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THE HERITAGE.
Down the centuries a-line, a-rotw—
Grandmothers, grandfathers, belle and beau,
Puritan, vagabond, gypsy, peer, .
Barefooted carle or cavalier;
Bone of the mountains, blood of the sea,
Reaching down through the years to me,
Bravely and surely, as one kept his sword
Unsheathed for the king in Naseby fight,
Steadfastly—purely, as one kept his word,
A Puritan word in a battle for right;
Puritan courage and cavalier pride—
The ages have sifted their dust away;
Dead are the causes for which they died,
But it's their love I glve thee, dear, to-day.
—Kdna 8. Valentine, in Success Magazine,
Jotn Dangerfield's Love
*“When Kitty comes home, we must
buy new curtains for the parlor,” said
Miss Cornelia.
“When Kitty comes home, 1 hope it
will not be so confoundedly dull here,”
gaid Harry, the elegant young lawyer.
John saild nothing, but his eyes rest
ed on the velvet framed photograph
of a young school girl, placed on a lit
tle bracket, above the mantel., And
one morning, while they were at break
fast, a merry voice exclaimed,—
“Dear friends, good morning.”
“I declare, there's Kitty, now!” eried
Miss Cornella, leaning back in her
chair, quite overcome by the lovely
apparition In the doorway.
“Yes, it is Kitty,” said Kitty's own
sweet, clear voice,
Harry sprang up from the table, all
ife and animation, to greet her, and
Migs Cornelia gathered her into the
warmest of loving embraces,; but
Farmer John rose more deliberately,
though his bronzed face flushed, and a
deep bright glow filled his eyes.
They had thought and talked so
much about her, and now she stood
among them, a lovely, tall girl, with
brilliant gray eyes, a soft, curly fringe
of golden hair across her white brow,
and an indescribable air of fashion
about her, .
They were so glad to see her; Miss
Cornelia, the old maid who kept house
for John; Harry, who have come out
from town to spend a few weeks, and
who found the country such a bore;
and John-—grave, handsome John, who
had been Kitty's guardian and friend
ever since the sad day her father died,
and left her alone and unprovided tor.
She was but a little girl then, and
John Dangerfield a young man of four
and twenty; but he took her up in his
strong arms, stroked her tangled curls
tenderly, and poor forlorn little Kit
ty ceased to tremble and feel afraid,
F He was now five-and-thirty, and she
was u lovely, blooming girl, just home
from boarding school.
i John Dangerfield was a hero, though
junknown to the world. He had once
ed ambitious dreams; but, just
Mfl&nflqfiopemuy
ore him, his father died, charging
him to take care of his mother, sister
and young brother. There was but
jone way to do it—remain quietly on
;the farm and work as he had always
yworked, sowing and reaping, with on
;ly odd hours, and a day now and then,
for self-culture. He accepted the lot
,qnmnzmurlnx. putting the hopes of a
jbroadér more ambitious life forever
prom him.
% His mother died, his sister grew to
old-maidism, and Harry received the
‘education he had once intended for
‘Thimself.
Harry could not endure the farm and
;the rough work of a farmer's life, and
S 0 must away to a lawyer's office, to
‘reud a little law, and to learn to be a
society young man.
/John remained at home, added to the
farm as the years rolled by, studied
'bookx as well as cotton crops, and
[watched over Kitty with untiring de
votion, until the time came for her
\fto be sent away to schoel to finish her
e¢ducation.
: His care did not cease then, and if
over a girl had cause to feel thank
ful, it was Kitty Mcl.ean,
| And Kitty had come, and in less than
‘an hour the whole house seemed to
{Teel her influence. All deferred to her,
Aas to a young queen—even fastidious
gHarry', ‘who followed her around, her
jmost devoted admirer. She certdinly
jmade a great change in the old house,
jwith ]ittle graceful feminine adorn
‘ments, with her music and painting,
and, above all, with her own joyous
youth.
' That was when she first came home,
and her freedom from the routine of
school seemed so new and delightful,
fAfter a time a change came over her.
“Aunt Cornelia, what is the matter
fwith John?"
She had always called the plain eld
erly spinster “aunt.”
| Miss Cornelia shook her head.
“I do not know, child. Why?"
| *“He is so grave and quiet—and-—
and he will never go with us, or take
any part in our amusements.”
“You must remember, dear, he is not
Young, like you and Harry.”
“I am sure he is not old,” said Kitty,
indignantly,
“No--not exactly old, but approach
ing middle age,” sald Miss Cornelia,
|with calm ecruelty.
