GENIUS, hat seest shou oa youmfer desert plain, Large, vague, and void? { see a city full of flivkering streets; f hear the hum of nivriad engine beats. What seest thou? { see a desert plain, Large, vague, and void. What ler human face, Pale, frail i see a soul T read a page What seest vou? human face, rail, and small E008 and sme all? by vin; and of sin tragedy worn t of poetry { see a Pale, ast thou at yonder dim Cross roads Baside Y'ntraveled Pos i The Inn of splomdi What seest tho E see the § Beside a shuttered Florence nson in - . “Knockers” Last “Granny.” that ity i Mystery cross roads inn AeClure! Perchad high on ‘Knocker At noond meal rong with work of a tai moodily eatin There appetite that Common Pi was somet jay, for he did a very untouched From where ] down oR Irongh a tangied web steel beamms, nine ste any one not accustomed this would have height; but to KnocRer the + seemed ing ting Kno« name tel 1. ‘Kar ni from nin ning had lligent'y amination he fore entering fore he hs and sald, all Low to tie had Jim.” F's good “Big in had young pupil a gee med so GARY Knocker had given When, however fldently and they knot, he became vory worst thing pe “granny.” The only difference in these knote is that in the square twe lines forming the loop are parallel, while in the granny t! are The latter imes slip placed under Perhaps only a or or a would appeared on- f examiners, told hin i ie the square lid the and did ible: he tied a r before the be onfuseq EE two hitch the rossed. wiren ey ' Some raip gtr tural iron work sailor ed the mistake; but of men the knot cannot be overk of the examining board, who had grown gray in work, saw the an instant Kindly but firmly refused to further with the examination “They wouldn't chance to she fron work! evening, as Big Jim. Well, according rules. vou send in your application again months. In the meantime learn to tle the square hitch.” Big Jim meant that for consolation, «ss well as advice, but it fell short of the mark. THe {rue cause of Knocker's deep desire to enter the union did not come from the dollar and a half in. crease In wages To Knocker a fearls was a hero What would friends have thought when t him marching with such men in parade? That would indeed have triumph. “Three months! do me then to be Knocker's mental comment, as looked round for some source of amusement. “I don’t care whether 1 ever learn to tis the not.” Just then a band down the struck up a tune, and Knocker became all excitement unions were forming for their march. In a few moments the great Labor day parade would pass the (Maypool Build ing. Knocker poked from which to watch M. a long scaffolding Board, he ran one end of it far out past the edge of the have not lasaeg false these two « ng a oked. The an old eracting among offense of tyi head man iron and prox eed error in even give me a ahout that hig failure to yw what 1 know said he r Knocker hotly, lated to ran in three fron worker his boy ey saw the een Much good it will in the union!” od Jast to one of the roof trusses, ‘hen he boldly walked out on it gat dows, allowing his faet over the end of the board Although it bent in a manner | frightful to the onlookers who filling the street below, Knocker | the plank was of yellow pine, | would bear five times his weight A moment later the | tion ‘ted | corner below. most knew and rowd’'s ard the atiom- wns at tow looked in that band the company Knocker also i tion, and ing round the Cloge behind « gaw the leading swi cornar ame a | haps a hundred men Cag nd blouse Knoci ther § ng strevt ol into Pe r dr i " i recognize the as { who had mpl this company leading al! These " Lv pool dered he! their uthfal fries irl #iovh tion There was man, with ontio pi one ex big OUurage ation sh ! owing in his far ang from the swiftly t and squa and pushed his recjaw, apr way moment Iater he rea { nee which shut rowd A high boar the « Buildin from agill i ta a sailor and Bis the fence fisappeared enclosure Meanwhile ith found his era from posit Knocker ion maintain spiint hands crue jaws and tha ly he had one chance left came in contact with the hoard he might (new the hard knot 116% granny before react sliding posit There little hope however, for the plank had paszed the forty fifth degree or's weight on the end wonld arted it sliding down that not 1 in a slight indentation In the pine, caused by the rough iron on the edge of the building hen a alight quiver the plank. Knocker would not have noticed it; but under the high-strung condition of his nerves he felt it quite distinctly and grew sick at heart. The boy clos ed his eves It was only the hard knot coming in contact with the granny that the plank to quiver... An instant later Big Jim arrived on the spot his quick eye took in the and he knew in an instant to save the hoy fon, be goeemed of already Knock have ret ay ran what to do | about to let go, heard hw | tone of volce—drawing his mind from | the danger, cheerily encouraging him. | As he talked the big man was not { tle. He braced himself and was pull ing sturdily down on the lashing. In | and made fast in Its original position, 1 Knocker back to safety. Down on the sireet play merrily th differe unions fell again, Jim." making In that mo in true cau the bands began more an ever, and gald faintly you miss the parade’ jim fh the hoy BOW ment tion tho r the union Since you did not 1," answered 3 ff the parade happens ‘We From will wat companies ow cheer ing along FAMOUS OLD ARITHMETIC, In It Children Two and a Half Centu Ago Studied Multiplication. ries HE KILLED THE GRASSHOPPER, Nebraska