y
CHICAGO.
-Iy i'uprovfv.uciit appears In
.al cotulittoas , further gold im
portation * , increasing ix > te circulation
t larger uee of checks in place of
h * making It easier to view the out
look with confidence. The pressure for
cunvnry is gradually finding relief , and
with t'.M liquidation and readjustments
In pr < * -fts a return to normal condi
tion ? U 4-loser at hand. Pay roll needs
ere a w more easily provided for , and
the iiv medium of exchange conserves
SMN * . \ x at the tanks ft ml is readily ac-
< reptt-J in ordinary transactions.
Savings hanks depositors have virtu
ally 4 rased giving withdrawal notices ,
and theiv is more activity in New York
exchau 4' . Foreign buying of products
is yer in < * < * of a year ago , and a
cotttinr.ation * 'f this favorable factor
eem > ! k-y ! awl will provide the means
* er a'kliti < nal purchases of gold abroad
to irtrn then lotai bank resources.
Mf -.intile collections are no worse
than \ * * - < l , and. while there are
oaore "ulU f r extensions , the record of j
ailurs makes a better exhibit than
Cor both last week and a year ago.
Distributive trade is favored by sea-
cottafi ! weather , and advices as to both
tocal : in < i interior activity in the ueces-
arie * remaia satisfactory. It is for
tunate that stocks of fall and winter
goods are not ep < essive. Host buyers
bought < < 0us < 'rvafively in advance , and
tin * * * now in the market limit selec
tion t ascertained needs. Dealings
in th principal jubbiug branches thus
t'ar tlii- * year make new high records ,
and tu > present curtailed buying is not
regarded as more than temporary. The
: jw > vemettt of holiday goods shows satis
factory prop n-tions.
lte < -f ts of raw materials for fac
tory ' msamptioii fall below those at 1
this tinu * ! ; ; : > t year , an indication that i
1
there ! . * no unhealthy pressure upon
forwrtlt rs. and th ? prices for finished
prodr- : > have undergone no especial ' ;
han . M r * ' closing down of plants
i
for n- ; . > airs an * ! reduction in lumds and
working hours appear to be mainly for
the rurpose > f bridging over the difli <
oulty hi obtaining funds.
The lack of cureacy throughout the
acrf < ultoral sections accounts for de-
oreastxl marketings of crops , but it is
also orldent that there are large witli-
aoldir.js for higher prices.
Failures r i * rted in Chicago district !
number : * . against 37 last week and 27 j
a ye-r ago. Those with liabilities over ,
SZjnau number 7. against 10 last week
and 11 in 1906.-TDuns Review of 1
Tr de.
JTSW
Trs ! e as a whole is quieter and in
dustrial operations are being curtailed
in accord with the readjustment process -
oss forced by the prevailing monetary
trimn-acy and the spread of the acute
-urreitey si-arcity to the country at
* -arg > . Evidences of this are found in
the restriction of wholesale buying for
future delivery , in the confinement of
jobbing tra ! f to purely filliug-in pro
portions , a ad in the curtailment of re
tail buying by the necessary employ
ment ofntlit instruments. In manu
facturing lines there is apparently n
determination to fill orders only aa
tboy are received and an indisposition
t4 accumulate stocks , the result here
being a slowing down of operations
pending the settlement of affairs upon
a sultstantlal basis. This industrial
quieting i * also in no small degree due
to the fact that manufacturers unable
* r unwilling to ask their employes to
take i ay in credit instruments chose
mther to reduce production to a point
where operations can be conducted f rei
from dispute as to the methods of pay
iiient employed. Bradstreet's CommeB
* > ial Report.
o Cnrtlp. common to prime
54.00 to $ r . X > : ho s. prime h'-avy , ? 4.00
to $ r .4. : I I > . fair to choice , $3.00
to $5.00 ; what. . No. 2 , ! )4c to 95c ;
com. No. 2 , 5Tc to f > 0c ; oats , standard ,
4r c to 40c ; rve , No. 2 , 79c to SOc ; hny ,
timothy. $11.00 to $ ! G.oO ; prairie , $0.00
to $14. 0 : butter , choice creamery , 24c
to 27c ; ejrss. fresh , 1'Jc to 24c ; potatoes ,
per Iwsfeel. 3'Je to Gl'c.
iBdianapolis Cuttle , shipping , $3.00
to $ ( i.uO : bogs , food to choice heavy ,
$4.r 0 to $ n.OO ; sheep , common to prime ,
$3.00 to $4.73 : wheat , No. 2 , S9c to
ilc ; oora , No. 2 white. 53c to 5Gc ;
oats , No. 2 white , 43c to 4Uc.
