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ganization for the exclusive afternoon
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The news la received In The Stat Jone
ral bnlldi-g: over wires for this sole pur
pose This Is about the time of year when
Medicine Hat is due to get Into the dis
patches. It was really cruel for Arizona to
tack out after New Mexico had gone
and bought the license.
Trouble seems to have taken up per
manent headquarters lately In the
neighborhood of No. 26 Broadway.
Evidently Pennsylvania believes in
buying Its chandeliers by the pound,
even if they are three or four times as
expensive that way.
3Jr. Hearst's election expenses, ac
cording to his sworn statement, were
1256,370.22, but he doubtless got that
amount of fun out of it.
Evidently President Roosevelt be
lieves in running his cabinet like one
of these progressive games, and thus
far Cortelyou is the winner.
Colonel Harris gets almost as much
glory out of it as though he had been
elected, and he is spared the worry
ana trouble of keeping his promises.
""A. R. Brown appears to have been
! Xward about signing his name when
tie sent back; the Searchlight money to
I .c San Francisco relief committee.
Just from force of habit, we would
suggest that if you did not vote at the
last election you will have to register
if you want to vote at the next one
Noting that Mrs Russell Sage i3 to
give the bulk of her $80,000,000 for
tune to the deserving poor, Fred Trigg
thankfully remarks: "Things are com
ing our way at last."
Among the other strange features of
the campaign just closed is that the
Hon. Bourke Cockran did not swap
horses in the middle of the stream, a
is his usual custom .
Cleveland again slaps its prominent
citizen, J. D. R. in the face. By a
vote of 10 to 7 the Cleveland Y. M. C.
A. debating society has decided that a
millionaire cannot be an honest man.
' An exchange warns Govemor-elect
Hughes that the vice presidency will
get him if he doesn't watch out. But
Sfr. Hughes will doubtless take precau
tions that no such calamity overtakes
hin
Like Hoch's plurality, later reports
scale down the distance Peary was
from the North Pole. At first it was
stated that he got within 203 miles of
the pole. Now it is said that he was
enly 153 miles from it.
"Kansas farmers," says the Wash
ington Herald, "are complaining that
the present crop of corn is almost en
tirely made up of ears too lone tot
the shelter. Kansas will just have to
take to raising simplified corn."
Mr. Hearst's name on the Independ
ent league ticket In New York ap
peared under a pair of scales as the
party emblem. They must have been
coal scales, from the shortage that ap
peared in the votes that were delivered
to Hearst.
If all the congressmen who are can
didates for United States senator
Should supply members of the legisla
ture out of the congressional seed sup
ply, it can be easily seen that seed
stores are liable to multiply in Kan
sas the coming spring.
Out In Grant county the burning is
sue of the campaign was whether the
county offices should be kept open all
th time, or whether the officers
should work in shifts and throw oft a
thousand dollars a year from their sal
aries. This, is a great deal more im
portant to the people of that country
than some of the issues that the cam
paign speakers waste so much time
la trying to explain.
There is considerable difference be
tween the amount spent by Mr. Hearst
and that sper by Mr. Hughes 1n the
recent New "i ork campaign. Hughes
spent t. little over $600, Hearst spent
over a quarter of a million, and the
goa.1 was an office paying only $10,000 a
year. Probably the difference was that
Hughes is a poor man, and others in
terested in Republican success bore the
burden of the campaign expenses. Ev
erybody realized that Hearst is rich
and he was not only allowed to finance
his own campaign, but many of those
who would ordinarily have given their
tervices, expected pay from Hearst.
A most unusual occurrence has hap
pened in Jackson county. The Re
publican county committee assesses
3i county candidates $27 5 for the ex
pense of conducting the campaign.
The committee spent only about $150.
After reserving a small amount for In
cidentals, the committee has returned
the balance, about 35 per cent of the
original assessment, to the candidates.
This is so unusual that it may bring
forth a protest from campaign man
agers, inasmuch as it sets such a bad
precedent.
THE SANTA FE.
It is stated that the Santa Fe is now
paying out about one and a half mil
lion dollars a month to its employes
in Kansas. This a little matter of
eighteen million dollars a year.
If these figures are correct it means
that the Santa Fe railroad is disburs
ing to Kansas people who are on its
pay roll a sum one-third as great as
the value of the entire wheat crop of
the state. It means that the Santa Fe
is the greatest employer of labor lr
Kansas as well as the state's greatest
taxpayer. It means that the Santa Fe
is a great financial benefit to the state
.Some of us sometimes have consid
erable to say about the railroads trying
to run the government, but the rail-
roaa nas a right to run the govern
ment to a certain extent. It has a
right to its share in the government,
just as any other interest or citizen
has. And being big institutions the
railroads are entitled to a big share in
saying how the government shall bj
run. What we object to is when they
overstep the bounds and try to do
more than their share towards con
trolling the government. They are
entitled to a fair hearing and due con
sideration in all matters in which
they have an interest, but when they
J'ssume to dictate the selection of rail
road commissioners, and United States
senators, and legislators, naming men
who will acknowledge allegiance to
them rather than to the public, the
people resent it.
