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The leader., 1904-12-31
LET GO USELESS THINGS.
Habits and Traditions of OIden
Times That Would Better
Give Way to Progress.

In iourneying among farmers one is
constantly impressed by the multitude
OF things survived that have survived
their usefulness. There are tool
houses full of discarded and almost
useless tools, there are wrecks of wag
ons and carts, there are sheds and
buildings in ruins, worthless fruit
trees, small Enclosures. the use of
which has been forgotten, while the
fences are also in ruin. Examine
closely into farm practices and much
the same condition will be found.
There are habits and traditions that
survive from former age; animals
that were useful once, perhaps, that
now need to be replaced by better
types; crops that father grew that
may be out of place in that latitude
and which ought to be supplanted by
newer and better crops.
Learn to let go. Clean out the
yards from time to time. Send trash
to the woodpile. Assert the piles of
servieeable lumber Demolish useless
machinery, save the bolts, shafting
and serviceable parts, putting them
where they can be found when needed,
and let the old-iron man have the
castings Grub out the decayed trees.
and if you need tree put in q young
one. Throw open useless enclosures
and make broader the field. Under
that old fence row now harboring only
burdocks and other unsightly weeds
lies store Of fertility that you might
better use.
Do not hug your mistakes. Il some
CT your farm practices are wrong send
them into the land of forgotten things
and adopt better ones. If the bull
begets improbable or. g.bstaMdard
calves put him of and start better
strain Of cattle. Some men go all
through life lamenting their mistakes
and misf0rtunes.l Others resolutely
burn their blunders and take up with
good things. achieving fortune in the
end and having only memories Of the
older and less favored days The hold-
fast trait is a good one when intel
Mgently exercised. Grip is a good
thing. but gumption is better. The
mud turtle is said to hold on until it
thunders. Fortunate the man who
can hear the thunder of Improbable
results and LET go his grip on unsue-
cessful methods. The times change
and we must change with them or suf-
fer. Persistency IN pursuits should be
guided BY possibilities Of achievement.
Consistency Is no virtue when It leads
to loss. Circumstances always alter
cases Breeders Gazette.
The leader., 1904-12-31

were drying your red table cloth in the
window,-oh, tried not to come fast
enough"
But you're here,-yeu're here,
sobbed Delight. Desire, wait!-stand'
right still minute, where you are. J
want to say some,-Happy New Year.
Desire.
Happy New Year, Delight"
It was all there in those three little
words. What need for explanations, pro
testations, promises? The last rec
gleam from the west fell across both
their glad OLD faces, like kiss of peace
Afterward Roxy scratched her way in
with a plump dead mouse, presenting il
first to one of them and then to the other
in gentle uncertainty. And they all three
sat in the twilight together.
1T was trouble" Delight said
That's why / chose the red signal.
said to myself this morning. when ]
woke up, It's New Years, Delight Weth-
erill,' l said, are you going to Go what
you've been trying todo so long? Or are
you going to wait another four years?
And then all of a sudden / decided
you're going to, Delight Wetherill! But
l couldn't move an inch to do it. There
Twas stiff with the rheumatism guess
the feminine kinds the worst, Desire!'
Desire nodded. Il guess so, Delight.
Go on" she said.
Il couldn't go on! There was.
didn't crawl out O. bed till noon, and ]
didn't timber up any till saw you and
Roxy coming acrost in the sunshine.
l forgot l had the rheumatism then!
don't feels if should ever have II
again"
$50 you put up the red signal Trouble
Come over?" Desired mused thought
fully
Eyes, ,-oh. Ihad to! 1t was New Years
day, Desire. and you and me had been
j divided long enough | said to myself |
couldn't bear another year. | said the
time to make it up was the first day O.
the new year. And there was! ]
! couldn't stir"
And the beginning and the ending
were the first day." Delight murmured
softly. Under the cover of the darkness
the two old hands stole together and
clung, as longago two little childish ones
had clung together. Roxy purred from
skirt to skirt impartially. There are
times when It's better not to say any
thing, but little gentle purring does nc
harm. Country Gentleman.
The leader., 1904-12-31


