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In Advniter. DAILY by mnll pl.00 n year In ndvnuce. ItATR IN CANADA. DAILY . P-t.00 ii yenr in nrtvnnee. WKHKIiV, .$2.0(1 n year In ndvnnce. pnri-: 1'itiiss association. Publishers., llMrllngtoii, Vt, Ht'RL.INaTO.V, TtlPnSDAY. OCT. B. WANTED. When you want anything, advortlso In the new (-pedal column of this paper. Kerne bargains are offered there this weok whloh It will pay you to read about. 8eo pagro two. Thrs paper has more than 28,000 renders every week nnd one cent a word will reach them nil. Tt remains to bo soon whether the Turco-Itallan war Is to bo classed a" ft "dangerous occupation." Dr. Wiley Is again In command, ac cording to advices from Washington, thoso who assailed him having taken to the woods. The arrival In this country of thi Jlon. II. C. Ide, United States minister to Spain, suggests tho unquestioned fact that this same Vormonter could unquestionably tell Interesting; things nnout present conditions In the CastH lnn peninsula, did not diplomacy seal nls lips. nvorybody who Is acctualnt ed with Minister Ide knows thnt be Is a born diplomat. The Montpeller journal sagely re marks that "the contest over lieutenant-governor must now divide interest with thnt for nttoriiey-genorul." There Is one thing to he wild abr.ut the contest for second place on the ticket thnt will not necessarily apply to the other. The mountain rule will prevent nt least one-half of the four teen counties of the State from en tering candidates for lloutenant-gr.v- ernor. ADVKHTISIXt; VKHMOXT. That the railroads are morn nllvo than over before to the value of pub licity for Vermont's attractions Is evi dent from the fact that the Central Vermont railroad has already begun preparations for one of the most elol.. orate projects yet devised for the ad vertising of the Green Mountain re gion next season. General Passenger Agent John W. Jlnnley of the Central Vermont and Mr .1 F Cork, ofllclal photographer for .the Grand Trunk Pacific railway, nrrlved In the city lost evening and to-day they will visit many points of interest In and it Vturllngtnn for i e purpose ..f - tiring a number of ' I' v h fir the eliitmrate and benutlful 1 illustrated publication to be Ifsued rext season. ""bey will proceed the whole lengtn i "to .State In the snme ttnv and a 1 . 1 1 later they propose to visit Mount iMiMlcld for the purpose of cutchlng, if possible, some of the mognltlront Minsot views to he )md from the suii!- u t of the king of Venmmt mountain. Mr Hanley snvs that contrary to the opinions held in pome quarter-! the auto travol has not Injured their business, for It was greater this sea son than ever before. He Is an en thusiast on summer hotels nnd sees a great future for Vermont as both a summer and winter resort. ix iwisim.i: tiovniiNMBXT. Prof S, r. Hmeison, In the onurio of hi 'nHlnl talk to the men of the Col lei' street Church upon the results ' observations during a year's sn ip Europe, emphasized the fact urH Is largely an invisible gov . icn' while tho chief charncterls- ti of tho old world governments Is realism. The subject of monarchies especially are Impressed through the symbols of authority. In this connection wo note on Inter esting characterization of tho Amen can government's lack of outwnrd ex pression, contributed to tho columns of the Now York Globe by Dr. Prank Crune Me says- "If you will meditate long enough on this proposition It will clear up your mind wonderfully In your funda mental thinking about politics, eco nomics, ami sociology. Our ostensible government consists of mayors, sher iffs, govornnrs, prusldents, nnd tho like, As a matter of fact, these of ficers have little or nothing to do with governing us. About all that the po litical government does may he put Into two words: First, they punish crime, and, second, thev collect taxes to pay themselves for this work. "Now, tho average man has nothing ti do with crime. Ho does not corn Mil crime, and Is rarely mnde the ob 1ect of crime. Wo urge him to attend ihr primaries and to vote, bui ho re mains woefully Indifferent. A curious proof of my theory l that the clasi ti ost aetlve In city politics In the crlm- Iral class, for government hus most to ilo with that class "Uut the avorago man Is not a crlm PRESIDENT TAFT AMD THE CHANCE TO CO BUSINESS. Wis showed the other day thnt the republicans cuii enter the nutional I'ltmpaipn of 1!)J12 under favorable auspices by pre senting in the coming session of Congress bills embodying n tariff and Ilnaneial program that will tend to put business on an established basis. That means tariff revision in accordance with the recom mendations of a tariff board made after a non-partisan investi gation and on u