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TOPCXA DAILY CTATZS JOtTRITAIr-IIOnDAY EVEUIHO IIADCn 2, 1814.
BF FRANK P. MAOUEKNAlr.
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VOLUME XXXVI No. 82
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Incldentally, the supreme court has
taken considerable starch out of the
pure food law.
An exchange of felicitations be
tween Mexico and Portugal Is In or
der. Anarchy Is also reigning In the
latter.
Texas is unfortunate in not being
a republic all by itself as it once was.
Then it could settle the Mexican situ
ation exactly to its own liking.
Incidentally, the Chicago man who
must pay Uncle Sam a tax on an in
come that approximates . a million
dollars a year can well afford to do so.
March coming .in like a .lamb so
closely on the heels of ill-omened
shadow dance that was staged by the
groundhog, was rather rubbing it in
just a little bit. wasn't it?
Maybe Pittsburg, Pa., has decided
to bar married women from places on
its police force on the theory that
single women ought to be keener in
the pursuit of catching men.
After New Tork City succeeds In
providing jobs for its jobless, it Is al
most certain to experience consider
able' difficulty in prevailing on many
of the latter "accepting" the former.
And it is also safe to assume that
when. ex-President Taf t ; lunched re
cently with President Wilson; the sub
ject of Panama Canal tolls was not
included in their topics of conversa
tion. ; These new low mark records that
are being set by the Kaw river are
sure to suggest to the worrying
crowd that it is getting ready to stage
one of its old-time floods in the near
future.
Evidently there Is considerable dif
ference between the systems of duel
ing that prevail in France and Ger
many. Two German army officers
fought a duel recently and one of
them was killed.
If the weather bureau had the
900-battlng average which it claims,
it would have been snapped up by
the major leagues long ago. But not
even the Federal league Is paying
any attention to it.
Suppose .that the demand for
roofed-over baseball fields shall be
complied with, how, asks the Chris
tian Science Monitor, will it be possi
ble then to classify the f national
game as an outdoor amusement?
These' Kansas girls at the State
Agricultural college who have devised
ways and means to feed ' a hearty
working man on 20 cents a day need
" not advertise any of their other many
charms to obtain innumerable pro
posals of marriage.
Neither is there anything so very
unusual in the announcement of the
State university's scientists that the
rivers of Kansas roamed all over the
state some 300,000 years ago. That's
exactly what they do today on the
slightest provocation.
Word comes from Washington that
President Wilson intends to stand pat
on his Mexican policy. Will some
body be so kind as to explain just
what this policy is? John Lind pre
sumably knows, but John insists on
' doing nothing but saw wood.
Were the consumers to hold a con
vention, it is likely that they would
also go on record, as did the shoe i
dealers of the state, as being against
the pure shoe law, If, as the experts!
insist, it would be sure to result in a-l
' material increase in the price of
shoes. "
If Commissioner Newland, in
charge of the city's lighting and wa
ter department, doesn't soon do
something more than talk about his
Intention . to redeem his campaign
promise to reduce the water rates, he
will be able to use it again in his
campaign for re-election.
Wisdom is , being shown by the
Democratic statesmen at Washington
in going slow about adding amend
ments to the Sherman anti-trust law
that might result in judicial confu
sion. The less Judicial confusion that
this country has In the matter of reg
ulating the trusts and in every other
field, the better it will be for aU con
cerned. -
ONE DAPS WORK.
. It took-just one working day of
eight hours to transform a Tennessee
rural schoolhouse that was In very
bad .condition into a building of which
any community would be proud. What
was accomplished in this Instance by
community cooperation could be car
ried out effectively by any county su
perintendent, teacher or school im
provement association. -
This unique and practical demon
stration in public school-improvement
was engineered by Prof. D. Riley Ha
worth, of the East Tennessee State
Normal school. Prof Haworth first
secured the cooperation of the county
board of education of McMInn county,
in which the demonstration was car
ried out. He also secured the co
operation of the public school teachers
of the county and of the patrons of the
Neil school, the plan being to show
what any neighborhood can do in one
day by united action in the improve
ment of school buildings and grounds.
A band of teachers, school patrons,
and normal school students, marched
out to the Neil school early in the
morning to begin operations.' An of
ficial photographer was taken along;
he made photographs of the school
grounds, the building., and Interior at
8 a. m. before work began and again
at 4 p. m. when the day's work was
completed. The "before" and "after"
pictures made it look a if a miracle
had taken place.
. The building at 8 a. m. was In . aa
disreputable a condition as it could be
and still be used for school purposes.
