THE WASHINGTON HERALD MONDAY NOVEMBER 8 1909

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be relttrwerf if WNawitlelto but tampaeould be MM vttth t m6 crf t forthat purpose

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The CM Swthtend

Good market quotations for cotton arebringing to the South a welcome Hood

of prosperity and the rest of UM countrymay share In its gladness It there to amargin of profit in raising cotton at S-

cents a pound the reward must beabundant when Ita price to nearly dou-

bled Reports Indicate the effectare raising mortgages instead of

struggling to meet the interest An un-

precedented amount of unpaid paper to

being redeemed and the bankers rejoiceThe farmers wives of Dixie have thetaJives brightened by new pianos and or-

gans Motto swells UM chorus of plentyThere sounds also the whirr of new sew-

ing machines Impelled by busy house-

wives The sons and the daughters ofthe plantations are spending this winterin good schools This to shown by re-

ports from colleges and preparatory In-

stitutionsIt te a pleasant Southern custom to

allot a small patch of cotton to tfca smallboy of the plantation The yield to theyouths to do with as he pleasis Per-

haps the lad may make two or threebales Hto only expense to the cost ofpicking These lads are at present smallcapitalists liany of them have boughta wagon or a shotgun when anotheryear they would perforce have been con-

tent with jackknlves Farmhouses areadorned with paint that the brush hadnot touched for yean New rene arebuilt The girls rejotee In tailormadegowna Then swami take them ridingIn automobiles The country stores withstocks exhausted are ordering new

The Southland having won itsmoney spends It liberally yet with hon-

est discretion All this means consump-tion for UM products of manufacture sothat the economic beneficence of sunand soil and industry are spread through-out UM land The wealth may

hot there to no decadence wheretoil masts toll with the mutual rewardof exchangeable production-

A Costly Tran iGtion

It evidenUy does not pay for officersof the army and navy to go after thegovernment too closely tor money theybelieve to be due them Thore to an ex-

ample of the penalty attaching to thisattempt to collect a claim in the cueof an army quartermaster who figuredout that he was entiUed to a balance due

n account of hto longevity pay Theamount covering a period of service

of several Yen was 444 The examination of the claim in the otic of the auditor for the War Department led to an in-

vestigation of the other payments whichhad been made to the officer and thequestion went on appeal to the Camptrailer of the Treasury who shows thatthis same officer received for alleged for

notentitled the amount involved being 3HThe officer was performing duty on anarmy transport which was not at thattime considered foreign service Insteadof receiving 444 from the governmentwill have to pay into the public Treasurymore than 360 this amount being

from his pay in fractions whichmay be decided upon by the Secretary ofWar

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periods In 1101 and the two succeedingyears it presents the question why thisdiscovery was not made earlier or whythe original payments ss reported by thedisbursing officer were not disapprovedby the auditor at the time of the transaction Evidently the officer who waserroneously paid would not now have beencalled upon to refund such amount butfor the recent overhauling of his accountby reason of his current claim Is thesystem of examination so lax and Incon-sistent sad generally uncertain that itdepends upon these Dee incidents toascertain erroneous payments If thatIs the case army and navy officers mustfeel that they are confronted with a ca-

lamity very nearly all the time

Gompulsery MarriagesMarriage as an institution among the

civilised races is one of choice Theparties to the contract each has a voicein the matter and the Stats duty toonly to see that the contract entered IntoIs not broken Mutual consent to at much-a part of the ceremony as In any othercontract

George W Da Cunha of Montclalr NJ who has bees an advocate of thesuffragette movement in the past nowannounces himself in Layer of a marriagelaw which will operate along the linesof a lottery It to not stated whetherthis view a result of his other beliefsor whether the origin of the travel sadblturre suggestion to in any way relatedto his defense of woman suffrage

Here to Mr Da Cunhas soroUon of theracesuicide question

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The suggestion here is like anovel with the last chapter missing Whysot follow up the matter logically andlook for the sequence in the divorcecourts Or mayhap Mr Da Cunhawoukl abolish dtvowoe now much happi-

ness would Uias be scattered abroadHere we would have the world peopledwith married pairs with homes whereonly peace and harmony reigned whereIdealistic conditions obtained

It to too good to be true As a sug-

gestion why not try the scheme in Chi-

cago T When that towns mental woesare all changed to a condition of blissthen the rest of the country will beready for the adoption of this remarkablesolution to one of the greatest problemsof mankind

