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THE TQPKA DAILY STATE J OURNAIr-MOND AY EVENING, MARCH v 3 1913-
QTimrka Stttf P .Himntnl stage replaced, until further prepara- "out this ten days past;" vegetation was
T " 4" OJUUllliU putting forth in every direction; corn
By FRANK. P. HACLENNAS.
" U1 warm siawuiis Dlanted .he 1st w six to eierht inches !
are provided,- as a gasoline motor nigh, and the martin, traditional habinger
ran not h ift nt nt n tn Kn ic- of spring, had made his appearance.
CEntered July 1. 1875. aa second-class K, ' . . . , - . Dr. Joseph E. Muse, of Cambridge, S. C,
ir.atter at the postoffice at Topeka. Kan, j rees below zero and b expected to made thla entry , Ws asrlcu,turai diary:
ut Jer the act of congress. start when required. It has been dem- "February 22, l&ia. At a birthnight ball
i onstrated. nevertheless, that with bet- 1,1 amuriage. many oi our aoira were
ornamented
VOLUME XXXV No. 63 ter roads and warm rooms In which honeysuckle,
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KANSAS COMMENT
with fresh
wallflower.
HE DID HIS BEST.
I "He did his best." What epitaph
Could better sum man's splendid deeds?
' : " uccu tu pen a paragrapn,
I This simple phrase is all he needs.
THE MINIMUM WAGE BILL. ""Ltn he was Kentle. true.
in deferring until another session the And cheered the world he Journeyed
Official State Paper.
Official Paper City of Topek.
to place the machines at stopping stock July flowers and violets, all in full
and fragrant passage of a. tninimnm waire trill the
ets all in full state 8enate has done a wise thing.
through
Nee . r oi, be penned.
places, they could be operated with
success on the winter mail trail and.
In fact, all over the country.
THE HALL OF FAME
The proposal to set up a statue of John Cooper, of St. Simons. Ga., on Jan
sas town where the paper has a carrier
system.
By mall one year J3
Ry mall. six months J-
By mall, loo davs. trial order 100
bloom; the products of the garden, and under the circumstances. The matter "He did his best." It follows then
not of the greenhouse. On the 20th of the of a minimum wage for women workers . TJlat ne was aU a man 00,114 be.
present month I discovered in my garden ls too n . t . thnrrairti A helper of his fellow-men,
several strawberries in bloom, and some undprstonrt h t. thoro"ghIy Brave in defeat; in victory
in fruit." Some English peas, brought un el?tood and too many questions Humble always, with simple grace
out by the English brig Catherine Mc- "ave Den raised that should be inves- Wearing his honors tQ the end;
Donald from Liverpool, were planted by "6ieu oerore tne legislature passes "ie you could not better trace
jn jan- bsuch a. measure. wvia ui praise you pennea.
27, Mr. It would be a. miehtv fine thino. if
TERMS OP SUBSCRIPTION
Dally edition, delivered bv carrier. 10
cents a week to any cart of Topeka. or I ixr ini. -. nsar-v in -i ,t,h on Fphmarv
suburbs, or at the same price in any Kan-, "BC ";. 10 xn Coooer Presented the captain of the brig all wnmen Lfr.. For he who does his best is kind.
in tne nan or rame at Washington ls w1th a peck oI fresh gen peas from the lne wa " h" . " ,H,h he who does his best ls true;
being much criticised In the state same seed. ' nrnner rrf t. i . r " ' " "JZ ine recora tnat ne leaves Denina
..., ,j ... -r, .,, ' An incident of the same spring, which ?roPer regard for his fellow men who Is fit for God to view,
press. Many old time Kansans will thAVgr?cuUurai Journtu solemnly her- not anxious for the time to come And when it comes my time to go
wonder why the choice has fallen on , aided as likely to eventuate into the when that will be done. But if the ; My way I'll gladly wend
Click.
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OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
Th State Jmimol la a member of the
Associated Press and receives the full day
teleeraoh reDort of that great news or
ganization for the exclusive afternoon
publication In Topeka.
The news is received In The State Jour
nal brildlne over wires for this sole purpose.
The elder Diaz ls 83 years old. Can
ha come back?
The cabinet makers soon will be able
te tell whose guess was right.
"Ships that pass In the night" have
emu to mean airships in England.
Mexico is called a republic; Bul
garia a kingdom. "What's in a name?"
The vaudeville circuits probably will
re short of performers when the base
ball season opens.
lAmericans should not scoff too much
at the London suffragists. There was
Carrie Nation, you know.
The University of Pennsylvania ls
esking for a gift of $20,000,000. There
is a chance for Mr. Carnegie.
Mr. Chao-Hsin Chu has been elected
to represent the Chinese of New York
in the Peking congress. Some mileage
there.
Perhaps the moving picture men are
Just as well satisfied that some time
ago they passed up Mexico City as an
unpromising field.
