Peculiarities of Caracas.
"Tho morning after our arrival at the
hotel in Caracas," says W. E. Curtis, "I |
called for a glass of milk while dress- i
ing. On every subsequent morning i
during our stay a glass of milk was i
brought to me at precisely the same t
hour without instructions, and al-
though the servant was told several 1
times that it was not wanted she did i
not appear to understand and contin- <
ued to bring it Just the same. i
"In the hotel were electric bells. The i
first day I rang for something, and a l
certain boy answered the summons, j
The next morning I raii£ again and (
again, and no one responded. Finally
I went into the dining room and found 1
there half a dozen servants. ]
" 'Didn't you hear my bell ring?' I i
asked. i
" 'Si, Renoir* (yes, sir), was the reply. <
" 'Then why didn't you answer it?' i
44 'The boy that answers your excel- ;
lency's bell has gone to market with
the manager.' <
44 'But you knew he was not here, and i
you should have come in his place.' i
" 'No, senor. It is his occupation to j
answer your bell. I answer the bell of ]
the gentleman in the next room.' i
"And as long as I remained in that ]
hotel my bell was answered only by the -
one particular boy. If lie was not in. I
could ring for an hour without receiv
ing a response, although the house was
full of idle servants."
Edison and Platinum.
A story will serve to throw light up
on Edison's character. At one time 1
there was a great fear in the scientific
world that the deposits of platinum 1
were ahout to become extinct. Edison
thereupon organized a correspondence 1
bureau and sent letters to every Amer
ican consul upon the globe, to British
consuls in ports where the United (
States had no representative ami to i
scientific men in evorj* land. The let- '
ter gave a clear statement respecting 1
the metal, how and where it was found '
and might be found, how it could be '
identified and treated and much other <
information. 1
In each letter were inclosed samples '
of platinum as found in the various '
rock beds. This may seem to be a 1
small undertaking, but when it is re- I
inembered that the letters were sent
off by the thousands, that the postage I
was 10 cents to each letter and that
the pieces of platinum inclosed were 1
almost as valuable as metallic gold, the !
cost of the achievement is readily seen.
While he did not succeed in greatly in
creasing the output of platinum, he set
at rest all fear of its extinction and I
thus earned the gratitude of every i
scientific investigator.—-Frank Leslie's '
Magazine.
The Plnce Wan Filled. I
At a seance the other day, when the |
lights had been turned low, the me
dium was describing a tall, dark eyed, i
handsome spirit, with long moustaches I
and his hair parted carefully down the i
center, that was hovering round a mid- i
die aged but elderly looking man, when
he burst suddenly Into tears. Heart- I
rending sobs shook his thin frame. i
"George, George!" he cried. "Why, i
oh. why did you leave me to the mis- 1
cry of these past years?"
"Then you knew him?" asked the
medium.
"Knew him?" murmured the down
hearted man. "1 saw him daily for
months and months. Oh, George," he
continued, 44 why did you die?"
"My good man," pleaded the medium, ■
"you must pull yourself together.
"Though his loss to you must have
been a great one, you may yet meet
another friend who will till his place."
"No, no!" he tried. "Ilis place is
. filled."
"Filled! Why, what do you mean?" '
asked the* medium, astonished.
"He was my wife's first husband!"— 1
Pearson's Weekly.
The Mysterious Sunday Dincnne.
Many people are seemingly well dui>
Ing the week, but afflicted with all
manner of ailments when Sunday comes
around, and on Monday they are all ,
well again. I really dread the ap- j
proaoli of the Lord's day, for with the
day there come to many of my flock
colds, sick headaches, pain in the side
and nausea, while numbers complain
of "that languid feeling."
Sunday before last I spent really an
anxious day, for there happened to be
absent from the services quite a num
ber, for the best of reasons, of course—
a rushing in the head, a touch of sciat
ica, cramps, toothache, hardness of
hearing, catarrh, torpid liver, inflam
mation of the membranes, lumbago
and, worse than all, "that tired feel
ing."
Then, what greatly distressed me the
next day was that Mrs. Henry Van
Blarscom had Issued invitations to an
"at home" for that evening, and the
fear well nigh paralyzed me that but
few would respond, seeing many of her
invited guests had been absent from
the Sabbath services. Imagine, then, if
you can, my profound surprise to see
on that Monday evening so wholly un
expected. so general and complete a re- i
covery, and when I made Inquiry con- j
corning the Sabbath ailments only two
were able to recall what had really
been the matter with them the day be
fore.—A Minister in Christian Intelli
gencer.
