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SCIENTISTS SAT ADAM WAS A KB VIA SACRA. Klesdy alone the crowded treet I go, Marking with reverent look each passer's face ; Pecking, and not in rain. In each to trace That primal soul whereof lie is the show. For here still move, by many eyes un seen. The blessed gods that erst Olympus kept ; Through every guiBe these lofty forms serene Declare the all-holding Ufa hath never slept, Bst known each thrill that In man's heart bath been Aai every tear that Ms sad eyes have wept, Alas for us! tha heavenly visitants--. We greet them still as most unwelcome guest Answering their smile with hateful looks apjfSnce, Their sacred Bpeech with foolish bitter Jests ; BJt oh, what Is it to Imperial Jove That this poor world refuses all his love ! Charles A. Dona. Nannette's Woe 'Aunt Nancy's conie," Nannette an nounced, to her bosom friend In a choked voice, "and of all the frights!" "What do you mean?" asked her bosom friend. "Well," hesitated Nannette, "of course she's as neat as can be, but her clothes look as If they were made for Mrs. Methuselah." "If It's only her clothes, you needn't -worry," remarked the bosom friend. "You don't have to wear ein." "It's not only her clothes!" shrieked Nannette. "It's her notions ! They are simply appalling." "For Instance?" suggested the bosom friend, taking a look at her back hair In the mirror with the help of a hand glass. s "For one thing, she objects to my name," explained Nannette, Indignant ly. "The very first thing she did after taking a comprehensive view of the family was to start at me through her spectacles steel-rlmmed ones, at that and ask : 'Is this one Nancy, my godchild?' "Dad, who Is as proud as can be of his enormous family, looked a little sheepish at that. " 'Y-y-yes,' he stuttered. 'We had her christened Nancy, of course, but she has taken a fancy to be called er Nannette.' " 'Humph !" said Aunt Nancy." ."Haven't I always heard you speak 3 'your Aunt Nancy as a paragon?" demanded the bosom friend. "Haven't you told nie time and time again that your father lxks iiimiii her as the salt of the earth?" "He does," acknowledged Nannette. "And so do I at a distance. But be cause she is dad's favorite sister why must I follow her old fogy notions? "Why she was perfectly scandalized tit the Mea of my entertaining Charles nil the evening without the assistance of the other members or the family! The Idea ! "Of course when the bell rang at the accustomed hour, that horrid Tom had I" bellow nut, 'It's Nan's Tuesday night beau, Aunt Nancy. Parlor's pre empted for the evening.' ".You should have seen her stare. "'Am 1 to understand, Maria,' she asked, fixing poor mother with here eye, 'that this child has visitors from whose company her parents and her brothers nnd sisters are barred?' " Times have changed, Nancy,' said dad, looking silly." "And Aunt Nancy?" prompted the Is. scan friend. " 'In my- time,' said Aunt Nancy, 'It yas our greatest pleasure to have our pareuts and all the family enter Into our enjoyments and help In tho en tertainment of our friends. Hospitality meant something then, aud I believe "ADAM" AND SOME OF HIS DESCENDANTS. our guests enjoyed themselves. It seetns to me anything but dignified for parent to be excluded, or for any room In their house to be shut away from them.' " "Well, I declare!" said the bosom friend. xsow, ao you wonder that 1 was frightened at the Idea of Charles meet ing her?" asked Nannette. "But haven't told you the worst," with gloomy empiiasis. "I slipped away while she was still holding forth, hop ing that she would forget all about it But I couldn't shake off my fore bodings and the conversation flagged." "Nothing unusual in that, Is there?" wickedly Interposed the bosom friend. "Charles actually began to look bored," continued Nannette, "and then wo both bjid such a shock! If you win believe me, who should come marching into the room hut " "Aunt Nancy?" breathlessly Inter rupted the bosom friend. "Aunt Nancy," repeated Nanette. "asut it awrui? I had been so afraid of something of the kind. She planted herself In the only straight backed chair In the room and, sitting bolt upright, gave me my orders : "'Now, Nancy, introduce to me your friend.' "Charles had been lounging In his chair and I assure you, Isabel, that the way she looked him over through her spectacles made him straighten up iu short order. "I felt as if I should sink through the floor when she came In wearing her plain blnck dress nnd white collar and cuffs, her hair parted in the mid. lie and plastered down on each side, look ing the world as if It had been var nished, she had brushed it so' smooth. You know how stylish and exclusive Charles' people are? "Well, before I knew