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We h in south- dead,” per- » could not 3 my letters rou thought {ns humbly. it> on Monday for a walk e had awak- air, but the eze elevated Where Wasi ith his wed- y-four hours turn—golder e would for , and Minot the morning ose to crusi ose slanting t his declara him foolish ave Seeley If only Alla - when he ré e De 1a P s eyes tire a suit case § tlessly Min He f 1 his ar drearik a turn 1 'd taken 3 moi’ replig ' THE MEYERSDALE COMMERCIAL, . - -2SDALR, PA "Avkaneas’thé Mighty If al the rice in Arkansas ‘Were one ! grain it would take a Grand canyon to | store it. If all the corn in Arkansas were one ear it would take the com- bined force of all stump pullers to ex- tract one grain from that ear. If all the chickens in Arkansas were one chicken. it would straddle the Rocky mountains like a colossus and its crow would shake the rings from Saturn. If . all the hogs in Arkansas were one hog he could stand with his hind feet on , the island of Cuba and his fore feet 7” Boys and Girls. The difference is apparent early: A boy has as much fun in stoning a cat as a girl has in hunting for violets. A boy's, curiosity. is directed to the ice- box; a girl would like to see what is in the top bureau drawer. A gul can give the impression when away from home that her parents are wealthy; a boy cannot. Every boy is old enough to be wel- come to sit in the neighbor girl’s par- "lor many years before his sister thinks on the isthmus of Panama and dig the jie is old enough to sit in the parlor canal with one stroke of his snout. If all the cows in Arkansas were one cow she could graze on the evergreens of the tropics and switch the icicles from the north pole with her tail and it would take a canal from the great lakes to the gulf of Mexico to carry boats laden with her butter and cheese. If all the mules in Arkansas were one mule he could stand with one fore foot on Mexico and the other fore foot on Canada and kick the man out of the moon.—H. 8. Taylor, Inspector United States Indian Service. Art of Politeness. All truly artistic effort is a labor of love, and love never counts 4hé cost. Art has 10 price and makes none. A perfect art of ‘peliteriess ever in- volves in one respect or another alts of gelf abnegation. There is the famous ekampie of Lord Stair and Louis XIV. when his lord- ship, being bidden by the king to pre- cede him into.one of the royal car- | riages, immediately complied. The-.politeness.. was. equal on ,both ! sides. he French sovereign gave proof of Bb p 245) arch by: abandoning: his’ prerogative of pre: cedence in _ his own dominions to jpe Scotch viscount. The English ahibassador returned the comiplifentiby yielding immediate ohe- dience to the behest of a king who was not ‘bis master. - Neither sacrifice was outdone by the other. 5 Early Railroading. Some seventy-five: years ago whe trains of the Western Atlantic llway met on the road’s single track Hne violent. discussions ensued be- tween the conductors as to which train should back up aud’ take ‘the side- ted¢k, and the engineers frequently Joined in the dispute. Rule 14, issued March 1. 1862, says: “As a general rule. when trains meet between stations train nearest the turnout will run back. Any dispute as to which train is to refire is to be determined at once by the conductors without interference oni‘the part of the engineman. This rule is required to be varied: in favor of the heaviest loaded engine or worst grades if they meet near the center.” Qonductors were admonished never to leave either terminal point without the { mall or at least first sesjing to the postoffice. for it. A Frightful Friends. The friend who welcomes you by creeping up behind and knocking off your hat. The friend who invites you t the theater and buys only one ticket. ‘ The fried: who Introduces you ‘to Miss Wallflower and then disappears The friend you ask to dinner on Sat- urday and who stays over the week ! end. The friend who drops in to talk over old times and Incidentally borrows all your spare cash. The friend who insists that you visit | him-and continually quarrels with his wife. The friend who telephones you in the middle of the night that he’s been ar- rested. ~—Life. \ Son on an Ostrich Farm. It is no’ uncommon thing to see a male ostrich strutting “about followed