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Tramps.
"Tnunp" names a small army of bis
aad little stamen. Among the thou
sands of vagrants are criminals and
degenerates of the worst kind, whose
deeds neve suae the word "tramp" a
terror to'jromen ia lonely regions.
Probably the rank and 'file of the
wilfally unemployed are the "Wander
ing Willies''' dear to comic papers
whose sin is merely an exaggeration
of the Indolence which is born in us
all. These amiable vagabonds who
enjoy a vacation of 12 months a year
have had an unhindered road and
plenty of free food in a broad, gener
ous country. But the day has come
when "Meandering Mike" must find
other occupation than picking the
flowers of the century plants. System
atic charity and criminology are beat
ing the bush for him and his com
panions, and driving them into the
corals of civilization. At the national
conference of charities and correction
the committee on vagrants consider
ed the united duty of state, town and
individual to exterminate the tramp
nuisance. Because the tramp passes
on after a full meal we do not feel
the responsibility for him which we
feel for offenders who .abide in our
community. Towns have contented
themselves with sending the vagrant
across the lines to the next town,
which is like throwing rubbish over
the fence into ouf neighbor's back
yard. It is a mistake to feed a va-.
grant unless he pays for his food
with, a fair amount of work, says the
Youth's Companion. The great rem
edy for the disease of vagrancy is
cord-wood, which should be adminis
tered in allopathic doses. Finally,
since life as a tramp depends on easy
transit, the railroads need the sanc
tion of severe laws in dealing with
those who steal rides. Cut the va
grant off from unearned food and
transportation, and the "hobo" will
disappear.
A SIMPLE REMEDY
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OPERATIONS OF TRUSTS.
SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES.
Two Vital -Thing far the Welfare of
the
BOW PATlOWiGE PMNOKES
Systems That Oppose the Advance
ment ef Rural 'Towns and Asri
cuNurar Communities.
Dr. Lantz of the national biological
bureau has been studying rats and
presents appalling figures as to their
numbers and the extent of their de
structiveness. He thinks tte recent
estimate by the department of agri
culture that they do 1100,000,000
worth of damage in this country an
nually is a conservative estimate
this damage including the results of
disease conveyed by them into human
habitations, fires and flooded houses
caused by their gnawing and foods
polluted as well as consumed by them.
No systematic or scientific movement
to rid the" country of the pests has
been undertaken, but in view of this
'destructiveness concerted efforts to
exterminate them will eventually have
to be made. Prof. Lantz has found
after experimenting, that the cheapest
and most effective way to get rid of
them is to use barytes. The mineral
produces slow death, and the rats
leave the premises to seek water.
It will soon be against the law in
Germany to take without permission a
snapshot at a person or his building or
his ox or his ass. People of Ger
many must be overmodest or else
afraid of their faces. When the ama
teur photographer In this country
goes out to take a picture of a land
scape or a building so many people
happen along and stop accidentally in
graceful poses in front of the camera
that the picture when completed looks
for all the world like a photograph of
a crowd watching a ball game. Ger
many may be Inaugurating a useful
reform, but it looks strange that the
camera should be banished, while the
automobile is allowed to run at large.
Judging from the number of acci
dents caused by the horseless wa
gons, It would be a good idea for
everybody In Germany to be snapshot
ted as often as possible, so that their
friends in after years could know
what they looked like.
A "lady stenographer'- and a "lady
music teacher" fought four bloody
rounds. Marquis of Queensberry rules.
;at Davenport,' la., for the purpose of
'deciding which should be entitled to
the attentions of a certain young man.
We have not learned his name, but it
is perhaps fair to infer that he Is "a
perfect gent"
King Alfonso's son has been made
colonel of one of Spain's regiments,
jand.it is expected that he will rise so
Never before have the people of the
country been so awakened to the -importance
of home protection as tthey
are at present. The wide knowledge
spread .by means of the public press
as to the operations of the great trusts
and. how the masses are made to servje
r the more favored classes is having its
effect The residents of agricultural
communities are beginning to realize
the dangers of business concentration
ia sections of the country dominated
by the capitalistic classes. They are
fast becoming aroused to the truth
that this concentration is a menace to
the prosperity of the nation, and di
rectly affects every producer, every
laborer aad every citizen of the coun
try who depends upon his work for
support.
