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"u.OTA CITY, NEB.
JOHN H. Rt-Am. ruDtisner.
There Is Fti'l a place for the horse
In tins auio-n: nig ago.
Progressive farmers arc. now plow
Inn by sasoling. thus having more
friiy to sell
'ill tho International school ol
j)ii'o organize ;i football team and
go out after the i-li,itiiilo;n!i!i?
A Wins' ed (Conn.) farmer lias
tmlueJ b rooster to ride a bicycle.
This lfl ro'r.-thlng to crow about.
A Swiss docto- a.i;, a that drunUnrds
lire longer than total r U.lners.
Still, even tl lii lii no excuse for being
one
It If planned to n.iU r,i the hoboes.
Excellent. And thin -tr: th n from
working other p ;,! s r tn: mti
hours.
Montenegro hi a k ; r r. ' -' ' i tic,v In
stead of a in": " p) ineii.clity over in
Montenegro the:-" wo people ii i i
bly who think we cine.
The man who Inl ruiucod movim;
pictures into thin country is dead, b'lt
whether ,he died i omnn'oful or unre
pentant the dispat ( lies do not say.
That Now York protofsor who de
clares college) women have not "mado
good" cannot successfully maintain
that they have not made Rood fudge.
A hobble skirt In which a disguised
burglar tried to escaiic assisted
greatly in his capture. Thus we he
that even the hobble skirt hath its
uses.
Meat prices have ro.Tie down, ac
cording to market reports, but some
of the local dealers evidently don't
read the papers. Somebody ought to
tell 'em.
While It I" truo thai one makes ac
quaintances Willi queer people- on
one's vacation, It is not always nec
essary to go on a vacation to achieve
that end.
.The latest thing at Newport is a
rag-time bear dinner. A bull and bear
dance would look pretty lively, only
It would be unpleasantly BUKgestlve
of "shop."
gnlnBt tho rear
o the other day,
t two or three
lvere afterward
professors pa
Yankee blood
peet that the
he haBn't been
ately.
lift six months
ind lost. Now,
cun't break. Into
A worse bard
bo told.
, A-tanhnc?; tat hM been watihed
and Ironed by a fatidVus woman was
pronounced a counterfeit. The public,
evidently, 1 familiar only with filthy
lucre.
That Long Island Judge who ruled
that $3,000 a year i enough for the
education of a sixteen year-old girl
doubtleBs had In his crudo masculine
mind only tho useful things. Other
kinds cost more.
A Ch Icp.ro woman, In suing for di
vorce, deY'Srs that her husband's
stenogrnpn""" him "longing
ly, lovingly, BwV'.-u nnd invitingly."
That stenographer certainly must
have bee" Kd looker.
'4'ppl man who put a stick
liu ids pocket and then fell
I wtil recover from his in-
J
f" favored by pure
this ought to be In
as a mascot.
Torn Now York that
ggrcgate of $50,000,000
otlatcd abroad Indicates
credit in excellent, and
money is likely to be
i'U do the moBt good In
udcan enterprises. In-
proof that the money
'iO means as hard us
otied.
one of tho western
iivs rapid growth. 1 he
Uiist announced give
' ilation of 2,377,549, a
cut over 1900. This
rease made by any
Lli the final census
been received, and
..1,..-!.-..... nltr.,.
y.'fM other allurements are
the gold fever of Mi) und
In itwl and carrying
r( all there Is to run-
it would be excellent
tunny a man becomes
,-ucil heu It t omes to
b for th eoi 1 mer
ited recently ufter
ty ye.ua without
face abavej or
k'aimed. but Hio
Sii ieljr bis
ils hale, when
up a lifbt.
iof pnzoAap-
pasbfng
ya would
A no
tfe'I his A JT
lait to nav l WI;bt.
luck tale coubV scarcely
4 a Sol-
hat a
at a
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WIRE BROKEfJ BONES llJ' thread , i The
Silver Slrand Hastens Knitting
of Fractured Parts."
