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It sometimes takes a man down
when a woman sizes him up.
BANDON
If canary birds couldn’t sing, they’d
have to hustle their own hemp Beed.
When a small boy cries because he
can’t go to school he ought to be lnves-
tlgated.
The office sometimes seeks the man,
but how he does hustle after be gets
the nomination.
Having laid down his arms, Admiral
Robley D. Evans no longer has any use
for his sea-legs.
When the asgpnauts form a trust we
will know that the navigation of the
air Is a success.
“Smile once a day,” Is the motto of
a New Jersey optimist league. Smiling
only on paydays will not do.
About the worst thing the new apple
trust can do will be to hand us a Ben
Davis when we ask for a pippin.
No man Is perfect, yet almost every
girl fools herself into believing that at
least one young man of her acquaint­
ance Is.
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the product of The la ml is sent to the
' cities, the good rAa<»s movement, the
creatfoti of Stat« agricultural »■ollegt-s.
the regeneration of the’ district sciusil
system, have tended to make farming
more prosperous and the farmer
healthier and better instructed. But
most of this work has dealt in land and
crojis and tools and roads ; it has in
large measure missed the human be
ing. Tlie President’s most inspiring
idea, hfs most statesmanlike move. Is
the belief that it is the man that
counts. We must help and Improve
human beings. We must make farm
life so attractive that the best strength
of the nation will live it. At present
the brilliant prizes of life seem to He
in the city, nnd too many capable boys
are tempted away from the soil. To
bring to the farm the essential com
forts and Intellectual interests of the
cities, to give farm hoy and farm girl
every chance for self-improvement, to
secure to the fnrmer his proper share
of the profit of his labor, to make life
in the country most worth living—this
Is the problem the solution of which
will strengthen the foundations of na
tlonal prosperity. Measures to be con­
sidered by the commission are the es­
tablishment of postal savings banks
the creation of rural parcel post, by
which the farmer may more easily get
the products of manufacture, the in­
crease of "co-operation between farm­
ers for buying, selling and borrowing,”
and the “better adaptation of rural
schools to the training of children for
life on the farm.”
TRUMPET CALLS.
THE WORLD'S WAY.
Jtam’a Horn ¿oftadi a Warning Nota
|o the Unredeemed.
At Ilaroun’s court it chartced, upo« »
time.
An Arab poet made thia pleasant rhyme :
There id no to
morrow in Goda
calendar.
The worst of all
failures ts to suc­
ceed
in doing
wrong.
In killing snakes
it Is better, to cut
off an inch of head
than a foot of tall,
the
mother of many
Covetousness is
sins.
Even the devil will behave himself
when chained.
God bouors the man who Is not
afraid of a hard place.
Putting ball bearings on the church
doors Is a poor way to fill the pews.
Denouncing sin with a club in the
hand is not the way Jesus did it.
The man God calls has to make a
move of some kind. He can't stand
still.
A boy generally gets his best from
his mother and his worst from his
father.
The book of Jonah was written to
show that God Is In favor of foreign
missions.
The man who leads a prayer-meeting
should neither exhaust his subject nor
his congregation.
The preacher who does not get much
out of the Bible for himself will get
less for his people.
There Is something about a real man
that makes him shun a way that Is
carpeted with velvet.
“Ths new moon is a horse-shoe, wrought
of God,
Wherewith the Sultan's stallipn shall be
shod.”
On hearing this, his highness smiled, and
gave
The man a gold piece. Sing again, O
slave!
Above his lute the happy singer bent,
And turned another gracious compliment.
And, as before, the smiling Sultan gave
The man a sekkah. Sing again, O slave!
Again the verse came, fluent as a rill
That wanders, silver-footed, down a hill.
The Sultan, listening, nodded as before.
Still gave the gold, and still demanded
more.
The nimble fancy that had climbed so high
Grew weary with its climbing by and by ;
Strange discords rose; the sense went
quite amiss;
The singer’s rhymes refused to meet and
kiss;
Invention flagged, the lute had got un-
strung,
And twice he sang the song already sung.
The Sultan, furious, called a mute, and
said,
O Musta, straightway whip me off his
head !
mis w IS -• »■: ' . iMff . but than, she
’was •young ami strong, and now th.it
things were ntoVlng smoothly itt home
she could save more. She knew tfie
minister's sweet-faced wife well. Then
Debby cheerfully .made tlie sacrifice.
