THE COLUMBIAN. BLOOA1SBIR& if
For the
Last Time
"Don't go to-night, Dick. Stay home
with Kiddy nnd me."
A Blonder, pale-fared girl wns
speaking. Sho wns about twenty-six
years of age, and undoubtedly she was
pretty, but want had set its mark on
ber, so that her hollow cheeks added
several years to her appearance and,
at the Banie time detracted from her
good looks. Her eyes were deep blue,
and now, as she gazed on her hus
band, they were very wistful.
"I muBt go to tha club to-night,
Ethel," the man replied. "I'm almost
sure to hear of a Job to-night."
Richard Carrlngton hnd been a
member of the unemployed for nenrly
nine months. Perhaps it wns largely
due to himself; he was too nnxious
to find an appointment just cut out
for him. He was good looking, ot
least, many people said bo, but on
close Inspection, a certain weakness
was apparent in his face. He was an
excellent boon companion, ready to bo
hail fellow well met with anyone, ever
ready to dip his hand in his pocket
(when there was money there) to help
a friend, but Just as ready to yield to
temptation that a Kronger character
would have kept clear of.
He had one child, a boy, common
"Jr known as Kiddy, and he was wrap
ped up heart and soul in the young
jter. Ho was as fond of his wife aa
1 was in his somewhat shallow nature
' be, but her pood advice, which
would have steered him clear of many
cks, had little or r.o effect on him.
Now their finances were at their
'.sst ebb. Both husband and wife
aow that in a day or two the where
withal to live would bo missing, and
et Dick Carrlngton must go to his
,iub.
"Don't go to-night, old boy. Stay
with me," Ethel Carrlngton pleaded.
"I must go to-night, Ethel, but It
shall be for the last time."
The girl sighed. How often she had
Ueard those words, "for the last
dme." Carrlngton tried to look In
jured. "I might hear of something to
tight." be Bald. "It would be silly to
alas It Look here, it's eight o'clock
jOW. Ill be back by nine."
Ethel was client; she knew she was
Towerless to prevent bis going. He
jssed her there was rarely any lack
4 affection between them when he
IMS sober end presently the door
jammed.
The girl's eyes filled with tears.
. 9m mounted heavily up the rtalrs and
at bjr Kiddy's cot. The youngster
Jept the deep sleep of Innocent baby
ood. No care or troub'j had any ef
jct on him, except his childish all
lents. If his fathc;- and mother went
angry, he w&3 always looked after
ad well fed.
"My darling little Kiddy!" whisper
i the mother, gazing with mingled
.ipture and pain at the soft face and
ay clenched fists.
Meanwhile, Dick Carrlngton wa3
ughlng and Joking with his com
nlons at the Welcome Club. All
.re had fallen from his shoulders,
r was there not a full glass before
n and laughter going on around
m?
Then, curiously enough, the last
Ing that he expected happened. Ho
is fond of talking of looking for
"rk at the club, but he never antlci
.tod finding It. Now a man entered
room, a man to whom the sur
undlngs and company were neither
jiiliar nor congenial. He Bingled
X Carrlngton.
"Ah! I thought I should find you
ve." he said. "I want to have a few
rds with you."
oomewhat regretfully, DlcVleft the
cle of his friends and joined tho
wconier. The upshot of the con
rsation was that Dick was offered
1 he acepted an appointment IIo
s to commence work on the fol
ding morning.
It was characteristic of him that his
3t thought was to hasten home and
1 Ethel of his good fortune. With
's idea in view, he acquainted hia
ands with what had happened, and
cn said good-night.
"Surely you're not going without
; Inking luck to your new Job?" cried
; man.
'Well, just one, then," said Dick,
ting down again.
The "Just one" was but the forerun
. of many others, and not until tho
bile house cloRed did Dick try to
i home.
"Richard is himself again," he quot
' in a thick voice, tossing a final
- Iskey and soda down his throat.
Ie made his way unsteadily homo
1 tumbled into the living room,
in he collapsed into a chair, and
id to review what had happened,
new Idea suddenly glimmered in
fuddled face.
'Wouldn't do for wife to Bee me,"
.; muttered. "Mus' keep her in
i W
ie felt his way to the bedroom
.. , turned the key in the lock. Then
t k staggered back to the llvlne-room.
S'airl' now, Richard," he hlccougU
t jrazely, addressing his reflection In
mirror. "Know you'd find Job,
n i you, mcbard?"
