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/ / . ------ ----- --?^ ^ - ?-i " XSSTJED SEMI-WKEKLT. _ _ _ * ^ __ l. K. grisT'8 sobs, Pubii.hm. { i JTamiljE Unrs|)aj|tr: Jfor th< promotion of th< golilieal. Social. ijrioaltap: and Commercial Interests of th< g?gi<. 7 ! Ho*}?** h established 1855. > YOBKVILLE, S. C., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1909. . ]STO. 10^7 MH| by HM 'i fe Svccesi HB fniwii Thianm. Ctfjtifbl, IMS, by r CHAPTER IX. WA I? it. A .4 Vugni in ure nvw For ten minutes Pinckney, suppressing his anger and surprise, managed to talk casually in the office. Then he excused himself on the plea of work, and leaving Sommers, hurried out to see whether Smith had followed directions. "I'll be out in a few minutes myself," said Sommers as the general manager left. "Expect there Is plenty of time, though." "Oh, yea" Pinckney assured him from the door. "There's plenty of time. Don't hurry. We have our most responsible man in charge of the job." Out in the furnace room Pinckney found Smith moving about in leisurely fashion, as though he had all the time in the world ahead of him. t "Have you taken out the Sommers gun yet?" demanded the general manager eagerly. Smith flared up. "No. I can't do everything at once. What do you think I am? We'll get to it in a few minutes." "It's got to come out now," declared Pinckney angrily. "Sommers is here "1 don't have to treat anybody well. Pm independent." In the office. He thinks we aren't able Kmfe to run this job, and he's come to see - his sun go Into the bath." By The drunkeji foreman's face con|Hf yulsed wfth rage "Qhf he has, hjs ^e ? " he yelled. 'Well, If he comes bothering around tfte you kftow what he'll get? He'lJ it get whet 9'L?al SOt. That's what'lj be coming to him" Plnckney shook h|s heed. "No, that won't do, Snjlth," he com? manueu snarpiy, Out In the work* where he was pFaptlcally bogs the foreman eould not bp so easily controlled, "Oh, It won't do, won't It?" he yelled. "I'll show you whether It'll do or not" 4 He doubled up one of his big fists, ^ shaking It menacingly. And now Plnckney let him rage without oheck, A daring idea had come to the desperate schemer. Perhaps, after all, if Smith attacked Sommers It might not be so bad. It would be up to Smith, He would suffer: no one else. At any rate, Sommers must not see that gun go Into the tempering bath. Plnckney decided to Irritate his drunken foreD man a little more. K "Better be careful, Smith. He's in ft ?7 position to make trouble for us all, j He's an officer of the navy, you know; jL has a right to Inspect the work. We've got to treat him well. Besides, this Sommers is a pretty bad fighter himself. He's got an Idea he can lick ?-? n\rKn/1 if ornnnrl fhoac U'npkfi " That was enough. Smith's fury was keyed to the fighting stage now. It only needed the presence of Sommera and a little provocation to start real trouble. "Think's he's a fighter, does he?" he roared. "Let him come in here?I'll show him who's a fighter. I don't have to treat him well. I don't have to treat you well, Plnckney. I don't have to treat anybody well. I'm independent, I am. I don't crawl for noW body." * "Smith, you're drunk," declared the general manager. "You're drunk or : A you wouldn't talk that way." "I know I'm drunk," roared the fore# man. "But I'm the best man in the *7 ^ outfit, drunk or sober. Just let that navy duck show up." Inside Pinckney was smiling, well please^, but he kept a straight, stern teye. "I kpow you're the best man, Smith," fip cpnfesse<J. "But why do you want ftp fight w}th me*'.' 8 fighting w^th you?" blustered flip bully. "Inhere wouldn't be epoygb of you fo cprry away If I was fighting wjfh ypu." pfnpk^ey Jaughed powepfuljy. "Alj F'?h^" he "Now, remember, iSoibnieps tqusf pof see tbat gup come out of the furnace, He's sqpe pp up, and he'll make a bad report o fhp Job if he gets a chance. you Know what would happen to you tpen." "He tried to get my Job," roared the foreman. "Try to take an honest man's living away from him? I'll show him." He turned to the workman near the furnace, yelling, "Here, take that Sommers gun." Pinckney caught the foreman by the arm. "Wait a minute; wait. Smith." he commanded. "Here's Sommers now." .The naval lieutenant was coming down the long furnace room, shielding his eyes from the terrific heat and WIRELESS I ' Thompson Buchanan Proa tho ifaJ Play of the Saoe Name ', tiELL SMITH, FREDERIC IN and PAUL ARMSTRONQ Frvdaric TbsmpMO. All Kijhto ItNtmi 11 glare of the furnaces as he passed. Smith lurched out to meet him Just as he stopped in front of the furnace whicn held the Sommers gun. One quick look assured the navy man of ine lurciimii a cuiiuiuvu. "How soon do you take the gun out Smith?" he asked. "i\one of your business," he retorted. "I take it out when 1 get good and ready. Maybe at one time, and then again it may be another." The answer was enough. Every muscle in Sommers' powerful frame set for action. Already he had the foreman's protruding jaw measured for his right hand, and Pinckney's voice checked him. "I say, Sommers, come lere, please, will you?" The naval man turned without a word and walked over to the general manager. "Perhaps you can explain this, Mr. Pinckney?" he demanded sternly. Plnckney smiled apologetically. "I hope you won't mind Smith. You can see he's been drinking." The officer's eyes narrowed. The fighting look was still on his face. "And that's the kind of a man you allow to be in charge of important work?" he demanded. Pinckney was still apologetic. "It doesn't often happen. I'm