REST A LITTLE.
: ..W pawing davj
Don. t be fool enough to think
Of working life away!
K? T' fit for ler work,
J note thinw count for much, 1 tell you,
in the sojourn here.
fcest a little, play a little,
"iRlia and team will cornel -.
Bio up all you're able
m i u ? ,unh'ne. while there's ome.
l lack the ftowera along the way,
or evening cornea to toon,
Jhfn youll want the memorica
. v nappy uearted noon!
: by a minute! :
By CLARA. LOUISE' BURNHAM.
SlOR, sir, my daughter Hcl-
2 - . .1. m , t
said Farmer Burchard, Ills
hind face harder as lie
spoke. "She won't go to
her liusbnnd empty-handed,
either. I calc'late to give Helen Forest
Farm If she innrrtes to suit nic; nml
forest farm, Ezra Fairfax, Is the pret
tlest property In Middlesex County."
The farmer ami his hired man were
ilrlYlng along the Toad to the station,
for Mr. Burehnrd was going off on u
week's trip to buy some cattle.
Ezra made no reply to this boast, He
tad heard It a number of times, and
as he loved Helen with his whole heart
It was not a pleasure to listen to, es
pecially as he understood nt this time
It was a warning note intended to pre
sent any philandering In his employer's
absence.
"I shall never have Forest Farm If
that is the prlee I have to pay," de
clared Helen herself a few hours later,
looking into her lover's honest eyes.
SThe two had grown up together, the
children of neighbors. "I shall marry
yon or nobody, Ezra. 1 love father,
but his ambitions can't make wrong
. right. Had he been the one to die in
J stead of your father when we were
children I might have been your
mother's 'help' to-day." The girl
smiled in a way that warmed Ezra's
despairing heart.
"If there were only something I could
do to change matters!" he exclaimed.
I bate the name of Forest Farm! I
wish HoBea Uinkley had never sold
It."
"He wouldn't if he could possibly
bare done without the money, that is
certain," remarked the girl. "What a
triumph father felt it to be when he
secured it before good Mr. Hosea died!"
"Yes, if that scamp of a brother of
bit had got hold of it, I guess Mr.
BurAiard might have whistled for For
8t Farm. Jim Hinkley's the biggest
rascal unhung, and be hates your
father. He'd have liked to spite him
by selling to somebody else. Well,"
Ezra heaved a mighty sigh," for my
part I'd be willing Jim had got It. 1
ought not to let you cling to the thought
of me, Helen; it will spoil your life."
The girl gazed at him with frank
tenderness. His sturdy form and
bronzed face filled all her horizon.
"Can you stop thinking of me?" she
asked simply.
"God knows I can't," he answered,
and then be lifted his old hat with a
reverent gesture and kissed her.
The next day he was plodding along
the road to the village filled with the
problem that always absorbed him,
When a stranger accosted him. He
looked np and beheld an elderly gen
tleman with the stamp of city life on
bis face, clothing and manners.
"Young man," the latter began, "can
you tell me the whereabouts of a place
known as Forest Farm?"
"Yes," replied Ezra. "Walk right
ahead and turn the first turning to the
left, and as soon as you cross the creek
you're there." Then, with a bluntness
that amused his interlocutor, he con
tinued, "Were you thinking of renting
It?"
The stranger smiled leniently and
tapped his band wjth a legal paper be
beld. "No, i wasn't thinking of rent
ing it," he answered deliberately; "I
am thinking of buying It. In fact, I
bare just bought it. My daughter saw
the place and thought she would like
It for a summer home, and I have
come down to look at it myself. My
deed here will assist me in locating
- boundaries. I'm much obliged to you."
' The kindly stranger bowed and
moved on, leaving Ezra to stare after
bin), his lips parted, his thoughts in a
turmoil.
His face reddened under Its bronze.
In some nncomprehended way had his
chance come? Might he do for Alien
Burcbard some service which should
twin him Helen?
He made a swift movement to follow
the stranger, as suddenly changed his
mind, and charged np the village street
at a pace that scattered the children
before him like leaves In the wind.
