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About Harrison press-journal. (Harrison, Nebraska) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 10, 1904)
THE FACED Emeatfe tie . But tr: je L.s g ' A rad.aii. e to 1. II gh.I-'-"i V -st.ed LLal .' ( ii.iny year 5. e 1- g U ue f,if U..-'e i-.-J f( 2d aS a .;h a m.ie .... , t-1 t t "V ts carfa-e They 12 For that one --irery koi. His clothes, though u d and won. were c.en snd patched with luring care, Hj treinbliBg hands in liome-aiiiile gloves, the weil-combed fringe f fcair beiieata bis almost fur,ss cap J to.d of some one who Loved this old man aa much ta hen l.fe' partnership was ne A moment more and he unwound The string with which his purse was bound And brought hit wealth to new. A scrip of cloth. peocil small, a key. and next a dime And then he a topped In happy thought he seemed tost tor a lime. A faded tintype, tint wu all a swet old woman's fsee. And yet he kissed it softly ere he put tt back in pisce. And then we knew what made his life So happy Just a faithful wife Gave hl old age its grace. II Caught by the Camera r? ESTKR UEAKEs d-K-T-Te ram JLa " first vrat.-i th.- ide of pho tur;.'ljy la u.y Uii.iJ. l.-;"u:-f that I ii-ida't tin s..sj!.-t iuc.i.ij'..vti toAvr-J the ait iviud-r. but J -Lest.-r pur-has.-d L. t,-.it lit:. ;;-.i.m-cuv-t-rt-d bus. aul wiut arj.j;i.i iii-rj pre.2 a ba.lja, aad wtia, priu.".- ly no otLt'i- hi(-a;i--i, 1 ijuUit'u.utey de cided tuat 1, tuj, liiiiat hate a ca.ui.-ra. Les.er'4 was nvt aa eiptaave o;.. II U fathi-r had f-juu l ii i:i v., .f lie piiolora.jl.e -u!jl.ai.ijt-n'-i iu i'liua de:;ih;a, auj, be.ii,: of a a..ht:y --k-u-tiiic turn of luia.l, t:id pur.-havJ it and bronjUt it h..ae I) I,t-ier. who filled up a ewiH-r of tlie celi;.r as a dark rai, and s-ruliiivay launched him-!;f a. (ia a:iu.teur patorfrapliT. Leau-r'a first a.leiijpl.s, rereaied by the chetuiral develop. ueut, were sur riai.'is!y u, and Iu:ired a Ktronic feeli:i ot envy ia t.'le brea-iU of Uiie of h.a coiiira.l-s wumm father were blind to the oft-r-iiealecl nuvamaes and di-i.lil-s of amateur picture taki.i'. Liven juarc cxaipt-r.-.tiarf. he str.i.at way became -jiv Jdul of a! the K.ris at echixil. vv.'jf.-e test ia i-o.-i.a fur hi:: ouly t-jU-ilivd by the rotejujue Des of so;:,e of their poaturea. I bruLslcd loiw and deep over thin unpleasant couJitiou of uCaira, and finally arrived at the ounclii.-uou that I wouid have a camera ot any coat. Lester was kind euouU t') initiate tne Into the mysteries of bi dark room, and to ailoiv uie to examine the inte rior of his camera by ruby light. With the kaowlcd;:? thu gained, 1 resoived to manufacture one myself. It woulda't be as hamlome as Le.-tter's perhaps, I thought, but It misht do Just as s"l work. So I made the attempt, using the lenses from an old ruicro.-cope which I owned, but In vain. The in strument never reached the necoud tage of Its consLniction. The contract between Iester'n clean, nioothly-eovered box, and what 1 knew mine would appear, even if 1 could finally complete it was too great, and i abandoned ii in ueia.ir. alien 1 tried another tack. My fath er was excciMUu'ly skeptical co:icern lug the deairabUiiy of amateur paouoj raphy, and llatiy refused to tunaah tae necessary fund. It was October then, o 1 conceived a plan by which I wouid eara money during the fall by corn busking aiujng the nearly farmers, so thaLwiioa spring upvued I wouid have the price ot the coveted camera. Xa one could have worked harder Juring the weeks through which the easoa lasted than did I. llu.sk;ra were ia demand that fall, and 1 secured work wherever I apiiiied. It is Just possible that if Lester bad grown tired of hia camera In the mean while, and had ceased to use it, my fiea.re fur