It was her afternoon out the next
day, and Debby, when she had left
everything in spotless order, went her
way. It was only a few minutes' walk
to the parsonage.
One of the little boys let her In. The
minister's pale little wife was trying to
hush the baby. She was holding it
in her arms.
“I'm Mrs. Gibson's girl," said Debby,
coming forward ; "that Is, I work for
her, and you're not to pay that pledge
to missions.
I’ve brought you the
money.”
A beautiful flush rose on the face
of the minister's wife.
“Mrs. Gibson?” she cried. “How
very, very kind of her!" She looked
at Debby in her sweet, Interested way.
"It was going to be bard for me to
pay it, terribly hard,” she added, “with
the expenses of my sickness and every­
thing. How good the Lord Is!”
“Yes," answered Debby, softly, as
she put the four dollars in her hand.
"He is always good."
The girl saw she did not understand.
Debby would never tell her. She reach­
ed out her arms for tlie baby.
"Let me take it,” she pleaded. “Most
children like me.” Ard the baby was
no exception. As he felt the pressure
of the’young, strong arms, he suddenly
ceased his walling, pulling at Debby’s
red ribbons.
"The sweetest thing happened to­
day,” said the minister's wife to her
husband, as soon as he came In. “I
have thought that the ladies of the
church did not always appreciate how-
hard it Is for minister's wives to do
their part when salaries get behind and
people fall sick, but I’ll take it all back.
Mrs. Gibson paid my subscription to
missions—«nd tlie time was getting so
near, I quite trembled for al! the chil-
dren need stockings, and Bobby must
have some shoes; but now this eases
me. Wasn't it good of her?”
“It was. Indeed,” agreed the mln-
ister. “And Mrs. Gibson, too! Some-
how one would hardly attribute such
thoughtfulness to her. She Impresses
me as being rather cold and distant.
Another case of never Judging, my
dear."
The very first day she was able to be
out she went up to the Gibson home.
She was very pale still, it had been
College athletics in America, the
Poets ! not in Arabia alone
You may have observed that an office- drift toward professionalism and the
You get beheaded when your skill is gone.
seeker Is a man who shakes the voter's progressively fewer members of the
-T. B. Aldrich.
hand before election and shakes the student body who Interest themselves,
except ns spectators. In nthletlcs, have
voter afterward.
occupied the attention of educationists
Mr. Roosevelt, when lie goes to Afrl- In this country for over a decade. Lat­
ca, will take a camera with him, but terly there has been a wholesome ten­ 4-4- 4'4r'•4-4-4-4-4-4-4-+4-4--Î-4-+4-4-4-4-4- 4-4- •>
HOW ABOUT YOUR D0GÎ |
it will bother some of the Jungle ani­ dency manifested to eradicate this evil, J
mals to look pleasant.
though the stigma is by no means re­
moved. It Is Interesting to note In this 4-4 4-4-4- .-+4-4-4-Î-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-+
A man wants a divorce because his connection what a British scholar, res­
wife won’t sew buttons on his trousers. ident for a year in America, finds ob­
Some facts which every lover of dogs
Debby was serving the chocolate in
The ease will appear In the court rec­ jectionable In the American system. In should know are printed In Our Four-
ords as a disunion suit.
a long letter to the London Times he i footed Friends. The writer of the ar­ Mrs. Gibson's dining-room.
“Yes,” that lady was saying. “I was
has conveyed his impressions of stu­ ticle believes that nine dogs out of ten
The Standard Oil Company doesn’t dent life and Ideals here. He beilev«s i which their owners have to get rid of at the parsonage the other day, and
have to pay that >29,240,000 fine, not that the demoralization resulting from i are simply the victims of careless or I really felt sorry for the minister’s
yet. Now would seem to be a good “profeslsonalism” Is attributable to i unkind treatment.
Overfeeding and wife. It was the first day she had
time to ask the Standard for the loau three things: First, that while the In­ lack of exercise are the cause of ills been up since her illness, and the chil­
of two bits.
terest is general few students actually in the canine race as well as among dren were noisy. How very small, too,
the rooms are at the parsonage! I
take part In the athletic contests; sec­ human beings.