Man's Story of the Way # Saved His Crops. red, an en Appes made saved his I found.” } sai that the grass iimbing morning what was eed me and my family, | y the field how getting morning, my impa liberties : hoppers ware in the habit of ¢ every feed NE on the wheat gpend the ints stalks to day ded to f fn d to go ont s x ‘ Be i LO Sen were on every at with tistics the were taking my wheat | strike at a clump hung stalk and occasionally as they tO a ound “Aft a Erasshoip made fier, that when oy i gd ho no further off to get his din but remained on the ground until time mb the stalk raing. Immediately on mak. important disc wont down regular to cl next me ing the overy | and took our long wire clothes line, amd called my wife and help me. Then we went through that forty acre field, drageing clothes line the wheat us, and knocked all the grasshoppers to the ground There they stayed till the next day “Next morning we gave the hoppers Just time enough to get well started want out and proceedings of the day The result was the same, and course of a few days to come the over between repeated the before, in the every starvation. Our neighbors came out and called but we harvests ~Nebraska State Journal. Painting With Milk, Guy E. Mitchell tells of a He and others for painting barns and outbuildings. Into a gallon of milk are stirred three pounds of Portland cement and enough pigment to give the proper color. This mixture spread Mr used ii becomes as good and paint. It makes the possible paint for trees where large limbs have been pruned or sawed off, says Mr. Mitchell. The total commerce of Abyssinia is about $9,00000 a pear, Rev. lying, it Is By the T is ingratitude to not not parents a thief, to be con is the These ingrate through hell, anda to In other words, they are ined the devil and his imps It i= a sad and shameful room in a miserabl« down ten room, man, that mi cience who “g bse nian his Journey “hateful and of to God i enemies ol tumble On a even the Besides Evmpathy } y muna not ev gtenlins iL is the a liar, to be a murderer yre dis than thie lar or picable hi fa J back on hl ther and mo in the whom | God not only by God cailegory y Ww 1 Wis i and from a cits sick without hi such word &4 down pain that What Japan W f Kor of fants oO iv ¢ era and What Russia Wants Her. IB. Hulbert im: is want Hry a sentimental reiatd man dares ne quent spectad ie y is with the ‘ and WwW who erall expectat the habit daughters jluxuries unknown vehic of her self tempted to give riage and 2 husband matter of wanting there is a menace of gr fons of wD hey carry her this ease and who must dally w remain single import to t own 0s {to ave 1Irrison., arge func playfellows there still and main i hia nity aang mbie Ing generation requires Baltimore where beauty and back ducks, the moth fldren have the fun Om Im: apparent subs Certain it is that young chieve matrimony are a fre blame him, acquainted as he gen informed on every side of the ? As for the girl It is equip and prepare their commonly provide her with es of rooms, maida, horses abroad. timt she cannot find her for the humdrum estate of mar downtown. * * * | think in this she is better off than if married ~-Evervbodie’'s Magazine of the fence the BOCiely nts 80 they th BO cait variety 1 ike ————————————- A —— co CRACKED VOICES. A Lack of Muscular Conlitrol is What Causes the Break The pitch of the human pends primarily upon the number of vibrations per second of the wvooal cords, and they in their turn, on the length, size and degree of ten sion of the cords, which increase in length with the growth of the larynx. One of the deepest bass notes, from the greater length of the cords, has only eighty double vibrations a sec. ond. while a soprano voince can give 892 such vibrations in game timo, The size of a lad's larynx is, rougi- ly. that of a but when the piping sob ting up into manhood his larynx grows rapidly and the vocal become elongated nearly in the proportion of three and a half to two, The cartilages by which their tension is regulated also share in this growth, as is seen by tha swelling of the so called "Adam's ap- ple,” Now, all these parts do not increasas with equal rapidity; hence the mus. evar conirol, which must be very exact, is rendered uncertain and the voice is said to “break.” A similar change takes place in the case of wo vioyiee dad . depend the woman's, swaiboy 18 shoo cords men, but much less in smount, and a further compensation in the for. mation of the uuper part of the larynx | serves to disguise the effect. very Popularity of the Walking S%ok. For the past few years walking sticks have been more generally wed { by the gentlemen of the frock coat They will, however, seen on all occasions during the spring and sum mer season. The well groomed man carries his walking stick to business | for service all through the day. and the man who spends but a few hours about the business district likewise leans on his stick. Some are of white walnut, stained with acid to the taste of the owner ! English furze is very popular, as are likewise the Madagascar and cherry. Partridge wood and the pimienta are sought, and oak j= always in deman 1. It would be quite impossible to say what style of handle is most favored, Each is good if not clumsy in treat. ment. Thoroughbreds carry the cans for service rather than to twirl in the hand. ~—Sartorial Art Journal aa mata yar te PE IEE be of town Mustard water will remove the odor of onions from the hands. Spring Mills Hotel EPRING MILLE, PA. 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