Ligonier Banner., Volume 38, Number 44, Ligonier, Noble County, 28 January 1904 — Page 3

2 The Taming : sof Hiram “<:

¢ By HEBER WILLSON 9 ©OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

(Copyright, 1903, by Dafly sm-gﬁpub. Co.)

“l F you girls ain’t keeﬁ‘ul ‘- Hiram Perkins will carry one of ye off fust thing ye know,” and Dame Wil.kins gave vent to a series of ichuckles more' or less pleaSant and*hcbbled away from the group of ‘fresh young “girls, nirsing her rheumatic légs most carefully, o L | “Not me, not me!” rose a chorus of girlish voices. “Why not?” asked a baby-faced damsel, innocently. “I'm sure he looks likely enough, and they tell me he’s got no end of money.” : Then a great chattering of explana‘tion ensued as the home girls told this stranger maiden with the pink chegks and the big, round blue ' eyes about Hiram Perkins, his history and his character. . s

-Hiram Perkins was the son of “old Sam Perkins,” and had inherited all the cussedness of the old pioneer, together, it seemed, with the meanness and smallness of “Aunt Phoebe,” his wife. Hiram had assumed charge of the family at an early age /(old Sam having been abruptly removed from further responsibility in a saloon brawl). He had comipleted the crushing of his mother, spoiled the lives of his sisters and drovef'his brothers, both older and younger, into the world, alt of them being glad ito get away: from him at any price. Then he had pro¢eeded to marry the likeliest and most competent girl in town and had bullied and harassed her into the green cemetery on the*hill in just three years. In the meantime heé had managed his “financial affairs with consummate sKill and had become the richest man in the parts. Before his. wife died he had movedrfrom the farm into town, where he had built a_bigth,use, still uncompleted when his wife, died. He had ’gone ahead and completed this house, furnished it grimly and sparsely and had lived there alone ever since.r He had.gone on increasing his holdings ‘until he owned more land than any: .pother man in the county. He owned plenty of morgtages, too, but his favor ran to land. “It can’t get away,” was his{ favorite mctto. He was now about 40, not ill favored ‘excepting for his 'heaxjy jaw audyh\e general air of uncompromising overbearance and grim: ness which hung over him. : “I'd as scon marry old Bluebeard himself,” remarked Ann, finishing the story. , / “I'd as soon go to jail-for life,” put in Susie. E S SAnd It tAnd Il chorused the rest. i ’ e All excepting Sally Johnson, the girl whose query had started the story. “I don’t believe he’s so bad as he's painted,” said she, demurely, “and he’s quite handsome.” = o “But you wouldn’t dare marry him,” -said ‘Ann; scornfully. “You'd last about three weeks.” =

“Oh, I don’t know,” replied ' Sally. “I’ve a notion-to do it. He ‘don't look so dangerous to me.” . And do it she did. She was an orphan recently come to town and living on the bounty Qg‘a maiden aunt of uncertain temper. * And Hiram was rich and had a big house. And, as Dame Wilkins suggested, Hiram was looking for a wife—and a young one. Pinville gasped at the muptials ‘and then settled down to await the. inevitable result,: like a greedy vulture. _Hi'ram Perkin‘s'tookl his young wife home.in great glee. She was only 18, as fresh as a daisy and a perfect child, as anybody could see from her baby face and wide, blue eyes. e “I'll just train her into my ways without any trouble,” chuckled Hiram. ° So Sally became installed. in the . Perkins home, ‘and a right good start she made, and Hiram grew better pleased with his bargain every day. ‘To be sure, shé shivered a little when she first saw the great "barn-like house, with its bare rooms; but she took hold at once, and the toothsome’breakfasts she prepared for her liege lord and the dainty dinners, quite warmed his heart. Hiram was very fond of good living. The best of it was she did it all on the most economical plan.. And she contrived that Hiram should get the tenderest parts of th&e) meat, and divined his likes so readily that she really was .a jewel. Then, too, she was so entirely pliable to his slightest desire that life assumed a new joy to him. Of course he jawed more or less, but she took it as meekly as he could wish. .

. This was during the first fortnight. Theén a slight ‘cloud arose. Hiram was in the habit of arising at a very _early hour, eating his breakfast, doing cho_{res for an hour or so, then réading his paper and going to his office about the time other mien did. . Sally was expected .to " rise long + before him to get breakfast ready by ! the time he was dressed. One day she suggested that he do his chores first and read his paper while she prepared

GOING TO HUNT HAIRY MEN.

