THE MIRACLB.
Amnni the hillct nnd vnllrys of the imil,
. Working his mirnclps. l.iv rnms tn me
I 'And touched my blinded eyes and bade
me ni-e.
I watch the wnter redden in the bowl,
I drink tlie marriage wine. lTpon the a.-roll
Of life 1 trace the word of prophecy.
In (taming letters; my mortality
Burns on this a!tnr ns living coal.
Many of Love's disciples have pursued
I ilis wandering steps with worldly aims
I nnd wiahes:
Many have climbed, m fur n festival,
The mountain where he feeds tho multi
tude. For them tlio counting of the loaves and
fishes,
For me the wonder of the miracle!
Elsie Darker, in The Header.
r
I Thi
HIS SPECTACLES.
They Created a New World Full
Dclalls.
I mil bothered nbont my spectacles.
Since I hnvo had them tlio world lias
been bo different. Formerly I saw
things only (or mainly) In tlio mass.
Feoplo were not Individuals, they
were parts of n picture of blurred de
tails. I spoko to this or that part of
ino composition, and voices answered
ne. What tlio voices meant, how tlio
spot they camo from looked (what
expression was on tho speaker's face,
as tho cant phraso lias It) were ques
tions for Intuition to answer. I lived
in a world of vague suggestion. I
got almost more information from
the touch of a man's hands than from
the look of his eyes. And yet I knew
;tlie general meaning of faces quite
.well when they wora near me bet
ter, perhaps, than I do now. Lon
don! You can Imnglno what London
twas like, evening London above all.
It swam In a haze of romance, won
.dorful masses of cab, bus and man,
aglow wllh diffused light, loomed out
of nilat and vanished Into It. Clatter
of unseen feet echoed up to my very
ears. Life was n perpetual surprise,
an adventure. Who knew what faces
would suddenly take form out of the
void?
' ' I put on the g!rsses and looked at
the optician's young man nnd beheld
that ho was wrinkled.
1 Horribly wrinkled. Ho was all
.winkles. Ills face was nothing but
innumerable ugly lines and splotches.
Expression there was liono that I
could focus lines and splotches were
all that could bo seen,
i Would I keep them oh? Or should
Jie put them In tho case? The lines
Ibunchcd themselves up Into hideous
.questioning creases.
I would keep them on so as to get
tised to them, I muttered, subcon
scious of complete loathing.
Tho .oblivious young man agreed.
"Yes, you'd better give your ryes
a bit of practice before you start
reading, Blr. Good evening, sir"
It with more creases),
I stepped out stupidly Into tho
Btrcet, shying at the doorpost, into
tho concentrated glnro of electric
lights that danced and flashed on the
lenses of my spectacles.
After a moment or two of dnzzlo
I becin to see. To see with terrible
distinctness. Tho eyes began to ac
cept this new universe. So awfully
new! There was no background
now, no picture, no atmosphere. Iso
lated men and things to tho furthest
limit of vision stood out, rounded,
taw and palpable. I could put my
eyes on threo sides of them. There
Was no street of soft-blending shad
ow and gleam; there were only
houses, lamp-posts, electric globes,
vehicles, passengers. There were no
toon, only hat3, coats, trousers, boots,
Jerking ridiculously. No faces
only features and when they got
nearer, labyrinths of ghastly twitch
ing lines. No concrete thing nt all
only Irrelevant details of tilings
Which the painful vision kept pur
suing with more and more minute
ness. ' And yet my eyes had 'a feeling of
pride pride that they could see so
far, that these dots of men slouch
4ng under a lamppost before the Man
Eton House should vibrate so clear
an imago to Cornhill. They began,
with something of an effort, to dis
regard these insistent neighboring in
dividuals and to shoot oft into vast
perspectives, to dally with details
hundreds of yard away. This was a
much larger world I had got. If it
would only adjust itself, would be
having. But as yet it was so pur
poseless; every object was detached
from Its fellows. The old harmony
was gone. Things no longer fitted
In. Details thrust themselves upon
me. I lost a glance at the soul of
the passer through watching the
twitch of his lips.
Then the faces began to simplify,
lines assumed their proper subordi
nation. I perceived men still had
expressions. I perceived that they
tad eyes, fearful eyes, thousands of
eyes, surrounding me, looking at me.
