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iiOISOLOSOOK
Leonore Found Romance in It,
but Found Much More in
Real Life.
By LAWRENCE ALrRED CLAY.
(Copyright, 1915, by tho McCluro Ncwspn
pupcr Syndicate.)
One of tho ancient and interesting
things to ho found In Grandma Pear
son's nnclont and Interesting red farm
liouso was tho big scrnpbook sho had
been forty years making. Sho had be
gun It when a girl, and now at tho age
of sixty she was still occasionally past
ing in an Item.
Tho first third of tho book, as might
be expected, was devoted to such
items as would interest girls, and
among them wero recipes to make
yourself beautiful, the significance of
dreams, how to catch a beau and other
nonsense.
Each year when Miss Leonoro Mtn
turn, grandchild, camo down to pass
(i fow weeks with grandma, sho hailed
a ratay day with joy. Sho was eight
een, but sho would get that big scrap
book down on tho floor and Ho at full
length as she read it. Sho had been
brought up In tho city, but sho had
the samo superstitions and caprices as
tho girl of tho country.
"If you dream of a black fox three
nights running you will live and dlo
an old maid," read ono of tho items.
The girl partly believed It, but when
she asked grandma for corroboration
the answer wa3 disappointing.
"It inay be so, but I never know a
"l&Sfe of it."
" "Didn't you over know of a girl who
dreamed of a black fox three times
running?"
"No, nor a red fox, either. There
was Sarah Jumper. Sho dreamed of
a coon five times running, but instead
of living an old maid sho had throe
husbands beforo sho got through."
"Hut It surely means that you are
going to fall in lovo if you look down
tho well and see your faco in ths
water."
"Y-e-s, I suppose it does; but girls
ate pretty sure to fall In love, oven if
they nover look down a well."
But as tho girl read on sho gave
a gasp of surprise. She had come
across tho following:
"If tho sun comes up very red and
you are standing under a pear toee
and a white dote alights on your shoul
der, it means that you are going to
meet a stranger."
"Why, I should think it would. U
seems to mo it ought to."
"Grandma, I don't believe you be
lieved in any of these things when
you wero a girl," pouted Miss Leonore.
"Well, you will find one hero that
says if a girl dreams that sho falls
asleep under a sunflower and is
' awakened by tho twitter of a robin, a
strange young man is coming along
to fall In love with her."
"nut did you ever know it to hap-
pen?"
"Hannah Baker always vowed and
declared that it happened, but Hannah
was a good deal of a liar. She said
that tho man who camo along was
Tom Perkins, whom sho afterward
ilfarrled."
"And thoy lived happy forever
more?"
"No, thoy didn't. That's the worst
think about dreams. Hannah and Tom
fought like cats and dogs within threo
months and separated."
"And never made up?"
"Not as I -ever heard of. You
mustn't pay much attention to those
old Items about dreams and things.
Those were days when girls wero
very silly."
It was tho first timo that grandma
had over cast a doubt on tho absoluto
veracity of the Items, and tho girl
went out Into the orchard and sat
down and had a good cry. Sho had
believed since sho could understand,
and it was a bitter disappointment to
be told at last that she had been
believing in a lot of nonsense. Grand
ma finally called her in to show her
how to make a custard for supper, and
Miss Leonoro dried her tears.
"But something may happen yet."
"Of course it may. 'Things aro al
ways happening. I've had that spot
ted cow for thirteen years, and IM
have as soon thought tho jedgraent
day would come as that she would
kick, but what did she do tho week
before you camo but haul off and giro
me a rap that sent mo ngln tho fonco.
Keep your feet dry and things will
happen right along."
Three days later, while Miss Leo
nore was chasing tho calf around tho
lot, she ran a thorn into hor foot. II
she had had her shoes on at the time
she might not havo run so fast, but
sho would have escaped tho thorn.
Grandma had to take her teeth to thr
thorn, and thoro were yells and sobs
"I told you something might hap
pen any day, and now it has."
"But I won't bo able to stop on that
foot for several days," was protested.
"I know It, and that's what you get
by playing tho tomboy. I will mnku
a bread and milk poultice to draw thu
poison out."
Tho next day grandma received
word by a boy that a woman halt a
mile away wnnted her and sho said to
Miss Leonoro: "You will havo to keep
liouso alono for a couple of hours, but
there will bo nothing to mako you
afraid."
"But thero may a young man come
along," was answered.
