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~ DANGEROUS EYE STRAIN.
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§t Has Many Symptoms and May Af-
fect the Whole System.
Chief among the symptoms of
train are watering of ‘the eye, a glu-
nz to.other of the eyelids on awaken-
ing in the morning, headache, the posi.
tion and character of which vary wita
<€ach individual. It may be neuralgic
or it may be deeply seated.
The headache is often replaced by
an infomation of tue eyelids, espe-
«cially in young "and healthy persons,
who also have a little conjunctivitis,
with a feeling of tension or fullness in
the eyes which ‘may become real pain
of a dull aching character, the eyeballs
being very tender on pressure! _ ---
Sometimes there are vertigo and sick-
mess, with dyspepsia, palpitation and
even difficulty in breathing. Sleepless-
mess is a very frequent symptom, due
in part to the excessive flow of blood
to the brain and in part to the low
tone of the whole nervous system.
The symptoms of eye strain appear
.gooner in those who lead a confined
-and sedentary life, who follow occupa-
tdons which need a constant use of the
-ayes in bad or unsuitable light and in-
$hose who are debilitated from any
®ause. The symptoms appear later in
those of coarser fiber, who pass muclr
of their time in the open air or who
follow occupations which do not need
a prolonged use of the eyes for close
work.—London Lancet.
PARADISE OF ARTISTS.
Story of a Curious Incident That Hap-
pened In Japan.
‘Willlam M. Chase, 'the American ar-
Rist, used to tell in the course of a lec-
ture on Japan the following story of
an incident in which he figured in that
oriental paradise of artists:
I was standing on a railway plat-
form in Japan, waiting for a train and
‘whiling away my time by watching a
@articularly beautiful sunset.
‘Suddenly a freight train puiled in
and, stopping in front of me, cut off
my view. Being a good American and
grained in a very proper respect for
“business,” 1 merely turned philosoph-
dcally away and proceeded to look at
something else. In a moment, however,
the station master appeared at my
side and inquired with the politest of
bows if I had been enjoying the sun-
@et.
I admitted that I had and smilingly
accepted his apology for the intrusion
of the train. Of course I recognized
that trains were the first consideration
dn stations, 1 said.
Imagine my surprise, then, when the
. little Japanese shook his head firmly.
“But no,” he said, bowing even more
deeply than before; “the train must
Mot be allowed to obstruct the honor-
4 artistic traveler's, honorable aes-
; enjoyment”—or words to that ef-
A ¢1 will cause it to withdraw.”
And he actually did precisely that!—
change.
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Hay In Church.
A curious custom has been observed
,#yom time immemorial at Old Weston,
Muntingdonshire, in England. The
¢hurch there is dedicated to St. Bwithin,
and on the Sunday most nearly ap-
proaching St. Swithin's day the edifices
1s strewn with new mown hay.
The tradition is that an old lady be-
ueathed a fleld for charitable pur-
on condition that the tenant pro-
‘vided the hay to lessen the annoyance
-caused by the squeaking of the new
-shoes worn by the villagers on Feast
. There are other explanations
-——one that it is an offering of the first
druits of the hay harvest, and another
hat it is a survival of the custom of
Wtrewing the church (when the floor
was only beaten earth) with rushes.
. Disease.
Diseases are not isolated affections
«f the single organs or groups of or-
:gans in which they manifest them-
rSelves—mumps, of the salivary glands;
typhoid, of the bowels; consumption,
.of the lungs; nephritis, of the kidneys;
.eczema, of the skin, and so on—but are
:a failure of the body as a whole to
Garry on its functions, and the particu-
lar organs in which the symptoms ap-
pear are merely groups of cells that for
apociic reasons show the defect,
the New York Medical Journal
, Bmith Ely Jelliffe, the famous spe-
t in nervous and mental diseases,
«Says this conception of disepse 1s as
-@ld as Hippocrates, but is “too fre-
«g@ently overlooked in an era of absorb-
“ing specialistic investigation.”