St. Louis Cuttle , $1.50 to $0.00 ;
$1-01) to $3.r 0 : sheep , $ ; { .00 to
: wheat. No. 2 , l)7c ) to 99c ; corn ,
No. 2 , . kto T > Sc : oats. No. 2 , 44c to
45c ; rye , Nu. 2 , 7oc to 7Uc.
Buffalo Cattle , choice shipping steers ,
$4.00 to $ ; T : hgs , fair to choice. $4.00
to $ r.7u ; sh'p common to good raised ,
$4.00 to $ . " . . " ) ; lambs , fair to choice ,
$3.00 to'S7.3U :
N w York Cattle , $4.00 to $0.33 ;
hop * . $4. < W to $3.80 : sheep. $ I5.0U tc
$3.30 ; triwat. No. 2 red , $1-00 to $1.0:5 : ;
-corii. No. 2. ( i3e to GGe ; oats , natural
white , 32iTo 34e ; batter , creamery. 23c
to 27c : egwestern. . 23c to 30o.
Toledo Wheat , No. 2 inixJ , 03c to
> 7c ; corn. No. 2 mixed. ( Kc to Glc ;
oa < s. No. 2 mixed. 49c to 30e ; rye. No.
2 , TTc to 79c ; clover seed , prime , $9.42.
$150,000,000 , , CURE
FOB MONEY ILLS ,
President Approves Sale of Canal
Bonds and Government Notes
to Swell Currency.
CALL POS BIDS IS ISSUED.
Small Denominations Adopted So
General Public Can Buy ; Finan
ciers Eager for Entire Lot.
President Roosevelt has taken bold
measures to cud the financial stringen
cy from wliich the country is suffering.
He his directed Secretary of the
Treasury Cortclyou to issue $50,000,000
worth of Panama canal bonds , bearing
interest at the rate of 2 per cent per
annum , and $100,000,000 of 3 per cent
interest bearing government notes.
Of this immense sum $30,000,000 is
to be deposited in the south and west
to facilitate the moving of the crops.
So far as the resources and the de-
mand for the products of the country
are concerned , there has never been the
slightest doubt that they are as great ,
If not greater , than they ever have
been. But there has not been sufficient
currency to meet the situation.
From all sections have coine calls for
currency , and these became so insist
ent that the President concluded that
it was desirable for him to take fur
ther action.
Following the cabinet meeting on Fri
day , he discussed the situation with
Secretaries Root and Cortelyou and
Postmaster General Meyer.
Mr. Cortelyou had just returned from
New York , where lie had received ap
peals' from bankers in that city. Fri
day night another conference occurred.
Two councils were held Saturday , and
the final conference took place at G
o'clock Sunday evening , when the Presi
dent approved the circulars prepared by
the Treasury Department calling for
bids for the bonds and certificates.
President's Seal of Approval.
The plan adopted was submitted by
Secretary Cortclyou and was approved
by the President In the following let
ter :
The White House , Washington. D. C.
My Dear Mr. Cortclyou : I have ccmsid-
ereil your proposal. I approve the issue
of the $30.000,000 of Panama bonds ,
which will be immediately available as the
basis for additional currency. I also approve -
prove the issue of $100,000,000 , or so
much as you may find necessary , of $50
3 per cent interest hearing government
notes , the proceeds of the sale of which
can be at once deposited by you whore
tlie greatest need exists , and especially
in the West and South , where the crops
liave to be mo vecl.
