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I reckon if speed had been sprawl, s
He'd "’ clim’ to the very top notch.
As it was, though, hie made jest one crawl
To a perch in a next-theground crotch,
As others went climbin’, he balked
In Industry’s towerin’ tree,
He got and he talked amd he talked and he (alked,
“Says 1 and says he and says she!”
There was men didn't know half as much .
And hadn’t the science o’ gab,
But they clim’ like the very old Duteh,
With their grit and their gumption and grab, :
But he, thougglr he knowed it most all,
Sot poundin’ the trunk of the tree, ,
Contented to argy and bicker and brawl:
“Says 1 and says she and says he!” ‘
His neighbors went gruntin’ up past,
A-diggin’ their lo~nni|lu right in,
To lrun‘i\' and to limb clingin’ fast, ,
Jest bound and determined to win,
He'd say as he'd see em go by,.
““T'Jl ketch ve all right up the tree!”
And then his old tongue would unlimber and fly
“Says I and says he and says she!”
For years hiz good wife kept him propped
As he sot tfiere u-stradtflc that Bmg;
He didn’t take heed—would 'a’ dropped
If she hadn’t clung holt of her Jim.
Bo tarnal took up with his tongue
That he hadn’t no eves for to see e
How she sp'iled while he'd sot there a-pumpin’ hig lung: !
“Says 1 and says he and says she!”
His neighbors they propped him a spell
When death had unloosened her holt, '
But at last they unclinched and he fell,
And he fetched the poorfarm with a jolt.
There he tells how it all might ‘a’ ben,
Explains how the world ought to be;
How he’d do if he only could try it again:
“Bays 1 and says she and savs he!
oo B —Holman F. Day, in Youth’s Companion.
A FRIEND IN NEED.
When a mature horse "‘goes ugly,”
there is so little hope of reformation
that experienced horsemen make few
or no attempts to bring the animal
back to a normal state of mind and
temper. Indeed, it is probable that
a creature so afllicted is insane, and
all the more dangerous for that rea
son. If of little value, the animal
usually falls before a rifle bullet; but
an expengive horge is killed only asg
a last resort, being confined in the
meantime like a raging lion. As a
matter of fact, of the two the lion is
far more amenable to discipline,
The difficulty is to tell when a real
1y ugly horse will digplay all his vie
fousness. He may appear mild—or,
at least, not savage—for weeks at a
time, and then, without warning,
rush at the first living object within
reach, displaying the ferocity of a
carnivorous animal.
Prine Charley, a Clydesdale be
longthg to the Parker Stock Farm,
St S3OOO when imported. He was
" nervous and high spirited, but had
been broken to harness, and for three
- Years was driven about the adjacent
country, attaéhed to a sulky or dog
“cart, as freely as any other horse on
~‘the place. He. was not even ‘fskit
tish; " aaa;*mlzduwwmwmq _
excitement when driven close to an
automobile or locomotive, he made so
attempt to run away,
- Then he began to grow morose,
gometimes striking or biting at stran
gérs who ventured near hini. One
day he was turned for exercise into
the paddock, when he instantly
rushed upon and killed two prize
Southdown sheep thal were feeding
jn one corner. The poor animals
were bitten and trampled to death in
a few seconds, the horse squealing
and leaping in a rage as ungovern
able as it was unprovoked. ‘
Four men were needed to get him |
back into a box stall, and they had
to beat him severely to save their
lives, From that moment no one
could approach him with the slight
est assurance of safety. '
When he was in a paroxysm of
rage, no ordinary partition could hold
him, so a stall of exceptional strength
had to be built. About his exercise
yard a ten foot fence was erected, the
exterior gate being a panel of solid
planks, held in place by a steel bar,
or latch, a half-inch thick.
All this, however, did not protect
the stock farm employes, who had to
be constantly on their guard when
near the horse. The usual moment
of carelessness came, and David Ba
ker, one of the helpers, was terribly
bitten and bruis®d. He was dragged
out alive, but not till Prince Charlie
had been temporarily disabled by a
blow from an iron bar.
A few days later the county agent
of the Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals visited the farm,
accompanied by the district attorney.
He told Mr. Parker flatly that the an
imal must not be beaten again in
such a maunner; and advised that,
since he was viclous and dangerous,
the thing to do was to kill him at
once in some humane manner,
To this proposition the proprietor
demurred., “Kill him!"” he exclaimed.
“Why, that horse is worth $5000!
I'll pay all damages, of course; and
I'll see that he isn't abused. We
never lay a finger on him, except to
save life. See here, gentlemen; just
notice the precautions taken to pre
vent him from escaping and doing
any harm outside.”
