ROYAL MANHOOD. Manhood, the richest product of a nation, Which rises o'er all names and station} Not bestowed by kings in lofty places, It can be gained above all races. It is a growth which is but slow, Its seeds at first make little show; Though small they have the germs within, From which great characters begin. The mind and heart are both evolved nd are on good and truth resolved; hey rise to might by slow degrees And tower on high like lofty trees. They've more than leaves upon their branches, Their fruit does not depend on chances, It comes by laws that never waver, Which are controlled by Godly favor. Great thoughts, good feelings, ever ac- Nor dort but they're all alive, And manifest themselves in noble acts, Show what they are by the hard tacts. The worldly great may frown and shun, The names of such may scorn to mention; But royal manhood stands high by right, Shines bright but not by borrow ed light. How many names that dazzled for a time, ‘Whom poets vied to e eulog ze in rhyme They passed away—rank and title dont avail, To make their claim to royalty prevall, r and fame, name, hearts, ris. They had wealth, and powe And millions often spoke their But lived not wai i linman To enthrone them s defies all a us ri surprise; But many na just Le fore 3¢: honors now give no ise men see worth is real, reveal. mes Manhood in them their lives the yv're called fanatics and what > whe n others are forgot, shine like purest gold, As years Hi mce they grow not old. Those then alc achieve success, ‘Who royal manhood do poss Who never bow to shows of dross And are metal free from loss. Prof. John Moore, Boston. me pure —By a £ A Break in the Shaft. By ALBERT W. TOLMAN. FAM IIIGS Clang! Clang! The gong behind the brass-rimmed telegraph-dial in the engine-room of the Atlantic liner Trin- idad pealed imperiously, and the mov- ing indicator stopped at “half speed.” Donald Moore, the heavy-shouldered Scotch engineer, spun the starting- wheel. Responsive to the rushing steam from the boilers under which the fires had been kindled twelve hours before, the ponderous machinery woke to life; and the hot, oil-heavy air was fanned by the sweep of mighty arms of steel, Sandy McCabe, the youngest ‘‘grea- ser,” was busy here and there, trickling oil from his long-nosed can into the brass cups that eased the {friction- points of the laboring machinery. Glas- gow-born, he had spent the working portion of his twenty-one years in the shipyards of his native city. It was his ambition to become an engineer. Although he had made six trips on the Trinidad, the novelty and fascination of his duties had not yet worn off. Clang! Clang! Again the brazen gong pealed out. “Full speed ahead!” Moore gave the wheel another turn The boat was forging through the outer channel, and already her plates were beginning to quiver under rari Hihiiphy the seawalls. Her nose was pointed toward England, three thousands miles away. “It's time for me to oil the bearings of the propeller-shaft,” said Sandy to himself. Kneeling before a small doorway in the rear of the engine-room, he lighted his lantern. Before him yawned a black cavity. It was the entrance to the “tunnel,” five feet in diameter and about fifty feet long, running back over the keel to the ‘stern of the. liner, through which ran ‘the rapidly.revolving shaft of the propeller. ; Sandy. closed the, door behind him. He was tall ~ and thin, and the low- ness of the tunnel did not premit him to stand upright. He proceeded down the narrow passage, oiling each bear- ing as he came to it. The rays from his lantern glittered on the round of pol- ished steel, revolving rapidly and si- lently. There was very little roll so far be- low the surface of the water. The air wag damp and somewhat close, for the Trinidad was an old fashioned boat with but one screw, and her single tunnel lacked the means of ventilation provided in more modern craft. Direct- ly over the young Scot’s head, beyond the thin rcof of half-inch plates, lay hundreds of tons of cargo As he approached the stern, he could feel the increasing tremor of the screw. Only a few feet away outside the hull the sharp blades were churn- ing the water to foam with sixty-five revolutions to the minute. He poked the slender inquisitive nose of his can down close to the last bearing, and drenched it with quick-dropping oil. Suddenly he was aware of a strange humming vibration behind him. Turn- ing quickly, he held up his lantern so that its rays shone back along the shafting. It was oscillating irregularly; from the bearings came a shrill note of complaint. Then before his very eyes happened a strange and fearful thing. With a sharp rending crack the shaft sprang asunder, and out whirled a furiously