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ciation With executives, was not i»>
vitad to meet thp requirements e f
this particular executive’s vocative
and avocative correspondence.
Here is a fearful example o f the
consequences o f too much efficiency
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at everything to be fomiti in
;he beat in townif You ere always welcome.
L Y N N .B . F E R G U S O N
,ron Cream wf Italy»
Napoleon in 1605 was crowned
king o f Italy at Milan, and with
his own hands placed the ancient
iron crown of Lombardy on hi«
head. J b is moat famous crown a t
Europe is so called from a ear»
row band o f iron, miraculously pro»
-nerved from rust, attached to the
in per circumference of the circlet
It is composed o f jewels and em-
boeaed gold, iha- workmanship of
which bears at range resemblance to
that on the enameled gold ornament
belonging to King Alfred which
was found in Somerset and is now
preserved in the Ashmoleau mu
seum at Oxford.— Westminster Ga
zette.
in brutally
o f his vote for the murder of I
X V I. “ Yea, sire,*’ Fonche in
tnrbably replied, “ that was the
service which I had the happi
of the molecules o f the exploding of rendering to your majesty,
substance. It is as though all the another occasion, “ Duke o f O
bricks in a great building were in a
fraction o f a second to he scattered
about the city.
When moistened sufficiently with
water guncotton is not affected ei
ther by fire or Wows. In this state
it can be compressed, mashed to a ’
A Dutch meal ia always reminis
pulp or worked into various shapes cent of a game o f cards, for the
without danger. Only the explo- mother deem out all around the t^-
«on of a piece o f the dry material ble, and when that first hand is
or priming with fulminate o f mer played out she deals afresh, and so
cury can make wet guncotton deto on until the dish ia empty. There
nate. On this account wet guncot is no promiscuous serving, as with
ton has been made use of in blast- os, and the quick feeder (if such a
person could must Jn leisurely H ol
I i uncotton is a mixture o f various land) reape no advantage. If meals
nitrates formed when clean dry cot a n to be likened to games o f cards
ton is treated with strong nitric our mdfele in Dutch eyes must look
acid (and, for moot purposes, with like games of “grab.” — London
sulphuric acid also). If Hie product
has a low ^degree of nitration—that
is to say, if little nitric add be used
Robert, the four-year-old sen o f a
in thé making—it may be partially
scientific man, had lived in the
country most o f his short life. One
o f ether and alcohol: B ’ fbrma a day a. caller, wishing to make
colloidal aolutioff, and the resulting friends with the little fellow, took
jelly is fMrtaeulariy well fitted to him on kis knee and asked, “ Are
use in s gun on account o f tha sav there any fairies in yrfur woods
here, Robert?”
ing of space.— New York World.
“ No,” replied Robert promptly,
“ but there are. plenty of edible
The late Robert CrO gden, mer- fungi.” — Youth’s Companion.
tant, philanthropist and million-
re, whose life was notably suc-
ssful from every point of view,
left behind him in writing this sat
o f good and tried rules:
Do not mistake a prejudice for u
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principle.
Be energetic, wide awake, push
ing, but he patient.
* Use the book of Proverb« as a
guide in business.
H onor womanhood.
Believe in yourself, then other
people will believe in you.
A vigorous, healthy man has real-
ly only one right in the world, only
as before. As long as the sun shines one thing to demand, and that ia a
frequently enough and the machin chance to work.— Boston Globe.
ery does not wear out the clock will
The M d Major. |
keep in motion.— Pearson’s Weekly
s- It. was-the custom 100 yean agp j
to purchase British army commie-,
There are some points which are sions for newly born babies, th eir!
iuabls in hones o f every deecrip- rank progressing as opportunity oc
>n. The head should be pro- curred. One of the#« fortunate in-1
•rtionatelv large and well set on. fasts was the eon o f Sir William
ke lower jawbone« should be suf- Hcmayman. One day a caller heard
tiqntly far apart to enable the Lady Honeyman shout from her
bedroom .d oor: “ Jeon, what’s the
matter ? What’s all that crying in
tha nursery ?” And Jean answered:
“ Oh, my ledy, there’s naething the
matter! It’s only the major (still
an infant) crying for his parritch.’