"But you got Intp this rocking chair
and ,put your foot up In this ono, nnd
don't 'pay tho least attention If anyone
knocks. A peddler may come along,
but he'll go away after ho Is tired of
knocking."
Grandma had gone about halt an
hour when there camo a knock at tho
door. No, it was not a knock. The
old lady hadn't quite shut the door
utter her, and the wind had pushed
It back without tho cripple being
awaro of It. Thero sho sat, almost
dozing, and tho .poulticed foot looking
as big as a beer keg.
"Ahem! Ahem!" ,
"Oh, my!"
It was a young man In tho act of
lifting his hat, and ho stood fairly
!n the door.
"I called to see " he began.
"You must go right away, sir."
"Couldn't 1 sk "
"No, sir; go away."
"Yes, yes. 1 beg pardon."
And with n look thnt certainly In
cluded that big foot ho walked away.
Did ho havo black oyos and curly
hair? Did ho wondor what ailed her
foot? Did ho suspect In tho romotcst
degree that a great big girl like licr
had mot with nn accident while chas
ing 0 ralf barofootedf
In tho girl's anxloty sho found her
self across the room and peeking out
of tho window at ,tho stranger's back
as ho walkod away. Sho thought ho
had a good figure, but had got no
further when a twlngo caught that
foot and sho had to go hopping back
to her chair.
"I know wo should hnvo liked each
other at first sight, and yet I. must
havo a foot on as big as a barrel of
soft soap. I told him to go, but I
think it was tho sight of the foot that
scared him," sho nobbed.
Whon grandma returned and was
told of tho Incident sho said: "I don't
know who on earth it could havo been.
He lifted his hat, did ho?"
"Most gracefully."
"Then It wasn't any man living
within twenty miles of Jhls. He
camo to ask something, did ho?"
"Ho did, but I choked him oft. I
wish I'd let him say away. Drat this
foot!"
"I suppose," said grandma, looking
vory thoughtful, "that provldonco
ordained that you should chaao that
calf?"
"And get that thorn In my foot?"
"Yos."
"And bo laid up when a stranger
called?"
"That's it, dear. That young man
saw you was a nlco girl. Ho saw you
had met with an accident. You havo
aroused his curiosity and Interest."
"Yes, grandma, and then?"
"He'll surely be back again in two
or three days."
"And and "
"I guess I'd better change the poul
tice. If providence has planned to
bring you two together sho'B goin' to
do It, unless you go and got stung on
tho noso by a bumblo beo beforo that
foot gets well."
That foot got well like magic. Tho
third day saw the patient hobbling
around and keeping eyes on tho highway:
"You must not bo too interested,"
cautioned grandma.
"Oh, I'm all right," wa the laugh
ing reply. "It,s silly, as you say, to
think that anything romantic could
come out, of that old scrapbook. If
anyone comes it will bo a chicken
buyer or a tin peddler, and as thero
Is nothing romantic about them, I
will take my book and go out in the
orchard."
But the man came, and was neither
after chickens, nor did ho havo wash
basins and dippers to sell. It was
Mr. James Brlnkley, tho artist from
tho city, whoso errand that day and
tho day or two previous had been to
buy nn aero of ground -of grandma's
property to build him a bungalow on.
In making a short cut out totlio
house tho artist climbed tho fonco to
pass through the orchard and Inspect
tho fruit.
"Why why " exclaimed Miss Leo
nore, as sho rose up as they came sud
denly faco to face.
"Have I scared you ngaln?" ho.
asked with a pleasant laugh. "I was'
at tho house tho other day, you re
member?" "Why-e-yes, and I had a thorn in
my foot." '
"A thorn! I thought it might bo a
stone bruise. Mother had to poultice
them for mo when I was a boy."
The girl wondered If he would
further say that he got them by chas
ing calves around, but as ho did not
sho dropped the subject and accom
panied him into the-house.
Grandma Pearson had long been
land poor and she was pleased at tho
opportunity to make a salo. When it
camo down to naming figures tho
artist laughingly said:
"Thoy call mo a rather hard man to
deal with, and perhaps I am. At any
rate, I should like to know what goes
A-lth this land."
At this juncture Miss Leonoro seem
ingly had her suspicions aroused and
silently vanished from tho house.
"What goes with the land?" queried
grandma with a laugh, "why, all you
can get."
Whitman the Prophet.
