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GETTING ft START By VICTOR RADCLIFFE. "Horace, I appoint you my confi dential secretary, terms to bo decided as soon as I realize on my Inheritance." "Very kind, nnd having no present position I'll be glad to accept your ot ter," said Horace Leo. "Much of a legacy?" "I don't know, but my cousin, Noah Cleave, had a good deal of money once. Of course It must bo quite an amount. Tho letter from -the lawyer at Boone vlllo says I am sole legatee. I'm go ing to give up my Job here. I'm going to enjoy llfo and luxuriate, and also you. I've got eome literary Ideas you shall jot them down as they come to me." "See here, Wlnfleld," said blunt, prac tical Horace, "I'm friend enough of yours to glvo you some advice. Don't drop your position until you find out what your cousin has left you. Don't begin spending your fortune before you know what It amounts to." "Oh, I'm quite sure It must be some thing substantial," Insisted the opti mistic Wlnfleld Grey. "Anyhow, I want you to run down with me to Booneville till I take possession of the estate. I'll pay your expenses and for your time." Horace was willing. He was unem ployed Just now. It was his own fault. He had worked for three years for a local firm mean, stingy and unap- preclatlve. He found this drudgery un promising and resigned. Now his Idea They Located the Shop In Question. was to try to get some capital to make a start for himself in a modest way. Dora Woyne, to whom he was en gaged, had scolded him gently for giv ing up a small but steady Income, but Horace was ambitious and energetic. So Horace started with Grey for Booneville, a little city about fifty miles distant. Grey had togged him self out in great style in accordance with the grandeur he, favored heir to a fortune, should assume. He invited all his old working chums to "a grand blowout" upon his return. He ar ranged to buy an expensive trotting team and turnout. He knew the Waynes pretty well and Invited Dora to share his first ride in that model of swiftness and elegance. Horace wondered If It could be possible that his friend meditated becoming his rival. He felt pretty safe about Dora, however. An enormous disappointment greet ed Wlnfleld Grey when he reached Booneville. The lawyer who had writ ten him Informing him that his cousin had lost all he had in unwise specu lations. "All there Is left outside of paying his debts," advised the attorney, "Is a little shop on Main street and that Is on leased ground. It seems that your cousin took a fancy to a young plumber and tried to reform him. He built the shop, making it look more like a parlor than a place of business. His protege sold the equipment, put the money In his pocket and sloped. The building Is yours, though I don't believe you can get much out of It. Grey was so disgusted and disap pointed that Horaco could scarcely pre vail upon him to visit his meager in heritance. They located the shop in question. It was queerly incongruous for its rude surroundings, brand new, gaudily ipalnted, a ten by thirty structure more indapted for the office of some plant than for real work. A plate glass win ,dow took up nearly the entire front. It was bare of furniture Inside, where only a barrel or two showed. , On the square roof on four sides was la sign. It read "Plumbing." The let ters were painted In dazzling gilt The signs stared 'an onlooker in the face conspicuously from the four cardinal points of tho compass. "I say," observed Horace, "those signs must have cost a fortune." "Huh!" snorted Gray "what good are they to me? I don't want to go Into the plumbing business I" Just here a man came up. He looked over the two visitors critically. "I own the land here," he remarked "Any Interest In the property?" "Yes," answered Grey shortly, "I've Inherited this shanty," "Well, I've given a ten years' lease on the land. Who am I to look to for the ground rent?" "Not I," retorted Grey sourly; "I can't uso the place. See here, Hor ace," ho added, turning to his friend, Tm sick and tired of this whole business. I'm ashamed to go back home. I have a brother out West pretty well fixed. I think I'll just go out and try my luck with him." "But you might got something out of the place here," suggested Horace. "Not much, I fancy," submitted the man who owned the land. "My lease holds, and of course you forfeit the building If you don't pay the ground rent. The only way to get anything out of It Is to lease the building to tome ono, or start Jrj business to it ' Well, Horace, I've fooled away your time. Como back to tho lawyer's and I'll give you a bill of sale of It I won't bother with tho proposition," de termined Grey. "I'll do It, and. work something out of It," said Horace. "I'm thinking hard, I bellovo I seo a way to use that building. Namo a price, glvo mo time to pay you and I'll try tho specu lation." "Nonsense! I'll