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b V (pinions of 4&M M I 1 It I Ike llilissq. of Education. I If" it be admitted, an Indeed cation like ererrthlnc- .Ie Pi (I M lit should be admitted also l!t.V1lM useful on, la some Jr aStral" " ' true that th tendency of inueh of tl TWale4ucatloa la to take the student, off Into a ""land of dresms and to detach him from the scenes of active lire, lsut that need not be so, or If so, taed only be ao for a while. It la not lost time If young binds are allowed to tarry for a period under the iufiu mce of Hie Ideal, and of the aesthetic family. Idealism Is It th foundation of all true practicality. Every grand loer baa been at first a great dreamer. But Jnat as surely as the Ideal ia preparatory for high er tiring, and study the foundation of success, so surely trait the type of cloistral life which characterizes the col lege glva place sooner or later to the serious workaday spirit Irhlcn' enters the arena of social, commercial, or perhaps political life to accept the task and fulfill the duties of patriotic citizenship. The tine of education Is not meant to be a purely scltlsh use. Culture should not terminate iu the personal eip-Tience of tlie educated man. It remains for the young graduates to put thai creed hito practice. Knowledge la tower, and knowledge Is a lacred trust. It Is perfectly true that this Idea Is lielng . abused in some of the Industrial excesses of the day Where aien are taught to become nothing but expert machines, rapable of turning out so much work, or of earning In creased dtlvdeud fur somebody else, at the expense of the training of the mind and the development of the religious oature. Hut such overemphasis upon the Industrial Idea la education loe not militate against a proper amount of utiUtarlsm, and while not all knowledge can be practical, in the sense of money making or comfort-bringing, all cul ture of the mind should have a distinct relation to the bc"tterln of human life and the elevation of the masses of mankind. New York Observer. The Trolley-Mouse. OW that parlor cars and sleeping cars on trol ley lines are established we may be privileged to speculate a bit as to what will come next as an annex of the broomstick train. Suppose N we hazard Hie rucks that it I house- first c.i us! ii to the house lligof Hptji'Saud si.letra k country or seashore at a fair and tar distance from the main lines resting places for tle-M- movable dwellings could be comfortably managed. Af one of tin in a trolley house , iilght remain' for as lung, a tJme as contentment was the " staying power, and v. hen this burned out the trolley pole udgbt.be put In contact with the wire and the trolley "Jiofrse trundled away to pastures new. of course this N ;iil-rclpr the roughest outline of a possible development W the ttioettk: ear, tint It Is the plea-antcst part upon which the lay mind can dwell. Ietails of It, like the securing of 'Mailable drinking water and the training of every tenant of one of these dwellings to be his own niotormau may a well be left to the consideration of those whose business it .would be to perfect thetn. Boston Trauscript. American Girls and foreign IIKKI'! cfiuld be no ireater I asseitiou that the marriages I I with foreigners of rank are rlil(Wtuo. i ji ui a iuaiiri there were at least three marriages In Trance for one ens of American girls have married French nobles of the smdent regime, to say nothing of those who obtained their titles from Napoleon, like Prince Mural. , Anumj; these may be mentioned the Due de la llochcfou vsuld; riff? Duc'dx 1)1 no, njid the I)uc de Deeazes. Many an Italian noble, from Prince Colontia down, has married an AaicHcao. yotiag woifi-nn. There are examples of such marriages it , th Spanish '.peerage also; the Duchesse d'Areo Is an American. , Many1 American girls have mar Tied Orrman nobles, aud one of them, Miss Iee, of New ERftORS ABOUT MAO DOG8. I I'njmlMr l'clif Concerning Tbtm I hut Ar Deeply Rooted. There are some popular beliefs not h;u.u- chissiible ns superstitions which com too deeply rooted for ' universal education to t'esfroy. Several of these concern mud dogs. The idea that a ," -, l'ic,ttliy don, which bites a person must If iilM letaiise If It whould at some fritnro time go mad the person bitten -.vrofcul huveIi'yjrroprtobla Is reluctantly f , vi'veti tip, even by some persons of ed neirttiHi. Kvv'ii more strange Is the be ,,.lu'f in 'niNiistones" tibont which much : f,'4ls Ik-oIi printed 'of, 'late. . There are 't'trUtjiV nejdsJoiii's'Mw.tlils country and ' ;.Ui- hir.r In'jhe.lf etHcucy always , i kiio w wh'ere the nearest one Is kept. 4lfi HT4s,tlicsf oriMwstojjes are pub--f''lie, nstitutiotis, '"otiie- of them have rttr'aiius histories. ( ' . .e!V,i-lijio ,'M t!if. property of an Ohio , . IWgnt'.fciHUCil L'cpp, imu on ins uraiu '. 