llTlhE MAN.
It Was Embarrassing.' but It
Turned Out Well.
By EDGAR P. YARDLEY.
tCopyrlght, 1910, by American Press Asso
ciation]
One summer 1 alighted from n stage
at the entrance of n hotel beside a Now
Hampshire lake. There wore several
persons sitting on the porch, and one, a
young girl, arose and advanced with a
happy smile to meet me. If there Is
one thing I have always prided myself
on Jt Is keeping my equipoise when
people speak to ine whom I don't re
member. I had no lilea who the girl
•was, but did not propose to betray my
Ignorance. She put out her hand and
put up her lips. Not to give her the
expected kiss would have been a rude
ness.
That was about as sweet a kiss as
I ever enjoyed. Whether it was be
cause her lips had a peculiar flavor to
them, whether it was that it was un
expected or whether there was a nat
ural predisposition in me for that par
ticular girl 1 don't know. I only know
"LOOKED ME SQUAItG IN THE FACE."
that the softness of rose leaves Is noth- \
Ing to the exquisite sensation I experi- !
enced In the pressure of those lips. |
Of course I was not so stupid as to |
spealc first. I gave her that privilege |
and waited for a cue.
"What brought you so early?" were :
aer first words.
"I found I could get away earlier |
than I expected."
"How did you leave Katherlne?"
"Very well."
"Why, she hasn't recovered, has
she?"
"I moan she's doing very -well."
"Oh!"
"I think I'll go in and register, get- j
itlng rid of the satchel at the same !
Mine. I'll be with you in one moment." j
Entering the office, I found a clerk i
and asked If Miss 1 stumbled on
the name.
"Miss Ellison?" supplied the clerk.
"Did she say anything about a room
or me?"
"Yes, but she didn't expect you on j
this train. However, 1 can take care !
3f you."
While we were talking I was run
ling my eye back over registered
lames until I came to "Mrs Montgom
ery Ellison. Miss Edith Ellison. De
troit." i didn't know a son! in Detroit,
so I was now quite sure the young .
ady had i>istaken me for some one i
else. I must let her down easy, it
occurred to me that to put my name on
the hotel register mlsht betray the
situation, so. the clerk turning to In
spect his key rack, I left him without
so and walked toward the door.
"Mr. Wardwell!" he called.
I turned.
"You have not registered."
"I will do so presently." And I j
walked out onto the porch and joined
Miss Ellison.
My next move was to discover what
relationship Mr. Wardwell bore to her.
t was to be supposed that he was
fier lover, but I was not certain.
"You've changed a little since I saw
you," she said.
"Do you think so? Let me see—how
ong is it?"
"Two years last month."
I wished to ask where we were
when we parted and. above all, wheth
er we were lovers. How could I
frame a question to get this informa
tion without making a break?
"I'll bet you can't remember your
ast words." I said playfully, "on the
day I left you."
"I can," she said—" 'don't forget the
candy.' "
"What a memory!"
"It was delicious. I almost made j
myself sick."
I was puzzled. Candy is sweet, but \
* fancied the last words of a young
„irl to her lover before parting for two
years would have more depth to them.
"Well," I sr'd. making another at
tempt to draw her out, "do you feel
just the same as when we parted?"
"About what?"
"The most important thing you can
think of."
"The moat Important thing I can
:tink ofV" she said musingly. "Oh, I
h.IOW! No, indeed I don't feel the same
about what was the most Important
thiijg to me at that time."
"Any change there?" !
"Where?"
"Why, in what you have Just men
tioned."
"Yes, indeed! What was it we were
talking about? Oh, yes! I'm so glad
to see you that I can't think of any
thlug else."
"Well, about this change of heart?"
"Change of heart?"
"Yes. Weren't you saying you've had
a change of heart?"
"No! What put that into your head?"
"Tu*. . -• *> .
left; not now. I was to Iftve n
new dress, and I In a great quan
dary as to whcth< r I'd have It made
up with large or small beeves. Yon
know, then they had l»>en wearing
small sleeves so long that there was
sure to l>e a change very soon."
1 gave an impatient grunt. I was
not getting oil. Here was I playing
the part of another not knowing wheth
er that other was cousin, uncle, brother
or lover. Tho situation was distress
ing.
"Do yon mean to tell me," I said,
"that your heart has had no emotlonnl
upheavals since I last parted with
you ?"