The building up of great trusts com
menced less than a score of years ago.
At the same time there were other
systems inaugurated that tended to
wards robbing the home towns of
hntlnces anil Mtnrp.ntxatine this bUSl-
ess to. the large cities. One of these
systems, most notable in its injurious
operations and its force to draw
wealth from communities where it is
produced, is the mail-order system of
business. None will say that this sys
tem is illegitimate, but no economist
can show wherein its principles are
sound. By the system communities
are impoverished and kept from pro
gressing. He who will give study to
the basis of country development will
see that it la the labor employed that
not alone enhances the value of the
farm lands, but builds up the towns.
When there is little to employ this la
bor, the result is depression, stagna
tion and non-progress. The great evil
of the mail-order system which has
grown up. Is its taking away the
means that small towns have of em
ploying labor, and the drawing from
each community the profits in com
mercial transactions that represents
the wealth that is procured. It is
sophistry to claim that the resident of
a community who sends his money to
a foreign, town and saves the ten per
cent, that may represent the home
merchant's profits, 1 not a factcr in
impoverishing the community. While
the saving may remain in the com
munity the employment of labor essen
tial to every business is given to the
foreign place, and the home town is
robbed of this employment giving
power.
Every dollar that is sent away from
a community where it is produced
either by the tilling of the soil, by the
growing of live stock, by the work of
the day laborer, or by the storekeeper,
impoverishes the community to that
extent, aad this dollar ceases to be
any factor in the advancement of the
community. Presuming that there are
In a community 2,000 people, suppose
that each one of these 2,090 people
send away to some foreign place $50
per year. This in the aggregate Is
$100,000 per year that goes to the sup
jport of a foreign town. Suppose that
each one sending his money away
saves ten per cent.; the savings for a
year would be $5, and in ten years $50.
Look at the other side $100,000 busi
ness per year would support in the
home town five good stores. Each one
of these stores would give employ
ment to a number of hands. The small
percentage of profit that would be
made would be retained in the com
munity and be invested in new enter
prises. Tear after year there would
be a continual increase in the pros
perity of the town, and the building
up process would add to the value of
all the town property, and to the
farms within the trading radius of the
town. While by sending away the
farmer would in ten years' time save
but $50, whereas by patronizing the
home town the profits that would
come to him in substantial increase
in real estate values would be ten
times this amount. The building up
of the town would Improve the home
market, affording every producer on
the farms better prices for all his pro
duce. Then there is another thing, the
town supports the churches, the
schools and other public institutions.
The efficiency of these institutions are
dependent upon the life and activity
of the town. Where poor towns exist,
the schools do not receive the support
that is necessary to make them good,
neither are the churches of the high
standard they should be. Home pat
ronage means good schools, good
- There wisdom In the old slogan,
A- school oa every hill top and s
church in every valley." CStlseM of.
the United States may wen feel pro
of the great educational system whleh.
makes it possible, for -aU .classes te ac
quire the 'proper mental cultivation.
They may also feel proud of the re
ligious liberty that each and every
citizen enjoys. There is so estab
lished church to interfere, with the
free exercise of conscience, neither is
there any law that interferes with the
exercise of religious belief.
The United States, can be, looked
upon as a nation where schools and
churches flourish to the fullest The
public school system is one of the
most perfect that civilization has yet
evolved. Of course' there are com
munities where' local conditions are
not so favorable for schools as other
places. It will be observed that the
more important is the city e or the
town, the more advanced are the edu
cational facilities offered the people.
The residents of rural communities
have their state or district school, the
curriculums of which are restricted.
It is to the nearby town that the chil
dren who are residents of the farm
districts must look for their higher
education, which is a necessary prep
aration for entry into college, and for
business life. How important it Is,
then, to the resident of the farm dis
trict that his home town be an active
place and of sufficient business im
portance to justify the maintenance of
a high class, school! It can be seen
how each resident of a farming com
munity should be interested in - the
home town and all that pertains to its
upbuilding. If on no other account
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Running parallel in importance with
the schools are the churches. The
better the home town the better are
the church buildings, and the greater
is the talent that fills the pulpit Both
schools and churches have education
al qualities that should not be lightly
valued. They mean the highest men
tal and moral development, and upon
this development depends the good
citizenship and the advancement and
perpetuation of the nation.
