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THE SPIRIT OF DREAM. KAN WHO WILL LI0 THE CANAu I Pit 1 'Sfgyy t I - Tttv TTTTTi TTV T7T TT A --1 VIZ I I n I I M V U M I f I fJI I X Opinions of ABOUT MARRIAGE. HERE nonpars to he a tendencr these dnvs H I to put off the question of marriage until one I I has reached the age which might well he a I nn lla.l I . 1 1 A I. ..II l .H If , v.. ... . I . vniirii hip ij;c i imiisereuon. iHTiirpii bachelors totter to the nltnr to exchange the vows of matrimony with acrid spinsters where once two youthful lovers stood. It has been said, with reason, crhap. Unit the ten dency to postpone marriage has grown up with the In creased cost of living and the desire of the man to attain financial independence before requesting a woman to hare his lot with him. Hut th"re Istaimthcr reason. In these days no man Is so old nt tiny given age is his father was before him. To-day the young man of 2."i Is looking backward rather than forward. He is more cngnged In regretting the good times of his college days than in mapping out his future. Nothing tends more to the wak ing of the responsibility In a young man than marriage. It is the natural order of things that every man should take under his protection and care one woman. For her lie works, for her he plans and for her lie lives. Your well-groomed, well-fed, well-bred bachelor of ,10 may impress you us one who U leading a useful life. lie may be a cog In that great machine known as the world of commerce, lie may be an eminent member of the bar or a leading member of the medical profession. But he has disregarded the greatest law of nature. Marrying late in life Is n decided mistake. It Is shown by' tho records of the divorce courts. One marries In youth because one feels the need of n kindred spirit on this little Journey to the grave. One marries in old age through whim or wheedling. It Is given to man to love and live but once. If we, miss tills, why live at all? Des Moines News. A NEW FARMER'S UNION. I ORMEIt attempts to unionize the farmers of r WIS the United States have generally ended In politics and disaster. The Grange and the Farmers' Alllnnce, while they lasted, had some power, but they passed away as Boon as politicians began to control them. The "Farmers' L'nion," recently born In Texas, and now numbering nearly 1.000,000 members, is organized on different lines. Instead of trying to force down the prices of goods they buy, its members aim to got better prices for what they sell. They aim, by cut ting out mldd'emeu in both buying and selling, to get the best possibe prices for farm products. "'he new "Farmers' 1'nlon" Is allied with the labor organizations of tho various States and with the Ameri can Federation of Labor, The union is strongest as yet In the Soutli and West, but if present gains continue for a year there will be 4,000,000 organized farmers in America, or nearly 50 per cent of the entire farming population. This is perhaps the lirst time that farmers have en tered the ranks of uulon Inlmr for the avowed purpose of forcing up prices. The thiiu-y of the new union Is that If workingmen, in all branches of Industry, receive high wages they can pay higher prices for farm prod ucts and will consume more of them. The farmer and artisan thus pool their interests. The main purpose of the Fanners' l'nion is to make prices for farm products. The. farmers have learned, by repeated exieriinents, that they can beat grain and CATARACTS OF THE 1G NIAGARA. I h!Kht of V. S. A. Fall 141 feet Breadth of II, 8. A. Fall l! " Height of HorHPahoe Fall l'.i'i " Breadth of IIorHenboe Fall 2.745 " The falls on tho Iguazu have been seen by very few Europeans, as they re accessible only from the Argentine ide and are about six days journey KNEW KIT CARSON. Jim BrltlRvr'a True Storir. Which Nobody Believed. The first white girl baby born within the territory that Is now the State of Kansas Is living in Kansas City. She Is 70 yeftrs old. She Is Mrs. Susan A. JUUon. Her father built the first dwelling In Westjiort. "My father was Daniel Yoacham," aid Mrs. Dillon. "He moved from Ten nessee In 1820. He had not been mar ried long. My mother's cousin, Major John Campbell, was Indian agent at the Shawnee Indian agency, which wus a half mile east of w here the ruins of Shawnee mission stand. My father and his bride came here and lived In that bouse for nearly a year while my father was looking around and decid ing where to settle. "in that Indian ost trader's house I was born. There lived with the agent aptaln Parks, chief of the Shawnees, end many of thein were caenped around the agency. I was the first white baby hey had ever seen, and they simply scent wild over me. The aquaws made age moccasins and clothing and wrapa anade of buckskin beautifully embrold rd and decorated. They adopted ui Crept "Papers on Important Subjects. cotton speculators at their own game. When prices are low, they can, through organization, hold back their crops until normal prices ngnln prevail. Even with par tial organization they have done this repeatedly In the South. Another aim Is to establish a system of exchange by which surplus crops of one section may be shifted to other sections wl ere there is a shortage, without giving all the profits to middlemen. The principle Is to corner the market on the farm, and not In boards of trade. Chicago Journal. litical history, has come Into new prominence through the action of the San Francisco school board In assign ing Japanese children to separate schools; namely, the possible Inability of the national government to deal with the matter. Unless It can be shown that this action !.? in violation of some treaty agreement with Japan the government will be helpless. The treaty of 1804 appar ently secures to Japanese iu this country the commercial rights and privileges of the most fnvorcd.natlon. The Inability of the government at Washington to re dress International wrongs when the wrongdoer Is n State of the Union, has been the cause of serious diplo matic embarrassment In the past, and will undoubtedly cause dllllculty many times In the future. The case of the Italians who were lynched in New Orleans Is still fresli !n memory. Foreign governments demanding redress of grievances are not satisfied with n statement that tho national gov ernment Is powerless, that the police power Is vested In the States, for they do not deal with States but with the nation. Tho ability of a State to do with impunity things which may direct the enmity of a foreign nation against the whole United States Is a source of weakness, not of strength. Youth's Companion. UTILITY view or tne rcarys ana me Amumisens and the Abruzzls. Among these, no doubt, the love of adven ture and the ambition to be the winner of "the last great geographical prize which the world has to offer" are potent motives, but so it must be remembered was It the case with the explorers of three and four centuries ago. In the latter case commercial grain also entered as u moving force, but for all that their achievements were one of the chief Inspirations of the New Learning and aroused the spirit of enterprise and daring that founded empires and discovered new world. So far as the past Is concerned It will not be disputed that the deeds of the voyagers into the unknown were worth nil they cost. They helped to teach men habits of close observation nnd to roallze that all facts concerning the earth were related. Philadelphia ledger. NIAGARA IN BRAZIL. VWkdSbr tf."V UAZU, BETWEEN BRAZIL AND Til E VICTORIA FALLS ON ZAMISKSI. I VICTORIA FALLS ON ZAMIiKSI Height 830 feet Urendth S.400 " On the Nl(er I. enfant discovered even larger fall a. from Buenos Ay res. They lie almost at the Intersection of the frontiers of Paraguay, Brazil and the Argentine. The upir fall makes a leap of ISO feet, and then the river rushes In a e- Into the tribe. Until I was grown and had married they treated me as one of their own. "My father took up a government claim embracing all the land where WPHtjiort Is now, and much more. At that time the only buiiiing iu all the territory covered by Westort was a little log store kept by an Indian trader. My father built a large hotel, and It was the second building there. It was built of walnut logs and was two stories high. It was known as Youcham's tavern. There I lived until I was married. "My father was a very popular man and much beloved. He was known as 'Honest Sipiire Yoacham.' Ho was the first Justice of the peuce in all this western country. He performed nil the earliest marriage ceremonies In tills part of the country. People cane hun dreds of miles to be married by him. "I remember Kit Carson very well Indeed. He came east and stopped at my father's hotel for Beveral weeks. He had "married a squaw of the 'Hoot Eater' tribe of Indians. He had the little girl with him and was taking her (jack east to be educated. He b,aght her outfit and hail her dresses made Iu our bouse. She came to us dressed la CONSTITUTIONAL WEAKNESS. HE Constitution of the United States mav be. If I Gladstone said, t lie most perfect Instrument B I of government ever devised by man ; yet the " I .-. I . .. . ....... I m . . 1 . i t ..... 