Plymouth Tribune, Volume 8, Number 9, Plymouth, Marshall County, 3 December 1908 — Page 6

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AUTOMOBILE REGULATION. IflIOUGII many autoniobllists kek upon being onvicted of violating the speed laws as more or loss a j'ke, nevertheless. If they fully realized the real seriousness of a criminal record ngair.sr. their names, possibly there would be fewer violations of the law in this respect. To be eoiivicttd of operat

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ing automobile faster than the law allows means that the person convicted possesses a criminal record. Of -.urs, his record of criminal endiut does not, ordinarily fpealiiiig, namp lilm as a pcrsun r.ur lit to associate with others; m-vt-rthf less. cir innstam e may easily arise in the future when it would he of value to him to be able to say that ho had never been convicted of any crime. l'or example, if lie should fvr r ne put on the witness stand tu testify in a civil suit, either as a party to or a witness, he may be asked if he was ever convicted of ony crime. If he had evr becu convicted of overf peed in;?, he would be compelled to answer the question r.üder oath in the affirmative." and ids reply could be" used t. impeach his testimony as a witucs.-. The Jury may discredit his evidence, and upon argument of counsel the conviction against him may be used. It Is the aiutlfion of every true-minded Anieiloan citizen to have a clean and clear record, especially free from criminal conduct. To violate the automobile law constitutes a misdemeanor, a crime, and having been convicted of violatifij the law, the offender has a criminal record. The Horseless Ase.

WHAT MAKES A NAVY. IIILE the maritime nations of the earth are striving for the mastery of the seas through the building of gigantic vessels, we may content ourselves with the thought that here we have the men and the spirit that makes for victories. .Sincerely it Is to be hoped that it will Le Jong ere we shall

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be called upon to test our prowess against these latest developments in naval architecture, but if the time does come we can comfort ourselves with the reflection that a gathering of ships does not make a navy now, as 'alwajs. it Is the man behind the fua. Washington Herald.

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T is time to say a nether word or two about the shockingly ugly and offensive hats of the supposedly well-dressed women. The fall hats are worse than ever. They have greatly Increased the pains' and penalties of metropolitan life, as they not only offend the vision, but They interfere with "personal

liberty." When the woman who wears one of the incroyable hats to the theater, ml reluctantly removes it cs the curtain I. rising, she places it on her lap. but it covers also the laps of the persons e.n each side of her. If one of these happens to be a solitary man, and there

PLANNING FREIGHT SUBWAY.

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NEW ITi EIGHT SUBWAY KEN ENUEU THE SIDEWALKS Of NEW YOKK. At a cost of $ioo,c,000 another stupendous subway system Is to be Constructed under the te?mi:ig streets of New York. The subway will be constructed along the East find North rivers, from the Uattery to CLUh street, nud with crosnown lines. In addition to the main subway station there will bo brai.rh lii.es running beneath the sidewalks in the downtown sections. Merchants, can load their goods on ihe freight cars that will run thron-h connections with their bas-emcut IIoois. It will ilu n be ssililt for a Broadway merchant to ship a box of merchandise from the base-inent of hi.s establishnie.it to any point in the world. The new freight subways will have connec tions with all of the rnlIro.nl and incoming freight will be distributee! under the side-walks direct to the merchants' basement. It is proposed to use ten-ton ears in the new fc.re. and the motive pover.wllI.be electricity.