The workers were armed with shovels,
hoes, axes, carpenters' tools, paint,
whitewash and soap. They nailed on
new boards where they were needed,
painted the building, built a chimney,
cleaned up the rubbish, scrubbed the
floor, renovated the entire interior,
constructed a bookcase for the teach
er, tinted the walls a pearl gray color,
and hung pictures. The ' old desks
were removed and new desks, supplied
by the school district, were placed in
the building.
The outlay aggregated, m cash. 133.
It Included 12 gallons of paint. 6 gal
lons of linseed oil, 4 paint brushes,
bushel of whatewash, 92 worth of
weather boarding and lathing, 2
pounds of nails, 4 window shades, ma
teria for sash curtains. 4 pictures,
a number of books to start a school
library, and one American flag.
When the work was completed the
building presented aa attractive an
appearance as the best one-room
country school.
One of the most delightful features
of the day was the social enjoyment
that resulted from the gathering to
gether of such a large group of work
ers. At noon a picnic dinner was
served by people in the neighborhood
of the school. It is planned to repeat
the demonstration In many parts of
the state.
A REAL JOB FOR GOETHALS.
In the March American Magazine
the editors publish a double-leaded
broadside editorial in which they
suggest that Goethals, now that' he
has nearly finished the Panama
Canal, be sent to Alaska with his men
for the purpose of developing the re
sources of that great territory. The
need for the. development of Alaska's
untapped riches was recently laid
down by Secretary Lane of the inter
ior department in his report to Presi
dent Wilson a public work greater
by far than the construction of the
Panama Canal. Following - Is what
the American Magazine suggests:
"It is a bold proposition, calculated
to take hold upon the Imagination of
the American people. He asks noth
ing less than the development as a
public work of the vast territory of
Alaska the building of roads and
railroads, the opening of mines, the
founding of agriculture.
"Here is a territory one-fifth the
size of the United States with less
than forty thousand white Inhabi
tants, less than one thousand miles of
roads and 'only fragments of rail
roads. Part of the territory has as
kindly a climate as Stockholm or St.
Petersburg and there are 50,000,000
acres that will make homes for a peo
ple as sturdy as those of New Eng
land, It will not only support a large
agricultural population but it has
mineral wealth of untold value, great
forests awaiting the lumberman, and
rich fisheries. ,
"The people of the United States
have already declared positively that
this virgin territory shall not be
wastefully and greedily exploited by
the private monopolist.
" 'We abruptly closed opportunities
to the monopolist,' says Secretary
Lane, 'but did not open them to the
developer.'
"He now asks immediate action.
He asks that adequate governmental
machinery be devised to do the work.
He suggests a board of commissioners
to assume complete charge of all the
affairs of the territory, with power to
develop Its resources on the broadest
scale.
"Five years ago this scheme would
have seemed Utopian in the extreme.
There has been a tradition In Amer
ica, long sedulously fostered, that
government work is of necessity
wasteful, inefficient, scandalously
slow. Ana under the old system of
spoils-politics there was no little jus
tification for this view.
"But the Panama Canal has been
constructed. We went into that en
terprise like an inexperienced boy, un
aware of our own strength; we are
coming out of It with a. new under
standing of the meaning of public
work and a new confidence in our
ability as a nation to engage in it.
The canal will not -only be finished
nearly a year, before it was promised
and save from eight million to ten
million dollars of Its. estimated cost,
but it will set a unique standard of
economy, efficiency, honesty, humanl
tarianism. We have discovered hith
erto unknown human resources in the
form of , state-minded leadership
Goethals. Gorgaaw Stbert, qaillard.
Hodges, Rousseau, are examples out
of which has been developed a su
perb machine for public service.
"This year the veterans of Panama,
having won a victory in a new kind of
warfare, will be prepared for new
conquests. Why not maintain , this
superb machine as a national asset? i
Why not turn the power that has :
conquered Panama to the - conquest
of Alaska? ..Why not give Goethals
and his men command of this new
work for the people?, ;''
"We must not stop with a "single
shining object lesson; for' the only
sound result of doing a great deed is
that it commits us to the doing of still
greater ones. . We . have organized, at
last, an Army of Peace, we have
found the moral equivalent for war.
We are ready as a nation for still
more ambitious . conquests of the
forces of nature. Let us then march
our veterans from the tropics to the
poles. Let Goethals command. Let
the nation' fight the battle." ;''
Journal Entries
Some people-work' hardest when
they're playing. - -
A popular man Is also pretty suc
cessful at fooling the people.
.
The man who is content with him
self is likely to be pretty easily satis
fled in all things.
.
The average man's idea of the here
after is so hazy that he has a diffi
cult time to explain just what it is.
