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THE DANGER OF COEDUCATION.
By William.Lee . Howard , M. D.
We have reached that point in human
, . knowledge , or , ! n other words , we are getting
back to common sense ! = , where even the inex-
perienced must acknowledge that a change is
needed in our educational method of mixing
the adolescents of both sexes in the high
schools. We are now fully awake to the great
mental and psychologic variations at this age
due to the differentiation of the sexes. The
past hypocritical denials of the great psychologic and
physiologic changes and moods whioh are constantly
surging in the adolescents have done much harm. This
injury to growing boys and girls in trying to educate
them together is well known to physicians and psychol-
ogists. Many doctors have tried to carefully explain
these important matters to parents and teachers , but
so wrongly impressed have been these parents and teach-
ers of the past that many , : physicians have given , up in
disgust , and some of them have lost patients by attempt-
ing to tell the truth.
This fog which has enveloped parents and teachers
must be blown away and the true educational course of
our daughters and sons clearly shown. Ideas are chang-
ing truths are forcing themselves to the surface , and
in the younger generation of parents and teachers I find
sagerness to have the doctors tell of the false method
this country has followed in mixing the adolescents in
classes at the public high schools. Older and wiser
countries know better.-The Housekeeper.
THE MIGRATION INTO CANADA.
CANADA.By
By Agnes'C. Laut.
If half a million American settlers should
suddenly pull up roots and migrate in a body
B Xi' to some foreign land the event would be her-
alded as one of the most epic movements of
the century. Yet this is virtually what hap
pened , with little notice and less comment , in
the last six years.
In less than six years 388,000 American
farmers have pulled up stakes in their native
States' and moved from Wisconsin , Minnesota , the Da-
kotas , Nebraska , Arkansas and Oregon across the invisi.
ble line of the international boundary to free home-
steads in the Canadian Northwest. Moreover , 100,000
Americans have , gone North as investors , speculators ,
miners , lumbermen.
A railroad traffic manager and a customs officer both
told me the same thing ; very few of the American
homesteaders came in with less than $1,000 cash ; many
came in with capital ranging from $3,000 to $10,000.
The capital brought in by the investing classes varies
from the $10,000,000 placed by the Morgan banking
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AFTER THE SINGER IS DEAD.
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Bright is the ring of words
When the right man rings them.
Fair is the fall of songs
When the singer sings them.
Still they are caroled and said-
On wings they are carried-
After the singer is dead
And the maker buried.
Low as the singer lies
In the field of heather ,
Songs of his fashion bring
The swains "fogether.
And when the west is red
With the sunset embers ,
The lover lingers and sings ,
And the maid remembers.
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Rosette laughed softly. "It's of no
use , Aunt Louise. I'm going on the
next boat. Jim has hoisted the flag
and it will be here in ten minutes. "
"Do be careful about missing the
train , " cautioned Mrs. Oxley. "I shall
worry if you : are out late ; remember
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your failings. " I
The young woman pouted. "I never
can go anywhere without a peck of
advice , ju-st as though I was an in-
fant. You haven't said what you
wanted. Aunt Louise. "
"What's the use , " retorted Mrs.
Pierce ; "it's no more nor less than a
can of that potted chicken at Lovell's.
What do you say to that , young lady ? "
"Hm-hm ! " murmured Rosette faint-
ly. "I'll think about it , auntie. Good-
bye. "
As the boat splashed around the
point Rosette looked dismally at the
little red station planted upon the
bare , sandy knoll like a danger signal. I
"It will be perfectly horrid In the cit'y
-hot and stupid-but Aunt Louise
must be taught a lesson. I won't have
her making any matches for me. Cas-
sius Lanford , Indeed ! Well , I'll just
make the best of , it. I can run up to
Clara's after I finish my errands. My ,
but there's a lot of them ! " Rosette
scanned the pages of her. memoranda
critically. "Might as we'll see Mme.
Du Shane about that suit while I'm
here. I'll jot that down too. "
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lacked hour of luncheon
It an time
when Rosette sank exhausted on the
nearest seat In madame's cool parlors.
