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THOMABYO, LE. NOVEMBER 25,1904.
JES’ TELL THE WORLD “HELLO.*
in’ when
neighbor one* tost It wa’n't the cold An’ form*) greetin' Vbs't
— in. Horn tho road, : » you're oometimti.heard;
pr#udMt ^ Iike ther
rhen we pnued ’em now »n then we It’* tojcmrt to reflect wh»t wo min along
i peaeed ’eoncW an’ then we It a solemn to reflect what wo miaa along
To m*ke rare they couldn’t snub u« By not jet’ bein' natural an' good humored
, if they wm to try, day by day*
It really made me nervoua. So I jea There's Iota o' folk* who fling the aimple
braced up one day joya of life aside
.An' thought I’d go ahead an* show my Because they dread the shadow of their
manners, anvway. own unconscious nride.
One Sunday, 'atid o’ turnin' round an' And «Jue timea out o' ten you’ll And the
sin' at the riew, the rule work* right an’ true—
‘ at Atm an* says, "Hello!" an' Jea' tell the world "flrllo!" and it'll
f atfa. "Howdy dp?" nnawer “Howdy do?"
—Washington Star.
'k'k'k'k'k'k ★★★★★★★★★★★’
f A GOOD STRATEGIST*
ENKRAL BIB 8AMM0S Vnibnml’s tea. The paper crinkled and
G w BOOM, K. C. B/, and DM)-
O mnuder In Utotf Vrf that
crown ’ot -all oar oversea
fpo**e»sf*hs, the Luxuriant
leaned back In hie
■vhalr and lift the top of bla tbnmb In
•doubt. On principle mid by long habit
•an early rlier, be prided hlmeclf on
mtoallng n march on each bu»y. Well-
JlRed dny by a good lionr’a work «t hla
V>fllco table before breakfast.
But till* morning, for once, bla appe
tite for work had failed him. The
alght of tho vnrbwa neatly aorted pack
et! of official document, and private
•-‘‘era which glared him in the face
lar, within touch of lilt finger*
him with Ul-rencenled aversion,
ilghed Impatiently, hesitated,
back hla -chair and elgtiod
1 nnforlnnnto Sir Sampson wn»
llinnkful when the ntmnd of tho break-
faat gong—pnncthal tn hla well-ordered
household to the half of a minute—
crackled omlnonaly. But her gentle,
languid movements were as composed,
her sweet, musical voice as low ami
delicately modulated aa ever ae she
asked:
• "Have you thought over what wc
were talking about last night, Sam!"
“I have thought of little else dap
ling." ha answered uneasily. "You
know bow much I would do t# ploitto
you; and what a pleasure tt would be
for mt to do It, bilt you tee, (lour, this
•a-ep-an official blotter, if i have
t* loy «6 to you It will bo frojn sense
Of duty. You see how J iam plated."
With great care and deliberation
Lady Boom telected a lamp of sugar
and,holdJt aloft In the tongs. Her el-
Bbw rested an the table, shaming the
cloth by lta whiteness, and the Incc
sleeve falling back displayed her per
fectly forthra wrist, with Its network,
of blue veins on the warm surface.
From fingertip to shoulder the arm
. „ ,. ., ■ . — — was perfect, and alio knew It.
a 1fm P° ra, 7 <*»•* from "One or two?" she asked, smilingly,
htowkplexltteo. “lean never remember.”
Notwithstanding hi* nge nnd nenlor*
Ity In the service, Jie wna young In the
character of a Benedick, and, a« 1*
not Infrequent In such case*v th6 indy
of hla choice was mors than a little
hla junior.
-1 *tVIth rcaily-recMfrlng admiration the
general took In at a glance her grace
ful polae of head and ihonlders, her
faultiest shell-pink complexion, and
tea exquisite garment—he conld no
wire have named It than he could
nave flnwn-of muslin and 1«CB that
enfolded her. It atlll thrilled him
afresh to think that this beautiful peer
less creature, so young and tender. 1.0
blooming. Should be his and hla alone,
I What the fond, adoring glance did
wot aeo was n crease—It could hardly
he called a frown-thal tooYred the
White smoothness ef her .forehead ns
■he heard hla step, and the quick, fur-
J*ve movement that bid the letter she
had beea reading. Like the moment
ary ripple of the aephyr on the surface
«f a lake they swept by,- leaving no
algo to mark the place where they hod
been.
