Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 35, Number 183, 9 May 1910 — Page 4

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THE RICHMOND .PAIXADIUH AND 8UN-TELEG RAM, MONDAY, MAY 9, 1910.

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Only toa ngurea ot 4 elrsuiaiioa contained fa ltt report ate wf Ute Iinniutlnii tut,'" RICHMOND, INDIANA "PANIC PROOF CITY" Has a population of 23,000 and Is growing-. It is the county eat of Wayne County, and the tradinr center of a rich agricultural community. It Is lo- ' cated due east from Indianapolis 69 miles and 4 miles from the state line. Richmond Is a city of homes and of industry. Primarily a manufacturing city, it is also the jobbing center of Eastern Indiana and enjoys the retail , trade of the populous commun ity ior miles around. Richmond Is proud of Its splendid streets, well kept yards, its cement sidewalks and beautiful shade trees. It has 3 national banks, 2 trust com- ? antes and 4 building associaIons with combined resources of over $8,000,000. Number of factories 125: capital invested 97,000.000. with an annual output of 927.000.000, and a pay roll of $8,700,000. The total pay roll for the city amounts to approximately $6,300,000 annually. There are five railroad comFanles radiating In eight dlfrent directions from the city. Incoming freight handled dally. 1.750,000 lbs.; outgoing freight handled dally,, 750,000 lbs. Yard facilities, per day 1,700 cars. Number of passanger trains dally, 99. Number of freight trains dally 77. The annual post office receipts amount to 980,000. Total assessed valuation of the city, 915.000,000. Richmond has two Interurban railway. Three newspapers ? with a combined circulation of 12.000. Richmond la the greatest hardware jobbing center In the state, and only second In general jobbing interests. It has a piano factory producing a high grade piano every 15 minutes. It is the leader in the manufacture of traction engines, and produces more threshing machines, lawn mowers, roller skates, grain drills and burial caskets than any other -city In the world. The city's area is 2.640 acres; has a court house costing S500,000; 10 public schools and has the finest and most complete -high school in the middle west under construction; 3 parochial schools; Earlham college and the Indiana Business College; five splendid fire companies in fine hose houses: Glen Miller Sark. the largest and moat eautlful park in Indiana, the home of Richmond's annual Chautauqua;' seven hotels; municipal electric light plant, under BuceeRBful operation, and a private electric light plant. Insuring competition; the oldest public library In the state, except one. and the second lararest. 40.000 volumes; pure, refreshing; water, unsurpassed; 65 miles of improved streets; 40 miles of sewers;. 25 miles of cement curb and gutter combined; 40 miles of cement walks, and many miles of brick walks. Thirty churches. Including t'4e Held Memorlaf. built at a cost of 9250.000; Reid Memorial Hosfiltal. one of the most modern n the state; Y. M. C. A. build- ' ing, erected at a cost of 9100,000, one of the finest in the state. The amusement center of Eastern Indiana and Western Ohio. No city of the else of Richmond holds- as fine an annual art exhibit. The Richmond Fall Festival held each October is unique, no other city holds a similar affair. It is given in the Interest of the city and financed by the business men. Success awaiting anyone with enterprise in the Panic Proof City. A Aged Englishman Shows His Vigor by Rendering 100 Songs in Night. HIS METHOD OF EXERCISE (American News Service) London, May 0. What is believed to be the most prolonged singing - performance on - record has just been achieved by Mr. Aleander R. Porter, a -magistrate living in the Liverpool suburb of Waterloo, who before retiring 1 from business was chief accountant in Liverpool of the North and South , Wales bank. , ' Mr. Porter ha sung a hundred songs In one evening by way of demonstrating his vigor at the age of seventy-two. - The 'veteran magistrate is sprightly In his bearing, and has a ruddy and ; cheerful face. He believes that vigorous and frequent singing tends to longevity and good health, and attributes ' his own mental and physical well bel. ing to vocal exercise. . Since he was a lad he has always begun the day by a vigorous bout of slnxv fltg before breakfast, and closed it with a liberal .exercise of his vocal chords la the evening. TThe more he, has aung, the more