glad tn gav." he exdained. "But Smith is a very valuable man, one of the beat I've ever known. I'd hate to lose him. He Is thoroughly competent, even though he seems drunk. Liquor only makes him quarrelsome ind impertinent It doesn't affect his ability as a workman. "He was Just the man for this Job. That's why I put him in charge and let him stay on even though drunk. You can depend on it he'll do the work all right" Sommers accepted the explanation with a shrug. "Well, you're the general manager, Mr. Plnckney," he said. "If that gun is ruined in your place the Durant works will be responsible. Personally, I think, valuable as Smith may be, it would be a good thing to lay him off until he sobers up." Plnckney nodded. "I understand your feelings," he said, "but I'll stay out here myself to see that the gurt goes through all right. Smith's nasty now. It might be as well if you didn't stay any longer. It upsets him to have outsiders about" For the first time a real suspicion or foul play took hold of Sommers. They were all too obviously anxious to get him away. "Don't worry," he said shortly to Pinckney. "I'll take care of myself. I've got time to get into my working togs, haven't 1?" He turned away and started back to the office Just in time to meet Marsh approaching. He had sized up Marsh for an honest, well meaning fellow, so he dfdn't hesitate to stop him. <"Qhr I say. Marsh, what time did that gun go info the fire?" The fread draughtsman looked up and down $nd everywhere but af Sommers" faee. ''I?I don't know, Mr. Sonjmers, exactly," he fiesjtafed. "Don't know!'' explained the pfflcep. "What's go}ng on here anyhow? If looks to me like there's something wrong. Didn't you tell me that gun went if? at 6 o'clock?" Marsh was thoroughly frightened now, "Pfd I say 6 g'cjocH? I've forgo|ten. Mr, Pinpfcney Wjll know. |?|1 asl$ hiit}.'1 Suspicion had become practical certainly in Sommers' mlRd ROW. Hp saw he, too, must he dlP|omat|p. Hp must n?t let these pegple realize what he spppepted- HP shook hjs he$d ear gerly, "Oh, don'l bother Pinckney, Marsh. I'll bp baok in a moment. jus| as soon as I sret on my working clothes.1' And, leaving Marsh in a cpld sweat of fear, the naval man hurried into the office. As soon as the door had plosed after him PJnqkney rushed QVpr to Smith. "Now, Smith, go to It quick,'' hp command^, In a moment the roar In the big furnace room had inoreased tremendously, Smith began to bellow his orders, The men realizing the important time had come went to work with a will, The huge traveler was rushed over above the trap furnace as fast as it could be moved. The chains were Delng lowered into the trap to draw out the gun when Marsh caught Plnckney by the arm. "Mr. Pinckney, don't?don't try It," he exclaimed. "Sommers suspects." Plnckney shook off the restraining touch. "Let him suspect," he exclaimed contemptuously. "What difference does that make? Once get that gun Into the bath without his seeing it, I can beat him, no matter what story he tells In Washington." "But you can't get It In," expostulated the frightened draughtsman. "He'll be back In a minute. He knew you couldn't beat him or he wouldn't have left. He's gone to put on his working clothes." For reply Pinckney shook himself free and shouted to Smith: "Here. Smitn, Spmmers has just demanded that yoi} be (jlscharged. Hp says you cai}'{ handle |he Job. He's gone |o change hjs cjofhes, and he'lj be back In a minute |q boss the job himself," That was enough. The drunken foreman'* rage whh tt* fleroe as one of his own furnace* now, He has, has he?" he roared above the noise of the furnaces und the clanging steel. "If he comes In here I'll throw him In the furnace!" "I don't blame you," supplemented Plnckney. And Smith, seeing now the general manager was behind him In whatever he might attempt, was ready for desperate work. "Here!" he shouted. "Take my signal whistle. I'll go over by the floor and wait for that guy. When he shows up you signal the men to take out the gun." W lieu lie V.UIUCO llli V*Vl??>t*vvi Pinckney, amazed. "How can you stop his seeing you?" The foreman laughed brutally, then, stooping over, picked up from the floor a short piece of iron, already blood stained at one end. "O'Leary," he said briefly, and, turning with the bar in his hand, lurched across, drunkenly confident, toward the path which Sommers must cross on his way in the office to the trap furnaces that contained the Sommers gun, now ready to be hoisted and transferred to the tempering bath. Marsh had already hurried away. Possible murder was more than he had counted on when he allowed Pinckney to bully him into becoming his fellow conspirator. Pinckney stood ready with the whistle in his hand, while the men at their places waited, ready to hoist when the signal should be given. The trap was laid. All was in readiness when Pinckney saw a raggedly dressed girl with a shawl over her head hurrying down the furnace room from the door through which the men were accustomed to enter. "Here!" he shouted. "What are you slnlnor hono ? Whn a to vaii? nilttM Instead of answering the girl ran on until she had come facing him. Thei she stopped short and threw back the shawl from her head. Plnckney started back In amazement. for Instead of Lucy Smith, as he expected, he looked into the blazing eyes of Frances Durant. To be Continued. OUR OLD TREES. California's Giant Sequoias Antedate the Pyramids. The giant sequoia trees of Calaveras county, Cal., are the oldest living things on the face of the earth. Net another thing that has life in It but