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I0RTN THEATRE
Thursday, January 14
Prices, 25c, 35c, 5tc
Route No. 1.
District No. 10 has a new stove in the
school house.
Nothing doing on Ronte 1 since Christ
Mickeson 'attended the last party.
John Hessler of Loup City was visit
ing old neighbors on the route this week.
Countv Superintendent Lecron was
visiting schools on the route last week.
The hum of the corn shelter is heard
on the route, and considerable wheat and
corn is being taken to market.
Last Tuesday was a very cold day, but
arriving at a mail box with the signal
raised we opened it and found a package
with a note that read like this: "I am
dressed and very fine, I am a yellow leg
ged chicken of the crowing kind, take
aoe along." And we did, with thanks.
While returning home from town Prof.
Wm. Reese, who was driving Wm. Johan
nes1 pomes, had quite a serious runaway.
Something needed fixing about the har
n'ess and while be was out of the buggy
attending to it the team started to run.
Wm. Mueller was ahead of him with a
single rig and did not see the runaway
team coming until they struck him, one
goinpeech side of his rig and the tongue
of the buggy striking Mueller in the
back and injuring him severely.
Route No. 4.
Ludwig Ebner of Norwalk, la, arrived
last Saturday tor a visit with his broth
ers, John and Anton.
Mr. and Mrs. Liebig left Monday for
a two weeks' visit with friends at Dee
Moines and other points in Iowa.
Mrs. Gertie Zimmer had her corn
helled last Monday and delivered 600
bushels of rent corn to Mr. Goehring.
Miss Mary Koenig of Foster, Neb.,
arrived last Friday evening and is a
guest at the homes of John Ebner and
A.Miksch.
The Misses Lena and Martha Gaienow
cousins of the Wills Bros., who have
been visiting them the last three months,
departed for their home in Peoria, 111.,
last Friday.
Mrs. John Snyder, mother of Mrs.
Lyman Bray, and her two daughters.
Miss Irene and Mrs. H. Harlan, left
Monday for their home in Lincoln, after
an extended visit
Route No. 3.
E. R Bisson is suffering from an at
tack of rheumatism this week.
Emil Brunken is nursing a sore knee,
where he was kicked by a horse.
D. A. Becher returned Tuesday even
ing from his two weeks trip to points in
Illinois.
Peter 8chmitt, the miller on ronte 3,
rustling around among the Colum-
Monday.
8ad indeed is the Rhodehoret home,
their daughter Maggie having passed
awaySnnday evening, death resulting
from a complication of diseases. She
was seventeen years of age last Septem
ber. The funeral will be held Thursday,
Rev. MeSssler of the German Lutheran
church conducting the services.
Advertised Letters.
Following is a list of unclaimed mail
MStttf resaaining in the post office at
Columbus, Nebraska, for the period end
ing Jsasary 13, 1909:
Letters Mrs Nellie Boblet, Mrs W C
CUrk, Alex Fay. Kate Myers, JC Stitt
(Architect), Charlie Sczypulka, Miss
OUMTbickett
Chris Miss Maud Baldwin, Mrs G W
MveUer, T G Pandit, Mrs, Frank Swift,
Charlie Scxypulkai
Parties calling for any of the above
will plssse say advertised.
Oaxl Ebaicxb,P. M.
FOB ttfeNtt
6 room house modern except
furnace. 7 room house, well
located. 8 room house ready
for occupancy.
Elliott, Speiee & Co.
Route No. 2.
Ben Fixais hauling brick for the
foundation of the new house he will build
next spring.
Wm. and Gns Bening marketed hogs
Monday, those belonging to Wm. averag
ing 400 pounds each.
Walker Township.
F. W. Eng shipped a carload of fat
bogs to South Omaha Wednesday.
The young people had a dance in the
Danish gymnasium hall Friday night.
We understand that Tneodor Sales
trom has bought his brother, A. J. Sales
trom's farm.
Peter Salestrom of Omaha is visiting
friends and relatives, who reside near
the Salem church.
There is quite a few publio sales now
in this neighborhood and horses and
cattle are selling high.
August Dahlberg has gone to Omaha
to attend the operation his wife was to
undergo at the Emanuel hospital.
The lsst week was about as cold a
week as we want. By the way brother
farmer did you get any ice in your water
tank.
Route No. 5.
Bert Brian had his face frozen during
the reoent'cold weather.
Vivian Brian had the misfortune to
break a bone in his hand the other day.
