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|bYY'S i 4 EEEE'S and COMFORT s
s Men's Fine Shoes in Pat. Kid, Velour and Vici, in the
p famous Torrey line, including the Colonial last, $5.00, *
S $5.50 and $6.00. A full line of Men's fine shoes in all C
leathers from $2.00 to $4.50. 7
} A full line of Ladies' Fine Shoes in the up-to-date \
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P comfort at $3.50. \
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BICKEL'S
Spring Footwear
A grand display of fine footwear in ail the new styles for Spring
Just received a large shipment of SOROSIS SHOES
I FINF and the styles are very handsome, made in lace or
Oiinro button, light or heavy soles, with low or extra high
SHOES. heels, made of the finest Dongola kid and Patent vici
kid. Many styles to show yon. All widths. AA to EE.
MISSES' AND The moßt complete stock we have ever had All
CHILDREN S SHOES the lateßtßtylesin plain or P ateut i e,i ' hers
UCU'C A fall line of Men's Patent-kid shoes—the latest styles
ruip eimrp —s2 50, $3.00, $3.50. $5 00, $6.00. Men's fine Calf, Vici
rlNc SHUbo kid and Box-calf shoes. $1 50 to $5.00; also complete
stock of Men's fine Oxfords.
HOYS' AND Onr stock of Boys' and Youth's shoes made on the
pu„ cl , latest style Spring last are very attractive • We have
YOUTHS SHOcS. a full stock of Boys'and Little Gents' fine shoes in
Patent-calf, Box-calf and Vici-kid.
Gokey of Jamestown, N. Y., has started np again and we have a foil stock
of the well known Gokey hand-made box toe and plain toe shoes for men, and
copper tipped shoes for the boys.
All Winter goods to be closed out regardless of cost.
Blacksmith Aprons, Shoe-makers supplies, High Iron Stands for repairing-
Sole Leather cut to any amount yon wish to purchase.
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128 South Main St., BUTLER, PA.
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Jintjes
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• By CIRRAN RICHARD GREfMIY— •
• Co»>rl«til. 1902. b> t!w S. S. McClwc CatiWi •
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Past the green banks of the canal
went the laden with mar
ket stuff, propelled by the strong arms
of peasant women. Against the l>lue
of the sky the weather gray of the
windmills barred the sunlight into
shifting shadows.
Jufrow Jintje had dropped her knit
ting in a tangled mass, flinging herself
back against the slant of the bank to
blink at the sun; Lazy Jufrow Jintje—
so the maiilensof Vaarken called her—
truly an alien, for under the close white
cap that she hated with all her soul the
little black curls crept out to frame
the sweet curves of the dimpled cheek,
warm with the sun kissed olive of an
other land.
In the squat red brick house whose
shining brass railed stoop led out to
the market square dwelt Mevrouw
van Vtrck, old and wrinkled, but
straight as an oak. There had come to
her womanhood, wifehood, mother
hood and sorrow, for Nicholas van
Verck, the stalwart, laughing son of
the old house, had fled from the quiet
and quaintness of the fatherland
without ever a word. The darkness of
five silent years had passed when one
night, as the sea raged against the
dikes, the wanderer returned —not
alone, for he carried the child that was
destined to be at once the pride and
plague of Mevrouw van Verek's lone
ly life. A few months later Nicholas
van Verck, strangely old and broken,
yielded up his turbulent soul, as much
a mystery to Vaarken as before he re
turned. The old woman and the child
lived on together, and the red brick
mansion kept its secrets well.
Tho years rolled on, the gypsy years
that stc?e the little laughing child
with her witching, dark face and left
in her stead a demure young maiden of
dreams. Jufrow Jintje, scarce sixteen,
had her rebellious little head full of
old tales that Ivatrinke, tlie serving
woman, had whispered at dusk through
the curtains of her white bed when
mevrouw had thought the child fast
asleep. There was ever a faint, elusive
memory of some other time when, in
place of the grassy banks of the slow
canals, the weary order and cleanli
ness of Vaarken, came bursts of wild
music, white tents flapping in the
breezes, the glow of scarlet and gold,
with warm, red lips upon her own.
Dimmer and dimmer, but as the child
ish things slipped by out of the mea
gerness of everyday was born a renais
sance of the past as the girl struggled
daily to remember. Foolish Jufrow
Jfntje! As if the fatted kine were not
better than the tents of Kedar!
