elda Dameron
MEREDITH
Coprricbt. 1904, by
CHAPTER VI. (Continued.)
Merriam tapped his riding coot with
he whip he had kept In his hand.
"Yes: the war's over." he said, "our
war. There's been another since, but
It's preposterous to call that Spanish
dress-parade and target practice war."
The two men went out together, and
Major Congrieve twitted Merriam
bout the thoroughbred's pedigree.
Til see you again before you go,
Luncheon to-morrow at the Tippeca
noe Club? That is well. Good-morn
ing!"
As Merriam rode out toward the
street. Captain Pollock came from one
of the storehouses and walked briskly
across the grounds In the direction o
the olllce. A curve In the path brought
him face to face with Rodney Merriam
who saluUd him with his right hand.
"Good-morning. Mr. Merriam!" and
the young officer lifted his hat
Captain Pollock's eyes followed the
houseman to the gate.
"I don't know who you are, Mr. Mer
rlam, or what you do," he reflected
"but the sight of that horse makes m
homesick."
"He's a nice little fellow," Merriam
was saying to himself, as he passed
the gate and turned toward the city.
"He's a nice little fellow; and so was
his father!"
As the thoroughbred bore him rap
Idly back to town, ROdney Merriam
Beveral times repeated to himself ab
stractedly: "He's a nice little follow
CHAPTER VII.
It Is no longer so very laudable for
a young man to pay his way through
college; and Morris Leighton had done
this easily and without caring to be
praised or martyrized for doing so. He
had enjoyed his college days; he had
been popular with town and gown; and
he had managed to get his share o
undergraduate fun while leading his
classes. He had helped in the college
library; he had twisted the iron letter
press on the president's correspond
ence late into the night; he had copied
briefs for a lawyer after hours; but he
had pitched for the nine and hustled
for his "frat," and he had led class
rushes with ardor and success.
Pie had now been for several years
!n the offices of Knight, Kittredge &
Carr at Mariona, only an hour's ride
from Tippecanoe; and he still kept in
touch with the college. Michael Carr
fully appreciated a young man who
took the law seriously and who could
sit down in a court room on call morn
ings, when need be, and turn off a de
murrer without paraphrasing it from a
text-book.
Mrs. Carr, too, found Morris Leigh
ton useful, and she liked him, because
lie always responded unquestioningly
to any summons to fill up a blank ut
3ier table. Young men were at a pre
xnlum in Mariona, as in most other
places, and It was something to have
one of the species, of an accommodat
ing turn, and very presentable, within
telephone range. It was through Mrs.
Carr that Leighton came to be well
known in Mariona; she told her friends
to ask him to call, and there were now
many homes besides hers that he vis
ited.
An errand to a law firm In one o
the fashionable new buildings that had
lately raised the Mariona sky-line led
him one afternoon past the office of his
college classmate, Jack Balcomb. ".I.
Arthur Balcomb" was the inscription
on the door. Leighton had seen little
of Balcomb for a year or more, and
his friend's name on the ground-glass
door arrested his eye.
Two girls were busily employed at
typewriters in the anteroom, and one
of them extended a blank card to Mor
ris and asked him for his name. The
girl disappeared into the inner room
and came back instantly followed by
Balcomb, who seized Morris' hand,
dragged him in and closed the door.
"Well, old man!" Balcomb shouted.
Tra glad to see you. It's downright
pleasant to have a fellow come in oc
casionally and feel no temptation to
take his watch."
Morris cast his eyes over the room,
which was handsomely furnished.
There was a good rug on the floor and
the desk and table were of heavy oak;
an engraving of Thomas Jefferson
hung over Balcomb'g desk, and on the
opposite side of the room was a table
covered with financial reference books.
"What is your game just now, Jack,
if It isn't impertinent? It's hard to
keep track of you. I remember very
well that you started in to learn the
wholesale drug business," said Morris.
"Oh, tush! don't refer to that, as
thou lovest me! That is one of the
darkest pages of my life. Those peo
ple down there in South High street
thought I was a Jay, and they sent me
out to help the shipping clerk.
Wouldn't that Jar you! Overalls and
a hand truck. I couldn't get out of
that fast enough. Then, you know, I
went to Chicago and spent a year in a
broker's office, and I guess I learned a.
few up there. Oh, rather! They sent
me into the country to sell mining
stock and I made a record. They kept
the printing presses going overtime to
keep me supplied. Say, they got afraid
cf me; I was too good!"
