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The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-01-20
Polo i'm the Army.

Gen. J. Franklin Bell, chief OF star
OF the army, voiced the general senti-
ment of army officers before the House
committee on military affairs the 9TH
er day when he lamented the fact
that Congress had taken a stand
against the purchase OF horses to en-
able the officers TO play polo. A lot OF
folks never have been able to see why
Uncle Sam should furnish horses 10
let the officers of the army play polo.
but Gen. Bell explained 1t.
The purpose of it," said Gen. Bell.
was not to entertain but to improve
the Craftsmanship of the officers"
Then the general proceeded to a
strong plea in behalf of polo. He de-
clared 1t was no child's play, but a
game to be played by strong men,
and that there was no way of train
ing men to be good horsemen supe-
rlor TO the game of polo.
Gen. Bell told the military affairs
committee it was absolutely impossi-
bic to have mounted men well led
unless the leader was a good horse
man. He said it was highly expen-
s1ve and useless without good horses
and good horsemen, and unless the Of
ficers in command could ride as well
as lead.
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opens a delightful vista 70 the tired and
distracted shopper Tor objects By no
means Invisible OF ethereal To think
gifts 10 ones friends and relatives AT
Christmas time would save an incredi-
BILE amount OF mental and physical
wear aud tear. for the strain OF trying
20 buy with IS gifts worth at least 50
each for ten persons Is necessarily vast
~ greater than that OF calmly apply
ing ones mind TO the gift TO be be-
slowed. snd letting that settle il.
Moreover. another thing that tends TO
peace and comfort is the fact that this
method costs a lot less money-this.
even when one has thought" say for
his best girl. a diamond ring or string
of pearls when he would otherwise
have TO cOnfine himself 10 a box of
candy or a $3.50 book. OF course. the
articles will have TO be paid for by
someone, but the thinker has no con-
Germ with that; all he has TO do is
to put mental wires i'm motion thSt will
bring the specified object somehow.
Naturally. too. merchants will suffer
no loss by the mental gift-giving plan,
and their business may even be in
creased. since the things thought of
will be more costly and more numer-
Gus than the thinkers would have
bought.
Even if the gifts bestowed by
thought are exclusively mental, much
satisfaction may be derived from them.
at least by the giVer. Consider how
we can improve our friends and our
families by investing them with more
agreeable qualities than they now pos
sess, We all know what miserable
sinners some Of our neighbors and sc-
Quaintances are, and it should afford
genuine satisfaction to apply. thought
to their betterment Altogether the
scheme of mental Christmas presents
gives many attractions, and the Church
of Applied Thought is likely to have
numerous inquiries as 10 its recipe or
the com bination it uses.
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FRENCH POLITICS
BEAT ALL OTHERS
Methods Adopted in Corsica 10 Re-
lieVe Candidates of Funds.

The President of the French Re
public. NJ. Fallieres. has il is said
a fine sense OF humor. and. like Presi-
dent Lincoln, delights in a good story.
FOR some time he has been collecting
stories relating to elections. and
among these are a number from the
island OF Corsica which nlease him
nightly because of their rich flavor
ms island, 70 the average French
man, though the birthplace of Napo-
leon. is almost as little known as a
province in Russia. II is italian, rath-
er than French, in character. and
there are yet robbers in the noun
tains who pursue their course. aided
by the people of the countryside.
Here is one OF the recent Corsican
stories added by President Fallieres
to his repertory: Some months ago
two candidates, designated under the
pseudonyms Of Orson and Orlando.
presented themselves for the Cham
Der OF Deputies. Orson was the can
didate chosen by NJ. Clemenceau, and
IT was absolutely necessary that his
opponent. Orlando. should be defeated.
The project of the district. who. by
reason of his official position, was the
leader OF the Clemenceau party. looked
through the list of voters to discover
who were likely to furnish a camDaien
tund TO the adversary of Orson. These
he took care to notify that if they ex-
pected any future favors from the
government they had better keep their
money.
Most of these bowed submissiveIy
TO the suggestion of the prefect but
among those who did not was one
wealthy man, Don Quixote in poll
tics.
The project was somewhat discon-
certed at this opposition He hal cal
culated that Orlando. the adversary.
would need not les than 10000 francs
to make the canvass. while his candi-
nate. Orson. would be cared for by
the government
But he thought out a combination
almost chlldlike in its simplicity He
made overtures to two gentlemanIy
bandits, whose business IL should be
! to relieve Orlando of his 30 600 francs
as soon as it should reach him. Hay-
ing happily made these ARRANGEMENTS
the project telephoned TO the under
project OF the ACCOMPLISHMENT givine
| details of his plan, which il was nee
| essary to put into immediate execu.
| tlon. as he understood that Orlando
| had received the money FOR his cam
paign.
II so happened that the telephone
/ girl was of the Orlando party She
| overheard the conversation and with.
out delay advised her candidate OF the
| plot against him. Orlando then tool
all necessary precautions to save hi.
| 10000 francs, and was elected The
| project and those of his counsel were
outraged at the dishonest methods
that had brought about the defeat O.
the government candidate. Orson
Somebody must be punished. Their,
was nobody in sight but the little "teI
ephoniste," and she was cashiered.
The moral of this story is tina
French politics and party campaign
management are not altogether unlike
the methods that obtain in these Unit
ed States.
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A DREAM OF
FAIR THINGS
Editor Is Brought Back to Earth by
Composing Room Tragedy.

