: Cupid-Advertising
: Agent j
By FRANK H. WILLIAMS
' Copyright, lauti, li> K. C. Fan-ells S
"What do you think of it?" the man
sked th«* girl as slit 1 stood before the
ute.
Slowly, scornfully, ihe girl surveyed
tie house ausl lawn, ouce beautiful, but
ow disiktured with large signboards
reclaiming tlie virtues of <'hee-Rup
treakfast Food.
"1 think," said slie forcefully, "that it
i simply shameful."
"Oh. come now!" said the wan.
Don't you think it rather enlivens the
eighborhood? This aristocratic section
•112 the town had seemed rather dull to
oe lately. By the way. how did you
•ujoy your trip?"
'•Rob.'' said she severely, "dou't try
o change the subject. As soon as they
old me what you had done while 1
vas away 1 came right over here to
•ersuade you to take them all down."
"Impossible!" he cried. "I've got a
•ontract. You wouldn't want me to
ireal: a contract, would you?"
No, she wouldn't want him to do that.
>ne ot' the nicest things about Bob
rvos his trustworthiness. Moreover, she
Udu't know whether the law would al
ow him to break It.
"Oh. Bob." she cried in sorrow, "what
nade you put up these unsightly
htngs? Can't you see how they spoil
he looks of the whole street? From
>ur veranda we look directly at that
Mg yellow one: 'Why be blue? Eat
Breakfast Food nnd he hap
»y.'"
There were tears iu her eyes.
"Oh," she continued, "I was thinking
:iow happy I'd be to see the dear old
iome again, and then you must spoil
tall! Oh. Bob!"
Boh felt decidedly uncomfortable, yet
appler than he had for several
*>utbs. She had been homesick, not,
jt course, for him—that was Impossible
—but for the town as a whole, and he
"I THINK, "sun bHE POIICEE LILLY, "THAT :
IT 18 SIMPLY SHAMEFUL."
was a part of it. But to show his Joy I
night spoil the plau. and it was too I
•jarly In the game to risk anything.
"So," he said, carefully controlling !
tils voice to the toues of polite interest \
—"so you did miss us!"
Miss them! She thought how intense
ly she tiad missed them—and him. Yes
Bob! 1 mring the three months of her
absence she had come to long for the
sound of his voice the merry laugh in
hi* eyes. How happy she had felt
when she saw him at the station the
night before! Not that she meant to
show tier change of f'eellug toward
aim. She had refused him too emphat
ically before sailing to willingly ac
knowledge tiiat she had made a mis
take. For a time she would not ac
knowledge it even to herself.
Bui she had never thought that Bob
would so destroy the beauty of his
home, the home she hail learned to
love.
"Bob." slid she again, ignoring his
last question, "why did you do ItV"
"I'm leaving here soon." he said, out
wardly calm.
"Leaving hereV" she gasped.
"Yes," he answered nonchalantly.
"I'm going to the city to be nearer my
business, and as I don't care to sell
this place or rent it I thought I ought
to think up some way of making It pay
The taxes at least."
"Oh. Bob!" she cried tearfully, am
biguously. "How could you?" Then
*be ran precipitately to her own home.
Bob gazed after her dubiously. Per
haps her father was right, but he
doubted It. Of course she had always
loved Bob'* place, and her ideals of
beauty were both sensitive and mili
tant. The house and yard certainly did
look 11 sight too. The plan was worth
trying. Bob felt that anything that
might make her reconsider her answer
to the great question which he had
propounded to her was worth trying,
and the Income derived from the ads.
was not inconsiderable. The papers
had devoted a j;rcat deal of space to
the dlscussiou of the signboards being
Installed on such beautiful private
property, and consequently the Chee-
Ilup food had received a irreat quan
tity of free advertising.
That night at dinner the girl in
formed her family that Roll was plan
ulng to move to town.
"Ah," «aid her father, "I heard he
had 112 yo;r g v.man on the string down
there !!• is vt y -entive to her, they
ay of rout's" I wouldn't tell you If
I tho;;/h: that there w.,s any posslblll
iv o, yo.tr on lering the answer
you t."i\e 8011 in the s, .iiig. You cant
bliitu U • boy fore .:g consolation,
a tut ry s.iy that a- i very wealthy."
II 1"! Fop-ed hcr-.elf to eat her
sain 1 calmly. So that was the reason
j.,. i; | , i.,»*n her homecoming so easi
ly. Another woman had captured Ida
fancy. Well, she would keep her se
cret.
The next day B »b came over to tha
house for a conference with her father.
Meeting htm 111 the hallway, she ques
tioned hint as to the day of his d»
parture. although she hated herself fer
dolug it. %
"Oil. in about a month!" said Bob In
differently and hurriedly.
