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NTil_ M LI11T )I JAP WAR HERO IN AMERICA Admiral Togo, the Japanese war hero who came to this country as the nation's guest, is described by a Jap anese official as one of the simplest and gentlest of men. "You would hardly imagine, to see the small, slender figure, that you were in the presence of the greatest master of naval strategy that our navy has pro. duced, or that the world has seen in modern times." Marshal Oyama, GenerM Kuriki, Ad. miral Kamimura, Admiral Yamomoto and Admiral Togo were all born in the city of Kakoshima. Togo had just giown to youth's es tate and was fighting with a broad sword when a messenger came from the mikado ordering him to become a naval officer. lie packed his few be longings and Journeyed to England. When the Chinese-Japanese war was threatening Togo was captain of a cruiser. HG halted an English shiD with 1,000 Chinese soldiers aboard, and when surrender was refused, sunk it. This act stprted the war. When the war with Russia broke out he was commanding a Japanese fleet. His daughter came to pay him a final visit, and he sent back word by her: "I am well and happy. They must not distract my mind by sending letters." At an entertainment for the ofilcers of his fleet just before the memora ble battle of the Sea of Japan his officers found the admiral sitting alone, the sword of hart on his knees. They understood this meant victory or death. In Japan Togo ranks as no naval man in the United States ranks today. They love him over there next to the emperor. IS A PIONEER IN ECONOMICS | In these days when so much is said and done for the conservation of our natural resources there has sprung up a new school of economists who are preaching the doctrine that in labor every effort, every expenditure of muscular or mental energy, should count for the utmost and not go to waste. A pioneer in this school is Frederick Winslow Taylor, who re cently appeared by invitation before a committee of congress to explain how the application of his theories in creases the productiveness of work. men from 15 to 20 per cent. Mr. Taylor is a native of German town, Pa., and has risen to his present prominence through his own efforts. He is a patternmaker and machinist by trade and a mechanical engineer by profession. In 1878 he- entered the employ of the Midville Steel Com pany, Philadelphia, and was success ively gang boss, assistant foreman, foreman, master mechanic, chief draughtsman and chief engineer. In 1889 he took up the work of organir ing management in manufacturing establishments, 'n shop, office, accounting depF.-tments, and since then he has put his theories into operation usinesh og-anizations, including steel works, wood pulp works, ; , is the owner of about 100 patents on his inventions. POPULAR WIT TH FAMER The champion long-distance cabinet j officer is Secretary of Agriculture "Tama" Jim Wilson, for he has been t I holding down that job constantly since 1897, while he has seen more than a hundred other cabinet officers Iiii'icome in and retire to private life. "Tama" Jim is the friend of the farm ers and the farmers seem to be friends of his. Secretary Wilson has made the de partment of agriculture the greatest instrumentality of practical every-day helpfulness to 40 per cent, of the peo pie in the United States. lie has ex periment stations finding out how to make dry farming pay where there is / only ten inches of moisture a year; and they are finding it out, too. He brought the durum wheat from North Africa, and in the regions formerly too dry to be cultivable it has added .-f/millions of bushels to our annual 7 ~wheat crop. Hei sent to Siberia, and there, far up in the north, found alfalfas that seenm to need neither moisture nor warmth to develop good pasture. He brought the finest Cuban tobacco, tested and analyzed the soil in which it grewv, got detailed reports of the climatic conditions it required and then hunted up the same soil and climate, and proceeded to grow the tobacco in South Carolina. He brought seed of the inimitable Sumatra wrapper-tobacco, searched for a place under the American flag where it would flourish, and found it-in Texas. To prove it, he will hand you a fiye-cent cigar made of Texas Sumatra and Carolina Cuban filler, if you will ask him; and you will pronounce it a high-class imported weedl. Everybody said hog cholera was incurable, and it cost the farmers tens of millions annually. WVilson's scientists sp~ent ten years on its trail, and they've captured the right microbe, fixed up a serum, and put that particular disability on the run. John Frank Treat, who was elected