The Nation*s Food Expert
Dr. Wiley is chief of the Bureau of Chemistry of the Department of Agri
culture. He is the man who recently studied the effect of boric acid and borax
on the “poison squad.”
OLD CURIOSITY SHOP.
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QUAINT NEW HAMPSHIRE STORE
FILLED WITH ANCIENT RELICS.
Historic Clock Brought to Little Town
of Walpole About 150 Years Ago
Among Possessions of D. W.
Smith, the Shopkeeper.
Walpole, N. H.—Walpole has an old
curiosity shop of more than local
fame. For a number of years Wal
pole has beeu noted for its summer
visitors. Through them the little old
curiosity shop has gained a wide
reputation, and with its property, a
lifelong resident of the town is now'
pointed out as one of the sights of
the village.
Walpole is one of the most historic
places in the state, and lies in a his
toric country. Just across the river
the first blood of the revolution ‘ was
shed at the Westminster court house
and the first bridge across the Con
necticut was constructed. Here w'as
the first settlement in this part of
New' England. Most of the houses are
125 years or more old and many date
hack even earlier.
About ten years ago Daniel W.
1
Smith, then quite an old man, became
interested in family relics and heir
looms and began slowly to gather to
gether a collection of antiques. Since
that time he has picked tip many valu
able and historic articles from the
most improbable places. He takes
the material collected from miles
around to his little red shop, near the
center of the town, and there it lies
until under his masterly touch it is
transformed from a rusty relic of the
past into a thing of beauty.
Mr. Smith's shop itself looks its
part. It is situated well back from the
road, and is as ancient looking as the
contents within. Mr. Smith himself
is a quiet, unassuming person. He is
white-haired and old, but his kindly
i eyes shine forth a welcome to all visi
| tors.
If one is able to strike him in a rem
I iniscent mood he will tell interesting
tales of his most valuable pieces, re
lating the deeds and lives ot the first
I inhabitants of the town over 200 years
; ago.
Many articles were picked up under
; peculiar circumstances, and their his
| tory is most entertaining.
1 This building is his workshop and
home, where ho spends all of his time'
when not traveling about the country.
One of the most interesting rooms is
filled with the skeletons of former
glory, which he has gathered together
from every direction. In one corner
is an apparent pile of iron junk, but
from this will come an ancient clock
of majestic proportions. Bits of bro
ken china almost worth its weight in
gold will be cunningly glued together.
Battered pewter sets will be ham
mered into shape again.
In the next room may be seen the
objects ready for the finishing
touches.
As soon as he finishes an article Mr.
Smith stores it in his rooms upstairs.
Here several rooms are filled with
beautiful pieces of furniture, precious
china brought over from the old
country many years ago, pewter
plates and platters cherished by the
thrifty Puritan housewife, as well as
the many curious implements used
in those days.
The most valuable thing in the shop
is a clock which Mr. Smith picked up
several years ago in a farmhouse
away back on the hills. The children
had played with the works until they
were almost beyond repair, and the
case was about to be consigned to the
woodpile. Its exact age is not known,
but it is certain that it was brought
to Walpole by one of the early pion
eers, John Kilburn, about 1750. This
clock is especially valuable to the
town, as Mr. Kilburn was prominent
ly connected with its early history.
It is Mr. Smith’s intention to present
it to the library of Walpole.
Mr. Smith has several high-boys, bu
reaus and desks brought from Holland
and England fully 150 years ago, some
of which are beautifully carved and
inlaid. A picture embroidery made
before the revolution is another valu
able relic, as is a flintlock pistol cap
tured from a British officer in the bat
tle of Bennington by one of the an
cestors of a prominent family near
here. Other ancient firearms, includ
ing a sword from the battle of Bunk
er Hill, are numerous.
In china Mr. Smith has several rare
pieces of old Dedham ware which are
estimated to be at least 125 years old.
Its Taste.
“My husband,” she said, “doesn't
know what whisky tastes like.”
