PROGRESS IN PRINTING ONE OF THE MOST POTENT FACTORS OF CIVILIZATION. The Oritfln of the Art Is Shrouded In Mystery—First Practiced In the Far Fast The First Movable Type Made ts. 1420 lmproved Modern Methods. Tlie origin of the art of printing is shrouded in mystery. It is impossible to say "when or by "whom it was first used, even in its crudest form. Marco Polo found the art living practiced in the Far East, and it is on record that in the remotest antiquity the Orien tals used stamps, with colored inks, on their documents of various kinds. A similar sort of printing Captain Cook found common in the Sandwich Isl ands, and he brought home with him from one of the Leeward Islands a stamp with which the natives printed designs on the borders of their clothes. iWe have records that similar work was done In Snrnecnie .Sicily in the eleventh century, on coverlets and .vestments, in several colors. It Is claimed that the reason fvliy the an cients did not fashion some mechani cal means of preserving their poems, scientific memoranda and ecclesiasti cal woras was that the t anuserlrt scribes were slaves, and that their maintenace was only a matter of about five cents a (lay, so the inventive minds of the age saw no possible profit in any attempt to multiply the few books, er scrolls, called for, and as these man uscript scrolls of papyrus or parch ment were only sought by the-wealthy, the demand was easily supplied by the artisans of the pen and brush. But as civilzation began to advance and a thirst for knowledge became more general and the distribution of the thoughts of the brightest minds demanded some ready means of spreading broadcast the teachings of the masters. It was no longer possi ble, as in the days of the Greeks, to satisfy the longings of the people by hearing read in the Athenian theatre the poems of Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides. The thousands In Europe beyond the reach of the theatre were seeking for that culture and an under standing of the great forces of nature Which eouid only come to them through the researches of the great minds of the age. In 142(1 Laurens Koster, of Haarlem, conceived the idea of cutting with u knife alphabets of separate movable type, which, when set in rows, formed words and sentences, and when bound together and placed on the bed of the rude presses of the period could be inked and Impressions pulled from ,them much in the same manner as is now done on the ordinary Koe hand press. Another method practiced, as Is shown 1n an Illustration in "Papil lon's History," was- productive of much better results. It was not unlike the present way of taking proofs of galleys of typo with a roller. By this method after the form was Inked an ordinary wooden eycllnder, possibly covered with some soft cloth, was passed over the type or wood blocks, and a printed sheet was the result. From 1420 to 1900 is a long jump, but skilled labor and busy brains have made great strides as the years rolled by. It was not until 1810 that a ma chine printing press was conslructed by Frederick Kouig, of England, who had a patent issued to him in that year. It is easily within the memory of living persons when all books were printed on the hand press. Let us assume a work Illustrated with wood engravings. Then a form of say eight pages of an octavo could be printed on the hand press. From this, the quality being first-class, the day's work would result in the neigh borhood of about 400 impressions, aud this would require a careful pressman und helper. To-day of the same work It is possible to impose a thirty-two page form on a modern stop cylinder press, and after being made ready we can safely count upon at least fiOOO im pressions in a working day, this being live times the number of pages possi ble on the baud press and twelve and one-half times the amount of product, and this result can be obtained day af ter day until the plates are worn out, and the last sheet should be substan tially as good as the first. Inasmuch as When the form is made ready, the im pression carefully adjusted and the flow of ink properly gauged the only call upon human agency is to see that the sheets are regularly fed, the form kept clean and the ink fountain filled, and the press reels off the sheets to the end of the edition. iWitb the daily press the output is a marvel. There are presses in this city [that can turn off 80,000 to 40,000 im pressions an hour. This makes it pos sible to keep certain pages open until ,the last moment, for the latest news, and we have then the complete records of the world's happenings at our breakfast table. How Koster and Gutenberg would open their eyes If [they could drop In upon us in this twentieth century of our Lord! Among other things that would set them a [wondering is the printing of both sides of the sheet aud Its delivery on the table, a finished product, folded and ready for the market! Aud no loss a marvel is the press that will print six Colors before the sheet leaves the ma chine, with color values all preserved and the register perfect! It is said that the pen Is mightier than the sword. If we couple the pen .with the sword the statement Is incon trovertible, Inasmuch as the records of the sword would rest on very meagre tradition - if they were not imperlsh tihiy pri ved by "the art preserva tive of all arts," to be handed down to nil time. The printing press is the most potent factor of modern civiliza tion, and with one daily journal in its best estate with conscientious gather lug of the rows aud eleau presentation of the world's progress it stands as the mtghty recorder that marks our ad- | vauce from the Dark Ages.