give it to you." Finally, howovor, Grey consented to tako a note for $50. Then ho left on tho next train for the West Horaco went back to tho shop. He had a talk with tho landowner, got some new ideas and looked over the Inside. Ho found one of the barrels filled with plumbers supplies, the other with a babbitt metal composition. Then he sought out a local plumbing establish ment and sold the stuff for $75. "Those Blgns," ho reflected. The next day they disappeared. "What you done with tho signs?" asked the curious land owner. "Sold 'em," replied Horaco. "You see, ono I got rid of to that plumber at the other end of the town. Then I sawed off tho P on the second and a lumber man took It. Taking off tho P and L left 'Umber.' Well, that struck a paint shop man. There's a shoemaker named Blum a little ways down the street. I sawed out his name for him. Everybody happy and I'm $42 ahead." "You'll do!" chuckled the land owner, much amused and Interested. "Say, wo talked about your starting a little repair shop. I like your ways and I'll finance tho proposition on shares." "Done!" announced Horace prompt ly and took the train home that after noon, to report to Dora and start In on his new independent business ca reer. Now, it strangely happened that on the same train, also homeward bound, was Dora's father. Naturally he was interested in tho doing of a young man who had been "shining around" his favorite daughter. By piecemeal tho story of Grey's Inheritance came out. Tho rest of the circumstance was finally related. "And you're thinking of moving to Booneville and starting in business, eh?" propounded Mr. Wayne. "That's it," assented Horace. "You see, I'm a pretty fair tinker, and tho man who is going to back me says there is plenty of work to pick up." "What about Dora?" submitted Mr. Wayno archly. "Why, you know we are of the kind willing to work and wait. I asked you once for your approval to the engage ment, but " "Oh, you've got some practical pros pects now," Interrupted the wlse beaded Mr. Wayne. "You've proved you know how to grasp an opportuni ty, young man, and you can have my daughter." (Copyright. 1014, by W. G. Chapman.) VOICE OF A LITTLE CHILD How One of the World's Greatest Songbirds Was Discovered by Chance. Many years ago a maid employed by Miss Lundberg, a famous dancer of the Royal Opera in Stockholm, was given a holiday by her mistress and set out to take a walk. Passing a shabby little house In the poorest section of the city she heard a child's voice, which seemed to her wonder fully fresh and beautiful, and, look ing up. she sa a little girl sitting near tho window singing to a pet kitten. In great excitement sho rushed to her mistress and told her of the exquisite voice she had heard. Miss Lundberg was somewhat skep tical, but finally went to the house and heard the sweet song. She, too, was convinced of the great natural beauty of the child's voice and report ed it to Croelius, the singing master of the opera. Croelius was also somewhat skep tical at first, but at Miss Lundberg's request he, too, went and, standing on the sidewalk, heard the child sing. Enraptured in turn, he told Count Buke, manager of the Iloyal Opera, and arrangements were made by which the little girl sang for tho count. She was at once taken as a free pupil In the Royal Opera school and thereafter received the best Instruc tion Sweden could give. The child was Jenny Llnd, the famouj "Swedish Nightingale." Ladles' Home Journal. Millionaires and Cheap "Smokes." It is a common delusion that great American millionaires smoke large cigars that cost about a dollar apiece. A man who mixes occasionally in such company says it is not so. Ho was with one of the great railroad kings of America not long ago a being who has as many millions as fingers and the august person asked him for a cigarette. He was offered a brand of cheap Virginia cigarettes, and the donor apologetically remarked that it was the only kind he ever had. "Oh," said the plutocrat, "I always smoke these," and he drew from his pocket a yellow paper package which had once contained ten cigarettes, such as aro purchasable at any tobacconist's for a few cents. The millionaire also ex plained that ho bad compelled bis man servant much to that person's dis gust to smoko the same brand, so that he himself might be able to bor row one If he ran short in the morn ing. Rhetorical Embellishments. "What did you bring that parrot for?" asked the manager of the mili tant suffragette meeting. "To help out," replied the orator. "There are sonK things a lady can't say, and wlienever glva the signal this parrot swears profusely." And Some One MuBt Pay. Officer "Well, was the lady pleased with the flowers I sent her?" Private "Yes, lieutenant, so much so that she forgot to glvo mo a tip." Journal Amusant Qualities That Count In war the moral element and pub llo opinion arc