by ‘three or four distinct broods, all of different sizes. When ‘the incubating process is completed the cock bird leads his young ones off and, if he meets an-. other proud papa, engages ‘in a terrific combat with him. The vanquished bird retires, without a single chick, while the other, surrounded by: thé | two broods, walks away triumphantly. i Just a Precaution: “80. you. are , attending‘ cobking school?” said the friend. “Are you golug to do your own,work after you ae ma. rried?” “No; I want to be able to teach my husband. how to prepare the meals in an emergency.” : Too Much. Doctor—Have you tried counting up to 100? Insomnia Patient— Yes, but at forty I remember that’s the amount of your bill; and at eighty my wife’s new gown gets my goat!—Exchange. Baudry' said. experiment was at first a: failure. body a little the worst of it.” fellow replied. — More Than Serious. + + Hulalia (elderly heiress) — Do you i$ PRACTICAL HEALTH HINT. ¥ think the baron regards me seriously? | $ 3 + Rosa —Seriously? Why. my dear. every ' $ Use of Mineral Oil. ¥ time I mention you he looks positively ¥% Dr. Le Tanneur contributes to ¥ sad.—Fliegende Blaetter. ¥ the Paris Medical some practical ¥ ' he ¥ points in the use of mineral oil ¥ Tightwad. ¥ in constipation. The oil. he says. ¥ Miss B.—What a frightful night for !% is in no way digested or even ¥ a dance! But, of course, you ven taxi? ! $ modified by the juices of the ¥ Frugal Saitor— Wel, pet exactly, Lu! ; ¥ stomach and intestines. It acts ¥ I’ve brought you rubbers. be ¥ as a Jubricant and nothing else. ¥ —_— le % though it tends to heal abrasions ¥% Natural Preference. ¥ of the intestinal wall caused by % “Do you believe much in wives to or- | ¥ rough particles of food. ¥ der?” ¥% The New York Medical Jour- ¥ “I'd rather have one ready maid.”— ¥% nal says mineral oil should be % Baltimore American. ¥+ taken: either before breakfast or + % after dinner, two tablespoon- ¥ i ¥ fuls being a dose. Its use should + He—Let hy Mig more, dear; | ¥ be continued every day for at + just an hour by the clock. She—But, {¥ least: a, fortnight, when the ¥% Billie. the clock doesr® need company, | ¥ bowels will continue to work ¢ Penn Froth. % naturally ‘without it, for the min- ¥% { % eral oil is inno sense a cathar- ¥ The truest wisdom is a resolute de- ¥ tic. but it. will cure constipation. 2 terminsation.—Napoleon I. BILL LI ILS IE FLIES ¥ Buh Ty home. A girl is never so young that she will reveal to guests at a party that the spoons are borrowed; a boy child never grows so old that he fails to. Give the boy a dollar and he will eat it; give his sister one and she will wear it. A brother and sister may have hair of the same shade, but the boy's is called red and the girl’'s auburn. When brothers fight it is over the larger share of pie; when sisters quar- rel one has worn something belonging to the other without asking permis- sion.—Youth’s Companion. septa The Faroe Moslem Kaaba. It is a curious. fact that the kaaba, which is one of the great attractions to the pilgrims who go to Mecca and Me- dina, antedates Mohammed as an in- stitution and consequently is of pagan orifn. It is a small building, in one wall of which is set the famous black stone, probably a meteorite, which the pilgrims all'seek to kiss. The structure has actually been rebuilt more than onee since’ Mohammed; but its old pa- gan form, has, been preseryed, It was v1 originally. a: heathen: ‘temple, of _ such standing among the Arabs that Me! bammed felt compelled to adopt-it into his new religion and: even to, permit the continuance of ancient customs concerning it. “He did destroy theidols it contained, but he made a great cons cession to the old prejudices of his converts by making the observance of an old pagan feast of Mecca one of { the five great precepts of the new faith; ————————— Lofty Himalaya. Himalaya, in south central Asia, is the most elevated and stupendous mountain system on the giobe. It is not, as sometimes represented, a sin- gle chain, but a. system, consisting of several parallel and converging ranges, with a vast number of rugged, snowy peaks, separated by great elevated val- leys and plateaus. On the north the system descends to the elevated pla- teau of Tibet. on the south to the de- pression drained by the Ganges and the Indus. The