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The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-11-09
The SHIPWRECK
OF GLOOM
A Lesson In Courage and In the
Value of Life.
BY HOWARD FIELDING.
copyright, 1910, by American Press Asso-
ciation.l

copyright, 1910, by American Press Asso-
ciaton.l
Mr.. Bartlett had not visited his of
fee that morning, and it may have
been about noon when an elevator dis
gurged him on the level of his own
place of business. Immediately he
was aware of the high keyed, boyish
voice of James, his handy man, crea-
ture of many duties and of an anX-
ious, devoted fidelity.
"There's lady waitin' for you,"
said James. "She's in your room, she
is"
what sort of ladyy' asked Bart
lett
"a young lady" answered James.
"She's been there about half an hour,
with suit case. never saw her be-
fore. She's got blue eyes, very blue
eyes. she has. And l guess she amt
feelin' well. | took her in a glass o
water a couple o. times an she drunk
II. She was thirsty, she was"
Bartlett shook his head. He could
not remember any young lady of this
kind. And yet the eyes
"China blue eyes, James," said he.
'like the color that you've seen on q
fine cup and saucerT
"Well, to tell the TRUTH" said James
earnestly, 81 never seen such a color
anywheres before-not on nothin',
didn't"
Bartlett spent some seconds In re-
Election.
"Go into my Office" said he, "and
see If there's letter from Mr.. Carver
Of Philadelphia amongst my mail II
there is l want it,
Such a communication was indeed
there, and James brought it out
1t was the querulous letter of wor-
ried and weary man, and it affected
Bartlett like the filing of a saw, for
his nerves were in no condition to
endure the caterwaulings of a busi-
ness associate. Carver was afraid Of
a big note of Bartlett's which was
maturing in a Boston bank.
You'll have to pull money out of
the game to meet that note" he wrote,
"and that will cripple us. Instead of
a handsome profit, We'll be likely to
make loss" And he went on to be-
wall the loss as if it were already
made. He declared that he was not
it even to think of the matter. The
long siege of illness in his family had
broken his nerve. And, though we're
all on our feet again." he added, I'm
thoroughly tired out. We never should
have pulled through except for Celia
Gilbert, and now the poor girl has
broken down and must go home
nervous prostration, and pretty bad,
too, I'm afraid. And she'll have to
travel all the way to Boston alone
unless you can go over with her Fri
day night. l see by your letter that
you'll be going over Friday or Satur-
day to try to fix up some way to re-
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-11-09
LOSES LEG UNDER TRAIN.
Runaway Youth Meets With Serious
Accident at Middletown.

Middletown, N. Y, Nov. LIN try.
ing to board freight train near
townsville on the Ontario and West.
ern railroad, Cornelius Voorhees,, aged
seventeen, who ran away from his
home, 732 Melrose avenue, the Bronx
ten days ago, fell under the wheels
His left foot was crushed.
He was brought to Thrall hospital
this city, where the leg was amputated
Voorhees, companion was Arthur Boss,
man of 461 Willis avenue, the Bronx
He is twenty and also ran away.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-11-09
DRANK ACID THROUGH STRAW
Mrs. George coIey, Despondent Over
Husbands Death, Kills Herself.

MiddletOwn, n. Y, Nov. 1.-Drlnklng
carbolic acid through straw, Mrs.
George Coley quickly succumbed to
the draught at her home here. The
woman, who had suffered from melan-
cholia for some years following the
death of her husband, had recently
been growing worse.
Her son, Glen II. Coley, gave up a
course he was taking at Pratt insti-
tute, Brooklyn, in order to care for his
mother.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-11-09

"No man ever obtained anything
worth having without working hard
for it," said Mrs. Bickers to her hus-
band, who was in discouraged mood.
s"Quite true" replied Mr.. Bickers
redectively. Il remember that l OBJ
tanned you without the slightest diff
rulty. Liverpool Mercury.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-11-09

Could it br that tie prophet Isaiah
had in his forecast the hurried travel
er at the railroad eating station of our
day when he wrote, And he shall
snatch on the right hand and be hun
CRY, and he shall eat on the left hand
and shall not be satisfied T-Brown,
ing's Magazine.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-11-09
A PHILOSOPHER.

