CONVERSATION
E ditorials
FASHION HINTS 1 Kxa.-tllude
BT
YARDSTICK.
M ar T a k e A ll Ik e S avor
O u l off I I .
' LEGAL INFORMATION
Ing people free of his time and
thought and interest, was his surpris
ing Industry. On one of the earliest
occasions when I was thrown Into
contact with him, and obliged to ask
for considerable portions of his time,
I remember having asked If he were
not overbuay.
“ No," he replied. " I have a good
many things to do, and a score of
years ago 1 had nervous prostration.
1 went to Germany and tried all kinds
of cures for It, but they did no good;
so I came home, and ever since I've
been trying to work It off ”
Asking advice from Shaler was a
very different thing from seeking It
from ordinary sources. On one occa
sion—apropos of something now quite
forgotten—hs told the story of his be
ing asked by a graduate of the Har
vard Divinity School how he might
best fit himself for the work of his
chosen calling. The freshly graduated
theological student did not feel sure
that he knew as much about men as
he did about divinity.
. After a moment's thought, the pro
fessor said. In substance:
"Go to Colorado, get down Into a
drift, and dig for two years with the
miners. Possibly you’ll know more
about men than you do now.”
The young man did so, with the re
suit that he came back at the end ol
the period to thank his adviser for
the good he had derived from hta most
unconventional Wanderjahre.
"O my prophetic soul,” Marian ex
claimed, "here comes Miss Alma
B riggs!”
“ Who
Is Miss Alma
Briggs?"
Beatrice asked. ''I ’m going to stay a
An act was passed In Alabama which
month, Marian. Don't you think we
Opinions of Great Papers on Important Subjects.
j can sustain Miss Alma even If It Is our prohibited sals of certain nonlntoxl
eating liquors at any place where the
first day together In seven years?”
"Don't ask who she la," Marian re sale of snlrltuous, vinous, or mslt liq
torted. " I t Isn’t wise to get me start uors was forbidden by law. In Elder
cases no attention Is paid to mating with a view s(
CONQUERING W ASTE LAND.
ed. She Is a very excellent and use vs. State, 50 Southern Reporter, 870, It
UROPE is conquering the waste land prob transmitting great qualities. A compensation of these
ful woman, my dear, but she can kill was urged that the legislature had no
lem by planting trees. Every year thou hap hazard marriages is that a very ordinary man
l pleasant conversation sooner than power to prohibit the sale of articles
sometimes becomes the father of a very great one.
sands of acres of land are being reclaimed
anybody I ever saw. She kills It with not Injurious to either the health or the
This view Is fanciful to some extent, it cannot be
In this way by the leading countries and
her yardstick. She Is a Poisoner of morals of the people, and that such a
put in a condition preparatory to a prof based upon any accurate statistics. But It gives abun
Fancy, a Sworn Foe to Jest, a Hered statute was an unwarranted Invasion
dant food for thought. It may be used as an argument
itable timber harvest in the years to
itary Enemy to Sportive Ease, she— of the rights of the citizen. On the
for the higher education and culture of women.
It
come. Not only many previously forested
other hand. It was asserted that In
Oh, you Just w ait!"
gives a hint of the advisability of arranging marriages
Areas which have been cut over have been planted up,
order more thoroughly to prohibit the
"But
surely
you
needn't
fear
rivalry,
but a number of the countries are also devoting their •with prudence and forethought. It may be admitted
sale of malt liquor, known to be an
although
she
does
talk
^y
the
yard,"
that love In marriage is an essential but It will do no
energies to establishing a forest cover on dunes and
intoxicant, and to . safeguard against
Beatrice protested, wickedly.
harm to season It with judgment and good advice—
o th er waste lands, and, in fact, on all land which is
evasions of such law, the state had
"1
scorn
your
base
Insinuations,
Miss
Minneapolis Tribune.
more valuable for producing timber than for other
Blanchard," her cousin retorted. “ I power to prohibit the sale of any bever
purposea
merely
point out your error. I said ages containing the Ingredient of ma't
ONE G IR L AND ANOTHER.