Wnlt Whltmnn was a prophet who,
like so many of his breed, called aloud
beforo his tlmo had ripened, a poet
whoso fruition for America Ilea dl-niy
In the future Undismayed, buoyant
with fierce conviction and unshakable
faith, he moved amid the thunders of
ruin menacing tho republic and tho
later insidious threats of Its decay, the
bard of manhood, the chanter of de
mocracy, tho laureate of labor. North
American Review.
No Conscience at All.
"How does It happen thnt you are in
liquor again when you promised not to
take another drink for six months?"
asked tho ascetic person.
"It was tho luckiest accident you
over honrd of," said the bibulous one,
enthusiastically. "I met a friend who
led me to a bar and told mo my money
was counterfeit."
Worth tho Risk.
"Botts was run over by a handsome
llmouslno yesterday,"
"Hurt much?"
"No. A stunning girl who was In the
car made tho chauffeur pick Botts up
and sho held his head in her lap all
the way to tho hospital."
"Think ot a thing like that happen
ing to Botts, who has no soul!"
Get a Hobby.
Horace Grcoloy onco said: "Young
man, go West." I give ndvlco as valu
able and more easily followed: I say.
young man, get a hobby; preferably
get two, ono tor indoors and ono for
out; get a pair of hobby horses that
can safely bo ridden In opposlto direc
tions. A. Edward Newton, In tho At
lantic. Vhat Would Ge Somethlnn Else.
"Tho secrotary of agriculture says
that the skunk Is ono of man's best
friends " "Wo can stand that as long
ns the skunk doesn't aspire to belni:
I cue of our closest friends."
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tCAMERA
CttSSS
WHEN E. M. Nowman, a travel
lecturer, started through tho
Holy Land with his camera,
ho declared ho must got
"8omothlng dlfforont" in that
triuch photographed country. Ho did,
but ho had his troublos, for tho Mo
hammedan despisos tho camora as an
Instrument of tho devil, and n grent
many of tho Inhabitants of Palcstlno
aro followers of tho prophet.
Writing In tho Now York Sun, Mr.
Nowman says of his trip:
Our first oxperlonco with tho Mo
hammedans was whon we stopped on
a roadsldo between Jaffa and Hamleh,
tho modern namo for Arlmathea,
whence came Joseph, who offered his
tomb at Jerusalem for tho burial of
Jesus ChrlBt. Wo saw a man driving
two camels that wero dragging a sharp
stick through tho earth and turning
tho scrubby soil Into furrows. It was
a subject that answered s6voral re
quirements of tho deslrablo picture
It was unusual enough to offer a cer
tain human Interest. It was artistic.
It was ono of tho best photographs
that I was ablo to get illustrating tho
survival of ancient manners nnd cus
toms in Palcstlno.
But wo found, as wo often found
along the roads of Palestine, that tho
gentleman had been spoiled for our
purpose oy two agencies Ms own
peoplo's suporstltlon and tho foreign
ers with their jingling purses. Too
many tourists havo passed along these
roads taking It for granted that they
would never pass that way again, nnd
some of them havo distributed money
with a prodigal hand. Tho tourist
with a little hand camera has too often
tossed the peasant a quarter whoro a
few cents would have done as well.
But it was not tho money that
caused tho first tanglo with the fol-
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lower of tho prophet. We found that
tho Christians of Syria and Pnlestlno
aro usually meekly obliging when
asked to pose, but we also found that
with a few exceptions in Bethlehem,'
Nazareth aud Jerusalem thoy aro not
equally good subjects. We did not
come upon thorn In occupations as
interesting; they seemed never to bo
bo picturesque as their Mohammedan
brethren.
Didn't Know It Was a "Movie."
Now any Mohammedan knows that
to click the camera before a camel
destroys tho animal's soul. JuBt ex
actly what a camel's soul is wo en
deavored to learn, but none of tho
men who wero certain that It had ono
could enlighten us. Wheir an animal's
s'oul Is destroyed, however, anything
is likely to happen to it. But after
offers of much money much more
than man and camef would earn in a
day tho driver seemed to forget that
his camelv might easily thereafter fall
a victim to tho ovil eye if ho failed
to suspend a string of blue beads from
Its neck. Here wo found, ns wo found
afterward, that money waB tho best
euro for the cloud of Mohammed hang
ing over men's eyes. '
Tho man aworo at us immediately
"wo began to bargain for his photo
graph, however, and wo didn't know
at that tlmo about a camel's soul and
tho driver wouldn't accept our figure
Ho was wise Ho knew that to bo
photographed ono must pose, so ho
Waders for Troops.
