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OP THE ABBOCMAraP
Tha State Journal la a
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Tha news la
Do your safe and
Only planning early.
sane Fourth of
Huerta will probably need all tha
jtim munition that ia being landed for
mlm, aad then soma. If lie la atop tha
isznweh of Villa.
Hiata off to tha weather man. Ha
fenade It as comfortable aa possible for
the old boys during tha period of their
trreat parade.
Colonel Roosevelt's batting average
a improving-. He is now landing a
Couple of display stories in the news
papers each day.
Our observation is, says the Galves
ton News, that when there are four
(daughters in a family, father doesn't
tvear much jewelry.
Some exceedingly clever financier
ing; will have to be done by that Chi
cago broker who has $1.92 with which
to meet liabilities aggregating $153,-
B00.
From the way he is on the jump, it
would seem safe to conclude that
there is nothing seriously the matter
with Colonel Roosevelt's physical
condition.
A London magistrate has taken the
trouble to warn the militants that
mobs of outraged people will harm
them some day. But. at that, they'll
be getting no more than they deserve.
Remarkable cures of lung and bone
tuberculosis by sun-baths are reported
to the Vienna Medical association,
notes the New Tork eWorld, and It
adds: The treatment, however, is as
old as Aesculapius.
News from Niagara Falls has it that
the A. B. C. mediators will have the
-peace protocol whipped into shape
within a week. But the rub will come
in getting the various factions in Mex
ico to submit to its terms.
A war is on between the federal and
Kansas courts over the questions in
volved relative to the maintenance of
headquarters in this state. In the way
of ammunition, however, they prob
ably won't use anything more danger
ous than injunctions.
Baseball scores again, and heavily.
It brought about the speedy settlement
of a previously most vigorously con
tested lawsuit in San Francisco, so
that the judge, the lawyers, the mem
bers of the jury and the witnesses
might attend an Important game.
It would seem that the Cincinnati
Enquirer, is suggesting a safe bet, in
the following: When you see two
white shoes drying on a window sill
and a girl hanging out of the same
window drying her hair, you can bet
that:. she. isn't going to eat any raw
onions for supper.
Henry Slegel, the New Tork bank
rupt, and under numerous criminal
Indictments, has returned from a
pleasure trip to Europe. Many of the
depositors in the savings institution
that he wrecked will be lucky if they
are able to make an occasional visit to
Coney Island this summer.
New Tork makes a new world's rec
ord for cities every once in a while.
'Within a recent period of 36 hours,
there were seven homicides in the lit
tle old town, and four -of the killed
were victims of gang fights. Isn't it
about time that somebody intervened
for the preservation of the peace in
New Tork?
If Conan Doyle'e powers of deduc
tion are as clever as those of his fa
mous creation, Sherlock ' Holmes, it
would be well for the wild women of
England to put on the soft pedal. He
says that public opinion Is on tha
point of demanding the entire sup
pression of the militant suffragettes.
And he looks for an English mob to
take the matter Into its own hands
through the - medium of a wholesale
lynching bee.
.On of the ways in which the pros
pects for bumper crops are of ma
terial advantage to tha people of To
peka la to be found in the fact that
the Santa Fe, during the past few
weeks, has Increased " the working
hours of its shop employees until tha
full schedule has been -reached for
practically all of them. ; Alt of the
available equipment of the railroad
must be tn shape to move the fruits
of the harvest from tha Celi to tha
saarketa, - ' " " "
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FARM , BOX PAX. - TBBXK WAX.
How many boys In agricultural col
leges depend entirely upon chocks
from father to pay their bills. Irving
In luxurious ease throughout their
four" years? Ton are dua for a sur
prise. Of 61 of them who will re-
calve diplomas next weak, 418, or
0.6 per cent, earned all or a part of
their own expenses while In school.
Tha average) cost of the four -years;
considering replies received by the
Orange Judd Farmer, out of which
this article Is taken, from prospective
graduates at 11 agricultural colleges.
was fl.670.3S. The state collages of
Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa. California,
Indiana. Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska,
Colorado, Michigan and Oklahoma
are included in this inquiry.
To obtain some definite information
on the coat of the course, tha amount
the students earned, the number of
them from farms, towns and cities,
and the things they plan to do when
they are' out of school, question
blanks were sent to all members of
the graduating classes at the above1
named colleges. Not all of them re
plied, but in each case a large enough
number of replies was considered to
make the figures and percentages rea
sonably accurate for comparisons.
The figure given of course does not
include the four years of time Invest
ed, during which the student could
have been at work and earning wages.
