The Topeka State Journal (Topeka, Kansas)
February 15, 1908

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4 THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOTTOITAC SATURDAY EVENINQ, FEBRUARY 15, 1908, TOFEKi STiTE JOURML. By FRANK P. MAO LENNAN. (Entered July 1, 1875. aa second-class ziaxier at to poatonice at ioium, tender the aot of consress.1 Volume xxxv .....no. o Official Stat Paper. Official Paper City of Topeka. TERMS OB SUBSCRIPTION. Dally edition, delivered by carrier. 10 cents a weeK to any part oi suburbs, or at toe same price to aay Kn aaa towna where tbe paper baa a carrier rstem. y mall, one year........ -5- y mall, three months aturday edition of dally, one year.... py i atu TELEPHONES. Business Office P J taslness Offioe SLii iri tDort.n1 TlswiTrt ;Sd. HeDOrtere Tliinm Prank P. MacLennan

...Auu. PERMANENT HOME. Topeka State Journal building, MO and 82 Kansas avenue, corner of Eigntn. Ntw Tork Offloe: Flatlron buildtn. J Twenty-third street, comer Fifth avenue and Broadway. Paul Block, manager. Chloaa-o Office: Hartford buUdjns. P"5 Block, manager. FULL LEASED WIRE REPOKT OP THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. The State Journal is a member of the Associated Press wid receive the full day telegraph report of that great news or ganisation for the exclusive afternoon publication in Topeka. The newa la received In The State Soot ftal building- over wires lor this aoie pur pose. Credibility is always given to the frequent reports of plots against the life of the czar because of the kind ef government he gives his subjects. There can be do doubt that the late CoL Thomas Snell would have been dubbed a saint or two had he cast his lot with the mormons of a quarter of ft century ago. Secretary Taft la at his best when lie discusses the Philippine islands and what has been accomplished there during the ten years of United States rule. That's one subject that fee knows more about than does Theo dore Roosevelt. That sudden rising brings madness Is a theory advanced by Dr. Savary, a French, savant, which will meet with popular favor. He declares that It is absolutely necessary to rest wakefully in bed for twenty min utes befor6 getting up. If the members of the house of representatives would devote as much time to matters of public business, as they do to the unnecessary and un called for discussions orer Mr. Bryan and other men in public life, some thing might be accomplished by them. A great influx of buyers to New York city is reported and this is prima facie evidence that the busi ness depression which was incident to the moner panic is fast recoming a thing of the past anl That general prosperity was provided --vi'tr. a return ticket and is hurrying back. Every move that is being1 made by the youthful King Manuel of Portugal is one of conciliation and! it looks as though his acts would stay the revolu tion and the overthrow of the consti tutional monarchy. He has now ex tended clemency to a number of sail ors who mutinied two years ago. It would appear that George W. Glover, the son of Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy is in need of a little "absent treatment." He is suffering with paralysis of one leg. As he is In far away South Dakota and his mother is in Boston it would seem that the efficacy of "absent treatment" could be given a most adequate test. "Certainly the outlook for the fu ture is full of hope," said Senator F. Duntont Smith in an adKJress he de livered the other night before the Toung Men's Republican club of Lincoln, Neb. Certainly It is for Kansas with the chc es so strongly in. flavor of Senator Smith being elimi nated from the future state senates. Some of these plans to lift the debt on the pipe organ in the Auditorium should materialize mighty soon or the organ itself Will be llfed by those who tiuilt it.. And: it is not believed that there would be much walling- and weeping if the fine instrument is moved away. It li not played often enough to keep its action in condi tion. Prospects for a big fruit crop are good says Mr. Wellhouse, the secre tary of the state horticultural society, unless there's a repetition of the dis astrous weather conditions which pre vailed last spring. It's too bad Mr. Wellhouse had to qualify his an nouncement with that "unless," for a good fruit crop is sorely needed by Kansas. Now that Dick Cooley has begun to sign up' players for the local ball team, the season may be said to have started started at least in the bar be rn hops, although In some of them the season Is on for 36 S days in the year. All of the exciting games of last season are now being re-played with great vigor and it is being point ed out how many that were lost might have been won. News of a day seems Incomplete unless it chronicles some new crusade that has been started by Dr. S. J. Crumbine, secretary of the state board of health. And the best part about these crusades of his is that they lead to results which are of benefit to the people of the state. His latest one is a campaign for pure milk in the cities of the state and there are plenty of places, Topeka in cluded, where there is a rich field for such a campaign. W. Roscoe Stubbs' flat-footed an nouncement that he intends to stay in he raoe for the Republican guberpa- torial nomination for governor ant) that he will not be a candidate for United States senator clears the at mosphere in the Republican camp