The two officials were shown all
over the place, and were treated very
courteously by Mr, Parker, who had
a persuasive tongue. They left only
half convinced, however; and before
going away, the district attorney salid,
impressively:
“I appreciate your position, Mr.
Parker, and sympathize with you up
to a certain point, That horse cost
you $3000; you think him worth even
more to-day, and you hate to lose so
much money. But it may prove far
more expensive to keep than to kill
him. Besides the damages of which
you speak, should he kill a person,
&s you are known to be fully aware
that he is incurably vieious, you
would be liable to indictment and
trial for manslaughter,”
[ Mr. Parker winced at this, but
simply reiterated his intention to
‘gunrd against all accidents.
~ He certalnly did his best to see that
this promise was fulfilled, but a mar
gin for human error must always bhe
allowed. One afterncon in the fol
lowing August some one neglected to
drop the latch securely in its slot;
Prince Charlie, while exercising,
bumped against the yard gate; it
swung open, and he galloped into the
road,
When a terrified stable hand hur
ried to tell] Mr. Parker what had hap
pened, the horse, amig a cloud of
dust, had almost disappeared to the
south. %
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OSE this day loiteping--"twill be the
L same story awzonunm@-~
TO-MORROW--and the next more dila
tory; ve e L O TL e e
7'HEN INDECISION brings its own de
. lays, GO UL e
: AND DAYS ARE LOST lamenting o’er
lost days.¢or rrnererc ergoen
ARE YOU IN EARNEST? Secize this
very minute-- ¢ erg et e engen
WHAT YOU CAN DO, or dream you
can, begin it. ergrrar g ong
COURA GE HAS GENIUS, POWER, and
magic in il. e O LOe el
ONLY ENGAGE, and then the mind
grows heated--¢o > ert-ener e
BEGIN IT, and the work will be com
‘ pleted. OLy Goethe's Faust
Prince Charley had been more than
unusually savage for a couple of
days, It was a white faced, anxious
man who summoned his helpers and
set off in swift pursuit, dreading what
he might find along the way.
The road south of the Parker
Stoek Farm leads straight to the
Copperknoll ‘‘slashing,” a half
cleared woodland of several thousand
acres, from which all the best stand
ing timber has been removed. On
the three intervening miles there
were less than half a dozen houses,
and travel was infrequent.
But at this season the slashing was
beginning to be visited by the fami
lies of neighboring farmers, in quest
of blackberries. The bushes covered
many acres, and the fruit was ripen
ing. By early September hundreds
of bushels would be golng to waste
daily.
On the day before Prince Charlie's
escape, Dan Bradway, passingthrough
the slashing, had noted that the
blackberries on the Hogsback, a bare,
isolated hill with secanty soil more ex
posed to the sun than that of the re
mainder of the tract, were ripening
freely. He told his mother of his
find, and she resolved to be among
the first to gather the berries.
Taking her ten-year-old daughter,
Ruth, Mrs. Bradway harnessed Billy,
an undersized road horse, to a buck
board, and with an assortment of tin
pails, drove over to the Hogsback.
She left the pony, tethered to a loug
rope, to graze near the road, and ay
cended the hill. While the berries
were not so plentiful as they would
be a fortnight later, they were of fine
quality; and by two o'clock the two
had gathered fourteen quarts.
They had just filled the first milk
pail, when a scream from Billy—
the peculiar cry of distress that a
Ihouo never utters except in extreme
pain or terror—called their attention
to the foo* of the slope.
They ran to the brow of the hill
and part way down before an opening
in the bushes permitted thém to see
clearly what was happening. Billy
by this time had broken his trope,
and, limping and bleeding, was flee
ing toward them, pursued by a great
| dappled horse that was biting him
savagely. 8o keen were flight and
pursuit that the animals were up the
!hill and past them in a half minute.
Mrs. Bradway had heard of Prince
Charlie’s viciousness, but for the
- did not identg!y him. :
She cried out, and shook her apron
at the horses as they passed. They
paid no heed to her; but on the gum
mit, Billy succeeded in escaping down
a deep and narrow ravine, and then
his pursuer turned, caught gight of
the woman, and ran straight for her,
With her heart in her mouth, Mrs.
