Plymouth Tribune, Volume 7, Number 15, Plymouth, Marshall County, 16 January 1908 — Page 6

TO KEEP OUT OF DEBT

IMPORTANCE OF A NATIONAL TRADE BALANCE. Oat of the Function of a Protective Tariff I to Ilestrict Import as to Enable the County to Pay All Its Obligation . "If it had not been for this balance of trade in our favor, constantly liqui dating our obligations, our debts woulu have become insupportable long before now." This remark by the New York Tress Ja of weighty importance, and should receive from our financiers far more attention than they habitually give to the question of favorable trade balances. The fact is that our moneyed magnates are for the most part either Ignorant of or indifferent to the part played by the trade balance in maintaining our supply of money and money metals. It must be that they are ignorant, for if they were informell they could not be indifferen:. They ought to realize the part played by a protective tariff In so restricting competitive imports as to insure an excess of exports, and therefore a trade balance money coming to us faster than it goes away from us. Yet If you should scratch the back of an eminent financier it Is ten t. one you would tickle either a freetrader or a man who knows little and rares less about the tariff question. The habit of depreciating the consequence of favorable trade balances is quite common among the "superior thinkers' turned loose by our free trade Institutions of learning. They point to Great Britain, a fr?e trade nation, with an average excess of imports over exports amounting to about $800,000,000 a year, as a shining example of how a country can grow richer in spite of adverse trade balances. This contention is well answered by the Tress, as follows : "England is a creditor nation. The British adverse trade balance does not reparpent what England owes at the en l or tVch year. It represents the payments on alcount by thu debtor nations that owe interVft and principal to Ea?land, creditor of the world. England's adverse trade balance is tLe saUie as the pawnbroker's. The lender whose trademark i the three gilded balls over th door of his money 6hop advances hi capital to the borrower, who must pay over to the pawnbroker a share of the debtor's product as long as tho debt stands uncanceled. The debtor exports to the pawnbroker incessantly; he imports from the pawnshop nothing but receipts. Unless the debt is liquidated, that sort of adverse balance of trade apain the pawnbroker leaves him with all the money in the end. So long as Canada or any other country remains a debtor nation an adverse balance of trade piles ap a growing debt each year more difficult to discharge, since more of the resources of the debtor are required to pay the mere interest." One of the most important functions of a protective tariff Is to bar the door against competitive imports. Not only does this wise policy enable the United States to cancel Its debits for goods and materials purchased abroad r t.I have something left -with vK: make good for some heavy amounts of American money net ? In the record of exports, but It hi n the past eleven years actually added some billions of dollars to the supply of money and money metal;?. Still more Important, It has provided work and wages for millions of Americans. Great Britain has kept solvent because of Income derived from money loaned and Invested In other countries and from th- earnings of her merchant marine. But for those sources of Income there Is no need to. say what would happen to a country which" bought $300,000,000 a year more than It sold. The United States has neither an oversea carrying trade ncr any Income from money Invested abroad. To a country so situated a large favorable trade balance becomes an absolute financial necessity if national bankruptcy Is to be avoided. Such a surplus of Income over outgo can only be obtained by the restriction of Imports. This is why our eminent financiers should give more attention to the protective tariff. A Carreney Bill. A bill amending the currency laws following the lines of the recommendation contained In the Presldnt's message providing for an emergency currency on which the tax will be so high that bankers will avail themselves of It only as conditions Justify, It is believed, -will meet the approval of the senate, and will not have mucupposition 'n "the house. There seems a public demand for currency reform, and as there are fewer fundamental objections to this plan than to others suggested, It will probably be enacted as a makeshift It might be called a compromise between the central bank proposition and the asset currency. Both senators and representatives agree that It would be futile to undertake at this session, to thresh out the entire subject of the currency, and If the President's suggestions tide over the present situation, it will save much political embarrassment. And a practical test may demonstrate a permanent value. IS ot a Kicker. Th banks for their protection 1 Adopt a rule, and say No man can draw out more than Twenty-five planks a day. And men there are who grumble Because the banks stand pat ; But, oh, I'll never grumble if The banks let me do that. Houston Post. Helping Ulna A Ion or. The Duke Was your father hard hit by the atcck slump? The Heiress No. The Duk'i (after & pause) Then The Heiress Oh, your grace, this is so sudden! Cleveland Plain Dealer. The Explanation. "I wonder why the snakes a man sees when he's been drinking multiply so fast?" "I suppose because the kind of nnakes he sees are adders." Baltimore American. Atlvlee to Theorist. "What kind of views would you adrise me to set forth in my next lecture tour?" Inquired the habitual orator. "WeU," answered the coldly practical theorist; "if I were you I'd get some stereopticvQ Tiews. Washington Star. Horny. IIIIqS A. V OKJllJ IUI HJi; r'on't you? nis wife Dags him uninertlfully. Squiggs Yes. It's a horse on Eprlggs. Judge.