“Neither do I,” replied the man
who could quit drinking whenever he
wanted to. "The stuff we get is all
diluted with prune juice or something
else that spoils the real taste of it.”
His Experience.
“After all,” said the philosopher,
“the real joy of a thing is in the anti
cipation of it.”
“Well,” replied Henpeck, “if there’s
any joy in matrimony that must be
it’’—The Catholic Standard and
Times.
CHICAGO OF 1845 IN OLD BOOK, j
Directory Published When Metropolis
was a Small Town.
Chicago.—What is believed to be
the oldest city directory in existence
is arousing great interest among mem
bers of the Chicago Historical society.
■With its yellow leaves and its quaint
phrasing, the book is regarded as a
volume most valuable to the society,
its owner. Lieut. William Moore, of the
Stanton avenue police station, is con
sidering offers for its purchase.
“A business advertisement and gen
eral directory of the city of Chicago
for the year 1845-1846. together with
a historical and statistical account," is
ithe title given the book by its com
piler, J. Wellington Norris.
The title page explains that the !
book was in its second year of publi- j
cation. Concerning the previous edi- !
tion the author, evidently a person of
consequence, remarks in his preface
that he “can not refrain from an ex
pression of his thanks for the flatter
ing interest” which his friends “have
taken in the enterprise.” Although
admitting that he is "influenced by pe
cuniary considerations." he declares
that the volume is none the less cor
rect.
At the time of the appearance of the
book the population claimed for Chi
cago was 10,864. This total, however,
was accomplished by much careful
padding of the informal census, most
of which is admitted by the author in
his preface or elsewhere. In his tabu
lated total he admits there were only
1,613 families in the “settlement.”
Copious illustrations, mostly of
churches, appear among the-, opening
pages, with a map of Chicago. A few
scratches on the map near Thirty
first street are explained by the artist
as “haystacks.” Below that point,
and everywhere west of the river, the
country is described as “prairie.”
The town contained 43 lawyers. 28
physicians, 17 clergymen, one dancing
master, and had 18 hotels, six weekly
and two daily papers, besides support
ing “two flouring mills."
The book was presented to Lieut.
Moore by William Clancy, 4530 Wood
lawn avenue, whose grandfather was
the original purchaser.
TO RAZE A NOTED PRISON.
HISTORICAL LANDMARK OF PARIS
WILL BE TORN DOWN.
Prison of St. Lazare, Where St. Vin
cent de Paul Died, Now a Moral
Plague Spot — Was Sacked
During Revolution.
Paris.—The famous prison of St.
Lazare, one of the great historic land
marks of Paris, is about to be pulled
down, and what for some years has
been a moral and physical plague spot
will give way to fine, open squares
and commodious dwellings. Romantic
and tragic memories cling about the
old structure. St. Lazare, as its name
indicates, was at first a lepers’ hospi
tal built at the end of the eleventh
century on the site of a basilica dedi
cated to St. Laurent. It sprung rap
idly into fame, for kings used fre
quently to visit it in token of humili
ty and faith.
In 1632, leprosy having practically
disappeared in France, the hospital
was handed over to St. Vincent de
Paul, who established there a number
of priests of his mission known as
the congregation of St. Lazare. St.
Vincent himself died at St. Lazare,
and his cell is still shown to visitors
with two stones worn hollow by the
knees of the saint. St. Vincent’s suc
cessors neglected the work commenc
ed by him and the house was turned
into a sort of reformatory for insub
ordinate priests and unruly sprigs
of nobility for wrhom their parents
had secured “lettrea de cachot.”
The Lazarists having stored large
quantities of provisions in view of a
possible famine the mob of Paris
sacked the establishment on July 13,
1789, the eve of the storming of the
Bastille, and released 40 prisoners.
During the terror many “ci-devants”
were confined there before being tried
by the revolutionary tribunal. It was
from St. Lazare that Andre Chenier
was led to the guillotine. After the
revolution the surrounding lands were
sold'and built uj>on, St. Lazare itself
remaining a prison, but only women
were confined there.