scientific, basis, with ample notice to tho public so that, no unfair advantage can be taken of people by dealers in any commodity. It means a stable financial policy, and no radical tinkering with the nation's financial system. It means the adoption of measures that will reassure business all along tho line while in no sense abating the impartial prosecution of law-breakers, whether trusts or individuals. As the recognized head of his party President Taft is ox pocted to take a prominent part in the formulation of policies, but tho framing of measures rests with tho law-making branch of our government. The Republican party is not a one-man party, and the re publicans of tho two Houses of Congress can not shift their share of responsibility. In the meantime President Taft is being urged to proceed now in this direction nnd now in that. The New York Sun goes to one extreme, representing as it does the orthodox financial corporation, nnd urges President Taft to become a rock-ribbed conservative. The Sun says: "There is only one issue at the present time of sufficient magnitude to take a President of the Viiited States away from his post of official duty to give oral instruction to the population between the two oceans. That is the supreme issue forced into being by the progressive disorganizes of government; the issue with socialism, disguised, half clothed or naked. Everywhere and in both parties men of patriot ism and men of business are looking bard for a lender with the discernment to recognize this central fact nf the situa tion and with courage enough to face the people and tell them the truth about it. "Has Mr. Taft the discernment .'' Has he the cour age .' If so. Opportunity never beckoned more eagerly to the right man. If so. he will let the complexities of the Sherman act and the perplexities of tariff schedules go to Gehenna, and put himself speedily and unmistakably at the head of the conservative political forces that are bound to prevail if this republic is going to endure." As regards the tariff, there is plainly a reaction from the time when the West was calling for the smashing of schedules generally. A continued upward movement in the cost of living may cause the pendulum to swing back airain. and to oscillate until this whole fpiestion is settled. But now that reciprocity lias cleared the atmosphere the tariff question can not lie settled without either adopting Presi dent Taft's tariff board program or espousing the democratic program of ripping up things generally through a sweeping re vision of the entire tariff and the creation of a large free list open to nil the world. Public sentiment on the tariff question is now in a state of flux, and the drift will speedily set in one direction or the oilier. President Taft is called upon by the Sun to become conservative and so help business. The demoerats are already committed by their course in Congress to a free list and a tariff for revenue only. Which policy regardini: the tariff will the more help busi ness? Turning to the question of enforcing the anti-trust laws we find a powerful sentiment reflected in the New Orleans Times Democrat, which says: "Mr. Taft's desire to comfort the sorrowing and re assure Ibe worrying is plainly manife.-t and manifestly sin cere. His refusal to halt the enforcement of the Sherman act is surprisingly firm and unequivocal. He blends the bitter and the sweet with tact and cleverness. Yet it is hardly to be supposed that the business men who cry out against the disturbance, by a republican administration, of the order which the Republican party, through a long period of years, has sedulously fostered, will be easily pacified. Rather is it to be hoped' that they will bring themselves to acceptnnee of the change as inevitable, and philosophically turn the energy now devoted to vociferous but unavailing protest to the readjustment of their business in conformity with the law as it iias been interpreted by the court of last resort. The task may be difficult to those trained in the trust school, but it is by no means impossible. And the experience of the railways, which bent their necks to the yoke of law and regualtion only after a seas.m of furious hut unavailing protest, should teach them to accept phil osophically what Mr. Taft. whose party has served these many years in the capacity of next friend to the trusts, ns sures them is inevitable." However we may differ regarding the personality of the head of our government. President Taft unquestionably repre sents the sentiment of the great mass of the Aniciciii people in taking his position as a middle-of-the-road progressive re publican. The New York Sun will have few followers outside of the largo financial interests in calling