YOU HAVE SIX EAKS. THE ORGANS OF HEARING ARE A WONDERFUL 8ET OF MACHINES. They Include Two llummrn, Two Anvlle, Two Stlrrupa, nix ennui, Two Snail Shells, Sla Dromi and Several Other t'nrlons I'tenslle. Tho hearing nppnrntus is far more Wonderful than most pooplo havo tho lightest Idea of. It Is a mnrvolons collection bf Instruments for receiving, magnifying and recording sounds or Vibrations, ns the lenrnrd term them. What you do when you spenk to a friend is to throw the air Into vibra tion. Your vocal ononis strike the air, and tho Impulses thus caused reach the trumpet shaped bits of flesh anil prist lo you call ears. You havo nltogthcr six ears. Tho flaps which aro stuck on to ench aide of tho head are the outer ears. He aides theso there aro the middle ears and the Inner ears, all of which lie in cavities In the bones of tho head. All that the flaps do is to collect and con centrate tho vibrating currents of air, so that they may strike the ear drums. Theso latter aro really tho middle ears. Tho outer car narrows as It en ters the head and ends in a ring. A membrane Is stretched over this ring, much In the samo way as a pleco of parchment is stretched over tho head of a drum. Tho ear drum is a truo dram, for it can be tightened and slackened by means of levers madn for that purpose. Tho tightening and slackening nro dono quite automatically to suit the various sounds. This is how it Is tightened: In tho middle ear aro four tiny bones, tho most peculiar looking bones Imagina ble. Tho biggest Is a little odd shaped bono called the mallet. It looks llko a lllllputlan version of a lobster's claw. Minute muscles are attached 'to It, so that It mny net ns a lever to Increase or diminish the tension of the drum skin. One muscle relaxes tho mem brane, another pulls It taut. The four bones form a chain to con nect the drum skin of tho outer enr with the drum skin of the inner nnd so to conduct tho sound. Tho next bone to the mallet Is the nnvll, then como the spherical bone and the stirrup, which looks exactly like its nnmesako, but It Is by far tho most Important of the four. By means of this alone ono can hear, in a fashion, even if all the others be gone. A bony, gristly tubo joins the ear drum with tho back of tho mouth nt the side of the soft palate. Hence the four bones are always In a bath of air, quite naked, as it were. It is owing to this that people who are somewhat deaf are able to hear better when they listen with their mouths open. Now we como to tho inmost ear, which is mode up of three parts. The first one Is called the vestibule, or hall, and it has a drumhead to which the chain of little bones is attached. The hall loads to the other parts, both of which consist of tortuous tubes along which tho sound passes. One part Is made of three semicircular canals. Tho other Is shaped exnetly ns a snail's shell. All theso mnko up a .peculiar labyrinth, nnd all nro com pletely filled with a curious fluid. Their walls are lined with the soft, pulpy nerves of bearing which communicate with the brain. Owing to these com iplez and winding cavities, a great ex tent of nerves Is exposed for the reecp. tion of sound. Now lot us see what happens when somebody says "Henri" to you. The air is thrown Into vibrations, iWhich spread out and out until they touch the side of your head. There ithe fleshy flap on one sldo collects and 'magnifies the vibrations. Down the ear funnel they pass until they reach the membrane of the drum tof the ear. They strike on the mera Ibrane, which adapts itself to thorn. Thon the vibrations aro communicated, Ithrough tho bones in the middle ear, (to the membrane covering tho entrance 'to the labyrinth. If you keep your mouth wldo open ithe air vibrations puss direct to the 'little bones. The impulses of the air are not interrupted by first having to 'Strike the membrane of the drum; that Is all the difference. People could easily converse with f their ears sealed up. If the two 'speakers each hold an end of the same piece of hard wood against their teeth evon the faintest whisper could be un 'derstood. You will see from this that what art 'Commonly called the ears aro not es sentially necessary' to bearing, after lull. Well, however the vibrations are re ceived, they fiually strike against the 'membrane covering the entrance to the 'hall of the labyrinth. Thence -they make the fluid which fills the lubyrlnth vibrate. These