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pose.
According to Dr. Crumblne, the "rat
tax" in Kansas amounts to- $2 per
capita. Let's bat the rat. '
About the only reports from the w-r
gone that have a reasonable ring to
them are those which tell that the big
armies are tired and nearing the state
Of exhaustion. ' '' ' '
Too bad Senator LeFollette is not in
physical form. Wouldn't that filibus
ter in the senate against the rivers
and harbors' grab have been delect
able fruit for him?
Justice moves slowly, but the re
opening of the eastern advance rate
case by the Interstate Commerce Com
mission, suggests that it may event
ually reach the door of the railroads.
. Where France is lucky at the ex
pense of America. News comes from
Paris that Jack Johnson has never
taken out French . naturalization pa
pers and is still a citizen of the United
States. "
As far as the average man is con
cerned, he won't have to take the
trouble to search his pocketbook to see
if he has in his possession that scrap
of currency which is labelled like a
120 bill on one side and a J 10 bill on
the other.
: Although Lawrence Is ninth in pop
ulation among the cities of Kansas it
stands in fourth- place In 'respect to
postal receipts. Possibly this may be
explained by the fact that college stu
dents are most prolific with letters
to the home folk In the quest of "a
little spending money."
', A herd of seventeen Iowa corn-fed
beef cattle sold in the Chicago stock
yards the other day, for 11 cents a
pound on the hoof, within half a cent
of the highest price on record, notes :
the Christian Science Monitor, and it
pertinently adds: Incidents. Ot this
kind should induce'-western farmers
to feed more cattle with corn.
Announcement is made that the
changes In the football rules for this eign loans, for posterity will be obliged
year are not radical. However, It I to pay the costs. It is quite probable,
wouldn't have mattered much If they ' therefore, that the output of new se
had been. Except to a few of the ex- i curities in this country will be cur
perts in the premises the football ' tailed for some time to come. This
rules are as Greek is to most folk . of itself will have a steadying influ
And even the experts find it difficult ! encc upon security values here, espe
at times to agree on their interpreta- daily upon those of the better class,
tlon. - I "There is another reason also for
Even a world of war cannot crowd i
Colonel Rooseveit from his accustomed
place of prominence in the newspapers
wK -never he gets busy. And in Satur-
day's papers he achieved the distinc-
tion of figuring in no less than three
""",lura wtueiy separated 10-
calities, one from Wichita, one from
Baltimore, Md., and the other from
Toledo, O.
Anybody who may be obsessed with
the notion that the Topeka fair Is of
no material advantage to the city
would do well to consider the an
nouncement from the Topeka Rebate
association that last week was its
busiest in a year. This Is all the evi
dence needed that many of the fair
visitors were liberal patrons of the
business houses in town.
It is begin. Ing to look as though
the size of the armies involved in the
great European war will make it well
nigh Impossible that anything like a
decisive battle can be fought. So
they'll . probably keep hammering
away at each other until they are
physically exhausted and unable to
fight any longer or until their ammu
nition is spent. There can't be any
' thing like an Inexhaustible supply of
the latter, and as far as that used by
the artillery, which is cutting such a
big figure in the struggle, is concerned.
It cannt be turned out over night.
All of the old-fashioned boys
haven't disappeared from the face of
the earth, as yet Two of them live
in Oklahoma. They have had the
nerve to borr w an aeroplane at night
and the foolhardlness to teach them
selves to manipulate it with such pro
ficiency that they Were able to stage
stellar flight In it the other day. only
coming to grief by selecting a poor
place to land, which resulted in a
mashing of the machine but without
Injury to themselves. Of course,
they've been arrested and on the un
usual charge of stealing an aeroplane.
But think of all the fun and excite
. meat they've had.
BUSINESS RECOVERY IS OS. A Kust the value of our cotton shipments
-This country Is rapidly adjust lng waa only 11.300.000. against $1,S00.
Itself to war conditions and already Mineral dls to that
show, vlaihla .le-na nf recovery from
the terrific blow which fell upon the,
entire civilised .world more than six
weeks ago, writes Henry Clews, the
New York banker. In his current week
ly financial review, and be continues:
"That blow smashed the world's credit
system In a fashion never before ex
perienced and never expected by those
responsible for. the war. or by those
who were able to estimate its effects.
