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cessful candidate pays his initiation
fec and dues and signs the constitution,
whereby he agrees to abide by all the
rules and regulations OF the Exchange.
and the he becomes a member. Tho
Exchange takes no note whatever Of
the price a member pays for his seat,
for that Is a matter between the pur-
chaser and the seller as individuals.
The mythical seat Is not the only
old custom or tradition that survives. on
tho Stock Exchange. For instance.
how many persons know the ancient
origin OF "Iammond's timer"
Regularly each afternoon. at 21S
o'clock. or a few econds earlier. no
matter how active the day, the ticker
printing the sales OF stocks h~esitatss.
and then deliberately prints the words
"Hammond's time" Every man In a
brokers' office pulls out his watch and
notes fifteen distinct clicks Of the
ticker. and thereafter the cry goes up
In every stock brokers' Office In the
city; Times up"
The watches. possibly corrected "a
2.15 o'clock. II they are at fault. IN
back into the pocket and . om
knows that delivery hour has DOM.
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her h nuns hsrssaf Into ne deep
water below.
The Sun plunged after her and swan
wildly here and there. No trace Of the
Bird could be found. He called her
name. pleadingly. desperately; only the
cl!fs echoed his voice.
Then with a breaking heart he r.
turned TO tho village and repeated his
tale.
At noon a hunter came into camp
with strange tidings. Flowers were
growing upon the surface of the water.
All took their canoes and padded to
the cove at the Island OF Films. whore
the Bird had plunged to death.
There they saw flowers white as snow
Alag the air with perfume: others yell
low as the sun at sunset.
Out stepped the old Medtcine-man OF
the tribe.
my Children he said. 1T 10 our
daughter. These flowers are the form
she takes, The white 10 her purity,
tho yellow her love. You shall see that
her heart will close when the sun ssts
and will reopen at his coming"
AZ these words the chief went apart
and bowed his head.
So was the Water-Lily born out Of q
pure and loving heart.
The evening world., 1911-07-13
Odd Facts About
Stock Exclaimed

TT IL . very odd fact that the man
who pays $4,000, or $4,000, or 500, 100.
1 or any other price for his Stock Ex-
change seat has nothing to show for
the heavy expenditure except the can
celled check which he gave in payment
~ the persons from whom he bought
his seat. Nc certificate OF membership,
or any evidence of membership what
soever, Is issued to a broker by the Ex-
change.
II. after he has purchased his seat, he
Is elected 10 membership. he receives
formal notice from the secretary Of
the Exchange, acquai1ting him OF the
fact and a mere memorandum slip Is
inclosed in the letter. indicating that he
should send a certified check to the
treasurer for. say, S2.o1o--the $1,000 rep
~resenting an initiation fee and the $40
a first payment toward the Gratuity
Fund. says the Scrap Book. Each mem
Der pays annual dues OF 800, assessed
semi-annually. and $40 to the Gratuity
Fund on the death OF a member.
Upon receiving a nelt little typewr't-
ten letter from Secretary Ely notifying
him of his election. with the inclosed
memorandum OF initial expenses, a sue
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10y 4 OF n great many women y
lives that, though It may be
- driven away for a short. VIC
torlous moment. always returns and
conquers in the end by sheer per-
tinacity.
Its name Is. What VIII the World
Say and Its birth was recorded on
the day Eve evoluted from Adams rib
what VIII the World say" has
walked hand IN hand and heart to
heart with generation OF the fair
feminine; and. being pampered and
overfed, has steadily gained In strength,
til It has grow from n Weakened
subject to about as husky a specimen
as la eligible TO tho Phantom Club.
The average New York woman totes
It about with her, an insoparable COM
panion, and. In faithful imitation of the
witless ostrich. thinks that by hiding
It's faco she viii entirely conceal It.
50 she covers II with a face mask
known as Front" And when she puts
on front" she thinks she has obliter-
ated what the world will say. She Is
about as successful as the ostrich.
Probably In no city In the world Is
this practice of putting on front" so
prevalent as In New York-and II is
due nlncty-nine times out OF a hundred
10 the lady member OF tho matrimonial
team.
In vain does the husband plead FOR
tho simple life and for unseen comforts.
rather than exterior display!
Tie Is overrulcd at every turn. The
common retort Is;
'1low do YOU ever expect to get along
I'm this world unless you put on n good
front2 or course. II YOU are content 10
remain In the Small Salary class TIL
doomsday, all right, But the people
who make the BIG money are those
who knuw now to blum"
So IN gratifying her own love of os-
tcntation she has the audaoity to pre-
tend 1t Is HIS welfare she is looking
out for.
And where there is excessive splurge,
without q substantial fund Of the
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TESTING an Ed.