The Kaiser says the peace of Europe ond, that the members of the athletic
Nothing is so certain to make a dog declare, I don't see how she manages
is not in danger. This persistent Ignor­ team are often unequipped to benefit
sullen or cross as chaining him up. at nil in such a little place. I noticed
ing of Mr. Castro’s belligerent attitude by college work and achieve only ath­ He suffers so much from confinement how pale she was and weak, still. Her
may yet spell disaster to some conti­ letic distinction; and, third, that the that it inevitably changes his disposi­ hands quite trembled. And do you
nental powers.
corruption In athletic sports fosters a tion. It is not only a wrong and a know, things doXvn there are begin­
general low standard of honor. These cruel way to treat a dog, but it is fool­ ning to look quite shabby. Oh, by the
The ambitions of Aguinaldo seem to
are not new criticisms, of course, but ish, for a chained dog can be of no way, had you not heard that we were
be rising. A few years ago he desired
they are developed with more sharp­ service to his owner excepting to bark. behind again on the salary? I cer­
to be merely a second George Wash­
ness than Is ordinarily found In Ameri­ A tramp or burglar knows the dog tainly would never be a minister's
ington. Now he aspires to become a
wife.”
can discussion. The writer thinks that cannot reach him to harm him.
Manila aiderman.
the system of hiring professional coach­
“Neither would I,” replied Mrs. Clay­
A chained dog is likely to bark at
es whose business It Is to win for their a friend as well as at a foe, or at a ton, carelessly, as she sipped her choco­
Commander Peary Is laying plans for several colleges and thus Increase their dog running by or a passing team. The late. “So we are really behind again,
capturing the smith pole after he has prestige and attract students Is largely family gets used to bis barking, and are we? How many eggs are there in
the north pole laid away on Ice. Am­ responsible for this condition. On that no one is likely to get up in the night this cake? It’s delicious.”
bitious man, that Peary I And Impar­ point he says: “I have almost per­ and Investigate every time the chained
“Four,” replied Mrs. Gibson, a trifle
tial, strictly Impartial 1
suaded some American students to be­ dog barks.
absently.
lieve, but I do not believe that I have
A dog that is well treated and has
"And she's subscribed four dollars
In Austria a married man cannot go succeeded in convincing one. that there his freedom stays about the place and to missions.” she added, slowly.
np in a balloon unless he has the writ­ Is no organized and systematic coach­ guards It. Of course there are excep­
“Who?” demanded her friend.
ten consent of his wife. Over there ing of athletic teams In English univer­ tions—“tramp dogs,” we call them ; but
“The minister's wife,” answered Mrs.
they must regard ballooning as more sities such as is practiced in American the family wanting a watch dog can Gibson.
dangerous than remaining late at the colleges, where professional trainers find one that will discriminate between
“Debby, pass Mrs. Browning
club.
ordinarily receive, for a few weeks’ friend and foe, and strike terror to sugar. You see." went on that lady,
work, more than the best professors get the heart of evil-doers by the very fact “she pledged it before she had that ill­
Heretofore elections In Cuba have
for a year's academic service.” He ob­ ♦hat he is loose.
ness. I’ve been wondering if It won't
been the signal for disorder and revo­
I have heard it said, and I
jects that with tlie spirit of profession­
be hard for her to pay it. All our a hard illness and she had recovered
lutionary outbreaks. The recent elec­
alism Intrenched the real purpose of to be true, that burglars dread a little pledges must be In by the last of next from it slowly.
tions were ns peaceful as a contest for
She took Mrs. Gibson's extended hand
athletics Is overlooked and that the house dog inside the house more than week. She really can't afford to give
selectman in a New England town. The
training It Is meant to give to the a dog outside the house, as they have to missions, and yet how she loves and kissed her.
new electoral law which provides for
“I wanted to come sooner," she be-
whole student body Is lost. The En- ways of quieting the latter. A dog them! She'd give to them if she hadn’t
non-partlzan electoral boards was tried
gan. “I was afraid you might think
gllsh observer, who Is Inclined to think that sleeps inside the barn Is a greater any shoes.”
for the first time, and It proved to be
me ungrateful, but indeed you will
that athletics and outdoor sports are safeguard to the barn than one out­
Mrs. Clayton laughed.
a good iiolitlcal device. But the real
never know Just the good your money
one and the same, probably overlooks side and chained up.