~ “Kitty, Kitsy, where are you?”
. It was Harry calling her, and she
{frowned impatiently, and instead of
‘answering him she went away to her
4 OWn room.
But John seemed to grow quieter and
graver, to devote himself more stead
ily than ever to his work and his
|books, He even began to avold the
|younger people, and to shut himself
dnto his study when they had litsle
~ “John, come play croquet with us,”
/sald Kitty, coaxingly, meeting him in
~.the hall late one afternoon.
She had on a fresh white dress, with
a great bunch of roses under her belt,
and even one burning blood-red in the
gold of her hair, and looked a very
picture of youth and beauty, while he
stood there in' rough working garb,
brown, and stained with the soil of
wood and field,
He smiled half sadly, and just touch
ed her silken hair with one strong
brown hand.
“Nay, child, I would only spoil the
gam=2 with my stupid blundering.”
“No, you wouldn’t. Please come,”
pleaded the young girl,
“No, not thig evening. 1 hear Harry
calling you.”
He hurried past her into his study,
and she walked slowly out to where
Harry walited for her.
“Come, Kitty, or it will be dark be
fore we can play one game.”
“l don’t care to play this evening.
I've changed my mind about it.”
“Then we'll take a walk. I want to
tell you something”—flinging down his
mallet, and joining her, with flushed,
eager face,
L » » -
Late that evening, as John Danger
field sat reading, or trying to read, a
new magazine, his young brother
walked into the little study.
“John, may I ask a favor of you?’
he began, abruptly, restlessly turning
the leaves of a book.
“Certainly, my dear fellow, What is
it?”
“You have great ilnfiuence with
Kitty—use it for me.”
The elder brother flushed, then grew
pale; one hand gripped hard on the
open magazine,
“Why, Harry?”
“I=-1 love her, John.”
“And she?”
“Refused me this evening. Please
help me, John. I do not think she is
really indifferent, and if you will
gpeak to her—l'm sure I can’t live
without her”—a real quiver in his
voice, -
“What must I say?”’ John inquired,
In a stiff, hard voice, m gray shade set
tling over' his face.
“Anything—you know best.”
He shut his lips close for a moment,
fighting a flerce battle with himself,
Should he—could he—and so crown all
his work, his life of self-denial, with
the sacrifice of his heart? For who
could love Kitty as he loved her?
“lI will speak to her, Harry: but ir
I fail to win her consent?” ;
“I will never hold you to blame. God
bless you, John!”
And the lad wrung his brother's
hand, grateful in his selfish way,
So the next morning Miss Kitty re
celved a summons to' her guardian’s
study. Once, she had been fond of
going in there, of dusting his books
and papers, of sitting quietly in the
deep window, while he read or wrote;
but now she rarely ever crossed the
threshold. She walked in that morn
ing with flushed cheeks.
“What is it, John?” her bright
brown eyes looking into his, for all
the tumult of her quivering pulses.
He drew a little further back into
the shadows.
“@ome—sit down here by me, Kit
s
- “No, I will stand here,” she said,
placing herself like a culprit before
him, :
“You are a lovely girl, Kitty"—sigh
ing, as if he deplored the fact,
“Do you think s 0?” she exclaimed
and blushed.
“And young men will fall in love
with you.”
“It is not my fault. I'm sure I don’t
want them to.”
For all his sore trouble, John Dan
gerfield could not help smiling. °
“That may be, but after awhile you
must love, too. Kitty, why did you
refuse Harry?"
“Because I could not love him."
“But why not? He lis handsome
and entertaining, and he will be a suc
cessful man if he lives—and he loves
you." »
“A mere faney. Do you want me to
marry him, John?' a little break in
her voice,
“If—you think you ean love him, and
be happy'—with difficulty,
“I cannot, and—and you are cruel to
—to force me—"
“Kitty!”
But Kitty had her face hidden in her
hands, and was sobbing audibly. H
tears upset all his composure, l—g
started to his feet; he said a good
many things he had never intended to
say.
“Kitty, oh, darling, darling, don't
cry! You know I would rather keep
you with me than to give you to any
man.”
“No, you hate me—you shun me—
you want to get rid of me. Haven't I
seen it all along, ever since 1 came
home? But I'l—l'l not be married
against my will. I'll go away, and—"
“Kitty, will you hush?"
