Plymouth Tribune, Volume 5, Number 3, Plymouth, Marshall County, 26 October 1905 — Page 8

.1. .1. i ii. .I, ,mEI P OLITICAL Ulli H IM ixmx Postponement Not Abandonment. It is given out from Washington with an air of semi-authority that President Roosevelt will not discuss the tariff in his forthcoming message, and there Is an Inference implied that he has concluded there should be no revision. If it is true that he has abandoned his intention of recommending a change in the Dingley schedule. The Blade ventures to say that it is not because he has modified his views on that subject As every one knows. President Roosevelt's heart is set on bringing about a reform in railroad rates. He believes religiously In a government supervision that will put an effectual check on rebates, discriminations and unreasonable charges. lie knows, as every one else knows, that there is a radical defect in the present system. He knows.too, that this defect spreads to almost every branch of human activity. He thinks that he can confer a lasting benefit on the people if he can discover and apply that remedy. He looks upon the existing condition as threatening the country's prosperity, as militating against the many to the benefit of the few, even more acutely than do the inequalities of the Dingley bill. It is the President's nature to grapple the most pressing questions first, end if he is silent on the Dingley bill In the message he is now preparing, it is because he regards the railroad rate question as paramount, and Its solution most urgent. That important matter out of the way, the stand-patters may rest assured that he will return to the tariff question and thresh it out with all his accustomed vigor. The President is too close to the people not to know that they are demanding of the Republican party revision, and he Is too well versed in commercial life not to know that this demand Is both just and reasonable. As to the extent of this revision, as to how it shall be brought about, these are problems a Republican Congress must determine. Toledo Clade. Massachusetts Republicans. The action recently taken by the Republicans of Massachusetts in State convention is remarkable as showing the growth of tarier revision sentiment. That rock-ribbed fastness of the Home Market Club, spoke for revision and the distinguished Senator Lodge himself, hitherto a strong stand-patter, declared that the tariff schedules should be changed by the friends of protection. It was a propitious sign, too, that the radicals, headed by the Irrepressible Foss, did not insist on forcing their claims for reciprocal trade relations, but declared themselves satisfied with the concessions made by the standpatters. It is a hopeful Indication that the Republicans of the Old Bay State will go Into the fight this fall united. Both wings of the party in Massachusetts are as firm as adriantine for the upholding of the great principle of protection. There is an h.)nest difference of opinion as to the extent revision should take, and happily Id this respect each has met the otter half way. The tariff plai:k fulfills this condition admirably and 's in. line with the conservative thought of the party. The nomination of Curtis Guild, Jr., who is a prominent revisionist, for Governor, and the harmony that has been brought out of the controversy over the tariff, promise the Republican party in Massachusetts a victory of the good old-fashioned kind. Toledo Blade. How It Happened. The value of general exports' was heavier for June than the months before, which shows a much larger foreign demand, and contradicts tne fears of the Free-Traders that this country is losing its' foreign trade because of the Protective Tariff. The value of breadstuffs exported in the last June was much over 52,000,000 more than in June of last year. There Is still another point of importance to the labor of this country shown in the report, and it is that with the short wheap crop of last year there was a much smaller export of wheat and the figures for flour sent abroad remained nearly the same as the year before. That was caused b.v the Importation of more Canadian wheat, which was made into flour by American workers, for wages, and then sold outside the country. That happened under the Republican policy of business for Americans, capitalists as well a3 workers. Worcester "Telegram." f i The Logic of Facts. In short, the exports of manufactured goods under the Dingley law, which free-traders claim would Injure our export trade, are just double what they were under a Demomratic tariff designed for the express purpose of otr export trade, according to the accepted logic of the free-trade-tariff-reform school. This, demonstrates the trouble with free trade and tariff reform arguments. They are all right for closet purposes; but the irresistible logic of facts persists in proving the precise contrary to the closest deductions. Neverthelf ss, it is to be expected that the Democratic free traders and their tariff reform allies will persist In their claim that the present tariff law is bad for expansion of foreign tradenot Just now, mürbe but at some time in the future it will work out that way. It has expanded our exports steadily for nine years, but that doe not prove anything to the free trader. Seattle Post-Intelligencer. KoUurry. The New York "Staats-Zeitung," the cc:t Influential German American riper in tha AtLurtte Coast States, I: cars from Its Berlin correspondent Hit tho German cotsmmcnt is di Z-zzJL to cxtand tha- ' prcnt tarier zzzzsz'i-zzt with t3 United CtitC3 l-z-l r-:'j 1, TT-: t-2 c:t7 ;rJ tzz'J2 Ii:? via ta

