OLD AND N E W SANTA FS TRAILS
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The old "Santa Fe trail ' waa one ot
the most Important factors In the
, early development of the western coun­
try. It was the pioneer highway, bias­
ing tbs way for the railroads that
were to come later, but the earlier as­
Opinions of Great Papers on Important Subjects.
sociations and what It meant to tb#
people whom It Introduced to new ex­
periences and new opportunities hava
not been lost sight of. The settlers
able that the next few years may see radical changes
WORKINGMEN'S INSURANCE.
who made their homes on either side
In
postonica
organisation
and
management.
They
are
FTER many years of agitation France has
of It when It was the one well-known
likely
to
Include
a
divisional
system,
snd
a
permanent
followed the example and model of Ger­
highway In Kansas hava become with
superintendent, lnde(>endent of political appointment.
many In adopting a general scheme of
their descendants as Important ele­
—
Youth's
Companion.
workingmen's insurance. Under this plan
ment In the Industrial, social and po­
there is to be created an Insurance fund
litical life o f the middle west. Senti­
made up by yearly contributions from
ment for this old path ot civilization
IN YE OLDEN TIMES.
workingmen of 11.80, from working-
still lingers and Is now to have ex­
OW many of us yearn for the time when
women of 81.20, and from minors of 90 cents. Employ- '
pression In a new Santa Fe trail," or.
as boys we dashed Into the village store
era are obliged to contribute a like amount for each
as it Is more ambitiously termed at
with: "Gimme a cent's worth of beeswax;
person In their employ. The fund thus raised will be
this time, "The Arkansas Valley speed­
here's-y’egg!' and w e-like to think about
Increased by additions from the national treasury. The
way."
the time when eggs were worth 5 cents a
existing old age pension scheme will be consolidated
Work has already begun this spring
dozen and were sometimes such a glut in
with the new system, which Includes, like the German
upon the enterprise, the Boston Tran­
the market that the storekeeper would
system, sick benefits end accident Insurance. All State
script says.
It contemplates a dirt
throw them into the river at night, though be bought
employes in France already are pensioned land this in­ them, as usual, for 5 cents a dozen traded out in cotton
road 30 feet In width, beginning at
cludes railroad employes, miners and seamen). The
cloth and such like, rather than discourage the farmer.
Hutchinson, Kas , and running nearly
new system will add about 17,000.000 working people, or
the whole length of the western half
Free to all stood the barrel of whiskey In the Village
practically all of the working people of the country. It
of the State. Twelve counties are In­
store with a pint cup hanging beside It, for It was
is calculated that the Slate will have at first to con­ many years before the temperance wave swept the coun­
terested In It and seven are now en
tribute about $36,000,000 a year, but It Is believed that
try, and whiskey was worth only a shilling a gallon.
gaged In the work of construction.
this will be gradually reduced in a few years to about
Butter sold at from 8 cents to a shilling, which. In
When It reaches the Colorado line the
$ 25 , 000 , 000 — Indianapolis News.
Michigan, meant 12H cents or less. In a fine season
counties of that State will take It up
potatoes brought about a shilling a bushel and the good
and carry It aa far as Pueblo, with the
THE POSTOFFICE DEPARTMENT.
provider filled his cellar with vegetables and apples,
probability that It will be etxended to
HE Postoffice Department of the United
banked the cellar walls and trusted winter weather to
Colorado Springs and Denver.
States is the largest business enterprise
be Just cold enough to keep everything In perfect con­
A dozen years ago such an am
in the world, In the expenditures In­ dition.—Pittsburg Live Stock Journal.
| bltlous scheme of public and Inter­
volved. the number of persons employed
state Improvement In that section
and the service rendered.
There are
would hardly have been dreamed of.
ENGINEERING AND RECLAMATION.
many things about it of peculiar Interest.
much less undertaken Prosperity and
O GIVE a clear conception of the achieve­
During the nineteenth century, and up to
a stimulated public spirit have worked
ments of the engineer In the reclamation
the present time, It has doubled Its business once every
wonders, but the main incentive has
of arid lands for crop production, some sta-
ten years, except In two of the decades. This fact In
been the general ownership of auto­
ttitles should be noted of the great scope
Itself is deeply significant. It necessitates methods of
mobiles.
