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.Motor Foils and Zeppelin Craf
Drifts About Helpless.
Ship Lands on Tree Tops and is Bad
ly Damaged Passengers Reach
Ground on Rope Ladder,
Dusseldorf, Germany Count Zeppe
lin's passenger airship Deutschland,
the greatest of all the famous aero
naut's models, lies in the Teutoburgian
forest pierced by pine trees, a mass of
deflated silk and twisted aluminum,
The 33 passengers and crew aboard the
airship when it struck the pines after
a wild contest with a storm, escaped
uninjured, climbing down from - the
wreck on a rope ladder
. llerr Colesmann, general manager
of the new airship company; Chief En
gineer Duers, of the Zeppelin ship, and
Charles Wannenberg, who had charge
of the crew of 10, and 20 newspaper
men Bailed from Dusseldorf for a three
hours' excursion.
In the high wind one of the motors
refused to work and the other two did
not give sufficient power to make any
headway m the gale. The airship
drifted, swaying in the violent gusts
and sometimes leaning at an angle of
40 degrees. All the while the engine
men were at work repairing the dis
abled motor.
When this was done all four screws
were driven at their full power. Un
der normal conditions the engines were
capable of driving the airship at a
speed of 40 miles an hour, but the
helmsman was unable to keep his
course and the great craft was swung
about at the mercy of the winds.
Colesmann did not dare to come
about, for fear of overturning, and de-
cided to drift with the gale toward Os-
nabruck, also a garrision. He then
decided to continue on to Senne.
Suddenly he perceived a whirlwind
coming, and ascended to a height of
nearly 4,000 feet to avoid the center of
it. With the whirlwind came a heavy
-downpour of rain.
After half an hour the Deutschland
came down to permit observations and
it was seen that the Teutoburgian for
est lay below. The forward motor
stopped again and Colesmann sent five
-of the correspondents to the aft gon
dola to ballast the vessel.
The Deutschland sank rapidly, hav
ing lost much gas in the high altitude,
and dragged along the top of the dense
forest. A heavy branch of a tree
broke through the bottom of the cabin
amidships, throwing two of the guests
to the floor. Other branches ripped
through the gas compartments and the
whole great structure settled down 30
-or 40 feet from the ground.
BUYING AUTOS AND LAND.
Middle West People Securing Tracts
for Homes Elsewhere.
St, Joseph, Mo. Fifteen million dol
lars spent for automobiles and more
than $18,000,00 sent elsewhere for the
purchase of land tells what the West is
doing with some of its money, accord
ing to information compiled by Graham
G. Lacey, a banker of this city, who
has obtained replies to a series of ques
tions addressed to bankers in Kansas,
Nebraska, Missouri and Iowa.
Reports from 251 banks showed that
approximately $18,000,000 had gone
out of their section for the purchase of
lands in other states, and 234 banks
reported that a heavy amount had gone
out of their sections for such purposes.
For autos, 427 banks reported that a
total of $15,000,000 had been spent.
Out of 639 replies received, 293
stated that agricultural conditions were
good, the remainder reported such con
ditions as only fair. A good wheat
crop was reported by 20 per cent of re
plies, fair by 38 per cent, and bad by
42 per cent.
Fifty-one per cent reported that the
banks were carrying more real estate
loans for their customers at this time
than they were carrying a year ago.
Genoa, Nev., Destroyed.
Carson City, Nev. Genoa, the coun
ty seat of Douglas county, 211 miles
south of this city, was almost com
pletely destroyed by fire . The loss ia
estimated at over $100,000. The court
house, Masonic Hall, and several other
brick structures were completely
gutted by the flames. Firefighting ap
paratus was forwarded by a Southern
Pacific train from this city to the scene
in the hope of checking the names,
which threaten the surrounding farms.
Genoa is the oldest town this side of
the Sierra Nevada mountains.
Louisiana Raps Suffrage.
Baton Rouge, La. The upper branch
of the Louisiana legislature went on
record as not only opposed to woman
suffrage, but refused to allow women
to act as members of boards of an ed
ucational or a charitable nature, even
though they be elected to such board
by men. They came to this decision
when Senator Geuydon tried to have
passed his bill allowing women mem
bership on educational and charitable
boards.
Chile Wind Wrecks Ships.
San Francisco The Merchants' Ex
change has received advices from Val
paraiso, Chile, that the German steam
er Irmingard is ashore off Corral and
is believed to be a total loss. The
crew was saved. Several other vessels
the names of which are unknown, have
been wrecked as the result of the storm
which has raged several days on the
coast.
