The Topeka State Journal (Topeka, Kansas)
September 11, 1908

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THE TOPESA DAILT STATE JOTTRITAI FRIDAY EVEKING, SEPTEMBEB 11, 1903. mm sti'ie jouitm. Br PRAXK P. MAO UEXflAJI. IKntarad July 1. 1871k as icowl-cl niattar a( tea poaiomoa at unoer tn act or oonirmi VOLUME XXXV ....No. 229 uOictal utato Paper, Official Paper Ciiy of TnwH. IKKMS Of SUBSCRIPTION. Dally edition, delivered by err!. 1 caota a week to any part of Topafta. or suburbs, or at tba aama price In auj Kao eas towoa wbara ta Pr aao a carrier tratara. P mall, ona year r man. tnraa ciontne fcaturriay edition nf dall. ona yaar... T&UJU'tlOMKaV Rtialneaa Offleo .....................B2 J?J Bualnea OfTlea "l, ,i JZJ Reporter' Room BP JI Reporter Room -i"? J Frank P. Mn-Lnmin ...Iwi. TO "E.K11ANENT HOUE Tor-eha State Journal butKMnj. l" 02 Kanass twim, corner of TOrttb. J Tor It Off io: Flatfron bulldlaa. Twanty-thtrd atraet. cornet- Ftflb avaan aril Broadway. Panl Block, manager. Chicago Officer Hartford buudin. rM ElorW. manarr. 11U LEASED WTRB ftTTPCRT OF THE ASMKXATKO PRRRB. Tn State Journal lu a maniber cf tba Associated Preea and receives the fun day telegraph report of that treat oewa or ganisation for the oxorualva afternoon .:Hi)ratloa la Topeka. It he bowb la ncriml In Tba "Jtatw Jour Put building over wtrao far thle eole pur pnaa. Probably the birds of the atr have topped laughing at the efforts of the aviators and are now exceedingly Jeal ous of Orville Wright and his great aeroplane. Uncle Joe" Cannon says that he'll Borer Vote for a la,w that favors ona class over another. A,nd It's not likely that any of the candidates for office tiow before the people would publicly express any other sentiments on this proposition. UTrom the- deadlock that has develop ed In the special session of the Iowa legislature which has been called to elect an United States senator it Is evident that It will be an extra session in mora ways than one. It will be an extra long- one. It's lamentable but none the less true that there were a few Individuals at the fair grounds during the past few days who were not In pens but who. If they had been, would undoubtedly have taken the first premiums in the champion hog class. A report comes from Washington that In'President Roosevelt's final message to congress he will recommend the in creasing of the regular standing army to 100,000 men. The people will anx: lously await the reasons for such a move if the president really has it in contemplation. Speaking of crop shortages this year the Washington Herald has discovered that there is a decided one in chorus girls. It thinks that this is perhaps due to the larger growth of common sense, which has taught the girls that the Joys and delights of home and home folks, even though they are humble, re more to be desired than the brief butterfly existence of the stage. Mr. Taft's whirlwind tour through Ohio on Tuesday shows that he is quite capable of undertaking the arduous task of an extensive speaking cam paign, such as he has planned. Not only Is he physically fit to do this work but he makes a great Impression on the stump and the probabilities are that tha more he speaks the more will lib enhance his chances for success. The attention of thb .police Is re spectfully called to the fact that dur ing the busiest hours of the day cer tain motorcyclists seem to have set apart two blocks on Kansas avenue between Eighth and Tenth avenues as speeding and testing grounds for their maohlrtes. And they run them faster than any of the automobiles In the city bare, been seen to go and that is cer tainly going some. IX dispatch from Galveston has been ant broadoast to the effect that 150,000 Itegro Republicans In that state have deserted Mr. Taft and will support Bryan. The Republican voting popula tion of Texas must have Increased ma terially In the past four years. That long ago the total vote In Texas for the Republican national ticket was only t,tt and there are a few white Re publican voters In Texas at that. 8am Gompers evidently does not know when he has his hands full. In addition to delivering the labor vote to Bryan, which the average person would think would be more than one man's Job, he has also started on the trail of Speaker Cannon and proposes -to de feat him for re-election to congress. If Mr. Gompers will only undertake a few more things the chances are that he win fall in accomplishing most of them and possibly all of them. Topekans extend a hearty welcome to Dr. Prank Knight Sanders, the new president of Washburn college. They are proud to have such an adequate Institution of learning In the city. They re proud that it has achieved such a wonderful success and they feel sure that its progress will be advanced In all ways under the direction of Dr. Sanders, who has a high reputation and a well earned one among the prominent educators of the country. i Forensic gayety Is to be added to the already voluble national campaign. Mr. Taft has decided to go on a rather ex tensive speechmaking tour through the middle west. This decision Is welcome as It discounts the story which