The Topeka State Journal (Topeka, Kansas)
December 14, 1908

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOUENAL MONDAY EVENING. DECEMBER 14, 1908. 4 TOPEKA STATE JOURS AL By FRANK P. MAO LEXNAX. "Entered July 1, 1K75. a second-class matter at the postoffioa at Topcka. K&nu. under the act of congreaa. .VOLUME XXXV K- 308 Official State Paper. Official Paper City of Topeks. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Dally edition, delivered by carrier, w cents a week to any part of Topek or suburbs, or at the sama price In any Kn aa town where the paper haa a carrier system. By malt, one year to By mall, three month 1 00 Saturday edition of dally, one year... TELEPHONES. Business Office """""lnd VH Business Office-. 577 Reporters' Room """Tnd 56 Reporters Room fnj 700 Frank B. MacUnean 1 PERMANENT HOMB. Topeka State Journal u"dl"flh 02 Kansas avenue, corner of t New Tork Office: at,r0?fYh -venue Twenty-third street, corner Fifth vn.uo and Broadway. Pa.BJ?ehumgaaul Chlcaifo OfTtee: Hartford building. Block, maramr. PI'LTj LEASED WTOE TKTPpKT Or THE ASSOCIATET PKESS. publication In Topeka. Jonr- The news is received In The pal building over wtres for this sole pnr ane. Oh Joy The helpful hen has sot ten over her grouch. She Is begin ning to lay eggs again with her ac customed diligence. An interesting point in a case to tablish the identity of a man which j, to come up soon in tho federal court at St. Louis is as to whether or rot brown eyes can change to blue. Whv not? Eyes of most any old col.V wlll" change to green when envy fills the soul of their possessor. Reports from the fashion centers are to the effect that the new spring styles for women have already been decided upon and goods of strange, and here tofore unheard of hues are in the making for them. This means ad ditional worries for the fair sex, many of whom have not their fall suits paid for as yet. Eight cents a quart, the prevailing price of milk In this city, is looked upon by many as a rather fancy figure for the lacteal fluid. But in New Tork city those who can afford it pay 0 cents a quart for their milk and the man who sells it at this price says there is no money in it. He also de clares that the farmer who furnishes this high grade of milk only makes about 2 per cent on the cost of its production. There is to be free trade with the Philippines with exceptions of course. A certain amount of sugar and tobacco grown in these islands is to be ad mitted free of duty and then there is to be a tariff on all of these com modities over those amounts which aro ent into this country. A lmlf .a loaf is better than none, to be sure, but full justice will not be done to the Fili pinos until they are treated in this re gard exactly as are the Porto Ricans and Hawaiians. Mr. Meyer, the postmaster general, (s in doubt as to where he will for ward letters which reach the post offices this year addressed to Santa Claus. What's the matter? Has the old fellow Changed the address of his toy shop and reindeer stables Pos sibly, for he is a crafty chap. Any how, this indecision of Mr. Meyer ought not to discourage Santa Claus' correspondents. He'll get -most of the letters that are written to him. Some of them may go astray, but then the letters of the older folks occasionally miss theid destinations. Another voice, and this time a mighty one, has been added to the chorus favoring a real state fair. F. T. Coburn, secretary of the state de partment of agriculture, declares that the establishment of a state fair will be a good investment for Kansas. And he knows. Most people in the state seem to have been awake to this, fact for quite a time back with -the ex ception of the members of past legislatures. However, a new and up-to-date legislature will get busy in January and It is likely that its mem bers will do the right thing in this re tard as in all others. Congressman Dan Anthony's argu ment that the contruction of a mili tary road between Forts Leavenworth and Riley will in reality be an eco nomical move on the part of the fed eral government, because of the an nual army "hikes" between these points which are becoming most im portant features of the army ma neuvers, is an excellent one. If Mr. Anthony is successful in his endeavor to have this road built he will have done a great service to that section of Kansas through which the road will run, for the benefits that will be de rived from it will be of immeasurable value Five hundred, million dollars is more than a good round sum. That Is what, the friends of the plan for an adequate and comprehensive improve ment of the waterways of the' land think will be needed to do the work. They ask that congress authorize this expenditure through the issuance of S50.000.000 worth of bonds- annually for ten years.- It is twice, the amount of money that the Panama canal will cost, but if it is intelligently expended the benefits that will accrue to future generations from'thls great "work will more than treble the value of the big waterway -on the Isthmus of: Panama, great as It will be. One of the measures before con gress -which should receive prompt consideration and approval is the bill which proposes to appropriate a mil lion dollars annually for the erection of suitable homes and offices for United States ambassadors and con suls in foreign lands. This country ia now among1 the world's first pow ers. Its ambassadors and consuls are treated far too scantily in the matter of salaries commensurate with their high stations and the variety-of duties imposed upon them by the customs of the courts in the countries to which they are assigned. They ov ht to have adequate homes and offices and these should be provided bjr the gov FOR BETTER LEGISLATION. One of the pet plans which has prevailed for some time in the mind of Mr. Stubbs, the governor-elect, is for the creation of a legislative library or reference bureau under the charge of persons competent to help members of the legislature draft their measures so that they will hold water in the courts, and also to provide easily fac ilities in the way of reference books and other machinery for some of the legislators who are quite capable of drafting their own legislation. The proposition is an exceptionally good one and will undoubtedly be. recom mended by Mr. Stubbs in his message to the legislature. It should receive the favorable consideration