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Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-10

sing that part. The only one know besides
Laura who, could do it is Ella Grayson, and
she, is in Florida. l came over to see if you
could suggest any one."
Il don't know of any one at ALL" said Alice,
after moments reflection.
Il can't imagine what We are to do. No
changing of parts would fix it either; Maud
girls learn to sing? It is too provoking; and
Maud has put all her heart and soul into
this thing, and it promised to be such sue
cess. Every seat has as been sold, and now
Perhaps Maad will find some one by the
time rehearsal begins" said Alice, who was
in chorus, her. voice not being sufficiently
for the best"
her mothers room to tell of the catastrophe
that threatened them.
Mrs. Stoker was properly sympathetic and
anxious.
The CONCERT had been arranged by. the
pupils Of Mrs. Sayles' fashionable seminary
for the benefit of hospital for poor children,
and had been widely advertised. The prin-
cipal feature was to be a cantata, the parts
being taken by young ladies dressed to repre-
sent gypsies.
Laura Moore had been given the principal
part-,that of the, gypsy queen-for she pos
sessed remarkably fine contralto voice. And
now she would be unable to appearl
Alice could scarcely realize the misfortune
WhiCn hdt .OfSitohcH Cuciil Uub bHe IelU d
certain pride in keeping the matter quiet,
and asked her mother to say nothing of it
to Eliza.
'For 1 know Maud will bring it out all
right some way" she said, "and Eliza need
never know there was any trouble"
"She will probably enjoy it more if she does
not know of any change of parts" said Mrs
Stoker, $50 l will say nothing"
from another" said Alice. "She has probably
never heard any music except that Of cow
bell or jew's-harp."
At luncheon Mrs. Stoker asked Alice If she
intended to take her cousin to the rehearsal.
"Of course, if she cares to CO." said Alice
trying to look pleasant; "but hardly think
she would enjoy it. 1t would spoil the concert
for her "Wednesday night"
Eliza looked up quickly. Something in the
tone Of her Cousins voice Jared upon her,
but she could not have told what it was. Yet
she felt that, for some reason Alice did not
wish to have her go to the rehearsal
eyes, l had better wait until Wednesday
night" she said, "but if you are willing
Alice, will walk with you as far as a dry
goods store, Il want to get some handker-
chiefs, and / can easily find my way back
Alice nodded, and went upstairs to put on
her wraps, feeling in anything but pleasant
mood. She had made many good resolutions
on Easter Sunday but the advent of Eliza
had made it impossible, so she assured her
self, to keep them. She had not expected
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@TTT will, just spoil my Easter holidays,
III 4 axhse!"
M&Ma0l "Well, it will; and was looking
tseHS@D forward to having such nice time.
Why couldn't she come later In the
spring. I'd like to knoww
Because this is her holiday time as we'll
as yours. She will not have another vaca-
tion until summer; and as soon as warm
weather comes, we leave, for the mountains,
as you know very well, daughter"
"Then why need she come at ALI"
Alice, l am surprised at you. / don't
think you realize how badly you are acting
From all have ever heard, Eliza is very
nice girl in every way, and l am very glad
to have her come to see u.s.. Her mother
was the dearest cousin l ever had"
'She may have been nice enough, mother,
but Eliza's stepmother is quite dreadful. /
will never forget what a guy Eliza looked the
day father and were delayed at Brooktown
and she came amt down TO the depot to see US. /
her, and was glad enough none of the other
passengers knew us. And now to think she
Is coming here to visit me-actually to visit
me; and of course I'll have to take her to the
charity concert There'l be no way of get
ting out of it,"
Certainly you must take her." said Mrs.
Stoker, decidedly. "She must not be shown
any rudeness whatever. / do not want her
to think herself unwelcome"
81 don't know what Maud Westerly will
say to her." said Alice, with sigh. "She'll
think Eliza specimen of all my relations
and will very likely give me the cold shoulder
after this"
81 don't know Maud Westerly but it strikes
me that you think great deal too much of
what she thinks and does, Alice. Try to be
more independent, my dear"
"Oh, mother all the girls copy Maud in
everything. She is perfectly lovely, and then
her father is so Intensely rich"
Mrs. Stoker laughed.
Every good reason for your worship" she
said
"Well, it has an effect on people-to be
rich 1 mean," explained Alice, 'and there are
ever so many girls in Mrs. Sayles school who
would give their little fingers to be intimate
with Maud. But she has never made an inti-
mate friend. She is pleasant to us ALL but
very few of us have ever been asked to call
on her. Lately she has shown me good deal
of attention, but there's an end of that now
of course, for Eliza will spoil everything"
81 think Eliza's coming will be good dis
cipline for you, my dear. You have a great
deal Of false pride. You should wish to be
valued for what you are, not for your sur
roundings or for beauty or wealth."
Alice shook her head, and was silent She
was only sixteen, and her pretty head was
full of false notions of all kinds
Poverty seemed to her the most terrible of
all evils, and to be addressed positive sin.
It was great cross to her that her father
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-04-18

