A ruling of great importance to money
loaners as well as borrowers was made
by the supreme court in the case of Allen
against Dunn , from Gnrfield County. It
is , in brief , that the taking of interest
for more than one year in advance is un
authorized toy law , if by such action i. ore
than 10 per cent is received on the actual
sum loaned. There is a statute in Ne
braska which says : "Any rate of inter
est , agreed upon , not exceeding $10 per
year upon $100 shall be valid upon any
loan or forbearance of money , goods or
things in action , which rate of interest
so agreed upon may be taken yearly or
for any shorter period , or in advance , if
so expressly agreed. " In the case in
question a loan of $000 was made at 6
per cent interest. The note that was
signed , however , called for the payment
/of / $090 , and the effect of it was that
the borrower paid $0.30 interest more
than 10 per cent. The supreme court , in
this opinion , says that "it is quite clear
that under the statute the taking of in
terest for more than one year in advance
is unauthorized , if by such actiou more
than 10 per cent is received. "
* * *
The generous response from ail over
the state to the request from the depart
ment of labor for statistics to be includ
ed in the annual bulletin to be used by
Labor Commissioner Bush some time in
July indicate that this report will contain
much valuable information. Among the
new features of the work will be the
report of the packing houses , which have
made complete returns. Among the oth
er new features of the report will be tha
fraternal statistics , railroad statistics ,
county statistics and more complete re
ports of land sales and demands for land.
The railroad statistics will include the
number of employed of various classes ,
the salary during the year , wrecks , num
ber of persons injured and killed , tha
mileage by counties and a good portion of
the returns required by the state board
of equalization. The fraternal statistics
will include the number of lodges , mem
bers , officers , location , etc. The county
statistics will include eccleciastical , pro
fessional and criminal statistics , number
of saloons and number of educational in
stitutions.
* * *
Gov. Mickey Saturday morning grant *
ed his first pardon to a convict. The ob
ject of executive clemency is Souey Ford ,
sentenced to the penitentiary for four
years from Cherry County for shooting
and killing Allen Rothchilds in June ,
1903. The original sentence was seven
years , the supreme court having cut this
down to four years. The governor gave
Ford his freedom only after there had
been filed with him an affidavit from Dr.
A. N. Compton to the effect that Roth
childs just before dying had told the doc
tor that Ford had shot him accidentally.
Rothchilds said that Ford was showing
birn the revolver and that it was dis
charged when he attempted to break tha
breech. Dr. Comptou was not a witness
nt the trial in the district court , other
wise Judge Harrington , who sat on the
case , wrote to Gov. Mickey that he waa
sure the verdict would have been differ
ent. Besides the aflidavit a petition with
ihe names of many prominent people of
Cherry County attached was filed with
the governor.
* * *
* It is now up to the supreme court to de
ride whether the district court has juris
diction to decree a divorce to a non-resi-
di-ut defendant his
upou cross-petition
wlu-n the facts show him clearly entitled
to it. The question is raised in a brief
filed by Attorney George Loomis in be
half of Charles C. Pine , in a suit for di
vorce from Nettie S. Pine. Charles Pine
lives in New Jersey and Mrs. Pine lives
in Fremont. She brought suit iu the dis
trict court court for divorce , alleging cru
elty and failure to support. Pine filed a
cross-petition , alleging infidelity. Ac
cording to the brief filed , he proved hla
allegations against his wife , but , being
a non-resident , the district court held it
had not jurisdiction to grant him the di
vorce. Consequently his cross-petition
was thrown out of court and the woman
also was refused a divorce.
* * *
The census bureau at Washington in
a report on irrigation in Nebraska in
1902 , says that water was artificially ap
plied to 245,900 acres , an increase of al
most GO per cent since 1S99. There were
2,932 farms irrigated and the 527 sys
tems employed were constructed at an
initial cost of $2,403,748. This sum in
cludes the cost of the necessary hydraul
ic works and of the 1.SG1 miles of main
canals and ditches. The increase since
1SS9 in number of farms is 52.8 per cent ,
and in total construction cost SS.O per
cent. The average first cost per irrigat
ed acre increased from 8.82 in 1899 to
30.02 1902. Of
in the total irrigated area
244.GS9 acres were watered from springs
and 1,021 from wells.