France has been one of the foremost European coun
yardstick, not yard. Perhaps foot rule liquors. The Alabama Supreme court
B EAU TIFU L New York society girl,
tries In reforestation, especially in the mountains,
would be more accurate— foot rule, T held the act unconstitutional, conclud
burned by flaming gasoline when her au
where planting has been a powerful factor In controll
square,
spirit level— she Is an expert ing that these drastic prohibitory laws
tomobile was run down by a street car,
ing torrents and regulating stream flow. The State
In
the
use
of them all. 1 hear her are doubtless Intended for the moral
has been awarded 120,000 damages by a
each year buys uncultivated lands, In the mountain
footstep
upon
the stair. Kindly be benefit and elevation of mankind; but
New Yofik court because her neck la
regions, and up to January, 1907, It had acquired 603-
conversing
with
your usual brilliancy their .moral purpose or beneficent re
scarred so that she cannot wear low-
000 acres In this way Communes, associations and pri
and
grace—and
keep It up If you sults must not be considered to save
necked gowns at social functions. A tew
vate Individuals are also assisted In reforestation work
them, when they Invade the sanctity of
can!"
days ago a Jersey Judge, receiving a verdict of $8,500,
by grants of money and by supplies of plants and seeds.
the constitutional rights of our citi
Curious
and
mystified,
Beatrice
rose
awarded by a jury to a little girl whose leg had been
Altogether 219,000 acres have been planted through this
a moment later to meet tbe caller— a zens.
cut off by a car, said the amount was too large taking
public assistance. Complete exemption from taxation
An insurer contracted to Indemnify
middle-aged lady with a pleasant, ca
Into consideration the great lmprovementa In cork legs.
for a long period of years is granted In the case of
pable face.
She shook bands with a manufacturing corporation for any
One girl is rich; the other poor. One Is a belle of
plantations made on the tops and slopes of mountains.
Beatrice, whom Marian Introduced as iwnount under $5,000, which It should
society; the other a workingman's baby. One girl is
A reduction of three-fourths for all land planted or
Navy blue marquisette trimmed in her cousin, but turned abruptly to be compelled to pay as damages for per
surrounded by luxury, and lives an Idle existence; the
sown, whatever Its situation, is also made.—New York
white foulard, thickly dotted with nevy i Marian at the word.
sonal Injuries to Its employes. An em
other is in a bumble home, and must help with house
Evening 1’ost.
blue—it was a little dress that made one
"But, my dear, I thought you had no ploye of the Insured was Injured while
work, and earn her support. Yet the rich girl, whose
marvel at ita simplicity and style. In
carrying a pitcher alleged to be defec
The annual celebration in Siam ol
cousin in the world.”
soft hands will never make a bed or wash the dishes,
one word it was “ satisfying.''
SIRES AND SONS.
“ Beatrice's mother and mine are tive, containing acid. To the insurer the Klng’s-accession to the throne wat
is given $20,000 for a few scars on her shapely neck,
T Is the commonly accepted belief that the
cousins," Marian replied, “ so we have the necessary facts were promptly com observed on the last occasion with
while the poor girl crippled for life, hamperea In the
sons of great men rarely equal their sires
municated, and the pitcher was Intrust- even more than usual splendor. Ths
always counted each other so.”
struggle for existence, is told by a judge that $S,500
In point of ability, and especially In the
"Ah, I understand. Then you have ed to Its custody. By the Insurer the monarch's reign has lasted forty years
is more than she should receive for losing a leg.
line of ability which distinguished the
I N OLD V IR G IN IA .
at least one first cousin once removed, action of the employe was contested, a longer time thau that of any of bit
Queer laws, and queer courts, aren't they for a land
sire. There are some notable exceptions,
Ulna l a w s off Cavallera Manh M ora and you and she are second cousins.” but so negligently that It failed to offer predecessors.. The year in Slam is a
where freedom and equaltty are established by the con
as for Instance the younger Pitt, and John
“ But it would be so dreadful to the strongest evidence for the manu succession of shows and festivities
a trlo t T h u Those off P u rltea s.
stitution?—Chicago Journal.
Quincy Adams. But as a rule we shall
The blue laws of
the Puritans have to feel second-cousinly,” Marian facturer, the pitcher. Recovery was and the King's day Is the greatest ol
find, both as a matter of history and personal observa
all. J. G. D. Campbell speaks of these
"Don't you had for more than $17,000. In Attle
weren't In It with the blue laws of protested, whimsically.