CHAMPION

THE LAST STRAW. The latest admission of the reactionaries In Congress who voted for the Payne-AIdrlch tariff bill Is their effort to put through an emasculated form of Senator Beveridge's tariff commission Idea. By that token they come before the country in the full confession that they know that the people will not be apt to look with favor on their candidacy. But what do they do? They do not take the commission Idea and honestly seek to make It of such force that a steal like the Payne-Aldrich tariff can never take place again. They do not take the opportunity to really endeavor to undo the harm they have done. Under the guise of earning out the wishes of the people in order to placate the dissatisfaction, these men take the ideas that the progressives the Insurgents have been fighting for and try to palm off the husks for the meat. The people demand bread and they return the stone. ;, : ( It Is Tawney he whose situation in his district In Minnesota is so pre. carious that the President ot this country went into his district to save him you remember the Winona 6eech- it Is Tawney who drew up this bill. He and Smith of Iowa, the lonesome standpatter of that Insurgent state saw that they must save their bacon. Both Tawney and Smith of Iowa are the hangers-on of the progressive stateman J, G. Cannon. The Tawney-Smith provision Is repudiated by the Insurgents. For the provision is only made to authorize the Piesident to employ experts. That gives very little more power if any than the President has at the present time from the stifled provision of Senator Beveridge torn to pieces by these same "friends of the people" and that Is very little. The people have bad enough of this sort of thing. The time has come when such things can be kept in the background. An attempt of this sort to trick the people is the last straw. The only consideration on which this should be allowed to go through Is on the lines proposed by Senator Beveridge; I. e. a real tariff commission not a "board" A real tariff commission witb full powers and not a farce like the Tawney measure to save the bacon by trickery of such a man and his ilk.

A DESERT GARDEN. It is a well known fact that when the eye is close to any object it is difficult to get a view of it. A cathedral wall at a distance of two inches looks no more imposing than a stone fence around a garden. The matter of perspective is necessary and in a town like Richmond, almost impossible to get. A casual stroller on a Sunday afternoon attracted by the sound of orchestral music proceeding from the Coliseum might take it for granted. If he came from New- York and was in the habit of hearing good music, he would commence inquiries. It is thinking within the fact that people from all over the country are interested in the work of Mr. Will Earhart and the men who are working" with him while a great many of us have only a hazy idea that an orchestra Is rehearsing somewhere. It is one of several wonders of this small town that we have a man like Earhart here doing the work which he is doing. It is hard 'to appreciate it because of the principle of perspective. And yet his work is known and recognized all through the land. It has not been long since Mathews, the dean of musical criticism in the United States, made a trip to Richmond to see what he said was one of the most remarkable things in the musical world of the United States. And W. B. Mathews knows the true significance of Mr. Earhart's successful efforts. ! v From time to time there arise men in comparatively obscure parts of the country in small towns and out places, who by their devotion to their work and the steady performance of a labor of love, turn the desert into a garden. William Allen White of Emporia, Kansas, arrived by staying at home and by doing the small thing accomplished the great one. In another field, John Burrroughs did his work on his celery farm and stands at the head of his line, as a, writer of the limpid prose which has regenerated a nation from destructionists into a receptive mood for conservation. : The time when obituary notices aro more esteemed, than appreciation of the living Is gone. Those who cultivate roses in the wilderness have their own reward of satisfaction but that should not be all.