one might likewise have gone by toe board, but Uie snap of hU sunt ter was heard everywhere and at ail times, ami even at night by flashlight in the barns, where the f resilient fcuskliiga were progressing. When, alter a few weeas. Uie farm ers ce. cd to require buskers, I struck lip a bargain with our grocer, whereby I was to spend Saturdays rumung er rands for him. The money from this helped out wonderfully, and, accord ing to my expectations, when April opened, a timig little Siiai reposed as the fruit of iny labor in one corner of luy top bureau drawer.. As soon as the weather moderated slightly, Lester, who turn posed us a photographic oracle, and myself, went to the city one line morning to buy the camera. The neat little teather-coverisl box was duly Inspected and purchased, to grtUer with the paniphiet of Initruc tio'is tlint seemed so enticingly mys terious to my uninformed mind. ' The camera was just Ii kf lister's, with the exception of some minor im provements which had been eTected incp the time when he had purchased hi. On the wny home. Lender and I drew up a ronin.tct whemhy I was to have til"- use of his dark room mid chemi cals until I felt that 1 was f.ilrly on wy pho ottrapUlc legs. Then I was to fix ui) n roo:n of my own. The' camera had been sold loaied With plMles. ready for use, and I lost HO time In snapping sovoral views here and thrw the fancy nl'il me. lister t light me to develop them, nd when the most of tliein cjrne up tindT the chemicals clear and sharp. mr d.tyht ws trrest. And wba I msd prints from Usui. TIMYFL a .' ! J k was !:., .- j:-i-t L.t t-t -t iC tOOk t..a vi.-lt i- pocket two pa j .' ai th- fa::.iliar Louie scenes and u.y ; .;;.vii,aii-' face were there plainly - uje, 1; seemed to L,e that Lie i eoa.'J hold u-j'llijg cinre u- lr'" t-- a ajut.-ur photography. Of 1 Lad !a..urt-s. bat they were a ojiparej with the u 'i-esse. Ua-- :nw"a.':i ia May, after 1 had ".? t:ijroiilly verged in the art of um:.' the camera and had fitted up a tiara r..u of my own in the attic, I-ster-atid I saliitsl out with our cam era to secure euiipfchot whenever desirable ones might present them selves. It was an Ideal day tor picture tak ing. Lain had fallen the u.ght before and had left the atmosphere clear and br.ihaLt, with none of tnat dim haze tvhuui is the tameriaVa .Nemesis to often. i e had strolled along the road, per haps two miles out of the village, and had caught three or four very pretty views. None other had presented them selves. !).'. ever, for satue tune, when, by a lurii of the road, we came upoa a man drinking flora a spring at the si.la of the road, lie was but a few feet away, and was stooping down with h; back toward u. "Lei's get him," s. id I in a low tone. "Ail right," replied Lester; "you do it. thouga. I've ouly got one plate left." I had several unexposed plate re maining In my camera, so I pointed the box toward the man and pressed the button. Ju-st at the lustaiit when the shutter must have opera; ed the wan heard us and turned hia head, facias us squarely. Lie evidently understood what we were about, for he scowled deeply and walked rapidly away through the woods, without, however, offering to molest us. fie carried a aoiall, black gTp with bini. As the man's retreating figure dis appeared through the trees, Lester and 1 1 drew a long breath of relief, for we felt like criminals detected in a crime, aiid we were a tride afraid of the umu besides. We wandered a little further, soap ping a few more wayside pictures, and tlea turned towards home and re traced our steps. That af emoon Lester came over to my father's house to witness the devel opment of the morning's pictures. As, one by one, we put Uie plates through the developer, a majority cauie