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THE TOPXHXA DAILY g4TS JOVniVTJDAY UVLillLS,
An Independent Mumiwur.
By nUXK P. MAO LENNAN.
; Entered July 1. 1875, as second-class
natter at the postofUce at Topeka, Kan,
under tbe act of congress.
VOLUME XXXVI...
. ..No. 231
Official State Paper.
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fCLL LEASED WIRE REPORT
np Tiro: A SSOCI ATED PRESS.
The State Journal Is a member of the
Associated press and receives the run aay
telegrap report of that great newa or
ganization for the exclusive afternoon
publication In Topeka.
The news Is received In The State Jow
aal building over wires for. this sola pur
f With Felix Diaz bobbins up suddenly
In New Orleans, further complications
la the newest of Mexican muddles may
be looked for.
Now that Virginia has gone "dry"
the acreage there that's been devoted
to mint beds can be seeded to more
profitable crops.
:Man is never satisfied, decVtrj;, the
Toledo Blade. If he finds a nickel
'Which he didn't know he hadj iti some
obscure pocket, he immediately begins
to look for another.
It is distressing, too. to the Pittsburg
IDispatch, to think of the number of
thing' that never happened that we
will have to unlearn after the war Is
over and the truth comes out.
' Within a few days, the agonies of
the baseball season for the Topeka
'and Wichita teams will be over. Here's
hoping that Kansas makes a - better
showing in the Western. League next
year.
Of all the weapons of .modern war
fare, the submarine appears to be the
most efficient and deadly.' And the
European armies are probably peeved
because they can't be used in land
fighting. - ' How the punlshoient .does not fit the
.'crime in Kansas. 'A boy who steals a
horse goes to the penitentiary for sev
en years. So does a. father who com
mits an unnatural crime against bis
daughter. '
And the unusual popularity that
feterita, the dry weather sorghum, has
attained in Kansas in so short a time,
i is further evidence, if any were needed.
i iihi inn Tfirmctra nr rru itor am. wmv
gresslve men who are alive to their
"Annnrtiinitiaa g -
. Let the children bave matches to
play with when they cry for them.
' Only eighteen youngsters have been
; burned to death in Brooklyn during
, the last sixteen days from their cloth'
in? catching fire as they were playing
'with matches.
Maybe the wish is father to the
thought with the German diplomat wbo
predicts that a war. between ho iJnited
States and Japan is inofar-''of. Or
perhaps he has been holding converse
with Congressman-Captain' Richmond
Pearson Hobson.
The refusal of the mine owners and
operators In the Colorado strike sone
to Join the "strlkers''"in the acceptance
of President Wilson's plans for peace
is- almost certain to convict them in
the high court of public opinion that
they are and have beetr1 In the; wrong.
Nor is there anything unusual in the
fact that there isn't, much ' harmony
.in any of the political camps in Kansas,
with the possible exception -of. the one
where the Socialists .have their tents
pitched. Too many of the Kansas poli
ticians and office seekers .Insist -on be
ing soloists. ' ','"
Incidentally, this is also one of the
years in which the late Kansas crops
haven't had to do battle' with early
frosts. Except for the dry weather
that came along when, a- considerable
part of the corn'; needed ' rain' most,
this has been almost an ideal agri
cultural year in Kansas. '
J. C. Mohler, secretary of the 'Kan'
aas department of agriculture, is giving
the state the greatest possible assist
' ance in his preachments that diversi
fied farming Is the avenue through
which the agriculturist , will achieve
certain substantial returns; and this
variety of farming includes, of course.
the maintenance of live-stock on every
farm In proportions commensurate with
its size. ''
. Those who nave followed the trend
ef events in Mexico during the past few
pears, with the - possible exception of
MBit : of the more faithful of the
"watchful waiters"- at Washington, are
not surprised that another- revolution
has been begun against the new head
of the Mexican government. Its ar-
. rival has been a trifle 'sudden, but it
was on the way. all right, and others
will follow it as long as conditions sim
ilar to those that have prevailed in
. that unfortunate land for some time
continue, or until a Mexican of suffi
- oiently large caliber to set the .nation
in ,order emerges from the fray. And
it map be that Villa is that man,
INDUSTRIAL HEALTH.
