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A bird hunter, having -become en
raged at his dog, seized him by the
collar, snatched up a stick and ad
ministered u him an unmerciful beat
ing. On the fence not far away sat
old Lim Jucklin, and he called to the
hunter: "By the way, there, when you
get through with that dog, and if you
ain't in too big a hurry to go some
where else, I'd like to say something
to you. I hare an idea that it may do
you good."
"I don't know that I've got any too
much time for you, old man," the hunt
er replied.
"Well, I didn't ask for too much
time. It won't take me long to tell you
what I think."
The hunter came slowly forward,
and at the same time two of his com
panions, having overheard what had
been said, came out of the corn field
and, speaking pleasantly to the old
man, waited for him to proceed with
their friend. The dog, true to the in
stincts of his generous race, came up
to renew his promises of eternal fi
delity. "What is it you want with me?" the
hunter incjuired. "As I said before, I
haven't much time."
"Ah, hah." replied the old man, "but
you've pot the time to quit your busi
ness whatever it may be and to come
over here and to hunt on my land
without ever havin' asked for the per
mission." "I beg your pardon, sir; I didn't
know this was your land.'
"Yes, that's the trouble with such
toilers as you are you never know.
However, I don't mind your huntin'
on my land, but as long as I pay
taxes on it you shan't beat your dog
on it. Don't be impatient, now, and
listen a minute to what I've got to say.
I don't set myself up as a lecturer,
fou understand, but once in a while I
drop into a talk, if the occasion brings
It up, and the occasion happens to do
so just at present. Why did you beat
the dog?"
"Flushed a bird when he had no
business to."
"It come out of his eagerness and
his enthusiasm I reckon. And while
he was a workin' for you, too. Some
times you get so excited that you
shoot too quick, don't you? Ah, hah.
I'll bet you do. But you lay it to the
keenness of your blood and don't look
on it as a crime. But you think that
our dog ought to have more self-coa-trol
and a readier exercise of reason
than you've got. And, as a general
thing. I bet he has."
"He's putting it on you. Jim." said
one of the companions. "Go ahead, old
man. we'll make him take it."
"Oh, there ain't much to take just
a little talk that may not do him any
harm. Every man knows that he ought
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HAVE often
wondered what
would happen if
some of the ladies
who unblushingly
meet our gaze in
the advertising
sections of our
magazines, and
who dress no
more warmly in
winter than in
summer, were to
invade the body of
their respective
publications.
I think that
there would be a
general rush for
tall timber on the
part of the self
respecting heroes
and heroines and
general utility
men and women of the stories, be
cause the standard of proper dressing
Is very different in the first 100 pages
of the magazine from what it is in the
remaining 250.
In the matter of language I think
that the general average is higher
la the advertising sections, because
dialect is practically unknown there,
but the way the ladie3 (don't) dress
would be enough to cause a flutter in
the pages of the most unconventional
story that one could find in a repu
table magazine.
No one ever seems to be shocked at
seeing ladies walking around in the
advertising sections in patent under
wear, and perhaps no one ought to be
shocked unless it is bachelors but
suppose you read in a serial of
Howells that "Anna Hamlin was in
bo danger from pneumonia because
she always wore common-sense wear
ing apparel underneath that which is
visible to the outer world" (see how
carefully one has to express himself
In the body of a magazine?) and a
picture of Miss Hamlin were inserted
at that place, one taken from the ad
vertising section and with which the
whole reading public is familiar. What
a chorus of indignant protests would
go up' from outraged readers at the
vulgarization of the magazine.
I teil you that circumstances will
continue to alter cases whenever they
can that's what circumstances are
for; and If .an. impudent young hussy
trays in from the advertising pages
and dares to stand for Anna Hamlin
he will he shown her place at once,
because, the 'American public will not
stand" for anything -vulgar. .-:
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not to be cruel to an animal, but some
times we know a thing so well that we
forget it. Some men have passed all
their lives lookin for a big truth and
have overlooked all of the little ones.
I just want to ask you this: What has
that dog got to look forward to except
to please you? In the one of your
voice he finds the color of life dark
or light When you frown it is cloudy
weather for him; when you smile it
doesn't make any difference to him
how the rain pours or how the snow
flies. He is ready to go with you. The
night can't be too dark nor the wind
too bitln. When you want to go out
the most cheerful fire would be un
comfortable for him. Talk about the
influence of a man in his fam
ily! Talk about ownership! Why,
you own the dog's body and
he gladly makes you a present of
his soul. The Bible teaches us to for
give, and in this the dog is more re
ligious than man. You may say that
this comes through fear, but the dog
is not afraid to give his life for you;
and I don't want to hurt your feelin's
here on my own land, but I've always
noticed that the feller that will beat
a dog will' cheat a man if he gets a
right good chance."