IT IS WISE TO GO SLOW.

TaritT Tinker! ni; Would lie Product lie of Harmful Itentlts. It is an acknowIcdgH.1 fact that the wages of the American workmen are higher than in any ctlvr country. Not only in protected industries, but vi a:l lines of mercantile and manufacturing business, the wages of the American workman are higher. In some of the trades, notably the building trades, wages have reached a particularly high stfndard, and the hours of labor have been materially shortened. It is safe to say that despite the advance in the prices of commodities of all kinds, the condition of the American workman is superior to any other workman. To maintain this superiority and to keep the American standard of wages and living where they are to-day should be the purpose of all tariff legislation. In many lines of industry the protection of tariff is absolutely necessary. Others do not depend upon the tariff and would not be brought into direct competition with forefgn labor conditions, but the prosperity of the country demands that protection should be provided where It is needed, for all share in the general prosperity of the nation. There may be tariff schedules which afford at present unnecessary protection. There may be inequalities which - jould be corrected, but in the main t!.e Dingley tariff has been a great ItA.n for the American people. Under its fostertiug provisions the courtry emerged from chaotic conditions and hard times and entered upon a period of unprecedented prosperity which might well be called the golden era. That prosperity has continued so strong and sure that even the great crisis In Wall street has failed to permanently disturb the general business of the nation. Under such conditions the decision of the dominant party to let the tariff aloue for the present seems wiser. To tinier would be to destroy confidence an J create uncertainty. It Is far better "to bear those ills we have than fiy tc others that we know not of." Lawrence (Mass.) Sun. Bryan In n .ew Role. Washington correspondents of eastern Democratic. newspapers are devoting a good deal of space to a discussion of Mr. Bryan and of Mr. Bryau's plans. Most of them profus to see in his present program a decided change in policy and they interpret i: as indicating the existence in Mr. Bryan's mind of a strong hope of success. It will be recalled that on the occasion of his recent visit to Chicago, Mr. Bryan extended the olive branch to Itogcv Sullivan and to other Democrats with whom he has had differences in tie past. And since then he has given unqualified denial to a statement attributed to him, in effect that he had denounced Patrick McCarren and was urging his Brooklyn supporters to relive Mr. McCarren. Heretofore Mr. Bryan has been pursuing anything but a conciliatory attitude toward those Democrats who refused to embrace his principles. On he contrary he has used the verbal lash unsparingly, with the result that there has always been a formidable opposition to him within the party lines. Nor is this radical departure confined to persons. In matters of party policy Mr. Bryan Is showing a deference to the opinions of Democratic leaders that is quite incomprehensible except on the theory that having tried twice without success to win on fads, he is willing enough now to let others "name the poison." At any rate, he is not letting out a whimper concerning government ownership, and has quit drawing the deadline on those Democrats who are affiliated with trusts or corporations. It is a misfortune for him, perhaps, that in this shifting of positions, he has not yet been able to carry all his following with him. Several radical Bryan newspapers are conducting the fight on theame old lines, utterly oblivious to the fact that their chief is playing a new game. But it takes time to work a complete revolution, and Bryan is a model of energy when once he has put on the harness in his own behalf. He may, therefore, be able to round up the herd before serious damage has been done his fences. It will be an interesting political study to watch Mr. Bryan in his new role. That he is playing better polltics than he ever did before goes without saying, but even in this there Is danger from the fact that the fanatics who have been holding fast to his coat tails in season and out of season, are so accustomed to the old method as not to fall readily Into the new. At best he Is sailing a tempestuous sea. Toledo Blade. A Futile Strng-sle. Over eight years ago, Greene and Gaynor were .indicted for embezzlement and conspiracy to defraud the government in connection with the harbor work at Savanna. They were tried, convicted and sentenced to four years' imprisonment and to pay a fine equal to the amount of their stealings, considerably over half a million dollars. These men possessed large means and influential friends. If it were true that money can keep the wealthy crook out of pri?an, Greene and Gaynor would have been free men before this. They brought to bear every ounce of influence they could control in their behalf. They spent their money like water to engage learned counsel. Every scheme that ingenious lawyers could devise to stay the hand of Justice was invoked, and when hope was forlorn, the defendants skipped Into Canada and sought to evade extradition. But the government was relentless. The offense charged was not an ordinary one, for these men had pledged their honor to perform faithful service. And they had violated their pledge to the great injury of all the people. The charges were pressed through all the stages of trial, appeal, stay of execution, and other legal obstacles, and now that the supreme court has refused to hear the case, the defendants must serve their time and square their accounts with tho government. Of course they were confident of ultimate escape from punishment, ele why the waste of effort and money? Oborlin Carter, involved in the same scandal, long since expiated his crime, and has been free for years. Had Greene and Gaynor submitted to the inevitable, they would have saved eight years, for the period of suspense, of torture, of fugitive-living must be counted as wholly lost. It is not always the part of wisdom for the rich lawbreaker to count too much on his strength, especially If he has to deal with Uncle Sam.

