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The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1905-09-28
HORSE SENSE.
How 10 Fixed the Pump and Charged
IS for II.

The question OF remuneration for
labor, always a mooted one, is sus
ceptible of being viewed from various
standpoints.
In a small community in Texas
where water is hard to find, Mr. Hen
derson, the owner of well. fitted out
with patent pump. was n person OF
consequence. II was. also, matter OF
public concern when the pump got out
of gear AMI refuses to perform its
proper functions.
All the men in the locality spent the
day in Henderson's back yard, con-
sulting and "tinkering." Jointly and
severally. at the pump; but all to no
avail
Finally along came young fellow,
10 Brady by name, from a neighbor-
ing ranch. He looked the pump over,
raped IL on the head with a hammer,
side of two minutes more had 1t In
working order again. Appreciation
was general
Just name your price, 10, my boy,
said the owner of the pump heartily.
10 considered bit and then said
that he guessed five dollars would be
about right
There was a change at this, and re-
marks of different natuse from ap
probation were freely INDUCED In.
Now, see here, Jo," said the ag
grieved Henderson II thought you
was a square kind Of chap! That
amt any white mans charge. Why
you don't do nothin' at albany one
of us could done what you done
and you want more'n FIVE minutes
dom 1t, neither. Fifty cents 'ud be 8
| big price for that work you dopes'
/ 10 considered agaiE,
"All right" he said. "Ill make
another charge. I'll send you m!
BILL" he added, turning on his heel.
When the bill came II read thus:
For working on one pump five
minutes .................. .5t
For horse-sense that no other
mothers son of you could
scratch up ................ $4,o'
lotal ..........'..''' pow
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Tins Lead to Brides.

At the recent convention lin Ham
burg of the Coal Dealers association
of Germany number of delegates
spoke on the practice of tipping and
bribing. They complained that stokers
and others having to do with coal
used in manufacturing works and
large establishments Of any kind must
be given bride money, or have their
influence used against the coal deal
ers to prevent the securing of new or
ders. The delegates urged the neces-
sity of taking measures to abolish
the nefarious practice. Americans
travelling in Europe find the tipping
abuse very annoying The tipping evil
has undoubtedly led to the bribery
method which now has become so yex.
atious to business people
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why He pisliked the Man.

I once heard of man who. discuss
ing name on the visiting list, said
to his wife, you know perfectly well
that / don't like that man." Don't
you think you are "A little unreason-
able? asked the wife. Your dislike
arose because he did not answer let
ter you wrote him, and you found
afterward that the letter was hung up
all summer in the pocket of your over
coat, and was never sent to him at
ALL" ayes, know that" was the re-
joinder. but 1t was so long before !
found 1t out that l couldn't overlook
his rudeness, and never forgave him,
and don't believe ever shall" There
is a good deal of ill-feeling in this
world that is without any firmer foun-
datiOn.-Printers' Ink.
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Copyright. 1905, by Daily Story Pub. Co.,