How different from the way he used
t<i speak to Iter, she thought.
During that month Bob made many
Irlps to the city, and each morning the
«irl woke up to ga/.e from her windows
at the signs w!lh a deep accentuation
of the hntre l with which she had re
garded them on the first day of her re
— To her they bogau to seem the
•katlon of the woman that had
j from her—the cold, calculat
lug business spirit. How she naie
those signs! It seemed to her as If
she would do anything to get rid of
them. Must she live within their sight
all her life, constantly reminding her
of the love she had lost? The thought
was uuendnrable. and she appealed to
her father.
"I can't do anything," said he. "Bob
has a contract with the Ohee-Rup com
pany. and he must live up to It. If
only you had l>een kind to him this
wouldn't have happened. To my mind
i it only shows what good sense Bob
has. This place has no more attrac
tions for him. so why not make it yield
J an income?"
I The evening before the day set by
j Bob for his departure he called. The
, girl was seated on her veranda as far
' as possible from the sight of the sign
boards. Her parents had gone out for
I the evening, and she received Bob with
I a strange, sinking feeling. This might
i be the last time he would come to see
| her—alone.
"Bob." said she when he had seated
himself at a safe distance—"Bob, now
I that you are going away, probably for
| ever, can't you do something about
; those awful signboards?"
He regarded her quizzically.
"1 wish I could." said he. "but you
j see the ('hee-Rup company's contract
runs for ten years, and the advertise
ment has proved to be so good that
they would not release me unless 1
paid a sum of money that would abso
lutely break me."
Ten years! A life time!
; "Bob," she cried impulsively, "I would
be willing to do anything to get rid of
those dreadful signs!" »
Bob looked at her quickly. This was
his hour. Iler father and mother had
even encouraged him to hope, but. he
hesitated at wagering his happiness on
a short sentence. Nevertheless he must
make the plunge some time, and the
present moment seemed ns propitious
as any.
"So you would really like to get rid
of them?" he asked. "Well, I believe
we could arrange that with the com
pany satisfactorily if you could recon
sider your decision of some months
ago."
She looked at him unsteadily.
"Why. Bob." she said. "I believe that
you are asking me to marry you
again!"
"That's just what I am doing," he
said excitedly. "What's your answer?"
"But that other woman!" she cried,
lie gazed at her in well simulated
amazement.
"What other womau?" lie asked.
"That wealthy one In the city—that
business woman whom my father said
you had on the string."
Bob smiled broadly.
"You evidently misunderstood in what
connection I had her oil the string. We
are going to sell her the business "
The girl looked at him happily.
"If that's ihe case." said she, "I sup
pose I might change my answer to that
question If you are sure about taking
down those signs. You mustn't sacri
fice a lot of money to those people.
Bob. We'll need some."
"No, I'll not," said he as he folded
her In his arms "You see, your father
and I happen to be the Ohee-Rup
Breakfast Food company, although we ,
are on the point of selling the business
to that woman in the city, and so, I
guess, there will be no trouble about
having that contract annulled."
Itullaiia Hnil WlieHt Flour.
The Italian housewives of the poorer j
classes seem to have one unchangeable !
recipe for a baking. Agents of charita
ble societies have found this out by the
women always asking for a certain
number of pounds of flour, just enough
for one baking, in their grocery lists.
They make the flour into a number of
loaves, which, put into one pan. bake
into one great loaf. The size of the
family seems to make no difference. It'
Xie family is small, the bread simply
lasts a little longer and gets a little
drier. The bread is very good when
fresh. They do not use as much yeast
as American cooks, and the bread Is
very crusty, something on the order of
French bread. The poorest families
also use a great deal of "polenta."
This Is merely flour stirred into boil
ing water, after the manner of old
fashioned American "hasty pudding,"
only that flour Is used instead of corn
meal. No pr-ople iu the world are so
devoted to wheat flour as the Italians.
Whether in the form of bread, polenta
or the omnipresent macaVoni, it forms
the bulk of their diet. New York
Globe.
RIFLE SHOOTING.
Dcrrlopi Uie Anna, Luiifrn nml Cheat
■ml Trains tlie Eye.
It is not only the muscles of the arm
which are tested by properly organ
ized rifle shooting. It supplies an ex
cellent exercise for the chest and
lungs. One of the first things tlw young
rifle shot has to learn is how to take a
leep breath, to fill the lungs with air,
and then to hold the breath while the
rifle is kept absolutely steady and the
linger is gradually tightening on the
trigger. A glance at any successful
rifle shot will show you a man with a
deep chest and full p iwers of breath
ing.