! They are less liable to disease than
horses, can stand heat better, are not
easily blemished, as they are very
careful and Sensible animal. In noun
famous countries the sure footed mule
is used almost exclusively as the beast
Of burden. They can draw heavy loads,
such rs binder or corn harvester.
with much less worry than the horse
in hot weather.
In muddy or fiat countries the mule
should be bred with large feet, the
same as horses.
Why do the armies Of the world
want mules? Simply because Of the
mules nature. He can withstand more
hardships than the horse. His heavy
jawbone enables him to live on very
rough food or forage He responds
readily to kind treatment and will
stand more eXertion ana live longer
than the horse Nearly every state in
the Union raises more or less mules,
and in the great majority Of them the
mules are valued ~ an average Of $40
higher than horses.
Now if the mule Is so valuable when
his dam is bred in the country general
ly to the jack, only when she Is deemed
too much blemished or unfit to breed
TO horse, what would be the result
if lie had an equal chance of having
for his dam the best mares in the land
such as are bred to these fine horses?
We don't want these horse breeders to
quit breeding. nor will they do it, for
we are looking to better mares to get
better mules.
Some people have the idea that
mules and jacks are vicious and hard
to handle. / have handled them for
twenty-five years and in large num-
bers, sometimes as many as 300 ON my
farms at one time, and have never
been bitten, kicked or hurt by either
mule or jack, and | find to handle them
with kindness there is no more harm
in them than in the gentlest of horses.
l have never had jack or a mule
founder, either on grain or water.
do believe good mule team can do
as much work as d good team of
horses on half the amount of grain AS
for the care Of mules, we give them all
they want to eat and drink and work
them all the time. Our mules are al
ways fat and we never have sick
one. AS the mule will not breed,
think they were created for special
purpose-and that true, honest. dura-
BILE and valuable worker. And we as
breeders should aim to breed for the
best, the largest and smoothest, with
plenty of bone, good style and action.
This can only be done by breeding first
class mares to first class jacks, and
then you will find when you raise
mules they will command first class
price.
The illustrations of a mule jack and
a jennet jack are from Breeders Ga
Zette, Chicago.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-04-18
! PAYING AND SPENDING TAXES :

Referring to the six million dollar
capitol building at Madison, Wis. and
its contention ;.at governments are
costing too much, the Ohio Magazine
hints at point that cannot be too
gravely considered. The point is this
1T is no apology for public eXtrava-
gance to say that the corporations pay
the cost. That is perfectly true.
1t seems to be an object Of govern
ment TO hide from taxpayers the fact
that they are bearing any burdens at
all. They are made to believe that
the corporations furnish the public
money, and they are thereby relieved
OF paying taxes. But where do the
corporations get their money, if not
off the people? And whenever an ex.
ira burden is put upon the corporation,
II is Immediately transferred to the
shoulders of the people, who pay it
out of the sugarbOwl, the skillet, the
coal pile the trolley ride, and the walk
down town.
Well" one says, that's the kind Of
taxation-where one feels it to the
least possible extent" And that is the
kind of taxation that is the mother
Of half the graft, corruption and eX-
traVagance in this country. When the
so-called statesmen make a man be-
lieve that somebody else is paying his
;axes, they go ON spending his money
in all needless and extraVagant ways.
. When man is made to feel that
corporation pays his taxes, he is not
so apt to inquire what becomes Of the
money, Any old political machine can
have it for all he cares.
In an article in MoOdy's Magazine,
by r. L. Bridgeman, occurs this OBJ
serVation: "A policy Of direct taxation
is more conducive to honest admins
tration than the policy of indirect tax
alton, whereby the people do not
know how much money is taken from
them, and therefore have less personal
interest in demanding what becomes
Of it," 1t is this easy paying taxation,
this belief that the corporations are
paying the bills, that leads the people
to look on with unconcern at the out
rageous extravagance that is going on.
Every man should understand that
the dollar the corporation pays to the
public treasury it exacts from him,
and as an intelligent and dutiful Citi-
zen he should see that it is not use
lessly and lavishly spent.-EditOrial
Ohio State Journal.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-04-18
IMPROVING TAX LAWS.

