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JIUYaN
Another i; to reach th uwlh
ts to Join tom of tvo Klondike cj::i-
fan I eg cow going up.
Extern hotels sr Introdiie -Ir.jf eT.-
He lllli of fare. Borne day o enter-
prising eastern tintc. man will startle
th world by nerving an eJlLlo meal.
That book agent who kilted himself
la Mlrhlgan prohahy tried to teil the
J Ion. Hazen I'lurieo few things ami
then waa ohl!gd to lis'.en awhile u!m
eelf.
Crnnsoy's foolish hotitlllty to Knf-
land at voiced through her monarch
naturally gives offense to Austrian ''l
Italian statesmen and to that eitent
weaken th tie between the three
nation. Thu far the net result of
I ha kalaer's freak In bin effort to
J. lata Km land hi hern the creation
of a dlttruit toward hlmnelf among
1I friend which may. If bla prank
are persisted In Isolate Germany.
Maurlr Despres. an electrical eu-
Ciaeer of Cordova Spain report re-
markable ahowrr of electrified rain
mblrh he recently witnessed. Th day
had been warm and wlndlea. and
about ( In th evening th un wa
overran with dens cloud lowering to
tie horizon. Soon after dark there wa
a Rash of lightning and two minute
later great drop of raJn fell which
errarked faintly on touching the
rround. Krom each of them park
darted toward the wall tree and anil
they fell upon. The phenomenon lat-
ed aeveral eHond. and apparently
reased when the air between cloud and
earth became aulurated with niuluture.
The college boy who win the prlxe
for the bent essays or tbo best oration
or who graduate with the highest
honor. I not In It today with the boy
who kirk a goal from the Held or
pet around the end for a touchdown.
The brilliant student remain In
acurlty. The huky hero of the grid
Iron ee his pi. 'lure In th paper and
reaels with avidity rolumn after rol
umn of fulsome rol about hi feat n
ih football field. Hut the undent
still haa an advantage over the ath-
lete. In hla niaturer year he I muc h
more likely to nee hi portrait anionic
th llt of tli cur- who have achieved
greatness In the great battle of life.
B '(VfcEl'n D"n w
revered. Hecently liTeTutfltti'ind were
turned loo upon the trail of lomi
bank burglar In Indiana. The man
bunt however. Ited only a few min-
ute. Suddenly th leading dog began
bowling dlnmally and refund to go
farther and It wa Impoealbl to eon-
Una th chine. A prt ner now In jail
at Ltgonltr ha turned tte' evidence
aad given the police all the facta con-
cerning th burglury aud th subse-
quent r ape of the men. He aaya th
bloodhound were thrown off the scent
without ary trouble by rubbing an
on In on the shoe w orn by th
Imglara. He aaya that no bloodhound
ran b Induced to follow an onion
trail. Dor are a good deal like peo
ple after all.
In teaching phyaiology would It not
be woilu very nnich more to knew a
few facta about dress diet exerclte.
rel. deep good and bad air than to
number and name all the bones 01
name and classify all th muscles?
The bonea will all keep their plure
and grow Just aa rapidly and firmly.
whether numbered or unnumbered.
but both mind and body will fare tct
ter It th lung are not fed on bad
air. So the muscles will expand and
contract and develop and strengthen
whether counted aud classified or not;
but tury and the whole system m.iv
lacken or totally stop their action If
Ih stomach la supplied with unwhole-
some food. Iet the study therefore
b directed at first to parts of the sys-
tem under control aud afterward. If
there be time to the prt not under
rcntroL These latter may be duelled
at leisure for general Information a
we ttudy comets and eclipses.
A French scientist. M. Mebault. has
probably bad more eiperlence and haa
don more to eUlIUh the rlclin of
hypnotism than any modern physi-
cian. According to him. the danger
of hypnotism are non-existent If It
t employed by fit and prober per ins
who whether to thcnielv-. or others
at'AReit only what la In harmony with
the phyelologtral functions of the or-
ganism; otherwise the cl.ir.ger are
obvious. In Itself the Inclun-J cp
Ilk ordinary sleep la a condition
whlc h tend to the equilibrium of nerve
force and of the organic movement
which those force eu lte. The pe lul
qualities required for the production
of the hypnotlo sleep are eif-confl-Jenre
assuranre of success and a per-
suasive uianner on the part of a hyp-
licit Iter; on the part of the subject the
wish to be b pnotlied. confidence In
the hyrnotizer and free consent to the
Inipoeltlon of bl auggestlon.
It I a some hat singular Uct that
while the cities of England are every
year getting a lateer measure of home
rule the cities of America are actually
getting Wi i.f It. There I hardly a
rlty In the country whose local i.ffalr
are not m- with by the county or
the state government.
The k-lser is said to lme kl'.b-d 21.-
C7 bead of game wUh bis own baud
during the last two decades. With
urn a record a thl It I a little sur-
prising that be ba concluded Dot to
take a shot at Haiti.
