Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U.S. Gov't Report fern ABSOLUTELY PURE THE CANNY SCOTCHMAN. His Vice and His Virtues Compared With .Those of Other Folks. One ia not quite sure that the religi osity of the Scotch makes them so much more virtuous than people who pay less attention to "the means of grace." But while it cannot readily be proved that they have more' of the positive virtues than their neighbors there is at least some reason to believe that they are freer from a few of the ugly vices than their southern cousins, although when the Scot is bad he is very bad. When he gives way to drink, for instance, he runs to great lengths. But it will be found that there is much less wife beat' iug (there being nothing in Scotland at all resembling the frightful practice of "clogging" known in Lancashire towns), .much less cruelty to children much more kindliness and fellow feel ing( among the Scottish people than among tho English, while at the same time the Scotch are not nearly so clan nish as the Irish, the Jews ' or the Chi nese. ' v : ,: ' ; '. ' '; i ln his poem on "Nothing" Rochester has classed "Scotch civility" along with French truth" and "Hibernian learn ing" as being nonexistent. Even Walter Scott causes Mr. Owen to speak of typical Sept like Bailie Nicol Jarvie, as ','that oross grained crabstick of the Saltmarket," and are we not told that the term "Scot" as well as "Gael," de rived from a word for "wind," means "the violent, stormy people?" In spite of all this and much- more to the same end,. the Scot, take him all in all, is not lairiy cnargeaoie witn Deing lacking in oonrtesy. The word "couthy" (the op- posit e or positive of "uncouth," dimin utived by the addition of the terminal "y") signifying a combination of quiet kindliness and sweetness of manner, has no English equivalent, and thus would seem to indicate a peculiarly Scotch quality, which, it may be said, tends to ' wane considerably with: the growth of commercialism, giving place to a brus query peculiarly the outcome of the "rush" of business, and what Carlyle called the "mere cash hexus" between man and man. Scottish speech abounds in what may be called pet words, which would seem to testify that, whether the Scotch be stormy and sharp tongned or not, they can, upon occasion, be as insinuatingly smooth tongued as the wily Italian him self. Westminster .Review. A Reminder. ; ' I do not hesitate, Mr. Stalate," she remarked gently,' "'to say that -you are a young man of excellent habits, but I am very much' 'afraid - that you would spend too much of your time away from home." ' ; . .-' v , "Why do you think so?" "Because," and she yawned a little, "you spend so much time away from home now. Washington Star. The fool is always dead sure that his own way of doing things is the best, if not the only way, but the wise man wonders if there isn't A better way than the one he has adopted. ;.',-, What an admirable recipe for happi- ness to know how to do without things I At Last . A PRACTICAL Type-Writing - Machine... ATA LOW PRICE The Blickensdeifer No. 5 PRICE...$3S.OO 4 letters and characters. Weight only 6 lb. Equals any high-priced machine in capacity and quality ol work and excels them all in convenience. . i We Guarantee Every Machine. Twelve I'oints Low price. Full key-board, W riling always in sight, Portability, Excellent maulfolder,' Type-wheel, Direct printing and inking, Interchangeable type, Most du able ma nine made, Lets', number of parts, Weight 6 lbs., No ribbon used. 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And lips like red rose petal blown apart, And laughing eyes of blue I I pray you now, ' Come yet a little closer to my heart I Nay, fear rue not I Thy child heart under . stands Love that trusts all and knows not to con demn, Give me to hold thy tiny, tender hands, That I may warm my withered soul with theml . Oh, let me feel since in my memory No earthly love npon my life hath smiled That heaven In mercy hath reserved for me The kisses and the clinging of a child. Atlanta Constitution. PROFESSIONAL MOURNERS. Cartons Calabrlan Customs Which May Be - Observed In New York. .1 In the Italian quarter I found myself the other day in a home which had been darkened by a double misfortune. A lit tle Italian boy had fallen from a lire es cape to the street and been instantly killed. His widowed mother, when she came upon, the body of her son, went mad with grief and attempted to take her own life. She was taken .to the hos pital. The boy's body lay upon a table, and a blazing candelabrum stood at its head. At the side the boy's foster father and his wife knelt in prayer. Seated about the room was a group of women chant ing an Italian death wail. One of the women raised her face, and her quaver ing voice filled the room : "Happiness has departed from us for ever!" . , . And the others droned the refrain : "Forever!" "He will never be absent from our thoughts!" 1 " v "Never from our thoughts !" And so on, strophe and autistrophe, 1 the chief wailer leading and the chorus, echoing the dismal refrain. It was a sight and a sound to move even the tardy sensibilities of a reporter. " Such scenes are not unoommon in the Italian quarter, though they seldom come under the eye of visitors. 