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80LM0NS’JUDGEMENT
ORIGIN OF PIKE’S PEAK.
“It must all bo beautiful old furnf* i L**«nd «f n.r Formutio
turo,“ said Jane.
“Of course," said I.
We bad been walking for at least
a mile and a half without quarrelling
once, and I felt at peace with all tha
World.
"Old furniture," Jane observed, “it ' r * v
always so beautiful in its deep mellow
Coloring."
“Yc-s. quite; and it makes the pupil
look a deep violet."
"And then It has an interest apart
from its m«*re appearance," she said.
“Quite right, Jane." I assented.
“And with your head on one side it
looks Just sweet.' 1
"I do not see what difference It
makes whether your head Is on one
tide or not. But certainly nothing
looks so well in a dining room as old
oak or Chippendale. Don't you think
ao?"
"Oh, yea, not a doubt of it—very
—quite—”
“You evidently were not paying at
tention to what I was saying," said
Jane, In a volco that lowered the tem
perature several degrees. "I asked,"
tbe went on with dignity, "whether
you did not think Chippendale looked
welir
"Of course, splendid. And—Its
Jumping up and down?"
"Whatever Is the matter with you?"
she demanded.
"My dear Jane, I profoundly regret
having failed to give to your illumina
ting remarks the attention they so
eminently deserve. But It's your own
fault; you shouldn't have high lights."
She gazed at mo with round eyes;
her eyebrows had a question In them.
"i am happy to assure you, Jane,"
■aid I, "that t am still In full posses
sion of my mental resources. The
high light I was alluding to was your
eye. Now your eye at any time re
pays the closest study, but with an
orange high light in It—well, distract
ing is the only word that occurs to
TIlia » Ullioua MoUIlKli
The quaint Indian legend of tin* f jr
motion of I'ikv's |»oaU i» as follows:
"At the In-ginning of u!l thing* tin
lesser spirits pwsessed the earth am
dwelt near the bunks of tin* great
They had created a race of wei
to lx* their servants, hut tlv.w uiei.
were fur aujierlor to the present In
bubltauts of the earth und made end
less trouble for their creators. There
fore the lesser spirits resolved to de
stroy mankind und the earth itself, so
they caused the great ri
It is my belief that Jane was not
displeased, though she Immediately re
verted to the subject of furniture.
"I think I prefer Chippendale," she
remarked reflectively.
“A great doa! of it ta singularly
ugly in design.''
“Stuff and nonsenso," said Jano, to
my surprise. I decldod to retaliate.
“Any chair that happens to be
brown and curly you call Chippendale,
Jane,” aald I. continuing In an admon
itory tone. “It'a a bad habit, my dear.
You muat really try to understand
things a little more cloarly."
“You did not know those chalra up
at Solomons' were Chippendale," amid
Jane.
{Solomons Is an antique furniture
dealer whom we sometimes patronize.
“They are not,” said I. "If ever
chalra have In every distinct part the
algn manual of Shoraton It Is those
at Solomons.'"
“Sheraton never used tho wheat-ear
ornamentation, said Jano. "Everybody
knows that. And the lines of all hla
furniture wero more severe than in
those chalra wo saw.”
I was considerably nettled. Aa a
matter of fact I am by way of being
an expert In old furniture.
“I am afraid, Jane." 1 said, rather
regretfully than Irritably, as Jana
avers, “that you know Just enough
about old furnlturo to prevent your
looking at It with an unprejudiced
eye. Tho old story, my dear—a little
knowledge—ah !"
"A little knowledge Is never likely
to trouble you. Mammy." said Jane,
with acid sweetness
"Instead of the cabriole logs so
commonly used by Chippendale, Sher
aton adopted square, tapering legs. I
beg you to remember. Jane, that the
chairs at Solomons' had square, taper
ing logs."
"The freedom with which the wheat-
car design is treated, and the flowing
const motional lines." she objected,
"prove that tho chairs at Solomons'
con'd not have been the work of Sher
aton, whose designs were Invariably
marked by a restraint amounting to
austerity detail. On the other hand
every characteristic of ehlppcndala
may be observed In those chairs—"
“What about the legs?" I asked.
“Oh, bother the legs!" said Jane.
I reflected.
"I think," 1 said at last, "you might
admit they are Sheraton."