"Look here, old fellow, you may be
going too far. I never cheated a man
in my life."
"And I was goin' to add that the
man that would boat a dog would also
lie if you give him the chance," said
the old man.
"What, and you mean that you have
given me the chance?"
The companions began to laugh and
old Limuel quietly chuckled. "Well,
I'm liberal enough to give a man al
most .any sort of a chance he may be
lookin' for. By the way, what's your
business?"
"I run a coal yard."
"Sell coal. Now that can he made
as honest a business as any in the
world But don't you sometimes guess
at the weight of a ton?"
"Well, not exactly guess -at it. I've
been in the business so long that I
can come pretty close to a ton by look
ing at It."
"Then you guess at it: and did you
ever know one of those close guessers
to guess on the wrong side? It's like
the man that makes a mistake in giv
in' change usually makes it in his
own favor. This may be honest, you
know makin' a mistake in your own fa
vor but it comes out of an underlyin
principle of selfishness. And, before I
forget it, let me say that I've always
noticed that the feller that beats a
dog is one likely in a perfectly honest
way to short-change you.
"A man may be honest as to dollars
and cents and at the same time cruel.
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No. indeed!
What would happen if another lead
ing novelist said in the course of his
serial "that Grace Hastings attributed
her good health to the fact that she
always took a cold bath every morn
ing," and the art editor in order to
save expense put in that familiar cut
of a lady bathing in the Jinkins' port
able celluloid bath tub?
Why, Anthony Comdtock would foam
at the mouth. And rightly so. But
we are all so grateful at the absence
of dialect in the advertising sections
of cur magazines that we let that lady
stand in her tub throughout the 12
months without uttering a word of
protest.
When I was a child I was taught
that it was not nice to speak about
corsets. If I had to mention them
I must call them bodices or stays or
I forget what the third alternative
was. I know I used to go out into the
backyard and holler "corsets" just be
cause I thought it was pretty awful.
But our advertising men have
changed all that. They not only talk
about corsets, but they show us pic
tures of them, and. to go still further,
they show us pictures of them in use.
The old convention as to the men
tion of corsets has also disappeared
from fiction and one might easily
come across such a sentence as this:
"Miss Postlethwaite had a wasp-like
waist and there were not wanting
those who said her corsets caused her
agony."
But what would happen if a picture
of Miss Postlethwaite's boudoir were
shown with rouge et noir (for the
cheeks and eyebrows) on her bureau
and she herself fitted into one of Hug
gem's papier-mache corsets?
I know I'd stop my subscription at
once.
Suppose, for an instant, that an ar
tist were told to go to the Metro
politan opera house and draw a pic
ture of the Four Hundred jn their
boxes, six in a box. making something
like 67 boxes with the lids off. Sup
pose that instead of drawing them in
proper evening dress a dress re
quiring 85 degrees Fahr. he used a
lot of pictures from the advertising
section and put them in Jigger flan
nels, would he keep bis position on the
staff a. moment? No. of. course not.
That would be a casewhere to' put
on more clothes would be to spoil the
picture, and no one would recognize
the Four 'Hundred at an opera with
arctic habiliments -upon them. An
artist must be true to nature and he
mast not be vulgar.
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I knew a man who always paid his
debts, but who beat his wife. Honesty
and gentleness are not always com
panions. But the cruelty that applies
to the dog seems to be different from
any other sort. When the dog sees
by your countenance or understands
from your voice that he, has done
wrong he throws himself completely
on your mercy, and if in his struggles
to get awjiy he should bite your hand,
the greatest favor you can grant him
is to permit him to lick the wound.
Just look at that dog now. No man
in the hot sun ever thirsted for water
more than he thirsts for a kind word
from you.
"I was read in' in a book where an
old man says to a' king: 'You can
shorten all my days, but you can't
grant me one hour of life.' Over this
dog you've got more power than that,
for with a word you can kill his soul
or bring it to life. You may arguy
that a dog hasn't got a soul, but when
a man is possessed in a full degree of
the very qualities exhibited dally by
the average dog we speak of the de
velopment of his soul. Dogs fight
over a bone. Men fight over money.
A dog is deceitful in order that he
may be more pleasant in the eyes of
his master.