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WHAT AILS THE ARMYP S was to have been expected. Adlutant Gen-

I eral Alnsworth's suggestion that we must I cut down the size of the army, raise sol-

uiers pay or eise resort .ro conscription, has raised a storm of newspaper protest throughout the country. Perhaps General Ainsworth did not Intend his mention of

conscription to be taken seriously, but at any rate it has served his purpose by directing general attention to the serious state In which the army finds Itself. The army Is 20,000 men short of Its schedule, and officers are so few that this year's class at West Point is to be graduated six months before Its time in order that some of the vacant commissions may be filled. What the reason k for this condition has been often pointed out. The rate I pay for enlisted men has not been Increased for over fifty years, and that for officers for thirty-seven; yet in that time not only has the cost of living Increased greatly, but pay in all otber occupations has risen. It must not be forgotten that the army of the United States is on a different basis from the armies of European continental nations. There military service Is a part of the citizen's duty. He is expected to devote two or three years to the army, and ail citizens are alike In this respect. In the United States, however, the army Is a body of men hired to do military service, just as cities hire street cleaners or policemen. It is In competition with every other form of employment, and in time of peace no patriotic feeling enters into the service. This nation must pay enough to attract men to the army. If pay Is inrslequate, volunteers cannot be had. The remedy is obvious. Let Congress appropriate enough money cut of the nation's enormous surplus to Increase the pay of officers and enlisted men to the point of attractiveness. If this be done, recruiting stations will be overcrowded with applicants. Chicago Journal.

LOWER CALIFORNIA WOULD BE FRE the United States

TC A T territory, probably it could at this time ff I make no more valuable acquisition than

lue jic'iiuauiu ui i-u i n .uiiuiiiiu. amuc from the value of the land Itself, Its possession would undoubtedly add much strength to any position which we might

be forced to assume in relation to International polities on the Tacific, and would do much to augment our national muscles, which, as the President has frequently pointed out so clearly, uust be ready for the regulation and defense of the Panama canal. A, well-protected coaling station somewhere within striking distance of the Pacific mouth of the, canal Is a necessity which is recognized. Moreover, for strategic purposes In case of war that Issued from Asiatic waters, the Gulf of California, narrow, 700 miles long, and part y fortified by batteries at Cape San Lucas, and at advantageous points on the eastern side of the peninsula, would be. In its function as a harbor and as a base for supply and coal

The girl with the blue-bead necklace nodded her head and then, taking the hairpins from her mouth and transferring thein to her hair, said, "My, yes! We had a perfectly elegant time." "Was Maud up there?'' asked the girl with the art nouveau waist buckle "I should say not!" replied the girl with the blue beads. "What do you think! She went to him an' ast him to take her as good as ast him. She says, 'You're a-goin to take me, ain't you?' Sorter joshln him, o' course. She wouldn't have gone If he'd said 'Yes.' Oh, no! She'd have slapped his wrist for darin to take her serious. Now, what do you think o' that? Ain't she the nerviest thing? What do yo think he says to her? 'You've got another guess comln', he says. I'm goln to take Babe.' I think It was good enough for her. That's the way she is, though always tryin' to butt !n an make trouble If she can. The nerve of her, astin' him If he wasn't goln' to take her! An I told ber myself the same mornin that I was a-goln' to go with him. No, she wasn't there." MI think he done Just right." said the girl with the art nouveau waist buckle, approvingly. "Say, Babe, I think he's Just grand." "Sure; I think so, too," said the girl with the blue-bead necklace. "Ain't he the elegant dresser?" , 'I sh'd say," said the girl with the art nouveau waist buckle, heartily. -If I had a feller like him " The girl with the blue-bead nec'ilace tittered, ile ain't my feller," she said. "Just because he takes me out to a few places ain't no sign he's my feller. I don't know whether I'd have him for a steady comp'ny or not. But I do think he's grand. Ain't he got nice hands? Did you ever notice his hands?" "Sure." said the other girl. "Father don't like me goln with him," confided the girl with the bluebead necklace. "He don't like him because he wears good clothes and he thinks because his hands ain't all dirt that he don't work, an he thinks that he don't get enough wages. Father makes me tired. Walter'd look well handlin ribbons with hands like Jim Sloan's, I guess. An as far as wages goes, Walter's makin good, an' he'll get a raise Christmas, maybe. Look at Mr. Ferguson. He started In at seven per, Iess'n six years ago. Anyway, I'd rather have a feller that had some style about him, even If he was drawIn out less money. Me an him was out las night, an' I tell you he's no cheap skate even If he ain't makin' more'n $10. I was a-goin' to tell you about suthin', but I guess I won't." "Go on!" pleaded the girl with the art nouveau waist buckle. "Tell me. I won't tell nobody." "Oh, it ain't nothln',- said the girl with the blue-bead necklace, "only if Miss Maud thinks that she can string Walter I can tell her what he told her. She's got another think comln'. Her name won't be Maud, it'll be Mud. I guess I'll spring that on her. I'll say: Hello, Mud, an' she'll say: 'My name ain't Mud, thank you, and I'll ray: Oh, ain't it? I thought. It was. What'll you bet it ain't?" "I dast you to," giggled the girl with the art nouveau waist buckle. "But you tell me what you was a-goUY to tell me. Honest, I won't never tell." The girl with the blue-bead necklace ehook her head until the hairpins tumbled out again.