Prof. Sttin‘-, of Chi(;ago University, Will Soon_' Start on an Expe- ; dition to the Orient,

" To obtain a group of peculiar, hairy, short statured people irom a Pacific island for exhibition at the St. Louis exposition, Prof. Frederick Starr, of the University of Chicago, will soon leave for the orient. ' “These peculiar people, the Ainus, have never been seen in this country,” §aid Prof. Starr. ‘“They occupy the island of Yeze, which is the northernmost of the Japanese group, but they are not of the yellow-race. | They are white, but not of our race. | They are small—on an average a little over five feet tall—and are the hairiest people on earth. Their bodies are covered with kair, and all the men have long beards. The women tattco their faces so as to have imitation mustaches. The men in drinking their intoxicants use a mustache lifter, which is a stick carved for that purpose. If a group is obtained for the anthropology section. of the fair the men will be seen at their favorite occupation, which is whittling sticks. These sticks are sacred, and the way ‘in which the shavings hang about them @stermines what® the spirits have in o e ; ’ e

breakfast. The expression on his fac_e‘ would have frightened one less guiY_eless. He gave her to understand once for'all that the domestic arrangements would be continued on his schedule as hitherto, and that more suggestions from her wereTiot desired. Two mornings later she failed to rise. When he found the hour he berated her soundly. She rose, but everything seemed -to stick, and she did not start breakfast. for a good hour later than usual. It was a - pretty poor breakfast, too, compared with what they had been having. Hiram stormed and ‘Sally looked the picture of distress. This sort of thing was repeated with variations for two weeks. One morning, being in a hurry and seeing everything dragging on tie stove, Hiram, in desperation, went out fand did his chores. When he returned her found one of the olfd, toothsome bx;eakfasts, and his wife all smiles. He betame suspicious and bullied dreadft;l‘ly for several mornings, but got only burned chops and-heavy muffins and a’ distressed countenance: Finally he gave in_and went regularly to his, chores first, and the joys of the honeymoon descended again upon his domicile. Hiram was in the habit of getting ‘home any old time to his supper—whenever he finished matters at the office. One qay Sally suggested it would :bevnice to have supper at six, and if ‘ necessary he could go back to the office and finish up. He grew apoplectic at lthe’ very idea. One evening.he came home and found a cold lunch on the 'table with a note from Sally saying she had gone out for the evening. She caught an all night bullyragging, but arose cheerily and.prepared a -model breakfast. That night he found the table cleared all but a cold lunch. He }ordercd. 2 supper and she. meekly started in, but everything went wrong, }and‘ when he got his meal at nine o’clock it was worse than .the cold lunch—and no end of waste had gone on under his-eyes. He became furious and finally threatened to ‘strike . her, She looked at him with a pained expression in the big, round eyes, and her lip quivered. He retired in disgust. . He resolved to fight it out and cut her allowance to almost nothing, tak- | ing most of his meals down town. She l never complained, aithough Providence lorﬂy knows how she lived.. One day a -man came to town with whom he was arranging a big deal. He sent word to: Sally that he would bring the man home to supper. Sally greeted them |with dignity - and - cordiality. When they were ushered into the dining roony ithey found the: table faultlessly set laud nothing thereon but stale bread and salt pork. “What-does this mean?” inquired Hiram,- white with rage. <

“It’s all we've had in the house for a week,” repiied Sally, despondently. “The pork is very good, I am sure. I've lived on it for six days.””* - , The man’ broke off the deal and told the story all over town. &

Hiram was so mad he went to the hotel to live, resolved to- starve her into submission. Some weeks later he sold some property and sent a boy to the house with a deed to sign. Sally refused to sign away her rights in any property while things were -~on the present basis—“with a separation probable at any moment,” she added. _ This gave Hiram the most severe shock of his life. The result was he opened negotiations and compromised by coming home.: Supper was_ to be served at six.

“How on earth did you live?” asked Hiram, curiously. L ~ “It wds very hard,” replied Sally, despondently. ‘I had to sell the parlor furniture.” - :

“What?” yelled Hiram, as he rushed to the parlor. Sure enough, it was stripped to the pine floor. / “Perhaps it’s just as well,” ventured Sally. . “We really need the house-re-furnished throughout. It’s all dut of date and in very bad taste.” - % _ “Refurnished!” exclaimed . Hiram. “Well,. I guess not. Here’s where I'll se‘e that you don’t get your way. You sold the parlor stuff. Now git=along without it.” 7 -

Sally looked blue. Some days later Hiram went to the ‘city on a trip of several days. When- he returned Hhe found his house a dream of beauty irom top to. bottom—all newly and elaborately furnished. " “Where’d ye git it?” he gasped. “Oh, I had it charged,” she replied, sweetly. “Mr. Moses was ever so good about it.” ; e Then. Hiram sat right down and tvept. Sally wept, too, and promised to be good. She had one request to make. She wantedvto give a party. “A party!” snorted Hiram, belligerently. Then he added, lamely: “Why, yes, of course: How much ’ll it cost?”

