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SUCH IS LIFE One Way of Looking at It By Charles Sughroe
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This Cat
Wlldwood, N. J. The traJltloa ot
bad luck which has been woven about
the black cat was destroyed recently,
ot least for Capt. milling Peterson of
the Dslilng schooner Clifton. As the
result of his kindness to a stowaway
black cat, In prohibiting his crew from
throwing It overboard to prevent a
Jinx, the captain Is 17.000 richer than
when be put out from Wlldwood
Gables.
When demands came from the fore
castle to toss the cat overboard. Cap
tain Peterson refused and shnred his
cabin with It. At duwn during the
skipper's watch the cat followed him
to the deck and sprang to the rigging,
clawing Its way upward to the empty
crow's nest where a lookout had not
jet been stationed.
! FEAR i
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By THOMAS ARKXE CLARK
3
Daaa of Men, UniTtnity of
2 Illinois.
Nothing else so Inhibits progress as
fear fear of failure, fenr of people,
fear of criticism.
fear of what peo
ple will say, fear
of disease, feat
of the unexpect-
and of the
most trifling and
Impossible things.
It Is the skeleton
sitting across the
table from one
and mocking him
the feast. 1
4i have seen people
crushed by It.
Incapacitated and mule
paralyzed.
wholly Ineffective and unlitted for the
responsibilities of life. It was fear, so
we are told, which drove primitive
man to sacrifice fear of the gods
and a desire to placate them by offer
ing up something of value. It Is a
foolish thing In many Instances, which
take away Initiative and originality
and freedom of action.
Mrs. Stnmey Is afraid of mice. Sne
cannot remember when she was free
from this fear, nor does she recollect
what first caused It. She looks fur
tively Into every corner when she Is
going about the house lest a mouse
escape her; she turns dowu the sheets
before getting Into bed at night a
mouse may have crept In during the
day. She sits tense In her chnlr at
liome and when calling tion friends,
her meneer skirts drawn tightly annul
ber limbs, afraid, not realizing thai
the mouse, should It appear. Is fur
more afraid of her than she of It.
Sheldon Is afraid of disease, lie
tilmseir really has nothing the matter
with him, but his uncle died of can
cer a few years ago and ever since
Sheldon has been haunted by the
thought thnt be, too, will shortly suc
cumb to the same hideous disease.
He exaggerates every symptom, tie
grows cold with feur at nny localized
.a In, he examines every abrasion, and
shudders when he finds a mole on .irv
part of his body. He has little eace
of mind night or day fear of ills
ease paralyzes him.
Miss I-enoi Is afraid of what peo
f ie will say. Maybe her remarks at
the sewing society were too personal,
too direct. Perhaps she should n'
have expressed herself so categorical
ly.. She said something very compli
What Shall ths
,? ' I ed
ii at
1ST JV "
No"Jinx"
The cnptuln climbed the ratlines to
its rescue and from the high place saw
a large area of the sea broken by baby
mackerel trying to escape the uttack
of a school of blueflsh.
Porlos were lowered quickly, encir
cling the entire school with seine, and
three hours later the Clifton sailed
Into Cold Spring Harbor, the deck
waist deep In bluetlsh. Captain Peter,
son was at the wheel, a black cat
perched on his shoulder.
The catch, the record of the season,
filled more than 400 barrels and
brought JT.iKKl at the docks. The crew
raised a fund to buy the cat, now the
pet of the ship, a silk cushion, several
cases of condensed milk and plenty of
can openers.
mentary she recnlls, her face growing
hot, concerning the new minister, and
he Is not married. What will people
say J Will they think she Is setting
her cap for him? Horrors! Fear takes
her into Its clutches. She Is almost
afraid to walk down the street she
has done the wrong thing, she has
spoken Indiscreetly.
Dudley has always been terrorized
by the thought of poverty. He has
never wanted anything; he has been
In comfortnhle circumstances oil his
life, but constantly there Is before him
the dread of bankruptcy. Crops will
fall, prices will run down, his cred
itors will become Insolvent, the bank
In which his funds are deposited will
fall a thousand things are sure to
conspire against him and In his old
age he will be a mendicant, a beggar
on street corners, an Inmate of the
poor house. To his dying day he
will live In fear of poverty.
