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aoinf H. IUCAM, ... PabtUiber
One xvay 10 i . . i y experience 18 to
peculate in future.
Invisible p.-.Mns arc not used In
patching up quarrcln.
The reddest apple doesn't nlxynys
tnake tho bent wmw,
Somehow, the majority of our good
habits never get found .out.
Wise Is tin? ninn who knows when
fco treat and xvhen to -ret rent.
It's easy for n deaf mute to love ft
girl more thnn tongue can toll.
; Many a FpliiHtor xvho could have mar
tried In haute repents at leisure.
No ninn can sneak Into heaven on
fht strength of his tombstone, epitaph.
' Onr Idea of a romantic girl Is one
Who Rends out invitations td her elope
Wnt Nobody ever heard anybody complain
that going to the devil Is a lonesome
Journey.
Somo people think they nro In the
manufacturing line because they make
promises.
j A bird can sing without a piano no
jCorapanlmcut which Is a blessing we
often overlook.
1 One may get nlong without doctors,
lawyers and preachers, but the grocery-
nan Is Indispensable.
I
j King AIphoiiHo, of Hiinlii, wouldn't
jnake a bad sort of antl-raoo aulcldo
citizen of the United States.
I The averag.) married man has about
as much to do with managing his home
as a mouse has with managing the fam
ily cat
When a girl tries to dodge a kiss
he always manages to do It In a way
that enables her to catch It equnro ou
Pr lips. '
' It was a colored girl that won the
Championship In the spelling contest In
Cleveland. But the negro la used to
hard words.
' They are going to tqiond $1(1,0(10,000
for the Improvement of the Hussion
army. We never knew anything that
needed It more.
We have heard a great deal about
the mayor of a Texas town who draws
a salary of $1 a year, but not, a word
to the effect that he earns it I
Ida Tarbell wants the women of the
jworld to unite and prepare to light
their common enemy man. If It Is
all the same to Ida, man would ranch
prefer waiting for cooler weather be
fore opening hostilities.
The t "abandoned" farms of sevornl
of the New England States present no
doubt a gloomy picture to somo per
sons, and yet, so far as future growfn
la concerned, there Is more hope In tho
act that these farms are not worked
than there would be If all the avail
able land In the six Now England
Ktates were cultivated to tho limit of
lt productive power. The farms which
have been abandoned are to the future
Of New England what the land which
, fas never been brought under cultiva
tion la to some of the States of the
IWest At some time In the future they
jWlll be occupied and tilled, for the de
xnand for land will force them luto
e.' Neglected now, they are never
theless a source of future wealth and
production. New England as a whole
has a long way to go before It reaches
In density of population the condition
of tome countries In Europe to-day.
To become gloomy In reflecting upon Its
future Is to Ignore what may be learn
, d from tho history alid the example
of other prosperous and yet more
' tensely populated parts of tho world.
The Immigration commissioner of a
.Western rellroad recently applied to
an Eastern trnfllc manager for special
"homeseckers' excursion" ratea to en
ablo runners to go out nnd look at his
, .Western lauds. "I won't help you
at cent'a worth," said the Easterner, em
phatically. "Every farmer you take off
our lines makes a dead loss to us of at
least a thousand dollars a year." The
estimate must have been a largo one
In the went each new settler la expected
to add &)00 a year to the lucome of the
railway but It Is of Inturest us UluS'
tratlng the fact that every one of us, no
matter how ho may esteem Ida own
worth to bis community or to society In
general, has a value to his felltws that
can be figure! In dollars and cents.
What he produces others consume, nnd
what he consumes other produce,
Prosperity Is a mutual affair. Especial
ly Is this so as between the farmer and
the railroad or between the railroad
and every other man. What each new
eettler produces the road must haul to
market; and all bis machinery, all his
clothing, all h(ls fuel, a!! that his owu
land docs uot glve.hlni, the road must
tring. The truo soMnee of trausjmrta-
tlon Is based on tlie knowledgo of mu
teal dependence, o:id the problem the
rate regulator must solve Is that of eu
abllng the farmer to net the most wares
Into the best-paying market, maintain
ing a profitable rate on the carriage
nnd on the return haul of what hi
surplus buys. It would be an interest
ing problem for sonic readers to figure
out their own cash value to the road
wlib h serves thorn, and to their fellow:,
and thus fleleruih t whether they nre
giv ing as much im they receive, jrap
plixss Im not a matter o dollars and
a-utv, but nun h comf ort i begotten of
a proper sharing of prosperity.
