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JMKBS'fo'EATi iloSeepBOWW- ECOST of UfMG' jh-fino use of Inaects for food Is Terr common among I . the natives of vsrious countries. Almost every . kind of Insect forms a staple article of food in some part of the world. : The practice Is a Terr ancient ; . one, and the fact that Increasing civilisation does not seem to do away with It would tend to lead to the con "elusion that prejudice has much to do with the choos ing of our foodv'''i;).s';'fci;.v;'l'Vji ..", t'tiz.'i - The most popular, Insect food Is the locust, or grass, hopper. Some tribes lire almost entirely upon this Insect, as did John the Baptist of old. In ancient 'Athens locuBts were regarded as dainties ind the Arabs to this day make them Into a sort of flour. Borne African tribes prepare a eoup of locusts, and grass hopper pie Is a favorite dessert among the natives of $he Philippine Islands. - r ; - 1 In Russia the locusts are smoked like fish; tn Algeria brings are always removed and the Insect Is dried before .being eaten; no tribe eats the green insect When " properly ; cooked and - seasoned locusts are very palatable and resemble beef broth somewhat In taste. Fried locusts ars also very delicious. ; It Is certain that the locust Is a very nourishing food, . TliiiiFllDIMjS Are Keepings H6w WOULD YOU LIKE Some of THEE IHSjICIS for YOUR DINNEH? ' ' 7 r : I la It tola wit tacl i iu.k .v. vrvaefcl Uaarde Are el Bwlea Holloa i.." a Ywi.jl HkJun : la ItitMAit Etta la : Astsaia I Aftssa. ;,,. . for locust-eating tribes are invariably fat and healthy. Among the native Filipinos the grasshopper Is the m6st common article of food. The InsecU la the Philip pines grow to a very great slie and trsvel la awwrasr These swarms will settle on ' farm, and while the grasshopper Is eating up the vegetation he Is In turn being captured by the farmer. , 'i , ,' ' . The natives have an interesting way of catching the Insects. Bellboys are sUttened in the towers of the large churches of a town and when a swarm Is sighted the boys sound the grasshopper -signals on the bell. Hundreds of catchers then turn out with large nets, similar to butterfly nets, and surround the swarms. Another way of catching them Is by taking a long pole with a flat stick on th- end of It and swinging it through the swarms of grasshoppers. Large numbers of the Insects are In this way beaten to the ground, and, after they have been dried by the sun, can be collected. Still Grama PI el la Qaite MTtM it bus with the FllIalMta, another method employed Tht o a 1 a nil Wane "Very aUMe, Is to ex plode cartridges among the Insects, which are stunnned toy the shock and can be gsthsred from the ground, where they sometimes - lie two or three Inches deep, ry.y--;-";y;i The grasshopper Industry Is a prof- , liable one. .The Insects sell for shout two dollars a sack and can be found 1 In the markets the year round. The natives fill their pockets -with grass hoppers and est them on the street at one would eat peanuts. A very tasty candy Is made by sweetening the grasshoppers with brown sugar . and adding chocolate.- trimml-us. Grasshopper . cake and : grasshopper -pie are among the choicest dishes ot . tho native board. - The pie especially Is a marvel of cookery. .;' The Insects are cooked In the pie and others are , artistically arranged on the top of the crust The filling reminds one a lit tle of raisin pie. In some parts of the Islands the grasshoppers are ground to a powder, reduced to a liquid and drunk sort ; of grasshopperade. Another favorite Filipino delicacy , is the moth. These grow la such . numbers that In some places tbey can be scraped oft the walls by the quart Large expeditions go moth-hunting and capture many bushels. The natives remove the heads, wings - and lees of the moths by the ap- poaies, eaten with sugar, make, for the natives at least, very palatable dolicacies. - Insect foods onlv SMnnil In Twniil.