Il had a dream the other night. Z"
said Bert Walker, editor of the Os-
borne Farmer.
"Unburden your soul" was the invi-
tation extended.
Il sat in my chair and closed my
eyes, replied Bert. 1T had been a
hard day and the poor editor had got
ten his a hundred gold l prayed for
that land Over Yonder, where the
surges cease to roll An unaccounta-
bic calmness came over my nerves
and the world appeared to grow brigh-
ter and people actually smiled upon
me. In walked a man to pay his sub
scription. My dear editor, he exclaim
ed, on being told how much IL was.
you are certainly mistaken. I know |
owe you twice that much. Take II.
anyway. Your paper is worth three
times what you charge for II. 1t is
the best paper l know Of in the world.
My family couldn't get along without
II. The children cry for 1t and we
always believe every word we see in
II. You are so fair. and SO honest, and
so charitable. That job work you did
for me was perfect Here, smoke a
lO-cent cigar on il. Any time | can
do you a favor. let me know. | will
send YOU big turkey for your Christ
mas. This community could not get
along without you. GoOdby. my hon
est friend There was a crash, and
grun voice shouted: Hell again
awoke. The foreman had dropped
page of type of the conference min
utes on the floor and the work had TO
be done all over again"
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A HALF BILLION
DOLLARS IN CANDY
American People Spend That Much
Annually on Confectionery.

The American woman is known for
her sweet tooth. Neither in London,
Paris, nor Berlin do you see so much
candy eaten during the matinee per-
formances in the theatres. nor are the
CONNECTIONS made to serve the purpose
OF informal gifts to girls so much. as
here But IL is rather surprising TO
learn from a member OF the breed of
interchangeable statisticians that the peo-
pie OF the United States spend little
less than $50,000,000 a year on candy.
and, OF course, the greater part of
that amount is spent by or for women
dentistry items are not included in
the tables compiled by the statisti-
clans. For several years IL has been
an acknowledged fact that the United
States consumed as much candy as all
the rest of the world put together:
but since 1907 the candy appetite has
grown to such an extent that the
United States now accounts for lust
two-thirds of the entire candy OUTPUT
Of the civilized world.
II is not generally known. how
ever, that immigrants are the great
est consumers of candy in America.
IN New York fully one-half of the
city's candy bill is said to be paid by
inc men. women and children OF the
tenement house districts, and that be-
comes all the more significant when
the difference III prices between the
Grand street and the Broadway candy
stores is taken into consideration. Phy-
slclans who are aware of this almost
inordinate appetite for sweets among
the poorer classes say New York has
every reason to congratulate itself
That ii has brought only good. in
stead of evil results. Not many years
ago most OF the candy sold. especially
In the smaller stores. was almost pois-
onously impure. Injurious acids and
dyes being used in the manufacture.
Medical mon say that If candy of that
quality had been eaten in the qaunti-
ties that candy is eaten today il would
have had a terrible effect on the health
of the generation now approaching
maturity. Today, however, il is rea-
sonably safe to buy candy anywhere.
and its consumption is especially ad-
vocated in temperance circles as mini
MIXING the likelihood of the growth of
taste for drink.-N Y. Press.
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BIGGEST YEAR
FOR RAILROADS
Fears Large Crops VIII Ovcrtax Ca
pacity OF Companies and That Car
Shortage May Result

