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THE MARRYING AGE.
The dictum of Gov. Wnrfleld that
girls should not marry until they are
twenty-six has naturally caused con
Bldcrable discussion among those
most Interested the girls themselves,
their parents, and the young men
"who do not want to wnlt (or a bride
until she Is verging on old-maidenhood.
Tho first Question of Interest Is a
mntter of fact: Aro our girls gener
ally marrying nt too early an ago?
Somo light Is thrown on this matter
by City Registrar McGlonan of Bos
ton In tho Olobo of that city. Ho
Bbows that In tho year 1902 out of
C.172 brides, only 120. or a llttlo moro
than 2 per cent, were less than eight
een. While more than half tho total
number were under twenty-five, "yet
4,180, more than two-thirds of the
wholo number of tirldcs, wero mar
ried between the ages of twenty and
twenty-nlno."
These figures, the Registrar thinks,
"do not Indicate that all girls aro
marrying at an abnormally early
age." Other writers on the subject
testify that marriage Is entered Into
by both sexes at later ago than In
former generations In this country.
There aro many reasons for thlB. The
growing lndependenco of women, the
more extensive fields for their em
ployment, tho Importance given to
education, opernto to defer marriage,
as the Increased cost of the wedded
state deters mnny young men until
they can "afford it." New York
World.
NO INTERVENTION LIKELY.
A late dispatch from Paris stated
that there Is a strong and growing of
ficial feeling there that France, Great
Britain and tho United States should
'endeavor to avert tho danger of
Japan's victory being bo great that
she may become tho dominating pow
er In tho far cast. It Is quite likely
that, French sympathy being with
Russia, there Is such a feeling as re
ported, but It will havo no Influence
cither In England or the United
States, the people of both these coun
tries having no disposition or desire
to Interpose any obstacle to Japan's
success. Neither Is thero any appre
hension in the English-speaking coun
tries as to Japan becoming the domi
nating power In tho far cast. Omaha
Bee.
DEATH AND THE FEAR OF IT.
George Meredith Is reported to
have said In a recent Interview thnt
doctors and parsons aro doing harm
by Increasing tho fear of death and
making tho English less manly. "No
one," he added, "should consider
death or think of It as worse than go
ing from ono room to another." For
his own part, he says, ho "hopes he
Bho-11 die with a good laugh."
Thero Is no objection to Joyous
ncss, even on the solemn occasion of
passing from this form of oxlsteuco to
ono of which wo know nothing except
by faith. All tho same, a frivolous
laugh seems to bo an affection of cour
ago rather than genuine heroism.
Death Is no Joko for Uiose who go or
for those who are left Hehlnd. Ono
may say with the trust of Emerson:
"The God who has led me so gracious
ly all through thlB life I can trust
wherever ho leads me." Syracuse
Telegram.
FAVORS FROM DESPOTI8M.
When we think of tho power to do
good which rests with n despot like
the emperor of Russia and reflect that
under a government of the people re
forms nre often slow and tedious and
attended by much confusion and strlfo
we may bo tempted to extol the ad
vantages of despotism over democ
racy. Wo compare tho freedom of
the serfs of Russia by a stroke of tho
pen with the long and bloody war that
resulted from slavery in this country.
The fallacy of such reflections, how
ever, lies In tho assumption that des
potism will continue to produce phi
lanthropists. The truth Is that tho
despot who succeeds tho present deB
pot on tho throne of Russia may, by
inclination or tho force of reactionary
sentiment among tho ruling classes,
overthrow all tho benevolence of his
predecessor. Boston Globe.
RCGULATE COUNTRY'S CLOCKS.
What time Is It? By what system
aro the clocks hero and elsewhere
regulated? Chicago and all points In
tho United States east of tho Rjpcky
mountnlnd get tholr tlmo every day
from tho government observatory at
Washington. Tho territory west of
tho Rockies Is served tho Barao way
by tho observatory at Maro Island
navy yard, near San Francisco. These
signals aro sent out when It is noon at
Washington and, three hours later,
when It Is noon at San Francisco.