Any form of recreation which trains
the muscles of the arm and exercises
the chest and lungs would seem likely
to be beneficial to health, but if that
is not enough there is the unequaled
training which rifle shooting gives to
the eye and to the band working with
the eye. The writer remembers hear
ing a musketry instructor boast that
he had lengthened not only his own
sight, but the sight of scores of boys
whom he had taught how to use their
eyes in aiming at a target, by two or
three hundred yards, simply by con
tinued practice at long distance shoot
ing. It is astonishing what results can
be obtained in this way by placing a
rifle 011 a saud bag raised on a tripod
and making the pupil aim as accurate
ly as lie can at any distant object. The
eye can lie trained, of course, equally
well, though the sight will not neces
sarily lie lengthened, by aiming at ob
jects close at hand -London Spectator.
Tfiupfr.
Temper itself Is not a bad quality.
It Is not to tie destroyed, as we some
times say. Without temper a bar of
steel becomes like lead. A man with
out temper Is weak and worthless.
We are to learn self control. A strong
person Is one who has a strong tem
per under perfect mastery. There is a
deep truth here that our mistakes and
our sins. If we repent of them, will
help in the growth and upbuilding of
our character.
lair I'roponitiuii.
"Don't you throw off anything be
cause of the big holes in these dough
nuts?" asked the new wife of the
baker.
"I'll tell you." he replied, scratching
his chin. "Eat the doughnuts, and
we'll mak-. a liberal allowance when
you return the holes "
! r.
Ha.n&L>a.y's
Tunishment
By JOHN J. O'CONNOR
Copyright. liiuti, by May McKeon
It was October when Tim came to
school. The family had been visiting
relatives in the west, and he had re
joiced in the prolonged vacation. It
seemed rather hard to have togo back
to school, and it was with laggard feet
that he headed, with the rest of the
scholars, toward the little frame build
iug where the tender mind of district
No. 4 was trained.
"The new teacher's soft," volunteer
ed Tommy English. "The other day
Bill Hendricks brought a l>eau blower
and shot the teacher iu the back, and
all she said was, 'l'lease don't.' 1
guess there's going to be fun. - '
Tim smiled weakly. It was encour
aging to know that he could practice
his devilments without the risk of a
thrashing. The last teacher had been
a man, and Tim had had good reason
to remember him. for of the younger
boys Titu was the ringleader, just as
Hendricks was the leader of the older
boys. That Bill had eventually thrash
ed the teacher and forced him to re
sign ju-f before the end of the spring
term Was no great consolation to Tim.
The trustees had putin a woman
UMcher as an experiment, thinking that
; • rh.ips f'-minine appeal might be
!. <re poter-t than the hickory switch.
Tim rather expected a gaunt old lady,
.is c.Ttain .Miss Flint had been, and
when lie made his appearance in the
schoolromi aiui presented himself be
fore the te.ieher he was shocked to
find so young a woman.
Marion Murtha was only nineteen,
and her fresh coloring and the liquid
brown eyes made so deep an impres
sion on him that for the tirst ten days
he was one of the model scholars, and
Miss Mnrtha was beginning to eongrat-
UENTLV SHE EXPLAINED THAT SHE HAD
BEE.V HIKED TO TEACH THE SCHOOL.
ulate herself iii.it the boy against
whom everybody had warned her was
not so bad after all.
Iu vain his fellows looked for some
outbreak, and liually Tommy English
twitted him on his susceptibility.
"lie wants to marry her when he
grows up," lie jeered. "He'll be bring
ing her apples an' candy next. The
aiu't afraid; lie's just soft, that's all."
The gibe struck home, for Tim had
a big apple in his desk that he was
thinking of giving Miss Murtha if he
did not feel tempted to eat it himself
during the noon hour.
"I ain't a-skeered of lier," he said
contemptuously. "1 was just waitin'
till I could think somethin' up."
"Yah," jeered Tommy. "I'didn't say
you was a-skeered. I said you was
stuck on the teacher."
The iron entered Tim's soul, aud,
with a dark "You wait and see." he
raced off to the well.
lie came stumping in when the l>ell
rang and went to lii« desk with a swag
ger that was unite like Ids old time
bearing. The desk next him was emp
ty, and with infinite rare he twisted
two hits of slate pencil into a rubber
band and dropped them into the other
desk. The unwinding band rattled the
pencils around In the empty box with
a crash that stopped the Fourth Reader
class and directed the eyes of the
whole school on him. Tlin tried to look
unconcerned, but he could not refrain
from casting a glance of triumph at
Tommy English, and therein lay his
undoing, for die teacher's eyes were
quick and her intuition keen
"Tim," she said sharply. "You will
stay in after school tonight."