WASHINGTON. ID. C.-Special.-
a heavier business than has ever
been known in a single year is looked
for by Chairman Knapp. of the inter
state commerce commission. for Amer
lean railroads during the present fiscal
year.
The serious situation anticipated not
only by Judge Knapp. but by other
officials of the commission and by OPP
Grating railroad men generally. is that
there may be a shortage Of cars. The
crop prospects are considered so bright
that the likelihood is that the rail-
roads and other transportation COM
panies may be taxed beyond their ca
pacity TO handle the freight that will
be offered TO them.
Already, according TO figures sub
mitted to the interstate commerce
commission. the railroads, in consider
number. have recovered from the low
business pressure of a year and a half
ago. and now are handling almost as
much traffic as they handled in the
rush months of 1907, which was the
banner year in American railroading.
In the opinion of Chairman Knapp,
the carriers are now in better position
to transport the freight offered than
they were in 1907, and he said that
it would surprise him if that years
record were broken this year.
The railroads learned a good les
son in 1907" said Chairman Knapp.
Then they were absolutely unable TO
handle promptly the traffic that was
offered to them. Since that time they
have added materially to their equip
ment have improved their roadbeds.
and. in every respect. have increased
their facilities. / do not doubt that
this year will be a red-letter period
for them and for the country"
Generally il is expected. however.
that a shortage Of cars will result this
fall and from the the increased bust
ness OF the carriers, and some en-
5arrassment by shippers may be look
ed for as a consequence.
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What Every Woman Knows.

Women know this. but We venture
the opinion that not ont man in fifty
knows II. When a woman first makes
us bed she puts on two clean sheets.
which are used a week Then the
lower sheet is taken off and replaced
by the upper sheet, the upper sheet
being replaced with a clean one. This
is Kept up week after week. We al
ways thought that when you got clean
sheets on your bed you got two clean,
but you don't; you get but one. When
company comes two clean sheets are
placed on the company bed. When the
company goes the sheets are taken off
and washed, whether used one night
or six.
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THESE BEES HAD
INTELLIGENCE
Move FSom Tree. Occupied FOR Ten
Year. just Beforc Its Destruction.

Someone tipped OF big hive OF
bees an q hollow tree at the foot OF
Hog Mountain that a ten-ton bowlder
vs. .soing TO roll down from the top
os a mountain and smash everything
4, its path. including a tree in which
they had stored 700 pounds OF honey.
In what way they got the tip is not
known The best evidence the bees
had il is they moved to another tree
ont OF the danger line a few hours
before the big bowlder made its SEN
sationaI downward rush. and that
Reuben Van Wrinkle. who owns the
farm on which the bee trees are, re-
turned from M0atclair loaded down
with presents he bought after he had
sold the 700 pounds of honey for fan
CIV prices. Incidentally, while in Mont
clair. he felt so rich as result OF the
bee tip and the bOwlder, ne went 90
the Central Hotel and had a full
course dinner.
The bees occupied the hollow tree
ten years Van Wrinkle never dis
turbed them. because he knew the
only way TO get the honey was to
cut the tree down. He was averse to
doing that So the insects worked
away until the tree literally was sat
urated with honey. Two weeks ago
ne noticed the bees were moving 70
another hollow tree. He thought 1t
was because a new swarm was being
driven out Of the old quarters TO find
n new home. AS he sized IL up, moth
ing short OF a big fight in the hive
could force bees TO go out in Deem
Der.
On Sunday night the Van Wrinkles
were aroused by a terrific crashing on
the mountain side Van Wrinkle got
out of bed and went TO investigate.
BY that time the NOISE had ceased
and he could not discover the cause.
In the morning, however. he saw the
big bowlder in his meadow and up
the mountain side trees which had
been felled by it's rush. At the end
OF the line lay the old bee tree.
Then II dawned upon Van Wrinkle
why the bees had moved.
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DO THINGS AT
PEOPLES EXPENSE
Standpoint Literature TO Be Delivered
Under Congressional Fraak