Many celebrated female offendera
have been lodged at St. Lazare while
awaiting trial, among them the fam
ous Mme. Humbert.
From the hospital which adjoins the
prison a long subterranean passage
leads to the plain of St. Denis and in
1871 a number of federals escaped
from Paris through this tunnel.
Of recent years the prison has been
used solely for the confinement of
the pitiful outcasts of society who
: are gathered in from the streets and
boulevards of Paris.
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REFUSES TO BURY DEAD.
—
Richmond (Va.) Clergyman Does Not
Believe in Funeral Services.
Richmond, Va.—The people of Rich
mond were much surprised when it
became noised abroad that Rev. John
W. Dougherty, pastor of the Apostolic
church, had refused to conduct the
funeral services over the remains of
Joseph Heywood, who was killed by
falling from a smokestack. The
funeral took place from the Denny
street Methodist Episcopal church,
Rev. Charles H. Gallagher, the pastor,
officiating. When asked to explain his
course Mr. Dougherty said:
“My authority is the word of God:
In my ministrations as pastor I have
| served for 18 years, and my present
convictions are the logical coase
quence of long periods of devotional
thought. As to the burial of dead
bodies, of course, I raise no objections.
It is a necessary and sanitary prac
tice. My protest is raised only where
religious observances are called for.
I hold this to be a violation of the
principles and practices of Christ.
Christ came to resurrect, not to bury}
the dead, and although he was burled
he burst his sepulcher, defying death
and the charnel customs of those who
would bury the dead. I therefore hold
that the dead should bury the dead.
My mission is to save the living. It is
nowhere in scripture recommended
| that the dead be buried by church ob
I servances, Christ distinctly by precept
j and example to the contrary of this
practice.”
Naval Gunners Paid Most.
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Bill Is Introduced to Give Coast Ar
tillerymen More.
Washington.—The coast artillery
bill which is now being considered by
the senate provides for an increase
during the next five years of 296 offi
cers of all grades and an increase of
5,043 in the number of coast artillery
men, together with an increase of 858
field artillerymen.
The number of electrician sergeants
Is increased from 100 to 148. These
100 electrician sergeants now draw
$34 per month each, with allowances.
The 148 provided for in the bill are
divided into two classes; 74 of them
will draw $35 per month and 74 will
draw $45 per month each, allowances
being made for both classes.
The figures show that the most poor
ly paid naval gun pointer receives
the same additional compensation ad
that given to the most highly paid
coast artillery gunner.
“Of the forces authorized by law,"
said Senator Warren, chairman of the
senate committee on military affairs,
“the artillery corps is short from 30
to 40 per cent, because of the inabil
ity of the recruiting department of
the army to keep the artillery sup
plied with recruit3. This is due to the
fact that these men are called on to
do so much in consequence of a short
age of men and get such little com
pensation for their labor that they will
not reenlist.
“Many of them desert before their
time expires and the officers are be
coming somewhat discouraged. Con
gress has been adding to the defenses
from time to time and turning over
to the artillery new fortifications and
new works, new accessories, new
power plants, new electrical install
ments and new search lights until it
is about to give way under the bur
den. It cannot properly meet the re
sponsibility that is accumulating
about it."
He who opens his heart to the best
always finds it.
His Idea of Happiness.
At The Players in New York a num
ber of actors were arguing about the
meaning of the word “happiness.”
In the midst of the argument Henry
E.' Dixey appeared, and one of the
contestants said:
“Dlxev, what is your idea of happi
ness?”
Mr. Dixie smiled thoughtfully. Then
he replied:
“My idea of true happiness Is to lie
on a couch before a bright fire, smok
ing a large Havana cigar given me by
an admirer, while I listen to a wom
an who worships me reading aloud
flattering press notices about my act
ing.”
Disingenuous.
The butcher was busily attending to
his customers when a nice little boy
approached the counter and, with in
nocent manner, asked:
“Have you any dry herring, sir?"
"Yes, my son,” answered the butch
er, looking benevolently down at the
nice little boy.
