TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT,
JULY 9, 1908»
O
TAInlES OF CORNWALL
WHEN SHE GIVES UP.
WE SHORTEN OUR LIVES.
COFFEE AS A WEDDING GIFT 0
c A Tramp's One Chance
A Message by Telephon. ?
A Custom Which Is General In Coffee
Growing Ccuntri s.
Superstition* That Still Llv* In This | The Frenchwoman of Years Degsn-
erates Into a Dowdy.
“We baxe n custom I:» the
Corner of England.
[Original.I
(Origin* l.)
raising countries,” suM n high Brazil-
The French have a neat phrase for
Cornwall, that corner of Britain that
,
a tramp I’ve always been a
I bud bad a hard dny wlib Qn ob<(
lan
official,
-which
is
i
uknowii
in
ha* resisted modernism, mad* a strong the woman who, growing old. throws
tramp. and > oppose 1*M
“ nut* case of a patient whom I vj
other parts of the wo.’IJ. W ben a child
appeal to tbe imagination of Katherine off, with the follies of middle age, all
tramp. 1 had a chance once to b. pulled tbrough wltb much djfflcu(t
Is
bom
in
tbe
coffee
country
a
sack
of
Lee Bates, and she writes of it In her pretensions to toilet, charm or good
¡.ometblng better, or supposed ■
aud was preparing for bed, hoping tin'
the bett grain Is set aside as part of
“From Gretua Green to Land's End.” looks. They say. in a word, that she
the Inheritance to be received on at­ lut i didn't avail myself of IL The I would be allowed to sleep till
In Cornwall, as In Ireland, tbe fairy has abdicated.
taining Its majority. Usually the sack ,cason I didn't was because I couldn t. Ing. when there was a ring at
But when the Parisian queen abdi­
is still In possession and folk lore is
t«u
is the gift from some ckwe fiiend or Uivway If I had succeeded In uiakim. phone.
almost a religion. "Tbe small people cates she does It In no half hearted
Newstart .doubt if Bd have kept up
relative,
and
It
Is
gnarde!
as
aacredly
manner.
Her
dowdlnesa
is
a
thing
to
have been gay and kindly neighbors,
“Are you Dr. Murdock?" cam, ,
as If it were a gift of g >!d or bond*. ,be effort There are people «ted fo
sometimes wblsklng away a neglected make elegant elderly American women
child’s voice.
stand
aghast.
The
British
matron
of
No
stress
would
induce
a
Brazilian
baby und returning tbe IHJIe mortal
I »talesmen, soldiers, buslness-profes-
"Yes.”
parent fo use coffee which was mate 1 donal men. sailors, roustabouts, serw
all pink and clean, wrapped In leaves mature years is a dangerous siren com
“I’m"—
I couldn’t make out tie
pared
with
her
French
prototype.
the
birth
gift
of
a
child
As
a
rule.
and blossoms, ‘as sweet as a nut.’
¡ant* aud tramps. 1 was made for a name.
From
being
a
plump,
silver
voiced
It
Is
sealed
with
the
private
seal
of
the
These are the spirits of Druids or of
"Who?”
owner and bears a card giving all par '"■Pbe chance 1 refer to was this: I
other early Cornwall folk who. as enchantress she changes to an un­
Again tbe name was a Jumble.
ticulars about the variety of grain. Its
heathen, may not go to heaven, but are wieldy mass of flesh, with a baritone
“Speak louder.” I said.
age on being sat ked and tbe birth of was lu my traveling carriage one day-
too innocent for bell. So tbey are suf voice, a small bonnet twinkling with
"I don't dare. They'll hear tne"
the child to whom It Is given and I mean on the truck under a railway
fered to live ou In their olj happy jet placed far back on her parted and
"Well, what is it? Why do you tek.
other details. whi< h are very interest­ | ear-when 1 espied a paper that had
haunts, but ever dwindling and dwln scraped hair and with black clothes of
phone me?”
dllng. till It is to la* feared that by and nameless fashion and depressing dlugl
ing when tbe gift is due.
been caught In a crevice. It looked
“You’re our family doctor, l'vecalled
“Generally the coffee is opened for 1 UkP a bank bill, and Its denomination
by, what with all the children grow­ ness.