Bradway recognized the horse. She
seized Ruth’'s hand, and ram, over
rocks and through briers, toward a
patch of woodland at the right. The
nearest tree was a hundred ‘yards
away, and there was no other shelter
anywhere about. :
But for an unexpected interven
tion it wauld have gone hard with the
two, who probably would have been
killed or maimed for life, for Prince
Charlie ran five feet to their one, Hid
den in their vicinity, however, was a
humble friend, to whom they. had
given only the barest toleration till
that moment, : ;
Grip was a homeless mongrel, a
cross between a collie mother . and an
English bulldog father, whose owner
had turned him adrift as soon as his
peculiar qualities had become pain
fully apparent with advancing
lgrowth_., He looked neither like a
i enub nosed collie nor a long haired
bulldog, but was such an absurd car
icature of the two breeds combined
that the first glance at his ungainly
form always excited a smile of deri
gion,
He had sneaked up to the Brad
way farm house two months before,
and although driven away repeatedly,
had always returned, having nowhere
else to go. In pity, Mrs. Bradway had
| thrown him scraps of food, and had
| even occasionally patted his” block
‘er head, perhaps the only caress he
had received since he parted with his
lmother. The dog was grateful, for
e—— Rl |5. i & L e
he could not appreciate how much
the woman was ashamed of him—and
ncw was the time to display his grat
itude.
Grip had followed the buckboard
unperceived, and was enjoying a live
ly hunt for an elusive woodchuck
when he heard the squeals of Billy,
followed by the pounding of feet and
the cries of Mrs. Bradway.
Rushing across th.wgpe, he saw a
huge monster, with pen mouth,
charging after mother and daughter,
and almost upon them,
Mrs. Bradway could almost feel the
hot breath of Prince Charlie on her
cheek, whem, like an arrow, a small
er body shot between her and the ap
proaching peril, as the dog launched
himself straight at the horse's nose.
He caught it, and his teeth almost
met; but when Prince Charlie flung
down his head, prepared to strike
with his forefeet, Grip dropped back,
only to spring and gash his huge an
tagonist’s throat.
Trembling with fright, Mrs. Brad
way thrust Ruth into the branches of
an oak, and climbed after her. Ar
rived at a place of safety, she turned
and saw Grip running on three legs,
his duty done, while the horse, ren
dered still more savage by his
wounds, was wheeling to rush upon
a party of men who had just descend.
ed from a light spring wagon. They
avoided him, but as he whirled aboui
to fall upon the team, a shot from s
rifle brought him down, and anothe:
quickly ended his career,
Grip had a badly injured fore leg
- but .he also had earned a permanent
hume, and seemed greatly to rejoice
at tue balance to his credit, Billy re
covered, although he was painfully
hurt. Mr. Parker paid all the dam
ages, merely remarking that he fel
Pleased to get off so cheaply.—
Youth's Companion. - i
I Good Roads. i
Trains on Highways,
Consul General Robert P. Skinner,
Marseilles, furnishes the following
information concerning the running
ot passenger and freight trains on
the highways of France:
“There recently passed this consul
ate a ‘Train Renard,’ composed of a
locomotor,’ two passenger cars and
one baggage car, which had just ar
rived from Paris under its own power
and over the ordinary roads, thus sup
plying to the public a demonstration
of its own efficiency. The trains
mentioned are composed of elements,
each receiving the energy of a vehi
cle called a locomotor, which being
placed at (he head of the train ‘dis
tributes the necessary power to the
following elements by means of a
transmission shaft extending from
one end of the train to the other,
tbhus enabling each car to utilize its
own adhesion to the rcad surface as
a means of advancement,
“The locomotor—that is to say, die
creator of the energy—is therefore
lighter than any of the cars., Tralns
of this type completely loaded are
able to maintain a speed of twenty
one kilometers (13.05 miles) per
hour in case of passenger trains on
levels and from fifteen to sicteen kil
lometers (9.32 to 9.94 miles) per hour
jin the case of freight trains. It is
said that the freight trains of this
type are able to maintain an average
of from ten to twelve Kkilometers
(6.21 to 7.45 miles), fully loaded,
in any kind of country.
“It would be useless to enter into
further details regarding these high
road trains, as far as the United
States is concerned, inasmuch as we
are without a road system sufficient-
Iy advanced to make their application
possible. On the other hand the
adoption of passenger and freight
trains over railless roads in France
has become not only a possiblity but
a fact. Already hundreds of inacces
sible hamlects, hitherto served by slow
going diligences, are kept in constant
contact with the outside world by
means of large auto-omnibuses, mov
ing at an average rate of fifteen miles
an hour, transporting both passen
gers and express parcels; and now,
following this development, comes
the explosive engine motor, drawing
full trains of cars, which it is claimed
can be operated on level or mount
ainous roads at an exceedingly mod
erate expense. In other words, if all
| that is claimed for these trains is rs
| alized, it will be possible to give 25,~
000 communes in France, which do
net at present enjoy railroad facili
ties, approximately the same advan
tages with respect to transportation
as the most populous and highly fav
~ored centres,. ‘
~ “This_ illustrates how much the
m:: of a better highway systemi
whale ;;m&the rural pogylations
Of the United States, who aré at a
-great disadvantage in regard to trans- |
portation as compared with foreignl
communities, and deprived of thel
various kinds of satisfaction result—,l
ing from the existence of modern !
