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The number of unnecessary Interrogation-points
which are Inflicted ou tbe
world Is appalling. The small boy la
not the only one who keeps bis eart-.rldge-box
full of such ninniuiiltlon,
.ready to fire upon the unwary. Jim,
the boatman who figures In Mr. Emer
son's book, "On English Lagoons," bears
.testimony to the nnnoyunee of Hilly
questioning. Tbe author was taking
a cruise In a wherry, remodeled for
habitation, and bad laid up 'for tho
day by the river-bank near a town.
Jim was Bitting In the stern of the
craft, eating his luncheon, when he re
ceived tbio broadside recorded below.
First a tramp appeared.
"Are you feeding?" be said.
"Yes,"' answered Jim.
A boy came along.
"I suppose she be on the mud now?"
lie Inquired, eying the wherry.
Yes," said Jim.
Two girls walked up.
."Why don't you go for a sail?" ask
ed one.
"No wind."
"Do you have to have wind to sail
your little koatr
"Yes."
A fat nan and bis wife drew up.
"Well, ain't that the smallest wher
ry I ever seer wheezed the wife.
A youth stopped on the bank.
"You're painted all white, ain't you?"
"Yes," responded Jim.
An old man was the next vlsltoi.
Pointing to the smoke from the fun.
xel, he asked :
"You're blowing off steam?" .
"Yes."
" -"You've got a nice little ship?"
"Yes."
. "She ain't a big 'un, Is she?"
; -"No."
.Another tramp halted near by.
"So you're looking about tbe coua
itry?"
"Yes," said Jim.
"It looks very nice the day?"
"Yes."
Next came a portly old man.
f "Don't she carry not bin'?"
. "No."
""I suppoie you lay her up In win
ter?" "Sometimes."
A stupid-looking woman approached.
'Wll you tuke me to Newcastle
when you go?"
, -"I'm not going to Newcastle."
,i Oh 1"
"Well," exclaimed tho disgusted Jim
-to his master, "talk of country bump
kins 1 I never saw such a lot of green
ies In my life! Tho questions they ax
are enough to craze a donkey!"
Banana Ink.
"The banana furnishes us with Ink,
with handkerchiefs, with wax, with
blacking, with excelsior, with oil, with
Jlour, with wludow cord, with brush
a." The speaker, a banana plautor from
Jamaica, paused and smiled.
"You don't believe ma, do you?" he
.aid. "Yet truly the banana tree Is a
wonderful thing.. Every part of It
serves some good use. Thus tbe long
leaves make a Cue excelsior. Tbe Juice,
being rich in tannin, furnishes a good
Indelible Ink, and a good shoe polish.
The stems yield a flue quullty of hemp,
and from this hemp there nro made
lace handkerchiefs, cords and ropes of
all kinds, mnts ami brushes. The oil
Is used In gliding. Of bunana flour,
the 'flour ground from the dried fruit,
there Is no use speaking you are too
familiar with it." ls Angeles Times.
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STRONG AND TEADY
By HORATIO
CHAPTF.R II. (Continued.)
At 6ve o'clock on the afternoon of tho
day after Mr. Conrad's death, Mr. lrum
niond entered the limine, which was on
the opposite side of the street from the
store. This was the supper hour, and
upper was ready tion the table.
A single glance was sufficient to show
that Mr. Prummond was not a man to
Indulge In luxurious living. There wns a
plate of white breail, cut in thin slices,
a small plate of butter, half a pie, nnl
a plate of rake. A small pitcher of milk,
a bowl of coarse brown sugar, and a pot
of the cheapest kind of tea completed the
preparations for the evening meal. Cer
tainly there was nothing extravngnnt
about these preparations; but Mr. Vrjitt
mond thought otherwise. His attention
was at once drawn to the coke, and In
stantly a frown gathered upon his face.
"Are you going to have company to
night, Mrs. l)rummond?" he asked.
"Not that I know of," answered his
wife, in some surprise.
"Then why is it that yen have put both
pie and cake on the table?"
"The cake Is a cheap kind."
"No cake is cheap, Mrs. Prummond. I
take it you used eggs, butter end sugar
in making it. You are probably not
aware that all these articles are very dar
ic present. Until they get lower we need
iot have cake, cxivpt when company is
present. Take away the coke, if you
ilease. You can save it for Sunday even
nit." "I am afraid it will be dried up by that
lime."
"If it Is dry, you con steam it I have
continually to check you In your extrava
gant tastes. Cake and pie, Indeed! If
you had your way, you would double my
household expenses."
Mrs. Prummond rose from the table,
and meekly removed the offending cake.
