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\ i • * j,. . TW ^Siisy%-A Vi?'^.?'!?.' vs.M*S i i;mrawHgisWiHra»'nmrc i ^ %Aii >u u H\: \».* H ft , & til f-s ^ ^ »« i\- #f! N, « ilt; •w ' ' Called Hi* Hand. - < • Peter de Wint, the English land.- J . scape painter, was accustomed each yjbar (to have a semipriyate show of his pictures before sending, them to the Waier Color society's exhibition. On such occasions his friends frequently\ bought pictures, which, of course, ap-, peared at the public exhibition marked . \Sold.\ 4 ,• I Among the painter's friends was a ..wealthy man who wanted to appear a pajtron of art and at the same time to keep his money. He managed this by loudly admiring the paintings already f aoJdv He Was always, a bit too late to .{|§ the pictaftes,. that \pleased hlmmpse' ahd, having seen them, he could never content himself with less beautiful works. De Wint at last suspected the man's sincerity, and when the next show day came round he concluded to test him. After plenty of time had been allowed —for~Der Wtatfs\ friends to make\ their purchases, *the .rich man arrived. As usual, his> eye soon fell on- two \per- fect gejns\ marked \Sold.\ Turning to the> artist, he said, \Now De Wint, those are exactly the things I should JUke. .to possess;—what-a- pjty-they- are not to be had.\ — ''My dearth-,\ said^Jhe painter, slap- ping him. on ,ttie ,6ack, \I knew you WOuld like them, sol put the tickets on them to keep them for you.\ \ J ~ ThsTSfce^ji^^^ , The buUfitof>%As%'| }ohg f ohe Storied: mud hut, with pitched roof. We. en- tered. Behqjd jWJbaTt thufrontiersmah had creaftd! The ip^g room was the scene of homely tadus.try;. '.From the center rafter hung a .big oh lamp, abed-, ding its rays over a patriarchal family as busy as a hive^of :bees r By the clay stove sat the grandi£th\er~-feeding the Are with twigs and tending a brood of children-playing on a dirt floor packed hard, swept clean. „_From one' corner came the merry- whir of grinding mill- stones as a blindfolded donkey walked jrp\md,-ahd rpund\ -\Yhile-*a= woman in iiS ; with a wonderful head&pfs>|ath- eijed up the heaps of yellow corhmeal j^ftt oozed from,the gray stones. More women, in red threw the bright meal •high in the air, winnowing it of its cUaff; others leaned over clay mortars, jiutinding coridtaents-Jwitb-stone-pes-^ .ties. —Men - wera\~hurrylng~here\ and there with firewood, cooking for the travel- ers. One end of the ijppm was reserved for these wayfarers, but the k\ang at the other end was. divided into sec- I ,.S'.NQ, !n<o-e ; sinistfralo^Ut^';!gp.ui^ bi .found for.the sinking lo.fa' .yessei in i submarine crusade\ than ibe neighbor, hood of the Scilly, islands, where a number have met their fa£&\. It has been said that a large bagful of, pieces of granite of different sizes'fhrpwn in- ' djscriminately int6 a . sma,ll. shallow pool of water wilf give a'tolerabiyior- rect model of, (the islands of Scilly. |ihey are seventeen in ryimber, varying in extent from \ten to 1,640 acres, be- sides twenty-two smaller islets imd'ou- merous naked rocks. They .are. located in latitude 50, longitude 7, about; twen- ty-five niilgs, west by south fjpm Band's End, Cornwall, England. \ Those who recall the scenic effectsYin \The Pirates of Penzance\ retain soW idea of the nature* of the Scillonian .panorama— wild and picturesque, sheer .cliffs'and yawning\ caverns hQllOJEed-OUt-ny-thp- cegsejess action ,of the ocean waves; a perilous-approach in stormy weather. \In earlier days the islands w/ere in- fested with pirates and smugglers, While many of the inhabitants,picked up a living as wreckers. It* was- on Gilston rock, that Sir Clondeslev, Shovel .