Among the farmers along
of the series o f projects.
Nearly eight
management which can expand with equal rapidity,
the old trail, It is said one In everv
years have passed since the United States
and they. In turn, require change as well as growth.
three possesses one of the new ma­
went Into the business of turning the wa­
No other business offers such a problem; nor Is the
chines, and m ore are every year com­
ter upon' the land, and up to date it has spent $48,000,-
end even In sight so long as population Increases.
ing. Two years ago the Kansas farm­
There are many reasons why the Postoffice Depart­ 000. This money has been Invested In twenty-eight
ers spent 82,750,000 for automobiles.
projects, meaning dams, reservoirs, canals, machinery
ment Is Just now a subject of serious study. It has
Last year they spent $3,200,000, and
and the pay roll of the 12,000 workers in the Irrigation
always been conducted at a loss. It has long been
the present year the purchases will be
service, from the engineers who surveyed the rivers and
considered that this would gradually be reduced In
much larger. Between the “ Old Santa
lakes, estimated the flow of water and planned tbs
amount, until it should finally disappear. The facts,
Fe trail" and the new what transfor­
works, to the dollar-a-day man who fills the hundred
however, have not Justified this belief. The ten-year
mations have taken place, what stir­
doubling of the business has been accompanied by ex­ miles of canal, serving a thousand acres, merely by
ring chapters of history have been
twisting the wheel valve that lifts the water gate. Six­
penditures which have somewhat more than doubled
made!
teen large rivers and seven lakes have been restrained
during the same periods. That Is not In accordance
to supply water to the arid lands in their vicinity, and
with the experience of the most successful private
at the present time 1,250.000 acres of reclaimed desert
commercial enterprises. In wblob an increase of one-
are being tilled and supporting 125,000 people.—Cassler s
tenth in the number of employes Is often sufficient to
Magazine.
care for a tw ofold Increase of business, it Is proh-
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MARK TWAIN S LIFE REVIEWED.
H a r d t o G iv e lle a n o n f o r C o m p a r a ­
t i v e F a i l u r e o f C e r t a i n llo u k a .
Every one knows the names of the
best sellers, which as a class began to
make the staid publishing profession
wild with excitement about a decade
ago. But, their why and wherefore Is
hard to determine, especially when one
sees how close to them In all respects
are many books which, with no derogs.
tory
Intention, may be called the
w orst sellers.
Antedating "Dr. Jekyll and Mr.
Hyde” by some years, Julian Haw­
thorne’s "Archibald Malmatson." the
■tory of a man who led two separate
existences, though thrilling, unusual
and full of dramatic possibilities, nev­
ertheless sank Into oblivion, scarcely
having found out what living was.
Mary Cholmondeley achieved suc­
cess with her “ Red Pottage," but sold
▼ery few copies of "Diana Tempest,"
which most critics find not only not
Inferior to the successful work but
even superior in Interest, dramatic
strength and construction.
Yet the best sellers passed It by and
Bo one could tell the reason.
"The Garden of Allah" added Jewels
o f a very material kind to the crown
•f its author. Robert Hlchens
But
"Flams.” by the same author and also
regarded as the better piece of work
by many critics, fell by the wayside
and has not sold more than 3,000 cop­
ies since Its first publication In 1894.
“ Belchamber," written by Howard
8turglBt, younger brother of the au­
thor of "The Folly of Pcnharrlngton,"
would naturally be supposed to appeal
to that great class among which nov­
els dealing with English society at
first hand Is generally popular. But
undeniable signs of .Intimate acquaint­
ance with English society and work
admittedly well done did not keep the
book from shooting wide of the mark
o f public favor. Yet It resembles so
closely many others that hit and hit
hard that one wonders what the rea­
son was. all the more since one of the
best known of English dukes, hut thin­
ly disguised, Is to be recognized in the
principal character.