"A dog is the only thing that glori
fies his slavery. A boss works for
what he eats. He's always got his
mind on thei stable. A dog works tc
give pleasure to his master. He Is the
only animal that enjoys a joke because
the man does. He studies a man so
close that he is a mind reader. When
you get up of a mornin he knows your
temper the moment he sets eyes on
you. Old man Cartwright out here
declared that his dog knew in a mo
ment when he had professed religion;
and Cartwright told me, says he: 'The
dog quit chasin' rabbits on Sunday,
after this. He'd walk about the yard
as solemn as any presidin elder you
ever saw, but the minute I cussed a
cow and lost my religion, one Sunday,
why the dog he jumped'over the fence
and started out trackin' a rabbit.'
Well, make friends with your truest
friend there, and go ahead."
The dog was listening. The hunter
turned toward him and smiled. The
grateful animal leaped forward with
his eyes beaming, strove to embrace
his master, and then, with new spirit,
sprang over the fence to lake up his
neglected work. "Old gentleman," said
the hunter, "I'm not as bad a fellow as
you think I am."
"Oh, I guess you're all right, but you
are so bent on your own enjoyment
that you don't think enough of others,
and I want to say that dogs are
others."
(Copyright, by Opie Read.)
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Nothing is more confusing to a per
son's sense of propriety than to turn
quickly from the advertising section to
the body of the magazine and back
again as I have seen persons do. The
mental picture of the young lady who
is braving the weather for 'the sake
of showing that a bath tub can be
ornamental as well as useful Is trans
ferred to the bucolic New England
story and we Anglo-Saxons are
shocked. There isfno other name for
it. It is very demoralizing to turn the
pages rapidly back and forth. One
should read the stories first and take
comfort in the thought that no decent
editor will allow any artist to picture
any kind of vestiture that would not
go at Asbury Park. Then let him
brace himself and turn the leaves
that lead to the tropic ladies. It is
still Anglo-Saxon, but it is advertising,
and the conventions are different in
that world.
A friend of mine who has no regard
for people's feelings actually cut out
a number of the advertisements in the
back of a magazine that has led us
on to a higher civilization for 50 years
or more, and when I saw he had done
it I applauded him. I said: "Good, old
man; they're better out." But the
graceless chap with diabolical ingenui
ty fitted each flannel lady and each
custodian of the bath into drawing
rooms devised by the staff artists of
that magazine and I blushed for a
good half hour. We Americans will
not stand for semi-nudity in the wrong
place. It's all very weli at the opera
or at a ball or a swagger dinner, but
in the body of a reputable magazine
the day will never come when it will
be considered respectable. And the
advertisers themselves will be the first
to agree with me.
Back to your celluloid tub, oh, lady
of the bath! We who are reading the
serials will not look upon 'you.
(Copyright, by James Pott & Co.)
After-Effects- of the Grip.
Dr. Clouston of Edinburgh said it
seemed as if no disease of whose ef
fects there, was any correct record had
such far-reaching evil effects as thi3
one, and among its sequelae he enu
merated a depressing influence on the
whole nervous energy, melancholia,
neurasthenic ' conditions, premature
senility, various forms of paralysis;
neuralgic affections 'and a general in
capacity for work. """
Silence and Speech.
Silence is deep "as Eternity, speech
Is shallow as Time. Carlyle,
DO AWAY WITH DOUBLE CHIN
Exercises and Applications That Will
Strengthen the Muscles Will
Restore Good Ap- -pearance.
Double .chins are of various kinds.
There is the chin which is simply too
fat. Then there is the double chin
which Is caused by the shortness of
the neck and the habit of carrying the
chin oo low. And again, there is the
chin which merely looks double be
cause of a faulty dress, as by wearing
collars too tight
The necklace calls attention to the
double chin. Before putting on a
necklace the woman with a fat chin
should massage it downward. She
should take the palm of her hand and
stroke the tip of her chin with a vig
orous stroke.
Then she should rub right down
from the end of the chin to the dip
in the throat
Alcohol strengthens the muscles (
the neck. Dash your threat with ale
hol and massage it downward. An
other excellent massage for remov
ing the double chin is the ice massage.
Press the ice securely upon the flesh
and massage down. A dozen treat
ments will cure the worst case imag
inable. The throat of the young girl is slim
and her head sits upon her neck as
upon a pedestal. Her shoulders are
sloping and her whole appearance is a
study in curves; her neck is but a
stem which supports her head. But
as she grows older the throat thickens
from neglect, the curved chin becomes
square and under the chin there come
rolls of flesh, and this stage marks the
old woman.