If both of the bullets which killed
Madero had not hit him from behind,
it would have looked better for the
Huerta-Diaz government.
The Washington hikers certainly are
a band of brave women. The privations
of-their march have revealed the sizes
of the shoes they ought to wear all
the time.
The baseball training camp gossip
has to compete with the stories of the
Mexican crisis and preparations for
the change of administration at Wash
ington, but It does not lack readers,
for all that.
t . . . . . c . . . , . i .1 Can hAnnatW -.o.ie.4
True he was a eood governor as eov- ustry. was tne e s muu .. . BuIt ln tne aiscnarge or a large numoer - "Tr.
foundation of an Important southern in- passage of such a measure would re- I If this of my life's work below
Detroit Free Press.
an accidental discovery by John Gray, of make tne cost of labor m Kanga3
rnSSeFZiBhlZ SS? hf K? manufacturers and
and corn to be thrown torether; and, corn, merchants could not compete with
being scarce, he made mash of the cotton- those of other states then It would not
oeeri ainno- witi, the corn. "The result, be a good thine for Kansas.
namely, the quantity of whisky, arrested These things and others are urged
ernors go, but not good enough to be
re-erected.
He was also a faithful and efficient
pension agent, and a successful farmer
but do these constitute greatness?
Even his election to the governorship
was an accident. The convention which ; half, and finally sold without any 9' not possibly give the matter sufficient
nominated him first nominated John
Martin for that off'ee and when he re
fused to run, it accepted the first name
submitted to It.
The people elected him not because
they loved Glick more but St. John
less.
The action of the senate smacks of
politics. It looks as though the ma
jority were determined to place the
statue of a Democrat in the national
capitol while it has a chance, fearing
that the opportunity may not come
around again.
If the Democrats must be represented
In the hall of fame hy a statue to stand
beside that of Ingalls, why not con
sider Col. W. A. Harris, who more
nearly measured up to the Ingalls
standard?
UPROOTING A PLAGUE.
China, like Mexico, is witnessing
bloody work by the government. Hun
dreds of people are being killed by
the troops for disobeying the laws
and orders of the central authorities
of the republic. But in China this is
being done to uproot an old and dead
ly plague.
The warfare of the government
upon opium is being carried on so
relentlessly that in provinces like
Fu-kien, where the cultivation of the
opium poppy ls defended by many of
the inhabitants because it is the most
profitable crop they can grow, con
ditions have been created akin to
civil .war. In districts where poppy
fields are common the owners of the
land have taken up weapons to fight
for their forbidden means of getting
their livelihood, and there the gov
ernment forces have slain by whole
sale those who resist its decrees.
This is a strong medicine for an old
and deep-rooted disease and the way
it is being administered shows that
the Chinese government is in deadly
earnest. Its determination is sufficient
assurance of its ultimate success in
making an end of the cultivation of
the onium poppy in China, and when
that shall have been accomplished
the Anglo-Indian authorities will be
bound by treaty obligations to stop the
exportation of Indian opium to China.
One of the oldest of the nations is
apparently sure of its final emancipa
tion from an ancient curse which has
retarded for many generations the
physical, mental and moral progress
of its people .
THE LATE BISHOP HOG AX.
In the passing of Bishop Hogan, who
died at Kansas City a few days ago,
the Roman Catholic church sustained
a notable loss. He was one of the
oldest and most widely known mem
bers of the clergv in this country. The
New York Post pays the following
tribute to his memory:
The death of Bishop Hogan in Kan-
Mexican civil wars and revolutions sa3 city last week removes the sole
will make it cost more to get working ' rival of Cardinal Gibbons in the dis-
his attention. He then mixed half and ; a&ainst the bill and the legislature can-
5l V": , e i neck of meal investigation during this session. It is
into each hogshead to cause fermentation. I sarer to wait. It might be well for the
This produced a vigorous extrication of ; senate to appoint a committee of its
gas; and a large quantity of oil, bland and j best men to investigate the matter and
pumisn ineir conclusions prior to tne
next election for members of the house.
Then the question could be threshed
out during the campaign and the mem
bers go to Topeka with a better under
standing of It. Crude legislation has
,.r d'rvim, miniitv well suited for painting,
was produced; and the quantity of whisky
was extraordinary from the cottonseed.
Columbia State.
JAYUAWKER JOTS
Madero's widow seems to believe
that the men in power In her country
will at least stop short of killing a
woman for her bitter talk of murder
and vengeance. But perhaps she
doesn't care.
Once more the great powers are ask
ing Bulgaria to be reasonable and
moderate, from their point of view.
But Just what the Bulgars owe these
powers, as far as the present war goes,
It is Impossible to discover.
The Olathe Register suggests that in
landing the state fair Hutchinson used
the "Topeka Kan."
After an existence of five years Clay
Center's company of militia has been
mustered out of the service.
