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ga GOOD many Americans, going
"A abroad for the first time, have the
complacent but mistaken idea that every
body knows English in Europe.
The speaker was a New York publish
err He resumed:
Let me tell you about JayhawKef,
Jayhawker of Chillicothe
"Jayhawker of Chillicothe had JUS, got
back from Paris. Now in Paris. Wien
street car is full. they put up a signal
complet-fuli-and afterward they won
let anybody else get aboard.
II said to Jayhawker, on his return
from the Vile Lumisre:
Ibid you see a good deal In Paris. my
boy?'
Yes, sir said he. 4 saw every place
but one. and that was Complet. Every
time / tried to get out to Complet, the
gosh-hanged cars were full.
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forth and the proper recommendations
made. The government has. in New
Mexico, a hospital for the care of men
of the navy who develop consumption.
The bureau is endeavoring to get an ap-
propr. a ton through Congress that Will
provide for the enlare ement of this nos
pital. and for the admission into 1t OF
people contracting consumption While
working in the government departments.
Another novelty that has been intro
duced into this bureau is a rest period
of ten m nutes in the middle of the fore
noon and again in the m dole or the art
ernoon. Much of the work IS very
tedious and exacting For instance,
there is one whole room filed with girls
who count money from morning TO night
There is another room filled with ma
chimes which perforate stamps. me
girl who operates one of these machines
feeds one sheet of stamps alter another
into it, The task is unending and un-
varying.
For these girls the rest period mas
been introduced For ten minutes the
machines or the counting. stops, the
girls relax and move about the rooms.
sun parlors adjoining are provided
wherever possible. The girls return to
their labor and it has been determined
by actual count, that more work Is
done with the relaxation than II the
ten minutes were used for work.
Another innovation that has been IN
troduced Is the establishment of a days
task. The foremen know exactly now
much Of a given sort Of work should
be done in an ordinary day. given
girl is assigned that amount OF work
and. when she has finished it, she is al
lowed to stop for the day. This creates
an inducement on the part of the In
dividual to get through with the work.
It lends an element of constant inter-
est in the progress of the work. Psyche
logically it exerts great influence upon
the spirit in which the task Is performed.
The new building of the bureau is
dozen times as big as the old one. IL IS
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such as few OF the great hotels of New
York could boast Over this is to he
erected an awning with plenty OF sun
shine around the edges and fresh air up-
derneath Here may those employees who
are prisoners for the day come for thei-
breath of outside air and bath in tho
sun. From this point of vantage these
employees may look down upon the pan
Drama OF the city with the dome OF tho
Capitol and the gilt OF the Congressional
Library in the distance, Viii e the Ro-
manish pile of the National Museum and
the spread OF the Mall occupies the fore
ground
Director Ralph has worked out a de-
tailed scheme OF cooperation through
which he expects the employees to hand
together, use the facilities provided and
produce hot and nourishng lunches thar
will be vastly cheaper than they could
be provided otherwise
IL will probably he the first OF the year
before the big new building is occupied.
despite the face that the shell OF IL ia
already up. IL is to be building full
OF machinery and the prospective post
ton OF each machine must be decided
upon. All these machines are operated
by electricity or gas and each requires itS
particular wiring or piping. All the thirty
acres of floor space IL sucA OF Chimes
puzzle of wires and pipes that IL seems
marvel that human ingenuity can master
the detail of their purpose and the scheme
Of things back of them.
But with these new quarters which have
been especially built for the performance
of the given task and for the comfort o.
workers in that performance the burea y
feels that Ii Will come into its own and
that its last remaining theories OF so ad-
ministering itself as to deserve its claim
Of the model shop may he put into oper
elton.
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Anecdotes Concerning
Well KNOWN People
A Compliment.

THE marriage Of Miss Inez Milholland
! reminded a Philadelphia suffragist OF
an anecdote about the fair young pro-
pagandist.
Miss Milholland was speaking" she
said, Ito the women o. the East Side
She spoke on female suffrage. and she
looked, as usual. Very charming in one OF
those loose and careless, yet cingins-
loosely clinging-gowls OF the new
fashion.
AT the end she said:
And now are there any questions?
Any one who has any questions TO ask
j shall be very much pleased 10 answer
any questions to tie best OF my ability
"A woman rose in the back OF the hall.
well? smiled Miss Miiholland.
"'Would you please tell me. miss said
the woman eagerly, where you get your
corsets?
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Pleasures of Hope.