system starts with the Karakoram, in the Pamirs, whence it trends southeast and east, sweeping in a broad curve, convex, southward. The mass of’the Himalaya proper ex- tends from the great bend of the Indus in the west to the great bend of the Brahmaputra in the gest 2 a distance of |: nearly 1,500 miles, * a First Horse Omnibus. The first horse omnibus ‘was seen in the neighborhod of Nantes in 1826 and ran to facilitate access to a bathing establishment which a M. Baudry had set up in the outs Kirts of that town: “The nance of. these vehicles,” M. is to say. ‘cpen to alk’ The venture was so successful that a limited com- pany was formed to inaugurate a simi- lar enterprise in Paris. The Parisian but after its originator had manifested his disappointment by drowning himself in the Canali St. Martin others reaped a rich harvest from his ideas. No Immediate Benefits. Things looked ‘black, for the dramat- ist, For the fourth time in one season ‘a play had been withdrawn after wegk's run. “Cheer 'up, old man,” “said a consoi- j ing friend. . ‘Perhaps posterity will, recognize the genius displayed in your plays.” . .. : ; 2 “Maybe,” said the dramatist bitter- ly, “but the difficulty .is. that so far as I am concerned posterity is on the free list.””—New York Times. Talleyrand. : Talleyrand’s conservatism was sum- med up by a witty compatriot, Paul de Courrier, who on one occasion de- clared that if Talleyrand had been pres- ent at the creation he would have ex- claimed: be destroyed!” “Good’ gracious! ' Chaos will When It's True. . “There’s no senfiment in business.’ he said coldly. “Not when you want to give some the other -Detroit Free Press. EF a) coer gee THEATRE AUDIENCES. A Sermon For Those ‘Who Arrive Lats and Depart Early. It is one of our most hallowed na- tional customs not to go into a theater until the curtain has risen. If by some stupid blunder we have arrived punc- tually we smoke a cigarette in the lobby. So the cunning playwright takes care not to start his story until at least five minutes later. He occupies these five minutes with a colorless scene of some kind just to keep the groundlings amused. In some cases he will begin each act in the same way. It depends nh Century Magazine. . ii de nea of éxfranti “shall be omnibus—that | increasing a ‘the same manner at once, on how fashionable his audience is and how thirsty.. For a converse reason he must finish his play five minutes be- fore the final curtain falls. Another of our national customs is to leave the theater the moment Ed- win has embraced Angelina, although the author may have reserved a quaint comedy touch, or a dramatic surprise for the actual end. It is no use altering the hour of per- formance. Begin at midnight if you ‘ like: we shall not come ‘until five min- utes after. [Leave off at 10; we shall go out five wminutes before, blood. The idea that an audience owes any consideration to authors or aciors is entirely. forcign to. us. The very suggestion of it is almost an. jmperti- nence.— Louis N. Parker, in New, Tos. Times. IN AN ANDEAN CAPITAL. AT 3D... ‘They Have Queer Ideas Ahout Bath. ing Places In’ Colonibia. t Ibague, - capital of ‘the’ Colombian province of Tolima, claims 2,300 souls. but the count tdkes much for granted.’ It is a square cornered town of almost wholly ‘thatched ‘one story buildings, its wide streets atrociously cobbled-and its few sidewalks worn perilously slip- pery and barely wide enough for two feet at once. A stream of crystal clear water gur- gles down every street through cobbled gutters, lulling the travel weary to sleep and furnishing a convenient means of washing photographic films. We drank less often, however, after we had strolled up to the end of the’ mountain and found three none too handsome ladies bathing in” the reser- voir. It is a peaceful, roomy place where every one has unlimited space on the grassy, gentle slope to put up his little chalky, straw roofed cottage, yet al’ toe the street line as if fearful of missing anything that might tnexpect- edly pass. Foreigners seem to be a great novelty, and I’ could find no sat- isfactory reason why so many Iba- guenos were blind unless they had overindulged themselv es in the nation- al game of staring. —Harry A, Franck —_— rT Be “Red. Foxes Mate For Life. Since the ‘days:of Aasop’s: fables tales. of