Wonderful Progress Made In Surgical
Science Illustrated by Two Oper
ationsOne on Island of
Tristan Was Difficult.
Ijondon. The wonderful progress
made, in surgical science Is well illus
trnled by the accounts of two opera
tions one from the London hospital
and the other from the lonely island
of Tristan da Cnnhn, In the South
Atlantic, 2,000 miles west of Cape
Town.
The operation tit the Ixmdon hos
pital was carried out with great sue
ecus by means of a novel apparatus
fov wiring together the ends of n
broken bone. 'I'll" instrument, whl h
was invented by Professor LanihotM
of Pari. j, consists of a stiotig, pliable
v. ire of softened German silver, n:i
vlilcli a ecrcw thread h;,s been cut.
A nut runs loosely on tii;- thread.
l)rie surface of tb.; wire for Its last
I li:ht it'ikes is flalletied out so II at.
below the nut the wne has one' flat
surface mid one lounded.
"In wiring a broken bone," one of
the officials at the hospital explained,
"the fttii'Kcon, alter havitit; aepnrnted
the soft parls eoveriui; the fracture,
bends the llaltened end of the wire
into the shape of a button hook, the
flat surface bring Inside and the round
threaded surfaco on the outside.
"Slipping this hooK nnder the frag
mentR, ho pulls tlie free end up to
ward him with a pair of forceps, and
then, opposing the two flattened sur
faces of tho wire, ho screws the nut
down until the loop thus made grasps
the hone sufficiently tightly. Tho rest
of the wire alivo the nut Is then cut
off, and another similar wire support
Is placed round another seetion of tho
break.
"With this instrument nn oblique
fracture of tho thigh bone In a middle
aged mnn was wired In about half
the'tlmo It usually takes. An X-ray
picture shows that tho bones are held
In perfect position. Instead of being
in bed five or six weeks, m used to
bo customary before the days of wir
ing, this patient will probably bo up
In less than three weeks. The wire
and the nut, which, of course, are al-
HOUSE FOR FELINES
Latest Luxury Is Boarding Place
for Stylish Cats.
Buffalo Woman Makes Specialty of
Caring for Handsome Persian
and Short-Haired Angoras
A Beautiful Animal.
Duffalo, N. Y. Greenhouses for cats
are the latest thing lu winter quar
ters supplied by the mistress of tho
cats' bourdlng house on lloyt street,
who believes in furnishing her hoard
ers willi a sun parlor us well as with
sleeping and eating apartments.
Heavy builder's pnper and tar paper
line the rear wall and part of the
roof oT thlB flow winter runway, but
the remainder Is glass, Hefured from
u florist, who has retired from busi
ness. Those Interested in improving
tho coats of their prlzo Angoras
should soo these fourteen good-tempered
enls frltihftig uround In tho al
most wintry sunshine, their fur grow
ing thicker and liner and glossier
every day.
Whenever tho wind blows too nip
plngly, every cat repeats to tho shel
ter of the house, which has been
freshly lined with builder's paper, nnd
has piles of straw to burrow In. Ev
ery cat In the establishment is a
handsome Persian except the four
short-haired cats, who luivo traveled
from tho ends of the eurth, and who
will leuvo the boarding house to ru
sumo their travels shortly.
Although tho Angoras are a lordly
lot, and come to tho boarding house
German Has
Animal Atks for Cakes When Hungry
and Alarms Servant When It
Enter Kitchen.
Derlln. The German public has
lately been regaled with tales of the
Increased accomplishment of Don, a
talking dog.
For five years Don, who is the prop
erty of llerr Kbers, a gamekeepor of
the royal huntlnK preserves of Kol-bita-Letzlinger,
near Hamburg, has
been noted for his powers of speech.
He began to learn at the age of 0
months, and now has a useful. If lim
ited, vocabulary.
When the puppy Don was standing
House Cat Bests Bear Cub
Exciting Encounter In Candy Store at
St. Paul Witnessed by Many
Stenographer.
