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t' e Co ] , Artemus Leo of Templeton , one
, of the most estimable citizens or
northern Worcester county , n man imperious .
' : : porious ' and qulcl.tempered , who had
'boen apt to have his own way In the
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' - , ; Jregion where he dwelt ; and not very
, i 'flllng to give up to anybody \ , employed .
' , . , = ' played Senator Hoar once to bring suit
, i' ' for him against the town of Temple-
, : , ton to recover taxes which ho claimed
had been illegally assessed and col-
lected. The senator says in his autobiography -
biography : :
[ . " , "Ho was a man whose spelling hud
. ( ' . , ' , been neglected in early 'outh. Aid-
- , . . : . ' , : rich was for the tOWl1. All the facts
; , . ' ; , . i , . : , : showing the Illegality of the assess
' , . ' , monk , of course , were upon the town
, : . ' : . , . . " , records. So we thought If the parties
. : . . : , ; " met with their counsel we could
: " ' , , , agree upon a statement of facts and
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'Ve met , In Judge Aldrich'f3 office ,
Col. Lee and myself and Judge Aldrich
and some of the town officers , to make
up the statement. But Mr. Aldrich
had not had time to look very deeply
. . Into the law of the case and made
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j A person who Is timid about the
4 ' _ water can overcome the greatest part
. . h . - . . ; of the difficulty of learning to swim
. . . by the proper use of a wash basin.
The obstacle that nervous persons
meet In the water Is not the conscious
fear of drowning , but an . involuntary
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nervous shock that causes them to
gasp for air even before their faces
. are under water.
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't.p ; It Is this gasping for breath ' that
drowns people.
They cannot control the , gasping ,
JLnd consequently they often snap for
. breath : when their mouths are ' under
water. As the buoyancy of a human
If body Is easily disturbed , a few pints
, , ' or quarts of water swallowed In these
, Involuntary gasping acts serve to sink
: a person who otherwise would oat
long enough for help to arrive.
, . Now If a person afflicted with this
' involuntary fear of getting under wa-
, ; , ,1 ? ' . : . ter will thrust the whole face gently
" ; . : : 1 : _ Into an ordinary basin full of water
every day and stay there as long as
' " J. possible , It will be only a short time
, before the gasping sensation begins
, to disappear.
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Then the bath tub should be used ,
so that the ' bather , lying full length ,
" " can immerse the entire head. At first
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this will bring back all the old fright-
ening sensations of suffocation , but
the attacks will be of short duration ,
and within a' few days : It will be
found that the total Immersion can be
maintained for almost a full minute
without discomfort of any kind.
Once a person bas learned how per.
fectly comfortable one can be under
water , the first great step has been
taken towards learning to , swim.
Many otherwise good swimmers
have never really acquired this calm-
ness under water , the result Is that
when such 0 swimmer 18 caught In an
undertow or a swirling current , his
confidence leaves him as soon as he
feels himself dragged under the IU-
face. Instead of diving . . or remaining
motionless and so preserving his
breath , he gasps involuntarily and nat.
urally swallows water , and the chok-
Ing sensation at' ' once forces him to
exhale what breath he has left and
gasp again. .
Confidence under water should be
the first lesson in swimming.
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Doctor Leaves Snug Fortune.
Dr Samuel Smiles , author at "Selt
Help" and other works , left an estate
which has just been valued at $389-
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" had settled down to show themselves
: " ; : . " staid and steady old married people.
, . . . . . . . "Fred , " she said , knitting her pretty
brows as If greatly perplexed , "I've
. . . : been trying to arrange things a little
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f ; . / systematically to-day. y
- . , . "Quite right , " he saId "It's , time
we were settled and had everything
: . \ F . ' arranged properl "
. . ' ; ' ' . J'r. . . "Yes , but , Fred , the fact Is-I-I- "
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4 , nth' ' "You what ? Nothings has gone
, < . wrong , bas It1" he asked anxiously.
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"Ob , no , but everyone was so kind
. c . co use that I find it a little hard to-
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: ( . to- , It wouldn't be proper to sell
any of the presents , would It ? "
"Certainly not. "
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"That's what I feared , " she said ,
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' with n sigh "You see , 1 don't know
Just what to do with them all. "
. "Do with them ? " he exclaimed , with
masculine readiness to settle any
problem. " 'Vh ) ' , us : them , of course "
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some : difficulties In agreeIng upcra the
fact which we thought rather umo
sonnble. Wo.at up-to a late ] hour aD
a hot summer'u evening trying 10 got
a statemont.
"At last Leo's patience gave ont.
"He had had one or two hot pna'
sages at arms with Mr. AldrIch in the
course of the dIscussIon ahead ) " . Ho
rose to his feet Md said ! In a very
fetid l and angry tono-hIn vblco was
always something lko ' ! that of the
bull or Dasban-'Thls 19 a farce '
"Aldrich rosa from his seat and to
the occasion , and said very angrily ,
'What's that yon say , sIr. '
"Leo clenched both his fists by his
side , thrust his own angry connte-
, nance close up to that .of his antago
nist , and saId : 'A farce , slr-l -A-R.