Turkeys and Thanksgiving

Doubtless divers and sundry genushere and there have Wan moved

to recent sertoQj speculation aoent theThanksgiving Day turkey where It to tocome from what it Is to cost and whyit to to cost so much especially the latter

that turkeys are to be awayup in price this year because thehoppers no longer flourish In the goodState of Kansas to that remarkable andsatisfactory degree they once did thatis from the turkey supply point of viewKansas it appears baa been growing sorapidly in plutocratic directions of letsyears that many of the oldtime condi-

tions have disappeared never to returnTime was when Kansas grasshopperswere most enthusiastically numerousThere were enough of theM insects twen-ty years ego say to fatten every turkeyneeded for the entire nations

dinner AU the turkey growersdid wee to shoo the birds out onto theopen prairies and let them run at largeuntil wanted They simply gorged them-selves with succulent and nourishinggrasshoppers and the cost was absolute-ly nothing Indeed the slaughter was ofdirect and positive benefit to Kansas forIt kept the grasshoppers oft the then moreor lees widely scattered farms sail grow-ing crops

Now however that to all changedKansas has been cut up into small totscities have sprung up and the once gayand teRM grasshopper knows that fairclime no more Turkeys have to be fedon expensive food nowadays Grainmeal peso said what not oC that persua-sion must be provided on the bill ofare or the turkeys grow slim andcadaverous and are not good to eatHence turkey culture languishes and toall but played out in Kansas the erst-while parodies of tnrkeydom And thatgentle reader Is why your ThanksgivingDay bird will cost you more money thanyou eon afford or ought to spend

It may seem a somewhat lame excuseawl there still may linger suspicions ofturkey trusts beef trusts mad other pernldousijr active agencies but they areunfounded The Kansas grasshopper thatto no more to to blame The beet trustsays so Itself and the beef trust surelyte In a position to know what to what inthe turkey market

Isnt this habit of JUnglne thearound getting too reckless inquires theBaltimore Sun Well at least it to get-ting excessively boresome

Is there a big city in this entire coontry wherein the principal streets are notfrequently and all but persistently tornup at the most moments Ifso the Inhabitants thereof ought to tinmedals on themselves for being wonder-fully sad uniquely blessed

A French physician says a tramp te nota tramp from inclination nearly so oftenas because he te a victim of fugue dromomaniaque Liberal applications ofsoap and water coupled WIth a little bucksawing now and then probably wouldcure the trouble

Mane Henry Watternon thinksto unquestionably Europes finest productAnd we do not mind informing Partthat Marsc Henry to just about

finest product

After all one of the things UM peopleappear to like best in Mr Tatt to hteeverwilling and cheerful concession thatsomebody else te entitled to a think

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At this stage of the game both Mr-

Jeffries and Prof Johnson admit that itwill be a shame to take the money

Only twelve candidates have bobbedopposition to Senator Dicks reelection

so far hut the campaign to youngthe source of supply unusually Urge

Doubtless Gov Corner impressed thePresident to being immensely Important iftrue

San Francisco has kicked the Ud offand appears to be immensely proud

moreover

On account of the sad defeat of MrWilliam Randolph Hearst for mayor ofNew York the Commoner win not beissued with Its column rules reversedany time soon

Having passed through the South with-out partaking of one mint julep or easerac cocktail Mr Taft can never hopo tobe awarded the sacred title of colonel

Massachusetts contemporaries willplease be careful how they say thingsThe mere suggestion of a LodgelessUnited States Senate in the near futuresends cold chills up and down Washingtons spine most uncomfortably

It was reported recently that Sara-toga N Y had gone dry It wacsuch a palpable fake however thateven Commander Peary did not feelcalled on to denounce It as such

A theatrical production labeled ADry Town to touring the South ThegooutbetweeatheacUi contingent tounanimously of the opinion that it toa bum show

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most as ardently as Gov Haskell lovesMr Theodore Bwana Tumbo Roosevelt

Shhhhh November thinks sho isOctober Do not start anything youmight awakes her

The north pole controversy is evidentlyenough hopelessly muddled When ex

fell out the best history cancourse Is to malta a guess at the

truth and let it go at thatSpeaker Cannon to a versatile states-

man says tho Portland TelegramIndeed The versatility characterizing

Uncle Joes standing pat is truly

The suggestion oc a contemporary thatMr Rockefellers hookworm gift has

raised a storm of protest In some sectionsof the South will In no wise disconcerttho giver however Pouring oil onStormy waters to his long suit