Tf th statement by Dr. Hrlggs of the
Nw York health department that
"one person In seven In New York
die of consumption" Is mesnt aa ap-
plying annually the uiplclon that
itbout balf of New York la dead set-rat
to be officially cos firmed.
A eatUtlitn ha figured that there
werw nearly llS.tJOO.ocn.OoO worth of
diamond la Solomon's temple. This
verities lbs statement made by an n
litest authority that Solomon's temple
wu built by soaatlon froa hotel
UerlU.
HANK'S START IN LIFE.
II wea Ih eUlrl by (Jetting Her Dress
for Her
"And now be' ono of them ther
tnlllloualrei." mused the grizzly fron-
tiersman whose relutlve bad Indiirei
him (o rome back for a brief v if It in
a center of civilization any the Ie-
troit Tree press. "1 re It right here
In the paper. Ho own railroad itoc k
ninln' Mock Bin lot of other stock.
I knowrd tliat there same Henry l.
Iloldem when he clone notliln' but
punch Block fur other people out on
the plains. He was a genuine cowboy I
and a fart a f -l ! r In a round-up iu
I ever ace." "You must bo mistaken I
unc le." 'Nothln' of the kind. When
I talk about people you kin lx-t I'm I
alius dead certain of my fuc'a. We
railed him Hank them days and he
wa Jlat a handsome a youngster as
ever throwed his leg over a addle.
Jlst by puttln' things together a they
Vim out I Tamed a how he waa a
college gradyate and wu goln' so fust
a clip and scatterln 'the old man
money o rpld that they sent him out
there fur to git a se-hoolln' In economy
nd build up ag'ln. He wa aoon the
fav'rlte on all the raiiche 'bout there
fur he wa cquar' a a dye and not
afraid of nothln'. Well thl here girl
that he married kim out fur to tay !
fur awhile on her dad cattle range.
that Jlned ours. Some of the (well
people up to Leadtown twenty mile
away what knowed her people gave a
ball fur ber. Her and her did went
over In the cool of the forenoon and
after dinner wa In a lawyer' office
talkln. It seem Hank got some
money frum that same Lawyer onre a
month and waa there too. He heerd
the ole man laughln' and tellin' how
they had kim away frum the r mg
with the wrong valise leavln' her ball
drrs ahlnd and her a'most crazy
about It. Hunk never aayi a word but
Jump on hi horse goe that twenty
mile a though Injuns was after him
git the dress change critter make
the ame wild run bark and throw the
girl Into a fit of happlne-a when he
deliver the good on time. A year'
court In' wouldn't have made him so
olid. The very next winter they were
married. Hank wa as trady a a
dearon both ole men boosted him in J
now jciu ee where he
ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION.
CspU C'smk' rioeeer Lahar la Ik ry
Kaailiere Itefloa.
To Capt. Jame Cook the ei-colller
boy of Whitby belong the Imposing
honor of bring the first to easuy (he
exploration of the dreaded region be-
youd t fie parallel of Go degree outh.
the C'cjrtihlll Magazine. There 1
Iniceditt 'record a somewbst bazy ac-
count of an Involuntary Incursion
made by Capt. Dick (Jerrlt. a Dutch
navigator who by stres of weather
was driven from the 8traita of Magellan
aa far couth as the Clth degree 170 year
before Cook's voyage. Land waa re-
ported by Gerrlti which may have
been the South Shetlanda discovered
and surveyed two centuries after but
Capt Cook waa the first to deliberately
steer directly for the south pole In
the endeavor to dispel the mystery
which reigned over the whole of that
Immense ares Thut he did so much
to prepare the way fur those who.
Ion go Intervalla followed In his wske
is truly marvelous when his limita-
tion are considered. Even bad he
done more. It la doubtful whether any
great use would have been made of
hi discoveries remembering how vsst
mere the other addition he made in
those year to our knowledge of the
world we live in. Hut bearing In
mind that he actually reached the
latitude of 71 degree 10 minute
south over 4W miles neater the pole
than the position said to have been
attained by (ierrltt and equal a far
as severity of surrounding went to an
arctic parallel of 10 degree higher
and that two well-equipped expedition
from France and America sltty-fo'ir
year later only urreecled In getting
a far south a 66 degree and C7 de-
gree respectively the brilliancy of
hi achievement becomes at once ap-
parent. The prlnrlpal reult of hi
lalNir was the assurance that In a
very high latitude one unbroken
ocean sweep right around the globe
which great fart he proved by Its cir-
cumnavigation between the parallel
of CO degree to 70 degrees south al-
though at one part of his Journey he
must have passed within a compara-
tively short distance of the supposed
antarctic continent discovered by ltl
roe nearly scvouty years after mard.
kee4 Bleep
There are few of ua who have not
some time or other lufferrcl from Ina-
bility to sleep and have not tried ev-
ery possllile expedient to obtain It.
Most people of course he their fa-
vorite preserlptlon for falling asleep.
