Plymouth Tribune, Volume 8, Number 26, Plymouth, Marshall County, 1 April 1909 — Page 6

A AVoman'i Qaestloa. before I trust ay fate to thee, Or p!ace my hand in thine; Before you get your overcoat Or help me on with mine; Before I peril all for thee, Question thy soul to-night for me. IWore we stir a single step. Stand back and let me know; Djps ray Hack skirt touch on the sids. And does the white skirt show? Fpeak now, lest at some future day My who! life wither and decay. liOok deeper still within thy soul. And let no learn my fate; Am' I all buttoned down the back And is my hat on straight? no false pity spare the blow liut in true mercy tell rae so. fla7e on my face and answer true, Ifore we start to go, C.tn'st thou detect the rosaline And docs the talcum show? If o at any pain or cost. Oh. tell me now ere all is lost ! Nay. answer not; thou could'st not tell. The words would come too late; CJet on thy hat and hurry up. We haven't time to wait. Whatever in my heart may fall, Ii?member, I rsust risk it all ! I'ucfc. "Waiting for Some Man. Woman has been handicapped thro; -sä the ages by being brought up to tl-it.k that there Is not much worth vhilo in life outside of marriage, writes Orison Swett Marden in Success Magill ::o. I low many previous years and opportunities for growth, for life enlargement she ha3 missed while waiting fur marriage! Even to-day. In this splendid a?je, we ire young women everywhere with splendid possibilities who seem to be Jurt waiting, waiting, waiting for what they hare loen brought up to believe Is the supreme event of their lives. Many of farm might broaden their education and improve themselves wonderfully while they are waiting for the right man to come along. Did they tut know it, they are not half as likely t find the right man while waiting Inactively as when they are vigorously preparing themselves for a large and useful life. It is most unfortunate that any girl should be brought up to-day with the antiquated Idea that marriage is everything, and that other things do not count much. The traditions of the past, however, are rapidly falling away from the emancipated woman of the twentieth century. In this n?w era tens of thousinds of g'rls have found glorious openIr.g iu ail departments of life. Vast field of usefulness are awaiting woman on every side. She I3 realizing that achievement is sexless; that she can bo jut as Independent as man, and that there are Just as many opportunities and fields of usefulness for her. Who can estimate what this new era mean to t'je plain girl, the girl with (fdendid mental powers, but Avho may b? physically unattractive, or who may prefer a single life? ftfdsajici fancies MJ o , Pale-toned gloves are being worn in Taris mere than white ones for smart afternoon dress. Satin Is best left untrimmed, although for afternoon gowns for spring It will be among, the most popular fatries. Hats of fine roral chip, as well as the once more popular crinoline, will fee seen, with, wide-spreading brims eorled up on one Bide. A rather wide band of ribbon, brought up around the hair and tied in a broad, girlish bow at one side, is 0 French head finish much favored. Dangles, tassels, fringes, all are in order, and passementerie drop trimtatr.s may be found in all the modish colors and in the metallic, pearl. Jet and crystal effect. Metallic tissues and nets are being Brought out In amazag variety. Every hade of gold, silver, gun metal and Ironze is represented, and there are, too, all of the colors shot with metal. Net girdles of wide soft mesh, embroidered boldly in rlbbousine (a lustrous fiber) and fringed with this samt ribbouslne, are offered In many of the fashionable colors and in white, which may be dyed to any shade. llama has been woven into extraordinarily smart bags and belts, the straw often being oddly but delightfully studded with semiprecious etones. whose color shows attractively upon the soft shade of the straw. Heads are no longer crinkled and ratted past all semblance of humanity. The simpler the better, say the knowing ones. If your "style" permits a deauure ware flowing away from a classic renter part, so much the luckier for $ j j. Iroalaa;-Dajr Hint. ' To prevent the iron from sticking to a collar or shirt front when ironing lr, a capital plan Is that cf using white wax, while at the same time a good gloss is obtained on the surface tf the linen. Instead of investing in pedal wax for the purpose, any odds and cnd3 of candles may be used, and these should be sown Into a square of cotton or linen, and the iron passed we or twice over it before beginning t use It. rmh Air for tae Siek. Nothing is more common than fresh air. It is all pervading and provided ly nature. It is free to all who will take it. We all need it and all have lo have it. The sick need it more than the well, and yet tLtTe are those tfho think the windows In the sickroom must be kept closed. As a matter of fact, thf one best thing we can do for the sick is to see to it that they have a: abundance of fresh air all the time. Wire of the President. The wives of the Presidents are as follows: Washington married Martha (Dandridge) Custls; John Adams. Abigail Ftnitu; Madison. Dolly (Payne) Todd; Ifmroe. Eliza Kortwrlght ; John Quinry Adams. Luisa Catherine Johnson; Jacvwn, Rachel (Donelson) Robards; ya.i Buren, Hannah Hoes; Harrison,

Anna Symmes; Tyler, I.etltia Christian; second wife, Julia Gardiner; Tolk. Sarah Childress; Taylor, Margaret Smith; Fillmore, Abigail Powers; second wife. Caroline iMelntosh ; Pierce, Jane Means Appleton ; Uncolii, Mary Todd; Johnson, Eliza McCard'e; (rant, Julia Dent; Hayes, Lucy Ware Webb; Garfield, Lucretla Rudolph; Arthur, Ellen (Lewis) Ilerndon; Cleveland, Frances Folsom; Harrison. Caro.frie Lavinia Scott; second wife. Mary Scott Dimmick ; McKinley, Ida Sexton ; Roosevelt, Alice Lee; second wife, Edith Kermit Carow; Taft. llcleir Herron.