So the Perkinses had a party and all the girls were invited, and Hiram wore a new tailor-made suit (at Sally’s suggestion) and a rose in his buttonhole. And Sally showed the girls all her new things, and a new servant passed the refreshments. :

And to the question: “How in .the world did you manage-it?”’ Sally only flushed modestly and replied: “Oh, 1 told you .Hiram was not so bad as he was painted.” : :

store. The men look like philosophers, but they are poor, stupid, non-produc-tive creatures. They hold the bear sacred. They kill bears With arrows, but whenever they do so they apologize to them. They have a great bear feast once a year. On these occasions and also at funerals they wash their faces and hands and sometimes take a bath, but - ‘at other times they are averse to bathing. Politically, the Ainus have no share in their government. They are ruled by the Japanese.” :

How Otoe Indians Spend Their Money. The plethoric Otoes, those that sold ‘high priced inherited allotments, are putting on all kinds of ridiculous style, The are buying the most costly horses and carriages, and several of them are buying very expensive tattoo marks. One of them recently had his little daughter decroated in the face by an expert tattooer, and he paid about $3OO for the indelible insignia. S G No Closed Season. : New York docters have organized a hunt for.the pneumonia germ. Itis the open season for that germ all the year round, remarks the Chicago News, if any young doctor inclined toward sport should care to know. < - ' Most of the conclusions a manreaches theorctically are practically useless.

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: HILE still in the midst of b winter, with its ice-bound )\ streams and snow-covered. 'é} ground, it seems inappro- @ priate to talk of fashions for s the coming spring, and still . it will be but a little while before we are considering the cut and material for our Easter gown, and for those of us ‘who must, through force of circumstanges, replenish our wardrobes at the present time, it is just as well that we know something of the®near future, that we may, perchance, be able to introduce some of the little novelties ‘into these gowns, and so be not only just a trifle ahead for once at least, but also not be behind the procession if we have to wear the gowns purchased now through the spring. ! Sleeves and collars make the fashions in waists whether they be of the tailor variety, the washable kind, or that which goes as a part of the complete reception or dinner costume. So it is that we give a glimpse at the coming sleeves and collars.

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‘We give illustrations of five dainty aprons, which, together with a description of the material of which they are made; should’ be of assistance to any one wishing to make such a garment. One of these, which is of black silk, is for a lady in mourning, made of black China silk and trimmed with bands of black and white fancy ribbon. The edges of the apron and bib are finished

COMING MODES IN BELTS

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=) m HE work shop of the trade \ journal editor or artist proves a veritable fortune teller’'s den when you wish £ to get a peep into the future. ; I found this true when I . visited an artist friend connected with the Dry Goods Economist some days since. While I was at that time thinking of holiday costumes, he was working away picturing the spring and summer modes, and was giving his special attention just atthat time to the’ coming belts. 5 : Judging from-the array which were spread out before him, I should say that “to the making of beits there is no end.” Belts of every variety, of almost every imaginable material, belts with buckles and belts without, belts wide and belts narrow, in fact every conceivable form of belt was there. . = Both leather and fabric belts will be.

A MONSTER GOOSE CLUB

At a famous institution in Manchester one of the items on’the programme for each year is a goose club. This was originally founded to make it possible for poor people to have a really good dinner on Christmas day at the lowest cost, and toobviate the necessity of their joining any public house goose club, says London Tit-Bits. e Seven years ago, when the club was started, there were 173 members; this year the membership totals considerably over 3,000, making it one of the biggest things of its kind in existence. For ten weeks prior to the great “distribution” day the members of this club

One of the sleeves shown in the illus-’ tration is extremely novel. The maﬁ? terial is voile and the entire éostume—sleeve, bodice and skirt—shows a design of Van Dyke points of self-color and very narrow silk soutache braid. Silk acorns edge the sleeve, from the edge of ‘which extend lingerie ruffles. . Another of the illustrations shows the collar and cuff details of a costume. These portions are made of finely shirred’ silk forming a flat puff, the sides edged with braid and trimmed with a fancy rosette. e s