Oh, weary, weary days—mevrouw,
upright in her high, carved, oaken
chair, knitting, always knitting,
only looking over her spectacles long
enough to reprove the girl for her
idleness, and the silence of a house
where laughter is forbidden—where
one goes softly in penance for an un
known sin! She hated the close cap,
the sober garb of the burgher maiden.
Better the thish of peasant color and
the tinkle of their glittering orna
ments.
The flame barred sunset died across
the flat, green meadows as the women
cluttered away from the washing
place. Still Jintje sat listless, her big,
dark eyes looking out from under their
long lashes straight into distance.
The tinkle of a guitar rippled over
the water, and a man's rich tenor sing
ing some lilt of stranger music—nearer,
"Non ti scordor ti mi." To Jintjo's ear
the words were nothing, but the pas
sion of the music and the voice— ab,
she bad heard that voice in dreams!
The guitar ceased, bat the splash of
oars came in its stead. The song was
now a Venetian barcarole as the light
skiff shot into view between the droop
ing alders that fringed the bank.
The craft was strange to Jintje's
eyes, but she half rose to greet the man
that propelled It after the English fash
ion. As she stood out tall and slight
from the green wall behind her Dering
paused involuntarily. Then, seeing that
it was one of the burgher maidens, he
would have gone on, but something in
the appealing childish face riveted his
attention.
Ten minutes later the boat was moor
ed close in. He was seated at Jufrow
Jintje's side and by the aid of his bro
ken Dutch was struggling to make her
understand.
That evening was one of many even
ings when Jufrow Jintje strove with
the strange tongue, awkwardly at first.
Then, as a half forgotten mother
tongue, the English words took mean
ing, and she listened wonderingly as
Dering told her of the wild jungle, the
faiests of palm, the great elephants
that wrought like men, the glitter of
the eastern land where the languorous
golden days droned into the glory of
tropic nights. These stories wero a
queer medley of broken Dutch pnd un
familiar English, but Jufrow Jintje
listened and longed. At last she told
him of her "other country" that she
knew and yet did not know, the secret
of which was lacked in mevrouw's
breast.
As the summer days grew to their
end Dering awoke with a shock to the
position into which he had drifted. Al
ready curious glances followed the girl,
and the maidens of Vaarken hushed
their chatter when she came among
them. Others knew of the little nook
In the green shadow of the alders,
and whispers of the doings of Jufrow
Jintje and the stranger were- growing
louder.
One day he waited long in the little
fioat, and she did not come. Then he
shippt* his oars and strode with de
termined air up the street, across the
market place to the red brick house.
Mevrouw's high pitelft><l voice came to
him as he mounted the stoop:
•"What manner of maiden art thou?
Answer, thou shameless one! Out of
the mire of the English camp in the
heathen land my son brought thee
home. Like mother, iika child. L want
no more of thee. Begone!" Then the
old voice broke into piteous weeping,
and Dering heard a low sobbing that
came ever nearer as the great door
swung ajar and Jintje crept through
into the dark.
Dering caught the slender figure in
his arms, where she struggled like a
frightened wild thing. But he held
her close and rang peal after peal on
the old brass knocker, while overhead
the old voice cried: "Ivatrinke, Ka
trinke, haste, quick! The child hath
taken my foolish word and is gone
into the night." Then, as the fright
ened face appeared at an upper win
dow, Dering uncovered his head and,
with the girl still held tightly against
his breast, spoke in such wise that the
great door was flung wide. Mevrouw's
anger had melted into smiles, for was
not the stranger a kinsman of Jufrow
Jigtje, by right of the unknown moth-
or? She laughed and wept In a breath
as she told the story that Jintje had
hungered to bear through all the years
of her life.
There was a llush of shame on the
old face as she told that her love for
the child had prompted her to bide all
trace of her mother's kindred, as she
had hoped to mold her into a Dutch
maiden, such as she herself had been.
Nicholas had told her very little of the
brief facts, and mevrouw had deemed
it best never to let the child know—
and now came a Dering. and the heart
of the child had known its kin.
There were busy days in the old red
brick of the market square. The sew
ing women wrought in the upper
rooms piles of white linen household
gear and dainty robing, all for Jufrow
Jintje. Vaarken forgave the iuaid her
uselessnoss when it heard the wed
ding bells and knew that Jufrow
Jintje W»B going out from among
them forever to the "other land."
Qualified to Travel.