METHODISTS INVADE ZION.
Dedicate Chapel in Voliva's City
Latter Declares War.
and
Zion City, 111. "We will fight this
invasion to the death," is the state
ment attributed to General Overseer
Glenn H. Voliva, of Zion City, referr
ing to an invasion of the sacred pre
cincts of Zion by the Methodists, who
recently dedicated a modest chapel in
side the city.
Bishop McDowell and a long list of
Methodist dignitaries assisted in the
ceremonies, and they say they are i
Zion to stay and grow. If so they will
probably prove an extremely large
thorn in the flesh of Overseer Voliva,
for the excellent reason that his own
camp is badly divided. The independ
ents in Zion hailed the advent of the
Methodists warmly and sent a delega
tion of elders to the dedication of the
chapel.
The new church will have the back
ing of business interests outside and
Overseer Voliva has the battle of his
life cut out if he undertakes to exter
minate the invader.
The Methodists dedicated their
church in the forenoon, and in the af
ternoon Voliva, speaking at the taber
nacle, hurled his defiance. This draws
the lines of battle clearly and some in
teresting developments may be expect
ed.
The Methodists will seek out the
suffering in the city and not permit
them to die without attention. The
recent case of an aged elder being
suffered to expire of a rattlesnake
bite, while Voliva refused aid aside
from the customary prayers is a case
in point.
Voliva, it is understood, had just
realized his dream of securing control
of a majority of the land holdings, in
which case he would have become a
dictator more powerful even than was
John Alexander Dow ie, founder of the
city.
At present there is strife between
the aldermen, two sets claiming elec
tion. After the death of Dowie and
the subsequent failure, the advent of
a receiver tore down much of the Chin
ese wall surrounding the city, ihe
followers of Dowie broke up into nu
merous factions, which warred upon
each other. Voliva has succeeded in
aligning several of these factions with
his cause, but the opposition still is
very strong.
TAFT'S TIE FLAMING RED.
President, Going on Vacation, 'Hopes
to Sea Newspapermen in Fall.
Washington President Taft has
gone to spend the next tnree or lour
months at Beverly, Mass., the summer
capital of the United States. The
president s air of gaiety over his de
parture was accentuated by a vivid red
necktie.
With the president went Secretary
Norton and Assistant Secretary For
ester; Captain Archibald Butt, his mil-
tary aide; Dr. Barker, his physician;
several stenographers, and two nus-
sengers. On the same train, although
not in the president's car, was Secre
tary Nagel, of the department of com
merce and labor.
Before leaving the White House the
president called into his office all the
newspaper men who have been writing
for their associations or papers of the
daily doings about the executive offices
and wished them a pleasant summer,
expressing the nope that he would see
them again in the fall.
30,000 MINERS WILL
RETURN TO WORK
St Louis Thomas L. Lewis, presi-
ent of the United Mineworkers of
America, says 30,000 mineworkers of
America, who have been on a strike
since April 1, will return to work in
Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas, Oklaho
ma and Texas, July 5. The union will
be conceded the 5.55 per cent increase
in the wage scale which was the first
difference between the miners and
operators.
Molten Iron Kills Three.
Chicago Three men were probably
fatally burned and a score of others
painfully injured as a result of being
splashed with molten metal pouring
from a blast of the furnace of the
Gary, Ind., works of the Illinois Steel
company. The property loss is esti
mated at $10,000. The injured were
taken to the company's private hospit
al. The furnace had just been opened
and the string of ladles was ready to
receive the hot metal when the tram
way gave way, and there was no way
to plug the furnace.
Railroad Suit Dismissed.
St. Louis In accordance with the
agreement reached between railroad
presidents and President Taft, United
States District Attorney Charles H.
Houts asked for the dismissal of the
suit brought in the United States cir
cuit court bv the government against
railroads composing the Western Trunk
line committee, to restrain the pro
posed increase in freight rates. Judge
Dyer, who signed the restraining order
at Hannibal, ordered the suit dismissed.
Jews Ordered Out Fast.
Kiev, Russia From June 23 to June
25 inclusive, 46 Jews were expelled
from Kiev, 37 from Salomenka and 37
from Demieffka. Twenty-seven were
expelled from Kiev, 24 from Salo
menka and 17 from Demieffka in one
day.