St. H'aul, Minn. A fig'.t between a
cat and a black bear cub took place lu
full view of several hundred employees
of the Great Northern general office,
aad but for the timely arrival of the
keeper the bear would have got the
worst of the "Bcra." The fight start
ed when an employee of one of the
express companies playfully took the
bear cub out of its crute, lu which it
Mil being shipped from Duluth to Chl-
cVgo, and started out to find some
thing to eat ror tno anmiai.
a exuroHHiiiKn, who had constl-
ted Xitmso'lf ketperlof the ujilmul. took
the cib, on the end of u leash, to a
oonfhnery store on Rosabel street,
near lAlrd, and Ju:t as booh as limit),
Jr., entoVed the pluce the leash slipped
and the iVar became the punsebsor of
ha little kWe.
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London. Kngland'B militant r.uffrfgetles are reported to have threat
ened to kidnap Winston Churchill's baby, little Miss Diana Churchill, and
while the charge Is denied by them mid their Mends, Mr. Churchill places
no much credence In tho story that ho does not allow the child to he taken
outside the house without police guard. A detective Is employed to ac
company the narse whenever Diana Is taking the air.
lowed to remain about, tho bono after
healing, give no Inconvenience in after
life."
The operation at Tristan da Cunha
was carried out by A. Kepello, who
conducts the church services nnd per
forms other functions for the ninety
nine Inhabitants. He writes: "A child
was Injured by a stone coming down
the hillside and falling upon her legs,
breaking both of them and making
four very bad wounds, which got full
of sand. 1 attended the child for
nearly three months and I suppose it.
will he two more months before the
wounds are healed.
loaded down with prejudices about
what they should eat and how warm
an atmosphere they should be allowed
to breathe, gradually the little lady
of tho house discourages these views
until the kittens come to enjoy plain
food and blasts of fresh air. Just at
present she is working bard with a
fitnall Angora and her two kittens.
They were very feeble on nrrival,
their eyes closed with hard colds and
their budles limp with weakness.
Ileauty, tho mother 'cat, lias had abou'.
$00 spent upon her for doctor bills,
and all three cats have to be fed
goats' milk from a medicine dropper.
The milk costs thirty cents per pint.
Although tho three kittens have
been at tho house only a month, they
havo grown immensely ,and have such
high spirits that the other Persians
nro beginning to wonder if they huvo
Colic Halts
Grandmother Uses Old-Fashioned
Remedies, but They Fail Doctor
Scores "Soother."
Chicago. "Dressing and Feeding a
Iiaby," a lecture by Dr. Lena K. Sad
ler, was interrupted at tho public li
brary tlte other night when an infant,
used to demonstrate the talk, was
seized with an attack of the colic.
Its grandmother then refused advice
from the physician. Old fashioned
cure-alls were used by the grandpar
ent, despite the remonstrances of the
doctor. After these failed a little hot
a Talking Dog
by his master's side at dinner time
one day llerr Kbers said, "You want
something, do you?" To every one's
amazement Don replied in a deep,
but clear tone, "llaben, habon!"
Tho gamekeeper at onco started to
develop the dog's talent In reply to
"What la your name?" he learnt to
say "Don," und to "Whut's the mat
torT" he answers "Hunger. He camo
to say "Kuchen" (cakes) with pur'.l
cular distinctness. When cakes are
In view he repeats, "Kutchen. habon,
hnben!" any number of times and
if his plea is unani wered he adds
"Hunger!" with a long drawn empha
sis on the last syllable.
The proprietor, a well known small
merchant, was behind the counter
when the visitors entered, but. upon
looking up, he made for the back exit,
leaving the bear to do his be:-t to de
vour the array of pies and cakes
upon the showcase.