51iiiiiik; froto which, according to re- was TtHttiiiy uik'u nnu oi- .', pliiss to Jie sounu or a woman omen by a supjMJsedly rabid dog. The same ".''' 'flit'!rf.-ttert tfint the dog was not ff " inad'-aftei all, but that Um woman re '.. celved blood poison from the stone ,i-'8iid died. That stone's career of beal ulug aliould be ended by now, . A Ylrglnlu newspaper recalls that another "inndstone" was kept at the . vj HUite iK'iiltjuitlury for many year and wus free for tbo use of any person ' -who wanted It applied to bite or ', other wound. "Later a "tnadstone" which may perhaps have been the . ' saute specimen was sold at auction in. the country for. $39... . . ,t Terhups the stone having the most remarkable history Is 'in Kt. Louis, nnd oiio'of lis "curs" lias recently been exjdoitrtf In the newspapers. It was T brought to tills country In 1887, by a ilusslsu physician who settled In No ;; yiidjt.rMe suld that the stn had been usei In, Itusslii for 150 years, In proof of wlilclfact bo submitted docqnmnts (WiJlien on, 'parchment In ltvasls.il) ' 1Ulch th people In Nevada Vad.-t9 take Aflj tirtKias ,Wiey could nqt read ' Um taSiftMge. Us offered the stone MUM Great Papers on Important Subjects. 4 I IU l 1.1 I I i t I H 44 ..i 1 4 I 14 It 4 4 York, at present Uie wifd of fount vou W'aldersee, had for her first husband a reigning prince, the Duke of Au-. gustenburg, who was eligible for intermarriage with any, Imperiai family In Europe. There have been fewer ex amples of such marriages in A ustro-Hungary. At this moment we recall but two. that of Miss Carroll, who mar ried Count Esterhazy, and who now lives' in Washington, and that of Miss Mabel Wright, who first became Mrs. Ysuaga,' sister-in-law of the Dowager Duchess of Man chester," and subsequently married a member of the blgh Hit Hungarian aristocracy. Whether the rule about bIi teen (jUHrterlngs, which Is so rigorously observed In the court circle at Vienna, has been relaxed In be favor we know not. The truth Is that the number of American women who have marrlisl European nobles would be found, upon a complete enumeration, to have exceeded con siderably a hundred. We add that, while there have been flagrant exceptions, these international marriages seem, as a' rule, to have brought the average amount of happi ness. Harper's Weekly. it must, that edu limnlil hv an root that that end must real and practical I I farmers 1 I not been 5T-rvS?ft' 'iiSft tions wholly artificial in their origin. Chief among these is the. tying up of large bodies of the best lauds lu the hands of speculators who are holding them for a rise. Take a trip, on almost any railroad leading out Of St. Paul, and all along Its line will be found that the unimproved laud exceeds In aiTeage the amount reduced to cultivation. Iu great numbers of instances there has been no thought of Improving H by lis present owners. They have bought it on speculation, and when they sell, it Is an even chance that the transfer will be to some other speculator. Drive the speculator 'but of the field, and the vacant stretches between villages will soon be occupied by farms. At pres ent, even In the wonderfully fertile and productive region of the Ib'd K'iver of the North, a vast acreage is unoccupied-held on speculation. St. Paul Pioneer Press. will be the trolley boat. liy the build- indclighlf ill snoNat ital, it appears, Is the most dangerous factor in the busi ness life, as. it Is Mie greatest obstacle to getting Into busi ness.. Incompetence, together with Inexperience, which amounts to incompetence, accounts for a very large per centage of failures. If to Incompetence and Inexperience we add "unwise credits," we find that .'