Plymouth Tribune, Volume 6, Number 33, Plymouth, Marshall County, 23 May 1907 — Page 6

Massing; the PreKldeyt. .Several of the leading American newspapers are urging President Hooserelt to Issue another statement tiffining Lis position relative to the nomination or 1Ü0S. While they profess to believe in the sincerity of his previous utterances, they claim the movement in his behalf for another term needs to !x checked before it reaches alarming proportion?, and the fear Is " it may have a bad influence on the proceedings f the convention. There Is a suspicion that this anxiety does not spring wholly from patriotic motives," but that it is intended to further the ambitions of one cr more of the reeeptlv candidates. I'or it is difficult to reconcile this profession of faith in the President with the appeal. The language of his statement Kent broadcast on the night of the election in 11X4 is unmistakable, lie made It as clear as words can express it that he would not be a candidate. At intervals since, when he discovered that some people were determined to question his motives, he has reiterated and, if possible, s. lengthened his position. Why, then, should he come out now with another declaration? Why M ill some people persist that be was not in earnest when he dictated the statement of 1004? He wa under no .pledge, to make it; the exigencies of -politics didn't demand it; the result had been made known, hence te did not take the step with a view to calming the fears of the voters and a iding to tbe popularity of his candidacy. Stretch tue imagination as we may, we cannot find a single incident in connection, with the publication of that statement which gives us warrant for the belief that President Roosevelt was playing to the galleries. If Im was -sincere then, he must be considered sincere now, and in that case repetition does not make assurance any the more certain. And it must be apparent to the -President that however often he declines the honor which over-onthusias-tic cittens would again thrust upon Inm, he cannot quiet suspicion in every breast Try as he may, there will still be uen who will proclaim from the hous3tops that the President is angling for "another term. lie must rest unJfr that imputation because It cannot lx wholly disproved until tt contention of 100S has made its choice. Then, and then only, will the skeptics cease their clamor and confesi their trror. Tided a 1 5 lade. Would lie the Flrxt to Suffer. A great deal Is said about the prosperity of the country Mag dependent on the prosperity of the railroads. This is partially . true, and tie reverse Is absolutely true. When the country -went "tariCf revision" ai.d Democratic In 1S02. and Oxey with his army and soap houses followed the next year, the railroad stocks tumbled and many of the systems went Into the hands at receivers. Very few people but wl'J say that they believe in letting thera'.roads get a reasonable return on their Investment In ,proierous times this can be secured, and it is a matter of cwern to the railroads that they do all in their power to keep good times. If a panic should come to this country, or even a "stringency," the railroads would be the first to feel the aqueeze and to suffer from it. Hutchinson (Kan.) News. ' " IIa Learned Nothing. Mr. Cleveland thinks the tariff should be the great issue for the Democrats, to bring to the front next year. The exPresident is 70 years old. He lives in the past and has learned nothing since he left the White House. He imagines that the Issues that Interested him then are suji anve ana that people are thinking now pretty much as they thought then. That was long ago. A treat deal has happened since, but Mr. Cleveland Las had no hand hi It and thinks the country should get back and take up tlie work where he left it. Both Bryan and Hearst .have come to the front since Mr. Cleveland's time, bat he scarcely rccoznizes them. thonri, , wH they represent ten Democrats bere ue represents one, G rover Is an excellent fisherman on a iond. where be can get a good seat, but not much in quick water, where ho has to wade. Northampton (Mass. S Gazette. All IUsot at Last. The professor of mathematics in one f the" large eastern colleges is a man triio has a constitutional objection to new clothes of any sort. ' His family struggles with him periodically in order to keep him fairly presentable, but Ihe professor is always restless at such times, and far from happy. "There's something the matter with these new shoes you've made me buy," be grumbled to one of his sons. "I can't tell what's wrong, but It's there," and he surveyed his shining foot gear farith much dissatisfaction. A few days later his son, seeing hl:n rith a disreputably, muddy pair of boäs on his feet, ventured to remonstrate. Tlaven't you fou'id out what ws.a the matter with your iew shoes yet, father?" he asked, reproachfully. "Those you have on are ready disgraceful!" "Thes??" and the nrrfenr lnt lor.'-: gaze on the objects of his son's reprof. "Why, these are my new ones. I foaad all they needed Was a little liard wear t.o make them all right." Far from It. Goodley I'm surr rlsed to see you touting that dog. You should have some pity for dumb animals. Marryat So I have, but if you had to listen to this fellow every night, as I do, you'd know he isn't dumb. Philadelphia Press. An Optimist. , "Father," said the small loy, "what an optimist?" "An optimist, my son. Is a man who believes the weather bureau when its predictions are favorable and who congratulates himself on Its unreliability when they are not." Washington Star. The OOGth anniversary of the Invention of the fork is, soon to be celebrated la Paris, and sundry other parts of the world will likewise commemorate the event. The fork was first used by King John IV., Duke of Bretagne, to eat fruit In 1307. One historic deed of daring In the Spanish bull ring is that of the famous anatador, Gorrito, who on stilts faced the maddened animal. More than one-fourth of all the English newspapers are published In London.