halt the battle. Napo l9? Bqnaparje. iNffiMTIONAL srntsm Lesson (By E. O. SELLERS, Director Sunday School Course, Moody Bible Institute, Chicago.) LESSON FOR OCTOBER 11 THE LAST SUPPER. LESSON TEXT Mark 11:12-23, see also Luke 22:11-25. GOLDEN TEXT As often as ye cat this bread, and drink the cup, ye proclaim the Lord's death till He come. I Cor. U:28 n. V. I. The Preparation, vv.,12-15. Tho de tails of tho preparation 'here remind ono of the like detailed preparation at the outset of this week when tho two disciples wero sent for and procured tho colt "whereon no man had sat." The "Teacher" had need of the colt Ho also had need of this guest cham ber and somo unn'amed ono was ready to answer his call, to supply his need. What a host of such unheralded and unknown, but loving friends he has. Passover has now come, the time ap pointed and predicted, Matt. 26:2. Jesus directs the disciples to tho room of his own choosing; they were to find It following a man bearing a pitcher. This is suggestive of our following tho leading of tho Holy Spirit They found this even as he said they would. Jesus nover disappoints when ho di rects. It Is wisest for us to do his bidding and these two proved by their obedience that they were truly his disciples, see John 8:31. Whoever these two disciples wero they recog nized their duty clearly In the words, "Tho Master salth." Remarkable Occasion. II. The Passover, vv. 17-21. Here at eventide Jesus and the twelve sat about tho Passover board. As wo look back over tho pages of history it Is truly a remarkable occasion. Tho Passover was a perpetual memorial of I me bAuuua. nuiv, ill iuu uioiJeusukiuua of Divine economy, this is to be its last observance. Jesus had been look ing forward to this occasion, John 6:70, 71, yet in tho midst of the feast his soul is filled with anguish, John 13:21. Tho perfidy of Judas was tho bitter- I ness of the cup, but Jesus only let him go when ho must and then only with great sorrow. Judas was disappointed in his dream of a material kingdom and his desire for tho possession of carnal pleasures. Greed had grown because given food. Hate, stifled con science, spurned love, a thief, a mur derer, Judas was guilty that moment as he was the next night. III. The Parable, vv. 22-25. From all tho records we believe that Judas left the company as soon as ho wa3 Identi fied, and before the feast was insti tuted. Jesus over taught by symbol. Wo hear much about obiective teach ing, Jesus' anticipated us all. From ' tho Passover board Jesus took bread, and after offering thanks, he brake it, saying as he did so, "Take ye, this is my body." This does not mean the breaking of his body on the cross, for not a bone was then broken, John 19:30; I Cor. 11:21 It. V. It does sig nify the distribution of his body among all who shall feed upon him. This does not mean the actual physical transformation of tho bread Into his body. The bread represents his body, and like as bread becomes a part of the physical body, so to cat thus In symbol, he becomes a part of ua. There is no question, however, of the actual spiritual presence of Christ in the elements. "Discerning tho Lord's body" thero is a real reeding upon Christ, John 6:50, 61, 53, 55. To par take unworthily is to be "guilty of the body and blood of Christ," and wo eat and drink "Judgment" to ourselves, I Cor. 11:24-26. Jesus commands that the observance of this rite- shall be continued. It Is a covenant which his disciples aro to perpetuate "till he come," I Cor. 11:24. The ground of this covenant between, a holy God and sinful men, is the shed blood, v. 24, see Heb. 9:18-23. As the blood Is the life poured out, so he poured out his life that where Bin is, there may be forgiveness and remission, Lev. 17:11. In this symbolic hour tht old passed away, that which came in the covenant of the law by Moses. At the same time this, tho new covenant, la Ini tiated, a covenant of grace and truth which is by the Spirit. By tho symbol ism of this new feast Jesus revealed his relationship to this covenant and that thoso who sat and partook with him were sealed to him in consecra tion. His thanksgiving was In the nature of adoration of God and the fact that his profound purposes were about to be realized. This whole epi sode was a feast of triumph. Liko oa tho old Passover was eaten with Its mixture of bitter herbs, so this Is tinged with the perfldlty of Judaa and Is encompassed with the sorrows of death. Still, as those who eat the old were girded and ready, so he was ready, did gird himself and serve, and did pass through death, unto a life of triumph. Only One Recourse. The first Passover was the prelude of the exodus; this Is the prelude of that of which Jesus spoke in convers ing with Moses and Elijah on the Mount of Transfiguration. Tho blood of Christ was shed unto the remission of sin, Matt 26:28. It Is the ground of God's