
has 2000 inhabitants and is a thriv
ing town but it has a bonded debt of
40000 and city warrants have to be
sold at a discount
CURE FOR THE INSANE
Innovation Will Be Introduced at Phil
adelphia Almshouse
a special appliance for emptying the
tub instantly The water generally is
kept at a temperature of 100 degrees
and is kept continually flowing
The patient remains in the ham
mock for a period varying from four
to eight hours at a time At the end
of each period he is taken from the
bath and placed on a cot rubbed down
and allowed to rest for half an hour
He then is returned to the swinging
hammock and immersed in water The
only purpose for which he is taken
from the water is an occasional rest
His meals are given to him in the
bath
The head which rests on a circular
rubber cushion is the only portion of
the body not submerged
Should Have Bright Future
A professor at Berne university is
Mile Gertrude Woker She is 26 and
passed all her examinations some time
ago with great distinction She lec
tures on physics and chemistry
GAIN III POPULATION
CENSUS FIGURES SHOW MARVEL
OUS GROWTH IN SIX YEARS
Nearly 8000000 More People in United
States in 1906 Than In 1900
New York Still Largest
City Chicago Second
Washington The population o
continental United States according
to the estimates or the census bureau
was 83941510 in 1906 This is 7946
935 more than the population in 190
Tho estimated population of th
United States including Alaska and
Insular possessions in 1906 was 93
182240 The growth in population In
continental United States from 1905
to 1906 was 1367315
Tho population of contincnta
United States in 1905 as obtained 05
adding to the returns of the states
which took a census in that year the
estimated population of the remaining
states and territories is 82575195 an
Increase over 1900 of 6579610 or 87
per cent
-Computed on the basis of the esti
mate the density of population of con
tinental United States in 1906 was 23
persons per square mile as compared
with 26 in 1900
Chicago remains the second city In
the union in point of population Now
York being first with 4113043 The
figures for Chicago are 2049185 Ini
1900 it was 1698575 The gain in sir
years therefore is 350610 New York
is twice as large as Chicago Six
years ago its population was C437202
so that its increase has been 665841
Philadelphia has 1441735 against
1293697 six years ago St Louis has
passed Boston in the race the Mis
souri metropolis having 649320 in
1906 and 575238 in 1900 Sis years
ago Boston had 595083 while in 1906
the bean eaters city had 602278
Illinois is the third state of the
union in point of population In 1906
the census bureau estimates that it
was populated by 5418670 persons
as against 4821550 in 1900 New5
York is leader with 8226990 then
comes Pennsylvania with 5928575
Ohio 4448677 Indiana 2710898
The rapid growth of urban popula
tion is noteworthy The total esti
mated population of incorporated
places having 8000 or more Inhabit
ants exclusive of San Francisco andi
Los Angeles Cal is 28466fi24 for
1906 an increase over 1900 of 3912
18S or 159 per cent while the esti
mated population of the United States
exclusive of these cities showed an
increase of 4480003 or only 88 per
cent
The 88 cities with an estimated
population of 50000 or more in 1906
had a total estimated population of
19771167 an increase of 2766883 or
163 per cent over that reported at
the twelfth census
The states that took a census in
1905 are Florida Iowa Kansas Mas
sachusetts Minnesota New Jersey
New York North Dakota Oregon
Rhode Island South Dakota Wiscon
sin and Wyoming In Michigan the
census is taken in the years ending
with a 4
The population returns for these
states was 26263877 an increase
since 1900 of 1901572 or 78 per cent
For the remaining states and terri
tories the population for 1905 33 de
termined by the method adopted by
the bureau was 56283059 an increase
over 1900 of 4374040 or 84 per cert
The population of the 14 states mak
ing an enumeration -if estimated ia
the same manner would be 26204762
a difference of only 02 per cent from
the actual returns
PENSION TO POOR PARENTS
Ohio Official Proposes New Method
of Preventing Child Labor
Columbus O State Shop Inspector
Morgan in his annual report submit
ted to the governor makes the novei
proposition that the state of Ohio se
aside a fund to be devoted to payinj
parents in poor circumstances whe
are now compelled to let their young
children work in factories to enable
thm to take the children from the
factories and put them in school
Gov Harris is inclined to look oq
the proposal with favor and may
recommend a law to the legislature
covering the matter
Mr Morgan says that Ohio leads
all the states in child labor legisla
tion but he is openly opposed to giv
ing employers discretion to eraploj
children where parents need theii
wages Instead he suggests a school
pension law by which the parenti
may be paid an equivalent sum out o
the public treasury and the child sea
to school
MAKES HIMSELF AT HOME
Burglar Breaks Into House Bathest
Sleeps and Then Robs
Siamford Conn After breaking
into the home of two wealthy maider
sisters the Misses Frances and Gor
nelia Smith and finding it untenanted
a burglar calmly took a sleep in one
of their rooms before selecting the
articles which he wished to steal
He set the alarm clock for five
oclock When he arose he took
bath ate a hearty breakfast and then
commenced a leisurely inspection oi
the valuable articles in the house
The Smith sisters are in the south
and when the caretaker found the
broken window in the kitchen he ran
to summon the police While an offi
cer was climbing through the broken
window the burglar walked out of the
front door with several hundred dol
lars worth of booty and escaped in
the direction of Greenwich unseen by
the officer
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