has been given wide circulation that the Re publican managers were not going to allow their candidate to do any talk ing in the campaign for the reason that he was sure to put an impolitic foot Into it everytime he made a speech. Once In a great while a case develops of the office seeking the man.' This saems to be so In the nomination by the Independence -party of John W, Northrup, of Wichita, as Us candidate for governor of Kansas. Mr. Northrup did not know that this honor had been thrust upon him until he read of It In the newspapers. He is making no pre dictions as yet as to the chances for his success at the polls. It's the pre vailing opinion, however, that they are not extensive. THE EFFECTS OF BAD BOOKS. A youth of a Pennsylvania city, having confined himself to a menial diet of thrilling dime novels. h; turn ed holdup man. It Is a perfectly nat ural outcome of cause and effect, and often occurred before, and will often occur again. Ideas and temperaments are moulded by what Is read. The moral as well as the mental effects f reading can not be overestimated. An author has said that the kind of man a person admires la the kind of man he is. Persons' admirations are magnets that draw them unconsclousry In their direction. A people may be known ty the men It elevates for popular esteem. The nation that elevates its military heroes Into something like gods will seldom be at peace. The nation that noias scholarship, art and music in rever ence will increase in culture. For popular thought controls a nation's course and destiny far more than does its laws. The harmful effect of elevating bad men as heroes in popular opinion can not be measured. The one boy who turns bandit and the thousands of boys wTio turn to crime in lesser degrees as the result of worship of a desperado are only surface Indications of degra dation which is general. To make a desperado a hero Is to warp the morals of millions of youth. Shakespeare delineated the charac ters of many bad men and bad women, but none of them emerges from the plot as triumphant hero or heroine. He nor any other writer who has re gard for true realism or ethical effect ever makes a winning hero of a Jesse James or a Frank Tracy. He finds a higher dramatic effect In stringing them up to trees. But the baneful effects of bad reac. Ing are by no means confined to beys. Thousands of girls and grown up women have their minds warped and enervated by trashy love stories. They transport themselves to a world far distant from the real one. They unfit themselves for a useful and happy life. Every aspect of existence is distorted. Every right Ideal Is shattered ana dis placed with diseased imaginings. The importance of good associations is pretty well realized. It would be well for boys and girls, for women anc also men to remember that when books are chosen for associates tney too should be of the best. POE'S RKAL MONUMENT. Certain high-browed gentlemen. who edit literary Journals Intended for the perusal of other high-brcjrved gen tlemen, are exceedingly perturbed In their spirits over the fact that in Janu ary next there occurs the centenary of the birth of Edgar Allen Poe. They are trying to settle among themselves how best to celebrate this significant date In American literature. Some have proposed a monument in Richmond; others think one should be erected In Baltimore, and still others want some sort of a memorial hall at his alma mater, the University of "Virginia. In each case certain ladylike men have vigorously protested against a memorial of any kind to Poe. "To Poe, indeed!" "Why, the creature was a human being like the most or us. with his weaknesses and frailties! Really he drank, drank to excess if certain veracious chroniclers are to be be lieved." There Is no intention here to defend drunkenness. It has caused as much sin and sorrow as any other frailly in the world. But is it not rather late and Infinitely little to visit upon tht. dead Poe a spiteful punishment for a frailty of which the unfortunate was the chief sufferer? Think of it! This man wrote a few poems which have melodies like those the angels sing when their hearts are attuned to highest happiness. He wrote prose as few in the past one hundred and fifty years have been able to write it. Ho was one of the scant two or tnree who have achieved imperishable glory for literature produced by American-?. He wrote not a line that was subver. sive of good morals. And yet some animalcules raise up their voices In super-righteous protest against cele brating Poe's centenary-. Well let it be so. The man who wrote "Annabel Lee" and "To Helen," the man who penned a half dozen masterpieces In prose has a monument more enduring than pillar of stone, more beautiful than bust of bronze. PREJUDICING THE CASE. One of the canons of ethics for the guidance of members of the legal profession drafted by a committee of the American Bar association has to do with newspaper publications by a lawyer as to ponding or anticipated litigation which may Interfere with a fair trial in the courts. It is held that generally such publications are to be condemned, but if the ex treme