KD EALLY. Jane" demonstrated her mis-
tres. you must learn to be more
careful and test the eggs before you mix
than IN the puddlngi Now. a good way Of testing
u to take an egg In your hand. swing 1t around
q few times and then place II to your ear. II II
gives out Q pleasant. murmurins sound you may
then be quite sure that It " fresh and good
Like . dutifh cook Jane promised In future
10 obey her mistrss's Instructions and that sams
night there was hot baked custArd for dinner.
At least there was to have been hot bAksd
cyutsrd. But ct the crucial moment Jane ap-
pearsd UPON the sceus with nothing TO show
but . tsArtained face.
We'll. jane anxioutS Inquired hr mhtrssA
"Plsass, num-" gsspsd the sAddened ssFvant
'thsrs's . LITTLE somsthinS gone wrong. ! wss
o$ssdn' ~ -. - yoa tod - md eswtnG1n'
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the Bird.
And when the young chief. wayotah
the Sun, returned from his war asainst
tho Tahawi Indians she drew aside and
listened IN sadnesr and vain longinSs
to his boast!ngs.
Finally. with a great he~art-s.ckness
stealing over her. she sought her canoe
and padded GU upon the lake; she
knew there must be nc hope for her
since his word was given to another
and his troth vas sealed.
As soon as the feasting was over the
Sun followed the footprints OF the Bird.
He pursued her across lie lake and.
overtak!ng her. he tried TO embrace her.
She drew away: he begged her 10 sing
to him. She babe him begone.
Then. growing impatient. he COM
manded her to listen to him. She still
drew further away. He followed her.
Giving him one last glance. full OF
sorrow and love, she sprang to the edge
of q steep rock. As he fastened after
The evening world., 1911-07-13
The Jars Try to Lure Cupid Aboard an Excursion
Boat and Make Him Pierce a Perfectly Good Heart

She was an ardent Democrat herself.
for the reason that her husband was a
stanch Republican-tfis being the
main thing they could quarrel about. as,
strange to say. they both belonged to
the same religious denomination.
"A Democrat. We ginerally carried
them on Democrats" said Mrs. Dusen-
berry. ~ means a light spring wagon.
The evening world., 1911-07-13
An Overdose.

A WELL Known Federal Official WA str.,.
~ ing down Pennsylvania svenu. one sfts,
boy cptns bitterly.
Whats the matter with that oAiid," dema,I.
"a the oniciai somewhat psrsmpohH Of =,
woman who had him in chaFvs. as he iuf''
amt exactly H." Nspondsd TIE unmo,.a
woman, but between you end me- ID, = -.
eeh Amt soin' to sand nina douchLksr'-
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you know" she added.
The names an insult. and I do not
wan TO hear any more about ~"
snapped Mrs. Rangle.
You like to go TO places without an
escort?" said Miss Mudridgs to Miss
Hickett. For Miss Mudr!dge beheld HER
escort returning.
Mother Is very careful with whom I
The evening world., 1911-07-13

Mrs. Dusenberry
was speaking of
the basket picnic
to Glen Island. to
which the Jars.
the Rangles. the
Terwilligers. Cora
Hlckett and her
mother. Miss cara
NJ u d 4 o and
has hing Jack Sill
yer. the ~exaspsrat-
ing bachelor. 9
all going.
out In Indian
NY" Mrs. Dusen-
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started on its supplementary career. There are no end OF humorous
possibilities. but it is a s~hudderng sort Of fun.
A letter deliberately faxed, garbled, or misused with malicious
inient-a postscript of the current "Dickto- Dick" type, for instance
il not liable to do half as much harm Is a genuine and comparatively
innocent missive fallen into the wrong box.
A letter sent through the mails becomes the property in trust Of
the person to whom it is addressed. At the same time the right
to publish such a letter remains with tho writer. This partn ,rship
of interest between sender and recipient simply provides two horns
to the dilemma. Between the two, the letter slips out and gets into
print, and then the whole universe IL ain on It."
Under such circumstances the necessity Of taking precautions II
patters of correspondence il obvious. Tnleyrands cynical advice,
never to write a letter and never to destroy one, is not only i'm
practicable, but ilogical-for IL everybody followed it there would be
no letters to destroy. Since We must write occasionally, and have
no means Of compelling our correspondents to burn their correspond
ence, the only safe thing to do ia to sterilze our letters and make
them publcityproof before dropping them into that modern Lions
Mouth, the post-office.
Remember, the private letter is o confessional, whose sanctty is
not guaranteed inviolate.
The evening world., 1911-07-13
Interesting Bits of information.