There was no doubt at all that Ere !
williams owed everything to Dick
,,ers For seven years he had stood
her in the place of parent, max
a far more satisfactory one than
real happy-go-lucky father had
or done up to the time when he
shufled off his life as easily as
had shuffled off most other obliga-
ms. leaving his only child to the
70 of his chum in misfortune.
Dick at that time was twenty-three
ars old and Freda was twelve; Dick
Is poor as a church mouse, picking
precarious living at space work
New York newspaper, and Freda
As absolutely penniless. 1t seemed
tsse the only solution Of which was
nut Freda in an orphan asylum or
her go to work.
But Dick swore she should do Meth
He had been fond of her father,
teny because he had done SO much
h and received so little from him.
bd he made up his mind that Freda
tould have her chance in the world.
II was easy to decide what this
nance should be, as the child was a
crn actress, a mimic to her finger
rs, and the possessor of many witch
Ia ways which Dick was sure would
Yin her fame in due time if given
roper chance for their disDlay.
But first she must be educated.
Ethout this Dick felt sure she would
handicapped, so that even her ma
re talent would not bring her to the
bre. So off to school she went, while
kck turned himself into galley slave
provide the wherewithal.
At the end of the five years-hard
ksrs, when Dick was seldom certain
his dinner; years when his terror
ks that he might fall i'll and be I'M
le to keep up the payments that
bod between Freda and utter want
Struck it rich" First a novel and
ben play of his made great hit.
Ringing his copy into sudden demand.
Ook after book and play after play,
rtten during past heart-breaking
ears only to be unanimously rejected
n short-sighted managers and pub
shers, were dragged from the dust
feap, brushed up and sold at increas.
Fngly profitable prices. In four years.
From poverty-stricken hack, Dick
pad become a famous author, comfort
ebly fixed for life.
Freda had reaped the benefit of this,
|of course After one summer spent in
california with a western schoolmate
|she had left school for good and was
Spending year with careful chaper-
lone in tour of Europe, designed to
|gye final breadth to her education
before she took up the actual study OF
|her profession in life.
Meanwhile the years had had theil
influence on Dick no less than on the
girl. AS she had grown in grace
Dick had found 1t increasingly hare
10 maintain his brotherly pose
Steady, old mani" he had said t.
nnself again and again. This won
DO Freda is to be a great actress
and she will be one; there is no doub
OF that-and you must not stand II
her way. She likes you as an eide
brother. Let her continue to do S,
until she has made her hit; then
'hen---" At this point Dick woul'
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His Customary Luck.

Mr.. Makinbrakes, burning with that
zeal to be kind and helpful to his fell
low men, always so characteristic of
him, had kicked banana peel of the
sidewalk and into the street.
TITS wonder somebody hasn't
slipped on that and broken a les"
he soliloquized as he walked along.
Anybody that will throw a banana
skin on the sidewalk ought TO be-"
This is as far as Mr.. Makinbrakes
got. The next moment he was fleeing
for his life from an Infatuated team.
ster whose horse had slipped ON that
banana skin and taken hard fall on
the asphalt pavement.
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MINING METHODS OF AMERICA
Why Production Here is Larger Per
Capita Than Aboard.


II is not dificult to understand the
manufacturing supremacy of the Unit
ed States when one compares our coal
production statistics with those OF for
eign countries, says the Boston Tran
script. The country having cheap
supply OF fuel for steam purposes wiz
lead in manufacturing There are
employed in the coal mines of Great
Britain nearly 100000 men. and they
produced last year a coal product val.
ued at $100.000000 more than that of
this country. Yet with less than $751;
900 coal miners in the United States
we produced 50,000,000 tons more OF
coal than did Great Britain. With us
there is an average production per
miner of little less than 1000 tons
of coal per annum. Great Britain
produces 2S7 tons per capita Germany
242 tons, France 1893 tons, and Bel
GUM 166 tons.
These figures show the immense
superiority of the American coal min.
er, yet mine owners testify that 1t Is
due to methods rather than men, as
the British miners who come here
make our best workmen. The differ.
ence is that Great Britain largely
clings to the Anticipated method OF
pick mining, while here steam has
taken the place of muscle and powder
has been substituted for picks. In
the thicker coal seams there is no
longer any pick work and the physical
exercise of drilling is no longer neces-
sary.
Yet there is another side to the
matter. The mortality from accidents
in the Illinois coal mines last year;
was 2,S7 per 1000 men employed,
which is one and one-half times the
percentage of fatal accidents in Brit
ish mines. It is evident that some
means should be taken to reduce the
death rate and it has been suggested
that blasts should not be made while
the miners are still at work, but
should be set off after hours by men
chosen for this dangerous occupation.
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purely as private enterprise, and
when the bill providing for Govern
mental construction and operation
came to be considered. 1t was defeat
ed. Afterward the work was under
taken by the Postal Telegraph Com
pany, and on July /, 1908. was com
pleted. the Midway Station having
been established as being the most
practicable relay between Honolulu
and Guam.
on Midway Islands, before the adj
vent of the cable itself there was a
small colony of men, partly employees
of the company and partly the officers
and crew of the u. $. s. IroQuois.
forming the representation of the
Government ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Hugh Rodman U. 6. ~. designated
Governor by the Navy Department,
under whose jurisdiction the islands
are now maintained, assumed direc-
| ton.
On the highest point on Sand Island
| sailors from the u. S. S. Iroquois
| raised the flag of the United States,
| and the ensign was thrown to the
breeze in n spot near the southwest
end of the island twenty eight degrees,
twelve minutes and twenty-five sec
onds north; longitude 12T degrees
twenty-five minutes and twenty-three
! seconds west. The entrance to the
reef, roomy and broad one of three
quarters of mile, was christened
| Welles Harbor.
The greatest value of the islands lies
in the fact that they are most conve
niently situated for the sighting ant
reporting of vessels. The value Of
such a station TO our navy is at once
apparent. Congress has been asked tt
provide for its establishment ant
maintenance. Should favorable actor
be taken it is likely that the Midwa,
Islands, which have heretofore beef
barren and uninhabitable save by tn,
occasional visits of poachers and crew
of stranded vessels, will become tn
seat of thriving community unde
the flag Of the United States Youth
Companion.
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THE MlkApo's PREcsPTs.
Words of wisdom and Advice That Hang
in Every Japanese Tent.