I have assurance that the leaders of
Congress are considering a currency bill
wliich will meet in permanent fashion the
needs of the situation , and wliicli I' be
lieve will be passed at an early date after
Congress convenes , two weeks hence.
Country's Prosperity Tmeanaleil.
What is most needed just at present is
that our citizens should realize how fun
damentally sound business conditions in
this country are , and how absurd it is to
pecmit theinelves to get into a panic and
: reate a stringency by hoarding their sav
ings instead of trusting perfectly sound
banks.
I There is no particle o risk involved in
j letting business take its natural course ,
1 and the people can help themselves and
1 the country most by putting back into ac-
i tive circulation the money they are hoard-
Ing.
Ing.The
The banks and trust companies are
solvent. There is more currency in the
country to-day than there was a month
ago , when the supply was ample ; $55-
000,000 in gold lias been imported and
the government has deposited another
$00,000,000.
These are facts ; and I appeal to the
public to co-operate with us in restoring
normal business conditions. The govern
ment will see that the people do not suf
fer if only tlie people themselves will act
in a normal way. Crops are good and
business conditions are sound ; and we
should put the money we liave into circu
lation in order to meet tlie needs of our
abounding prosperity.
Xo Annlogry vrilu O3 Conditions.
There is no analogy at all with the way
things were in 3S03. On Nov. oO of that
year there was in the treasury but $101-
000,000 in gold. On Nov. 14 of this year
there was in the treasury $901,000,000 of
gold. Ten years ago the circulation per
capita was $23.23. It is now $33.23. The
steps that you now take , the ability of
the government to back them up , and the
fact that not a particle of risk is involved
herein gives the fullest guarantees of the
sound condition of our people and the
sound condition of our treasury.
All that our people have to do now is
to go ahead with their normal business
in a normal fashion , and the whole diffi
culty disappears ; and this end will be
achieved nt once if each man will act as
he normally does act , and as the real
conditions of tlie country's business fully
warrant his now acting.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
The Hon. George B. Cortelyou , Secre
tary of the treasury.
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES
Fifty anarchists were arresced at Rome
when a celebration in memory of the Chicago
cage anarchists , executed in 1SS7 , was
attempted.
Tlie Standard Oil Company at Pitts-
burg announced that Somerset crude oil
is now quoted at $1 , a cut of 10 cents
having been made.
At Cleveland , Ohio , Mrs. Charlotte
Phillips was freed from tha charge of
killing her husband , a wealthy coal op
erator , who was found dead in hia home
Sept. 2.
PEATITRES OE
GOVERNMENT LOANS.
Panama Cannl Bonds.
Total issue $50,000,000
Dated Aug. 1 , 1900 , and to run 30
years.
Redeemable after ten years from date
Principal and interest at 2 per cent ,
payable in gold coin.
Denominations , $20 , $100 and $1,000 in
coupon bonds , and $20 , $100 , $1,000 and
$10,000 in registered bonds.
.11 citizens are given equal opportu
nity to subscribe.
Bidders offering highest prices will be
given the first allotment.
When two or more bidders offer the
same price those asking the smaller
amounts will receive preference.
All bids must be submitted on or be
fore Nov. 30 , 1907.
Certificates of Imleutciliiess.
Total issue $100,000,000
Denomination , $50 , with interest at 3
per cent.
Payable on and after Nov. 20. 1008.
Subscriptions will be received 'by the
Secretary of the Treasury , or through the
United States Treasurer or assistant
treasurers.
Subscribers to whom allotments are
made should pay into the nearest sub-
treasury on or before Dec. 1 , 1907 , the
face value of the certificates taken wlfch
accrued interest from Nov. 20.
CONSERVE NATURE'S WEALTH
President to Confer -with. Governors
of States and Congressmen.