'The pro fessional mourner is an institution in some of the provinces of southern Italy. She the office belongs entirely to the softer sex is analogous to the Irish "keener," but with the difference that her wail is more musical than weird, whereas the "keener" is weird, pierc ing almost anything but musical The Italian wailers they are called "prefiche" in their native tongue are doubtless descendants of the profession al mourners of. ancient Rome. They are most common, and their office is most clearly defined in the provinoes of Abruz zo aud Calabria and in Sicily. There they are regularly retained and reward' ed with a fee. In other provinces a rel ative of the afflicted family may assume the office and lead the chorus, or the function may be of a wholly miscellane- ous character, all the mourners joining in a song of woe. New York Herald. President Polk's Nashville Home. - The old Polk place on Vine street, the home of President James K. Polk, and the scene of many brilliant gatherings in former days, is viewed with interest by many visitors to Nashville. Many ex pressions of regret are heard from those who view the picturesque Pol place for the. first time that the historic old home stead should have been allowed to fall into such a state of dilapidation. They think the old place should be maintain ed in good repair for the' sake of the memories that surround it. It has been suggested more than once that it would make an ideal home for the official resi dence of Tennessee's governors. The excuse that can be very properly offered by Nashvillians for the present condi tion of the Polk place is that they have nothing to do with it, the property being in litigation. It is feared that ultimate ly, in the division of the property, the old place will be cut up into lots, and if that is done the home of Polk will become only a memory. Nashville American. , . Gratitude. Gratitude is a short cut to sincere and lasting friendship. Some .people com plain that they have no friends. Have they never had a favor done to them? Why, every man has had a score of fa vors done him every day of his life ! Those who bear it in mind, who say a word of hearty thanks, who watch a chance to do a favor in return, never lack friends. ,. An Easy Mark. ' "May I awsk what you have?" re- uested the tenderfoot politely. 'Ace high," said Alkali Ike grimly. "Oh, dear me. And I've only got three kings. . Seems to me I neveh have any luck at pokah. " , ' 'Taint all luck, mister. It's speri- enoe. You 11 lam arter awhile. New York Recorder. Business. Tailor I have called after my ac count, Dr. A. Debtor Here is the money, but I have deducted 5 shillings because you have come in my consultation hour. London Tit Bits. . , . A monopoly is a good deal like a baby. A man is opposed to it on general prin ciples until he has one of his own. Ex change. ' The strength of the average horse is estimated to be equal to that of 1 average men. ' A GREAT FISHERMAN. He Could Land His Prey From Water Other Men Fished Blank. Charles Grant had a great and well deserved reputation for finding a fish in water which other men had fished blank, This was partly because, from long fa miliarity with the river, he knew all the likeliest casts, partly because he was sure to have at the end of his casting line just the proper fly for the size of water and . condition of weather, and partly because of his quiet, neat handed manner of dropping his line on the wa ter. mere is a story still current on Speyside illustrative of this ; gift of Charlie in finding a fish where people Who rather fancied themselves had fail ed a story which Jamie Shanks to this day does not care to hear. Mr. Russel of The Scotsman had done his very best from the quick run at the top of the pool of Dalbreck, down to the almost dead still water at the bottom of that fine stretch, and had found no luck. Jamie Shanks, who. was with Mr. Russel as his fisherman, had gone over it to no purpose with a fresh fly. 1 They were grumpishly discussing whether they should give Dalbreck another turn, or go on to Pool-o-Brock, the next pool down stream, when Charles Grant made his appearance and asked the waterside question, "What luck?" "No luck at all, Charlie!" .was Russel's answer, "Deevil a rise!" was Shanks' sourer re ply. In his demure, purring way Charles Grant, who, in his manner, was a du plicate of the late Lord Granville, re marked, "There ought to be a fish come out of that pool." "Tak' him out, then!" exclaimed Shanks gruffly. "Well, I'll try," quoth the soft spoken Charlie, and just at that spot, about 40 yards from the head of the pool, where the current slackens and the fish lie awhile before breasting the upper rapid, he hooked a fish. 