Of a decidedly different order, 'T h e
H ill,” by Horace A. Rachell, a boy's
book, has been compared very favor­
ably by critics to "Tom Brown" Itself,
the New York Sun says. Much was
expected of It. as it was thought to fill
all the requirements It was expected to
meet—but alas!
Many novels burled under the over
whelming flood of best sellers can thus
be ferreted out and when laid open to
Inspection appear mwch as the best
ones themselves—often being an own
brother. And most often no one can
find the explanation.
nfifiolndona,
/ nln’ t a *oln* to jrit mad
When the i?a§ man comes armin'.
W ith a bill that look» as I’d furnished
Gns fer half the town.
1 won’t fume an' flare an* throw a fit.
An* tear my hair an* cuss.
*Vhen the stovepipe comes a-tuml-lln’
down.
An* makes an awful muss.
Or If when I have *one to bed.
The telephone should Tin*.
An* to m.v bare an* tender feet,
I*d quickly have to spring.
T o find there’s nothin' doin’.
An' they've rung me by mistake,
m simply *w.tiler down my rags
An* bear the cold an’ shake.
An' all the other cares of life
I'm goln' to Ignore.
There ain't no pesterin' troubles
Ooln' to hurt me any more;
F or I've made resolutions
That I’ m goln' to keep or bust.
A n' I’m never goln' to worry
Or gll mad until I must
— Indianapolis News.
W bat has become of the old-fash-
loned man who aat around down town
■ntll noon, and then said, aa ha start­
ed aw ay:
"W ell, I'll go home and
If the neighbors have brought In
• a yth ln gf
S T A Y E D IS T H E H A N D T H A T M A D E T H E W O R L D L A U G H A N D W E E P
Born near Hannibal, M o, November 30, 1835.
Lett school to work as “ devil" In his brother's printing office In Hanni­
bal when 12 years old.
Worked as an Itinerant printer in different cities In the Middle West.
Became a pilot's apprentice on the Mississippi river, under the direc­
tion of CapL Horace Blxby, of St. Louis.
Served a few weeks In the Confederate Army and went West with his
brother Orion, who had been appointed secretary of the territory of Nevada.
Worked In Nevada mining camps and as correspondent and writer for
the Virginia City (N'ev.) Enterprise and the Sacramento (Cal.) Union.
Published his first book, "The Jumping Frog of Calaveras County,” In
March, 1867.
Made famous by “ The Innocents Abroad," published In 1869.
Married In 1870 to Miss Olivia L. Langdon, o f Elmira, N. Y., whom he
met while on a cruise In the Mediterranean, and who died In Florence, Italy,
In 1904.
Organized the C. L. Weoster Publishing Co. in 1881, and lost almost bis
entire fortune through the firm's failure In 1894.
Given the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws by Oxford University,
England, In 1907.
Ketlred to his villa. "Stormfleld, near Redding, Conn., In 1908, to liv.
with his daughters, Clara and Jean.
Journeyed to Bermuda late In 1909 and returned broken In health ana
spirit. He failed rapidly after the sudden dentU of his daughter Jean,
December 24, 1909.
HOW THEY M ARRY IN ARAN.
.W n r r ln K « * r im l « » » i m I n W h i c h n M f i n
D o e sn 't ( h o o a e
Ilia W ife .
In her article on the Aran islands,
off the coast of Ireland, lit Harper's,
Maude Radford Warren tells of some
amusing marriage customs
obtained
there.
"The marriages are made by the par­
ents, and frequently the couple never
speak to each other alone until after
the wedding.
“ ‘ But ought a man not to choose
his own wife?" Darragh Shuan. the
fisherman, waa asked.
'"L e t you listen to me,' said Dnr-
ragh Shuan. leaning back* on
bis
curagh on the beach of Inlshmore.
He pointed first to a thin line of green
on a plateau of rock, and then to a
tiny cottage lonely against a gray crag.
'If that field were my father's,' ex­
plained Darragh Shuan, ‘and If I was
thinking of a girl la that cottage there,
and If my father did not like the girl,
then he would not give me that field.