This elderly Frenchwoman may lie a
you up for mother often. Tbl* aft„.
the first time when tbe child marries I „p, eared to be a dollar. I couldn
ing stupid over school book* and all
noon I was passing a carriage stand-
The coffee for the recepticn or mar­
tbe poet* writing realistic novela, tbe dowager duchess from the Faubourg
reach it till the train stopped, aud
or tlie cherished spouse of your grocer
Ing by tbe sidewalk. Two men pinbej
riage feast Is made from the legacy,
small people will twinkle out of sight.
was
afraid
It
would
become
detached
me In it and carried me off. Come here
and. according to precedent, this mud
"Tbe sprlgxaus. lurking alioul tbe Ti e type Is the same.
The fai t Is that the Fren< h are an
be the first ti ne the sac' is opened before that 1 was half an hour look­ aud get me out.”
calrds Hnd cromlechs, where they keep
"Where?”
After the coffee Is made for rhe wed ing at It. wondering all tbe while how
guard over burled treasure, could tiet­ eminently practical, not to say male
“1 don't know.”
ding feast the s<i< k is carefully closed it got there It had probably been
ier be spared. They are •im-b thievish rial. race, and the Frenchwoman is the
dropped by some one. most likely at a
very embodiment of these national
“Can’t you tell me something atom
and mischievous troll*, with sm-b ex
and sent to the new borne of the young
people and should keep the n lu this Station, had beeu sucked up when th*
traordluary strength In their ugly bits Idiosyncrasies
train
was
In
motion
and
got
lodgedI
In
"What Is the use.” they would argue,
“I saw Washington street on a lamp-
staple for a year at least. When both
of bodies. It Is more likely they are
bride aud bridegroom have tbe birth the crevice, the sides of which bad post. Tbe next street sign 1 saw *u
tbe diminished ghosts of the old giant*. "of running up bills for dresses and
been
compressed
from
some
cause
or
Burnet”—
gift of coffee they have started life
Tbe plsklea are nearly a* bad. as any what not when there is no chance of
"Repeat that”
under very hopeful conditions, so far other to hold It.
bewildered traveler who has been pis- any longer pleasing? Why not enjoy
As soon as the train came to a stop I
"Burnet.”
as one necessity Is concerned. Few
ky led Into a bog could testify, The the pleasures of the table, even If your
only sure protection against their waist assumes alarming proportions,
"All right. Go on.”
people know (hat the older the un reached for It. What was my astonish­
tricks Is to wear your garments inside when they are the only pleasures left?
parched grain of coffee is the better ment to find that the "1" I bad been
“We didn't turn out of Burnet.
___
Why try to speak In dulcet tones when
out
the flavor. I.Ike wine, it grows with looking at was followed by three kept looking at the street name», and
as
everybody
knows,
it
Is
the
grand
naughts.
I
was
the
possessor
of
a
I
"Many a Cornish farmer has found
age. and that which Is over twenty I
after we crossed Chestnut”—
a fine young horse all sweated and mother who has always the Anal word
years mellowing under proper condi­ tbousand dollar bill. No sooner had I
That was the last word I got I
in
the
French
family
and.
whatever
become
cousclous
of
my
good
fortune
spent In the morning, hl* tnane knotted
tions will bring from $1 50 to $3 a
called again and again without any
the
timbre
of
her
voice,
her
family
will
into fairy stirrups, showing plainly
pound from connoisseurs. The givlrg than I crumpled It In my fist and made reply, only the buzzing common In tele
bow some score of tbe plskles hud been be sure to listen to It?’’
of pounds of green coffee h a common for a field near the station at which phones, it occurred to me at once tint
This
frank
acceptation
of
old
age
riding him overnight.
And many a
practice In the coffee belt Friends ex the train had stopped. Seeing a barn, a child—I couldn't tell from tbe voice
Cornish miner, deep down In the earth, and all that It Implies Is not without
change these gifts aud compare re 1 went to It. climbed Into the mow whether it was a boy or girl-bad been'
has felt his hair rise on bls bead as be Us advantages, and. at any rate, you
suits. When one cannot afford to gi' c and. reclining on the hay. thought what kidnaped and bad got bold of a tele-l
heard the 'tap. tap. tap' of the knock­ are spared In Parisian society the spec­
a sack of coffee it freip ently is *hc I should do with my find.
phone only to be stopped In time to'
1 spent a whole afternoon thinking. I prevent my getting definite inform».'