Ie staggered back against the ta
, and with a sweep of his arm, up.
a lighted oil lamp. A moment hit
a pale blue Dame ran over the ta
cloth, the man collapsed into a
nr, and gazed la surprised annoy
at the flame.
Kiaicuious!" be muttered. "Silly
m . w".cs frn 'hey? Jf hi nice big
names, bin alri'. Richard do'n like
ll'l blue flames."
He felt aggrieved, and, to show his
annoyance, he closed his eyes, so as
not to see the Bheet of blue flame that
was rapidly growing larger and lick
ing up everything in its path.
Carrington's head nodded, and a
few seconds later he fell into a drunk
en Btupor. He was awakened by two
causes; one was a loud thundering
noise, tho other was a feeling of suf
focation. In a dazed manner he stared around
to find the room filled with dense
smoke tinged with a warm red glow.
On all Bides the crackling of burning
timber was apparent nnd every uw
and then the thud of falling plaster
was heard.
He was sober now. He realized
that he had done this. He was respon
sible for the Arehe and the drink
within him. He Jumped to his feet,
his eyes smarting, his breath coming
with difficulty, because, of the smoke.
He dimly heard people shouting nnd
thundering at the door, but he gave
no heed to this; he was thinking of
Ethel and Kiddy.
A great wave of smoke came out to
meet him ns'he threw the door open.
He felt his way through it to the
bed, shouting "Ethell" at the top of
his voice. His scorched and bleeding
hands grasped at the smouldering
sheets, but there was no life beneath
them. Like a madman he began to
feel about the room, thrusting his
hands before him through the flame
and smoke until suddenly he felt
something Boft on the floor.
It was Ethel and beneath her was
Kiddy.
He called passionately to her, but
she made no reply. Then, with a
sudden fierce strength, he gathered
the girl and the baby In his arms and
plunged through the fiery smoke to
the doorway. Down the trembling
stairs he went, his clothes on fire, his
hair burning, his skin black and
scorched. Burning wood and masses
of plaster fell about him, but on he
strode, until a sudden blast of Cool
air met him as the street door was
burst open by the firemen.
Then all seemed to go black before
him. Great arras seemed to seize him
and hurl him through space. On, on
he flew, until suddenly he began to
fall, down down
"I think he'll do now," said a man's
voice.
Dick's eyes opened, and he gazed
vacantly around, to see whitewashed
walls, a nurse, a white coated doctor,
and Ethel and the Kiddy.
"Only three minutes, Mrs. Carrlng
ton," said the doctor.
Then the girl knelt by the bedside
and Dick felt her cool, soft hands
smooth his shorn .hair. Her soft face
was pressed to his.
"Dick, my love, my hero," she
whispered.
"Alive?" he murmured weakly.
"Yes, my dear, and loving you more
than ever. Oh, Dick, I was so afraid
you were going! But all's well now,
Dick; you're getting better. See,
here's Kiddy; he wants his daddy."
The man felt the chubby hands of
the boy straying over his face, heard
the childish crooning, and then a
scalding tear fell on to his cheek.
"No, no, Mrs. Carrlngton; that
won't do!" said the doctor. "You
must leave my patient now."
Ethel bent over her husband and
kissed him passionately, and, with
Kiddy In her arms, went from the
ward.
So it was only a dream they were
not dead. From his heart tho man
offered a silent prayer of thanksgiv
ing. Then suddenly he shuddered.
She had called him ber hero. A grand
hero he had been almost a murderer.
His teeth gritted together. Hero she
had called him, and he meant to earn
the title. And he did, though his
prowess was humble enough. Yet it
brought life and living to Ethel and
tho Kiddy it made a weak man
strong, and if it was not the V. C.
bravery, It was, at any rate a bravery
that was as noble.
Sure enough that visit to the Wel
come Club was the last Dick Carrlng
ton paid." The appointment that had
been offered him was still vacant, but
the man who offered it made the pro
viso that Carrington must become an
abstainer a proviso that was accept
ed and faithfully adhered to. E. New
ton Bungey, In Pearson's Weekly.
An Open Congratulation.
W. S. Gilbert does not retain all of
his humor for use in his librettos.
In tho early days of his success,
when Gilbert and Sullivan were con.
Bidc-red by managers as the "sure win
ners" in the comic-opera field, a young
woman who was a member of one of
the "Pinafore" comnanies wrotn tn
Gilbert telling him of her approaching
marriage witn a young man of good
position and family.
