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, 1914-11-05

-Ielepaxhy" is an instance OF a new
tangled word for an old thing. Bacon
called It sympathy between two dis
eant minds. Izaak Walton similarly
explained Dr.. Dunne's vision insParis
OF his wife and dead child. observing
that IF two lutes are strung to an ex-
act harmony and is struck the 9TH
er sonndsr Scottish highianders9who
would have been puzzled by the word
"telepathy," have long been familiar
with the idea for which IL stands An
drew Lang quoted the case, of q poor
highland woman who wrote to her son
In Glasgow. Don't be- thinking too
much Of us, or I shall be seeing you
some evening In the byre."
My father once had n curious .tele-
pathic experience. He was dressing
In his bedroom one morning when he
suddenly saw the face of a. Scotch
servant girl. ~contorted with agony. In
the looking glass before him. He
went downstairs to the kitchen and
found the girl writhing ina ft upon
the floor, her facesiexactly as he had
seen 1t In the mirror.-London Specta-
tor.
, 1914-11-05
IFooIishness of Bettino.

Being firmly convinced that a GER
tain, contest would terminate in con.
formity with his opinions, a farmer I n
New York stute wagered his new auto
mobile against a-wheelbarrow on the
result of then contest in squestion--and
lost. Giving up the property. he grim
ly trudged seven miles to his home.
Probably his family noticed THAI he
had a crouch too Considered In the
calm. clear, cold light Of pure reason,
the gentleman succeeded In proving
himself a lea relative to a California
canary-otherwise known as a donkey.
Had he won the bet the result would
have been pretty much the same, for
betting is not argument, evidence or
proof Of anything. 1t adds no force,
power or dignity to any opinion or set
of opinions. 1t Is merely the outpour-
ing Of the lgambling spirit. and that Is
a spirit that has led many a man to
utter beggary who might have adorned
a. home and ornamented a community.
detroit Free Press. 2
, 1914-11-05

The long leggedest man we know is
our friend H.. Bingham Palmer. He
can take steps above five feet long. in
spite of which he is devoted to horse
back riding. 3
: Recently he came into the office to
chat awhile. and we noticed that he
hmped. q
"Cornf' was asked sympathetically.
"Nope-accident," he answered, as
answers one who doesn't care to talk
about something. That aroused our
curiosity, and we couldn't help showing
it, probably. for he sighed and on
fessed:
II was ndin' through the park Mon
day. and / was just ridin- along and
.ridinA along and not thinkin' Of any
thing in particular, and my foot slip
ped out Of the stirrup." N
: .Well?" -
"Well, the darn horse stepped on itT
-Cleyeland Plain Dealer.
, 1914-11-05

During many of the nights in Sep
TENDER the inhabitants of the island OF
Helgoland are astir with big lanterns
and a kind Of enormous butterfly net.
the former to attract and dazzle the
migrating birds when they come to
earth to rest, and the latter to secure
them. Mt. Seebohm. the great author
ity on bird migration. states that he
has known as many as $1,000 skylarks
to be caught on the island in a single
night. TIE migrating birds are always
interesting to the ships that ply across
the North sea and the Baltic In Sep
TENDER thsy settle on yard arm or on
deck. rather tired. and the senmen
catch files and collect them into recep-
tacles for the benefit OF the birds.
, 1914-11-05

r The uses of refined borax are mani
fold. 1t is infinitely better than soda
forsyashing purposes. lit may be used
In the proportion Of a large handful
to ten gallons of boiling water. and
will effect a great saving in soap. II
you are-about & -wash delicate laces.
or cambria use an extra quantity of
powder. The effect of borax Is to sof-
ten the hardest water. andabeing a neu-
trai salt, 1t does not in thesslightest de-
gree injure, b eltexture ofdinen or any
other delicate material washed with It.
New York Globe.
, 1914-11-05

Exercise to be beneficial o must do
these things:
" First-It must slightly increase the
strength and force of the heart beat
so as to improve the circulation and
do away with any tendency to sluggish
ness.
Second. 1T must slightly quicken
and deepen the breathing rate so that
more pure air Is drawn into the lungs
and less impure air Is left behind.
Third. III must stimulate into nor
NAL activity the myriads of glands in
the skin whose duty 1t is to rid the
body of a part Of the poisonous sub
stances constantly being formed with
In us.
Practically any exercise, f~flrcarried
out with the correct degree of moder-
alton. will accomplish these results
and 80 deserves the term beneficial
exercise" The trouble is that indulg-
ed in past moderation almost every
form Of exercise can do more. harm
than good.-New York World.
, 1914-11-05
JUST A o Y IDEA.
Il Made the Invention of the Reapins
~ Machine a Success.