"Not unless you agree that they are
Chippendale," said Jane.
The second half of our walk was
not a success.
Next day 1 went to Solomons.
“Are those chairs Chippendale or
Sheraton?" I demanded. "The ones
with the shleld-shkped backs and a
wheat-ear design."
•They're Hepplewhtte, sir." sold
Solomons. "Well-known destgn?"
I shall not tell Jane.
But she will probably find out—
Black and White.
til it burst its banks and overwhelmed
everything. They themselves took each
a large portion of the best of the earth
that they might create a new world
und u quantity of maize, which hud
been their particular food, und return
ed to heaveu. Arriving at the gate of
heaven, which is at the end of the
plains, where the sky and mountains
meet, they were told that they couJd
not bring such burdens of earth Into
heaven. Accordingly they dropped
them all then and there. These falling
masses made u great heap on the top
of the world which extended far
above tho waters, nod this Is the origin
of I'ike's peak, which Is thus shown to
be directly under the gate of heaven.
(It was formerly twice us high as now',
but lost Its summit, as Is told In an-
■other legend./
"The rock masses upon It and all
about show that they have been
dropped from the sky. The variety
nud extent of the mineral w'ealth In
the region prove that the earth’s choic
est materials nre deposited there. Atid
still as the constellutlous move across
the heavens and vanish above the
mountain aummits we may see the
spirits rise from the great river and
pass to the gate of heaven. The fall
ing stars are their fulling burdens or
the dropping grulns of maize."
CULTIVATE TACT.
If Yoa Do Not Possess It* Strive to
Acqalre It.
I want It recognized that tact should
be taught continuously, seriously, thor
oughly; that If should be placed In the
forefront of education and take Its
natural first place aide by side with the
catechism, writes Frank Dauby in
Black and White.
A friend of mine recently suffering
under a great bereavement was In the
receipt of Innumerable letters and tele
grams from friends, acquaintances and
tho general public. Out of the 1,140 of
such communications two only hit the
right note. Among pages of sentiment
al and religious commonplace two mes
sages alone touched the heart-
“He was a uinu 1 loved. 1 am with
you In your grief," was one.
The other ran: "You have lost your
best pal. lie was tnlno too. God help
us both."
Both of them epitomized the senders
—ineu with great hearts. But the ac
quisition of tnct by some of the other
sympathizers would have supplied Its
place.
Again, paying nn afternoon visit re
cently, my hostess, wanting a book to
which our conversation had referred,
rang the bell. Within two minutes the
servant appeared with tea, and the fol
lowing colloquy occurred;
"Who told you to bring ten?"
"Please, mn'am, I thought that was
what you rang for."
“Well, please don’t think. I hired you
to answer the bell. It %vp*u’t the sig
nal for n guessing completion. When
I want you to do that I'll supply the
kitchen with a copy of a newspaper.”
I was not surprised to hear this lady
changed her servants frequently.
CURIOUS OATHS.
It la One of the Mm
llldeooa of Creaiurea.
A greedy, voracious, relc-ut’ess crea
ture Is the octopus, and a most formi
dable enemy even to muii, for it Is e:i le.’
to cut or tear off one of those terribn*
long arms with Its two rows of suck
ers than to imluce the creature to re
linquish any prey it has laid hold of.
These suckers also enable It to drag
its Wiy into very narrow crevices,
from which scarcely any force will
avail to remove It.
the argo
ejecting
ock symlrtllziug flie fate of a I i u k, but the octopus is so subtle uud
perjurer. I clever that he run vary the color of his
In certain parts of India tigers* and j ink according to the color of the ground
lizards' skins take the place of the 1 he is passing over, nt^, as be Is very
Bible of Christian countries, and the I active and darts about at lightulug
penalty of breaking the oath Is that [ gpeed, he constantly escapes being
* " ' " caught.
Odd Wiij* of Sn-enrlnac (O the Troth
of Statements.
When n Chinaman swears to tell the
truth he down, cud n china
saucer I - g.vcn h.ti. The
oath Is then administered; "You sbai;
tell the truth and the whole truth. The
saucer is crackl'd, uud if you do uot^
tell the truth your soul will be cracked
like the saucer." when he hffakh the
saucer. Other symbolic variations of
the Chinese oath are the extinguishing
candle or cutting off of a cock'
THE UGLY OCTOPUS.