ers, souls of long imprisoned Jews tacle that la too familiar in other lands
case that ten pounds of tbe best greet*
sent here by Roman emperor* to work of grandmothers still dancing In span­
We
tramps
take
a
lot
of
pleasure
In
grain are packed In a fancy case and
tlon. I called up police headquartm
gled tulle.—London Sketch.
tbe tin mines of Cornwall."
bestowed on a newly born child, with thinking. Just as other people take ■ and told my story, and after a few min­
directions that It must not be upeued pleasure in acting The tramp to en- i utes' consultation among them tbey
joy his profession should be a castle requested me to go with them for t
until the wedding day.*’
THE CAPTAIN’S PLAN
HIS WEAK SPOT.
builder. The afternoon 1 spent con- ■ search. A carriage containing tbm
jurlng up fortunes obtained with my I men in plain clothes soon drove up to
Th* Thought That Mad* th* Nervy His Rule For Fighting Scasickn***
FIRST
AMERICAN
GLASS.
Didn’t Afork Both Way*.
thousand dollars was tbe happiest lu I the house, and we started for Wa»b-
Man Loa* Hi* Composur*.
OUR FIRST PRESIDENT.
A young woman who recently nmde
"Speaking of nerve.” said n Massa­
Made at a Factory Built by a Boston my life. I would go to tbe city, buy ; Ington street, turning tbeuce Into Bor-
out a little shop, be economical aud in- j net and, crossing Chestnut, stopped to
chusetts congressman, “there generally a trip to Europe decided to consult I
Man In New Hampshire.
Th* Average American Know* V*ry
lr a weak spot in tbe most colossal va­ tbe captain of tbe ship as to tbe best
The first American glaes factory was dustrlous. enlarge my business, make survey the locality.
Little
About
Washington.
Having
money, invest It and In time become a
riety, If It only can be found. In this preventive for seasickness.
Meanwhile we had come to the con­
Born Feb. 22. 1732; died Dec. 14. erected in tbe town of Temple. N. Il multimillionaire. Then I would travel
connection I remember my grandfather armed herself with a letter of Intro
Washington In bls diary speaks of
clusion that the kidnapers must bare
1799;
fought
Indians;
time
and
place
a
duction to tbe officer, she waited until
inside
instead
of
under
coacbea
used to tell a good story.
and
glass being made In New na ven. Cons.
taken the child to a bouse of good
"Some forty or fifty years ago a long­ tbe ship bad cleared Sandy Hook, says little vague. Was he not with Brad
see a bigger world than 1 could
In the year 17S9.
class since it contained a telephone.
shoreman's eating place In Boston was a writer In the Bohemian, and then dock? Married a widow named Mar­
tramping
In
America.
One would suppose by the language
Tbe houses near where we stopped
She described her tha: was commander all through our be uses that he conrlders It u new and
the resort also of truckmen and other approached him.
It wouldn't do for one that all the were fine residences. It was the month
Revolution; was our first president and
teamsters whose business brought them fears and begged for a remedy.
quite extraordinary affair. It was nine world could see was a tramp to offer of August, and. while there were
"My dear lady.” replied tbe captain had two terms; wrote a farewell ad­ years previous to this and during the a thousand dollar bill for a railroad
out early in the morning.
lights In most of them, one bad evi­
dress;
knew
Lafayette
aud
Thomas
with
an
amused
smile,
"you
will
not
“One gray November morning about
very war whose Issue first enabled the ticket. The agent couldn't change it dently
beeu closed. A policeman
B o'clock a stranger entered thia place be troubled with any Illness If you will Jefferson; crossed tbe Delaware at country to commence Its own manufac If he would. So I tramped to the city.
Trenton Just before Christmas and sur­
walked around It and reported that a
and took hie seat among the habitues. do what 1 tell you. Most ladies con
When
I
got
there
1
thought
the
first
taring that Robert Howes of Boston
He ordered a substantial breakfast and fine themselves to their staterooms and prised tbe Hessians; beat Cornwallis began to carry out the project which thing for me to do would be to fix my­ ray of light came through a crack Io
an upper story, I was requested to
ate It slowly and with evident enjoy­ thereby Incur the very thing they fear at Yorktown and was first In war. first
he had long conceived, but had hith­ self up. Going into a mammoth store ring the bell and ask If a doctor bad
ment. Then he took bls hat down from Now. If you will stay ou deck, get all lu peace and first in tbe hearts of his
erto found impracticable if not Impos­ where they sold clothing, I asked to been called for. I rang, but received
the peg on the wall and started to go the fresh air you can. walk up and countrymen.