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S s OMMEAIT I f 4 the Kaiser's dominions. It is said that the Berlin government will continue the present tariff provisions without change, as far as they concern the United States, for an indefinite period in order to allow this country ample time to arrange its tariff schedules so as to take , advantage of the "conventional" schedules of the new Teutonic law. There is little doubt that the "Staats-Zeitung's" information Is correct; far more correct than that of Gustav II. Schwab, who is trying to make the commercial organizations believe that our exports to Germany will fall off to little or nothing If we don't hurry up and show the white flag. There Is no cause for hurry. Germany will give the United States an indefinite period of time, all the time it wants, to decide whether or not to go into a reciprocity dicker. "It may be for years, and it may be forever.' American Economist Many Objections. Commercial reciprocity sounds well but it is usually open to many objections. It violates the principle that a protective tariff to be justifiable must be for all like, and it invites competitive aggression by helping to reward it. It also grants favors to the less friendly which to the moro friendly are denied. Germany imposes a high duty on American products and therefore gets a special rate on certain things ft sell3 in the American market. Great Britain admits American merchandise free, and Is therefore debarre". from sharing in the concession which Germany enjoys. That is how the principle of reciprocity works out, and there is no need to direct attention to the Inequity of the result. There will probably be no reciprocity treaty with Germany. How far the discrimination to be practiced under the new tariff will injuriously affect the United States remains to be seen. Tossibly it will not do so to any considerable extent. Should the contrary happen and should it become necessary for this country to protect Itself a special schedule for the benefit of German imports can easily be prepared, as was done recently in Canada, with consequences which led the Germans to regret they ever began the scrap. Philadelphia Inquirer. Help from tne So nth. From the Southern States comes the promise of help in maintaining tariff stability. What time the tariff revision and reciprocity elements of the Republican party in Massachusetts and other States are bending their energies toward the demoralization of the prosperity producing system which Is the outgrowth of the "cardinal principle" of Republicanism, the Democrats of the solid South are veering away from free trade the "cardinal principle of Democracy There are numerous indications of a determination on the part of Southern Congress men to withhold their support from the movement to force upon the Fiftyninth Congress the revision of the tariff. Representative Lester of Georgia, who Is entering upon his ninth term as member of Congress from the Savannah district, expresses the opinion that Southern Democrats will hereafter be slow In favoring tariff revision downward, and that there will be no tariff legislation during the coming winter. The situation seems to be. that while the South is not actively and openly for protection its industries are too largely the gainers through protection to warrant any Interference with that policy. It is a healthy and . encouraging sign. American Economist To Nullify Hiebest Law. IToke Smith, who during Grover Cleveland's first administration deprived so many old soldiers of their pensions, aspires to be Governor of Georgia. Notwithstanding the Democratic State primaries do not occur until July 15, 190G, there are five pronounced candidates for the gubernatorial office in the field, all of whom are making campaigns on "State issues." Hoke Smith's issues are disfranchisement of the negro and State ownership of railroad property. The negro is not allowed to vote in Georgia now. : This Is effected not by disfranchiement, but by the institution of Democratic white primaries, which control the elections. Theoretically negroes who have paid their poll tax can vote as freely as. white men. However, except at Presidential elections, there are scarcely any negroes who do vote. Hoke Smith proposes that the negro shall be disfranchised out and out by a constitutional amendment similar to those of other Southern States. This Is a State question that 13 national in its scope, Just as the tariff and railroad rate questions are national. Cowardice. If there is anything despicable in manhood it is that element which runs when the first threat of a charge reaches its ears. "We refer to the people now crying for free-trade, free-er trade, reciprocity and other kindred schemes for opening our home market to the cheap producer of Europe because Germany and a few other countries have declared they will scrap us commercially If we don't - Great Caesar! are we cowards? It looks like some of these think we are! But we are not. It will be found .that our policy, which Is purely American, was made for Americans and is not for Europe. We are for the American laborer, producer, manufacturer. The rest can go hang. Salem (Ore.) "Statesman." If Xeft to Farmers. If left to farmers, tia present tariff schedules would not be touched. But it i3 czzj to ccc3 what will happen if th3 fcrrcrtcrs, xrto tit by tl3 czzzLli cnJ ULd toll, era to Czcilo t3 tor!2 rzl'77 c! 3 Vzizzl Ct-t::. 2r:r:t:rx z'.r-zz'z.

