Wliat Shall It Dc,?
PRINTER?
Not the country town, "one
horse" kind, but the kind that
run the big printing shops of
the country, and sometimes be
comes a member of the firm.
How your boy may go about
realizing such an ambition. The
start and the various steps up
wards described, together with
the remuneration that each new
position brings.
By C. W. JENNINGS.
ENERAL1.Y speaking, there
Isn't much known about
$i tliV t'ic Pr,n,'n& business out-
1!W side of the Immediate fol-
M lUffiTM ui mu l rail ui iiiubu
closely connected with It,
and the nverage father, particularly in
a country town, would probably not
consider It with high favor as an oc
cupation for Ms son, believing, per
hapH, that about nil there is to it Is
fettlng type and laboriously running
an old-fashioned preHS at not very
high pay.
However, there Is not a finer line of
work, nor one with better opportuni
ties for acquiring a competence and
for advancement among all the lines
of human endeavor. The fact that
printing is one of the most important
departments of modern industry adds
to the opportunities that are open to
the earnest young man.
I.Ike all occupations, to acquire pro
ficiency in printing the applicant must
begin at the bottom and devote sev
eral years to learning It. He has to
start as apprentice.
To get a job in the first place, let
your boy (or yourself) apply to the
foreman of the particular printing es
tablishment yon may select; for the
foreman ia the boss of the workroom.
It Is well, If you have any choice, to
choose an Institution of some standing
which does a large and varied class of
work, as the opportunities for learn
ing will be far better there than in a
little job office of the 'one horse"
variety.
Except in some country towns, so
called, the boy has to be registered
with the union as an apprentlco right
frftm the start; but this will not entail
any expense, as the typographical
union does not charge dues or other
fees until the neophyte has become a
Journeyman. Your boy muBt be about
sixteen years old, but he need have no
further education than the merest or
dinary one.
Ills pay for the first year will be
about four dollars a week, and the
work eight hours a day, as obtains
generally in printing offices. Ills
duties for this period will be to get ac
quainted with the cases (the flat boxes
divided into compartments containing
tr? type) and sorting leads, and to
run errands for workmen, etc.
During the second year his pay will
he two dollars a week higher, and in
this period he will get his first direct
work at the cases, learning to set Im
prints (the insertion of names, ad
dresses or other matter into type al
ready set) and small reprint (short
printed matter).
In the third year the pay jumps to
eight dollars weekly, and the duties
show a corresponding growth. By
this time he will have a pretty good
rudimentary knowledge of the busi
ness, and will be able to acquire pro
ficiency In setting longer reprints,
and locking up small forms of type, 1.
e., getting them ready for press and
foundry.
Fourth year his pay Is now $10 a
week, and he is almost a printer; for
your boy is now setting plain jobs.r
from manuscript and doing the ordi
nary regular work of the Journeyman.
The fifth year he is a senior stu
dent, known colloquially as a "two
Ihirder" (th'a term refers to the pay,
which Is $14 a week, or two-thirds that
paid to Journeymen), doing practically
everything the regular workmen do
and putting polish on his practical
education.
Then he is a full journeyman and
drawing $21 a week, and goes Into the
union as a regular member. The cost
of belonging to the union is, roughly,
$10 to $15 a year, part of which goes
to the maintenance of the printers'
home at Colorado Springs. Any mem-he-
is admitted to this home when,
through age or disability, he is unable
to earn his living, and even Is allowed
ihre during convalescence after sick
ness, and all necessities furnished him
without charge. There Is no such
thing as a member ever having to go
to the poorhoiise. ,
M'rrr your bov becomes a journey
man, the foreman tries him out on
various phases of the work to find if
he has executive ability or a special
aptitudi. The first special "stunt"
will probably he to give him the entire
work of setting, making up. and pre
paring for the foundry of a slxtecn
p'.ijre form, with, of course, such hip
us he may require, and if he does this
well he will find himself before long
handling the niot Important work of
the Fhop, and will then be eligible for
the assistant fori manshlp.
If an opening should occur, he would
bi rompetent to take this position by
the time he Is twenty-three, or seven
years after be started out as appren
tice: and a couple of years or so later
would be able ;o take tl foreman
ship The foreman is the actual boss
of (he composing room, employing all
the men and laying out the work, etc..
of the Journeymen and apprentices.
Foremen are pah! from $:ir. to $iu a
week, according to the size of the es
tablishment and the city they may be
In. Their assistants receive from $'Jj
to $40 weekly.