Too Much Duplicity.
"Flic asked hii;i to dinner In order to ,
make liim believe she could cook."
"Yes."
"And she expected hltn to think that
the cherry pie she served hint was of :
her own manufacture."
"Well?"
"It happened that be was In the
bakery when her little brother bought j
it, n:;d the prospective engagement is |
uil off."—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Read - the - Tribune.
A Taittntnln'n Jump.
"There are strange sights in Porto
Rico," said a returned traveler. "Ta
rantulas are one of them," he contin
ued, "and you should see a tarantula
jump! One of them went through a
miuvelous performance, with myself
and a dog for spectators. The dog's
barking awoke me early one morning,
and I slipped into my shoes and ran
out. Spot—that's the dog's name—was
making frantic plunges at an enormous
tarantula, as big as my palm and its
legs covering as much ground as a soup
plate. Its wicked black eyes made me
creep.
"All of a sudden tho thing shrank up
like a sponge and jumped for the dog.
I give you my word, it jumped fifteen
feet If it was an Inch. Twice the dog
ran under the spider's jump—fact. Oth
ers were watching by this time, and
they all saw it. Usually, though, he
just side stepped a bit.
"I broke up little pieces of a branch
of a tree and hurled them at the taran
tula. My aim was just good enough to
stir him up. At first he kept j piping
away from us, but Spot always herded
him back again. Then 'lie jumped
straight for us. At last a lucky shot
keeled him over, and a few strokes
with a convenient club finished him."—
New York Times.
The Subjection of Man.
"No, I never have a bit of trouble
with my husband," remarked the frail
little woman with the intelligent face.
"In fact, I have him right under my
thumb."
"You don't look very strong," doubt
fully commented the engaged girl.
"You mistake me, my dear. "It's a
mental, not a physical, subjection."
"Would you mind telling me how"—
"Not a bit. Always glad to help any
one steer clear of the rocks. First of
all, you must know that a man in love
is the biggest sort of a fool and says
things that make him almost wild when
he hears them in after life. I realized
it, aud from the very beginning of our
courtship I kept a phonograph in the
room, and every speech he made was
duly recorded. Now, whenever my hus
band gets a little hit obstreperous I just
turn out a record or so. Heavens, how
he does rave! But he can't deny it.
They always will, though, if you don't
have proof positive."
"Thank you," gratefully murmured
the engaged girl. "I'll get a phono
graph this very day."
Ills Prise.
An amusing story, which may per
haps he entirely true, is told of a short
sighted but energetic member of the
Russian secret police.
He was walking through a little fre
quented street of St. Petersburg one
night when he spied high up on a lamp
post a placard.
"Aha!" he said to himself, scenting
mischief on the instant and alert for
action. "That's one of those Incendiary
notices ahout his majesty the czar! It
must come down at once!"
With some difficulty, being of a stout
build, he succeeded in climbing the post
and dislodging the placard. He bore It
to the ground, and there, peering at it
by the light of the lamp, he read two
Russian words, the English equivalent
for which Is the well known legend
"Wet Paint."—Youth's Companion.
A Wife's Allowance.
It Is one of the most humiliating ele
ments in woman's life in America to
day and one of the phases which is
most uncompllmentarlly reflective upon
American husbands that a just allow
ance is withheld from many wives.
No matter how small the allowance
may be, so long as it is fair in propor
tion to the income earned, every wife
should have a purse of her own, sacred
to herself and her needs and free from
the slightest intrusion on the part of
her husband. Every wife is entitled to
j this, and no young man—l care not
how small his income nor what his
I reasoning may be—starts married life
aright who withholds that courtesy and
, that right from his wife.—Edward Bok
in Ladies' Home Journal.
The Tireil Farmer.
"Yes, sir, you simply start our auto
mobile plow and leave It to Itself while
you sit on the fence here in the shade
and enjoy your weekly paper and a jug
of hard cider. The plow will go right
ahead and break up your field better
than you could possibly do It, and when
it has finished all you have to do is to
press the button here and stop it."
"Waal, say, couldn't you fix it so's it
would kind o' steer up here close to the
fence, so's I could press the button
without glttin' down?" Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Tpnrliinj; n Dotr.
