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About Hemingford herald. (Hemingford, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1895-190? | View Entire Issue (July 17, 1896)
f- "O" --W 3T 5ll AW M." "" tjmii'iaijnuiV4JLjBiirmji'!wnwww jimiiamacrje&ja I 1 I VOUTMFVL dR.BAT MEN. fttrnous at nn Air Whrrj Most Men , lltRln Tlialr Osrerr. ' Many of iho greatest cnrcera were, -undo by young mcji. Washington woe t".it 43 when ho was caller to tho com g iTmnd itfthe American revolutionary ' umy, fcnys tho Bnftlmoro'sun. Hcnvy ' 3lny waii speaker of tha tiouso of rrip . rcsontatfvea rtt 34. Stephen A. Doug Ins waa b'ut39 lhon hoflrat bcraino a Mndldnto lor tho presidency. John lay was chief Justice of tho United . States at 'it. James 0. Blaine was , r.uly 39 wbi?n ho becamo speaker ot , tho houno of representatives. AloyjCn ler Hamilton took churgo of tho treas ' nry at 32 'years of ago. Martin Van Huron at 30 organised tho fnmoiiB Al liany regency aVAl was governor of kKow Yorlf. at 40. 'John C. Calhoun In shls 42d y,ejtr waa vlgo president of tho United States. John $. Brcckenrldge I of Kentucky was vice president at 32 nd a candidate for tho presidency at 95. George B. McClellaa wab only 38 when "jTionilnntQd for tho presidency. In mlutary llfo especially young men have been most conspicuous. Den. prant was but 40 ycarB of ngo when he yjbegan winning n name for himself In pur civil war, and was Ywily 43 whon 'tho wnr clo3Cd. Napoleon" was mastor Jof Franco and Europe before his 30th birthday. Alexander the Great had 'Conquered tho world aiTd Ipft It beforo ho wan 33 yaara'pjd. Fremont, the Pathfinder," hVd explored the Rocky mountains beforo ho waa 30 and wns running for tho preBldoncy at 43. Col umbus waa In tho 30s when bo ex plained his ldean of tho western pas '"sago and enlisted tho Spanish sover eigns In tho project that led to tho dls "covery of Amorlca. Richard Cobdon was but 34 whon he founded the Antl ' Corn Law League, which revolution- 'fzed tho commercial policy of Great J Britain. William Pitt, ranked by somo hlRtnrtnnn no tfm rrmtnat nf modern TOrltlsh premlerB, was practically ruler of England nt 24. 'A UlRintlo Urpev!n. Baldwin comity has tho largest grapevlno on refcord. It stands a mllo 'ttnd a half north pt tho town of Daphne ind overlooks Mvbllo bay. It measures ' six fcot one luvh In circumference at "'the base and its branches aro entwined " 'Huong the tree-tops, reaching from ono 'to another for rodo around In all dl 'tcctlous. Tho main trunk is about Jflfteen feet high and Is supported Jn the Vrotch 'of a cedar now dead, tho vino TmvlBg sappod the llfo from tho roots. '.Thero It Btands tpdny, and thcro it has stood for a century at least. But its .race Is almost run, for come, hunter, in ho excitement of a 'coon chaso, when jlia appreciation for baked 'coon wn3 greater than his lov'fj for naturo's beau ties, has used his ax on this king of ' Vines wrthf fatal effect and it now Stands wJth a largo holo in its side, re pealing tho great hollow in its trunk, into yjilcji ho 'coon ran 'lor safety. !now urjoanB'Timcs-uomocrat. Ita Und Ururd Ifcr bny So. Tliat'H lonly a ptcp from thQ sub lime to the ridiculous is" well Illustrated by tho follcwlng amusing lucldont that yjappened a fow Sabbaths ago in a. well yknown church ahd caused no littlo 'jnerrlment among th& teachers. The 'superintendent was telling tho wee small folks of tho custom in certain 'countries of chaining tho prisoners' 'glands and feet together. "And," she "'nsked, "don't you suppose that it some '"One camp and released them they would 'bo very "happy and grateful?" . It was unanimously agreed that they 'would. "And," continued the superintendent, coming to" her point," "Jesifs was sent to ho world to relcaso people froni'tholr Jns. Arp any of you horo bpund with Hho chnlps of sin?" f "No," piped the 4rypar-old ofTBprlng gf the minister. "I'm not but ray grnnd KjQther is." "Louisville Pest. At ' ' j , AluUu's Great lllycr. Some of the more jeceut explorers of Alaska and British America claim that the' Mississippi can no longer bo re garded as' the Icnge&t river on the North tAmerica"n continent. This distinction ? claimed for the great Yukon river. According to Ivun Pptroff, who speut 'oyer two years in Alaska, 'collecting materials for tho last census, the Yukon Empties 'Into Norton Sound about one Ahlrd more water than tho Mississippi pours into tho Gulf of Moxlco. The Tfukon basin comprises the larger part 'pt Northern Alaska, and COO miles from Jts mputh the rlvpr Is a mllo tn width. 