But Kitty only wept the more, quite
reckless as to consequences; and John
tock her in his arms, tre'
emotion. t
“Kitty, I leve you as no other man
can ever possibly love you. You live
in my heart of hearts. You are all
that is most precious and beautiful
lo me!” he cried, passionately,
“Then, why not let me stay with
you?” gaid Kitty, boldly raising her
face, all flushed and tear-stained, some
great drops still hanging like jewels
to. her lashes. Never did a face look
more beautiful, though, to the eyes ot
a lover, !
“Because it cannot be possible you
wish to stay,” said John,
“John, John, how cap you be so
blind? Do I not know that you are
worth a host of young gallants like
Harry? Have I not always looked up
on you as a hero? Oh, I know how
nobly you have sacrificed yourself;
and now you would give me away, and
make me wretched, and—" .
“Nay, love—you are mine, my heart’s
darling, my wife!”
His tones were strong, deep, trium
phant; he drew her closer, kissed her
eyes, her lips, feeling richly compen
sated for all that he had ever lost,
“It is a strange choice you make,
Kitty, with your youth, your beauty.”'
he said at last.
“It is my heart’s choice,” she cried;
“and 1 feel honored that you can love
me—that I'm to be your wife.” .
Harry went back to his law books
much cast down and bewildered at the
termination of his love affair, but he
was very soon consoled by the b
tender glances of a pair of br.
eyes, and Kitty was forgotten =as
sweetheart, though loved as a sister.
ANTI-HORSE THIEF CLUBS. -
Now a Social Organization in Kansas
With Protective Feature Retained.
The thief who in the early days in
Kansas stole a horse took away %-
farmer’s most valuable possessio¥.
Horse stealing came to be an offence
punished by hanging. Farmer!
throughout the State organized theml
selves for protection. That was the
beginning of the Anti-Horse Thief As‘
gociation. *-
In late years the A. H. T. A. has
become almost a social lodge, but the
protective feature has not disappeared.
Last year two bank robbers broke
open a safe in Osawatomie. The
alarm was spread after they were a
few miles out of town and the A. H.
T. A. made telephone wires warm in
every direction. Farmers with shot
guns patrolled all the roads. The
thieves were captured before they had
gone five miles. : A
Two weeks ago Osawatomie, Kan.,
which has a population of about 3500,
held an anti-horse thief picnic. More
than 6000 persons attended. A parade
of horsemen in double file on the way
to the picnic grounds was ten blocks
long. First came the band, theg a
squadron of young wongen p coh
hats follow®. * ) Todan 7
A small boy led a horse on which
was a dummy with a noose around
its neck. Except for that the event
was as social as Kansas spirit could
make it. Lodges from Miami, Frank
lin and Linn counties took part.—
Kansas City Star. i
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.
It is proved by ancient carvings
unearthed in Egypt that the bellows
were in use for forcing fires in the
fifteenth century B. C. :
New York city requires and has
the services of 3,333 letter carriers to
distribute its mail, and they are paid
from S6OO to SI,OOO a year,
Pawnbrokers in New York city say
that if policemen are assigned to
their shops it will simply be one more
opportunity for working “graft.”
A Broadway tobacconist estimates
that the commuters entering and
leaving New York city consume $lO,-
000 worth of tobacco each day.
An old map of New York shows
that the city extenced northward in
1789 to Reade street on the west
side of Broadway and to Grand street
on the east side,
Belgium and the Netherlands, that
have but 8 percent forest lands; Den~
mark, that has 7 percent; France
and Switzerland, with a small per
centage of forest land, are compelled
to import timber.
Profanity is evidently on the in
crease in New York city, especially
among the boys of the community.
A record kept of parts of conversa
tion heard from 840 males—when
women are not present—shows that
698 of the speakers used oaths.
Secretary Wright has designated
Major John Biddle Porter of the
Judge Advocate-General's Depart
ment, to represent the department at
the meeting of the American Prison
Association, at Richmond, Va., from
November 14th to 19th.
The principal railway line® in
Korea extends from Fusan, on the
south, to New Wiju, on the Yalu
River on the north., This line is .
the standard American gauge, and all
the locomotives now in use were im
ported from the United States,
With the ancient Greeks the hat
was simply an appurtenance of the
traveler. The free citizen preferred
to go bareheaded and only put on his
broad-brimmed petasus for protection
against the sun when on a long jour
ney. The unmcovered head was part
of his dignity, for the slaves and
workmen wore always a kind of
pointed skull cap. J
; Thes’re Excused i
Or Not, According as the Lie StriKes the Legal Ear. ;
A poacher accused of annexing the
King's rabbits remarked in extenua
tion, some little time ago, “I am guil«
'y of trying to earn and to get an
honest living. I was lying asleep near
their holessand the rabbits ran into
my pockets.” In very socoth a poor
#ffort, having as its result two months
hard. On the other hand, to avoind
serving on a coroner’s jury, an Is
lingtonian pleaded that he was ‘“deaf
48 a beetle.” How plausible was he!
