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John Smith
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The Romanticist sighed deeply and
pushed back from a very white fore
head, two tiny tendrils of golden hair.
Now the Romanticist was very young
and extremely pretty and bore the
name of Patricia MUlirent Lovering
that tn Itself was enough to make her
romantic.
"It's no use, Polly," she said discon
solately. "I shall never meet a man
who Is my Ideal and I shall never
marry one who Is not. I should havo
lived centuries ago when knights In
silken hose aud doublets wooed their
ladles by the light of the moon and
aang serenades beneath their win
dows. Polly Nelson laughed a melodious
Infectious laugh. "For my part," she
said, "I prefer something more sub
stantial than moonlight serenades and
it Harry ever attempted to break my
beauty slumbers by any vocal selec
tions, I'd be sorely tempted to empty
the contents of the water pitcher on
his head.
Patrlca sniffed. "You haven't one
particle of romance In you," she said,
"the man I marry must be tall and
handsome, and he must write poetry
to me. I don't want one of those pro
saic, cut and dried business men;
ny Ideal must be above tho sordtducss
of money making "
"And father will foot the bills," Pol
Interrupted maliciously.
Patricia arose with dignity. "Pol
"t, she said, sternly, "it Isn't your
Jault that you can't understand me.
fou ean't appreciate anything beautl
?ul. Perhaps It's best you don't mind
elng engaged to a man by the name
A Harry Malster!" and with that
parting thrust she left the room.
"Jealous!" Polly cried after her,
"but you wait I'll get even with you."
' Polly looked up from her peruiual
it the morning's mall with a smile.
"Harry says that he and a friend of
bia will be here on the evening train
to spend the week end," she on
aounced. "And who Is the friend?" Inquired
Patricia, not- without Interest '
Polly's eyes twinkled mischievously.
The friend's name Is Smith," she an
swered. '
' Patricia made a charming moue.
That is enough," she said, "my In
terest has completely vanished."
Polly Ignored her remark and pick
A up the letter. "Smith used to go
reollege with me," she read' aloud,
'and he's a fine fellow. When' lils
:atber died, they found that all their
property had been lost on specula
tions, and the poor chap 1 J to get
-at and hustle. He's oi.a of the
nartest lawyers in the c Uy now, and
as- a fine practice but he's worked
.1 hard that he neds a change. So
..'m taking the liberty, Pol, of bring
'ng him down to your home for over
'unday because I want you to meet
"m. Please tell Pat not to try any
her frigid stunts about him be
muse he's too nice a fellow to b6
.ught with those eyes of hers and
. en be thrown down fiat"
"Indeed," Interrupted Patricia, with
rie sarcasm, "my dear cousin Harry
es fine language. You may tell my
'ar cousin for me that 'Pat' will
2ve his unusual friend quite alone."
Polly returned the letter la the en-
tlope before replying. Then, "Come
t i. Patsy," she said, "let's go for a
i Me, We'll both feel better."
Patricia did not drive to the station
-tz night with Polly, but It might be
:.o-arked that she spent an unusually
.mg time that evening upon her toilet
'jeu the carriage drove up she went
t on the portico to meet them. No
- e could call Jack Smith a handsome
n, but there wa3 something fine
. ' out this tall, clean, well-built fel-
There's no danger of you forget
"' S my namo. Miss Loverinc," ho
i-.d after the introduction. "Just
;':-.In, ordinary John Smith." And he
ocU her hand and then turned to
' -i'.y. He did not stare at ter and
: cis her hand as most of her infatu-
- :d admirers did, but rather he treat-
her aa ho would a child. He took
: r Into dinner that nifht, but he
t rfijy noticed her, but rather spent
-Et of the time talk'ug wiih Harry
1 Polly's father, of wheat corners
, d building up stock; things that
' Urlcla knew nothing about
As Polly and sho went to th!r
oms to get their wraps (they were
ride over to the Count: y Club
ice), Patricia remarked v.ith da
rate carelessness: "Your friend,
' '. cr Smith, as well as bcl-ig hor
iy commonplace, is sadly de.lc'cr.t
manners. Ho did not even treat
i civilly."
