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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL SATURDAY EVENING SEPTEMBER 7 ,1907.
TOPEKi STilE JOURML.
By FRANK P. MAO LEXNAW.
'Enured July V .ToSL".
matter at the poetofflce t lopeiu,
.No. 217
VOLUME XXXIV.
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telearaph reoort of that great iws or
ganisation for the exluslve afternoon
publication In Topeka. T
The news la received In The State Jotrr
al bunding over wires for this sole pur
toee. tf the railroads really do obey the two
cent fare order, will they ask for a re
ward of merit for doing It?
Although the calendar proclaims this
a fan month. It does not follow that you
win have to retire your straw hat for a
few days at least.
Anyway, the gay and festive corn
I He la not working overtime up in the
(corn belt this year, aa It usually la at
ithls time of year.
Mr. Taft will be launched In San
. Francisco In a few days. The Taft boom
however, waa launched some time ago
and la now far on Its way.
The harvester trust has quit Texas,
by request, but before going It left be
hind a $35,000 fine as a testimonial to
the efficiency of the Texas anti-trust
law. .
Those Colorado "prominent citizens"
who have been convicted of mining
frauds, would doubtless enjoy gnawing
a bone provided It was Prosecuting
Attorney Bone.
X woman has been arrested at Par
sons for trying to starve herself. With
groceries soaring the way they are,
the problam with a good many peo
ple Is how to keep from It.
The next trial of the Standard Oil
company Is being delayed as long as
possible. Unless the Standard comes
up by the time the referee counts ten.
It may be counted down and out.
Coal will be advanced 15 per cent In
New Tork and Philadelphia the coming
winter. Those cities will then realize
Just what tt means to have a large and
able-bodied coal trust about the prem
ises. Ex-Banker Stensland. whose present
address Is Joliet, HI-, is asking for a
pardon. Unfortunately for Mr. Stens
land, he Is not at present In control of
a bank where pardons are kept on de
posit. A typewriter trust Is the latest move
In New Tork. "We are glad to note that
this refers to the machine kind, and does
not necessarily embrace the variety that
wears a Marcel wave and light fluffy
things.
In an ordinary prize fight a blow on
the solar plexus does the business, but
In the Standard Oil fight It was Judge
Landls' blow on the pocketbook that
caused the trust to have that groggy
feeling.
If the circus trust becomes a reality,
we shall soon have a demand for gov
ernment regulation or government own
ership of circuses. Any small boy will
tell yoa that circuses are an absolute
necessity.
There was nearly twelve inches of
rainfall In the Panama canal zone
during August. If Panama did not
need all of It, some parts of Kansas
would have been glad to have taken
the surplus.
If the railroads are only afraid that
putting In the two-cent fare in Kan
sas would prejudice their suits In oth
er states against them, they ought to
be reassured by the formal order
made by the Kansas board.
Senator Borah of Idaho, has been
Indicted by the government for con
spiracy in connection with some land
frauds. Perhaps Harry Orchard can
be persuaded to come forward and
confess a few things In this case also.
Artist Earle says the newspapers
are to blame for hio troubles. It evi
dently does, not occur to Mr. Earle
that his own action In discarding his
rightful wife in order that he may
marry another has anything to do
with the matter.
Speaking of inventive geniuses, a
farmer near Effingham has probably
discovered what farmers have been
looking for for ages how to pre
serve a melon patch from the marau
der. He says "wolves" are eating his
melons, and he gives public notice
that he has loaded some of the mel
ons with dynamite.
Those persons who are now making
a fuss about the change in text-books,
should remember that there has been
no change anywhere in Kansas for
five years, and that there will not be
another change for another five years.
Under the old system there was a con
tinual change and If a family moved
from one district to another, new
books had to be bought.
A SATURDAY SERMON'.
THE CASE OF ARTIST EARLE.
What therefore God hath Joined to
gether let not man put asunder. Mat
thew 19:6.
One of the things that make a decent
man blush for his race and ashamed of
his sex is this Karle tragedy in New
York. For tragedy It is in spite of the
forced cheerfulness of the rejected 'wife.
It means murdered Joys, the destruction
of a home, and the end of a woman's
hopes all for the caprice of the man
who had sworn to love, cherish and pro
tect her as long as both should live. Is
such a man worthy of anything but con
tempt?
It is high time, not only that the di
vorce laws of the country were renovat
ed, but also that popular Ideas of mar
riage were fumigated and purified. It
will be a sad day for the human race if
men ever allow the acts of such crea
tures as Millionaire Ferdinand P. Earle
and that other millionaire, William
Ellis Corey, to go unrebuked. When
men or women either, for one sex la no
more culpable than tho other, as a whole
wantonly disregard their marriage
vows, they deserve the severest censure
of their fellows; they merit only con
tempt and condemnation.
