No ether corporation pursues a dishonest -
' ' -honest dealer or contractor so persist
ently and so relentlessly as does the
.government of the United States ,
the petty grafter nor the man
of big frauds escapes trial when
once the hand of the law is laid on
.him. The conviction of the gang of
men engaged in petty frauds in the
Postofiice Department two or three
years ago is an instance of one kind ,
and the success of the prosecution of
Greene and Gaynor , guilty of defraud
ing the government of more than a
million dollars on engineering work in
Georgia , is an instance of the other
( kind. Captain Carter , the army officer ,
who had charge of the inspection of
their work , was convicted of partici
pating in the frauds , and sentenced to
dishonorable discharge from the army
and to five years' imprisonment. He
Jjas served his sentence and is now
Croc , trying to prove his innocence.
Greene and Gaynor , after they were
indicted in 1902 , forfeited their bail
-and escaped to Canada. For three
years they fought extradition , hut the
British government finally surrendered
ithem , and they were put on trial. After
i trial lasting thirteen and a half
weeks they were convicted , sentenced
to imprisonment for three years , and to
pay a fine of five hundred and seventy-
five thousand dollars each the amounf
xvhich they are charged with stealing.
In response to public sentiment the
Souse committee has stricken from the
.agricultural appropriation bill the item
providing for the free distribution of
garden seeds. Seventy-five years ago
Congress appropriated $1,000 for the
.purchase and distribution among farm
ers of "rare and valuable" seeds. The
purpose was to encourage the tillers of
the soil to raise the standard of the
crops and was a laudable one. Since
that time the appropriation has stead-
.ily increased until now it amuunts to
§ 300,000. Instead of having the origi
nal purpose in view , the custom has
degenerated into a political one where-
l > y congressmen can increase their pull
in their respective districts. Tons of
common seeds are distributed and the
only effect is to let the farmers know
that their representatives in Congress
.sire expecting their votes. From a real
benefit to the agricultural interests , the
custom has fallen into a species of
, -graft That the farmers no longer ap
preciate the government's liberality is
-evidenced by the scores of letters re
ceived by congressmen condemning the
practice and urging that it he stopped.
"
The report that Ptcv. Thomas Slier-
i , son of the late W. T. Sherman ,
liad started on a journey over the
.route of the famous "march to the
sea , " conducted by his father , and that
lie was accompanied by a troop of the
'Twelfth Cavalry , caused a great deal
of unfavorable comment throughout
tthe South. It was explained later , however -
ever , that the cavalrymen were sent to
-study the battlefields between Chattan
ooga and Atlanta , and that the officers
inerely permitted Father Sherman to
.accompany them. In view of the mis
apprehension , existing , the President
Bordered the troop to return to post at
iFort Oglethorpe after it had gone as
ifar as Resaca. Father Sherman aban
doned his trip at Cartersville , Ga. , ap-
jparently angered by the action of the
"President , and returned to Chatta
nooga. He is reported as saying that
Hie was an invited guest of the Federal
government.
V * _ _ - *
When the last link of the cable con-
decting the United States with China
was completed , the President sent a
message of congratulation , addressed
tfo "Their Imperial Majesties , the Em-
ipress Dowager and the Emperor of
'China. " The Emperor answered the
message with another one of felicita-
ttion , which he concluded wth , "By order -
der of the Dowager Empress we now
offer to xour excellency our sincerest
congratulations , " and signed himself
; as Emperor. It seems that even an in-
ztercuange of international courtesies
; iias to be effected in CLfhia by order of
. the Do\vager , who rnles because ske
can , not because she has the right.
Former Consul General McWade at
anon , China , wko vras remeved on the
arecornrnendation of Assistant Secretary
of State Peiuce , appeared before the
"House Committee on Foreign Affairs
and made serioas counter charges
against Peirce , while defending his
own cou se and chara-cter with HUHIGT-
< oijs affidavits from peplc of promi-
aience-in Canten. McWade charged that
Pcjrce was in Canton only a fe hours ,
.and that while there fee virtually com-
him to give up a valuable tiger
Since tke heaniwg this * ng has
Fbeen returned to'Hs farmer owner by
'Peiree.
