THE DREAMER.
term not the dreamer, ye who strive
In busy msrts the goal to win;
By other ways shall he arrive.
And other gates shall enter in.
In touch with nature's mysteries,
His is the heart that understands;
Copaint the picture that he sees, . -
His are the artist's skillful hands.
Lite that far dreamer of Judea,
Who, true of heart and wise of brain,
Was made Egyptian Pharaoh's seer,
' And saved the King's domain.
Up from the River crept the lean,
Long years across the desert sand;
Behold, the Dreamer rose serene
And fed the famished land!
Bo to the Seer the power is given,
And time fulfills the vision dim;
The Sun and Moon and Stars eleven
Bow down und worship him!
M. E. Buhler. in Outlook Magazine.
f TWO HUNDRED f
I TWENTY-SEVEN, $
By KATHERINt L. QREV, $
Billy Ells gave an Involuntary
shudder as the big door clanged be
hind him with an ominous click, and
lie glanced halt furtively at bis
clothes to be sure the neat blue serge
had not been replaced by the prison
gray. In his four years' etperlence
as traveling salesman he had never
covered a territory which Impressed
him as this one bad done. It had al
ways before fallen to "the other fel
low's" lot to canvass .the shops in
I , where for the greater part
convict labor Is employed, the factor
ies being situated in the yards of the
penitentiary. For two days now he
had visited shops where all the help
and, In a few particular Instances, the
foremen wore the prison garb.
It gave a chap a sort of uncanny
feeling to do business with a bright,
smart fellow under whose able direc
vtions thirty or forty silent, Burly men
went about their labors, to suddenly
remember that this same bright fel
low's uniform was the same dull gray
as the dress of his subordinates, and
whose prison pallor said plainly,
"Convict." And then, after a par
ticularly good sale, to be unable to
ask the customer out to lunch In
stead, a hand shake, a brief good day
at the big door, and then nothing
hut the thought that while you are
out enjoying the free, glorious air
and sunshine, that capable fellow
must go to his four gray little walls!
Deserved It? Possibly, but how many
poor confined men were simply vic
tims of circumstances?
These were the thoughts passing
tapldly through Ellis' mind as he
made his way as directed by the
"office" inside the great hallway to
the packing room, and a feeling of
relief arose in him as the familiar
serge showed him he was still Billy
Ells and not number somethlng-or-other.
i A shaven head was visible over a
desk on his right, and he put his
question to its owner: "Where can I
find the purchasing agent?" '
The head was quickly raised, and a
pair of frank blue eyes looked square
ly into his. "I am the purchasing
agent." The voice was rich and re
fined, and Ells was guilty of a very
pronounced stare as surely six feet
of the finest specimen of manhood
he ever saw rose to greet him clad
In the regulation gray!
Half an hour later this same yours
prison giant ushered him to the door,
and Billy hurried down the steps
With a feeling -that the last thirty
minutes had been spent with one of
nature's noblemen.
"Now, what is he there for?" Billy
murmured. "A fellow any man
might be proud to call friend the
white face, the dull gray clothes
couldn't hide that fact! By George,
I wish I knew the why and wherefore
but I'd as soon have thought of ap
proaching the. Czar of Russia as ask
ing hlra a personal question."
through dinner the man's face
jus before him, and when he started
out for the theatre to take in a par--
ucuiariy gooa snow, ine inougnt 01
that frank, manly face and form
locked in behind iron bars till morn
ing took away all desire for pleasure
and he' went back to his hotel. All
Inquiries concerning No. 227 were
answered in the same manner. No
one knew what his crime had been
nor -htow long his sentence. Two
years before he had been transferred
from another prison, and very soon
after raised to his present responsible
position and never, so far as the
public knew, bad there been occasion
for regret on the part of the prison
officials.