The Kinsley airline railway has gone
into the hands of a receiver. Too
much air and not enough line.
The Catholics are to spend $20,000
on Soule college, on the hill northwest
of Dodge City, to make It ready for
their uses.
Just because a widow copped a
wealthy Plainsville man a stenog
rapher in Hutchinson is asRing 101
$25,000 heart balm.
That ntnrv about wild ducks freez
ing to death, printed by the Wichita
nrnnsea a susnicion that Dave
Leahy is back in the newspaper field.
Jake Decou, a claim agent for the
Santa Fe for the past twenty-live
vears. will retire on a pension of $65
a month next September. He then
will be 67 years old.
An ordinance abolishing pool halls
at. Cherrvvale will go to the people
for a vote at the regular city election.
the commission having failed to act
upon it in the specified time.
Garnett has been added to the list
of commission governed cities in a
special election. The new form's ma
jority was 240. About 80 per cent of
the total vote, both sexes, was polled.
One engaged Howard young couple,
says the Courant, got that way as the
result of a case of love at first sight.
But the fact that their engagement has
been hanging fire for more than three
years indicates they are taking an
other look around.
Thieves had a habit of pilfering the
smokehouse of a farmer near Kimball
He set a trap consisting of a shotgun
loaded with wads, in the smokehouse.
Later he thoughtlessly walked into the
trap himself. A physician removed
the gun wads from his left wrist and
he is minus a finger on his left hand,
Ottawa has been having trouble In
getting the snow removed from her
sidewalks and the city administration
has finally reached what it hopes will
be a solution of the problem. It is
proposed to establish a time limit,
and in case the walk is not cleaned
within the prescribed time, the work
is to be done by the city street force,
and the expense charged as a tax
against the property.
THE EVENING STORY
Hep Heart.'
(By Temple Bailey.)
The frivolity of Ann appalled Drex
el Dunn. Yet he was engaged to her.
He wondered how it had happened.
He supposed he had lost his head
over Ann's beauty and cleverness, but
looking back upon his act it seemed
too rash, too sudden.
He had met her at the Pine Hill
Country Club. She had worn a red
coat, and a little three-cornered black
none of it on a question of so great
importance as this. Leavenworth
Times.
THE RIGHT MAN.
Real peace in Mexico awaits the ap
pearance of another Porfirio Diaz.
Great men are produced by crises and
the crisis across the Rio Grande is
worthy of a Mexican Napoleon.
There is no such man on the political
horizon today, but Louis XVI said the
same thing when the mob spat in his
face. And yet there was a little Italian
who stood watching, with arms crossed
and said "The fool!" and he, when the
time came, brought up his guns, double
shotted with grape and blew the mob to
Dieces and with it anarchy, it is very
often true of great national crises that
the right man comes from nowhere.
Let the United States devoutly hope
that such a man does appear or the
day will come when the Monroe Doc
trine will force the most expensive and
disagreeable task since the Civil War,
upon us. Coffeyville Journal.
GLOBE SIGHTS
BT THE ATCHISON OLOBB.
capital in that country, more to raise
food and buy clothing, more, in fact,
to live. But the facilities for dying
appear to be cheap and abundant.
At least one of the London' suffra
gists who boasted that she knew wom
en blew up Lloyd George's house and
gloried in their work, is going to have
a. chance to explain In court. Why
not? She has courted the opportun
ity. . '
tinction of long years of service in the
episcopal office. leaving the cardinal as
the only survivor in the American
hierarchy of the council held at the
Vatican in 1869. In 1868, John J. Ho
gan, who had been a missionary priest
in northwestern Missouri nine years,
was consecrated bishop. Both he and
Gibbons were Irish. Both found in
hard work, simple living, and pedestri
anism the secrets of health and long
evity. But the bishop of Kansas City
taxed his strength severely when he
was the sole priest in 32 counties, a
Chickens always look more comely In
pictures than in pens.
What has become of the old-fashioned
clerk who slept in the store?
It ls hard for the ordinary man and Im
possible ror the actor to hide nis egotism.
Probably you always think your con
clusion is logical. Most of us are like
that.
If a man Insists on wearing whiskers
he should carry a vacuum cleaner to in
sure sanitation.
A ringleader must win or be punished
for the effort; even tbie bossy engaged
gin proves this rule.
Time waits for no man, but a trifle like
that doesn't bother the loafer equipped
to do his own waiting.
Girls honor their parents to some ex
tent, but usually give them blame little
credK for taste in selecting names.
Somehow shoveling the snow off of
mother's sidewalk doesn't exactly appeal
to the boy who hankers to be an athlete.
A perfect gentleman won't use the same
kind of language in speaking to his wife
that he might in addressing a golf ball.