"How will I ever get through this aft-
ernoon ? " she inwardly groaned. "I've
a great mind to take the next train
back , but then I'd be sure to see that-
that creature ! And if I should stop at
any of the resorts the folks would
find It.out. No I'll stay until the 5:10
if I-melt. "
Rosette looked out of the window
listlessly. Across the way two huge
gray lions sunned themselves on either
side of a wide-pillared portico.
"There. " Rosette started with re
newed energy. "I'll go over to the gal-
lery right after lunch and look at
those etchings : \Ilss ' Carew was speak-
ing of yesterday. "
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house in the Canadian Northern Railway to the $200-
000 and $300,000 capital placed in actual cash by the
land and lumber and fish companies.
Average the. American newcomer's capital at $2,000 ,
and the American invasion of Canada In the last six
years : represents in hard cash an investment of1 a bil
lion dollars. From what I saw in a leisurely four
months' tour of Canada-first by canoe , 1,500 miles
among the settlers of the frontier beyond the railroad ,
then by rail twice across the continent-I have no hesi-
'tation in saying that a billion-dollar average is too
small by half.-The Century. \
WEATHEK TRUST LATEST CHARGE.
By Emerson Hough.
Our weather bureau is a trust. One by one , .
it has absorbed the State services and the
11,11 hydrographic office reports , until to-day It is
I hi one of the most beautifully bureaucratic bu-
reaus known in this land of the free. It is
I r a trust ; but , contrary to the practice of our
most benevolent trusts , it does not hand us
L out a better article for less money. It hands
us out the same article for more money. If
we could prove even this much , we should have a story
worth the writing ; and we can prove not only this , but
very much more
By way of indictment of our Delphic oracle at Wash-
ington , we may make the following specific and definite
charges :
L That it is unduly expensive.
2. That it , does not progress.
3. That it is excessively explanatory and excessively
self-defensive.
4. That its service Is general and not specific , where-
as specific service is the only sort which can possibly
be of value to the average individual man.
5. That it Is evasive and intentionally ambiguous
6. That it offers no well-founded hope of improve
ment in local forecasting.
As "io the expense of this service , we paid last year
more than $1,600,000 for it ; more than any other nation
in the world has ever thought of expending. Yet our
bureau does not serve a greater population nor a wider
range of interests and industries than are served in
other civilized countries. Our institution is like other
things American : It is bigger and costs , more than any
thing of its kind in the world ; also , like other things
American , it is cursed with politics.
Most things American , however , are progressive. The
serious and humiliating truth is that our weather bu
reau does not progress. Twenty years of costly experi-
ment by the weather bureau have failed to develop one
decided improvement in weather prediction. Yet in
thirty-eight years the cost of the service has , risen from
$15,000 to $1GG2,2GO a year. - Everybody's Magazine.
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bending interestedly over a collection. I
"He must be an artist , " thought Ro
sette , covertly eyeing the strong , intel
lectual face. "No , he's too much of an
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athlete , she decided after further
servation. "What a splendid physique
-and such eyes ! My , one would know
he was the right sort just to look at
him. "
Suddenly the stranger looked at his
watch and hurried away. Rosette's in-
terest began to wane ; she wandered
through the rooms absent-mindedly.
When a clock struck 5 she started in
astonishment ; the afternoon had act-
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izing it.
. A dull , rayless : sky hung gloomily
above the waters of the lake as a sin-
gle passenger ! alighted at the little red
station. The car lights feebly revealed
the well-worn trail which zigzagged
down the road and across a plot of
turf , to where , In a narrow inlet , a
small steamer was darkly outlined
against a hedge of willows. Two lan-
terns at the sides glared like the fierce
eyes of a watchful Cerberus.
Rosette peered beneath the awning.
"Capt. Duggauld ! "
"Ay , ay , " responded a- bluff , deep-
chested'voice from the depths of the
shadows , and the owner of the Water
Sprite appeared- thick-set personage
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with grizzled hair and beard and the
rolling gait of a sailor.
"Will you take me across , captain ? "
Rosette put the question anxiously.
"Couldn't think of It , ma'am-jest
one passenger. I'm lookin' for a tick
lish night , but ye can't tell. Ef it was
ol1 Huron , now , I'd know just what
to depend on ; ef the signs wuz fer
foul , w'y foul it 'ud be , but this 'ere's
the most spiteful , capreeshus teacup-
ful ! "
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"But I must get over some way ! "
Rosette started as though she had
serious intentions of wading the dis -
tance.