Great Papers on Important Subjects.

RUSSIA'S USEFUL TO US. ready to buy new HP "I'll pinch you till you tell," said her friend. The girl with the blue-bead necklace squea'ed. "Quit now, you mean thing!" she cried. "Say, guess what me an Walter was a-lookln' at In the shop windows when we was out las' night. Cross your heart you won't tell?" The girl with the art nouveau waist buckle crossed her heart and the girl with the blue-bead necklace bent to her and whispered: 1 "Dl'mond rings. Chicago Dally News. MEANING IN HANDSHAKES. As Suggested Thereby a Man Tells a Short Story of a Parting? Shake. They had been talking about various ways of shaking hands and had pretty well gone over the ground covered by all the philosophic writings oa handshakes when one of the men in the group said, according to the New York Sun: "The most expressive handshake I ever saw was given by one man to another. There was no kinship between them. "Each was about 40. Both were In perfect health. One had the prospects of many years of life. The other was to die within a minute, and the man whose hand he held was to kill him. "It seemed to me then that I could read the meaning of the haudshake given by the man about to die to the man about to kill him. It seemed to say: 'You are a good man and I like you. I thank you for many acts of kindness and especially for this final friendly grasp. , "Then, with a gently lingering cling, he let the other man's hrnd slip from his own. There was a volume of meaning bound up In that motion. "It seemed to say that there were the morrow's sunrise and many more for the man whose hand he was releasing, but for him a few moments more of life, and then . It seemed to say that there was an age of human companionship in every Instant while the hands touched. "It seemed to say that when the clasp was broken he was forever cut ofl from the living and was as one dead. And many other tilings It seemed to say that I icannot translate Into words. "Within a few seconds one of the men had given the signal that ended the life of the other. "It was a case," the story teller continued, "of hanging of a man In Connecticut for murder. While under the inlluence of liquor with other men he had dealt one of them a blow that resulted In his death. "The condemned man wag not by nature or Inclination a criminal. He had I never been arrested before he was taken Into custody for murder. "The sheriff who shook hands with him on the gallows Just before the drop fell had a genuine liking for him. lie offered the condemned man the usual jwrtlon of liquor before the execution, but the man refused it. "By the way, I have seen several persons hanged, and I think this man was the only one I ever saw go to the scaffold without being 'doped with liquor, and he was the shadiest In nerve of them all. Ills only betrayal of weakness, If It was such, was his noticeable clinging to the sheriff's hand before releasing it." Learning to be content with what we have Is what jolts most of us.

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ing depots, invaluable to our forces on the Pacific. Puget sound on the north is at present the most available refuge for a hard-nres-sed squadron, and is so far away from the canal as to render dubious the possibility of assistance coming from Atlantic waters. The suggestion of purchase Is not new; many years ago it was discussed in Washington, but the rise of Asiatic powers and the canal project have more than doubled tae desirability of the possession. The purposes of Mr. "toot's visit to Mexico are not very well defined. That his excursion was prompted la part by the administration's Interest In Lower California Is not beyond reasonable belief. Collier's Weekly.

REVENGE ON JAPAN.

A PAN will do well to observe with keenly analytical eye the formation of the RussoJapanese Commercial Company. This concern appears to be a R ssian organization, and from what we gather of the meager details sent out, it is about to Inaugurate a movement of infinitely more concern to

the Land of the Plum Blossom than war. It appears, among other things, that Siberian butter has long been shipped to Hamburg, repacked and reshlpped to Japan as a Gorman production; so also with Russian sugar disguised as Austrian; likewise Russian liquors In a German wrapper. These near-food products, so it seems, find a ready market In the Mikado's kingdom their relative cheapness appealing, especially, to the lower classes. Having failed to best Japan In war, Russia perhaps thinks this Is a much more subtle scheme; and so it is. Unless his majesty of Japan gets extremely busy and has his parliament enact some sort of a pure-food law with teeth in it, his people will find themselves face to face with a monster beside which Mars seems a pygmy. Strawberry jam manufactured of hayseed, pumpkin and aniline dyes U only a question of time; while formaldehyde and salicylic rcid are both sure to play a p-o-found part in the future progress of his empire. Washington (I). C.) Herald.