In bis "Confessions of a Caricaturist"
Harry Furniss tells the following story
of bis brother-in-law, a man who had
ppent his life in London:
He was also an inveterate and clever
story teller and of course occasionally
made a slip, as for instance on a rail
way journey to Brighton once, when he
found himself alone with a stranger.
The stranger in conversation happened
to ask my relative casually if he were
fond of traveling.
"Traveling? I should rather think
so," he replied airily, and, imagining
he was impressing some one who was
"something in the city," he continued,
"Yes, sir, I'm a pretty experienced trav
eler. Been mostly round the world and
all that kind of thing, you know, and
had my share of adventures, I can tell
you!"
After a bit he gained more confidence
and launched into details, giving the
stranger the benefit of bis experience.
"Why, sir, you read in books that hunt
ers of big game, such as tigers, watch
their eyes. Not a bit of it. What you
have got to do is to watch the tail.
That's the thing! It mesmerizes the
animal, so to speak, and you have him
at your mercy."
On arriving at the hotel he- found
that his traveling companion had just
signed his name in the visitors' book.
It was Richard F. Burton, one of the
greatest travelers of the age. My
brother-in-law hastened to apologize to
Sir Richard for his absurd tales. He
had no idea, of course, to whom he was
retailing his yarns.
Burton laughed. "My dear sir, not a
word, please. I was more entertained
than I can tell you. You really might
have traveled—you lie so well."
Thonftlit It Wan a Illrd.
A story is told of a Glasgow bailie
whose knowledge of natural history
was limited. One day when on the
bench the following case came before
him:
A man who had a squirrel, on going
to the country for a short time left
the squirrel in charge of a neighbor.
The neighbor when attending to the
animal accidentally left the door of its
cage open, and without being seen it
made its escape.
On his return the owner of the squir
rel was very angry at the man for his
carelessness and brought an action
against him demanding compensation
for the loss of his pet.
The bailie heard both parties and
then gave the following as his decision.
"Nae doot ye did wrang to open the
cage door, but"—turning to the pursuer
—"ye was wrang, tae, for ye should
hae clippit the beast's wings."
"It's a quadruped, yer honor!" suld
the man.
"Quadruped here or quadruped there,
if ye had clippit its wings it couldna
hae flown awa'. I dismiss the case."
Horse Hace* In IviiiK Solomon's Time
King Solomon was a sportsman, but
not a Ximrod. He was the first king in
Israel who introduced in his country
"horse races." Dr. Jellinek sonie years
ago published an ancient booklet of the
Talmudieal era, wherein a full account
of "Solomon's races" is given. The Bi
ble says that King Solomon was the
owner of 40,000 stables. As the coun
try was divided into twelve military
provinces corresponding to the settle
ment of the twelve tribes, each gov
erned by a nazib (governor), who-had
to provide for the king's wants and
needs a month in the year, so it may
be probable that the races were also
arranged; that each month a race took
place in the province under the patron
age of that governor whose monthly
service was on the list, while the Der
by once a year was run under the con
trol of King Solomon himself.
Divorce In Japan.
A traveler recently returned from
Japan tells of some of the queer laws
in that country concerning divorce:
"A divorce on the part of the husband
is easily obtained. One of the legal
causes of divorce is 'if the husband
find the wife too loquacious.' Yet in
all my long experience in Japan I have
met only one man who discarded his
wife, and I never met with a family
where dissension existed, nor have 1
ever heard of a husband treating his
wife with severity, although the same
cannot be said of some parents-in-law,
who consider their son's wife a mere
chattel. As a general rule, the appear
ance of girls and women testifies of a
lightness of heart not always found in
other climes where their sisters have
more abundant means of happiness."
The Weight of a Trifle.
In the journal of the celebrated Eng
lish preacher. Frederick Robertson, oc
curs the following singular passage:
"If I had not known a certain person,
I never should have given up soldier
ing to become a minister; if I bad
not met a certain lady, I never should
have known that person; if my dog
had not disturbed that lady's invalid
child at night, I never should have met
her. It is true, then, that if my dog
had not barked on that particular
night I should now be in the dragoons
or fertilizing the soil of India."
Fanliion In the Garden.
It is the passion for fashionable nov
rlties —a passion of modern existence —
which prevents us from enjoying our
gardens as our grandparents used to
enjoy theirs. We allow our hired gar
deners to drive thence all the simple
old flowers that our fathers loved and
called by pet names which were famil
iar to us all in nursery days.—London
Garden.