On the walls of the barracks, on the
sides of the tents, at the foot of every
japanese soldiers cot hangs a printed
copy of seven moral precepts, says the
New York World. The Emperor of
Japan is supposed to be the author At
any rate, he, as General-in-Chief, is
sued them to his Army. The last thing
the soldier sees ON retiring, the first
thing to greet his eyes when he
awakes, are these precepts.
Every morning after roll-call an Of
ficer of each company reads the pre-
cepts to his men. Then he makes the
men recite them in concert, and after
ward calls upon individual soldiers to
repeat them.
In barracks the officers drill the men
in the knowledge of the precepts, and
explain them in detail, Illustrating their
explanations with examples drawn
from history. Deeds of Washington,
Alexander, Caesar, Napoleon. Grant
and other famous commanders are re-
lated, that the soldiers may know the
precepts in practical application as
well DIS in theory. ~, ''-@
Baron Kaneko, a japanese states
man who recently visited this country
ON a confidential mission, asserts thai
the personal valor of the japanese sol
diers is due to the practice of the sever
precepts. Here they are, as translated
by Baron Kaneko from the Mikado'i
edict:
"To be sincere and loyal and guart
| against untruthfulness.
| ITO respect superiors, keep true Il
| comrades and guard against lawless
ness and insolence.
'"To obey the command of superiors
irrespective of its nature. and neye
to resist or disregard it.
"To prize bravery and courage and b
diligent in the performance of duties
and guard against cowardice and timit
ity.
''To boast not of brutal courage, an
neither quarrel with nor insult other
which will incite general hatred.
ITO cultivate virtue and practice fri
gality. and guard against extravaganza
and effeminacy.
ITO prize reputation and honor, an
guard against vulgarity and greed"
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In Kansas.

Everything seemed so quiet that the
oil reporter leaned out of the car win
dow and addressed the old man with
brindle whiskers, who was sitting on
the dusty platform.
"Guess you are a prominent citizen
of the town." ventured the newspaper
man.
'.Wa'all," drawled the old man,
chewing a pine splinter, "all the folks
around here have known me for
years"
Thought so. Ever run for office"
"Once."
democratic or Republican"
Neither"
"Ah, Prohibition"
No"
"Then what kind of office was it?'
"The clerks Office to get marriage
license, after I'd been counting the
Widow Jones fer nine years. You. bet
l run"
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news to tell you-you first of all-you
who have been so good to the penni
less little orphan thrown on your
hands seven years ago. Dear Dick, |
am to be married. Dear, darling Dick.
l will be married before you get this
letter. Dearest brother. am to be
married tomorrow.
Forgive me, Dick, for not waiting
to hear from you, but there is no time.
Tom-Tom Woodward, brother of my
California friend Rita, you know
asked me last summer, and / refused
him. But he came over here and
asked me again, and-Dick, Dick, dear
Dick, just couldn't refuse Tom has
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china,s Bows and Arrows.