A stringy chin can ve hardened by
slapping it with cologne water. The
slapping should take place at night
and the hand should be filled with
the perfume and spatted on the neck.
A chin that is held high does not
look as fat as the chin that is snuggled
down in the neck. Lift your chin, twist
your head, throw it back until the
coiffure rests upon your shoulders,
and you will get some idea of neck
and chin exercise.
Dancing is the best exercise for a
double chin. The head is thrown to
one side and the neck is made supple.
The Spanish dances and the so-called
skirt dances are good for the exercise
of the neck muscles.
An exercise practiced by actresses
is that of touching the ear to the
shoulder. Each day the ear is rubbed
upon the shoulder half a dozen times
in quick succession until the neck is
supple.
You should be able to span your
throat with your thumbs and first
fingers. Touch your thumbs together
under your chin, and if your throat is
in proportion to your size your fore
fingers will just meet at the back.
FOR THE
Co;t for Girl from 4 to 6 Empire Coat for Girl from 6 to 8
Years. Years.
Tweed Costume for Girl from 14 to
16 Years.
Coat for Girl from 4 to 6 Years. This is a simple and pretty little coat in
white serge, lined with sateen, it is cut to a loose sacque shape, double-breasted
in front, fastened and ornameuted with large pearl buttons. The collar
is edged with a fine plaiting of silk, headed by silk braid sewn on in a tiny
loop pattern, silk lace appliques also trim the corners. Hat of fine white
straw trimmed with soft silk. Materials required: 14 yard 48 inches wide, 2
yards sateen, S buttons and silk plaitings.
Tweed Costume for Girl from 14 to 16 Years. Gray tweed, finnly striped
with green, is employed for this costume, the skirt is arranged in plaits which
turn from the center front; they are machine-stitched three parts down. The
short sacque coat is lined with silk, the fronts are double-breasted, and fasten
with velvet-covered buttons. The collar is faced with green velvet, and the
revers and cuffs with plain gray cloth, edged with a tiny green silk passe
menterie. Light green straw hat. trimmed with green chine ribbon. Materials
required: Q yards 46 inches wide, 3 yards lining silk.
Empire Coat for Girl from 6 to S Years. Cloth, serge, or linen are the
best materials for this coat. The skirt has an inverted plait each side the
front and back, machine-stitched three parts down; it is joined to the empire
bodice without fullness, under a wide stitched strap of the material; straps
are also carried over the shoulders. The collar and cuffs are of double mate
rial, stitched near the edge. Drawn sil!t hat, the color of the coat, trimmed
with flowers and foliage. Materials required: 2 yards 48 inches wide, 1V4
yard lining silk for bodice.
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Soft siik sashes tied at the side.
The long ends are finished with heavy
tassels. v
Soutache in every kind of design on
every fabric.
Black and white striped taffeta
sailor hats, trimmed with a crown
band of black velvet.
Cut jet bowknot in front of turnover
collar instead of the horseshoe of bril
liants. Link cuff buttons are worn to
match. This touch is very smart.
Black silk lacings for Oxforda
doubled flat and stiff to go through the
eyelets, then opening very wide to tie
into bow.
Hatpins with amber heads fully four
inches long, straight or' with one twist
in the center.
Panamas with the wide scarf falling
at the back are in with renewed popu
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BEST GARMENTS FOR THE BART
Overdressing Is in the Worst of Bad
Taste Simplicity and Com
fort Things Always te
Be Considered.
Sewing for the baby demands the
very best efforts of the practiced
needlewoman. It calls for her tiniest
stitches in seam and hem and tuck,
her most exclusive taste in the selec
tion of dainty trimmings and her best
of good sense in designing clothes
Lwith a view to comfort and conven
ience to the small wearer.
To be overdressed is an acknowl
edged breach of good taste, and an in
nocent baby, burdened with long and
heavy clothes, which in their turn are
ladened with elaborate and weighty
trimmings, Is an object worthy of the
pitying consideration of those kind
hearted people whose vocation it is to
protect helpless infants from inhuman
treatment
Some babies and this in the very
best families wear slips, to the ex
clusion of dresses, the latter being re
served for "ceremonious" occasions,
such as a christening.
A good all-round material for babies'
slips is English nainsook. It is soft
and pliable, launders prettily and
wears well. A very good quality can
be bought for 25 cents the yard (a
trifle cheaper by the piece).
