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TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT, JUNE 1 . l^08- I MARTIAN LIFE. Ccadltions Maks For Croaturvs 0» an Advanced Ordsr of Intellect. Whatever Its actual age. any life Dow existent on Mars uniat lie In tne laud stage of Its development—ou tne whole, a much higher one than the ma rine But. uiore than this. It should probably have gone much further if It exists at all. for In its evolving of terra firms Mars has far outstripped the earth Mars' surface Is uow all land Its forma of life must be not only ter restrial as against aquatic, but even as opposed to terraqueous ones. It must have reached uot sluiplv the stage of land dwelling where the pis* slbilitiea are greater for those able to embrace them, but that further |s>liu of pinching poverty where bruin Is needed to survlre at all The struggle for exislence In tin planet's decrepitude and decay would tend to evolve llitelllgen<*e to cope with circumstances growing momeularlly more and more adverse lint, further more, the solidarity that the eondl tlous prescribed would conduce to a breadth of understanding suffii lent to utilize It. Intercommunication over the whole glolie Is made not only possible but obligatory This would lend to the easier spreading over It of some doml nant creature- especially were tills lie Ing of an advanced order of Intelleet able to rise above its bodily limitation'* to amelioration of the conditions through exercise of mind. IVlint ali Bence of seas would thus entail ah Bence of mountains would further These two obstacles to dlstrllm'lon re moved, life there ivntild teud the quicker to reach a highly organized stage Thus Martian conditions them selves make for Intelligence Percival Lowell In Century. RAYS AND SKATES. They Are Known to Fishermen as the Jokes of the Sea. The rays and skates are the Jokes of the sea. Their b,silex nre as flat ■i the pancakes made by the man In white on a griddle In the window of a “beef and" restaurant. Their eyes look upward, and they have tails as slender aud tapering as the whip of a ringmaster of a circus In the L'nlted Blates the most com mon rays are called "skates." The whip tailed rays because of their long slender lulls with their erectile aplite* at the end. capable of Inflicting severe and dangerous wounds, are frequently called sting rays. The commou sting ray feeds on oysters, clams and other valuable mollusks and in the Atlantl waters la known as the “elam cracker.’ Of the skates the commonest as well as the smallest species on the Atlantl* coast Is knowu as the tobacco box; the largest la aptly called the barn door. On the western coast of the United States la found the big skate which reaches a length <>f six feet, two feet larger »11:111 Its eastern rein live. Because of Ita habit of Hilling Itself up wheu caught the common skate h is been called "bonnet skate " It I Is also knowu ns the "hedgehog ray." On the New Jersey coast the trawl fishermen cut off the broad, tieshy “wlnga" and they nre sold for "sad- dies." sometimes bringing ft and even 10 cents a pound. These men call the fish "possum." “sen possum" and "bob tailed skate." As a rule, anglers throw the fish back into the water as being of no value Not at All Like Him. To the studio of nn nt list who had Just finished a portrait of a distin guished resident of u neighboring city a friend of the sitter came to look nt the newly painted eauvss Tin* visitor was nearsighted ami not particularly well acquainted with studios. Ho wanted to see how good a likeness had lieen made of his friend. He kept walking nearer and nearer to the paint Ing and finally put out his finger as It to touch It. The artist was getting nervous at the approach of the finger to the paint. amt he asked the visitor not to touch the portrait, as It wan not dry The nearsighted man pill dowu his hnnd and walked to the door. turn ing only to say. "If It Isn’t dry It Isn’t my friend." And he walked out.