She turned and looked me square io
the face. "Emotional upheaval!" she
repeated. "Aren't those words both too
big to bo put together?"
"What I mean Is does your heart oc
cupy the same position It occupied two
years ago. or has It changed?"
"Y'ou remember that position was
equivocal."
"I understand that perfectly well, but
an equivocal position may become a
settled one."
"Well, then, I don't mind telling you
that the position is settled. My mind
Is made up."
I was getting deeper in tho mire
rather than getting out of it. Every
moment I dreaded lost 1 would be
called upon to make some explicit state- I
ment that would give mo away. 1 had
taken a kiss from a stranger I had no !
right to take, and now I was piling up j
the sin by endeavoring to extract from !
that stranger her heart's secret. Nov- |
ertheless 1 pushed on.
"Well, wiiat is the result?"
"That things are the same ns they j
■were before anything happened."
I was petting rod in the face. !
Though the air _ was delightfully cool,
I took out my handkerchief and mop
ped my face. Having lost my assur
ance, I began to fancy all kinds of un
pleasant happenings. Another train
might come in and bring tlie real
Wardwell. I remembered that on con
sulting the railroad time table before
starting there were two trains I might '
take fifty minutes apart. I took the first. I
"I'm disappointed," said Miss El- '
lisou. j
"Disappointed! Why?" I asked.
"I don't believe you are glad to see
me a bit."
"How can you sny that? I was nev '
er happier in my life."
My looks belied my words. 1 was
never more miserable.
"You seem to lie bored rather than 1
happy."
This was said with an expression of
disappointment.
"What you mistake for being bored," j
I said, "is really pain. When 1 left
you it was under certain conditions, I
known only to us two."
"And one other."
Another stumper.
"After an absence of two years isn't
it natural that I should wish to know
how those conditions now stand?"
In my agitation 1 had changed po
sitions so often that my chair now
faced the ladles sitting ou the other
end of the piazza. One of them gave
me a bow or half n bow. as though
fearful ot not being recognized. Her
face was familiar to me. I knew that
I was acquainted with her, but I
couldn't place her. I was also sitting
with niy back to the direction from
which n stage was approaching. 1
heard the croak of wheels, but was
too Intent upon other matters to heed
it.it stopped before the door. I turn
ed in time to see a man who very
much resembled myself coming up the
steps. lie stopped and stared at me.
I stared at him. Miss Ellison burst
in!" a laugh
' I rank." sin- salil, giving him a du- j
pll lie nf the i;Ks she Had given me, j
"tl !■= is Mr. Edwards. He came an j
ho.'.r ago. and I mistook him for you. ]
II nut Mrs. Gordon, who knows him,
t< I i me when he went into register !
wt.-> he Is ! should have continued to
be deceived.'
She looked at me and burst iuto an
other laugh, if 1 looked as I felt 1
must have resembled a man who had
been tarred aud feathered, ridden ou a
rail and then keelhauled. My legs
would scarcely support me.
Then she kindly came to my rescue.
The real Mr. Wardwell went inside to
register, and Miss Ellison bade me be
seated and said:
"Don't be troubled. It was my mis-
aud you. were led. into it verv
HUNTING THE WALRUS.
The Eskimo Takes Advantage of the
Animal's Curiosity.
In his frail skinboat it is a difficult
and dangerous task for the Eskimo to
go out to sea forty to sixty miles and
intercept the walrus as he passes on
his migration into the Arctic.
One carcass will till his boat, for it
weighs from 1,000 to 3.000 pounds.
He hunts the walrus when they are
lying asleep on the ice floes iu herds
from ten to several hundred. Death
must lie instantaneous, else with a few
rolls or the peculiar lumbering, hump
ing movement (seen of the seal when
ashore!, he makes the few feet to the
water and then Is lost, ns he has uot
sufficient blubber and air to float. He
has much natural curiosity, and if not
scared by shots will come up close to
your boat or the ice floe on which you
are sitting, spurting, snorting and roll
ing his eyes; with his gleaming tusks
and bristled snout he has an uncanny,
goblin, monster-like appearance. A
herd of fifty or sixty of them will come
up en masse, raise high out of the
water to stare at you, then snort,
spurt and disappear again, only to
come up on the same spot and repeat
the maneuver Indefinitely. Taking
advantage of this the Eskimos hide be
hind ice hummocks and throw a har
poon into one, then snub the tough
rawhide line around an ice cake. He
must perforce come up to blow, and he
Is then killed with the rifle. The thick
skin and the mass of blubber and meat
beneath render him almost Invulner
able.—Pacific Monthly.