Fancy, TncUed Blouse. The latest blouses are made with just such long pretty sleeves as these, and this model can be utilized both for the separate waist of net, thin silk, lingerie material and the like and for the entire gown. In the illustration it is made of fine lawn combined with banding of Valenciennes late, and with hand embroidery worked iu the squares formed by the design, but those squares can be filled with applied motifs If preferred, and for the trimming any banding is appropriate. Lanndrr Work Table line should bo fctarcheJ while still wet. Prepare alout four quarts of blue water, and to this stir in a teacupful -of good, hot starch. Dip t!i table linen in the starch, wring, and hang out to dry. All bed and table linen should Ih? taken down while still damp, folded tightly and evenly, mangled and ironed. Starch should not b used without the dilution of blue water for table linen, as otherwise it makes servietts much too stiff for comfort In using, and if a tablecloth Is too much starched it Is very difficult to Iron It properly, and It does not lie flat upon the table. Linen stiffened with hot search must be sprinkled wlt'j warm water, not cold, should it get too dry before Ironing. Nothing sets off the daintiness of a dinner table better than beautifully got up damask. Good Headache Itemed?. One of the very best remedies for a sick or nervous headache was suggested to me recently by a Finnish servant girl. She took raw potatoes without cither washing or paring and cut theni into thick slices. These were laid close together on the forehead and temples fiul kept in place by covering with a large handkerchief foided cornenvise and tied In the back. In a short time the pain disappears. Ar the pieces cf potato get hot replace with cold fresh ones. They give all the coolness of Ice without the Incidental dampness, and there is not the burning sensation ice often causes. The potato is distinctly soothing. Two or Three-Piece Skirl The skirt that gives slender lines is the one that Is in the height of style, and this model is exceptionally graceful and attnwrtive yet perfectly simple withal. It is trimmed to give a tunic effect, but consists of only front and back portions. It can be made as illustrated, or with a seam at the center front, making it a three-piece skirt, as liked, and which method is better depends entirely upon the material used. To Overcome Boll. A French doctor has had great success with scattering bolls by applying at the first sign of inflammation com presses wet with equal parts of tincture of arnica, tincture of iodine and spirits of camphor. Continue until the trouble seems to be passed. If with the compresses one drinks sulphur water or red clover blossom tea. it will help to scatter the bolls and overcome the tendency. HovT to Walk Gracefully. Nearly every woman walks far too rapidly for anything like grace to enter into her movements. Tall women, for some reason, walk more "slowly than little ones. Their elbows, shoulders and hips move from side to side with every movement of their feet. If you want to bf graceful, don't look at your feet, but hold your bead weil up in the air. Don't shuffle. A little thoughtfulness and practice In high

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ugly habit. Don't bend yoiir back at the waist, under the impression tVU you are thereby walking erectly. It throws the stomach forward, and is almost as inimical to grace as round shoulders. Finally, don't allow yourself to walk "pigeon-toed" that is, with the toes turned in or straight. You can never be graceful in movement while you do. Your SruluK Machine. Women who do net thoroughly understand the sewing machine often blame the machine when the fault of stiff running can be traced to not keeping the machine clean. Most persons think that liberal doses of oil are all that Is necessary. Too much oiling is injurious, and oil where there has not been careful dusting is worse than none at all. It Is not enough to give a surface dusting; the cracks ami crevices must be kept clean. ' This can not be done with a cloth. Instead use a coarse silk thread, to draw back and forth through cracks to get out fine dirt that can not otherwise be removed. Care should also be taken that pins and needles do not slip into the shuttle part of the machine, as often they clog it and the cause can not bo discovered for some time. It is a mistake to use a cheap oil, as it cakes and makes the parts sticky. Never let the machine stand uncovered when not in use; and guard carefully from dampness. Rubbing the running strap occasionally with a little vaseline or oil will :aake the leather wear longer. Perfuming- the Hair. There is a difference of oplrlon as to perfumed hair; some women, nice ones, too, think a faint, elusive, Individual fragrance to the hair