WHY HE WROTE HOME. Although Harold Moody could not be aid to be making his fortune in the city, he was at least earning his living. During the first few weeks or so his letters home, while frequent enough, did not show any traces of longing to be back. Now, nearly half a year later, he wrote much more often, antl through the fortnight before Christmas the postman brought to his mother or father almost daily an envelope addressed In his clear hand. "I wonder why Harold vrltes so often now 7" said his mother one evening to her husbanfi, who was rereading the last letter from their son. "Lonely, I guess." 'I shouldn't think he'd be lonely," aid the woman. "To lc sure, he doesn't know more than one or twe people besides Cousin Agatha, but he's so busy during the day in the oMiee, and likes to read so well in the evenings that I don't see where he has the time to le lonely." Her husband looked up at last from the letter, folded It carefully, ami placed ' in the envelope which he thrust back Into his breast pocket. "Let's figure It out, Dorothy," he said. "I've been there, you know, and I can tell just about how he spends his time. "He's a shy boy, and a good one, I know, so there's lots of Idle 'amusements,' R9 they're called, which he doesn't go near. "First thing in the morning he wakes np. There Isn't anybody to wak( him except an alarm clock remember his letter about how It went off too early? Then he has to get his breakfast at n restaurant, alone there Isn't any boarding house that's any good, he says. Of course he reads the paper while he's eating, but a paper Isn't much for real company. "At the office lie says g-d morning to half a doztr. people, but in; of the dayttai ha works alone. Did you ever stop to think that women talk or slug a lot irhtJa they work? I don't suppose th do In ofiices, come to think of it. No. of course not. "WU. La's alone all day. Sits or walks In tha park after lunch, he says, and ft o-e fresh air. Takes a walk after oil '..-a. n gets dinner somewhere or oiLar. "Thara'e a yomg man who rooms across the hail froui him that In nats with sometimes, vhen he can gtt off arly cco-'gh. After dinner he can

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is another woman with the same kind of a hat on the other side of him, he soon feels that he might as well have been born a turtle. The hats are not handsome; their shapes are aloininable, especial by those of the inverted footbath form. No woman looks well in one. In fact, they lend the effect of iii'inodfsly, if not indecency, to the most innocent couiiteiiainv. In order tu set them off properly the wearer must stick huge quantities of faNe hair on her poll. Tiic most unsophisticated man knows that the hair is false i l.d dislikes the effect. Why do supposedly ielfrcspectm;'. wcil-i-nd voi'n so tlMitire themselves, offend the ni tistie ye, and make miisanoes of themselves i.i puhlie places'; New Ym-U Times. RAILWAY ACCIDEXTS IN GREAT BRITAIN.

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years of 1,10 j and 0.7'.-., respectively. The outstanding feature ef the report is the great im-iease in non-fatal injuries, which lias mainly occurred in the cases of accidents to railway servants. This state of affairs is, however, in great measure due to the more regular reporting of non-fatal accidents to railway servants, enforced by the Hoard of Trade of December, 11X3Ü, In width a more comprehensive definition of disablement lias hoen adopted. It is also noted that the number of railway servants lias increased by 40,) between IWi and I'.h.'T, and that a considerable number of accidents o-curring in goods shed's nud warehouses previously returned as factory accidents have been Included in the Hoard of Trade returns for the .last year. Loudon Spectator.

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up a business venture temporarily. Such experience means a surrender of teaching to morrow. Moreover, the preparation for teaching runs through three years at least to take out training school requirements. And then the sal.vry Is $10 fur ten months. Whereas the stenographer, after six months' study or less, can command S-iO for twelve months, and In three years. Jf she has merit, h.c: out-topped the aighest salary schedule of the local tejuher. if the cities intend to maintain a school system which shall serve, the people must pay the teachers salaries somewhat similar to those commanded in tl business world. St. I'aul Dispatch.

