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ALWAYS A PLEASANT FRIEND it It True, of Course, That "Money Is Not Everything," But See What It Will Do. “Money Isn’t everything,” says the spendthrift as he scatters his wages to the four winds. Then he reaches middle life, with ■old age in the foreground, vainly wish ing for the return of the misspent coin. It may be true that money isn’t everything, but one thing is absolute ly certain. Old Man Money, if he Is cultivated through life, will not de sert the friend who has cultivated ihim. When every human friend has fled Old Man Money sticks. You can start him off with live or ten cents a day in early life and keep feeding him that amount all through life, and In old age you will have on your hands a financial Frankenstein, albeit a pleasant and highly ugreenhle one. If you find the rigors of the north ern winter 100 severe, you simply tap Old Man Money on the shoulder, and he hies you to Palm Beach; if you are sick another tap on the shoulder brings you the best nurses and special ists the world affords. He’s an agree able old man, never disputes orders and is always ready for duty. He makes the proverbial busy bee and the equally industrious ant look like pikers', for he never rests. He’s one size when you go to sleep and larger when you wake up. The older he gets the stronger he becomes. If you are a stranger in a large city, Old Man Money opens the doors of the best hotels and stakes you to the best the town affords. But money isn’t everything, at that. POVERTY IN SOUTH AMERICA Appalling Conditions Under Which Many Have to Exist in Latin- American Countries. Consider for n moment the condi tions under which thousands upon thousands of Latin Americans live. Out in the country they can get fresh air. But in the city they live with one window and a door. Seventy-five per cent of the houses have no baths and 28 per cent have no water facilities. Sight to ten families use the same faucet and toilet in the open court. Men, women and children live in the same room, without ventilation. Now, It Is bad enough for men and women to live so, hut it is worse that children should grow up without any memories of a pleasant home. Yet there are thousands of children to whom the necessaries and the decen cies of life are unknown and to whom “home” means an old freight car. Many Mexican girls marry at thir teen and have ten or eleven children t>y the time they ore twenty-six. Th? men are employed at seasonal jobs In ihe sugar-beet fields, on the railroads, in the mines, harvesting beans, in orange and lemon orchards and doing construction work. Drunkenness is common. Babies are born into a world which has no clothes for them and shirts and overalls are lacking for the older children. Ignorance and super stition abound. —World Outlook. A Mountain Camp. I have spent one perfect night on a mountainside. Others were lovely enough, but this* one was the pure Idyllic moonshine, the dream come true. We made a good stiff run through the day. Late in the after noon we left Santa Fe to climb the ■Glorlota pass through a country of rolling red hills, thick with cedar, broken hy cliffs and mesas, and cut by the deep gorge of a little stream. We scanned the clearings with an eager eye. At last we found the thing we sought. It was the ruins of the first church built on American soil by the Spanish fathers. Away back in 1450 Coronado found hero the thriving village which encouraged him to pursue the con quest of tlie new world, and here commenced the civilization which lin gers unchanged In the hack country today.—John Ureck in Kansas City Star. Don't Preach About Borne Trade and at the same time send your orders for job printing out of town. Your home printer can do vour work just as good, and in nine cases out of ten he can beat the city man's prices, because he pays much less for running ex penses. By sending your next printing order to this office you'll be better satisfied all around, and you’ll be kitping the money at home. PROPERLY PROUD OF HOTEL Citizens of Alexandria, La., Hava Right to Boast of Thoir Mag* niflcont Caravansary. Alexandria, La.. Is known through out the South as the little town with the big hotel. Strangers always re mark the Incongruity of the metropol itan edifice apparently fallen by acci dent into this quiet little place. It seems that In Alexandria’s ante hotel dnyß, a wealthy man and his small dog were stopping at the town Inn. One day the Innkeeper and guest had a lively argument over the dog. Its owner replied that he and his dog would not be among those present at the Inn in the future and departed proudly, Intimating darkly that the Innkeeper would be sorry. He then made good Ills threat by building a hotel such as Alexandria had never dreamed of seeing, and here dog and master took up their residence and gathered to themselves all the tran sient trade of the town. Alexandria wears its hotel proudly, a trifle self-consciously. It is the show place of the town and its as sertive stone grandeur commands re spect and deference. A town that boasts a hotel inclosing marble halls ending in a grand staircase and a Spanish