Little Willie - Say, pa. what Is
philosopher? PA philosopher, my
son, is a man who can pretend to have
a light heart when he has light
pocketbook. Exchange.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-11-09
Carriers as Ornaments In China.


Ir. answer TO an inquiry, Consul
General Amos p. Wilder, of Shanghai.
reports that there is no demand for
suspenders and garters in China, save
among foreigners. Suspenders do not
interest the native, his trousers being
so constructed as to render the use
of such article unnecessary neither
Is there any need for garters, as the
trousers when properly adjusted are
tied over the sock at the ankle with
neat band Of bribon or cotton. Oc-
casionally a native is seen with well
known make of American garters,
which are worn outside the trousers
as ornaments.-Consular Report
Coolest Place in the World.
The lowest temperature yet regis
tered Is nowhere near the North Pole.
In fact, 1t Is almost exactly on the
equator, but far up in the air. On
August 30, 1908, this temperature.
1197 below zero Fahrenheit, was
shown by thermometer sent up in
q sounding balloon" to a height of
twelve miles at Shirati. on Victoria
Nyanza. 1t Is not to be supposed that
II the balloon had gone up a little
higher, still lower temperature
would have been discovered. There
is now known to be sharply defined
limit.-Literary Digest.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-10-24

gers, but the passengers are often OF
rather fastidious temperament, and
the machine in this case is luxury.
However, it is frequently used to
transport business men who have to
do things in hurry.
In this way the horse has been dis
placed. AS a carriage, vehicle for
carrying passengers only, it is in high
favor in some sections of the coun.
try, although the expense of running
is somewhat prohibitive. On the
other side of the question, however,
horses are as high in price as they
ever were and as much in demand.
The price is against the automobile
For many kinds of work, the horse, ii
has been found cheaper and more sat
isfactory up to the present time. 1t
will be many years before the, horse
is replaced, but there can be no doubt
that the automobile has created a
field of usefulness for itself and is
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-10-24
OUR CROWDED CHURCHES

With the large increase in the mum
Der of students who attend the Uni
versitly the churches of the city have
become too small to accommodate tn.
crowds that attend them. This is es
pecially true of the Bible school whiet
has an average attendance of about
five hundred in each of the Columbis
churches, this attendance largely be
ing made up of students.
The churches were all built several
years ago and at that time the larger
number of students who would at
tend the University was not reckoned
in the building.
The classes are congested in the
Sunday school, many of them having
to be taught in the auditorium when
a class room should be provided. One
of the churches has to take its mem
bers across the street and hold the
class in the lecture room of a college
building.
This large attendance at church be-
tokens a broad mind for those who
attend. They realize that education
is not confined to the sciences and
the arts, but that from the Bible can
be got fundamental knowledge. They
are rewarded in the attendance at
the Sunday school, for the classes
there are conducted by men who can
lecture and hold the listeners in con.
:rast to the "goody-goody" material
hat is sometimes handed to college
students.
'The Bible and Shakespeare" says
! veteran professor of English in the
University, "are an education"
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-10-24
VALUE OF THE DAILY

Next to the convocations and mass
meetings of all the students and fac.
ulty members, the university daily
does more to unite the various de-
partments of a great university than
any other one factor 1t is impossible
for one person to take wide personal
interest in all of university's activ.
ities-or even any large per cent OF
them. A great university is com
plex institution. Different students
We different interests. 1t is imprac
ticable for the engineering student. for
example, to know much of what is be
ing done by the students in law u
medicine, except as he learns of i,
through the university newspaper.
Through the daily newspaper the
students in a university become famil
lar with the institution as a whole
Just as the metropolitan newspaper
offers to it's readers an opportunity
to become better acquainted with the
affairs of their city and thereby more
useful citizens, SO the university daily
offers opportunity for the students to
become more familiar with their in
stitution and hence better, broader
students-more able to understand
their relation to the university as a
whole.
That the place of the university
daily in university life is secure an
examination of conditions has shown.
The Chicago Record-Herald, in a re.
cent article on half a dozen univer.
sity dailies (among them the Univer.
sity Missourian), described them as
"the most thoroughly read newspapers
in the world"
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-10-24
FOR AMENDMENT NO II
Said Concerning the University.