Il Made the Invention of the Rsapins
Machine a Success.
In 1880 obed Hussey OF Ohio was in
venting a reaping machine, the first
ever designed In this country. His
chief difficulty was the cutting device,
which was three large sickles set in a
frame and revolved so as to cut into
the grain. II would not work satisfac-
torily.
A young son. watching the expert
ments, asked his father why he did not
use a lot Of big scissors, with n ham
die fastened to one bar and the other
handle to a sliding bar. thus opening
and closing them.
Hussey Instantly adopted the idea,
substituting for scissors the two saw
toothed blades which are in common
action being quite similar to that Of
scissors.
From the boys suggestion he per-
fected in one week a machine on which
he had In vain exercised all his In
genuity for the preceding two years.
The principle of hat cutting device is
the principle Of all of the great harvest
ing machines. and its benefit 70 the
farming industry OF the entire world
has been unsurpassed by any other In
vention for use on the farm.-George
y. Stratton. In st. Nicholas.
rney conquer VINO Je1sv rney can
| Old Saying.
, 1914-11-05
BELLIES OF THE ORIENT.
Beauty Baths and cosmeties Are the
Light of Their Lives.

oeauty-6akhs -Soonotic9 ARE xno
Light of Their Lives.
II the of fashion of London,
Paris or New York spent as much time
over her toilet as her sister of the far
east she would have very little left In
which to attend to her social and do
nestle duties.
The oriental belle devotes post Of
her day to the preservation of her
fealth and beauty. She uses many
wonderful cosmetics for coloring her
eyes and brows and for Identifying
her skin. On arising her hair Is dress
ed by her maid, who messages the
scalp with oil made from aloe wood or
cocoanut. The eastern woman will
never Interfere with the color of her
hair. for the long silky blue black ocks
are considered her chief charm.
Next a very hot bath is prepared,
and in this she remains for two or
three hours. In place of soap number
less unguents are used. which render
the skin as soft as velvet. These deli
cate perfumes are secret preparations
of the bathing woman
The hair of the oriental beauty Is
beautifully long and soft. and they
have a way of arranging 1t which adds
a distinct charm. The face is washed
over with milk into which the juice OF
permeate the garments, but are seldom
II ever used on a handkerchief.-De-
troit Free Press.
, 1914-11-05

One of the sights to be remembered
in Portugal. said the Rev. 81. o. Fen
ton. lecturlng at the Royal Photograph
ic society. was hat Of the postman de
hvering his letters mons the congre-
CATION at church on Sunday. thereby
saving himself many a weary walk
Pail Mall Gazette.
, 1914-11-05

The establishment Of the trial by
Jury runs back even prior to the time
Of Alfred the Great. He Is said to
have organized juries of twelve men
as now In practice. but ven earlier
six Welsh and six Anglo-Saxon free
men acted as a jury where there was
q dispute between Welsh and Saxons.
, 1914-11-05

Jim told me a riproaring joke that
was played on some member OF your
club last evening. Were you therer'
Yes. I was there, II was an abom-
Unable. farfetched"-
"O-oh! ink did not tell me that you
were the man 1t was on" - Houston
Post.
, 1914-11-05
Changes.

.You will admit a wise man some
times changes his nmindr
eyes, 70 replied, SENATOR Sorghum
-He also changes his wardrobe But
In doing SO he avoids popular attention
as much as , Observation-Disclosures
Star.
, 1914-11-05

Improve at first meant to rebuke. to
condemn or disapprove. In the
French It means precisely the oppo-
site Of the English word. Milton uses
It in the sense OF increase. Only in.
the course of ages did 1t take on the
present Specification OF lettering.
, 1914-11-05

Louis XIV. having shown Boileau
some verses OF his W composition.
demanded his candid opinion about
them.
"Sire." answered the poet. your maj
esty wished to write poor lines and you
did 1t so we'll that youN proved that
nothing Is impossible to your majesty
, 1914-11-05

Az, storm following storm and wave
succeeding wave give additional hard
ness to the shell that NJ tine
pearl, SO do the storms and waves OF
life add force to the character OF man
, 1914-11-05

A woman can become highly excited
over the fact that a bride is starting
out In married life with machine hem
med napkins. -Cincinnati Enquirer.
, 1914-11-05