circumstances of a particular case justify a statement to the public an ex parte reference to the facts should not go beyond quotation from the records and papers on file in the court. The problem here presented would appear to be an extremely difficult one with which to deal. Lawyers might adopt rules by which their con duct could be governed, of course, al though it is no secret that in all mat ters pertaining to discipline they are very Indulgent in their attitude toward one another. They have had much to say first and last about questionable methods and the unprofessional course that is frequently pursued, but, as a rule, they are careful not to mention any names and attorneys of shady reputation are raraly disbarred. Granting, however, that lawyers could be reached and restrained In the premises, it becomes necessary to con sider the public individuals who pro-:, coed on the theory that the blessing of free speech Is among their birth rights and- who are only too anxious to talk. The opinion may be ventured that of late years one of the -weakest links In the chain of criminal Jurisprudence Is that which connects the Jury and the people who constitute the prosecu tion, the state which appears against the defendant and In whose interests the trials are conducted. It seems to be more and more the custom to at tempt to prejudice the case, to create popular sentiment usually In favor of the accused. Citizens who are not sworn, who are not subjected to cross examination and who may not be called as witnesses, even, axe at lib erty to throw any light they may choose upon the details of this or that tragedy. They may tell the truth or they may lie. Just what Influence such efforts may have upon the verdict rendered it Is impossible to determine. Practically, there is reason to believe that often It is considerable, though theoretically it produces no effect. No safeguards that can be employed will serve to keep jurymen from a certain atmos phere arising from public sentiment and, as intimated, prejudice of that sort Is apparently unavoidable. JOURNAL ENTRIES It's useless for a man to try to keep from marrying the wrong woman. Most children don't mind going to school. It's the staying there that bothers them. Light frequently reaches the break ing point with some people when It's in the form of a gas bill. When airships get into general use it will be perfectly proper for a love lorn swain to ask the object of his affections to flv with him. Set it down for a fact that a man who complains cf dyspepsia, prickly heat, mosquito bites, biliousness and a sense of utter loss has just returned from a vacation. Several cherry trees near Hutchin son are reported to be blooming now for a second time this season. Tneyve probably become imbued with the tnsky spirit of the town. Wichita is to be congratulated. There's one woman in that city, ac cording to the Beacon, that knows how to get on and oft the street cars. She hops to and from them Just like a man. Many people living around Benning ton state positively that a frost visited that place during the early hours or a recent morning. And such a tnmg as Joints are not known in that righteous town. Junction City need not boast overly much about having an apple tree lr Its vicinity on which there are apples weighing three-quarters of a pound each. Many bigger apples r grown all over Kansas. ,:w K.i H. Miles Moore, a member ot the original iownsite company of Leaven worth, celebrated his eighty-first birthday the other day. He was twice hanged by the neck m Border da vs. and is one of the few men who com pletely recovered from the experience. It's not so long ago that the Smoky river was a raging torrent ana doing Its share to make disastrous floods In Kansas. Now there Is so llttie water In the stream that it is stagnant, a green scum having begun to form on it. Such are the strange ways of nature. A Gazette reader Informs this de partment that the red ant scare Is a false alarm. "It is easy enough to drive red ants out of a house," says she; "scatter some sage leaves where the critters make their headquarters, and the" will soon pull their freight for happier scenes." Emporia Gazette. According to the Sun. plans are un der way to notify the Parsons man who has been nominated as candidate for member of the high school board. The committee having the matter in charge is compelled to work secretly. so the man won't know he is nomi nated until he gets It officially. The plans call for a meeting on the lawn. GLOBE SIGHTS. From the Atchison Globe. Some men are always having a "ter rible time." Some people act ridiculous and then become Indignant because people tell it. A man always likes to meet people who have the same grievance he has. If you promise to be at a certain place at a certain time, get there, or send a note that you can't come. When a man says his sickness is due to overwork, everybody scoffs save those who love him. How many will that be In your case? Before raising any question over a friend's unusual pronunciation of a word, wait until you have a secret conference with your dictionary. Think over the worrying you