Said Concerning the University.
: Voters will have a chance at the
general election to do great service for
the cause of education in Missouri
Amendment eleven which proposes a
three-mill tax for the permanent sup
port of the Missouri State University
is to be voted upon at that time. 1t
simply changes the method of appro.
priating the money for the support of
this institution. It does away with the
necessity for appropriations by the
Legislature and insures a definite in.
come for the University. Our State
University is a great institution but
we want to make it greater one by
giving it the kind and amount of sup
port it needs. This paper sees no rea-
Bon why the Missouri University should
not be- put upon an equal footing at
least with the universities of surround
ing states. Let us show Kansas, Iowa,
and Illinois that we mean business by
giving the eleventh amendment a rous-
ing majority.-Higginsville Advance.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-10-24

|sarily incurred while in the perform
|ance of such duty; the items of such
expenses to be returned to the chair
man of such committee, and by him
certified to the state auditor, before
the same, or any part thereof, can be
paid. Each member may receive at
each regular session an additional sum
of thirty dollars, which shall be in full
for all stationery used in his official
capacity, and all postage, and all other
incidental expenses and perquisities;
and no allowance or emoluments, for
any purpose whatever, shall be made
to or received by the members, or any
member of either house, or for their
luse out of the contingent fund or 9th
erwise, except as herein provided; or
no allowance or emoluments, for any
purpose whatever, shall ever be paid
to any officer, agent, servant or en-
ploye of either house of the general
Iassembly or of any committee thereof,
except such per diem as may be pro-
vided for by law, not to exceed five
dollars.
There are several reasons why this
amendment should be carried. The
salary of the law makers of the state
should be commensurate with the dig
nifty and responsibility of the office.
In nearly all other states in the Union
of the size of Missouri, legislators are
paid more than they are in this state,
and in many states the compensation
is double the amount Missouri allows.
The salary of five dollars day is not
sufficient.
One great evil of the system of poor
pay is that men who depend upon the
salary derived in Office for support are
often tempted to accept bribes or are
easily influenced by financial advances
Some legislators do not need the
money at all, while others must have
it to maintain themselves The fail
ure to pay sufficient money for living
expenses and reasonable profit would
tend to place in the state law-making
body men of the richer class, a result
that would be deplored.
| Men employed to formulate the laws
of the state should be paid enough to
allow them freedom of action and i'll
sure them an average living. The
fact that some men are willing to act
in public capacities free of remunera-
tion does not indicate that the stand
ard of pay should be that low. The
rate of pay should correspond to the
poorest mans needs.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-10-24
PAY THEM FOR THEIR WORK