The next step In advance is to ho
cotuo assistant superintendent at $.)0
to $75 a week, and then supeKntend
ni, when your boy's pay a 111 bi from
$3,500 a year up to any figure thi
business can afford. The superintend
ent is the highest direct authority ovei
the composing room, Job room, presi
room, and bindery, and, of course
must be a man of largo attainments
and experience, as It is to him that
the firm looks to fix the factory cost
of its work, which really means the
most responsible position directly in
the institution. Notwithstanding this,
your boy may reach superintendency
by the time he Is thirty-five.
The advance from here is to the gen
eral managership of the company, and
then, of course, the presidency.
It is likely, however, that your boy,
unless he should get some such po
litical position as that of public print
er, who has charge of all officers and
employes of the government printing
office, or state printer, would be taken
into partnership by his own or some
other firm, and thereby build up an in
dependent printing or publishing busi
ness. All the foregoing figures ate based
on the assumption that your boy has
gone into a job printing office to get
his training, as these have a greater
variety of work than a newspaper of
fice. Indeed, most printers in newspa
per offices have served their term at
Job work. These are paid more than
Job printers, journeymen on newspa
pers getting $28 a week when working
days and $3:: at night; assistant fore
men $33 to $38; and foremen anywhere
from $40 a week up. Foremen in some
of the large New York offices are paid
as high as $80 a week. Apprentices
generally get two dollars a week more
than when in job offices.
At this time early in his career,
either when he 13 a two-thirder, or
Boon after becoming a Journeyman,
your boy should take the course of
study that will fit him to handle a
typesetting machine. These courses
may be taken at night, last sixteen
weeks, and ftcncrilly cost $60. One
cannot be a thoroughly equipped
printer without having this training.
Machine operators generally get about
two dollars a week more than floor
men. Proofreading will probably be ac
quired during the course of the print
er's training, as, when he is appren
tice, he will have to hold copy for the
regular proofreader. If he has a good
general education and knowledge of
affairs, he can develop himself suf
ficiently to fill this position. The
future In it is not particularly attrac
tive, however, for a proofreader that,
gets $35 a week is quite rare, and
there is no direct step of advance
ment from that position.
The prices and regulations referred
to in this article are based on condi
tions as at present existing in New
York city, which are not essentially
different from those in other large
cities. In small cities the pay runs
generally lower, of course.
(Copyright, 110. ly tho Associated I.tt
erary Press.)
BENEFACTOR OF THE CATS
New York Man Who Goes About
, Spreading Catnip for Their
Delectation.
A black cat lay sleeping on a Sun
day afternoon downtown behind n
grating protecting the steps leading
to an office building. Along the street
came a man, who spied the cat and
stopped with a glistening eye.
He drew from his coat pocket a
small pasteboard box and from it he
sprinkled some stuff on the lower
step. He hissed and called to the cat,
which lazily opened one eye, but went
back to sleep again.
"A cat itolsoner," thought one on
looker. Then he asked: "What Is
that stuff?"
"Catnip," replied the man with the
pasteboard box, in accents that made
It unmistakable that he was German.
"I always carry It around and when
ever I see a cat I sprinkle some on It.
The cats like it and I like cuts, so I
give them what enjoyment I can."
He went on his way and the other
stayed to see what would happen. Of
a sudden tho sleeping cat started up,
its nose twitching like a rabbit's, and
began to crawl slowly toward the cat
nip. Then it made a jump for the
stuft and fairly rolled In it. It came
prettv near being a catnip jag fur
pussy. New York Sun.
Great Feat.
"Come on, pa," Insisted litle Ostend
at the summer park, "and see I he man
'hump the humps.' "
"You mean 'bump the bumps,' don't
you, son?" inquired his father.
"No, 'hump the bumps.' A man Is
L'ohig to Jump over tlx c:imels."
The Boy's Idea of It.
A few days ago little John, Hirer
years old. who is very fu.ii of his
pets, no'hvil thill his yoitt.g rooster
had a comb. In a very distress. id t.iu
of voice he exclaimed: "O, papa, son;.'
body has made nicks in my rooster
head."
Not Strictly Orthodox.
J'olkv Justice Yoitti;? man, whet Is
your religion, if you have any?
Chauffeur i arrested for ovcrsp"e,
ingt Something like Jim Mu.lno's,
your honor never l passed on tlio
highw ay.