K was _ announced by Secretary of
"the Treasury Sliaw tkat l > e had re-
morod the ? 33.000,000 lim'rt to tlic
f'q'nds ' he would adAance to natiosul
'
< > Anks Collar for dollar on geld im-
ports. Hereafter national hanks by ah-
aonneing an intention to hnport sccld
and depositing coHateail in tbe iob-
ti asiiry may witiitk'aw a like amount
3m 16e national - teeasuiyTfc'fe aeiism
? ' tex ostaM h KEf acw imle aa o
pafte'y.
.
* * "
u " " ' "
L d-ir * w1" '
TYPE OF CANAL FIXED.
Sea-Level Waterway at Panama IK
II etiom mended.
That the earthquake which destroyed
San Francisco was an important factor
in determining the vote of the Senate
Committee on Inter-oceanic Canals in
favor of a sea-level type , is apparent
from the fact that a feature of the ma
jority report is a discussion of the ef
fect such an earth wave might have
on locks and dams.
The majority report in ftror of a
sea-level canal was submitted to Con
gress Wednesday by Senator Kit-
tredge. On the subject of danger from
earthquakes on the isthmus and the
possible effect on the two types of
canal proposed the report says :
That the isthmus of Panama is not
exempt from earthquakes conclusively
appears , and we can have no guaranty
that the canal zone will in the future be
exempt from such disaster.
The canal structures that would be
most exposed to injury by the passing of
an earth wave or violent movement of the
earth's surface , are the locks proposed by
the minority , whose walls , many hundreds
of feet , or even 2,000 or 3,000 feet long
at Gatun , would , at least some of them ,
be more than seventy-five feet high an3
entirely unsupported on one side save for
a part of the height by water.
If these walls should be moved at all
the natural and probable result would be
in their leaning and so preventing the
closing of the gates. But the most likely
effect of such shock would be the fracture
of these locks , in repairing of which much
time months or years might be requir
ed.
An earth dam on an alluvial base , as
proposed by the minority , might be fis
sured if the earthquake passed the local
ity , and if a crack in the dam or its base
should open , the dam would go out , the
lock drain , and the canal be ruined. What
would happen to the aqueduct , conduits ,
pipes and valves buried in the concrete
walls , iised for filling and emptying the
locks , cannot be well conjectured.
The report says that the conclusion
has been reached that the following prop
ositions are irrefutable :
That the ideal canal is one at sea level ;
that its construction would be attended
with no more , and probably with less
hazard than one with locks and dams on
doubtful foundations ; that the sea level
canal is safer and more convenient than
one with locks ; that it would take but lit
tle longer time to build ; that it is the sim
pler and the more economical in operation
and maintenance.
The majority report concludes that the
sea level canal would not require more
than two or three years more than the
lock type.
Under the recent federal act of incor
poration , the Carnegie foundation for the
advancement of teachers was reorganized
by its trustees at New York. Since last
fall the claims of various colleges have
been investigated. To be ranked as a
college , an institution must have at least
six teachers and a full four years' course
in arts and sciences. The exclusion of
sectarian institutions will bar many large
colleges. Any professor Go years old who
has had not less than fifteen years' service
will receive an allowance of $1,000 if his
salary is $1GOO and $30 more for each
$100 additional active pay. The award
ing of allowances will begin in June. Two
hundred applications have already been
made. The annual income is $ oOO,000.
A committee ofhe alumni of Columbia
University , 'headed ' by William Barclay
Parsons , 'has ' perfected plans for-a $1-
000,000 stadium or athletic arena for the
use of Columbia University and the New
York public schools athletic leagues on
ground which is to be reclaimed from the
Hudson River. When completed it will
extend from 116th street to 120tii street
out to the pier line. On this ground thre'e
distinct fields will be erected , one for the
university in 'the ' center and two on either
side for the schoolboys. Stands will be
erected on three sides to seat 35,000 people
ple , but on the water side an artistic
gate has been designed , with locker rooms
for athletic teams and crews. On top of
the roof covering the stands a large recre
ation pier is contemplated.