considerably. It is likely that Stubbs will throw his support to Bristow for the senatorial nomination and that there will be a merry fight for this honor between Mr. Bristow, Mr. Hoch and MV. Long, and in such a three cornered fight under the terms of the primary law the chances of Mr. Long look to be the best. Either Hoch or Bristow might best him alone but with both of them running they will divide the opposition vote to Mr. Long and to his benefit. A SATURDAY SERMON. Sir, come down ere my child die. John 4:4. The cures effected at Emmanuel Protestant Episcopal church, Boston, by Dr. Elwood Worcester and his as sistants, and those wrought in Chi cago by Bishop Fallows, have creat ed public interest. The healing side of christian Science Is a secret of that body's growth; while the large fol lowing of Dr. Dowie was undoubtedly based upon the cures effected by him. The broad principle of faith-healing Is today regarded with respect even by men to whom the idea makes no personal appeal. Such are willing to grant, in Kipling's words, that -"There's a world outside the one you know." The standard of the New Testament church unquestionably comprehended the gift of healing. It was down in Judea that Jesus had "got a reputation." Before, he had been without honor in his own country. That is a universal experi ence. Most great men have had to go away from home to be appreciat ed. There are probably still living old neighbors of Lincoln who think, in their secret hearts, that he really wasn't anybody in particular, and that the world has greatly overesti mated him. Away from home Jesus won honor: now he has returned to use the influence thus gained among his friends and neighbors. The big news of the day is ever, as it was in this incident of long ago, that a man has arisen. How the op pressed and needy and discontented rally to a personality! No. truth ever becomes popular or powerful until it has become incarnate in a person. Christianity has not won its way as a creed, but as Christ. Let a man arise anywhere with the power to help his fellows, and how quickly the multi tude rallies to him. Into the peas ant's hut and the nobleman's palace flew the news that such a one as Jesus had arisen in the land. Nowhere in all the province did this tidings create a greater stir than in the home of one of King Herod's noble officers. For therein dwelt deep sorrow and fear. There are many things which money cannot buy the best things, in truth and among them are health, love, content ment. With all his Influence and wealth, this nobleman could not keep the shadow of death from hovering over his home.: His son lay danger ously ill. He had tried the leech of the legion, the local physician, and all the tested methods known to fam ily and friends. Like the chronic invalids who have vainly tested the waters and "cures" and physicians of. two continents, the father at last, in desperation, turned to this heralded Prophet, about whom he had heard much but. knew little. Perhaps in religion lay succor. Any help will be accepted in extremity. He had to place himself on a level with all other needed suppliants; suffering, like death, is a great leveler. The preachment is none the less Important because commonplace. This nobleman was frantic in his importunity. He made- the twenty mile Journey-from his home in Caper naum to Cana in order to beseech the Rabbi's assistance. He knew noth ing about the methods of Jesus, but he wanted him to go with him at once, ere his child die. He was ob sessed by this last hope. That it runs counter to accepted conventions and traditions is really the underlying objection on the part of many persons to psychic healing in any form. This nobleman wanted his son healed by contact with the healer: therefore his insistent "come down." All want to do things in the conventional way. In sickness we want a doctor who will make us stick out our tongues, feel our pulses, ask a lot of questions, and give us medi cines that look as if they possessed curative powers.. A masterful word from Jesus changed the nobleman's views in a twinkling. He had come as a for lorn hope; his conduct shows no sign of great faith until he hears him speak. Then occurs a transformation. A terse sentence did it all: "Go -thy way; thy son liveth." Thereat this man, used to Issuing commands him self, and accustomed to a suppliant or servile manner on the part of most persons who had dealings with him, took swift horse for home. The explanation is fundamental. The nobleman "believed the word that Christ spake unto him." That is faith. The rich neighbor is ill. .The chil dren have been sent, away, and nurses and doctors possess the house. Family, servants and visitors speak in hushed tones, and move about with quiet footsteps. Within, all is silence; with out, all Is commotion, as physicians and friends and servants come and go. This is only the faintest picture of what went on in that Capernaum home, where the nobleman's son lay stricken. A soldier outside the court yard silenced the noisy passersby. Neighbors peered through the gate as they passed by, whispering. Every Dream oi the patient was watched. Suddenly life and health began to surge back into the frame they had seemed, a few minutes before, to be leaving forever. The Joyful news started through the great house and the neighborhood. Couriers were dis patched to bear the glad tidings to the anxious father. The effect