An excellent trimminé idea for collar and cuffs, for tailored costume or shirtwaist suit, is shown in another of the illustrations. The deep-pointed collar and cuffs are trimmed with flat roWs of braid of contrasting color, fancy buttons and loops of braid giving the additional style touch.’ ; Three other of the pretty modes in spring'sleei’es are also shown, and while not so elaborate or startling as the one already referred.to, will. no doubt be more generally. worn. :

with an accordion-plaited ruffle of the silk. = Another is made of flowered lawn in a Dresden design, set in a border of fine white lawn. The trimming is entirely of white lace insertion, and outlines the lawn upon the bib and the skirt. A third, to wear when sewing, is very useful with its deep pockets, and is of white lawn. : A bias ruffle of the la¥n finishes the entire edge. The rest of the trimming is lace beading through which ribbon is'run, and tied here and there in little bows. . A Russian tea apron is shown which is made of a Bulgarian printed square, or a silk bandanna handkerchief may be tised to reproduce this design. One side of the square will make the bib and the shoulder straps, which cross at the back and button to the belt. And a fifth apron is of fine Indian linen, trimmed with a border composed of Teneriffe lace wheels, outlined with an open-work lace braid. The sides of the apron are hemstitched. The strings are finished with the lace wheels.

worn during the coming season, and it is hard to say which will have the greater prestige. Theillustrations given here are of the fabric belts only, and they tell their own story to a certain extent. Some show width" at the back, some at the front, some at the sides. Some are ornamented with conspicuous buckles and other ornaments, and some are comparatively plain. I very much believe it will be a case of take your choice, with the full assurance that whatever that choice may be, it is sure to be in style, and what is even more, not SO very expensive. ; ELLEN OSMONDE, 2 Another Matter. : ; ~ “Did I understand you to say that Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Smith were great friends?” : el o

“Oh, no;~ I said they were neigh: bors.”—Times-Star.

each pay one shilling per week, receiving at Christmas in return for.their ten shillings about 13 shillings’ worth of goods, including a goose or turkey (or, if preferred, a joint of beef, mutton, pork or ham), bread, cake, flour, currants, cheese and tea—enough for a good meal for 20 people. o ; The weights for last year are interesting, including 134 tons of tea (sufficient to provide a cupful for every man, woman and child in Manchester); flour, nine tomns; bread, six tons; caks, six tons; cheese, 114 tons; fruit, three tons; geese, ete., 16 tons; a grand total ofddtons. 7l s

IN A BAD PRELCICAMENT. The R'e])ul;!ican Party I’; fg%ﬂé_tween: ; the Devil and the Deeﬁ:siza : Over Hanna. '

Between the growing distrust of Roosevelt and the doubtful availability of Hanna the republican party finds itself in' a desperately weak situation; a situation which is baldly disclosed now, says the St. Louis Republic, with Roosevelt being pounded ail along the lines of the organization and the Wall street influence going with the organization in the effect to develop. Hanna’s boom. - Distrust of Roosevelt has crystallized into dper‘l opposition by the business interests, not only of Wall street, but of the country very generally. The great part of the business of the country does hot possess either the interest or tLe influence of Wall street in politics; but is conservative; desires to follow the established commercial conventions; relies ‘'substantially upon a se¢ure and conservative administration; and resents vagaries which are apt to dusturb and unsettle its whole basisybf operations. Uneasiness perhaps best describes the attitude of America’s commercial interests toward Roosevelt; n6t so much uneasiness for his further acts during the present term as for his course should he receive the office upon his own account by the vote of the people. _ In contemplating the Koosevelt of now and the Roosevelt of the future a clear distinction is made. Mr. Roosevelt, suddenly elevated to the presidency by the tragedy at Buffalo impliedly assumed a continuation of McKinley’s policies; these constituted a tacit incumbrance, as it were, and the obligation rested upon the successor to carry them out. Unquestionably this obligation has had-a restraining influence upon Mr. Roosevelt, though he has by no means kept within the limitations of the McKinley conservatism at all times. He has been sufficiently impulsive, radical and erratic on several occasions to demonstrate what he might do if placed in office upon his own - responsibility and without the superimposition of restraining influences.