TO SAVE THE BIRDS. HE statisticians who foot up the loss to the country resulting from the killing of insect-

II I destroying birds, and from our further neg-

winged scavengers cf the air, put the gross sum at $500,000,000 per year. We do not know upon what facts or what basis of

computation this enormous total is reached; but If it is one-tenth part true It Is a startling showing. The proposition of the federal government to set aside bird reservations and breeding grounds where our feathered friends might be protected In life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness seems to rest upon sound economical grounds. It is a measure of safety for ourselves as well as for the birds. Philadelphia Record.

LOYALTY IN SERVICE. Light has sometimes shone even In Darkest Russia. One hears so much of suffering and oppression among the peasant class of that country that such an Instance of fidelity as Is told In "An Englishwoman in Russia" strikes a charming note. More than fifty years ago Count B. owned very extensive lauded property, which came to him while he was a young orphan. On attaining his majority he visited his estates. He reached his largest one urobserved, as he thought, by the villagers. The next morning he was arouse! by a great tumult in the courtyard, i.nd on looking out saw the whole place crowded with peasantry. The fear presented Itself that the serfs hl arisen, and had designed hjs destruction. Resolved to meet his fate boldly, the count dressed himself and ventured down. He was received by shouts which did not reassure him Then silence fell upon the group. Two or three of the oldest peasants advanced and begged to know, with great nespect. If it were true, as they had heard, that he was deeply involved in debt "Because we do not wish to be disgraced by having our, proprietor in such embarrassment," they explained, "we hope you will allow us to discharge such debts. We have collected this sum and entreat you to accept it." Heavy bags were produced, and rolls of bills, showing means as well as good will. The count was much affected, thanked bis serfs heartily, and told them that any such report was a mistake. It was true, he said, that his father had mortgaged some of his property, but during his long minority such obligations were freed, and he now did not owe one copeck. At first the peasants were suspicious that thi count was assuring them thus because he did not wish to receive their noney. They begged him to take It as a present. He declined, but promised tb-m he would apply to them If he found himself In difficulties. The group of serfs! some poor old field laborers, others rich shopkeepers, dispersed, contented that they had done what they could to uphold the honor and integrity of their lord. More Economical. Expert testimony may be valuable from a scientific point of view, but there are often cheaper ways of establishing a certainty, as the hero of the following anecdote decided at the last moment. The story is told In the Philadelphia Public Ledger. An Irish lalrer entered a drug store, and drawing a paper bag from his pocket, poured on the counter a number of very sticky und unattractive-looking lozenges. "Can ye examine this candy?" he asked. It looks queer. What Is the matter with It?" asked the druggist. "Pizen, Oi'm thinkln. Did ye Iver see such stul? DInnIs Daly give thlm to me b'y, and Dinnls Is no frind of mine." "Well, I can make an analysis." "All right. Oiil come In to-morrow on me way from worruk." The Irishman had reached the door, but he suddenly stopped with his hand on the latch. "And how much will thot 'nalysis be costing me?" he Inquired. "Five dollars," was the answer. The man walked over to the counter and swept the lozenges Into tbe bag, which he replaced in his pocket. "Niver molnd," he said. "Oiil feed wan to the cat." How loud the voice of the man who hates us, and how weak and trembling the voice of the man who admires us! There Is more genius floating around than there Is plain common sense.