* * *
J. Howard Hunter of the department
Jot insurance of Toronto , Can. , has writ
ten to Secretary Royse of the state bank
ing board for information as to how best
to deal with the "Home Building Asso-
ciatious. " Mr. Hunter refers to a para
graph in the report of the banking board
for 1902 , in which Mr. Royse called at
tention to an English company which
had tried to start a home association , and
the promoter had died in the asylum. Mr.
Hunter requests that Mr. Royse send him
further details of this case , and also oth-
cr information that he may have.
* * *
The Nebraska Telephone Company in
Lincoln exclusively has returned its
property to the county assessor , without
its real estate , at a valuation of $152-
OOO. In Lancaster County its property
was returned at a valuation of $170,000.
Mr. Bryan's Commoner returned its
property at a valuation of $18,985.
* * *
Just now it looks like competition will
do for Lincoln what its former city coun
cils have failed to do in the matter of
securing a reduction in gas rates. The
Lincoln Traction Company has got in the
game , and it was learned that about
twenty families , among them being seme
of the best customers of the gas company ,
had signed five-j'ear contracts with the
traction company for electric lights at
prices much' lower than these families
have been securing light. As a result ,
0 it is claimed , the gas company intends
to disregard its former price schedule
jaiid meet competition.
THE WAR IN THE EAST
JAPAN'S SUCCESSES ON LAND AS
NOTABLE AS ON SEA.
Mikado'a Forces Seize Feng-Wans- ;
Chans : and Cut OfT Port Arthur RUB-
elans Retreating to Concentrate Their
Armies General AVar News ,
S\vift is the procession of events in
the war in the Far East. After their
defeat of the Russians at the Yalu ,
May 1 , a defeat which cost the Czar's
forces a loss of 2,394 men in killed ,
wounded and prisoners , the Japanese
boldly pushed forward to Feng-Wang-
Cheng , where it had been asserted the
Russians would give battle. Tlie Rus
sians , however , did not dare risk an
engagement and the place fell into the
hands of the Japanese , the enemy beatI1
ing a retreat to Liao Yang , in the vi
cinity of which , it is now said , a bat
tle will take place , should General
Kuroki follow up his advantage. It is
probable , however , that General Kuro-
patkin , the Czar's comiuander-in-chief ,
may find it necessary not to make a
stand before the Japanese reach Mukr
den. It is said that he has not enough
troops to meet the Japanese in open
fight and hence his policy of retreating
until he is sufficiently reinforced.
Meantime the Japanese have landed
in heavy force on the Liao Tong pen
insula and Port Arthur has been cut
off by land and sea from all communi
cation with the outside world. The
landings were effected on the east and
west coasts of the peninsula and with
in a short time the actual investment
of Port Arthur should be made. Simul
taneously with the forward movement
of the Japanese army under Kuroki
and the landing on the Liao Tong pen
insula , the Russians began the evacua
tion of New Chwang , the chief town
of Manchuria. The place , with General
Kuroki advancing on the road to Liao
Yang , was untenable by the Russians ,
unless they elected to remain and
undergo a siege , and so the place was
abandoned and the military' stores sent
northward to Liao Yang. With the
exception of Port Arthur , the whole of
the Liao Tong peninsula now remains
in Japanese possession and probably
another week will see all of Manchuc
ria , south of Mukden , in the grasp of
the Mikado's soldiers.
It is probable that a Japanese army
will take possession of New Chwang
and march forward toward Liao Yang
to effect a junction with General
Kuroki.
