MA PUT INDIAN SIGN ON CUPID By LAURA TURNER. "My ma surely did put the skids un der that Heinz fellow last Sunday night," laughed the girl with the exag gerated psyche knot. "He won't come mooning around my sister Bertna any more. "She giggled as she tucked In a few stray hairs tfiat had curled over her collar and surveyed her pleasing reflection In the mirror above the lava tory. i "How did she squelch him, Annie?" asked the sleepy looking blonde, stretching her wet handkerchief across the mirror to dry It. "Well, Bertha's had an awful case | on Heinzy for quite a while. He's a 1 widower, with a boy about five years old, but Bertha said she didn't care for she liked him anyway. She used | to rave about him until site made 1 ma and me tired. I could see from the start that ma didn't have much iuse for him, and she warned Bertha that all he was looking for was some- 1 body to keep house and cook his meals for him and take care of that kid of Jala. "Bertha said ma was wrong, that ho was head over ears in love with her, and she wouldn't hear a word ■against him. Ma used to call him Bertha's fireside companion, because he never took her anywhere, but just | eat around and acted as though ho was afraid to spend a nickel. "Last Sunday morning Bertha went! out to the kitchen and asked ma if she would let her have the Heinz fellow to supper that evening. She coaxed around until ma finally said she could ask him If she wanted to, but you could see that ma wasn't at all crazy about having him come. "After Bertha had gone out and ma and I were doing up the work, all of a sudden I saw that ma had an Idea. She chuckled to herself the rest of the morning, but she wouldn't let ma in on the joke. When 1 asked her about it she just told me I would have to wail and keep my eyes open and 1 would see something funny. "That evening Bertha said she want-! Ed to get supper all by herself and show Heinzy what a grand cook she was. Ma says 'All right, if you want to get a job as housekeeper, of course 1 you must give your future boss a sam ple of your cooking.' With that she ■went upstairs. "After a while ma came down again and asked Bertha how she was get-! ting along. Bertha said that everything was on the stove ready to dish up, and would ma watch things while she hus-1 tied upstairs In order to primp up a bit? I "Ma said she would, so Bertha beat it upstairs to doll up for Heinzy. "When we all filed up to the dining room and sat down things looked good to me. While ma was bringing in the ■dishes she says to Heinzy: "1 want you to know, Mr. Heinz, that Bertha cooked every bit of the supper tonight, j so if you like it you'll have to give j her all the credit for it.' Heinzy looked over at Bertha with a fat, contented smile and tucked a j napkin under his double chin. Then he took a bite of biscuit and next I saw him* look all around to see If any-1 body was watching him as he rolled it out of his mouth Into his hand and, laid it carefully on his plate. I began | to get suspicious, so I took a bite ofj biscuit just to see. Say, it was übout the awfulest tasting thing I ever ate! "It was positively green Inside! Bertha had used soda Instead of ball ing powder, and plenty of it, too, and the biscuits were simply terrible! "I copied Ilelnzy and got rid of my bite quick as I could and took a swal low of coffee to get the taste out of my mouth. Say! The coffee was so weak it was just like water! I look-, ed over at ma and her face was a's red as a beet, she was trying so hard to keep from laughing. "I knew pretty well then who had queered the supper. Ma must have put soda in the baking powder can so Bertha would bo sure to get It, and probably she put plenty of hot water in the coffee pot after Bertha had ! gone upstairs. "I was curious to know what else ma had done, so I helped myself to a chop. Salty! It was worse than a j mackerel that hadn't been soaked overnight! Why, I felt pickled In , brine after I swallowed it! I glanced over at Heinzy. He was the glummest looking somebody you ever saw! Every now and then he looked at Ber tha with a frown blanker than a thunder cloud. "When w? came to pie