Do not talk about yourself In com
pany. 1t can be done so much more
satisfactorily after you have left
Lippincott's.
, 1914-11-05

The United States governments test
for color In bunting Is six hours I'm,
mersion In salt water and sir hours
exposure to the sun.
, 1914-11-05

He is not many who yields to dts OF
anger, but he who Yields -eomposur~
and Kindness = MarcussAursius
, 1914-11-05

A cubic foot Of newly fallen snow
weighs ave and one-half pounds and
has twelve times the bulk Of an equal
weight of water.
, 1914-11-05

Gabe-Smith is an unsociable cuss,
isn't her Steve-Should say so. Why.
that guy wouldn't ven talk In his
sleep. -Cincinnati Enquirer.
, 1914-11-05

l wasted time. and now time doth
waste me.-Shakespeare.
The Nevada County picayune., 1914-06-05
These figures show how

eight years. These figures show how quickly the railroads are passing out of the hands of Wall street. If we don't like the way the New Haven & Hartford has been managed, why in the name of the Sacred Cod don't we | little fellows who own 50 or 50 Der cent of the stock give some descend ] ant of Miles Standish our proxies and tell him to go down to New Haven and put in a board of directors who wouldn't treat that fine old road as they might treat Jersey COW! take all her milk and cream for their own table and after she was worn out and scrapped throw the carcass to the wolves of Wall street and toss the horns and hoofs to the stockholders. There isn't a big road in the country which isn't owned by enough stock holders to take the control away from Wall street if they don't like the pres ent management Government owner ship, in the sense of popular owner ship, is a fine thing. We believe in it, but most of us don't know that we
 
 any of the evils which might ensue if we put the aforesaid patriots in the place of Elliott, Req, Earling, Hughitt and Hill. We have not only practical public ownership, widely distributed
 but we have absolute government con trol. When it comes to fixing rates, issuing passes, equipping trains with safety appliances and hundred and sixteen other matters of regulation, even down to the way of keeping books, the Interstate Commerce Con- mission, the direct agency of the gov ernment, is the whole works. How thoroughly it regulates is apparent from the fact that when it began busi- ness in 1888 with five commissioners the annual cost was $97,867. In 1912, with only two more commissioners, the cost of regulation was $1,469,6
 The only alternative to outright, formal, complete government owner ship and operation of our railroads is to increase their earning power so that they can meet their increasing expense of operation without going into bankruptcy. This may be done by allowing them slight increase
The Nevada County picayune., 1914-06-05

slender margin of profit that in- vestors, little and big, are afraid that the day will come, if it is not already 1 here, when they cannot pay their in- terest Such failure will bring us back to the situation of 1893, when 29,340 miles of American railroads were in the hands of receivers.
 What is the cure for this threatened paralysis of our biggest arm of in- dustry? l occasionally hear some off hand glib reply. Government own ership!" If 1 were big railroad off cial put in a swivel chair in the dual capacity of being trustee for a prop erty representing a billion dollars, owned by S4,244 people, half of them women and children, as is the case with the Pennsylvania railroad, and on the other hand representing a pop ulation of 10,000,000 people who in habit the territory through which my road passes, and as I sat far into the night with my associates and subor- dinate officers trying to devise econo- mics that would insure my employers the stability of their investment, while we tried as hard to provide the service required by our patrons, think 1 would feel like throwing up the sponge and say, "Yes, let us turn the job over to the government and let Barnes and Lorimer and Penrose and Boss Cox and Taggart and Roger Sullivan and that whole kit of patriots apply their organizing managerial tal- ent, They have made money by com bining business with politics. I'll re- sign, let us put the throttle in their hands"
 If the government took over the railroads, it, of course, would have to buy them. Confscation of property is forbidden by the constitution. They would cost at least $20000,00 900, fifty times as much as the Panama canal, which isn't paid for yet and will not be for 20 years. Of course, the government could issue bonds and sell them, perhaps, quite easily with it's guarantee. But who is the gov
The Nevada County picayune., 1914-06-05

about 40 tons apiece, the new steel type weigh GO or 75, and our fast trains require 200-ton engine.
 Not only in the passenger service do We require quality, but in the freight service as well. When We load car of cattle or hogs within 200 miles of market we don't intend to stay a week on the way and see them shrink all the gain we have been putting on them the last four weeks with 60-cent corn. We must make the yards be- tween sunset and sunrise, and the railroads make good. They run live stock almost on passenger train sched- ule. At their destination they require costly terminals, so there may be no congestion of freight. The cost of ter minals, owing to increased value of city property, has run into the mil lions. We also demand car service. This has been a mild winter, but a few weeks of zero weather in the northwest will produce a need for coal
The Nevada County picayune., 1914-06-05

