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About The Maupin times. (Maupin, Or.) 1914-1930 | View Entire Issue (April 14, 1916)
I The Straight I Tip 8 $ $ i p. EVANS MACAULAT RANDALL t) (Copyright. 1916. by W. O. Chapman.) "I'm through!" Roland Dalton looked It. Young, handsome, well dressed, sober, ener getic, ambitious this had been his record "on the Board" for two years, but Just now there was in his face an appalling discouragement. "See here, Jerry," he said to his trader and manager, "there's no need to publish It, but I don't dare to go any further. If I did, It would be on baseless credit and I'll take no chance with other people's money." "But, sir, we owe nothing, the deckB are clear " "And I'm going to quit, while they are. You follow orders. Pay off every bill and close up the ofllce. I'll pay you and Miss Blount a month's salary ahead. I'll leave each of you a first-clasB recommendation to Burtelle & Co., who will be glad of your serv ices. I'm going up into Wisconsin and get as far away from the hubbub and worry as I can for a month. Then 1 think I'll strike out for the coast and begin all over again." Loyal Jerry Watson's Hps puckered. Marcla Blount, at the typewriter, was white as a sheet. Dalton stole a glance at her and he gulped down a sigh. Shattered business, a shattered, though half-fledged, romance it was pitiful! "Close up the office and tell any In quirer that I'm oft for a rest," pro ceeded Dalton, "but pay everybody "",MI 1 1 1 11 -'''"t ' Mr "I'm Throughl" fcnd lot Dalton & Co. fade away with out any sensation." "But, sir," expostulated Jerry, "things aren't so bad as you think. We're square. Well, then, how about the big broomcorn consignment?" Dalton shook his head drearily. "Jerry," he said, "the marltot's down on that and may stay down." "But the ten thousand dollar option, Blr?" "I'll lose It rather than take the lot and Involve others In loss. No, I'm through, I toll you, for good." Then Roland Dalton went away, reckless, desperate. Jerry stood look ing about him like a lost soul. Miss Blount was crying softly. "I never thought he'd flunk!" mut tered Jerry. "Well, we're through, too. It's a now Job for both of us, I'm thinking." "I will stay and get everybody checked up," voluntoered the pretty stenographer. "You're feeling blue, sir. Go home and forgot it all." Jerry was seated in the midst of his family that evening when Miss Blount unexpectedly Intruded. She looked excited and exhilarated. "Mr. Watson," Bhe announced, "two strange things happened at the ofllco after you left." "Yes?" murmured Jorry, Interroga tively. j "The first was a notification that our people at Aberdeen had shipped the entire broomcorn consignment." "Why!" fairly shouted Jorry, in dire consternation, "a million dollars' worth! No market! Freight charges a small fortune In themselves! A ten thousand dollar forfeit up!" "Don't you see," suggested Marcla, eagorly, "they are banking on tlio good credit of our house. They are not afraid to trust Mr. Dalton." "But, my dear Miss Blount," ex claimed Jorry, "there Is absolutely no demand for the stuff, the quotations lire disastrously below the profit point, no one can handle it on our contract price without a disastrous loss, and we simply cannot take It!" "We must!" Never had Jerry Watson Been so determined a look on the little lady's face. There was power unutterable In the expression. "Mr. Watson,1, she said, resolutely, and there was a tromulous thrill In her voice, "I am not willing that on opportunity should be allowed to paBs unregarded, after his extreme kind ness to us, that may mean tho rehabi litation of Mr. Dalton's business." "But that is Impossible!" "So I thought until, Just after re ceiving the tologram from the broom corn people, Nod Proasee came Into the office." "That kid," ejaculated Watson, du biously. "What's he got to do with it?" "Everything. You remember I got him his position with Vermllye & Co. He Is a grateful little follow, llo al ways boasted he would do great things for us some day. Well, he comes Into the office this afternoon, all excite ment. 'I've got the straight tip,' he declared. 'Vermllye & Co. are going to run a corner In stock food and broomcorn. They are going to rush the market up twenty to thirty points delivery day, and hold it thero. It's A sure play -any good to your Mr. 1 Watson, It Is more than good to us It Is the salvation of our business!" "Allowing we can depend upon the tip, where is the capital coming from to carry the stuff until settling day?" "I have thought It all out," respond ed Marcla. "The Dalton .credit is good isn't the Dalton word a power everywhere? We will go to the bank and borrow sufficient to cover carrying charges. Then oh! I have blocked it all out. We cannot fail. We will send confidential word to all our clients. We will give them the tip of a corner. We will guarantee ten points profit within thirty days." "A daring scheme!" fairly gasped Jerry. "And how about the payments to the broomcorn people?" "Why, that is simple. As we sell to our clients, we will borrow on our bills of lading. That will make us square all