The Russian retreat , however ,
greatly strengthens the position of
General Kuropatkin. Formerly his
forces were scattered from New
Chwang , in the west , half way up the
Y'alu River , in the east Ignoranre of
the Japanese plan of campaign and the
uncertainty of where the Japanese
would strike rendered necessary this
disposition. Now the Japanese plans
of action are fairly well revealed and
General Kuropatkin is concentrating
his forces to meet the enemy's ad
vance. With the exception of the garrison
risen at Port Arthur there are now no
Russian soldiers further south in Man
churia than Liao Yang. What force
General Kuropatkin has at his disposal
is carefully concealed. It is said by
some that 150.000 men , outside the gar
risons , constitute the fighting forces of
Russia in the Far East and from Paris
comes the rumor that it will be July 21
before the last of the reinforcements
which Kuropatkin needs for offensive
operations shall have been dispatched
from Europe. By that time it is assert
ed he will have 500,000 under him.
Meantime 100,000 reserves have been
called to the colors and Russia in fur
ther preparation for the struggle has
placed a loan in Paris for $150,000,000.
Much interest centers in Port Ar
thur , which the Japanese will soon for
mally besiege. Before they can strike
the place it will be necessary to force
the strong earthworks defending the
narrow neck of land forming the en
trance to Kwan Tung promontory.
These works , owing to the shallowness
of the water , cannot be attacked from
sea , while the railroad , which trav-
erses the promontory , will enable the
Russians to move troops rapidly to any
desired point. Just now the fortress
is prepared to stand a siege the world
in general knows little. It has been
said that it is provisioned for a year
and that 50.000 men defend it. It has
been said , too , that the place is actual
ly short of provisions , and that the
number of men defending it is only
7,000 some say 4,000. It doesn't seem
natural that with three months' time ,
since the outbreak of hostilities , to
provision it , the Russians would have
been lax in tnis particular , and it may
be assumed that the garrison is suffi
ciently strong to make a stubborn de
fense.
Meantime the rumor of sending the
Baltic fleet to the Far East is again
revived. It is said in St. Petersburg
that the fleet , consisting of eleven iron
clads and seventeen cruisers , will leave
Cronstadt in July and will round Af
rica in its voyage. If this report is
true , the Russians are evidently san
guine that Port Arthur and Vladivos
tok will be standing Tjy that time.
Russia's First Line Smashed.
The overwhelming advance of Gen.
Kuroki's army , after its victorious pas
sage of the Yalu , compelled the Russians
to give up Feiigwangcheug without strik-
jng a blow in its defense. Newchwang
has been Evacuated and the Russians
admit that they cannot hope to hold
Haicheng. Thus Russia's first line of
defense has been shattered almost with
out the firing of a gun. There seems to
be nothing left but Liao-yang and then
Mukden , and after that Harbin.
Old papers for sale at this office.
BLOW UP DALNY DOCKS.
Russians Repqrtcd to Have Destroyed
Improvements Costing : Millions.
Viceroy Alexiefi : telegraphed to the
Cx.ar Thursday announcing that the Rus
sians have blown up * he clocks and piers
at Port Dalny , Liaotung peninsula , pre
sumably to render more difficult a Jaijaa-
e.so landing at that point.
Port Dalny , on Talienwan bay , on the
east coast of the Liaotung peninsula ,
was intended by Russia to be the chief
commercial emporium of its eastern do
minions. An edict providing for its con
struction was issued by the Russian Em
peror July 30 , 18SO , and Port Dalny ,
fully equipped with all modern improve
ments , docks , warehouses and railroad
, facilities- , was opened to commerce in
December , 1901. Talienwan bay is one
of the finest deep-water harbors 011 the
Pacific. It is free from ice in winter
and ships ( lra\ving thirty feet of water
can enter at low tide Avithout difficulty ,
and without the aid of pilots con sail or
steiim alongside the immense docks and
piers , where their cargoes can be loaded
into railroad cars and run direct for
0,000 miles into the city of St. Peters
0h
burg. Five large piers had been con
structed , each supplied with numerous
railroad tracks and immense warehouses
and elevators , gas , electric lights and
water , and a large breakwater was being
constructed so that ships could lie at the
piers ami load and unload regardless of
weather. Docks for foreign vessels ,
steam and sail , extended between the
piers and along the sliorp for two miles.
