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Whj- l.urk* Arp Enntly Canfflit.
No binl is so easily netted as tbe
lark: he generally starts from the
ground just before the lower edge of
the net touches him and Invariably
mounts perpendicularly. This char
acteristic propensity to ascend at once
may he observed by any person who
"trends up” a lark in a Held and satis
factorily illustrated by releasing, at the
same moment, a newly captured lark
and a sparrow from a cage or hat
within the precincts of a room. While
the sparrow will fly off horizontally,
dash himself against the window and
lie almost stunned from the shock, the
lark will almost always mount up
ward to the celling and flutter there
for a time in vain efforts to reach
the sky before he attempts any other
mode of exit; but this habit is fatal to
him in the netting season. He would
generally be able to escape, as indeed
the bunting or clod bird, the sparrow
and the linnet constantly do, by flying
straight forward; but ascending, as he
does, directly from the ground the mo
ment his wings have touched the uppel*
part of the net it is suffered to drop
suddenly, and his capture is rendered
Inevitable.—London Standard.
GOLDSMITH’S DEBTS.
An I**'’It'4*nI. of Life In New York.
The street beggar with pockets lined
with money is a fairly familiar Itgul'e
of city life, but one of the tree dis
pensaries reports an instance of an
attempt to g*t free medicine on the
1 ea of poverty that deserves a place
in tile catalogue of good stories of
graft. A middle aged woman ap
peared the other day and got a pro
scription, after which she took her
place In the line bf persons waiting to
have their medicine made up by the
apothecary. This particular woman,
it should he said, had given satisfac
tory answers to all the questions put
to her designed to show whether she
was a proper subject for charity. Sud
denly there was a cry: “I’m rolihed!
I'm robbed!” The victim was this
woman, who so far forgot her previous
professions ns to assort that her
pocket had been picked and that the
thief had got away with .$1)0. Then
the lost the opportunity to get free
medicine, thus adding, In her view,
insult to Injury.—Now York Post.
The Snlo of the Miiiinserlpt Copy of
“The Vienr of YVnkeflold.”
Utter Incapacity for managing his
own money affairs had brought poor
Goldsmith, not for the first time, to his
last penny, and his landlady to the ,
cud of her stock of patience. It was In
these circumstances that “The Vicar
of Wakefield" was sold to pay the tm-
httppy author’s unpaid rent. Boswell
tolls us that oue morning In 17(Vt l)r.
Johnson received an urgent message
from Goldsmith begging he would
come to him ns soon us possible, as he
was in great distress. Johnson at once
sent him a guinea and then went over
to see his friend. lie found Goldsmith
much excited and lu a violent passion
because his landlady had arrested him
for his rent. “I perceived." says the
doctor, “that he had already changed
my guinea and had got n bottle of
madeirn and a glass before him. I put
the cork in the bottle, desired he
would be calm and begun to talk to
him of the means by which he might
be extricated.” Goldsmith then pro
duced the MS. copy of “The Vicar of
Wakefield,” lying in his desk ready for
the press. Johnson looked at it, per
ceived Its merits and thereupon took It
to a bookseller named Newberry and
sold it to him for £00. "1 brought Gold
smith tile money," continues Johnson,
"and he discharged Ills rent, not with
out rating uis landlady In a high tone
for having used him so ill.”—Loudon
Tit-Bits.
THE GULF OF MEXICO.
Acute l,uryiip;ttl«.
George Washington died of a disease
that was then called a quinsy, but
which is now known as acute laryngi
tis. Ills physicians treated him ac
cording to their best light and knowl
edge, but such treatment now would
be little short of criminal. An eminent
authority says that If medical men had
known as much then as they do now
the distinguished patient would proba
bly have been cured In a week. As It
was, he slowly strangled to death by
the closing of his throat. At the pres
ent time physicians treat a case of this
kind by tracheotomy—that Is, by unrtt-
lng an opening into the windpipe,
through which tin* patient may breathe.
They also diagnose a case by using
the laryngoscope, which enables tlieur
to look iulo the throat and see exactly
what the trouble Is.
It In Siirroun«lo«l liy <!»«» lll«’licat Ib»»
tt'tnu of flic World.
The gulf of Mexico Is a sea 1,000
miles long from the strait of Florida
to the harbor of Tampico and S00 minis
wide from the mouth of the Mississippi
river to the mouth of the Uoatzacouleos.