forgiveness, see Matt. 20:28, Rom. 3:25 R. V., I John 2:2, Eph. 7:7, and many other passages. There is nono other ground for our forgiveness than tho shed blood. It may be old fashioned but it Is scriptural and leaves us no other recourse. The symbolism of this holy ordl nance is simple, yet sublime. It Is to bo a perpetual proclamation of his resurrection.. His death is the central fact of redemption, the way of liberty for tha captives of sin. The supper Is meaningless apart from this element It Is true that In Its observance wo remember his grace and glory, tho beauty of his person and tho wonder and wisdom or his teaching, yet the supremo significance of the act Is his 4eatlL HBWfflM HUB i Hampton Institute Is an industrial rlllago with somo 1,200 or 1,300 stu dents, 200 teachers and workers, 140 buildings, and an instruction farm of some 600 acres. Whatover work tho Hampton school needs to have done, the students' aro 'usually prepared to do. Farming, homo-making, teaching and tho common Industries form vital parts In tho training of Hampton In stitute boys and girls. Blacksmlthlng, brlcklaylngj-and plastering, carpentry and cablneVmaklng, machine work, painting, printing, shoemaklng, steam fitting, plumbing, tailoring, tinsmith lng, upholstering and wheelwrlghtlng, are the trade3 which are offered by the Hampton Instltuto Trade school. Products tell a striking story of tho alms and methods of the Hampton courses, These products are expressed In negro and Indian mechanics who have gono out among their people and aro now serving their communities as Christian and efficient builders for ex ample. They are also expressed in well-built, attractive Hampton build ings and in serviceable accessories of the home and school. In the busy shops, on the scaffold ings of netf structures, in odd nooks and corners of the Hampton grounds, negro and Indian carpenters, for ex ample, have for many years been dally mastering the building art and have been preparing themselves for life's emergencies by learning how to make the best possible use of their resources time, tools, skill and moral qualities. Today the construction of the Hamp ton Institute buildings and the neces sary repairs are being satisfactorily done by student tradesmen. Naturally a good share of this interesting work falls to the lot of the carpenters, A few years ago, when it became neces sary to remodel Hie principal's home, ono of the oldest buildings on the Hampton campus, negro and Indian tradesmen 'did the necessary tearing down and building up. These opera tions were no easy task. Tho bulk of the work had to be done in hot and trying weather. The boys labored with a will. They were happy to have an opportunity of doing well what profes sional builders considered a difficult piece of work. Litter, when, the school authorities decided to add a story to the Armstrong-Slater Memorial Trade school, tho student tradesmen again attacked with enthusiasm the laborious task of raising the heavy root and putting on the second story. Then came tho tedi ous days devoted to finishing the in terior work. Thero was always tho joy of doing successfully tasks generally considered beyond tho reach of tradesmen in the training. William Qulnnev. a rnlnrod mnn who has been living near here, passed throuch McNeil en rnufn tn Rh accompanied by a portion of his inter esting family of 20 children and his third wife. The children with him numbered seven, and they are all by his present wife. Qulnney had seven children hv his first wife. Including two sets of twins; six by wife No. 2, and 'seven by the nresent one. All the wivus nm llvtnn- nnd after divorcing his former help meets, nuinney on each occasion lived six years in single blessedness. With his record of three wives and 20 children Qulnney is still only forty eight years old and expects to ac quire quite a large family before he dies. McNeil (Ark.) dispatch to tho St. Louis Globe-Democrat. The total negro population of the United States latest figures la 9,- 828,294, according to a pamphlet is sued recently by the Illinois commis sion appointed by Governor Dunno to arrange a half-century anniversary or negro rreedom. The negroes own $1,000,000,000 worth of property and worship In $65, 000,000 worth of churches. Their land covers 31,000 square miles, or 20,000, 000 acres. There are 1,119,053 negro female breadwinners, sixteen years of age and over. Of these, the largest number, 034,104, are domestics, 434,041 are engaged in agricultural pursuits. Jbl.soi are agricultural laborers and 313,091 are servants and waitresses. The commission Is planning an expo sition of the progress mado by the ne groes of Illinois since their emancipa tion, which will begin August 1, 1915, and continue for 30 days In the Coli seum. Moro than 4,000,000 tons of ore a year are expected to be exported from Iron mines in Algeria by French cap! tallsts who