pntio adorned with a fountain as an extra attraction must assume an air of dignity In keeping with its importance. Alexandria’s other claim to notice Is the fact that only a few year* ago the Louisiana legislature conducted n series of spirited arguments as to the removal of the state cnpltul from Baton Rouge to Alexandria. In the end Alexandria lost out and was forced to console itself with the fame It acquired from its big hotel. EXPLAINS CAUSE OF MYOPIA Physician Asserts It Is Caused by Ob struction of Outflow of Lymph, Due to Muscular Effort. The assumption that close applica tion is the cause of myopia or near sightedness is not regarded as a sat isfactory explanation. In a recent num ber of the Lancet the theory is advo cated by Dr. Ethridge Green that the primary and essential cause is an ob struction of the outflow of the lymph. The obstruction may be produced by severe muscular effort, such as lifting heavy weights, when a feeling of ten sion is always experienced in the eyes, which appear, in extreme cases, to be starting from the head. This is more especially the cause of progres sive myopia among warehouse men, porters and others whose work In volves excessive effort, while with those engaged in sedentary occupa tions the form of exercise taken may be responsible, as, wrestling, rowing, digging and also coughing. Thus when signs of commencing myopia appear anything likely to increase the Intraoc ular tension should be avoided. There is no need to avoid reading. Houses of Presidents. In connection with the efforts to re store the birthplace of Theodore Roose velt. at 28 East Twentieth street. New* York, it is recalled that an attempt was made several years ago to acquire the old house in which President James Monroe died. The project never got beyond the placing in 1905 of a memorial tablet on the house. The old house, one of the archaic structures in the city, and much the worse through years of neglect, is oq the northwest corner of Lafayette and Prince streets. For years the lower portion was used as a junk shop. It still presents the characteristics of the well-to-do residence during the early part of the last century—three stories high, with dormer windows protruding from the attic. The house was built by Samuel L. Gouvorneur, who mar ried one of Monroe’s daughters. The Green-Eyed Monster. Europe's growing Jealousy of Amer ica Is revealing itself more plainly every day. Even France is not Im mune from the propaganda of the green-eyed monster, for Le Matin, one of the largest and most influential of Paris newspapers, has come forward with the assertion that the Jazz band Idea did not originate in the United States, but that French cats were trained to emit the affine kind of dis cords more than a century ago. We expect to he Informed next that the Declaration of Independence was copied from a French almanac, and that Abraham Lincoln's famous Gettys burg oration won second prize ut a French high school commencement in the era of Louis XIV. Where Gasoline Can't Go. The automobllp may have won at Verdun, says the ■billets and remounts division, but the horse has wor. tnora victories than he has hairs on his top knot—for, say they, no victory could have been attained, no push could huve succeeded, unless the horse was on the Job to pull the guns forward, to take tip the rations, the water, the am munition, through mud where trucks could ned go, or over shell-swept ground equally Impassable for the gasoline vehicle.—Stars and Stripes. To Take Unclaimed Deposits. English hanks have $500,000,000 of unclaimed deposits which the govern ment proposes to take over, for use in meeting public expenses, holding Itself liable to the owners who may claim the money at any future time. A bill before parliament provides that every bank shall report all deposits and se curities that have remained unclaimed for six years. THK GXLPIV OBSERVER. It’s poor propaganda that won’t work both ways. Fortunately, not every soap-box Is a party platform. Some wore shoulder straps and some drew double salaries. Perhaps, hereafter, life will have more realities and less foain. It Is not the grade crossing but those using It who are unsafe. A reign of'terror Is the same thing whether It is painted black or red. Some people w’ho snve daylight seem to be unable to save anything else. The only way a fellow can save his wages is to have an independent in come. There Is n universal wish that low prices would hurry back from their va cation. Measured in terms of aviation the Atlantic ocean continues to grow nar rower. How did folk keep cool in the eve ning before automobiles were in vented? Russia is beginning to realize that one dictatorship is as had as another, if not worse. The salaried man once was in a po sition to tell the wage earner how to make money. It seems that any hat except the one worn Inst winter will be In style this coming winter. The old world’s poMtlcal face great ly needs the attentions of a cosmic beauty specialist. To decide when liquor is intoxicat ing Is evidently ns difficult as to know when a man Is intoxicated. A newspaper article says marriage and divorce are on the increase. If di vorce is, of course they are. And now the actors nre talking about going on strike. Usually It’s the audience that walks out. Don’t let the man who enlisted and fought for you suppose that you have already forgotten what he did. While some of the nations may be, as they say, “hopelessly in debt,” the United States is hopefully in debt. Why does a man wish to swim the channel when he can make the trip so much quicker In nn airplane? Even in these exciting days of trnns- Atlantic flights, o!