for a cessation of the prosecution of violators of the anti-trust laws. Tndeed, the man chiefly mentioned as a possible rival for the republican nomination for the presidency of the Pnited States in opposition to Mr. Taft is far more radical than the latter and it is to be presumed that his policies would disturb business to a far greater degree than those agaimt which so many people are protesting in connection with the Taft ad ministration, indicating that the trend in the republican ranks as well as throughout the country is toward prorress'veness and not in the direction indicated by our luminous New York contemporary. , , The great thing for the people to do is to stop waiting for somebody" else to think for them. Let them settle in their own minds whether they want to smash things or to remedy defects as fast as possible without plunging the whole country into prolonged uncertainty and then settle down to business. lnal nor a criminal catcher, no is busy making a living. That, thero- foio, which controls his living and sots bounds and conditions for Illi business is that which really governs him. 'The real government. It follows, Is not In the hands of the political offi cials whom we aloet, but In tho hands of the men of wealth, whom we do not elect." Kvon If this stricture Is correct, tho fnct remains thnt our government is Invisible. wn.so.vs stah i. ni:scENii.vr. 1 Six months ago the average political observer would havn been ready to assert that Governor Wilson of Now Jersey had u better outlook to securo th democratic nomination for the presidency of tlm I'nlted States thun any other aspirant. Now all this has changed. At the present time many democratic, leaders are looking oknco at the New Jersoy executive His transformation from an opponent of tho Initiative, the lecnll nnd tho icferendum to tho most, radical champion of these and other meas ures hitherto opposod by the orthodox democracy has been so sudden that no body who has him eluflsllied to-day knows where to llnd him to-morrow. i ICven Col. Ooorgo Ilnrvey, the versatile and able Vermonter, who edits Harper's Weekly and ntpervlsos the publication of other Harper publications, and who dis covered Woodrow Wilson as a presiden tial possibility, hns dropped him like thi) j traditional hot potato. The latest evidence nf Wilson's swift descent down the political toboggan l to bo found lu his overwhelming defeat by the organization democrat In Tuesday's political prlmiirv. James It. Nugent, former chairman of the democratk State committee of New Jersey, who became famous and lost his place, too, by declaring that Governor Woodrtiw Wilson wim "an Ingiate and a traitor," Is said to have been the happle..t man In Newark. Ills candidates, "the er-ganlz-itlon" i andldales of his democratic faction, litul delented those of the Wilson League by some 5,in). This Is what Mr. Nugent had to say about It: "Tho lesult of the primaries lu Ksscx sIiowh that the ib'iiiocratlc voters resent ed the Intel fuieiKe by their governor In a strictly parly contest. They resented also obnoxious featuies of tin. (Scran elec tions law. The luw Is good lu many par ticulars, but its virtues nro clouded by nhhUidlticK They reecntcd also the elas slllcntlon of all men opposed to the gov ernor as scoundrels. I use the word scoundrel on high authority. It Is the governor's own Indiscriminate language They resented also abuse of the executive power. Governor Wilson referred In his Jersey City address last week tn two as tfinblyincn who had not tn be 'threat ined' I claim It Is Iho Inference that there were others who were 'threatened.' The governor admits the 'threatening' and the people have resented tilut " Another tost may come next week whon tlie democratic State convention will he held. Thnt convention under the new Goran law made up of tho successful democratic candldstcs for tho Assembly snd tho Senate will Issue a platform. It may or may not endorse tho governor's hope for the democratic nomination for tho presidency. Another democratic leader In speaking of Wilson said: "If a resolution to n dnrso his candidacy Is offered," said a Newark politician. "It will bo defeated. There Is no question of that." Jn any event tho dissatisfaction with Governor Wilson Is so general and tho bitterness manifested by some domocratlo leaders lu ho pronounced that Ms availa bility us a presidential candldato must be seriously questioned. ANOTHER VT. ORCHARD. II. II. lllll Writes Concerning Itlxford'n Apples In lllghg"' To tho Kditor of The Frea Prcsb; Appreciating your effoit to direct atten tion to the possibilities of Vermont for the pioductlon of fruit, I thought I would write you what I saw on Seutember 3) when 1 visited the lllxford orchard at Kan lilKhgatu. It Is located t ti the Mis.