correct, while other women are strong In their condemnation of scented tresses. If you are r.ot one of the women who think perfumed hair vulga-. you may like to know how to impart an odor to it instead of paying to have it done by the hairdresser. Th? best ,time is immediately after the hair is shampooed, while it is still slightly damp. Pour five or six drops of oil of lavender, oil of jasmine or oil cf violet In the palm of your br.ul and rub It over the bristles of a clean, rather stiff hal: brush. lirush the hair thoroughly for five or ten minutes, and you will carry around for a week a faint, delicate fragrance. Crack in Floor. There are ihree methods of filling cracks in floors. First, dissolve one pound of glue in two gallons of water. Stir into this enough fine sawdust to make a thick paste and fill the cracks with it. The paste may be colored t'i match the wood. Second, fill the cracks with putty. One can make the putty by mixing whiting and linseed oil together and kneeding it until the paste I smooth. The puty may also be colored to match the wood. Third, soak finely shredded paper in water and boil it until it is soft pulp, and to every two gallons add one pound of glue. Th" cracks must be filled solid and even with the boards. A paste made of fine starch and a very , little water spread on a bruised spot Immediately after the blow wili often prevent discoloration. When the brows are thin and scant they should be rubbed with a drop of warmed almond oil cr a very small quantity of pomatum of vaseline. This should be put on before brushing and shaping. To keep the hands smooth and white soak them In sweet almond oil every night. Pour the oil iu a bowl and Immerse the hands for several minutes. Wipe gently with a soft towel and draw on loose white gloves for sleeping.The habit of biting thread with the teeth, of using the teeth as a vise for removing corks, for cracking nuts or to supply a deSclency In tools Is most unwise, and will surely cost the unwls person dear. It cannot be cmdemned too strongly. A good treatment for white spots on the nails is a nightly application of a pate made of equal quantities of turpentine and myrrh. In the morning the nails should be wiped over with olive oil. If you are manicuring your nails yourself, you may b digging them t hard, thus causing spots. I'ajamai for Children. I; has become the accepted thing to put little girls and boyr in pajamas Instead of nightgow n a. They are warmer in the wiuter and cooler in summer than the long sleeping robe, and healthier at all tlmt-s. These pajamas are made in striped flannel, in soft cotton, in crossbar dimity and striped China slik. Women Painted or I npalulcd. Lilian Kell continues to assert that women are not as bud as the are painted; but most people think that those who are p.ilntil at all must have the badness of their paint. Possibly the assertion nilght be modified to agree that they are as good us they are unpalnted. For Tonsilttl. Oil of eucalyptus for 10 cents not tincture, but oil. To cure any affection of the air passages of the throat or lungs take C to 10 drops placed on sugar, and allow same to dissolve slowly and then swallow. Repeat every two to four hours, according to severity of the case. Pollah the Kurnltore. A furniture polish that Is recommended by those who have tried It is made with one wine glassful of olive oil, the same quantity of vinegar, and two tablespoonfuls of alcohol. Apply with a soft cloth and polish with flannel. A Foot Warmer. When retiring at night take a larg, soft feather pillow and place directly over the feet; it will keep them delightfully warm on the coldest of nights. To Keep C hamoli Clean. Chamois should be rinsed in warm water several times while using, and when the work is through should be washed thoroughly in ammonia water to keep from stiffening. IMciih Furniture. Plush furniture that has been flattened down will take on a new lease of life if the surface Is sponged with a little chloroform to raise the pile.

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The day will dawn when one of us shall barken In vain to hear a voice that has grown dumb; And morns shall fade, noons pale, and shadows darken While sad ej-es watch lor feet that never come. One of us two must some time face existence Alone with memories that but sharpen paifi; And these sweet days shall shine back In the distance Like dreams of Summer dawns in nights of rain. One of us two, with tortured heart half broken. Shall read long treasured letters thro salt tears; Shall kiss with anguished lips each cherished token That speaks of these love-crowned, delicious years. One of us two shall find ail light, all beauty, All Joy on earth, a tale forever done; Shall know hentvforth that life means only duty O God! O God! have pity on that one. -211a Wheeler Wilcox.