foxes..and "theif. doings. have had, ‘their place in literature .as .well. as in, the folk lore: of. the, countgyside. Many of their amazing wiles to outwit pur- suers’ or 't6°¢a ir” prey give evi: fa ty eiital powers. cluaes indy res; § fi Their “bill of a seclu dod Kr hehe iii 3 is pduction. and of utilizing farm Sy which HOA. 20 to waste as a step . toward a the high tost,of living. Science along |. can solve the pbroblem...and: no ti should, be lost in setting science at “the | task. Some of the best brains, in the ROUnIEY are studying agricultural eco- | nomics. More should be employed ip We mus find some way ‘to increase ‘the yield of food products, not only per acre, bu! per man, ‘and ‘we must try to utilize material which now goes: to waste.— Chicago Journal; ' TH : Colson and Dishes. Three colrses seem to have been thi’ customary menu in medieval times for’ a state banquet. less ceremonial feast comprising ‘nly two and no private dinner more han one. But each course might comprise from eight to a dozen diffcrent dishes. Thus at the weddin: banauet of Ienry V. there ‘were onl; three courses, rect over thirty differs dishes are menticned in the record: irrespective f fruits and win-s.—Lon don Chronicie. Reverse Methods. “An heiress has to take measures op posed to anybody else’s when she wants to save her money.” “In what way?” “The last thing she should do is to husband her resources.” — Baltimore American. Real Nice. Bobbie—That Mrs. Smith sald some- thing nice about you. Mrs. Brown (purring)—What was it. Bobbie? Bob- bie—She sid you didn’t show .your age.—London Telegraph, He Gets In Early. “Do you sit up for your husband?” “No; I am an early riser and am al- ways up in time to greet him.'’—De- troit Free I'rese rel Oe ERIN It.is in the | ets. journals.of | {~| gktven to the gervice ‘or the extrein j Fas digsapingded: by the :agencs v af its CAREFUL SPEECH. pression of One's Ideas. Nothing is more of a help to clear thinking than careful speech. Very of- ten we discover a flaw in our logic when we attempt to put it into words, observes the Irish World. But some- times we really have ideas, though Wwe experience difficulty in expressing them. People of sympathetic natures are frequently dumb in the presence of sor- row. Some who are very intelligent are 8o silent and diffident that nobody ever gets the benefit of their bright ideas. A recent poet has intimated that for the deep things of life language is al- together inadequate; but, however that may be, it is the principal means at Present by which human beings get close together. We learn to talk, as we say, in the first few years of life, and some .of us get very little beyond that start in babyhood. We can ask for what we want to eat and drink, but we are un: able to express sympathy. tactfully aud ‘gracefully. ¢ We have a great many ideas that we never try to put into words, because Wwe feel that we do not know the right words. We have not really learned to talk while we remain silent regarding (the things which mean most to us.’ NEGLECTED CHILDREN. If There Were Fewer of Them Thare Would Be Less Crime. A Bt. Louis judge recently made the statement in an address delivered be- fore a local bar association that qf one-fourth as much as‘ 18 spent for keeping.up our courts, jails, poorbouses and paupers was applied to help neg- lected city children make a proper start in life the high tide of crime surely would decrease.” This is a remarkable statement to make; but, coming from: the source it does, it is worthy of consideration of all philanthropic men and women. Had the speaker made; his statement more’ general and applicable to the country as well ‘as to the cities it would all the same be worthy of credence. - The life of every one depends largely. upon the start made. There are those who are started’ right: and then: depart from the straight but narrow path, but they are the exception and nof the rule. Thousands of little unfortunates: may be said to be born criminals, the offspring of criminal parentage. If not 80, born, they are so bred. But it is true, as said by this St. Louis judge, that if a benevolent and righteous pub lic would deal with the problem. as it might there would be less crime and fewer criminals. — Knoxville Jeuiaal and Tribune, oi Public Health "Service. in the fields of preventive ‘medicine and in all matters in JSvhich the public health, is concerned, , the, public. ‘health service does work ‘which is. not only un- surpassed but unequaled in, any. coun- ‘try of the world. This’ is recognized +and fully, appreciated in ‘Europe. -and ‘recently. .in - -gie of tle Chie! .1aedicu. nh trope EB ich pra La W,l3 valuable. .infopnation with, yezard. disease apd-preventive medicine whic bt] etiys «amd. other . publications. , déns, which | § or S Bre Gécupiba® tact, .t the, :Quited. States pubiic health. for years ii’ suc vk “al iy seriicesds; uniquesand: is an nstisgion tivo or: morn ent §' opditil it “off B! which fhis COULWS Ras; eRery. d'Cdsg. posite direction Fo Enetily NTFS Dow propa. Jere BE RS Be GV Cy terinz on one side Hri¥ ? 130 title 80 Jitu faunskation swson., which to, ere! ily. The young, urmitibris Ha e dopirtment: of: public hexlih Iw or niiie, are tenderly ¢aiéq for BS dricangrass, shall. see glen; arabic parents.— National Gé gt RE avon. SI ox a. zine. SSE ret , : Ly : Jo oi i xe Ni : High Cost of Living protiert, 7) 11a tH orider fal star Fate “COR - Every legislative body, womd Spellatioh! ‘Cetus (the “Whale) stands well to con : © a ‘tHose “variable stars | hii “HEVe Hebd $6 much guess “Best os (Ri icon that: cits Leven mirth 'viiiations” Aickeriig’ up” andl “doWir £0 Pas, it has e.|:been cohfectiired that this Qistant sud 1s ‘siibject” to" Paiticuiarly-dcite sun’ SDOts, that its obscurations até ‘die i eclipse by huge planéts* ‘re¥olviiig rouni”® it and ‘even, “actording to Méupértuis. that it is” not spherical in “shape, as” other tieavénly bodies ‘are; so that’ we see’ it’ sometimes in sections, soine- times in plane; ‘ Occasionally: ‘as 1789 and 1839, if has blazed up ‘actun - ly to first 1hagnitude. while from: 1672 to 1676 it disappeared ‘altogether. == Bos-- ton Transc Ppl 4 Warming a Serpent. | Down in Bermuda Mark Twain made a speech about snakes to a group of little girls. The speech was great. The only trouble was that the little girls could not appreciate it.. It flev over their neads. This was the hu morist’s conclusion: “Never warm a serpent in your bes om. It is far easier to warm it b placing it under the pillow of an inti mate friend.” His Ear For Music. ‘“‘Has your daughter finished her mu- sical education?’ “I suppose so,” answered Mr. Twoh ble, “but sometimes when she is p!a; ing one of those classical pieces seems to me that she is starting t learn all over again.” — Birmingham Age-Herald. Translation. “What on earth did that fellow mean when he said he was a peregrinating pedestrian, castigating his itinerary from the classic Athens of America?” “He meant he was a tramp beating his way from Boston.” — Baltimore American. Contentment gives a crown where fortune hath denied it.—#ord. It Aids Clear Thinking and the Ex. . with the passage of the centuries and { very humblest of beginnings has come td methanios, Wat the prineipai ms: | chine’ tools ‘had taken ‘shape. bef re 1870, when the empire began. The “building therefore covers. the entire history of theart.” = 1 Captain Andrews: ue to the ff I “What is 1t?" asked his acquaintance. -——e — : —s -—- Military Marshals," ~ Like many other Krench- words re- lating to war and hunting, “marechal,” in its’ older. form “mareschal,” is of purely Teutonic derivation in both its parts, and the word has had a curious history.. Some words rise in the world | others fall. This is one that from the to great estate. The marshals do not owe their name to Mars, though they are his votaries. In the olden times they were about the humblest men in an army—horse serv- ants, or grooms. Then they advanced to the dignity of being horseshoers, and those - highly respected . artisans are still “marechals” in France, though “ferrants” has to be added to make their calling clear. And, while “mare- chal de France” is a magnificent title, there are also ‘“marechals des logis,” who are in cavalry regiments only what “sergeants” are in infantry regi- ments.