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superiority in Confession OF Wrong.

A confession of wrong may be proof Of a
possession of superior ability. One who is
new light today, and to perceive that he
was not right in the light which he had
Yesterday Pope says truly, "A man should
never be ashamed to say he has been in
the wrong, which is but saying in other
words that he is wiser to-day than he was
Yesterday" Therefore it often requires
more ability to admit having been in the
wrong than to stand by the position which
one maintained yesterday. Have you this
mower tn prowp
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Gods Promises Sure.

God is ever better than we think. We are
not so ready to realize that God is sure to
make good His promises, as He is ready to
remember His every assurance and to give
good gifts according to His chi.dren's 8
needs. One of Gods loved and loving chill
dren. expressing gratitude for the coming
Of longed-for blessing, said: God told me
long ago that some day this should come to
When it came I was not surprised, only il
way as the coming of the inevitable sur
prises us. Sometimes, you know, we are
surprised to sec the sun rise or the tide
come in" Oh, that all of US were as ready
to be as sure of Gods word as of the ris-
ing OF the sun or the coming in Of the tide!
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Sin. OF Peace

Peace is union and accord. Strife is dis
cord and variance. This is so among men
with reference to each other. This is so
with man in his relations to God. Peace
comes with holiness. Sin is in itself war
fare with God. Do we desire peace, or
strife! Are we seekers after holiness, or
do we accept measure of sin with its
consequences? Every conscious act OF in
is deliberate declaration of war against
God, and an invitation to God to be our
ens.ay. Longing after union with God il
so far peace wi Ii its attendant blessings.
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plan Tunnel Under the Seine.

A plan for buildin" Il tunnel under the
Seine. cithc- at TarS rviiie or Quinebcuf,
France, has been worked out BY a French
engineer, Jean Geriier, who was omployed
for the parpose ty iAc Chambers of CON-
For Have l. IS desired to secure another
railway connection. and Rouen wants \
better means Of getting acroas the river
than is afforded by tie !t.ries which row
enjoy a mu-opo.y Of ihe traffic.
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CIinr;ne to the Worthless.

It is not always the thing of value that
we hold to. "A feeling of revenge is not
worth much. that you should care to keep
it," said Philip Wakem. And yet many a
man in pitch OF excitement would let go
a fortune rather than cast out burden Of
revenge from his heart. No good can come
of his hoTrid possession, yet how he hugs
it! Men are not only wicked-.they seem
ishness to run down your enemies" Ha-
tired and revenge never harm any one so
much as the hater, and still he will not let
his destroyer 60. Oh, for a man who is
strong enough to part with his weakness!
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Russians Know Several Languages.

Every educated Russian Knows th:cc
languages besides his own, and many of
them four. knowledge of the English,
French and German languages is consit
cred necessary to culture. A family having
small children employ. two to four govern
esses, from whom the children learn foreign
tongues before they are taught the more
difficult Russian This command o; Ian
guage makes possible the fact that Rus
slams have a better knowledge OF .he
worlds affairs than any other people
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A Nasty Habit.

Jim calls Inc fastidous because ob-
ject to handling book that some one
has turned over by the aid of q thumb
or finger moistened in the mouth,
writes Madge, in London Truth. Jim
was with me the other day in shop
when 1 asked for Il price-lst. The
shopman. instead Of handing it to me,
stood officiously turning over the leaves
in a way havc mentioned and point
ing out the various illustrations. The
people who are working so we'll to
check the spread Of consumption
should give some attention to this
point The postman, when he hands
in the letters. picks them off the
heap OF others with nloistened thumb.
The clerks in offices turn over the
leaves Of directories in the same horrid
way. The readers of books from cir
crlating libraries leave only too unmis-
taxable traces Of the disgusting habit
on the leaves Of the volumes. Wher-
ever one goes it is the same. and some
times those Of whom one might have
expected better things are guilty Of the
odious practice. A well-known actor of
the first rank. in playing the part Of
distinguished Frenchman, actually
moistened his forefnger when turning
over the leaves Of document, and an
other actor. in dealing cards on the
stage, facilitated the operation in the
same way.
Suppose the good and earnest per-
sons ho are trying TO defeat consump-
ton were to agitate to have this nasty
practice "ombated in the board schools.
Do you think it Il good idea, OF do you
regard 1t us "finickin'?'
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Ministers Ineligible to Legislature.