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ENTERTAINING REMINISCENCES OF THE WAR. Ormphle Account of Stirring Scene Witnessed en the Battlefield and in Camp Veterans of the Rebellion Be dta experiences of Thrilling Natmra I was down at Peoria last week," eald the captain, "and for the first time in forty years met Sol P. Flint, of the Seventh Illinois Volunteer Infantry. At the battle of Allatoona pass Flint was sergeant major of the Seventh, and at the close of the battle was the ranking officer, all the commissioned officers having been put out of action. Flint didn't admit this, but took great pride in the fact that he was on duty and was able for duty all through the fight. "It should be remembered that the Seventh Illinois had purchased at Its own expense Henry repeating rifles, each rifle good for sixteen shots after loading. The government furnished the ammunition, but the boys owned the rifles, and they knew how to uso them on this day at Allatoona, They were in the redoubt with General Corse and defended, as occasion demanded, right flank, left flank and center. If they were blazing away in the center and a charge was made on the right or left, they ran to the point assailed, and with their sixteenshooters repulsed the enemy. "When Colonel Richard Rowlett, commanding the Seventh, was shot through both legs the boys put him down inside the works, head to the works and feet stretched out toward the center. Rowlett had been on the works cheering his men when he was ehot, and when Flint reported to General Corse that the colonel bad been severely wounded and was put out of the fight, the general said, In high temper: 'Blankety blank it I You tell him I won't have my officers exposing themselves as he did. As Corse at that time was sitting propped up against the works and was binding up his mangled jaw and ear, Flint smiled, but he carried the message to his colonel. "As Flint passed Rowlett on his way to defend the flank the colonel said the boys were tramping on his wounded legs as they ran from one point to another and then back. He asked Flint to stand astride of his legs and tell the men to step over him and not on him, and In return for the favor he would load Flint's gun for him. Flint took the position as Instructed, kept the men off the wounded legs, and kept up a steady fire, giving orders to the men as advised by the colonel. "Rowlett continued to load until he became weak from loss of blood. Then Flint moved him out of the path of the men running back and forth, and kept up the fight It was the sixteenehooters that told agaln&t the enemy, the changing of the men from one front of the redoubt to another giving the rebels the impression that all the regiments in the works were armed with Henry rifles. The losses of the regiment were heavy, but the sixteenshooters won." "I met the other day," said the sergeant, "a man whose face had been haunting me for years. I was out at Ros lill cemetery and was passing the Bold.irs' lot when I came face to face with a man whose eyes I had seen a thousand times in reveries and dreams. On ths road to Shiloh I was taken sick, very sick, and was left in a house by the roadside. Later, I was conscious of being carried to another house and of being placed hi a large room. I remember that as I turned this way and that in my misery I caught the odor of new carpet and pressed my nose close, against the carpeted floor. My thought was that I had been transported home and had been put down in the parlor until my room was made ready for me. Waiting to be moved, I slept and awoke In torture. It seemed to mo I was in a boat tossing in a storm, and that some one's arms held me from getting bruised. I opened my eyes, to see that I was in an army wagon. Jolting over a rough road, and realized that a man with wonderfully sympathetic eyes was holding my head in his lap and striving to break the jolts that gave me such pain. "The Jolting, it seemed to me, continued for days and days, but whenever I opened my eyes the friendly eyes in a friendly face looked down into mine, and their sympathy comforted me. At last I opened my eyes and the friendly face was not there. I was in a hospital at Nashville and was recovering from fever. But no one could tell me of my friend. He lived with me In every recollection of the war, but I never knew who he was or whether he was dead or alive until I net him looking for a lost comrade at