Supt. W. J. Shearer of the Elizabeth
( N. J. ) public schools is advocating a
more pliant system of : school grading. He
believes that American children hare a
right to exercise individual taste and ne-
spend to individual need in the work of
the higher grades and tnat in all the
grades they should be left free to go as
fast as individual ability and opportu
nity will permit' To do this the princi
pal and teacher must have a plan for
reclassificatioH of pupils at any time , in
stead of being obliged to everlastingly
force the pupil "to fit an asbitrarv and
senseless system. " Dr. Shearer saysthat
there are tli-ree requisites for the atta'm-
ment ofr the desired result : Pirak accu
rate classification of pupils at tff outset * ;
second , such provision for reclassification
that pnpils of equai advancement can be
kept together ; thktl , a provision that will
enabfe each sH of pujpfls to go just as fast
as they are able , bu no faster , there be
ing no arbitrary standard to worry afiautt
lcWlio , " be asks , "will give any goo'd ca-
son fov nailing the cotfrse of sturfyto Hie
calendar ? " Ifr reason of the prewailtog
system of set courses fay the year , \ )
says , there is an enormous and crimmal
loss of time.
The Panama canal commission has de
cided to establish a chain of ptiB 'o
schools throughout the canal zone" . A
njmiber of teachers have already been
sent to the isthmus , arid others wfil iol-
lo\r.
Dr. Strattoa D. Brooks , .who a shest
time ago left a h4gh eauesrtienal post iE
Boston to becoavj the si > fleri stem don t f.
the Clerela d. Ohio. , schoes fe iiow io ro-
tuini to bio foKrfejr field of usefulness ,
bavins beoa elected superintendent ol
IJoston inciwals ; .
YUlfjalnner Stofransson , BOW a -
At Harvard , has been apjfiokitefe a mem
ber of the newest expedition hi searcji 'of
tie Hortk pol , which will leave early fa.
Mar I'lvim Taatvsnvw , rtndeB coHUiiaaji $ .
Gapt. Ejjnfc MSkbffcon. * Fhe Harval
studoiywl ; be Hie joangest x& & be5. o "
the ex
MEMORIAL DAY.
laurels to lay o'er the Blue and the
Gray ; spread wreaths where our
heroes rest :
Let the song of the North echo back from
the South for the love that is truest
and best !
Twin wreaths for the graves of our Grant
and our Lcc , one anthem for Jackson
and Meade.
And the flap above you Is the banner for
mo one people in name and in deed !
Clasp hands o'er the graves where our
laureled ones lie clasp hands o'er
the Gray and the Blue ;
To-day we arc brothers and bound by .1
tie that the years shall but serve to
renew.
By the side of the Northman who peace
fully sleeps where tropical odors are
shed
A son of the South his companionship
keeps one flag o'er the two heroes
spread.
Weave tokens of love for the heroes In
Blue ; weave wreaths for the heroes
in Gray ;
Clasp brotherly hands o'er the graves that
are new for the love that is ours
to-day :
A trinity given to bless , to unite three
glorious records to keep ,
And a kinship which never a grievance
shall sever renewed where the brave
are asleep !
Spread flowers to-day o'er the Blue and
the Gray spread wreaths where our
heroes rest ;
Let the song of the North echo back from
the South for the love that is truest
and best !
Twin wreaths for the tombs of our Grant
and our Lee. one hymn for your
father and mine !
0 , fcio flag you adore is the banner for me
and Its folds our dead brothers en
twine.
S. E. Klser , in Chicago Times-Herald.
His Faitlerfs ) SOD.
From the Ledger Monthly.
- - fr0
" 'Lige Peters enlisted ? You don't
say ? Well , I hope he'll make a better
record than his father did. "
Such expressions as this were the com
ments which the neighbors made when
they heard that Widow Eliza Peters'
youngest child and only son had volun
teered for service in the Philippines.
Gridcomb's Bridge people did not mean
to be unkind when they made such re-
marks. They did not expect to be under
stood as condemning 'Like Peters , senior ,
particularly. His lack of reputation had
come rather from shiftlessness and weakness -
ness of will than from intentional wrong
doing.
Back in the years when the Civil War
was being fought , he had not enlisted un
til the last months of the struggle , and
then he had been wounded and sent home
before he had seen much hard fighting.
Years afterward he had been granted a
pension for his wound.
His neighbors said , when the money
came , "I don't begrudge 'Lige Peters his
pension one mite , sence lie's had the
gumption to put if into a farm and settle
the place on his wife , for Eliza Peters ,
for all she's his wife , is the salt of the
earth. "
Then came the "jail scrape , " as it
was called. 'Lige ran the village tan
nery , in a slip-shod way , as a means of
adding to the income from the farm. In
his vats the sheriff one day found a load
of stolen hides for which he had been
scouring the country. The strong hem
lock liquor in the vats had not been pow
erful enough to obliterate the marks on *
the hides , nad the tanner was taken
away to jail , although , at worst , it seem
ed likely that he had only been a par
ticipator , and not the thief.