Some of them, earned their entire ex
penses, and a few with some especial
aptitude came out with more than
enough. Some of them earned only a
little by odd work, bringing down the
general average. -
Taking into consideration the entire
41S who worked at all, tha amount
they earned gave an average of
$tOS.s for the four years. This is 38
per cent of the average total cost of
the course. How they ' earned this
money would make many an interest
ing story which cannot be recorded
In the statistics, and the seekers after
higher educrtion would be revealed
as a practical, hustling lot of boys. .
Here are a few of the things that
some of them mentioned as methods
by which they helped pay their own
bills: Sign painting, surveying, car
rying papers, firing furnaces,- tutoring
backward students, milking, washing
dishes, waiting on table, scrubbing
floors, typewriting, photography, pa
per hanging, pruning orchards, type
setting, seed testing, running elevator,
telegrapher, photographer, managing
boarding club, and this is only a part
of the list. It seems as if almost ev
ery branch of work Is represented,
and one would gather the idea that to
be idle would be exceedingly unfash
ionable. It will be interesting to many to
see how the various states compare
in these figures. As to the cost or
the four years in agriculture, the
line-up is as follows: ' Wisconsin
$1,924. Illinois $1,857, Iowa (Ames)
$1,730, California $1,729, Indiana
(Purdue) $1,718. Missouri $1,605,
Kansas $1,604. Nebraska. $1,437. Col
orado $1,468, Michigan $1,32$. Okla
homa $1,025. Of course, these figures
do not signify that the cost needs to
vary so greatly in the different states.
but they are simply the average ex
penses of a large number of students
in each state.
The corresponding comparisons of
the average amount earned In each
state do not seem to have any rela
tion. They stand as follows: Cali
fornia $876, Nebraska $788, Wiscon
sin $608, Kansas $607, Iowa $598. Ok
lahoma $587, Illinois $585, Michigan
$584. Missouri $545, Colorado $502,
Indiana $380. Somewhat a different
line-up Is presented when the amount
earned Is expressed in per cent of the
average cost at each state. The 11
states then stand as follows: Okla
home 57 per cent, Nebraska 53 per
cent, California 51 per cent, Michigan
44 per cent, Kansas 40 per cent. Mis-,
sourl 36 per cent. Iowa 34 per cent,
Colorado 34 per cent, Illinois 31 per
cent, Wisconsin 31 per cent, Indiana
22.1 per cent.
In the last decade many boys from
towns and cities have become inter
ested in agriculture and have taken
the college course to fit themselves
for it- This has caused apprehension
in some quarters, but it has been ob
served that some of these boys- go
out and become first-class, practical
farmers. In some states, according
to the figures collected in this in
quiry, a large proportion of this
year's graduates are from towns and
cities, while in others there are few
except farmer boys. The average of
the same 11 states previously consid
ered, shows that 71.1 per cent have
come either directly from the farm or
had simply been living in town for
the high school advantages, but were
born and reared in the country. The
other 28.9 per cent are without farm
experience in their early life, al
though most of them have worked as
harvest hands or hired men to gain
practical experience.
With the number of this - year's
graduates who were farm reared or
have had farm experience, expressed
in per cent, the states stand as fol
lows: Indiana 90, Kansas 84. Okla
homa 83, Nebraska 72, Colorado 69,
Iowa 66, Michigan 56, California 55,
Missouri 53, Wisconsin 82, Illinois 49.
The great difference tn the number of
town and city boys attending in the
various states can be assigned to nu
merous reasons, although it would be
difficult to prove any of them. It will
be interesting to note one further fig
ure in this connection, which shows
that, among the graduates at the In
diana school more than 60 per cent
will inherit farms.
The number of boys at the various
schools who at present own or will
inherit farms, when expressed In per
cent, runs as follows: Indiana ' 6$,
Kansas 50. Illinois 46, -Nebraska 44.
Oklahoma 41, Iowa 41. Missouri 35,
Michigan 34, Wisconsin 30, Colorado
S3, California 23. In a general way
these figures correspond to the num
ber of farm reared students,
i What the graduates are going to do
'after they have left the campus aad
started- their life work, I a qmeatlen
that has caused much dtseuaslom tn
the last Caw years. Some folks hava
declared that tha colleges were edu
eating their boys away from the
farm, w and . taking; .the young people
out of tha country. Of course, to
know positively what tha graduates
will do Is not possible until after a
few - years when they are actually
started a It. Many of them think
they know Just what they will do, but
find their plana changed by circum
stances. ' -
Tat It la an interesting commentary
on the spirit of tha collages that a
very large proportion of all tha pro
spective graduates stated that they
wanted to get started at farming Just
as soon as possible. Those who do
not, own" farms and must either rent
or work for some one else at first are
perhaps not so unanlmaus, but many
of them are going to undertake it If
their plans are carried out.