To tench a dog to "speak" hold some
dainty before him when he is hungry.
At first he will not know what Is want
ed. but say "Speak!" to him, and when
he harks, which he is pretty sure to do
when he finds the morsel still beyond
Ills rtoicli, feed it to him at once, lie
will soon associate the work "speak"
with the burk and the dainty.
Tnuiilit by Experience.
"We shall need," said the officer who
was arranging for the government ex
pedition, "food supplies for six men
and a boy."
j ''Supplies for eight men," said the
secretary, Jotting it down. "What
else?"— Chicago Tribune.
IA fteftiected Apple.
Airs. Bcribaiu—You useit to say tlmt 1
was the apple of your eye.
Bouliaiu —Well, what of It?
j Mrs. Benliant—Nothing, except that
you don't seem to rare as much for
fruit as yon ouee did.
A Knot.
| Mr. Jones—Madam, let me tell you
j hat facts are stubborn things.
"What a fact you must be," replied
his wife.—Eit hange.
Lnnd Crabs.
Cne of the commonest and the lar
gest of the Christmas island land crabs
is the well known robber crab, which
is foupd in most of the tropical islands
of the Indian and Pacific oceans. It
sometimes reaches a length of two feet
and may measure seven inches across
the back. Its colors are of a very
gaudy description, the ground color be
ing a bright rod. upon which there are
stripes of yellow, but in some cases a
purplish blue Is the prevailing tint.
The eyes are fixed on stalks whteh
can be moved Independently of one an
other, and there are two pairs of feel
ers, one long, the other short. The lat
ter pair are continually jerked up and
down. There is a pair at powerful
claws, then several walking legs. In
general appearance these anlumls are
much more like rather stout lobsters
than crabs, and one's first encounter
N\ ith one of these creatures itf the mid
dle of a forest far from the sea Is pro
ductive of much astonishment on both
sides.
Another species of land crab com
mon in Christmas islntri is a little
bright red animal which In general
shape is much like the common shore
crab. This variety makes burrows in
the ground, and In some places the soil
is honeycombed with hundreds of holes.
The crabs spend most of their time
collecting dead leaves, which they car
ry in their claws, holding them up over
their heads, and drag down Into their
burrows, into which they scuttle at the
j least alarm.—Pearson's Magazine.
Crab* In niMgulMO.
; Human beings are not the only crea
tures that have discovered the np
-1 petizing, though indigestible, qualities
I of crabs, and some of those animals
1 have been compelled to resort to vari
ous defensive measures. Disguise is
! one of those and is practiced with
j great effect by spider crabs.
These deliberately bite up seaweeds
and plant them on their backs, very
soon establishing n growth which hnr
! monizes perfectly with the surround
ings and deceives many an enemy.
Should the weeds grow too vigorously,
the crab industriously prunes them
j with his claws and every now and then
scrapes the whole lot off and starts a
i fresh garden on his roof, so to speak,
i The sponge crab behaves in a similar
: manner, nipping off little bits of living
sponge and sticking theiu on his back,
where they grow vigorously. The
same end is served as in the other case.
It Is very amusing to keep crabs of
one or other of these kinds in nil aqua
rium and deprive them of the usual
means of concealment.
Tliey get very nervous and agitated
and try to cover themselves with bits
of paper or anything else that may be
provided. One such captive is said to
have had a little greatcoat made for
him, which he put on in a hurry as
soon as it was handed to him.
The Earl and the Highwayman.
One night when the Earl of Stanhope
wns walking alone in the Kentish lanes
. a man jumped out of the hedge, leveled
a pistol and demanded his purse.
I "My good man, I have no money with
! me." said Lord Stanhope in his remark
ably slow tonwe. The robber laid hands
on Ids watch,
j "No," Lord Stanhope went on, "that
i watcli you must not have. It was giv
en to me by one I love. It is worth
£IOO. If you will trust me. I will go
back to Cheveuing and bring a £IOO
note and place it In the hollow of that
tree. I cannot lose my watch."
The man did trust him. The carl did
bring the note. Years after Lord Stan
hope was at a city dinner, and next to
him sat a Loudon alderman of great
wealth, a man widely respected. lie
and the carl talked of many tilings and
found each other mutually entertain
ing. Next day Lord Stanhope received
a letter, out of which dropped a £IOO
note. "It was your lordship's kind loan
of this sum," said the note, "that start
ed me in life and enabled me to have
the honor of sitting next to your lord
ship at dinner." A strange story; but
the Stanhopes are a strange race, and
! tilings happen to them tliat never did
or could occur to other people.