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THE FIELD OF BATTLE

INCIDENTS AND ANECDOTES' OF THE WAR. The Veterans of the Rebellion Tell of TVfcItIInB Bullet, Bright Bayonets, Bursting Bombs, Bloody- Battles, Camp Fire, Festlre Iaffs, Ete. The heat and passion and strife of the day had passed and now the cool, gray twilight was creeping down the Maryland hills and across the meadows, stained and scarred with battle. Along the river the night birds were already beginning to call in soft, plaintive notes to one another; the wind sighed wearily among the trees and tall sedge grasses. Yet, sadder to hear than wind or bird, were the moans of the wounded whom that last wild charge had left behind; sadder even to see than the still, white faces of the dead, were the pain-darkened eyes lifted in mute appeal to the sky while they waited with keen anguish of mind and body for the sunrise In this world or the dawning of the next The young spring moon hung low in the west, where the last faint crimson glow was paling and one who watched her thought wistfully that even so she must hang above the pine-clad mountains of his beloved Vermont. lie was only a boy. Something of the trusting innocence of his childish years still lingered in his eyes and about his pale young mouth. But the look of joyous freedom that should have been there too was lacking. Instead were great weariness and pain and longing. Only a boy, and this his first battle. That morning as they lay waiting in the trenches, every faculty alert, life had seemed so good, so desirable a thing for those who were young and brave and strong. He had watched their colonel ride up and down and thought that some day he, too, might sit a horse and wear a gleaming gold eagle upon his shoulder . . . and now it was twilight and the battle was fought and won and he was lying there on the damp, cool sod with a ragged 'hole in his breast, from which the warm blood trickled down and stained his blue coat darkly with plmsou. The gray-haired coloned had fallen with a word of command ononis lips. Many a cheek had paled as he went down and for an instant the whole regiment faltered visibly. Then on on as one man, straight against the solid wall of gray. How they fought! Like gods rather than men. The boy felt a faint stir along his feeble pulses at the remembrance. At first the enemy had stood immovable, sternly resisting. Then little by little they fell back, every Inch of ground yielded a forced accession, until, wavering, uncertain, they broke Into confusion and victory was again In the hands of the North. . But, ah, the hiss of the bullets, the sullen growl of the cannon belching forth fire and smoke and destruction, the loud shouts of command, the shrill, frightened neigh of the horses, the grcans of the smitten, and above all the thin, clear nptes of the bugle lifting themselves out of the confusion of pounds Kne moment to be keenly alive to all this, the next to fall In the midst of sudden, rushing overwhelming darkness with a bullet in one's breast A single star came out beside the moon a tiny point of light that trembled timidly against the opalescent west. So still was It that one could hear the waters of the river lapping lazily against the stones. The boy moistened his parched lips with his feverish tongue. Then he felt about for his canteen, found It and lifted it feebly. It was empty and yet It had never before been so heavy In his hand. He let It fall despairingly and closed his eyes to kep back the quick, hot tears from escaping down his cheeks. "Watah, massa watah?" He looked up. Standing beside him was the wretchedly-clad figure of an old negro, bending under the weight of a back-load of canteents. His Jaws were toothless, his gray wool protruded In tufts through the ragged crown of his hat, he mumbled when he spoke and his eyes rolled frightfully, but to the wounded boy he looked a very angel of mercy. "Yes," he said, faintly. : The "old man stooped wth difficulty lifted the canteen and swung It upon his shoulders. "Walt," the boy whispered, "I will pay you." ' He drew forth a little worn morocco purse and tried to open it, but it slipped from his fingers. The old man unfastened the simple clasp. Within were a folded paper or two, scraps of home letters maybe, a lock of silken brown hair lightly sprinkled with gray and a single gold dollar. The boy put the money into the negro's reluctant hand. "Take it," he said, "and bring the water soon oh, very soon." ; The old man shambled awkwardly away and the Ioy dropped his head to one side and closed his eyes. Deep purple shadows began to drift across the battle field. The line of woods beyond the river became little more than a dark blur upon the landscape. Another star came out, another and another still until the sky was all a-tremble with them. The boy stirred In his slumber, moaned and awoke. In the distance a shadow seemed to detach Itself from the other shadows, to move forward, to become a distinct shape. And presently one could discern the rude outlines of a human figure bowed lieneath a heavy burden. Nearer and nearer it came and now there could be no mistake. It was the old negro with his backload of canteens. The boy waved his hand and tried to shout. It seemed an eternity before the old man saw him and hurried forward. "Dat yo, Massa," he mumbled. "Ise been a-lookln' fo' yo'. Pears lak I couldn' des recomember which uns wuz yo, ennyhow. Heah's yo watah." He fumbled among the canteens and finally lowered one. The boy drank eagerly and while he was yet drinking the negro moved on. And now the star shine was the only light on the battle field. The sweet spring night had settled noiselessly down and the wind blowing lightly across the water brought faint, cool, delicious odors from the fresh meadows bej-ond. The boy lay with face upturned to the sky across which the :nilky way trailed its filmy length. He

had been trying to count the stars one by one but the effort had made him drowsy and he now lay in a gentle languor that was neither sleeping nor waking. The day with its exciting scenes had faded from his min(L He saw only the ruggc-d mountains of Vermont, and the pretty white village nestling In the valley through which the wild little river hurried on its way to the sea. Always splashing, foaming, bubbling, and yet the boys knew of many a good swimming hole overhanging willows. And the long quiet street where the old men and children gathered in the cool of the day, and the brown school house with Its rosy-cheeked mistress and ftock of untidy lads and lasses. And the church with Its dim, cool interior, and the leaf shadows which the maples cast through the blinds upon the floor ; and his mother's house, with the orchard and well sweep, and his mother herself with her pure, pale face and silken brown hair lightly sprinkled with gray. Poor mother, how lonely she must be to-night without her boy! He could see her as of old sitting In her little low chair with the shaded lamp upoft the table beside her and the Biole open In her lap. And Edith, his bright, tall sister whom he had always thought more beautiful than any one he had ever seen, she would be kneeling at the window with her folded arms upon the low broad sill and her head upon her arms, gazing out Into the night and thinking of him. Now the years swing suddenly backware, and he was a little child again at home. The late northern spring time filled nil the river valley and the orchards were laden with fragrant bloom. Under the great apple tree by the old well sweep he was being swung: by Edith. How delicious it all was the sweet, liquid sunshine, the perfume of the cpple blossoms, the weightless white petals drifting down upon his head, the free, swift motion of the swing and his tall, strong sister with her laughing brown eyes and bright rebellious hair. How green the grass was no, is, and the skies how blue. Just look, Edith, there is never the filmiest rag of a c'oud to mar their perfectnesi! Now higher higher higher still, straight up among the boughs where xthe brown bees are humming. Ah, he can go no higher. He Is sinking earthward slowly slowly slowly. He shuts his eyes. His sister's gay laugh rings In his ears. "Edith!" he cried "Mother!" And the star shine falls tenderly upon his young dead face.