It sometimes happens that matrimon
ial mistakes are made. People are mis
mated, one or the other displays an un
governed temper or unbearable habits,
making separations necessary for peace
and happiness. But such things should
be carefully guarded against before the
fatal step is taken. In extreme cases,
divorces are justifiable, but there are
entirely too many of them. Many people
In these latter days are disposed to treat
marriage entirely too lightly, as some
thing that they can abandon If they do
not happen to like It. For many men
and women, too get married with the
idea that If they do not happen to like
their matrimonial partner, they can get
a new one, as they would a new servant.
In the case of Earle there Is no pre
tense that any blame lies with the wlfo
whom he has discarded. Four years ago
he brought her home, a happy bride. He
had won her love, and had promised al
ways to love her In return. She bore
him a child a bright boy. Yet now,
after only four years, he has transferred
his love to a new inamorata, he has
sent his discarded wife and their boy
back to her father's house, and has per
suaded her to seek a divorce so as to
leave tlm free to marry this new love
without bringing on him the punishment
of the law.
It matters not that pride compels the
suffering wife to appear to acquiesce In
thla arrangement, forced upon her by
the "artistic temperament" of the al
leged man who ought to comfort and
protect her. Her tears and demeanor
when the final parting came belied her
apparent acquiescence in the separation.
The polygamous Mormon is a gentle
man and a patriot beside a contemptible
creature like this Artist Earle. For the
Mormon, while bringing home wife No.
2, does not shut No. 1 out of his heart
and his home. Many a bigamist who
goes to the penitentiary for breaking
the law, is less of a transgressor In re
ality than such alleged men as Corey
and Earle; for some bigamists do not
cause any great amount of anguiah and
heart-breaking sorrow, and it Is only
the restraint of the law's hand that
keeps such creatures as these two from
becoming bigamists.
Hiding behind the plea of an Artisttc
Temperament that has just found lt3
Soul's Affinity, Ferdinand P. Earle dis
plays a bestial disposition to switch his
supposed affections. It is to prevent
such creatures from indulging their un
stable desires that more stringent di
vorce laws are needed.
It is encouraging that the people as
a whole disapprove of such actions, anil
this disapprobation, combined with the
publicity given it by the press, will do
much to check such a tendency among
others who may happen to be afflicted
with an Artistic Temperament that
causes the possessor to be false to his
or her marriage vows.
CONTESTING INSURANCE.
The life Insurance company which
pays losses promptly Is entitled to the
support given it by the public. The
company which fights at the slightest
provocation is not to be trusted. It is
safe to keep clear of the company which
is noted for its many contests. When
the person inspired is dead, the claim
ought to be considered due. and the
company which is straight will pay It
promptly. Holton Signal.
This Is true only In a degree. If there
is good evidence of fraud, the com
pany owes It to its other policy holders
to contest the claim. This should be
done, however, only when there Is posi
tive and Indisputable proof that wrong
was done in obtaining the policy.
The system that some insurance com
panies, particularly fire companies,
have of disputing claims on little tech
nicalities, and of trying to beat down
claimants and effect a compromise
when a claim is Just, is wrong and
should be condemned. That is probably
what the Signal refers to.
But a life Insurance company that Is
properly conducted is run in the inter
est of its policy holders, and when a
fraud is committed on the company it J
operates against them. Paying a
fraudulent claim simply takes that
much money away from the dividends
cf the honest policy holders, and a well
regulated company should not permit
it.
Fraud should not be presumed, how
ever, unless there Is strong evidence of
It. The average man Is honest. Even
if It were established that the late L.
H. Perkins committed suicide. It would
not necessarily prove that he did It to
defraud the Insurance companies. The
companies were Justified, of course, in
making a careful investigation of the
matter, but it turns out that Mr. Per
kins was a man of wealth. HIs family
would possess independent means, even
If he had carried no life insurance.
That being the case. It seems unrea
sonable that he woula commit suicide
Just to add to that wealth Just to get
more money for his family than his
family needs.
Whether a policy is contested or not
should deoend solely on the general In
terests of the policy holders as a whole,
and their interests do not call for con
tests on doubtful technical! ties.
JOVRJUL mtkiES
We hare always thought Adam was a
good deal of a dub for blaming the apple
incident on to Eve, but perhaps Eve
made it Into a pie. In which case you
can't blame Adam.