Didn't he?" Bald Tolly airily; "well,
ild him that you didn't wish to have
; -thlng to do with him."
Folly!" gasped Patricia, "you nev-
told him that!" '
'Why, certainly I did," said Polly
ocently, "you did say that, didn't
;t" And she rushed from the
... .' . 1 ' "' ' '
'tarry and Polly occupied the front
. ft, end Mr. Smith and Patricia the
r seat in the tonneau, on the way
... :r to the club dance. Neither of
two Th back spoke for fully twen
ttilnutei. Patricia, huddled in one
-ner,studled"tne stern face' of the
ri at her side. " She -noted the
lare Jaw and the somewhat weary
ression in his tired ( eyes. " Yet
..irjrthlnf ibimt hint, f denoted
'nun ana power, i nig was not a
idsoroe god, she thov.gM, but a Man
every senre of the word.' She
bed softly' and be turned.
- J trust I atauot annoying you, Miss
Lovering," ho said courteously.
"Please do not think I am trying lo
force myself upon you."
Patricia bit her lip. "No," she BatJ
bitterly, "you are not annoying me."
How she would have loved to have
boxed the little pink ears of Polly Mel
rose and how she would love to box
her own. She stole a timid glance at
the man beside her but he was not
looking at her. What a little beast
she was, she thought; she was even
worse than that she was a senseless
little fool! She longed to say some
thing to him apologize, if need be
but the words stuck In her throat, and
before she realized It the light of the
club house loomed In sight. She did
not see htm again until the supper
dance, and then he came up to her
and asked If he might have It. Patri
cia was surprised at herself for ac
cepting so readily. After their dance
(and Patricia was forced to admit
that he was a splendid dancer) they
strolled out on the brilliantly lighted
grounds. Neither spoke for a few
minutes. Then
"Mr. Smith," said Patricia, broken
ly, "I want to apologize to you."
The man turned and regarded her
steadily. "There Is no need for It
Miss Lovering," he said slowly, "if
you are doing It to spare my feelings."
"But I'm not," she said hastily; "I'm
doing It to spare my own. I've been
very foolish, and I'm very sorry that
I said such a thing."
Jack Smith laughed harshly. "Aro
you sure you did not mean It?" he
asked.
The girl bent her head. "I am quite
sure," she said.
They had reached a deserted part
of the garden and the man turned
and caught her almost roughly by the
shoulders. "Do you believe In love
at first sight?" he asked hoarsely.
Patricia swallowed hard. "Some
times," she acknowledged.
"Well, I love you," he said briefly,
"and I've got to get back to the city
on business in the morning so I want
to know if there Is any chance for
me?"
Patricia gasped. "But "
"Never mind that dear," be said,
"will you marry mo?"
Patricia smiled. "Yes," she said.
"I will."
It was not until they were returning
heme that night that Jack Smith
leaned forward and told Polly.
"I'm so glad, Pat," Polly laughed,
kissing her, "but I can't Imagine It"
Patricia blushed divinely.
"You've got to admit, though, that
the name of John Smith is a lot more
common than that of Malster," laugh
ed Polly."
"John Smith Is the finest name In
the world," said Patricia, stoutly, as
she leaned back comfortably In tbe
tonneau.
THEY HUNT BY TELEPHONE.
Wires Used to Summon Sportsmen
When Game Is Sighted.
The rural telephone plays an Impor
tant part in bird shooting In the
prairie provinces of Canada. There
is an abundance of geese, ducks and
prairie chicken in Manitoba, Saskat
chewan and Alberta and the shooting
is good clear up to the limits of the
cities.
Let a flock of geese be sighted on
its way south from the breeding
grounds on the shores of Hudson Bay,
or up the Yukon, or on its return
north in the spring, and the telephone
is brought into play to summon sports
men for twenty miles around. The
birds make overnight stops wherever
they find water and tho gunners spend
most of the night in preparation.
They dig holes deep enough to con
ceal man and set decoys about thirty
yards away. Experienced hunters will
wait until the flock Is passing and
then shoot Into the. flock from behind.
It has been shown that shot Is more
effective this way than when the at
tack Is made from the front
The windier the day the better, for
then the geese fly low. Most geese
are shot when flying less than forty
yards from the ground.
