The Athena press., August 06, 1909, Image 2

LIFE'S MEASURE.
"He liveth long who llveth well.'
So ran the legend terse and bold.
To keep this truth In mind were well,
For truth is better kept than fold.
The one will perish in an hour.
One never dies, but bright and pure
As heaven itself, when earthly power
Has passed, forever shall endure.
Not by the years of life is told
The length of life, but by the zeal
And kindly works, as growing old,
Men for each other do and feel.
Ills life is long whose work is well.
And, be his station low or high,
He who the moat good works can tell
Lives longest, though he soonest die.
Then, as the swift winged moments speed,
Freight them with wealth and truth
and love,
With garnered sheaves of thought and
deed
For the grand harvest home above.
Bow love and taste its fruitage sweet,
Sow smiles and see the desert spring,
Bow wisdom for its harvest meet,
Sow sunlight for the joy 'twill bring.
Waverley Magazine.
His Daughter's Choice
"I want 50 !" The speaker paused
draniatienlly. "Don't remind me that
my allowance is overdrawn already; I
know it. If you won't give It me, call
It a loan and charge Interest any rate
you like. But the money I must have
somehow, or be ruined !"
"I'm nfrald you're that already,
Clive I" John Granger, rising from his
chair, regarded the younger innn with
scorn. "Another gambling affair, I sup
posea debt of honor?" he snld, In icy
tones. "Well, you'll have no more
money from me not a penny. I warned
you last time that you need never ask
again ; and my word Ib my bond !"
"And and you'll see me disgraced,
never able to look a decent mnn In the
fuce again, for the sake of a paltry
50!"
"iNo! For your own sake, Clive!
When I promised your dying father to
look after his son, I vowed that I would
carry that promise out loyally for the
sake of the friendship that had lived
for years. I've done it! You've been
brought up In my own house,, with my
own child ; every possible help that I
could give you, you've had. Now It's
got to end ! You've lived In luxury too
long) perhaps If you see n little of the
Bterner Bide of life It will bring you to
your senses!"
"Oh, don't preach!" retorted Clive
Thomhlll. bitterly. 'That sort of thing
only make a fellow worse; and I've
heard It all so often. Are you such a
Batnt yourself?" he asked, fiercely.
"Have you nothing to reproach yourself
with no skeleton in your own cup
board? I wonder what Winnie would
think, for Instance, If I were to tell
her "
"What?" John Granger faced round
sharply; his eyes seemed to challenge
the other In that swift glance. "What?"
, he asked again.
"Well, that the mother whom she be
lieves to be dead still lives!" said
Thomhlll, In a sullen, dogged voice. He
had not meant to play that Inst card
yet; but It had been forced from him
somehow. There was a pause, during
which the ticking of the clock on the
shelf was the only sound that broke
the stillness.
"Oh, you know that, do you?" said
his guardian, slowly. "How you know
It I'm not going to ask ; I" don't want
to know. Hut If you think that It
makes one Jot or tittle of difference,
jou're mistaken. I'm the last man In
the world to he bullied or blacknu.lled ;
you should know that also, Clive! And
now good night and and good-bye! I
think we'd better part company after
this, don't you?"
He did not offer his hand, neither did
the lad attempt to take It. Dumbfound
ed, ho stood there an Instant; then,
without a word, he turned oh his heel
end left the room.
John Granger sank back Into his
chair. "How did ho come to know?" he
whispered, hoarsely. "Who told him?"
But the question found no answer.
The door had hardly closed when the
French windows at the other end of the
room were pulled back violently. A girl,
with white, tragic face, emerged and
came toward him.
"Dad," she moaned. "I was In the
conservatory and I heard yes, every
word ! What Clive said Isn't true ; oh,
tell me it isn't true!"
She fell on her knees by his side, and
her hand sought his beseechingly, John
Granger whs h hard man. Ills enetule
Bald It often, and his few friends did
not deny the assertion. But all knew
there was one soft spot In his heart.