All the farmers' organizations are to
be organize Into one gigantic trust
maybe. We don't need to worry about
it Just yet.
An Atchison woman is asking $10,000
damages from soma doctors for misplac
ing her knee cap. It certainly was
stupid of the doctors, to say nothing of
the embarrassment it must cause, to
misplace a knee cap so that the owner
cannot find It.
The earthquake instruments at Wash
ington recorded a shock a few days ago,
but the scientists don't know where to
locate It. If you have lost an earth
quake you might ask Washington if
the description of that one tallies with
yours. Earthquakes should not be al
lowed to run at large-
J A YHA WKER JOTS
The September docket of the Allen
county district court has on It 125
cases for trial. Among them are elev
en liquor prosecutions and 24 divorce
suits.
There Is a little orphan chicken at
Winfield. A housekeeper started to
use some eggs recently and one was
so hard to break that she laid it
aside temporarily. A short time af
terwards a healthy little fowl broke
through tho shell and began yelling
for bread crumbs.
. A deputy game warden dropped in
to Hill City a few days ago and caught
a local sport with five prairie chickens
in his possession. He paid a fine of
$36.50 and as soon as the news had
time to spread about the town the Re
publican says that the smell of burn
ing feathers was noticeable over the
entire townslte.
The "swimming hole" In the creek
at Iola has not been a safe place for
the past two weeks, and the boys
have avoided it, but now the danger
Is past. An alligator that escaped
from Its owner some time ago and
that had taken up Its headquarters in
the swimming hole, has been caught
and removed.
Bent Murdock is responsible for
this: Of course prohibition prohibits.
An El Dorado fellow citizen was com
ing home on a crowded car, last
week, and it so happened that an old
codger smashed a small bottle of
whisky that was in his grip It was
probably Topeka whisky, as the smell
of It filled the car. Half a minute af
terward about every man in the car
opened his suit case, grip or hand bag
to see if It was his bottle that was
leaking, or was broken.
Some things observed by Deacon
Walker: Women make a whole lot of
fun of men's lodges, but just the samo
they would give a good deal to know
the password. .. .1 once knew a fel
low who was always talking about the
"machine" In politics and he always
lent his time and Influence to rebuk
ing the "ring" at the polls by scratch
ing his ticket. One day this same fel
low got a nomination for office and
then went around and told all the fel
lows he had "rebuked" that it was a
critical time for the party and every
man should vote his ticket straight..
..It has to get a whole lot hotter to
keep a man away from a ball game
than it does to keep him away from
church.... As an illustration of the
old adage that a game is never out
until it is played out. I might remark
that the girl in my town who had the
most fellows when I was a kid is now
an old maid and has Given Up All
Hope.... Many a man who gets up
and opens the door when Opportunity
knocks goes to sleep again and for
gets to close the door.... Lots of wo
men lose out because they can't wait
until the ceremony has been perform
ed before they begin bossing.
GLOBE SIGHTS.
From the Atchison Globe. J
It seems to take Just as much hard
chasing for a girl to land a no-account
man as It does to land a prize.
Every man's final sickness should tt
least be of long enough duration
for his wife "to wear herself to a
shadow."
Unless the widow takes it particu
larly hard the neighbors do not think
they have been fully paid for all the
trouble they have taken.
Any man who has too much charity
for bums, and too much fault-finding
and criticism for useful men, has a
streak of dishonesty in his makeup.
Whether the neighbors admire a girl
who gets up early in the morning, de
pends entirely upon if she got up to
help her mother, or to practice.
This time of year is disagreeable In
one way. The dew on the grass during
the nights is cold and uncomfortable
on the bare feet of a man who must
get up during the night and drive the
neighbor's cow off the lawn.
The nearest Atchison can get to
Prince Wilhelm of Sweden, who Is
visiting this country. Is that once, when
Prince Wilhelm was in New York, he
viewed the city from the twenty-ninth
story of the Singer building, and a
number of Atchison woman have tho
Singer sewing machine
There was a little tragedy on the
. . v. i -v.n-.iAfv A wnmnrL we
BlircLS Liua mw mug. - - w
often see down town accompanied by
. . . .Lii,..- wwoa of,nmnflTlta
two JJI n-jr viuiuicii, " .
by only one today; the other one hart
been started to scnooi. rur mo
time. After a woman has had a child
iw 1 tt. awA rlatr fiv Or SIX
Willi XiTi UiKHb ' t .
years, she misses him mightily when
he starts to scnooi ior uin .........
T-v.- Hsir it niviini to her a dozen
times: "Where is Edwin!