Hub of German Empire.
Unter den Linden is the centre spot
of Berlin and the hub of the German
Empire. This magnificent boulevard
is 108 feet In width, and under the
shade of its lime trees the Berllners
have a meeting-place which is equal
In architectural beauty to any in Eu
rope. It is lined on either side with
magnificent hotels, restaurants, and
palaces. At the east end of Unter dor
Linden, where It enters upon ' the
Opera House Platz, stands the magni
ficent monument of Frederick the
Great, which Is worthy of the real
founder of United Germany. To the
right of this monument is the palace
of the Emperor William I, now Occu
pied by Prince Heinrich. The north
tide of the Opera Platz Is occupied by
the buildings of the University of Ber
lin, and next to it stands the Royal
Library, which rivals that at the Brit
ish Museum both in Its size and the
number of volumes It contains. The
opera house Itself is on the south of
the platz, and is a building worthy 'of
a' nation of music-lovers like the Ger
mans. : ,
The Mechanical Anainlag." '
Dr. Gilesj proiessor of Chinese nt
Cambridge, baa recently discovered In
the dynastic histories of China a com
plete specification of . the mechanism
of a Chinese taxi cab. They "are first
mentioned under the Chin dynasty. A
D. 265-419.' From that Mme'down'to
the middle-'of the1 fourteenth lentury
rrequent allusions to such" Vehicles,
known as the "measure mile drum
chariots." are to be found. At
Mi,! or Chinese mile, which is about
one-third of an English mile, a drum
whs strbek, while at every tenth 11 a
bell wm rung.
THE COLUMBIAN.
WHY DO PEOPLE
FAIL III BUSINESS
Insufficient Amount of Capital
the Chief Cause of Failure
for Many
LACK CF EXPERIENCE COMES NEXT
Men Just Will Not Be Ccnservativo
for the Reason that All Aspire to
Financial Independence and Aro
Witling to Take a Chance.
Why do people lose money tn Wall
street and in State street? For tho
same reason that they lose money
outside of Wall street and State
street Ethical considerations are
neither more nor less regarded
in Wall street than elsewhere, but
tho public that goes to Wall street
there with different intentions and
from different motives than actuato
the people who go to the bakeries, the
grocery stores, tho department .stores
and the shoo shops. If people wish
to be buncoed they do not have to
go to Wall street; likewise, if they
wish to be buncoed in Boston they do
not have to go to State street. Thcro
are crooks there and there are crooks
also up town and out-of-town, and
when we analyze the stories of tho
victims of the stock market that arc
so luridly pictured in the Saturday
evening Post, and other inugaztnes,
we think this: People lose money In
Wall street and State street chiefly
because of lnsufllclent capital and ig
norance. Dradstreet's report of commercial
failures In the United States In 1908
Shows that thirty-four and two-tentha
per cent resulted from lack of capi
tal, and twenty-one and six-tenths per
tent from Incompetence. We havo
these figures before us, therefore wo
Infer that the rest of the failures were
caused by disaster, fraud. Inexperi
ence, neglect, unwise credits, compe
tition, failures of others, extrava-
pania mil annnilatlnn. Rrftddtrpet'n
D r
report shows that only one per cent I
of failures resulted from speculation. J
Has It ever occurred to anyone that
more than one per cent, of our mer- :
chants must have speculated, but
were successful probably because they
were intelligent? Competition, not
withstanding the era of trusts and
combinations, bankrupted only eigh
teen out of a thousand, according to
the same report The failures result
ing from disaster circumstances be
yond the control of the business man
were only about twenty per cent
We thus find that approximately eigh-
ty per cent, of the bankrupts failed
because they did not know how to
run their own business, and the prin
cipal Item was lack of capital. j
It Is exactly the same in Wall
street and State street, only, Instead I
of Insufficient capital they call It
there "overtrading," or "shoestring
margins." Now, what makes men
overtrade? The answer Is greed. How
are we to force men, merchants and
speculators to become conservative
and cautious as well as intelligent?
Evary man aspires to financial Inde
pendence, to being his own master,
to being masters of others, to going
Into business for himself. Does tho
study of Bradstreet s or Dun's pathe
tic reports of the causes of business
failure deter him from going on be
cause so many others have failed?