Diplomacy.
"I can't get along with that cook."
"Rut have you tried diplomacy, my
fijar?"
"1 have. Today 1 hand'd the minx
her passports."—Washington Herald.
Evil often triumphs, but never con
quers.—Roux.
GREET TENER
!' " t
Candidate For Governor Gets
Fine Ovations.
MAKES BIG HIT WITH VOTERS
j ... i■ ■ ~ ft j
i Republican Standard Bearer Frankly
Meets Live Issues and Is Assured of
Splendid Victory.
John K. Teuer and his associates on
the Republican state ticket are being
, given splendid receptions and ovations
• on their trip through the siate.
j The meetings have in almost every
i instance been even larger than those
I witnessed iu the triumphal tour of
j Edwin S. Stuart four years ago.
Keen Interest In the success of the
j enmpaign and enthusiasm for the
nominees, manifested iu every county
j that has been visited, must fore-
J shadow a great victory in November.
I Pennsylvania Republicans are har
| monious nnd aggressive, aud with the
J Democracy divided between Grim and
j Berry, tin indications are that the ma
t jority for John K. Tener for governor
j will be the largest given to any nomi
| nee for that office in tills state in re-
I cent years.
i
Believes In Education.
For his clean-cut, manly and frank
! discussions of the issues of the cam
! paign, Candidate Toner has been com
mended upon every hand. He does not
hesitate to oxpress himself freely upon
all questions and is taking the people
into his confidence as he goes from
place to place, meeting the voters face
to face, and grasping them by the hand
and impressing all with his candor
i and sincerity.
! In chatting with a well known edu-
I cator the other day, Mr. Tener said:
"1 flrmly believe that education,
j coupled with good sound common
i sense, will do more to obliterate the
thought of anticipated and imaginary
| dangers in the future than any other
| agency that can be invoked. I am a
firm and everlasting believer in the
I cause of education, it has served
i where modern equipment in the hands
i of a well-drilled militant force would
I have been without avail and has done
' more to make the United States the
j wonderful nation thai, she is than any.
j thing we have ever known.
| "Build school houses, have eompe
j tent instructors, interest the youthful
| minds, and happiness and clean, godly
j lives can be the only result."
At Home Among Wage Earners.
During the course of an address to
coal miners ol Schuylkill county, Mr.
Tener said:
"It has been my misfortune that I
have never visited this section of
Pennsylvania before, and while I am
not a stranger in a community of this
kind, because I come from the soft
coal region of the Monongaheia river..
I live with and associate with men
who work in the mines and in the
shops of that great industrial district.
On the river that flows past my door
more than 9,000,000 tons of coal are
floated every year, so that in coming
here and seeing you, the same kind of.
people that we have at home, in the
same line of work. I feel quite at i
home. I know that your livos and
your thoughts and your aims are very !
much like ours at home and your po
litical belief ought to be like ours at !
I home. We are Republicans there be
j cause we believe that through the Ite
i publican party we receive the greatest
! benefit.
I "My neighbors arc the workmen of
the United Mine Workers' Union, and
out there every man that works iu the
mine is a union man. The United
Mine Workers' Union has set a high
standard for themselves aud for all
union labor, in my opinion, because i
whenever they sign a contract with
the operators they see to it that it is
kept, so that we live in harmony and
peace."
The farmers of the stae know they
have a friend in John K. Tener.
While a member of congress he was '
a stout champion of every measure
that came before that body designed j
to advance the interests ol' the gran
ger and dairyman.
Party Organization Essential.
Candidate Toner's firm belief in the
importance of maintaining a party or
ganization through which to promote
policies and fix responsibilities of gov
ernment has been expressed on more
thau one occasion since the canvass
was inaugurated.
Upon this question a few days ago
he said:
"I believe in government in this
country by political parties. I believe
that the best rusults are secured when
there are two great parties divided on
civic and economic questions.
"I have not in the past nor do I now
believe that v. v permanent good can
oe accomplish.*} by those spasmodic
movements resulting in the organiza
tion of additional parties, whose ca
reers are hut temporary and which
have signally failed to accomplish the
purposes for which they were ostensi
bly brought into existence.