—Exchange. Gun Salutes In India. The viceroy of Imdia..as, representa- tive of the king-cmperor, is entitled, to a salute of thirty-one guns. This num. ber had its origin in a mistake. For- meriy he was entitled to twenty-one guns When the time came, years ago. for allotting the salutes to the various native rulers of India the three prin- cipal of these vassal sovereigns—name- ly. those of Hyderabad. Mysore ‘and Baroda—were each accorded twenty- one guns. It was discovered 3 little late in the day that the superior rank’ of the viceroy had been overlooked in the matter... and the necessity was pointed ,out of his supremacy over the vassal rulers being emphasized in the eyes of the natives. So instead of re- ducing the number of twenty-one guns that bad been accorded to the three rulers in: question the viceroy was giv- en ten more guns and is today the only person in the world who is entitled to that altogether exceptional number of guns.—London Spectator. How Buffale Bill Got His Name. Many years ago; when the Union Pa- cific rafiroad was completed, the ques- tion arose as to how all the laboring men were to be fed on meat, as meat was thought necessary to make muscle. ‘General, W. E. Webb. had the con- tract to feed: the men, and in talking -the matter over.one day with some of his subordinates one of them suggest- ed that he call in William Cody, then a famous government scout on the plains, to help solve the problem. Co- |: dy suggested that he be allowed to hire men and kill bufalces:or the rajizoad men. This plan was adopted, ri Cody be- came later. world famous as Buffalo Bill. In those days the buffaloes were .80 plentiful ‘that it'is on record that ‘more than orie engineer had to stop his train-until a herd had crossed.—A,. G. Hegeman. in New York Sun. : “Are Anglo-Saxons conceited’ about their pre-eminence ‘in matters ‘of ma: chinery? ‘A Book, “English and Amer idan Tool Biildérs,' “by *Professor” J. W. Roe of Ydle; answers the question thus» “Praxticaily alrthe creative wai'k in tool. building has been done in Thg- land, - Aand-_. America. x. x * Th “French have shown an aptitude | tor FIXD YOUR COURSE. : she Road Leading to the Goal “a Life Well Lived.” There is ouly oue best cohduet of life for you. and that is the one tia is best for you. who wai er aimlessly in quest of the single risit formula for existence grope in a nize through which they must thread their way endlessly in search of the center which does not exist. There is no one recipe which will serve . for all mankind. Each must learn not his neighbor’s but his own best way of living. To one it may be the routine task, the daily round, te curb the wandering will and bring con- tent. To another it may be the forti- tude to escape the sheltering care of habit or the lassitude of sloth. To one it should be the abandonment of phi- losophy or introspection to rub elbows with his fellow men; to another, the willingness to let the soul awaken and breathe amid the sky rimmed prarie and under the deathless stars; to one, hearthstone and slippers; to another, the seven seas, the aurora borealis and. the Southern. Cress; to one, society; to; another, solitude; to one, the quiet which_ stills, the passions; to another, the eternal, restlessness .which brings achievement. The best rounded life contains some- thing of each and all. There are but two attitudes to avoid—the level line of least resistance and the rigidity, of self distrust which denies every im-, pulse simply because it is impulse. Somewhere between the two lies your course. Many are the thickets to be hewed down, many the crags to be’ scaled. But beyond stands the Inn in. the Clearing. where faithful travelers may find the refreshment, the rest and the kindly words of welcome whicli: form ithe goal and reward of life well: lived.—Collier's Weekly. UNIQUE AMONG ANIMALS. Raccoons Have a Curious Habit of Washing Their Food. Few American wild animals are more widely known or excite more popular interest than the raccoon, which occu- ‘pies most of the wooded parts of North America from the southern border of Canada to Panama, with the exception of the higher mountain ranges. Its diet is extraordinarily varied and includes fresh water clams, crawfish, frogs, turtles, hirds and their eggs. poultry, nuts, fruits and green corn. When near water raccoons have a curi- ‘ous and unique habit of washing their food before eating it. Their fondness for green corn leads them into frequent danger, - for when bottom land. corn Tread Those haunts: raccoon - hunting with degs at night becomes an. especially favored sport; . Raccoons. arg extraordinarily intelligent, animals, and make interes: ng and amusing pets. ga * They ‘began to figure in ‘our frontier Tterafutte at an early date. -Coont skin caps, willy the ringed f4ils hang: ing *1ixe’ phmes, made the ‘favorite headgean ofimany pioneer hunters, and gcoonsking: were vecosiised, articles -of barter. at country st -.Now that . the Aner egsinz OC; of the COM. try ds orn Tia morc cf’ our Iw ile” fn : ve ton t § > thé per i-ten oy i Wii. ii tuese chdr ucteris 1] THY: refinements and ingenious novelties. 