To He Cheerful.
The sovereign, voluntary path to
cheerfulness, if our spontaneous cheer
fulness be lost, is to sit up cheerfully,
to look around cheerfully and to act
and speak as if cheerfulness were nl
, ready there. If such conduct doesn't
make you soon feel cheerful, nothing
else will on that occasion. So, to feel
brave, act as if we were brave, use all
our will to that end, and a courage fit
will very likely replace the fit of fear.
Again, in order to feel kindly toward a
person to whom we have been inimical,
the only way is more or less dclibernte-
ly to smile, to make sympathetic in
quiries and to force ourselves to say
- genial tilings. One hearty laugh to
i get her will bring enemies into closer
) communion of heart than hours spent
I on both sides in Inward wrestling with
; the mental demon of uncharitable feel
' ; big-
Why We Wink.
i No satisfactory determination has
i been made of the reason we wink.
Some suppose that the descent and re
i turn of the lid over the eye serve to
sweep or wasli it off; others that eovor
. ing of the eye gives it a rest from the
i labor of vision, if only for an inap
preciable instant. This view borrows
some force from the fuct that the rec
! ord of winking is considerably used by
I experimental physiologists to help
measure the fatigue which the eye suf
fers.—Popular Science.
I
Off More Inimodinfe Value.
■ Miss Emerson (of Boston)—I presume
j yours is not one of the Mayflower fam
ilies.
' Miss Triplex (of Minneapolis)—No,
indeed. Ours is one of the famous
I Minnesota flour families. Chicago
! ftzwi. ...... ......
TRACTION BUILDING BURNED
One Life Lost ?.nd SIOO,OCO Damage In
a Richmond Fire.
Richmond. Va.. Nov. 11. —Fire on
Saturday totally destroyed the four
story brick structure at the corner of
Main and Seventh streets, occupied
by the Richmond Traction company,
the Virginia Electrical Railway an 1
Development company and the Tower-
UiUgl'ord Electrical Supply company.
A negro perished in the basement.
The total loss is estimated at $ 100.-
000. There was SIO,OOO insurance on
the building, the Tower-Bingford com
pany had about $15,000 insurance on
stock, and the traction and electrical
companies had full insurance on their
stock and office furniture.
The origin of the fire is a mustery.
Those who were at work in the build
ing heard a dull report, and a moment
later dense smoke and flames were
seen to rise. It is believed that the
boiler of the steam heating plant ex
ploded.
AFTER FILIPINO LEADER
General Smith Considers Lukban's
Capture Only Question of Time.
Manila. Nov. 11. —According to ad
vices received from Satbalogan. capi
tal of the island of Samar, Lukban,
the insurgent leader, has sent a mes
sage to General Smith, declaring that
he will not listen to negotiations for
surrender until all the Americans have
withdrawn from the Gandara valley.
General Smith has ordered every
American soldier in the island of Sa
mar and the island of Leyte never to
be without arms, even at meal tim®.
He is determined that there shall be
no more surprises, and commanding
officers will be held responsible. He
considers the capture of Lukban only
a question of a very short me.
Incriminating evidence is accumu
lating against Gibson Eaton, the rep
resentative of two of the largest firms
in Manila, and he will probably be ar
rested and tried. Lukban's commis
sary general, who was recently cap
tured, says that both concerns had an
agreement with Lukban to furnish 500
sacks of rice each year. He has given
the dates of the delivery to men now
in Cebu.
Eank Robber Confesses.
St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 11. —John Calla
han, who was arrested In the Union
Iron Foundry, after an attempt to
hold up the night watchman, has con
fessed to Chief of Detectives Desmond
that he was one of the three men who
robbed a hank at Turon, Reno county,
Kan., in October, 1809. After the safe
was blown the money was divided
among the trio. They then rode 20
miles on a Missouri Pacific hand car
to make their escape. Callahan says
his home is in Cleveland, and declares
that since the robbery he has not seen
his comrades. The authorities of
Reno county have been notified of the
arrest.
Celebrated Eattle of Tippecanoe.