These problems whlca are here so
crudely set forth are as old as civ
ilization, and even if losses by gam
L'.ers could be prevented, how about
rroculation?
We- pause for a reply and we think
we shall be still awaiting a reply
when the angel Gabriel calls.
Old Time Sea Food.
A glance at the fish shops to-day
r.rouses the reflection that one could
have fasted with far more variety in
the Middle Ages. Where is now tho
whale of yesteryear, that was roasted
and served up on the spit, or boiled
with peas, the tongue and tall beln:;
the choicest parts? The porpoise, too,
was a royal dish, roasted whole and
eaten with mustard, when Henry VII.
was King, and so was the grampus or
tea-wolf. The lamprey, after Its ono
dramatic and regleldal performance,
seems to have lost its popularity; and
nobody nowadays Is anxious to cat
the limpet. Many fish, however, seem
to have endured throughout the ages,
such as the sprat and herring, eaten
especially In Lent; the oyster (official
ly' a fish), cooked In wine for break
fast; and the anchovy, sternly anathe
matised by old' Tobias Venner In 1C20
ns "food for drunkards."
' 1,100 Miles of Wire Netting.
targe orders for wire netting have
been placed with a Norwich firm, the
total running to 1,100 miles length of
this protection against the rabbit pest.
The netting Is made 42 Inches wide,
with 1 1-4 Inch mesh at the bottom
and 1 1-2 Inch mesh at the1 top, this
weave of netting being a patent held
by this firm.' The order tow in hand
Is for 300 miles of this 'netting for the
Queensland Government, which fol
lows on a similar order for the Vic
(orlan Government, and the firm has
aTsb dispatched BOO miles of wire net
tlhi'.to' New' South Wales. 1 'In each'
case "the Government Ms, the Initial
purchaser, and then retails Ihe netting
to the settlers, -tio Dx It around their
holdings" and nhus' keep' out tbe rab
bits, wltnoutwhlcb their crops would
be devastated.
BLOOMS BUT, k
. . ... ..L.AUAU.
i-lro fr:ni Port Ciid t Cairo, V.'hers
L.-.nS is Much Wcrse Than Snow.
We ca;no down from Port Bald la
C-iro by rallror.d. a Journey of ri
Ixurs. Tho fir.st haif was over till
tiniest railway you ever saw a liUio
narrow gausc built by the canal com
pany a an aid to construction. Its
original purpose was to haul away tlio
dirt that was taken out' of tho ditch
and dump It on the desert; then It was
used to transport supplies from one
point on the canal to another, and
finally, when Port Said became a
gr;-at port of entry for passengers, tho
rails were relald, the track was bal
lasted, and diminutive trains were put
on, hauled by locomotives that look
liko toys, but do their business
promptly and well.
This line runs the entire length t.f
the canal, which Is 87 mllos, parallel
with the bank, and belongs to the
canal company. Recently the Egvp
tlnn government has mnde an arrange
ment so that the track will hn widened
to a standard gnu?, and hereaft'-r
through trains can be run from o:io
end of Egypt to the other.
Nowadays pastengers between
Cairo and points along the rami have
to change at Imalla, the half way
station on lake Tlmsah and the chief
port of the canal. Ralls and Iron tloa
Bra stacked up on both sides of th
track the entire distance between
Port Said and Ismalia, and thousands
of men are at work on const met Ion.
It Is comparatively easy to build a
railway In this section of Egypt, be
catire there are no rilns, no frosts, no
rocks, no grade, no curves and no ob
structions but hillocks and sand. 1
the same time the drifting of tin
sand Is continuous and compels the
railway managers to keep gangs of
men constantly at work shoveling It
off the right of way.
It Is even worse than the snow In
the northern latitudes of the Vnited
States. The railroads In the south
western territories of our country
have similar difficulties. In fact, there
Is as much resemblance between des
erts as there Is between peach or
chards, and a gentleman from tho
Death valley of Southern California
would feel quite at home on the
Lyblan sands. Cairo letter In Chi
cago Record-Herald.
Cabby's Long Journey to Collect Fare.
