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London
 find other experts who surpass them in the new field.
 A ResourcefuI Man One very clever and resourceful for
 mer sales manager of one of these ab- sorbed plants is now putting in his time making architectural tiling. He was the vice president of a company that was swallowed up in the merger. He was forced into his new business because he could find nothing else to do. The new business Is not paying him very well and there does not seem a great future in it., but it provides some little income and, more than anything else, keeps this &C., tive man occupied. He says he is better off than some of his friends who are like a fine saddle horse that Is left day after day in it's stable and never exercised at all
 The great trouble with specialists in all big industries is that after some years they become nearly worthless for anything else. When they are in demand
 they can get almost any salary they ask, but when they are not they cannot com- | pete in the open market for general skilled labor Not long ago number of rock-drill. pneumatic drill and air com pressor companies came together. The companies had between them three ex- ports of almost national technical fame,
 Each was receiving more than s25,O00 a | year. The new company could use only | one of them. The other two are looking | for jobs.
 | The huge task of constructing the sub | marine tunnels in and about New York practically has been completed. It was work of the costiliest sort requiring un- I usual knowledge, inventive genius and | that peculiar ability that thinks rapidly | and makes no mistakes. While these tunnels were in progress number of new | big men were developed. Most of these
 men are out of jobs now, not because they have in any way lost their ability | or energy.
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Refusing Si00,OOO
From Adventure.


 Jim Fisk said he wanted to buy . half interest in my distillery and asked me to put price on it. I told him I did not want a partner He insisted and said he had influence at Washington which he afterward proved-and that 1t would be valuable to us.
 We will make a good team,'' he said. Here. and he scribbled off check for s100,000 and tossed it over to me-"now we are partners
 Not muchl" said as I tossed it ba ok to him. "I am making too much money for you to get in at that price, even if I wanted you as a partner
 "All right then" he replied as he wrots out another check. for si50,00o, and hand ed it to me, take that; I am in half with you now"
 Before I could enter another objection he stalked out of the room and [ let it go at that for I had a scheme in mind and figured that his influence, if 1t was as powerful as he claimed, would be useful.
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Berlin. December 17.-(Specfal.)-- Like England, but much more rapidly than that most stagnant of all Eu-
 ropean countries, Germany is ap- preaching a great political battle. the preliminary skirmishes of which have been fought in the reischtag with heat ed debates on the Kaiser's famous Koenigsberg speech. All the eloquence of the liberal and radical parties gainst the attempts of the Kaiser and his chancellor to uphold the medieval monarchy by the grace of God have. as might be expected, made no impress sion whatever on the majority of the reischtag, but that majority, neverthe- less, knows that 1t has won only pyrrhus victory for at the coming elections the socialists are bound to Win a large number of seats.
 At the present time the socialists have 55 representatives in the reischtag but even conservative papers admit that after the next election they will be the second largest party and pos sibly even the largest. When that hap pens a most difficult situation will pre- sent itself to the imperial chancellor the socialists undoubtedly claim the right to name the president of the rieschtag, and though this official pos sesses less dictatorial power than does the speaker in the House of Represen- tatives at Washington, a socialistic president will be able to hamper the government considerably.
 That the socialists will claim their right was proved immediately after the opening of the present session when hey unexpectedly demanded to be all lowed to name the second vice pres ident. There was no doubt that the demand was just and Herr Singer was accordingly proposed, but when tho votes were cast the party of the right went back on the traditions of the reisohtag because they did not want to make a socialist vice president. principally because the Kaiser would have to invite him to all court fes- tivals or openly offend the reischtag. It is ten to one, however, that on socialist at least will be invited to all court functions next year.
 Poor Kaiserl
 The Russian government is breath ing easier now Tolstoys death, m event which the Czar's advisers had dreaded more than even war, has come to pass without serious political disturbances, probably because the dis ciples and admirers of the greatest Russian that ever lived knew that their beloved master disapproved of violence This is the only possible explanation, for the death happened at time when it might easily have been fatal to the existing order of society in Russia. Very seldom have the highest officials of any country been face to face With a more difficult, nay desperate, situ- ation, than the Russian government, when the great novelist died under circumstances which focused the ate
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To,stoi md Happiness

From Harpers WeeNly.