Of the entire number of replies
classified from the various states, 66
per cent stated that they would go
to farming,, either Immediately or
after a year or two of teaching or ex
periment station work. By Individual
states the per cent is as follows: In
diana 73. California 66, Illinois 68.
Wisconsin 60, Kansas 66,' Iowa 64,
Missouri 49. Michigan 46. Nebraska
44, Colorado 38, Oklahoma 33.
There are many other . interesting
figures which may be developed from
these statistics.' For axample, In Col
orado, Oklahoma -and Michigan.
states with many agricultural prob
lems unsolved, a large number of the
boys plan to enter experiment station
work. In Wisconsin 80 per cent of
the boys are from towns and cities
and plan to go directly to farming.
This may i -rhaps be due to the
strong encouragement In the way of
cheap and valuable land tn this state.
All of the figures show that the
graduates who are Just now finishing
the work of the year, and will be scat
tered throughout the country in an
other week, are a strong, purposeful
lot of follows. Most of them have
worked hard for their educations, and
most ' of them have - some definite
plans about what they are going to
do next.
Journal Entries
Loud talk Is seldom -a companion
of forceful argument.
WWW
Few of the anticipated pleasures
measure up to expectations.
W W W
And the people you consider foolish
are likely to have the same opinion of
you.
W W
A vonui of small means seems to
be able to keep up with the fashions,
but no man in like straits is clever
enough to do so.
WWW
In all probability, there are as
many thin people wishing to become
fatter as there are fat people desiring
to grow thinner. . . -
J ay hawker Jots
When a woman makes up her mind,
says the Pratt Republican, she does It
in sncn wv tnat she can easuy maae
It over again.
This week's rains were worth at
least $999,999.26 to this section, re
ports the Burr Oak Herald, and it
adds: A less conservative paper
would probably estimate their value
at a million dollars.
Told by the LaHarpe Enterprise:
"I would like to show you our new
vacuum cleaner," began the agent as
the door opened. "We ain't got no
vacuums," snapped the hard faced
woman as she slammed the door.
When a man starts out to practice
economy, writes B. P. Walker of the
Osborne County Farmer in the Kansas
City Star, the first thing he does is to
buy a safety razor and a pipe. A
woman commences by buying $4
worth of raw material to trim up an
old hat that she could duplicate any
place for $2.50.
Related by the Howard Courant: A
young minister recently delivered a
lecture to his congregation upon the
interesting subject of "Fools." There
was a large audience, brought about,
no doubt by the form of advertising,
which was in form of admission
tickets, with the following Inscription
printed on each ticket: "Lecture on
Fools" Admit one.
Says Glick Fockele of the LeRoy
Reporter: Money may get tight some
times but it never stutters. . . .The dif
ference Detween business and success
is advertising. . . .Never waste time
arguing with a bumblebee. He is no
gentleman.- anyway. . .-.Man alone
must face the powder, but woman may
heed the call, "To arms." it taxes
more than a coat of paint to cover the
freckles -on one's reputation. .When
a man loses interest in picnica it goes
to show that he gets better .grub at
home.
Globe Sights
BT THE ATCHISON OtOBl
Determination Is the white sheep of
good times. . " -
Isnt a living man who ia dead to the
world lucky?
' Some men are distinguished only by the
tilt of their cigars.
There are as many freckles as ever, but
they are burled In tha dusb
Durn a man who Is , always Relieving
that some one ia trying to impose on him.
If one is young enough, it la easy to
find soma occasion, for a celebration.
A martyr la a man who got real sick
and la accused of having been drunk.
When some men shako your hand they
take hold of It aa though It was a wash
rag.
You can tell how a man treats his wife
by the manner in which he says, "How
do you do."
A young man who can't find clothes
to suit biro In his home town, haa too
good an opinion of bimaelC
It there were such a thing aa the dawn
of plenty somebody wouM get out aa In
junction against it.
We Imagine that a sheriff could cat oh a
lot of criminals during the . Ume it re
quires to train blood hounds.
"X am dot particularly anxious to go
back to the farm; there la aa much work
In town aa I care to tackle." Rule Hoe
kins. Moat of the worry Is over things that
never happen; we recall when some were
perturbed for fear the M cycle . would
On tiiz'Spur :
of the Moment
. BTT ROT SC. MOULTON. -' '
itay.
Now doth the tired business man ;
Improve each ahiIm hour.
-Among the trout streams of the north
To bring back pep and power.