ELL should call at Tolly's, too, Jeffy,
she said, virtuously, you try It, and see
how much happier you'll feel
But I'm happy enough now" laughed
Jeffy.
Then do it to make Tolly happier
try that"
MN, mumbled Jeffy, STOPPING TO
lay kind red mittens on Roxy's furry
neck. 1t took time to digest advice like
that. He hadn't thought of Tolly's side
of the question. Tolly was just getting
over the measles -Jeffy remembered
suddenly that it wasn't any fun to get
over" the measles. Then ToIly lived
alone with his grandmother, not in a
riotous little nest, full of brothers and
sisters. Probably you got very lone
some living alone with your grand
mother; probly you'd like to have
somebody come in an say 'Wisher Hap
py New Year!"
Well, will, laughed Jeffy, sunnily.
II guess its time me an folly fell in!"
He was. of in a little whirl, and Desire
and Roxy were alone again.
Roxy. did you hear that? thought
was preaching to him. and you heard.
how he preached to me! IA little child.
Ia little child" she added softly. Her
plain, wholesome face grew very
thoughtful Roxy rubbed against her
skirts, unheeded.
A little child-laughing Jeffy-shall
lead then-me,' she unused, across the
street-to Delight. Roxy, Roxy, listen
to me!"-she began to laugh sobbingly
- guess it's time me an Delight fell
int"
1t was sunset when she and Roxy went
across the dividing line From the
warm, red west radiance was falling in
pathway of soft light. 1t seemed to
lead out of Heaven to Delights little
brown door, and Desire stepped lightly
along in it. no more bitterness or hurt
in her heart The red signal flag was
still in the window. and she saw it was
not the red table cover. 1t was the little
old signal flag itself!
We'll go right in. Roxy, just as We
used in-what! you want to go in by the
shed door? Well, run along then,-run
along then! suppose catching mice is
your way of making up!" She opened
the front door briskly-after four years!
and stepped into the dark little hail.
Delight was in the sitting-room door,
waiting
Delight"
Desire! Desire! I knew you'd
| comet"
"Red.--trouble, Come over" quoted
! Desire, trying to laugh, but crying They
were both crying. Il tried to believe ycu
The leader., 1904-12-31
EDUCATIONAL ITEMS.

The Italian government has decided
to open, in all parts of Italy, $3.50
evening schools, exclusively for adults
who cannot read or write.
After the founding of the Berlin
trade school in 1921 there followed in
quick succession number of technical
or polytechnic schools all over Ger
many.
Lady Frances Balfour is an advocate
of judicious education for women, and
believes that the colonies are calling
to Englishwomen to come over and
help in their advancement.
There are 1000 American teachers
in the Philippines centered in 33S
larger towns, out of 934 towns in the
entire archipelago. Two thousand
primary schools are in operation, and
they employ the services of 5000 ma
tive teachers.
Francis Galdon has endowed, in Lon
don university, fellowship for the
promotion of the study of National
Eugenies," which is defined as ''the
study of the agencies under social con-
troll that may improve or impair the
racial qualities of future generations
either physically or mentally"
Prof. Charles Gayley, of the Univer-
sity of California, says: There are
many employers in San Francisco who
for the last Is years have complained
to me of the horrible English used by
our graduates employed by them.
They say there are very few indeed
who can talk and write correctly. The
main trouble lies in this, that the stu
dents are 'railroaded' through colleges
in their study of the professions and
very little, If any, Of their time has
been spent on the study of English ex-
preston and literature"
The leader., 1904-12-31