Cllbert congratulated the 'young
woman, and expressed the hope that
her future might be prosperous and
happy.
Only a little more than a month
passed and another letter from the
same girl reached him, in which she
stated that her engagement with the
young man had been broken, and that
she had accepted another suitor.
He replied that he had every con
fidence in her Judgment, and again
expressed his hearty wishes for her
welfare.
It was almost two months after that
Gilbert received a third leer from
tue same girl, who informed him
that young Lord had proposed and
tnat she had accepted him, after
breaking her engagement with No. 2.
Gilbert's humor could no longer
withstand the temptation, and he
wrote, "I desire to congratulate you
on your approaching marriage with"
Here he placed an asterisk. ni in
footnote added. "Here Insert the name
gMappyjman,,tr-TJt-pt
PREMONITION LED
TO BOY'SDEATHBED
Elderly Woman Did Not Even
Know that Her Grandson
Had Been Taken 111
A CASE OF WEIRD TELEPATHY
Mrs. Loulie Thies, Sixty-four Years
Old, Tells Her Own Story About the
Remarkable Mental Inspiration
Her-Journey to See Dying Lad.
Nashville, 111. An Intuition which
she describes as mental telepathy,
took Mrs. Louise Thies, sixty-four
years old, from her home In St Loula
to the bedside of her dying grandson,
Henry Hollmnn, at Cordes Station, a
hamlet eight miles south of Nashville,
111. To reach his bedside Just before
he died, Mrs. Thies, having missed a
train at Coultervllle, walked the re
maining twelve miles of her Journey
nlong the railroad tracks.
"I was at the house of my daugh
ter, Mrs. Gus Tuhbsing. No. 4313
North Fourteenth street. In St. Louis,
when this inspiration or telepathic
feeling first struck mo," she said to
a Post-Dispatch correspondent. "I
wafl seated In one of the rooms by
myself, with nothing specially occupy
ing my attention, when my mind wan
dered off Into a reminiscent mood. All
of a sudden it transferred Itself to
thoughts of my son, Heury, and fam
ily. It was then that the remarkable
part came.
"We had received no word of my
grandson's Illness, in fact, his own
parents had no Idea that he was 111.
Dr. S. P. Schroeder, of Nashville, who
was called to treat him shortly beforo
he died, stated that he was the most
healthy looking child of several of the
family. He was afflicted with dia
betes, but It developed so rapidly that
he was only seriously 111 a short time
before his death.
"It suddenly occurred to me that I
was needed at the Hollman home.
Every attempt to shake this thought
proved fruitless. The idea clung to
me. The inspiration clung to me.
Finally it became so strong that I de
cided that I must go there. I so ad
vised the members of my daughter's
family and on the next morning start
ed on my journey.
"I boarded an Illinois Central train
at Union Station, which was to take
me to Coultervllle, 111., where I was
to change cars and board the Illinois
Southern train for Cordes Station.
Upon reaching Coultervllle I found the
train I desired had left and there
would be no other train until late at
night My desire to reach the home
of my son became still stronger. I
decided to make the remainder of the
way afoot.
"I was weighed down with two va
lises, weighing about fifty pounds, and
these added to the burden of my Jour
ney. I had been to Cordes Station
several times before, and had a gen
eral knowledge of where it was, but
really had no conception of what
twelve miles of travel over a gravel
railroad bed meant."
MUST GIVE WIFE 20 PER CENT.
Court Figures that She Is Entitled to
That Much Pin Money.
Kansas City. Municipal Judge Kyle
fixed the amount of "pin money" a
wife should be allowed at 20 per cent,
of her husband's income. Judge Kyle
figured it out to an exact nicety with
pencil and paper.
Mrs. J. W. Jolllf had her husban i in
court on a charge of disturbing her
perice. The chief charge is that he
didn't give her enough money.
"How much do you make?" Judge
Kyle asked Jolllf.
"Sixty dollars a month," Jolllf re
plied. The Court figured a minute and
said: "Now, 1'JJ tell you what you
ought to do. After the rent and the
household expenses are paid you
ought to give your wife $3 a week.
She's entitled to that much. She takes
care of the children and she never
goes out of the house. I'll tell you
something else. She'll save more
money than you will out of that $3 a
week."
Jollif started to tell the Court that
his wife took money, from under hia
pillow while he was asleep, but the
Court waved him aside. .
"You may go, with the understand
ing that your wife gets her 20 per
cent regularly," Judge Kyle said.
