OVERREACHED HIMSELF.
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In one way Napoleon possessed a de­
fect similar to that o f Frederick tbe
Great. lie provided no adequate stuff
to relieve himself of details.
It Is likely that his Intense desire to
stand alone. In order to receive all the
credit for what was done was the se­
cret of his action.
Although undoubtedly the greatest
military genius that ever lived, he
overreached himself. This Is shown
In a single enterprise like tbe Russian
campaign, but It Is shown In the Ufe
as a whole. He could probably have
accomplished tbe anomaly, with tbe
mercurial French, of founding a per­
sonal dynasty upon the Freuch revolu­
tion which beheaded royalty and an­
nounced the rights of man, but when
he attempted to remake the map of
Europe he reckoned beyond his power.
lie realized that the armies of the re­
public bad been animated by a passion
for liberty, equality and fraternity, but
he could not understand that bis ag-
| gressions upon other countries deprlv-
| ed his armies of this moral force and
Implanted It In bis enemies and that
no skill In strategy and tactics could
long withstand It He would not per
mit a group of great administrators
and military lenders to share his bon-
| ors and form around him a cabinet
which might have protected him
against himself. And so he plunged
forwurd, unadvised and talking of bis
star and destiny to his Waterloo. -
Edward D. Jones In Engineering Mag­
azine.
BOILING WATER.
Under
Certain Conditions It's
R ig h t For a Nice Bath.
Just
Water Is a fluid simply because Its
particles, which may be compared to
an aggregation o f Infinitesimal pearls,
are kept separated by latent heat
Outside heat applied to a vessel con­
taining water cutises the latent and
applied heat both to act on the air con­
tained In the water. Under such con­
ditions pure water at sea level will
boll at a temperature of 212 degrees F.
If the barometer pressure be thirty
Inches.
If. however, the vessel containing
this same water be carried to the top
of a high mountain or put under the
exhausted receiver of an air pump It
will boll before It reaches the tempera­
ture of 212. because the atmosphere
has been taken away so as to allow
tjie air contained In the water to es
cape before It becomes sutUclently
heated to Impart that quality to the
loose particles of water surrounding It.
At a heigh' of 18,000 feet on the sides
of the Himalaya mountains water boils
at a temperature of 180 degrees and
under the exhausted receiver of tbe
air pump at only 72 degrees.
This proves that ladling water Is not
ahvnys equally hot It also tells ns
why It Is next to Impossible to cook
meat, vegetables, etc.. In high altitudes
by the boiling process.—London Satur­
day Review.
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There Is a very common feeling that
there is n certain element of chance In
the purchase of a razor. It Is some­
times expressed that “ whntevei price
you pay you try your luck." Occa­
sionally one hears of a remarkable ra­
zor which holds Its edge ns If by magic,
giving pleasure to its owner every day
for half a lifetime, so that he would
not pnrt with It for guineas. So long
as It is possible for one razor to be se­
lected us a particularly good one It Is
evident that the hardening as carried
out fails to Impart the maximum effi­
ciency to the majority. The author
believes thrt It is possible to harden
every razor In a gross so that each one
shall be truly a duplicate of tbe best
Whether it would pay to do so Is a
question which Is outside his province
—Shipley N. Bruyshaw In Engineering
Magazine.
The Gobi Desert.
The great desert of Gobi which Is
partly In China, partly In Manchuria,
partly In Mougolln and partly In Sibe­
ria. Is traversed by the oldest transpor­
tation lines In existence. It has a cure
van route over which tea and silk laden
camels have traveled toward Europe
for 3,000 years, and yet from the time
when Kubl.il Khan macadamized the
road until the time when the Russian
railroad paralyzed It by the competition
of steam no one of the merchants who
traveled over It turned either to the
right or to the left to tell Europe and
the Occident of the wonders or the ter­
rors of that unknown land.
Hard to Please.
Mr. Snaggs was accosted on the
street the other day by a beggar who
was covered with a very remarkable
mass of patched and ragged garments
and who said:
“ Mister, haven’t you some old clothes
you could give n fellow?"
Rnnggs surveyed the beggar from
bead to foot and then asked:
“ Are not the clothes you have on
old enough for you?”
A Little Short of Funds.
CLEANLINESS
Is an important factor
in a Grocery Business
of the first class. We
make a point of abso­
lute cleanliness in the
store and in the stock
TRY VIM FLOUR
>1 D rane's S to re
Mr. Tyte I’ hlst—More money? What
have you diflie with that dollar 1 gave
you last week?
Mrs. Tyte-I’ hlst—
That’s In the savings bank, but J can’t
draw the Interest on It till next Jan
unry
1 want another dollar to nin
the house on In the meantime.—Chica­
go Tribune.
AM Settled.
Severe Father— Katherine, what la
the meaning of the diamond ring on
your finger?
Willful Daughter—It
mean** pupa, that Jack has something
to
yon that It will do no good to
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B o sto n Transcript.
POLK’S'
OREGON and
THE STREETS OF NAPLES.