—New York Sun. BURIED HER VOICE. The Worship of Serpents. The small town of Werda, In the kingdom of Dahomey, is celebrated for Its "temple of serpents," a long building In which the priesta keep upward of a thousand serpents of all sizes, which they feed with the birds and frogs brought to them as offerings by the natives. These serpents, many of them of enormous size, may be seen hanging from the beams across the ceiling, with their beads pointing downward and In all sorts of strange contortions. The priests make the small serpents go through various evolutions by lightly touching them witb a rod. but they do not venture to touch the largest ones, some of which are large enough to in fold a bullock In their coils. It often happens that some of these serpents make their way out of the temple Into the town, and the priests have the greatest difficulty In coaxing them back. To kill a serpent intention ally is a crime punished with death, and If a European were to kill one the authority of the king himself would scarcely suffice to save his life. Any one killing a serpent unintentionally must Inform the priest of what has occurred and go through the course of purification which takes place once a year. Artificial Limbs, “A manufacturer or dealer in artl- ficial limbs who wears a cork arm or leg himself Is much better equipped for business than Ills competitors who are sound,” said a man who uses a cork leg. “In fact, it has become a sort of unwritten law among us to patronize such men when possible. Sentimental reasons may have something to do with tlie case, but I guess the chief reasou Is that we consider that if a man can make a limb for himself that fits like the paper on the wall lie can make It for others. Manufacturers of artl- ficial llmbs know this, and frequently you will And an advertisement like this: ‘The So-and-so artificial leg Is built by a man who is wearing one aud who knows from experience what you want for comfort.' This Is a strong argument, for It's no easy thing to get an artificial limb that Just fits. Per sons who have trouble getting shoes that are Just right are in great luck compared to us."—New York Sun. An Admiral's Stories. One of the English admirals has a choice collection of stories at the ex pense of laymen placed in office at the admiralty as a consequence of a turn of the political wheel. Of one lord of the admiralty he told a delighted house of commons how. receiving a report of disaster to a ship couched In technical phrase, lie wrote a reply remonstrating with the officer for Ills use of bad lan guage. Another civilian lord, looking over a chart and observing that one of his majesty's ships, homeward bound, passed within a space of two Inches on the chart an Island where cast- away sailors were sheltering, wanted to know why It could not call and re- lleve them. The admiral explained that the two Inches on the chart meant a distance at sen of 4,000 miles.—Lon don Strand Magazine. Boone's Portrait In Oil. There never was but one oil portrait of Daniel Boone painted from life, and that was by Chester Harding, a dis tinguished artist of Boston, who came to Missouri In .lune, 1820, and painted It in the residence of Flanders Calla way. Boone's son in-law. where Boone was then living, near the village of Marthasville, In Warren county. The Bev. James E. Welch, one of the oldest Baptist preachers lu the state and fa ther of Alkman Welch, attorney general of Missouri during Governor Gamble's administration, ant In Boone's bed be hind Boone for him to lean against while Harding painted tlie picture, the pioneer being too feeble to sit nlone. Harding's portrait of Boone now hangs In the state capitol at Frankfort, Ky.— Kansas City Star. The Glass Snake. The slowwortn is the snake which country people tell you has the peculiar property of breaking Itself Into bits, each piece afterward surviving. The truth differs slightly from the legend. The slowwortn Is a timid creature and when first captured tightens all ita muscles, thus reducing itself to a re markably rigid state, in which condi The Land of Fire and Ico. tion It will no doubt snap like a dry An example of the strangeness i of twig; but, needless to say. only the Iceland Is furnished by the volet ■ano upi>er and vital portions survive the Matla. This Is burled under Immense ordeal.