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Tour credit mar be good, but yot
aoney I better.
Nobodr has as ret made a success
st predicting the tad ot the world.
It man knows nit about you and
fa ttlll Tour friend, hell do to tie to.
When the south pole la discovered
ct somebody star there and alt ou It.
When a woman acquire a job lot ot
trinkets aha beglna to apeak ot her
teirela,
The auto run over you and rou die.
The aeroplane run orr you and rou
don't mind It a bit
The proof that there la no coal trut
Is found when the temporarily
barnuwed one trie to Ret a, ton on
tick.
The anas boat of the future will be
employed to yank the dark and men
acing clouds out of the aerial high
ways.
On her Last trip OTer the Lualtanta
consumed $16,000 'worth of coal. How
would you like to be the Lusllanla's
coal man?
laugh at people than to laugh with
them, or make them laugh at them
selTM. I
an "i ui ! m
The rush of thousands at eager In
dividual to tho 1ml I mi land opening'
In Montana shows to what en extent
land hunger In besetting the people
It Is a question If one out of a thou
sand among, those that hare registered
tn the hop ot securing Indian recur
vation land has any Intention ot set
tling and honestly "farming It." even
If he Is lucky. The land hunger hat
become an obsession, fed by the lottery
method the government sees fit to
utlllie In distributing those lands, It
la the old story ot "taking a chanre."
and the Individual pays railroad fare
and living expenses, which amount tc
no Inconsiderable sum, In the hope ot
being one of the lucky ones In Unci
Bom's lottery. If a plot ot ground It
drawn, no doubt It will be scorned at
something undesirable for even the
most productive western land Is not
enticing In Its sagebrush form. II
means hard work to bring a productive
farm out ot raw western land, and
moat of those who take part In such
speculative rushes are not ot the sort
to carry the game through to Its fin
Ish and to make actual ranchers o
themselves.
Papers people
"What Is a klasr asks the New Or
leans State. If tho editor of that pa
per doesn't know by thU time he
sever will learn.
Perhaps neither Peary nor Cook
would have discovered the north pole
It they'd known there was going to
be such a fuse about it.
Mara Is only 35,000,000 miles dis
tant from the earth now. It Is a fact,
however, that there are a good many
wide, open leads between the two
ilnnct.
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The Idea that there Is always room
at the top mar be all right, neverthe
less It U fortunate that Cook and
Peary didn't reach the north pole at
the same time.
0
During "aviation week" at Rhelms
an aeroplaaltt was fined twenty franca
tor reckless flying. He did not run
Into any one, nor did he smash Into
anything; he mcrelr frightened the
spectators.
Dr. Murphr " the man who dls
torero how to kill the cancer germ
will be a greater man than the dis
coverer of the north pole. We might
make a similar claim for the man who
shall dlacover a hair restorer that will
-tstore.
Yes. fellow citizens, your Uncle Sam
ilts on the North Pole, rests one foot
on the Far East, the other on the Far
West, and with his horny bands digs
a ditch across the middle of the hem
isphere, while his sons .capture all the
prizes of the air and earth. (Deafen'
Ing applause.)
TREATMENT, REAL AND IDEAL. OF ANIMALS.
liy P. Howard Moor.
A large part of the energy uf civilisation
has come out ot the bottles ot the great tour
footed races. The horse, the ox. the mule,
the elephant, the camel, the reindeer, the
water buffalo, the itk, the dog, and the don
keyon the powerful and patient backs of
the patient beings civilisation has been
born tor unknown hundreds ot years,
Civilisation I not an exclusively human
thing. It I a Joint product, th result ot the combined
tabor and sacrifice ot many races ot mammnls and
birds And no one of these races has the right to take
more than Ita share of the blessings of civilisation nor
to shift upon others more than their portion ot lit'
Ills.
In the Ideal state man treats the race of being affil
iated with him not as objects ot pillage, but as beings
with rights and feelings and capabilities of happiness
and misery like himself lie Is kind to them ami ever
mindful of how he mar gladden and enrich their neces
sarily meager Uvea,
He gets real pleasure by simply stelng them happy
and realising that he haa In some measura contributed
to that happiness. He provides them plenty to eat, com
fortable homes, vacation days In which to rest, oppor
tunities for pleasure and paatlm, an education, and In
firmaries for times of misfortune and decline.
has Indicated to his employer that he mean to stay
where he' Is and do his whole duty according to office
standard Hut the organizer himself mads the organi
sation attractive. Shall he not have some ot the ben'
fit?