DEVELOPMENT OF THE TELEGRAPH.
tion that the common opinion Is correct.
dd Virginia, though It has always been think so, Miss Briggs? 'Cousin' Is a boro Mfg. Co. vs. Frankfort M. Acc. fetes In “ Slam in the Twentieth Cen
E have Just passed tbe sixty-fifth anni
A writer In a current magazine attempts to account
supposed that the cavaliers of ths i nice, warm, sunny word, like that west and P. G. Ins. Co., 171 Federal Report tury.”
versary of tbe inauguration of tbe com
for this fact by assuming that the son usually inherits
All Bangkok takes a holiday, and
southland cared more for high Uvtng 1 window ; second cousin sounds bo very er, 495, plaintiff sought to recover the
mercial telegraph In the United Statea
bis Intellectual traits from his mother, although In
difference between the stipulated in turns out to see the Illuminations
The system had a very modest beginning;
and frivolity than for good behavior [ northeasterly.”
physique he is apt to take after his father. The writer
“ Why, Marian, that window doesn’t demnity and the amount It was forced which I have seldom seen surpassed
now It stretches over almost tbe entire
and order. In 1662 the following laws
cites a lot of Instances to show that in the line of roy
j face the west; it’s only a trifle west to pay through defendant’s negligence Flags, Chinese lanterns. Inscription!
world. A girdle of wire has been placed
were enacted in that State:
alty It Is quite common to see the qualities of a great
in conducting the suit. The Federal line every thoroughfare, und there is a
around the earth; there Is speedy and
king handed down to his successors for many genera
Every person who refuses to have I of the south. You can tell by Royal
Circuit court concluded that an under constant succession of fireworks.
reliable communication between all civilized countries
bis child baptized by a lawful minister street, which runs directly east and
tions.
taking by one not an attorney to carry
The King of Siam Is a man of re
j west.”
on the globe. The wireless system of telegraphy has
This Is because that In royal marriages the bride of
(Church of England) shall be amerced
“ Yes'm, I suppose It Is," Marian on the lawsuit of another being ordi markable periDnallty, characterized by
proved a wonderful agency In enlarging tile field for
the heir apparent is carefully selected from among the
2,000 pounds of tobacco, half to the
agreed, meekly. "Only you see It would narily an undertaking to carry it oa a spirit of liberality and enlightenment
electric communication.
It has proved of practical
great families, royal or other. Hence the high strain
parish, half to the Informer.
take so long to think sou'-sou’west ev with due care, It Is the basis of an ac which places him in the small band
value to a certain extent for commercial uses. It has
Of blood is maintained in the descent. But among the
To steal or unlawfully kill any hog ery time."
tion for tort where negligence has of progressive rulers the East has pro
also demonstrated its efficiency as a life-saver. Alto
mass of the people, from which the world usually gets
that Is not his own the offender shall
“ There is no excuse,” Miss Briggs been substituted for due care tmplledly duced. He dresses simply, in the Eu
Its great geniuses, literary, financial, scientific or pro gether, the development of the telegraph, from the days
pay to the owner 1,000 pounds of to answered, firmly, “ for not thinking of undertaken and agreed upon. The de ropean style, without the jewels and
of Professor Morse and his primitive Instruments to
fessional, marriages are made haphazard.
bacco and as much to tbe Informer, things as they are."
murrer to the declaration was over ornaments so affected by Eastern mon
A great man Is often attracted by a woman far Infe the present day, has been marvelous and even magical.
and In case of Inability to pay shall
arch*. No one would suspect that un
The converastion, after this easy be ruled.
— Baltimore Sun.
rior to him Intellectually. In the vast majority of
serve as a slave two years, one to the ginning, went on for an hour. When
The Supreme court of South Carolina der that quiet, modest, yet dignified ex
owner, one to the informer.
finally Miss Briggs left, Marian looked was called upon to determine the valid terior lies the force that wields an au
the dim landing above, and a quick, a in ;dal round Is presumably suspend
No marriage shall be reputed valid at her cousin.
ity of a statute of that state providing thority greater than that of the Czai
loud voice balled excitedly;
ed at Pekin In regard to dust storms. In law but such as Is made by a min
"Do you understand now?” she taxation of Insurance companies, In of all the Russlas.