Just then the third and only other mem
ber of the family entered.
This was Joshua Prummond, the only
ion, now eighteen years of age, though he
looked scarcely more then sixteen, lie in
herited his father's meanness, but not his
frugality. He was more self-indulgent,
and, though be grudged spending money
for others, was perfectly ready to spend
as much as be could get bold of for him
self. CHAPTER III.
Over Joshua, Mr. Prummond bad less
control than over his wife. The latter
gave way meekly to bis unreasonable re
quisitions ; but Joshua did not hesitate to
make opposition, being as selfish and self
willed as his father, for whom he enter
tained neither respect nor affection.
In silcnoe be helped himself to bread
and butter, and in duo time accepted a
piece of pie, which Mrs. Prummond made
larger at the expense of her own share.
Finally Mr. Pmnunond remarked:
I've hud a telegram to-day from n-
longhby."
"From Willoughby?" repeated his wife.
Isn't that where your cousin, William
Conrad, lives?"
"He doesn't live there any longer. He s
dead. The funeral is to be day after to
morrow."
"Shall you go?"
"Yen. It will cost tee considerable; as
oich as five dollars or more ; but he was
uiy cousin, and It is my duty to go," said
Mr. Prummond, with the air of a man
who was making a great sacrifice.
He was rich, wasn't be? asked
Joshua, becoming interested.
"Probably worth a hundred thousand
ioliurs," snid his father, complacently.
1 Bhould think be might have left me
mething," said Joshua.
"He never saw you, Joshua," said his
mother.
Joshua stands a better chance of got-
ag a legacy from one who doesn't know
iim than from one who does," said Mr.
Prummond, with grim pleasantry.
"He leaves children, doesn't he?"
"One child a boy. Let tue see, he must
o fifteen by this time. It's likely I will
ti appointed his guardian. I'm the near
wt relative."
"Will be come bere, then?" asked
Joshua. i
' Very probably."
"Then I hope you'll live better, or he
Ttm't staud It."
"When I require any sdvloe from you,
Joshua, I will apply for it," said bis
tot her.
Joshua inwardly hoped that his father
would be appointed guardian, for be bon
ed that in this event it would make a dif
ference In the family living; and, besides
it bis cousin were rich, he meant to whee
dle himself into his confidence, in the hope
or future advantage.
Jacob j)ut off going to Willoughby till
the morning train on the day of the tu
rn ral. The next day, therefore, he start
m, taking with him in his valise a lunch
of bread and meat tied irp in a piice of
brown paper. Shortly after hie arrival,
he called at tbe house of mourning.
"1 am Jacob Prummond of Ktapleton,
I he cousin of the deceased," he explained
to Nancy, who opened the door to admit
him. "la my young relative, Mr. Con
rad's son, at home?"
"Yeli, sir," said Nancy, taking an in
ventory of his features, and deciding that
be was a very disagreeable looking man
Mr. .Prummond was ushered into the
parlor, where he bad a little chance to
look around aim before Walter appeared
Mr. Pruminond rose at bis entrance.
"I suppose you dou't kaow me," he
aid ; "but I was your father's nearest
living relation. .
"Mr. Prumaiond, I believe."
"Yes, Jacob Prummond of Slapleton.
You have probably beard your father
speak of me?"
"Yes, sir," said Walter.
. "I came as soon as I could after aet
ting the telegram. 1 left my biwiuwa to
take care of itself. I wanted to offer you
my sympattiy on your sud loss."
Mr. Drummouds words were kiud
though the referem to his sucritice in
leaving his busiuewi might have been as
well left out. Still Walter could not feel
as grateful as he wanted to do. Somehow
be didn't fancy Mr. Onimnmnd.
"You are very kind," he said.
"I mean to be. You kuow I'm your
nearest relation now. 1 truly feel for you
in your desolate condition, aud though it
may not be the right time to say it.
must tell you I hope, when the funeral I
over, you will accompany me home aud
slnre our bumble hospitnlity. Mrs. Pruin
mond Joins me in the invitation."
"I have not had time to think of future
arraugemontH," km id WaUer; "hut I thank
jrou for your 'invjtiition.'
"My son Joshua, too," suid Mr. prum
mond, "is longing to muke jour ai'ipiaiut
ance. He In older ihuii you, but not niur
lurver. JckIimii is eighteen, but h6 will
make a very pli f.s.ml companion for you,
me boj ;iiut you will accept tuy la
vitatioo.
ALGtR, JR.
"Thank yoa, Mr. Prummond; I will
consult my friends about it."