During their war with Russia, tho
Japanoso troops woro supplied with
Waders mado of mulberry leaf as a
protection against Injury to health
caused by wet feot In tho trenches.
Particulars now come of an Improved
form of wader, of British Invention.
Tho new wnder Is mado of a fibrous
substance much cheaper than mill
:1
berry leaf. It is light, warm, water
proof, antiseptic, and impervious to '
attack by insects. A pair of tho
waders mado of this material welgim
about two and one-half ounces. Tho
waders aro mado in two sizes me
dium and large Tho wader is kept in
position by buttons or braces. For
occasions liko a bayonet charge, when
tho utmost freodom for tho leg and
foot is necessary, tho portion of tho
wader worn over and above tho kneo
would be turned down.
Wlnnlnu the Multitude's Ear.
Doch not oxporlenco prove that in
fluence over men's minds Is gained
only by offering them tho difficult
nay, tho impossible, to perform or
believe? Oftnr only things that are
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ztuun -J witi
decided to spoil tho picture, nnd, not
knowing about tho cinema camera, he
started oft nnd gave his land tho fast
est plowing it had had bIuco the days
of Moses. While- I had no wny of an
ticipating this action it completely
suited my purpose Ono need no long
or wait for tho slow clicking of a sta
tionary camora; If Is tho day of tho
clno and nctlon Is wanted. So tho
peasant didn't know that ho was being
"Immortalized" as a mighty plowman
in Pnlestlno for tho nmusomont of
American audiences and perhaps ho
had novor hoard of America, except
ing ns a distant country whonco camo
Christian dogs with cameras that
yearned for tho souls of camels.
Trying to Poso "Ruth."
Ono day as wo wero approaching
Bethlohcm wo looked Into a valloy of
ripening grain and silvery ojlvo trees.
"Thero aro tho fields ot Boaz whero
Ruth gleaned," said our dragoman, nnd
perhaps association of ideas caused us
to halt at "tho roadside A woman wnB
sitting on the ground beforo a pllo of
wheat and chaff. Sho had boon
threshing tho littlo bundles of grain
that her daughter, an nttractlvo girl of
perhaps fourteen years, had gleaned
In tho largo fields near by. Hero wan
Ruth of 1911. At least wo thought so
and Immediately entered Into negotla-,
tlons with her mother for hor to pose.
Tho girl was shy and tho mother hesi
tated for a momont, but tho jlnglo of
two shillings m ado thorn think differ
ently, and tho girl consented to bo re
hearsed In tho littlo drama that sho
wob to play beforo tho camora sho
was told to do exactly as she had
been doing with her littlo bundles ot
wheat, no bigger around than her
wrist. Tho camera was put Into po
sition on a stono pllo and tho operator
was about to begin to turn tho handlo
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when our attention was attracted by
shrill cries down tho road. A man
was approaching on a littlo donkey,
which ho wub clubbing and galloping
toward us. Immediately tho girl heard
him sho squatted besldo her mother
and seemed to bo very much fright
ened. Tho man shouted something at us
in Arabic as ho jumped from his don
key and mado a gesture toward tho
camera, but, seeming to realize that
It was tho girl wo wanted to snap, ho
stood In front of her as ho scolded
her and her mother for their willing
ness to accommodato us in tho mat
tor of posing. After sho had explained
to him tho man told us that sho was
his girl wlfo and that ho thanked tho
prophet for permitting him to arrivo
in tlmo to snvo her from disgrace.
"Ton years from now," he said, "tho
poople of this vlllago may point their
fingers at my wjfe and say: 'Thero la
a girl who was willing to stand befon,
a Christian dog's camera for two
francs.' "
From Bethlehem wo wont Into tho
Judcnn wilderness to attempt to snap
shepherds with their flocks of sheep
and goats. Wo met with littlo oppo
sition from theso lonely, half starved
lads, who when thoy wero Christians
thankfully accepted tho feo wo gavo
them and whon thoy wero Moham
medans begged for moro mc-noy and
then cursed us in tho namo ot tho
Prophet as wo departed.
reasonable and all tho world will an
swer, "Wo know as much 0, that."