3 4 The Swi e “lever artisans, | ‘but have" Eediied “in Cpeischai "skill, | How ow? Geimdiy Has deveioped spien- | ‘history: of English. and- American . tool | “A Dring Voyage.’ r “Phe stufiilest boat to cross the Atlan-' tic under Her own sail was safled by “Phis craft was: but | fourteen feet.long; but init: Captain Andrews crossed the ocean in. 1891. landing at Palos, 8pain. He traveled “about: Europe: exhibiting his hoat until the World’s fair, in. Chicago, when he returned to this ‘country and ‘placed it’ on view there. Hé hiid previously made’ two ungfeneistul itteapil to cross: the ocean. . ps A Good: Matto. ; “We've got a good motto for our pa- per,” said Kidder. “ “What we have we hold." “Oh, I see! Referring to your circu- lation. By the way. I didn’t know you were a publisher.” “We're not; we manufacture fly pa- per.” —Chicago News. Inhuman. “Gentlemen of the jury,” sald the lawyer for the plaintiff, ‘the defendant claims that when he ran over my client his car was going but three miles an hour. Think of the agony endured by my client when being run over as slow- ly as that!” —-New York American. Very Thoughtful. Miss Askit Did your husband smoke those ‘cigars ‘you gave him for his birthday? Mrs. Nuwed—He smoked one and said he would keep the rest to remind him of my kindness. | | ! Contrariness of the Sex. “How was it your wife came to give up housekeeping ?” “Just her contrary ways. First she broke down, and then she broke up.”— Baltimore American. National Forest Lands. On about 2,000,000 acres of national forest lands grazing by domestic stock is either ‘entirely prohibited or is great- Iy restricted to provide range for elk. There is no gate into heaven except at the end of the path of duty.—Van Dyke. {tinue to hell thei dl esting animals Cans ey ’ iris ef: Co Cro- their. -ortois graphic Mazaz ie. Learn: to Be Thrifty, ol Thriftlessuess seldoni il ever is able’ ‘to. seizé and detain 67 Te: Liyer to drive Advanta OTS Biri fist Tdi What “men ¢dil luck” gedanatly isha eombingtions’; of “foresight, indusiry. pluck’ and: thrift iu ‘the ‘lucky man. - To-saye:is:to have, to.own is to pos. Sess Power. Property . speaks loudly and largely sways, the comiionwealth. The thriffy contribute most to the wel- fare of the state.’ The purchaser on credit ‘pays’ not only for the property, but for the. time cit takes to complete the purchase. It seldom is the thrifty way: to finance - deals... The extra expenditure is equiv alent to the loss of so much interest on one’s. principal. : TA Bird Joker. A ‘most surprising Australian bird is | the kookooburra, or laughing jackass. ‘All at’ once in-the quiet bush come loud peals of uproarious, mocking laughter. One: is not inclined to join-in the mer- riment—it all seems as foolish and weird as, if an idiot, boy. were disturb- ing a congregation in church. When the source of the laugliter is located it turns “out ‘to be a silly looking bird. with clumsy, square body and open mouth, sitting unconcernedly on a stump. — National Geographic Maga- zine. , Getting Bald. “Mr. Sorrell proposed to me, mother.” “And you accepted him, I hope.” “No, mother. I could never love a man with red hair.” “But, my dear girl, you should con- sider the fact that he has very little of it.”’—Chicago Herald. His Color. Little Ben (to gentleman caller)— You aren't black, are you? Mr. Moo- ney—Black, child? Why, no! I should hope not! What made you think I was? Little Ben—Oh, nothing! Only Pa said you were awfully niggardly.— London Telegraph. Hard Lines. “in financial trouble? “Oh, I promised to pay Brown $10 toaay, and I've got it, and he knows I've got it, aud he knows I know he knows I've got it.”— Puck. What is it?” Friends mar be affronted in fun and lost in sober earnest. —————— tempts them away from their usual : -
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