—New York , Journal. t ; WISE WORDS. It Is misleading to dwell so entirely on one side of human nature as to lose sight of other sides. Mnn Is so intri cate and complex a creature that the I very fullest aud broadest estimate will fall to exhaust his possibilities, and any attempt to narrow him down to a single line or course of action will in evitably come to nought by Its own meagrencss. "The more one has to do, the more one is capable of doing, even beyond our proper path." The diligent man cuts out time and opportunity for whatever work he sets his mind on doing; it Is the Idle man who "can't find time." It is a blessed thing, indeed, that none of us can take our rubbish to an other world; for, If we could, some of the many mansions would be little better than lumber rooms. The art of putting men in the right places Is the highest in the science of government, but that of finding places for the discontented the most difficult. Workers must expect sometimes to be warriors. Nothing Is really worth working for that is not worth strug gling for. Force yourself to take an Interest In your work, and the effort will soon be come a pleasure instead of a hardship. The men who succeed best in public life are those who take the risk of standing by their own convictions. The charities that soothe and heal and bless He scattered at the feet of men like flowers. No man is so ready for a quarrel with another as he who has a quarrel with himself. To be traduced by Ignorant tongues is the tough brako that virtue must co through. Wlij Pain In Felt. "It Is £ matter of common knowl edge that a person who has had a leg or an arm amputated will afterward complain of 'feeling pains' or aches in the toes or the fingers of the amputat ed member, as they put It, or, more properly, In the extremity of what would have been the limb had It not been amputated," said a Washington physician. "Some people are Inclined to doubt that these sensations exist in the minds of the patient, while others who are willing to accept It are at a loss to understand the cause of the complaint. The reason Is compara tively simple, though It Is not general ly understood. "If a man's leg be fractured and crushed from the knee down, for In stance, he will complain, before ampu tation, and often afterward, of pain In ids foot and toes. He does not feel the sensation of pain In the crushed parts. This Is because the pain is felt at the termination of the nerves of sensation in the foot of the Injured limb, and not along their course. "It la upon this principle that a man complains of a pain in "his foot' when the foot is cut off. The pain is really in the stump of the limb, but the sen sutory nerves 'refer' It to the former termination of the nerves. This refer ence acts upon the brain to the extent of causing the patient to seem to feel t lie ache in the place where the foot formerly was."—Washington Star. The Plainness of Windsor. It Is a popular error to suppose that the dwelling rooms at Windsor are very sumptuous. The private apart ments are scarcely worthy of an or dinary country gentleman's seat. Queen Elizabeth Is responsible for a great many of them, and they were built rather hurriedly by her orders. She had taken refuge at Windsor from the plagu..- which was raging In Lon don, and her maids of honor and her attendants revolted at the uncomfort able condition of their rooms, which were low, dark aud cold. The queen herself was furious because her dinner was invariably served up stone cold; but being of an inquiring mind she discovered tlint the kitchen was near ly half u mile from the dining room, and straightway built the present kitchen, which la very large and com modious. Elizabeth built the octagon library, which ahe Is still said to liaunt, aud where she was frequently seen. It Is said, last year.—Loudon Chronicle. An Aldermanlc Bull. Rome time ago u follower of one of the city aldermen cast covetous glances upon a desirable newsstand under the elevated railroad stairs. Straight he went to his friend, the alderman, und made known his wishes, which were that the newsdealer should be evicted from the locality. "All right, me boy; leave It to me," said the city father, aud began to pull wires. Finally he got an order direct ing the newsdealer to show cause why he should not get out, but that obstin ate inuividual still remained. Then he drew up a formal complaint, which was duly laid before one of the Judges. The complaint, after telling how the news dealer had been ordered to leave and had not done so, concludes; "And now we have to complain, your honor, that not only is this same stand still there, but the defendant has re placed it by a bigger one."—New York Commercial Advertiser. One of Nye's Jokes. When James Whitcomo Riley and "Bill" Nye traveled together giving a joint entertainment, the humorist had great tun with tile poet. Once, Id In troducing Illley and himself to an au dience, Nye remarked: "I will appear first and speak until I get tired; then Mr. Riley will succeed me and read from his own works until you get tired."