Rose Hill. "We were both old men. He of the friendly eyes did not recognize me, and, I recognized him only by his eyes, which had the old look in them as he listened to the questions of his little grandson. He remembered all the circumstances of the Jolting Journey to Nashville, and- said to my wife and my boys that he was gladder than ten thousand dollars to find me. He told me for the first time the story of a blank in my life. On our arrival at Nashville he had been sent to one hospital and I to another, and he had lost trace of me. . On comparing notes, however, we learned that we had served in the eame division at Perryville, Stone River, Chickainauga, Missionary Ridge, and In all the battles up to Atlanta; that we had lived for thirty years in the' eame ward in Chicago; that our children had attended the eame school, and we had never met. Aa I told ny boys and girls that nlht, Rcss Hill tjtraed to be for that day aa raracta aa Italy, and I could not escape frera Ca Impression that I had met tzj eld friend in a foreign country. CJ;p Inter Ocean. . T2e Plana X7ere Delayed, Czzzzzl Grant recerü a et:rj .(lit zizl to c-r-o tlm crcC7 cl a

certain rough carpenter who accompanied "Stonewall" Jackson in matiy of his marches. On one occasion, when he was making a rapid movement, he came to a deep stream; the bridge had been burned, and it was necessary It should be restored as soon as possible. Jackson 6ent for his engineers and, the carpenter, telling them what was required, and the engineers retired to their tents to prepare the plans. Two hours later the carpenter reported: "Glneral, that bridge Is finished, but them pictcrs ain't come yet'

Gen. George Gordon Meade George Gordon Meade was bern at Cadiz, Spain, December 31, 1815. In 1835 he graduated from the United States Military Academy and was assigned to the Third Artillery. He fought in the Seminole war in Florida. He resigned from the army, and in 1837 was assistant engineer In the construction of the Alabama, Florida & Georgia Railroad. He did not reenter the army until 1842, when be was made second lieutenant of topographical engineers. In 1845 he Joined Scott's staff at Corp'os Christi, Tex., and during the Mexican war participated in the battles of Palo Alto, Monterey and Resaca de la Pulma, and the siege of Vera Cruz. After the war he was employed in lighthouse construction. In August, 1SG1, he was commissioned brigadier general of volunteers, and assigned to the command of the Second Brigade of the Fennsylvania Reserve Corps of the Army otf tho Potomac (stationed on the right of the lines before Washington). He served in the Virginia peninsula campaign, took part in the actions at Mechanicsville, Gaines' Mill and Frayser's Farm. June IS, 1SG1, he was promoted major of engineers. At Manassas he commanded the First Brigade of Reynolds' division, and later took a conspicuous part at South Mountain and Antietam. In the latter battle, when Hooker was wounded, he was placed In command of the First Corps. In November, 1SC2, for his service, he was promoted to major general of volunteers. At Fredericksburg he commanded the Third Division of the First Corps, with which he broke through Lee's right and penetrated to the position occupied by the Confederate reserves, but for want of support was compelled to ' fall back. At Chancellorsville he commanded the Fifth Corps, and In June, 1SC3, he was appointed commander of the Army of the Totomac, to succeed Hooker. His command was then scattered on the march through Pennsylvania, in pursuit of the Confederate Invaders. At Gettysburg, July 1-3, he won the great and decisive battle with which his name Is generally associated. It has been charged against General Meade that he desired to retreat at Gettysburg, on the second day, but not only has he. but others have emphatically denied the allegation. As a result of his victory, he received the thanks of Congress and was made brigadier general, United States army, his promotion being dated July 3, 1863. During the remainder of the war he retained command of the Army of the Potomac with conspicuous ability. August 18, 1SC4, he became major general in the regular army. From July, 1SC3, until his death he was commander of the military division of the Atlantic, with the exception of the period from January, 1SCS, to March, 1SC9, when he was in command successively of the Third military district and the Department of the