Feminine Felicity.
Eustacia—How pleased Eleanor looks
tonight!
Edmonia—Yes; she's either had a pro
posal or some man has sent her a box
of candy.—Exchange.
HIM Kcvernen.
"Funny tiling that. Ever notice it?"
"What 'tis?"
"Why. when a man's down it's all
up with hir i Baltimore News.
For vie 111 .MI who can stand prosperity
there i're a hundred that will stand
adveivity.—("urlyle.
SELECTING SEED CORN.
Ilntr to Examine Kernel* and Deter
mine ( liemical Content*.
The method of making a chemical se
lection of ears ef seed corn by a simple
mechanical examination of the kernels
is based upon the fact that the kernel
Df corn is not homogeneous in structure,
but consists of several distinct and
readily observable parts of markedly
different chemical composition. Aside
from the hull which surrounds the ker
nel. there are three principal parts in a
grain of corn:
First.—The darker colored and rather
hard and horny layer lying next to the
hull, principally In the edges and to
ward the tip end of the kernel, where
it is about three millimeters, or one
eighth of an inch, in thickness.
Second.—The white, starchy appear
ing part occupying the crown end of
the kernel and usually also immediate
ly surrounding the germ.
.'bird.—The germ itself, which occu
pies the central part of the kernel to
ward the tip end.
These different parts of the eorn ker
nel can be readily recognized by merely
dissecting a single kernel with a pocket
knife.
The horny layer, which usually con
stitutes about 05 per cent of the corn
kernel, contains a large proportion of
the total protein in the kernel.
The white, starchy part constitutes
about 20 per cent of the whole kernel
HIGH PROTEIN LOW PKOTEIN
KERNELS. KERNELS.
[Little starch.l [Much starch.)
and contains a small proportion of tho
total protein. The germ constitutes
only about 10 per cent of the corn ker
nel, but while it is rich in protein it
also contains more than So per cent of
the total oil content of the whole ker
nel, the remainder of the oil being dis
tributed in all of the other parts.
By keeping in mind that the horny
layer is large in proportion and also
quite rich in protein and that the germ,
although rather small in proportion, Is
very rich in protein, so that these two
parts contain a very large proportion
of the total protein in the corn kernel,
it will be readily seen that by selecting
ears wiiose kernels contain more than
the average proportion of germ and
horny layer we are really selecting ears
which are above the average In their
protein content. As a matter of fact
the method is even more simple than
this, because the white starchy part is
approximately the complement of and
varies inversely as the sum of the oth
er constituents, and to pick out seed
corn of high protein content it is only
necessary to select those ears whose
kernels showed relatively small propor
tion of the white, starchy part sur
rounding the germ.
As more than 85 per cent of the oil
in the kernel is contained in the germ
it follows that ears of corn are rela
tively high or low in their oil content
according as their kernels have a larger
or smaller proportion of germ.
If we are selecting corn for low pro
tein content, we look for a larger pro
portion of white starch surrounding the
HIGH OIL KERNELS. LOW OIL KEIiNELS.
[Large germs.] [Small germs.] •
germ. Our results have shown that the
white starch in this position—that is,
surrounding the germ toward the tip
end of the kernel—is a better index of
the protein content than the starch In
the crown end.
If we are selecting seed ears for high
oil content, we save those ears whose
kernels show a large proportion of firm,
and solid germ, while if seed of low oil
content is desired we look for a small
proportion of germ in the kernel.
It should be emphasized that it is not
the absolute, but proportionate, size or
quantity of germ or of white starch
Which serves as a guide in making
these selections. —C. G. Hopkins, Uni
versity of Illinois.
GRASS SEEDING.
experience With Timothy nn«l CIo-
TIT In the Wheat—The Newer I*lan.
In many parts of the country last
harvest it was found that the seeding
of timothy and clover in the wheat
had proved a failure, so that the wheat
stubble showed but scanty promise for
a hay crop next summer. Comment
ing uiioii this, W. F. says
In Farm and Fireside: 1 have gen
erally been successful in thus securing
clover and timothy seeded in the
wheat, the timothy In the fall, when"
the wheat is sown, the clover being
sown in the spring. During the frozen
period of winter I cover the wheat
with a thin coat of manure, which set
tles well down around the wheat
plants, stimulating their growth, af
fording them some winter protection,
and at the same time acting as a sav
ing mulch to the little grass plants.