There were two first-class dry docks ,
one intended for ordinary ocean steam
ers and the other designed to accommo
date the largest vessels of war or com
merce. Over $0,000,000 had been ex
pended on the harbor system before the
end of 1002 and it was estimated thai
the cost of completing the works would
be $20,000,000 , but this does not in any
way represent the total cost of the erec
tion of this great commercial port ,
which , with Port Arthur , distant about
twenty miles , was leased by the Chinese
government to Russia in 1S9S. Nearly
25,000 men were employed daily on the
work of constructing the port and town.
.The total population is estimated at
about (50,000 , mostly Chinese , Japanese ,
ECorenns and Russians.
JAPANESE HEROES HONORED.
Decorations for Living : and Dead Who
Blocked Port Arthur.
The casualties in the attempt of the
Japanese fleet to block Port Arthur ,
which took place on May 3 , are one offi
cer , Commander Takayangi , command
ing the steamer Yedo Maru , and six men
killed ; four men seriously and five offi
cers and eleven men slightly wounded.
Fourteen officers and seventy-four men
are missing and eight officers and thirty-
six men were Vescued uninjured. All the
officers of the blocking ships , including
Commander Takayangi , who was killed ,
have been decorated and granted annui
ties by the Emperor.
Every supplemental report received
fiom Gen. Kuroki , commanding the first
Japanese army , increases the Russian
casualties in Sunday's battle at Cliin-
tien-cheng , on the Yalu river. The Jap
anese have buried about 1,400 Russians
and have 503 of the enemy's wounded in
the field hospitals. It is estimated that
the total Russian casualties exceed 2,500.
Over 300 Russian prisoners were sent to
Matsuyama.
The official report of the Japanese cas
ualties shows that the guards lost one
officer and twenty men killed and had
seven officers and 122 men wounded.
The socoml division lost one officer ami
eighty-four men killed and thirteen offi
cers and 305 men wounded. The twelfth
division had three officers and .seventy-
si : : jiien killed and five officers and 203
men wounded.
CZAR CALLS RESERVES.
Imperial Ukase Orders Out Troops in
Six Provinces.
An imperial ukase issued in St. Pe
tersburg calls out the reserves of sev
eral districts in the governments of Pol
tava , Kursk , Kharkoff , Ryazan , Kaluga
and Tula , with the view of the comple
tion Of the units to be sent to the far
East from the military districts of Kief ?
and Moscow.
There is a complete absence of offi
cial information. The authorities are
as silent as the grave concerning Gen.
Kuropatkiu's plans , only declaring that
his tactics will be vindicated. The re
port of the appearance of the enemy at
Kwantieusien , on th Mukden road , from
the Y'alu , causes some disquietude. If
the Japanese could get on this road ,
above Liao-yang , the Russian' position
there would be threatened. The St. Pe
tersburg papers seem more concerned
about the effect of the Japanese suc
cesses upon the Chinese than about the
ultimate result of the campaign.
According to advices from the north ,
cables a Pekin correspondent , the native
Chinese are becoming excited , owing to
reports which are reaching them of con
tinued success of the Japanese arms.
ij WAR NEWS IN BRIEF.
J !
Viceroy Alexieff refuses to receive anj
more foreign war correspondents.
It is admitted that half a million mer
would have been required to hold south
ern Manchuria.
Three thousand bandits are camped
outside of the walls of Newchwang ready
to begin looting.
The increasingly threatening attitude
of the Chinese also is a serious factor
in the situation which may contribute to
induce Gen. Kuropatkin to evacuate
Liaoyang.
Red placards all over Moscow and
Kharkoff provinces summon the reserves
of the Tenth and Seventeenth army
corps to the colors , and these two corps
will be dispatched to the far East as
quickly as possible , thus adding 100,000
men to Kuropatkin's forces.
Admiral Togo' is hoping that Russia
may succeed in dickering for a few more
warships. Business in Admiral Togo's
line is likely to be rather dull otherwise.
