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POLITICS LEFT OUT
PRESIDENT ISSUES ORDERS RE
GARDING CENSUS.
NOT BUILDING UP A MACHINE
Violation of Order Will Subject Of
fenders to Dismissal From Their
Positions.
Beverly, Mass. In a letter ad
dressed to Secretary Nagel, or the de-
partment of commerce and labor.
President Taft served notice that any
mau engaged in the taking of the
thirteenth census of the United States
who engages in politics in any way
will immediately be dismissed from
the service. Outside of casting their
votes the president believes that cen
sus supervisions and enumerators
should keep clear of anything that
savors of po.itics. national, state or
local.
The president orders the secretary
of commerce and labor and the direc
tor of the census to embody in the
regulations governing the taking of
the census the rule so forcibly laid
down in his letter.
Mr. Taft says that in appointing
census supervisors it has been found
necessary to select men recommend
ed by senators and congressmen in
their districts. He says he realizes
that this method of selection might
easily be perverted to political pur
poses and it is to take the census out
of politics, so far as the actual work
is concerned, that he has explicitly
expressed his desires as to the regula
tions. President's Letter.
"Beverly, Mass.. Aug. 14. 1900. My
IVar Mr. Secretary The taking of
the census involves the appointment
of some ::oo supervisors who. in turn,
are to appoint many times that num
ber of enumerators. The supervisors
are given complete discretion in the
selection of enumerators, respectively,
to act under them. The success of
the census will depend on the effici
ency and strict attention to duty of
the supervisors and on the intelligence
of the numerators and their faithful
application to the business in hand.
"Generally, there is a supervisor for
ach congressional district. It has
been found to be the quickest and best
means of selecting suitable super
visors to consult the congressmen
and senators as to competent candi
dates from their respective districts
and states.
'"This system can easily be pervert
ed to political purposes if the super
visors are not forbidden to use it as
an instrument for influencing local
and general elections and primaries
in the interest of particular candi
dates or parties. It is not an unrea
sonable requirement that anyone who
accepts an appointment as supervisor
or as enumerator shall, during the
term of his employment and service,
avoid an active pnrpo3e in politics.
"I therefore order that in the pre
' pa ration of regulations for the taking
of the census, you and the director
of the census embody therein pro
vision that any supervisor or enum
erator who uses his influence with
his subordinates or colleagues to as
sist any party, or any candidate in a
primary or general election, or who
takes any part, other than merely
casting his vote, in politics, national,
state or local, either by service upon
si political committee, by public ad
dresses, by the solicitation of votes,
or otherwise, shall at once be dis
missed from the service.
"I wish to make this regulation as
broad as possible, and wish it en
forced without exception. It is of the
highest importance that the census
should be taken by men having only
the single purpose of reaching a just
and rislit result and that the large
amount of money to be expended in
the employment of so vast a machine
as the census shall not be made to
serve the political purposes of any
one. Sincerely yours.
-WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT."
'"Charles Nagel. Secretary of Com
merce and Labor."
The following supervisors were
named for Nebraska and Iowa:
" Nebraska First district. Frank E.
Helvey; second district. Charles L.
Saunders: third district. Joseph Al
bert Hays; fourth district. Philip F.
l.ross.
Iowa First district. John W. Row
ley: second district. Asa A. Hall; sev
enth district. Cambridge Culbertson.
HARRIMAN GOES TO PARIS.
Before Leaving Munich Has Confer
ence With Specialist.
Munish. E. H. Harriman left here
for Paris. Although his various walk
ing, motor car and sightseeing excur
sions during his stay here gave the
impression that his health was good.
Mr. Harriman while in Munish had
lengthy consultations with Prof. Gus
tav Hoesslin. a well known specialist
on diseases of the stomach.
Ice Fields Hinder Peary.
St. Johns, N. F. The continued
presence of icebergs and floes along
the northern section of the -Labrador
coast, as reported here by vessels
arriving from Labrador, may seriously
hamper the Peary relief ship Jcanie.
There are no fears for its safety, but
it is believed that the Jeanie will be
considerably delayed in its arrival at
Etah, Greenland, the Peary base. The
Jeanie is a staunch craft, well fitted
to withstand the press of the ice. It
has as yet been but twelve days on the
voyage.