A story is told to-day of a Paris
cabman who. Is Is alleged, followed
an authentic English lord In the train
to Calais, leaving his' borfe and cab
outside the Gare du Nord terminus.
The lord took the cab at his hotel, and
told the driver to go as quickly as pok
slble to the station for the Calais ex
press. At the terminus the nobleman ten
dered the cabman a 100-franc note,
which the Jehu could not change.
"Walt a bit," said his lordship, "I'll
pay you at the ticket office."
Cabby went with the nobleman Into
the station, but when the ticket was
taken the lord, hearing the words,
"Express Calais, en volture!" rushed
wildly to his carriage, followed by
the driver.
Lord Blank had only Just time to
take his seat when the train started,
and cabby, who had also entered the
express, was whirled away to Calais
town. En route he was paid by the
nobleman, who also defrayed the
Jehu's Journey to the north and back.
On returning to Paris cabby found
that his horse and vehicle were Im
pounded. London Dally Telegraph.
Birds Without Wings and Tails.
In New Zealand Is found the kiwi,
a strange bird of the ostrich family.
Ostriches have two toes, but the ex
tinct moas had three toes; to also
have the existing emus, cassowaries
and rheas or South American os
triches. The kiwi, however, differs
from the other struthious birds In
having four toes. Further, the kiwi
cannot be said to ba quite ostrichlike,
for In size It Is not larger than an
ordinary barnyard fowl. It has a
small head, with a large and muscu-l.-.r
ncci; and a long, slender bill, with
tho distinguishing feature that the
n iitr .la are placed very close to Its
tip. The legs are short but the mus
cles on ihe thighs are well developed
n-d th fet Rre strong and power
ful and provided with sharp claws.
It Is a bird devoid of any external
trae of wine.-, and there Is no trace
of tail visible, while It Is covered
with long, narrow, hairlike feathers,
and on tho fore part of the head and
tides of the face are straggling hair
like feelers.
A Coiffeur of Other Days.
The belle of ancient India wore her
hair tied by a Jewelled band two or
t -r
three inches back of her head and then
braided into an enormous ball two
thirds the size of her head.
I Grows Needle and Thread.
' ' the Mexican' tnagutfy tfe'e' furnishes
a needle and thread U ready for use.
At ' the tip of each dark green leaf
is a slender thorn noedle that must be
carefully drawn from its sheath, at
(he1 same time it slowly unwinds the
hread, a strong smooth fibre attached
.o the needle and' capable of being
drawn out to a great length. '
QUEST FOR SECRET POISONS
Amaxlno Evldenees of the Depravity
of Human Nature.
In England years ago there was a
famous poisoning case In which the
ttroiig point of the defense was to
chow that tho nccussd, who was an
expert chemist, woul l not have used
a poison that would be so easily found
r fter It had been taken Into the hu
i.:an system. Sir Robert Charleston, a
professor In Edinburgh University
r.nd nn authority o:i toxicology, whoso
works are still standard on that sub
ject, was put on tho stand to prove
tie point, lie declared that a client
i t would certainly use some poison
f iat would leave no trace. The prose
cuting attorneys asked Mm If he
r icant to say that there were such
poisons to bo had. Sir Robert re
I !led in the n.Tlrmatlve. The prose
cutor r.sked: "Will you kindly tc'.l
the court what they are?" "No,"
ihouted the Judne, "I rule that ques
tion out and forbid you to answer."
l:i spite of protest the Judge would
l ot allow the expert publicity to give
tiie name of the poison which would
l.'iivo no trace. Dining the next two
j-rmrs Sir Robert received more than
I mr thousand letters from varioiu
lint:! of the world offering lo pay fab
i.'.cus sums for the receipt of the un
traceable poison alluded to In his
tostlmepy. Many of these letters ho
l.ept ns curiosities, showing them to
l.ls friends as evidence of the deprav
ity of human nature.