Faith may move mountains- but it's
just as well to have a team of mules
around ir you want to get mere wim
a load of hay.
J ay hawker Jots
Massachusetts' woman advertises to
sell her husband for $1,000, notes the
Holton Signal, and it adds: If the mat
ter were investigated, the prospective
purchaser would perhaps find the hus
band wilting to furnish the money.
The South Brown correspondent of
the Kinsley Graphic is praying for
somebody to steal something, or get up
a big fight or get married or do some
other outrageous thing so that news
would be more plentiful in that cor
ner. No doubt about the prominence of
the Preys at Stribby Creek. Among
the eleven items of news from that
center in the current Issue of the
Strong City News-Courant. were the
following: Mrs. L. J. Frey went to
Elmdale on Friday. . . . L. J. Frey
and son. Frank, went to Lincolnvllle,
on Saturday. . . . J. H. Frey went
to Hymer on Monday. . . . William
Foster. Frank Farris and I J. Frey
are sick with cold and grip at this
writing: . . . "Dr. Russel, the veteri
nary, was up to O. L. Frey's on Mon
day and Friday morning. . . , J. O.
Pierce helped O. L. Frey saw wood on
Saturday.
Related by the. Arkansas City Trav
eler: A Winfield grocer was seen dash
ing madly down the street the other
day. He made for Mrs. Jones' resi
dence and panted, "I-I'm sorry, madam,
but there's been a slight mistake with
your order of yesterday. Ton ordered
two pounds of oatmeal and my clerk
in some way made a mistake and put
up two pounds of sawdust our grapes
came packed in." "Oh," replied Mrs.
Jones, "then I guess my husband must
have eaten about a half pound of wood
for breakfast" Just then a thought
seemed to strike her, and she began
laughing. She laughed until the tears
streamed down her cheeks. Finally she
regained breath enough to pant to the
wondering grocer: "That's the funniest
thing I ever heard. Here John and I
have been married for 16 years and
today was the first time he has ever
paid a compliment to my cooking. This
morning at breakfast, he passed his
plate for some more of that sawdust,
and told me it reminded him of the
porridge his mother used to make."
Globe Sights
BT THE ATCHISON GLOBE.
Many people enjoy misunderstandings.
It Is so easy to be honestly mistaken.
A man's influence in his own home is
the Biggest Joke.
Romance, like boose, becomes a habit
with some people.
The easiest resolution to shatter is that
one not to talk so much.
According to the movies, there are a lot
of tough places in this world.
A man is apt to admire a woman who Is
Interested In the Story of His Life.
The average boy can't muster enough
clothes to fill a suit case so It won't rattle.
Link Preston has two sons. One is in
politics and the other isn't much good,
either. .
The man who claims to be a victim of
circumstances is also offering an old ex
cuse. What has become of the old-fashioned
boy who was to be hanged before he was
twenty-one?
This Is the kind of a Socialist you are:
Tou want to share your neighbors Joys,
but not his grief.
Tune never passes as slowly as when
you are waiting for a train, or as rapidly
as when a train is waiting on you.
Later acquaintance with tha women who
reject him probably affords a bachelor
considerable consolation in his hour of
loneliness.
After having been married ten years the
average man, when he buys his wife a
birthday present, buys something the
whole family can use.
QCAKER MEDITATIONS.
From the Philadelphia Record.
Tou never can tell. A bad man some
times delivers the goods.
Love is blind, but as a rule only before
marriage, not afterward.
A girl's heart Is almost as apt to be
patched up as a boy's trousers are.
Perhaps the reason money Is called dust
Is because so many people are blinded
by It.
Perhaps misfortune comes in pairs be
cause the other fellow. is apt to hold three
of a kind.
Wonderful are the ways of nature. Any
body can lay a carpet, but It takes a hen
to lay an egg.
Mrs. Gnaggs "It's the little things that
get on a woman's nerves." . Mr. Gnaggs
"Yes, mice, for instance."
Blobba " Put yourself In his place' Is
a good motto." Slobbs "Yes. It's the
favorite motto of the officeseeker."
"What is the highest form of animal
life?" demanded the teacher. "A giraffe,"
promptly replied the boy at the foot of
the class.
An agreeable disposition is a nice thing,
but some people are actually so easy to
get along with that it's no fun to get
along with them. - -,
Hoax "The trouble with horse racing Is
that you can't always pick the winner."
Joax "No, but I can tell when a man is a
loser the minute I see him."
By the Way
BT HAKVET PARSONS.
Up to a late hour this afternoon, the
United States had not declared war on
Mexloo, but Jim Creelman had, so
maty as wen prepare lor tne
worst.- v
Speaking of', the missing link, Mr.