0
Recently there died a man ot wealth
and prominence whose business wai
conducted In accordance with a policy
of enlightened self-Interest that act-
Ire endeavor toward personal advance
ment which takes Into account In largt
measure the general good. He was s
manufacturer of bicycles, and realising
that Improved highways meant In
creased demand for the products of hit
factories, he became a pioneer In th
movement for good roads. Realizing
also that a more general appreciation
ot the manr pleasured and benefits ol
outdoor life would mean more bicycle
riding, he established a magaxlne de
voted to such life. The two causei
which be helped along In energetic am!
practical fashion need no defense.
Doth are generalr accepted aa Import
ant factors In the material advance
ment of the countrr and In the per
sonal welfare ot Its people. When tin
bicycle declined In popularity this mar
engaged In the manufacture ot auto
mobiles, and continued his advocacy
ot good roads. That he prospered by
his far-sightedness vindicated the wis
dom ot his course, even from the self
ish point of view. Every man is Juttl
fled In promoting his own welfare, to
protecting his own interests and In
acquiring a competence against tht
Inevitable old age. It Is his doty tc
do this, and happy the man, and .happy
the community In which he lives and
labors, when he does it in such a way
that those round him are benefited
rather than Injured. Not all can be
great manufacturers and gain wealth
by leadership in national movements
but every person can act on the sound
theorr that self-interest is best served,
not by the narrow selfishness which
sees only the present dar and the 1m
mediate surroundings, but by the far
slghtedness which Includes tho days tc
come, and the comprehensive planning Ther ts a little seaport town.
QUESTION OF Y0UB POSITION'S VALUE.
By John A. lowland.
I was talking with a bright young fellow
the other day who has been nursing a llttl
sontness against his employer. He went Into
th establishment as almost a beginner In
th business. He hss worked hard and faith
fully for two year or more, with only one
small Increase In his salary. Six months
ago, feeling that If he had progressed as he
felt he had done, he was worth more money.
he asxed (or more. Hut he hain't got the "raise." Il
wasn't refused It. simply his employer hasn't given It
to him.
That one greatest' reason why this young man
wouldn't think of'leavlng his employer was that In his
work he felt he was getting a broad, liberal education
In his specialty. That house which, through a friend
there, had offered 50 per cent lncrvase In salary, was
slow, conservative, practically making no advance. In
bis preient place ot employment aggressive method
and unquestioned money to put them through had made
It a standing example of up-to-date progress.
Men In business have built up organisations where
they are besieged with applications for positions. Ordi
narily that man who I an organtter In the true sense
Isn't searching out high priced, developed talent In
other quarters with which (o back up his business ma
chinery. He Is developing It himself. For this reason,
in many lines ot work, he has a double appreciation of
the man who appreciates his organization for what
that organization Is. If he ha a man drawing f 10.000
salary who refuses to accept $20,000 a year In a third
class establishment and time and again such cases
develop should the organizer volunteer to Increase the
employe's salary bccau of the refusal? The man I
tried and proved through the refoul ot that offer; he
A
PLANE OF LIFE NOW INTERNATIONAL.
tty Dr. fuiMtr Splller.
We are living on an International plane A
large part ot th population dwells lit towns,
and not only Is travel to distant places rapid
and frequent, but the movement of population
from Vxaltly to locality and from country to
country I a decided fcaturi itf th limes.
Through the utilisation of trm and electric
ity villages and couiitrle have heen brought
near to each other, th telegraphs tor exam
ple. Runout annihilating dMance- hnr lh develop
ment of International commerce jn an unprecedented
neat, rach place receiving the products of th 'arthet
land
Slmul'anrousl) the democratic trend In polltl be
came more and more noticeable Accordingly to-day
th total absence of constitutional government I a rar
ity, and not only hav moil men the vote, but wotneti
will soon have It, too. Kvn the. orient, which was sup
posed tn b unalterably abeoluttsltc In government, ha
offered u recently th gratltrlng pcctacl cif one na
tion after another, Egypt, India. Japan, China. Persia,
Turkey, demanding a constitution, and tn many rates
obtaining It.
Kapld tranilt and rapid news hat, however, not only
led to a close contact between the Individuals of the
several nations, hut between th nations thm!vea.
Hence village politic has gradually given way to na
tional politics, and this to International politic. nd
men are consequently almost as sensitive today con
cernlng what happen a thouiand mile away as to
what happens next door.
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PROBLEMS OF BETTER HEALTH EDUCATION.
Ily Wr, Thome (Iraitt Alien.
It Is obvious that In education health is
fundamental, that yen cannot properly edu
cate a oil lid that hasn't good health and that
to maintain this health (he eemllHoM In the
schoolroom must he phytelly whelewuu.