Some In imagination watch sheep
Jumping through a hedge our after the
other; other fancy tliev see ship
sailing out to sea. The late Dr. WU-
liertorce used to repeat very slowly
A. E. I. O. 1' a vowel at each Inspira-
tion and expiration. Many cloulitlexa
have heard of the nildlilpman who
when at home could not sleep because
there were no wes heating against
the si. Irs of the ship and got bla
mother to Imitate the familiar sound by
dashing pails of water agalnl hla bed-
rrom door. We might lcrve that
this mother niml have 1mm-n a most
self-sacrlflc Ing person not only to fore-
go her own rest but also from a strlc t
ense of maten..i affection to risk the
ruin of the household g"od by the In-
undation. We own therefore to a lit-
tle sc-eptlcli-m a regard the strict ac-
curacy of thla tale lie this aa It may
a safe remeclv for want of aleep less
original perhaps than any of the
above but aulted almost to everybody
I nothing more nor lea than eating
Milon. The late Frank Hue klind once
said: "Err)'hoely know the taste of
onions; this U due to a peculiar es-
sential oil contained in thl most val-
uable and healthy resit. This oil has
1 m sure highly soporific powers. In
my own raee It neer falls. If I am
much pressed with work and feel I
i.'iall not !eep. I cut two or three small
ins ami the effect I maglcul.'
fe's a short summer man a (los-ee.
-. Job anon.
K ISLAND.
ON K OF THE SUrH.VORS OF A
SHIPWRECKED c'JREW.
MnrTsrlng In the lies. I- !o Tel mt
rooel fur Mi lluea - l.lfe Among Ih
rijlan A Concert Oeiti.it I p e
lurlatesia
EKE Is the stoiy
of the w Te k of the
Norwegian bark
Kelndon. told by
the M"ond mate
Mr. ()lcn to a
representative of
the Iondon News.
He also gives an
account of the ad
ventures of t h
survlvo r s. These
ft umbering sixteen were brought to
England by the Orizaba from Sydney
pent the night at the Scandinavia
Sailors' borne by the West India
docks and left for Norway the next
morning:
Ths bark was on her way laden with
coal from Newcastle N. 8. W.. to Hon-
olulu. They were threading their way
through these dangerous seas amid
the treacherous current which rag
berewbouts-tweeplng barkward and
forward at the rate of a much as forty
to fifty mile In the twenty-four hours
wbn lute one night they struak.
They backed the yards but in vain.
Th bark waa fat and ber bark waa
broken. Two boat were hurriedly
lowered eight men Including th cap-
tain and Mr. Olssen getting Into one
the chief mate and arven men getting
Into the other. They lay off th unk-
en reef on which they had (truck until
dyllsht hoping thut they would be
able to get more food and especially
the sextant and chronometer. Hut
when day dawned the sea were beat-
ing fiercely over her nnd they steered
northward hoping to make Christmas
Island or tome Inhabited land. The
crew had only two brcakere of water
a few tin of beef salmon and (ardlne
and a bag or two of biscuit. Tbey
had also a rompa and a chart of the
South seas and various odds and end.
Ileing close to the eepiator which as
a matter of fact they crossed twice
liefore they eventually reached land
the sun best down upon them merrl
lesaly though now and then clouds bid
It for a while and also kept them sup
plied with wster. The rain wster wss
caught In the sails and thrnr poured
Into the breaker. The allowance waa
four spoonfuls at ( In the morning and
four spoonfuls at f o'clock at night.
The men kept watch aa though they
had been In their on ship four on
and four off. One steered one saw
to the sail the other balled perhaps
that Is until they could not walk from
one end of the boat to the other. -Hut
though fearfully weak this waa not
yet The captain was the first to go.
About dinner time (how prim thesj ev
ery day words sound In dealing with
turn a story) th raptala said to Mr.
Olssen: "Olssen I don't think I shall
last long." "Oh. yes captain you will."
"Give me a little water. Olsten" said
the captain. So Olssen. seeing that he
waa nearly dead called to the steward
and whispered :t '.'Let him have Juat a
spoonful." The captain swallowed It
and lay down on the thwart. When
Olssen looked down again be was dead
Thla wa about S o'clock In the after
noon. The captain had brought a bag
with him and clothe In It chart and
one or two trifle after the wreck
They took off hla wa'ch. whlrh con
talned photorraphs of hi wife and
children emptied a bag and reverently
placet) the captain In it. They spoke
much as they could remember of
the service for the dead sang some
simple hymn which Is sung In Norwe-
glan houses when one Is deal lifted
hi remain on to the gunwale and let
him fall gently Into the oresn. He
sank at onre.
At last they took their last meal and
for lx days never tasted food On the
thirtieth morning land was sighted and
they came up to one of the innumer
able coral Islands which itcid the
southern tea. A reirrul turf waa
lashing it. but they ran the boat
ashore. She wa shivered to I ttle b Is
Two native of the Fijian group cme
running down one brandishing
tomahawk and a long knife; but he
was aide to speak a little KiuMh. and
on Mr. Olssen saying they were ship
wrecked men. the two natives and their
famllle- proved goe-d friends to the
miserable- men. The carpenter w.i
dedlrloua and could not walk so they
wheeled him up to the hut In a wheel
barrow. The rest being too weak to
walk alone took one another's arm
and thus managed to follow their com
Miles.