This Mediterranean of the west Is
surrounded by countries of extraordi
nary richness in the fertility of their
soil, tin! geniality of their climates, the
vastnoss and value of tlielr forests, the
variety and extent of their mineral en
dowments.
All these countries, capable of sus
taining hundreds of millions of peoplo,
are inhabited by nations and races who
live under republican forms of govern
incut and cherish and maintain free In
stitutions. The northern const lino of
this Important sea Is In the great re
public of the United States of North
America, the southern half Is In the
next greatest American republic, (hut
of Mexico, while on the east are the
important Islands of the West Indies,
with Cuba at their head. The region
around this most Important sea is des
tined to be far richer, more powerful,
and more distinguished in tue history
nml affairs of our globe than were ever
those that bordered the ancient Med
iterranean of the eastern hemisphere,
not oven excepting Egypt, Greece uud
ltome.—New Orleans L’lcayuuo.
llnrd to Cstoh l’i*.
Two Silesians, seated in a music
hall, began to argue about the music
of Wagner. The argument as it pro
gressed grew heated. The upshot was
that the younger challenged tlie older
Silesian to a duel.
But the older Silesian declined to
tight.
“No, no,” he said. "1 refuse to meet
you. The risks are not equal. You,
you see, are a bachelor, whereas 1 am
a married man with three children.
I’ll tell you what to do. Go get mar
ried and wait till you've a family as
large ns mine. Then, when our risks
are alike, come and challenge me
again.”
The younger man compiled. Ue mar
ried. Three years passed nml one day
three years later he went, accompanied
by a nursemaid, to bis opponent’s
home.
“Here I am,” ho said fiercely. “My
wife is at home. In tlii»i coach are my
three children. Now for tlu> duel.”
But the oliler man shook his head.
"Not yet awhile," he said. "1 have
five now.”
Exorcise For Hu*flnetis Men.
The average city business man with
out physical Impediments to fight
against can probably get along success
fully on such an exercise schedule as
the following:
First. Five minutes each day of
purely muscular exercise, such as can
be taken perfectly well hi one's room
without any special apparatus.
Second.—Short Intervals- during the
day of fresh air, brisk walking, deep
breathing. This can all he secured In
the regular order of the day's business.
A man can* easily spend ns much as
half au hour walking out of doors
every day. Tills is for heart, lungs
and digestion.
Third.—The reservation of at least
oni> day a week for rest and recreation,
for being out of doors, for playing
games, etc. This is essential. This Is
for both body and mind. A man who
thinks lie cun get along without at
least one mention time a week simply
proves Ills Ignorance: World's Work.
Hairs uf tntcriillliir*.
Several kinds of hairy caterpillars are
known to have a poisonous effect on
the human skin, notably the caterpil
lar of tlie processlomiry moth, so culled
because the caterpillars march In pro
cession after their food. The scientist
lteaumur found that tills caterpillar's
hairs caused him considerable suffer
ing In the hands for some days and
that when Jic rubbed his eyes Ids eye
lids, too, were inflamed. Even ap
proaching too near the nests of these
caterpillars 1ms caused painful swell
ings on the necks of certain persons
from the caterpillar hairs floated by
the winds.
Are I’lc l'lnteris Hypocrites f
Why do people who eat pie in secret
and in the open, people who when they
order pie cast about them furtive
glances and people who do not cure
who sees them engaged on pie one and
all talk and behave as If the consump
tion of pie constituted an dnpanlonable
sin whenever the subject Is broached?
Why In polite circles composed of those
whose ancestors were brought up on
pie, even pie for breakfast, Is pie hailed
with mirthful tittering?—Providence
Journal.
PriNonoi'N of War.
'‘Treatment accorded to prisoners of
war In the early part of the nineteenth
century would not ho endured for a
moment in the twentieth century,” says
an English writer. “To say that wo
starved our captives Is untrue; that we
stinted them of necessaries is a fact.
French prisoners wore kept in durance
on board hulks at Portsmouth and
Bishops Waltham. Cases are on rec
ord of the dogs of British officers pay
ing a call on hoard being decoyed be
low, where they were killed and con
verted into cutlets, while the masters
were chatting on the deck. Hats In
the hold were fished for with hooks
halted with ration beef and, when
j caught and cooked, were eagerly de-
' vourert. The French jlrlsoners to kill
monotony gambled. The counters wore
rations. Olio man at I’ortchestor lost
Ills rations for eight days running uud
died of starvation.”