out well. One or two were a trill under exposed, and there were minor defects In others; but, on the whoie, they were very gMod. The fiar negative of the lot, how ever, was that of the stranger whom I iiad photographed drinking, and who had turned his head and caught me in the act That was perfect. Kvery- thing was brilliantly sharp, and the shutter had caught the man's full f.ice. la the negative even so small an object as his eyes stood out beautifully. Wo nude' a blue;triat of this nega tive, and both I-ster and myself rec ognized the f lithfnlness of the likeness, rintwiihsundiiig the fact that we had seen the man but a moment. About the middle of the afternoon, my fatiier returned from the neighlor ing town, ten miles away, in one of toe bunks of which he was clerk. He seem ed to be mu -h excited and perturbed about someihlna. My mother noticed It and immediately linpiired as to the cause of his uneasiness. "The brik was. robbed last night," he answered, "and over ."iO,Osl stolen, livery cent I had In the world la gone with the rest" My mother made an exclamation of dismay. "And the worst of It Is." went on my father, ":hut we are almost certain who the thief is, but we haveu't a thing in the world to trace him by not a vestige of a pbatogrrph or any thing like it. which we could give to detectives to guide them In the hunt. the man's gone, and the money with lilm." And my father sank despondently into a chair. Meanwhile Lester and I Stood by lls Itniiug Rin ly. the still wet blue print in my hand. After a minute I went tnrl irps-d th print out flat upon the 'able, on which my father's arm was Icatiin?. At any other time I would '.eve proudly exlWed It to blm. and would have been sure of his Interest and appreciation, but 1 did not feci ;;ke tairuLBg upon his priit wrrt- U-c:.t Aa I la'.i the pin-tore face upwa'd , Lpoa tii Ulkf. li.y f.Ui r turned L.i h J a id loosed at it ind ffem.t )'. j huJJ-a.y he pushed me sa-J.e. iud le.it ' over tie print so closely that Li fa-e j alauT touched it 1 iv.-oTer4 my tai- 13t w;'B a mcuny, nu siaieu at la f.-ighteued bew lldermet.L Sir fa.h- ' er Lad never ated La tM mantier be- fore, and t was almost afraid he had ; gone mad. "Great Scottr" he exclaimed "The very tiuig. Then, wheedng around, he jraapWl roe by the shoulders, acd wanted ( knw where I gvt that pkture. I waa far too daced by hia strauge tVna to auwer a word; ao Leier Interpoaed and told my fathrr, ta at few worda as pouible, of our moru:ns expsditlon. and of the man whom we ha.l r.twtaa-vsi i.tirl In fT A st n i.r flr.ftC. ' in. "Bless the camera T ejaculated my father, excitedly, "that's Eli Parke-, the thief! And the best likeness of hi in I ever saw, too." Then be questioned us closely as to the directiou the man Lad taken when discovered, and ended by contlscat.nj the print and the negative, and rushli.g out of the house to take the next train ba'k to town. Lester and 1 ttillf l about it til the aftrniKin, acd felt cur ! quit h'-rocs for having tin te:i;cr.ty to stand before a real tans roller. 1'ifty prints wcr imm'-liitcty sTuck of from Uie n'-Mtlve and thi- wc- given to dete . ',v,w, who seoe red th ' co ii:; try In every dlrivtlon. After a two day s search those nearest home -r s'l'-cfssfu!. and fo'jn-I Parker la tic -an.e h wl -r-' Lestir and I l. i I f.rjf surprised l,!m. II" bail songht t avoid cpt ii re by avoiding raiir-uds, an l hid.ag binis--:f until the tirt exj citement of the robbery bid passei away. As the whole amount of th ftolea funis w.is disi-overed !n th bliick grip which he carried, he wi convicted of the crime without dll.l ciiliv, anl sentenced for a term 11 Suite prison. The scpi' l of the incident was th most agreeable and the most list ril ! !ng of a!L One day, a month sub. (inenf. when Parker bad been s.ifeiy housM In the penitentiary, my f.ithei came home and with a inysfc. ion smite upon Ills race. i;anoea nie an eri velope. Ppon being opened, the i! 