TUBTLE’S EGGS FOE AGASSIZ
“ Let him In! Let him In! I know
ister according to the laws of England. asked.
In the past Slam’s throne was filled
New York Life Insurance Co. vs. Brad
him. He has my turtle eggs.”
The minister who doth marry contrary
“ And yet,” Beatrice said, thought ley, 65 Southeastern Reporter, 433. By by two monarch»— the first and second
And the apparition, slipperless and
to this act shall be fined 10,000 pounds fully, "she was right every time.”
section 1808 of the South Carolina king. The second king was a sort ol
of tobacco.
“ Right?” Marian whirled about, her Code of 1902, Insurance companies are royal commander-in-chief, and his po
When Prof. Louts Agassiz was writ clad In anything but an academic
ing a book on the turtles of the United gown, came sailing downstairs. The
If a married woman shall slander a eyes flashing. “ Of course she's right required (1 ) to pay a license fee of ■Itlon was a painful one, as It was I
8tates, It became necessary lor him great man, his arms extended, laid
person the woman shall be punished —as accurate as a government scale. $100; (2 ) to make a quarterly return source of constant jealousy to the first
It Is not w.se to base final conclu by ducking, and If the damages shall The trouble Is, spirit ltsn't measurable
to have some fresh turtle eggs. He en hold of me with both hands, and drag
of their gross premiums; (3 ) to pay king. From 1865-85 the place of seo
gaged Mr. Jenks, of Mlddleboro, about ging me and my precious pall Into his sions upon outward appearance. Ste be adjudged more than 600 pounds of and a real conversation Is spirit, not quarterly an additional graduate li ond king was filled by a brother ol
forty miles from Cambridge, to get study, with a swift, clean stroke laid phen Powers made this mistake once tobacco her husband shall pay, or tbe feet and inches. It's humor and fancy cense fee to the state treasurer of one- the first king, who was named George
them for him. Mr. Jenks promised open one of the eggs, as the watch In while traveling In the South. He tells woman receive a ducking for every and whim, and lovely fleeting glimpses half of 1 per cent on gross premiums. Washington, having been called aftei
his father's favorite hero. It Is plea»
that the eggs should be In Agassiz's my trembling hands ticked Its way to of the result in "Afoot and Alone.” In 500 pounds so adjudged against her of new country, not a problem In alge By section 1809 the comptroller gener
bands before they were three hours seven—as If nothing unusual were the "piny woods" of North Carolina husband If he refuse to pay the to bra. I f there was any moral Issue In al Is required to transmit to the county ant to know that he wag not unworthy
old. Mr. Jenks, who lately told the happening In the history of the world. It Is hard to get a direct answer, yes bacco.
volved It would be another matter, but auditor In each of the various counties of the name, and that his memory la
or no, from the natives. Mr. Powers
tale to a writer In the Atlantic Month —Youth's Companion.
there Isn't. It's merely exactitude a statement of the amount of prem still cherished by the Europeans whs
Enacted
that
the
Lord's
Day
be
kept
made up his mind that he would force
.
ly, had to watt by a certain pond for
grown Into a mania. Let's come out iums or receipts collected therein dur knew him.
a decisive reply, and one day, meet holy and no Journeys or work done In the sunset. I want to see some
5Vlth his death the second klngshit
the turtles to come out and lay their GOLF LIN K S OF T H E F A R EAST.
ing the preceding year from the dif
thereon,
and
all
persons
Inhabiting
in
ing an old clay-eater astride a donkey,
eggs In the sand. Finally, after weeks
thing that can't be measured.”— ferent Insurance companies, and such ceased to exist, and the present mon
this country shall resort every Sun- [
of waiting, one morning about 4 H a s a r d * A r e O ft e n C h l n m e G r a v e s hauling a load of wood, he thought his
Youth’s Companion.
statement is directed to be placed on arch, who had ascended the throne i f
day to church and abide there quietly
opportunity had arrived.
o'clock a turtle crawled up the beach,
1868, became the supreme ruler.
o r S t r a y C a b lin jfe P a t c h e s .
the tax duplicate, together with other
The man'« legs were so long that he and orderly during the common pray
partly burl“ d herself In the soft sand,
A n Im p r a c tic a l J o k e r.