Occasionally a man sizes up the valua
bles in his household, and wonders how
Over in France they have Just dec
orated the inventor of the cold storage
nr,tsm nitn the cross of the Legion of territory one and a half times as large
Honor. In this county many persons; as Belgium, but then containing not: T . T e . .,
- ,. i Jude Johnson believes in sprinkling m-
have indicated quite plainly their de- more than half a dozen Catholic fain- I stead of immersion, and Judging from his
eire to decorate the author of oold iijes. In after years the bishop used . rersanl appearance he practices his pref-
atorage with eggs laid in April and
marketed about the second December
following.
to tell of the day when the first sod
was turned for a railroad in Missouri,
and when the burden of every speech
was opposition to the Roman Catholic
church. The "Know-Nothing"' move-
Th-e legislature is not far from ad
4Annment nnd ROArcelv a thins: has
. . , tVl ment had not then spent its force,
been done in the line of swatting tne . . .
railroads. So the "full crew" bill has
Father Hogan saw fit to preach against
secret societies, and the stained-glass
A .w i ,1 tul imnn as the measure
best calculated to satisfy the clamor windows of his ch"rch smashed,
of the railroad baiters. Some members In 1865 efued to take the state's
probably are afraid to go home and '"s
face their constituents with nothing
In the Jway of anti-railroad legislation
to their credit.
erence.
Link Preston: "In my long life I have
found out only one thing for certain and
that is if you want to be sure to find
gratitude look for It in the dictionary."
QUAKER MEDITATIONS.
From the Philadelphia Record.
Genius is really only eccentric when It
pays the bills.
What a cinch it would be for women if
hypnotism would reduce the hips.
Tn. nffl-.-, 1 1 I.
was ordered. He arrayed himself in lone fisherman stalled to a standstill,
full canonicals, and insisted on walk- The fellow who falls in love at first
ing to the court house beside the sher- Jj would like caviare the first time he
iff, himself one of Father Hogan's par- , '. . ...
. ' . . " ( This is a free country, which may ex-
lshioners, and thoroughly ashamed. In plain why the politicians always help
Topeka is not alone in the matter of
a public dissatisfied with the plan of the bishop's old age his tall figure was themselves.
stopping cars, as the following familiar on the streets, and he was
from the Boston Globe will show: "Ob- I accustomed to respectful and friendly
Jection is made to the prepayment cars scutes from people of every faith."
because they usually stop with the
rear platform over the cross walk, so
that passengers required to leave by
the front door have to step off in the
mud. One way to straighten that out
would be to make the roadways so good
and keep them so clean that there
wouldn't be any mud."
Considerable experimenting has been
done lately with automobiles on the
White Horse-Dawson winter trail,
which is about 350 miles in length.
Up to date, however, it has not proved
that automobiles can be operated suc-
Spring Came in January.
Unseasonably advanced though spring
has this year been, the condition is not
unprecedented as all must be aware who
have dipped on occasion into those springs
of perennial delight, the bound volumes
of old agricultural journals. Consider,
for an example of early spring, the Jan
uary and February of 1828. Under date of
February 29 in that year, Robert W.
Withers, of Green county, in Alabama,
reported that in January he had eaten,
at point Coupee, on the Mississippi, "good
ripe apples." and had observed blooms
on the second growth of cotton stalks the stern parent.
It's the things we shouldn't do at all
that we never put off till tomorrow if wo
have a chance to do them today.
"There are exceptions to all rules," re
marked the Wise Guy. "Except my
wife's," added the henpecked husband.
Few things at the bargain counter look
so cheap as a -man who has been waiting
for his wife for about two hours.
"Alas! I am undone," wailed the
heroine of the melodrama. The villain
smiled sardonically, for. of course, she
couldn't ask him to hook her up the back.
"This new joke writer seems to have a
biting wit," remarked the editor. "Yes,"
replied the copy reader, wearily, "I can
tell the exact age of most of his jokes by
looking at their teeth."
"Why are you so Indolent?" demanded
lou aon t see me let-
JROM OTHER PENS
hcen the hone f Wanons and we Vint f18" n her falr tialr. She Seemed pOS
......... i ouniic v nil. in, ttxiu tne
group of men about her testified to
her popularity
Drexel Dunn had attached himself
to her with dogged persistence. When
he wanted a thing he usually got it,
and he had wanted Ann. And now
she was leading him a dance with her
wnims and her caprices. She laughed
and sparkled and teased, but never
for a moment was she serious. Now
and then Drexel ventured' to expos
tulate.
"Oh, look here, Ann," he protested
on one occasion, aren t you ever
going to settle down?"
Settle down?" Ann's eyebrows
were upraised
"Aren't you going to cut out this
sort of thing?"
"This sort of thing?"
Drexel floundered deeper. "I don't
want my wife to be, well a butter
fly."
"Poor Drexel, did he want a grub
by little bee?"
Drexel fumed. "You treat every
thing as a joke?"
I m serious enough at this mo
ment," she said slowly. "I don't be
lieve I want to marry you, DrexeL'
Drexel stared. "Not marry mi
why, Ann, you've promised!"