The letter could hardly have bceu
called a very short one, bnt every word
was Indelibly printed on Lady Doom’s
memory, ana to her, who could Inter-
• Its craning by the light of other
days, it was forcible and to the point.
The l&ld familiar writing with It*
atrvig black lines, large capitals, And
te.ck upward crossed "t's" gave lien
ae In a crystal, a vlelon of herself a*
aha was before her ranrrlngc—n pretty
penniless girl with a henrt full of
vanity nnd a head full of ambition,
courted, flattered, sought after, with n
train of admirers, bnt none wealthy or
Important enough to satisfy her mer
cenary aspirations until the Com
mander In Chief hlmaelf fell a victim
to bar youthful charms. To a girl of
bee character, and bred In a garrison
town, the halt was Irresistible. She
Jettisoned her fragments of heart, and
became Lady Doom.
The wording of the letter ran thus:
' Dearest Connle:-The last time, I
■oppose, I shall call you so. After this
I shall have n wife who will probably
bnow more about my doings than the
Chief does of youri. I mean no re
proach. You know your aex nnd their
little ways—charming and otherwise-
better thgn I do. You will have heard
that I have taken your advice and am
about to follow youf example. Under
the circumstances nnd the adverse stnr
which ruled our fate, we have both
probably done the host possible for our-
■elves; though sometimes, even nt this
eleventh hour, I conld find It In my
heart to wish It dllTerent. Bnt regrets
are useless. Whatls-ls. Let the dead
past bury Its dead. I for one, won’t
dig It up. But for oar old friendship’s
sake, when the Belsetta command falls
vacant, which It mny do any day now,
remember me. I know yon can man
age It It yon will. ' I leave the detnlla
of the management to yon with perfect
confidence.
■ One word mere and I have done. I
(ball never write to you In this strain
again, so, would like to recall to your
remembrance that the breaking off of
our engagement was your doing, not
mine. If ever you regret It do not
blame me. With you I could (or think
I could) have faced poverty and shelv
ing. Without yon I don’t mesn to put
up with either If I can help It—Yohra.
•a tn the paat.
MAX MELTON.
By one of the nnwrltten and Incom
prehensible mandates of fashion that
live for a season and vanish Into apace,
tha pocket of Lady Doom's ethereal
confection was on the left able, and
DokUhktngagcd hand clutched the letter
lay la^it as she poured out her
can never remember.'
“Oht hither, thanks; It doesn't mnt-
IWr, answered the general absently.
The effort be wns making to say what
wn§ on bla mind wna great, and he felt
Inclined to rash It nnd get It over. He
resnmed, speaking rapidly.
“As I wna saying, dear, you won’t
mind, will yon. If I have to go against
your wish? It Is the Drat time, I
know, that you have ever asked for
anything" (thla was hardly accurate,
but even n Commander In Chief Is
sometimes Inaccurate when flustered),
"and, of course, If tt were posalbte, 1
should like—I mean—I hope yon won't
think- “
shall think you are doing Abso
lutely right, dear, whatever course you
adopt," she replied. "I am sorry;
though, that you don't like tiolonel
Max Melton,” she Added musingly.
“He hat always been a great friend
ot mine, and Ie long ngo days, when I
was a girl I prided piyaelf on having
none but nice friends. You were one
of them, you know!”
Sir Sampson beamed.
“You little flatterer," he said. "But
you musn't think I have anything
agalnat Max Melton personally, He Is
a smart officer, and, nt far as t know,
a good fellow. A trifle ambitious, per
haps, but that la a fault on the tight
aide, After all. But—”
A Wave of Connie's slender fingers
swept through his explanation nnd an
expression of almost austere virtue
gathered on her brow and straightened
her red Ups. She shook her head In
credulously,
“Yon are very kind, dear, but 1
know you too well to believe for n
moment that you would any n word
against nn officer without good reason,
even to me. Of course, I do not ask
what It Is, though I Imre heard ru
mors which I hare never hitherto be
hoved. But now I tee that there Is—
something."
