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SUNDAY MORNING,
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Stimulate Country Travel.
Good roads stimulate country travel
for pleasure and recreation by facili
tating the case aud comfort of the
name.
Colonel Pope: A good road is always
to be desired, and Is a source of com
fort and convenience to every trav
eler,
Julian Hawthorne on “A National
Highway’’ lu Cosmopolitan: They go
to sleep In one place and awake In
another. The edneatlug and cultivat
ing Influence of travel are mainly
missed. . . The train pauses for a
moment at a station, and we look out
and see a line of figures staring idly
up at tts from a platform, and then
they vanish and we forget them. We
have seen them, but they are as much
strangers to us as they were before,
llotv do they live? What are their
occupations, their thoughts, their
ideals, their griefs and pleasures? Has
our fleeting glance In any respect deep
sued or broadened our comprehension
of the American people, or strength,
owed the bonds of sympathy between
one part of the country and another?
And yet such comprehension and sym
pathy are urgently desirable and ex
pedient, If this Union Is to grow into
a homogeneous and vita! organism,
Interstate commerce, freight trains
and drummers are well enough In their
way, but. they alone will not suffice to
make the American people a unit. The
press, with nil its thousands of local
correspondents, will not do it. No;
what. Is needed Is a sort of quiet, un
commercial, social circulation of the
Inhabitants of the land among one an
other’s homes and birthplaces. . .
We should travel, not for financial
gain, not. to traffic with our neighbor,
thus coming in contact, with him on
his hardest and least congenial side;
not. to take snap shots at him, either
philosophically or figuratively, but to
know him, to be friends with him. to
chat, with hint, lo tell him and ask him
homely, domestic, kindly things. How
are we to bring about this agreeable
condition? It Is, hi a word, having
marked out whnt ever route would lie
most agreeable and expedient, to build
a magnificent boulevard clear across
the continent.
Kdkc<iil In Oreat Wftrk.
The movement iu this country In tit#
Interest of Rood roads has made some
progress within a few years, but it has
been largely sentimental. It cannot
fairly be called more than a start. The
Federal Government and the States
have not yet taken a lively interest In
the subject, although a few States
have got as far as giving the cause a
little flnnuelnl aid. It Is not to be
doubted that highway reform is taking
hold of the public, and it may reason
ably be predicted that the time will
come when the bad road will be the
exception. Unless, however, there is a
greater awakening of Interest, those
now living will not see that day.
Someone who has studied the subject
of good roads iu rclatiou to transporta
tion lias done a little tigurlllg, with a
view of affording an Idea of the value
of Improved highways—the value in
dollars and ('cuts. “The price of
wheat,” he says, “is increased for lo
calities having properly Improved
transportation facilities, if it costs a
farmer $1 to haul 100 bushels of wheat
a mile over a dirt road, ami by macad
amizing the road this cost cart be re
duced to 20 cents a mile, the price of
wheat is raised accordingly. One mile
saves SO cents. Ten miles saves $8 for
700 bushels, or eight cents a bushel—
the increase in price of each bushel—
not considering the larger load that
eau be carried on macadam roads."
Considering Ihe reduction in the cost
of transporting all products of the farm
ns well as those which the farmer hauls
home, it Is entirely safe to say that
good roads are a splendid investment.
Those who are preaching the gospel
of improved highways are engaged in
a great work, and their efforts deserve
to lie as successful as they could wish.
Nothing but a proper and genuine un
derstanding of the value of good roads
is necessary to insure the triumph of
the movement, and there ought, there
fore, to be uo cessation of the cam
paign of education, the benetieiaries
whereof should, wherever possible, tie
induced to pay for an object lesson
stretch of Improved road. It's a great
pity that so good a tiling should come
so slowly.—ltitighamton (X. Y.t header.
Krlng Wealth and Proaperity.
Half a million dollars were spent on
good roads in the State of New Jersey
last year and nearly double that sum
will la* expended this year, according
to Henry J. Bttdd. the State Commis
sioner of Public Foods, hast year
more limn one hundred miles of new
highways were constructed on the
most improved principles and this year
It is expected to build nearly two hun
dred miles move.
So great is the number of new roads
applied tor in the different counties
that the State is finding itself unable
to supply the necessary funds. The
State Government has been the leader
in the good roads movement in this
country and the increase of S27.tKkl.OtN)
In the value of taxable property within
New Jersey's borders is attributed in
a large part to this tendency.