he has found himself able to sing and he contends that the singing has invigorated his heart and brain, expanded his lunges, and so contributed largely to his enjoyment of good health. Mr. Porter on his seventy-second birthday gave a party to relatives and friends, and during the evening sang seventy-two songs, one for each year of his life. ; The songs included modern light opera, odl ballads, and sacred selections, and were rendered in a rich and powerful baritone accompanied by a piano- ' The feat took six hours with necessary Intervals. . Heart to Heart Talks. By EDWIN A.' NYE., Copy.izht, 1908, by Edwin A. Nye SUE LOVED HER OWN. This Is the epitaph of Rose Maysival. taken from a Chicago newspaper; "Defying the warnings of doctors, Rose Ma valval worked for eight years in sweatshops to support her. widowed mother and two younger sisters and yesterday died, a victim of consumption. "She had repeatedly been told to go into the .country, but she willingly sacrificed her health to buy food aud shelter for th family, "When she begau work in the shops where ready made clothing is manufactured she was only thirteen years of age. When she died she was twenty-one." That's all. Rose Maysival lived, loved, toiled, sacrificed and died. Here is one of the brief chapters in the short and simple annals of the poor. Where will you find a finer chapter of devotion? , Picture to yourself the weariness and the dull pains, the heart sickness of those toilsome days when the poor girl dragged herself to the tedious tasks, performed in weakness. She knew all too well the Inevitable days were creeping on to the final darkness. No soldier facing the forlorn hope knew better. r And, knowing." Rose Mayslvar smilingly plied high on the altar of her devotion the remaining hours of the waning life. And after eight years of sacrifice she paid the last full measure of suffering. i Having loved her own, she loved them to the end. The pathos of It! And the mystery Of it! " V.. Somewhere in a city cemetery is a nameless mound over which agonized bereavement asks the old. old questionwhy? Why suffering? Why death? Why? If we only knew! No wonder the poet mused concerning the mystery of the growth of the flower in the crannied wail and. said u we Juror

that m'ysiw.v w- wou'.U know tue universe and Cod and all. If we cpuld see into the mystery of that humble human flower, Rose Maysival. sprung out of the soil of common life, we could understand the puzzle of the universe. It is the mystery of selfless love. But we know this There are such things In the world as sacrifice and love and faith and hone. And we know tbat these things are more mighty, more, vital, than all the other tbiDgs that men would call important. They are the real things of life. v-

Between i-aiuis. The hyphenated state of the partial ly converted is humorously, yet pathetically, suggested, by an extract from the correspondence of Mrs. Isabella RIggs Williams in the book "By the Great Wall." Mrs. Williams was a missionary of the American board to China. 1866-07. One poor old woman in Shanghai had been attending the Christian services until she lost all faith In Chinese superstition, but before she bad made up her mind to be a Christian she fell sick. She was much troubled about her future state and consulted the missionary. "I no kneel to English God; no can go top side. .1 no kotow to Chinese josh; no can go bottom side. Where I go?" The Test She Applied. ' "When a young man proposes you should always be careful and test his love," cautioned the conservative chaperon. , "But I go one better, auntie," twittered the pretty girl. "Do you see this tiny bottler "Yes. Does It contain perfume?" "No; it contains acid. 1 test the engagement ring." A Splendid Nervine which Any One Can Make One of the most effective nerve remedies to be had is a very plain household article which can easily be prepared at home In a few minutes. It is a splendid thing- : for any nfrrvous disorder, such as -lit-rvous headache, sleeplessness, neuralgia or plain "nervousness." Krom any drug-g-ist gfet five cents worth of Hops and 2 ounces of Tharg-ol Compound. Make a strong tea of the Hops by steeping In a- pint of bolting' water; strain thoroughly. Put the Tharg-ol in an eight-ounce bottle (exactly half pint and fill It up with the Hop Tea. The usual dose Is two teaspoonfuls four times daily. r This simple combination soothes and strengthens the nerves and is very prompt in its aetion, -without evil after effects. It Is entirely safe to take because It contains no opiates, narcoties or other dangerous drugs. Even in serious diseases, such as nervous frostration. it is a really excelent remedy. The cost, la only about 55 cents and it is well worth trying. Be sure to use the Ingredients given above, - because no other extracts or compounds will have the same effect. Better clip this article as a reminder.