Senator Hale, of Maine, aas secured
an order FOR the printing OF the Presi-
dents Winona speech IN the Congress
sional Record. This of itself "a unim-
portant but for the fact that by print-
ing II in the Record IL goes into the.
mail free, and every Senator and Con-
gressn :. is supposed to flood his dis
trlct with them as soon as they can be
printed. Mark this, that It will be
but a short time until you will receive
copy OF II under the frank OF one d.
h anthony, and the appeal will be-
maze everywhere to stand by the
President, right or wrong. At the
same time that venerable stand-patter.
carter, OF Wyoming, secured an order
10 print In the Record Cannon's Kan.
sas City speech for the same burmese
we heard that speech, and there was.
not single new thing In Il. except
that the insurgents should, like L,uci-
Ter OF old, be cast from their high
estate and relegated to the bottom
less PIT on account of their political
SINS against the powers that be.
AND all this is to be done at the
pubic expense and In the interest OF
stand-patters everywhere. In other
words, gentle reader. thew are goiDp
TO make you foot your share of the,
Dill and pay for your own bondage.
Kansas will be flooded with them with
view of destroying Bristow, Muir
dock, Madison, ct al, and the appeal
made that they are out OF harmony
with the President now. notvithstand-
ing the fact that they were I'm harmony
with him at the time he was making
his campaign.
The Congressional fraking privilege
should be abolished. Hundreds and
thousands of tons OF political hun
combe are franked through the mails.
every year for which the government
tyou) are paying the railroads 9 cents
pound to carry, and all this for the
purpose of defeating the peoples will.
When once the people understand
the power of special privilege they
VIII abolish it. May the Lord hasten.
the day. =
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WOrkingmaD Hewlett.

Workingman Hewlett heretofore
known less vociferously as Maurice
Hewlett, writer of delicately composed
romances, with taste for the archaic
and a fine feeling for words) has
jumped into the English election with
both feet shod in the heaviest of bro
gans. He says the upper house must
be abolished because it Is a "prepos-
ferrous assembly" with foolish charac-
teristics too numerous to recount in
this place; he denounces protection
and prays God to deliver England from
the evils which have fallen upon the
United States. And at the end he de-
clares he has spoken strongly because
he doesn't believe In mincemeat rem
edies." Now, let us ask this master
of one very attractive form of English
prose what in thunder he means by
'mincemeat remedies" A sad case of
algebraic heterophemy, we guess, Is
Mr.. Hewlett's. He will remember that
algebra was recently defined by a
schoolboy as "the thing you use when
you don't know what you are talking
about."-N. Y. Sun.
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UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE
Ready-made Tongues Are Doomed 10.
Shcrt Life

Ii the inventors and promoters OF
so-called universal languages" con-
unue their activities, artil ciaI Ian
guages will at last be nearly as mum
erous as those of natural growth
Quite number OF years ago, the
idea that il might be possible to con-
struct simple language that could be
made readily available for commercial
intercourse among all nations was
materialized in the jargon that was
called Volapuk. For that, all the good
points were claimed that have since
been claimed for it's various success
sors. For a time 1t had limited vogue.
A few enthusiasts devoted themselves
to study OF it and held meetings at
which il alone was spoken. Then
1t gradually passed into the limbo Of
forgotten things.
Next, Esperanto was brought out
with copious assurances that it was
indeed the real thing. Then came
Ro, another artificial language said
to be perfectly good. The latest add
ton TO the list is called lido. There,
may have been others. but we do not
now recall them.
All these ready-made languages.
have this feature in common, that they
look like what is called hog Latin
oh0 AAhC IL WhCh OAC Jtic6 10
speak the words. They are construct
ed mostly from Latin roots. with few
conveniently adaptable Anglo-Saxon
ones mixed in. Their simplicity" Ia
in the use of a large variety of ter
limitations to denote gender and num-
Der in the case OF nouns, and mode
| and tense in the case of verbs.
That no artificial language will ever
become useful for any kind OF inter
course among the people OF the differ
ent countries. is a foregone conclu-
sion. Only live one can become uni
versal. AD artificial language is still
| born. and il is as impossible to gal
vanize it into life as it would be to
revive and bring back into use one of
| the dead languages
Let it be granted that through extra
ordinary effort an artificial language
might be brought into commercial use
among nations whose languages are OF
| Latin, Greek, and Anglo-Saxon deriva-
| ton, then there would remain the
practical impossibility OF making II
available in the countries where Orien-
| tai languages, which are In all re-
spects radically different from those OF
| Europe and OF the countries populated
from Europe. are spoken. While per-
| sons speaking English, German.
| french, italian, Spanish, Danish, Nor
wegian or Swedish might be able to
| familiarize themselves with language
like Esperanto without great difficulty
to the peoples using Arabic and It's
kindred languages, Chinese, Japanese,
| or Hindustanee, the artificial language
constructed on the European plan
would be as difficult as any one of the
live languages OF the Western world.
Unless all signs fall, there Is just
one live language that is destined 10,
become the universal medium Of bust
ness intercourse. and that one is Eng
| lish.
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MENTAL XMAS
GIFTS BESTOWED
Church OF Applied Thought, in Bos-
ton, Celebrates In Unique Way.