Its Nature.
' I don't think there was much good
iu the first-ald-to-lh.. '-injured thai
nurs- buiiv,'' d so."
' It struck tne, too. It was rathor a
lemon al l."
Inadequate.
Canary--You've quit Mudylng Es
peranto? What for?
Icenoggle I've Just learned that
there are r.o run words la the dad
dinged language.
WHEN NAPOLEON DICTATED
Words Came Fast and He Remem
bered All of Them Serious for
Amanuensis.
Bonaparte dictated with wrcat ease
He never wrote anything with bis own
hand. His handwriting was had and
as illegible to himself as to others, and
his spelling was very defective, lie ut
terly lacked patience to do anything
whatever wiih bin own hands. The ex
treme activity nf his mind and the
habllual prompt n'eedlence rendered to
him prevented him from practicing any
occupaMon In which tho mind must
necessarily wait for the action of the
body. Those who wrote from his dictation-
first Mens. Pourrlenne, then
Mons. Marat, and Meneval, his pri
vate secretary hud made a short
hand for themselves. In order that
their pens might travel as fast as his
thoughts.
lie (lit tatcd w hile walking to and
fro in his cabinet. When he grew
angry he would use violent impreca
tions, which were suppressed in writ
ing, and which had, at. least, the ad
vantage of giving he writer time to
catch up with him. Ho never repeat
ed nnything he had once said, even If
it had not been heard, and this was
very bad on the poor secretary, for
Uonaparte remembered accurately
what he had said and detected every
omission.
One day he read a tragedy in manu
script .ind it interested him sufficient
ly to Inspire him with a fancy to
make some alterations in it, "Take
pen and paper," said he to Mons. de
ltcimiF.it, "and write for me." Hardly
giving my husband time to seat him
self at a table, he began to dictate sc
quickly that Mons. de Hemusat, al
though accustomed to write with great
rapidity, was bathed with a yrspira
Hon while trying to lollow him. liona
parte perceived his difficulty and would
slop now and then to say: "Come,
try to understand me, for 1 w ill not re
peat what I say.
Fortunately he forgot to ask for
the sheet of observation he had die
tatcd. Mons. de Reruusat and I have
often tried to read it since, hut wt
have npver been ahlo to make out o
word of it. Memoirs of Mmc. de He
inusant.
KINDNESS TO DUMB ANIMALS
Execution of Criminals Never Re
ceived Thought Execution of Ani
mals Is Receiving.
Canon Kawnsley was reading It
Croswaithe church one Sunday tht
psalm in which occur the words, "Oh,
all ye fowls of the air, praise him and
magnify him forever" when be
stopped as If the words were a mock
ery. He surveyed the befeathered
women before him, saw in his imagi
nation tho weltering bodies of thou
sands of plumed birds and heard the
cries of thousands of starved young
ones. "It is a travesty on religion and
a mockery for women decked with
algrets to sing these words in the ben
edicite," he said, and he closed the
book.
We are getting a conscience with
regard to animals. The very matter
of butcheriug them for food is being
taken up by learned and humane so
cieties. The matter of tho execution
of criminals never took up half the
thought that the matter of tho execu
tion of animals is receiving. Wo are
getting that conscience with which
Theodore Parker was born you re
member how, when a child, ho tried to
kill a tortoise and something spoke
as if aloud, "It Is wrong!" Running
frightened to bla mother, he Inquired
what the voice was and she, wise wom
an, wiped his tears away and Raid:
"Some call It conscience, but I prefer
to call it the voice of God in the soul
of man." Detroit News.
Plant a Tree.
Many years ago it was a custom
when a child was born to commemo
rate the event by planting a tree. To
day there are many trees sacredly
guarded because they were planted by
or for some one whose memory it was
desired to perpetuate. Every reader
of this article no doubt recalls one or
more trees with which are associated
pleasant recollections. It may be the
one In the yard under which you
were accustomed to play. It may be
the one that sheltered you when over
taken by a storm on your way to and
from school. It may be the one on the
river bank under which you sat with
fishing pole In hand. It may be the
one under which you and your lover
exchanged vows, or it may bo made
dear to yon by any one of the many
incidents of life. When your child is
grown, give it an opportunity to pos
sess a living tree which it. can call its
own. Mary's and John's trees will
always be cared for with tender hands,
and when their namesake has forsa
ken the old homestead there will al
ways lie a yearning to see "my tree"
it;nin.