"I wonder how much I could venture
to ak for board," thought Mr. Prum
mond. "If I am his guardian I can fix
thai to suit myself. A hundred thousand
dollars would nnkc me a rich man. That
Is, I could m ake money from it without
injuring the loy."
Mr. Priimniniid asked a few more ques
tions alout Mr. Conrad's sickness and
death. Walter answered them, but did
not think it ncccHxary to spenk of bis
lenses by the mining company. Mr. Drnm
niond was n stranger, and not a man to
inspire confidence. So Walter told ss lit
tle as lie could. At length the visitor,
having exhausted Inquiries, rose.
"I shall be here to-morrow," he said.
"I shall re! urn lo Stapleton after the
crreniony. I hope you will make up your
mind to go back with me."
"I could not be ready so soon," an
swered Walter, doubtfully.
1 can wait till next day."
That will not be necessary, Mr. Drum-
mond. I shall have no difficulty in mak-
ng the journey alone, if I conclude to ac
cept your kind invitation."
Mr. Pruuimond shook our hero's hand
sympathetically, and at length withdrew.
As he went down the avenue, he took a
backward gliinee at the handsome man-
ion in which his cousin had lived.
"Tlint boy owns nil that property," he
snid, half enviously, "and never worked
day for it. I've bad to work for all
my money. Hut it was foolish to spend
so much money on a house. A third the
im would have built a comfortable house,
nd the rent might have been put at in
terest. If it turns out that I am the
hoy's guardian, I think I shall sell it
That'll be the best course."
CHAPTER IV.
The funeral was over. Mr. Prummond,
as Indeed his' relationship permitted, was
one of the principal mourners. Consider
ing Mint he had not seen Mr. Conrad for
five years preceding his death, nor during
that time communicated with him in any
way, bo appeared to be very much over
come by grief. H kept Lis eyes covered
with a large while handkerchief, and his
movements indicated suppressed agitation.
II felt that this was a tribute due to a
cousin who bad left over ene hundred
thousand dollars. When they had return
ed from tbe grave be managed to have a
word with Walter.
"Have you decided te accept my offer,
and mako your home beneath my humble
roof?" be asked.
"There has been no time to consult with
my friends here, Mr. Prummond. I will
let you know next week. I thank you at
ny rate for your kindness."
Po come, Walter," said his cousin,
wisting bis mean features into an affec-
iounte smile. "With you beneath my
humble roof, I shall want nothing to corn-
let e my happiness."
Jacob Prummond went bnck to Staple-
ton ignorant of the state of Mr. Conrad's
flairs and regarding Walter as a boy of
great wealth.
When the will was opened it was found
to bear date two years back, before Mr.
'ourad had plunged into the speculation
which hnd proved so disastrous to him.
Ie bequeathed all the property which he
id posaens to Walter, wtth the exception
f five hundred dollars, which were left
as a legacy to bis faithful housekeeper,
Nancy 1'orbcn. At the time the will was
mnde, its provisions made Walter heir to
large fortune. Now It was quite uncer
tain how things would turn out. Clement
Show, the village lawyer, an honest and
pright man, was made executor, being an
old and trie friend of the deceased.
With his Walter had a long and confi
dential conversation, Impnrting to him
what he know of uis fathers mining spec
ial Ion and ite disastrous result, with its
probable effect in accelerating his death.
"I knew something of this before, Wal
ter," said Mr. bbaw. "Your father spoke
to me of being largely interested in the
ireat Metropolitan Mining Company ;
but of the company itself and the extent
which be was involved 1 knew noth
ing." J
"I think my father mutt have been
very seriously involved," taifi Walter. "It
may, perhaps, swallow up the whole prop
erty." V
"Let im hope not. Indeed, I can hardly
believe that your father would have ven
tured In so deep as that
'He bad every confidence in the ooin-
pnny ; be thought he was going to double
his money. It only a part of his urooeilv
was threatened, I dou't think it would
have hod such an effect upon him." t
'I will thoroughly examine into the af
fair," said Mr. Shaw. "Meanwhile, Wal
ter, hope for the tent! It can hardly be
that the whole property is lost. Po not
be too anxious."
'Po not fear for me on that account,"
said Walter. "I always looked forward
to being rich, it is true, but for all that I
can bear ioverty. If tbe worst comes,
and I am penniless, I am strong, and cad
work. ' I can get along as well as thou
sands of other boys, who have to support
themselves.
Walter did not speak boastfully by any
means, but In a calm, confident way, that
argued a consciousness of power.
"Yes," said the lawyer, regarding him
atteulively, "I think yea are right there.
Yea are just the boy who oaa make his
own way ; hot I hope you will not he
obliged fo de ."
