f
CHAIN UP THE BOY
PRECEPT AND PRACTICE.
.W- ..ECT WAY TO eW.M ON DRY LAND.
I’roScssor'a Illustration uf I he Theory
that Mind te
Marvelous Thing.
"The uilnd is a marvelous thing,”
said Prof. Zacharlah Terwilliger to b'S
psychology class, ¡p-cording to the N-»»v
Fork Sun. “Let us eonaider,” went on
the worthy sage, "the process express­
ed iu the good old homely phras», •milk­
ing up one's mind.’ 1 am on the thr«»sb-
oid of an Important decision. What 1
determine to do may have a grave "bear­
ing on my future. First I ponder over
the matttr carefully. 1 look at it In
every aspect, examining it searehlngly
In all light, from all angles. By the in­
definable process of reasoning I arrive
at a certain conclusion, But that is
not all.
"As a man of discretion, it behooves
me to secure counsel.
I listen care­
fully to Judgments, noting zealously
each person's individual bias. 'Then I
SWIMMING WITHOUT WATER: AN INVENTION FOB PRACTICING
assort and cutalogu«» these outside opin­
THE STROKE.
ions.
on a hickory limb. She can go swim­
"I next st«*p aside psychically and ."Mother, may I go out to swim?"
“Yes, my darling daughter.
'
ming with her clothes oh.
lit brief,
view the array. Having, as I modestly
it is an apparatus to teach In schools
b«»g to claim, a plastic, although nota­ Hang your clothes on a hickory limb ;
But don’t go near the water.” %
and at home the movements of swim­
bly Individual mind, I am able thus
One naturally concludes that the ming. From a stout wooden frame
to project myself Into the personalities
of others, and view my own Impres­ daughter will learn very llftle of the hangs a series of slings, one broad one
sions and my own status ns they might art of swimming If she obeys the com­ for the tody and two narrow ones for
From bands .the pupils
view them. This, young gentlemen, is mand of her mother, for water always the ankles.
an «.»specially valuable exercise. I urge has been regarded as indispensabl > to swings, and makes the leg and arm mo­
swimming. It is uot so any more. A tions of swimming. The leg slings are
you to cultivate the faculty.
"Finally, I give one last. sw«»eping contrivance has been Invented which balanced on weights and pulleys so as
survey to the whole sunject. Then I de­ do«»s away with the necessity of Mary to allow of a compensating motion. The
cided; ruy uilud is ma«l«» up irrevocably. Ann going into tlie water when «he Invention Is German, and Is meeting
No stress, no threats «»ould alter that wants to swim, and it even renders It with great popularity in gymnasiums
decision; no cajolery, no urging «»ould unnecessary f««r her to hang her clothes and physical culture schools.
modify It. For, there Is nothing so cal-
liable as firmness.’
AUTOS DEADLY AS WAR
A WOODLAND DANGER.
'This illustration has been taken
from actuality. I have come to an un-
Hiarri Prove «hat Automobile I«
However,
«he Polson
Ivy
Is Not
alterable decision."
“Re<l Peril of ('ivillRat ion.”
I ««erly Without Merit,
The students departed, much Impress-
The automobile, with its terrifying
There are few persona In the eastern
«*1. The professor, in a glow of self-
and
daily
Increasing
list
6f
permanent
­
part
of America who are not familiar
satisfaction, sought his borne. M rs.
ly Injured. dying and dead, abundantly with the common poison Ivy—Its sin­
Terwilliger met him at the door.
"Zacharlah," she Bald, “have you proves .Itself the Red Peril of Civiliza­ ister th roe-fingered leaves creeping
tion. Wherever it go«»s upon the high­ alongside tho' harmlesa five-fingered
made up your mind on that matter?”
“Yes, my dear, I have thought It over way. when guided by the hand of a woodbine or Virginia creeper. Some
speed-crazed devotel», the motor car persons are immune and may pick the
and decided to say no.”
"Really?” There was a touch of leaves In its wake a trail of destruction, leaves at will, but others are so.sus­
ceptible that the wind will carry th«»
Irony In the good lady's tone. “Well, desolation and death.