But enjoin things that aro bard, Im
practicable; paint tho Deity as over
armed with thunder; mako b'ood run
beforo altars, and you will ;vln the
multitude's ear and everybody will
say of you: "He must bo rlg'jt or ho
would not so boldly proclaliu things
so mnrvelous." Exchange.
Bible Is 103 Years OAJ.
E. H. Carter of this city I11.3 an old
icllc of bygone days In a Blolo, pub
lished In Windsor, Vt In 1812 by Mer
rlflold & Cochran, at "Tho Slflu of tho
Bible"
This book Is ono hundred r.nd threo
years old. It was tho property of a
great undo of Mr. Carter who evi
dently has mado an exhaustive study
of tho Blblo as was ovldcncod by tho
copious marginal notes and references
In old-fashioned handwriting. Wahpo
ton (N. D.) Dliipntch to Omahu llco.
As a Usual Thing.
"Father, what Is the consensus ol
opinion?" "Your mother's opinions,
my dear."- Buffalo Express.
v.jiii.iuii-,liiin III'
MEASURES TO CONTROL
Grasshoppers Feeding on Poison Note That This Is Not the Way to Spread
the Bait.
(I'rcpnrea by tho United Slates Depart-! sonlng stock, poultry or birds and If
tnont ot Aurlculturo.)
Tho moro alfalfa flolds there arc, tho
grcator will bo tho plaguo of grasshop
pers unless measures aro adopted to
control tho pest. Tho grasshopper, of
courso, was known in Amorica long
beforo alfalfa, but as tho country bo
comes moro Bettlod nnd tho wnsto
lands and uncultivated fields In which
tho insect breeds grow fowcr, tho post
crowds In greater and greater num
bers Into tho places that aro loft It.
Stnco an alfalfa field affords almost
Ideal conditions for breeding, to plant
alfalfa is to invito all tho grasshoppers
in tho vicinity to como nnd bo merry
at your expense.
In order to brood freely, grasshop
pers requlro two conditions; first, an
undisturbed soil to hatch tholr eggs,
and socond, a food Biipply for their
young. Tho margins of roads and
fences, ditch banks, In fact any wnBtc
land, will do to hatch tho eggs, but
with alfalfa or grain nt hand for tho
eating, tho young will not stay long in
tholr blrthplaco. Grasshoppers, It Is
truo, havo many natural enemies which
will bo attracted by tho abundanco of
tholr prey nnd thus ultlmato'y afford
tho farmer nomo relief. By that tlmo,
however, tho alfalfa crop la likely to
have suffored lrroparablo damage.
Perhaps tho simplest way of fighting
tho pest, whon this Is practical, Is to
destroy tho eggs. Theso aro deposited
In masses in tho lato summer nnd fall,
Inclosed In kidney-shaped pods, In soil
'which tho grnsshopper prefers mod
erately compact and rather damp, but
not actually wot. Tho young hatch In
spring, reach maturity in the nummor
nnd dlo when they In tholr turn havo
Jeposltcd tholr eggs. Thero In only
ono generation each year. Throughout
tho lato fall and winter, therofore, the
farmor has an opportunity to rid him
self of the pest by destroying the
eggs. Plowing, harrowing, disking or
cultivating to a dopth of two Inches
will do this.
Whoro tho nature of tho ground or
other circumstances mako this im
practicable, specialists in tho depart
ment of agriculture recommend tho
uso of poison bait. Resort must bo
had to tho bait early, however, and all
wasto and uncultivated land gone
over thoroughly bofore tho young In
sects havo devoloped sufficiently to
move about freely and feast on the
growing crops. For, as has already
been said, though tile grasshoppers
Corn Eaten by Grasshoppers.
may breed In places whero. thoy can do
no harm, thoy will not spend tholr
lives thero.
A cheap and effoctlvo bait Is made
by mixing 25 pounds of wheat bran,
ono pound of parts greon, two quarts
of cheap molasses or sirup, and threo
oranges or lomons, Tho bran and
parls greon aro first mixed together In
an ordinary washtub or uny other con
venient recoptaclo. Tho molasses or
sirup Is placed In a aoparato vessel
and tho juico of tho fruit squeezed into
it, then tho akin aud pulp ard chopped
up finely nnd added to the molasses
mixture which Is further diluted by
tho addition ot two gallons of wator.
This Is then mixed with tho bran aud
parls greon and enough wator added
to mako tho wholo a stiff dough. This
amount of poison Is sufficient to treat
from five to ten acros. It must bo ro
mombcrcd, however, that the fruit Is
thu most Important Ingredient.