'JIany centuries before It waa discovered 'by whlto men It very likely served as 'frha water highway into the Interior for jrlbea whom wo believe to have crossed fom Asia to tho American continent he Ynkon rlVer Is' over 2,000 miles in length,. ' llivril on Kpunlilj H.iiker. . These are sad time's for tho "Spanish . Bankers. -Spain wants td raise li loan pf $24,000,000 on bonds secured by liciu gn her Cuban resources. No capitalist 'outside of Spain will look at this ver? 'shady security. So tho government $ylll give the Spanish banks an oppor Jnnity to prove their patriotism by tak ing tho bonds. The transaction is a fprce loan, and in the outcome jvlll probably turn out tp bo a plain "Tase of confiscation, but'lt Is hard to rbow the Spanish bankers are going help themselves'. Rochester Demo. jrat and Chronicle. ji ( Idaho l'reti to Its Sold. Northern Idaho forosts to the extent of 40,003 acres are to be sold oon, Boise City and Michigan syndicates ifopo. to capture over 400.000,000 feet of OTjte or j'ellow pine, red and whlto Sr. idsrand tamarack. Wafchington Letter. (I'rora unrntular coirciiponilcnt ) Washington, July 13, 1 Hon. Williiun Jonninga 13rymi, ofNob.,tIio tloinocratio cntidulnto for Prosidont, nootlsi no introduc tion to tbc doinocruts of tho U. Id., although ho is only 3G years old tho youngost man ver honored with thoPreaidcntal uominution ; hid two torms in Congress did that thoroughly. Ho -was a mom bor of tho llouso in tho lifty socond and iifty-third Cougrqsss and would probably still be it moijibor if tho republicans had not gerrymandered tho first district of Nob., which ho so ably represented. In ouch of the Congresses in which ho Bat ho hud tho honor, although lie wus one of tho younger mom bora, of mailing the speech which was most widely circulated. Tho Jirst of tliose speeches was delivered March 10th, 1892, and. wus tho McKinloy tariff law. ThuJ speech niiulw his fame, and may be con sidered as having been ono of tho threct'cutiBCs of his having been nominated for President by tho Chicago convention, and was more widely distributed as a campaign doouinoufc by tho Detnocratio Con gressional Campaign committee than any other speech on tho sub joct, and he became in a day one of the most talked about men in Congress. Tho other speech was made at tho extra session of Con gress, called to repeal tho purchas ing plnuso of tho Sherman silver law. arid wus ngidnsj. repeal. That speecn was at tho timo and is still regarded as ono of tho ablest argu ments cvor made in cither branch of Congress for tho free coinago of silver, and millions of copies luivo been sent out by tho silver men, and it will probably be oven more widely circulated during tho com ing campaign. Mr. Bryan is thoroughly demo cratic in his manner and ways of living, Js pasly approached, always affable, but never "gaggy." Ho is a momber of tho Presbyterian church and whon in Washington ho always attended with his wife, tho iNew lork Ave. rresbytoriun church. His wife is, like himself, it lawyer, but pho didn't study law with tho intention of practicing, but merely took tho diploma in order to muko herself more com panionable to hor husband. Mr. Bryan is poor and ho never makes any attempt to appear otherwise. When in Washington, he aud his family wife' and threo children occupied apartments in the. house of a resident of tho unfasioimblo section in tho immediate vicinity of tho Capitol building, and with tho exception of an occasional, lecturo before the Y. M. C. A., in which ho takes a deep interest, his