Some people are not worm tneir
salt- When they get a Job, they can t
, , , T ,s.-i nr hitina:. thev are
null J l- a uaic " v- - - -
in the way. And when they are dis
charged, they say it beats all how hard
it is ror a gooo. ' ? ' '
certain man is employed in a certain
place in Atchison. We are interested
in watching him- He is not worth hell
m watcnins ajj the ways
possible, and annoys everyone with
whom no comcn -
he won't last long- Possibly he does
h. hast he can. Can a fool help be
ing a fool?
Every man s nana is asainsi tus
wolf but the wolf prospers. Every
man's hand is against the cockle bur.
but the cockle bur prospers. There
will be no frost until cockle burs are
ripe: until their seeds are ready for
next year. The cockle bur looks out
for its own Interests; learn a lesson
from the cockle bur. The cockle bur
every year, in every seed pod. there are
, i "i i . i , 1 1 ,r
two seeas. -mic EcimmBics nits iuuu-
ing spring while the other seed does
not germinate until the second spring.
In case an accident happens to the
first seed, the plant is reproduced the
second spring. And the plant is a
nuisance. like a wolf. But how easily
a good thing is killed off! How easily
a good citizen leaves lownl
H
RjltfSjlS COMMENT
THE UNWRITTEN LAW.
Of late so many interpretations are
made of the 'Unwritten Law" that it
never will be possible to write them all.
In Kentucky, a woman and a man sin
ned. It was with her consent, and she
made no charges against the man be
cause of it. But he got drunk one day,
and Told. She shot and killed him for
telling, and the Unwritten Law is called
out to her defense.
Also in Kentucky, recently, a young
woman, with a shadowy past, claimed
that a young man took her riding, drug
ged her, and assaulted her. Her father
shot and killed him, and the Unwritten
Law was waved in his defense. Ha
was acquitted, and now the Noble Wo
men of Kentucky are raising a fund
for the young woman. She had been
drunk a number1 of times, and her un
supported word was all there was
against the young man.
In Mlllerton, La., Dr. James Baucum.
aged 60, a widower, and wealthy, became
infatuated with Mrs. Llnnle Bond, aged
35, a widow. ) Baucum wshed to marry
her, but his oldest child, a son of 2L
objected. Tho son tried to dissuade his
father, but in vain. Then he paid
negro $50 to shoot and kill the widow.
Young Baucum .and the negro were ar
rested, and, while feeling is high against
the negro, public sentiment favors
young Baucum. People are always
against an old man who wants to marry
again, and the Unwritten Law is to be
used in the young man's defense!
Atchison Globe.
LOST INTEREST.
The Associated Press informs us
that "the public is watching with keen
interest" the developments in connec
tion with the Prebiloff incident in the
Alaskan waters, at which time Amer
ican customs officials fired upon some
Japanese seal poaching vessels. -For
our part we have lost interest. ir
Japan wants-to stomp around with a
chip on her shoulder and make an
international fool of herself, we are
neither going to laugh nor cry about
it. Lindsborg Record.
D
PARTY LABELS.
Party labels are coming to mean
mighty little to the people. Pure food
and pure politics are getting popular.
People are coming to understand that
there Is no difference between such
men as Fairbanks, Foraker and Can
non, under the Republican label, and
such men as Cleveland. Bailey and
Parker under the Democratic label.
That man LaFollette, with a Repub
lican label, looks to the people Just
like Brvan under a Democratic em
blem. 'Tls the ingredients, the things
they stand for, which count. Man
kato Advocate.
DID NOT TRY JOB.
A Kansas editor says he will admit
that Job had some patience, but calls
attention to the fact that history does
not say that Job ever had his gasoline
engine balk on him as the press started,
when the paper was already four hours
iate. Mankato Advocate.
ROOSEVELT, AS HISTORIAN.
After Blaine retired from Arthur's
cabinet in IS SI he devoted two or
three years to writing his admirable
historical review.t."Twenty Years In
Congress." Then; after his defeat for
the presidency by Cleveland in 1884,
some of Cleveland's friends made the
remark: "Blaine may keep on writing
history Cleveland will now make his-
t(loosevelt has both written history
and made history. That is a distinc
tion he shares, among others, with
Caesar. Roosevelt's historical writ
ings have, however, been almost en
tirely of other persons and times than
his own. He has yet to write an ac
count of his own most important con
tributions to history, remaps hc "in
do this some day. What a book, for
i . DAn.0vaH nnnlH write con-
cerning his own administration. It
would be apt to-create as mucn ui
sensation as the administration has,
v-: -v. i a tmnA rieal. Great
n ihuu a - n " -
historical writing is simply great re
porting. wan street jumu-
WALL STREET.