imperial potentate of the Mystic Shrine at Rochester, is a resident of ~ Fargo, N. D., and a member of El Zagal Temple of the Shrine. From * the four corners of the earth, by train, b'oat and automobile, an army of 30,000 Shriners swooped down and planted their tents on the Rocheste oasis. From every part of the United States they came and even from far- ~ away Scotland were pilgrims to the cradle of Shrinedom. The Khartoum Temple, from Win nipeg, Man., brought a genuine Scotch t/A kilties band of bagpipers; the Islam 1 Temple of San Francisco had a Chi nese band of 50 pieces; the Los An goles Shriners brought two carloads of California fruits and wines to dis S tribute to their eastern friends; the/ Galveston (Texas) Temple brought two carloads of Mexican burros; Os man Temple of St. Paul had its mil S itonaire band, every member of which is a business or professional man wvhose fortune runs into big figures; El Zagal Temple, from Fargo, N. D)., to which the pictured potentate belongs, brought a 15-foot loaf of bread and a cowbell of the same dimensions, and, in fact, ever; bunch had some novelty to spring. MARVELOUS TREE CURIOSITY Back of British Post Offloo at Na. eau, Bahama Islands, a Sight for Tourists. Nassau, D. .-A tree which In its very conformation seems to show a struggle between two monsters-one of the land against one of the sea is the ceiba or silk cotton tree of Nassau, a splendid example of the peculiar form which trees of this fam ily are inclined to take. In the Nas sau tree the illus!on of a battle royal has brought thousands of travelers to see the strange tree but more are also interested in its great length of history. In 1802 a traveler sketched the tree while sojourning here in the Dahamas. It was a good sketch and Bahama Tree Curiosity, on comparison now shows that the great ceiba tree has not changed, save in podding each year, in all that length of time. Scientists deduce that the tree is nearly one thousand years old. It stands Just at the back of the British post office in Nassau-its great top outspreading like a huge umbrella with branches soaring as far as 100 feet from the main stem. The trunk is of huge girth and it Is this with the interwinding of branches above that gives the idea of a com bat. But the giant roots of the celba tire its most distinctive feature. Diverg ing from the main stei long before they strike into the ground, they form such buttresses as to make the celba seem a regular citadel of almost un assailable strength. From the pods on the tree a sticky, silk-like substance is obtained once a year and used for the stuffing of cushions. Natives of the islands say the same tree had served their ances tors with clothing from its pods since the earliest legends of the island. THE GRAVE OF JOSH BILLING3 Remains of the Quaint Humorous Writer and Lecturer Rest Near Ganesborough, Mass. Ganesborough, Mass.-Henry Wheel er Shaw, whose pen name was "Jos Billijigs," was born at Ganesborough Mass., and died at Monterey, Cal. 1885. Starting at them age of fifteen irl search of fortune, he led an unsettled life for several years. He tried farm ing, running a steamboat on the Ohio, store keeping and teaching, but was unsuccessful in all of them. He drift ed back east and settled in Pough keepsie, N. Y., 1858, as an auctioneer. HI-s contributions to the newspapers, under the penf name "Josh Billings,' brought him liberal returns. H-is wiIt ings are characterized by a quaInt shrewdnjess, and a humorous element intensified by the crude phonetic sp~ele ing which he adopted. He lectured throughout the country, and in addi Tomb of Humorist. Lion to his sketches, issued in four vol umes, published an annual almanac. After his death his remains were brought to Gianesbor-ough, the town of his nativity. Close to the highway in the little 01(d gravey-ard he awaits the last roll call. One of his qiuaint say ing was: "Iz arly, w~or-k hard an' late, sell what yu kant use, giv noth ing awa, an' if yu dIon't die iritch an' go tu the dlevil, yu kan sue me for damages." TOURIST GAVE AWAY HIS AUTO Became Angry When His Car Ran into a Ditch and Gave it to a Small Boy. Hammond, Ind.-"Tako the blamned machine and welcome," snapp~ed a New Your tourist as he crawled from uander his automobile in front of the home of Cecil Hancock, near here. The man was on his way to Chicago, Ill, from Newv York city when the knuckle in the steering gear broke and sent the car up)-side-dlowni inte the ditch. In addition to paying the boy who hauled him to the noaresi railroad station he gave the lad thc car, valued at $2,000 and in good con dition save for some scratches and twisted irons as the result of the ac cident.L The tourist refused to give his name but the car bears the tag No. 8605 Newv York. When the lad's 1ather learned of his son's good forts! re hs sold the car to a dealer and will~ apply lhe money toward giving lisa kn a ollegen educationn_ OWA -i Ri 7 OC.RNO.