—London Globe. snow fields, but front time to time Its fires burst through tlie glittering What the Jury Thought. blanket, and then such Bootis nre pour During a trial for assault in Mel etl from the melting Ice that a great bourne a club, a rail, au ax handle, a stretch of country lietween the volcano knife and a shotgun were exhibited as and the sea Is Inundated and huge the instruments with which the deed masses of Ice are carried out Into the was done, It was also shown that the ocean It la unsafe even to cross (lie assaulted man defended himself with territory lying Iwtween Matla and the a scvtbe, a revolver, a pitchfork, a sea. so suddenly come the Hoods.—Chi chisel, a hand saw and a dog. The cago Record-Herald. Jury decided that they'd bare given a sovereign apiece to have seen the fight Their Crimes. Two boys of strict Free church par A Dainty Combination. entage and upbringing lu a Scottish "You can't tell." said uncle to us; town were comparing lulqultles One "you can't tell Feller I know that's boasted that he had furtively been at a aesthetic artist know wbat he does? a circus show. "Ah. but I have done He smokes chewin' terbaccer in a worse than that.” said the other, "for pipe that's made o' rubber. Honest, I've been ou,e In the pit at the theater be does. An' be claims his health la and twice In the Established kirk."— dellcut!"—Cleveland Leader. Blackwood's Mags tine. Didn't Want Agony Prelonged- Mlsalonary -Will you do me a favor? Ml,trees (astounded) - You can't read. Cannibal—What la It? Mlaalonary - Norah? Good gracious! How did you Wheu you get ready to eat me. I wish ever learn to cook so well? New Cook you would arrange It so that I can be - Shore, mum. Oi lay It t' not bein' able a qulcW lunch rather than a course din to rade th' cookbooks.-Town and Coun ner New York Press. A Pert Answer. Invitation Declined. "As Shakespeare says," rv-usrked Hie Weight. What do you think young Chumpley Casaldy. who was fond of airing bls weighs?” "book lamin'." "what's In a name?" “Al«*ut 'JOG pounds on the wales and "Well.” replied Casey, “call mo wan about ten ounces In the ceUmualty.”— that OI don't like an’ Oi'll show ya*— Lleveland Plain Dealer. Kansas City Newsbook. I Pauline Lucca Never £ar>g After Her Husband's Death. Great stage artists die twice—the first time, when they take leave of the stage and set aside the harp; the sec ond time, when, like ordinary mortals, they go the way of all flesh—and who knows but this last act Is not more bearable, uot less dreadful, than the first, when, after all the blinding glory, the shadowy curtain of oblivion de scends? For Pauline Lucca this first act was of long duration—nearly twen ty years. Bite bad time to outlive her glory ami to become acquainted with the bad memory of mankind. Ilka Horwlz-Baruay tells this story In con nection with a visit which she made to the Lucca borne lu Vienna: "I ask ed. ‘Do you ever sine?' •No! No! Never!’ she almost shouted. •| never slug, for I lost my voice, lost it sud denly, by suggestion, through the will of another.' After being urged to ex plain she exacted a promise of secrecy ‘until she was no more’ and said: ‘You know, wiy husband, the Baron von Wallhofen. was sick for a long time and beard little singing Wheu 1 did slug for him It bad to be an old song which I disliked, but he was fond of It tiecause of Its words. One evening we had a few friends here, He was feeling somewhat better and had bls chair wheeled Into the draw- Ing room, To please him I sang his _ He wept with pleasure, favorite song. Then be took my two bands and caressed them, stroked my hair and my face and whispered to me: “Thank you! Thank you! You are an angel!” And. still caressing me, he said. "So I shall take your voice with me to the grave!” 1 laughed and said, "You But will outlive my voice and me. he repeated, “1 shall take your voice with me to the grave!” Two days later the baron died, and I was never able after his death to sing a note.' Vienna Neue Frele Presse. Why Th. Pov Hungry Fish. ••nere is an Interesting thin, that hs.pe'ed iast summer mu, friend «d myself." said a New Vorker. WeJ « gone on a fishing trip in “ but It seeim-d that either all the flab were at another place or were - not bum gry. We dwided if those fish were not hungry we were. « • hadn “ m our luncheon, as wise fishermen will and in order to keep the brea 1 as fre m as possible had left it )■• 1™' f^,n Mv friend asked me to pass it to him. and lu doing so the loaf of bre ■<! overboard. We made out the best we could without the bread aud later row ed to another (dace to fish. On our way back we passed the place where