In applying tho poison It should bo
sown broadcast In strips one rod apart
before sunrise In tho morning. Broad
casting doca away with tho risk ot pot-
GRASSHOPPER PEST
caro Is exorcised In this respoct thoro
need bo no fear of loss. On a Vermont
farm, for example sovcral hundred
acres of pasture which woro vory bad
ly Infested with grasshoppers, were
treated In this wny, and although more
than ono hundred valuable pure-bred
Jorsoy heifers worn grazing on tho
land throughout tho process, no In
stance of poisoning occurred. On the
other hand, whore tho bait is scattered
in piles or bunches, thoro may bo seri
ous consequences.
Another mothod ot destroying tho in
sects Is tho uso ot tho hopperdozer.
This conslstB primarily of a shallow
pan, usually made of sheet Iron, with a
back about ono fo6t high and a front
On the Trail of Grasshoppers in a
Corn Field.
about two Inches high. It Is filled with
water covered with kerosene and
drawn over tho field on runners that
can bo made of old wagon tires. Tho
grasshoppers disturbed by its approach
will elthor jump directly into tho koro
seno and water or against tho back
ot tho hopperdozer, which throws them
into tho poisonous mixture
Whore tho conditions are such that
tho fields can be quickly inundated
and tho water promptly run oft as la
ffoquently done In rlco fieldB it la
possible' to drown all tho. young grass
hoppors It the right momont is select
ed, Ab soon as the young begin to run
about flooding docs but little good, as
thoy easily climb to tho uppor part of
vegotatlon boyond tho reach of the
wator. On tho whole, tho uso ot Borao
such poisoned bait as that already de
scribed, will probably bo found the
most satisfactory way to control the
peat. Fuller information in rognrd to
tho matter Is contained in tho recent
publication ot tho United States de
partment of agrlculturo's farmers'
bulletin No. C37, "Tho Grasshopper
Problom and Alfalfa Culture."
SOMETHING BESIDES FEEDING
Good Breeding Methods, Exercise and
Proper Management Are Impor
tant Essentials.
buccess wiin nogs aepenas upon ao
grent many things besides feeding.
Good breodlngnothods, oxorclso and
proper management In every respect
aro nocossary. However, It tho hog Is
supplied with tho proper amounts ot
carbohydrates, proteins, fats, water,
etc., and Is kopt free from parasites of
all kinds, much will havo been dono
to mako the handling of hoga in winter
a profitnblo operation.
BE REGULAR WITH INCUBATOR
Machine Can Be Made to Pay by Care
ful Attention to Lamp, Airing and
Turning Eggs.
Thero must bo mothod and regu
larity In running nn incubator. If jou
Insist upon regularity in tho timo of
filling tho lamp, airing nnd turning tho
oggs, and Insist upon your mind tell
ing you just when the right tlmo ar
rives for looking aftor theso small de
tails, thero 1b not tho least bit of
doubt but that you will succeed In
making that Incubator pay you for tho
timo spent with it.
Marking Young Chicks.
Ono poultryman has a unique May
ot marking his chickens. Aa soon
as they aro a day or two old, ho cule
oft n too' just far enough back to bo
suro to get all tho nail off, with u
good shears. It is dono instantly, and
bleeds very littlo.
Tho chlckeiiB do not scorn to mind
It in tho least. Caro should be taksn
not to cut tho too back too far, as it
will bleed too much.
Replace Broken Latch.
You'll save tlmo by replacing Mut
broken latch on tho gato with a nW
one.
DID HE DECEIVE THEM?
SCHOOLMASTER'S ASSERTION
WAS NEVER VERIFIED.
Truo orlNot, However, It Had the EA
feet of 1 Making Culprits Own Up
to Guilt and Take
the
Consequences.
Describing tho lighter side 01
school life, Ian Hay, tho Scotch novel
ist, tolls of a schoolmaster who called
his boys together.
"A vory unpleasant nnd discredit
ablo tlilrlg bns happened," ho said.
"Tho municipal authorities havo re
cently erected a pair of extremely
ornate and oxpenslvo lampposts out
Bldo tho residence ot tho mayor ot tho
town.
"Thoso lampposts appear to havo
attracted tho unfavorable nbtlco ot
tho school.