-Sun Francisco Al'gonuut. 1 TIPS ON HANDLING GUNS I F OBSERVED THEY WILL MAKE THE SPORT SAFE. The Accnrat. Flfllnc of th- Gun to tho Beginner a illost Important Factor- Vast Advantage of Sportsmen Who Began to Shoot Burly tn Life. Shooting has become a branch of sport so generally indulged in that tile safe handling of firearms is a matter of grave importance, declares a writer In the New York Sun. How to carry [he gun, how and when to shoot, accur acy of aim and how to put ourselves and our fellow men iu the least possi ble danger may lie termed the most Important things to the gunner. To become proficient one must begin young. Familiarity with a gun, when acquired at a late stage 111 life gives evidence that It Is not natural, but Is more or less put ou. There is no rea son, however, why n person of mature ago cannot learn to carry a gun in a proper manner and with a few simple precautions place accidents beyond a possibility. A gun pointed at no object or person can do no harm even if it docs go off accidentally. It. is very easy to carry the gun with tho barrels pointed eartli jward or skyward. When the gun Is parried with the barrels pointing to tward the earth and the trigger guard testing on the wrist it is apparently in a position to do 110 one any harm, but a foot lias been shot off more than once by a gun held In this position. To make this method absolutely snfe the simple precaution of "breaking" the gun should be followed. With the gun "broken" It Is Impossible for It to go off accidentally, and it is a matter of but a small part of a second to close the barrels. Closing the gun and bringing it to tlio shoulder for aim can be accomplished in one motion. If the gun is carried 011 the shoulder the trigger guard should be uppermost. This will bring the barrels into a posi tion pointing almost directly skyward. If the reverse method is used, that is, the trigger guard down, the barrels will be on a level with any one trailing in the rear. Many accidents have been caused by crossing u fence witli a loaded gun in hand. These accidents may be avoided by laying the gun down within reaching distance of the other side. A still safer method is to withdraw the cartridges from the gun before crossing any obstruction. This last method removes possibility of ac cident. One famous old rule formu lated In behalf of safety was to carry the gun always at half cock, but the rebounding lock now used, which ne cessitates the gun always being at half cock, has done away with this. Never shoot in the direction of any one, no matter how great the distance. Guns sometimes carry marvelous dis tances, and the range of danger cannot bo guaged accurately, for of two shells though they are marked the same one is often more powerful than the other. A trifle more powder may have been put in one or the difference may lie In the explosive strength of two equal amounts of powder. The condition of the atmosphere often has a great deal to do with the distance a gun will carry. If walking in line never change your position by stepping ahead or dropping behind. If spread apart to the right and left this rule should he eveu more closely followed. The person 011 the extreme right is In tho safer position on account of tho tendency to shoot to the left, whereas the person In the cen tre will probably have the better sport. The left is the more dangerous posi tion because of the tendency to swtng the gun in that direction. Ou the other band the more reckless shot should be placed on the left. The first handling of a gun moulds the career of the future sportsman, and for this reason lie should be put iu the hands of a strict instructor. The policy of beginning with a single bar rel gun Is ft thing of the past. It is very easy to have the lock of one bar rel fixed and then when the time comes to use the second barrel all there Is to do Is to free the fixed lock. The object of allowing the beginner to use only one barrel at first is to make him care ful of his aim. If he began with both barrels he would think If he missed with tho first he would bring down his game with the second anyway. This would tend to make him careless with his first barrel, and this carelessness once acquired cauuot easily be got rhl of. If lie began with a single barrel gun he would have to begiu all over again with a double barrel guu for he would have a strange weapon. To have a beginner measured for a gun Is no longer a matter of mere the ory, but is the most Important feature. It is really the first step in the arc of shooting. Take the beginner to a gun shop and pick out several guns. Then let him try the guns, placing the stock about an Inch from the chest and three Inches below tho shoulder. Let the neck of the gun be slightly grasped with the right hand, with the fore finger close to the trigger. The left arm should be extended along the bar rel, with a slight bend at the elbow and the left hand grasping the barrel firmly. If the gun is a fit an upward motion of both hands will not only bring the stock Into proper position, but will bring the barrel in the direct line of the eye and of any object to which the attention of the eye is di rected. When the eye is centred on any object the hands act in