pe Bellefonte. Pa., March 6, 1908. THE WORLD GROWS BETTER. Oh, the esrth is full of sinuing And of trouble and of woe, But the devil makes an inning Every time we say it's so. And the way to «et him scowling, And to put him back a pace, Is to stop this stupid growling, And look things in the face, If you glance at history's pages, In all lands a1 4 er known, You will find the buried ages Far more wicked than our own, Asx you scan each word and letter, You will realize it more That the world today is better Than it ever was before, There is much that needs amending In the present time, no doubt ; There is right that neads defending, There is wrong needs erushing out, And we hear the groans and enrses Of the poor who starve and die, While the men with swollen purses In the place of hearts go by. But, in spite of all the trouble That obscures the «un today, Just remember it was double In the ages passed anay And those wrongs shall all be righted, Good shall dominate the land, For the darkness now is lighted By the torch in Science's hand, Forth from little motes in chaos We have come to what we are, And no evil force can stay us, We shall mount from star to star, We shall break each bond and fetter That has bound us heretofore, And the earth is surely better Than it ever was before, A COWTOWN EPISODE. [By Thomas B. Montfort.] “ EE them two old plugs over S there?" the landlord of the Maverick hotel asked. pointing across the street. The grocery drummer, who had been caught over Snnday In the little Kansas cowtown, looked up and saw two grizzled, gray old men sitting peacefully side by side on a dry goods box In the shade of a building. “As mild and quiet as a pair of little innocent lambs,” the landlord added. with a chuckle, “and dwellin’ together jest like they was own twin brothers!” The grocery drummer yawned and took up a paper and began to read. The old men did not interest him in| the least. It was no uncommon thing in his experience to see a couple of old feilows loafing on a village street. “But that's jest the way they always are,” the landlord went on. “You hard- ly ever see ‘em when they ain't to- gether. Wherever one goes the other goes, and whatever one does the other does. Ever since a feller come along here and put us on to it we been callin’ ‘em Damon and Pythias. You've heard tell of them chaps, | reckon?” The drummer nodded. | “Well, these two old cubs is jest like! that so far as their friendship goes— stand by each other through thick and thin, and either of ‘em would fight to the last breath for the other. And quiet and peaceable! You would natu- rally think they'd been raised up in a Sunday school and hadn't never heard tell of nothin’ but the Bible all their lives.” AB'S HEAD.” The drummer made no reply, and a long silence followed. At last, how- the landlord emitted a soft Shuekle and, pointing across the street, “You wouldn't ever guess, now, a-lookin’ at them settin’ cusses that ever run the range and that for two years they tried their very best to kill each oth- “Yit it's even so. I has got a pound of 1 that the other put there, and as for scars—well, I reckon they've branded each other up about as complete as they could without puttin’ the scars on double.” The drummer began to show interest. He laid aside his paper and asked for the particulars. “Well, it's like this,” the landlord be- gan. “Joe Kern—that's the one on the right there—he used to be a cowboy and worked on the Triple X ranch, "bout twenty miles south of town. And he was shore a holy terror. There was lots of mighty tough cowboys round here in them days, but the toughest of em was as mild and harmless as bables compared with Joe. Their little serappin’ and shootin’ wa'n’'t much more than Sunday school work when looked at alongside of what he done. “among the eccentric notions Joe got into his head was one to the effect that this town didn’t need no marshal and shouldn't have none. Accordin’ly. as soon as that idea hit him he sent in word to the marshal invitin® him to resign or move away and sayin’ that he would be up In a few days and would be under the painful necessity of vaecatin' the office with his six shooter if the marshal disregarded his well meant invitation. “The marshal was a young feller, and he hadn't never felt any special longing to quit this world for another tnat he didn’t know anything about, so he suddenly decided that he'd give up his job and go away to some place that was more conducive to iongevity. Accordin'ly, he tendered his resigno- tion and without waitin’ for it to be ac. cepted lit out, “After that there were other mar shals, but none of them held the office very long. As fast as they were elect- ed Joe invited them to resign, and they showed respect for his wishes. Some of them were a little slow, though, and he had to come in and press his invi- tation by firin' a few shots just close enough about their heads to make them nervous and loosen up the