"1 am young aad stroag. Nancy has
spvut her beat ytara la my father's ser
vice. Ami she Is a longer young, it is
right that she should have some provision.
Uexides, my fathar meaut her U have it,
and I waut to carry out his wishes."
"'J his is all very gsnerous, Walter; but
I am afraid it ia inoauslderate. It would
not be your father's wish to provide even
fur Nancy, however faithful she may have
Ixcn, at the eipeusa ef his son."
"It is right," said Walter. "Beside.
Mr. Shaw, I Hud that Nancy had laid up
six hundred dollars, which she had depnu-
ilfd in aiy fathers hands. That also must
lie paid, if there la enough to pay it; if
not, I will take it npoa myself to pay
v. henever I ant able."
"You're an excellent boy, Walter," said
Mr. Shaw. "I always had a (food opinion
of you, and I find it is more thun deserv
ed. 1 honor you for tbe resolution you
have expressed, though I cannot quite
agree with you about the five hundred dol
lar. Aa to tbe dnht, that must he paid,
if there is money enough to pay it. Hut
we cau leave the further dtttcussiou of this
question for the present. Now let us
consider what Is to become of you In the
nunntime. You wero at lbs Esaux Classi
cal Institute. I believe?" (
"Yes, sir." I
"You would like to go back again, 1
suppose." '
"So, Mr. Shaw. It at aa ex pensive
rheel, an, while It la ancartala haw any '
father's afrrirs will come ont, I skMld
net feel jnsfced in going there."
'Tec&aaa yon are right. Of cenrsa,
you cannot stay here, aad keep hons try
yourself. I would Invite yon to say owi
hoase, but my wife is aa invalid, and I
bate to consider her in the matter."
"Thaak you, Mr. Shaw: bat I think
perhaps I had better accept the offer ef
Mr. Drum mond of Stapletoa. ne invites
me to make my home at his honse, aad for
the present, perhaps, that will be the best
arrangement."
Nancy was much troubled st the
thought of sarttsg from Walter, whom
she had known from his Infancy; but a
situation was immediately offered her la
the village, and Waller promised to take
her as his housekeeper whenever he had a
home of his own, and this comforted her,
although it was likely te be a long time
nnttl then, since our hero was at present
but fifteen.
rfe wrote a brief letter to Stapleton aa
fellows: ,
"Mr. Prummond :
"Pear Sir I will accept the Invitation
yon were kind enough to extend to me, for
the present, at least, and will come to
Stapleton about the middle of next work,
You are the only relation of my fathe
that I know of, and I think it would be
his wish that I should -go to you. If It
should be Inconvenient for you to receive
me at that time, please write me at once.
Yours respectfully,
"WALTER CONRAD."
In return, Walter received a lettej
couched in the most cordial terms, Ip
which Mr. Prummond signed himself,
"Your affectionate cousin." He was de
lighted, he said, to think that he was
about to receive, under his humble roof,
the son of his revered and lamented
cousin. He himself met Walter at the
depot.
"I am delighted to welcome you te Sta
pleton, my young friend," he said, shak
ing his band cordially. "In tKsaffliction
which ha come upon you, let me hops
that you will find a haven of rest beneath
my humble roof."
Walter mnde BuitoMe acknowledgments,
and proceeded to walk beside Mr. Prum
mond to the house which he termed hum
ble. It did not deserve that name, being a
substantial two-story bouse, rather ugly,
architecturally, hut comfortnble enough in
appearance.
"That is my humble dwelling" said Mr.
Prummond, pointing it out. "It is not
equal to tbe splendid mansion in which
you have been accustomed to live, but my
worldly circumstances differ widely from
these of your late lamented parent. That
is my son, Joshua, who is looking out of
the front window. I hope you may become
good friends, considering how nearly you
are related."
(To be continued.)
W W WW WW W WW WW V WW w w
I PROTECTING: AN ENEMY.
A foreign agitator, widely known aa
a "Jewbalter," or one who went about
stirring up hatred and strife against
the Jewish racv, came to New York at
tbe time when Theodore Roosevelt waa
president of the New York police j
board. The agitator's first speech In !
this country, writes Jnmes Morgan in
"Theodore Roosevelt, the Boy and the
Man," wns to be delivered in New
York, and ' kla friends came to Mr. .
Roosevelt with an appeal for police
protection. "He shnll have nil the po
lice protection he wants," the commis
sioner assured the delegation.