Hr
»!▼«* nod
head, the light of the c-audie represent- | Like its beautiful brother th
Jug the witness' soul and the fate of j 0 nut, It defies Its enemies by i
lit one case the witness will become
tiie prey of a tiger und In the other
that bis body will be covered with
scales like a lizard.
In Norwegian courts of law tbe pre- I
hide to the oath proper is a long ■
He Is an unsociable creature, appar
ently quite satisfied with his own so
ciety, os he roams about alone, seeking
what he may devour on rocky shores,
where he may be met with of all sizes.
hontily on the sanctity of the oath und j varying In length from an Inch to two
the terrible consequences of not keep- or ,* nore
Ing It. When the witness Is duly J *i*|je octopus has one very curious
crushed by the sense of his fearful re- , habit—when resting he coils up some
sponsibillty the oath is administered j 0 f tils arms into a semblance of the
while he holds aloft his thumb and , Bhe il of the argonaut - rearson's Week-
fnrn nn<1 mlilillo Anwra aa nn nnihlom 1 j^,
fore and middle fingers as an emblem
of the trlulty.
In an Italian court the witness, with
bis right hand resting on an open
Bible, declares, "I will swear to tell the
truth, the w’liole truth and nothing but
tbe truth." The Mohammedan takes
the oath with his forehead reverently
resting on the open Koran. He takes
his "Bible" In his hngd and, stooping
low, as If In tbe presence of a higher
power, slowly l»ows bis head until It
touches the book which to him Is In
spired.
In certain parts of Spain the witness
when taking nn oath crosses the thumb
band over tho forefinger of the
other and, kissing this symbolic, if
primitive, cross, says, "By this cross I
swear to tell the truth.”
A MARKET PRIMER.
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Brlta
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Durkrat London.
»k. "Child Slaves of limit
»i»crt H. Sbcrard writes:
thousands of our |»oor cliil-
iidott starving not ou no-
o poverty of the parents,
mu of the Ignorance and
mothers. They know noth
.cry; they wish to know
liey do not care for the
trouble. In every Ixntdoti slum you
will find a fried fish shop or a cooked
meat shop or a grocer who sella cheese
ami pickles uud potted things. It is
much easier and 'less worrlting-like' to
send the children out with coppers for
a penn'orth of fish und chips or a bit
of choose and pickles than to rat £&y
thlug for them."
•thing.
Vocation and Avocation.
"Avocation" Is oue of those unfor-
tuuute words that are constantly being
used In a wrong sense. Strictly s)wak
ing. It refers to souiethlug that calls a
man away from the ordinary occupa
tion of his dally life. If you earn your
living by drafting conveyances and In
terpreting legal subtleties and also nre
often seen In leisure hours with a cam
era In your hand and have a dark room
at home, then the law la your vocation
and photography your avocation.—Lon
don Telegraph.
H. Wanted to Tr.do. n ,
Gen. Longstreet was telling one* . There are tew bird* whose plumage
how etrlct hla ortora wero during the |, «„ variable aa the ptarmigan'.,
clril war regarding the good treat- Three time. In the year Ita plumage
meat by hla men of union soldiers, I diuncs. i, has separate coati for
A p ° th * i •print autumn and winter. At the bo-
record of hla men A union veteran of i>ov , mb( . r itpnt.rn.the law
w “ * mon * hl * r* m,rk ; ! coatume of the acnJt. It. .prlug
. that tha general s orders were not , brown nn d summer gray serve well to
always obeyed. He was among those
captured once by Longst reel's men.
“One day" eald he. “a good-natured
fallow In gray, with no shoes to speak
of. walked along our lines looking la*
tently at the shoes of the captured
summer gray serve well to
hide It among the scanty herbage of Its
ha nuts from the keen eye of the soar
ing falcon.
WILLS OF LUNATICS.
The Queer Deqnesta That Are Made
hr Insane Persons.
One of the manias which ore evi
denced by the Insaue Is a desire to
make a will. Of course these docu
ments are waste paper as far as their
legality Is concerned, but the attend
ants and doctors treat these documents
with the greatest respect in order to
humor the demented creatures.
Some of these wills would be amus
ing If It were not for the sad condition
of mind of which they are tho outcome.