jumping splinter of ragged steel. It smote the top and side of the tunnel, ripping and tearing through the half-inch plates. There was a soft, thunderous rushing, and down burst a yellow deluge that filled the passage from roof to floor, and boiled round the ankles of the astounded oiler. The broken shaft had smashed through the floor of the lower hold into the cargo of grain! So quickly did the disaster take place that Sandy had no time to think of dartémg out: Well that he did not, for that there was no crevice scloge-nacked he would have been torn to pieces by the circling steel or smothered in the rushing wheat. Dumb with terror, he shrank back, his eyes fixed on the wildly tossing grain heap under which the shaft was still oscillating. Gradually the movements grew slower and slower, and at last ceased entirely. The engines had been stoped. McCabe's first thought had been for the safety of the steamer. There was power enough in that ragged steel end to shear through the Trinidad’s' outer shell, and send her to the bottom. He crouched breathless in the close atmos- phere, dim with floury dust, dread- ing a breach in the hull and the inrush of the sea. But all grew quiet without that final disaster. Sandy felt a great relief. They were so near port that a tug could soon tow the steamer; back and dock her for repairs. Then it dawned upon him that he was :in a serious position. The grain had completely choked the tunnel. It sloped from his ankles up to the break in the roof-plates. He held his up; and saw through the subsiding dust between the kernels and the curved tro®-sheets. How was it possible for him to get out? The gushinz of water fell upon his ears; He turned, and saw two, or three considerable jets spurting through the hulkgyround the shaft. At this pint the re. already more or less leak- age;-avhich ordinarily drained beneath the tunnel floor to the pumps. Wheat now choked the well that took care of this inflow. It wag running in much more rapidly than usudl,.and was al- ready two inches deep on tHe floor. Léaning forward in .the thick air, with the water soaking through the wheat that clung about his ankles, Sandy thought the situation over. He knew that the break must have heen, discovered at once in the engine- room, and the machinery stopped, for there: was now no tremor in the walls of his prison. Beside him the section of the shaft bearing the screw had al- so come to rest. Probably even now his friends were on the other side of the mags; of grain, wondering if he were still? -alive He struck the steel wall once, twice, thrice, with his oil-can; and three taps answered him from beyond the heap. They knew his plight, and would rend- er what help they could. But how? An attempt to dig him out would end disaster, for the grain above was fifteen feet deep, and the enormous pressure of thousands of bushels would send a steady torrent down to take the place of any that might be removed. Indeed, it would make the latter thicker, and his sit- uation so much the worse. And yet the sole avenue of escape lay through those close-packed kernels; in every other direction were walls of steel. The space in which he was penned contained no more air than would suf- fice for twenty minutes at the most. Already his lungs were suffering from the closeness and the dust. His lan- tern was growing dim. The water about his feet was rising rapidly. It is a fearful thing to feel that your span of life is measured by a certain number of breaths. Sandy did not know what scheme for his rescue might be on foot beyond that sloping wall. It would not do to“depend too much on his friends. He might suffocate betore help could reach him. He must make a fight for himself. How far was it through the mass of wheat? Again he tapped on the steel, and back came answering taps not far away. The barrier could not be very thick at the top. He must force a way through it. In this lay his only hope. All depended on the position and size of the rent through which the grain had entered the tunnel. 