unison and the gun is mechanically pointed in that direction. Tlif next Important step Is the posi tion of the legs. This should be very steady, with the left foot straight in frout, and the right at right angles to the left In this position one can shoot to the right or left without moving either foot. Perfect balance Is neces wury, and when it Is once acquired It li never lost. If the beginner standi Willi Ills legs apart he lias to move them when changing the direction of his shot, and this disturbs Ills aim. , i Let the beginner shoot first at a tar get so that he can see the effect of big aim. Do not allow him to poke his gun about and seek Ills nlm or he will ac quire the "following" trick which lias j spoiled many a good shot. When tho beginner has confidence that his gun ■ Is levelled right and has attained the ' knack of shooting at an Inanimate oh-; ject then let him try a sitting Wrd or a squatting rabbit. I-'ollowing tfils let him try a moving mark, beginning with the game going straight from him. This will be practically an easy mark after ills former training, and will not give him any difficulty. After this it becomes more complex, in allow ing for movement both in direction and speed of the proposed victim- Whether Hying or running straight or obliquely, deflection from a straight line, distance nud rate of speed are all problems that must be solved in the fraction of a second. The judging of distance Is the most difficult, and can be acquired by prac tice alone. In nine cases out of ten the tlrst shots will fall behind the ob ject. There are some rules for this, one of which Is called "chucking the gun," which is first to cover the ob ject, then a slight quick movement of the barrels ahead, pulling the trigger at the same iustaut. Another rule that is much followed, but is very inaccur nte, is to pitch up the gun and fire at the spot which you think will be the point of contact. The first Is much preferable and develops surer shots. Lively rabbits are the best marks for a beginner. There is no chance for aim. At whatever point the rabbit is to be shot, the shot must be there al most before the rabbit, and as It is more or less easy to track a miss in this kind of shooting the knack is soon picked up. It is entirely another matter to carry tills principle into effect on fast flying birds without "ride or run' ' to guide the eye, and it Is impossible to formu late a set of rules that will apply to this shooting. If, however, the sports man has been carefully trained from youth he will soon fall Into the knack of bird shooting. A Fortune From (legging. For the past thirty-four years, If not longer, a poor misshapen old beg gar named Andreas Junghowicz has crouched on the pavement in front of the Royal Hotel here and craved alms from passers-by, says a Budapest spe cial to the London Daily Mail. Owing to his age and infirmities he was not molested by the police. Juite recently he died, at the age of eighty-four, and, although It was ex pected that he had probably saved up a hundred crowns or so, to every body's amazement 011 his wretched garret being searched shores and Gov ernment bonds to the value of 500,000 crowns were discovered. Now his heirs, all folks In the hum blest walks of life, are disputing the validity of his will, according to which the whole of the fortune goea to the city of I'ressburg, for the foun dation of a Hungarian university. The case is now before the courts here, and the city of I'ressburg is making a light for the money. The Doctrine of Involution. The one question of absorbing sig nificance to scientific and unscientific alike, the question which more than any other has influenced and tinged the thought of the latter part of the century, is the theory of organic evo lution. Scornfully rebuffed at first, this theory lias now met with universal acceptance. In 1559 Darwin published the work which will make him forever famous— the "Origin of Species"—tracing the connection between all forms of ani mal life and explaining the superior development of man on tho principle of the "survival of the fittest." The result is that what was former ly mystery Is now demonstrable fact The most striking result of Darwin's work is the prompt and radical change in literary, religious and scientific dis cussion which came about In the lat ter part of the century.—New York World. A Handy Farm Vehicle, Among the machines exhibited dur ing the recent exposition at Vincennes, says l'Automoblle Beige, was an eight horse power gasolene agricultural au tomobile, capable not only of rendering tho services of an ordinary vehicle in tho conveyance of people and crops upon roads, but also of being quickly converted Into a locomotive for haul ing plows, mowing machines, harrows, etc., over fields. For farm work in the fields it has speeds of one and two miles per hour, while for road holding it has a maximum limit of n(,ne and a half miles an hour. Its wheels are pro vided with linages to enable them to get a purchase In friable soil, whilo upon the felloes are arranged wide flanges to prevent them from sinking too deep into the ground. |Tltrc\v n I'rlncßßi From Her Wheel. A story is printed that Princess Vic toria, a daughter of King Edward, while cycling in tho Long Walk, Wind sor Park, which is forbidden to cy clists, was stopped by one of the royal gatekeepers who, not recognizing her, stood in the gateway to prevent her passing. The Princess, not expecting a check, rode on, ran Into the gatekeep er and fell from her bicycle. The man on learning her Identity humbly apologized, but Her Highness protested that he ought not to have treated any cyclist, Princess or peas ant, so unceremoniously. She was not hurt, and remounting ucr wheel, rode on to the castle.