Be Gentle ‘Willi Hitter People.
How often we come across people In
life so disagreeable and bitter, reject
ing all overtures of kindness we make
toward them, that we feel quite dis
heartened. And yet If we only knew
their life's history how much we should
perhaps find to forgive und pity, so
let us keep on with our good work
until we have thawed the Icicles of
their hearts with the warmth of our
GIunkimv’m Culilc ltuml.
A massive rope is used dully in pull
ing all the Loudon trains out of Glas
gow from Queen street high level sta
tion over the Cowlaire gradient, the
first mile uml u half of which is so
steep as to exceed the power of the
locomotive. This rope, which Is made
of steel wire and Is three miles long,
costs £U00 uud lusts from ten to twelve
mouths. It Is endless uud lies on the
surface of the up and down tracks
supported on Iron pulleys, dipping un
derground at either end. At Glasgow
each train Is fastened on to It by a
| chain arrangement, und the rope, being
set In motion by the stationary engine
at Cowlulre, pulls the train to the sum
mit, from which point It continues the
Journey unassisted.—London Graphic.
The Itlto lit' a Girl,
The bite of u girl may he ns produc
tive of poisonous germs as Improperly
prepared foods, according to the state
ments of Professor W, D. Miller of
tlie University of Berlin, In a lecture
the professor said Hint a bite of a
pretty girl would often bring a quicker
and more horrible death than the bile
of a serpent. Professor Miller, who has
made a specal study of the bacteria of
the mouth, said that only a short time
ago he experimented on a beautiful girl
In Germany and found thnt an arrow
dipped In saliva from her mouth would
send Its victim In death throes more
terrible than oho dipped in the venom
of the most deadly snake.—What to
Eat.
Twin* Hum In Different Year*.
“1 have often been present at tlie
birth of twins," said an old nurse.
“Only once was I present, though,when
tlie twins were born in different years.”
“Twins born lu different years? Von
are crazy,” said tbe young bride.
“Not n liil of It," said (lie old nurse.
"The thing happened in Pittsburg lu
181)!). The first twin was born ni 11:!!()
o’clock on the night of Dec. HI, ISiit),
and the second was born al l o'clock
In the morning of Jan. 1, 11)00. There
lire, ma'am, a number of other cases
recorded of twins born lu different
years."
Tile C'ut IIihI C'IiIcUciin.
The old housekeeper met the master
at the door on bis arrival home.
"if you please, sir,” she said, "the
cat lias laid chickens.”
“Nonsense, Mary,” laughed he. “You
mean kittens. Cats don’t have chick
ens.”
“Was them chickens or kittens as
you brought home last night?” asked
the old woman.
"Why, they were chickens, of course.”
“Just so, sir,” replied Mary, with a
twinkle. “Well, the cat’s lmd 'em!”
PEOPLE OF BRITTANY. !
The Women Mostly It:il:l nml tlie Mon
Mostly DvnnknrdN.
“The women, not tlie men, go bald in
Brittany," said a harbor. "They go
bald where It shows most—above the
ears. Women, quite bald above the
cars, are as common In Brittany as
bnldhcadcd men aro with us.
“Brittany is a granite strewn, hilly,
well wooded country in northwestern
Franco, overlooking the son. It is New
Hampshire, with the sou added. Tlie
Breton peasants speak n language
which resembles Welsh. They hate
strangers, and they wear a peculiar
costume.
“This costume Is wlint causes (lie
bnldlieadcd woman. One part of it, tlie
coif, or headdress, a cap of white linen,
requires Hint the hair he drawn hack
very taut, from the temples. Drawn
back thus, us taut us it will go, It be
gins to disappear at the age of twenty-
five, and liy the time she is thirty-five
or forty the Breton peasant woman
looks as if she wore the victim of some
horrible disease, for, from her temples
to well behind her ours, she Is as bald
as mi egg.
"The men, on the contrary, are never
bald. For one reason, they work bare
headed. For another, they belong to
the low, animal typo of man that; pre
servos a bead of thick, coarse hair to
the etui. They are a nasty lot, the men
of Brittany—drunk every day or two,
putting all tlie work on their wives,
shouting ribald Instills In the Breton
tongue at tourists.”-St. Louis Globe-
Democrat.
THE BUTTE HILL.
Where Fortune* Were Mmle nml
S|M»nl In a liny.