"What's your line now? Real estate,
mortgages, lending money to the door?
How do you classify yourself?"
"You do me a cruel wrong, Morris,
a cruel wrong. Y'ou read my sign on
the outer wall? Weil, that's a bluff.
There's nothing In real estate. And
the loan business has all gone to the
bad people are too rich; farmers are
rolling In real money and have it to
lend. There was nothing for little Wil
lie in petty brokerages. I'm scheming
promoting and I take my slice off
of everything that passes."
"That certainly sounds well. You've
learned fast. Y'ou had an ambition to
le a poet when you were In college. I
think I still have a few pounds of
your verses In my trapi somewhere.""
"And then, you remember." Balcomb
went on, in enjoyment of his own rem
iniscences, "I wooed the law for a
By
NICHOLSON
Tlx Bobba-Marrill Co.
while. But I guess what I learned
wouldn't have embarrassed Chancellor
Kent. I really had a client once,
didn't see a chance of getting one any
other way, so I hired him. lie was a
coon. I employed him for two dollars
to go to the Grand Opera House and
buy a seat in the orchestra when Sir
Henry Irving was giving "The Mer
chant of Venice." He went to sleep
and snored and they threw him out
with rude, Insolent, and angry hands
after the second act; and I brought
suit against the management for dam
ages, basing my claim on the Idea that
they had spurned my dusky brother
on account of his race, color and pre
vious condition of serviture. The last
clause was a Joke. He had never
done any work In his life, except for
the State. My client got loaded on gin
about the time the case came up on de
murrer and gave the snap away, and
I dropped out of the practice to avoid
being disbarred. So here I am; and
I'm glad I shook the law. I'd got tired
of eating coffee and rolls at the Berlin
bakery three times a day.
One of the typewriter operators en
tered with a brisk air of business and
handed a telegram to Balcomb, who
tore it open nonchalently. As he read
it, he tossed the crumpled envelope
over his shoulder in an absentminded
way. Then, to the girl, who waited
with note-book and pencil in hand.
"Never mind; don't wait I'll dictate
the answer later. How did it work?"
he asked, turning to Leighton, who had
been looking over the books on the ta
ble. 'How did what work?"
'The fake. It was a fake telegram.
That girl's trained to bring In a mes
sage every time I have a caller. If the
caller stays thirty minutes, It's two
messages in other words, I'm on a
fifteen-minute schedule. I tip a boy
in the telegraph office to keep me sup
piled with blanks. It's a great scheme.
There's nothing like a telegram to
create the impression that your office
a seething caldron of business."
"You have passed the poetry stage,
beyond a doubt But I should think
the strain of keeping all this going
would be wearing on your sensitive
poetical nature. And It must cost
something."
Tt does, but Carr keeps a whole
corps of rascals to spread apple-but
ter on the Legislature corn-bread."
You'd better speak to him about it.
He'd probably tell Mrs. Carr to ask
you to dinner right away."
"Oh, that will come in time. I don't
expect to do everything at once. You
may see me up there some time; and
when you do, don't shy off like a colt
at the choo-choos. By the way, I'd
like to be one of the bright particular
stars of the Dramatic Club if you can
fix it You remember that amateur
theatricals are rather in my line."
He looked at his watch and gave
the stem-key a few turns before re
turning It to his pocket
You'll have to excuse 'me, old man.
I've got a date with Adams. He's a
right decent chap when you know how-
to handle him. . I want to get them to
finance a big apartment house schenvj.
I've got an idea for a flat that will
make the town sit up and gasp."
"Don't linger on my account, Jack,
I only stopped In to see whather you
kept your good spirits. I feel as though
I'd had a shower bath. Come along."
Several men were waiting to see Bal
comb In the outer office and he shook
hands with all of them and begg
them to come again, taking care to
mention that he had been called to the
Central States Trust Company and had
to hurry away.
He called peremptorily to the pass
ing elevator-car to wait, and as he
and Leighton squeezed into It, he con
tinued his half of an imaginary con
versation in a tone that was audible
to every passenger.
'I could have had those bonds, if
I had wanted them; but I knew there
was a cloud on them the county was
already over Its legal limit. I guess
those St Louis fellows will be sorry
they were so enterprising here we
are!
And then in a lower tone to Leigh
ton: "That was for old man Damer
on s benent. uia you see mm jammea
back in the corner of the car? Queer
old party and as tight as a drum.