In this free country, with -nilvertsul
dii'.V 'n, with the richest natural nv
ourrt In thi world, needing only de
velopment by men "is of labor nnd cap
ital to produce wealth enough to lift
the entire pc'-utaUm above want, tn
fart remains Hut the numbers of tho
Bbl.Mioilld poor are very great, and
the condition Is not confined to hard
times. Tea million people an eighth
of the entire population aro In a con
dition of what may lx conshUred ex-
tromt' want. Vet It Is stated on good
statistical authority that within a hun
dred miles of New York City, where
thre Is a very large poverty-stricken
population, there are hundreds of aban
doned farms with thousands of acres
of Idle land. Not only Is this true, but
within tho territory named there aro
allowed to go to waste each year thou
sands of bushels of apples, gar
den stuff and other produce, much
of It being left to rot 'on the
ground. - .Something like this can
be said of every city where unemployed
people are found In largo numbers. II
all the unemployed people who could
get work In the cities, If they wanted
It, were earning wages, and If all who
cannot find employment In the cities
would seek It In the country, there
would bo a decided decrease In por-
erty, not only In a hard times period
but at all periods. The marvelous pos
sibilities of the millions of acres of
vacant land In this country are only
beglnrlng to be realized. Intensive
farming Is making land wonderfully
productive to nil who will bring Intelli
gence and energy to bear upon It Tho
world never yet had too much to eat
and wear nnd provldo shelter. There
can be no overproduction In this lino
as long as there Is left a hungry mouth
or a rugged back.
Those who think that Invention la
approaching Its limits would do well
to consider the fact stated by M. Abra
ham, an authority on this subject that
tho best telephone does not transmit
to the ear more thnn one one-thou
sandth of tho energy that It receives
front the line. Although there may be
cases In which ono could wish that tha
telephouo would transmit less rather
than more, yet, seriously, It Is a chal
lenge to Inventors, as well as an In
dictment of human Inefficiency, when
an instrument of such universal utili
ty Is allowed to remain so prodigal.
The Immense advances recently mado
1 1 the power and speed of transatlantic
steamshlim have not yet In tho opin
ion of J. J. O'Neill, a Scotch engineer,
been carried to the limit Addressing
the Institution of Engineers and Ship
builders hi Scotland, Mr. O'Neill said
that the lengths of the present liners
warrant tho belief that greater power
can "lie obtained with the samo dimen
sions, tho present speeds with shorter
lengths. Investigation shows that. the
variations of form Involve relatively
small gains, nnd Mr. O'Neill thinks that
If the samo attention had been devoted
to the development of the screw pro
peller that has been given to the form
of vesKsels greater advantages would
have been secured. i
Trot Joel Stcbblns and Prof. F. O.
Brown have recently constructed a
small selenium cell, which, when placed
In tho focus of a twelve-Inch refracting
telescope, causes measurable deflections
of tho needle of a galvanometer In re
sponse to tho Impact of light wave
from Individual stars. The planet Mara
gave a deflection of nine millimeters,
the star Aldobnran a deflection of 8.4
millimeters, nnd even a fourth magni
tude star, Gamma Arletls, caused a vis-
iblo deflection. It Is hoped that by the
use of a specially sensitive galvano
meter this method may be greatly im
proved, and that if certain disturbing
Influences, particularly temperature
changes, can bo eliminated, accurate
measurements of starlight by moans
of selenium cells will become possible.
C. S. Gager presents In the Journal
of the Now York Botanical Garden
some Interesting facts about the eelf
pruulug of trees, as observed In the gar
den. In October the sapling poplars
litter tho gronnd about them with
branches, most of which are two years
old and bear winter buds. The catalpa,
the allantus, the horse chestnut, the
elm, the lilac, the mulberry, the maple.
and seventeen or eighteen other varieties
of tree have this habit of self-pruning.
With some, as the maples. It occurs In
spring or early summer; with others.