What to Canada fussing about any-way Wo may tender it the old poleMount McKinley and a large hunch oftrading stamps thrown in for good meas-ure before the cruel war to over

Mr AUrtebs disinclination to divide htetune with Mr Fowler to not at atkunnaiuraL Mr Aldrich doss not need the ad-vertising if Mr Fowler does

These be halcyon day a Georgiaobserves the Savannah Preen And aoift-hig doing politically Wed not believe

Sir Thomas Lipton thinks the rulesought to be changed so that he mighthave a better chance to capture the bisyachting prise of the world It SirThomas were aa American Congressmanhe probably would be a Democrat Or a

Insurgent Republican

CHAT OF THE FORUM

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In our ignorance we do not knowwhat a whistdrive to but we notewith Interest that English bishops nrepronouncing against aM a means ofraising money for church purposes Weinfer that it to a form of gambling Itscondemnation marks a certain advancesince advertisements were published be-seeching English society people to setaside onequarter of their winnings atbridge for holy objects The whistdrivehowever must be more offensive for theArchbishop of York rather deprecatesthe practice of putting churches infunds by means of it Other ecclesiasticsare reported as Intensely disliking Itor declining to accept money raised bythis means The Bishop of St Albans

could not use the proceeds of whistdrives for any kind of spiritual workThis would seem to limit the application of sums won at cards to the purelynonapfritual work of the churches

Iortyonc LawyersAew the Nov Yaric World

The iMM000 estate left by Daniel CKlngsland a real ute operator to tobe distributed among his nephews andnieces of it will go to the halfhundred lawyers who represented the variotu heirs

Justice Truax ordered the distributionof the fortune Wednesday after learningthat tho dlrputes had been amicably settied When the case was called a smallregiment of lawyers stepped forward

How many attorneys are Intoroeted Inthis motion asked the court

There are I think about fortyonepresent this morning replied AttorneyWilliam B Wilder as spokesmen Thereare more of us when we gather in force

AN OL SAY1X OP aiOTHERS

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N THE DUMPSHubby has a touch of grip

Past all doubtLlko a rooster with the pip

Mopes aboutWIfey nfl his peevish ways

Doth condonoOnly giggles when he says

Lommo lone

He rejects in sullen wrathProffered skill

Doesnt want a mustard bathOr a pill

In response to wifays sweetHoneyed tone

All he cares to do is bleatLemme lone

A Fanciful FieldId like to get on Bojno big Now York

Whet could you do on a New York

Well I believe I could write the uneonnrtnod rumors

Nearly nn EpisodeYoung man you gave me your sOtYea sirWell you keep doing these kindly acts

and some day somebody may leave yousovwal hundred thousand dollars

Its PnrnoieA poom should have purpose

Or Its effects are altI wrote this lay to help no pay

An irate grocers bilL

Parsed Up LipsWhy do you pout girlHe wont away without kissing meBetter pout white the young man te

round He might take the hintLow Finance

Why do you live sc manyhicks

A man might frame a steant cheekcontained the poet hopefully

Often the CaseThe editor of the magaalne was some-

what dubiousCurious said he that this anecdote

of Napoleon has never been ia printbefore

It has been in print before explainedtile space writer but not attached toNapoleon

THE TRAGEDY OF BILLIKEN

Fnncy tract About Sculptor ofthe Little IlontlienE-

Vaw the BaJUwora 8mBright little Billiken with his red

swish of hair and his queer crosscutsmile baa amused minions In thousandsof cozy corners and parlors all over theglobe he sets and smiles and peopleof all kinds and conditions tickle laMUMS according to the directions on thebox

You would never suspect it from hisface hut the heart of BUtlkea to trou-bled tad tragedy broods ever his naminghead Everybody knows that BlUUcen-to the god of things as they ought

but if the news that comes fromKansas City be true he Is not the godthey thought he was