I was betrayed. I felt utterly em
barrassed; almost I blushed at this
infinite critical Inspection. Every
button and stitch of me knew itself
for laughter. I felt that my hat
was too small, my hair too long, thai
. my boots were unpolished. I hastened
to re-hat, clip and polish myself.
I had come out of my chrysalis.
For the first time I was nakedly
.within bandstrlke of the world.'
The novelty was Interesting. One
'was afraid of It all, but attracted by
It. In this world one was In constant
danger of attack. A militant world.
Every man away down the street
walked with his band on his sword
hilt., A brief fit ot shivering, and my
spirit rose to the challenge of It
I walked the pavement thrilling to
(he glance of these Innumerable
Identities.
Nothing has altered. The objects
1 look at are just the same. My eyes
r.rt to im. Only now two little
pieces of convex pebble are fixed he
tween the eyes and the objects. One
takes o(t the spectacles and ex
amines them for a solution to the
mystery. Absurd! What easy vic
tims are our senses ot their Instru
ments! It makes ono uneasy. Tangible
nintter ceases to bo the steadfast
thing we had Imagined it. How can
I be sure that what these pohblea
show me is truer than my old vision?
A little difference in tho curving ot
the lens, and lo! another universe.
How can I be sure that both of them
are not quite untrue? What Is the
standard? What do you see, readers,
long-Blghted, short-sighted, clear-
eyed, purblind readers? Upon what
sort of universe do those unreliable
eyeballs of yours look out? Wo have
given common names to tho things
you and I see, but they are not the
same. Luckily there seems to be
somo sort of family likeness betwoen
them, else wore we hopelessly cut
off from nil comparison. What you
mean is something like what I mean
by umbrella, but not quite. And
when we tnko more remote and com-
plicated objects when we combine
them, when we begin to deal with nb
Btrncts, how wo must diverge! It Is
uncanny to realizo that each of ub
moves and lives and lias his being
In nn entirely personal, particular,
original world. A placo that was
never seen or Imagined by any one
else. To realize that, though I may
got help by comparing your notion
wllh mine, in tho lost resort I must
throw myself on tho mercy of my
ever-changing impressions.
Which is tho better world? Tho
old one, vngun but steadfast nnd or
ganlc; or this new, real, definite,
anarchic world, with its perpetual
shifting paradox? For, mark you,
thero Is no world of tho spectacles.
Tho npcctaclea havo opened to me
infinite panorama of worlds all
different, all unbelievable. When
was my state more gracious, think
you before or after tho spectacles?
This question I have not quite da
elded. London Dally Mall.
WESTERN FRUIT.
Groat Development of Fruit Raising
In tho Northwest.
California oranges, npricots, plums.
cherries, grapes and other fruits have
long been familiar to Eastern peo
ple, who, if they havo thought nbout
the matter at all, have very likely
regarded this Influx of Pacific coast
fruit as due to climatic conditions
which do not exist elsewhere, and the
fruit Itself as incapablo of being
raised in tho East. Tho Eastern
apple, they may havo supposed, was
supremo and destined to remain so.
Such persons aro doomed to dis
appointment. Apples from Oregon,
Washington, Idaho and BrltlBh Co
lumbia have already captured the
greater part of what is known as
the "fancy trade" of tho Atlantic
coast cities and the supply is increas
ing nt a wonderful rate. Moreover,
Northwostorn fruits are rapidly gain
ing the ascendancy In England, tho
Continent nnd Australia.
The rapid development of the fruit
growing industry in this region is
due to tho great fertility of the soil,
tho intelligence and energy of tho
Western farmers, and the co-opera-tivo
organizations of growers. Poor
fruit has been discouraged and al
most eliminated. Tacking is in
boxes, with every npplo wrapped
separately and warranted to be per
fect. Tho number of apples which
a box contains is printed plainly on
the outside, and there is absolutely
no "deaconing."
These methods have enabled tho
Western growers to realize a profit
on apple3 and pears of $100 to $1000
an acre; on berries from $400 to
$600 nn acre, and on other things
even more. Ono especially skilful
grower of tomatoes received $5000
from a single acre.
