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Zeal is no further commendable than as it is attended with knowledge, —Thomas Wilson. Turbine Dates Back to 1650. The turbine as a means of power was known in an extremely primitive form as far back as 120 B. C., while ! the first steam turbine was invented by an Englishman in 1650. Well-Fixed Usually. However, the man who is always telling other people that money is not j everything usually has all the coin he needs. Uncle Ezra Says: "Big thoughts may come to you i while you are lyin' abed in the morn -1 in', but big results won't come onless you jump out an' hustle for 'em."— | Boston Herald. The Proviso. A country convert, full of zeal, in i his first prayer meeting remarks of fered himself for service. '"I am ready to do anything the Lord asks of me," said he, "so long as it's honorable. — Life. A COMMON KIND. / v ■$ W- jj || Ted —What kind of a motor car did j you have? Ned—Oh, 20 horae-power going out, ! ane one horse coming back. ' George 111. and th» Wigmakers. When George 111. ascended the throne of England his wealthy sub jects were beginning to leave off wigs and to appear in their own hair, "it they hud any." As Ihe sovereign was himself one of the offenders, the per uke makers, who feared a serious loss of trade, prepared a pel it ion in which they prayed his majesty to he gra ciously pleased to "shave Ills head" tor the good of distressed workmen and wear a wig. as his father had done he fore him. When the petitioners walked to the royal palnce, however, it was noticed that they wore no wigs themselves. As Ibis seemed unfair to the onlook ers they seized several of the leading processionists and cut their hair with any Implement that came most readily to band. From this incident arose a host of curious caricatures. The wooden leg makers were said to have especial claims on the king's consideration, in asmuch as the conclusion of peace had deprived them of a profitable source of employment: hence the suggestion that his majesty should not only wear a wooden leg himself, but enjoin the people to follow his laudable example. As Others See Us. "The man who can pick out the best picture ot himself is a rare bird," said a photographer. "Even an author, who is reputedly a poor judge of his own work, exercises vast wisdom in select ing bis best book compared with the person who tries to choose Ids best photograph. Every famous man or woman who has been photographed repeatedly has his or her favorite pic ture. Usually it is the worst in the collection. It shows him or her with an unnatural expression, sitting or standing in an unnatural attitude. The Inability to judge of bis best pic ture must be due to the average man's ignorance ot how he really looks, or perhaps it can be partly attributed to a desire to look other than he does. A stout man will swear that the photo graph most nearly like him Is the one that makes him look thin, a thin mail the one that makes him look stout, the solemn man selects the jolliest picture, the jovial man the most cadaverous. — Philadelphia Ledger. A Famous Quotation. A story about Keats is quoted by the late Sir Benjamin Ward Richard son in his "Lives" of disciples of Aesculapius. .Mr. Stephens, a friend of the doctor, once told hiin that one evening at twilight when he and Keats were sitting together in their student days. Stephens at his medical books. Keats engrossed in his dream ing. Keats called out to his friend that he had composed a new line—"A thing of beauty is a constant joy." "What think you of that. Stephens?" "It has the true ring, but is wanting in some way," replies the latter as he dips once more into his medical stud ies. An interval of silence, and again the poet, " 'A thing of beauty is a joy for ever.' What think you of that, Ste phens?" "That it will live forever." A happy prophecy indeed! The Forests on the Niger. The insects of Africa are expert dis ease carriers, and they come in such numbers on the Niger that one hardly dares to use one's lamp or go too near a light of any sort at night. These forests on the Niger are deadly places for all their haunting attraction and take a big toll both ot European and native life. Yet the first three days on the Niger, with all its mud and its smell and its mangrove flies and its frogs and its crickets, are enough to give the newcomer an inkling o£ the drawing power, the fascination, ot what is probably the most unhealthy country in the world.—W. B. Thomp son in Blackwood's. Dodging a Slander. During a suit for slander brought ii an Ohio town one of the parties was asked by the presiding magistrate: "Is it true, as alleged, that you de clared that Thomas Mulkins had stolen your pocketbook?" "Your honor," responded the man, "1 did not go so far as that. I merely said that if Mulkins had not assisted me in looking for the pocketbook 1 might have found it."—Chicago Rec ord-Herald. Before and After. She was a frivolous, fashionable young woman with beaux galore, hut one man with only a small income seemed to be the favorite. "You'll have to work hard before "ou win that girl." said his mother. "And a good deal harder after you win her," answered his father, who knew what he was talking about. His Poems. "May I offer you this little gift, Frau lein Kate'r" "Excuse me—l never take presents from men." "But it is only a copy of my book of poems." "In that case 1 will accept. I thought it was something valuable."