did yesterday. It certainly did you no good, but it certainly did you harm. Think of this the next time you feel grumpy. If you have what' people call a "pre monition of trouble," talce a pill, soak your feet in hot water, and go early to bed. AH such forebodings arise from physical ailments. When a man is accused, he begins by saying, "These attacks of my ene mies will not Injure me. I have lived here too long to need a defense," and then he proceeds to give one. When a woman Is first married, she fears her husband is so brave and gen erous that he will get hurt some day, rushing into a dangerous place to do a noble act, but she is not long In finding out that on that score he is perfectly safe. The polite people are the ones who are the most welcome everywhere, and who are admired and often liked for no other reason than that they are po lite. Try the use of a little of it in your manners; if used exactly in the right way. it will smooth your path considerably. If used to excess it is worse than rudeness. The little boys might make money by hiring themselves out as escorts. There are said to be a number of eld erly unmarried women who would like to go places In the evening, but they are afraid to go alone, and stay at home rather than Impose on their friends. A Bureau of Messengers to Act as Escorts to Unprovided Women. War ranted to be Gentlemanly and Prompt, would na.v In Atchison. JAYHAWKER JOTS KANSAS COMMENT THE -SUPERFLUOUS MAN. "arry Kendall Thaw will remain In i- aA. PouShkeepsie until further no tice, the court having declined to have mn3. transferred to another prison. The custodian, of the Jail made an eLoqiJent Plea in favor of the removal oi Thaw, pointing out that he was a nuisance. He occupies an entire cor ridor, with the contiguous cells; his apartments look like the private offices ot a- captain of Industry; he has his meals sent in from the hotels, and he has everything that contributes to human happiness, except his liberty, .aturally, the other prisoners, who have none of the comforts of- home, a wn have to eat whatever is shov eled into them, are mutinous. These and many other grievances were dwelled upon by the stately warden, he of the wrought iron bar, but It was decided that Thaw shall remain where he is, until the tangle of litigation in which he is involved is straightened out. There must be something extraor dinarily disagreeable about Thaw; he has a wonderful faculty for makinc enemies; wherever ho goes, it Is always me same; jailers, prisoners, doctors, lawyers, all sorts and conditions of men, begin to hate Thaw as soon as they have anything to do with him. He Is a universal nuisance, and the effort of the stately warden to have him removed from the jail was prob ably Inspired, not so much by consid eration for the welfare of the other prisoners, as by a cankering dislike of Thaw. It is said to be Impossible to feel any sympathy for the young man, once having met him. Ho grew up with the idea that his money exalted him above the ordinary run of human beings, and he regards others as inferior beings, graciously provided bv Providence, to act as his servants. He doesn't know how to ask a favor, but is always issu ing commands. No Abyssinian po tentate was ever more arrogant. In jails and asylums he treats the ward ens and keepers as a feudal lord might have treated his vassals, and they naturally don't take kindly: to it. The superintendent of the Mattea wan asylum for the criminal Insane Is quoted as expressing the heartfelt hope that Thaw would never again darken the doors of that institution. And so, whether he Is insane or not, the slay er of White occupies a position unique. as being the most disagreeable man in the world, so disagreeable that he Is consid-ered a bore In Jails and asy lums, where the worst Is expected. In this capacity he Is worth studying, but the student will find it comfortable to make his researches at long range. Emporia Gazette.,. OLDAGE. One of the difficulties of attaining extreme old age is the numerous meth ods of living recommended for long life. Mention was made in the Globe yester day of a woman, living in New York, who has passed the century mark, and who attributes her longevity to long walks and cold paths, both of which doubtless have health-producing quali ties. Mrs: Mary McGeehan was 106 years old last month, and still works about her farm in County Donegal, Ireland, with all of her faculties unim paired. She attributes her good health and extreme age to a diet of oatmeal, which has been her principal food for years. And nearly every person who outlasts the. allptted span gives a dif ferent system, which makes the pro' blem difficult. But at least one general rule seems to apply to most of those who enjoy good health for a long life: They are simple in their habits, and temperate as to food and drink. The kind of a physique and constitution you inherited from your ancestors has a bearing on the matter, of course, but a good constitution can be suddenly wrecked through dissipation and abuse, and a weak one can be strengthened by proper care. Atchison Globe. FROM OTHER PENS THE UNREST IN