the way around. We can certainly place half our consignment for cash. The amount we realize will satisfy our shippers. When the squeeze comes in this market we will release the actual stuff in warehouse to supply the shorts, get the highest price and close out at a big profit." "It's a dream!" spoke Jerry, musing ly "but it looks tangible. I'm willing. Go ahead with the scheme." Three weeks later Roland Dalton left his remote solitude, which no gos sip or newspaper had invaded. On the train bound for the city he sat spellbound, as his eye scanned the commercial column of the first news paper he had seen for nearly a month. It was the graphic story of the broomcorn corner in Chicago. It told of the wonderful coup that had given Dalton & Co. practical control of the market and a profit of a quarter of a million dollars! Dalton burst into the office two days later. It wore an air of briBkness and prosperity. Jerry beamed upon him, Marcla stood flushing, eager, trembling like a child who had as sumed a daring initiative and won dered If the result would be punish ment or appreciation. "What have you two been doing here?" challenged Dalton, and then Jerry told, and Dalton added, "Come Into my private ofllce until I discipline you." Out of It Jerry came a few minutes later. His eyes were aglow. He held in his hand a little strip of paper. It was a check for more money than ho had ever thought of possessing. He nodded to Marcla, who took her way to the "Inquisitorial room." Roland Dalton poured forth his surg ing soul to the loyal girl who had saved the house on the point of col lapse. Dalton & Co. were to take In two new partners horsolf and Jerry. She was to send to her widqwed mother In a distant country town sufficient to make her comfortable for life. Further: "I say, they're in there a long time!" murmured Jerry Watson, and then, as the door finally opened and Marcla and Dalton came forth hand in hand, the chuckling old fellow understood that love as well as Bucess had come to the house of Dalton & Co. Why "Pin Money." For a long time after pins wore in vented in the fourteenth century they wore used only by tho wealthy. It cost so much to manufacture them that the poor nnd oven the middle classes could not afford them. Each pin was made by filing one end of a wire of the proper length to a point, and then twisting a piece of finer wire about the other end. The complete process is snld to have involved about thirteen different operations, requir ing as many different persons. In 1797 Timothy Harris of England succeeded in mnklng the first Bolld-headed pin. In 1824 an American named Wright made a great improvement over Har ris' method, and in 1S31 John I. Howe of New York city Invented a machine for making pins as we now have thorn. At one period, when pins were ex pensive luxuries, it was customary td give a young lady a certain amount on her marriage for "pin mouoy." Tho cuBtom disappeared long ago, but the term "pin money" remains. Snowihedi a Necessity. Travelers passing through the Sierra Nevadaa during the winter are famil iar with the peculiar sights that follow a heavy snowfall not accompanied with wind, for they have seen build ings completely burled from view, the only indication of their presence be ing a mound of snow shaped like the roof. They have seen small buildings with biiow perhaps ten feet deep on the roof, and posts with such a big white cap that they looked like giant mushrooms. At numerous points snow twenty five feet deep on the level is not un common, and a one-story building, burled to the eaves, is a frequent Bight. This peculiar condition In the Siorras was the cause for building the snowshedfl, which extend 82 miles along the railway tracks between Blue canyon and the Truckoe. Without these Bheds the railroad could not be operated, but their coBt is enormous. Unexpected Cigar Smoker. James Payn tolls in that Harriet Martlncau smoked cigars! She was told it was good for deafness and tried It. He supplied hor with a mild brand, and says he smoked with her often. Yet she would be the last guess, the most unlikely puffor of the weed In tho whole category of famous women! One would almost as soon think of Hannah More or Susannah Wesley having an after-dlnnor clgft rette! Horse Not Really Intelligent. Horses are generally given credit for a great deal more Intelligence than they actually possess. Scientific tests show that In wisdom Biich as human beings display, horses are hopelessly outclassed by dogs, monkeys, and even by cats. Tho horse can bo taught to do certain things Just because he Is too stupid to have ideas of his own. Like many human prize pupils, ho cat) learn but cannot think. Screw Propeller Old Device. That a patent for a screw-propelled steam vessel had been Issued as far bark as 1S03 recently was discovered in the French patent office. TWO i-UTONflC APuTAL bu-A. A.. ....... .