Town Treasurer in Cell.
Cambridge, Mass. John B. Lom
bard, ex-town treasureer of Farming
ham, who had confessed to forging
town notes aggregating $300,000 has
begun serving a 10-year sentence.
DOINGS OF OUR NATIONAL LAWMAKER
WILEY'S POWER CUT DOWN.
Food Expert Must Now Confine
Work to Laboratory.
Washington Dr. Harvey A. Wiley,
chief of the bureau of chemistry, de
partment of agriculture, is deprived of
part of the power he has been exercis
ing by a clause in the agricultural ap
propriation bill, which says that "here
after the legal work of the department
of agriculture shall be performed un
der the supervision and direction of the
solicitor."
This means that Dr. Wliey, who
heretofore has issued citations for
hearings whenever examinations made
in his bureau seemed to justify him in
demanding of the manufacturer an ex
planation of any article of food or drug
product which it was thought did not
come up to the standard of purity de
manded by the food and drug act, must
confine his work practically to his lab
oratory. His other powers , will be
transferred to the solicitor of the de
partment. LAND OFFICE CUTS BILLS.
Revision of Plans Occasioned by Re
duction of Appropriation,
Washington The general land office
is shaping its program for field inves
tigations of matters concerning the
public domain so as to come within the
compass of the appropriation' of $750,
000 which the sundry civil bill has ap
propriated for the work. Commission
er Dennett, of the general land office
expects the field divisions to be re
duced from 17 to 12, and the field ser
vice force of the land office decreased
about 25 per cent. The reduction will
be due to the fact that $1,000,000 was
appropriated for the work during the
current fiscal year.
The appropriation of $750,000 for
the next year, however, was based up
on the estimate of the general land
office as to the amount required to car
ry on the work.
Ballinger Probe Waits.
Washington The chances of a ver
dict from the Ballinger-Pinchot inves
tigating committee during the present
session of congress are remote. The
committee held a . meeting behind
closed doors, but it was announced an
adjournment had been taken. It was
learned that there was no expression
of opinion as to the merits of the case.
Several of the members had not read
the briefs submitted by the attorneys
and were not prepared to report.
Sleuth Must Wait for Pay.
Washington Owing to the fact that
only $10,000 is in the government's
moiety fund, Richard Parr, who was
awarded $100,000 for discovering the
fraudulent underweighing of the sugar
trust at New York, will have to wait
until the next session of congress to
secure the full amount due him. The
$10,000 probably will be turned over to
Parr within a few days. The remain
der of the award will have to be ap
propriated by congress at its next ses
sion.
Drydock Dewey Raised.
Manila After several weeks sub
mersion the drydock Dewey was floated
and is in better shape than it was ex
pected. The pumps have been kept in
constant service since the dock was
raised. A careful investigation was
started by a special board to ascertain
the cause of the sinking. Several rea- I
sons have been advanced but not until
the board reports to the Navy depart
ment at Washington will the real
cause be made public.
Dry Lands Open for Entry.
Washington The Interior depart-
mnet has designated under the enlarg
ed homestead act approximately a mil
lion acres of land in Wyoming not sus
ceptible of successful irrigation at
reasonable cost from any known
source of water supply. In Wyoming,-
up to the present time, the area of
land so designated totals 14,500,000
acres.
Bridge Made Monument.
Washington President Taft upon
recommendation of the secretary of
the interiothas issued a proclamation
creating Rainbow bridge, a natural
wonder within the Navajo Indian res
ervation near the southern boundary of
Utah, a national monument. Under
the provision of the national monument
act, 160 acres of land surrounding the
bridge will constitute a reserve for its
protection. .
China Urged to Ratify Loan.
Washington The ratification by
China of the $30,000,000 Hankow rail
road loan is sought by the State de
partment. Instructions were sent to
American Minister Calhoun nt Pekin
to join with representatives of the oth
er three governments in urging China
to bring the matter to a speedy con
clusion. Guild Made Ambassador.
Washington President Taft has an
nounced the appointment of ex-Governor
Curtis Gould, of Massachusetts, as
special ambassador of the United
States at the celebration of the first
centennial of the Republic of Mexico,
to be held in Mexico City in Septem
ber. Philippine Treasurer Dies.
Washington Richard M. Corwine of
Ohio treasurer of Moro province in the
Philippines died in the islands June 26.
He was a volunteer in the Spanish
American war and served throughout
the Philippine insurrection.