The Compliment.
Armstrong Drcxel, the well known
aviator, was dining with some fam
ily friends at the Philadelphia club
In his ancestral city. A rather doubt
ful compliment W'us paid Mr. hrexc
on his Hying, and the young man
neatly replied:
You i".:!':e me tint.', of Valuta, the
Toed r.t r ct beauty doe'or. A ! idy
fir ,ii ( iro .vet, or squaio visited Vaiuia,
i'tld the man said lo her:
""After three months of my treat
tv.ftit, madam, nobti ly will dream
you're over t T, .
' 1 : 1 1 1 doctor.' faltrcd the lady,
'I'm o:i!v 32 '.' "
The Averse. Man.
Lillian Russell, l,i a witty In
teriiew in Pittsburg - .VI.:: Itttssi 11 is
always witty - ndvoi a'cd votes for wo
men and the aboiliion of Ice male
ote.
"Let woman," r.ho t-.ii'l, "relieve
overworked man cf hi:; voting duties.
Let man light for woman In business
and on ihe battlefield. That is quite
enough for him to do."
Miss Uu.sfcU smiled and added In
consequently but forcibly:
"The average man. anyway, cant
take home a beefsteak without be
lieving that be is waking his wife a
present."
English Women Smoke Pipe.
The latest fancy of tho woman
moker Is a pipe not the flujr affair
that BufTlceB for the J.tpanonn, but a
good-sized brier or a neat mcer
schaum. The pipe is boldly carrlrd
along with a gold card rase and chain
purse. For some time new the cig
arette has given place to a cigar,
small In sizo and mild In quality.
Women said they were tire of the
cigarette, and wanted a bijgi-r smoke.
Ixmdon Mail.
Cripple Rides Bicycle.
George Anstcy, aged 12, a cripple,
of Ixdcester, Knglnnd, is one of the
most remarkable cyclists In ttie coun
try. Both his legs are wltberod and
useless, but the Icicester Cripples'
Guild has provided Him with a Uro
wheeled pedalloss nincUlne, vUh a
padded tube covering the ate bar.
Across this he lies face feremest, and
with wooden clogs Rtropped to his
hands he propels hlniseir aloag tire
streets and roads In a marvoJeusly
rapid manner. He has complete con
trol of the machine, Ids hands aotlng
as pedals, steering gear, aaj brake
combined.
Too Ardent a Lover.
Oeorgotto Fontano, an embroiderer
who lives In tho Hue Sevres la Tarts,
has found herself condemned to a
month's Imprisonment for what seems
to her a harmless act.
She was going homo from a concert
a few evenings ago when sha decided
he would like to see her fiance. As
lie happens to be a fireman whose
station is in her own neighborhood It
occurred to her it would be very easy
to summon him to her side by break
Ins the glass of the Ore alarm and
Bounding a call.
She did so anr In a few momenta
fire engines came from seweml dhreo
tlons, all laden with firemen, of eourso,
but alasl her fiance was not among;
them, and more than that all the fire
men were angry, and before she know
what had happened she waa taken to
a magistrate, who proceeded to make
the course of true love run ufitnaeetiily
by sending her to prison for a month
In eplte of hor tears and pretests that
she thought It would be a simple way
of brVnglng her fiance to hor ride.
NEW SAWS BADLY NEEDED
The Old-Fashioned Ones Somehow
Don't Seem to Fit Into Mod
ern Situations.
"You know all the copybook, Me
Gnffey's reader line of talk about ta
king tho advice of one's elders?" be
gan the sad-eyed, undersiaed little
man on the car. "Sure you do. Now
let nie tell you something. See that
big apartment house over there on
the right? And that little business
block right next to It?
"Well, there weren't any apartment
houses or business blocks en It when
I first clapped eyes on It. It was a
howling wilderness. In fact, and you
could almost chase rabbits up here.
That was about eighteen years ago.
1 had a hunch then and I was only
eighteen years old ai that time tftat
this laud would some day Jomp In
value by leaps and bounds. When I
was twenty years old I came Into a
bunch of $15,000. 1 went to my guar
dian, an old man, pretty prominent
In estate management and wisdom at
that time, and I told him I wanted to
soak the whole $15,000 in this block
of ground I pointed out to you. The
block was then on tho market for
exactly $13,000. Tho old gentleman
pooh-poohed me.