time was dovotcd to his Congres sional duties and to study. After ho made his first speech and be came a congressional lion, Wash ington society tried to entico him and Mrs. JRryan within its silken coil, but it was timo wnsled. He fplt that he had something more important to do than to exhibit himself at fachlonablo sociul en tortninments. Mr. Bryan was thus described a few months ago when no ono had auy jden that ho would bo tho can didate, this year at any rate; "Br'- nn is u collegiate scholar, and 1ms stored away in his capacious cran ium much of tho golden grain of wisdom and a little of tho lnuks, and it is all there for use, either as urgument or enibellisliniqnt. Somo men are fco ugly and so un gainly that it is a positive disad vantage to them as public speak ers. Somo men are so handsome and gracpfull that they are on good terms with tho audience be foro they opon their litis. Of tho latter class Bryan is a shinging example. His appearance is n lines port to the altections of his fellow men." Hon. Arthur Sowall, of Mo., Who has boon nominated for Vice Prosidont, gives tho ticket p, geographical balance which Will unquestionably add strength to it. ' He has had wido exper ience in politics, having been prominently identified as a mem ber of the National Committao with tli.6 management of overy domocrn tic national campaign of recont years. Mr. Sow-alt is a successful ship bulldor una busi ness inau. It is" generally believed in Washington that the populist and silver conventions which are tq moot at St. Louis rioxt week will ondorso Bryan and Sewall and tho democratic platform. There is much talk in Wash ington of tho probability of Prosidont Cleveland and tho members of his cabinet joining with tho sound money dqtnocrats in a movement for tho nomina tion of an independent democrat ic ticket on a gold platform, but it is based more upon conjecture than upon fact. It is. of course, cprtam tliat a considerable nuni bor of men who have been dem ocratic loaders will refuse to support Bryan and Sowall and the Chicago platform that was indicated by tho refusal of most of the gold men to tako any fur ther part in tho convention after they were dofeated on tho plat form. But will thoy carry any considerable number of demo cratic voters with them? is the important question. That r.Sen- ator Call, QfFla., now in Wash ington wns asked if he though tho gold democrats would bolt. Ho replied "Many of tho leaders will, but tho masses will not. The trouble is that tho leaders aro not in touch with tho masses and do not know what thoy feel Tho banks and the big news papers will oppose Bryan and Sewall but that will help elect them." Final RfoofNqtics Hon. J. W. Wehn, Jn., ltpltur. Hon. V. M. Uuoouk, ltecoiver. Turtles haunt; notice in this colnmti aro ro (HicHti'il U rend tlio tamo carnf ully and report to UiIh olllro for rurrivtiuu any errum tliat may cxiid. Thix will prenent potmiulo Ui-lay in making proof. U. 8. Land OHico. Alliance, Nob,, Jnuo 10, ISM. Notice 1b luroby given tlmt WILLIAM M. WADK, of LakoVIew, Iowa, has filed notice of intention to make final proof Uforo tho IUintcr or lte ceier athittnHico in Alliance, Neb., on tho 2Hh day of Jul) 18W1, on timber-culture, application. No. 5TT, for tho o H n o 'i V. u Vi s o U xeo13, tp -i n, ranv, Ho njunea ns witncHeeti: John V. 1: CharloRA. l'oxvar, Gideon A. Dickjne Lawn, Neb., Samuel H, Wright, of (.'auto Hazard, nun. of anton. Neb. Alno, Notieo is h-rob Riven that the follow -inn named settler hax hied notieo of bis inten tion Ui make, final proof in HUtiuort of hiH claim at ta mo timo aud place, viz: CHAIUiES A. 1'OSVAlt, of Lawn, Neb., ono of the lipirs of Mntliias Pos &t deceased, who nmdo il. li. i"i for tbo a o Ji seo H, tp W H, tk 5.1 w. Hn names thn follow I nK w'.tueswi to provo Iiih contiuiiotiH resilience upon ami cultivation of Raid land, viz: Allwrt Croupa, John i'. Haz ard, (Hdouq A. UickenHon, of Laun, eb., bain- uoi 11. wriKiu, oi i anton, neu. Ainu Notlco is hereby kIvcu that ' ' LYCU1U1US ItEliVES, NcNvmannville, 111., has