Left-Handedness.
No attempt should be made to teach
naturally left-handed children to use
their right hands, according to P. B.
Ballard, inspector of schools of Lon
don, as it is likely to make them stam
merers. Mr. Ballard supplies the fol
lowing statistics: Out of one group of
545 left-handed children 1 per cent of
pure left-handers stammered, against
4.8 per cent of 899 being taught to use
the right hand. In another group of
207 the figures was 4.2 per cent and
21.8 per cent, respectively.
Handy Scrapbook.
Have you a little blank book which
you keep full of household sugges
tions, in alphabetical form? Much can
be gained when reading the papers and
magazines If you clip out some of the
suggestions which are worth while.
Paste them in the proper place in your
little book. It Is more than worth the
trouble. —Exchange.
Watch Winding Machine.
In a New York watch repairing es
tablishment, where more than 700
watches have to be wound every day,
an electrical apparatus has been in
stalled to do the winding. It does the
work more efficiently than human
hands can, and takes the place of sev
eral men formerly required for this
work.
A Break.
Member S. P. C. A. (to brutal driver)
—"No, my friend, I won't shut up.
Tour poor horse, unfortunately, cannot
speak like Baalam's ass, but I would
have you know, sir, that I can.—Bos
ton Transcript.
Jumping Rope Recorder.
All the vocal gymnastics have been
taken out of the youthful pastime of
jumping rope. A Jumping rope has
been invented which automatically reg
isters the numbers of times it is turned.
In other words, children can Jump
themselves to death without uttering a
sound. —Popular Science Monthly.
Must Develop Higher Tendencies.
Every evil tendency in childhood
must finally be conquered, not by force
or punishment, but through the culti
vation of a higher tendency. The good
man or woman Is one whose life has
been slowly organized to act upon his
good impulses and to restrain his evil
ones. There is a thief or a robber in
us all, but fortunately for the major
ity of us, he has become too weak
through inaction to be able to do us
any harm. —Chicago American.
Not to Come Back.
An authority says, "Wet the cat with
camphor and water, and the fleas will
leave at once." So will the cat*—Min
neapolis Journal.
Work.
There la nothing but what's bearable,
as long as a man can work. The nature
of things don't change, though it seems
as if one's life was nothing but change.
That the square of four is sixteen, and
you must lengthen your lever in pro
portion to your weight, is as true
when a man's miserable as when he's
happy; and the best of working is, it
gives you a good grip-hold of things
outside your own lot. —George Eliot.
Knife Superstitions.
The various knife superstitions are
easily explained. It is unlucky to give
a knife to a friend, because knives
sever things, and might sever friend
ship; but if he gives you a halfpenny
in return the danger is avoided, for
his gift is a token of continued affec
tion. It is unlucky to place one's knife
and fork crosswise on an empty plate,
because it invites crosses and misfor
tune, also recalling the Christian sym
bol of suffering.
Welcome Punishment-
Ruth was very fond of going to her
grandmother's. One day after she had
been playing with her little baby sis
ter a little roughly and her mother had
reproved her for It, she said: "Why
don't; you send me to grandma's, so I
won't hurt her?"
Holland's Windmills.
It was at one time stated that there
were In Holland at least 9,900 large
windmills, of which* the sails ranged
from 60 to 100 feet long. At that time
their yearly cost was reported to be
nearly $10,000,000. The mills are used
for many purposes—for sawing timber,
beating hemp, grinding, but their prin
cipal use has always been to pump wa
ter from the lowlands into the canals,
to protect the little country from be
ing inundated.
Production of Leghorns.
The average production of eggs by
hens of all kinds and ages in the
United States is 85. Unselected White
Leghorns, however, produce an aver
age of 130 eggs for the first year, 120
for the second, 110 for the third, 85
for the fourth, and fall off about ten
a year up to the eighth. These fig
ures are from a bulletin of the Utah
experiment station. If the first year
production be low, the second will be
high and vice versa, the total produc
tion for three years being about the
same.
/'Gassing" Moles.
A Western farmer Is "gassing"
moles by using the gases from the ex
haust of his motor, conveying it to the
moles' burrows by a hose. It kills the
pests.