All through the rest of his stay the
thought of No. 227 was ever with
Billy, until at last he cried, "I'm
going to find out all about him, by
hook or crook!" Therefore, that very
afternoon "William Ells presented
himself afr headquarters, and the erst
while jolly Billy Ells, salesman, was
swallowed up in the grave, dignified
young man so earnestly seeking in
formation regarding 227. When he
reached his hotel that night he threw
himself into a chair and chewed des
perately on an unlighted cigar while
he went over in his mind the case of
227.
"A forger an embezzler! A young
'man fairly well off, and yet he forged
and embezzled. ' Pleaded guilty right
at the start, and did all in his power
to have himself convicted!" A few
more vigorous chews, and then he
cried .aloud, "No, I don't believe it!
He didn't do it and I'll never rest
till I know what the answer Is!"
The next morning Billy Ells again
visited the purchasing agent at the
penitentiary, and the latter leofteft
In amazement at the hitherto talka
tive and entertaining salesman as he
floundered hopelessly, trying to talk
business and at the same time casting
worried, penetrating and a bit embar
rassed looks at 227 himself. Finally,
with a mumbled "No use he's un
approachable!" Billy again clasped
his hand in a hearty grip and said
in a loud stage whisper: "Don't be
lieve it, old man! You're no forger
nor embezzler, and if you need a
friend call on Billy Ells," and thrust
ing a card in the prisoner's hand' be
made a rapid exit from the room.
Some months later a letter was
handed to Billy, which read'
"Mr. Ells: Dear Friend I can now
thank you for your kind words, and
coming at the time they did you
never will know how much they
meant to me. I shall always keep
your card as a memento of a true
hearted American salesman. I am
free now, Billy Ells! Free to clasp
your hand In mine as man to man,
and I hope to do so soon. Please
read the inclosed now."
The letter ended abruptly, ' and
Billy scanned the closely written
pages which accompanied It As he
finished he sprang up, started chew
ing on the inevitable cigar and began
a monologue as he walked rapidly to
and-fro.
"Innocent! I knew it! Sister's
husband worked in the bank. too.
Been married only two weeks. Short
ages found, and old 227 proved to
himself his brother-in-law was guilty.
Favorite sister and her heart would
have broken, so for her sake he
claimed the guilt and suffered the
penalty. Brother-in-law confessed
on deathbed!"
The door opened and a boy ap
peared. "Man wants to know if you
have finished your letter yet?" he
asked, concisely.
"Man? Where? Who?" Billy
asked, perplexedly.
"In the waiting room. Said tell
you 227 ''
But he went no further. Billy
thrust him one side and made a wild
dash to the room. Without a word
he clasped hands with the white-faced
man smiling at him, So much was
expressed in that hand-clasp the be
ginning of a lifelong friendship and
after several attempts to break the
long expressive silence, Billy said:
"I owe you several luncheons, old
man come on!" And they went
out, arm-in-arm. Boston Post.
WISE WORDS.
There is no use trying to live any
time but just now.
Some people are so slow that time
itself has no use for them.
The fool killer, doesn't understand
a bribe nor overlook a duty.
A man must either make a way
for himself or make way for others.
The stamp of approval Is apt to
come from those who are well heeled.
Woman may be the weaker vessel,
but it's generally the man who goes
broke.
The greatest study of mankind la
man, but the most popular is wom
an. Silence has the advantage over
speech in that you never have to take
it back.
Most people talk, but few can get
any one ready and willing to listen to
their spiel.
From the average woman's point of
view, to be able to wear small shoes
is a great feat.
1 One thing comforting about the in
evitable is that there is no use wor
rying oyer it.
You sometimes can tell something
about what a woman thinks by what
she doesn't say.
It is noticeable that people who
talk easily upon a subject don't know
too much about it.
Being able to paddle your own
canoe makes the more expensive au
tomobile seem not so desirable.
The man who always keeps his en
thusiasm steam heated is usually
enough of a hypnotist to get some
easy mark to pay his ceal bills.
From "Pert Paragraphs," in . the
Trenton True American.