But those who would shut (Iia i-oii-
road entirely out of participation in
governmental arrairs are going to the
other extreme. Railroads are entitled
to have big influence in running thij
state. The Santa Fe for intan,Q i,
a great deal at stake in Kansas. It
nas millions of property and thou
sands of employes here. As the prin
cipal taxpayer and employer of labor,
its interests should have due consider
ation. But it has no -rltrht.
to overcharge the public for its ser
vices, simply Decause it is a big con
cern. Kansas has been a great help to the
Santa Fe, but so has the Santa Fe been
a great help to Kansas. A railroad
that pays out a million and a half a
month in wages is a mighty handy
thing to have about the house. Great
is the Santa Fe. Long may it wave!
1908.
Some Kansas Republican newspapers
are pessimistic enough to see in the
narrow Republican victory this yeai
grave chances for Democratic success
in 1908. Colonel Harris has bought him
a home In Lawrence, which is inter
preted to mean that he is quite likely
to make another race for governor in
1908, and that he may succeed.
Republicans who are fearful of such
a calamity, as they might deem it, are
worried without cause. Such a thing
might happen, but the close election
this year does not necessarily presage
Whether there is danger of Republi
can defeat in Kansas two years hence
depends entirely upon the Republicans
themselves the Republican leaders
There are two things which might turn
the state over to the Democrats in 190S.
One is the capture of the Republican
party nationally by the trusts and
money interests, which would be very
apt to force Kansas out of the Repub
lican column nationally and incidental
ly endanger the party in the state. The
other thing would be a bad record by
the party within the state.
There is more danger from the latter
source than from the former. Even
though Theodore Roosevelt himself re
fuses to run again in 1908, he will
doubtless take a lively interest In the
management of the party and will head
off any attempt to turn it over to the
corporations.
There is danger, however, that the
Republican leaders of Kansas may not
lake the record the people desire. The
people of Kansas are demanding that
the state government shall be not only
pasjively good, but they want it ag
gressively so. They want the anti trust
law enforced. They want railroad
rates, the fairness of which cannot be
disputed. They want all laws enforced
with justice to all sections. They want
to be represented at Washington by
men who will be active and aggresslvK
in their interest.
Yet there is a possibility that the
Republican leaders will start off wrong
by allowing the railroads to name the
United States senator the coming win
ter. If they do, it will go a long ways
towards electing not only a Democratic
governor in 190S, but also a Democrat
to succeed Chester I. Long in the Unit
ed States senate.
There is danger that the politicians
themselves will be so eager to boss the
state that the people will become dis
gusted with them.
Certain legislation is desired by the
people. If they don't get it there Is
quite likely to be trouble.
If. on the other hand, the people have
their way and the state Is given a good
administration during the coming two
years, there is no possibility that a
Democratic state ticket would be elect
ed on state issues in 1908. Kansas is as
prone to vote the Republican ticket as
the sparks are to fly upwards. The
habit of "going Republican" is as firm
ly fixed in Kansas as is the habit of
"going Democratic" in Texas. Inci
dentally the Republicans of Kansas and
the Democrats of Texas are very mud:
alike in their beliefs and wishes. It
is only the force of habit that makes
them different in their politics.
The result of this year's election and
the narrow defeat of Colonel Harris is
portentous only from the fact that it
shows that the people of Kansas ar
becoming more and more independent
But if they are given a good state gov
ernment and the policies of Theodore
Roosevelt prevail nationally, nothing
can keep Kansas from rolling up a big
Republican majority in 1908, in spite of
its apparent good opinion of Colonel
Harris.
JOURNAL ENTRIES
Here is another election joke: Th
political attorney of a Kansas railroad
was a strong Hoch supporter, doing
everything he could for the governor's
re-election. But he could not influence
the votes of his two legal associates,
who keep out of politicis. Both of them
voted for Harris. Who said the rail
roads political lawyers run Kansas
politics?
It Is evidently not very difficult to
get "mentioned" for speaker these
days.
Judge Reeder of Hays; says he was
defeated because many of his friends
read down the ballot until they saw
the name of Reefer, which they voted
for and then voted the balance of the
Democratic ticket; but the Reeder they
voted- fir was Congressman Reeder,
whose name came ahead of the judge.
Seems to have been a case of too many
Reeders among the candidates and not
enough readers among the voters.
'
There has been so much talk about
making a dash for the pole: How
would it do to make it a period for a
change? j
Pretty soon now the congressional
garden seed will begin to make its ap
pearance in homes where the only
place to plant it is out on the bricit
pavement.
