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Ills mother suggested that he
might mail one to his father he met
the suggestion with enthusiasm She
went with him to the store where
they were sold and he finally selected
one a hideous caricature of a man
with a large bald head It so hap
pened that Georgies papa was bald
and for that reason the little boy
thought the one selected would be
very appropriate It was accordingly
placed in an envelope and addressed
in large printed letters by Georgie
himself to his parent Of course
when the father came upon it in his
mail he recognized the scrawl of the
writer and chuckled at his small sons
deep craft That night when he ar
rived home the father had forgotten
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wondered why his father did not men
tion it Finally at the tea table he
asked P
Papa did you get a valentine to
day
Yes I did said the father feign
ing to be angry and Id like to know
who sent me that horrid picture of a
bald headed man If I find out I tell
you there will be trouble
Georgie took his fathers simulated
anger in real earnest and seemed
greatly disturbed by the turn affairs
had taken but did not say any mora
about the valentine After the meal
he followed his mother into the
kitchen and whispered to her
Mamma he said craftily I think
we better not tell him about th val
entine until his hair grows out again
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cv LOTTERS make pretty valentines
if artistically treated As a
foundation cut a piece of blot
ting paper three inches by twelve
Make several sheets of the same size
and cover the upper one with crepe
paper of a good tint Over the crepe
paper lay a heavier paper of a con
trasting tone from which has been
cut a scroll design through the open
ings of which the crepe paper will
show Outline the edges and scrolls
with gilt and tie all together with a
small bow at one end The heavier
paper may cover only one end- of the
blotter leaving the crepe paper plain
beyond except for the design of gilt
wheh follows the edge
A small memorandum tablet may he
made quite dainty enough for a valen
tine Take a piece of heavy card
hoard and paste a small block of
leaves one side of the center Punch
holes near the top on each side
through which to tie ribbon for hang
T IS the little things that add joy
and lightness to daily living Re
membering birthdays and anni
versaries and sending a valentine to
a friend when the annual feast of the
amiable old saint comes round in the
calendar are little acts which help
along happiness and keep alive the
flame of affection The husband of 20
years who mails a modest lace paper
-heart to his wife on his way home the
night before and then watches her
fluttering delight as she opens her
mail the next morning keeps alive a
tender feeling of sentiment that
rsmooths he rough places of dally liv
ing The wife who sends a valentine
jto her husband is more than repaid
aor tae recolllection of tenderness
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ing and decorate the cardboard in
any desired fashion A pretty head of
a child or one of the many types of
the American girl makes a good dec
oration or if you cannot paint these
a small picture such as has been sug
gested for calendars could take its
place and the scroll and outline of
gilt be used for farther decoration
The tablet should have a small en
gagement pencil attached to one side
by a length of ribbon for convenience
in writing The tablets are most con
venient articles to have in ones room
or anywhere about the house there
are always so many lists to be made
out of things with which it is quite
useless to charge the mind
Those who neither paint nor draw
may still- make acceptable valentines
by substituting the needle for the
brush or pen There are many small
articles which may be embroidered
and these will prove of even more per
manent value
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Of course the young folk keep tho
festival in mind But there is no rea
son why the little god of first love
should monopolize all the joys of it
The valentine sent for friendships
sake ofttimes contains a deeper feel
ing than that sent in the enthusiasm
of young fancy Sorry is the day
when we feel too old to send a valen
tine or cease to get merriment out of
the occasion Dont forget the little
folks Does anyone recall the time
when the day passed and the mail
brought valentines for everyone but
you What a heartache followed on
that bit of carelessness So spend
this evening cutting paper hearts and
writing jingles and remembering all
your friends
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- 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
an the poison squad
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 been 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 was
the first settlement in this part of
New England Most of the houses are
125 years or more old and many date
back even earlier
About ten years ago Daniel W
SHIP HAS A NARROW ESCAPE
Meteor from the Heavens Just Misses
the Ocean Liner
New York The narrow escape of a
liner from destruction by a meteor is