Squire Winslow, sitting at the desk
In his second-story office, looked
startled aa the young man burst into
hia room. "Well! What's the matter,
Ezra Fairfax?" exclaimed the old man,
pushing bis chair back, images of dire
catastrophes crowding through his
brain.
"I don't know," gasped the other,
(Bragging a seat to the desk and falling
Into it. Then with catches of the
breath he told his story.
The Squire pushed up his spectacles
and listened, frowning.
"Certainly, I remember the transfer
cf Forest Farm," he said. "I drew the
deed. Yon say Mr. Burchard is away.
Couldn't he have "
"No, he has only been gone since yes
terday, and he told me the day he left
be was going to give the place to his
daughter. Jim Hinkley's at the bottom
f this, somehow or other."
By
PLAY A LITTLE.
Reil a little,, piny a little,
Alan was made to toil.
Hut not to crush hia spirit out ' '
Amid the world's turmoil.
I.ifo is giv'n for something mora
Than just to dig anil plow.
Get that something out of life,
And, brother, get it now!
Rest a little, play a little,
livery passing day:
Don't he fool enough, to think
(If slaving life away.
Uphill climbing's hard at best;
ilrighten up the way,
With now, my friend, a little rest,
.tnu now a lime piay.
Leigh Mitchell Hodges, in 1'hiladelphia North American.
Sijtiire Winslow found time even
amid his problem to nilinire Ezra'a
keen, set face.
"There is only one thing that could
have made It possible for Jim to med
dle, and I suppose that Is just the thing
that has happened," sit Id tbo Hipilrc,
after grasping his stubby chin in deep
thought. Ezra scrutinized lilin eagerly.
"I remember now. Mr. ltinvliunl met
Ilosen here in this olllce and paid the
money and took the deed. When I
offered to mail it to the registry, Sir.
Iltirclinrd said he wanted to kIiow it to
his wife first. lie said be bad business
lu Lowell next week and would take
the deed to tbo registry then himself.
Now, perhaps, he forgot It; then, know
ing 1 Iosco's honesty, put It off from
time to time, and it has never been
recorded. Jim Illnkley bus wonted
money pretty bad lately, ami they do
say Siilnn takes cure of Ills own. Any
way, be must have put that very Idea
into .Hill's head. Jim probably lovked
the mutter up, found things Just as be
expected, got a customer for Forest
Farm and sold It." Squire Winslow
misunderstood (lie abstracted thought
fulness that changed bis visitor's face.
"Urine up, my boy," be said kindly.
(let back the grit I saw in your eyes
a minute ago, and perhaps we'll beat
Jim yet." Ho caught Ills watch from
his pocket. "No," he ejaculated, "you
can't get the deed and catch the last
train to Lowell."
'What what's the idea?" asked
Ezra, sitting np, alert again.
"Why, the stranger said he'd JurI
bought Forest Farm. It's likely he's
taking a look at the property before
recording his deed, if he records his
first, you've lost the farm; but if you
could in any way get yours in "
"I see!" Ezra sprang from his chair,
a light flashing all over bis face.
Squire Winslow still held his watch
in his hand and bis mouth open when,
three steps at a time, the young man
was fleeing down the stairs.
"BIofs mo!" muttered the lawyer, and
his own hand trembled with excite
ment as he reached for his hat and
followed after, as swiftly as his older
limbs would carry him.
Ezra reached home in an incredibly
short period. Mrs. Burchard saw him
coming, and was startled by bis look.
She had a kindness for her daughter's
lover, but did not dare to side with him.
"Where's the key to Mr. Burchard's
desk?" he cried.
"In its place," she answered, appre
hensively. "So it is," he gasped with relief, feel
ing behind the secretary and producing
it. "I saw Helen out by the barn. Tell
her to saddle Mark! Quickly, please."
"Has Mr. Burchard " she began.
"Quick!" implored Ezra, rummaging
among the papers with desperate eager
ness.
She -obeyed and returned. "Where
arc you going. Ezra Fairfax?"
"To Lowell."
"On Mark? What will Mr. Burchard
say? You know how Mr. Burchard
feels about that colt."
"Here it is!" exclaimed Ezra joy
ously. "What?"
"The deed to Forest Farm. There's
a purchaser " The young man
dashed out of the house, leaving the
desk in confusion, and ran to the barn.