Carrier No. 5 found a nice fat jack
rabbit in one of the mail- boxes last
week,
O. L. Baker commenced cutting ice on
the old black ice house pond Monday
morning.
Miss Anna Hadwiger and Ben F.
Sidell of St. Paul, were married in Co
lumbus last Monday morning at nine
o'clock.
Miss Dorothy Weaver of Columbus
resigned her position as teacher in dis
trict No. 4 and Miss L. Madge Moore of
Osoeola will finish the term.
Tis sweet to be remembered, 'tis sad
to be forgotten. Somehow the carrier
missed getting a duck in G. Meyer's
mail box Christmas, but last Friday we
found the duck in the mail box, for
which we are very thankfnl.
-VOULD FUSE WITH THE ORIENT.
Writer Declares That Out of Action
Would Come a Better Race.
In many respects the orientals are
our antithesis, and if our ideals, prin
ciples, and institutions are more
beneficient, we are under obligation
to present them. There should be no
collision between the Mongol and the
Anglo-Saxon races, but instead there
should be a fusion. Out of this fusion
there should emerge a better race.
We can learn much from the various
people of the orient which would be
beneficial to ourselves, and while we
receive from them we are -able to
contribute the one great principle of
the Anglo-Saxon race, namely, liberty.
Every race that has come into power
and prominence has stood for some
great, overmastering idea. That for
which we stand and which is the great
touchstone of our greafnational life is
liberty. It is for our nation, as the
great western wing of the Anglo-Saxon
race, to join in the extension of this
principle, and also to bear the mes
sage o. peace. Mason S. Stone, Com
missioner of Education of Vermont, in
Leslie's Weekly.
SAYS OXEN LAID OUT LONDON.
Swayed as They Plowed, Hence the
Crooked Streets.
Lord Avebury has suggested an ex
planation of the crooked streets which
have puzzled so many visitors to Lon
don. Presiding at the first of a series
of addresses on the history of this
city, he said it was remarkable how
the London of to-day bore traces of its
ancient history.
Between London and Westminster
there were formerly open fields di
vided into long strips of an acre each.
These strips, he said, had a tendency
to curvature owing to the way In
which the oxen walked while plowing
the ground. An instance of that was
seen in the curious way In which
Longacre curved. Several of the
strips abutted at right angles on Hyde
park, and the fact that they did not
end in one line suggested a reason for
the singular irregularity of the line
of houses forming Park lane. The dip
in Piccadilly, added Lord Avebury,
was the site of the old stream, part of
which formed the Serpentine.
Saved His Life and His Rupees.
During the great flood at Hydera
bad, India, a native banker, overtaken
by the sudden rush of water, made his
way onto a mound, where he was
quickly Isolated. The water rose and
the banker's legs were covered to his
knees.
"Fifty rupees, fifty rupees," he
shouted, "to anyone who will save
me!" When the water reached his
shoulders he was shouting: "One
thousand rupees!" When enveloped
to his neck, with death staring him in
the face, he yelled: "Help, help. All
that I have will I give to anyone to
save me!"
Shortly after the water began to re
cede. When once more he was cov
ered only to his knees an offer of res
cue came; but the banker, plucking up
his courage, cried: "Keep off, keep
off! I will not give a rupee!" and suc
ceeded in making his escape free of
charge.
COAL,
We iave all the leading grades of
soft coal. Also Penna. bard coal and
Semianthracite furnace ooaL
Newman & Welch.
NOT VlSlBLETO ALL MANKIND.
Sights and Sounds in the Cathedral ef
-. Men's Comradeship.
When you enter it you hear a sound
a sound as of a mighty poem chant
ed. Listen long enough and you will
learn that it is made up of the beating
of human hearts, of the nameless mu
sic of men's souls that is, if you have
ears. If you have eyes you will pres
ently see the church itself a looming
mystery of many shapes and shadows,
leaping sheer from floor to dome. The
work of no ordinary builder! The pil
lars of it go up like the brawny trunks
of heroes; the sweet human flesh .of
men and women is molded about its
bulwarks; strong, Impregnable; the
faces of little children laugh out from
every cornerstone; the terrible span
and larches of it are the joined hands
of comrades; and up in the heights
and spaces there are inscribed the
numberless musings of all the dream
ers of the world. It is yet building,
building and built upon. Sometimes
the work goes forward in deep dark
ness, sometimes in blinding light;
now beneath the burden of unutterable
anguish; now to the tune of great
laughter and heroic shoutings like the
sound of thunder. Sometimes In the
silence of the night time one may hear
the hammerings of the comrades at
work up in the dome the comrades
who have climbed ahead. From "The
Servant in the House."