A pretty little tradition has grown upabout the popular little heathen Therewas once a struggling artist a beautifulyoung girl eo the story goes who thoughshe possessed great talent was not abletc secure recognition for her works Kansa City was far from the salons aad ItaIdea of art ranged somewhere betweena railroad poster and a bock beer adver-tisement At list when she had cometo the end of her row and the wolf wasgrowling at the door the beautiful sculp-tress In her protest against a cruel worlddeclared Im tired of all this talk ofthe god of things as they are I

want a god of things as they ought tobe So she modeled Billiken forherself The quaint little idol changedher luck Friends begged for it strangerswOre swept away at the first glance andthe children of a thousand homes meetfor BflBken Into the lap of the

sculptress poured wealth In asteady stream As the idols cost abouteight cents and sold for a very Urgedollar wealth was supposed to be pouringin on her like John D Rockefeller in amoney storm

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Twas ever thus The way of the artistand the inventor Is hard If his work to afailure he gets the bump If it is a suc-cess he is allowed to put his name on thelabel while the kind gentlemen of busi-ness get out their mowers and rake inthe profits Its not the first time in thistepayturvy world that the god of thingsas they ought to be has gone back onIda ideals and become the god of thingsaa they are

A Remarkable PrnycrTfciwM Draiar in the Nawtthw

Dear Lord grant unto me my prayerfor an enemy Give unto me this dayone who will hate me Send unto me onewho will see In me my imperfections andwho wilt make known his discoveries totho world I would that this enemy watchme by day when tho sun is shining andat night when the stars glitter in theheavens

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Never would I bo free from himI pray thee dear Lord grant unto me

this enemy who will make me do whatI can who will compel me to play thegame of life fairly and squarely andfrankly and without fear Dear Lord Icrave of you this day that Thou wiltgive unto me one who will protect mefrom my friends one who will see theovll in mo as they see in mo only thatwhich is good

Glvo this enemy unto mo 0 Lord that-I may walk wisely upon this earth aDdthus find upon It that heaven which mencall Happiness

Hnhbyn DIG HeadProse Ute Boston Transcript

Mrs Younsrwlfe Id like a hat for myhusband please

size madamMrs me Ive forgot-

ten the size but he wears a 15 collar sohe would take a 20 or 22 hat wouldnt ho

SummarizedRSXB the Boston Herald

The neatest summary of Judge Gaynors success appears in the Worldwhich says it was duo to tho fact thatof opposing candidates one was toolittle known and the other too well

Paid in Full

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PEOPLE AND THINGSof Charleston

Charleston exults over the increase InIts export trade Its total value for theyear ended June 30 was 4044377while the value for the three monthssubsequent to that was 54 8401 ornearly 560000 greater than for the entirepreceding year This not beenMused by any Increased railroad faclll

or factitious stimulus of any kindit Is claimed but it IB a normal andhealthy growth duo to a recognitionof the excellence of present facilitiesMoreover this gratifying expansion lalargely due to diversified products

not until September had cottonthe chief staple begun to move in anyconsiderable quantities The presence ofthe naval station ie recognized as an indirect aid to this Increased trade

Trade With South AmericaAmerican manufacturers it is reported

show little response to Invitations to sendexhibits to the International exposition tobe held in Buenos Ayres next summer incelebration of the centennial the originof the Argentine Republic The exhibitis to include a special agricultural dis-Play including farm machinery and 1m

but even that feature seemsnot to appeal In the United States

these lest are fairly well known inthat country M are our railway

and equipment Nevertheless theopportunity has been accepted largely bymanufacturers In England France G rmany Spain and Italy Perhaps branchbanking may help exports from theUttlted States to the Argentine but thebest hope of improved trade seems to bewith the west coast of South Americafollowing the opening of the Panama

The 1uiisluii MatIt te an interesting fact that the pension

list of civil war in UM United Statesnearly equals UM peace strength ofeither UM German or French army Ourpension list now numbers SNM The to-

tal of UM German army in peace is G26Mand of the French OM0 Yet the high-est actual strength of the Union armyon May 1 IKK was 1M05U of all ranksBut that is not a haste for calculationbecause it takes no cognizance of roanwho lund been soldiers but who on thatdate were no longer In the service Beenlistment the veteranizing of old regimints with consequent liability of asoldier being counted more than once areamong the complications an actuarywould have to unravel Again the

army though It was small duringthe rebellion must be considered and asit was recruited at large does not figureamong troops furnished by the StatesThe same is true of the marines

