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Goc as a Commodity
By William Jamesbii
lSC?X?X?3tt 0MR wr"trs on political economy in"
rvW exchange the products of our labor f(
ntoml tr BhOW that W9
'. f,,- iho' nroducts of til
rouucis ol our itmui - M
SXS labor of others; that money Is merely me meunm. .
$ of effecting the exchange. This Is in Hue with the c()"
J3, argument which lavs to Bold the cutise of the Increiwi g
W ,.... u .'i to mnnv is commodity I it is
"goods" culte as much as hats and chocs, us they well Know
who aie required to "deliver the goods" 1" exchange iur
their dally subsidence. Gold Is muney. aim ""w
tuodlty, governed by laws that govern all commodities.
There is absolutely no evidence adduced to Indicate nn overproduction oi
gold. On the contrary, if economic law Is law, and that law says no quantity
of money can be forced to circulate beyond the quantity required by the de
mands of exchange, then, the fuct that we are compelled to use other evi
dences of value, in the shape of bank checks, banknotes, Vnlted States notes
and silver certificates to fill the demand for money or circulation medium oi
exchange, Bolely because there is not enough gold to answer the purpose,
ought to net at rest the question of the overpi eduction of gold under present
conditions.
There Is no denying the fact thnt extravagance and luxurious living are
factors In the cause of high piers for life's necessaries. The deninl Ib of the
assumption that the production of geld is the cause. These conditions uttend
prosperity, and prosperity has ultended our efforts during periods of decreas
ing gold production. What, then, was the cause of that prosperity, with its
attending extravagance and luxury?
The main, fundamental cause, in a broad economic sense, of the present
condition of affairs in relation to the l.luh cost of living will be found In our
prosperity, and all those efforts which serve to continue this Btatc of affairs
and lead to a further increase of the quantity of the means of satisfying our
wants will tend to multiply Ihe means iiself. This quantity of means call
them dol!nrgrcpr sents units or smaller and smaller value as the quantity
Increases. If economic law is law, and In exchange for other commodities the
price of tlip commodity rises in reflecting this depreciation. If your supply
of dollars Increases and your quantities of other commodities decrease, you
nave your economic law wornuig at both ends and i lie miuoie io iu uiuip
fort of th" vast ainiy of tollers whose waking thou;
en the question of making both ends meet.
ghts und dreams cemre
j n.44 T it ?
Conservation of Energy Demands Continu
ance of Soul
Ey Dr. Gullie, of Michigan University
SIT IN THE SADDLE AXD HIDE.
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I'll life is a constant growth of the human Intellect, closely
f.lin.wt.wl Wk .li.. .l..i.,l,.l.nri.t .f thii li.l - Hilt VR UnOW
J that there Is a continuous Interchange, of cells, decaying and
W forming, und yet, though the living tissues may In the course
of timp bo untirolv renpwnd lho Imllvlilua) continues to
exist; It remains one and the sume. But evtn the matter
und energy which have been given off from the living body
have not disappeared; they are Mill in existence, though
disconnected from tho life-giving principle. Should we not
demand that there should be a similar conservation for the Invisible part of
our life? I have not the power to describe what the life after death is; the
intellect will not tell us.
While I have to content niyself with the assertion that mind Is as in
destructible as matter and energy, my firm belief In evolution and In an or
derly plan of the universe leads me to doubt that there can be any retro
gression In Its development. I believe my spirit will after death be more
advanced in all the characteristics of the human sou).
And thus I find no difficulty whatever In believing in a personality em
bracing tlm whole universe and intimately blended with the marvelously In
tricate system of material bodies, a personality different from ours, It Is
true, but, since I form a part of It, one of the same nature as my own, only
grander, wiser, more powerful and more just
In conclusion, let me say that the views here advanced were not ob
tained by adherence to any theological or philosophical dogma, but were the
result of a purely fecientiflc senrch after a word picture which would, satisfy
not only the intellect, but the human souL
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Fortunes in Honey
Ey D. S. jon9S
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It. Rockefeller's intertlon, I believe, is not to foster chnrlty
hut to help those, lliat are willing and competent to teach
others to make use of little things that will benefit mankind
in general, If be w ill help educate the country people to cul
tivate the bees am! collect the hundreds of thousands of
pounds of honey that go to wasto every year within a ra
dius of fifty miles of New York City Hall be will bestow
a blessing.
SunllghL und breezes and glorious flowers are o'er the earth
spread wide,
And the good God gave these gifts to men. to men who on earth abide;
Yet millions are Ignorant of this precious blocm, and shackled with Iron bands,
Whilst millions of people want honey and millions of bees want hands.