Our Business In China.
~feunger set, clean €uf, mfropg, alert,
+ The first thing they do when
en Te the as of Calon, 18 19
‘#8n up the Stars and Stripes, and then
they go out and find a buyer for their
‘ But the flag first, with 3 ’
Wpited States must get behing 4 Bg
Missionaries of its commercisl Hie,
i gets behind its religious missionaries.
+Victor Murdock in Kansas City Star.
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Shark &kin Leather.
Ewe use of shark skins for leather is
a large industry, a
tye
~ KEEP THE = TOWN CLEAN.
Make ita Cilnpaida te to Last as Long
as There's Work to Do. 4
Don’t call it a cleanup day or a
cleanup week when you start out to
really do something to make your town
or community a cleaner; safer, healt
ier place in which to live, suggests a
state board of health bulletin. Or
rather, don't lef it be’ the prevailing
idea that one day or one week is suffi-
cienttin which to clean up and get rid
of all nuisances and health dangers.
And, what is’ still’ more important,
don’t think that when you have
cleaned off a few vacant lots and al-
leys, set out a few trees and carted off
the trash and papers from a few back
yards that you have had a successful
cleabup campaign. As a matter of
fact; you haven't tquched the dirty dirt
or removed any of the real dangers to
health and safety.
It is true that trash and rubbish are
unsightly and should be removed, but
in comparison to flies and the feeding
and breeding places of flies rubbish is
not the filthy filth that we think it is.
To some people flies may not look as
bad as trash, but it is only to those
who don’t know where they breed,
what they eat and the number and
kind of disease ‘germs they carry on
their feet. It is this kind of filth that a
cleanup campaign should go after and
clean up. :
A cleanup campaign should not stop
at a week, at a month or a season un-
less the town or community has in
reality reached the point where it can
clean up and keep clean. No spasmodic’
effort at cleanliness gets results. It
does not only fail to get a clean and
attractive town, but it is worse tham
nothing as a means of safeguarding
health. The cleanup campaign that is
worth while is that which induces the
people to clean up and keep clean all
tue year round and which goes after
the dangerous filth—flies, surface clos-
ets that admit flies and breeding places
for flies. Breeding places for mosqui-
toes might well be added to the list.
CHINESE FARMS SMALL.
Hardly More Than Gardens, and the
Cultivation Is Intensive. :
It is incorrect to speak of the Chinese
as farmers in the strict sense of the
word, for they are gardeners rather
than farmers. A so called Chinese
farm is no larger than what in Ameri-
ca would be called a good sized gar-
den, and the methods of cultivation are
of the most intensive soit.
Generally speaking, it seems that the
greater the prosperity of the agricul-
tural family the larger the number of
children; hense in turn the greater the
number of mouths to feed. In addition
prosperous conditions always bring
with them greater expenses incident to
family festivities, such as weddings,
which stand out as all important con-
siderations in the lives of the Chinese.
In Manchuria the conditions are
somewhat different, for there are vast
stretches of land open to culiivation on
a mueb larger scale than in China
proper. ‘These tructs are generally
worked by hired farmers, who come in
hundreds of thousauds from the more
densely populated sections of China to
spend the short farming season in
northern portions. returning again
when the cold weather makes further
labor in the fields impossible.—United
States Consular Report.
A Turkish Love Story.
A Turk knocked at his beloved’s door,
and a voice answered from within,
“Who is there?"
Then he answered, “It is L.”
Then the voice said, “This house will
not hold thee and me.”
And the door was not opened.
Then went the lover into, the desert,
where there is nothing but Allah, and
fasted and prayed in solitude.
And after a year he returned and
knocked again at the door.
And again the voice asked, “Who is
there?”
And he said, “It is thyself.”
And the door was opened to him,
Dickens and a Face Ache.