1f it were in the middle of the roof and very large, there was no possibility of suc- cess, He sat his lantern down on the bear- ing, and crawled cautiously up the soft slope, careful not to start the wheat flowing again. He burrowed with his hands into the summit of the barrier. It did not seem so very solid; but when he withdrew them, he could feel the kernels fol- low. was in Thrustinz his face close up to the. steel, he made yielding mass, a quick dive into the hoping to be able to push his body through it. But it was firmer than he had thought, and he was compelled to drag himself back de- feated, ears, nose and mouth full of dust. Staggering down the slope, he drop- ped in a heap in the deepening water. The air was now barely breathable. The light from his lantern had become a mere smoky blur. Insensibility and death would be his portion if he re- mained there a few minutes more. Yet what use to make another attempt? On the oiler’s dulled ears and dizzy senses fell again a series of persistent inquiring taps. He shook off the creep- ing stupor, and started up. What were his friends doing to help him? He had barely reason enough to tap back in token that he was still alive. Then, crazed to think that he must die with safety so near, he hurled himself like a madman upon the grain. Better to perish fighting than to suffocate with- cut effort. The consciousness that this was his last chance brought back clearness to his muddled brain. Painfully exploring the summit with his finger-tips, he de- cided that the pressure was less on the right side, Crowding himself up be- tween wheat and steel, choking and blinded, he dug and wrizgled and fought his way deeper and deeper into the mass, which allowed him to pro- gress by inches, but closed round him like water. Well for him that he was thin and tall! Otherwise he would never have been able to wedge himself between the eurved plates and the thousands of resisting kernels. lantern $2,655,900 by Mexico. As he pushed himself along, keeping a little air-space beneath his face and working the grain behind him, he felt on his left side the steady, merciless pressure from above, bruising him al- most beyond endurance. Sandy had now penetrated so far into the wheat that he could not get back. His strength was nearly gone. The kernels were close up against his nostrils, they filled his ears, they fought to crowd between his lips. He could not draw a breath. His fiingers, thrust despairingly straight before him, conveyed the news that the mass was growing looser. He made two or three frantic efforts, wrig- gled forward a few inches farther, and then stopped. His hands had broken through into an empty space, but he could not make another motion.. Just then his wrists were seized by his friends, and he was dragged, dragged, hruised and bleeding and all but insensible, into the open, tunuel Lleyond the barrier.—Youth’s Compan-. ion. i WORLD'S PRODUCTION oF GoLo. Director of Mint Places it at $376,289,- 200 in 1905. The stock of the world's gold was enriched in 1905 by the production of new metal tothe value of $376.2 289 200, this output being nearly $2 20,000,000 dar than that of. 1904. In. giving this #inal estimate the Director of the Miz t, said that the largest produc- er of zold last year was Africa, with an output ‘of $113,329,110, while the United States ranked second, with $38,180,700, and Australasia third, with $83,926,500. - The important gains in gold produc- tion. were 37,716,000 by the United States, .. $27,415,200 by Africa * and Losses in gold préduction were $1,913,000 by Canada, $1,840,800 by Australasia and $2,511,- 600; by Russia. All.of the principal silver producing counties showed a falling off in the output of that metal compared with the previous year; the United States, of 1508,000 ounces; Mexico, of 6,156,- 000 ounces; Australasia, of 2,000,000 ounces; ;South America, or 1,742,000 ounces, and Japan of ncarly 1,000,000 ouncege: -The average value: of silver in New York, base a on London's price converted at the current rates of ex- change, was 61 cents ner fine ounce, which may be compared with 58 cents for 1904, 54 cents for 1903 and 52 cents for 1902, the lowest year’s price on record. The largest silver producing country in 1905 was the United States, with a total production of 56,101,600 fine ounces, but Mexico was a clcse sec- ond, with 54,652,893 fine ounces The gain in gold production in the United States last year was due large- ly to the increased output in Alaska. This year’s unofficial estimate of the production in that territory shows an even larger gain than was shown last year, for the total will certainly reach $20,000,000. Director Roberts, in commenting on the production of gold and silver in the United States last year said today: “The most important changes in gold production are shown by Alaska, which advances from $9,160,600 in 1904 to $14,925,600 in 1905. Colorado shows an increase from $24,395,800 in 1904 to $25,701,100 in 1905, due to freedom from labor troubles. Nevada shows a gain from $4,307,800 in 1904 to $5,359,100 in 1905, and a gain in silver from 2,695,100 to 5,863,500 fine ounces.” The Director of the Mint says that Nevada will show for 1906. a much larger gain in both gold and silver, and that the State seems likely to make. a contest, for first place as a producer of the precious metal. The total output of silver is about 1,500,- 000 ounces