Tho fruit pack, of tho region this
year will be tho largest in its his
tory five times 83 great a. In 1906.
Canning ns3ociationc havo been
formed and canneries built to tako
care of the surplus. They have been
successful from the start. One can
nery paid for itself in a week.
There is no mystery about this
remarkable development. It is due
solely to intelligence, enterprise and
hard work, and is just as much with
in the reach of Eastern growers as
it was In the grasp of their Western
rivals. The lesson ought not to be
lost upon Eastern farmers who wish
to retain such of their fruit market
n3 still remains to th?m. Youth's
Companion.
"At" and "Across."
Dissenting from the opinion of
most of his fellow-countrymen, Pro
fessor John Lester, an English speak
er, at a meeting of the Friends'
Educational Association, In Phila
delphia, declared that the manners
ot boys in the United States were
better than those of English lads.
This he held was due to the Influence
of American mothers and woman
teachers in, our schools.
"The American boy," said Pro
fessor Lester, "learns his first lesson
In morality at his mother's knee.
The English boy generally learns his
across his father's. " Woman's Home
Companion. '
An Unmcntloned Ancestor,
Mr. B. is very proud of his ancient
lineage and never lets slip an oppor
tunity to boaBt ot It. At a dinner
where he had ' been unusually ram
pant on this subject a fellow guest
quieted him by remarking: "If you
climb much further up your family
tree you will come face to face with
the monkey," LIppincott's.
WHERE ARC THE BONUS 7.
Millions of Dollars In the United
States Treasury Awaiting Claim
ants. In spite of the supposed tightness
of money and lack of cash through
out the country, thero are millions of
dollars waiting in the Treasury vaults
for claimants, writes tho Washington
correspondent of tho Now York
Tribune. These claimants have mere
ly to appear In person or send the
proper documents to receive the
money.
According to the Inst monthly re-
port of the Division of Loans of tho
Treasury more was no leas tnan $j,
322,950 awaiting the pleasure ot
holders of bonds which matured on
tho first of last July. These bonds
ceased to bear Interest nt that time,
and there Is nothing to be gained by
the holders clinging tb them. The
total lssuo called in by tho Secretary
of tho Treasury under a circular,
dated April 2, was $36,121,450. The
bonds nro known in tho department
as tho "1907 4s," and aro held by
ownerB nil over the world. It la sup
posed that the great mnjorlty of them
will come in for redemption some
time, but It may bo generations be
foro tho big pile of $,"i,0()0,000 is re
duced below tho $100,000 mark.
Somo of tho bonds will never come In,
for they will bo lost or destroyed,
nnd tho rightful owners, either
through Ignorance or other cnuses,
will not set on foot tho proper meas
ures to recover their money. Hnlf a
hundred yenrs from now thero may
be $150,000 or $200,000 still unac
counted for, and the venernblo clprks
in tho department will stroke their
snowy mustaches ns they speculate
over tho mystery of the lost bonds'.
Of tho funded loan of lS9i, duo for
redemption in 1900, thero Is $32,000
still unpaid nnd unaccounted for, and
of tho five per cent, bonds cnlled ;n
by tho Trensiiry In Feburary, 1904,
$96,800 has not yet appeared.
"It is sare to say that the greater
proportion of tho bonds will show up
In time, but you' nnd I will be gone
beforo tho account Is settled," said
C. N. McClroarty, chief of the loan di
vision. "Not nenrly ns many of these
bonds will be lost ns you might sup
pose. As n rule tho owners nre per
sons of means who purchase them for
Investment, und even after trie Inter
est on them ceases contlnuo to hold
them for various reasons. Perhaps
thoy are not In need of money nt
present and will wnlt until they run
across a good Investment before they
convert the bonds into cash. Per
haps, again, they have been in the
habit of collecting the Interest on tho
bonds nt long intervals, once in six
months or n year, and have not yet
gone over the pnper3 in their safety
deposit boxes, and do not really know
that tho bonds have ceased to draw
Interest. When they finally wake up
to the fact that theso bonds have quit
bringing in a steady income, they will
write to tho Treasury asking why tho
Interest has stopped. The Secretary
will inform them ot tho facts In tho
:as3, will quote tho April circular,
ind in duo time will receive tho bonds
for redemption. Another very fre-
luent causo ot tho temporary disap
pearance of bonds is brought nbout
by tho death of tho owners and their
sstatos going into tho hands of ex
ecutors. Until the courts order the
executors to wind up tho affairs ot
the decedents tho bonds they are
holding must remain in their custody.