Liaoyang is expected to be the scene
of the next battle between the Russian
and Japanese armies , unless Gen. Kuro
patkin shall decide to continue his re
treat northward to Mukden.
The Russian authorities are complete
ly in the dark as" to what is happening
in the territory occupied by the enemy ,
except such news as comes from the
newspapers abroad and originating from
Japanese sources.
raw
One Hundred Years Ago.
Discontent prevailed in Egypt at the
ascendency of the English in that
country , and in Alexandria , much anx
iety was felt lest the English should
send a garrison to that city.
The acquisition of Louisiana by the
United States was celebrated in all of
the thirteen States.
Thomas Young , claimed to be the
first decipherer of the Rosetta stone ,
died. The population of Washington , D. C. ,
waa less than 5,000 persons.
The Dutch surrendered the Island
of Surinam to the British.
The Boston Board of Health issued
new regulations for farmers who kept
live stock in the toim limits.
Seventy-five Years Ago.
The market of Philadelphia was said
to be the finest in either Europe or
America , being fully a mile long and
well supplied.
Venice became a free port
The Turks were preparing for an
attack on Sizebold , the Russian strong
hold , on the Danube.
A law for the expulsion of Span
iards from Mexico was promulgated a *
Tampico , and thirty days was allowed
them to embark.
Fifty Years Ago.
Garibaldi arrived at Genoa in com
mand of an English coal vessel from
Newcastle.
A German professor fell into the
crater at Vesuvius.
News reached New York of the evac
uation of lower California by Colonel
Walker.
The New York and London Cable
Company was organized to lay a cable
from New York to Liverpool.
The Bank of England raised its dis
count rate and the Bank of France re
duced its rate , as a result of the
Crimean war.
A severe earthquake shock was felt
at Acapulco.
Forty Years Ago.
General R. E. Lee made his famous
blunder over the Edmunds."I
army at Spottsylvania , which led the
Confederates into an almost impregna
ble position.
The first day's battle of Spottsyivu-
nia was fought between the armies of
Grant and Lee , including Colonel Em
ory Upton's capture of the "bloody an
gle" in the Confederate line.
The indecisive battle of the Wilder
ness , one of the bloodiest of the Civil
War , was fought between the armies
of Grant and Lee.
General Grant made his flank move
ment from the Wilderness battlefield
to Spottsylvania in the effort to get
between Lee's army and Richmond.
The army of the Potomac was under
marching orders , with seven days' ra
tions , ready for a decisive blow aganist
Lee.
General U. S. Grant wrote his fa
mous words , "I * * * propose to
fight it out on this line if It takes nil
summer , " in a letter to Halleck on the
Wilderness campaign. .
Thirty Years Ago.
The Republican House Committee on
Postoffices was criticised for not or
dering an investigation of alleged
Postoffice Department frauds.
The trial of Professor David Swing
for heresy was begun by the Chicago
presbytery.
A New York newspaper declared
Chicago was destined to collapse as a
commercial city because it had built
enormous stores and hotels that could
not be filled.
The House of Representatives re
fused to appropriate § 3,000,000 for the
Philadelphia Centennial Exposition.
The congressional investigation of
boodling in District of Columbia con
tracts ended , Governor ( "Boss" ) Shep
herd publicly assuming responsibility
for all acts of his subordinates.
Twenty Years Ago * .
The banking firm of Grant & Ward ,
composed of General U. S. Grant and
Ferdinand Ward , and the Marine Na
tional Bank of New York failed forever
over $1,000,000.
Supporters of Chester A. Arthur in
Illinois and Wisconsin were said to be
planning to throw their influence to
Robert T. Lincoln for President
The first news was received that the
steamship State of Florida had been
sunk in collision off Bird rocks , 13j
lives being lost
Out of a total of 820 delegates chosen ,
to the Republican national convention
378 were pledged to James G. Elaine
for President , 271 for Chester A. - Arthur
thur , and 70 for Senator Edmunds.