II the same over which the library OF
Harvard College was carried to An
dover for safe keeping In Revolutions
airy days, Al that time tue booNs were
hauled IN OK carts
The Monet Mo) Mldgcts, heretofore
regarded as inyincible, went over to Au-
rora and Fot trimmed. In a column
obituary in the Monet Sta a Midget
fan explains that they had to pitch
d%ownhlll, had TO FIELD uphill and the UNI
plre was a burglar"
An English manufacturer at Bradford
Is now weaving a cloth made entirely
twarp and weft OF human hair. The
fabric is Intended for interllnlngs for
mems wear, and Possesses the .advan-
tages OF being absolutely unbrtakable,
unshrinkable and u~ncreasable
The evening world., 1911-07-13
The Days Good Stories

II round when II sliprei out Of my hand. and
blessed II 1t didn't biff the policeman in the
eye as he was watchin' me thru the window.
An please. mum" concluded the cook, brcak.
too. for i listened and | heard q murmurn.-,
oh. quite q loud murmurin'. mumr'-Tid Bitx
The evening world., 1911-07-13

RECORD breaking teachers as
n sembly was recently held at the
Philippine Normal School. over
n ne hundred provincial teachers re-
ported for duty. says the Manila Times.
The study was largely OF special indus
trial instruction and methods Of teach
ing. Industrial education Is a strong
hope Of the is,and Masses OF the peo-
pie have to be literally taught how TO
woTk.
The Andoyer Theological Seminary
has stored at Andover It's library OF
$500 volumes. these books Will be
moved 10 the library OF the new build
ing In Cambridge on motor trucks, II
10 interesting 10 know hat the road
which these books will traverse by way
Of Lawrence. Reading AID Wakefield
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zsen.4tsS By Helen Rou,land.

For 10, IN the fys Nhen emofons Uefe fdsh.
' tondbtc, and II a not yet considered BAD FORM to
ROWLAND display a little human feeling three sosc men NE. to-
oether to discuss this question.
And tho frat wise Man spoke, saying:
That 10 EASY For Is Il not LOVE whch makcth the WUd 90 roundr
But tho second cried: $
20 tot Lovc doeth not REALLY make the .cord 90 round; II merey
maketh a man so dizzy that everything SEEMETH to be going round Lo.
uhdt man hath died for lOvef Yet, have not thousands died for AM.
BrTIoNr"
Then the third Knocked them, saying!
"whdt folly pc taki For behold, do not men daily continue ia sacrifice
GAINr Therefore I say unto ye II 10 GREED whoh u the greatest Of oil
human emoronsf
Now at this point they looked up and discovered that, u usual n
WOMAN had been secretly LISTENING all the while.
And they waxed exceeding wroth and much bored, and cried out unto
her:
GO away! Knowest thou not that this IN a saepartyf To- what can,.
THOU understand Of such things7"
But the Woman dehed them. saying:
Go to! I understand sufficient to know that 70 ri WRONG, M and
all! For the greatest Of all human emotions which onsum mankind II
neither love. nor ambition. o. greed"
Then the Wise Men were aroused and questioned her, sayinE:
Tell US what IS ~"
And the Woman answered:
1T Is that tchch maketh q man to losc MS interest IN a roma IN mo-.
ment he hath found out all about her.
1T Is that tchich causeth him to forget his ambtnon ahflc he unosreth
upon the street corner to ndtch a fire Of a takir d
1T Is that rhich mdketh him to cas- aside his greed and Il part uth Ms
shekes I'm order that he may Join a secret society o. rttness a prize nghs"
verify rerily II is that 'whch consttuteth onethtd o, greed, tUothtyds
OF ambition, and ALL Of lore" =
And so saying, she rose to depart But the Wise Men uured erceedtnc
eager and a after her, imp1ofng that she tell them more conserving this
mysterious thing and demanding TO knop IT'S name. =
Then the Woman turned upon them and Knocked them tpA ;auoht.,
crying: Z
1T Is that, Oh, Stupid Ones, uhtch mdketh thee to pursue MI uMh tv
Quesnonin9s Yea, the GREATEST Of oil human emotions s CURIOSITY"
Sehhi
The evening world., 1911-07-13
4.582 DEAD IN THE STREETS.