"I ain't done nothin'." he declared
stoutly.
"I did not say that you bad," she said
quietly. "1 said that I wished you to
remain a tier school this evening."
"Aw," cried Tim. "that ain't fair!"
She said nothing, but went 011 quietly
with the class work. Tim had expected
her to answer, that he might talk back
again. He could not understand this
quiet ignoring of the matter and sat
silent and uncertain
During the noon hour Tommy Kng
lisli sought to persuade him into defy
ing the teat-tier, but when 4 o'clock
came and he made as though togo out
with the others a firm hand was laid
upon his shoulder, and Miss Murtha's
quiet voire reminded him that he was
to stay in.
To stay after school meant to spend
u certain time in study. Tim scuffled
back to his desk and sat there swing
i«11; his feet idly. He was determined
th.it he would not study and wondered
vaguely if the teacher would try to
thrash him for his disobedience. •
Presently the others were gone, ami
Mi*s Murtlia went back to her desk.
Another scholar had been kept into re
write the spelling lesson, and Miss
Murtha waited quietly until the task
was done, .vt last they two were alone,
and she called to hiui. Not once had
she noticed him before, and Tim went
forward wonderitigly.
"ihey told ute that you were a bad
U.iv '* «.'!»»» . I ,11,1 ,„,f «1.;.. i.
that you would act so toward a worn
an."
"What's the difference?" lie demand
ed. "Vou get paid to teach us. don't
you. just like a man?"
' ienlly she explained that she had
be-'ii hired in teach the school, but that
she could not remain it' site could not
handle the pupils, it he and some of
the other hoys persisted in being dis
obedient, she would have to give iqi
the school and they would have de
prived her of a chance to earn a living.
When she had finished. Tim looked up.
"Say," he said penitently, "I'll let
you lick me if you want to.l won't
flght back "
"I don't want to whip you," she said
as she stooped and kissed him. "1 want
you to be a good boy; that's jiII."
Tommy English was waiting for him
as the subdued Tim went oul. "I>id
she lick you?" he demanded eagerly,
"I didn't hear you holler."
With a howl Tim sprang at him and
thrashed him as a relief for his over
wrought feelings.
"An' I'll do it again if you say any
thing about .Miss Murtha," he promised
as he released his victim, "an' I'll lick
any of you fellers what makes trouble
for her."
It took but a week to make that fact
apparent, and those who had taken ad
vantage of the fact that Miss Murtha
did not believe in physical punishment
learned to behave.
Then came lieu II an way upon the
scene, and it soon became apparent
that Marion had fallen iu love. The
proposition was almost too much for
Tim to grasp, but in a vague way he
realized that the teacher cared a great
ileal for Ren. lie was not jealous,
though he resented the lost walks home,
with Miss Murtha. because now Ren
called for her with his buggy, and Tim
was left behind.
But the course of true love never did
run smooth, and one afternoon Tim
came back to the schoolroom to find
Miss Murtha. with her head bowed on
her arms, her slight form shaken by
sobs. Softly he stole out of the room
and made for the village.
Ren would probably be in the office
of the lumber yard, and thither he bent
his steps. Ilanwav was working at
his desk when the door burst-open and
Tim was upon him like a young cata
mount. pummeling and kicking indis
criminately. The attack was so sud
den that it was several minutes before
Ilanway could grasp the youngster.
Tears of rage stood in Tim's eyes as
he struggled to get free.
"You lot me alone!" he shouted. "I've
got to lick you. I said I was go in' to
lick any feller that made Miss Murtha
cry, an' I licked 'em all except Billy
Hendricks!, an' 1 threw stones at him."
"I didn't make her <ry," laughed
I railway, though his face went very
white. '"What makes you think so?"
"You used to drive her home," cried
Tim. "an* now you don't come any
more, an' I went into the schoolroom
this afternoon, an' she was cryin', with
her head on the desk, an' I knew it
was your fault, an' I want to lick you."
Ilanway's face glowed with pleasure.
There had been a small quarrel, but so
successfully had she hidden her feel
ings that he did not think she cared.
'•I'll hitch up and go right over to
tell her I'm s >rry." lie said. "Will tiiat
do?"
"If she says yes." agreed Tim. Han
way went out.
That evening Tim was at the Presby
terian social when Miss Murtha and
Hanway came in. Miss Murtha bent
over and kissed him.
"My litile champion." she whispered.
"You have made me so happy." .
"Then I won't lick Ken again." prom
ised the pleased Tim. "I thought you'd
want m<* to."
The Star uuil Her l'ubltc.
Of course materially the star is ex
tremely well <>ff. She can, if she has
any business Insiinct whatever, easily
become a rich woman. She earns, we
will say, a week and a percentage
of the box ottfee At that rate
she need not lie miserly to accumulate
a tidy fortune in the course of a few
successful years. \ few successful
years! Ah, there's the rub! The public
is dear, kind, sympathetic, flattering—
and tickle. I's regard is immediate and
perhaps ephemeral. It adores you tin's
year, flocks to see you. bursts its gloves
applauding you, warms the cockles of
your heart with its ready smiles, its
ready sighs, tosses you flowers, sends
you notes, makes you walk upon air
with gladness. And next year it doesn't
care for your play or there is some one
new. some oue bewitching, enthralling.
Your personal popularity has evapo
rated. And you see yourself going the
Inevitable way the way that greater
actresses and greater favorites than
you have gone before you, to their ueg
lected, half contemptuously pitied old
age to the drummed up Ismetits and
the condescendingly bestowed charity.
—Ethel Barry more in Harper's Ra7nr.
Dangerous.
Kind Lady—My poor man. will you
never keep away from booze?
Rummy Robinson- Well, mum. dcre
Is one boose I keep away from.
Kind I.ady And what booze is that?
Rummy Robinson—Why, de caboose.
Dat's where de brakemen ride.- Chica
go News.
French Sentiment.
A French parricide who slew his fa
ther and mother and was asked upon
condemnation what he had to say and
why sentence should not be pronounced
upon him, entreated the court to have
mercy upon a poor orphan. This talo
ts green with the moss of ages and
may not be true, but something like it
Is true of a woman named Marie ('el
vet, sentenced by a Paris tribunal to
twenty years' imprisonment at hard
labor for the murder of her sister.
While in court she constantly wore a
long crape veil. "Why do you wear
this veil?" asked one of the officials, to
which she replied that !-he was In
mourning for her sister, showing an
affectionate sensibility, the earlier ex
hibition of which, however, would have
been more becoming to her even than
the garment.
VndlneovereU Crluie.
"Can you point out a man who at
the age of thirty lias not committed
at one time in his life a crime that
would have sent him to the peniten
tiary?'* remarked a trusty at the peni
tentiary the other day."l do not be
lleve that there is a man living, ex
eluding, for the looks of the tlilug, the
clergy, who hits not done something
to bring him here had he received his
just deserts. It is not always a great
crime that sends a man to the penl
tentiary. There are men in here for
stealing chickens or clover seed or
nothing at all. It is easy to get be
hind the walls. There are many men
on the outside who should be In here.
I am personally acquainted with a few
myself. Hut the difference between
these people anil myself is that I have
been caught and they have not."—t'o
lumbus Hispateh.
\\ illic \U«i l»Uc«ver».
A teacher in charge of the second
primary "rule at a penver school was
telling Ihe children about Columbus
one day n->! lung ago. She told them
all about the home life of the dlscov
rrer of America and all about his pen
pie
• 11 is relatives," she said, "were wool
colubers."
The next day Columbus was discus-,
eil again. I'y the way, children," said
the teacher, " do you remember what
his relatives were?"
There was a moment of profound
stillness. Then a little fellow In the
rear of the room raised liis hand.
"You may tell us, Willie," said the
teacher.
"They wus barbers," said ths
CUTTLEFISH FARMS,
, Where ti... Ijoeer « tenliirew Are Cnl
ti«nte<! (-. tie Milked. '
j I iocs any one know that cuttlefish
are cultivated on farms to be milked"i
These cuttlefish farms are located oi'
the coasts of 'Jreat Britain, and tlie
cuttlefish are kept in tanks or ponds
to be milked of their ink. The pond of
tank is connected with the sea by a
• pipe, and a thou and or more cuttle?
are kept in a single one.
They form a most curious sight a?
they move about, trailing their lons
arms and staring out of their bulging
eyes. They are guarded by screens
which prevent them from being scared
for if they are suddenly frightened
. they will squirt their milk into the
water, and it would therefore be lost.
This fluid or milk is very valuable,
and a cuttle will yield about $3 worth
a year. It is secreted in a bag which
can b<* opened • id closed at will, the
cuttle ejecting the fluid to darken the
water so that it may escape unseen
when attack' I.
The best cuttlefish are procured in
China, where for some reason or othei
they produce ihe best quality of milk.
When the fanner considers it oppor
tune to milk the littles he proceeds by
opening the sluices of the pond and
gently agitating the water. The cut
-1 ties then swim around the pond, and
! as soon as ene pass.-s through the
i sluice Is closed. The cuttle passes
down a small channel into a basin or
metal receptacle, and as soon as it In
securely th re the water is drained off
It is then frightened and at oncu
squirts the fluid from the bag. When
ft is exhausted it is lifted out, the milk
Is collected and the basin prepared fot
I another.