read, or go to the theater, or to a e-oncert. or go for another wall; " Mr. Moody paused and stole a glance at his wire. She was. sewing furiously. "Or he can go and call on Cousin Agatha, If she's in," he added "At least, that's the way he's spending his timo If he's like me. No wonder he writes," "I'm so sorry I made fun " began Mrs. Moody. "Bless you." said her husband. "I was putting It just th hardest way. It's bound to be like that for a while maylK? a year. But it's good for him as It was for me. I kind of guess that, as long as It was best for him to go to the city, he'll come out all right. Then there's that young man that lives across the hall, you know, lie may multiply suddenly. It's a way friei.ds have." A RUSSIAN AEROPLANE. Mitels by Military Mnjslnerr mid Shown at St. reter)urj(. The undying jealousy of the great Mjyers was never more clearly illustrated than in the struggle they are now making to solve the problem of aerial navigation. While France, England and the Unlteel States have been testing various types of aeroplanes, and (iermany has witnessed the successful flights of Count Zeppelin's monster airship, Bussi.i is exiHTimenting with Eastern md els of, her own. A military engineer, Col. Ashchevsky Kronglik, has private: ly exhibited in St. Petersburg a flying machine of his own Invention. It is stateel, apparently with authority, that Col. Kronglik has already de vised n system for lifting weights live times as great as those carrie-d by other aeroplanes of the same power, and that his is able to obtain a sieed of L'OO miles an hour. Til,: machine used to accomplish these astonishing results Is of the winged type, strips of tin being substitute for feathers. Col. Kronglik contends that the action of propellers in the air involves nn enormous waste of power, owing to the elusive nature of the medium, whereas his apparatus, based ou the scientific principle of the flight of birds, overcomes this dillieulty. He states that a vacuum Is created by the upward sweep of the wings, and the ensuing inrush of air provides a base upon whb h the downward stroke exerts en eiTective power. A model of the flying apparatus with wings, the surface of which is under half a square meter, easily lifts a weight of V. pounds. The apparatus lifts vertically

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T the l.'i'ited Kingdom for th- year JiM',7 has I been published as a bluebook. In all, 1,117 I ......... .... i in .1 -i l. w i i t...

Fei'-i:i nt-ic tkintu mm o.iii ijuitu ej acidi nts due to the running of traius or the movement of railway vehicles, as atr.:ii:si the average fc-r the previous ten

PAY TEACHERS BETTER. HE scarcity of teachers of women teachers is hut the further nvifll-w f fli.

which sent men out of this "pro-

itssiou. i or women, too, are lindlng greater rewards In business life. We know of wou.eu teachers who have, in the summer vacation, equaled their salaries by taking

from forty to eighty pounO ' per norseIower of energy exerted, according to the inclination of th-j wings. The in-ve-ntor is ce.niidciit of ids ability to produce a machine which will tly by t he muscular power of the rider. Win is built on this plan have been attached to a heavy boat, and enormous rates of sjH'Cel have been attained by" this means of propulsion alone. Can it be possible that Col. Ashchevsky Kronglik has read Andrew Lang's early novel, "The. Mark of Cain?" The description of the living machine is so much like that which figures in the tirst chapter of his unjustly negltvtcd work of fiction that a comparison between the two naturally follows. Russian military men are often clever linguists, and Col. Kronglik belongs to the highly educated scientific corp3 of the imperial army. If the machine proves of practical value after further trials. the Scotch iet. novelist, critic and historian should insist on a share of the honor, even if lie eannot profit materially by the invention. Arm)'' -I rt-Ii i ii k Mior. The new marching shoe fur the at my 1ms been manufactured and is to b.. trlenl at one vi the Western pests where there is a large force of troops, Iii. members of the military command representing naturally a variety of shapes and sizes of fe'et. Bythis means it will be possible to ascertaiu whether the different sizes of the new army shoo will meet all the demands likely to be made upon It by those of the military service. Great care has l.oe;i taken in the development of this new marching shoe, which Is of the ruset type, with a top not so hlfi as that of the eld marching shoo. There i re fe.ver lacing holes, and these are o a s'.e which will easily admit of lacing. The shoe is made ou a hist which gives the greatest freed m for the f.x.t, being of square toe and of a shape whb-h has, by Inquiry, been found to represent the greatest comfort to the wearer In walking. There has been much criticism of the army marching shoe espe. dally from those on duty In the Philippines, where there Is a gd deal of walking to be done, a net some of che marching Is over the roughest country. The changes which have been made embody the suggestions which have come to the war department from various sources, and It is believed that the objections which have been made have been completely obviated. A AVeek'n Experience. The year had gloomily begun Tor Willie Weeks, a ir ui.lu's Sun. He was beset with bill anj dun, An.l he had very little Mon. "This cash," said he, "won't pay my dues, I've nothing here but ones and 1 Uf 3. A bright thought struck lilm, and he said "The rich Miss Goldroeks I will Wed." But wbeu he paid LU court to her, She lispxl, but firmly said, "Xo, Thür." "Alas," said he, "then I mast die !' His soul went where they say souls Fri. They found his gloves and coat and bat. And the coroner then upon thera Sat. - Success Mcgnzine. A Hani Job. "Didn't you say six months ago tha if Miss Tipkins wouldn't marry yoi you would throw yourself Into tin deepest part of the sea? Now, MisTipkins married some one else tlire. months ago and yet you haven't " Oh, it's easy to talk, but let me tel you It is not such an easy matter t. find the deepest part of the sea." Those wlso mourn every new foo fashion are hereby notified to get ou the crepe. The women are wearing tueir hair kmsed.