Without meaning to belittle the
Wall street scare which has been
sreat we think that it was to some
extent artificial worked up, as it
were. It Is not difficult for a few
heavy operators to make a great stir
if they choose to do so. But the most
interesting fact is that the country as
a whole cares little about what is done
or thought In the street. Dispatches
have told us that "the public is in
clined to keep out of the market alto
gether and does not care to put its
money in stocks." Therein the pub
lic is wise. There Is another reason
why the antics of the operators do
not greatly Influence the situation.
And that is that the movement of
stocks does not indicate tneir value. A
stock that pays, say, a 6 per cent divi
dend is worth as much to the owner
provided he does not wish or is not
forced to sell it when its Wall street
price Is 50 as when it Is 100. The
price has changed, but not the value.
Indianapolis News.
BRYAN VS. ROOSEVELT.
Mr. Bryan has uncovered Roosevelt's
well hidden secret. It is to protect the
railroads from state domination. Con
trariwise, then, Mr. Bryan should labor
to protect the states from railroad dom
ination. Philadelphia Inquirer.
TOO STRENUOUS.
Secretary Root is a modest man and
people did not know how strenuous a
part of the administration he was until
he brought up In Prof. Muldoon's estab
lishment. Philadelphia Inquirer.
CHANCE TO GET RICH.
The wonder is that the prices paid for
fruits and vegetables have not already
settled the abandoned farm question
without a convention. Syracuse Jour-nal-
IN A BAD WAY.
Wealth without religion, says Car
dinal Gibbons. Js sn unsatisfactory
condition. But what is the condition
of the man who has neither ? Nash
ville American. -
NOTHING THE MATTER HERE.
The latest estimate of Kansas'
wheat crop is 70.000.000 bushels, with
dozens of back townships to be heard
from where they are supposed to be
still raising wheat. Chicago Tribune.
IT DEPENDS.
In the blackest and coldest storms
the soul of the brave man can be
bright and ' warm. Baltimore Am
erican.
STILL SOME ROOM.
Though the"" prison population has
considerably Increased, it is -still shy a
number of thos men higher up. In
dianapolis News.
I FROM OTHER PENS
'' TTfE QUESTTOX OF THE AGES.
These lines are contributed as In keeping
with the sentiment of the Sermonette in
The State Journal of August 31-
Why? Why? Why? Father God,
Weariest Thou never of our questioning?
And bldst Thou, never, doubt and fear
w wing : -
Cease. Soul. The way we never here may
But all Is well, : for love hath planned
i , . .
Bend thou and kiss the rod.
Be sure the way and will supernal.
That falters not, nor wavers, is yet kind;
Trust, Heart, despite the questioning of
the mind;
Know thou that all around, below, above.
Are balanced in the hand of perfect Love
And that Love is eternal.
Mrs. Bessie Stanley.
IJncoln. Kan.
1 HE EVENING STORY
Knowing Miss Knowlton.
(By Marshall Leonard.)
It seemed to Travers that life really
began for him when h came to Lester
to superintend the building of the elec
tric works, for until then life had been
uneventful and he had not known of
KAda Knowlton.
Even now he merely knew of her.
for Travers was not a ladles' man. He
was too terribly in earnest to shine in
society, and though he had been in
Lester for nearly two months he
seemed as far from his goal as ever.
Every Sunday he went to church and
sat where he could watch the choir
where Ada sang, the stained glass
forming a background for the shapely
golden head. The Reverend Joslah
Rumford watched approvingly the ex
pression of i rapt interest that was
upon Travers's face all through the
sermon. He could not notice that the
keen blue eyes of the young contrac
tor were upon the choir rather than
upon the pulpit, and he felt gratified
that he . should hold his auditor so
well.
So it happened that the Rev. Joslah
stopped at the new factory one morn
ing and extended an invitation to Trav
ers to Join a church picnic the follow
ing week.
"It is almost a family affair," he ex
Dlalned as Jimmie's hand went down
into his trousers pocket. "I am not
selllnar tickets. It is purely by invita
tion and only for the members of the
Sunday school, but I thought that per
haps you might like to meet some of
the young people and get acquainted."
Jimmy b'-amed upon the kindly old
man as he thought or Aoa unowaon
nn accented the invitation with an ef-
fn.ivonM. that caused the minister to
wonder at certain comments he had
heard regarding the unsociability of
the newcomer.
"He is most cordial." he told his
wife. "I am sure that no neeas oniy
to get acquainted to be a decided, addi
tion to our little society. I am sorry
that I did not look him up earlier."