highways.” gl
s L e R T
7" A Great State Road. '
i In his address before the Pennsyl
vania Bar Association Gcvernor Stu-1
~art led up to eulogy of the plan to
construct a great highway across this‘
State from end to end. This project
has been frequently discussed during
recent years, but never with a better
rasp of the principle involved than
by Governor Stuart. First, there
should be the great trurk line from
Pittsburg to Philadelphia, offering its
accommodation alike to the farmer
on his way to market and to the tour
ist seeking pleasure amid the pic
turesque scenes of the Keystone
State. Next, there should be lateral
branches, making this great highway
accessible from all sections of the
Commonwealth,
This is a project on which the State
of Pennsylvania may well expend
sums for the benefit of its people. It
is a rich State and great—in all
things save its public roads. For
reasons clearly set forth by Governor
Stuart Pennsylvania has not such
highways as it should have., But it is
never too late to mend. The great
road is by no means to be considered
an end. It is only a means-—a prac
tical example to encourage counties
and townships to build and maintain
good public highways. It will serve
the purpose of showing the smaller
civil divisions how to do the work,
and it will exemplify the advantages
of having good roads in every dis
trict. It is in this aspect that it is
given the sanction of the Governor
and his encouragement.
The time has arrived in this State
when good roads are essential to its
highest development. Though its in
dustries bave thriven amazingly“and
its farms have prospered, with indif
ferent roads, its further development
demands that which has heretofore
been neglected. Its great industrial
population must be put in closer
touch with its rural population,
which is destined to grow in numbers
and usefulness. Good roads are a
necessity.—Pittsburg Dispatch. .
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their true age. A woman dresses ac
cording to her age. She wears gold
pins until she is twenty-five. At thir
ty the pins are white, merely gpotted
with gold, and at forty she wears
plain shell combs.
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- TORTURE CHILDREN WITH HOT IRONS.
Charity Agent Reports Harrowing Cruelty to State Wards in
Illinois—Stabbed With Forks—Hair Torn Out and Limbs
Broken Also Among Crimes Against Little Ones—
-5 Many Sold For Money—The Rev. Mr. Virden
Relates Instances of Persecution by Foster e T
; Parents and Public Institutions.
@®hicggo, INl.—How the wards of
the State have been abused and tor
tured was the subject of a sensational
recital by the Rev. Charles Virden,
agent of the State Board of Chari
ties, to the State Conference of Char
ities, held at Rock Island. His paper
was entitled ‘“The State*Visitation of
Children,” and said, in part:
“During the last two years I have
personally handied approximately 550
special cases. Most of the children
are well eared for when placed in
family homes. _ The Dbad cases are
exeeptions. FB* example, 1 have
fournd them tortured with hot irons,
stabbed with toasting forks and scis
sors, limbs broken, hair torn out by
the roots, lashed until black and blue
from head tc foot, faces cut and
scarred and eyes blinded. .
‘“Numerous other cases of crime
against ehildren in the form of as
sault have been prosecuted. and in
the three years of my incumbency ten
of these offeniders have been sent to
the penitentiary and numerous jail
commitments and fines have been im
posed.
' Many Children Sold.
“There has been a wholesale trafiic
in children in Illinois. I have a re
ceipt in my possession for a child
who had been sold for a stipulated
price.
“One of the most distressing cases
occurred in Quincy, 111., where a child
was taken from its mother, a young
girl, when less than an hour old,
placed in a market basket, absolutely
nude except for a covering of an cld
piece” of quilt, carried about the
streets and offered to any one who
would accept it.’ The infant finally
was given to a woman who had been
a pensioner on the county for a num
ber of years.
“The evidence showed that this
was at least the second child that
had been sold from this institution.
~ WORLD’S RUTHLESS WASTE.
British Scientlst Shudders at Big Steamers’ Coal Consumption--No Substitute Yet
London.—Henry E. Armstrong,
professor of chemistry at the City and
Guilds of London Central Institute,
addressing the annual meeting of the
Iron and Steel Institute at Middles
borough, said it was difficult to keep
calm when he refiected upon the ruth
less way the world’s stores of timber,
iron, coal and oil were being used up.
It made the scientist shudder to see
the indifference displayed in all eivil
ized lands to the inevitable conse
quences of such waste in the nowise
distant future.