When Daly had acquired ihc proper
ties surrounding the Anaconda, he
opened up the Butte hill. One must
have a vivid Imagination to picture to
himself tin 1 growth of Butte from thnt
time on during Marcus Daly's life.
Fortunes were made and spent In it
day. An army of men descended into
the mines dally to strip thorn of their
treasure, huge forests were despoiled
of their timber to sltill and shore up
tin' oxcavntlons and protect the earth
above, for these copper veins are often
100 feet wide. Immense smokestacks
began to vomit their clouds of smudge
from scores of furnaces scattered over
the hill; Hie moan and clunk of huge
pumps could lie heard in tlie depths
forcing tlm water to the surface; the
pound of hammers and tin 1 steady Im
pact. of drills sounded everywhere,
while the earth trembled and bellowed
with distant underground explosions.
Great hollows, like cathedral naves,
wore scooped out, where the treasure
had lulu lu the rock ribbed earth.
Horses uml unties were blindfolded
und lowered into the mines -where
their hides, like the-gray boards of the
old miners, soon took on (lie greenish
color of the copper which saturates ev
erything below I he surface. The Butte
hill soon beenuio a vortlnhlu under
ground city.-t—0. l\ Connolly In Mc
Clure's Magazine.
Iti'liuMICniiN nml Democrat*.
The old Republican party, foil titled
by Thomas Jefferson, had Its most
vigorous lift' during the twenty-four
years while Jefferson, Madison and
Monroe were In the White House. 1 lur
ing these years It completely annihi
lated its opponent, the old Federalist
party, which was the predecessor of
tlie present Republican party. John
Quincy Adams, (lit- slxt’.i president of
the United States who had n leaning
to Federalism, was elected by tlie
house of representatives (none of tlie
candidates having a majority of (lie
electoral vote) ns a national Republi
can, and when Jackson came In four
years later It was as a Democratic
Republican. It was during Ids time
that the latter half of the name was
dropped, and tlie party of Jefferson
took tlie name of the Democratic party.
It Inis not until 1854 thnt the present
Republican party assumed the name
which the party of Jefferson and Jack-
son hud dropped a quarter of a cen
tury before. St. Louis Republican.
To foncHlutc tin- GoiIh.
Just nt night. If you happen to he
Within the gates of Canton, you will
witness one of the little performances
that are supposed to deceive the prowl
lug spirits of the night bent upon evil
Intent, Ihc while conciliating them
should they penetrate the deception.
Each little and Idg simp possesses n
miniature fireplace I milt Into tlm side
of the entrance. I’ntyers printed on
rice paper form tlm fuel with which
to offer up Incense to the “bogy man,"
who Is supposed to make tIk* nocturnal
visits. Beholding tin* smoke, he Is sup
posed to assume Hint no one lives with
in, mid therefore pusses by: but should
In' catch on uud stop to Investigate lie
finds Hint ihc prayer papers on Hie ul-
tar hear Inscriptions nUrlhiilhig to him
such virtues and magnanimity tlm I Ids
wrath Is appease I and he turns from
Ids evil Intent. Edwin Wlldnmn in
Oliautuuqunn.
BRITISH CASTE.
Love of tlie En«ll*hitmn For a Titled
Hll 1 iIlK Gill**.
The presence of n personal sovereign
Is the outward and visible sign that
caste Is still supreme In the British em
pire. The external abuses of the feudal
system have been abolished 111 Great
Britain, one by one. until those that
still linger are almost harmless, but
the Inner spirit survives to tills late
dny, and even now Its manifestations
are abundant in almost every part of
the social structure of the British Isles.
There Is still alive the fiction thnt tho
king rules and that the army of the
empire Is Ids majesty’s army. There Is
still a willing acceptance of tlm titled
aristocracy and also of nil upper house,
the vast majority of whoso members
sit there by tho right of birth only,
without regard to tlielr Individual
merits.
No doubt tlie British people could
change these tilings speedily and with
out violence If they really desired to
get rid of tills inheritance from feudal
ism. But they have not got rid of It,
and lids Is evidence enough that they
do not Wish to do so.
The British see no reason to abolish
a state of affairs* which the American
people look nt with amazed wonder ns
a survival of tho dark ages. A native
American finds It wholly Impossible to
understand the mental attitude of a
certain man of letters in London, who
Justified Ids Ingrained torylsm by tlie
assertion that ho simply would uot b»
ruled by ids equals.- Bender,
Done—One lllllioflll.
