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The Roosevelt's spelling looks like
the English language in short skirts.
As for the game of football, It has
not been reformed enough to hurt
any less than It did formerly.
Mrs. Hetty Green complains that she
Is poor. Still, there are lots who would
feel rich If they were In her class.
President Roosevelt leaves no doubt
of his feeling that the soldier and the
sailor should receive uniform respect
Cleveland is to have a manufactur
ing concern which will employ only
cripples. Here's hoping It may never
go lame.
It seems too much to believe It was
ever preordained that any bright,
healthy young man should be killed
while playing football.
General Fred D. Grant says 00 per
cent of the troubles In the army are
due to bad liquor. Apparently the army
Is Just like the rest of the world.
A New York chorus girl reports to
the police that she has lost a bag of
diamonds. What Pittsburg millionaire
has been away from home recently?
Another American girl would sever
the tie that binds her to a foreign for
tune hunter. Far too often the mar
riage service Is nothing but a bill of
ale.
A Boston waiter died the other day,
leaving an estate valued at a quarter
of a million dollars. Which again
proves that things come to those who
wait
Wojclech Raymnlak and Wladyslava
Kaezkoska were married In Chicago the
other day. Probably neither of them is
bothering much over the question of
polling reform.
Should Noah Webster come back to
earth now and see what Is being done
to his dictionary he would very likely
ask to be directed to the old men's
home for has-beens.
Near Manchester, England, four girls
"have been arrested for making fun of
a spinster's curls. This is proper. Let
It be understood that a spinster's curls
are their own reward.
There is probably nothing In Mr.
Grover Cleveland's book on fishing
that can be used In a political cam
paign, unless perhaps It might bo a
chapter devoted to lying.
three times. A camel or a donkey might
4 tt jaws with that deliberate cal
culatlveness, but a social animal can
not become a mechanical chopping ma
chine even for the sake of a serene di
gestion. Prof. Fisher did not compel t
bis nine students to sit In silence and
chew to the tune of the metronome. He
simply required them to eat what they
most thoroughly could enjoy. If a per
son likes what he Is eating it is no
hardship to have to eat It properly. This
Idea of personal selection Is the most
Important one, so long as the Import- (
ance of mastication Is granted. What Is
true at Yale Is not untrue in Chicago.
The motto of all who eat should hence
forth be : make haste slowly ; choose as
well as chew.
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finds itself, not by atww' Athenit- 0ff8r
self-culture, but by ..... ... -
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Men do not
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J. E. FROOME, prop.
A story which has been handed down
througli many generations tells of a
deal more good If they would quit re-
forming the world. i I Only First-class Ilotel in
Pushers are not always progressors.
Groans do little for growth In grace.
Sun'day clothes do not make a saint
False pleasure grows Into true pain.
Giving will often cure your mlsglv-
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I Cob. Maim and Third, ATHBNA.Or.
wealthy man who determined to make
a practical test of the efficiency of his lnS-
servants. He announced his Intention J Love never suffers through lonell
of being absent from his estate for a ness. j
long time. Before starting he called J Faith determines the empluisis of
some of his helpers and gave them nfe. i
sums of money In varying amount tell- j what you dedlcate God nBe. !
lllg infill iu use lue uiuiiejr uum uio pfatg
return. Then he took a Journey Into a , ' I
foreign country. When he came back! Religion is our relation to the dl-
lie asked an accounting. The results of I
that investigation convinced him that Making the pace unmakes the ,
some of his assistants were shrewd and peace.
saving, while others had no Just appre-! No man has power with others who
elation of the value of money or the is not at peace with himself,
bejst ways to use It The large fortunes j Tne iengtll of youl. llfe you cannot
of the present day have made it al- determine, but its worth vou must,
most l"Petlve that men of wealth, Tfle WQrth of maa flS noth
give their children some training In to the vahie 0f the struggle,
business as a necessary preparation
for the handling of the millions that To sll&nt the rlSuts of the weak ls to
are to be theirs in the days to come. make tnera stronS t0 work -ur
It Is stated that a celebrated million- wrong-
aire, desiring to reduce the cares of' Honey running over the lips may
business aul also wishing to see what hlde Dut the adder's poison under the '
his children would do with the money, tongue.
gave each of them $1,000,000 before his J The helps we build by breaking our
death. No matter what the result word always prove our greatest hlu
mlght be In a given case of this kind drances.