The chief hazards on the links of
U u lte D iffe r e n t .
Items
of
taxable
property
owned
by
the
could have doubled them round the ers and preaching, upon the penalty ; Practical Joking, "the meanest form
and laid her eggs.
Tientsin are of a somewhat gruesome
companies. Proceeding under this last
"Maria,” said Mr. Rawlins, laying
As she did so the distant clock character since they consist of the animal he rode. On one of his callous of being fined 50 pounds of tobacco, j of wit,” Is common in Hungary. For
provision, a tax amounting to $171.35 aside his hat and overcoat and rut>
Any person Inhabiting this country
heels he wore a mighty spur.
struck 4. There was no train till after graves of deceased Chinamen. The
merly the pranks used to be coarse, if
"Is there any tavern on the road to and entertaining a Quaker in or near not dangerous, but that is changing was paid under protest by the New bing his hands gleefully together,
9, and the eggs must be In Cambridge modern golflng architect Is In fa
York Life Insurance Company to the "you know that for years we have
his house shall, for every time of such
Fayetteville?" I asked.
In three hours.
now. The only saving grace of the
vor of mounds as hazards and be
“ Reckon you mout find one If you entertainment, be fined 5,000 pounds of Magyarlan practical Jokes, says W. B. treasurer of Abbeville county, and pro been wanting to buy a bulldlng-lot in
I laid the eggs on a bed of sand in might glean some Ideas from the
the bottom of my pall; filled In be graves at Tientsin. "So and So’s look In the right place,” was the re tobacco, half to the county, half to the j F. Bovll In "Hungary and the Hun ceedings thereafter instituted for its Kennedy's subdivision,, but couldn't
recovery. It was contended that the afford to do it on account of the high
Informer.
tween them with more sand; so with grave" has been. Unie out of mind, a sponse.
garians," Is that they are not perpe tax was simply imposed as a condition prices they ask for land out there.
"This Is the direct road to Fayette
another layer to the rim; and covering favorite name for some bunker of par
Every master of a vessel that shall trated In a spirit of bitterness.
to the right of plaintiff, a foreign in Well, I’ve just learned that Quinlan,
all over smoothly with more sand, I ticularly Infamous reputation In this ville, I suppose?"
bring any Quakers to reside here after
One of the most famous Jokers of the
“ You'd be pretty apt to get there if July 1 of this year shall be fined 5.000 old school was Jozsa Oyurl. Exiled surance company, to do business In the who owns one of the best lots In that
ran back for my horse. He knew, as country, but It has never borne so
state. The court held, however, that It entire neighborhood, will sell It for
well as I, that the turtle had laid, and literal a meaning as It might In China, you keep a-golng straight ahead.”
pounds of tobacco, to be levied by dis in one of the most Inaccessible parts
“ Do you sell much wood in Fayette tress and sale of his goods, and he of the great plain, he lived and died was a property tax, and as It was not half what It cost him. If he can gel
that he was to get those eggs to Agas- says a writer in Fry's Magazine.
restricted to property or money of tho the cash. He needs the money, and
ville?"
•ts.
then shall be made to carry him, her "a prodigal and a buffoon.”
As to the Chinese caddie, the China
Insurance company within the state at can't get it any other way. I have a
"
I
reckon
this
'ere
jack
thinks
he
I let him out. I shouted to him, man. we are told, does not under
or them out of the country again.
A story Is told of Jozsa going to the time of assessment, but covered Its great mind to buy It to-morrow morn
has
to
haul
a
right
smart
chance.”
holding to the dasher with one hand stand golf at all. Perhaps he sees a
The court In every county shall set spend a night with a Count Keglevlch.
ing.
It comes easily
within
our
"Docs wood bring a good price up near the Court House. In a public Wishing to be Impressive, he Journey gross receipts for the entire year, It
the pall of eggs with the other, not game In Its proper light, two middle-
was Invalid as constituting a taking of means.”
now
?”
daring to get off my knees, although aged persons becoming absurdly heat
and convenient place, a pillory, a pair ed thither In a beautiful new coach, property without due process of law.