"How Idg a dose do I need?" asked
tho customer of tho old fashioned drug
gist
"Oh, 1 guc-s a heaping dlmuful will
bo nlioiil right," was the reply.
“A dlmelul?" echoed the customer.
"You mean a dime’s worth, don't you?"
"No, 1 don’t,” said the druggist. "A
dime’s worth would lie two ounces,
and you'd never survive such a quun
tity us that. 1 mean for you to take a
[ dime ami pile on II as much of this
powder ns will stick. Then you have
tho proper dose. Measuring medicine
on a dime Is a method as old us l ulled
Sinics currency nnd alums! ns reliable.
There are eortaln powders Hull can bo
measured more accurately that way
thitu any oilier, und among us old
timers who have been used to meeting
emergencies *a dlmcful’ Is a common
dli'ticilon."
THE WILD CARROT.
One of tin- Most I it I crest Iiik of Our
Xullw I'll, ot*.
A wood has been defined ns "a plant
tlint persists in growing wli^’e It Is not
desired.” Surely tho wild carrot is a
most weedy weed from the point of
view of that: definition and of tho dis
like of tho farmer. As to tho per-
1 Mlstotieo, our veteran I’nrinor-niiturullst
John Burroughs lells us: "Cut off the i]
head of tho wild carrot, and In a week
there arc five heads lu room of the
()U(>. Cul oil’ those, and liy fall there j
aro ten looking defiance nt you from
I the same root.”
The only fault of the wild carrot,
ns ni oilier so called weeds, Is too groat
success In life. H Is guilty only of
pors I Stonge. But from n nature lover’s
point of view (here are, strictly spoilk-
) ing, no weeds. No plant Is disliked.
On the contrary, tlie more a plant Is
aide to strive successfully for life tho
more of Interest It Is. Wo cun also
! see and appreciate tho beauty without
tho "woody" dislike.
If In tills spirit observers will ex
amine tlm wild carrot the verdict will
ho that II Is one of tho prettiest and
most Interesting of our native plants.
Tho beauty Is especially noticeable In
(lie full bloom, or Queen Anne’s luce,
form. Perhaps some may regard the
bird’s nost form ns the most Interest
ing.- Exolningo.
Ynlur* of Flit* unit (lll)i,
There is a remarkable misapprehen
sion, particularly among many per
sons of the more Intelligent class of
our people, says tlie Dietetic and liy
glcnic Gazette, as to the food value of
the fats and oils. The muscle or red
meat Is a valuable source of proleld,
but tlm excessive consumption of pro-
teid Invites various diseases which fig
ure very prominently Iff the causes of
death. The fills and oils Increase our
resistance against cold and some of
tho causes of disease. Tlie health of
many so called scrofulous children
would be Improved liy leaching thorn
to eat more fat. Fills In ubunduuco
constitute a very essential part of tho
dietary of the tuberculous patient. A
larger proportion of the fatty elements
of foods would go a long way lu add
ing tin the robustness of many persons
und saving them from the subsequent
development of tuberculosis,
Different Hennlnu;*.
Some words In our language have
several meiinin■ e. <ji different from 1
1 hi* Olliers, so I lilt t II Is not always pus ! Kicks It* Fooil Into It* Month,
slide to know at first just wind thought "This Is an itye-nyo," Hiiid the keeper
the speaker wishes Id express. There of the monkey house. "Watch It kick
Is the word "humnnilarlnn,” for In Its food Into Its mouth."
stance. If you will turn to your Well The aye-aye, a handsome lemur, bur
ster you will find dial II means, Him I. l’lud In the plain of cut carrots thnt tho
one who denies the dlvlnlly of Christ keeper had Jest pushed under the burs,
nnd believes him to have been merely It stood before Hie food, which It took
human; second, one who llnills tlie up piece I piece In Us fore paw and
sphere ol Unties In human relations tossed swiftly through tlie air Into Its
and affections to the exclusion of Hie open iimutli. Like ii Juggler, It kept a
religious or spiritual; llilnl, one who l< yellow chain of carrots curving through
actively concerned in prnmoilng tlie I ho air from Its foot: to Its mouth con-
A ConiiirolieiiMlvc Verdict.