!') per cent of fail ures are explained. It amounts to this. In brief, that nearly a third of those who fall In business are not well qualified for It; another third try to do too large a business, and the rest fall by renson of fraud, competition, extravagance, neg lect, failures of others, speculation and causes beyond the wisest man's control. Haltlmore Sun. Husbands. mistake than the of American girls mainly confined to u( u voiiuij such International In England, liny. deafening noises, prolonged through the twenty-four hours, are not only offensive to the ear, but Injurious to the health. It becomes necessary, therefore, for the modern world to combat loud noise Just as It combats heavy smoke and noisome odors. Chicago Tribune. THE LATEST TRICK CYCLING FEAT. r-o.jT mm af , To a (jcrman, Paul M under, belongs the dubious honor of belfig the latest claimant to fame as' ft dii'redcvil bicycle rider. Until recently Munder wus an nmateur bicyclist, but his Isild spirit refused to be confined by the feats performed by his brethren, and he has blossomed out as' a circus per former with an act,, that takes one's .breath awny. , Dashing down a steep Incline from a. .height of fifty feet, ho and his bicycle leap through the nir for a distance of nearly forty feet,-landing on a mattress. At present Mr. .Munder Is trying to amuse the people of iterlln with this exhibition of foolhardlness, and It I; said (bat he will soon put himself on exhibition before American aud fences. . , , ' - ' , '' , ,. , for sule at fl.CiK), and a farmer' who bad seen a similar : wfoiie elsewlieVe and had faltlfn It agitated the forma tion of a' stock company to buy the stone. ;. (About a thousand stocklmldcrs paid $1 each and the remaining- sjyn tiessury .was contributed by the jjrjjd-; ent owner. The stone was used qii all the animals and most persomV fliat were bftteii by' dogs. In at leasi one case, the owner says, the dog wits not shot on the'Ht, but kept until It died of unmistakable rabies. So celebrated are the virtues of this stone that the neighbors are 'Willing tv believe that an offer of $3,000 for" It has befii, re fused. New York Evening Tost . . , ; ; . ; lxul- 1 "" " it Mbdsm nUn Weddlnc A tnadern Indian weidl'uit 'contains a grotos'(iufclnaftf1' clVr.aHWlrtfl'a)' ' '' 'i Homesteaders Driven to Canada. IIK recent miiMii I ion of thontMndH of Aiiit'rican to the regions of Western Canada has througn any lack of opportutdty, in uie legioua Ol .l luin-sou uiio ut'j;iiuiii iii. States, created by natural cifuses. Whatever lack of opportunity or room exists, anywhere south of the boundary line, Is the n suit of con- Ceusrs of futures. NAI.Y.l.Vi the causes of failure Iu the 1. tilted States In psi'J, American Industries linds that of the failures 'JO per e nt. were due to ineopipctenre, ,'iu per cent to lack of capital, 17 per cent to special circumstances beyond the business man's control, 1.0 per cent to fraud and 7 per cent to Inexperience. Lack of cap Noise! It 10 modern world littvin,, f.Iin..r,,.l Irtf a tr I llizatlon which, with Its factories and rail I roads, seems to promise a continual crescendo oi noise, nas ai last discovered a ract wuich the mediaeval world was fortunately unable to discover. This fact Is that piercing and and barbarism.' as wtli be srnm frnm' the folio wlug. acaount of a rnaTrlage ccTemony which recently occurred Ui Oklahoma: . "The bride was handsomely attired' Iu pink silk foulard, with pink silk Ulbjj.on Msh, blue collar and cuffs, black hat, with yellow, arid TavondT trim tilings, a green veH and black glomes. The brldiifroora wore the conventional lJae.k, except his coat, which, It bebng a warm day, he had left at home. U carrlis:! nn Immense eagle wing;" Probably no one Is jumped on so (jttlcltly or so hard as the minister. who. liHppeus fa stray trorn tbe stTiilfeht tf"nd narrow" 'path. ' 1 1 ' Beware of a chance a6a!nttaee. who witnU' to pot ytra ntt to a'sui1 t mttii'titni --OLD FAVORITES Robert at Lincoln. Merrily swinging ou brier sud weed. Near to tint uest of his little dame, Uver the motiiituiu side or mead, Itobert of I.ioeoln is telling his naiue; Hob-o'-link. lKb-o'-liiik, Spink, spank, spiuk; Hung ami safe is that nest of ours. Hidden among the summer flowers. Che, che", chee. Roliert of Lincoln is ayly drest, Weariug a briglit black weldiiig coat; White arc his shuultiers and white his rest. , llob-o'-link, bob-o'-link, .IiiijL, spank, spink; Look, what a nice new coat is mine, .Sure there was never a bird so fine. Obee, chee, chee. Itobert of Lincoln's Quaker wife, Pretty and (piiet, with putin brown wings. Passing at home a patient life, I'.roods iu the grass while her husbaud sings: Hob-o'-link. bob-o'-link, Spink, spunk, spink ; linsiil, kind creutiire: you need not feat Thieves and robbers while I am