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fe tl PAGE TEN THE MARION DAILY MIRROR, SATURDAY, JULY 6, 1007. - f .H-. i m 1 thn .! I - C En a mi u Wo tSpeclal Washington Letter. Y Rood friends General Charles II. Grosvcuor of Ohio nnd Chnrles II. Lnndls of Indlnnn, who hnvo beou swearing by the benrd of the prophet for a deendo that tinder the lwnlgn lnllnenco of tho Dlngley bill, from -which, ncrordlug to their philosophy, nil blessings How, there Is not n trntnp In America, must feel nn unplensnnt senutlon when they lenrn thnt the nillroads kill from 1,500 to 1.S00 trntnps uununlly. Now, It's clear ns crystal thnt the railroads could not kill tramps unless there were tramps to kill. Nor can It bo assumed by these nsttite and agile statesmen that tho railroads kill all the tramps. Terhaps, ns n matter of fact, they lo not kill more tlinn one out of n thousand, which forms some basis for ascertaining the whole number of tramps In this laud of the free and honjo of the brnve. The above figures were given In a carefully prepared pa per read ny Mr. O. F Lewis, superin tendent of the two largest charity so cieties of New York, before the late national chnrltles conference nt Min neapolis. Will Brother Urosvenor and Urother Lnudls admit their error nud cease to make such preposteious asser tions? Not on your life not so long as they believe thnt anybody can be roped In to vote the Republican ticket J by so doing! They probably will fol low the While House example and de clare that Lewis Is a liar and n horse thief because he has dared to tell the truth. Worse and more of It for Grosvenor, Lnndls et id genus otnne. the I'hlln Uelphla Press, n Republican organ edit ed by ex-Postmnster General Charles Emory Smith, admits the truth of the foregoing figures, and tho Washington Herald, independent, speaks editorial ly of the "Tramp Problem and Its Solution." Japs In Texnt. The latest news from Texas Is that the lumber mill owners, having grown weary of the shiftless negroes nnd Mexicans, are employing Japs In their stead. It Is said that the number of Jnps now' so employed In the Lono Star State amounts to tt.000 or 4.000 and W rapidly Increasing. The state ment, hard to believe, Is also made that one Jap dors tho work usually done by two negroc) or three Mex icans. All of which Is Important, If true. There Is no question about them being a widespread and growing feel ing of discontent In the south with thu negro laborer nud thnt he must Im prove his ways or lie will find him- JUtgKK(g $ && ff $ $ h f$ - $ M Jxs w $ &b FH i self supplanted to a largo extent, which will hasten the extinction which " " Inevitably awaits him on this eonti '' ' ' nent. Certain of tho southern states i'-nro making systematic elToits to do- " fleet tho tide of while Immigration to . tho southward and appear to be sue- t-j ceedlng somewhat. It Is being made . .apparent In Europe thnt tho tulo about t jU. ,lfo nnd Property not being safe In tho, -south, which has been assiduously clr- k , ciliated up north nnd abroad for, lo. I these many yenrs, Is a llo made of whole cloth. This matter has been and -Is being Investigated by tho umbiissu- dors nnd ministers accredited to our t.1. government, particularly by the Italian -'. ambassador and the German nmbiissa tlit dor. Their reports qro decidedly fa ?; vorable to tho south. Hy reason of iTtunvornble climatic conditions living Is much cheaper In the south than In tho , north. Not so much food, clothing or . . fuel Is necessary. Houses cost less. Cattle run out In comfort nil the win ter. All these facts, when geneially known, will take white immigrants Into tho south in constantly uugmont- , ing numbers. "Out of the Mouth of False Prophet." ' The editor in chief of the St Louis Globe-Democrat should gather his par- agrapliers together and give them some itli Wnt ag to what the policy of the G -D. .,houId be In respect to one W. .7. Ury- an. These geutlemen don't do good team work There Is frequently n clash- . fng of Ideas In the G.