Wife Slept In Dog House.
Chicago. Mrs. Glssela Skwarek had
the time of her life after she startled
Judge Honore and his court attend
ants by testifying In her suit for dl
vorce that her husband, John Skwa
rek, had been so cruel to her that she
was compelled to sleep in the dog
house! And further than that, the
dog had some of the characteristics ot
his master, for after she had taken
possession of his apartment the un
gallant brute tried to oust her.
The dog house was In court for ex
hibit purposes. The woman won the
Jury's hearts when she said that for
nine years of married life her husband
had never taken her out to a place of
amusement or bought her even a
roso.
She was given a decree, and then
tne Jury bought her a dozen American
Beauties and invited her to take din
ner with them. . They had music and
an elaborate 'spread. Mrs. Skwarek's
happiness ,was overpowelnj.
EM! Kip AT SEA
Gsllant Six Hundred Pull Out the
Cook's Queue and Fight Excited
Sailors on the Tsnnenfols.
Brooklyn, N. Y. Capt. Lubke anl
tho crew of the German freighter Tan
nenfels, which docked at Bush's
Stores, a few days ago, after having
discharged a cargo of 600 monkeys at
Boston, declared that they would nev
er sign again on a vessel, which feat
ured ring-tailed roarers an' filch In Its
manifest
It seems that while the Tannenfels
wns In mid-ocean six chimpanzees mil
lined and made a murderous attack
on Wing Fu, the cook.
"Them chlms were the biggest of
their breed I ever Been," said Engi
neer Newman. "There wns one In the
bunch that had the build of Tom
Sharkey, and he was n terror. As fnst
as we put in now bars In his cage ho
tore them out. Every time a chnp
would go near his bunk he'd reach
out an' grab him by tho hair, pullin'
It out by the roots.
"He pulled out Wing Fu's qucun,
which got the chlnlt wore, so one day
when the big chlm wr.sn't tonkin' the
cook dumped a bo-vl of hot soup on
him. Twns this that t.vt tho whole
bunch In mutiny. The his lad got out
of his cnge an' then pulled the bnr's
out of his friends' cnge, whereat they
all galloped up forward, plckln' up be
layln' pins an' marlin spikes, an' mak
ing for the cook.
"Wing Fu saw 'em comin an' bolt
ed with a terrible scream. Then we
hnd the battle of our lives with them
monks. The leader of the gang busted
my wrist, and brulRcd me all over.
Then when I got him cornered he
dives overboard, marlin spike an' all.
His suicide sort of quieted the rest of
the bunch, and put an end to the mu
tiny. But from then on all the mon
keys hollered murder, from morning
till morning. They worked In relays,
makln' the dod-blamdest din that ever
was heard this Bide o' panjandrum."
Big Tomatoes on a City Lot.
Kansas City, Kan. E. M. Wlggin
manages to raise fine tomatoes on a
small plot of ground in this bustling
city. The picture shows Mr. Wlggin
and one of his mammoth Amazon
vines which Is 11 feet, 4 inches from
the ground to the extreme tip.
This vine was full of great toma
toes and the top full ot blossoms on
October 4th, 1908.
A large number of tomatoes on the
other side of the vine cannot be seed
in the picture. Mr. Wlggin writes
that some of these tomatoes measured
5 1-2 Inches in diameter and 16 inches
Front Viey of "Tomato" Vine.
In circumference, and many weighed
from two and a half to three pounds
each.
They were smooth, red, and with
out the hard, green core most large
tomatoes usually have. No special
cultivation was given Jhe vines ex
cept to make the ground very rich.
Some of the shoots were pinched offln
the early growth of the plants.
The way Wigln explains his process
of giant-tomato culture follows: About
tho middle of April he plants the seed
In holes IS inches or two feet deep.
As the plant grows he tamps earth
mixed with stuble refuse about the
stalk until the hole Is completely
filled.
The tomato, Wiggln explains, is the
product of South America, where It
grows to the height of 20 feet In the
damp and warm morasses along the
Amazon River. To accomplish tho
best results, then, it would seem nec
essary to have the temperature about
the plant evenly warm and moist. Tho
decaying manure furnishes the uni
form warmth and holds the moisture.
"Any one can grow enormous toma
toes," says Wiggln, "if he will take
up the work and then try to Imitate
the conditions the book says were en
joyed by the original plant. That was
the way I did, and these are the re
sults." LOST BET ON HIS WIFE.