"I do not only believe in government
by political parties, but I believe in
party regularity. Each voter should
take an active interest in the manage
ment of his owu party, in the selection
of a ticket and In the writing of the
platform. Should conditions arise with
in his party which do not appeal to
him he should earnestly strive to have
them eliminated."
The Psaims.
Many years ago a new clergyman
was taking Sunday duty In a remote
hamlet among the Yorkshire wolds.
After moruing service the old clerk
came up to him nnd observed; "So ye
calls them 'Sauutns,' do ye? Noo. we
never knew what to make o' that 'ere
I'. We alius calls 'em 'Spasms.'
London Scraps.
Her Prize.
Daughter—Did you have to fish
much, mamma, before you caught
papa? Mother—Fish, my dear—fish! I
wns bear hunting.—London M. A. P.
IkitsFßOM MAINE
PLEASED BERRY
| t*, * " 11 jr"
Gubernatorial Nominea Elated
Over Democratic Victory.
j * " - -I
HE ATTACKED TARIFF BILL
! s i: £* r I i i im. v »
Independent Republicans Quit Key
stone Party, Disgruntled With the
Bryanite Outfit.
[Special Correspondence.]
Philadelphia, Sept. 20.
An exhibition of partisanship which
startled and disgusted the few inde
pendent Republicans present was
given by William H. Berry at a meet
ing in this city a few nights ago, when
i the Keystone Party nominee, unable
! to suppress his jubilation, spoke ex
; ultantly ol' "the good news from
Maine."
Not only did he express intense
gratification over the Democratic vic
tory in the Pine Tree State, but he
followed this up with an attack upon
the Republican tariff and the Taft ad
, ministration, which so incensed He
[ publicans that the little coterie that
were there left the hall, determined to
have nothing further to do with his
candidacy.
Yes, Berry had "heard the good
news from Maine," and his old-time
Democratic spirits were revived; he
could not help but in a tri
umph for a party with whitTi he fought
for so many years. While he is a
bolter this year from the Guffey Dem
ocratic state organization. Berry still
holds allegiance to the national De
mocracy, particularly to the Bryan
wing of that party, for which at Den
ver he deserted Guffey for Bryan—
Guffey who had done so much for him,
nominated him and financed his cam
paign for state treasurer, and even
though he was then getting SBOOO a
year salary from the state treasury,
loaned him $15,000 upon collateral
which when put up at public sale real
ized but S7OO, and then suit had to be
entered in court in an effort to obtain
payment of the balance, $14,300, with
not a dollar's worth of interest paid
upon the loan.
While Berry's ingratitude to Guffey
is not a matter of public concern, and
is not a factor in the present political
campaign. Berry's adherence to the
Democracy, his intense loyalty to the
Bryan leadership, is the subject of
widespread comment.
Could Not Stand Berry.
In this city, especially. Berry's nom
ination upon the independent ticket at
once estranged thousands from that |
movement who might under certain l
conditions have been inclined to favor
an independent Republican for gov
ernor. Others who at first declined to
say what attitude they would take in
the campaign, have since come out!
squarely iu favor of the full Republi-1
can ticket.
This was the logical outcome of the
revelations as to Berry's financial j
dealings with Guffey, followed by;
Berry's erratic course upon the stump,;
has flambouj ant and rambling oratory
culminating in his sensational and un-]
called for attack upon the newspaper j
men of the state simply because they :
published the facts relating to his get-1
ting money from Guffey, the same i
Guffey who was himself a heavy bor- 1
rower from banks in Pittsburg hold- j
ing state funds, of which Berry was j
the custodian for the taxpayers, and
Berry's gratuitous insult to every Re- i
publican is his public felicitations with
the triumphant Democrats of Maine!
and his denunciation of the framers j
of the new tariff act, in which the in-;
dustrial, farming and business inter
ests and the welfare of every wage I
earner of the Keystone State were
safeguarded by the two Republican (
United States senators and all of the '<
Republican members of the lower i
house from Pennsylvania.
Berry's admission at a public meet-1
ing hero "that there was not a dollar I
in the treasury of the Keystone Party" J
simply emphasized the tact that sub- j
stantial men, men of affairs, property
owners and business men. to whom
the importance of electing a safe and
sane man to the governorship appeals
most strongly, will have nothing to do
with his candidacy or the hybrid com
bination of disappointed and cast-off
politicians back of the Keystone Party.