Take a walk or rldo in the country and you will see on every side many
acres of land covered with flowers from which untold tons of honey could be
collected, but they dry up ar.d are forever lost. For medical purposes honey
Is most valuable and as a sweetmeat cannot b surpassed by any other. Tho
sum of $5,0(10 spent in this way would mean nt least $1,000,000 in five years.
One acre, or 43.SOO square feet, of white clover, reckoning fifty heads of
clover to the fool and each flower producing one drop, will produce 831)
poundH of honey and about one pound of wax to every twenty pounds of honey
exclusive of the hay that can be cut after the flowers have done their work.'
Smoking In Church.
It lins come at last. Smoking by
men Is to be allowed in a church at
Dayton, Ohio. Efforts to popularize
the church in these days are advanc
ing so rapidly that the church may
soon become the most formidable
competitor of the club as a place to
go to have a good time. St. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
St. Louis has a concrete building
67 foet blub, which is entirely wi:h
out windows. The illumination is by
menus of skylights in the roof.
Going to the Play,
"I should think it would be a sim
ple matter to induce a woman to get
ready in time to attend an evening
performance."
"What's your scheme?"
"Ask licr to go to the matinee,"
Louisville Courier-Journal.
There has been a big lncrense in
the production of stilt lu the United
States in the last, ten years. Close to
J." million barrels were produced in
tills country last year, which was In
excess nf my such period previous.
by neon j. hushes.
Do you envy your fellow who's tuliins Hie
pule?
Do you fail of his nrtion. nnd stride?
Don't bunch with the quitters who turn
from the goal
But sit in the saddle, nnd ride!
nave thev jockied you out to tho list cf
tho tic-kl?
I tho cup you hnd tried for denird?
Stay gnme to tho end! There are chance
concealed,
And the least you can do in to ride!
Is your Iinir growing gray, and your face
growing old?
Are your uYe.min their fruition c"nieil?
To stay to the linish! Who trades that
for gold?
Git dote in the caddie, and ride!
Is your course leading out to tho shadows
lens land,
Where the yearn of fulfilment abide
Good luck to you, comrade! The slip of
my hand!
Eit tight iu the saddle, nnd ride!
Youth's Companion.
x x x x x x x
The Scent oi the Roses,
By ANNIE REYNOLDS.
X X X X X X X X X X
Holworthy frequently found him
self strolling by the house with the
bay window, beneath which was dis
played the neat Blgn, "China Paint
ing." Between the muslin curtains
hung the cage of a yellow canary, and
on the window sills potted purple
crocuses sot in cheery array. Not
that Holworthy was Interested in
canary birds or potted crocuses;
neither did china painting hold any
allurements for him. In fact, he
could not have explained what was
the lodestone that drew his footsteps
down this commonplace street of
abandoned residences, nor what tho
attraction for lilm In the room be
hind the bird cage and the crocuses.
The first floor was occupied by an up
holsterer, and the floors above had
been remodelled Into small tene
ments, grandly referred to as "apart
ments" In tho sign at tho third story
window.
One afternoon without the slight
est forethought he entered the door
way and pressed the bell belonging
to the second story "apartment." The
latch clicked spasmodically, and be
fore Holworthy had quite come to
himself he was upstairs, face to face
with a sprightly-appearing elderly
lady, enveloped in a paint-bedaubed
apron, and who balanced a plate care
fully upon the palm of one hand.
"Pardon me er do you fill or
ders. for china painting?"
This was rare presence of mind on
the part of Holworthy, for he lived
at hotels and had as much use for
hand-painted china as he ' ad for the
canary Blnglng shrilly In the bay
Window.
The sprightly lad" lost no time in
assuring him that Bhe did take orders
for all manner and kind of china
painting, and no doubt had visions
of furnishing forthwith a breakfast,
dinner and tea set for this handsome,
.well-dressed stranger.
The visitor glanced curiously about
the littered room. How changed it
was Blnca he had last seen it. He
Btrollcd to the window. The broad
window seats wero still there, and
the panelled shutters with little glass
knobs, that folded back Into niches in
the wall. In this very window, In
the soft spring twilight ten years ago,
he bad asked her to be his wife, and
the lovely head had lain upon his
breast. Good heavens, how it all
camo back to him. What a dream
It was, and how rudely shattered.
"Would you like to Bee some of
my work?"
The cheerle voice of the china
painter broke upon his reverie.