"I wouldn’t,” she remarked. "If I
reason for th(C unprecedented good or­
If a dog is kept outside to guard a have a weakness, it's for pretty, well­ did me. The thought that you under­
the gymnasium exercise that Is re­
der of the elections I» to be found In
stood ami cared helped me quite as
quired in our colleges. Still there can place he should not be chained, but fitting shoes.”
the temper of the Cuban people. They
much as the four dollars.”
be no doubt but that the spirit of the should have a goodsized, comfortable
“Well, as soon as I can find time,
are learning, If not to govern them­
Mrs. Gibson looked perplexed.
amateur which characterizes English dog house, facing south, raised at least I’ll try to rim down there and see her,
selves, at least not to make a riot of
“The four dollars!" she repeated. “I
sport Is the true spirit, and America Is six inches from the ground, as other­ but, dear me, we are all so busy.” And
government, especially when American
making progress toward the substltu- wise the floor will be cold and damp, Mrs. Clayton, whose husband was on am afraid I do not quite understand.”
troops are ready to suppress disorder.
tlon of thls Ideal. It will come with and cause rheumatism. There should a large salary and who kept a cook
"Why, the money you sent me to pay-
lie a bed of loose straw or excelsior, and a second girl, actually sighed.
up my subscription to missions," ex­
time.
Grant that “dad" was ns a rule a
changed frequently enough to keep it
Then Debby took the cups nnd wash­ plained the minister’s wife. "Your lit­
child's name for father; where Is the
Tennyiion'K Cure for Nhyneaa,
clean and dry, and always a dish full ed them and put them away.
tle maid brought it down—Debby, I be­
disrespect In the use of It by any son,
It Is recorded In “Tennyson’s Life” of fresh, clean water.
lieve
you call lier.”
Debby was small and dark-eyed, with
however old he may be? We have that he used to recommend to a young­
A dog is a living, sensitive creature, thick braids of black hair. For tlie
“Oil—Debby—" A light broke over
often heard the word usivi when the er brother the thought of the stellar not a machine, yet he frequently gets
Mrs. Gibson’s puzzled understanding.
relations between father and son were spaces, swarming with constellations less careful attention than the machi­ services she rendered Mrs. Gibson, that “Excuse me Just a moment."
•ady
paid
her
three
dollars
a
week.
unusually tender, when the two were and traversed by planets nt Ineffable nery men use. It is seldom a boy or
Mrs. Gibson went straight to the
Debby had always been poor. There
close companions, when there was win- distances, as a cure for shyness, and a even a man will take as good care of
kitchen.
Debby was Ironing napkins.
plete understanding nnd the strongest Indy of my acqualntnnce used to en­ bis dog as he does of his bicycle or his was a large family at home, and It Her cheeks were rosy red.
came
her
turn
early
in
life
to
earn
her
love. There was a time In New Eng- deavor as a girl to stay her falling automobile.
“Debby," she began, “the minister's
own living. She had never had any
land when a son addressed his father heart on the thought of eternity at
A chained dog is wretched, and nt pretty clothes, and she was trying hard wife is here, thanking me for some
In writing. “Respected Sir." The father such moments. It Is all in vain. At one has a right to cause any creature
money I sent her. I never sent her any.
was then of the Roman order. There the urgent moment one cnres very little constant suffering, even to serve what now to buy a new dress. Up stairs In Do you know anything about it?"
her
dresser
drawer
was
a
little
tin
box
was little thought of any possible Inti­ about the stellar motions or the dim one may call a useful purpose.
Debby blushed.
containing all the money she had in
macy. The son stood in awe of the vistas of futurity and very much in­
“Yes'm. The afternoon I served the
tlie world—four dollars. She gave her
sire. Hence, too often domestic trag deed about the cut of one’s coat and the
Beginning l-tarly.
chocolate I heard you talking about it,
mother
two
dollars
every
week,
and
edies. When you hear a lad spenk to­ glances of one’s enemies, nnd the doc­
“Pupa,” said little Rollo, whose fath­
and I felt sorry for her. 1 know what
day of his father ns “the old man" you trines of the church nnd the prospects er was shaving himself, “didn’t you tell that left her one; but lately she had
it 1« to be poor, and sick, besides, so
not
been
able
to
save
even
that.
may reasonably Infer that there Is no
of ultimate salvation are things very me once that a man was a benefactor
First Jimmy, her little brother, had I took my four dollars down to her.
sweet companionship. If a boy men­
light In the scnles in comparison with who made two blades of grass grow fallen down and cut his head, and the She understood that you sent it, and
tions his “dad" there Is a world of
the pressing necessities of the crisis a here only one grew before?"
doctor had to sew that up; then the I didn't like to tell her. It really didn’t
affection in the word. There Is a touch
"Yes, my son."
and
the
desperate
need
to
appear
whol
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baby took the whooping-cough, and her make any difference. Just so she got It.
of hardness, a suspicion of fear In the
“Then a man who makes safety
mother lost her best place for working I hope you don’t mind, ma’am.”
term “governor." “Pop" is a cheap ly unconcerned I—Arthur C. Benson In razors is a benefactor, isn't he?”