-D.'s editorial col- ,, , .limns. For Instance, the other day one paragraph read as follows: A Nashville correspondent speaks of v. tilths slender hold of Mr Drjan on Tcn- V Inessee." The Idea applies to the entire ' south, And singling out Tennessee in this respect is pointless. ' Another sapient gentleman, see.klng Jfiko fill thu next column, which wus plac ed "next to reading matter," said: For eleven years millions of Democrats have whooped vociferously when any speaker rolled forth tho phrase "the matchless William Jennings llryan." They have conti acted the haldt, and ora- !tors llKe applause. Hut what a drop .when the electoral votes are counted! 1 Trim Alef Una nt 41, n ilinDa nnmiwanli UU UIB, ItMt? Ul WIU BIIUIC JFUI a felllll barks back to ViW, If our arithmetic Is sot at fault, nud that rmnlnds us thnt Just before tho election lu 1800 tbe A E.-D. said: I fllx weeks after the coming election IWllllam, J, Dry an will have to fall out of a third story hotel window qr Ret himself Hog bitten in order to get Ills name In ht papers. yj'.l'-It Is very evident that tha G-D, fefps a staff of very poor political r.t .p'rjophets, probably n Job lot of; ex ! feather prophets. Now, after eleven tjyears have elapsed since tho writing of tye last quoted paragraph), tho G.D. It self mentions Hrynn's name In liulf a ' '.Hozen places In each Issue, ; -OMir Prophets, True and False, prophesying Is easy and cheap to lilrd who .would derldo n great uiuu or Cloirlk The Dingltjr Law inu Tumpi Jp La lot In Teiai Poliu'csl ProphU, False and True Nkholai and the Douma. -: n grnt work. Seward went to his grave hearing "ronstV on his Alaska policy roasts that were simply fnlso prophecies. Ho could do nothing to defend himself. At thnt time Alaska win an unknown quantity, nn Inchoate wilderness, as It still Is to n large ex tent. Tho following from Leslie's Weekly Is quite apropos: June 10. 1M7, tho fortieth nnnUersnry of the day on which the Alaska annexation treaty went Into operation, Is a date mark of great Importance to the United States. When shortly before his deAth, In 1872. William II. Seward vvns asked what ho believed to be tho greatest achievement of his public carrer. ho an swered. "The annexation of Alaska " lie added, however, "Ilut the American peo ple will not grnsp the value of that ac quisition for a. third of a century yet." This shows that Seward, tho empire builder was also a prophet. Seward has been dad for thlrt-Iho ears. and It Is only In recent times that his countrjmen have appreciated the Importance of Alas ka as n possession Strong opposition was offcicd In tho house of representatives lu 18G7 to making the appropriation of 17. aw.OOO, the price which SowHrd paid lo Ilnssla for tho province Said one of an nexatlon's opponents in that chamber, "All that Alaska will ever be able to pro duce are polar bears and Icebergs." For several years a nickname for the region was "Seward's Folly." Uut lime has vin dicated Seward. Orchard. Since thnt 111 starred performance of Ananias and his spouse Snpphlra no such liar ns Orchard has appeared nmoug men. Sydney Smith, of witty nnd therefore of blessed memory, once declared thnt n certain Kngllsh chief Justice was u great fraud because no body could by nny possibility 1k ns wise ns thnt man looked. Since Adnm nnd Kve partook of the forbidden fruit, whence all our woes, there hnvo leeu many bad men In this world, but not one so bad ns Orchard represents him self to be. If they will keep him on tilt- witness stand long enough, he will probably claim that he Is the mysteri ous and hitherto undlscoverablc per son who Bwatted William Patterson, thnt he It was who 11 red the Epheslnu dome nnd thnt he murdered old man Nathan In New York. Ho may hnvo told some truth, but he lins lied so nmiulngly