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Money Mark Twain Refused.

By the time that Mark Twain had
finally succeeded in paying off the bur-
den of debt that had fallen upon him
with the failure of his publishing ven
ture he found himself one of the best
paid authors in the world. He refused
many offers of money that did not
agree with his literary conscience. He
declined $4,000 for a tobacco indorse-
nent. though he liked the tobacco well
'nough. He declined $4,000 a year
'nr five years TO lend his name as ed
1or to humorous periodical He de-
lined another $4,000 for ten lectures
md another for fifty lectures at the
same rate-that is. $1,000 night. And
he was offered 81 a word for his writ
'ng. which he also declined. making a
final arrangement with his regular pub
fishers that they should print whatever
he wrote. the payment being 20 Cater
3O) cents a word.-"Boys' Life of Mark
Twain in ST. Nicholas.
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Hard to Kill.

An alligator's tenacity Of life is re-
markable. II remember one time"
says an English traveller in India, 81
was with shooting party on the
Ganges when the natives brought in
a six foot alligator. They hoped some
one would want to buy it. but no one
did, so 1t was determined to kill the
creature. 1t was hauled out of the
tank and tied to a tree. Bullets from
a small rife or an ordinary twelve bore
gun seemed only to irritate the sau-
rian, and he did not seem to care very
much when a native thrust a spear
down his throat. Finally they were
obliged to get axes and chop off its
head. Even then the tail thrashed
around. and the body was almost cut
to pieces before all movement ceased"
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Gained Her Offset,

There's method In some peoples seem
ing miserliness. although the reason for
so much privation does not strike ordi-
nary folk as sufficient A Swiss village
owes its fine peal Of bells to this sort Of
self sacrifice.
About ten years ago a widow who
had lived in great misery for no less
than fifty years went to the commune
and presented 1t with over $4,000 for
peal Of bells for the old church. She
had saved the amount penny by penny.
dressing like a beggar and starving
herself. She said she had gained the
object Of her life.
The broad ax., 1916-09-30
Sympathy With Nature.

'Tis an evidence of how directly we
are related to nature that we more or
less sympathiZe with the weather and
take on the color of the day. Goethe
said he worked easiest OIL a high ba'
rometer. One is like chimney that
draws well some days and won't draw
at all on others. and the secret is
mainly in the condition of the atmos
pierre Anything positive and decided
with the weather is a good omen. A
pouring rain may be more suspicious
than a sleeping sunshine. When the
stove draws well the fOgs and fumes
will leave your mind. - John Bur
rOughS
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SCHOOL ON WHEELS.
Children Of Railway Employees Are
Being Educated.

Children CT halfway employees H'e
Being Educated.
Salt Lake. Utah.-A school on whees
Is operated on the rails Of the Southern
Pacific company.
In an extra section gang under Fore
man Taft, who has a crew Of fifty men
on Superintendent Whalen's Los An
geles division. there are twenty-five or
more children who are being taught
daily In q box car which has been it
ted up with benches.
They have a teacher who instructs
them daily in English and Spanish and
in primary work. The results thus far
have not only been satisfactory. but
the class of men i'm the gang remains
high. AS the gang moves along from
place to place so does the school car.
and the children never have to miss
days attendance.
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Teeth as Sentineis.

when thou sittest to eat with a
ruler consider diligently him that is
before thee" says the Hebrew prov
erb, warning a kings guest to regulate
his appetite by his hosts temper. Bos,
we'll, DR.. Johnson's biographer. gives
In his notebook a modern paraphrase
of the old Jewish proverb: 81 said of
a rich man who entertained us luxuri,
ously that. although he was exceeding.
Iy ridiculous. we restrained ourselves
from TALKING of him as we might do
lest we should lose his feasts. He
makes our teeth sentinels on our
tongues said l."
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A Brassv Cheak.

"You," exclaimed the indignant old
gentleman-''you want to marry my
daughter. Why. sir. it is only a few
years ago that you were caddying for
me-"
Yes. sir" said the young man. "but
/ don't intend to let that stand in the
way. l hope | am philosopher enough
to realize that a very bad golfer may
make a fairly good father-in-law."-
Boston Transcript.
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NanoIeon ohsYed the Mob.