of the leg islators. A bureau of legislative refer ence of this sort Is now maintained by the state of "Wisconsin and has been found to work well there. There is talk now of presenting a measure of the same sort to the next Illinois leg islature as soon as it-convenes. Some exceedingly pertinent things on the subject are contained in an editorial in a recent issue of the Chi cago News which says: "One great need of the present time is a higher grade of legislators and more efficient legislative work. The legislators are paid, small salaries, yet they are ex pected without expert assistance to frame bills that will pass the scrutiny of the courts and fit smoothly into our complicated economic system. It is no wonder that the quality of our leg islative work has been poor. Each state legislature needs the assistance of capable experts and a complete and well-classified library of reference containing information of value to lawmakers, especially the laws of oth er communities and the effects pro duced by those laws." As the News points out one of the drawbacks of the plan Is that it will not be of much benefit to the coming Illinois legislature as it can hardly be put in operation before the legislature adjourns, if the measure creating it received the most prompt and favor able attention. This Is also true of any similar effort that might be made along these lines by the approaching Kansas legislature. But the "News points out away, however, by which the bill-drafting feature of the plan might be put into operation in a mod ified form in time to be of benefit to the next legislature. It suggests that the judiciary com mittee of each branch of the legislature the house and the senate might be authorized to employ one or more good lawyers to assist in scrutinizing pending measures and -in drafting bills. In this way the legislature -would got part of the expert help of which it stands in such great need. The ex perience gained in this manner doubt less would be of benefit to the legisla tors when they undertook to make provision by law for a permanent bu reau for the gathering of information and the drafting of the bills. Of course the members of judiciary committees are generally all lawyers and many of them on these commu tes in the Kansas legislature are quite as capable as other lawyers to draft bills as near perfect in their details as it is possible to make them. But the point Is that the members of this committee have not the time to scru tinize, the great mass of legislation that falls into their hands in the way it should be unless they neglect their other legislative duties which are ex ceedingly numerous. AGAINST STOCK WATERING. A bill of far-reaching character for the further regulation and control of railroads and other corporations by the federal government has been introduced in congress by Senator Dolliver, of Iowa. It follows the suggestion conveyed by the president's message regarding the desirability of placing telegraph and tel ephone companies doing an interstate business under the control of the inter state commerce commission. But the chief design of the measure Is to stop the watering of stock by railroads and also by the telephone and telegraph companies which are brought within its provisions. This Is a corporate evil which the government may well attempt to cope with. There are probably some rail roads in this country which are not overcapitalized but on the other hand there are undoubtedly more which are loaded up with stock, a considerable portion of which Is "water." It is hardly probable that the present "water' in the stock of the railroads and other corporations can be squeezed out by statute or In any other way except on the initiative of the men who control them and there is no reason to expect that such steps will ever be taken by these gentlemen. But the future "wa terlng" of stock can be prevented. It ought to be and that is what the Dolli ver bill alms to do.' In order to give the Interstate com merce commission full supervision over the issuance of securities of Interstate concerns Senator Dolliver has incorpor ated In his bill the LaFollette plan pro viding for physical Valuation of pro perty. It is provided that no Interstate con cern shall Issue any share of stock un less: tbe par value of said stock has been paid In cash Into its treasury, or unless it is issued in exchange for pro perty or securities at. a value not to ex ceed actual value equal In amount to at least par of stock. The bill permits a -corporation after the" expiration of two years to sell its stock at a discount, provided the Inter state commerce commission gives its consent, which consent shall be regu lated according to the welfare of the public In regard to such transaction. A considerable portion of the bill is devoted to funded indebtedness. It is provided that bonds shall mature in no case after a longer period than 60 years, and that, taking into account the date of maturity and rate of interest guar anteed, they shall not yield to their holders a greater amount than 7 per cent per annum. Transportation concerns shall not ac quire stocks or securities of other com panies which have parallel lines and competing business. Preferred stock shall not yield a greater dividend than 8 per cent. All stock not issued according to the terms of the proposed law is to be illegal, with a fine of $5,000 upon officials and Impris onment for three years. This measure may not be the best plan that can be devised to accomplish th results, which are most desirable. It may be considered by some to be a trifle too drastic in various of Its pro visions... But no doubt legislation of the most drastic sort is needed to combat this evil. Anyhow, it Is a matter that should be dealt with by congress and In the discussion of the Dolliver bill some' better plan may be developed which will not be so apt to incur the displeasure of the railroad, the tele phone and telegraph companies that this one undoubtedly will. It is said tht this measure represents the views of the administration on this subject. but the present administration has not the power It once had in congress and there is little Ukeunooa mat u will be enacted at the present session. Still It Is a good start In the right di rection. JOURNAL ENTRIES 1-,--v, if- tme. that men worry I I t lie I' ...a than women but they don I make as much noise about it.