have obtained concessions after more than ten years of effort. Figures relating to the output of coal In British India during 1912 have been published by the chief inspector of mines. They show a total output last year of 14,044,368 tons, which Is near 2,000,000 tons In excess of the production recorded In the previous output Every high school graduate in Ne braska receives a letter from the University of Nebraska congratulating him on his graduation and urging him to consider the advantages offered by the state university. Clearing the Line, . A young lady took down tho receiv er of the telephone one day, and found that the lino was in use, "I Just put on a pan of beans for dlnnor," she heard one woman com placently inform another, . Tho young woman hung up the re ceiver, and waited for the conversa tion to end. When she went back to the telephone, the women were still talking. That happened three times, says Everybody's Magazine, and then the young woman became exasperated Commenting on tho condition of tho colored Baptist churches in Chicago a writer In tho Standard says- Their numbers help to suggest the important place which these Baptist churches hold In tho life of this community. Lot mo supplement this by tho words of.a splendidly educated colored wom an, Mrs. F. B. Williams, who says: "Despite tho serious handicap of slowly decreasing debts, tho colored church is the center of the social llfo nnd efforts of the people. What tho church sanctions and supports is of tho first Importance and what it falls to support and sanction is more than apt to fall. The colored churches his torically, ns to numbers and reach of influence and dominion, aro the strong est factor in tho community life of tho colored people. Aside from tho ordinary functions of preaching, prayor-meetlngs, and Sunday school, tho church is regarded by tho masses as a sort of trlbuno of all their social and civic interests. Thousands of colored people know and care for no other entertainment than that fur nishod by tho church. What they fail to learn of the finer things of life in tho church remains unlearned. Theso people, generally speaking, have few civilizing and elevating influences, ex cept as they are supplied by this single institution." Sho concludes by saying: "Our churches could do moro and bo more to tho ever-increasing number who need guidance, social ideals and higher moral standards, if they wero less burdened with dobts and an un yielding orthodoxy. Tho Chicago churches, however, aro becoming moro intelligently interested and earnest in their endeavor to meet tho,. peculiar requirements of tho city colored peo ple." Tho 17 colored churches differ as widely as our own churches. Numeric ally, they range from a mombershlp of 2,500 to one of 35. Financially, they vary from a debt-free larger church to the bankrupt and defunct mission church. Theologically, intel lectually, socially, they differ. They are not made In a mold. They exhibit a bewildering and complex variety. They are really independent. Their churches are named after tho great outstanding places of scriptural his tory a fact which suggests their In dependence and variety and not nu merically according to historical pre cedence, as wo havo been accustomed to number our churches. And yet, in spite of the great differences between these churches, thero are some com mon possibilities of advancement which occur to the friendly observer. Tho main building of the Wilson Tubercular Home and Hospital for Negroes, juBt completed at Wilson, N. C, is used as a center for training nurses and testing the ailments of pa tients. In addition to this main build ing there is a farm of 40 acres, half of it in plno woods, on which it is hoped that buildings may bo erected for pa tients who aro able to work while taking the treatment. Lucifer matches that Is, matches tipped with an explosive substance that bursts into flame' on being struck wero first used about 1834. Many Improvements have been made In matches since then, the most impor tant of which was the Invention of the safety match, striking only on tho box. Tho annual meeting of the National Nebro Business league was held this year in Muskogee, Okla. Theso meet ings are always largely attended. The delegates includo not a few colored men who by their industry, intelli gence and thrift havo attained a com petency if they are not to be reckoned wealthy. They are successful farmers, physicians and lawyers and merchants and mechanics. Very largely they are from tho Southern states. This year, as usual, Booker Washington was one of the speakers, and gave his accus tomed counsel emphasizing the oppor tunities which aro open for those who devote themselves to useful employ ments everywhere. There was an In dustrial parade which gave lmpresslvo proof of tho progress and attainments of the colored people in agriculture, In stock raising, In