NO CHECK TO PHOSPERITT.

Indication Hrfute Every Kai Prophecy of Disaster. Jacob II. Schiff, August Belmont, James J. 1 1 ill and others have recently predicted that a business convulsion of the ISTu and lSO.'J kind was close at hand. As these persons an, prominent Schiff and Belmont as bankers and Hill as a railroader their utterances attracted same attention. Several newspapers have leen making Inquiries among business men in the leading trade centers on this subject, and the weight of opinion in all cases is that no serious check to the present proslerity is in sight The New York Tribune has been getting expressions from Pittsburg. St. Louis and Chicago, and sums them up in this way: "Pittsburg expevts some slackening, and will welcome it, but scouts any real business depression. Men high in the steel trade say there can be no depression there this year or next St. Louis is enjoyI lug the greatest "business prosperity in its history, and prospects are for more business this year than last, une of the great railroad equipment companies reK)rts orders on its books for nearly 100.0W cars. Chicago is rejoicing over the Republican victory In the recent municipal election, and reports business in every line, boom! tig, and -n the Increase." The same sort of a story is told by 'the Inquiries which have been. made in various trade centers by other newspapers. All the indications which have hitherto been trustworthy in such cases point to a continuation of the present good times. If there is to be any Interruption in the prosperity of ltX)7 or :!X)S, the premonitory jigns of it are missing. In the Instances of the great business dislocations of the past In 1S1U, 1S37, 1S57. '. and 1S03 coming events cast their shadows berore. In each of these smash-ups the signs were in the financial sky for a year or two ahead. Put the things which produced those cataclysms are all lacking now. That Hooding "of the American market by foreign goods which took place just after the close of the war of 1SHM5, which was one of the causes of the panic of 1S19, has no counterpart to-day. The land speculation which figured prominently in the f list of causes of the crash of 1S37 end also of that of 1S57, is absent now. If there has been any heavy discounting of the future in the shape of railway building beyond the needs of the time, such as prostrated Jay Cooke and brought on the panic of 1S73, noinxly is able to see. it That attack on the tariff along the whole line which was sounded by Cleveland's election In 1892, and which helped to precipitate the panic of lSiXJ, is missing conspicuously missing at this moment Moreoer, the defective currency wildcat bank bills n 1S37 and 1857, the fluctuating greenbacks In 1S73, and the silver dilution of the circulation in 1S'.)3 which were among the causes of these financial collapses, are missing in 1907. The Republicans cured those evils, first by the resumption act of 1S73, which went Into operation in 187D, and which brought all the country's currency up to the gold level, and next by the act of 1WÄ). wmch headed off any silver debasement of tue 'circulation, and placed lhe gold stand ard in the statutes. The head of the United States Steel Corporation, which is by far the largest concern -in that line of business In the world, reported the other day that the number of orders for work which were ahead of his corporation were far in excess of those of last year, and this surplus is increasing. The earnings of the Amalgamated Copper Company were greater for the first quarter of the calendar year 1007 than In cny like period In that company's history. Notwithstanding the attacks which are being made on the Standard Oil Company by the national government and by several of the states, it iinds time to do more business than It ever transacted in 'the past, and Its chiefs say that still greater activity is Just ahead of it. Similar reports come from all the great productive industries. In the first quarter of 1007 there were fewer commercial failures than in the corresponding period of any year in a quarter of a century, showing that while business Is far more extensive than ever, It Is being conducted under better conditions. Along to this morning the government's income for the fiscal year lHginnIng on July 1. 190I, exceeds Its outgo by $"3,000,000, as compared with $d,000,0u0 for the corresponding time a year ago. In every direction all the business indicators rise up to confound every false prophet of disaster. St. Iouls Globe-Democrat He -Wa. Overeducaied. du a small Georgia town live an old negro couple. The wife supports both. Uncle Zeke, says a writer in the Philadelphia Public Ledger, spends most of lws time fishing in the brick -yard pond; not that he expects to catch any fish, but "des to'hab some harmless 'musement, chile." Aunt Mary takes in washing. . One day Aunt Mary's patrons broached tlie subject to her, and suggested that she should not encourage her husband's laziness by supporting him in Idleness, but Aunt Mary protested. . "'Deed, honey, mah ole man ain't lazy," she declared. "It's des' dem scientific notions be got when he was a-wuckln at de college." "Hut what . have scientific theories got to do with his not working?" the lady demanded. "Cot er whole lot to do, honey," Aunt Mary said, gathering up her basket "Yo see, dem Ideas 'what he got was dat It wasn't healthy ter wuck after meals; an' he ain't been able ter flgger out no way ter Vompllsh dat, not yet, 'less he gibs up eatiu', at' course he can't do dat." ' 1 . "Mitigating Circumstance." Magistrate (to accused) You admit having stolen the bicycle, but plead for lenient sentence. On what grounds, may I ask? Accused Because it was on this same bicycle that the plaintiff ran over me once. Meggeudorfer Blatter. fJood lte&aon. "Does your wife always talk back to your "Never." "How do you niana;! to control her so?" "I don't. She always talks first" Baltimore American. Hard io Open. Dick Succeed in touching the old gentleman fur ten spot this morning? Jack No, the money be carries Is like the umbrella be carries. Dick How so? Jack Why, it's a close roll. Monkeys are remarkably keen of sight, but deficient in sense of smelL