Taxation is the subject of investiga.
tion and discussion in many states,
and in three reports have been made
by special commissions which give an
interesting indication of the present
trend of expert opinion.
New York's commission recon.
mends the abolition of the tax on per-
sonal property and the imposition Of
progressive tax on inheritances. The
California commission is also opposed
to taxing personal property, but as.
serts that if it is to be taxed the rev.
enue should go to the counties ex-
clusively with the revenue from the
tax on realty. 1t is further recon-
mended that all corporations and
franchise taxes be reserved to the
state.
The report of the Massachusetts
commission proposes the taxation Of
direct as we'll as collateral inherit
ances, Of billboards and of stock
transfers, the retention of all fran
chise exactions by the state. and a
graded tax on automobiles. 1t IS as
serted that with these additional lev
les, the Bay State could readily
enough abolish the tax on realty as
well as on personal property, except
for municipal purposes.
Here in Rhode Island the system Of
taxation is inadequate and inequitable,
but no effort toward betterment has
been or is likewise to be made as long
as the country towns are in the as
cendant.-ProVidenc News-DemOcrat.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-04-18
JAMES CONVERSE,
Theatrical Agent and Producer.
General Provider of Stage Talent.
MobS a Speciality.

Mr.. COnverse's office was the sort of
A B C class in stage craft where am
bilious young men and women were
given Il chance to participate in mob
scenes, cOurLa balls, hunting parties,
etc, at salary ranging from 50 cents
to 81 performance.
Converse had been in the business
many years, had amassed Il comfort
able fortune and could point with pride
TO the fact that many girl or lad who
had started with him in the mob scene
of big production was now drawing
good salary as leading man or wom-
an or was even starring.
Some one had told Betty Vincent Of
this fact, and SO she hung on to the
hope of an opening at the Converse
office with the despair of girl who
finds herself compelled to earn her liv-
ing without any particular preparation
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-04-18

The care we give the mare is the
foundation on which we are to rear
the future horse After having made
a selection of the kind of horse we
wish to produce and having mated the
mare she may continue doing her work
as usual. She will be much better
than if she remains idle. AS a coming
mother she should have the hest of care
and careful grooming. There can be
no rule for feeding that will fit every
case. There is no better ration for a
brood mare than oats and bran, mixed
clover and timothy hay. During the
winter If the mare is idle she should
be turned out for exercise In the lot
every day unless it is stormy. When
spring work begins she may take her
place in the team If worked carefully
Pennsylvania HOrsemau.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-04-18
A STATISTICAL CORRECTION.

In an article on the excise tax fig
ures were given purporting to show
the excise tax collected by the state
from public service corporations. 1t
develops that all of the figures were
not correct. The records of the audi
tor of states Office show the money
paid by corporations in the different
classitications was as follows:
Artificial gas companies, $64 ,42611;
natural gas companies, $113,S49.76;
waterworks companies, $7,701 98;
electric light companies, $34,272.56;
street, suburban and electric railway
companies, 1894, ,45122; messenger
and signal companies, $2,575.64; ex.
press companies, $16,6S4.43; pipe line
companies, $59,78050; Pullman com
pany. $8,19S12; telegraph companies,
$3025.S2; water transportation, ST.
75716; telephone companies, $751;
71S.40; railroad companies (steam), ,
$1,3S4, ,8O019; freight line and equip
ment companies. $7,635.42.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-04-18

An ancient painting discovered at
Renna represents two women in
Greek costumes playing the game
which they called aStralagus, the
Greek for buckle bone. One has evi-
IDENTIFY just caught on her hand the
bones which she had tossed up,
while the other is waiting to try her
skill. This game was no doubt the
beginning of our game of jacks.
An English writer says that from
earliest times buckle bones of sheep
and goats were used by women and
children to play game which con-
sisted of throwing these bones into
the air and catching them on the
back of the hand.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-04-18
BREEDING THE
HARDY MULE