I found that ma had even switched pies on poor .Bertha. The under crust was just like soft rubber! Heinzy ate the filling out and left the under crust staring Bertha in the face. Then we all got up and went Into the parlor, but Heinzy never said a word about Bertha's fine cook ing. Bertha didn't say anything, eith er. She had caught on right away what ma had done, but Bhe never chirped. "Heinzy didn't Btay very late that night. I guess he was anxious to get away and hunt a lunch counter. He'd been coming to see Bertha every night for two weeks, but he hasn't been back sines." vi "What did Bertha say to your moth er aftoiwnrd?" asked the sleepy look ing blonde. "Was she ugly about it?" 4 "I should say not I She saw that , ma wai right—that he was only look ' ing"for a cook —and she's glad that she j*found it out In time. My ma is as (sharp kn they make 'am, and nobody can put anything over on her. She's got the Indian sign on Oupldi" Liver spota are almost unknown In dry towns. I IllSPil FAVOR INDIAN RUNNER DUCKS Hardest of All Domestic Fowls and Do Equally as Well Confined as on Free Range. Indian Runner ducks are the hardiest of all domestic fowls. As they do equally well in confinement or on free range, they may be profit ably kept by persons in town or city as well as by farmers. They do not require pond or running water—just water to drink In, something deep enough so the whole head can be im mersed, says the Interstate Poultry man. They may be kept more cheap ly on free range, as they will find many things of little or no value, such as bugs, worms, grasshoppers, grass, etc. These they convert into large white eggs, which if not sold for hatching will command several cents above the market price of hen eggs and at Easter will bring twice as much. They do not differ In flavor from hen eggs, but are superior for all kinds of cooking. As a table fowl the Indian Runner duck is excellent. The meat is tender, juicy and fine -1 grained. Thus far the demand for : breeding stock and eggs for hatching I has been so great that the duck has j not been raised to a great extent as j market stock; but wherever it has j become known as a table fowl it is i wanted. As egg-producers the Indian Run ner females are too valuable to sell on the market until from three to nine j years old. A flock from a good-lay j ing strain will average from 240 to | 250 eggs per layer per year, if prop- I erly managed. I find by actual test J that the feed that will keep a Ply i mouth Rock hen in good shape will : keep a Runner duck plump, so I think j it safe to say that they can be kept | as cheaply as any of the large breeds I of hens in winter and cheaper in sum j mer if on free range, as they will for | age farther into the fields. We like j them much better than hens, as they j do not destroy crops, neither are they j so much of a nuisance around the | buildings as hens. The ducklings of j this breed can be raised to a market able size cheaper and more quickly [ than those of any other breed. As j the ducks never set, the ducklings I must be hatched by incubators or I hens. Hens give the best results, oft |en hatching every egg given them. The eggs are very fertile and may, if | desired, be hatched any month in the | year. Ducklings hatched in June or I July often lay all .winter, while, if hatched in March, they will lay in time to hatch ducklings from them by ; the Ist of October. PLAN FOR A HEN HATCHERY Door Placed in Front of Each Nest, Hinged With Leather and Held by Wooden Cleats. Here is my plan for a successful | hen hatchery: I take 16-foot lumbei I and make stalls for 12 hens which j makes the nest boxes a little over 14 I i * -| —a i . , ... i | ■I if V :■ —J . Jr | * - • • 60' - - A Hen Hatchery. inches wide, writes J. A. Crandall of ; Norwich, Kan., in the Farmers' Mail ! and Breeze. Slats and thin lumber I may be used for the 11 partitions. Flcor the nest department. Chicken wire is used to cover the top of runs | except for the doors A, each of which is 28 inches long, enough to cover two runs. The doors B are the same length. There is also a door 8 by 10 inches in the front of