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TRAGIC TEASING. YOUNii woman drowned herself near Wilmington, Del., the other day because she could not endure the playful taunts of her associates about a trivial personal matter. She had begged them to stop, but they persisted. She then threatened to eud her life If, the persecution continued, and still they

teased her. Then she carried her threat into execution, and now the young people who engaged In their pastime of aunoyauee are overwhelmed with regret. , This tragedy carries an impressive lesson, applicable to great numbers of people who do net realize the sensitiveness of others. Of all subtle cruelties none is more abominable than the persistent reference to a subject that Is painful to another. Yet this form of torment is indulged in constantly. Parents tease their children about things that may seem trilling to them, but are serious and imiwrtant to the little folks. Tlioy cause great suffering of mlud by thus Incessantly "poking fun" at the youngsters whom they are supposed to cherish and guard from pain. The expression is often heard: "Oh, It Is goüd for her." She Is too sensitive. She will have to get used to being criticised and teased, while she is young." Yet this very treatment Is calculated tq render the child more keenly susceptible to mental torture than before. It may not be doubted that many a child's nature Is warped by injudicious Jocularity on the part of its elders. Washington Star.

THE STOCK EXCHANGE.

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Exchange as a scat of commercial iniquity, and have been encouraged hi this view by magazine articles picturesque and expert in phrasing, but not so accurate as they ought to be. When something unusual, like the recent

decline of stocks, calls attention to "the market," we realize how little thought most of us give to it day by day. It seems remote from the Interests of the man of small means. But the mitral stftck -market is a solid and important institution, and the conditions which it Indicates at the end of each day's trading are almost sure signs of the state of the country's production and commerce. It is true that a great many of the transactions on the stock exchange are mere gambling, and represent nothing more than the turning of money from one man's pocket Into another's; It Is also true that even in legitimate trading there is a fever and hysteria which perverts not only commercial values, but life values. Nevertheless, most of the chicanery and madness of stock transactions nourishes not In the central market, ' nor in the offices of those who guide i but in the suburbs of the business, in oiOces not related to the exchange or to any reputable hanking house. " i , Heal 'sto?k transactions bear a definite relation to the business of the country, and after due allowance Is. made for the artificial mau'.pulatlons so difficult to

A GLIMPSE OF SHEHUAN. It Is not always the great things men do that keep their memory alive. Frequently it Is some small act ( of kindliness, some pleasant speech or manly courtesy, which remains in the minds of those who knew" them. So In Illinois there is a young man who thinks of General Sherman not as ''Old recumseh," the soldier, .icto? in strcuuous campaigns, but as a k'ndly, rough bearded old gentleman, who carried him over miies of road ou his lap In order that at the end lie mig'at really see his boyish hero, the soldier. It was In the early eighties. The county In which the boy lived was to dedicate a soldiers' monument on Me morial day. General Sherman and Governor Oglesby were to be the two speakers of the occasion. From where the boy lived ,t was six miles to the county seat. 1 e had to walk the distance. But worst of all misfortunes, It rained all the day before, when he should have been working in the g:rden, and so on Memorial day the boy had to get down on hands and knees and pull weeds under a broiling sun, across row after row of young vegetables, bo that lie did not get away from home until 1 o'clock. Only an hour, and six miles to go! He knew if was useless. I; would take him two hours, and when he got there he would find everything owr and the general gon and there was do use in anything, anyway. Tears rolled down his checks now and then, and he felt like a much abused boy. Every little while a buggy or carriage passed him going. in his direction, but f.il of them were full, and there was no one to give him a lift. But at last, when he' was certain that be could never set there, a bugsy which came up from behind did not pass, but stopped beside him. "Hello, buhl" said d kindly Voice, "Going far?" . ' ,The boy looked up through misty eyes. Two gray and quizzical old faces peered at him out of a muddy buggy. Two pleasant old gentlemen were on the seat. "Y-y-yes, sir I'm trying to," said the boy. "Climb In, then," said the man nearest him, and as the boy, not believing his ears, put a foot on the step, the mail reached rut and lifted him in, and seated him on his lap. "Where you going?" he asked. I was a-going to' the monument," said the boy, "but I didn't tbjnk I would get there. Do you suppose I will? In time to see General Sherman?" The old man whe was driving clucked to the horse, and the other, stroking his beard, said: i "Why yes, I guess you will. Y'es, I reckon he'll get there., Eh, Dick?" Why why, yes, I reckon so," said the other. For somo reason they both chuckled. . ' . "Want to see the general, eh?" said the old man who held him. "Dou't care about the governor, eh?" "No, sir, not so much," said the boy, truthfullyi "You see, he lives right here in this state, and he didn't inarch through Georgia, or have songs about him, or anything." "Why, no. so he didn't ! Did he, Dick?" asked the boy's old gentleman again. This seemed to amuse them very much. They chuckled about It a while, and then the old gentleman who held the boy began to tell him stories about the campaigns General Sheman had fought in, and about soldier life, stories some of which were In the history book; but most of them were new to the boy. Then the other man told some stories about Mr. Lincoln. "Did you know him?" demanded the boy; and to bh" delight they both did, and told more stories about him. Elx miles was a long way to walk,