 A well-known and able philanthropist tells us that when she was leaving Tol- stoi after brief visit the old man said to her, smiling. Every man has his par ticuiar, personal cross. Mine is that my life must always appear in the main ridi- culous to other men,
 There are always certain number of minds in the world who find any depar- ture from tradition and convention ridic- ulous or wrong, and this in despite of all the supreme examples of the world. The Master Himself cannot be said to have been applaudcd by His day; nor was Socrates or Calico or Savonarola or
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verse was the stream murmuring in the white moonlight that floods the summer nelds the nightingale who pours his mel ody from the thicket, "empie fl yasto seren al meodia," while the traveller pauses, forgetting time as he thinks of the golden hair of his beloved-who can doubt that he has reached nearer to the soul of the real Virgil than the glib young critics who tell us that Virgil has really been very much overrated, being at best but weak imitation of Homer?
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Gut This Out
Recipe that Breaks Cold in a Day
 and Cures Any Durable Cough
'Mix half ounce of Concentrated Pil

Mix half ounce of Concentrated Pine compound and two ounces of glycerine with half pint of good whisky; shake well and use in doses of one to two teaspoonsful after each meal and at bed time" Smaller doses to chill dren according to age. Any one can mix this. But be sure to get only the genuine (Globe) Concentrated Pine. Each, half ounce bottle comes in seal cd tin screw-top case. If the druggist Adoes not have It he will quickly get 1t. SMany mixtures are of large quantity hnd cheaper, but 1t is risky to experi-
 nent. This formula comes from relt- Kble doctor and is certain.
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Lace Curtains, Swiss Curtains, Nets-many very exclusive and choice ones from which to choose all of the best quality and at lowest prices. End floor.
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MISS GERTIE MILLER Whose Quaint Little Quaker Garb, Whicf, She Wears in the New Play, s'rhe QuealSer Girl" Now Appearing at the Adelphi Theatre, Has Become the Rage of Fashionable Paris and London
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were idiotic enough to grab at our large
hunks Of bait as we let our lines down;
and the convict-striped little rudder fish.
too, got themselves tangled up with our
hooks In the same way, but we tossed the
little chaps Of these varieties back into
the sea and had the fun OF watching
them scamper for the tall and uncut, If
there Is any Of that in the deep sea, as II
running away from cops.
At half-past seven we picked up the
oars and undertook the long pull back,
helped by wind and tide. and In getting
over the breaker line we got lovely lit
tie wetting for ourselves when our re-
spective boats each shipped couple OF
heavy seas. But we didn't lose any of
the fish! The undersigned, with as many
husky weakfish as he could pacA, clomp-
ed in his bathing suit through the streets
to his house. being stopped couple of
dozen times by incredulous and sour
grapes friends. who wanted to know
where the fish had been bought and how
much they'd set the purchaser back: and
then for q half hour we had the fun of
homes directing 'em to send their car
riers to this address II they wanted some
sure ough eatin' fish. caught In the
fragrant. rolling Atlantic only a couple
Of hours before. Even then lot of 'em
wouldn't believe 1t and submitted the
same old questions as to where I'd bought
'em-as X q man Is going to distribute
forty or fifty pounds of boughten fish
even to his chums and buddies!
CLARENCE l.. CULLEN.
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In an Elevator.

sIF girl wants to know just where
! she stands in the matter Of pretti-
ness" said an old-time and philosophic
occupant of an Office in one Of the big
Rest of Washington's business blocks,
"she needn't spend her time trying to
figure 1t out from her mirror. All she
needs do is to ride up and down half a
dozen times In the elevator of the build
ing I am in. She can find her beauty
rating there all right II she knows how
to read the signs.
what are they? Why, the ways men
take off their hats when a woman gets
into the car. II you'll keep your eye
wide open you'll notice that when a very
homely woman gets In the men glance
at her, then glance at one another and
then seem to give an inaudible sigh of
disappointment No hats of yet. The
elevator gets by the first floor before the
fellow facing the homely woman gingeriy
lifts Off his lid as though It were pain
full duty. Then the fellow next dis
gustedly doffs his, and 1t is not until the
third floor is reached that the half dozen
occupants have laggingiy trailed In and
removed their headgear.