'ov ery was made that "Howard ItcnNci and Lester Drake were autiinri.-d M Craw upon t:ie j- irst rvatiouai ior a hundred dollars apiece us a slight rec rignitioTi of their part In apprehending Ijll Parker, the penl!'trator of the re cent robbery upon that institution. I am still an ardent disciple of ama teur photography, who wouldn't be under suctj circumstances? ilolden Days. WHEN STAMPS WERE NEW. I'oatmaatera Had Trouble ia (irtting People t Ktick Tbens Un. 'When posLige stamps first came into nse, said a veteran postal ciera to a reporter of the ualvestou Tribune, "the public didn't know how to baudUt them. You remember now, when tea and coffee first appeared among us the people fried the tea lesves and the cof fee berries, and served them with sait and pepper? Well, the people treated their stamps as absurdly In XXA. "Some folks would put the sumps In side their letters, out of sight Here is the otlicial notice that we Issued to stop that practice." The clerk took from the drawer an aged bulletin that said: "The stamps upoa all 'letters and packages must be aflixed on the OTT SIDE thereof, and above the addres thereon." He put back the bulletin and drew forth HtioLher one. "People would p!n the stamps on their letters Instead of gumming them," he said, "snd when they did gum them, they would not do it right Hence tills second bulletin," and hf read: "Persons posting letters should nfnx the reipiisite number of st-mps pre vious to depositing rhem In the iettei receivers, as when posted In a damp state, the stamps tire liable to rub off and thereby cause the letters to 1m (rented ss unpaid. Do not pin on tha stamps. " "Still," said the clTk. "the- publil didn't nrderstiind. Think of It U didn't understand the simple matter of sticking a postage smtrin rri a ietier. So we cot out a thir l bulletin. The third bulletin. In big, Impatient letters, said: "The simplest and most effectual method of causing stamps to adhert firmly Is. first, to moisten well the out, side of the stamps and afterward the gummed side slightly, taking care uot to remove the gun." The clerk srld that a philnteliKt had offered him ?12 apiece for these thre queer bulletins. rtoom fo New Mandar t. "I see that San Francisco has Just graduated the first Chinese doctor in its history. "I woi.der if he will be a sjecl:il!sf." "I don't know. Do the Chinese have sny special Ills?" "Never henrd so. But If the new doctor is clever he can soon Invent some." "Just think of a doctor making out his bills with paint brush." ' "!?iiy, It must be embarrassing to have to put the tohtls upside down." "Xotbii.g of that sort ever embar rassed a doctor." Cleveland Clair Dealer. " " The average man will take his medi cine bravely, unless there happens t be ft woman present to look syiupa UieUcally tt him. populzrienco la the IVtnfiwd Fref of Ar.ior.s here is a natural bri.i ,.-. a-ros a i.. r "3uywi;, conitotir tls prnSrd. r aga:ed, trtint of a truce. 111 leet n ienrth. The rn-uiled trees lu this -,-!ou are beiieted i Lave GourUhrd n the TTiasic age. Most of iheai are : Jlled to the Norfolk Island pine (irii- arU) of to-day. but same resemble the ed cedar. Professor O. 0. ti. Carter iilnis that the petr.factSon was due ts toluble silicates derived from the de ouiposition of the feidspathic cement VjuhJ In the suDdstone of thst locality. J Professor II. B. BinlUi, of ths Wor i tester Polytechnic Institute, says thst t u to-day possible to deliver on the toast of California, for use In factories, 'lectric power derived from the uieit ig snows and