How Andy In the big railroad yard stood a crowd of call boys awaiting orders. In the center of the crowd was Pete Casey, boasting as usual. "No, you don't know how to put Iu a shovel of coal. Til bet the whole lot of you couldn't hit the door. If I once got the chance, you'd see we doin" like this," tried Pete, and he picked up an old shovel that stood alongside the round house In which the waiting engines were groaning and wheezing, and then went through some motions to show how he would do were he a fireman. "You wouldnt stand that way at all. You've got the shovel left-handed, 'fbe engineer would throw you out of the engine If you stood on his side of the cab. Let me show you how to do it," said good-natured but shrewd Andy Simpson. The other boys knew he was right and now began to snicker at Pete's mistake. "No you don't show me nothin'. What's the difT when you're only standin' on the ground, whether yon shovel right or left handed? Get away, and don't you dare to take hold of that shovel. Get away now, or I'll hit you with It, and If I hit you ence you H never know nothin' again." With that Pete lifted up the shovel and was about to bring it down on the head of Andy when around the engine shed came the foreman. He cast a glance at the t'.vo boys facing each other In daring manner. "What's the matter here?" he asked of Pete. "Nothin', nothin' at all. Me ad Andy's just beer: doin' a couple of stunts with the shovel." was the false reply from Pete. The foreman turned around to go away, but had taken only a few steps when he looked back and said: "Well, since you are both so anxious to do something, you, Pete, may go and call Herkley, and Andy you may come into my ol7;ce, as I have a little business for you to attend to." If Pete was angry before he was mad enough to eat coal now. Engineer Herkley's call was one of the toughest on the list, so 'the boys said, because he lived several miles from the round house, and the caller who went after him had no tlmo to waste in order that Herkley should reach his engine In time to take the train out en the scheduled time. Then, too. Perkily was rather crabbed with the boys, and he seldom asked them to ride back on the street cars with him. As they could not afford to pay their own way, they were always pretty well "peterr-d out" by the time they reached the round house again. If Berkley did ar-J rive late, then he usually put the blame on the caller, for not reporting to hlüi ia time. No sooner had the foreman disappeared from sight than Pete beg.vi to give vent to his rage and spite by snarling. Mustering and boasting of what he intended to do to Andy. "I pity Andy. He'd better have kept hLs mouth shut. Simpson can look for another Job now," were some of töe expressions whispered by the hoys among themselves when they saw how angry Pete was. They had not forgotten how ! he had compelled a former call boy named Jim Wright to give up his posltloiu simply because Jim refused to make a call for hi.'n one cold, rainy day, while he, Pete, sat in the round house and listened to some euglucers relating hairbreadth escapes which they had made. Already Pete had a plan in mind whereby to get Andy into :rouble with the crabbed engineer, and if the plan worked out all right It would put an end to young Simpson's being a call boy or anything else around those railroad yards. With an ugly wink Peter started out in the direction of Herkley's house. Hut a soon as he had gone up the tracks a short distance, far enough to De out of sight of the round house and the foreman, he slipped down between leveral cars and waited for his enemy, for Pete had made up his mind to settle account with young Simpson before going to the engineer's. lie guessed the foreman had a message on which to send Andy, but there he was mistaken. It was, however, more than a half an hour before he discovered his mistake, and then only when one of the boys came along and told him that the foreman had Andy at work iu his office. Pete was disappointed, and he gritted his teeth fiercely as he declared that be had another way to "get even." Instead of going on his call he waited a while longer between the cars, so that It would appear that he had performed his duty. Then he went back to the office and bung around the blackboard wnere were posted a list of the engineers and firemen's names, with opposite each one of them the name of the boy whose duty It was to call him. Engineer ßerkely was due to leave with his train at 7 :'.VJ in the evening. Hy that time the night foreman was on duty and the day call boys had gone home. It was within a few minutes of his leaving time, and yet Herkley did not come. The fireman was in the engine pouring in the coal, and the great Iron machine was groaning and heaving as if for want of Breath, because it was so full of fuel. Sevenihlrty came, but yet Herkley was net in sight. Some one must be sent o.i his run, and, of course, the first en gineer who appeared for a laier train was seut,out with Herkley's engine. Engineer Herkley did not appear at the yards at ail that night, and the night foreman had taken down In his memorandum book the name of the boy w ho had been sent to call him. Strange to say, that name was Andy Simpson's The next evening Herkley did not come to take his engine out on the road and again the name of Simpson went