here. Chee, chee, chee. Modest snd shy as a mm Is she; One weak chirp is her only note. Ilraggiirt and prince of braggarts is he, Pouring boasts from his liitie throat: liob-u'-litik, 1ob-o'-liuk, tspuiK, Hiniik, iiuk; Never was I afraid of man; Catch me, cowardly knaves, if you can! Chcc, chee, chee. Tix white eggs on a bed of hay. Flecked with purple, a pretty sight! There as the mother sits all day, Itobert is singing with all his might. Iloh o'-link, bob-o'-link, Spink. spank, spink; Nice good wife that never goes out, Keeping house while I frolic about. Chee, dice, chee. Soon as the little ones chip the shell, Six. wide mouths are open for food; Itobert of Lincoln bestirs him well, (iathering seeds for the hungry brood. I'.ob-o'-linlt, bob-o'-link, Spink, spnnk, spink; This new life is likely to be Hard for a gay young fellow like me. Chee, chee, chee. Robert of Lincoln at length is ninde Sulier with work ami silent with care.; Off is his holiday garment laid. Half forgotten that merry air, I lob o'-link, bob-o'-link, Spink, spank, spink ; Nobody -knows .but my tnatc nnd-l Where our nest and our nestlings lie. '' Chee, chee, chee. Summer wanes; the children are grown; Fun and frolic uo more he knows; llohert of .Lincoln's a humdrum crone; Off he flies, and we sing as he goes. -1 '.ob-o.'-l ink, bob-o'-l in k, Spink, spank, spink; When you can pipe that merry old strain, .ltohert of Lincoln, come back again. Chee, chee, chee. W. C. Bryant Honny Doon. Ye batiks and braes o' bonnie Doon, How can ye bloom ae fresh and fair? I low can ye chaunt, ye little birds. And I sae weary fu' of care? Thou'lt break my heart, thou warbling bird. That wantons through the flow'ry thorn, Thou mind'st me o' departed joys, Itepartcd never to return. Oft hue I roved by bonnie Doon,- i To see the rose and woodbine twine, When ilka bird sung o' his love, And fondly sue did I o' mine. WT lightsome heart I pul'd a rose, Ku' sweet upon its thorny tree, Hut my fuuse lover stole my rose And, ah. lie left the thorn wt' me. Itobert Hums. ASLEEP IN THE SNOW, Explorer Win Thnuit'it He Had Died Alter Headline Top of Aconcp-un ' After te.iihing the top of Ae.in.'agtia, one of the highest peaks In South America, Reginald Rankin was over taken by a blinding sn iwstorm.. His companions he had left at a 'camp in ili s bil iw. Ills d scent on the' moun ts Iu Is described 'In Longman's Maga zine. The farther he went the worse grew the storm; sx.on he could only we u few feet in front of him. Twice on slippery, hard snow he fell, aud was at once whirled down the slope at a ter rific pace. How far he rolled In this way he could not 1 11, but It must have been some' hundr-ids of feet. "The deadly cild of that blizzard at twenty-two thousand feet wag fast ov ercoming me," he enys. "I felt that I could go no farther. By the side of a big rock I saw a lljtle seo e.l-out hol low In the t-now. 'Houbtlais,' thought I, 'this is my appointed wave.' 1 sat down,ln It.. quit, glad to, have ended the struggle. v '''Whan awoke I thought I was d,cad. . The crescent moon, was .riding through a sky of deepest metallic blue, against which the white peaks thnt ou every side hedged In .my view struck with an almost unearthly contiast. As I gradually cotppreheiided the fu.l HlorJes-Qf that mugplfli cnt scene extil-' isiLb tilled .my ,koh). n,"4'he kings of the world,' Nald I to myself, 'nre not half , as well burled ns I am.' 1 . "There was a certain amount of raust', apart from fh r:c, lved .r.idcj.m thaj people who go to sleep In snpy stortus 'tiever tveke'u'p ngaln, why 1 I wus uueriy w iiuui seiatiin or iy kind iii.uiy limbs, and wlun I tried to )mve them they madn-jio f(isonse'. ;n "TWiimw, 'tQftt.v1i&0. censed soon aftsr I lay down the previous evening. tor 1 wis 6rfly partly co ver4wBA my feet stuck black out of the white man tle, with the toes turned Inward to ward me in "a horrible curl. I bgan by trying to work my right arm, aud ' after desjjerate efforts 1 broke It loose from the ice which had frozeuf It hard to the snow tsu ath. Then I worked my left arm lote. Having freed my arms, I broke my back free from the ice the heat of my body had gener ated, and sat up aud tried to work my j legs. Here I was less successful; my legs seemed paralyzed: I could not move them at all. "At this stage In the proceedings my delight In having the finest tomb on earth was sorely dashed. Hwe was I tied to the top of Aconcagua like a dog to bis