—Fiiegende Blatter. The Place For It. An old Scotswoman was advised by her minister to take snuff to keep her self awake during the sermon. She answered briskly, "Why dinna ye put the snuff lu the sermon, inoti?" The Shake. "What did you say last night when .lack asked you to marry him?" "I shook my head." "Sideways or up and down?"— Bo ston Transcript. There is no piety in keeping an un just promise.—German Proverb. Death on the Guillotine. Sardou, in order to be present at the execution of Tropnmn in January. 1875, spent the night before with La Roquette. the prison director. In his description he says: "At daybreak the guests went out upon the cold, bleak execution place, where the guillotine had already been erected. Tin- he draggled crowd, which had spent the night in drinking places, --inir ••!!.:r• i songs and from time »h-*>N for Deibler. the execu nim meanwhile was explaining 111 c mc. nan ism. The basket In which ih>- •! was to drop wa< limit 'it. and > n .• looking at it I was hnrrih<-<! 1 • >iv the lid arise and a hum >ii nii-mi emerge. "Don't worry,' saio 1>• 1 with a suille; 'that is <>n,. , v iic, who wanted to see the execute.n. and I chose the simplest way ti> secure a £ood place for her.'" (Jleiucuceau saw Emlle Henry decapitated on May I'l. 1894, In his capacity as a journalist, and. describing how the culprit was dragged to the machine, strapped upon the plank and there tortured by await ing the pleasure of Deibler till tbe knife finally ended it all. said that the "horror of It" made him sick. Why Blinds Were Drawn. Hie Edinburgh landlady of the sev enties who astounded James Payn by her stern determination to have the blinds drawn closely down on the Sab bath was but carrying on the tradi tions of her great grandparents. The Scot of the early eighteenth century had a reason for drawing bis blinds on Sunday. Mr. Thompson In his "Weaver's Craft" gives it. "Some times the minister himself." he wrote, "when he got a colleague to preach for him would make the rounds, accom panied by tin elder, to spy with his own eyes the sins ot the absentees. Here one man is found romping with his bairns, another as the minister peeped through the window was de tected kissing his wife, two men were found drinking ale, and one was found with his coat off. as if he were going to work, and still another was seen eating n hearty dinner. All were pull ed up before the session of the kirk and repentance forced upon each."— London Standard. Bread and Cheese. A couple advanced in years got mar ried lately. The husband had a room In the bouse securely locked, the Inside of which his wife had never seen, and, being curious of its contents, she begged again and again to see the room. At last he consented, and, io and be hold, the room was full of whole cheeses! He explained matters by telling ber that for every sweetiieart he had in his young days he bought a cheese. His wife-began to cry. "Don't cry, dear," he said. "I've had no sweethearts since I met you." "It's not that," she replied, still sob bing. "I only wish 1 had been as thoughtful as you and bought a loaf of bread for every man that kissed me. We could have had bread and cheese enough to last us all our days."—Lon don Tit-Bits. Trouble For Creditors. Even the simplest law transactions seem to be beyond the comprehension of some people. An old farmer went into a grocer's shop a short time ago. ordered a sovereign's worth of goods and when they were ready for deliv ery laid down a five shilling piece in payment thereof. The shopkeeper called out, "Here, this isn't right!" as the customer start ed to leave. "Oh, yes. that's all right," replied the man. "I've got permission from the judge to pay 5 shillings in the pound." A heated discussion revealed that the man had lately settled an insol vency upon this basis and expected to continue that method indefinitely. When he was shown his mistake he was very indignant and evidently con sidered himself a much abused man.— Loudon Globe. She Wasn't Superstitious. "Mary, Mary," cried Mrs. Johnson to her maid, "what shall I do? I've just had a most dreadful accident and don't know what's going to happen. I've broken my new hand glass, and you know how unlucky it is to break a looking glass. It means seven years' unhappiness." "Lor," mum," replied Mary.' "don't you set no heed on that. Look at me. I'm not fretting, and I've just broken the large pier glass in the drawing room."—London Fun. Leftover Material. Barbara, aged four, had always been allowed to make small cakes out of the scraps of dough left from the morn ing's baking, so one morning after be ing sent to gather the eggs she came running in with a very tiny one and exclaimed: "Oh, mamma, see this little egg! It must be that's all the dough the hen had left!"— Delineator. Ups and Downs. "The world is full of ups and downs," quoted the wise guy. "That's right," agreed the simple mug. "We are ei ther trying to live up to a good repu tation or trying to live a bad one down."—Philadelphia Record. A Piano Club. Mrs. lllllton —We are organizing a piano club, Mr. Flatleigh. Will you join us? Flatleigh With pleasure, Mrs. Hutton. What pianist do you propose to club first?