Tastor Gets Salary After 80 Tears.
Though he waited long for it, the
Rev. Henry Vogel has thankfully re
ceived a portion of salary overdue
for more than thirty years from his
earlier Madison congregation.
Mr. Vogel, who is pastor' of St.
John's Lutheran Church, before coin
ing here was stationed at Madison,
and when Mr. Vogel left the congre
gation was Indebted to him for about
JS5.
At the annual meeting this year
the Madison parish found itself
money ahead and no, current debts.
A question arose as to what to do
with the balance. One of the older
members recalled that there was still
an item of $85 on the parish books
for salary overdue thirty-three years
to Mr. Vogel, and he suggested it
might be no more than proper to pay
up the old account. The congrega
tion voted Mr. Vogel the $85 and $15
additional. Jefferson correspondence
Milwaukee Sentinel.
German in South America.
Herr von Waldthausen, formerly
German minister, in Buenos Ayres,
has presented to the German Em
peror the sum of 200,000 marks, the
interest on which is to be devoted
to the maintenance cf German schools
in the Argentine, Uruguay' and Para
guay. Frankfurter Zeltung.
AH the . large match factories of
Germany havejiooled their issues un
der an agreement binding until 1920.
0 o.ooo.od o
EortheChildrenia
A LONG-FELT WANT.
One day wee Willie and his dog
Sprawled on the nursery floor;
lie bad a florist's catalogue
And turned the pages e'ej, .
Till all at once he gave a spring.
"Hurrah!" he cried w;th joy:
"Mamma, here's juBt the very thing
To give your little boyl
"For, when we fellows go to school,
We lose our things, you know;
And in that little vestibule
They do get mixed up so
"And as you often say you can't
Take care of 'em for me,
Why don't you buy a rubber plant
And an umbrella tree?"
St. Nicholas.
FOOLISH TEDDY.
I am going to tell you about our
little fox terrier. He was black and
white and was not a year old. At
one time all the dogs had to wear
muzzles, so we had one made for
him. He Beemed very much ashamed
of it, and if any one came in the
room when he had it on he would
hide his nose.
He also had many cute tricks. He
could beg, shake hands and play
"dead dog." When It was time for us
to come home, Teddy would get up
In the window and watch for us.
Teddy was very-fond of chasing
motorcycles. One day he ran after
a motorcycle, and a trolley car came
along and killed him. We were very
sorry and missed him very much.
Ruth Tray, In the New York Tribune.
A VERY OLD DOLL.
Do you know that over two hun
dred years ago a big ship went out
to America with a passenger on board
whose acquaintance you could still
make if you were In that country?
And what do you think that passen
ger was? A doll.
The ship on which It sailed was one
in which an Englishman, William
Penn, went to America. He had been
there before, and while he was back
at home he told his little girl that the
children In the' country he had been
visiting had no toys at all.
She was so very Borry for them
that she asked her father to take at
least one doll out and give It to some
little girl there, says Home Chat.
It was a very grand doll, with a
dress of velvet and brocade; and after
all this time it is still kept carefully,
to be shown now and then to Amer
ican children.
OUR PET CAT, TRICKS.;
I want to tell you a true story
about our pet cat, Tricks. . We got
him when he was a tiny kitten. His
mother was killed by a dog., He is
now eleven years old and is bo kind
and gentle with sister and me. We
used to live in the country, and when
we moved to the city we gave Tricks
to a neighbor. But he was naughty
and caught the baby chickens, so
they Bent him back to us by express.
He arrived Just at dinner time In a
baked bean box which had printed
upon It, "A Dainty Morsel for Din
ner." Needless to say we did not eat
Tricks for dinner, but took him back
to our home and hearts instead. He
is very fond of liver and will eat
hardly anything else. He will stand
up and beg for It and will mew every
letter when we tell him to spell it.
He is a fine hunter and still catches
large rats. When we lived in the
country he caught several .large
snakes. Robert Walworth, in the
New York Tribune.