glaciers of the Iloeky llouutains, st s smslirr cost than thst if an eijual amount of power produced y steam, even 1 tie .'uel were deliv- red free at the fac'ory furuact-s. A (ew years sgo. In San Kraaci-o, an iectric-iowcr currrnt cost 15 cents per . torse-power per Lour, but now the Jawe current costs only o:ie-M venth as , liuch. I Prom Ilussian nmrccs It is learned that streams of ce:o.'i!s! ere still pour ittg into S.heria to develop its a-r.cul- I tural returce, and on lie shores of ii'ty rivers Loiiii s are rapidly being liade. Par. us a l.f rge as tl;ue of Illi- iloij, lowii, the Dakota anl Minnesota ire cultivated cith.r by s.tig.e r mi.h -s r by coiiibiuations of men and wo u j n lof.'tl ei'iiiim-.iiiities, t.l e bisls of ee h f wbich is a niir. or vlll-ige. But these I 5:ber.ati farmers are Mill backward iu I Jie use of agricultural machinery, al- i bough there is steady progress in that egard. Leaders of "The Thousand and One V'ight.s" will remember the 'islands of Vak-Wak," and tie ruarvilocs jidven '.itres of Hassan of Bahsora arid the irinevss with the dress of feathers. ir. Alfred l'ussell Wallace sugge; ahat the Islands were real, mid that 'hey can be Identified with the Am Isl liids. the home if the great bird of laradise. The mine "Wak-SVak." lie iiiiiks, may be an luiit it im of the call if the bird, and the stury of Hassan's ri wit to tht Islands of Wak-V::k may e bused on the Uetu.il iiilveri; u res of lime traveler who dis-oven-d the ia units of the bird of priradls". Olona. Ilie textile of Hawaii, is found o have promising qualities. The plant ielongs to the nettle family, it rescin ded ramie wlthoiit the tioiiiileuaie res in of the latter, and It nourishes in Iropicnl forests at a height of 2,umi r I't, The fiber proves to be extraor dinarily fine, lisht, utrotig ami duraiile. rope of ordinary size apposirs like Hlk snd has the strength of a ship's jiawser, and strands no heavier than Jwlue are as strongras wire. Nets snd Csh lines resist the action of salt wa ter, having been used for scores of ff-srs without loss of strength, flar Iients from the filler hnve the dellcnte texture of silk, are practically inde structible, and may last a lifetime. ALL ABOUT THE BIBLE. JVashinuton Library Well StnrUtsI wilb re of the Rook. It mar be an Interest Ins fact to I'lie people that the P.lble is one ef l'e refereme books in the Washington I' tblic Library, that four shelves are lied with an excellent nssnrtinent of I iblical literature, and that every Sat Irdny one or more niln'i-ters of the t ispel neek this place of books to look 3 references for the sermons with l.hlch they litstruct the puMIc from l.ieir pulpits on Sunday mornins. Information concerning the Bible !s ibout as limited as can be. Probably lerv few persons. If told that the li- j l.rary contains the "thri-e versions of j the Bible" would be able to say what laese three versions are. In point of I ,ct they are the Ilouay, the King J aines ami the American version. ' liver since ths? events, that mailt Dibllciil history occurred have accounts lf these same been wirtten. And lis liviliaition spread and gave rise to lew people speukirig Dew tongues, l iese earlier accounts Were translated Into different tongues to meet human t.ecds. In the first place, there Is in the 11- I rary a book which contains all the llnglish translations from the criglim! itr.w.u text- The book is chDisI the Lngltsh Uexnpla. The Greek text oc cupies the upper ptirt of the pane and (he six tnitislations are I1 by side I I columns underneath. These trans l. Hons art the Wlclif, published in Ittsii- tin Tvndall. Ill laftl: Oie Criin- I , liheems. lfiS?., and the authorized ver kion. Hill. What Is called the Dotifiy version Is 1,'inde tip of