These are all public facts. What sible under English rule, that of mak­ see a suit about my size. Tbe clerk no reply. Again and again I pushed
As he got abreast of the cashier's down, take good physical care of your­
went away and came back with a the button, and at last the door waa
ing glass in America for America.
desk, behind which stood tbe proprie­ self and try not to think of trouble you does the reader know of Washington
In 1780 Mr. Hewes selected a rite for spick and span fellow—a sort of floor opened, and a woman stood In the
tbe man? More than likely it will be
will never be seasick.”
tor, he slowed up.
his factory secure from the British i walker. I reckon—who hemmed and opening. I asked her if a doctor had
The lady thanked him. She followed as follows:
“'Much 'bilged.' he said genially
Cut down a cherry tree with a forces (his glassblowers were Hessianr hawed and said that goods were only been called for. and she said no.
‘So long!’
the dlrectlous faithfully, and when tbe
and Waldeckers. soldiers who had de Bold there for cash. I pulled out my
The policeman in charge of the squad
“The proprietor had a good many ship ran Into the tall end of a heavy hatchet; owned up to havlng done so.
serted from the British armyi. and he bill and showed It to him. asking If he was with me, carrying my bag of
rough customers to deal with, and bis northwest gale she never felt a qualm. saying. “Father. I cannot tell a lie;”
must have had an eye for the beautl could change It.
He looked at It medicines. He pushed Into the vmtl
pistol was handy In a second it was She appeared regularly at meals and threw a stone very far across some
river; climbed up the side of the ful in nature. He chose a spot on tbe dumfounded and said he'd see. He
out and the man covered. Then he de­ enjoyed herself thoroughly.
bule.
Natural bridge and cut bls initials; north slope of Kidder mountain, near went back to tbe office and—I slid out.
manded tbe price of tbe breakfast.
As the gnle was abating she be­
“Shall I strike a light, doctor?' be
worked
bard
at
school;
Its
base.
To
the
northwest
Mount
Mo
­
was
steady;
I
could
see
by
tbe
look
in
his
eye
that
“The man. apparently unmoved, look- thought her that It was due the cap­
asked.
And without waiting for a
was
very
good
all
tbe
time,
and
every
­
nadnock
rears
Its
granite
crown,
stand
­
i
he'd
gone
to
call
a
policeman.
mi at the snooting Iron with curiosity. tain that she should thank him for his
I What I was suffering from most reply he lit the hall gas Jet. We eav
body
looked
up
to
him;
of
course
very
ing
like
a
giant
sentinel;
to
the
north
It was a queer, clumsy affair of ancient good advice and. approaching the deck
that the woman was old and of forbid­
date, and it waa evident that he bad steward. Intrusted him with a message brave, of course very wise aud a great aud running east are the Temple moan about that time was a vacant stomach. ding appearance.
patriot;
was
one
of
tbe
greatest
men
tains,
bold
and
precipitous:
to
tbe
east
I went to a restaurant and took a
never seen its like before. Suddenly asking for an Interview. In due time
“Say,” said the policeman, “we'to
his expression of curiosity changed to tbe steward returned, saying that tbe hi all history; was tall, strong; wore a beautiful valley bolds In its embrace seat at a table. None of the waiters been telephoned that there’s a child
one of apprehension, even terror, and captain waa unable to grant her an those knee breeches of colonial days the towns of Wilton. Milford end came near me. but presently the pro- sick in this house, and the doctor
and a wig; looked stern; would prob­ Nashua, while to the northeast Joe i prietor did and asked me If 1 hadn't
he drew back a step.
Interview.
J got Into the wrong place. What could must see him.”
“'la—that—a stomach pump?' he fal
“Why not?" she questioned. "Why ably lecture you and tell you fo be vir­ English bill and the Vncancrnucks
At the mention of the hlld and the
tuous and you would tie happy Such. mountains conceal tbe city of Man I I do—ask him If he’d give me a meal
tered.
won't be see me?'
telephone the woman drew a long
If
I
mistake
not.
Is
tbe
reader
’
s
vision
Chester.
"This story has a happy ending." th*
on a thousand dollar bill? Not much.
“Captain'* compliments, miss." said
The place Is now reached by a two I told him I bad thought the place a breath. This was enough for the po­
congressman concluded.
