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Denali tian
Bellefonte, Pa., September 3, 1915.
LIFE AS IT SHOULD BE.
By ErRAsMUS WILSON.
Not what we have, but what we use;
Not what we see, but what we choose—
These are the things that mar or bless
The sum of human happiness.
The things near by, not things afar;
Not what we seem, but what we are—
These are the things that make or break, |
That give the heart its joy or ache.
Not what seems fair, but what is true; !
Not what we dream, but good we do— |
These are the things that shine like gems,
Like stars in Fortune’s diadems.
Not as we take, but as we give,
Not as we pray, but as we live—
These are the things that make for peace,
Both now and after Time shall cease.
—Clarence Urmy.
T00 GOOD TO KEEP.
[By Eunice Martin]
Edgar Beverly, from the time he
was born, was all boy. There was ab-
solutely nothing feminine about him.
‘When he was three years old a doting
aunt presented him with a doll. His
father was not in sympathy with this
gift, averring that dolls were exclu-
sively for girls. But the aunt insisted
that boys, as well as girls, in their in-
fancy played with dolls. So a doll
was provided, with a china head, flax-
en locks and a pair of beautiful blue
eyes. Edgar accepted it, but showed
a lack of intelligence as to what it was
for. Ten minutes after it had been
given him he took it by the ankles
and brought the head down on a stone
step, scu.ttering fragments of the china
head over the garden walk.
When Edgar was ten years old he
lost his mother and was turned over to
a bachelor uncle of thirty. Robert
Cooledge, the uncle, had been a wild
fellow and was just beginning to re-
alize the chances he had taken and the
time he had wasted in sowing his wild
oats. He had barely escaped losing at-
the gaming table a fortune he had in-
herited and had just in time put al
check on himself in too close associa-
tion with the bottle. He had madly :
loved three different women, any one |
of whom, if he had married her, would
have wrecked his life.
When Robert Cooledge assumed the |
care of his little nephew he had be-|
come fully aware of his own imperfec- |
tions and realized by what a narrow
margin on many occasions he had es-
caped calamity. His experiences with
the women he had loved, or thought
he loved, had caused him to believe
that he was a very poor judge between
good and bad women. Nevertheless he
considered matrimony, the wife being
a good woman, as a sheet anchor for
men. Having convinced himself of his
own inability to discover the good or
the bad in a woman, and being horri-
fied at the mistakes he had made, he
eschewed matrimony for himself, while
he advocated it for others.
For these reasons he determined that
Edgar Beverly should be brought up
very carefully, that some woman, who
knew her own sex perfectly, should se-
lect a wife for the boy and that he
should marry the girl selected, whether
he loved her or not, when he came to
manhood. He would bring the boy up
to consider him more as a companion
than an uncle, and in this way would
be the better able to shield him from
the dangers through which he himself
had passed.
When Edgar came to be eighteen
years old he displayed the same pro-
clivities his uncle had displayed in his
youth. He was not bad, but reckless.
He was very generous, and when his
own interests came in collision with
those of any one weaker than himself
he would invariably give way. He
did not conceal what he was doing
from his uncle, and Cooledge had every
advantage in guiding him, having from
the first invited his confidence.
But it is ore thing to have an ad-
vantage and another to attain success.
Edgar benefited by the advice of his
uncle so far as to escape certain pit-
falls, but the trend of his disposition
could not be turned. He had inherit-
ed the same wild oats fever as his uncle |
and it must run its course. i
For several years the uncle was in a |
constant state of anxiety with regard |
to his nephew, for such was the rela-
tionship between them that Cooledge
knew exactly what Beverly was doing.
Finally he determined to make an ef-
fort to put in practice the expedient
he had intended from the time when
Edgar had come to him as a little boy..
He would try to marry him to some
good girl.
But, since he had failed to manage
his own affairs in this respect, he did
not see how he would have better suc-
cess in managing those of his nephew.
He determined to consult the wife of
a friend of his, a Mrs. Jernegan. The
lady heard his story and promised to
think the matter over. Matchmaking,
she said. was a risky and thankless
task. In the case of a young man in-
clined to be wild it was very difficult. ;
However, she would try to think of
some young woman of good sense,
good character and amiable dispasi-
tion for the purpose.