-Lrlfv to tha era as. -hopper are the caterpillar and prub. The grub of the common cockchafer is said to bo a very dainty looo. 1 1 a The California BUalladlaae Or-w IT Ial-I Fat e : D 1 1 I . I Files. In France the insect Is rolled In bread crumW seas- oned with salt and pepper, wrapped In buttered paper and cooked' twenty sninutes. The result is declared to be the finest delicacy ever tasted. Americans who have been persuaded to eat them have found them very good ;eatlnsv;:.vSv:--v-'v--;r.rtv.',',-r- :'.' :v-- The ancient Greeks ate "barvest files and crickets. ; The latter are eaten to-day by some of the natives ot East Africa. ; The French peasant children are Said to catcb. bees and squeeze the honey from them for food. In Arlsona the Indian children catch and eat ants, and in Mexico the honey ant Is very much eaten. A curious e t. ftiort Aatftif in Mexico. The e?ss of this Cy ars alsa .used, being ground Into meal and used In various tooi. Certain Indians consider worms a dainty. : - In South Africa a large lizard, the Iguana, is a . delicacy, and rattlesnakes form a staple article of food. The larvae of the beetle were eaten by the ancient Romans and to-day are used as food by the people of the West Indies. In parts of Germany also, largs . beetles are cooked end eaten In various ways. The Creoles of Bourbon are said to broil and eat the cockroach. Ants, cooked la various ways are eaten by many different tribes, The Africans cook them In butter, while in Brazil a resinous sauce la used. The Siamese use the eggs of the ant The white ant is eaten raw by some, while ant pie la1 a delicacy among some of the natives of India. The natives of Ceylon are said to eat bees and the Uexlcans eat a cake mada out of bees' eggs. " chrysalis of the silk worm. The poor remove the envefc ope, broil tna enrysans ana eai u wiia sail aoo vvpyvs la the horaes-cf-walthhawejer. t"i9chrysalls Is fried In lard, butter or oil, and mixed -with the yolk of an egg. But the strangest of all food U the larvae of a certain ' fir, common In California and known as the Ephydra, , The files are washed on the shore In windrows and can be collected in bushel baskets. The Indians gather them, dry them and grow fat on them. ' ; It may be sail that all civilized races are insect, eaters In greater or less degree. ; There is a certain , insect, the corn weevil, which eats our grain and some times does thousands of dollars', worth ot damage to a single crop. No matter how clean the wheat is, there are almost sure to be a few of these Insects hidden away among the kernels, and these are ground up Into flour and become a part of our bread and cake. , - (SayfHEHD are a good many popular say I lngs on , matters egal which If fol- towed, literally may lead to trouble. The old saying that "Findings Are KeepingB, ks one of them.,. r -i '"''-V " It is true that under the law the Under of (lost property ft entlUed to keep it against 'all the world except the rightful owner, but be may get himself Into serious trouble unless x be makes a reasonable effort to locate the (real owner. . ' " At least that Is so In New York and prob- ably la some of the other States where New York's Penal Code Is more or Jess closely followed. There ls'a section of that code (which provides that, unless he makes a rea sonable effort to restore it to its owner, wo f nder of lost property Is guilty of larceny. Just what amounts to "a reasonable effort," ' must depend upon the circumstances of each' particular case. One would not bo expected to go to any considerable expense to locate the owner ot an. article of little value, but, on the other hand. If the property found were, worth several thousand dollars,' the finder might reasonably be expected to expend hie .; own money. If necessary, to locate the loser. If he dldnt, be would to guilty of larceny under the statute. -- There Is no duty upon the) part ot the finder . to advertise for the owner unless that neth-; od seems to be, the most likely, one to lo- S; ' Cats flm. ' .-.'' ..!:';! ?'Vv V-'v'".1 If yon find a gold watch on a street car. It Is your duty to turn It over to the con ductor or to the lost property department . of the railway company, not because the company has a better title to It than, yon. . tint heeanaa that la the sunt likely method of locating the owner. If the property Is not - reclaimed within a reasonable ume, you may insist upon having It returned to you. For this reason when you turn -over lost prop- !rty In this way -either obtain a receipt for t admitting your claim to it as a finder, of If you cannot obtain such a receipt, deliver with the article a letter asserting your claim, keeping. a copy of the letter. ',:::'S"y--v-'ri:r . Again, If yon find a pockethook