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Gilpin observer., 1901-01-24

written, and have barely time to get
them on the train. After that have
an important engagement" he added,
hufrying out of the room.
Presently Ruth peeped into the iibra>
". Her face grew longer when she
saw that Uncle Phn was gone.
swell. did you succeed in finding
sugar honey and 'lasses verse;" asked
Fred
The words We're not encouraging, but
there was something in his voice that
brought her flying across the floor.
"Oh, Fred, you will help me?"
"How would this dog !. suNls
II any little word of mine .as,eE-s
May make life the brighter, s+.3AS
II any little song of mine a. -
May make heart the lighter, ehf
And take my bit of singing
And drop it in some lonely vale
To set the echoes ringing.
"Oh, how beautiful" cried Rutb.
"Where did you find II, Fred?"
TITS one of the memory gems I had
to learn at school when l was n kid"
"Oh, I wish our teacher did that"
Then her face grew sober. "But are
you quite sure IT'S ch-characteristic,
Fred?"
"Quite so," saia Fred, looking quiz
Zically at the quaint, serious eyed little
creature perched on the edge of the
big armchair. "Miss Conscientious"
was Uncle Phil's pet name for her.
She brought pencil and paper and
wrote the words at Fred's dictation.
Then she sat booking at him admiring-
ly FOR n moment.
'"Oh, Fred, .you are a dearw she said
lie lodged, but not in time to escape
TIE birdlike kiss that lit plump on the
end of his nose, causing him to bury
his face In q big sofa cushion and NUT
ter things about gushing girls"
But little Ruth was happier still
| when Lucille, with a tender look In her
eyes and the sweet, motherly smile nnd
caress that big girls sometimes besstOw
on little ones, said-
"You dear little thing! Your verse is
the lOveliest of ali and so character.
isticT'-xfary NJ. Parks in PHILADELPHIA
Times.
Gilpin observer., 1901-01-24
A Proud Doll.

Mamma" said little Flosslc. "I guess
my dolly's awful proud"
"why 80, dear?" asked her mother.
"Cause she can't bend her knees,
and have to lay her on hcr stomach
to say her prayers" replied Flossie.-
Chicago News. . -'-'se4
Gilpin observer., 1901-01-24
nNInrc, Grnnlnn!v

in smoking slices deity carved
The gobbler wastes away
As grandpa wields the carving knife
Upon Thanksgiving day.
The heaping plates with goodly cheer
Around the board are sped.
And first OF all. 30 grandpa says,
The childrep must be fed.
Gilpin observer., 1901-01-24
A CrucL Shot.

Ray A. Grantham OF Washington,
Ind, whose picture is herewith given,
is only 13 years old, but he is n crack
shot with the rife. In his first at
Gilpin observer., 1901-01-24
The Letter NJ.

What is It that occurs once in a min
ute. twice in n moment and not once
in a thousand years?
Gilpin observer., 1901-01-24

Tho Best Day. 500. IN
Eomc skies may be gloomy, - ~
Come moments he sad. ~.
But everywhere, always,
is0me soula must be glad, ...,y,.f1
For true Is the saying f...f j fyH.t
Proclaimed by the seer. ss -. N
/ "Esrh day liz the best day ~. 4 4. ,'tisd
OF somebody's yearl" re ~,
Each day finds a hero, N Sl,g'.3f
Each day helps a saint: *
Each day brings to some ono Y ~. II Y, ~
A Joy without taint. ~ sy-l., -,
Though IL may not be my turn s's'.a u
Or yours that is near 49, IS
"Each day is the best day AlafSg'
OF somebody's ycarl' ~, ii,e
The calendar sparklcs Yrtffs1
with days that have brought Y ff
Some prize that was hoped for, W., n
Some good that was sought. ~ Y.
High deeds happen daily; Ia
Wide truths grow more clear. N'fs'
,'Tach day Is the best day si.s
OF somebody's yearl' -ilasf..,E
No sun ever rises tts,s,,l>.lpk
But brings Joy behind, sStsl3is,J
No sorrow In fcttors S.ATf.y,e
The whole earth can bind. Ns,N-t&
How selfish our irotting, ~ ~ I
How narrow our fcnri s-aS
"Each day Is the best day VIZ
OF somebody's ycari'' p,
Youths Companion.
Gilpin observer., 1901-01-24