And there , in jail , he died.
Although some of the townspeople may
have been unkind enough to say "They're
better off without him , " the dead man's
family had mourned for him , because , un
reasonable as perhaps it may have seem
ed , they , his wife and children , had
loved him.
And when , on Decoration Day , by
tacit understanding of those who trim
med the graves of the soldiers , his was
quietly overlooked , his children and tlieir
mother came , after the others had gone
home , and laid an extra heavy wreath
of flowers on. the mound behind his head
stone.
The boys of Gridcomb's Bridge who
had enlisted for the Philippine service
were to be mustered in at Fort Ethan
Allen for a month's drill , before they
started on the long car rid a'cross the
"continent and the longer transport ride
across the Pacific ocean. '
The bag which 'Lige was to carry had
been nacked by his mother with every
thing whiclj ejther of them had thought
lie might need. They di'd not know how
many of the things would soon be left
behind for want"of room , or as
nor coufd they foresee , fortunately ,
of them were to be left blood-stained1 on
the burning s'auds of Luzon.
* They were not thinking of these tilings
that last e'vening or rather 'Lige was
'not , and his mother was trying not to
thinkorthem. . Slie was sitting just within -
in the 9por of their -farmhouse home , andv
h'e on .the doorstep. They had been look
ing o'ff to the glowing , suuset-liglfted
'
.west , and had been talking of how he
was to gpjfartfier and farther into thafe
wonderful distance , unfil he was' half
.way arotnid the world , arid b.y
west at-la'st hati reached "the East. " , "
is moier would ini ss Him on' the
farm , 'even thow-gh it was , small and'near
'
iKe - village , but they did ; -not
that , any more than they dM of ofae o'thpr
" " " c deep down in tlie heart\ > f eacR , >
each knew , although they did not .1
feay it in wordswas the real reason for'-
mV going.
Ihit.when'the . last gf the sunset light
as failing , Jtlie bey's mot.ner gonig intcu
%
Tier pedroom , 'brought ot t a Kttle dJUVsilk
flag , , not bigger tan a handkerchief . dud
readfrng it dx > wn. to K r § on , said : "Your
: faHier carrie'd tfiis all the time he Vas
s the armjt is vour tur nowl" j
the b'oy. taklrig theTkis , ftfffletl it softly
taiid * pu t ihs3.defrfe bj&u'fe-
Tlen'cainiG Fort Ethnn Allen , the ctfrs ,
SHn I&amSsco , tks lrawport , JfeimJa.
, jnd WKCeJab o MHLTjrc&anc : . under ttfi teciHg
'sun anrd fwlW > jxngh .tr pic swonu.p's ,
which nwraxj < i soliH < vt)5 ! the bop. )
Somjetimcs a flash.afi Hsblni.ng streaks
wnra nd ftvm ta choud which seoiied
jfo/trn-caton noiVig. lifee tha tvvi > 3 fJ > e
jatta'c'k oXt4ie Pannes upcsi tlve fxjwjd of >
va n sent tv c c-6y a paynjftsicT 011 his
A aj' to V < xwi > pnarcs .at the froirt.
j No one hS i' 1 > } 1' it Mid f
sand Jcw ? T-
co"itff ( * iiot com e'nTiija ' i't all. fie'ofl - ) ; ;
A DECORATION DAY QTTEIIY.
"Grandma , do I look like grand pa did -when he went to war ? "
knew that he alone was left alive , there ,
in the road , holding by its strap the
he.-rvy leather pay-bag , which he and an
other man had been ordered to carry.
The Filipinos were coming close. He
could hear them shouting louder every
second.
Calling up all the muscle which the old
farm life at home and the new soldier
life in the field had given him , Private
Pothers flung the bag into the dense
tropic forest growth beside the road , and
turned to run.
Turned , but did not nin. The earth
flew up in his face and hit him. At
least that is what he thought at first -had
happened. Something was the matter
with his knee. Then he knew that he
had been shot.
And then the Filipinos were on him ,
with cries in mingled Tagalog and Span
ish. lie was the only live man they
could find , and him they took.
"Bring him here , " the 'leader said , lead
ing the way outside the path to a place
where the sun's rays were shaded by the
underbrush. Two of the men to whom
he spoke seized the prisoner by the arms
and dragged him over the ground behind
them.