"Rumore!" ejaculated Sir Sampson,
aghast. "What rumors? I have heard
nothing."
“Oh, I couldn’t tell you. If yon
haven't heard It wouldn't he fair. Of
conrsc, every one will believe them
now; bnt that la nothing. I would al
ways go by your opinion blindfold.
Of course, l shall let Colonel Max Md-
that he lias forfeited my friend-
ship. lie may resent my attitude, bnt
I can’t help that. I could never be
civil to a man you don’t think woll of."
Sir Sampson fidgeted niicoinfortnhty.
‘But I don't disapprove of Max Mel
ton. my love. He has very many good
polnta He has aeon a lot of service,
and haa always done most creditably.”
Lady Doom’s air of puritanical sever
ity did not relax.
I quite follow your moaning,
Sampson,” she said. "You wish me to
underatnnd that although you consider
Colonel Max Melton a good nohllcr, still
ns a man—’’
8lr Sampson ntmost sprang off his
chair. He was a testy old gentleman
at beat, and to-day for the first time
he found the lovely Connie Just n little
dense. He had never noticed this
characteristic before.
'I mean nothing of the kind, nothing
of the kind,” he vociferated hotly. “I
don't any he Is a saint, no men arc, but
I know nothing against him personally.
As to the — rumors, I don’t believe
a word ot them, nor Is he unsnited to
the command. On the contrary, he is
a very capable oUtoor, and-very woll
fitted for It Only ”
“Then, my dearest Sam,” beamed
Lady Doom, rising and thus ending the
discussion, "there Is nothing more to
b« said, except that I am a very rool-
Ish, stupid girt and bare been fright
ening myself at a bogey that doesn’t
exist. Bnt, de forgive me, darling, I
wae so distressed tfl tbldtt Jrfld didn’t
like any one of my friends, and Colonel
Mix Melton la A very old one! He was
fatheris friend, and for that reason I
have always liked' him. Hove yon
beard be la tn be married soon? I
should like to send him a wire telling
him be wjll be gazetted to a command.
He wonld be so pleased."
Again Sir Sampson lilt Ills long
thumb In obrious hesitation.
“Very well, my dear,” he said after
a moment’s deliberation, "Yon are a
little witch, and always Bet iom om)
way, But dsn’t awaited liiime*. it
wouldn’t took Well If It got about, you
HOw.”
!&}», enable yon. I’ll be moat careful.
Yon leave It to me, Sara. I’ll be a
model of discretion."
Bnt tho wording of the telegram
Lady Doom sent would have evoked
more than one opinion on that point;
It ram
”Ybd( lleslfe 6tir Wedding
present to you;’ r . , .
wjftl Mi.agrsni sua dlSpilched; Body
Doom metaphorically drew a long sigh
of relief and began to enumerate all
Ihe possible advantages to bcrsclf ot
her victory. The Belsetta command
being In her husband's division, It fol
lowed of necessity that her path and
that of the newly appointed command
ant must Intersect each other at fre
quently recurring Intervals. The
thought was not wholly displeasing.
Some people, donbtless, wonld con
slder It a dangerous game to play. But
Lady Doom knew better, The danger;
If any, would not be her*; The tools
might lie edged; bnt she would hot cut
liflMOif; She smiled kenti? M site ref
c{jilt-d ttir-. hdrror she.had always had
of Wound's,,, especially self-inflicted
diies, and she bad never been rash,
Besides, as she. reminded herself, she
wns really fond of Sir Sampson,
wns an old dear, and, to kind, thongb,
Where she was concerned Jnst a little
blind.
“I really,” thought the lovely Connie
to herself, ns she concluded licr reflec
tions, “am a better strategist than he
Is, Commander In Chief .though be be.”