<frYOPE," said Mayor Gaynor a. Q
luncheon in New York. Hope
man il never without it,
The mayor looked about him in his
quiet, whimsical way.
Hope never deserts man." he said.
when q man Is young he hopes to at
tain fame. When he's old he hopes to
escape the poorhouse."
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How the New Secre-
tary Looks, Acts and
Talks-His Big Job
and How He Will
Handle It-He Dis
cusses Farm Life Yer
sus City Life and Says
the City Man Has the
Advantage Uplifting
the Farmer Rural
Health and Rural Edu-
catlon-The Mosquito,
the Fly and the Hook
worm as the Worlds
Deadliest Insects.
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Caught in the Act.

G ENATOR TILLMAN was arguing the
~ tariff with an opponent
"You know, / never boast" the oppo-
nent began.
Never boast? Splendid!' said Senator
Tillman. and he added quietly: mo won
der you brag about it,
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teen million school children, that it has
eight hundred million dollars invested In
school property, and that we spend more
than million dollars a day TOT every
day of the school year upon training our
children, but when you come 10 the de-
tails as to the country communities our
voices sink and our faces blush Inc
country school enrolment is more than
81 per cent of the whole, but Its annuai
expenditures are less than !" per
cent. 1t has sixty-seven out OF every
hundred school children. and it receives
only thirty-three dollars out of every
hundred appropriated, The cost OF teach-
ing child in the cities averages thirty
three dollars a year. The money sPen.
upon him in the country averages only
thirteen dollars. In other words. the
city child gets almost three tunes as
much for his education as the country
child.
Il have before me some figures as
to this matter of our city and rural
education" continued Mr.. Houston,
Here are a half-dozen states where
the city children are annually receiV-
ing for their schooling several times
as much money as the country chlioreh.
In North Carolina the city child gets
SIS and in Tennessee he has $40 tor his
education. In each of those states the
country child receives only so.o0. IN
Mississippi the annual cost OF educato
ing every city child is $14. while only $45o
head is spent on the children VINO go
to school outside the cities. In Ana,
bama the expenditure on the city cnllo
is So and upon the country child S4.D.
In Missouri the average cost OF teach. .
ing the city boy is $33. while that
Of the country boy is less than -.
In some states the proportion is less
In favor of the city. although the city
child always comes out ahead: In
Wisconsin the city child gets sSs q
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HIS letter Is about
the great American
Abraham. the pa
triarch OF our agri-
cultural snterests,
boss farmer of the
United States. I
might rather say
the boss OF the
farmers. for II Is
about the man who
10 at the head of
our great farming
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body Of ncle
Sans workers that
each day manufac-
lures enough paper
money to carpet a
five-acre tract OF
land makes up the
personnel of what
has come to be
known as the gov
ernmcnts IN o q G
working force. In
this same workin <
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Secretary Houston's life has been one
OF close thinking. and much OF his
thinking has been along agricultural
lines. He was born on a farm. and his
father was we'll enough off to give his
children a good education. At the same
time he made them learn farming. AS
soon as little David was old enough to
work he followed the pillow. and later
on did every kind Of farm work, from hoe
ing corn TO dynamiting stumps and split
ting rails. He had also to plan out the
crop and see that II was taken to market.
At the same time he was going to
school, and l venture he liked school
life better than farm life. He left the
farm at the age of seventeen. He then
taught country school, and In certain
sense he has been a school man ever
since. The place where he taught was
q shell of house. situated In a clearing
surrounded by stumps. His pupils ranged
In age from seven to twenty-six, and
about the only advantage he had over
some of them SO he says. was that
he could keep the book In his hand while
they had to do the reciting. He was