The njlirn gve them three. tt 1
of bi"T and the remains of some eii k
en; they also killed a pig. cooking It
In t!ie ground In native f.esliion. Hut
not one ol the men was hatury. o
ever. In a few day tbey slowly hev.-tn
to receiver the Use e-f taelr limbs all
but pour t'hlps. the carpenter ah
died. He wa a man of tii).
And no berm their life on thl
tiny Is'and. -Vi was prsctlcal'y a
desert but for a few banana and
e-ocoanut palm. They built tti-m-se-lc
s a hut. rut rored". p'anted a ll'tle.
pre'iuird copra and rlld the l-eet they
could. During six months the turtle
c.inie ashore to el -peisit their gr an l
were caught eaten or dropped for
stock into a t'tn lagoon In the nilddb
of the Island. They r.i'tgM some small
seablrds of which Mr. tlsn elewt nt
know the flame a'e e n-cmiiiii. and fur
a treit had one of the few fowls or
pigs Mch belonged lo tl.e na'lves
This teas not luxurious fue. Luckllv
they found among some tneils a pair
of scissors snd never therefore grew
Into lloblnson ('ru.tors. Having no
matches they got fire by rubbing two
sticks together. And on Christmas
day they even managed t get up a
little concert beneath the lovely tropic
moon; having. In fact found a broken
accordion and patc hed It up In honor
of the day.
On the Kth of July Mi7. looking
ent over the oen one morning a sail
waa alshted which grew bigger and
bigger. Greatly excited. Olieeen Jump-
ed Into a little boat belonging to the
natives and put off to her. She was a
little government cruiser. Her cap-
tain and Oltaen were coon at close
Quarters and after some debate th
visitor evlng tut a raat provl!on oa
board agreed to take the crew to Su-
ral on the condition that they brought
aome of ihelr turtle aboard which
they did. and arrived afely In FIJI
sailing In another Norwegian bark for
Sydney where they went aVoard the
Orizaba and tailed for England.
ROYAL MATCH MAKING
Tie lteiierklele Nurrna let Thai Lin ef
IJeeeea lieiUe of lomrk.
IHimurk Is a small country which
dors not ba.-e a large part In thn
world's affairs but Its court la an Im-
portunt one by rearon of It marriage
alliance nnd the personal Influence of
the king and queen says the Youth's
Companion. Whenever there I a court
ball at Copenhagen one of the liveliest
dancv.s I King ChriMlan IX.. wha U
lilt young at heart altlicugh close to
his eightieth yenr.
His wife. Queen 1iulse Is his senior
by srveral mouth and ha reaed to
dance in the roval quadrille. She
ha been one of the most successful
matchmakers in Europe and stiH
takes keen Intercut in this roytl
sport.
For her eldest son the crown prince
the queen found a suitable partner
nearly 30 year ago In I'rlnrea lxiulsa.
daughter of the king of Sweden and
Norway. Her eldest daughter be-
came the princes of Wales and
ber second daughter the wife of Alex
ander HI. and mother of the present
czar of Kuisla. Her second son after
his election a king of Greece mar
ried a Kusaiun grand duckes. With
one grandson on the Kuislan throne
and another the iJuke of York destined
to reign la England and two other
grandson heir to the crown of Deu-
mark and Greece Queen Umlse ni.iy
be described as the grandmother of
four emperors snd king. Two other
marriages thl adroit matchmaker has
arranged. Ilr third aon Prince Wal-
demar married I'rlnrea Marie d'Or-
lean daughter of the Due de Char-
Irs and her third daughter became
th wife of the duke of Cumberland.
great grandson of George HI of
England who might have been king
of England If Queen Victoria had died
In her girlhood. These were mkrriage
which brought great fortune lo the
Danish family for the Orlean prlncea
wa an heiress and Uie duke of Cum-
berland waa also rich. Queen Louise.
having married off alt her children
with marked nicer. ha begun to ar
range a new terli of alliance for her
grandchildren. Her theory ba been
that the reigning house of a feebl-
rountry like lienmark ran be convert-
ed Into a renter of Influence la Eu
rope by discreet but ambition mar-
riage. She acted upon thla principle
ben she advised her grandson th
crown prlnc of Greece to marry a
sister of th German emperor. Th
queen is not only a matchmaker but
alao a woman of great force of charac
ter and a good mind. Her influence
baa been felt In the family council
throughout Europe. Th 1st war
and the present emperor of Russia have
attached great weight to her advlre.
Copenhagen has been th cspltsl where
for two genersttons th Russian Im
perial family have been frequent visi
tors and bave thrown off th rare of
date. In September Queen Ixulae'S
loth blrthdy wa celebrated by a re-
union of her descendant and relation
In Copenhagen. It wa a large fam-
ily party from many court rf Eu-
rope and he received the ongratu-
latlona of nearly all the sovereigns a
the continent.
Sjmcnetlrtfl.