"Yes, that's just it; I've promised,
and somehow I've got a sense of hon
or like a man's. I can't go back on
my word. But I wish you'd release
me, Drexel.
"I will not" stiffly. "You don't
know what you are talking about.
"Yes, I do."
"Don't you love me?"
"I love what you might be not
what you are, Drexel."
"What do you mean?"
"Well, when you gave me this,
she slipped back and forth on her
slender finger the ring of sapphires
and diamonds which was the sign and
seal of their betrothal, "when you
gave me this, I thought of you as a
big and gentle knight whose tender
ness would surround me for the rest
of my days I thought that for sev
eral months, Drexel, then suddenly I
waked to the fact that you felt that I
should feel honored by your choice.
You are rich and hanusome, success
ful. I was only pretty and clever. To
be sure I have a family tree and you
haven't, but you have money and
you worship it, Drexel more than
you worship me and so I wish
you'd find some one who worships it,
too, and who will help you spend it
I don't want it. -I hate it."
She was serious enough now, with
her gray eyes blazing. Drexel felt
his heart leap within him.
"You are mistaken." he said, ea
gerly. "I- I'm afraid I've made a
fool of myself, Ann."
They had patched it up after that,
but Ann "had seemed more frivolous
than ever. She gave Drexel very little
of her society.
Finally Drexel again entered a pro
test. "What's going to come of this.
AFTER MADERO, WHAT?
With the death of Madero and the se
lection of Gen. Huerta for president,
there is at least a truce In the troubled
affairs of Mexico.
The affairs of that unhappy country
must still be viewed with "extreme pes
simism." If the Mexicans were incapable
of maintaining a constitutional form of
government under Maaero, it is yet to do
shown that they are capable of maintain
ing the makeshift form of government
that the two warring factions set up in
feur of American intervention.
Tomorrow another dissatisfied adven
turer may start a new rebellion.
All that the United States asks of Mex
ico is a government that can protect tho
lives and property of Americans and oth
er foreigners. If the new government
can do this, the United States has no
just cause for complaint. If it fails, the
problem of establishing such a govern
ment is one with which this country Is
seriously concerned.
The outcome of events abundantly jus
tifies Mr. Taft's policy of noninterven
tion. It shows that if the United State3
had intervened, in response to jingo
clamor, the American troops would hae
been confronted by a united Mexico. All
differences between federals and rebels
would have been buried instantly in a
common war against the invader.
This is something to think about lor
the future. The Mexican question ls not
yet settled. It is one of the perplexing
problems that must be passed along to
the Wilson administration, and it is like'.y
to require all the tact and firmness and
foresight that the new administration
can command. New York World.
CHEERING REPORTS.
A traveling salesman, who for the !
past 42 years has made annual or Ann?" he said one night, as he took
quarterly UIUS luiuusn nu o. uui.cn.hp hme frnm tho onnntrv rliih in
states east of the Mississippi for a hia limousine
She slipped the sapphire ring from
her finger. "Oh, I'm so glad you're
opened the subject. You must release
me, Drexel. and you know that right
down in the bottom of your heart
you'll be glad. You don't want a
large wholesale firm, has just return
ed to Boston from one of his journeys,
on which he visited most of the im
portant places within a radius of 300
miles from Cincinnati.
Everywhere he found business, if
not booming, at least more brisk than i frivoin,,,, fnr a wife
at the same time last year. He was : H)s &raV6 eyes searched her de
struck by the fact that business men fjant faCe. "Somehow, Ann," he said,
were exceedingly hopeful, and not at eiowiy -j can't feel that you are
all worried by fears of what the in- showing me your real self."
coming administration may do to the. Her fare was white, hut she shruir-
tariff or to the currency. And this eed he shoulders. "You flatter me
was especially noticeable In places . you have seen all there is to see."
where the Republican or the Progres- av. ffe-eri him tho rln hut he
sive sentiment was stronger than the i took her hands in his and held them.
Democratic. There were no appre- "Ann," he said, "we're making
hensions that the change in adminis- SOme kind of mistake; we're not un
tration would have any disturbing ef- derstanding each other and perhaps
one was saying, breathlessly, "You're
not done with love. Drexel don't you
dare say it not while I live to show
you how much I love you."
"Ann!"
"Yea." Her cheek was against his
shoulder now. "It's Ann. I heard all
about it at the club, and I came here
and made your man let me In."
There was a long silence as he held
her to him. "I won't have it, Ann."
"What?"
"Oh, I know what you're going to
offer. You're going to, be sorry for
me now that I am blind and you'll
try to make up for my trials by offer
ing me something that yu couldn't
give when I was well."