In 1.-The Corsican-A Diary Of Napo-
Icons Life In His Own Words" Bona
parte tells how as an obscure soldier
he witnessed some Of the opening
scenes Of the revolution: II lodged at
Rue du Mail. Place des Victories. At
the sound Of the tocsin and the news
that the Tuileries were attacked
started for the Carousel Before I had
got there In the Rue des Petits Champs
was passed by mob of horrible look
ing fellows parading a head stuck on a
pike. Thinking looked too much Of a
gentleman. they wanted me to shout
'Vive la nationp which did promptly.
as may easily be imagined"
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Breaking q Looking Glass.

The breaking Of looking glass su-
perstition is a very old one. Hundreds
of years ago it used to be a common
belief that those who wished to harm
others could do so by getting pictures
or making images Of their enemies and
destroying them. The destruction Of
the picture would be followed by the
death Of its original. Even the vic
Tins reflection in a mirror was enough
for the purpose. provided the mirror
was promptly broken.
The broad ax., 1916-09-30

WILLIAM MARCONI ON WAY TO FRONT.
be named at all. In my own field
there has been some advance in practi-
cal wireless by which we are now able
to direct the artillery fire of ship by
signals from aeroplanes. which has
been made possible largely through
the big improvements in air craft
1.-The big lesson in Europe has been
sae of organization of the physical
handling of big material problems by
the armies. | doubt if any one before
this war ever realized the meaning
and value of railroad transportation
"a a large scale, as it is practiced in
the United States. Europe. too, has
learned how to do big industrial jobs
overnight. to assemble raw materials
and turn out needed factory products.
81 refuse to play the prophet role, so
l would rather not say how many Of
these war products will be of use to
Us when peace comes"
Since the beginning Of the war Mr..
Harconi has had unusual opportuni-
~ for observing the practical side of
the war. having early put his scientific
knowledge at the service of his coun-
Try. As a senator of the kingdom he
has visited England. Belgium. France
and other countries and introduced in
dustrial and shipping reforms. In his
capacity as military officer he has
come into close relation with army
and navy and given the benefit Of his
science and business organization
knowledge to munition factories.
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Cir, 4, wIr.. Rs.euss Kitten.

Los Angeles. CaL-Daring death By
electrocution In a network Of high volt
age wires. Miss Gertrude Hemingway.
a pretty Venice girl. rescued o tiny
kitten By climbing Q ffty foot teie-
graph pole. The kitten had been
perched on the pole for two days when
Miss Hemingway performed the rescue.
Miss Hemingway lives on Washington
boulevard and said that she could not
find q man brave enough to scale the
pole.
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Just Used Him.

They met again at Atlantic City. The
young man asked the girl:
"Now that you have become engaged
to George why have you flirted with
me so long and let me take you motor
ing. golfing and theater going? Why
did you encourage me so long when
you intended to accept George?"
The girl blushed little and sighed.
Il wanted" she said softly. Ito test my
love for George."-Pittsburgh Chroni-
cle-Telegraph.
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He Mon the Trick.

"Oh, George. dear" she whispered
when he slipped the engagement ring
on her tapering finger. how sweet Of
you to remember just the sort OF stone
I preferred None Of the others was
ever so thoughtful"
George was staggered but for a mo-
ment. Then he came back with: mot
at all. dear. You overrate me. This
Is the one I've always used"
She was inconsistent enough to cry
about It
The broad ax., 1916-09-30
LOST DOLLAR HAS CLAIMANT.
Writer States Money Belonged to a
Friend Who Was Killed.

Paterson. n. 1.-THE dollar bill on
which somebody wrote. "The last of
Ten thousand" and which was found
h the pay envelope of a street sweeper
has found a claimant. City Treasurer
Harry Corwin of Paterson has received
q letter written In woman's hand and
signed II. A. Gibbs" 1t came from
Fond du Lac. Wis. and the writer
asked Mr. Corwin to send the bill to
that address.
The writer said she or he thought the
bill had belonged to a friend who had
net death in an accident April % last
after spending thousands of dollars.
Mr. Corwin sent on the bill. as re-
sueSted. The writer said she or he had
recently read of the discovery Of the
lote
The broad ax., 1916-09-30
An Old SMALLPOX Cure.

The following primitive "cure" for
smallpox was discovered by the Ley
tonshire Englan6 guardians In one OF
their registers for the year 100: Take
thirty to forty live toads and burn
them to cinders in a new pot. then
crush into a fine black powder. Dose
for smallpox. three ounces"
The broad ax., 1916-09-30
Retort Caustic.