Then what would 1 be doing? It has
to be.'
"It has to be— that la the word of
the Islands.
“ 'There la a girl back from Amer­
ica,' said Darragh Shuan, 'and the la
having alxty pounds of her own. She
kaa told the prteat and we are all
knowing It, that she will go back next
month if no one wishes to marry her
Mourteen Michael Sawn will be ask
lng her If his great uncle, who Is dy­
ing, leaves hint his cottage and field
But the old man may not die before
the steamer sails.'
"Darragh Shuan said this very
gravely.
"The most desirable consort Is a man
or girl returned from America, for
they always have money. About 25
per rent of the population go to Amer
lea and most o f them come back, for
they love their Islands so dearly that
they only go away, as It were. In order
to stay In them
Many of those who
return die of consumption, but many
more regain whatever health they have
lost snd marry, reverting to their old
ways, with no regret for the civlliz»
tlon they have cast behind.”
C e n rim o m
R ttq e e ite .
"Now, your conduct during the trlai
may have considerable effect on the
Jury"
“ Ah, quite so," responded the ultra
■well defendant. "And should I ap­
pear Interested or Just mildly bored T”
—Kansas City Journal.
Doesn’t It often occur to you that
the devil hns n grudge agnlnat youT
W tat iT a pöaitüe fact*
Exports of Hungarian beans to the
United States In 1909 were of the
value of $1,170,000.
The army of foreigners arriving on
our shores during the last year reach­
ed a total of 751,786.
Prussian statistics show that the
starch content of potatoes Is highest
where the system of culture Is most In­
tensive.
Canada's public debt on February
28, 1910, was $328,658,880 net, an in­
crease of $20,600,000 in 12 months. The
Increase Is small compared with the
great railway work Canada la doing
or aiding.
London’s newest music hall seats
four thousand persons. St. Peter’s ca­
thedral In Rome 'can hold at a pinch
54.000 persons. Milan cathedral hold
40,000. St. Paul’s In London, has seen
26.000 within Its walls.
Mrs. Charles G. Ames was elected
president of the School Voters’ League,
which has just been organized In Bos­
ton. The object o f the league Is to
study school matters and school con­
ditions and to help to better them.
The coal and Iron mines and the salt
works owned and operated by the
kingdom of Prussia employed last year
89,723 men and turned out products
worth $38,171,960, or about 4 per cent
greater than in 1908. Coal formed
$53,411,960 of the output.
Johnny had two presents at the
same time— one a diary, which he kept
very carefully, and the other a pea­
shooting popgun, which he fired In­
discriminately on all occasions. One
day his mother found the following
terse record In his diary: “ Monday
cold and sloppy, Toosdy cold and
sloppy. Wensdy cold and sloppy shot
gramma."
In a California town a drummer
brought the hotel porter up to h's
room with his angry storming. “ Want
your room changed, m ister?" politely
queried the porter. "Room changed!-
N o!” fumed the drummer. "It's th>
fleas I object to, that's a ll!” "Mrs.
Leary,” shouted the porter to the
housekeeper down below, "the gent In
No. 11 la satisfied with his room, but
he wants the fleas changed."
BRITISH H EBREW CHURCH.
I . s e . d a o f . ■ A o r ie n t K n e ll. S lo o s
l .e e n t e d a t ( i l a . t u a b n r r .
London Is mildly Interested Just now
In an attempt to revive In corporate
form
the ancient
Brltlsh-Hebrew
; church, first formed, tradition says, at
( Glastonbury, among Hebrew exiles, by
j Joseph of Arlmathea, In A. D. 35, the
year of the first persecution. The le­
gends of the sect affirm that the an­
cient British people descended from
- a load of Hebrew exiles who reached
Ireland under the leadership of the
prophet Jeremiah and Tephl, the
daughter of Zedeklah. the last klug
of Judah. Through her marriage with
Hermon the pedigree of King Edward
II la traced back to David, king of
Israel and Judah.