It, they were talking together In t lie most animated manner. I don't know when I have seen Charles so interested. It was strange talk to me, too, for, as dad says, I have neglected to cultivate my mind. "They talked about literature, art, politics, and even science, and I had to sit there like a dummy and listen to them. Even while he was holding my hand to fay good night he was looking at and talking to Aunt Nancy. "Now what do you think of that? "I think you're lucky that your Aunt Nancy is too old for Charles to marry," said the bosom friend. Chicago Daily News. II la I'oiulur llahlt. Bjoiies How did Jackson acquire his reputation for unusual insight and sagacity? l'smlth He lias a habit of saying "By George, that's so ! I never thought of that before!" Cleveland Leader. Located. "I believe there Is a movement on foot to prevent our marriage." I learned of It last night" "Did you locate It?" Tea. it's ou your father's foot". Houston Post "SHE OBJECTS TO MY NAME," THE FAVORITE POET 0FMER1CAN m Who is the favor ite poet of. Ameri- 5 can children? Why. Jpf any school boy cau wb? i4 jvu. iue an nrpr la T n.i .t 1 of ceurse, and has been for a crenern. ' 1 tion. A book for children has been published containing more than eiirhrv nt Longfellow's best poems, beginning with tit "u"worn. out precious "Psalm of . eDUln with the graphic sketch of Charlenmnnp " It would be interesting if there were SOme WAV f Mtlmatln. . I. Longfellow's ennobling and refining poems mey nave reappeared In the lives of ""n "ni women. lie has himself put the uea into one or his poems: I breathed a ong Into the air. It fell to earth, I knew not where, I!r.T.ho h" lht 80 k" an(l strong, That It Can follow the fllrht nt ,,, "A Tsalm of Life" has been worn trite by much USe hecflllRA 1t linos trnin the inmost philosophy of American optim ism : Let u, then, he up and doing, With a heart for anv fate ; Still achieving, still pursuing, I -earn to labor and to wait Longfellow has sounded the whole gamut of youth in its nobler ambitions, feminine and masculine alike. What boy does not thrill to the idea of "Excel sior," and what girl Standlnu with reluctant feet, Where the brook and river meet. Womanhood and childhood fleet does not feel the tmmilno tn llro n nnM life when she reads the exquisite poem on "Maidenhood?" Then there are the nar rative poems, "A Skeleton in Armor," "The Wreck of the Hesperus" and "The Village Blacksmith," that have the uni versal charm of a good story as well. As ror -Hiawatha," that Is the children's own imperishable possession. ' At the stern gaf Hiawatha, With his flhlncr line of cedar; In his plumes the breeze of morning Played as In the hemlock branches ; On the bows, with tall erected, Kat the squirrel, AdJIdnumo; In his fur the breeze of morning Played as In the prairie prnses. The artist has mado of this scene ona of his most graceful and delicately col ored pictures. "Paul Kevere's Bide" stirs the martial soul of youth and arouses an imperisha ble Interest in Boston's historic old North Church and the monumcnted spots at Islington and Concord. A hurry of hoofs In a vlllnge street. A shape In the moonlight, a bulk In th dark. And beneath, from the pebbles. In passing, .. ...... ..1. Struck nut by a steed (lying fearless and fleet : That was all t And yet, through the gloom nun lilt, imni. The fate of a nation was riding that ntght. Aim tup flpnrK KirucK oui uy mac sieea, id 1. 1 ,. 11 in infill. Kindled the land Into flame with Its heat. Other old favorites include "The Build ing of the Ship," "The Bridge," "Tb Old Clock on the Stairs," "Castles In Simin, My lost loutli, Sandalphon, "'CI,.. Tnoi. 't.t Itnnulian lto.f" "Tlio ItniM. em, riie Children's Hour," "The Cas tle Builder" and those three lovely poenn inculcating kindness to animals llii Bell of Atri." "Walter von der Vogel. weld" and "The HinMror's Bird's Nest." Whether it be true or not, it Is tin fashion nowadays to say that nobody rends poetry. In ko far as it Is true it it nnt fi fiw-t tn lit liroiiil of. It Rtlfri't'ttll the gentle Aniier's bitter remark that till modern world knows only a poeiry skin ned nnd dissected by seience." The popu lar craze for light fiction, in so far ai it crowds out the literature of beauty nnd noble inspiration, is a national misfur hinp Itiir if ihn htirrv nnd ninterliiliKni of tho ng have perverted our own tastes, at least let us give the unspoiled chil dren a chance to enjoy the finer Joys o good poetry while their hearts are still open to Its benign Influences. For this . 