JAYHAWKER JOTS
"The Democrats," say3 Walter John
son, "elected two men in Chase county
and both of them are women."
Leroy A. Wright, formerly an Em
poria newspaper man, has been elected
state senator at San Diego, Calif.
Out in Haskell county the Socialist
nominee for representative received on
vote, and there is some suspicion as to
who did - it.
Roy Tapley has an idea that all this
year's political forecasts were manufac
tured at the weather bureau. That
may explain it.
Sugar beets are not the only thing
they raise out In the Arkansas valley.
Hamilton county is bragging about a
five pound turnip.
An Emporia boy has had some spe
cially hard luck. The day that he got
out of a three weeks' quarantine for
scarlet fever, he fell and broke his arm.
"Why this delay?" demanas Charlie
Blakesley. "Usually the Topeka Re
publicans have arranged for a monster
ratification within two weeks after the
election."
Now that the election is over, the
Lyndon Herald takes sufficient space to
say that an eagle measuring over seven
feet from tip to tip of its wings was
recently shot near there.
The official count showed that the
county clerk had been re-elected in
Kingman county and on the same day
a "brand new son" arrived at his house.
It also happened to be his own birth
day. A Saline county girl was untying the
halter of a fractious horse a few days
ago, when the animal jerked the strap
through her hand. The strap cut like
a knife, severing one finger, bone and
all, and severely injuring another.
Atchison Globe: A man named Miller
has written from Seattle, Wash., to the
Missouri Pacific headquarters at Atchi
son, asking the fare from Atchison to
Gre'enleaf. He said he had once beat
en his way between the stations named,
and that he had lately been converted.
'' haven't the money now," he added,
"but will remit as soon as I can earn
it." Now won't that jar the brakemen?
A bit of central Kansas political his
tory is related by the Wichita Eagle:
A Republican nominee died only a few
weeks before the election. A hasty ex
amination was called by the county
central committee and a half dozen
candidates made a spirited campaign
for the nomination. The contest finally
dwindled down to three contestants af
ter fifty or ballots had been taken. The
aforementioned official was one of these
but his supporters and also those of his.
opponents stood by their candidates
firmly. Finally, when it appeared that
a deadlock would result, the lieutenants
of the leading candidates held a con
sultation. Then they left the room,
went to the basement of the building
and flipped a half dollar to see who
would make the sacrifice. The nomi
nation was made on the next ballot.
After the election, however. It leaked
out that a lead half dollar had been
used with "heads" on both sides. The
supporter of the unsuccessful candidate
had been given his choice before th?
half dollar was thrown .in the air, but
he selected "tails." Had he chosen oth
erwise the man with the spurious fifty
cent piece afterwards admitted, another
coin would have been used. The win
ning contestant, however, knew nothing
of the arrangement and was perhaps
as greatly surprised as many others in
the convention when enough votes were
suddenly thrown to him to give him
the nomination. He was elected twice.
GLOBE SIGHTS.
From the Atchison Globe.l
An old man becomes "stove up" the
same as an old horse.
The friends who flatter us are the
ones we say "understand" us.
Because a boy is hungry is no sign
his mother does not feed him enough.
If you have a good opinion of your
self, and wish others to haye it, keep
it to yourself.
What has become of the old-fashion -
cairi he rnuld do a thing
CU H1CW f J
in "the switch of a lamb's tail?
The lawyers talk of the Majesty or
the Law. A sign painter might talk
with equal sense and truth of the Ma
jesty cf Sign Painting.
After a girl has found a resemblance
between her favorite novel hero and
a young man, the young man can have
her any time he wants her.
A man was quoting a lot of sensa
tional gossip today. "But of course you
can't tell," he added, by way of apology.
But you CAN tell. When you hear a
wild, foolish, improbable and malicious
story, you can tell it is untrue, if you
care to apply fairness and common
sense. But if you want to be unfair,
and foolish, you can believe it.
When a popular woman visits Atchi
son, she is entertained every day, and
the Globe's personal columns print the
facts. True, every party is much alike,
but we suppose this to be the proper
thing to do. The editor of the paper
screams with pain when he sees these
parties written up every day for two or
three weeks, but what are we to do?
We are expected to pay some attention
to The Home, and Higher Things, and
when we try it. anonymous corres
pondents write us letters, and howl, and
inquire how many times we are going
to write up that same old palm. We
study to please, but the fact is dawn
ing on us that we are not succeeding
very welt.
KANSAS COMMENT
ANOTHER DIAGNOSIS.