"Cod bless the childreni" grandpa cries
Upon Thanksgiving day;
A wishbone there. drumstick here,
Their stomachs' needs to stay.
And when. all helped In bounteous wise.
lie turns his own plate DER.
He's greeted with the pleading Of
more. grandpa. please; some morei"
\. IT. W. u. IN Good Housekeeping.
Gilpin observer., 1901-01-24

RAY a. GRANTHAM.
tempt Mt trap shooting he broke 1s out
of % clay pigeons. n record that Is
above the average even for grown up
amateurs.-Cincinnat Enquirer. ..e
Gilpin observer., 1901-01-24
Anxiety.

The Fly-I hope that man don't get
back before I've caught my supper!-
New Yorl, World.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-04-26
Loyal Little American.

A teacher who spent her vacation
abroad tells the following story:
One of her fellow passengers on the
steamship that brought her home was
little boy about 10 years old. As the
steamship approached New York the
child grew eXultantly happy, and every
little while he would say, We're almost
home now" He talked of the various OBJ
jects they passed as though he were really
quite at home. Finally the teacher said,
''Do you live in New York ?"
mo" answered he. 81 live in st. Paul,
Mimi"
Miss L. remarked: "St Paul? You are
still long way from home"
This is just as good rs home" said
the loyal little fellow. ITS America"
The young travellers patriotism so
pleased the Columbus woman that she
asked him about his travels and learned
why he was so glad to see America. He
had been in Europe over six months. a
part of which time had been spent in
school in Sweden. He had seen much
that was interesting in the different Eu.
ropean countries, but was as pleased as
he could possibly be on once more seeing
his native land and stoutly declared that
America was 'the best country in the
world. .'-Presbytcrian.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-04-26

Tommy had curious dream one night.
He had been kept in from play to help
his father. But. instead of being proud
to think that his father wanted his help,
he was very cross about losing his play
SO cross that his father quietly remarked
he would not ask him to stay i'm again.
When he lay down to sleep that night.
he dreamed that two angels were sent
down to earth to make a record of all the
nice. loving things the boys and girls were
doing. One angel was to take note of the
biz things that were done and the other
was to write down all the little, unnoticed
deeds of life. They parted as they reach
ed the earth, and when they met again on
their way back to heaven they compared
notes. One had scarcely filled two pages
of his book. "There are not many con-
spicuous things done, after ALL" lie said.
Il have scarcely found time to write
down all that have seen" said the other
angel, and he showed little book filed
from cover to cover with the record of
loving little deeds.
Tommy's heart stood still, and he
thought, MY name must be there, too,
for it was nice thing to stay in and
help father"
Then he heard the angel explaining
why there were some boys and girls he
did not take any notice of at all. "They
did nice things" he said, but they were
so cross about it and so unwilling that
could not write them down; for you
know | was told only to record the loving
deeds of life" Then Tommy woke up.
and as he lay still and thought about it
he knew that lie could not possibly have
been in the angels book that day.-Anna
Temnlc
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-04-26
IF YOU COULD KNOW.

II you could know that half of all yearn to be
to you, dear heart!
Each day that dawns | struggle to be strong and
do my part,
Yet when at last the night comes softly down l
humhly pray
'Lord, grant me still to prove my tender love
just one more day!
Just one more day to strive to rise above small
troubles, petty care,
That my eramped soul may break its earth forged
bonds at last to dare
70 face the future and to gladly live with courage
new,
Loyal and cheerful facing toward the light for
truth and you.
And yet l feel in spite of all the heights which
| can never scale,
In spite of all the many tests in which aaiiy
fail,
That my deep love- more deep and pure and strong
than can ever show,
You somehow, through my failures, doubts ana
fears, will come to know.
The dreary clouds can't hide the sun for aye; 1t
glimmers through.
The sweet, wet violet, struggling through oeau
leaves, still shows its blue,
And SO | trust though oft l strike loves chord
with clumsy hand,
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-04-26