South. General Meade died at Philadelphia, November C, 1872, where, in 1SS7, an equestrian statue was erected to his memory. Nerve of a "Wounded Soldier. One day an army surgeon was dressing the wound of a soldier who had been shot in the neck near the carotid artery. Suddenly tho blood vessel gave way, and just as quickly the surgeon thrust his finger Into the hole to stop the flow. "Doctor," said the soldier, "what does that mean?" "It means death," said the surgeon, calmly. "How long can I live?" asked the soldier, whoso mind was perfectly clear. "Until I remove my finger," said the doctor. The soldier asked for a pen and paper, wrote his will and an affectionate letter to his wife, and when the last thing was done, said, quietly: "Let It go." The surgeon removed his finger, the blood rushed out, and In a few minutes the man was dead. Cleveland Plain Dealer. Worst of All. The woman who boasts that she never sleeps well has many reasons at her tongue's end, and nobody dares dispute them. There is one woman ir. particular who has no family, and spends her life in traveling and visiting. She therefore has. an opportunity to test all sorts of places. "I can't sleep in New York on account of the elevated trains that run within a block of Cousin James' house," she explained to a friend one day; ?and in Philadelphia there is an elect -ic light that shines from the corner right on my bedroom wall, and I never wish to have blinds closed. "In Boston, my friends live on a street through which the milk-carts come very early. "In Washington, at the Duncans', there's a dog, and he's liable to bark at any time, so I keep expecting to hear him, even when he doesn't "In Buffalo, at Henry's, there's a cuckoo-clock that keeps waking me up. When I'm with the Sallsburys I Just lie and listen to the sea, booming and splashing all night long.. And at dear Anna's of course thre are the babies'." "I should think you'd love to o out to ths HenderixmsV Eald the sympathetic friend. "Right In the woods, cud no farm animals, like hens, or anything to disturb you." "The Hendersons' I" and the sufferer frcra tecsmnla raised her cyca to heaven. "My dear, I tri id it cuc czd Vz2 quiet rz3 cd fcridl I crrc? Czzzl cy cy till tzf'-J1

WELL-SHAPED TREES. The tree that is properly shaped will have an artistic appearance in winter as well as in summer. It I? not only desirable to have a mass of foliage In the summer, but its branches ishould be so arranged that it will give a pleasing effect in winter. PAYS TO RAISE COLTS. It will pay any farmer to raise one or two colts of the draft type each season, declares the Farmers' Voice. Breed the mares to heavy sires, and those of the colts that mature above 1.300 pounds should be disposed of and the lighter ones retained for farm use. Horses of the heavy type are and will be in good demand at remunerative prices for years to come. THE ROOSTER'S FAMILY. The number of females that can bs mated with one male bird depends a great deal upon the male bird himself. If he is vigorous and strong and healthy he can safely be entrusted with a harem of a dozen females, or even 15; but if ho Is lacking in vigor, the number of females should be cut down proportionally. Better get one settiDg of strongly fertilized e?gs than two settirgs of doubtful fertility. A WHISTLE ON THE FARM. Around a farm or large place the use of a whistle is quite necessary to ca'l the children home. The young fo!ks will soon understand that three short whistles, repeated twice, means to come home quicklythey are wanted immediately. The sound is very penetrating and saves voice and good strength. DON'T PLANT TOO MUCH. At this season of the year if one will take the. trouble to travel among farms and look into the details cf them, it will readily be seen that many farmers "bito off more than they can chew" In the planting line. It r? poor policy to p'.ant more than can be properly cultivated or utilized no mattor what the crop may be. LIGHT AND SHADE EFFECTS. The power of leaves to evaporat water Is regulated by their exposure to the sun. Some leaves on the sunny side of a tree transpire three time-s as much water as those on the shad: side of the tree, while in some varieties of trees, the leaves on the sunny side transpire ten times as much a? do the leaves on the shady side. It h easy, therefore, to understand how greatly the trees need the sun. The passage of the water through the leaves, Is