upon those immediately concerned was that the nobleman and his whole house became believers. PENSION AGENCIES. There seems to be no good reason for the abolishment of the pension agencies throughout the country, which would Include the Topeka one and the largest of them all, as is contemplated by a measure pending in congress. And there are many good reasons why such a step should not be taken, the most important of which is the facility with which" the pension business Is handled through the existing agencies. It appears that this move for the abolishment of the pension agencies was caused by a quarrel in far away New Hampshire over some patronage, and it seems ridiculous that such a fuss as this should disrupt the pres ent system of the distribution of pen sion checks which has been found to be most adequate, and eminently sat isfactory to the pensioners. Perhaps the agency in Maine and the agency in New Hampshire should be con solidated with the one in Boston and the business carried on as success fully as it is now, and that may be the result of the present flurry. Eighteen agencies exist in the country now, and nine of them have been in question for some time. But the senators in the states where they are located stand ready to make a life and death struggle to retain them With thirty-six senators determined to retain the agencies, they being more than one-third of -the whole senate, it will not be a very, easy matter to abolish them. The estimate of the saving on the part of the government as put out by the secretary of the interior is no more than a guess,' and a careful in vestigation would show that there would be no saving at all in transfer ring the payments of pensions from the agencies to the treasury depart ment at Washington as is contem plated. Just as many clerks would be need ed to handle the business at Wash ington as are needed at the various agencies and their pay would have to be considerably Increased for govern ment clerks at Washington are neces sarily paid more than are the gov ernment clerks in other parts of the country because of the greater cost of living at the national capital. And then there would be vexatious delays in the handling of the corres pondence Incident to the payment and settlement of pension claims be cause of the great distance, to and i from Washington that the letters would have to travel. So taken- all- in all It would seem that the business of paying and looking after pensions can be conducted not only more cheaply through the existing agencies, but more expeditiously than it could be if the agencies were abolished ana their multitudinous affairs transfer red to Washington; That vaudeville is intenselv lar with all classes of Topekans was evidenced at one of the theaters the other night when the atidienna tained a blind man and also one that was deaf .and dumb. ANOTHER PAPER STOCK. Once again, as is learned from an ar ticle in a recent issue of the' Los An geles Times, there Is promise of a new material from which it will be possible to manufacture white paper. This, is what is known as "alfa grass," which grows plentifully in certain African des erts and of which the noted traveler, Frank G. Carpenter,, thus writes from a point In the great Sahara desert: "I have been passing through a great plain of yellow, sandy soil, covered here and there with stones and spotted everywhere with bunches of dry alfa grass. "The alfa was growing right in the sands. It is a long, wiry grass, which is gathered by the thousands of tons and shipped to Europe for the making of paper. It Is cut by the Arabs, and there are companies with immense cap ital which handle It. It grows to the height of my waist, in bunches, some of which are not bigger than one's fist, while others sprout out of mounds which would fill a half bushel measure. It looks tough and dry, but nevertheless large flocks of sheep, goats and camels feed upon it." This brief statement gives promise of what may be hoped for, and even ex pected in the not distant future. The immediate Importance of this discovery lies in the fact that it is thought, or believed, rather, that the alfa grass will grow and thrive on the arid lands of California, and steps have already been taken to give it a fair test. For this purpose three sacks of seed, imported from Africa by the federal department of agriculture, have been received at Los Angeles, and these seed will be planted and carefully attended, so that it may be decided by actual tests if the deserts and the climate of south ern California are adapted to the pro fitable growth of the African plant. In addition to what Mr. Carpenter says, the Los Angeles Times adds: "The leaves of the alfa grass '-are from 18 Inches to two feet in length. They have the peculiarity of breaking off at the base, so that they are gath ed by the exertion of a steady pull, after which they are sorted according to their color and length, and tied in bundles for exportation. About $1,000, 000 worth of the grass is exported an nually from Algeria, and the constant ly increasing shortage of raw material for the manufacture of paper makes a permanent field for the crop. "Mr. Conrad is certain- that on the higher lands of the Coachella and Im perial valleys, at present non-irrigable the alfa grass will prove a profitable crop. He believes that- the cost of gathering the grass which is plucked by hand in the African desert will be greatly