TALKED AND SPENT MONEY.
10,000 Pages of Congressional Rec
ord; Appropriate $1,074,000,000
Washington In addition to spending
$1,074,000,000, or a trifle more, the
recent congress was the wordiest on
record. The Congressional Record
totaled nearly 10,000 pages and each
page contains more words than the
average newspaper column.
1 his has set the statisticians esti
mating the number of words uttered
by the members of congress during the
session. Figuring that onl 6,000
pages were devoted to lebites and
speeches, and the other 4,000 pages to
records, the statesmen uttered some
thing like 10,800,000 words.
Bills introduced in the house during
the session numbered 27,065, and in
the senate 8,800. Thousands of these
were pension and private claim bills.
Of those intended for the public good
136 house and 83 senate bills have be
come laws.
The senate ratified three treaties of
no great imporatance, and confirmed
10,800 appointments by the president,
who established a record in the number
of appointments.
The recent session convened on De
cember 6. The long sessions of the
five preceding congresses ended on May
20, June 30, April 2, July 1 and June 7.
ueatns since tne preceding session
included Senators McLaurin, of Missis
sippi, and Johnson, of North Dakota,
and Representatives Griggs, of
Georgia, Loveridge, of Massachusetts,
Perkins, of New York, De Armond, of
Missouri, and Lassiter, of Virginia.
OVER BILLION APPROPRIATED.
Congress Fails in Boast of Saving
$50,000,000 This Year.
Washington More than a billion
dollars was appropriated at the recent
session of congress, if continuing ap
propriations are incorporated in the
totals of the general appropriation
measures.
Definite figures concerning the ap
propriations will be issued from the
house and senate committees within a
few days.
Insofar as the figures could be ob
tained from measures which under
went changes in the last hours of the
session, the total of the appropriations,
exclusive of continuing appropriations,
was $894,086,943.
The amount of the continuing ap
propriations for the last fiscal year
was about $160,000,000. It is safe to
say that it will not be less for the
next fiscal year, and the grand total
therefore will aggregate at least $1,
054,000,000. The appropriation measures for the
fiscal years 1909-10, exclusive of con
tinuing appropriations, carried $883,-
318,210, wnue tnose oi the fiscal year
of 1908-9 carried $854,203,240.
The boasts of congressional leaders
that fully $50,000,000 would be saved
in the appropriations for the next fis
cal year were not realized.
8-HOUR DAY PROHIBITIVE.
Secretary Fears Battleships Cannot
Be Built in Government Yards.
Washington Secretary of the Navy
Meyer, just before leaving Washington
on a trip to Hamilton, Mass., announ
ced that he is'going to reorganize the
accounts of the department. He said
that the authorization of the naval sup
ply account in the general deficiency
bill makes it possible for him to place
the accounts of the department on a
business basis in accordance with the
recommendations of the civilian expert
accountants and the best commercial
practices.
The secretary expressed the fear
that the eight-hour day provision may
make the cost of building a battleship
in a government navy yard prohibitive.
He hopes to be able to Etry, in one of
the colliers now building, a gear-drive
device for propelling machinery and
an electric drive in another collier.
Indians Taught to Farm."
Washington At all the Indian res
ervations throughout the West car
loads of farming implements of the
most modern type will begin to arrive
this week. Expert farmers in the em
ploy of the Indian service will soon be
gin making visits to the agencies, in
structing the Indians how to use the
implements. The work begins in
earnest now, and it is hoped that per
fection will be a step toward making
the Indian responsible for his welfare.
Cannon Cuts Poindexter.
Washington Representative Poin
dexter, insurgent, is the only represen
tative from the Northwest who got
nothing for his district in the omnibus
public building bill.
When the bill was reported it car
ried $12,000 for a site at Wenatchee,
but when printed copies of the bill
were delivered this item had disap
peared. It is understood it was re
moved by the direction of Speaker Can
non as punishment to Poindexter for
his insurgency.
Contracts for Four Submarines.
Washington Secretary of the Navy
Meyer has awrded contracts for the
construction of four submarine boats
of 450 tons each. The Electric Boat
company was given the contract for
the three of the boats and the Lake
Torpedo Boat company was awarded
the contract for the fourth. It is
probable that three of the boats will
De constructed on the racinc coast,
SOMETHING FOB EVZEYB0DY
Nuremberg is the home of the
pocket timepiece.
France still has 11,000 men encamped
on Moroccan soil.