A CONSERVATION

CLEARING HOUSE IS ESTABLISHED All the Various Conservation ' Societies Have Been Merged Into One Body with Pinchot Leader. EXPERTS EMPLOYED TO INFORM THE PUBLIC The Association Embraces All Phases of the Conservation From Forests and Mines to Human Health. (American News Service) Washington, May 9. A national clearing house for the Conservation movement is now established in this city. It is the National Conservation Association, with headquarters in the Colorado Building. Gifford pinchot is its president. There have been so many Conservation organizations that the average citizen has become con fused as to what each one was doing. The situation has been simplified by the merging of all these bodies into one large national organization. This is the Conservation Association. The Association is not only rapidly enrolling an individual membership throughout the country, but it is act ing as a clearing house for the var ious state conservation commissions, state conservation associations and the great number of conservation commit tees which organizations of national industries have appointed. Important Department. . One of the most important depart ments of the Association is the one devoted to giving free information concerning the Conservation movement to those who request it. The men who are immediately directing the National Conservation Association are men who have been in personal touch with the different divisions of Con servation. Information concerning the subjects of Conservation can be furpished direct by the Association from the vast amount of material collected during the inventory of resources made by the National Conservation Commission. The report of the Com mission contains' official statements by the foremost government experts in their respective lines of work, It em braces three large volumes, but through opposition of enemies of Conservation in Congress its publication was limited to an edition which gave two copies to Senators and Representatives and a few others to libraries. Conservation covers such a wide field that it ' touches almost every phase of the dally life of the citizen. The range of subjects covered in the report of the Commission embraces not only forests, waters, lands and minerals, but the more human topics of national health, human efficiency, preservation of game and many other topics. If requests for " information cannot be handled by the Association, those asking for the information will be told promptly where and how it may be ob tained. Under this plan, the Associa tion expects not only to keep in close touch with all the Conservation organizations throughout the country, but to aid the Conservation movement by giving information concerning what Conservation means and what the Conservation " Association is standing for to all who request it. Weeping Trees. The phenomenon of "weeping trees" that is, of trees shedding drops of liquid Is ascribed by Dr. Sharp in the Cambridge Natural History to the influence of ' plant bugs. The familiar frog . hopper which produces the so called cuckoo spit on so many of our plants : belongs to this family : of insects. A note in the London Field calls attention to some interesting observations on this subject made by Dr. Annandale and contributed by him to the records of the Indian museum. Dr. Annandale while collecting insects in western Bengal felt what Tie thought was rain from a clear sky through the foliage of the trees. On Investigation he found tbat it fell from the leaves and was due to a species of plant bug present in enormous numbers. An Impostor. Mebbe you'd like to put a piece about me In yer paper," quavered the old man. hobbling up to the city editor's desk. "What have you done?" demanded the arbiter of publicity's destiny. "Nothin much, but I was a hundred years old j-esterday." "A hundred, eh? But can you walk without a stick' and read fine print without glasses?" "N-no." "Ton are an impostor! The old man broke down and confessed . he was only ninety-seven.' Cleveland Leader. His Luck. Tom I wish that 1 had Alfred's good hide. Dick So he's generally lucky? Tom Lucky! - If he walked snt of the window in his sleep at dead of night there would be another man going by below carrying a feather bed. The Harder Task. "My ambition is to write "a history of the world. There Is no task more difficult I imagine." "Ob, 1 don't know. My ambition to to concoct a i new- anecdote." W tegton Herald. - .