we lost our bread. Then we saw the sight of our lives. On each side of the loaf of bread stood a big H-to. ami rot as far as we could see there was a great line of small fish. We wondered what it was. and then the thought dawned on us—those tisl) had formed a "bread line" and the two large fish were dealing out the bread. After that we didn’t have the heart to try to catch any ofgbose poor, hungry fish. A Bride With Seme Good Points. Rome years ago in ail agricultural district In England there lived a farm er who wanted to sell one of bis cows. There was not at that time a weekly paper In which he could advertise, so he resolved to follow a local custom and ask the vicar of the parish when giving out bis notices at church to ad vertise the cow. "Yes, farmer," said the vicar, "I should lie willing to oblige you. but you don't attend my church." Presently, however, they struck a bargain that the vicar should adver tise the cow, and the man In returu promised to go to church. Now. un fortunately the man was deaf, and on the Sunday following when the vicar gave out the banns of marriage be tween Joseph So-and-so, bachelor, and Sarah So-and-so, spinster, the farmer took it for granted that the vicar was giving out particulars of bis cow and HER FACE WAS NOT FAIR shouted out: “You might as well say while you But Thera Was Or.e to Whom Shs are about it that she Is a most gentle Would Always Be Beautiful. creature and entirely free from vice." The blind boy raised a rapt face to —Stray Stories. the light. “And my mother?” he said question- Where Red Hair Is Disliked. Ingly. “Tell me how she looks again. In Cornwall, particularly the Land's I shall soon l)e able to see. and 1 know End district. It Is not advisable to dub I shall find one more beautiful than all a person “a red haired Dane.” though the rest and cry: 'Mother, mother! Why In most parts of England, especially do you not speak?'” Inland, the expression would as likely His sensitive face was turned re as not provoke no comment at all or be proachfully toward his father. "You regarded as simply frivolous. have always told me how lovely she is. At a police court case heard in 18G7 She Is little—not taller than my shoul at Penzance town ball it came out in der—1 know that.” evidence that the defendant had called The old man laid bls arm over the the complainant “a red haired Dane." lad's shoulders. and this led to an assault. The strong "You must know now what your repugnance of Cornishmen to be dubbed bllnduess would have kept you from by this strange appellation is as strong knowing.” he said. “Your mother is as ever. not fair and beautiful now In face, but The Celtic nations hated the Danes her soul Is wbat God made for a moth er. When you can see. look for the and were always fighting them. And only In Cornwall, but also all along face which holds the greatest love. not our coasts, where the Danes or Norse You will not be mistaken. It will be men made their ravages, tills deep your mother's." The great surgeon looked for a mo rooted prejudice against people with ment or two Into the sightless eyes and red hair, “red headed.” more or less remains Ingrained in the national char then turned and laid bls band on the acter.—J. Harris Stone in “The Eng father's trembling arm. lish “ Illustrated." "Only God can make him see. my friend." he said kindly. “Your boy Meat Versus Song. was born blind, and human skill can The great tenor's lunch consisted of not help him ” The blind Itoy was the first to speak, a cheese omelet, asparagus, fruit and and he laid bls arm around the sud au ice. “No meat?" said the reporter. denly aged form of bis father. “As little meat as possible." the tenor “Come." he said, “let us go hack to mother. Site will always be beautiful replied. "Meat kills song. The night to tne now." and they turned and gave ingale. the thrush and lark are grain eaters, and their song Is sweet. The place to the others.—Exchange. carnivorous birds, the crow. etc., only croak. And in countries that go in for Caustic Whistler. Whistler's caustic wit Is shown by excessive meat eating—England, for in stance—there are few good voices, the following anecdote: In the more vegetarian countries, "Of one who was held to be Eng while such as Italy, fine singers abound. land's most brilliant young artist. ‘Yes.’ I Song birds are vegetarian." he con he said thoughtfully, 'he's clever, but “Carnivorous birds croak."— there's something common In every cluded. New York Press. thing he does, so what's the use of It?"' Whera Water Means Life. Like many great men. he had but As Illustrating the scarcity of water little time for any but bls own work. "He told me a story demonstrating this In some parts of Australia and the most clearly. His “Nocturne In Blue high value set upon it. I would draw and Gold. Valparaiso," was in the Hill attention to the case of three Afghans collection In Brighton. Mr Hill bad who were murdered In West Australia. two galleries and a well known collec Water was scarce, and yet these three tion. eventually sold at Christie's. orientals washed themselves In a road Whistler went down to see Mr. Hill, hole—the sole source of supply-ad joining a selector's homestead. In a and said be: '"I was shown Into the galleries and fury he shot the three of them, and at subsequent trial the Jury unanl- of course took a chair and sat looking his rnously acquitted him.-Wlde World at my beautiful “Nocturne.” Then, as Magazine. then* was nothing else to do. I went to sleep.’ "—Sidney Starr's "Personal His Great Fault. liecollections of Whistler" In Atlantic. "Yea," said the would be ______ author, “I've taken a house In the country, but A Chinese Delicacy. It will be necessary for me to engage The tips from the topmost shoots of a gardener. There's quite a plot of the bamboo tree are culled when they ground around the house; too much for are not more than three Inches long, me to handle." peeled aud preserved much as pine "Yes." replied Crittlck. "you never apple Is. though the tips are cut In could handle a plot, could you?"—Cath- quarters. This fruit has a remarkably olle —- Standard and Times. delicate and pleasaut taste and Is large ly used as a flavoring for meat, though All Pretty. It can lie eaten In the raw state, being A rash paper announced for Its col rich and Juicy. The edible Is expen- sh e on account of the difficulty In se umns a forthcoming story, entitled curing It from lbe to|« of the tall. "The Prettiest Girl In the Town." A hundred young ladies Immediately sleuder trees at Just the right time. scut post cards warning the editor not to use their real names.-I.ondou Globe An Uncomfortably Answer. In one of Sir George Colley's letters Brevity. he says: 'Ij'nl I^ttou bad a good *Tno many words are wearisome.” story about poor Lord leltvtm. who said Kwoter. “Brevity Is the soul of shortly Ivfore bla murder, talking with a nuintryuian a I >out soma cases of 1. the observer; hindlord »booting, asked. ‘Why don't ..J? but In any event It Is always the rascals shoot pie?' 'Ab. thin, yer mendable "-Philadelphia Press. cotr.- bouner.’ said the tuan. 'It's Just thia— what’s everybody's business Is no Twsnty and Twanty-two. body's business!*” What to th« difference between twice ,’rk* •',On* " »«ever. Dto you see that twice ten makes “They say lt'a IX’ genius.” "Bosh! Were not al) women gen- lussa how would most familias cxtotF Th. •troH^t thing, „re m q. -LoutovUle Courier-Journal. «raro th. we»ke»t.-Bo*iettl. mastodons , I Why Their Bones Ar. Found Near Salt or Sulphur Springs. ••TV herever you find salt or eulphut springs." says * Keu'l»mi,D with the L'nlted States geological sur vey "you may expect to dud the bone.) of mastodons and other huge creatures that have now become extinct. Many person, suppose that the these bones in great numbers ludlcatc» tlmt the animals bud a sort of cemetery, like the llama» of Chile. Which when (bey felt death coming on always imide tor the nearest stream or pond aud. if they could get there, died in the water. "That, bonever. Is likely only a su perstition. Tlie mastodon bones in a salt or sulphur marsh indicates that the animals went there to drink the water and occasionally one got mired and was suffocated. The great num bers of the bones do not prove that a whole herd of mastodons was drowned at once, but that one being mired ev er, year or so during several cent .tries would In time cause a great accumula tion of bones. Missouri has a bone marsh at Sulphur Springs; there Is great mine of them at the Sait Springs In Kentucky and at several places in Ohio and Indiana wLere there ar* saline springs. A great spring lu Flo.