1 1 ! must mucin inuiui, 1L lifj in imiii uiifiiiKt'iii and sincere, will admit that it has Its lit tle weaknesses. One flaw, well known to students of po OF POLAR RESEARCH. T will have to be admitted that even In the .world of science and of statesmanship opin ions differ as to the utility of modern ex ploring expeditions Into the extreme north J and south, although the weight of opinion among scientists would perhaps lean to the ft' IdlMfc ARGENTINE REPUBLIC, IlSlTAZt!. IlltAZM. IOL'AZU. UltAZII Height 210 feet Uxtent of cataracts y, miles iue energy or tae rally u about 14,000, 000 horse power. rles of wonderful cataracts round two sides of an Islund. Just below the '! And there Is unother leap of 70 feet Ihe spectacle Is one of tho most uig nlflcent In the world. b.iVkskln and left dressed In m fl ne goods as could be bought then ujon the border. She was nlwut my age nun was uncivilized. She nulled un my mother's vines and was chewing uie roots when we found her at It. "Kit Carson was a nice-looking inn of mild manners and a strong fin n. .n or niose old pioneers were mild mannered men. "Many a time I listened to old Jl iin nrnigers wonderful slorles of the then unexplored west. He was one the earliest and greatest trappers, dlan fighters and vut. H v known In Westport as the greatest liar mot ever lived, but I don't think now tnat lie told many lies. f)n nt his greatest 'w hoppers' was about a pi fled forest that he had seen away west. We know now that he tnli trl out the truth about that, but no oife bellcv ed him then, and I've heard mnnv I.. augh about Jkn Bridger's yarn' of the petri fied trees, leaves and even petrified rums singing In tit branches, course, Brldger didn't tell all tht wns added on by the people who heard mm talk." Kansas City Star. Even a politician considers hontatj the best policy for others. termotiA - sm . m or ctci The Church. We need never fear for the church. Uod will take care of r. We never need fear what she tenches. She will always teach the truth. Rar. K. Jackson, Itomnu Catholic, Atlanta The Present Age. The ago In which we live demands suivrlor equipment. Poverty of prctxirallou in the physical, Intellectual and spiritual realms is In tolerable, unpardonable. Rev. A. 11. Lnmlicrt. Methodist, Chicago. The She Hear. The miclety belle that retires nt l to 4 n. in., Is apt to act like a she licnr the next day. It la evident to nil In her own house that she has danced too much. Itev. J. L. Scitdder, Congregatlonallst, Jersey City. The llefujje. (!od has provided a place of refuge In Jesus Christ for ev- erv sinner to-day. Whenever man falls to nvall himself of this Refuge, Is It not a repetition of the story of un nn clcnt find?- Rev. W. Bruner, Baptist, Washington. Boldness. What we need to-day Is boldness. Not n braggadocio spl.'it, but such n confidence In the Master, such n devotion that they are not wllllug tlint any should question whether they tie long to 1 1 fm or not. Rev. C. Myers, Baptist, Brooklyn. Beauty. Beauty Is n distinct mis sion. Cod loVcs Itcauty. and has made the little Alpine flower to grow where none but lie and the niigels can see it. There Is something better Iu life than dollars ami cents and straight lines nnd angles and neutral colors. Rev. D. R. RadclifTe, Presbyterian, Washington. Ill-gotten Gains. How many a man goes to the market place and to the exchange wltl. iierfect indifference, to the prosperity and happiness of his fel low man and wreHtlcs with them in business to return to the home to lav ish gladly ifiMin his family all bis Ill gotten gains. Rev. E. (1. Andrews, Methodist, New York City. True Education. Education is not u certain Amount of raw knowledge which you have been enabled to stow away. There lire many men fulf of facts who Iu a moment's conversation show they are without an education. True education is the nwakenlng of the mind to see and enjoy It Is giving It wlnjfs by which to mount higher, see more clearly and enjoy more fully; and culture is the graceful way In which you place nil these nt the service of others. Rev. J. R. Mackey, I'resbyte rlnn, tilcnns Falls, N. Y. CHANGES IN THE CALENDAR. Heforms Made by Cnernir and Iop lirrKory the Mont .olnbIe. When Julius Caesar came Into pow er he found the Roman calendar In confusion. The Alexandrian astrono mer Soslgenes suggested the Julian calendar, which, with slight modifica tions, is the one used to-day. The be ginning of the year was moved back from March to Jan. 1. Previous to that time September was the seventh month (from septcn, seven). October the eighth month (octo. eighth), etc. In honor of himself Caesar changed the name of the fifth month from QuIntlUU to July. Augustus Cnesar, Micccssor to Juli us, not to be outdone, changed the un me of the sixth month from Sextillls fo August, ami stole a day from Feb ruary tg make August mt great a month as July. At the time of Pope Gregory the Julian calendar had thrown the reck oning out ten days because the year is Uot quite :iirVi days, as had been sup posed. Tho calendar was ten days nlow, so Gregory, following the advice of the astronomer Clavlus, ordered that ten days should be dropped so that the day following Oct. 4, loSH, should be the fifteenth instead of the fifth, nnd that leap years should be dropped in century years not divisible by 4(10. The change was u loptcd in all Cath olic countries at once, but tho Greek church and most Protestant nations refused to change. England, however, adopted the change In 17."1, providing that the vear 17."i-' should begin on Jan. 1. Instead of March 2. and that the day following. Sept. -'. 