Alaska's copper output this year will
exceed 4,000,000 pounds.
Electricity Is the only motor power
used in submarine boats.
In fifteen years a locomotive will
run 240,000 miles and earn $300,000,
The governors of Australia and Can
ada each receive a salary of $50,000
yearly.
An automatic coupler for air and
steam hose on railroad trains hag been
invented.
A great electric power generating
station In Germany will make use of
peat fuel entirely.
An English physician has placed on
record a case of malaria which re
mained latent for thirteen years.
The Honduras monetary commis
sion recommends the adoption of the
gold standard. Practically no gold Is
in circulation at present, but much is
exported.
Hood-shaped headgear has been de
vised for torpedo boat crews, afford
ing protection for the eyes and shield
ing the ears from the wind caused by
the high speed.
Roller skating has become popular
In the Alpine cities of Switzerland,
the streets being used. The same is
true of Mannheim, Germany. Ameri
can skates are popular.
Fifteen American consulates in
France report $133,000,000 worth of
shipments to the United States in
1909, against $91,000,000 worth in
1908. Paris leads with $66,000,000.
It is now asserted that Leon Dela-
grange lost his life when his aero
plane shot to the ground because he
became confused and excited while he
was flying low and about to turn.
Seventy-flve per cent of the farmers
of the United States plant their crops
according to the moon's phases, but
scientific investigation shows that po
tatoes planted in the "dark" of the
moon are no better than others.
As a means to reduce the smoke
evil the municipal authorities of Glas
gow will hold an exhibition of gas
heating, lighting and cooking appli
ances and appliances for the use of
various sorts of smokeless fuel.
For the Inflation of automobile tires
a Frenchman has invented tubes con
taining aluminum with a small pro
portion of mercury bichloride. The
admission of water forms hydrogen
gas under pressure, which may easily
be turned Into the tires.
The supply of foodstuffs in Ger
many has only been kept up to the
maximum figures by intensive agri-
ulture, the employment of modern
machinery, scientific fertilization
and the employment of millions of
female hands.
The shipments of Chinese merchan
dise to the United States, as invoiced
through the American consulate gen
eral at Shanghai, which had dropped
off from $14,734,853 in value in 1907
to $9,321,646 in 1908, went up to $13,
872,531 last year.
The work of building the great
docks is proceeding with energy. Over
$20,000,000 will be expended. Singa
pore already ranks as the eighth
greatest port in the world, and the
new construction will give It as fine
ocking facilities as any port in the
East.
The present steam railroad mileage
in continental Europe Is 149,491. Rus
sia, including tne sioenan railway.
leads with 40,117 miles, followed by
Germany with 36,701 and France with
24,964. The general per cent of in
crease in 1909 was 1.11, compared with
3.6 in 1908.
A writer in the Lancet mentions
lurid incidents at a funeral. A man
was supposed to have run danger of
being buried alive; for when his cof
fin was moved a knocking sound was
heard within. When it was opened
it was found that a hammer had been
left in it, and had jolted about so as
to cause the noise.
As a result, it is said, of the in
creased spirit duties under the British
budget the police have noticed in re
mote districts of Ireland indications
of a revival of illicit distillation of
liquor. There has also been a consid
erable increase, it Is reported, in the
use of spirits of ether as a beverage
since the price or whisky was raised.
A Burlington passenger train com
ing into St. Joseph had to stop and
remove a sleeping man from the track.
A brakeman was left to hold the man,
and when the train reached the sta
tion a policeman was sent to arrest
the track sleeper. He was running
down the right of way with the brake
man hanging to his coattails with all
brakes set. Kansas City Star.
Miss Huges, of Toronto, Canada, re
cently conducted a rarty of 322 school
teachers to visit Boston and other
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Miss Hugos' father is the inspector of
schools at Toronto and her mother
was president of the congress of kin
dergarten teachers at the world's fair
at Chicago, and for the last four years
has been president of the Internation
al Kindergarten Association.
In regard to the beet sugar Indus
try of Switzerland an attempt was
made in 1909 by the agricultural socle
ties to encourage the purchase of the
Aarberg factory by the federal coun
cil and operate it as a government
monopoly, but the proposition was re
fused, and unless it receives a sperial
impetus this year the beet sugar in
dustry in Switzerland will probably be
abaodonnt
"Do you know many languages, Miss
Flora?" "Oh, yes. Stamp, flowers,
handkerchief and fan languages."