lessened, if it proves a good desert crop here, by the Invention of labor-saving machinery." y It is easy to see what this means to the paper makers and consumers of the future if all that is claimed and hoped for It shall be verified. The seed received at Los Angeles are to be planted and tested at three different locations, so that the alfa may have a fair trial and If it succeeds in any or all the localities there will be no reason to doubt its importance. Much of the arid portions of California is not, or has not been, adapted to culti vation of any. kind, hut if this grass succeeds it will not only add a proflt- able industry to sections where little is now. grown hut may. help to solve the acute problem' of finding cheaper paper stock and thus lowering the price of white paper. ?It is hardly necessary to add that this experiment will be watch ed with muoh Interest in this country where the price of paper has increased so greatly and rapidly of late. JOURNAL ENTRIES It's easy to make' $10,000 a month if you're a successful counterfeiter.

A brilliant conversationalist is a person who can-talk well on a subject he knows nothing about. e e a Divorce is a pure business proposi tion with some women. Their alimony generally amounts to more than their allowances.

From the quantity of tears babies cry it is natural to suppose that they all have water on the brain.

Many folks seem to eat on the theory that they'd Just as lief cut their mouths with knives as Jab them with forks. J AY HAWKER JOTS An interesting news item in the Be lolt Times: "James Shull and Jack Humes traded calves last week."' M. W. Turner of Redfield has a five dollar bill of the Issue of 1779. It has no monetary value, except as a relic. It is difficult to tell, says the Wich ita Eagle, Just' the exact sort of lady she is from this advertisement, which appears in an exchange: "Lost, one brown lady's hand bag, containing an open-faced lady's gold watch." Steve Cave is selling so much Kaffir corn out in Haskell county that he is rich enough to be taken for that lost lord, Cave-Brown-Cave, or whatever his -name is. But Steve would likely crack anybody on the head who would intimate he was an English lord. They have a full grown murderer In Jail at Erie. His name is Walker, and he is six feet four inches high, and weighs 350 in the shade. He went to a dance at Shaw, and endeavored to lend Borne eclat to the proceedings by shooting up a gentleman named John MeGowan. One of the reasons given for his intemperate conduct is that he had patronised a bootlegger before at tending the dance, and the embalming fluid made h's faculties abandon him. KANSAS COMMENT A GREATER CORN YIELD.' At a recent meeting in Topeka, a speaker said that one hundred and fif teen bushels of corn had been raised on a single acre. "Why not raise one hundred and fifteen bushels of corn on every acre?" asked the speaker dra matically., No doubt he went to bed that nighty and. thought himself a par ticularly Good Man, because ofrhls demand that one- hundred and fifteen bushels of com be raised on every acre of corn land. This man's Reform Work is on a par with all the other Reform Work now being' done. When a man raises .seyenty.bushels of corn on good land, he, does particularly well, and is worthy, of commendation; to abuse him because he does not raise one hundred' ang fifteen bushels per acre, is refusal to give a good man the credit he deserves But there Is poor land, and plenty of -it,- on -which it Is impossible to raise forty bushels of corn per acre. If a farmer does his best with such land, and raises thirty bushels per acre, should he be abused for not raising one hundred and fifteen bushels per acre? r 's-,- Of course "better farming is possi ble. And f armes- are doing'- better farming every year, without assistance from the professional reformers who. knowing nothing about farming, .de mand impossibilities. Atchison Globe. HURRAH FOR THE "MAT." The legislature passed a bill saying that the county commissioners -may pay a bounty of ten cents on gopher scalps. In writing this Item we are in clined to put the emphasis on the word "may." We are glad that it was "may" instead of "shall." Holton Re corder. FROM OTHER PENS OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM. A musician in Geneva has been con-, ducting an investigation into the his tory of the music of our national an them, which, -with different words, is also the national anthem of Great Britain. The result of his investiga tion should put an end to sarcastic comments of the piracy of the Ameri cans in stealing the gooa old British air of "God Save the King" and sing ing the words of "America" to this music. The tune Is no more British than American. .According to this Investigator, it Is of German origin. It was sung in Geneva, as the Swiss national anthem, as far back as 1602. At the beginning of the eighteenth century it was adapted by Lully as a patriotic song in honor of Louis XIV of France. Fifty years later Handel arranged it as a popular song for Hanover, and It was doubtless through this channel that ultimately it reached the British Islands and became adopted there as the national anthem, in honor of the Hanoverian dynasty. In 1700 Henry Harries made a birthday ode of it for King Christian VII of Denmark, and in 1793 Schumacher reconstructed it for Prussia, where it is still known among the people. Seattle Post-Intelligencer.