Then he sent for a police Inspector,
and said: "Select thirty good, trusty,
intelligent Jewish members of the
force, men whose faces most clearly
show their race, and order them to re
port to me in a body." When the thlr- j
ty chosen representatives of the Chosen
People stood before him, a broad smile
of satisfaction spread over bla face, for
he had never seen a more Hebrate as
semblage in his life.
"Now," he said to these policemen,
"I am going to assign to you men the
most honorable service you have ever
done, the protection of an enemy, and
the defense of religious liberty end free
speech In the chief city of the United
States. i
"You all know who and what Dr.
Ahlwart is. I am going to put you In
chnrge of the hall where he lectures,
and hold you resiwnslble for perfect
order throughout the evening. I hare
no more sympathy with Jew-baiting
than you have. But this Is a country
where your people are free to thlok
and speak as they choose in religious
matters, us long as they do not later
fero with the peace and comfort of
their neighbors, and Dr. Ahlwart U
entitled to the stuue privilege. It
should be your pride to see that be ll
protected in it. Tiiut will be the finest
way of showing your appreciation of
the liberty you yourselves enjoy under
the American flag."
I The thirty saluted and marched si
lently off on their novel duty.
; When the Jew-halters came to the
hall, looting for a mob of Jews, they
ctuld hardly believe their eyes, for
they saw the place guarded at every
approach and the Interior lined toy
tbate naif owned Jewish protectors. The
Jevs, moreover, who came bent oh ds
turolng the meeting were restrained
by ibe mere presence of their, brethrea,
who stood before them charged with
the duty of keeping the peace. When
oae did let his angry passions rise
aboie control, a Jewish policeman'
qule ly reached for him and firmly led
him out of the hall. j
The meeting failed completely from
luck of opiKwltlon, and tbe "great na
tional movement" sjulnst the Jews waa
ruU.ed at the outset by Mr. Roosevelt's
il'.tstration of the virtues of Jewish
cltifenshlp.
Mill He Korel,
Proud Parent You know my son
studied aft In Paris.
Visitor For the oolor of the trees la
poas."
P. P. For What?
lVitor For the color of the trees la
that picture. I know I've never seea
anything like 'em lu this country '
('ley eland leader.
Crul.
Gunner So the celebrated poet mar
ried Mrs. Penner, the Bhort-etory
writer?
Guyer Yes, and some of their. wed
ding presents were cruel Insinuations,
GuiiniT What did they receive?
Guyer Sixteen waste baskets enibeJe
UsImhI with rlbboua.
8 Old Favorites I
Advice of Plnla.
Give thy thoughts no tongue,
Nor any unproyortloned thought his art,
Ite thou familiar, bat by no means vulgar.
The friends thou hast, and their adoption
tried,
Grapple them to thy sool with hoops of
steel ;
Hut do not dull thy palm with entertain
ment Of each new hatch'd, unfledg'd comrade,
liewarc
Of entrance to a quarrel ; but, being In,
Bear It, that the opposes may beware ol
thee,
Give every man tblne ear, but few thy
oice ;
Take each man'a censure, but reserve thy
judgment.
Costly tiiy habit as thy purse can boy,
But not express'd In fancy ; rich, not
gaudy ;
For the apparel oft proclaims the man ;
And they In Frftnce, of the best rank and
station,
Are most select and generous, chief iq
that.
Neither a borrower nor a lender be :
For loan oft loses both lteelf and friend ;
And borrowing dulls the ed;je of hus
bandry. This above all to thine own self be true;
And it must follow, as the night the day.
Thou can'st not then be f ilse to any man,
Farewell ; my blessing season this in thea
Wiilllam Shakspcare.
TrcHmiren.
Let me count my treasures,
All my soul holds dear,
Given me by dark spirits
Whom I used to fear.
Through long days of anguish,
And sad nights, did Pain
Forge my shield, Endurance,
Bright and free from stain 1
Doubt, in misty caverns.
'Mid dark horrors sought,
Till my peerless jewel,
Faith, to me she brought.
Sorrow, that I wearied
Should remain so long,
Wreathed my starry glery,
The bright Crown of Song.
Strife, that racked my spirit,
Without hepe of rest.
Left the blooming flower,
Patience, en my breast
Suffering, that I dreaded,
Ignorant ef her chartus,
Laid the fair child, Pit
Smiling in my arms.
6 I count my treasures,
Stared in days long past
And I thank the givers,
Wham I knew at lost.
Adelaide Anne Procter.
SZAX TAXES FISH OUT OT HAJTD.
Old Ben, Pet at Avalon Harbor, u
Wise m Trained Seal.