Nevertheless, the shock has been, met
with remarkable success in this coun
try, thanks to intelligent co-operation
between government, financial - and
commercial interests; and. while the
difficulties to overcome are still of the,
gravest character and while further
disasters J -ay yet be possible, the situ
ation is vastly better than at any time
since the war began and the outlook is
certainly for steady improvement.
There is a better demand for commer
cial paper, and foreign exchange is de
clining and at the lowest since the war.
Finance, grain and cotton bills are each
in better supply and tend to prevent
gold exports which otherwise would be
inevitable. The success of the New
York city 6 per cent loan, and the im
proved condition of the Bank of Eng
land are also encouraging factors.
"Much necessarily depends upon the
progress of - ihe war. An .early end of
the struggle' would bring absolute re
lief, followed probably by a sharp re
bound in values. A protracted struggle
would, however, impose a growing
strain upon an already seriously weak
ened financial positon abroad. If the
Allies are determined, as is said, to
crush militarism, that means the end
win not come until exhaustion of one
side or the other. An earnest move
ment is be D made for peace, but at
this stage of the struggle it seems
hardly likely that Germany would ac
cept such rropokals as the Allies 'may
be expected to make. It is said this
war is costing about $50,000,000 a day.
which la at the rate of about $18,000.-
000,000 a year. These figures are prob
ably somewhat exaggerated. Besides.
It should be remembered that in time of
peace the huge, armies of Europe have
cost staggering sums; so that the net
increase in the war is not represented
by its present actual cost. The worst
effects of the struggle at the moment
are the awful carnage, the wanton de
struction of property and the wholesale
demoralization of finance and com
merce. Happily the financial situation
is gradually improving, both in London
and in New York. No arrangements
have as yet been made for the opening
of the stock exchanges at these re
spective markets for the reason that
thus far no plan has been devised for
taking care of the securites which
would probably be offered for sale from
abroad. Until some plan of gradual or
partial resumption is devised it is the
part of wisdom to keep the exchanges
closed; disappointing as that may be to
the large numbers vitally interested in
their resumpton.
"Next to ending the war, the surest
means of ' stock market resumption,
will be a revival of confidence. Thus
far investors seem to have held their
heads, and the greatly Improved, finan
cial conditions of the last few weeks
warrant a distinctly more hopeful feel
ing regarding the future of investments.
There is no doubt that any shrinkage
in our investment securities resulting
from the' war will be made good with
in a reasonable period of time after
the war is over.
History shows that
In all wars a sharp recovery in security
values followed after the worst effects
became known. The world's output
of securities annually amounts to
about 14,000,000,000. The war will of
course result in a vast output of for-
! preserving confidence In regard to
American securities, which Is that they
are now at a very iow price, having
withstood the strain of unfavorable
conditions both at home and abroad
with remarkable success. There have 1
been relative'. few suspensions of divi-
dends. which demonstrates that our
industrial and railroad corporations
have been eminently successful In sus-
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many reverses. Again, the united
States will feel this war less than any
other civilized nation in the world. To
a large extent this country is self-contained,
and is less depedent upon for
eign trade than any other country at
present involved in war. Our foreign
commerce, it is true, has received a
shock; but the disturbance has not
been as serious as expected; and
though our August exports showed
heavy losses the later foreign com
merce returns indicate that we are
rapidly returning to more normal con
ditions. The losses in our exports
were very largely the result of a tem
porarily demoralized foreign exchange
mark.et, and with an improvement in
financial conditions exports are stead
ily increasing. The total exports of
merchandise from New York last week
wera $14,000,000, compared with 115,-
400,000 a year ago. For the week end
ed August 22, when the shock of war
was felt keenest, our exports at New
York were only $8,500,000. compared
with $15,it00,000 the previous year. The
imports of merchandise at New York
last week were $15,200,000, as against
$20,200,000 a year ago; a much smaller
loss than waa noticeable In the third
week of Aug -st when the imports at
New York were $12,000,000, .against
$18,000,000 at the corresponding date
last year. The total August returns
for the entire United States when they
appear will certainly make an Impres
sive showing of the effect of war upon
our foreign commerce, but it should
be recognised that with the resump
tion of shipping and improved condi
tions in foreign exchange, our foreign
trade is rapidly getting back to normal,
the losses being chiefly in our trade
with Germany. ' With Austria and
Russia our trade is limited. In An-
ueciinea w i.buu.uuw.
against 112.000,000 the previous year,
while breadstuffs actually increased to
S2,S00,00. against $28,09.00 for the
same month in 1913.