The Constitution OF Tennessee provides
that whereas ministers of the gospel are
by their profession dedicated to God and
the care OF souls, and ought not to be di'
verted from the great duties of their fune.
tions. therefore no minister of the Gospel.
or priest oi any denomination whatever,
shall be eligible to a seat in either House
of the Legislature.
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-, Andrews Church. Cape Town.

St. Andrews is the oldest Presbyterian
church in South Africa and it has for
nearly sevcnty-ive years been the garrison
church for Presbyterian soldiers in Cape
Town. 1t is proposed to erect d building
TO seat abous 1909 people.
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Spiritual Progress.

Every sincere wish and prayer for good
ness, every earnest attempt to fulfill diff
cult duty is sure, to help on our spiritual
progress either dressty o,, or indreetly By
brings US nearer to God.-James Freeman
Clarke.
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HE says he fell in love with her at
first sight" Perhaps l can De Of serv.
ice to him., l know a first class ocu-
list."-Philadelphia Bulletin.
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The Insane In Prussia.

There are 70,S29 insane patients
e79 asylums of Prussia, according t
lrussian statistical Office.
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CHAPTER XXYII.

A TRAP FOR LUKE HAMMOND.
Luke and Nancy soon reached the
white and gold chamber, and Nancy
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A City Hail Worth SI3,604.O0O.

The official valuation of the Philadelphia
City Hall and grounds is $l3,604 900.
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ideas that man has known. and it presents
them in the largest possible way. its por-
travail of Jehovah is in harmony with His
divine majesty; its account of Jesus has
the sweetness and reverence Of the GOSPEL
according to st. John; its Interpretation
of the Holy Spirit is a comforting and iE-
spring Gortrine for the needs and sorrows
and possibilities of the present; its declara.
tion of the church marks it rs a society
of grace and blessing which was founded
by the Lord. and. like a .eantiful angel.
These are the dearest of all doctrines, the
best and the brightest. the largest and
most liberal. Whatever else they are, they
are not contracted or paltry, but as cath
olic as God and as universal as man. In
deed. our religion is the only thing in the
word that processes 10 desire the allegiance
of everybody. 1t has the length and
breadth and depth and height Of the love
of God in Jesus Christ our Lord. IL does
not give lis views or coDlectures, but only
the commandment of God which is 'ex-
cCeding broad"
The clever pettfogger can make it diff
cult for us to defend anything, though we
may be infaliibly sure of its truth[uIness.
Tee cross-examiner may succeed as lar AZ
to hiring lis TO the verge OF doubling the
testimony OF our own senses. Even so arc
doubts easily possible concerning the mat
tcrs OF Christian belief. 1t is not the our.
pose of this discourse, however. to discuss
the grounds of slsepticism except in so far
- they would impeach the breadth OF
Christianity. Several forms of unbc;ief.
or of Indifference, which is in a sense the
same thing logically, present sorry spec
tacIe in the presence of the inclusivencss
of the Gospel. What are the truths for
which they stand. and how real are those
truths? they talk perhaps of their intel
l. .uulity, but they should remember that
the men who are responsible for the Nj
Gene Creed were pastu,dsters IS meta.
physicians. They refer to the liberty
of which they are the champions, hut the
liberty which they ndvocat, is II. essence
the rery doctrine Of nihi!ists and anarch-
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-10-03
ama-4 HANDKERCHIEF.