each nest box and all doors are hinged with leather | and held with cleats. The roof board i is not hinged or nailed but held in ' place with cleats and may be lifted ; off. Rape makes a good crop for late green food. Poultry is extremely profitable if properly handled. Poultry, fruit and bees form a com ! binatlon hard to beat. Fowls have no sense of smell. They have nostrils, but not noses. A cement floor in the laying pen and roosting closet is advisable. Don't let lice "get away" with your ' chicks, while you wonder what ails j them. Keep the males separated from the growing pullets. Both will develop better. Ducklings generally begin molting when eleven weeks old aud continue for about six weeks. Don't forget that wet and leaky coops do not tend to produce healthy chickens, but early death. It is a good plan to let all the breeding stock out of the yards to en joy free range during the summer. Don't try to breed from poor stock. It takes too long and good stock ia cheap enough for you to start right. Free range for the flock greatly sim plifies the feeding problem, because the fowls can balance their ration, ta I a large extent, with the food they plot I up. CAPTURING BEARS IN INDIA Plan tor Destroying Animals Is Novel and Said to Be Always Successful. A curious method of capturing wild bears is employed In certain parts of India, the New York Herald remarks. Four or five sturdy men are armed, two with long spears crossbarred on the handles close to the sharp two edged blade, and two or three with j ten foot bamboos, of which the ends are smeared with bird lime. Thus equipped and leading several powerful dogs, the hunters sally forth an hour or so before dawn. They pass along the base of the hills with the fresh morning wind blowing up from the plains below. Should the hunters be lucky It Is not long before the fierce dogs wind the bear, and, though dogs of this spe cies hunt silently, their straining on the leash Informs their owners that the game Is nigh. - The dogs are slipped and disappear In the semldarkness. Soon their roar- j lng and growling Indicate that they have found the game. The hunters run up to the spot where the bear Is fight ing with the dogs. , The men with the limed poles poke the bear In the ribs and adroitly twist the ends in its long hair, thus holding It fast on each flank. The spearmen complete the operation by repeated spear thrusts. It is said that a party of expert- ; enced men with good dogs never fail to secure the bear In this way. TOOK AEROPLANE FOR ENEMY French Birds Investigated Btrange Creature of the Air and Appear Satisfied. An extraordinary instance of the In telligence of birds forms the subject of a letter received by the French ministry of agriculture from an In spector of forests. Some time ago the Inspector re ceived complaints from sportsmen that quail and partridges had become scarce in certain districts. On exam ining the matter he found the birds had deserted the regions in which I aerodomes had been installed. Seem ingly they took the monoplanes and biplanes for enormous birds of pey. i Finding after some time, however, that their ranks were not thinned by the strange creatures hovering over head, partridges and quail dispatched scouts to the aerodomes to examine the air craft at close quarters. The result of the investigations of these feathered envoys was evidently reas suring', for the birds returned to their former haunts and the preserves around Le Mans and Rhelms are now as well stocked as formerly. Mothers-in-Law. , The editor of a woman's magazine got a letter the other day from a cor respondent who asked, "What mourn , ing, If any, should bo worn for a mother-in-law?" This question is freighted with meaning. The longer you look at It the weightier it be -1 comes. The editor answered that it all depends on the mother-in-law, and i immediately we have an answer quit*- i as weighty as the question. In the funny papers and in fiction no mother in-law was ever taken seriously. In : real life we not only take them seri ously but we sometimes take them 1 with a great deal of affection and re spect. The mother-in-law joke should j have had its day, and yet out of a j clear sky—well, as I Bay, the woman 1 wants to know what mourning—lF 112 ANY!