When I can work off some assessable
and non-Interest bearing bonds on him,
It'll be easy to sell Uncle Sam's Treas
ury a gold brick. They say the old
man has a daughter who Is finer than
gold; yea, than much fine gold. I'm
going to look her up, if I ever get time.
You'd better come over soon and pick
out an office. So long!"
Leighton walked back to his office In
good humor and better contented with
his own lot
CHAPTER VIIL
Well, I butted in all right" said
Balcomb, cheerfully. "I suppose you're
saying to yourself that It's another
case of the unfailing Balcomb cheek."
'You're a peach, Jack, and no mis
take, ag I've said before. I wish I had
your nerve
'But say, they Just had to have me
in this show! It proves how every
little thing helps as we toil onward
and upward. Y'ou know I was tenor
on the glee club at college, and you'll
remember that when we came over to
town and gave that concert for the
benefit of the athletic fund I was a
winner, all right. Well, I'm going to
throw my whole soul into this thin,;
"You'll leave an aching void If you
do-
Thanks, kindly. As I was saying.
I'm going to do myself and Mrs. Carr
proud. She's one of the grandest wom
en we ever had In this State. Mm
Carr knows that all this woman's suf
frage business is so much Thomas Rot
She works her sisters Just for fun, and
they never catch on a little bit She
Just has to be president of things, and
she's an ornament In the community."
Leighton thanked his stars that Mrs. J
carr had discovered nor tenor without
his Klp. He and Balcomb were Stan 4
lng In the Carr library, where the la.it
undress rehearsal of "Deceivers Ever'
was about to begin. Leighton, who
was stage manager, also sang In the
chorus, which appeared In one act ft
foresters and In the other as soldiers.
Mrs. Carr always had a reason for ev
erything she did. Her reason for in
slating that the Dramatic Club, of
which she was president, should give
a comic opera was thoroughly ade
quate, for at this time she was exploit
ing a young musician who had lately
appeared In Mariona, and who was not,
let it be remembered, a mere Instructor
in vocal music, but a composer as well
He was a very agreeable young man
who wished to build up a permanent
orohestra in Mariona, and Mrs. Carr
was backing this project with her ac
customed enthusiasm. Nothing could
help matters forward so well as a so
clal success for Max Schmidt. He had
written an opera, which many mana
gers -had declined for the reason that
the music was too good and the book
too bad.
"Deceivers Ever" was the name of
the work, and Mrs. Carr was preparing
to produce an abridged version of it on
the night before Thanksgiving. The
scene was set in Germany, and there
were six men the gay deceivers all
of them officers in the army. The chief
girl character was the daughter of a
new commandant of a post, but at a
ball given In his honor she changed
places with her maid, and no end of
confusion resulted. Mrs. Carr had
urged Zelda to take the principal role,
and Zelda had consented, with the un
derstanding that Olive Merriam was to
be elected a member of the club and
given a part In the opera.
While Leighton and Balcomb stood
talking in the library, Herr Schmidt,
in the drawing-room, lectured the rest
of the company in his difficult English.
He .now fell upon the piano with a
crash and nodded to Zelda, who began
one of her solos. When tills had been
sung to his satisfaction, the director
called for Olive and Captain Pollock,
Pollock was greatly liked by the
people he had begun to know in Mario
na. The men about the Tippecanoe
Club had the reputation of scrutiniz
ing newcomers a little superciliously,
in the way of old members of a small
club, who resent the appearance of
strangers at the lounging-room fire
side. But Pollock fitted Into places fts
though he had always been used to
them. He told a good story or he
sang a song well, when called on to
do something at the grill-room Satur
day nights. Mrs. Carr had given him
one of the best parts in the opera.
The young officer and Olive carried
off with great animation a dialogue in
song into which Herr Schmidt had
been able to get some real humor.
"You haven't told me how much you
like my cousin," said Zelda to Leigh
ton, when he at down by her in an
interval of parley between the director
and Mrs. Carr. "I expect something
nice."
Isothlng could be easier. She s a
great hit! She's a discovery! She's
an ornament to society!"
"Humph! That sounds llko sample
sentences from a copy-book. A man
with a reputation as an orator to sus
tain ought to be able to do better than
that."
"Not having such a reputation
"Not even thinking one has "
"Oh, I'm conceited, am I?"
"I hadn't thought of It before, but
no doubt it's true," said Zelda, looking
across the room to where Jack Bal
comb was talking with his usual vi
vacity to a girl in the chorus whom
he had never met before. He was per
fectly at ease, as though leaning
against grand pianos In handsome
rawing-rooms and talking to pretty
girls had always been his mission in
life.