w i when ther are away wuiiicn y thnueh they are not authoresses, write for money. t 1.1 1.0 for easier for some raako nilt a list Of the things they do not want for Christmas, rri.... n-m,ii r-ortainlv be a great 1 onvthin? that "would urmiiiiu 1 v c make folks forget their troubles. if ntcuma nnnlnfirlxe for not taking friends home to dine because hnvin't nnv cooks and others do the same thing because they have them. JAYHAWKER JOTS ri cninvi4 r,rtitMi notes that the t .-J Anvoa rltrl not lie., did JIlclIl wuu nam .6 not intend he should be quoted as speaking of female figures. 1H 1U1K3 ..JU.IA .v. a high-toned lot. Even, the fellows 1 1. ...1 o htr shnnflntr out the ne-hts at a dance are referred to as "bon vivants." The Great Bend papers announce that within the course of a year that town will have added more than a thousand people 10 us puiimanuu. That's going some. The Newton Kansan-Republician asks a suspension of the rules to adopt this motion: "Let's 'make up a purse for that Chicago woman wno rmu n. nerve to shoot a traveling picture agent." Educational item from the fetarroro. Republican: "The superintendent of the schools has moved into the house south of us. and the Akers kid has moved his playgrounds to the north side of our house for an indefinite period. The Ellsworth Messenger recalls the fact that the first appropriation made 1 1. aa. loorfclsiMire for the TTni- I V t 1 1 13 .TMll versity of Kansas was in 1866. and carried witn it .jvv iu 1 1 -....ocuzro onrr S ftOO for apparetus and the issuing of a cata logue. xalj-.;t ave tho trlnrl of neighbors to have. One of them has been cick for some weeks and un able to have his corn harvest com pleted. His friends marshalled twenty-two corn huskers with fourteen 11 ...i. qar nnH nlnntfpd into leains wit? a twenty-five acres of the sick man s corn tserore tn un no-u. -was husked clean and ther corn stored away. A good old colored woman in Atchi son, says the Globe, who "works out," often amuses visitors to her employer's house oy renins ix cahchv o1a nraa a Tnnor time fftt Tl T religion. '""b a change of heart, but when it finally did come. It maue uei vei i'l'J. lnr(.TA t,ev o vet-v nn also saw m cac 1 1 usual experience. It was a great big. i nnrl MaamAfl tn Drown ining, ma.jri, c-....-- f v. ia meat, hei nfiart. come iiul ui uci It looked like a dog, and had claws like a parrot; some aiu vn .13 -.-I. A a, ahnrtn O tl h fl fliflfl left her. she felt the "cutest'' little feelinfr a pleasant message, and she could tell what was written there. It was to the following effect: "Your name is written In the lamb's book of life. The closer she got to a change of heart, the meaner she felt until it actually came aDout; men sue was iji 1 l .1 time nnrl since then I Lilt' nuuu 1 she has known perfect peace, fene is a Baptist, but we recall that the Methodists used to experience a change 01 nean in aouui tramc QUAKER MEDITATION'S. From the Philadelphia Record. Freezing politeness never makes warm friends. Don't sing your own praise If you want an encore. It seems the natural bent of some men to- be broke. The villain "Is generally caught in the act the last act. It Is possible to buy unscented soap and still have it sent. The best way to manage a husband Is to select one who doesn't need man aging. T.nta of fellows overestimate their ca pacity even when they are looking for trouble. A girl should never throw herself at a young' man unless she is sure he is a good eaten. -Mo. Maude, dear: there is no reason why a grass widow should restrict her self to lawn dresses. Any wrestler will tell you there's a difference between turning his. back on a man and turning- a man on his back. Some, people object so strenuously to doing things by halves that they would jump from the frying-pan into the fire. It is better for a woman to reform a man before marrying him than for her to marry him with the idea of re- formine him. Bloobs "The average woman's mind runs continually to clothes. Slobbs "Yes; when she isn't talking through her hat she is laughing in her sleeve. KANSAS COMMENT TO CONSERVE OKLAHOMA'S GAS. At first blush it looks like selfish ness for any community to conserve its products to the exclusion of out siders in the benefits, but the natural gas problem may Justfy that course. The farmer who would recklessly sell all his wheat, not reserving enough for seed, and paying no heed to his own supply of bread, would be deemed shiftless and improvident. No matter what the price he must pro tect himself and his family first. In the case of the ooal fields there is no necessity to-keep the coal with in the state because the known supply could not be exhausted in hundreds of years. But there seems to be a ques tion about the supply of natural gas. It would be real economy in the long run to keep the gas at home, giving comfort to several generations than to make a few men rich by tre mendous sales for a few years, to be followed by a shortage of gas at home. The problem of piping gas hither and yon is an unsolved one. The vaster the outlay