I. Frank Butts

' :'-:'?' He Is Very Solicitous About the (Palladium Special) Indianapolis, May 9. Considerable interest has been aroused here In the last day two since the arrival of Senator Beveridge from Washington and his frequent conferences with re publican leaders from over the state. A good many people are wondering if the letter which J. Frank Hanly wrote him some time ago and which he wcieu uiu nui nave eomeuuDg w uu with the senator's decision to come to Indiana Just at this time, Hanly wrote Beveridge a letter just like the v"v rH," " VI I : IT liviiiiuv icuuiilhup luiuuftauub tuo state and which he wrote also to several of the republican state candidates. In this letter he put two questions to them. The first was: "Are you in favor ot the repeal of the county local option law?" The second was: "If elected to the office for which you have been nominated will you use your best efforts to prevent the repeal of the county option law?" These letters and the questions they contained caused much comment when it became known that they had been sent out to the candidates and to Senator Beveridge. It was the first open indication that Hanly Intended to take an active part in the coming campaign. Hanly had remained quiet ev. er since he left the governor's office, so far as politics was concerned, and there was a belief that he would continue quiet throughout the campaign, after the republican state convention decided to make no mention of the liquor question In its platform. But this, it seems, was like waving a red flag in front of Hanly, for no sooner had the state convention adjourned than reports began to fly' around that Hanly was displeased over the failure of the convention to mention the subject in the platform, and that he would; probably start in to make trouble. Whatever else may be said of Hanly it must be admitted that he has a large following throughout the state among the temperance people and the prohibitionists. Just how effectively he might be able to use this following j in an election is a question, but it j looks like Hanly intends to try it out and find put for himself just how ! strong he is. Hanly refuses to even dWuss with anybody what he is doing In a political way or to tell anybody what he is driving at. A good many people believe that Hanly is so wrapped up in the prohibition idea that "he would not stop at anything, even to the defeat of the republican party if necessary, in order to carry his prohibition ideas into effect. It is known, too, that Hanly hates Beveridge and that he has always hated him ever since Beveridge defeated him at the caucus for the nomination for United States senator twelve years ago. Both were, candidates for senator and for a time it looked like Hanly might be chosen. But Beveridge forged ahead and won out and walked away with the senatorship. ;' This disappointed Hanly and he has entertained a cordial dislike for Beveridge ever, since. "People who stand on the side lines and watch the game of politics as it is played, believe -that Hanly's dislike for Beveridge is . behind the move which he is now" making and that be would like to embarrass Beveridge in the present campaign, sufficiently to bring about bis defeat, and that he is using: the liquor -v proposition as a means of doing so. Whether this is true or not remains to be seen. Beveridge has answered Hanly's , letter. He Informed Hanly tbat be was not In favor of the repeal of the county option law. He told him alsothat be had never, since he became senator, interferred with the legislative affairs of the state of Indiana and bad never tried to control legislation on any subject and that be would not deviate from this course in the future. No one but Hanly knows whether this answer was satisfactory to him and Hanly won't tell. But there are symptoms that Hanly and Beyeridge do not agree on . the subject in all of Its details. v Many persons express the opinion that Hanly is going a long way in this matter. They give him full credit for his enthusiasm over the temperance question and believe that he is sincere in his efforts to bring about absolute prohibition in Indiana, but they point out that since the local option law is on the statute books and is held constitutional by the supreme court, and since the republican party has seen fit to regard 'it as a settled question there is no need for anyone to drag it back Into politics by the heels. It looks now like the liquor question will again be in the campaign with Hanly as its special champion. It is believed by some that the aim of Hanly in this matter is to make sure that the local option law will be retained on the statute books above everything else. It is known that he is working in .connection with the AntiSaloon league and that the league is seeking to obtain pledges from all of the candidates for the legislature in both parties that it will support those candidates who make these pledges and that It will not support those who do not make the pledges. The league officers say they do not propose to play politics in the matter. They are only interested in the temperance question. In this effort the league will undoubtedly have the active support of the temperance people throughout the state. ' John W. Kern's silence in face of the demand that he tell the names of the members of the hut ; legislature against whom he made his allegations of crooked work in the selection of a senator has attracted much attention. People seem to believe that Kern pupht" to step to the front now and make good on what he said a year or more ago or else come out in the open and admit that he did not know what he was talking about. It will be remembered that Kern was c ' candidate