17."2, should lie the fourteenth Instead of the third, thus dropping eleven days. Rlols fol lowed In many places, since the people thought they had been robbed of elev en days, although the act of parlia ment was framed sa that no Injustice resulted In the payment of rent, Inter est, i-ti". Since 1st )0 and i!M0 were Julian lenp years but not Gregorian, coun tries using the old Julian calendar nre now thirteen days U-hlnd the Grego rian calendar. Thus In Russia Oct. .10 Is called the 17th. If a writer In Rus sia wishes to lie accurate he writes the date Oct. 17-110, thus showing tlm date by both calendars. Womlerf nl I'owcr of Might The extraordinary resuscitating Hwer of light recently revived n ci rlous Illustration Iu the silver mini at Laiiiium. A mine bad liccn nbai doned y.MlO years, when some popji sei-d was found beneath the slag. Tl slag being removed, In a short time the entire space was covered with t most gorgeous show of popples. Aft twenty centuries' rest they had blcsi cd as vigorously as If they had Is borne by flower. of yesterday. .o Pnrthrr II carl n ir. Burroughs Say, old man, lend your ear for awhile, will you? ma Wiseman (suspecting a touch) I'd gladly lend you Isith of them. Then I wouldn't lie able to hear you irU ma to lend you anything else. Phllai del phln Ledger. Some people get credit for beliia? P tlent, when the fact Is they are merely afraid to talk back. One touch of the ludicrous maUca tht whole world grlii. A dream Is like a ghost that walks la Isnds or loot delight ; We lesn to'lt ntross the bars Of velvet-footed nirht. With ptcftdinx hnnds hold out to it, I 1W follow its dim foet Into the valleys of the bloom Where youth ami gladness meet. The little pathways of the hill, The ladders to the sky. With golden run if to trend upon, Un t tlllWA it II. .. K tr . And when we lean and when we call, And when we feel It near, Io. In the little window peeps The sun, and morn is bore ! Baltimore Sun, HIS SOUTHERN HOME (o HALL I put In the pnle blue even o) Ing gown,' dear?" asked Mrs. Worfhlngton. She was packing trunks, because they were going to Ed gar's home, down In Mississippi, to visit the old plantation. "Yes, darling, do," said Mr. Worth Ington. He sat on the edge of the bed nnd smoked, thus greatly aiding his wife, lie looked nt her fondly. The old folks had never seen Dora, and now at last he would take her South, that she might see his birthplace, and be feted by the aunts and cousins, the married sisters and oil tho rest. "It's like another world." he said dreamily, "not like It la up here, where they're all so cold nnd unsociable. We'll stay a couple of months, by George! I can arrange It. That will give you a rest from this beastly little flat." Mrs. Worthlngton sighed happily. "Will the cotton lie growing?" she In quired, "nud tho sugar cane? And the magnolias? Oh, how I long to brenthe their sweet perfume." Mr. Worthlngton assured her thnt the magnolias would be working, even If It was a bit late for cotton. "Pack all your best clothes," he ad vised. "The gov'nor doea a good lot of entertaining and we'll lie gay. Every- PACKED IIABUKB THAN EVER.. ono will want to meet you. It'll bo like living again, Instead of cooped up In a New York flat." Mrs. Worthlngton packed harder than ever. She crawled under the bed and brought forth boxes of hats and raiment They had no other place to keep things. She furbished up all her gowns, that the relatives needn't think that Ed gar's wife was not smartly dressed nt all times. He had told her that they dressed ench night for dinner. It would all be so different from dining In restaurants and having one's frjends around to the flat In an informal wny. For three nights before they left the Worthlngtons dined at homo alone, but I lorn wore her most decollete frock, while Edgar, equally Impressive, had donned full dress. Although Dora rip ped her train on n rocker, becnuse ev erything was bo crowded, nnd Edgar felt horribly uncomfortable, as bo had fattened aomwhnt since last wearing his clothes, dinner was quite success ful. "When we get bnck we'll do this all the time," said his wife. "You know, dearest, we have grown so careless In many ways. Let us observe the cus toms of iKillte society after lhls, even when alone." Edgar agreed. The more they looked nt the tiny flat, tho more alluring seem ed the prospect of life on tho planta tion. He described the luscious fruits, the hot biscuit nnd all the dishes with which old Aunt Caroline would regale thein. There were enormous closets, In which fifty dresses