A well known Ohio breeder. 4 Krrk-
Ter, writing in the National Stockman
and Farmer, gives his experience In
raising and handling jacks and mules,
Is follows.
am 50 situated that hear from al,
most every state in the Union und for.
eign countries inqulring for jacks aud
mules. ana the demand for good jacks
and mules has been rapidly iacreasiu :
for the last ten years. while tn prize
has been advancing Last season |
sold 12G head of jacks and several
hundred mules, and nearly all | heard
from did well.
Mules can he raised cheaper than any
other stock considering their value
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-04-18

IAAb OfF THAT LACE IHlNGUMBOb AMI
GARRY IT HOME WITH YOU"
and who thinks the stage offers the
one field where experience is not nee
essary.
Day after day Betty smiled and said
Good morning" to Allen, and day aft
er day Allen watched the roses fade in
her cheeks and the circles deepen
around her pretty violet eyes. He saw,
too, her brave struggle to keep up ap-
pearances. one day the little fur touuc
she wore would be covered with rib
bonS again it would blossom forth in
somewhat faded violets, and another
day home Curled plume would fall
from its left side. Allen had been land
ing aSpirants at the Converse office
just long enough to read the signs
Alright.
Then came a morning when he took
Betty, all smiles, from the sixth floor
to the first. She was the sole passenger
on his car, and he ran it down very
slowly.
Yes, thank you. I'm to go on in the
big ballroom scene in The Love of a
PrincesS-a dollar night, and it will
be all clear because | can wear NV
grandmother's wedding dress. It's a
lovely brocade"-
The car came to Il stop, and passen-
gers crowded in. Betty disappeared in
the crush
"Humph" muttered Allen to himself,
giving the lever Il sort of unreasonable
jerk. Have to provide their own cos
tunes That doesn't look as if the man
agement was rolling in money. Guess
I'll look it up"
BY night Allen knew all about the
company and the management Of THE
Love Of Princess" He wanted to
hunt up Betty, who he knew would
come no more to the Empire building.
Then he changed his mind and, instead,
glared at the manager of the company,
who rode at times in his car.
Let her have her fling" he said to
himself. She's got to have it, and no
talking of mine will convince her"
Nevertheless that night when Betty
came out of the big hall where the re-
hearSals were being held Allen was
waiting for her
She looked surprised, but he tucked
her arm through his in brotherly, pro-
Iecting fashion.
You might as well get used to stage
door admirers" he said, with q laugh.
Got to have 'em, you know. Anyhow.
/ live up your way, and it's no time of
night for girl to be out alone"
That was the beginning of his curl
Gus guardianship. When the rehearsals
were transferred from the hall to the
theater he was more vgiant than ever,
and somehow he so ingratated himself
with the old doorkeeper that he was
permitted to sit back on pile of stage
props" and watch the rehearssls.
Sometimes Betty wondered why he
was so grave when they started home
ward. She did not know that the
worldwise Allen had ushered In this
same theater for many months and
knew a frost when he saw it, even
In rehearsal. But he did not contradict
her when she ratified on about the won
derful things she intended to do for
her half invalid mother on that So a
week, for ''The Love of Princess"
was to have two matinees a week.
The night of the dress rehearsal Al
len sat watching her with hungry eyes.
Almost he wished that he had tried for
the position of walking gentleman"
Just to promenade the stage with that
vision In soft old lavender brocade on
---s-s- - IL
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-04-18

There is an apparatus which con-
centrates the rays of the sun from
more than 5000 small mirrors on a
spot about seven inches in dame
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1000 degrees +. Iron can be melt
ed in less than a minute and fire
clay fused in about three minutes
by this machine, Magnesia, one of
the hardest things to melt, requir-
ing a heat of about 6,40O degrees
F., can be melted in twenty minutes.
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Betty.
In fact, he was pretty sure that any
girl who got off regularly at the sixth
floor and turned to the right was bound
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Wood at Ss a Pound.

french walnut is the finest wood
we nave said the cabinetmaker. ut
comes from Persia. but it is prepared
IN France / have 9 French walnut
worth s. a pound, and it is a common
nm 20 pay SO a pound for it. OF
course It is used principally for veneer.
ing Only m~illionaires could have
chalfs end tables Of solid French wal
nut. Mahogany, wonderful as it is.
rarely fetches such high prices. From
- 90 rs is very good price per pound
for this wood. Ebony, if it is a par
tieularly larg piece, SO that it will cut
will often bring So a pound in the
wood market