The importance of the problem of
industrial sanitation is gradually be
coming more fully realized. Some
employers, Indeed, even yet apparent
ly take the ground that, if workmen
are willing- to labor under insanitary
conditions, it is no Concern of their
employers. The New Tork State Fac
tory Investigating Commission, which
has carefully studied the conditions
under which about two hundred thou
sand wage-earners work, reports that
'there is a tendency on the part of
many employers to economize not only
in matters of legitimate expense but
also in space, light, air, and certain
other safeguards to the health and
lives of the workers." The report of
the state ' oard- of health of Louisiana
indicates that over 60 per cent of all
the manufacturing establishments in
the state are in "poor" or "bad" san
itary conditions. Most states have no
available figures, but New Tork and
Louisiana are so far from each other
geographically, economically and so
cially, that, for lack of better, we may
take these two reports as an index of
Industrial health conditions generally
throughout the United States. : On thu
whole, says The Journal of the Amer
ican Medical Association,- with eacn
year employers tend to appreciate
more and more the commercial value
to - them of sanitary working condi
tions for their employees.
B. S. Warren of the United States
public health service points out that
the false economy involved in neglect
of sanitation inevitably leads to great
ly lessened efficiency and is thus real
ly expensive for the -employer In the
end. The highest efficiency Is possi
ble only when the health of workers
is favored by good air and light, prop
er arrangement of hours of labor and
the maintenance of the safeguards of
health.
With regard to hours of labor par
ticularly, some recent experience is
valuable as indicating that shortened
hours of labor may actually . conduce
not only to the health of employees
but also to greater production. In tbe
Engis Zinc Works the hours of labor
were cut down from twelve to eight
per day, yet the men earned as much
and did as much work in eight hours
as they did formerly in twelve. Be
sides there was a marked decrease In
the calls on the sick fund, the men no
longer felt the need of stimulation.
and sobriety was markedly increased'.
Almost the same thing happened at
the Zeiss Optical Works in Germany.
Abbe kept a careful record for the
years when the plant was operating
on a nine-hour day. When the work
ing day was reduced to eight hours,
the record showed the men . earned
over 3 per cent more than during tbe
previous year, the output of the work
was increased 3 per cent and the pow
er plant was able to shut down an
hour earlier, thus effecting a very ma
terial saving in fundamental expense.
Tije record was for 28 men at an av
erage age--or si years,, ana many mr
ferent occupations on a piece-work
basis were represented in' the ehopi
Both employers' and employee need
to be convinced of the evident fact
that the healthy man Is the most ef
ficient and the cheapest employee and
that any reasonable expense to main
tain him In health is a profitable in
vestment.
HOW WAR CHANGES TRADE.
War completely changes commer
cial currents, writes W. E. Aughin
baugh in Leslie's. The victor takes
the established and profitable trade.
leaving to the vanquished the harder
lines of bulsness and tbe development
of new fields. As an illustration of
the truth of this statement, it is only
necessary to recall our war with Spain,
which country, prior to her defeat.
controlled the bulk of the banking and
commerce of the Philippines, Cuba and
Porto Rico. - To these possessions she
exported wines, foods; manufactured
articles and textiles, and received in
exchange their sugar, tobacco arid cof
fee. Today tbe United States consumes
all of these exports while the require
ments of the three mentioned coun
tries are supplied by America, who
also does their financing. The Napo
leonic wars gave to England the strong
position she now occupies in the finan
cial and export world. Her bankers
and shippers, merchants, and manu
facturers grasped the opportunity that
presented itself then and have held
this supremacy for more than a cen
tury. Perhaps it was the recollection
of what had given England her start
in this line which led the London Spec
tator to remark recently: "The pres
ent war gives Great Britain an excel
lent opportunity to capture the export
and Import trade of Germany and
Austria-Hungary."