--i.X THE SCHWPvRZENBERGPLATZ, VIENNA, w HEN Petrograd was a swamp and Berlin was a straggling procession of huts in the midst of a hopelessly mel ancholy sand waste, Vienna was an age-old defensive outwork of western civilization. Vienna was a vil lage before the Christian era, an out post of Roman civilization, and within Its walls one of the noblest of the Ro man emperors died Marcus Aurelius, In the year 180, and the password which he gave from his deathbed was "Aequanlmltas." When Europe, re adjusted to renewed efforts of civiliza tion after an infusion of Germanic blood, Btarted again with freshened strength upon its destiny, Vienna be came the guaranty of its security to ward the East, says the National Ge ographic Society. ' Vienna has its charms of age, of beautiful situation and of a delightful folk-character. It lies some two miles distant from the "Blue Danube," upon the river Wlen, which gives the city its name. It is builded in two con centric circles; within, the old town, with its publlo buildings and private residences, still the aristocratic heart of the empire; and without, the resi dential and manufacturing suburbs. Where the old fortifications once stood now runs one of the most Impressive boulevards to be found the world around the Rlngstrasse. Splendor of the Rlngstrasse. In massive lengths, there stretches around this street such an array of structures as have probably never been equaled upon a single thorough fare before. There are vistas of un surpassed architectural splendor along this domarcation of old and new Vi enna, and the solid stone and maBonry piles are brought into a friendly re lief by the broad avenue, handsome 1 fc J 1 r r viVi Hkfe 'car v 1 38T 3 BiRD's-CrtViEW or Berlin parks and large, airy squares. A city with Buch avenues as the Rlngstrasse n ust perforce react upon Its people, accuBtomed to dally associations with its chaste beauty, to inspire In them the elegance which Is its own. Among the war capitals of Europe, Vienna, Franz Josefs Kalserstndt, the home of pleasure and of the most sor rowing of emperors; product of the East nnd the West, with the one lis some and dreamy, with the other hope ful nnd sentimental; gray-wise, gra cious, light-hearted, brilliant Vienna according to the wondering reports of the correspondents is the least in clined to break with gaycty, to sink What Scandal Is. Of Bcamlal, tho New Repubtio writes: "There are tow of us who do not enjoy this sense of really know ing w lint's what, it extends our ex perience, and gives us a vicarious im portance. It wo cannot live great passions, we can at least read abejut Mme Du Harry's boudoir; if we can not bo sinurt, wo can at least feel that we have an insider's knowledge of the smart ri Tho moral earnest ness and deep attention which people will devote to discussing other peo ple's domestic alTiilra suggests that gossip is perhaps a genuine prlml tlvo art In which there is Interest through pity and fear and prido and Joy. One woman leaves her husbaud; a hundred women chatter about It, and their passiounte interest might make a cyulc wonder whether they are not living through all the emo tions of a great adventure without the risk of moving away from their own steam radiators. Gossip Is ex perience without responsibility. Id Is a means of taking part In inter esting or Important events without any of the risk that comes of being 8 E into the heavy lethargy and depression of the stern business of war. The Vi ennese have spent centuries In prac ticing under all conditions the arts of happiness. They have learned to mock at overearnestness, at fearfulness, at the serious courting of dreariness in the guise of duty. Friendliness, sentiment, beauty, grace and music on every hand con spire to make Vienna the "Lotus-flower City" of the earth. "There is only one imperial city," the Viennese say, "and that city is Vienna." Enjoyment Under Protection. In this city there is pleasure on every hand, and all ill chance is elimi nated by the government. A man may not be robbed by cab drivers, hotels, shopkeepers,-or by his servants. He may not walk over railway tracks, and it is illegal for him to block the path of street traffic to his and its detri ment; in other words, he is without the law when successfully exposing himself to the dangers of vehicular collision. A jealous system of laws and of police regulations are met at every turn for his protection. Berlin has a Luna park, brought to the capital on the Spree by an Ameri can. The same lavish use of bright paints and brighter lights are found in it that characterize our original Luna parks, but the shoot-the-chutes, the scenic railways and so on have been modified by the police until not even a thrill remains, much less an element of danger. Unter den Linden (Under the Lin dens) 1b the heart of Berlin. It is one of the most Impressive avenues in the world; and, only about five-eighths of a mile In length, it is one of the very widest streets to be found in any city (198 feet), and on Its sides are massed two double lines of massive architecture. It is a thoroughly cos mopolitan street, upon which every tongue is Bpoken and where each hu man variation may bo Been. Berlin lies upon the languid little Spee, a dull stream in tho midst of a flat, melancholy sand waste. Though very new in both its imperial and metropolitan dignities, the