Tho cut In the meantime escaped
the bear's observation for a few inln
utes, but soon the cub saw lt4 play
fully shaped her under th'" j The
cut as playfully shipped bi; Ji evi
dently got her paws taiiglf iVp In the
cub's whiskers, for he grev niad mij
ruffed the cat u Jab that "Pt it into
the stru t. The bear f;;!!i.,ed up, in
advantage and the iwo v 'iv lial:ig
the "go" of their livts u tin- e.
prcssrK'.'i managed (o i rt h t'.ie culi
and at' tch the h n " 1 1 pi ' :n time to
save many of tin stenoiT' i.' e, s ul t?u
big office hill Ul in frut. i h.:tcr;cv
The nn rchau' s II Inter tiiat he
thought the cat would have I. eked the
bear If It bud hud a luir ch.-.ucu.
"I was in great difficulty at first,
as I had to operate on one of the fepf,
part of which I had to remove. Includ
ing two toes. I have no Surgical In
struments. All 1 had was a little cot
ton wool and a little lint, my Instru
ments consisting of a pair of scissors
and a pocket knife. Put, thank heav
en, she Improved wonderfully.
"If things were as they used to ho
when a Prltlsh warship periodically
visited the Island, I should be pro
vided with all the necessary things,
but. now wo have not that privilege.
But I hope better times are in slore
for us."
not some low-bred, yhort-hairod blond
In their furry bodies.
"Taking care of such a lot of valu
ables," said the woman of tho house,
"in a great responsibility. A few
weeks ago one of my most distin
guished boarders undertook to walk
out alone, through a door which I
had left open just for a minute. Well,
ho didn't come back. 1 spent a lot
of money advertising, and did every
thing to find that cat. At last a
woman who sometimes works here
saw a cat which looked like Smoke
Is a neighboring house, and we went
alter him and brought, him home in
triumph."
Onu of the most beautiful cats in
the house Is Cinders, whose velvety
coat shows all the colors of I he less
brilliant leaves. When the air Is not
too chilly, Cinders loves to squirm
among the leaves which fall from the
trees Into the opt n runway, and to
dash out when nnolher cat ambles by,
unconscious of his presence.
Baby Lecture
water was ted the Kutlering baby and
It went to sleep.
The nurse was about to remove the
outer clothing to show the propel
way to dress a baby lu winter when
tho child began to'squall. It was tak
en back by the grandmother, who
rocked the crying infant roughly.
"Grandmother, don't bump the baby.
You are only making it worse."
"Let mo alone; I've ruised chil
dren before." retorted the grandpar
ent. She finally found a "soother," which
calmed the baby. The nurse then
heated u few ounces of water which
noon put the baby to sleep.
"How often does the baby have col
ic?" asked tho physician.
"Nearly every day."
"Does it cry much?"
"Nearly all night; we get bard!)
any rest."
"How often do you feed it?"
"Kvery time it cries.'
"What do you give the baby for thi
colic?"
"liacon rind."
"Now, grandmother, that soothei
1b the worst thing you could put In
the baby's mouth. It falls on the
floor, flies light on it, is Is covered
with germs, and yet you put it In the
child's mouth. Feeding a baby bacon
rind is another ancient idea. Give the
baby a teaspoonlul of orange Juice one
hour before each feeding and it won't
have colic.
GERMANS DRIFT FROM FARMS
Recent Census In Germany Show
Kaiser's Realm It Rapidly Be
coming More Industrial.
lierlin.- Remarkable evidence of the
rapidity with which Germany Is being
truni.forined from nn agricultural Into
nn industrh.l country Is furnished by
the new census estimates The fig
iirwn show that the cities of the em
pire are making groat stridis at the
expense of the rural districts. In 1900
the empire had thirty-three munlcl
pTilities with a population of 100,000
r more each There are now forty
'tc:i Kitch cities und tho number of
town with a population of 500,000 of
more has i.i fu.n I mm I r to sevea.