-lsquol valley near the line, between lllghgato nnd Franklin, on a moderately steep, rocky hillside so common to Vermont, nnd typical of tho foothill scenery the whole length of tho Htate. It was once a rorest or the hardwood with but little of the evelgrei'ii Umber as Indicated by tho growth at pi edit on the hillsides In the locality. 1 am obliged to leave out of t. ls ac count much nf the data wh'"li I would like to use on uceount of Its owner, O. II. lllxford, and family being away at the Htate fair. This orchard was planted some 15 years ago hy the father, O. 9. ltlxford, of the ptesent owner, the well- known manufacturer of sevthes nnd nxen lie cut off the original growth and seeing, some scattering scrub apple trees sug-. B(m fomv0), PXt wt, a production nf geslcd the Idea and planted this orchard; - rr, fl,-,i bushels. The farm value per acre among tho stumps and nick.", where the j (lf r'yp ,n ,,. pt,.d States In the year plow had not turned a sod anil so far as , )Ml) wns 1 -Ci nm tl)p nVf.rnKC fnn val 1 could sei, has never been plowed. The I p ()f wtlp.lt , r m.tP ,),,, snInn y,.nr wa.s orchard Is Irregular on account of rocky 1 ju 53 ,,nv ,5.7 rents per acre more than ridges, Interrupting the regul.n i.bititln:; ' of solid systematic orcharding. Hut be-. ' . Ing a gentleman of the old red school and , a graduate of Hrlgh.un Academy at nakersllcld, he developed a character, of 1 .-ti.rdy Imnest.v. hus.. - iiidgmcnt audi sigaclty, such n.s we are the better f or j having known. He visited me at my home nearly every year for the Iat 10 years of his life. He showed the host of; Judgment In planting this orchard wholly to snows or the fcmiu.se (as commonly known) the hardiest varletv known to our1 cold winters In northern Vermont. j He lived to harvest many good crops of the fruit which I have been told helped out financially In time of business neces slty. The fruit ha.s been p.iokml and marketed these years In boxes 12xl2xlS Inches, Inside measure. In the absence of O. II. ltlxford and family I was met and taken ocr the orchard by the farm overseer or manager, Mr. Spear, a man of good and pleasing address and Intel-i n.ne !, i,,i i.,. ... .1,.. ni.tnn fr 1 I: ears. Th's fi till tl.. lint -l liow if snows 1 er saw uf aiiont VX.i to I'lOi boxes of clean, well colored, good size, uniform fruit. The crop Is now be ing plcki.l. packed and in irketcd. I cntilil nnd no scab nor blight, no mark of Insect or cut worm nor curcullo. The fruit will pack !i ...it nf i'i boxes of A grade or No. 1 above two Inches In di ameter. In fact I thin); it Is all of tint grade, nnd the fruit less than two Inches u-mit.l 1... V 1 f.nle fnr (lift This orchard wa.s thoroughly sprayed ! ar. 1 shone d good fertliliv bv a thick tint of row en It was t n drc -ci In I bo spring wllh a liberal ifresslng of nltrato of soda. If apples fell they were not harmed nor cut unles.- they came In con-1 tact with a rock. Hut few had dropped , and these were clean nnd bright. i I being an Isle I.a Motto orchardlst, ' was agreeably surprbe.l. ,i'a.-d and Weill satisfied to find so line( a sight of fruit 1 stowed away In the nnoks nnd crannies j of the rocks on a hlllldc, away hy Itself1 from the locality of other nrchards. . We found the broad gate lending Into' the orchard wide open inuicating to us i the character and genial hospitality of tlie present owner and family. Ho tele phoned me lie bad .old. but did not nimp mice, this ft int .-luce It c miner- Mnllv produced. It !:'i- neen nvirkete'i -t Buffalo, N. V., where It has come Into competition with thV boxed apples from! the fruit growing of New York. frnm ; Oswego, along the shotes of Lake On-1 turlo to Niagara as well as the boxed ap- pins from tlie Patic .State of Washing ton, Oregon and Colorado It Is so favor ably known and appreciated for Its su perior. Ilnene-s of texture, flavor and keeping finalities that I venture the asser tion thnt It will require a liberal price to take away from the Huff ilo market. Mr. ltlxford should realize from this vear'.s i re.p from J'-.1 'i ;r I'ti 1 '.'-'I'nt I is 'ic.