A settlement of these Hebrews prac­
tising Hebrew rites was In being at
Qlastonbury when, according to tia-
dltlon, quoted by Baronlus. a Roman
historian, and Maelgwyn of Llandaff.
a writer of the fifth century; Joseph
o f Arlmathea, Lazarus, the Virgin
Mary, Martha, Mary the Magdalen and
others found refuge In this colony and
made their first converts to the Chris­
tian faith ten years before the found­
ing o f the Church of Rome. From
the fact that the word "Hebrews”
means "those who have crossed the
flood." they Infer that the epistle
bearing that name was addressed to
the Hebrew Christian church In Eng­
land.
The service at present consists en­
tirely o f Biblical readings, followed by
a sermon. There Is no singing. Bap­
tism Is administered by meahs of Im­
mersion on profession of belief and
the Passover supper Is observed an­
nually on the fourteenth day o f the
Jewish month of Nlsan, the elements
being pure grape Juice and pierced un­
leavened cakes.
For officers a plu­
rality of elders are elected, one ot tbo
present holds of the office being a
cousin of the late Cardinal Wiseman.
He also holds he office of angel, or
messenger, a post corresponding to
that o f preacher.
Professing, In common with other
Protestant churches, that the Bible
only Is their sole rule of faith and
practice, the British Israel Ecclesla,
as they designate themselves, are anti-
Trinitarian In theology. They hold,
nevertheless, the doctrine of the di­
vinity of Jesus Christ and the sanc­
tity of the Holy Spirit. They also
hold strong views on the necessity for
observing Saturday as the Sabbath,
and look for the establishment of a
Messianic kingdom on earth in which
the Jewish race will be predominant.
For further confirmation of their
tenets they point to the fact that the
word British is from the Hebrew
"brtt," a covenant, and they conclude
therefrom that the British race are
the covenant people. The stone In the
British coronation chair In Westmin­
ster Abbey, they assert, is not Jacob's
pillow, but part of the rock from
which Mose smote and out of which
water flowed.
PEA RY'S LONG NIOHT W ATCH
A w a i t , t h . C o m l a a o f l> a w a t e
s l a H I . D a « li l o l b . X u r t h .
te­
One tnetallment > of
Commander
Peary'a narrative In Hampton's Maga­
zine dealt with the wait through the
long arctic night, from the time the
Roosevelt was stalled In the Ice until
the coming of the dawn and the dash
for the pole. Commander Peary give»
a graphic picture of how the little ex­
pedition spent the tedious hours of
darkness building the sledges, hunt­
ing game, constructing Igloos, making
scientific observations. To keep the
men from brooding In the unaccus­
tomed dark, each was given a heavy
but den of work to accomplish. There
Is a form of arctic madness, says
Peary, called plblokto.
Aside from rheumatism snd bron­
chial troubles, the Eskimos are fairly
healthy; but the adults are subject to
a peculiar nervous affection which
they call plblokto— a form of hysteria.
"Personally I have never known a
child to have plblokto," Commander
Peary says. "Some one among the Es­
kimos would have an attack every day
or two, and one day there were five
cases. The Immediate cause Is hard
to trace, though I believe It Is gener­
ally a brooding over absent or dead
relatives, or a fear ot the future. The
manifestations of this disorder gre
somewhat startling.
“ The patient, usually a woman, be­
gins to scream and tear off and de­
stroy he’r clothing. If on the ship,
she will walk up and down the deck,
■creaming and gesticulating, and gen­
erally In a state of nudity, though the
thermometer may be In the minus for­
ties. As the Intensity of the attack
Increases, she will sometimes leap over
the rail onto the ice, running perhaps
half a mile. The attack may last a
'ew minutes, or an hour or more; and
some become so crazy that they would
stay out there running about on the
Ice in a state of nudity until they
froze to death, If they were not forci­
bly brought back.
"When an Eskimo Is attacked with
plblokto indoors, nobody pays much
attention, unless the patient should
reach for a knife, or attempt to In­
jure some one. The attack usually
ends In a fit of weeping; and when
the patient quiets down, the eyes are
bloodshot, the pulse high and the
whole body trembling for an hour or
so afterwards.