Rules for Guidance of Land Winners.
Spokane. Superintendent James V
Witten announced on Saturday rules
1 for the guidance of winners in reserva
tion land drawing. Each holder of a
number will receive a government may
showing class and valuation of lands
subject, to entry. When selections be
gin next April a copy of this may will
be posted in the land office, the tracts
being checked ofE as fast as chosen.
All persons holding notices that num
bers have been assigned them may
go on the reserve to inspect the land
at any time.
NEBRASKA NEWS AND NOTES.
items of Interest Taken From Hera
and There Over the State.
Oliver Nelson of Dodge county was
perhaps fatally injured by being
thrown from a load of hay.
Fire at Grand Island practically de
stroyed all of the stock of Kelso &
Watters, milliners, and of Mr.. Spnin,
ladles' tailor.
Deputy Game Warden Geilus re
three more Friend sportsmen of il
'egal seining. Charles Ladmann and
ais brother and George . Endicott.
They were fined $15 each.
The state railway commission au
thorized the Crab Orchard Telephone
company to issue $20,000 in stock on
the Crab Orchard exchange, which it
purchased for $19,500.
Gothenburg will have a series of
revival meetings, beginning Septem
ber 1. They are to be led by Rev.
French Oliver and will probably con
tinue about a month.
Bloodhounds were called to aid in
the capture of three men, who made a
bold attempt to rob Pete Hammond,
a farmer living five miles west of
Cozad. The men were traced to Goth
enburg, but were not apprehended.
The Munroe fife and drum corps of
Hastings, composed of three veteran
musicians, lead the Nebraska delega
tion in the G. A. R. parade during the
national encampment in Salt Lake
City.
The Cambridge Chautauqua closed
its third annual session last week.
Chancellor William Joseph Davidson
of the Nebraska Wesleyan university
delivering the closing address. It was
the greatest Chautauqua ever held in
that part of Nebraska.
A delegation of Omaha business
men and Douglas county officials
waited upon the state board of equal
ization with a view to convincing the
board that the merchandise assess
ment of Omaha merchants should not
be increased.
News has reached Fremont of the
marriage of Mrs. Grace Shurman of
Fremont and Ed. A. Pegeau at Den
ver. Mrs. Shurman for a number of
years was a teacher in the Fremont
schools and was prominent socially in
that city.
Fay Woodford, a brakeman em
ploye on the Burlington between Sioux
City and Ashland, was brought to
Beatrice upon a warrant sworn out
against him by Lizzie Kobjerwoski,
charging him with basterdy. Wood
ford had his preliminary hearing and
was bound over to the district court.
J. Frank Jones, the noted outlaw
and horseman of Missouri, but now
residing in Oklahoma, has been en
gaged by the Speed association as
starter for their races to be held in
Nebraska City August 31 to Septem
ber 2. He is one of the best known
starters of race horses in the coun
try. The Box Butte County Fair asso
ciation was fully and formally launch
ed at Alliance last week, with a paid
up capital of $10,000 and all sub
scribed for. John O'Keefe was elected
president and Earl Malloy, secretary
Forty acres of land has been pur
chased east of the city upon which
permanent buildings will be erected
and a race course made.
As Mr. and Mrs. Hans Jorgensen
and five children were crossing the
railroad tracks in an automobile in
IJlair they were struck by a freight
train that was switching near the
Acme mill. They were pushed along
.he track for about thirty feet before
the train could be stopped. The mot
)r car was crushed, but no one was
killed.
James Hruska. the lfi-year-old son
Df the late James Hruska of Table
locl:. met with an accident which re
sulted in his death. He had been as
sisting in threshing and started for
"lome on horseback, riding in consid
erable haste to get up his cows be
'ore darlc. His horse stepped into a
jopher hole, stumbled and fell, pre
sumable on the boy, who was not able
to explain the circumstances.
That the right-of-way of the Union
Pacific Railroad company embraces
an area of 400 feet in width, or 200
"eet from the middle of the tracks on
2ach side is established by a decree
just handed down by Judge W. H.
Munger in the United States circuit
court in the case of the Union Pacific
Railroad company against Cecilia
Karges. Martin Karges. Kelm Gonder
and others.
