THEY WILL BE BUSINESS MEN
GRIPS AS MUSCLE BUILDERS
TRY
Traveling Salesman Seems to Have
Idea Which Might Really Be
Called a Good One.
Two Young Lads Who Are Displaying
th Wisdom of Presidents of
Railways.
To modernize an old phophecy, "Out
of the mouths of babes shall come
much worldly wisdom." Mr. K. has
two boys whom he dearly loves. One
day he gave each a dollar to spend.
After much bargaining, they brought
home a wonderful four-wheeled steam
boat and a beautiful train of cars.
For awhile the transportation busi
ness flourished, and all was. veil, but
one day Craig explained to his father
that while business had been good, he
could do . so much better If he only
had the capital to buy a train of
cars like Joe's. His argument must
have been good, for the money was
forthcoming. Soon after, little Joe,
with probably less logic but more
loving, became possessed of a dollar
to buy a steamboat like Craig's. But
Mr. K.. who had furnished the addi
tional capital, looked in vain for the
Improved service.
The new rolling stock was not in
evidence, and explanations were vague
and unsatisfactory, as is often the
case in the railroad game at which
men play. It took a stern court of in
quiry to develop the fact that the rail
road and steamship had simply
changed hands and at a mutual profit
of 100 per cent. And Mr. K., as he
told his neighbor, said it was worth
that much to know that his boys
would not need much of a legacy from
him. Lipplncott's Magazine.
Light on Habits of Snakes.
The popular theories regarding the
cobra's musical ear, and the snaJte's
power of fascinating birds, are upset
by a statement made the other day by
Professor Barnard who has been study
ing this species of snake in Ceylon.
The serpent's traditional love for
music is a pure fable, he says. The
only effect of music is to arouse the
reptile's curiosity, which is excited by
any "loud and acute sound. The cobra
protrudes its head from its burrow
alike on hearing the snake charmer's
flute, the rattling of a chain, or the
sounds made by beaming the ground
with a switch. Barnard also con
cludes that the power of fascination
upon birds is purely imaginary.
SAVED FOR FURTHER SERVICE
Good Old Teapot, Precious Relic, Could
Not Be Allowed to Become
Prey of Flames.
The hotel Is In flames. Sadly the
guests and servants gaze at the roar
ing pyre. Suddenly they see the pro
prietor dash madly In at the blazing
doorway.
"He has gone to rescue someonel"
they gasp.
Tensely they wait his reappearance.
Or.e minute. Two minutes. Three. .
Has he perished in that crackling
;u: -r.ee? . .
No! No! See, there he comes,
firg?d and scorched, but safe.
What is that he carries so carefully
in h'.z arms? It is the hotel teapot,
l.:;'f-!ull of nice black tea.
Cheers rewarded the proprietor for
Iks uoble act of sentiment.
For twelve years the teapot has
stood on the back of the kitchen
rnrge. boiling faithfully away For
vvtlvo years it has poured out its life
blood in response to the calls of the
transient world for drink, and the tea
leaves in its dark old depths will do
for many years to come. Newark
News.
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After dinner 'they were discussing
athletics, and each had his favorite
method of reducing or building up.
The traveling salesman proudly called
attention to a remarkable develop
ment of biceps which swelled up be
neath his coat sleeve.
"Very good. Indeed," said the pro
fessor, testing with his fingers. "How
do you accomplish it?"
"My method is extremely simple
and takes no time away from my
work. In fact, it Is a result. These
muscles have been developed by car
rying heavily loaded 'grips,' as we
usually call our big handbags on the
road. I always carry two, loaded as
nearly alike as possible, zo I shall
not grow one-sided. I began with
only one grip, and swung it from one,
hand to the other; as fatigue Im
pelled, but I found that it Is actually
easier to carry two than one. I am
perfectly balanced with two, and I
assure you I need no extra gym work
for strengthening my arms, shoulders
or back. I almost could carry a piano
in each hand if the instruments were
not so cumbersome."
Wanted the Day to Himself.
Nothing makes us quite so weary
as these elaborate, gotten-up-ahead-of-tlme
jokes that some people stage and
spring with -such a dramatic effect.
Our Washington 1 correspondent told
us of one of these, the other daf
A man went into the patent office, la
week, and said he wanted a copyrlgh.
They steered him to the right depart
ment, and he opened up like this:
"This is Saturday, Is it not? Thank
you. I understand that you will not
Issue a copyright on Sunday?"
"No, sir. That is the rule."
"But you will issue a copyright on
any other day of the week?"
"Yes, sir." 1 ,
"I'm so glad. I want to get Friday
copyrighted. It's my birthday, and I
don't want any other fellows using It
How much will It cost?"
THING HE" CANT DO WITHOUT
His Regular SI cap, and This He Finds
He Must Have at His Reg
ular Hours.
"One thing that I find I must have,"
said a man of mature years, "is sleep,
and in order to keep fit and able to
work I must not only have my full
amount of sleep, but I must have it in
my regular sleeping hours. ., .
"When I was a youngster I could
go without sleep, or I could take an
hour or two at any time of the night
and get up the next morning and go
at it fresh as a daisy, but it Isn't so
now. If ' I cut off an hour or two's
sleep now I am dull next day: Not
until the next day after that, after a
full night's" sleep, do I come back all
right. And even after my full num
ber of hours of sleep, if these- have
been begun an hour or two later than
usual, with the sleep continued later,
I don't feel chipper; I must have my
full sleep in' my regular hours. I ac
count for this on the supposition that
I now have strength enough to keep
me going through the day In good
shape, just so long and no longer;
if I work or sit up later I overtax
my strength and so make myself cor
respondingly overtired; and to recov
er from this I must come back to my
accustomed ways of living."
Light to Banish Sorrow,
Sorrow dwells longest where the
un is shut out. Florida Times-Union,