related by Capt Anderson of the Afri
can Prince one of the vessels of the
Prince line Writing to his principals
he says
On the evening of October 17 I was
on the bridge with the second officer
when suddenlj the dark night was as
light as day and an immense meteor
shot comparatively slowly at first be
cause the direction was so very per
pendicular to our position then more
rapidly toward the earth Its train
of light was an immense broad electric-colored
band gradually turning to
orange and then to the color of molten
metal
When the meteor came into the
denser atmosphere close to the earth
it appeared as nearly as it is possible
to describe it like a molten mass of
metal being poured out It entered
the water with a hissing noise close to
the ship and the consequence had it
struck the ship would have been an
nihilation without doubt and not a
soul left to tell the story of another
mysterious loss of a vessel in every
way fitted to undertake the voyage I
am of opinion that some such cause
must be attributed to losses so mys
terious that neither steamship en
gineering nor ordinary theory can ex
plain them
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 up many valu
able and historic articles from the
most improbable places He takes
the material collected from miles
around to his little rod 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 Smiths shop itself looks its
part It is situated well back from the
read and is as ancient looking as the
contents within Mr Smith himself
is a jquiet unassuming person He is
white haired and old but his kindly
eyes shine forth a welcome to all visi
tors
If one is able to strike him in a rem
iniscent mood he will tell interesting
tales of his most valuable pieces re
lating the deeds and lives of the first
inhabitants of the town over 200 years
ago
Many articles were picked up under
peculiar circumstances and their his
tory is most entertaining
This building is his workshop and
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Toe Cotton Crop of Oklatiomae
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New State Will Raise 1000000 Bales
the Present Year
Kansas City Mo Some cotton
brokers estimate that Oklahoma and
Indian territory will raise 1000000
hales this year This means 50000-
000 paid in cash in about one half the
geographical area of the state or al
most 50 per capita to every man
woman and child The cotton is run
ning from 35 to 37 per cent lint In
Guthrie 1350 pounds of seed cotton
produced 580 pounds of lint The
staple is good and late weather condi
tions have been favorable to color
The complaint of all cotton men is
the shortage of cars and the scarcity
of labor To relieve the -pressure
railroad companies are moving both
haled and seed cotton in open fiat
cars The danger from fire is great
every passing locomotive scattering a
shower pf sparks Once ignited a bale
of cotton is almost inextinguishable
Fire eats into the lint faster than
water can follow it The safest way
is to pick out the burning cotton by
hand Fire has been found in cotton
bales after they had floated 200 miles
down a river Many costly fires have
taken place at compresses and rail
road yards in the two territories this
season
The demand for labor in Oklahoma
and Indian territory was never be
fore so great It is desirable to run
compresses the greatest possible num
ber of hours A number of compresses
are idle on Sundays because the men
are unwilling to work seven days a
week though offered 250 on Sun
day
Keeps Currants 26 Years
Hagerstown Md Mr and Mrs Le
vin D Spessard of Chewsville Wash
ington county gave a reception at
their home in honor of Victor D Har
tle and his bride the latter being a
daughter of Mr and Mrs Spessard
At the dinner which was served to
the 60 odd guests were pies made
of currants that had been canned by
Mrs Spessard 26 years ago The cur
rants were as good as if put up only
last year
Has Much Public Business
Notwithstanding the public build
ings owned by New York city It pays
in rents 1332000 annually
A
home whero he spends all of his time
when not trnveling about tho country
One of tho most interesting roomo is
filled with the skeletons of former
glory which he has gathered togother
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 bo cunningly glued together
Battered pewter sets will bo ham
mered into shape again
In the next room may be seen tho
objects ready for tho 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
awav 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 Smiths 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 arc numcrous
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 doesnt
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 theres
any joy in matrimony that must he
it The Catholic Standard and
Times
TO RAZE A NOTED PRIS
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 Vincents 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 whom their parents
had secured lettres 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 upon St Lazare itself
remaining a prison but only women
were confined there
Many celebrated female offenders
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
Letters Save Detectives Life