I’ve thought it over, too, and I’ve de­ | The long list of accidents this year poisonous vapor and bring discomfort
cided yuu must accept. It would be show that the execution wrought by without contact with the plant Itself.
the motor car is more deadly by far
Cows and horses feed with Impunity
nonsense to------ "
Mrs. Terwilliger's aspect was omin­ than that of the Spanish guns at San upon the vine, but ft Is terribly poison­
Juan* hill.
ous.
ous to dogs, producing ,convulsions
Hine«» Jan. 1. I'. mit , at least III per which result in death.* A volatile sub­
“Very well, my dear,” interjected tlie
professor quickly and meekly. "All sons liav«» been killed and 3(52 Injured stance which forms saltd when com-
mned with alkalis has h«M»n Isolated
right; do not let us have any words. Of in the United States by automobiles
TOR THE GOOD OLD DAYS HAVE COME AGAIN.
a total of 470. After the batti» of San from the leaves, known as toxicoden-
course, I shall accept; of course.”
Juan hill Lieutenant Colonel Roose- <lri< acid. This resembles formic acid
vi-P's retort showed thnt of the 4!H> and Is the source of the poisoning.
him William—when you were together, incuts Mr. Lincoln advance«!. At that
KEEP TROUBLES TO YOURSELF.
■*
you know?”
time he was a strong Buchanan man X
I
WHAT'S
WHAT'S IN
IN A A TITLE?
TITLE?
J
“Certainly not,” replied grandma. himself, and------ ”
Keep your troubles to yourself;
Put them os an upper shelf;
"Not before we were formally affianced,
"Just see that crinoline!’ interrupt-
Far away as It tnay be.
at least I called him ‘Mr. rompwin.’" ed Vivien. “Oh, if they ever do bring ;
Where no eye but God's can see.
The Puritan needed a vent for the
“How funny!” remark«?«! Vivien, them back I'll die! Why did you wear 1
quite frankly.
that funny-looking thing across your energy repressed by his rigidly order­
Other people have their share
«id existence. Shorn of ornament in
Emmeline glggksl a little, and then forehead grandma?'•
Of affliction, pain, and care;
dress and decoration, he evidently
begged
her
grandmother
to
go
on.
“
I
’
m
"The
fillet?
Those
were
worn
then.
Why should you, though sorely tried.
Just crazy to hear you tell all about It,” I think, Vivien, that If your hair------ ” worked off a portion or his sense of the
Burden them with yours oeside?
"I think they were awfully becom­ ornate In some of the titles of the re­
she said.
Daily brooding o'er your grief
ing,” Emmeline hast«'ned to say. “What ligious works of the time. Many of
In no way affords relief.
‘There is nothing more to relate,” color is that dress, grandma? It’s a them are sensational and alliterative
But intensifies the smart,
said grandma. "When dear father had sort of pink, isn't It?”
Id 1 enough to satisfy the yellowlst report­
Turns the arrow in the heart.
given his consent and our betrothal hail
"Salmon pink,” replied the okl lady. er of to-day. The contents of the bot­
taken place, we were of cours«» permlt- “It was silk. I’ll show It to you some tles thus labeled must be of lurid and
1 hink of others who have known
Here’s your grandfather,
We strenuous nature, or els«» it might b«»
t«»d to see each other with comparative day.
Greatef sorrows than your own.
were
taken
at
the
same
time.
said of them, as the-dramatist wrot«?
froedom.
William
was
invìi
si
to
dine
Keeping all their wounds concealed,
“Was his coat as blue as that?” ask of th«» cognomen of humankind:
with us every Sabbath and on any so­
Heroes on life’s battlefield.
The name is but a shadow which we
cial <M-easlon. such as a ball, or when e«l Emmeline.
find.
Give of twasur«»s you possess,
“Bluer than that," said grandma.
my mother and 1 attended the play, he
Loving care and tenderness,
Too often
was allowed the prlvil«»ge of escorting "The picture is faded." v
than the man
«'heerful stniles or sordid pelf.