Sonic of the excuses for wanting
tiie name of tho polsoa were ingeni
ous. One of the writers desired tho
information that be might baso n
rovel on a poison plot. Ho did not
give the name of the poison In tho
book, but Just wanted to have it that
l:i care any slcentific critic could deny
the possibility of such poison he coull
rend hlin the name in a private letter
r.nd quote the distinguished authority
fiori whom It came, etc. Several per
sons professing to be studying chem
istry asked the Information on the
ground ot professional curiosity. Many
pretended that they had wagered
large sums that they would find out
the poison In a given time, and they
were willing to share their profits
liberally with Sir Robert Sir Robert
was horrified at the number of per
tons all over the world who seemed so
desirous of posses-sing the secret of
r.n agent that would bring an end to
r.ny member of the human race but
leave no trace.
The Disinfected Veil Is Here.
The "block system" Tell is still a
leadtpg favorite, supposedly because It
ilsguiees the wearer In a rather puz
fling and altogether alluring way.
Square mesh is a protection to the
rlaln woman who, safely ensconced
behind it, may play the part of a sup
posed beauty. . On the other hand, the
good-looking woman contends that
style of veil Is one of her most suc
cessful charms. "It Is quite true that
women dress for other women," says
one woman, "but the veil is a weapon
directed entirely against man. Thero
is nothing men like as well as a Uttlo
E.ystery, and the opportunity to re
move it I can't think," she added,
with a sly laugh, "what all these suf
fragettes are fussing about, when they
can get all the nower they want so
casilv. I fmnnnsA. hnwAVAr thpv'rn I
above veils and other feminine entice
ments, and 'only care to fight thoso
poor, dear men with their own
weapons." A new idea in veils Is tho
diulnfected veil, treated by a chemical
rroccss which in no Way changes tho
color or texture. They also have no
odor, but any particle of dust or any
Impure air which may sift through
the mesh becomes immediately disin
fected. Why the Old Cow Changed Her Tune.
"Why are all those people flocking
down to Hiram Hardapple's barn?"
asked the old farmer on the hay
w:i"gon.
"Hi's got a curiosity down thar,"
chuckled the village constable.
"That so? What kind of a curiosity
Is it?"
"Why, Hi's old red-and-whlte Jersey
cow. The other night the old critter
had the colic and Hi went down with
Ms lantern to give her a dose of cow
medicine. Blamed If he didn't make
a mistake and give her a pint of gaso
line." "Do tell! Didn't kill her, did it?"
"No, but by heck, it had a funny ef
fect Now, Instead of going 'Moo,
moo! like any other sensible cow, she
toes 'Honk, honk!' like one of them
thar blamed automobiles."
Diphtheria Spread By 8chool Books.
Dr. W. H. Fisher, tbe medical offi
cer of health to the Walslnghara Dis
trict Council, in his annual report
traces an outbreak of diphtheria
which occurred In the Raynham die
trlct to a batch of school books t at
had not been disinfected after a simi
lar epidemic about six months pre
viously. This time the schools were
closed, the premises thoroughly disin
fected and sprayed, and all the books
In use at one school In which the dis
ease originated destroyed.
Cures for Rheumatism. . .
In the midland counties of England
It' was formerly considered that the
left forefoot of a sage hare, worn or
carried constantly In.the pocket, was
an amulet against rheumatism. The
Dutch peasantry cherished a tenet? tri
the preservative vlrtuea of a borrowed
6r stolen-potato.'- As a remedy a
young maid In the Tillage of Stanton
ln the Cbtsw61dlucoflrrlveirto W con
firmed three times, believing that con
fSrmatioB was an unfailing cure for
rheumatism.
to rnoLoxo
MI'E.
When the vital forces bopi,, .
ling, the marks of age show thorn
selves. Some men, being of an ami
able, cheerful, and lively tempera
inent, suppress these marks until
well advanced In life, and ate M
years younger, both physically R,,
mentally, than other men 0f tliu
Fame age. We may take it, there
fore, that old age does not begin at
a ij- fixed period so far as the dlvl
sioiis of time divide the periods of
life, but is Influenced by that sulnl,.
r.jent known as vital energy, -pi,,,
indications of old ago aro ti(,s..y
shown; the weight of years Is iii,u,.
rtxii d by the bent flg-ure, tho want
of elasticity in the walk, the wih,.
kics In the cheeks and forehead. T!u.
typical healthy person who m'tain.;
oi l ace Is spare of body, nnd old ae
emphasizes this fact by causing
paudly of aulposu tissue. We ih.i,.