"Ef it ain't that Oxley girl ! W'y , I
didn't know ye ! An' your ma's wor-
ry ln' most likely. Well , now , seein'
It's you mebbe I might make It. .
There's a bO\ l of bread an' milk wait'
in' for me at the tavern but I recokn
it'll be there when I get back. All
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aboard , lively , now ! " And Capt. Dug-
gauld with more gallantry than grace
briskly whirled his passenger into the
boat. Rosette tossed her hat on the
seat and curled down in a little heap
at the boat edge , her dimpled chin
resting upon the palm of one small
hand.
A grinding shock sent Rosette from
her seat to the bottom of the boat with
a heavy jar. There were muttered ex-
clamations from Capt. Duggauld as ,
suddenly arrested in its course , the
boat with one brief fluttering like a
disabled bird gave a sidewise lurch
and settled helplessly upon some ob
struction underneath - the evident
cause of the catastrophe.
"Quick upon the seat ! " shouted the
captain.
"Ef that ain't grit ! " Capt. Duggaula
was lost in admiration at Rosette's
composure. "W'y most gels would a'
fainted plumb dead or gone Into his-
tericks. Land ! I wish I could get her
out o' this fix some way. It don't
matter so much about this ol' critter , "
and the captain carefully scrutinized
the horizon.
"Halloo ! Halloo ! " called a strong
voice when within speaking distance.
"What's the trouble ? "
"Git her 'round t'other side , " bawled
I the captain. "We're stuck on this con-
founded el' stump. "
Nearly drenched , Rosette was as-
sisted Into the rescuing boat and in a
maze found herself facing her athlete
of the afternoon.
"I had just reached the hotel when
I heard your signal , " he explained , his
eyes fixed admiringly on Rosette.
"W'y , if it ain't Mr. Lanford ! " ex
claimed the old man with enthusiasm.
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"We'd probably bin playing with
fishes 'bout this time ef ye hadn't
steered up jest as ye did. Look there ! "
A flapping awning and a smokestack
was all that was left of the once vig
orous Water Sprite.
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Rosette pushed back the muslin dra-
peries of her window and bolstered her
curly head upon a round , white arm.
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Through a breach In the darkness
above a stream of light trailed across :
the lake and turned to silver the toss- :
ing whitecaps in its path. For one
instant Its rays fell upon a launch
which thot across the shining track
and then was lost in the darkness be-
yond.
"It was to be. " murmured Rosette
with conviction as she watched a va-
grant moonbeam that rested for one : .
brief moment upon the s ; owy billow ,
and recalled Cassius Lanford's look as
he bade her good-night. "Dear Aunt
Louise"-the sound of steps below '
brought a sudden recollection - "she : ; '
shall have that potted chicken to-mor
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row if I have to go after it myself.
New Orleans Times-Democrat.
"Warning.
Mr. Monk-I see by the Junjle : Nev/s
that it's a scientific expedition , anc1
that Teddy is only after specimens.
Mrs. : Monk-Then look out for your
self for everybody says you're the
worst specimen of a husband in tht
neighborhood.
Some one has Said : 'V hat is mcr
pitful than a complaining woman vrh :
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OCEAN LINER IS WRECKED.
Slavonia Goes Ashore in Azores - 110
Passengers Safely Taken Off.
The transatlantic steamer Slavouia
of the Cunard line , bearing 110 saloon
passengers and 300 steeraga passeng-
ers , was stranded Friday off Flores
Island In the Azores group. The ves-
sel is practically a wreck and ! it Is
thought that refloating will be impos-
sible. The vessel was bound from
New York to Naples and Genoa.
None of the passengers was lost in
the wreck , however , owing to the
quick work of rescue which was done
by the liner Prinzess Irene of the
North German Lloyd line and the
Hamburg-American liner Batavia. .
These two vessels , summoned by
wireless from the Slavonia , stood by
and took off all of the passengers , the
saloon guests being taken aboard the
Prlnzess Irene and the steerage pas-
sengers being taken off by the Ba-
tavia. The list of cabin passengers as
given out by the Cunard line contains
but few addresses , but the first class
passengers are practically } all Ameri-
cans.