The i i.t.i o.i.i d cio'Hh lu population
ot fo.ty o! tic l.ifger towns is "!on
a '..out h:li' tie increase rec
(lie entile ;.; pile, which
to he ub )..! 4..".IM.tKIU
r.i ( tn of l.e industrl
Imperial. t bearing
situation, us iho
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Mr. William A. Hndrnrrt wilt, nnnwor
fpie?tlons iitiJ Kivi H.Uiee I'ltf'.i; OF
COST on all suliji'i'ts pi-mtnlnui to tht
Bl.tiject of ImlMlMK fur tlie rentiers of
this paper. On uccmir ! of his wl' - expe
rience as Editor, Antler and MJmufao
turer. hn Is, without ilur.l.t, the liluhest
authority on nil these sulijerts. A).MnH
Hll Inquiries to Willi;: in A. It i.lforM. No.
ll'l Fifth Ave., Chh'.-.-.i, 111.. iimlJJ.Iy cn
cluse two-crnt stamp fer m iyf I
Home building Is pn t.y
matter of sentiment, e.-pe 1 1 for
young people phinnltig ' ! 1 first
house. They alv.jy.i h::vtfcrf'' ad
vice of a pood t:h'V hii".: 1 fiends,
not to mention the effort-; ol'Jthe real
estate dealers, to thj effect '-.that to
acquire a house by easy mon'.faly pay
ments Is far gnntor bii.-lt'es wis
dom than to pay rent. Yet, no-tnatter
how strong and logical such rn fitments
may be, tho i.-.ei remains t.Uut' it is
sentiment that has the great't s. fnflii
enco In making tlieui decide to ',mUd.
Tho Joy and smb-faction ot nc'ka'lly
owning a plot of land and a nnu(f lit
t!o dwelling; the n::;;ic Influence of
the word "home." these are the thi'jigs
that seem Important, . )
Still, castles In tho air have to be
brought down to earth before they can
do uullt. It Is a great pleasure to
dream of having a fine home and io
make plans for all the luxuries of
home building that sentiment might
Inspire; but young people can't afford
to really build in th-at way. It
right to start as soon as possible tci
build a home, but don't think that itj
has to be a mansion. Love In a cot-'
tage Is best, especially in the early
years, for there the responsibilities are'
less, the work of housekeeping Is
Blight, and the cost, both for the
bouse Itself and lor Its upkeep and
management, Is within reach.
There aro so many urgent uses for
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money in these days that every one
should be interested in planning and
building a house as economically as
possible. There are some places
where it is good to economize, other
places where economy is very short
sighted, and it Ls a strange thing that
tho inexperienced builder.! usually pick
out those features to economize on
where the saving of a lew dollars in
the first co.-,t will result in hundreds
of dollars of added e;ie:ije throughout
the life of th" lutilding.
An instance of thi.i is the heating
plant. One of the erst parts of a
dwelling to be slivh.ti d, if any econo
mizing is to be done, is usually the
heating plant. Coiapi titlon is so
keen between the heating contractors
Uhemselves that they have got Into
tho habit of figuring the furnace Blze
Just as small as possible so as to keep
Dining Rm
U0I4'0"
the amount of their bid down. Yet,
even after that, the owner in his
hortslghtedness often Induces the
heating mun to put In a Btill smaller
size furnace, so as to save $10 or $15
on the Job. Really the safe way ls
always to Insist on having a size
larger than the furnace contractor
recommend. A furnace of good size
will heat a house easily without crowd
ing the fire, and besides beating the
bouse satisfactorily burn less coal
than the small size furnace crowded
hard to beat the building during cold
weather.
The furnace ls just one Instance of
the false economy that Is often prac
ticed. The plastering is often light
ed in much the same way, and when
It cornea to the painting of the bouse.
both interior and ejtlorior, too fre
quent 1 jrjiv ai4lilfti4-
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First Floor Plan. 1 1
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to the first story Instead of having the
wnlls go straight up tc a full two-story
height with a gable roof attic above.
Three hundred dollars Is a pretty big
price to pay lor an attic, which has
very little use, except to store away
old furniture In, and young people
have usually very little of this.
Such a design as this is also econom
ical In that Its gon-rnl outline is very
nearly square in form. It Is not "cut
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Second Floor Plan.
up" as so many houses are, and the
carpenters find such a building much
easier to frame and finish and so art
!able to do the work very much less.