" 'Go away, boy,' he said to me, with
a patronizing smile. 'You don't know
what you want. It's my duty to save
you from such wild notions as this
one you've got Into your head. They'll
be shooting rabbits and squirrels out
there on that plot 50 years from now.
G'way.'
"I argued It with him, and he sat
down on me. Then he went and in
vested my $15,000 at three per cent.
"Three years ago the man who
bought that same block of ground for
$18,000 sold It for about $M9,00 cash,
and he's now cruising over la tho
Mediterranean or some place or
other, while I'm taking my wffe out
for nickel car rides and woadering
where my $15,000 went.
"There's got to be a new set of
wise saws Invented for twentieth cen
tury consumption. The McGuffey's
reader kind are moth eaten."
Against the Postum
A disagreement about advertising arose
with a "weekly" Journal.
Following it, an attack on us appeared in
their editorial columns; sneering at tho claims
we made particularly regarding Appendicitis.
We replied through tho regular papers and
tho "weekly" thought we hit back rather too
hard and thereupon sued for libel.
The advertisement the "weekly" attacked
us about claimed that In many cat:es of appen
dicitis an operation could be avoided by dis
continuing Indigestible food, washing out the
bowels and taking a predlgestwd food Grape
Nuts. Observe wo said MANY enses not all.
Wouldn't ttiat knowledge be a comfort to
those who f.ar a surgeon's knife as they fear
death?
Tho "weekly" writer suid that was a lie.
We replio.l thai he was Ignorant of tho facts.
Ho v,as put on (lie t-Uiud and compelled to
admit he w.i'i not a Ir. and hud no medical
knowledge of appendicitis and never Investi
gated to find out If tho tesdinonul letters to
our Co. wero genuine.
A famous un;eon testified that when an
operation was required GrapcS'iit would not
obviate it. TT"
Wo never dilned that when un operation
was required (Inipc-Nutu v.inild prevent It.
The surgeon to. tlf'rd hue tcrl.i r en us 117(1 p
ed to bring on an otwuk and bacteria was
grown by undigcftrd food frequently.
Wo claltmd and proved by other famous
experts that undigested food w;is largely
responsible for appendicitis.
We f!:owci1 by oxpert testimony Unit many
cares are healed v.ithor.t a knife, but by stop
ping tho use of food which did not digest, and
when food was required again It waa helpful
to use a predlgested food which did not over
tax the weakened orgma of dlgeiitlon.
When a pain in tbo right side appears It Is
not always necessary to bo rushed off to a
LlglitnJng Change.
The Manager f:rn you make- quick
changes aad double fa a few parts?
The Arbor Can I? Say, you know
tho scene in "Ijove and rxibsters,"
wrrre tho hero and the villain are
fighting, nnd a frb-ntl rushes in and
separates 'em? WVU, I played all
tfireo parts one night when tho otber
two fellows were 111.
Holidays In the States.
Washington.' birthday is a holiday
In all tr.tes. Iccoratlon day in all
states but PWIdn. Georgia, Ixiulslana,
Mississippi, North Carolina, Smith
Carolina, Tennessee and Texas. Habor
day is observed everywhere. Virtu
ally every stnti has legal holidays
having t do with its awn special af
fair -bntnle of Nw Orleans In LouiV
tana. T-oKa-n Ind-rpendenco and battlo
f San Jnrinto In Tetas, Adrotfrlon
day in California, and so on. Mlssis
Btppl Is like tho federal government
hi lack of statutory holidays, but by
cerumen consent Independence day,
ThantomrlTlng nnd ("hrLstmas are ob
served. A new one Is Columbus day
In a few of the states.
Planting Wedding Oaks.
Princess August Wllhelm, wife of
tho knitter's fourth son, has set herself
tho task of reviving one of Germany'a
oldest ctw4.oms, that according to which
newly weddrd couples Immediately af
ter tho marriage ceremony plant a cou
ple of oak saplings Bila by sldo in a
park or by the roadblde of their na
tive town.
The town of Mulchauscn, In Thurtn
Irta, Is the first to respond to the prin
cess' appeal. A municipal official ap
pear at tho church door aftr every
wedcWflg and invito tho bride and
bridegroom to drivo with hliu In a car
rlngo to a new road near tho town and
there plant onk saplings.
Tho tree planting Idea was started
by a former elector of Brandenburg
with the object of repairing the rav
ages caused by tho 30 years' war. Tho
elector forbade young persons to mar
ry until they had plautcd a number of
fruit trues.
Two Very Old Ladlao.