COSTLY LESSONS IN ECONOMY.
It Is Not Always a Matter of. Saving to
Buy Cheap Goods.
Almost every rural community has
within its confines people who have
paid well for experience and have
learned costly lessons as to buying
of 'goods.
Not long ago in a western town a
citizen desired to buy a kitchen range.
A visit to the local hardware store
was made and the prices asked by
the dealer were not satisfactory to
the prospective purchaser, who by
the way had his attention attracted
by the advertising in his farm paper
of "a bargain" in a kitchen range.
The range was advertised as equal to
those costing "twice the money at the
local store." The citizen sent a
money order to the concern advertis
ing the range, and in the course of a
few weeks he was notified by the rail
road agent that the range had ar
rived. In removing it from the sta
tion to the farm house, in some inex
plainable way part of it was broken.
The broken pieces were taken to the
local hardware store but could not be
duplicated. A letter was written to
the range company and in the course
of a few weeks a duplicate of the
broken part was -received, but it was
discovered that it would not fit the
stove. It had to be returned and a
few weeks later another piece was
sent; then the stove was placed in
use. Within six months the top had
become so warped that it interfered
seriously with the drafts. At the end
of the year the stove was burned out
and ready -for the junk heap. The
purchaser of the stove then deter
mined that he would secure another
range from the home dealer. He paid
the home dealer the price he was
asked which was about one-third more
than the poor range cost and after a
few years the range was found to be
as good almost as when first sought
This is oneillu8tration of how econ
omy wrongfully practiced is ex
pensive. It is not always wise to
seek the bargain counters when good
articles are wanted. Neither Is It a
wise idea to buy goods before you
have an opportunity to carefully ex
amine them and determine their
value.
wain ne may be a major general. Well
may we subscribe to the theory that
they can't keep a good boy down.
rapidly that by the time he Is able to Tt "T "uZ
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of a people. ,
All the residents of a community
have common interests in it the
banker, the lawyer, the doctor, the
merchant the farmer, the day laborer
ail nave equal interests. Thus we
find that a community is in reality a
large cooperative assembly. What is
of interest to one is of material Inter
est to the other. But more important
than all is that by a practice of the
home patronage principle the possibili
ties of building up trusts for the con
trol of industries of the country are
reduced to the minimum; In fact
strict adherence to this simple princi
ple of building up and protecting home
industries precludes the building up
of harmful trusts and combinations.
D. M. CARR.
In view of the frequency with
which Bright's disease is reported as
a cause of death It looks as if it
would presently take rank with tu
berculosis as a plague to whose abate
ment medical science should espe
cially 'direct its energies.
Not even a ghost can get a. drink
in Montana under the new law pre
venting saloons coming within half
a mile of cemeteries. In such cir
cumstances we fancy that dying will
become very unpopular.
GOOD ROADS MOVEMENT.
Millions of Dollars Annually Saved to
the Farmers of the United States.
It would be a fine thing for our so
ciety buds who like information but
are timid about asking questions if
the next blue book should print after
the name of each man the amount for
which he is assessed.
A Virginia woman is suing a man
for damages on the claim that he in
sulted Aer by paying her street car
fare. Whether he failed to get her a
transfer does not appear in the report
Care of Shade Trees.
'While shade trees are very desirable
along sidewalks and roads, unless
they are kept well trimmed they be
come much of a nuisance, preventing
evaporation, of rains sad helping make
muddy streets. It Is well for citizens
of every town to look after the trim
ming of shade trees, and the planting
of shade trees where they sire needed.
The invention of the typewriter has
given work to more thu 1,000.1
One of the most important move
ments that has been inaugurated of
recent years, and which has resulted
in wonderful benefit to the people is
the good roads movement Within the
United States there are approximately
about 8,000,000 farmers. If during a
year each of those farmers ean be
saved $10 in time, or in wear and tsar
upon horses and wagons by means of
improved roads, It means a saving, of
$80,000,000 annually; but the truth is
that the Improved roads that have
been built up the past half dozen years
through agitation of the good roads
movement saves each farmer in the
land from $50 to $100. Thus It can be
seen that the savings brought about
through this movement aggregate hun
dreds of millions of dollars each year.