Of course, nt rare intervals, we hear
at tho loss of bonds by accident. A
mail train may be smashed up and
the envelopes carrying them from
person to person may bo lost In the
Sebr;3. A steamer bearing the owner
niay go down and the bonds be lost
with his belongings or his person.
rhleve3 may steal them, with other
valuables, and throw thorn . away
when they find they cannot convert
them into ready cash without run
ning the risk of detection. In such
instances as these the original owners
Dr their legal heirs may always re
cover the face value of the lo3t bonds
and whatever interest is due them
by making proper application and
eath to the Treasury Department, ac
companied by an Indemnity bond of
twice the amount Involved.
Once in a while we run across
soma growsoine relics in tho bonds
sent in for redemption. A few mouths
ago we received a package of bonds
from the West that had been fished
from a river with the remains of
their dead owner. The owner's body
had been in the water for months and
was scarcely recognizable and the
bonds were scarcely more than a
mass of horrible smelling pulp. They
had to be examined, however, and
passed upon, but before they could be
handled they were sent to one of the
chemists In the department, who
fumigated and disinfected them thor
oughly. Even after the heirs of the
dead man had received their money
the bonds had to be kept in the vaults
of the division as all bonds called in
are carefully preserved for future
reference so this particular package
was seated, in an airtight Jacket and
put away with the rest. Once in a
while we get a number ot bonds that
have been taken from the clothing of
a yellow fever or typhus patient, and
we nave to ao more fumigating and
disinfecting before the clerks are al
lowed to handle them.
All bonds sent In for collection nre
recorded very carefully, and fifty
years hence you might come here and
find out through whose hands they
passed irom tne time they were is
sued until they were returned for
conversion Into cash. In lawsuits
over the division of estates the de
partment is frequently called upon
to give the history of a bond. The
court may wish to know just who had
It at such and such a time in order to
determine the rights of certain heirs.
The records are here and may always
be obtained.
"At rare Intervals the department
Is in receipt of the remains of bonds
that have been chewed tip by rats or
chopped into bits by machinery. If
they nre unrecognizable their owners
must give the Secretary a bond be
fore they recover, just as thoy would
havo to do ,wcre the bonds lost alto
gether." Tho Tribune printed on July 30
the fact that there la nn old account
of $931,415.25 which Is held to the
credit of claimants who may never
nnnear with tlin bnndn Hint mora
cniied m years ago. Add to this tidy
,,, th flVB nml nno-thlrH n.i.i mil.
lions of the 1907 fours and you have
a little nest egg that oven hungry
Wall Street would not despise. The
non-appearance of tho owners ot this
amount ought to serve as an argu
ment for tho good times advocate. It
is inipnssiblo to believe thnt many of
the bonds wore lost, and the only ex
planation Is that the owners are In
no hurry to collect the money that
thoy may have for tho asking.
VXrLEASAXT FICIl'IlKS.
The American Soldier Not tiicllcnltliy
Mnn lie Should Ho,
It is difficult to compnro health
conditions in tho United States nrmy
with those in other armies, the prin
cipal reason being that In the United
States the hospital admissions in
eludo nil soldiers who hnve been ex
cused from any pnrt of their mili
tary duties, whllo this is not the case
In any other country. Moreover, re
cruiting conditions vnry greatly In
different countries, tho United States
and Great Ilrltaln depending upon
voluntary enlistments, whllo all other
countries havo conscription. Then,
again, the Etrongth is differently esti
mated in different countries, and
somo have a low death rato because
their sick aro promptly discharged
or retired and die out of service in
stead of on sick repot t.
Nevertheless, certain comparisons
nro bolh possible nnd interesting.