In a store, and there Is no clue to Its owner. It Is your duty to Inform the shopkeeper of your find,, but there Is no reason why you should turn It over to him unless by so doing the owner may bo more easily found. .. YOU- MIGHT TM-- r . . For Bruises. STAECH or arrowroot, slightly moistened, keeps down swelling and facIU- tales the healing ot bruises. , , , ' , ' Fob Soiled Coat Collars. RUB the colled part with a little paraffin oQ on a soft doth, and then hang the garment la tho air for an hour to take away the upleeaaat ,To Keep Parsley Fresh. - TNSTKAD of keeping parsley In wsfier, which often turns It yellow, put II 1 In an airtight jar in a cool place. This keeps it fresh for a much longer time. - ' - - , '-.To Make Carpets Wear Longer. l; aO over your carpets once a week with a broom dipped In hot water to which a lltUe turpentine has been added - . ' ' - To Clean Plaster Casts. ? DIP the cast In celd liquid etarclLTWhen dry brush off the starch and the' . dirt wil come with It leaving the cast like new. - . Rain Spots on Velvet r DO not brash but shake the velvet and let tho water, evaporate, Its ortgfr . nal lustre can be readily restored by.rubblng with a dean damp cloth, - How an OMON Cures a COLD M i - OST persons know that eating raw persons, but tho mucous membrane forms m onion -drives out a cold," but why w P neo itow " m"" JTihS v , . . . from entering the system.' During a cola tno. the onion, should possess this benefi- ?,CtJ m.mhn. llSln of the cent power not one In a hundred" persons who', nose, month and throat Is intensely Irritated were cured would be able to say. --and Its protective efficiency Is greatly weak- ' ened. affordlnc tna pneumonia germ a stiwr foothold than when the membrane Is la nor The oil contained In ' the ' onion, Chive radish and horseradish is an oil that belongs tn the category of spices, and this oil has a deadly effect upon certain pathogenic that is to say harmful, bacteria flourishing In various -organs of the human body. ' The lntestlnsl i flora against which- Dr. Metchnlkoff wages his - Incessant campaign are the best known ot the pathogenic bacteria and are among the most dangerous. ' But the ' microbe which causes colds Is quite annoying. According to Dr. Halg, the great nrlo add specialist all colds . are due to a combination of three things a chill, a microbe or a uric add tendency wnica mal condition. ' " . . Among the germs to which the on of the, onion is a deadly foe Is the cold microbe, and , by attacking it one ot the causes producing colds Is obviated. Thus the cold microbe, one ot the necessary three factors that caused the cold, an onion, eaten raw, will "drive out tho COld." . f.7;rf 'J' "' ' 4- Properly speaking, the onion is a vegeUble, . but because of its strong flavor, we have coma to regard it almost exduslvely as a spice. v There are other spices which have Just as good an effect upon the human system.' Accord prepares a cell tor the microbes growth. In ' ' ing to Dr. Alfred Gigon, ot Baesl, spices are a, addition to being- a sounce of great discom fort a cold Is dangerous as well, because the person suffering from it is always in Jeopardy of : pneumonia. ' The pneumonia "germ, the dlplococcus pneumoniae, Is present In moder ate numbers in the mouth of perfectly healthy matin abused constituent of th diet . lie classifies spices Into five divisions. Into the first clasa fall salt and the so-called aromatic j spices ginger; cinnamon, cloves pepper, etc.! These spices, by stimulating the flow of saliva' and ot the gastrio Juices, further digestion. Prisons Only Crime Universities By, PRINCE KttOPOTKIN, Author of "In Russian and French Prisons." T BAVINO aside the great questlohof "Crime I and Punishment" which occupies now so ' many prominent lawyers and sociologists, X shall Umlt my remarks to the questions "Are prisons answering their purpose, which Is that of dTPin'a'g the numbers of anti-social acts!" To this question every unprejudiced person V'- esult is th Inferior .Slave work. The result Is that the prisoner begins to hate his work, and finishes by saying: "The real thieves r not we, but those who keep us in." The prisoner's brain la thus 'working over and-overgaln upon the idea of the Injustice of a society which pardons and often respects such swindlers as so many company promoters who has a knowledge of prisons from the SJIL 2 will certainly answer by an emphatic ye, On ; out he Ukes Ws revenge by some offense the contrary a serious study of the subject very often much graver than bis first one. Ee, tit vi nnaA tta omtMiiaton tSiiHt tha vniira braada reTenra. -; '7- ;" -: ' " ,;- Briaons-the best as much as the worstr-are - The revenge that was exercised upon him he ?!rr,!."