filed notice of Intention to inako Inml prooi nt Fame time and place un timber culthre application no. 503, for tho n't B W l4, H O 4 b W il 5t U W 4 B O feSC 4, tp 25 II, t 53 w. Ho names aH witnnncs: John J. Lutnch, Henry Winteu, John V. Hazard, John Lort Bclier, all of Lawn, f.ob. J. W. Weiin, Jr., ItiiiUter. Land OIllco at Alliance, Nob , Juno 30, ibtxl Notieo is hereby piven that the following named settler has hied notieo of his inU-utiou to makn final proof in support of his claim ai)d that mid proof will be tnaiiu beforo the Itogltiter or 1U reiver at Alliance, Neb., on Auuust 10, ltPHJ, viz: EUOKNi: A. PATTE11SON, . who made II. L UiOO for tho nw h seo 7, tp 29, r 47. Honamoitho following witnesHca to provp his continuous residence, upon and cultivatlou of Mlid lund, viz: O. Jl. Phipps, ('. L. Waldroli, V. H. (ioddaul, Jirick HodurHtrum, jll of Dun lap, Neb. J. W. Wehk, au., Ilejfistor. People's Independent County Convention. The People's Independent elec tors of Box Butte county aro here by requested to olect and bend del egates from their respective pre cincts, to meet in convention in tho pity of Alliance, on Wednesday July 20, isp, at 10 o'clock a. m., for the purpose of selecting five delegates to tho state convention to be held at Hastings, August 5, 1890. Also to select delegates to tho congressional, senatorial and representative conventions; also to nominate a candidato for coun ty attorney and to transact such other business as may properly come btiforo tho convention. The basis of representation will be tho same as the last convention, giving ' Nonpareil Box Butto Alliance Liberty Snake Creole 3 Runningwatcr I 0 Doiboy 7 7 Lawn i 3 Lake 0 2 Wright 0 5 Boyd It is recommonacd that no prox ies bo allowed but that ho dele gates present cast tho full vote of tho precinct. It is recomuicuded that primaries ior the election of delegates to this convention bo held on Saturdry, July '25th, tit such time and place as tho com mitteeman shall decide. Tho precincts composing the 2nd commissioner district will send delegutes to the district convention ondulySbHh, after county con vention. Clark Olds, Committeeman. To My Customers; Our competitors are again in tho field, trying to get our cus tomers dissatisfied and demoralized by circulating all kinds of wild-cat stories und nicely gotten up printed mnttor, with the idea of making them feel that thoy havo made a mistake in not placing their order for "The other fellow's machine." Now, we address this open letter tp you to say that past exper ience, if remembered teaches us that it is a common practico with most of thorn to send out handsome printed matter, make n game of smooth talk and many fair promises, in order to have you boliove their machine is th only Ono to buy. If thov find you havo bought on youi own judgment, and bought what you know to bo tho best, THE McCORMICK MACHINERY, thoy got after you, offering lower prices, stories of imaginary brilliant successes, etc., calculated to make you feci that you havo bought too early. The facts in the case arc that you can buy n McCormick Binder or Mower just as cheap in January as you can in Juno or any other month. McCormick machines aro sold at ono price at all times, they being all ihodo alike and of the same motorial, are necessarily worth the wime money, hence tho company must nsk all people the same price. Tho price of a McCormick machine has no 'more to do with that of any other binder or raowor than it has with tho price of bicy cles. Please boar this point in mind. McCormick makes his own machines; tho other companies make theirs. Thoy do not compare notes as to the cost' of the differ ent machines, and only do so in relation to the SELLING P1UOE and gunge their price by their ability to got orders that wo would Buroly got if thoy would put the same price on thoir goods as wo do on ours. If their machine cost them us much money as tho McCormick does to build, they would surely ask the same price, as there is po company on earth that can build machines any cheaper or