One mnn confined in an asylum left all
his money to the ntlkado of Japan on
condition that this dignitary should vis
it the grave of the testator onco each
year and plant chrysanthemums upon
It. The remainder of the estate was to
be handed over to nn Imaginary charity
called the Brotherly Love and Bounty
society.
Another lunatic in a Parisian asylum
left a will devising tho whole of his es
tate to tho possessors of Uomnn noses
residing In and nenr Paris. The rea
son for this was that he had rather a
handsome nose of this shape and was
constantly admiring It. A similar be
quest was tlutt of a patient who left his
property to an attendant because he
possessed one of the ugliest nasal or
gans the testator lmd ever seen.
One ntnn, who was a filleted with the
mania that he was sane, but confined
In the asylum unjustly, devised a will
leaving his money to the commission
ers of lunacy to enable thorn to etitfiige
a large staff of men for the purpose of
visiting nsyhtms and ascertaining if
tiny were confined in them without rea
son.—New York Times.
nUli.nren nt Sen.
That man was luugluM at who on
his first voyage said t{jat the ocean
did not look so large as lit* supposed
it would, but in* was not alone in ex
pcrlcncing disappointment. The hor
izon at sea gives no idea of the lim
itless water beyond. A sea captain de
clares that the average landsman can
not see more thsu ten miles from the
ship In auy direction, and it would
have to be a mountain or some station
ary object for him to be able to dis
tinguish It. The innsts of a ship are
said to be visible to tbe naked eye not
more than five tulles.
It Telia About the Butcher und the
Wuy He fells His Meat.
What is the man doing behind the
counter?
He Is selling meat. Let us watch
him.
What Is tbe lady going up to the
counter for?
To buy meat from tbe greasy man
with tbe wUlte apron.
What does she ask for?
A five pound roast of porterhouse.
What does he give her?
A seven pound roast.
Then does he charge her only for
what she asked for?"
No, Indeed. He charges her for what
he chose to give her.
Didn’t tbe lady know what she want
ed?
Evidently tbe man didn’t think so.
Can't he tell the weight of a piece of
meat when he picks it up?
Certainly he can. Otherwise he would
never be able to know that ho is al
ways selling you a piece of meat sev
eral pounds bigger than you wanted.
Why does tbe man do this?
It Is impossible to associate con
stantly with greasy things anil not be
come pretty smooth yourself. Now run
and play.—Baltimore ^American.
FISHING LINES.
The Very Fluent Are Thoae Fori
From Silkworm Out.
Silkworm gut forms the best Hue for
fishing purposes, partly on account of
its great tenacity and partly because it
is so transparent. Every year a suf
ficient number of Spanish silkworm
grubs are selected for this purpose. Aft
er they have eaten enough mulberry
leaves and before they begin to spin
they nre thrown Into vinegar for sev
eral hours. Each insect Is killed, and
the substance which the grub in the
natural course would have spun Into a
cocoon Is forcibly drawn from the dead
worm Into n much thicker and shorter
silken thread.
The threads are then placed In pure
water for ubout four hours and after
ward dipped for ten minutes in a so
lution of soft soap. The flue outer
skin is thus loosened so that the work
man can remove It with his hands.
Tho threads must bo dried lu n shady
place and lire ofteu bleached with
sulphur vnj»or until they acquire the
bright appearance of spun glass.—Lon
don Telegraph.
J«*nu> Lind nm n Child.
Jenny Lind as a child of three years
was the lark of her parents' bouse. As
a girl of nlue she attracted the atten
tion of all lovers of music and entered
the Stockholm conservatory as a pupil.
Her continuous studies at so tender an
age caused the sudden toss of her voice,
and for four full yean she pursued her
theoretical and technical studies, when
suddenly the full sweet sounds came
back, to the delight, as every one
knows, of thousands for many yean.
Woman of the House (handing him a
plate of cold scraps>—You look like a
man who has seen better days. Fon-
dry Gretts—Ycs'm, thankee. I have.
There was a time, ma'am, w'en I would
have blushed to hand such a layout as
this to a dog.—Chicago Tribune.
The Walters.
Usefulness of any man or woman lies
principally in tho willingness back of
the hands to do as well as they pos
sibly can whatever comes tlioir way.