President Roosevelt has invited the
Governors of all the States and Terri
tories to meet him at the White House
on May 13 , 14 and 15 next , to discuss
the question of means to conserve the
natural resources of the country. In
vitations also are to be extended to
the members of both houses of Con
gress and to the Inland Waterways
Commission. The importance and man
ner in which the subject is to be con
sidered are indicated in the President's
letter to the Governors. The letter
says :
Recently I declared there is no other
question now before tlie nation of equal
gravity with the question o the conserva
tion of our natural reaources and I added
that it is the plain duty of those of us
who , for the moment , are responsible to
take inventory of the natural resources
which have been handed down to us. to
forecast the needs of the future and so
handle the great sources of our prosperity
as not to destroy in advance all hope of
the prosperity of our descendants.
It is evident the abundant natural re
sources on which the welfare of this na
tion rests are becoming depleted , and. in
not a few cases , are almost exhausted.
This is true of all portions of the United
States ; it is especially true of the longer
settled communities of the oast.
The gravity of the situation must. I bn-
lieve , appeal with special force to the
Governors of the States , because of their
close relations to the people and the re
sponsibility for the welfare of their com
munities. I have , therefore , decided , in
accordance with the suggestion of the in
land waterways commission , to ask the
Governors of the States and territories to
moot me at the White House on May 13 ,
14 and 15 to confer with the President
and with each other upon the conserva
tion of natural resources.
It gives me great pleasure to invite you
to take part in this conference. I should
be glad to have you select three citizens
to accompany you and to attend the con
ference as your assistants or advisers. I
shall also invite the Senators and Repre
sentatives of the Sixtieth Congress to bo
present at the sessions so far as their du
ties will permit.
TREES FOR CHRISTMAS.
Small Army of "Workmen Already
Cutting in Maine Woods.
The work of cutting Christmas trees
in Maiue for the rest of the country
has begun. Nearly 4,000,000 trees are
in demand annually , and in that State
the Christmas tree trade has become an
industry of the first importance. Work
men have just begun to go into the
woods to cut them. Throughout Knox ,
Lincoln aud Sagadahoc counties , as
well as all counties iu the northern
section of the State , the work of se
lecting and cutting began this week.
There is an art 1u raising Christ
mas trees. One of the principal fea
tures is to have them grow evenly , for
a crooked Christmas tree cannot be
given away. Therefore they must be'
packed reaching up. yet far enough
apart not to be dwarfed , and this is
the secret of raising the Christinas
tree. A Christmas tree takes five years
to grow. The woodsman who raises
them can count upon going over the
same strip of laud ouce every five
years.
from Corn CoJi.s.
It reported that a Cleveland chemist
has -perfected a method o securing illu
minating gas from corn cobs , stalks and
straw. The process is very similar to
that employed in manufacturing gas from
coal. The heating power of this gas is
said to be much greater than that of coal
gas , and it is believed that eventually it
can be manufactured with such economy
as to permit of its being sold at 50 cents
per 1,000 feet. Thirty per cent of the
original weight of the material remains
after the gas IB extracted , and this can
be used to feed the boilers. The scicM- .
tific name of ! the new product is "gram
ineous" gas , or in common parlance it i ?
corn gas.
Balloon Factory for St.
The American Airship and Balloon
Corporation of Now York has decided
to purchase ground for a concourse and
factory in or near St. Louis. The aero
drome will bo SO feet high and 200 .feet
long by 300 feet wide. This will enable
the company to Inflate the balloons under
cover. The company claims to have a
contract from the government for an air
ship similar to that in which Beachcy
won the dirigible race in the recent St
Louis contest.
WILL BUILD NEW 2103.
Voliva and His Followers Are Going
to ITew Mexico.
The attractive country around Laa
Vegas , N. M. , is to be the scene of the
future operations of Wilbur Glenn Vo-
liva and his followers. A contract has
been closed for 7,000 acres and Voliva
and his followers intend to go west aa
quickly as they can sell their present
holdings. Within a few months a be
ginning will be made on the model city
that Yoliva hopes to start The city late
to have factories , stores , a newspaper
and is to be self-governing , if present
plans are carried out. Primarily the
colony will devote itself to agriculture ,
but it is the intention to build up the
community sufficiently so tbat there
will be employment of a diversified na
ture. The/site / is not far from the
hot springs of New Mexico.