%>* .J^^8£&^^^^ and m flgn swung quaint little craves. Jn >-the tnavevart of St. A LESSON IN THRIFT. -•*..: ... '. - - How « V^urig, Man.Can Lay th» Foun- dation of an.OJd Age Income. In.i'-^he. .Family's Money\ in the American Magazine a father asks his •en why he .does, not increase his. in- come every* year-in the following man- ner: \Supjp.QSfi;yx>u6«v.fr$250 i a year, or about $5 a. week,, Jou could jd.o that «ijftj»pi sinter, Ih^eafedhatimoney is. a found 6.per cent security. Duringathe second, year it-will earn for you- $15, living you an increase of $1.25 a montl£\ Add your interest 'gain to the principal, and nt the end of the second yeir you will have $515 working for •yon. _ . . \At the close of the t pufth year #pu WJQI haje.a jCapitailtayested o!f-$1,092, which during£tJieL4fth year' will giye you $65, or \more than $5 a month. JOf course each year -is adding to your principal and ivoar income., When the eighth year comes to an end you will possess capitaT of $2,470, ^hich during the ninth'year wall.earn $j.48, or more than $12 a, month 1 , and that is not an amount tojaughjat . „ . \At the end of 'the twentieth year you iave $9,180, which during the fol- lowing year- will earn $550, Or morje than $45 a month. When that year closes.yoq will possess.capital of.prac-. tJeally $10,000. wliich will give you an income iuciease of $G0O per annum, or $50 a month.\ .fiaeh .bftby. tended by a larger child. Par Away -from, the loud .clamor ofi„tbe western world .we fell asleep in a clean inner room, to the -soft, sound of .swing- ing cradles and grinding millstones.— A.tlanjtic Monthly. • ALGERIA A NEW FRANCE the graveyard of St. Mary's repose-the •bodies -of^-311. v-ietims of the wceok'oi the Schiller in 1875. So'treachetousis the sea in these parts that there is an old proverb that for eyery- 'JOBJI who dies a natural death the sea takes nine. As for the strategic imporitaiice of Seilly, Borlase -'wrote.over'^a.«entury and a half ago: !5n tline^of iwar4t4s of the- utmost importance - to • England to -have Scilly in its possession. If It were in an- enemy's hands the channel, toadc -from' Ireland,- Liverpool «nd 'Bristol to 'London and the sou th; of England could not subsist, for Scilly, -^rin^-it the point of England, commands both chan- ftMMlt of jf s . i $fn£piar h ot. l jj(.s>rk Against , After, a y^S£-iexBfinditur§4l» lives *nd •ireasnie Prance is Aeginning to reap it«^ew.ard .from the conquest -of; Al- j iels>—Bulletin of the National Geo- ^etia. A- hundred j^ears-agoithe-^orth-1 graphic Society. -eni^^African-couhiary yva& the kbode.of ' JJ , Vjb^^^s^'aridrpibracy wis ffieprinci- j|^ &d9^ofli.,rtf igcpepiiie.' _TJJieJ^JiJt- ^^Statej^ wa's.rf^e Brst ,nfl,t;lqs;.{o Verylt fSgaipst Oie' payment'^pf ^trjyjufe to ; the tey-efAlgiers^for \protection 1 *- to cpin- merce, and after-a -brief but thrilling conflict the buccaneer chieftain was ful ed'ip #& sbme c'pbks.^Ba^. thg'pptatoes in wate,r' after they.ar.epft.rei Starting to cc-ok.fhem in cold water'^lso adds to the amount of waste. , • i » Twice as much nutritive matter ( is .lost if paring is. done before boiling as there is if it is | done after boiling,, not figuring the waste in cutting'away the potato;- The' juices of\ the potato con- tain 85 per cenfc of the protein and 85 per cent of the ash, and- these sub- 'stances are easily extracted when the protection of the Bkjn has been re- moved. • ; - *•*. \' A pared potato soaked from three to five hpurs loses abput three times a's much ef> its i mineral matter and'seven times as much of its Rrotein as one that is pared and immediately cooked. . In the most wasteful method of cook- ing, paring, soaking and starting to cook- in cold water the loss of protein is 51 per cent and 39 per cent of ash. When cooked with the skins on ppta- toes not soaked and droppe\d into boil- ing _water Ipse only ll6J3er_cent-.ol.pr os- tein and only.4.9 per cent of ash. B l akihg..and steaming are the most ewnpihicai jue^hpds. pf cooking pota- toes wheii'f^el isicohstdered., potatoes cannot\be baked well in a.slow oyen.