INDIA. The spirit of discontent and unrest which has been in evidence in India for more than a year past, and which has led to a number of small out breaks. appears to be gradually spreading to all Asia. The transfor mation going on in China is an evi dence of the same feeling of restless ness, and the upheaval in Persia is also another symptom. The last sec tion of the ancient continent to de velop symptoms Is French Indo-Chlna. The situation In Indo-China is only different in degree from that existing in India proper. The people have be come disaffected and discontented by educated native agitators, and some outbreaks against the French authori ties have occurred, although there has been nothing like a general upheaval. Like in British India, the population is of mixed race, differing in religion and Interests and utterly incapable of working together, much less of com bining to drive out European rule. New Orleans Picayune. x VEGETATING. After long and careful consideration of the matter. At has been decided that medicine and doctors and such are useless. All one has to do to keep healthy is to eat the right vegetables at the right time. This decision is forced by various and sundry articles and recommendations in divers papers and magazines. Notes taken show, among other things, the following: Spinach Is one of the best aperients known, and it is also good in stomach troubles. Carrots cure gout. Celery is a nerve tonic, and. as it contains sulphur, is excellent in case of rheu matism. For a sluggish liver, nothing is superior to tomatoes. Parsnips will purify the blood; watercress is also, valuable for the same purpose. If there is anything wrong with your chest, eat bananas. Beets will help you put on flesh; asparagus will stim ulate the kidneys. Lettuce -will soothe the nerves and correct insomnia; onions also contain nerve food. Cleveland Leader. PUBLIC MONEY A SACRED TRUST. A paramount issue of the times is the defense of the public treasurer against lavish appropriations, padded contracts, official plunder, exorbitant salaries and graft of all kinds. The principle is that the people's money is held as a sacred trust for the people and not for indi viduals. This principal is violated ev ery day. There is a sort of sentiment that the public money is lawful prey, to be gotten by any means, so the grab ber does not get into the penitentiary It would prevent a hundred evils in this country if every citizen would refuse to vote for any man or any crowd that took a dollar out of the treasury that was not honestly earned, it makes no difference how they got the money, whether by law or contract. As long as the people are indifferent as to how a man got his money from the public treasury, so long will the public service he a. temDtation to corruption and poli tics be tainted with selfish scheming. flfel Btata Journal. THE WAY THEY WORK IT. When the little Podunk doctor Finds his repertoire of pills Proves entirely unavailing To relieve your aches and ills ile advises consultation With some big gun in the town, the city doctor gets vou hen tho countryman falls down. 'Wen the mtenty city doctor Finds his potions and his drugs m1?1 'cur vour aching bo:?y Of bacilli and of bugs H advises rural quiet To upbuild your system slumped iv the country doctor gets you When the city man Is stumped New York Sun. Like Fairy Tale Heroine. Like the heroine of a fairy tale. Miss Elsie J. Murphy of 9833 Hager man street, Wisslnoming, has been re warded for a kind deed by the sudden gift of riches. Several years ago, while living in Horsham, Pa., Elsie befriended an aged woman by defend ing her against other children of the village who believed her to be mad and who accepted every opportunity to plague her. The Murphys 'moved to Wissinom lng, and Elsie had forgotten even the name of the aged woman when only a few days ago she received a bulky envelope stamped with the letter head of a Philadelphia lawyer. Inside was the copy of the will of Mrs. Howard Frey Irwin, who died in the city of New York early in July, and who be queathed the bulk of her estate, amounting to several thousand dollars, to Elsie Johanna Murphy, "in memory of her great kindness to a stranger.'- Inclosed with the will was a letter from Charles Bowman, the lawyer, who had forwarded it. The letter said that several weeks had been required to find Miss Murphy's residence, as the only address given in the will was the one at Horsham. The letter further said that identification was now com plete and that Miss Murphy was tha heir to a small fortune. The young heiress did not seem at all overcome by her good fortune yes terday afternoon when a reporter call ed. She was sitting on her front door step, a very pretty girl in a very much mussed gingham dress. "Yes. I'm Elsie Murphy," she said. "Yes. I'm the one who had all the money left to me, but I won't get It for a very long time. I'm only 12 now and they won't give it to me till I'm 21. That's ages," she said, and seei ed to lose all interest in the matter. Elsie's mother was more communi cative. "I remember Mrs. Irwin very well," she said. "The children used to think she