Chancellor Day of the University of
Syracuse says a man who smokes is a
fool. We must remember, however,
that Dr. Day ls of the opinion that peo
ple who do not approve of the Stand
ard Oil Company are criminals.
The German emperor has Invited the
pessimists to get out of his country and
took for more pleasant surroundings.
It Isn't likely, however, that they will
go. About the only pleasure a pessi
mist has ls In staying around and com
plaining where he Isn't wanted.
One of our wise men who has Just
returned from an expedition to the up
per Nile claims to have added 1,000
years to history by showing that the
earliest authentic date was 441 11. C.
If we keep ou going back 1,000 years
at a clip we may yet reach the period
of the origin of our modern jokes.
With one woman suing for divorce in
a Chicago court on the ground that her
husband was too "affectionate" and an
other on the ground that her husband
is too "courteous," It is easy to see that
no one can tell what husband may next
be made a defendant In a divorce suit.
The courts ought to put a stop to some
of this nonsense.
Someone who has found facts on
which to base the opinion thinks that
the amateur dieting to which so many
are given Just now U productive of far
more ills than It can cure. Dieting, no
doubt, rationally and with due regard
for the needs of the body, does In most
cases Improve the health. But for
Smith to change his diet according to
the formula Brown found beuetlclal,
without help or advice from a physi
cian, ls often a means of aggravating
an already existing 111 or of bringing
on fresh ones. One man's diet may be
another man's poison Is as true a word,
perhaps, as has been spoken, and ac
cepting it as truth in this day of Indis
criminate dieting may save many a
good man from going from bad to worse
In his attempts at self-help.
It Is not what you eat so much as
how you eat Mince pie, well mastlcat
ed, Is better than bread bolted. The
secret of table science U "festlua lente.
There la nothing altogether new to be
concluded from the experiment of Prof.
Fisher of Yale. His nine students
learned to subsist ou much less food
and actually doubled their physical en
durance in four months and a half of
slow eating. This Is no discovery, but
It U earnest emphasis of a neglected
truth that what nourishes Is not the
quantity you eat but the quantity you
digest; that only what Is well masti
cated can be well digested. The great
objection to patient mastication ls Its
monotony. Nothing could be duller
than the Gladstone revise chew thlrty-
the idea is a good one. Conspicuous j It s worth whlle to wonder how you
lack of success or marked Inefficiency wouid (eel in eternity without your
of administration thus shown might Sunday clothes.
have the effect of saving many a for-1 r ... , ,
t , . , . , Many satisfy themselves by agreeing
rLiffuH f 'tVT lth conscience, when obedience is
do indicate ability to handle it For hflt
years it has been no uncommon thing
for graduates of famous Eastern col-1 They have 110 difficulty in finding
leges to lay aside frock coats and pat-!God ln trouble who keeP the pata of
eut leathers the day after the receipt prayer Wl1 worn-
of the diploma in order to don the How great would have been the fail-
gnrb of the laborer In mill or factory ure of IIis 11 fe without the apparent
where the father's fortune was made, j failure of Calvary !
Others have turned from the class The rainbow of promise appears
room to take the places at the bottom when the sunshine of His love meets
of the ladder in counting room or office the showers of our sorrow.
In order to learn every detail of thai if some people could see themselves
business to which they will succeed In as some other people see them, what
me course or nature. The faithfulness , revelations there would be !
of such workers ls often forgotten
when the escapades of others are her
alded far and wide. In more than one
case the wlldness of the rich man's
son and his lack of usefulness as a
citizen are due to the fact that he never
had a chance to show his ability as ad
ministrator or Investor, but was
brought up under the notion that, as
heir to wealth, he should do nothing.