After the wheat is harvested the stub
ble is not pastured, and the grass is
generally given another light manure
dressing. The mowing machine, with
elevated bar, clips the weeds l>eforo
they make seeds and by cutting back
the grass or clover growth encourages
root development and extension. By
this iii) et hod. I Jj.aye«cnco.utagcdy a r qjgflt
discouraging prospect Into ft fine liar- |
vest.
I count that this is about all I may
do under this system of making a hay
crop. But even that sometimes comes
into the realm of failure, so that 1 am
about ready to abandon the old method
of sowing the grass with the wheat. I
am strengthened in my notion of drop
ping the old plan by my knowledge of
the success of a new and much better
oue. I have frequently sown clover In
the spring on well prepared land with
out a nurse crop and had most satis
factory results, but not until the sec
ond summer after sowing. Sometimes
where the land was not too foul with
weeds I have harvested a light crop of
hay the same season as the seed was
sown. But unless the soil and weath
er conditions are very favorable tho
first year's crop does not amount to
much.
On the newer plan a small field from
which wheat was harvested last sum
mer and on which the fall sown timo
thy and spring sown clover were total
failures was plowed after harvest and
with harrow, roller and drag was made
into a fine seed bed. About the Ist
of August nine quarts each of timothy
and clover mixed were sown, first
lengthwise, then crosswise of the field.
The sowing was followed by a light
harrow, and the timothy and clover
stand as thick and vigorous as is pos
sible for them to grow.
Subsurface Packlnar.
On fall plowing subsurface packing
of tho ground immediately after plow
ing gave forty-two pounds more wheat
and 21 cents more profit per acre than
were obtained from the check plots. On
spring plowing similar results were
obtained. It took a little less water to
produce the crops on the land which
was subsurface packed, and the soil
contained a slightly higher percentage
of moisture at the close of the season
than was found in ordinary plowing.
The subsurface packer is a heavy disk
roller. The disks sink through the
loose soil at the surface, tending to
firm and pack the ground near the bot
tom of the furrow. This establishes ft
better capillary connection with the
firm soil l>elow, which tends to draw
the water up into the surface soil, thus
causing a more rapid decay of stubble
and other matter turned under by the
plow and hastening the germination of
the seed and the early growth of crop.
In all experiments the subsurface pack
er has given good results. —Professor
Ten Eyck, Kansas.
A Safe Trapdoor.
Trapdoors in barns and elsewhere
have not infrequently been the souroe
of serious accidents. An Ohio Farmer
correspondent has designed a door with
a view to pre-
venting any such
occurrences. As 1
indicated in the U B
cut, B is a plank
door, A A are 'yly
pieces of plank
hinged to the A TRAPDOOR.
partition and swing back out of the
way when not in use. These come
up against the battens of the door
when it is raised and are hooked firm
ly to it. There is no danger of falling
into this trap.
Seed Sprouting Device.
A simple germinating apparatus can
be made from two ordinary plates and a
piece of flannel cloth. Fold the cloth and
lay it in one plate, placing the seeds be
tween folds of the cloth, which should
be moist, but not dripping. Cover the
whole with another plate inverted and
stand in a warm place. If the test is
made during cold weather, care must
be takeii to stand the plates where the
temperature will not fall much below
W) degrees F. at night and will be
about G5 or 70 degrees during the day
time.
Agricultural Notes.
In a good many instances it appears
to be highly favorable to clover to give
the laud a heavy dressing of lime.
Locality undoubtedly has a decided
influence upon potatoes.
One good thing will come out of the
scarcity of fuel—more attention will be
given to the matter of setting out trees
on the farm and preserving the forests
of the country in other ways.
Many prefer to cut back blackberry
and raspberry bushes in the spring,
after the extent of winter killing is de
termined.
According to official report practical
ly all the paris green on the New York
market is pure.
At the New York experiment station
last season the Crescent strawberry led
In yield, producing at the rate of I<VXX)
pounds of fruit to the acre.
GREELEY'S REVENGE.
Outcome of tlie Editor"* Tiflt H tth
Elisabeth Cady Stanton.
The late Elizabeth Cady Stanton was
particularly apt at retort, ar.d one of
her swift parries of a thrust delivered
by Horace Greeley against her favorite
doctrine of woman suffrage is historic.
"Madam," said Horace one day dur
ing the civil war, "the ballot and the
bullet go together. If you want to
vote, are you ready to fight?"