THE CLOSING YEAR. Faster than peta!s fall on windy üas From ruined roses, Hope after hope fall f. Jittering, nud decays Ere the year closes. Tor little hopvs, that open but to die. And little pleasures Divide the long sad year that labors by Iuto short measures. Yet, let them go! our day-lived hopes are not The life we cherish ; Lovo lives, till disappointments are forgot, And sorrows perish. On withered boughs, where still the old leaf clings. New leaves come never; And in the heart, where hope hangs faded, springs Xo nnv endeavor. -F. W. nounlillon.

NIGHT ON THE LONELY PRAIRIE

"Now, Lucile, it's your turn!" "But I don't know any ghost stories. Let somebody "lse tell one!" Oil, there needn't be anything like n ual live ghost In it. Just anything that's thrilling and mysterious I" "Well." replied labile, thoughtfully, "the most thrilling story I can tell Is something that happened to nie last cummer." "Good."' "A real experience!" "T'ais is :ho best of all!" crltl several voices. A group of college girls had gathered nbo-it the big fireplace in the reception hall. The room was nnlighted except for the flames that, leaping from the great logs, illum'nnted the evager, happy faces and threw wavering gleams into the eilstnut elark corners. The listening group drew a little nearer the fire and turned expectant facos towarel I.uclle, who leaned forward from her pile of cushions. "Since J have been back at college this year 1 have said very little to anyone about tho incident, for the reason that I have wished to -oeover from Its effects ns soon as possible, but I think I can relate it to-night." The hok of Interest grew more intense as Lucile preeeeded. "You know that after college last June, I started on a trip through the far West with a party of friends. We spent several weeks in traveling, and had a most delightful time. After reaching California tho party broke up, and I planned to remain a few weeks with a friend who was. to come East with me and pay me a returr visit. ."I Ii.tI been with my friend only a few days when I received a letter from my mother, saying that she had not been well, but was now recovering. I was therefore utterly unprepared for the telegram that came three days Inter, summoning me home at once, as my mother was in a very critieMl condition. "I started at once and alone. You ran Imagine the apprehension with which I began the long j mrney. It seemed as if I could never cover the vat distance, and the train seemed to crawl ns we dragged through the weary hours into the second day. "At lat we reached a wide stretch of prairie country. I had slept little the night before, and the strain was beginning to tell upon me. When bedtime came I took a simple sleepingpowder and went to my berth carl). The powder had nn almost instantaneous effect, and I was soon asleep. Then began a series of haunting dreams. I seemed to pass tbrousü calamity after calamity. Indefinite and awful. At last the dream took tangible form. I was on the swiftly rushing train. A terrible collision was about to happen. In the distance I could hear choutlng. followed by several sharp explosions. Another moment and the crash would come! Then with a struggle I awoke. "As I bevame conscious of my surroundhigs I realized, that the ear was in confusion and tlio train slowing up. My dream, then, was prophetic! With a shudder I remembered that the car in which I was sleeping was near the front of the train, and In the event of a e-olllslon its occupants would be at a disadvantage. Others had evidently realized the same tiling, and were rushlHR to get out. "1a trembling laste I drew on my 6hoes, and throwing my dresslng-rebe around me, I ran down the car to where I saw people hurrying through the door. In the mingled confusion of dream and waking reality, I paid no attention to the group, except to see that lhey were In frantic haste, and that they were all crowding down the teps on one side of the car. "I'or a moment they seemed to hesitate, as If to make room for me. 'Don't wait for me!" I cried. 'I will Jump from this side,' and I made my way down the steps In eager haste. "By this time the tn'.n had nearly stopped, and I found no diflleulty In swinging off the lower step to the ground. By the dim light that came from the train I could see that I was the only one who had alighted on my sale of tho track; the others had escaped on the opposite side. A feeling of -great thankfulness came over me when I thought I had been saved in what seemed a wonderful way. "But as I watchefl,-a nilgliy wrench earned to shake the train from end to end, and Instead of stopping, It seemed to gather motion. Car after car passed me with increasing swiftness, and as tho last ono whirled by, I looked about for those who, like myself, were left standing by the tracks. I was alone! "With terrified eyes I peered Icto the darkness on all sides, but not a Kvini, thing could I see. The only 6 und that broke the stillness was that of the train as It made Its echoing way nross the prairie. The only light was that of the train lamps that every mo ment twinkled more feebly In the dis tance, and the light of the stars that showed the faintly gleamtng rails stretching away In the darkness. "I covered my eyes with my hand and sank shuddering down on the ground. Surely this was some trick of the fancy, fom awful delusion I When I looked sgaln It must vanish Into reality I I did look, and there again were the moving P-kMs, now mere specks !a th dtstnace, and there ngaln were tho glnmles rflU tlut led away Iv.t-j a h'rroi- f darkness. "It must te some nwfnl dream Purely I wet ci tn train that was mo-li g awny tu the night! I pinch:vl nivself; I cried aloud. Surely I could fee I. nnd. I con'.d bear the sound of my eck. With tha feollng of houor stlil