£ A Second Line of Defense
Nextl
Courtney was making his first ac
quaintance with a cat. After examin
ing the ears, nose, claws, and tall, he
turned his attention to the mustache
of Mr. Cat. After a silent and thought
ful Inspection he looked up and said,
"Aunty, do he shave?"
An Old-Time Plow.
An old-time plow, probably used by
the early Spaniards around San An
tonio, Tex., was upturned by workmen
of a construction company. The plow
has a three-foot turning blade capable
of making a three-foot furrow, and al
though the wooden handles have rot
ted away the size of the Iron supports
Indicates the plow must have been
about twelve feet In length. It is be
lieved the old instrument was used by
the early Spaniards with several yoke
of oxen.
Not Including Meanness.
The average human body, besides
the carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and ni
trogen of which it is chiefly composed,
contains 2% pounds of lime, 1 pound
11 ounces of phosphorus, 2 2-3 ounces
of potash, ounces of sodium, 1 3-5
ounces each of magnesium, sulphur and
silica and about one-sixth of an ounce
of iron.
The Social Excuse.
A Newport man who was invited to
a house party in Maine not long ago,
wired his would-be hostess: "Regret
can not come. Lie follows by post.
So There Now.
"People could live on half the food
they eat at present," says a physician.
Also, perhaps get along with half the
medical advice they are in the habit
of taking.—Toronto Telegram.
Voter's
Catechism
D. Have you read the Consti
tution of the United States?
R. Yes.
D. What form of Govern
ment is this?
R. Republic.
D. What is the Constitution
of the United States?
R. It is the fundamental law
of this country.
D. Who makes the laws of
the United States?
R. The Congress.
D. What does Congress con
sist of?
R. Senate and House of Rep
resentatives.
D. Who is our State Senator ?
R. Wilbur P. Graff.
D. Who is the chief executive
of the United States?
R. President
D. For how long is the Presi
dent of the United States elect
ed?
R. Four years.
D. Who takes the place of
the President in case he dies?
R. The Vice President.
D. What is his name?
R. Thomas R. Marshall.
D. By whom is the President
of the United States elected?
R. By the electors.
D. By whom are the electors
chosen ?
R. By the people.
D. Who makes the laws for
the State of Pennsylvania.
R. The Legislature.
D. What does the Legislature
consist of?
R. Senate and Assembly.
D. Who is our Assembly
man?
R. Wilmer H. Wood.
D. How many States in the
union ?
R. Forty-eight.
D. When was the Declaration
of Independence signed ?
R. July 4, 1776.
D. By whom was it written?
R. Thomas Jefferson.
D. Which is the capital of the
United States?
R. Washington.
D. Which is the capital of the
state of Pennsylvania.
R. Harrisburg.
D. How many Senators has
each state in the United States?
R. Two.
D. Who are our U. S. Sena
tors?
R. Boise Penrose and George
T. Oliver.
D. By whom are they elect
ed?
R. By the people.
D. For how long?
R. Six years.
D. How many representa
tivee are there ?
R. 435. According- to the
population one to every 211,000,
(the ratio fixed by Congress af
ter each decennial census.)
D. For how long are they
elected?
R. Two years.
D. Who is our Congressman ?
R. Nathan L. Strong.
D. How many electoral votes
has the state of Pennsylvania?
R. Thirty-eight.
D. Who is the chief execu
tive of the state of Pennsyl
vania?
R. The Governor.
D. For how long is he elect
ed?
R. 4 years.
D. Who is the Governor?
R. Martin G. Brumbaugh.
D. Do you believe in organ
ized government?
R. Yes.
D. Are you opposed to or
ganized government?
R. No.
D. Are you an anarchist ?
R. Nc.
D. What is an anarchist?
R. A person who does not be
lieve in organized government.
D. Are you a bigamist or
poligamist?
R. No.
D. What is a bigamist or po
lygamist?
R. One who believes in hav
ing more than one wife.
D. Do you belong to any se
cret society who teaches to dis
believe in organized govern
ment?
R. No.
D. Have you ever violated
any laws of the United States?
R. No.
D. Who makes the ordinary*®
for the City?
R. The board of aldermen.
D. Do you intend to remain
permanently in the U. S.?
R. Yes. ■*
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