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Fired No. 24 down in the foreman's book. The same thing happened the third day, with the result that the night foreman left word for the day foreman that Andy Simpson should te discharged, for Berkley ht'd cume clown the third day and angrily declared that he had not been called. However, he gave just a little squint of surprise when he was told that Simpson had been sent after him each time, for, crabbed as he was, he rather liked Andy's straightforward ways. But greater wa? the surprise cf the day foreman when he came to the oüice and read the note left for him. He thought the matter over, and h could not remember that there had ever been a complaint made against that boy before. But r;ince that was the order he must do his duty. So' he inquired for Andy, but found him out cn a call. Then he left word with several of the hoys that when young Simpson came back they should tell him to come into his oflice, as he wanted to see him. "Well, my boy, the night foreman has left word that you need not come to work next week. .Can you give any explanation for this?", said the foreman as Andy entered. Andy was st, surprised that he could do no more than stammer the words: "No, sir,' for at once his quick mind thought of all the plans he hnd made for the future; how lie would be an engineer some day and would hold the throttle of the iron monsters that he so much admired. Hut why had hi been discharged: He was trying to recall what he might have done to merit this reward when the foieman recalled him to his senses. "I am sorry for you, Andy," said he. "I have never had auy complaints ANDY LOOKED OUT OF THE CAB WIXDOW. to make about your work, and should have been glad to keep you and to see you become an engineer, for I know that you would have made a good one. However, in the meantime I shall investigate the cause of your discharge." Thank yuu, sir," said Andy. "1 don't kuow what I could have done that was 'wrong, and I did want to be an engineer." He turned and left the otfice slowly, thinking of what ills mother and father would say. However, when the time came for him to go home lie did it bravely, and instead of scolding him they encouraged him by saying that maybe everything would come out all tight. They had faith in their boy, and when he declared that he had done nothing to merit discharge they believed him. Andy had come to the roundhouse for the last time, as he thought, and was standing, with some other boys, on their old stamping grouuds. The others were discussing the latest happenings, and, of course, telling how things ought to have been done, but Audy did not have the heart to sav auvthintr. Pete was jilst In the midst of his wellknowix act, "blowin off steam," when one of the boys came running from the foreman's ofiice. He was so excited he could scarcely speak. 'Twenty-four's comin up the road and the boss is going to send one of us to fire her. Fireman Smith hasn't shown up yet, and there ain't another man in the yards Vept engineers." he cried. "Wonder who he'll take?" was the question all began to ask excitedly. Even Andy's eyes began to sparkle In their avustoined brightness. Hut there was not much time to think over the affair before the foreman stepped from his office. "Come in the office and be quick about It, boys," he said. And they were quick about it, too. "I have a question to ask you," said the foreman, when all the boys had crowded into the oflice, "and the one who answers it correctly shall fire the passenger on her trip up the road. How many tons of coal will the tender of 21's engine carry?" There was silence for a minute, as if not one of them knew ; then came the answer, "Nine," from Andy Simpson. 'That is correct," said the foreman, "and that is the amount of coal that you will have to shovel before you reach the yards again. Go and get on the engine at once and do your work sj that Engineer Lane shall have no cause for complaint. Hut stop a minute. Several days ago 1 gave orders that you were to be discharged at the end of the week. I have since investigated the cause of complaint against you and find that you have been performing your duty faithfully, so that you may come to work again next week. Success to you, my boy." The foreman had scarcely finished speaking when there went up a shout for Andy that made the old oflice ring. Then the boys picked him up and carried him to the engine, which was already hooked to the passenger, ready to start. Andy's Lead was all In a muddle, and he hardly knew what he was doing until he felt the big hand of Engineer Lane take him by the shoulder. "All you've got to do, my lad, is to

take that spoon and give It to her; the old 'speeder' will do the rest," was the engineer's advice, as he pulled the throttle and the train began to move. Andy never worked harder in his life. He not only shoveled the coal, but he put it into the furnace so it steamed its best, and before he knew it he was whirling along the country al the rate of a mile a minute. Numbe 24 was an accommodation train anc it only went up the road forty milei and back. The big engineer would look down and smile with satisfaction at hh little fireman. "Don't work too hard, my lad,' would be his exhortation now and then "She's workln' easy and has plenty o steam." On the return trip the boy began ti feel pretty tired, but he had too much grit to show any signs of weariness. It was the proudest time of his life. "How I will surprise father and mother with the good news!" thought he. It was almost dark as Engineer Lane blew his long whistle for the railroad yards. Andy climbed upon his seat and looked out of the cab window. He saw the boys standing on the platform waiting for him. As he stepped down from the engine they hoisted him upon their shoulders and carried hire round and round the oflice. But that was not all. When they were through with him Engineer Lane took him Into the oflice and told the foreman how the 'little -fellow" had worked. "I wish I always had as good a firemau," said he. Andy Simpson was the first of. all the call boys to become a fireman. But he did not remain long In that position, for he soon learned the ways of the locomotive and was advanced to the position cf engineer, the honor that he had so much longed for. As for Pete Casey, he was never seen in the railroad yards after the day that Andy fired the passenger. The foreman had Investigated and found that it was none other than Pete who had been erasing his own name from its position opposite that of Engineer Berkley, and placing that of Andy there instead, so that Andy. should be blamed for neglect of duty and discharged, lie did this after the boys went home in the evening, for he had not called Berkley during the day. and thus thought to put the blame on Andy Simpson" It was he who neglected to call the fireman on the day that Andy won his laurels. And his bitterest thought, on leaving the yards forever, must have been that though he had been trying his best to ruin Andy, he had only succeeded In helping him on to success. Chicago Daily News.