Old Ben, the famous old seal ef Ava ,
Ion, Is still in his old haunts among
the rowboats and launches that dot the
little harbor, says the Los. Angeles
Times. He has been there for thirty
five years and In that time became as
tame as the seals which are confined In
parks and aquariums. He is as wise
as the trained seals of Rlngling's cir
cus, and were he to be captured and
put with them he would cost his keep
ers a tidy fortune, for he has the big
gest appetite of any of his kind ever
known.
Old Ben feasts on the big fish
brought in by the hundreds of anglers
that visit Catallna each summer. At
each meal he will consume a half-dozen
big alhlcore or skipjacks, aggregating
125 pounds in weight When he is
hungry he swims up near the boat land
ing, where his favorite befrlender,
Charles Tompkins, has his boat stand.
After a glance at the fish rack he sets
to barking and. diving about until he
has attracted the attention of those on
the ler. He will crawl clear up on
the float after food, but even when ex
tremely hungry he cannot be Induced
to remain there. As soon as he has
seized his fish, he dives back into the
bay, rising to the surface now and then
to give his food a vicious toss as he
tears ont mouthfuls of fleah. At these
times he is often followed by ether
I mailer seals which are too timid to
approach the landing. Gulls also pur
lue the eld sea lion and seize the mor
els which are torn loose from the fish
is it Is being consumed. '
This old pet of the bay has attained
p great weight from tbe constant easy
mpply of food within his reach, ne
has never been on a scales, but esti
piates of his weight, made by causing
Mm to cross planks up to a size that
e would no longer break, give it close
te 1,400 pounds. Ills sleek, gray-brown
back ia often seen dashing between the
balhers, who scatter in wild commotion
whenever he appears. lie has an srter
disregard for people and things and
roama about tbe bay In whatever place
suits his fancy.
Before Catallna wns made a resort
Old Ben is supposed to have been the
chief of the colony on Seal rocks. Pre
suniably he was vanquished by some
younger rival, and now leads the life
ef an outcast. Ha seems to find this
entirely agreeable, however, and has
succeeded In coaxing several others of
tbe colony into the bay with him. nis
face la scarred with the marks of many
battles, and lie has lost the eight of
bis right eye. but he rnles his little
band in the hay as supremely as his
successor on the rocks governs the col
ony. A llnublful Aaaertlun.
Browne They say that drowning
tuon catch at straws.
Towne Yes, but I doubt It. I've seen
n number of im-n drown, and those of
theni who bail any preference at all
seemed In favor of u plank. lit fact, I
do not now recall ever having been
asked for a straw by a gentleman who
waa drowning. New York Journal.
Boll down almost liny man's prayers r
lu five words, and you will find them
to be: "Reward me. Punish ' my
enemy."
I A girl enjoys picking her way daln
( Illy over a muddy crossing Ju.-t as
much us her "jroih.'r tujoya s'i!aijijfc'
j tbroug'x
novaa it.
Werel Delation Mar n Applied to
Any Annoying; ArTslr.
Generleve was on her knees before
the fireplace, poking furiously at n
smoldering log, when. the door opcne.l
behind her. Without turning her head,
she sputtered:
"The more I think of It, the meaner
Etbel seems. Walt till it's her turn to
entertain the club next month. I'U in
vlte all the nicest girls to the matinee,
and hew'll she like that?" With n fi!i:il
angry thrust at the log, she utooil tip.
and found herself' facing her inothos
guest, Miss Moore.
"O, Miss Moore!" she exelntinerl.
embarrassment. "I never dreamed thai
was you."
"Then I'm not to answer the ques
tion?" Miss Moore nsked, with a tv.-In-kle.
Genevieve hesitflted. She wns no;
ashamed of her temper, but she war
ashamed of having shown it before
Miss Moore.
' "I'm going to tell you the whoU
thing," she said, Ihipnlslvely. "Yoi.
know our club meets once a month. nn'.
we-girls take turns eutertnlulni;. Ncxi
weejjj Is iny turn, tjtvl here Ethel tolls,
me she can't come because pIip lir.s in
vited company for that day. Anil lies
'company' Is made up of the nicest girlt
In our club. There will be Just n few
stupid ones to come here. Now do yor.
blame me for wanted to pay her bnc!;?"'
"I'm not sure. We should have to
prove it," Miss Moore Eaid, thougli.'ful-
iy.
"Prove It."
"Yes; like arithmetic to see whelli
er the answer is right. You know, t':
prove an example In subtraction yor
add, after subtracting, and lu dlvlslor
you multiply, after dividing. Proving
Is turning your work round ntid doin.?
It the opposite way. I, never feel tyiltc
safe about my conduct until I've proved
it."
"But how enn you prove this?"