Chicago gets Its tlmo at 11 o'clock
thero, when It Is noon at Washington.
Tho signal begins at five minutes be
fore tho hour. Then tho sounders in
the telegraph offices connected with
jyiiRhlngton begin to tick off tho sec
onds, with breaks of tfvo secomis at
the end of each mlnuto and a break
of ten seconds before the end of tho
flf.h and final minute, and then
comes tho noon signal.
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SWIMMING THE BEST EXERCISE.
A series of experiments, conduction
by Dr. Philip B. Hawk, demonstrator
of physiological chemistry at the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania, has proved
that swimming Is the most boneflclal
exercise, reports tho World's Worn.
He visited tho dressing-rooms at th
nthlctlc field and, Immediately before
each athlete left for his cxerclso,
drew blood from him by means of the
regularly prepared sterllo needle.
Then, when tho athlote returned to
tho dressing-room, after running,
jumping, polo vaulting or engaging In
water polo, the needle would again
bo brought Into play and a second
snmple of blood drawn. Analysis ol
the blood, to discover how far each
exercise Increased tho number of rod
corpuscles, showed that water polo
and other forms of swimming result'
ed In the largest Increase. The swim
mlng exercises wero thus shown to be
the most beneficial, for the greater
tho number of red corpuscles, the
richer the blood. Swimming result
ed In an average Increase of 21 pel
cent, a against 17 per cent for tbc
next best exercise short-distance
running.
IS THE SUN COOLING OFF?
Tho question Is being asked In
mnny quarters, Is the sun's heat fall
Ing? and tho mntter Is being discuss
ed by the leading scientists of Eu
rope.
That the sun Is slowly cooling oil
has come to be nn accepted theory,
but how gradually Is the difficult
question to find out. The earth Is
slowly cooling off, too, but we have
no Instruments correctly to measure
that fact. Ajid yet we know that a
permanent change of only a few
points in the thermometer would
soon affect all life, animal and vege
table.
The dependence of this globe upon
the sun Is well understood and the
sun Is constantly presenting new
mysteries to be solved.
And yet thero is probably no cause
for alarm. The sun has served past
generations so well thnt they have
worshiped it and humanity will flour
ish in its kindly beams for many cen
turles to come. Boston Globe.
ON UNCONSCIOUS COURTESY.
In the "Joy of Living" papers ap
pearlng In the Delineator Llhio Ham
llton French, In the September num
ber, writes on unconscious expression
in childhood, and speaking of tho ne
cessity of implanting precepts ol
courtesy and hospitality whllo tnc
child is young, gives this apt and
amusing Illustration: "There is an old
story told of a lady of rank who mar
ried her footman. She managed tc
train him into the semblance of o
gentleman, and his appearance In the
drawing-room wns not bad. Ho be
haved well, and with propriety ex
cept when he heard a bell ring! Then
he started. To Jump when bells wen
rung had been u second nature with.
him as a footman. It is always the
training in early nnd impressionable
years that makes the second naturi
of the mature. The full-grown man
or woman can, of course, begin a self
training, as this lady of rank began n
training of her husband. Tho task
is moro difficult. Even tho coIIb ol
tho brain get Into ways of respond
Ing to certain Impressions, and al
though a thought held to will trans
form tho very nature of man, there
ought to bo no need of a transforma
tion in our manners. They should be
formed In the early, pliant, receptive
days of childhood."
INCENTIVES TO WAR.