“Blue coat and yellow trousers?”
behind.
us.”
But keep your troubles to yourself.
‘The Seven Sobs of u Sorrowful
"Ge«‘!" exclatmed Emmeline, un- gnsp«»d Emmeline.
•- New York Is»dg«»r.
“But, my dear," corrected the grand- Soul for Sin, or
< the Seven Penitential
guardedly and with fervor.
"Emmeline, you shock me,” said her mother, "they wer«» nankeen, Ho al Psalms of the Princely Prophet I>avld ;
ways wore nankeen in those days. That whereunto ure add«»d William Humin's
grandmother, reprovingly.
"I didn't mean anything by It and waistcoat- he Is wearing was embroid- Handful of Honeysuckles, and Divers
Tom says it so often that-1 say It with­ ered by hand, Sotne of the enibrold- Godly !U1<1 Pithy Ditties, Now newly,
out thinking,” siihl the girl. "Please ery was in gold thread—pure gold. It augmented,” Is impressive, but a lit­
don't mind me. How long were you was handsome. N<fw, put them back. tle cumlM-rsome for ordinary conver­
I'm going to take m.v nap and I’m tired sation and advertising.
engage«!, garndma?"
“For two years." replied grandma. of your chatter."
Another, lnconvlently long, is:
"Father and mother «»onsidered that we
“A reaping hook well-tempered for
“Dear, funny old things." said Emme­ the stubborn ears ef the eomipg Crop
“Then he did consent at last?" said stami«! Imth have timi* to acquaint our-
seles with each other's dispositions tie- line. "I>id you ever hear anything so of Biscuit baked In the Oven of Chari­
Emmeline.
ridiculous? Can you imagine th«»m?" ty. Carefully Conserved for the Chick­
“Yes,” -replied grandma. "There re­ fore taking the Irrevocable step of mar­
THE FLYING HEATH OF THE HIGHWAY.
“And think of falling in love with a ens of the Church, the Sparrows of tiro
riage.
”
ally wasn't anything else for him to do.
“Didn't they have divorces then?” girl with hair arranged like that and Spirit, and til«» Sweet Swallows of Sal­
1 said: 'Dear father. Mr. Hackeriey In­
i.uug.i ikiueis who «eut Into action only More Interesting to the many suffer­
in a salmon-pink silk over a hoop skirt! vation.”
asked
Vivien.
spires m<* with sentlfiwnts of the most
"Eighty-six .wet|» killed or wou.ided."
ers. says the New York Evening Post,
IIow
could
he?"
"I presume that then, as now. there
After these, titles such as tho follow­
profound n«l>ect ; I esteem him most
The re.-ord of the automobile is writ­ is tin- fa«»t that u certain cur«» for the
“How could she? That necktie stick- ing sound tame and nardljr worthy of
were
divorces,
hut
there
was
not
then
highly, but I do not love hfeii. and it
ten in red—and that rw<! 1» the blood of painful skin blisters is found in a so­
Ing out on each side of him! And. notice:
its many victims. The vast majority of lution of pet.-issiuni permanganate.
grlev.s me to the heart that ,vou should
Vivien, his coat sl<M>ves were down over j
"Tile Spiritual Mustard Pot to make these persons were killed outright. . In
consider me undutlful. On the other
Tills blistering eff«x-t on the skin
bls knuckles. The coat doesn
"------ ’ ’ » t “
» - to the Soul Sm»eze with Devotion”; “The
fit,
addition to these there wer«» many oth­ was taken advantage of by old-timt*
hand. If you forbid me to marry Wil­
say nothing of the color, And that hat Shop of the Spiritual Apothecary”;
ers who were so badly Injured that doctors and adminlsteml In cases of
liam I must a^ your dattfhter obey you.
on the table by him! Do you hon«»stly "Matches lighted at Divine Fire,” and
they dl«*«l later, but their deaths went skin disease. On«» reads that In 1(MO
biit I shall la* most unhappy, believe
Is'lleve they ever did- really?”