better than Tho McCormick Harvesting Machine Co. build theirs. It you have not bought a McCormick, you Bhould place your order at once with your nearest agent for ono of the McCormick mach inesthe best harvester and binder tlmt McCormick ever built, and a machine of which we are all justly proud. Kopprts from the southern harvest fields arc most flattering and encouraging, showing that tho competition only did business where we were HUU11T Olf MACHINES aud couldn't fill orders. This con vinces us and should convince you, that the McCormick machine sells on its morits and not on price, which is guaged by productions of oth er manufacturers and as history usually repeats itsolt as tho harvest moves north, it might bo well for you to place your order at once, as wo will very likely havo to face a shortage in Nebraska and elsewhere. It might strike you whon you need your machine the worst, "First come must be first served." If you havo already plnced your order, you should feel happy qver it and pay no attention to any talk given you by a competitor with the idea of making you dissatisfied with your purchase. Wishing you every success, wo remain Yours truJy, W. K. HERNCALL, Agent, AND DEALER TTT i.i General : Merchandise. TO CORRECT A CALENDAR, A. Bcheine Susrircjitod to Tarroot Oar Inaocunto Lenp Ycam. Tlio present year 13, as la well known, a leap year, says London Echo, and ac cording to tho Gregorian, correcting tho Julian rule of the calendar, It will bo tjie last fcap year for eight years, or untfl the year 1901. The Gregorian rule, however, though a great Improve ment on tho Julian and assimilating on tho average the length of the calendar year much more nearly to thnt of the true year. Is not perfect. By it a leap year Is dropped at tho end of three cen turies out of four, eo that any year di visible by 100 without remainder is not a leap year unless it is also divisible by 400; thus. 1900 will not be a leap year; 2000 will and 2100 will not A more accurate- rulo would be to drop a leap year at the end of each successive period of 128 years; and, in accordance with this, a French astronomer, M. Auric, points out that It would bo prcf ferable to retain 1900 as a leap year and drop one in 1920. which ip a multiple (flf toon times) of 123. But tinkering too frequently with established calendar rules is much to be deprecated; ho sug gests, therefore, to abide btf tho Greg orian rujo until tho year 3200 and diop a leap year In tbat year and every suc ceeding multiple of 3200 (G400, 9C00. etc.), which would bo leap years according to Gregorian rule. Strictly speakiqg, every interval of 128 years should contain 31 bissextile leap years, instead of the 32 which it would by the Julian rulo, making every fourth vear a leap year. Now, 25 times 128 amounts to 3.200, which number of years should therefore contain 25 fewer leap years than they would by tho Julian rulo; 1. e., 775 instead of 800. The Gregorian rule puts 97 lean years in 400 years (three fewer than tho Julian), and therefore 776 in 3,200 years, which is ono too many. The suggestion, then, appears to be a gopd one. but It obviously will not be posisble for this generation (or many future generations) to decide up on ita adoption. For tho present wo will condole with thoeo who shall be born on the 29th of February next on their having no birthday for eight years, as there will be no other 29th of February until 1904. except in Russia, which still adbcrcB to tho Julian calen dar. FatnlttlR from Lightning. Damage by lightning is unmistakably lncreaejng, uccordlng to the director o! the statistical office of Berlin. vanoua causes are assigned, such as the em ployment of electricity in various in dustries, the continual change ot form of tho earth's surface by deforestation, drainage, etc.. and the impurities in troduced into tho ntmosphero by the growing consumption of coal. Profes sor Von. Bczold some timo ago showed that for Bavaria tho fires due o light ning Increased from a yearly average of thiriy-two in 1833 to 1843 to one huu dred aud thirty-two In 18S0 to 18S2; while tho number of persons struck by lightning and thoso filled rose from one hundred and thirty-four and Beven-ty-thrce respectively in 1855 t6 oue hundred and eighty-six and ono hun dred und sixty-one In 1SS5. An Inter esting fact noted It that persons gen eraly struck: perceive neither lightning nor thunder, but receive the Impresalon of being enveloped by fire. Public Opjnion. . 