"Listen," she said, geutly. "Oh,
don't let us have more misunderstand
ings, Drexel. When you asked me to
be your wife .1 was the happiest wom
an in the world. No other man
counted. But every one began telling
me now fortunate I was; how rich you
were, now you could give me every
thing, how I ought to be grateful, and
nnany it seemed to me that some
thing in your manner seemed to say
that I ought to be grateful. And my
pnae narea up, and that's why I
seemed so frivolous. I did it to hide
my hurt, and when you couldn't un
derstand when you blamed m
things grew worse and worse. I
couldnt show you my heart. But
now why, Drexel, there's something
tnat l can give up you need me. I,
oh, don't you set? I couldn't come
back and tell you how I have missed
you, though my heart has cried out
for you. I couldn't come to you, could
i, when you were well and happy?
He gathered her into hrs arms.
"Ann, my Ann," he whispered.
"And you'll let me stay," sobbing,
"let me stay Drexel?"
How could he refuse that plea? He
tried to be strong, tried to hold out,
but he could not. His awakened un
derstanding of her heart showed him
that he must not wrest this happiness
from her.
They were married, and he could
not see her in all her bridal beauty.
But the day came when he saw her.
Months of rest and travel brought
back strength to wearied nerves, and
it was when the snows melted in the
April suns that Drexel beheld his wife.
His sight came suddenly, and she was
kneeling on the rug playing with Kim.
"Ann," he said, sharply, "you've
grown thin, dearest."
She looked up. "Drexel!" she cried,
and there was wonder in her voice.
"You can see me?"
She clung to him, and his eager
eyes took in all the tender beauty of
her saddened face.
"I see you with my eyes now, Ann,"
he said, and his voice broke, "but my
heart first looked into your heart that
day when you came to my rooms and
found me blind." (Copyright, 1913,
by the McClure Newspaper Syndicate.)
ON TEE SPVR
Or ThE MOMENT
BY ROY K. MOULTON.
L
EVENING CUAT
BT ROTH CAMERO.H.
feet upon business. Optimism pre
vailed everywhere. x
Evidently the country at large does
we're going to regret it all of our
lives."
He bent and kissed her. "We've
life whether Wall street is prosperous
or not. Boston Globe.
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
from the old roots. During January he . ting the grass grow under my feet."
also noted at Mobile that 7-year-old olive "No." replied the indolent son, "if you
trees were beginning to blossom. On I had let some grow under your feet you
February 25, at Cahaba, Ala., the honey- wouldn't be so close to the point where it
eessfully in winter, and the horse suckle and yellow jessamine had been ls going to grow over your head.'
not share in the forebodings of the g-ot things into a dreadful muddle,'
stock market. People must eat and he said. "Goodby, little girl. If you
be clothed and have the necessaries of j ever need me I am yours to com
mand.
But it was not Ann who needed him,
or at least If it was he did not know
it. There came a time, however, when
he needed Ann. The doctors exam
ined his eyes one day and left him in
the utter darkness of despair.
His friends talked It over at the
country club.
"Old Drexel's done for," said Bob
bie Beale.
Ann, in a group by the fireplace,
listened.
"What's the matter?" was the de
mand of half a dozen of Drexel's
friends.
"His eyes. Got some kink in them
and the chances are that he will be
totally blind."
Every drop of blood seemed to
leave Ann's body, but her face
showed only the conventional sympa
thetic interest.
"Where is he?" asked a woman's
voice.
"He's at his rooms. He wouldn't
stay another minute at the hospital."
That night Drexel, in his old velvet
lounging coat, with his eyes bandaged.
lolled in front of the fireplace and
talked to his dog.
"Life has got me, Kim," he said,
with his hand on the spaniel's curly
head, "and there Isn't much to look
forward to when a fellow can't look
at anything."
He heard the tap of the dog's tail
on the floor, and took it for re
sponse to his musings.
"I'm done with life and love
Kim," he went on.
The little dog gave a quick bark,
then Drexel felt against his hand the
warmth of a woman's cheek. There
were tears on the cheek, too, and some
From the Chicago News.
Small talk sometimes begets big trouble.
The man who is really smart doesn't
act that way.
Be sure you are right, then go ahead
and ask your wife.
Mny a leap year girl arter getting a
look declined t0 leap.
Absence of the long green has caused
many a man to feel blue.
The father of a new baby is soon con
vinced that it ls a yell spring of Joy.
On his wedding day a man should close
the lid on his past life and nail it down.
During courtship kissing may be over
done, but after marriage it is usually un
derdone.
A vounff man should learn to paddle his
own canoe, even if his father does own a
motor boat.
Truth may be stranger than fiction, but
the latter commands a higher price in the
magazine field.
A clever woman is one whose cleverness
s never unpleasantly felt by- those with
whom she frequently comes in contact.
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
tFrom the New York Press.
Getting into debt is so easy because
there is never getting out again.
A man who would think it undignified
to sit on a stool in his office would stand
on his head at a political meeting.
If a woman had the ballot, tt least she
would have curiosity enough to find out
what she was voting for, and men don't.