was crazy, and whenever she would walk past the village school they would run out to make fun of her or even to throw stones. Elsie never liked to see any one hurt, and would take the old lady's part, often walking home with her to see that she was not molested. One day she called at the school and asked the teacher who Elsie was. and after that she called to see us several times. That was almost two years ago and I've forgotten the old lady's name, but I'm sure i must have been she who left Elsie the money." -Philadelphia Press. Tale of Italian AVitcli. Is it possible that witches still exist and find -credulous victims to cozen and fleece? It la true the voodoo woman may be found in the South, and the medicine man is not yet extinct amonj the Indian tribes, yet they are believed to be survivals only possible among the uncivilized of the negro and Indian people. Yet the real witch with the caldron in which she brews her magic philters, with her spells and curses, are things so wholly of the past that it i3 a shock to read: of a sorceress having been arrested in 'fair Perugia. Perhaps the account Is the invention of a news paper Teporter bound to produce a sen sation f of the benefit of his JournL However that may be, the story Is a good one. It sets forth, with a due care for de tails, the maze of alleys in a suburb of the city, where a house whose doors are closed to all but women who seek powerful love potions to bring back the affections of! lost lovers, or fatal draughts that, shall properly serve faithless husbands shelters a famous sorceress. Rumors having got about concerning the unholy rites and ceremonies prac ticed in that house, the police, so the story goes, gain admittance through a pretext, seize the witch and search the premises, and find its walls hung with mysterious symbols, human skulls and bones, heads of various animals, st ran Re weapons, many books of evil import, full of Incantations and spells, and other aids such as witches are supposed to Use. The woman, who was old and supposed to be fabulously wealthy, was seized and all her para phernalia collected and conveyed away for trial, and all Perugia, and presum ably Italy, is supposed to be in a state of suspense until the worst is known. Supposing this tale true, what would be an adequate punishment for a witch? In the good old times, so much lamented, there would have been but one end possible. The witch would have been burned at the stake. Bat in 1908 a term of Imprisonment is prob ably the worst that could happen; and that wouhi be a flat ending to the stry. But the days of what is called romance are over. Springfield Repub lican. Blind Men Seldom Smoke. Blind men seldom smoke. Those who were inveterate smokers in their sight ed days find that after, losing their sight a pipe or a cigar bias no attrac tion for them. The man who has no eyes to watch the smoke curl and drift about his head apparently has no use for a cigar. Smoking to the absolutely blind is something different from smok ing in the dark. Besides, few persons smoke in total darkness. Usually there Is starlight or firelight enough to en able a man to keep track of the smoke. When deprived of that fascinating pas time tlw cigar loses its charm, and the man who is blind resigns himself to a smokeless old age. New sork Press. POINTED PARAGRAPHS. From the Chicago News. A good poker hand is composed of calling cards. And it sometimes happens that a bad boy makes good. If you owe any man a grudge pay It and get it ore your. mina. Many an elopement Is innocently planned by the girrs parents. As some men climb the ladder of success they push others off. It's easier to get a bad reputation than it Is to keep a good one. The recording angel hasn't time to make a note ot your good intentions. After an offlceseeker has been defeat ed at the polls he begins to pose as a reformer. People may not call you a fool, but that is no sign they don't think you are one. It makes the average man unhappy to see his wife working for anybody but himself. If there is anything busier than Idle curiosity, will some one please chase it across the stage? A sian always has something he wants to sell and a woman always knows of something she wants to buy. THE EVENING STORY The Ride of Nelson's Jim. (By Clarissa Mackie.) "Here, you, Jim! Harness up and take Phoebe over to Sheldon's!" Seth Nelson smiled sardonically at the whitening face of his farm hand. "Git a move on you, now; Phoebe and Owen are going to -town this ar ternoon to buy wedding trumpetry! Owen's too busy to come after her. so do you harness up and take her over." The farmhand slowly clenched his big, brown hands while the muscles of his strong neck hardened Into rigid corde "So you're going to let her marry that that he panted between his teeth, when the older man interrupt ed him angrily: "Shut up! It's none of your busi ness you ain't no kin to her! This sister and brother business ends right here! When I took you out of the asylum I took you to help with the work and not as a member of the family! Don't you dare to. open your mouth to Phoebe till you git to Shel don's; she's tickled to