city is yet a place of wonderful libraries, museums, art collections and statuary, Its streets, squares, granite buildings and parks are filled with some of the sculptor's and modeler's noblest work. For the most part, these plastic works breathe martial spirit. an actor in them. Gossip, In short, Is the pleasure of the spectator at the business of llfo." New Glass Cutter. To facilitate the cutting of glass in any desired shape a device has been patented which consists of a base on one side of which Is a metal groove that holds a sliding portion to which is attached a straightedge. The straightedge can be adjusted to any angle by loosening the set screw. The sliding member is made in the shape of a protractor nnd graduated accordingly. On the straightedge slides a n.;nber holding a piece of marking chalk. In use, the straight edge is set at right angles and Its sliding member Is moved to the de sired width. By sliding the straight edge at right angles a chalkline is drawn on the glass. Kindly Suggestion. The agricultural department Issues a bulletin to the effect that "cucum ber diseases require attention." They sure do. Has the department tried Jamaica ginger? iMOST SILENT CLUB IN WORLD It Is Located In London, England, and Called the National Deaf Club. London boasts possession of the most silent club In the world. It Is called the National Deaf club, and the moving spirit and president is A. J. Wilson, who, despite the handicap of being deaf and dumb, conducts a most successful business in the city. Of course, the National Deaf club is a unique institution. There are no talk ative waiters, no electric bells, no large print notices calling upon mem bers to be silent in this or that room. Nearly two hundred members use the premises, In which they can dine and wine or play cards and billiards whenever they like. Women are ad mitted and at present form about a third of the roll. Bells being unnec essary, signs are resorted to. Thus when one presses the bell of the hall door a red light appears over the door way and brings the attendant at once. A similar arrangement notifies the waiter when his services are required ThoBe fortunate persons who can speak and hear and who have been privileged to watch a game of billiards declare It is more than a relief to see a contest where neither party voices his grievances aa he goes along. There are no criticisms of the table, the balls or the cue. Everything is peaceful and quiet. There are some remarkable men belonging to the Na tional Deaf club. One, for example, 1b head of an important railway firm in Syria and has under his control hundreds of men of all nationalities. Another member has traveled over the world a record number of times, always unaccompanied, and though he has been in many uncivilized lands has always been able to look after him self. Then there are members who earn their own living in various pro fessions. One actually teaches music; another Is a nurse. There Is an annu al banquet for deaf and dumb per sons, which is usually presided over by Bome eminent mute. Chicago Tribune. Fun In a Museum. The idea of a pink rosette being tied on the 50-foot tall of the diplodocus, a giant creature that roamed the west ern plains a million years ago, is shocking in the extreme to bespec tacled men of fathomless minds, al though others treat the matter as a huge Joke. The affair occurred recently in the Carnegie institute at Pittsburg. At the time there were few people in the mu seum of the Institute, and the guard had Btrolled afield. A party of young women went through. They whispered and giggled of wagers. They looked down and looked back, and no one was In sight. Then one young creature slid a large pink rosette from beneath her motor coat. In a jiffy she tied it on the tall of the big diplodocus. Then they all Bllpped away, their hearts beating fast. Discovery shocked the attendants and now every moment some guard in the museum twists his head around suddenly and looks suspiciously at the tall of the diplodocus. In his fancy he sees the same pink rosette that caused all the trouble. Triumph of a "Masher." A young man played a mean trick on four modest young women in the theater of a small town In York state recently, records Bide Dudley in the Morning Telegraph. The girls knew the youth, but had snubbed him at the door of the playhouse by refusing to speak to him.