Given a clear title to the presidency by popular suffrage, what would the pride, the egotism and self-will of this extremist lead:him to? This is the question which the financial, industrial and mercantile communities are asking themselves. pe

The answer’is indicated by the forces which are rolling up for Hanna. Ohio and Indiana are for Hanna. New Yorl: goes' without saying. Pennsylwania would- be for -him likewise. Probably Illinois would.. The influences in these states are strong enough to dominate the machine, or “organization.” - Would Hanna make a stronger candidate than Roosevelt? In one sense he would, Behind him would be united and thorough organization. Behind him would also be the republican interests known as ‘“Wall street,”” which have withdrawn from Roosevelt. ‘“Business interests” generally would perhaps accord to Hanna, if: president, a greater confidence than they now.repose in Mr. Roosevelt. ; : But from the standpoint of the people, Hanna would be no unmixed Flessing. Relegated to Hhnna for its rominee, the republican party would have to face defensively the great na‘ional question of corruption in the federal service. The department scandals have conclusively revealed the link / which connects boodle with the machine with which Hanna is associated and has been largely instrumental in perfecting. " Yet the fact remains that Hanna is no more identified with the organization than was Roosevelt up to within recent weeks. Roosevelt assiduously cultivated machine strength by every means in his power; by appointments, b‘by capitulations to the machine, by concessions, even by the abandonment of previously expressed” convictions and intentions concerning vital issues. And by these means he succeeded in developingi’ and possessing a no inconsiderablé pull"&ﬁith the powers that be. Nor did his machine strength wane until the distrust of the financial and mercantile interests gener‘ally became manifest and Wall street threw its influence. into the opposing scale. st i e

Thus the republican party s?énds between the devil and the deep blue sea; between unsafe radicalism and machine concentration—the former dangerous.io commercial, industrial and financial health; the latter lacking, even in greater degree, the confidence of the masses.

Bounties Versus Protection. Over in Canada tlie government is having trouble with some of the protected steel plants about the amount of bounty due them. It saysthe manufacturers are not entitled to all they claim. This shows what a coarse, clumsy system they have there in comparison with our smooth working tariff system. The Canadian manufacturers are only asking for a few millions a year in bounties, while one of our steel manufacturing organizations, by means of the tariff system, took about§7o,ooo,ooo from the people last year, and there was no dis-pute-with the government as to the amount, and only now and then a few trifling kicks from the plundered victims. A small sum like $3,000,000 ,or $4,000,000 looks big when taken openly from the government treasury and turned over to the trusts; but $70,000,000 can be taken secretly and given to the trusts and not a word will be said. : The bounty system is not “in it” with protection. . - ;s Postal Tragedy. ‘The Blotter—You look blue. What’s the matter? ‘ The Cancellation Machine—Oh, I'm up against thetwo cent stampsall the while, and what with the statute of limitations and the defective indictments. I'm ashamed to look George Washington in the face!—Albany Argus. ——The ‘Towa Idea” concerning the tariff may answer in'the affirmative the many queriesasto whether thedémocrat= ic party can elect a president next November. The ‘“Hanna Idea” and the ‘“Roosevelt Idea” will also help the good cause.—St. Louis Republic. _ ——ln 1902 the defiict in the post office department was $2,900,000; in 1903 it was $4,500,000; for the present fiscal year it is officially estimated toreach $7,200,000, notwithstanding the fact that for thess three years the increase in the receipts is $25,000;000. This, aside from the rotteness revealed throughout the department, can afford little encouragefment to those who advocate government control of g 0 many lines of the country’s business.—Louisville Courier Journal.

. A COMPENSATING WAGE.” Workingmen on the-".“‘grge of Stare vation in Many Lines of Industry. _ Several democratic congressmen have taken Congressman Hepburn, of lowa, to task’for his reckless and unfounded assertions on November 19, that:

- “There is. labor in every part of the country for every man who wants a place to work, and there is a compensating wage for every mdn who will perform a day’s work.”

- But no other copgressman has made Mr. Hepburn and his statements appear quite so ridiculous—to use mild ‘terms—as did Congressman Baker, of Brooklyn in his maiden speech in.congress. The following is a part of the column report of Mr. Baker’s speech as it appeared in the New York Times of December 15:

“Is there any man, even.upon the republican side,” he asked, “who, as we see growing up gigantic fortunes almost beyond calculatilg)n, and in our great cities hundreds of thousand¢ of individuals who scarcely know where their breakfast is coming from in the morning, will pretend that these hundreds of thousands of individuals who, have none of the,wealth of the world have received compensating wages for their toil?. f

*“‘Compensating: waages,’ we are “told, exist for every man who desires to work, and yet the evidence was brought out before the coal strike commission that under the system ,of slavery that jexisted in the anthracite coal regions of Pennsylvania persons have wqued for 14 years and never received one solitary penny for wages.'_

“Cardinal Gibbons says of the persons employed in: the clothing industry in Baltimore: ‘They are living on starvation wages. The result is that in a iew years they become incapacitated for work.” When they become incapacitated” for work where are they going to receive the compensating wages that are to support them?* - & “This ccndition is not unigue.’ Right in my own city of New York, for nearly two years, men have come omy door almest every day to ask me for'what little influence I have .to get them a job in the city parks. . That pays twodollars a day, but a foreman in thaf department tells me that om an average the men only work {four days a week. “These men are begging «for an cpportunity to <arn eight dollars a week in the great city of New York, where rents are £o high, where prices have been increased in this period of prosperity, where trusts have been able to squeeze labor ‘down and raise prices up. . . ;