— New Tork Sun. . • ' • POLITENESS IN RORTUGAL Ceremony With Which a Vititor Greeted «nd-Di»mii»ed.— : -^ .. ..Boys and Qirls. <The difference is apparent early. A boy has. as much\ fun in stoning a cat as a girl has in hunting for violets. A boy's curiosity is directed to the ice. box J a; girl would like to see what is in the top[ bureau drawer. A^girl <?an'give tie impression when «W^ jfrqm' home.jbhgt her parents are wealthy;, a boy cannot, ' A girl is never so young that she will reveal to guests .at. a party that the . spoons are,.bprrpyved; a boy.child never irogs spold that^he.fail? to. r Gfeea boy a^dpllar, and h e will eat it; \give bis sister one, and she will When brothers fight it is'over the Jjarger-sjaxe ofjpje. Whenjsisters^nafc rel.one has warn .something .belonging sto the other without_. asking permis- pion.—Youth's Companipn. ^_^AJWoman-Did\'It^f •• A lesson tolantliords-is'jilris. A wo- man did it. She wanted the house pa- pered The landlord -talked about; the paper shortage -and took, his- rent and _______ .. . . The next month when he called he found the house beautifully papered^ He was pleased and said so. The wo- man- smiled. ,She walked to the wall and-mov^ed-a'picture aside. Beneath the picture was a grimy 'square, pf the. old paper. The. woman had papered around every picture in the house. As «he paid the month's reni-she'gave no- tice -that she would move the next month.—Philadelphia North American.' Gratitude 1 An unusual form of testamentary gratitude is recorded. in the diary of Henry Grreville. \A man'who had spent much of his time in fishing left a direc- tion in his will that as he had derived much nourishment as.well.as pleasure from the fish he had caught at Chertsey it was only fair to the descendants of those fish that he in return should be- come their food. He therefore desired that his body should be cast into the Thames at Chertsey.\—London Tatler. '•' -- - Had to Say Something. Jack Timid (presumptuously in love with his employer's daughter)—Is Mr. v Ca_BCfigh in? Butler—Yes,'sir. Jack Timid' (horribly disappointed)—Well, Pm glad to hear it He might catch e,old outside—beastly weather. Good night.—Boston Transcript brought to his knees. In 1827 the French took up the white man's burden in, Algiers and >after a struggle of thirty years subdued tie cpuntry. Under the monarchy and'the second empire the government of Al- geria was. based solely on force, but the republic won the allegiance of the Al- gerians by withdrawing: the .military government from all' the settled- por- tions of the country, which have since •been treated very much as if they were a part of Prance, each department sending one senator and two deputies to the French chambers. .Algerians, save for a few of .the tribesmen in the remote interior, are now loyal JTrenph- naen, regardless of color, race or re- ligion. Algeria, also supplies vast quan- tities of foodstuffs and metals to Frances-New York World. '• What Tipping Meant. Fourteen thousand six hundred per cent is a pretty high rate of rent! But It's Just what'you'pay^ wfien jpu hand t^»\- cloaitrpoin pteate-m Jitney . for w;atching .your hat ipr an!!hpur. Do yqu gjet.us? Well, it's just liSe. this: When ypu pay 10 cents for the loan of a dol- lar for a year you pay 10 per cent But if you -pay 10 cents for the loan of a dollar for a ,day you pay £65 times as high a rate, or 3,650 per cent It's just the same way with your $3hat.