His daughter, Winnie, was the flower
of his life his idol ; he would have cut
off his right hand to save her palu.
and now he was powerless to help her.
"Uttle girl," he whispered in that
broken voice, "I meant you never to
know; I had told myself that It was
better you never should know. Hut
now It Is idle to deny it. It Is true."
"Daddy "
"Listen," he went on. "Your mothe"
nd I were never well mated. She was
turns years younger than I, a butterfly
of the gay world; the humdrum exist
ence of a grimy little manufacturing
town chafed her after the whirl and
swirl of London. She was always pin
ing for change, gaiety, pleasure; she
rouM not understand my desire to re
main here. When you came on the
ftceue things were worse. She looked
upon s child as a hindrance and a drag,
instead of a blessing. Oh. how I hated
her for that! And then and then"
the words choked in his throat "we
decided to live apart, she to go her way
and I to go mine!"
"And you never told me! You have
let me grow to womanhood believing
her dead! Daddy," she went on after
a short pause, "you were more cruel
than you knew. My mother must be
either a very brave woman or a very
callous and heartless one, and that I
can't believe. You misunderstood her
never realized her true nature that
must be the explanation of It all. Tell
me where she lives."
He wrote some words on a sheet of
paper and passed it to her without
speaking.
"No. 12 Lavender Mansions, Clap
ham. I must go to London to-morrow
and see her!"
"No!"
She glanced at him questioningly.
"No ! But you don't mean that. You
are not serious."
"I moan it." His voice was harsh,
stern, forbidding. She could see the
corners of his mouth twitch strangely.
"I say again that you must not go, Win
nie. You must choose between your
mother and me; you cannot have both.
That chapter of my life is closed, and
I refuse, once for all, to reopen It You
understand?"
"I understand." Whole seconds hung
tetween those two words. Her breath
came and went in little gasps; she
cienched her teeth to keep a sob from
breaking forth. Suddenly she bent and
kissed Ills forehead. "Good night, dad
dy," she said. In a queer shaky voice.
''I I wonder If you know how hard
you can be!"
.
John Granger came down to break
fast in an ill-humor next morning. He
had spent a bad night. Old-time spec
tres had haunted his slumber, and an
uncomfortable feeling that the future
would bring him fresh worries refused
to le shaken off. Winnie was not vlsa
ble an unusual occurrence. Picking
up his letters, he noticed at once that
there was an unstamped one on the top.
"LET ME 00 IN UNANNOUNCED."
Her writing! What could It mean? He
tore it open and read feverishly.
"Darling Father: I do not, cannot
think that you really meant all that
you said when we talked last night. In
any case, I must see my mother you
will have realized that; and I am going
to London by the first train this morn
ing. Will you send me a wire to Saint
Pancras station? If I don't get one I
shall know but I can't consider any
such possibility. Dear old daddy, I don't
think I have ever disobeyed you know
ingly before. Try to forgive your
daughter, who still loves you with all
her heart. Your own Winnie."
Gone! He fell groaning into a chair,
only to start up next moment and ring
the bell furiously.
"What time did Miss Winifred
leave?" he shouted to the domestic who
apiM'ared.
"To catch the 7:20 to London, sir!"
was the answer. "Perkins drove her to
the station."
A second question elicited the infor
mation that she had taken a hastily
packed traveling bag with her. He be
gan to realize that some of his own de
termination ran In her veins.
,
"I want to see your mistress. No,
there's no name. Let me go In unan
nounced." The maid who answered the
boll at No. 12 Lavender mauslons, that
next morning, knew not what to make
of the stern, masterful, gray-haired
man who addressed her in such sum
mary fashion. She saw with relief that
another person was at hand to whom
she could transfer, her responsibility.
John Granger had seen, too; he stepped
forward with a sudden glad exclama
tion. "Winnie!"
The girl coming down the stairs
looked up. There was a quick rush of
color to her cheeks.