— Chicago News. Better Left Unsaid. Hosiess—lt's beginning to rain You'll get wet. I think .vou'd better stay to dinner. Departing Guest—Oh, dear, no! It's not raining so badly as ill that.—Sydney Bulletin The Art of Saving. I believe that if somebody could In vent unique ways of saving money the public would have an assured future. Men. women and children would re gard saving as a game an<i play it with all their heart. There are penny savings banks where newsboys and bootblacks carry their liny savings, but other children regard their penny bank ut home with unfriendly eyes. There are working girls who put away their live cent pieces and fatten their small bank account* by walking instead of riding and makiug other petty sacri fices. But the ?najorlty of working girls spend as fast as they can earn and declare that they cannot help it. One reads of a man who began his career by regarding every dollar as a worker and getting all the profit he < ould. With that quaint conceit in his head saving be<-a me a pleasure, and he won riches without realizing that it was a struggle. I know of more than one woman who receives each night from her husband every dime he has received in change through 'be day. for lie is careful to avoid spending such a piece of money. These, with her own savings in the same direction, make a respectable weekly showing.— Kansas City Journal. Only Seeking Information. The average New York boy is not a wonder of wit and wisdom, but most "t them know a good tiling when they «ee if. Also the contrary. Not long ago one of them saw a sign in front of a Sixth avenue place. "Boy Want ed." He was looking for something of that kind and walked in. There was nobody in sight, and he stood gaz ing. Presently the proprietor, a most grouchy person, appeared. "What do you want here?" he In quired with scant courtesy. "Well," replied the boy, disturbed by the man's manner and hesitating, "do you want a boy here?" "That's what the sign says, don't It?" snapped the man. "Yep," responded the boy, getting his second wind. "Then we want a boy." "Aw right." grinned the boy, back ing away. "You git one. You can't have me," and he wiggled his fingers nt the man and went out quickly.— New York Herald. Tir« Themselves Getting Ready. Washington Irving tells a story of a man who tried to jump over a hill. He went back so far to get his start for the great leap and ran so hard that he was completely exhausted when he came to the hill and had to lie down and rest. Then he got up and walked over the hill. A great many people exhaust themselves getting ready to do their work. They are always pre paring. They spend their lives get ting ready to do something which they never do. It is an excellent thing to keep Improving oneself, to keep grow ing, but there must be a time to begin tiie great work of life. 1 know a man who Is almost forty years old who has not yet decided what he is going to do. He has graduated from college and taken a number of postgraduate courses, but all along general lines. He has not yet begun to specialize. This man fully believes he is going to do great things yet. I hope he may.— Success Magazine. The Paper They Were Written On. The average author would probably laugh at the statement that at one time in the world's history manu scripts, simply as such, irrespective of the nature of the text, were immense ly valuable. In ancient times manu scripts were important articles from a commercial point of view. They were excessively scarce and were preserved with the utmost care. Even the usur ers were glad to lend money on them when the owners were obliged to offer them in pawn. It is related In an ancient tome that a student of Pa via, who was reduced by his debaucheries, raised a new fortune by leaving in pawn a manuscript of a body of law, and a grammarian who was ruined by a fire rebuilt his house with two small volumes of Cicero through the ready aid of the pawnbroker. Highest Cross In the World. The highest cross in the world is said to be that which cars the loftiest peak of the Harz mountains. The cross is in reality a tower, and it com mands a magnificent view of the coun try around. The height of the tower is 120 feet, and it stands on a moun tain 1,731 feet above the sea level. A stair of 200 steps leads to the top of the crgss, but shere is an elevator of' which people may avail themselves who for any reason wish to avoid the long climb. Grateful. Young Lady—Give me one yard of —why, haven't 1 seen you before? Draper's Assistant—Oh. Maud, have you forgotten me? I saved your life at the seaside last summer. oung Lady (wartnlyt Why, of course you did. Then you may give me two yards of the ribbon, please -Illustrated Bits. Lettuce Salad With Fried Cheese. Dress the lettu e in the usual way with French dressing Have a mild cheese, rather dry. cut in strips like French fried potatoes, dip the strips in beaten egg. roll them in tine bread crumbs and drop them into boiling fat to brown as quickly as possible. Serve with the lettuce.—Boston I'ost. Passing Events. Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is its current. No sooner is a thing brought to light than It is swept by and another takes its place, and this. too. will be swept away.—Marcus Aurelius. Vengeance should be left to women. —Petrarch.
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