CHOLERA TEAR. PERHAPS. When there is cholera in Mecca all Europe is threatened; and. with the tide of emigration, the United" States as well. There is cholera In Mecca now, and modern civilization has not greatly Improved that Arabian city, which is renowned for its dirt, its bad water, its unsanitary condition. The yearly army of pilgrims, gen erally ignorant of hygienic laws, gets to Mecca by steamboat and sail, on foot and by caravan and by the Hedjaz railway. Professor Chantemesse, the French bacteriologist, has been warn ing all Europe of the danger in this pilgrimage. There are no sufficient quarantine' regulations affecting the pilgrims returning to Southern Eu rope and Egypt by the land route. Cholera was taken to Egypt by Mos lem pilgrims six years- ago. There is always danger -when Mecca has cholera of a spread of the malady in Syria, the Black Sea country, and Russia. Thence the propagation of the disease by emigrants bound for this country is possible. Professor Chantemesse favors the appointment of an international com mission to consider this subject and effect "a sanitary organization of the Mussulman pilgrimage by land." New Tork Times. THE ONE THING SACKED. Has there survived for ages The least unrighteous spot? i .Have it. reformed instarvter, Strike while the iron's hot. -Have golden rules' been broken By some infraction small? Have it at once corrected. Nor heed the temple's fall. Has any one missed reaching Millennium's high plane? Reform right off, regardless: Count business loss a gain. Haste to remold all nature Since Adam's fallen state; But don't reform the tariff Till after 1908. -McLandburgh Wilson in New Tork Sun. THE EVENING STORY Two Hermits. (By Belle Maniates.) t "Find me," Orville commanded, "the most isolated farmhouse in your dis trict, where I can have comfortable accommodations for the summer, and in no way be hampered in the creation of the book that at present exists in embryo within my brain." After much skirmishing and scour ing of the country, Murray found what he thought he wanted, and wrote his friend to come on. Orville came by next train. Murray met him at the station in his big red car, and they sped down a broad, dust white highway. "Looks thickly settled," objected Or ville anxiously. "We have only started on our ;oad to nowhere," laughed Murray. "I'll cure you of your desire for solitude, I think." Six miles farther, he turned into a crossroad with farmhouses few and far between. "This is better," declared Orville. "It will keep getting better from your standpoint," retorted Murray. On they sped until the car swerved and turned into what looked to Orville like an overgrown copse. "You don't mean this is a road?" he said, as the car bumped and protested against the ruts and underbrush. "No; Just a lane, the only house on which is the one where I have en gaged quarters for you. The Gllddeus live there, but rent out their ground, so there will be no 'help' even, just Glidden and his wife. Not a rural route delivery to break the monotony! I believe a peddler passes once a year. Tou can be lost to the world, and, like the little girl in the song, have 'nobody nigh to hinder." "Murray, this place was made for me! ejaculated the young author as the car swooped down upon a white house nestled among the trees. Murray helped him carry his belong ings Into the big airy bedroom and then returned to town with a curloua smile lighting his face. The place proved ideal for Orville's purpose. The farmer and his wife were quiet people, little given to speech- They never disturbed him when he was at work, even to the ex tent' of summoning him to a. meal. When hunger drove him from his work,no matter what the hour might be, food was prepared without an ob jection. A beautiful winding river with incurvinar shores swept through the farm, and here at eve Dick Orville was wont to repair for inspiration. Un der these blissful conditions his ideas developed and unfolded charmingly. Then there came the inevitable ending. "I am sorry,"- faltered -his landlady one morning, ','but Hiram went to the postoffice today and he found a letter from a young lady in the city. She is an artist and wants to come here to paint and to be alone." "Well, write to her that she can't come," replied Orville quickly. "I'll pay you double "It's too late," said Mrs. Glidden. "Tou see the letter was written a week ago. We don't get our mail only once in a while. She said if she didn't hear to the contrary she'd come today. But I'll try and find her another place near here. The Aliens take boarders.