"The well-known madness among
the Eskimo dogs is also called piblok-
to. Though It does not seem to be in­
fectious, the manifestations are simi­
lar to those of hydrophobia.
Dogs
suffering from plblokto are usually
shot, and they are often eaten by the
Eskimos.”
¡LONG-DISTANCE INFORMATION.
1 FASHION HINTS
A very attractive white foularil with
black ring dots, has two deep hands of
black on the skirt, one at the knees, and
the other as hem.
# The deep crushed girdle and cuffs are
also of the black silk.
FAMOUS DUELS IN
• r im e
M in is te r s
S a t i s f a c t i o n In
ENGLAJTD.
Sou*ht
F ie ld o f
or
G ar«
H on or.
At least four of England's prime
ministers entered the “ field of honor,”
a ''Student of the Code,* In a letter to
the New York Sun says. The Duke of
Wellington challenged t e Earl of
Winchelsea In consequel te ot the
earl's remarks on the Catholic ques­
tion. They met 111 Battersea fields.
Lord Winchelsea received the duke's
fire and then fired in the air.
The Rt-Hon. William Pitt was chal­
lenged by George Tierney, president
of the board ot control, on account of
certain objectionable remarks made In
the House of Commons. They met on
Putney common. Two shots were ex­
changed and Pitt fired the third time
In the air, when a reconciliation was
effected.
George Canning met Lord Castle-
reagh on Putney common. They fought
In sight of the windows of the house
In which Pitt died. Both missed. At
the next exchange Castlereagh’s ball
entered Mr. Canning's thigh, Inflict­
ing a slight wound. The two states­
men assumed their places for a third
shot, when the seconds, seeing the
blood streaming from Mr. Canning's
wound, put an end to the combat.
Benjamin Disraeli likened Daniel
O'Connell to the Impenitent thief on
the cross. O’Connell also used lan­
guage which was not parliamentary,
and Disraeli offered to castigate the
Irishman. O'Connell declined to me«t
him. Disraeli then challenged Morgan
O'Connell, the accuser’s son, but Mor­
gan O'Cbnnell also declined to meet a
Jew on a “ field of honor.”
Curran, the Irish orator, fought four
duels. The first was with Capt. St.
Leger, who had Insulted an Irish Ro­
man Catholic priest. The captain fired,
but Curran did not. “ It was not nec­
essary for me to fire at him,” the Irish
wit afterward wrote; “ the gallant cap­
tain died three weeks after the duel
of the report of his pistol.”
The next affair was with Attorney
General for Ireland Eitzglbbon. The
parties were to fire at pleasure. Cur­
ran fired first, and then Fitzglbbon
took aim for nearly a minute. On Its
proving Ineffectual Curran remarked:
"It was not your fault, Mr. Attorney;
you were deliberate enough!"
Tha
third duel was with John Egan, an
Irish barrister who had the nlcknama
of Bully. Egan was "o f Immense size,
as brawny and almost as black as a
coal porter." Curran was facetious on
the subject of Egan’s size, and they left
the field reconciled.
Egan became
Curran's second in Curran's fourth
and last duel, with Lord Buckingham­
shire.
Richard Brinsley Sheridan fought
Mr. Matthews, "a gentleman of fash­
ion,” at Bath in order to vindicate the
reputation of Miss Llnley.
It waa
done In theatrical style. They fought
with swords and great courage and
skill were displayed on both sides.
Sheridan disarmed his adversary and
compelled him to sign a formal retrac­
tion. Mr. Matthews again challenged
Mr. Sheridan. The parties met on
King’s Down. The battle was desper­
ately contested. After a discharge o f
pistols they fought with swords. Both
were wounded and fell to the ground,
where they continued to fight until the
seconds separated tliom. It was found
that Matthews’ sword was actually
broken off in Sheridan's ear.
