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: “GAB.” | . : . s . * n 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. % : ri:v ».,1,-w.w.,.,..~.,,fac'~—‘fi= ¢ s\?:/ §‘:, “‘ ’ . : 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. . e e o e eet 5 - Admit Their Age, In Japan women have to admit 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. B i v Oysters thrive best in water con taining less than four per cent. of | malt : . Wil eD e s A . . 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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