In old times ice was brought from the
mountains and stored away in pits dug
IN the earth and was covered with straw
or other substances that proved noncon.
ductors of heat and also protected it
from the air
Mention Of this fact is made in the
Proverbs Of Solomon, and it is frequent
W alluded to in the writings of the an.
dcnt Greeks and Romans. 1t is still in
vogue in Italy, where snow gathered in
the Apcnnines is brought by peasants to
the principal cities and stored in cellars
made especially for that purpose.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-04-26
Withering Snrcnsn,

A hanson drew up at the entrance of
Il well known place of entertainment in
the Strand. A gorgeously apparelled
masher alighted and, having assisted
lady out who accompanied him. handed
the driver his exact legal fare. Cabby
looked at it for few seconds. turned Il
over in his hand, and then, in loud but
benevolent tones, exclaimed: "'Adn't you
an the lady better get in again, sir, an
ave yer moneys worth? could ave done
you another 20 yards for this" he added,
and, giving another look at the coin, ex.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-04-26
Willing to Helm.

Struggling Pastor-Nearly all the con.
gsegatlon have subscribed literally for
the building fund, and feel sure that /
also nave your hearty cooperation. How
much will you
Mrs. Leader-Let me see. Oh. am
the only member who has n carr;oco !
think
Struggling Pastor-Yes. Tho roe+ oro
poor u
rs Leader-Well. | will drive round
unn collect tho
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-04-26
THE LITTLE SLEEPER.

her dolys little carriage is standing in the hall;
ier dolly lies beside it, just where she let it fall
Iler little painted soldiers standing in row.
Dut no one cares to move them, because she left
them so.
Her little pet canary is singing in the sun,
But, oh, his song this morning is such a dismal
one
His voice has lost its music and never will seem
right
Unless 1t wake the little girl who fell asleep last
night.
indianapolis Press.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-04-26

An artist relates that one DAY he was
standing in front Of huge poster which
represented. wen known actor in the
lharacter of Henry V. Two men strolled
by ana stopped to look at it. Finally one
OF the men turned to his companion with
LOOK Of disgust and asked impatiently:
Henry V.-wbatY
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-04-26
ITO lALLIE-WHO is DEAD.n

God made you very fair
] cannot dream he meant you to be lost.
At what tremendous cost
Could earth supply such wealth of golden bairp
That pansicd arch above
Nor all the shining vast of morning skies
Could make two wistful eyes
Like those through which read your loan of love
Not all the roses heart
Nor heart of ev'ry summer breathing rose
That ever buds and blows
Could match those lips your laughter kissed apart
And so l have no fear
Your beauty lives; have no fear for YOU
Your soul grows lovely, too.
In his pure light who holds all beauty dear.
God loves you and no less;
Death leaves you as he made you-very fair
Your beauty and his care
Shall wake your very soul to loveliness.
London Academy.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-04-26

and the most enjoyable. The small boy
is encouraged to swim as much as pos
siblc. and it is no uncommon sight to see
dozens of little fellows sporting about in
the water, even in the leading canals
Chicago Record-IIerald.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-04-26

willow bough SO long and green
II touches and, 10, presto, change,
splendid whistle next is scent
Now, don't you think this very strange?
An cid cigar box it contrives
10 turn into score Of things
Toothpicks galore and paper knives
And wee windmills with wooden wings.
The wonders it can bring to pass
Might we'll a coniurer amaze,
"hen storms beat on the window glass
All through the long, long rainy days.
lis not the wand of fairy queen
Nor wizards rod from elnn land,
But Just the iackknife sharp and keen
In Tommy's little, skillful hand.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-04-26
CIIILDREN'S COLUMN.
Handy Swimming HeIes.

The small boy in Venice does not have
to 70 down to the lake shore to take
swim. All he does is to open his bed
room window and jump out into the wa
ter, for there the streets are canals, and
bath is the easiest matter imaginable
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-04-26
On the snfe Side.

Tommy-Paw. what is artistic TEN.
perament?
Mr.. Figg-Fm blamed if I know-only
when | meet fellow that's got II | DOM
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-04-26
A Magic WennOn.