"In home industrial circles a more
confident feeling Is developing. Oood
crops are helping the west wonderful
ly. Throughout New England there
are signs of recovery. The actual
stoppage of Industry has been less
than expected, and in some cases In
creasing activity la already noted. Our
textile mills ate 'the shock well,
some of them being engaged on for
eign orders; and our steel Industry is
also giving a better, account of itself
than at one time anticipated; an 'n
creaslng interest being shown in ex
port trade. Vigorous efforts are al
ready being made in "ae la direc
tion by our bankers and export mer
chants with Indications that a consid
erable increase in foreign trade will
come to the United States as a result
of the war.
- "There is just o-e other element for
revived confidence, which has been
almost lost to sight by the European
tragedy, which is the abatement of
hostilities at Washington to large cor
porations. The government is already
showing a more friendly attitude to
big busine.s and there are signs that
the spirit of prejudice Is giving way
to reason. The plight of the rail
roads " is been somewhat aggravated
by the war.- and something will un
doubtedly have to be done to Improve
their earning capacity which has been
impaired by restriction imposed by
the interstate commerce commission."
Journal Entries
Refiner mt also is often reflected in
the voice.
There is some hope for the man
who knows he knows little.
The turn in the long road Is more
than likely to be a sharp one.
Any nu.nber 6f people have every
reason to be happier than they are.
Presumably, it's perfectly proper to
class a nightmare among the dark
horses.
J ay hawker Jots
The Phillips County Post insists
that the bravest soldiers are those who
sit on dry goods boxes and discuss the
war.
A sartorial observation by the Jewell
County Monitor: A stiff hat can really
get more out of style than other gar
ments. Lazy women will have an excellent
excuse for not canning fruit this year,
points out the Mankato Advocate
high fruit and high sugar. ,
Some' one says, do you believe it is
possible for a person to be talked .to
death? notes Gasaway. the Gas GUlch
correspondent of the Wilson County
Citizen, and he answers: "Sure, I do. :
for the average age of . a woman Is j
two years greater than a man."
Shafts from the Gridley Light: Some '
people take life easy, others make it as
nara as tney can A man s repu-
tation comes from what he does not
what he says he will do Advice
is scmething a boy generally gets
when he asks his father for a little
money, or a share of the farm crops. !
or a horse and buggy.
Chickens are nice things to have
about, writes Editor Calnan of the
Troy Chief. They look nice. They
are useful. The roosters wake us up
in the morning and tell us when
there is to be a change In the weather.
while the hens lay nice eggs and
hatch broods of downy chicks that de- !
velop into spring fries, and when the
old hens become veterans they are
shipped to Chicago and served In the
restaurar as "springers."
A Leavenworth business man who is
a student of nature has secured con
siderable enjoyment this summer
through building a few rustic bird
houses, according t j the Leavenworth
Post. He has brought birds of all
kinds around his home and watching
the mating, nesting and rearing of the
bird families, has been a source of
great enjoyment. Besides he finds that
the birds keep the Insects off the trees
and shrubbery.
He believes that ev
erv farmer would heln out hia ornn
tITtnJS&
birds to stay about the place. Prop-
the bee martins, wrens and other in-
sect catchers, which also drive awav
tb Rnn rrnu-B
Globe Sights
BT THE ATCHISON GLOBE.
How much do you. think your mor-
al support is worth?
Then there are men so cautious they
never get anything done.
A loud mouth seems worse in a
street car than an" other place.
Are there any old-fashioned boys
left who uarrel over the core 'of the
apple?
In domestic hostilities, a man's
ablest Idea of strategy is to remain
down town.
Reporters try to make some people
mad. so those people will leave them
alone.
Letting' an extravagant wife drive
him to drink is no way for a man to
save money.
When a woman goes the Sour Way.
people know where to place the blame
if she is married. .. .
Sometimes a man marries his af
finity and manages to break away
from her that way.
If the people are laughing at you,
probably it is because you give a
great deal of advice.
The man who needs a booze bracer
before breakfast probably had too
many the night before.
If one has a sore toe, he encounters
more stumbling blocks and is more
frequently stepped on.
To the weary pedestrian, the empty
tonneau of the passing - touring car
looms up as the largest vacancy.
Usually the' men who become no
torious for talking too much finally
go on the Chautauqua platform.
There are several ways of .making
friends; the undying esteem of a col
ored man can be won with cast off
clothes.