"Daddy -you !" she cried. "But ut
this Is an insult. After what has gone
you have no right here. Before you go
a step I demand to know "
"Hush!" Ills hand was raised. "I
have every right. Walt!"
Something In his face made her draw
back and raise no further protest. Si
lently she pointed to the door of a room.
John Granger understood. Gripping
hard at his self-control, he opened the
door and peeped Insldoj then, turning,
closed It quickly, quietly, behind, him.
The womau with the sad, beautiful face
who was sitting by the window, gasped
faintly, and half me from her seat. He
poke her name softly, tenderly.
"Mary I Yes, It 4s I at last. Twenty
years ago you told me that I should live
to regret, and I vowed passionately that
It was Impossible.. You were right and
I was wrong. I've come to beg for
giveness for for that and many other
things I've been a hard man ail mj
life too hard. But I've learned my
less and had my punishment bitter,
heavy punishment It's been. Mary
wife our girl Winnie's waiting and
wondering out there. She knows that
I'm here. Can youcan you, for her
sake, If not for mine, forgive the past?.
Can we start life afresh together?"
And the answer? Winnie knew five
minutes later, when they came to her
with shining faces and their arms lock
ed, and such a wealth of happiness In
her mother's eyes as had never been
there before. Wilfred Stretton In Lon
don Tit-Bits.
A FRONTIER MARKSMAN.
Wild Bill Hlckok's Skill In Use of
the Six Shooter.
Wild Bill Hickok was the first fron
tiersman who recognized the Impor
tance of proficiency In the use of the
six shooter. This was the real secret
of his supremacy. He was an unerring
marksman and shot as accurately un
der fire as when firing at a mark, ap
parently taking no aim.
Probably no man has ever equaled
him in the lightning-like rapidity with
which he cuold draw a weapon In time
of emergency and in the thorough self
possession that made It possible for him
to take advantage of every opportunity
In savage conflict. He had a standing
order to his deputies that they should
not rush in on him in any of his af
frays and especially should not come
quickly up In the rear.
By forgetting this a man named Wil
liams met his death at Abilene, Hickok
taking him for an enemy and firing so
rapidly that it left no opportunity for
recognition. He readily killed a wild
goose across the Smoky Hill with his
revolver. Biding at his horse's highest
speed, he fired shot after shot into a
tin can or a post a few rods distant.
Standing at one telegraph pole, he
would swing rapidly on his heel and
fire a pistol ball Into the next telegraph
pole. These were some of the simpler
feats he performed day after day on
the street to settle little wagers. He
could shoot a hole through a silver
dime at fifty paces and could drive the
cork through the neck of a bottle nt
thirty paces and knock out the bottom
without breaking the neck. He could
do what the fancy shots of the present
day do, and possibly some of thein
equal him as marksman with a re
volver, but it must be remembered that
he was the first to acquire the skill,
and the so-called crack shots of his
day were poor Imitations at best, al
though most of them boasted of their
fame.
He shot just as well with others
shooting at him and at a man as stead
ily as at any other ta"rget' There were
certain traits of his character, however,
that were almost womanly. He was
fond of children, and they liked him.
He declined to quarrel with the peace
ful settlers of the community, the busi
ness men, on any provocation. There
was no foolhardy bravado about him.
Denver Field and Farm.
Discovery of Mammoth Cave.
Everyone has heard of the Mammoth
Cave of Kentucky, but few probably
are aware that its discovery was due to
the search for suitable earth for the
manufacture of saltpetre. The anxiety
to find saltpetre earth was due to the
Embargo bill passed by congress in
1807, which forbade American vessels
to sell for Europe and foreign vessels
to land cargoes in America.
The Americans needed gunpowder
and to make it they required saltpetre.
They had been getting It. from Spain
and Italy, but the Embargo bill stopped
that, and there was no American sup
ply of the substance. A roving chem
ist, named Samuel Brown had shown
how saltpetre or potassium nitrate
could be obtained from cave earth. And
so the quest for caves was begun and
assiduously continued.