Putnam
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and
Reader.
Mrs. Gibson looked nt Debby—at the
out
in consequence; so Debby had given
term. If It tie not vile.
“Why so?" asked his father.
small, toil-hardened, rough hands, her
it
all
to
her
without
a
word.
But
now,
“Because he makes ten blades grow
One of Three.
honest, cheerful face. And then sud­
President Roosevelt has appointed a
where
there wasn’t any before,” un­ if nothing more turned up, she would
“
Being
twins"
is
the
ambition
of
denly
it came home to her heart that
soon
have
enough
to
buy
the
coveted
commission of five men to report on
swered little Rollo.
the small, underpaid servant In her
dress.
methisls of Improving the social condi­ many a lively boy. Being triplets Is
“Alvlra," groaned the sad father,
She wanted a blue one, dark blue, kitchen knew better than she what it
tions of farm life. Next to the con­ usually a step beyond his Intellect. The "that boy is going to be a humorist."
complications
are
too
numerous.
One
with velvet on the collar and cuffs. meant to follow “In His Steps.”
servation of national resources, lie re­
What sacrifice had she ever made?
She had never had In nil her life sm h
gards the well-lielng of the fanner as of the most serious Is suggested by tills
Bitterly IH »up pointed.
Whom
had she rendered happier on
a
dress
as
that
was
going
to
be.
But
the chief problem tiefore the nation. tale from the Washington Star;
Inquisitive—If, as you say, you knew
“So you are engaged," a man said to
On the man who gives us the materials
¡his man to be a rake, why did you in­ as she went up-stairs to her little room account of It? What a poor make-be-
that night she kept thinking of the lieve of a sham she had been, after
for clothes and food the entire nation my friend, “to one of the beautiful vite him to your house?
depends, Through him society Is root­ Vronsky triplets, eh?”
Henpeck—Heavens, man, I never minister’s wife. Site had heard them all 1 No wonder they fell behind with
“Yes," my friend replied.
cd in the land. Many of the great
dreamed he would elope with my talk, too. about the salary not being the salary, if all the mem tiers were as
“But how can you tell them apart?"
economic Improvements In late years
daughter; I thought he would carry off paid. "And she's promised four dol­ selfish as she!
lars to missions." thought little Debby.
"Debby,” she said, suddenly, “come
have been directed to the betterment the man asked.
my wife.—La Rire.
“I don't try,” said my friend.
"Oh. some one ought to pay it for her with me," nnd taking Debby's hand,
of farming. The Department of Agri-
Mo, Indeed.
when she's been so sick! They all she drew her into the parlor.
culture has Is-en working to Increase
The Mate.
"Jinx is going to Honduras to en­ have so much more, lint they won t
The minister’s wife ent there.
the productivity of the land, to la­
"She has no friends to speak of."
list in the army of that government" think any more about it." And then
“My dear." Mrs. Gibson said, huskily,
struct farmers In the beat methiHls of
"Good heavens! What dot's she talk
“He's a soldier of fortune, eh?"
a sudden thought struck Debby:
cultivation. All tlx* development of
“you must thank Debby, not me. She
about?"—Sporting Times.
"No, he’s a soldier of no fortune;
"Why not pay it myself?”
litigation, the establishment of rural
pnld your pledge to missions. It’s all
postal delivery, the improvement of
, There is sometimes danger in not if he had a fortune he would stay . To be sure, she would have to wait quite right. Debby, you’re a good, un­
tere."— Jloustou Post
longer for the new dress, and her old selfish girl. Oh, I am ashamed! I’ve.|
*• .iwaie «nd railroads over which getting seared enough.
* ■■inii-.l a lesson Tn gh"ing t ehalj never
forget."
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But the minister's wife had taken
DeTiby's rough, red little hand'and was
crying quietly--and go was l»ebby—and
so was Mrs. Gibson.—Youth's Com­
panion.
AFRICAN MARRIAGE CUSTOMS.
Fislnic
Social Stains ut the Bride—
Dowry aud Divorce.