Tho highest ndmlsslon rato, 1321, last
year, wns In tho Dutch army; the
next hlghof.t, 1170, wns In the United
Stntes army, and the lowest, 348,
In tho Russian nrmy. The highest
death rato, 5.61, was in the British
army, the next highest, 5.28, was In
tho United Stntc3 army, and the low
est, 1.86, in the Prussian army. The
bcBt basis for comparison is the rec
ord of total losses, representing the
combined rates for deaths nnd dis
charges. According to this record,
tho United States nrmy stood fourth
ntter tboso of Belgium, Russia nnd
Groat Britain,' but far ahead of all
others. An important factor in Judg
ing the relative hcalthfulness ot ar
mies is tho average duration of each
caso of sickness. Measured by this
standard tho United States army
stood fourth after the armies of Prus
sia, Bavaria and Holland. Tho aver
ago duration of each case in the
American army was about half that
of the average in the British nrmy
and a littlo moro than half the aver
ago in tho Russian army.
The admission rate In the United
.States army waB lower than In most
other armies for pneumonia, pleu
risy, scarlatina, sunstroke, erysipelas,
nnd cerebrospinal menginltls, but far
higher for nlcho',oism, influenza,
mumps, and venereal diseases. The
United States army rate was lower
than tho Russian rate for diphtheria,
erysipelas, malaria, pleurisy, pneu
monia, trachoma and variola. The
admission rate for dysentery was
lower in the British than In the
United States army, but while the
British had a death rate of 0.16 per
1000 from that disease, there was no
death from that causo in the United
States army. The admission rate for
malaria was lower, but the death rate
was higher in tho Britlhh, Dutch,
Russian, Spanish anl Belgian armies
than in the United States army.
The comparative figures concerning
alcoholism those and others used
in this article having been supplied
by the rurgeon-geno.'al of ihe United
States army tell an ominous story,
which is commended to the attention
oZ those misguided persons who op
pose the restoration oi the army can
teen. The figures for the United
States army are for tho year 1906,
and those relating to foreign armies
are for the latest year obtainable.
The admission rata in the United
States for the year was 30.58 per
1000 of mean strength; in the British
army, 1.09; in the French, 0.29; in
the Pru slan, 0.0S; in the Bavarian,
0.06; In the Dutch, 0.24; in the Hus-
sian, 0.1; in the Spanish, 0.01, and
in the Belgian, 0.15. The return ot
death rates Is very meager, thoso for
the American army relating only to
troops within the continental boun
daries ot the United States. Tha
death rates per 1000 of mean
streng;a are as follows: United
States, 0.02; British, 0.07; Russian,
0.001. In all, or nearly all, the
armies for which the admission rates
for alcoholism are given above the
troops are supplied with malt liquors
and some with spirits. In the United
States army alono lc the soldier de
nied the privilege of purchasing beer
or light wines at his post exchange.
How this deprivation has worked to
his disadvantage and injury is best
told In the alarming figures we have
cited. Army and Navy Journal.
The Ohio Yearly Meeting is the
only organization ot Friends that
does not claim membership In the
Five Years' Meeting, It not having
accepted the discipline adopted by
twelve yearly meetings.
A New York woman has recovered
$25,000 damages from two doctors
who pronounced her Insane.
..oocattM..
: Household Matters.:
A Water Lily Salad.
Cut freBh lottucs of good size in
small points, nnd placo hard boiled
eggs, cut in petal strips in a circle on
these leaves; fill the middle with the
yolks mixed with mayonnaise. Put
two egg yolks through the sieve and
sprinkle over the petals to simulate
pollen. This kind of nn arrnngement
mnkes the wnter Illy quite porfect.
When fully prepared placo upon a
flat dish.
Iced Chocolate.
Put ono ounce of unsweetened choc
olate Into a saucepan nnd pour on it
gradually one pint of boiling water,
stirring all the time. Put the sauce
pan on the fire nnd stir until the
chocolate Is all dissolved, then add
granulated Bugar to taste nnd stir
until It begins to boll. Cook for three
minutes longer without stirring, then
Btrnln and cool. Add one teaspoon of
vnnllla extract, boUle and store in a
cool plnco. When heeded put two ta
blespoons of crushed Ice In a tumbler,
ndd two tnblespoonnof whlppndcream,
ono gill of milk and half a gill of any
carbonic wator. Stir thproughlv be
fore Mrinking. Now York World.
Corn Cnko.
A Southern orn cake recipe Is a
valuable addition to one's scrap book.