Mrs. Jernegan was herself a woman
possessing what is commonly called
horse sense. She did not especially
relish advising any girl to marry a man
for the purpose of reforming him. He
might make an excellent husband after
being reformed, but suppose the ref-
ormation never took place? Mr. Cool-
edge had passed safely through the
danger period of a man’s life and had
‘arrived at an age wherein he saw those
dangers in their true light. The fas-
\cingtion of danger inherent in a manly
man had passed and left him a splen-
did fellow. But that was no reason
: up the party. She was scarcely out of
why his nephew could run the same
‘course and escape ruin.
These were some of the thoughts
that passed through Mrs. Jernegan’s
mind before she acted upon Mr. Cool-
edge’s request. Then when she had
the matter all thought out she sent for
a young lady friend of hers, Miss Lau- |
ra Dudley, and the two had a long con-
versation on the subject of snatching | Se
young Edgar Beverly as a brand from |
the burning. .
The next day Mr. Cooledge received
an invitation to call on Mrs. Jernegan !
i and upon doing so was informed that
she had fixed upon a young lady who
i would be a fit person to reform his '
nephew. The only question was, Would :
she consent to make the effort? She!
was three or four years older than Ed-
gar, but Mrs. Jernegan recognized the ,
fact that very young men are more |
easily won by women older than them- |
selves than by immature girls. She
proposed that the young woman upon
whom she had decided meet the uncle
and the nepliew, and after the meeting, | ;
if she couscnted to make the desired '
attempt. tha: Mr. Cooledge be inform- |
ed of the fuct and give her every op-
portunity to accomplish her mission.
The resuit of these interviews was !
that Mr. Cooledge. Mr. Beverly and '
Miss Dudley met at Mrs. Jernegan’s at |
dinner. Cooledge kept a close eye on
Miss Dudley to observe whether or no |
she seemed pleased with his nephew.
He saw no evidence that she was
pleased or displeased with him. As |
for Edgar, there was evidence that he !
was not averse to Miss Dudley. The’ :
dinner passed very pleasantly, and
since Miss Dudley was to go home
alone in Mrs. Jernegan's runabout, Ed-
gar Beverly accompanied her.
A few days later Mr. Cooledge was '
informed that Miss Dudley had acced- |
ed to his request, and Mrs. Jernegan
suggested that he call upon the young °
lady for the purpose of talking the
matter over. He lost no time in mak-
ing the call and found Miss Dudley in
a very complaisant frame of mind.
“I was much pleased with your neph- i
our mutual friend, Mrs. Jernegan. has |
apprised me of your intentions. we |
may as well begin where she left off. !
| If I am to win your nephew I can only |
do it by being thrown a good deal in
his company. This, of course, cannot
. be without management. Now, 1 pro-
| pose that we make up a little party |
{ for the balance of the summer to go '
! to the mountains. That there may be
two men and two women I propose to
invite a lady friend of mine—for chape- |
ron if you like—and I feel great confi-
dence that your plan of marrying your
nephew will succeed before the end of
the summer.”
Mr. Cooledge fell in with the plan,
and in due time a party of four was
domesticated in a mountain hotel. Mr.
Cooledge was somewhat surprised to
find the lady who was added to the
party to be several years younger than
Miss Dudley, but the latter explained
that she was the only one of her
friends whom she could get to make
em, Mr. Cooledge,” she said, “an since
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her teens and a very attractive young
woman. She was introduced as Kate |
Millard, and the name Kate is often
synonomous with the word fascinating.
The quartet passed a very enjoyable
month together. But from the first
the plan to marry Beverly to Miss Dud-
ley went awry, because he preferred
Kate Millard. Cooledge was much put
out at the turn the affair had taken,
for he approved very highly of Miss
Dudley, but considered her friend of
very light caliber. Instead of his neph-
ew being attentive to Miss Dudley he
was devoted to her friend. This left
Cooledge and Miss Dudley in constant
companionship. Cooledge after awhile
instead of being troubled at this turn
of his intentions was so delighted with
Miss Dudley’s companionship that
when one day his nephew swung to
her from his friend he showed his
spleen perceptibly.