And I. am not anre that most of her
friends and acquaintances would not
have Indorsed her opinion.
'Would yon Ilka to see the Gazette,
my love?” remarked Blr Sampson sonio
ten days later. ‘There la an announce
ment In It which mny Interest yon."
Lady Doom took Ihe paper with lan
guid grace, nnd commenced turning
over Its pages with a line assumption
of Indifference. Suddenly the lines of
her figure grew tense, her expression
puzzled, disappointed, alarmed.
“What does this mean?” she Inquired
more .hastily than was habitual to her.
I don’t underatnnd. Surely there to
mistake here-. How tan Colonel Max
itciton go homo (o take np n command
when he to to have Belsetta? You
promised, you know.”
"80 I dirt, my dear. Bnt if yon re
member, I did not specify which com
mand,: I knew this would please yoii
even better than Belsetta; besides get
ting me out of the difficulty of passing
ovey others, Jnst before out talk on
the subject I hart had a telegram tell
ing me of the vacancy, nnd nsklng mo
recommend a good man to till It.
Then I snddentyy thought of Max Mel
ton, and proposed him. That -wire of
yonra was qnlte vague, I hope?”
There wns nn Indescrlbnble some
thing In the general's tone that checked
Lady Doom's querulous complaint.
She looked up nnd canght his eye. nnd
without any obvious reason fell to won
dering— fot the first time In her mar
ried life—whether, after all. her hus
band was not a better strategist than
herself.—London Truth.
Qttel ® ©
© © /\dverctlire.
AN ADVENTURE WITH CALEB.
BITIXG from the Mondan
village on the upper Mis
souri, In 1852, Geo. Catlln
tells this story of a morn
ing adventure with the
Beantjr an Imp«dlp«nt* ,
The fatal gift of henuty” to nn ex
pression that used to bo a great fnvor-
Ito with writers ot cheap Action,” said
profesaor In ono ot the business
colleges. “As n matter ot fact, It con
tains more truth tlinn fiction. Every
year we turn out n lot of young girls
who are cqnlppod to take positions ns
stenographers, typewriters niul book
keepers, nnd I have frequently noted
that the pretty ones,.those who possess
the aforesaid ’fatal gift of beauty,'
have a hard struggle to got positions.
Take two girls, one pretty and attrac
tive, and the other plain and homely,
and In applying for a position, al
though they mny be possessed cf equal
ability, the homely girl stands the
hotter chance of getting the Job. Lots
professional anil business,men arc
atrald of pretty girls, and lots cf then
have Jealous wives. For his own pcaco
mind the man with a Jealous wife
will choose the ugliest girl he can And.
long ns she can do his work. That’s
why I say that ’the fatal gift of
lionuly’ 1ms some foundation la fact."—
Philadelphia Itccord.
morning, ami jiisl bdfrtre AtiS;
rise, as usual, Bogard (who waa a Yan
kee, and a “wide-awake fellow," Jnst
retiring from a ten years’ siege of hunt
ing and trapping In the Rocky Monn-
tnlns), thrust his head ont from under
tb* robe, robbing hla eyes open, and
exclaiming aa lia grasped for his gun.
“By Jove! Look at aid Cato, will your’
ba’tiate; wild was more ferhd Of his
OlfeSnlS, >nor«l away; muttering some
thing jinit I „ tollld t got njrderfitand,-
when Bogert seized him will! k grip’
that Instantly shook off bis Iron slum
ber*; I rose at the same, time, and all
eyes were turned fit tro*» upon Caleb
(as the grizzly bear ii familiarly flailed
by the trappers In the Rocky Moun-
talns—or more often “Cole," for brevi
ty's sake), who was sitting np In the
dlgnltf and fury ot her sex, within a
few rods, and gailng upon us, with her
two little cubs at her side! Here was
a fix and a subject for the painter; but
I had no time to sketch it. I turned
toy eyes to the canoe which bad been
fastened to the shore A few paces fWiil
us, and iiiw that everything bad been
bkW.ed.8nt of ii- And all eatables had
beeii with bnt. befentony .ftoverfrod,'
My package of dresses And Indian 1 cir-
flosltles hkd been drawn ont upon the
bank and deliberately opened nnd In
spected. Everything .bad been serpned
and pawed bnt to tbe bottom of the
boat! and even the rawblde throng
with which It was .tied tb a . stake bad
been chewed, and no* doubt swallowed,
is (here was.nd. trace of tt remalnlng.