St:
of thz Moment
BT HOT K. MOOLTON--
The Congnnslonal Campaign.
We have read all he Junk, ; .... -The
political bunk .
And most of it's punk, . - .
We'll be bound.
It is piffle, alas, . : ',
And .it's greener than grass, -But
still they will pass
It around.
They are princes, aye kings.
So the press agent sings.
They are angels, sans wings.
And all that.
They're not after the dough.
But the honor, you know.
And they do love us -so
Murder! Scat! -
The County Fair.
The Ice cream cones this year are
quite satisfactory, although they still
have the same . old fault of leaking
out of the bottom after you have held
them in your hand fifteen or twenty
minutes. The ice cream drips out of
the bottom of the cone and spoils a
fawn colored vest in about a minute
and a half. What Is needed Is a tin
ice cream cone that can be soldered
up. A tin cone ,would be much easier
to digest than some we iget nowa
days, i
They have a very good musical
comical show called - "The Midnight
Belles. " The itflrls . dance without
moving their feet. Mazeppe, the edu
cated horse, is not so exciting, but his
performance is not risque and no son
need hesitate to take bis father there.
The home-m&de taffy, which" you
see thrown over a hook and pulled by
a. man with dark; gloves on. is Just
as tasty as ever.1 Of course the man
does not wear dark gloves. There
Is ah expert out at the fair who can
threw this candy in the air and make
a figure eight out. ot it in transit and
keep it off the ground most every
time. He only dropped it three times
while we were watching him yesterday
and when he spread It out on the mar
ble slab and snipped it off into five
cent lengths with a pair of sheers, it
had all the pristine beauty of the
white marble tombstone. It was also
of about the same consistency and
taste.
On account of the rain there, were
only two races at the fair yesterday,
the white and the colored. They say
the track was very heavy. I don't
know who weighed it
Evening Chat
BY RUTH'
CAMERON.
On Selection and County Fairs.
Selection is always-a difficult process to
me. If you ask my little nephew, "Which
hand will you haver he invariably says
"Both," and refuses to give any other
answer. I sympathise with him. I have
hlj1"6 tbing V the i
vuvive is3-
tween two opportunities, both unknown
quantities hidden away behind the uncer-
tainties of the future.. And the Fates have
cmciuu mitinwej Dy givtngtme netiner
or perhaps a mutilated part of each.
Even in London Bridges, when the j
choice was par 'ap'lo tne between a gold f
house and a gold-watch studded with dia-
monds, the choice was ions and painful.
And that la why the County-Fair was
neYrn unmixed delight tot, me even at
As oneente
astsult n?
of selection came with "Toasted buttered I
popcorn, au flavors, rms ng in one's
ear, and "Fresh peanuts, five a bag." in
the other. From then on there was one
continual call to choose. Should It be
S"f"Kle or ;'beer? Should it be
2 JSS!
fer to purchase a balloon, a whip, a wind
mill or a. whistle? Should one ride on the
flying horses or the. ferris wheel? Should
one have one's tintype taken or hit the
nigger In the head and get a box of candy
or a good cigar?
But the most painful selection of all to
me waa the choice "of a sideshow We saw
out one.
That Was a law Immutable.
And thlir. Wfr. mrt manv n ..11 A
derful. First T thnueht I wnti t
the fat woman. "She weighs six hundred '
pounds if she weighs ten. ladies and gen-'!
tlemen." Of ccurse. she must weigh ten.
so the six hundred was proven beyond a
doubt, and I was on the point of yielding
my dime when the hypnotic eye of anoth
er barker caught me. "The most savage
wild man in captivity," he was chanting.
eat raw rabbits, eat em alive, without-
salt or pepper he eat 'em." "Seventh won-
der of the world." broke in a third voice.
"bound together by a bond of living flesh.
If you don't believe it you can touch it
with your own hands. Right this way
for the Inseparable Twins."
So one after another nllurArt Tne nnA
the worst if It was that if I saw the fat
"" """"" "S waa
and v'ce"rsTn WOUW b"B "
emy come. In I hope it will
mv first act will h. tn fill nv miu.1,.1.
full
of pieces of eight from her hold and
straight to the nearest County Fair,
I buy nooeorn. neanuta and talTv- a hatlnnn.
! a whip, a whistle and a windmill, ride on
i the flying horses end the ferris wheel,
and, best of all. see every single sideshow.