upon me, I re.se and started along tte track after the train. "Once I stumbled and nearly fell, a- d for a moment the shock brought me to myself. As I lifted my head a fan.llfar sound caught my ear, and away in the distance I could see coming toward me a moving speck of light. My dream was merciful at last! The train th.H had whirled away In the night, leaving me In that terrible loneliness, wits returning. I should dream that it stopped and took me aboard, and the l.oriille nightmare would be ended. 'As I kvo:-rt and listened th lijht became big and bright, and the souni grew until It became like the rushing of wind. 1 stepped aside Just in time to allow the Western Express to race by me. Again I was walking along the tracks, and it seemed that I had been walking thus for cycles upon cycles of time. "Gradually I became aware that a change was taking place about me. I raised my eyes and saw along the eastern horizon a faint unearthly light creeping Into the sky. It slowly strengthened, until above the horizon showed the slender crescent of the waning moon. "A few hours more and the strain upon my reason would doubtless have been too great, but before long morning began to approach. The air took on a uew freshness; the stars paled, then disappeared, and the watery moonlight lost itself in the light of the coming sun. "As the landscape grew in the morning light the unrealities of the night began to pass, and I began to .omprehend what had happened. I topped and looked at the tracks that stretched away to the vanishing point Oofore and behind me. There was only ono explanation possible. I had had some terrible dream, and under its spell I had in some miraculous manner got off the moving train. The group that I had seni hurrying through the enr ami elown the steps had been only the shadows of a dream. "Gradually the dHuculties of my Iosltion forced themselves upon me. What was I to do? Here I was. alone upon the great prairie, with no habltaion within miles. My clothing, my ticket ami my money were all oii the train that was fast making Its way to the East. There was only one thing I could do. In some way I must stop the next train. "In the meantime I continued my way. The morning light was now sufficient to give me a clear view, and