If England, engaged in the most
desperate and expensive war she, or
the world, has ever known, with all
her enormous resources taxed to the
utmost, sees an opportunity tor trade
expansion, how much greater is the
chance in this line for absolutely neu
tral America, populated with keen
business men, and provided with un
paralleled productive possibilities T
Europe generally speaking, and Ger
many. and England specifically, have
always made every effort to finance
municipal Improvements abroad, such
as waterworks, sanitation, electric and ,
gas companies, subways, electric and
steam roads. . The benefits derived
from such a source are only too
obvious. It gave their engineers and
contractors an opportunity to - force
upon these countries their products
and methods and provided permanent
employment to many of thler country
men, who in return created a demand
for articles of home production. As
one example of what is going on in
this line of municipal work. Chill is
now spending about $400,000,000--for
fortifications, harder and . docking
improvements and sanitation,, all of
which, is being -t done by Europeans,
with European 'money, from Which
Europe will reap profit for years to
COme. '' ."-
The opportunities for successful busi
ness la this line in China and Latin-
America are ununited. Joat think of
the development possibilities, in Brazil
a country larger In area than the
United "States and supporting only
20,000,000 people or Argentina with
an area almost as large as all of Eu
rope, except Russian and Austria
Hungary, and a population of about
6,000,000! It is to these countries that
overcrrowded Europe must come for
elbow room. 1
We have unquestionably been handi
capped by the amallness of our mer
chant marine. Shipping statistics
show that of the goe-ds exported from
these shores to Latin America last
year. 9t per eent went in vessels fly
ing foreign 'flags. So far we have been
at the mercy of the European ship
owner in the handling of our exports,
something which reflects on -us seri
ously. ' - . ' ; ' . .i4 - '
t r know of an American cement
house that made a contract in Brazil
to supply 35,000 barrels of cement a
month- for three years, and after that
period 50,000 barrels a month for three
years. When their salesman turned
in the order, their troubles began.
There were no ships here to be had to
carry the cargo. Other commodities
were more easily handled and paid
better rates,, and .besides ships .were
few. As a result of these conditions
two of the officers of the company
spent three months in Europe dicker
ing with foreign ship owners, and
finally after paying exorbitant freight
rates, got sufficient vessels chartered
to carry the goods.
In no European, country would such
a conditlon.be allowed to exist. If in
dividual merchants did not, co-operate
and advantageously adjust the situa
tion, the government could be appeal
ed to and would step in, and arrange
matters.
Journal Entries
Persistency
is the handmaiden of
achievement.
Dodging responsibilities only makes
them heavier. -
Poverty's knocks are often
heard
where opportunity's were not.
'Kleptomaniacs are also among
those who profit by their mis-takes.
TSVrtl Mil ak arisen a ae, vtsxfr vmmm MiiMiaitJ- I
ouster Hdieulou- than the fool
J ay hawker Jots
After sizing np the men's new fall
hats, the Wilson County Citizen has
little heart to make merry over the
latest in millinery creations.
One of the nrose ooeta on the Troy
Chief sings: He sipped the nectar from
ner lips, as under the moon they sat:
and wondered if ever a man before
had drank from a mug like that.
Mrs. Tom Thompson of the Howard
Courant, calls attention, to the fact
that "some women- see no impropriety
in going out dressed t the minute. In
high coat raiment, avith a hneband in
a two-year-old nine dollar suit."
Told by the Shawnee Chief: A North
Shawnee school teacher asked one of
her pupils to give the boundaries of
one of the European countries. The
small boy had just been aching for this
and he made the startling reply, "Can
non to the right of them, cannon to
the left of them, cannon in front of
them volleyed and thundered." The
lad had read the Joke in some news
paper. A snake story with cat trimmings,
via the Perry Mirror: Last Friday
evening, Just as the shades of night
had begun to hover around, the atten
tion of the Rivers family, living out
three miles northeast of Perry, was
attracted to a certain corner of the
yard by an unusual commotion among
an old hen and her brood, hovered In
a box there. Investigation revealed
the presence of a huge rattlesnake In
the act of pacifying its appetite on the
reatnerea nock, several of which it
had already killed.'. Members of the
household, armed with - a shotgun,
pitchforks, hoes, etc., made a deter
mined charge on the reptile, ..and a
lively skirmish ensued. In- the- mWst
of tbe conflict, the snake attempted to
escape Into a patch of weeds nearby
and would have succeeded in making
its getaway but for the timely inter
vention of a three-legged feline, which
had heretofore been considered prac
tically worthless, owing to its Infirmi
ties. The cat displayed remarkable
alertness in chasing the reptile and
finally succeeded in bringing it to a
standstill, when it was exterminated.
Two loads from the shot gun and the
use or tne otner farm artillery was re
quired to dispatch the enemy. The
snake was of enormous size, possessed
nine rattles ana a button and snowed,
remarkable fighting qualities. Mrs.
L. T. Stark, Miss Ella Rivers and Duck
Rivers were the participants on one
side in this human-reptile conflict.
Experts never agree very well. '-.'
To a grouch, giggling, 1 the most
damnable noise.