In tho autumn. The purpose appears to
be to get rid of suierfluous branches.
The branches thus eliminated are not
dead to begin with, but die as a result
of the pruning profess, which begins
by tho formation of an "abscission lay
er," or a brittle zone, at tha base of
the branch.
O Jok on Somebair.
Calling on a maid one evening
la tho season of food cheer,
William saw green decoration
Hanging on the chandelier.
William was a bit near-sighted,
But you couldn't call hi in slow;
And he thought he knew hU business
When ho sighted mistletoe.
Then ho up and kissed the maiden.
Kissed her for an hour or two.
But she merely smiled demurely
As shy maidens often do.
"Tell me why you smile?" ho asked her
When they iwrted In the hall.
"lteally. can't you pie?'' she giggled
That's nt mistletoe at all!"
Voukers Siutesman.
Takes 'Km Knar.
"Does she run after the men?"
"No, she doesn't 'have to. She wins
In a walk." .Cleveland I .eider.
We are always herring It said tha
this or that uun will iu time come ouj
all rl'ht, and that he would lie all
rl-Iit If ho tin 1 a chance, but the greut
deinnud of tho hour Is for men who
amount to something NOW, whether
they have n chance or not
The average woman's letter begins
one uf two ways: "It Is a itrfect shame
1 have not written to you before," or
"Do 1 owe you a letter, or do you owe
me oneT"
Too many people pray for .what they
want lnstcud uf for what they uctsj.
'lermond
A mlildon.
Ambition Is natural to men; Indeed
there Ih little hojK for advancement In
llfo without It Itev. Dwlght E. Mar
vin, Presbyterian, Brooklyn.
Personal Kalvullon.
The work of the church Is not slmplj
to overthrow tho outward forms of
vice, but to redeem the victim Kev.
James M. Tabor, Methodist, Newark.
The nischt Christian.
The right Christian Is the man who
knows he has not yet attained, but de
votes his energies to attaining. Itev.
John Aehesoii, Presbyterian, Aurora.
God Is the light of tho soul. If we,
like the glowworm, shall absorb the
spiritual light, we shall reflect the great
Creator. Kev. 10. E. Phreancr, Metho
dist, Providence.
flrllulnn with Education.
Itcllglou with educntlon brings out
the young man In all his character!
shows the format ion and basis of his
character and Ideas. Hew. Y. F.
O'llure, Koman Catholic, Williamsburg,
n. y.
I.untl ( Promise.
Despite the execsacs, inorul enormi
ties and excrescences on our country,
this land Is great ami glorious and full
of promise, and from this country
xmicH a movement for the Improvement
of the human race. Dr. Felix Adler,
Ethical Culturlsf, New York City.
Manly Strength.
There Is too much of the sisterly
weakness of man In dealing with vital
Inten sis. No matter how they may
differ from us, give us men that know
and fool nnd are loyal to their convic
tions. itev. W. II. Jordan, Methodist,
Minneapolis.
Tho Saloon.
The saloon Is the only Institution on
earth powtesslng not one single j;edeem
lng feature. From a moral, civil, eco
nomical or commercial standpoint, not
ono thing can bo said In Its defense.
Kev. William B. Beauchamp, Metho
dist. Louisville.
Modcktr,
The characteristic that all mei, fven
tho worst of them, most respect a wom
an for he? sweet modesty, her best
friend, . her safeguard from evil" her
moral protection. She who refuses or
neglects to hood its least prompting la
In danger. Kev. M. G. Dickinson, Bap
tist, Ilobokon.
Art.
Art Is n marvelous thing. It l able
to take the common and produce the
beautiful. Life Is enriched because of
the spiritual. Supremo art la- the art
of living. There Is no other realm that
has such materials, no other that has
such poKslbllltlos. Itev. C. T. Horn,
Methodist, Chicago.
I'nMla Conscience.
Tbo recent unprecedented exposure
of graft and corruption, or of "wicked
ness In high places," plainly lndlcnto
an awakening of tho public conscience
to higher and better things, nnd point
with certainty t n final reign of right
eouHnoKS.Bev, Septimus J. Ilunna,
Christian Scientist, Boston.
Tho nd to God.