Helen was tightening the saddle
girths.
"What is this for?" she asked, catch
ing the excitement in his face.
"It's the only chance! I can't talk!"
he exclaimed. He kissed her, sprang
on the colt's back, and galloped off.
"Helen, that boy is crazy!" cried Mrs.
Burchard, in distress, running out to
meet her daughter. "You don't sup
pose he would dare to try and sell For
est Farm! He has carried the deed
off."
"Trust Ezra," said Helen stoutly. "I
do." But her heart thumped, and she,
too, felt more troubled than ever be
fore in hei life. ' Might Ezra really
have brooded over his troubles until
his mind had become unhinged?
Meanwhile the swift colt bad met the
Squire on the road, and the rider had
reined tip.
Silently he handed down the deed,
which the old man examined eagerly.
"Just as I thought," he said curtly;
"not recorded. Have you money ? Not
enough, perhaps, for everything. Here,
take this."
Ezra accepted the bill, and the brief
instructions which the lawyer went on
to give blm.
"Better tell the Burchards, I guess.
They'll worry either way. Thank you,
Squire Winslow." Fairfax swiftly bent
and wrung his old friend's hand.
"God bless you!" returned the old
lawyer, unsteadily. ,
It would take too long to describe the
details of that ride. The road was a
"short cut" compared to the roundabout
way by rail from Edgcomb to Lowell.
The brave colt did his best, rolling an
eye around occasionally as if to ask
why, when so many steep hills had
heeu traveled, he was still urged on;
but when, Jaded and worn, the two
finally reached Lowell, the lteglstry of
Deeds was closed. Ezra's voice was
unsteady as ho asked concerning the
arrival of the lust train from Edgcomb.
He found that it was In, but It, too,
had arrived after the registry hours.
His chance still remained.
He saw to bis horse's comfort; but
for himself there was no sleep that
night. Too much bung In the balance.
With the first rays of down ho was
walking about the street, waiting for
the appointed hour.
He turned his steps toward the best
hotel in the place, and lounged near at
breakfast time, but did not see the
face lift sought among the guests.
Suppose the stranger's deed had al
ready been recorded before that ex
perimental visit to Kdgcomb! Ezra
set his teeth.
But l 'clock drew on. He dared
linger no longer near the hotel, and
moved away toward the Court House.
The hour sounded from the steeple.
The bell electrified him and he hurried
on; but suddenly a sight more moving
still caught, bis view. A well-dressed
man, whom Fairfax recognized only
too certainly, bad just ascended tbo
steps and was entering the registry
ollbe. For an Instant things turned
black before the tired man; then be
nerved himself, slouched bis hat over
his eyes, sprung up the steps alter the
gentleman, shouldered blm aside, and
edging through the room ahead of
111 in. reached the desk (list and offered
his slinking paper.
"Where are your manners, young
fellow ':" asked the Registrar, glancing
back at the somewhat annoyed and
surprised look on tile other man's face.
Ezra's cold lips sluniuicrcd something
about hurrying.
'There's time enough in this world
for folks to bo civil. You've got the
day before you, haven't you?" said the
clerk, looking, to Fairfax's acute ap
prehension, as If be might be going to
order him aside In favor of the person
age he bad Just jostled.
The young man's excitement leaped
from his eyes, but his slouched lint hid
them. It was none of the Itegistrar's
business If the clumsy fellow's Hps
were ashy. He still grumbled ns be
reached for his rubber stamp.
The dull thud with which It struck
the paper sounded above the ringing
In Ezra's ears. Then the clerk glanced
at the clock and proceeded to write in
Its place, in legal form, the moment of
registration.
"Nine hours and two minutes."
The words were written. He stag
gered ns be moved aside to let the
portly gentleman take bis turn.
The Registrar, with a casual remark,
pulled the second deed toward him,
stamped it, and then took up the pen
and wrote:
"Nine hours and three minutes."
Ezra held on by a corner of the desk,
for the clock, prints and maps on the
walls were chasing each other madly
around the room.
Forest Farm was saved! And Helen?
Mr. Burchard returned home to find
his strong, quiet "hired" man the hero
of the village. Squire Winslow, de
lighted not n little with his own pres
ence of mind in the affair, bad ex
ploited Ezra's history far and wide.