Sticher seems to have neglected the
obvious word "therefor" between his
admission that he had little hope of
copping the postoffice and the follow
ing statement that his paper "will sup
port ' Democrats, Republicans and
Progressives." . '
Meanwhile the "paid political char
acter assassins", welcome Prod. Dol
ley back to the! old roost, but regret
to report that the outlook for the veal
crop is danged poor.
Dr. Marie Jenney Howe, of New
York, says' the' time is coming when
women win refuse to take their hus
band's names..- Mebby so, but they
will continue to take anything else he
happens to have, under the blanket
franchise he ' gives when he says:
"With all my. worldly goods," et
cetera.
The explanation of the "make-your-own-booze"
ad in the Squash was so
simple, plain and lucid that a new
field is open to that esteemed publi
cation. It should establish a depart
ment of Expert Explanation, and set
tle such questions as the income tax
ana tne per cent of butter tat in the
Milky Way.- A publication with such
expert local and long distance explain
ers on. its staff should not pass up
this obvious duty to the public
Member of the Maryland legislature
has introduced a bill to prohibit wom
en from wearing any kind of clothing
that he doesn't approve. We should
not laugh too heartily, as Kansas beat
Maryland to It. One may recall the
sad case of the Kansas legislator who
feared to look upon the female pa
tella. He wanted it covered, and he
wanted tne pictures of it covered. He
was afraid he would see the picture of
a knee-cap and lose his soul, and gosh,
how he dreaded It. So it behooves us
of Kansas to avoid laughing too
heartily at simp legislative suggestions.
We might lose, a vest button.
Huerta's desire to guard the foreign
legations in Mexico City may be on
the square, but it calls to mind the
case of the wolf who wanted a job of
guarding the farmer's hen house.
Cottonwood Falls girl sold a date
pie for $6.50. But the item should not
be listed under "increased cost of
foodstuffs." The price was not regu
lated by the dates in the pie but the
peach that made it.
On the Spur
of the Moment
BT ROY K. MOULTON. -
The Chronic Invalid.
Old Ex Binks has always been
Sort of sailer lie and ailin';
Folks cannot remember when
Ezra's system was not failln.
Folks say he enjoys poor health ,
And ain't happy less he's sickly;
When a new disease comes out, .
Es grabs onto, it right quickly..
He's had every known disorder
That the doctors have Invented, '
And he's nearly crossed the border
Five times, but was just prevented.
When Es Binks: was twenty-one
Typhoid fever nearly took him;
He got over that and then
Chills and fever grabbed and shook him.
Chicken pox and. scarlet fever
Came, and then appendicitis.
Measles, mumps, lumbago, grip,
Rheumatism and tonsilitis.
Ezra now Is ninety-four.
At his fate he still is railln';
He has not improved a bit
And his health is still failln'.
But he will keep right on llvln'.
Chronic sick folks have that way;
And it looks as though they'd have to
Shoot old' Es on judgment day.
Sidelight.
Murphy reiterates the statement that he
Is going to remain at the head of Tam
many Hall, but does not tell whether this
is a threat or a promise.
Huerta is going to have a lot of auto
mobiles with him in his campaign against
the rebels. Those hearing exploding tires
should not think -it a battle.
Billy Sunday claims to have converted
10,000 persons In Pittsburg. Judging from
Pittsburg's record, he has only made a
small start.
A New York actor has been convicted
of swindling a taxi driver. A gold medal
for him Instead of a jail sentence, please.
Wild geese are flying northward, which,
of course, indicates that summer will ar
rive when it gets here.
Kissing has been barred at Son City,
but who wants to kiss any of the Zion
City folks, anyhow?
Bird L. Quails , lives' in Kentucky. Is
he protected by the game law??
Punk Coin.
(The treasury department warns the
people that there is much counterfeit
money in circulation at present,)
The country is brim full of counterfeit
money, -.(.
Tou pick it up everywhere;
Conductors have handfuls of change that
is funny,
And people are .warned to use care.
But long as the stuff keeps on circulating,
I don't see Just-where there's a kick;
When you get a coin that is low in its
rating, .
Just pass it along and right quick.
Come on with the kind that Is crude and
is phony.
And give it to me, I don't mind;
There's nothing on earth that's as wel
come as money,
I'm glad to get most any kind.
Spring Styles for Men.
Clothing for men will be extremely tight
this spring. So will money.
Father will have a new ribbon put on
his pearl gray fedora and will have It
blocked for 75 cents.
The shingle hall will remain in vogue
as an excellent device to fasten suspen
ders to trousers.