was germinated since they began their existence. No one knows exactly how old they are, but some that have been felled indicate that they were more than 4,000 years old, so that It issafo to say that these large trees ha. been growing for at least that length of time. One of them Is estimated to be at least 5,000 years of age and Is still in a healthy condition and bids fair to live hundreds or even thousands of years longer. When the pyramids of Egypt were built these trees were of goodly size. When Rome was founded they would have furnished beams for the bridges, The temples of ancient Greece and Assyria might have been decorated with their leaves. One cannot behold these gigantic trees without a feeling of awe at the ephemeral existence of things in general. There they stand, themselves young in the record of the world, yet the oldest living things upon the face of the earth. All else that was alive when they came into existence has perished. Empires have sprung up, nourished, died since these sprouts poked their tender heads above the soil. Colossal monuments of art have crumbled into dust. Races have evolved. DrosDered. Derlshed and been for gotten since they first budded In their youth; continents have been changed, mountains have been formed, the confines of the seas have been altered by erosion or by earthquake; lakes have come Into existence and dried up. Harkenlng back to the days of their youth, It Is a new world which they behold at this time. As for the life of man hjn}aelf, a mere breath compares with theirs. If Is a proud family t^t traces its ancestry back fop a dozen generations? for a couple qf hifnc|re<| years. Thp royal houses of the wprld are sometimes able to trace thejr lineage for p. thousand years, when If Is |ost |n thp dim ljghf of uncertainty. Yef here stands the monarchs that have wavefl thelp plunges jn tplurpph fop iqany times as jon^ as the oldesf of tfip royal ft0H8PS: Man is born ant| obtains his grpwth, he struggles and succumbs, h!s body is given to the worms, his bope? are pulyerjzed |nto 4uSt. his very name and place forgotten and othep generation? con^e upon the scene, ye{ these prees $o about phejp wgy of ljvr ing, gathering up the moisture and the chemicals and bujldlng them intp wood and bark and leaves, apparently unmlpdful of the passing of tlme? Dayton Newa: I.QA9 9N BANKING 6APITAJ., Do|lar Doing Tyvjca th? Work If pid eanffratjgns Agg. Jn JB7fl the ratio of t^e capital Qt national banks to total liabilities was 33 per eent. says the flew Yorfc World. In 1881} U \vas J)lj |n 1898, 81). It Is now J9, Prof, Wesley C. Mitchell, of the University of California, bringing out these facts Jn the Journal of Bponor mJeB, shows that the decline in the ratio has occurred Jn prosperous times, During hard times there is practically no change in the load of liabilities imnriHftd on hnnk rnnitnl A movement bo constant may be expected to continue In the good times we hope may be now well resumed. Professor Mitchell shows that the ratio was exactly the same on August 22, 1907, and May 14. 1908?before and after the panic?but the decline since that has been resumed. The capital ratio of state banks has declined from 41 per cent in 1878 to 18 per cent In 1908. That there need be any benefit of peril in this tendency, Professor Mitchell disproves by citing the Canadian English and Welsh banks, which have not suffered from panics like oyrs. Tl^e Canyclian fatlo l^ys decjiypfl from 4? jn 1878 |q 19 pqW- Tfte English apd Wejsty jplpt stocfc bqnfc ratio h?8 wtyblp tl>e same years gpnp rrofn in in One dollar in banking papitnl throughout the English-speaking world Js doing twice the work It did a generation ago. The same la true In many other forms of business. Whatever safeguards are thrown about deposits by banking custom or by public supervision will continue this striking illustration of the Increasing function of credit In business life. Pheasants sometimes live fifteen years. Jftisceltaneous #tadinfl. FINANCE AND MONEY MAKING. Mo*t Important Secret of Wealth la Persistent Saving. Although every schoolboy Is aware how quickly compound . Interest mounts up, this very thing remains one of the moat bailing features of finance. Even shrewd business men are often blind to this feature of the case. The following anecdote forcefully illustrates the point: It Is related that once while Peter Cooper was talking about a project with an acquaintance, the latter said he would have to borrow money for six months, paying at the rate of three per cent a month. "Why do you borrow for so short a time?" Mr. Cooper asked. "Because the brokers will not negotiate bills for longer." "Well, If you wish," said Mr. Cooper, "I will discount your note at that rate for three years.. "Are you In earnest?" asked the would-be borrower. "Certainly I am. I will discount your note for ten thousand dollars for three years at that rate. Will you do it?" "Of course I will," said tho merchant. "Very well," said Mr. Cooper. "Just sign a note for ten thousand dollars, payable In three years, and give me your check for eight hundred dollars* and the transaction will be complete." "But where Is the money for me?" asked the automobile merchant. "You don't get any money," was the reply. "Your Interest for thirtysix months at three per cent a month amounts to one hundred and eight per cent, or ten thousand eight hundred dollars. Therefore, your check for eight hundred dollars Just makes us even." The force of this practical Illustration of the folly of paying such an exorbitant price for the u?e of