1 l I.... ,1. it.t.L. purpose lucre ii uumiug ociirr luuu 1 01 Children's Longfellow." Edwin L. Shu man in the Chicago Uecord-llerald. A woman who has a nose for newt usually has a chin for telling It, It's a sign a girl likes to be kissed it she says she doesu't LDREN mm BROKE AND LT NEW YORK. flarw-lthl Tarsi llrmnnut rat or I a lead of (inlnar to I'alm Bench. She Is a mighty clever actress, and something of a playwright, too. At least, site wrote n play not long ago that was good enough to be produced and while It was taken off the road for repairs It's going back ngalu. the New York correspondent of the Cincinnati Times-Star writes. In the meantime the actress had blown in all her money, had no Job and It began to look as though she would have to turn a neat and modest sHint of aiihandllnjf. The flat rent was due, the butcher had be gun to forget her orders, nnd the case looked desperate all around. A few days ago visitors to tier apartments found a card tacked on the door: "Gone south for brief rest." So every one re joiced. And the fact got Into the pa pers that make a specialty of theatrical news. And one used her picture in a highly alluring low-necked gown. And the man who was pnttlng on her play asked all her friends for her address. He wanted her consent to a few changes. And no one knew where she had disappeared to. But there are two or three in Uw secret now. For tho oth er day a young matron happened Into a department store and was attracted by the demonstration of a new-fangled cof fee iMt. Having always murdered the ArnHnn berry, she liked the new plan of assassination proposed. She watch ed! tho demonstrator's deft hands as the latter filled the pot, and took out the completed article, nnd pom"ed It In dain ty little cups. And she might never have noticed the demonstrator herself until the latter got mixed In her cues. And nt last gave it up altogether, nnd burst out petulantly. "Well. Is this a Joke or an Insult?" And there was the missing play wright. "I had to do it or starve," arid she, with a laugh ; "but don't give a.- away. I'm supposed to be a piazza mnniont at Palm Beach right now." City Editor Why do you say that this man "passed away," Instead of "died"? Iteporter He owed me money and I don't like to feel that he Is real ly dead. She I'm going to give you back your engagement ring I love another. He (Jive 1 ne his nnnie nnd address. She lo you want to kill him? He No, I want to sell him the ring, Horace 1 can't understand you girls. Now. you hate Mabel and yet you Just kissiil her. Hetty I know; but Just pee how the freckles show where I kissed the powder off. The Tatler. First Scholar What's the Mectrlclan doin' over ut the school house? Second Seuo.nr I'uttin' in a 'lectrlc switch. First Scholar Gee mullyl If thcy'a goin' ter do the llcklu' by 'lectrlclty I quit. Miss Screecher I wonder If Uncle Jim remembered me when he made his will? I used to sing for blm. Law - yer Yes. he evidently remembered you at least your name Isn't mentioned In tho document Chicago Dally News. "There are some points about your writings that resemble MJlton," said the editor. "Do you think so?" cried the delighted author. "Yes," the editor continued, "you employ almost the same punctuation marks.' Stray Stories. I I Mulligan The bye say ye licked poor Casey. Shure, he nlver hurt Iny man's feelin's. Harrlgan He's a shnake In the grass. The blackguard referred to me as his contlmperary, aud I'll be the contlmperary to no man In In'. Puck. "Do you regard the stage as an edu cator?" "Not exactly," answered Miss Cayenne. "It would be unfortunate If w were to get our Ideas of society from the problem play and our ldeaa of costume from the musical comedy." Washington Star. 'The looking-glass Is the only truth- teller that is universally popular with the fair sex," remarked the typewriter boarder. 'That Is Ixcnuse women In terpret Its reflections to suit them selves, nnd not literally," rejoined tho scanty-haired bachelor. 'Why be so wrapied up In purely mercenury considerations?" said the persuasive campaigner. "Why not Join us and fight for the cause?" "Young man," answered Mr. Dust In .etax, "I'm ot fighting for causes; I'm "ightlng for csultx." Washington Star. I Sunday School Teacher Well Johnny, have you had anything dur ing tho week to be especially thankful for? Johnny Yes, ma'am. Sunday School Teaches What was It? Johnny Billy Jones sprained his wrist yester day and I licked him for tho first time. A I rleixl lu Need "Iinn mo a dollar, old man," said tho actor. 