As a rule, It will be found that the
most useless persons in the world nre
those who are "waiting" for something
to turn up. Aud by the same sign It Is
a fact that the most useful boiugs nre
those who have taken up tbe first thing
that came ty baud and done the best
they could with It These people usual
ly find something to their liking In the
long nm, too, and If this be denied
them they have the good sense to learn
to llko what comes.
OBESITY A DISEASE.
VIzoroaM For IU Ileiaovnl
Shot.Id lie Taken.
At middle a;;.- cat-tala organs lose
fr.mlloiul activity uud shrink and
waste away, uw^uding less blood uud
n<*. \«M 1KT. ..V. Tfl..i decreased need for
hii./.Tiou, i;' not heeded, will resuit In
ti. i.. : Into the hotly more food than
j K . 0 _. and used either to
Lu.'l.j up >Je or f^r the geueratlou of
no.;t nud t u-rgy. The result Is kld-
no.li.er mid other excretory organs
an* overworked lu the effort to remove
the bouy was.es and become diseased,
lays a writer ia the Housekeeper. Then
nature stores up this foul material in
the form of fat lu all the lymph spaces,
between the fibers of the muscles and
iu every oilier odd corner In the body
where it cau be stowed away. Iu time
tld.» lifeless, u o! ms structure of fat
crowds out muscle, gland and other
normal tin :ues and takes their pi ice.
This Is what is known as laity degen
eration and always shortens life, end
ing often in ; lu’uin death fro.n b art
failure, apoplexy, diabetes or U.uu.*y
disorders.
The proven ion of o’ esity means reg
ulation of diet, especially in middle life
and when ehniig n; from an active out
of door occupation to a sedentary in
door life. Often the amount of food
should be cut down from one-fourth to
one-half, especially avoiding fats and
sweets, also soft foods, which tend to
gormandizing from deficient mastica
tion and too hasty eating. No wine,
beer or alcoholic drink or tea or coffee
should be used. At meals even the use
of water should be restricted. Exer
cise should be taken lu the open air
and deep breathing practiced to in
crease the Intake of oxygen and burn
up and oxidize bodily toxic matter.
For those women who are overstout,
yet retain a fair amount of physical
vigor, the day should begin with a cold
bath, plunge, spray, cold towel rub or
sponge bath, after which should be tak
en active exercise In the form of work,
either In tho open air or In a well ven
tilated room, horseback riding, bicy
cling or a brisk walk for an hour or
more. Exercise in a well ventilated
gymnasium may be substituted for the
out of door, but Is not so effective and
Invigorating.
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
Lo»g Flight hr Night.
Nearly all small birds make their
long flights by night, spending the day
time quietly feeding and resting, so
that If on any day In May the treetops
are full of flitting little warblers It Is
no sign that the following day will find
them still there. Some kinds, like phoe-
bes, song sparrows, meadow larks and
bluebirds, come very early—as soon as
the anew Is all gone and the south slop
ing hillsides begin to feel warm and
“smell of spring."—St. Nicholas.
A girl Is never going to go very far
wrong who Is a good chum of her fa
ther and brothers.
There Is a family In every neighbor
hood which furnishes amusement for
the rest and doesn't know It.
Every one has had more happy days
In his life than wretched ones, but how
he lets the wretched ones stand out!
There are so many operations of late
that a man can become distinguished
by arriving In heaven all In one piece.
One great trouble In life Is that the
paths for going wrong are planted so
prettily with flowers at tbe beginning.
Occasionally n disagreeable person
will boust that at least he Is sincere,
but that is no excuse for being dis
agreeable.
Three things you never discover till
there Is death In the house: The good
ness of tho neighbors, the way time
drags and how loud the clock ticks.—
Atchison Globe.
Fresh Fra It.
"Gold In the morning, silver at noon
and lend nt night" Is always used with
reference to fruit. Most people think It
means that tho explanation of the prov
erb Is that digestion is strongest In the
morning ami weakens ns the day goes
on. But you will note tlmt the proverb
refers to fruit alone. If It hns to do
with the digestive power only it should j
be applied to all fowls. The real expla- i
nation Is very different. It is that fruit
JOE’S BAD BREAK.