HE AT. EXPFKIKXCEl pfter a little, ns I looked far ahead down the narrow, glistening tracks, my heart gave a gnat leap. Surely there In the distance was a building near the '.racks. "It was still iirly morning when,' footsore and exhausted, I reached a little telegraph stnilon, where I found a sleepy night operator. He opened his J eyes wide when a young woman, at tired in a dressing-robe, a young wom an whose hair was disheveled and shews scratched; appearexl before him. I told my story as coherently as pos sible, nnd was relieved to find that he egrced with my explanation. ''Yes,' said he, when I had flnisheel. you must have had the nightmare, and had It had. Uut how yon ever got off that express train without breaking your neck is more than I can see. "I never think of thot night operator without a feeling of gratitude. He was a man of resource. In a few moments he had made nnd placed before nie a cup of steaming coffee clear and strong. " 'Now he said, 'we must plan what's to be done. In about an hour your train will reach Hamlin, where It makes a stop of twenty minutes. I will telegraph thjre to have, your things re moved from the car and held for you. Then I will get orelers to have the next express stop here and take you abcard. It will not delay you many hours. "lie seateel li 1 nisei f at the instru ment, and then began the click! click! that seemeel to me to continue m. y weary minutes. At la3t he turneel to me with n sinlle. "It's all right,' he said. They will take your things from the train, and the next express, that goes through l:i alut two hours, will stop or you. Doubtless your disappearance has not yet been discovered, nnd won't be until the train reaches Hamlin.' "Another weary wait began, broken at last by the instant click of the telegraph. As word after word of the message was spelled out by the Instrument, a lok of surprrlse and keen interest came Into the face of the operalor. At last he turned and looked at me curiously. " 'Well, young woman,' he exlahned at last, 'you have had an experience and no mistake! One that you won't forget In a hurry, or I miss my guess!' "Then ho told me the message .that had just come over the wires. My train had reached Hamlin, nud i absence bad not been discovered until il.r.n V fnf nlli!r vr.rtr rtnrtllncr but listen to this! When the train from which I had made such a mys

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ttrious exit reached Hamlin it had a strange tale to tell. The liight before on the open prairie it had been boarded by a large band of train robbers. Them had been a brief struggle, in which the robbers had been successfully repulsed, and the train had gone on its way. " "A few woks before there had been a daring and successful robbery on one of the roads in the Southwest. A large inn. of money had been taken from the express car and the mails rifled. Ihe defectives who had worked on the case believed this robbery was one of a series that had been carefully planned, and had warned all the Western roads to be on the alert. When the train on which I had taken passage started for the East, It had on board, a! i known to the passengers, a stroug gin. id. "In the struggle that followed J. ' e attempt to hold up the train, the robber? soon saw that they would be overpowered, and sought to make .heir escape. To create confusion and to make it more diflicult for the guarel In the expivss car to shoot, they had plunged through one or two of the other cars, and so off the train. My car had Leen one through which they had rushed, and it was this baud of desperate men t!int I had followed in the affright of my awakening. "The train had been brought nearly to a standstill, nnd that is why I had io greater difficulty In getting off. Of course when the robbers reached tL-e ground they scattered in all directions, and henco I saw no one beside tl e tracks when the train had passed. "You can Imagine the feelings with which I hearel the operator's story. It was a relief to know that I had not been the victim of a sleeping delusion : but when I thought of the night, 1 e lonely prairie, and the desperate men, a new terror took hold of me. "The rest of my journey was without Incident. The anxiety In regard ray motheu kept In check the nervcus reaction that might have followed '.he terrible experiemcs of that night. When I reached home I found the critical point In my mother's illness past and the danger over. It was then that the reaction came, and for days I was almost prostrated. Even now the terror and haunting reality of that night on the lonely prairie will seize upon me, and I imagine I shall never get beyond the spell of that experience." Youth's Companion.