"You know you always said, father,
that Forest Farm was to go with me,"
remarked Helen, demurely, "so, logic
ally, I go with the farm and the farm
is Ezra's."
She opened her eyes nt her parent
Innocently and slipped her hand into
her lover's, which was close by.
Mr. Burchard, still confounded by the
risk his own carelessness had entailed,
stared nt them helplessly and yielded
to the Inevitable.
"Queer doings," he said to himself,
and blinked his eyes. "Queer doings."
The American Queen.
The Petrified Man.
Po you remember the "petrified
man," supposed to be 8000 years old,
discovered in a gravel bed near' Leav
enworth a few years ago, and which
had the scientists of the whole coun
try guessing? This wonderful speci
men was made from a plaster of purls
cast by Charles Farmer, an eccentric
old gentleman who lives on a farm ad
joining that of John Cory near Lowe
niont. The cast was taken from a hu
man being. Farmer had arranged with
another man to help him out in his
scheme to make some money. Ac
cordingly the specimen was hidden in
a ravine near Miocene, three miles
northwest of Leavenworth, and was
found per the arrangements. It was
taken to Leavenworth and placed on
exhibition as a genuine petrified man.
Great interest was manifested in it
and the owners realized a neat sum by
charging an admission fee to it Sci
entists examined it and were puzzled.
Finally Farmer traded the curiosity,
for 100 acres of laud in South Dakota,
and the new owner went on a tour
of the East, attracting attention every
where. Parmer divulged the secret to
Dr. Itedmond, Sheriff Stance Myers
and the editor of the Kansan on the
train between Lowemont and Potter,
Tuesday. He made this specimen
seven years ago. A few years before
that he "made" a woman in California.
This became famous throughout tho
West as the "San Joaquin Woman."
Parmer made these images out of a
substance of his own manufacture,
which, when It "sets," is as hard as
rock. Potter (Kan.) Kansan.
American Money In Colombia.
American money is now the basis for
nearly all transactions in this part of
Colombia, reports Consul Orr, from
Barranquilla. All invoices certified at
this consulate are now made out in
American money, and it is not at all
likely that the Colombian paper cur
rency will ever again bt wed in invoices.
01RGIBL5
BILL'S IDEA.
If I could males the world, I would
Not make a salty sea.
Fil fill it up with lemonade
And let in children free.
On every mountain, cape and stream,
I'd print its name, so we
.Would never have to study them
In a geography.
'Addition and division I
Would not have made at all.
I wouldn't have a thing but games
For children that are small.
1 pics if I made such a world
Ft would be tine to see.
And all the children Hint there are
Would say, "Jlumili!" for me.
New York News.
A SIMPLE TENT.
A tent can be nnide by children very
easily and quickly without outside
help, (let three old sheets or shawls,
a rope and some safety plus and fol
low Ihls picture and description:
Tlo tbo rope between two trees, so
that you may walk under it without
touching your head. Throw n sheet or
shawl over it. Tie four strings as
long ns yourself to each corner of the
sheet (one on each corner). On the
other end of each string tic a pointed
stick. Drive those sticks into the
ground as far from .the rope ns you
can. The sheet will now niuke a good
roof. Two more sheets ore now used
for the sides of the tent. Each sheet
makes an end and one side.
Use safety pins to pin up these sides.
The hole at each end of the tent under
the roof is necessary to keep it cool
and comfortable. Most tents arc very
stuffy and hot, but this tent is ns
satisfactory an arrangement as can
be made. New York Evening Mail.
BUNNY'S VICTORY.
Mr. Brown is the owner of a high
grade hunting dog, whose kennel, fur
Dished with various bits of carpet to
make a warm bed, is In the back yard.
One night not long ago Mr. Brown
beard the dog yelping, but paid little
attention to the matter. Next rooming
the dog was foun asleep on the piazza
door mat. He couldn't be induced to
go near the kennel. Mr. Brown lnves
tlgatcd. He found lu tbo kennel a
plump mamma rabbit and two of the
cutest Ilttlo baby rabbits in the world.
Mrs. Cottontail had chased Bruno out
and appropriated his house. Savannah
News.