The seventh of the eleven proposed
amendments to the constitution of the
state of Missouri to be voted upon at
the November election provides for
increasing the salaries of the state
Legislators from five to ten dollars a
day. A somewhat similar amendment
was placed before the voters of Mis-
souri, two years ago, but the propo-
sition was defeated. The amendment
proposed two years ago provided for
fixing the legislators salaries at $1,5OO
for the two years session.
The amendment to be voted upon
November s relating to this subject
follows:
Be it resolved by the House of Rep
Iresentatives, the Senate concurring
therein:
That at the general election to be
held on Tuesday next following the
first Monday in November, A. D., 1910,
there shall be submitted to the quail
fled voters of the state for the adop-
ton, the following constitutional
amendment, to-wit: s
Section 1. That section 16 of ar
ticle of the Constitution of Missouri
be and the same is hereby amended
by striking out the word "such" be-
tween the words treasurer" and "com-
pensation" in line two of said Sec
tion, and inserting the word "as' in
lieu thereof, and by striking out the
words "as may from time to time
be provided by law not to exceed five"
as same appears between the words
services" in line three, and dollars
in line four of said section 16, article
4, and inserting the word ten" in
lieu thereof, and by striking out the
word five" between the words "re-
ceived'' and dollars" in line seven
of said section and inserting the word
ten" in lieu thereof, so that said sec.
tion, when so amended shall read as
follows: !,
Sec. 16. Members, compensation of.
The members of the general assem-.
bly, shall severally receive from the
public treasury as compensation for
their services "ten" dollars per day
for the first ninety days of each ses-
sion, and after that not to exceed one
dollar per day for the remainder of
the session, except the first session
held under this Constitution, and dur.
ing revision sessions, when they mayI
receive ten" dollars per day for one
hundred and twenty days, and one
dollar per day for the remainder of
such sessions. In addition to per diem,
the members shall be entitled to rel
'eive travelling expenses or mileage;
'or any regular and extra session not ]
greater than now provided by law:
'ut no member shall be entitled to /
raveling expenses or mileage for any n
Extra session that may be called with. II
n one day after the adjournment of
regular session. Committees of
ither house, or joint committees of
18th houses, appointed to examine the 4
Institutions of the state, other than
hose at the seat of government, may
eceive their actual expenses, neces-
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-10-24

If progress in aviation continues
at the present rate Mars may some
day rival Newport as summer re-
sort. 80.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-10-24
WILL AUTO REPLACE HORSE?

The automobile has been in so-called
practical use for ten years, and
there has been more or less contin
uous discussion as to whether or moi
the horse would be displaced. From
Roswell, N. NJ, to Torrance, N. M.
a distance of lis miles, there is an
automobile line over which most OF
the mail to and from Roswell is car.
ried. The railroad service in that
part Of the country is bad, and to save
time the automobile line was estao-
lished. The automobile beats the
strain time by cutting across the hills
and plains. The old-fashioned west.
aern stage with the fleetest of horses
could Rot possibly do this.
There are few other similar in.
stances. A great many of the rich
farmers Of the, country find the auto:
mobile indispensable. A great many
livery stables all over the country have
automobiles for transporting nassen.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-10-24
LARGEST CIRCULATION
IN BOONE COUNTY.
IMPROVING COUNTRY SCHOOLS

IMPROVING COUNTRY SCHOOIS
AN article in Tuesdays University
5. Missourian states that ]. Kelly Wright,
the school commissioner for Boone
county blames the school system for
the decrease OF children on the farm.
He says that the tendency is for the
81 students of the country districts 10
work through country school as
quickly as possible, and then rush
through high school with their minis
intent on achieving a university en-
trance certificate. He adds that the
solution of the problem will come
through the general improvement of
the roads which will enable a number
Of small country districts to be con;
solidated into one large enough AMI
wealthy enough to support good
grade school and high school with an
experiment ground adjoining it.
A great service would be done the
country boy and girl if the rural
schools were improved as Mr.. Wright
suggests. II grade schools were es-
tablished in place of the ordinary rural
school where one teacher must con.
duct SO many classes that she can do
Justice to none, the county child woull
be given greater educational advan-
tages. Also, larger number of stu
dents in one grade would make the
work more interesting while the great
er revenue of the grade school would
make possible the employment of
more efficient instructors.
81 The country high school with it's ex-
pertinent station would be practical
and useful addition to the school sys
TEN of the state. The town high
school of today does not afford great
enough opportunities for the country
boy or girl who intends to remain on
the farm. Oftentimes it serves to take
away their interest in farm life. Many
high schools require four years OF
Latin for graduation, and yet it would
be more practical for the average boy
and girl If they developed their minds
by mastering some subject that would
be Of more use to them after they fin
ish the high school, The country high
school could arrange it's subjects to
suit- the needs of it's students, and
those young persons of the country
who felt that their talent lay in read
ing Latin rather than learning i'm
proved methods of agriculture could
attend the high schools as they now
do, unless the country districts saw
fit to furnish Latin courses also.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-10-24