We haro heard a great deal lately
about long-Ilrod people, but It fs prob
able that the oldest two people In tbo
world todny are Frau Dutklevlts and
another old lady named Dabavasllka.
The former lives at Posem, In Prus
sian Poland, and was born on Febru
ary 21, 1785. She is therefore ono
hundred and twenty-flvo years old.
Tho latter, however, Is nine months
her senior, having been born In May,
1784.
She Is still a fairly bale old woman,
and for nearly ono hundred years
worked In the fields. Her descendants
number close on 100, and these now
make her a Joint allowance. She lives
at the village of Bavelsko, whose
neighborhood she has never quitted
dwtng tho whole of her long life. She
remembers events which happened at
the beginning of last century much
more clearly than those of tho last
40 years. Dundee Advertiser.
An Alaskan Luncheon.
Runners of woven Indian basketry,
with white drawnwork dollies at each
of the 12 covers, were used on an oval
mahogany table. Tho dollies were
mado at Sitka. In the middle of the
table a mirror held a tall central vase
of frosted glass, surrounded by four
smaller vases, all filled with whlto
spring blossoms. Tho edge of tho
mirror was banked with the same
flowers. Four totem poles wero placed
on dollies In the angles made by the
runners.
Place cards wero water colors of
Alaskan scenery. Abalone shells held
salted nuts, and tiny Indian baskets
held bonbons. The soup spoons were
of horn, several of the dishes used
were made by Alaskan Indians, and
the cakes were served on baskets.
The menu was as follows: Polsson
a la Bering Sea (halibut chowder),
Yukon climbers (broiled salmon, po
tatoes Julienne), snowbirds aveo
auroraborealls (roast duck with Jelly),
Sbungnak river turnips, Tanana
beets, Skagway hash (salad), Fair
banks nuggets (ripe strawberries ar
ranged on Individual dishes around a
central mound of powdered sugar),
arctic sllceB (brick Ice cream). Circle
City delights (small cakes), Klondike
nuggets (yellow cheese In round balls
on crackers), Nome firewater (coffee).
Woman's Homo Companion.
That Suiit
Cereal Co.,
to Bring
hospital and at the risk of death be cut.
Plain common sense shows tho better way
Is to stop food that evidently has not been
digested.
Then, when food Is required, use an easily
digested food. Grape-Nuts or any other If
you know It to be predlgcsted (partly digested
before taking).
We brought to Court analytical chemists
from New York, Chicago and Mlshawaka, Ind.,
who swore to the analysis of Grape-Nuts and
that part of the starchy part of the wheat and
barley had been transformed Into sugar, the
kind of sugar produced In the human body by
digesting starch (the large part of food).
Komo of the State chemists brought on by
the "weekly" said Gmpe-Nuts could not be
called a "predlgested" food because not all of
It was digested outside the body.
The other chemists said any food which had
been partly or half digested outside the body
was commonly known as "predlgesled."
Splitting hairs about the meaning of a word.
It Is sultlclent that If only one half of tho
food Is "predlgested," it is easier on weakened
stomach anil bowels than food In which no
part is predlgested.
To show tho facts wo Introduce Dr. Thos.
Darllngtou, former chief of tho N. Y. noard
of Health, Dr. Italph W. Webster, chief of the
Chicago l aboratories, and Dr. B. Suchs, N. Y.
If wo were a little revero In our denuncia
tion of a writer. Felf-confissed Ignorant about
api ciidlcltlH and Its c:ium, It Is possible the
public will oxcuau us, In view of the fact that
our held, Mr. C. W. Post, has made a lifetime'
study of food, food digestion and effects, and
tlio conclusion:! ure indorsed by many of the
best medical authorities of the day.
Is It possible that we , are at fault Tor
6tiggrt1ng.. hs a Father and Mother might, to
one of the family who announced, a puln in the
ride? "Stap- using the food,' griaay meats,
travies, mince pie, cheese, too much starchy
largest of Whatea.
Tho largest whale of IU typo of
which there Is sclentiflo record waa
captured recently off Port ' Afthwt
Tex. lie measured slxty-threft foot
In length, and was estimated to bo
about three hundred years old. Gap
tain Cob Hummer, mat of a TJdto4
RTmtes pilot boat, sighted tho monster
In the shoals off the Jetties, aad tho
crew of his vessel captured tho mam
mal. The huge body was towed aahorO,.
exhibited and much photographed bo
fore being; cut up.