- ida. one of the four or five huge ou lets which are grouped under the name of Sliver Spring, is called ”t*'e bo-* yard" because the bottom red nic*.-. are masses of mastodon be -—-s." S'- Louis Globe-Democrat. A WAR CF MAPS. Bolivia Wiped Out England and the British Isles. "Bolivia is the ouly country that ever wiped England off the map." said Frank Roberson. “It came about this wav: The British ambassador several years ago gave a dinner tor the official and social circle people of Bolivia. "Wheu they arrived at the cmbt.HSy they found that he was not marriec to the woman seated at the head o’ th* table, and they left, lu the name o. Ills government he demand,al an at».' city, whereupon the government gave him twenty-four hours to get out of the country. “Inasmuch as little Bolivia is way ou the ocean and practically lost In the eternal mountains Great Britain could not bv guns get the retraction that she wauted, but ber mapuiak- ers got revenge by Issuing maps whol ly eliminating Bolivia. "Finally this information reached Bo livia, whereupon with a stroke of the pen new maps were ordered for the Bo livian government and the Bolivian schools. They showeu more ocean than any other maps ever printed. The British isles bad been sunk Into the sea. And so far as the people and school children of Bolivia are concern ed there Is no Great Britain."—Indian apolis News. '1---------------- - Jwwalry Prat.ctlon. “The general public to not awaragf tg, rarefully worked out system by which the large Jewelry bouses continue to protect their splendid wares long after these have tieen sold aud passed ot# of their bands." said a detective, discussing daring modern burgUrle,. "Most large establishments dealing in precious metals aud gems have a care fully organized aud very efficient de- tectlve system, which makes it easj for a patron to recover stolen go,^, without charge aud with little or no delay In the Institution of the search In the safes of these large Jewel Imuses are minute descriptions of every pie,, of valuable Jewelry which gue. out from the establishment. Each pie,, is numbered too. When the gems are missed the patron telephones the shop in which the articles were purchased At once a special detective, thoroughly acquulnted with the business in hand and armed with a detailed description of the Jewelry, is hurried to the scene of action. This is without expeuse to the clieut."— Chicago Inter Ocean. Something Hotel CI.rk. Remember. "There's lots less danger of the night clerk forgetting an early call left by some guest than most traveler. Imagine." remarked a hotel manager the other day. "The fact to." he de clared. “the average night clerk conld not forget one of those early calls if he wanted to. You know. It's a mighty lonesome Job the night clerk has There Is little for bint to do. few ar rivals to take care of and little to break the monotony of bis long vigil. About the only fuu the night clerk has Is those early morning calls. When I was a night clerk I used to count the hours until 1 could start In on those early calls. There was nothing else to do or think about, and It would keep going through my mind wbat fun It would be to make some guest chare my forlorn Btate by getting him out of his warm bed all sleepy eyed. 1 could not any mme have overlooked one of those early calls than I could have overlooked my breakfast when the time came.”—Cleveland Plain Dealer. In the Jaws of a Lion. A lion comes at Its enemy at full speed, galloping low, and dashes a man standing upright to the ground by the full Impact of Its body. Major In- verarlty states thHt “the claws and teeth entering the fiesb do not buri aa much as you would think." but that the squeeze given by the Jaws on the bone is really painful. When knocked over he was still keenly conscious and felt none of the dreamy sensations ex perienced by Livingstone. Major Swalne. struck down by a lioness going full gallop, was uncon scious for some minutes and did not know what had happened till he found himself standing up after the accident "I felt no pain.” be writes, “not, I be lieve. owing to any special Interposi tion of Providence, but simply that tbs shock and loss of blood made me in capable of feeling It. There was no Why He “Let ’Em Grow." pain for a few days till It was broaght "Yes. I've given up shaving." he told on by the swelling of my arm on tbs bls friends. “I never could shave my twelve days' ride to the coast.”