Not only did Beverly notice his un-
cle’s being ruffled by his attentions to
Miss Dudley, but Kate was immensely
delighted with it. The two younger
persons were evidently out for a frolic,
and if they could get any fun at the
older man’s expense they were quite
incline to do so. Beverly would for a |
time leave Miss Dudley quite free to |
receive the-attentions of Mr, Cooledge, |
then he would veer about and appro-
priate her to himself. To make mat-
ters worse, Miss Dudley made no ob-
jection to being monopolized by the
young scapegrace, and when he was
devoted to her his uncle was left out
in the cold.
And so the game went on. Mr. Coo-
ledge when his nephew was devoting
himself to Miss Dudley declared that
the plan was working out admirably,
but he felt like throwing the young ras-
cal over a precipice. Then when Bev- !
erly swung back to Kate Millard and
left the field to him he voted the boy
a fool, but in his heart was delighted.
When the autumn came round and
the party returned to the city Mr.
Cooledge one day received a message
from Mrs. Jernegan asking why he
had not called upon her. He at once
put in an appearance, and.the follow-
ing dialogue ensued:
“How did the plan for marrying
your nephew work?" asked the lady.
“It didn’t work at all. Miss Dudley
invited a friend of hers, a chit, to be
of our party in the mountains, and the
chit got away with Edgar.”
“Indeed!” said the lady. ‘“That was
very hard on Laura, wasn’t it? Who
was the friend that Laura invited to
complete your party?’
“A Miss ate Millard.”
“You mean Mrs. Kate Millard.”
“What ¥"
“Kate Millard is a widow.”
Mr. Cooledge was thunderstruck.
“You wished to marry off your neph-
ew, and 1 wished to give you a wife.
I got up this party for a summer out-
ing myself. It was all arranged he-
forehand that Kate Millard should win
! prises a few mats, a few cushions and
: would be thrilled by the *‘Marseil
: laise,” the Russian national hymn, the
“teen in all, and their oflicial title is the
your nephew and T.aura Dudley should
win you. The plan has heen success- |
ful in both its parts. Edzar Beverly is |
engaged to Kate Millard. and you are
engaged to Laura Dudley.”
“Well. T'll be jinzed! exclaimed Mr.
Cooledge. “How did you learn that?”
“From both Laura and Kate. It was
too good to keep.”
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The Japs Work All the Time. |
Literally the Japanese work all the |
time. It 1s not at all uncommon to
find Japanese men and women at work
in their shops at 2, 3 and 4 o'clock in |
the morning. They must work like
this or starve. They live directly in
the rear of their places of business.
Their entire household equipment com-
a little tableware. They go at their
Job—whether it consists of making !
clogs or inlaid cuff buttons, and work !
and work and work until they are ex-
hausted. Then they sleep a little and:
go back to work. ‘It does not take a.
{ Japanese ten minutes to eat his meal |
of rice and fish. He has his festivals.
of course. and a good many of them. .
but he works the rest of the time, and |
in many households it must be a spe- |
cial and personal festival, connected
with some individual or family gods.
| to lure him from his occuj.ation. He |
needs the money.—Samuel G. Blythe '
in Saturday Evening Post.
Mars and the Hand.
There is a mount in the hands of |
persons who are said to be impressed
more in music by marches of warlike |
character than anything else. It is a |
soft, cushion-like mount within the!
center of the hand proper. but is gen-
, erally developed toward the outer edge
, of the palm.
These persons are said to be under
the influence of Mars and to have in-
herited warlike tendencies, but it more
than usually shows an ordinary amount
of courage that is possessed by most
persons. These are the ones who
“Watch on the Rhine” ‘or the “Star
Spangled Banger.” Subjects of Mars
seldom become proficient musicians or
successful singers unless the other in-
dications in their hands «how other
musical fancies.—Buffalo News.