German Slllltnry IlendlnesnGermany keeps up its preparedness

war All German railway cars are builtwith that Idea in mind Every truck baahieroglyphics which would convey no In-

formation to the casual observer butwhich accurately denote in figures thenumber of horses or men or the weightof that the car can carry Whileon the Russian frontier the Russianshave constructed their lines on a gaugedifferent from that of the Germans inorder to prevent an invasion by Sill theGermans are sold to have met this diff-iculty by equipping each German cartruck with wheels that can be adapted-to At any gauge Special armored trainsand trains for the conveying of hugefortress cannon are in readiness withinthe sheds in the neighborhood of everyimportant German fort while materialsfor bridge construction and pontoons forcrossing rivers are stapled up under coveralong the entire length of Germanysthree frontiers Every detail has beenarranged for UM mobilising of Germanysimmense military forces with the leastpossible delay

Inertia In Capelack of farming enterprise throughout

Cape Cod is noted by observers There tiesees and acres of available land capableof producing profitable crops or of beingutilized as grazing grounds for sheep orcattle which are never used in any wayA singular inertia seems to possess mostof the male population of Cape Cod tealenterprise Is a rare quality The oppor-tunities for profit offered In numberless

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are content to raise a few vegetablestheir own use which they plant early inthe season according to timehonored custom few if any of them having the in-

telligence to plant successively for latecrops which would bring the highestprices They plant in the spring and theirvegetables are all gone by the first ofSeptember whereas by the exercise of aUtUe energy and intelligence they couldreap large profits by reason of the latetall and the growing tendency of the

population to stay later in their summer homes

Prince Iloji AdventurePrince Ito made his wife a geisha

girl who saved his He was pur-

sued during the struggle forty yearsago between the followers of the Mika-do and the shogun Be took refuge In atea house where he Implored a geishato save him Every Japanese house hasa dust hole As the ground floor is raisedabout two feet above the earth a squarebole is cut in the floor to serve as a re-ceptacle for the sweepings of the roomsWith great presence of mind the geishaput Ito down this hole which she cover-ed with a board placing a brazier on topWhen the pursuers arrived they foursa languid girt sitting by the fire whoexpressed surprise at their visit andassured thorn they were at liberty tolook through the house After a searchthey departed disappointed not one ofthem having thought of the duet hole

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HOW LITTLE WE KNOW-

In Spite of All We Remain as Chil-dren Crying for tho Light

From the Public Ledger

We do not know much When we lookat the switchboard of a central telephoneexchange we are very sure that man haslearned a great deal about the eondueUvIty and resistivity of wires and we areawestruck at the human brain thatplanned and wrought out that

network of circuits and plugs andInsulated clews to a great section of thehemisphere But when it is a matter ofthe twitching threads of nerves that carrymessages from our own brains to thetips of our fingers and the bottoms ofour foot we find that the doctors canprescribe rest and a glass of milk witha raw egg in it but they can tell usvary little about these astonishing talegraph and telephone systems Ut mo-nopolize our own bodies and make ourlives either one grand sweet song ora longdrawn torment

We look at a locomotive furiously run-ning and we say again What hathman wrought as we think of the

development since a man inEngland watched the steam lift the lido a kettle Gladstone said that to himthe locomotive and the violin were thestanding marvels Even the designer ofa Mallett compound must wonder atthe finished product as it charges pasthim with a string of laden freight carsin its wake as long as a comets talLBut when ue have stood and gazed inwonderment at the locomotive and havepatted each other on the head for thevery fine fellows we are to have thoughtof such a thing without any help fromthe Creator we do not know what makes-a man get up in the morning or cause-a baby to crawl about the carpetfinally to stand and to walk We readthe riddle of steam we cannot solve theenigma of human life

Or perhaps we thrust in our heads im-

pertinently at the window of the shipscabin where the wireless operator withhis vibrant earmuffs parries and thrustswith the demons of the upper air for thesunlight or the screaming gale And wesay Surely nothing can be more wonderful than that and then some knowitall at our elbow turns and supercili-ously explains to the girl beside him justhow it is done and how fortynine orsixtyseven other men were the real in-

ventors but Marconi was lucky enoughto get the credit and the patent for anidea which was Seating about in the alasubject to anybodys capture And sothanks to the supercilious young manwe know Just how words can be throwsX4MO miles and caught on attenuatedserial clotheslines as neatly as a lacrosseplayer traps in his racquet the ball thatis flung clear across the geld