A TRUE INCIDENT.
'A French family has recently bad lis
fortunes restored in n way to suggest
story telling. Tho family was wretch
cdly poor, selling one possession nfter
another in order to meet the demands
of the butcher and grocer. One day the
mother in moving nn old desk of her
great-grandfather, came upon an old
book, between the pages of which
was a stamp of the Island of Maurice
of 1847.
A traveler stopping to rest In the
cottage one day saw this stamp, which
a boy was sticking to a home-made en
velope, playing "postofftcc" with a Ilt
tlo friend. This traveler ( a man of
wealth and collector of curios) saw
that it was very rare. In truth there
were, but two others in existence, one
belonging to the King of England and
one to the Czar of Russia. He told
the family of their treasure, and it was
tbrough his interest and exertions that
the stamp was subsequently sold for
$ loOO. Indianapolis News.
FHOTOGRArilING AN OWL.
The Great Horned Owl may be fas
cinated by a dog. And the photograph
ing of the Great Horned Owl under
these conditions is not difficult; wait
until the owl seizes the fowl and stops
to rest on the return to the woods;
then let a dog be led to within twenty
or thirty feet of the owl, and the bird
Will be all attention for the dog and
take no apparent notice of the person
leading it. The behavior of the owl at
such times is very amusing. It stands
motionless, gazing intently at the dog;
but after a few minutes, if the dog re
mains quiet, the bird seems to become
nervous, and steps first to one side
and then to the other,hissing, snapping
Its beak, and ruflling its feathers. Af
ter this the owl will usually try to
make off with its prey; but if another
bait is made, the bird's actions show
even more nervousness. While the
owl's attention is thus attracted is the
time to approach within "photo-distance"
to get the "snap-shots." St.
Vicbolas.
HOW TO GROW ROSE BUSHES.
There is money in growing rose
bushes, and it is a pleasant occupa
tion in which any boy or girl who has
THll TF.NT IN TOSITIOX,
jJD B013
the use of a bit of laud can engage.
Roses may be planted either In ths
fall or spring, and the beds should ba
protected from the northwest wind
and have a southern or eastern slope
If possible. It is a good plan to
have the hybrid roses on the east side
of a fence, and the hurdler and free
growing climbers to cover the fence It
self. Roses that arc to bo grown for
the perfection of their blooms should
never lie In close proximity to a build
ing or trees.
Propagation wherein lies tho profit
for young horticulturists Is accom
plished by seeds, cuttings, layers,
sports, division, budding or grafting,
the lust two inelhoilH being extensively
used by nurserymen and Ibnists. Hut
for our purposes cuttings nro best.
They may be rooted at any time of the
year, but for hardy roses I have found
the obl-fiishhiiicd method of Inserting
dormant shoots hi the full the most
satisfactory.
Cuttings sbotid be made from the
wood of the current year, which should
be of medium strength and well
ripened. They may be cut from eight
to ten Indies In length and placed live
or six Inches deep in the ground. Care
should be taken to tread round them
thoroughly in order Hint tho frost may
not lift them out. The next spring,
nfter they are well rooted, they can
lie set farther apart: nnd by the second
spring they will be large enough to
sell and will readily 'bring twenty-five
cents each. I know boys who have
paid all tlnir own expenses from the
time they were twelve years old Just
by propagating roses and other plants,
New York Evening Mall.
ROMANCE OF TWO GEESE.
I have always thought that wild
geese were the most interesting of
fowl. They have an intelligence and a
system of their own. They mate and
marry, I used to think, Just as people
do, and every gamier Is faithful to his
goose. Once when the wild geese
were Hying overhead in the spring, one
of our neighbors got out with his gun
nnd shot into the flock flying overhead.
He wounded u goose, lu the wing and
It fluttered to the earth. Our neigh
bor captured It, and told his children
that they might keep it and make a pet
of It. By caring for it tenderly and
feeding it often this goose became quite
tame, and stayed all the year with the
tame geese.
Next spring the wild geese were (ly
ing over again und the goose that had
been shot and tamed heard them bonk
ing in the skies as they went over.