There comes a finer quality, as well
as a less expensive one, but the grade
quoted above is good for general wear.
The petticoats may be made of Eng
lish nainsook, and this material is
quite suitable, too. for dresses.
Fine Iongcloth is sometimes used for
slips and petticoats.
Ideal material for the christening
robe is handkerchief linen. Batiste Is
charming and so is French nainsook.
The most appropriate trimming for
baby clothes is hand embroidery in the
daintiest of designs and a little lace
fine In quality and pattern.
Hemstitching or feather-stitching is
sufficient adornment for the simple
clothes. Join the seams with entre
deux when practical.
Flannel or outing flannel makes nice
little "nighties" for cold nights. Silk
and wool flannel is more satisfactory
than all wool, as it does not shrink
with the many necessary washings.
Cashmere is good for the cloak, and
silk may be used. For summer there
are lingerie cloaks with a lining of In
dia silk to add warmth. These have
the double advantage of being daintily
attractive and at the same time wash
able.
Caps may be of muslin or silk.
Great care should be taken that the
wee baby is neither. Inconvenienced
nor hurt by buttons or pins. One
young mother kept her sewing basket
beside the baby basket. Each morning
she sewed Mr. Baby up in his clothes
and each night she ripped him out
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larity. Held on with striking hatpins,
they are quite nobby for the young
girl graduate.
Chamois gloves worn unbuttoned
and turned back over the wrist are
mannish and smart.
Jabots of lace, linen and lawn, plait
ed and edged with lace or narrow
bands of embroidery.
Sometimes in the dress the princess j
effect is more emphasized by the use i
of a front panel which is continuous
in waist and skirt. This dress Is suit- I
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ante auKe ror tne sort silks, such as
twill and surah foulard, printed crepe
de chine, embroidered net, the printed
and bordered lawn, gingham and
linens.
Sashes.
Sashes to wear with muslin frocks
this summer fasten in back with a
smashing big bow, and hang In tas
selled ends to the hem of the skirt.
The quaint Marie Antionette sus
penders of ribbon and silk, which the
most girlishly dressed Kirls will wear
over the white frocks this summer, '
have knots and ends at the back,
while the front is ouite olaln.
HOUSE IS BUILT ROUND.
Residence of Peculiar Architecture to
Please Neighbors.
Guthrie, Okla. Visitors 'in this city
are always Interested in a residence
j of peculiar architecture, located in
west uutnrie, and few people come
(here who do not take a look at this
house before leaving. Local photog
raphers state they finish more kodak
pictures of this residence than of any
other one point of interest in this lo
cality. It is commonly referred to as
"the round house," "the house with
the pin on it," and "the wonder
house."
It is a pagoda looking affair, of sev
eral stories, built as round as a but-
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ter ball. Within, the rooms corner in
the center of the house, but the outer
walls are round and persons who have
inhabited it always find trouble in se
curing carpets that can be placed in
the rooms and with finding suitable
places to locate their various articles
of furniture. It has porches and ver
andas that run around the entire
house.
When Charles Babcock came to
Guthrie at the opening of "Old" Okla
homa in 1S89, there were but few resi
dences in that portion of the city
where he purchased a lot. It so hap
pened, too, that what few residences
were in that vicinity surrounded his
place houses to the east and west,
north and south of him.
Naturally, when the town was still
young, there was much speculation
among the other residents regarding
the manner of architecture Mr. Bab
cock would adopt in building his new
home, and each of his immediate
neighbors made the demand that,
whatever the architecture, the house
should face in his particular direc
tion. "They were all mighty nice people."
said Babcock recently in explaining
why he had built the round house,
"and not desiring to disappoint any
of my neighbors. I just concluded to
build it round, so that it would face
in all directions. They were all so de
termined about what direction it
should face that afterward I had the
laugh en them all by making it face
in all directions. I found it very
comfortable to live in, for it made no
difference during the summer time
from what direction the wind was
blowing I always got the benefit, while
oftentimes my neighbors were suffer
ing with heat."
Mr. Babcock denied the report, cur
rent here for some time, that in his
earlier years he had been in the navy
and that he had designed his resi
dence after the conning tpwer of some
ship he had served on. HeHis a na
tive of Wisconsin and learned the
blacksmith trade in Milwaukee a good
many years ago. Later he resided in
both St. Louis and Kansas City prior
to coming to Guthrie.
While a resident here Mr. Babcock
served several terms in the city coun
cil and resigned in 1901 to take a
claim in the Kiowa and Comanche In
dian country, then opening for settle
ment, lie still owns his "round house"
in Guthrie.