The weather conditions were not
mentioned in the dispatches , but it is
surmised that the sea was calm and
that the stranding of the Slavonia was
due to foggy weather. Flores Island
is the most westerly of the Azores
group with dangerous and precipitous
cliffs. The island is about 30 miles
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long and nine miles wide. It ii thick-
ly populated and has a hilly surface
of which the highest point is an ex
tinct crater. The inhabitants raise
cattle and poultry and wheat for the
Spanish markets.
The Slavonia was a sister ship of
the Ultonia , Pannonia and Carpathia
and one of the best liners in the
Mediterranean trade. It was a steel
twin screw of 10,600 tons gross and
610 feet long. It was valued at about
750,000.
PRESIDENT PENNA IS DEAD.
News of Brazilian Ruler's : Demise
Received in Washington.
President Penna of Brazil died at
7:30 : o'clock Monday morning , accord-
ing to a dispatch received at the State
Department in Washington , D. C. , from
the American Ambassador at Rio de
Janeiro.
Alfonso Penna was born in Santa
Barbara „ in the Brazilian State of
Minas Geraes , May 30 , 1S47. He was
graduated in 1865 from the Caracas
College , where many of the prominent
men of Brazil received their education.
He graduated from the law school : of
Sao Paolo in 1871. He affiliated him-
self with the Liberal party of Brazil
and was elected to the provincial legis-
lature in 1874 , serving two years , and
twice re-elected to fill the same office.
His great talent and service in behalf
of his party attracted the attention of
leading politicians of his own party ,
and he was chosen as representative
from the province of Minas to the Na-
tional Assembly , where he remained
until the fall of the empire in 1889.
He was a member of the Assembly that
passed the law freeing all slaves over
60 years of age , which was a prelude
to the law of 1888 abolishing slavery.
He became President of Brazil in No-
vember , 1906 , and his term would have
sxpired in 1910.
GIBL SHOT BY THIEF SHE WED.
Marrlen Youth to Reform Him , Then
Flees Because of His Cruelty.
"Now I've got you , " shouted An-
drew Deck , as he sprang from behind
a door and fired three shots at his
young wife in Cincinnati. One bullet
passed through her chest and another
penetrated her right arm. She was
removed to the city hospital , where
the doctors said her condition was
critical. Deck is at large. Deck and
his wife are each 20 years ; old. Deck
had been a thief. Rose Shuck had
known him since childhood. He was
sent to the reformatory Mansfield ,
Ohio , and she worked for his pardon ,
and two years ago secured it , and met
him at the door of the reformatory
and they were married. The case at
the time attracted attention , as she
married him to reform him. A few
days ago the young wife , with her
baby , fled from home on account of
the husband's cruelty.
CHINA BACKS : DOWN ON BIG LOAN
American Protect at Heiiijt Barred
from Participation Elective.
Acting on representations made by
Henry P. Fletcher , charge d'affaires of
the American legation in Pekin ,
China has agreed not to ratify the
foreign loan of $27,500,000 from Brit-
ish , German and French bankers for
the Hankow-Sze-
the construction of - -
chuen railroad. It is expected that
this refusal , coupled with the repre-
sentations made by the American am-
bassadors in London , Paris and Ber-
lin , wil result in arrangements being
made in Europe for American partici-
pation in the loan.
EATS GUNCOTTON TO DIE.
Doctors Fear to Operate on Girl Lest
She Explode.
Helen Wells , a 20- ' arold'Omaha
girl , attempted suicide by swallowing
a quantity of gun cotton. All day Sun-
clay she rested on a heavy mattress
with a double set of springs and tied
in such mann-er that she could not
move a muscle and was dosed with
chemicals in an effort to disolve the
explosive. The girl had a quarrel with
her sweetheart and was severely beat-
en. She was taken to the police sta
tion and in the surgeon's ; room grabbed
a bottle and swallowed the contents
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TUFT ilSKS 2 PER GENT.
TAX CORPORATIONS
President , in Special Message , Reo
ommends Levy Upon the Net
Earnings.
WOULD INVITE AID 0 ? STATES ;
Congress Advised to Seek Constitu . * .
tional Amendment Allowing As-
\ sessment on Incomes.