"Now , " said .the leader to a Filipino
who spoke English , "ask him where the
money is. "
"Where is the - money which you
brought with you from camp ? "
No answer.
"Where is the money ? "
Still no answer ; for Private Peters
was not thinking of the questions being
asked him then , but of something and
somebody very far away.
The leader shrugged his shoulders.
"I'll make him tell ; hold him down , "
he said.
Two Tagalogs knelt upon the wounded
soldier. Their captain , pulling his cam-
pilan from its belt , thrust its razor-sharp
point into the flesh of the helpless man's
bare arm.
"Now ask him where the money is , "
the interpreter was told.
No answer.
The compilan was twisted back and
forth in the wound which it had made ,
an'd then , when the soldier was still si
lent , the long , slim sword gashed a ceep
red cross upon his cheek.
That was the end. The soldier's eyes
shut and his head dropped limply to one
side.
side."He's
"He's dead , " the native said.
And then , because dead men can tell
no tales , the leader called his men to
gether and led them , back to the hiding
place from whence they had come.
It w-as an hour before Private Peters'
eyes opened , and consciousness returned ,
a consciousness in which pain was at
first the only factor. It took him a long
time to remember everything which had
happened. From where he lay he could ; i
see some of the dead men , out the/e in J
i
the road. TJie money was safe m tWe
u'nderbrjish , over beyond them. He
thought the men of his company , .when
they came t'o look for the squad , a"s he
was snre they would come , would findi
the bodies of the men out tfiere. but per
haps they Avould miss his , back there
where ho was , in the brush. Worse still ,
they might never find the paymaster's
leather bag ; and then * it all wpuhl have
been for 'nothing , what he ha'S tried to
do.
do.That
That would be too bad. Could he not
do something ? Perto-p.s he might. He
tried to staml. It was * n'cvuse. His knee
was bad. Thun he tried ( fragging himself
by IMS han-ds. It wasn't easy , o > that .
"Tagndog sworci , had burrow.ed deep , fcut {
forfcuna-tely 1 h'is arms were not broken , j
He ctmld Q. \
His joiuaJey across a continent and an
ocean had Aeen nothing in comparison
with this 'joar iey across a road , n'rqatl
blocked by the bodies of dead men , and
'
under a cruel sun.
A fe.w Imurs later a body-of American
cnriie cautiously up the ( voad.
wits no one there to mo > est them.
therush , t-Ire Tngalogs being miles away
by that tfnttj.
Slowly nnd tenderly they gathered the
bodies , of tl ei r conir-ndes i3n / litter " to
ifWTV , tlvem to burial.
Th5.tla t , far _ < T had bo.en covered , the
last Iraivl laid st-raight. and tKe oi'ifcr in
famm/vxd liad tflinftxl to Say "i'onvimh
march ? " wkciithis- .ei > saw him suiTiTeri-
l.lift . Ins torpa'd hat r > nd stride with
' > fired ho-.d iaio the under-brash bcyoiltl
fie rani.
He fc'---Hhc.s5tlc , a busli to wl icli : i
Htf/e ' < - * > . ' . -"rk h-tfisIkerchicT , fiishione ; ! af-
vlr'on .i. . tied.
y5cri Hag. was Sfoop-
: > g , Ve i ' . t > S hhii : reverently i\pni
hc bn.lv t : KXIII lying concealed be-
Affjv-v.-iiil tUe army surgeons saiii ( ! iit
not oifp 1 \ in t < yi tiK > iviiul : wonM litvo
livcfl hri > s-Mirfi an experience. * Wli'eth-
er it . , _ _ be saxgsxnfs wliq pulieil'lnm
tlmcv. . * ' . wW er it V.T.S Tris grfcjd coii-
stitiKit'VuHsfb Peters ne cr ca'red.
lie didn't even care that is , not so
very much that he must always have
a deep-rod criss-cross scar upon his
cheek. The only thing he thought that
he should ever care for was the fact
that he was going home , and that it
was not as 'Lige Peters he was going
back , or even private , but as Lieutenant
Peters.
Best of all , he thought , the colonel of
the regiment had written a letter and
sent it to him , in which he said it gave
him "great pleasure , " and so forth , and
so on.
The lieutenant meant to show the let
ter to his mother and his sisters ; that
was all.