of pipes the greater the loss at an early exhaustion of the supply. Has any expert yet been able to measure with any degree of accuracy tho gas fields? Can anyone tell how long the Kansas fields will last? Is it certain that nature has stored a limitless amount where it can be se cured as needed? People who have enjoyed natural gas look with dread upon the .dim prospect of going back to coal. It would seem like a trip back to the dark ages. Hence if the supply in Oklahoma is doubtful, it is only pru dent for the people to object to piping the product to other states. It may eventually become an in terstate question as to the ownership of the subterranean caves which store this gas. Should it be made a fed eral product, that is subject to federal control, the state might be forced to a liberal policy of distribution. Wich ita Beacon. 0 THE GUN-TOTERS. The theory that Francis D. Hirsch berg, who was killed in his home in St. Louis Tuesday, was the victim of a burglar, or other invader, has been abandoned. If it was suicide, he bungled the job terribly, as he walked all over the house after being shot. Therefore, the plausible explanation seems to be that he was fatally wound ed by dropping a revolver. In Kan sas City yesterday, a stenographer narrowly escaped death at the hands of a government employe, who was showing her how his revolver worked. The weapon exploded, and it was by a narrow margin that the girl escaped. Only examples picked at random from the day's news of what is apt to hap pen to those who keep revolvers. In the meantime, the cemeteries are not filling up rapidly with burglars, robbers and thieves who' are sent to the great beyond "by the men who believe in being prepared. It is true that there is a good deal lacking in the police protection offered residents of this country, but we believe it wouldn't take an expert statistician to show that the man and his family, with an armory to guard them, is iii greater danger than the family which trusts to luck and locks to keep out midnight prowiers. xne gun-toters, as a rule, have no excuse for their habit, and even the man who. keeps his gun at the house is taking painful chances. Atchison Globe. -iV.ti ;v FROM OTHER PENS A STRONG AND SILENT MAN. We are "naming no names."" nor would we draw invidious Comparisons, but wkould merely call attention to the fact that there is a great and strong silent statesman in the national palace of Mexico. Other rulers of nations sometimes talk too much and inoppor tuneiy, meaaie in matters apart from tne plain ana evident province of gov ernment; and are what are aptly canea -yiewy" men, that is men with opinions on all manner of subiects. They tire and bore their respective nations oy tneir loquaciousness. Who has ever heard President Diaz talk too much, or not pertinently to the theme of his discourse? He is a statesman of wise and prudent coun sel, never a man of wild and whirling words. In great crises. General Diaz always says, in a few words, what is invariably round to be of genuine im portance. Me is a man of deep thought and of an immense knowledge of human nature. He reads men as if they were open books. His Judg ments are pithy and to the point. Mexican iieraia. BIRTH RATE OR BABY DEATH RATE Prof. Wilcox, of Cornell, in pointing 10 our decreasing Dirtn rate would have been fairer if he had pointed out that all lands share it, save Germany, and It is drawing near there. When lands or races row civilized and prosper their Dirxn rate always drops. But this decrease In birth rate would be of little consequence if the baby death rate were not so heavy. Half the oaoies Dorn die before they are grown up. A stock farm would fro into bank ruptcy if its calves, colts and lambs died at the rate babies do in a civilized community. The present decreased and decreas ing birth rate would give ample In crease of population, for which to be thankful. If preventable diseases among cnnaren, including tuberculosis, were once checked as they could be. The real "race suicide" is the needless loss of children by maladies that sweep pff half those born before they reach 2C years of age. Philadelphia Press. POINTED PARAGRAPHS. From the Chicago News. The joke is usually on the man who buys a 1oke book. To err is human; failure to profit by the error is ditto. Many a man's failure has been spoiled by his wife s success. Other men may be cowards, but you are merely discreet. A woman seldom knows what she wants or what she can't have. If you don't see what you want, be philosophical and want whai you see. A woman thinks her husband ia cross if he happens to criticise her cooking. No, Alonzo. a girl never wears a "fascinator" because she thinks she needs it. The love of a man for himself is al most as great as that of some silly wo man for him. The longer a woman remains in the spinster class the more people are sur prised when she gets married. Most men who talk about saving their country confine their efforts to the saving of a goodly portion of it for themselves. There are more stupid men in the