“ I don’t think you ought to do it,
"It's Jest according. Some fetches
the bang on them, as we pounded down ed over a trumpery little ball. At any
of stocks, a whipping post and a duck of which he wa3 very proud. On be
Joshua," said Mrs. Rawlins.
more,
and
some
agin
not
so
much.”
the wood road, was terrific. We had rate, his one aim Is to get done with
B e t t e r T h a i G o ld e n E ffir * .
ing stool. Otherwise the court shall ing shown over the grounds by the
"You don't think 1 ought to buy It?
"Oak fetches more than pine, 1 sup
nearly covered the distance to the pike the round and receive his fee, and he
count, his attention was directed to a
Recently a hen was exhibited at Why not?"
be fined 5.000 pounds of tobacco.
pose?”
when ahead of me 1 heard the sham patiently Inquires of his employer at
remarkably fine hay-rlck.
Hay was Wilkesbarre, Pa., and took all the
“ It would bo taking advantage oi
“ It mout, and then agin It moutn’t.”
whistle of a locomotive.
then standing at a good price. After prizes as the best of her kind. So Im his necessities."
Intervals how long he proposes to fol
“
L
believe
you
Southerners
burn
With a pull that lifted the horse low the little white ball.
Feet V e r .n . T h e o ry .
supper Jozsa drew together some portant did Bhe grow In the estima
"But, Maria----- "
green wood mostly?"
from his feet, I swung him Into a field
“ The teacher of one of the rooms la friends, and the rick was soon noth tion of the holders that her owner
The golf course at Pekin is also on
"Besides, I have Just learned of a
“
'Tain't
particular.
Every
fellow
and sent him straight as an arrow for a flat plane and, as Tientsin, the plain
x school In the suburbs of Cleveland ing but a heap of ashes.
was offered $10,000 fgr her, but re splendid opportunity to buy some fur
to
his
liking."
the track.
The n jxt morning, when Jozsa want fused it. At about this time the hen niture that we need. Grlgson A Mul
had been training her pupils In antici
Is muddy. It lies close to the Antung
"W ell, now, my friend," I said, de pation of a visit from the school com ed to continue his Journey, his won
By some stroke of lurk I got on the gate and to get there from the Euro
laid an egg and, that it might be evi lins are advertising parlor sets at one-
termined
to
get
something
out
of
t.he
track and hacked off It before the pean quarter necessitates a long and
missioner,” said George S. Wells of derful carriage was not to be seen dent that she was a producer as well third less than cost because they are
man
before
I
gave
up,
"I'm
writing
a
train hit my carriage. But the maneu dusty Journey by pony or rickshaw.
Pittsburg at the Shoreham. "A t last anywhere.
as a show bird, her owner allowed the overstocked and can't afford to carry
"W hy, my friend,” said the count, product of her labor to remain in the them through the season I'd like to
ver was successful, for the engineer As at Tientsin, hazards have a dlscon- book on the subject of wood, and 1 he came and the classes were called
want
to
get
all
the
Information
I
can.
"you yourself burnt It last night. The pen with her. This was a tactical buy about two hundred dollars' worth
stopped and I swung aboard the cab— ceitlng way of springing up like mush
out to show their attainments.
hatless, dew-soaked, smeared with yel rooms In the night. They are, how I f you were called upon in court of
"The arithmetic class was the first fact is, my coach-house wants repair blunder, for the egg waa purloined of parlor furniture. W ell never have
law
to
give
your
personal
and
un
low mud. and holding, as If It were ever, of a less horrible character, al
called, and In order to make a good ing, and as the evening threatened shortly and has not been seen since. aa good a chance again."
a baby or a bomb, a little tin pall of though possibly more difficult to play biased opinion, you would declare on Impression the teacher put the first to be wet, we put your carriage under
Now there Is a well known story to
Being a man of excellent self-con
oath,
would
you
not,
that
one
hundred
sand.
out of since they consist, not of graves,
the effect that a goose of the dim and trol, Mr. Rawlins merely smiled.
question to Johnny Smith, the star the rick to keep It dry."
pounds
of
green
oak
would
weigh
"Throw her wide open.” I com but. of cabbage gardens, which the
distant past once laid a golden egg.
pupil.
P o la r H u m o r.
T h e F a m ily R e a .o n e .
manded, “wide open! These are fresh Chinaman plants at his own sweet will more than one hundred pounds of
Taking It that the historian was sure
“ 'Johnny, If coal Is selling at $6 a
dry
pine?"