that nuythlng he says is Incredible simply because he snys It unless thoroughly corroborated nt ev ery point, for surely ho did not commit nil the crimes he confesses. One of the unfortunate features or necessities of criminal procedure Is the fact that sometimes tho evidence of accomplices must bo used In order to secure righteous convictions. As pros ecuting nttorney I sometimes was forced lo convict men that I believed to be guilty by using thp evidence of accomplices, but I nlwnys disliked ex ceodlngly to do It. But surely Orchnrd Is the limit. Czar nnd Douma, Whether nny Bourbon blood flows in tho veins of Cznr Nleholns I do not know, not being n genealogist, but It may bo safely asserted thnt he pos sesses ono of the Bourbon characteris tics he learns nothing. That fact Is quite likely to cost lilui his tin one. perhaps his head also. If history tenches any one thing more than nil other, It Is thnt whcii n great peoplo make up their minds to be free they will sooner or later succeed. How many English tyrants dissolved how many KtiEllsh parliaments Is not nt this mo ment remembered, but parliaments continued to assemble, and nfter revo lutions and bloodshed, some of royal blood, there convened a parliament which was master of the king, nnd Englishmen were free. Chnrles I. was much such n mnn ns Nicholas, nnd ev erybody knows whnt happened to him. The story of Euglnud was lu many re spects repcuted In Franco later on. Louis XVI. was an amiable sort of king as kings go. He spent his leisure in making locks to such nn cxtcut thnt he came to be known us "the lock smith." He seems to hove possessed tho domestic nnd private virtues to n large extent for n klug, but ho repre sented a bad system, uud ho lost his head Tor It. The sins of his ancestors were visited upon him. Talleyrand snld thnt Louis made n dozen concessions to the people nny ono of which would have saved his life nnd Ills throuo had It been made twenty-four hours sooner. It's n wonder that no king ever has sense enough to read tho handwriting on the wall ami to yield gracefully to tho Inevitable There must bo it dis ease peculiar to juouarchs which should be named toynl blindness. Nothing Is more certain tuun that Rus sia will be free. A Palpable Hit. From Drynn's Commoner 1 In an editorial entitled "Wages Delu sion" the Louisville Courier-Journal makes an Interesting answer to a Repub lican newspaper that claimed that the cotton mill operators In north Germany BU only 1191.01 a year, while in America they get Vol ST. The Courler-Journsl saysj "It looks n little queer to see arguments for protec tion made on tho ground that It gives our laborers J30I57 n year. There are S13 working days In a year, barring holidays with pay, so that the wage Is less than a dollar a day. Now, a farm laborer at t'.O a month and board gets 1240 In money, and the board would, even at a low rate. bring the total up as high a that of the cotton mill operator. It Is well known that the farm laborer has no protection. ana it is hard to see how the cotton mill operator sets r.nv benefit from It. La. borers In many unprotected employments get more than a dollar a day. Moreover, ihe owners of cotton mills Import laborers free from forplgn countries. If the pro tective tariff makes prices of commodities high and wo know It does why Is theni not a tariff on Imported laborT Thnt U the loglo-of protection to -Mhbor by a tariff, U it is lo be bwe at all, but the fact of it Is that It is not Intended to make labor high. The men who make this argument In order to get labor support ore the same men who Import foreign labor to keep down tho prices they must pay to laborers nt ho.ue. They arc the men who sell to customers In America steel rails for J28 ft ton and sell them abroad nt $ or J22, making a big profit on an article which confessedly coats about 116. Tho argument that pio tcctlon makes high wages Is a ridiculous