' Probably the word most recklessly
used is statesman. '
There isn't much sport" In hunting
anything so easy to find as fault.
It Is usually pretty , hard to tell Just
what a woman or an automobile wiU
do.
A busy boy is one who is late to din
ner, but probably he Isn't busy work
ing.-
There are times when every man
tries to put over an excuse disguised
as a reason.
Next to the band on a clear, the
gold tip on a cigarette is the most
senseless decoraion.
It is difficult to appreciate a friend
whose chief occupation is pointing out
one's mistakes.
We used to know a doctor who was
so proud of his red whiskers, he put
perfume on them.
Unless you are nervous, you cant
realize how much noise there is in
this so-called busy world. '
Sometimes the family princess has
hard luck, and grows up to-, be the
queen of a hand laundry.
There .are so many new arts that
really there Is no use of pining' away
because there are lost arts.
Julius Caesar's hard luck is so an
cient you shouldn't let It crush, such
ambitions as you may have.
Is a man's soul in his stomach?
Short Jenks always feels like a better
man when his stomach Is fuX
II Globe Sight II
BT THE ATCHISON QtvOBaV
On the
of the Moment,
8T ROT K. MOUXTOK.
The
The purtiest woman that X ever see,
ru tell you the truth. Jest between, you
. an' me. -- ----- - -
She Isn't no dazzler. 'and some fellers
- mignt ' - - --.
Not stop to look twice, but she's my
choice all rtgfct. -She's
not so blamed strong -"for ;; the
thing they calf style, ' . : '
She don't wear .her - hair la. a half
T 'bushel pile. J- s "''"'' " "'" '
The beauty .shops newer ' make much
offn her. "Vw-.--"-She
don't have herVgowna made fa
Paris; no, sir!,--t
She don't strut around, like a peacock
and pose. ';'. ' '
She don't keep ta-daobin' white stuff
on hernoa?'- - - "
I have heard of he , beauties of Span
ana oi rxancev .--
But with me they 'would not stand a
ghost of a chance.
I have gazed upon paintings of world
.xamous Queens,
And I've seen a good many made-up
actorlnes. t
But - the woman who - used to bounce
me on her knee:
She's the purtiest woman .that I ever
..... Uncle
Since the new blonde trimmer went
to work in the millinery store, ail of
our business men have been wearln'
their silk hats and dress--suits down
town on week days.
. . A man never gets anything in this
world if he doesn't ask for It, and very
seldom when he does. v '
If it wasn't fer love at first sight.
there would . be few marriages. If
everybody stopped to take the second
look good night.
There may be other 'ways of makin'
a living besides workln' for it, or liv
ing with your wife's folks, but none of
'em has ever been discovered.
Grandpa Bibbins says. Jedgin' by the
argyments, it Is purty hard to tell
whether the country is being saved or
is going to the dogs, i He will probably
find out that neither argyment is cor
rect. f '
- There's -a- vast difference between
heredity . and environment. - When a.
young man goes out Into the world
and makes good and brings home bales
of long green, . buys . a house and lot
for his parents and becomes a famous
man, the parents claim it is due to
heredity. When a young man goes out
in the world and makes a failure and
"-.r.hlnlS: EELS!!
noinras, me parents oeiieve it is a
pure case of. environment and that
there Is no such things as heredity.
POINTED - PARAGRAPHS.
From the Chicago News.
Prejudice is the daughter of igno
rance. ' --.''
Gold has . benefited . hundreds and
ruined thousands.
Too frequent collections are apt to
thin the congregation.
Wisdom Is merely common sense In
an- uncommon degree.
The fashionable ball gown represents
one kind of weather strip.
How a. busy .man -(toe anlowaattins?
a man own- ei ways eevni upoir nil
wife to agree with 'bun if he doesn't
want her to. v, -. -j . -a; ,
- The. average woman can talk so long
on a' given subject that most men hate
to 'give her one. r.
If we could only borrow money on
our good, intentions, "poverty" would
soon be an obsolete word.
Possibly the explosion of the theory
that two can live as cheaply as one is
responsible for a good many divorces.
Evening Chat
BT RUTH CAJCBRON.
How to Win Children.
If you were left; alone for an hour
with-a little child would you know how
to entertain him?' Or would you be
rather more ill at ease in his presence
than .if yov had the Czar, of Russia, to
entertain 7. i . t '
- I met an acquaintance the other day
In the children' room of a library por
Isjg ever-a iehJip'f book of, fairy tales.