The result of the recent election in
Kansas is being heralded over the
country by the press as a "Democratic
landslide." This effort at explanation
will not be accepted where the facts
are known. The designation of "Demo
cratic landslide" does not in any sense
explain the change in the vote from
two years ago. Very few voters, if
any, have changed their politics. The
vote was simply a protest by Republi
cans first against the political meth
ods employed by the leaders to control
the last two state conventions, and sec
and it was a protest against the mis
management of the state funds. During
Governor Hoch's administration it was
discovered that the state treasurer had
deposited more than one-half million
of the state funds in a failing banking
institution, in direct violation of the
letter of the law, and no attempt was
made by the governor to oust or pun
ish the treasurer for this gross dere
liction of his official duty. Again, a
laige sum oi the state money was
handed out by the treasurer to an In
dividual, against the letter and spirit
of the law, to purchase questionable
county bonds, on private account, to
sell to the state school fund. The pur
pose In this case was clearly specula
tion and graft; and as a result of that
deal the state has $125,000 of the school
funds invested in bonds that are not
believed to be good, and no effort was
made by the chief executive, who
should exercise a supervision over all
these matters, to prevent this unlawful
and dangerous assumption of authority.
Moreover, the governor was handi
capped in the campaign.- While he is
a good speaker, his speeches failed to
help him. The masses of the Republi
cans had had no. Voice In his first or
second nomination. The railroad in
fluences had dictated the action of the
convention in both instances, and the
consequence of all these things was
that 30,000 Republicans in the state held
the governor responsible and registered
their votes against him. This should be
a lesson to party leaders as well as to
public officials. What the thinking
people are demanding in this country
is a "square deal" and good govern
ment. Holton Recorder.
A FEW FACTS.
The esteemed Kansas City Journal is
insincere and dishonest in accusing the
Standard Oil company of causing Gov
ernor Hoch to run 25.000 votes behind
the balance of the state ticket. The
Standard had no more to do with this
than had the man in the moon. The
Kansas City Journal knows that it did
not. In Wilson county, where the j
Standard has more employes than it
has in all the rest of the state, the 1
Republican candidate for represent:!- I
tive was defeated because he was em
ployed in taking leases for the Stand
ard. Yet in the face of this Governor
Hoch carried that county by the usual
Republican majority. The Standard
may be guilty of many things but it
happens to be innocent of this charge
The esteemed Journal was one of the
first papers to take up the Hoch boom
two years ago because the railroads
could not control Governor Bailey. Now
that its candidate has lost 25,000 votes
from the face of the ticket in two
years, it is not strange that it should
be seeking a scape-goat for its own
political conduct. Coffeyville Journal.
DREADFUL SUSPENSE.
The suspense will not be entirely over
until it has been learned whether or not
those three constitutional amendments
carried and what they were all about.
Parsons Sun. '. . . t ;
a close call.
Governor Horh has Issued his Thanks
giving .-prdelafnatioin,,. Governor Hoch
came mighty clos to not hsfvng any
reason for Issuing a Thanksgiving proc
lamation, this year. Lawrence World.
I FROM OTHER PENS
THE MAN FOR THE PLACE.
Provisional Governor Magoon con
tinues to show that he is the man for
the place in Havana. The complaints
of the liberals that he has not ap
pointed them all to office and turned
the other crowd out is one of the best
indications that he is righteously ad
ministering his office. The howls of
disappointed office seekers are a trib
ute to his firmness and discretion.
Chicago Chronicle.
FROM NATURE TO ART.
These keen, brisk, invigorating
mornlng3 recall the fact that the
sauer kraut season will soon be upon
us. Baltimore Sun.
THE HEAD OF THE TICKET.
Some of the New York Democrats,
after looking the ticket over, are in
clined to congratulate themselves on a
very neat job of decapitation. Wash
ington Star.
THE PERFECTION OF GRAFT.
"Graft in San Francisco!" exclaimed
the Californian. "Say, you effete east
erners don't know anything about our
graft. If permeates commercial as
well as political life. Why, I'll bet
that if the citizens undertake to hang
the boodlers they'd get stuck on the
price of rope." Philadelphia Ledger.
SOME OF THEM TUMBLE. '
The Washington Star says that
strangely enough nearly every one
feels an impulse to jump from a dizzy
height. Yet Washington is full of men
who have manifested no such idiosyn
crasy. Louisville Courier-Journal.
THE REASON.
No startling weddings have recently
been reported from Pittsburg. This
may be due to the fact that the theat
rical season is well under way and the
actresses are all busy with their art. .
Washington Star.
HOW TO GET IT.
The Pittsburg Sun wants to know if
there is justice in Pittsburg. It is un
derstood there is. but according to the
newspapers it seems necessary to fix
the jury to get it. Philadelphia Press.
"
PROBABLY CORRECT.
Count Boni de Castellane acts as If
he never expected to be able to find
another American heiress who might
have a desire to become a countess.
Chicago Record-Herald.
NO REASON FOR COLD FEET.
The treasury of the United States
announces that there is now in circu
lation over $2,000,000,000. Consequent
ly, financiers should not attribute at
tacks of cold feet to poor circulation.