fallacy They hnvo always been higher In America than In Murope. Uut In Kuropo the highest wages are paid In free trado Kngland, and tho countries where they are lowest have the most rigid systems of protection." Jefferson on tho Third Term. A reader of the New York Evening Post, writing to that newspaper, says; "In answer to a request of tho Maryland legislature that ho should be, a candidate for n third term. Jefferson said: 'If some termination to the services of the chief magistrate be not flxed by tho constitu tion or supplied by practice, his otllce, normally four jears, will In fact become for life, nnd history shows how easily that degenerates Into an Inheritance. I feel -It a duty to do no net which shall essentially Impair that principle, and 1 should unwillingly bo the person who, dis regarding the sound precedent set by nn Illustrious predecessor, should furnish the first attempt of prolongation bejond the second term of office' " Cheerful, One of the Inost promising of the new Democratic members elected to the Sixtieth congress Is Hon. W. P. Ashbrook of the Seventeenth Ohio dis trict. He Is young, handsome and capable. Withal he Is an optimist, nnd optimism goes n long wny In this world. Itecently Brother Ashbrook was Interviewed by the Washington Post and talked In this cheery manner: "The next senator from Ohio Is likely to be Judge Judson Harmon of Cincin nati." said Representative W P Ash brook of the Seventeenth Ohio district, formerly represented by Mr. Smyscr. "This Is because the Democrats are more thnn likely to carry the next state legis lature." ho went on. "The Republicans have a majority of only threo members in the house gf representatives, and this will be reduced to a majority of one. Car mi Thompson, formerly speaker, was elected secretary of stnte last year He will be succeeded by a Republican. B. W. Baldwin of Auglalsn county, who has been appointed a member of the board of public works, is likely to be succeeded bj n DemoTnt W S Stevens of Clermont counts died and will be succeeded by a Democrat My successor will bo n Demo crat Thus the majority Is reduced to one. In the senate the Democrats have a majority of one If the two houses come together on Joint ballot at any time, they will therefore be lied. If the Democrats don't make enough out of the Toraker Taft nquabble to elect enough additional Democrats to the legislature to enable them to choose a senator, I miss my guess." Hon Thomas T. Crittenden, ex-rep resentntlve In congress, ex-governor nnd ex-consul genernl to Mexico, hns declnied for Governor Johnson ofr Minnesota for piesldent. Just whnt Colonel AV. J. Brynu nnd Governor Folk will think of Colonel Crittenden's output I do not know. A Tall Statesman. Hats off to my good friend Hon. Cy rus A Sulloway representative from New Hampshire, who stands six feet seven In his stockings He Is not only taller than uny of his colleague's or than any senntnr, but also taller than any member of tho house of commons or house of lords. Tho tallest common er, Eric Hambro, who hns Just resign ed, Is only six feet five nnd three-qunr-tcr inches, whllo Lord Ampthlll, who can't resign even If he wanted to, Is only six feet four nnd n half Inches. Thus, oven lu tho smnll mntter of phys ical altitude, our statesmen beat the Britishers. The Georgian. Tho Immediate success of the Georgian, the new evening Atlanta paper edited by my brilliant, eloquent and lovable filend Colonel John Temple Graves, Is one of tho most interest lug phenotuenu of our times. The Georgian had no experimental stago of living on short commons. It was n magnificent ttlumph of Journalism from the beginning nnd uow has a circula tion of fifty odd thousand, which Is rcmnrkablc for a paper In a city the size of Atlanta, and Its circulation is rapidly gi owing. Colonel Graves, At lanta and Georgia uru to bo congratu lated. The Irritable Japs, On dlt thnt tho