Ton think I shall find it a stupid, dis
; appoitning spectacle, lacking the eyes of
cnnanoca ." wot so., reader friend. For I
shall have the eyes of childhood. On my
way from the ship to the -fair I shall
gainer in irom the highways and byways
all the little youngsters that wouldn't
have gone to the fair and ask them to
lend me their eyes for the day.
I wonder who will be the happiest, they
or I?
QUAKER B1EDITATIOXS.
From the Philadelphia Record.
Don't butt in. unless you want to
be the goat-
Marriage is 'a lottery in which a
man can only buy one ticket at a time.
A man may be out of tune with the
world even while he is singing his own
praises. - -
Speaking of the artist's model, her
face Is sometimes drawn, and some
times painted.
"Love laughs at locksmiths," quoted
the Wise Guy. "Also at wedlock." add
ed the Simple Mug.
A woman may spring from a
mouse, but a grass widow doesn't al
ways spring from a crop of wild oats.
Many a man no sooner discovers
that he is wedded to his art than he
begins to repent at leisure.
Wigwag "What do you think of
the war tax on beer?" Guzzler "Oh,
it makes me as mad as hops."
. Milly "See the -automobile hearse.
Isn't it cute " Billy "Yes, some peo
ple are seally carried away by it."
It Is quite possTWe for a fellow to
be broken-hearted over a girl who has
tbe reputation of never making any
bad breaks. v ,
, Tommy "Pop. " what Is a " pessi
mist?" Tommy's Pop -"A pessimist,
my son. is a person who is always
afraid there won't be ssosrh trouble
to go round."
- THE PEASANT SOUIER. ' '
He has no hope tor eonquest: no baa so
lust for power;
His bosom does not burn to share In tri
umph's glorious hour;
He bears do hatred In his heart s gains
his brother man;
Unlearned -he Is in strategy or statesman's
scheme or plan.
But when throughout the troubled land
there rings the battle cry.
Unknowing and ' unquestioning - Its
marches forth to die.
No prises are there to be gained for his
too common kind;
He wins no splendid spoils of war for
those he leaves behind.
Whatever glory there may be. the great
ones of the earth
Win never yield to his mean kin, all folk
of peasant birth.
But when he seea upon the hills the
, battle banners- fly
He marches calmly to his death nor
thinks to wonder why.
James J. Montague In the New York
American. -
The Evening Story
Almost a Mistake.
(By Clara Ines Deacon.)
They " re going to have a new
weather man at Point Hope. The one
that had been in charge for a couple of
years was addicted to the habit of oc
casional sprees, and when they hap
pened his predictions of tbe weather to
come for nxt three days were .terrify
ing. ; .
Point Hope was a village of 1.000 In
habitants, and was inclined to be social.
The weather man. whether married or
not. was expected to take a hand in the
social game. When It w-s known that
a chanre was coming there was much
curiosity to know what the new man
was like.
"I hope he sings bass." cid a mem
ber of the church choir. -
"I hope he isn't a young man and in
clined to flirt," simpered an old maid.
"If he plays a good game of checkers
111 board him for half price said Uncle
Riley.
Meanwhile the head of the weather
bureau was talking to Burt Hudson,
who was to fill the place.
"Young man, you have done well at
your other stations, and I'm hoping for
the same or better at Point Hope."
"I certainly shall do the best I can."
was the reply.
"I don't doubt that your official duties
trill be performed In a most satisfactory
way, but I wish to inform you that I
am seeking U raise the dignity of the
position. There are complaints that
some of our men at small stations play
pool. They pitch quoits with t..iy one.
They go to candy pulls and barn dances.
A government . is a dignified position,
Mr. Hudson."
"Yes. sir."
"And a government official hould
never let himself down. He may mingle
with the -itsiders in a social way, but
should ever consider his dignity.'
"I understand, sir," replied Mr. Hud
son. '
Burt Hudson had a social disposition.
Some folks, particularly young folks.
; had called him jolly.-He had heard that
there were nice people in P'
ad ha been Pleased with his appoint-
ment. He was not so well pleased after
ascertaining that ho must stand on his
dignity and be looked upon as a prig.
His living did not depend on the salary
paid, but he liked the work, and was
pleasing his mother and a rich- uncle by
his interest In it.
In due time Mr. Hudson arrived at
I Point Hope:' The population turned
lout to meet him. He was himself
until within ten miles of the town,
j and then he became somebody else,
Dnt on the mantle of dignity as
by his chief. How it worked
was told in the comments of the peo-
pie when they came to compare notes.