Washington Post.
NORMAL HEART ACTION.
A Nebraska congressman has re
turned $1,900 salary, an? the fact that
the serjeant-at-arms is '!I1 alive to
tell the tale indicates th;it gentleman's
heart action to be perfectly normal
and healthy. Washington HeriM.
OVERCOME BY SHAME.
Somebody is offerinz a reward of
$3,000 for the capture of a man who
impersonated a Pittsburg millionaire.
The fact that the impersonator is hid
ing indicates that he is not com
pletely lost to shame. Chicago Record-Herald.
SCOTTY.
One time when Mommie cut my hair,
I cry an' say I didn't care
Fer how I looked er nothin', but
The boys would holler "Mother-cut."
An' so at school, when they all start
To plague me, Scotty tooked my part
An' dared 'em ail, an' told 'em they
Would cry if they looked that-a-way.
Will Vawter, in The Reader.
A Party In Labrador.
It occurred to me that It would be a
pleasant variation to give a birthday
dinner to Easton and to have a sort of
' feast to relieve the monotony of our
daily life, and give the men something
to think about and revive their spirits;
for "bucking the trail" day after day
with no change but the gradual
change of scenery does grow monoton
ous to most men. and the ardor of the
best of them, especially men unac
customed to roughing it, will become
dampened in time unless some variety,
no matter how slight, can be brought
into their lives.
My instructions to Pete included the
baking of an extra ration of bread to
be served hot with the roast geese,
and I asked Stanton to try his hand at
concocting some kind or a pudding
out of the few prunes that still re
mained, to be served with sugar as
sauce, and accompanied by strong
coffee Our coffee supply was small
and it was used only on Sundays now,
or at times when we desired an espe
cial treat.
We were pretty tired when we re
turned with our second packs and
dropped them on a low, bare knoll
some fifty yards above the fire where
Pete and Stanton were carrying on
their culinary operations, but a whiff
of roasting goose came to us like a
tonic, and it did not take us long to
get camp pitched.
"Um-m-m," said Easton, stopping
in his work of driving tent pegs to
sniff the air now bearing to us ap
petizing odors of goose and coffee,
"that smells like home."
"You bet it does," assented Rich
ards. "I haven't been filled up for a
week, but I'm going to be tonight."
At length dinner was ready, and we
fell to with such good purpose that
the two birds, a generous portion of
hot bread, innumerable cups of black
coffee, and finally, a most excellent
pudding that Stanton had made out of
bread dough and prunes and boiled in
a canvas bag, disappeared.
How we enjoyed it! "No hotel ever
served such a banquet," one of the
boys remarked as we filled our pipes
and lighted them with brands from
the fire. , Then with that blissful feel
ing that nothing but a good dinner can
give, we lay at full length on the
deep white moss, peacefully puffing
smoke at the stars as they blinked
sleepily one by one out of the blue of
the great arch above us until the
whole firmament was glittering with a
mass of sparkling heaven-gems. The
soft perfume of the forest pervaded
the atmosphere; the aurora borealis
appeared in the northern sky, and its
waves of changing light swept the
heavens; the vast silence of the wild
erness possessed the w-orld and wrap
ped in his own thoughts, no man spoke
to break the spell. Dillon Wallace, in
the Outing Magazine.
Whooping Up Trade.
Captain Homer W. Hedge, president
of the Aero club, said in Pittsfleld,
apropos of a very dangerous balloon
descent:
"This reminds me of a visit that was
paid to the aeronautical editor of a
certain newspaper Dy a solemn man in
"'The new aero club is doing well,
I believe?" the visitor began. . , .
."'Yes,, said the editor. , "We have
already ninety members.'
" 'Good! And ascensions will soon
begin, eh?'
" 'They will begin within the week.'
" 'Now, sir,' said the man in black,
'I will pay you one dollar a line if you
will state in your "answers to corre
spondents" column that the quickest
and best way to descend in a balloon is
to bore a hole in the gas bag.'
"The editor shook his head.
" 'It's a liberal offer,' he said, 'but
I'm afraid we can't accept it.'
"The man in black sighed. 'I am
sorry." he said, and he walked out.
" 'Who is that man?' asked a stenog
rapher, looking up from his desk.
" 'That,' the editor replied, 'is our
new coroner. He is paid by the job.' "
Los Angeles Times.
The Chivalrous Red Man.
Near the end of a brilliant match,
between our oldest university and the
Carlisle Indians, one of the Indian
backs suddenly got away with the ball
and was off down the field with noth
ing between him and the goal posts
but one man. If the runner succeeded
in getting by him, it meant everlasting
athletic glory for himself and perhaps
a victory for his small college over this
mighty institution of learning, con
taining the flower of the civilization
which had swept his forefathers away
from the lands they once possessed.