MODERN CIVILIZATION.
h "
Its i oui|iil-\i« * . Hurr> it ml Worry
Shortening; Our Livcm.
Not lonu ago while traveling 1 chanc
ed to stop HI a village on the river
Rhine, where 1 found an astonishing
number of old people. There were a
dozen over a hundred years of age and
many from eighty years old up to the
century mark, yet straight and vigor
ous. one woman nearly a hundred
| years old was earning her living by
I picking hops. Her grandchildren were
I middle aged. It was quite wonderful.
But there \ no mystery about it. It
was merely ihe effect of a simple life
; spent largely in the tields, with plain
diet, consisting of a few vegetables
; and frtii's. litt.e me it.and native beer
I and wine for beverages.
! Nothing cm!! be more obvious than
, that the very complexity of our mod
ern civilization is shortening our lives.
: But of all the evils that afflict us the
! worst and most destructive are hurry
i and worry Hurry drives the body ma
' chine beyond its capacity, while worry
: racks it inwardly. Of the two worry
Is probably the worse. This might in
-1 deed be called the age of worry. Be-
I cause of the/intense nervous strain to
which we are subjected we do vastly
more worrying than did our forbears.
The a vera ft* man of today is contiuual
. ly surrounded and pursued by phantom
i troubles \ hieh. though few of them
! ever materialize into realities, haunt
i him c intinnally. ruining his peace of
I mind and injuring his health.—Reader
j Magazine.
;.e u Man.
According to tin* order of nature,
| men being equal, ttie!r common voca
: tion is il • pr ifession of humanity,
: and whoever i well educated to dls-
I charge tic- duty of a man cannot be
1 badly | ••<-j. • i-.-ij toon any of those of
fices that have relation to him. It
matters little to me whether my pupil
be cie- : ;:ned for the army, the pulpit
or th" bar. Nature has destined us tb
the olaet - "i human life, antecedent to
our dest nation concerning society. To
live is the profession I would teach
him. \ 'hen I have done with him It
is true he will be neither a soldier, a
lawyer n>r a divine. Let him first be
a tiiai' Fortune may remove him ,
frot : •>•■•• r-ti«k i > another as she
1 »li*i ii.- will always i>e found in!
his place.—Rousseau.
» •! m In !\t rlSit ment.
A n ci.:b. :- i.i' p'lrliiuncnt must ue\er j
staii! e , vitli 1 !hi lon even if ho j
has n !y •• en to speak to the man be- ]
hire hit Coming In.going out or ,
sped hi; \ lie; lie is always hat less, and '
he is ■ lilies lei t less when sitting I
•low 112 the speaker mentions ;
a '•' I i r i< responsible for ho 1
lifts j . : if his name is mentioned '
• Ffr; his hat Even If
he happens at those times to be bare- i
headed lie must seize a hat, put it on, j
then lift it.
Tol>:tc«*o Smoke nutl I lowcm.
A remarkable efYe t of tobacco '
smoke on the color <>f flowers may be
seen in the case of the field scabla
named hotanic.-i)j\ Kuavtia arveusls.
s<> i.•»■■,i .ui 1;. »n the hills and com
mon- i i Attgu i till October, if its
puri 11-! i i ! •• Mn<soms, which form
He. -iy < I • ids, are held In the
is i of ' ■• ■ their color will soon
' turn to • 1 aim-it the same
color i ; iv . 1 Ixclii l nge.
I KBiU 7KE COUGH I
land ;• rHE LUNGS M
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1 jy 1
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;H} f: $ UL-SME . ;<.! 50c&$5X0 I
V Free T.lal. I
] Sur- -.t. • <ll li C.iro for all EJ
11A■ and LITN3 TIIOTTB- i
I JJEi . oi »iom ST S
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A. tole
SHOP
Tor all kind of Tin Roofing
Spouting and General
Job Work.
:>:oyes, Heaters, Ranstee,
Furnaces, eto.
PRICES THE LOTO!
QIiiLITV THE BEST!
JOHN HIXSON
m 118 E. raiNT BT.
THE COUNTRY HOUSE.
A It (Mini \|iai l Tlihl Should lie
Knunu it* llie "Ottloe."