artlsanshlp, In schools, in churches' and In homes. In spite of narrow prejudice and In many places unworthy hostility, the colored people are making progress that is worth whllo. When a man tells a young widow that he is not worthy of her ho knows she knows he's lying. Experiments by tho Japanese gov ernment of producing camphor by dis tilling tho leaves and branches of cam phor trees havo reached a stago at which 317 gallons ot distillate are pro duced from each 400 pounds of leaves. That man has a powerful clutch on bis high speed lever who can xefrain from starting anything ho knows he can't finish. When a woman marries for spite she usually spites herself more than her husband. and broke into the conversation. "Madam, I smell your beans burn ing," sho announced, crisply. A horrified scream greeted tho re mark, and the young lady was able to put In her call. . Of All He'd Done. Sklnnem (relating adveuture) Yes, death stared- me In 'the face, and, In thoso few seconds I thought ot all I d ever done. Smart Quito a little directory of names, out ALL Dutch towns, of course, havo their canals; thoroughfares us busy and frequented as their brick-paved high-roads, but the water villages have virtually nothing else. One of the best-known of theso is Aalsmeer. It may be at tained by tho prosaic means of the railway, though tho man of sontlment will prefer to approach Us Idyllic shores by boat, or, at least, by road, especially as the way to It leads through somo of the most Interesting and distinctive country In Holland. For Aalsmeer lies on the edge of the district known as the Haarlemer mere, a rich and fertile tract ot land, which was covered a hundred years ago by a dangerous and stormy inland sea, formed in the fifteenth century by floods from tho River Rhine and the Y. Gradually this great lake spread till it became a menace to Leiden, Haarlem, Amsterdam and even Utrecht, and keeping the necessary dikes and sluices in order became a heavy burden in labor and expense. It was into theso waters that 300 of the citizens of Haarlem were thrown, tied back to back, in the butchery by the Spaniards that took place after its siege and capitulation In the winter of 1572-3. Great Engineering Feat Draining this large tract of land was so great a feat of engineering that though it was suggested by n Dutch man called Leeghwater as early as tho seventeenth century, it was not under taken till after 1836, when a more than usually violent storm had caused great destruction of property from floods. Even then the scheme was not TYPICAL DUTCtt CANAL actually put Into effect till more than ten years later. It took three years continual pumping to drain the Haar lemer Meer, but the reclaimed land was quickly taken up by cultivators. Now it is some of the most fertile country in Holland. It may be easily distinguished on the map by Its being marked out in squares with blue lines for the intersecting canals, and even driving through it the visitor cannot help noticing the rectilinear character of Its roads. Straight as they are, these roads are very pleasant in spring, especially when they traverse the side of a broad canal fringed with water plants in flower, yellow iris and pink flowering rush; sweet-smelling, unfre quented roads, the haunt ot rare birds, fit prelude to the enchanted village of Aalsmeer. Aalsmeer itself Is now In tersected by a read, but at the point where It crosses a bridge a charming vista opens on either side. Right and left, as far as the eye can reach, stretches the narrow towing-path that forms the village high-road of Aals meer, with canals on either sido of It The houses, which appear sometimes to be actually encircled by water, are connected with this towing-path by plank swing bridges. These are so constructed that a touch from the punt-pole of an approaching barge sends them back alongside of the bank, leaving a free passage on the water way. The houses themselves are sur rounded by trees and trim gardens. Nothing could be prettier than this vil lage, nothing could have a more unique charm. The people themselves are quite In the picture, for these remote villagers have preserved, In several in stances, a dignified, beautiful type and a stately and primitive simplicity. Famed for Its Roses. Like Aalsmeer, the more modern water-village of Boskoop has Its horti cultural Industry. Boskoop is every where famous for its roses; it is more accessible and far less pontic than Aalsmeer. Besides roses, azaleas and Autocracy In Russia. The Russian 'officials are usually pleasant gentlemen. There is gener ally an air of indolence and Indiffer ence present in the office. There are many people about, smoking cigar ettes and sipping at their tea. Whilo this is being done, there may be a crowd awaiting their attention or that of the chief. It takes about three men to do tho work of one. Each ono waits for tho orders from