keunel. Every man must die once, but I strongly resented having to go through the process a second time. After about half an hour's con centrated effort of will I succeeded In freeing my right leg, which appeared to be very nearly as useless free as it was tied, so numb and limp did it feel. With the left leg I bad still more trouble. At last I had lotu legs more or less at my command; but they obeyed orders very slowly aud reluct antly, aud the feet were both abso lutely lnsubotdinate." Mr. Rankin's fingers were partly frozen, his feet completely frozen, so that upon reaching civilization the toes were amputated. Sy superhuman exer tions he reached his guides, who had given hlrn up for lost and they hur ried him down the mountain. His suf ferings on the journey were extreme, and uiwn reaching Inca he was helpless for a considerable time. COAL MINING IN BRITAIN. Great Diflicultie Kncounterel In Mnkins Some Rhuftn. With Increased and increasing de mand for coal came the necessity for opening out lower seams, and deeper shafts meant a heavier capital expendi ture In colliery enterprise, says the Engineering Magazine. It is worthy of remark how little the outside public realize of the great difficulties that often have to be overcome in sinking such as passing through water-bearing strata or running sands or of the enormous cost entailed by some col liery developments. As early as the year 1820 John Hud dle, In giving evidence before the House of Lords, declared that, the cost of sinking, even then, was frequently 10,(100 to il-ViOO; and .1. T. Taylor stated before a select committee on rating of mines iu IS" that nt Has well colliery In the comity of Durham, 1140.000 was expended In contending witlr a quicksand, and that the shaft had ultimately to be abandoned. At Murton collieery, a few miles distant from 1 1 as well, L'iiH),(m was expended in sinking, the quantity of water pumped during the operation of pass ing through the overlying rnagnesian limestone bed amouuted to an average of 0,300 gallons per minute from a depth of 040 feet; and the three shafts ultimately reached the Hulton seam, nt a depth of 1.4NS feet from the sur face, iu April, ISL'l, Many deep and costly sinkings several much deeper than In the last Instance have been put down Blnee the Murton Winning, but none, I believe, at a greater ex penditure of capital, owing doubtless to the greatly Improved methods now employed In carrying out such opera tions through watery strata notably the Kind-Chaudron system whereby the shaft is bored out and the side protected by metal cylinders lowered from the surface; and the Poetseh or Gobert methods, whereby the water Is frozen In the "running" sand, or other water-bearing strata, and the shaft suuk through the solid ma-ss. It Answereil Well. Wife (with solicitude of tone) It must be very lonesome sitting all by yourself nt night, 'mlauciiig your books? Husband (tenderly) It is, my dar ling. Wife I have been thinking about it for some time, and now I have got a pleasant surprise for you. Husband A pleasant surprise? Wifiv- Yes, dearest. I sent for mother yesterday, and I expect her this evening. I mean to have her stay with us a long time. She will take care of the .children, and I can go down nnd sit in the oilice with you while .vou work.; Husband The dickens that is to !ty, I couldn't think of you going to town. Wife It's in.V' duty, dearest. I ought to have thought. of Mt before, but it never enme to my mind till , yester day. Oh, "John, forgive me for not; thinking of your comfort sooner. Iiut If I will go and sit with you to-night Husband To-night! Why, I I the fact is I got through with thy books lust night Wtfo-fYou did? How delight fli'l! And so you can now stay at home every evening. I'm so glad. . And the delighted wife .ran off to make preparations for the reception of her mother, while the husband, wlfh sombre brow, sat looking at the pic tune of a card party, with one member absent, in the glowing grate. , Upstairs. , , ', i "Fifteen- two and a jpalr' makes fotjr," saild Rubbubs, who was playing cribbage with Topley. "What have you In your crl-U?" "Ah!1; replied Popley, uWnt-niliidd-ly. ''Just the sweetest 'Ittfe'obtsnnis tootstims girl In the world." Philadel phia Press, ..WJiftu ..j'Q)Ljiour .a married niun say lie' hasn't made up his mind nlftmt a llifng he'ln'onns that he hasn't-nsked his, wife about It. Tho nfflco lilltirtnir MRinn la ArtAn rnr twelve months each