““The cost of living has gone up 37 per cent. during this period’ of so-called prosperous times, and at the best wages have not gone up more than ten per ceng. A compensating wage. Is it a compensating wage that gives to the toiler one-fourth of the increase and makes him pay the whole incréased cost of his commodities? : “In the.gfga( state of lowa (Hepburn’s. state), where we are told every man has his bank account,” he continuved; “the farm laborers do not receive in wages as much as the mileage that is paid to the gentleman from lowa to come to congress.

~ “A gentleman who at the time of the great labor trouble at Hcmestead was very careful to remain secluded at Skibo castle; who was very careful not to respond to cablegrams sent him asking him to use his infilnence to see that the struggle should be ended—Andrew Carnegie——has a great deal to say about the ‘beneficent system’ instituted by the United States Steel corporation; which is called their “bonus” for their employes. 3

“Says Andrew Carnegie: ‘ln the bonus granted to employes we have proof of regard for them which cannot but tell, and the disiribution of shares in the concern.has an advantage which so far even no partnership - has enjoyed. S

- “Yes; never before in“any large way, on any large scale has an industrial corporation been able-to foist upon -its workmen stock at 8215 which sells tcday in New York at 528;5.” :

THE FAVORED BANKS.

Enablied to Make Immense Profit Through Fiscal Operations of the Administration, -

The favored national banksare paying enormous dividends these . days, gnd most, of this is gathered frenr the extraordinary fiscal operation of the administration. ol The national banks now have loaned to them over $168,000,000 of proceeds cf taxation upon which the banks pay no interest. The latest job which the war department and the secretary of the treasury have invented to put money in. the pockets of the bankers is the Philippine loan. The bankers who were awarded the loan paid 107.577 for it, and the bofids draw four per cent. interest. Theyaretoall intents and purposes United States bonds and the bankers are now: offering to sell them at 111, or about 3% per cent. profit and recommend them particularly as an investment for natignal ‘banks, on the ground that as a basis for public deposits they would ““make a net return of over 28 pemgent.”’ This is figured out on the assumption that SIOQOOO of the four per cent. bonds would cost $lll,OOO, and that $lOO,OOO of government morey would be deposited on their security without interest, so that the “actual cash invested” would be only $ll,OOO, upon whieh the income would be four per cent. interest on $lOO,~ 000, less $916 as a sinking fund at four ‘per cent. to retire the premium, or $3,084, which is 28.037 per cent. on the $ll,000 “actual cash invested.” . - The.above quotation is from an editorial in the Journal of Commerce and Commercial Bulletin, which also says: “It is certain that the discretion of the secretary of the treasury should not be exercised to enable favored banks to make a special profit put of ary class of pubile loans.”« L : If:the government’s finances were run in the interests of the tax payers, instead of the bankers, the Philippine bonds could have been purchased by the United States treasury with a part of the money now deposited. with the banks, and the tax payers would have made the large profits which the banks now enjoy. But that would not bringany grist to the Roosevelt campaign fund. —

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WHEN GODFREY GROWS.

I wonder when it is'l grow! . ~ It's in the night, I guess. . J;* My clothes-go on so very hard Each morning when I dress.|-

Nurse says they’re plenty bié enough; . It's ’cause I am so slow, St But then she never stops to_think - That children grow and grow. : I wonder when! I can't find out. . Why, I:watch Tommy Pitt | . -4 * - - In school for hours and I can't.sce - Him grow the smallest.bit!i' 8 - I guess thdt days we stay t}ﬁeisame, There’s so much else to do | - In school and play, so 1 must grow At night, I think--don’t you? —Lilla Thomas Flder, in Youth's Companion; : 5o | .

QUEER LITTLE PLANT.