hour and losing the top market on which he had figured this morning.
 To supply these immediate require ments of the railroads, not for their benefit alone, but for ours as well, will cost, in the judgment of James J. Hill, half billion dollars. These bet terments during the next five years will cost $2,OO0,000,000. Who is to supply this money? All of us, of course, as we have in the past; that is, all who have $500 or $1,000 to pur- chase a railway bond or certificate of stock. But not now, not now, Uncle Henry. Why not? Why, don't you know that railway stocks have gone tumbling down in the last ten years? Good old New York Central common sold for $16S in 1902 and last year it was as low at 903s; Pennsylvania common sold for s170 in 1902; it was down to $106 in December, 1913; Chi cago & Northwestern common sold for $271 in 1902; it was down to $123 in
The Nevada County picayune., 1914-06-05

more railroad stocks all the while. In 1904 there were only 3S3 share holders in Great Northern; in 1912 there were 17,S41. In 1904 there were 36S shareholders in the Northern Pa citic; in 1912 there were 13,9S7. In 1904 there were 149,791 shareholders in 19 of the larger railroad systems;
 in 1912 there were 297,575 sharehold- CTS in these same roads, an increase of 9S.7 per cent, or nearly double in
The Nevada County picayune., 1914-06-05
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confront the railroads again without
 notice. They require money to buy
 more equipment and to double track their lines so that they can move their trains more quickly. They must also enlarge their terminals so they may avoid congestion. Who will be the greater gainer from these improve ments, they or we? Ask the man who has a few loads of stock bottled up on the side track losing weight every
The Nevada County picayune., 1914-06-05

is their stock down, but their bonds, which used to sell on 31a or per cent basis, now scarcely sell at all
 Some of our better roads have had to issue short term notes at per cent, which the banker takes on suspicion at discount. Some issue equipment notes, which means a chattel mort gage on engines and cars. Why is all this? Simply because the very best railroads are doing business on such
The Nevada County picayune., 1914-06-05

December, 1913. C., M. & St. P. sold for 19S& in 1902; it went as low as 96& in 1913, and now hovers around par shrinkage of approximately one half. I name these roads because they are we'll managed and have never been the football of high finance. Not only
The Nevada County picayune., 1914-06-05

exceptions. Five per cent added to the rates on the specific items named above will show how little the added
 rate would hurt the individual ship per, But what would it do for the railroads and what would 1t do for us all? If the per cent were added, not alone to the traffic of eastern
The Nevada County picayune., 1914-06-05

that will tax the capacity of traffic
 to the utmost. We have not forgotten the winter of 19O7-S. when people were all but freezing to death because there were not cars enough to haul fuel, nor power enough to haul the cars This is the situation which may
The Nevada County picayune., 1914-06-05

ernment? Why we are-E. Pluribus Unum & Go. We little fellows, so to speak, own a majority of the railroad banks, or as policyholders in insur- ance companies, and we are buying bondholders, or as depositors in
 mileage, either as shareholders or
The daily sentinel., 1914-06-01
DEATH PENALTY IS
DISCUSSED BY MINISTERS
sentlnel specinl servlcn,

oeHlluel Sptclal service.
Chicago. June THE Presbyterian
general assembly has laid before it
the prison reform report of
fered by the Rev w. Francis Irwin.
ot Louisville, the chairman, action
having been deferred. 1t did not
touch upon the punishment of mur-
derers or the death penalty. but sew
eral ministers expressed themselves
IN favor OF capital punishment.
The Rev. G. G. Sterling of Eureka,
III, said he understood the Bible to
justify death sentences for murder.
Chairman Irwin replied that his
opinion was that no government nor
II,e man had the fight to take human
II do not believe in killing man
to reform him. said the Rev. Mr.
Irwin.
The committee recommended: That
courts instead of prisons be made in
strumental for the reformation OF
criminals.
That prison sentences be the last
steps of the law, instead of the first
That proven incorrigibles be SEN
fenced to prison for life.
That the prison contract labor sys-
TEN should be condemned.
During the discussion of the report
the Rev. James Carter, of Lincoln
neutrality-suspicious. offered an
amendment disclaiming any inten-
tion of the assembly to condemn the
Biblical punishment for murder.
What is the Biblical punishment
Tor murder?" shouted delegate in
the rear. Cain was not executed for
the murder of Abel
The amendment was voted down.
The provision condemning contract
prison labor caused another discus
sion. One delegate said the abolition
of contract labor in penitentiaries
had caused marked increase in tu-
berculosis among the prisoners, and
he opposed the passage of the recon-
mendation for this reason.
The Rev. S. C. George of Pittsburgh
offered an amendment to the report
of the committee directing that fl
nancial aid be withheld from all can
didates addicted to tobacco. 1t vas
referred to the committee on bills
and overtures.
One thousand dollars as the mini
mum salary of a Presbyterian minis
ter was advocated by the Rev. Muir
dock Mcleod of Tacoma, chairman of
the committee on ministerial relief.
The daily sentinel., 1914-06-01
POPE SPEAKS OF SOCIAL
CONDITION AND PEACE
Sentinel Special Serrlce-