Though an attempt was made two
years ago to abolish bows and arrows
as the national weapons OF China the
within the last few weeks. The i'm
perial archers have existed up to the
time the royal edict put them out OF
business about month ago. The en-
peror's decree is as follows: Our dy-
nasty was established by means of the
bow and arrow and the art is still
therefore kept up in the examination
of officials and the drilling of troops.
Lately. however, military science has
improved and weapons are being mod.
ernized every day and we must imi-
tate the martial spirit of our ances-
tablish a strong government, Here
after the princes, dukes and ministers
of the eight banners must all earnest
ly practice military art and attain the
utmost proficiency. which will leave
no time for the observance of mere
forms, and we order all officials in fu-
ture not to carry the bow and arrow
when they attend state ceremonies
nor are imperial bodyguards or the
palace guards to use them, but the
best weapons must be provided fol
them. Let the board of war draw III
the necessary regulations for the prop
err testing of military efficiency for thu
soldiers and let the said board repor
| thereon"
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Some Words Of Counsel.

Gallant rescues of fair young ladies
by brave young men are the order OF
the day at the bathing resorts. IN the
routine of romance, as the accounts
commonly run, there are tears of graf.
itude, the hasty avowal. and the happy
wedding day. Now, II this sort OF
casual life-saving is to take rank as
a summer industry, ought 1t not to be
kept free from sentimental conse-
quences? Ought the dashing young
hero as he plunges through the waves
to catch the beautiful young heroine
by the hair as she goes under for the
third time to be burdened with doubts
as to whether his income Is sufficient
to support two? 1t is likely to chill
the stoutest heart that ever breasted
the sea to have to ask itself at SO crit.
ical moment whether the drowning
girl may not belong to different 30,
cial set, whether her parents may NOT
have plans for her D,.ure. A man may
stand ready. as matter OF course, to
brave any perils to save woman's
life and still desire leisure to consider
whether the time has come to abandon
his bachelor habits and live in a fiat.
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Queer Names Of Papers.

When it comes to sticking 10 the
text in the matter of names vi news
papers that have local Significance,
the western editor displays tact that
is not found in any Other part OF the
country. Hero are the i.ames OF few
weekly newspapers published west Of
the Mississippi:
Whimwham.
Prairie DoN
Prairie Owl.
Western Cyclone.
The Kansas Cowboy.
Sedalia Bazoo.
Tombstone Epitaph.
Texas Jimplecute.
Dillon Doublejack.
Grigsby City Scorcher.
Thomas County Cat.
Comanche Chief.
Daily Dinner Bell
Wahoo Wasp.-Denver News
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We'll" said the passenger to the
drummer in the smoking compart-
ment, I'm disappointed in you"
How sou queried the drummer,
There's perfect dream of girl
back in the car and here you are sit
ing in here and not even trying to get
up a Irritation Have you seen herr"
Yes. she got on when | did"
"And you don't feel any inclination
to make love to herr"
Not Bit
why not?"
why should /; she's my wife?"
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only two weeks more to stay in Eu-
rope before we must both go back to
California, and he wants so much to
spend it in Switzerland with me, so
that we may always have the memory
to look back on. So, dear Dick, dear
elder brother. we are to slip away to
the American church here ana be mar
ried tomorrow, and go to Geneva for
a week; then come home. If you write
at once, we will get your letter at the
Embassy in London.
"P. Sob, yes, had almost forgot
ten-my career! ! regret it only be-
cause I'm sure you will. For myself
Tom will make up for everything"
When Dick raised his eyes his face
vols very white. Without pausing to
think he drew sheet of paper before
him and wrote:
You letter lies before me. 1t is
exactly the sort of letter might have
expected from your fathers daughter.
Without faith, without gratitude, with
out even common decency, he never
hesitated to sacrifice his best friends
to his selfishness. You have followed
worthily in his footsteps. For several
years | have educated you, clothed
you, fed you; many day have gone
hungry that you might have money to
throw away with your wealthy school
companions; cold, wet, ragged, hun
CRY, i'll, day after day. l toiled that
you might not suffer; that you might
have your career. And this is my re-
ward. For the sake Of your two
weeks with Tom you forget every
thing-you can not do me even the
poor courtesy of cabling your inten-
tions before executing them. ] hope
/ shall never see your face again"
Dick stopped abruptly and stared
into vacancy for moment; then he
laid aside what he had written and
began anew:
MRS. Thomas Howard:
Dear Madam-Your favor without
date, telling me of your marriage, has
been received. Permit me to extend
my congratulations. | regret that
shall not have the honor of meeting
your husband. on your return, as
am about leaving the city indefinitely.
Again Dick paused and threw down
his pen; then a softer expression
came over his face and he again es
sayed:
Dear Freda-Your unexpected new!
startled me, but, If the young man ]!
worthy, it's all right. | shall imme
diately place ten thousand dollars t.
your account as little wedding pres
ent. A wife is never the worse on 10
, having a small income of her own.
Your Own Brother"
For the third time Dick paused an
a malignant expression passed owe
his face. He laid the three letters be
/ fore him and read them over agail
and again. At last with sudden ge'
ture he tore up two of them, signe
r his name to the one remaining, place
r It in an envelope and without pausin
! to think, rushed out into the hall an
r slipped it into the mail chute. As
vanished from his sight he went SOW
r ly and despairingly back 70 his room
4 which letter did he post?
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Erous, Leus on Toast.