The crowd in the stands had arisen,
gasping in their excitement, as crowds
always do at such moments. But Just
as he had almost gained the coveted
line, that one man, a famous sprinter,
brought the runner down with a beau
tiful tackle. The stands rocked with
relief, and the usual "piling up" of
other players took place. As the two
lay there together, the fair-haired rep
resentative of New England, while
still clasping the dark-skinned de
scendant of American savagery, felt
something fumbling, and presently be
came aware, at the bottom of the heap
there, that his right hand was being
shaken "Good tackle," muttered the
Indian. Jesse Lynch Williams, in the
Outing Magazine.
Priest's New Explosive.
For a Portuguese priest, Fadre
Manuel Hymalaya, is claimed the
credit ot having invented a new ex
plosive, which is destined to supplant
dynamite and other explosives used for
mining and other purposes.
Hymalayite, as the explosive is call
ed, Is made chiefly from chlorate of
potash, and there is no danger in its
manufacture. As it creates smoke it is
unlikely to be used for war purposes.
Padre Hymalaya invented his explo
sive w hile in North America, where he
devoted himself to scientific study. The
first experiments were made at Frank
fort. Philadelphia, with such startling
results that the secretary of war would
not give permission for further trials
unless Padre Hymalaya would accept
responsibilit yfor any damage done.
Padre Hymalaya refused handsome
offers for his explosive in America, re
turning to Portugal, where he placed It
at his country's service. London Mail.
, A Gold and Steel Engine.
A watchmaker of Ontario has made
a remarkable working model of an engine-
- It weighs only tour grains, and
is made of gold and steel. It w-ould
take 120 of those almost microscopic en
gines to weigh an ounce, while 1,90
would be required to weigh a pounJ,
and 3,840,000 to weigh a ton. The spoid
and hoise power of this little model
have been estimated by Prof. Char.t
of the University of Toronto. It makes
G.000 revolutions per minute, and Its
working power ia 1-408.000 of a hors"
power. The bore of the cylinder is 3-100
of an Inch in diameter, and the length
of its etrcke 1-92 of an inch. Truly a
wonderful little engine. London Globe.
THE E VENUIG STORY j
Nan's Wooing.
(By Taylor White.)
"I simply must make that train,"
said Nan. "I must get home."
Bert looked at his mother. Sha
made a helpless gesture.
"I don't see how it can be done, my
dear Nan," she said weakly. 'tBoth of
the horses have gone lame, the liv
ery has no horse In and the express
man cannot come for your trunk until
this afternoon."
"Can't we beg, borrow or buy a
rig?" sha demanded briskly. "Sure
ly every horse and cart in Pleasant
ville is not engaged."
"I guess you'll have to stay over
until tomorrow," said Bert blandly, "I
can get a horse by then."
"I'm going to get one right away,"
she said decidedly. "I promised Nell
Taylor when we were at school that I
would be her bridesmaid and I'm go
ing to."
Mrs. Montrose stared. "My dear
Nan," she said coidly. "I hope you will
do nothing to excite comment."
Nan stared. She had told them a
week ago that she must leave on
Thursday and they had made no move
toward looking after her departure.
Now that she had been forced to take
the matter into her own hands this
placid remark irritated her.
"I am going to get that trunk to the
train ii! I have to hire a circus pa
rade," she said spiritedly, as she dart
ed out of the door.
Mrs. Montrose held up her hands in
placid horror. "My dear Bert," she
said, "It is almost fortunate that the
girl will not have you."
"Nothing of the sort," was the bru
tal response. "I need the money and
you know I do. Ii you hadn't made
that row about her riding Dwight's
horse it would have been all right. I
was hoping if I forgot about the bag
gage she might stay on and I could
patch it up."
"Well, let us hope that the girl does
not entirely disgrace us," was the
wailing- rejoinder as Mrs. Montrose
went into the parlor where she could
command a view of the street.
Nan Udell had been a thorn in her
flesh ever since she had come from the
west for a visit. Her father and the
late John Montrose had been mining
partners in the early days. Each had
made his strike, and when Nan and
Bert were born it was agreed that they
were to marry when they should be old
enough. Nan had come visiting with
the implied understanding that they
were- to wed, but Bert had soon dis
guested her, while there had been nu
merous conflicts between herself and
Mrs. Montrose, who was perpetually
shocked at her breezy, western man
ner. She administered the last shock
when she presently drove up to the
house on the seat of an express wagon,
talking spiritedly to the driver. She
sprang to the ground before he could
descend and assist her, and ran up the
steps.
"All right," she cried, as she threw
open the door. "Please let John help
the man w-ith the trunks."
"But how are you going to get into
town?" objected Mrs. Montrose.
"I'll ride with the man," laughed
Nan. "He said I might. It won't be
the first time. Goodby, Mrs. Montrose.