Cincinnati. Nov. 11. —The anniver
sary of the battle of Tippecanoe was
celebrated here yesterday with a very
large attendance, at the new tomb of
General William Henry Harrison, at
North Rend, 0., near this city. The
late President Benjamin Harrison, be
fore his death, had a new tomb built
over the grave of his illustrious grand
father.
Killed By Powder Explosion.
Davy, W. Va., Nov. 11. —John Isaacs
and Homer Frowbell, white, and Tom
Toleman, colored, all miners, were
killed near here by the accidental ex
plosion of several kegs of powder in
a shaiiiy.
Writ In k a Hook.
The following confession of a novel
ist as to tie method in which he wrote
one of his books is not without inter
est. He had had the story outlined in
his notebook for a long time and ought
to have been able to write it, but did
not feel able. Then one day he hap
pened to think of it again and saw, al
most as If It had been a stage scene,
the little tableau with which the book
was to close—one of those ends which
are also a beginning. So he began to
work and in a short time hail complet
ed the first three chapters. Then, for
no reason that he can give, there was a
jump, and he wrote the chapters which
are now numbered XXI and XXII, the
fcist in the book. Then he went back
and wrote straight on from IV to XVII.
The story had been with him so long
that it was the easiest tiling in the
world to write it, and so he got through
this part of the work with remarkable
celerity. In the eighteenth chapter
nothing happens. Every day for a
fortnight he rose, breakfasted and tried
to write that chapter; every night he
tore up a big pile of manuscript which
he knew to be hopelessly bad. Then
he got desperate. The chapter should
be written and should stand, whether
good or bad. He wrote It and left the
house because it was bad and he had
resolved not to tear It up. Next day
he wrote chapter XIX, and on the mor
row he rewrote chapter XVIII and
somehow or other contrived to fpt Into
it all that he had failed to get before.
Then he wrote chapter XX, and the
book was completed.—London Post.
FiillciiiiiK KtiKliNli QtiuilN.
A curious account of bow quails are
fattened for the market is given in a
London paper, ti appears that quails,
being regular in their habits, always
feed directly they wake up in the
morning. Tliey are therefore put in a
large cellar lit only by electric light. Iu
tlie dark they go to sleep, but directly
the light is turned on they wake up and
breakfast. This process is repeated time
after time, and the birds, always labor
ing under the delusion that morning
lias arrived, cnce more breakfast, over
nnd over again. They have been known
to do so six times iu au afternoon.—
Philadelphia Record.
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A Ilpef, a Sand Bank and a River.
Lord Coleridge, the famous lord chief
Justice, once recounted to Sir Mount
Stuart E. Grant-Dull' au incident of his
earlier life. He had to cross examine
an eminent professional witness about
a proposed harbor. In the course of do
lug so he said, "But, Mr. , isn't
there a reef of rocks that would be a
great inconvenience to you?"
"Oh, yes," replied the witness. "Un
doubtedly there Is, but we propose to
get rid of it in such and such a man
ner."
"Very good," rejoined Coleridge, "but
when you have got rid of it, would
there not he a very awkward sand bank
to contend with ?"
"Certainly," said the witness, "but
against it we should provide thus and
thus."
".Well," answered Coleridge, "but
when you have removed both these ob
stacles would you not still have a great
deal of trouble from the current of the
river when in flood?"
"Clearly," was the answer, "but we
should encounter that difficulty suc
sessfully by another expedient," which
the witness proceeded to explain.
"You have seen the place, have you
not?" said Coleridge.
"Oh, yes," replied the other.
"Well, I never did," was the .re-
Joinder. "I have invented alike the
reef, the sand hank and the river!"
The Tunnel Was Forgotten.
At Brussels the visitor is often struck
by the extreme thinness of the earth
covering the Braine le Comte tunnel
and wonders why the common sense of
the engineers who made the line did
not direct them to continue the cutting
and thus avoid a subterranean pas
sage.
The Mystery is thus explained: When
railways were in tlieir veriest infancy,
the Belgian government sent a party of
engineers over to England to acquire
experience in construction of the new
Iron highways, nnd 011 their return
they were instructed to lay out the
first railway In that enterprising little
kingdom. The work was accordingly
put iu hand, hut on its completion one
of the engineers exclaimed:
"Good gracious, we have forgotten
the tunnel!"
The consternation was general, espe
cially when it was remembered that
there was not a single line iu England
but could boast of a tunnel. What was
to be done? Nothing hut to construct
the long corridor at Braine le Comte,
and when It was finished the earth was
put 011 top. The tunnel was the glory
of the line.