..,"; X ,. exercises upon sodety. Every prison, because uinuuii vMvm v. v iwi.j , - tribute to render the anU-soclal acts worse and worse; that they are. In a word, the High Schools, the Universities ot .what is known as Crime, v V. i::: ' Of course, I do not mean that every one who bas been once In a prison will return to It There are thousands of people sent every year to prison by mere aeddent But I maintain that the effect ot a couple ot years ot life la prison from the very fact of Its being a prison is to Increase In the individual those .defects which brought him before a law court ' These ' causes, being the lovs' ot rlskv the dislike ot regular work (due In an immense majority of caaes to the want of a thorough knowledge ot a trade), the despite of society with its lnjus tics and hypocrisy, the want of physical energy and the lack of will all these causes will be . aggravated by detention in a Jail. , t- Flve-ana-twenty years ago, when I developed this idea In a book, now out ot print ("In Rus sian and French Prisons"), I supported it by an examination ot the facts revealed In France by an Inquest made at to the-.numbers ot . reddlvlstes (second offense prisoners). .The result ot this Inquest was that from twofifths to one-half of all persons brought before the' sufilses and two-fifths of all brought before the police courts had already been kept once or twice In JaiL The very same figure ot 40 per cent Was found in this country; while, ac cording to Michael Darltt S much as 95 per cent ot all those who are kept la penal serri tude have previously received prison education. . A little reflection will show that things can not bs otherwise. ; A prison bas, ana must nave. It Is a prison, destroys the physical energy ot its Inmates. It acts upon them tar worse than an Arctic wintering. The want of fresh air, the monotony of existence, especially, the want ot impressions, take all energy out ot the E'soner, and produce that craving for stlmu ts (alcohol coffee) of .. which Miss ; Allen spoke so truthfully the other day at the Con gress ot the British Medical Association. , And finally, whUenost anti-social acts can be traced to a weakness ot will, the prison education Is directed precisely toward killing every . mani festation Ot WllL if KiV.;:1'";.;-; lv':r -"V-i' Worse than that I seriously recommend to prison reformers the "Prison Memoirs ot A. Berkman, who was kept tor fourteen years in an American Jail, and has told with great sin cerity bis experience; One will see-from this book how every honest , feeling must be sup pressed by the prisoner, it be does not, decide never to go out of this helt:"';"' What can remain of a, man's will and good Intentions after five or six years of such an education? And where can he go after hlsjre lease, unless , he returns to the very . same chums, whose company has brought him to the Jallf v They are the only : ones who will receive him as an equal. But when he Joins them he Is sure to return to the prison in a very few months. And so he does. The. Jailers know it well. i I am often asked what reforms ot prisons I should propose; but now, as twenty-five years ago, I really do not see how -prisons could be reformed.' - They must be pulled down. , I might say, ot course: r"Be less cruel, be more thoughtful of what you do." But 'that would come to tlus: "rxonunate a jresiaioww aa gov- a degrading effect on 1U Inmates. Taka a man ernor In each prison, and sixty restaiozzi as freshly brought to a 'JalLi'. The moment be ..warders,"' which would be absurd. Butnothlng enters the house he Is no more a human being; - short of that would help. '-' . . - 'Mmhr fln and Kn Ha tnn.t hara nn Rnl tha only thins I Could SSV. tO SOme Quite more a will of his own.