8 ALU OV PUHIilC LAND. U. P. Land Office, Alliance, Nob., Juno 30, 1800. Notieo in hereby (,'iven (hat. in pursuance of instruction from tho Commissioner Of tho Gen eral Land Oiiice, under authority vested in him tiy Heetlon 213 1, U. a. KoviBOd Statutes, na nmonded by the act of congress approved Feb ruary al. lbD.". wo will proceed to oiler at n ibiio pain on tho bth day of Aun'ift, next, at thin of fice, tho following tract of laud, to-wit:- Sotithhalf ot tho northwest quarter of section twelTe, (U), township twenty-ne, (25), north1 of raiiKO fifty.lM)), went of tho ixth principal meridian, in Nebraka. Any aud all pervonR claiming ndtersely to tho abtno-dencrilied lauds are. adviM-d to filo their claims in thin office, on or before the day abovo deiunatHl for tbo commencement ot itaid tale, othorwiHo their rights will be forfeited. J. W. Weun. Jn.. Hegister. 1'. M. DnooMP, lleceivcr. ' THE GHICAG CHRONICLE THE GREAT DEMOCRATIC DAILY of tho Northwest. Will ba sont postpaid to any address six days a vyeok for one jwar for FOUR DOLLAR The Chronicle is tho most oonsplouoMs nowapqpor Biio osss of the day, tho dally cir culation exooedlng 7B.OOO poples and thp Sunday olrou latlon exooedlng 100,000 oop iea. It Is a first-class news paporof 12 and lepasoa (Sun day 40 to 48 pagoa) and Is a stanch supporter of sound domocratlo prinolples. TERBVB8. Daily (axoepl Sunday) 1 year . . . , 4.00 Dally and Sunday, 1 year 6.00 Dally, 6 months (campaign edition). . . . 2.00 Oajly and Sunday, 6 months i . . . . 3.00 Dn.ly, 2 months 1.00 Dally and Sunday, 2 months 1.40 Dally, 1 month ; 50 Dally and Sunday, 1 month 75 Sunday, 1 year 2.00 Saturdays year ;... 1.00 Samplo ooploa free on appli cation. Addross THE CHICAGO CHRONICLE, 104-160 Washington St., Chloaao. III. r.i I Caveats, and Trade-Marks obtained and all rat rent buuaess conducted lor MooEftATT Ft to. ioun omct It Opposite U.O.PATENTOmce (and wo can secure patent in leas timo tout muic .irnt. fmn, Wachinrrtafl- Send model, drawing or photo., with descrip- Jtion. We nilvUt, if patentable or not, free of charee. Our fee not due till patent U jeeured. A PAMPHLET, ' 1WWiuhh"i "'"' icost ot same in tne U. a. ana iotcjgu emmura (tent free. Address, C.A.SNOW&CO. OPP. PATENT OfPICC, WASHINGTON. D. C. VTWV1'T C .'1 CHEELY ON WASHINGTON. Washington Will Itimtiitn nt tbo Apex nf American Jlmitiood. "These articles have failed in their object If they do not tend to IncuVHto in tho minds of American youth tha importance of will-power and right as pirations to tho complete development of tho Individual," writes General A. W. Qrecly, concluding, in Ladles' Homo Journal, hlo series of papers on "Tho Personal Side of Washington." "What aro tho salient changes wrought by these forces in Jho ovolutlon of tho man Georgo Washington? For money his Indomitable will sacrificed to tho exli genclcs of harsh labor and uncon genial surroundings tho pleasures of homo llfo. Later, his noble aspirations, valued gold only as n means of serv ing his country, of nllevlatlng suffering, and of extending charity. Rising in an aristocratic community to the apex of its social system he then eagerly of fered his assured standing and ac quired fortune in order to Insuro civio and religious liberty to all grades ot society. Brutality and cruelty marked tho contests of his earlier day: in hit mature ycar3 ho was ono of the most humane warriors of any nge. Tho brooding curse of slavery imposed up on him traffic In human lives; Inter ho rose abovo the race prejudices of hit time, and by his individual action fore stalled by sixty years that Inevitable goal of individual freedom, which