She seemed to recognize a familiar
voice, and, showing great excitement,
gave n loud call. This was beard by
one of the geese in the sky, evidently
her mnto of former years, and he, after
circling around for a time, finally came
to the earth, found his long-lost goose
and remained with her. He was wild
for a time, and would fly whenever a
person would come near, but finally be
became domesticated, and the two
raised a brood of goslings and lived
happy ever afterward with the tame
geese Indianapolis News.
GAME OF ORGAN BUILDER.
This is a really interesting game
much played by German children.
First, the players choose one of tbelr
number to be the Organ Builder. He
goes around among the rest and places
them in n straight row. Each player
must hold out both his or her bands
folded in front of blm, nnd the Organ
Builder goes along the row, saying:
"These are good organ pipes." Then
he taps each player's hands lightly
with a thin stick, and the player whom
he touches must give forth a long, sus
tained sound to represent a tone of the
pipe.
If the ton does not suit the Organ
Builder, he may demand on improve
ment, but only once, nnd the players
must obey.
After he has heard n sound from
each "organ pipe," he retires long
enough to be blindfolded. While he
is away all the "organ pipes" change
places.
When he returns, the Organ Builder
says:
"Alas, how will my organ be, now I
nm blind and cannot sec?"
He reaches out with his stick and
taps the outstretched hands of one of
the players. The one who is struck
must Immediately utter the same sound
as he or she did the first time, and the
Organ Builder may demand that it be
repeated three times.
Then he must say:
"Ah, this pipe is naming the
player who he thinks it is.
If he has not guessed correctly, all
the players dance around him and sing:
What a builder have we here?
What a wretched, wretched ear.
Though the pipes sound out so clear!"
Then they all change places. again,
and the Organ Builder must try the
next "pipe."
If, however, he guesses correctly, the
players sing:
"Though the master have no tight,
He can tell hit pipes aright!
See your organ with delight!"
And they pull the bandage from hl3
eyes. The "pipe" whose name has
been guessed must take his place.
New York News.
Ttaltrna4 and Frngre!,
' In his testimony before the Plenate
Committee on Interstate Commerce at
Washington on May 4, Professor Hugo
It, Meyer, of Chicago University, an
expert on railroad maungemeut, mad
this statement:
"Let us look at what might have hap
pened If we bail heeded the protests
of the farmers of New York nod Ohio
and Pnunsylrnnla tin the seventies
when grain from the West begun pour
ing to the Atlantic seaboard) and acted
upon the doctrine which the Interstate
Commerce Commission bus enunciated
time and again, that no niuu may bt
deprived of the advantages accruing to
him by virtue or bis geographical po
sition. We could not rave west of the
Mississippi a population of millions of
people who are prosperous und are
rreat consumers. . We nevr should
have seen the years when we built
J 0,000 and JU.OOO miles of railway, for
there would hare been no farmers
west of the Mississippi Itiver who
could have used the bind that would
have been opened up by the building
of those railways.' And, If we had not
seen the years when we could build
10,000 and 12.000 miles of railway a
year, we should not have to-day, east
of the Mississippi, a steel and Iron
producing centre which Is lit once the
marvel and the despair ot Europe, be
cause we could not have built up a
steel and iron Industry if there had
been no market for Its product.
"We could not havo In New Eng
land n great boot and shoe Industry;
we could not have lu New England a
great cotton milling Industry; we could
not have spread throughout New York
and Pennsylvania and Ohio manufac
turing industries of the most diversi
fied kinds, because those Industries
would have no market among tho (m in
ers west of the Miasissippl ltlver.
"And, wbllo the progress of this
country, whlio the development of the
agricultural West of this country, did
mean the Impairment of the agricul
tural value east of the Mississippi
ltlver that ran up into hundreds of
millions of dollars, It meant, Inci
dentally, the building up of great man
ufacturing Industries that added lo
the value of this land by thousands of
millions of dollars. And, gentlemen,
these things were not foreseen lu the
seventies. The statesmen and the pub
lic men of this country did not see
what part the agricultural develop
ment of the West was going to play in
the Industrial development of the East.
And, you may read the decisions of
the Interstate Commerce Commission,
from the first to the last, and what is
one of tho greatest characteristics of
those decisions? The continued in
ability to see the qurstio.i in this large
way.