'Tiii hungry." I'm broke myself," responded tha stage manager, "but I'll put you on n lie hill to -night. Wo have an eating sceiie. "Man, I'll starve before night." "In that ease i n rail a rehearsal." St. Louis IloiiuobV. .n,- Uliu doctors line "Tin given Johnson up." "Dear me, is lie as ill as that?" "No; he's quite well. That's why they've given him up." Teacher You have no certificate of acclnatloin Johnny, and I cau't find any scar. her were you vaccinated? New Boy (much frightened) In Mis souri, ma'am. There is a man In town who thop. ughly understands the tariff situation. but ho doesn't know anything else. Counting your blessings doesn't neo ecaarlly mean couutiug your kin mm mm Opinions of SHOOTING AT AIRSHIPS. T Is not going to he all easy sailing for the flying .machines when once they be come the commonplace occupants of the air. They will fare dangers which are not entirely of the suspended law of grav itation. When the great balloon race was run from St. Iouta In the attempt to reach jjjjlpjl' ' tho Atlantic shore, several of the on, one or them four times, while In the state of Ohio. A Herman balloon was shot at by guards while it was crossing the Russian frontier last week. This, we susiiect, Is a peril likely to be a permanent feature of air sailing. Hunters, far from the neighbor hood of the constable and having a grim, Italian sense of humor, will find delight In taking a shot at flying machines. Irresponsible youngsters on housetops will try to iepper dirigibles In the same temper of Impu dence that they throw stones at passing railroad trains, runlshmetit is remote, the temptation, not a small one, and a curiosity to see what would happen strong. Pollce lng the earth for the protection of aeronauts will be a dlfllcult labor. Toledo Blade. DO WOMEN HURT THE asaaaaaaaBaa. H E is a bold man who dares say so, yet hero are the words of Bev. John Balcom Shaw, of Chicago, in the columns of the llomll etic Ueview: "Men are naturally democratic. Left to themselves they seldom draw sharp so cial lines or insist upon conventional dis tinctions. What do we find In the one sphere where they are supreme the political world? How much class distinction exists there? "Not so with women. They are more gregarious, but nt the same time more conventional. Is not fashion their standing incrimination at this bar? If rich, they are the more exclusive; if poor, the more sensitive. Social lines existing In the world without they have extended Into the sacred lnclosure of the church, until to-day there Is no more conventional body among us than the well-to-do Christian church. Noth ing hurts us so much as this one condition, and for its txlstence I hold our women nlmost exclusively respon sible." Such reasoning comes with a shock to those who have been brought up to believe that women were tha main support of the church, that they Carried it forward when men were too lazy or too Indifferent, and that the THE SAFETY OF THE SEA. Thf landsman, safe In his snug bed, pltlet the poor sailor, whose narrow berth swings at the mercy of the waves. The "tar," on the other hand, feels more security among the tumbling bil lows than among the perils of the dry land. An old sailor, whom James Greenwood describes In "The Wilds of London," gives expression to the dnn- Eers ot tho shore from the nautical point of view, and backs up his nrgu ment with personal experience. ! "It's safer than ou shore, that's my opinion, though, mind you, I never renlIjr llked tue teht years I never Put out without being seasick , 'ln 1 tmu true missus?" Aye' 8lr' lunt 11 l8- answered tho -any a time 1 ve seen him shudder at the sight of his great boots as he was pulling them on before he went down to tho boat" "Well, well," continued the sailor, "I ain't the only one. What I was going to say Is this, that I ttever was one who took kind to the sea, but I al ways thought, aud now I am downright Euro, tii-it f's safer than behig ashore." "I'd be gimi to know jow you make that out," said I. "I'll tell you, sir. I'v been fisher man for thirty-five years and never got hurt, and how many landsman can say that?" "Never got a scar, you mean," Inter rupted the wife. "Bless tha man I He'e got hurts enough!'1 "How?" asked her husband. "Why, how many times hare you been washed overboard?" "Pooh! How many times have you washed plates and dishes, old lass?" replied the fisherman, Impatient that his good lady shmild think such trifles worth mentioning. "And twice run into und foundered." That hurt tho owner a sight more'n It did mo." "And oneo tho lightning struck you. Surely you don't forget that, William?" "And didn't It strike the market- nouse n"io me snmo night, and didn't ' u rlve ,ne "1,J ix"ard up on Wilson's ,nnu' lnnu 1 n km Millar's horse tho 8Rmo nlg"t' ns u st0Ofl 1,1 atable? D011' te m 'J It's three to i one more dangerous on land. I wonder you can talk so after t'other night!" , "That was an accident." "Yes, one of your shore accidents! Never had such a fright In all tho years I've been at sea. Tell you how it was. I'd been out three nights, and was glad to get ashore and lie down In bed for an hour or more. Old lass iho goes to market. 