WHEN MUS. LANGLEY MOVED. Had llrrn LlvlnK Only In the Opinions of Other People. Mrs. Langley put down her book with, a smile of 'happy Inspiration, and turned to her Aunt Matilda, knitting at the window. "I'm goiug to move, aunty," she announced. "Again !" exclaimed her aunt, dropping her knitting In amazement. "Why, you've only been here six weeks." Then, with a tone of unconscious self-congratulation coming into her voice, she went on: "Well, my dear. If you had listened to me, you'd have been in the old place now, without all the fuss and worry that you and Jack have been through, and you knev how expensive It was. Although what you can find to complain of here- " her voice was trailing off Into reproachful silence when she demanded suddenly: "And what's J.Tk going to say this time, I shoulel like to know?" "Oh, I'm sure he'll love the Idea," r. .- swered her niece. "In fact, Annt Matilda, heTI be the first to encourage me when I unfold my plans to Iris sympathetic soul." The mischievous look In hr ej-es deepeiul for a moment at her aunt's helpless and Increasing bewilderment. Then growing nerioii ngain. she said, "Listen to me just a little while, aunty, and I'll try to explain." rieklng up Gissing's "New Grub Street," she read slowly aloud, "'Like her multitudinous kind, Mrs. Yale lived only In the opinions of otlrer people. What others would say was ner constant preoccupation.' "Now that's what I've been doing and thinking all these years, apparently," Mrs. Langley went on, "and that's why I've determined to move into my own mind, and live in it, too. We really needn't hare taken this apartment the olel place would have done perfectly well and it's leen a hard year for Jack as welt as for every one else. Uut you see, other people's judgment had become my 'constant preoccupation.' Some woman would say, 'My dear, what a shame that, with your charming personality, you should be such enelless miles from everything!' And another would hint that 'of course even so clever a womau as nvyself would soon lose touch with the world outside,' nnd a third would wonder 'what on earth I did for society V So I just made Jack come here, although he didn't want to nj all, and I knew, too, that we ought not to be so extravagant. I've hated myself ever since. And now I'm going to move Into my own oplnlems, and stay there forever." She bit her lip and stared hard through the window at the green park. lovely with spring, outside. Then she flashed a look of her old sunny drollery at -her aunt. 'I don't want you to think, Aunt Matilda," she said, whimsically, "that I believe my new apartments are going to be sumptuously furnished. The things I don't know are legion. Put I'm fairly young, f.troug.and persistent, and I'm going to put in lots of mental Implements. And of course I shall t till visit my friends' iersonalltles occasionally, Just st I won't run the risk of becoming rusty and provincial. Hut from now on. I'm going to live In my own opinions." "Well!" exclaimed Aunt Matilda again, pie-king up her forgotten knitting. "I shouldn't wonder If this new moving was cheaper In the long ruu." Youth's Companion. Helpful Illnta. I would rather be able to make people appreciate things they ain't got than sell them things that they don't appreciate. In fact, It Is very much easier to sell them things than the think they appreciate. It takes genius to let your hair gro and yet make plain people believe you are sensible. There are only two of us, Buffalo Bill and myself, and I don't think so very much of Buffalo Bill. The most comfortable way to econom ize Is to travel with a good sender. You can't fool all of the people all of the time, but you don't need to, to make a good thing of it. Don't make fun of religion unless yov are sure of your audience. Be good to people nud you will find them easier to work. A wise fake goes a long way. Anything Is a thought that geti printed. Judge.