death to git him," he added, cruelly, as he walked away. Without another word, Jimcom monly known as "Nelson's Jim" walked toward the barn. Presently he drove around to the side entrance of the house, where Phoebe Nelson awaited him, shy and fluttering, her delicate checks alternately flushing and paling as he helped her into the buggy. "Good-bye,. Ma," she called in a high treble voice, waving her hand at the dining-room window. Mrs. Nelson's motherly face -appeared for an instant, clouded with anxiety. "Take good care of her, Jim," she called after them. Jim turned and nodded grimly at her. And then, with lips set a hard. straight line, as if he would repress the speech that had been forbidden him, he flung out his whip with a stinging lash across the mare's flank. Phoebe uttered, a frightened cry. "Be careful, Jim! You know Bess won't stand tho whip, and I'm afraid!" She turned an appealing glance toward him, but his eyes were fixed straight ahead between the pointed ears of the little black mare. "What's the matter, Jim? You act so queer! I suppose you're mad about Owen and me, but I couldn't help it Pa just settled everything without asking me, and and I hate Owen Sheldon! I don't want to marry a widower!" Her voice broke suddenly, but his stern young face did not relax. Still he made no re ply. "Jim! What's the matter?" she cried again. No reply. "Oh, dear!" she was crying softly now under the wide brim of her flower-trimmed hat. "I don't want to go you know why, and Ma knows, Jim she likes you best you're aw ful mean to make me tell it!" Nelson's Jim turned tender fcrowa eyes upon the young girl, and -the hard lines about his mouth softened. His lips parted for an instant and then shut with a little click of his toeth. They had not yet reached Sheldon's farm. There was a long silence, then. The little black mare plunged bravely through the sand of the shore road. and emerged into the highway at a point opposite the long lane of locust trees which led to Sheldon's. At this point Jim again applied his whip, and they flashed past the entrance to the lane, and whirled away down the hill toward town with a shimmering stream of golden sand pouring from the tires and settling in their wake. "Oh, Jim!" cried Phoebe, with a frightened gasp. "What are you do ing? Pa will kill me, so he will! And Owen he's got a-terrible tem per!" She clutched his arm fran tically. Then Jim spoke. "I got a terrible temper myself," he said savagely. "I been holding it in for twelve years because I was waiting to grow up so's I could meet your father on his own ground. He's twitted mo with being an asylum boy and having no name I've found out all about It. I ain't no lost heir, Phoebe, but I've got a name it's Browning all my folks are dead, long ago. I've- saved money and I can take care of you. I'm going to the Baptist preacher's now is it all right, Phoebe or shall I take you back to Owen?" Phoebe hid her blushing face on his shoulder. "I ll go with you, Jim," she whispered, "and. I guess I ain't afraid of Pa and Owen after all."

Three hours later "Nelson's Jim" drove through the farm gate with his pale little wife clinging to his arm. Seth Nelson raging around the yard with a shot gun in one hand, while his wife thrust a frightened face from the kitchen door. With a quick leap Jim reached the ground, and grasped the barrel of the weapon as Nelson raised It to his shoulder. "It ain't loaded, you old. fool!" he shouted, as he wrested the gun from the farmer and leaned it against the woodshed. "Now, you listen to me, Seth- Nelson I If you open your mouth", before I tell you to, I'll knock you down!"' The old' man's face worked savage ly He glanced toward 'the carriage, and raised his fist against the shrink ing girl. He opened his mouth as if to speak. "Shut up!" commanded his son-ln-. .law authoritatively. "Now, see here, my name's Browning!" The farmer started incredulously. "My name's Browning." repeated Jim emphatically. "This here lady is my wife! Mrs. Browning is her name Mrs. James Browning. It's a nice name eh?" Seth Nelson scowled sullenly at his farmhand. "If you want to be a father to her, and a father-in-law to me you can act decent about it! We love each other and we got marnec. I got $900 in the bank and I can take care of hc. We'll board here and I'll work for you hands is scarce but you've got to remember we won't be bullied!" -You vou you stuttered the farmer wildly, but his son-in-law cut him short with a wave of the hand, and climbed into tne "ew turned it around. As they drove to ward the gate. Nelson strode after them. He cast one look around the barnyard, the unfinished chores, then awav across the swelling acres wait ing for the mowing machine and the anger settled Into chagrin. "Say, you. Jim Browning you and your wife can board here if you want to," he said reluctantly. "And what?" demanded 'Jim Browning curtly. Seth Nelson saw the tearful face of his wife in the doorway, and his grim face softened. "And welcome!" he replied with a wry smile. (Copyrighted, 1908, by. Associated Literary press.) HUMOR OP THE DAY On to the Rimu "T tru nv r.th.' er must have been a