He is a bachelor of about 35 with no
known matrimonial intentions, so
naturally . I was surmised.
"I'll tell you how it is," he explained
readily. "My cousin is on here for the
summer with her two youngsters and
the other day she left me alone with
the little girl, and by thunder, I could
not think of a thing to say to the
youngster nice little kid, too. I let
her fool with my watch for a while.
but after that palled I hadn't a card to
nlav. She k.nt Ajfrfne- me to tell her
a story and I didn't know one. - But
you can wager that the- next time -I'm
left alone with a youngster I'll know a
story to tell her and then I can always
keep 'em quiet that way. Don't you
think it's a good plan to look some
up?"
I heartily agreed that T did. And
not only for him but for anyone wbo
has so far forgotten the language of
childhood as to feel abashed before a
child.
Tou never know when you may
have to spend a half hour with one of
these embarrassing creatures, - Mr.
Bachelor or Mrs. Childless," so why not
be prepared ? Have a story or two on
hand, or a few simple parlor tricks.
For instance, . any child can be
amused for a half hour with a few
coins, a piece of scribbling paper and
a pencil. Put the coin under the
paper, then rub the pencil back and
forth over It and tbe image of the coin
appears on the paper, to the child's
Intense delight.
The funny little cutouts of all sorts
which anyone with the slightest facil
ity can make from folded paper are
another unfailing source of delight to
a child. One of the simplest is in the
Shape of a sled which can then be
bent into form and coastea a own tne
back of the Morris chair.
If a child asks you to draw some
thing and you are emphatically not an
artist, take out a half dollar and a
dime and draw a cat by using one for
tbe body, the other for tne neau. Kara.
tall and whiskers are aeaa easy.
A song which has served to intro
duce me into the - favor of several
children la "I went to the animal fair.
etc" Tou probably know the familiar
ballad. I take the child on my lap and
with the refrain. "And what became
of the monkey, monk, etc." I trot him
up and down in tune. I never fail of
an encore although it usually takes the
. Perhaps you already have plenty of
these methods of Ingratiating your
self with children. If you. have, this
is not for you. It is merely meant as
a hint for the man or woman who has
completely forgotten the language and
Cue ways ef c . joelr
AST MEIfORTS
I watch and wait
At Irfenrory's-Gate.
A I peer
Friends I ones
Throng the dun ylew.
Par" down the' way
Wee children stray.
. And talk and play;
They seem a near
I almost bear
Tbe words they sap '
I know I trace
Each tiny fees. -
" Ob, mountain rare!
- Dear Vision fata-!- '
Loved ones are there!
, Some day. I know , -'
That I shall go
To where they dwell
-.-TBI then? Ah, well "
. Early and late
I'll watch and wait
At Memory's Gate. -r
T. Sanford, in the London Spectator.
E.
. (By Laura Baker Barnes.)
Gretchen was playing. Cinderella
and. like her. was thinking .of other
things besides polishing ' stoves
scrubbing oilcloth. r .
At last she was none. She etarted
te remove, her straight sin
apron and the cap -that covered her
thick golden braids, i when she heard
a anoca at tne kitchen door.
She opened It impatiently. What a
nuisance peddlers were! But the
man who stood there:: had neither
brooms, baking .powder.-.nor patient
oust pans to sell. a tramp!" Gret
chen labeled him; mentally. Then she
caught a glimpse of a very clean
though worn white collar above the
edge of hgi thin coat and changed her
Buna. .: 1 T . J :.
He lifted his hat. That settled-It!
He was no tramp,- if he did wear a
heavy beard, and -bad come to the
back door. But his first words were,
"I am very cold and hungry. Will
you pleas give me something to eat"
It was an Inopportune time. Break
fast was over and the stove was cold.
Besides, she .wanted to dress and go
out. ;
Just then an icy gust swept tbe cor
ner. Gretchen shivered. "Come in,"
she said, impulsively. "But the kitch
en is cold. Come into the dining
room."
The stranger held his hands grate
fully over the blaze while Gretchen
busied . herself in the kitchen. Then
she spread a lunch cloth upon the ta
ble in the dining room, laying out a
clean napkin, silver and dishes. - She
even, set a little vase of flowers near
his plate. ' She could not have tpld
by she did it.
. q.t is
too bad to trouble you." He
spoke slowly and with an effort. "But
I nave been ill and have been unable
to obtain work since leaving the hos
pital yesterday."