This is not an enchantor's STAFF -'d'9.
Nor wand Of fairy Oberon.
And yet ! cannot tell you half {@N
The many wonders it has done.
.ss--s
The rain IS falling on the roof
And in the playroom we must stay.
Now is the time It's put to proof
And will its magic power display.
At its first touch a pile Of chips
Is changed TO fairy boats that sail,
Just like a fleet of tiny ships
All round about the water pail.
Beneath II a horse chestnut grows
Into a Brownie man complete,
with well carved eyes, mouth and nose
And slender toothpick arms and feet.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-04-26

Bill Bates sat alone in his store the
night following the election whiting
clothcspn. Suddenly he dropped his
knife smote his thigh vehcmently, gave
way to hoisterous laugh and said TO
himself I'm bet a red herring | know
what Hannah Richards wanted Of that
six ounces of jalap. Haw, haw, haww
The sun., 1901-10-09


American manufacturers were never
In so strong a position as at present to
secure profitable and permanent busi-
ness connections in foreign markets.
When in 1893 they began the earnest
and persistent campaign that has re-
suited in making our exports of manu-
factures average more than S1,00O,0O0
a day, it was frequently necessary to sell
goods at loss in order to obtain foot
hold. The situation at that time was
critical one; some manufacturers were
literally without orders to work on, while
others who had been far-sighted enough
TO cultivate the export trade previously
were the only ones who did not see their
orders steadily falling off. The bitter
experience of that year convinced Ameri-
can manufacturers generally of the inn
portance of having at least some foreign
business to serve as balance wheel
to enable them to keep their factories
running full time whenever domestic
trade might be dull.
1t was not easy, however, to secure
foreign orders at once. The word "Amer-
ican' was not then the guarantee of ex.
cellence and the talisman of success that
many lines were virtually advertisements
the goods were introduced on trial, as
samples of what this nation, which Eu-
ropcan and foreign buyers generally had
regarded as primarily source of agri-
cultural products, could do in manufac-
turing lines. II was several years before
people abroad fully awakened to the fact
that the claims regarding the superiority
of American goods were not mere brag
and bluster, but were based on fact. The
Atbara bridge, the Trans-Siberian Rail-
way, the equipment of the Central Lon
don Railway, and still more recent South
African and Indian railway contracts
were eye-openers to those who had previ-
ously ignored the United States as a mar
ket in which TO buy such supplies. The
Spanish war was another object lesson.
Then the commercial world suddenly
realized the fact that over here were
some of the best equipped and most pro-
gressive manufacturing enterprises in
the world. American electrical engineer
ing has already become the standard for
street railway practice the world over.
American mining machinery, metal and
wood working machinery, and libor-sav-
The sun., 1901-10-09

'O)
business on even more unfayorabie terms.
1t is decidedly TO the interest OF the
American cotton goods trade as Whoic
that such orders should he secured here
rather than 20 abroad. In woolen goods
also our export trade at present IS very
small, indeed, although this is one Of the
most important of the exports from Great
Britain and several European countries.
TO increase our export trade as a whole
we must make determined and intelli-
gent effort to secure our share OF the Tor
eign business in these and other impor-
tant lines in which our exports are at
present small. We need, also, as a ma
ton, to study the details of export busi-
ness more thoroughly. The government
is doing more for our manufacturers and
exporters than it ever did before. The
consular service is being steadily inn
proved; the work Of the statistical and
foreign commerce bureaus at Washing
ton never was SO excellent; the foreign
parcels post has been greatly extended
and will be still further widened If manu-
facturers insist; Congress will soon lay the
foundations for an American foreign mer-
caEtile marine, and reciprocity, after the
solemn last speech of our dead President,
is certain to receive serious and careful
consideration. All this is calculated to
encourage the American business man
who is interested in export trade. 1t still
remains for American manufacturers, in
dividually and as a class, to do more to
meet the conditions under which foreign
trade is conducted. Most merchants
abroad are accustomed to do business
upon credit basis. We accommodate
them. Already Dun and Bradstreet have
foreign offices and furnish foreign
ratings. We need American banks
abroad, more American statesmen abroad,
more American agencies abroad, and
we shall then be in position to
handle the business of our foreign
customers, not only in bnsinesslikc
way, according TO our own ideas, but in
a way that, while safe and profitable,
will conform to their long-established GUS
toms as well. When our foreign trade is
conducted as Systematically and intelli
gently as our domestic trade is to-day,
not only in its manufacturing, but in its
selling branches, | predict that we shall
increase our export trade at rate that
will make even the brilliant record of the
last eight years seem slow in comparison.
The sun., 1901-10-09