muscles of | their legs. “Well, things went along that way | for ‘bout a year. Then one day a long ganglin’ feller with a mild eye, a soft voice and a solemn lookin’ face hap- pened into town. [is name was Ab Case, and that's him a-sittin’ over there on the left. ; “Ab he was lookin’ for a job, and the town it was lookin’ for a marshal jest then, so the two gits together and strikes up a deal. Ab says he ain't never been a marshal, but "lows he can manage it all right, and the town Is findin' it difficult to get anybody to take the job with Joe Kern and shore death hangin’ over it, so to speak. “Well, Ab Is sworn in and puts on the star, and then here comes a invite to him from Joe, askin’ him to resign. Ab listened to Joe's message, which was delivered by another cowboy, then shrugs his shoulders and replies that he don't never accept invitations second- hand. “+f Mr. Kern wants me to consider any proposition he has got to offer along that line,’ he says, ‘he will have to come In and see me pussonally.’ “About three days later Mr. Kern did come in. Down at the saloon he told them why he had come. It was to convince the new marshal that he ought to resign and go away. “«And | have brought my very best arguments with me, he finished, ‘ar- guments that ain't never falled as a last resort.’ “He shore had them, too--a Win- chester and a brace of six shooters. And he knowed how to handle them arguments ‘hout as eloquently as any man that ever lived. “He irrigated his system at the bar, coolly lighted a cigar and then went out to look up the marshal and pay his respects to him. And he didn’t have to go far, either, for he was scarcely out of the saloon when somebody pointed out Ab standin’ on a corner 'bout half a block away. “Are you shore that's him? Joe asked. ‘I'd rather not make any mis- take and kill an innocent man if it can be helped.’ “ “That's shore him.” they answered. “Joe smiled and raised his gun. “ll sorter wake him up.’ he sald. ‘1 won't hurt him at first, but jest call his attention that I'm here. “He fired, and the ball cut a lock of hair from Ab's head. Ab looked around sort of casual to see what it meant and ‘the next instant sent back an answer to Joe's shot. That answer plowed a furrow along the side of Joe's head. “From that they went at it ir dead earnest. Everybody else got out of the way and give 'em a clear fleid. There wa'n't no backin’ down and no runnin’ on the part of neither of ‘em. They jest stood up there and pumped lead at and into each other as carelessly and cheerfully as you please. “After 'bout ten minutes the firin’ ceased, and then we all cautiously peered out to see how it had ended. They was both down on the ground helpless, but still tryin’ to shoot. “When we come to examine, we found 'em pretty badly riddled up, but with no wounds that promised to be fatal. We carried ‘em off, and the doctors patched ‘em up, and for a long time they remained quiet in bed. thought different. One of ‘em said: “It won't ever end while they both live. Kern will never give up, and it's pretty evident Case won't either. When they get out, they'll be at it again, and ’ ’ “And it proved that he was partly right. The very first time they met £ time Joe came up to town there a shootin’ bout. They fought to too, and, both of 'em bein’ good we reckoned every time one of would be shore to git it. But, strange to say, neither of "em ever did. riddled each other all up, but they was never able to git in a finish- FIeEE] | the wagon. in’ shot, “I'll git him yit, though, Joe de- clared. ‘I'm jest bound to do it before I quit’ “Ab made the same declaration, and we was all shore one of "em would be killed before the thing come to an end. Didn't seem like it could wind up any other way. “But it transpired that we was all entirely mistaken, as you can see for yourself, “One day, 'bout three months after the last shootin’ scrape and jest when we was expectin’ Joe to make another appearance, a covered wagon drove into town aud stopped in front of the mayor's office. The wagon was from the Triple X, and we couldn't under- stand its bein’ covered that way, so we all gathered round to see what it meant. “In the bottom of the wagon was some straw, and lyin’ stretched out on the straw was Joe Kern. We see at a glance that Joe was mighty sick, for he jest lay there and moaned and didn’t take no notice of nobody nor nothin’, “While we was standin’ there gapin’ Ifke a passul of idiots Ab come up and pushed his way through the crowd to We "lowed shore as soon as Ab got his eves on Joe he'd pling him, but right there we was mistaken some more. “Ab looks at Joe a minute, turns to the driver and says: “What's the matter of the cuss? “ ‘Smallpox,’ the driver replies. “In about half a minute that iden- tical part of town became rather scarce of population. All of nspexcept Ab, Joe and the driver hippened to simultaneously remember that we had more pressin’ business other places. and we hurried off to tend to it. “It seemed, as we learned afterward, that Joe had been exposed to the small- pox somewhere “nd that the first thing they knowed he took down with it. The ranch wa'n’t no fit place for a sick man to stay, so they loaded him up and sent him into town, expectin’ the mayor to take him in hand and do somethin’ with then “IP THERE'S ANY MORE SHOOTIN’ DONE, | YOU LL HAVE TO DO IT!" him. But it happened that the mayor was away from home and wouldn't be back for a week. “Ab studied a little while. Then he said to the driver: “ “Take him down to my house. [I'll keep him and do the best | can for him. That seems to be all there is for it.’ “S80 the driver went on down to Ab's house, and he and Ab took Joe from the wagon and carried him in and put him in Ab's bed. Ab turned nuss and stayed right there with Joe, sleepin’ on a blanket on the floor. “Of course we was all surprised at Ab doin’ that way, seein’ that he and Joe were such bitter enemies, and we talked about it and wondered at it. Joe couldn't understand it, either, so one day when he was gittin’ better he says to Ab: “ “There's one thing I want to know, Mr. Case. I've puzzled about it a good bit lyin’ here, and J can’t seem to git the hang of it. I would like to know why you took me in and nussed me this way? “I hope,’ Ab replied, ‘that you ain't got no notion that I done it for love? “ ‘Hardly,’ Joe answered, ‘But that is what makes it harder to understand.’ “ “Then I'll explain,’ Ab said. ‘First, 1 wouldn't be brute enough to let a sick dog suffer for attention if I could help it, and, second, I didn't want you to die a natural death and cheat me out of the pleasure of shootin’ you.’ “Joe's face broke into a smile, and he E g x bi up the fight, and we'll keep it up git you. ““Till 1 git you, you mean,’ Ab rected. “Do I? Well, you'll see.’ “It went on till at last Joe was a ! g to be up and around; then I'm blamed if Ab didn’t turn in and take down with the smallpox. Then them two Jest reversed things. Ab took the bed, and Joe nussed him and slept on the floor. Ab was mighty bad off for awhile, but finally he begun to git bet- ter. “One day when Joe was sittin’ by the bed Ab broke a long silence by saying: “I'll be out soon now, and then I reckon we'll be done with this cussed smallpox.’ “ “Yep, I reckon so.” Joe replied. “And it won't be long either,” AD went on, ‘till we can resume our little pastime of shootin’ each other up.’ “Joe turns around and looks Ab straight in the eyes and says: “‘You may think me a coward If you want to, but [ say right now that if there's any more shootin’ done you'll have to do it. I'm through for my part, Before I'll shoot a man who took me in and cared for me like you did I'll pull up stakes and leave the country.’ “Ab looked surprised for a woment; then he stretched out his hand and | sald: | “‘Put 'er thar, pard. Them's my sen- timents exactly.’ “And from that day them two fel- lers has been jest like yon see ‘em now. quiet and peaceful as lambs, the very best of friends and always hang. in’ around together.” A Well Mannered Bus. Riding in an omnibus up Regent gtreet recently, an old lady was an- noying the other passengers by her re- marks. The con’nector remonstrated with her, saying, “Ma'am. remember you are in a public vehicle, and behave as such "—London Spectator, In a Nitroglycerin “Hill” In the “danger area” the severest discipline is maintained. All entrances are carefully guarded by searchers, who rigorously examine every indi vidual that desires to enter, relieving him of any metallic objects that may be carried upon his person, together with matches and other suspicious ob- jects which upon coming into contact with the dangerous chemicals used in this zone might provoke serious trou- ble. No matter how often an employee engaged within the hill may pass in and out, every time he enters he must submit to this preliminary and essen- tial operation. There are also some 500 girls employed, and these are un- der the charge of matrons. Halirpins, ordinary pins, shoe buttons, metai pegs within the soles of the shoes, knitting and other needles are all religiously barred. Their hair is tied with braid or ribbon, and, as with the male em- ployees, every time they enter the | “danger area” they are similarly | searched by the matrons. — Scientific | American, | A Hard Knock. Rairoad claim agents have little | faith in their fellow creatures. One | sald recently: “Every time I settle a | claim with one of these hard headed { rural residents who wants the railroad to pay twice what he would charge the butcher if he gets a sheep killed, 1 | think of this story. illustrative of the | way some people want to held the rail- road responsible for every accident, of whatever kind, that happens. Two Irishmen were driving home from | town one night when their buggy rau | into a ditch, overturned, and they were | both stunned. When a rescuer came along and revived them the first thing one of them said was, ‘Where's the train? ‘Why. there's no train around.’ he was told. ‘Then where's the rail road?” “The nearest railroad Is three miles away.’ he learned. ‘Well, well, | he commented. ‘I knew it hit us pret- ty hard, but I didn’t suppose it knock- ed us three miles from the track! "— | Argonaut. The Page Between. A New Orleans woman, well known for her work for charity, recently ac- cepted an invitation to speak at an anti-tuberculosis meeting. On the plat- form she found herself seated between a bishop and a rabbi, and the tone of the meeting seemed to be rendered ex- tremely solemn by the combination. In order to lighten the solemnity, she eaid. turning to the rabbi, “Do you know, I feel as if 1 were a leaf be tween the Old and the New Testa- ments.” The rabbi turned a sad eyed gaze upon her. “Yes, madam.” he said, “and, if you will recall, that page is usually a blank one.” She Was a Bit Bashful. Mr. Peet, a very diffident man, was unable to prevent himself being intro- duced one evening to a fascinating young lady. who, misunderstanding his name, constantly addressed him as Mr. Peters, much to the gentleman's dis- tress. Finally summoning up the cour- age. he earnestly remonstrated: “Oh. don’t call me Peters. Call me Peet!” “Ah, but I don’t know you well enough, Mr. Peters,” said the young lady, blushing, as she withdrew be- hind her fan.—London Telegraph. The Onion In Cooking. | §E83 that 7 ; RE the up to dste creations. Helpless. Ella—What a helpless girl she is! Stella—Yes. If somebody should pro- vide the mistletoe and furnish the man she couldn't do the rest. — Canadian Courier. A DAVIS INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL BILL. Congressman C. R Davis, of Minnesota, feels greatly encouraged concerning the age in the aear futare of his industrial The numerous epndorse- ments from the leading educational men of the United States, including favorable reso- igh school hill. lations from many eduneational organiza zations, farmers’ associations, State ool leges of agriculture and mechanic arts, com mercial organizations, beards of trade, manufacturers’ organizatiou= and indostrial the country have inspired the hope that Con- gress will be induced to consider favorably organizations geuerally throughout the measure daring the present session. By appointment Mr. Dasis had an inter view with the President recently in which the provisions of the hill were con- sidered. He was very moch gratified to receive from the President his hearty and In this interview allusion was made to the Presi. dent’s speech at Keokuk in October lass, and the President was gratified to know that his ideas then expressed concerning this measure were receiving such favorable consideration thronghont the entire coun- fall endorsement of the measure. try. [Io this speech the President said : “We should strive in every w. y to aid in the eduestion of the farmer for the farm, and should shape onr school system with thi<end in view ; and so vitally import. ant ix this that, in my opinion the federal government should co-operate with the state governments to secure the needed change and improvement in onr schools. At present there is a gap between our primary schools in country and eity which must be closed and if necessary the nation must help the state to close it. Too often our present schools tend to put altogether too great a preminm upon mere literary education, and therefore to train away from the farm and shop. We should reverse this process,” Among the hundreds of indorsements Mr. Davis has received and to which the President's attention was called, a letter written hy Judge Peter J. Shields, of the Snpreme court of California,especially at- He not only approved of its contents hut urged that great publicity be given to it as em- bodying briefly the desirability and veces. sity of developing education along indas- tracted the Presidents’ attention. trial linvs as embodied in this bill, The President was much gratified at the equitable manner in which this bill dis- tributes technical and industrial education amoug the masses. He was especially pleased to know that this bill divides the money about equally as between agricul- tore, the mechanic industries and home making. Judge Shields’ letter, California, is as follows : November 20d, 1907. My Dear Mr. Weinstock : [ received your lester enclosing a copy of the ‘Davis Bill’’ which I now re inolose I wae familiar with the bill from conversation with interested parties but to you. written to his friend, Col. Weinstock, of Sacramento, -_ oy TT a - coi PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT ENDORSES | These figures Mr. Davis contends are al- | together encouraging as showing that pational appropriations bave not tended to relieve the States of the sense of responsi- bility but bave in fact quickened the sense of responsibility in the States which are benefiteed. The schools provided for in