Nice Little Boy—Aw! why don’t you
give ’em a drink?
Among the Lawmakers
House Springs Neat Little Coup by Raising Salaries of Members With
out Going on Record—Mr. Roosevelt Cuts Loose When He Attends
Parties—Other Washington Gossip.
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WASHINGTON.—Though refusing to go on '
record by a yea and nay vote members of the
house of representatives the other day by 133
yeas to 92 nays increased their salaries, so far
as they are able, from $5,000 to $7,500 a year.
They also gave the senators an opportunity to do
as much for themselves, for they included them as
beneficiaries.
The salary increase went through the house
so easily that every one wondered why the raise
had not been made before. It was put up to Rep
resentative Littauer to do the trick. Littauer, of
his own volition, will retire from congress next
March, and. accordingly, he won’t be affected one
way or the other. Resides he is a multi-million
aire. and $2,500 a year isn't anything to him. So ,
it was put up to Littauer, and the manner in
which he got through the increase won for him the undying admiration of !
the 385 other members of the house, to say nothing of the delegates and resi
dent commissioner from Porto ltico.
Representative Littauer hud everything fixed when he called up the leg
islatire appropriation bill, which had come back from the senate with amend
ments. He asked that all the amendments be disagreed with and the bill
sent to conference, with the exception of the amendment to increase the sal
aries of the vice president, the speaker of the house, and cabinet officers to
$12,000 a year. To this he asked there be added an amendment increasing
the salaries of senators and representatives and the delegates and resident
commissioner from Porto Rico from $5,000 to $7,500 a year, and the salaries
of cabinet officers from $8,000 to *12,000 a year.
After some discussion tne question was put on a rising vote and carried,
133 to 92. Instantly came a demand for a record vote from the grand stand
performers who want their salaries increased but don’t want any one to think
they do. The speaker put the demand, and when 50 or more arose the
speaker could count only 34, “not a sufficient number.” No one thought (out
loud) to demand “the other side.”
An hour or more after the house had adopted the provision for an increase
in the salaries of senators and members the bill was returned to the senate '
for the purpose of securing the action of that body. There isn’t any doubt
the senate will accept the salary increase amendment.
The increase will become effective March 4 next. All the senators whoso
terms will begin then and ali the representatives elected for the Sixtieth
congress will get the benefit of it.
PRESIDENT HAS A GOOD TIME AT RECEPTION.
When President Roosevelt goes to a recep
tion outside of the Whtie House he has a good
time. He must be bored to the limit by being
forced to stand at his own receptions, while the
people file by him each individual’s name being
howled out by a leather-lunged army officer aid
who 3tands at the president’s left. The whole
performance is stilted and unnatural, but it must
be gone through with every so often.
Vice President Fairbanks gave a reception
the other night and suddenly without any "Star
Spangled Banner" from the band or any ushering
aids, the president appeared. He shook hands
with Mr. Fairbanks and with his daughter, Mrs.
Timmons, and with Miss Cannon, who were at
Mr. Fairbanks' left, and then he literally dug into
al l • _ « « . ....
uu»u VIL ytrupic, lldlllUg evei v IJUU) WI1UI11
he knew—that is the men—after the manner of a boy enjoying a holiday. He <
joked with Democratic senators and representatives and received thrusts and i
gave thrusts, sharp but jovially good natured. On that reception night scores
of persons who thought the president didn't know them from a "side of sole
leather found themselves called by name and the last place of meeting men- 1
tioned. The president has a memory for names and faces that would make :
some politicians despair.