Wa'ker-"The trouble with blcy.ilng
I that It does not develop the arms
In proportion to the legs" Wheeler
"Yes It does. If you will only use
on of those little to-ounr hand
pump to Inflate your tires." liJUm
apoll Journal.
NEW IDEAS.
Cork I used to fill a new blryrle tire
the renter being left hollow and nllel
with solid rubber balls to asslat In
making a resilient tlr.
To clean curry comb an auxiliary
wire frame I attached to the handle
to swing around and pa bctaeen the
rows of teeth the frame being act In
potlllon before use snd removel sfttr
use. carrying with it vchatcver dirt anl
hair ha lodgrd In the comb
In a new automatic fire alarm two
corrugated dixka are mounted lu a
casing with their edges rigidly fixed
one of the dltks expmdlng lo a great-
er degree than the o;her whn heated
so to connec t the elertrlcal contact
point el In the center of the disks.
An Englishman has patented a ham-
mock chair In which the fabrlr fori.i-
lug the ser.t and bark Is fixed to 4
rolbT at the upper end of the back
whlih Is provided with a ratchet and
spring paal. o the eat can be ni.nl-
tight or loose by turnlt.g th roller.
A Massachusetts loan ba Invent d
a key fastener which consists nf a !'
shaped piece of metal which slips over
the knob spindle and rarrle a plate
at el'.lier end with a screw to draw
them together nnd r'.r.nip the key set
It cannot lie turned from the oiusld.'.
LOAVtS AND FISHES.
The creed lll not be wrotis. If the
life Is nrht.
A giHid n-en Is a man ho know
how bad he I.
Asking for "Our daily bread" In-
cludes all things iieeslful.
The time la lo.t that
looking Mr an easy pl.tc-
is spent In
The man who hat tin
th for h's
frie nd. lll be helped of God.
It is as necessary to rut tlonn
the
wee.1 aa It Is to hoe the corn.
One of the licst ejftlcea of education
la to tiach u how to tench onrselve
Many a loud amen I nothing more
than a brag by the man who make it.
The man who can get good out of a
good book already haa some good la
b'.m.
The man who set out for a gold
mine too often leaves hla fortune be
bind him
Tb ox itnnding Idle In the hd
haa more trouble with the flies than
th on wearing the yok. Rami
Horn.
So far the general prosperity aeemt
to hat blessed every one except thot
who ow bill at this olTlce Atrtlaon
Clob
TO
HARRY OR NOT.
MANY CIRL8 ARE DOOMED TO
OLD MAIDENHOOD.
The feminine Wage liarner - t eon
Them Murb of I lie. Ilraponsllnlll T leer
This Seeil Minis of Affairs (an Jtitilv
ll st eie-il. 3
T is u i.id thing to
ay and rrpeci.iilv
at this season bu:
tile chance lire'
gills thut you will
inter be married.
If you are already
engaged you are
not Included In till
piopbe-cy aaya lie
New Yoik Her ild.
Hut if you ure the
average) young woman of New York
only a little better looking thuu the
ordinary (a you all art); a little
brighter (aa you all are) aud a whole
world more attractive las. of course
you are) why. then this means you.
Moat girls are hot given or taken In
marriage-. It a a bold aaylng but u
true one for It la baaed upon statistic e.
upon flguies which never lie. Some
Ill-disposed person have been figuring
It nut they must have bad a lot to do!
and I have seen their figure. There
I no getting away from them.
The shocking disregard fur the old
aaw that "there can't be too much of
a good thing" there are too many mar-
riageable girl-more than enough lo
go around-more young women than
young tneii. Then since the yoiiag
men ore not Mohammedan and can-
not lawfully practice polygamy and.
what I more aline you wouldn't 11I-
::w them If th'jy could. It follows as
ilie night the day that some of you are
not destined lo lie left by the wayside.
What becomes of thut other wise old
aw:
There neter wa s goose o gisy
Hut some old gander came that way
And look her for bis mate.
Obsolete and no longer true like so
many of It fellow.
These troublesome statistic Uns have
discovered that the numerical prepon-
derance of women over me n differs ac
cording to locality but that In general
so far ua this 1 II y Is concerned It i c In
the pioMirtlon of aU'Ut 111) to co.
Ten gltls too main! t)f every ten
gills you know nt least one Is destined
to old maidenhood.
It I not alsays profitable to se.-k
the rouses and leasems for things hut
In this case there are some pretty edi-
tions phenomena upon which to fasten
the responsibility for the sad facts. The
ihlef of them doubtless Is the appear-
ance of women lu walk uf life form-
erly left to the men.
The wotklug girl the salaried girl
the girl wage-earner the clerks and
typewriters snd salesgirl and the do-
mestic servants iiMin their already
tired shoulders rests the burden for
thla new order. It la estimated that
of all the women In New York who
woik for their own and other' living
shout one-third are domestic servants
The great majority are In the army
who go up and don town morning ant
evening shoulder to shoulder with the
men.