Richards Wagered She Wouldn't Meet
Another Man She Did.
St. Louis, Mo. John B. Richards
laid a wager with a friend that hia
wife would not make an engagement
with the friend. The stake was a new
hat He lost the hat Now he's afraid
he will lose the wife.
A divorce suit has been brought
against him by his wife in which she
accuses him of having a man call her
up and represent himself to be a
friend of her brothers and ask her to
meet him In East St. Louis in regard
to railroad transportation.
Mtb. Richards says she kept the
nppolntment, and while phe was talk
ing to the man her husband appeared
nnd accused her of ."making dates"
with other men. Richards admits it
was a put up Job and says he's sorry,
because he lost the h&t.
Notes and
Of Interest to Women Readers
MARY GARDEN'S OPINIONS.
The New York Man Is a Golden Calf
Whom Woman 8klns.
Tho New York man Is a golden calf;
the New York woman well, she does
not fall down nnd worship him sho
merely Bklns him," quoth Miss Mary
Garden.
Miss G.irden, prima donna, has dis
coursed many a time and oft on "Sa
lome" and others. But opera Is over
now. And bo the other night it was
Just MIbs Garden, woman o' the world,
who for one hour talked wisely, mer
rily and with most exceeding frank
ness of New York and all they that
dwell therein. "I can say what I want
to now," sho laughed, "for I'm going
nwpy so soon and everybody will have
forgotten by the time I come back!"
Forthwith Bhe proceeded to hand out
a swift succession of blows and bou
quets nnd the very first remark was
both.
"What do you think of the New
York man?" hnppcned to be query
number ono.
Mary Garden.
Why, you see, the New York wom
an has Impressed me so very much
more!" was the unflattering er, most
complimentary er, take-lt-as-you-plcnse
reply.
But they were truly flowers of en
thuslasm that followed at first
. Here are a few eplgramatlc opinions
dictated by the great opera singer:
"The New York woman doesn't fall
down and worship this golden calf
slfe merely skins him."
"There Is lets Individual liberty
here than in any place In civilized Eu
rope." "The best dressed man In the world
Is the English gentleman."
"The New York man Is not a bore,
but he has not the little graces the
lingerie of life."
"The Latin gentlemen make love
perfectly but they don't make
money."
Thinks We Work Too Hard.
Lady Headfort during her Ameii
can tour, said in New York that she
approved of international marriages.
"They correct us," she explained,
"pur Englishmen work too little, your
American men work too hard, and the
International marriage tends to bring
cbout a happy mean.
"I have an English friend who at
tended the funeral of one of your hard
est workers, a multi-millionaire.
"My friend's wife said rather bit
terly to him at the funeral:
" 'How you have missed your op
portunities, my love. Place yourself
beside Mr. Ritch there. You are both
of'the same age. You both began life
together. Yet you are a poor man,
while he died a multl-milllonalre.'
"'Yes,' said the English husband.
'There Rltch lies, dead of nervous
prostration, without one single penny
in his pocket, and here I stand, halo
and hearty, with a wallet in my coat
containing quite a hundred dollars."'
Woes of a Wife.
V i
, Wiley I wonder why the grass
doesn't come up.
, Hubby I'm sure I can't telL You
don't suppose you planted the seeds
upside down, do you?
Big Salaries for Women.
In six of the largest Boston depart
ment stores there are now thirty-seven
women occupying responsible exe
cutive positions as buyers, floor man
ngers, heads of workrooms, and heads
of clerical departments, at salaries
ranging from $780 to $6,500 a year. It
Is also pointed out that these success
ful women rose from the ranks and
tPat n emulation pf them implies a
start behind the coufttr at perneps
six dollar a week.
.7
K (A
t V Vi IU 3 ill V
KING EDWARD'S RACEHORSES.
Only Two Have Been Wlnnerj u
Great English Turf EvunU.
Probably no owner ever had .,,.,
n persistent run of 'ad lu k a i ''
Majesty, King Edward, during (','.!
early years of his racing cA ir. a,
his first modest appearance on a r i, ,.
course, thlrty-evcn years at;.), t ifl
bon-e Champion hud the nilerortu'n'i.
to fall cany In the race, and althoi'ah
he ninde c game effort to recover ii
r. round ho could only llnlth second
Six years later at hia seco-id
pear.mco-at the Newmarket Jn'y
meeting, his horse Alep was badly
beaten by Lord Strathnairn's Avowal
and it wns not until 1S80 tlmt I.ro;).