- They put on him a. well-intentioned Massachusetts prison officials fool's drees to underlla his degradation They who came once to ask my advice was i thu; n deprive him of every Intercourse with those you cannot obtain the abolition of the prisos trtward whom he msy have an attachment and system, then never accept a chud or a youth thus exclude tne action or tne oniy Siemens which could have a good effect upon him. - - Then be Is put to labor, but not to a labor that might hfjp to his moral Improvement Prison work is mads to be an Instrument of base revenge. What must the prisoner think of the intelligence of these "pillars ot society" who pretend by such punishment to "reform" the prisoners T r'5."' .y:U In the French prisons tbolnmates are "given nma sort ot useful and paid work. "But even this work is paid at a ridlcuiouiy low scale, and, according to the prison authorities. It cannot in nnr nrlaon, If vou do so. it is mansiaugnter. And then, after having learned by experience what prisons are, refuse to be Jailers, and never ne tired to say. that prevention ot crime tribe only proper way to comoai nmuuij municipal dweUlngs at cost price, education in .h. .miiv and at achool ot the parents as weU as the children; the learning by every boy and girl of a trade; communal and professional co operation; societies for all sorts of pursuits: and. above all. IdeaUsm developed in the youths; the longing after what Is lifting human n.hir in hicher interests. This will achieve Seaweeds M Supply Fertility By PROFESSOR JOHN L COWAN, V , ' ; The Noted Farming Expert -.-; 'i - - - - fHAT the. value of all products ot the farms I of the United Btotes now approxlmatea f ...JL - . , ViMiaan1 ' tnllllnna . ftf ' dollars an- ' W IUUIV ' a aa t 4 nnally l Justly regarded as ; good cause f or national felicitation. That a very large nunv; ber of the farmers who contribute to the pro-, dnetion of this enormous total pursue the suV cldal policy of taking from the soli all they can get, with no attempt to restore to u tne ele ments taken from it by growing crops, is a tact as undeniable as it Is lamentable. . ; TTnp the uniteq otatea woparunw minor mechanical difficulties. f The value ot the. kelp Is, moreover, probably much greater than is represented by the contents of the potash alone. Our laboratories have shown that Iodine and 5 other ' useful products , can be obtained which will pay In large measure. It not fully, the cost of gathering and abstracting the pot ash salts. Enough has been accomplished to show that this country has within Its borders resources to meet the fertiliser requirements of tho present and a greatly Increased use in the coming years." -fj.k $--(r; - The Investlgatlona undertaken by tne - AmiitBra and the. State Agricultural Col-" Bureau of SoUs. upon which Secretary Wilson's ! and Experiment SUtlons have been ot lata.'.:, report Is based. consUtute the first serious at leges farmera ot thlav tempt that has ever been made at a systematic ntdmraaly. nreacnlng to tne lannera w w. ,u t,t t,.- h.. .na country the fact that proflUbl farming, in the .of California, Washington and Oregon. It has long run, Is possible only when the elements neTer before been thought worth while to map tkn from the soU are restored to It, at least the forests of the sea, or to ascertain their ex- - tent or the character and possible uses of the In part - . , vegetation found In them. ," --i Roughly speaking, fertilizers are composed of , ,: However, the principal office of seaweeds In ohospborlo acldv nitrate ot soda end some form the economy of nature Is to perform the same f tiotaah aalts. Jlorlda, South Carolina and funcUon In the water that ordinary forms of of potasn 7.;.1BOaltl of Bi0.Dhat. vegeUUon perform on land that ot making Tennessee conUln great deposits animal life possible. They assimilate Inorganic rock, so that as yet the provision or an ado, jitter, existing In the water as Impurities, and auate supply of phosphorlo add presents no transform it into materials essential to animal ditricultlea. . .