With many men money burns a bole ln
the pocket. They have no sense of
saving, no appreciation of what a dol
lar means. This ls true of the poor
and the rich alike. The thrift
and saving of the Door are mm.
mended as providing for the fu
ture years. The abllltv to ns
money wisely, the power to select In
vestments and to administer affairs
ought to be a source of pride to the
child of wealth In order that he may
stand on his own merits in a critical
democratic land and not be pointed out
as some other man's son, with no vir
tues except the reflected ones of his ancestry.
Many a preacher spoils a good inter
pretation of the 'Scriptures by a poor
understanding of the saints.
Some people never have a call to go
to the heathen until they have to get
down to brass tacks at home.
When you complain of the sermon
having nothing In It, stop to ask how
much you put into it yourself.
She Probably Knew.
In a small Massachusetts college town
s a charming young lady, also a learn
ed professor. Nothing affords the
young lady more pleasure than to upset
the professors pet theories by witty
exceptions to his rules, as she did ln
this Instance. They were both at a
small social affair and the professor
had the center of the stage. He was
remarking:
"This ls the age of specialties. No
man can compete with a specialist In a
given line. And even If both be spe
cialists the most experienced man suc
ceeds best."
"There is at least one thing, profes
sor, In which the least experienced man
succeeds best," the young lady asserted.
"And what Is that, If I may ask?"
the professor said stllllly.
"Why. falling In love." she said, with
a teasing smile. Philadelphia Ledger.
Ktnirod at Hume.
A certain Deacon Sam Kuowlton In
his day had the reputation of belug a
groat hunter. At the beginning of ev
ery hunting season he would go Into
Cumberland county and on his return
he was always laden with many sto
ries In w hich he figured as hero. But
the fact remained that, while his sup
ply of stories was always large, his
game bag was usually empty.
One of his neighbors, a physician,
heard his stories until he was tired.
One evening at a social gathering the
matter was being discussed.
"Deacon Knowlton a great hunter!
Of course he Is," exclaimed the doc
tor. "He Is the greatest hunter In
the State of Pennsylvania, but darn me
If he was ever known to find anything!"
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"Lazoley told me he was going out
every day this week," said Goodley, "to
see if he couldn't find work."
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TIPS FROM A MERE MAN.
Says We Are Not All Delightful by
Nature.
From our earliest youth up wc have
been told to be virtuous, to be truth
ful, to be honest, to be polite; but it
was left to Hubert Bland to teil us to
be "delightful."
And yet, when one comes to think
of it, few things are niore necessary
for the equipment of a woman of the
world.
As he so truthfully remarks, !t ls the
one accomplishment which wlli last
"for middle age lasts longer than 7011th,
and middle-aged ladles who are not. de
lightful are not anything. To die with
the consciousness of all your life hav
ing been a delightful person 1 Can
anything be better than that, save liv
ing with the same consciousness?'
Now, no one, according to the au
thor, being delightful by nature, it be
hooves the woman who wishes to be
come so to make of herself a Aork of
art Nature, having given the mate
rials, "it ls for you to work them up,
remembering that a naturally gifted
young woman is no more a delightful
young woman than a box of colors Is a
picture."
The first step In the art of making
one's self delightful ls to conceal any
possible knowledge one may have ac
quired during the course of ones life.
Especially must this be remembered in
conversing with the male sex. "When
ever a man talks to a young woman he
tries his best to appear a little bigger
all round than he knows hlmse'f to be.
Unexpectedly to check his enterprise
by show ing that you know as much as
he does has pretty much the sae ef
fect upon his mind as though you were
suddenly to add twenty years to your
age," while, as a matter of personal
experience, the author goes on to say
that whenever a pretty woman asks
him something he doesn't know, he
feels "more Inclined to box he ears
than to kiss her."
Since it ls obviously easier to be de
lightful to men than to wonnn, the
woman who would be universally de
lightful must double her efforts toward
the latter. "To them apply the golden
rule do unto women as you would
have women do unto you. You will
meet many fool women but re
member that the veriest fool woman of
them all will probably be clever enough
to know exactly when snd where to
stick her claws Into the other woman."
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