A child in an English town was
killed by n steam atomizing apparatus
falling on It. Tho coroner's Jury
brought In the following curious ver
dict: “Dentil resulted from shock fol
lowing brohcliitis anil whooping cough,
caused through the shaking of the
house by the firing of a gun at the
government proof butts on tlie I’ulm
stead marshes.”
A Special Case.
“If Mr. Winslow calls tonight,
mamma, what shall I say?”
“Say whatever yoUr heart tells you
to say, my dear.”
“But this Isn’t one of those cases,
mamma. There Is nothing to Mr. Win
slow except his money.”—Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Convinced.
Mr. Spongely (slightly related)—Splen
did! Magnificent! Do you know, Uncle
Eli, I believe I shall never get tired
of seeing tlie sun set behind that hill!
Uncle Ell—That’s what me an’ mother’s
beginnin’ to think.—Puck.
CuuMCN of Insanity.
In England, where everything that Is
i excessive In a great civilization Is to
be found, mental alienation is very fre-
| quent. Many especial causes contrib
ute to tills, such as ill assorted mar
riages, which engender hereditary in
sanity; hazardous and desperate spec
ulations, the frequency of commercial
i crises, the increasing fluctuations of
political life, the laziness peculiar to
the rich, the abuse of fermented liquors
and, lastly, the Immense number of re
ligious sects.—London Hospital.
IIiiIhIiik HI* Waici’N.
Y.—You know I told you a few days
after lie employed me that lie said
he'd raise my wages In a month or so?
1 Z.—Yes. And didn’t be?
“No. I misunderstood him. He
said he’d try to raise my first week’s
wages by that time. ' I haven’t had a
shilling yet.”—London Tit-Bits.
Hutton* unit Women'* Glottic*.
"Why docs a woman button her gar
ments on the left side?" The question
Is discussed in the London Tailor anil
Cutter by several correspondents, one
of whom advances tills theory: "For
ladles to have tlie buttonholes In tho
right side of their garments has Its
origin In the times when It was neces
sary for u lady when going out at night
to have a gentleman escort, who sup
ported her upon Ills left arm, leaving
his right or swonl arm at liberty.
Thus the Indy's left hand would bo free
to fasten or unfasten her cloak nt her
own pleasure and without Inconven
ience.”
welfare of his kind, a philanthropist.
Tim third sense Is Ihc one In which Hie
word Is now mo.-l frequently used, and
Webster murks Hi ncilnitiim as “re
cent.”
The Klsr.e of < iiiiihIm,
t'aniiihi is larger Ilian lliu United
Stales by n quarter ol a million square
miles. Uanitdn coninlns o.ie Hill'd ol'
the area of Hie Brltl-h empire. Uaninla
extends over fin dezrees of liHIludo
from Home In north pole, (,'nimdn Is
ns large iih thirty United Kingdoms,
eighteen C rina.iys. Ildi'iy (hive llalys.
C'aiimla I larger Ilian Anstralnsiii and
twice Ihc size of British India. Canada
lias a liolindni'y line of 11,(100 miles In'
tween II anil the United Slates. Cana
da’s sr.(const cqi sis half the eurlh's
Circumference. Canada Is ,'i,500 miles
wide and 1,100 from north to Hoillh.
tluiiDiisly. Tho quirk toss of tlie leg ']
wIlli which lids was done lmd, undo- ‘M
nltlhly. Hie look of n kick.
"Aye ayes come from Madagascar,"
tho keeper said. "They are nocturnal
In their Imbits, and they live in holes, Q
The miilvcs regard them with supersti
tious reverence. They lire tho only
creatures cxlnnt that kick their food’
Into tlielr mouths.”
Tlie Sin of IiiNiiranco,
“When life Insurance was first insti
tuted,” said an antiquary, “the church
tuttl pious people generally wore dead
set against It. They said Unit It was
gambling In human lives. They said,
too, that It would encourage murder.
They were right In a way. Life In
surance Is gambling lu human lives—
only the iidils are so greatly lu the
companies' favor that tliyy can never
lose. It Is also an encouragement to
murder. A good many murders aro
committed every year for the sake of
life Insurance policies. But these evils
are no more than fly specks on tho
I in |>n r») Gundy.
Beware of Impure candy. Sugar In
candy quickly ferments after eating,
and If too much Is oaten serious trou
bles often result. Pure sugar dissolves great beneficent life insurance bodies.
C’oniiironi Jxe.