fu turity deferred for America to another century. His Irreligious surrounding nnd youthful habits wero such as hava sapped the better character of thou sands. Yet ho enmo to recognize that his own evolutionary procosses wore na safe guides to humanity, but that tha only sure road Is that pointed out by re ligious faith and assimilated action, through tho by-paths of sobriety, in dustry, charity and right living. Tho time may come, when experts can ques tlon the superiority of Washington aa a general, or the entire wisdom of hla policy as President. But. fortunately for his fame, there is only one standard by which the whole world measured an individual, and it is certain that so lotog as equity, honesty and charity are deemed the highest attributes of human nature, so long will the man Georgu Washington remain at the apex of American manhood." I'otliortl anil 1II llluo Coat. When Sir John Millals was a studenf at tho Royal Academy ho rejolcpd In the friendship of a fellow student by' the name of Potherd. Potherd, amonij other eccentricities, affected a long blue cloak with a catskin collar, which he wore on all occasions. Millals waa still struggling with his charcoal -when "Boy Blue" loft the academy and sot up as a full-fledged artist, and tho friends thus became soparated. Millals had achieved fame and palntod Boma world-renowned pictures before he met his old friend again. Walking down the streets of Camden Town ono day. Sir John saw a figure in a long blua cloak, trudging along beforehim. "Sure ly," said Millals. "I know that cloak;, it must be Potherd." Quickening hla step, he called out: "Hallo! Potherd, how are you?" "And who may you bo?" said "Boy Blue." "I am Millals1, don't you remember me?" "Not littlo John.iy Mlllnla, surely?" said the shab by Potherd, surveying the well groomed Sir John. "Judging by your appearance, Millals, 1 should say you had given tho arts the go-by. What do you do for a living?" "Paint," groaned Sir John, thinking what a very, local thing fame is, after all. Tito Hoys for One Tooth, The head master of a Leicester board, school waa starting qut the other morn ing to go to his occupation when he Baw two tiny toddlers coming toward hlra. Pno of them stopped him and said: "Please, sir, BUI and Jack can't go to. school this mo'rnlug, because they'ra going to have a tooth out." Falling to see why both should go to havo on tooth out the master' said: "But what'a BUI (tho elder of the two) goiug for?" "Please, sir, Bill's going to havo hit tooth out." "Then what's Jack (tha little one) going for?" "Please, Bir, Va goln' to 'ear 'iw 'oiler," wus tho reply! I'ots ami Plants In Harmony. Tho uecorated stone pots bo largely In ube lu draving,-rcom8 for growing plants need to bq Belected with car: They should not pnly bo" adapted in coloring to the plants ihey are to hold, but there should be a harmony in tho Jars themselves, aa no matter how beautiful each individual ono may bo if thero is incongruity in tho coloring" the wltplo effect will bo unpleasmgj Even ah uneducated eyo would detect the Inharmonious effect without being nblo to discover tho cause. Ladies' Home Journal. Something tn lie Avoided. Don't find fault: that Is, in the flaw picking, grumbling way. It not only; makes you look and seem and feel dis agreeable at tho tmo, but It perma nently mars your beauty. About the mouth there is certain to come a cluster of lines to tell tho world at largo of the peevishness of its owner. It makes tho eyes smaller, because they contract at tho time, and the lips grow ex tremely sensitive from continual biting. Women Kent flettlnc JUsirer. It is stated as a posltlvo fact by thoso who should know that women's feet are becoming a littlo larger each I year, owing to outdoor exercise. The I average size is three points larger than ten rears nno. Torpotlo Ilnut by Hull. A torpedo boat was successfully transferred by rail from St. Petersburg to Sebastopol a little while ago, and a nuruber of others, will now be sent in, the'sarae way to the Black sea fleet, ' 1 4 i V :1