MRS STOWE'S NOVEL. Tncle Tom' Ca?ln" Win Innplred by Actual Occurrence. Dr. Charles Edward Stowe, Harriet Beecher Stowe's sou, describes iu the Circle magazine the influences which led his mother to the writing of the book which moved the world. Mrs. Stowe's family had removed to Cincinnati when she was about 20 years of age and there she had had unusual op'tortunities for observing the practical workings uf slavery as an institution. At this time her brother, Charles Beecher, was in business in the city of New Orleans in a large commission house which had frequent dealings with the slave plantations' He also kept a journal of his observations and experiences. His letters were full of incidents bearing more or less remotely on the practical influence of slavery. There was an actual Legree, whom Mrs. Stowe's brother Charles met on the boat returning to his Bed Biver plantation with a miserable, gang of slaves that he had purchased In New Orleans. Uncle Tom was largely an Ideal character, but the leading traits of the eouijMjsite ortrait were drawn from many conversations that Mrs. Stowe had with trembling fugitives, who, on their way to Canada and freedom, found in her house food, shelter, kind words and pecuniary aid. At last she herself was stricken down with a painful and dangerous illness. But she could still trust and pray. And pray she did so fervently and with such faith that her soul was bum iuto a new and glorious experience of God's greatness and love. In 1SÖ0 she Joined her husband in Maine. After her resolve was formed, months elapsed before she was able to carry o'lt her Intention of writing something to make the world realize the horrors of slavery. The writer Is obliged to confess that he was himself the principal hindrance Just at that, time. In December, 1850, Mrs. Stowe wrote to Mrs. Edward Beecher: "As Jong as the baby sleeps with me nights I can't do much at anything, but I will do it. I will write that thing if I live!" An Awkward Perhaps. It was at the funeral of a man who had left his young ind attractive helpmeet u widow for the third time. At the time of his death their clergyman was away on a European trip, and Iu this emergency, Bev. Dr. Blank was called upon. A neighbor instructed him hastily as to the admirable qualities of the deceased, his benevolence, piety and kind disposition, and gave him various points as to his family relations. During the funeral discourse no outsider would have suspected that the clergyman had not been a lifelong friend of the dead man. When, however, he came to mention the widow in his prayer. It was evident that his data In regard to her had become a trlfie confused. He said: "And now we commend to Thy care this widowed handmaid, who has been Iereaved again and again and again." Then hesitating an Instant, he added, "Aiid perhaps again." So Far, So Good. William H. Crane, the actor, tells of two impecunious players, who, during a period of enforced "liberty" were compelled to dine at cheap table d'hote restaurants on the East Side. One evening, during each course of such a linner, one of the actors kept saying : "Honest, Frank, isn't it a good dinner? Isn't it good? Did you ever eat a better dinner in your life for :;.- cents?" Frank was silent until the end of the fifth course, when bis friend repeated his formula. Then, with a commendable affectation of enthusiasm, Frank answered: "A splendid dinner, old man! A splendid dinner! Let's have another." Lippincott's Magazine. We useC to think big railroad men were a!out the smartest things that ever drew the breath of life, but lately we are catching them in a lot of fool things.