this measure are of exactly the same class as those inangurated under the Morrill Act of 1862, and like them will strengthen the States directly and the Federal Govern- ment indirectly. Asthese State colleges have remained under the State control so will the schools of agricultare and the schools of mechanic arte provided for in this bill remain under State control, hence no cause for alarm from centralization. Instead of destroying the unity of our schocl system, this measure bridges the gap between the education of the school house and the education of the home, the farm and the shop. Heretofore our education bas lacked unity, it bas heen too much centered about the literary, the non-indus- trial ; ite forms and substance bave been too little co-ordinated with the training of the home, of the shop, of the farm and of the great outdoors. Through technical training it will keep our youth out of a peasant or submerged class ; and by en- couraging the States to expend more money for eduoation it will greatly in- crease general as well as technical educa- tion. A Hundred Million Ties a Year, In the construction of new track and for renewals, the steam and street railroads used in 1906 over 100,000,000 cross-ties. The average price paid was 48 cents per tie, Oak, the chief wood used for ties, fur- | nishes more than 44 per cent, nearly one- | bait of the whole number, while the South- ern pines, which rank second, contribute ahout one-sixth. Douglas fir and cedar, the next two, with approximately equal quantities, supply less than ove fifteenth apiece. Chestnus, cypress, Western pine, tamarack, hemlock and redwood are all of importance, but uo one of them furnishes more than a emall proportion. Oak and Southern pine stand highest in both total and average valne ; the average value of each is 51 cents. Chestous ranks next, followed by cedar. Hemlock, at 28 cents, is the cheapest tie reported. More than three-fourths of all ties are hewed; and with every wood from which ties are made, except Douglas fir and West- ern pine, the nomber of hewed ties is greatern than the number sawed. Ibn gen- erai, when lumber has a relatively low value the proportion of sawed ties increases, because the mai ket for ties is always active, while that fr lumber is frequertly slog- gish. All Western species are affected by this condition, for stumpage is abundant and its value relatively low. Ten per cent of the ties purchased were treated with preservatives either before they were purchased or at the treating bad never seen it and was glad to ges it! plant of the railroad company. At least through you. for it. This to some extent has been true of the endowment, although t has worked its way ont and proved a really great success. The danger which I bave pointed out however i= very well guarded against in the ‘Davis Bill”? by requiring the several States to first the farm and the school buildings and making the payment of the semi-annual amounts dependent up- on the right use of prooveding saws, and placing the Secretary of Agriculture in con- agrionltural colle in the long ron t provide the grounds, trol of all disbursements. Rightly enforced the bill is admirable, Firsts it provides for technical, industrial and practical education as distinguished fiom the old theory of educating all alike regardless of hie type or the life he was to lead ; of teaching the boy or girl books alone thas they might thereby acquire the strength and fiber of mind to later learn men and things. The character of educa- tion proposed by this bill will teach the realities of life direct and in the ounltivate the mind as well as the ol roience within its purposes. will do incaloulable good. of the peopie to know plants and animals through domestio science to feed the ba with wholesome fond and the soul with all of the finer things which are comprehended within the limita of the real home, or throngh the mechanic arts whioh train men’s bodies to their highest usefulness on to the mind's best am pot afraid of the fate of a country whose people are given over to breeding perfect animals, rearing crops of best excellence, building good roads, labor saving machinery, antomobiles, and rail- houses, furnishing them perfectly and making real homes of them, to the building of hath tubs, arranging plambing, weaving fine cloths i gh Jie iu Paris cand et tue iniirems iv and to give ex conceptions. roads, constructing convenient them into right form. It the doing of such things does not make whole. and union, for moral industry ani some lessly at fault. . Nor can I doubs that out of such condi- tions will surely spring the soundest moral and intellectual onltaure and impulse. This general and aud I have vo hesitation ic pro- purpose nouncing it sound and wise. When I see you I will enjoy talking it hud un BE be oan, 1. om. Sy My own are even more favorable to it than I bave been able to state. Very truly yours PETER J. SHIELDS. some