At the same thne a residence of slm
pie square outfine contains a max!-
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mum 1 of usabl space inside, and If
properly laid out the rooms are very
convenient and home-like.
So "we see that there aro real econ
omies! which should be considered In
home (building and some false econo
mies tip be avoided. It ls sentiment
that uriges the building of tho home to
start vVlth. but it is sound ''usinoss
sense tnat carries the building project
to a successful completion.
The Ipdvice and counsel of a reli
able arcjhltect who has made a special
study oft residence work is invaluable
In this t-onnection. The writer has
been abie to give practical advice to
thousalnds of home builders In every
part of the country that has saved
them a gVeat deal of money. In offer
ing the accompanying design, which is
estimated! to cost $2,200, he feels con-
dent thit mnny helpful Ideas, both
venlent arrangement of the
d attractive outside appear-
lie gained by those who will
oming year.
the British Embassy.
1 ls served instead of cold
at the afternoon teas In
embassy in Washington,
has set a new fashion In
Steaming milk toast and
is are always part of the
lbassy. Then comes rich
r golden pound cake.
i Rernstorff, wife of the
issador, serves her colfae
d brass on hammered
Her cups are of dull
and all the uttenslls are
coffee is "a la Turque,"
aln Is pulverized and a
rred into each cup with
Then the sugar and
ed. Cheese sticks and
e tasty with coffee, fol-
are by creamy cake,
sions the countess and
Countess Alexandra,
In crystal punch cup.
oes Altruism.
is too soft hearted te
-stricken landlady to
or his room, the al-
lan bought several
pread them over the
ly after the next
presented a bill for
'lltures. IteiriB, room
laundry and beating
he altruistic young
his mean?"
ays, she returned.
er their floor with
have to pay for
all. I can't afford
me nt altruism lost
nty-Two Year.
ago the Itohew
mutlst, Kmanuel
d from Prague,
test clew behind
been found In a
lkans, where he
Jnc a he dropped
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small 1
floor. 1
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the wt J
rent, bl t
rocs. 21 1
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DUEL TUFTED INTO J0KE
Ridiculous Affair That Made Duellnj
Much Lets Honorable Than
It Once Was.
In the swashbuckling days of th?
riu ly pint ui ui linen.,,
the dueling hero in Frame vsai: Marj
Dills Merle dc i'al.itc-.Viuio. whoo nf
fairs of honor wove almo t incessant.
One of the. e K said to Inve been so
rldiculou:! that it lidpe.l to Fct ln
motion the current of UC'i th"t has!
t'ince made durlin-; ro m.uh 1:p3 hon
orable than II oni e was.
It appears that ci day ". ';-e called
upon the i.iarcvis oii, I'iefrot d'lsaac,
himself a famou? d ,eli:t Now. In
French. Pierrot r.ic:i:ia '.arrow and
merle men's blackbird.
O'Jsaac struck hiiii.-elf o i the chest
with emphatic di.Tnil y. r.rquis."
raid he, "I am a llonapr.r: 1. 1 a:: ! you
are a roya'ist. Morenvc-. I r.r.i the
Sparrow and you are tho i'.hi"l.hird.
It seems to mo that thcr:- ir. ore bird
of ns too i.'i"::y."
"I quite p.'-oe with yo.i. mon.-deitr."
politely n'plied th i. a:' ; . " '' d riy
choice Is pistol;, rird. :i i' t'.pprr pri
ate for birds of our rpc; c s. let us
fight in tie t rccs! "
Pkrrot d'l.uiao was r.ri-e..bl- to
this RtvfM:o:i. ai d. c.;, if it ere rot
a suilic i'.p.i ly r.cic ',;; lh!:." i'ic.1 one
man Fhott'.d cl'r.ii t.-,c hit lh"r be
cause lus name was c. ;i o'.v nnd the
other rb'.elt'.ird, tl e 1,k-. was actually
fought from trrcr;. The i.econds stood
on the ground belcw.