CHILDREN'S GAMES UNALTERED,
Youngsters grow up, develop and
alter, but their games, the frivolities
of school yards, street corners and
vacant lots, are. unchangeable. -
A man who knows kids has inves
tigated. He romped with half a dozen
little bundles of huskiness in his
neighborhood yesterday, parrying
both shocks to dignity and loss of
breath. He vouches for the state
ment that the little folks' games
never change. Further he reports as
follows:
"The games are precisely the same
as when I was small and robust, only
maybe a little more rough and tum
ble. 'Technicalities' haven't changed
a bit
" 'Hide and go seek' why, I un
derstand they played it years and
years ago in England just as I played
it and the way the children play it
now. Some one is 'it' and everybody
else scrambles away to hide, and then
after 'St' has counted fifty or sixty or
a hundred everybody is anxious to
touch 'Its' base before 'if does. Of
course you .remember that whoever is
caught first has to be 'if the next
time. .
"And 'Pussy .Wants a Corner,'
where 'pussy' or 'if again tries to slip
into a corner while one boy or girl
is changing places with another. Not
a fractional change can be found in
it. And 'London Bridge is Falling
Down,' where some one is caught by
the brldgeholders and has to pay a
penalty or choose to support one of
the halves of the bridge in the tug
of war that finally results. Can you
find any alteration?
"And all of the varieties of 'tag'
wood, iron, grass or paper 'tag' how
could it be supplemented to make it
any more enjoyable? And 'Run,
Sheep, Run' you remember1 it, of
course,-don't you? And 'Cheese,' an
other sort of Tide and Seet,' where
you can run only while 'if ifcounting
ten und holding 'its' eyes slut. And
King, King Calico, another- abridge
ment of 'tag in which the little folks
try to run across the' street before 'It'
tags 'em. And 'Saratoga,' or 'Guess,'
or 'New York,' as It used to be called
when I played It, with the procedure
all the same. One 'side' illustrates
some process, as picking cherries, for
it-Stance, and the other side guesses
what they're doing. And aa Boon as
they guess they :-ush to tag members
of .the other Bide and Include them
In their party. Of course you know
all about it Didn't you play It the
same way twenty, thirty years ago?
"Grownups have to abridge and re
vise their games and sports every year
to keep up interest. They're Jaded
and satiated, but the kids are more
consistent and more simply satisfied.
They like their games and there are
enough of them for variety." Kan
sas City Times.
A CLEVER PARROT.
One of the most talented parrots In
the world was some time ago ac
quired by Baron Alfred de Rothschild,
who purchased it for a very substan
tial sura from Herr Albert Perzlna,
who was appearing with his wonder
fully trained animals at the Alham
bra, says the London Chronicle.
Baron de Rothschild, also bought
what Herr Perzlna describes as "the
best rabbit In the world."
The parrot's name Is Laura
"Laura aux Afrlka," she will say if
anybody asks her. Her plumage is
brilliant green, her expression one of
eerie wisdom, and her voice, when she
sings, is like the twanging of a loose
banjo string. Laura has learned over
200 words, and can sing quite a num
ber of songs. She does not know a
word of English, but her whole reper
toire Is German. '
A short time ago, writes a Daily
Chronicle representative, I was Intro
duced to Laura by Herr Perzlna,
when she was "at home" In her cage
In one of the Albambra dressing
rooms. The following dialogue', In
Germantook place:
Herr . Perzlna "What is your
name?" '
Laura "My name is Laura from
Africa."
Herr Perzlna "Whnt do you think
of children's education?"
Laura (sings brokenly In German)
"Artlg seln, huebsch und meln,
muessen alle kinder seln."
In response to a request for a song,
Laura sang that old German folk
song: '
"Kommt eln Vogel geflogen
Setzt slch nleder auf meln Fusx,
and a martial song to the effect that
any one who wishes to be a soldier
muBt carry a musket and load it wtlh
powder and ball.