The Mistletoe Tells How It'Grows and the Part It Has Played in Myth-» ological History., _

- My story is very differe ’t from that of other plants 'because ﬂlOSt plants grow in the soil, while I grow in a very strange .place. . One day a°little bird dropped a mistletoe seed- on an apple tree. He was there looﬁinﬁsfor ‘a place to build his nest or perhaps for a liice worm. The seed was gh%ldﬂ_ to the branch of the tree by a sticky. fluid with which it was covered, and there 1t had to remain. After awhile it sent out little roots into the branches and just lived upon that old tree. By the way, do you know what| plants - are called that live on other plants? Do you know of any others which have similar habits? FF . * So I stayed on the old tree-and found plenty of food, and I greFv and grew until I nearly choked its foliage. - Finalb : g S ‘0;; Q , A o |/ g \'-“ \ » ; /' .‘\. ! “ 00 2 [ : o) g | ‘‘% ‘ % ~JI . - ~ ‘, \J 5 L £ «s;{’;‘, - ‘%} /"ﬂ i | A SPRAY OF MI—STLETQE. ly 1 blossomed and bore dainty white berries. Then some onel,)jgathered my boug‘ns and sold me at C ristmas time. My plant has long been considered very .sacred. . Mo - A little story is told of Baldur, one of the gods. He was th{r' son of Odin and Frejya and was killed by a mistle‘toé branch. It seems that his mother had made all creatufes, except the mistletoe, premise thatg they would pever harm Baldur. One of the wicked spirits was so displeasedkhat he placed a mistletoe ‘branch in tl#e hands of a blind" god, Hoder, who,- directing it toward Balduf, piefeed |him . in' the heart, instantly killing k{im. JLongfellow says: et i

“Hoder, the blind old gpd, ) ) ‘Whose feetvare-shodwitg silence, Pierced through that gentle breast - With his sharp spear, szy fraud i Made of the mistletoe, | The accursed mistietoe!!" -—QOrange Judd Farmer = | ' 4 —_— HIS MAJESTY’S SUM. BT e ] : ) King Tells Wise Proliq]s‘sor of a Polite Way of Finding Out the Ages of ‘Friends. <One day there came to the court of a king a gray-haired professor, who amused the king greatly. He told the monarch of things he lever knew 'befote, and the king was [;elighted.— But finally it came to a point ahere the rulér wanted to know t{he:a_ge of the professar, -so he thought of a mathematical problem. _1 gt - “Ahem!” said the king, “I have an interesting 'sum . for you; }t’ is -a trial in mental arithmetic. Think of the number of the month of your birth.” Now, the professor was 60 years old, and had been born two days before Christmas, so he thought of 12, December the twelfth month.

“Yes,” said the professor. . “Multiply it by two,””’said the king. “Yes't ) - “Add five.” = “Yes,” answered the professor, doing so;: - : o b ; “Now multiply by 50.” “YeS." : i }: - “Add your.age.”- 1 : “YeS." . . | . = “Subtract 3656: . . 1 SYes wE T ’ % “Add 115 Lt . 3 “Yes." xR g ; . T '

“And now,” said the king, “might I ask what the result is?? ‘ “Twelve hundred and sixty,” replied the professor, wonderingly. “Thank you,” was theking’s response: “So you were bern in De¢cember, 60 years ago, eh?” * . s BONE e ais

~ “Why, how in the world do you know ?” cried the professor. | ' “Why,” replied the king, “from your answer—l,26o. The month of your birth was the twelfth and the last two | figures give your age.” | & ; | “Ha! ‘ha! ha!” laughed the professor. “Capital idea! I'll try it on the next person.. It’s a polite way of finding out people’s ages.”—Louisville CourierJournal. - i | - Bear Makes a Bold Raid. ‘ On the edge of Edwin Miner's farm, ‘ at Beaverhill, Pa., is a dense woods, out 6f which boldly walked a bear and made for the pigpen,.whex‘e he seized a’ fat porker. - Mrs. Miner sat on- the porch and witnessed the performance.’ The squeals of the ph’{hand the calls of Mrs. Miner brought the farm dog to the scene. He made a dash for the pigpen. The bear saw him coming,: when he climbed out and ran- away. .'é ' There Are Others. Old Grim—Remember, young man, there is always room at the top. Young Sprawley—OHN, I know that. I'm waiting for the. '_e;levator ‘now.— dudge; - - - :

DOG GAVE FIRE ALARM.

Barked Savagely as Flames Imperiled . the Lives of the Ingmntes of an { Apartment House.