the New Testament, pub I idled In P.helms In 1.'S2. and of the Old Testament of the Douny verslo.i. jnblished In A. U.. This Is the Bible of the Catholics. It wns publish ed with the approbation of Cardinal Oibbciis by the great Catholic publish Irs the Joint Murphy Company, New Vnrk. The title page hears tiie inscrip tion: "Printers to the holy Hee." I When the early translations of de, :lble were being luade. history was unfolding Itself nt a rapid rate In the British empire. Much of the work was done by Protestants, who were driven I Into exile for their religious beliefs, j The tienevn translation was the oitt- come of sucfi an exile. ; After Henry Vlll.'s stand against the Pope, the cause of Catholicism las the .established religion was it lust rme, but It was 'not until biter, during the reign of King Jatiies. that the nu thorlzed verslo'l of Jill was truuslnt d (or use la Um Church of England. Tb AiM-ilrti Ter-.i ;n is '.' e K" t Jarees ers!'ia rei!l aiiDMs'i-.l miJ broustl.t op to date. Other bi-k of reference L-re ' the (rc.'.ij-dias f Il.td tLe Jewish t'vc'i ; 11 1. iit various soits eil "at!: ...c d;-, t; -n ry r,iijt tln of the d'.i'tnnes ai -icij:::.-i!'-ire-J ueorja !- A in a ite- -!p ,d rite of li I t hu'eh. utt.I wa pnuis ' Washington 1'ost. !iei IB t.iisiai"i. MEASURING THE EARTH Uesest Appliance l aed ia lha Sciract Gcodrar. TLs Si-leuce of geo..y is msklng rapid strides aloi g the line of accur acy and there Is not much left to be perfected In the way of method, says the Philadelphia K-nr.l The alHin porta nt problem of n: -rn as well as ancietit f"uoey, of c.urse, ts ths measurement of the dimensions of tbs earth, which enters into ail practical work of surveylcg. navigation and ter restrial physics. The International CeodetJc Association several years ago undertook the problem, th different nations having airreed to contribut their share towaid an accurate deter mination. As has already leei) retri ed, the determination was undertaken in Ih-ua lor, In ld. and extended from the Cobiinb'.aii to the Peruvian frontier, and every i-.b!p refinement to attain the maximum de?r"e of ac curacy was adopted. The gnsteM dlf t'c u'ty ; t i line, which i., f'.ire:iT !y fill. I j Slou I f ti," 11 i li' latc.-t rell:i-mel:l ..- ati a ecu: ate bjs lli-lll-llf ' 'I by So th.i.g a- the ex pan c: i: ;.r inc. I un. 'J l.i in lie bur i.ie't.ol i- r gi I by lhe I c.:.st C!:d g -.eb-.e s' r g . liar ii'intcr-c 1 in i :i- i.g a Mil- I ii i e. tl iiried on a r,ry .-m-;;. d.s. o. er- I ' emt.'i.!..; g truii-tii l.i Ml.taide nit l.poiJ il l ater still. M iu i g c nip iu an alley of '.! per cem tei'I pi-r '-ent lili Uel po-si .-w.I an I; gly low coethclent of expat.1 coiisiiiuentiv ofl.rs tl.e bet and -li exceed- ' ion Ml I I for accurate base Hue measurements 1 h's alloy is I. now ii ;is "linar" ai.l i u'. ally employed in il.e f rui of a wii Mipport'-d by tripods and slretcliTl In a definite weighL A v ry vuluiblf piece of woik on the lslali l ot Spltx bergen was completed wilh the Use ' till.-, alloyed wire. liven the liitiiil e-iiiiKil variation ii the force of gravity at different w,r lions of Hip earth Is not too !ii-ign!ll cunt to be regarded xitid must ! de tcniiine I and a correi lion nppbeil '1 his delicate di tel iiiinaiiou Is uncle by observing the pressure of the .itiaus pi. ere by the determination of th luil ii g po.i.t of water i, ml Compaq llo i.iiiie with tin" barometric rcam.ig, lb d.ii el'eln e, if any, b lug con-nb-iel due to a variation in the a tiou of Ui force of gravity upon the mcrciny. A .) pali 't-o War Itiiirio. The custom of the Mm .Nui iliki ii one that has rkscn in Japan during Ihi present war. liver since the war be gan. at all times of the day, and evei night, small