What I not so obvious I t-at It Is the duty
of the school to so train the child that h will
keep In good, health In after life about a
easily and as naturally as ho reads, Th
school that ha failed to train the child to get good
health and keep It has failed tn educating the child as
truly as If h wero unable to read good literature with
InteUljrnre and nppreclatlon A sound body I, there
fore, both a prerequisite for a good education and a lent
by which the quality of th education can be meaiured
The health problem ot th public schools hav refer
ence not only to the health of the school children and
their ability to maintain thetr health In after life, but
alto In a larger sense to the health of th entire com
munity. The problems are. to keep the school free
from contagious disease; to si-cure the correction or re
moval of physical defects; to provide the children with
lie proper living conditions; so to train them In whole
Mime habits of right living as to protect and develop
their health, and to fortify them against disease
THE HAMLET BY THE SEA.
A law has recently gone Into effect
In New Jersey which compels alt ve
hicles not only automobiles, as is the
rustom everywhere, but all teams
nslng the public highways at night
to carry two lights, one In front and
one In the rear. Such a law, faith
fully enforced. Is a cheap and practi
cal method of safeguarding highway
t raffle, not only from collisions, but
also from the numerous accidents
which result from bad places In roads
and bridges.
Continued efforts are making by the
National Association for the Study and
Prevention of Tuberculosis to discour
age the practice of sending Indigent
consumptives from the East to the
West and the Southwest. It has lately
reported that more than seven thou-'
sand persons, hopelessly diseased, go
from the East every year, only to die
In ono of the five States favored by
consumptives. Tuberculosis can be
cured or arrested In any part of the
country, and the percentage of cures
In the East Is nearly as great as in
'he West
The most cursory survey of the
world's literature, dramatic or other
wise, will convince anyone that the
profession of humorist or true come
dian is one of the most exacting ever
known. The Jokesralth may get a mo
mentary laugh from an audience that
Is willing to take the will for the
deed. But the man who would set his
name among those who have made
permanent additions to the world's
fun must have a list of specifications
for a permit to make a road through
a Plnchot reserve. He must have In
tight, sympathy, knowledge of charac
ter. Ho must have a sense for fact
that is felt beneath bis airiest webs of
fancy. He must have an ear for the
right word that no correspondence
school can confer. It is easier to be a
wit than to be a humorist; eailer to
which Involves the common welfart
and progress.
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The Iroaperltr of tba Krmr.
This year we shall raise three bil
lion bushels ot corn. It is hard to
realize what that means, says a writer
In Success Magazine. It Is a harvest
greater even than tho bumper crop of
1906. These three billion bushel will
be worth to the fanner over a billion
and a half of dollars, or over three
times as much as the corn was worth
In 1896. Last year the value of all
farm products In the United States
was almost eight billions of dollar;
this year It will be over eight billions.
This Is more than the entire wealth of
America In 1850. In 1850 tho farms of
the United States were worth less than
four billions; to-day they aro worth
twenty-eight billion Every dsy the
farms of the country are worth 13.
400,000 more than they wore worth the
day before.
It Is a good thing for the people at
large that the farmers are getting
tbelr share of the general Increase In
wealth. The eight billion dollars that
they get each year amounts to only
seven hundred dollars apiece when It
Is distributed oyer all the farmers and
farm laborers In the country. Hut the
per capita amount Is growing and Is
bound to grow still more.
During the next twenty years we are
going to see a great revolution In
farming. Agriculture Is to bo more
intelligent and more Intense, new
plants are to be Introduced, a better
use Is to be made of the land, and
an acre will produce twice as much as
It now produces. The benefit of this
new production should not be monop
olized by railroads, elevator companies
and harvester trusts. It should go to
the farmers and to the people, and
should show itself in better food, cloth
ing and housing and In more wide
spread education for the great maw
of us
Whence long ago a fleet of ships
Sped, white and gay. beyond where
dips
The dim horlxon down and down.
Old men alt on the pier und gaze.
With ple In mouth and dull surmise.
And whisper 'thwart their blear-eyed
haze:
-Say! don't you see the all uprlst"
Mothers that mnlda were, nl wait
To greet the vessels' glad return.
Yet vnjnly shall they wutch and
yeuYn;
No tide brings ship, or tells their fate
Yet does the little port keep bright.
Having an atmophero of pride
That such fair craft from It took flight.
The cllrr-o'ertopplnir waves to ride.
My heart, you are the little place
Closu by the sea; your hopes, the
fleet
That sailed forth to your buoyant
beat.
Homeward It lOurso no mor to trace
Sometime you fret, then grow content
To dream of thoso enchanted things,
Which to the gray, drwir pom hve lent
The spotless splendor of their wings!