#- fashioned men continue to ask: “What’s the score?” The mnn who comes out best in a personal encounter with a cyclone never again speaks of “trifles light as air.” There’s one nice thing about Lloyd George’s job; he never has to look around for something to be perturbed about. War gardeners will be interested In knowing that there were potato bugs long before they became garden en thusiasts. Mandate or no mandate, the Turk may as well recognize the fact that his days for organizing massacre par ties nre over. Another decade or two and the At lantic sen gulls will hnvo to speed up or do without their tidbits fiotn the cabin tallies. World affairs may not he altogether satisfactory, hut the worst p« sslmist cannot deny that they are neither dull nor monotonous. As obe of the largest and most In structive war memorials in the wor'd It Is proposed to let Reims cathedral remain as the Gormans left it. The fellows who have been pitching rings nt knives nt carnival concessions will find horseshoes a cheaper and more beneficial form of recreation. Community farming, so much spoken of Just nt present. Is when the owner of a plow cannot recall Just whleh one of his neighbors borrowed it lust. If every man who becomes nn assn, date member of the hoy scouts will observe the boy scout oath and law, good citizenship will receive u gr«nt Impetus. The ex-emperor of Germany has nut down his five thousandth tree. From the dictator of Europe his ambition has apparently sunk to he the deforea* ter of Holland. Correct Your Mistakes. It Is only an error in Judgment to make a mistake, hut It shows infirm ity of character to adhere to It when discovered. Wise Words. “Love yoh enemies,” snld Uncle Elien, “but don’t give ’em no chance to mark de deck or use loaded dice.” Locust Trees. The locust tree was one of the first American trees to ho taken to Europe. HERE BIRDS FIND SANCTUARY Area In Delta of Yukon River, Value less for Other Purposes, Is Now Profitably Employed. The most Important, and by far the largest In extent, of our national “refuges” for the preservation of wild birds is a vast area In the delta of the Yukon river, proclaimed as such by an edict from the White House just ten years ago. It Is an area approximately equal to Massachusetts, and the most valu able feather species concerned are wild geese and wild ducks, which breed there In countless numbers. There Is found the proper home of the “emperor” goose, the “white fronted” goose, and many species of ducks which are sought as game In other latitudes. The region Is known ns “tundra country”—devoid of trees, swampy, with many lakes, and of no possible usefulness for agriculture or any oth er purpose. If, however, the wildfowl are there safeguarded on their breed ing grounds. It will he a permanent source of game and food supply for Alaska and the entire Pacific const. In order that this may come to pass, It is nccessnry that the birds shall be protected during the mating season against the wholesale slaughter which formerly was conducted by pot-hunt ens and alleged sportsmen from year to year—a method commonly adopted being to drive the helpless creatures Into pens built for the purpose, where they were ruthlessly murdered. LAUGHED AT TIME’S PASSAGE Blue Delft Saucer, Long Sunk in Ocean, Benefited by Century Immersion in Ocean. The act of a fishing smack off Eye mouth, Berwickshire, England, brought to the top of the sea recently a long dead memory. A blue Delft saucer, deeply inerusted with barnacles, lay among the flopping fish in the net, and it bore a picture of one of the old British coasting and sailing vessels, with the words “Eclipse, Ldn. and Edinboro, Shipping Coy.” Now, the Eclipse was lost nt sea 306 years ago. No one survived, no bodies were thrown up, no wreckage definitely Identified with the lost schooner was ever washed against known shores. Yet, over a century later, a china saucer is recovered! Its blue, accerd- Ing to reports, had taken on a won derfully deep shade, tinged with green, and was very beautiful. The London and Edinburgh Ship ping company bought the relic for about SSO of our money and gave that sum to the British Red Cross. The saucer was sent to the British museum. “Imka" “Imka” is the name by which the Y. M. C. A. is known In Czecho-Slo vakla, for “Imka” is the reasonable pronunciation of those four letters in the language of the mid-European land. The Imka Is very popular. When the republic of Czecho-Slovakia was established, Its citizens who had re turned from fighting with the allies urged that the Imka, with its canteens, hut service, athletics and recreation, be invited to come with