That's for the homeiy ., girl. Now
girl in a pink shirt waist and a tailor
made skirt. with lots of fascinating little
runaway wisps OF hair noating about her
face, gets on board. You haven't got
time to think a thought before every sin
gle hat In that car is whisked OF with
the speed Of a telegram. And they are
taken OF, each one Of them, In a sort
Of half salutation to the unknown beauty.
Also every hump-shouldered clerk in the
elevator squares himself UP and tries to
steal a furtive glance Of himself in the
corner mirror to see II he's looking his
prettiest himself
'Oh. no; this observation Is not given
for the information of the pretty girl:
you can bet she hasn't missed a note
Of it!'
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CLARENCE CULLEN A-FISF1ING GOES.


schools of fish was merely q matter of
grabbing for the oars and moving along
-
On this first move farther out we ran
into school Of founders, two and three
FOUNDERS. and executed q big bixni with
those fellows and a large passed. more Of
croakers before we decided to joggie q
little farther out to see II we couldn't
grope our way into the weakfish, which
are just beginning to run hereabouts, and
Will be at the height Of their running In
mid-September. The best we could do
on our next row toward the Canary
lslands-we kept going farther out-was
to sift into a bunch of sand sharks. husky
and rabid young fellows that thrashed
around on the hooks for a while and then
snapped hooks and lines and all and
beat It with all their might in the gen.
eral direction OF Barcelona and WILLIE
franche and such European places
We moved again to get away from
those sinister chaps, this time pulling a
full mile farther out. and very quickly
We ran smack-dab into a school OF
weakfsh that Jes' seemed to be waiting
for US to come along and snag 'em. the
cunnin' little reprobates!
And they weren't so little! The first
one hauled In by the doctor chan from
Letroit weighed on the cute little pair of
pocket scales which the doctor had with
him five and a half pounds. and the av-
erage OF the entire passed. Of weakash
caught by all hands was about three and
q half pounds to the fish. They're crafty
deep-sea hoboes. these wealxfish; they
run In on your line and make you believe
that you've lost 'em. and they carry your
line under the boat. and they dig and
dart around in all sorts of foxy ways.
and often they'll pop almost to the sur
face. making your line limp as q breeze
blown rag. giving you the idea that they
have grabbed your hook and bait and
sinker and all. only to dart to the bot
tom Of the sea again with the deliberate
idea Of actually doing that very thing:
but our hooks and lines were strong, and
they held. and the weakest didn't have
the strength. as the sand sharks did to
get our tackle away from US. The yacht
ing fellow from New York had the right
dope. too. fer batting after we caught
the first few weakies He showed US how
to cut out the fieshy part under the weak
ffsh's neck, the part called the throat
latch. and to bait the upper book with It,
making a long. tempting. flowing kind OF
bait. which the weakfish, the canuibalis-
tic sons OF galley cooks. are known to
love. HIS dope was one grand suggestion
for we all got busy with the throatlatch
bait. and the wealxfish fell for that kind
Of bait like newsboys for hokey-pokey
ice cream.
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with SfugS ana nalis
Colloquy No. portrays the feminine
method which is devoid Of the social salt
known as tact.
Says the tactless spouse unto hubby:
Il had a letter from mamma this morn
ing"
"Oh. y'did. hey" he replies. ''Phenom-
enally unimportant IL true"
His reply naturally starts something.
She'll be coming this way soon," pur-
sues the tactless spouse. her voice taking
on a certain brittleness.
us, hey?" says he. Look a-here, she's
not a-going to"
well, she's going to stop Off In Bal
timore for few days. and then she will
visit us for a few weeks-not for more
than a month, I should judge from her
letter. Poor. dear mamma. how glad
shall be to see her for a month or two!