He wades about m high top boots
And talks tn wondrous ways
About the brook trout that he caught
Back in the halcyon day.
He spends all of his hard earned
dough, - ..
And enersv aa well.
But It will be worth time to hear
- The stories that he'll tell.
The old man plants his garden- seeds
And waits for them to grow.
He's going to save a fortune sure .
On vegetables, yon know.
He'll rake and hoe and drag and
spade.
And talk In learned style
About the crop of onions he
Will garner after awhile.
The baseball season opens and
- He goes and roots a lot.
And quite forgets until next spring
His cherished garden spot.
The family begins to quarrel
About the -summer plans;
They try to pick out some resort.
But somehow no scheme pans.
The mushroom hunter hits the trail.
The king of Maytime fools.
And carries home with him at night
A mess of nice toadstools.
The bock beer fiend gets busy and
Ooes on his springtime toot,- -.
And Willie of the boulevards
Puts on his two-piece suit.''
Signs of the
Torreon seems to be almost as
hard to take aa a dose, of castor oil.
Dr. Pena of Argentine calls the
Monroe doctrine absurd. Can't some
body write a funny poem on Dr. Pena
of Argentine?
"My Lady's Dress" is tha title of
Edward Knoblauch's new play In,
inaon. on might expect a frank,
open expose.
If regular Mexican money is -worth
only 60 per cent, what must the
Mexican rebel money be worth?
Th administration will have some
trouble in making the old boys of the
navy drink grape juice. But the navy
ought to be able to -get along on
water.
Judging by the past and present,
there will never be a tim In the fu
ture when a famine In China is not
imminent.
Congress hopes to pass laws which
will make sea travel perfectly safe,
but it will never be able to eliminate
the mal de mer.
Secretary Bryan has cancelled his
lucrative Chautauqua engagements.
War ia certainly hell.
Enrico Caruso has been sued for
$100,000 for breaking a woman's
heart. It is getting so that breaking
hearts Is almost as expensive as run
ning a motor car.
Chicago woman wants a divorce be
cause her husband allows her only 10
cents a week for clothing. But, then,
the gowns are very skimpy now.
Uncle Abner.
T. Egbert Peavey is saving cigarette
coupons to get a oatmobil. He has
only got to save 6.89,542 more and he
will probably Kit the oatmoblle if the
cigarettes don't git him first.
xnere ain't no feller who kin knock the
home team louder than the one who gits
Into: the game oo; a;pass. .
There are plenty of ways to be onhappy
without moving next door-to a feller who
tinkers his own oatmobile from taorning
until night and then on until morning.
Hank Tumms says be hopes they will
keep the Mexican war going until he gets
there. It is the only excuse he has had
to get away from Home since the difficul
ty with Spain, and then he Just got start
ed when the war stopped and they sent
him back.
Ame Hilliker's son, who is working in
a wholesale house In Chicago, writes
home that he Is earning $100 a week and
he only gets $18.
Mr. and Mrs. An'se Judson are bavin'
a family jar over which summer resort'
to go to this year, and will probably com
promise as usual by staying at home.
All that Is needed now Is an oatmobile
horn that will scare a pedestrian to death
Instead of Just maldn' him suffer nervous
prostration.
It Is gettln' so nowadays if a farmer
kin raise hawg to sell, ha kin lift the
mortgage on the old farm and buy a
flock of buzz wagons.
If a feller loses his temper nowadays
he loses the only thing that la of any
value to him. s
QUAKER MEDITATIONS.
From the Philadelphia Record.
All flesh la grass, which is more than
can be said of all widows.
Life Is full of uncertainties, even to the
people who expect the worst.
Fish stories have been popular ever
since Jonah waa swallowed by the whale.
The command "Thou Shalt not kill" Is
applied by most people to their own
chances. -
When the gifts come In. the bride is
more apt to think of the present than
of the future.
Tou may be able to keep the wolf from
the door, but the flies are pretty sure to
get In.
The artists' model Is almost as' proud
of her curves as the baseball pitcher la
of his.
An amateur performance for -charity
demonstrates also 'that charity uncovers
a multitude of sins.
Tour sins will find you out. In which
they sometimes have the advantage over
the bill collector.
Calling a spade a spade, even the club
woman may have a heart, also a fondness
for 'diamonds.
Blobbs "His conversation Is rather
heavy." Blobbs '-And still I don't be
lieve his words carry much weight."
Wlgg "Miss Antique is very proud of
her hair." Wagg "Yes, but I'm inclined
to the belief that It's a false pride."
"Woman was created from man's rib,"
said the Wise Ouy. "And she haa been a
bone of contention ever since," added the
Simple Mug.