Recommending legislation looking
to the placing of a 2 per cent tax on
the net income of corporations and
also the adoption of an amendment
to the constitution providing for the
imposition of an income tax without " -
an apportionment among the several
states , President Taft Wednesday sent
to Congress a message embodying his
views on the subject. This action fol
lowed a protracted special meeting ot
the cabinet.
In his message the president speaks
of the apparent inability of Congress
tc agree to an inheritance tax , and as
regards an income tax. he refers to-
the decision of the Supreme Court In a
the case of Pollock vs. the Famn rs.
Loan and Trust Company , in which
the court held the tax to be unconsti-
tutional unless apportioned according
to population. "It is , " says ' the presl-
dent , "undoubtedly a power which the
government ought to have. It might
be indispensable to the nation's life in.
great crises. "
The amendment , therefore , he de-
clares , is the only proper course. Such
an amendment to the constitution , he
contended , was preferable to the one
proposed of reviving a law judicially
declared to be unconstitutional. The
amendment which he proposes should
be made to the tariff bill provides for
the imposition upon all corporations
and joint stock companies for profit ,
except national banks ( otherwise tax-
ed ) , savings banks and building and
loan associations an excise tax of
2 per cent on the net income of the
corporations. This , it is estimated by
him , will bring an annual revenue of
$25,000,000. "This is a tax on privi-
lege and not on property , " he says
"and is within the federal power with-
out apportionment according to popu-
lation. "
The president points out that an- i
other merit to the tax on corporations
is the federal supervision , which will
give to the government , the stockhold-
ers and the public knowledge of the
real business transactions and the +
gains and profits of every corporation
in the country. The adoption of the ;
amendment , he says , will make a long . , . -
step "toward that supervisory control
of corporations which may prevent a
further abuse of power. "
TWO IOWA MEN MURDERED.
Mike Maloney Confesses Crime at I
Kadoka , S. D.
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Mike Maloney , who was arrested I
Friday evening at Cottonwood , S. D. , t
by Marshal Wiltfang of Kadoka , has
confessed having murdered W. D. To-
ney and J. Goodwin of Sioux City ;
whose bodies were found in a well ,
on the McXally ranch Friday morning.
Maloney said he killed one man with i
an ax and the other with a club , and ,
the conditions of the skulls of the
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murdered men bear out this statement
Robbery was the motive for the crime. ,
The prisoner will be taken to Fort
Pierre and placed in the county jail.
Maloney : registered at the hotel at
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Sioux City , May 28 , as Mike McCann j
of Kansas City. He was in the em
ploy of Toney and Goodwin , who were I
running a breaking outfit. The bodies
of two men , J. Goodwin of Rock Val- i
ley , Iowa , and W. D. Toney of Sioux .
City , were found Saturday in a well on !
the McXally ranch , two miles north of
: Kadoka. Toney and Goodwin were i
running a breaking outfit on the Mc-
Nally ranch. They were known to
have had about $900 in cash when
they arrived , May 19. Ten days later
Maloney came to town and said he {
had bought his employers out and
taken them to Phillip the night before.
He disposed of several of the horses
and later left town with the rest of
the breaking outfit. When the bodies
were found Saturday the city marshal
started in pursuit Maloney : : and ar
rested him at Cottonwood.
SON OF SIAMESE TWIN KILLED.
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Jcsxe Bunker , Deaf-3Iute , IK Slain
by l.ishtiiins' His Barn.
Jesse Bunker , a deaf mute , youngest 1
son of Chang , one of the famous Sia-
mese twins. was killed by lightning in
his tobacco barn in Surry County , N.
C. He and his son and a workman took
shelter in a barn during a rainstorm.
Bunker's hat and shoes were torn to
pieces , but th ? body was not bruised or
mutilated. The son and workman
were knocked senseless , remaining in .
this condition for an hour or more.
Bunker was 48 years old and prosper-
ous. He was intelligent and entertain-
ing and enjoyed conversing with his
friends through the medium of pencil
and paper. The famous twins 'married
Virginia women. The sons of the
Siamese have all been well-to-do and
rrosperous men. The peculiar inherit-
ance of deafness was , an affliction that
added an additional strangeness to tha
family. _
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