world than blind ones. That may ac count for the average girl's desire to be beautiful rather than intellectual. t KATE. He had made sixteen ascensions on a fra gile aeroplane Without becoming spattered through a fall; He had crossed the continent a dozen times or more, by train. And never suffered injury at all; He had been a master diver for ten years without mishap. He had served in mines where many perils lurked: But Fate was merely waiting to undo him, poor old chap. And It was a shameful trick, too, that she worked. He had riveted on buildings that were thirty stories high. He had painted -flag poles for a living, too; j He'd been hunted by Night Riders when the moon shone- on the rye. And he'd had appendicitis, pulling through; But his daring all Is ended, he will risk his life no more. Last Monday he ingloriously died; An eager hunter, thinking him a rabbit, shot before Discovering that he was but a guide. Chicago Record-Herald. Archaeology In St. Louis. So many wonderful objects have been found in carrying on the excavation for the new public library that a stimu lating inqulsitlveness begins to pervade those of us who have followed the pro gress of the digging there. Besides great blocks of stone and, underground walls of cement, which supported the old exposition- building, a large brick conduit has been discovered which must have been in use half a century ago, before the sewers were lowered to pro perly accommodate a city where the buildings now extend several stories below the surface. The remains of the St. Louis of antebellum times continue to crop out as the delving goes on. We are now looking for the hoopsklrts of 1858, and the cove oyster cans of 1867. The work of the archaeologists at Pom peii and Mycenae are no more Interest ing. Each layer of debris is of histori cal interest, and indicates as clearly as the "rings" In the trunk of a tree the exact time of its deposit. The excavators are now close on the era of the ancient "amphora." or beer- mug with the reinforced bottom long since obsolete, by means of which the total amount of beverage was decreased to a slender amber thread, between the foam on the top and false underpin nine beneath. We refer to this vessel as. an "amphora" because It is more classic. It differs from the Greek am- Dhora. in that the ancient one Had no bottom at all, while the Teuto-American one of the middle of the last century was all bottom. Among other relics of a former civilization if we don't mind what ,we say that have come to sight, are a number of wire articles somewhat resembling, small rat or mouse traps, semi-cylindrical in shape, which were incomprehensible to tne workmen, n was thought advisable at first to call in a number of learned men. such as Trof. W. J. McGee or Prof. Triggs, of Chicago, to identify these objects, but later thev were declared Dy an eiaeriy erentleman who refused to give his name as articles of feminine wear 40 years ago "bustles," we believe ne cauea them. Other- curios unearthed which will be classified and placed in the museum of the state historical society, were a num ber of boots with long leather legs now nracticallv unknown in this age, well 1 a A a 1, a t nnt a niece of lurmturo inai once siuuu in thA corners of Darlors. "charmstrings" of buttons, each button different from any other, the skeleton irame 01 a "m.MMn a. oueer combination of piano and "cottage" organ, known in America lone REO. Tue nnaiHB VI llicoo gntirmities 4s convincing proof that the earlier races which Inhabited St. Louis were people of taste and rennement, and were quite tar aavancea in ma mis. They did not have phonographs and telenhones or automobiles, it is true. but they had melodeons. and cottage organs and velocipedes five feet high. which were nearly as oau. ou uuui. Globe-Democrat. Coal Will Last Centuries. Geologists who are presumed to be great economists, or economists who are supposed to be eminent geologists, try to scare the world from time to time by spreading the speedy exhaus tion of coal or gold or timber.. We are, usintr all of them lavishly, and so far as we know nature is producing no additional materials. The forests are not being replaced as last as tney are rut off. but it can be done when ever mankind shall become sufficiently alarmed about the interests 01 pos terity, and the mineral wealth of the world is greater than alarmists have calculated. About 50 years ago Eng land was warned that she was ap- Droachlnsr the end of her coal supply, but she is still able to produce enor mously in excess of her own require ments. Twenty-two years ago the world was warned that no more large finds of gold were possible, and since then the South African and the Alaskan fields have been discovered and most of the older gold regions have greatly increased tneir output. Tho nrelimlnarv reDort on the min eral resources of the United States for 1907 is distinctly reassuring. Mr. Campbell calculates that at the end of last year there was easily accessible in the fields of the United States nearly wn million million