Courage! What a wonderful weapon
It Is with which to fight these useless
fears which at one time or another
possess us all !
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Odd
Washington. The I'.urlnis who re
cently Joined the Mongols In destroy
lug a portli.n ot the Chinese F.aslern
railway came Into the Sotllghl two
years ago when the Itusslun govern
ment banned wife stealing among
u.einliers of the race In Siberia.
"Theft of wives Is not a traditional
custom uniong I tie ISurlut. II a rr hue
among them usually Is effected through
an exchange of children arranged hj
their parents." s.i v s a bulletin from
I be Washington beadiuartera of the
National Geographic society.
"When the parents of a young
Ilurhil swain decide lie should have
a wife, they coiimiII the parents ot UD
eligible lualileti uiiil offer a daughter
in exchange for her hand. If there
is no daughter to exchange, the sons
wife Is, In erect bought by a gift o(
call le. Frequently, uniong the well
io do liurlats. the bride s dowry of
furs which would be valued at thou
viii'U of dollars orf an American fur
market, offset Hie 'price paid fur her.
"liudilhlsi temples with their pruy
er wheels which 'say thousands of
prayers per revolution and Christian
ehurihci are found in Itiirial villages;
toil both p.uihlhisl and Christian at
I'lid Shnninnisllp riles at some of the
iMoiin'nln lop shrines. Shamanism Is
nature worship Adherents of SI in
run i is in believe that rain, the rivers
Harvect Be?
5HJOOOOOCrOOOOlKJnKKItH000 5
Pretty Pet Skunk
Follows Small Boy
Berwick It may have been a
little lamb that followed Mary
to school one day, but it Is a
skunk that follows six year-old
William Orassley,
The boy stroked and fed the
animal when it was found. Just
a tiny creature, In the cellar of
the Grnssloy home, and It be
came his inseparable companion.
Thoroughly domesticated, II
trails William about six luches
back of his heels.
Wherever ho goes, so goes the
skunk, and there usually Is a
crowd watching the peril mbula
tlons of the lad with bis strung
pet
The animal Is v particularly
pretty one.
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VETERAN WELCOMED
Frosty Peters, brilliant drop kicker
of the Illlnl V.VM team. Is back In col
lege after a year's absence and will
be of great assistance to Coach Zui
pke In the remaining grid struggles.
Buriat Customs
the wind and the mountains are peo
pled by gods. The higher Into the
mountain the Shamiiiilst goes to wor
ship, the grenter favor he receives
from the deities. Frequently worship
er climb to (be mountain top shr I tu
ft here, amid rhaiiling and weird con
tortious of Sliamaulsl priests, the
ISurlats make their sacrlllces on a sa
cred flre.
"The I'urlat and his horse are In
separable companions. A horse often
Is tied to his owner's grave to starve
to death In order that It may follow
him In den Hi. Cood horses are scarce
GIVEN HIGH POSITION
Mrs. Adnlln Wright Maeaiiley of
Wisconsin and former national presi
dent of the American l.ciion Aull
lnry,.who was elected president of Ihe
Women's Auxiliary of Fldnc, Hie In
terallied veterans' federation, ill I lie
Fldnc congress In Iluehurest, Itu
manlu. so Hie heirs sometimes manage to np
pease the gods hy substituting n use
less hack, or they He Iho good saddle
horse by si, eh a flimsy thong that It
soon frees Itself and wanders buck to
the village.
"Few utitoiiiohllc have penetrated
the land of the liurlats. which lie In
region adjacent to the soul hern
shore ut Lake llalkal. The liurlats
spread their village all over the land
scape without regard to streets. The
iiomuds neat the Mongolian bordei
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7WS SWT
MUrr
GAVE
was
Pet "Made Good"
Danville, Ky. Pecans his pet dog
led him to treasure trove of USOO sli
ver dollars, James Ashe, aged and
poverty stricken, who lives near Dan
ville, Ky, believes Providence has
favored him for upright life. Ashe
lives alone lu a small habllallon. Ho
was walking through a field when hi
dog jumped a rabbit, which lied to an
old tree stump.