"She took me years to train," said
Herr Perzlna, "and I'm sorry to part
with Laura. But Baron Alfred de
Rothschild makes, I belleve a hobby
of collecting tame and performing
animals. He has some horses which
he himself has trained, and also two
clever gazelles, which are among the
most difficult animals in the world to
train. v
"The rabbit which I sold him Is a
very intelligent animal. I have It
trained to come out of a basket, leap
over some obstacles, climb back Into
the basket and pull the lid down."
T1FIC
NDV5TRJ
As the GUdden tour this year will
pass through territory where the tele
phone and telegraph service is very
poor, it has been decided to equip the
cars with w Ireless telegraph apparatus.
Thia win make it possible to keep in
.close touch with the contestants, and
the latter will be able to report acci
dents and call for help when neces
sary. Scientific American.
The International Meteorological
Committee, which assembles trlen
nlally, will hold its next sessions la
Berlin during the last week of Sep
tember, 1910. Dr. W. N. Shaw, di
rector of the Eritish Meteorological
Office, is president of the committee,
and Professor Dr. G. Hellmann, direc
tor of the Royal Prussian Meteorolog
ical Institute, secretary, Sclentiflo
American.
A convenient method of determin
ing variations in the candle power of
a lamp was described in a recent
number of Elektrotechnlsche Zelt
schrift; A selenium cell Is employed,
which Is exposed to the lamp under
test and is placed in aeries with a
recording mllliammeter. The curve
recorded by the mllliammeter, which
is dud to the variable resistances o
the selenium cell, indicates .the varia
tion of the candle power of the lamp.
To be sure, this does not give an ac
curate photometric measurement..
Scientific American.
Chicago Is trying a new car de
signed to remove city garbage over
the Btreet railways at night. The car
Is of steel construction, thirty-four
feet long, divided Into three sections
which nre so shaped that they can
be dumped with a pole by a single
man, thus doing away with the neces
sity of using air cylinders or other
mechanical dumping apparatus. The
sections are made watertight, so that
there will be no leakage of wet gar
bage. The car is not provided with
motors. It is Intended to use the car
in the daytime for hauling concrete
and construction materials. Scien
tific American. - '
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OH, YOU VOTRESS. :', -Wow,
, -
What row ' 1
The women raise" " .'
AVhen the men suggest ways'
And means for them to show
Which way their suffrage winds do blowl
Why don't tbey stop their patter? , ,
Why not remove the mote ,
That's in our eyes by putting
Their notions to a vote?
The men, at present masters,
Are only waiting till
They have a full expression
Of lovely woman's will.
What?
Oh, you votress!
W. J. Lampton, in New York Tribune.
HEARD IN SCHOOL.
Teacher "Give me an example of
a transparent object."
Boy "A keyhole." Rlre.
THE FUR COAT.
Maid "What animal's skin, Is
that?"
Misstress (absent mlndedly)
"Mine." Bon Vivant.
COURTESY.
"How did you earn the title of1
Colonel?"
"By bestowing It upon everybody
rise." Louisville Courier-Journal. .
THE CATCH OF THE SEASON.
l. -'-i"
The Count ."What? Jack and
Jill married? 1 thought he was just
flirting with her."
Lady Maud "Yes so did Jack!"
Plck-Me-Up.
GOING THE WHOLE HOG.
She "They Bay that an apple a
day will keep the doctor away."
He "Why stop there? An onion
a day will keep everybody away."
Boston Transcript.
PERFORMANCES S TIMES DAILY.
Miss Bright "I love dancing.
What Is your favorite dance, Mr.
Boniface?"
Boniface "The menu-et, dear
lady." Boston Transcript
WANTED. TO KILL IT DEAD.
Clerk "Revolver, yes, sir. Six
shooter, Blr?"
Customer "Better make It a nine
shooter. I want to kill a cat." Bos
ton Transcript. '
THE DISGUISE.