No comment was provoked by the
fact that the steamers Lusitania and
Mauretania devour daily a thousand
SIGNS OF A COLD WINTER.
A Close Observer of Nature Tells
New York City.—“ There’s no use
talking, it's going to be a hard win
ter, no matter which Bill is elected,”
said the wise young man who had
just returned from his vacation in
Pike County, Pennsylvania, with a
luxuriant crop of tan and freckles.
“I forgot I ever knew so much about
the country until I got out there
again. I was born and raised in the
country, and I'm proud of it.
“How do I know it's going to be a
hard winter? Well, here are some of
the sure signs, and 1 surprised the
farmers when I sprung my knowledge
on them:
“A heavy crop of nuts. You never
saw the like of the butiernuts, hick
ory nuts and chestnuts that theve are
goirg to be in less than a month now.
*A big fruit crop and an abundance
of wild grapes; the woods are full of
this little wild fruit of the vine, and
Wilis Husband a Dollar :
: in Four Installments.
Chieago.—One dollar, payable in
monthly installments of twenty-five
cents, is the bequest given Andrew
Heckler by his wife, Catherine E.
Heckler, of Portland, Ore., whose will
was filed in the Probate Court here.
In the will Heckler is referred to as
“the individual who married me in
1908 in San Diego, Cal., aud who got
from me thousands of dollars and
when he could get no more deserted
me.” The estate consists of personal
property. :
The saddest part of it all is that there
is no law in the State of Illinois pro
hibiting the sale of a child.”
In speaking of other specific eases
the Rev. Mr. Virden gaid:
““A girl of thirteen years, commit
ted by the Juvenile Court, was made
a household drudge. Our State agent
found that she was being beaten with
a horsewhip. The girl was removed
and placed in a good home, where she
was given a chance for education and
religious training. ;
Burned With Hot Knife,
“A girl, having only one parent
living, seven years old, was in the
home of a family at Alton, 111. The
evidence showed that this child was
covered with bruises. Her face was
burned, her hands were hacked with
a red hot knife and the sight of one
eye was destroyed. The foster moth
er, charged with having inflicted these
wounds, was fined for assault and
battery, and will be tried under the
cruelty act.
‘A girl was the victim of her step
father’s attacks.for ten years, after
she was seven years old. Her step
father was sent to the penitentiary
and the girl sent to a good home.
<Two girls, aged five and ten, were
forced to beg on the streets for their
mother, who kept a disreputable re
sort. They are now in good hon:es.
“A girl thirteen years old did the
washing and ironing for a family of
seven. She had no school advan
tages. An investigation showed that
she wore her foster mother’s old
clothes and shoes; was overworked
and received no salary; that her life
was insured in the benefit of the
mother-in-law in the home. The
child was returned to the home on
trial upon the cancellation of the life
insurance policy, and promised that
she was te@ receive new clothes and
$2 a week. "I protest against the in
surance of thelivesof these children.”
or more tons of coal while erossing
the ocean. This extravagance was
gloried in as an engineering achieve
ment when it ought to be anathema
tized.
The public comforted itself with
the Dbelief that science would dis
cover a substitute for coal, and there
fore felt no compunction in recklessly
destroying the capital won from the
sun in past ages, but science eould
not at present support the illusion.
Professor Armstrong earnestly
urged serious scientific study of eco
nomical methods of fuel consumption,
outlining the direction such study
ought to take.
What is Coming in the Way of Weather
they will be delicicus when the frost
touches them.
“Heavy husks on the corn. The
farmers say that is a sure sign.
“Wasps and hornets building their
nest nearer the ground than usual,
“The ericket and katydid orches
tra® working overtime; that's a sure
enough indication of an early win
ter, too.
“Dame Nature is a good .and
thoughtful provider for all the little
folk of the forest and field, you
know; that's why there is such a big
crop of nuts and wild grapes and
fruit—so that the squirrels, the mice
and the "birds won't go hungry
through the long winter., I tell you
what, there is nocthing hit-or-miss
about the indications I have men
tioned. All you have to be is a close
observer of nature to know what is
coming in the way of weather.”
Sending 806,000 Return Postals
South to Get Work For Aliens,
Washington, D. C.—The distribu
tion of aliens is to be promoted by the
Bureau of Information of the Depart
ment of Commerce and Labor. Sec
retary Siraus has issued orders to
start the work at each immigration
slation, and the bureau has bzgun
the enormous task of geiting in toueh
with farmers, manufacturers and oth
er employers in the South to learn
what help they may need. This work
will require the sending out of 806,
000 return postul cards. i