Dickens wanted to be an actor before
he was un author. He would have been
but for a face ache. When he wes a
lad and a lawyer's clerk he had attain-
ed a trial of his power of reproducing
“character and oddity” before Mathews
and Charles Kemble. But a face ache
kept him at home, and soon after he
“made a great splash” &s a newspaper
reporter. Thereafter he reproduced
“character and oddity” on paper in-
stead 4. the stage.
Optimist.
“You're
the matter?”
“Well, I'l] tell yon. A patient I be-
#20 to treat died this morning.”
| “Al, cheer up. He might have died
oven if hadn't ‘been cslled.”—To
ado Binge.
The Problem.
fhe (8slightedly)—Father says if we
Saeking of pe
30 around the corner with
me mov!
A eure.
* What turns without moving?
| Milk.—Boys’ Life.
Musicai Criticiem.
The Musician—Hang it, Bil, dov't
you realize that one of your shoes
:#n B-flat and the other in G
ma jor ?—Life.
Truth is as impossible to be soiled by
any outward touch as the sunbeam.—
Milton.
- -— — ant “am. cnt
blue, doc. ~ What's
1 on.—~New York Globe, -
WORK OF THE. PRESIDENT.
“Put It In Writing,” Is the Rule of
Our Chief Executive.
Mr. Wilson likes to have things in |
writing, and almost all of the business
of the Wilson administration is con-
ducted in that way. The cabinet has
learned to submit virtually everything
i
" LEAD THE SIMPLE-LIFE. |
Common Sense Points the Way fo |
Reaching. a Ripe Old Age.
It is astonishing Liow many old peo-
ple there are in almost ‘every com
. munity in New- England. ‘Every: day
in writing. Mr. Wilson has no stenog- |
rapher with him at night. He keeps a
little typewriter beside him and types
a brief comment or reply to each of
these long communications. :
Even the president’s private secre-
tary, when anxious to lay before him a
matter of importance, draws up a
- memorandum or brief giving the pros
and cons of the subject. He could just
as well walk a few steps to the White
House from the executive offices or
even consult the president when he is
in his office, but ever since he was gov-
ernor of New Jersey Mr. Wilson has
indicated that he prefers to have im-
portant questions placed before him on
paper so that they may be examined at
his leisure, though the very word is a
misnomer.
No mind could retain all that is said
to the president in a single day, so it
happens that Mr. Wilson’s desk is al-
ways piled high with papers. It is a
constant battle against a constancly
ascending pile. Part of the mountain
is mace up of official papers and com-
missions that merely require the presi-
dent’s signature, small bills and resola-
tions that have passed congress, Writ-
ing one's name a hundred times is a
monotonous undertaking, but the presi-
dent must do it literally thousands of
times a week. — David Lawrence in
Century Magazine.
A HISTORIC CHURCH.
Linked For a Century With Official
"Life In Washington,
In historic St. John’s Protestant
Episcopal church, just across Lafa-
yette square from the White House,
more presidents and men prominent in
Washington official life have worship-
ed than in any other church in the na-
tional capital. St. John’s, now a cen-
tury old, was the first building to be
erected on Lafayette square after the
White House, which was completed in
1800. The presidents of the United
States who worshiped here were John
Quincy Adams, Madison, Monroe, Van
Buren, William Henry Harrison, Tyler,
Taylor, Fillmore and Arthur and in
more recent times the White House
was represented by Mrs. Roosevelt and
Mrs. Taft, who made St. John’s church
their church home.
Other prominent people were regn-
larly seen in the congregation, includ-
ing Stephen Decatur, Henry Clay, John
C. Calhoun, Chief Justice Fuller, Sal-
mon P. Chase, Benjamin F. Butler,
Lewis Cass, George Bancroft, Winfield
Scott and George Dewey. Its rectors
officiated at nearly all of the early
White House weddings, many notable
ones having taken place within its sa-
cred walls.