Desertions on Every Side.
Berry talks and acts like a man who
knows he has not got a chance to win
the governorship. He admitted in his
West Philadelphia speech last week!
that when he accepted the nomination
ho had no idea of being elected.
Developments since the Keystone
ticket was putin the field all show
that his candidacy has been con
stantly getting weaker rather than
stronger.
Desertions of independent Republi
cans and Democrats from the Berry
movement are noted every day. Resig
nations from Keystone Party commit
tees are being announced on every
hand, and newspapers which gave en
couragement to his cause at the out
set have since either turned in for
Tenor, the Republican, or Grim, the
regular Democratic nominee.
While Berry still declares he is a
Democrat, there are not a half dozen
Democratic, newspapers in the state
now favoring his election, and there
are about a like number of so-called
Independent newspapers for him.
First Test of the Air Pump.
The first public test of the air pump
was In 1C54 by its inventor, Otto von
Guerlcke, In the presence of Emperor
Ferdinand of Germany. Guerlcke ap
plied the carefully ground edges of
metallic hemispheres, two feet In di
ameter, to each other. After exhaust
ing the air by his apparatus he at
tached fifteen horses to each hemi
sphere. In vain did they attempt to
separate them because of the enor
mous pressure of the atmosphere. The
experiment wns a great success.
< "WLB) U J ' W ■»'■ ■■ .1"1 w **■' -■ ■■'
PRESENCE OF MIND.
Wellington's Cool Intsrvlsw With a
Murderous Maniac.
One day as the Duke of Wellington
sat writing at his library table quite
alone hla door was suddenly opened
without a knock or announcement of
nny sort, and In stalked a gaunt man.
who stood before the commander In
chief with his hat on and a savage ex
pression of countenance.
Tho duke was of course a little an
noyed at such an unceremonious in
terruption, and, looking up, he asked,
"Who are you?" "I am Dlonyslus,"
was the singular answer. "Well, what
do you want?" "Your life." "My
life?" "Yes; I am sent to kill ycra."
"Very odd," said the duke, sitting back
and calmly gazing at the intruder.
"Not at all, for I am Dlonyslus," said
the stranger, "and I must put you to
death." "Are yon obliged to perform
this duty today?" asked the comman
der in chief. "I am very busy Just
now and have a large number of let
ters to write. It would he very In
convenient today." The visitor looked
: hard during a moment's pause. "Call
again," continued the duke, "or write
1 nnd make an appointment." "You'll
| be ready?" "Without fail," was tho re
ply.
The maniac, awed doubtless by the
' stern old soldier, backed out of the
i room without further words and half
j an hour Inter was safe in bedlam.—
London Graphic.
FULL OF GRATITUDE.
But the Little One Had a Queer Way
of Expressing It.
i Mr. Brown's business kept him so
occupied during the daytime that he
had little opportunity to enjoy the so
ciety of his own children. When somo
national holiday gave him a day of
leisure his young son was usually his
chosen companion. One day, how
ever, Mr. Brown, reproached by the
wistful eyes of his seven-year-old
daughter, reversed the order of things
and Invited the little girl togo with
him for a long walk.
She was a shy, silent, small person,
and during tho two hours' stroll not a
single word could Mr. Brown induce
the little maid to speak, but her shin
ing eyes attested that she appreciated
his efforts to amuse her—indeed, she
fairly glowed with suppressed happi
ness.
Just before they reached home, how
ever, tho child managed, but only after
a tremendous struggle with her Inher
ent timidity, to find words to express
lier gratitude.
"Papa, what flower do you like
best?" she asked.
"Why, 1 don't know, my dear —sun-
flowers, I guess."
"Then." cried the little girl, beam
ing with gratitude, "that's what I'll
plant on your grave'"—Exchange.
Tennyson' 3 Tactlessness.
Several stories are told of Tenny
son's thoughtless speeches. "What
fish is this?" lie once asked his hostess
where ho was dining. "Whiting," she
replied. "The meanest fish there is,"
he remarked, quite unconscious that he
could have wounded any one's feel
ings.
Vet Ills kindness of heart was such
that when his partridge was afterward
given him almost raw he ate steadily
through it for fear his hostess might
be vexed.
Ou one occasion Tenuyson was very
rude to Mrs. Brotherton, a neighbor at
Freshwater. Tho next day he came to
her house with a great cabbage under
each arm.