"SixpeiUiy-wofth of Divine Spirit."
unrecorded In the teeming columns of the |K»lson ivy was Introduced into
die.”
"Em.” said Vivien, suddenly, "I'm
Iu a much milder and secular sort the newspapers.
"Wer«» you Joking, grandma?" asked
England, and In 17IW wns used as a
going to call in every one of m.v pho­ of a way the modern newspaper .par­
But this roster of the «lead, appalling
Vlclen.
tographs and burn them!”—Chicago takes of the spirit of its Puritan exemp­ as It is. by no means represents Ibe sum medicine In Europe. Even before this
«irandma looked nt. her rathrr «ever«»
th«» Juice of the plant had b«s»n used
Dally Nows.
lar In th«» heading of the paragraph total of th«» destruction wrought by fhe ns a marking ink. and Is to-day widely
ly. “Why slsnihl you ask that quo
autorpoblle.
In this country today
coliptins: ,
t|.«H?" she Inquired
eniploy«-«! for that purport. -It resists
Phnses of «hr XatlonSI «lame.
"Quirks and Quibbles"; "Nibbles for there are hundreds of men. women an«I «oap, acids, alknlles and bleaching pow­
Emmeline gav«» her sister
There are two aides to almost any '
tile
Million”;
"The
Junk-Shop”; children with broken legs. arms, ribs
titious pinch. “1 I thought
tiling, and the national gtiuie is far "Crumbs for all kinds of Chickens”; and qkulls. with crushed feet and ders. ami yields only to ether. So.
haps you weren't really lu
From the "Paragraphical Pudding”; “Spice Is­ marred faces, who have been perma­ when the nature writer Is out In the
the laxity of opinion «‘otieerning them fpom being au exception.
explain«»«! Vivien.
standpoint of the baseball enthuslnst lands Passed In the Sea of Reading." nently disfigured or crippled by the wilds, away from stores and human
that
unhappily
prevails
at
this
day
and
grandma,
“Indeed, I
was,"
dwellings, and his Ink gives out, a
ruthless automobile.
much In age," replhs! grandma. “Furthermore, “our town has a club In the league."
smoothing her skirt.
splendid substitute may be found In
From
the
standpoint
of
the
profession
The
Witty
Laboachere.
weil*<*on<lu«
’
ted
young
women
wouhl
not
In
almost
-every
way
that
could
be
curnefft. I could not, even to please my
the Juice of tlie poison Ivy which will
al
player
the
league
has
a
club
In
each
Henry Laboucher». the English pub­ Imagined have injury and death been
dearest father, contract a matrimonial even have mentioned such a siibj«*»t."
guarantee the physical permanence of
city.
In
the
heart
of
the
baseball
pa
­
"Go
on.
dear
grandma."
urged
Emme
­
inflicted
by
th«»
Red
Peril
In
the
hands
licist and parliamentarian, one day
allinm* with a gentleman forty •ears
th«» re-ord of his obsemitlons If not
my senior. William contrived to send line. “They wantetl to give y iu a chance triot our cliib,is a band of heroes, go met a deputation of woman suffragists of reckless drivers. In many cases the
the v«-ra<lty of the facts themselves.
Ir.g
out
to
conquer
other
cities
and
up
­
drivers
themselves
have
gone
down
to
in the lobby of the llo’ise of Commons.
me a billet urging a clandestine m«»et- to know ench other thorougnly, so they
Another commercial us«» for the Juice
Ing, but that, of course, I denied him." allowed you to s«»e each other once a hold our honor. In the mind of the His own version if the encounter runs destruction with the machines they |>e«>-
of
thia plant Is In the manufacture of
man
with
soul
so
«lead
they
are
stock
week and svmetlmes even oftener?”
pelled.
"Why?” ask«*d Vivien.
as follow«:
a blm klng fluid for boots and shoes.
companies-
properly
financed.
To
the.
"Yes,"
said
grandma,
sermusiy.
"and
They
all
talked
at
til«»
same
time.