IE Health Department makes public the figures
sent in by its contractors for the removal Of
dead horses and other animals from the streets Of
the Greater City during the week Of torrid weather
ending the week ended, the weather didn't on
Saturday night Inst. It is q sad and humiliating
record.
The number Of horses that died in New York
City during this terrible week was 948, az COM
pared with 447 in the corresponding week in 1910.
OF dead or doomed cats and dogs, no less than
3,G17 were taken up.
Ero,, .ho u,l;t,r;o, ro;,+ ~ ,;ou, - 4, .r,u ~.
The evening world., 1911-07-13

SkTBiS minds me OF when I lived
IN Indianny,' said Mrs. Du-
Senberry,
The evening world., 1911-07-13

LONG the tribe Of the Lower
Saranacs on the Lake Of the
Clustering Stars. now called
Tupper's Lake. lived a beau
tiful Indian maiden-Oseetah
The evening world., 1911-07-13
Cos Cob Nature Notes

dropping a penny In Wit In called the
slot md pushing something a handful
OF peanuts falls into the receptacle pro-
Weed. from which It Is Easy for the pur-
chaser TO extract them and proceed TO
enjoy his Intellectual fodder. Peanuts
are nour.shing and are an aid to re-
lection.
The evening world., 1911-07-13
LETTERS TO BURN.

PRIVATE LETTER may acquire historic and Pc
cuniary value. or it may develop a boomerang vital
ity for mischief, quito irrespective Of time, or ,f
the ordinary, normal hazards Of circumstance. 1t
may crop up Unexpectedly and make all sorts Of
trouble. 1t may disnppcar-as did n package OF
nine tied with rather faded pink ribbon" in tho
local celebrated case now before the public
and raise a fearful rumpus involving lawyers. de-
~tectivcs and policemen, in addition to the prin-
cipals in the affair. II may do both OF these
alarming things in quick succession. The lighter
the missive, the heavier its consequences. The
The evening world., 1911-07-13
Answer to the
Swiss Puzzle.

n NIss sw1TzER's feat of producing
MI the Swiss nag from an irregu-
AVA la~rly-shaped piece Of paper 10 ac-
complished as shown in the accompany
ing diagram.
Here 10 TIE answer to the Pictorial
Arithmetic PulEle: News + Pot - SIot+
Yawl-Awl+Bss + Fork Beef : Kew
York
The evening world., 1911-07-13

~uR Taxpayers Association. which
ia composed of people who are
afraid their taxes Will be raised,
ha. been formally !ndorsed by the Hon
James J.. walsh and Hon. I, y, Hub
bard. This insures It's permaner' pros
perity. The association has re-e.ccted
Charles A. Moore president, although
he is absent in Rome doing whatever It
Is that the Romans DO.
The evening world., 1911-07-13

-HE editor OF the Greenwich Graphic
has scored on on his coutcmqora-
L ries. the News and Press. lilo
has screwed on 10 the outer wal! his
establishment an interesting automatic
device fun of fresh roasted peanuts. by
The evening world., 1911-07-13

horses that count. Morally, this Wholesale hcartless Abandonment
Of the dogs and cats-hclplcss animals victimized as "pets"-should
smitc heavily on the consciences Of selfcomplacent citizens who
rejoice that they belong to u great and flouriShing Christian COM
nnnity. ,ssg.
The evening world., 1911-07-13
BY Roy l.. MCCardelI.

Copyright, 1911. by This Press Publishing Co.
CThe New York World.
The evening world., 1911-07-13

rvEN our most hopeful citizens have
given up the idea that state High
49, wayman Macdonald 10 going to
plant anything ON what was once the
Post road. Some thought last fall when
he hrst ploughed the thoroughrare up
that he Intended to seed down winter
wheat, hut this was Il wrong guess.
When spring anne II seemed as II oats
were tho proper thing. BY June It APP
peircd there was nothing loft to do ex-
cept to sow buckwhsat and turn It un-
der and then try red clover. 40 ms to
green-fertll!ze II for miscellaneous crops
next year. This has not been done, We
always knew he couldn't build roads,
Now It appears he cannot even farm 1t
!ntelligently.
The evening world., 1911-07-13

THE salary Of our genial Pos,mas-
ter, Charley Munzinger, has been
raised to sl.7Oo per annum. THIS
makes some OF our citizens feel like
being Democrats about 1918. whstT
The evening world., 1911-07-13