nature's way of conveying plant food to the leaves, where it is elaborated and prepared by being combined with the carbon of the air for the work of cell buildins. Othethings being equal, we find the tree growing more on the sunny side than on the shady side, as the work of cell building is facilitated by the action of heat and light. If a man desires a well formed shade tree, he must see that that tree stands alone, and tha as much as possible it gets sunshine from all sides. He need not suppose that he will get a symmetrical tree if he plants It so near to another tree that part of it is always in the shade. A tree will develop its branches on the side where it gets the light, and will develop but little on fhe side where it is shad'. On the shady side the branches will be thin, and the general outline unsightly. In the north temperate zone, says the Farmers' Review, a tree in the summer time. i comparatively isolated, will receive the sun on all sides. In the early morning it receives the sun on the north acd east sides, in" the middle of the day, on the east, south and west sides, and late in the day on the west and north side?. This is an admirable arrangement for tho symmetrical development of the tree. Man interferes with it when he tries to put too many trees In a certain place. HOW I VENTILATED MY DAIRY. , SomS years ago when I got possession of the farm I found a dairy house built four feet deep and eight feet square with brick floor, which I thought would be a good place for milk. It was cleaned out nicely and the milk was placed in it, but with all my care the milk would soon be clabber, and was often sour by dinner time, while my farmer's share of the mil' would be sweet all day in a safe which was kept under a shady tree, although the thermometer showed the dairy was several degrees cooler. I concluded" fhe trouble was owing to want of ventilation In the pit to rid it of any acid vapor which must be the cause of the change mentioned, tho acid neutralizing the soda or alkali that holds the cassin in solution. To get rid of the acid vapor was the Question to soTve, as there was no ventilation around the milk. Because of the mobile nature of air I knew th' slightest variation of temperature would create a circulation. To get this I built alongside of the old dairy a new one, with two four-inch walls about six inches apart, giving a pac around the building, leaving an open outlet into tha brick .trough, connecting the two, built on the floor, the outlet being half a brick space every few inches along the bottom of the trough. A thermometer indicated that the air was two degrees cooler than tire air in the trough, which difference kept up the circulation night and day, displacing the air in tne trough. During my residence on the farm , till about the first of October, we had no trouble with milk turning to clabber. end often missed the cottage cheesa fcr supper, as there was no clabber to make it. even for breakfast, but j;!cnty cf sweet -nilfc. Li Cz2 rrc:ct t!r,o to Lava no

trouble winter or summer, as the water from an artesian well, temperature fifty-eight degrees, flows through the dairy and in the drain pipe to the bay. My tenant informs me it keeps his milk, melons, cold meat, and, I am sorry to say, his boarders beer, in good order without ice. The well flows thousands of gallons In the twenty-four hours, discharging the water two feet above the surface. The layer of sand from which the water comes is 350 feet from the surface. A. P. Sharp, Baltimore, Mr. FARM NOTES. A sjmmetrically developed hog is the profitable porker. The bacon hog doesn't stay a ba con hog very long on a corn diet. Seven or eight pigs to fhe litter is the proper caper, if you will just save and raise them. Pigs in clover is a pretty good proposition to tie to, hut alfalfa will discount It right along try it A runty pis may be properly defined as one that eats its head off about three or four times in one year. The hog pen Is the logical banking institution on the farm, and the farmer can draw on his account any day ln the year. Everlastingly at it Is the successful hogiran's motto. You can't make the most of the pigs and slight them tor one single day. In handling poultry system counts for much. Never trust to luck. Plan your work and then live up to the plans ?C5 days in the year. For variety in feeding fowls give a little fresh meat. Onions are good for fowls of any