Travers echoed the same sentiment
as he went about his work. Surely at
the picnic he should meet miss jvnowi
ton, and meeting Miss Knowlton had
oirr.net become an obsession with him.
He climbed over the stagings and plat
forms with a light heart as he imag
ined the manner in which they should
meet. He rather fancied an Intro
duction under the trees. He would
advance with bared head and bow low
over her hand. Then she would give
him one of those sunny smiles that al
most seemed to be her habitual ex
pression, and they would go walking
togethes in the leafy shade. Over and
over he mentally rehearsed this scene
until it became almost real to him.
But at the last moment there came
a complication at the factory and it
was after eleven when Travers finally
got away. He lost his way trying to
drive out in a livery buggy, and when
at last he came to the lake lunch was
over and the merrymakers had scat
tered through the woods.
The minister and his wife Insisted
that he have something to eat. and
then mothcrlv Mrs. Rumford took him
in charge and introduced him to every
one In sight but Ada Knowlton was
nowhere to be seen.
He made himself agreeable to the
others, but his eyes continually sought
a sight of the pink dress and golden
head that had been the attraction. Ho
had seen them drive past on their way
to the lake and he had carefully noted
the dress, but not a glimpse of it did
he get until well along in the after
noon. Here and there the surface of the
lake was dotted with small boats and
canoes, and In one of the latter he saw
the flash of pink that seemed to com
municate its color to his face. Miss
Knowlton and alone! And she was
paddling in to the landing!
With assumed carelessness, he di
rected his steps toward the tiny wharf
to which the boats were tied. Me
would be on hand to assist her from
the- canoe, and. perhaps, after he had
Introduced himself, there might be a
chance for the walk, after all.
He had Just reached the dock and
the frail craft was but twenty yards
away when some one called to the nav
igator and she turned to respond -with
a wave of hor paddle. As she did so
the canoe tipped over and she was
spilled into the water.
White with horror Travers stripped
off his coat and his low shoes and
dived into the water. Ho was a splen
did swimmer and his heart beat high
as he thought of the opportunity that
had been offered him.
Then something loomed dark above
his head: there was a shock and all
became black. It was half an hour
later that Travers opened his eyes
aealn and looked up into Ada Knowl
ton's faeei bending anxiously over him.
His head throbbed with pain and he
was conscious that it was done up in
bandages.
"Don't move,' said a gentle voice.
"You will be all right in a few mo
ment. You were struck on the head
by the canoe."
"You were the rescued Instead of
the rescuer." laughed Dr. Pyfrom.
"Miss Knowltqn brought you to
shore.
"I am so sorry." shs said, bending
over. "I was pushing the boat In front
of me- and did not notice that any one
had dived after me. I should have
been more careful, but I never sup
posed that any one would imagine that
I was in danger.'
"You see." explained the doctor,
"the lake is only three or four feet
deep, and when we spill out we just
walk ashore."
"And I. like an ass. didn't know
that." murmured Travers. "I only saw
that Miss Knowlton had gone over
board, and I did not know but what
she might be in trouble. She seemed
to be struggling."
"That was my skirt," explained the
gr. "It caught In the gunwale and I
had to detach It before I could find my
footing. . " - '
"I guess that s about explanation
enough." put In the physician. "I don't
want to have you come down with a
cold on top of a cut scalp. I guess
you'd better drive in to town. Miss
Knowlton needs to go. too. She Is
snaked. Do you think you can han
dle your horse?" M ,
i "I'm all right now." declared Trav-i
ers, rising to his feet with the doctor's
aid. The crowd melted away, and Dr.
Pyfrom and the minister led him to
his buggy. Miss Knowlton climbed in
after him and they started off.
"t suppose." said Travers, as tney
cleared the grove, "you must think
that I am lacking in courtesy in not
thanking you for saving my life, but
I am so upset."
"You ought to scold me for injur
ing you," she declared. "It was very
awkward of me."
"You couldn't know that I was go
ing to swim out to you," he reminded.
"I think I should apologize for being
in the lake at all."
The girl's laugh rang out at the sug
gestion. "I'm rather glad that you
were there," Bhe said, "though I am
sorry that you were injured. I never
was rescued before."
"Nor performed a rescue," ' he re
minded. "I don't suppose that you
can claim a gold medal for life-saving."
"I don't want a reward," he in
sisted. "You should be entitled to the
reward If any one was, because you
did not realize that a rescue was not
dangerous."