A MOONSHINE
LEGISLATOR
B y M
The ancient city of Naples has al­
ways been more celebrated for Its
beauty and Interest of Its surroumllugs
tbau for Its owu attractiveness or
acenlc advantages.
Tile charm of Naplea Itself lies In Its
life—the careless, open air life of Its
l>eople, with umch of It passed al­
most wholly out of doors under the
Bare of the passerby. The Neapolitan
Is the most buoynnt, light hearted
creature In the world aud. It must be
added, about tbe most Indolent. Tbe
streets are bright and moving pictures.
Many of the people, men. women and
children-when these latter are not In­
nocent of any clothing—are garbed In
strange and somewhat gaudy costume,
with bright colored kerchiefs on their
beads.
In the poorer nnd more populous
quarters all handicrafts nnd occupa­
tions are carried on out of doors, and
the streets are as busy as beehives.
Tailors are seen at tbelr work, and
carvers of lava, tortoise shell and coral
articles, makers of statuary, women
sewing, cooking nnd performing all
their domestic duties, men. women and
children eating, sleeping, chattering,
playing, singing, all In tbe open. There
Is no cessation to the uolse and bustle
In the streets from early morning,
when the tinkle of goat bells starts
tbe day, until the evening, when count­
less mandolin players, wauderlug from
house to house, from trattoria to cafe,
“ singing for tbelr supper" o f macaroni
and red wine tbe famous old love
songs of Naples and popular operatic
airs.
All day long the rattle of wheels, the
cracking of whips, the furious shout­
ing of drivers, the Jingle of the elabo­
rately decorated harness, the crleB of
Innumerable street hawkers, the play­
ing of military bands as regiments
march through the streets, fill tbe air
with a not unpleasant and thoroughly
Neapolitan din.—American Travelers'
Magazine.
QUAD
C o p y righ t, 1912, by A sso cia ted L i t ­
era ry Press.
“ It was ten or twelve years ago when
our member of the leglslaehur turned
agin moonshine whisky.
“That meant that somebody else
must be elected in his place, and what
did the pesky people around yere do
but cum to me anil want me to stand.
They cum to my cabin a dozen at a
time, and they shook hands and called
me an honest man and all that, and the
mo* 1 hung back tbe mo’ they wanted
me to run. When they got me Into a
tight co'ner I says:
“ ‘1 can’t skassly read, and I can’t
skassly write, and yo’ all know that
l can’t get up before that leglslaehur
and speak ten words, aud what good
could I do down to Nashville?’
‘ “They purtended to give in at that,
but what did the critters do but pul
me up to be voted fer when the time
cum. and the fust thing 1 knowed 1
was ’lected by 400 majority. When 1
heard the news I told It to the old wo-
mau aud suld:
“ ‘ Waal, what am I gwine to do about
it? I’ve either got to hunt fer a cave
and hole myself up or go to Nashville.’
“ ‘ Yo’U go to Nashville,’ she says.
“ ‘And what’ll yo’ do2’
“ ‘I ’ll go with yo’.”
“ Waal, we started off one day and
got aboard of the railroad kyara. 1
was a little narvous, aud the (»Id wo
man braced her feet and hung on with
her hands, but we got along without
any calamity. In about an hour, when
she dared to open her eyes and draw
her breath, she say’s to me:
“ *Zeb, how many houses have yo’
seen since we left home?’
“ ’More’ii a hundred.’ says I.
“ ‘And how many people?’
“ ‘ More’n a thousand.’
“ ‘Shoo! Then we must hev got clear
around the world and back borne
ag’in!’
“ When we got down to Nashville
thar was so many people and so many
houses and such a movin’ around that
1 got the old woman behind me and
prepared to fight to the death, but not
a critter laid hands on us. Some of
’em laughed at my cowhide boots, and
some of ’em grinned at the old wo­
man’s poke bonnet, but everything was
good naHired. We went to a tavern to
git board, and when the old woman
sees the carpets on the floors, the stuft
cheers standin’ around and the lookin'
glasses as big as a tablecloth she turns
pale and puts her arms uround me and
■ay«:
“ ‘Zeb, I kin see now why thar ar'
so many sinners in this world. I f a
critter kin hev all these things, he
don’t keer a pesky drat about gwine
to heaven. I ’m afenred we’ll be bud
’nuflf to steal hawgs in a week.’
“ At the end of three days the legis-
lachur opened, and I had to go up to
the statehouse. Lordy, stranger, but
.’d rather tackled three old b’ars at
once! I had goose flesh as I struck
that crowd, aud the old woman wasn’t
around to iucourage me. I went into
the statehouse with the crowd, and
I ’d jist found a seat when a feller
comes around and says:
“ ‘Excuse me, but ain’t that a rifle
yo’ve got thar?’
“ ‘She be,’ says I. ‘It’s a rifle which
has killed mo’ b’ars and wildcats than
yo’ could count in an hour, and sli^s
still ready fer the next varmint.’
“ ‘But yo’ can’t bring no deadly weep-
ln’ ¿ere,' he goes on. ‘This ain’ t no
jumpin' match nor boss race, but the
leglslaehur of Tennessee.’