A man may hold high converse, yet
perform a low ticrvlee. Ills reverence
for God has committed to him the se
crets of an ever-abiding Lord. It mat
ters not where he be or If his tasks are
trivial, he Is on tho road which leads
nearer to God. Itev. John F. Goucher,
Methodist, Baltimore.
WUdom.
Wisdom Is won by tho discipline of
life as truly as by the discipline of tho
school, uud many a young college grad'
mite has learned by bitter eriverlenco
that he cannot afford to despise tho
Judgment'of men with less book lenrtt
Ing but greater life, wisdom Itev. Dr.
Fonn, Episcopalian, Bsoton.
The Absentee God.
Tho Idea of an absentee God hah
boon a calamity to tho race. What hu
manity needs la not a God locked up
In heaven amlst saints and angels, but
ono living and moving among us, who
euros for us,' pities us and helps us as a
father cares for his child. Rev. George
B. Yoshurgh, Baptist, Denver,
Human Liberty.
For the man who realizes the soli
darity of human smioty there is no
such thing as absolute liberty. Human
liberty is relative, nnd ho enjoys most
of It who most fully acquiesces In thoso
laws and measures which contribute
tho greatest good to the greatest num
ber. Kev. William Y. Chapman, Pres
byterian. Koseville,
Human' SnD'eriiitf.
If the very Sen of God suffered for
the uiijniit that lie might explain God's
dealings with men, wo can also enter
th.-ni Into ituJuHt sufferings for others,
that .Ii.mii Christ may Ik glorified In
us n: wo exemplify His character of
self denial nnd forgiveness In the hour
it soxerest t rial Kev. M. L. Blaney,
Methodist. 1'rox idciice.
Source of Crime.
A man m.iy read out of his creed the
n:o;v of Adam's fall; he may eluss it
iiijioug the iiiyihs of his race, but he
ma as well deny t bo MinlxVr.sul laxv
thai like produces HUo as to deny that
a g-.vat many of the sins and crimes of
the pros nt generation aro traceable to
tho indulgent and criminal sins of a
di.-oliciliciit ancestry. Kev. lVmald D.
McKay, 1'resbyterlan, Minneapolis,
Mian.
Coldly CoimlUrred.
' I. sir," remarked tho self-important
statesman, -w;i never upproaehed with
a pi'oiMisitlou of graft iu my life."
"That fact," unaxx-ered Senator Sor
ghum, ''limy be a recognition of your
honesty, nnd then again It may be a re
rcelli.il on yor-r Influeuee." Wualilng
ten Star. ,
After a woman passes a certain ag
nhe has to become Interested In praytt
ineetiig. or sitting up with tho sick
and the dead, or he doesu't see' any
society at all.
GERMANY'S T0Y3.
their Maanfactar One nf the Coon-
r Big ladaatrles.
8ome Interesting particulars of tho
toy Industry of Germany have been
published by the British consul nt Ham
burg. Toys constitute one of the most
Important branches of German manu
facture. Id the year 1003 the total vol
ume of toys exported from nil parts of
the German Empire was 34,717 tons,
rained at il3,0,11,f)"0. Though there Is
hardly any country In the world to
which German toys are not exported,
the most Important customer of Ger
many la Great Britain, which In the
year nnder review received 12,218 tons.
The second most !miortant market for
German toys is this country, tho ex
ports to which amounted in 11)0.1 to 11,
055 tons, valued at t 00:1,135.
Tbo most Important centers for the
manufacture of toys In Germany are
Nuremberg nnd Fucrth In Bavaria, Son
neberg and some other ports of Thur
lngln and the Saxon "Erzegeblrge."
Nuremberg, above all, has long been
known throughout the world for Its
trade and Industry, and German toys,
wherever made, still go In many coun
tries by tho name of Nuremberg toys.
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THE CALOItlMETEU C'HAMBEU.
Some time ago Dr. Andrew Wilson discussed the cnlorhuetrlc experiments
at an American university. Sheffield University has now Installed a similar
chamber, In which a man Is shut up In order that the heat generated by
tala body may bo observed. By a system of registering Instruments the heat '
generated by the body lii action and la repose Is minutely recorded. The
prisoner has to live for several days In a culorlmeter, and his food Is passed
to him through a porthole so contrived that the heat of the chamber cannot
be affected by the opening of communication with the outside world. For
exercise he rides a stationary bicycle, and during tho time ho is on the ma
chine a record Is taken of the change In the temperature of the body.