them. The invi tation was given and now the Imka has been developed on an army basis with centers In ten towns and is con templating establishing a center in the famous coal mine region of Teschen, which is the bone of contention be tween the new* republic and the Poles. As this new’ republic is said to hold the world’s record for literacy, only 1 per cent being unable to read or write, the American “Y” secretaries find splendid co-operation in their ac tivities. Shark Meat Is Tasty. Shark meat is delicate in flavor and texture, and sharks nre plentiful in certain parts of Florida, but the fish ermen do not catch them because they are not salable. I The home demonstration agent of Monroe county, Florida, decided last winter on nn effort to establish in favor this fish now under the ban. Af her request a fisherman caught one, but w’nrned her that no one would eat it. Undismayed, she Invited a large company of women to a home econom ics luncheon, at which was served a fish salad. When ail had tasted the salad she asked for a vote ns to how many liked and wnnted the recipe. Wlthoqj ex ception the women voted their hearty approval, nnd thus proved to them- I selves that the prejudice was without foundation. —Cleveland Plain Dealer. Plea for Doga. The first week that Representative Venable of Mississippi was In congress a couple of years ago he made n hun dred-and-fifty-word speech about a dog he used to own, and he still is getting letters telling him what a fine speech It was. The speech was a plea for pre paredness, In which he pointed out that little dogs nhvnys are in hot water, hut that mastiffs have only a minimum of difficulties and can enjoy ufternoon siestas and such. Unmedaled Heroes. Among the heroes of the war is the man who uncomplainingly goes with out the things to which he has been accustomed In order that he may quiet ly do his lilt. Only a comparatively few of them ever get into the limelight, but In the scheme of patriotism they share honors with those who wear the uni forms and shoulder the muskets.— Berkshire Eagle. STEERED BY SIXTH SENSE Kxploita of Blindfolded Norwegian Have Proved a Puzzle to Expert Danish . Solentiata. Scientists In Denmark are puzzled by a Norwegian, one Emil Knudsen, who, although blindfolded and care fully watched, steered a steamer through the Intricate channels of the harbor of Copenhagen, keeping a true course and adroitly dodging other ves sels. He explains this by claiming the possession of a “sixth sense.” Knudsen Is a man of middle age. When he came to Denmark from Chris tiania, he became at*once an object of Interest to both scientist and layman. He was put through many experiments by one of the leading nerve specialists of Europe, and as a result the spe cialist suggested the trip into the har bor. Knudsen said that he could guide himself anywhere without using hts eyes, nnd a steamer was chartered to put him to a supreme test. Knudsen had no knowledge of the harbor. He requested that a person knowing the channel should hold two finger-tips against the side of his head. Profes sor Frldenreich consented to this, and himself pressed two finger-tips against Knudsen’s temples. The mnn handled the wheel without a sign of nervousness or uncertainty. It was impossible for him to see, yet he took more than a dozen sharp cor ners nnd followed a zigzag course throughout. All the scientists who witnessed the demonstration said that Knudsen possesses a mysterious pow er that actually may be a sixth sense. INDIAN KNEW WHERE TO DIG Red Man's Action and Finds Have Considerably Mystified Residents of Missouri Town. The region about Caruthersvllle, Mo., Is rich in lore about hidden gold and silver and mounds rich with pot tery. Too, there are great, strange caves to be found thereabouts, never ending subjects for speculation and w’onderment, say the Kansas City Star. A few years ago nn Indian went to Caruthersvllle with several skin maps and dug up pottery that was worth several thousand dollars. He offered $1,500 to be allowred to dig Into one mound near the town. However, the owner decided that If the mound was worth so much money for explora tion purposes he would do the explor ing. He did and found nothing. Some time later the Indian returned to that section, hired a man with a wagon and team and drove out Into the country to a spot where three pecan trees grew In a triangle. He dug down and unearthed two boxes, so heavy that a man could not lift one end of either. He hnd them shipped aw’ay and to this day their contents Is a much discussed mystery of that locality. Began Life In Coalpit. Sir Joseph Cook, the minister of the Australian navy and one of the com mon wealth’s delegates to the peace conference, began life In a coalpit In Staffordshire, England. While a work ing miner he sought to improve his education In every way, and In his spare moments in the pit acquired a knowledge of shorthand. At the age of twenty-five he decided to try his luck in Australia and went to New South Wales In 1885. He obtained work In a mine near Sydney and took an active interest in promoting the welfare of his fellow’-workers. He then became secretary