"The Interstate Commerce Commis
sion never can sec anything inoro than
that the form land of some farmer
Is decreasing In value, or, that some
man. who has a flour mill with a pro
duction of fifty barreli; a day, Is being
crowded out. It never can see that
the destruction or Impairment of fans
values In this place means the building
up of farm values lu that place, nnd
that that sniffing of values is a neces
sary incident to the industrial nnd man
ufacturing development of this coun
try. And, If we shall give to the Inter
slate Commerce Commission power to
regulate rates, we shall no longer have
our rates rcguSulfd on the Miitesmiin
llkc basis on which they have been
regulated in the foist 'jy the railway
men, who renliy have .iecn great states
men; who really have been great build
ers of empires; who 'i:ivo bud an im
agination that rival- the imagination
of the greatest poet and of the great
est Inventor, ond who have operated
with a courage and daring that rivals
the courage and daring of the greatest
military general. But wo slia'l have
our rates regulated by a bony of civil
servants, bureaucrats, whose beset
ting sin the world over, Is that they
can never grasp a situation in a large
way and with the grasp of the states
man; that they never can see the fact
that tbey are confronted with a small
evil; tout that evil is relatively small,
and that it cannot be corrected except
by the creation of avils and abuses
which are infinitely greater than the
one that Is to be corrected."
The Century a Campaign Document.
An Instance has just occurred of
the use of The Century Magazine as
a campaign doeumf-nt with marked
success. Mr. Frank M. Chapman's
article on photographing flamingoes,
which appeared in the December num
ber of The Century, has helped to
secure legal protection for these birds
In their haunts In the Bahamas. The
Colonial Secretary has Just notified
Mr. Chapman of the passage of an act
which provides a close season for
flamingoes and prohibits the shoothig
and killing of all song and insectivo
rous birds at all seasons. In the In
terest of the passage of the act copies
of the December Century were sent
to all members of the Bahaman As
sembly and the Colonial Secretary
writes to Mr. Chapman: "The passing
ot this much needed measure is due
largely to your efforts, nnd especially
to the interest aroused by your splen
did work on the flamingo breeding
grounds at Andros."
Old Compositor's Stick.
John Dunning, the janitor of Maine
hall at Bowdora college, has In his
possession the compositor's stick
which was used In setting up Long
fellow's first published poem. "Outre
Mer," published in 1842. This com
positor's stick has been owned since
1825 by T. S. McClellan, who Is to
day 96 years old, and the oldest mat
In Brunswick and the oldest printer
In the state, as well as the oldest Mas
on in the state. Washington Star.
To Make a Flower Bed.
To make a flower bed die the soli
a foot deep at least. Use plenty of
well rotted manure. If the soil Is
very wet, dig out two feet deep and
put in a layer of stones, clinkers or
broken crockery. Annual plants want
all the sun they can get.
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Q at. 1UD0NAL3.
ATTOHNIT AT LA W.
notary fuhlle, real estate a (sat, FatCtS
enured, enilectlnne wade promptly. OnVa
In Syndicate building, Ksynoldsttlle, Pa.
JJH. . B. HOOVER,
REYNOLMVILLI, tk.
Resident demist, li the Denver kail ink
tain street, Oentleneaa In operating.
J)R. L, Z MEANS,
DENTIST.
Offics on second floor of First Ta
ttoul bank building, Main ttrasl.
J)R. B. DBVHE KINQ,
DENTIST.
Office on second floor Reyooldgvm
Rtft.1 Eslato Builcllnir, Main itrutfL
Ritynoldsirille, Fa.
Jl NEFF,
JUSTICE! OF THK PEACH
Aud Heal Estata Ageni
HeynoJUsvlUs, Pt
gMI'in M. MoCItEIUHT,
ATTORN BY-AT-1. AW.
Rotary PuMlc. an4 Kant Eatale Afantt, 0k
Ipotlrma will rnoxlre .ioinpl ailmllon. Offls
In Hie KTriniiii)vis lianlwar Co. UullalaaV
Main ilrtil, lynoMsvlila. V,
IVXAXl-HLinTS.
PITT8BUR0.
Grain, Flour and Ftd.