Illustrated London News.
At Fuerth, vhleh Is close to Nuremberg,
a flourishing trade and Industry, has
likewise sprung up since about the end
of the eighteenth century. Next to Nu
remberg and Fucrth tho town and di
trict of Souneberg has for many years
enjoyed tbo best reputation for Its toy
Industry and trade, while lu the Saxon
"ETzgeblrge," a district comparatively
poor In nntural products, the manufac
ture of toys has likewise for some time
furulBhed a source of livelihood to
thousands of Its Inhabitants.
The toys mado at Nuremberg nnd
Fuerth are chiefly of the metal variety,
mad either of tin, tinned sheet iron
or of tin and lead nlloya Of the more
than 200 toy factories established In
both of these towns, about 150 nre de
Yoted exclusively to metnl toys, the
only part of them worked by hand be
ing the final painting, while nil tho rest
Is manufactured by machinery. In this
respect this toy industry of the two
Bavarian towns occupies a rather dif
ferent position from that of all the
other parts of Germany, where It Is ul
inost exclusively carried on by manual
labor; that Is to say, by workmen and
women In their own homes. The suc
cess of the Nuremberg and Fuerth met
al toy manufactories la mainly attribu
table to the skillful manner In xvhlch
the materials have been employed, and
lu which the machinery and tools used
for the work have been adapted and
gradually Improved by the toy manu
facturers themselves, t thus eriuhltng
them to produce largo quantities of
articles within a comparatively short
time, and to reduce trio excuses of pro
duction, and In consequence also the
sale prices of the articles manufactured
by them. Sclcntilic American.
HJJ WAS AN IRISH CHINAMAN.
llow Celtlo American Decnina a C e
Irallal Cttlaen.
Willie on a visit to Washington, D.
C, recently, John B. O'Neill, u former
Washington attorney, xvho Is uoxv en
gaged as military Instructor lu China,
related an Interesting and out-of-the-ordinary
tiappoiiing in xvhlch he was a
principal. It occurred, says the Wash
ington Star, about fifty miles from
rckla
"We were trying to get a big gun
across a little stream," said Mr. O'Neill.
"I had ubout thirty Chinamen engaged
at the task, while fully a hundred more
stood about the banks of tho stream
and looked on. When the cannon had
reached tho middle of the crock, or
river, It became stalled In the soft mud
at the bottom. I was yelling at flic
Chluke' In pidgin English, trying to
get them to extricate the gnu, when
abor the babel of Chinese voices there
came in a high laisedo and decidedly
Irish brogue this remark:
"Why the dlvll don't ye2 spalpeens
pull th' cannon to Jez right? Begor
rah. ye'r a lot ov low-tide clams!'
"I looked In tho direction whence
the voice came and saw a short China
man, as I supposed, with a long queue
and a. gtnulne Celtic cast of counte
nance. He wns holding a little Chinese
boy by the hand.
"'Who nre youT 1 shouted at him.
" 'An Amlrlklii, like yersclf, wns the
reply.
"I am n Clilnese-lrlsh-Amerlcan, nn'
me name Is O'Fluherty.' "
Mr. O'Neill said he had n long talk
with tho quaint fellow, xvho informed
him that he left Tyrone. Pa., for China
about txventy years ago, and ukiii his
arrival In tbo celestial empire he mar
ried n Chinese woman, adopted their
manners and garb. Including n faNo
queue, lie ndded that he was the f:i
ther of several little Chinese-Irish
O'Flahortys.
"Why have yon not dropped the 'O'
fornlnsf yoAr name It" asked Mr. O'Neill.
"You seldom fee an O' Flaherty these
days. They are all Flahertys."
"I didn't drrp me 'O' for th same
r'ason ye did not drop .vers. Ye know
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in th' oxvld counthry the O'Flahertys
aud the O'Neills 'O' lx-erybody."
FARMER'S LAND WAS SOUR.
Blniplo Test with Lltmna Paper
Showed Acid.
Tho Stnto experiment stations nre
doing a great xvork for the farmers.