TWO FAULTS COULD BE CURED.
Prospective Husband and Wife Both
Full of Confidence.
An Irish boy marries when he has a
rid house, and an Irish girl just when
she pleases, says Seumas MacManus,
in Lippincott's. Sometimes she so
pleases while yet her years are few; at
other times she Is content to wait
upon wisdom. In the latter case, of
course, she makes a wise choice; but
in the former almost always a lucky
one for luck is the guardian angel
of the Irish.
"You're too young to marry yet,
Mary," the mother said, when Mary
pleaded that she should grant
Laurence O'Mahony a particular boon.
'If you only have patience, mother,
I'll cure meself of that fault," was
Mary's reply.
"And she's never been used to work,
Laurence," the mother said to the
suitor, discouraglngly.
"If you only have patience, ma'am,"
was Laurence's reply to this, "111 cure
her of that fault" And he did. too.
Albanian Customs.
Some strange customs exist in Al
bania. To compliment an unmarried
woman, for instance, is provocation
for death. A bloody enemy is under
amnesty while in the company of a
woman. A woman may shoot a fiance
who breaks his betrothal or call upon
the young man's father to kill him. If
a man commits murder, and, flying for
his life, enters the house of another,
friend or foe, he is safe. This is the
case, even if he takes refuge in the
house of a brother of the man he has
slain. He may not remain there for
ever; but for three days he can live
on the best that the house provides.
When that time is up, he is shown on
his way. Twenty-four hours is given
him to make his escape; after that
the amnesty is over and the blood
feud begins. The Balkan Trail.
To Avoid Taking Cold.
Persons who take cold easily can
greatly strengthen the entire respira
tory tract by bathing the chest and
neck morning and night with cold salt
water; by "drawing" the salt water
into the nostrils and expelling it from
the mouth, and by taking deep inhala
tions of fresh air before an open win
dow, expanding the chest and holding
the air as long as possible, then slowly
exhaling it. Do this morning and night
for ten minutes, and all tendency to
colds will vanish; besides you will
notice a tremendous improvement in
your health and appearance.
Medical Fees in Old Times.
The remuneration of physicians orig
inally consisted in presents, but at the
time of Hippocrates payment in money
was already customary. Physicians
received also public praise, the "crown
of honor,"-the freedom of the city, the
privilege of eating at the king's table.
Physicians employed by the state re
ceived a yearly salary, as high as
$2,000 in some instances. Rich people
would pay enormous sums for a suc
cessful treatment, and a case Is re
corded in which $200,000 was paid.
New York Medical Journal.
Teetotalers (?)
'"Have you tried cloves with your
tea?" asked the matinee girl. "I went
to a studio tea given by Mrs. X., the
artist, last week, and on a tray with
the sugar and cream sat a cunning
little china basket filled with cloves.
Some put their cloves in the tea, but I
nibbled mine and thought of tooth
ache, men coming back between the
acts, and all sorts' of memory-conjuring
things. Of course, we told more
spicy stories after we dipped Into the
clove basket why not?"
Protecting New Cement.
The problem of keeping people and
animals off a newly laid cement side
walk, usually a difficult task, is some
times solved in the manner here
shown. A few hours after this side
walk w& built soft dirt was thrown
over It and a little ridge built along
each side. The dirt was then well
saturated with water. Such treatment
was found to be effectual ia keeping
intruders off. and also furnished moist
ure for advantageous setting of the
cement.
Fastidious Nora.
Mistress "Nora, why didn't you fin
ish winding the clock? Tou only gave
It a couple of turns." Nora "Shure,
and I'll be lavin' yez termorrer, mum,
and I'd not be afther doin' anny of
the new gyrul's wor-rk!"
Man Always Omnivorous.
It used to be held that primitive
man was a vegetarian; but the an
thropologist Ortvay has mad careful
and extended investigations, which
indicate that primitive man, Ilk the
modem savage, was oaanireroas.
D0UBUE ENTRY At HE KNEW IT.
Jim's Simple System That, Strang te
Say, Caused Discontent.
Jim Saunders, the veteran oyster
dealer of the village, was mad. His
honesty had never before been im
peached. He stood in the open door
way of his one-room shanty down near
the station, catching each passer-by in
turn and pouring into his ear a re
hearsal of his woes. The country doc
tor was the nineteenth by actual count
who had passed that way since early
morning.