When the mystery of the wireless is asan open book that he who travels bytend or see may read two people maystand the width of the world asunderand one of them knows what hi in themind and the heart of the other andhow te that done Prayer is the soulssincere desire unuttered or expressedand the spiritual aspiration may find outanother human being or it may mountto heaven and no man has anything tosay about the mystery of its itineraryWe are M children crying for Ute lightwhen it comes to the question of under-standing the mode of intercommunica-tion between a soul and a soul

THE WANT AD

Origin Development and Imporlance to Jfevrspnpcr Renders

fcam the Mote Xfeafav TribomJames Gordon Bennett the elder in-

vented the want ad In the old daysit wa generally to locate lost peopleor articles to secure help or positions

The want ad has grown with the yeaRas much as any part of newspapermgToday it covers a wide fold Almostas much to sold now through tho ciasBi-flad pages as through the displayThe want ad te accepted everywhere asthe barometer of successful paperadvertising

The latest patron of the want ad papte the United The governmenthas found that the most effective wayto recruit the Navy Department Is to usethe want ad It te announced fromWashington

The only method of securing appli-cants which the service more ef-fective then the colored pester to tile

After resorting to every other mesaof attracting the attention of the youngmen Uncle Sam says that about theonly kind of advertising be needs topay for Is the newspaper want ad

It te Interesting to watch the develop-ment of a method of doingFrom the little personate James GordonBennett devised has come a new salmarket place Everything under the sunIs traded and sold on the want pagesThe newspaper that has the want ad su-premacy Is a veritable trading stationfor the State

Moreover the want page to a most In-

teresting pegs to read There to a greatdeal of human interest in the countlessbargains offered There Is some paUlosome pure fun and some deviltry Hu-man nature to seen hi many guteee Theintelligent reader never misses the wantads

Snails Are StrongFMW the London Stand

One day by the way of experiment Iharnessed two common garden anita te-

a toy gun carriage to see if they couldpull It along Although the gun carriagewm heavy of lead the snails pulled it soeasily that I loaded the body of the car-riage with small shot

The snails however were more thanequal to the task Anxious to test theirpowers still further I attached a toycannon made of lead and brass behindthe gun carriage but the snails and theiradditional load moved on once again withthe same apparent ease

Out of curloelty I deckled to weigh thecannon gun carriage and shot andtny great surprise found the total weightto be almost one pound I venture tothink this a very good toad for twoto manage

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SCHUBERTS SERENADET-

here is no tune that grips my heart and seems to pull me allapart like this old serenade it seems to breathe of distant landsand orange groves and silver sands and troubador and maid Itsfreighted with a gentle woe as old as all the that flow asyoung as yesterday as changeless as the stars above as yearning-as a womans love for true knight far away It seems a prayerserene and pure a tale of love that will endure when they wholoved are dust when earthly are heard no more and bridalwreaths are withered sore and wedding rings are rust Its wearywith a lovers care its wailing with a deep despair that onlylovers learn and yet through all its sadness grope the singing

of hope for joys that will return 0 gentle soothingserenade When I am beaten down and frayed with all my hopesin pawn when Ive fqrgotten how to laugh I wind up my oldphonograph and turn the music on And then I float away awayto moonlit castles in Cathay Araby or Spain and underneaththe glowing skies I read of love in damsels eyes and dream anddream again I WALT MASON

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Chicago need is more money said 17S T Hopkins of Chicago at the NorWHtard yesterday

Most of them are entitled to it bthey earn it Look at the tacnris

enjoyed by the comparatively few cottteued the Chicago man higgat-pront te Chicago is made on satarfclpeople and everybody knows it It newcost a man as much for a house to

or to supply his table or clothing rhis family as it costs today In the totten years the expenses of living have acreased M per cent and salaries about

This gap between expenses andte the ditch on the field of Wafcr

JoG for many It hi not fair nor jutnor right that it should exist For thsreason salary is no mere economic ques-

tion Some have been treating it m

though it were sad they have made ifine mess of it

Salaried people do not want helpThey want what they really earn Ridpeople ought not to be pounded arthounded They want to be shown tieright or righteous thing And this queUon of salary Is a righteous one Althe and evangelists ia thworld can never flU their churches unitthe churches bring their tremens

to bear in breaking up a crucand unjust state ot affairs which IB thresult of Indifference ignorance or selltehness It asked a gentleman conneded with one of our largest concernWhat is the average salary in this hoiia

of married men He replied I axashamed to ten you It te quite apparelthat there to Iota of work for the preach-er and the reformer and statesman