Shoes this spring will be made of
leather and Christmas neckties will be
very much worn. They will be much
worn, particularly about the edges.
Shirts will button up the front as .for
merly and collars will be fastened with
one button in front and one behind.
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
From the Chicago News.
A short purse maketh a long face.
. e truth will not last any longer if you
stretch it.
But the trouble is that every silver lin
ing has its cloud. .
Every man has his price, but some men
give themselves away
A man is never very reliable when he
tells how badly his tooth ached.
We never heard of a bride that wasn't
vivacious, dainty -and charming.
A new hat is to a woman what a new
dog is to a man something to talk about.
As a moral force, the average man can
never hope to be.- more than a danger
signal.
Nothing can transfer a homely gtai Into
a prise beauty more quickly than bar dear
eld dad's striking oU.
A WIDOWS LULLABY.
I laid my baby sleeping upon his father's
And spread .the soft dark curls where oft
naa iaja nis neon.
(O, little Heart, of his apart.
Beat on and comfort ma !)
I heard the same bird singing that sang
upon the thorn.
Ere he went forth to labor on many a
rammer morn. .
(O, little bird, which eft he heard.
Sing on and comfort me!)
I saw a gold star shining beside a cloudy
moon
Just as it used to shine when I should
meet him soon.
- (p. golden star! afar, afar!
Shine on and comfort me!)
Thou, love, whose babe lies sleeping upon
bis mother's breast
Lean low, and speak some message for
his mother's rest.
(Thou art not gone, but livest on
To bless and comfort me!)
Susan Barrett, in the Pall Mall Ga
zette. The Evening Story
From Heroism to Pumpkins.
(By John Philip Orth.)
"By gosh, m do it!"
"Do what?"
"Marry her."
"Who is it?"
"Fanny Moore, b'gosh!"
"Jabez Perkins, you are a born
fool!"
Jabez Perkins was a farmer, 10 years
old. He had never given a thought to
marriage or love.
Rebecca Perkins was 34 years old.
She kept house for her brother and
had never loved.
Jabez was sandy-haired and lop-
shouldered. He had warts on his
hands and freckles on his face.
Rebecca was as thin as a lath and
as homely as a huckleberry marsh.
In his trips to the village Jabea
naa seen Miss Fanny Moore and ad
mired her. His admiration had been
the same as a farmer's for an extra
nice calf no more.
"She's a hummer," said Jabez to
to himself.
'After supper on this day he had
sat aown at the kitchen table to fig
ure out how much 67 bushels of po
tatoes would come to at 83 cents a
bushel, and It was as he figured that
an idea flashed through his brain. It
was as if he had said to himself that
he would sow the back lot to turnipa
anoiner year. His sister, Rebecca, had
heard his words with amazement. She
had seen the girl mentioned, and she
knew that Jabez did not stand one
chance in a million.
"Yes, you are a born fool!" she
said as she stared at him.
"I'd like to know why," he replied.
"Because you hain't In her class. Do
you 'spose a millionaire from Chicago
is coming here to ask me to be his
birdie bride?"
"But that's different."
"Tou can't be a hero."
"Why not? '
"A hero bosh!"
"If I can save that gal's life two or
three times, she'll be grateful won't
she? And gratitude will lead to love,
won't it?"
"Bosh!"
"And love to marriage?"
"That girl wouldn't wipe her muddy
snots on you!
"That gal or any other ral will mar
ry a man that saves her life, and dont
you iorget it, rlebecca Perkins!" -"But
how you a-oin' to save it?" -
"Dunno, but there is alius a way
proviueu xor neroes.
"And there are asylums for fnoiaf
'Sposen you did eet her A'va think
she would know how to wash and
iron ana cook?"
"I could hire you."
"No, you couldn't! The minute a
wire comes m here I go." "
"Well, we won't get het un over It'
said Jabez, In a soothing way. "It jest
happened to strike me that I'd like
to marry that Moore gal, but it hain't
wutn raunn' a row about,"
"Then let this be the end of It"
But Jabez didn't mean it to be. He
went to bed to think it over, and the
more he thought the better he liked
the Idea. He was not Infatuated he
was not in love he wouldn't plan to
marry for riches. It was just a plan
of his, the same as he planned to grow
so many pumpkins among the corn.
The next morning he set out for
town witn produce. He wanted to
dress up in his Sunday best, but Re-
oecca was watcmng mm. He had
never heard of a man in overalls mak
ing a hero of himself in the eyes of a
young lady, and realized that his
cnance was almost nil.
'"His old duds may keep him from
making a fool of himself," was the
sister's comment to herself.