It has been discovered that of all
these cla.cse-s of feminine wage-earners
the proportion of marriages under II
years of age Is highest among the
lower - that Is esa skilled grades of
factory glrla. The lutti-r pal l fae torv
girl. (illeiresseS domestic servall's
dressmakers snd millinc rt. shop ssist.
ants elerks and elementary teachers
constitute for the purpose of this con-
sideration another group The)r wen k
Is In a measure skilled and the y do mi
regard themselves as perrons to !-e
pitted. l'rcr reaVe r and shop assist-
ant accept ware w hie h would not l
enough to support them If tiny ha I
not Mends to h'ip them and they en-
dure burd work lone; hours ami close
rooms bec ause they believe that the v
are only filling up a brief Inierval !-
fore marriage and the lecttcr off th- ir
parents may be the less do they rjif
for nn; thing mote than pocket money
wage a.
These girls. It his l-in found ir
constantly coming In eontatet ttlth tie
rich and have ever before their cv. 1
the luxury and lonifcirl of those w.in
have money without woiklng for I:
They are t.eur.M to think much alsi-it
elrc-s ntid personal uppeainnee and ne
exposed to temptations never nfleri'd
to the r- attractive 1 1 lory el I .
They have naturally a hlghrr stand ir I
of lit lug. their parent cannot bs rel'.- d
Uiein lo help them after the fir! fe a
trill and. failing niacrlai;e the- fii-
lure look Intensely diem y to them.
A t Mi el gt nip Is tm!i.."i in wh.it
may be calbd the "upper :ul Idle e in--
Hicse- woiiieii ure not rmpli.icd lu pi i-
elm dig rciinmodi'e s ly eli.h ;(
can no a sure I be v nine e f t lie ir e rv 11 re
by iiini kt p'be Thcr tvork is f-.r
tbe- p. rsons who cuke no pe-runi.i:v
prolU by employing th-in. bu: the 1: -
li e- to be u-e fully einp'cced be vi
ftrotig In educated women an I tb ir
o portunltii s of being pt.ilu'.ilv im-
ployed I'll tile eeoii nun se-usc of :).
onl "profitable") 11 ic so f'- . tint t!i. y
will give their se-rvlret for year M
I pie aa well off as then.: elves In re-
turn for a sum of mom v ln.rely s ic
e lent to lake them abroad for a nioi.il
or lo keep thrni supplied with gbm-.
lace ti.tt e. and o'her nece ss.iry trltb-s.
And while In this cl.is It sretna to lee
1 onsldered ignoble to stipulate for goo I
pay. strange ly enough It Is not romdd
ited disgraceful to wilbhold It.
tlssnr.l
I'.e-jc mi - "Y he in a no nils r of .lo-
lliisloii club the 1 liainpliuie of '!."
I p'.odate "Host mis T Champions T
Nonsense! The fiMitbnll e h.iuiplonsl.!i
hasn't lieen deeided )et. What ml-
lege do the Itesstoli repiesen!. nnv
how ?"- Philadelphia North Atiieii-
can. le 11 r a Tim is.
Th devil must be awfully popular at
Mi Kinney Ky. where twenty pistol
shots wer fired after a preacher wh.i
had Isr-en ejected fiom the pil'pU for
saying there I no devil.
ThnM ttewr IIIHn
Mr. OMhoy I remember the firwt fish
I ever ewught. Miss Iert- What Was
U; aa Icathyosauru? Haxlcni Ufa.
SOME EVILS OF AUCTIONS!
Dnpleetsant Kiperlenrea ressjaeesiif
reieieiterM or leenoeeut lilclelt-
Now that the shopping seusc
band when the housewife ti
guiu-hniiter nnd the coiinoisKi
in iiic st of plae cs where tic
spend their money M the be
t.ige dcilbrifitlcin over the 11
be avoided Is augmented by th
lug experience of carnal patrons
re rm in cian of auction rays
Ne v York limes. It I conee' b
1 he-'i- who have had rxperienea tl.ij
'lie lli 1
ipest ai
puichns
u where
the- b t grades are the cheapest
that the cheapest pluies to pule
I hem are at the reliable stores
one can Inspect the article at leisure
consult the udvice of friends and pri-
marily where tbeie Is assurance of
proMT ami honest treatment should
tlm purchase prove unsatisfactory
through unavoidable causes which of-
ten occur. This Is the advantage of
dealing with a flrst-cluss house and
the const lousnesa of knowing that one
will be fairly dealt with iu a personal
satisfaction and safe-guard. The or-
deal usually encountered at auctions la.
without doubt unsatisfactory and re-
pulsive especially to the refined and
dedicate fi-ellnrs of a womsn. To b
compclM to sit often for hours.