f. PECK, of WILLIAM p. PECK &
ing appliances in score of lines were
for the first time seriously investigated
and found to be far ahead of anything
known elsewhere.
This Introductory stage is now at an
end. Every foreign buyer knows what
Made in America" stands for, and is
ready to consider an offer of goods in
his line from an American manufacturer
on an equal footing with one from any
of the European houses that long have
been doing business in his vicinity. The
problem now is, not how to secure foreign
trade, but how to increase it. 1t is no
longer matter of securing orders at
any sacrifice for the sake of getting q
foothold, or of disposing of surplus pro-
duction, even at loss, but matter of
ordinary, everyday business; business
at legitimate profit and on permanent
basis.
In some lines American manufacturers
are already securing their share Of trade
III the foreign markets as a whole. In
others, what has thus far been accom-
plished is only bagatele compared to
what still remains to be done. Our ex-
ports of cotton goods, for example, al
though increasing rapidly, seem almost
puny beside the vast trade in the same
line enjoyed by Great Britain, while it
still compares unfavorably with that of
Germany, France and several other Euro-
pean countries. Yet all of these buy their
raw cotton from us, ship it over sea and
then back again to undersell us in the
markets of Latin-America at our very
doors.
The cotton mills of the South have
shown what can be done in China. The
same thing can be done elsewhere. What
is needed is an intelligent and thorough
study of the local requirements in this
line in each market and faithful effort
to comply with them. 1t is not worth
while, as a rule. to try to force our own
tastes on foreign buyers We should
aim, rather, to adapt our goods to their
tastes. 1t may be necessary to be CON
tent with moderate profits, but this also
in the end will prove to be worth while.
! have known of single order for cotton
goods large enough to have kept small
mill busy for years that was refused by
American manufacturers simply because
bigger profits could be made in this coun-
try. When hard times come along, as
they do periodically, these manufacturers
would be only too glad to secure that
The sun., 1901-10-09
TRADES UNIONS.
BY HECTOR NJ. HITGHINGs)

BY HECTOR NJ HITGHINGs)
AT no time in the history of our coun-
try have her educated, well-informed and
patriotic citizens watched the trend of
public events with greater interest or
deeper concern than at the present. At
no time have her prophets of good and
evil been more pronounced in their pre-
dictions of veal or woe.
After years Of gradual transition in
methods of doing business from individ-
ual capital to firm, from firm to corpora
ton, from corporation to combinations of
corporations, We have finally reached
period of consolidated corporations CAPT
talized at such figures as are difficult
for the ordinary man to grasp.
Every trade and industry, as well as
business, has its combination of laborers
or labor unions thoroughly organized,
officered disciplined, experienced and
covering our entire country. These trade
unions, in so far as they have sought
or seek by peaceful, lawful methods, to
secure for the laboring classes reason
able hours of labor compensation in
some degree commensurate with the
labor or protection against the avarice
or greed of those employers who seek
speedy wealth at the emf loyes' expense,
are entirely commendable and unobjec-
tionable, and appeal and always have
appealed, to the sympathy of good
citizens of all classes. 1t is deeply
to be regretted, however, that such
trade unions are often and of necessity
dominated by men of great native
shrewdness, but entire lack of that kind
of education and knowledge which is
necessary to enable them to pass correct
Judgment on alleged grievances and to
devise and carry out equitable, reason-
able lawful and vet efficacous plans to
secure desired reform and redress. Not
only is this 50, hut the lieutenants of
the leaders or walking delegates, as they
are usually called, are not chosen from
the best and most skillfu men in the
union, but are the politicians of the
laboring class and would, many of them,
if compelled to earn an honest living by
honest toll, find il exceedingly difficult
so to do
Under the honeycd speeches of dema-
Eognes, our honest, Industrious and
worthy laborng men too often forget
that they are the best paid, best fed, best
housed, best clothed and most independ-
ent, free and democratic laboring men in
the world and that there are ways and
means, entirely legal and adequate, to
right all real grievances, and which will
not bring in their train misery, suffering
and loss. If they and their leaders could
only be induced to accept the aid many
wealthy philanthropists would gladly