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I mm TROTS IN LIFELIKE FASHION Toy In Form of Galloping Horse In vented by Kentucky Man Op erated by Means of Crank. An amusing toy In tho form of n galloping horso has been designed by a Kentucky man. It la particularly ap propriate theso days when mechanical toys aro absorbing the youth of tho laud. Tho body of the horso Is fixed to a standard rising from, the base, but tho forelegs and hlndlegs are piv oted to tho body and at their middlo joints. Tho tall and neck are also pivoted to tho body and tho body of the jockey Is pivoted at tho hips. Tho horse's feet uro fastened to swinging shafts that operate In the base by Galloping Horse Toy. means of a rotatable gear. As one shaft Is pushed forward the other cornea backward, each carrying with It a foreleg and hlndleg on the samo side of tho animal. Tho gear is oper ated by means of a crank and the fas ter tho crank is turned tho faster the horse trots, bobbing his head and wav ing his tall, while the jockey seems to urge him. NUTS TO CRACK. . Why is a fishmonger never gener ous? Because his business makes him sell-fish. Why are religious communities like bees? Because they are in-sects. Why ought an omnibus to bo con sidered secure from lightning? Because it has a conductor. If I encounter a man wheeling earth, why am 1 llko a weather glass? Because I am a barometer (barrow meter). Which Is tho smallest bridge in tho world? The bridge of the nose. Why doeo tho east wind nover trav el straight? 'Because it blows so bleak (oblique). Why Is a bad shot like an amusing fellow? Bccauso he's tho boy to keep the game 'alive. Threo feet I have, but ne'er attempt to go. And many nails thereon, but not one too. (A yard measure. Why should wo avoid mingling with jthe multltudo? Because If you aro hemmed iu by n crowd you are likely tj get a stitch in your sido. I Which is tho longest letter in the alphabet? , An 1 (ell). Why does a fat man. when squeezed, compliment tho ladles? Bccauso the prcssuro makes him flatter. , Why Is a woman's beauty like a bank note? , Becauso when or.co changed it soon goes. What quadrupeds are admitted to balls, operas, and dinner parties? White kids. Why doos an orator resemble a pawnbroker? Bccauso ho Uvea by spouting. Why does a sculptor resomblo a tippler? Becauso ho Is overlastlngly soaking his clay. When aro balls and routs supplied gratis? On tho field of battlo. What instrument of war docs an an gry lover resomblo? A cross bow (beau). Why aro cata like unskillful Bur geons? Because they mow-tlll-late, and de stroy patients (patience). A Sugar Trust, A sharp boy in Urangetown walked Into a grocer's shop, "Please, mister," ho Bald to the pro prietor, "mother told mo to ask you whether there Is Buch a thing as a sugar trust?" "Of course thoro Is," was tho an swer. "Well, then, mother wants to be trusted for two pounds." How He Stood. "Tommy," queried his father, "how do you stand in school theso days?" "In tho corner most of the time," replied Tommy, Judge. 1 Laau SOME QUEER TABLEMANNErtS In Anolent Times Pooplo Wore Told Not to Plok Their Teeth With Knife or Fork. "Until the middle of tho seventeenth century," writes Roso M. Bradley in the English Housowlfo, "forks wero a luxury, treated rather as toys, elegant, with jeweled handles, wherewith tho ladles might pick daintily at their sweetmeats." Beforo tho carving fork was introduced paper covers wero placed over those portions of tho meat which had to bo grasped with tho loft hand. Tho papor frills sometimes seen nowadays on cutlet bones aro said by tho author to be a survival of tho old custom. After smarting under foreign criticism on their tablo man ners, Englishmen turned to Freuch "Rules of Civility," and others were complied in English. Readers wero warned "not to wipe knife or fork on bread or tho cloth, but on napkins." They wero also re quested "not to pick their teeth at tablo with knife or fork." "Lady "Lady Rich's Closet of Rarctlca." pub lished lu 1653, begs each gentlewoman to "observo to keop her body straight, and lean not by any means with her elbow, nor by ravenous gesturo dis cover a voracious appetite." Nor must she talk with her mouth full of meat nor "smack like a pig," not cat spoon meat so hot that tho tears stand in her eyes. "It is very uncomely," tho author adds, "to drink so large a draft that your breath Is almost gono and you aro forced to re cover yourself. Throwing down your liquor as Into a funnel is an action fitter for a juggler than a gentlewo man." FUNNY MAN AT PICNIC PARTY Wooden Horse Can Jump as High as Eiffel Tower, He Says ln Spin ning Latest Yarn. Being a funny man, ho was at it again. Seated on tho grass In tho midst of the picnic party, ho was spinning tho latest yarns. - "I say," ho remarked to those as sembled, "I bet you can't answer this riddle." 