Mix and sift three-fourths of a cup
ful of comment, ono and ono-fourth
cupfuls of pasty flour, one-fourth of
a cupful of sugar, one-half teaspoon
ful of salt and five (lovol) toaspoon
fills of baking powder; add one cup
ful ot milk, one egg well beaten and
ono and one-half tnblespoonfuls ot
melted butter. Boat thoroughly,
turn into a shallow buttered pan nnd
bake twenty-five minutes In a hot
ovon. Cut in square nnd arrange on
a bread plate. If a richer corn cake
is liked two tablespoonfuls of butter
may be used. From tho Cooking De
partment of tho Woman's Homo Com
panion. Unngor Pudding.
Moisten one and one-third cupfuls
cracker crumbs (the common "Bos
ton" cracker) with one cup boiling
wator. Let Btnnd until cool, then
ndd one pint milk, one-half cup mo
lasses, one-quarter toaspoon salt, one
egg, slightly beaten, one-half pound
raisins, seeded.
Turn Into buttered mold, steam
eight hours (or less if small pudding
is mado) over boiling water. I put
mine In tho upper part of a doublo
boiler.
Removo cover when cooked nnd
set nway In mold to cool. When
cover Is tnkan off the pudding will
h9 watery around the edges. This
liquid, however, will joll when cold.
To be eaten with cream, plain or
whipped. Boston Post.
, Spanish Recfstenk.
Lay a sllco of tho tender sido of
the round (about two pounds) a lit
tle moro than two inches thick on a
tin plate, leaving the fat around the
edge.
Bako In a moderate oven for half j
an hour. Add a small teacupful of
water and baste every few minutes.
Remove from the oven, sprinkle
with a saltspoonful of salt and half a
Baltspoonful of pepper, cover with a
layer of sliced onion and bake for a
Quarter ot an hour longer.
Sprinkle a second time with a salt
spoonful of salt, then cover with a
layer of chopped tomatoes (large
canned ones will answer) and bake
again for fifteen minutes.
Sprinkle over it one tablespoonful
of grated cheese and place it again in
the oven long enough for the cheese
to melt. It will bo covered with a
thick, rich gravy, and the steak will
be tender. New York Press.
U.I.NXS FOR, THE J
Soak hard, dry lemons in warm
water for two hours. D."7 thorough
ly and they will be' found juicy and
good, and can be grated as well as
the freshest.
Bread crumbs come tn for use In
many ways, .and they should never be
thrown away. Grated they are ex
cellent for breaded chops and cutlets,
and toasted they make excellent crou
tons. It Is a mistake to keep rooms so
warm that a distinct change is felt in
passing from one room to another.
It Is difficult In steam heated apart
ments to regulate temperature, but
every room should have some fresh
air in It, never mind how' cold the
day.
To clean tho long, thin vase slice a
potato into long, thin Btrips and drop
Into It Shake thoroughly and then
add a little water and shake very
hard. Pour off this water and add
fresh and continue to shake the vase
hard. When the potato and water
are emptied the vase should be shin
ing and clear. ,
Wipe the mahogany dining table
with a soft rag dampened in tepid
water and with pure soap., Rub dry
with soft cheesecloth. Caution the
children, and older folk, too, about
putting their feet on the base and
legs of the table. Otherwise unsight
ly scratches will make the careful
mistress most unhappy. Footstools
obviate the resting of the feet on the
lower part ot the table. New York
Globe,
RED LIQHT8 HELP LETTUCE.
Cammille Flammarlon Makes Re
markable Experiments With
Vegetables.
Cummllle Flammnrlon, a French
scientist, publishes tho results of the
remarkable experiments that he has
been conducting to discover the ef
fect of various lights on the growth
of vegetntlon. Ho has a number of
plants which he subjected to red,
green, blue and white light.
Under Ihe effects of red light cer
tnln vegetables, such as lettuce, grew
15 times br fast as under blue light.
Oil tha nthc tin.,1 1.1. l.n
remarkable preservative powers.