When the Mammoth Cave was found,
every part of the great cavern was
searched for cave earth. From pit, by
ways and avenues slaves carried out
the heavy loads of petre earth. Many
thousands of tons were treated and the
rude chemistry of the day produced
something like 100,000 pounds of salt
petre within two years.
Wanted to Sea Too.
Farmer Aseed ami his wife came up
to London to go to one of the theaters.
They saw a great many men go out
after the first act, In which a man had
been shot.
She Menry, where are you going?
He Look here, Salrey. I've stood
this as long as I can. I'm going out
like the rest of 'em to see how that fel
low Is getting on who was shot. The
poor wretch may be dead by this time,
and If he Is this ain't no place for us.
London Mall. 4
Truthful Cholly.
"Cholly, have you ever loved be
fore?"
"My dear girl, I will be honest with
yon. I have been engaged so many
times that my ex-fiancees Have per
fected an organization and adopted a
yell." St. Taul Pioneer Press.
From One Walk to Another.
"What would you do if you was one
o' dese mllltonarles?" said Meandering
Mike.
"I a'pose," answered Plodding Pete,
"dat I'd get meself a golf outfit an
walk fur pleasure Instead o from ne
cessity." Washington Star.
Some people marry for love and
some for money, but In after years
most people wonder what they mar
ried for.
A man can make a woman happy by
telling her that that's the way she
makes hbu.
CHASES SHIP 16,000 MILES.
Mailbag's Long Pnranit of the V. S.
Croliet Milwaukee.
A sack of mall which left here four
months ago has Just landed In Bremer
ton, Wash., says the New York Times.
Since It left New York it has traveled
over 16,000 miles In an effort to over
take the United States armored cruiser
Milwaukee, for the officers and men of
which It was Intended. Before It final
ly caught up with the big cruiser this
sack of mall had been to San Francisco,
then to Honolulu, and back to San
Francisco; next to Panama, then to
Honduras, back to San Francisco again,
and finally to Bremerton.
When a ship Is at sea and the length
of its stay in any one port is uncer
tain the navy department directs the
relatives and friends of the officers and
men of that ship to address all letters
for the ship in care of the postmaster
at New York. In the general run of
things the Milwaukee's mail in the New
York postoffice accumulated until there
was a well-filled sack of letters and
parcels waiting for shipment.
One day in last July this sack of
mail was placed aboard a fast mall
train and hurried to Chicago, where it
was transshipped to one of the trans
continental expresses for San Francis
co, where the Milwaukee was in port.
But before the mall arrived Comman
der Rogers of the Milwaukee received
a hurry-up order from Washington to
sail for Honolulu.
On the day before the Milwaukee
was due In Honolulu the sack of mall
was started on the same journey in a
fast mall steamer, but the Milwaukee
was 1,000 miles out, bound for Pana
ma, 5,000 miles away, when the mall
steamer was sighted off Honolulu. Two
days later the sack was on its way back
to San Francisco, where it arrived in
due time, and as the Milwaukee was
still between 1,500 and 2,000 miles out
of Panama then, the San Francisco
postmaster hustled the bag on a Panama-bound
steamer. The cruiser, how
ever, reached Panama first, only to be
ordered to Amapala, Honduras, a thou
sand miles to the north, and was well
on her journey when the mail steamer
arrived.
The Panama postmaster found that a
vessel was leaving for Amapala within
forty-eight hours, and he transshipped
the sack of mail to that steamer, but
the Milwaukee was steaming full speed
back to San Francisco when the sack
reached Amapala. The postmaster
there forwarded it to San Francisco.
Again the sack missed connection, as
the Milwaukee had sailed for Bremer
ton, Wash. Arriving there, the cruiser
was put in reserve, and the bag of mail
again forwarded from San Francisco
this time by rail finally reached the
boat and was delivered to the men.