suggested the Wat] aa aha to ie eo ons to national ownership of the contemplated Po Davie has been invest! objections bill, and particular claimed Federal schools, and aleo that these would relieve the States re pproptiatios responeibility. In answer thereto he from a letter written by she Hon. E. E. Brown, U. 8. Commissioner of Education, as follows : “The recent effect of the national priation i. tnder the ac (1802) haw bess mu reat © su land-grant colleges by the States in which they are situated. Ten years ago, the amount which these institutions received from their several States was Shale 00, while in 1906 this amount was + showing an increase of about 240 per cent. In 1806 these ahsttions Teed Shed, the coun aver, r cent © su port Re ty vores Ten y Inter, in 1906, owing to the increase of State appropriations, the grant« from the national treasury covered only 15.4 per cent of their total support.” I regard it as a very good bill; if it works ont well it will prove a great bill. The only wrong ahout it would have to come in its administration, it is perfectly sound in its purpose. You know that when a Federal fund is provided for State distribation whats scramble there is plan, One of the most fraitfal fields of the edu- cation of the future will be nasure, the wondrous world we live in, and of this field agiiculture comprehends its best fea- tores. This hill is broader than that how- ever including mechanics and domestio I am sure that a vigorous distribution of learning in these arts and sciences can do no harm and I am not alraid of vulgarizing the world or making it what is called ‘‘utilitarian’’ by teaching all ten railroad companies are operating their own plants for the preservation of their construction material. Of the many forms in which wood is used, ties are fonrth in cost, sawed lomber being first, firewood second and shingles and lathe third. It has been calculated that the amount of wocd used each vear in ties is tquivalent to the product of 600,000 acres of forest, and that to maintain every tie in the track 6wo trees must he growing. With neatly 300,000 miles of railroad trackage and approximately 2.800 ties to the mile, there are over B00 000,000 ties constantly sntjeot to wear and decay. The railroads report that in the form of ties ce- dar lasts 11 years, cypress 10 years and redwood 9 years. These woods, however, lack the desired weight and hardness, and, what is more important, they are not avail- able in the region of the trank lines of the cential and eastern States. When it is considered, then, that the service of the longest-lived tie timher in general use— chestnut, white oak, tamarack, spruce and Douglas fir—is but seven year+, while with some, as the black cake, it i= but four years, whereas a treated tie with equip- ment to lessen wear will last fifteen years, it is apparent how much the railroads can save if preservative treatment of ties is oni- versally adopted. The saving in the drain upon the forests ie of even greater moment. Details of the consumption of ties in 1906 are contained in circular 124, just issued by the forest service in co-operation with the bureau of the census. This phamphlet can be secured by application to the forest- er at Washington, D. C Mme. Paderewskl. It bas usually been the task of the muesi- cian’s wife to look after her hasband’s health and in a measure after bis business, . {and to play in fact the part that falls so i | often to the hushand of the Prima donna. As Mme. Paderewski has a rather larger responsibility in that particular than the wife of any other virtnoso, she rises to it ina Sopespovding)y efhisiany manner. She bas an exact knowledge of every de- tail of her husband’s business and is the mistress of the Paderewski farm at Morges. It is to Mme. Paderewski that every state- mens of expenses on the private oar of the pianist is taken, and she sees to it that the naturally extravagant tendencies of her bushand are held in check. Mme. Paderewski in dark baired, pale- faced and the typical Pole in looks. Much of Mme. Paderewski's life was more Gallic than Polieh. theo my Jud tin hope Yioliuist.before hes mar:iage to Padsrewsk}. in bg plu. ie ven a" i ay Tne “In this be failed ; hut his father, the the utility of the idea the lad bad been at work on, took it up on his own account, and eventually turned out the safesy pin that is in ose to- day all over the world.” “Prevention is better than cure.” It is That Sense Medical Adviser should be in every home. It shows how to get health and how to keep it. [ts 1008 pages are full of helpful information on all questions rela- ting to bealth and disease. And this great book is sens free by the author on receipt of stamps to defray expense of mailing only. Send 21 one.cent stamps for paper covered book or 31 stamps for cloth. Ad- dress Dr. Rr. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y. ‘e ARN 0
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