"I heard you like these, so I brought
tliem," he said genialy. It was his idea
of a peace offering.
V/omei's Time Schedules.
Few women speak of n train starting
slightly off the even hour, as ttit* 3:02
traiu, for example, or tiie3:l2. "Three"
will do. It bothers a man a heap to
go hunting for u 3 o'clock train by
feminine directions when it is a 3:12
train For socie women "3" will do
for the 2:04 truin; it's ne::r enough
Then the man following feminine di
rections, unless he Is on his guard
against these pitfalls, Is losi Prob
ably If it weren't for Ids business train
ing, which teaches a man that 3:02 is
not 3, not 3:01, not 3:OlVi, not
but 3:02, he'd be better natured about
women's time schedules.—Boston Post
The Soft Answer.
Two men were occupying a double
seat In a crowded car. One of them
was a long distance whistler and the
other was evidently annoyed. "You
don't seem to like my whistling?" said
the noisy one after a five minute con
tinuous performance. "No, I don't,"
was the frank reply. "Well," contin
ued the other, "maybe you think you
are man enough to stop It?" "No, I
don't think I am," rejoined the other,
"but I hope you are." And the whist
ling was discontinued.—Argonaut.
Warmth Not Wanted.
"This would be a pleasanter world If
people put more warmth—genuine
warmth—in their letters," said the
man of sentiment.
"I don't agree with you." replied his
worried friend, "there was a warmth
about some of the business letters I
got this morning that I didn't nt all
like."
Not a Question of Etiquette.
Mrs. Hendricks ithc landlady)— Can
I help you to some more soup, Mr.
Dumley?
Mr. Dumley—No. thanks.
Mrs. Hendricks (engagingly—Don't
refuse, Mr. Dumley. because it isn't
considered good form to be helped
twice to soup. We're not particular
people here.
Mr. Dumley—Oh, etiquette has noth
ing to do with It, madam; it's the
soup.
Consolation.
There had been a little quarrel after
the honeymoon.
"And Just look nt my pretty linen
collar," sobbed the young wife; "the
tears have trickled down and wilted it
out of shape. You haven't a bit of
feeling."
"Indeed I have," laughed the big
husband; "I'm going to fix things up."
"11-how, George?"
"Why, the next time 1 go downtown
I am going to buy you a waterproof
collar."—Chicago News.
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W F you had not
tj| looked up the
Charles E. Town
send of Michigan,
who recently de
feated Julius C.
Burrows for the
senatorshlp, and
was asked to haz
es. It. towkbend. art ' a BUess as to
■i his ago you could
not como within a tnile of It With
his clean shaven face ho looks to be a
man of forty or under, but as a matter
of fact he Is just flfty-four, having
been born on Aug. 15, 1800. It was
only ns far back as 1895 that Mr.
Townsend was admitted to tlio bar
and began to practice law In his home
town, Jackson, Mich. lie had been
born on a farm In Jackson county and
attended the public schools there, hav
ing a year In the literary department
of Michigan university when he had
about reached his majority. He has
the hardy constitution that allows him
to overwork himself whenever long
hours and concentration of effort are
necessary in a congressional situation
or in a legal case.
Mr. Townsend's sudden appearance
In the limelight of publicity was in his
first t<ym of congress, when his atti
tude on the subject of rate legislation
brought him into close relation with
the president, placed him in a con
spicuous place In the house of repre
sentatives and gave him a national
reputation greater than that for which
many of the older members have
worked for a lifetime.
ltobert M. La Folletto, who was re
nominated to the United States senate
recently, rose from a farmer's boy to
the governorship of Wisconsin, serv
ing thr(?S terms In that ofllce. He is a
man of the people, having been born
In a log cabin In Wisconsin fifty-five
years ago and having spent his early
years in lowly surroundings. lie was
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KOBEUT St. LA FOLLETTE
aspiring, however, and managed to
obtain a good education and was ad
mitted to the bar in IsSO. That very
year lie was elected district attorney
of Dane county and was re-elected two
years later. After that he was given
three terms iu congress, serving in his
last term on the ways nud means com
mittee and framing several schedules
of the McKinley tariff law. lie was
defeated in IS9O and then practiced
law for ten years before he was again
summoned to the service of the people.