The dog dug furiously about the
stump and Ashe began removing the
accumulation within to scare the rab
bit and -ce what there was there. In a
few momenta he found the top of a
kettle, then loose pieces of metal, dis
colored hy ngj. Cleaning one, he dis
covered It was a silver dollar,
Turk Establish Model
Villages for Farmers
Jerusalem, Palestine. Introduction
of modern and scientific methods In
to agrlcultnie evidently I fostered ac
tively by the Angora government
Socnlled model villages are belrg
erected a. a number of places. Heads
of the Sivns vilayets, situated In the
heart o. Anatolia, have been asked
to na-ie some place In the districts
under their respit-tlve administration
for conversion Into model villages.
In such villages modern plows and
other agricultural Implements are dis
tributed fns of charge. The Idea
Is that model villages should be so
centrally loeuled as to allow farmers
of the surrounding country to profit
from their advancement.
Bars Small Girls
New York. Small girls are now
barred as public School teachers. Ap
plleanls must be nt least five feet
lull. Those under that height are pre
sumed to lack commanding personal
ity. live In juris, dome-shaped tents built
of Interlaced liexlbie sticks covered
with sklus or felt
"When a llurlut settles down he fre
ituenily build a hut, but no mutter
how elaborate the new abode may be.
it usually bear some resemblance to
the yurt. Some leave a smoke hole
in the roof and build their tires In
the center of the floor us In the yurt
"Though house furnishings are few.
rugs adorning the floor and walls ol
the well to do Indicate that the Itiirlnt
likes display, and If the tribesman con
afford it. he will lie seen strutting
about the village In silken robes.
"Tea drinking and smoking are
common habits of the llurlut. lioih
among adults and children Koine ol
Hie trllM'Siner wear brond silk girdles
In nil lti they carry their pipes anil
lea cup.
"When the Ilusslain first met the
llurlut in t lie Sixteenth century, the
latter were true children of nature
Many of them made their living by
fishing and hunting, while a few were
stock raisers. The itusHlan taught
them agriculture, and succeeding gen
era I Ions of liiirluts surpassed ihe av
erage Itusslun farmer In farming.'
A Family Affair
Maryvllle, Tenn -A 1o ible wed
ding In which four first cousin par
lliipnted was celebrated here when
Nellie and Iteulali fiourley sister,
married Fate and Isaac (iourlcy,
brothers. Ihe father of the girl Is
a brother of the boy' fatliT.
Odd Punishment for
- VvmS? ;'c WwrwWu.
Freshman girl of the University of Cincinnati have a hard time of It
these day. Any Infraction of the rule and they are given a ride In the
county dog catcher' wagon. Here's load of the fair coeds rt-aily to start
heir Jaunt. '
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WO COWWOA
7W"AAAU WHO
MA1 TO M SAID WE
acma thaw a
Recur twsv
icas a lot 6'
fcPRE$UTU
Ashe continued his excavation until
he had removed a large copper kettle,
apparently full of coins lie could
not carry It far, and hid It In the un
derbrush. He told K friend of his dis
covery, and they took the kettle, to
A.i he's home. The coins were cleaned
and counted. There were l.NHO silver
dollars, none hearing a date later than
1S.VS. It Is believed robber of long
ago burled I bo money and never re
turned for the loot, or thai some ante
helium miser placed his hoard there.
Another theory" Is (hat the treasure
may have been burled during the Civil
war to prevent roving soldiers or
guerillas from taking It.
Miss r.lllle I me wore Ibis cliuiiii
Ing coat In "Tbo Night Watch." It I
of ermine and expresses many of Hie
season's tuoxt Important iolais. White
fox forms an elaborate trimming and
expressed the beauty of the all white
wrap uiosl cliei lively.