Chris Ipsen. the pioneer druggist of
Grand Island passed away at the St.
Francis hospital in that city after an
operation for the removal of gall
stones. Mr. Ipsen had been a resi
dent of Grand Island for over forty
yews, lie emigrated to this country
from Denmark when a j-outh. His
father was at that time spiritual ad
viser to the royal . family and Mr.
Ipsen as a boy often played with the
present king of Denmark.
H. P. Runion- of Benkelman. who
Dvns a profitable private fish hatch
ery, arrived in Lincoln from a visit
to the state and government hatch
eries in Michigan, Wisconsin. Ohio
and Illinois. He also attended the
national meeting of state and gov
ernment fishcuiturists. The hatch
eries in Michigan and Wisconsin are
the best in the country, but Mr. Run
ion, after visiting them said he had
seen no better than the Nebraska
state hatchery near South Bend.
The proposed class rate hearing be
fore the railway commission, assigned
to begin August 24. will be postponed
until December 1. providing the rail
roads will allow the testimony intro
duced during the trial of the 2-cent
and Aldrich bills to be introduced in I
duplicate in the class rate hearings.
Secretary William Ernst of the
Johnson County Agricultural and Me
chanical association announces that
the annual county fair will be held in
Johnson count. The committee so
liciting a guarantee fund to carry on
the fair reports that the required
amount has been raised.
Seth Hall, an employe of the Wood
River roller mills had his hand se
verely crushed, while slipping off the
belt the hand was caught and thrown
into a cog wheel and all of the fingers
excepting the first were torn off and
most of the palm of the hand was
crushed.
George Van Dyke, post office rep
resentative, was in Arlington looking
over different rooms that have been
offered for a new location for the
postoffice. It has been decided that
the building now occupied is too small
to accommodate the growing business J
of the office. 1
STATE ASSESSMENT
EVERYTHING ARRANGED EXCEPT
IN DOUGLAS COUNTY.
THERE A DEADLOCK APPEARS
Without Douglas County the Total Val
uation of the State la Given
as $363,230,086.
The determination of Secretary of
State Junkin to force an increase in
the valuation of the merchandise of
Douglas county or secure a reconsid
eration of the action of the state board
of equalization in increasing the value
of bank stock, has delayed action on
Douglas county's assessment, until
the return of State Treasurer Brian.
Even then it is possible no agreement
can be reached and that it will be
necessary for the board to defer action
until the governor gets back from the
northwest Auditor Barton has re
turned from the east, but as Land
Commissioner Cowles and the secre
tary of state do not agree about Oma
ha merchandise or banks the auditor's
vote would not settle the question.
So Secretary Henry Seymour was in
structed to proceed to certify out the
valuation of all the other counties, to
gether with a statement showing the
amount of money each county is ex
pected to pay in taxes.
Without Douglas county the total
valuation of the state is $363,230,086.
The levy of 4 mills for the general
fund will raise $1,634,535; the univer
sity 1 mill levy will raise $363,230.
making a total of $1,997,765, the total"
state and school ax to be paid by all
the counties except Douglas.
The total appropriations to be paid
out of the general fund amount to
$3,976,969. It is estimated that of this
sum $600,000 will be realized by fees
paid to the state and money received
from miscellaneous sources. This will
leave a total of $3,376,969 to be raised
by levy. One-half of this to be raised
the first year will be $1,688,484.
The total assessed value of the state
Is approximately $399,000,000. The
levy for the general fund on this sum
is 4 mills. This will realize $1,795,
500. It is estimated that 95 per cent
of this will be collected, or $1,705,725.
Herefords at the State Fair.
An exhibitor of Hereford cattle liv
ing in another state has written Sec
retary W. R. Mellor that he has not
shown in Nebraska for several years
and does not like the premium list
which provides that if there is no com
petition only one-half of the premium
shall be paid, but he thinks he will
come with his Herefords. Secretary
Mellor has written him that he is
likely to find a little competition in
his line and he promises to make it in
teresting for him. The reluctant ex
hibitor will find when he arrives at
the state fair that he will have to com
pete with Hereford herds entered by
seven different exhibitors alone will
have herds aggregating more than 149
animals, wufenvas' tlieofal ntfmher
of animals in this class exhibited last
year at the. Nebraska slate fair.