year. J Aaurlcaai To Bumy to Devote Tbas hItci to Original Heaearcb. The American man of science work! in the general laboratory of applica tion and assimilation, say the Book lovers' Magazine. The individual aul epoch-making discovery is not usually made under American conditions. It has not been here that chemistry has been recognized by the periodic law of Mendelejeff, or physics by Holmhoitz's conception of the conservation of en ergy. The greatest work of mathe matics has not come from Americans, and it is not from them (if we ercept the, work of Willard and Walcott Gibbs; that the flying leap has been taken from the conceptions of tne mathematicians to the concepts- of molecular or chemical physics. Amer ican physicists last winter seemed to be principally occupied in describing to more or less popular audiences wliat French and English physicists had. ac complished In radium and radiant en ergy. The broad, continuous record ia made here iu a wide rouud. So Is the practical application of scientific dis covery made elsewhere; but the Initial discovery, the co-ordinating theory is not usually American. Hossemer. a German, discovered the steel process that bears his name. En glish capital applied it. The United States makes more than half tho world's Hessemer. This Is not an in variable sequence, but it is frequent. Research in Germany; primary applica tion in England; expansion in Amer ica. It is in this country, most rife with the application of science but deficient in original research, that Mr. Andrew Carnegie has given to this special work the largest endowment yet consecrated to the extension of the boundaries of knowledge. It is a favorite theory in American scientific circles that much discovery is stifled here by the insist ent claims of teaching on time and strength. If this be so the revenue of the Carnegie Institute furnishes an escape. If it does not the cause for the relative absence of discovery must lie looked for in our imperfect elemen tary education, which stifles where it should stimulate and dulls by routine and mechanical teaching, leyii.g tho mind unable to profit to the highest by higher study in succeeding ycjirs. THE UTIIFR-iN-LAW OF LIROPE. Herewith is reproduced the lalest portrait of King Christian, of Den mark, -who has been dubbed the "father-in-law of Europe" owing t the fact that his children have married into reigning families of several of the great powers. One of his daughters Is MM' KINO CHRISTIAN. Queen Alexandra, of England, 'who does not let a year.; .pass without pay ing a visit to her royal sire. ' The 'pboto graph from which the illustration waa made was taken at Vienna while King Christian was pitying a visit to his son-ln-Law, the Duke of Cumberland. German Anti-Tipping League. A movement has just been started in Berlin to abate, if possible, the prac tice of tipping in enfes and restaur ants. An anti-tipplng league has been founded In Berlin, with brandies In the principal cities of Germany. The members of the league sign a pledge to frequent only those restaurants and cafes in which tipping is strictly! pro hibited. The proprietors of'iiie es tablishments which abolish thctipplng will be supplied gratis with a big sigu bearing the 'letters "O. T." (Ohne trink gcrd) meaning "no tips," printed in 'largo typo. Tho waiters themselves profess' to be in favor of the Innova tion as long ns their employers pay them a wage sufficiently large to en able them to diftpttifee 'with tips, ft would be a great rolicf to the travel ing public, nnd particularly to Ameri can tourists, who nt home are- not ac customed to be taxed nt every turn, if the league should become a success. ' ') : : ,rt i He Wanted to Choose. , , A small hoy. was told by djls' niotbet thnt there would; be a- ne,wtyatyy for him to play with, as the -doctor 'as go ing to1 bring It in bis black bag That afternoon the youngster appeared at the olrlce of the family physician and Sitid . -.'.' "Are you going to bring a new baby lo our house?" - "Yes, my little man," replied the doe tor, highly amused. "Then," returned the small boy, "let me have a look at the kids yon nava In stock,' and I'll pick out the one I think I'll like best." Kxperl Testimony. "To settle a bet," said tbV visitor, "how long can a man go 'without food??.' ... . ..','' "Asik the mnn over tin we," saW tha snake editor. "Is he the editor who answers ques tions" r "No, he's a poet" Philadelphia. Press. w. tav