"I told him I'd lil:e to play check
ers with him," said Uncle Riley, "and
he glared like a J uary blizzard."
"When he came in I was for shak
ing hands with him and asking about
his family," said the landlord of the
inn, "but he sorter drawed away as
if I was second class. I don't believe
he'll eat prune sass once a week."
"I shall never dare ask him out to
the farm to eat a boiled dinner," said
a farmer. -
Two of the most interesting people
in Point Hope were the Widow Wel-
come and her daughter Uarian. It
was said of them that thev had the
nicest home and the most money, and
no one disputed that the daughter
was the handsomest and best educat
ed young lady among them. Marian
had never been told that she must
stand on the other side of a six-rail
fence. She had dignity enough, but
that did not prevent her from being
Jolly.
Two weeks after Mr. Hudson's ar
rival he was being discussed by moth
er and daughter. A young man had
escorted Marian and another girl to
me signal siauun uiu imrouucea
i them' ey Wtr refIVed W"5, aItol
fflJtZt courtesy and dIgnlty
He is a gentleman, mother, said
, the daughter, "but he freezes one. I
don't believe the governor puts on the
dignity that Mr. Hudson does.
"Perhaps it comes natural to him,"
observed the mother.
"It strikes me right the other way.
There were times yesterday when he
seemed about to come down off bis
high horse for a moment, and then
he would catch himself. He v.-as stilt
edly polite. He was courtesy itself,
but one felt that he was a mile away
and the door locked against the
world."
"What ?iave you girls learned about
him?"
"Well, he sings."
"Yes?"
"The-" boys think he can play base
ball." "Yes?" -
"And they say he must know about
pool and billiards.
"He likely does."
"But -what we girls want is some one
that will pitch in with us and make
things lively. I looked at Mr. Hudson
and tried to imagine him at a candy
pull, but it sent the shivers over me."
"Well, dear, he may be quiet and un
demonstrative among strangers, but let
us hope he will thaw out as he gets ac
quainted. I met him on the street the
other day. r.nd I rather liked him. We
will have r few people in some eve
ning and Invite Mr. Hudson to meet
them."
- "I'll tell you one thug, mater. Mr.
Hudson needn't' flatter himself that he
owns all the dlgnty for forty miles
around. If he doesn't drop It I'll freeze
him.-
. A gathering took place and Mr. Hud
son was there. He thawed out consid
erably, but not enough to escape cen
sure. The majority said that his atti
tude belonged in a New York drawing
room. Miss Marian met him with a
smile, but at the look of dignity on his
face she froze up and was like an icicle
the rest of the evening. The mother
was the only one of the party who read
the young man truly. After the guests
had gone she said to her daughter:
"I think T can read Mr. Hudson
aright" '
"Then you can read a. rock! waa the
sulky reply. . . ..--.-;-. :
"He is acting a part in being so stiff
and formal."
"Why In tha name of cats does ha do
ttr
"I can't telL .of course. . Ma vb it's
by the advice of his mother, who baa
a wife picked out for him, and maybe
Uncle Sam has ordered his signal corps
to' stand, on their dignity. At any rate.
I like him. . rnd hope he will call often.".
i snan-t put myself out to entertain
no such polar bear!'
Ton see if he doesn't begin' to thaw
out -soon. If he Is acting a part, as I
believe he is. he can't hold to it many
weeks. You'll see a change in him
when he calls and finds us alone."
The mother's words proved true.
There was a change, but not enough to
suit the girl. She could see that be was
less stilted and that he let himself smile
once In a while, but when he had de
parted she said to her mother:
'.'Why, he talked astronomy nair tne
time and natural history the other
hair" .
"But he was Interesting.
"So are hitehina- costs' Why didn't
he ask me if I could skate and swim?
Why didn't he ask about straw rides?
Why didn't ne say he'd help trim tne
church for Thanksgiving?"
When Mr. Hudson had held tne sta
tion six months all the people agreed
that ne nad thawed out at least one-
half. This, they contended, was doing
pretty well, but It was not enough to
satisfy Miss Marian, who said to her
mother:
"When' Mr. Hudson shows that he Is
human, as other men, maybe I shall
begin to like him.