\ When ypu pay 5 cents on it for an hour TQU -Finally the Journey to_j_ie_fgpiLit£ the That Portuguese politeness is-most ceremppial and may proceed to an ex- traordinary extent is indicated in the case, say, of a visit to a high ; dh^nitary. The caller ascends a magnificent staircase, passes through a long suit of rooms to the apartment In W.hicjk. the dignitary is seated. -He is received with many bows and smiles, j , When the visit is concluded the caller bjpws and prepares te depart %hen he reaches the door he must,, according to the invariable custom of the .coun- try, make another salutation. He. then discovers that his host is foilowmg him and that the inclination is re- turned by one eqtially profound.. When the caller' arrives at the. door of the second apartment the dignitary is standing*an the threshold.:o.fCijtyL.flrst and the same ceremony.is again passed between -them. When the .third apart-; mentis gained the caller observes that t ins host is occupying the -place -the , caller-has Just left in the second! TMe same civijities are then renewed, and these polite reciprocations are contin- ued until, the caller, has. traversed the whole-suit of apartments. . .. ^ At the-balustrade-the caller make* a., low ahd as he supposes a final' sjiluta-' tiqn. But no; when he has reached the fiit Imiding ^plape the host % at the tp^ Of the sfalrs; wh^n t ffife ,???% stands on the second Ianding v |jia ; ce.!his host has descended to -the!.hrst, and upon each of these occasions their i^eads wag with Incr^asha\g!^aaitiy WHAT A GARDEN DID. How One Ambitiout Girl Added.to. Her -Bank Account. Blight years . ago a twelve-year-old girl in Cleveland started^ little garden for T^getab^les and flowers. Fl,pw ( frs she spld^.tiiiat yeiir .brpu^it her f|8,45. It was a.great sum, and she could hardly;..wait until the nex$ spring so she could get at that gold mine of hers again, The next year she almost dou- bled earnings. In the third year they soared to $59.10. Each year .there- after srfw money roll, ijj! ijh increasing amounts. Last year she caine, out with -SSSS,-^—She witc a capitalist and- • Ui|»\Ndt!pilfibMlfelo/rl«ik»?fiWotM>!^«* i •••\•'.'.•' .'.Ypuw^tf w Twin'f? ' la the Woman's Home Companion.© H. Claudy describes the photographic trieft. of having one person appear twice in the same picture and tells the ama- teur photographer how to accomplish it. \What you actually do is-this: Cut from a piece of thick, stiff pasteboard a piece which will At into the inside of the camera and be held in place by the folds of the bellows. It should be fit-, ted in the fold \of the bellows which will hold it about an inch or an inch * and a half in front of the plate. Its width should be half the plate opening and .a trifle more—say one-eighth of an' Inch. • \Make this piece of carboard thor-' oughly black on both sides by dipping „lt in ink and letting it dry. See that\ \the cardboard is well 'seated' in the ' -Bellews-^olds-so-thaf-Hght—does-Trot- leak past the\ Joints. «• \Pose your subject and proceed to focus so that the image appears on fske right side 1 , of the ground sJass in the camera (lett side of the finished picture will be the result) 1 . The left side of the groundglass \apWars^a^ Is kept from exposure by the card- .hoaird. Insert,,the plate holder, take a picture, put back the slide.and remove th.e plate holder; bn v no .account move the camera, however. Very gently slide tho cardboard from the leftside to the right and replace, the. ground glass. Pose the' subject on the opposite side of the center this time. Then'replace the plate holder, remove the slide and; make a, second exposure. exactly the. same length as the first\ fti..' •fi;it.hxk'MAm!S •.9.1 Menac»\t^ HISTORIC KAVALA. Thii could talk with the calm superiority of the class. \I. am able to buy all my school bopks, clothe myself, spend some for pleasure and still add to my bank ac- count.\ ' . A fine young woman. At twenty we can imagine her. She\\has no complaint in -the world! Her garden is a~ pleas- ant place, friendly to self reliant young people, remunerative for labor and pains, filled, with the, sweet odor of flowers. Sorrow may come to her .some day;' but never the sense of helpless- ness. The-'garden has taughx her, as school and' her parents' counsel- could not have, that .always there is a way by which the wolf can be. kept from the doorstep and. t>y Which despair' is made an unknow'n quantity.