80 you don't think she'll be with us for
more than a month or two. Ell? Lovely,
Thrilling! But wait a minute. you know
/ am cropping a little. Who invited her.
anyhow"
do you mean to tell me, Edward Bing-
bling. that things have come to such
pass that my poor. dear. long-suffering
mamma has to receive a formal invitation
from me to visit us?"
Just forget that come-to-pass stun
for a while and answer M question,
please. What I'm fumbling around to find
out Is this: Did you invite your mother
to swoop down upon me here for month
or so. you put II in that nonchalant.
off-handish way of yours?
IT certainly did not! 1 don't consider
such a thing as an invitation to my own
mother necessary. I'd just like to know
IL you think that"
well. so long as you're In that want
to-know frame OF mind there are several
little items that I'd like to know myself.
One OF 'em is just like this-a-way: Where
In the dickens do I figure in this game,
anyhow? This is my plant. here, isn't 1t.
or kind o. mine. anyhow? s'pose you'll
grant that I've got just a little bit to say
about what comes of under this roof,
and what doesn't?'
''Oh. well. If you intend to throw it up
to me again that you pay the rent and
the grocery bill and the meat bill and the
gas and the telephone and the
STOW that. please. just for a minute.
I'm not hurting up anything But I'm
telling you one cute little thing. the nub
and substance of which I desire to have
considered as going as II lays. and that is
that i. little pudgy Brighteyes. am to be
considered and consulted q wee winkum
little teenchy bit when this inviting gag
Is put across. l am not going to have a
bunch of drifters and kickers and knock
and trying land darned near succeeding)
to run things to suit themselves. and
bulldozing and bullyragging everybody
around. and trying to start something
every twenty minutes or SO II not fire.
ouenter, and"
$50 that's It. is It? Ha, ha! Lovely!
suppose you consulted me when you in
vited your sister and her two children
to drift in here. as You call It, last spring,
and stay more than six weeks. with the
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own dump to visit me. Stick that on the
end of your hat pin and toast il over a
slow fire like a marshmallow, will YOU?
Huh. indeed! And yet you have the
hardihood to sit there and say that You
expect me to come to you and consult
with you when / invite my own poor dear
moth
"Ah! Now we have it! Then you did
invite her. hey?'
1T doesn't make a particle of difference
whether 1 did or not. 90 there now! You
say that you don't have to ask me about
having your own people here. and vet
you have the assurance to tell me
that"
Hold on a minute! Who's paying the
freight here. anyhow"
''Oh. well. IL you're going to get on that
cheap, mean remark again about paying
the household expenses-as IL 1t wasn't
your business to do that-why-
with your kind permission we'll just
can that stun about what's my business
The thing for you to do Is TO get IL out
OF your head that you're going to do
everything that l do around here. un-
derstand? There's just a leetle shade on
the situation coming to me. / reckon, as
the proprietor Of this tepee. and the
sooner you see it the better it's going to
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But the weakies were also foxy enough
to run away from us after a certain num-
Der had been caught in each spot. and we
had to feel around every little while
when their bites grew few and far be-
tween. BY rowing three or four hun
dred yards we'd get into another school
Of 'em, and then for ten or fifteen MIN
utes we'd more than yank EN- In till they
took the alarm and beat II OF, In some
other direction. We had to surmise, Of
course. in which direction they went, but
We had heap OF luck. and managed to
find 'em right along. After a couple Of
hours an enormous school Of huge por-
poises came along and scared the fish
away for a while. one OF. the bull dol
phins even coming up under our boat
and giving us q mighty whack on the
keel: but when the porpoises had gone
on their way toward the south the fish
came back. and we got more than our
share OF them. We caught q lot Of fool
ish little sea robins. or flying fish. that
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were heavy sinkers at the end OF the
lines. and we dropped the sinkers to the
seas bottom, about sixty feet at that dis
lance from the shore. got the first bite
and the first fish. As pulled in / be-
gan to swell like a poisoned purp over
the Joy Of catching the first fish. The
other fellows In the boat looked perturb-
ed and chagrin-ed and things. Then
brought my fish over the gun'l. Whooshi
What a laugh they gave me! II was a big.
on'ry. demonstrating two-pound skate!
They howled as I cut the skate of my
hook and tossed him back into the sea.