Cash Prizes for Hustlers.
The Union Pacific has hit upon the
novel scheme of giving cash prizes to
its station agents for expediting the
shipment of grain. This is one of the
methods adopted in'the effort to handle
the enormous grain crop. All rail
rads are confronted by the task and
are preparing in various ways to meet
it. For seme months they have been
hustling cars needing repair to the
shops so they might ha ready for the
rush when it came. The new system
is one of merit for agents during the
months of August. September and Oc
tober. Emergency Rate on Machinery.
The Burlington railroad has secured
permission from the railway commis
sion to put in an emergency rate of
2."i cents per 100 pounds for hauling
the machinery and building material
of the Ames sugar factory in Scotts
Bluff county, the rate to be effective
until February 28. The railroad said
this rate is not a compensatory rate.
but in order to help out a Nebraska
industry it is willing to put in the low
rate.
Pullman Rates Reduced.
The State Railway commission is
sued an order reducing Pullman rates
in Nebraska. The minimum of $2
was cut to $1.50 and the maximum
from $3.50 to $2.50. Instead of seats
being 25 cents. 50 cents and on up at
a jump of 25 cents, 5 cents was the
unit.
Many Fine Stock Entries.
The fine stock entries for the state
fair are coming in faster than in any
"previous year, there being 240 entries
to date with prospects for at least 636
before the fair opens. This number
will Just fill the new live stock barn.
Entries made before August 15 will be
listed in the official catalog of the fair.
Tangle Over Normal School.
A delegation called at the state
house from Dawes county to get infor
'mation. regarding the proper steps to
take to get a state normal school lo
cated at Crawford. As there are two
boards, each of which claims to be
the real board with power to act in
the matter of the selection of a site
for the new normal school, towns in
the west end of the state that are
anxious for the school are at a loss
just how to proceed. The delegation,"
headed by C. F. Coffey, paid its re
spects to the governor.
Reminiscence of Wellman.
While looking through some old Sles
in the office of the clerk of the dis
trict court an attorney from Clay coun
ty came across a couple of affidavits
executed in 1S76 by Walter E. Well--!
man, who is supposed to be now on
his way to the north pole via the air
ship route. At that time he was fore
man in the office of the Sutton Times,
which was published by his brother
Frank. The affidavits were to the ef- j
feet that certain legal notices had been
published in the Times for a period )
of five weeks each. j
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Name the farm.
Tidy up the place and then keep it
tidy. r
Improve the rainy days. Keep the
boys interested by letting them own
something of their own.
Less acres better farmed would put
many a farmer on the profit side of
the ledger.
The waste land on your farm is
worse than a dead loss to you. Get
it to work.
Wool should be stored in closely
tied packs so that it will cot become
dusty or soiled. The wool buyer pays
more for clean than for dirty wool.
How is the wood lot? Have you
availed yourself of the excellent in
formation which the government for
estry department is ready to furnish
you and which if followed will make-
your timber lots more valuable?
Just one more cultivation on the
corn than you think is necessary and
then another one for good measure.
The corn will feel better by several
bushels more per acre.
It is a good practice to feed the
calves in stanchions. It is easy to
break them to that method of tying.
Have the- feed ready for them in the
troughs and they will soon learn to put
their heads through and will get into
the right places. Be patient with
them.
An abused cow will not return a
profit. It is a loss every time she is
frightened. To run a cow to pasture
is like throwing money away. A cow
in any way worried will not do her
best. The cow that is made a pet of
will make money for its owner. The
milk of a frightened or abused cow
is poisonous.
The average American market pre
fers a brown egg. while New York
city is ready to pay a premium for
white-shelled eggs. The brown-egg
buyers in particular claim that the
eggs are of a richer flavor. All this is
imaginary, when we come to under
stand that it is food and not color
that flavors the egg. Is it reasonable
to suppose the brown egg of the Brah
ma fed on onions could be as sweet
as the white egg of the Leghorn fed
on clover?