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work at home or under the direction of the boy's parents as well as wr.rk for hire. The Intent Is to keep off the streets the boys w ho are not In school. ' ' " , The 'street is not the place for a boy under 1C Habits of Idleness unrit the boy for serious work and give him a distaste for it. No phase of the criminal history of the city Is more disquieting than the Increase in the number of adolescent criminals during recent years. This in.crease is due, more than anything else, to the failure of parents to see to flt that their boys are kept under discipline after they have reached the tige of 14. The gang that meets near the corn r saloon Is not Rood company ' for the boy yho expects to make a success of life. Boys .who will be. men ctn be made or ruined by the habits into which they fall before the nsje of 1C Idleness during two of the most important of the formative years Is likely to lead to incompetence and failure. If nothing more serious. It Is better for a boy to enter upon life as fully equipped for the Ftruggle as possible. To some loys two years more of school would be an Invaluable help. To others an earlier start In business or a trade would be ;more important. But to no one In average health can two years of the lessons of the street be anything but hurtful. Chicago Tribune.

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PLAY A NECESSITY OF LIFE. mllE gosiel of play will, we are confident, win for itself a hearing as the gospel 'of whole'somencs and a fuller life. It will go far

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but it was a shrt way to ride, and it seemed as if they had hardly started when the boy heard a tremendous shouting and cheering, and there was the crowd, all lined up along the road, cheering. Cheering whom? lie felt a motion back of him, and turned, and saw. his old gentleman take off his hat and smile and bow ; and the other oid gentleman did the same. They drove up to the square and set him down, and every one fctared at him, and then he saw them, mount the platform with the committee. He had. Indeed, arrived in time to "see the general." for it was Geueral Sherman and Governor Oglesby who had brought him. : SHAKSPEABE QUOTED BIBLE. I'reNent Generation Knows Many 3fore Thine than Men of Old. "Yes," said Itev. John Snyder, author of "As Ye Sow," "wo know many thlng3 better than our ancestors knew them. We know more about microbes and scientific benevoleuca and expert sanitation. Hut they -knew more about the Bible. It was a part of their very Intellectual and spiritual fcber. "Do you realize," continued Mr. Snyder, "how much of the Bible there Is in Shakspeare's plays? A great English bishop declares Üiat these 'plays contain nearly 000 biblical quotations and references. Which do you think of all - the Sbakspeare characters quotes the Bible most frequently? You would probably never guess. , ".0b0d7 but that delightful old reprobate. Sir John Falstaff. When the old sinner Is on h.s deathbed Dame Quickly, you will remember, says he 'babbled of green fields.1 Mr. Richardson, the celebrated Shakspeare reader, says he was probably attempting to repeat the twenty-third psalm. "lut how many ieople even people of education and Intellectual cultureunderstand the biblical allusions of Shakspeare to-day? A few years ago a college president presetted to one of his classes (young men from all the different conditions of American life) a "ollection of nineteen biblical allusions taken.' from the works of Tennyson. The young men were asked to explain the allusions. The mistakes they made were simply ridiculously astounding. They reminded you of the man who thauked the preacher far telling the congregation the facts concerning Sodom and Gomorrah. He said he had always seen the names associated, but he supposed they' were man and wife. That scarcely seems an exaggeration. It. Melville Baker says he was reading a play to an Intelligent ictor one day. One line contained a relerence to Ananias. Who's he?' asked ihe actor. Mr. Baker smiled and said: ''Don't you know Ananias?' 'Never heard of him.' said the actor, 'and I guess if I never heard ft him the audience never did. I'd cut that line out.'" Boston Globe. Chauvins III Colon. Jacob A. Rlis tells of a llttie boy who earned his living by blacking boots. Every Sunday be attended a mission school. This school, through its wellmeaning teachers, decided to have a Christmas tree. The gifts for the pupils were provided for them by the teachers and soaie patrons of the school. ' Jimmy, the bootblack, was there Christmas eve, but was much disappointed when his present proved to be a copy of Browning's poems. He folded It carefully In thj paper in which he received it, and took it home. The next Sunday the superintendent of the mission school announced that any child who wax disappointed with his or her gift could exchange It. Jimmy marched boldly to the front with him. "What have you there, Jimmy " "Browning, sir." "And what do you want in exchange?" "Blacking, sir."