Nor .was this peep Intb the Secrets of
bur luggage enough for Insatiable cu
riosity; we saw by the prints of her
hnge paws that were left In the ground
that she had been perambulating our
humble mattresses, smelling nt our
toes and our noses, without choosing
to molest nt; Verifying a trite laying
of the country, ‘That man lying down
medicine to tbe grlxxly bear;’
Measure of rojitilor.ly.
Though Robert \V. Clicmhcra to n
popular author, he will rarely talk
about hla books.
“Literary conceit Is distasteful to
me.” said be the otty-r day. “and I like
‘ ace It taken down. It was well tak-
down In the case of a New York
man last month. Ho lias written a
novel nnd the public libraries bavc put
this book on their shelves. The mall
called at one of the libraries to find
out how his work was going with the
public. He hoped to have his vanity
tickled a little. ;
— In?” he said'to tho librarian,
naming hli book.
It never waa out,” waa the reply.—
Now York Tribune.
A Hotel H amorist.
Simeon Ford, the Manhattan Hotel
proprietor, ot New York City, gives bis
attention to humor. Just to relieve the
strain of hla duties. A couple of Ills
friends who were married tost week
heard from Ford Jnst after the cere
mony through a telegram reading:
May your future trouble! be only lit-
ones."
tie t
thongb It to n well-known fact that
man and beast npon their feet are sure
to be attacked when they cross the
track of this grizzly and grim mon
ster, which to tho terror of all this
country, often growing to tbe enor
mous alia of eight hundred or one
thousand pounds,
Well; While we sat In the dllommfi
which I have just described, each one
.was hastily preparing bla weapon! tot
defense, when I proposed the inode of
kttack, by which mesne I was to hopes
id destroy her, capture her young tines,
and bring her akin home aa a trophy.
My plans, however, entirely felled;
thongb we were well armed, for Ba-
gard and Bn’ttote both remonstrated
with a vehemence that was Irresist
ible, soylng that the standing rule in
the mountains waa "never to tight Ca
leb except In self-defense.” I wns al-
moat Induced, however, to attack her
alone, with my rifle In band and n
pair of heavy pistols, with a toma
hawk and zcalplng-knlfe In my bolt
When Ba’tlsto snddcnly thrust his arm
over my shoulder, nnd pointing tn
Another direction, exclaimed In ah em
phatic tone: “Viola! viola un corps de
reserve—Monsr. Catallue—vlqja sa ma-
Allona, allons! Descendona la
riviere, toute de snlte! toute de snlte!
Monsr.,” to which Bogard added,
These blame animals are too much for
ul, and we bad better be off;" at which
my courage cooled, and we packed up
nnd re-embarked as fast ns possible,
giving each one of them the contents
of our rifles as we drifted off In the
current, which brought the she mon
ster, In all her rage and fury, to the
spot where wo a few minutes before
had passed onr most prudent resolve.
the great silk bag overhead even ffiffiM
poll her arm ont of Us socket
The watching thoulands scarcely
irefltfrfld (to (Ae MSB, at the risk of his
own life/ &gyt tetoi hat .to the
side where the vilv£ fWS *J*>g. Ho
clutched the small line with d darlsg
ontreach and, drawing It downward,■
let eiidngh »*» ont of the bag to make
tbe balloon deadend. With a furious
downsweep, the bauAJtf
earthward, and when apparently »wnt
to da*h the two to death against th£
ground swooped on a treetop. Mtaa
Kent seized a trembling branch, the
AWmtuf td-e the valve rope a violent
tug and hri mass 6f tkk slowly settled
over the Hou'ghs/ The girt and her es
cort lowered themSMVes SloWly and
reached earth unharmed. Miks .Kent
had aaked the aeronaut to let her
accompany htm. She said after. re'
turning to solid ground she would
make' another ascension gladly, bnt
would take care to be dressed to less
Citolieraome garments.