Trenton N J A package of letters
in his inside pocket saved the life of
Isaac Updite Updite is a detective
employed by a railroad company and
it is his business to catch trespassers
on the railroad property He came
across three tough looking individuals
and catching one of them he chained
him to a barbed wire fence while he
turned his attention to the others
One of the men suddenly pulled a re
volver from his pocket and ordered
Updite to release his partner Updite
paid no attention to the demand The
tramp pressed his revolver against
Updites side and fired The bullet
cut its way half through a package
of letters and railroad tickets and
stopped In the excitement the tramp
was released from the fence and the
three escaped in the darkness
He Mistook
He was treating his pretty city
cousin to the opera
Wouldnt you like to step out and
get a libretto Josh she said as the
first curtain fell
No said he by gosh I wouldnt
A feller what cant set out a show
thout sneakin out twixt every act
for librettos and cocktails and sich
aint no man cordin to my way of
thinking
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A persual of tho official battinff
averages of tho National league is
productive of several side lines of
thought one of which is the fact that
a scoring reform is badly needed A
few seasons ago official scorers were
selected because of their fitness and
Impartiality and they followed cer
tain general rules fairly well They
sven got together occasionally and
straightened out some kinks In the
rules Scoring nowadays is a joke
compared with tho old methods In
come few cities a conscientious offi
cial may be found If we dont get
the best of tho scoring at home tho
player argues Its a cinch we wont
get it out on the road This oft rcv
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Hans Wagner
peated complaint has been sounded so
often that it has blunted the con
sciences of many official tabkeepers
and the good batters on the home
team get hits where none are de
served This game has resolved it
self into a padding of the average of
certain players by certain loyal offi
cial scorers in certain cities until tho
inflated value of an average ceases to
be respected It is time some restric
tions were placed on this system
New York is not free from this evil
but there is no such padding of the
averages there as in some other cities
The ball player can tell you Ha
knows I cant get any base hits in
Chicago says one or I made three
rank errors in Cincinnati and every
pne of em went as a base hit for the
other fellow Perhaps Hans Wag
ner would have led the league this
season without any padding of his av
erage but ball players do not believe
he outranked Steinfeldt and Lumley
so many points As a matter of
fact Pittsburg is one of the towns
where many errorless games are play
ed for the simple reason that every
thing is scored a hit Wagner has
been handed many credits that he did
not deserve this season by the home
scorers Steinfeldt and Lumley suf
fered because they had to earn most
of their hits to get them Nearly all
scorers are more lenient than they
should be but the Pittsburg thing is
overworked It is a notorious fact that
the most inexcusable errors are set
down as base hits when the batter
happens to be Wagner or some of the
other good hitters of the team When
the race for honors is close as it was
last season then the scorers stretch
their imaginations still further until
the system becomes a farce
Much is heard of doped horses on a
race track The manner in which
these horses are u doped is explained
by a prominent veterinarian No one
is likely to be caught in the act o
doping a race horse because the dose
given is so small it can be adminis
tered with little danger of detection
long before the race If a horse is to
race at three oclock he gets a two
grain powder on his togue in a dark
ened stall at one oclock The drug
takes effect in about 30 minutes and
the animal breaks out into a sweat
He is rubbed down cooled out and
done up as if he had come in from
morning work Every effort is made
to keep him quiet until post time but
he very often breaks out again and is
again cooled out The doped horse
never takes any warming up work
and this facts affords the best means
I know of for finding him out He is
moved slowly to the starting point
rreat care being taken to prevent him
L om becoming excited until the flag
is dropped Then a kick and dig to
the work and in an instant the full
force of the dope is felt stimulating
the animal to run the race of his life
Announcement is made that Mead-
Dwthorpe the noted breeding plant
of the late Col James E Pep
per near Lexington Ky will be
sold in February and the entire stud
disposed of Over 200 head of stock
including 42 brood mares and thor
oughbred stallions will be sold
Next year will be Cy Youngs eigh
teenth in baseball
Nate S Wilbur known in baseball
circles throughout the country has re
igned as secretary of the LouisvIll
baseball club He has not severed
ervice with the national game how
ver and will form a connection with
ne of the big league clubs for the
joming season
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