At a glv-?n signal the pi -tols were
fired and t Inure v.t.b a riniling among
the leaves of one of the chestnut
trees. Pierrot d'l : na: eatne tumbling
to tho ground "like a ripe chestnut,"
as one of Sainte-Marie. in a faeetiou3
mood, began to chirp triumphantly, in
Imitation of the song of the blackbird.
D'Isaac waited till he had recovered
from his wound and then challenged
Salnte-Marie for the chirp.
This time there was nothing amus
ing about the encounter. It was fought
with swords, and Sainte-Marie was
badly wounded. The sparrow had
avenged himself on the blackbird.
A Self-Burning Letter.
One unique suggestion xomlng to
the patent office recently Is for a self
burning letter. Though the commis
sioners tried to kwp the process se
cret the story soon leaked out twid the
suggestion was offered as a defense
to the ardent swain who pours forth
his soul in endearing and eloquent
correspondence In a breach of promise
suit or in the divorce court helps to
swell the alimony and excite popular
derision.
Love letters have always played a
conspicuous part in the affairs of na
tions, and still more momentous role
in the history of hearts, but they gen
erally possess peculiar features that
make them "impossible" in cold type.
Of course, much depends upon the
eyes that read them, but no matter
how romantlo the reader, If the elo
quence la not Intended particularly
for him or her, the sentiments appear
"stilted," "silly" or "disgustingly sen
timental." Hence the advantage ol
the eelf-burning letter; so far as, has
been learned, however, the "novel con
trivance" is but a sheet to which a
certain brand of very flat match ls at
tached for a suggestion.
Premature Obituaries.
The niivilege of reading the lauda
tory obituary notices which the pre
mature reDort of their deaths called
forth has fallen to many distinguished
men. Emir Pasha's death provided
excellent copy for the evening papers
long before the sad event took nlace.
ahd morp thun once during his Jour
ney across the Dark Continent Stan
ley was placed amonc the immortals.
No statesman of modern times has
dared to Imitate the trick of Lord
Brougham, who circulated the story of
his own death simply in order to se
in what estimation he was held by the
public.
Among modern authors Mr. R Tlnr.
ing-Gould was able to read his own
obituary notices when his cousin died
at sea. But an equally remarkable
case was that of Mr. Justin McCarthy.
During the time ho was associated
with the London Daily News a report
of his death was issued one nighl
from Leeds. It reached tho offlot
while Mr. McCarthy was writing j
leader.
Grasshopper and the Ant.
When the cold weather begar. the
grasshopper called at the home of the
ant.
"Go right away from here," said
the ant. "You needn't come around
begging us for food. All summer
while we were laying up our supplies
you were dancing as if you hadn't a
care In the world."
"My denr Mis. Ant," said the grass
hopper, making a profound bow, "you
mistake th'j purpose of my call. Know
ing that your family has amassed a
comfortable fortune, I realized that It
Is time you should take your rightful
place in sncf ty. As a master of the
terpslchorean art, I am prepared to
give you Instructions in that graceful
accomplishment in exchange for board
nd lodgins. How can you expect to
iiinglu with our best people if you
and your daughters are unfamiliar
with the newest steps?"
And he sent for his trunk that after
noon.
An Electric Eraser.
Kvery draughtsman knows that
changes and corrections of errors upon
tracings are not easily made without
danger of Injury to the cloth. Tha
work of erasing must be done with a
light quick stroke, and most men have
not the time nor patience to do this.
A device especially designed for this
work consists of a circular eraser con
nected through a flexible Bhaft with
n electric motor, and is rapidly re
volved thereby. The operator can ap
ply the eraser wiih any pressure that
niay be required. A small rubber roll
bears upon the eraser as It revolves,
removing the superfluous Ink. Th
pressure of this roll ls adjustable.
The t racer Is tuiached by mean ol
a winged nut so that it may be r
moved. Vsually one outfit ls sufficient
for a large draughting room, an it oat
be et up fermanently In one plao
bud the work carried to 11. 8clentlfl4
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