—Toledo Blade. Grecian Seaport Wat Known as Neapoli* In St. Paul'* Time. Kavala, the Grecian' seaport which has figured so often in press dispatches during recent years, is noted as the. birthplace of Mehemet All, tile remark- able son of an Albanian faimer whose career as viceroy of Egypt during the lire paying.the_iSfe_ of^f438_a_year, ,_ counting orily\twelve r _ b*usm\e\ss\hours\a\ *\ nes - itay. ^a_ad this-isidr the rate of 13,600 per'cent Tell this to the cloakroom girl today and get her \comeback.\ But don't blame us' if she's a bit snippy.—Wprcester Post -stairs is -accomplished.—Los Angeles flrst.naif or the nineteenth century al- ijapBt precipitated Europe into a war of .nations. The house\ in which this witty, wily pasha was born in 1769 is -In a narrow, crooked street not far from !the Turkish school which he founded, although ' he himself never learried'tp read or write. In Homan days Kavala was known as Neapoiis, and it was here that St Paul laaded^on his way from' Samothrace to _Pjb'i4Pp),. where there was a thriving cplony pf ^Chilstians, to whpim the Epis- tle to the Philippians was addressed. Prior to the beginning of the Chris- tian era Neapoiis was the seaport of Philippi, whose ruins are to, be found some ten miles from shore on the high- way from Kavala to Thessajy. Here the fleet, of- Brutus and. Casslus was at anchor during the famous conflict on the fields of, Philippi in 42 -B. O.^ When tfie assassinators of Julius Caesar met fief eat at the hands of the legions .com- ; niaiide<i-by Antony and Octav-us. Practieftlly all that remains .to,con- nect ancient Neapplls with modern- Kavala is a Roman aqueduct, whose two tier arches still convey water from Mount Pangeus to the town and aCitadel. .\ \* \\ •\•••\*'' ' ' Our 8leepw • I As a race we sleep teo little. \An In- fant's life-is nearly \all sleepr Gradual-\ ly as the child grpws older the hours of sleep are shortened. Youth till\ the age of twenty is repelled reqiih-'es fujly ten Jiburs'. sleep.\ A)thp.ugb!^l^r*.demand8 : r__kYYT__*» h^-vltfw-t* HIAAT\ 4»* fliitn«viAH ^Vft__v_ .f* « Battle pf Dorking. The battle of Dorking was an imagi- nary battle. In 1871, at the close of the Franco-Prussian war? Englishmen were reminded by the quick work-done by Germany over\\ France of the T possi- bilities of invasion, an6v'^.de\^e T. Chesny w^te,.^\;i]ajfee8tmg\S\ji& in- structive narratiW'callelf 1 'ShIJWattle of Dorking, or the Reminiscence of a Vpluhteer,\. in which be depicted the imaginary scene of a great battle on English soil, which was wpn by the Germans,- In short, the battle was r the product, of a .military, man's imagina- tion, but it was. so %ell worked out _ _ and \ST\vividly described ihat as long 7 fewer hours' sleep in summer than In as the German armies were in France f winter,, it has been proved that eight , jpiHa-BNonjS'' /.-,. .';th»,;M|«(^h>.of a Child . Noteyery-'Ohfld that is -backward school, •\' that'\ • bireatlies through w ' mouth,, has dull eyes, a short upper !i,' 8 prominent upper teeth or has a drm v , ' tired expression about the face -h adenoids, says' a state board of honi'th bulletin. But this condition should i_ U(1 a parent to /suspect adenoid growth and it should nqt be dismissed till'» thorough exajmiiifl.tian. has proved that such is not the case'. Adenoids are a small, soft, -reddish growth which .comes in the back iW ' of the throat where the nose and throat Join? A child\.