"Easily. Here's your example : L'.hol
invites the nicest members of your club
te her bouse on the day when they
should meet with you. The answer
you get is that you will Invite the
nicest girls away from her when it's
her turn to have the club. Now to
prove It you must turn the whole thins
round. You mustn't cheat or leave out
any figures. You must be Etbel, and
honestly look at It from her side. Eth
el, why did you choose that particular
afternoon fer your company?'
"Oh! W-well," Genevieve admitted,
after an Instant's blank pause, "It will
be my brother's birthday."
"It will? How many brothers have
you?"
"Only one."
"I see. But why did you bare to ark
the club girls, and spoil Genevieve's
afternoon?"
This was hard for Gtmevleve but
she was honest. "They've favorites of
his," she said, very slowly. "They can
sing and play. He he's a cripple, and
can't go out."
"Oh!" said Miss Moore. "I worn";
why you didn't Invite Gonevl'.:
"I did," " Genevieve answered, flush
ing scarlet. "I wanted her to posr
pone the club, but "
"But?"
"She flashed out at me like a llttlp
spitfire, and said I'd planned It to spoil
her meeting, and "
"That's enough, you honest child,"
Miss Moore broke in. "But what was
the matter with that example? How
did yeu work It out lrst?"
"Please, never mind, Miss Moore,"
Genevieve snid, quickly. "It doesn't
prove at all. I I worked It In too
great n hurry. I'll do It over, and pet
the right answer now, though nml I'll
prove It, too." Youth's Companion.
NO SYNONYM F03 IT.
Our tVannroasre the Only One that
Truly DeBnea Heme.
In no other language, according to
,e London Telegraph, is there a word
fspresnlng the ideas and associations
which are aroused at the sound of the
simple yet heart-touching word "home."
A Frenchman once translated Cardinal
Newman's hymn, "Lead, Kindly Light,"
and in his hands the beautiful line,
"The night is dark, and I am far from
home," became "La nuit est sombre, el
Je mils loin de mon foyer," tbe trans
lator having been obliged te use for
home the French word which describes
the greenroom of a theater.
The Itulian and Spanish "easa," the
German "haus" their "helm" Is too
juneral to have any particular vulun
and the Russian "dema," aM refer to
a building ef some kind er other, and
have none of the memories and asso
elations that duster round the precious
British word.
Ia one case a seaman named Purvis,
ef Newport, South Wales, sued the
Straits ef Dover Steamship Company
fer his fare from Antwerp to his home,
t sum amounting to a little rer six
Ullars. The whole question turned on
Jae meaning of tho word. Under the
jet, shipowners are bound to pay sail
ors their passage "home," and the le
fendants, who dlschastjed the crow at
Antwerp, offered Purvis his fare to
Harwich. The sturdy tar refused to
accept It because his "home" was at
Newport, hence the action. "The de
fendants contended that "home" meant
country, and therefore Pnrvls was nt
home anywhere in England. Accord
ing 1 to the nautical ballad, a Htillor's
"home" is on tho rolling deep, but
that Is, only poetical, the prosaic legal
ene being the place whire he Joined
the ship. Consequently Pnrvls's Inter
pretation was right, and jndgnient was
flven In his favor. The Scrap Book.
The Fruaal Jaaaaeae.
A college professor who hud spent
four years at Yale and two In Berlin
acquiring his foreign education, lives
with bis wife at Kyoto, a city. In a
rented house, having a little garden, at
a total cost of 4 yen a year, or ulKiut
$233. This is divided as follows:
CRent flW; house tax, $3; servant's
wages, $15; fuel, $13; light, $3; clothes,
$23, and food. $30. His salary Is $100,
and he Is applying $100 a yeur to the
debt he Incurred to obtain his edneii-
Ptlon. A people who can conquer domes
tic problems as do the Ji'.pauese fin !
no terrors In the economic burden of a
war debt. Boston Globe,
YOU'RE TOO THIN.
Even Slight Catarrhal Derangements
tf Ut4 Stomach Produce Acid Fer
mentation of the Food. (
Ifs Stomach Catarrh
Some people are thin and always re
main thin, from temporamontal rea
sons. Probably in such cases nothing
can be done to change this personal
peculiarity.
But there are a large number of peo
ple who get thin, or remain thin, who
naturally would be plump and fleshy
but for some digestive derangement- ,
Thin people lack in adipose tissue.
Adipose tissue is chiefly composed of
fat.
Fat Is derived from tho oily constit
uents of food.
The fat-making foods are called by
the physiologist, hydrocarbons. This
class of foods are not digested in the
stomach at all. They aro digested in
the duodenum, the division of the ali
mentary canal Just below the stomach.