This land grant is unique because of
the fact that it is owned by the city of
WILBUR GLENN VOLIVA.
Las Vegas , which therefore becomes the
wealthiest community , per capita , in
the United States.
This city of 10,000 inhabitants owns
800,000 'acres , worth certainly $1,300-
000 , and possibly as much as $3,000,000.
The land is being placed on the market
iu tracts of 50,000 acres , and one bloclc
must be sold before the next is opened.
The money is to be used as a perma
nent school fund. The proceeds from
the sale of the land will be invested
and the interest will be used for main-
teuance 'of the public schools. Tiio
schools will therefore become indepen
dent of taxes and taxing authorities.
This is believed to be the only instance
of the kind in this country.
The market for all kinds of crops la
largo and is continually Increasing.
The soil i ? finely adapted to tlie culture
of sugar beets to which some of tha
farmers intend to devote considerable
acreage. A beet sugar factory is prom
ised if the plan is carried out.
'
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A deed of bargain and sale from
Norfolk and Southern Railroad Company
to the Norfolk and Southern Railway
Company , conveying all of the rolling
stock and other property to the latter
concern for a consideration of $10 , has
been filed at Norfolk , Va.
That railroad building in the United
States has reached its maximum under
existing conditions , and that business is
growing five times as fast as the mileage ,
is the latest pessimistic view announced
by President Hill of the Great Northern.
He says further that there is no money
to invest in railways iu view of the atti
tude of tlie State Legislatures and of the
national government in passing regulative
and restrictive measures.
"If the present pernicious legislation
against railroads is persisted in , and more
particularly the enforcement of the 2-
ceuts-a-mile rate I railroad
- - passenger , , as a
road president , say that it would be bet
ter to abandon all passenger trains and
close all the passenger stations in the
United States than continue the running
of them at the expense of the stockhold
ers. The passenger business is now car
ried on at a loss , and to this , 2-cents-a-
mile legislation I attribute in no small
degree the present financial depression in
the United States. " This is the language
said to have 'been used by George J.
Gould , president of the Missouri Pacific
railroad and the owner of a controlling
interest in a vast number of railroads
.throughout the country. Mr. Gould has
just returned from a seven months' ab
sence in Europe , where , lie said , the people
ple were timid about investing in Ameri
can stocks in view of the recent hostile
'legislation against corporations. He said
shat among the reasons towhich he at
tributed the late financial panic was the
.terrible verdict against the Standard Oil
Company for rebating. He thought there
was no comparison between the railroads
of this country and those of Europe , al
though there were some pretty fair ones
in Germany.
The report of the Erie railroad for the
last fiscal year , which is now made pub
lic , is remarkable in several respects , but
chiefly in the statement that not a single
passenger out of 2-1,199,723 carried was
killed during tlie year. At the same time
there was a reduction in the cost of op
eration and more passengers were carried ,
at a less rate per mile. Wages were in
creased a million dollars in the aggregate.
In spite of the big increase in wages , the
road made a gain in net earnings of near
ly $2,000,000 , the total being $16,17ir :
350.
Estimates of appropriations aggregat
ing $23,461,911 are made by Gen. Alex
ander Mackenzie , chief of engineers of
the army , for fortification work during
the fiscal year 1909. This contemplates
work iu the United States , Cuba , Ha
waii , Porto Rico and the Philippines.
It includes : Gun aud mortar batteries ,
$4,489,900 ; electrical installations at
seacoast xortifications , $1,000,000 ; sites
for fortifications and seacoast defenses ,
$3,478,500 : searchlights for harbor de
fenses , $1,000,000 ; experimental auto
mobile torpedoes , $100,000 ; seacoast
batteries at Guantanamo , $1,020,000 ;
Honolulu and Pearl harbor , $1.110,000 ;
Manila , $0,488,000 , and installation of
electric plants at these places aud at
Subig bay , $302,992. The modern works
of defense now constructed represent
an expenditure of approximately $28-
000,000 for engineering work alone. For
the engineer work involved the comple
tion of the defenses recommended by
the Taft board the estimate is $10,052-
413. Gen. Mackenzie's report deals also
with the improvement of rivers and
harbors. It submits estimates aggre
gating $27,000,000 for the fiscal year
1909.