practice on the market as a whole, we find the exchange a sound register of the state of the country. The same things that all human beings fear, crop failure, war, strikes, depress the market. That is why men were afraid, when the market "broke; not so much because they care for the stocks, as that they feared 'the signs of the end of prosperity. Fortunately the market recovered, and there was no panic. But for a. few days all intelligent persons watched the market with respect and attention. Youth's Companion.

EOYS AND THE STHEET. UK Illinois Senate has passed a bill which will have the effect, if It becomes law, of requiring boys between 14 and 10 to be lawfully employed during school hours or to be .In school. Some latitude will probably be allowed to the interpretation of the word "employed," so that It may cover useful

io create a neuer race oi manly beings, a better social state and throw a new light on the piety of grimness and "other worldliness." What we have said has been annlied

L mainly to city life, to the overpaeked and unnatural crof.d; but it is applicable In a modified form to country life. The people who live among tha trees and brooks , do jet,' in spite of themselves, a certain .relaxation, 'yet they need what they do not get the useless sport, the utter relief for a ortion of cacn day 'from "trying to make ends meet.' New York Independent.

-7 SUKGETwY FOR II0RSES Science does not save all her favors for humankind. The horse comes In" for 'a good share of the Improvements of modern surgery. It is largely dufc to American Inventiveness, says a writer In the Denver Bepublican, that operations on horses have leen 'rendered not only much more humane, but that the proportion of successful operations has been Immensely ' Increased. This success depends much on the use of an operating table which Is coming Into general favor. Tlie contrivance for holding horses during operations Is a marvel of . ingenuity. It might be called" vise. ' It makes it possible to place a horse In any position with the greatest ease, and hcKls him rigid. Xo.t the least Important feature Is the saving of pain. It makes It impossible for a'. horse - to struggle and Injure itself. . The old way of securing a horse was by casting. This consisted , in hobbling the animal's four legs. and throwing him . cm a heap of straw. Many cases of broken back have thus occurred through the violent struggles of the 'animal. Roaietlmes a neck has been broken or a skull fractured by the process. Another source of great danget lies In the clouds of dust, laden with microbes, which arise from the heap of straw and render, aseptic methods Impossible. From time to time ojeraUug tables for horses have been invented, but they, have not worked satisfactorily. An American Invention 'open? a new epoch In the history of veterinary surgery. The table is a massive Iron frame, of the size and shape to contain a horse standing, . and revolves round a central horizontal axis: The end piece in front Is padded to receive the anlnjal's bead. The whole machine is revolved by the means of a lever, and so exactly balanced that It is possible to rotate a heavy horse with one hand. Every part of the horse Is held Arm. liy turning a winch a horse is raised until his feet leave the ground; then the whole apparatus is revolved and the horse placed In a horizontal position without any. shock' or pain Whatever. He cannot struggle, and . usually ho does not try. The table can be fixed at any angle. Every part of the animal Is accessible to the surgeon, who can operate under the most favorable conditions Chloroform can be administered with eas?. It Is a simple matter to back the horse Into the contrivance, which Is similar to putting him Into the shafts of a wagon. Once In position, the Ide bar Is adjusted, and the horse is a prisoner. A stout band of canvas Is passed under the horse, and his feet and legs secured. At a signal an attendant turns a riall wheel, and the animal Is Instantly svung off his feet From this time he Is under ierfect and. absolute control. His great body Is swung from side to side, and Its position even completely reversed with perfect ease. It Broli. "Freddy, you shouldn't liugh , out loud in the schoolroom," exclaimed the teacher. "I didn't mean to do It," apologized Freddy. "I. was smiling, when all of ä sudden the smile busted." Harper's Weekly. ' It 13 hard for the mother of a big fat baby to keep from assuming a she-don't-know-how-to-take-care-of-It . air when she sees a mother with a thh, sickly looking baby. Father could bear the disappointment he feels when he learns his daughter Isn't goirg to make a great musician, if she wodd only stop trying. The liUle side dishes at. a restaurant afford considerable amusement to farm-

THE WANDERER'S SONG.