The
long
list
of
accidents
shows
that
"I atu surprised that you should ask
me that question. my d»ar," said If parents wer«» «»qtially wise nowadays excited partisans at a game each play­ .After listening a f»»w moi.ients. I said: many were killed and Injured as a re­
• nrr Ennn*h.
grandma. "Why. such a meeting would w«» should hear of fewer hasty and Ill- er Is an earnest contestant for his side •Ladies, though ym.* arguments may sult of racing. Speed lovers, crashing
“
Slick
Pete,.seems
to have got next
To
I
he
man
who
Is
from
foreign
parts
considered unions, I tell you there Is
not persuade me, I am particularly stis- along the highway by day or night,
have been highly Improper.”
tn that young dude." said the first
it
would
lie
an
lni|>ortant
fact
that
nothing
more.
We
were
marri«»«]
on
the
-•ptlble to f«»nmle b«»ni|ty, ami I am have been hurl«xl to death against rocks
Emmeline couglied.
♦hey are hired men. employes with sal- afraid this may Influence my Judgment an«i tr«»e«< nnd telegraph |>o!es. Oth bunko man. “but 1 wonder what’s the
"Still, I «io not believe ttwlt my fath­ INth of June. I Sot 5.”
nr:«s set by companies that alt belong If I stay longer.’ The compliment was ers have l«-«»'i thrown from skidding au­ Use."
er would have abated hla d‘»t«»nnlnatlon
"Oh. ffiere must be somethin* In It,"
“What did you wear?” asked Emme­ to the same corporation, and that they enough. nnd they all, I think, felt Chat tomobiles on sharp «»orners and daabed
had it aot been for the intervention trf
replied i'ie other, “for Pete don’t watt«
get
their
pay
for
playing
and
not
for
Mr Ha<»k*»rley himself, who with a line, with Interest.
my heart was In th<> right place, If my to destruction on hard pavements. hie time."
Many have been killed b.r collisions
«•hlvalry and kindness that was far bo
“Get me th«»*» «laguerreotypes out of whining. Tn the public It R a game Judgment was not.”
"Well, anyhow it looks as If he was
with street cars, fire engines, passing
yon«! our expectation, resigned his pre- the top drawer lu tli«» highboy," grand­ To the president of the company It
tryln*
to do somethin* foolish." rhjia-
Leaned Tbnt War Heraelf,
vehicles, railway trains and other au­
‘There,” she said, open­ may be a good or bud "performance.*
tgnMons and actually ple:t<l<»d Wil­ ma dlrei’teil
delphia Press.
-
'cnttir.v.
'That man you are engaged to Is an tomobiles. others have met their fate
ing one of the fndtsl red square cases
liams eauto"
awful ajiendthrlft. Ar«» you marryiox on the |«erllous race course, where mail
"How perf«»«Tly sweet nnd lovely of “That was taken a month after our
In this world the hardest knocks we
If there Is enough k»ve La that kino
•
men ha«i assembled to risk their live« get are «lellvered tn our supins«»«!
him,” exclaim«»«! Emmeline.
wedding. I wore that dress to a hRll of a letter, the orthography doesn't him to reform hpu?"
“Nope; Ito marrying life to help In breaking an old sfieed record or to
"Wasn't he Just noble!" %«M Vivien. the evening of the day that I heard matter much.
fr lentis
him be a «iM»n4tlirlft."—Houston Post. established a new one.
"After you bad turn«»«! hlin down to Mr Lincoln make a s(>ee<'h in favor of
Somehow a l>b><Mled d<< alw
The
Red
Peril
Is
n
living
suit
fearful
Nwvaalty Is the Biyther Rf sew,I
^,n p^oy
thpy have
<to that. Grandtoa, you tren't twind If Mr. Fremont Your grandfather was
m
luda
us of a toy drayged «R
thing
Indlann|s>lls
Sun.
Indignant
at
some
of
the
otb«»T
«.ffihlren
besides
Invention.
I
|uoU<h
mun</
hlr
.
u
doU(k
argil-
I aak you, will yva, bat Ad J*>u call ven
. I
An Old
Love Story
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