"Last Sunday ovoning, between
soven nnd eight o'clock, they were at
tacked and wrecked, apparently by
volleys of stone"
Thoro was a faint but appreciative
murmur from thoso members of tho
school to whom tho nows of this out
rago was now mado public for tho
first tlmo. But a baleful flash from
tho schoolmaster's spectaclos re
stored Instant silence.
"Several parties of boys," ho con
tinued, "must havo passed these lamp
posts on that evening, on tholr way
back to tholr respectlvo houses after
chapel. I wish to sco all boys who
in any way participated in tho out
rago in my study directly after second
school. I warn them that I shall mako
a sovcro oxamplo of them."
Ills voice roso to a blaro.
"I will not havo tho prestige and
fair fame of tho school lowered in tho
eyes of tho town by tho vulgar bar
barities of n parcel of ill-conditioned
littlo street boys. You may go!"
Tho audtonco rose to tholr feot and
began to steal silently away. But
they woro puzzled. Tho Old Man was
no fool, as a rule Did ho really Imag
ine thnt chaps would bo such mugs
as to own up?
But before tho first boy reached
tho door tho head spoke again.
"I may mention," ho added very
gently, "that tho attack upon tho er
lampposts was witnessed by a gentlo
man resident in tho neighborhood, a
warm friend of tho school. Ho was
ablo to Identify ono of tho culprits,
whosd namo 1b in my possession. That
is all."
And qulto enough, too. When tho
schoolmastor visited hla study aftor
second school ho found 17 malefactors
meekly awaiting chastisement.
But ho novor divulged tho namo of
tho boy who had been recognized, or,
for thnt matter, tho identity of tho
warm friend of tho school. I won
der! Canada's 72-Inch Reflector.
Work is progressing rapidly on this
instrument, which will bo probably,
for a short tlmo only, tho largest tele
scope in tho world, ponding tho com
pletion of tho 100-inch roflector for
Mt. "Wilson. Tho disk for tho great
mirror started from Antwerp about a
week before tho war broke out. Aftor
Its arrival at Now York tho Pennsyl
vania railroad was about a week in
finding a suitablo car to transport it
to Pittsburgh, nnd then thero was
further delay beforo nn iron wagon
could bo obtained to transport It to
Doctor Brashear'B workshop, whero
it was finally placed on the grinding
tablo. Tho hazardous work of boring
and smoothing off tho hole In the con
tor of tho mirror has been accom
plished with entire success. It is ex
pected that tho mounting will be com
pleted by October noxt Sclontlflo
American.
Motorcycle Ambulances.
Tho uses of tho motorcycle aro un
limited. They aro used as pleasure
vehicles, for "delivering messages,
packages, and lately aro developing
Into useful conveyances for heavy
loads, as they aro built moro power
fully and with moro onduranco each
succeeding year. Tho last word in
usefulness is tholr adoption by sev
eral European nations as conveyances
for tho wounded In battle
A side-car containing an ambulanco
stretcher la attached to tho machine
-tho said stretcher being removablo
bo that it can bo taken to any part
ot tho Hold of battle Much tlmo it.
saved by uslnc this conveyance, as it
can bo driven to many places that an
automobile cannot penetrate, and
much more ground can bo covoced In
less tlmo thnn a wagon or a corps ol
men afoot could do.
Appearances Deceptive.
Whilst making his usual daily in
spection ot the stables tho colonel no
ticed Private Jones giving his horse a.
pleco ot lump sugar,
"I am very pleased to seo you mak
ing much of your horse, Private
Jones," ho said; "it shows that you
regard him with tho truo spirit, and 1
will not forget you for it."
Private Jones waited until his com
manding officer was out of earshot,
and then turnod to his neighbor.
"I wasn't making much of him," he
Bald. "Tho blighter throw mo oft this
morning, and I'm trying to give him
tho blinkln' toothnche."
Guinea Pigs Good to Eat.
That guinea pigs furnish a cheap and
appetizing moat Is ono of tho discov
eries of Gorman dletetlsts forced by
tho necessities of food economy dur.
fng tho war. Scientists are urging tho
breeding ot theso prolific animnla for
food purposes, and it has already be
come a large Industry.
Great Expectations.
Millionaire A fit husband for my
daughter? Why, In tho first place, sho
Is hulf u head taller than you I
Suitor Well, sir, I don't expect tc
be so short after I am married. Bul
letin (Sydney).
That Kind.
"You say Addledson Is an lndefatl
tablo listener?"
"Yes. Tho sound of his own vol,c
lover tftea him."
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