-who has (adenoids breathes with his mouth open, has fte. Quent colds arnd may have earache of- ten or becpiae deaf. It is not iuf re . \quent that adenoids dull th. expression .of the eye,\ destroy the laesonancp nf the-TOleeund distort the facial expros- .sion so as to produce a blank, idiotic stare. They hinder mental develop- ment by interfering with proper pb.j 8 j. cal development For that reason \re- peaters\ at school are frequently said to^bg.afflicted with adenoids. _. . The best time to rempve adenoids is when they are first recognizable to a physician. .If,they remain longer they do harm. They oai?se a child to have \colds\ pften and make him more sus- cepjtibJe to .dijphtheria, scarlet\ fever, -measles and whooping cough. Further- more, if he gets any of these diseases they are likely to.be severe with him and -leave him even worse afflicted. ..Cold, ':fre'sti air £reathea\through the nose is needed to prevent adenoid growth., It is needed \also to prevent adenoids returning alter an operation. Bresh air tftke& ,Jn through the nose prevents as-well as cures adenoids. MOST SENSITIVE NERVES. The Two That Can Cause the Greateit Agony of Pain. - Whichpartof theihuman body is the most sensitive tb pain? A sharp dpflnlHon mnat ha rtrmvn- here between irritation and pain, irri ration is not pain, But prily a frequent pause of it -Thus a crumb lodged in jCbe-iarjii-: near the 'vocal cords pro- duces, violent\irritation.and prolonged coughing, which often result in actual pain. .So, top, ,an Insect or speck of dust in the eye sets, up violent irrita- tion and inflammation,, followed by acute-pain. \ Of the surface of the body the finger tips and • the end of the tongue are* most sensitive. For Instance, a burn on the fingers is much more painful than one- on the back would; be, while pne on the tongue would be more pain- ful still. ,\.../' Deep wounds are not painful, as a rule, save as regards the surface in- Jury. - -Of pains not caused by external' in- juries neuralgia of-the-fifth nerve, the one*whlch supplies the skin of the head and fa a <}e, is the most Intense It has frequently driven psjople mad for the time being, and sufferers have been, known to cut and even burn the flesh \ injdesperate,attempti to relieve it. .. .Phe rupture pi the branches of the ^enjjty-neryis ^->-toqjh-*drawtag also causes ..agphy sp. intense that it has been.stated that no human being could endure ifeiprtnpre' tbaWtwo seconds, at a time.—Pearson's WjeeJkly.\ Pirates and Steamship*. It was the -advent of the steamship that finally gave the pirates their death- Jaow_Jn__Malaya. Jlv,ery__.s__jpplbpy. -gan-rDiego^cal ought to know the story of the first steamer off-Borneo. . Some pirate ships •\savTa steamer in the distance and, ob- serving the. smoke from its funnels, 'thought the ship was^'on fire and there- fore helpless. They gave chase, but they were amazed to see the strange sea beast come up steadily against the j wind,and vomit fire from its guns. It was, generally agreed in -polite- pirate ' qircles that the white man had. played J a mean trick upon a successful and ! honorable body of traders. I the mention ^>f- the-battle-of—Bor3dng^hoursnof^\sleep^^e r requireanf6rlEBeVTiv- Road Warning*- \Hah* This Koad Is Yours Half Mine.\ '• f This big sign greets the eye of the motorist on the splendid, ten mile sftefch of asphalt-macadam road be-,' tween Asheville and Weaverville, which is a link of the southern na- tional highway fronjl Washington to was,.enough to make an Englishman .^ ^.«. ! shudder. f the Other 11 J- A Nautical Explanation.', A New York woman, recounting her impressions of a trip abroad, %aid: \One thing at, least I ' learned. That waar^ihe meaning of 'windward' and leeward.' The. captain of the liner I more active and energetic the waking erage adult in good health. By this is meant not simply eight hpurs in .bed, but that amount of good, sound* restful sleep night after night Our power to work is intimately related--to. our abil- ity to sleep, and there is no mpre reli- able\ Indication of sound \health than the capacity to gleep naturally, and the The sign is located at the city limits ' and is a powerful reminder that others have rights on the road;' • I A half mile beyond at a sharp-curve around the rocky bluff a big sign on which is painted a skull enshrouded in 1 black, with \Just Around the Curve\ I underneath, involuntarily brings the- driver to slow. speed.