—should be worn.—New York 1 Press. Insect's Call Means a Death. There Is a superstition connected with the death watch which, like most superstitions, is based upon the the ory of probabilities. The death watch Is usually heard In the spring of the year and a superstition runs to the ef fect that some one in the house will 1 die within the year. Persons who are ! superstitious are never very strict in 1 the Interpretation of the predictions j and therefore, whenever a person dies i in the house or out of it, in the same ! room where the death watch was heard, or ucross the Atlantic, so that there be some kind of a relationship, or even acquaintance, between the person who hears the omen and the person dying, the event is sure to be connected with the prophetic sounds a of the insect. 112 Safe Deposit Vaults. The safe deposit vault is an Ameri -1 can idea, and was developed at the ; time of the Civil war. Bank robberies y were so frequent at that time that banks refused to take care of their customers' valuables. An Instituton ; referred Its clients to the porter as 1 willing to take the risk. For a small h turn he took charge of the boxes and safes and made a fortune. From this arose the modern safe deposit, which 1 ; is now part of every bank. The Eng- I lish, ever slow and cautious, did not B t take quickly to the Idea of storing their valuables in public vaults, when the Idea was Introduced in London, y r and it was 25 years before safe de ' posit vaults were widely established. e _— '• Infinitesimal. Visitor —Your rival town, Bunkvllle, Is quite a town, isn't It? s Uncle Eben —Bah! That town isn't '■ big enough to get a metropolitan daily's scarehead on"The Eyes of the e Entire Country Ara Turned on Bunk ? vllle Today" when they hold a Praal -1 i denttal preferenoe primary. His Mothsr. The poet Goethe owed much of his greatness to his mother, a woman; well made to bear such a son, a per fect mother, and, better still, his in timate friend and confidant. Brought up in strictly borgeois and limited cir cles, with very little education, such was her natural intelligence and sym pathy that Bhe afterwards became tho friend of princes, poets, and philoso phers, and her house a rendezvous for the great minds of her day. How Character is Formed. Characters are achieved —not re ceived. They grow out of the sub stance of a man's soul. They are not put on as a beggar might put on a stolen coat. They mature like fruit from the vital fluids of the tree. This is a sign of their genuineness; they grow with use. A false limb wears out, wastes with use. A natural limb grows stronger and better with use. Character is an achievement. Preserving Wood. Instead of treating wood to pre serve It from rot, an inventor of Bu dapest arrives at the same result by a reversal of the operation, for hr 1 treats the earth to surround the post* in such a manner as to destroy all germ and insect life. This process serves as a substitute where It Is • difficult to secure the treated lumber I It is called "peristerilization." I UHWIBUZ ' "WW lUWfa ■ The Advertised Article y Is one in which the mfrrh -nt M himself has implicit M else he would not advertise it. ■ You are safe in patronizing the H merchants whose ads appear X goods are up-to-date and neyer \ shopworn. I DOIINOW™? □ -- M. BRINK'S IJKIL.hSl J KIL.hS Foi 111 is V\ttk tun 100 IL ! Corn Meal 29.00 150 Cracked Com 25)00 1.50 Corn 29 00 1.50 PureCorn&OatsChop >.OO 1.70 each tic with privilege of returning without expense to me. 1 Schumachet Chcp "1 00 1.00 Wheat Btan 24.50 1 Oil Meal 39 00 2.0(1 Gluten 32.0') 1.G5 Brewers Grain 27.00 1.4., Choice Cottonseed Mval34 00 1.75 Oyster Shells 10.00 Gti Portland Cenien per sack 4fj (rebate 1 c each for s:icks re urne I) ' Beef Scrap ,'{.oo Mixed grains for hens 1 75 New Oats 50 & 100 bus. per bu .411 140 lb bag Salt coarse or line .GO 100 JJ> bag Sa't .45 Flour per l>bl «ack fehun acher Patent 5 50 j .5(1 Marvel 6 00 I.GO Luxury 5 oO 1.3 C Veal Calves wanted