-'. f r ' life. : Beyond doubt by far the greater mass of to a recent report ot Secretary Wilson, ot "PCJ1 2Jl the Department of Agriculture, based upoi inconceivable numbers. These seaweeds form the basis of the food supply of all animal life in the ocean, end fishes and other animals that do not subsist directly upon seaweeds must prey upon smaller or weaker creatures that do. Scientists, then,' have long : recognised the fact that, the economic value of seaweeds is varr trreat: but ttus form or vegetation nas A Box of Ba tt I . B7 GAEL 1VEE20N. , - ' T was la a eafa, the Usbt air wa.;aas4..y;iitfne,:!whloh.:eresse?...th fraa-rant with .the aroma at ax-, t ji' :.r t : , . . . . "Tha nun man took Bis oae H. Bifi. arou arwmri., "SJ tha hot. tla of chimDarne. . but It was than frto had Juat raturnad from tha "Tar. nissag-e" at the talon, ware discussing ohanca marrlaaat whan the paintar. Dambravtl. ralsad hla yolca: "We naad net looa vary far tor an example," he aatd. "Do you know what caused by daaghtara marrlaaan "No." ' . r, . . ' "A box ot worms that X naad for bait" , - ' - ' -:"Wormar ' ' . - ; "Taa. It happened on the Xaland ef Andraay, where I ; hare baaa In the habit of xoln eyarr year to attend opanlna; et the flahlng aeaaon. Haying: left Parle the day before. X ouaa en . tne island yry l&t at dlsoorerad that there was not a sin le bottle in tha nailers and as It was out ot the quaetlon to sat any from the continent at this hoar, we had a number of other drinks all around." ? Bha wAuId leartalnly have mad hot for me, but I had quite forgot , ten all about my promlae. At 1:81 vi all started for tho boata" - - - "And X suppose your eaten was the ' blsseat of all." ' " "Now, that is the eaddast thing t have to tell. With his Mr worms my rival caught more than fifteen of the moat beautiful' bis fishes, while I did. vestlgattons made by scientists of the "Burean of Soils, the following important ana eigniacans Utements are made: , ..v . - The most promising source ot potash at present is found in the large areas' of kelp . " i.- .. a . , a. .IS1 proves, or sea aigae, lying atong ,XS'3CttltttttZ ;, Coast growing wherever there Is a rocky hot- sndaBtria! purposes. Until the official van. torn and a rapid tideway, at cepus ot inm to, ten fathoms, These groves are of various areas, from beds of a fraction of an acre up to stretches five miles in. length and two or more miles In width. During the past Summer about 100 sauare miles ot kelp groves have been mapped in different localities from Puget Sound nouncement was made by Secretary Wilson, tho thought could have occurred to but tew that the kelps of the Pacific Coast might be of ines timable value to agriculturists of 'the interior. and were capable ot bringing to pass a material modification of our trade relations with Ger many. However, months before Secretary Wil son's report was made public a. company was nmntzait af Ran Tllno-rt fnr tha nnmnu at h&TV to Point ix ma, ana nave sTuawn me cusrauw , yesUng kelps ana extracting1 from tnem me of the algae, as well as the conditions necee : sary to their utilization 'commercially, and their maintenance as a permanent resource, of the country Many, more areas yet remain V be studied and mapped, but from what has been potash and other valuable constituents. The plans of this company, and the methods it pro poses to follow, have been kept profoundly se cret 'Kri- ; It Is roughly estimated that there are about 15,000 species of seaweeds. - The simplest of accomplished In thai preliminary work! am Panu are w. mmuw,aigae ' i? aii-ana S vVU y HVUt g sauvnaa waw arHv q ws ajMVWf he said otherwise. Prison work, they say, is whatspunlshment Is absolutely Incapable to do. assured that a conservative I estimate ; shows that the kelp which could be gathered from the 100 square miles already surveyed,' and without detriment to the permanehfce of the ' groves, should yield 1,000,000 tons ot chloride of potash annually, worth at least $35,000,000, or about thrice the value ot present . Importations of potash salts from German;. - "Satisfactory methods of gathering ths kelp are: yet to be worked out .but present only of which there are approximately 1,000 species. found on rocks, wharves, the sides of ditches and on mud almost everywhere. The most numerous of the algae are the grass-green sea weeds (also both fresh water, and-marine), of which, there are from s.ouo to 10,000 species found floating on the surface of the ocean. lakes, rivers. brooKs.