“I have a little granddaughter,” said
a senator, “who is very fond of ani
mals, especially dogs. Her mother has
taught her to pronounce the word until
It sounds like dnlig. Her father sticks
to the good old fashioned dawg, so
the child has compromised, aud now
every canine is a duhg-dawg.”
The Joy «f Life.
The man who does not feel his heart
throb with gratitude every day of his
life for being horn In tho very golden
ago of the world and who does not feel
that he owes a tremendous debt to tho
past, to all the people who have strug
gled and striven and sacrificed before
him, Is not made of tbe right kind of
stuff.—Success Magazine.
quickly In water nnd leaves a clear
liquid, affording an easy way of test
ing Its purity. Drop a small piece of
candy In u glass, and over it; pour boil
ing wafer. Let It stand twenty-four
hours. If there Ih any foreign sub
stance in the candy a sediment will bo
found in the bottom of the glass.—New
York Post.
Life Insurance does so much good that
tlie evils attendant on it arc by com
parison nil.”
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A Common Mistake.
Many a man has become possessed
of tlie Idea that he is a humorist merely
because other people think he Is funny.
—Chicago Record-Herald.
So lie Ileuril.
“I wonder If there be any Industries
carried on in heaven?” Inquired tlie
; town Ignoramus.
"I’ve allers heerd as how matches
1 are made there,” was the guarded an
swer of the local sage.—Louisville Cou
rier-Journal.
PeevlMline**.
Peevishness may he considered the
canker of life that destroys Its vigor
and checks Its Improvement; that
creeps on with hourly depredations
and taints and vitiates what It cannot
consume.—Johnson.
Itfudy to Pone.
lie—Why are you wearing that ex
pensive gown at that dinner tonight' 1
It Isn’t such a swell affair. She—I
know It, but I don’t feel like talking
much, uml with tills gown on I won’t
be entirely lost sight of.—Detroit Free
Press.
Ill* Golden 0|i|>nrtlinlty.
A Baltimore man tells of an address jj
made to uumo school children in that '
city by a member of the board of trus
tees. "My young friends,” suid the .
speaker, “let mo urge upon you the
necessity of not only reading good |
He (five years after) All lids gusli books, but of owning them, so tbut you J
about love is extremely foolish. Wher may have access to them at all times. (
ever did this stupid book come from? j When I was a young man I used fre- /
I must say the person who selected It | quontly to work all night to earn mon- ? :
showed a very Insipid taste. She ! ey to buy books, and then get up be- ;
(quietly)—It’s tbe book you gave me | fore daylight to read them.”—Success
during our honeymoon, John. We read
it eleven times (lie first week we hud
It.
Magazine.
i
Probably.
Probably a woman would be a bride
I know no manner of speaking so
offensive as that of giving praise and
closing It with an exception.—Steele.
Peneveraice.
“I think,” said the reporter, “that the , . , , ....
I public would like to know how you her husband lon * er lf she shouI(1
i managed to live to such a great age.” continue making company of him. Most
i “By perseverance,” replied the cen- I women be « ln to 88ve their ^ am for
1 tenarlan. "I Jest kept on livin’”- I vlRltorB wben have been married
j Philadelphia Ledger. jmonths.
Whore She Parted From Pnal.
A certain old lady was arguing
strongly for woman’s rights In the way
of preaching when some one attempt
ed to put her down with a text from
St. Paul. "Ah,” said she, “that’s where
Paul and i differ!”—Household Words.
Mutual DlNKUNt.
"Look here,” complained the victim,
“you said the house was only five min
utes’ walk from the station. To say
the least, I’m disappointed in you.”
“No more than I’m disappointed In
you,” retorted the ageist. “I thought
you were a good fast walker.”—Phila
delphia Press.
I have always thought that what was
good was only what was beautiful .put
in action.—Rousseau.
Art and Iluolnen*,
Summer Boarder—It is so pictur
esque to watch the cows come home.
Farmer—There’s more money in It
when they stay on the railroad track.
HI* M Intake.
"I thought It was a good time to ask i
the old gentleman for Ills daughter.
He Is suffering from a recently broken
arm.”
"Well?”
“I found I mado a mistake In not
waiting until he broke a leg.”—Cleve-
lan Pluln Dealer.
Kind Hearted.
Hewitt—Why did you marry? Jew-
ltt—Just to give a friend of mine, a
elergymun, a Job.—New York Press.
There is no more perfect endowment
in man than political virtue.—Plutarch.’