. The denominations have been pretty
wéll represented in the presidency.
Grant attended the Metropolitan Meth-
odist church, McKinley the Foundry
Methodist church; Benjamin Harrison
.and Cleveland attended the Presbyte-
rian church; Wilson is a Presbyterian
and, like Cleveland, the son of a Pres-
byterian minister; Garfield was a mem-
ber of the Disciples church, and
Roosevelt attended the Dutch Re-
formed church.—Christian Herald.
Fashion's Changes.
One can say as a certainty that in
the twentieth century no one will be
able to boast that he has created any-
thing absolutely new in fashions. The
crinolines of the Empress Eugenie
were a reminiscence of the panniers of
Marie Antoinette, and long before her
time, in the orient, women had coa-
ceived the idea of enlarging their
skirts by means of hoops. A few years
ago women of fashion affected high
waists and sheath dresses, but Before
them Mme. Recamier had done the
same thing, and the dresses of Mme.
Recamier were suggested by the
Greeks and the Romans. In short, like
everything else, fashion is a part of the
same everlasting come and go. We do
not advance as we are so prone to im-
agine; we repeat our steps.—Roger
Boutet de Monvel in Century.
| Ruined by Jesting. >
The Antiochenes themselves brought
about the ruin of the beautiful city of
Antioch, the ancient capital of the
Greek kings of Syria. These people
were famous for their biting and scur-
- rilous wit as well as their ingenuity in
devising nicknames. When the Per-
sians under Chosroes invaded Syria in
388 the Antiochenes eould not refrain
for this was taken by
who totally destroyed the city.
Discsuraging.
Mistress — Sarah, I saw the
ma'am, He wouldn't kiss you, ‘cause he
Bromine ised he'd never kiss saybody | but
Fea ran's Wes Weekly.
The Divigien.
while young March oes the
Coneolatory.
“Fhey say men of brains live jemger
than ethers.”
“Don’t worry; you may be one of the
exceptions to the otfiers.”—Baltimose
American. :
It is the people who know how te
#888 who do continuous good work.—
Harraden.
a
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| mention of a centenarian. These peo-
| pure green in color, without any of the
there is recorded in the press the pase
ing of some one who has reached.the
nineties, and quite frequently there is
ple, generally ‘speaking, die in’ the
rural districts, but the- cities are not
without a group of them.
These events indicate that. thefe ‘is
no necessity for any one who takes
proper care of himself to fail to reach
old age. Longevity is merely a matter
of cdring for oneself and keeping in
a cheerful frame of mind. Ag impor-
At factor also in long life is to in-
dulge in some occupation, if only for a
few hours daily, in order that tie miad
and body shall have normal exercise.
Drones seldom live long.
It is noteworthy in all the interviews
which visitors have with the very aged
that the latier invariably explain that
they attribute their longevity to lead-
ing tie simple life. They eat sparingly
of the most nourishing food that agrees
with them. are temperate in the use of
all dquids, cbtain pienty of sleep. in-
dulge daily in very light exercise and
&o not worry,
Whoever follows these simple rules
can count on living about as long as he
or she desires.—Boston Globe.
OUR ‘NATIONAL ANTHEM.
Rules That Army Men Must Always
Obey When It Is Played.
In view of the fact that many per-
sons appear doubtful as to proper ac-
tion when “The Star Spangled Banner”
is played the army regulations, apply-
ing to members of the army only, are
here presented:
Paragraph 3878.—Whenever the na-
tional anthem is played at any place
where persons belonging to the mili-
tary service are present all officers and
enlisted men not in formation shall
stand at attention and face toward the
music, except retreat, when they shall
face toward the flag. If in‘ uniform,
covered or uncovered, or in civilian
clothes, covered or uncovered, they
shall salute at the first note of the an-
them, retaining the position of salute
until the last note of the anthem,
“If not in uniform, covered, they
shall uncover at the first note of the
anthem, holding the headdress oppo-
site the left shoulder, and so remain
until its close, éxcept that in inclement
weather the headdress may be held
slightly raised.
