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THE MEYERSDALE COMMERCIAL, .
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"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.
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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.
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tempts them away from their usual : -