Artists Friend patronizingly) II
think those thistles in your foreground
are superbly realistic. old chap. Pom
my word. they actually seem to be
nodding In the breeze. don't you
know! Ungrateful Artist-Yes. have
had one or two people tell me they
would almost deceive an ass.
The broad ax., 1916-09-30
White Specks In Butter.

White specks in butter are some
times simply fine particles of milk
curd. resulting from lack of care In
skimming. Sometimes they are small
specks of dried cream, having been
scraped from the sides of the pan and
being too dry to thoroughly soften and
mix with the rest.
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Ali In.

Friend-I was just in the art gallery
admiring your Napoleon After Wa
terloo" The fidelity Of expression on
Bonaparte's face Is positively wonder.
full. Where did you get It? Mr.. Dob
ber-From life got my wife to pose
for me the morning after she gave her
first reception.-Puck.
The broad ax., 1916-09-30

British Casualties In One Week 7,5s1.
London.-For the first week In Sep
sember the total casualties Of all ranks
a all the British armies were 1851.
NE war Office announced. OF these 9O1
we're officers, 240 Of whom were killed.
There were 5.2Ss men killed out Of a.
80 casualties. The total killed was
%46S officers and men.
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Fire and Matrinnony.

In Persia the wedding service is read
in front of q fire. In Nicaragua the
priest. taking the couple each by the
little fingers. leads them to an apart
ment where a fire is lighted and there
instructs the bride in her duties, extin.
gushing the fire by way Of conclusion.
In Japan the woman kindles a torch
and the bridegroom lights one from 1t,
the playthings of the wife being then
burned
The broad ax., 1916-09-30
A Record In Governors.

Mrs. Richard Manning of South Car
olina had the distinction Of being the
only woman ON record who was the
wife of a governor, the sister Of gov
ernor, the niece Of a governor. the
mother of q governor and the aunt and
foster mother of a governor.
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PRACTICAL HEALTH HINT.
Proper Eating.

x Eating is important to every =
q one. 1t is a matter that calls y
sc for thought, for eating anything =
u and everything without thought y
- Is certain to breed disease. Good y
V health is necessary to our happi- =
.x ness, and health depends largely y
" on the food we eat, its quality y
y and quantity and the regularity =
g of our meals. Quality includes =
q the cooking. There are some =
y who. as the Scotch say. dig y
y their graves with their teeth" y
g Louis Corano some hundreds OF =
y years ago wrote discourses on
q how to acquire and keep good y
= health. The chief thing, accord
- ing to Corano. was to eat simple =
y foods In moderation and lead a =
. temperate life. His theories are =
y quite as good today as in his =
= time. Cicero said, Eat to live. =
= not live to eat" william Penn =
= cave advice. always rise from =
- the table with an appetite and =
r. you win never sit down without =
90 one" Overeating, eating with !
50 out regard to digestion. Is the J
g cause Of O large proportion OF !
. our sickness. Gluttony kills J
- more men than the sword. who !
- minds not his stomach win soon
- mind little else"
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PRACTICAL HEALTH HINT.
Bran N q Medicine.

o Bread or mullins made from
bran make a nutritious break
o fast fool Because OF Its coarse
o ness and bulk bran Is highly lax
o alive. Persons OF sedentary hab-
o its and those who eat much meat
o invariably suffer from constipa-
o tion. Uncooked bran makes Q
o more active laxative for such
o cases. II should be eaten once
o day-two or three tablespoonful
o Of sterilized bran mixed In with
o the breakfast cereal or stewed
o fruit or taken with q pinch OF
o salt and milk or cream over Il
o A warm preparation Of uncook-
o ed bran can be had by stirring Il
o into sDup.
o The aged enjoy the bran bread
o for breakfast. dinner and SUP
o pei. Il does away With the need
o for O cereal at breakfast FOR
Q them. Digestive Disturbances are
o apt 10 result from Q too steady
o Diet Of cereals. and bran prepa-
o nations prevent and correct dis
o orders Of digestion
The broad ax., 1916-09-30
A Matter of Distance.

Aesop was asked how far It was to
q certain place. LET me see you
walk" replied Aesop. The man pro-
tested that he wished q civil answer
you foolish person. said Aesop
"How can ! tell how far II is to that
town until ! see at what pace you
travelT'
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PAID TO REMAIN WHOEVER.
George Getzsar's Wife Awards Him SIS
WeekIy-L..vss 100000.