- He decided to "get even." The girls occupied the first four seats in the sixth row and the young man had the fifth seat. They paid no attention to htm whatever. During the early part of the program a mono logist came out on the stage and be gan to taJk about love. It was then that the snubbed young man got his chance to square accounts with the girls. Suddenly the monologist asked. "Will all the girls who are in love please stand up?" Tu.'ning to the girl next to him the young man said: "Please let me out." Naturally, the whole four had to rise to let him go by. When they were once on their feet the young man set tled back in his seat and grinned. The rest of the audience roared in glee. 1,250-Foot Ships In 1930. At the first International congress of maritime navigation in Philadelphia it was predicted that in I960 the -twenty largest boats on the Atlsntlo will have an average length of 1,100 feet, with a beam of more than 100 feet, and a draught of nearly forty feet. A forecast, however, made several years ago for 1923 materialized last year, and It may well be that this fore cast for 1950 will find Itself an actual ity fifteen or twenty years sooner than the timo prophesied. Work being done to better docking facilities all over the world gives a slight Indication of what may be ex pected. The plans for the new locks of Tilbury dock provide for ships of a length of 1,250 feet, a width of 130 feet and a draught of 39 feet. The Suez canal is to be deepened to 39 feel by 1915. Disfigurement Explained. One day an Eldorado man met up with a citiien who evidently had had (.rouble. His lip was spilt open and wo of his front teeth were miBSlng. His left eye was entirely closed and his right orb of vision was surrounded by a deep border of blue-black color. "Been fooling around a mule?" cheerfully asked the Eldorado man. "Nope," gloomiugly replied the man with the split Up. "I saw a man yes terday and we got to talkln' about Kan sas and other states. He snld to me that Kansas is no good; that any man is a fool who will live In this state." The Eldorado man flared up at once. "The man Is a liar." "Yes," said the disfigured man sadly, "that's what 1 told him." Kansas City Star. Superfluous Advice. "Terhaps you drink too much cof fee?" suggested the doctor. "I should advise you to try a substitute." "Sir. your advise Is superfluous," .-cpUed patient "I have lived In boarding-houses tor twenty five years." QBBESr Qww imwe Worn i " MAMMOTH CAVE, the largest of all known caverns of the world, is situated in Edmon son county, Kentucky, about eighty-five miles by railway southwest of Louisville and not far from Green river, into which the cave's subterranean waters empty. This sec tion of Kentucky, where may be found limestone beds frequently reaching a thickness of 500 feet, is noted for its rocky grottoes, sink holes and caverns. The rocks in the vicinity of Mammoth cave give evidence of but little dis turbance by the dynamic forces of past ages. It Is such areas of limestone deposits, showing comparatively level strata and located Bomowhat above a drainage level, with small crevices or joints, that furnish the conditions for the formation of underground passage ways and enlarged chambers by the chemical agency of underground wa ters, says the Spanish edition of the Bulletin of the Pan-American Union. From a geological viewpoint the Mammoth cave is of comparatively re cent origin, its formation having be gun something less than 1,000,000 years ago, in the Pliocene age. The cave action began after Green river had cut its channel down into the lime stone stratum which underlies this section. The rain water, with its car bonic acid content, Beeped through the overlying earth and passing into and through the crevices and Joints of the stone, at that time above the level of the river, began the work of solution and erosion. These underground wa ters naturally gathered along the planes of least resistance, and by the process of solution and subsequent erosion gradually formed what are now the passageways and chambers of the upper levels of the cave. As the crevices grew in size more and "Violut City') more of the surface water drained into them through the sink holes, and as Green river cut its bed deeper into the limestone underlay the cave waters kept pace with the process until what had once been mere subterranean rills grew into that remarkable under ground stream which is responsible for the immensity of the cave's devel opment, Echo river. This stream now flows through the lowest levels of the cave, no less than 195 feet below the highest level, and empties into Green river. Entrance Is Picturesque. The cave is reached by means of a branch railway from a small station on the Louisville & Nashville railroad called Glasgow Junction, about ninety miles south of Louisville. This spur of the railroad was built to accommo date the thousands of tourists who visit this natural wonder during all seasons of the year. Eight and a half miles from the junction the railway stops close to a picturesque old hotel, portions of which were built early In the nineteenth century. The hotel is located on a bluff di rectly over the main portion of the cave, the entrance to which is reached by means of a pathway leading down into a wild and rocky ravine In a pri meval forest. At tho foot of the bluff, in the midst of a picturesque tangle of tulip, maple and butternut trees, in a setting of grapevines, fringing ferns and green mosses, is this entrance formed by a natural arch having a span of 70 feet. From a frowning ledge above leaps a cascade pf water which disappears among the rocks below without leaving a visible stream, A winding flight of 70 stone Bteps conducts the visitor around the cas- IODINE A FINE ANTISEPTIC Cleveland Writer Tells of Excellent Results Which Followed Its Appli cation in His Case. A striking