Providence was with Jabez Perkins.
She probably wanted to make up as
lar as she could nis mlsiortune in
carrying that name around, and to re
ward him for having an original and
a rather startling idea. At any rate.
Just as he was entering the town he
encountered Miss Moore. She was on
horseback. Moreover, the horse was
running away, and she was screaming
It was Jabez Perkins to the fore.
As the runaway horse and screaming
girl were about to pass Jabez' s wagon
he drew a long breath and jumped for
the dangling reins and caught them.
He was dragged through the dust and
wrenched and battered, but the horse
was halted and he was a hero.
"You are a brave man!" said the
hysteric girt s
"Oh. it wasn't nuthln' compared to
gittin' out of the way of a rollin' saw
log." was the modest reply.
"He orter have a gold medal!" ex
claimed half a dozen men; and while
they were brushing the dust off his
clothes with burdock leaves Miss Moore
made her escape.
Jabez at first determined not to say
anything to his sister, but it was the
first time in his life he had been a hero.
Besides, his clothes, old as they were,
had been ripped and torn, and she must
have some sort of an explanation.
"What on earth has happened ' to
you!" she demanded.
He related his experience with some
pride and a good deal of compla
cency, and when she had heard him
out, she said:
' If you saved that girl's life you can
turn to and save mine.'
"But, how?"
"By bringing in the wood and .water
and running up and downstairs for
me."
"Don't go to kicking, Rebecca. That
gal is thinkin of me this very minute."
"Tea. she's thlnkin what a big fool
you are!"
"What a hero I am, you 'mean."
"Shut up!" was shouted.
Poor Jabex was choked oft. and that
night he lay awake for a long time and
wondered about etiquette. . He finally
decided not to call until he had done
something more heroic That would
show her that he was no one-time
hero, but was on the job the year
round.
Sister Becky was - so mad that she
wouldn't approach the subject again
for a fortnight. Then as he was going
Into town again she sneeringly called
out:"
"Going to be a hero again V '
"If the chance comes!" be called
back.
Providence was right there on the
wagon seat with him. Miss Moore was
going somewhere. He saw her a few rods
ahead of him In the suburbs again,. and
at the same moment heard men shouting
"Mad dog!" and looked over his shoulder
to see a great mastiff coming. It was the
work of seconds for Jabex to Jump to
the ground, pick up a rock weighing about
three pounds and knock that dog into the
middle of next week. Miss Moore saw it
all and she advanced to say:
"The same brave and gallant man that
saved my life before!"
"Three cheers for a hero!" shouted the
men who came running.
With tears -in her eyes and her hand
in his. Miss Moore thanked him again
and again, and told him that he must
call and be thanked by ner parents, and
Jabez drove home that day thinking how
easy it was for one to be a hero If he
knew enough to start in right. Again he
told his adventures to Rebecca, and again
she said:
"Jabez Perkins, you are a born fool!"
"Can't help it."
"Are you going to call on that galT
"Got to."
"But you won't know what to do with
your feet."
"I'll let 'em hang!"
"And you think she'll marry you?"
"Not a doubt of It."
"You great big donkey! Go right ahead
tomorrow. I'll grease your boots for you
and help about your necktie!"
Jabez went. His courage and confidence
were sublime. He was praised. . He was
flattered. He was thanked. Just as he
was about to depart, a young man called.
and Miss Moore said:
"Mr. Perkins, this Is Mr. Foster, the
young gentleman I am engaged to. I
hope you will come to our wedding! "
"Well?" asked Rebecca, when he ar
rived home.
"S-h-h-h! Don't talk!" was the reply.
"There are 209 pumpkins waltln' to be
gathered, and this hero must get on to
the job!" -(Copyright. lSH. by the Mo-
Clure Newspaper syndicate.)
Evening Chat
BY RUTH CAMERON.
What We Dont Know..
"It seems so hypocritical to me. She
can't really grieve for him. so why should
she pretend to. She surely knows that we
know what a relief It must be to her." ;
"She" Is a widow who has recently lost
her husband. We know that in his life
time he drank and gambled to excess;
that-the marriage into which "she" had
entered so happily and hopefully bad
proved her martyrdom. And now that he
is gone, has not her martyrdom ended?
Why should she "grieve"? We did not
consider that she should. As the person
already quoted said, we felt it ought to be
a "relfef."
- In one way it probably was. And yet,
what could we really know about the mat
ter. We had seen the man from one
angle. We knew his vices; they bad been
so well advertised by his own indiscre
tions, that when we thought of him we
thournt. simultaneously of "confirmed
drunkard and gambler.''