Prince is of no’ particular breed. He is just a dog. He is.big, white, home--Iy, also very bright-eyed, and the family of Frederick Otto, a Brooklyn mer+ chant, and all other cccupants of the big apartment house at Nos. % and 9 Hicks street, Brooklyn, : declare <that there is no other dog in tne world as fine as Prince, becayse by a remarkable- parade of sagacity and faithfulness he saved the lives of many, and maybe all, of the .residents of the house. & F

- Early in the morning Prince arose from his place on the -dining-room hearth rug.. He whined uneasily for a little while and then of a sudden he barked outright. None of the family stirred. The sounds of their regular breathing did not cease. Prince went to the room of his 14-year-gld master .and chum, Freddie Otto. He barked furiously. The drowsy boy sat up and looked at the dog, told him to be quiet, and sank back to his pillow. Prince barked again. - O

- Meanwhile on the floor above Bridget McCarren, a naged woman, having been awakened by the bafking of the dog, aroused her husband, and reminded him that twice last summer when burglars tried to get into thé apartment house, the dog had warned the sleeping families by his barking. - She asked her husband to go out into the Hallway and investigate the cause of the barking. When McCarren opened the ‘door it was to let im a cloud of smoke. Looking down, he saw that the haHway-on the first floor was ablaze.

He gave the alarm to his wife, and then rushed through the hallway calling to all the neighbors. Then he ran into the street, notified @ policeman, and a fire alarm was turned in. 'l‘hg families all made their escape scantity dressed.

Finallyg when the entire Otto family were “in the street, Mr. Otto remembered that Prince was still up in the apartment. The dog had conceived an idea that he must still remain and guard the -apartment. i So up through the smoke and flames dashed his owner, decléring that Prince was a dog worth saving. And he brought Prince down. And everybody patted = the wise dog and. Prince pranced and looked happier.—N. Y. Herald. ] . ‘ TELLS HOW TO TAMEZ LIONS. Danish Woman ¥as New 'l:’he(il'yl . About Con:trollinz‘“'ild;;%nimall ‘—Her Sensational"lﬁ*at. ‘ The terrible tragecy which was enacted in a lion’s den near Berlin has revived the question as to whether a lion tamer can ever hope to die a natural death. . : ®

At the present time Miss Ella, a Danish woman lion tamer, isegiving a sensational exhibitiqn at the Royal Music hall, Holborn, with seven African liens, says a London dispatch to the Chicago Inter QOcean. ] 5

She conciludes her perficrmance by throwing away her whip, Iying cown on - the stage, and puttigg her head and arm in the mouth of the large African lion. Siegfried; who kilied a keeper in ‘the’ Vienrna, zoological gardens four years. ago. ; . T In an interview Miss Ella said she was not at all nervous in the den, ar;g(‘had handled wild beasts sirce she was'gight, years old. . “Nearly all accidents which happen to tamers,”’"said this daring young woman, ‘“are caused ‘by forcing liors to do tricks against their will, instead of let-. ting them rest until they get into a good temper, but fatal aceidents are very rare. “It is an old -bélief,” acded the lady tamer, “that it is necessary to'lcok wild animals straight in the eyes, but this is a great mistake, as it makes the lions savage. I alwaysturn my backcn them, and have no fear of their turning on me.” HINT FOR BRIGHT GIRLS.

How to Malke Beautiful Chrysanthemums'Out_ oi lfnper with a Few - . Snips of the Shears.

It is wonderful how close you can come to nature if you try {o copy a chrysanthemum in tissue paper.. The paper can be bought in man¥% varied shades, but the best colors to begin on are .white and yellow, for ‘they really make the prettiest chrysanthemums. Suppose we try a yellow one. Take three sheets of tissue paper, fold so as to make a thickness of 12 sheets; then cut out groups of circles as large in diameter as you wish to make them; each group will contain 12 circles, and six groups will make your flower. Cut small scallops around the edge of each group, dividing each into quarters for

\ A': ~ b g < 4 > \\ \\ t '1 Ilf" v 3 ‘ ‘ '\\ \ \\\ ‘II ol 4 : o \ ¢ ST e K - Looonlljroro by \ S \\\\\.: /’-//”/’ Siallyie S A SR e oS L 21U R G p //'/,l “\\v\\ s\ . ; NpZo o 5 f ] VA AN / Z l/ )\ \\ N & : . /ll l) \\\ : &X 1 \ " PAPER CI{RYSANTH}BMUM. > greater regularity, as in_ illustratiqn'. Then bore two holes close together, ‘through the center, and fasten with a piece of wire. Now cut down the dotted lines, to within a quarter of an inch of the cénter, thus, and this will make’ your petals.; Do the same to each of the six gfoups of circles, then twist all. thg/ wire, tightly together for the stem, around which you must twine leaf-green tissue paper. Then you have your chrysanthemum.—Cincinnati Enquirer. . iR

‘Cat Raises:Baby Rabbits. - A nest of young rabbits was plowed up in Kansas, and a little girl took them home, yutafter getting tired of her pets she -decided to feed them to the old family cat that had a number of kittens. Instead of the cat eating them, as ‘was expected, she undertook raising them. The cat seemed 1o think as much of the rabbits as she did of ber kittens. i