Good roads are important to the
progressive town. This fact has be
come so recognized that wherever
there exists a live agricultural town
Its citizens will be found to be staunch
advocates of road Improvement and
there is a civic pride and friendly com
petition In the matter of having good
roads leading to the towns. The work
of road improvement has only fairly
begun. A number of state legislatures
have taken up the work aad during
the next dozen years great changes
will be wrought as to the building and'
maintenance of public highways.
The demi-toilette for evening wear
Is of the first importance at this time.
The French demi-toilette resembles
a tea gown only in so much that it is
picturesque and old-world. It is not
in the very least untidy or floppy, and
even an expert in such matters would
find It difficult to clearly define the
difference between it and a dinner
gown suitable for ceremonious occa
sions. The difference is very subtle
and yet ever present! Possibly it
is a distinction which owes much to
the arrangement of the hair and to
the ornaments worn. Some wonder
fully lovely gowns of this order have
been made this season of fine silk
gauze enriched with ribbon embroi
deries, or with borderie Anglalse car
ried out in delicate pastel tints. The
latter is a distinct novelty and en
tirely satisfactory when designed and
executed by a master hand. For exam
ple, take a flowing skirt of creamy
gauze, lavishly decorated in panels
with broderie Anglaise worked in fine
silver threads. On either side of these
panels there were shaped insertions
of Maltese lace of exactly the same
tint as the muslin and at the ex
treme hem of the skirt five flounces of
Valenciennes; while the bodice was
arranged in picture fashion, having a
large fischu of Valenciennes, which
crossed in front and tucked away in
the folded waistband of palest lib
erty satin. The wide Japanese 'sleeves
were made of the Maltese lace, and
underneath there were the daintiest
little puffings and frills of Valen
ciennes. The peach-colored waist
band boasted two very long ends at
the left side, and- these ends were
drawn through a handsome buckle of
gun metal set with small diamonds.
It would be impossible to describe
the poetic charm of this gown, and
the dark buckle, with its brilliant
frame, supplied just the right note.
The sleeveless coat cf taffetas is
entering a successful reign. This
picturesque garment is almost always
worn with muslin or lace gowns, and
nine times out of ten the silk is of
a dark and rather somber color. These
silk coats are a short three-quarter
length and semi-sack, back and front
and they are rarely closed in front
but are confined by chenille or silk
ornaments, or, in some esses, they
are lightly laced from throat to
breast.
The most conspicuous of Fashion's
new edicts will be the long coat long
er than they have been. These coats
look equally well in both cloth
and linen, and have charm when sup
plied with the square sleeve,, the el-
now sieeve,, or the ordinary coat
sleeve. It is, indeed, a highly adapt
able garment, upon which we propose
to bestow our very best attentions
from now until October at least and
this I prophesy as other wise people
would have prophesied, because I
know.
But I am forgetting the novelty of
the hour, and the like, being rare!
should be treated with greater re
spect White flowers allied to white
leaves, and looking for all the world
like the conventional decoration of
the conventional wedding-cake, are
upon the hats which express the last
word of Fashion. White lilies of the
valley allied to white rose-leaves I
have met forming a thick wreath
round a bell-shaped bat of brown
straw lined with white chip; large
white garden lilies with white leaves
upstand In bold relief from a shape of
purple straw, and white roses and
white leaves encircle the broad brim
of a hat of dull green lined with black
glace. Here is novelty indeed and
for so much, and no more, I commend
it
Apropos summer hats very high '
crowns are slowly but surely creeping
toward us. . Just at present these high
crowns are chiefly arranged in flow
ers, but a little later we shall see a
revival of the high "flower-pot" crown
whicn used to be fashionable when
the "Grecian bend" afforded fruitful
topics for music-hall singers! It
seems a thousand pities that we
should think of adopting such a fash
ion as this, the hat crowns of this
year are so ideal and so infinitely be
coming, and the "flower-pot" crown is
so peculiarly inartistic Unhappily
it is no use to protest against Fash
ion's dictates, but let us hope that
this revival, when it comes, will be
short lived, and that there will be
found leaders of Society with suffi
cient taste and courage to protest
against an ugly mode just as they
protested against the meaningless
short waist which is already dying the
death.