I wonder now if there was not some
thing more to him than Ms vices. Some
thing sweeter, kindlier, wholesomer, that
his widow alone ever saw, rare flashes
that revealed not perhaps, the man he
was. but the man he might have been.
Some of these winning qualities that even
the worst of us have; such virtues as
those that endear the scapegrace son to
the mother who alone refuses to wholly
condemn.
Is it not true that we are apt to pick out
a vice here and a virtue there, string
them together and say, "there stands the
man!" Are we not inclined to Judge a
man as a part the part we know, , rather
than as a whole, formed of many virtues,
many graces and even many vices, most
of them beyond our ken? -
I for one am not willing to believe that
"she'' Is insincere. 1 know thr muat
have been moments when he wrung her
soul' I know that he gradually estranged
ner rrom ner xamuy ana ner mends, put
what I do not know la what she knows
the kind of man he was.
Tou may condemn or praise what you
know about a man. but you cannot Justly
condemn or praise the man himself
definitely and finally until the evidence is
all In until you know him as. for In
stance, as you know yourself. Or should
I say, better?
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" Evangelizing the World.
Just what does Dr. Robert E. Speer
mean by telling the student volun
teers at their Kansas City convention
that "the evangelization of the world
must be accomplished in this genera
tion ?" As an exhortation It Is nat
ural enough a time limit is a fa
miliar and sometimes an efficacious
way of hastening a movement which
Is progressing well.' but In too leis
urely a fashion. But this veteran stu
dent of missions seemed to have
something else in his mind: "If the
idea of Christ does not prevail this
generation it will be found in the next
that other ideas have the monopoly."
It seems to be the view of mission
aries in several great fields that the
present time Is both promising and
critical. In the two great non-Christian
continents, Asia and Africa, dis
organization prevails and reorganiza
tion is inevitable. China' Is following
Japan in adopting European ideals,
and Christianity has a better chance
than ever before. Yet it is not a
chance that will be held open indefin
itely, and a reactionary faction of
Chinese patriots is strongly in favor
of building up Confucianism as the
religion best suited to Chinamen be
cause it was a native product. i
Even more serious is the situation
in western Asia and a great part of
Africa, where the forces of Islam.
stirred by the recent aggressions of
Christian nations on Moslem coun
tries, have been pushing an earnest
propaganda and, since the sword is
out of date, have been successfully ap
plying some of the methods of Chris
tian missionaries. And though Islam
has its schisms, It presents a more
united front than the Christian
church, which finds Its sectarian divi
sions a handicap In the mission field.
Fortunately a keen sense of this diffi
culty has in many cases led the mis
sion forces on the outposts, to com
bine to a degree not yet quite possible
for the churches at home; a notable
instance has lately been .afforded In
East Africa, where the bishops of the
Church of England have shown the
utmost liberality In co-operating with
the other churches- for the mainte
nance of mission work.
No doubt Dr. Speer is right. This
is a time of transition and of solidi
fication in religion as in other human
activities. New confines are being set
ior tne worm's great religious move
ments, and Christianity, thouah It has
the rich and conquering races behind
it, is not the only religion that is
pressing forward; in fact, dread of
white aggression, resentment of un
just discrimination against the poor
er peoples of backward or overcrowd
ed countries, have perceptibly added
to the difficulties of our missionaries.
wnose protests against, exploitation
are energetic but not always effica
cious. It is not surprising that Intel
ligent heathen, struck by this contrast
between doctrine and practice, should
pass over the gospel to embrace the
materialistic philosophy which has so
large a place In the western world.
Thus Christianity has Its conquests to
make botn at home and abroad, and
an earnest mission work which will
bring jarring sects together In the
foreign field will have a. wholesome
reaction at home. Springfield Repub-
Kansas Comment , '
ROAD RULES. f
".rj?0 Hogs" Is an expression met.