Bankers and Bank Notes.
FVuir men, three of whom wero con
nected with brokerage concerns In tho
Wall street dlHtrlct, were discussing
United Slates paper currency and tho
disappearance of counter fait. "Wo
are so sure nowadays," saM ono of
the panty, "as to the genutaenesa of
bills that little attention Is paid to
them In handling, except aa to de
nomination." To provo bis assertion
he took a $10 yellowback frnta his
pocket, and, holding It up, asked who
could tell whose portrait It bore. No
ono knew, and by way of coaching
tho broker said It was tho first treas
urer of tho United States. Again no
ono know the name. "Why, It's
Michael IJUlegas," said tho man
proudly. "But In conftdoaco, IT1 tell
you, I didn't know It five minutes
ago." New York Trlbuno.
An Unnecessary Confession.
A hearty laugh, was occasioned at
tho Birmingham police court by a pris
oner who gaa himself awy In a Try
delightful manner. Tho man waa tho
first on the list, and the cfcarge trains t
bfan was merely one of being drank
and disorderly. He etepped Into the
dock, however, Just at tho moment
when the dock officer was reading out
a few of tho cases which wero to cevae
before the court that morning, and a
guilty conscience appareatry led him
to mistake thene ltema icr a list of his
previous convictions.
He stood passive enough while the
officer read out about a dozen drank
and disorderlies, but when he cane to
one "shopbreaking" the prisoner ex
claimed excitedly, "That waa eight
years ago, your honor," Everyone be
gan to laugh, and tho prisoner, realiz
ing the blunder he had made, at first
i looked very black Indeed, but Anally
saw the humorous sldo of the matter,
and a broad smile spread over his face.
His blunder did not cost anything.
Birmingham Mall.
DIFFERENCE IN THE RACES
Mexicans In the Main Unjust tn
Blaming Americano for Lack
of Politeness.
All the Mexican correspondents
who have written on the subject of
why Americans are not better liked
by Mexicans agree that It Is largely ft
question ot a lark of politeness on
tho part of tho foreigner here, and In
some cases an Ul-conccalcd contempt
The latter Is Inexcusable, and certain
ly must emanate only from Inconsid
erate or poorly educated persons, from
which no nation Is free. Politeness,
however. Is largely a matter of form
and training. It Is undeniable ttat
the Anglo-Saxon salutations, methods
of expressing thanks and apprecia
tion, etc., are simpler and shorter
than the Latin forms. To many who
have all their lives been accustomed
to the briefer Saxon ways, an attempt
of the more elaborate Latin politeness
seems, for them, nothing short of af
fectation, and they simply cannot do
It. There are exceptions among Amer
icans and Englishmen who readily
adopt tho courteous phrases of the
Mexicans and use them naturally, but
they are the exceptions. And It Is
difficult to see how this can readily
be changed. Our Mexican friends
should understand, on tho other hand,
that If Anglo-Saxons do not, as a rule,
go through as many social formalities
as tho usages of the land prescribe,
they mean no offense thereby. They
are accustomed to taking a good
many things for granted that their
Latin cousins give verbal assurance
of. Naturally, it Is the duty of the
outlandar to conform as nearly as be
can to the ways of his adopted conn
try, but h'ltnan nature and settled
habits are pretty hard to make over,
particularly unless you catch them
while they're young. Mexican Herald.
for Libel
Ltd., Gave
Out Facts
Takea Himself Seriously.
KTcola Tenia, dining by himself tn a
hotel's great dining room, takes a
table where he pan be seen. Through
out hla meal he wears a deeply stu
dious, a completely absorbed, altitude.
IIo may bring to the table a portfolio
filled With papers. These he may
scan with prolonged solemnity. In
any event, be sits an eloquent tableau
of profundity. New York Press.
Rat Bounty Excites Merriment.
Seattle, fearing the Introduction of
bubonic plague by rats, haa offered a
bounty of ten cents a rat. This move
Taconm, safe from Infection from the
sea, to raucous laughter, and the Led
ger says that the bounty, "though not
Intended for rodenta of Tacoma,
Everett, Belllnghara and other popu
lous and busy centers, has been find
ing Its way Into the pockets of .non
residents of Seattle for non-resident
rats. But the Joke -would be on ns If
ft wero found that our rat popula
tion had found Its way Into the Seat
tle census."
Pretty Good Definition.