CLOTHES AND THE STAGE.
What an Actress Learns Abont the
Art of Individuality in Dress.
The actress soon learns to approach
the subject1 of dress in a way that rare
ly occurs to the average woman upon
whom its necessity is not enforced
though that necessity exists In ordinary
life quite as much as on the stage, and
overlooking It is the secret of much of
the bad dressing we see, says Julia
Marlowe in Women's Home Companion.
The actress is bound to wear clothes
that will keep her In the picture, and
such favorable attention as she attracts
by her clothes is due to the design,
material or style of the gown Itself
only so far as these all melt into the
scene in which they are worn.
How much the average woman could
learn In this one particular -from the
hard school of stage experience ! How
few women know how to choose even
a house gown that is in harmony with
the surroundings of their own homes.
Of course, dressing for the street is
more difficult,, but even there ordinary
forethought would prevent many of the
selections in dress which. American
women allow themselves. Dressing for
the social function is the most difficult
of all, on this very account, for there
each woman Is at the mercy of other
women present, most of whom have
dressed with no thought of the environ
ment, while on the stage the actress
knows that every other costume, like
her own, has been calculated for the
picture.
And this principle allows plenty of
latitude for individual taste and Judg
ment In dress. Even we stage women
develop ideas of our own and have our
favorite kinds of costumes. I don't
know of a part In which I take more
comfort than Parthenla In "Ingomar,"
and I believe in the artistic lines and
graceful freedom possible In the loose,
flowing style of dress in vogue before
the days of stays and princess gowns
FACTS IN TABLOID FOEM.
One Thin He Could Not Have.
Although there was no sort of toy
which could be bought and for which
Harold had expressed a. desire that was
not in his possession, he still had his
unsatisfied longings. "I know what I
wish I was, mother," he said one day,
when his own big brother had gone
away and the little boy across the
street was 111.
"Yes, dear," said his mother. "Perhaps
you can be It, Harold ; mother .will help
you. Is it to play soldier?"
"No, Indeed!" said Harold, scornful
ly. "I Just wish I was two little dogs,
so I could play together." .
These Dreamy Fellow.
"Rose-leaf Augers and golden hair,"
sighed the poet, as he thought of his
best girl.
If he'd only seen the-bills from her
manicure and hair specialist I ' The Bo
hemian. You probably expect more of a friend
than you are willing to give. -
The coal fields of England cover 13,
000 square miles.
A telephone line is being constructed
in the Alps which will hold the record
for height.
Tha latest Japanese bank notes are
printed in English as well as Japanese
characters.
There is not a port in Europe, and
few, if any, in the world, where the
matter of tides is of no consequence.
About 5,000 trespassers are killed
every year on the railroads, and 5,000
more are, seriously injured, many of
them becoming public charges. It Is
calculated that from one-half to three
fourths of these trespassers are tramps.
Boston, where the idea of an annual
work horse parade originated, does not
see mto have much trouble in getting
the money necessary for prizes and
other expenses of the procession on
Memorial day. A recent report shows
about 2,500 available for this year.
Among the innovations proposed is a
class for champion old horses, open to
animals that have taken the gold
medal in years past.
Today the collection in the National
Library comprises nearly 2,500,000
items 1,500,000 printed books and
pamphlets, and nearly 1,000,000 other
articles (manuscripts, maps, prints
and music) by all means the largest
collection of the western hemisphere
and perhaps the third largest in the
world. They are Increasing at the rate
of about 70,000 books and pamphlets
and 50,000 other articles yearly.
Tradition is but a meteor, which, if
it once falls, cannot be rekindled. Mem
ory, once Interrupted, is not to be re
called. But written learning is a fixed
luminary, which, after the cloud that
had hidden it has passed away, is
again bright in Its proper station. So
the books are faithful repositories,
which may be awhile neglected or for
gotten, but when opened again, will
again impart instruction. Dr. John
son. An old Inmate of an almshouse in
New York, age 86, who had never in
the course of her life seen ah automo
bile before, fell In a dead faint in the
street when one whizzed by her, with
the horn tooting. When she recovered
she told the doctor who had attended
her that she had been in hell and had
seen satan. Some of the victims of
the speed maniacs would not quarrel
with her diagnosis of the situation.