The old saying that “ A rolling stone
gathers no moss” may be applied to the
brain as well as to the body. It may
be advantageous to know the courses
ot the stars, but of what practical
value Is such Information If the com­
mon things of one’s Individual region
remain unstudied? Mark Twain says,
» • # • * * $ * * * « * # * * * ii
"It Is bad to get into a rut, but It Is
worse to wabble all over the road."
Little Margie's mother was playing
Such truth Is borne home to the reader
one o f Wagner's most strenuous pieces
of S. Barlng-Gould's experience, told In
on the piano, and after she had fin­
"A Book of the West.” The author
ished, Margie asked: "Mamma, were
was an Inspector who was examining
you playing a piece or dusting the
the schools of Devonshire.
piano?”
"W hat form Is that?" asked the In­
Little Joe— Mamma. I wish you spector.
would lend me 50 cents. Mamma—
"Dodecahedron, sir,” replied the chil­
What do you want It for, dear? Lit­ dren.
tle Joe—Uncle Tom Is going to give
"And that?"
me a bird dog, and I want to buy a
"Isosceles triangle.”
cage for him.
“ What Is the highest peak In
Minnie, aged 5, was spending a week Africa?”
in the country and heard her grand­
"K ilim anjaro.”
ma say the hens were not laying as
“ What is its height?”
well as they had been doing. "W ell,
"Twenty thousand feet.”
don't worry, grandma," said Minnie,
"What rivers drain Siberia?”
“ I s'pose they got tired of laying and
“ Obi. Yenisei. Lena."
thought they would stand awhile.”
Here I asked permission to ask a few
questions. On my way to the school
S p a n k * H e r H u a lm n d .
I had plucked a little bunch of speed­
Among the many letters In the New
Vork Herald, this appeared the other well.
“ Would you mind Inquiring of the
day:
children its name?" I asked.
The writer, though a woman, has
Not a child knew.
no sympathy and little patience with
“ What Is the river which flow*
the demand made so loudly and per­
through the valley?”
sistently nowadays for woman suf­
Not a child knew.
frage.
"W hat Is the name of the hlghesx
What women should Insist upon Is
peak o f Dartmoor which you s.-e yon­
the right to be the absolute ruler in
der?"
the home. I have practiced this doc­
Not a child knew.
trine during the nine years of my
The children acquired many new
married life, and with most excellent
words which they mispronounced and
results. I have four children and I
did not understand, but which they
am obeyed and respected by them and
enforce discipline by corporal punish­ liked to use.
"Isn't It hot?” said one pupil, "The
ment whenever I think It Is needed.
prepositions be running all over me.”
I also demand obedience In domes­
"Aye,” was the reply. “ But you be
tic matters from my husband, and
no scollard. I be breaking out wl’
LOCATING TRUFFLES.
when he Is naughty or disobedient I
Presbyterians.”
take him across my knee just as I do
T h » H u n t e r W i i r k i i w i t h «1 T r n l n e o
my
youngest
boy.
My
husband
is
I 'lu a n d a P o i n t e d S t a f f.
HIS OWN COIN.
older, larger and stronger than I am,
The truffles looked exactly like white
but submits to my discipline without
potatoes that had been very thorough­
K n o x G a v e I ln o l W h n t H o o t H e d
question, knowing It is for his good.
ly dusted with powdered cinnamon.
P aused O at to D e p fn .
W IFE AND MOTHER.
They were the size of white potatoes,
Senator Depew told a little story on
Brooklyn, April 11, 1910.
and they had the white potato's irreg­
himself and Senator Root In a speech
ular shape.
at a dinner In Washington to Mr. Roof
K i r a Hay*« A n tic ip a tio n .
“ On the way to the Riviera," said **Uv course I’m glad to hev the spring by the New York Republican Congres­
the hoet. “ I stopped at Mar6ellles in
sional delegation.
Git here," says Ezry Hay,
order to see a truffier. or truffle gath­ "So’s I kin plow ag’ in. an’ git
"When Root was secretary of state,”
It usually takes a stronger hint to
My garden under way.
erer, at work. Truffles come only from
said Senator Depew, "I went over to Induce a visitor to go than was re­
France. They cost, even over there, I like to see things cornin’ up
see him and asked him if he couldn’ t 1 quired to get him to come.