"Certainly, sir." she responded. "I
am ready to tijfht, just as you are fight
ing, through a substitute."
Notwithstanding their differences of
opinion, Mrs. Stanton and Greeley
were personally friendly until the New
York constitutional convention of ISGB.
A woman suffrage clause was strenu
ously pressed upon that body and as
vigorously opposed by Mr. Greeley.
One day, after the Tribune editor had
made some particularly rasping re
marks upon the subject, George Wil
liam Curtis rose and said:
"I have the honor, Mr. Chairman, to
present a petition in favor of the wom
an suffrage amendment signed by Mrs.
Horace Greeley and 300 other ladies."
Greeley was furious and rightly as
cribed the appearance of the memorial
at that moment to Mrs. Stanton.
"Why did you not put my wife's
maiden name on that petition and call
her Mary Cheney Greeley?" he de
manded the next time they met.
"Because," said Mrs. Stanton, "I
wanted all the world to know that
Horace Greeley's wife protested against
her husband's report on the suffrage
amendment."
"All right," retorted the editor. -Here
after you shall always be spoken of in
the Tribune as Mrs. Henry B. Stan
ton." And so it was to the time of her
death, although the name of Elizabeth
Cady Stanton was known to hundreds
of thousands who could not identify
the woman by the appellation under
which the Tribune, for revenge, tried
to obscure her fame. —Pilgrim.
POLITENESS IN JAPAN.
Even »(ih ins Notice" 1M >laile an Oc
casion of Compliment*.
Politeness distinguishes the relations
between mistresses and maids in Ja
pan. It is so inexorable in Japan that
even the ceremony of "giving notice"
is turned into an occasion of compli
ments. There are no vulgar threats
or sulkings or recriminations or scold
ings or "answering back." A servant
will never tell her mistress that she is
dissatisfied or has had some better
piace offered her. That would be un
pardoiiably rude. Instead she asks
for a few days' leave of absence. This
is willingly granted, for Japanese serv
ants have no settled time for taking
holidays.
At the end of tlie given time the mis
tress will Itegiu to wonder what has be
come of the girl. She is not left to
wonder long. A letter arrives couched
in the most polite and humble terms
and giving any excuse but tlie real one.
Sometimes it will be that she has
found herself too weak for service or
that Jlness at home detains her. What
ever it may be, the plea is never con
tested. but accepted as final and a new
servant engaged. Then, after some
weeks have passed, very likely after
taking a fresh place, the old servant
will turn up one day. express her
thanks for past kindnesses and regrets
at not returning in time, will take her
arrears of wages and her bundles and
disappear forever. So the matter ends
with the kindest semblance of feeliug
on both sides.
If tbe mistress on her part does uot
wish to have the girl back, she will not
tell her so to her face, but will send
word. Even when servants come on
trial for a few days they often leave
nominally to fetch their belongings or
make arrangements for their return,
never because they have any "com
plaints" to make. Any discomfort is
to be endured rather than tbe suspi
cion of bad manners or of anything
leading up to a "scene."
Breaking It Ciently.
Young Wife—Why, dear, you were
the stroke oar at college, weren't you?
Young Husband—Yes, love.
"And a very prominent member of
the gymnastic club."
"I was the captain."
"And quite a hand at all athletic ex
ercises."
"Quite a hand? Why, I was the
champion walker, the best runner, the
head man at lifting heavy weights,
and as for carrying, why, I assure you,
I could shoulder with ease a barrel
of"—
"Well, love, just please hold the baby
for a couple of hours. The nurse has
gone out, and I'm tired!"
Tony Weller'M Advice.
"And how long," he asked, "have you
been a widow?'
"Oh," sh'e replied, with a blush, "the
year was up yesterday. But, indeed, I
didn't suppose you were so anxious,
flearest. You must give me a month at
least to get ready."
When lie got outside again, he mur
mured to himself:
"Now I know what old Weller meant."
The Popular Thlnx to ■Say.
Tlie sermon was exceptionally long,
and tlie minister had just reached the
seventh division of his subject.
"And now, dear brethren," he ex
claimed, "what shall I say more?"
"Amen," suggested the thoughtless
man who had just waked up.—Chicago
Post.
Counsel.
Mr. Meekly—Our neighbor's son is
always thrashing my boy. What shall
I do about it?
Lawyer—Teach your boy how to fight
Ten dollars, please.—Chicago News.
The air In modern crematories is
heated to 1,500 degrees.