Every formal treaty or arbitration
will aid wonderfully In molding public
sentiment against war and smoothing
the way to other similar treaties. The
example of tho great militant coun
tries will have a persuasive Influence
upon the small nations which are now
taxing their slender resources to main
tain armies and navies to be anni
hilated in the first encounter with a
stronger power. Iand hunger, cm-plre-bulldlng,
nbsorption of weak coun
tries by tho powerful, the combative
savage, fighting Instinct surviving civ
ilization, traditional racial hate, mili
tary glory, It must be adnjtted, give
n tremendous Impetus to war. These
incentives to grave international con
flicts cannot be removed at once. It
must be a gradual process. Philadel
phia Press.
RIGHTS OF HUSBAND AND WIFE.
Without inviting discussion of this
thorny question, I may say that my
own opinion Is supposing anybody
wants it thnt a husband's rights arc
what ho can got. My viow of a wife's
rights is tho same. Whether It is
wUe for either party to get all that
he (or sho) can Is a question of ex
pediency, to be decided according to
circumstances and individual Inclina
tion. The governing principle of tho
situation Is that when two people ride
tho same horse ono must ride behind.
Tho question, therefore, whenever a
conflict nrlsos, is whether tho front
seat Is worth fighting about, und, If so,
bow long and how hard. London
Truth.
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Amongst the wonders of modern
science must surely be Included cer
tain Instruments and machines lately
Invented, by means of which senses
and thoughts can be measured and
weighed, and hitherto msterlous se
crets connected with the human brain
revealed. In fact, so remarkable have
been th losults of experiments with
these machines that doctors and
scientists of both the European and
American continents have united In
declaring them to bo the most linpor
tutit discoveries of the age.
Perhaps thv most Interesting of
those Instruments Is one by which the
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Thlt Machine Will Welflh the
Thoughts of the Subject Who Lie
Flat on His Back,
speed and duration of thought can bo
determined. Tho subject hits with his
bund on an electric switch, connected
with an electric clock, which measures
the smallust fraction of a second. Im
mediately In front Is nn upright metnl
tube, Inside of which runs a slender
rod of stool, while directly opposite
the evos of the subject Is an opening
In the tube. As the rod slides down
the Interior of the tube a white disc
appeals at the orifice. The exact sec
ond this appears the rod touches a
spring at the bottom of the tube and
the clock Is set In motion. Tho sub
ject Is Instructed to stop the clock
Just iin soon as the white disc appears.
This he doM for thirty tlmoB. The
length of time required for him to do
this Is noted, and tin average struck.
This average Is called his physiolog
ical time.
The subject Is then told that the
disc appearing may be a colored one.
If so, lie Is to stop the clock. Should
It be white, however, he Is to pay no
attention to It. The time required to
stop the clock nt the appearance of
a colored disc Is always longer, and
when the physiological time Is sub
tracted from the longer time the re
mainder is called the mental time or,
'in other words, It represents the time
of tho object fixing Itself on the eye,
its passage along tho optic nervo to
the brain, and the action of tho brain
and impulse of the will directing,
through the nerves, the finger to act.
In addition to measuring the speed
By the Use of This Instrument the
Speed and Duration of Thought Can
Be Measured,
and duration of thought, however, It
Is quite possible, with the aid of an
other wonderful scientific Invention, to
actually weigh the thoughts. This
ASAASAASSri
General Grant's Wit.
"President Grant was not accredit
ed with many witty remarks," sug
gested Gen. Bnrnum one evening at
the Arlington hotel to the late Gen.
William W. Belknap, twice secretary
of war in Grant's cabinet.
'Well." responded Gen. Belknap, "an
anecdote occurs to me In which Grant
was not far from the point. He was
speaking of Adjutant General Town
send, and said: 'I have Just como
from Townsend's ofllo and I'm con
vinced he Is the neatest and most par
ticular man on earth.
" 'Why, no matter how much I might
need It, positively it would seem n sac
rilege to disturb a paper on his desk.
Each document Is rolled up In white
paper, tied with red tape, marked and
carefully pigeonholed.'