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liusiitesM 1 iii iru emeu t. Throughout the year HHJS there wer constantly recurring signs of Improvement in business a::d of gradual return toward conditions which could be pronounced normal. A bulletin of th: department of commerce and labor makes a specific study of thes. rdgus, many of which are truly remarkable in the vs;y they show recovery from the depression of the autumn of 1!)07. Con:i prisons between December of the panic year and last December show, for example, that twice as much raw ilk was imiwrted in the latter month as in the former, indicating low greatly conditions have altered for the better in this line of ma;ju aeture. Hwo and one-half times as much. India rubber was landed at American wharves; the importations of Lidos J find k'U.s have doubled; raw wool Imports were increased 1." per cent; pig tin more than ISO per cent; unmanufactured fibres 0 per cent. Diamonds having a valuation more than six times as much as In December. 10U7, were brought in ia the last month of BK)S. The cars handled by the railroads were so many more that the two months are thrown into decided conIrast. Building permits Increased In numbers and there was a marked alteration for the better in the class of buildings it was purposed to erect, in exports the department reports: Crude foodstuffs show In December, HKh;, 15U millions; in December, 1!M7. 2."i:. millions; and in December, 1.K)S, 14 Vi millions, the fall occurring almost exclusively in wheat, of which the quantity exported in December, !HGS. was but 7t million bushels, against over 17 million bushels in December, 1007. Foodstuffs, manufactured in December. 1000, 20 millions; December, 1!mj7. UO'i millions; ami December, ltjS, "4 millions. Crude materials for use in manufacturing, In December, IDOd, SI millions; December, P.HJ7. 87 millions; December, KX'S,' SO millions, the fall occurring almost exclusively In cotton, of which the quantity exported in De(vmlier. BKiS was larger than in December, H'J7, but the selling price materially less, the quantity in December, 1!18, lclng 808 million pounds against CaV.) millions ia December. 1!07; the value iu December. 1108, 72 Vi million dollars against 77l4 millions in December, 1IHJ7; an average price per pound in December, 1WS, of S.t; cents against 11.0 cents per pound in December. 1007. The Canal by 191. A good deal of surprise lias been occasioned by the estimate of Mr. Taft that the exeavations for the Panama Canal will be completed iu thirty-three mouths. The prophecy is all the more astonishing because Lieut.-Colonel George VY. Goethals. the engineer in charge, has placed his date for the opening of the canal at January 1 1015. As a matter of fact Mr. Taft has not been over-sanguine. He has merely trimmed down th? conservatism of Col Goethals, who has the proverbial hesitancy of the army engiueer in expressing his optimism. Iu the twelve months ending with November 1, 10OS. the excavation amount eil to 3.",0 1(1.024 cubic yards, which contrasts with 18,714.0;il cubic yards taken out of the ditch between the starting of the work on May 1, HXU. to November 1, 1007. It Is calculated that the remaining work, dating from November 1 last, amounts tc 88,209,043 cubic yards. If In the next two years the re"ord of lLMJS is maintained there will be left but 18,2;:G, 007 cubic yards. The best monthly reord was made last March when 3,-. 4S7.2S7 cubic yards were removed. II reasonable allowance is made for a falling off in the amount of work whlcL uiay be done, caused by the narrowing of the cut and the impossibility dl working as many steam shovels as now. it will still be seen that Mr. Taft hat given ample h-eway. . Indeed, there Is no reason why the canal forces, because of better equipment and th natural improvement in organization and skill, should not be able to offset the disadvantages they now foresee when the ditch gets near Its ultima t level. The Taft estimate would finish the waterway by. November 1. 1911.' There is work upon the locks and the entrance channels which may cause sme delay, though it is the hope of the engineers that these labors. will be brought to a close within a few weeks after the last shovelful is taken from the canal. The people should expect the celebra tlon attending the opening of the canal lo fall on January 1, 1012. Toledc Blade. Oottfo and Income. The tariff that was once a surplusproducer is now a necessity as a revenue-producer, and it does not produce enough. It affords protection to American industries, and is, therefore, ob noxious to many tariff theorists. Bui this protection Is no longer the chiel reason for high schedules. It has giver way to a stronger reasou the brutal necessity of raising money to keep pace with expenditures. Jim Hill is right. The cost of gdverument must be shaved down if the tariff is to be scaled. The j alternative, as he points out. Is auothei tax a stamp tax. probably, something that will vex every business man in the country, hamper business and possibly capsize the Republican party. Washington Post. Uoo4 ninff. Messenger Boy Does yer boss object to yer putting yer feet ou de desk and wnoklng cigarettes? Office Boy Naw, he tells me to do it sometimes. Messenger Boy An' when is dat? Office Boy Whu his creditors art due. He. wants 'em to think he is out Bargain Hunter. Gunner Lot's wife turned into a pillar of salt. Guyer Lid's wife was slow. In thesi days a woman usually turns iuto a department store or a millinery shop. Preparing- a Retribution. "You say you disapprove of thai man's practice of finding fault with the'! government." "Yes," answered Farmer Corutossel "i'di clear out o' patience with hlia.1 "Yet you vote for him whenever you gel a chance." "I do. I'd enjoy landing him iu at office where he'd have lo keep quiel mi iet the other folks do the criticising" Washington Star. Spain has the greatest percentage oi hunchbacks.

V7e Ca Learn from Oar CMIdrea Treat the child more as an equalnot as a hopeless inferior. There isn't so much need of coming down to his level as of giving him an opportunity to come up to yours which will not require such a frightful effort on his part as you sometimes imagine. If 30U can get a child to recognize aud treat you as his equal, continues Woods Hutchinson, writing for "Success Magazine," you will have gained the highest possible position of influence over him and earned the best and slncerest compliment ever paid you. We dwell greatly upon what parents teach their children, but we forget to record In equal detail on the opposite side of the ledger what our children teach us. It would be difficult to say on which side the balance would be found to fall. The child is r.ot merely the ideal pupil, but also the greatest teacher in the world. The lessons that we learn from him, if we 'approach him with proper humility, are th most valuable part of our education.