In
the motley crowd which usually
fre-
quenta theee shop and then lo make
one s self conspicuous by bidding and
competing with strsngers of all classes
and being compelled to hurriedly av-
eept the article which ha been dis
played In a false light only Tor a mo-
ment only enhancing Its appearance
are all decidedly unpleasant experi-
ence. The pure baser under suc h cir-
cumstances gradiinlly reegnlets the
Inconvenience to whlrh she haa been
subjected. She Is kept waiting In a
shot) where the honest light of dsy
Is not permitted to penetrate but
where the hent nnd unhealthy at-
memphere are mi oppressive that h
beet mica desirous of obtaining some
bargain in rompciiatillon for thl ex-
perience. In the excitement of the
moment he Is mlshsd by the extrava-
gant remark of the am tloiiier. and
In her harts pure ham some uselesa sr.
tide on which she I required to pay
a large deposit. The Innoc ent bidder
does not for the moment suspect that
the woman iimu her extolling her pur-
hase Rnd ulsii other who were com-(K-lliig
against her. are employed by
the am tlmieer or owner for the par
ticular purpose of Ineivaaing the hid
but such la often tl.e case. Nor does
the Innocent bid le-r Imagine that Ih
"latee distinguished citireit" whie ef-
fect are ostensibly being obl never
saw the article atttlbuteil to have lievn
his and which was the prime rcasoti
of her cxtraviegient purchase. There
sre however many who know that
aome auctloin-er grasp at any oppor-
tunity to obtain some single trifles
whic h w as oner in Ihe possession of
prominent rltlieti. in order to false!)
Imprcie the public that all the artlclei
cataleegued c.ilne from the same source
The auctioneer knowing the vanity of
the eager bidder In thl dlre-ctlon
will often cause them to pay ridiculous
price for some eleelreel memento.
There are many subterfuge- resorted
to by the modem faker in the auction
room which the public seema more
and more dls;os-d to steer ebr of.
Whistle Timi Hi.
Some nf the most amusing aner.bitei
are alKiut I'residrnt Lincoln relitlng
to Incidents of his lie when b- w.i a
young lawyer practicing in Hie coin's
of Illinois. It Is said t hat he w xs or re-
engaged In a rase In wlilih the laatei
on the othe r ml" made a ve ry toluMe
sH-eeh full of wibl statements to ih
Jury. Lincoln opened his reply bv
saving "My friend who b.i Ju-t
spoken to you would be all 1 1 lit If It
were not f ir one thing .ind I don't
know th.it you nu.!it to bl.itiie Mm foi
that for he ran t b-ip It V ba' I pi'-t
tit is hi reckless statement wlthocn
any grounds of truth. You have seen
Instance of Ibis In bis e-i"-cli to you
Now the reareen i f this lies in the
constitution of his mind. The moment
he be gins to t. uV. all his nunul ope-ri-tlnn
ei ise and be is not responsible
He I. In f i' t. I: HI h like a lilt's-
steamboat tb.it I s.ivv cm the Sal.L.i-
mmi river wln-n I w.i. engaged in Ima:-
lug there This little- steaiiin had .1
five f. sit boili r utii! a se ven foot
whistle and e vert tine t wblstlcel the
engine topie d " lae nmtlte I " ' t -ne
ei lng.
a tenet! est Teeing We-M.
"A grave f.niii with a gm.elly nuttioer
cf yceung nil 11 ia a di-n .tioti to etuar
eel Willi Ho i- si'.rne.in ling whereiv
he n il fate!: Is H't Ihe-r" wttte s E I-
w.ud W. Ileik. In "IVo'.ilrms of Youn.
Men." In i'ce Uulles' II. itne Journal
"Young men do not e 111 clearly to
re-.tllr iliv: wleeie 1 1 e y are they wer
Int. nd. d t i In- and for Mime mlslity
gis el puti ire. toe'- T!'c p'.i.f wheie 11
viuing man liiols himself la exa.-tly
w lu ce I11 Cr' 'tor me mt th it he should
be. Tbe-cfoic he Is capable of fllllu
1; t;.nl makes no mistakes. Itul it Is
no-mt th.i' we should grow i f our own
efforts; geet s'rong llirough the evi-
.tuevrliu "f d fl'.cul''iM. When a toon
man star' "t to live a tisiiul life an I
t.1r! out w .ii u i.glit eletermin.it on.
'i uiHi' i'-ncc to lumoi-.t'ile pr.ue Iplcs.
mi l a t.il'h In ti 1 1 no piwcr on earth
c.iii retard bun lor.; se bmrly Inter-
iu;il hi rei-e- r in cP etlve'y stop hlni
lie s bound to vi -ti Our failures" ar-
nlwavs d' e to ouisiivef; m-ver to ee;h-
ei ien;i'e nor lo our 1 nv liotiment "
I.lesririr Itnllttnt In s ttreenw
Hecelit statistics lliiiw Hut tiertlliiilv
takes the- b id nf a'l l"niei;M mt mull-tlb-s
In re gnnl lo tile- use nf ib-ctllc
railway She has !!' mile of sic i
Iliads in op' 1 .it 1011 ; Krame pas I"!
miles; Italy T.' lylbs slid Kngland c.i
miles. All of Hninpe comlilned con-
tain a little morn thi.n text miles of
eli cit ic railway. There are more than
l.liK) miles of such railway In Maua-
llllisett alone
aster far T S"n rllese-ek
The new villain peete a an author
He write to the typewriter saying tlu
be tin a gteat deal of manuscript to
lie copied but It I of Incalculable
value and be require a deposit of '
ciurlty for It safety liefore It can
lie forwarded. Once the (mating
young woman ba forwarded the de
posit the correspondence with lb an
thor ends.