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
From the Chicago News.
- It's easy to find money In a dictionary.
Many a broadcloth man owes It to bis
calico wife.
While the fool ia asking advice the
wise guy seta busy.
Nothing destroys a mean man's memory
like doing him a favor. !
Race prejudice keeps many a dollar out1
of the bookmaker's hands.
A four-flusher is a man who drinks
beer from a champagne bottle.
When a girl bsgina to talk she may be
a speaking likenesa of her mother.
bank because he doesn't own an autoxno-1
Wle. . f
A man's talk of old flames Is apt to'
neat his wife's temper to toe boiling
point.'-'-
At the age of 164hey called him Archie;
forty years later they changed It to Archi-
Tou may be able to convince yourself
that contentment ia better than great
riches if you have both.
The Income tax law grants a married
man Ha additional
lation prise?
.' . THE TINKER. - ' ;
Back of the beating hammer
By which the steel is wrought.
Back of the workshop's clamor,
Tha aeaker may find the Thought.
The Thought that is ever master
Of Iron and steam and steel. -That
rises above disaster
And tramples It under heel!
The drudge may fret and tinker
Or labor with dusty blows.
But back of him stands the Thinker,
The elear-eyed man who Knows;
For Into each Wow or saber.
Each piece and part and whole.
Must go the Brains of Labor,
Which gives the work a soul!
Back of the motor's humming.
Baek of the belts that sing.
Back of the hammer's drumming.
Back of the cranes that awing
There Is the eye which scans them
Watchlng through stress and strain.
There is the Mind which plans them
Back ot the brawn, the Brain!
Might of the roaring boiler. .
Force of the engine's thrust.
Strength of the sweating toller.
Greatly In these we trust.
But back of them stands the Schemer.
The thinker who drives things through.
Back of the Job the Dreamer.
Who's making the dream come true!
Berton Braley. la American Machinist
The Eqening Story
Two Concerts.
(By A. Maria Crawford.)
i
"Don't ask me what he said. Elea
nor. I don't like to carry tales."
"But I would rather know. Aunt
Phoebe," said the pretty girl curled
up on the couch. "It simplifies mat
ters for me."
"How?"
"Because If it- is an honest preju
dice. I'll overcome It; otherwise, I
won't allow myself to think any more
about him."
"I am afraid." said Aunt Phoebe,
seriously, "you have allowed yourself
to fall in love with a man who was
merely polite to you on the train."
Eleanor flushed. "That Isn't quite
fair, auntie, dear. I only remarked
when I came that he was the most
attractive looking man I ever saw. I
stumbled on the platform of one ot
the coaches on my way to the diner
and he helped me up, just as I have
told you before. I thanked bim. He
lifted his hat. That was all there
was to the Incident."
"Now, my dear, when you " first
came, you pointed him out to me and
was delighted when you found that
I knew him. How did you know
what kind of a voice Shirley Spence
has if you had never heard it?"
laughingly questioned Aunt Phoebe,
shaking her finger at Eleanor.,
"Didn't I hear him talking to a
man who sat with bim in the diner?
But to get back to my original ques
tion, why won't he call on me? Ev
ery other man in your particular set
has been here."
"Shirley goes out very little now
adays. -He was engaged to be mar
ried to a beautiful girl and she jilted
him "
"How could she?" .
"She married the other man, with
out mentioning the matter to Shirley.
It made him a little bitter. I think.
Women have spoiled him all his life.
That was why he took his love affair
so seriously. He won't come here be
causewell because you are the
image of the girl he loved. Shirley
says all beautiful women' are treach-
I knew that X would lust have
to tell you why he hasn't been here."
I am glad that you did. Aunt
Phoebe," declared Eleanor In such a
subdued voice that her relative looked
at her curiously. "I think that I will
go for a little walk until time to dress
for dinner."
Wear white, Eleanor. My decora
tions are Killarney rosea and valley
lilies." .
It was when the girl had stopped to
talk to an old woman who sold flowers
on the street corner that she again
noticed Shirley Spence, standing a few
feet away, watching her. She selected
several bunches of violets, paid the old
woman generously, smiled at her and
passed on, never glancing at the well
groomed man who continued to watch
her. She stopped in the park a few
blocks away to give her flowers to a lit
tle crippled girl who sat on a bench
watching other children play.
Kleanor was happier than Aunt
Phoebe had ever seen her when she
came down to greet the guests who had
been Invited to meet her. She had been
Und to less fortunate people, and It had
brought happiness Into her own heart
and life. Aunt Phoebe had news to
tell and womanlike, was so mysterious
about it that the girl was Instantly
suspicious.