The following Incident hoxxs hoxv sim
ple some of tlie tests aro "xvhen you
know hoxv," pays a writer In Country
Life In America. A station official was
going over a farm with the owner when
they came to a crawflshy piece of land
just back of tho barn ; the very xvceds
looked yellow aid unhenlthful.
"I am Inclined to think," remarked
the agriculturist, "that this land is too
acid for productivity. Wo can deter
mine this In a moment."
Taking n blue piece of paper from
his pocket he stooped and dipped the
paper In some of the soli water that
was standing in a cow track. To the
owner's astonishment the blue paper
changed to a red color as soon as it
was Immersed.
"There," said the agriculturist, "xxe
have our proof. This Is Just a piece
of litmus paper. For 5 cents you can
buy a similar pleco at any drug store.
Its change of color shoxvs that the land
Is Bour. Crops cannot thrive on sour
land any more than children can thrive
ou sour milk."
"Xohnddv" Anwered.
The average small boy's opinion of
himself Is none too high, but tho reply
of a small stable boy In Chicago may
scarcely be taken as the average. A
xx oman whose husband kept the driving
horse In ono of the many "boarding
stables" in the city telephoned tho other
day to have the horse and carriage
brought to the house. A strange volco
answered the telephone.
"Is this So & So's stable?" queried
the woman.
"Yes," came tho answer.
"Well, xvho Is tills?"
"A xv, 'tnln't nobuddy. Walt a mln
nlt and I'll call somebody," camo the
answer.
Too' Hmpatuetlc,
"There Is such a thing as being too
considerate and tender-hearted."
"Whut's tho trouble now?"
"My daughter refuses to boil the
drinking water for fear of hurting th
germs." Washln gt on Sta r.
We have never heard of a man who
bought n farm with the money saved
by quitting smoking. Still, the Sunday
school books say such a result la po
slble.
Small thluj;s worry small inluls.
A new story told of F. Marlon Craxv
ford, In a London paper, is that be was
seated at a dinner next to a loquacious
lady who talked with him of the Im
mortality of tho works of certain au
thors no longer among the living. Said
the lady to the novelist: "Have you
ever written anything that will live
after you have gone?" "Madam," Mr.
Crawford replied, "what I am trying
to do Is to write something thatwill
enable me to live while I am here."
The Argonaut.
One of the best and most popular
governor gcneralB of Canada was the
Marquis of Lome, noxv Duke of Argyle.
His reminiscences have Just been pub
lished in this country by Dodd, Mead
& Co. under the title "Passages from
the Past" Somo of the famous per
sons whom ho recalls In this volume of
reminiscences, to mention them nt hap
hazard, are Wordsworth, Tennyson,
Browning, Lord Brougham, Lord Duf
ferln, Cavour, Garibaldi, General Lee,
General Grant, Seward, Longfellow,
Blamarck, Emperor William I., Victor
Emmanuel, Emperor Francis Joseph,
Mr. Gladstone, Louis Napoleon, Euge
nie, Disraeli and Queen Victoria.
Morjorle Bowen, or Gubrlelle Vere
Campbell, to give her her real uunie,
author of "The Viper of Mllun"
whose latest book, "The Sxx-ord De
cides." has Just been published though
she has lived in London nearly all her
life, la a native of Hayling Island In
Hampshire, on the south coast of Eng
land. At an early age she showed ap
titude for painting and began to look
upon art as her profession. Writing
was more or less a secondary matter
a pleasant way of whillng away an
Lour or .two In the evening. She lives
with her mother and one slstier, and
most of her work Is done during the
morning. Every day she writes at
least 1500 words, often considerably
more. One of Miss Bowen's American
admirers is Mark Twain, and the au
thor reciprocated by dedicating "Tho
Master of Stair" to tho humorist.
"Diet" Is the subject of an article
In tho Saturday Eeviexv in which the
writer says: "incidentally diet pro
vides all women and many men with a
plausible but pnltry excuse for minding
Other people's business. When, after
much searching of heart and much
reading of medical dictionaries, xvhlch
even the authors scarcely profess to
understand the science of medicine
comdsts of pouring drugs of which we
know little Into stomachs of which we
know less a man has found a diet
which suits him It is all Lombard
street to a China orange that this Iden
tical diet would starve or Burfelt his
next door neighbor. Let tho young men
who cannot digest boef by nil menns
eat something else, but not talk about
it, and though they may never aspire
even to sublime mediocrity they can at
least learn for themselves before they
are of age to eat what suits them, and
above all to keep their fads and symp
toms to themselves."