Commissioner Budd is authority for
the statement that there are several
localities in New Jersey wnere the
Improvement in the roads has been
instrumental in attracting from one to
four millions of wealth in the last few
jrea<s. He also asserts that iu no
other State in the Union can road im
ptovement add so largely to the popula
tion because the largest part of New
Jersey’s territory is within a short dis
tance of the greatest cities in the
Union and it is frequently said by
wealthy men having summer homes
in the State that If their neighbor
hoods bad roads such as could be
pleasantly traveled in winter the city
would have little attraction for them.
THE LARGEST WATCH
Built Like t!* Mott Dtllcttt Pocket Time*
piece at Coit ofl'houktndi of Dollars.
There has Just been finished at the
American Waltham watch factory a
mammoth watch, the largest in the
world. To hulk! this gigantic time
piece cost several thousand dollars
and several weeks’ time. Special ma
chinery and tools were required for
its construction. The watch is a model
of the new model sixteen-size maxlmus,
three-quarter plate watch, enlarged ten
times, perfect In every detail, and as
highly finished as the finest watch.
The diameter of the pillar plate is
seventeen inches, and the movement
Is two and one-half Inches thick. The
balance wheel is six and one-half
inches in diameter, and the brequet
spring, which controls its action, is
eight feet long, .08 of a centimetre
thick and .25 of a centimetre wide.
When running tile balance makes a
vibration in .7 of a second. The pallet
stones are of sapphire and exquisitely
polished. The actuating, or main
spring, is twenty-three feci long, .17
of a centimetre thick, and 2.0 centi
metres wide.
The mammoth model is as completely
jeweled as a watch of the finest grade.
The plate jewels, which are as large
as the smallest movement made, or
about the size of a nickel five-rent
piece, are fine rubies, about ten lines
in diameter, but bushed with sapphires.
The polish of the wheels, pinions and
other steel work is perfect, and the
damaskeening on the plates is most
beautiful. The pendant and winding
crown are of fine bronze, brilliantly
polished. Every portion is made on
the exact scale of the watch it repre
sents. No dial lias been made for tuts
movement, as it is designed to show
not only tho action of the train, hut the
stem-winding and stem-setting mech
anism as well.
The movement stands on a bronze
pedestal and from its base to the tip
of the winding crown is twenty-six
inches.—Boston Evening Transcript.
WORDS OF WISDOM.
Every youth will become a yeoman
In some cause.
The true servant, is discovered in bis
master’s absence.
The bitterest rod may drive to the
sweetest comfort.
Too many persons are looking for an
impersonal religion.
Conscience is a good watch, hut it
will not wind itself.
. It is better to miss being rich than
to make others poor,
The world is profited nothing h.v the
pleasure-seeking life.
What we gain in sentiment we are
apt to lose in sense.
Some men are born with a reverse
gear and nothing else
The sorrow of death is not in their
going hut our staying.
It is sometimes convenient to mistake
prejudice for conscience.
No man can both measure his work
aud do it at the same time.
We are commanded to rejoice lu oue
another as well ns ourselves.
Not the things we endure hut those
we miss make life's tragedy.
When laws aud legislators are re
spectable they will lie respected.
It is not our fault if temptations call
on us; but il is If we eulertain them.
Falsehood turns its back on truth
and lie who looks through the one may
often see the other. Ram s UToru.
Sir Walter Scott** Sou.
The son of Sir Walter Scott was a
"heavy.dragoon." and was once quar
tered in Dublin. Great attention was,
of course, paid to him. Vt a dinner
given iu his honor at St. Stephen's
Green. Doherty. Bttslie and others tried
hard to "bring hint out,” but nil iu
vain. He continued eating his dinner
and wiping his mustache, says Lou
don Outlook. At last, toward the end,
as though he knew he was expected
to do something for the credit of the
honored name lie bore, he abruptly
broke out. apropos of nothing: "My
twa aunts had a parrot; one day. o'
sudden, the parrot flapped its wings
and cn'd oot, 'Lord 'a' mercy!' and then
the parrot just drappit doon deid!" He
stopped abruptly and went on eating.
“Most curious," said Doherty. "High
ly interesting,” said another, but the
young man said no more.
Halifax Has a I-ultleless Horse.
Two years ago a "guideless wonder”
horse attracted a very large number
to tlie speedway at the exhibition
track. The animal was started at the
judge's stand and went a mile alone,
covering the distance in good time.