^Asheville (N. C) Board of Trade Bulletin. 8afa. Miss Fortyodd awoke in the middle of the night to, find a burglar ransack- ing, her effects. Miss Fortyodd. did not scream, for she prided herself, among other things, upon her courage. \ Pointing to the door with a dramatic gesture, she exclaimed: \leave me at once!\ • The burglar politely retreated a step and said, \I had no intention of taking you.\—New York Times. . Forest Destruction. •> Fires and insects are the chief causes of forest destruction, iand the 1 United States bureau of entomology finds these harmful agencies curiously hiterrelat- ed. Insect-killed sections of forests are the inflammable starting spots of fires. While on the other hand, fire wounds on trees give, a ready opening forborjng insects. More timber of mer- chantabfe size is lpst directly through insects than through fires.\ crossed on explained this difference ter me~\ln~T~way~tliat IF little vulgar,~ was yet unforgetable. -\'Captain I \said {I'never can tell the difference between the windward and the leeward. Explain it to me, will you2' \ 'Well,, madam/ said the gruff old captain, 'if-1 were to spit'to the -„wind*. ward and you were to stand to the leja- ward of me you would, be a fool.' \ ltfejtejdee__^_ihe_sle!_ri. A Good Reason. \Why ilnn.'t yn n hny a n(Hv-W«fliW?»- \I will tell you.. All my neighbors think I can afford one, and I don't want them to find out that I can't\— Exchange. • i •» Mostly True. \What is the initiative and referen- dum?\ \Another name for wives.\—Puck. Relief. \What's your opinion about votes fwv women?\ \It's a great proposition,\ replied Mr. Meekton. \It has smashed all the argu- ments Henrietta used to give me about the precious hours I spent talking poli- tics.'VWashington Ster^ - Baseball. \I dpn't understand baseball,\ com' plained*Mrs.' Flubdub. \\Ifs a mixed- game.\ \What's mixed about It?\ \They appear to think Just as much of the man who steals' a base as the man who earns a run.\—Kansas City Journal. How to CaTy Water. If yo.u want to carry a full pail of water any distance without spilling or to carry water from one ropm to an- other in a flat dish or tray you should always have .something floating on it If it is drinking water a clean saucer will do, and a flat piece of' wood Is the best, thing for a pail. .It is the lit- tle waves that arise from the water's lapping against the sides ° and then rushing to the other side, that makes the water spill oyer^ The floater stop's this.—New York Sun. Tripled Her Baking Capacity. \One day, when baking cookies,\ says a housewife in the Woman's Home Companion, \I expressed a wish for larger pans. My husband said, 'Why jot ha.ve some, made to fit the oven?' He then measured the grate and went down to the hardware store. In a few days I- had. two Russia iron pans ltya by 18^ inches and.one inch deep. As these pans hold three dozens of cookies I can-do-my baking very much more quickly'than I could with the. old pans, which only held twelve cookies.\ Roumanian Superstition*. It is -considered lucky- tb arrive hi Roumasia - accompanied by rain. It means abundance, fertility, the hope o( a fine harvest—wealth;- Sometimes the peasant women put large wooden buck- ets of water before their threshold; a full-vessel Is a sign efegood.luck. They will even sprinkle water before one's feet because water means abundance. \I have seen,\ says the queen .of Rou- mani'a in an article about the people of her country, \tall handsome girls step out to meet me with overflowing water Jars on their .heads; on my approach -they -stood- quite-stiHr-tbe-drops-splasb- ing; over their faces so as to prove that their pitchers were fdllr' It' is lucky to meet a car' full of corn or straw com- ing toward one, but an empty cart is a sure sign of* bad luck.