It is quite certain that nine women
out of ten look best when something
rich and dark is placed near the face
not an entire black, or dark, hat nee
essarily, but one with a lining of ful:
tone and in a becoming tint The
very newest and most popular ides
with regard to cloche bats is the flat
lining of black, or dark hued, satin.
As a rule, this, lining "does not reach
quite to the edge of the hat an inch
of light straw being left plain. Black
satin or taffetas is wonderfully effec-
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aostrununwertheteus, an impartial
exatofesttM-of .aUrtno facta in. the
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skm that every medicieal preparation
compounded aad dispensed by tf physi
cian is, in the strict sense of the word,
a nostrum, snd that the average,
reedy-prepared proprietary remedy. is
superior to the average specially-prepared
physicians' prescription.
What to n nostrum? According to
the Standard Dictionary a nostrum is
"a medicine the composition of which
is kept n secret." Now, when a physi
cian compounds and dispenses with
his own hands a. remedy for the treat
ment of a disease and it is authorita
tively stated thqji probably 60 per
cent, of all physicians prescriptions
in -this 'country are so. dispensed the
names and quantities of the ingre
dients which constitute the remedy
are not made known to the patient
Hence, since its composition is kept n
secret by the physician, the remedy or
prescription is unquestionably, in the
true meaning of the word, n Simon
pure nostrum. Furthermore, the pre
scription compounded by the average
physician is more than likely to be n
perfect jumble replete with thera
peutic, physiologic and chemical in
compatibilities and bearing all the ear
marks of pharmaceutical incompe
tency; for It is now generally admitted
that unless a physician has made. a
special study of pharmacy and passed
some time in a drug store for the pur
pose of gaining a practical knowledge
of modern pharmaceutical methods,
he Is not Itted to compound remedies
for his patients. Moreover, n physi
cian who compounds his own prescrlp-
ice or for mercenarv m-
opposing the sale of all ho--!?
remedies, why is it not eqmll
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pared for the proprietor by notable
manufacturing pharmacists in ma-nia.
cently 'equipped laboratories and' na
der the supervision and advice of ab'e
chemists, competent physicians ami
skillful pharmacists. It should not be
considered strange, therefore, that so
many physicians prefer to prescribe
these ready-prepared proprietary rem
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live in an ivory straw cloche or oae of
Tuscan; rich bottle-green satin Is
used in the same way, and also dark
Lancret blue, nut-brown and dark vio
let the latter color being quite a
rage of the moment For example,
take an ivory straw cloche which
boasts a wide, rather high, crown, and
a large drooping brim, the front of
the latter being shorter than the back.
And now just another word about
the new circular veils of which we
spoke in a former letter. The new
blue spotted net the blue which is
exactly like cornflower-blue dusted
over with ivory powder is delight
fully flattering to a clear complexion,
when the veil is edged 'all round with
an Inch-wide band of ribbon velvet.
These veils ought to be quite long
at least three yards and of the finest
ana ugotest net They are pinned
round the cloche hat and thrown back
from the face making the mos per
fect frame it is possible to imagine.
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His Trouble.
A small, quiet-looking man, smoking
a large cigar, sat by the side of a medium-sized
automobile that was drawn
out of the road as a large touring car
came along, driven by a man with an
Interrogatory aspect
The man in the touring car slowed
up and leaned over.
"How long have you been here?"
"About two hours."
"Can't you find out what the mat
ter Is?" '
"No."
"Trouble with spark plug?"
"Think not"
"How are your batteries?"
"O. K."
"Haven't got a short-circuit, have
your
"Oh, no."
"Got any gasoline in your tank?"
"Plenty."
"Would you mind telling me, sir.
Dangerous Anywhere. jut whats the matter with that ma-
Bad water and ignorance are said chine or yours?"
to be responsible for the jpread of In answer, the man pointed to a
typhoid fever in Pittsburg. They are huge red farm house in the dis
a dangerous combination. 1 tance.
"See that house out there?" he
asked.
"Yes, sir."
"Well, sir; there isn't anything the
matter with this machine, but since
noon my wife has been in that house
kissing her sister's first baby good-by.
When she gets through, if you are
not over a thousand miles away, and
will leave your address. I will .tele
graph or cable you the- glad news
at my own expense." Collier's
Weekly.