The president's visit to the Fairbanks’ was not a perfunctory one. by
any means. He had such a good time wandering about where he chose and
talking at length to whom he listed, that he stayed until it was just about .
time to put out the lights. Then he went downstairs, stood in line with a
check for his hat and coat in his baud, refused to take precedence of any of 1
the waiters in line, and then he disappeared into the darkness without. Mr. 1
Roosevelt is democratic enough to suit any of the plain people; he is too !
shockingly democratic to suit some of the millionaire senators to whom money
has brought a tremendous burden of dignity. '
SOCIETY GIRLS ARE GOOD EQUESTRIENNES. <
There are 300,000 people in Washington, and
nearly half of them ride horseback. The capital .
is a riding center, and here one sees every known
quality of horsemanship and hofsewomanship. On
the roads leading out of the city given over to
the riders it is possible to see the Cossack seat,
the Arab seat, the continental seat, the English
seat and the American army and the American
plainsman’s seats, though the two latter are prac
tically one and the same thing—the easiest and
the most graceful riding seat in the whole wide
world.
The women ride constantly in Washington.
It is a good thing for the Washington-born girl
whose parents are in civil life that there always ,
is a large contingent of Uncle Sam’s army officers. !
s>LaLiuucu in luc capital. 11 lui» wtic mil Line
she would ride as do the foreign women, in a manner to their own discom- j
fort and to the discomfort of their mounts, to say nothing of the loss of grace ,
in the saddle.
The army officers—the older ones with families, at least—taught their i
daughters how to ride before orders came sending these elder soldiers to <
Washington. The army girls as little children learned on the plains of the ■
west, and if there are any more graceful riders in the world among woman- i
kind than are these daughters of the blue, the representatives of the more ■
graceful forms of riding have not yet'appeared in the capital. (
Miss Helen Hatfield, daughter of Col. Charles A. P. Hatfield, Thirteenth *
United States cavalry, now stationed at Fort Myer, just across the Potomac I
from Washington, is one of the finest woman riders in the United States. 1
She is a debutante of this winter, and is an extremely popular and also strik- '
ingly good-looking girl. It has been said of her that she is the best trooper '
in her father’s regiment. She has the seat of a regular, and the horse doesn’t 1
live of which she is afraid. The other Washington girls strive to ride like
Miss Hatfield. They may emulate their foreign sisters in other things, but
when it comes to a seat in the saddle they are satisfied witTi things American
after one glimpse of an army girl sending a gray or a bay or a black over a
country road.
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FINE EXAMPLE OF ORIENTAL ART OF JOLLYING. *
The sultan of Morocco may be the head of a
backward nation and the source of anxiety to the
world's powers, but he is an expert at fine writing
and the donation of literary bouquets. This is
proved by a personal letter recently received by
President Roosevelt from the sultan. It was for
warded in a red plush and beautifully decorated
case by Minister Gummere at Tangier, who has
recently returned from a caravan journey to Fez.
The letter itself is in classic Arabic and the trans
lation is as follows:
“Written in our Holy Court at Fez, 7th,
Shoual, 1324. (November 24, 1906.)
“In the name of God the Clement, the merci
ful. There is neither power nor might hut in God
the exalted, the Almighty.
“To tne beiovea, tne most cneri:>ned, the 1
exalted, the most gracious friend, mosl honored and excellent president of 1
the United States of America, who is the pillar of its great influence and the 1
director of its most important affairs, the most celebrated preserver of the
ties of true friendship, to the faithful friend, Theodore Roosevelt
“After offering praise to God, the Almighty and powerful, the King of !
Kings, the helpful Lord, we have received your kind letter expressing your 1
good will and the purest love which dwells in the secret recesses of the heart *
and appointing the wise Samuel R. Gummere as Minister Plenipotentiary of j
your respected nation, in our holy country, who, as you well said, is pos
sessed of perfect knowledge of the ties of friendship existing between th®
two nations, and of a desire to increase the same.,
“As you request we receive the Minister with great satisfaction and t
welcome, and accordingly bestow upon him our complete confidence in every
thing he may present to us on behalf of Your High Excellency and on be
half of your nation, at the same time highly appreciating your prayers on
our behalf. - 1
“We are certain of these relations of amity and of the purest, strongest 1
love which you have for us, and which we hope will continue to increase.” £
L--—. —DOQOOQQfn- —onmmi —J 1
• • * THE DCNTEDEE) HIHLvmm - - • • - »
Man tears down ruthlessly for the
needs of to-day and lets the needs of
:he morrow take care of themselves.