He was without rider or driver, and
when the animal passed under tlie wire
at the end of the mile it received the
plaudits of many hundreds, who con
sidered the performance a wonderful
one. Minnie Warren, owned by Aider
man Adams, will soon equal the per
formance of the horse referred to. The
other evening she went the mile alone
—that is. so far as rider or driver was
concerned. Tile mare had a running
mate. The performance was an extra
good one. and it Is lik-iy that tlie well
known tuare will be seen on the track
during the provincial exhibition, going
against time. -Halifax Evening Mail.
BIG GAME IN MEXICO.
Stirring Bnntlng Tales Told by Civil En
gineer or Ltfr in Coahnlla.
A civil engineer recently returned
from the hacier.do of Jimulco in Coa
huila, an immense property containing
over 2000 square kilometres, tells some
stirring tales of shooting wild game.
Antelopes abound, but great care is
necessary in approaching these wily
creatures, owing to their habit of al
ways placing one or two on guard
while the rest of the herd is feeding.
The sentinels, faithful to their duty,
remain with head erect, peering and
sniffling to the four points of the com
pass, and give a swift alarm the mo
ment an enemy appears in sight.
Not long since a party of young men
were hunting the javall, or wild hog.
and, coming up with a number, one of
the hunters succeeded in killing one
and dismounted to secure It. As he
approached his prey a dozen or more
javuli that were hiding in the tall grass
attacked him ferociously, and one
fastened his tusks in the hunter's heel,
hanging on like grim death. The
others came to (heir companion’s as
sistance and the brute was killed, but
the tusks wore sunk so deep into the
heel that the hog's jaws had to be
pried apart with a gunbarrel before
the man was freed. Strange as it
may seem, the wound closed quickly
and with no serious results.
On this same hacienda are both
wild dogs and wild burros, the latter
being re mark ably swift and hard tn
take. Some time ago a pup was caught
and tamed, developing into a fine
watchdog, but. though every effort was
made ro secure a mate for iiim it has
not been possible.
It Is not generally realized that the
mountain lions of Mexico will attack a
man, but several recent encounters
sliow them to be as dangerous for men
as for beasts. One of the mozos in a
recent hunting party had but one hand,
the stump of bis left arm bearing wit
ness to a terrible struggle with a lion
he had shot and then approached,
thinking (he brute was dead. A gentle
man who lias hunted in the State of
Sonora tells of a certain spring where
two men have been killed by lions
while camping there for the night.
These brutes follow a man for miles,
like the panther, lured on by the hu
man scent aud hopes of finding an op
portunity to spring on the traveler. A
mountain Hon was recently killed in
Miehoaean that measured three meters
from tip to tip.—Mexican Herald.
The Country* Born.
Now are the days when the country
born long for u glimpse of the old
farm. Just once more to sit under
the orchard trees knee deep in clover,
to hear the hum of bees and smell !in
fra grant breeze blowing from the west.
To wander about along the meadow
paths, to hunt for that minty nook
near the mlUflam, where we angled for
fish in the shallow, murmuring brook
that ran from the spring. Or to He
in the shadow of a haycock and look
tip at the mountains of white clouds
sailing and sailing oil their mysterious
way through the deep blue sky. One
day like this lifts the soul to purer
air, and a broader view more than a
dozen days of spiritual striving in the
noisy town. Life on the hilltop seems
so simple. It is there we understand
why the saints of old built themselves
high tower, why the hermits retired to
the wilderness. To them religion means
saving themselves. In our day religion
means not only saving ourselves, but
our brothers as well.- Chicago i’ust.
Charity Begging a Bmtueia,
Two of the most energetic and sue
cossful young men of Philadelphia roi
low the odd business of petitioning
money for charities.
You. for instance, are interested iu
an orphan asylum that has a deficit
this year < f x.HOOO. You go to the young
men and tell them you want money.
"Leave us,” they make answer, "all
your literature your catalogues, re
port s. announcements—everything you
have ever published."
And they master tliar literature and
then they visit the asylum and inspect
it thoroughly. By this means they ac
quaint themselves with the character
of the institution in question, learn
ing whether or not the benevolent rich
would he likely to help It if its ease
were la HI before them. According to
that likelihood they set their price, say
ing they will "beg" for the place if they
are given ten, twenty or thirty per
cent, of till the money they elicit.
They make, it is estimated. .83500 f
year apiece.—Philadelphia Record.
Gtu’rtck’* Villa.
Garrick's Villa, which has been ae
quired by the projectors of the tram
way scheme to Hampton Court, forms
a prominent feature in the landscape
on approaching Hampton by water.