You see he had forgotten about the
papers , or else he didn't realize that
news could come all the way from Asia
to America. That was why he was so
surprised , when he reached home , to find
that he was famous.
lie had thought that when he gave the
colonel's letter to his mother to read that
would be the best of all , but there was
going to be something even better than
the letter.
That was when Memorial Day came
again , and he was asked to ride in the
carriage with the G. A. R. commander ,
because his knee was not yet strong
enough to march , they said. On the plat
form in the grove they gave him a front
seat , from which , after the band had
played , and the minister had made a
prayer , he felt some one push him to his
feet. Why , he could not guess , at first ,
until he saw the Post Commander , a
gray old man who once had marched at
the head of a regiment himself , coming
toward him.
"My boy , " the old man said , reaching
out to him his left hand , because the
other sleeve of his coat was empty , "we
are glad to see you here. "
After all , what really counted most ,
though , was when , after the speaking
was done and the details marched out
through the cemetery , the wreaths of ev
erlastings fell this time on every sol
dier's grave , and over the grave of Pri
vate Peters his father's grave the
drums beat for the first time their sol
emn roll.
No one said anything in words. It
was easier not to do so. Even when the
new lieutenant and his mother sat at the
door that evening , once more , and watch
ed the fading sunset light , they did not
speak of it , bat each knew , and knew
that the other was thinking , that the
task his father's son had set himself to
do had been performed. M. B.
Thrasher. _ _ _ ,
On Cemetery Hill.
Hall , haunted acres of encamping dead ,
Whose hills , reset with guns In battla
line ,
To-dny repeat and echo the dlyiqe
Appeal of war ! Here gallant Sickles
sped
Ills living thunderbolts , and Ilancock bled , I
Caim Meade arrayed , and fortune rose '
and fell ;
Ilore Devyil's Den was war's distincter hell ,
And angry guns debated o'er the deafi
"With mouths aflame with shot and whistling
shell ! s
Glory has decked , with bronze and marble
pose , .
Her battle-chiefs , in honor Used alone-r
But o'er tttis waste of'graves , pale Sorrow
row throws
lie ? scarf of tears , to mark each little
stone : - < ,
"All hull. O , sacred circles of 'Unknown' I"
Sunday Magazine.
A Good Forjcetter.
_ "Johnny. " asked the .teacher , "how
much is s-even times nine ? "
1 don't remember. "
"Who dls t > vered America "
"I did know , but I forgot"
"What is an isthmus. ? "
"I don't remember. ' '
"You < lon't remember ! Take yeur
seat , .sir. You'll never amount to any
thing in tliis.worWJ"
But he did. ile is now dravv iag
. T5.GG ( ' JK'r year as chief forgefter. for
a largo corporation.
Helpful.
"I've bopn JookJng for a small man
in this depurtmcut vkh glasses , " said
the old huy.
" 'Well ? " replied tl > e new floorw'aifcer. )
"Well. : t-n'c find bim. "
'Tilcjlo the trkippes you've been
(
in' : ; for him v.-itli ain't st-rong enoir ii , >
uir * : > 'r. . Try n microscope. "
" . < > t" Nonva-y , in aji ;
tlie i-j - 5i'.eoratrons ! of welc ra.e j
t : > YThi. h he * hod loeii subjected since
Ins nrriral in Norway , has "bceH Ji8- \
clce.ca ns * * ifr. King" histea o
or "jcur ? J2jr-fty. "
. or t5e iiso of conis of aaaia
of i.y.S ; , xwi
tiic Jiiitldlc i > f riie twelfth
Opportanltlcw.
Mr. Sidener liad mnde his first pnb-
llc speecli. His subject was good tbo
Iniquities of industrial economy and
he hoped his treatment liad been ade
quate , lie was not sure. lie waited
for his wife's verdict , but she was
strangely silent.
She had listened to him from the gal
lery of the town ball , and lie had half-
expected her to meet him at the door
afterward , and to say , as soon as they
were out of hearing , "Oh. it was simply
great , Eddy ! " But they were half-way
home , and she had said nothing of the
kind.
"Well , " he bpgan , awkwardly , when
.he could bear it no longer , "what did
you think of my speech ? "
"What you said was all right , " she
answered , with guarded enthusiasm.
"But it seemed to me you didn't make
the most of your opportunities. "
"Opportunities ? " repeated Mr. Side
ner. "What do you raenn , Eflie ? "
"Why , " Mrs. Sidcner replied , "you
had ever so many chances to sit down
before you did. "
TWICE-TOLD TESTIMONY.