administration will not send any of our battleships to Pa cific waters for fear that such action would Itiltuto the Jnps to such nu ex tent that they would Jump on us right awny. If tho Jnps aro that Irritable and would Jump so suddenly nnd un provoked, then tho sooner wo send nil our bnttleshlps Into the Pacific tho bet ter. Part of them might act ns an irri tant. All of them might act as a seda tlve. The chances are, however, that the tale Is n lie. Dread and Win. History has n strange way of re pentlng Itself. Huvolutlous hnvo been caused before now by a rise In tho price of bread, nnd It begins to look n little ns If there may come a revolution In France from the price of wine, Uh n fight by -tho "natural wlno" makers against tho "prtlttclnl wluo" makers, Any movement that can collect togeth er ROO.OOd people on short notice must be of far reaching consequence, espe dally among u' peoplo so mercurial and emotional as tho French. The hero of this wlno crtisode, Mnrcelllno Albert, has been dubbed labor's Napoleon. Our Empire, Winston Churchill, author of "Tho Crisis" nnd other Inteiestlng novels, has mudo a great mid startling discov cry to wit, that this Is no longer a re public, but Is In reality nn ornplte, which may be correctly labeled as "Im portant If true." BOWSER AS AN ACTOR Thinks He Can Take the Parts of Hamlet and Romeo. WAS ALSO TO BE "ANGEL" Theatrical Promoter, However, Touch ed Him on ths 8tarl For Too Great a Sum As Usual, Mrs. 0. Has Laugh on Him. Copyright, 1907, by Homer Sprnguc, Mrs. Bowser was puzzled nnd per turbed Mr. Bowser was going nbout striking strnngo attitudes and mutter ing to himself, nnd he hnd cried out In his midnight sleep: "Lay on, Macduff, and damned bo ho who first cries, Hold, enough!" Something wns up, but Just what. It was ir. Bowser was keeping to him self. She mndc cautious Inquiries ns to whether ho wus looking for n fnim, Investing In n flying machine or ex perimenting with n new hnlr dye, but ho only smiled In n knowing wny In nnswer. When the cook wns asked In n casual way If she had noticed any thing queer nbout him of Into sho promptly answered: "Yes. mn'am, I have, and I was thinking of giving notice before ho broko out nnd set the honso on tire or killed ns with the nx. Ho nets Just as my sister's husband did before he blew up tho liouso with n bomb nnd jumped Into Ihe river." "Whnt have you noticed about him?" "Well, mn'am, he got out Into tho bark yard tho other evening and threw his nmiR nround nnd muttered. He Jumped ahead, and then shlewnys nnd backward, nnd all thu time he wns mutterlug to himself. I went to n he didn't look to nn itobtii ovun 16 CKNTS. theater on the Bowery once, nnd Mr. Bowser acted Just like an nctor I saw there. Did you over, hvar of nn actor called Mr. Hamlet, -ma'am?" "Hamlet Is a character In one of Shakespeare's plays," replied Mrs. Bowser. Feared For Her Life. "Then that's whnt ho's trying to be, nnd If you can't stop him I must quit my Job. I'm tho sole support of nn Invalid mother, na you know, nnd I don't wnnt to be suddenly blown high sky and lenvo tier to go to tho poor house." Mrs. Bowser felt thnt she now hnd tho key of tho mystery In hor hands. Thnt ovenlng b'io wns watching for Mr. Bowser's return from tho oillce. She saw him drop off tho street car at his usual hour nnd noticed thnt ho Btepped off with n ono-two-tlireo stride. Ah ho entered (ho house ho bowetl ceremoniously to her, nnd dur ing the dinner Lour he wan lofty and superior. When they had returned to tho sitting roc pi he began pacing up and down, nud presently sho snld: "Mr. Bowser, I want to talk" with you for n few 'minutes. You hnvo been acting rnilicr strangely of late. Hovo you got fomo great trouble on your mind that you tiro keeping from mo?" "My mind wns never moro clear of trouble," ho answered, with it bow and a smile. "But you hnvo got fiomo plan on hand." "If I have, oh, woman, thou