The house and grounds, formerly
known as Hampton House, were
bought by Garrick iu the middle of
the eighteenth century, and consider
able additions were made from the de
signs of Adrjis. The garden was laid
out by Garrick himself, aud a passage
was cut under the road to connect the
lawn in which was erected the domed
octagonal brick building known as the
Temple of Shakespeare. A statue
which at one time adorned the temple
was given by Garrick to the British
Museum. Garrick's bed room on the
first floor was kept closed for many
years after his death by liis widow,
who frequently I'esided here with Han
nah More, and the house was in her
possession when she died, iu 1822.-
L, m'.on Chronicle.
A Woman.
A woman should never propose, be
cause one rejection would crush her
pride, while half a dozen rejections
sAanlv egg a man on.—Chicago News.
THE BRUNSWICK DAILY NEWS.
BOAS FOR AUTUMN.
Many Sc w and Attractive Effecti-Laee a
Prominent. Feature.
Samples of imported fail neckwear
already arrived show some attractive
effects in boas. Many cape effects are
among them, with long or medium
streamers, and made broad aud flat
over the shoulders, on a foundation of
satin or some other firm material. Lace
is much used on these capes, being
frequently applied In several rows, one
appliqned on top of the other. The
standard materials, chiffon and mous
seliiie, are also used as much as ever.
The necks of many of these boas are
finished with a narrow, gathered rib
bon or an edge of puffed chiffon.
Many accordion pleated effects are to
be seen in the ends, and sometimes
(he latter are covered with a very
loose network of ribbons. In others
pleated material is used with velvet
streamers.
Styles which have been barely sug
gested in this year’s boas will be
pushed this fall. Lace of a different
color applied to the body of the boa,
for instance, will be seen in many
variations. Upon a cape of black chif
fon will be seen a collar of ecru lace
in some of iho heavy weaves, like
Arabian or Flatten. A white chiffon
boa with medallions of black ehautilly
lace all around the flat cope and up
and down the long streamers is a
dainty fancy. Solid white and black
and white effects are most in evidence.
Anew collar which will be pushed
during the fall is made of Liberty silk
in some' light tint, pale pink or blue,
edged with cream silk braid half an
inch wide. This braid will he a fea
ture of fall collars. It is found in
many of the new imported things.
The fall collars are in the standard
stock styles, some with bow or jabot
effects, and some without. New jabot
effects have a bow of self material of
Liberty satin, with a fall of loosely
gathered chiffon or mousseline, some
times with accordion pleated ends.
The broad wash collars of pique and
linen have proved so popular that they
arc going to he repeated in some
heavier material—probably silk over
laid with lace—for fall and winter
wear.—New York Tribune.
Fa*liinn of l*ant Centuries*.
Have you ever looked through a vol
ume describing the fashions of i>ast.
centuries? I have been turning over
the pages of such a book and contrast
ing the prim fashions of olden times
with the more sensible dress and cus
toms of the present day. Whnt dis
comforts the young beauties of the past
had to endure! Think of wearing a vel
vet mask over the face to protect the
complexion from the sun and wind
when taking a stroll in a garden. Im
agine being encased in a heavy steel
corset like a box with hinges at the
sides. To prevent girls from stooping
a long, needle was sometimes placed in
front of tlie dress at one side of the
neck of the gown. When our great
grandmothers were girls they sat with
boards strapped on their backs to make
them hitid themselves straight. At to
athletics, such things dhl not exist for
girls. How dull the days must have
been when there was no tennis, when
rowing was not considered "ladylike,"
when even the mild game of croquet
had not been invented, and the mere
mention of golf for girls would have
been thought improper!
is it not a pleasure to live iu a pe
riod wln n sensible dress is worn and
when outdoor sports and amusements
are a part of every healthy girl's life?
What would our staid ancestors gay if
they could see their fair descendants
riding bicycles, swinging golf clubs or
plunging into the sea for a swim?
The ideas of our ancestors were very
narrow, no doubt, but these good peo
ple had characteristics which I think
we should copy and cultivate, if they
were shy and had a fine reticence that
is no reason why their descendants
should scorn modest manners. Refine
ment is not old-fashioned and never
will be. Girls are apt to go in for ex
tremes iu these days, thinking that
they show independence in that way.
t have no intention of making this par
agraph a series of “dont’s." but I
would suggest that tlie prettiest girl
loses more than half of her charm if
site adopts a swaggering walk, or a
loud voice, or if she lounges on a beaeli
in a bathing dress.—The Delineator.