Poor Knights of the Garter. ;
The splendor that surrounds the Or-
der of the Garter makes it almost im-
possible to believe there ever have Leen
“poor” knights of the order or that
these still exist today. Such. however.
is the case. These now number eigh- :
Military Knights of Windsor. They
are divided into two ‘*‘foundations.”
twelve being in the “upper ltounda-
tion” and the remainder in the “low-
er.” When Edward III. founded the
premier order of chivalry of the word
he appointed one poor gentleman fo!
act as a sort of attendant or squire to |!
each knight, and twenty-six was th.
original number. These were known !
as the “alms” or “poor” knights of the
garter until the title was changed to
the present one by William IV.—Lon-
don Standard. :
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Death to the Mosquito.
The Panama canal was built by par
afin! The fearful mosquito plague,
which once made life for the workers
unbearable. and which was one of the
factors which made the French relin-
quish their attempts to build the canal,
was ended by the simple expedient of
covering all stagnant water with a film
of paraffin. Midges lay their eggs in
stagnant waters, but the larvae which
develop have to come to the surface
frequently to get fresh air. The paraf-
fin entirely cuts off the supply of air.
the larvae are suffocated, ard conse-
quently there are no midges. Other
parts of the world, formerly regarded
as the graves of white men. have now
become mosquito free by the same
means.—Pearson’s Weekly.
Positive and Comparative.
In the lobby of a Cincinnati hotel.
during an educational convention. one
school man approached another and.
by way of introducing himself, said:
“I’m Beck.”
“That’s good.’ replied the man ad-
dressed, taking the proffered hand. “I'm
more so.”
“You're what?”
speaker.
“lI say I'm more so,” repeated the
second.
“What do you mean by that?"
“Why, you say you are Beck.”
“Yes, I am. My name is Beck.”
“Well, my name is Becker.”—Youth's
Companion.
Like Son Was Father.
All through the long sermon little
Johnny had been restless. and his
mother had to keep pinching him in
order to keep him in anything like or-
der. Still his fidgeting continued
“Can't you do something with that
boy?” whispered the wife to her hus
band.
“Yes.” said the husband. *1 second
his motion to adjourn.”—St. Louis
Post-Dispatch.
asked the first
A Subtle Mexican Drug.
The Mexican Indians derived from
their ancestors, the Aztecs. the method
of making the poison of Talavateh. It
is n subtle drug. the constituents of
which are not known. The peculiar
effect of the poison is to destroy the
mind while only slightly affecting the
body.
An Old Saw Strikes a Nail.
Mr. Scrappington (musingly) —
Lincoln said, a man may fool some of
the people all the time and all the peo-
ple some of the time— Mrs. Scrapping-
ton (briskly)—But you can’t fool me
any of the time!
: . ber? Show’s not ‘arf over, an’;
: Spectator.
SURELY WAS HIS LUCKY DAY PROVED HIMSELF BEST MAN
Farmer Probably Never Will Realize
Just What a Narrow Escape
He Did Have. i
A grafter had been short-changing
: hicks with a small circus, and the |
: packing was poor. The outfit hit the |
South; no cotton money, and with a
| bunch of one-day towns to show where
money was as scarce as violets on a :
weedy siding. And it was miles to .
the land of promise, and every man |
stony, and nothing coming.
Just before the concert, one after-
noon in a jay jungle, the grafter
lamped a Rube coming out of the big
top. He had on new jeans, a city hat,
was eating popcorn out of one hand,
and carrying an umbrella, tied with a
| shoestring, in the other. He hesitated
at the lemonade stand. Every signal
on his lankness was flying him -for a
mark. Approach grafter and speech:
“Surely you are not going, » jpeieb-
neigh-
bor, you mustn't miss the concert.
Some gem, boy!”
“Gotter catch the three-forty-eight,”
was the answer, fragrant of pink and
pasted popcorn.
“Sure not,” said the shorter. “Wait
for the real show—the boomerang '
i throwers and the ceiling walkers, and -
—whisper, cull! —them French dancers
—nights in Paris!”
The farmer took out a wallet, and
it was crowded with ones, twos, fives,
tens and twenties. The grafter saw
the green and gold outlay and dreamed
he was working in a bank. Then he
dived into his own pockets for a come-
on; but he hadn't a red. He whistled
; and called for help; but nothing doing
on coin—the first time in his honest
career, and no twisted bills between
the fingers. Finally the Rube got
tired, closed the wallet, and jammed it
in his inside pocket with:
“Gotter be goin’ stranger.”