. The digestion of fat is mainly, if not
wholly, the work of tho pancreatlo
Juice. This Juice is of alkaline reac
tion, and is rendered inert by the addi
tion of acid. A hyperacidity of the
digestive fluids of the stomach passing
down into the duodenum, dostroyi
the pancreatlo fluid for digestive par
poses. Therefore, the fats are not di
gested or emulsified, and the systom ia
deprived of its due proportion of oily
constituents. Hence, the patient grows
thin, j '
The beginning of the trouble is a ca
tarrhal condition of the stomach which,
causos hyperacidity of the gastrio
Juices. This hyporacidity is caused by
fermentation of food in the stomach.
When the food is taken into the stom
ach, if the prooess of digestion docs
not begin immediately, acid fermenta
tion will take place. This creates a
hyperacidity of the stomach juices
which in their turn prevent the pan
creatlo digestion of the oils, and the
emaciation results.
A dose of Pernna before each meal
hastens the stomach digestion. By
hurrying digestion, Feruna prevents
fermentation of the contents of the
stomach, and the pancreatlo J nice is thus
preserved in Its normal state. It thea
only remains for the patient to eat a
sufficient amount of fat-forming foods,
and the thinness disappears and plump
ness takes its plaoe.
TO FBSVENT A WORLD FAMINE.
Observer Talnka World Mar Starve
te Death ia Short Time.
. How soon will the world starve to
death?
Last year Sir William Crookes pre
dicted that unless something is done
to increase the yield of wheat per acre
there will soon be a world-famine. He
pointed the finger of scientific prophecy
at the fact that the average yield per
acre, the world over, Is only 12.7 bush
els, so writes Prof. F. Kuorr, of Colo
rado Agricultural College, in he Tech
nical World Magazine.
Prof. Crookes was denounced as d
pessimistic alarmist. But within a
year of his statement the alarming
condition he predicted has been
reached.
"The world has n wheat deficit of
four hundred millions of bushels," says
a leadlnjg statistical authority. 'The
United States has a surplus available
for export of four hundred and nlnoty
three millions of bushels, against a
minimum requirement of over five hun
dred millions. We enn supply the de
mand only by selling from our emergen
cy supply."
The population of the United States
Increases much more rapidly in pro
portion than tho acrenge added to farm
ing lands used for tho grent primary
crops. Since 1898 the nrea devoted to
wheat growing has been increased by
only a few thousand acres; corn acre
age has increased n little more; but,
comparatively speaking, only a trifle;
oats are on a par with whent. Along
with the vastly enlarged domestic con
sumption goes a constantly Increasing
demand for export.
Omlnoun.
"Pardon me, old man," began the
veteran boarder, "but wo don't want
to lose you, and I Just want to warn
you that you'd better begin to pay
something on your board."
"Why?" asked the new boarder.
"Well, I noticed that Mrs. Starvem
was dangerously polite to you tills
morning." Philadelphia Press.
Setting It Hlsjht.
"In your paper this morning, air, you
called me a 'bum actor." I want an ex
planation." "I shall be happy to explain, young
man. That word 'actor' was inserted by
the proofreader, who thought I had omit
tad it accidentally. I slit 11 take eare Uiac
it doesn't happen agam." Chicago Trib-
FULLY NOURISHED.
Graae-Tfata a Perfectly Balanced
Koud.
No chemist's analysis of Crape-Nuts
can begtn to show tbe real value of
the food the practical value as shown
by personal exierlen.
It is a food that is perfectly balanced,
supplies tbe needed elements of brain
and nerves in all stages or life from the
Infant, through tlie strenuous times
of active uiUtdle life, and Is a comfort
and support In old age.
"For two years 1 have used Grape
Nuts wtth milk and a little cream, for
breakfast I am comfortably hungry
for my dinner at noon.
"I use little meat, plenty of vege
tables aud fruit, In season, for tbe noon
meal, aud If tired at tea time, take
Grape-Nuts alone aud feel perfectly
nourished.
"Nerve and brain power, and mem
ory are much Improved since using
Grape-Nuts. I am over sixty and
weigh 153 lbs. My son and husband
seeing bow I had Improved, are now
using Grape-Nuts.
"My son, who is a traveling man,
eats nothing for breakfast but Grape
Nuts aud a glass of mlik. An aunt,
over 70, seems fully nourished on
Orape-Nuts aud cream." "There'e a
Reason."
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read "The Road to Well
vllle," In pkgs.
Ever read the above letter? A
new one appears from time to time.
They are' genuine, true, and full of
human interest.