with frequently all over this country,
and by its users means a variety of
things. There Is the road hog who
Insists on skimming along at danger
ous speed; the road hog who refuses
to let you pass or to give any of the
road when you meet him; and tha
man who turns the wrong way when
you meet or try to pass him. Of all
these the last mentioned Is certainly
the most dangerous. Tou swear at
the man who gets you In a narrow
place behind his walking team and
then refuses to give an Inch, while you
grind along on low and eat his dust;
and you try to see how close you can
come to the man who knows his team
is not afraid, so holds the middle of
the road and lets you get past In the
ditch as best you may. But these men
are not dangerous. Ton can see what
they are going to do, or rather what
they are not going to do, and act ac
cordingly. It is the man who turns
to the left when you start the same
way, or to the right when you expect
him to go to the left, who causes the
real danger. Far too often motor ve
hicles especially pass on the road at
a rate of speed higher than Is really
safe. If both parties know what the
other is going to do, however, there
is no real danger, as a rule. "Turn to
the right." is the universal road rule
in meeting velchles in this country,
observed both In city acd country
driving. And "lead vehicle, right,
rear vehicle, left" Is the rule when one
auto would pass another or an auto
starts to pass a rig. Most states hava
road laws, requiring slower animal
drawn vehicles to give half the road
to a following auto and that on the
left side. Failure to do this is punish
able by fine, and any accident result
ing from failure toagive the road when
the following vehicle asks for It is
chargeable to the driver of the ve
hicle refusing. There are many far
mers who seem to have an Inborn
hatred of the man who drives an auto,
and their delight is to send him into
the ditch or hold him back and make
him "eat their dust. The farmers
ought to 'realise that the automobile
men are doing more for them in the
way of good roads than any other
class, or than they can expect to have
done In any other way, and should
first learn what the road rules are and
then observe them. Wichita Eagle.
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A NEEDED REFORM.
Senator Gore is innocent and penni
less by decree of the court. Technical
ly, of course, he is not penniless, by
decree of the court, but practically he
is, because, owing to the modern ad
ministration of law, it took all of his
modest competence to employ the at
torneys and collect the evidence neces
sary to secure the verdict that was ren
dered by the Jury. Senator Gore was
innocent but the public had no way of
knowing he was Innocent until the
facts were brought out in court and
the world was permitted to see the
flimsy texture of this attack on his
character. The court procedure was
necessary since his enemies carried out
the plot they did. and It is fine that
he could rehabilitate himself through
legal process. The objection Is not to
that but to the enormous cost of the
procedure. Tet Senator Gore had thou
sands where many litigants had but
hundreds, or even nothing: if the
court procedure pauperised Gore, what
is to De saia or wnat it does to thou
sands less able even than the blind
senator to defend themselves in court?
It makes a farce of the "free Justice"
supposed to be guaranteed under a re
publican form of government. The
Gore case win serve then, to awaken
the public mind still more to the neces
sity of simpler and less expensive legal
processes. In this part of the world
the- Kansas City Star is leading In the
agitation for the reform. The bar
should help In working out the reform
but unfortunately the bar Is the most
reactionary institution in the country.
But sooner or later, either with or
without the aid of a majority of the
members of the bar, this reform will be
secured. Phillips County Post.
WISDOM OF THE ANCIENTS.
it is now believed that the ancients
used telescopes for astronomical pur
poses. In excavations In Babylonia a
lens has been found which was un
doubtedly used in a telescope centur
ies before the birth of Christ. The
ancients, both Chaldean and Egyptian,
were acquainted with the planetary
system, knew that the earth was
round, could calculate meridians ex
actly, calculate the orbits of th nlan-
ets; in fact, paid great attention to
eclipses ox tne sun and moon, to oc
ultaUons of the planets, to the motions
of the Planets, and the determination
of their periodic and synodic times, to
the construction of tables of the fixed
stars and the mapping of them into
constellations and to settling the exact
lengxn oi tne true solar year. It is fair
to presume, then, that thev had tel
escopes to aid them In their work.
Egypt was also the mother of litera
ture, and the "scribe" could attain to
greatness second only : to the king.
Novels, poems, and history have been
deciphered on the Imperishable mon
uments of granite and in remains of
papyrus, together with lists of the
authors. Even the cartoonist flour
ished in that remote age, as the carv
ings known as the "album of carica
tures" reflecting on Rameses III at
test. Rawllnson refers to these car
toons as " a class of works similar
to those which In modern Europe load
with ridicule each sovereign or each
ministry successively." Thebes, in the
time of Rameses II. established and
supported the first public library, and
the records of the monuments show
that its director was a high official
named Amen-em-an. He appears to
have also been a literary light, and
corresponded with Pentataour, who
was the popular author of the "best
sellers" of his time. That physical
culture was a fad with the fashion
able ladles of the courts of the Phar
aohs is another phase of Egyptian
life revealed by the rock pictures of
the "Mother of Civilization." The
more we moderns dig into the buried
past of the - Pharaohs the more mod
erate grows the estimation of our
wonderful progress. Boston Trans
chlpt. .
"I have a splendid Idea for a magazine
poem!" "You don't need It, for a maga
zine poem." Houston Post.
She "An extremely bright men are con
ceited, anyway." He "Oh, I don't know;
I'm not." Boston. Transcript.
Miss Paul "Did they allow her to
bury her pastr Miss Pry "Not until
they held an inqtMBt.' '-Judge.
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