Ever since the reported discoveries
It Is characteristic of philosophers of his facts, this goose of fame has no
turtle eggs for Professor Agassiz of in the same rapid and light-hearted
The man gave me one quick glance, ton and you pay the coal dealer $24, and scholars that, once their mind Is
of the north pole, professional Jesters
Cambridge
He must hare them be way.
such claim upon renown as has the
then looked steadfastly at his don how many tons of coal will he bring made up, it is almost Impossible to
have been engaged In turning out wit
fore breakfast”
Wilkesbarre
hen.
Here
Is
a
bag
of
Thus the character of the course key's ears.
you ?’
change it. They do not want it changed. gold containing $10,000 In the treas ticisms on the subject. Some time ago.
The engineer and the fireman no changes from day to day In a way cal
" Three,' was the prompt reply from The late Charles Eliot Norton, in his
“ Well, now, stranger," he drawled,
before the discovery, a writer of hu
doubt thought that I was crazy; but culated to dispel monotony and a
ury at Washington which visitors are
Johnny.
lectures on the history of art. is end allowed to lift to get an idea of just morous verse made the Interesting
they let me alone, and the fast golfer who has carefully placed his “ you can Jest set down in your book
“The teacher, much embarrassed, lted with a story illustrating this
when you get to that place that all the
point that since the north pole Is, af
freight rolled swiftly into Boston.
how heavy that much money is. It
tee shot In such a way as to get a
said, ‘ Why, Johnny, that Isn’t right.’
point. Mallock, the philosophar, once weighs something like thirty pounds. ter all, an imaginary spot, why should
But misfortune was ahead.
We clear run up to the hole finds himself people of North Carolina were such
" 'Oh, I know It ain't, but they do It met Thomas Carlyle.
It not be discovered by the Imagina
slowed down In the yards and came to confronted instead with a most diffi fools you had to weigh It yourself.”
Now. If the egg of this hen, with the
anyhow.'"
Mallock was a wise man, hut he anJ prospect of being hatched Into a tion, thus saving much time and trou
a stop. We were put on a siding, to cult pitch over cabbages.
O n e C o ld ^ a r e d .
Carlyle differed in their views, and creature as valuable as the parent. Is ble? Le Figaro of Paris recalls a
wait no one knew how long. In the
The difficulties of the situation are
IlntMrriou. S n iU e H .
Logic Is logic, whether It touches
therefore Carlyle dubbed Matlock's estimated as being worth one-tenth as somewhat similar solution of the diffi
empty square stood a cab.
enhanced at Pekin by the fact that the affairs of nations or a cold In the
The maiden dropped her lovely eyes.
opinions false and pernicious. When much as she is. the stolen egg would culty.
The eabman saw me coming. I the golfer Is only allowed to play on
Later she cast her eyes far down the
“ The great difficulty of the enter
waved a dollar at him and then an condition that he does not disturb the head. The conviction, says London rocky slopes of the mountain elde. Mallock called on Carlyle he talked In be worth $1.000— which amount of
his fluent way for two straight hours. money would weigh three pounds or prise," said Alphonse Allais, the au
other, dodged into the cab, slammed cabbage patches. "Golf Is not agricul Tit-Rtts. was forced upon a Liverpool
After she had rested them upon the
thor of “ Paraplule de L'escouade.” " 1 *
Then he rose to go. At the door
the door, and called out, "Cambridge! ture." so It has been written of those woman whose coachman, although he
iopmoet branches of a nearby tree, she Carlyle, who had smoked the whole as much as two dozen eggs. So the that they say that there Is a glacial
Harvard College! Professor Agassiz’s who tear vast and hideous divots from had been 111 for several days, appeared
rgg of the Pennsylvania hen is worth
one
morning
with
his
hair
closely
let
them
fall
upon
the
waters
of
s
temperature
at the north pole
Now
lime In grim silence, took his pipe 24 times as much as the greatly-
house! I've got eggs for Aggasls!” shrinking turf. It Is held to be true
placid lake. Then a visit to an ocu- from his mouth and said, mildly;
in another part of the globe there la
and 1 pushed another dollar up at him at Pekin and the native agricultural cropped.
touted goose egg and deserves fame
“ Why, Dennis," said the mistress, 1st was Imperative.— Judge.