"I am sufficiently rewarded in that
I know you," he declared. I have
been wanting to meet you for some
time-" . .
itrt.. Trin hiiihr and changed
the subject. She could not admit that
she. too, had felt a interest, but in
her heart she was glad that they knew
oBr.h ih.. whrn Travers took act-
vantage of his unconventional Introduc
tion to call frequently it was not long
before she consented to reward him
with v.- hnnd in the conventional
r -, I hir custom.
"It's such a short courtship, she
said, '"but I feel that I have known
you for years.
..t ii .tononria iinon the lntroduc
tlon." said Travers smilingly; "bless
I)??? M"fCopyrighted. 1907, by
Wm. Darcy.)
rr-...,uT,r1 Ttollarfl an Acre.
A thousand dollars' profit on one
acre of lana. in " "c"'
ble to those farmers who congratulate
themselves if they clear $10 to $20 per
acre on cotton and corn, but that
amount was made by William Vols &
Sons on their farm-at Olman. seven
miles from Brownsville.
These gentlemen sold from this one
acre or lana a,uuu puuuua w kii,,
for which they received $1,979.89,
l - nrvflt nt 11 A 9 K
leaving a i - , . v . . . .
IIT V. stvnn wag nlflTltaH n CI an ftTtlftrl-
ment." said Mr. Volz. The celery
planted was of the golden self-blanching
variety. It was sown in the seed
beds September 20 and transplanted in
December and January. It was culti
vated three times and 1,000 pounds of
commercial icuiuxer ayucu
acre.
"It was Irrigated every twelve or
rourteen aays, except near us inaiui
Ity. when we were unable to secure
water tor nearly tour w rcia, v i
repair work in the canal, and this re
duced the yield 40 per cent. Next year
we will plant fifty acres in celery."
Southwestern Farmer.
A9 Named In Japan.
Whereas in Great Britain and most
other countries names are chosen with
little or no regard to the person who Is
to bear them, the Japanese name (es
pecially in the case of miles) Is full of
significance.
Take, for instance, the case of the
first boy born to a Japanese father in
the year of the Dragon (which is one
of the names that are given to certain
years In Japan.) He would be named
"First Born of the Dragon Year"
(which, oddly as it sounds in English,
would be a terse and musical appella
tion in Japanese.) and the boy would
thus carry in his name some of his
personal history.
In the case of girls the Japanese In
variably choose beautiful and expres
sive names. "Plum Blossom," "Snow
flake," "Chrysanthemum" are typical
Instances, and as these names in their
turn symbolize spiritual qualities, mo
titles chosen are full of meaning. ;
Cassell's Journal.
A Good Trait.
Admiral Dewey praised, at a dinner
in Richfield Springs, a certain success
ful business man. "Part of his suc
cess." said the admiral, "comes irom
his neat way of getting people to do
what he wants them to. They say that
when, as a young fellow of 22. he first
opened a little trimming store, he
showed this trait this nice-governing,
mnnnsrlncr trait verv strongly. Thus,
If vou went Into his tiny emporium and
aoired him if he would change a quar
ter or a half-dollar for you, he would
rrvlv with a courteous smile: 'Cer
tainly, madam; and how will you have
it? Buttons, ribbon, lace, or inser
tion ?' "
QUAKER REFLEeilONS.
From the Philadelphia Record.
Many a man's reform needs reform
ing. .
The artist's model naturally lives on
her shape.
Some men are hard drinkers, but
drinking comes easy with others.
The ossified man isn't the only one
who complains about His hard luck.
No. Maude, dear, a nightmare
doesn't always result from a pony as
a nightcap.
Women are hard to understand. In
fact, no woman likes to make herself
plain.
First Flea. "Don't you prefer a cat
to a dog?" Second Flea "No; I find
It easier to oring a aog to tne
scratch."
Toumdop "Do you think the baby
looks like me?" Oldbach "Yes, In
deed, the resemblance is er simply
awful!"
Blobbs "Closeflst says he believes
In taking things as they come." Elobbs
"Yes, but I nave noticed mat ne al
ways manages to sell them at a
profit."
"This is the first time in my life
that I ever succeeded in getting ahead
of the gas company," remarked the
suicide as he placed the tube in his
mouth.
Adam "It is true you offered me
the apple, my dear, but don't feel so
badly about It. It might have been
much worse." Eve "O Adam! how
could it have been worse?" Adam
"You might have dished it up to me
In the form of apple dumpling, and
you know how I suffer from indiges
tion." REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
Proaa the New York Press.1 '
A girl puts feather stitching in her
love letter
There's not much use being: virtuous
unless you advertise it-
A useful thing about children is
how you can't waste your money any
other way.