"The man the steward, "hut he'a suffering with a of Washington as a man—cold, austere,
liceman. He ordered the house sur­
unemotional,
without
passions,
grand,
mile
walk
over
an
old
road,
long
a
bit
kept his breakfast!”—Boston Post.
of seasickness which 'as lasted
restaurant, but I reckoned 1 was mls-
two days now, an' be ain’t In shape to not merely greater than human, sim­ stranger to travel other than by graz­ aken; sorry I’d Intruded. And I went rounded and, directing the woman »
follow, went upstairs to a bedroom,
ply not human nt all a sort of marble ing cows and nature loving tourists. out.
talk to you."
Chin*** Torture.
I
where be found a telephone. 1 ,enl
statue. A figure to prize, to be proud The stonework about the ovens and
The l.igenulty of the Chinese in de
Somehow I didn’t see where I was I
of as an American, a figure to revere, tbe foundations of tbe building are all
Saluting th* Quarter D*ck.
vising punishment for offenders sur­
going to Iregln. Besides, I couldn’t lie with them.
"I thought so,” he said at seeing th«
One of tbe oldest customs In thr but not a character to love, to be that now remain to remind ns that in all fired while finding out, for I had
passes that of the moat cruel |>cople of
drawn to, to feel any kinship with-in here was another example of tbe Amer­
phone.
the middle ages. Some time ago a boy navy and one that Is often puzzling to
a word. Immortal, yet not living. — ican people’s struggle for Independ­ so place but the park to sleep and not
Taking up the receiver, he called op
was kidnaped from a village about tbe landsman la that of "saluting the
i crust to put In me.
You see, I
Everybody’s Magazine.
tlie nearest police station and to 1
ence.—Crockery and Glass Journal.
thirty miles from Chinklang and quarter deck.” Many have the hazy
wasn’t used to city life. If I tried to
brought to that city to be sold. The Idea that the national colors are Its
buy out a shop or rent one and buy a few minutes a couple more men re­
The Preservation cf Caste.
ported. Then commenced a searchtos
Commoners Not Wanted.
kidnapers were arrested and returned object and that It la merely a naval
Jtock of goods to put In It the moment
It is well known how carefully, ap­
While to a certain extent It is n
No commoner, however distinguished, I showed my bill the gentlemanly of tbe premises. We soon came m»“
to the Tillage, where the |>eople dug a fad
parently at least, the Hindoos are to however great his worldwide fame ns
a man in bed, who was routed out,
hole In the ground, like a grave, about fad. It Is one of hoary antiquity, be­
preserve their caste from contamlna scientist, artist or musician, can hope owner would ask me to sit down while both he and the woman were taken
three feet deep, covered the bottom ing a survival of the day* wheiga'cru
tlou with anything of a lower order, to lieloug to the German Imperial circle he got the change and would telephone along with us. We went from jar"*
■-tax
was
placed
on
tbe
stern
of
a
ship
and aides with unslaked lima, placed
the police. I went about trying to get
to cellar without finding anytbtof
the offender, with bla handa and feet and waa always saluted as a matter in towns where Hindoos aud Mussul­ unless be le first dowereJ by his em
some
one to give me a meal, but city
mans.
followers
of
Mohammed,
live
We were looking about in the laundry
peror with the magic patent of nobil­
tied, upon the lime and covered bla of course When the crucifix was taken
servants
are
not
used
to
beggars,
ex
­
side
by
side
the
sellers
of
drinking
ity. No wife or daughter of a great
body with the same material. Then away tbe old feeling still remained,
when it occurred to one of the men »
cept
those
who
beg
for
money,
and
water
supply
the
liquid
throng')
little
millionaire, however honorable the tbey all abut the door In my face.
they filled the bole full of water, and and men continued to salute the place
raise the lid of a stationary
portholes,
one
for
each
religion
The
The younger gen
source of the husband's or father's
as the lime slacked he was roasted where It had been
Finally when I was nearly starved I tub. It was fastened. Tbe man called
erattan Imitated tbelr elder*, and tbe drinker Is thus supposed to be 1 norant wealth, can dream of being presented
alive and hie body consumed.
upon the old woman for sometbtof
salute became a habit and continue* of the caste of the man who supplies to the empress. The Prussian nobility •truck a little bouse, where my ring pry it open with. She turned P«
was nnswered by a girl about nineteen ,
the water and his own casle is toi se
until
this
day.
—
law
Arfgelea
Times.
form
a
raste
entirely
apart
from
the
Ths Good Old Day*.