'Well, what Is It?" asked a chorus of voices. "Can you namo nn anlmr.! that has eyes and canont -see, legs nnd cannot walk, but can jump as high as the Eiffel tower?" All racked their brains and there was a deep silence for a moment. "I don't know," remarked somo opo. "I give It up." Tho reBt of the party also signified Inability to solve the riddle. "The answer," said the funny man, "Is a wooden horso. It has eyes and cannot see and legs and cannot walk." "Yes, but how does it jump as high as the Eiffel tower?" came the tri umphant shout. "The Eiffel tower," said the funny man as he made preparations for hur ried departure, "can't jump at all!" Tit-Bits. PUZZLE OF SPINNING WHEELS Object Is to Find Smallest Number of Straight Lines In Which Each Wheel May Be Enclosed. What Is tho smallest number ol straight lines which can bo drawn Spinning Wheel Puzzle. within thid square bo an to inclose each of the wheels within separata boundaries? This diagram shows that tho seven wheels, which spin so merrily wheD tho paper Is rotated In the hand, can Solution of Puzzle. bo divided off Into separate lnclosurcs by only threo straight lines. While solving this, rotate the paper in your hand and seo tho wheels apin Knew What to Expect. A small boy who attends one of the grade bcIiooIb was vaccinated recently, and after tho arm had been dressed the attending physician suggested that ho place a ribbon with tho word "Vaccinated" around it. At this tho youngster spoko up "Put it around tho other arm," he said. "But that won't do any good," pro tested the doctor. "It wants to be placed nround tho soro arm so the' boys at school won't bo hurting It." The lad looked at him in disgust and replied: "You put it around the other arm. You don't know tho kids at our school." Kansas City Star SAPPHIRE PENDANT A Lesson in Sclf-Denial and the Folly of Wealth-and Display BY JUNE GOHAN. "It lsn'f so much tho value of tho thing, but I lovo It better than any thing that was over given to me, that's all." Antoinette flung out both hands with a tragic gesture that impressed even (Teddy Conyers. Ho leaned forward in tho deep lounging chair, and stared at thu driftwood blaze In the hugo fire place. Tho dancing, sparkling flames reminded him of Antoinette's eyes, bomeway. "When did you first miss it. Tony?" asked Phyllis. "This morning, only this morning. J .always keep it on my dresser, Just sticking In the cushion, don't you know. It was detachable from tho bar pin, and could be worn as a pendant. And, Ted, It waB tho loveliest old thing. Surely you mUBt havo seen It. 1 al ways wear it with yellow." , "I nover know what color you wear," Ted put In, dreamily. "Brute! You saw it, anyway, Phyl lis, at dinner. It is pear-shaped, a flawless sapphire surrounded by dia monds and very delfcately sot in plati num. I wore it to dinner right here at home, then wo went to the theater nnd from there to a chafing dish studio affair up in Brlstows' den." "Telephono to them," suggested Ted. "I did, the first thing this morning, and It has upset them awfully, of course. They have only ono servant, a Jap, nnd he's bo perfect you'd as soon accuse a bronzo Buddha. And Phyllis declares Bhe saw it on my neck when we got back. I think I loft It on tho cushion." "Tnko another look, Tony," urged Phyllis. Sho waited until her sister had loft the room, then turned her head toward Ted eagerly. "You know why she's so worried?" "Keepsake?" "No. When our Aunt Muriel dledt Mrs. Crossley Bangs, you know, Ted. sho left everything to Tony and me, but with a long string tied to the prize package. Wp wero given certain things every year for five years, and according to the way wo treasured them, tho final division of property was to be made. That happens in four days; and the pendant belonged to her. I haven't lost anything so fnr. And we havo had such beautiful things, my diamond cross was one, and two strings of pearls, nnd this pendant for Tony. It's terrible, becauso If sho doesn't find it, she'll surely lose her share." Ted adjusted his eyeglasses, and looked attentive. "What a ridiculous old party sho must have been," ho said meditative ly. 