"It is no trouble at alL and I am
very glad to do what I can. I am
sorry you have been sick. It is a bad
time of year to be out of work, too.
It is very cold."
She brought in the generous dishes
of. hot food from the kitchen, and a
pot of coffee. Then she left him to
The Evening Story
JSher
himself white ha ate,, til suppose if
were, home dbef wsaild tluat
me crazy for not staying to watch' the
sliver." she thought, "but the poor
fellow certainly acts like a gentleman.
and I am sure he Is honest: People
with eye like his don't steal."
When she had given him enough
time, as she supposed, to finish his
meal, she returned to the dlntngroom
without her cap and apron. Gretenen
was very pretty and looked well in her
plain blue dress.
The stranger had finished and was
standing before a dim old portrait
upon the. walL - So Intently was he
gazing at ft that he did not hear her
come- in. She was surprised at -his
evident Interest and watched him
quietly. ' As he examined it more mi
nutely, touching It here and there with
his finger, he became very much ex
cited. .To her astonishment he staggered to
a chair muttering, "At last! At last!
After all these years I have found lt."-
Gretchen was frightened. Had the
man become suddenly-.Insane T Had
his mind given way from sickness and
trouble What should, she doT She
wished, her mother would come home.
Then she heard the front door open
and close; It was all right now. She
flew into-the hall with her finger on
her lips. -' "Mother!" she whispered
breathlessly. "Mother, I am so glad
you V Then she stopped. A man
had his back against the front door.
and the stubby black thing he had in
nia nana was a gun. - men ne deliber
ately raised it and pointed it at her.
sne saw it ail. now: There were two
of them, but she was too frightened
to try to think what their game was.
she maJ violent eftort to keep her
ee- She must not faint! "What do
you want?" she panted.
"I want every darn thing in the
house that's worth bavin," be said be
tween enui teetn. -1 aon t care wheth
er if Jewelry, money or silver, but I
want it quick and you're goin' to show
me wnere it is. lou re all alone I
know that an' I want"
Gretchen' had not heard the door
between the dining room and library
open softly, nor had she noticed a
scarcely perceptible movement of the
hangings between the library and hall.
Suddenly a figure flung itself furious
ly at the man with the gun. There
was a sharp report and both men
went down with a crash.
Then she quickly slid to the floor
in a dead faint.
When she came to her senses on
the ball floor, there was a pillow un
der her head. Her mother was at the
telephone calling for the police, and
her tramp with the gun In hie own
hand was daring the would-be burglar
to move.
Gretchen ashamed of her . weakness
sprang to her feet. "Oh. mother. -"My
darling."
There was little time for explana
tion, except that hearing the shot and
finding the door locked, her mother
had run to the back door.
When the two policemen bad gone
with the burglar between them,
Gretchen turned gratefully to her res
cuer, and held out her hand. "Tou
are a very brave man. I cannot thank
you enough for what yon have done.
Mother, this gentleman has been 111
and unfortunate. Won't you ask him
to stay awhile? - It is very cold out
side." Mrs. Van Tyne was as tactful and
ouick of perception as her daughter.
Besides she had noticed the set table
In the dining room.
"The gentleman," however, seemed
scarcely to hear what the two women
were saying. - He was looking anx
iously toward the dining room.
There is a portrait a painting in
your dining room, ladles. It has a
wonderful history but, of course. It
Is impossible for yeu to know fat. It
please do not' think me crazy is re-1
sponsible for the oeaditlon I am te."
Then he told them simply ana
quickly bow he, who had been a suc
cessful Eagitsh artis and m ulrector
ef a national gallery; had obtained
special permission from the govern
ment to move this . picture .croak w
slaee to his studio and cony it- It
was by Van Dyke, of whom he had al
ways been an ardent admirer. While
in his possession the picture naa oeen
stolen, the thief returning his copy to
the gallon without his knowledge. -He
had been accused of the substi
tution, and. unable to prove his inno
cence, naa made nia escape xrom ia
country. For ten years he had search
ed for it, in Europe, then America.
Discouraged, hopeless, and sick he was
unable to paint.
Mrs. Van Tyne, being a woman as
quick of decision as she was of percep
tion, amid instantly.' "Well. Mr. Gren-
arde. aa you probably have saved us
hundreds of dollars' worth of stuff to
day, and possibly my daughter's life, I
cuesa von are entitled to something. I
do not know what mv husband paid
for the picture, because he has always
believed It a copy, but It was no start
ling amount, u it will Clear your aon
or. take it. and welcome."