More Cotton Drestes
Worn, Inquiry Shows
New York Six Wis-ks ot Olieel In
testl.ilbiti, Mippletiieiileil by InforiiiH
lloli funiNlieil b tii-m : '.' 41 Ili um Hint
llidlv bbiiils, has lei Ihe net uwi ee
lloll o Ihe Col loo TeMile l.l.titiite li
com lude there Is an liu reio-llm de
iitaiid fot col ton insp-. ami fdeci
giH,ds. President Wal'.a-r I'. Dines an
lion in es.
The coin liisbms reached are that
more cotton ilioe me being woiu;
more rutin n dressen were iiiinle mid
old dining Hie summer of Itr.'H than
In I'.i'.'"; retail sales ol cotton piece
giHids lids summer were larger In vol
uine than In IH'.'T. and retail mores
have been advertising tine lotion
good more extensively.
The report say Ihe trade Is eon
lldent lll'.ll will be a big cotton year
hut has sutt'esleil Hint the popularity
of cotton fabric will depend upon
suierlor styling.
old man's game, he
cause the old have
the money; mid ll
takes money In sup
port gidf links.
Naughty "Freshies"
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Little
TOO MUCH SCENERY
"Ye gods I Why did you ditch tnst
queen you had and get a homely nut
like that old hen for your tvnogr
exclaimed III friend of the boss.
"To keep from going Into bankrupt
ty," lie grinned, "the homely nut doe
six time a much work a Ihe queen'
did mid Ihe clerks and I are do
ing six times more work than wo did
while (he win here."
HAS NO REP YET
"You've heard ol Sully Twinkle,
haven't your The great movie tar."
"Why no Indeed. I haven't heard of
her. Ha she ever been divorced!"
A Ditty
Msn I aomtwhat Ilk ths mumh
Vtrv amoulh upci tha akin:
Hut rue ran t Isll luat asaetly
lluw much ton ihtra Is within.
Tough Luck
Flral Clerk-Poor old lUllli.gi Is In
a quandary.
Mound Clerk Having Irouhl t
home I
First Clerk-Nope He dsn'l know
whether t tell the iltlce hilnrb sbout
Hie cute sa)lngs of his kid or In
tell them of the new golf strok be
discovered.
Sht Speak Up
As a man bowed to a friend in the
grandstand I said to his wife: "W
reully must invite Ihe colonel In
din. He Is n excellent Judge of
liorar flesh."
-.lsen. We won't have Hint on
the menu." Louisville Courler-Jour-nut.
Ea$y Enough to Ctt
Siilesmiiu (to man buying complete
gardening equipment) You'll want
one of Ibei sjrlnge for green fly.
Amateur ( in rdener Ye er I ae.
Now er where do I gel Ihe green
flyj
Lettered Speech
" want synonym for 'fat'"
"Sny 'adipose Hiie.'"
Too long tilve me something
Imrter "
b c I." I'.oslon Transcript.
UNNECESSARY AID
i'o y a plat Koltt" "No; I ha III t
Hi b.isl dlilhuiiy learning how 10
a ' wllhoul II."
Obicurt Contributor
fha nh Hull a lanileit aa prlia
Kor a.tailrHllon romra tn vttw;
Uat hna no rhnrtra in raabsa
Tha honors thai to him Br 4ua
To Teach Him a Le$$on
Stranger (savugelyi Vou'r lining
on my liai, sir I
Old Ceiillenian (ditto) So I feel,
sir I And I hope for the fitnir you'll
wear of huts and hot (lies hard
brimmed iihoiuliiallon.
Craeh
"I see you've given up leaching your
wife to drive."
"Ye. we hud an nceldenl. I told
tier to release Ihe clutch and slit lei
go Ihe steering wheel "
Such Gallantry . .
"Now d you really think you'll ha
aiitlslled wllli m a a mother In
law)" 'Mudiime. it was to obtain a moth.
er-ifi law like you I fell In lova with. . ' .s ' "
vour da lighter."
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The Parting Shot . vtd
Mr. Hore-I'v tried many leemltig. '.to '.
y Impossible rents and aitccieded. '. .,
I ntllllllllLitl I 9ti A (Srv i I,.Hllaa I lllJ
von ever try In have lb lust word ' '
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