Morris did not follow Zelda's eyes;
he was watching her face gravely. He
had tried in many ways to please her,
but she maintained an attitude toward
him that was annoying, to say thj
least.
(To be continued.)
BATHING TROUBLES IN JAPAN
Unconventional Bathroom Arrange
ments In Country Towui),
The bath In Japanese inns was ofter.
something of a difficulty; says a writer
in the Worldwide. Once we were in
vited to bathe in the kitchen, where
the steaming bathtub stood amidst a
little group of men, who had gathered
In the room in the evening to gossip
and smoke. Often the bathshed had
no door, and when it had it was not
Infrequently a glass one. Much as the
country folk of Japan stare at foreign
ers, they do not, however, take ad
vantage of ' these defenseless batb
rooms, so that the anticipation was al
ways worse than the event.
Often at the busier inns, two people
have to bathe together. I have often
been invited to share the bathroom
with a Japanese lady guest. To avoid
this awkward necessity, Z and 1
usually went to the bathroom together,
and It was on these occasions that our
little dog proved himself so useful
It is impossible to take anything but
a cotton ukata to a Japanese bath
room, as there Is scarcely ever a
dressing room attached to the bath
rooms of the country Inns, and the
room itself is wet everywhere and con
tains neither peg nor shelf in fact, all
Japanese guests divest themselves of
their garments outside the door. So
we generally tied our moneybag round
the dog's neck. He was a most fero
cious little watchdog and never al
lowed anyone to enter our room in our
absence without a noisy protest. Had
we left him loose he would not have
permitted anyone to enter without get
ting bitten.
Plctarea and Print.
"I see you have sent for a lot of
seed advertisements."
'Yes." answered Mr. CrossIoU. "1
always read a lot of catalogues."
'You are fond of gardening?
'That isn't gardening. That's art
and literature." Washington Star.
The turkey's real name was oocoo-
roo, by wmcn it was known to the
Cherokee Indians, and so called from
Us call
GIRLS PENNED IN CAR
TWO TOTS PRISONERS, HUNGRY
AND THIRSTY 72 HOURS.
Rids from Buffalo to Hoboken Where
Searching Railroad Officials Find
Them Unconscious Vic
tims of Boys' Prank.
New York. Two small girls who
were penned In a pitch dark refrlgera-.
tor car by boys whose sense of humorj
was abnormal were found lying In the
car when it reached Hoboken from
Buffalo.
mv A -l- 1 A. 1 1- A
i uey wwr not uuib w wain, ii wtusi
some time before thye could speak
They had been seventy-two hours
without food or drink or sufficient air.
That they were alive at all was a
thing to wonder at.
Mary Monl Is 10 and Nelsle De For-
ko la 8. Both girls live at 21 Indiana
street, Buffalo. The two girls used.
every day to run around the Lacka
wanna freight yards In Buffalo.
Boys of their age and older hung
around the freight yard. One morning
a couple of these boys shouted out to
loa gins: ney: meres oananas iu
that car. Want some bananas T Back
in that car you'll find some. G'wan
in."
It was an empty refrigerator car to,
which the boys . pointed. The two
girls clambered Into it and began po
king over the floor. They beard the
heavy door bang to and found them'
selves In blackness. They rushed for
the door and pounded on it They
could hear the boys outside laughing
n derision.
the car door and the girls got fright
ened. Tbey screamed a little and
kicked with their bare feet. Pretty
soon they heard the voices of the boys
and knew them to be trying to open
the door. The. door never budged. A
little longer the two girls kicked and
beat upon the door. Then Mary Moni
heard Nelsle fall upon the floor of the
car and begin to sob.
Tbey heard an engine puffing louder
every second. Bang; Mary was bump
ed to the floor. There was an inter
val of several minutes. Then the en
gine chugged, the car gave a Jerk,
and in the darkness they knew them
selves to be moving. They were mov
lng rapidly now. Mary coaxed NeUle
up into a corner. They sat there and
sobbed as the train sped.
After a long time thye felt hollow
and hungry. Mary and Nelsie ex
plored the floor of the car. They found
nothing at all. The two girls found
they were to be without food or wa
ter. Besides, it was so hot and
stifling they found it a labor to
breathe, and moving about was ex
hausting. They lay perfectly still
therefore, and In time the first faint
ness of hunger left them.
But It was intolerably hot, and
thoir thirst grew. It was night now
The beam of light was gone. Yet
neither girl slept The roar of the
train was loud and steady. Great tears
rolled down their cheeks.