"But you ean claim thousands of
dollars for It!"
"Not if you return it to clear your
name!" she declared stoutly. "We
won't claim a cent."
A year later a man called at the Van
TTraes.
A maid, this time, took his card to
Gretchen, who was alone.
"Sir Otis Grenarde!" she read in
surprise.
When she came into the room she
could not believe that this well-dressed
man with every mark of success could
be her tramp.
After the correct thing to say had
been said, Sh Otis handed Gretchen a
check for her mother. "I am Eng
land's agent. I am happy to say. in
making some recompense for the loss
of the picture. The check Is for five
hundred pounds. But I had a mission
of my own. Miss Gretchen, may I tell
you whatsit is?"
Gretchen tried to look politely In
terrogative, but her eyes fell under
nis intent gaze and she blushed furl
ously.
I 1 why I guess so." she a tarn
mered.
'I came to America to see the elrl I
have been dreaming of. You don't
mind if I say so, do you?"
"I don't believe I do," said Gretchen
snyiy. (Copyright. 1914, by the He
Clure Newspaper Syndicate.)
QUAKER MEDITATIONS.
From the Philadelphia Record.
No matter what their uniforms may
oe, soldiers are dressed to kill.
It's a good plan to keep a watch on
the fellow who pawns his own.
When a woman pauses 'for reflec
tion, look around for the mirror.
When the telephone girl resigns her
position, she retires from the ring.
Many a story a fellow tells you that
is too good to keep ought to be put on
ics-
Old friends are best, and yet many
a fellow tries to make a new man of
himself. . ,
Children cry either because they
want something they don't get, or get
something they don , want.
Perhaps the reason a colored man
carries a razor is because he might
want to cut an undesirable acquaint
ance. .:, . .. . , -' , " . ,
i; First PoetrVt always .write.-sniy. beat
verses on an empty atomacte"qSecoml
Poet "Write some - on mine. . I
haven't had a square meal for three
days." '-
Blobbs "Do you - think marriage
tends to make 'a man deteriorate?"
Slobbs "Well. I've known many a
rich bachelor who made a poor hus
KB
BY
HOW JOEL AND AMOS
"What could we do if we had?"
asked Amoa
"We could remove one of the stones
from this wall and look out. In that
way we might be able to let one boy
down and rre couia nna out wnat naa
happened."
"Tes. he might ao tnat. out u -oia
Pumpkin Head caught him we would
never know," said another.
But after a while it was decided to
try, and each boy worked on one
stone with his hands, and then an
other took his turn, until at last the
stone became loose, and in a short
time they had removed it.
But there was a second and a third
stone, and it took another day be
fore they saw the light through the
opening.
One boy looked out, but be quickly
drew in his bead. "We are above the
tops of the trees." he told the others.
"The very thing.- said Amos. "We
ean let a boy down Into the tree and
he can take a look about first and I
will be tbe one to go,-for I have
climbed trees all my life, and it can
not be worse than starving, no matter
what happens."
They formed a chain by taking hold
of hands and Amos was let down into
the tree, and after a while the boy
wbo was watching through the hole
In the wall saw him climb down and
disappear. They' watted what seemed
to them hours and then' they heard
the key turn in the lock and the door
swung open. .
"1 nave hot heard a sound or seen
anyone." Amos report. The v
c-r t l - I t vr
t'mm :Aiax:-rtt.l-" ty:; --
Prestdeat Wboow T .. the
eommendaUoa; of- a y e- T
his- management bf t&e IZz a,' trou
ble. He avoided wazv- wbV' t:.
ple felt that war was uner i Ana
now MT. wusni ni aaie-w,oe -wr t. n
inHm ttu, KnroDean- nations J? I
fighting. The argument is aovancew.
.k.. h wr.Mwt MMm tha war is
about a standoff; that-the victories d
defeats nave oeen uivraew
equally, and that-hence it Is a good
time to stop-- If the war should stop
now. It - would leave the situation ex
actly as it was before the war started.
It would only1 be a question of time
until It would-bree oufckgain. . The
sentiment of moett.people ,is that they
had better fight It-out ,t4 sash and
then agree upon terms of -peace which
will put a limit on war armaments, and
an end to trouble makers like Kropp
and other armament - manufacturers.