Tlie Young lad}’ Career.
Y\ lien a girl begins her social career,
after completing her education, she
finds the world far different from what
she expected. Tlie schoolroom is one
thing, the world another. She may
have been popular with her teachers,
because she was a diligent scholar, and
carried off the honors of the school,
but she finds that book knowledge
does not make her popular or success
ful socially. Some of the most intel
lectual people we have known have
been among the most disagreeable. A
woman whose nature is aggressive,
who parades her knowledge before
those $f inferior education, is an ob
ject to he dreaded. Mere learning in a
woman is never attractive, says the
New York Weekly. It is. on tlie con
trary. offensive, unless coupled with
feminine graces. School learning
should sink into the character and de
portment and only exhibit itself as the
perfume if a Cower is exhibited— in a
subtle, nameless and unobtrusive man
ner. A woman’s intellectual acquire
i ments should 3iuipiy make her conver
satiou gracious and agreeable. Mathe
matic* should render her mind clear
and hr judgments true; her geograph
ical studies should teach her that the
world 1* too small for falseness to find
a hiding place; and history- should im
press her that life is too short for un
worthy ambitions. The time between
the schoolroom and the altar should
not be a mere harvest-time of pleasure,
hut a sowing time for ail the seeds of
kindness and self-sacrifice for others,
and of unselfishness and benevolence,
which alone can make her a happy
wife and mother.
Keuiovlog li** Double Chin.
The double chin is a hard thing to
remove by home treatment, but it can
certainly be modified by persistent,
daily application of the following treat
ment. Urasp as much of the chin as
can lie held between the thumb and
forefinger, and twist until it. slips out.
Do this many times, on both sides of
the chin. One can form the habit of
doing it when reading. Placing the
hands on the cheeks, let the thumbs
meet under the chin and draw them
backward, pressing hard, and flatten
ing the chin. One must not press
against the windpipe, but only against
tlie under part of the jaw. Last of
all. clasp the hands upon the forehead
and bend the head slowly forward,
resting it all the time with the hands.
Bend till chin rests on chest. When
this motion is first used a painful sen
sation will be felt in the cords of the
neck. This is only because unused
muscles are being exercised, aud will
soon pass away. Relax thoroughly
after each motion; do it four or five
times, Ihen go to something else, and
come hack to it. Five minutes daily
given to these three motions will begin
to show results in six weeks. The
flesh will leave the lower edges of the
cheeks first, removing the old. heavy
look which it always gives the face.
Though the obstinate double chin may
not be removed entirely, it will be
modified and kept down.—New York
Tribune.
Treatment of the Face.
“Few women realize,” says a French
expert, “that the secret of face care is
to treat each feature separately.
American women in particular do not
seem to understand that there are as
many complexions as there are figures,
and that no oil? cosmetic can bs good
for all faces, nor for all parts of the
face. Rarely is the skill of nose and
cheek of the same quality, and what
is healing for one may injure the
other. For example, the skin may be
of good quality all over the face ex
cept on the nose, where too much oil
is secreted. Bathing the skin with a
soft sponge dipped iu borax water will
be of value, while such treatment
would he too drying for the rest of
the face. Or, the wrinkles around the
eyes may b? treated with cocoa but
ter, which might be harmful for nose
and cheek. Leave nil cosmetics en
tirely alone, or understand their use,”
is her closing advice.
~*WBP* r
Sho Forged tli© Way.
Miss Minnie Bronson lias**itrved out
a unique place for a woman to fill. She
lias just been appointed superintend
cut of elementary and secondary edu
cation for the Louisiana Purchase Ex
position. This will be the third post
tion of this kind for her to occupy.
She was first assistant in the depart
ment of education and social economy
of tlie United States at the Paris Ex
position. Site transferred the exhibit
to the Pan-American, and had charge
of It there, being at the same time
assistant superintendent of tlie depart
ment of liberal arts. Before becom
ing an expert in exposition work. Miss
Bronson taught mathematics in the
High School of St. Paul.
The coiffure bow is slowly hut surely
passing.
Wash belts for shirt, waist sttiis are
more liked than waist ribbons.
Nile green velvet ribbon is used as a
garniture for black and white bodices.
The buttou-iu-the-baek shirt waist
lias not had tlie universal vogue pre
dicted.
Slight postilions are noticed upon
almost all the advance showings of au
tumn jackets.
Parrot-green very narrow four-in
hands of peau de soie are quite la mode
with a white linen shirt waist.