—London Dispatch, in New York Sun. P iUdren| Little Johnnie's Questions. Oil, tell me, papa, tell me why So many stars are in the sky? Why does the moon come out at night? What makes the snow so very white? Oh, tell me, papa, tell me quick. Oh, tell me, papa, this one thing-- Why are the leaves all green in spring? Why does the bark grow on the tree? How did the salt get in the sea? Ob, tell me, papa, tell me quick. Oh, tell me, papa, if you know, What makes the grass and flowers prowl ,\Vhy do we walk upon our feet? And what has made the sugar sweet? Oh, tell mc, papa, tell me quick. And tell me, oapa, tell me how The milk and cream get in the cow? How many scales a fish has got? What makc3 the heat so awful hot? Oh, tell me, papa, tell me quick. And tell me, papa, don't forget. What is it makes the water wet? What holds the sun up in the sky? When you were born, liow old was I? Oh, tell me, papa, tell me ouick. —Cincinnati Commercial-Tribune. Make a Kitclien Garden. Every boy and girl likes to see tbiugs grow. If you are like other boys and girls you might enjoy a little farm on the window sill in the kitchen. All you need is a soup plate, a glass cover, a piece of white blotting paper and some mixed bird seed. Cut the blotter circular just like the soup plate aud lay it In. Take some pins for fence stakes and divide the farm into two lots by fastening threads from ono stake to another. Sprinkle on the blotter a handful of bird seed and then moisten well. Put on the glass cover and keep in the sun. In a few days the feeds will sprout and your farm will he flourishing. Where Sarsuparilla Comcl From. During the summer many boys and girls—aud grown people, too—line up before the soda fountains in our cities and call for snrsaparilla without stop ping to think, and perhaps without knowing what that extract is that gives a rich brown color to the bever age. Sarsaparilla is taken from the root of several species of smilax, a great vine that grows in South Amer ican forests. Jamaica, Mexico and Centrnl America also export quanti ties of the smilax root or the extract. One species of smilax grows to prodig ious size In the great forests of the valley of the Amazon, and tho Indians of that region sell large quantities of It to white merchants. The Indians dig the root of this smi lax, which sometimes reaches nine feet in length, growing horizontally from the stem. It Is then dried and is usu ally shipped In that state, the sarsapa rilla being extracted by manufactur ers. These Indians of the Amazon, however, although far down In the scale of civilization, place great faith In the medicinal qualities of the juice, and perhaps the nature of the region In wihch they abide is responsible for this. They show much skill in extract ing the sarsaparilla, which is done through a process of boiling.—Chicago Record-Herald. An Orlentul Kindergarten Game. One bright spring afternoon a Chi nese official and his little boy called at our home, on Filial Piety Lane, in Pe kin. Father and sou were dressed ex actly alike boots of black velvet, trousers of blue silk, waistcoats of bluo brocade, and skull-cap of black satin. In every respect, even to the dignity of his hearing, the child was a vest-pocket edition of his father. The boy carried a t'ao of hooks, which I recognized as "The Fifteen Magic Blocks." Now, a t'ao is two or more volumes of a book, wrapped iu a single cover. The one that the hoy had contained two volumes. On the Inside of the cover was a depression three inches square, snugly fitted with the fifteen blocks. These blocks are made variously of lead, wood or paste hoard. All of the blocks are in pairs, except one, which is a rhomboid, and all are exactly proportional, the sides being either half an inch, an iueh and a half or two inches in length. The blocks of Chinese children are not used as in our kindergartens, sim ply to familiarize the child with geo metric figures. The more specific pur poses of the fifteen magical blocks is to picture scenes of history and mytli that will have a moral and intellectual effect on tho budding brain. Of course Chinese children build bouses, bridges and wagons just as our do, but prima rily their blocks are Intended for edu cation. The first picture my child visitor built for me that afternoon was a dra gon horse. I asked him to tell me about It. The little fellow explained that this was the dragon-horse of F'J Hsi. Fu Hsi was the original ances tor of the Chinese people, nud he saw this animal emerge from the depths of the Meng River. Ou the back of the dragon-horse Fu Hsi described a map containing fifty-five spots. These fifty five spots represented the male and female principles of nature, and out of them the ancient sage used to con struct what are known as the Eight Diagrams. lsaac T. Headland, in Ainslce's. A London association which has to do with the drinking fountains anil watering troughs of the metropolis ob jects to the water tanks of steam au tomobiles being filled therefrom. Railroad bridge builders are adopt ing the fir timber of the North Pacific coast for bridge building beeuuso of its remarkable strength. CURIOUS FACTS. 