'Then it was that Rus sel, in the genial manner which made provosts swear, remarked, "Shanks, advise you to take half a year at Mr. Grant's school. " "Fat for?" inquired Shanks sullenly. "To learn to fish," re plied the master of sarcasm of the deli cate Scottish variety. Nineteenth Cen tury. ' THREE FOR A NICKEL. A Shrewd Ohio- Postmaster Causes a Rush For Postage Stamps. . The business world of the .village of Johnstown, in Ohio, had succumbed to the heat and had lain down for the sum mer siesta Plainly things needed a stir ring up, and it was Postmaster and Edi tor W. A. Ashbrooke who did it. His bumble instruments were merely a piece of white pasteboard and some black paint, the latter, however, mixed with a shrewd quality of brains. When his preparation was finished, a large placard challenged the notice of all passersby with the startling legend, Postage stamps, three for 5 cents.' The first response to this alluring state ment was from a drummer. He accosted the postmaster, "Do you mean to say that you actually sell three postage stamps for a nickel?" The postmaster replied that this was undoubtedly the case. "Well, said the drummer, 1 never saw a reduction in stamps before. 1 ;i taKe worth. 1 don t need 'em, but it's the best bargain in stamps ever heard of. " He waited with a gratified smile while Mr. Ashbrooke put his $2 bill in the drawer and counted out the stamps. By this time his expression of compla cency had given place to one of chagrin, and as he pocketed the stamps he re marked, "Well, that's one on me. " Presently a winsome girl came trip ping up with a letter to her sweetheart. wnen sne reaa the placard, her eyes sparkled with pleasure to think that the' stream of coin she was steadily pouring into Uncle Sam s coffers was to be even slightly diminished. She laid down a nickel with a confident air and said, "Give me three stamps." , , - 1 , The obliging collector of government revenues pushed her out two twos and a one. Then perhaps he didn't pay for his little joke. Feminine scorn held : the floor in that office for the next five min utes. Then, with the somewhat feeble peroration, "Will Ashbrooke, you think you're smart, don't you?" the offended maiden flounced out of the office. Pittsburg Paper. " - Rourfi on the Parson. McBride told a party of his friend this story :." You know, boys, little peo ple have sharp ears, and they are not at all backward about telling any little scraps of information they pick up. This peculiarity has led a good many parents to resort to spelling words when their young children are present. Of course that sort of thing is of no avail after the youngsters learn to spell. Well,. Mrs. McBride and I are in the spelling stage now, and little Freddie is often very much mystified by our remarks to each other. Last night we had our new min ister to dinner, and, Freddy watched the good man helping himself very liberal ly to biscuits. He thought it a good op portunity to put into use the family verbal cipher, feeling perfectly certain that the minister would find it unintel ligible, so he called out, 'Mamma!' - " 'What is it, Freddy?' - " 'Mamma, isn't the m-i-n-i-s-t-e-r a p-i-g?' spelled out Freddy triumphant ly. New York Telegram. Shoplifting; Extraordinary. Judge What's the charge against this man? Green Policeman Faith, Oi believe they calls it "shop liftin," sor. ' Judge You believe? Don't you know? Explain what he did. ' Policeman Why, he troied t' blow up a droy goods sthore he wor . dis charged from. Philadelphia Record. The Reason of It. Paresis I have just discovered why political aspirants always have their legs pulled. . Giglamp Why? ''..;.' Paresis So that they can take longer strides when running. for office. New York Herald. A VETERAN EDITOR. R. B. AVERY WAS A NEWSPAPER MAN BEFORE THE WAR. Health Shattered by Hardship Suffered all That Man Could Stand, and , Finally Won the Fight. From the Examiner, fan Francisco, Cal. At the opening of the civil war Rich ard B. Avery, now residing at 345 Thirteenth street, San Franoisco, was an . associate editor . on the Chicago Times. Chicago was not then the great commercial and industrial center that she is today, nor had the Times even begun to be the great representa tive journal of the inland metropolis, as it has become in late years under the control and direction of the late Carter Harrison. At that time Mr. Avery was a man 30 years ot age, and had come to his position as an editorial writer after twenty years of service in various branches of the newspaper bus iness, having begun his apprenticeship as a compositor at 10 years of age. When President Lincoln issued the first oall for volunteers, Mr. Avery threw aside all the bright prospects which lay before him' in the journalistic field and joined his fortunes with those of the North. He enlisted as a volunteer and fought with the Union army until the close of the war. He took part in some of the fiercest battles of the war, and when he received his discharge was considerably broken down in health. By continued exposure to the severe weather that prevailed during many of the campaigns, Mr. Avery contracted an acute form of neuralgia in the head. He suffered excruciating pain, and passed many sleepless nights on account of the disease. He came to California several years ago, but the change of climate did not afford him much relief, for the neuralgio attacks reourred at stated periods, and the pain was so intense at times that he was driven almost to desperation. 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