FOUR MATCHED HORSES.
Iliey Were Colored Black. Just as
the Dealer Had Said.
Lord Mansfield, the famous lord chief
justlue of England, had a bitter preju
dice against liorse dealers, which, it is
said, had its rise in a bitter disappoint
ment he had experienced at the hands
of one of them. When he was appoint
ed lord chief Justice in 175 C he wished
to have four black horses without a
white hair for his carriage. After con
siderable difficulty the four black
horses were found and approved, for
they were handsome horses and Just
what tlie lord chief Justice wanted.
The price, of course, was a heavy one;
It always is under such circumstances.
For a time all went well and his lord
ship was well satisfied with his bar
gain. Then cae horse began to develop
a white star and another a white fet
lock and another was disfigured by a
white blaze —indeed, in all of them in
one place or another the hated white
appeared.
The judge sent for the liorse dealer
who had supplied the horses and
threatened him with all kinds of pains
and penalties. That worthy, however,
was not in the least put out by the
wrath of the noble lord. He insisted
that he had not misrepresented the
horses on his bill and pointed out on
that document being produced that he
had sold to his lordship four horses
colored black. This of course did
away with any legal proceedings, but
the incident was never forgotten by
Ix>rd Mansfield, who was scarcely ever
known to give a horse dealer the bene
fit of the doubt.—Horseman.
Kleptomania.
James G. Klernan says that In the
vast majority of cases kleptomania is a
morbid manifestation of neuroses aud
Bsyclioses rather than psychosis by it
self. In many cases of so called klepto
mania stealing is a manifestation of
viclousness or feeble morality. The ma
jority of cases of both these forms oc
cur in the department stores. "Bargain
sales" are determining factors of theft
Women who are neurasthenic, alcohol
ic, opium eaters, hysterical, climacteric
and senile, from so great a weakening
of the will, fall -ready victims to obses
sions and morbid impulses. The "col
lector" type of -kleptomaniac Is as a
rule perfectly responsible. "Book
snatching" is a besetting vice of biblio
maniacs, just as coin and stamp pur
loining attacks numismatists and phi
latelists. Parisians think it "smart" to
steal sugar and matches from restau
rants. Not a few sane Americans think
If is equally smart to steal rides on
railroads.—Alienist and Neurologist.
Formidable Preparation#.
"Yassir." said Uncle Asbury, "I'se
got a daughter in de high school."
"I suppose you are very proud of
her."
•"Deed 1 Is. An' whut's mo,' she's
gwine ter be a gre't be'p to her father.
She's studyin' gecmetry at de present
time, an' she's sayln' deui lessons over
an' over ag'in so's I kin hear 'em."
"What's that for?"
"Well, still. I alius was kind o' anx
ious to preacli. but I neblter didn't hab
de words to stand de competition. Now
I reckons when I stall's up in front o'
dat congregation an' gils to tellin' 'em
'bout hypothesises an' pahiellograms
(lev's gwine to rise tip an' admit dat
dey's listeuin' to language sho" 'nuff."
WritlnK on Metal*.
Take a quarter of a pound of nitric
acid and half an ounce of muriatic
acid. Mix. shake well together, and it
is ready for t: -iv Cover the place yc.u
wish to murk with melted beeswax
When cold, write your inscription
plainly on the iv.x with a sharp instru-1
No. 11.
nicnt to clear the metal. Then applJi
the mixed acids with a feather, care
fully filling each letter. Let It remain
from one to ten minutes, according to
appearances desired, then throw la
water, which stops the process, and re
luore the wax.
A Tonehlnar Consent.
The Youth—Sir, I came to ask you
consent to my marriage with your
daughter.
The Old Man—ls your income soffl*
t:ent to support a wife?
Tbe Youth—lt is, and in eddltion to
that it is sufficient to enable me to
stand an occasional touch from my,
wife's father.
The Old Man—Say no more, young
man. She's yours. Bless you, my 800.
An Faille's Strength.
What tremendous power an eagle ex
erts when carrying away a lamb that
weighs, say. sixty pounds or over! U
you take the weight of the bird togeth
er, seventy-six pounds, then it appear!
that an eagle- can develop mora
than two horsepower and must put
a strain of over 1.100 pounds on tb*
muscles"of the wings, which leads on«
to thluk that "birds are stronger than
mathematics."
Failed to Kecoffnlie It.
"He sent a copy of his dialect atoijr
down into the country where he stud
ied the dialect."