on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday Li\e fowls ai.d ihiel ens on Wednes lay. SI. lilllNK New Alnany Pa. /»WANTED-A RIDER AGENT ([ 'jjJ jXv IN EACH TOWN and district to ride and exhibit a sample Latest Model A jTi I Ranger" bicycle furnished by us. Our agrents every where are making rTwll money fast. Write far full particulars and special offer atone*. f'/f&SA NO MONEY REQUIRED until you receive and approve of your ml lvlk\ r/Vvm b* c J' c l e - We ship to anyone anywhere in the U. S. without a cent deposit Pi< 'l W\ 112 l'\m advance, and allow TEN DAYS' FREE TRIAL during 112 u I ilffli if v»\M which time you may ride the bicycle and put It to any test you wish. m \i\'l ' ! ik\ & \| J* you are then not perfectly satisfied or do not wish to keep the E J «\i\ IV ' Vhl Wcyclo ship it back to us at our expense and you will not be out on* tent. k ; FACTORY We furnish the highest grade bicycles it is ■ 112 WriS BfIVBV,IB ■ 111 possible to make at one small profit above | Jk Otf IlKlt|lyFß actual factory cost. You save flO to $25 middlemen's profits by buy- V direct of us and have the manufacturer's guarantee behind your | ■ /! IJ'JTHti a, ■bicycle. DO NOT BUY a bicycle or a pair of tires from anyone at any ' V/■ W ll i\rw\. Ml fricg UU "J you receive our catalogues and learn our unheard of factory ■ ' v 1 r4war*dA/# r 4war*dA/# special offers tO HClOr SgOntS. ■ I |' ■/ lSj'JrYull Will RF /KTniiKMFn "hen receive our beautiful catalogue m : liflf ml 111 Mb BC Hal UlildnCU MndßtudFoursnperbmodelsatthetirond^r ' w I y \ flf I6w prices wo can make you tills year. We sell the highest grade bicycles for */ 1 t» other factory. Wearesatlsfled with SI.OO profit above factory cost. Ift ' I rifr . DEALERS, you can sell our bicycles uuder youruwa name plate at double our prices. Orders tilled the day received. «Pr SECOND HANO BICYCLES. We do not regularly handle second hand bicycles, but usually have « e il'l l f? n m.trade by our Chicago retail stores. These we clear out promptly at prices ■*n«'ngfrom®3 to *B.prSIO. Pepcriptivo bargain lists mailed freo. COASTER-BRAKES, •'"«!© wheela, imported roller ehalns and pedals, parts, repairs and equipment of all kinds at half the regular retail prices. $ IA4S Hedgethorn Puncture-Proof KM 12 111 Self-healing Tires fcj tnil! tfllvnuM Xi)( ,y,.h „.i,h il ; NO MORETROUBLE FROM PUNCTURES PSWiito nFSfinis*Tin m- Made in ail sizes, i vtafftursiuna ls , lv{ , ly and e m* fWiner, very durable mid lined in.-ide with I _JI I / n special ipiallty c>f nilitier. which never in- / I conies porous n n <1 which closes up small ■ punctures without allowing the air to escape. 111 u „ i \Vo have hundred* of letters from satisfied customers || II Nolle#th#thickrubbartraad statlnifthat tlnir t Ireshaveonly Ijeen pumped up onee %Jfl * JM?'.P¥ BO tM , o*t , ''pa B • ! or twice lit a whole season. They welch no more than IX j™ D alto rini at rip ■ an ordinary tire, the puncturercsistliiir qualities iielng 1M to pravant rim cutting. This given by several layers of thin, socially prepared U tiro will outlast any othar fabricoll the tread. The regular price of these tires IT Btah»-.BOrT, BLASTIO gi»B is ttO.OO per pair, but foradvertislng purposes we are "■ «A»Y RIDING, making a special factory price to the rider of onlv fi.Bo per pair. All orders shipped same day letter is received. >\e ship C. O. 1). on approval. You do not pay a cent until you ' have examined and found them strictly as represented. —VVu li'o«- b" ", ,h dl,oou "« of 6 iwrc.nl (thereby maklni the price 04.58 per pair) If you iwnd FULL CABH I WITH OROCR and pnoloim till" *<l vprtl-oini-nt. run no rlhk In Kindlni u» an oriler as tlie tlrea may b« return,.l l.l OUR IMH M If f..raliy rea». ;i Ibi yam not nutlnfaotory on «>iainln»tlon. Wo are iMTfootly rvllabl. , aiu 1 moii.y ».nt to u* llaa Ins Innk. If you order a pair of tli.w tliwt, you will And that they will rid. " ,: f r ""f , '-"r. wear iKtiir. la.t ton i'.r and ioolt llmr than «nr tiro you have ever uaed oraeen.t*n>prte«. Ve 1.» 1 1.lit you » 111 lie well pleaded that ohen \ ..u want a hk-yvlo you will alv. u, your order. Wo waul 1 k IJJjJ t<> wnd una trial order at t»no*\ ben«.