- I may have to keep her over night if she comes. Would you like to hear her letter?" Before he could politely decline this proffer, Mrs. Glidden began to read the letter, which was girlishly written. She said that she longed for a place where she could be" quiet, some dace that was remote from neighbors where she could paint and dream at will; that a friend in passing the Glidden farm haa thought It would be Just the kind -of place she craved and had written her about it. Some of Orville's irritation vanished upon hearing the letter. There was a note of appeal in it, a reflection of his own mood that touched him. "She evidently craves solitude as much as I do. and so she will avoid me." he thought. "We might try it. Mrs. Glidden," he proposed, "and if I find her presence interrupts my work in any way, we can ask Mrs. Allen to take her in. They nave otner Doaraers, ana i imagine she wouldn't get the quiet .there that she so evidently wants. I'll tell you what I'll do., I'll move my writing table and books and things down to the little cabin, on- the river bank and do my work there." He proceeded to carry out this plan and remained in his new quarters the rest of the day. It was dusk when he came to the farm house for something to eat. "She's upstairs," volunteered Mrs. Glidden. -"She's awfully young and pretty. I told her I had a gentleman boarder who came here to be alone, and she said she wouldn't disturb you in the least." But Orville wasn't interested in hear ing of the newcomer. His mind was In tent on a complicated situation in his book, and he paid no heed to what his landlady was saying. Three days and nights Intervened without an encounter of the two would be hermits. Once Orville came upon an easel down in the orchard. He paused before It for some time, lost in admira tion of the talent displayed. Then he walked on to the river. That night he was unable to write. Memories he was striving to stifle were awakened by the bit of landscape he had viewed. The next morning as he was seated at his writing table in the cabin, mak ing heroic efforts to concentrate his thoughts on his work, he heard the sound as of some one running. He went to the door and saw a young girl carry ing a tin pail filled with artist's mater ials running toward the cabin In great alarm. "Oh," she gasped with a half sob. "Save me. He'll follow me in here." In an instant Orville's strong right arm was about her shivering form. "Kathie! Would I let any one or anvthing harm you?" She lifted a white face. "Oh, Dick! Tou? Why you are not Mrs Glidden's boarder the one I've been hiding from?" Tes; but tell me, what frightened ytXhe bull! He chased me down here through the meadows." Orville placed her In a chair and stepped outside. In a moment he re turned with the pail of paints and brushes. "It's all right. Kathie," he said, reas .rinriv "the nail, supposed to contain nourishment, was the attraction. The gentle creature I found sniffing sus piciously and disapprovingly at your paints was a young, hornless -thing commonly known as mooley cow."; Kathie's eyes were downcast. The silence that ensued was profound and eloquent. Then she looked up and met his steady gaze with a half smile. "DIck," she said faintly, "did Tom Murray by any chance know you were here?" "Tom MiiFmvi xtUit v.n -A -,fa J U, AWMl.U t. U place. I wrote him to look me up a farmhouse where I could he quite alone and write. Why?" "I saw him the other day and told him-1 wanted a farmhouse where I could be quite alone and paint. Dick!" T m xom was lar wiser tnan we. Shall we profit by his vision and let his plan work out as he intended? Can't we forgive and forget, Kathie?" l-v-i ttutsu jura, vjriiuueu saw acr two boarders coming slowly up from the fields, she sagely remarked to her spouse: "Well,' pa, that's a man and a wo man the world over!" (Copyrighted, 1&AO 1 IT ..mo, ujf xxomer tspraguej. A Curious Coincidence of the Sea. Ralph D. Paine, while delving into the old sealogs kept by eighteenth cen tury captains, and now stored In the Essex Institute at Salem, brought to light a strange tale that yet was fact. He tells about It as follows: "The Grand Turk, a good ship belong ing to Ellas Hasket Derby of Salem, a well-known merchant, was returning to Salem from the West