the +unpainted house set diagonally
across the road. Though for four years
Desire Drummond had not willingly
looked at the small old house, yet for
four years she had always seen it, when
she looked out of her window. 1t was
right there, an uncomely blot on her
"yiew"-how could she help it? The
splash of red color was in one OF its tiny
paned front windows, and for the mo-
ment Desires heart beat little faster
than usual. When had she seen that red
signal flag before?-but it wasn't sig
nal flag of course. Delight was drying
something red in the sun; probably she'd
washed out a spot in that old red table
cover.
But how familiar and-good the little
flag looked! Desire sighed as she went
back to her diary again.
Unusually mild for New Years. she
wrote carefully. 1T looks as if We were
going to have an open winter. Rheu-
matism aheadi" She smiled little to
herself as she wrote those two words.
Desire liked to have little humorous
touches in her diaries. She said you
didn't feel quite SO much as if you were
writing your own memoirs Though of
course nobody'd. ever read 'em-unless
Roxy!
Suddenly rs if of its own accord quite
uninf1uenced by the slender old fingers,
the pen began to write again. There's
a red flag in Delights window, it wrote
rather faster than usual, with not so
much painstaking attention to i-dottings
and t-crossings. But it's probably a
spot drying in her red table spread. 1t
isn't likely to be anything else after four
years.
The little book creaked shut, as if re-
Iieyed at the chance, and Desire Drum
mond gazed out of her window again, not
looking at the little old house across the
road, but seeing it and its red signal flag,
and nothing else, Roxy leaped heavily
to the window sill and looked out, too.
The big gray head rubbed lovingly
against the little gray one.
I'm not looking, Roxy, but it's there,
II see it, Desire murmured wistfully.
''You see it, too. you know you do. You're
: looking down the road at the meeting
house, but you see Delights red flag!
You think it's spot in her table-spread
drying in the sun. but you don't know il
is. You're thinking maybe it isn't, just
as ! am
Roxy's soft purr pleaded guilty to the
charge. It was four years-but Roxy
only knew it was a long time, a very loEg
time,-since she had been allowed to
The leader., 1904-12-31
Question Of Temperature.

A Scotch doctor who was attending
laird had instructed the butler of the
house in the art of taking and record
ing his masters temperature with I
thermometer, On repairing to the
house one morning he was met BIZ ths
butler, to whom he said: Well, John
/ hope the laird's temperature IL mol
any higher to-day" The man look X
puzzled for moment, and then re-
piled Weel, was just wonderin
that mysel Ye see, he died nt tvs
o'clock. Kansas City independents
The leader., 1904-12-31

! A story comes from Moscow which
shows pretty clearly the different views
that the government and the common
people take Of the war. TWO men were
out walking, when they saw a crowd
iostiing and showing, while from within
the crowd came loud sobs. cries of pain,
oaths. and blows. What on earth is the
matterg said the first man. 1Oh, said
his companion indifferently, 1T is only
4 government ofIicer forcing peasant
10 turn volunteer. 9 st, Jamess Ga
zette.
The leader., 1904-12-31

II meant to have told you of that
hole" said the kindly host to his
friend, who had suddenly disappeared
in the course of a stroll through the
grounds into pit full Of water. The
friend climbed out and shook himself.
1T doesn't natter he said, cheerily,
Il found it."
The leader., 1904-12-31

She What kind Of Christmas pres.
ent shall buy you while am out
dear?
HeOh, any cheap tFfAe, Maria. Re
member, can,tsafford to spend much
this yeaF Woman's Home Compan.
iea.
The leader., 1904-12-31
In the New Year.

Let us not be unjust, ungentle, self
ish, pushing, grasping, vain, hard, pes.
simistic. Let us get the best out Of
friends and workers, not by pinchina
them down, but encouraging them up.
Let us be trfe and without fear. An
swer our letters, keep gratitude as the
foremost impulse. ray our bills. and
say our prayers.
The leader., 1904-12-31

John G. Carlisle, who has farm on
Long Island, was discussing with his
foreman the adyisability of putting on
new man. NO" said the foreman,
Il wouldn't bother to take on Frank.
He wouldn't suit" why not?"
well, because you couldn't place no
dependence on his stickin to the job
He's such Predetermined cuss he
never stays at any one thing"
The leader., 1904-12-31

1t was a new voluntary and the or
ganist had been going through it for
the first time After she had finished
the organ blower asked her If it had
gone all right With some surprise
the young woman answered: "Oh, it
went very well, thank you. But why
do you ask?" WELL" said he. "I had
never blown to this piece before and
was rather anxious about it."
The leader., 1904-12-31

Il fell over the bulwarks." said the
sailor, 'and the shark came along and
grabbed me by the leg.
And what did you do?"
Il let him have the leg. / never dis
putes with shark. Tit-Bits.
The leader., 1904-12-31

An Irishman travelling in France
was challenged by a Frenchman to
fight duel, to which he readily con-
sented, and suggested shillelahs as
weapons. That won't do" said the
Frenchman's second CAS- challenged
party you have the right to choose the
arms, but chivalry demands that you
should decide upon a weapon with
which Frenchmen are familiar" Is
that so?" replied the Irishman, cooIly.
very well, we'll fight with guillo-
tines
The leader., 1904-12-31