-n rconmpllshed In this orchard can be done almost without limit all along the Cham plain valley. II. II. HILL. Isle La Motte', Vt. THE IF.KS OF RYE. Plll'lllslii'i! I'lntir fur Hie lll'ond nf llilerlffui Colonists. (J. W. Ingraham In New Vorlc Til bune Parmer- Rve Is the prlmlpal Im-ad for the In habitants of n.rthein Kunipe, for a lonj time after the settlement of America 't furnished flour for the bread of most families in the northern colonies, corn meal being mixed with the rye flour ' S!yo and Indian" was tlie comm ai name for the lire i.l of most hotiseliolds. Hye bread is sweeter thnn wheat bread, and 's pi-ferrcd by snme. but It must lie baked oftener. lis It dries i.p more quid;, h thin wheat bread M'xed with one-half if finer, -ground run me il It will remain .mils t loti'.'ci 'ban wheat hi end The com No 91an OO'l"C!'0O000O0t0 J0Os0C-Os0 o ! j Highl Wrongs I s Tlie liusincss ni" this firm is the welling of the very best quality- ol' Clothinb' i' ''" M''M 1111(1 I5o.vs nt 11 loKitimutu "profit. We never elmnic you too much bemuse, we wnnt your trade year in and year out. .Merchants' 'k is hriiiKinff crowds of people to town and our store was filled all day with a stream of satisfied buy ors. This is the ease because we always sell ood Clothes and always sell nt the lowest price possible for the value, pivon. This is a handy store tn find, ripht in the middle of thinps, on the busiest corner in town. Make it your headquarters. Tnu will receive, courteous attention whether you wish to purchase or not. Tease's, Wie Daylight (orneu 'Burlington. menl ihotitd llrst be boiled lu water and mado Into "muh" before mixing with the rye dough, us corn incul needs more cooking thun ryo flour, Hyo whs extonslvcly grown In tho rougher regions of western Pennsylvania and was chiefly distilled Into whiskey. The disturbance of this Industry by the Imposition of uti excise tax levied by the national government produced the famous whiskey rebellion during Washington's administration. Ilye straw Is In great demand for pack Ing purposes and paper niaklnc In the eastern part of the Unltid Btutes, and brings so good u price when bright nnd long that the crop of straw from a field will sometimes bring the farmer moro money than the grain, and ut the present time, when both straw nnd grain are sold, an average crop of rye will bring more per acre than nn average crop of wheat. I arn aware that, as n rule, no straw should be sold from the farm, but when the price Is high and the farmer hns more wheat nnd oat straw than he can use for bfddliig stock, there Is no Im propriety In selling rye straw and using the money to buy wheat nran to icon his cows. The number of acres devoted to rye In the fnlted Htates In the year 1910 wa .'.(iLN.efO, The number of bushels raised wns 33.03n.iio-nn average of K..S bushel" vcr acre. Tho average farm price per bushel In the I'tilled Ptiitcn was T2.S cents. Pennsylvania whs the leading Plate In the amount of production, the num- i,,m,el raised belnt CifiXW. Mlchl MORE MORGAN HORSES. 1'nrehnse by (Sovornmeiil for the Ver inont J'nrni, (Prom Animals from Kansas.) The bureau of animal Industry of the I'nlted States department of agriculture J"SI u""-.ih in ........... ...... "a- folr additional horse for use In the government breeding work that Is being "in led on In Vermont, with the object " preserving ami 111. iii . ...... i- 'reed. These animals are the seven .ear-old Morgan mare Panny P. (Vol. Ill ,. M. It.), two yearling fillies by Head-j light Morgan (.1 son of Kthin Allin Ihul). . .id n colt foal out of Panny P.. by Head-1 light Morgan. One of the fillies Is out of Panny P., and the mare Is agHln In foul . ... I. Trnun.. t In t... T..ll..n Mr. "e.uuiMii. iio - S"". the she of liny Morgan, champion ..'organ siaiunn at in, innniiuii .-...n.-) I ralrs of tlie central est in isi'i. i nnnv I P s dnm was by Plying Morrill, and her 1 r.rond dam by a son of Hilly Knot The pedlirree of Headlight Morgan Is 1 well known to Morgan bleeders. Th" tinrs-e was fo.iled In southwestern Kansas and has a well-deserved reputation In that vicinity as n sire. The.-o horses are ' among the descendants of a large conslgn i u cut of .-elctoil animals bought 'n Ver mont nnd Illinois In the earlv '!is by MoHn ,,"r"p ip..ny nf Cairentors- vllle. III., and Font to southwestern Kan lns to take advantage of cheap pasture there. Unfortunately, however, and part ly on account of the depression In tho horse market several years ago, the ven ture was not u success, the company dis banding and the horses being scattered over a wide teriltory. Some nf this sto -k still remains In Knnsns and Oklahoma. The anlmHls bought by the government will bo taken to the Morgan horse farm. POINTED PARAGRAPHS. If at first succumb. you don't succeed, don't Hut It Is enslcr to earn money than It Is to get It. 1,0 rhnrltnble: you may be tip against It yourself some day. Money makes tho young mnn go to the home of the homely hlres. Most married people are In favor of I an occasional peace conference. Everybody gets a rake off hut the con sumer. Moral Don't bo a consumer. The man with a theory mav turn out to be n gold brick peddler In disguise. Some public nfllclnls are unable distinguish between n brlbo and present. If It taker two to make a quarrel, and a husband and wife arc one what's