S-E , farce '
"Aldrich caught my eye as I was sitting .
ting behind my client and noticed my
look of Infinite am" semont. His anger
yielded to the comedy of the occasion.
He burst Into a roar of laughter and
peace was saved.
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"If Lee had spelled the Word farce
'I ' with a 'c' there would have : been 8 I I
battle OYal.-Boston Giobe.
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"But how , Fred ? lIow ? " she asked.
"We have seven clocks and only a
six-room Oat. "
, He gave a low whistle.
Then we have six dozed silver
spoons and five cake baskets. "
He began to look perplexed him-
foeU
"There are fifteen butter knives
arid eight fruit dishes , " she added.
He swore , to himself , but made no
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"We have three sets of fruit knives
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"Enough ! " he exclaimed , "Do what
you please with them. "
"Dut , Fred , I want you to- "
"They're yours , " be Interrupted.
"They were all given to you , and not
to me , weren't they ? It woul n't be
lair for me to assume any right to
tt em when they were expressly given
to you. "
And thus she first learned at man'
ability to dodge a difficult problem.
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COST liTTLE TO BUilD
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Comfortable Dwelling Put Up Com
plete for $240.
The accompanying Illustrations
show plans of the dwelling of 1\11' AI.
bert Parker , who went tQ.\Vhit 1 'lsh
Valley , New OntarIo , four years : ago ,
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GHO\i\D FLOOR PLAN.
His house Is 20 by 26 feet and one
and one.half stories high. He paid !
out $240 for material , all of which
was shipped from Port Arthur. The
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UPPER FLOOR PLAN.
material In the house could have been
prepared at the sawmill In his community .
munlty for one.thlrd less.
Water Pipe Too Small.
P. M.-I have laid 1,400 feet of pipe
to convey water to my house. Half
or this pipe Is half.1ncll and the other
half Is Inch pipe. The water runs so
slowly that four minutes are required
to fill a common water 11all. What Is
probably the cause of ' the slow deliv.
cry ? .
The difficulty In this Instance appears .
pears to be caused by the great length
of one-half.lnch pipe. The correspon
dent does not give particulars enough.
He should mention apIiroxlmately the
amount of full that there Is and also
how much he requires. As It Is , I
. can only calculate roughly the amount
! of fall and guess at the amount of
water he requires From my understanding .
standing of the question , I have cal.
cnlated the total fall to be about thir-
ty.six feet , although In making that
calculation I had to assume certain
things-for instance , the character of
the pipe used-whether smooth or
I rough. At any rate If an Inch pipe
Is . substituted for the onehalf-Inch
pipe In the first seven hundred feet ,
I the amount of flow would be three
gallons or more per minute Instead of
I three.quarters as at presenf The correspondent .
, respondent states that -'ordlnary -
I pall Is filled In four minutes with the
present nrrangement.-J. B. R.
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White Hairs GrowIng From Wound.
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Recently I saw 'a question asked :
How , to kebp white' hairs from cowing .
I Ing from a sore on a horse. " I send
"ou a recipe which I have used since
. a boy , and I am now eighty years
old : Burn the leather sale of a boot
to a cinder , grind it fine and mix with
lard to form an 'ointment. Rub this
daily on a healing wound on a horse
I and the hair will some In the natural
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Didn't Have It , Anywny. ,
Servant ( returned ( from an crrnnd )
-Plt'fts , ma'um I couldn't get it .
M Islress-Get what ?
SOl vnnt-1'l1oy said they didn't .
hoop it , ma'iun
: \7sl1'esR-Keep ! what ? , . . -
. SOl'Vnnt-WlIUL you told tno , to
fetch , mll.'am
l'.Iistress-What waR that ?
Servant-Dullllo , lIl\'I\1U-I lorget. ' . , .
-Stray Stories ,
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Easy Mark.
Cleopatra was sllllIng down , the
Nile with Anton ) ' , /
"Don't call mo Antony , " said Itho
great man , as he gave her another
pearl tillra
"I thlnl , " said Egypt's red.tressed
queen , "I shall call yon l\tt\rl { , and , "
she added sotto voice , "an easy one
at that. " .
The Natural Inference.
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"Who Is at the telephone ? " I
"Your wife , sir. "
"What does she want ? "
"The only word I can understand II
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'numskull.
"I..et me come there. She prob
ably wants to talk with mc , " - Topep
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State Journal. .
Closed Season.
Yeast-I see a dispatch from Ma
lone , N. y" , says a man has already . .
been shot who was mistaken for a
deer. "
Crimsonbeal-Why , I thought the
law wouldn't allow a man to shoot
another man for a deer , yet ?
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Good and Hard.
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"What did papa say when you
asked him for my hand ? "
"Gave me his oot.-Rocbe
Democrat Chronicle.
Not Preaslng.
"Ah ! " he cried , "now that we're en
gaged , let m'lJrC8R you to my heart
In- "
J "Don't lose yourself , " said the Bummer -
mer girl , pushing him away. "TtJfs I.
n'O pressing engagemcnt. "
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