"Have you heard anything unusual.
Aunt Phoebe? Tou are fairly bursting
with some important gossip," laughed
Eleanor. "Out with it! Perhaps It is
exciting!"
"Shirley Spence Is doming to dinner
tonight. It was such good luck for me.
Park Gettya sent me a note Just after
you left, telling me tuat he was ill and
would not be able to come to this din
ner. Almost instantly after reading his
note, I was summoned to the telephone,
and Shirley Spence asked if it would be
convenient for him to call this evening.
I was so surprised that I stammered a
little as I asked him to come to dinner
and take Park Gettys' place. Of course
I'll have him take you in, Eleanor."
Please," said the girl quietly, "If
you have made any change in your
table arrangements to that effect let
me go and adjust it as we planned this
morning, i ao not want Mr. spence
to take me in to dinner. He haa
avoided me so now I will not throw
myself in his way."
Aunt Phoebe looked at her quickly.
"So you prefer Dick Boyd? I thought
that you would like Dick better than
anybody else."
Even the women tnat evening naa
to admit that Eleanor was beautiful.
She wore a soft white taffeta gown
with a rope of pearls about her neck
that waa her only ornament. Admira
tion for the gin was so evident in
Shirley Spence's eyes that Aunt
Phoebe looked at her quickly to see
what effect his manner had on her.
But Eleanor was merely gracious and
evinced no particular interest in the
man who had avoided meeting her.
After dinner, when she had refused
to marry Dick Boyd for the third and
last time, so he said. Eleanor scsppea
into a little alcove for the time, sick
of the thing commonly called love.
How could Dick Boyd love her well
enough after two weeks' acquaintance
to ask her to be his wife? She believed
that he was merely fascinated because
she was pretty, animated and a little
different from all the other girls be
knew. Then she thought of Shirley
Spence and the singular attraction he
had for her when she had only spoken
to him once in the train. Could that
be love?
"May I talk to you a little while?"
.Eleanor looked up to see Shirley
Spence In the doorway. - -
- "Tea." she said, moving over " to
make room for him on the window
seat.
you will be able to convince me that
all beautiful women, are not traacher
ous. I find that I have been -sadly
misguided."
"Oh. no," promptly declared Elea
nor. . ' -t'V"-. r? ;
. "Then! - you will - not attempt ;. - to
chango my view?" ;'. V " "" '
: "That would be impossible. A. prej
udice like yours cannot be overcome."
"Tou can do anything with me that
you Witt,"
: She tried to laugh lightly and failed
miserably. Something seemed to
choke her. .'- --J 1
TTou do believe me. -. We were
meant for each other," he went on
tensely; "It was to make me fine and
sweet and wcrthy of you that I had to
suffer when the other woman tailed
me. I knew all this -when you. stum
bled on the train and I helped von to
your feet again. The touch of yon
put new life In me and hone in mv
heart." ' -
'Then why began - Eleanor.
"I waa afraid to believe: afraid of
my own apparent fortune. I followed
you this afternoon, almost : . uncon
sciously, along the streets and, through
the park. I saw the charity, the sweet
ness in your heart when you smiled at
the old flower woman and gave your
violets to the little crippled girl. Tou
are mine. Look at me!"
There was a happy thrill in the
touch ot his hand on hers and she
turned to him, smiling a little, her
breath coming fast.
"I ' have known you such a short
time," . she tried to argue.
"Love is not measured by hours and
days and months and years, dear. It
is measured by heart beats. Every
throb ot my heart until you are really
mine seems an eternity to "me. That
ia how well I love you. Oh, girl, don't
you see,- flon t you know? I've suffer
ed enough, surely, to be able to reach
hungry arms to you."
Eleanor turned arid looked In his
eyes. There waa something compell
ing in his face and she felt herself
drawn toward him.
"Aunt Phoebe says that you have -al
ways been spoiled by women and I-
I suppose I will have to spoil you.
too," she laughed and knew that love
at first sight, although she -had ridl
culed It all her life, bad two more
converts in the world, that night.-
(Copyright. 1914, by the McClure
Newspaper Syndicate.)
On Fragrances.
The fragrances which are hunted
down, caught . and imprisoned in a
sachet powder or toilet water to be
sold to the public, are not the only
odors which one loves to sniff.
There are some fragrances that
have never been caught and impris
oned for man's pleasure which are
just as dear to our nostrils and heart
as the most expensive sachets.
For instance, I know of no sachet
which could give me half as much
pleasure as the first whiff of the salt
sweetness of the sea air which salutes
my nostrils when I come back to the
ocean.