“Whén played by any army band
the national anthem shall be played
through without repetition of any part
not required to be repeated to make it
complete.
“Paragraph 264.—The playing of the
national anthem of any country as part
of a medley is prohibi
No Parallels in Nature.
The wise men say there are no paral-
lels in nature, that no one thing in
the wide universe exactly mates and
matches any other one thing, -that each
cloud has differed from every other
cloud form in any hour of the day and
night or day or yesterday, and so on
back through the forgotten centuries,
and no two leaves in form, color or
texture lift the same faces to the sun
on any day of the millions of years;
that no wave on any beach curves and
falls as any wave has curved and fal-
len before, not since this planet cooled.
And so it is with the whirls and the
crystals of driving snow, with the sand
and splash of rain and so, too, with the
flight of Lirds, the dash and tumble of
the restless Lirook and the roar of law
less thunder and the cry of birds.—F.
Hopkinson Smith.
Ireland’s Shamrock.
The shamrock of Ireland is an indig-
enous species of clover which trails
along the ground among the grass in
meadows. The trefoil leaves are not
more than one-fourth the size of the
smallest clover in America and are
brown shading of white and pink
clovers. The creeping stem is bard and
fibrous and is difficult to dislodge from
the earth. On Bt. Patrick's day the
true shamrock has to be searched out
from among the grass, for though com-
paratively plentiful at that season, ft
grows close to the ground. Later it
bears a tiny blossom.
He Was Teo Quick.
“Hubby, you know that letter I said
I gave you to mall?”
“Yes, my dear; I assure you I mailed
it.”
“No, you didn’t. I didn’t give it to
you. 1 thought I gave it to you, but I
gave it to father. —Louisville Courler-
Journal.
More Serious,
“You seem indifferent to criticism in
the newspapers.”
“] don’t have time to keep up with
replied Senator Sorghum. “You
ought to see what my constituents
send me direct through the mail”—
ashington Star. .
An Old Friend.
“You're an old friend of. Mr. Newrieh,
“I should, say so. [I can remember
when he nsed to drinkehis coffee out of
#he saucer.’—Detroit Kree Press.
The Wise Ones,
“Don’t you wish you knew as much
as your children think you do?"
#No. I wish I knew as much as my
ehfldren think they do.” —Houston Post.
22 you bring a smile to the trembling
ENEMIES TO SUCCESS.
Self Consgiousness.
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usually find all w here we find ahy one, .
‘and they are all enemies of peace of
mind, happiness and achievement. Ne
one has ever done a great thing while
his mind was centered upon himself.
We must lose ourselves beiore we can
find ourselves. ‘Self analysis is valu-
able only to learn our strength; it is
fatal if it makes us dwell upon our
weaknesses. :
__ Timid, shy peaple are morbidly self
conscious. They think too much about
themselves. Their thoughts are turned
inward; they are always analyzing, dis-
secting themselves, wondering how
they appear and what people think of
them. If these people could only for-
get themselves and think of others they
would be surprised to see what free-
dom, ease and grace they would gain,
what success in life they would achieve.
Thousands of young people are held
back from undertaking what they long
to do and are kept from trying to make
real their great life dreams because
they are afraid to jostle with the world.
They shrink from exposing their sore
spots and sensitive points, which smart
from the lightest touch. Their super-
Seley eness makes cowards of them,
—O. S. Marden.
OIL UPON THE WATERS.
Why It Tames the Billows and Calms
the Troubled Sea.
Waves in midocean are caused en-
tirely by the action of the wind. The
particles of air which compose the
wind and the surface particles of the
water causes the water’s surface to be
dragged along with the air. Small
ripples are immediately formed. These
ripples soon overtake others near them.