The most privately conducted home ,
must communicate with increasing fre j
queney with tlie world outside. The |
con I man.the ice man.the automobile |
repair shop must he upbraided or ca-!
joled. Report-; must l»e reviewed, ac
«omits kepi, bills examined and the J
senders occasionally treated with a
•hc< k. From a room removed from ;
the rest of t!i - house one must speak j
wiili (he rail >m\ station, settle with j
the ' \|>;>i <>r <|eli)>erate with the j
■ l 4;i titVeur or •••>ae!mian. for none of j
these tilings should disturb the Iran-1
cu.ilily of the..nine or the equanamity j
of If • house is to minister I
I:• 1 1 (lie j: «• ii• i: sof a home it is]
I ' lit ■ t's::* sp-ee be devoted to this j
1 of i< : :».u I >r want of a 1
licit i - ! .•! a r-io ii devoted to such a :
i . -• lis t\ .• ilc.l the "office" of 1
tl;c ii-i 1 ve the telephone stands)
• >;; •- table that !>ears also the mis- |
I :s !;• ■ i!-; an.) printed matter:
r ' a' • a! wanteil in a house!
\ hi thev < iot he found Here are i
■ ■ . ' . . ... i
vardcMntr books, diction-1
iu time I;t* i . • iiile a few old!
I •: < ' <•' two i.its of Dresden, |
re.!;-. I.i a few cherished pho-1
!•• aph-. i ei'eve an otherwise hum-i
di i:i oileetioii of i:-essitles. Here
pare-!- are placed and the
dally ii • >i■ :i< i ! Mysterious cup
l;o r.ls tlier' .' e ;• nil drawers with
locks •that w >:•!: 2: . loors and Out.
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A CONTRAST.
KICM'II itr.il CnuiKli Women it * Tliejr !
( fns> :« Untidy Slreel.
Sec a I'arisien ic cross a muddy;
(street. She advances * tiptoe to titej
edge of (lie pavement, poises like a,
bird ready lor i flight, deftly raises!
her dress more th.ui enough to show:
her embroidered skirt, the dainty hose j
and elegant boilines, and without more I
delay she trips a.-r >ss, toe and heel i
barely touching and ttie mud refusing J
to cling to the I I r\ feet that hardly |
leave an impression on it. Landed on i
•he other side, sh • gives her fine t'eath- i
ers a little shake inlo place and passes 1
on with sin- i!i:i; look as if just put
on at that II: • ■••it
Wa'-a an K.irishwoman immediate !
ly afterward. S!ie leaches the curb-1
fcioiic. eorr.es to a dead standstill and'
stolidly contemplates the muddy road, j
I-in illy she M-h-cts a route. Then, j
very cautiously, she iifts her dress, i
making sure that the tops of her j
shoe.- are under cover; then, slowly:
advancing. she puts her right foot out. j
IMump it g-iethe water oozing over
It. . ml then -plash, splash, splash, un
til ihe .it her side is reached, when,
with soiled skirts "and soaked shoes,
she proceeds on her wet and inuddy
way
Not hi ii-. eoii! 1 l>e more characteristic
%i :!ieir respective nationalities, and
nothing could be more amusing than
their mutual contempt for each oth-1
er's ways. Translated From the
French For St. Louis Republic.
Tin- l)an»rr(iun I'nrt,
"See here." i'ecoli complained the
victim after Mi ■ accident, "1 thought
you said it was perfectly safe togo
up in that o!d e!e\alor?"
"Well." replied tin* elevator man,"to j
it was »afc togo up. \ou see, the dan
gerous part of it was coinln* down."— !
l k hll;i<ielpf)i;t iVosv
\ (ionil Patient.
First l'hysiciiin lias he got an I
hereditary Irouole? Second I'hysiclan 1
—Yes. I hope to hand his case down
to my son - Harper's Bazar.
It Is well for one to know uioru thau
tie says.—l'lantus.
'lore Positive.
"Well," ;aid Cad ley scornfully. "I'll
bet you didn't do the proposing, it's
u safe bet that your wife asked you
to marry .her "
"No." replied lienpeck. "you're
wrong."
"•'li are etw. be honest."
"'N<>. o ■ '..n't -1. me: she told me !
t> " i'iil I i h . i'ress
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THE HEADLESS BANDIT.
C|va<-«T Mor y From flie Arehlvex of
i In- \ ienna Court*.