money was such that the merchant determined never to borrow at such ruinous rates, and he frequently used to say that nothing could have ?o fully convinced him as this rather humorous proposal of Mr. Cooper. The average young American, while earning much more than his brother in Europe, is much more careless about his expenses?to such an extent in fact, that the Ananclal balance at the end of the year would be found almost- Invariably in favor of Alphonse, Frits, or Salvatore. Your European learns early in life to estimate his wealth in terms of income, rather than cash balance; In terms of interest, rather than principal. The question, "How much are you worth?" gets a reply something like this; "I am worth three thousand francs, or marks, or lire, a year." In Amerloa we answer the question by saying: "I am worth-twenty thousand dollars." -- , mm ttia fmmm m?v ur mcill/ iltutiVMB* mm V..V ? be. We have not got the useful habit of thinking In terms of revenue. So true la this, that the average young American has the vaguest sort of Ideas, if he has any at all, about the accumulation of an Income. He goes In, year after year, spending all that he earns, showing about as much wisdom in financial affairs as a farmer who every year would consume all his seed instead of placing it aside for next year's planting. Yet, an income is easily within reach of practically every intelligent American by the time that he reaches the age qf fo^ty. This income will vary, nati^ljy, nnoordtnar to taste, environment, and qfhep clccupiftancqs. Many qeqple will regard ap jncojqe qf, say, 'flye hupdred dqjlaps, qa cheap qnd iqflgpiflcpnp ye|, thjs ampqiit if posifiyg qssurapce agqlpst hejng a bqrdeq jo friends of relatives. If is a positlvp assurance qf honprable independence. No map wl^p an lpcqme qf Ave hyn? dred dollars wijl pe fqpced fo go witp faltpplng sfeps and yoice qfflce to piflce feekjpg for a J?p when he |s sq old ftyq1 P? 9Pe wane's plpi. Fiye hqpdfep flq}laps, a9d ft cot" tage, mpans ease qnd !n ft thpusand chafmjqg yjlla^es pf fpe Unifed Sfataa, pof for ope pep-spy opjy, byf fqr fprq, op eyen flfr-ee. An<! ftll t'w* cftn bft wjth ft pftnitai of oply feq thqusapd dollars iqvested at flvp pep cent. When you have ?qYed a thousand dqllara?it epsy to get, if yop try?ypy wUl haVe $h Ineqrpe qi nrty aquars a year ior iqe resl yi your UJe: What dqea this piepn? It mpftns; Twp suits qf c}o|haa ft year- (Nq maq needs rqqre.) Pr your pept far a mqnth qr two* Or frpp gas the year poyndj Or ft free theftier ticfcet onee ft wepfcj Or exemption from taxea; Or frep chicken for yqur Pupdfty dinPOP: The list, qf course, could be oon? tinued indefinitely, Every man can make hia own ll8t, You may even take pleasure in reflecting that once a year a kind friend will oome up to you and say: "Hero la fifty dollars, brother: take it and forget that I gave it to you." Thinking in terms of "my Income" quickly becomes a habit: and, generally speaking, it la a habit worth cultivating. A lot of "the boys" take you out for a good time, and when you reach home you have ten dollars less in your pocket than when ^ou started out. Now, you may think that you are out merely ten' dollars, arid tnat is all there is to it. Nay, nay! The annual Interest on that ten dollars Is fifty cents. You have taxed yourself for life at the rate of fifty cents a year ?and it's a tax you will nevej, neye^ dodge. Fifty cents a year, as you sf^y, Is too Insignificant {o cqnsldep.. how mapy sqch Hems &r? t^erp $1? ready sappjng your budget? And h?W many mpre d? >'PM expect to add? Even the fiest (Jf u* Will find, on consideration, that we have quite a collection, "If you were a Frenchman, with a very small surplus to Invest," says Charles F, Bpears In the American Review of Reviews; "If, even, that surplus were but a modest franc, you might become the holder of a French government bond. From the cradle to the grave the French subject is taught io save ana 10 turn nis earnings into safe income producing account. The state pays a premium on thrift. It rewards its school children for various good performances with a tiny bank deposit, which Invariably will, have grown into goodly size when the recipient has reached maturity. Having nursed its people through the early stages of economy, it directs their steps in the choice of investments, and f<Vhn oqunmna not^rna 1 nnufr In nrhi* trarlly transforming the savings bank account into government bonds, or rents. Thrift is a national characteristic. France is a nation of little savers, of little incomes, and of little farms. Collectively, these exercise a tremendous power on the affairs of Europe. The holder of the one or two franc bond and the possessor of the bank account, so small that bankers of other countries would scorn it, have built up a monetary power that commands the tespect of the world, and, Indeed, regulates the finances and politico of much more presumptuous nations. "Bonds of states and governments, of railroads with a government guarantee, bonds of cities and towns, of mortgage companies, are the FrenchMan's choice. His portfolio contains the most varied collection of government securities imaginable, It is safe to say that, in Paris, coupons are cut from the bonds of nearly every govern, ment under the sun, Too often the Frenchman gambles and loses in mining shares. He will have none of his own country's industrial issues. 