IL has remained for a body Of be-
levers in the power of mind 10 evolve
new and interesting method of cele-
brating Christmas. 1t is this way:
The Church of Applied Thought in
Boston had a Christmas tree, but no
material gifts were handed out, for
none hung from its branches or rested
on the floor beneath II. 1t was adorn-
with candles and streamers of tinsel
but its uses were purely symbolical. its
service perhaps being that OF sugges-
tive point upon which the thinkers.
meaning of course all the members of
the church, may concentrate their
minds. The gifts were made mental
and spiritual. yet, as the faithful piOus-
~, but somewhat obscurely observe.
none the less real
The public is left liz doubt as TO the
exact character Of the mental dona-
tons TO be conferred. whether the
persons applying their thoughts for
the benefit OF their associates will un-
dertake TO confer on the latter such
Gifts as good temper, increased intel
ligence, patience, cheerfulness. hope.
and other such graces and qualities.
and stop there, or whether they will
instill into their friends financial
shrewdness and the money making
ability that will enable them to supply
the material objects that the tree lacks
remains TO be seen. Since II :. one
OF the teachings of new thoughters,"
mental scientists and others that to
think g thing is true brings that thing
70 pass. IL is possible that the applied
thought concerns itself with concrete
matters, and that presently the bene-
Hcaries VIII find themselves possessed
An some seemingly occult but, as the
thinkers would aver. perfectly natural
way OF the articles OF their friends
Torld have hung on the tree for them
n they had the price.
However this may be. the new planI
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An Excellent Record.

a reCcId e. which perhaps very few
il AIRY in this country can boast is held
by J Is. Jasper Brokaw who lives Just
west of town. A book account kept
from February 1 TO December Is
shows that she has marketed $57 OF
chickens, $146.1S OF butter and S5O3.OO
OF eggs. or a total of S7O6.S6 worth OF
produce in a little better than ten
months. These sales were made above
the amount Of produce they used for
their home use. When Mrs. Bro
kaw's age. which is in the SOS, Is
considered and also that the above
work was looked after in addition to
the regular farmhouse work IT seems
a rather remarkable amount of pro-
duce sold. Last week was the first
time in months she failed 10 bring sew
eral cases OF eggs to town.
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Nil Desperandum-

Percy Parkington rose and brushed
the dust from his knees. Then, draw
ing himself up to his full height, he
gazed resentfully upon the form of
Miss Muriel muggins, who nonchalant-
ly famed herself the while.
Very well, Miss Muggins," came in
bitter tones from Percy "Oh, very
well! You have spurned me, it is
true! Indeed. you have spurned me
twice! But, though despair eats my
heart, ] shall not diel mean to go
into the busy world. l will Eghti |
will win! My name shall become
known, and my riches shall become
enVied-"
TPardon me for interrupting you,
Mr.. Darlington" interjected Miss Mug
gins, but when you shall have ac-
complished all that you may try me
again. "-Lippincott's.
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A Box for Two

Telephone girls sometimes glory in
their mistakes IL there is a Joke in
consequence. The story is told by a
telephone operator in one OF the Bos-
ton exchanges about a man who asked
her for the number of local theeter-
he got the wrong number, and with
out asking to whom he was talking. he
said:
Can l get box for two tonight -
startled voice answered him at
the other end of the line: I'VE don't.
have boxes for two"
Isn't this the-Theaterr' he call
ed, Grossly.
Why, no." was the answer: this in
an undertaking shop"
He Cancelled his order for a box for
two"