Queerly enough, there was evidence
or it next day. He appeared at tne
house and challeneged her to ride with
him on his new tandem bicycle. She
accepted at once, and they had a five-
mile spin, to Iter delight. It was re
peated, in a few days, and they had
been out half a dozen times, when the
sudden, terrlfo and awful change she
nad hoped for took place.
They were trying to get home be
fore a. thunder shower, when the bi
cycle ran over a hog on the highway
and the riders were sent flying into
the bushes. Marian was not much
hurt. As she tried to gather her wits
she heard some one exclaiming. As
she sat up she recognized Mr. Hudson's
voice. She dragged herself to her feet
and hung to the bushes she saw him
"belting" the hog with a club. . and
heard him say:
" your eyes, take that!" And
also: "Lie in the road, will you, you
nuisance?" and likewise:
"Uncle Sam and his old weather can
go to Texas! I'm through with this
dignity nonsense!"
And when the girl reached home
she said to her mother: "I shall be
engaged to Mr. Hudson within four
weeks!" (Copyright, 1914, by the Mc
Clure ewspaper Syndicate.
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
From the Chicago News.
In a manner of speaking, the den
tist is a dealer in extracts.
Gems of thought never were or will
be a drug on the market.
Wisdom has an uphill fight against
the blissfulness of ignorance.
A homely young -woman may live
long enough to become a pretty old
one.
Never despise little things. The big
gest man that ever lived was once an
infant.
Real faith is needed before a man
can buy a bottle of hair restorer of &
bald headed druggist.
Some people refuse to do things be
cause they are near-sighted, and some
others because thev are far-sighted.
A-woman seldom talks wmle doing
up her hair- possibly ' because her
mouth is apt to be filled with hairpins
at that stage of the game.
FOB
BY
PETER AND HANS
Peter and Hans were brothers and
they liveu near a forest. They -cere
good boys most of the time, but once in
a while they woujd disobey their mother
and go too near the forest.
"Some day you boys will go so near
that the giant Boo-man will -et. yr-"
she told them. L
But Hans and Peter 1'id not believe.
the giant Boo-man could run as fast as
they could, and one day they went
nearer than usual, and the first thing
they knew something grabbed them
both by the back and seemed to fly with
them into the forest.
It was the giant Boo-man who had
taken each boy by the back with his
great big hands and was walking away.
By and by he came to his cave, and
he sa -er and Hans on the ground
before the door and looked at them.
He was so tall that the boys did not
see him; they thought his legs were two
big trees and they wondered what had
happened.
"I think I will climb this tree and see
how fas- we are in the forest." said
Peter.
When he began to climb, the tree
moved, and Peter slid to the ground,
his hair almost on end with fright.
Both boys looked up, and there, tow
ering above them, they saw the giant
Boo-man. .laughing down at them.
"Do you know who I am?" asked the
giant Boo-man.
There was no answer. "Can't you
boys speak? Let me see If you have
tongues; open your mouths."
Peter and Hans obeyed and the giant
Boo-man began to laugh. "Do you call
those tiny bits tongues?" he asked.
"Look at mine If ou want to see one
worth having." '
Both boys fell over on the ground
' 'r rr xTIrW f ,
T?
A SOLDIER OF PEACE.
- - It Is pleasant diversion to tun from
the tumult and shouting of tae war
lords to a sol Mer whoa fame tw-u
securely on his achievementa iu ' aea
of peace; and one of the world's great
est soldiers, for all that. As yon guess,
our reference Is to Col. Goethal. VB.
A., who built tlie Panama canal after
others-had' failed or quit. Where the
clever French failed miserably, and.
many eminent engineers of our own
country quit disheartened In the lace
of great difficulties, this modest sol,
dier man succeeded because digging
ditches and building dams and shift
ing mountains and rivers happened to.
come in his line of duty: he had been
trained to do that, as are moat sol-
diers. although not all get their lesson.
Viewing his fine achievement for man
kind, what a pity it seems that other
military men must look to death and
desolation and suffering for auch fame1
as comes their way. What might not
be done for mankind If their re
sourceful energy were diverted to pro
ductive endeavor, instead of to de
struction. At least it would quicken
the pace of progress, while It removed
a menace which now threatens and is
so largely realized; the menace which
militarism makes of plunging the na
tion into war which saps the vitals and
sets back civilisation. Then let a
grateful government reward Goethals
as best it may, and the people make
much of his example; the unusual
spectacle of a military man who won
fame by a great - and kindly work
which is large enough to be a mile
stone in the world's forward march
of civilisation. Atchison Glqbe.