"Gen. Grant sat musing a moment,"
continued Gen, Belknap, "then, remov
ing his cigar, remarked: 'I'll tell you
what will happen to Townsend when
ho dies. He'll be nently rolled up In
fresh white tissue paper, carefully tied
with brand new red tape and labeled:
Approved and respectfully for
warded. To bo pigeonholed." " New
York Herald.
The City of Gold.
A single unfurnished room In Jo
hannesburg costs, with electric light
from 3 to 6 per month, whllo
small houses of about four rooms are
eagerly taken up at 16 per month.
The cost of building brick houses In n
substantial manner at the present
tlmo mny be estimated nt lid. per
cubic foot, or 'yiy 200 per room for
medium-sized Iioufcs, whllo stands 15
feet by v'0 feet, rango frsm 76 each
In tho t'"-T ''ved suburbs, say two
miles BrT'of the town, to iGOO nnd
morj lit tho nearer and more fashion
ublc districts in the north.
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machine might bo best described us n
shallow coffin, exactly balanced on
knife-blades so nu to gently rock like
a perfectly poised soosaw. The sub
ject Is placed supine within tho shal
low tray, and alter his body hns come
to rest weights aro shifted until nn
even balance Is maintained. Gradu
ated scales, spirit-levels, and Indlcnt
ors betray tho slightest disturbance ol
the subject's equilibrium.
To have your thoughts weighed by
this machine, jou lie tint upon the
shallow colli n with your hnndH nt your
sides. The operator will then ask you
to think of love, hate, Jealousy, or
any other of the human passions. Ai
yon do so you will find your hend fall
ing, your foot rising, and the plane
of your equilibrium so altered that,
wore It not for the stop catch on the
scale, you would find yourself turning
a somersault. Tho opposite result fol
lows when the operator asks you to
think of running, Jumping or kicking
In this case you ft it will sink and
your head rise In proportion to the In
tensity of your thoughts.
This effect Is brought nbout by the
action of thought on the blood of the
body. The machine Is, In fact, a key
board to the brain, enabling the oper
ator to follow the course nnd speed
of the nerve telegrams sent by tin
brain to the heart, nnd then to follow
what have boon described ns tho "hur
ry up" orders of the heart for a new
supply of blood corpuscles in what
ever part of tho body they mny b
needed.
It Is also quite possible with thli
unique Instrument to compare monta'
processes. It may be mnde to show
This Strange-Looking Contrlvanci
Registers the Sense of Touch,
tor Instance, whether multiplying 781
by HG brines more blood to the bralt
than multiplying the same number bj
2G; whether the brain which Is work
Ing out a problem In trlgonometr:
weighs more than one which Is fol
lowing the lines of n puzzle In geom
etiy; whether happy thoughts welgl
moro or Ions than unhappy ones, and
perchance, whether bad thoughts nn
weightier than those which are pun
and virtuous.
Almost as remarkable as either o)
tho afore-mentloned Instruments li
ono which hns been Invented for moas
urlng the sense of touch. This Instru
ment consists of little discs, eacl
three millimetres In diameter, bus
pended by fine, delicate thread fron
wooden handles, which aro stuck Inti
holes round a block. The lightest dls
is taken out nnd touched on the skin
the subject having his eyes closed
If nothing is felt, tho next henvlci
disc is used, und ho on until the prrs
sure Is noticeable. The discs welgl
from one to twenty milligrams, am
with their uld It hns been proved thai
the senso of touch In an nvcrago per
son Is conveyed by two mlllgraras ot
the forehead, temple and back of fore
arm; five for nose and chin, nnd (If
teen for the Inner surface of the fin
gers. tandem Tlt-Blts.
Why Jap Actor Balked.
In "Tho Second Fiddle," m
Mann's now comedy, thero Is a smal
part cast for a Japanese. A real Jni
was secured to play the part. Fron
tho moment of his admission nt tin
stnge door he showed a keen Interest
In the rehearsal, he thrust the specla
edition containing the war news li
his pocket and applied himself to tin
mastering of his lines. On discover
ing that his name In the piny was tc
be "Hulshl," the bland smile forsool
hla face and approaching Mr. Manr
ho inquired If ho could not be called
by his own name.