SUSPENDED IN MID-AIR.
Turned to 0 human pendulum when
the slipped from her perilous perch on
tbe trapeze bar ot a professional aero
naut's balloon, straps that bound her
wrists to the ropes alone preventing
her from falling hundreds of feet, Miss
Mabel Kent, of Shelton, Conn., bung In
mortal danger above the heads ot hor
rified thousands at the Orange Fair
for many minutes, while the man be
side her vainly tried to reach the valve
line. She tell off the liar In' the bal
lon’s swift upshoot and her skirts pre
vented her from clambering back to
It Her feet dangled In mld-nlr and all
her weight depended on her wriata, In
to which the throngs bit deep aa the
soaring balloon shook Itself In the
stiffening upper breeze as if to caat
her off. Cries broke from hnndreda of
throats aa the great airship sailed
steadily towards the nnknown, tbe wo
man and man below it faat lessening
to the view.
Mlsa Kent straggled desperately for
five minutes to regain Ler position on
the slender crosspiece, but the wind
beat against her petticoats like a hurri
cane pounding a ship’s canvas, swing
ing her to and fro and baffling her
most vigorous efforts to draw heraelt
up. The plucky girl made no outcry.
Indeed, ihe smiled at the aeronaut
when he begged her to keep cool.
He at first thought of letting her drop
with the parachute, for the belt of that
device was strapped about her waist.
It was Impossible, however, for him to
release her wrists and at the same
time free the big umbrella ao she
would be sure to fall free of the bar
and the parachute would be certain to
spread. If he unfastened the leathern
band that held one wrist, Mias Kent
wonld not be able to stand the pres-
•ura on the other. 4 iqddeji Jerk by
8Wffre«tt* WWH A SWORDFISH.
The fishing fitettfef ^ctrfl; Captain-
Arthur C. Manter, retutti** last even
ing from a day’s swordflshlntf blip' hr
the tetter* south .of the island, bring'
lag Id. fou'i' 6t the bandsomeat speci
men* landed this (iUtO,
The first fish sighted WH. “Ironed"
without any difficulty* and Edward
Burcbell, one of the crew, atarted otlf
in a dory to capture him, alnjost be
fore the hnge flab realized what bad
happened. Instantly the barrel which
was attached to the end of the harpoon
line went whizzing through the water;
a At rapid Mte, Indicating that the flab
bad Commenced to "fun," Burcbell
kept iW.tfle Chase; and after more than
a mile bad been covered .the Speed of
the fish perceptible decreased. As thtf
dory drew near, the flan’ discovered it,;
and (nrnlqg suddenly drove bis awofdi
through the bottom 1 .until about tiffed
feet of It protrad& dtoectly In front of
the thwart upon whlcff Burcbell waa
sitting. ,
The iteapoer at this time waa about
two mile* from the scene, and going In
the opposite direction , for another
school. The struggle was witnessed
from the pilot house, and an (Reed
was put upon the steamer as heV
course was changed In tbe direction of
the battle,
Burcbell hastily dropped hla oars
and seized the sword #ftb bdtb bands,
realizing that If the flah should With
draw It and continue the attack she
chances were all against him. Fof
fully a minute the man and fiah strug
gled, when the sword snapped off short
and once more tbe fish atarted off on
the run. The sword waa bedded so
tight In the bottom of tbe dory that no
water conld get through, and, picking
np his OSH, Btfrchell sgsin gave chase,
capturing the monster about a mile
further on, It weighed 415 pounds.—
Nantucket correspondence Boston
Globe,
MAMMOTH-HUNTING.
Mining tor mammoths to one of the
new Industries of tbe Klondike. Mr.