Indies. "During the voyage Captain Ingersoll rescued the master and mate of an English schooner, the Amity, whose crew had mutinied while In the Spanish Main. The two officers had been cast adrift in a small boat to perish. This was the Arst act in a unique drama of maritime coincidence of 1774. "After the castaways had reached Salem, Captain Duncanson, the English master of the Amity, was the guest of Ellas Hasket Derby while he waited for word from his owners and an oppor tunity to return to his home across the Atlantic. He spent much of his time ou the water front as a matter of course, and used to stand at a window of Mr. Derby's counting house idly staring at the harbor. "One day while sweeping the seaward .V. THa nlflM HnV cl H R the forlorn British skipper let fly an oath of the most profound amazement, no nmnju V. q rrlo.a Tmitihed bis eves. uxvyycu C5 chewed his beard and stared again. A schooner was making across the bar, and presently she stood clear of the is- tu J nna1 land at tne naroor muuiu dun lUWOTU Ml "There was no mistaking her at this range. It was me juiuy, wv.tr.vi Viart v,Mn taken from BUWIVUU Ttraof Tnlo frnm wnlcn 116 11111 in me and his mate had been cast adrift ny the piratical seamen, captain wuncau son hurried Into Mr. Ierby' s private t.. aa vit a loam nonld carry him. By some incredible twist of fate the captors of tne Amity "aa straight to her captain. promptitude and one of his anchored brigs was instantly mauueu -heavy crew, two deck guns slung aboard ana witn uayiam iu- the quarterdeck, the brig stood down to take the Amity. "It was Captain Duncanson who led w a ha mutineers were soon overpowered and fetched back to Salem Jail in irons. jnb8."- f,mri a. crew in per. ana Salem, and took the Amity to sea a vessel restored to her own by so mar velous an event tnat ed out of court maf orflction -From "Pioneers Distant Seas by Ralph D. Paine, in ina sine for February, v i GLOBE SIGHTS. From the Atchison 31obe.l Industry is a better friend than talent. People too easily get in the habit of having troubles. The more a man knows, the more he hates a fool. The more children a woman has, the fewer theories she has. It is always a sign of weakness to take a compliment seriously. No one can take care of good looks and rheumatism at the same time. No- one has a right to economize to the point of refusing to pay his debts. Do not trust your secret to, your mutual friend unless you trust HIS mutual friend. Some women just naturally look as If they made their husbands buy more than they can well afford. Some people are so apt to say the wrong thing that it isn't safe for them to talk even to themselves. Tou can never estimate a man s wealth by the appearance of his parlor and his 16-year-old girl. Sister begins at a very early age to say "perspiration," while Brother con tinues for years later to call it "sweat." When a man tells his troubles, the listener's sympathies are usually with the other man, who Is not bothering him.. About the first thing that would strike a dead hero could he return to earth, would be the great number who try to answer his name at roll call. Ah Atchison young man is so tire some that when he calls on a certain Atchison girl, she pays her married sister ten cents an hour to sit in the room and help entertain him. It never seems to us that who was the first white child in a community is a very Important problem. Tou prob ably recall that Cain, who was the orig inal "first white child," didn't turn out very well. QUAKER REFLECTIONS. From the Philadelphia Record. Many a man has become crooked ow ing to straight whisky. When a woman expresses a wish the charges are seldom prepaid. Felt slippers may be comfortable, but when a shoe pinches It is felt. Some people are willing to give the devil his due even before he claims it. The fellow with fiery red hair needn't think he is such a warm proposition. There are men who make the mis take of trying to mold public opinion with hot air. A. woman shakes a rug when It has the dust, but she doesn't apply the same method to a man. A girl Is apt to lose faith In the world when she sees a homely woman run ning a beauty parlor. r The various religious denominations would 'seem to Indicate that there are many roads to heaven, but only one to helL "Charity covers a multitude of sins," quoted the Wise Guy. "Tes," assented the Simple Mug, "but they are apt to show through!" "Poverty