Into Republican

.' BasBassssBBasasaBBSSBBSBBBiaassasBMSBsSMsmMBBasssBBBSBBBBBBBassBBasBM . .?;;":"" - Fate in Store for County Local Out Letters of Inquiry. for United States senator when Senator Shively was elected. Kern complained because the democratic legislative caucus was held behind closed doors and because the ballot was taken in secret. He said he had received Iron clad rromises from forty-two democratic members of the legislature that they would vote for him in the caucus and tbat he had every rea son to believe they would do so. But lullTS T. ballot, and the result was tlV- Kern nai-a VAAivAil msa (fhArl Hi V-jCtf V 2 V": jcharged lhat the 'secret ballot was arranged by Influences which were opposed to him for the purpose of de feating him. He made the charge at the time, also, that he had been double crossed and that he knew who had done the double crossing. When urged to give the names of the six members of the democratic side that he said had '."done him dirt" he declined to mention any names and has never given them to the public. Kern's charge did not fall much short of a charge that some of the democratic members of the legislature had been bribed to vote against him, and since the scandal about the bribery of certain members of the Illinois legislature to vote for Lo rimer ' for United States senator has come to light and is being aired many per sons believe Kern should make good on bis charge. .It is pointed out that there is work ahead for the Marion

THE SCRAP BOOK

A Mill Worth 8ing. Joe Grim, the Italian pugilist of Altoona, was known as the human punching bag on account of the awful amount of punishment be would take. Fitzsimmona in one bout knocked Joe down fifteen times in six rounds, yet couldn't put him out. While Grim j never won a fight, be was always willing to meet almost anybody who came along and was absolutely fearless. He paid no attention to class and regarded it as a sort of duty to meet every new fighter whose name showed on the pugilistic horison. Some time ago his friends were arranging a fight for Joe In Altoona, and there . was some bickering over the percentages. Joe wanted the fight held in Philadelphia or Pittsburg, as he thought It would draw a bigger crowd in either city. To this his friends objected. Insisting that Altoona was a good show town. "Why, Maxlne Elliott played to a $400 house here the other night," said one of the fight promoters. Quick as a flash Jos snapped back: ' Til fight tbat Mar Elliott too!" Pittsburg Gasette-Times. We are born: we laugh: we weep: -We love; we droop; we die. Ah. wherefore do we laush or weepf Why do we live or die? Who knows that secret deepT Alas, not I! Why doth the violet spring Unseen by human eye? " Why do the radiant seasons bring Sweet thoug-hts that quickly fly? Why do our fond hearts ollns; , To thins that die 7 We ton through pain and wrong; We ftfht and fly; We love; we lose, and then ere long Stone dead we lie. O life. Is all thy sonr "Endure and dlr' Bryan Waner Procter. His Point of Order. ' A prominent clergyman was asked by a colored minister to preach in the colored people's church, and be gladly consented. Reaching the church, where) be was tbo only paleface present, tb preacher delivered a sermon full of helping advice, . made an eloquent prayer and then announced that the service would be closed by singing the hymn "Wash Me and I Will Be Whiter Than : Snow." At this point one of the darksome congregation rose to bla feet ; ' "Look heah, pahson,w said he impressively, "yo will bab to sense me, but I rise to a point of ordab." . "What' is it?" asked the preacher, with large symptoms of surprise floating over bis features. "It am dls way," replied the parishioner. "Yo' bab ebidently : made a mistake in de crowd. Dls am a cull'ed congregashun. an, sence all de pump watab an sof soap In de county can't make de words ob dat hymn come true, I jes wish dat yo would change her to some ndder tune." Stranger Still. A Buffalo man took a relative recently arrived from Scotland to see Niagara falls. The two gazed at the falls in silence a long time. Then the Buffalo n?n beave. a sfcTii andjwld;

How to Make Our City More Beautiful Our city of Richmond Is considered one of the most beautiful . cities for its size in the middle west. The first day of May has been set apart for two years as a -cleaning day and has been fully observed ail over the city Now since , other cities have done so much towards making their streets and dwellings more attractive it has made us more ambitious to do the same. This year we are going to have an entire week instead of one - day for cleaning. It will be necessary for every one to do his part , . if we expect good results. The yards and sidewalks must be cleaned .. - thoroughly. Perhaps one of the most objectionable things that the city permits is the posting of bills In the most conspicuous places on our Main streets. If that is done away with it will aid greatly in beautifying the city. The vacant lots which are always littered with tin cans, boxes and other trash should be well cleaned and kept so by , the city or by the people who own them. Now that the summer is here it will be very easy for everyone to allow climbing vines to cover unsightly outbuildings and to plant flowers and shrubbery in the yards, and to keep the lawns cut. If It : is impossible to grow grass, keep even the barren ground clean, for . it would be the best any one could do under those circumstances. If all these things be observed we will notice a great Improvement and also a great growth because nothing attracts strangers more than a dean and beautlf ul city. Eleanor Seidel, English 9 B.