'Don't you touch things drying about the fire,' says she. "Well, I falls off, and presently I gets It Into my head that I'm being drowned, ami have to fight for my life. So I wakes up, choking, and the room ts full of smoke, ami mi old flannel pettieoat, hanging before the in. Is all glowing red, and the clinlr smolder ing. Wasn't that an escape? Pooh! Don't tell me about the perils of the sea !" MUlakrn Identity. llegla.ild Vanderbllt, at dinner In New York, denied that, during the Pittsburg horse show, he had hiiublied Pittsburg society, "The trouble lay In the fact," said Mr. Ynndoibllt, "that In Pittsburg I was misunderstood. I was taken for a society mail of leisure, hen really I was a hai'l working horseman without a minute to spare." lie laughed. "It wu a case," Jie said, "of mis taken Identity, like that of the little Newport boy. He, with his little brothers and sisters, was being taught natural history by his governess Great Papers on Important Subjects. balloons were fired CHURCH F THREE through the Instrumentality of a game. The gnma was called 'Barnyard.' One child wnl a turkey, another a duck, a third a calf, and so on. A noisy, de lightful game, and much natural his tory was no doubt learnt through It But wy little boy remained. In all the tumult, as still as death. Far off In a corner he crouched, silent and alone. The governess, spying utra, approached Indignantly. "'Come,' she said, 'play! Be a rooster! Flap your wings and crow!' 's-sn,' saia ne. Tin laying an A monthly postal service by camel has been established recently In tha Sahara, desert A bottje-nosed whale, twenty feet long, was caught the other day nt Tercrosi, Devonshire, In a dragnet The dagger presented to Lord Darn- ley by Mary Queen of Scots la the year they were married, and hollared to be the one with which Rlszlo waa killed, was sold at Sotheby's, London, recently, for t50. Miss Laura A. Hecoz has tended tha light in the Santa Crus (Cel.) light house for the last twenty-seven years. During all that time tha light has never gone out at night Miss Ilecox la quoted as doclarlng that aha finds her life neither lonely nor monotonous. Mrs. Rachel Sophrta waa tha oldest woman to cast a ballot In tho recant election In Denver, Colo. She la In her ninety-eighth year, haa perfect oontrol of her faculties and declares that she la proud of being able to rota aa a full-fledged citizen of the country. The advocates of eqnal suffrage are claiming President-elect Taft ai a be liever In woman suffrage. They say that In addressing a crowd of school children at Rabin, O., ha said: "Ton do not rote now, but some day you will, and I hope when yon do tha girls will vote as well as the boys." A Lynn alderman at a recent alder- manic meeting inquired what had be come of an order he hsd Introduced some time before calling for an aro light In Willow street The city clerk, after digging into tho flies, Informed him that the order had come up near ly a month previously and that he bad voted against It. Boston Herald. Major-Gen. Edward Bitter yon Schweitzer, a Jow, has received tho appointment of field marshal, the high est military rank in the Austro-Hun-garlan empire. Anti-Semites express themselves bitterly, while the more liberal-minded are loud In their praises of F.niperor Francis Joseph for this latest manifestation of his freedom from re ligious bias. Mrs. Mary A. I.nmont is said to he the only railroad swltchwoman in New Lngland. It was she who a few weeks ago threw the switch that connect -i the main line of the Boston & Albany ICailroad wllh the new track between Janr svilli- and Webster Junction. Mrs. Lttmoiit sends and nvclvcs irll the rail road teb grains at her station ami tends the switches. Sliuu 'talk. Cigar Dealer Yes, that Is my wife over there -the one with the flue wrai per. American filler, nnd ja-rfecto shape. Judge. "I am ho sympathetic," you often hear people say. And they sympathize more with themselves than with other 1 1 ' . X People never get so old that It doeslmuu who said: '"I am at home wher. uot hurt them to be scolded. ever my hat Is off." church was purely democratic, patterned after tha uni versal brotherhood doctrines of Christ. Yet, not so long since, the wife of one cabinet officer at Washington quarreled with the wives of other offl cers over social precedence. The woman of the tene ment, proud In possession of a new feather for her bonnet, boasts over her next-door neighbor. Fond mothers approve their children trying to establish a secret society aristocracy In the public schools of Chi cago. Is the church exempt from human nature? If not, then perhaps Dr. Shaw Is right, after all, and another childhood Illusion has perished. Chicago Journal. POSTAL SAVINGS BANKS. HE