Sho regarded his gloomy face In
tently as he turned abruptly and went
with her to a curtained recess where
her dainty wares were spread. A
faint, fleeting perfume saluted his
LOBtrils. Instinctively he picked up
a piece of a broken Japanese Jar of
exquisite design nnd coloring. It was
that which held the sweet odor.
"This must have been a rose Jar,"
he said Idly.
"It was. 'You may break, you
may shatter the vase if you will, but
the Bcent of the roses hangs over it
still,' Bhe quoted prettily.
"That is true. However complete
the wreck the scent of tho roses
clings." He sighed heavily, seem
ingly forgetful of his companion.
" 'Twas tho 'scent of the roses' that
brought me here," he added, ab
sently. Her bright glance rested on his
youthful features and took In the
touches of silver la the thick black
hair at bis temples.
Presently she broke gently Into
his abstraction. "A lady left that
with me to be mended. Such a sweet
woman, but so sad at times. She
used to live here when it was a one
family house before the street was so
run down. Sometimes she tells me
of the pranks she used to play In that
bay window when a little girl. On
April Fool's day evening sho used' to
throw down packages tied to a string
and then twitch them soaring above
people's heads when they tried to
pick them up.
An electric Bhock ran through Hol
worthy. and ha drank in every word.
"And did she tell you bow the boy
who lived across the way sneaked
under the window one night and cut
away the package and tied the string
to tho blind downstairs?"
"She told me that; do you know
her!"
"I did when I was a boy," he add
ed, bitterly.
The painter busied herself for a
moment with her chinaware.
"She thinks everything of that rose
tar," very softly. "She preserved In
It nil the roses given to her by er
lever. She wr.s going to marry him,
but ho stopped caring for her and she
released him. She's taking lessons
from me, nnd sometimes she talks
about thore daj'9 when she used to
live here. I suppose I ought not to
reveal her confidence, but somehow I
feci that It isn't any harm to you.
She never married, and she says Bhe
never will nnd she is Just as sweet
end pretty and young " All thiB
time Bhe was moving lightly about
among the bowls and vases, and a
faint flush tlneed her withered cheek
nnd her voire trembled slightly.
"She takes lessons Wednesdays and
Fridays at 3 o'clock."
Holworthy gave a large order and
on the following Wednesday at a little
past 3 o'clock called to see how the
work was progressing.
A fnlr-halred woman was Beated
In the bay window In a long-sleeved
apron, bending over a piece of china.
It was the 3 o'clock pupil. The teach
er had disappeared.
"Philllc!" At the low appealing
tone the woman turned. When she
saw Holworthy sho rose slowly to her
feet ns If dazed, and her rich coior
fled from her face and llp3. He ad
vanced Impetuously, his dark eyes
burning Into hers.
"Here In this room where I first
offered you my love I offer it again!
It bus never wavered, but has grown
stronger and higher and surer after
nil tho misunderstandings nnd misery
of the past ten years. PhllllB, can
you ever love me again?" She closed
her eyes and the color surged back,
even to her brow.
"Why do you say again?" she re
proached him, ns the open arms
closed about her. "I've never
stopped loving you!" Boston Post,
WISE MOKDS,
- ryri
SOOT AS A FERTILIZER.
Soot Is not used to any extent ai
fertilizer because It Is not easily pro.
cured In sufficient quantities. Som
from fires where bituminous coal or
wood Ib burned contains small quaa.
titles of ammonium, potash and pt0
phates. Indianapolis News.
TIME TO SPRAY.
The time to spray depends ton
what on the special trouble cn d.
sires to prevent or remedy, h
purpose is to prevent or eradicats
scale spraying should be done in
ter or early spring, before any bodi
or foliage appears.
In a general way, tor preventing
fungus or other diseases attacking,
foliage, buds or fruit, it Ib usually
best to spray once or twice In the
spring, Just before and about tni
time buds commence swelling, anil
again after fruit Ib formed and Un
blossoms have fallen. It is not
thought good to spray while tren
are In full bloom. Farmers' Homt
Journal.
ADVANCEMENT OF AGTUCVLTCItE
Never before were there so many
agencies at work for tho advance
ment of agriculture and hortioulturt
in the South. In addition to the agri
cultural colleges, etperlmcnt stations,
etc., many schools have prescribed
practical courses in agriculture and
various branches; railroads are doing
their very best to develop this great
Industry. In addition to the farm
and fruit papers, the dally and week
ly press are giving much space to
agricultural topics which help won
derfully. With the co-operatioa of
all these agencies, the development
of agriculture in the South will make
wonderful strides during the next
decade. Southern Fruit Grower.