kind. During the winter when green fcod is scarce, feed potatoes, cabbage or beets. Convenience should be one of the fir?t thoughts when constructing a poultry house. Everything should be arranged so as to al'ow its work to be done in the shortest space of time. As a niTe reasonably early shearing is best for the sheep, but if sheared early they must be protected should a sudden change to cold weather come, as is sometimes the case. When horses are not thrifty it may be due to sameness. of diet. If an animal gets cut ofcondition, appears run down and does not relisn Its food, a little flaxseed boiled in oats and fed two quarts at a time for a few days, will soon give him a good appetite. Look oout for vertigo, a disease of the brain. The flow's act as though intoxicated, sometimes turning in a circle. The best treatment is an application of ice to the head; afterward, says a poultry authority, the bowels should be opened with either of the following purgatives: Calomel, oee and one-half grains, or epsom salts, thirty grains. Keep the bird in a cool, quiet place. BURGLAR TOOK HEART. Things Ho Saw Through Window Gave Him a Good Opinion of Himself. "You owe $500." It was a gay scene at the house of Mrs. Pincher-Puncher. The guests were just about to disband as the young man, who had been playing bridge all the evening, with blanched face gazed at his hostess. "Five hundred dollars," he repeated. "Why, I thought It was a friendly game of bridge. I didn't know it was for money." "That is your own fault. I'll trouble you for a check, please." Tne guest hesitated. Apparently he was being held up. And yet he realized Mrs. Pincher-Puncher's power in the social world. She could ruin him. He saw there was nothing else to do. He drew a check book from his pocket, and accompanying her into the library, wrote out a check for the correct amount and passed it over. The next day the young man sat in the humble dwelling of one of the most skillful burglars in the country, with a letter of introduction from a politician. "What can I do for you, sir?" said the burglar. "A simple thing. Last night I was held up and robbed of $500 by Mrs. Pincher-Puncher, one of our wellknown society women. I want you to call there this evening, if possible, and get my money back. Here's a plan of the house, and you can have all you make, less the five hundred." Twenty-four hours later the burg lar's card was sent up. "Well, what luck?" "Here is your five hundred. And five hundred more " The young man smiled. "You must have made a good thing out of It," he said, "when you are willing to pay me twice as much as I wanted." "Yes, sir. But it wasn't so much the money I made as the satisfaction." "What do you mean?" The burglar smiled. "You see, It's thl way," he said. "I got there beforehand and looked In through the window. My conscience used to trouble me some. I used to think it was wicked. But now that I've seen the operations of some of those smart people, it's worth almost any amount of morev to me to knor that I am so guileless and good!" -Life. . -Vast Cost of Forest Fires. A million dollar fire in a lumber yard excites public attention and comment from Maine to California. Few pay any attention to the $25,000,000 worth of lumber annually destroyed in the United States by forest fires. The price of beef, gas and railway rates is a permanent topic of active discussion and controversy. Few give any heed to the recent enormous increase In the cost of lumber or to the danger of an early exhaustion of our forest resources. New

POINTS ON SOFA PILLOWS. Bulgarian and filet work are increasingly popular for cushion covers, and is quickly worked and very effective over a color. Plain burlap is the foundation for the Bulgarian embroidery, and though the work is done In -simple cross-stitch, the patterns and arrangement of colors are quite orinetal. Leather applique is also seen on some of the burlap cushions in conventional designs and with a leather fringe. The college girl has a cushion cover with simulated calling cards outlined by black Ink, on each of which is an autograph. A rather delicate but very pretty cover is made by interweaving two shades of No. 2 ribbon. About CO yards of each color is required. Fancy braid or guimp is taking the place of the heavy cord so long in vogue as a finish to a cushion. In coloring to match the top, blended with gilt or silver, it is quite effective. A cushion can be