tons of coal, or enough to last more than 4,000 years at the rate or proauction in isvi. as iu this state, and particularly In regard to anthracite, the calculations are much less satisfactory, but he be lieves the bituminous coal in this state would last nearly 500 years at last year's rate of production. The rate is Increasing every year, but -two or three centuries are as far ahead as we need to look. When we think of the enoconmy of fuel in the use of gas engines, of the possibilities of electric power generated at waterrans, ana tne possibilities of the solar engine, we feel that we need not be anxious about our descendants beyond the year 2200. He estimates that the anthracite would not last 200 years at last year's rate and without waste. But there is waste, and last year's rate will be exceeded. Still, if it shall hold out a century we may expect the world to have other means of generating smokeless heat and power by the time all the hard coal is gone. Philadelphia Record. Chased Deer in an Auto. An auto pursued a full-grown deer for more than two miles along the main road between Helmetta and Spotswood, N. J.. Tuesday night. Ed win Walters, chauffeur for George A. Helme, a snuff manufacturer, of New York city, after leaving Mr. Helme at the home of his mother, Mrs. George W. Helme, started for Spotswood on an errand. Walters was running the car slowly, and while adjusting some parts of the machine felt a jolt. Thinking he -had struck a man, he Jumped to the ground after applying the brake. Just in time to see a deer gain its feet and scamper down the road. Walters hastily entered his car and started in pursuit, and soon over took the frightened animal. The night was dark, but the road was lighted by the lamps of the auto. The chase con tinued until the West End hotel was in view, when the deer turned east ward and continued its flight across the fields. New York Times. THE EVENING STORY A Hero of Romance. By Martha McCulloch Williams.! Enders had a penchant for new faces. He could always be depended on to play the gallant to any fair-looking stranger within Hightown gates. He was 27, well born, master of a moderate fortune and head of a thriving business. Naturally the fair visitors felt flattered, even hon ored, by his attentions, though warned in the outset that no serious intentions lay behind them. 'Frank Enders Is a goose the most delightful goose in the world but none the less a goose," said Mrs. Lawton, lady paramount of Hightown society. Saying it was her privilege. She had stood godmother to him. and in a way mothered him, alter his own mother died. 'I've no patience at all with Frank, the lady would run on. "Hs is quick to see the charms, the virtues, of all the nice girls I trot out before him yet ag gravatingly expects to find every one of those charms and virtues combined in some 'impossible she.' When she said as much to Enders himself, it made him laugh heartily. He knew the root of Aunt Isabel's bitter ness. She had been making matchesior him since he left off roundabouts. If he knew his own mind, he was, abstractly. rather anxious to be married, but so far had never seen exactly the woman he wmiiri rhoose as his mate. Ha had a definite mental image 01 her. She must be slim and young, with eyes innocent yet sparkling, and with a rosebud mouth; bright but not bookish; well bred, of course; gracious, yet with HhP of temDer: reverent, gay, even almost frivolous, she would one day dance into his heart, and stay there al wa its. He believed it firmly hence there was no thought of danger, of anything in deed but a new experience, when he found himself upon Hightown's main street, very early in the morning, con fronted with a tall woman, slight, and tired-looking, who neia up ner hh.hu arrest, asking Imperatively: "Will you o irre woman, stranded, and strange, somewhere anywhere so she can get somemius iu Tortflm v. lie saiu. 1 l 11 a. Ing smile. "How lucky tnat 1 came oui thus before breakfast. If you don t mind, I'll take you home with me my t win make vou very welcome and somehow I rather hate to think of you at our hotel, it s a j townbut we dare not have it better It it were better, the summer boarder would descend on us "O! Is it posstDie any piace nito- caped?" the stranger interrupted Enders smuea asam. sw llclous voicss soft, clear, vibrant, with the least possible drawl. She was dressed very quietly, but very well even his masculine ignorance was aware of the fact. 1 "You are doing a dangerous thing, she ran on, "if you speak true. High town may never get rid of me. I'm so sick and tired of boarders and all their works." They were approaching his own door. The stranger somehow sensed the fact. She shut the laugh from her eyes, the merry curves from her Hps, stood very straight and held out a card to him, saying primly: "I hope that vouches for me sufficiently. Miss Maxwell is a respectable enough person. Your name is "Enders Frank Enders, at your service." Enders said quickly. She gave him a quick look. After a sec ond or two she said softly, the whimsical