vibrations act on the kbers of the auditory nerve, the fibers 'which cout the Inner eur. Along this nerve the Impressions are communicat ed to the bruin. In this manner the sensation of sound Is produced, and yon know thut somebody suid "Hear!" to you. The Tepid Bath. ' A tepid bath at about 00 degrees 'Fahrenheit tukon Just before retiring, In a tub where the whole Bdy except the face 1b immersed. Is an excellent substitute for sleep, suys Henry Ben nett Welnburgh in Perfect Health. To be exact, he says It Is the only substi tute known to science for nature's sweet restorer. "I have known cases iof prolonged and chronic Insomnia to 'be cured by this form of bath. Bleep, with the exception of the heart beats, Is intended for perfect rest The bath above named will come near enough producing this result to answer many 'months for sleep In cases of Insomnia." Fashion in speeCHT ;"' Some Wordi Go Oat of Favor asl Win Their- War Baek. The history of the race is written 1n the words It uses. As we grow and change, so our lnngunge grows and changes. Mr. Leon Mead In his book "Word Coinage" points out that some words go out of fashion aiid come back, like tan shoes and wide rimmed hats, although the change In words is much slower than the chnngo in dress. In Sponsor's day "forestall," l'fnln." "scathes," "askance," "embellish" and "dapper" wnro not considered good, but they have since gained respectability and won their place In tho language. Thi' seventeenth century regarded as obsolete a number of Chaucer's words "transcend," "bland," "sphere," "blithe," "franchise," "carve," "an them." One by ono these words came to life again and walk the pages of our literature In full vitality. Other words now Indispensable which the seven teenth century rejected aro "plumage," "tapestry," "tissue," "ledge," "tren chant," "resource," "villainy," "thrill," "yelp." "dovetail." Bacon did not have the good word "encyclopedia," but used the heavy equivalent, "circle learning." Fulko, the sixteenth century author who wrote "A Defense of tho Sincere and True Translations of the Hollo Scriptures Into the English Tong," did not admit "neophyte," "homicide," "scandal," "destruction," "tunic," "des picable," "rational." Another book published In 1058 puts the stamp of censuro on "oblique," "radiant," "adop tion," "caress," "amphibious," "horl sontnl," "concede," "articulate," "desti nation," "compensate," "complicated" and "adventitious." It is hard to trace the history of a fashion In words. Seldom do we have the precise record that Chestet3eld fur nishes us In a letter in which he says thnt he was present at tho btrth of the word "flirtation" on the lips of a beau tiful woman. Even with that record we cannot tell why "flirtation" remain ed In the language and was not drop ped like hundreds of other new coinages. QUEER SUPERSTITIONS. The following are some curious su perstitions that are still extant among English speaking people: If you kill frogs your cows will "go dry." Tickling a baby will cause the child to stutter. To thank a person for combing your hair will bring bad luck. To kill a ghost It must be shot with a bullet mude of a silver coin. To dream of unbroken eggs signifies trouble to come; If the eggs are broken the trouble is past If you boast of your good health strike wood Immediately with your fist or you will become 111. To dream of a live snake means enemies at large, of a dead snake enemies dead or powerless. To allow a child to look Into a mir ror before It Is a month old will cause it to have trouble In teething. A child will have a nature and dis position similar to those of the person who first takes It out of doors. Phila delphia Inquirer. Johnaon'a Flrat Tailoring; Job. President Andrew Johnson bad never been ashamed of bis bumble origin; hod, Indeed, often narrated the un happy story of his first job at tailoring. He had been summoned, he would say, to the residence of an Influential citizen and had been bidden to make over one of the cltlxen's old coats for the son of the bouse. Johnson, a little nervous through ex cess of seal, took off his coat turned back his sleeves, measured the youth and set to work. He was getting along well the Job, indeed, was nearly fin ishedwhen dinner time came and he reached out for bis coat In order to put It on and go home. To his chagrin he discovered then that it was his own coat which he had cut up for the boy. Swearing; to Bmeeee. A cricket club In the south of Scot land, which has evidently found that the use of lurid language doesn't add to the amenities of play, has passed the following bylaw: "Any member swearing to excess may bo expelled." I have not heard whether the club committee has yet arrived at a defini tion of "moderate swearing." The at tempt to find one to meet all cases Is likely to result In language both "pain ful and free." Glasgow Times. Curloalty Cononered. "I thought Jane had such a dread fully stiff neck." "She has." "Nonsense. There was a man paint ing the steeple of the brick church and she watched blm for half an hour." -Cleveland Plain. Dealer. J mat Vuntty. Papa Dear me, Mary, whatever are you going to do with these trunks? Two, four, six, twelve of them I You can't fill more than one. Mamma I know It my dear; but we must make a decent appearance on ar riving at the hotel. Cruet His Wife Charles, I do think yoo ought to give me more of your time. Her Husband Give yon more! Why, you take so much of my time that I couldn't be a second in a duel. Har per's Bazar. It Baa Been Done. "Still, of course," said the tobac conist to the wooden Indian, "it is pos sible sometimes to make a good round sum out of a perfectly square deal." Syracuse Herald. ' f A STORY OF WHISTLER.' The Pleture That Waa 111 Even Thonu-lt It Had Been Sold. A certain Lady So-and-so, who ad mired Whistler's genius to the extent of purchasing one of his pictures, never was able to obtain possession of her property. One day she drove to the studio In her victoria. Mr. Whis tler went out to the sidewalk to greet her. "Mr. Whistler," she snld, "two years ago I bought one of your pictures, a beautiful thing, and I have never been able to hang It on my walls. It has been loaned to one exhibition or an other. Now todny I have my carriage with mo, nnd I would like to take It home with me. I nm told it is In your possession." "Dear Indy," returned Whistler, "you ask tho Impossible. 1 will send It to you when I have It again, but It Is not here. You have been misinformed." And so forth, nnd so forth, to the snmo effect, nnd tho lady drove off without her picture. After she had depnrted Whistler commenced to poke around tho studio, nnd, to the great astonishment of a friend who had been an Involuntary listener to the above conversation, ho brought forth a canvas. "Here It Is." he snld. "She was right about one thing It Is beautiful." And It was beautiful. "Hut the Impudence of theso people," he continued, "who think that because they pay a few paltry hundred pounds they own my pictures. Why, It mere ly secures them the privilege of having them in their houses now and then! The pictures are mine!" Harper's Weekly. Weird Mnato of Moro. Moro music Is strangely unrhythmic al to European ears, says a writer In Everybody's Magazine. It consists mnlnly of a monotonous reiteration of sound, even a supposed change of air being almost Imperceptible to an enr unaccustomed to the barbarous lack of tone. The Moro piano Is a wooden frame shaped like the runners of a child's sled, on which small kettle drums are balanced by means of cords and sticks laid horizontally. These rather resemble pots for the kitchen range than musical Instruments, but each Is roughly tuned, forming the eight notes of the scale. Women crouch ing on the ground before this Instru ment beat out a walling sound from it with shaped sticks, while from larger kettledrums, living by ropes from a wooden railing at one side, two men accompanied the piano, and one old woman In the background drummed out an independent nlr of her own on an empty tin pan. Didn't Know That Trlek. "That's a werry knowing nnlmal of yours," nld a young cockney to the keeper of an elephant. "Very," was the cool rejoinder. "He performs strange tricks nnd hnn tlcs, does he?" Inquired the cockney, eying the animal critically. "Surprtsln'I" retorted tho keeper. "We've learned him to put money In that box you bpo up there. Try him with half a crown." The cockney handed the elephant hnlf a crown, nnd, sure enough, he took It In his trunk nnd placed It In a box high up out of reach. "Well, thnt Is very hextraordlnnry hastonlshlng, truly!" said the green one, opening his eyes. "Now, let's see him take It out and hand It back." "We never learned him that trick," retorted the keeper, walking nwny. Glasgow Times. Cnrlona Irlah Morrlnare Custom. A curious old marriage custom, call ed locally "tho settling," still survives In County Donegal, Ireland, and In the Scotch districts of Klntyre and C'owal. After the marriage has been publicly announced tho friends of tho conplo inect at the house of the bride's par ents to fix a suitable date for the mar riage. A bottle of whisky Is opened, and as each guest drinks to their hap piness he names a date. When each guest has named a date an average Is struck and "settling" is complete. Neither the brldo nor bridegroom ever thinks of protesting against the date so curiously chosen. Frankfort Death Homes, In Frankfort the body of the dead Is removed as soon as life Is extinct to "lelchen hnusen" or death houses, where It rests until the first signs of decomposition appear. Such a death house consists of a warder's room, with five death chambers on each hand. A ring on the finger of each body Is con nected with a bell, nnd should one rouso from a trance that had been mis taken for death ho could summon the warder. Since Frankfort has had death houses several young girls havo been rescued from being buried alive. Munich has a similar system. The Dar Did Come. His chest heaved convulsively, and the veins stood out upon bis forehead. In his anger he ndvunced toward the other with outstretched fist But by a strenuous effort he controlled himself. "No matter!" he muttered savagely. "The dny will come!" Sure enough, at dawn the next morn ing faint streaks of gray penciled the east Later, at its accustomed hour, the sun arose. Thus was the prophecy fulfilled. i Under Water. ' Ordinarily a diver Is able to remain under water from one to two and a half minutes. James Finny, a profes sional diver. In London, stayed under water 4m. 29s. Professor Enochs stay ed under water at Lowell, Mass., for 4m. 40s. Professor Beaumont of Aus tralia made a record of 4ui. 85s. God never imposes a duty without giving the time to do It Ruskln. J A MAN OF MY8TERY. MWallnr Life of Metestualo, the Cel ehrated Italian Poel. Metastnslo (1098 1782), the celebrated Iramatlc and operotlc poet, spent fifty five years In Vienna with the Martlnes family without ever learning German or wishing to lenrn It. Besides his utter Indifference to all speech but Italian, Metastnslo possess ed mnny peculiarities of character. None might mention denth In his pres ence. Those who nllnded to smallpox before htm be mudo It a point not to see ngnln. In nil his fifty-five years in Vienna he never gave a way more than the equivalent of J25 to the poor. He always -occupied the same sent at church, but never paid for it He took nil his menls In the most mys terious privacy; his grcntest frlonds hnd never seen him ent anything but a biscuit with some lemonade. Nothing would Induce him to dine away from home, lie never changed his wig or the cut or color of his coat. Metnstaslo was to have been present ed to the pope tho day he died nnd raved about tho Intended Interview In the delirium of his last moments. Mrs. I'lozzl (familiar to readers of Hoswoll's "Life of Dr. Johnson" as Mrs. Thralo) collected these particulars from the la dles of the Martlnes family, with whom Metastaslo was no long domestl snted without speaking or understand ing n word of their language from first to last. The Moon and Bain. "When you see the new moon hangln' straight up nnd down, lookln' sort of sour like, you're not goln' to hnve rain for at least two-thirds of the month," said an old observer. "When she comes up lookln' like she wouldn't spill, then It's goln' to be good weather for two thirds of the month. "You can bank on that, boy. I've been watchln' the moon for weather more'n thirty years on land and sea, and the dip tolls the story better than any weather prophet that ever called turns on the weather from headquar ters down In Washington. "Further than gettln' a cue on the weather." he continued, "you can tell by the color of the moon whether It's goln' to be a warm or cold rain. "If the 'wet moon' looks red It's goln' to be n warm rain. If. it looks bright and silvery like It's goln' to be a chilly rain. "I've been watchln' Luna, as they call her, come tip over Jersey for a number of years, nnd I haven't found her sign to full yet." Philadelphia In quirer. The Mnnkn. nrlde. Here is a picturesque Incident In the Munka wedding ceremony In India: The brldo goes to a stream or well near by with her pitcher and, having filled It, raises It aloft on her head, steadying It with her hand. The bridegroom comes behind, as she turns homeward, and, resting his hand on her shoulder, shoots nn nrrow along the path In front of her through the loophole formed by her up lifted nrm. Tho bride then walks on to where the nrrow lies nnd picks It up With her foot still balancing the pitcher on her head. Transferring It grnco fully to her hnnd, sho restores It to the bridegroom, thus showing thnt she enn perform her domestic duties well, with hand and foot at his service. He In turn, by shooting the arrow In front of her, hns shown his ability to protect her and cleor her path of any danger that may beset it. Coat of False Noses. People sometimes loso their noses by dlseusc or by accidents, and some have lost them In wnr. For noseless persons tho most appropriate organs are said to be made of wax, and tho best ones cost nbout fl"5, though a really good one can lie got for $75. A nose made of pnpler macho may bo bought for $S. Noses made of this material nro enam eled and nre deceptive, and for a poor mon they nro snld to answer all the purposes thnt nre required. Waxen and paper noses nre, In ense of disease, preferable to those mnde by the plant ing of flesh on tho diseased part for several cases have been known where the transplanting of the flesh of the noso has endangered men's lives. Lon don Tlt-IMts. Flsht Until the End, Llfo can bo made a success. It Is not a question of climbing above poverty; It Is a question of understanding life. So many of us have been lured away and fascinated by whnt turn out to be phantoms nnd fnlso gods! We hnve hnd to wheel back und begin over ngaln und fight along against tremen dous odds, and yet with all thnt life enn be mnde a success, for success con sists In doing right. In doing the best you can with what you have, of years of experience, of sorrows, of chances, of Joys nnd of hope. Fight until the end. Schoolmaster. Brave nnd Brainy. "The man I marry must be both lirave and brainy." , "When we were out sailing and up- i set I saved you from a watery grave." "That was brave, I admit, but it was , not brainy." "Yes, it was. I upset the boat on pur pose.'" La Vie Pnrisienne. An GiOfia of Nerve. "I like to see a young man energetic and able to push himself," snld the old banker sadly. "But when he borrowed the money from me to buy an automo bile In which to elope with my daugh ter it was carrying things a little too far." i Ber Superstition, "Are you superstitious?" "Not in the least," answered Miss Glgglns. "I used to be, but, do you know, I found that whenever I got to ' believing in 'signs I had bad luck." , Exchange. , ' TuLLlNQ tficES' AGES. '" jSnly Aeeueate War la Said to r Slrtk Meaaeremeat. "The only accurate way to estimate I tree's age la by the measurement of hs girth," said a botanist. "The count ing of the rings of oxogenous trees can only be applied to such as are cut down In their prima, for these trees, when they begin to die, cease to add their yearly rings. Qlrth measurement Is the only snfe guide to the age of trees. "Hence all over the world botanists have now for some years been meas uring trees of known and unknown nge. compiling thus a volume of sta tistics thnt will become more and more valuable as It Increases In size. "The yew Is the longest lived of trees. Three feet a cvntury, our statis tics show, Is Its normal growth. Ae cording to this rule, the Fortlngnl yew of Sctittnnd, which waa fifty-six feet In, girth In 1700, must have lived over 1,800 years. The Tlsbury yew, In Dor setshire, Is thirty-seven feet In girth and should be, therefore, 1,200 years old. "There is a table of the age of oaka that differs from this. It Is not a very satisfactory table, but it wss compiled from trees of known age, and there fore It Is statistically very valuable. According to It a 40-year-old oak h"d a circumference of 8 feet; 83 years, 12 feet; 100 years. 18 feet; 200 years, 20 feet; 280 years. 27 feet; 800 years, 83 feef'-Phlladelphla Record. Curly Bhavlnam. A shaving of wood curls up owing to contraction on one side and expan sion on the other. This expansion Is accelerated by what is known as the "back Iron" or "cap Iron" which Is need In most planes. The object of this "cap iron" is to break the shavings Into short lengths Snd to prevent the "cutting Iron" from tearing or splitting the fibers of the Wood, which He always more or lees hi a slanting direction. The nearer the edge of the "back Iron" is placed to the edge of the "cut ting Iron" the shorter the shavings are broken off. These are smooth on one side, nnd the serrations on the other correspond with the distance between the edges of the two Irons. AH wood, too, Is formed In circular rings, such as can be seen in the sec tion of any tree trunk. It follows, therefore, that when the rings of wood are cut across, as they are to a certain extent In the act of planing, they are relieved from tension, snd curl up in the endeavor to expand themselves. Bend Maiinit Saves Hale. "The hairbrush Is responsible for much of the baldness that we see," a barber suid. "It Irritates the scalp. It destroys the little, delicate, tendor fol llclos of hulr that are trying their best to get on In the world." "What would you substitute for the hairbrush the comb?" a man nsked. "By no means. I'd substitute rub bing with the hands massage. A lit tle massage morning and evening, with a shampoo once a week, would keep the hair in excellent condition. It would encourage new hair to grow, whereas the vigorous brushing thut Is so com bion scares and kills sll the feeble new hairs as soon as they sprout out. The brush and comb should only be used to part and arrange the hair for about half a minute, that Is, dally." Sarah's Gloves. A family in the south bad coal black cook named Sarah, whose hus band waa suddenly killed in a quarry accident. For the time being her grief was allayed by the preparations for an elaborate funeral, and on the dny of this event so dear to negroes who de sire to show their Importance, she ap peared before her mistress In deepest blnck, but on her hnnds were a pair of white gloves, such as soldiers wesr at dress parade and guard mount "Why, aunty," exclaimed her mis tress, "what made you get white gloves?" Sarah drew herself up Indignantly and said In the chilliest tones, "Don't you suppose I wants dem nlggahs to see dat I'se got on gloves?" Llppln cotfs. A Boar Day. "Ebenezer, dear," cried the wife of the kindly old capitalist as he slouched heavily homeward In the dusk, with his toll worn hands begrimed with gold dust and his back bowed by heavy and laborious calculation, "hurry now aud water the stock and then come In, dear, and we'll sit down cosily and cut cou pons." "And glad I will be to rest" sighed he. "I've been shearing lambs all day. Duin this life! Dodgnst It anyway! I got bulf a notion to sell out and move away, I'm that tired out." Ah, life Is a bard problem. Hie Prlvnte Xoo. Smith Come and go with me to the oo, Jones No, thank you. I'll stay at home. My oldest daughter does the kangaroo walk, my second daughter tulks llko a parrot, my son laughs like a hyena, my wife watches me like a hawk, my rook la as cross as a bear and my mother-in-law says I'm an old gorilla. When I go anywhere I want a change. Wasp. Not Leea Devoted. VYou used to sing 'Every Morn I Send You Violets' before we were mar ried," ald Mrs. Brlmkln with a sigh. "Yes," answered Mr. Brlmkln, "but my devotion hns taken n more prac tical form. Every mouth I pay the meat bill." Washington Stnr. ConaolloaT. ne Dorllng. I have Inst my position. , She Never mind. dear. Think how small your salary was. Town aud Country. KNotRoLTf K3WST there Ave a TaleM tn4Ma In Man's Aaeteuty, An impression prevails that there is uuly one blow thut on the Point of the Jaw-wulca really constitutes the knock out blow, says a Writer in the British Medical Journal. This Is an error. The temple Is a very vulnerable part of the head, the lesion usually produced be ing laceration of the brain substance, with hemorrhage. A blow on the ear may cause rupture' la the membrane tympaul and collapse. Dangerous points are ever the carotid and on the lurynx, the danger lying In the concus sion conveyed through the large nerve trunks which run down the neck. A blow on the larynx with the bare fist mny csuse Instant death, as may one on the chest well over the heart. Diaphragmatic blows are not so dan gerous to life, the shock being tempora ry. Brisk rubbing and the use of stim ulants Is the most satisfactory mode of treatment Blows over the kidneys may cause rupture and hemorrhage, with Intense pain and shock. The most dangerous snd Infinitely pslnful form of knockout blow Is thst on the "mnrk," an area of the abdominal wall corre sponding to the center of a triangle formed by the xlphosternal articulation above and a line Joining the bony ends of the seventh ribs beiow. Behind this lies the pyloric end of the stomach. A blow here constitutes the "solar plex us", blow, but In reality it Is the stom ach which receives and transmits the shock. t ArUteeraoy of Wealth Rot Frohable. Whatever the tendencies of wealthy Americans of the present dsy, It is ex tremely Improbable that an aristocracy of wealth should ever come into being. It has been seen thst an aristocracy de(onds chiefly upon two conditions the continued possession and exercise of Htwer and the consequent unity of situs and Ideals. The aristocratic body In England, for Instance, la self conscious; its members are united by mutual understanding. They acknowledge certain well recog nized laws of life and manners. They depend upon each other to uphold these laws. Individually, wealthy Ameri cans may be both self conscious and self assertive, but collectively they are antagonistic to one another. The ac-' cumulation of wealth Implies struggle, und struggle does not bring forth the kind of qualities which make of the geutle aud stately men and women of Vandyke's canvases one great family. Anna McClure Sboll in Gunton's Magazine. All Timekeepers Are laaaenrate. The capacity of a watch for keeping good time Is very ' tuuch governed by Its construction and Its more or less perfect finish. It cannot be expected of tlie best horizontal watch that it should ulways keep good time and even less so of the Inferior make of machine made wutches. The changes of oil, the variation In temperature, the diversity of humidity of atmosphere, all greatly a (Tent the going of a watch. Indeed, It Is only the most perfect finish which neutralizes the adverse luHuences to the greutest degree. As a matter of fact, no watch keeps perfectly correct time, and even the best chronometers used In observatories and on board ships must be regulated according to tables which are kept to fix the varia tions to which ull watches are liable. A Bad Habit, "Sixty-eight," uiuruiurvd a young li brarian ns 'a woman waiting for a book leaned forward and touched her cheeks and lips to the top of the brass guard shout the desk. "Beg pardon," suid the woman. "Did you speuk to me?" "Ob. no; I'm Just counting the per sons whose Hps hnve touched that rati this afternoon. You are the sixty eighth." The woman started back In disgust and hastily wiped her Hps on bor hand kerchief. "I was unconscious of what I was doing." she exclaimed. "1 suppose they all are," was the la conic reply. Youth's Companion. Bun-Uab Estimate of Emeraoa. A single short work of Emerson's, the essuy on "Compensation," Is enough to convince one that this wss a man of true genius. We have never read any thing in Thoruuu approaching that and other works uf Emerson in originality or beauty, lint Emersou Is the best of the American writers. Was It Henry Janice who culled hlui "the unfullen man?" One cuunot Imagine an Intellect which fulled tnndinlre "Compensation" ur which wu convinced by Its trans cendentalism. - Loudon Suturduy He view. Basely Deceived. "Did you iM'lleve him when he said he loved you?" "No. I didn't." "Did you believe him when be told f his great wealth?" "No." "Then there's no harm done." "Yes, there 1b. I was goose enough to believe thut the ring he gave me wua a real diamond." Cleveland Plain Denier. Wolse and Work. "You can't Jedge a man by de 'mount of noise he makes," said Uncle Eben. "De locomotive engeneer is doln' his i-nsles' work when he's ringln' de bell an' bluwlii' iW whistle." Washington Star. Tommy's CaoaTrntmlattone. Reggie Tummy, do you know I'm gotr.g to marry your sister? Tommy-Then I think I'll go and con gratulate mother. Pat Oa. "She ban neh ii n t turn I charm about herr "Ye but It Is artlflclair-Judge. . EAT LETTUCE DAILY. ' then Ton Will Be la Ho Dancer of Catching Smallpox. Lettuce Is an absolute preventive of smallpox. No one Is In the least par ticle of danger of catching smallpox Who ests a little lettuce every day. Smallpox belongs to the scorbutic class of diseases. Sailors nt sea, de prived of fresh vegetables, get uettrvy. Scurvy Is a typical' scorbutic disease. Smallpox is another. Smallpox always rages during the winter season, when the poor people are d -prlved of fresh vegetable foods. Celery and onions are good for this purpose, but there Is such a long Inter vul between their being