We are bit proud of the Univer.
sity Missourian. 1t is everywhere
conceded to be the best daily news.
paper issued by college students. Nor
can any town no larger than Colum.
bia boast its superior as a newspaper
of general circulation.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-10-24

A great opportunity is offered to
students for five days to buy Salz
fountain pens at haH-price. Two dol
lar pens at ninety cents. Six dollar
pens at two-fifty. See display at Co
lumbia Drug Co. (Td1ey's). ~
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-10-24

A recent magazine article says that
certain Kansas editors are blaming the
college trained newspaper men for
the wind in Kansas journalism. That
lis giving the college men credit for
activity.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-10-24
University Chat.

Effort is being made to ascertain the
true population of many western cities
which believed to have padded" their
census reports. Evidence Is hard to
obtain in such cases, but Mr.. Durand,
the census director, is confident that
the padding" has been attempted.
There are two reasons for believing
tnat the census is padded" one that
the enumerators received three cents
per capita for every individual counted,
an the other, the natural rivalry which
is known to exist among the cities
whose population is being questioned.
A tower to cost 100000 will be
built at Princeton University as ma
tional memorial in memory of Grover
Cleveland. In connection with it the
buildings of the graduate school will
be erected later. 1t is a favorable
commetary of the character of the
man, who, with limited education,
borrowed $25 and started out to seek
his fortune, that his memory should
be so revered at an institution like
Princeton.
Every student who feels that he can
afford to go to Joplin to see the Mis-
souri, Oklahoma game should do so
The supporters Of The University OF
of the state are expecting great treat
tnat day, and the more students there
the better. 1t is an expensive trip, but
| it will be well worth the while.
In the death of David Rankin, Of
Tarkio, the state loses "the world S
greatest farmer" His big farms will
probably be broken up into smaller
ones and worked still more intensively,
but Missouri has suffered loss in the
death of this interesting and construc.
tive man.
Missouri lost to Texas on population
and mules, but she is the Poultry
Queen" of the Union. Which means
more than one would think at first.
SAC, 100000 worth of poultry and their
products runs pretty close to the mule
sales.
If progress in aviation continues
at the present rate Mars may some
day rival Newport as a summer re.
sort. 80
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-16
Trade Schools for Girls.

A school where poor girls may learn
trades that will increase their wage
earning power has been established in
New York and seems to be working
with promising results. 1t is yet in
the experimental stage, but If it proves
ultimately a success it may become the
first step toward the extension of the
scope of public school education in
very practical direction
There is a tragic side to the shop
girls life which the founders of this
school recognize and which, II this
kind of training succeeds, may be ma
terially lessened in its power of evil.
Lack of material comforts has a great
deal TO do with many social wrongs,
and so this project is more social or
moral than industrial. 1t undertakes
to teach the girl trade, or at least
give her a working knowledge in the
ruriiments of a trade that will make
her services worth more than she
otherwise would have to take. There
is no thought of instilling false no
tions of manual labor, but just the
contrary. The idea is not to teach the
girl that she is too good for any kind
of service, though it may sometimes
seem mental. but to impress her with
the fact that if she must earn her own
living, she must fit herself to earn
decent one, one that will pay her
wages that will keep her above the
danger line" socially.
The argument is often made that
most girls who work for wages insult
ficient to meet all their expenses live
at home and do not have to meet
them all That may be true to some
extent, but that very fact is an argu-
ment in favor OF increasing the girls
earning power, for her willingness to
work for an inadequate wage lowers
the general level and places the girl
who has no home or who cannot live
at home at a fatal disadvantage.
Thus far the chief difficulty en-
countered by the New York school is
to get girls who need the instruction
and who at the same time can go with
out work and wages long enough to
learn. Most OF them come and stay
such a short time that they get little
benefit from the training. but plans are
being made 10 deal with this problem
The feeling is that in the larger cities
"a 10 - "a. -
must be made popular and then 1t will