And growin’ ev’ ry day;
about $5 a pound. The taste? Well,
do something for me In the line of
But I’ve got other reasons, too/*
mush roomy, but much richer.
consular appointments.
He said:
Its F in a n c ia l F la v o r .
Says Uncle Ezry Hay.
“ Our Marseilles truffler carried a
'Senator, I'm sorry. I would like to do|
Dealer—That's one of our best Im­
pointed staff
His Indispensable col­ T v e been cooped up all winter long; something for New York, but'—and ported cigars Hasn't It a flch, mild
laborator was a trained pig on a leash.
Mr. Root picked a paper from h is , flavor?
Haln't been out anywhere;
Customer— Yes; the cigar Is mild
The pig was Ilka any other, only his Haln’t even been a show In town
desk— 'I see that New York's quota lai
enough, but the price is about $4 a bos
snout was longer and better developed.
This winter, I declare.
now exceeded by 14 per cent.’
too fierce.__________________
“ We spectators had hardly walked But follerln’ the plantin’ time
"W ell,” continued Senator Depew, " I :
An’ Mister Robin’s song.
100 yards over the fields when the pig
W h y H o I .e d .
kept going to see Senator Root for a
stopped and began to root near the It won’ t be very long afore
The angel was making up the list.
year Every time I went to see him
The
circus
comes
along.
foot of an oak. The truffler helped
"I never asked my fellow man If It
he would remind me that New York's
him to dig with the pointed staff. Some "I don’ t mind stayin’ In so muclk
quota was exceeded by 14 per c e n t \ was hot enough for him,” remarked
truffles appeared a foot underground,
Finally I uald, 'Mr. Secretary, I think i Abou Ben Adhem.
Nor workln* hard all spring.
And lo, hla name came In under the
and the truffler pushed the pig aside, With knowln’ that fore very
you're a great statesman, but your j wire first.—New York Sun.
threw It an acorn and put the truffles j I’m goln’ to hev my fling!
mathematics are Inclined to be auto­
In his bag.
An’ that Is why I’m glad It’s
matic.'
J n v e n lle I g m ir a n c c .
Bo's I can till the ground;
"He found, or, rather, his pig found,
"After awhile Mr. Knox became sec­
Tommy—Paw, how much are you
a dozen truffles in the hour we watched But more beeux the circus folks*
retary of state,” Senator Depew said, worth?
Will soon be cornin’
him. At every find the pig was re­
Mr. Tucker—About $4,000, my son.
when the laughter had subsided. “ Sen­
—Boston Herald. *
warded with an acorn. These pigs
ator Root went up to see him about W hy?
Tommy
(after a few momenta of
T h e O n ly C k ii n g f .
roet $60 apiece. The man made about
consular appotatments.
‘I'm sorry,'
deep thought)—Paw, how much does
$4 that morning.
My *ady Is perfect quite.
said Mr Knox, 'but'—and he turned to
Her name Is Brown, her hair the a document file— ‘ I find that New the assessor fine yoiF for having all
One difficulty encountered by the
that?
__________________
same.
York's quota Is now exceeded by 14 per
man who goea home to fo ^ e t the Her disposition’s sweet snd bright;
E v e r y d a y r h lln -n p a y .
ce
n
t'
”
—
New
York
Sun.
cares and worries o f the business day.
There’ s naught I’d change— except
What though your schemes hare all
her name.
It a long Hat of home made woss which |
gone wrong—
This la tha time o f the year when
make him anxious to go ta ck to «-Cfcthollc Standard and Times.
For Fortune is naught but a flirt;
a man feel like giving up hla business
peaceful work In the morning. ^
The poltre forre of London arretted for bla hobblaa. If he belitres osa In­ Go trudging along with a cheerful
song
last year more than 10$,009 persona
A cyalc U always a liar.
terferes with U m other.
And a smile that conceals tha hurt.
J Wit of the Youngsters $