some one else; If orders do not come it is safest to do nothing. Initiative will likely be punished. Each one feels that he Is only bound to loyalty to his chief. In the government it self he bos no part It he is ambi tious, obsequiousness is an excellent quality. But salaries are small, money is necessary, and opportuni ties for making money out of his of fice open up. The official is only human. Were local self-government established, there would undoubtedly be less corruption, for thero would be resnanslb'o- officials near at hand, Thu bureaus In Petrocrd rfoald not havo to be consulted, Tha bureaus ( and ministries would not only be rhododendrons are grown hero; but roses aro tho principal product. Al ready between three and four million plants aro annually produced for sale, and the Industry Is a growing one. Tho remote Frlesland village of Glet hoorn Is of quite a different typo. Hera there Is no industry to bring it into contact with tho outsldo world, no rail way, and, except on one side, no road. Tall trees shade its waterways on either side, and throw deep green re flections upon their still surfaces. Tha houses, prosporous-looking, well-kept and of a fair size, secludo themselves, each one In Its own garden. A narrow path runs beside the water, which U crossed by high rickety-looking wood en bridges, raised above tho water, so as to allow of the passage of a punt pole beneath them. The whole place Is like a bower of green. Tho peopla themselves are no moro apparent than somo woodland animal; the only events that ever happen hero are a wedding or a funeral procession, which both alike must make their way down the silent green streams. Tho village has Its moment of life when tho chil dren come out of school and play on tho narrow footpath, or run and crowd with a skill born of long practice overv . the narrow plank bridges which cross the intersecting canals. Not tho least attractive part ot tho visit to Glethoorn is the journey there. The point of departure is the charming llttlo town of Meppel, half-way be tween Zwolle and the more northern towns of Frlesland. Without having any historic or antiquarian associa tions, Meppel has an engaging Indi viduality of lt3 own, and It is surround- ed by pleasant country and many hedges. Somo distance from Meppel Is a village called Wanneperveen, and here a boat must be taken to Glet hoorn. The boats are rough punts that will take a mast and sail, and aro manned generally by a delightful old fisherman, picturesque and primitive as his tarry little craft At first the stream winds among meadows, then it slowly widens into a broad expanse ot reeds that whisper and bow In tba wind, apparently inaccessible and guarding in their depths silent pools, where rare waterfowl nest, their harsh, unfamiliar cry borne on the wind to the passer-by. Finally this reedy wa terway gives place to an open mere, and here the boatman deftly raises his sail and skims across to the village silent, shrouded in its trees, and hav ing an inexpressible sense ot remote ness. Ot all the delightful experiences that a visit to Holland holds In store there is nothing quite like' the passage of tho gray gleaminr waters of this Frlesland mere, which divulges, as It were, the village of Glethoorn. Got Even With Heckler. At a recent election the candidate was "heckled" rather badly by the local butcher. At last he grow rather' tired ot It and hinted that tho man was wasting time by asking silly ques tions. Tho butcher, enraged, retort ed: "If I had yau In my sausage ma chine I'd make mlncomeat of you." The candidate turned to him and asked gently: "Is thy servant a dbg that thou shouldst do this thing?" London Tit-Bits. War Has Hit Colombia. Europe's war has caused trouble In Colombia. Exchange rose 10,800 per cent ($108 in paper to $1 In gold), and still shows a tendency to go up. All prices for goods aro high. Tbere Is believed to be opportunity for tho United States here. freed of much detail and annoyance, but blame would not be placed on them for every fault or neglect of a lower official, North American Re view. Qualities of Precious Stones. An English lapidary, writing in tho middle of tho seventeenth century, gives an Imposing list ot tho offects of "gems and precious stones," among which ho enumerates "the mak ing of mon rich and eloquent, to pro servo men from thunder and lightning, from plagues and disease, to mova dreams, to procure sleep, to foretell things to come, to make men wlso, to strengthen memory, to procure honors, to hinder fascinations and witchcrafts, to hinder slothtulness, to put courage Into men, to keep mon chaste, to in crease friendship, to hinder differ enco'and dissension, and to make men invisible." Will Have Great Pressure. The world's greatest hydroelectric project, planned for India, will deliver water to tho turbines at a pressure of 80 pounds to tho square Inch.