I'm sorry I was such a trouble to you.
I'll wire when I get home and write
and tell you all about the wedding.
Goodby, Bert.
She turned and flew down the steps
after the man, and with a spring was
back on the seat beside him.
"If you're in a hurry," she said con
tentedly as he touched the team with
the whip, "the only way is to do a thing
yourself."
"You seem quite capable of looking
after things yourself," he laughed. "I
fancy you shocked Mrs. Montrose. She
is so eminently proper."
"I'm sorry," she said penitently, "but
I Just had to get home, and they knew
it. I'm glad I found you."
"So am I," he laughed.
"You ought to be out west," she said
with a comprehensive gaze, that was
not impertinent because it was so frank.
"You're more the type of western man.
They don't have a lot of men of your
type here."
The driver flushed. "We have them,"
he said quietly, "but I guess they don't
travel In the Pleasantvllle set." He
laughed as he thought of the snobbish
social circle of the little suburb where
even the trolley was barred. Nan read
his thoughts and laughed in sympathy.
Her visit had not been pleasant.
She chatted on as they sped along.
The man was singularly intelligent for
a workman, and she enjoyed his chat as
much as she did the presence of a real
man after six weeks with the pale
youths who constituted the male ele
ment of Pleasantville society. She was
almost sorry when they reached the
town and drove up to the station.
The driver ushered her Into the wait
ing room, purchased her ticket and
sleeper, checked her trunks and finally
came toward her. "Here Is what I had
to pay out," he said, offering a neat
memorandum. "This is the change."
She glanced at the coins and smiled.
"That's the last of my greenbacks," she
laughed. "Now I'll get gold again. I
like it lotg better."
"We don't take to it on here," he
smiled.
"Btit I've got to give you one," she
said. "I have no more bills."
She held out a five-dollar gold piece
and after a pause his hand closed over
it. "Thank you," he said. "But you
would have been welcome to my serv
ices. I hope you have a pleasant trip."
"That's a real good-by," she said im
pulsively, remembering the frigid fare
well at the house. "Will you shake
hands?"
His hand closed over hers with a
pressure that almost crushed it, then,
with a bow he turned and left the room
while she settled herself for the hour
wait.
Nan was in time to be a bridesmaid,
and when she had written a long ac
count to Mrs. Montrose she sought to
put thoughts of Pleasantville out of her
mtnd. It was easy enough to forget
Mrs. Montrose and the colorless Bert,
but somehow the expressman would
crop up in her memory.
She assured herself over and over
again that she did not care for any
man who was content to drive an ex
press wagon, and yet all the time she
knew that she did care, and when, a
few weeks later, she entered the Crom
well's ball room an at the far end saw
a face she thought familiar, her heart
gave a bound.
It could not be the expressman, she
assured herself. The Cromwells were
most exclusive and yet . He came
toward her with his hostess on his arm.
"Mr. Newhall has been asking about
you, my dear," smiled the oid lady. "It
seems that you met back east."
"I do not flatter myself that Miss
Udell recalls me," he smiled. "But I
had the good fortune to be of some
slight service at her departure."
"Well, you can recall it to her," said
Mrs. Cromwell placidly. "I must go
and look after that Templeton girl.
Lock after Paul, my dear."
"I suppose you are surprised to see
me here," she smiled. "May I ex
plain? The conservatory is very
handy."
Nan bowed and he led the way.
"You see," he began, when they had
found a palm-screened nook, "my
father has some old-fashioned ideas
about work. He says that a man who
commands must first be able to obey,
and he put me on with the men on
precisely the same footing. He even
docked me half a day's pay for going
to town without permission and
chuckled when I told him I was still
two dollars to the good."
"Then you are not a regular ex
pressman ?"
"Thait was the mill wagon. It had
express painted on It when we bought
It and we did not take the trouble to
paint it out."
"What did you think of me?" she
gasped.
"I thought that a girl with your ca
pacity was worth knowing," he said
promptly. "So I made a note of your
name and address, which was on your
trunks, remembered that Mrs. Crom
well was a school chum of my moth
er's and come out to see her."
"I suppose she feels highly compli
mented," suggested Nan.
"Oh, I told her why I came," he said
calmly. "She quite indorses my opin
ion and my quest."
"When do you return," said Nan, to
change the topic.
"As soon as you have promised to
marry me." he said promptly. "It's a
brief wooing, Nan, but I can't wait.
Will you give me encouragement,
dear?"
"Yes," said Nan. "I I do like
you." He slipped a ring on her finger.
"I'm going to have that five-dollar
piece made into the wedding ring," he
said. "Thait was why I took it that
day."
"You loved me then?" she asked,
surprised.
"Yes," he declared.
"That's funny," said Nan musingly.
"I guess I did too." (Copyrighted,
1906, by P. C. Eastment.)