smile again wreathing her lips: "I know a lot about you Mr. Frank Enders. My name-child, Doris Clare, makes you out a sort of cross betwixt a fairy prince and a paladin. For her sake, and because you ask no questions, I'm going to explain. I was on the express which does not stop here bound for Ballantrae a place I take it about twenty miles be yond. As I could not sleep, I got up very, very early to find the train standing still, panting and snorting like mad, a mile or so from your sta tion. A perfidious person in uniform assured me it would not start for ever so long. Wanting air, I got off, and surveyed the landscape in the dawning light. "Just as I had strolled a little too far whisk went my train. Not only my train but my worldly possessions I had left even my hand-bag in the berth. So you see me abjectly a pauper, until I can overtake my possessions." "They shall be overtaken. Don't worry about that. But tell me, what did you think, feel, do, when you found yourself left?" Enders aid, looking straight at her. "Oh, I promptly forgot the land scape, and looked for a mile post. The first one I found read: 'Hightown miles." Some malefactor had smudged the flgures but at least there was promise of finding something. It was not a false promise, you see. I tramped on and found you." "I wonder will you think you found anything worth while?" Enders murmured reflectively, as though to himself. Miss Maxwell laughed. "You don't know what case you are in, that is very evident," she said. "I hate to proclaim the fact baldly, but I make a living, by writing love stories, and ever since Doris came home, I've been wondering if you were fit for the place you are to occupy in the tale I am weaving about her." "I defy you, defy anybody, to make me a hero of romance," Enders said, flushing deeply. Again Miss Maxwell laughed, but after it, she shook her head, saying: "You truly won't do for the hero of my romance except your own." That was the beginning of it. The end came six months later.- Doris Maxwell settled down easily upon a place she bought Just outside Ballan trae, then brought in her name-child to keep her company while she ex perimented at homemaking. So it had been the most natural thing .in the world for Enders to fall in the way of haunting the Maxwell house his new motor made nothing of the thirty mile Journey. He found the two Dorises doubly delightful, and for three months at least lapped his conscience into .believing that Doris, the girl, was the magnet. Then came illumination sudden and fierce. It took shape of a man, much older. Ynuch richer than him self, a power1 in the publishing world, no less the critical one, who came down upon the dovecote of a house hold, fully resolved to carry off Doris Maxwell, almost whether or no. Doris Clare almost chuckled while she confided to Enders the whole story. 'It's so funny," she said. "At first Colonel Baker was quite con descending courted Aunt Doris with the air of 'Heaven is resolved to re ward you, my child. Be duly and truly grateful. Then when she said jTo' hardly troubling to say thank you, after It, he got desperately earnest and remonstrated with her for stand ing so much in her own light. "But It was comic there's no other word for It. when he began to bluster. Still, do you know he almost frightened Aunt Doris? She ran away fro.-n him she who is so brave. I think she was afraid be would wear out her riistance. he's such a fine, hiRh. old Turk whom nobody ever crossed before.. And to think he's metaphorically on his knees to her now! "If. only she tan bring herself to take him but I won't talk of that. I daren't Jet jnjself It would mean such a lot to both of ua." "No doubt she will take him," Enders said, grinding his teeth, as he walked away. He was a false prophet. Doria sent the colonel away, more than ever disconsolate, but that did not hinder him irom coming Dack next month, and tne next, and the next. "Why don't you put him out of his misery in some fashion?" Enders asked of Miss Maxwell, unon the third return. She smiled a little sadly. "There's Just one y 10 pui mm out 01 it, sne sain, "ana I can't take that it would be too un grateful." "Ungrateful! I don't understand." End ers returned. She looked over hla head. saying softly, "I was a stranger, and you took me in; more, you gave me the best breakfast I ever ate. Wouldn't It be black ingratitude in me lo turn the colonel's eyes to Doris? She could console him beautifully be to him a hundred times all he hopes to rind in ma and how she would revel In spending his money and tyrannizing over him! But I can't brlnaj myself to take away your sweetheart In deed. I'm holding the colonel neither on nor off until after you two "We two can be left out of tbe ac count." Enders said, almost hotly. r'Dorls! Doris! You are the wife. I want. Let the colonel have the pretty child and wel come. I've watted all these years for you now I will have, you, whether or no." "You see I was rlBht." Doris Maxwell said, flushing beautifully. "You can be a hero In our romance." (Copyrighted, 