—Lon self. aud the last time 1 was operated on I was In sucli a blue funk that 1 don Spectator. shudder to think of ft The tiarber A Woman Governor. had a musical ear. and he lathered me Queens have ruled many nations, but to the tune of 'The Blind Boy,’ which was being ground out by a barrel organ Pennsylvania Is the only one of ths close by Slow certainly, but nothing United States that ever had a woman to complain about. By the time the for governor. A passage unearthed scraping process had commenced the from Armor's ’’Governors of Pennsyl tune bad changed to the liveliest of vania.” page 12H. says: “On the ;iotb of July. 1718. William Jigs, and the musical shaver seemed to be enjoying himself hugely as he did Penn died, at the age of seventy-four. his best to keep time. I was afraid to By his will his wife, Hannah, was take a breath for fear It would be my made his sole executrix and assumed the management of colonial affairs, sx- Inst “Then the organ stopped, but only ecutfng this difficult task with rare for a second, and when 1 heard the tact and busluess capacity. 'She be strains of 'Stop Your Tickling, Jock,' 1 came.’ says Watson. 'In effect our gov vowed that rather than run the risk of ernor. ruling us by her deputies or being finished off in a barber’s chair lieutenant governors during all the by a musical maniac 1 would let ’em term of her children's minority.’” grow for the future and chance the Lion and Unicorn. crop.”—Modern Society. The animosity which was supposed to exist lietween the lion and the uni His Parting Shot. I lie late Catholic bishop llaphoe, Ire corn. us referred to by Spenser In bls land. used often to tell this story with “Faerie Queene." Is allegorical of tbs nut, b enjoyment "1 was suddenly call deep rcoted ill will which anciently ex ed." tie said, “from my home to see an isted between England and Scotland. unfortunate sailor who had been cast Ever since KMI3 the royal arms bars ashore from a wreck and was lying been supported, as now. by the Eng speechless on the ground, but not quite lish lion and the Scottish unicorn to dead The life's In him still, your token of the fact that St George and reverence-he stirred a little.’ so J 1 St. Andrew had at last shaken band» stooped down and said to him. -My and forgotteu their old difference. poor man. you’re nearly gone, but Just An Expl»nation. try to say one little word or make one The paaalonate rhythms of “T* little sign to Show that you are dying In the true faith.’ So he opened one of Merry Widow” waltz floated through h s eyes just a wee bit and he said. the office, and the lx»» looked up fro® Bloody end to the pope!’ and so died.” his desk impatiently. "Frederic." he said. “I wish y«> wouldn't whistle at your work." Ev,ry Bird * Weathercock. "1 ain't workln', sir." the office boy " heres the whldr or- « by. look at the birds. They’ll replied calmly. "I'm only Just whis tell you Don’t you know that ¿very tlin'."-New York Press. bir,Ts a weathercock? Stop moistenin' A Japanese Joko. your finger and b.ddiu’ It up." he went Guest—Do you know that fellow or •Un’tlh\r,fiUP di3K"at "The r'ractlce hin t hardly cleanly Look at the birds Sayama is telling »11 kinds of He« ® with d°' f0r *ts defame your character? is telling Iles I don't care, but if w n 1 P " Wa’T* 8tral'bt at the begin to tell the truth I'll throttle bi* ra able a weathercock as them dead Guest—Oh, you will, eb?—Japan C»»* btrtto on the spires."—New York Pres. rent Har Ravan Hair. A Bit Different, "Some novelists don't know wM wix??’ on,‘,hing ni,°nt they’re talking about Here's one wk» __ ’Ie ”p h r mind If she speaks of a girl's 'raven hair.”' o ~ ..... l u»»t “What's wrong with It?" " .7 "' ® rowT* — Something tike Browne like mv "All wrong. Ravens don't wear ha ■ I They wear feat hers!"-Liverpool M*' rie^. «fhrward-Philadelphia eury. Nn Gi«- . "Would you call that orator» *»• qtteoce a gtftr “Not at all. He always charge»i « least no cents admission.-’—WasbW T’ do'lrtn"'« nod ton Star. mostly hote.-ppck The greatest quarrels In the htatorv have been between pwr,e ** I Were once friends —Ateblsen riloh* „ Possibly. ^he7¿h\f3,’t ,hat ,b* the doughnut and the tb. e