Massage For the Scalp.
The hair falls out when the strength
of its roots is insufficient to sustain Its
weight any longer, and a new hair will
take its place unless the root is dis
eased. For this reason each person has
a certain definite length of hair. When
the hair begins to split or fall out, mas
sage of the scalp is excellent.
Place the tips of the fingers firmly
upon the scalp, and then vibrate or
move the scalp while holding the pres
sure steadily. Tills will stimulate the
blond vessels underneath and bring the
blood vessels underneath and bring
about better nourishment of the hair.
A brush of unevenly tufted bristles is
also excellent to use upon the scalp, not
the hair.
Irregularity anil Indigestion.
A common cause of indigestion Is
irregularity respecting the time of
iaeals. The human system seems to
form habits and to lie In a degree de
pendent upon the performance of its
function in accordance with the habits
formed. Iu respect to digestion this is
especially observable. If a meal is
taken at a regular hour, tlie stomach
becomes accustomed to receiving food
at that hour and is prepared for it.
If meals are taken irregularly, the
stomach is taken by surprise, so to
speak, and is never in that state of
readiness in which it should be for the
prompt and perfect performance of its
1 work.
Soda water —all flavors—at Helper's.
Obeyed Order*.
An old Yorkshire farmer was walk
ing out one day looking very glum and
miserable. lie was a typical York
shireman, and he dearly loved a Joke.
But jokes seemed a long way off just
then, and the old man was thinking
deeply when he was accosted by a
tramp, who made the usual request for
a night's lodgings and something to
eat, as he explained he had had noth
ing for two whole days. The effect
upon the farmer when he said this was
magical.
"Why, man," he said, "I've been look
ing for you all day."
And then without more ado ho
knocked him down and walked on him
from one end to the other. The tramp
got up, looking very staggered, and
asked him why he had done Lhat.
"Well," said he, "my doctor has or
dered me to walk on an empty stomach,
nnd now that I have fulfilled his in
junction I can go and have a good feed,
and you can come with me."—Loudon
Answers.
Bathing In Salt Luke,
"Salt lake Is a remarkable sheet of
water In many ways, and bathing in It
possesses features which are unique,"
pays a Utah man. "It Is very Invigor
ating and refreshing, to be sure, but it
takes some time to become accustomed
to the extraordinary buoyancy of the
water. It is quite Impossible to sink
or to drown in the lake, but many peo
ple have been killed by the water.
When there is a breeze an l spray is
dashed upon bathers, the water Is so
densely impregnated with salt that the
liquid portion evaporates very quickly,
and leaves a deposit of salt on the skin.
"On several occasions people have
drifted out while bathlug or been
wrecked and thrown overboard and aft
erward found dead on top of the water,
choked to death by the accumulation of
salt in their mouths and uustrilß."
Child Rnptlsm In Early Day*.
The following from the early couct
records of York county, Me., we give
verbatim et literatim: "At a genet il
court held at Saco Sept. 17, 1<40, it *
ordered by the court that the Worshlp
ful Thomas Georges and EL ward God
frey, councillors for this pro/luce, t hall
order all the inhabitants l.om Pisca
taquis to Kenebaehe, which shall ha%e
any children unbaptized as soon as
any minister Is settled In any of their
plantations, they bring their said chil
dren to baptism, and if any Khali refuse
to submit to the said ord( r that the
party so refusing shall be summon* d
to answer their contempt at the next
general court to be bolden In this prov
ince."— Lewistou Journal.
No Reciprocity.
"Brownly thinks he has the smartest
child In the world."
"Yes," answered the morose man.
"That illustrates the Ingratitude of life.
There Isn't one chance in a thousand
that that child when he grows up will
go around declaring that he has the
smartest father In the world."—Wash
ington Star.
A Woman naluiieluft.
When a woman stoops over to pick
up something on the floor, why does
she always balance lierself on one foot,
extending the other outward and back
ward as a counterpoise? This ques
tion, not new, never has been satisfac
torily answered.—New York Press.
The Eqnality Line.
"All people," remarked the earnt it
citizen, "are born equal."
"Perhaps," answered the deliberate
friend, "but they don't stay equal any
longer than It takes for ti lr paiei '.s
to provide them with clothes and play
things."—Exchunge.
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