Instructions to Correspondents,
The late Sol Miller's Instructions to
county correspondents were character
istic. Here nre a few of them: "Milch"
cow, vhen speaking of a milk cow, can
never get Into theso columns if we
nre about and havo our senses. The
person who so writes It incurs our
deadly enmity. The writer who
Is writing of two or more married
ladles and calls them "mesdanies"
would rob n hen roost, nnd we hnto
him. We will not countenance
a writer who, In speaking of a married
lady, and wishing to give her maiden
name also, says "Mrs. Brown, 'nee'
.Tones." If nny writer, speak
ing of the bill of fare, set up at any
meal, calls it n "menu," we shall club
him nt sight. Any person who
writes us proposing to give a "resume"
of certain events, may ns well not
spoil his paper nnd waste his' time.
Ink nnd postage. Those who
wish to describe a dnnee or party will
plenso take notice thnt "wee sma'
hours," "trip tho light fantastic toe"
nnd "all went merry as n marriage
bell" are completely worn out and in
dicate Hint the writer has not suffi
cient brains to express himself in lan
guage of his own. Kansas City Jour
nal. Camels Once In Texas.
Tho discovery of tho skeleton of a
camel In Texas caused great local sur
prise for a lime, as the oldest inhab
itant could not recall when a circus
had passed near Spofford Junction, the
locality whore the bones were found.
A local historian has, however, fully
accounted for these camel remains. It
nppenrs that In thp early '40s, upon
the suggestion of Federal ofllcers, a
largo herd of camels wore Imported
from Asia nnd brought to Texas to be
usod ns transport animals over the
ruggpd hill country of Western Texas
and New Mexico. The camels failed
tn do what was expected of them, and
so the sure-footed burros peculiar to
th.it section were again pressed into
service as baggage transports for tho
troops. The discarded camels were
found lo be nn unnecessary expense
to the fornga department, and so were
turned loose, to live or die. Of course,
in due course, they died, and the bones
of one of the poor beasts recalls the
old Federal experiment. Springfield
Republican. 8
Biggest Man in the House.
"Cy" Sulloway of New Hampshire
still retains his place as tho biggest
man In tho House of Representatives,
and so far no one has appeared that
may claim honor to second place
ahead of Ollle James of Kentucky.
Sulloway is something more than six
and a half feet tall nnd weighs but
a pound less than 330. His breadth
is proportionate with his height, and
he towers above his colleague, Frank
I). Currier, as he does above most all
the members of the House. He Is one
of the members who does not exer
cise his prerogative of taking lunch
eon on that side of the House restau
rant and where the sign proclaims
"For Members Only," but each day
partakes of a sparing lunch on the
public sldo of the room, where ne
groes are not barred and where the
motto Is that anybody's money is
good. Boston Herald.
Rome to Have a "Zoo."
Rome Is shortly to have Ita Zoolog
ical Garden modeled on the plan of
the .lardin des Plantes. In Paris, with
shady walks and gorgeous flower
beds and tropical plants. Rome has
no Zoological Garden at present, for
the three solitary battered cages
placed near the steps of the Capitol,
containing three hungry-looking
lions, which prowl up and down or
gaze sadly at the passersby, cannot
be dignified by the name.
RAILROAD MAX
Ridu't Like Being Starred.
A man running on a railroad has
to be In good condition all the time
or he is liable to do harm to himself
and others.
A clear head Is necessary to run a
locomotive or conduct a train. Evea
a railroad man's appetite aad diges
tion are matters of importance, as
the clear brain and steady hand re
sult from the healthy appetite fol
lowed by the proper digestion of food.
"For the past five years," writes a
railroader, "I have been constantly
troubled with Indigestion. Every,
doctor I consulted seemed to want to
starve me to death. First I was
dieted on warm water and toast un
til I was almost starved; then, when
they would let me eat, the indiges
tion would be right back again.
"Only temporary relief came from
remedies, and I tried about all ot
them I saw advertised. About three
months ago a friend advised me to
try Grape-Nuts food. The very first
day I noticed that my appetite was
satisfied, which had not been the case
before, that I can remember.
"In a week. I believe, I had more
energy than ever before in my life. I
have gained seven pounds and have
not had a touch of indigestion since I
have been eating Grape-Nuts. When
my wife saw how much good this
food was doing me she thought she
would try it awhile. We believe the
discoverer ot Grape-Nuts found the
Perfect Food.' "
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. R:ad"The Road to Welt
rule," in pkga, "There's a Reason."
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