'Something over two years ago, In the Review of Reviews, I exploited the fact that France had captured from flreat Britain the title of "world'j fcanker," and that it was in Paris inHiend of to London that the borrower Burned hid ?tepu. Thn sh'>Ck of this atement to British pride was considerable. It was controverted. Aflor th2 1807 panic, English bankers pointed to fho manner with which the Bank of England had guided the nation* through the monetary crisis. By advancing its discount rate to 7 per cent, gold was automatically brought to it tfom all corners of Europe, With this gold, debtors, whether individuals, corporations, or governments, were satisfled, But France and the Bank of France stood in the background, and really supplied most of the yellow metal, so that, when these debtors began to liquidate, they found that France and the Bank of France were, in most cases, their creditor, "Today Franoe, even nu re than *n 1906, is the world's banker. Her inex hauutiWc supply of fund* waiting for investment Is ths wonder and the envy of all foreign tj&nkers. Warep come and go, acute political crises follow fast after, eaoh other In mercurial Continental Europe, and panics flatten Industry and draw sharp cleavage between creditor and debtor. Through all these changes and chanoes the great middle olass of Franoe continues to save enough from Its income to finance countries with much greater industrial wealth and to fill ths vaults of ths Bank Cf Franoe to overflowing with gold, tte chores of Erupt art laved with a golden flood that never seems to ebb. How oould It be otherwise In a nation that so carefully trains its psople to save and splits up Its government debt certificates Into pieces of one, two and three francs twenty to sixty cents) of whose ten million electors ninetenths are investors, and where, of twelve million five hundred thousand savings bank depositors, over fifty per cent have less than' four dollars to tneir creau.in Dan*. A busing maty tyC a^ty. recently gave some valuable testimony In th^ columns of the New York Telegrftp'q on the relation gf wqsfe antf fajlurf. He estimated that he hag wasted about one-fifth of fils fln^e s|nce he. was ten years old. "I gigft fftljycft, ft qaedlqerity r?th?t\ which Pfofjjb^ Is as hftdt |f w>t WQr?e, that) ap utter failures. Sometimes, years ago, I ^secf fo kick and biame others because I was not a brilliant success. In fact, without boasting, I should have beet} a success. I ant qujfe clev-r er, I know my bU8ine8S, I cfth sell stuff, and pap huatle a-s hard as any one, I ftm ft fajfly faithful wyeke^ and have the experience q^d hftYft hftd th9 backlog. Yef, J hav? failed-. "The day \ v'ft8 ?i*ty year8 old J made ftoipe qalgylfttlons based on solid, sober fapt, sjmply |q show them to my boy, whP I8 fifr-ov'hf MPi I hope, at leasf, fo be ft hit different from his father- I had found out several years before why 1 failed, and I made these calculations to make it plainer to himPerhaps the figures may help a?me other youpg fellow-. ' Plainly, a8 ? fqund Qdt after blaming everything else, j was not a fairly successfq) man bfpauge J wasted too much time. In faot, I wasted over elaht years of time out of fifty avail able fpp work in which I should have been doing something to advance or improve myself. I was, and am, moderately well flaed, If I had availed myself of that time whloh I wasted carelessly, and added the results to the small things I have achieved, my family would have had a little more than my life insurance to depend upon. "When I speak of time wasted, I mean time which actually was wasted ?not hours devoted to serious thought are reflection?hours often the best of a man's life. "These are the figures that I pre- > pared for my son: Hours. Overslept ten minutes a day for voora ' 3.050 i JVU4U Wasted taunting h>st things twenty minutes' a, ^a,y, ijor fitly years .6,1|00 Talking uselessly thirty, rptnutea a day for fifty, yeara '. Waiting for cftrp* ten ^nu{e$ ^ day for fifty yeara 2,4^0 Smoking (exqcss) th^y. Rt^uief? a day for for^y.-flvn yeaf^....., Telephoplpg (defers) twenty minutes p ppy for fifteen year# 1,830 Cards, pjll|aida, pqpl, etc., forty nijnufes a day for forty years.. 7,2*0 Horses, dogs, babies, eto., forty minutes a day for fifty years. .11,150 Barrooms, forty minutes a day for forty years 9,720 Plain lo.sflng, forty-five mlrutes a day for fifty years 16,425 Total waste In fifty years... .75,285 "And yet I am not an extraordinary ease. I know hundreds of men who( j waste infinitely more time than I do. I Just as in my case, t^hey' might hav^ been successful If they, bad, not wa,ste<^ so much tlnr^e. "It fe juat ^Ike ganging.?a^d th$ waste t^e represents ^he 'percentage' in favof of \h^ winder- person who avails himself of that percentage wins, and the others lose. "There Is Just one other feature to this wasted time which I strove to Impress upon my son, and which I would like to Impress upon others. That Is, .that it costs more' to loaf than to work. A man who works all day spends little money, but he cannot loaf without spending money at all times. I have figured that I cannot loaf over a billiard table, In a barroom, or at cards under sev enty-flve cents an nour. it is impos. ible, I know, to figure now how much money I spend in my useless loafing but It is possible to make a rough calculation. Counting only the time in barrooms, over cards, billiards and pool, in excessive smoking, billiards and time marked 'plain loafing1 as being expensive loafing, and figuring it at 50 cents an hour, that loafing cost about 116,800 cash In fifty years. That sounds high, but I can see no flaw in the reasoning, and those who loiter with the 'gang' in barrooms, who play billiards and