It was a delightfully lnrormal little
meeting of a chajrman and her com
mittee. The business of the club had
been faithfully attended to early in
the afternoon. So they just drew up
their chairs around the tea table for a
social chat before separating. None
of their maids had committed any
startling iniquity worth mentioning
since the last meeting, and only one
baby was teething, so these topics
were soon exhausted. "To wear or
not to wear the new shirred skirts
had been fully discussed at previous
committee meetings, so the conversa
tion turned quite naturally on "The
Mistakes of Husbands.”
They all prefaced their remarks by
saying that they eacn nad one of the
kindest and noblest and most consid
erate of husbands, but—and from
there the story started. This one was
narrated by the chairman after the
others had finished their accounts,
as a sort of climax.
"There never was a better man. nor
a more hospitable person in the
world. Nothing delights him so much
as to have company at meals, espe
cially when they drop In Informally
without any fuss or preparation."
“Just like John/’ "Henry,"
"Thomas” and "Will," muttered etch
of the committee under their breaths
as a sort of conscience salve for the
things they had been telling out of
school regarding said J., H., T. and
W.
"My hnsband is Just crazy about
company," each one hastened to as
sure the other, by way of letting her
know that the man to whom she had
given her youthful affections was not
wholly without redeeming traits, If
he did forget to mall letters, and
thought pale blue satin a perfect
match for Nile green panne.
"Well, that’s the trouble with Joe.
He gets Just silly when we have com*
pany, but I never knew # him to make
quite such a break as he did the other
day. You know he thinks everything
f cook Is Just about'right ”
"There, that’s John, Henry, Thomas
and Will all over,” came from each
of the sisterhood, with the names In
the proper places.
"Especially a way I have of mak
ing pressed chicken ”
"I’ve got a lovely recipe "
"John won’t eat it anywhere except at
bome ” "I mane mine Just like
Will’s mother." "Henry thinks it's
refy unwholesome, and I never have
It on my table " from the Greek
chorus.
"Well, we had pressed chicken for
dinner last Wednesday—and mine Is
perfectly wholesome; nobody need
hesitate about eating It—when my
cousin Alice happened In. She hod
been shopping all the morning, and
she was hungry, and she thought the
chicken was just fine. That pleased
Joe, and he started In. Tes, I don’t
know that anybody can beat Emma
at’pressed chicken; but it tastes even
better cold than hot, 1 think. I do
hope there’ll be some left for suppeiv
so you can see how good it la.' Alice
had Just passed her plate for a third
helping at my urging, and she quickly
drew it back and protested that she
had had enough. I gave Joe the most
awful kick under the table, and tried
to overcome his feeble objections, for
the poor girl was hungry.
'"Well, now, Emma,' continued the
oblivious creature, 'you know it does
taste good cold, and I hope there’ll
be enough left for Alice to have a
taste. You said the other day yourself
that you thought It tasted good cold.
If there's any left, you’ll see I am
quite right Alice.’
"Poor Alice, she wouldn’t touch a
mouthful after that, nnd even pnrfook
sparingly of tho broad and butter,
freshly gathered is fitted f >r eating nnd \ and made me take bark half tho lorn-
lessens In vnhums the hours pass. That | on pddlng. I don’t know what kind
Is true not of fruit only, but of all veg
etables. That which comes direct from
the garden to tho table Is the most pal
ntablc nnd in every way best fitted foi
consumption.
Trt# Cmnoar,
"So you have bought your wife an*
unionists. Hs pat his toot by tho ills other expensive ring. lint that a wait*
of alas, sad. remarking that I was of money)"
put his aba, added. -Old Fats (Long. “On th* contrary. It la true economy,
street) sags ha will hare every hi for aha won't require halt to many
•hat who stalls anyth!ag from a pri» pain of gtorea aa formerly."
aaw. To (are my UK woat yoa
tsada Shaaa wtth ma, tor I mat hare nan cannot ha a greater red*orea
(hare shoos r Of coaraa. I tredad. M this to Interrupt another la tha esmat
WrttarprtMMnr afhu
K.a.nnntilr,
Church Worker—Would you nsslst us.
good air, to scud a missionary to the
canalbala? Mr. Gotrux—Not much! I’m
vegetarian. But I’ll asaist yon to sell)
them tome easily digested ccreal!-
Puck.
Uved ts Water.