From Other Pens
INCREASING FISH SOPPLY.
Figures dealing with the propagation of
fish in the United Slates under fedxr;
management run Into the tens of millions.
hundreds of millions and pinions. The
number of fish propagated and distribut
ed last year aurpasaes all records, we are
told, while even greater accomplishments
are promised for the future. In round fig
ures 4,000,000,000 food and game Ilsh were
propagated and distributed by the fish
cultural stations during the twelve
months ended on June 30. Of thae
300,000.000 represented the migratory food
fish of Atlantic coast streams. l.OW.COO.-
000 the commercial fish of the Great
Lakes. 2.250,000,000 the important food fish
of the North Atlantic coast, more than
200,000.000 the salmon of the Pacific sea
board, and the remainder flab of minor
interior waters. It would appear from
other statistics that amplpe provision Is
being made to Insure a fish food supply
for the nation. It must be remembered
that nature, unaided, also Is doing its
part. There is reason to believe that, in
dependently of the work of the bureau of
fisheries of tpe United States department
of commerce, the annual fish catch of the
oceans, lakes, rivers and streams . could
be Immensely increased without percepti
bly diminishing the aupplpy for years to
come. This, however, borders on the spec
ulative. A more important thing is the
simple fact that the 100,000.000 people of
the United States are not demanding mora
than a fraction of the fish that might be
supplied. If there are not larger catches
of fish it is because there is not a greater
demand for this kind of food On the
other hand. If the demand were greater
the catches would be larger and prices
might be lower. . Many careful students
of the food aupply question are now striv
ing to lead the populace toward the fish
mart, and this leadership seems wise. It
ought to result In the building up of the
fish trade t the proportiqus, Jt should
relatively assume, to ease thereby ' . the .
strain on the meat supply and to lower
the cost of living. Christian Science Mon
itor. -
MR5.FJLYRLKER
when they saw the giant Boo-man'a
tongue, it war so large. ..
Hans was the first to rt over. He
Jumped up, and when the giant looked
down at him he said: "I wish you
would come down nearer tc us so w -can
see your big mouth better."
"Peter Tegan to tremble with fright.
"Don't get him any nearer to us; he
will eat us If you do."
"He will probably do that, anyway,"
replied Hans, "and I have thought of a
way we may escape. You do as I tell
you; it is our only chance," '
The giant slowly lowered his body to
the grounJ and sat down. "Now what'
do you want?" he asked.
"We want to see your mouth open.
said Hans. .
"Oh! you dw" said the giant begin
ning to laugh. When he did this he
opened his mouth so wide that both
boys thought they were lost and they
almost fell into it from fright.
But H.--- pushed Peter behind hlm-
uivc 1 wisn
we could feed you," he said. "I should
like to try to fill your mouth; I am sure
it must be the very largest mouth I-
the whole world."
"I think It Is." replied the giant Boo-5
man, pleased that he was to be so much
admired. "If you really want to see me
eat go Into my cave and bring out all
the food you see on the table.'
h.Hhn.1wBd,Pter wenl ,n' anil on
high table they saw ten chickens, ten
cakes, ten loaves of bread, ten turnips
and as many as a bushel of potatoes, all
cooked. It took them a long time to
bring all this o- Uide the cave, but at
If1 .lh,eTha1 " a" outside, and the
giant laid down on the ground and
opened his mouth. y
The boys began to feed him, and as'
scon as nis mouth was full they stepped
away and waited. "Now Is our time"
said Hans to Peter. ' ;
"The next tlmo h -.
h." ll-lfVil1?"- and Pt In a-
.a.o mm we can lift, and
then more food, and then another rock."
ti. rWE-"'? the tsooS as'
hetad finished what he called a mouth-!
Tflato KnVB Asm A J
.7 , - w nis mOUlIl fTirM
wton'Lth:n,.they 'fch? mouth
"wVnn 'If." the CO"' lift.;
When the giant began to eat the first
Stone maris him k . "c rst
he reached" ,he"otler;-hrwa7 &S!f
and choking bo he could r"
. ' running as fast aa thoirr
legs would carry then, Zl the,p
Z"r'Z"l theTreac
"If we had minded mother "
Peter, "we shouldn't have been V,
off at all and almost eaten 1
Boo-man. When- she tells rne f?"f
trying to find out for my f "fArI
right. MM. by the McClure NWSX:
Syndicate. New Tork City ",JWBaB-
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