William Foster, of Dawson, says the
Dawson News, recently returned from
a slxty-mlle jaunt to the depoatt of
mammoth bones on Quarto Creek. He
describes tbe skeleton as follows:
“We climbed down a ladder In tbe
main shaft, thirty-eight feet deep, and
groped our way through the drifts
with lighted candles for about ISO feet.
We. came Upon his royal hlghnesa at
the end of this drift
“He was lying with hla head In a
horizontal position about three feet
above the floor of the tunnel, and
looked to me aa if be mlgbt have
kneeled down on bto fore legs when,
thousands of Years ago, he had given
up tbe gboat.
‘‘One of bto tusks was still frozen
fast In the roof of tbe tnnnel. Tbe
other tnsk and tbe forepart of bis
bead were suspended in tbe open space,
from wblcb the gravel bad been thawed
away with ordinary steam polnta,
"The tusks arc about six feet long
nnd eleven Inches In diameter where
they are firmly embedded In tbe aock-
eta of tbe skull. They are carved up
ward, and taper gradually to their
upper ends, which are about two inches
thick.
"The specimen is almost perfect, aq
far as tbe skeleton Is concerned, al
though there to no hide or hair thus far
In evidence. The skull to abont five
feet long, the Immense eye-sockets are
perfect, and a large cavity In tbe skull
marks the former resting place of hla
gigantic brain.
“This cavity was filled with frozen
gravel, which Charley Swanson dug
out with the end of hla candlestick
and his fingers. Samples pf this grave!
will be panned, and tbe gold washed
from tbe brain of tbe mammoth will
be exhibited at the St. Louis Fair.
"While In all reports this famous
skeleton has been referred to at that
of a mastodon, tt to really that ot a
mammoth or Siberian elephant.”
Ul Du Acathctls Inmu.
That tbe Iceman may have an eye
for beanty In spite .of tbe sordid mo
tive which are ascribed to bis every
net to proved by the following Inci
dent:
.One hot day recently a bonaewlfe
found that all the Ice had melted In her
refrigerator, and a kind butcher across
tbe way sept her over a little cake
to carry her along until the Iceman
paid hla regular visit. When the Ice
man came along she ordered the usual
piece. He chipped ont a neat cubical
block, carried it In nnd opened the
Ice box. Then he noticed tbe cake In
side and be suddenly laid hla cake oa
tbe floor.
‘There’s room enough Inside for yonr
Ice,” said the housewife.
“I know that,” he said la disgusted
tones, “bnt I should like to know
where in the world you got that homsly
chunk already to there.” . —
FROO RAISING INDUSTRY^ .
ro ftt Ertcauraged by Pennaytvaniw, .
FtoMns Commission.
Troga!” sakl too marketman. A
cou'I sail a tMAAifld of them ttto -
minute If I had' ttSA- While toe
chib*-and- bto hotel* a™ crying for
tfid» *0 can’t get a' baker’s dnaen to,
a week." .. '
ifacogulxht# the growing demand
for frogS « ad Article of
filet, toe Fishing Cosamtaaion of the-
Sffito of Pennsylvania hfla decided to,
encourage toe raising of tadpole to,
farmers and Otoera who are to a port-
turn to taka up frog raising 04 an to-,
dnstry. Heretofore there has b*e«A .
little systematic attempt to supply;
(he market with frogs- M watjgl
daYd bands ot boys have hunted the
SaarafilAnds in search'd toe croatore, ,
umlnt that they sure of +.
little fidAket money for the trouble,
of taking i basketful of "bulls’ to
market
The method of catching the frogs,
has been to flah for them with a hook;
and line, too halt being a piece of
fed flannel. The game will Jump ft*
this driuslve temptation and find It
self caught' off tho hook. Another way -
m boys have of obtaining a supply
of fro£4 fit too market la to shoot
them wltfi jfitoUI toot from an air
rifle. Tbe tegtMtt fishermen, those,
who eke out a lid** bY “‘ chl “*
frdgs when flsh ave sewee, and who .
ply toGr trade In too swamplands of
Jersey and elsewhere, depend on a
net and the qnlckness of their band
to capture the elusive quarry. J
With only these Irregular source* ,
of supply toe marketman have been
unable to furnish their customers j
with a steady quantity of frogs, and
fit times the caterer* have been com.