must restrain thy curiosity .till such time as I see lit to unfold." "Are you thinking-of acting .on the stngoV" "Mcthlnks thou hast hit it close." "Then tell mo about It. As a wife I am Interested In your welfnre." Statts tha Case. "Well, hero'M tjio cose," ho sold as ho descended from his high horse, "About ii week pgo Mr. Horutlo Blank, tho celebrated nctor and mnnnger, happened In tlm olllco Just ns I wan repeating Hamlet's Bollloquy for tho bonollt of Green, nnd when I wns through ho wp pleased to shako hands with mo nnd ask if he could offer any Inducement for inn to go on the road with a company ho Is organiz ing to piny StaKcspnro's plays. I said nothing to .you nboul tho mat ter, knowing that you would trcnt It with your usual sarcasm, but I havo had two or three talks with Mr. Blank since. Ho Is satisfied that 1 will mnkn tho greatest Hmrlet over Been on tho stago. I shall also play Borneo." "You speak oj if It was u sottlcd thing," snld Mrs, Bowsor "It Is about as good as settled. Ho Is coming here this ovenlng for n flnnl talk. Ho thlnki ho can pay mo n sal ary of $100 per wcelr,,but la golug to let rao know, tyo Intend to lutrodtice n now feature Jn thentrlcnle-play tho whole year through. IIo' bplloyes, nnd I qulto ttgeoo wltli.Wm, that people long for Shnkespenrenn plays In sum mer moro than In the winter. Thus It will bo $100 per week for fifly-lwo weeks In tho year. Is there anything bad nbout thnt far nn lucomeV" "Does Mr. Blnnk wnnt you to put nny money In tho enterprise?" "Y-e-s, a few dollnrs, I thluk ho wants mo to advance enough money to pay for the printing. Ho will pny mo back double tho amount when Wo get out on tho road. Ho has had twenty-ono companies, and nil havo made money. IIo Is snld to be worth $1,000,000." "Then why does ho want you to nd vanco anything?" Might Loavo Him In Lurch. "Wh ? Why? I don't know exnet ly why, but to show I lint I am lu earnest, 1 suppose. I might cugago with 1 1 i til nnd then leave him in tho lurch." , It wns nn explanation, but It didn't satisfy the explainer. He snw u sihllo on Mrs. Bowser's face nnd began to (lush up ns he snld: "That's always tho way with you doing your best to find some fault, t wish I hadn't snld n word until tho company wns ready to start out on tho road." "I nm not finding fntilt, Mr. Bowser. I nm simply asking for Information Them's a ring nt the bell. It Is prob ably your mnn Blank. Go ahead and make your arrangements with him. I shall expect n box nil to myself on the first night you play 'Hnmlot.' " Mr.' Bowser ushered his thentrlcal manager Into tho library nnd carefully closed the door, and they took seats at the table. Tho said mnnnger didn't look to bo worth $1,000,000. In fact, ho didn't look to bo worth much over 15 cents. Ills silk hat had witnessed many tips nud downs In the world, nnd his tightly buttoned frock cont wns worn nnd shiny nnd showed that It had often stood beforo tho freo lunch coun ter nud taken lu tho benn soup. Hl.s cuffs were frayed and his necktie faded, nnd tho hand thnt had darned one kneo of his troupers must hnvo held it darning needle. Ho had his ns surnncn with him, however, nnd thnt was tho main thing. Needed About $7,000. "Oh, this dross, this worldly dross!" he sighed as he snt down. "It should hnvo nothing to do with our noble pro fession, but unfortunntcly wo cannot escape It I have been Ilguilng this nftornoon, nnd 1 Hnd thnt It will take about seven thousand to put ns on tho road In good shape. Of course It will all come 1nck to you sooner or later. Thero nre ten or twelve parties who nrc anxious to furnish the money, but as none of them can play Hamlet I have turned -them down." "Urn!" grunted Mr. Bowser, who hnd an Idea that twenty-Ilvo or thirty dol lars at most would bo wanted. "As for tho part of Hamlet, of courso you couldn't expect to go right m nnd ploy It at tho start. You must gradually work up to