Why not a national pure feed law
to protect live stock. In some states
such laws have been enacted and are
enforced, while in others they have
been enacted but are not enforced,
and still others have no laws regulat
ing the sale of feed. In some states
all sorts of stuff is sold for feed, and
the farmer has no means of knowing
what he gets for his money. When
he buys wheat bran, he often gets
round cornstalks, straw and
hulls: middlings or shorts are largely
bran ground fine, and some of the pre
pared stock feeds have very little
feeding value. What is needed is a
national pure feed law which will be
enforced the same as the pure food
law.
The practice of following wheat
with wheat, while exceptionally fa
vorable to the increase of the Hessian
fly. is so general in our large wheat
growing counties that the "steps" in
fly control have been selected and
tested in accordance with this prac
tice. Those desiring to use rotation
as a means of controlling the fly and
straw worm would de well to consult
a more extended treatment of these
insects. Disking. The disk should
follow the binder or header just as
soon as possible. This will throw out
a large percentage of the flaxseeds
that would otherwise be protected by
lying in the stubble below the sur
face, so that their parasitic enemies
can attack them. The disking will
conserve the soil moisture, render the
plowing easier, and start the volun
teer wheat and the weeds.
Could the aggregate annual damage
caused by rats to our farmers be
known the latter would be appalled at
the figures. Do all you can to lessen
their number. Here are nine ways in
which you can accomplish this: 1. Pro
tection of our native hawks, owls and
smaller predatory mammals the na
tural enemies of rats. 2. Greater
cleanliness about stables, markets, gro
cery stores, warehouses, courts, alleys
and vacant lots in cities and villages,
and like care on farms and suburban
premises. This includes the storage
waste and garbage in tightly covered
vessels and the prompt disposal of it
each day. 3. Care in the construction
of buildings and drains so as not to
provide entrance and retreats for rats,
and the permanent closing of all rat
holes in old houses and cellars. 4. The
early threshing and marketing of
grains on farms, so that stacks and
mows shall not furnish harborage and
food for rats. 5. Removal of outlying
straw stacks and piles of trash or lum
ber that harbor rats in the fields. 6.
Rat-roofing of warehouses, markets,
cribs, stables and granaries for storage
of provisions, seed grain and feed
stuffs. 7. Keeping effective rat dogs,
especially in city warehouses. 8. The
systematic destruction of rats, when
ever and wherever possible, by (a)
trapping, (b) poisoning, and (3) or
ganized hunts. 9. The organization of
"rat clubs" and other societies for sys
tematic warfare against rats.
Smile even though the sun does not
Summer boarders are often profita
ble, but never the boarder cow.
Don't try to measure all the profits
your farm returns you in cold cash.
A feed mill will prove a profitable
investment to the farmer feeding ten
or more head of cattle.
'Water heated to 130 degrees will
kill cabbage worms and is not hot
enough to injure the plants.
Broken vehicles, tired teams and
small loads tell the sad story of many
bad country roads. t
Be more particular about the first
plowing, for if carelessly done later
cultivation cannot make up for the
deficiency.
While cowpeas will grow on poor
soil, they will make a poor crop, and
it pays to enrich the ground for them
as well as any other crop.
During the dry spell keep the culti
vator going. It puts a dry mulch over
the ground and prevents moisture
from being lost
There is a tendency to increase the
production of small fruits, but the
production of apples seems to be fall
ing off.
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A good wind-break for the orchard
is a good thing. It holds the snow,
protects the orchard fend increases the
value of the farm.
When you see a thing out of place,
put it up; when you find something
broken, fix it. It. will save you time
later on.
Washington declared that agricul
ture was the most healthful, the most
healthful, the most useful and the
most noble employment of man.
It is a, good plan to throw corn on
the cob to the chickens, but do not
let the cobs accumulate to add to the
other filth which collects so easily.
Clean up the yards and keep them
clean.
Did you ever sit down and figure
how much capital you had invested in
farm machinery? If your farm is at
all well-equipped it will amount to a
goodly sum. This is -invested capital
which can be made to return you good
interest only as you take care of the
machinery.