There is to be an epidemic of rail
way regulation legislation in the vari
ous legislatures throughout the United
States during the coming winter. Last
winter there was an epidemic of two-
cent-a-rnile fare laws. The New York
public utilities law , for which Gov.
Hughes is responsible , and which is
very sweeping in its provisions , is like
ly to be used as a model. The officials
of the New York Public Service Com
mission have been deluged with in
quiries for information and applica
tions for copies of the law from every
corner of the country , ar.d the fact that
the railway managers in New York
have accepted the extreme forms of
regulations provided iu that law will
be used as an unanswerable argument
against any opposition that may be
raised elsewhere.
In a formal statement issued at
Washington President Roosevelt said
the result of the elections was "ex
tremely gratifying , " and that he liad
sent a letter of congratulation to Mr.
Ileney of San Francisco. The victory
in New Jersey , lie says , is .just what
happened there in the middle of tlui
McKinley administration nine years
ago. As compared with the elections
next preceding the last Presidential , erin
in 1903 , the Republicans have done hot
ter , thinks the President , considering
especially the sweeping victory in Ken
tucky for the first time since the first
McKinley vote. The result in Manhat
tan he finds to be due to purely local
causes.
*
An important change in the rota
tions for acquiring homesteads on the
public domain has been announced by
Commissioner Ballinger of the geiorl
land office. As an additional precau
tion against fraud all persons making
homestead entries on public lands af
ter Nov. 1 will be required to pr6ve
actual residence on the " * # ( ! for four
teen months before thej will be permitted -
mitted to "commute" the entries to
obtain title by a cash payment. Here
tofore the period of actual residence
has been eight months. The ruling
will not affect entries made prior to
Nov. 1 , 1907.
* *
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*
Afte-0 a conference at the White
House with Secretary Garfield of the
Interior Department. Assistant Secre
tary Oliver of the War Department ,
and Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Leupp , the President decided to con
tinue the policy of the Indian Bureau
of furnishing the Indians an opportu
nity to work , and , in case of their fail
ure to take advantage of the opportu
nity , toleave them to their own resources.
This is the result of the recent out
break of a baud of renegade Ute In
dians now located on the Cheyenne
River Reservation in North Dakota. i
To the Comirittee on Paper o $ the
American Newspaper Publishers' Asso
ciation which called at the White
House , President Roosevelt intimated
that he would urge Congress to repeal
the tariff on print paper , wood pulp
and the wood that goes into the manu
facture of paper ; also that lie would
have the Department of Justice inves
tigate the papei" trust to see if it had
violated the laws.
. _ r f-o
The prompt acquiescence of the
banks in the suggestion of the Treas
ury Department that other securities
might be deposited with the treasury
to take the place of government bonds ,
which latter could thus be used for
taking out additional circulation , has
considerably augmented the currency
available for commercial use.
Postmaster General Meyer believes
that his work in efficiency is impaired
by following the custom of sitting at
a desk. When he was the presiding offi
cer of the lower branch of the Massa
chusetts Assembly he used a massive
desk , made of walnut , highly em
bellished , and standing more than four
feet high. This has been brought to
Washington and installed in his office.
This he will use hereafter , standing up
at his work.
AT THE FAIKY GODMOTHER'S
Girl Gained ImprcMsfonn Hint Proved-
Precloiif * in After Year * .
To reach the fairy godmother's you
went down the street to th ? still brown
house , and up three flights of stairs ,
where you felt as if shivery things
might happen , although they never did ,
and then suddenly the open door and
flood of sunlight golden-green through
the geraniums and ivies and wanderi
Ing-Jew that grew on shelves across tha
window and the fairy godmother her
self , her whole tiny figure aglow with
welcome.
There were wonderful things in the
fairy godmother's room of course ,
how could it possibly be otherwise ?