Scarcity of ProTlslons. "I had rather a hard trip outside of army duty,", said the Major, "when I ought to have had a pleasant trip. After VIcksburg the men and officers of the several commands were furloughed in heavy detachments. When it came cur turn, the old stern-wheel steamer Moderator was coming North, and twice as many men crowded on board as could be accommodated. The enlisted men had their haversacks and provisions, but the commissioned officers went on board without povislons, under the promise that they would be entertained at the captain's table. "There were fifty or sixty officers, and the captain's entire stock of tableware consisted of fourteen plates, eight cups, fourteen knives, no forks, and with thefe very little to eat. At meal time the officers stood behind the chairs three deep, each man waiting for his turn, and never stopping to have the dishes washed. I never came so near starving on any forced march In front as I did on that old steamboat. We were ten days coming froni VIcksburg to Cairo, and ran out of provisions two or three times. So it happens that when I think of starving men I do not think of Andersonville or of Llbby, but of coming home on a furlough on the old steamer Moderator." Chicago Times Herald. Worth Readln. , In three faces out of five, the eyes are out of alignment. The annual profits of Monte Carlo amount to $3,000,000. Four and a half is the average sii.e of the English family. ! The first postoffiee scheme was a private enterprise and was inaugurated about 14G4. The foundation of the strong-room of the Bank of England is CO feet below the level of the street. The rice paper upon which the Chinese do such charming drawing is a thin sheet of the pith of a tree. The largest quill toothpick factory is in Faris. It was originally started as a manufactory of qul'l pens. At 1,000 fathoms below the surface of the ocean there Is a uniform temlerature Just above freezing point A chain, two and a half miles long and weighing 23 v tons, was recently made in England for use In a colliery. The average size of the English family Is four and one-half persons. Some of the halves come over here and marry our heiresses. News of a discovery of gold In an unnamed branch of the Findlay river. In British Columbia, was recently brought by mounted police to Vancouver. It Is reported that free coarse nugget gold$100 to the pan, has been extracted. It has been roughly estimated that the amount of capital invested in manufacturing in the United States is by this time $17,000,000,000. The census of 1900 placed it at $15,000,00.000. The Increase of $2,000,000,000 In a period of seven years shows a gain of 13.3 per cent The street railway car building Industry Increased generally four-fold between 1800 and 1905, viz. : From $G,2GS,4G2 to $24,281,317. The number of street railway cars built In 1903 was 4,004, valued at $9,902,310. No cable cars were built, and only forty-two horse cars. William Kronsy, of Philadelphia, Invited friends to see his first-born christened, but wheu all was ready the child could not be found. After a search of several hours a cry disclosed the fact that the baby was In an old grandfather's clock, where It had been placed by one of the guests as a Joke. All the principal railway companies of Great Britain issue railway tickets, made entirely of gold, which entitle the holder to travel free by any class of car and train, on any line and by any system in the British Isles. They are the size of a 59-ceut piece, but oval in shape, and engraved with the railway company's coat of arms, with the holder's name beneath, and are Intended to be worn ou watch chains. These tickets cannot be bought, but are presented by the directors to persons who have earned the railway companies' gratitude.

SCALY ERUPTION ON BODY.