Customer "I'm going to a masked
ball, and I want something that will
completely disguise me."
Costumer "Certainly; sir. I will
give you Bomething nice."' Pele
Mele.
LITERAL LANNIG AN. 1
Mrs. Subbubs (who has hired a
man to plant shade trees) "Digging
out the holes, I see, Mr. Lannlgan."
Lannlgan "No, mum. Ol'm dlg-
gln' out the dirt an lavln' the holes."
Boston Transcript.-
THEN THE DELUGE.
"My daughter is engaged to 'a
young fellow and I'd like to find out
something about him." ' '
"That's easy. Can't you get him
mentioned for some fairly prominent
Office that is vacant?" Louisville
Courier-Journal. . .
GOT THE TOE, PROBABLY. .
Father-in-Law VWhat! you have
the cheek to come to me Just after
the wedding and ask me to put you
on your feet?" '
Son-ln-Law (coolly) "Yes, sir: It
was courting your daughter that put
me on my uppers." Boston Tran
script. '
VERY REMISS.
"I'm dissatisfied with your account
of my discovery," declared the sclent
1st. "I told you that It would be Im-
possible to exaggerate the importance.
of this discovery."
"Well?" said the reporter.
"You didn't try." Louisville Courier-Journal.
'
ORATORY.
"Seems to me Congressman Wom
bat wastes time."
"As to how?" , . ,
"Yesterday he had fifteen minute
In which to discuss the hog industry
of his district, and spent ten of thenf
complaining about certain crowned
heads of Europe." Louisville .Courier-Journal..
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Swett Marden in Success Mae-azlne. J
ft.
It is the reserve power which we feel '
back of the worda and between the
lines of a powerful book; not what i
actually in the printed words that im
presses us most. We are not so mucbr
affected by what an orator like Webs
ter actually says as we art oy wnai ,
he suggests; the latent power, the
mighty reserve force that we feel he
might put forth were the emergency
great enough.
WOMEN'S ILLS.
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Tendency of Government
There is ho question that America'
Evsry
Picture
Tails a
democracy is veering away from rep-J
resentatlve government toward a tonrf
of democracy in which executive ardPv
the neoole themselves will make laws.
And, notwithstanding all the perils
that come from centralization of pow
er,' which Is the ultimate effect of the-
abandonment of representative gor-'fj
ernraent for so-called direct action, so- 1
1 . 1 -I V. II,. -!.. (.
luug an legislative uuuie-a uuuuuiui v-
be proved unreliable, and strong-will-v
ed and honest executives offer them
selves to the people, so long will thU
trend continue. Unless Ma people
discover and utilize ways of selecting
better representative lawmakers, or
legislators prove themselves more
trustworthy, the transfer of power
and prestige from the legislature to
the executive will ' continue, until
there is in effect a king ruling by
popular consent, uncrowned, but a
despot to the extent that he can play
on the popular mind, its passions or
prejudices. Boston Herald. . .
A Wireless Neglect.
It is remarkable that while wireless
telegraphy has made rapid strides,
veery Important considerations have
been almost entirely neglected. Much
attention has been paid to attunement
and selectivity and also to the re
finement and, Instruments, while-
the development of the antenna has
been slow. At the receiving station
particularly not much has been done
een done
wires ro
of wav
in's fan-,
toward locating tne antenna
as to Intercept a maximum
energy. Aside from Braun'i
shaped gird, which marked an epoch,'
very little along this line hae been
extftnslvply adopted In practice.
What
Thinking
" Takes Out
Of the brain, and activity
but of the body, must be
Put Back by
Proper Food
Or brain-fag and nervous
prostration are sure to follow.
If you want to know the
keenest joy on earth the joy
that comes with being well,
try ; "
Grape-Nuts
Food
''There's a Rfeason"
POSTUM CEREAL CD.. Ltil.f .
Usttls Creek, Mifch.