pretty bad boy," said one youngster. "Why?" Inquired the other. "Hecausn Via tnnw. ly what questions to ask when he wants to know what I've been doing."" Washington Star. How Smltherx ttnt T?ii "Ani1 so Smlthers died of hydrophobia?" les; poor cnapi" "How did it hap pen?" "He put too much horseradish About 2,999? Mrs. Bavemm I see that soap was discovered over 3.000 years ago. Mr. Savemm And how long after that did woman discover th wra.nnera n-n volnahl.4 -D.,lr on his bologna and It bit his tongue." tunica go in ewa. "Smith tells me he has been gradu ated from an automobile school." "Yes; he feelingly refers to It as 'alma ma ter.' "Puck. She Darling, would you lay down your life for me? He Gladly, dearest." She Then suppose you start right In by breaking the news of our engage ment to father. Philadelphia Record. "It's really distressing to think," said the wealthy Mr. Farrasy, "that many very common and ignorant people wlll'; be admitted to heaven." "Well," re plied Mr. Cutting, "that needn't worry you." Philadelphia Press. "I admire patience an' self-control," said Uncle Eben, "but when I sees a man dat kin keep on smilin' after he done bruise his thumb wif a hammer, I can't help bein' s'picious of his ca pacity foh deceit." Washington Star. "That man tinkering at that auto mobile was a poor man only a couple of years ago, now he's a successful business man. He's a great pusher!" "Well, he needs to be a great pusher II he expects to get that auto back home!" Town and Country. Mr. Uglimug This portrait doesn't look a bit like me. Artist I know it. I was afraid to make It exactly like you for fear you wouldn't take it. Philadelphia Telegraph. "You are a poor young man?" "I am." "Then what you want is a thrifty, economical wife." "Not at all What I want is a rich, liberal wife." f Pittsburg Post. "Why doesn't Smith call In his fam ily physician? Has he lost confidence in him?" "No; the doctor has lost con fidence in Smith." Llpplncott's. "I guess pa must have passed a lot of time at the dentist's when he was in New York," said Johnny Green. "Why do you think so?" queried his mai 'Cause I heard him tell a man today1 that it cost him nearly $300 to get his eye-tooth cut," replied Johnny. Chi cago News. Waiter Haven't you forgotten some thing, sir? Diner Great Scott, yes; my wife told me to water the plants w'hlie she is away. New York Sun. They were on their honeymoon and were climbing the Schnufelgapspltzen peak, and she stood above him some twenty feet. "What ho!" he. gasped. "What do you see?" "Far, far below," she cried, "I see a long white streak, stretching like a paper ribbon back al most to our hotel!" "Ha, ha!" he ejaculated. "I'll bet it's that blessed hotel bill overtaking us!" Argonaut. An expert golfer had the misfortune to play a particularly vigorous stroke at the moment that a seedy wayfarer wandered across the edge of the course. The ball struck the trespasser and rendered him briefly Insensible. When he recovered a $5 bill was pressed into his hand by the golfer. "Tanky, sir." said the injured man after a glance at the money. "An" when will yon be playin' again, sir?" Argonaut. "If time hangs heavily on your hands, why don't you go into politics?'' "A man as rich as I am," answered Mr. Dustin Stax, "doesn't dare go into politics. He is considered lucky if they let him shove a card under the door with a check attached to it." Wash ington Star. QUAKER MEDITATIONS. From the Philadelphia Record Many a man's sympathy gets further than the telling. Money makes the mare go, but you can't get gasolene for nothing. Any man can learn to love if the girl makes the lessons easy enough. The man -who says he never told a tie probably thinks he might Just as well tell another one as not. Blobbs "Blessings often come dis guised." Slobbs "Yes, and the clev-. erest disguise in the world." Miss Antique "I could scarcely trust my ears." Miss Pert "I should think they were quite old enough to be trusted." "Yes, I take in boarders," announc ed the sour-visaged landlady. "Ah, then, they admit it?" queried the-applicant, with a wan smile. "Married life is frequently unhap py," mused the Cynical Bachelor, "be cause a woman can't always distin guish between a man's peace of mind and a piece of hers." "Life has its ups and downs," mus ed the Wise Guy. "Yes." assented the Simple Mug, "with one man in a thou sand getting the ups and the other 9 the downs. Wigg "Don't you think It is rather dangerous for Bjones to allow that rich old uncle of his to run his auto mobile? Why, the, old man must be over 80." Wagg "Exactly. And BJones is his sole heir."- REFIiECTIOXS OF A BACHELOR, From the New York Press. r A boy can learn some very good habits by not adopting any of his father's. your remuvn; n unci win power to be nice to them. There is no better way for a girl to ne unpopular wun oiner girls than to bo DODuIar with men. "...aii iumng all her hair is how curly what she gets to take its place can be. When her husband can fix her sew ing machine for her a woman ran never understand how he isn't a grand success in business.

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