Julius G Bock of Hamburg Germanswho te interested in the Oriental ex-

port trade and has jut returned fromtour of China told of an extraardmarease of transforming men into beasts iChins Mr Dock was seen at the Alington

To transfer a man lute a boast woolat first seem to be Impossible said HerBock It to accomplished however bthe Chinese to whom nothing seems tbe unknown The skin to removed 1

small particles from the entire anrfacof UM body and to the bleeding partbits of the hide of living animals bearand dogs are usually applied The oporation requires years for IU fun accompttahment After the person has hahi skin completely changed and become-a manbear or a mandog he to madmute to complete the illusion and also tdeprive him of the means of informingthe public he is intended to amuse of hblong torture

One of these human animals was orexhibition not long ago in the Klaag oHis entire body was covered withskin He stood erect could utter artlculate sounds and sit down la shortmake the gestures of any human beingA mandarin who heard of this monstrosity had him brought to his palacewhere his hairy skin and bestial appear-ance caused quite a mdch terror asurprise Upon being asked if be wasman the creature replied with an afflrmative nod

MHe also signified in the same mannethat he would write A pencil was give

but he could not use k his handwe so deformed Ashes were thplaced on the ground in front of himwhen the mandog leaning over traceIn them five characters hiname and district Investigation showethat he had been stolen Imprisoned foyears and subjected to long tortures Himaster was apprehended and condemnedto death

Discussing the political situation laChina Mr Bock said the Japanese aredoing everything in their powerneutralize the influences of all otherpowers in China and supplant their ownexclusive political predominance It Isquits apparent that Japan has her oreson China and if the other powers arenot careful Japan will have absolute andexclusive control over Chins before long

Whit bred to to the American orEuropean pot to to the native Hawaiianaccording to Robert F Stone of

who to at the Raleigh Mr Stoneto Interested In plantations in the Hawnimn Islands and to fun of praise othe country

No meal to complete without poisaM Mr Stone and for the great

of the natives it forum the princi-pal article of diet While they probablycould at the present time live withoutthis accustomed dish the time once wasbefore the advent of the whites to theislands and the introduction of now foodsthat life without it would at least havebeen precarious

Pot is made from the tuberous rootof the tare plant continued Mr Stonea species of colodhnn family of which

the wellknown elephant ear plant to alsoa member The tuber which averagesin elsie that of a large sweet potato Isbaked and afterward pounded up withwater until a smooth white paste Is obtamed much resembling a wheat flourpaste except the color to a pale pink orpurple dependent upon the variety oftaro used This paste is allowed tslightly ferment or sour when it iaready for use In olden times each familyprepared its own pot the workdone by the men who did most of theother cooking operations At the presenttime pot factories in which machinerygrinds the taro and mixes it on a largewale have largely supplanted the oldhand method The ChInese of the territory have come to be the leading manufanurer of the product

Many of the white residents of theislands eat poi to almost the same extentas the natives but the taste to largely ac

and strangers seldom care for itPol has a high food value and since Itformed the principal article of diet ofthe old Hawaiians some persons havecredited it with the splendid physical

of the raceThere are more than COOOO Japanese in

the islands whose influence to feltevery line of business They controlalmost exclusively the labor market ardbeing all ablebodied intelligent menform an element in life which must botaken into consideration most seriouslyIf Japan should declare war against theUnited States this day the islands wouldat once fall m Japanese hands becauseit Is generally believed the Japanese

in the Islands would at once riseagainst the American government

The badgering lawyer frequently suc-

ceeds only In affording the witness anopportunity to display his own wit at thecounsels expense said Fred S Wiselawyer of Philadelphia at the Riggs yes-terday

An actor was before UM poor debtorscourt In a Western city when he testifiedthat his only assets were JaIl salary as smember of the local stock company

But you must have something elsesaid the prosecuting counsel Tell thcourt what else you have

Thats allWhit No personal propertyOh yes a dog and a watchNow think barfl persisted coun-

sel believing that he was en the righttrack What

Well suggested the actor 1 have aease oC rheumatism

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Aa matters now stand sa s the Ful-ton Democrat there Is obr one Demo-crat In the fortysix States who couldnot In m skin Taft Why alludeto Mr Bryan In this cruel cutting way

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