Miss Frog-That chap went to the
hop with last week was awfully stuck
ON his shape,
New Sultor-Yes. il he hadn't pa.
raded himself so much he wouldn't
have ended up in a cafe. under
stand his epitaph was written on the
bill OF Detroit Free Press
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Uses a Gold Pen.

The pope does his private writing
with gold pen. but his pontifical sig
nature is always given with white
feathered quill, which is believed to
come from the wing OF dove. The
same quill has been in use for many
years.
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A Drvino Rack.

Il should think that -go-round
the boys have built in the back yard
would make your head reel?"
1T doesn't; but on wash day 1t
makes my clothes reel"
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use himself in a reverie in which he
Insulated much on the question
Tne'her p and 32 could really be con.
''uered disparity in years.
ne was wondering this one October
S, . when the postman brought
nm nun letter with a Paris postmark.
a 's neart leaped at the sight. Prob
pS's II would tell him on what steamer
voa ua would return. for the summer
w ~o over and the Americans abroad
,a, preening themselves for their
urn 10 their native land.
h,an broke the seal and read: Dear
'ner Dick, I've got some wonderful
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-09

Longfelow: His poetry required absolutely
his being cast by critics into the limbo OF
imperfect things = into the heu OF I'M
Of imperfect things.
O. Can you ina CINE any one Ga ing that the
words Of Prof. Oscar Lowell TTigRs have
been cast by critics into the limbo OF innper-
feet thinRsY A. Yes, sir. -
O. Wouldn't you sue them for hbeli a. III
IL was TIE Sun: III such articles were printed.
o. Don't you know the law Of libel applies
20 written articles injurious TO the dead %
we'll as 10 the living? A. That may be.
o. And you claim you had a right TO cay
this OF DonRfeuow, yet II We said IL OF your
writings you would sue ne for hbelf A. III
il injured my buslness yes, sir.
o. Then there is a general code Tor Iriggsi
and a code for Henry Wadsworth Lon gfelloW'
O. Was IIr. Rockefeller q patron Of the
Chicago University A. Yes.
Q. Had given a lot OF money 20 ~ A.
o. on course, that had nothing 70 do with
your hudinR him? A. Not at all
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The weather.

The weather began 10 assume more norma con D.
dItons yesterday. The most active OF inc ar
movements was an area OF hgh pressure moving
.o,,ns,,tv,r1 from the DakotaS. with fair but
only moderately cooler weather
The temperature changes were quite local "
was cooler and warmer In scattered places. without
any general warm OF cold wave
Light showers fen In the South Atlantic Aho eas'
s,,,t, st,tes IN Tennessee and IN the northern
mari of the lake regions: ELSEWHERE u was fair
In this city the day was fair ana slightly cooler =;
,ri,d fresh southwesterly average humidity. Al per
cent. barometer corrected 20 read 10 sea level AZ
"a NJ 500: sP. NJ, 1919.
.r,o temperature yesterday. as recorded by the
.,,,t thsrmoneter Il shown In the ANNEXED "a bic: