ENGLISH tiED TAPE. j irinri ror in umrrr w no uRTrn Mnnpf For the AVnr Ofllee, A zealous yonmi uillccr In Hootli Af rica who had n knowleiltto nnd love of farming inndc IiIh men collect oats which fell lavishly by the wnyolde n column nfter column carryhiK out liny paased p country, ltu plowed dome land, Bowed hid onts nnd eventunlly reaped Ills harvest. Tills harvest, , which una a heavy one, caved tho country nt lenst 2.000. Hut when his accounts were Kent home tho oillchils at the wur ollko could not understand how they had come by gomethliiR for nothing. Huuh a thing hnd never hap pened before. They lmptiiriied his mo tives and accounts, nnd the leant of thn charges brought ngulnut him In a long correspondence was that he had looted the oats. Months passed, and still the young officer, had not been able to convince tho war olllco that he was honest. Then a well known general In tervened and testllled that he himself had watched tho experiment In farm-lnc-.l which the country had been "saved a considerable sum of money. At last tho war olllco ended tho corre spondence. Nothing that hnd been In sinuated waB withdrawn, although nothing was pressed further. The offi cer Is left with tho correspondence oil his hands, and any one reading It could not hesitate to pronounce It as being In effect n severe censure. Man chester Guardian. THE QUEER MOROS. Some of the leenllnrltle. of ThU I.rft IlniMied People. To judge Moros by Inflexible occi dental standnrds of motives nnd mor als Is to lose nt once tho key to the situation. Tho very structure of their lnnguago differentiates them from our selves. Verbs are In tho passive voice. Tho man who was slashed and killed provoked the trouble. The under dog In tho light Is always tho aggressor. Tho thief Is not blamed for 'llndlng" things lying about nt loose ends; the man who lost the property Is the real criminal besides, ho Is n fool. If ho wero a senslblo man ho would have exercised vigilance against tho ap proach of the thief. Moros reverse ev erything. Like all orientals, they ven erate the pnst nnd their folklore; myth and legends abound in tales not unlike those of the "Arabian Nights' Enter tainment." They turn to the lert of tho road, ex tend tho left hand naturally in greet ing, nnd tho scribes write from right to left, turning tho paper Bldewlse, as any left handed mnn would do. A witty officer explained that the preference for the left was due to tho desire to keep the right hand free In tho event a stranger should need some thing flnna trt liliti Thn "nviiliitintluti" may not be far from the truth. Chap lain C. C. Batcmnn In Journal of the Military Service Institution. Hotter IHedlelne. Butter Is so common a commodity that peoplo use It nnd scarcely ever think what wonderful vnluo lies nt their hands In tho pnts of dainty yel low cream fat. But this del lento fat is as valuable as the dearer cod liver oil for tho weakly, thin people, and doc tors have frequently recommended tho eating of tnnny thin dices of bread thickly spread with butter ns a means of pleasantly taking Into tho bodily tissues one of the purest forms of fat It Is possible' to get. Butter Is a car bon, and all excess of it Is stored up as fat In tho body. It gives energy and power to work to thoso who cat heartily of It; so It is not economy nt tablo to spare tho butter even to tho healthy folk. Flnsrer Kail, and Diaeaae. It is Interesting to watch tho history of a caso of dlsenso as recorded upon the finger nails. When wo look at tbo patient's nails, we see on each of them a distinct ridge, showing that tho por tion of tho nail which has grown since the ncute attack Is much thinned out. If a person has broken bis arm within eighteen months, tho ridges on the nails of the hand of tho affected arm may bo seen, while they will be absent on the other hand. The more acute tho Illness tho sharper will bo tho ridge. Extremo anxiety nnd mental depression have the samo effect on the nails as physical disease. The Friendship of Youth. Two boys brought up together some times remain fast friends for life, but not so commonly as one might sup pose. "I thought you had a little friend with you today, Tommy," said a lady to a child who was walking about alone and disconsolate. "I have a Uttlo friend, but I hnte him!' was the reply. And the words contain a whole essay ful of comment upon tho value of friendship founded solely upon pro pinquity. London Spectator.- Ilia Eicme, "How dare you, sir!" exclaimed the indignant glrL "I couldn't help It Mand," pleaded the now penitent young man. "Xou were so maddeningly klcsablo!" Still. It was fully ton seconds before she qulto forgave him. Chicago Trib une. ' . Connubial Bllaa. Brother I truBt that you are happy with your husband, Maud? Maud Oh, yes, as happy as one can expect to be with a man who is talking of himself half the time and of his first wife the other half. ANCIENT CHAIRS. The "rata I'aed br the F.atrptlana la Hurl 7 Illatorle Time. Heals more or less resembling stools that is, seats without backs were lu general use among nations possessing a certain degree of civilization In pre historic times. What those .were like In tho early historic period we know from an examination of Egyptian monuments, from a study of Orcek vases or from Eutmrlan or Hom.111 an tiquities that are stored lu European museums. The Egyptian deities nre seated generally on granite blochs, the bui ks of which nre raised n few Inches only, giving a distant resemblance to a chnlr. That thn Egyptians had seats more comfortable, for domestic use Is possible, but we hnvo every re.uon to suppose, although they possc.ned n high degree of civilization, that their Iden of homo comforts wn" not that of modern times. Tim common people probably sat on blocks of stone or wood or sprawled about on the ground with gome sort of carpet that also served for n bod. The Etrurians, ancient Inhabitants of Italy before tho arrival of the Itomaus, ap! pear to have preferred the reclining posture. In which they nre usually rep resented on tho snrcophngiises in tho museums. WHEN YOU CAN'T SLEEP. Joat rretend Yon Don't Want to and You'll Soon Drop Off. When we nre kept awako from our fatigue tho first thing to do is to say over nnd over to ourselves that we do not care whether we go to sleep or not. In order to lmbuo ourselves with n healthy indifference about it. It will help toward gaining this wholesome indifference to say: "I nm too tired to sleep, and therefore the tlrst thing for me to do Is to get rested In order to prepare for sleep. When my brain is well rested it will go to sleep; It can not help It. When it Is well rested It will sleep Just ns nnturally ns my lungs breathe or ns my heart beats." Another thing to reuiombci-nml It Is very Important Is that on overtired brain needs more than tho usual nour ishment. If you have been nwnko for nil hour nnd It Is three hours after your last meal take half a cup or n cup of hot milk. If you nre awake for another two hours take half n cup more, and so, nt Intervals of about two hours, so long ns you are awako throughout the night. Hot milk Is nourishing nnd a sedative. It Is not inconvenient to have milk by tho sldo of one's bed, and a little saucepan and a spirit Inmp. Leslie's Weekly, i WOODEN BREAD. Ilia Feelings na He Soared Skyward and riaaaed to Earth. "Come on! The baud's all rendy!" I was met with n roar of applause as I ran down the hotel steps. The band blared III salute and the crowd opened lip for me ns I hastened. The para chute was stretched out from the straining balloon. As the man with me snapped the hooks on the ring he showed me where the rope hung nnd told me how to pull It when cutting loose. He was the excited one. I was lu a semlstupor. A bitter Indifference tilled tne ns I looked nt the ugly sway lug monster which was to bear me to lilllueiice or dentil. "Let her go!" With a cleaving of the air and a rush of sound like the coming of n cyclone the balloon shot upward. I ran for the bar, grasped It nnd soared. I tried to swing up on the bnr, but tbo rush of the ascent straightened me like nn Iron rod. I thought my arms would be pulled out A sickness came over me, compnrable to the effect of the start made by a high speed eleva tor. Then tlfe motion became more easy and I swung up on the bnr. I was accustomed to gazing down from heights nnd I felt no fear ns I stared nt the fading crowd. 1 could see them wnvlng hats nnd hands; could hear the band plnylng; nnd was conscious of a pleasant dreamy sensation nnd of a steady, easy rising from the ground. I ventured to bend a "crab" and make n few "ankle drops." It was ns easy an when I was only a few feet from the ground. I glanced down again. The crowd nppearcd smaller nnd seem ed to be walking nwny from me. I bad commenced to drift. Now was the time to cut loose. I wished that I might stay where I wns taking chances with that limp bag of a pnra chute did not look safe. Hut It had to be done. I caught hold of the rope, braced my self on the bnr and gave a short, hard pull. Whlsh my breath left me! For tho first time fear deadly fear entered my heart. A jerk that nenrly unseat ed me, nnd I wns ngaln sailing pleas antly through space. I ventured to essay n few additional feats, i3 the ground seemed to more closely approach me, nnd then. I com menced to calculate its to the mannei In which to strike the ground. Llltt many other problems. It settled Itself. I struck It feet first In n cornlleld, wni dragged nlong and scratched up nnd came to consciousness In the nrms ol my new manager, who was alternately cursing me for getting killed and bless ing me for having saved his skin and the fi.r0.-Outlug. It la Pnaalhle to Mnke a I'nlntnhle Loaf From Hnwtlnnt. As long ngo ns l'rofessor Aute rlth of Tubingen succeeded In making n tolerably good quartern loaf out of it deal board. Everything soluble was removed by maceration and boiling; tho wood wns then reduced to fillers, dried In an oven and ground, when it hnd the tasto nnd smell of corn flour. A spongo wns then made by tho nddl tion of water and tho Bour leaven of corn flour, nnd It was baked and found to be better than a compound of bran nnd corn busks. Wood flour boiled in water forms nlso a nutritious Jelly, which tho pro fessor found both palatable and whole some In the form of gruel, dumplings nnd pancakes. IYofessor Brando has also recorded the making of bread from woody fiber. Ho says: "Beforo mo is a specimen Im ported from Sweden. Seeing tho closo relation between tho composition of starch and llgnlne, the conversion of tho latter into bread does not seem so remarkable." Ho also cannot praise tho quality of such bread. Spots on the Far of Aulmala. Although wo aro told thnt the leopard cannot change his spots. It is certain that the markings on the fur of some animals do change. Especially is this true where the animal has a distinctive winter coat This change has been studied by Barrett Hamilton, a British naturalist, who is of opinion that whitening of the fur generally ac companies development of fatty tissue, which is manifestation of insufficient oxidation and hence of atrophy, which shows itself in a whitening of the hair. In some animals man for Instance this atrophy is manifested by baldness. That fat men are often bald is thus something moro than a coincidence. Success. The Tick of a Clock. The "tick tock" that Is universally regarded as the sound of both pendu lum and spring clocks has been investi gated by Dr. Hosonbach, a Berlin psy chologist Ho finds that tho "tick" results when the right arm of the es capement anchor strikes a cog of the Wheel, moving upward,, whllo the "tock" is produced when the other arm strikes a cog moving downward. The different conditions give different acoustic effects. Vnreaaonable. "What are you kicking about?" BBkcd tbo lawyer. "Why, we won the case," replied the client, "but I can't see what I get out of it." . "You get enough to pay your lawyer's foes, don't you? What moro do you want?" Chicago Tost Ilia Inpreaalon. "Of course you believe that polyga my la wrong," said the man who was . discussing the MormOu question. "My dear sir," nuswored Mr. Meek ton, "it is not only wrong. It's fool hardy." Wushlugtou Star, ' Kothlnsr I.Ike the "Old Suhool." "I wish I could seud my boy to the old school," said Hawkins. "These gentlemen of the old school always seem to know everything." I consider time as a treasure, de creasing every night, and that which every day diminishes soon perishes forever. Sir William Jones. THE PARACHUTE