JL "Woman Who linn Suffered Telia
How to Find Relief.
The thousands ofwomen who suffei-
backache , languor , urinary disorders
and other kidney
ills , will find com
fort in the words ot
Airs. Jane Farrell ,
of GOG Ocean Ave. ,
Jersey City , N. J.r
who says : "I reiter
ate all I have said
before In praise ot
Doan's Kidney Pills.
I had been having
henvv backache and
my general health was affected when
I began using them. My feet wera
swollen , my eyes puffed , and dizzy
spells were frequent Kidney action
was irregular'and the secretions high
ly colored. To-day , however , I am a
well woman , and I am confident that
Doan's Kidney Pills have made me so ,
and are keeping me well. "
Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co. , Buffalo , N. Y.
To Prevent Ship's Rolling.
A German engineer , Otto von
Schlick , who has been studying for
many years the prevention of ships'
rolling , believes the solution lies in a'
gyroscope. Herr Schlick proposes to
steady ships by mounting the gyroscope -
' scope in the hold , and his first expe
riments on a large scr e have been
undertaken with an old torpedo boat
Jn this craft a gryoscope with a disc
weiging 1,030 pounds was mounted
'
\vith a steam turbine which would rotate -
tate it at a speed of more than 2,000
revolutions a minute. The oscillations
and pitching of the vessel were care
fully measured before the steam was
admitted to the turbine , and then when
the turbine was put in revolution tha
motion practically ceased. So success
ful were these experiments with' the
'
'sixty-ton torpedo boat that It has been
decided to proceed with a larger craft
"Oust Devils" o Nile Vnller-
Travelers in the celebrated Deatl
Valley of California have described the
wonderful contortions of the sand pil
lars that small whirlwinds sometime *
send spinning across the hot plain ,
Even more remarkable are "dust dev
ils" seen by an explorer , in the vallej
of the White Nile. Sometimes two oi
these-twhirling columns , gyrating in op
posite directions , meet , "and if they b -
well-matched the collision stops then
and a struggle ensues as to which waj
they shall twist Gradualy one gaint
the mastery , and the two combined rusl
on together. " Some of these whirlwind )
will strip the clothes from an AraM
back , or send a goat spinning rouni
and round like a top.
BREAD DYSPEPSIA. <
The Dlereatlng : Element Left Ont.
Bread dyspepsia Is common. It af
fects the bowels because white bread is
nearly all starch , and starch is digest
ed in the intestines , not in the stomach
proper.
Up under the shell of the wheat ber
ry Nature has provided a curious de
posit which is turned into diastase
when it is subjected to the saliva and
to the pancreatic juices in the human
rntestines.
This diastase is absolutely necessary
io digest starch and turn iUinto grape
sugar , which is the next form ; * but that
' '
part of the wheat berry 'makes dark
flour and the modern miller cannot
Readily sell dark Jlour , so Nature's val
uable 'digester is thrown out and the
human system must handle tbe tarch.
as best it can , without the h6lp that
Nature intended.
*
Small wonder that appendicitis , peri
tonitis , "constipation , and .allifcsorts oC
trouble exist when' we1 go 'so contrary
to Nature'alaw. The foojl exports that
perfecfed' Grape-Nlits Food , ' knowing-
these facts , made. . 'use in their experi-
'mentit of the entite wheat andf barley ,
including all the parts , . and subjected
Jfa.enr-to moisture and long continued
"warmth , which" allows time and "the
proper conditions for developing the
'diastase , outside of the human body.
* lifthis/w'ay / tie starchy part is trans-
ftirmed "info * grape-sugar in a perfectly
'natural . manner. , without the use _ ot
chemicals onany outside ingredients.
The little sparkling crystals of grape-
gvigar can be seen jpn | the pieces ot
Grape-Nuts. . " Tb . & ddj , therefore is nat-
uralls pra-cligested and its use'in place
of 'bread wlirqmckl-y correct the trou-
bfes'that have' bcen brought about by
the too free KSC o'f starch in the'obd.
and that is very common in the human
race to-dh r.
The effect of eattng Grap e-Nuts ten
days or two weoira and the discontin
uance. of ordinary white bread , is 'very
marked. The user'wiil gain rapidly 'Jn
strength and physical and mental
fiealth.
*
"There's a reason. "