Personal preferences in the matter
or fragrances are usually very strong.
It seems to me there is an exception
ally large element of. the subjective
in our sense of smell.' As has often
been said, an odor seems to bring
back the past more poignantly -than
sight- or-sound.,. Therefore, our. Ilka
or dislike of an odor is not merely
for its intrinsic quality but for Its as
sociation, and the two are often tan
gled up so closely that we cannot un
tangle them if we try.
It seems to me, for instance, that I
love the smell of salt air for itself
and would love It if I bad never seen
the ocean. But If that feeling could
be analyzed Just as we analyse chemi
cal compounds I fancy I should find
that it waa about 25 per cent physi
cal enjoyment of the salt smell and
75 per cent an enjoyment of awak
ened memories of the sight and sound
of the great blue, thunderous ocean,
and of a thousand pleasant . hours
which I have had beside It, within
it or upon it.
Again, to many people, the smell
of the stable is a distinctly offensive
odor, but a friend of mine who is
passionately fond of horses and cows
and anything connected with the
country, tells me that she loves it
"When the milkman comes my maid
insists on opening the window to get
that barny smell out, she says. I
have never quite dared tell her, but
I think It is very sweet, far sweeter
than the perfume she puts on her
handkerchief."
Speaking of barns, I wonder why
the exquisite fragrance of new-mown.
hay has never been captured and dis
tilled into a sachet. I should think
its sweetness and noVelty might make
it popular with that class of people
who have nothing to do but hunt for
novelties.
' The odor of fresh cut wood is an
other which I particularly like. And
another friend thinks there is noth
ing quite so sweet as the smell of
fresh baked bread.
The' sense of smell does not seem
like a very important one to us, and
indeed it has been greatly blunted
since the early days of the race when
It was actually used in a practical
way. Nevertheless, it is still capable
both of giving present pleasure and
of poignantly recalling past pleasures.
Hunting the Caribou.
In bunting the caribou, quietness is
essential. Never break a twig If you
can avoid it, for a cracking branch
makes a noise which carries far and
may give warning of your approach to
the very stag you particularly want.
Equally important is it to keep a sharp
lookout at all times, especially when
entering a barren, where a stag may be
sleeping, for under such conditions they
are hard to see. Among the numerous
gray dead stumps and moss-covered
low trees, the -color of the caribou la
ao Inconspicuous that the untrained
eye' will fall to detect the animal even
at close range. The first Intimation
will be a glimpse of a disappearing
patch of white as the caribou vanishes
Into the woods.
All things considered, the caribou of
Newfoundland la not as alert aa any
other deer that I know of, and is there
fore more readily approached. There is,
of course, some variation among them,
some being extremely alert and diffi
cult to stalk, -while others are ao ab
surd edly tamo that they win allow a
man to walk right up to within a few
yards before taking fright. Curiosity
Is often a noticeable falling with them;
when once it la aroused they win go to
almost any lengths to satisfy it. I do
not. however, advise the hunter to
count too much on it, for the very
thing which yon imagine wiU tempt
this curiosity will aa likely as not
frighten them away. Sometimes a
strange noise will make them very In
quisitive, and they will come within a
few feet to find out what it is. Then,
occasionally, a white handkerchief will
have the same effect. A. Radcllffe
Dugmore, In "The Romance of the
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Evening Chat
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I- NO LOOTINO ALLOWED.
Before the fall of Tatnpico the Con
stitutionalist commander announced
through the dispatches that there
would be no looting when the city fell.
Which - would indicate a - devastated
bura. too barren for looting purposes.
or a lack of knowledge of soldiers which
ill-becomes a man engaged in open
warfare. For where there are soldiers
in action, there will be loot, the man
dates of the martinet in command to
the contrary, notwithstanding. Which
rule holds in a measure, even though
the Invasion be peaceful. In 1898. Gen '
eral Typhoid attacked n mobilisation
camp in Virginia, and sent a division of
troops in retreat toward the purer wa
ter of the Blue Ridge mountains. Their
course down through Manassas and up
into the hills was less devastating than
earlier Bun Run camnalarna across that .
historic area, but It left a mark on the
countryside which took the government
many months to settle. The appropria
tions by the way Included a wide range
of loot, ranging from a Jersey cow to
ine nrass buttons of a dead Confed
erate officer. And loot grows worse
with a semblance of war. From Tien
Tata to Pekin in the Boxer uprising,
the way waa opened by troops of prac
tically aU the highly civilised powers,
and what they did to the rich gifts of
the shining Orient has not all been set
forth In print. After which, being civil
ised and victorious, they demanded a
fat Indemnity. Nor Is it that armies
are riffraff, and composed of crooks.