illustration ot the efficacy of iodine as an antiseptic was had by the editor of this page the other day. A pointed knife which he had used for all sorts of dirty work, such aa clean ing out pipes and scraping blots off paper, ran into the fleshy part of the palm of his hand at the base of the thumb. Its point went in almost half an inch. A deep, punctured wound made by a dirty knife is about as dan gerous a lesion as it is possible to have. Sucking the wound, he went to a druggist and asked him to touch It with some Iodine. Holding the punc ture open, the druggist let a drop of tincture of Iodine fall from a cork into the wound. It dried in a minute and he paid no further attention to it, put ting no bandage or adhesive plaster over it, and continued usiug his hand as usual. The wound gave him no pain; no cade Into what may be termed the antechamber of the cave. At the end of this is a grated iron doorway which can be opened only by the key of the guide. Wonders of the Cavern. Passing through the iron doorway, the visitor finds himself in the Rotun da, the first great vaulted room of the cave. The diameter of the entire cav ern area Is about ten miles, while its known and numbered avenues are in excess of 225, and their added length is estimated at over 150 mlleB. The various ramifications of the cave are so extensive that the entire area has been divided into four different routes for the benefit of visitors, through which they are taken by the official guides provided by the management of the hotel and cave, each route having its own attractive features. From the Rotunda the Main Cave, or Grand Gal lery, is entered. This splendid gallery, whose arched ceiling is 80 feet high, must be traversed to reach any other part of the cavern. In It are found many of the remarkable features. Among them may be mentioned the Giant's Coffin, a rock shaped like an enormous sarcophagus, 40 feet long, 20 feet wide and about 8 feet deep, which has become detached from the wall and ceiling and rests on what ap pear to be its stone trestles. Its weight Is estimated at 2,000 tons, and it rivals In size the celebrated blocks of Baal bec in Syria. By the burning of chemical fires many singular and beautiful effects are produced by the guides in the vari ous rooms and galleries of the cave. One of the beautiful Bights is to be found in the Star Chamber, a hall 70 feet wide, 60 high and 600 long. The lofty ceiling Is coated with black gyp sum, studded with thousands of white ' j flAwm Cave spots caused by tho efflorescence of the sulphate of magnesia. Among the many deep abysses per haps the most interesting is what is called the Bottomless Pit. For many years no one dared to venture to cross this dangerous chasm, but in 1840 a guide throw a long, slender cedar tree across its black depths and discovered a new portion of the cave. Since then a bridge has been constructed over it, and It has been found that the abyss Is really only 105 feet deep. One enlarge ment of the cave is known as Revel lers' Hall, and here tables and benches are provided and visitors may enjoy a banquet down In the dark depths in a magnificent banquet hall large enough to seat a thousand people. Among the many marvels of the cave perhaps none is more beautiful than the magnificent passageway known as Cleveland's avenue, extending a dis tance of nearly two miles, spanned by an arch of 50 feet and having an aver age central height of about ten feet. From end to end this avenue is en crusted with the most beautiful forma tions of a thousand varied shapes. The baBe of the whole Is sulphate lime, some parts of dazzling whitenesB and perfectly smooth and in other places crystallized Into forms of beautiful flowers, leaves and wreaths. In the flickering light of the torches the walls and celling seem to be covered with diamond roses, camellas, chrysanthe mums and all the delicate floral beau ties of a botanist's paradise. One of the great chambers is knows as the Temple, having an area of about five acres covered by a single dome of solid rock 120 feet high; another, known as Lucy's dome. Is over 300 feet high and 60 feet in diameter. sign of Inflammation appeared, and 48 hours later it had healed, there be ing only a small, healthy scab to mark the place of entrance of the knife. Cleveland Leader. Spareribi. In the domestic department of a newspaper we find a recipe for stuffed spareribs. We didn't read it. Any body who thinks he can improve spareribs by stuffing them is mentally deranged. Spareribs are perfect in their own right. The idea of putting anything In them to Improve their taste is on a level with painting the lily. In every really great food there is a far-away, indefinite taste, as dreamful and divine as the nectar of heaven that the soul sips at. The sparerib has it, and the man or wom an who monkeys with that ineffable savor should bo Bentenced to a diet of hash. A sparerib is In a class by itself, and is endowed by nature with a delight of Its own. It cannot be im proved. It was created perfect. It la sacrilege to doubt its excellence or to question its pre-eminence. Ohio Stat Journal.