secretly afraid of the skill of one boy in
mathematics. OF q young woman In
geography and of full half dozen In
spelling and still he knows he was not
then below the aver age of those who are
country.
But all that was when David Houston
was seventeen. and little more than a
boy. He 10 q we'll educated man now.
for he has been going to school ever
since After teaching. he entered the
chief college OF his state of South Caro-
Hna, and graduated there at twenty-one.
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DAY this force turns out enough postage
stamps 10 stick OF every inch Of a siA-
acre surface. Eleven acres might be COW
cred with the revenue stamps that they
produce each day.
These model workers for Uncle Sam are
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New Bureau of En-
craving and Printing Is
Nearing Completion
Many Things Have
Been Done for the
Wellbeing of the EN-
ployes - Co operative
Lunchrooms. Two Roof
Gardens, Thirty Acres
of Floor Space and a
House of Glass.
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not because they are mental detectives
but on account Of their health Or.
Quick has been investigating the matter
Out of 25o,O00 failures he found that III
per cent had not been able to pass on
account of Ill health. About per cent
OF these failures had bad teeth. adenoids,
defective vision. and other things Wnfch
kept them back. He found that the chill
dren who had bad teeth were on the
average six months behind those with
good teeth. Indeed, DR.. Osler says that
more damage is done TO our health by
bad teeth than by alcohol ! think every
child should be examined as to SUCH mat
tiers. whether his parents wish. it or not
and that he should be put on the road TO
health.
In another investigation" the Secre-
tary continued. $1,000 children were ex-
amined, and Of these over 5000 pr0vei
defective either as to their breathing
sight tonsils, teeth or as to the work
ing of the skin. Thirty-three thousand
out of the $1,000 had bad teeth. This con-
dition prevailed largely throughout the
country schools. 1t is being investigated
and remedied to some extent IN the
cities. The work should be extended to
every school in the land"
"But how about the rural school from
an educational standpoint" said /. Il
thought one of the proudest things OF
which America could boast was the
country schoOlhouse."
That may be so in widely separated
individual instances" replied the Secre-
tary Of Agriculture. 'It is not so OF the
country school generally. Indeed, l be-
nevs our rural school is q national rail-
ure. The largest part OF the money
spent on education in this country goes
IN thu cities II sounds well when we
saw that the United States has seven
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there should be no favoriteS. The golden
rule is all that any employe can ask for
or hope for. l find that as rule he is
content when he receives it. | find that
when | give him the best | have he In
variably gives the best he has in return.
I'm our bureau we have motto that
We instill into every empoye: Perfection
is no trifle but trifies make perfection.
So it is with every great industry. With
the infinitesimal imperfection corrected,
you achieve perfection.
las much zeal should be exercised In
the selection of an employee to whom is
intrusted the care or construction OF
machinery as to the quality and stand
ard of the materials purchased. The
qualifications of prospective employe
cannot be measured by any laboratory
analysis, or with the aid of caliper or
Enthusiastically experience will demon
strate his worth. Hence 1T is essential
to surround him with environment that
will assist in developing his best efforts
or exposing his shortcomings. care
should be exercised to elm mate men or
vicious habits or socialistic tendencies.
In a factory the health, comfort and
happiness of the employees Is just as
essential as that the machinery should
be oiled or kept in good repair. In this
connection a man who is well fed is IN
better condition to render good service
than he who is poorly fed and perhaps
in need Of nourishment Hence the In
stallation of our cooperative lunch
room.
ITO get the best possible results in a
factory should be secured and held the
confidence Of the men, and where the
workers are trained along limited lines
of perfecting certain class Of machinery