THE LABRADOR HERO.
Dr. Grenfell la an All-around Ilnnflr
Man In the Arotlo Ileclon.
Dr. Wilfred T. Grenfell, the hero of
the Labrador coast, is more than a
physician and a missionary. lie ia a
scientist and an all-round handy man.
He has a steamer with hospital amid
ships, and he Is the master and navi
gator of It; he can amputate a leg,
contract the "walls of a pleuritic lung
by shortening tho ribs or cure by the
use of modern methods, but with
b.ome-mado , appliances, a man suffer
ing from a pertain form of paralysis;
150 miles from a shipyard ' he can
raise tho stern of his little iron
steamer out of the water by the rough
application of the principles of hy
draulics and repair her propeller; he
can handle dynamite and blast an ex
cavation under one of his simple hos
pital buildings; he can start a lumber
mill and teach tho Inhabitants of
Labrador not only how to handle a
saw, bnt how to sell the product for
a living wage; he can establish a co
operative store, and, what 19 better,
make It pay.
He Is a magistrate of the territory
he traverses, and ono of the tales they
tall of him concerns the way In which
be compelled one of the most prom
inent merchants of Newfoundland to
come Into church, coufesa publicly
that he had wronged a follow man
and pay the latter a thousand dollars.
Then Dr. Gronfell told tho congrega
tion that they must not Fpetik to the
old sinner for a year, after which, If
he showed signs moot for repentance,
they might associate with him again.
The merchant fled the place rather
than endure th'at punishment. Dr.
Grenfell Is now planning to Introduce
reindeer Into Labrador In order to
further tho Industrial development of
the country.
"SNOOFUfa."
It Pays to Keep lOvcrrthlnv Readr
for "Snoopera."
"I call It snooping It's nothing
else!" Kathlo sputtered, as she bolted
into her mother's room and closed tho
door behind her. "I haven't said It
to any one but you, mother, but I
can't help It If she Is my father's aunt
she snoops. She went aud ioked all
through the drawers of my machiiui,
aud then said, 'I Just wanted to sen
Wliether she kept them In order.' Sis
was there, and alio told me."
"Were tho drawers out of order?"
Mrs. Psrrlsh asked, sensitive to tbo
thought that Aunt Murcla hud found
something to criticize lu Kathlo's train
ing. .'"N they were in apphs-ple condi
tion, for i wonder. l had a spasm of
orderlraewa yesterday, and put every
thing straight. But that doesn't alter
the fact that she was snooping. She
had no right, and I'd like to tell hr
so.'
"0 no eti tidier" Mrs. ParrUh
laughed with evident relief. "She'a
kind-hearted old lady. She doesn't
mean any narm."
"SJie may bft llnd-heartcd.r but she
Bnooix",' Xnthlo persisted, tier face
still Hushed with Indignation. "It's
bad enough to have to nso that miser
able old fashioned machine, xvhen Maud
Lewis has a Ivautiful new one with a
drop-head and all kinds of fancy at
tachments, but to have her broking all
through It 1 think It's a little too
niueti to bear."
With the help of her mother Kathle
did bear It, however, and two weeks
later, when n long-coveted new ma
chine, addressed to herself nnd benring
Aunt Marvin's' card, was dejioslted at
the door, several kinds of expressions
crowded each other on Kathle's face.
At the first opportunity fllie shut her
self in with her mother once more.
"I haven't said a word against her
to any one but you, mother," she be
gan, hurriedly, "ami I'm so glod I
haven't I toll you I've learned one
lesson."
"Of course you have."
"You knoxv what I menu?"
"Why, I suppose it's that ' even
'snooping, may be prompted by gener
ous motives."
"No, 'txvasn't that." Kathlo In
dulged In a guilty giggle. "My lesson '
wasn't a bit Sunday-school hooky. I
am most ashamed to tell It now. I
I've Just been putting my bureau draw
ers in perfect order. The lessoh I
meant I'd learned wns that It pays In
this life to keep everything ready for
snoopers."
i
A EIT TOUGH.