It. For tho first two weeks yon will bring tho spado to Humlot to dig tho grave with." "Urn! Urn!" "I wish we could mnko you n foot tnllor somehow. You mo rnthor short nnd chunky to play tho part." Mr. Bowsor turned red nnd white. "Wo must also get you n wig to hide your bnldness. Do you think you could reduce your weight by sixty or seventy pounds? Hnmlet hns no bny window on him, you know." "By thunder, man, what nro you talking nbout!" ahouted Mr, Bowser, as ho rose up. Hamlet Not a Bowser. "Calm thyself. Horatio." replied Mr. Blank In soothing tones. "Hnmlet must be Hnmlet. Hnmlet cannot bo Bowser." "Hnmlet bo durned! Sir, you have Insulted mo!" "Tush, tush. I like thy spirit, tint tho tones of thy voice hath n clnrlon sound. Sit thee down nnd we will talk of the long green. Seven thousnnd" "Seven thousand nothings! I don't llko your style. I don't wnnt to denl with you. This Interview Is closed." "And you haven't offered me n glass of wlno nor n clgnr. I was mistaken lu you. You couldn't piny Hamlet nny moro thnn n bull could piny a church organ. Good night, sir. I can find my wny out. If I hear of n btlck yotd for sale I will put you next." Mrs, Bowser was In tho sitting room. As Mr. Bowser enmo out ho was all n bristle and rendy for battle, hut sho Rlmply looked up nnd smiled and snld: "Isn't it n rather cold night, dear, for this tlmo of year?" Mr. Bowsor didn't nnswer, but he thought It wns for hlin. M. QUAD. New Duties For the Police. Tho nerlal pollco nt work a vision , of the near future. Sketch. Tha Causa and the Manner. "How did ho die?" "Ho died gumc, Ho woh mistaken for n deer whllo hiintlni;."-HnrpiT'a Wrekly. FIRST CHAIN CABLES. They Supplanted the Uoo of llempei Ropo on Warships. Tho first mnn who succeeded In mnk lng n useful chain cnblo wns Itohert Fllnn, nnd ho experimented with It lu 180S in n small ship nnmed tho Anno nnd Isabella, of 800 tons burden, HI cnblo wns made of very short link1, with no stay plus or studs, says tho Loudon Globe, but It served Its pur pose nnd wns, moreover, favorably io imrlcd upon by some of tho progressive senmeit of the time. At nbout the. sumo period u lleutcn nnt in tho navy named Samuel Brown was nlso experimenting with chnlu cn blcs mndc or twlsled links, nud this when It wnstluly patented he brought to the attention of (ho nnvy board. After much discussion It wns decided to glvo Lieutenant Brown the com mand of n Milling vessel, the Penelope, nnd send him on n voyngo to MntU nlquo and Guadeloupe". At his own ex pcnp he was to supply chain cables for the ship, nnd ihoy were to be ex perlmented with on tho voyage. Dur Ing the four month" the ship wns nwny tho new cnblcs were given n thniotigh tilnl nnd proved qulto satisfactory. When Btown made his icport n com mltteo wns appointed to ntlvlso ns to tho adoption of tho chain cable In ploco of tho hempen, and ns n result the new tncklo wns gtmlunlly Introduced Into menof-wnr. Between 1810 and 1811 the Hist chain cables wero served out to tho ships, but the full complement of hempen ropes wns sllll retained This system remnlned In force until 1814, when the number of hempen en bios was leduced to three, and In 1847 n further change wns ordered, two hempen cnble3 only being retained nn prlnclpnl mooring tackle. During Hie Husslnn war the superior ity of chnln cables was nmply demon' strnted on many occasions. Tho vos sols wero exposed to tho gales nnd bur rlcniies of the Bnltlc and the Black sea, but whereas the men-of-war with these chains wero nblo lo keep their irioor Ings lu the roughest wenlher mnny of tho merchantmen ttanspoils, fitted on ly with hempen ropes, broko nwny nnd met with disaster. And so nn ancient Industry, ono which In eaily dnys wns nlmostn monopoly In Dorsntshlie, was placed Infinitely In n secondary rank No net of parliament such as that of Henry VIII. ordaining that "no pprenn but tho Inhabitants only shall mnko