The marriage customs of west and
southwest Africa are In many cases pe­
culiar, says the London Standard. They
differ, of course, lu_dllTerent tribes, but
have broad lines in common.
A coastal tribe always considers It­
self superior to an inland tribe and
even its meanest member claims to
rank higher than the most powerful
man of an up-country trilie. A man
may marry any woman he likes of any
tribe, it being held that he gives her his
own status, whatever that may be, but
it is almost unheard of for a woman
to marry “beneath” her. As a result,
some of the women of the most superior
coast tribes, like the Mpongwe, look to
marriage with white men and frequent­
ly attain to It.
The parents of both sides rule abso­
lutely In the matter of marriage be­
tween natives.
First, the would-be
bridegroom goes empty-handed to ob­
tain the consent of the bride’s father.
Then he goes again with gifts and the
father calls In other members of the
family to view the gifts. On the third
visit he carries trade gin, a sufficiently
poisonous comoound, generally from
Hatuburg. In the old days It was palm
toddy ot wine.
On this occasion he pays over an in­
stallment of the dowry. On the fourth
visit he takes his parents with him and
Is permitted to see the girl herself.
When next he calls his prospective
mother-in-law provides a feast for him­
self and his relatives, the host and
hostess eating nothing but taking a
hand In the drinking. Finally the man
goes with gifts and the balance of the
dowry and takes the woman away. On
arrival at his village she Is welcomed
with singing and a strenuous dance
called “nkanja."
For three months the bride Is not re­
quired to do any hard work, but after
that she buckles to with Ills other wives
at gardening and carrying burdens.
Polygamy Is general and the number of
a man's wives limited only by his re­
sources in the matter of paying dow­
ries. The man may divorce his wife
whenever he chooses and for almost
any reason. But it Is rare for a woman
to be able to obtain divorce at her own
wish. Divorce entails the return of the
dowry-.
HATED TO SPEND THIS 50 CENTS.
Which the Cnnndian
l’acida Col«
lected Above the Price of Dinner.
“The 50 cents 1 hated most to spend,' m
said the traveling man to a New York
Sun writer, "1 went to the Canadian Pa-
clfic Railroad. I don’t mind paying for
things I get, but this particular expen-
diture could not be indorsed ‘for value
received.’
“A number of us got Into St. John,
N. B., one night just in time to catch
the night train for Boston, We got
aboard, only to learn that the train
didn't carry a diner, Now a long night
ride without dinner Isn't a pleasant
prospect, so we besieged the conductor,
"Why don’t you start on the Mon-
treal, which pulls out Just ahead of
us?” he said. "It carries a diner and
we can pick you up at Frederlckton
Junction.”
“No danger of your passing us?” we
asked, and lie assured us that he
couldn't very well, as there was only
one track. So we all piled out, after
leaving our baggage in our Pullman
bert hs.
"It was sure a i fine scheme, we
thought, as we dined I at our leisure in
the Montreal train, After dinner we
sought the nearest smoking compart­
ment In a sleeping car and prepnred
to wait in comfort for Frederlckton
Junction.
“Then along comes a much-uniformed
official ami demands 50 cents each for
the privilege of eating a meal and hav­
ing a smoke aboard his train. We ex­
plained carefully that we belonged on
the other train, had given up the price
for Pullman berths, nnd furthermore
that we had been sent aboard this train
for the sole purpose of getting our din­
ner. Didn’t the Canadian Pacific run
both trains, we asked.
“But it was no use. We had to pay.”
Connecticut
Bird Preserve.
Despite the fact that reports have
lieen circulated of late that the com­
missioners of fisheries and game had
secured 2,000 quail from Oklahoma and
would place them on Terry Island, near
Suffield, Commissioner George T. Math­
ewson said that nothing has lieen done
about buying any quail as yet. It la
true, however, that the use of the
Island, which contains about 135 acres,
has lieen obtained by the commission,
and it Is very likely that a preserve
will be established there. Until fifteen
o- sixteen years ago the Island was in­
habited by Clinton Terry, and the house
Is still standing, and It was from this
place years ago that a band of Second
Adventists put on their ascension robea
and waited In vain for the end of the
world.—-Hartford Courant.
Cnntrmpf of (osri.
Counsel (for defendant)—Would It
tie contempt of court to say that your
honor has presided over this case In a
manner which Is a disgrace to the
bench ?
Judge—Certainly It would, I should
commit you nt once.
Counsel -Then 1 shall not say IL—
Pucfe.
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