Sentinel Special Service.
Rome, Italy, June Much COM
ment was heard today on the indi-
rect reference in the allocution of
Pope Plus X. at the consistory, to the
efforts OF President Wilson to avoid
conflict with Mexico. The Pointiff.
addressing the Cardinals. made a
strong appeal for political and social
peace through the restoration of re-
ligion and the influence of the
church. He recalled the Constan-
tinian Jubilee, when he said:
The whole world seems to lift up
the Cross of Christ as the sole source
OF peace and salvation for struggling
humanity. Now especially men de-
sire peace when class is against
class, nations against nations, and
peoples against peoples, and war may
break out as the result of riyalries
daily becoming more bitter.
Men of distinction and force are
planning for their nations and for
humanity schemes for preventing the
calamities of revolutions and the
slaughter of war and for insuring
the blessings of peace. This is a
noble project, but their schemes will
bear little fruit unless they insure
that the precepts of justice and
Christian charity take deep root in
the hearts of men.
To-day the question whether the
state or civil society shall be at
peace or in turbulence is in the hands
of the peoples instead OF those of the
rulers. If the peoples minds be rob-
bed of the truth impaired by Divine
revelation, and if their wills be un-
accustomed to the restraint and dis
cipltne of Christian law, what won
der If, consumed by blind passion,
they rush headlong to the common
ruin, to which they are driven by
cunning demagogues seeking only
their own profit?
The assistance of the church as
the guardian of justice and charity
and the mistress of truth is there
fore the most efficacious for the
common veal. 1t is regrettable that
the opposite often occurs, but the
church, like Christ, does good and
receives injuries in return. The Di-
vine help Will never fail us. We have
Christ for pledge and history for
a witness''
The allocution ended by recalling
that one hundred years ago Plus VII
triumphantly returned to Rome from
contumelies and captivity and was
received with the applause of the
world.
The daily sentinel., 1914-06-01
CONDITIONS IN
MEXICO COULD
NOT Be WORSE
Sentinel Special Service.

Sentinel Special Service.
Denver, June 1.-"Huerta will be
killed or run out of the republic.
When Mexico falls and the dictator
ship OF Huerta ends, the city of Mex
leo will be looted by federal SOL
diers as well as rebels and Ameri-
cans Will be in the utmost danger"
rms is the statement made by Tracy
Marsh of Weld, who has just re-
turned to Colorado from a six-years'
stay in Mexico where he is CON
nected with one of the largest mines
operating in that country.
Conditions in Mexico are so bad
they could not be worse" said Mr..
Marsh. and | believe the best thing
that could happen would be a pro.
tectorate by the United States. Gen
eral Banquet was for years public
eNecutioner for the republic and in
my judgment will not be the perma-
nent head of the government.
American adventurers are includ-
ed in the opposing forces and | have
been told on good authority that Cen
eral Villa alone has $500 Americans
in his ranks and there are probably
as many more in the armies of the
dictator.
General Villa has n big following
among the people. Without question
he is military genius; but ques-
ton whether or not the people of
that country want him for president.
He is natural born leader of men
and as such has been able to lead his
armies to repeated Victories
Mr.. Marsh had some trouble in get
ting out of Mexico. He left there
May 6. 1t was planned to take a
number of Americans in box cars. bur
there was objection to this method of
transportation by the German CON
sui and other arrangements were
made.
lt Is my belief that had the
united States recognized the Huerta
government, the trouble would have
been settled by this time" said Mr.,
Marsh who thinks Huerta is the
strongest man in Mexico today.