. In connection with his new system
of wireless telephony Prof. Q. Majo
rana used a liquid microphone. This
consists of a small tube which is at
tached to the diaphragm of the micro
phone and through which a stream of
water flows between a pair of platinum
electrodes. When the microphone is
vibrated by tha voice the stream of
liquid fluctuates, varying the electrical
resistance in accordance with the
sound of the voice.
There are several old bells In Scot
land, Ireland and Wales; the oldest are
often quadrangular, being made of thin
iron plates which have, been hammered
and riveted together. At the monas
tery of St. Gall in Switzerland the
four-sided bell of the Irish missionary
St. Gall, who lived in the seventh cen
tury, is still preserved; but more
ancient still. Is the bell of St. Patrick
in Belfast which is ornamented with
gold and gems and silver filigree.
The number of button factories In
the United States in 1905 was 275.
These represented a capital of $7,783,
900, and gave employment to 11,335
persons, to whom was paid in salaries
and wages $4,691,669. The aggregate
value of buttons and by-products from
these factories during 1905 was $11,
133,769. Over half of the 275 button
factories In the United States engaged
to a greater or less extent in the man
ufacture of pearl buttons, an Increase
of over 20 per cent since 1900 in the
number so engaged. '
In the year 1907, .56,133 pounds of
human hair was invoiced at this consulate-general
for shipment to the
United States, while in 1908, 207,414
pounds were declared for shipment
This hair Is brought to Hong-Kong
from the interior and here cleaned and
sorted, according to length and quality.
It is then packed and either stored or
disinfected, In accordance with quar
antine regulations, and shipped to New
York. It is said here that the hair
can be so treated in New York as to
alter its color and texture, and that it
is used in making the switches, curls
and bands, which are so fashionable
in the United States. Consular Re
ports. .
Uncle Sam's postage stamps are
manufactured by the Bureau of En
graving and Printing at Washington;
the stamped envelopes and newspaper
wrappers are made under departmental
supervision, under contract, by a pri
vate corporation whose factory is lo
cated at Dayton, O. while his postal
cards are made under similar condi
tions at Rumford, Me. From these
points distribution is made to postof
flces throughout the country upon
requisition of , postmasters duly ap
proved by the department Postage-
stamped paper Issued during the year
aggregated $176,974,190.24, an Increase
of $3,967,713.97 over 1907. The total
number of pieces of ; stamped paper
was 9,772.059,664, an increase of 440,
140,609; books of stamps, 18,213,310, an
increase of 526,510. That the Issue of
postage stamps will cross the ten-bll-llon
mark during the fiscal year 1909
is confidently anticipated. A. L. Lw
sha Is May National Magazine.
A PECULIAR OCCUPATION.
Snake Farming Unattractive Bat
Thrives in Australia.
Snake farming Is not an attractive
occupation, but it has more than one
votary in the Australian common
wealth and in the neighborhood of
Sydney the industry has been carried
on for several years by an individual,
who, wklle disclaiming all knowledge
of the snake charming art appears to
have an extensive knowledge of the
reptiles and their ways. In addition
to the snakes, large numbers of frogs,
and even toads, are carefully reared,
partly as food for the reptiles and
partly for scientific purposes.
The snakes are caught in the bush,
a work frequently necessitating many
miles of wandering and long hours of
patient watching, for the snake is a
suspicious creature, generally more
alarmed at the sight f a man, than
the man at It. The hunter employs a
couple of forked sticks as a means of
capture. With one the reptile ; Is
pinned by any part of its body to the
ground, after which it is fixed by the
neck with the other. This done, the
captor with finger and thumb grasps
the head at the side of the jaws, and
thus has the reptile safe and harm
less and drops It, tall first, Into a
sugar bag.