And I had been preparing to gloat over
them!
Very soon, however. we began to pull
In regular fish-fish what was First we
got into a school OF croakers-so-caIled on
this coast, though they're really sea
perch. We got a dozen two-pounders of
the croaker species before we began to
get little peeved because no weakfsh
were showing up. Croakers are all right,
and they give a pretty niftyish kind Of q
tug on your line. but there isn't consid-
cred to be any class to 'em. They're a
bourgeois sort of q fish. and we were out
for classy or classified fnny fellows.
So we pulled the boat about a mile far
Their out. We didn't use any boat anchor
at all. you see, just drifting with the
swells. and moving about SOS to srops for
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lust Like It.

IIOHN d. ROCK E F L L e r was
amused" said Cleveland lawyer.
by the public interest in the huge case
of whisky recently shipped to Forest Hill.
This whisky was for bathing In after a
hard days goifing. It wasn't for drin &
Ing No fear Of that.
"Mr Rockefeller talked about the whis-
Ky the other day. He said that II he
bathed In II 1t would do him good.
But he added, the man that drinks
whisky has life like a golf ball. He is
no sooner helped out OF one hole than he
gets into another"
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HE following two
domestic colloquies
are here presented
for the purpose OF
illustrating the bro
midiom that there
are more ways of
slaughtering an OBJ
jectionable feline
than by shooting II
in the left auricle
with a bell-mouthed
blunderbuss loaded
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OU'VE heard the
p n r q s e fisher
mans luck" and
laughed over its
pessimistio i'm
PHI att o n, no
d O u b { T h e
maxim connected
with "fisherman's
luck" Is by no
m e a n S polit e
enough to bear
repetition In a
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year. We were in bathing suits, and the
first impulse. instantly yielded to when
we reached the end OF the long pull out.
was to hop over the side for a romp in
the ground swell. When we had enough
of that and wanted to get back to the
boat all We had to do was to lean on"
the top OF one of 1.-THE great ground swells
making for the boat, and be gently car
ried to the dipping gun'l. making the
climb over the gun'l hardly a climb at ALL
But the fishin'! All. the memorable
fishin'!
The undersigned still was incredulous
that any fish would be caught. He still
was from Joplin, Mo-, as to that PROPOSE
ton. He'd been on fishin' trips before
where nobody ever got even a symptom
of q remote indication Of a distant demo-
tation Of a bite, much less q fish, So the
undersigned was content with watching
the dimming of the morning star and the
moon and studying the orange light In the
east that soon presaged the bouncing up
OF the red sun--but as to fish, he was
waiting to be shown.
We all tossed our clam and crab baited
lines over at the same time. The hooks
two on a line) looked foolishly large to
me. 1t looked as IL somebody really was
expecting to catch regular fish. not mud
cats or sun perch or SIGH like. There
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Merely
Ignorance
BY Herbert Kaufman
-foopyriEst. isrn. b. Hefssrt KssfnaA

We have outgrown your type. We longer cringe and
tembe before the We have the
instinct which bred dread of all things intangible and suggested
the operations of perfectly normal phenomena
We interpret the of thunder rumble of sOrat
but promise of beneent rain We hear the of the
waterfall message of utility. We behold in the plague not
punishment from outraged deity but the protest of outraged
nature We have traed the banshee creakng limb
and have traced the nightmare conspiracy of lobster and
cucubes and Whipped We know that there ghost
but conscience and magic spell except determination
Our real civilization did until ceased
believe fairies and demons and began believe ouselOes
We longer the deui with incarnation, but
with ventilation and sanitation and education
We do heal the halt and the lame and the blind with
relics and bitches bre.Ds but with surgeons kniues and plaster
and sticks of caustic
We have the lying mask from the face of Superstition
and behold Ignorance under alias Cowardice ashamed
acknowledge itself.
We have only left tails behind but
old .0iues tales DeA The wo belong the epoch in
Development The think the less shrink from
the incon,prehensibe
We have sin,pied life into primal equation succeed
when right, and fail when wrong.
The who carries rabbits foot generally harebraned
Wit and uiN are the only proven lucky charms.