under that of the previous year, the three heaviest producers, Colorado, Montana and Utah, all showing a decline. Sayings Worth Remembering. “What most people call luck is only a matter of knowing what you want andcgetting it.” “There is many a hero among who,is more or less the face of clothes.” “A mother’s knowlede is the only bottomless pool that has never been fathomed.” : “It is a strane fact that people who think that their dignity has been trifled with, almost always ‘sputter,’ and so forfeit all claim to the dignity they believe they possess.” Zducation don’t change blood nor his heart.” “It is remarkable rave the courage voices in a silence. “It is a weak leader who must have the mark of lis position pinned upor him to ‘be recognized.” “Most people are so commonplact that they're deadly dull even whes they are insincere. What would thej be if they told the truth?” “There is a harder solitary confine men ‘of ‘a coward in a man’s how few to he people ar their own _infinitely greater | BD vars: ment than that of the prison—the sol itary confinement of the free streets of a free land, with public opinion, it4 head turned away, passing on the op: posite side.” “A nod of approval or a hearty shake of the hand—those little human tines that in some mysterious way | make the pilot wheel of: life spin | more easily, and give the k of our souls a firmer grip on the spokes. We may scoff at therh in our moments of! arrogant independence, but they do not come often enough in the lives of | most of us, to ever lose their first novelty or power.”—From “The Bal- ance of Power.” i Taking all crimes, more are com- mitted in the autumn than during any other of the season of the year. American Nomenclature By E. P. Powell, tiomal American. state must forever DMITTING Oklahoma and Indian Territery, ico and Arizona into two single states under the titles of Oklahoma and Arizona is a notably good movement in the way ‘of nomenclature, which will be welcomed by every ra- Editor and Author. of) p= and New Mex: It is lamentable that our great Empire wear the name of an English nebleman who bears no relation to American history, and the com: monwealth boasting of Trenton and Valley Forge must carry down through time the name of an island chiefly fam- ous for its cows. Vermont, Massachusetts, they are also to the manner born. Ohio, Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, Alabama, Mississippi and Oregon are not only pleasant to the ear, bu! Kansas, Montana, Iowa and Kentuck) are good illustrations of what we can do. But wherever the naming of states and towns has fallen into the hand¢ of learned committees, the result has been provoking tautology. Besides thé Clintons in Massachusetts, Connecticut, New. Jersey, and a dozen other states there are in New York state alone 17 Clintons in various shades and forms There is no reason why, in tolerate this sprinkling There is a commercial side to the astray every year. affectation, will ings Center. to of their find that be there taken account of our postoffice department. One of the worst illustrations of absurd and unmeaning classical dropping and Ontario Claudius, Mexico, ignoring occurred in New York, when the central part of the state: hawk Flats, and the Niagara as Utica, Syracuse, Rome, Homer. to say nothing of Poland, Russia, ing sonorous indian names and memorative. West Virginia should the at the time of its admission, and the noble spared a prefix adjective giving the our affection for honorable governors and great leadérs in names over question, Those who suppose is in of the Union but is suffering from this wretched lack of ov George Clinton .and De Witt their day, New York state should its postoffices and its townships for bushels of letters are carried that Hastings-on-Hudson is a bit of the same state a Hastings and a Hast: in mailing their lett Not a state in cht on the part naming of towns -poured all over around the Oriskany Hills, the Mo- Valley, such un-American names Virgil, Manlius; Cfexo, Carthage; and other foreign titles—displac others either. descriptive or com- been Kanawha, as was proposed name of Dakota should have been equally noble name of Cheyenna an hon- dictionary ‘was have ored place on our roll of states-=Collier's W eekly. RRRARANRLRRRRRU RA RRR RLERR ES {PBR fier penal) New York's Inadequate Seacoast Defence By Henry jay Case. Gel prs enhifres geeletatnteiolle I war were declared tomorrow with a first-class power, * consternation Congress has would be the country. learned in 1898. the works started, $500,000 house with everything completed Nr 2pm great in the metropolis of this vast ailed to act fully on the lessons True, defences have been planned and but the situation is similar