might hung, and everywhere there would bo room, and lota of It Dora pictured !u fancy tho plantation at night, when every win down was agleam with light, and ar riving guests, come to welcome them, would drive under the porte-cochere, and enter through tho wide doora. She could hardly wait. On a Tuesday morning she locked the windows, turning up her pretty llttlo noso aa she looked Into the collective back yards below. "Oh, If only we might never return to It all," alio thought. In the stuffy kitchen an un washed milk bottlQ stood In the sink. The dumb waiter creaked and rattled Its way to an upier floor. Dora took off her gloves and washed the bottle. The Worthlngtons couldn't afford a servant A cockroach peeped coipiettlshly out from behind the soap dish. She real ized that a flourishing fumlly of cock roaches would be In possession before they returned. It Is tho way of cock' roaches and flats left unchaperoned, "I wish wo were never coming buck," aim said aloud. Tho Journey began. Edgar sought the smoker lute on the second day Dora, with a magazine, niadu herself comfortable In the sleeper. It wna warm Iu the car. The maga tine slipped from her lap. She slept They were at "home." and with nil the relatives assembled In tho parlor, Dora waa magnificent In her pale blue, Every other woman In tho nxmi was garbled In tho simplest of toilettes and each stared amazcdly at her bared ahoulders. Edgar'a father hud ou ' - "i jl fesa.-fE m$t ,- !-;', nil ml, i hiZb V.:V3ivr&vv fin L . J . v . .-.t rvi it. j T.laT I v m m mm I mm, , -ni mm- i W. J. Oliver of Tennessee and the. wilderness, who heads the syndicate which Is to dljr the Panama Canal, Is ono of the most widely known con tractors In the United States. Mr. Oliver Is 40 years old, South Bend, Ind., having been bis native place, nnd ho began work at the age of Id. It was nt that age he took his llrst railroad contract. He resides at Kuoxville with his three daughters and one son. Oliver's sutvess has been through his personnl attention to his contracts. He Is fundamentally n "shirt sleeves" man. In his earlier days he used to live with his construction gangs In a box car on the scene of the work. Even now he Is loath to put on tine nttlre except when social claims upon his time cannot bo avoided. Mr. Oliver Is tho largest employer of negro lnbor In the world. He has forty contracts now on band, which Include tunneling Look out Mountain, damming tho Tennessee River and thrusting rniiroads through Ixuilslann cypress swamps. He will go down to Panama with nn arnyr of 5,000 Southern negroes who linve long been In his employ, organized like nu nrmy, with n trained superintendent nt the head of ench division. The ex-' perlence of the rnilroad, tho French coiupnny nnd the American commission has proved thnt the negro of our South Is best adapted to Isthmian work. Nothing Is too great to daunt the ambition of American giants of enter- ' prise. The great Do Lesseps ninazed the world by successfully digging tha big ditch through the level lands of Suez, but failed so disastrously before the stupendous difllcultles nt Panama that the world long declared the work never could lie accomplished. Since De LesHops fulled It would be folly for anyone else to try. But American contractors, under Undo Sam's foreman ship, have undertaken the work with every prospect of success. With skill nnd assurance they take firm hold uion two of the gravest problems of to day the engineering difllcultles of the great canal construction and the negro labor problem. Methods that have proved phenomenally successful nt home can hardly fall to force even formidable Panama to capitulate. frock coat, greenish nt tho seams from long B?rviee, nnd he sported a limp black bow tie. Everyone called lilin Judge, although he wasn't one. Several gnwktsh young men Btood about look ing at Dorn. Edgnr had warned her thnt theso cavaliers would make pretty speeches and violent love, but she. must not mind. Dora wistfully hoped they'd be gin, but thero seemed llttlo chnnco. The girl cousins we're awkwnrd young women. "I'm suro she uses rouge" It was a whisper from tho very scrawn iest one. Dorn thought wearily of the flat. It were better to lie back vvnshlng milk. bottles nnd killing cockronches. Out side In the blackness a cold wind moan ed. Some of It came inside. Sho wus rapidly taking cold from sitting In a draft. The parlor of which Edgar had talked was very shabby. Thero were chairs with broken springs nnd n worn carpet They went to dinner. There were hominy and fried hnm. mounds of i-orn bread and bad coffee. And hnm always made Dora 111. Edgnr's mother spoke. "Your costume Is disgraceful, daughter," said she se verely. "Wo nre plain folk here, nnd do not npprove of It" Dora Hushed. Ono cousin begged her to liuve some hum. And this was the old plantation! "I wish," sho