Alnsleu's.
girl who feels she has been deliberate
ly cheated.
Aa MacS'ish looked at her blankly,
trying to reason out Jtut why ihe had
never met Mnrcy. he wnn contetous of
an odd. new reeling. HI swift and
amazed analysis of It disclosed that
the. reason she hadn't met Marey was
that he didn't want her to meet Mar
cyl
It wnin't that MncNIh was in love
with Daisy Alcock far. far from It'
MacN'lah had other plan and mntrl-
PWF
What Marcy Did
If a woman works a good deal,
other women who do not work so bard
sty she works too much.
"Marcy!" repeated Miss Alcock, a
trifle petulantly "Randolph Marcy! I
never heard one man speak so fre
quently of another a you do of Ran
dolph Marcy) And I never laid eyes
on him! I don't believe ho actually
exists!"
MacNfsh laughed. "Indeed he does!"
be asserted. "He's my best friend
has been for years!"
"Then why have I never net hlmT"
demanded Miss Alcock, severely. "Why
haven't you ever brought him around?
I've known you for perfect'ages!"
There was Indignation in her brown
I eyes, the righteous indignation of a
Wllfi MAI MHII (Allf: TO.
ninny was not Included among them.
Ho was making a career and he could
tell you all ubout how marriage ham
pered. dUtr.nctt'd, lmiedrd and man
gled a career, for ho had listened to
others talk and had added a few de
ductions himself.
Some time In the dlitntit future
when he had reached 'the stage whero
bellboys flew agilely at his apitearance
and portly bonkers doffed their hats
hastily at sight of him, he might sen
sibly, carefully, snnoly choose a wife
and establish n home. Ho looked with
pitying scorn upon his friends who
surrendered to a more temporary mad
ness and attached a ball and chain to
an ankle so eurly In life. This, how
ever, did not prevent him from seeking
the society of attractive girl as did
other men. The only difference, Mac
NUh told himself, was that be kept
his head and regarded then) with mora
philosophic liking.
It was a great relief not to be eter
nally falling In and out of love. The
reason he had sought the society of
Daisy Alcock so much and so long
was that In spite of btr prrttlncua she
seemed to have common sense, and to
be willing to tako Ihe calm frlcmlahfp
he offered ami not expect It to tlovelo.i
Into sentimentality a many girl, he
was annoed to sny. did He liked her
and he felt that sho liked him and
that was all there wa to It.
Therefore ho could not understand
why he should have had a twlngo of
rebellion at tho Idea of Randolph Mar
cy, who wa remarkably fascinating to
girl with hi gay laugh and graceful
devotedni-s. as an acquaintance of
Daisy Alcock's. MitcNUh nrldcd him-
self on being fur beyond the foolish
stogo where he thought a man's good
looks counted. All sensible iwople. he
ten, realized the charm of a rough
hewn face and a Jaw that threatened
achievement. UncNUh had that kind
of face and Jaw.
He told himself that he had no use
for a young woman who Judged a mun
by hlg profile and could not look bo
low the surface. Vet. though unac
knowledged, ho dimly realized that,
running neck and nock with Randolph
Maroy, ha did not count for much with
tho uverage girl. Thu far he hod
never cared. Not being a marrying
man, why should he mourn over the
fact that he wa not a social favorite.
"Why-why, I don't know!" Mc.Nlsh
found hliuxalf stammering to Miss A
cock's last question when she had re
pealed It with some acerbity. "I didn't
know you wero ho anxious to meet
Mnrcy!"
"I'm not!" said Mis Alcock, dis
tinctly. Nothing Irritate a girl go
much as to be told an unpleasant
truth, "I've lived happily thus far
without meeting Mr. Marcy and no
doubt tho remainder of my life won't
be wrecked If hi acquaintanceship
doesn't coma my way! Only, knowing
you so well ittul so lung It seems
queer, when lio'n such a frlond of
your!, Why, It's Just a though you
didn't want me to meet lilnil"
"Nothing of the sort!" declared Mac
Nlh, hastily. Nothing Irritate a man
so much as to bo told an unpleasant
truth,
"It Is, tool" declared Miss Alcock.