ay thered and being eaten that they sr.e most of their antiscorbutic properties. lettuce Is served shortly after It Is picked, and hence contains the valuable prop erties which will prevent smallpox. We say without the least hesitation or reserve that lettuce will prevent smallpox. It Is a thousand times bet ter than vaccination. It hns no llabll-i ltles, like vaccination, to produce other1 diseases. We are willing to stake our professional reputation on the broad statement thnt any one who eats let tuce dally will not catch stnnllpox, whether he be vaccinated or not Medical Talk'. Birds a They Fly. No bird can fly for any appreciable distance tnll first. The nenrest ap proach to such a movement Is shown In the tumbler pigeon when thnt bird slews bis wings forwnrd and, suddonly turning back his bend, throws a somer sault but this Is not truo backward flight When a bird wishes to reverse its motion It tilts Its body laterally, as a railway carriage would be tilted In taking a curve, or Increases the number of beats given by one wing as com pared with the other or keeps one wing extended while the other Is partially flexed. Hut n bird can no moro fly backward than a ship enn snll nstern. Some birds, however, nnd particular ly the nlbntross, enn fly half upside down that Is, with the wings pointed In a direction nearly perpendicular to the sea and when turning quickly in this position the appearance Is some times almost as though the bird were using its wings In a backward direc tion, though their structure Is not really adapted to any such movement, and when poised, facing a strong wind, birds may seem to move astern. Roaaettl and Whlatler. Dante Gabriel Hossettl onco showed Whistler n sketch for n painting and asked him how he liked It. "It hns good points." said Whistler. "Go ahead with It by nil means." A few weeks Inter ho nsked how the work was progressing. "All right," answered Hossettl cheerfully. "I've ordered a stunning frame for It." Happening In at Itossettl's In Cheyne Walk, Whistler asked to see the can vas, which was brought out beauti fully framed. "You've done nothing to It since I snw It hnve you?" snld Whistler. "No," replied Hossettl, "but I've writ ten a sonnet on the subject if you would like to hear It." The former of course assented, and the poot-pulnter thereupon recited some lines of peculiar tenderness and mel ody. They were bnrely ended when Whistler broke In with: "Hossettl, put the sonnet In the frame." Indian Trlbea of the Snnth. The Cherokees, ns far back as the whites have any knowledge of them, occupied portions of northeast Ala bama, southeast Tennessee, western North Carolina and a portion of north west Georgia. They were essentially a hill people nnd their homes wore, among the mountain ranges. The Choctaws, on the contrary, occupied the compnrntlvely level regions of middle west Alabama ond eastern Mississippi, Between them and tho Cherokees were tho Creeks on tho northwest and the Chlckasuws on the north. The Chero kees and Choctaws wero widely sepa rated and were never" neighbors, at least In historic times. Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser. The Ocean Located. The class In elementary geography was up for recitation. "What Is an ocean?" asked the teacher. "You mny answer, Janet." "It Is a large body of water situated near Norfolk, Vn.," replied Janet, who bad once visited her aunt at the sea shore. Kansas City Journal. Hla Solitary Sntlalnctlon. "Does Jawley chew gum habitually?" "No. Why?" 1 "I never see him that hla Jaw Isn't wagging." "Oh, that's because he delights In saying to himself the things he would! ny to his wife If ho dared." Harper's Bazar. j Where She MUse'il It. ' Tess Poor May! Jack Mlstry asked: her if she would caro to be satisfied with love In a cottage with him. Jess And she refused him? Tess Yes, and the next day she dls-j covered the cottage was at Newport. ; Exchange. . A Beauty. j "Is she pretty?" asked Langulde. "Quite," replied Stutistieus, "fully 50. per cent as pretty us she thinks she Is.' I should suy." Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. Almost Irresistible. Briggs What do you consider among the greatest of temptations? Spriggs A lone and defenseless um brella. Baltimore American. The best thing for any one to s-y who has nothing to say Is to say noth ing and stick to It Schoolmaster.
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