frequently results may be secured by
the introduction of expert mechanics
whose training has been along different
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industry. the one whom OF all others
Uncle Sam has chosen for the next four
Fears to devote his time and brains TO
the lettering OF the farm and the farm
ira
I refer TO the new Secretary OF Agncul-
iGre David Franklin Houston. a live man
u live place. and the place which many
ts.irk Is just now more important than
any other on our big patch OF this great,
round earth.
David Houston is at the head OF our
AGRICULTURAL industry. Do you understand
nat that ineans' He is In charge of the
BUSINESS that makes the wheels OF the
[ nited States 90 round He has the
neys OF the treasure vaults which I'LL our
pockets and furnish the money to remedy
our financial mistakes. He is the boss
workman over the mine out of which We
annually take thousands of millions OF
dollars. knowing that an equal or greater
sum will be hoisted up the same shaft
year after year for generations to come.
The output of that mine last year was
-. 500. 0OO. 900, and within the past sixteen
years. according to Secretary Wilson. il
has amounted to more than $loS. OO0.-
10000.
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at it's own valuation and the sum
realized would be only seventy billions.
You could carve up Russia and peddle
out its territories in Europe and Asia
and the total amount would be only
thirty-five billions. Now II you add the
two together you will have one hundred
and five billions. or just what we have
gotten out of our soil in the last six
teen years. You have heard OF the fat
wooden stockings Of France, the mighty
industries of economical Germany and
the wealth OF the Austrians, which they
spend SO freely on human enjoyment. All
the riches OF France, Germany and
Austria are not equal to that sum, and
and in property out Of Italy, Belgium,
Spain, Holland, Portugal and Switzer-
land, and add them together, they would
not make much more than one-third or
the amount the good red earth has
poured into our pockets. She gave US
last year almost ten billions, and at the
same rate of production she will within
the next thirteen years spill out enough
TO more than equal all the wealth we
have now. Our total assets are est1-
mated at one hundred and twenty-five
billion dollars. They are only 16 per
cent more than what we have taken out
of the earth since your daughter OF
sweetheart who Is sweet sixteen nrst
nations are less than forty billion dol
lars. We take almost one-ouarter as
much every year out of our soil. How is
that for a business. In these days OF
big businesses?
And now JUS, a word about the man at
the head Of the business. / had my first
meeting with him today. In his ONCE at
the Agricultural Department. and we
spent an hour or SO talking along the
lines of his great undertaking. He seems
a big man. and / doubt not he will size
up to the Job. Indeed. Mr.. Houston
looks more like a business man than q
farmer. He is tall. straight and broad
shouldered. He wears business clothes,
and he talks In a practical way. He has
q serious face. with dark eyes which
smile now and then. indicating a strong
sense of humor He speaks in plain
English and his words are well chosen.
He thinks in paragraphs. and 1t takes
close attention to follow his arguments.
When you suggest a subject he exhausts
It, going to his secondly. thirdly and
sometimes to his sixthly before he gets
through.
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One hundred and five billion dollars!
The sum gives no idea except that OF
big figures. How much Is II? Is there
anything that will give us a comparison?
I have before me the assets of the
greatest countries on earth. The United
States leads. and next comes Great
Britain. Great Britain has more money
than any other nation outside OF our
pwn. and Russia has by far the most
land. You could sell out Great Britain
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ct do not think the importance of rural
health can be overestimated," continued
Secretary Houston lit should be ad-
vanced in every possible way and that
especially az related to the schools. We
have now 100000 pupils In the schools
of the United States. and Q large per-
centage OF them fall to pass each year.
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-05-01