pool and oards, will not dispute that fifty' cents an hour expense is riot high." Most of us, unfortunately, regard our time as unlimited, until it is too late to begin economizing. CHINA'S AWAKENING. How the Celestials Art Progressing In the Modern Arts. Nothing shows more clearly the fact that China is waking from her long sleep than the rapid introduction of industries and mechanical employments, on the European plan, into that country. A contributor to Cosmos (Paris, Oct 8) assures us that this introduction is taking place much more quickly and thoroughly than most Occidentals imagine. Although the European colonies have been instrumental in the matter, the native Chinese eagerly adopt and use the western devices. Says the paper named above: "European industries have begun to be introduced into China, and ihe'r progress is now becoming more und more rapid. At Canton in particular we find a series or factories whose pretence greatly astonishes those who think of China as still fixed In the past. Here we And a cement factory, the property of the government, but directed by Chinese under the guidance of German engineers; no leaa than BOO barrels of cement daily are turned out Canton also has a water works run entirely by Chinese, which furnishes daily more than 7,000,000 gallons of water to 10,000 subscribers. This latter figure shows clearly that the Chinese are quick to understand the advantages of perfected processes, and notably of the house-to-house distribution of water, when they have the wherewith to pay for It. "We And also at Canton, beside* the arsenal, a smokeless powde? f%c-. tory, as well as the provincial mtnti there Is also a paper mill and * cV> garette factory, not to mention the railway shops and various shops for the construction and repair of vessels. "But what Is perhaps the most curious thing to And In this very Chinese city, where, in spite of the foreign quarter, the natives form large portion of the cli^n^e^e of %1} these industries, 1* a,n pjectflc plant, Sstjayed <jn thp mcp\ mndem plan, WW by the Chtppse Light $ Fpwer eumpany, whose fteadqua'rtera la at Hongkong. It stands In the district called Ng 8ln i(fqqn, which means Southern Gate. Yhe necessary motive force is fur Ttfshail In the first place by three 1 ytpsej motors using crude petroleum 8 and giving together 600 horsepower. There are also flye steam engines yielding 730 horsepower. The steam Is produced by four Bibcock $ WUcox water tube butlers burping Japanese coal and furnished with a Green economises Cupdenaera of a good type assure excellent working and the forced-draft system la used, "All tho workmen In this station, to the number of 121, are Chinese. The current, which Is alternating, is conveyed away at a tension of 2,000 volts. The conductors are aerial and held up by Iron or wqgdon posts. Before reaching the consumer It Is lowered to the more modest tension Of only 100 volts. The subscribers are divided between the foreign concession of Shameen and the Chinese town of Canton proper, but they are more numerous in the Chinese city. According to figures in our possession and which date back to the be- ( ginning of 1900 there are more than ' 2.640."?Literary Digest. 1 " ( The "Boy Police." ? In the city of Council Bluffs, la., there Is a unique organization known as the "Boy Police," composed as its a name Indicates, entirely of boys, whos$ 9 duty it is to preserve order arr^oE^ ^h$ ' lads of that city and to sea thnt the rising generation does not bepome too a boisterous in its fun. The young luw officers act under the eyes and orders of the regular police department of the city and have authority to make arrests when necessary to preserve oifder, 6 The 9* V^e Corce fluctuates, times decreasing uijl\U qp\ a single " member ip on t(ho ifol\, ^r\d at other times, increasing, VWlU U reaches a -4-1??U -O OCA TKlo (a thA mn vlmttm " sut.'ijUti.u x. "V . nuntbeif. allpwec} serve In the boy ' police fo^ce. The boys receive no pay for their wo^ but are recompensed v soWty by the preatlge which accrues to " them a* guardians of the peace. Ho greatly Is the honor esteemed at 1 holiday times, when the mind of Young a America naturany turns to nusumei, that anything from 600 to 1,500 boys p besiege the police headquarters, seek- a lng appointments as policemen. It la 81 the greatest honor that can come to a 11 Council Bluffs boy?to be made a po- A llceman. Every grade of society I4 d found among the applicants, from the si street Arab to the son of a banker and d railroad magnate, for pract\caUy every lad In Council Bluffs Is a standing 0 candidate for the Job of a boy police-' E man. ' I, The "Kid Police," 34, the ljoijce la , r>r?nninrlv "known, 'originated in the ? mind of Chief of Policy fttclirapnd o$ f< Council BIUjITb; a^d \ya$ mope (he rc? t! suit olf a'p, ths^'of matur* h thought,. I\ wa,s ^napiraUoiu howcvcy, yha\ tos \v-pyke<i wonder* among Cl bdy-s of Council Bluffs, and has R beei^ sq ^u^qessful ift R* object that It n la Mn8r serjoysly eonsidered by a number of other American cities.? n Wide World Magazine. 