Tioctorm and Remedies Fruitless Suffered lO Years Completely Cured by Catleura. f "Small sores appeared is each of my lower limbs and shortly afterwards they became so sore that I could scarcely walk. The sores began to heal, but small scaly eruptions appeared. The itching was so severe that I would scratch the sores until the blood began to flow. After I suffered thus about ten years I made a renewed effort to effect a cure. The eruptions by this time had appeared on every part of my body except my face and hands. The best doctor In my native county and many remedies gave no relief. All this was fruitless. Finally my hair began to fall out and I was rapki'y becoming bald. A few months after, having used almost everything els?, I thought I would try. Cuticura Ointment and Cuticura Soap. After using three boxes I was completely cured, and my hair was restored, aftc fourteen years of suffering and an expenditure of at least $30 or f GO ia vainly endeavoring to find a cure. B. Hiram Mattlngly, Vermillion, S. Dak-, Aug. IS, 190C" New Zealand's Wonderland. New Zealand is a kind of Utopian colony wher women vote and poverty is unknown, says W. G. Fitz-Gerald in the Technical World Magazine. It is firstly a pastoral, and secondly an agricultural country. But it is mainly remarkable to the outsider for its most curious aboriginal race, whose origin has been lost in obscurity; and for the thermal "wonderland" of North Island, where a vast region has been set apart by "the government for all time as a sanatorium for Invalids. This region abounds In volcanoes, many of them over C.000 feet high, whose crater-lips emit steam, vapors, and poisonous gases. In one of the mountains a hot, steaming lake lies at the bottom of a funnel-shaped crater whose perpendicular sides are mantled with snow and ice. The land seethes with hot springs, geysers, "Porridge Pots, mud holes that forever boil, and exploding pools. J SEASON TOE WOMEN'S "NERVES. I Very Many Cases It Is Weakeiefl Kidneys. Mrs. Frank Itoseboom, 512 SoutK . Wa sh ington street Moscow, I daho, say s innerited kidney trouble grew steaut ly worse wun mt until so nervous i . could not sleep a? night I was dizzj and spots floated be- . fore my eyes. back and hips ached and every cold set$ m f J - A uea on my Kiune; and made me worse 1 have used many dlf-4 ferent medicines and was discouraged when I began with Doan's Kldneyi TM11 t . M. 1 A. I 1 "is, uut now me symptoms iuai alarmed me are gone." Sold by all dealers, 50 cents a box. Foster-Mllburn Co., Buffalo. N. Y. rar Crom It. Former 'Resident How things have :hanged here in twenty years! I wouldn't know the town. What has become of Floogus, who used to shave notes and lend money at 2 per cent a month? Hotel Clerk He's gone to his reward. Former Resident What! Is he dead? Hotel Clerk Dad? Not on your life! e : V He's president of a trust company New York. Chicaffo Tribune. PILES CURED IX O TO 14 DaS'S. : PAZO OINTMENT Is guaranteed to cure any case of Itching, Blind. Bleeding or Trotrud lng riles la 0 to 14 Uja or nignej refunded 50c i Hudson Bay New Outlet to Enrope' Without U doubt, Canada will rals h.ilf n hiJllAn hnOipli nt imln annual' ly ten years hence, and we shall see Hudson Bay unrivaled among th4 world's greatest Inland tradearteries says J. C. Eliot la the Technical Worli Magazine. Hudson Bay has been proposed as a new highway for transport ftig Canadian grain to Liverpool, ancj the fact that the new route would Ix, a thousand miles shorter than the pres ent way through the Great Lakes anc overland to 'cw York would greatly reduce the transportation cost on. grain sent to Europe through the Bay.1 Many people to-day think of North--western Canada as a bleak, barren, country, as cold as Alaska or Green- - land. But in areas which are in the! ' same latitude as Greenland, fine wheat. crops have been raised. The tremen-J dous amount of territory that will be V affected by this new grain route makes Hudson Bay one of the greatest Inland j trade arteries of the world. Vast agrl-l cultural lands stretching as far west' as the Canadian Rockies and a thousand miles north of Montreal, are in-f eluded within the cost-saving reach or this New-World Mediterranean. Th( new route through Hudson Bay wll place the farmers who cultivate COT million acres of land, in control of th grain markets of the world by making pcssiDie a w psr cenr reauciion in cosi of transportation. To attract and control the future traffic of the Hudson Bay route would be It would seem to control the destiny of all Western Canada and the commercial supremacy of tke New World. Dean of Yale declared tbit poorer pupils made best scholarships; rich boys neglected their studies. RAILROAD WAV Didn't Like Beins Starved. A man rnnlng on a railroad hai to be In good condition all the time or he Is liable fo do harm to himself and others. A clear head Is necessary to run a locomotive or conduct a train. Even a railroad man's appetite and digestion are matters of Importance, as the clear brain and steady hand result from the healthy appetite followed by the proper digestion of food. "For the past five years," writes a railroader, "I have been constantly troubled with Indigestion. Every doctor I consulted seemed to want to starve me to death. First I was dieted on warm water and toa3t until I was almost starved; then, when they would let me eat, the Indigestion would be right back again. -Only temporary relief came from remedlf s, and I tried about all of tbem I saw advertised. About three months ago a friend advised me to try GrapeNuts food. The very first day I noticed that my appetite was satisfied, which had not been the case before, that I can remember. "In a week, I believe, I had more energy than ever before In ny life. I have gained seven pounds and have not had a touch of Indigestion since I have been eating Grape-Nuts. When my wife saw how much good this food was doing me she thought she would try it awhile. We believe the discoverer of Grape-Nuts found the Terfect Food. " Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Read The Road to Wellville,' in pkgs. "There's a Reasja."