WeekIy-L..vas 100000.
New York.-George Getzgar of Sleeps
head Bay will get S25 week from his
Wife's estate so long as he remains a
Widower This will was filed with the
surrogate of Kings county. Mrs. Getz-
gar died Aug. Z. leaving 100000.
The greater part Of her estate goes
to ST. Peters Lutheran church of
Brooklyn and the Wartburg Orphans
Farm school at Mount Vernon. Her
son. Henry Gleistein. inherits her jew
eiry and household goods and the in
come from the recidue Of the estate.
On his death one-Quarter Of the resi-
Cue will be divided among relatives.
her husband II he survives participant
ng in the division.
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PAINTED HEN TO TRACE 1T.
Mrs. o'Hare Saw Artifically Spotted
Pet In Another Yard.

Paterson. y. " When she saw a
green spotted chicken wandering for
lornly about the yard of Alexander
Miller. Mrs. Nellie O'Hare called a
policeman and had the man arrested
on a charge Of purloining her hens.
Mrs. O'Hare does not raise fowls
decorated in a green polka dot pattern.
but 90 many Of her feathered charges
had disappeared these moonlit nights
that she had taken q paint can and
brush and decorated them in the hope
Of tracing them.
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A Perfect Beind.

Once upon a time there was q hu-
man being who never made a mistake.
And his neat little tombstone records
the fact that he was one day old when
he died.-Springfeld Union.
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Cotton Seed.

It Is estimated that one seed Of cot
ton, given the application Of all posi-
BILE care and skill. would produce 40
100000. 900 seeds In six years.
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Lost and Eound-a Heart.

Nothing seems so hopelessly lost,
when it is lost. as a heart. yet nothing,
when it Is lost. is by the experience OF
the centuries so absolutely certain of
recovery.-Puck.
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Three cI..ss. on IN. Cara.

An Italian drummer explains In the
Milan Domencia del Corriere that I'm
the first class the passengers abuse
the trainmen. In the third class the
trainmen are rude to the passengers
In the second class the passengers In
suit each other"
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Almost m Bad.

Kathryn-I hear that you said was
double faced. Kitye-I never did.
nerei. lid you were double chinned
Exchange.
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Accounted For.

Aunt-My goodness. Eddie! Why did
you take the biggest apple in the dish?
Eddie-I was afraid some one else
would get it.-Chicago Herald.
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Al IL Will Be.

The New Woman-Im going to the
club, Algernon. Algernon-Very well,
but I've done all could to make the
home Observation-Disclosures Ledger.
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Psrfect Fit.

Clara-Is she satisfied with her d.
vorce suit? Bella-Yes: she wouldn't
have It altered for the world.-Chicago
Herald.
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FOOD PRICES SOAR
Country Wide Investigation Plan
ned by Department of Justice.
BREAD AND MILK ARE HIGHER
Producers Declare That Whole Subject
of Transportation of Milk Should Be
Brought Before the Interstate Com
merce Commission to Get Report on
Existing Conditions.

Washington.-Agent of the depart
ment of justice are watching efforts
to raise the price of bread and milk.
While they entertain the private opin-
ion that there is some justification for
the rise in the price of milk, they ex-
press doubt that the rise would be JUS
titled in the case of bread, despite re-
ports from Chicago, Memphis. Biz
mingham and other cities in which the
prices have been raised.
A committee representing milk pro-
ducers asked Carl S. VroOman. acting
secretary of agriculture. to investigate
The broad ax., 1916-09-30

Conscience Is harder than our enc
miles, knows more. accuses with more
ricety.-GeOrge Eliot.
The broad ax., 1916-09-30

They tell me Unison d over his ears
h debt"
Yes; % much % that be can't hear
the doorbeli when his creditors CALI
Exchange.
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uarconi Finds Nothing Notable
gas Been Perfected DuringWar.
use OF POISONOUS GASES OLD

all essen of Conflict In Europe ls One
Is Organization and Transportation.
AZ Work on Signal System Which
will Render Far More Difficult Sub
marine Warfare.
Rome.-No notable scientific discov-
.r;es or inventions are growing out Of
Ne great war. in the opinion Of Will
Yem Marconi, the wireless inventor.
7, recent interview he declared:
aAs for war inventions. on the whole
there have been no great ones that &C.
c,r to me- Most Of them have been
.inor ones or applications Of knowl-
.dge previously at our disposal. 'as in
,be case of poison gases. If these may
The broad ax., 1916-09-30