HUMOR OF THE DAY
"Yes, this tower goes back to William
the Conqueror." "What's the matter7
Isn't it satisfactory?'' New Orleans
Times-Democrat.
"Where is the very safest place to be
when you're on a boat during a hard
storm?" "Tied up at the dock." Cleve
land Plaindealer.
"My motto is 'never give up," " said Mr.
Closefist. "Yes," remarked the good dea
con, "I've noticed that when I pass the
plate in church." Philadelphia Record.
"Politics." said the patriot, "is becom
ing a mere trade." "Never mind," an
swered Senator Sorghum, "so long as it
isn't a trade in which our side gets the
worst of it." Washington Star.
Traveler In Parlor Car "Porter, that
man in front will give you a quarter fur
dusting him off, won't he?" Porter "Yes
sir!" Traveler "Well, I'll give you half
a dollar to leave the dust on him and not
brush it off on to me." Somerville Jour
nal. Stella "Young Huggins told me that he
proposed to you last night and you re
fused him." Mildred "Yes, poor fellow!
I really felt sorry for him, and if lie
hadn't left me so hurriedly 1 might have
relented and accepted him after ail."
Stella "Yes. that's what he said." Chi
cago Daily News.
"Do you approve of spelling reform?"
"Yes," answered the adaptable citisten.
"The only objection is that it consumes
more time remembering to spell the new
way than it does to put in tne extra let
ters." Washington Star.
Senior Partner "That new stenographPr
spells ridiculously." Junior Partner
"Does she? Well, if she does, it's about
the only word she can Fpeil, as fur as
my observation goes." Chicago Daily
News.
"Mom," said little Pntsy. "won't ye
gimme candy, now?" "Whist!" cried his
mother, "didn't I tell ye I'd give ye none
at ail if ye didn't kape quiet?" "Yes'm."
"Weil, the longer ye kape quiet the
sooner you'll get it." Philadelphia Press.
"Speak of me," quoth the novelist, mag
nanimously, "as frankly as if I had been
dead a hundred years." "If you had bet'n
dead a hundred years, I shouldn't h;
speaking of you at all," replied the critic,
taking prompt advantage of the dispensa
tion. Puck.
Miss Passay "The Idea If her pretend
ing that she thought my hair was gray."
Miss Knox "Yes, so silly of her." Miss
Passay "Wasn't it, though?" Miss Knox
"Yes, Just as if you'd buy gray hair."
Philadelphia Press.
"That new stenographer of ours Is a
very stylish speller." "What on earth Is
a stylish speller?" "Well, for instance,
take the word 'loafer.' She shells it
'1-a-u-f-f-e-u-r.' " Judge.
"Thought you said you were a mind
Teader?" said the caller. "So I am," re
plied the professor. "Well, why do you
hesitate? Why don't you read my mind?"
"I'm searching for It." Yonkera States
man. "The trouble with that talkative person
is that he frequently contradicts him
self." "After listening to some of the
things he says." replied Miss Kayenne.
"It seems rather creditable that he
should." Washington Star.
QCAKKIt REFLECTIONS.
From the Philadelphia Record.
Scene but not heard Pantomime.
In politics the dark horse is fre
quently a nightmare.
A barking dog doesn't bite, at least
not while he is barklnsr.
Many a fellow neglects his work
thinking too much about promotion.
It isn't every man of letters who
knows enough to mind his p's and q's.
The minute you are nice to some
people they want to borrow money
from you.
If we could see ourselves as others
see us we would probably be tempted
to kick ourselves.
The fellow who is always waiting
for something to iturn up might marry
a girl with a pug nose.
The good book says, "By their works
ye shall know them," but this certain
ly doesn't apply to tramps.
Willie's mamma "Will you have
some whipped cream?" Willie "No, I
guess not; it must be bad or It
wouldn't be whipped-"
Doctor "I am afraid you are going
to have scarlet fever." Mrs. Dashaway
"Oh, doctor, don't tell me that; scar
let is so unbecoming to mm."
"The color fled from her face," wrote
the realistic novelist. Nor was he in
dulging in flights of fancy, for his
heroine was an actress, and she was
merely removing her make-up.
Mrs. Nagsby "I would go abroad
with you but for one thing." Mrs.
Highflyer "Your husband doesn't
warn you to, I suppose." Mrs. Nagsby
"That's Just the trouble; he does."
ltEFLECTIOXS OF A BACHELOR.
From the New York Press.
The more a girl pretends to her
mother to like a man the more she
likes some other fellow.
A woman would rather have a good
husband than anything except a good
complexion.
Being a mother of a large family it
not so much trouble to a woman aj
not being married.
This is the time of year when a fur
nace acts the way it ought to if it was
built to be a refrigerator.
The meanest thing about rich rela
tives is the way they treat you like a
fool for not being so rich you could
treat them that way.