groups of women can b seen gathering In the streets; one oi more of the women will have tt ptws of cotton cloth with one thousant marks or dots stamped upon It. ".Sen" is the Japanese word for one Uiou S'liid. "Mn" is the word for bum at being either man or woman. "Klki is, ln the Japanese kin gunge, strength Iu combination the words mean "tin strength of one thousand people." j La- It rir.p of these one thousand doi or marks In the cloth are to iinii -ti the place where a stitch or knot is ti be made by a woman, wuo, while mak, ing this knot, gives her best thought wish or prayer for the safety and pro tection of tiie soldier who will weal this piece of cotton cl'tth as an "obi" or belt while lighting for his country The prayers of one thousand womet tr one man are believed to protect ; him from all dangers and to give bin j strenrth to overcome and eon.pier th. enemies of his beloved Japan. l.os lie's Monthly Magazine. Au H.'cent rie LoriL Matthew Bobinsou tl-onl Itokeby a prominent but eccentric Kngiishmar of the eighteenth century, became fa moiis for lib long l eard and his pro nounccd hatred of medical praclition ers. In regard to the former It Is sail that upon one octiislon when going ti an election be stopped at an Inn when the country eople who hud assetii bled from miles around, took him foi a Turk and through this mistakes j Idea almost worried "n.e lord" ti death. His dislike fur physicians wn v.-tii;"! t, such an cxtre:::;: that ti left a codicil to hia will which was ti the effect that li favorite nepliew win to be disinherited should he (the neph ewt in the last Illness of the lord le' his sympathies cause him to send f i a doctor. This having been midi known to the nephew when his uncle the lord, was In good health. It Is need less to add he Allowed that person'i spirit to tnke Its flight without cnllltn In any of the "Infernal surgical fra ternlty." What l tht llnin or This Year. Of course you would say ltH't, but k thut 1 meant to denote the uumUr ts years since the Christian era It is prob ably wron:. Look In nunc good nil thorlty end see If this year should no rightly be at least ItwH. It Is won! your Invesil.-.'itioit If It happens to be i sub e-t you have not yet carefully con sld'Trtl. Kt. Mclip!iS. .Not Ao e to liny, "Land is m.g.ity cheap here. Vol can buy a good farm for a son:." "Just my (1 urn luck. I can't sing."- j New York Pun. Wh-ii a farmer brings his family ti town, the (lnlilren have not had I thoronr-hly good tljne unless ll( fal nseci iu Uie Ufoii before they g borne. r IHL IlsMilUV J . r--t Tle Liuiict iil of la lies bad beets iis.'ri.iJg l ' S let tore lii Wh.ih KK3 lii.es snd a- .o.'V'y re sult-y L.eu-V d. "It was t ry utile," join s: iirs. Iiniiiy tiiiii. jil. lii, "but ! si;a' enie.y ague with Mr Hoj m what te said aUmt women s slipshod buai tes aa. I think Im Sienj;s Wuuv a ii ia sa good s hnaucier ss ths aer ge man." "r-o do IT said Mrs. Pell, emphsCe slly. "I don't -nd balf the money Mr. Pell does for shines and new pa pers and things." "She is every bit ss discriminating la savings snd expenditures ss us is, continued Mrs. lenuey, returning ts the abstract. "Besides, she doesn't smoke," nus pleu-ented Mrs. PHI, dropping back k the concrete. iHi you know," Mrs. Ptedman bs fan, thoughtfully. "I don't believe Pts ever saved a uny in my life. "Not on anything? Not eveu ba rnlna?" V- "No." faced ly. demanded Mrs. Pell, excited- siii Mrs. "I'm out Stedina ii, shiiirs and out CXtlava- gant" I "Why i -ount l don't It mi, jou ht !. start a lp you." bank ac Si.d Mis 'Penney, "Yes. kitidly. hv don t you .' e for d " Mrs ycurs Pell long i I. "l ie bad I fi.re I was inarn b " if course you h ive one?" Mrs S'ed- utan ili. to pay I usine l.e.v rep Lu I Mr. ii yes; it c W itll CO hhe loo. so U i'ii -ti les lo;h,.f So much n.ort now," Mr Tea- J oil 11. nlways thoii'bt it might lep hti night In one's no ll ".r.l to mints.'' said l.rs. Medman. timhnyi 'it sceno-d s.mple to aha lor motley. liielu'ii'"" have t.ilnrs churned. I Jilt I in go ing to hme an mcoiint. w nut is your bunk, Mrs. Tenney?" Mrs. Tenney reflected briefly. "I Vse the same one tli.