- A woman would rather be proud of
her children's looks than reconciled
to their brains.
The more languages a boy can learn
to talk in college the leas he knows
what to do with them when he gets
out
Ven you . read aboudt Sir Tomtnv
Lipting und hiss yatt, yet, belnk in a
sefere storm, you naturally tink uf
aer voras, -tempest in a tea-pot."
oudt Thomas uf Frisco on hiss own
beck fence, so to ge-speagk, id vaa a
case skimilar to der von vere der
schmall bey digged fer der ground
hog. Id vas a ne-clssity. Oudslders
vot desire to gedt a decision ofer a
nam aan m "jaiiyrornl, naf godt to
put dem so hard to sleepb dot der
wlctor haf bunty uf dime to put on
uuus ujiu cmca a train.
Der bnlla n ! n r. Vt rm .1 t
" IUUI III
Lawrence resendtly. I pinched a owl s
"rout x m iliu, unA jrot aer
hrWllra Xf( f nl - -. i- .
- . eai'ciiviiija I li III mu,
I vas sorry fer dem Lawrence cops.
Nod bating any Alton stocks in my
safe, -I dodnt care a ding-dong vedder
der gofernmendt ledts der Alton oudt
uf dot rebate bltzness er nodt, but I
haf chusd recelfed a message from
my old colleche chump. Chawn D.
Rocktngfuller, In vich he sayss: "Id
iss prober fer der Alton to uscape. .Uf
dey was stuck too dey might gedt mad
und bowl me oudt about feir-millyunts-vort
more."
Der achendt vot iss selling der State
board uf control a spiral fire uscabe
fer der nut-house, iss oferlooklng a
golden obbortunldy py nod calling on
der Ka-zazar uf Rooshy, vich half
chusd returned to hiss cabltal und Iss
werry likely to need a smooth, fric
tionless gedt-avay ad any momendt
Us vich haf to read der baperss will
be mighty glad ven dot "incubator
baby" pecames uf age und can aeddle
hiss parentage for hisseluf.
Some uf der Franch osslfers iss
scared pecaus King Alfonsy, vich iss
auto-bug-housely Inclined, snoops ofer
lndo Franch territory mitoudt a
shuffer er a license. Uf der Kink
dondt bump hlsselluf on a rock pefore
dey gedt around to id, dey . could
eassily remedy der comblaindt py
sending fer a svarm uf dm Rooshan
anarchislsds. Fool Kinks iss delr
specialdy.
A neigpor uf mine haf a new goil
vich. dey hope to keeb fer kvlte a vile.
She vas porned dere.
Personally. I dondt seem to car a
cuss vedder der fare iss two ' cendt
or three cendts. Uf der fare vas yon
cendt a mile Id vould hurry me to
ride long enuff to say how-de-do-sir
to der gonducter.
In bawling oudt der gonducter on
der wrecked pullman car, Goferner
Hoch sayss der man vas scared so baa
he fergodt vere he did mlt der tiggets.
But may von, er two, fer dot madder,
rise und unkvire how Goferner Hoch
knew anyting aboudt dot? He rides
on a pass, alretty.
r1v TTnrln. der erazoobo vich
canned hiss vlfe und hired a nodet
von, "got hiss deserts." He handed
hiss vlfe a lemon, una took a praca.
Den der . beoplea uf hiss willache
handed him a mud pie.
railroadt wreck, iss running der "late"
Mlsaer r airDinns b ciu-c s'"--
- s- mw.il Der nature fakers
vich sendt out der sdory, howefer.
fergodt to add dot aer uoiemor
der incidence py lifdlng der train
back ondo der track. Id vould haf
rouded oud der sdory nicely, and
gafen him two more marks m aer
contesdt.
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
From the Chicago News.
It's hard to fatten a purse on a
slender Income.
Fiee advice yon get Is seldom worth
that much.
umbrellas are like men; usually the
poorest get left
Curtain lectures should be delivered
behind the scenes.
Truth and a woman's age have little
or nothing in common.
Marriage is never a failure, but
often the contracting parties are.
Give a little more than you promise
but don't promise too much.
Never -judge any man's religion by
what he says when you step on his
corn.
It Is wall to understand that It la
sometimes well to stand from under.
The more money a man has the
more his relatives are willing- to do for
hlm
There is about as much sense In a
woman's reason as there is in a man's
excuse.
Prayers of the man who prays for
himself alone probably never get
higher than the roof.
Tomatoes were formerly known as
"love apples. probably because they
were soft and easily maaneo.
The average man is as particular
about getting his hair cut as a woman
is about seeing that her hat is oa
straight.