is no crime," quoted the Wise Guy. "No," assented the Sim ple Mug, "but the usual penalty Is imposed, just the same." Blobbs "Chollle Saphedde had his head examined by a phrenologist the other day." Slobbs "What did his bumps indicate?" Blobbs "That's the strange part of It. The phrenologist could only find dents where the bumps ought to be." i Der feet dot der plctoor uf Cabtain Ruth uf der high school biscuit ball team looks like our friend Emmett Dal ton, is nothlnk agensd him. Here's hoping he's godt es much nerf es Em mett. A printer chumned ouf der Boooklyn bridge und vassndt killed. Berhapa he iss looking fer der chob lefd PT der late Stef e Brody. Der only qualification needed iss der ability to run a Bowery saloon mit sawdust floor. Der enemy iss sneaking oop on Out-' ferner Hock und demanding hlsa sur render, but he continues to schmlle und make chokes, pefore reporters. Ven I tlnk uf id, I tink uf der historic re mark uf der oldt sergeant in Napoleon's guard. Remember vot he said in his tory, und vot he relly said? I see." savss Gus Gobhlesteinhauser, "a adfertismendt mit der headline DER BLUES' Liddle Ausustlne. vlch iss sefen years py aiche, asks 'vot iss Id, dot blues?' und I ansers, '.Blues iss a bad case uf mental indigestion.' Stubbs savss fie iss in der race to stay. Ef en der few uf us rich atmits ve are nod for him vlll belief him. ve belief, also, dot he vill sdill be in der race ven somepody else is gufferner. Miss Eddel Barrymore, der actorine, haf unvented a new atfertlsing graft, und ve are all glad to meet id. She say ss she vaa robbed but der tiefs did nod steal sigsteen-tousand-dollars-vort uf chewelry. Among dem vlch desert a medal fer brafery iss Dr. Crummybine,' boss mi crobe chaser. He iss looking fer microbes in der milk. Being a wery small man, he Iss a brafe von to go agensd a full grown microbe in close kvarters. Der Florldy prissoner vlch killed sef eral members uf a mob vlch came around to lynch him, did more toward breaking oop der popular spordt den all der anti-lynch preachers in der vorldt. Might has right skinned a block any day. A nomber uf recendt murder trials, der mosd recendt uf vlch vas der Mc Donakl-Guerin case uf Chicago, treat ens to disfranchise der--men-from, prac tice in der homicide profession. Id Iss now time fer der vlmmins to kvlt kick ing aboudt "suffrage." Again ve vlsh to call der attention to der feet dot all noospaper stuff iss nod true. Vot der public needs iss a correspondence course in der art uf lo cating der 'bar sinister" of er a atfer tlsmendt. Pefore Pressldendt Roosingfuldt re tires to prifate life, he sould make a noder umportandt appolntmendt. A! lodt uf dubs haf peen knocking on hiss choice uf chob holders, und he should close fair und varmer py commissioning der fool killer. Uf Scipolo ammounted to anytlng; eKseDt es a cussing station, ve mlsrht be sorry fer id, but ve aindt. A blace mit a name vlch sounds like Insects ought to be der location uf der pump ing plant und gedt der results. -it-. t aw cTn- T uf Chon Vllkerson, sheriff. In dot story iss at .lv.iv.v-.i'-u m.- ftsuuuug minting a bulldog finally tired him oudt und chewed hiss neck. Old Chon iss der bulldog. He comes py slow freight, but catches der fast mail ad der end uf der line. Den der mail comes back by M 1 t xreiisui. Senator Depew sayss Morgan by, a Cortelyou stopped der panic. Uf he be liefs dot dese two iss capable uf a chob like dot, no doubt he vill retain dem to stop der panic venefer HISS name la mentioned in polite society. POINTED PARAGRAPHS. From the Chicago News. hunt a Job tomorrow. It is up to the dental student to take: drawing lessons. About the only law recognised b love Is the mother-in-law, "OW man 'ools himself when ha thinks he Is fooling his wife! Ever notice how particular a bald man is about the care of his hair? Ignorance might be bliss if somebody did not think it his duty to put us wise. Some bachelors hurry through life aa if leap year widows were chasing them. Ton will rA kiii-th. a i T -"-v m una now much good there is in the world if v MUtts notice. The surer a. r11 1 oKf ,7v o- man s DC- nsAn lIe. wit? h,er the les re sha iuvb witn mm. Of course men are not vain, but just tell a man of go that he doesn't look sV day over SO and watch the effect. The more money a crirl ha tn U,e easier it will be to? her"tonnd 2 leap-year match. 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