- ponds, oitcnes and nnd- dies; on damp earth, walls, fences, on the sur face of leaves and the bark of trees In damp xorexts, sno, exisung;--in aimos. every1 place wnere mere is moisture. ' . night Mr wife, who is always afraid B0 eatoh but a few email bleaks 'M . win eaten eoin, nad made me " oen wa mac avain i moaasuy r" romlaa to so to bad as soon as I framed from saying any thins? about arrived, to be careful and particularly my victory of the early moraine1, not to drink any wine or liquor, be- ' "lmuat not forget to tall' yon that canse of my rhaumatlam, I had sot Mme, Dembrevll : and my oauahter emnly promised to be the moat sober Joined me at lunch, and In order that of men, but when I arrived at my ray stern apouae might not hear any old friend Erneat's hotel, about t thing bout the events ot the night o'clock In the morning-, it was ao near X had our- table sat apart from the dawn that Instead of going- to bed I reat, under a shady tree In the gar did as the reat of my friends and for--dan. Happy to see ray family again, got my wife's warnings. I gave my Wife a glowing description "X found a lot ot old acquaintances, ' mT beautiful trip. X told her how amataur flabermen from all parts of bad followed her advice on -every the - world. ' Wa chatted, laughed, pciat, bow I bad gone to bed as soon amokad and emptied any number of " 1 arrived, and how every one was bottles, and each one proudly exhlb eurprised at my flrmneaa of oharaoter Hed hla rods end kit. when a tail, when I positively refused to have handaome young fellow, whom I had drop of wlna , never mat before, held a box ot worms - " nr,V dropped the strawberry I under our noses and sajd: ; . was about to eat . when a waiter . "Well, what do you think of Plaeed , ohampagne,v gobleU on the thaaeT Aren't they beautlest Did yott - tabla a , - ,:- sr,4' -aver see better bait In your lifer . ' "Why. Edouard! Ton don't mean to . "To tell the truth they were fine, tht you are going to drink 0ut, is Juat as When somebody ' champagne, when you have barely re pralaea a. woman's, extraordinary C0V,r4 rom . your last attack of uty, you Just feel like criticising rheumatlsml" , ner and finding some fault with- her "A the same moment X saw my t"" young friend approaching, glass In I "Then you orltlclsed his wormsr hand. He had been smitten by my t,p 1 dl ot exaotly oritlolse ushter's beauty, and now need a .L.bu.t my pralaea of them were Ptt to Join us. With amlUng lips Somewhat qualified. I told the youns ,a,d m: man that you mu at a., a -J ..... . :: " 'When - you loae your ' beta, vnn worms by their looks for after all! ru,t par xhm th arllest posal- ' what aflaherman wwta to'fl inhli ble opportunity.' , worme ia not ao much phyelcil beauty . . 1 strong desire to knock ana perreotion as strength; he wants n,ra BOW or made the slightest ; them to keep on wriggling a long allusion to the events of the nlghl time to attract the .hungry flihea. h would, of course, completely ruin Btsength and vitality la what you the effect of my beautiful tale of my Want, and t when It comes to that X '.'model behavior. To prevent any auoh bet tny worms are. better than yours, calamity I,; introduced him to the And '1 opened; my ,"box and showed i ladles and explained to my wife how them to him.. - we had had adjoining rooms and made "The sight ot them did not convince bat as to who would be in bad first him, the others took sides, and at He Immediately understood my in im ii wu aeoiaea tnat we should .: ana earn: eacn choose , our champion worm and match them against each other. ' "The oonteat wae arranged la this manner! Two llnea were drawn on the table fifty centimetres apart and between these equally far from both lines we placed our worms. When tha signal was given we let them loose, and the one which first cro.iiu one of the lines was the winner. , The prlae was a bottle of champagne., , "The race waa moat exciting. Every body was Interested and many beta were made. . At firat It looked as If X was going to win eaally. then the young feuowa. worm darted ahead. "'As your husband won, X now come to Pay my debt' v i ; , va, Monaleur.' my wife cried, 'don't , make my husband drink champagne. It la poison to him.' v , ..I'T.IX -I no other way but te tk he ladles to act as M. Dam brevll a nroxlea and Join me in drink Ing his health.' "Hf sat: down at our table, the champagne was opened and we spent a moat delightful evening together. Afterward be vlalted ua In PariaTand three years later he beoame my eon" In-law.-;.,"' ,. .'. ogw.nr oiurni,, Mwaa Copyright J1I, by the Star Company. Great HrlUln Rights Reserved, but at the very last. moment It was her happiness to a box of worms." s