The grafter burst out crying, and
grabbing him by the whiskers, shout
ed: “Gee, but you're a lucky guy!”
MADE LIVING BY SLEEPING
Londoner of a Couple of Centuries
Ago Seems to Have Had Some-
thing of a “Snap.”
In these lean and strenuous times
one might do worse and emulate the
example of Nicholas Hart. He had
no need to work for a living, had
Nicholas. He slept for it. On Au-
gust 9, 1711, the following advertise-
ment appeared in the pages of the
London Daily Courant: ‘Nicholas
Hart, who slept last year in St. Bar- |
i tholomew’s hospital, intends to sleep
this year in the Cock and Bottle in
‘Little Britain.”
Addison, that very competent jour-
nalist, was attracted by the advertise-
ment and took up the matter in the
He found upon investiga-
tion that Nicholas Hart “is every
year seized with a periodical fit of
sleeping, which begins upon the 5th
of August and ends on the 11th of the
same month. That on the first of the
month he grew dull, on the 2nd ap- |
peared drowsy, on the 3d fell to yawn.
ing, on the 4th began to nod, on the
: 5th dropped to sleep, on the 6th was
heard to snore, on the 7th turned him-
self in his bed, on the 8th recovered
his former posture, on the 9th fell a-
stretching, on the 10th, about mid-
night, awoke, on the 11th, in the
morning called for a little small beer.”
The result of this sleep was that Hart |
earned “enough to support himself for
a twelvemonth.”
Valuable Moleskin.
The skin of the mole is much sought
for the manufacture of furs, and those
made use of in this country have been
heretofore imported from Europe, but |
It is entirely likely that we shall sup-
ply this demand by the home product :
at no distant time. The biological sur '
vey of the United States has recently .
made some examinations into the qual
Ities of the domestic mole for this pur |
pose, and it has been discovered that |
the animal of the northeastern part
of this country is superior to the for-
eign animal, the fur being finer and |
having other advantages. A report of :
the investigation has been printed and
the cultivation of the mole for its fur |
is recommended as a profitable indus
try.
The Deity in Four Letters.
A remarkable fact regarding the |
name of God is that it is spelled with
four letters in most of the languages !
of civilized peoples.
In Latin it is Deus; Greek, Zeus;
Hebrew, Adon; Syrian, Adad; Arabi-
an, Alla; Persian, Syra; Tartarian,
Idga; Egyptian, Aumn or Zeut; East
Indian, Esgi or Zenl; Japanese, Zain;
Turkish, Addi; Scandinavian, Odin;
Croatian, Doga; Dalmatian, Rogt;
Tyrrhenian, Eher; Etrurian, Chur;
Magyaran, Oese; German, Gott;
French, Dieu; Spanish, Dios; Peruvi-
en, Lian.
In Anglo-Saxon the three-letter
name means ‘good,’ which has four
letters.
To Help the Insane.
The National Committee for Mental
Hygiene is said to be one of the mst
important of the national betterment
organizations. Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt
read a book by Clifford W Reers
called “A Mind That Found Itself ane
became interested in the work. She
will give $10,000 annually for five
years to the organization and Mrs. A.
A. Anderson of New York will give
the same amount. One object of the
committee is to bring about the enact-
ment of more enlightened laws for
the treatment of the insane.
i together, and said:
' the other, and to me that seems to
| enlarged so that it easily contains the !
i into two basins by a chain of small’
i islands.
Attitude of Quiet Student Satisfied
Coach as to Selection to Make
for the Crew.
A few seasons ago, says a prominent
crew in Outing, two men were com-
peting closely for a seat in the
“varsity” boat. One day I called them
“Just now you two men are work-
ing equally well in the boat, but one
has a better scholarship standing than
indicate that one of you has a little
more personal pride than the other.”
As a matter of fact, the man whe
was not up to the scratch in his work ;
was a bit better of the two, as far as
smoothness in the boat was concerned.
I thought the incident might cause
him to pick up in his classes. It did
not. © When the time came to make
a final selection of the eight I again
called the pair in to see me.