Il b not every man that can aifor'
b wear q shabby coat-Colton.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1916-11-11
TO BE CONGRATULATED ON THEIR CHOICE

With the election of President Wilson absolutely assured, the peo-
pie of the United States ire to be congratulated O their choice. When
Mr.. Wilson was elected four years ago he was OF the popular idol Of
the west and middle west that he is today. He wa of the east and it was
naturally supposed that he would be bound in a certain measure by east
eTn environments, but as his administration of affairs proceeded it soon
became evident that he knew II north, no south, NJ east, n o vest. His
limitations we're circumscribed by the borders of the United States. The
people Of this vast domain; o usc a street expression, all looked alike to
him. This was MOI what the east, meaning mainly the great corporate
interests, wanted. They had controlled national legislation for sc long
a time that they deemed the occupant of the White House their especial
possession and when they found they could not control they set about
tearing the foundation from under the president and used all their power
of wealth and influence to destroy him and the great work he had accom-
plished. That they failed W a evidenced in the great battle fought out
last Tuesday 1t was a victory for the great common people that will &C.
cupy on OF the brightest pages in history.
AS a result O the election, however, two great facts are to be noted
One is that a president of the United States "a n be elected without
the aid of New York-otherwise Wall Sueet-and the other that no band
of hyphenates, no matter how well financed or disciplined, can accomplish
the defeat of a president who refuses to submit to their demands rhe
election of President Wilson, the peoples executive, has settled that for all
time and sent the word abroad that America al and will run its govern
ment to suit itself.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1916-11-11
NOT TO BE DELIVERED LIKE CATTLE

Wonder what explanation Anne Martin will give to the Republican
campaign managers of the G. o. P. for her failure to deliver the votes OF
the women Of the suffrage states, and that contrary to all her promises and
predictions tel of those twelve states Wen stronger for the Democratic
party than ever before in their history. But the answer is easy and an be
stated in a few words: The votes of the women o. the west are OF to
be delivered like those of Tammany and in addition the women of the
west have ideals One Oft those ideals is good government and that they
found in the policies and accomplishments of Woodrow Wilson's admin.
isration.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1916-11-11
OUT OF POLITICS FOR GOOD

The south with its cotton, the northwest with its lumber, California
with its fruit, Utah with its sugar and wool interests, Minnesota with its
wheat and Ohio with its iron and steel paid little attention to the tariff
pleas the G. 0. P. made during the late campaign. Is it necessary to
make further argument that the American people regard tariff As no
longer 4 party issue and that hereafter it will be left to scientific ADJUST
men by a tariff commission?
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1916-11-11
WE LOVE YOU CALIFORNIA

You showed your oldtime spirit in the late campaign. 1t "a the
great independent spirit that the pioneers possessed; the same old spirit
that opened up and developed the greatest section of country on earth
and has ver refused to bend to the demand OF vested rights"
The Washington times., 1916-01-20
HENRY CLAY
MARCY

What American does not recall, with pride,
the vigorous State papers of Webster and
Marcy and Seward? There was no speculation
in those days as to how far our State Depart
ment could legally 60 in vindicating an at-
front to our flag, or in protecting our citizens
from insult or injury Hear what Marcy said,
when Austria endeaVored to torcbly arrest
Martin koSzta, an Austrian subject who had
applied for citizenship in this country, but had
not yet become fully naturalized. He was on
visit to Smyrna when he was arrested and
The Washington times., 1916-01-20
DECATUR

The voice of Our Country was heard in
DecaturS reply to the arrogant Bey of AlgierS,
when America resolved to put an end to piracy
in the Mediterranean. The Barbary States, it
will be recalled had levied tribute upon the
shipping of the world for centuries. The most
powerful maritime nationS England and
France, had for two hundred years paid tribute.
America refused. And when Commodore d.
catur and his squadron appeared to demand
the release of Americans held as slaves by the
Barbary StateS and ndemnltiCation for past
outrages, the Bey asked for time to consider the
question. 1t was denied. Then Decatur was
asked to conCede only three hours. "Not
minute" said the American Commodore, and
the quarterback of his flagship was instantly
the scene of an historic CapituaiOn.