During the first night Mary made a
useful discovery, the only relief they
hit upon the whole Journey. She im
parted It at once to Nelsie. You take
your thumb and catch the tears on' it
Then you sip the tears. They are salt
and inadequate, hut they cool the
mouth. In experimenting with this
discovery they passed the rest of the
night
At length the beam of light ap
pared, red and pleasurable. All that
day the two' lay on the floor of the
car, Jolted each minute and turning
from side to side. Then night came
on. It is possible the girls slept fit
fully, though they could not recollect
having done so. The second morning
found them a little weaker. They no
longer spoke to each other in one
syllable words. Nelsie tried to repeat
a prayer. She repeated "Ave Maria"
to herself several times.
Then came night and as the beam
of light faded Mary's consciousness
faded, too, and Nelsie, who could cry
no more, lapsed Jnto quietness.
But when the two girls didn't come
home the first night their parents had
gone anxiously to the police. Some
were found who had seen the children
in the freight yard. F. H. C. Schoeffe.
chief special agent of the Lackawan
na, thereupon telegraphed Chief Beat
ty of the Lackawanna special police
In Hoboken to peer Instantly into ev
ery empty that reached Hoboken. For
two days not an empty car reached
Hoboken without being examined in
a hurry.
On the third when a string of twenty-five
empty cars came rolling in
Yardmaster Dutton. who happened to
be moving about the yard, pounced
on refrigerator car No. 6986 and pried
open the door. H Jumped Inside.
There In the corner he found the two
barefooted girls black with dirt. Nel
sle was unconscious.
it took the doctor two hours to
bring both girls to.
Dog Bites Off Boy's Tongue.
Philadelphia. Pa. Feeding bis pet
dog in a novel way, allowing the ani
mal to take bits of food from bis
mouth. Francis Zoraskle, six years old.
of 438 Wharton street, lost the tip
of his tongue. The dog clipped off
a bite tn taking the food. The boy
was taken to Mt Sinai hospital, but
Is. not seriously hurt.
Pussy's Rival.
nEg it's singular how those old
writers live on and on. I can under
stand it in Plutarch's case.
F0ggWny Plutarch, especially?
Flggi His lives outnumber those of
a cat
RAPID maRket for poultry
Quicker Bird Can Be Brought to Mar
ketable Size, Greater Profit and
Fewer Losses.
I always push my young stock along
as rapidly as possible until marketed,
or until brought to maturity, says
writer In the Baltimore American,
This it pays to do, even when I must
buy feed and at a high, price. The
quicker a bird can be brought to mar
ketable size or to the productive stage
the greater the profit, to say nothing
of quicker returns and shortened risk,
Rapid growth Is always cheapest and
quick returns most satisfactory. There
are always fewer losses In a flock kept
growing vigorously than in one al
lowed to drag, and a shorter period in
which chicks are a possible prey to
hawks, rats and other enemies.
My young stock Is never stinted
After it is removed from the brooder
I continue to feed regularly and as
generously as before. Feed for a con
slderable time consists largely of
coarsely ground grains or fresh, sweet
milk. For this I like corn and wheat
principally at first. Later I add other
grains, often omitting the wheat or
feeding it whole by itself. Rye. al
though chicks will not eat It whole,
Is excellent cracked with other grains.
Barley, also peas in small quantities,
is good. As chicks become larger
whole grains are gradually substituted
for cracked. Rye, if fed whole, is
cooked. In this shape chicks are
greedy for it, and It furnishes excel
lent food. AH summer I like to feed a
little soft food now and then, either
ground feed, shorts or bran, wet with
milk or warm water. Grit I keep con
omiiiijr ueiore my nocK, also pure
water.
GREAT VALUE OF DAIRY SIRE
Important That Calf Should Have
Good Parentage on Both Sides
Pure Breed Are Costly.
(By R. B. Roe.)
Raising the heifer calves of good,
high-producing cows, is a great funda
mental requisite for the best and
easiest improvement of a dairy herd.
But those calves will take their
qualities from both parents, and it is
equally important that each calf
should have good parentage on the
male side. But an inspection of many
dairy herds will show that compara
tively little attention is paid to the
quality of the sire.
I have too often seen herds in
which the heifer calves were raised
for future cows, but in which the
bulls used were miserable little scrubs.
and weaklings, obtained by simply
saving a grade calf from the herd.