State Campaign

. . -; '. V-" Option Law He Sends county grand jury la this matter, be cause there does not seem to be any indication that the Marion county grand jury will get the case. There are1 many persons who be lieve that Kern was merely four-flush ing when he charged that he had been double crossed , in the senatorshlp matter and that he does not know what he Is talking about. It is pointed out that he was so sorely disappointed over his defeat that he probably made the charge to get even with somebody and without any tangible proof on which to base such a serious charge against the integrity of the members of the legislature. Kern Is not saying a word now in answer to the' demand front all over the state that he come to bat with the names of the men he charges with double crossing. If he has any proof at all, people say he owes It to the good name of the state to trot It out and glvo It to the officers ot the law so it may be investigated. His silence on the subject, however. Is pointed to here as pretty good proof that he has no proof to offer and that be was merely talking to hear the wheels buss when he made his charge ' that crooked work had been done in the legislative caucus. In any even Kern Is In an embarrassing position Just now. Kither he has "proof or he has none. If he has it and refuses to disclose It he stands in a bad light. It he has none, after all the things he has said, it looks like he is a fairly good political four-flusher. "An, Consul' Donald; C74 you ever see anything so beautiful and stranger The Scotchmau after a moment's thought answered calmly: "Weel. for bonnie yon's a' richt, but for strange, no. fur X once saw la the town o' Peebles a peacock wf a wooden leg. Mult, --a This is the story of a Kansas nnle. The corn was about ready to lay by. and his master was In the midst of the final plowing when the mule decided tbat be was through with work. No amount or form of moral or .other suasion could induce him to "pull the hat off your head." ; Exasperated beyond endurance,' the master at last succeeded in leading him to a nearby corncrlb. where he fastened him with a log chain with the expressed intent of leaving him there until he came to his senses. :. The day was as hot asKansas. The flies were Kansas flies and thick as they grow la Kansas. The crib was full of popcorn. By and by the mulebegan to register his protest against the outrage, for such he conceived it to be, by a lively tattoo against the side of the crib. "An he kicked an' be kicked an he kicked" until his shoes became red hot and set fire to the corncrlb. ; The fire popped the corn, which fell about In such profusion that the mule, believing it was snowing, lay down and fross to desth.-Louls ville Times. ejSSSSBSBBBMSSBBBBBBSai " . ' . A Pieus Wish. The parish church In a well Imowa Scotch village being lo sad need of repair and the money required for such not being In band, a meetlnc of the parishioners was held to If the necessary funds could be raised by subscription. The local laird, noted for his wealth and also for his meanness, was asked to officiate ss chairman. Addressing tb villagers, be reminded them of the object of their gathering- together sad by way of example subscribed a guinea toward the east of repair. When on the point of sitting down lump of platter falling from the ceiling struck him a clout on the head. Looking upward, ho exclaimed: - v" r " .-Tss, frfWods. I so the church doss need repairing badly, in raise my subscription to 2 guineas." Upon hearing this an old lady ta audience exclaimed: "O Lord, aire him aaltbsr eloutr A Knock For M ether. Daughter But I don't Intend to marry yet: 1 want to study. If otherAbsurd: The men will only think less of you In the end If you know much. Daughter Ob. now, mamma! v Ton si ways expect other men to be like) paps! Boston Transcript. " Nell Too bad about Maude's engagement to Jack. Belle why. It Isn't broken so soon, is It? Nell No-o-o, the engagement . isn't broken, but three days after it was announced Jack fell and broke his right arm. Philadelphia Record.-