The Sydney Board of Health is reg
ularly supplied with venomous snakes
"from which the poison used In prepar
ing "snake antidotes" is obtained by
"milking." This is described as a most
interesting performance. "Before milk-;
Ing time the snakes are well fed, af tor
ward becoming excited when a glass,
similar to a watch glass, covered with
the finest gutta percha, is put Into the
cage. The Infuriated reptiles bite vic
iously through the gutta percha, leav-,
ing tiny drops of poison on the pre
pared glass. This "milking" , is in
variably performed during the summer
months, when the creatures are moBt
active and fierce, and the poison most
virulent. Numerous vicious specimens
are kept in cages at the offices of the
Sydney Health Department to be
"milked" and when somewhat worn -out
are returned to the snake farm to
recuperate. After the snakes have be-.
come useless for "milking" purposes )
they are sold to taxidermists or zoo
logical gardens. There is always a
good market for new or rare speci
mens. Several hundred snakes have been
collected at one time on the farm,
where they are kept In bags or boxes,
the latter being covered at the top with
small mesh wire netting. At the bot- '
torn of each receptacle Is a little bran
or straw, and occasionally a few old
rags. The venom obtained from the
snakes is understood to be of great
value, the quantity being extremely
limited, and it rarely, if ever, loses any
of its poisonous qualities and has to
be handled with the greatest care.
Wit of the Youngsters j
4
"Y,ou seem to be very fond of you
dolly," remarked the visitor. "Yes," re
plied small Margie. "She's so different
from most people. She never interrupt .
me when I'm talking." .
One Sunday morning a minister's
wife saw her son chasing the hens with
a stick. She went to the door to in
vestigate and heard hiin say : "I'll teach
you to lay eggs in a minister's family
on Sunday morning!"
One day at school small Lola was
called upon to explain the difference
between climate and weather. "Ch
mate," answered the little miss,
what we have with us all the time, buf t
weather only lasts a few days."
Little Joe Oh, mamma ! Look it .
the poor little dog without a tall! The, v
people who own him ought to attend tw z r
it.' Mamma But what could they dot
Little. Joe-Why, they could take hilt .
to a tailor and have a new tall made. ' .
, Master.Walter, aged 5,. had eaten the fy.
soft portions of his toast a breakfast
and piled the crusts on his plate,
"When I was a little boy," remarked .
his father. "I always ate the crusts j
of my toast" "Did you like themf
asked the little fellow, cheerfully
""Yes," replied the parent "You may
ha,ve these," replied Master Walter,
pushing his plate across the table.
Little Wilbur was eating luncheotv
with his mother. Presently she noticed
that he was eating his jelly with bhrr
spoon. "Wilbur, dear," sbs said to 4 ,
him, "you must not eat your jelly wit J
your spoon." "I have to, mother,"
replied. "No, dear, you don't have to, v
Put your jelly on your bread." ft dloX
put it on my bread, mother," said WiV
bur, "but it wouldn't stay there; it. H
foc nervous." '
A Gleam of Hope.: Ji
Golf Is notably a long and difficult
game. Moreover, golf experts are aV-i
ways suspicious of toe ultimate profr-iJP
clency of a new player. A writer In the
Sketch recounts the following convert
sation between an old Scotch profe 7
slonal and a would-be golfer. The amapV
teur had been, asking what the othec
though of his game.
Na, ye'H no mak a gwoffer," he saldfc;?1
"ye've begun ower late. But It's jusm K
possible If ye pr-ractlse harrd, Terrf.,-
harrd, for twa-three years, y I .
mlcht &,..v
"Yes?" inquired the other, expect S
antly. ....
"Ye mlcht begin to hae a glimmer! "
that ye'll never ken the r-rudlment oVr
the game. y
The girl who smacks of freshnes