1
A l s.
MVS: AUrv jf
k.a l..e J.arrn cSw -WTche
past six months. TiWtw :. i. of then
have colonlxed ovor a rudlua of ail
or seven mllea. Tb farmer nave
been flighting them In every way pos-
sible but they continue to multiply
and ar taking verythlng In slgbL
Th atorlM of tb numbers that go In
droves hav been discredited by An-
derson and Munrle people and. In or-
der to prove their assertion tb
farmers took several out to on of
Ihelr "rat drive" recently. On of
th records that waa mad waa twenty-four
rata by Superintendent Hnaggy
of the poor farm who only discharged
hla r'n time SvrsJ other
records hav been made at other time.
They ar costing th farmers many
hundred dollars by undermlnglng
wheat bins and burrowing Into build-
ings of all kinds. No theory hex been
advanced whlrh will atlfctortly t-
plain where tbey came from a thla
section baa been remarkably fro (f:ni
rat In nravloiis year.
The rnrsnll at Its peine.
VVhrnths lrlralls nf lie lp es.leneee u
rleel sias' ''M lee I"1. enaieeiawsl se.
Immortal rl 1'' hilfesa .nierer I on
Ihr resvi I" hapieiarse wliew ha IW at In Istt
IPiIlrllsr't M.eieisri ll.lcees Ihe tne-t
rsm.ut rrerei'auer eif Ih- litrr in titlne
..UII rrliseele Is II Inelulis ") lever. es
.littoieu. ies-r-'s. i.ee-uieeaosm. fcltn'-t
leo.iliis an I ps. im-n-e I set it rrga.srij
n.l s.il at udd inlvitili
Sir Walter Srott'i writing do not
pass Into ecllpa behind th later pro-
duct of genlu. Tb Providence Pub-
tie Library Issue a bulletin from
which It appear that during ten yeare
a few book were drawn more than
three hundred and fifty times. Among
these wer Ivsnhe.- "Guy Manner-
lug." "The Itrlde of limraermoor'"
and "Kenllworth." "Kenilworth" was
taken out six hundred nd twenty-fit
time Thirty-five yer after Scott'
death a lamdon bookse ller would not
keep In his stall a ilxpenny edition cf
the Wsverley novel bersus they
killed tbe sale of all other book. Yrl
th lure wa not In entlonillm.
th popular crating w not for pois
onous sweet; millions of resder
found only a pur and wbolssom hu-
man pleasure.
Hesnel Ihe A4ellsenieMM.
You will enjoy tbl publu atton mue
better If you will get Into the bablt at
resiling the advertlaements; tliey wile
afford a most lutrrestlng study am
it ill put t.iu lu tbe wsy ef getting
11111 exi-ellent bargain. - Our adver
tlsrts .ne reliable they send what It J
sdrert ie.
A tikin wlki i-.m't ntake a eue-esew of
tms iMs is nearly always very affese--
tl tn ite.
Prfe-'se t" ear a nM la etc t.
K
ruie n- kai.
It Is elr.iwl.-ig ths" line jrtty fine n
kiv trial a iisjii in 'iiring barns when
Ise Is b-li.l hi lioir. rW fsr It Sa
Iss-u bin sii u-tt-ii:it oeirie.
DKOI'Sl
th asm of
S3
simple but erTeet-
Ite rem ester for rbssmtlws. aes
ralgia. s-lhma sad klsdred ail
m eeits Tb trs't mark in slf
etplanateery. t'lv Drop make
a dose The f IT est Is niagteaL Id dst
gone by other sllegeel cure ksv Isse
liisikeletl with tb preeiuise lo take eiTnet
thirty elsjsor more five lreiK Ixgint
In rare at once Immediate relief Is felt
Tb manufacturer of l ive lrsa kat
thousands uf testimonial from relist-!
people ropiesi of many of thin g'a-tly
sent osia sp.lieatii-n lu order to mom
iTni-titrly sdverti-e its merits the com-
pany will for the neit thirty days I
out liainis) of the-ir sample Imltlnaaf thn
pemtite enr for 'i ints a buttle by aili
preaid. lairg buttle. .XXI doses II (for
thirty dara H tsittle. M lO 1 Tbo soffee
ing shiield win lo Hi Hwsnso Kbeu-
mstie t'ciral e.ciissy!'''T tr IsMtrlsura SI
Chl-ngo. Ill and take ivIvaiiUg uf tbl
generoua olTe-r 1 ei e-oieipauy la reliable
and promptly All every order
AGENTS WANTED
TO SELL
"OUR NATIVE HERBS
-Ihe-
Crut BI;od Purifier is. Utc: Re.a!i!ar.
300 DAYS' TREATMENT $1.00
Innlalnlnga Rll.ltTI It I'll I.f. IRANI K
at-pag llesnk nn.l Test I mew 11. rHr K.
Sent ley Mall. rexIM I'sll.
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