murmured, "that we were bnck In the Hut And I'm going buck to-night!" "Gee, I don't," It was Edgar. "Put on your hat," ho went on, ''we're al most there !" Dorn sat up. It had been n dream, but she shuddered.' Might It not prove a reality? The train slowed down and stopped. "Dls wny, Marse Eddie!" shouted n negro In livery. He pushed the iorter aside. "Hen dey Is!" ho roared. As they stepped off a dozen young men rushed up with hands outstretch ed. They were a few of tho cousin There was a mile drive through a road way lit by electricity. From a wido veranda of the house a ludy In black velvet, with a stout man In full dress, looked out eagerly as they drove up. A crowd of plump, vivacious young wo men In dinner gowns of recent cut closed In upon Dora as one cousin helped her out. He squeezed her hand tenderly while doing It "Get your wrapa off, daughter," aald Edgar's mother gaily, "dinnuh's ready now." Tho cousins fought to tako her In, but Edgar's father claimed the privi lege. Through tho parlor, hung la roy al blue and splendidly furnished, they trooMiL There were terrapin and cun vasback, French roils, lees and other good fare. And not a draught In the place. The flat seemed a long way off. Dorn ceased to think of it. She feared that she might wuke up again. New York Telegraph. BROOM MAY BE ABOLISHED. Vacuum lot Iteiuotrrs Are t.'oralna Into Great Vuitue of Late. The broom threatens soon to bo aa obsolete as the old eoper warming pan, Judging from the number of vacuum dust removers which are be ing placed upon the market. The change Is one which must meet with the un qualified approval of all who know what u breeding ground of disease la tho common dust of houses. Every housewife who Is possessed of cleanly Instincts should welcome an apparutus which removes dust Instead of sputter ing It lu all directions, lobt to the senses, so to sjieuk, for a t(u.e by Its utteuuutlou lu ulr, only sooner or later mi (' to settle again on tho shelves, pictures, curtains nud.cnriiets In a thin' Aim. Moreover, the removal of dusl nnd fis collection In a receptacle by menus of tho vacuum cleaner permit of Its nbso luto destruction by Are. Bacteriological aclence enn easily demonstrate the existence of disease genus In common household dust and there is evidence of nn eminently prac tical character that dust la otherwise a source of disease ; there could hardly be a more effective menus of Bprendlng tho Infective and Irritating particles than the old-fashioned broom. The method la uot only Insanitary but ab surd from tho point of view of Its . application. The broom may clean the surface of a carpet, chair or curtain effectually enough, but the dust Is only removed to bo scattered elsewhere and to bo . spread over nn even wider nren than before. The great and Important dif ference between the cult of the broom and the vacuum cleaner may be summed up by saying that while tho former Is calculated to spread disease tho latter enables the dust nnd Its pathogenic contents to be removed and destroyed by fire. The pnsslng pf the broom, when It comes to be un fait accompli, will be a fact of great sani tary significance. The Family Honor. "Bobby," asked the teacher of, the- clasH In arithmetic, addressing the question to one of the younger pupils, "how many pints are there In a gal lon?" "I've forgot It ngain, mu'am," said Bobby, who found It hard to com mit to memory tho tables of weights and measures. Thinking that perhaps by turning from the abstract to the concrete sue might succeed lietter In stimulating his jM)ver of recollection, the teacher tried another trick. "Bobby," sho said, "your father la a milkman, Isn't he?" "Yes, mu'am." "Well, now, think as hard as you can. He sometimes sella a gallon can full of milk, doesn't be? Just so. Well, when he does, how many plnta of milk are there In that gallon cau?" "It's all milk, ma'am," ludlguantly exclaimed Bobby. A Bond of Sympathy. While the new maid tidied the room the busy woman kept on writing, "Do you make that all out of your own head?" nsked Jane. "Yea," aald the busy woman. "My," said, June admiringly, "you must have bruins." "Brains," sighed the woman despond ently. "Oh, Jane, I haven't un ouuee of brains." For n moment Jane regarded her with sincere commiseration. "Oh, well," she said presently, "don't mlud what I say. I uln't very roiart myself." Political Problem. "IIe'8 got un Idea," said the first citizen, 'that he'd make a good poli tician. "It's very unlikely," replied the other. "Why, It'B easier to make a good politician thnn to mnke .a politician , good." Philadelphia Press. Making Batter In Armenia. Butter lu Armenia Is mnde la churns suspended by ropea from the rafter and shuken from aide to aide by tbo women. When a man la particularly disa greeable, there nre those who say: "II haa great strength of character."