-it luy hiisbnuj tloes." nhe answered, discreetly. "Hns It n inline r atiythlngV" Mrs. Ptedman asked. ' I d like to have my innriey "here soiiieb.iiiy I know has un nccoinit." "Oh, try my bank!" urged Mrs. Pell. "I've been there for years, us 1 sai.L .When I was in.irr.f-d .Mr. Pell spok ot his bank, but I said. 'No. wlie.-s lather I.cj t bis motiey Is go.,. enmigb for me.' and I've been jmhig tbi-rs ever since. It is a perfectly Kplend.J lank, with a special room for wu.il en." I "What's the name of irf Mrs Sled 1 limn iiskeil, hopefully. 'The inline?" repeated Mrs. Pell. "Oh, that doesn't matter st all. I'll tell yon where It Is. and when you go there they'll give you a book of blank chicks utid do u II that sort of thing for you. It's right between that hsl l hop and Dressh-r's there couldn't bs li better place for a bunk, right In ths heart of everything," "I'm sure it must be a good bank," Bald Mrs. Stedmarr, wnrrnly. "I slm ly adore Dn-ssler's cafe moiisas. Thiiiik you very much, Mrs. Pell." Iiife's hurperfluuu Thines. An English writer has been devoting Ids attention to the elimination of u lieces-sary tilings, and ha succeeded is j. resenting a tentative list of articles wiiicii mankind docs not mid Liks (nany other propagandists of a new (Hit he goes to sureties iu certala ii:aiices, but. on the whole, in ikes out a pretty gooJ case. He holds, to be-(.-In w.th, that the resident of a city lio.-s not require a watch. He goes ro far as to say that aa umbrella It hot indispensable, and cited Lord Ilea- onsileld, who never tarr ed an nm reila, us an llustrious example. Whes t rained he too4 refugo under the uue .rell.i of tiie prettiest woman he could t-ee." The silk hat Is tabooed by this Icos Iiist. In his inventory of supertluoiii I ilngs we tLid the flap that covers (lit keyhole of the front d sir, which of tea Udly Interfere with the entrance o lie bchitC'L and perhaps bibulous, householder. "It Is redeemed fro.s ui. solute futility by Its power of o-ca-iiioili i iiatioyntice." He linniiivs as ta the use of the tasse) on the new um-t.N-lla. "Nobody la his senses wants s tasi -l on an umbrella." Why are there two buttons, or eveg one. ou the sleeve of a rat? Ths vriter took a census of bis buttons and l-?::::d that -ix!v t thstta otniis' css.iry. He Is particularly anxious al f the two buttons behind on fl frock oat. Taking n survey of the whole 1. iiuitn family, he finds that there art ixxj.txxi buttons worn, all of the n useless. No one has discovered tbs iccessity for fourteen or sixteen po -k-i ts concealed In men's clothe. This Is ill- limit of . superfluity. Philadelphia Public Ledger. ' Gcinp'H'a "f ill'' P.fct. The leader having fallen, Xennphoa iliastlly fathered his Creeks about h;3 and gave the order or retreat, "But guiic'cnl." refiini.stratisl a stufl otllcer. "why not sufr'emlei? We taa never niake tuir 'way back. The ea ciiiy will bead i.s olT." "The only thing Hint can stop tin row.'' tierce'ry" exclaimed Xeuophon, 'will be ai'i'llijuiicthai." Anybcily who is. curious to know bow ',1 iMiiTnlr titrneil out may lead uP. about It In the "Anabasis," If he rail, Chiciuo Tlil C"i. It ..il'.. i .1 i. .1. Sump of the lttoiru.HV eompunles ol Purl refuse to Insure people who ily tliclr hn'r. livery farmer says thcie are only a ve.y few really kooiI whi'iit ttickvra, and that he Is one of the UcaL