I
rears old. That girl was either a fool I Two men grasped the cover and uf
quently unbroken.
rest of society, and Berlin, socially
The rtchesi man lu King Charles
or she was altogether out of place In cd It
A Cold Night In China,
speaking Is composed of many differ­
II 'a England could not get so good
this world I never »truck such a green I There, lying in the tub, was s W
From Hand to Mouth.
One of the facta that Ineflfareably
ent world*, none of which mingles with
a dinner aa tens of thousands will aft
hue even in the country. She took me I about six years old. He was In«“
"I'll
never
speak
to
him
again!
”
ex
the other.—Loudon M A. P.
down to today
Cattle were of a far ifirt Into my memory during my first
In and gave me what »he had to eat. ble, having been given an »nie,Ul\
claimed
the
dark
young
woman.
"He
poorer breed vegetables were few and winter In Newcbwang was the fiudlng
lhen sat down and talked to me, look- ' to prevent his crying out 1 recognW“
Saving Himself.
bad and the commonest conveniences >n one morning about New Year’s time called me bl* questi and asked if he
Ing all the while out xof her sympa- | Eddie Thornton, the child of «M
The owner of an estate had the mlt-
of the table were unknown.
Flab thirty five masses of Ice. each mass might klsa my band. I said ye*, and—
and after that he kissed me on tbe Up* fortune to get a charge of shot In hU thetic eye» at me to cheer me up. She my clients.
knives, for Instance, ar* hardly con­ having been a living man at 10 o'clock
I took measures to revlv* th* Wj
without asking.”
leg* from the double barreled gun of must have known that misery loves '
sidered an extravagant luxury, but Mr. the preceding night. The thermometer
"I suppose.” said the light young wo­ an inexperienced sportsman. The keep- ’ompeny. She told me that she was in I and be soon came to his sen*J. l
waa
a
good
hit
below
aero.
The
men
Gladstone could remember when they
'ore With a young fellow who wasn't 1 man and woman, on being
(
------
*
er hastened to Ul
his
master.
” ■’You're not
were not to Ice found on any table.— had Jost left the opium den*. where man. "he followed along the line of g»r
getting along very well and was going said they bad never suspected tM
least resistance.”
thev
had
been
enjoying
themselves,
dead,
are
you?"
he
cried.
'
_____
_
London Telegraph.
"Of
course
boy
of
six
would
know
bow
to
s*
to lose his position. Her employer !
The keen air sent them to sleep, snd
I am not. yon fool?' said tbe squire,
telephone, though they bad ^*7",
Melancholy Milk.
they never wakened. — North China
rising. "Well. sir. not seeing you get «anted $1,000 in bls business and was
Meals and Brains.
"Haven't you any milk that is more up after you were shot. 1 thought you going to take In another clerk with the phone when tbey put blm *
We give too much thought to our Herald.
that amount and make a partner of | It was. The woman beard him. **
cheerful than this?” queried the new
must be dead!" remarked the keeper. lim.
meals, for Instance They need con­
supposed, talking to himself, but
boarder as be poured some of the llq
Why He Mourned.
“Get up after I wa* shot—rot I?' re­
triving. and It Is pleasant to have them
hid Into bis coffee
'•r-ISiJhat C
" be want»?"
WBO™
I suspecting that be might be
O'Flannagrtn
came
home
one
night
■II
i
»«y*.
sponded
the
»quire.
"If
I
bid
got
up,
net temptingly upon a tabla on which
some mischief, rushed Into tM
"Why. what do you mean by thatY' the idiot would have given me his oth­ Could you git married If
------ J your feller
fresh flow-era are arranged and to eat with a deep band of black crape around queried the landlady
had $1.000?"
and took away the receiver.
his hat
er
barrel!
”
—
London
Scraps.
them Jn a room wherein there la not a
“Of course we could.”
"Oh. nothing.” rejoined tbe new
I went upstairs, telephoned tM .
•lank of dust, but It la not right that ' “Why. Mike,“ exclaimed hi* wife, hoarder; “only this milk seems to bar*
parents, who were In a frightful
“Well. $1.000 Isn't much , reel
I
Very Thick.
our bodies should be fed at the expense , “what are yo wearln’ thot mournful the blues "
I reckon 1 tlon of mind, and told them tM
that
for your
■ thing fort*
“1 wonder why Damon and Pytbn* ■n spare you
___
_ In
> - u return
return ror
of our son la or that tbe dust should be
«mi . your
-—
I were such great friend*?" queried the meal
meal and
kindness
and confl- Then I drove Eddie home.