1] A8 ADVI8ER OF MR. TAFT. Interesting Political 8tory By Way of Washington. Washington, December 16: In these modern and radiant days of Big BUI Taft, what has become of that ancient and honorable institution formerly designated "Republican Referee" beatifically transmogrified, as you may recall, under the be-accurate dispensation of Hon. George Bruce Cortelyou Into , "adviser"?but regardless of nonenclature, where Is he at? In brief, Who's It In South Carolina when it comes to pie? Tne man wno secured tne nomination of Louis C. Kuker to be postmaster of Florence and S. Koke King to be postmaster at Darlington was MaJ. James Calvin Hemphill, editor of the Charleston News and Courier and Mr. T&ft's closest and most confidential friend in South Carolina. Captain John O. Capers, Republican national committeeman and erstwhile "referee" for South Carolina recommended other men for these offices. Capt Caper's recommendations have been wont to go in South Carolina postmasterships. "General" Francis H. Hitchcock, , political charge d'Affairs of the Administration, still consults him about these offices, but & bigger than the general has been taking a hand. Senator E. D. Smith, who represents Florence in the senate and who had the power of holding up any appointment objectionable to him, "did his durnest," In the language of the classic poet, to Influence the president to name another man for Florence. But there was one more potent In the councils of the president than the senator, and the major's man was namea. Captain Capers says he is no longer 'Referee" or "Adviser" In the established sense. "So far as I know there isn't any such Job/.' he says, "1 lave retired to my private law practice and am devoting my time to it. ntending not to accept any further political office. Of course, until the lext national convention I am still the national committeeman, and laving advised about South Carolina >fflces so long, and still desirous of teeing good men in office as well as to see the party prosper in South Carolina, why whenever I am asked to advise, I advise. When I am not isked, I have nothing to say." In passing it is an evidence of Mr. Caper's sincerity that he has had the efusal of at least two good Federal ippolntments since he left that of general revenue commissioner. Now upon the election of Mr. Taft i different policy with respect to appointments in the south was determined upon, Mr. Taft had been down o Greensboro, N. C.. several years >efore he was an active candidate 'or the presidency. There he shocked \ia, fellow Republicans who for several year* had been engaged In one santinuoua and conspicuous exhibition logflght over Federal patronage by elllng them that .the Republican jarty in the south would be better >ff if the Democrats neld all the ofIces. He seems not altogether to lave got that idea out of hla head, ind it is believed, ha would have en ered upojn % yrholesale policy of apmin^ipg Democrats to office had It >Qt been for the more astute political head of his postmaster general ind chief political adviser. There Is i difference only of Judgment beween Mr. Taft and Mr. Hitchcock. The object of each is to break the olid south. Mr. Taft thinks he can lo it by coddling a few Democrats vlth Republican leanings,* and while dr. Hitchcock does not wholly dlstgree with this Idea he wants to be iuite sure of the leanings. Mr. Taft eems willing to take greater :hances on this score. The regular iforetlme "referees" have not been ormally abolished or superseded so nuch as they have been just sort o' lefunctlonized, as it were, perhaps emporary and experimentally in orler that the beaming and pursuaslve >ersonallty of the big hearted Bill raft might beam direct. This peronallty has been beaming ipon the Charleston editor ever since hat famous Gander and Hen lncl letnt, when the News ana courier conducted a raffle (or the Bryan ampaign fund. This tickled the Rembllcan candidate very much and lis attention was riveted upon the Itter attacks upon Mr. Bryan which Che News and Courier had made beore the Denver convention, and the carcely veiled partiality of Its edior for the Republican candld&te luring the campaign. While Mr. Caft knew Major HemphlU before hat, having been entertained In Charleston In that most hospitable .nd charming; manner for which Charleston la famous, In which enertalpment the editor of the News ,nd Courier was naturally conspicuowing not so much to his posllon as to his own pleasing and corlial personality. But this Gander nd Hen Incident seemed to have een an especial bond of union, 'wlce since he waa elected president, Ir. Taft has visited Charleston, and lajo? Hemphill has visited the pros ient their friendship being at ach meeting Intensified. The Gander and Hen incident you nderetand, was a Joke. Mr. Taft kes a joke and he likes a man who ets off a good one. But the presient is not all jokes. That campaign *st fall wasn't any joke. He meant usiness, and at one.time Mr. Bryan as pushing him so close and the ilddle west as well as New York howed such signs of Republican dlaitegration that he got all vexifled, s It were. It has always been an lea with him ever since he entered olitics, which was when he became candidate for president, you undertand, that he was the Man of Desny to break up the solid south, .nd he wanted to go into the south urlng that campaign to convert the tiff-necked people, and would have one so bu,t foi? this dangerous threat f the. mljddla weal and New York. tu,t all tjhe time he was looking about i the south, watching It very close(\ He had certain lieutenants, pulse #e|er?, to report to him what men In ie south could be of assistance to i Im In furnishing Information about ondltlons. Among these was J. C. ! lemphlll In South Carolina. It Is ot believed that he called on these i ten for assistance, but It Is posltlver known that he had his eye on i them, and considered them as not so hostile as their papers might have Indicated to those who did not read between the linea Whether he has Major Hemphill on his list of