"I always liked Gladys , " said1 the
troman In the silk gown. "But she has
been awfully unfortunate , poor girl. I
think she was engaged four times.
"The first time it was to young Law
rence Corbin. He got into trouble at
the bank , you remember gambling , of
course that and other things. Well ,
her people were opposed to it from the
first her aunts particular ! } * ; they al
most went down on their knees to her
and implored her not to marry him ,
but she only said he needed her all the
more to steady him. At last he met
May Rossiter from New York and be
came infatuated with her and he just
plainly jilted Gladys. I know she felt
awfully bad about it , poor girl.
"A year after that , though , she met
Max Devenish. He didn't satisfy the
parents , either. They said he was a
low politician. He was in politics , of
course. Gladys said that almost every
great man in history was a politician
and she was proud of it. She talked
about his career in the most enthusias
tic manner , but that engagement was
broken off , too. No , I never knew what
it was. He was the Devenish they sent
to the penitentiary for boodling.
"Then there was Harding Jacobs. It
was certainly the queerest thing in the
world what the girl saw In him. He
was bald and undersized and had no
money to speak of and four children
one girl nearly as old as Gladys. But
she just seemed to think he was every
thing that was noble and great. Well ,
would you believe it ? That miserable
little man wrote her a noble and great
letter 'renouncing his happiness' when
the date of the wedding was set and I
THE CADDY DOG.
Good-by to the much maligned small
boy caddy. His work "has gone to the
dogs. "
Miss Maud M. Pottle , of Minneapo
lis , now residing in New York , pos
sesses a remarkably fine greyhound of
unusual intelligence. Miss Pottle is an
enthusiastic golfer , and "Bob , " her
dog , is her devoted slave. One day
last fall Miss Pottle was playing a
swift game on the links , with Bob at
her heels barking his admiration. Be
coming overheated she doffed her golf
jacket , and , buttoning it across Bob's
back , proceeded with the game. Bob
carried the jacket so well that to Miss
Pottle came the inspiration : "Why
BOB IN" GOLF HABXESS.
not make the dog a golf Blanket with
pockets to carry the sticks and a pouch
for the balls ? "
To think with Miss Pottle is to act ,
and the following week Bob appeared
on the links of the Marine and Field
Club , of Brooklyn , proudly bearing
slung across his back his mistress'
drivers , lofters and putters. And Bob
from that day went down in the his
tory of golf as the first caddy dog on
American links.
Bob is learning to retrieve , and his
quick eye enables him to unerringly
follow the course of a ball while his
nimble feet fly over the ground to its
rescue at a gratifying speed.
By means of a simple harness , which
Miss Pottle herself invented and which
she is having patented , Bob can carry
six clubs , three on each side. When
he was initiated into his work of cad
dy Miss Pottle led him around by a
chain ; but one lesson , however , was
needed to teach the dog what was ex
pected of him , and now he follows his
mistress from point to point , always
ready to provide her with driver , lofter
or putter or to have her take from the
ball pouch , which is attached to his
neck , a fresh white sphere.
'NATURE NRVER GIVES UP. "
Fact that Should Encourage Us inFighting
-Fighting Disease and Evil.
A phrase from a recent magazine
article is so suggestive and so full of
encouragement that it seems worth
while to make it the text for one of
our small sermons. The phrase is ,
"Nature never gives up. " You may
with profit say this over carefully and
thoughtfully and let its full meaning
come to you , "Nature never gives up. "
Nature is on the side of health and
sanity , and consequent happiness.
Hard as your case may be , the great
Mother is fighting the battle with you.
Has disease got into your bones ? Na
ture has marshaled her forces to com
bat it , and with marvelous strategy
has set engines to work which are en
deavoring to circumvent the enemy.
Nature is working in conjunction with
the physician and yourself. That is a
thought which ought to cheer you.
Gladys had half her trousseau bought
He said he had been selfish In urging
her to link her lot with him and he
feared the duties and responsibilities
that would devolve upon her as his
wife would' be too arduous for one so
young. She was nearly 30 then. Oh ,
it nearly killed her.