Why They. Dontt Speak.
First Saleslady (disguising her
pleasure) . What do you think.
Mayme? A gentleman friend o' mine
sent my photo to that newspaper
that's running the beauty contest!
Didn't he have the nerve, though?
Second Saleslady And the worst of
It is them practical jokers never apolo
gize. Puck.
tions not only deprives the pharmacist
of his jest emoluments, but he endan-.
gers the lives of patients; for it Is
only by the detection and elimination
of errors in prescriptions by clever,
competent prescriptionlsts that the
safety of the public ean be effectually
shielded from the criminal blunders
of ignorant physicians.
Nor can it be said that the average
physician Is any more competent to
formulate n prescription than he is to
compound it When memorized or di
rectly copied from a book of "favorite
prescriptions by famous physicians,"
or from some text-book or medical
journal, the prescription may be all
that it-should be. It is only when the
physician is v required to originate n
formula on the spur of the moment
that his incompetency indistinctly evi
dent Seemingly, however, the physi
cians of the United States are little
worse than the average British physi
cian; for we find Dr. James Burnett
lecturer on Practical Materia Medics
and Pharmacy, Edinburgh, lamenting
in the Medical Magazine the passing
of the prescription and bemoaning the
fact that seldom does he find n "final
man able to devise n prescription
even In "good contracted Latin.
And what, it may be asked, is the
status of the written prescription the
prescription that Is compounded and
dispensed by the pharmacist Is iti
too. n nostrum? It may be contended
that the patient with the written
formula In his possession, may learn
the character of the remedy pre
scribed. So. possibly, he might if he
understood Latin and were a physician
or a pharmacist, but as he usually pos
sesses no professional training and
cannot read Latin, the prescription u
practically a dead secret to him.
Furthermore, the average prescription
is so badly written and so greatly
abbreviated that even the pharmacist
skilled as he usually is in deciphering
medical hieroglyphs, is constantly
obliged to interview prescribers to
nmi out what actually has been pre
scribed. It may also be contended,
that inasmuch ss the formula is known
to both physician and pharmacist the
prescription cannot therefore be a se
cret But with equal truth it slight he
contended that the formula of any so
called nostrum is not a secret since it
Is known to both proprietor and manu
facturer; for it must sot he forgotten
that according to reliable authority.
95 per cent of the proprietors of so
cslled patent medicines prepared in
this country have their remedies made
for them by large, reputable manufac
turing pharmacists. But even should
a patient be able to recognize the
names of the ingredients mentioned In
a formula he would only know half
the story. It Is seldom, for Instance,
that alcohol is specifically mentioned
In a prescription, for it is usually
masked in the form of tinctures and
luid extracts, as are a great many
other substances. It Is evident, there
fore, that the ordinary formulated pre
scription is, to the average patient lit
tle less than a secret remedy or nos
trum. On the other hand, the formulae of
nearly all the proprietary medicines
that are exploited exclusively to the
medical profession as well as those
of a large percentage of the proprie
tary remedies mat are advertised to
the public (the so-called patent medi
cines) sre published In fnIL Under
the Food and Drugs Act every medi
cinal preparation entering; interstate
commerce Is now required to have the
proportion or quantity of alcohol,
opium, cocain and other habit-forming
or harmful Ingredients which it
may contain plainly printed on the
labeL Aa physicians' prescriptions
noon or never enter interstate
merce they are practically exempt
w we imw. Ana u it be necessary
for the public to know the composi
tion of proprietary .remedies, as ia
contended by those who through jg.
JUST THE SAME AS CURRENCY.
Third Son Felt He Had Nothing t0
Reproach Himself with.
William Knoepfel. of St. Lo-i's. ia
Invented and hopes to patent a secret
plowing methSd for the cure or bald
ness. "A genuine cure for baldness."
said Mr. Knoepfel the other day.
should make a man very rich. Why
en grow rich on fake cures, it is
sntaVing. it really is. what fakes son
of these cures are. Yet there's montT
If them." Mr. Knoepfel gave a lond,
scornful laugh. "In their crookedness
they remind me," he said, "of tht
third son of the old eccentric. Per
haps you have heard the story? Well.
an old eccentric died and left his for
tune equally to his three sons. Bat
the will contained a strange proviso.