that u diminution of the physical . n.
crn- is ac companied by a correspon 1
lnjt diminution of the power to climi
Mate waste material from the bo.iy.
r.lHKtldty and strength give phiiv tii
liardnos and dryness of nearly nil
the tlvsucs of the body. The f.-eiH r,a
health may bo good, because there
a harmonious balance between w
action of the nervous system and tin.
circulr.tcry system. Persons u10
have readied an advanced uge nuy
prolong llu'lr lives and greatly u.lit
to the comfort of their (leillnin:.;
years by dim lulnhlng tlur quantity of
fool by taking It more frequently
u.-.d In smaller amounts, and In pur
takins of oiilj easily digested food,
then by avoiding too large a reyldnu
of waste matter.
HI, AMINO THE
WO.MI.N.
Ajalnst whom are we to charge
the social dlstlnc'ioiis that now cuts';
tiie circles of Protestantism In this
country, If not against the women ?
Men are naturally democratic. I.rft
to themselves they seldom draw
sharp social lines or Insist upon con
ventional distinctions. What do we
find in the one sphere whero they an
supreme the political world? How
much class distinction exists there?
Not to with women. They are more
gregarious, but at tbe same time
more conventional. Is not fashion
their standing Incrimination at this
bar? If rich,- they are the more ex
clusive; If poor, the more sensitive.
"Social lines existing In tho world
without they have extended Into the
acred Inclosure of the church, until
to-day there Is no more conventional
body among us than the well-to-do
Christian church," declares John Bal
com Shaw, D. D., In the Homlletlr
Revlew. "Nothing hurts us so much
as this one condition, and for its ex
istence I hold our women almost ex
clusively responsible. Let them only
ray the word, and mean It, and this
state at affairs will be gone in a
week."
vMUSHIl'H IN
. "Readily developing speed of for
ty or more miles an hour," writes
Major Squler, of the aeroplane, In
Harper's Weekly, "and capable vt
remaining in the air fo:r or five
hours, by its means a thorough and
complete reconnaissance of the
strength and position of the enemy
could be made by the aeroplane ob
servers, who would be In a position
to note the Hue of defence and the
position of every piece of artillery.
Pata could in this way be obtained
for maps wheh would be of the
greatest value for strategic purposes
As a means of communication bt
tvveen one commander and another,
as a messenger for transmitting In
E:rucuot)s, the aeroplane would
prove not merely useful but essen
tial." Major Squler was In charge
of the army's official war-ship trials
at Fort Meyer, Virginia, and hi
v.cws represent the official estimate
oi the nlr-shlp's practical value.
CLACK t'ROSHKS AT KAIL-
r.o.i cRossixo.-i.
It used to be customry In Mexico,
and presumably still Is, to erect a
bla(k wooden cross wherever aid
whenever a railroad killed a person,
the traveler comes to a grade cross
ing and there they stand, bearing
mute testimony to the deadly nature
of the place. Tbe custom has not
had the effect of bringing about the
elevation of railway tracks In Mexi
co, but an eastern newspaper, which
is agitating for its adoption, believes
that it would In this country. As
the years went ty, each adding It
one or two crosses at deadly points,
this newspaper believes that thtf
time would soon come when the pati
ence of the public would be exhaust
ed and the wholesale Installation of
safety devices w uld follow.
18 THIS -THUS.'
; Ueorge Bernard Shaw has saia
(and every practiced writer knows
It's so) thai nobody has yet dared
portray a love story truthfully. He'd
Le run out of town. Just a sort of
look-ln, touch-and-go, a mere suB'
gt-stlon for the reader to fill In. is
much as ever.
A I1KNEKACTOU OP
TIIK HACK.
(A man has Invented a contrivance
by means of which a woman's waist
can be fastened in the back by slm-
! l ty pulling a string. - The Husbands
1 Union should send him an engrossed
1 resolution of thanks.
Carlyle said: "A dislike of noise
is'a measure of civilisation," and the
ndglect tw protect peoptf ' aafnst
unnecessary bouhw, - declare tbe
Olio State jrournHLTrWW Mfllctlon
f crude and Ignorant goTerameBt.