-.P./C 4 .f. UN Tst ai "'K( Calo orll, so&ly eleWO6OWIM -jjZ1 matically-it Is an obvious tai get. But from the point u view of administration Monte Car Js beyond the critical range. For eve the most carping can scarcely cavi at perfection, and that is the vor that best describes the governmet of that empire within a principalit, which is Monte Carlo. Monte Carlo, be it understood, I the property of the Societe Anonym des Bains de Mer at du Cercle de Etrangers de Monaco. The Bains d Mer exist, but the Society Anonym would possibly find difficulty in nd eating their whereabouts. They forn in fact, a more than subsidiary eli ment of a very mighty organizatioi which consists of the one Cercle de Etrangers in the world where ro lette and trente-et-quarante are pla ed under conditions which, while a suring the success of the bankers, a sure at the same time the security ( the player from anything even a proaching fraud. The roulette wheel is for any or to inspect. It has been photographe from every possible point of view. I mechanism is too childish to need d. scription-it is mechanism in its bab; hood. As for the croupiers, were eac one a Maskelyne or a Devant the could no more direct the fall of th fatal ball than that of the house< lords. As for the possibility of frau at trente-et-quarante, that has bee eliminated long ago-by the casin in its own interests. The packs< cards used in the game are speciall printed, and once used they ar burned. And from the moment of th printing to tihe burning they neve leave the watchful eyes of the yern able array of employes, detectives, you will, with whom the Societ Anonyme des flains de Mer, in it own interests, as well as that of it patrons, surrounds itself. Detectives Are Everywhere. For one out of fiye of all tihe en ployes of tihe casino of Monte Carlo .and there ar~e over' 1,000-is more c less a detective, andl with reason. Ai cess to tihe casino, 1)e it remlember'e< is free. 0110 pays <tear for' it onlc inside tile gaming rooms, maybe, b)t thlat is one's own~ affair. Entry to thl casino is one0's own choeice, andI th authorities stan~d either to lose or wi by it. That they win oil the averag is obvious; otherwvise they woul scarcely be0 able to pay ? 1,000,000 pc annum in dividends. lBut, wile tihe are cent ent to win, they (10 their be: to prlotect thlose whio provide the wm nings. And while protecting tile por of Monaco, tile casino helps thlol who would hlave helped thern selves-if luck hlad willed It s He who is fool enough to los more than ho can afford hT only to make application to tile offlc set apart for the purpose to be0 give a second-class ticket home, be tii distance as great even as that whic separates India from tile principailt; Not that the casino gives as reel lessly as their patrons gamble, A] plication for tile viatique, as this fre ticket home is known in casino lai guage, Is invariably followed by ii vestigation. If the gambler has be of tile big order, hlis stakes-and ti has hithlerto been knowvn to the few are carefully recorded1 by a watcit employe, and the anmount of hlis il nings or losses each dny is known the authorities, De tile gambler r lesser importance, he has none th less been noticed, and should h prove a loser a fairly accurate est mate of his losses is made by all en ployc. Whlerefore, whenol applicatio is madeh for tihe vialtique tile author ties are not easily humbugged. There are somne who still cheris '.he delusion that the 'bank" at Mnn V. 0/N T7/1 TtP2#C #TA/ONT C9 LO Carlo is there to be "broken," and that the sensational feat of which Charles Coburn, the music-hall artist, sang many years ago is one really capable of accomplishment. As a matter of fact, the "bank" of Monte Carlo is anthing but the fragile thing of some people's imagination. To "break" it consists merely in winning the cash allotted to each table at the commencement of play-23,200 in the case of a roulette table, ?6,000 in that of trente-et-quarante table, where the maximum allowed is ?480, dou ble that permitted at roulette. If the player be lucky enough to clean out a table-"break the bank" if one will-all that happens is that a furth er sum is fetched from the Casino coffers. He who boasts of "breaking the bank" at Monte Carlo might just as well pride himself on breaking the 5 Bank of England because a cashier 0 of that institution ran short of gold I- in cashing his check and sent for 9 further supply. 