Naturally he was excused.
To frame excuses that will melt the
magisterial heart requires the skill of
an artist, and is, indeed, a fine art—un
less it is a science—and one in which
a genius alone can hope to succeed.
Conventional excuses are of little avail,
and yet a cursory study of the ex
amples here given will show that the
successful excuse should be at least
plausible, for totally irrelevant pleas
are rarely accepted.
A foreign lady, poor but dishonest,
for lqstance, who entered a temporarily
vacant hcuse, annexed a table cloth,
clock, lamp and the provender provid
ed for the meals of the real occupants,
cn being arrested and brought before
the Judge addressed him as follows,,
but without avail. “M. de Juge d’ln
struction: Your face is beautiful,
‘bland and benign. It reminds me of
’my deceased ht&sban‘d, A, man always
gay and smiling, who would never
‘have refused a favor to a distinguished
‘Woman, .1 am the authoress of a novel,
‘My- Angel.’ Release me and 1 promise
‘to immortdlize you in my next work.
I demand my liberty.” The Judge,
‘ho'Wever, was ungallant enough to
i doubt her sanity, and the case—unlike
‘that which was personally defended by
a young lady, who stated that she
‘had bargained for a piece of tapestry
with figures worked “as handsome in
appearance as my lord the President
here, but the plaintiffs palm me off
ith figures as ugly as that of Mon
eur the plaintiff’s advocate’—was
lost. & 7
A man who some time ‘ago was
charged at Bow street with being
drunk and disorderly, on being asked
what he had to say, was discharged
when he, put forward the following
trite excuse: “It's in a nutshell, your
Worship—too mucn liquor, no solids,
cellapse, and consequences,” This was
very much to the point, especially when
compared to the reply of a woman aged
32, who was charged at Lambeth with
the same offence shortly afterward.
“Ah, your Worship,” she explained,
“I'm the mother of twelve children,l
that’s what I am. And the last time
it ,was twins—here they are now—and
that was only seven weeks ago.” Pre
mably his worship .considered the
flfii‘cfioa of twing as a sufficient exten-*
‘uation for the offence for he told her
to go away and not to do it again.
The plea of a boy burglar, when re
cently brought up at Harlesden for
having entered a house and stolen a
Wwater can, was somewhat unique. Hav
ing confessed to breaking into the
house by forcing the back window
catch, he stated that all he did to the
house was to wind the clocks. Al
though thig statement perhaps miti
gated his offence to a certain extent, it
was not much more ingenious than the
plea of a man arrested some months
ago for begging, who at the time of his
arrest was wearing two shirts, two
pairs of trousers, ‘four waistcoats, and
two coats, and who murmured, when
asked what he had to say in his de
fence, that “he was born tired”—a re
ply worthy of the “Weary Walker”
class of tramp read about in the comic
weeklies.
' Some little time ago a man found in
possession of two rabbits offered as an
explanation the statement that he saw
five rabbits in a ditch, that he fell on
them and killed two by breaking their
necks, The magistrates decided that
the story, though picturesque, was un
convincing. Far more to the purpose
however, was the defence of two work
ingmen charged at Accrington under
an old statute for killing a hare on
Sunday. It was admitted that one man
drove the animal through the fence,
that the other captured it and that a
Ealf crown was paid to the farmer to
‘it away. But, it was argued,
there was no evidence to show that
“pussy” ever was killed, and for all
the court knew it was still alive and
kicking—a view of the case that ap
pealed to the Bench who straightway
accepted it. When some little time ago
a milkman was called upon explain at
Lambeth why his wares contained 6
percent of water he remarked: “It
was raining heaven's hard and the
sample was taken in the middle of the
street,” an explanation that was con
sidered sufficient, but the loitering in
dividual who gently suggested that
a formidable jimmy found hidden in
a secret pocket of his coat was his
kitchen poker failed to get the bene
fit of the doubt that did not exist.