They unite, and, due to the friction be-
tween the water particles, each suc-
ceeding ripple piles up on the top of
previous ones,
Just as soon as oil is spread upon the
water, however, the size of the waves
is reduced llke magic. The reason for
this is interesting,
Oil, unlike water, has very little in-
ternal friction between its particles.
The ripples of oil formed by the wind
therefore cannet pile upon each other to
any considerable height; hence water
waves cannot grow in an area of oil
placed about a steamer. They begin
to fall down instead. By the time
these waves reach the boat they will
have lost their formative ripples, and
over the portion of the sea through
which the boat is making its way.—
Popular Science Monthly.
The Wagon Wheel Paradox.
A very interesting paradox is the one
concerning an ordinary wagon wheel,
which is solid and rigid, yet, when fas-
tened on its axle on a wagon, when the
wagon moves part of the circumfer-
ence of the wheel which is in contact
with the ground is for an instant at
absolute rest, while the point directly
perpendicular to it is flying along at a
high rate of speed. The two points
horizontal with the center of the wheel
are traveling pretty fast, but only half
as fast as the topmost point, and as
the upgoing horizontal point increases
in speed the downgoing one slows up
until it is at rest for a moment when
in contact with the ground. Yet the
wheel is one solid piece and there are
only two points going at the same rate
of speed at the same time. Yet if the
wheel is taken off the axle and rolled
down an incline every point of the cir-
cumference moves at the same rate of
Sleet and Slush.
In the interest of accuracy the
weather bureau some time ago urged
the use of the word “tornado” for “cy-
clone” when the meaning is a violent
storm of small diameter. In the same
interest it now offers ‘glaze’ f
“sleet.” The official description of
sleet is small globules of rain that
freeze before they strike the ground.
When the rain freezes on trees and
buildings the condition is a ‘glaze.”
and when the glaze is severe and theie
is a strong wind it is an “ice storm.”
But not even the weather bureau is
likely to find a substitute for “slush.”
—Youth’s Companion.
Seven Daye King,
Masaniello (Thomas Aniello), born
1622, was known as the “Seven Days
King.” He headed a revolt against the
Duke of Arcos at Naples, July 7, 1647,
forced him to abolish the tax on pre-
visions and for seven days was master
of Naples. He was most arrogant and
bloodthirsty and was assassinated
July 16. He is the hero of two operas,
one by Caraffa, called “Masaniello,”
and the other by Auber (libretto by
Seribe), called “La Muette de Porticl.”
Machinery Hae Limitations.
The irritable employer turned te his
typewriter with a sudden snarl.
“Why don’t you write it just as 1my
Mysicel.
“ Mrs. D.—1 Nore Tout bought tekets
for Miss X.'s recital.’ Mra, Br Who 1s
she?’ Mrs. D.—A eoloraturs soprano.
Mere. B.—I never eured for thom Begre
simgers.-—Musicel America.
The Weeng Line
Heo—Eneh hour I spend with yeu is
like a pearl to me. She—Aw, guit
stringing me.—Columbia Jester.
Qur deeds, whether good or avi) fol
ww we ss shadows.
isn rn
the result is a perfectly calm surface:
Learn to Al Timidi Timidity, Shyness or
Timidity, shyness uid self conscious- !
adhesion between the rapidly moving .
DIPLOMATIC FORMS.
The “Protocol” Is “the Code of Inter
national Politeness.”
In these days of official notes and
replies the public is becoming familiar
with the language of the diplomatic
document, and even those who never
heard of the famous protocol, which
lies in the archives of the foreign office
in Paris, must have noticed the simi-
larity of form which characterizes such
expressions. The “protocole diploma-
tique,” which was probably drawn up
in the time of Louis XIV., is a body
of ceremonial rules to be observed in
all written or personal official inter-
course between the heads of different
states or their ministers. It goes into
the minutest detail as to the styles and
title to be given to states, their heads
and their public ministers, and ind
cates “the forms and courtesies to bé
obscrved in all international acts.”