"No," said Mrs. Brexx-er, thoughtfully,
"you wouldn't call him absent-minded
all the time. To be sure, he Is forget
ful, but I don't like to think of John
as absent-minded. That sounds as If
he hadn't any mind at all, you knoxv."
"I knoxv," chimed In her friend. "My
Roger my oldest boy Is that way
sometimes. I remember once when
there was company ho nte a doily, a
new. hand-embroidered doily, that Aunt
Jennie made herself."
"Ate a doily!" exclaimed Mrs. Brew
er. "Isn't it dreadful to think of? It
happened Just as easy, though. 'You
see, Mr. Herbert White, the lecturer on
negro education, came to our house to
dinner because he used to go to school
with my husband years ago. It was
Just before the lecture, so xx'o had to
hurry a good deal, although we did sit
down early. Of course 1 had nil my
ts'St things out, and got doxvn those thlii
glass finger boxvls I keep for company."
"They are pretty," said Mrs. Brexver.
"I think so. " Well, ns I xx-as saying,
wo had strawberries and cream for
dessert, and I had tho finger boxvls oa
my pink and blue saucers, with tho
dollies Aunt Jennie made.
"Now what do you suppose Roger
did? He took off the finger bowl with
out the dolly and put his berries nnd
cream right on the plate just tho same.
I was so anxious seeing that Mr. White
shouldn't be late that I never noticed!
a bit"
"What a boy!" exclaimed Mrs. Brew
er. "I know It," answered her friend.
"You see, the dolly was so sort of lace
llke that It all hunched up with tho
cronrn and the berries nnd the powder
ed sugar, and he chexved It right doxvn,
talking all the time to Mr. White."
"Didn't he realize it at all?" in
quired her companion.
"Not a mite, till ho got nearly done.
Then he said. Those were givnl berries,
mother, only a llttlo tough. May I have
some more, please?"' Youth's Com
panion. On a Ken Fool Inc.
Absalom Foote, an eccentric old gen
tleman who had grown tired of life In
the city, decided to move to somo small
er town, free from the roar of traffic,
the bustle ant confusion of the throng
ing multitude, where ho could end his
days trunquilly, as became u man of
his age. In casting about for a loca
tion, his eye chanced to light upon the
advertisement, In a village paper, of
one Thomas It Foote, who wanted to
dispose of his boot and shoe store, at
a bargain, having made up his mind to
remove to the city.
"That's Hie very thing," he said.
"Selling shoes Is a nice easy occupation.
It will give me Just enough to do to
keep me from stagnating, and It won't
xvear me out with overwork. I'll Inves
tigate It It's queer, though, that his
name Is Foote, my name Is Foote, ho
wants to come to tho city, and I want
to go to the country."
A visit to tho little town decided
him. He liked its appearance and loca
tion. He was pleaded, moreover, xvlth
"Foote's Shoe Store," and bought It,
good-will and all, at a bargain.
"Well," suld tho other Mr. Foote,
"you won't have to change the sign."
"No," he answered, slowly; "I'll just
add a little to it."
The next day he added this. Just be
low the sign :
"This Place Has Changed Feet."
An I'aaccountablc I'nillnu.
It was a severe trial to .Mr. Harding
that his only son's memory xvas not all
that could be desired. "Where In tho
world he got each u forgetful streak
from is beyond me," s::bl the exasper
ated father to his wife on one occa
sion. "What hus he forgotten now?" asked
Mrs. Harding, with eyes downcast and
a demure expression.
"The figures of t'ie Inst return from
the election, on the bullctiu-lxiard," and
Mr. Harding Inuerted a linger in his
collar as If to loosen It, and hook his
head vehemently. "Looked at 'eni as
ho came pant not half nn hour ago
and now -.iu't tell me.
"As 1 wild to him, 'If youVo tso Klu.
pid ou oau't keep u few simple finires
in your head, why don't you write viu
down on a piece of pr, u.s dl) aiu,
have done all my life, i!g before I
was your vgY "
T1h greatest quarrJs Inthe world'!
history have bttm between people xvho
were once friend.
It Is easier to rest too much thnn
It la to work too much.
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