STABS OF PAIN. Like Thruat of n Knife In tlie Dark. William II. Walter. Chatsworth. Ill, says: "Bains in my. bak that felt like knife thrusts made me quit work and take to ' my bed. The urine was cloudy and contained much sediment. The doctor was not helping me and I began using Doau's Kidney l'iils. They stopped that attack and as I kept on using, the treat ment cleared my system of urle acid, regulated the urine and cured the bachache." Sold by all dealers. SO cents a box. Foster-Miiburn Co.. Buffalo. N. Y. Earlr Mrtbod of Curing Skins. The original process of curing skins was probably the simple one of cleaning and drying them. Removal of the hair by maceration in water seems to have boon common among the very early tribes, and one writer häs suggested that the idea was 'obtained from the natural process of depllation. They must certainly have been familiar with It in the case of drowned animals, where maceration ran be plain ly observed. Following this smoke, sour milk, ol! and the brains of the animals themselves were found efficacious. Many of these primitive methods are employed in remote places at the present time: Xo Wonder She Cr. The woman who uas a tnousaua petty cares and annoyances while she suffers with headache or 6ideache must not be blamed if she eannot always le angelic-ally amiable. What she needs is thoughtfulness from her family and, such a simple and natural leuiedy as Lane's Family Medicine, the herb tea tht makes weak women strong and well. Sold by druggists aud dealers. 25e Do Voir Beat. The quality which you put Into your work will determine the quality of your life. The habit of insisting upon the !est of which you are capable, cf always demanding of yourself the highest, never accepting the lowest or second best, no matter how small your remuneration, will make all the difference to you between failure and success. Orison Swctt Marden. la 'Success Magazine. Here la Reiter for IVo-aea. If you hava pairi in the back. Urinary, tiladder or Kidney trouble, and want a certain, pleasant herb cure tor woman's Ills, try Mother Gray' Aaatra-Ilan-Ieaf. It is a safe and never-falling regulator. At DrujrfrUt or by mall SO cts. Sample pack a see KRKE. Address. Tie Mother Gray Co.. Leltoy. X. Y. Ilia rinmt of GenerosityYour boy's injury is not as severe as I lrul antieipatecY the surgeon assured Lim. I stall not have to amputate hi leg." "I am glad to hear you say so." said Mr. Tyte-Phist. with emotion. "Still, if it had been necessary, in order to sare hU life. I I wa willing to bear the expense of it ! Wise people use Hamlin Wizard Oil to stop pain because they know it always makes god. Foolish people try experiments. . Ask your druggists about it. A New Staadard. "I knew they were putting on airs. They let on that their silverware was nil solid and new the whole world knows it Isn't "liow d:d it coma out?" "Burglars broke into the house the other night and didn't take a thing. Detroit Free Press. rettlfa Ere Salre lOO Year Old, relieves tired eye, quickly cores eye ach, inflamed, sore, watery or ulcerated eyes. All druggists or UowarJ Uro., UulaJo N. Y. One of the Suppresaloas of lllatorr The Hritish bad captured the city-oJ Washington and burned it. "Trying to raise the temperature a lit tie, they explained. "It's always at beastly cold here in inauguration days don't you know !' Hut the perverse Y'ankees refused t take the bint and didn't change the data Chicago Tribune. Oaljr Oaa "BROMO QU1XI!E Tbtt Is LAXATIVE BROMOQUIMNS. Look for th Signatur of . W. GK0VE. Used th World or to Cur a Cold la Od Dar. 23c Maklaar Up for Loat Tlaae. 't ranger (happening along) What all that loud wrangling about in there Sexton The ladies, sir, are holding al adjourned meeting in the silence. room. Chicago Tribune. no Yoar Clotbea Look Toltowf If so. use Red Cross Ball Blu It win make them whit at snow. Largt 2os. pact- ; & c&i He Usplalas. "Why is it, professor, asked the young man with the bad eye, "that when Chris :opher Columbus discovered this countrj ae dida't settle, down and stay here? "Doubtless you are aware, my young Triend. answered the professor, that the Spanish form of his name was Christo? Colon. "Yes. sir. "Well, a colon does not mean a fut stop. We will return now, young centlo men, to the consideration of the lesson. Chicago Tribune. Needs do oracle to ansver! j Ribald rhymester, cea? thy mirth. They are held by some young man, alr Down to earth.

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