Encroaching on English.
A party of foreigners who are mak
ing a tour of this country called re
cently at the state department and
were received by Secretary Root.
They had a very limited knowledge of
English and the conversation was con
ducted mostly in the sign language.
Finally the spokesman of the party
arose, and, with a profound bow. said:
"Mr. Secretaire, we will not further
cockroach on your time."
Secretary Root is known in Wash
ington as the polite man. He did not
crack a smile, but in diplomatic terms
explained to his visitor that encroach
was the proper English word to ex
plain his meaning.
"Ah," exclaimed the caller, with an
other bow, "I understand. Cock
roach am ze male and henroach amze,
female."
Mr. Root nodded his head. Fur
ther explanation seemed to be useless.
Washington Times.
Saved!
At last the entire visible stock of
lumber had been used up.
"What's the matter," asked the
father of a large family, "with using
the old wooden bedsteads piled up in
the attics?"
Here was a practically exhaustless
source of supply that nobody had
thought of, and mankind eagerly
adopted the suggestion and ran up the
price remorseless on the paper trust.
Chicago Tribune.
Improved Screw Driver.
An autocar screw driver has been
designed for the purpose of making it
possible for railroads to use screw
spikes in track construction, a method
of spiking rails hitherto impractical
because of the labor and expense of
boring holes and setting the screws
by hand. The machine Is driven by z.
two-cylinder, 12-horse power gasoline
engine and runs at a speed of from
five to forty miles an hour.
Danaer.
"Music," remarked the man with i
long hair, Is the language of the
heart."
"In that case," replied th'e man who
takes things literally, "the person who
likes ragtime must have a terrible
pulse." Washington Star.
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j Wrist Bones Show Age.
A Boston physician Is authority fot
' the statement that an Invariable indl
j cation of a child's age Is the conditio
j of the bones of the wrist, as shown by
an X-ray examination. He is now ex
amining school children In blocks t
S00 by his new system.
Can't Change Herself.
A woman can. follow the style that
makes herself a fright and whlcb
makes somebody else handsome. Se
long as it Is the style. It goes. But shs
cannot change herself, and that is the
thing over which the criticising man
wants to rejoice. Manchester Union.
Anything to Oblige.
Farmer "Have yon seen my bull?"
Golfer "Gracious me! No! WTiere ts
he?" Farmer "That's just It; he's
got loose, and we want to find hira.
So If you meet him. you might just
keep on that there red coat o yocr'n
and run this way!"
Temple of Serpents.
The small town of Werda, In the
kingdom of Dahomey, Is celebrated for
Its temple of eerpents. a Ion? building
In which the priests keep upward of
1,000 serpents of all sizes." These
they feed with birds and frogs brought
to them as offerings by the natives.
"Esq.,
The term "esquire" Is now at a dis
count among all men of rank and
sense. Nobody seems to care a rush
light about It except barbers, tailors
apprentices and clerks on small sal
aries. Tribute to Good Nature.
Good nature is worth mere than
knowledge, more than money, to the
persons who possess it. and certainly
to everybody who dwells with them.
In so far as mere happiness is con
cerned. Henry Ward Beecher.
Substitute for Bucket.
When It Is necessary to carry water
and a bucket is not available, take
basket and cover Its Interior with a
piece of cheap table oilcloth. Not a
drop of water will be wasted.
One Should Be Enough.
A scientist declares that the brain
presents unanswerable problems. Not
the least of these is the questiosi
why any man wants to be a bigamist.
Cleveland Leader.
Queer Idea of Happiness.
It 13 the misfortune of the bachelor
that he has no one to tell him frankly
his faults; but the husband has this
happiness. Jean Paul Richter.
Actions Mors Than Words.
Every man feels Instinctively that
all the beautiful sentiments in the
world weigh less than a single lovely
action. Lowell.
Sin Against Light.
It Is no disgrace to be mistaken; ft
Is a crime to be a hypocrite. That is
the sin against light the worst of alL
John Oliver Hobbs.
Cum Gpma -i;.
Never believe a man to be clever
on the authority of any of his acquain
tances. These reputed geniuses are
nearly always blockheads.
Muskrat Coats.
The skin of muskrats is largely
made use of In the manufacture of
the cheaper grades of fur coats.
Tin from Malay States.
The federated Malay states
iuce 60 per ceaL of the world's
ductloa of tin.
Sadness In Memory.
Tennyson: Sorrow's rm
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