cables" could bring back tho prosper ity to Brldport which that town had enjoyed In the eaillcst days of Kng Innd'a nnvol glory. A modern battle ship cnrrles four mnln cnbles nnd nn chors, each costing nbout 1.'J00. This gives her n totnl of 4f0 fathoms of chain entile. London Globo. Tho Alplno Good Night. Among tho lofty mountains nnd ele vated valleys of Switzerland the Alplno horn hns another use besides thnt of Hounding tho far famed "Hnnz des Vnchcs," or cow song, nnd this Is of n very solemn nnd Impressive nnture. When tho sun hns Ret In tho vnlley nnd the snowy summits of the moun tains glenm Willi golden light the hcrdsmnn who dwells upon tho highest habitable spot takes his horn nnd pro nounces clenrly nud fondly through It, ns through n spenklng trumpet, "Prnlso tho Loid God." Ah soon ns tho sound Is heard by the neighboring herdsmen they Ihsuo from their huts, take their Alplno horns nud repeat tho samo wolds. This frequently lnsls n qunrter of nn hour, uud tho cull resounds from nil tho mountains nnd locky cliffs nround. When silence again reigns tho herdsmen kneel nnd pray with un covered heads. Meantlmo It hns be come qulto dnrk. "Good night!" at last colls the highest herdsman through his horn. Tho words resound from nil tho mountains, tho horns of the herdsmen und the clilTs, nnd the mountaineers then letlro to their dwellings. Charlla Romemberrd Hor Well. A young woman of soclnl prom!-1 nence and respectability wns to unite with tho chinch lu her homo town nnd desired the ordlnniico of baptism by Immersion In the river. Among the number thnt gnthered to witness the baptism wan n littlo boy friend, Charlie, nbout four years old. Tho pro ceedings who entliely now to thn child, nnd tin looked on with stihngd curlosjty as the condldnto was led Into tho river. Tho spring freshets hnd mnilo the river somewhat turbulent, and It was lth difficulty thnt tho min ister maintained his footing. During thn following week tho young woman called at (he homo of his family nnd nfler thn usual greetings said tovtho littlo boy as sho extended her hand; "Comn heie, Chnrlle, and neo roe. You do not know who I am, do you 7" hhn vontliuied. "Ypb, Indeed, I do," snld tho boy "Yon Is that woman that wont in swlmmln' with tho minister on Sun day." Judgo's Library. A Canny Scot. A ficoteh cobbler, descilbert on tho( pollco books ns n "notorious offender,", wns sentenced by a Forfar magistrate, to pny n line of half a crown, or, In de fault, twenty-four hours' hnrd labor. If ho chose tho latter he would be tak en to the Jail nt Perth. "Then I'll go to Perth," ho snld, "for I have somo, business there." An oillclnl conveyed him to Pei th, but when tho cobbler reached tho jail he snld ho would pny tho line. Tho governor found ho would havo to tako It. "And now," snld tho cobbler, "I want my fare home." Tho governor demurred, but discovered jjiero wns no alternative. Tho ptlson er must bo Rent at the public expenoo to tho place ho had been brought from, fio the canny Scot got the 2s. 84(1 , which represented his fare, did his business nud went home) triumphant twopence halfpenny and n railway rldo tho butter for Ida olTimift. -Scottish Mnuilcan, " A FINE FARM FOR RENT A good FARMER, can se cure tho rental of n fino farm for 1008 and as much longor as tcnan't and owner can agree. If you aro a good man and good farmer, terms owner and location will bo civen by your otatlng your name, rosidenco and rofor enco and addressing your let ter to A. B. C. . Box No. 105, Marlon, 0, Peed the Chicks Our proparcd chick food contains tho proper amount of crila for tho littlo follows to keep thorn hoalthy and growing rapidly. They thrlvo better when fed with this mixture Mozicr & Rhoads North Stnto, Goal ft Feed. REH EMBER Wc move and store your gouds and do all kinds or truiiHicr work. Phone 155, r-EOPLES TRANSFER CO DR. C, G. 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