“It's still hard to decide between
you two. I would just as soon have
you throw a coin to decide the win-
ner,” 1 said.
The man with the poor scholarship
record was the first to speak.
“That’s all right with me,” he said.
The other man thought for a min-
ute. I saw his mouth go tight. Then
he said:
“No, sir, that doesn’t suit me. One
of us must be the best man. 1 want
to know which, and to know why I
am'not the best man.”
Some people would probably have
thought that fellow conceited, but not
if they knew what it means for a
youngster to put in months and
months of hard training for a crew.
The second man was of a quiet type,
but after he spoke I knew the thing
that every coach is most anxious to
find out—that he was the kind who
would be pulling hardest when his
lungs were feeling like bursting in
that last hard half mile. You can
! guess which man got the place. The
man who did not was too easily sat-
isfled.
ROGUES’ MARCH IS OLD TUNE
Believed to Have Been Played by the
British Army Earlier Than the
Eighteenth Century.
A very characteristic and lively mili-
tary quickstep, which dates from early
in the eighteenth century, is what is
now known as the Rogues’ March. The
name was given to it because it was
customary to play it when a soldier
‘was expelled or drummed out of the
English army. This was the penalty
incurred for various crimes, that of
theft being the prevailing offense that
gave the air its especial name of the
Rogues’ March. The ceremony that
took place when such an offender was
to be punished is quite ancient, and
consists in the culprit having the but-
tons bearing the regimental number
and all other military decorations cut
off his uniform, and then being
marched to the music of drums and
fifes playing the march to the gates of
the barracks and ‘then kicked or
thrust outside. The exact date of the
inauguration of this military punish-
ment is not known, but is conjectured
to be older than the eighteenth cen-
tury. It is still in use in the British
army, and the air of the march al-:
ways played on such occasions has
been occasionally utilized for such old
, Sones as “Abraham Newlands,” “Rob-
! fnson Crusoe” and “The Tight Little
! Island.”
Austrian Naval Stronghold.
Since the Austrians made the city |
of Pola their chief base in 1848 they !
have accomplished wonders there. It
I is claimed that with the assistance of
submarines and aircraft Pola is vir- |
tually impregnable. Its commodious
harbor, almost land-locked, has been
entire Austrian fleet. It is divided
The entrance is strongly
defended, and an extensive system of
fortifications on the hills enclosing the
harbor insures complete protection. |
| There is a good roadstead in the large
channel of Fasana, which separates
the mainland from the Brionian is-
lands. The marine arsenal of Pola
is a vast establishment with all the
requisites for a large fleet. Artillery
laboratories and powder magazines are
situated on the north shore, and be-
hind the arsenal is San Policarpo, |
with huge barracks and hospitals.
Someone Swiped Overdrafts.
Bert Mitchner, a deputy bank exam-
| iner, tells this story, according to the
Kansas City Star: “Not long ago a
bank in a small town elected a new
president. The man had been presi-
dent but a short time when the bank-
ing department received a telegram
from him asking that an examiner be
sent at once. The examiner went, but
feeling certain that the bank was in
good shape, went direct to the presi-
dent, who was not an active officer,
and asked the cause of his anxiety.
‘Why,’ exclaimed the man, ‘when I was |
elected president of the bank the over- |
drafts, according to the books, weze
about eight hundred dollars. Yes,
sir! Well, I was in there yassterday
looking over the books and they
showed the overdrafts only a little
over two hundred dollars. What's be- |
come of that six hundred dollars?
Water Conservation in Australia.
Water conservation on a compre-
hensive scale now forms part of the
policy of the government of Victoria, |
Australia. The ministry has author
ized an expenditure of nearly six mil- |
lions of dollars on works in connec-
tion with water storage
THOUGHT HIM FELLOW GUEST
Doctor’s Appearance Misled Traveling
Man Who Had Put in a
Bad Night.
In a Nebraska town there was once
a hotel that all traveling salesmen
avoided except when they couldn't.
There was no heating system, the
only warmth in the house being sup-
plied by a small stove in the office.