*othiM rt'innrkuM«» tlroolTer. IF V&UMEED TPRES '!'■!!»*V,";'" ~v >' rl ™" n »"y"»"' n <tfor.p.irofno,t tP <horu 1 . . I'unilure I i.iof llnsonaiiprovaland trial al theaperlal Introductory prion quoted al«ivo ; or writ, for our M» Tire and Buudry Cmtaloguo which deacrlbHuid uuoUa all and J lUu'roMi .. ! nljout hainb. .nuatpruw, u DO NOT *P' a "» » ro-Ut today. DO MOT THINK OPVUVlNOatileyet.orap.tr of ■ fr!z r ;^.x'nu:" kuow l "° uew ( IJ L. MEAD CYCLE COMPANY, CHIOAOO.ILL. Loss to Antiquarians. I One of the huge stones of the Av- I enbury Druidlcal circle, which Is much larger and older than Stonehenge, j has fallen, owing, doubtless, to the | effects of weather—heavy rains fol lowing a dry season. Aubrey, who ' acted as guide to Charles 11., on a ■' visit to this district In 1663, declared I that Avenbury as far surpassed Stone - henge as a cathedral does a parish church. —Loudon Mail. Healthy Palms. An olive oil bath is an excellent -;tliiug for a palm or fern. Pour two - tablespoonfuls of olive oil at the root I I of your plant about once a month, i You will immediately note the differ- I ence in the plant. It becomes a s; healthy green and the leaves fairly y sparkle in the light. If your plant is »l small, you will not need so much oil. 3 Remarkable Operation. A most remarkable surgical case is the almost complete recovery of Mrs. Mary Marians of Orange, N. J., ' whose back was broken more than i- two months ago In a tall down a y flight of stairs. The unusual opera te j tion was performed of reinforcing the s fractured vertebrae with fine wire. .1; a g At the Bridge Club. "Why did you prohibit jewelry at the meetings of your bridge club?" "It became too easy to signal for trumps. Nearly every one of the players wore a heart-shaped pendant, a solitaire diamond, a marquise ring that looked like a spade and a clover-leaf brooch." In 1975. Grandma —"So you have even ar ranged your wedding anniversaries? Isn't that lovely!" The Bride —"Yes. Silver the first year, gold the third, diamonds the fifth, and radium the tenth, if it should possibly happen that we aren't divorced by that time." Only Give Him a Chance. Father—"You seem to have no idea of the value of money." Son—"No idea, s Why, dad, 1 can mention a hundred dif | ferent ways of spending money you ! never dreamed of."—Boston Tran | script. His Source of Livelihood. Solicitor (In the West London Coun ty Court, to debtor) — "What are you earning now?" Debtor —"Nothing." i His Honor—"Are you living on the | moon?" Debtor —"No; on my wife." i ills Honor —"Ten Days." J QUALITY j I a When people realize that it x i'i £ is not the quantity for the # nl2 money, so much as the quality ♦ it; x that counts, then they will ♦ r>! ♦ patronize the store which does 2 .11 ♦ business in good pure goods. 2 • r »|A Cut >rices often mean cut 5 II X qi.alii es. Our prices are as ♦ ■' X !o ai food goods wil allow. ♦ 1 z l * ul go ids are not of the cheap • • mad-oiler variety. When $ • . uni 'armg prices do not for- x 2 !4«*t ) c mpare qualities. II J g I yin nd lie prices lower than • I. { o..r>, he you will find the • 0 i es inferior—generally • U # "b ry: in »use" job lots. a 2 Ask is ) show you why 2 p 0 our to. k i uperior. 2 I Buschhausen's. * INSPIRATION OF THE COLORS Sentiments That the Soldier Associ ates With the Flag Have Turned Many Battles. Instance after Instance could be quoted from military history In which the mere sight of the colors has in spired men and carried them to ulti mate victory when the tide of battle appeared to have turned against them and all seemed lost. Great general# have themselves taken the colors In their bands and rallted their forces to supreme efTort In the hour of trial. Obviously It was not the mere piece of tattered silk that wrought these wonders; It was the sentiment Insep arably associated with the colors that acted as the spell. We know, too, that the capture or the loss of colors has always been as signed a vital Importance by the world's greatest commanders, be cause they knew that these regimen tal emblems typified all that their possessors held most dear —prestige, honor, victory. Let any man visit Napoleon's tomb at the Invalldes, and, taking on the solemn spirit of the hour, gaze down into the circular shrine In which lies the huge porphyry sarcophagus containing the body of the great captain whose legions made ail Europe tremble. Apart from the sarcophagus itself, what Is It that most impresses nine out of every ten spectators? Surely the stands of col ors—the trophies of war—that stand grouped round the tomb. They are the mutely eloquent witnesses to the greatness of the man whose dust rests in their midst. —London Telegraph. FROM AN AUSTRALIAN DIARY Voracious Ants of All Kinds—One Species that Evinces Fondness for Sheet Lead. About noon It got too hot for any thing and 1 took a well earned swim in a secluded creek, amid shoals of flsh, large and small, who apparently resented my intrusion, from the way they came and stared at me. I found on emerging from the water that a host of blue brown ants had taken possession of my clothes, and when they were shaken out they re venged themselves by biting my bare feet in a way which was exceedingly painful. There are thousands of ants every where, says a writer In the Gentle woman. Some of the anthills are I three feet high and six feet across— but except for a sharp nip at the time, the ordinary ant's bite Is not notice able. But If a soldier ant or a bull ant or a green head (an ant about one and a half inches long, with a green head) bites you, it is not to be forgotten, be cause they take quite a big piece out. Then there are the white ants (not really ants, but termites), which gg cheerfully eat the inside out of the V beams of the wooden houses, and re- 1 cently have been eating the sheet lead J on the top of the Sydney museum. The city fathers thought this was going a little far, so now the ants are pre served Inside the museum with sam ples of the half consumed lead as warning to all who allow their appe tites to run away with them. It Isn't Veneer That Really Counts. It's what a man is, not what he has, which makes him a real man, after all. Acquired powers have their fas cination, It must be admitted, but, compared with genuine qualities, are not important. Which do you wish— the ability of a husband to Bwear at you In seven languages, or a loving tenderness that will prompt your hus band to speak words of sympathy to you In commonplace accents? Are you contemplating living with clever ness that can cut you to the heart, or with a great tenderness of nature that can sympathize? Technical facilities, encyclopedic In formation, polished manners, all ac quired points, usually attract a wom an. They are veneers, and the wise girl will look beneath. A continental bow, a polite speech of apology with a French phrase thrown In, can never counterbalance the black eye given In a blind rage. Corner on Idols. 11. E. Huntington of Pasadena, Oal., has done a foolish reactionary thing. He has bought 57 idols, brought them from their original Japanese temple, and installed them in his grounds so that he can worship Buddha in seclu sion. How much better it would have been if he had got statues of some of the American idols and put them up so that the populace might wor ship. He could have several political favorites, Mammon, two or three base ball heroes, several moving picture cowboys, a ten-foot statue of an Amer ican silver dollar, a leading vaudeville actress, an aviator, a fat hog for Chi cago, Kansas City and Omaha visi tors, and statues of a bull moose, an elephant and a donkey.—Pennsylvania Grit. J Preserving Their Morals. 1 When the fuse blew out for the fifth ; time in five minutes the woman who. with her four small children, occupied the seat nearest the motorman, clam ored for assistance In removing her brood to a seat In the rear of the car. "You needn't goto all that trouble, madam." said an old gentleman reas suringly. "There is no danger. You are just as safe here as in any other part of the car." 1 "Oh, I'm not afraid," she said. "I want to get the children away some place where they can't hear the mo torman." _ _
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