The protocol is, in fact, what M.
Pradier-Fodere, a well known authority
on the subject, has described it, “the
code of international politeness,” for,
as time went on, all nations gradually
began to adopt the same forms, until
today tiie code may be said, to be prac-
tically universal in its application. It
devotes svecial attention to such inat-
ters as the ending of a letter. Thus,
as a recaut writer has pointed out,
when the British: foreign minister con-
cludes a letter to the British ambassa-
dor at Washington with the words, “I
am, with great truth and respect, sir,
your excellency’s most obedient, hum-
ble servant,” Le is governed by prece-
dent even in such a detail as giving
“sir” a line to itself.—Christian Science
Monitor.
FIGHTS TO THE LAST GASP.
The Peccary Is a Vicious Pig, and ls
Without Fear or Mercy.
An old “Arkansaw razorback” is con-
sidered by native hunters as no less
dangerous than a bear and as far more
likely to attack a human being with-
out provocation; the wild boar of Eng-
land and the continent was renowned
in sport because it would fight and
fight hard; the African wart hog, which
weighs 300 pounds and has tusks eight
inches long, shows little fear of any an-
tagonist meaner than a lion, but of all
the hog tribe the most vicious, “stick
at nothing” daredevil is the javelina.
Not only dees it fight to its last breath
with a berserker rage, but is a disci-
plined warrior that never was known
to ignore the “battle cry” of its clan..
In the southwest a hunter before
firing into a drove of javelinas careful-
ly inspects the trees for one that he
can easily climb. However skillful he
was with a rifle, he could hardly ex-
pect to stop the charge of a dozen or
more javelinas, and if they reached
him he would have no chance. Once
the peccaries got him down they would
never cease their shrill, dehting squeals
untill they had tom to shreds;
Bence the rule in the hed country
is to climb your tree first and shoot
Tooat in the tree for half a day or so.— ®
Youth's Companion.
They 8imply Won't Be Married.
Several young men were recemtly
asked by a writer in the Woman's
Home Companion why they refused to
be married. Their answers throw con-
siderable light on what is becoming a
national problem. One said that girls
are too clever for the men nowadays—
that he wanted “just a wife,” and the
girl he had been engaged to marry was
- making more money than he was and
refused to give up her work. Another
complained of the expensive tastes of
the modern young woman, another
that he had set out to accomplish cer
tain things before marrying. Still an-
other refused to be sentenced to hard
labor for life, and one complained that
the local girls were “a bit narrow.”
Pineapple Juice.
As an aid to digestion, a really ma-
terial aid, the pineapple stands alone
among the fruit. Its vegetable pepsin
neutralizes or perhaps rather digests
albuminous substances in the stomach.
Fresh pineapple or, better still, the
fresh juice of one placed in direct con-
tact with eggs or gelatin or milk will
prove this .fact conclusively by pro-
ducing a bitter tasting dish. In cases
of catarrhal ailments of the reat
and, in its downward connection, the
alimentary canal or tract pineapple
cannot be overestimated, and it acts
with equal force in malarial affections.
~New York World.
Soap Making.
Soap making was known to the an-
cient Romans, and there is a theory
that they obtained their knowledge of
the art from some Germanic tribes syho
Bad learned jt from some of the tribes
fava sa Bin)
nl TRADE need both
hard sod soft soap, apd be indicates
ghat:it wes a discovery which had been
; Ne Argument,
~**“¥Where'd - you get: the black eye?’
pc Jones. “What was the argument:
Tracing a Bright Saying.
“Pa, who started the saying that a
Wan's wife is bis better halfy
“Some man’s wife, I presume.”
Stray Stories. 3
Waiting For the Ohance.
Marks—My oid aunt had net a
Goad twenty-four heurs when her pav-
ret died too. Pars—"The poor bird died
of grief, I suppose. \Marks—No; poison.
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