"You were Just thiffNAjj of yourself
ninl not h Mt about my pleasure or
nmiisDiiivntl"
MncNUh snt up straight It was a
blow til bo told that lie wnn tint .
siittlHlent for tho moment, prosent put
or future. Aim Daisy looked very
NtuiiiiliiK when she wnx angry Hut he
didn't enjoy her being angry Mm
NIhIi fell very murh nt sea
"I thought ion wir different fmiu
most glrll" tin told her. ' I dliln l
realize that you wern o Intent on w
deiilng your rlrolo of admirers "
"Vou are perfectly horrid"' ,MI At
tiHik tlashtxl at him, with crliutou
cheeks. Then, In hi uniitteralil imp
ror, she hurst Into (ear
When MucNUti caiuo to he found
lilmnelf seated beside iMIiy Alcock
with two arm, undeniably hi clap
Ing her to liVm und a voice startling
ly like hi own begging her not to irv
Interspersing hi appeal with a string
of word and phrase hn had fooluh'v
thought dialed only In the lute mrM
of mushy novel.
instead ot fleeing Instantly hn r
lllrtlllitt rooted to tho spot, WOlldfrilig
why he hadn't Imwh there before a
world of glittering star and aiunliitm
and little blue flower and trilling
bird suddenly had sprung to life I
around hlui Ho regarded th man h
had been ten minutes before with ir4,
itlillkn and dUgiul
"Purling." Mac.Nlih said toward Mi
end of Hi evening, "we'll hav Rati
dolph Marcy for Ul man'"
"I don't care" ald IVtUy Alcock
with beautiful Indifference A lamp
pott would do Jtut a welt long s
I've gut you!" Chicago Dally New.
TE.VOllO WHILE YOU WAIT
Ih.lxXrr -thai Mm IkrltOM !
J run tie ltrtkv II a atari
The corner twi of otru l the leu
or. and tHiur arn aonrrrr ihan f-nir
leaf clover Comic opera am h"W
wrltlKM with IwrlioHc hre fr that
rmoflii. the llrwoMvn rfegU Mrs ii'
the great ojterMa were wrMlen when
(he tlrMpw rnnee the tenor had not
been drmHl uf. and tenor must t
had to lng In lhw. ) no oi-rn
llnc n tenor vutce k a suror and
uften a larger sour ot Income thou
a gold mine Opera managers Ko it
and down (he world listening to rait
men, truck driver, old rlo' tendi-i
and tho singers of popular aotig til
the cheap report. In the hop of hear
Ing a voire that ran t developed In'o
an operatic tenor. Pur heretofore ten
or, tike the l, hav tieeti bom and
not made. The manager's bt cham
wa to find uch a voire befor hU rl
val and pay for Its education
Hut Jran I Iteijko changed alt
that. Ho sang for ymr a n not es
pecially cotisptcuuu baritone In Ku
row. Ho was a good enough rtlt.
but nobody thought of rolling htm
great Then a I'orl teacher addlug
two or three note to itm top of hi
voice. In a few month trauforiiiel
Do Rexke from a atnger at IS.ftOO a
mouth to onn drawing X.t0O a night.
Since hl transformation tho imul
eal world haa dreamed of rnUIng bar
itone lino tenor n (he slrhemui
dreamed ot IrauwmuilHg lead to HI
Anil now a New York teacher ha don
(he (rick. Rudolf llerger. who ha
long been ono of the baritone of ihe
Merlin oKira, war (he subject of 'ho
experiment. On Tuesday night he re
nppMirrd In Merlin, after a year
study here, as a tenor and sang Is
hengrln, with what the cable rpru
to be great success The audlenoo I
said to havo gone wild over th sin
tM of the singer and his teacher, and
no wonder If that could be done
with other baritones the problem of
nn om for every city would h
solved. Probably It oaniiot. more than
onco or twice In a generation, but thai
will not prevent a lot of amliltunti
teacher from trying It. Presently
shall e advertisement. "Tenor
made In the off season," n wo now
the sign of (he emergency tailor It
Ik n great Idea If It will work
He Kmvivt Ihe I'lMolllrallnn.
The vigilant custom liouso officer wa.
right on hi Job,
"Who I In your narlvT" he demand
ed of (he fur-collured theatrical man
ager.
"The English Kiny ballet that I am
bringing to Now York," the manager
responded.
"Admitted free aa antique," said th
Inspector, briskly, aa ho turned to tho
noxt arrival. Cleveland Plain Denier.
Feat uf lluriflara.
11111 I nee (he rolling stock of (ho
Russian railways surfer lo from tlu
IioikIh of IhleviiN. Two year ngo 10,
000 pasnenger and freight enr disap
peared nnd wore never found again,
Jill- I don't co how u nmn can put
n freight car under hi arm and walk
awny with It without some one e.lni;
It, Yonkcrs Statesman,
lUurlve,
"Of all the quaint uxprcssloiu I hav
heard recently," said tho clubwoman,
"none ha struck me n more delight
ful than Hint of an English woman
who told mo that her daughter 'would
never smooth out a room.'" Nw
York Times.
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