One of the distinct features of the
aGe is the tendency to return to ag-
riculture. Where few years ago the
farmer boys were rushing to the cities
to crowd the professions, there is now
decided move in the other direction.
Tile natural reaction that must in
some measure always follow a move
ment so radical accounts for the dis
position to return to the soil for a
livelihood, but there is more. The
asriculturalist has become a profess
sional man. The college and the uni-
yersity have added a special course
for his benefit, and give him de-
gree. He is botanist and a chemist,
and science has taught him to take in
the jaded and worn-out farm, and
with intelligence cause it to blossom
like the rose. The dispiriting labor
which bent the forms of the elders,
has been lightened by devices that bet
has been ligtened by devices that bet
ter accomplished the end sought. The
long hours are shortened, and the
farmer finds time to indulge in the
enjoyments of life. This new condi-
ton, AIDED to the fascination of inde-
pendenee, has turned many men from
other professions toward the country,
carrying with them the mannerism of
their class until the extermination of
the chin-whiskers is threatened by the
Prince Albert coat.-Tampa (Fla.)
Tribune.
Meat ON Farms.
Roast pork and roastNpig are favor
ite dishes, and the farmer never
misses the pork from his table even
when other meats are lacking. He can
just as easily and cheaply have roast
duck as roast pork. In proportion to
food consumed, the duck will cost no
more than the pork, and a four-pound
duck can be put on the table in eight
weeks from the time it is hatched.
The farmer who raises one hundred
ducks can have roast duck twice "a
week nearly every week in the year,
and he does not have to pickle the
meat to keep it. The duck can be
raised on any kind of food that the
hog will consume, and the farmer can
have market for his ducks at home.
leaving him the pork to SELL What
would a farm be that did not contain
a flock of fowls? The eggs are con-
sidered as adiuncts to the farm, and
they enter into many of the household
dishes. In estimating the profits from
poultry, the eggs and poultry con-
sunaed by the family should be given
the same value as though such sup
plies were purchased. The family"
markets in the United States excel all
others, and no farmer should sell his
eggs and live on something less desir-
able, but he should enjoy the same
Injuries as those who are willing to
have the best in the cities. Farm and
Fireside.
The leader., 1904-12-31
Possibly.

Il wonder what he ever saw about
her that attracted him?"
Perhaps the $4,000 worth of dia-
monds and pearls with which her par
ents had decorated her. Chicago
Record Herald.
The leader., 1904-12-31
TALES BRIEFLY TOLD.

During the funeral of an unpopular
man in New England village. a
stranger having asked of the sexton:
who's dead?" and What complaint"
the sexton replied: There is no COM
plaint; everybody is satisfied"
The leader., 1904-12-31
] Stuck.

Nope" said the apprentice. "I'll
have to quit. I'll never be a butcher "
why not?"
Il can't get my courage up to the
sticking point. Houston Post.
The leader., 1904-12-31
BITS BY THE HABEs.

A little boy who wasgasked where a
spider got the thread tos make his web,
answered:
"It's the raveling Of hisSshirt saw
him take 1t.
The leader., 1904-12-31

Tommy had drawn the picture Of a
locomotive on his slate and his father
asked him why he didn't draw the
cars, too.
"Oh,' answered Tommy, "the locomo-
tive can draw them"
The leader., 1904-12-31

what bird is called the bird OF free
dom in American" asked the teacher.
The turkey" answered the boy at
the foot OF the class, who was think.
ing of his Thanksgiving dinner.
The leader., 1904-12-31

When an aII-corn ration Is fed to
growing pigs the muscles of the body
40 not develop to their normal siza
The leader., 1904-12-31

During the Thanksgiving dinner
Tommy was nearly chol1ed by tendon
which he encountered in leg Of the
turkey.
Mamma" he said, little later, ''the
cook forgot to take that old turkeys
garters off,"
The leader., 1904-12-31
MISTAKES TO AVOID.