Good results from mulching fruit
trees cannot be expected unless a suffi
cient amount of mulch is provided to
prevent the growth of grass. It sheuld
be eight inches deep over a circle the
diameter of which is at least two or
three feet greater than that of the
branches. Many of the failures whero
mulching has been tried have been
due to the fact that the mulch has
been packed about the trunks of the
trees or spread so thinly that it had
little effect upon the growth of grass
In marketing fruit or vegetables al
ways make the packages as neat as
possible and use only uniformly good
stuff. The trade demands quality in
all food products, and that which looks
the cleanest and can be exposed for
sale in an appetizing manner will al
ways command the highest price.
Good goods should always be exposed
for sale in new packages. When the
trade once learns that you produce
foods of high quality you will never
have any trouble in disposing of them.
Sudden change in the diet of any
animal is bad especially the horse.
The soft bran mash, by many advo
cated as a good Saturday night offer-
oat-f"S is ant to cause co,ic ""'ess the
horse has been accustomed to bran
during the week; similar sudden use
of green grass, roots, boiled grain or
grain other than those mentioned is
apt to cause indigestion of a serious
nature, and, taking all things into
consideration, the horse will do better
on a steady ration at fixed intervals
and in such a way as to allow suf
ficient time for. proper mastication.
All changes in feeding and in feed
should be made very gradually, and
this applies especially to the change
from old to new grain and hay. Last
ly, the horse requires no medicines or
stock food or condimental foods or
condition powders. Feed and care for
him sensibly and carefully, work him
properly, groom him well, see that his
stable is sanitary, and he will thrive,
work and enjoy life. Horses enjoying
the luxury of life such as we have
outlined are damaged and insulted by
every dose of dope mixed in their
feed or squirted or poured into their
mouths.
Are you producing good milk? Read
the essentials to its production as out
lined by the Rhode Island experiment
station, given below, before answering
the question: It is the farmer's part
to produce clean milk. The consumer
then must take proper care of that
milk to keep it clean. The farmer
should provide a proper barn. It
should answer the following requi
sites: Be well ventilated. Easy to
keep clean, with smooth floors, walls
and ceilings. Be provided with proper
feed boxes, preferably each cow hav
ing her own not connected with any
other, and approved balanced rations.
Be supplied with pure water, prefera
bly in separate troughs. A daily
routine providing open-air life during
a part of each day for the stock must
be established. There must also be
periodic inspection of animals for
symptoms of disease. Clean milking
implies: The careful cleaning of the
cow's flanks and bag before milking.
Thorough washing of the hands of the
milker, together with his entire
change of clothing, even paying atten
tion to his hair, eyebrows and teeth.
The milker should milk with care and
the barn should be kept free of dust
at milking time. After milking, the
milk must be quickly cooled to a tem
perature nearly 45 degrees by icing,
and so kept at that temperature until
delivered. It must be removed from
the neighborhood of the cow, and
shielded from odors, especially from
dust, and must be caught in a pail
with a cover or at least a pail pro
vided with some sort of cover, such"
as cheese cloth.
Our mistakes of yesterday are re
sponsible for our worries of to-day.
Sfany who used to smoke 10c cigars are now
smoking Lewis' Single Binder' straight 5c.
When a woman gets really sick she
begins to wonder if she will look good
in a halo.
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Life's Unequal Combat.
You, a river, are contending with
the ocean. Latin.
Ask Yetif Orwntet ft Allan's Feet-It
"I tried ALLEN'S FOOT-EASE recent
ly, and have just bought another supply.
It has cured soy corns, and the hot. burn
ing and itching-aeaaatlon in my.feet which
was almost -unbearable, and I would not
be without it now. Mrs. W. J. Walker.
Camden, N. J." Sold by all Druggists. 2Sc.
Practical Device.
"Why don't you mend that Urge
bole in your umbrella?"
"I keep it to put my hand through
to see if It is still raining." Meggea
dorfer Blaetter.
Fitted for the Job.
The general consulted the topo
graphical chart. "You understand,
colonel." he said, "that this charge on
the enemy's fortification necessitates
the most reckless disregard for hu
man life?" "I understand, general,"
the colonel replied. 'The forlorn hope
that leads the movement will be com
posed exclusively of amateur chauf
feurs." A Financial Epigram.
"H. H. Rogers," said a New York
broker, "always advised young men
to get hold of capital. He used to
point out to them that without capi
tal a man could do nothing, nothing.
He used to pack this truth into a very
neat epigram.