MAN. Economy, "Toii'vo cut down my allowance," she said. "Yes." ho admitted. "I've been spend ing most of my time nt the club re cently, nnd. I can't pay board lu twe places." "Then you'd better stay homo," sh said, nml ho did. Hut presently thert wns the old complaint. "You've cut down my allowanct ngaln," she said. "Yes," ho ndmltted. "I'm spendim my tlmo at homo now, and my com pany ought to count for something." Then she didn't know whether to ad vise him to go bnck to the club or not. Clilcago Tost. Fortune Thronwh Failure. "I owe my success In life to politics." "Why, I didn't know tbnt you bad ever held office." "I never hnve, but I ran for office once nnd got bo badly beaten that I turned from politics in disgust and took up the lino that has brought me a fortune." Chicago Record-Herald. She Drew the Line. Magistrate Will you take this man to bo your lawful husband, to love, honor and obey him? Miranda Look byar, Jedge, I'll 'gree to wash an iron fer dls nigger, but I ain't gwlne tor 'low him ter boss me! Butte Inter Mountain. Worth Striving; For. She-And you don't think there li a chanco In the world of our living through our lives without a quarrel? Ho There la always a fighting chance, dcur. Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. Insubordination has ruined many man's r'luncca In life. Schoolmaster. Coffee Tlpplera. Brazilians are great coffee drinkers. Numerous cups are drunk each day by the average man and woman. The beverage Is made very (trong and very sweet. It produces an exhilaration of a more lutcnse nnd lusting kind than beer. Those addicted to this habit be come very restless and scarcely able to sit still or stand still even for a moment Be Found Oat. "How was Goggles hurt?" ' "Ho was curious to find out whether his new horse was a kicker." Ex change. Some Ferslan beauties decorate their faces by painting figures of animals nnd Insects upon them. Time nevor drags nor docs life ever seem monotonous to those who are al ways working, thinking, learning and growing. Maxwell's Talisman. When a man tells you that all worn en are delusions and snares, it's dough nuts to fudge he has been snared by a delusion. Cooking Club. Fleaaed at Last. "Was your last mistress satisfied with you?" Sorvant-r-Well, mum, she K'ld she was very well' pleased when I left-Stray Stories. I The Defiant Dratntner, "It was right funny," said tJncle Itosen, telling of the orchestral con cert. "A smart Aleck lookln' feller set In the middle, an' all ter nncet the lit tle roan nt the end c' the line lilt the big drum a snssy rap. Well, the smart Aleck feller shakes n little stick nt the drummer, nn' what does he do hut hit her up ng'ln Jest ter show he wns as good ns tho next man. An', by Jinks, he didn't tnke no bnrk talk or, rather, no orders from the smart Aleck man, because he Just kept a-whackln' thnt big drum in spite o' the boss' a-Fhakln that stick, ns If ter say he'd catch It If be didn't quit. Yes, sir; 1 gloried In his spunk. If he wns little. An' nt the end o' tho tuno ho whooped It up on that drum harder than ever. A little mun for lurvo every time." II lull and Left- Handed. It Is curious to notice the vngnties of humanity in cases where no hard and fnst Hue has been ulready drawn. Al though most right handed persons put ort their coats left arm tlrst. a consid erable percentage thrust In the right first. Holdlers fire from the right shoulder, but sportsmen nro found who prefer the left. In working with a spndo a proportion of right handed men grasp the spade with the left hand and push with the left foot and right hand, though when using an ax the same Individuals would grasp farthest down with tho right Cham bers' Journal. A Korean Cnatom. In some parts of Korea, nnd among some Korean families, It Is the custom for bridegroom, to dwell under th roofs of their fathers-in-law until the first son has been born nnd attained to years of manhood. Hhoiild any Ko rean, however, stay In the h use of his bride's people for more titan three days nfter his wedding, he Is com pelled to remain for nn entire yenr. Don't Take Pills, or Salts or Castor Oil. 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