Let the war continue until one side or
tbe other is thoroughly satisfied and
eric "enough." Merchants Journal.
Baseball fans, politicians, circus pa
torns, small boys. ...vegetarians, and
others to whom the state of the pea
nut market la of vital' -importance,
need have no fear that the European
war Will deprive them of their pet
iKTiin Ttia TTnited States consumes a
little more than -40.000.000- pounds of
this delicate vtan each year, and but
year we Imported something like lf.-
000,000 pounas-to mane up me unrai
in home production. The European
war may make' a deep dent in this
importation. lor it peanuts are not
mntrabaiid of war. they ought to be.
They certainly are conditional contra
band, as food supplies, tor anv army, u
there is one thing in this world that
ought to be Invincible it is a peanut
fed army. "Let me xeea my army m
peanuts, said a famous general whose
name history has rorgotten, -ana no
allies on earth can stop us." , Peanut
rations make soldiers more daring,
more enduring, more alert, more pow
erful than any ctner known. variety o
military food. At least that Is report
ed to be the verdict of the general
staff of Dahomey. So there might have
been a genuine basis lor anxiety
among our American peanut fans had
not the good word from Oklahoma
yesterday relieved the fear. Official
declarations promise that Oklahoma
is to have a record breaking crop of
peanuts. If the enthusiastic advance
accounts are to be believed, Oklahoma
is so full cf peanuts, ripe and ripening,
that the state lines are bulging over
into Texas, and openings may .have to
be cut in them to relieve the pressure.
When a state gets as full of peanuts
as Oklahoma seems to oe, it is time
for her neighbors to look out, for there
is nothing as dangerous as an ava
lanche of peanuts. Despite the pros
pects of so big a crop, the prices are
reported to be as high as ever, and the
peanut farmers will all be riding in
automobiles next year. Washington
Post. ..
Plotting Against the Teacher. .
"Say, Tommy, wot did you tell de
teacher you got a toothache for? Tou
know it's de mumps." . .
"Sh-h-h! Wot's de tnattw wit you?
If she catches dem we'll all git a day
off."- Cleveland Plain Dealer, .
' "Why 'is It that the strawberries at the
bottom of- your boxes are always so much
smaller than those at the top?" asked
Mrs. Newlywed. "Ah, madaroe," said the
grocer, "you don't put it quite correctly.
You should ask why the berries at the
top of the box are so much larger than
those at the bottom." Judge.
MRS. fAV&LKER
FOUND A HOME Part III.
shining in the hole we dug, but I did
not stop to look." '
All the boys went out and along the
hall as quietly as they could, listen
ing every now and then, but nothing
could be heard.
They went first to the room where
they had always eaten, and found a
good hot dinner on the table, which
they hastily ate.
Then they felt more courageous, and
went downstairs. In the hole they
could see the chest, which had been
opened, and quantities of gold In-it
was scattered along the ground to the
door and - along a path around the
house, as though some one had
dropped it as they carried it along.
The boys followed the shining tracks
and came to a hole in the ground like
a . cistern, - and when they . looked in
there was old Pumpkin Head tying at
the bottom with gold all around him.
- One of the boys climbed down and
found that their master was dead. He
had come upon the place where he la
tended to Tilde Ms treasure before he
bad expected; and fallen in- on hie
head,' arid there he was dead among
the gold he had made the boy work
so hard to get. -
The boys filled in the hole without
removing the gold and covered it with
stones; then they looked over' the)
strange place to find out who cooked
the meals, and in a hut of stone net
far from the house they found an oat
man who was deaf and dumb cookies
supper. ii
"He has cooked-every day, I sup-'
Pose," said one boy, "for there wee mm
one to tell him not to. so that accounts
for the dinner we found on the table
when we went there today.
' Aa none of the boy had homes ana
were orphans, they decided to live M
the stone house and take the gold
which they found under the atelra 21
well as in the chest, tor thyfcal
I How it came there they never knawf
adtte old deaf cooked only 33
his head when they tried to make hlsJ
understand whatHney said. H5Z it3
with the bova ma JLZZTZ -."e.-ltve't
ni?md contented. -
- With the gold the boys hd aJ
fortable house built ana l 00 T1
of , their Uvea.
them the Twelve Prince, of the F2
est. All t.mi -..rr For
est. All traveler who"paa S;t
always found a welcomeand m TEX
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