I0TEl r fairly makes us Dol! to read
"a Farmer Fullerton's brags about
the fertile soil OF Long Island
three feet deep and raising
- 200 bushels of potatoes TO the
acre which city folks sometimes pay
$50 per busho. for whon they can't get
any, while he knows perfectly wei that
al tails fertile soil' slid over from
Connecticut some years ago. Cauli-
flower. cabbagcs and raspherries are
also claimed IN profusion, while our
folks can scarcely raise c~arfaro, II mads
as further to sit on the depot platform
ana see showers s%prinkling all over
Long Island. while here 1t is dry as a
bone u L.. Jay Walsh's water COM
pany will not let us squirt on the gar
den because II has sold too much water
~ Portchester for money. though. good
ness knows. we pay enough for What We
don't get
The evening world., 1911-07-13

A FTER some six years In tho
"A SUM-, some enierprising person
mas shifted the depot bench to
place In the shade, This shows that
is by no means dead IN our
midst.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1911-10-20

If your family is worth the best you
can afford in house and food and
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Of stories alone The Companion
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than a cent apiece. Moreover, you
will look long before will find stories
SO varied and interesting-stories Of
GOODNESS in the face of peril, strange
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for the remaining weeks of 1911, con
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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1911-10-20
DUG-DRILLED WELLS
VERY DANGEROUS
Deadly Typhoid Fever Not an Un-
common Result.

Almost any community in which
wells have been drilled can boast of
number of combination dug and drill
Gu wells. The owners congratulate
themselves on their wisdom in utiliz-
ing an old dug we'll Is, 70 ,or 80 feet
in depth, and drilling through the bot
tom of this to a good flow of deep
water. The cost of drilling that 20
or 30 feet has been saved, certainly
an economy worth considering. AS a
matter of fact, this combined dug and
drilleu we'll is particularly dangerous
type. 1t may readily breed malarial
fever or even typhoid fever, which is
more prevalent in the country than
even in the overcrowded cities, in
spite of the supposed pure water sup
ply of nearly all farming sections. Such
a we'll is all the more dangerous be-
cause it is fancied to be safe. Al
though the water encountered by the
deep we'll may be perfectly pure at the
start, contamination may take place
almost Immediately by the entrance
especially after rains, of seepage water
into the casing of the drilled we'll. The
remedies are obvious. Either the
casing should be carried to the sur
face of the outside ground, or at least
above the highest level ever reached
by the water, or the open we'll should
be converted into a water-tight system
by applying a thick coating of cemen
over both sides and bottom. (Fron
Water-Supply Paper 223, UniteC
States Geological Survey.)
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1911-10-20
Fisk Williams Realty Go. Weekly DOiR'S
OCTOBER 10. 1911.
Ind. 2O36.

Business is undoubtedly picking up
along real estate lines. This company
has a number of buyers in the field
looking for desirable properties and
the other real estate firms are busy
IN the same manner. There is GER
tainly change taking place in money
matters and many encouraging things
are transpiring in local business cir
cles that loudly controvert the pernic-
ious growing of those who insist that
times will be worse before they are
better.
Such talk is pernicious. If you
really believe it there are two routes
open to your footsteps either Of which
will relieve your physical and mental
disorders and give you sweet sleep
and good appetite. One route is to
get posted when YOU will come to see
that your ideas need renovating. And
the other is to do your talking to a
hitching post. You see when you hand
out such talk there is occasionally A
man around who don't know that
most of it comes from your indiges-
tlon and 1t has some weight with him.
IL influences him to more conserva-
tlsm. he pinches his neighbor. the
neighbor pinches the grocer and the
grocer refuses you more bacon until
you pay, SO you're the magpie that
gets the ak in the end.
here is no country, worth living in,
that is free from fluctuations in the
supply OF circulating money. When
a shortage brings a depression there
IS nothing to do but wait for the re-
turning tide. When you are living in
a community where prices of land
have not advanced in twenty years,
these speels of waiting work, some
times. infinite hardships. When you
are living in country where new
land is coming into cultivation on
every side, where railroad and irri-
CATION development is newly installed,
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1911-10-20
County Clerks Report.

Clerk Stovel has gotten out his
quarterly report and it will be pub
lshed in due time in the official pa
per of the county. From this report
the taxpayer can get an intelligent
idea of the financial condition of the
county. 1t is worth careful read
ing by every taxpayer. Mr.. Stovel is
an able, efficient and accommodating
county officer He has certainly made
good in his present position. He anc
his capable assistants keep the Office
in fine shape and the work up to date