Senator La Follette is a graduate of
the Wisconsin university, but he came
perilously near not being. Although a
painstaking and earnest student and
enjoying the respect alike of the facul
ty and the student body, he never stood
high in his classes. On final examina
tion he fell slightly below the mark
prescribed for graduation.
Just before this occurred he won
chief honors in an interstate collegiate
oratorical contest, thereby bringing
glory and renown to the great institu
tion at Madison. At that time the uni
versity had as its president Jolm Bas
com, than whom this country has pro
duced no more profound philosopher
or broadly learned man generally.
I'resident Bascom called the faculty
together and made a fight for young
La Follette. lie pointed out that, while
La Foilette's examination showed that
he was a little deficient In some
branches of the curriculum and that
thus his average was not up to the ar
bitrary standard prescribed, he was
still one of the hardest working stu
dents ever at the university, had re
flected credit upon tue institution In
the big oratorical contest and would
continue to do so in nfter life. By a
narrow margin the faculty by vote re
versed its decision against La Fol
letto nnd granted him a diploma
A Necessity.
Judge—Why did you burn your bnrti
down just after getting it insured';
Farmer—Your honor, a poor man like
me can't afford to have a barn and In
surance too.-Meggendorfer Blatter
To live long ft Is necessary to live
slowly.—Cicero.
Nothing Miraculous.
"Ton had rheumatism in your right
leg for years and were cured of it In
an instant? How?"
"By being accidentally tnixe-l tip In
a train wreck. My right leg is r. cost,
leg now."—Chicago Tribune.
♦ The Dry ♦
♦ Farming :
: Congress:
By JOHN T. BURNS.
[Secretary Dry Farming Congress.]
fOTACLE us a world
convention of prac
tical agriculturists
will be the fifth
dry farming con
gress lu Spokane,
Wash., Oct. 3 to 6,
when the foremost
crop exiverts, farm
ers and horticul
turists will discuss
the various phases of tills method of
tillage and give their actual experi
ences In working out the principles.
Indications are that more than 2,500
accredited delegates from various
states and provinces in America and
ten foreign countries nnd several thou
sand others who are interested in
scientific farming will be in at tend
ance.
The congress will deal with dry
farming so extensively and in such a
way that the farmer who spends the
lour days there will receive a fairly
good education In.the several methods.
Coming as it does nfter a season of
unusual drought, this convention Is at
tracting unusual interest, ns the farm
er who has heretofore given the sub
ject of dry farming only a casual
thought la now turning with the new
Interest that Is aroused by the instinct
of self preservation to dry farming
principles.
When the congress opens It will be
possible to determine In dollars and
cents the losses sustained by the pen
pie of the United States and Canada
and elsewhere through the dry weath
er, and the reports will also be avail
able of the success of this year's work
conducted by the agricultural col
legos, experiment stations, demonstra
tion farms, individual farmers and
corporations. The government and
state experimental stations have prov
ed that dry farming can be carried
on profitably where ordinary farming
methods have failed to produce a crop.
irrigation was looked upon as a the
ory fifteen years ago and only remote
ly considered a commercial possibility.
The government's vast expenditures,
amounting to millions of dollars, hava
definitely proved what has in the In
fOUH T. BURNS.
tervening years been worked out by
the irrigatlonlsts— not only the commer
cial possibility, but the absolute neces
sity. of irrigation ns a commercial as
set in the west.
Five years ago dry farming, then hut
little understood, although, in truth,
practiced for several hundred years,
was derisively received by many as a
hUHj Uiieut'd uij ill created as a means
Inherited.
"And uoi 1 .; «a;ts Professor !.m
hunter us he greeted Uenrv !
"what shall we make of your Htt'n
boy—a lecturer"/ He has a sineer- <: s h
for It."
"I know he has." replied the ma!>j
parent. 'He inherits it from his mo;;i<
er."
Dividing l-C -r Weight.
"Don't stand on aat delicate table la
-ang the picture *;.irthn. It'll break
You're too henvj
"Oh, no. I'm not. mutn It'll hear
me. I'm standing onlj on one foot "
We are ineiiued to believe in those
whom we do oot know because they
have never deceived us Johnson.
Turning the Tebles.
He (after a quarrel, bitterly)—l was a
fool when I married you. She—l knew
it but I thought you would Improve.—
Exchange.
People who fish for compliments, do
not need long lines. They will get tliele
best bites in shallow water.
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