Wheal Nn. S red tt jv
Hjs No.'i fcu r
Corn No. a fellow, ear (, j
Nn. Telhiw, slinllod m 51
Mlimi ear 44
Oats No. k white m .911
No. t white si n't
Plnur Winter fiatnnt A Sfl sou
Fancy stralithl winters 54', r, ;tr
May No. I Timothy IK 7.', 13 u.
florer Mo. 1 u V in on
Feel Nn. 1 while R1J1I. ton ui oj i mi-
Hrnwn nillllln is iy M
Bran, hulk is nil t t
'raw Wheal nr.', ; (Ju-
't ;t)t
Dairy Products.
Butter Bliln creamery I an 31
Ohio cresroery uu u
Fancy country roll IS M
Cheena 4ihlo, new. 1:1 14
Mew York. new. 1 is 14.
Poultry, Etc.
Hens per lb , f II IV
Chickens ilressml la IS
Kffs I'a. and Ohio, fresh is l'
Fruits ant" Vtgelablti.
Applet bbl , 4W
Potatoes Fancy white per bu.... a, xk
annate per ton , y,, !,l ,
Onions per barrel j i a
BALTIMORE.
Flour Winter Patent ... (m j
Wheat No. If red y4
Corn Mixed h m
Kcrs is )
Butler Ohio creamery yi i
PHILADELPHIA.
Plour Winter Patent f a so 5
Wheat No. S red 1 Jul
Corn No. 'I mlied fto 41
On In No. S white M XT
Butter Creamery im us-
Bgft Pennsylvania, flrats 10 1;
NEW YORK.
Flnur Patents f SOU W
Wheav-No.tred I I
Corn No. S
Oats No. white , ST t
Butter-Creamery !
fcfie Slate and Peonaylranla.... IT l
LIVE STOCK.
Union 6tock Yards, Pittsburg.
Cattlt.
Kitra. H.V) lo icon lbs
Prime, 1300 to 14l lbs
Medium. I'M to lioo lbs
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si.
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v.'.
4 0)
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.... f 75
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Tidy. IO0U to I1MI
Batcher. 00ta 1 100
7
Common to fair 8.7)
Oien, common to fat 75
Common Us-nod fat bulls snd cows tco
allien cows, each &uo
Hogs.
Prime heavy here S so
rrime medium wslfhla !, .
Best heavy vnrker. anH n,,ll,,,n 4 an
5S.V
J.'O
4
4 l
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(iood pits and llgbtyorkers !
rigs, common to good 4 7u
Kouchs s?a
Stage -,
Sheep,
Eitra
bood to cboico .,
Medlnm
tommon to fair..
Lambs
.$ S 10
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5 IV
ft 10
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Calves.
Veal, good to cboloa.!!
Veal, common hoary.
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Small Reward.
A wealthy eastern tourist lost In an
electric car at Los Angeles a purse
containing $5,025. To the conductor,
who found and returned It, he gave,
after carefully counting the money, s
reward of two dimes.
Light-hued Shoes.
Even the shoes of li's'it hues bare
been taken under consideration. '
It looks like a piece of bees' wax or i
bvown soap, and contains a little of
everything, even rubber.
Best of all, it isn't "messy.' One
simply Tuhs it over the soiled places
until tbey are clean.
This will also clean suede kid.
though rbere is a new cream tbax is
somewhat Letter for suede.
Though both these cleaners act
well on white buckskin, nothing is
setter than the whitewash-like prep
aration with which all are familiar.
This, however, is a whitewash rath
er than a cleaner, and so, at inter
vals, the shoes I'aould be washed in
soapsuds. After being quickly dried,
toe "whitewash" is applied. It is
equally good for white linen shoes.
The gayer the shoe the worse it
looks unless it be "spick and span."
The Japanese influence Is being
felt over the Far East. Recently they
established a Japanese museum at
Bangkok, the capital of Siam. It oc
cupies large rooms in one of the busi
est portions of the commercial city, .
wliere samples are displayed of al
most ever.!- product of Japan.. A
corps of clerks Is in attendance to
assist any who may wish to look over
the exhibits and purcnasers can or
der goods from the samples. Th
museum is proving an increasing sue
cess, itatet the Indianapolis News.