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The lulurf, "The ze nith of our strength has been 'cached." croaked the dismal ones, vhen the panic struek us last fall. "We lave spent too fively of eur jKirtion. Now we strike the el.vnward path." All this 1 evauso America had bes-n calling so richly ef the fruits of th? ;oil and digging so dec-ply of the wealth hat lay beneath it. And though every janic eif the last century has been atended by the same sort of mournfulss it seemeel the truer this time, because we had bee-n gleaning so amazingly among our resources. The population ef the United States s o.2 per cent of the imputation of the kVorld, and tli3 land within its Imrders ;s .".'. per -e-nt of the world's area. The M'ud net ion of corn in America is TS.S per cent ef all that is produced on ;-arth. The wheat fields last year yield?d "o.7 pe-r cent of the harvest of the rlobc. We grew more than T.0 per cent :f all the tobacce and nearly 72 per i rent of all the cotton. Pig iron pre-ju-Jion was 42.1 per cent of tho .voi lei's output. Though Russia is a rivat comjietitor and wastes tremendous cp.iantities of the petroleum put n tho worleVs markets more than t!2 ii r cent last year came from Amcri:an we-lls. Of the world's copper production our share was more than half. Of silver, ." er cent was dug from mines in this country. Seven years .igo less than one-half per cent of all the sulphur was e-f American production, nnd now we control the markets of the earth with an output of S5.8 per cent. Something more than this is our coal output. Over !.0 ier cent of all the cotton spindles are in this country, and our mileage of railmaels is close upon 40 per cent. Startling tigure'S are these when it is reine'mber:el that our population is under 0 per cent and our area still lcs There was much to warrant on the face of it the opinion that the summit had been mounted and the sibling down the other side beginning yet only suiwrfieially. Comparison with the visible iossibiIitIes show that only a little scratching has leen dene, here and there. Wealth uncounted lies untouched, waiting for the day -of need. Xo ore living may paint the vision of the future of this-country. It is beyond the dreamer to dream. Xot all the panics to come can discourage for a moment anyone who bears in mind what little lias been done in proportion to what still is to be done in this country. Toleeto Blade. The Trft Pollole. Before the Cincinnati C'ommerei;d Club Mr. Taft gave some hint of the policies which would be his when the executive ollices should be turneel over to his charge. There was nothing to 1 oint to any change of views, nothing to show that Mr. Taft has withheld any opinions from the public whom lie has been ad dressing for many months. The ont Important note in Ids speech was that the reactionists might exjcct nothing of favor from him. He intended t carry out the reforms legun In the present administration. IIt punoses. to prt tert every citizen no obeys the law. but will pursue all those who have felt themselves above the statutes by reason of long immunity or colossal fortunes. Dishonest methods of business should receive no shelter" from hh; government if they came within the purview of the feeleral regulations. This must he' taken to mean only one thing. The monopolies which hae Iveen under Investigation by the elep.irtment of justice may count on no cessation of the pursuit started by President Roosevelt. The Standard Oil Company must continue' to eleftnd itself against the forces which have leeu seeking for several years to punish it for its illegal! tie's. There are several cases -ei ding in the West against the Ilarrimaii system of railroads. The trovernnient believes it lias a gooel case against this financier, and. while It Is compelled to fight every legal ditch, it ' has fuith in the ultimate conviction of certain otTieials and the breaking up of irregular practice's. The powder trust will not escape UVSiuse Its president oecupleel a place for a time on the Hepublican campaign committee. I-an.l frauds in Colorado, California :ind Oregon will le punished. The seizure of water, privileges is to be Investigated, and those who have been concerned In them brought to the bar of justice. Timber thieves are to be made to pay the cost of their criminality. In the course of the campaign Mr. In hearty accord with his own polices. J The President-elect has now giveu his endorsement to that expression. Pap PaHkiuK T ugbt. It was ash day. Pat and Mike were obliged to halt their heavily loaded cart to make way for a funeral. Gazing at the proccssl ou. Put sueleVtily re marked, "Mike. I wish I knew where I was going to die. I'd give a thousand dollars to know the place where I'm going to die." "Well. Pat, what goenl would It do if yez knewr V-Lots," said Pat. "Shure, I'd niver go near that place!" Judge's Library. PotMlhle F.ii'lanifUdu. Mrs. P.iggs My husband seems to be lost in thought a Ik nit half the time. Mrs. DIggs I supiHise his ideas are so far apart that he can't help getting lost on the way from one to the other. Too Much for IIIiu. "Yes," salel the thin party, "Pjii go Ing to change my boarding place. Those three-course dinners are too much for my digestive apparatus." Three-course dinner!" exclaimed his friend.- "Of what do they consist?" "Napkins, Ice water nnd toothpicks." was the reply. From Force of llnlilt. "Mabel! I'm surprised at yeu, putting out your tongue at peeple. "It was all right, mother; It was the debtor going past." Harper's liazaar. Multitude of Draniftllckft. The Colonel Itastus, you seem fond of the leg of a fowl? Itastus Deed Ah Is, cunnel. What a great institution de chicken would hab been ef Provieh-ne-e had given him os many legs as a centipede. Ii tu Same t'la. . "My face is my fortune1 remarked the pretty girl. "You haven't got much the best of me," replied the pianist. "My fingers are mine." -Kansas City Times.

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