"'Fortune.' he used to say, 'can't
knock at the door of a man who has
no house."'
Severe.
Samuel Gompers was talking in the
smokeroom of the Baltic about a re
cent newspaper attack on a rich cor
poration. "It was-a cruel attack," Mr. Gom
pers chuckled. '-It was as cruel as
the Jonesville Clarion's paragraph
about old Deacon Hiram Ludlow.
"This paragraph header the Clar
ion's obituary column. It said:
"'Deacon Hiram Ludlow of Frisble
township, aged 82, passed peacefully
away on Thursday last from single
blessedness to matrimonial bliss after
a short but severe attack by Maria
Higgins, a blooming widow of 37 sum
mers.' " Detroit Journal.
GAVE HER AN IDEA.
Cycle Dealer Here is a cyclometer
I can recommend. It is positively ac
curate; not at all like some cyclome
ters, which register two miles, per
haps, where you have only ridden one.
Miss de Byke You haven't any of
that kind, have you?
THE SECRET OF HAPPINESS.
Unselfishness in Life Is the One Thing
That Will Transform All
Things to Gold.
The moment we set about the task
of making every human being we
come in contact with better for know
ing us more cheerful, more coura
geous and with greater faith in the
kindness of God and man that mo
ment we begin to attain the third pur
pose of life personal happiness.
Would you possess the magic secret
of the alchemist which transforms all
things to gold?
It is unselfishness or, to use a bet
ter word, selflessness.
He who goes forth bent upon being
always kind, always helpful, in the lit
tle daily events of life, will find all
skies tinted with gold, all his nights
set with stars and unexpected flowers
of pleasure springing up in bis path
way. And all his tears shall turn into
smiles. Brooklyn Eagle.
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TROUBLE IN ROYAL PALACE.
Tidings Borne by Amateur Actor Suf
ficient to Lead Hearers to Ex-
pect the Worst.
The Shakespeare club of New Or
leans used to give amateur theatrical
performances that were distinguished
for the local prominence of the actors.
Once a social celebrity, with a gor
geous costume, as one of the lords in
waiting had only four words to say:
"The queen has swooned." As he
stepped forward his friends applauded
vociferously. Bowing his thanks, he
faced the king and said, in a. high
pitched voice: "The swoon has
queened."
There was a roar of laughter; but
he waited patiently, and made an
other attempt:
"The sween has cooned."
Again the walls- trembled and the
stage manager said in a voice which,
could be heard all over, the house:
"Come off. you doggoned fool."
But the ambitious amateur refused
to surrender, and in a rasping fal
setto, as he was assisted off the stage,
he screamed: "The coon has
sweened." Success Magazine.
Aid Fight Against Tuberculosis.
At the recent meeting of the Na
tional Association of Bill Posters, held
in Atlanta, Ga.. it was decided to do
nate to the campaign against tubercu
losis $1,200,000 worth of publicity.
The bill posters in all parts of the
United States and Canada will fill
the vacant spaces on their 3.500 bill
boards with large posters illustrating
the ways to prevent and cure con
sumption. The Poster Printers' asso
ciation has also granted $200,000
worth of printing and paper for this
work. This entire campaign of bill
board publicity will be conducted un
der the direction of the National As
sociation for the Study and Preven
tion of Tuberculosis in co-operation
with the National Sill Posters asso
ciation. They Were Good Mothers.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton is quoted as
saying that a woman's first duty is to
develop all her powers and possibili
ties, that she may better guide and
serve the next generation. Mrs. Stan
ton raised seven uncommonly healthy
and handsome children, says an ad
mirer of hers, and the children of Mrs.
Julia Ward Howe testify to the vir
tues of the noted woman as a moth
er. The eagle may be as good a
mother as the hen or the goose.
Self-Made.
"I might say to you, young men,
that I am a self-made man."
"In what respect?" asked an Im
pertinent youth.
"In this respect, if you must know."
replied the orator. "I made myself
popular with men who had a pull and
thus obtained my present lofty posi
tion." Her Intentions.
"Do you think your sister will mar
ry me?"
I "If you keep comin'."
"Have you heard her say anything
about it?"
I "I heard her tell ma that if yoa
didn't stop comin here so often she'd
make things unpleasant for you.
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