the answer? It amounts to this; When a man asks a woman's advice he can Interpret the answer to suit himself. If a girl has rosy nheeks when she gets nn the ohndy side of forty people begin to speak of her cemplexlon as lloild. When a married man does his duty as he sees It his wife Is apt to think It advisable for him to consult an oculist. Hven a strong-minded man Is apt to do exactly what the woman In the case w nuts him to do - New York Globe 0 OLr GREEOE-ROME JOKES Rliorrtnr Uurf the Ancient Uulp Are RorvtcrbIr tu Thin Day. (Prom the Galveston News,) It would t hard to my which ogo saw the birth of the first Juko. No doubt, man had some icnso of humor eve.l during hl struggling, cavo-dwelllng days oxprooHcd most likely tn rough-und-tumblo horse play or In practical Jokos, rather than In keen Jest and witty repartee. Verv likely the first Jocular uttcranco hud ori gin In the form of criticism on the per sonal appearance, dress, man.iers or cus toms of other.i. A sort of corrective cen sure, one might say, on thoso who dared to depart from the accepted rules of tho community. Tho works of the ancient Urcek and Itoman authors abound In Jests. A great number are severely personal of a cut ting and s.ieerlng kind. Others lira mere puns and verbal Jests, Incapable, f course, of being translated. li'tt In many the fun depends entirely rn the sense or, rather, nonsense of the thl.ig. As we read them the antbiuity of many of our prest nt-day Jokes Is brought to light. In spite of their age, the humor In thoi.e ela.slcal Jokes Is as polgnnnt ns ever. Por Instance, this nulp from ancient 'irecce. how appropriate and full of mean las to all (tfies: Archelaus, asked by a talkotlvc barber, how lie would like tn be shaved, leplled: "In silence." And this surely, we have heard be fore. C.natheni. of Athens was offered otne rather poor wine When t"Id that Its age was K yenr she dryly remarked "It's pretty weak for Its age." A similar lest Is related of Cicero. When told nt a bampiet that the wine he was drinking was V. years old Falernan said; "liy my faith! It beats Its age well." And here is the clasilcal form of the woman's age Joke: Clrero hearing the wife of a P.. man patrician say that she y was hut 50 years old, said: "No doubt 'tis true, for It Is 2( years now that I have heard you say It." .lust ar good es ever N till" Irony of I.IOo years .tko. The painter Applies, who flourished In the times nf Alexander, was shewn a picture bv an Inferior artist, who boosted of having sketched It out In m exceedingly short space nf time. "Ves 1 can se that very well." said Apelles, "but I am mi prised that you did not make several other pictures exactly like this In the same space of time." We uie Indebted, according to tradition, to this same Apeiles for one of our common hrases. The painter had listened with pa tience and profit to a cobbler's criticism nf the sandals in a p'ctnre. Uut when the cobbler began to enlarge the field of his erltldsm to other part.s of the paint ing be received this rebuke from Apeiles: Shoemaker, stick to y.mr last." In "where the shoe pinches." the an Cent rendering took this form. There wns general disapproval of the actions of a P.nman rltlzrn who h'ul divorced hli chaste, rich nnd beautiful wife "Hut," aid he, pointing to his foot, "here Is a shoe, well made and brand new; no one but myself knows where It pi tches " As to-day, in the days gone by the doctors were made the target of the Jester's filng: Pausanias, the Spartan general was ,,.;, ,,y a physician how k wns that b. was never 111, and exultlngly answered "IJecaue I never consult you." At nn uther time Pausanias said that the best physician was the one who dispatched his patients with the least passible suf fering. Pausanias strongly disapproving of a certain physician and his methods nnd berating him In no mild terms, was reminded by a friend that ns he had never consulted that particular doctor, how could he be so sure of his statements. Pnu"anl.is answered: "Well, had I con sulted htm would I be living to-day?" Here Is a legend that Is told of an American Indian and the governor-general of an early settlement: A Scythian king, seeing a man during a snowstoim entirely nude, asked him If he were not cotd. "And you." responded tho man. "Is your face cold''" "No," answered the kins- "Well. I am face all over." was the naked man's tejolnder. Of law and the "law's delays" these tales are recorded: A woman vainly plead ing her case many times before Philip of Macedonia received at ev-ry refusal the reply that "he had not the time." At Ian her patienen gave out nnd slu said to him: "Then cease to rclsn." Tho monarch, feeling that he had deserved this, rebuke. Immodlntcly listened to her nnd