to that of a save the roof, and the interior left to suffer from each succeeding down- Our and pour. dition, x if any them it could do so quite at its leisure. the spectacle of citizens begging for tion. tact. Money, ness appalling men, and material, seacoast defences are very much in this con- hostile fleet desired to toss shell into Then, as in the past, we would have ships, men, and materials for protec- The ships could not come because the navy must keep its fleet in- however, and a fearful extravagance when compared with what could would be wasted with reckless- have been accomplicshaed if the same were spent calmly and with sober busi- ness judgment in times of peace. The difference between the actual and proper methods of procedure can- not be overestimated. As matters stand at present; the fearful paralysis of business interests in case of a bombardment would be so enormous that the nind can only form a hazy conception of the results. The effects, so far- reaching, make it remarkable that the people of this country do not demand proper protection for the great trade centres of the country. conditions even a phantom fleet would produce direfal terror. would be crowded with fleeing inhabitants; to sail; business of all kinds would become stagnant. Under present The trains commercial vessels would fear Newspapers would vie with one another in running out extras magnifying the number of ships, and many would be the failures reported. The foregoing statements are no idle dream, but are made from observations of actual war conditions.—Har- per’'s Weekly. RAR ARANRLRLIRRRRKILI RRR Wont eC) Si EVER keep your retire from ence. purer woman, does not air oftan \- more youthful appearance. Nothing else ages one or it will age, and the bedy cannot Few minds are strong eaough monotonus life which variety of life. than country They work through, they the theatro, in the marks of Success. people. spite of its many age. To Keep Young active “in the swim; advancing years To preserve youth, The country and living looks look more than 30. than that of her country rules in the average country home. They enjoy themselves hard when drop everything and ha evils, People who laugh By O. 5. Marden. (mr vemannend| avoid it; refer to life if you can possibly ” keep the mind active; never or say ‘‘at my age.” vou must have a variety of experi- woman at 40, although breathing a on a more healthful] diet than the city 50, while the latter at the same But her mind is more active sister; that is the secret of her age more rapidly than monotony—a dead level exist: ence without change of scene or experience. The mind must bs kept fresh be yGunger than the miad. to overcome the aging influence of the City people have a great deal more at work, but, when they are good time. There is no doubt that has done a great deal toward erasing much retain their youth longer.— we a QARCURLRERARUA LAR TCa8crR IE mst IY dix 0 we have all select. : lors only. A baby is a great trouble, iim on, or will some other trouble, the long run? them to ourselves.’ “and it depends largely upon himself as to the ones he shall This being so, that we may suffer as we choose and There is a set of married troubles, and one for bache- Which will you have? Is it well to have him? Qprrrsomeninefy of] Troubles ® By Tom Masson, 8S E are apt to quarrel with our troubles, idea that they have been set upon us and not realizing that along under the mistaken unconsciously Every one has been appropriating a choice of troubles, let us take thought of tomorrow, not blindly. Yours is the choice. Is it wise to take equally formidable, be better for us in Any amount of trouble may be caused by too much money. Shall we run the risk or not? A kiss has oftéa caused no end of trouble. ‘others. : Let us have patience and take time to make our selection. And "it is likely to lead to The worst of it is, that by the time we have learned the standing of various troubles, their nature and ways, over again. would willingly —Puck. it is too late to change. And we cannot begin all So that in the end we may be saddled with troubles that we change for others, if we had only known about them earlier. KEYSTONE STATE CULLINGS GRANGERS WANT LEGISLATION Their Legislative Committee Goes Before the Senate and House With a Number of Demands. The legislative committee of the State Grange met in Harrisburg and after a lengthy discussion, served no- tice on the senate and house they have dctined wishes in the matter of legislation to be passed by the pres- ent legislature. They demand the granting of trolley companies the right to carry freight and the right of eminent domain; a passenger rate not exceeding two cents a mile. In townships where road tax is