Jim drew himself up proudly and
wiping the tobacco juice out of the
corners of his mouth with his coat
sleeve, answered, stoutly:
"Taln't, doctor 'taln't that. I
keeps double entry jes like all the
storekeepers hereabouts, I reckon, and
I never overcharges."
The doctor smiled quizzically.
"What do you understand by double
entry bookkeeping, Jim?"
Jim stared at the doctor, astonished,
his big slothful brown eyes opening
wide as he ran his hand through his
shock of whitening brown hair.
"Well, do tell, doctor, don't you
know? An' you a college man! Why,
man, it's jest as simple aa rollln off a
log. A man comes along and asks
fer orschers, and you gives 'em to '1m,
and ef he don't put the money down
on the counter, then, you charges him
up in the book for 30 days. Then ef
he don't pay up in 30 days, or, say, six
weeks, you puts him down in the book
again. There ain't that simple?"
DEW PONDS OF THE ANCIENTS.
Description of Prehistoric Method of
Obtaining Water Supply.
One of the prehistoric methods used
in securing a water supply in sections
where it was impossible to secure it
from natural sources, or where it be
came necessary to live on elevated
territory for defense was by the con
struction of dew ponds. These dew
ponds were made by hollowing out
the earth for a space far in excess of
the apparent requirements of such a
pond, then thickly covering the whole
of the hollow with a coating of straw.
The straw in its turn was covered by
a layer of well chosen, finely pud
dled clay, and the upper surface of
the clay closely strewn with stones.
Such a pond will gradually become
filled with water, the more rapidly the
larger it Is, even though no rain may
fall. During the warmth of a summer
day the earth will store a considerable
amount of heat, while -the pond, pro
tected from the heat by the noncon
ductivity of the straw, Is at the same
time chilled by the process of evapora
tion from the puddled clay. The con
sequence is that during the night the
moisture of the comparatively warm
air is condensed on the surface of the
cold clay. As the condensation during
the nights is in excess of the evapora
tion during the day, the pond becomes,
night by night, gradually filled. Popu
lar Mechanics.
The Medical Fee.
The American Medical association,
our highest medical authority, has
never attempted to establish an eth
ical fee. In point of fact, the fee
evolves itself and ever has been and
ever will be a graded one. The great
bulk of practice is practically charity
that is, It represents small fees or
no fees. This is. true alike in the re
mote country districts and in the
great metropolitan centers. There is
one difference, however, which should
be distinctly remembered, and that is
that rural charity is generally de
served, whereas urban charity is often
misplaced. It is stated that practical
ly 33 per cent of the entire practice
of New York city Is charity, and that
in a third of such cases the doctor is
imposed upon. North American Re
view. Insurance Gambling.
A system of gambling In ships by
persons who take out policies of in
surance on British vessels in which
they have not the slightest ownership
has become so prevalent that the gov
ernment is determined to suppress
the practice, if possible, and thus put
a stop to a form of speculation which
If not in itself criminal, Is held to be
conducive to criminality. The London
board of trade has also taken up the
matter and will bring all the pressure
possible to bear in aid of the efforts
of the authorities. As a first step, it
has invited a conference of shipown
ers, underwriters and others to con
sider the matter and to take such ac
tion as may be feasible.
An Improved Variety.
The traveler exhibited a peculiar
nervousness on seeing the long-legged,
slim, fierce looking hogs that roamed
at will over the country. At length he
asked a native sitting on a fence by
the roadside:
"Aren't these razorback hogs rather
dangerous?" V
"I never heard of none of them do
ing any harm," remarked the native.
"I think they must be safety razor
backs." One Guess Only.
"What did he ever see in her?"
asked one.
"What did she ever see in him?"
asked the other.
Which of these two was the woman
and which the man? Kansas City
Times.
The Ingredients.
"What constitutes a first-class soci
ety drama?"
"Three acts, six gowns, and nine
epigrams." Washington Herald.
Hard Task for Some.
Considering what bad features some
individuals have, It Is not surprising
that they cannot keep their faces
straight.
Cards.
Cards were at first for benefits de
signed; sent te amuse, not to enslave
the mind. David Garrlck.
Simple Gargle fer Sera Throat.
Tincture of myrrh, two drachms, wa
ter, four ounces, vinegar, four ounces.
ICx by shaking up m a kettle.
COLUMBUS MERCANTILE CO.
Skcmmts Is Inrf Ragatz I Ci.