rendered the Justice that her case merited. AnachnrsK the Scythlm phil osopher. speaklliT " the laws of Fn'rn said: "They were like the web of a spider, very good for Im'il'ng the weak, but al lowing the strong .i eseare " A pom thief was being led to ;.rion. Dloceno. sald to him: "Fool, whv didn't you rob on a grand scale, then It would have beep you that would be sending others tn prison?" The absurd sight of a person clothed or e.. i'p: ed with something all out of propirt'-ri to his size, always ulves Jlse to a si;. I. if not to some Jocose remit! It. .u n.monplace Jest la the one nhout t'... .in. ill p. y wearing n very Urge hat: "Hi'), hat: Where are you going with that bov?" With the orat.r Cicero the Jest took this form: one day, teeing hi-; short-statured son-!n-l'iw wearing a long sword, he cried out: "Who, I ask, has at tached mv son-ln-l'iw to that word!" (if a distinctly antique flivor are these two tale- of hllosonhers Arenytas, tho Pvlhncori an philosopher, on his return from nr-ir. found his fields in a very poor oend l".-oy became m through th" ,.(,-' -,f the steward lie said to 1 ni "i"o you 1 iireliy good drub- h'iw .. ere not In "ii"h a passion " A similar Incident is told of Plato, who provnl.ed bv the misbehavior if a slave, said m his nephew-, who was standing bv: "Hoit that slave, I am In ton furious tem. ier to do it." .' nclcnt wrllln"s are rich hi lewends of Pienysius fie elder, tyrint of Syracuse. Pe wrote ononis and lingerie.. Once he sentenced Phlloxene t hird la'.nr In tb eiuarrles f .r daring to cr!ti''Ue a poetical c-mpo'lllo.i from the roj.il hand. Pien ysius after a time elll for Phlloxean and had read to him the second I'me this poem The first few lines Phlloxene lis tened with patience, but the reading had ri. it gone much further before he ro-,. and dashed for the door When asked where ho was going, exclaimed. "Hack to the qunrrlen, your malesty." At n banquet IH.uiyslus. wishing to af front Pinto, placed h'm 'ast at tho table He thru raid to his courtlen: "Plato will pro! able h".o r.vich to say to u when he returns to Athcn I hope," Plato rejoined. ' never to be so at a loin for a subject of conversation that I should find It necessary tn speak of you." Dlonyslus repcntedlv refused to grant Arlstlpptis n favor At last Arlstlpp'H humbly prostrated himself at the feet of the king and renewed hh rupplle.vilon. The philosopher was reproached for thi' fervlle groveling. "You should net htamo me, but nionyslus who has cars In his feet," w-as the apology cne day Arlstlp pus nr.kod Dlcnysluii for money, "Hut, ' said Dlonylus, "I've always heard It said that n philosopher never has need of any thing." "We will discuss that point, sire, but first pl'e me sonis money," Arl.-illp-pus sold, The request accorded to, the philosopher Immediately ojaculatexl, "Now you see, sire, I have need of nothing." At a call to arms In flpartn, Androclldes, who wat. lame, offered htmielf ns a re. crult When refused on account of his oriopled lens, ho exclaimed. "I thought you were looking for men to fight, not to run away," There was a stranger In Spar ta who prided himself on his skill in standing for u long time on one leg. Ono day when he wur showing off his little-, trick he called to a Spartan, "Hey" you can't do this." "No, but every goos cun," was tho quick rejoinder. THE ELECTRIFIED FARM. Surely Thnt Is not Tnr Dlstun). nf Least out West. (Henry W. Hrooks In the Chicago Tribune.) In these days when tho metropolitan city may be described ni a groat sleetr cal laboratory and consuming staUon, It should not be overlooked that the furm Itself Is coming In for Its share of this universal source of power. There are many ways through which the furtn that can afford the use if (;lectrlo current mny have It for the t-ouble of Installation Sonic nearby Interurban electric line may hae Its surplus current for sale, omo stream close t hand may have a graUtv waterfall to develop electricity i-ufflrlont for half a dozen farmers; or th- gas' lene engine In connection with a dynnT Is within comparatively easy reach of " . prosperous farmer, who discovers t! at keep his boys on the farm or f-v-i. make certain that hl hired help -v " with him through the seisons it t i- him to lighten those old drudger es .f years ago. In the home of the farmer, the f r t adaptation of the electric current wr I be In displacing tho kerosene hmr V motor In the baseme.it and a pump n'' tank on the outside will effect a s t nf water works' for the house. In the d; r the cream separator, churn and the w . Ing machinery for dairy- necesltlc- in be operated. Laundry work that Y , bear of the farmer's wife Is simplified nnd lightened to the In t degree Fven the long sought "milking mneVnc I to receive an Impetus at the h. r '- Yankee Ingenuity, and If It shall n r fected, the electric current rnut dr' it In the cow barns and horse stable- " -electric bulb attached to wires In g..s' housings not only will give the rt light for winter mornings and event: but already the vacuum cleaner ha.