(i.s II., ridden by Cnpt Wontwor'tii
Ilope-.lohnnstonp, scored his iii-hl vir
tory in tho Aldcrahot cup.
Six yenrs more elapsed, milking i.
tern years in nil from his racing !
but, before tho royal colors were ca
rted to victory for the first tli.m h
flat racing, when, emld a seen i
great enthusiasm. Counterpane, ,IJ
den by Archer, won a maldeu plate a-Kandown.
Wh.-fc In a Title?
Judge Gray, of Delaware, wag talk
ing recently about the fondness of
American girls for KnglLli titles. .,
spenklng of how empty and n)eaiii:;K
less such foreign titles usually wen:,
he Illustrated it with tho following;
"Titles ara Just as meaningless !a
the United States. Take my own title
tho title of Judg for Instance. I
was traveling In tho country a slin.i
lime ngo, nnd, at the table of the lio
tel where I was stopping, there was a
man whom ever;- one present address
cd as 'Judge.'
"When this Judge got up and went
sway, I said to the man Bitting next,
him at the table, 'Is the gentleman
who Juat left a United States Judg
or a local judge?'
"'He Is a local Judge, sir,' was the
reply. 'He wai a Judge at a horse
race last week.'
"Titles at hon. i and abroad amount
to about the same thing. Nothing
counts but the man."
Liquid Helium.
In his recent experiments with the
liquefaction of helium, Professor
Onnes .erformed a labor of the most
exhausting description. "Not only,"
we are told, "was the whole apparatus,
with Its subsidiary arangements, test
ed to Its utmost capacity, but the phy
sical energies of the professor and his
assistants were well-nigh exhausted
by the prolonged struggle." This Is
likely to give to most readers an en
tirely novel Idea of the labors of the
laboratory. When the absolute zero
Is approached the obstacles that have
to be overcome In order to lower the
temperature a few degrees are Im
mense. The boiling-point of liquid
helium Is four and one-half degrees
Centigrade above absolute zero. By
great effort the temperature was re
duced to three degrees, but without
affecting the mobility of the liquid.
Facts About the Jews.
The number of Jews In the entire
world Is approximately 12,000,000
scattered among all the nations of Un
earth. Of this number, about 2,000,000 an;
In America ha;f of these in New
.ork; 190,000 in Chicago; 100,000 in
Philadelphia; 80.000 In Boston; 60,000
in St Louis, and the rest distributed
chiefly In other large cities. In an
area of a single square mile In New
York Is a popul tlon of more than
400,000 Jewish men, women and chil
dren. The Jews almost control the wealth
of the world. In. Germany, nearly one
half of the rich people are Jews. Six
sevenths of all the bankers of Prus
sia are Jews, wclle only one In 586 is
a day laborer.
A Cement Grindstone.
A grindstone made fro:n one-half
best Portland cement and one-haK
silica sand may be use! In grinding
glass to take tho place of tho wheel
caster. The materials must be thor-o-.ighly
mixed and evenly tamped. The
advantage of this stone is that whPJ
properly made there will be no hard
and soft spots, and it will grind glass
without scratching. The cost is about
ten per cent, of that of the common
grindstone. The Onward Manufac
turing Company, of Menasha, Wis., to
whom we are Irdebted for this infor
mation, has been using cement grind
stones successfully for a year.
It Does Not Pal.
"Quarrel not Ht all. No man who
resolves to ma the most of hlmsell
can spare time for personal conten
tion. Still less can he afford to take
all the consequences. Including the
vitiating of his temper and the loss
of self-control. Yield larger thlus
to which you can show no more than
equal right, and yield lesser ones
though clearly your own. Better give
your path to a do;; than be bitten by
him In contesting for the right Even
killing the dor would not cure tbu
bite."
To Bar Christmas Solicitors.
Boston. The Salvation Army las
sies and Volunteers of America "San
ta Clauses" cannot hereafter solicit
funds on the street for Thanksgiving
and Christmas dinners for the poor,
according to Police Commissioner
Stephen O'Meara, tils report say
the custom has grown to such an ex
tent that annually more than fifty dif
ferent organizations seek the privi
lege of soliciting aid.
Mistake Maae by Many.
,"De smart nuu," said Uncle Ebeo.
" likely to git along fus' rate until
he stahts In flggerln' 'roun' an' tryh'
ti make bis brtlns ;ake de place or
his conscience.''