Blindly all over the country men are
lestroving the forest growths only to
iwake to a realization later of the
nistake that has been made. This is
rue in the White mountains, where
effort is now being put forth to save
ivhat remains of the forests there.
A’ith no regard to their aesthetic,
realth giving or economic value be
rond that of the wood in the rees,
hey are being cut down and dragged
iff from the slopes of the proud Presi
lential Range. Some of the hills have
teen shaved almost as smooth as a
•outh’s cheek, and there is nothing to
irevent the devastation of the sides of
he very monarch of them all. if one
nay apply that title to the mountain
tamed for the leader in the historic
struggle against monarchs. The lar
ger part of Mount Washington is
iwned by private individuals, having
'ull power, if they wish, to dispose of
:he timber and make it as naked as
vas Adam before he had eaten of the
tpple. Indeed, the forests on the
;ides of the mountain have already
teen threatened. "
The wall of the lover of the White
nountains was voiced recently by Dr.
3dward Everett Hale. ‘ These latter
lays,” he wrote, “arc years of mourn
ng for us who love New Hampshire,
tecause this new business of paper
tulp is stripping off her magnificent
orests. In old times King George
lent his surveyors around, and when
hey saw a tree tit for his ships they
narked it with the broad arrow of
he navy, so when its time came it
vas cut down in the winter, was
lauled on the snow to the largest
itream within range and floated down
o the ocean. I think it could be
ihown that in all the great sea fights
n which the English, French. Spanish
>r American navies were engaged be
ween 1776 and 1790 the spars of all
he vessels were from the New Hamp
shire forests. So other shipbuilders
:ut logs and floated them down if they
vere big enough for spars or wide
mough for boards, but the smaller
rees were left
Not for the good they may do now.
But will do when they’re grown up.
3o that the mountains were still green
md so the forests still grew into
lathedrai aisles. And with every
dimmer the wilderness was alive with
glories for which there is no com
jarison.
“Then, alas! Satan came walking
ip and down. And he devised meth
>ds of making paper from wood pulp.
3efore him, when angels and arch
mgels presided over that business,
japer was made of such rags as busy
lousewives minded to see the end of,
md haply of older paper which had
lerved its turn. But now, alas! there
s not a tree in the forest, big or lit
;le, old or young, from which you
:annot make paper. What follows is
hat you enter your forests with your
txes in summer as you once did in
vinter, and you cut down virtually
sverything. If you leave a few
lumach bushes or blackberry vines,
t is because they are not worth the
landling, they are so small. Big pines,
ittle pines, big spruces, little spruces,
>ig hemlocks, little hemlocks—all fall
tefore the ax.
“For which the remedy will come—
is soon as the congress of America
nakes a national park of the White
aountain summits. The state has
urveyed the region carefully, and a
it plan has been prepared. Uncle
lam must acquire 50 square miles, be
he same more or less, and put it in
harge of his foresters. And then my
hildren’s children’s children shall
ee the great-grandchildren of the
lines that I saw 60 years ago in place
of the sumach and other rubbish that
the pulp creatures have left us toi
day. We ought to have done this]
years ago, but it is not too late for*
the twenty-first century."
It truly has been said that paper
may be the winding sheet of the*
brave forests which ornament thel
sides of the famous group of moun
tains in northern New Hampshire.
The forests of the White mountains,
are of greater financial value than is:
generally supposed. One is apt to
think of the "Switzerland of America”
as the playground of a nation. It is]
said that $8,000,000 a year is spent!
by those seeking pleasure and health
in the White mountains. That there
is some danger of this revenue being
lost to the state is evident from the
fact that some frequenters of the re-- .
gion are turning elsewhere because of
the denudation and consequent loss
of one of the sources of the attractive
ness of the mountains.