"Why?" asked Mr. Mnnn, "what ob
Jectlon can you havo to Hulshl?"
"Hulshl mean what you call cow
I no cow. I Japanese gentleman!"
Tho actor conciliated him, and or
the distinct understanding thnt he wi
not In any sense regarded aB n cow
tha Jap resumed his task and divider
his attention wonderlngly between
tho "business" nnd a pair of pin),
property corsets.
Sport Is Too Dangerous.
Tho death of George Lcandor ol
Chicago, who died ns a result of In
Juries recilved from a fnll on tin
Park des Princes track In Paris, It
offered as unother nrgument for n dis
continuance of racing behind powcrfu'
motor cycles. Harry Elkes, "Johnny
Nelson and Archie McEachern art
three other pace followers who met
their death whllo traveling nt terrific
speed behind the sputtering motors.
The death of Leander Is a hard
blow to cycling as he wns ono of tin
best-liked men In the game. He was a
big, handBomo fellow of wonderful
strength and vitality, and when ho
won tho six-day race In 11)02 ho fin
Ished fresher than any other man eve;
I Completed such a Journey.
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An Editorial "Send Off."
Jest erbout now down In Ol' Mis
fonry, th' same boln' ntween hnyln'
nnd buskin', th' kontry pnpors ho of
fervoFcln' with spokllnshun!
The way 1 hoarn It, ono o' them
thnr newspaper fellers whnt hns alius
been a wumernii teototlar an' n
mocker o' pomes o pnshun', up nnd
gits Innocorlnted with thnt thnr love's
fitful fetor twelve miles fruin a body
or acquor purer, an' his nutymubcol
tiro punchuredl
Sceln' thot he's surrounded by th'
enuny's nrms, ho throws hlssolf Inter
th' faco o' providence (thot not boln'
her name), locks the gates behind
him nn' gits shot what- It'll do him
th' most goodl
Ref'ronce Is made tor Brother Hank
Homers, him as edits that thnr noon
paper over nt Sasnfras Corners, and
Miss Honrlotle Solders, tho school
marm, her an whom we bow tor In
spito ' our rlioumntlz an' tight f It t In
overalls!
Fiuin now on she's hls'n nn' he's
born, an' if he don't spill ther kin
dlln' ns ho oughter, nil she's got t'
do Is tor lay down th' law an' thor
Btatootcs therein provided!
And thnrby hnngs or Into, as th'
moat kloavor said t' th' ohoppln'
block after ther dorg had passed
through th' sklssago fnktury! But
Jest why thorn Missoury odlturs should
bo spockllatln' Is nioio'n I kin see, for
every man, no matter; bow bo's bin
blowin' his foghorn, gits sumbody sum
day t' put Unseed poltlses onto his
iiuralK.v, provided ho don't wait so
long th' halt all gits dried up an' onou
tlcln' no more!
For years now Brother liniik hns
bin put tin his own cat out nights an'
goln' round brnggln' thot no wiiniomn
cver'd gll him cornered Inter n moss
o' chlppondnle foriilturo In his stookln'
feet! No, slreo!
Ev'ry time or good-lookln' wum
oran'd come prosolitln' erounil his
bnllerwick, ho'd sic thor office dorg
onto her an' take for th' bowels o' his
sanktum satiktmluin, senrdor than a
gopher what hod got his tall dump
ertntcd In or steel trap!
But th' good Uird known best, an'
ono dny Brother Somers he seen a
wumornn thet set th' whole dummed
universe t' slngln' "Bcdelln," nn' hIcIi
like poplar inusik! Then he begin tor
quotlu' potry, killed his dorg an' got
religlouser'n all git out!