“I’m wirin’ ft for yer first bus
taken from every ledge In our house
Jence."
Me*n of Her.
Since this episode I have
' young lady who write* type between
atxl left to gather thickly In our brains ‘ band.” replied Mike firmly •Ti» sow y
"Everybody *av* babv Is very Hire 1 meals.
1 pulled out my bill and gave It to mended all parents to accustom
he a dead ” - Everybody’s Magazine
>-Beader Mega sine
me.” said young Mrs. Tapley fondly
•They were like a couple of girl her. and before her eyes got down rhlldren as soon as possible to ■■
"Yes, the cute llttl* thing." remarked chums. 1 guess.” rej»4ned tbe bachelor from tbelr big focus so as to see me I'd Uf the telephone. Eddie, a reMJ^J
What
Pl*ty
I*.
Frank About It.
Ml«* Dlgg*
"What fat ankl** *b*
gone out and away.
precocious child, bad been ,n 1 g.
tn th* cour** of a dlscuMlon on by
Rho* Store Salesman - What alas
i with the Ingrowing hair. ‘Got so thick | In le** than an honr 1 was In the
h*»r-Philadelphia Pres*.
with tbe instrument ever
(gg
tbey
couldn
’
t
see
through
each
other."
glen*
In
on*
of
th*
medical
»ocletle*
a
would you like, madam? Miss Larjun
country and at home, tramping, as I've troduettan into the house.
—Chicago News.
I'd Ilk* a No. 2, but there’s no use •peaker tn Illustrating bla remark*
t'.w-ay* tramped, be'-aus* that's the had permitted him to order *“^1)4
Evading th* laau*.
talking about that. You may as won •a kl. “Many a man think a be la pious
'If* that suit* me But I've bad many for her. and since she was »•
» break this diet . Mery I*
He who doubt* bls abllltv t„
a.
show m* your No. &'*.-Lo**tac T*to- wh*n b* Is only blllona"—N*w Tort
I only dropped It St lewis already
.umey
to
* l'omfort ,n • N haymow
In the
race.-
" w" to thinking of having frequent occasion for
Ireadv fall*»
fall.. behind
k - u .A
“* win
” has
■• ,he
Ices, tbe child rememberedI
Exchange.
T
«
• •
aa»,
. — girl.
freen
ALEXANDER ELT.
her. which was composed of
figures. '
C. R w
Human Being* Should L:v* at L**e*
a Hundred Year*.
Every man who dies before he la a
hundred years olj does so because b*
has neglected tbe laws of health, a
believe tbe time will come when men
will commonly live to be 15‘J years ol«.
But to do this they must ba born right
ai:d t>e taught matter* of health wiui
their A 11 C*.
A majority of the people of America
lose about thirty years of life tlirougu
not understanding or not following tae
demand of nature for regular anJ ade­
quate exert Ise. Our systems of civili­
zation have worked a vast improve­
ment in production by training men
to ape- ial lines of work. Thus tbey
be ome wonderfully proficient. To see
a man rattling up long columns of
reading matter on a linotype machine
is inspiring, to bear a law-yer clearly
and tn-Isively summing up a case fi ts
one with admiration, to read a strong,
forceful editorial affords pleasure nt
tbe thoughts so well expressed, to
watch tbe violinist and listen to tie
sweet meh dies be draws from the
strings waits our souls to hl; It *r
realms, yet the acquirement of each
and all these abilities has robbed the
trained or talented performers of some
thing else. Tbe linotype Is wearing
out his nerves in setting type at sueb
a rapid pace: the oratory of the law­
yer has been acquired at the expense
of a dyspeptic stomach; the m.iu who
wins us with bls facile pen euvles tbe
strength of the sturdy laborer shovel
Ing In tbe street: the virtuoso would
fain have the appetite of the perform-
er on the big horn in the little street
band.
In thus specializing each is apt to
neglect the routine work for all the
muscles that nature demands to keep
up the physique. Had each of these
performers or genluseB done his stint
of work on a farm, raising tbe food be
consumed, he would have been leas
skilled in bls vocation, but possessed
of vastly better healtn. And all would
live out not only their full seventy,
but a round hundred or more of years
—Charles H. Cochrane In Metropolitan
Magazine.
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