Each heir was to place $100 in the
coma Immediately before the inter
ment " A few days after the interment
the three young men met and discuss
ed the queer proviso and its execu
tion. tWell. said the oldest son. 'my
conscience is clear. I put my hundred
in the coffin in clean, new notes.' 'My
conscience is clear, too,' said the sec
ond son. I put in my hundred in gold'
'I, too, have nothing to reproach my
self with, said the' third son. I ha4
no cash at the time, though: so I
wrote out a check for $::00 ia poor.
dear father's name, placed it in the
coffin and took in change the $200 in
currency that I found there.' "
PUSHED THE BEAR ASIDE.
Surveyor Tells ef Experience He Don
Net Care te Repeat.
To walk right up to a monster tear
and try to shove it out of the way and
then escape without so much as a
scratch is an experience of a lifetime.
Harry I Engelbright found it so a few
days ago In Diamond canyon, aboie
Washington, says a Nevada nty cor
respondent of the Sacramcto Bee.
The young man, son of Con-ressman
Engelbright has just retur.. -d from
the upper country, where he Las been
doing some surveying, and relates his
thrilling experience. It was coming
on dusk, at the close of the day's work.
In the brush-lined trail he saw pro
truding what he thought were the
hind quarters of some stray bovine
He walked up and gave the brute a
shove. It came to its haunches with
a snort that made his hair rise acd
caused him to beat a hasty retreat.
The big brute looked around and thea
shuffled off into the woods. It wa
either asleep or else so busy eating
ants from an old log that it failed to
hear the young surveyor, whose foot
steps were deadened by the thick car
pat' of pine needles. Later it wst
learned that the same bear, a monster
cinnamon, had killed a dog earlier la
the day. The dog ventured too dote
end with one bfow of its paw the big
east seat it hurtling ards aay.
dead as a doornail.
Magnifying Choir Leader's Voice.
In the old village of Braybroofc in
Northamptonshire, England, is a mon
ster trumpet five six inches in lens'o,
and having a bell-shaped end two feet
one inch in diameter. Tho trun.pet is
made up of ten rings, which In turn
are made up of smaller parts The
nse of this trumpet only four of the
kind are known to exist at the j -eaen:
day was to magnify the voicr i f the
leader in the choir and sumn the
people to the church service ' the
present time neither the cho:r nor
the service is in need of this extraor
dinary "musical Instrument." Us tee
vicar, of the church takes cart- of the
ancient reMc and Is fond of sho v 2; it
to all visitors.
Painfully Exact.
A New England man tells oi a pros
perous Connecticut farmer, painfully
exact In money matters, who married
n widow of Greenwich posbes-sins In
her own right the sum of IIO.O00
Shortly after the wedding a friend m
farmer, to whom he offered con
.gratulations, at the same time open
ing: "It's a good thin? for job.
Mamchl, a marriage that man W
to "yon." "Not quite that. UIH.'
aid the farmer, "not quite that"
"Why." exclaimed the friend. "1 m ler
stood there was every cent of fio.OuO
in it for you!" "I had to pay 5-' tcr
a marriage license," said .Malac: t
Would Mean Immense Saving.
Two hundred and fifty million dol
lars a year wouid be saved ii electrici
ty were to supplant steam entirely.
Diplomatic Salesman.
' An elderly woman entered n shop
and asked to be shown some table
cloths. The salesman brought a pile
end showed them to her, hut she said
she had seen those elsewhere aoth
lng suited her. "Haven't yon some
thing new?" she asked. The man
then brought another pile aad showed
them to her. "These are' the newest
patterns." he said. YoawiH notice
the edge runs right round the border
and the center is in the middle.' "Dear
j. a wju wee aait a
said the woman.
Wit
A witty man is a dramatic ptrf'ro
er; in process of time he can no n"'e
exist without applause than he can
tat Without air; if his audience be
email, or if they are inattentive, o- i-
new wit defrauds him of any po-r-
of his admiration, it is all tr
tn hint he sickens and is ex:iz
ptaWd. The applause of the tliea
te' on which he performs is so es
sential to him that he must obtain
It at the expense of decency, fnead
f1 and good -feeling. -Sydney
Sssith.
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