\\ Wonderful Man. \Where is he from?\ \I don't'know, hut I think he was raised on' 4 desert Island.\ \What in the world makes you think that?\ .' ' \He sa!ys n.o woman ever made a fool of h1m.\-r-Hduston Post -He's Still Doing. \What does your father do for a liv- —_--• • Appeara'nces. - ~ — \Is he henpecked?\ \I think he must be. His wife Is a very sweet delicate, unoffensive, tact- ful ___ftPMn tr JHjio_iies£r^ajs--iBnoi^4^ an outsider. JJ =tfcfe tug, my sou?\' asked the kind old lady. \Time Just now,\ replied the young- ster, \but he used to do everybody\-*- New York Time's. , > Tbe fine art of living'-is^to draw from \ each person his best.—'Whiting. The Kind. \The gardeneF,.-and the housekeeper have the same but contrary cry.\ \What is that?\ \My flower ia-out.\—'Baltimore-Amer- ican. ^ - Natural Recreation. . The lightning plays, the wind whis- tles, the thunder ro'l'ls, the snow flies, the waves leap, the field smiles, the hud shoots -and the river runs. Helping Some. BUI—I see that the theory that earth- quakes accelerate tJbX. movement of glaciers has been proved b£ observa- tion in Alaska recently. Gill'—Of course.' Why, I'll bet sonie earthquakes would even make.a chessplayer move. —Yonkers Statesman. nExpTa'inedT \Pa. what's the difference between 'insurance' and \assurance?\' \Well' the latter is what the agent- has, and the former Ts what he tries to sell you.\—Boston Transcript He Saw It. \There was, a terrible accident, at our house last night,\ said a wag. \A»s I was sitting, in the dining room I happened to look out. and I saw the kitchen sink.\ -His Regular Bath Day. Prospective Boarder—What are your rates?) Hotel Proprietor-iT-wo dollars a day for single'room, $2-.50 a day for room with bath. P. B.—That is $14.50 a week. H ; P.-;No; only $14. P. B.— Yes, iut I was counting Saturdays.— Penn State Froth. What Make* Business. Success. * \There is always a° premium In busi- ness on the man who does his worlt painstakingly,\ .says J- O. .Armour In the American Magazine, \with com- pleteness and finality. He is the man who will be trusted with more and more.responsibility, up to the limit of his capacity. The man who informs himself adequately about his firm, its methods, its policies and its products, who does his work so well that no one needs follow him up to patch the fag- ged edges, is onj.the. safest surest and shortest road to. achievement\ Not 80 Wrong, usslan applicant for, naturaliza; tton papers was^asked, \What is the constitution of the United States?\ \Rugged and healthy,\~he answera!. Of 'dourS\ fh^w la a 1nnflh T _hiit_-tll1- The. Usual Rernedy. -Bobbie had been studying/his grand* father's face, whiclT was ^ery much wrinkled. :\W_elI Bob,\ said the old gentleman, \do you like my face?\ \Yes grandpa,\ said Bobbie. \It's ah awfully nice face. But why don't ypu have it ironed?\—New York Times. Her Idea. - \What buying cigars fpr your hns- \ualiaTTr^EpuTanirthlnk ypu'd encour- age him: in the.fiithy habit\ ™i_C-a-npt—Em-buying, them to dis- courage Kim.\—Detroit Free Press. Home is tlie grandest ^ious.—^pargeon. of all institu- Let. us not burden ,ou£ rememtoaiace with a heaviness that's gone. •he said sbmething.—Washington Her-' aid! ' •' ! . Cold Cash. Beau (:earnestiy)— Tf!q, she isn't ex-, ''actlyj- pretty, but she has that indefln- 'iibleisomeiihing-^- Bagg (impatiently > —YeWj I know. My girraold main \has piles of it too.—Y&le Kecord. Logic. . n . —Abandmied Alfred^^hey^sgy-^th^ steady drippln^of water '11 wear away a stone. :brea__.y Pete^-tfes' think, then, wpt'd happen to a r man!s stomach by poufin' gjassfuis Iflter It!' v We are made for co-operation, like feet, like hands, like eyelids, like the .rows of the upper rfnd lower teeth.— Marcus Anrellns. A had no relatives'..; . it, Ethel, Qutoti Was.:in Pinevill'e one R.:W^,SHApL <P