There will be, when I come home, through the hill-gap In the west. The friendly smile of the sun on the fields that I love best; The red-topped clover here and the white-whorled daisy there, . And the bloom of the wilding brier that attars the upland air; There will be bird-mirth sweet mellower none may know The flute of tha wild wcod-thrush, the' call of the vlreo; Pleasant gossip of leaves, and from the dawn. to the gloani The lyric laughter of brooks there will be when I come home. There will be, whan I come home, the kindliness of the earth Ah, how I love It all, bounteous breadth and girth! The very sod will say tendril, fibre, and root, . "Here Is our foster-child, he of the wandering foot. Welcome! Welcome!" And, Io! I shall pause at the gate ajar ' That the leaning lilacs shade, where the honeysuckles are; I shall sec the open door 0 farer over the foam, The ease of this hunger of heart there will be when I come home! -The Outlook.

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"Father, can't you give Harold Stanley a situation In the bank as oüice boy?" . "Harold Stanley a. situation! Why, Louis, he's the son of one of the most worthless men In town. Job Stanley, Harold's father, was never known to do a day's work In his life, and what he docs earn his family doesn't get by a long shot 1 don't see how a boy brought up under Job Stanley' influence could be trustworthy." "Harold Is not like his father." "Give him. time, Louis, and hte Inheritance Is sure to show itself." "Thqn you have no place for him, father?" "No, Louis I dare not try the experiment, and, by-the-way, I should like it better' if you had less to do with this Stanley boy. I think that you can easily find better associates." "Whatever his father is, I believe Harold to be honest and worthy." This conversation took place between William Haworth and his sonj Louis, one morning, as' they were driving down town to the bank of which Mr. Haworth was president. The bank was. a very Important Institution; for It -was the only one In Upton, a bustling village built In the midst of the San Joaquin Valley, California. Mr. liaworth was one of the founders of the town, and, with Its growth, had become rich and Influential.Mr, Haworth 'had two children, Louis, the eldest, was 1C years old, and his sister, Mary, was four years younger. While Mr. Haworth was considered austere and ; aristocratic by the towns, people, his son was universally liked for pleasant manners and generous disposition. In their early childhood fays, when they became playmates on the grounds of the public school, Louis Haworth and Harold Stanley formed a strong liking fcr each other, and, as they advanced In . years, the attachment strengthened, until they became like brothers. The social conditions of the two families were w idely different. Harold was the only child of a shiftless, Intemperate, man, who cared but little for his family, and spent the greater part of his time In the grog shops of thp town. Harold's mother was a patient. Industrious woman, who managed, through the exercise of careful economy, with her earnings and what assistance Harold could give her, to keep the family upon the level of respectability. . Harold was anxjous to obtain permanent employment, that he might materially lighten the load of care that was telling upon his mother, and lie naturally went to his closest friend, Louis Haworth, with his plans. "Ferhaps father will give you a place In the bank, Hal," Louis had said. Til speak to him' about it(at the first opportunity." ; The opportunity came the next morning, and, with surprise "and sorrow, Lou I heard his father's denunciation of his friend. : ' On the morning that the conversation occurred, Louis was "returning home with a heavy heart. He was not willing to give .',ip the fight in behalf of Harold, and he did his best to devise some way of convincing his father of his friend's worthiness.: v At the upper end of the street, near the outskirts of the town, Louis saw a knot of men who seemed to bes deeply interested In something that a tall, brawny man, who stood la their midst, was saying. ' As he drew near, the crowd, he saw Harold, and he shouted to the boy to come and" have a ride. . ' Harold came over to the carriage. "What's the excltement?" Louis asked. - y 'There's a prospect of a flood," replied Harold. "That man doing the talking Is a mountaineer. He says that the mountains are ful? of snow, and, when it beguis to melt and the spring rains sef in, we must export a big freshet." ' ' "That's the cry every spring. Hal," raid Louis; "but we've never suffered very much." But this man says that-he has lived In the mountains twenty years, and he never saw. as much snow as Is therethis spring. You know that ihere were heavy snowstorms In the mountains last winter," said Harold. "I thluk we're pretty safe here," re marked Louis, confidently. Is on high ground." The town , "Your house Is in a bad place, Louis," U&vold said, "If the water should overflow, we shall have time to get to high ground before it surrounds us. By-the-way, Hal, I spoke to father this morning about giving you a situation." "Did he say that be ' would?" inquired Harold, eagerly. "Xo, he didn't give me much encouragement, Hal; but I'm not discouraged yet. I intend to get him interested In you before I give up." Harold's heart sank. He had never doubted that his young friend would secure him the coveted position. Now all his bright dreams were shattered. Louis saw the evidence of disappointment in Harold's face and he did all In his power to ch?er the boy. When they separated, Louis said: "Keep up good spirit, Hal. I'm sure that I can win my polut with father yet. I shall speak to him again about the matter In a few days." "Youf are very- kind, Louis," Harold replied, "but I presume that there are other boys that your father thinks are better fitted for such work than I am." "If that Is so, I shall try and convince him of his mistake," said Louis, a he drove away.