—London Tatler.
t
quarters of mach of tha public bnsfrssa
of the Ulti« Iowa until 1658. when, ta
supply tha need* of a regular munici
pal bonding, the tarara was purchased
position of rat «-Steher to the king of
England. A warrant laaostf In 1673 by
tha amatar of tha oniaaaca stated that
-Whan«» Elisabeth Wtckley Is sas»
ployed In kflltng of Rattan and other
Vermin», to and about Hla Ma tas
storaa anq House* In jre. Tower of Lon-
The prune in its* fresh state is a
beautiful
bluish plum, either lus
Mfkan Dry the Kxplanva May
Bum-
ciously sweet or tartly sweet, ac
•din th* Hand Wlthaat Harm.
If tome one should place a wad cording to the variety. The very
of guncotton on the palm of your
hand and threaten to touch it off
with a lighted match you .would be
frightened. Yet you need not be,
for, although guncotton is one of
the most powerful of ordinary ex production ia confined to the varie
ties above darned. California ia the
plosives, it would not hurt you.
When dry guncotton is exposed home o f the prune ip America, al-
to the air it does not explods when though large quantities are now
produced in Oregon and Washing
ignited, but burns with great rapid-,
ity. So rapidly does the burning ton. But it ia the climate o f OaU-
fornia, with its dry, rainless sum
take place that if a loose wad o f
mers, warm days and cool nights,
ef Mahfa n y .
Whan Tima Didn't Fly.
.little Helen during the three
yean of her life had never been sep
arated from her elder sister night
or day for more than a few minutes
at a time, but at last the time came
whan the sister went away for a
In the year 1597 one o f Sir Wal-1
ter Raleigh’s ships in an expedition
•gainst the Asores put in st Trini
dad for repairs. The workmen used
the first wood .¿hat came to hand,
sad it happened to be the now fa
mous mahogany. By this accident
it was first introduced into Eng
land, where it Was much admired,
but it did not become an article of
omaaerce until a century later.
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He— 1 love youT
She— But I haven’t s eentfn the
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woriu.
He— Excuse me, you didn’t allow
me to finish. I love you not—
She— So! I only wanted to try
vou. T have a fortune o f $50.000.
He — Ye*, bnt yon interrupted
me again. I love von not for your !
money’s sske.
She— Well, Fm so g|*d. for that
was only a joke about the $50,000«—
Boston Transcript.
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Right Honorable Secretary o f I
Stated—You have long been a lead
ing supporter o f mine, Colonel Buf
fer, ana I shall be glad to do what
I can for your son, but— er— what
can ha do?
■Fond Parent— My dear sir, if ha
(Harid do anything I should not
think o f troubling you I— Passing
Show.
Doring tha hwt srhool yaar a teaebsr
to tha Iqffianapolla schools asked bar
pupils to ten bar which was Stoat Im
portant. to hasp tha fare or tha troth
clean and why. -.One of her small boys
raplkd without a moment*« hesitation:
-Tour teeth. ’«■•»• they’ll rot tgf. and
your fa n w on t"—ladtanapoll« News.
Ships can be recognised when
they are thirty miles out st set if
aearrhlightf are directed upon
them, the silhouette of the ship
whiob is thrown up by this light
being sufficient guide for navsl ex
perts, who by the mère outline of
the vessel can toll her name.— Loo»
don Telegraph.
o f New T o « , the ancient idea that
the hair upon a freshly shaven face
will grew after death ia a fallacy,
because death is the cessation of all
growth.
For tha same reason no one’s hair
ever turned white In a single night,
tor in a dosen, for hair turns white
hrough the stoppage of the supply
o f coloring matter.
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Mrs. T ouch ley— I hated to do.lt,
'mt I had to taka some money out
° f my huthend’s pockets while he
was asleep last night to pey for his
hiftbday present. •
Mrs.Chargelv— M ercy! (wouldn’ t
dart do such a thing! I used the
market money and then had things
rhaiged to him.— Kansas City Star.
Largest Manufacturing Plant
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