Many have smoked LEWIS Single Bind
er cigar for the past sixteen years. Alway,
found in reliable quality. ADV.
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-05-01
Water Eight Times Used.

A part OF the water OF .he Santa
Ana river In southern California Is
used eight times, as follows: From a
reservoir in the San Bernardino noun.
tains 1t Is diverted through two cleo
trio power plants and then used for
irrigation purposes about Redlands
and Highlands. The water not absorb
ed by the ground Is recovered
through springs and used for irri.
eating the land about San Bernardino
Some of 1t reappears in the Riverside
Narrows and Is utilized for power pur.
poses, 1t is then returned to the river
above Corona and distributed by
canals to the Orange groves around
Santa Ana. Some of the water is once
more recovered by the pumping plants
west of this city and used for tho
eighth time.-.Popular Mechanics.
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-05-01

Paternal Wisdom.
"Pa, what is a classic?"
THAT depends. my son. A classic in
Kentucky Is q horse race"
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-05-01
Nav Have Cure for Neuralola.

One never gets much sympathy for
neuralgia--nor seasickness. prcsum.
ably because they do not Kill. But
people have died from the results Of
seasickness and the list Of those who
have been driven to suicide by neural.
gia would be II startling one. Now
comes DR.. Rudolph Matas Of New Or
leans with u statement that neuralgia
may be cured by injections Of alcohol
into the nerve ganglions at the base
of the skull. This gratifying discov.
cry justifes the hope that the tri.
umphant progress Of medical science
will presently enable our physicians
to alleviate headaches and colds.
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-05-01
a Hundred Years Auo.

There were strong indications that
Europe would become involved In q
disastrous war.
IL was feared by some people thai
the government at Washington was
going to wreck things beyond the pos
sibility Of repair
llctty Green hadn't saved cent.
Indiana had less than twenty sue
ccssful authors.
II was generally believed that the
rich were getting richer and the poor
poorer.
Old inhabitants were insisting that
the climate had changed for the worse
since they were boys.
No Englishman had considered II
necessary to write his Impressions Of
the United States.
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-05-01
"TAE GRANARY OF
NORTH AMERICA" j"
GOVERNOR SULZER SAYS THAT
OF WESTERN CANADA.

The close ties Of friendship exist.
ing between the United States and
Canada were dwelt upon in addresses
BY Premier Robert L. Borden, of Can
ada, and Governor Sulzer, at the an.
nual dinner of the University Club Of
Albany.
Canada and the United States"
said Premier Borden, have common
heritage in the language. the litera.
ture. the laws, the institutions and the
traditions which have come down to
them from the men Of bygone days.
perhaps no more instructive object
lesson ever has been given to the
world than the four thousand miles Of
undefended boundary line from the
Atlantic to the Pacific. which bears
silent but eloquent testimony to the
mutual confidence and respect of the
two nations. Time will shortly place
upon the brow of each nation the lau.
rel of one hundred years Of peace. 1t
matters not so much as to the form
Of the outward celebration, but let us
hope that its full Significance may
sink deep into the hearts of both ma.
tons, and that, whether north or south
OF the boundary, we may stand with
bowed and reverent heads, offering
grateful thanks for the Divine blessing
OF peace, and earnest prayers that in
the century to come, mutual confidence,
goodwill and respect may truly ami.
mate the ideals and aspirations of both
nations"
Referring to the natural resources
possessed by the United States and
Canada, particularly along the st.
Lawrence River, the premier urged
that they be preserved and developed
for the people"
Governor Sulzer predicted that the
"Great Canadian Northwest is designed
to become, before long, the granary OF
North America"
Many of our best citizens, I regret
to say" said the governor, "are leav.
ing the States Of the west and going
into the Canadian northwest, because
Of the fertility of its soil. the lib.
erality Of the Canadian government
and the ability Of those people to bet
ter their conditions here.
I'VE should extend to them a help.
ing hand in their onward march of
progress. Instead Of closing our doors
by tariff barriers against these coun.
tries and their products. In my opinion.
we should open them wider and do
everything in our power to facilitate
closer commercial relations. We want
their products and they want our prod.
ucts, and all restrictions to prevent q
fairer and freer exchange OF goods,
wares and merchandise should, in so
far as possible, be eliminated."-Ad.
vertisement.
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-05-01
Good Evidence.

Katherine had been brought up to
believe that tale-bearing was despic'
able. but there were times when her
greedy twin strained her principles to
the swapping point.
katherine" said her mother one
day, us 1t possible that you and How.
ard have eaten that whole bag of pep
permints that ! meant to take to
grandmother. just because l left the
bag on the table?"
II didn't take one Of them. mother.
said Katherine Indignantly, but How
ard-well. / sha'n't tell tales. but you
Just smell him!"-Youth's Companion.
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-05-01
INTERNATIONAL
SUNDAWSCfN)OL
LESSON
LESSON FOR MAY 4
JOSEPH ,NrgRpRErs DREAMS.

LESSON TENT-Gcn 4O9-2S
GOLDEN TEXT-"Tha breath Of tho
Almighty givcth them understanding. -
job. 32:S, II. V.
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-05-01
In Cav Nnw Xnrh.

MY dear" said the New York man,
where did you get the new waitress"
she says sho used to be In vaude-
villc.' replied his wife
Good. Now we can have home din.
ners with cabaret features"
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-05-01

Shorter engagements. IL followed by
longer marriages. would help some.