Nice boys who never stole home be
come modified pirates in uniform in the
enemy's country, and seem to regard
war aa license to steal. Or, more prop
erly, they do not regard It as theft, but
as Just reward to heroic efforts. It Isn't
an heroic feature of war. but It Is there
to stay untU war is eliminated, this loot
business. Atchison Globe.
AN EDUCATIONAL ADJUNCT.
A ' movement has been started In
Canada to furnish every person in the
Dominion one book a week at an ex
pense of two cents. The government
is to have control of the entire system
and postmasters and letter carriers
are to deliver the books. The advan
tages of the plan are so obvious that
the wonder Is It has not been thought
of before. Many a young man and
woman crave good literature, but can
not afford to purchase a library, but
under such a plan as this they can
have the opportunity to secure the
best of the world's literature and at a
price which will not oppress. Such a
scheme can be made a real adjunct of
education. Rare Is the case where the
germ of ambition is not to be found in
the young.- Unfortunately it is the
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scnooiB ana wnue some nave the op
portunity, and make the most of it, to
tkliflal Al rKah arlllAOtlnn 4Vnsi a ..f
the great majority stop studying when
nicy leave ecnooi. i o tnose who
would make the most of their oppor-
culating library will be of inestimable
wpuuaiu ai win miura to mem tne
opportunity- for home study and - for
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and women and a raising of the stand
ard of citizenship. Marysville Advo-
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THE ONLT REAL HARBINGER.
" Nothing indicates the approach of hot
weather more accurately In America than
the awakening of the ice cream appetite.
Thla craving, which hibernates in the cold
months, rousing only in a feeble manner
to nibble a slice of ice cream at a ban
quet now and then, comes forth each
spring with the first perspiration and
takea undisputed possession of the land.
Eating Ice cream Is one of the greatest
ot American pastimes. Incidentally It is
one of the greatest American vices, ac
cording to European ideas. Residents of
Europe look placidly UDon the attemnt of
Americans to drink up ail the alcohol
which can be made, even with the distil
leries working nights, but when they see
an American girl getting outside a quart
of ice cream, washed down with Ice wa
ter, they shudder with fear and wait
around for the coroner to arrive. They
believe that the American digestion has
Deen gradually rrozen out by lee cream
and other cold delicacies, and that the
American nation will become extinct or
go Into cold atorage within a few years.
It la useless to tell the European that
the death rate In this country la decreas
ing, and that doctors hava had to Invent
appendicitis and adenoids la order to live.
The European always mskes up his own
statistics regarding America, and nothing
can shake his belief that this land la
full of frozen girls stuffed with Ice cream
and hung with icicles. George Fitch. In
Coulter's Weekly.
THIS 'WORLD'S NAVAL REVIEW.
AU the great nations of the world are
preparing to send their finest warships to
Hampton Roads early next year to par
ticipate In the naval review that will
celebrate the opening of the Panama
Canal. Japan has just appropriated t3SS,
009 for the expenses of her fleet at this
review. The navies of Great Britain.
Germany, France, Russia, Japan, Italy,
Spain. Austria-Hungary, Denmark,
Sweden, the Netherlands, Belgium
China. Brazil. Argentina. Chile. Peru,
and Australia will be represented by the
best ships of each country. On them will
come distinguished visitors officially rep
resenting the various governments. The
American fleet will escort this historic
armada to Panama, where imposing cere
monies will open the canal, and the vessels
win then proceed to the San Francisco
evnnsitinn T, f- ! ,. - .1 ,
: r 7 ' " . " kvww vi we presi
dent to visit Panama on the newest dread-
navy, at tne nead of the
long International line. The officers and
he world's fleet are to visit
Washington while the ships are at Hamp-
ton Roads. They will be given a most
nemrt.5rw.eIcome- - Tne s-d will of the
world will be made manifest In this cere
mony, and the good will of the United.
States toward Its neighbors, great and
msJI Mlflrti K - - , . . . :
Cenaress should make a liberal appro-
ior ins enienamment or these
representatives of the nations while they
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Uonal Capital. Washington Post.
Flgg "Wonder why people say 'as
smart aa a steel trap'? I never could .
see anything particularly Intelligent in a
steel trap." Fogg "A steel trap Is
called smart because it knows exactly
the right tune to shut up." Boston -Transcript.
He (In their new home) "Do you know. ,
I can hardly believe that we are really'
aad truly married." She "Glance over'
these bills, dear, and ytfU have no doubt '
whatever." Boston Transcript.
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