Judging the wealth Of a woman by
her apparel.
Thinking that people are always COW
ertly criticising your actions.
Thinking that man does not notice
the details of the toilet of woman in
whom he is interested.
Criticising an absent person with
out being sure that your listeners do
not know the person to whom you
a1Iude.
Imagining that passers-by are suf-
ficiently interested in your appearance
to notice that your hat or coat is out
Of date.
The leader., 1904-12-31

Little Fred was told Of new ar
rival in his uncles family. ''Is thetkid
any relation to me?" he asked.
Eyes; he's your first cousin, an
swered his mother.
"Huh!" exclaimed Fred, II should
think he was my last one"
The leader., 1904-12-31

The first time small Bessie attended
a funeral she asked why the lady died.
Because God called her. she was
told.
A few days later she was tied in her
little chair. because she had been
naughty. After sitting quietly for a
time she said:
Mamma, If God called me now
couldn't go, cause I'm tied fast"
The leader., 1904-12-31

Jimmy" said the teacher, after
reading the youngsters mote from his
father" excusing his absence from
school the day before, "it seems to me
your fathers writing is very much like
yours.
Yes replied Jimmy, unabashed;
Pop amt had no education, and I'm
learnin' him"
The leader., 1904-12-31

New York's seven surviving mayors
are Gilroy, Ely. Grant. Cooper. Edison,
Van Wyck and Low.
The leader., 1904-12-31

"DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM:-I suffered with
poor health for over seven years, not sick
enough to stay in bed, and not well enough to
enjoy lifeand attend to my dailyduties proper
ly. was growing thin, my complexion was
sallow, and Twas easily upset and irritable.
One of my neighb0ws advised me to try
Lydia e. Pinl1ham's Vegetable COM
pound, and procured bottle great
change for the better took place within
week and decided to keep up the treatment.
within two months l was like a changed
woman, my health good, my step light, my
eyes bright, my complexion vastly improved,
and felt once more like young girl. L
wonder now how ever endured the misery.
| would not spend another year like it for
fortune.
&C [ anrarec;ata mn crc,nd honl4l. azd s.:.-r
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-04-27
Friday.

Hon. John e. Pound one of Lock.
ports leading lawyers, was stricken
with apopleXy while seated at his desk
and died the next morning.
Brigham H. Roberts, testifying in
the Smoot case in Washington, de.
clared he was living in polygamy, and
refused to reveal the endowment house
oath or ceremony.
An additional force of $500 work.
men, making an all-night working
shift of nearly 1000 men, will force
the work on the Worlds fair to com.
pletion for the opening.
Great bitterness has been aroused
among the Russians because it is be
lieved American and British vessels
took part with the Japanese in the
bombardment of Port Arthur.
1t was reported that the Japanese
had landed near New Chwang and
that along the northeast coast OF
Corea Russian troops were advancing
and taking possession of small towns
north Of Wonson.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-04-27

st. Petersburg, April 2G.--General
Kuropatkin has played a strong card
in the game of stategy A large por-
tion of General Rennenkampff's Cos
sack cavalry division has been thrown
across the upper reaches of the Yalu
and a considerable force of cavalry
which crossed the Tumen some time
ago is moving down to the southwest
to effect a juncture with it.
Together with this force, which it
is believed totals 1000 men, he will
threaten Lieutenant General InOuye's
flank when the Japanese are ready 20
cross lower down on the Yalu. Being
composed Of cavalry, with a few noun
tain guns. Rennenkampff's force is
very mobile
Unless it should be dislodged it will
compel the Japanese to leave a very
strong army to guard the communica-
tions, whereas if Japanese force had
been sent to drive it out it would have
to move directly away from the main
army, while the Russian army if com
PEELED to fall back can recross in the
direction of the Russian troops con-
centrated in Manchuria.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-04-27
slowness In plstributive Trade.


JTnseasonably cold weather all over
the country interferes with plant prep
arations and growth and interrupts
outdoor activity in many lines, notably
building.
Dlstributive trade, both wholesale
and retail, has practically marked
time" during the week. The effects
of this and of past unfavorable wealth
er are reflected in reports of slow busi-
ness in shoe manufacturing and build
ing. while in cotton manufacturing
high prices of raw and manufactured
goods continue a bar to activity.
Back of weather and price condi-
tions, too, there looms up the political
outlook, which in most presidential
years has induced a tendency towari |
conservatism.
Among the industries, iron and steel
note an accentuation of the quiet OBJ
servable last week. Aside from a slight
increase in the export demand for cot
tons. little has occurred in wholesale
dry goods this week, although reduc-
tions, notably in print cloths and few
other lines, have induced some new
buying