The previous winter that of 1S9091 was an unusually severe one on the Pacific coast. Terrific snowstorms prevailed in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, filling the 'canyons, obliterating the trails and so blockading the railroads that communication with the East, over the Northern routes, was suspended for weeks. When, at last, under the Influence of the warm spring sun and the rain, the snow melted, the canyons became courses for turbulent streams and tue rivers were greatly swollen. The San Joaquin River Is a broad stream, running through the San Joaquin Valley between low banks, and It often overflows and floods thousands of acres of the level land of the valley, doing a good deal of damage. The most disastrous flood resulting from the overflowing of this river known to the settlers of California occurred In the spring of 1S01. Upton was built on a high spot two miles from the San Joaquin Hirer. A quarter of a mile from the western outskirts of the town and in the direction of the river, at a point where the laud was high and yet lower than tlie elevatiod upon which the town had been built, stood the handsome residence of Banker Haworth. The grounds around it were extensive and beautiful, but ever since Mr. Haworth had chosen the spot as a place of residence a large number of the citizens of Upton, who were acquainted with the peculiarities of the

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"I CONFESS I HAVE MISJUDGED YOU." river, had frequently expressed their doubt of the wisdom of the choice. The banker laughed at their fears, and, although on two occasions the water ' had 6hut his family off from communication 'with town, f jcopt by means of a boat, he made no attempt to establish himself on higher ground. A few weeks after the mountaineer appeared In Upton, with the prophecy of a flood of unprecedented greatness on his lips, the river began to rise, and in a short time it rose above Its banks where th?y were the lowest and spread over the country several miles north cf tlie town. Great excitement prevailed In Upton, and It was suggested to "Mr. Haworth that he remove his family to the hotel in that town until the river had subsided. : "There will be time enough to do so," Mr. Haworth said, "when the river leaves Its banks at th!s point. They are high here, and If It should overflow them, I can get my family to town In twenty minutes easily." It had been raining furiously all nigh?-, and when. In the morning, Mr. Haworth drove into town, he 'learned that the river had risen several feet durlrg the night and fhat the water had already left the banks a mile south of town. ' Confident that no Immediate danger threatened his family, Mr, Haworth went to the bank. Two hours later he' was startled by cries on the street that the flood was coming. He rushed outside and joined the crowd that was hurrying toward the western outskirts, r From what he could gather from the excited people as he ran, lie learned that the river had suddenly ricn above Its banks and the water was sweeping toward the town like a mill rice. Filled with apprehension for . the safety of his family, the banker hastened to a point from which he could see his residence. The sight that met his view rendered him frantic. The water had completely surrounded tlie house and had risen to the top of the doors on the ground floor. '-, From the open windows In the second story, he saw his wife and children and the servants wildly waving to the crowd of men that stood helplessly watching them on ihe margin of the swirling flood that was slowly driving them backward and widening the distance between them and the Imprisons d family. Boats were to be had, but to attempt to cross the racing waters In one of them would be useless, for twenty men could not have rowed a boat against such a current. Ifow to save the unfortunate ones was the question that agitated the minds of the people. Whatever was done must be done quickly, for the water wis steadily rising, and in a few minutes had gone to the sills of the windows, through which the occupants of the house were leaning. , ' , Wild with fear, Mr. Haworth moved amoqg the people, exhorting them to save his family, lie offered a fortune to any man who would bring his wife and children to him, but there was 110 one there who could see .a-way of doing it. Harold Stanley, deaf to thi . shouts and cries of the crowd, looked across the turbid water and saw his friend Louis beckoning to the people. The thought that he must stand almost within sound of the voice cf the

boy who had been a brother to him." and watch Louis slowly driven to the last foothold cn the roof, and finally swept away by the relentless flood, forced his quick briin to rapid action, and, as he stood looking fixedly over the water rcith pale face and coirpresaed lips, he struggled to dovise some plan for rescuing his friend. Despair was fast overcoming him, when it occurred to the boy that he had read of a way that the members of the life-saving stations have of saving the lives of shipwrecked sailors, by shooting a ball with a line attached to