Well, V make a long story some
loss'n a spool er ropo. he up nn' got
married un' they do say down In Mis
soury ho dun erbout right conslderin'
th' gnl, exceptln' ho oughter seusoned
ther wind t' ther shodn lnmb sost all
th' boys wouldn't a swallowed thor
stour tooth gnspln' for su'prlso when
lh' weddln' bolls got tor doln' th'
ding-ding!
When they wont on ther tower they
cum by the great lakes, somehow or
nither, to Shlcngo. They cum by
water sosts they could be seasick In
each other's arms fur tho fust (and
last) time! Well, him wantln' t' show
her off tor excuse hlsself for not
nskln' our opinion, he lining th' lady
oround for our Inspeckshun. Wo ain't
got nuthln' t' say. boln' ns how he
teen her fust, exceptln' thet she's a
bit o' femernlnlty thet makes u fellor
think o' th' time when his ol' worn
ernn snld "I will," and ho wilted. She'r
th' kind er Joolry thet ain't goln' f
let her ol man git loansum wastln'
his nffekshuns on no dorg!
Well, ngln', therboys all crlong th'
lino sort er got, out an' handed 'om
bokets with one baud and tied a can
t' em with the other hand, Jest t' make
'em remember what 'twas they wit.
colebratln'. Down t' St. Joseph, Mis
soury, Bill Williams, boln' no relation
o' ourn and probly glnd of It, he put
or bell onter 'em and scared 'cm over
th' stato lino Inter th' hands of Ernest
McGaffey, him beln' no respecter of
newly married folks hlsself. After
frltnln' th' life most outen 'cm show
In' 'cm whnt th' tunnel caved In and
whar th' Mnsonlc Temple turned
'round, we cast 'om loso ter cavort
erbout 'till ther money glv out!
Then wo got em aboard a editorial
InJIne and sent 'em buck l' Missoury.
Here's hopln' thot nothln' never will
git ntween that thar love o' thorn an'
them Ol' Missoury sunsets, whar th'
roses Is painted on the vnrlkolorou
background In glorious splendor! An
may they alius read In each uthors
eyes thet: "Whomsomever lives true
life Is boun' ter lovo true love!"
This boln' erbout th wust I lift's bin
done t' 'em, wo beln' all busted up
with brain rhounintlz, we're hopln'
thls'll hold 'crrr ter nwhlle.
UNCLE BY.
The most stinging Insult ever lmnd
ed u man is when an Insurance agent
cornes around tho next dny aHer ho
has lost un eye. and tries to sell him
lorr.e accident Insurance.
In the country town especially tho
women do the shopping. Wlso Is the
advertiser that appeals directly to
them.
A newly mnrrlcd shoemaker Is now
using his wire's first cako for a lnp
stone. A hint to tho wIbo Is sufficient.
After the county fair comes the
Harvest Homo supper. Folks In tho
country have a lot of fun.
A mnn loves to go shopping with
his wlfo becauso it mil1""! him forgot
all hie oilier borrows.
The Cub Reporter's Fate.
Politics were working liko a can of
Aunt Polly's preserves In D , when
tno cub reporter secured n "flit" on
tno Morning Fog Horn nnd was Bent
out to get tho great Danvlllo'n speech
tor early copy.
Danville wns n friend of the paper
nnd n good fellow. When tho cub
found him at the Burrls Hotel, ho ttald
yes, In Bnrkls-ls-wlllln' mood, and
summoned n stenographer. Whllo Uio
stcno mnde ourloycuos, tho cub Bat
on tho foot or a sofa In Danville's
room nnd wondered when he would
he grout nnd Influential like Danville.
Tho speech being transcribed, tho
reporter proceeded tq Interject Into
the copy lit divers closing paragraphs
tho words:
"Great applause!"
"Demonstration in tho nudlenco!"
"Uproarious commendation!" and
tho like. Then ho handed In tho man
uscript mid went out to tho nlnker
counter to allay the hunger within
him.