paid, they insist that the 15 per paid by the state be increased to al. per cent and permanent road fund be created by taxing all personal and corporate property including manu- facturing plants; an increased appro- priation for public schools as promised by the present: governor: an investi- gation of the expense uilding-and furnishing the state eapitol and are unalterably opposed to of new officed and ies of old ones. cent of b Li inereas: bills made nr the islature. duced by Senator. Jolin Suis of Philadelphia, authorizes the courts to grant an additional : license . to keepers of hotels for the -sale of. lign- ors in. quantities not exceeding dne quart to guests with their on Sundays in the‘regular dining rooms or: restaurants and no other places. Hotelkeepers in cities of the first and second class shall pay additional license. of $300 per year, those - of other cities $150, in boroughs $75 and in townships $50. The provisions of the act shall not apply to a: dist- rict having the prohibitory law. The other bill was presented by Senator Crawford of- Allegheny coun- ty, and authorizes licensed whole- sale liquor dealers to purchase liquors in kegs, barre}y’and otherwise in bulk and transfer the same into: bottles or smaller packagés to sell. The license fee is placed at $250 in boroughs and in townships $125. T WOR liguaqr ance meals al ly provid- rail- lation OL a state The Republican ing for the creation road commission made its appear- ance in the senate with Senator Tustin of Philadelphia as its sponsor. A commission of five is to be named by the governor. = Tho terms of the first appointees will run for two, three four, five and six years from June 1, 1907. Re-appointments will be for six years. No person in the employ of, or holding any official relation to, any carrier, or owning stock or bonds or in any way pecuniarily interested in a carrier can be a commissioner. The commissioners must have no other business or occupation. Their salary is $8,000 a year. The act goes into effect on its passage. One man was instantly killed and three were seriously injured by the bursting of the cylinder of the engine in the No. 1 plant of the American Sheet & Tin Plate Company at Scottdale. William Croft, of Scott- dale, aged 28 and married, an engi- neer, had his head crushed in and was killed. James P. Beatty, aged 20, a rougher, was terribly tlded about face and body. Frank Depriest, of Alverton, a eatcher, had both legs broken, apd Charles Cunningham, of Alverton, a eatcher, had his head cut and was scalded. 8C¢ The Washington county commissions ers advertised for bids for the con- struction .of a new bridge over the Monongahela river between Donora in Washington county and \W« in Westmoreland county. The Lids are to be filed with the commissioners of both counties by noon on February 19, and they will be opéned and a con- tract awarded: at a joint meeting of the commissioners = at Grecusburg, February 20. bster Interest was added to Atforney Charles McClure, f trict attorney of Mercer mysteriously disappeared ago, when his wife started Angeles, Cal., where he is fously ill. It is said there reconciliation. The body of John old, a laborer-on the pple the Cincinnati. mines near hela, was found fioating near tipple. Quills went to work Sunday during the heavy wind storm and it is supposed he was blown overboard. State Treasurer Berry claims to have discovered fresh evidences of overcharges in th capitol expenditures. He says in the items of mahogany waingcoting furnished by Jchn H. Sanderson, there is an overcharge of over $700,000. Fire gutted the Irwin Opera House. Most of the loss is the stage and scenery, while the interior is dam- aged] beyond repair. The loss is $10,000, covered by insurance. The court at Uniontown overruled a motion for a new trial for James R. Smith, the wealthy farmer of Smith- field, convicted of shooting his son- in-law, William Wirsing. Governor Stuart accepted resignation of Judge Frank W. Wheaton, of the Luzerne county com- mon pleas court, to take effect on April 1 next. A strange woman ¢ dence of D. M. Moore a wealthy merchant, of Franklin. and told his daughter that six years aso she stole, from her a pocketbook containing $2. The woman returned the amount in the same pocketbook and asked for- glveness. She would not divulge her name. : Mrs. ever a year for Los lying ser- will be a Quills, 45 years boat at Mononga- the mine the lled at the resi- Mary Forsythe, a well-known Washington woman, was incarcerated in the county jail to serve 10 days sentence. She had been convicted of assaulting Miss Odessa Rasel, a school teacher who had punished Mrs, Forsythe’s daughter. \
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