a place famous for Its torrid heat,
“ Weel, good-by, Mr. Mallock. I 're In accordance.
through the hole
ist will have the law on you If you
"whatever possessed you to have your
the equator. Nobody denies— the geog
received ye kindly, because I knew yer
"Let him g o!" I ordered. "Here’s Interfere with the fruits of his Indus
Biggs— Isn't there a deep ring to mither. but 1 never want to set eyes
hair cut while you had such a bad
raphies agree on the matter— that tha
ADVICE FOR NERVOUS MAN.
another dollar for you If you make try. Cabbage patches are atrlctly out cold?"
that man's
voice? Wlggs— Yea, he on ye again.”
equator is an Imaginary line.
Agassiz's house in twenty minutes!" of bounds.
"W ell, mum." replied the unabashed must have a hollow head
.Meek B e l i e f In W o r k , S n y « O n e W h o
"Why. this being the case, not have
We flew to Cambridge There was
Other hazards of a less transitory
W h a t C r e t e W 'o n lil Conte
H a * F o n n il I t a C a r e .
Dennis, " I do be takln' notice this
the equator pass through the north
a sudden lurch, and I dived forward, character are camel roads, which tra long while that whiniver I have me
Spinner (who Is doing a little cat.
Present trouble In the East has
The famous Harvard geologist, Na pole? Thus the task of the exploret
rammed my head into the front of the verse the links from the mountains.
hair cut I take a bad cowld. so I rasslng)—But, aw, my good fellow, brought out the sardonic humor of at thaniel Southgate Shaler, who died would become easy, and one of the
cab, and came up with a rebound that Along these roada there come. In ad
thought to meself that now, while I you don't mean to say that you would least one Turkish gentleman.
a bo ill four years ago. was a man of great problems which concern the sci
landed me arross the small of my back dition to camels, great droves of po
had the cowld on to me. it would be do away with the— aw— upper classes
"Would your highness," said an en singularly wide range and vivacity of entists so much would be solved."
on the seat, and sent half of my pall ntes, which the Mongolians bring
tbe time of all others to go and g e t ! altogether, what?
terprising Italian journalist to the conversation. In a single hour, says
Of eggs helter-skelter over the floor. down to sell In Pekin. Yet another
H e r P r e fe r e n c e .
me hair cuttin' done, for by that
Toller—'Corse I would. Why, wot's Grand Vizier of the time, "consent to a correspondent of the New York Na-
But we were at Agassls's house. I possible Incident of Pekinese golf Is
Miss Plumplelgh— According to ra
course I would save meself just sne the use o' the bloomin' upper classes the sale of Crete?'
j tlon. he would discues topics as di
tumbled out and pounded on the door. ibe dust storm, which Is a terrible
cowld. Do you see the power of ms :er the bloomin' likes o’ you an' me?—
"Certainly," replied the Turk. "Any verse as national politics, the seeds ports dress good* will be much hlghei
"Agassiz!" I gasped when the maid Infliction.
reasonin', mum?”
one can have It for the price we paid of the fossil Conlferae. end the ques this season than they were last.
The Tatler
.
________
came
“ I want Professor Agassis,
When the dust storm arises, which
Miss De Thynne— Well, I'm glad M
— twenty years' war."
tion whether there might not be some
Quick!”
H i« w « r
of ro p p io c.
It decs with abomlnabls suddenness,
ethnological considerations bearing on I t I never did approve of those deo
A man always thinks ha can da bah
She protested that hs was In bed. the game stops and the players make
Miss de Style— Am I the first girl
Going to school flnslly becomes s
ollete costumes.—Lipplncott's.
ma.hematlcal studies.
tar than he dons do.
and threatened the police. But Just for ditches and trenches, or cower bo-, you svsr loved?
habit Many a young man continues
Perhaps the most striking thing
It Is all right to admire women, bol
then s door overhead was Dang open, hind mud walls. Ths stern rult which
Mr. Gunbuata— No; but I hope yoa'U
Many a thin* that la dona wall M at In school long after hs should be al , about him.
after his unexcelled not to tha exclusion of everyth in
• great white-robed figure appeared on dlsquallfles those who shatter daring ha the last.—Judge
work.
worth doing.
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