- ri i Its nppeiiraiiee-, adapted to the n. ' and most thorough eurrylnir and c.e Ing of the coats of ow n! horses Instead of the long and ' '.rlm:s p ess of 'co-cutting from i"ii'i t! . trie current will oper.i'e- . f. t., room' amnionl.i fit. Ms ' a i.a stoppage nf the niot'.r w n ''e r r'. ' gree of cold is r .iii.ed 1 i-'c er u be directed to the farm v irks! ' .- re lathes and grind, t. r.ei and en -' ' ' may be nin for the farm's "Jn- k- .f-a'I-tiudes." sav'r. r not onir 'he -Vi-gr- the village blacksmith In lnr. In -is f troubles, but saving the time ..f -'r to and from C e town In some ,.f th, "orthern fr it-c-sections the eioct-; ' 'irn'ng 'mm !- .-e' for arousing the w' farm pup .' n any time In the nigh i '. th- .1-rm r temperature Is rev-he, - t ' Inn- T means at the preset)' e 'hit iv." available worker turn . .t -in! ilr.d'e f'r-s In the smudge pots thnt i.r- In t. e chords, prepared for the tnr ( th t si. II wipe out the dangers nf fro' P as electricity s light, power find heat, a'l u one, mny not the present smudge pots, become electrical heaters, automatically turned on? To-day, aside from the profits thnt are demanded by the great electrical svstems of the cities, electricity should not be an expensive power, If only the generat'na. stations might be run at maximum ca pacity. The trouble Is that In metropolitan consumption the inevltnble "peak" lnad.i occur, both In light nnd power cc.nsump. Hon. A plant must be built large e"."ui.b to accommodate these greatest detmud' for current In certain compar Mvcl" fhort peilods. .-fler these hoav V mands are satisfied, the generating n' nt must shut down For eight mnnth In tho yenr the. "peak" loads for generating stations nro greatest at morning and evening Lie t everywhere In homes nnd ships and fa -torles are at greatest flo .1 In C'e n era. tlon of the ele-trlc rallrmd's service 'he "ru.sh hours" nf the mntning and ever Ing crowd the generation plants to heir capacity. !"': 'wit" in daylight m.l fir hours between 11 o'i loci, ar night ar.d -ler. hops (i o'clock In rhe morning single nnwer units in a vast stetlon are suff c!en i" the demands f ir current A factor almost ns greet In the "f eloctrli power, too, Is the vast m ' i-ry for the inllection .if 'ii'.vei mil I ' hills Aimles of accnuntntit.-. bi.nkkee' r and collectors, together with the p s nnd stationery required for presenting bills and receipting them 12 times u c pile up an Immen-e overhead cher'f' nn the cost of the current. Certnl- pn coinages of loss, too. 1 lust be 1 against the lniok profits of tlie c-uii), .n1 s To-day there Is not a pnutlcal e.i ill engineer who does not look n; n '"in recent state ol electrical servl v . s in its lnfum" . We have tlie electr' u' eit How long tef..re the electrical ft-p-" rr ill i)i:pi: ni. (From the Cleveland Plain P. br A younr lady recently sent thU . xtrair dinars request to the editor of the rel'g lous Journal .subscribed for at her 1 um "Do you think It right for n girl to nt In a man's hip. uen If she I cineaK"!" The editor .-cent snme time in prat er, and thin answered her as follows "Yes. If It were our gill and our m Yes, again, If It were some other fellow s girl and our lap. Hut If it were n ir i am, Mimt, (llu,r fuH'M i ,,,, 0mph i no. We don't approve of such frlv ll'v A 1IPLL THAT ISN'T HUtUI There's an old yarn about a fat n ' a lean duellist. The fat one com; ! i1 . 1 that he orler.d a muth larger iii.uk t hU antagonist's bullet, whereupon , lean man propo-ed chalking bib . it nn the lilt one's body and no shot side the chalk line would be .unnti l. We were reminded of this storv by Cm following nolle which an accident In surance company has placed In t u ele vators of hever.il office building Th s elevator Is limited to fourteen pc:.s -i-All over thnt number riding on this . ir do so nt their own llsk " lloston Tr c scrlpt. MoltlS FOP. TMU MONUY Howell-It costs a good deal more to llvo thin It u.sid to. Powell Well, It's worth tl.o difference. New York Press. NO SWKLI, JOINT. Farmer Hnyseed (In the city) I want ter find an eatln' house. AceoMid 1 ' des til an -A re you 1 10k ng for nny particular place? Farmer H Wall, not too durnco, p'tlckler. Host on Transcript. WHAT BHK WANTED. Tho Small Hoy Arf a pound o' ycllcr soap, please, and miivvrr says will you please wrnp It up In a good love story. The Sketch. Put Iho word "stylish" oppcil.i to a won' tin far more than he word "serv-IcenbW