An old lady's tea neves assassinates the
reputation of more people than thive
whose names happen to be mentioned
trere
Subjective or Objective.
Did you ever realize to what an aston
ishing extent pleasure and plain, desire
and dislike, are subjective rather than
objective, that is, produced by our own
minds and our own condition rather than
by external objects?
Suppose I make that more concrete. For
two or three years I have been telling
everyone about the indescribably delicious
orangeade which I once bought at a lit
tle corner grocery store in a small coun
try town. A few weeks ago I chanced to
visit that town again and, of course, I
hastened to the little corner grocery
store to see If they still had the marie
drink. They did. I ordered a glass and
waited eagerly, but when I lifted it to
my lips what was my astonishment to
find nothing but very ordinary orangeade,
not bo good as that 1 could buy in the
city any time. Surely this was not the
same thing I had had there two years
ago, I asked. They insisted it was the
very same, made by the same man, with
the same materials, and brought on wit
nesses to convince me, while I listened in
unDeuei.
Since then I have been thinking about
the matter, and I have found this solu
tion of the mystery. The day I drank
tnat orangeade two years ano was a
tremendously hot day. I had been walk
ing in the blazing sun along a dusty coun
try road. I was unspeakably hot and
thirsty. Undoubtedly it was my condition
tnat put the magic In the imple drink,
not its maker. And so thrfte-quarters of
the pleasure I took in that orangeade was
subjective and not objective.
Again, at the end of a vacation at a
primitive summer resort where the mat
tresses were of the kind that seem to he
making an effort to push up through vnur
anatomy, I spent a long day, journeying
in the open air, and stopped at night at a
rather nice little inn. I never slept n
such a soft and luxurious bed as that
little inn afforded me. So impressed was
1 oy its comtort that I actually asked the
manager of the hotel the make, and wms
surprised to find that it was a most in
expensive affair, far inferior to those In
my own home. oYu see the softness and
luxury were in my mind and in condition
of weariness rather than in the bed.
Surely you have had similar experi
ences, when you attributed great charm
or lack of it to some object and found
after all that most of this feeling was
subjective.
And don't you imagine that very ofttn
the same thing is the case when we don't
find it out or admit it to ourselves' For
instance our admiration and desire for
some expensive article we think is caused
by the beauty and desirability of ths
article. Isn't it often merely subjective
and inspired by our knowledge that tne
article desired by other people In othe
w0rds, ls in the style?
And aerain I wonder hnn, , r ,
itself Is subjective, and Is Inspired more
y u.c a araire io love, than bv any
wonderful charm in the beloved But 1
am afraid that is a dangerous subject
and I had better stop right here.
The Old Woodshed.
How dear to my heart are the scenes ot
my childhood
When fond recollections presents them
to view.
The orchard, the meadow, the dee?
tangled wlldwood.
And e'en the old woodshed my Infancy
knew
The oaken woodshed.
The moss covered woodshed
The doggone old woodshed
My Infancy knew.
How oft in the gloaming we have Jour
neyed to it.
My father and I back In dear old St. Joe;
And never a journey but what I did rue it.
For pa was a mighty hard hitter, you
know.
The old oaken woodshed.
The moss covered woodshed.
The lively old woodshed
That I used to know. ,
But when we contemplate our troubles at
present .
In making a living as grown up
folks do.
The old-fashioned punishments looks sort
of pleasant.
It was but moment ere it was all
through.
The old oaken woodshed.
The moss covered woodshed.
The easy old woodshed
My infancy knew.
From the Hickeyville Clarion.
William Tibbitts, our popular and con
genial groceryman, says he wouldn't trust
Philander Hlgglns any further than h
could throw a bull by the tall. Howevei,
Tibbitts is some bull thrower when he
Bits started with a little hard cider.
Anson Judson is going to put a steam
heating plant in his house. What is the
use of heating steam when it is rjot
anyway?
Uncle Ezra Herkms never wears any
socks or neckties and his children never
know what to give him for Christmas.
Miss Anastasia Tibbitts, who has re
cently returned from a conservatory or
music, expects to sing at the Ladles' Aid
social next Thursday evening, but tha
ladles are not advertising it, as they wish
a large attendence.
Hank Tumms, who said he would eat
his hat if Wilson was elected now claims
that he hasn't got a hat. He has worn a
cap for twenty years.
Am Tilson shaved .Hod Peters the other
day and he said: "Hod, what would you
like on your face?" Hod replied: "I
would a little skin on my face, please."
Village Constlbule Ezra Is trying hard
to get a glue on the eulnret vhn broke
into William Tibbitts refrieerator last
week and took a half dozen pin. an there
Is a charge of grand larceny against him.