"Doctor, is It absolutely necessary t
operate on me? "N-no; but it's cu
tomary."
Her Father Blanche, why doesn't
Mr. Linger go home earlier? Blanch
I'm why, Dad!
"So he has lost faith in deep breath
Ing?" 'Tea; it wouldn't keep his hair
from falling out."
Pa But, young man, do you think
you can make my little girl happy?
Suitor Do I? Say, I wish you could
a seen her when I proposed.
"What did your wife say when you
stayed out so late last night?" "I
don't know. She hasn't finished tell
ing it to me yet." Detroit Free Press.
Gentleman (hiring valet) Then I
understand you have some knowledge
of barbering. You've cut hair, off and
on? Applicant Off, sir, but never on.
Tommy's Mother Why aren't you
a food boy, like Willie Bjones? Tom
my Huh I It's easy enough for him
to be good; he's sick most of the time.
Teacher Didn't Jimmy Green help
you to do this sum? Willie ino m.
Teacher Are you sure he didn't? Wil
lieHe didn't help me; he did it all.
'Did yes know thot Casey tuk out
thousand dollars loife Insurance
only the da-ay before he wuz kilt?
"'Sure I Casey wuz alwa-ays lucky.
Life.
"You call them a well-matched cou
ple!" "I certainly do." "Why, she
is so short and he is so tall!" "He
is very short with her." Houston
Post.
Father What! You want to marry
my daughter? Why, sir, you can i
support her. I can hardly do it my
self. Suitor C-can't we chip in to
gether? Young Wife This dish, dearest, is
an original composition or my own.
Husband Well, I should rather, my
pet, that you would cook after the old
masters.
Mrs. Caller Do you know the wo
man next door wen enougn to speas
to? Mrs. Subbubs Well enough? I
knew her too well to speak to Sat
urday Sunset.
Mrs. Hutton We are organizing a
piano club, Mr. Flatleigh. Will you
join us? Flatleigh With pleasure.
Mrs. Hutton. What pianist do you
propose to club first?
"What's become of Jakes?" "He's
gone all to pieces." "You don't say
so! Nervous prostration V "No; he
looked for a gas leak with a lighted
candle." Baltimore American.
Judge Why did you burn your barn
down. Just after getting it insured?
Farmer Your honor, a poor man like
me can't afford to have a barn and
Insurance, too. Meggendorfer Blaetter.
"Please contribute to our fund to
send a missionary to the cannibals.
"I won't I'm a vegetarian and don't
believe in it. But I'll send them some
cereals, if you wish." Cleveland
Leader.
Hobbs I guess the elevator is out
of order. What is that sign on the
door? Dobbs The elevator man must
be a bit of a wag. It says, "Please
pardon me for not rising." Boston
Transcript.
"My ijood man," said the kind old
lady to the ex-convict who had called
begging, "what were you in for?"
"Robbing the guests in a hotel, mum."
"Ah! were you the proprietor or the
head waiter?"
Fred There seems to a lot more
fuss made of Miss A's singing than
Miss K's, and I am sure Miss K has
by far the richer voice. Jack Ah,
yes; nut .Miss a nas ny iar tne ricner
father. Boston Courier.
"I see, my man, you have had many
trials." exclaimed a kind hearted old
lady to a tramp, who had called upon
her for assistance. "Yes, replied the
tramp, "and the worst of it there
were so many convictions.
Sir, I have no home," began the
seedy looking man, "and No
taxes to pay, no rent, no coal bills.
no worry over the rise In milk prices!
Permit me to congratulate you." "I
have no job and " "Lucky chap!
No danger of being fired." "But I am
serious. I have no money and "
"No temptation to spend it foolishly
on able-bodied beggars. Why, you're
a veritable child of fortune. Good
day!" Too Sick to Be Nursed.
The old maxim to the effect that if
you are going to do a thing at all
you should do it thoroughly, applies
with particular force to the case of
nursing. In that profession none but
a professional or an experienced ama
teur has any right to meddle. The
Washington Star tells a story to the
point.
In a Cape Town hospital, after
luncheon one day. an earl's daughter
hastened down the aisles of beds to
ward her favorite soldier, only to find
him asleep, with this scrawl pinned
on the counterpane:
"Dere Lady Maude too ill to be
nursed to-day ipost respectfully T. Ad
klns." We know we can't stop the comet
and we don't believe we can kill th
flies.
There's no hope for a young man
who Is too lazy to fall in love