'Why not have an imitation ono made, and pass it off on your trustees or guardians, or whoever you've got?" "Tony wouldn't do such a thing. She'd lose every dollar first. There's Buddy out there. Isn't he wonderful, Ted?" Ted grinned appreciatively. Anyone who was personally acquainted with Phyllis' heir aparent, Bhared her opinion. Out on tho broad sloping lawn strutted Buddy, four yenrs old, and nearly as broad as ho was tall. Just at the moment ho wbb hauling a furry animal around by the neck. "It's his Robber Kitten," said Phyl lis. "Stuffed?" inquired Ted. "Certainly It's stuffed. Jack brought It home for his birthday last week, and Buddy adores it. We're going for a walk, and leave you to console Tony. Be nice, Ted. She feels dreadfully." Ted stood nt the window watching tho two pass down townrds tho beach. Buddy tagged along behind his moth er, dangling the Robber Kitten. And Ted sighed. He had been a steady caller at Plney Croft for months. Ho was not a wooer at first. Jack and ho had been chums abroad the first year after Harvard. Ho envied him the whole thing, tho big happy looking home up on tho hill, tho husbandhood and Buddy nnd just tho privilege of stretching out his heels to warm be fore his own Hreslde. Only he wanted Tony for himself. Dear, thoughtless, Irresponsible Tony! As If tho Crossley Bangs Inheritance could make any dif ference to him. Ho wanted to marry her, carry her away to Conyers Hall down on tho Chesapeake, and see her queen it over the whole lot down there, his father, tho old Major, and Dorinda, his nurse, and all tho rest He turned quickly at the sound of her steps behind him. She only came s high as his chin, and just ng.w, seemed taller, chin up and indignant "Ted, there's not another thing tak en. Isn't It strange? As if somebody knew what It meant to mo to loso tho pendant at this time " "What do you caro anyway? Money Isn't everything." "It's h whole lut just tho samo. I don't want to stav hero with Phyllis all my life. I'm going to take tho money and start .something." "I've got enough for two." It was said. Antoinette looked up at him In dead silence,. ' "Think It over. T-.'ny," ho said gent ly. "I'm not such a bad sort, 70U know. There's a bully old place down home, nnd dad, and we'd love you to death. Don't bother to Bay anything now. I don't want you to when you'ro all worried over tho other. I'll come over Monday." ."Not Monday, Ted," sho broke in "That that's tho day, and if I don't find the pendant by then " "Maybe you'll marry me," gamely Ted smiled, and left her, and she watched him until tho turn or tho road hid him from sight. Whon Phyllis roturnod, it was dark In the nrnnt nlinitnwv llvliin- mnin. mill only the firelight glowed dn tho beach snnu wans, uvor on tho wlndowscnt was Antolnotto, staring still nt that stretch of lonely shoro rond, her chin propper on her bond. "How much money do you supposo Aunt Muriel left us?" she nskod, after a pauso. "Why, I don't know. Tony. Nobody knows. Sho was very closo mouthed, Of course sho had tho house on Oramorcy Park from Undo Dnvo, nnd Chester got that, and most of tho for tunc. Sho always Bald wo wero flighty and not sensibly brought up because mamma kept us abroad so much." "Is money ovorythlng, Phyllis?" Plaintively. "It's a ood deal, honoy. It makes tho wheels tnko tho up grade very neatly. I'm glad Jack has plonty for Buddy's sake" "I suppose that is why. but It Isn't ovorythlng. I've waited flvo years for this to como truo, and fitted myBelf for It. Sho snld wo must settle down, and study, nnd tnko up serious pursuits, didn't sho? Woli, wo havo. I'm sure I've grown un morn thn inn twn nr three years undor hor systom than ever Deroro. Sho said for ub to keop out of society nnd live way out here nnppuy and simply. And you'ro safely married nnd settled down. I'vo alwayB intonded to tnko tho monoy nnd travel and Just havo a good tlmo with It. but now, someway, It doesn't seem to amount to so much." Sho looked ovor to where Buddy was Industriously punching tho Rob ber Kitten down into a nook under the hall stairs. It was flvo days bo fore sho remembered tho Kitten. Ev ery corner in tho house hnd been searched for tho lost pendant. Two detectives had been sent down from tho city by Jack, and had oven