"Naturally , people began to talk then
and when she announced her engage
ment to her baron I never saw the
town so excited over anything. He waa
n German and the title may have been
genuine or it may not. I'm sure I don't
know as to that But he was an in
ventor and he had some wonderful in
vention a hot airship , her people
called it that needed just a little capi
tal to make him wealthy and famous.
Well , that foolish girl let him take all
her little fortune and go to Europe
with it. Her friends just begged her
not to , but she said if she could trust
him with her life and happiness she
surely ought to be able to trust him
with her fortune. So he went and she
never heard another word from'him. '
Gladys had to go to a rest cure after
that.
"Now ? Oh , she's married. Yes , she's
been married for three years now. Her
husband just adores her and they say
he's one of the most handsome and ;
fascinating men you ever saw. Money ?
I wish you could see their home. It'a
a palace , and there isn't a thing she
wants that he doesn't give her. She
seems to think just as much of him as
he does of her. You never saw a hap
pier pair. "
"It just shows what perseverance
will accomplish , " continued the other
woman. Chicago Daily News.
You have been imprudent , possibly
have done and left undone. You have
taken such ill care of your God-given
body that your friends have set you
down as hopeless or worse. You have
told yourself that there is no help for
you. Nature has not given you up.
She wants you to live and work and !
be healthy and happy , and in the event
of your neglect of yourself , she is still
fighting for you. She has no moral
idea in doing this. She just does it.
Perhaps you deserve to be given up-
Many of us do , it sometimes seems.
But Nature is blind to that. Of course ,
she is not all-powerful. She can be
overcome. She fails often. But you
will do well to remember that in every
case while there is a spark of life
left , she is trying. Let that thought
brace you. Buck up , and give Nature
some help.
I should like to think that we could
carry the analogy into the moral world
as well. Do you not believe that there
are forces as yet unvalued which are
fighting the fight for good in the souls
of men ? Bad a man or woman may be
there Is exterior pressure to make
him or her better. There is law ; there
is education ; there are all the societies
and institutions whose object Is to
help the downfallen and the unfor
tunate. But are there not other forces ,
too ? Does not the great Mother of
Souls fight continually for the spiritual
health and sanity of all people ? The
thought is comforting , stimulating , en
couraging. It is the business of every
individual to add all his personal
strength to all encounters with evil ,
physical or spiritual. He can do so more
heartily and with better faith for suc
cess if he remembers that "Nature
never gives up. " Woman's Home
Companion.
A Good Cat.
A good cat the kind you want to
Mve in the house , if any will have a
round , stubby pug nose , full , fat
cheeks and upper lip , and a well de
veloped bump on the top of the bead ,
between the ears , betokening good na
ture. A sleepy cat that purrs a good
deal is apt to be playful and good-na
tured.
By all means to be avoided Is a cat
with thin , sharp nose and twitching
ears. It must be remembered , also ,
that a good mouser is not necessarily a
gentle or desirable pet , although any
good cat will catch mice if she is
not overfed ; quick , full , expressive
eyes generally betoken a good mouser.
The greatest mistake and probably
the most common one in the care of
domestic cats is overfeeding ; particu
larly , too much meat. In wild life the
cat has exercise which enables her to
digest her food. In the lazy house life
the same full feeding leads to stomach
troubles and to fits.
Unerring Foresight.
Ben Jensen was at work on one of
his plays.
"What you have concluded "on , " he
wrote , "make good , I pray you. " ,
He stopped to 'chuckle over it
"I like that phrase , 'make good , ' "
he said. "Three hundred years from
now they'll be using it as the latest
choice bit of slang. "
Novel Motor Race in France.
The most curious motor race ever or
ganized was held in Paris. The com
petitors were taken to the top of Eiffel
tower , and a distant church spire was
pointed out to them. Then they had
to descend , get aboard their machines
and find their way through the maze
of streets to the church ;
Just about the time the average
man gets his political shaft down to
coal , he strikes water.