stuffed with cotton Instead of feathers. Cut the batting in small squares, place In a warm oven to thoroughly dry without scorching, then fluff apart. The cotton when thus treated will not pack with use. For porch cushions cotton is preferable. New York Globe. THE HOUSE BEAUTIFUL. Eroieric angla'se curtains for window drapery are the latest development cf the craze for this style of embroidery Venetian bünds are daily growing in favor and are the only really consistent thing for Co'onial rooms. A novelty that has both newness and attractiveness is called Normandy furniture. This is delightfully artistic pleasing in coloring and style and strikingly new. Adjustabb valances ar? the very latest new Idea In lace curtains. These curtains are finished at the top with a heading like a valance and have loops at the back that can quick" ly and easily be attached to a pole or have a brass rod run through them. Chains are a new feature in furniture decoration that are at lea-st odd. Th?y are usd to hang lamps from, swinging tables and to hold back drapries. Some of the finer chains are quite effectively used as fringes for mosaic and colored glass lamp shades. Folding frepace screens of brass, finished either bright or dull, are very fath'onable at present. They may also be had of a cheaper taetal, finished in black or gilt. For the den or small room in the modern apartment hang!ni; tables are very convenient These add quite a little to the attractiveness of certain style rooms and decidedly economize space.' Tuey are suspended by ornamental chains. Tiles or brick work for mantels these days, are put up with very wide joints between. Colonel effects are the rage of the hour In the house furnishing world, but when adopting it discretion and good taste should rule. It is a great mistake to reproduce the tasteless features cf Colonial furnishings Just because they are Colonial or oldtimey. Things are not beautiful merely because they are old. All Sheraton, Chippendale, or Heppelwhite chairs and tables are not to be coveted. All three of these famous cabinet-makers were guilty of ugliness, and Chippendale especially easily swayed by the prevailing rage for Chinese gilding and lacquring. RECIPES. Baked Peaches For baking use large, solid, sweet peaches. Pour boil ins water over them to loosen the skin then peel as you would a tomato. Stick a couple of cloves in each baking dish. Cover with sugar and dot with little bits of butter. Cover with a pan for the first fifteen minutes and bake in a steady, moderate oven until tender. These are nice for dessert either hot or cold or make on excellent relish for roasts or game. Peach Puree Press sweet ripe peaches that have been peeled through a sieve. Measure and to each pint allow one pint water, half a teaspoonful of bitter almond and juice of a lemon. Add sugar to sweeten. Bring to the boiling point, add one teaspoonful arrowroot, moistened In one-half cup cold water; stir until the mixture again boils; cook until thickened, then set aside to cool. "Wnen ready to serve pour in tumblers, fill with cracked ice or stand in snvall bowls packed with ice and send to the table as a first course for luncheon or breakfast. Stuffed Tomatoes Wipe large, firm tcmatces, cut off the tops and scoop out the insides with a small coffee spoon. Mix this inside with an equal amount of bread crumbs and a little melted butter, salt and pepper. Place a piece of cheese in the top of each tomato and set in the oven in a covered dish, pouring a littletomato liquor about the tomatoes. Bake until the vegetables are tender all through, then serve in the dish in which they were baked. Noodle Au Gratin Beat slightly two egsrs, add a saltspoonful of salt, a dusting of nutmeg and stir in flour sufficient to form a smooth, elastic don?h when well kneaded. Roll out to a water-like thinners and leave exposed to the air until slightly dried. Dredge with flour, roll up jellv roll fashion ad with a nnarp knife cut In very thin slices, ix ss Iishtly with the fingers to unroll and drop into weak s!oc!; cock for seven' or eight minutes, drain, put in a buttered baking dish cover thickly with, soft bre'adcrumbv well saturated with butter and run into a hot oven until the crumbs are crlrp and brown. Long Service With Railroad Compsny. IL M. Bronson, who has just been made general passenger agent cf the Big Four system, has been with thct cczirany for tty izzt fifty-two yr-rx