'B Iut, then, there still exist so many delusions regarding this, the most ' famous casino in the world. There are people who believe that a croupier can be bribed to spin a certain num t her, that a ghostly hand is to be seen by the fortunate hovering over a cer tain table and indicating the manner s in which the player shall stake, and e that the occupation of a particular s room in a hotel near the Casino e brings fortune with it. Percentage of Profit Small. While the average gambler loses his money at Monte Carlo, there are many who leave winners. He who is content with a reasonable percentage on his capital and is possessed of a strong head and a will of equal power has a very fair* chance in his fight with the wheels or the cards. The )f percentage taken by the Casino is small-very small in comparison with the, terrible eagnotte of the baccarnt taleI, or the even mor'e impossible tax d levied on him who is foolish enough d to r'isk his money on petits chevaux or- boule. As a matteir of fact, ther'e is quite an impor'tant number of r'eg -ular and successful play'err at Monte Car'lo---people who liiterally live by play. They arec, needless to say, egambler's ofthe motcareful cas d player's of systems, which r'educe the lpossibility of anything but small loss to a minimum. But that they exist 0is not to be denied. There exists also in the principality of Monaco a ce ~tain few whlo drawv regular pensions fr'om the Casino--gambler's, once e rich, who have lost all and their for tune on the board of gr'een cloth, and upon which the authorit', .a have tak e n compassion. They are not, of course, allowed to o-.ter' the r'ooms, b ut the initiated can often point them Sout to one, mooning about the place andl gazing with hungr'y eyes at the forbidden salles die jeu. HE WROTE THE "OX" MINUET r Haydn the Composer, Writes Music for Butcher and Receives Beef t as Payment, T 'here is no sensible ireason for' the titles attached to nmany pieces of music, sonic of them even classical elis. Most generally they arc rplaced ther'e as an attempt of sonme publisher to "boom'' his stock and sell this goods. Then, agai, some pecu liar- titles may have their origi n in incidents about as important as5 the following: llaydn one day received a visit 0from a butcher- who said th-' himself and his daughter-s were v r'ers of H aydn's music, and as the young woman was soon to be mnariedt, ho m iade hold to ask that the composer 0wr-ito a minuet for her wedding. Kind "-Papa Haydn" consented and In a h few days tho man of meat obtained his music. Not long afterwar-d, Hladyn was surprised to hear this same ininuet played under his win dlow. On looking out ho sawv a band of musicians forming a ring around a large ox, tastefully decorated with filower-s. Soon the butcher camne up a mnd pr-esentedi the ox to I iaydn, say -ilg that for such excellent music lie Ithought he ought to mnake the comn poser a present of the best ox in his p lossession. Ever after this little fcomposition was called thc "Ox" min e uet.--W. Francis Gates. A necdotes of e Great Musicians. I- - --______________ -Inheritance. n "They say his father got h!c start I- in life by operating a three-card game at. county fairs." h "i wonder- if that accounts for thei e fact eJhat hn is a two-snot?' A TERRIBLE EXPERIENO. So Weak From Kidney Trouble She Could Not Arise in Bed. Mrs. H. W. Bowles, 14 Ellis St., AU gutta, Ga., says: "Kidney trouble came on me with terrible, burning pains through my back that so weak ened me I could scarcely walk. Kid ney secretions were filled with sediment, sluggish and very un natural. I became so .1 helpless I was com pelled to take to my bed and could not arise without assist ance. I was in de spsIr as neither doctors nor the various remedies I used helped me in the least. Doan's Kidney Pills helped me imme diately and made me a strong, healthy woman. I have been well ever since." Remember the name-Doan's. For sale by druggists and general storekeepers everywhere. Price 500. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Vacation Scheme. "I have gotten a great deal of pleas. ure from anticipating the trip." "More pleasure, possibly, than you'll get from the trip itself." "That's what I think. So I've do cided to stay at home and save the money." For COLDS and GRIP Hicks' CAPUDIN is the best remedy-re Raees the aching and feverishneas-cures the Cold andl reHl(orem norinaI conditions. It's liquid-effects iniediately. l0c., 25e., and 500. At drug sitores. His Way of Life. "War is hell." 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