polled to withdraw the Item from
thstr mentis. The law governing sup
ply and demand has put the price of
frogs In these times to a figure that
ft actually profitable to ratio
them for market purposes, and. too
State of Pennsyfranla Intends to as
sist SHI who wish to take up the In
dustry by supplying the nucleus for
a froggery. . ' ■ <1
Epicures S*y that fried frog Is a
dainty fit for a king. Some eat only ,
toe left. In the markets, however,
' frogs’ (Mt exhibited tn thetr entirety,
minus toe Akin. It Is said that all
parts of the Mg tre edible, but some
limit their desires to the hind legs.
The appearance of tho frog, both be- k
for* and after he has been prepared!
fet sal* In tbe market, Is not appe
tizing, but those who are able to slose
their eyes to this drawback say ikat
as between fried frog and fried chlcV
en their prefereacas are decided^'
with toe former.—New York Tribuna
My Pe* Linen Economy. \9j
I have found It a great saving tt>^ t . _r.
buy remnants of damask for maklngf
everyday napkins, carving-cloth*, ta- :
mu and sideboard covers. All bat . ■ 1
toe napkins I decorate by outllnlnjc .
some leaves of other designs with
iilhoteen. Recently I bought a rem- ,
nant of damask—two yards, twenty- ■ ■ _
one Inches and seventy inches wide. , -fi;
a aoventy-flve-cent quality for one doL . ; J
lar and twenty-flva cent*. I out threw , «
strips, ««tb seventeen Inches wide,
crosswise of linen. Each strip madw
four napkins. Of the piece remaining '
I cut two sideboard covers, using tow - . ^
border of the damask for the length.
Thooo are each forty-two inches tong Sji
and twenty-one Inches wide. TO*
leave* forming the border I outlined .
to old gold ailkotecn. I still had left
• piece thirty-eight by,forty-two JneV V:<
ao. These I finished with a hemstitch- •’jf
ad border an inch deep. Comparing '
toy napkins and cloths with the ordl* '
nary ones, I have twelve napkins, •*,
worth one dollar and twenty-five .
cents; taro carving cloths, worth on* ; .j
dollar; two sideboard cloth*, worth V'lr
one dollar, and all together worth
three dollars and twenty-fivo cents. ' 3
They cost me only one dollar and
twenty-five cents, and I thus saved t
two dollars even.—'Woman 1 * Horn*
OSmpankm. . M
Careless Chaffours will scon briag
tha automobile Into disrepute. Others
have rights on tbe highway bestdez
those who use tbe auto, thinks to*
Buffalo Times.
BY PROXY. \
Wlut Ihs Bsbj Xesdsd.
I suffered from nervousness and'
headaeha until one day about a year
ago It suddenly occurred to me what
a great coffee drinker I was, and I
thought maybe this mlgbt have some
thing to do with my trouble, so I
shitted to tea for awhile, hot wae not
better. If anything, worse.
"At that time I had a baby four
months old that we had to feed on to*
bottle, until an old lady friend told
me to try Poetum Food Coffee. Thro*
months ago I commenced nelng Poet
um, leaving off the tea and coffee, end
not only lysve my headaehee and ner
vous troubles entirely disappeared, but
since then I have been giving plenty;
ot non* foe my baby and bav* a
large, healthy child now,
“I have no desire to drink anything
bnt Poetum and know It has benefited 1
my children, and I hope all who have
children will try Postnm and find out
for themselves what a really wonder- .
ful food drink It la” Name given by
Poetum Co, Battle Creek, Mich.
Both tea and coffee contain quanti
ties of a poisonous drug called Caf
feine that directly affects tbe heart,
kidneys, stomach and n'ervea Postnm
Is made from cereals only, scientifical
ly blended to get the coffee flavor. Ten
day*’ trial of Postnm in place of tea or
coffee will show a health secret worth’,
more than a gold mine. There’s a
reason.
Get toe book, The Road to Wol
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