hope lessly alienated tho good will of tho Jap servant nt tho Brlstows by queries. Tho day came finally, and found tho girls worried nnd helpless. About 2 o'clock, a roadster drow up before tho house and Jack alighted , with Mrs. Crossley Bangs' lawyer, Tonnott Ows ley. Ted roso from his usual seat near Antoinette. "Oh, please don't go, Ted," sho said, wistfully. "You may as well bo in nt tho finish, you know." Ted held her hnnd a mlnuto in his in a grip that sent tho color to her cheeks, but he said nothing. Devout ly he prayed that tho now dopendencp on his sympathy might last. While Owsley faced tho rest for tho reading of tho flnnl instructions In tho Bangs' will, ho turned nnd played Idly with Buddy and tho Robber Kitten. "I think it right, Mr. Owsley," snld Antolnotto bravely, "that you should know at tho outset I havo lost tho sapphire pendant. Wlintovor was coming as my sharo Is forfeited." Owsley Bmlled nnd bowed. His shrowd old eyes looked amused and quizzical. "The terms of your aunt's will nro peculiar, Miss Randall," ho began, slowly. "Sho was most erratic, as you know." He cleared his throat and read, with emphasis, Mrs. Crossley Bangs' last thrust at the frivolities and extrava ganco of tho ago sho was glad to lenvo behind her. At tho expiration of t,he flvo years, sho trusted hor two nieces would havo profited so greatly by tho lesson In self donlnl sho 'had taught them that they could fnco the futuro with philosophy. Tony caught Ted's glanco, nnd smiled lit this. Sho felt confident that they had dls covered tho vanity and utter folly of wealth and display, and tho wonderful possibilities that llfo offered without them. Therefore she loft to thorn her blessing and fondest lovo, and tho bal. ance of her jowels. In tho event of ono having broken tho terms of the will by negllgenpe, sho desired tho snld jowels to go to tho other sister. "I'll divide them nnywny," flashed back Phyllis instantly, ob ho pp.ibkH rending. Ted tobo and went over to where Antoinette stood. Ho slipped ! something Into her hand. , I "Ted!" gasped Tony. "Tho pen- 1 dnnt." I "I Just found it stuffed in tho Rob- her Kitten," said Ted. "It's nlco to I havo ono, nnyway, isn't It?" j Ho bent his hend close -to her 'dark ' curls as tho others gathered around I tho pondant nt tho table. I "You can wear It for luck nt tho wedding, sweothenrt," ho said. And j Buddy beamed on them innocently. , (Copyright, 1913, by tho McCIuro News paper Syndicate.) How Hummlng-Blrds Bathe. Not being acquainted with tho bath. Ing habits of humming-birds, says Katharine E. Dolboar in tho Atlantic 1 .uui.uuy, 1 put. out an nuaiono snoil as tho most artistic bathing-dish I could I Hnd; but novor to my knowledge did sho pay tho least attention to It. Ono morning, In tho miclHt of a show, er, howover, sho crouched down on tho wet blndo of a dogwood leaf, and hor rapidly fluttering wings spattered the raln-dropB in ovory direction. She went from leaf to leaf until sho hud succeeded in getting her feathers very wet; then sho perched on a twig, shook off tho drops, und carefully preened hor feathers. It Is not lmprobnblo that, in the nb senco of rain, humming-birds uso tho dowdrops in oarly morning. In closer captivity, tho bird bathed in a gladl oIuh blossom. Hereafter a pltchor plant Is to bo used. A humming-bird that was accustomed to drinking sweetened water from a spoon ono day found water in- tho spoon, Instead of sweets, whereupon sho at onco alight ed on tho edge and took a bath. In TncJfepLiaiiT WALKS 195,000 MILES FOR UNCLE SAM "When I first started work In tho postofllco." Mr. LoBron Bald, "thoro wore only forty-flvo carriers, and all of us wero chums. "Whon you figure up tho number of miles 1 hnvo traveled In my mail carrying enreor I bellovo you will agree with mo that I nm entitled to a gqoil rest. Deducting Sundays and vncntlons that 1 havo had in my forty-four yenrs of postal teervlco, havo worked about 18,000 days for Undo Sam. This, multiplied by 1G, which Is tho avorago number of mllos traveled by n malt carrier, shows that I havo covered 195,000 miles." , REPRESENTS POPULAR WILL OF NATION Raymond Polncnro'n selection for tho presidency of Franco, although made by n parliament, as required by tho constitution, is rognrded ns ropresontlng as well tho popular Will of tho nation. Tho now president Is now In hid fifty-third yoar. Ho Is of medium height and sturdily built. Abovo nil, he radiates" an Impression of forco, both physical nnd intellectual. Ho Is modest in conversation, choorful nnd pntlent, nnd concentrates his full at tention upon tho person to whom'ho is talking. 