We hear some funny thing In Fleet
street sometimes, and the ''following;
definition of tho height .ot'yiggravatlon,
by a gentleman In rather shaky boots,
whom wo encountered In a well-known
hostelry the other day, struck us as
being 'particularly choice.
"The 'eight of haggravatlon, gentle
men," said this pothouse humprlat, set
ting his pewter on tho counter and
looking round proudly, w"ltb. ihe air ot
one about to let off a good thing, "tho
'eight of haggravatlon hy, trying
to ketch a flea out o' yer ear with C
pair of boxin' gloves." London Tltr
Bits.
Before Days of Free Press.
Many of the restrictions that hamp
ered tho influence of the press re
mained In force until the close of the
eighteenth century In England. It was
not till that period that newspaper
obtained the right to criticise the poV
toy of ministers and of the king. MrV
Walter, the first editor of the London
Times, was prosecuted for censuring
the duke of York. He was sentenced!
to pay a fine of $250, stand in. the)
pillory for an hour, be imprisoned) for
a year and give security for his good!
behavior for seven, years. The order
with regard to the pillory was can
celed, but he had to serve Ms term b
Jail.
French Official Etlquet.
The wives of tho new..Frehcb, mini ,
ters share In tho honors conferred. on
t their husbands, the degree of defer
rm-B uue 10 uiem Doing iniuuioiy-established
by the "protocolei" When
the wife of a minister enters a room.
If any deputies' or senators' wives are)
present, they are supposed to rise
and remain standing until sho Is. seab
ed. Other .ministers' wives may. rest
In their chairs, but should the prime
minister's wife arise they also. must
stand to attention. And even Mm.
Brland (If there were such a person),
would have to show similar deference
to the wife of the president of the
chamber. With her, according to th
protocole, 'Vest la. representation na
ttanale qui entre, le suffrage unlver
sel la France." London Chronicle.
Vivid at Least. .
Dr. Hiram C. Cortlandt, tho well
known theologian of Dea Moines, said
In a recent address:
"Thomas A. Edison tells us that he
thinks the soul is not Immortal; but,
after all, what does this great wizard
know about souls? His forte Is elec
tricity and macnlnery, and when ha
talks of souls he remlndsme Irresist
ibly of the young lady who visited the
Baldwin locomotive works and then
told how a locomotive Is made.
" 'You pour.' she said, 'a lot of sand
into a lot of boxes, and you throw old
stove lids nnd things Into a furnace,
and they you empty the molten stream
Into a hole in the sand, and everybody
yolls and swears. Then you pour It
out and let It cool and pound It, and
then you put It In a thing that bores
holes In It. Then you screw It to
gether, and paint It, and put steam In
It, and It goes splendidly; and they
take It to a drafting room and maka
a bluep rlnt of It. But ono thing I for
got they have to make a boiler. One
man gets Inside and one gets outsldo.
and they pound frtghtfuiry; and then
they tie it to tho other thing, and you
ought to see It go!'"
a Splendid Chance
food, etc, etc., which has not been digested,
then when again ready for food use Grape
Nuts because It la easy of digestion?"
Or should the child be at once carted off to
a hospital and cut?
We have known of many cases wherein the
approaching signs of appendicitis have dis
appeared by the suggestion being follbwed.
No one better appreciates the value of a
skilful physician when a person Is In the awful
throes of acute appendicitis, but "an ounce
of prevention Is worth a pound ot cure."
Just plain old common sense Is helpful even
nowadays.
This trial demonstrated Grape-Nuts food
Is pure beyond question!
It Is partly preiflgesfed.
Appendicitis generally has rise from undl
getdwd food.
It Is noT always necessary to operate.
It U best to atop all food.
Wheu ready to lx;gln feeding use a predl
gfbtej food.
It la palatable and strong In Nourishment.
. It will pay fine 'returns In health to quit the
heavy breakfasts and lunches and use less
food but select food certainly known to con
tain the elements nature requires to sustain
tho body. May wo be permitted to suggest a
breakfast of fruit, Grape-Nuts and cream,
two soft boiled eggs, and some hot toast and
cocoa, milk or Fostum?
Tho question of whether Crape-Nuts doos or
does not contain the elements which nature
requires for the nourishment of the brain, also
of Its purity, will be treated In later news
paper articles.
Good food Is Important and it effect on the
body Is also Important.
"Thors'i a Reason"
Postum Cereal Co.. Ltd.,
Ml Creek, Mlcfe.