GROCERIES-QUEENSWARE
Caterers to the Human Stomach
When you come to a full understanding of what this means, you will
come here for everything you eat
leans that we don't buy to selL goods that we would hesitate to eat
at our own table
It
We offer, for the next ten
days, at a special price, CALI
FORNIA APRICOTS, No. 3 cans,
regular 20 cent quality, for 12 l-2c
Include a couple of cans in
your next order and see if you
are not sorry you did not make
it a case.
QUEENSWARE DEPARTMENT
We cannot say too much in praise of our Queensware Department. It is generally
known that we handle the most up-to-date lines, in all standard makes, at prices of wide
enough range to suit every purchaser.
We quote below some very interesting prices on a few hundred piece sets of the Royal
Austrian China. The "Royal Austrian" is the equal in every respect to the well known
Haviland make. These come in either plain white or decorated.
One set green decorated, regular price $20.00, special at ... . $17.00
One set pink decorated, regular price $18.50, special at $15.50
One set pink decorated, regular price $18.00, special at $15.00
Two sets plain whi$e, regualr price, $17.50, special at $14.50
Courteous Treatment
Bell Phones 29 and 229.
STRICT RULES AGAINST HOBO.
Promulgated by Napoleon in France a
Century Ago.
In France, 100 years ago, Napoleon,
paying special attention to tbe treat
ment of mendicancy and vagabondage,
caused the issuance of a decree sharp
ly differentiating the beggar from the
vagabond and providing mild treat
ment for the beggar and severe treat
ment for the vagabond. "The inca
pacitated vagrant Is to be cared for
in a public institution; if such an
institution is lacking, he shall be al
lowed to beg. The able-bodied beggar
shall be placed in a correctional insti
tution until he has learned to work,
and at least for a year! The vagrant
is to be locked up in a maison de de
tention, and after having served his
term of Imprisonment he shall be un
der the supervision of the police for
an indefinite period, determined by his
conduct." In abort. Napoleon planned
a century age the establishment of
three different kinds of institutions;
infirmaries for the incapacitated, re
pressive institutions for the able-
bodied beggars and houses of deten
tion for vagabonds. But because of
the swarms of incapacitated poor, the
infirmaries developed at the expense
of the workhouses. O. F. Lewis in
Charities and Commons.
NOT FLATTERING TO LAWYER.
Unkind Comparison Made by One.
Time Popular Author.
With reference to the cry for the
blood of the sparrow which is being
heard Just now, the attitude of Day,
the author of "Sandford and Merton,"
on the killing of even an insect will
appeal to many admirers of the little
bird. He was with Sir William Jones
at his chambers one day and a spider
fell on the table. "Kill that spider,"
said Jones. "No," preached Day In his
Sandford style. "I will not kill that
spider, Jones. I do not know that I
have a right to kill that spider. Sup
pose when yon are going in your coach
to Westminster a superior being, who
perhaps may have as much power over
you aa you have over this insect,
should say to his companion, 'Kill that
lawyer! Kill that lawyer!' How should
you like that? And I am sure to
most people a lawyer Is a more nox
ious animal than a spider."
Just Think of It.
Gen. Matos, who led the last unsuc
cessful revolution against President
Castro of Venezuela, Is a great dandy.
Even when in the field with his army
It la said that he invariably wears
white gloves.
Once, previous to starting his revo
lution, he was arrested on suspicion
by Castro and lodged In the Caracas
jail. At a gathering in the city a
number of tender-hearted ladies were
deploring the hardships which Matos,
accustomed to refinement and luxury,
must undoubtedly be enduring.
Think of It!" remarked one, "I
have been told that they make him
sleep on a hard wooden bench!"
"And they say," put In another, "that
he Is made to wear handcuffs!"
"And chains around his ankles!"
walled a third.
"And, listen," whispered another. "I
have beea told, that Ms has to sat
with his lingers:"
There was a horrified pause.
"Think of all the gloves he must
spoil!" remarked an irreverent anti
Matos individual.
Felt He Was Nobody.
A few weeks ago, when Charles M.
Schwab, the steel magnate, attended a
meetiing of the American Boiler Man
ufacturers' association, in Atlantic
City, he. as the guest of honor, made
a very apt remark in a speech at a
banquet in his honor.
"While you are honoring me now,"
said he, "20 years ago I did not feel
that I was anybody. Now I feel that
I am somebody. In the olden days I
have worked with my hands with just
such people as those of whom I am
the guest to-day.