One fine day In May Ted went into
tile woods with grandpa, where ne
was going to mend long strip OF
slash fence.
r,hey had just got fairly into the
woods when there was loud whlr-r-r!
and a mother partridge flew up al
most into Ted's face, then futtered
off among the bushes and dry leaves,
"quit-quit" ting, and making a great
fuss.
she has some little chicks right
about here, dare say" said grandpa
"Oll, look quickp' he whispered, check
Ing Ted. "By that log, there! And
there! See what little balls they are!'
'The little darlingsv' whispered Ted
under his breath; but he only saw
them for an instant, for the shy little
gray things seemed almost to melt
into the dead leaves about them. so
quickly they disappeared. Mother
partridge well knew how to call her
brood together safely.
The very next minute they found
her nest, full of empty egg-shells and
one egg that had not Matched.
"'Don't you s'pose it would hatch,
grandpa?" asked Ted.
81 don't know. It might If she had
stayed on long enough. believe I'll
carry 1t home and put 1t under old
Speckle. She's almost ready to
hatch"
So grandpa wrapped the egg care
fully in his red silk handkerchief, car
rted it out on the edge Of the woods
and laid it on a rock, where the sun
would shine all the forenoon and keeE
1t warm.
Then they went back into the woods
and while grandpa cut down bushes
and mended the fence, Ted followed
along, watching the birds and SPUR
rels, and picking flowers.
The noon whistle sounded far In thu
distance.
"Come, Teddy" said grandpa, shout
dering his ak, I'VE must go to dinner
Aren't you hungryT
II believe l am" said Ted. 81
makes us hungry to work in thu
woods, doesn't it? o grandpa, VI
mustn't forget the egg!'
wen 60 right to it now" salt
grandpa, and they did. But what d.
you think?
The handkerchief was there, all IN
rolled, and the empty egg-shells wer
there, but the little partridge ha'
Matched out and gone!
II wonder If his mother came an
found him?" said Ted. after they ha
looked for him in vain.
1--WE shall never know" said grand
pa.-Youth's Companion.
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The Business Side,


So much stress Is placed ON science
in agriculture Of late years, that a
young man might almost suppose the
books, bulletins and wise addresses tell
the whole story about farming. The
reason so much is constantly being said
and written about the how and why
of the latest methods and newest
ideas In farming Is because these arc
all that can easily be taught.
Fondness for hard work and a level
head, full Of business sense, cannot be
acquired from bulletins or gathered
from expert advisers. The new ideas
help the brain and spare the hands,
but farming is still much more bust
ness than a science. Now, as always.
hustle and good judgment are better
than a head full Of new notions with.
out these qualities. System, order
promptness, honesty, shrewdness, econ.
omy, self-control, tact to manage work
men, all such are strictly business
qualities, and are likewise the foun
dalton of any great success in farm
ing. Only nature and experience can
impart most of these essentials, hence
the experiment stations say nothing
about them. But they are as import
ant as ever. An engineer without 9
locomotive and steam will not get or
very fast, neither will expert agrlcul
tural knowledge succeed without bust
ness qualities. . ..l@a- s-.
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When Boys We're Hanged.

Before 1929 it was not uncommon to
hang boys Of tender age for murder
or other crimes. Blackstone cites a
case In which a boy ten years of age
was convicted on his own confession
Of numbering his bedfellow, and the
judges unanimously agreed that he
was a proper subject for capital pun.
ishment. Samuel Rogers mentions
that Greville was present when sew.
erOl boys were sentenced to be hanged
for taking part in the Gordon riots OF
1880. Never" naiyely remarked Gre
vile, Ibid see boys cry So" In 1917
boy, Abraham Charlesworth, twelve
years of age, was sentenced to death
with others for Observation-Disclosures
from low wages and high-priced fooG
and was executed at Lancaster. I,
is said the little fellow cried for hi,
mother on the scaffold.-Kansas Git,
Journal
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Valuable Cleaning Mix+ura