The constibule is thoroughly disgulshed so
nobuddy will know him. He disguised
himself by buying a new corncorb pipe to
take the place of the one he had smoked
since Cleveland was elected the ftrst
time, having- won the same on nn election
bet. The constibule has nine fellers in the
iuckup on suspicion, everybody ls acting
suspicious so as to be locked up and
boarded at the expense of the village for
three or four weeks, which is considered
a snap just now.
Hod Peters busted his gallus the other
day laughing at a joke in Hostetter s
almanac and now he doesn't dast get up
out of his chair. HI Huggins and Hank
Tumms was cane rackin' around tho
county fair circuit all last fall. Hank
took along a dozen of his wife's dough
nuts to use for rlnps. Before they wer.t
Jed Frlnk. our blacksmith, tried to pound
one of the rings over the head of one of
the canes with a sledge hammer, but was
unsuccessful. He says the general public
bad a fat chance to win a cane. Ezra
Harkins' cousin died out In the west last
week and Ez says his death) was quite un
expected as the family expected up to the
last minute that the governor would par
don him.
What's the Use?
I thought that I might buy a car and zip
around the countryside,
I went to see an agent and hie took me
for a nice long ride.
Somehow the news got noised around and
fifteen agents called on me
And took me out in brand new cars, their
points of excellence to see.
This thing went all year around, and
really, folks, it was Immense;
I toured all over half the state without
a nickel of expense.
Why should I own a touring car? I am
not missing any fun;
I can go riding all the time with agents
who would sell me one.
SAYS UNCLE GAV
HUMOR OF THE DAY
U ar?on yur way to propose to
Miss Pickelle?" "You bet! Wish meluck."
Oh. I wish you luck, all right; but it
Won't do you a bit of good; I feel su
she is going to accept you." Houston
Post.
Bank Clerk You must get some one to
Identify you. Some one who knows that
you are Michael Clancy, Clancy Fwat's
th' matter wid yez? Don't yez suppose Ol
know who Oi am? Judge.
Wife Why, George, whatever in the
world are you trying to do? Husband
Putting this cover on my umbrella of
course. Wife That isn't an umbrella
cover. It's my new black silk skirt'
rucx.
"How do you account for the lack of
enthusiasm in your district?" said the
inquiring friend. "Well." replied Senator
Sorghum, "I had to make a lot of cam
paign promises. And you know a cam
paign promise is very much like a jack
snipe. It doesn't look nearly so large
when you take off the feathers and get
down to the meat." Washington Star.
"And did he impugn your veracitv?"
ponderously inquired the pin feathery
young attorney. "Sah," replied the fraz
zled and tattered Brother Bogan. "Nun
no, sah! No, sah, he didn't do nuth'n'
like dat, sah. He dess 'nounced dat I was
a -contaminated black liah dat he could
whup on less ground dan a two-dollar bill
kivered." "Then what?" "Also he done
it, sah." Kansas City Star.
One good workable, effective way
to go to seed is to sit down and con
gratulate yourself upon what you have
accomplished. China did that some
centuries ago; untold, obscure millions
of men who had possibilities have done
the same thing and died nameless, and
if America ever dies of dry rot we'll
have only our national complacency to
thank for it. Not that we are likely to
meet that fate there are too many
clear-headed hustlers among us to per
mit us to block the way to glory with
self-felicitations.
Not one in a thousand of our won
derful mechanical and scientific ap
pliances is perfect. Our knowledge
and our mechanical achievements are
both in their infancy.
Do we point with pride to the loco
motive? Then, as suggested by an
editorial writer the other day, we dis
cover that is the most wasteful pro
ducer of power from coal that we have.
Electricity, then? Certainly, but a
huge fraction of the total power is
lost in transmission. That suggests
helplessness or thriftlessness possibly
tooth, but hardly. We oan, if we will,
meet that problem. Is there room for
complacent contemplation of our
achievements until we have done so?
Again, we have had an inkling of
wireless transmission of electric pow
er. We know that there Is a means
of transmission superior to the pres
ent, with its millions of dollars of out
lay for wires anything to be proud of
on that score?
Also, there are untolu billions of
horse power going to waste in the
wrater course of the country power
easily transformable into electricity,
power holding that possibility of a rev
olution of our industrial system from
farm to factory. In this a polat at
pride?
Here is a series of items of tre
mendous waste, ail in the train of
motive power. We are no farther be
hind our possibilities in this one par
ticular than in a thousand others.
As scientists, artists and mechanics,
we are infants. The light of human
achievement only glimmers it has yet
to shine. Into the lavish storehouse
of nature, we have only dipped we
who are crying out at the possibility
of impoverishing the earth!
As a people, we have done little to
be proud of except that we have tried.
Opportunity fairly shrieks to us In ev
ery whistle of the locomotive; in the
roar of our waterfalls is the are-old,
half-discovered demand for men of
vision. Science cries in tongueless
pleading for some one who will bring
her yet a little more light. When such
things be, have we earned our ease
is it time for complacent contemplation
of the work of our hands;