The Tramp—I one* Uved on water,
lady, for all montha. The Lady—Ton
don't look like It. How did you manage
It? The Tramp—I waa a sailor.
Gnat and formidable among men to
thapawaraftoaghter. Namutopnaf
ig^nl hi qnii- ptnlL
Nothing of tho King.
“Now, air." aald the advocate, croea
examining a wltneaa, “your answers
are not aatlsfactory. I am atrald yon
are slightly ambiguous.”
Witness (with great Indignation)—I
am naethlng o' tbe kind. sir. !'m a
strict teetotaler.—London Tlt-BIts.
Snsplcloes.
Junior Partner—Tbe bookkeeper has
been married nearly six months now.
Senior Partner-Well) Junior Partner
—WeU, be hasn't aaked tor a raise In
salary. Senior Partner—Heavena! Well
hare to have hla accounts examlnad.—
Be brave In trouble; meet distress
with dauntless courage; but whan tha
cato tot prosperity blows be wlaa, aa
laa* ud ‘
DcrpeM tfnut Kvcr .Katie.
The deepest haul of a net ever made
lu the world was achieved by Amer
icans off the Tonga Islands. In the
south Pacific. The trawl struck bottom
23,000 feet below the surface—that Is
considerably more than four miles
down—but even nt that depth animal
life was found. Those strange boiugs
lived in water whose temperature was
constantly just abore the freezing point
and under a pressure of 0,000 pouuds to
the square inch. To rj<ik that net and
bring It back again took a whole day
of steady labor.—St. Nicholas.
parsimonious crest u
( thought I was united to. and I haven’t
, any Idea of the rumors she spread
after sjhe got home. Put that man
j turned up smiling that evening, and
asked me on our way home from Mrs.
Bolton’s whist, 'Say, Emma, by the
way, what was the matter with you
any how, to-day. Nice If a man has
got to get his shins kicked black and
bluo because he booms up his wife's
cooking, I don’t think. Maybe its
hew woman way from the club?
Yes?"
get So Wonderfal.
Tourist (In retired village)—So that's
tbe oldest Inhabitant? One hundred and
four yeara old? No wonder you're
proud of him. Native—I dunna He
ain't done nothin' In this ycr place 'cept
grow old. and It'a took him a sight o'
time to do that .. i
Kidding tha Admiralty.
r. geographical Jobe was success-
tolly played on tbo representatives
n-: the British Admiralty In the House
of Commons a tew years ago. The
naval estimates were under considera
tion. when Ifr. Roy^j gravely pr£~
trsted that, while millions were being
epent elsewhere, not a penny waa to
be expendad on Woodford Bay, tha
consequence being that no big vends
cculd enter the bay. The protest was
taken tn a perfectly aerioua manner,
attention to It wauromised. and It
waa only when the 'Irisn members
laughed heartily at their compatriot’*
* w « •* ■«**!«•*. toko that It waa dlacovered that the
There are^many thlnga you can't do «8ay- referred to waa on a canal con-
wlth money,” aald the man who affects
philosophy.
“Tes.” answered Duatln Stax, "but
there are a whole lot more things you
can't do without It.”—Washington Star.
Os. ASTSslaaf.
Green—This paper tells of a man who
recently married his aunt Brown—
He’s In luck. Green—How so? Brown
—Being his own uncle now, be will be
able to wear hla watch regnlarly.-Cin-
clnnatl Enquirer.
Mils* Her Rlckt.
n. Housekeeper-Jane, are th*
„ l boding? Jano data of Bos ton I-
Most assuredly not. madam I may
aatMy say, however, that the water to
nected with the River Shannon, and
tn tho very heart of Ireland.—London
New*.
Recipe for Cocoanut Timbales.
C-coanot timbales-For ( ordinary
■lie molds allow 2 egga, 1 pint of milk,
2 tablespoons of sugar, 1 grated cocoa-
nut and aa much sifted bread crumb*
aa may be required. Butter the t!n>
hale molds or a mall cups and line them
Brit wtth the bread crumbs, then with
a thick layer of oocoanut Beat tha
egg, wtth sugar and tha milk and BU
the mold* or caps with th* mixture.
Stand th* cups la a pan of boiling wa
ter andhaksfor 13mlnatea. Turnout
of th* molds sad sere* hot or edd
with hart sauce sad whipped cream
h brandy respectively.