There were carved ivory jack-straws ,
and a pen-wiper with apple-seed mica
on hags of meal , and a marvelous pic
ture of "Crowning the May-Queen" ;
worked in worsted and cross-stitchj
and entrancing amber beads witlii
which one could "dress up , " and n bas
ket full of shells from the West In
dies , and a sandalwood fan whose fra
grance set one dreaming of palms and !
breadfruit-trees at that time one's
sole assets In the way of tropic scen-l
ery.
ery.There
There were other things too less easi
ly Inventoried , although no less per
ceptible to a child's quick insight a ,
sense of peace , golden-green , one fan
cied , like the light in the room a sim
ple happiness gathered fresh each day ,
a lovely trust in the goodness of every
human being.
The fairy godmother slipped nwny
one night She left behind her the
jackstraws and the fan and the amber
beads , and the child put them among
her treasures. She remembered al
ways the shock with which certain dis
coveries came to her later.
"Why , she was poor ! " she said aloud !
one day. It was true , undoubtedly , in
spite of the amber beads and the pen
wiper. And she must have been lonely
often , she knew It , after meeting , years
later , the brother with whom the fairy
godmother had lived ; and frail , the
bright remembered face revealed be
fore unconsidered marks of pain. The
girl stood still , thrilled by a rush of
tenderness.
"Oh , she was brave ! " she cried ; but
even then she only dimly understood.
Years later , in the midst of her own ,
difficult battle , she happened one day1
upon the amber beads. Life had not' '
been easy oh , It had been hard !
hard ! There were little bitter lines
deepening about her mouth. She hartj
not discovered them yet , but they were ;
coming. Now suddenly her eyes softened -
ened and filled with tears.
"I have the beads , " she said. "Can }
I not inherit , too , the courage and the !
trust ? I will. If she could , I can and'
I will. "
And so she took possession of her
great heritage. Youth's Companion.
BREEZES FOB THE OPESATOS.
Attachment for
c lii lies Operated by the Treadle * .
At the time it was first introduced
the fan attachment for rocking chairs
was considered a novel idea. The pos
sibilities of employ-
iifg such a device
for other purposes
has been recog
nized by an Indi
ana inventor , as
shown in the ac-
fompanying illus
tration. He con
ceived the plan of
providing a similar
BUN BY PEDALS , attachment f or sew
ing machines , whereby the operator can
have the full benefit of balmy breezes
while running the machine. The attach
ment is extremely simple , the fan being
pivoted on a bracket secured to the
back of the machine. The end of the
handle o ? the fan connects by rod to the
treadle. As the latter Is worked up and
down the fan is forced to do likewise ,
directing the breeze directly at the oper
ator. The bracket supporting the fan is
adjustable and can be clamped to the
table in any position desired. This sim
ple accessory would imdoubtedly be
welcomed by the thousands of girls oj > -
eratlng sewing machines in factories ,
where conditions are not of the best.
Too Mild.
There are distinctions without differ
ences , also differences without distinc
tions. A small man , noted for his econ
omy in speaking truth , demonstrated
the fact. After a long and exasperating
career of prevarication , chance brought
him up standing against a bigger indi
vidual , who has the courage of his con
victions , also a nice sense of discrim
ination in the use of language. He said
things to the little man things that
made him writhe and turn purple In
the face. "But the worst of it all was , ' *
whined the little man to his confidante
later , "he never once called me a liar
said I was nothing but a miserable lit- ,
tie story teller. " Success Magazine.
A Helpinsr IXand.
When the foreign missionary had
concluded his talk , he made the usual
appeal for contributions , however
small. Coming up to the platform with ,
several others , a small boy mounted to
the level of the lecturer and hastening ;
toward him , said :
"Please , sir , I was very much Inter
ested in your lecture , and and "
"Go on , my little man , " said the mis
sionary encouragingly. "You want to.
help in the good work ? "
"Not exactly , sir , " said the boyr
"What I want to know is , have you any-
foreign stamps you don't want. " Suc-f
cess Magazine.
We have noticed that when a womaa
| hcars that another woman was neveij
, ln lore , she says : "Bah'l"