Now Danville was n much admired
speaker, but a lessor light than either
tho gubernatorial candldnlo or tho lo
cal chairman (?) both of whom
talked long and dryly nt tho evening
"rally." Despite the fact that many
people had driven In Irom the rural
districts to hoar Danville, who wan
last on tho program, It was soon ovl
dent that ho would not bo heard ex
cept very briefly. Thus there wan
uneasiness In tho niuwoutod thron
and disintegration ot the compact
body as the tarmers "pulled their
freight" for pastoral haunts.
To further embarrass, thero wa8 to
be a politicians' banquet at tho load
ing hotel following the speeches and
this must not bo dolnycd too long.
Danville, much chagrined, but tact
ful, settled the fidgeting by calmly
referring to tho lateness of tho hour
and withdrawing to his hotel.
Tho cub reporter, busier than bo
hnd ever boon with tho CroHS Roads
Advocate, was throwing off copy In
bales, whllo all this was happening.
On his way to the hotel, howuver, ho
stopped In tho office of tho Fox Horn
and hastily shouting up the tubo to
tho city editor, to revise "that Dan
ville speech," hurried to tho banquet
ball.
Ho was visibly excited over his po
litical afllliatlous when he returned to
tho ofllce, but he obeyed Instruction
when tho city editor blurted:
"Sutton, write n caption to that
Danville article. Say you met him In
the rotunda of the hotel nnd he spoko
on the Issues of tho day as follows! "
The cub retired at I o'clock that
morning fooling ho had canted at
least a pnit or his stipend thnt nlghL
Rut his sonde of security and gratl
Heal Ion was visibly Jnrred next morn
lug! When he rend the Fog Horn ho
discovered:
Tlicro was tho caption to Danvlllo'r
jpeeeb nil "O K," Just ns ho bad writ
ten It Danville In the rotunda of tho
hotel talking to tho reporter and
In tho body of tho article
wrro those interjection-. standing out
as rioldly ns a blue and red polka-dot
wrapper nt a Sundny school picnic:
"Great applause!
"Demonstration In the audience!"
"Cheers'."
And nil this .when tho grent Dan
ville was talking to a "moro reporter"
in u hotel lobby!
The cog had slipped!
This incident happened during tho
year of the big wind and wns, curi
ously, about tho tlmo that tho cub
blow out or the Fog Horn oBlce to
tost his ability to swim on other, blad
ders In untried seas of prospective
glory.
It Is not wir,o to throw bricks oven
when out or the glass house district.
In an Illinois town a bootblack annoy
ed a man at tho depot. The man, pro-'
testing, nngered the vendor of shines,
who thtew a brick nt him. The target,
unfortunutely, was tho superintendent
or tho road, und ho issued an order to
keep all bootblacks, nowsboys and
other peddlers, off tbo platforms. It
you want tho news at this station now
you havo to ask tho volublo (?) ticket
agent for It with the usual results.
Ten years ago the expenditures of
tho Now York department Btoros were
loss than one-half or that or to-day.
Twenty years ago It was less than
one-tenth. Thirty yenrs ago It waa a
mlnuto rrnctlon. Noto how these
stores havo. prospered and broadened.
Does advertising pay?
Some wives object to putting their
hands In hot water to wash dishes.
TIiobo aro usually the r.ort or women
that keep their husbands In hot
water up to the breathing line.
A man can seldom rely on his
friends to tell him when to grasp an
opportunity, but they never fnll to
chldo him for his lack of foresight
arterward.
If tho girl doesn't know how to cook
sho may havo tho money to hire ono.
This Is worth Investigating.
Pence hath Its war of conflict. Llfo
Is a perpetual sally 'gainst tho con
tending forces of existence.
A great prcventtvo of trnrupu la an
nnclent bucksaw on top of a pile of
unarled oak wood. ,
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