It is not as a garniture that the for
ests of the northern summit of the
Appalachians are most valuable. They
have a greater importance as a con
servator of energy. Standing on hill
sides where the rainfall is copious,
forests serve to equalize the flow of
water after it has fallen. Their net
works of roots knit the soil together
and prevent the rainfall from rushing
off in torrents, carrying the soil with
it and carving unsightly gorges in the
hillsides. After the removal of the
forests not only are the hillsides
scored, but the rivers which have
their rise in the mountains change
their character. Streams once slow
to anger and plenteous in mercy are
alternately either roaring torrents or
impotent rills. The debris from the
gullies is swept down to become bars
and add to the list of the uncertain
ties of the rivers.
A bill is now before congress for
the establishment of a forest reserve
in the White mountains. This bill
has been passed by the senate and
reported favorably in the house. It
is proposed in the bill to spend $1,000,
000 in the White mountains. Promi
nent state officials, manufacturers and
others in all the New England states
have signed petitions asking their
representatives m congress to press
the matter before their interests are
further damaged.
The section which it is hoped
eventually to include in the govern
ment reserve will cover the three
Notches, Pinkham, Crawford and
Franconia, taking in Spruce moun
tain, Mount Wildcat, Carter Dome and
Mount Moriah on the east; Mounts
Madison, Adams and Jefferson, of the
Presidential Range, and Mount Hale.
North Twin mountain, the Haystack
and Mount Lafayette, of the Fran
conia mountains, on the north; Pro
file mountain (noted for the giant hu
man profile in rock projecting from its
brow). Mount Kinsman and Mount
Pemigewas3et on the west, and Mount
Hancock on the south. The border
line suggested would pass through
Jackson south of Gorham, cross the
railroad near the Lower Ammonoosuc
falls, include Bald mountain, but not
Franconia village; cross the Fran
conia Notch just north of Lincoln and
run due east to the valley of the Saco.
That the forests of the White moun
tains can be preserved and at the
same time be made a source of in
come has been demonstrated by the
Appalachian club, which is endeavor
ing by purchase and otherwise tc
create a reserve in the White moun
tains, and by the Bretton Woods com
pany, which for three years in the
winter time has carried on lumber
ing right under the windows of tho
Hotel Mount Washington without
leaving a scar on the face of the for
est.
Homely and Knew It.
‘ Beauty may be only skin deep,”
aid the admirer of it, “but the re
■erse is distressing to me. The other
ivening at a club dinner I was put
text to a woman who seemed to me
o be about the homeliest woman I
lad ever seen. She was so homely
hat I had made up my mind to change
eats surreptitiously with some friend,
vhen she began to talk to me, telling
ne about her life in Missouri and her
tusband.
“ ‘Do you know,' she said, naively,
he waited for me five years. Finally
said to him: ‘Well, if there’s noth
ng else for it, I suppose I must marry
ou, but I don’t see how in the world
ou can fancy me, I am so terribly
iomely.’
“It was strange, but after that I lost
ight of her homeliness entirely. Be
ore the evening was over I had got
o thinking her actually pretty.”
Whisky was Not for Her.
A woman who apparently had been
verse to entering a saloon ap
iroached the bartender in a fashion
ble North Side place the other evea
ing and in low tones called for a quart
of whisky. Five or six men were
standing near the end of the ba-, says
the Chicago Inter-Ocean.
“Now, I don’t want you to think
this is for me,” said the woman in
way of explanation, at the same time
glancing furtively at the men near the
end of the bar. “My husband, who is
ill sent me for the liquor and I did not
want to come because I thought you
might think it was for me, and I
naturally would feel embarrassed.
“What do you drink, wood alcohol?”
returned the bartender in a matter-of
fact way. The men near the end ot
the bar laughed aloud.
“I didn’t come in here to be insult1
ed,” returned the woman savagely, at
the same time manifesting her con
tempt for the loungers with a viciou*
stare.
A Hunch.
If you wish to kill time
Your life is your own. “
But don’t bother busy men, •
Leave them alone;
If some one is knocking.
Some chap with a will.
If you can’t say something
Good of him keep still.
—Houston Post.