of the local miners’ union nnd this proved the step ping-stone to political life. French Train Operation Poor. The French method of train opera tion differs sharply from the Ameri can. In the United States it is cus tomary to move the trnius by means of the block signal system, under the orders of train dispatchers. In France the chef de gnre, a sort of sublimated station agent, Is supreme. He is in ab solute charge of all trains that pass through his station nnd of the allot ment of cars within his district. A through train having reached his sta tion, It cannot leave without his per mission. This practice brings about such a condition that fewer trains nre operated over a French double-track line than could he handled over nn American single-track line equipped with block signals and dispatchers. Wood for Cotton. Wood is now being converted by a new process into a substitute for ab sorbent cotton —a product which is be ing supplied to the government by one mill at the rute of several tons a day. This absorbent wood is of great value In covering and stanching open wounds. The wood Is ground up nnd then spun or rolled out into pure white sheets resembling cotton butting, and is so light and bulky that only übout 4,000 pounds of it can he packed In nn ordinary box car. This substance costs 28 cents a pound. Sandbag Exercises. New exercises for home nnd gym nasium use, which can be employed in place of either dumbbells or Indian dubs, consist of long, slender sand hags of any desired weight, which nre made of durable fabric and provided with rope handles nt either end. On the sides of the webbing are loops Into which the feet can be inserted for leg exercises. Besides serving the purpose of several types of exercisers, It is pointed out that the sandbags nre pref erable to Indian clubs am} dumbbells In that they cun be used noiselessly. NOT SOARING. “I never heard of you as having the slightest chance for a presidential boom.” “No,” replied Senator Sorghum. “I know my limitations, and I am not dis contented. Most anybody can get beat for a nomination to high office, but It takes a pretty good line of ability and luck to hold on to moderate distinc tion term after term.” Sentiment. The Mistress —Mary, what Is that old paint-pot doing on the corner shelf? The Cook —It belongs to the man who worked here last spring. The Mistress —You may throw It away. The Cook—l’ll do nothing of the sort, mum. It’s all I have to remem ber him by.—Puck. Its Result. “How do you like the play?” “Not at all. It sets me to think ing." “Why, there Isn’t a serious thought in It. It was written to keep people from thinking.” “I know. But just the same it sets me to thinking how poor it is.” Lost Friendship. “I thought they were the best of friends.” “They used to he.” “What happened?” “The two families tried the ex periment of sharing the same sum mer cottage for a month and now they’re deadly enemies.” IN LEGISLA TIVE HALLS. Did you see the lady sen ator? 1 did. And what was she doing: when you saw her? She was pow dering her nose. Safety First. Full many a grave Is filled today By men who had The right of way. Sign of Wealth. “They must be very wealthy.” “What makes you think so?” “They own a phonograph.” “Shucks. Lots of people own pho nogrnphs." “I know, but they keep theirs sup plied with the very latest records.” A Personage at Last. "You ought to see the efforts some very distinguished people now make to get our old friend Binx to notice them." "Has he become a society lender?" "No. Walter in a restaurant.” Out Willed. Higgins—You shouldn’t allow that donkey to do Just as he pleases. Where is your will-power? Migglns—My will-power Is fairly strong but not so strong as this don key’s won’t-power. Taking a Suggestion. "Our cook says she is afraid of ghosts.” "Thanks 1” exclaimed Mr. Crosslots. "Ours isn’t afraid of anything human being can say or do. I’ll tip my wife off to try ghosts." Good Waiter. Maid: "I am sorry to disturb your sleep ma’am but here is your break fast." Debutante: "You don’t disturb me. I have been lying here waiting for it for three hours.” Prompt Work. "Tom Is certainly a man of action." "What has he done?" "Why, the very day after the heir ess accepted him he gave up his Job at the hank and Joined the Don’t Worry club.” • Uncomplimentary. Bell—Your hair Is always so beau tifully dressed, you must devote a great deal of attention to It. Nell —Yes, I must confess my head Is my chief weakness. THE LAST WORD. A woman al ways has the lust word. Not always. Sometimes she condescends t o i let a man write it as the signature to a check. Great Luck. He chucklea and hi* Bmlle I* bland, With Joy he'd like to holler; Hl* wife went through hi* pockets, and She overlooked a dollar. Self-Evident. "My girl’s u dream. She’s pretty, a good cook and is very quiet.” "Then you needn’t tell me she’s a dream If she’s all that." Cruel Surmise. "Why has JiiTks that string tied around his finger?" "From all I hear, I guess it is Ida wife’s apron string." No Great Discovery. "The trouble with Jones is that Ife hasn’t found himself yet." "A«ul It Isn’t going to be much of u 11 mi wheu he does."