postal savings bank Is no new thing, except In this country. All enlightened governments of Europe has maintained it for years. There Is nothing problemati cal about It. It has been thoroughly tested, and there la not an Intelligent Im migrant who does not know all about It In operation In the United States the proposition wonld run something like this: Every postofhee In the land would become a depository, not to unlimited but to limited amounts, for the savings of the people. This money would be In turn deposited by the government In regular banks, and the individual depositor would be allowed interest at the rata of, say, 2 per cent. Hav ing taken charge of the money, the government would become responsible for its safety. Philadelphia Inquirer. CHILDREN THE LIMIT. T is now recognized In this day of unlver sal education that it is better to raise three children ao their minds shall be rea sonably equipped for the battle of life and their bodies strong so as to withstand the hardships of adversity than to bring five children to the age of maturity in a con dition which foretells their tilling the ranka of the lower strata of society. With frequent and protracted wars n thing of the past, with the questions of national defense less pressing than ever before, with tha conquer ing of plagues which in other centuries claimed their thousands yearly, the common welfare does not demand families with eight or ten children, particularly If the pareuts are poor. Brooklyn Standard Union. I Legal Information p The Supreme Judicial court of Massa chusetts in Mu)-ey va. City of Boston. 83 Northeastern Reporter, 402, l)el that a change by the legislature of tha statute of limitations from six year to two, allowing 30 daya in which ta bring actions for personal lnjurlei against cities, which accrued more than, two yeara before, la not unconstitution al and hat in a small state like Mas sachusetts where means of comrnunlea-f tion are ao adequate, an allowance of 30 daya la a reasonable time In which, to bring an action which would be bar red by the change. The parties to the case of Johnson vs. Saum, 114 Northwestern Reporter, 618, had mado a settlement of their ac counts. It appeared that plaintiff was Indebted to defendant for $540, In pay ment of which plaintiff transferred to defendant a mare. Subsequently plain tiff found that ha was mistaken In sup posing himself Indebted to defendant and brought action for the rocovery ot 540. Defendant offered to prove that the mare was worth not more than $30, which offer the court refused and plaintiff recovered Judgment for $405. The Supreme Court of Iowa held that recovery should have been limited to the Talus of the mare, expressing tha devout hope that tha unfortunate mare, which had twice made the Journey from the trial court and back again, might not he again compel led to repeat tha dreary ronad, and suggested to her sponsors that the game was not worth the candle. A railroad company In reconstructing a highway had filled Its bed with two or three feet of sand, In which plain tiff's automobile became atuck while passing over. Assistance was neces sary to disengage the car, which while being extricated, waa injured. Action waa then Instituted for damages. In Doherty vs. Town of Ayer, 83, North eastern Reporter, 677, the Supremo Ju dicial Court of Massachusetts held that a statute, enacted more than 100 years ago, providing that hlghwaya should be. kept In repair at the expense of tha city or town, so as to be reasonably safe and convenient for travelers with carriages, could not reasonably be con strued to embrace heavy machines Ilka modern automobiles, as this would put towns In sparsely settled districts un der enormous expense In the mainten ance of highways. The Joya of Life la Africa. You must never walk barefoot on tho floor, no matter how clean it is, or an odious worm called a Jigger will enter your foot to raise a numerous family nnd a painful swelling. On tho other hand, lie sure when you put on boots ntnl ulinea flint. IwilVf-VPI hnprfn .in. ' ' ....... ..--....-. . . . , j su turn them upside down and look ln tddc lest a scorpion, a small snake or a perfectly frightful kind of centipede may bo lying in ambush. Never throw ,-oiir clothes carelessly upon tho ground, but put them away at onco In a tin box and shut It tight or a perfect colony of tierce biting creatures will lsset them. And, above all, qui nine! Winston Churchill, M. P., la London Strand. DrBnltlun. "Paw," asked a thoughtful lad, wrin kling his brow, "what's a pessimist?" "A pessimist, John J.," replied his father, "is a man who, after a cyclone has blown his house away with him lu It, goes back and grumbles at hla lot" Puck. I What has become of the old-fashioned