A man's own fa'ults never recon
cile him to anybody else's.
The wya a man cuts down his
fiower bills for a girl Is by marrying
her,
A girl likes to fool a man so she
can convince him Bhe didn't.
Men wouldn't care bo much for
even baseball if it were a family af
fair. Finance Is making money for your
self out of other people's.
When a man says he respects the
law what he means is he's afraid
of it.
A boy can pick tip some good habits
by their not being his father's.
The kind of virtue that makes a big
noise over Itself can't stand much
more of a test.
The acts of the coldest people can
make the rest of us the hottest.
You can always tell by the way a
woman smiles that what you think it
means Isn't it.
Intelligence Is much more com
fortable to live with than Intellect.
A woman's greatest optimism Is
thinking Bhe can get the men of her
family Into heaven.
Most people can be convinced more
easily with a club than with logic.
People don't get nearly bo top
heavy from having brains as from
thinking they have them.
A woman can admire a man for his
virtues but love him for bis faults.
A man thinks he's a devil of a fel
low to have a prize fighter pointed1
out to him In a street car.
A woman can even stop curling her
hair to hear how near a neighbor's
family is to being broken up.
There are few of us who wouldn't
rather win a lottery ticket than make
tvice as much working for it.
A man would rather brag about
how well he can make his furnace
wrrk than really have it do It. From
"Ilefioctlons of a Bachelor," in the
New York Press.
Could Do Iletter.
The lecture was on the economics
of nature and showed that her great
destructive powers were used only
to transform the elements Into other
channels.
"To illustrate," said the professor,
"there is In one of the Pacific islands
a volcano which hns for sixteen years
been pouring molten lava into the
ocean over a precipice 400 feet high
and eleven miles long. Egg's are
boiled in the open sea twenty-two
miles away."
"My goodness!" cried a feminine
voice in the audience, "what a big
pan and what a waste of fire and
water and fuss over a little plain
I cooking! "New York Times,
THE PEACH TREE BORER.
The peach tree borer is native to
North America and has been a serious
menace to peach growing for mors
thon 100 years; in fact, it is now
found In every State east of ths
Rocky Mountains, and nearly all th
peach trees planted east of the Mis
sissippi River during the last quarter
of a century have suffered more er
less from this pest.
Most farmers perhaps ha-.e sera
this insect In its destructive or borer
stage, few have seen it In any other
form, but few know the four sJnsei
which it passes through in Its trans
formation, and for that reason the
farmer does not stop to think over
the wonderful transformation exhib
ited by this insect in passing through
the four stages the egg (fie lar.'.a
or borer), the pupa, and the adult or
moth yet the most successful grow
ers of fruit are fast realizing thet
they must know more about (he lives
and habits of the insects In oider to
fight them most successfully, or in
other words, to apply the correct
methods at the right time. Ths
adult moth is of a deep steel-blue and
resembles a wasp; both the male and
female have yellow strips around the
body; the female, however, can be
distinguished from the male In that
the bands or strips are broader.
Southern Fruit Grower.
FLOWER STUDY NECESSARY.
"The fear Is growing that many of
America's representative wild flow
erg will disappear if the children are
not trained not only to love flowers,"
said Mr. Herman S, Bowles, of Mil
waukee, Wis., "but also to treat them
tenderly. According to flower lovers,
children must be taught to love flow
ers, bo that the uprooting of a plant
to obtain a single flower will appear
In their eyes a crime. This can be
done, they hold, by adding the prac
tical application of the rules f flori
culture to the study of botany in the
schools.
"Though the Idea is new in i.hl
country," continued Mr. Bowles, "It
is having a rapid growth. The ex
ample which Germany and other for
eign lands long ago set Is being fol
lowed. France demands horticultur
al knowledge of her teachers and
Russia has arbors in her school yards
tor botanical study.
"Arbor day was the first develop
ment of this movement. An effort !
being made to make it a day of pe
culiar significance to children. 1
most States they are taught to riant
trees with appropriate exercises; in
ome places the tree is wreathed
tho children sing as they stand
round it. In, all cases they are taught
to select trees suitable to the climate,
and are told interesting stories re
garding the desirability of the se
lected species and the care needed
for their preservation."
'Among applicants for service as
general housemaid la a Pittsburg
family was a rawboned girl of rattier
forbidding aspect. "Do you love chil
dren?" asked the mistress of the
house. "Well, mum," responded the
girl, with a grim smile, "that de
pends on the wages."