Dr. I.'iyc. ,-i Krou'li physician, who
i i.v interested himself in the ques
tion. "What pusses in the head of a
«?cc:ipitiiied human being?"' related the
following remarkable story, which he
•anted was taken from the archives af
the Vienna courts: it was In the year
that Sohoeneiiliurg, a well known
haiulit, and four of his associates were
caught and condemned to death. They
were already on their knees ready to
!• iv the penalty of- their bloody deeds
by submitting to the awful fate of de
capitation when Schoenenburg address
ed the judge, asking that his four com
panion.-- might lie pardoned on certain
conditions. "If." asked the bandit,
"after 1 am beheaded I get up and
walk to the first of my comrades, will
you pardon him?" The judge thought
that he was pretty safe In complying
/.it the request. "Then," continued
Schoenenbnrg, "if 1 walk to the sec
oiid. the third and the fourth, will you
pardon them also?" The judge replied
that if a miraculous feat could
!».• performed he would obtain pardons
fir the other three also. The bandit
was now satisfied, and, bending his
bead, he received the fatal blow. In
stnnti; the head rolled down in the
KiiiiU. but to the surprise and horror of
:.!1 pre-i>-nt the headless trunk arose
an I walked alone. Aimlessly, it ap
peared, the body walked around until
it paoed the first, the second, the third
and the fourth condemned bandit,
when it fell down and became motion
iess. Query. -How could a headless
body think?"
totlu:;' In I'aria.
"In l'aris only one-fifth of the voteri
goto the polls and cast their ballots,"
said an American who has lived In
Paris as a business man for several
years past. "This Is not becftuse they
cannot vote, but because they do not
care to. Everybody in the city is In
forested In politics, but when the time
to vote comes few care togo to the
poll-. The man who wins is most
often the man who promises every
thing. For instance, In my district
last time a man was elected who
promised to put a new shed on the
market. 1 !ceow of another deputy
w'-o w>• ■ i , : n office fifteen years be
use . ; ;-o!tnsed t•> add an extra sar
dine to t';f- daily rations of the sol
<v" TV re iv so many soldiers that
i; t ■' ■ a bi>t difference. They did
! He •• 1 ,; t he continued
•,ii Ik -;>t o!sir-e." Washing
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T ACK AW ANN/i KAiLROAD
" BLOOiISBCTRH DrVISION
Dt:la ware Lackawanna and Wearer:
Railroad.
In Effect Jan. 1,
I'RAINS LEAVE DANVILLE
KASTWARD.
7.07 it.in. daily tor Bloomsbitrg, Kuigstoi
Wlikes-Barre a».d Scranton. Arriving Scran
ton at lU2 it.in., and connecting at Scmntoi
with traiiw arri\ing at Philadelphia at S.-P- »
n>. and New York City at 8.:i0 p. m.
10.in a. iii. weekly for Bloomsburg. KingMOL
vVllkes-Barre..Scranton and interinediaU at a
lions, arriving at Scran top at 12.35 p. m aiiO
connecting thore with trains for NVw Vorlr
City, Philadelphia and Bufl'alo.
2.11 weekly forßloonisbiirg,Kingston, W'llkM
Hitrre, Scranton and Intermediate statlon.s
arriving at Scranton at p. ir .
•i.tii p. in.daily for Bloomsbnrg, l\Ht>y, Piy
tnoutn, Kingston, Wilkes-Barre, l'ittstou
Scranton and intermediate stations, arriving
at scranton ;it v 25 p. in.and connecting theri
with trains arriving at New York City a: o Si
a- m.. Philadelphia 10 a. m.and Baftalo7a tn
TRAINS ARRIVE AT DANVILLE
9.15 a. in. weekly from Scranton. Pittsloc,
Kingston, R'iOimstairgand intermediate els.
i lons, leav:i:'scraa'on at 'i.-i") u. in., where li
connects will, Ira n% leaving New York OltJ
at'J.SOp. m., I'liiiatleipliiM at 7"2 p.m. an?
Buffalo at I'l.SO a. m.
i2.tt p. in uaily lioni S;.-rantoii l'ittstoc.
i.ingston, Berwick. Bioouisburgantl mterme
i.ftte stations, 'caving Scranton at 10.10 a. m,
and connecting tliere with train leaving Huff
.-tin ;it 2.25 a. in.
4..-,.; p. iti. weekly oin Scrauton. Kingston
• •-erwlcU. Biooinsburg and intermediate ata-
Uoiif, leaving Scranton at 1.55 p. in., wher-» 11
coiire 1* with train leaving New York < 11>
it 10.00 HI . and Philadelphia at 9.00 a. m.
».!)."• p tn. dally from Scranton. Kingston
l'ittstou, Berwick, liloomsburg and interme
diate stations, leaving Scranton at p. m.
where it connects with trains leaving NVv-
VorkUltyatl.OOp.m., Philadelphia a! I:! CI
;i. ir. and Hutlolo at 9.30 a. m.
I. K. CbAKKK. Gen'i Sap"!
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Program, Sn'e
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(V ) an advertiser..or.
for your business, r
satisfaction toy JV
let Type,
lew Presses, , ,
Best Paper,
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Promptness
-111 y>u can ask.
A. trial will make
you our customei
We respectfully
that trial.
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