'A Pennsylvania wheelwright has a tamp cblckcn that follows him about lllco a dog. and recpntly took a Sun day walk of twelve miles with hiin. A curious effort In behalf of temper ance is noted on the part of the Bel gian Government, which has offered a prize for the best picture showing the evils of drunkenness. A Roman chariot has been found near Plillippopolis, Bulgaria, In a tumulus. All the metal parts of the chariot and the harness were found, us well as anus and human remains. Among Its many curious products. South Africa Includes the "sueezs wood" tree, which takes Its name from the fact that one cannot cut It with a saw without sneezing, as the flue dust has exactly the effect of snuff. The Sandwich Islanders estimate women by their weight. The Chinese require them to have deformed feet and black teeth. A girl must be tattooed sky-blue and wear a nose ring to satisfy a South Sea Islander. Certain African princes require their brides to have their teeth tiled like those of a saw. On a sand island In Dublin Bay a new kind of mouse has been found. It resembles the ordinary mouse in all except its color, which is that of the sand, uud the naturalists attribute that to an iuterpositiou of nature for its protection from the owls and hawks on the island. It Is supposed that they are descendants of cast away mice, and that the protective coloration is a gradually acquired re sult of their surroundings. A member of the London Zoologi cal Society during a visit to the Malay Peninsula discovered a curious Insect called the lantern-fly, which makes great leaps without the aid of Its wings. It was some time before the could find out where Its leaping power lies, but lie at last discovered a curious projection 011 the front of its head, like a nose, and this bends back under the abdomen and then releases it suddenly, the effect being like thut of a springboard. The following obituary, which was recently published in the Dublin Daily Express, affords a striking Il lustration of the dispersion of the Irish people all over the world: "Geraghty —Aceidently killed at Johannesburg, South Africa, John Geraghty, uged thirty-seven years, son of Patrick Geraghty, of Roscommon; brother of George and Kate Geraghty, Roscom mon; and brother of James Geraghty, of Pretoria, and of William Geraghty, of Galway, and of Peter, Patrick and Martin Geraglity.of New South Wales, and of Annie Corley, of Suva, Fiji Islands. Deeply regretted. R. I. P.* I.OHIIIK an Ann In Battle. Some one asked Captain Lucius D. Creighton, of Missouri, In the Arling ton lobby, how It felt to have on arin shot off. Captain Creighton served during the war between the States In a Confederate regiment, und his left sleeve hangs empty at his side. "It doesn't feel at all," the Confeder ate veteran answered. "It is chiefly In the luck of feeling that you know you have been hit. 1 lost my arm at Gettysburg, and when the bullet struck me I couldn't imagine at first what had happened. There wasn't the slightest pain, only a slight tickling sensation, which soon gave way to uumbness. In a few minutes my arm seemed to be an enormous weight hanging to my shoulder, but It was not until after the amputation had been made that I suffered actual pain. The after effects of losing an arm are not altogether pleasant; yo 1 sort of come to miss it iu time, but so far as suf fering is concerned I would much less rather a bee would sting me."—Wash ington Post. "NoiMelesH Milk.'* City people of a wakeful turn who suffer from the racket of the early milkman will rejoice in the true tale that comes from Indianapolis: "A dairyman went to the Iloosier capital for treatment, and while there, lying in bed, was greatly annoyed by being awakened each morning by the man delivering milk. As soon us he got well lie had the milkmen shod with rubber heeled and rubber soled shoes, and rubber tires put 011 all his wagons. He presented each customer with u rubber uiat upou which to set the milk cun by tile door, hud his horses shod with rubber shoes and then begun to ex ploit bis noiseless milk. His business lias quadrupled." Ilooiay for "Noise less Milk!" lie WUH Not Engugeila The lire of a legal examination Is a but one, but an accused persou who stands its test doesn't often emerge with a character the better estab lished. Au individual of somewhat doubtful appearance was applying for a situa tion as vau driver. On belug asked for references, lie mentioned one of the dealer's old hands, who was called in anil questioned as to the applicant's honesty. The referee rubbed his chip meditatively for a moment, und said: "Honest? Well, guvnor Ills honesty's been proven ugin and agin. Faith, he's bill tried siviu tolnies for stealing anil eshcaped every toiuie!" The applicant was not engaged.— Waverley Magazine. An Indian Toy Factory. On one of the Indian reservations In New York State is a toy factory which employs several hundred In dians all the year around. The toys manufactured here are being shipped all over the world.
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