And of many other sires, fairly
good as individuals, nothing Is known
of the actual milk production of their
female ancestors.
There are as I view it two princi
pie reasons for this. One is that un
der the custom of selling the calves
for veal It does not make much dif
ference about their breeding. But as
this custom must be changed by suc
cessful dairymen and the best heifer
calves raised for cows, It becomes nec
essary to provide good sires.
But another great reason Is that
the pure-bred sire costs more money.
Underlying both these is the funda
mental reason that many dairymen
do not yet realize the wonderful Im
provement that can be wrought by a
good head of the herd.
Good Fly Remedy,
The following Is recommended as a
good home-made fly remedy: Resin,
l4 pounds; laundry soap, two cakes;
fish oil, half pint; enough water to
make three gallons. Dissolve the
resin in a solution of soap and water
by heating, add the fish oil and the
rest of the water. Apply with a brush.
If to be used as a spray, add a half
pint of kerosene. This mixture will
cost seven to eight cents per gallon
and may be used on cows or calves.
One-half pint of this mixture is con
sidered enough for one application for
a cow; a calf, of course, would re
quire considerably less. Two or three
applications a week will be sufficient
until the outer ends of the hair be
come coated with resin. After that.
retouch those parts where resin has
rubbed off.
Making a Garden,
Keep the hoe going in dry weather
and you will not need the watering
pot often.
The wheel hoe will save many a
backache and do the work of three
hand hoes.
Plant the rows all one way north
and south so the sun can strike both
sides.
Do not plant short rows, but let
them run the whole length of the
garden if need be why not?
Wild strawberries have the most
delicious flavor. They are easily
transplanted to the garden.
Spray Your Trees.
Spray your trees, fruit or no fruit.
It will take grit, grace and greenbacks
to spray a fmlt tree without the fruit
in sight It's the next crop or crops
that should Interest you now. Be
hopeful, be faithful, be timely, if you
wish to be a successful orcbardlst.
The apple crop will be a short one
In 1910 and not so evenly distributed
as in 1909. Look for optimistic re
ports from the fellows who have axes
to grind.
Rape for Lambs.
A good growth of rape is fine for the
lambs, but some say when it is sowed
In the corn it does more Injury to the
corn crop than it has value. How
about It?
SYMBOLISM DID . NOT APPEAL
Belinda Rejects Proposal of Charlla
to Be Joined Together Like
Hands of Clock.
"Charlie," sorrowfully sighed the
yqung lady In the parlor of the con
crete house, on Washington avenue,
"It Is nearly 12 o'clock." '
"Yes, Belinda," was the breathing
response of her poetical companion,
who was sitting on the sofa beside
her. "the minute hand Is drawing
closer and closer to the hour hand,
and when the time of midnight is
chimed the two hands will be even aa
one. Oh, darling Belinda," he con
tinued, as he literally simulated the
action of the minute hand, "may not
the coming together of those twOi
bands be symbolical of us?"
She broke away and stood firmly on,
her feet. "No, Charles Henry Smith,"
she retorted, angrily, "those two handa'
will remain as one but a single sec
ond, and then the minute hand will di
vorce Itself and go on Its way alone.
No, Mr. Smith, a minute hand that
doesn't stick isn't the kind of symbol
ism I want!"
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Japanese Is Hardest to Learn.
The Japanese language is claimed
to be the hardest of all to learn.
Even the Japanese find it hard, and
several American army officers have
found It impossible to master it. It
takes the Japanese child seven years
to learn the essential parts of the
alphabet, and one must become fa
miliar with 214 signs to learn this
simple part of the language alone.
The 214 signs serve as the English
initial letters In our alphabet. To
be able to read any of the higher
class of Japanese newspapers one
must be the master of from 2,500 to
3.000 Ideographs. Albany Journal.
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The First Year.
'Remember, my boy, that the first
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That soT"
'Yes, it will take you all that time
to give dinner parties to the relatives
and friends who believe they ought
to be invited to test your wife's cook
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Wunder Stayler is successful as a
collector of bad debt.
Waring That's because he takes a
tent with him and camps out in front
of the debtor's door.
A Painful Fact.
It takes a lot of waiting to bob up
precisely at the moment a certain girl
comes along.
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An Embarrassing Word.
"Then," said the reporter, "I'll ssy
several pretty songs were rendered by
Miss Packer."
"Oh, gracious no!" replied the hos
tess; "you mustn't say 'rendered.
You see, her father made all hla
money in lard." Catholic Standard
and Times.
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