19U8, by Associated Literary Press.) HUMOR OF THE DAY The Doctor's Wife The iceman Just tel ephoned for you. He wants you to ome right around and see his boy. The Doc torFine! Here's where I get even. Syracuse Herald. .v.Mr8- Shellpod Hiram, some o them there hoboes hev mole ther wash often the line agin! Farmer Shellpod Haow dew you know they wuz hoboes? Mrs. fcriellpod Becuz they tuk everything but th' towels. Chicago News. "She Is proud of her husband," said the neighbor. "Humph." sneered Mrs. Oft wed, "why shouldn't she be? He's her first. After she's been married three or four times she'll get over that." Detroic Iree Press. "Yes." said the mild-mannered wian, "I have been where the bullets fell thickest. "A war veteran?" "No. Guide in the Maine woods." Washington Star. "Did you ever find a quarter that you didn't know you had?" "Once or twice. But hundreds of times I have failed to find a quarter that I thought I might nave. jouisvuie journal. Alice Do you know why she got a (li ft regular alimony 'to an irregular allow ance. Chicago News. "A young man has telegraphed me that he has just wedded my daughter." "1 hope he's a good, practical man." "i guess he Is. He wired me collect." Louisville Courier-Journal. "What are these notches In your gun?" asked the flirt who was visiting the ranch. "They represent men," replied Cactus Sim, "who thought thev wu smarter than I wuz." "A good idea, I'll have to notch my parasol handle." Louis ville Courier-Journal. 1 nac ieuow nas iuis 01 mi. t-iin con versation Is full of bright speeches and funnv sayings. Don't you find him very original?" "Not at all." "That's strange. same funny paper that he does." Mother (reading telegram) Henry tele graphs that football match In over, and he came out of It with three broken ribs. Father (eagerly) And who won? Mother He doesn't say. Father (impatiently) Confound It all! That boy never thinks of any body but himself. Now X must wait until I get the morning paper. Tit-Bits. "Miss Chatters always speaks of him as a 'good conversationalist. Well?" "Well, he can't talk at all. He merely sits and listens" "Quite so! A talka tive woman's Idea of a good conversa tionalist Is a man who is willing to obsorb talk." Catholic Standard and Times. HeYes, the rascals bled me. She Bled! I' surprised to hear you using slang. He Who says it's slang! They took away my circulating medium, dldn c they? Boston Transcript. An instance of exclusiveness maintained under difficulties is reported from the ladles' cabin of a liner. All were sick ex cept one lady and a cat. which wanderel uneasily about. The lady ventured to stroke the cat. remarking. "Poor pussy. The cat was inclined to respond, and ele vated its tall. In token of good will, when from a neighboring berth came in chok ing tones the words: "Excuse me, that Is a private cat'." Ex. GLOBE SIGHTS. From the Atchison Globe. Don't depend on congress, or tha administration; depend on yourself. There are only two ways to guess, but a man oftener guesses wrong than right. Whose fault was It? In the opinion of the man you are wrangling with. It was yours. People are usually willing to do their duty, but they do not like to do too much of it. There should be no signs of "make up" in a girl's complexion or hair be fore she has reached 25. It is about as much trouble to get a girl ready to go away to school as it is to get her ready to be married. Every man claims to be a student of human nature, but mighty few would be able to pass an examination on the subject. One result of an intimate friend ship Is that each friend finds out the other's red flag, and never misses a chance to wave it. Who will chop the wood in the fu ture for all the lawyers and physi cians? Who will wash the dishes for all the girls who play the piano and paint? A lover, of course, believes he out classes the husband In the matter of Christmas gifts, but there are few steadies who turn over the whole year's salary. To the real strict church observer, there occur about forty seasons in a year when parties must be given with the blinds down, and the news kept out of the paper. You often hear a lonesome chi d say: "I want some one to play with. Elderly people often become lone some, and want some one to play with, but are afraid to say so. How many agreeable things do you hear during the day, and how many Sfsagreeablf things? We today, with this result: Agreeable, none; disagreeable, thirty-seven. REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR. From the New York Press. What makes a girl sure a man is making1 love to her is for him not to The reason a man can like the cook's coffee so much Is he s afraid not to. A convenient thing to a man about a thin wife is a cab is big enough for them both to ride in. A woman likes to make her will, leaving her Jewels to her children, even when she hasn't any to leave. The reason a girl's education does n't seem to destroy the little sense she had is a good part of the money it cost was for clothes. 1

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