While the bottom flare effect wilrstill
obtain for modish autumn wear, yet iu
nothing iike the manner of last season.
dray silk stockings are extremely
modish. They have open work fronts
and are ornamented with small steel
heads.
A dull red linen gown is given a
touch of novelty by embroidered eher-
clusters, varying in size, as
trimming.
A striking novelty in some of the
new golf and bicycle costumes are
those made of combination plaid and
plain material.
Canvas, etamines and veilings are
more fashionable ilia never, and while
colors are shown, the preference is for
black or white.
-Ostrich feathers fine, long and very
full, are very fashionable. Pearl
buckles and bosses are the most modish
ornaments fo rthe liat.
Quite a novelty in fans is a beautiful
ostrich oue. of the Egyptian shape,
mounted on tortoise shell, which, when
shaken, opens out into a leaf.
Mannish models will prevail for the
tailored suit that clears the ground, hut
more elaboration will be placed upon
full-length skirted tailor-mades.
SEPTEMBER 14.
;Our. Budget
*0: * of Humor.:
2-2-3-3.
There was an old man of Clieefoo
Who wanted to catch the 2.02.
When he got to the gate
He said: “Am l late? ’
“Oil, no," said the porter.
“.lust sit down and wait.
It's a minute or two to 2.02!'
—Princeton Tiger.
Ills Only Hope <>r (letting It.
llusk]r—"Suppose you got a million
’ollars, what, would you do?”
Larry—'‘TM do my level best to spend
t before I woke up.”—Chelsea (Mass.)
Gazette.
Char seen l*rculatc<l.
i\!
“How much do you charge ior a
shave and hair cut?”
‘•We’ll make you a special price, boss.
Five cents for hair cut and fifty cents
for s'lfave.”—New York-journal.
Chronic Complaint.
Bloblis—"Wigwag is always going to
law about something.”
Slohbs—“That’s right. lie's oven go
ing to marry a girl named Sue.”—
Pittsburg Dispatch.
Too Bail.
“I think it was a shame for the In
dians to bury their hatchets.”
“Why?”
“Just think how lovely they would lie
for decorative purposes.”—Detroit Free
Press.
Clear and Obscure.
Little Katharine—“ Auntie, what is
a souvenir?”
Aunt Katharine (musingly) —“A
souvenir, dearie, is anything we get—
we know not. where: and keep to re
mind us of—we know not what.”--
Puck.
The Trade He Preferred. *
“If I had to work at a trade. Dusty,
d’ye know wot trade it would be?”
“No, I don’t. Wot trade would it lie,
Weary ?”
“It would he one of de trades. Dusty,
where de boys is on astrike de wiiole
year round.” —Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Sticks to the Love.
“Yes,” said the one with the auburn
hair,” I enjoy these historical novels
very much.”
“But they say,” the brunette replied,
‘that they are generally so inaccurate.”
"Oh, I don’t care about that. I.al
ways skip the history in them, any
way.”—Chicago Ilecord-Herald
After Effect*.
“It is too bad.” said the person who
reverences antiquities, "that the hell
tower of St. Mark’s fell, isn't it?”
"Awful.” answers the individual with
the weary brow. "Awful! Why. it
started old man Gaddaboute to telling
if his European travels all over again.”
—Baltimore American.
Literally.
“I suppose,” said the supercilious
stranger in town, "your city has had
its ups and downs, notwithstanding its
present prosperity ?”
“Yep," replied the resident cheer
fully, "still got 'em. Streets being torn
up and old buildings being torn down.”
—Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
One Necessity That Hadn’t Gone Up.
MrS. Wickler—"Did you ever see how
all the necessaries of life have gone
up?”
Wickler—“No, they haven't all gone
up.”
"Well, 1 should like to have you men
tion one thing that hasn't gone up.”
"Certainly. My salary.”—Brooklyn
Ifit'e.
The Small Brother.
"I heard him call you ‘Duekic.’ " an
nounced tlie small brother.
"Well, what of it?” demanded his
sister, defiantly.
"Oh. nothin’ much." answered the
small brother. "X was only ihinkin'
maybe it's because of the way you
walk, but it ain't very nice of him."—
Chicago Post.
Squaring It.
Conjurer—“ You-have seen me put the
marked silver quarter In this hat. I
now ask our friend over there with the
red nose to fish it out of his pocket.”
Our Friend (rising)—"Aw. say, I
didn't know you wanted the whole
quarter back. After you handed it to
me this morning I had to use a nickel,
but here’s the twenty cents."—New
York World. ——