“ I told him I knowed whar I was,
but that 1 should keep tight holt of
that rifle till 1 knowed I was out of
the woods, and he goes away growlin’
to hisself. Mebbe it was half an hour
artor that when a feller stands up on
a platform and looks at me and says:
“ ‘Does the honorable member from
Beaver Cove expect to find auy b’ars
on the flooh of this house?’
“ *1 ain’t sayin’ ns 1 do,’ I answers,
‘but if thar is a riot over moonshine
whisky I might want sunthin’ better
than a club!’
“ Blmeby that same feller stood up
ag’in and says, as slick as yo* please:
“ ‘Mebbe the honorable member from
Beaver Cove would like to be excused
for half on hour while he takes his
gun home.'
“ ‘Do any critter yere want to pick a
fuss with Zeb White?’ says I as 1
stands up.
“ Everybody laughs and claps his
hands, but no one comes nigh me, and
I puts on my cap, shoulders my rifle
and says as 1 walks out:
“ ‘ It’s an onery crowd, and thar ain’t
a man among yo’ who kin pull a rab­
bit out of a holler log!’
“ I went straight to the tavern, and
thar I fouud the old womun shiverin'
and shakin’ fur her life.
“ ‘ What's the matter?’ says I.
“ ‘They’ve put piller cases trimmed
with lace on our bed,’ says she, ‘and
the gorgeoumess of It will bring on
heart disease! Zeb. fur the Lawd’s
sake, let’s go hack home!’
“ ‘But I’m here to watch moonshine,’
says 1.
“ 'Never mind moonshine nur nothin’
else on the face of this alrth, but let’s
be a-gittln’. This world ain’t fur us.
Zeb. We is like two lost children wan­
derin' through the woods and expectin'
to be eat up any intuit, and I ’m so
skeart and flustrated that I shan’t live
two days longer! Zeb, i f yo’ love me.
come home."
" ‘I’ ll do It, saj's I. And she got on
her poke, packed our carpetbag, and
we was out of the town of Nashville
befo' sundown, never to go back.”
Oriental courtesy takes up a great
deal of time and on that account is not
always appreciated In western lands,
as is shown in the following extract
from Yoshio Mar kino’s book on Eng­
lishwoman, “ Miss John Bull,’’ in which
he says:
“ I used to live in Greenwich, and
thence I attended to the Japanese un-
val oflice in the morning, then to the
night school of the Goldsmith Insti­
tute. It was nearly 11 o’clock every
night when I arrived at my diggings.
I was deadly tired. The landlord ask­
ed me every evening:
“ ‘How were you getting on with
your work today?’
“ 1 always answered him every small
detail of my work at the oilice and the
school. One day I said to my land­
lady :
“ ‘ Why is your husband giving me
such a troublesome question?
You
see, I often feel too tired to answer.’
“ She patted me and said:
“ ‘My poor boy, you need not give
him all Information of your work. It
is our custom to say “ How are you
getting on?’’ nnd If you simply say
“ All right” that will be quite enough.’
“'The next evening the old man put
the s:une question to me. A t first
I rather hesitated because I thought
such an abrupt answer might offend
him, but I got courage at last when
I saw his wife giving me some sign In
her eyes. I shouted loudly, ‘All right!’
To my surprise, the old man seemed
more satisfied than to hear the details
“ Since this event I began to Incline
to have more friendship with John
Bullesses than John Bulls!”
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C h illin g Prospect.
It was In Lincolnshire, and tha
guard of the train at the preceding
junction had been attentive to a geu-
tleman whose luggage he noticed was
labeled to an out o f the way little sta­
tion a few miles beyond Ou reaching
the traveler’s destination the guard,
having carefully deposited the gentle­
man’s traps on the platform In ac­
knowledgment o f a generous tip, sol­
emnly grasped the donor’s hand nnd
feelingly shook It. This unusual move
raised the cariosity of the passenger,
who asked the meaning o f 1L The
guard answered significantly:
“ Well, sir, yon never can tell. I have
left several gentlemen such ns yon at
this forsaken hole, but never picked
one up. Goodness only kuows what
becomes of them, 1 doo’t ” —London
Telegraph.
Fix in g the Guilt.
Following Tim, who was following a
pair of horses, the owner of the farm
noticed that the drills Tim had been
running out for potatoes were strange­
ly Irregular.
“ Tim,” be said, "these drills are very
crooked."
"Faith, they are now,” assented Tim.
"but you should have seen them this
luorulii' before th' siid warpe^ them.”
S tu p id .
“ I wish 1 was half as beautiful ns
Miss Brown." remarked tbe fair Edith
to Mr. Green.
“ Well, yon are. yon know.” replied
Green thoughtlessly.
Then be wondered why she suddenly
rose and left him.
SHe C o u ld Spend.
He—1 am a millionaire. Haven’t I
money enough for both of us? S.ie—
Yes. if von are moderate in your tastes.
-N ew York Sun.
Mind Is the partial side of man. The
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