Those who have found gasoline un-
satisfactory for cleaning purposes will
not be disappointed in the following
mixture: One pint gasoline, two table.
spoonfuls alcohol, two tablespoonfuls
ammonia. For cleaning black dress
goods to be washed, take each piece on
a nat surface, as of table or ironing
board, placed where the light is good,
and after thoroughly brushing with
wh1sk broom, scrape each spot with a
knife, then brush, then scrape again
finishing by rubbing we'll with a piece
OF black flannel, or, better, with a wool
stocking. You will be surprised.to find
tnat many spots can be entirely re-.
moved in this way. Gather in the
hand all the soiled places that remair
ana dip them in the fluid Then nre
pare a warm snds, wash the goods
wiring lightly, rinse in warm water
Drain on the line while the irons ~.
heating, iron on wrong side while on
trely damp-using If possible a flanna
ironing cloth. This fluid may be uset
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PUTTING PINS IN PAPERS.
Two Little Girls and a Machine Pack
Thousands in a Day

Two Little Girls and Machine Pack
Thousands in a Day
According to the Merriam census,
there were used in these United States
during the year 1900 no less than l.
100000 pins. This count excludes hair
pins, safety pins and others, which,
for various reasons, bear the common
family name, and confines itself mere
ly to the familiar and necessary ad-
iunct Of the every day toilet. The
first pins made in this country were
very crude indeed, merely bit of
wire twisted into a knot for a head
at one end and sharpened to a point
at the other. Their successors of to-
day undergo a surprising variety Of
operations before they are considered
fit for use.
In comparison with the size of the
| object manufactured the operations
seem bewilderingly numerous, but If
| there be one process more remarkable
than another it is ''papering the pins"
The papers, having been passed
through an ingenious machine, which,
at regular intervals, according to the
size Of the pin, pinches up fold and
pricks a hole in it, are ready to re-
ceive the pins.
For this purpose there is another
machine, worked by two children. One
feeds the pins, the other the papers
The first part of the machine is q
box about twelve inches long, six
broad and four deep. The bottom is
composed of small square steel bars
sufficiently far apart to let the shank
Of the pin fall through, but not the
head. These bars are just as thicA
as the space between the papered pins
The lower part of the bottom of the
box is made to detach itself as soor
as the row Of pins is complete. Row
after row, at regular intervals, is re
ceived and passed down a correspond
ing set of grooves, until it reaches
the ready prlcked paper. By the nices
possible adjustment these pins com,
exactly to their places and are press
ed into them. By this method tw,
little girls can in one day put up man,
thousands of papers.
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clear day, otherwise the beans may mot
easily come out Of the pods.
e1,so,,, : r,rari,,e stilY Flourinhea.

Oaecmargarine Still FloHriShea.
During the past several months the
editor of this department has received
many communication from dairymen
saying, in substance, that the oieo law,
is In force, did not seem to improve
matters much, so far az dairy interests
were concerned. Investigation shows
that this is true and also discloses
the reasons why. The law as it now
appears on the statutes provides that
II cleo is artifcially coIored SO as to
represent butter the manufactures
shall pay a tax of 10 cents a pound
on his output. II not colored artih.
cially mote the word artiacially), then
the tax shall be u of a cent pound.
Manufacturers have shreWdly found
a way around the law by using in
gradients which give the product a
cream color sufficiently like butter.
especially during the winter, to pass
readily for the genuine article. 1t Is
an open question whether or no the
ingredients used to obtain this color
make the product more desirable as
food. The main fact Is that no arti.
fetal coloring is used and hence the
spirit of the law is nullifed. The only
apparent way out of the difficulty
would seem to be to amend the Law
SO that 1t Woufd be misdemeanor fol
oleo to be colored in any way SO that
it approached the color of butter. 1t ID
to be regretted that the amendment
proposed when the bill was under dis
cussion, namely, that oleo be colored
some shade that would absolutely
identify it, could not have been passed
The matter as 1t now stands is serl
GUS one for dairymen and they should
get in communication with their Con
gressmen SO that some way may be
found Of properly and thoroughly pro
| tecting dairy interests. .~
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Farm Notes,