ellglbles with the hope of assistance In breaking up the solid south or not can be but a matter of surmise. It is certain that he consuits the major about appointments, and that the major, whether consulted or not, sometimes gives his "advice." This he did a few days ago In the candidacy of his cousin, J. J. Hemphill for the office of commissioner of the District of Columbia. It Is believed that were it not for the technical bar respecting legal residence, President Taft would out of consideration for his frelnd, J. C. Hemphill appoint J. J. Hemphill to me omce, iurtner consideration being of course, given to Ur. Hemphill's fitness. Major Hemphill's recommendations are not always favorably acted on, this being notably the case In a recent recommendation for the postmaster's position at Walhalla. He recommended Miss Fant, who It developed was at the time residing In Anderson, engaged there as stenograph- i er. She had, however, been a resident of Walhalla. However, she and her people were Democrats, while Anson C. Merrick, the husband of the deceased postmaster, was a "good Republican." , This was one time the postmaster general had his way, and Merrick was appointed.?Zack McGhee In Columbia Stat* 8COTTI8H HUMOR. Some Examples of Repartee of Celtic Lawyers. The story told In these columns of the Scottish advocate reminds a contributor of a few more. A case was being tried before the late Lord Young ?'Crabbe vs. Crabbie." "I may explain, My Lad," said the advocate, "that my client Crabbe is a nephew of our opponent Crabbie, but a few years ago he dropped the '1' In his name for the sake of euphony." "Ah," replied Lord Young, "he has v Blbllcan authority for that?'If the "1" offend thee pluck It out'" The present Lord Justice General (Lord Dunedln) was, as Mr. Graham Murray, pleading before Lord Young. At the time Mr. Graham Murray had the largest nractlce at the Rentttah her but was also able to mix freely and late In Edinburgh society. In the course of on argument Mr. Murray, to And a metaphor, made some reference to a ball he had been at the previous night, or, rather, the same morning. "I cannot understand, solicitor-general," said Lord Young, "how you can burn the candle at both ends." Ah," replied Mr. Oraham Murray, "I do that to make both ends meet" Lord Ardwall, one of the Judges of the court of session, Is a man of large proportions. One dag, aa Mr. Andrew Jamleson, be wag pleading before Lord Young, and the opposing counsel Interposed with the remark that he was not disposed to disagree with his friend. "But my lud," said Mr. Jamlesen. "the lord advocate and I are not by any means In the same boat" "No," said Lord Young, "you wQt require one entirely to yourself* The late Mr. Lancaster had against him as a witness an Irish woman what was particularly categorical as ro ner dates and how "this happened at 4.27 on Tuesday, this at 6.33 on Friday and *o on. At last the patience of the* advocate was exhausted. "My dear woman," said Mr. Lancaster, "do you keep a diary?" "No, sir," replied the woman, "a dram shop." A young advocate had pleaded hla flrst case, and when the judgment was given against his client he exclaimed: "I am surprised at your lordship's Judgment" There was consternation In the court and something had to be done to save the young counsel from his unheard of rashness. The matter was submitted to the dean of the faculty of advocates, who when the court assembled next day rose and addressed their lordships: "My young friend," he said, "yesterday committed what may seem an unforgivable Indiscretion but one for which he asks the clemency of the court Had he pleaded as long as I have I am sure he would never be surprised at any of your lordship's Judgments."?Tit-Blta. THE DARK OF THE MOON. A Result That is Produced by the Light From the Earth. Many people have wondered why ' the part of that moon that receives no sunlight Is often visible to us. the term being the "old moon in the young moon's arms." The dark part is easily seen as a copper colored globe reposing In the bright crescent. This that we see is nothing more or less than the earth shine on the moon. We appear the same why to the moon when we are in that phase, and our dark part is where the moonshine appears and the bright parts of the sunshine. The reason the copper color appears is because light has to traverse the atmosphere of the earth three times? once on coming from the sun to the earth, once when reflected to the moon and again on being reflected back to us. Our atmosphere possesses the peculiar property of absorbing the blue rays of this white light and allowing only the red and orange to go through, ' thus oausing the appearance of copper color by the triple absorption. The odd thing connected with this phenomenon, though having nothing to do with it, is this; That part of the mnnn nrhinh anneara dark to US is the same pait q( that earth that appears light to the moon at any specific time, and that part of the moon which appears bright to us corresponds to the portion of the earth appearing to the moon. Of course It Is well known that the moon gives out no light whatever Itself, the moonshine being merely the light of the sun on the moon reflected to us. The same applies with the earth in Its shine on the moon, save that we do give out glows no doubt around cities at night on account of the enormous number of lights. One thing, however, In which moonshine excels the earth shine is Its constant character. Where the earth possesses varying clouds the old moon never has any at all.?St. Louis Republic.