1 M. Polncnro's largo, luminous eyos aro the most striking fcaturo of a face which suggests tennclty and do termination. Ho Is vorsatllo, nnd comes of n family distinguished in sclonco and literature. Tho president elect himself is a philosopher, n writ er, and n momber of tho French acad emy, with n notablo career In French law" circles. Ho has a peculiarity of novor sending his clients' bills for legal services, always saying that they may send him whatever thoy consider to bo tho valuo of his work. Americans who havo met tho premier havo nlways found him interested In tho development and tho Institutions of tho United States, and accurately Informed upon tho larger aspects of current Amorlcnn affairs. ' Ab foreign minister M. Poincaro greatly facilitated tho work of Ambas sador Herrick and IiIb predecessor at tho American embassy, Robert Bacon. The cabinet of Premier Poincaro is regarded as steadfastly opposed to coclallsm. GEN. PERSHING WANTS FLAG RESPECTED KBiBMB''.fiyAM aro stationed silence will bo maintained, both work and play will ceaso, vehicles will halt and offlcerB or enlisted men therein will alight nnU stand at attention. I "Civilians, of whatever rnco or nationality, within sight or hearing of1 tho flag and music at retreat, will bo courteously qnllghtonod, should thoy fall to stand In respectful nttltudo nnd, in enso of disrespect, tho offendor will bo promptly escorted off tho post." WILLIAM ROCKEFELLER IS A TIMID MAN William Rockofellor Is intensely shy. He has a horror of courts and of publicity. Ho novor has had a lawsuit as a private individual C;:? may judgo his feelings, then, when tho Pujo commltteo was nftor him. Personally William Rockefeller' Is ono of tho kindliest of men nnd ono of tho most polite. Ho smokes a great deal. His cigars aro the- sort that royal connoisseurs affect. If ho is dictating to his stenographer and a puff of smoke drifts tho stenog rapher's way ho haB been known to apologize and to get up nnd open a window so that his tobacco may glvo no offense. Usually William Rockefeller goqs uptown on tho elevated. If ono of his employes happens to Bit besldo him Mr. Rockefeller will rofrnln from reading his ovenlng paper If tho em ployo shows a desire to talk. . If ono of Mr, Rockefeller's clerks meets him nn Mm afrnnt Mm nlnrlr ta lllrnlv in ..II Ll MV.W ...V. ..... - ....v. w lift his hat polltetly. Mr. Rockefeller crowned derby of tho pattern of tho president After sorving Uncle Sam for halt a century, during which tlmo ho per formed daring deeds ns n scout in tho Civil war nnd carried mall In Chicago for forty-four years, Lawrenco Lo Bran tho othor day left tho service of tho government nnd prepared to rotlro to his farm In Kansas. "Larry." as ho was generally called nmong hla fellow workers In tho Chicago postofllco, Is said to havo boon tho oldost mall carrier In point of scrvlco thnt Chicago over has had. Ho entered tho postnl service In 1SG8 whon Col. Francis Eastman, thon poBtmnster, appointed him mounted carrlor in" tho stockyards district, tho first appointment of Its kind. Ho ro mnlned In this district for nbout ten years nnd thon was transferred to tho main office as mall carrlor In tho downtown section. Four years lntor Mr. LeBron's routo was changed to tho South Wntcr street district where ho remained. MH9HuHfl .jjBHB Brig den. John J. Pershing, com manding tho military department ot Mindanao in tho Philippines, has Is sued a general ordor designed to eni forco propor respect for tho national flag. "The nation's flag," says ho, "Is tho supromo symbol of thnt lofty patriotism without a controlling measure of which tho republic could not long enduro. "Both in war and in preparation for war, tho high duty of tho urmy to stimulate and develop love of country among tho peoplo should ever prompt a faithful ndhorenco to tho ex ternal forms and cordmonles of r spect for the national colors. ., "Whon an Individual paya tho proscribed honors to tho flag In a careless and perfunctory manner hla patriotism at onco falls under just suspicion It Is therefore ordered that during tho playing of tho na tional air at retreat wherever troops raises his hat also. Ho likes a flat-1 time when Harrison was running for L