"An episode which happened a short
time ago seems to me to be appro
priate to this occasion. I had hired
a carriage at the railway station to
drive me home. There was a colored
man driving.- I overheard a woman
at the roadside say to her little son,
'There goes Mr. Schwab in that car
riage.' And the little fellow asked
'which one. mom?'"
A Kind Audience.
The tragedian had just returned
from his tour and was greeted joyous
ly by his friends at the club.
"Well, Ranter, my boy," said Tom
linson, "I'm glad to see you back.
Have a good trip?"
"Fair," said Ranter.
"Did you play my old town of Punx
atawney, Minnesota?"
"Yes," said Ranter.
"What kind of an audience did you
have?"
"I don't know," said Ranter. "I
didn't ask him for a reference as to
his character, but he was a genial
kind of a cuss and lent me $2 to get
out of town with." Harper's Weekly.
Essence of Culture.
The very essence of culture is shak
ing off the nightmare of self-consciousness
and self-absorption and attaining
a sort of Christian Nirvana lost in
the great whole of humanity, thinking
of others, caring for others, admiring
and loving others. E. R. Sill.
Women Then and Now.
The "old-fashioned" women certain
ly knew how to rule, and "advanced"
though we be, may do not manage to
wield so much power, on the whole,
as the clever women of past genera
tions. It must be that our methods
are at fault. lady's Pictorial.
Unconscious Socialism.
It is one of the most notorious ten
dencies of human nature to believe
that when you have made use of other
people's property for a sufficiently
long period you are absolutely entitled
to it to the exclusion of the real own
er. Estates Gazette.
Man Owns Wife's Dresses.
The Question of who owns the dress
es of a wife came up in the Brompton
county court of Maryland recently and
the judge decided that the husband is
the owner. The man held that he had
given the wife the money to buy the
dresses in dispute and although they
were net paid for it was decided tfcat
they belonged teals.
This is the season for Smoked
and Salt Fish, and you will find
our assortment complete. We
especially call the attention of
those who use Mackerel, to the
extra quality, that we carry in
stock, its equal never before hav
ing been shown in Columbus.
Prompt Delivery
Ind. Phones 29 and 229
A Gold Farm.
"Thanksgiving football is one form
of gold farm," said a metallurgist;
"but gold grows, and when the secret
of its cultivation Is discovered, we
shall have gold farms literally.
"Miners, having set timber braces in
gold mines, often find on the timber
growths of gold. Growths of gold
have, too, been perceived on the rocks
of gold-bearing rivers. Gold has beea
discovered growing on sluice boxes.
"What causes these growths of geld
we don't know. We do know that one
essential is the percolation of water, a
feature without which gold growths
are never found. When we discover
the other features and ao doubt
science will discover them some day
the gold farmer will perhaps be as
common as the farmer of fruit or
truck."
To Take Off a Tight Ring.
When a ring has become too tight
for the finger, as it often happens
among growing children, instead of
using the old method of filing, take a
piece of common twine, insert one end
under ring towards the hand, the
other end wind closely around the fin
ger until over the joint. Now proceed
to wind with the end back of the ring,
and If done correctly the tightest ring
will come off easily.
tome Men.
Men are unappreciative of efforts of
their wives to look beautiful. During
the recent absence of an Atchison
man bis wife put up her hair in curl
papers every night, and washed her
gray hairs in a new kind of tea wom
en have discovered. She supposed
that when her husband returned home
he would remark her improved appear
ance. But he didn't! And his wife is
Ktlll pouting. Atchison Globe.
Claims Record Trip.
Clara A. Grace, an employe of a
London business firm, claims to have
made a record trip from London to
New York and return. She was
pledged to be back in the English
city on a certain day to release her
colleagues for vacation. She made
tbe round trip In 15 days. She tran
sacted some Important business in
New York, remaining in the city only
25 minutes.
First Encyclopedia.
The first work at all approaching
what is called in these days an ency
clopedia was Pliny's "Natural His
tory," or, possibly, the great Latin col
lection of Terrentius Varro. Pliny's
work appeared about A. D. 69 and that
of Varro about 30 B. C. New York
American.
Reason for Heels on Shoes.
Heels were first worn on shoes In
Persia because the sands were so hot
that they burned the feet and the
heels raising the shoes up were some
protection. Then the heels became of
late years a distinctive part of the
shoe or slipper.
Clutching at a Straw.
Gaston burst like a whirlwind In up
on his friend Alphonse. "Will yon he
my witness?" he cried. "Going to
fight?" 'No; going to get married."
Alphonse after a pause inquired:
"Can't you apologize?" From the
Fraaak.
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