A man of Cork who declared, accord
ing to the evidence, that he would have
“blood, murder or fish before he went
home,” and in the absence of the lat
ter commodity set about obtaining the
former from the fishermen gathered
on the sands, remarks: “Sure a man
with a wooden leg on a strand could
do nothing,” with which ingenious plea
the magistrates expressed their entire
satisfaction. Ingenious, too, was the
plea of a man tried at Kidderminster |
for coining and uttering counterfeit
coin, who said that he should plead
guilty but asked that his wife should
be acquitted on the ground that when
married she was told to love, honor
and obey, and that she had only acteq
up to her marriage vows. The man
who said he stole two fowls in order
10 seo if his nerves were sufficiently
braced up to permit him passing a
constable without trembling with fear
‘made a splendid effort to get away
from the conventional, but “the most
ingenious defence” the magistrate of
Marlborough street ever heard, accord
ing to his own statement, was pleaded
in 1901, by a laborer charged with
stealing a fur necklet from a shop.
Safd he: “I plead guilty of having it
on my arm, but the wind blew it there.
The man in the shop said it was his,
and I said, ‘All right; take it.’” Could
anything be more plausible?—London
Globe.
A CADET’S DAY.
Every Moment Is Full from the First
Gun at a Quarter Before Six.
If you would know how a cadet pas
ses his day during the academic term
it is about as follows:
At 5.45 in the early fall the bang of
a field piece cracks the stillness of the
frosty air, followed by the rattle of
drums and the piping of fifes. Imme
diately the field music starts on a
lively march for barracks, and, pass
ing through the reverberating sally
port, concludes its fracas in the bar
rack area. Sleepy, half-conscious
cadets hear it all dreamily, and not
until the separated drums explode
like gattling guns in the hallway of
each division do they think it impera
tive to heed the summons. There wet
remain two or three minutes before
the drums cease their clatter, at t;le‘
end of which each man must
be clothed: and in his right
mind, in ranks ready for roll
call and for battle, if need be;
although I much fear that if the ene
my were to descend suddenly upon
the baitalion at reveille they would}
find a somewhat scantily-clothed
force, under overcoats, opposed to
them. In these previous last three
minutes the cadets jump into shoes
and such clothing as shows from the ‘
outside, and avalanche down the iron
stairs just in time to avoid a “late.”
And now the day’s real grind be
gins. Back to his room to sweep and
tidy and fold, ready for room inspec
tion in twenty minutes. Ten minutes
later he is in ranks again, marching |
to breakfast after answering at an
other rollcall. In the mess hall each
mess of ten men has a separate table
and commandant, and all must eat
their food in conformity with mess
hall regulations and traditional eti
quette, which for the poor plebe has
some nice distinctions that do not
enhance his appetite or enjoyment,
although, for the matter of that, his
appetite does not need any encour
agegient. In about tyenty minutes dr,
S 0 the senior cadet captain commands
“*‘A’ company, rise”—the meal is done
and back marches the battalion to
barracks and the day’s.work.
At 7.15 the academic bugle blows
“call to quarters,” that dreary trump
that summons each would-be warrior
to his cell and studious meditations.
From 7.15 in the, morning until 3.30
in the afternoon, with the exception
of the dinner hour, study and recita
tions claim him; and also must he be
at all times ready for the unsparing
eye of the inspecting officer who de
scends upon him as the avenging an
gel of the “blue book,” in which is
writ the laws of his daily life, the
unalterable code of regulations by:
which cadets breathe and move and.
have their being. At 12.15 the drums
‘and fifes voice his clamorous stomach
with the tune he calls “peas upon a
trencher,” and he repeats the march
to and from the mess hall.
The afternoon academic period ends
at 3.30, but with a drum call to fresh
labor. The different drill squads fall
in and are marched cff—some to in
fantry drill, some to light battery,
some to heavy guns, others to signal
ing, or to field explosives, or target
practice, tactical problems, practical
fmilitary engineering or something
else, depending upon the season and
class. At 4.40, back again at “double
time,” just in time to wash off and
jump into full dress for dress parade,
which, in turn, is followed by guard
mount. At last there comes a minute
—thirty of them—in which to catch
breath before the insistent call to sup
’per and ‘retreat parade” at 6 o’clock.
After supper another rest of half an
‘hour until the bugle siren sings its
‘alluring vesper song of “call to quar
‘ters” for the long evening grind at
books and problems.—From Col.
Larned's “The West Point of Today”
in St. Nicholas.
An ‘lncident of Travel.
In November, having occasion to
ask my way, I said, in my best Meis
terschaft, to a gentleman passing:
“Konnen Sie mir vielleicht sagen,
wie man noch das deutschen Mus'
eum geht?
Imagine my mortification when he
replied, “I am going that way; I will
show you.”