One howling night, when the wind
was making about thirty knots per
hour and the mercury was 20 below
zero, a traveling man shivered be-
neath the insufficient bedclothes in
his drafty room until about 3 a. m.
Unable to stand it any longer, though
he dreaded to leave the bed, he leaped
out, seized his clothes and ran to the
office. There he shuddered into his
garments, and then began building up
the fire.
The fire-poking aroused the land-
lord, who came out and said: “What're
you gettin’ up this time o’ night fer?
You left a call fer six-thirty.”
“What did I get up for?” shouted
the traveling man. “I couldn’t stay
in bed any longer in that room of
mine! I was freezing!”
The landlord defended his hostelry
and the traveling man assailed it in
a regular quarrel.
During the disagreement an old doc-
tor of the town, who had been out
in the inclement night and was almost
frozen, saw the light in the hotel of-
fice and came in. The old man’s
long whiskers were covered with frost
and festooned with enormous icicles.
As the traveling man turned from
his quarrel and saw the old man’s
condition and the pendant ice, he ex-
claimed: “Heavens, man! Which
room did you have?’—Judge.
MEN WHO DO GREAT THINGS
In the Main Are Those Who Consist-
ently and Persistently Press
Forward in Life.
“The race is not always to the
swift.” It is surely a strange philos-
ophy that substitutes anything for fast
running as a qualification for win-
ning a foot race. But it was a wise
man who said that, and it is ‘probably
true, even though there are times
when we scorn and despise such a
doctrine. They used to speak of
David Livingstone as “the man who
would go on.” And it described him
very accurately. Like many another
man there were a number of good
stopping places in his life, but he
never seemed to see them. But men
make name and enduring fame for
themselves just because they cannot
see stopping places, but keep their eyes
fixed on the great luring road ahead
of them. It is the man who will go
on who is going to win the goal, no
matter what kind of goal it may be.
The pace of the running makes very
little difference. The theologians
used to talk about the perseverance of
the saints, and it was not a bad sub-
ject to talk about, just as persever-
ance is not a bad quality for a saint
to have. Probably there are not very
many saints made without its help.
That is probably one of the great
reasons why we have so few saints.
Why Does a Baby Smile?
An interesting mental process with
physical manifestations which is found
in every healthy baby is smiling. It
is a remarkably early one, too, and a
child of a month old will often show
a distinctly pleased smile when its lit-
tle face is patted or it is tickled. At
first the smile spreads very slowly
over the tiny features, then, as time
passes, flashes up on the face and
dies away again with equal celerity,
and by the time the first three months
are past is accompanied often enough
by little chuckles of glee. *
But laughing comes later, often
much later, and many children never
really laugh until they are a year
old, or even more. It is, indeed, very
rare to hear laughter before the first
six months are accomplished, and
when it is heard it should be regard-
ed as a symptom of unusual intelli-
gence, maybe gratifying to a mother’s
pride, but most certainly not to be
excited or provoked.
Relics of Old Persia.
Shuster, the old capital of Persia,
is one of Iran’s wonder cities. In the
dawn of Persian civilization it took a
leading part. On the bank of the only
navigable river the country can boast,
the city gets its name from the fa.
mous ruler, Shapur, who built great
irrigation dams and a noble bridge
across the Kurun, now wrongly cred-
ited to the Emperor Valerian. Sixteen
hundred years have left the great
. bridge, a quarter of a mile in length,
with yawning gaps, but the water of
the river runs today through the chan-
nels and tunnels made to feftilize a
land that had not yet been overrun
by the Arabic barbarians, who de:
stroyed the culture of Persia.
The Green-Eyed Monster.
A dreadful beast is jealousy. Some-
times it has a beautiful look, a dazzling
kind of fascination, like some glitter
ing reptile. This is because it is some-
times associated with quite another
idea—the idea of love. Of course, jeal-
ousy and love have nothing to do with
each other. Love 1s a wish to give.
Jealousy is the lowest form of selfish.
ness. So that when she plays with
jealousy she is tempting a poisonous
bite from the deadly serpent.
She may think just to tease the ser-
{ pent. But when it is aroused the con-
sequences are often sad enough. One
uip from the serpent has been known
to kill tove.