It from the shore t3 the ship, anJ bringing the men ashorfc on It after it had been made fast at each end. With this remembrance came an Idea, and, waving his cap over his head, as if to strengthen the courage of his friend, he made his way unnoticed through the excited crowd, and ran at the top of his epee J toward home. When Harold reached the house he took his father's rifle down from the hooks on the wall. He dropped the ramrod into the barr.'L The rifle wai loaded. Procuring a lead sinker that he used when fishing In the river, he fastened a piece of wire into the end of it, and dropped It Into the rifle. To the end of the wire that protruded from the gun-barrel he attached the end of a. ball of binding twine, which is a very strong cord. Hurrying into the street, Harold dropped the ball of twine, and, grasping the corl, ran toward the river. It was a strilght course, and the rtreet was empty. As Harold sped along the ball of twine unwound, and when he reached the crowd the cord was trailing behind him a long distance down the street The appearance of the boy, with tha rifle In bis band, attracted tbe attention of some of the men, who, fearing that the excitement had been too much for him, an l that he might do some harm, caught him by the arms and asked him what he Inteuued to da Harold coolly told them that he iras going to try and shoot the lead ball, with the twine attached to It, over tho roof of the Haworth residence. If ba could do It, and a strouz rope was tied to the end of the cord, the Imprisoned members of the banker's family could haul It across, fasten It, and, with a boat, a rope ferry could .'je made, and the endangered ones saved. "Make way, there for the boy!" shouted the men, who saw the wisdom In Harold's undertaking. Strong men forced the peopls back, and Harold walked between them to the edge of the fljod. No time could be wasted. The water had risen nearly to the caves of the house, and the banker's family had 'retreated to tbe roof. . Willing hands ;ui"kly supplied all tbe roiH that was needed from a store near by, and a boat, that had been used on the river, was dragged to the wa ter's edge, 1 AI: ryes were bent on Harold, whn he finally raised the rifle to bis sbonlder, and, elevating it at a sharp angle. aimed it directly over the head of those on tbe roof. There was a sharp report, and a hush fell ou the crowd as they eagerly looked across the water. The twine hissed through the hand of a man, w ho loosely held it. For a moment there was terrible suspense. Then a great shout went up from the people, when the banker's son was seen to reach out and pick up the cord. The twine was fastened to the er.J of . a coil of strong , rope, and Louis drew it slowly across the water. 1 The current pulled at it strongly, and it was feared that the twine would break ; but it proved strong enough for the purpose, and, the rope was finally haule 1 upon the roof. Louis took the end through the scuttle In the roof, and made it fast to a girder between the raftey. A hundred strong men held the shore end of tLe rope. A loop, of rope was placed around the cable and fastened to the bow of the boat, to the stern" of which another stout rope was attached. This rope was held by a number of men bo that, If the cable should break, ficy could. Itaul th,boat and its occupants ashore, Asa Gifford, one of, the nsost powerful men In the town, ot Inta the I cat, aad hauled it away by means of tha cable. The flood swirled about tho bulky craft, and It required all tbe strength of the powerful man to pull it across ; but he was equal to the ta&k, and the tat finally reached the house. The people were soon taken trim the roof, and the return bean. Many willing hands hauled at the rope; but, In consequence of the pressure of the water against the loaded craft and tha sagging of the cable, progress was slow. When little more than hilf ray over, the strain proved too great for the cable, and It broke. Like a ccri the boat was swept down tbe current, but only swung to the limit of tbe rope . attached to the stern, then glided Into 11.. .1 .1 : . 1 -: 1 2. Y . , 4 ftrr minute later the occupants were safe. There was great rejoicing over the rescue of the banker's family, and, la the midst of It, Louis led Harold through the crowd to where his father stood, with his mother and sister, speechless with joy. When the banker's eyes fell upor Ilarold's-pale face, he reached out, anl taking the boy's hand, said: "My boy, I owe you more than I can ever repay. I confess to having misJudged you. If it was pride that did It, I now publicly renounce it. I thank you for honoring my son w'.th your friendship. Louis continued Mr. Ha worth, turning to his son, "I shall expect you to bring Harold to my oZia to-morrow morning at 9 o'clock, with out fail." There was. a look, of supreme Joy on Louis face aa he led Harold through the crowd that leudly cheered. The point Is won, Hal," said Louis when they were by themselves. "Father Is interested In you now. but I didn't expect that it would be brought abou In this way, and that we should eve? actually owe our lives to yon." "Don't talk that way, Louis," begged Harold. "You are safe, and I am sa Isfied to know that I have my be friend back apiln." The next morning, at tha appointed time, Louis brought Harold to th bank, where Mr. Haworth was uwail Ing them. The Interview between tbe Ivankci and tbe boys was a protracted one, an! as a result of It Harold Is a rising auj trusted clerk in that establishment to day, and his mother 'x living la a pretty new cottage, on the edge of th town, that was given her by the bank er In recognition of the valuable er vice dqne him by ter saa. Montreal Fially Hertld.

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