We waled on, and, learning that
I was an American and had travelled
in England, he said:
“l am professor of English here,
that is why I speak English so well;
but I didn’t been in England already
once yet."—Lippincott’s.
Washington, Footballer,
“Say, pa, Gen. Washington and his
army were good football players,
weren't they?”
“Why do you think so?”
“Because my United States History
says that Gen. Washington and his
army fell upon the Hessians at Prince
ton and killed a lot of them!”—Town
and Country. ; "N
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The revenue from the Swiss alcoho}
monopoly ‘since 1877, the date of its
establishment, has been $24,059,187,
During every minutevof the world’s
twenty-four hours 2,000,000 matcheg
are struck, That's 50,000 a second.
As the result of excess of births
over deaths Germany’s population in
creases at the rate of about 900,000 ‘
a year,
The exports of ciga}ettes from
Samos annually amount to 50,000,-
000. Engliand, Germany, India and
the Transvaal are large buyers,
Steam pipes running through an
abandoned tool box in a shop in Alle
gheny, Pa., in which two dozen eggs
were placed and overlooked, hatched
the eggs and fourteen chickens, coy
ered with soot, were found.
A tornado passing over Minnesota, s
near Faribault, lifted the house of &
J. Manley while the family was at
dinner and carried it some distance,
Manley was killed, but his wife and
child escaped injury.
P. M. Hubbell, said to be the
wealthiest man in lowa, has signed a
note” for $20,000 in favor of the
lowa Home for the Aged, payable
“ten days after my death.” Hubbell,
at the age of seventy, is in excellent
health, ! )
The coal output of Japan is now
11,500,000 tons a year.
Soup made of fried wasp is a Chi«
nese delicacy. A,
An oak tree sixty feet high contains
about six million leaves.
Great Britain has the longest coast
line of any of the countries of Europe.
The capacity of the Atlantic cables
is 300,000,000 words annually, Only
25,000,000 are sent. 3
Perhaps the most curious of polish«
ing wheels is that made of corn husks
for finishing shell or bone combs. :
The State of Guanajuato, Mezxico,
has produced silver worth $510,000,-
000 Mexican, during the last 350 .
years: .| .
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When ¥ew York City gets its water
from the' Catskills the longest flow
will be from a point 130 miles from
the City Hall. bk s i |
According to authorities, from
eighty-five to ninety-five per cent. of
the men in civilized lands are right
handed and have developed the low
right, shoulder. i
SALT AS ‘A PANACEA. ° <26]
Some of the Many and Varied Uses
to Which It is Put. :
Salt can almost be regarded as a
pangcea, s¢ mary and varied are its
uses. i
We are told that it cleanses the
palate and furred tongue, and a gar
gle of salt and :rater is often effica«
cious.
A pinch of salt on the tongue, fol
lowed ten minutes afterward by a
drink of cold water, cften cures a
sick headache. It hardens gums,
makes teeth white and sweetens the
breath,
Cut flowers may be kept fresh by,
adding salt to the water,
Weak ankles should be rubbed
with a solution of salt water snd al
cohol.
Bad colds, hay fever and kindred
affections may be much relieved by,
using fine dry salt like snuff.
Dyspepsia, heartburn and indiges~
tion are relieved by a cup of hot wat
er in which a small spoonful of salt
has been melted.
Salt and water will’ sometimes re
vive an unconscious person when
hurt if brandy or other remedies are
not at hand. Hemorrhage from tooth
pulling is stopped by filling the
mouth with salt and water.
Weak and tired eyes are refreshed
by bathing with warm water and salt.
Many public speakers and singers.
use a wash of salt and water before
and after using the voice, as it
strengthens the organs of the throat.
Salt rubbed into the scalp or oc
casionally added to the water in
washing prevents the hair falling out.
Feathers uncurled by damp weath«
er are quickly dried by shaking over a
fire in which salt has been thrown.
Salt should always be eaten with
nuts, and a dessert fruit salt should
‘be especially made.—From the Fam
‘ily Doctor,
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A Philosophical Poem.
Why knoek the knocker? He may
knock some folk who human prog
‘ress block. Why kick at kickers?.
He who kicks may make the knavish
cease their tricks. R’en that dull
chump the pessimist may ills discern
that others missed.—Merchant’s Re
view,
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English Towns Without Newspapers.
There are two hundred towns in
Great Britain over 2000 inhabitants
and no newspapers, _Many of them
are agood distance from g large town.
Dossessing & newspaper, —a— .