Where's the harvester or other. val
liable tool?
A writer on the subject of hogology,
In speaking of the chief points of the
modern hog, says that he has no
points, but Is round like a sausage.
Let the middlemen understand that
the fruit of your labor Is yours, not
theirs, and If they will not deal justly
with you, cut them out. and go straight
to the consumer.
The farm implement or machine
which will earn rs per cent. ON its cost
yearly, as very many will, Is far
safer investment than bank stocks
on deposits. We must learn to do bust.
ness with the farm.
The young man in the country of
frugal habits can have larger bank
account at the end of the year on a
wage of $500, with board and laundry
| thrown in, than can the city fellow
who gets a wage of 5000 per annum.
Nor will 1t be necessary for the young
man in the country to deny himself
any OF the genuine pleasures Of life
in order to do this.
| There Is less demand every year
for the extra large overfatted hogs
that have taken two years to reach
maturity. What Is wanted for pro.
fitable feeding is thrifty pig, that In
six or seven or eight months growth
will average a pound of pork a day
This can usually be made at a profit
The heavier hogs cost more to keep
and the pork is neither So good, mol
win 1t now sell so well, as pork that
weighs 200 pounds or less per car
cass. z
A good way to get rid Of potato bugs
is to poison them by the use of paris
green and water at the rate of one
pound of the poison to one hundred
gallons of water. Another way II
to use the paris green with cheap floul
or plaster, using about one pound Of
green to one barrel Of either of Thu
latter. This should be busted on tn,
leaves early In the morning when they
are moist. London purple may b,
used in the place of paris green. bu
| as 1t is more liable to burn the leaves
: when used in water, one pound o
: Quicklime should be put in the waite
{ for each pound of london purple used
5 but the london purple, In such case
8 should be used at the rate OF on
!, pound to seventy gallons Of water
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inch hole is bored through the top for
the bolt to go through. The inside
part OF the leg where the hole 10 bored
should be made like wedge, so as to
DIT closely against the scantlings. The
pulieys are IL inches in diameter, and
are made Of wood. The rope should be
put over the top pulley and under the
bottom pulley. The legs should be
sunk In the ground so that they will
not slide and let the derrick fall. A
good strong hook should be securely
fastened on the rope. A steady horse
can operate this all right, once it is
understood. Harry FL. Postle in Ohio
Farmer,
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Startling Act OF HerOisu,,

A 1O-year-old boy at Arvada, Colo
RADIO, recently displayed an act of hero
ism and devotion to his brother that
entities him to almost any honor that
may be paid him.
Two little sons Of Rev. ]. R. RAIDER,
aged 10 and 5, were walking up the
track Of the electric road and were
crossing cattle guard when the little
fellow caught foot between the bars.
Everyone knows how the cars speed
over the Arvada line, like a railroad
express at times. Soon the boys heard
car coming at the rate Of perhaps
so miles an hour.
The foot was wedged in SO fast that
their combined strength was not
enough, to release it, although they
tugged and strained. Then the eldest
boy, whose name is Cranston, started
down the track towards the car and
began to wave his hands and shout
Motormen became very much accus,
toned to little boys doing that sort OF
thing and then jumping aside before
the car strikes them. so they do moi
pay much attention to them. This lit
tie boy did not intend to leave the
track, although the motoneer blew the
air whistle and shouted to him. The
lmotoneer finally realized in time thai
something was wrong and got the carl
stopped within few inches Of the boy
The little Cranston declares that h
would have let himself be run dowI
before he would have let the car pas
him and strike his younger brother
Miles.
| The motoneer went to the assistanc,
Of the younger brother and had to re
move the shoe before the foot coult
be released.