"And did it make the natives an
gry r
"Oh, no; they couldn't understand it"
—Chicago Post. •
Appreciation.
"How did you like the music at th«
symphony concert?*'
"Mrs. Torque and I got into such a
discussion about its beauty and tech
nic that 1 really hadn't a chance to lia
ten to it."—Baltimore Herald.
A Tractable Memory. *
"I see you don't remember me, sir.*"
"No, sir; I don't."
"I'm Binks. I owe you $50."
"Ah! Now that you mention the—ah
—sum, I remember you perfectly."—
Detroit Free Press.
A STRANGE'FUNERAL'.'
Burial of an Elephant bjr Elephant*
Inn River Bed.
There is no doubt that the elephant
a naturally cunning, and the following
extraordinary incident related by a
planter from Orylon is only another
proof: "I went after a herd of eight
elephants," he says. "After stalking t—-
got a chance at the biggest of the herd
and dropped it at tlie first shot. About
two hours afterward I had the tail and
feet cut off and taken to the bungalow.
Next morning I went to the spot to
look at the elephant and to my surprise
found no trace of the body. After look
lug round I saw that the herd had been
back during the night, and I soon dis
covered a track where they seemed to
have retired in a body. Following this
up, I eventually came upon tbe dead
elephant lying at the bottom of a rocky
stream. From the tracks it was quite
evident that the body had not been
rolled but carried to the bank, and it
was plain that it had been taken
through the long grass which grew on
the bank into the stream. My neigh
bors were incredulous until I showed
them where the elephant's tall and
feet had been cnt off and where the
body lay in the stream, which proved
conclusively that by some means or
other the body had been got over the
intervening space in the night. It is
difficult to understand how elephants
with their trunks and feet could raise
and support the dead body of a conp
rade. However, they seem to have
managed to do it, and it is a pity no
human eyes saw this strange funeral."
Women and Store DetectlTM.
"The very thing that newspapers
want to know about the way detectives
work in big department stores are the
things we don't want to tell," said
a superintendent when asked about a
conspicuous shoplifting arrest "We
should be glad to dispense with them
altogether, but we can't afford to. A
clever woman will outwit the shrewd
est store detective that ever walked.
We have to work cautiously or we lose
our trade. If the detective is a man
and stares at a woman too hard, she
makes a complaint at the desk and
tells other women how she was insult
ed. If the store detective is a woman,
she is likely to get 'fresh.' I think the
best store detective in New York today
is a man who used to be a minstrel «.
performer. He took the Job on trial till
good times came again, but nothing
good enough has come along to tempt
him to give up a $5,000 job, and he is
worth every penny of it"—New York
Times.
The Rnlln* Passion.
A good woman was dying, a woman
who had been a true wife and a loving
mother, a woman with but one weak
ness—a love of gossip.
Although her time on earth was
short she was critically watching the
attending physician and the nurse as
they talked in subdued whispers of the
result which their united skill had been
powerless to avert
In response to the summons of the
dying woman her husband approached
her and bent low to catch the words
which he expected to be words of love.
Again she turned her eyes, from which
the light was fast fading, upon the doc
tor and the nurse as she said faintly,
"Do you suppose they are engaged?"
These words were her last.
Benefit) From Hnnniaf.
Running is the great beautifler of fig
ure and movement It gives muscular
development strong heart action and
free lung play. The muscle comes
wl\ere it ought to be, the shoulders go
back, the loins hold the trunk well bal
anced. and the feet take their correct
positions. It was running which made
the Greek figure. The more active
tribes of American Indians have been
runners from time immemorial, and
from the chest to the heels they are
much more beautifully built than the
average of white men. Running peo
ple have usually the firm but ekptlc
texture which is the beauty of flesnT
A Change of Front.
Wife—How do you like my new hat?
Husband—The idea of paying big
prices for—
Wife—Big prices! Why, I made it
myself.
Husband —I'm-yes—er—as I was
saying, the idea of paying big price*
for such monstrosities as the milliners
are showing! Now, your hat is a work
of art Ix)oks as if it came straight
from Paris. Beautiful, my dear!— Lo
ndon Telegraph.
Danierona Experiment.
A man in Books county was kicked
by a mule and knocked unconscious
while trying to feed bis mules in a new
way. He fcays that the first thing he
heard when he regained his senses was
his wife saying, "Well, I'll thank God
when he can't find any. new experi
ments to try on them mules." — Kansas