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TIL LAM OD X F . momi or tib aimual itatimbwt op th UNITED BTATBS 1XAXCX SIGNED IN A HURRY. ATLAS ASSURANCE CO., LTD. Total income .............................................................................. Incident That Brought th« Savages to Terms. Tbe ambassador who would protect ' his country’s rights must exercise tact and call Into use tbe deepest lea ruing. And. after all. bla plans may be frus trated or unexpec-tevily furthered by some happening entirely beyond hla control. In a biography of Sir Robert Hart, Juliet Bredou iusttvices a treaty without parallel us u cubo of good luck. During one of those terrible storms which jieriodlcally sweep the sboree of Formosa an American vessel was wrecked and the crew eateu by tbe aborigines. Tbe nearest Americu u consul thereupon journeyed inland to the savage territory In order to make terms with the cannibals for future emergencies. Unfortunately the chiefs refused to listen and would have nothing to do with the agreement prepared for tbelr signature. Tbe consul was Irritated by their 6b stinacy. He bad a bad temper and n glass eye, and when he lost tbe first the second annoyed him. Under great stress of excitement he occasionally slipi>ed tbe eye out for a moment, rub bed it violently on his coat sleeve, then as rapidly replaced It. This he did there in the council but. utterly for getful of his audience and before a soul could say tbe Formosan equiva lent of "Jack Robinson." The chiefs paled, stiffened, shudder ed with fright. One with more pres ence of mind than bls fellows called for a pen. “Yes. quick, a pen!" the word passed from mouth to mouth. No more obsti nacy. no more hesitation: all of them clamored to sign, willing, even eager, to yield to any demand that a man gifted with the supernatural power of taking out his eye and replacing it at pleasure might make. SI .928,874.28 DISBURSEMENTS. 8 Losses paid durt^g tbe year .............................. Commissions and salaries paid during the year........ Taxen. licenses and tees paid during the year............. Amount of all other expenditures..................................... «15.017.06 504.405 SO 55.177.54 137.241.34 Total expenditures 11,684.081.71 ASSETS, Valus of real eatate owned................................ stocka and bonds -------------------- owned................... Veduc of----------------------------- . .................. Due for relnsurance on loese. pald. etc......................... Cash In banks and on hand. 'remluma In course of collection and tn transmission nterest and rente due and accrued................................ f Total asset« ....................................................................... Less special deposits tn any state..................................... 32.489.018 15 61,300.00 Total asseta admitted In Oregon................... .. ...................................... UABXXkXTZSa. Gross c’nlms for losses unpaid.................................. 1 144,184 53 Amount . neurued premiums on Rll outstanding risks ................................................................ 1,5'14836.21 All cloer llaoiiitles................................................................. 72 384.79 82,424,718.11 Total liabilities ............................................................................................ <1.723.405.53 Total Insur^isck in force Dec. 31. 1910...................................................... 1274.380,892.00 BU31NESS IN O.%dl>O> FC2 THE YEAR. Total risks written during the yea*............................................................ Gross premiums received during the year................................................. Premiums i«turned during tl«e year.......................................................... Lossis paid during the year......................................................................... Losses incurred during the year................................................................ Total amount of risks outstanding in Oregon. Dec 31. 1910.......... ATLAS ASSURANCE CO., LTD. By FRAJtK J DEVL4N, Manager. Statutory resident general agent and attorney for service: WM. MANNING, Resident Gen) ------ ----------------- -- ------------ ------- Agent, 224 Sherlock Bldg.. Portland, Or. SYNOPSIS OP THE ANNUAD STATEMENT OF THE LLOYDS PLATE GLASS INSURANCE COMPANY i OF NEW YORK. IN THE STALE OF NEW YORK. ion the 81st day of December, 1910, ma le to the Insurance Commissioner of the state of Oregon, pursuant to law: OAPI TAD. Amount of capital paid up................................................... 1 250.000.O> INC JMI. ■Premiums received during the year................................ Interest, dividends and rents received during year.. Income from other sources received during the year Total income ............................................................ ............ DISBUBS EME2TT8. Hossas paid during the year, including adjustment expenses, etc......................................................................... Dividends paid during the year on capital stock ... ?ommissions and salaries paid during the year.... axes, licenses and fees paid during the year........... Amount of all other axpendlturea .................................. I < Total axpendlturea .... i i ASS ÏTB.' Value of real estate owned ................................................. Value of stocks and bonds owned.................................... Tyoans on mortgages and collateral, etc......................... ’Cash in banks and on hand................................................. ¡Premium» In course of collection and in transmission llnterest and rents due and accrued................................ I Total assets .............................................................. Xeas special deposits in any state............................ 668,234.41 1 «#.572.12 50.000.00 2’7.197.41 21.«59.10 66.225.62 265.000.00 523.996.75 15 000.00 15.757.89 94.724.05 3.680.84 1 8 828.841 IS 36,608.71 282,624.19 31,574.68 7 651.43 I Total liabilities ....................................................................... 358,469.01 • 567,095 13 Total premiums in force Dec. 31, 1910............................................... BUIIB1B5 IN O1EQON rOR TBE YEAR Total risks written during the year............. ...Ño amount specified In polled ec. Gross premiums received during the year. . ........................................... 3.422.65 1 Premiums returned during the year............. 220 61 Losses paid during the year............................ 569.■ 6 Losses incurred during the yesr.................................................................. 559.1 4 Total amount of premiums outstanding in Oregon, Dec. 31, 1910: No amount specified in policies. LLOYDS PLATE GLASS INSURANCE COMPANY By CHARLES Statutory resident general agent and attorney XV AVBSXTT B OO., Agents, Chamber of Commaroe mropsia of tub 3 an N. LAMBERS, Secretary. for service; F ZWICK Portland. Or. Bldg.. Portland. Or. nuax . statement of AMERICAN CENTRAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF SAINT LOUIS IN THE STATE OF MISSOURI. On the 81st day of December, 1910. made to the Insurance Commissioner of the state of Oregon, pursuant to law; CAPTTAIu . .12.000.004 Amount of capita) paid up.. XXCOM2L 'Premiums received during the year in cash .................. 82,673.372.49 Interest, dividends, and rents received during the year 239,654.85 ¡Income from other sources received dull ng tne year. . 37.50 Total income........... ............................................................... _ Dmuiinarri. T x >««** b paid during the year............................................ Dividend« paid during the yelr on capital stock. . . CommlABions and salaries paid during the year. . Taxes, license«, and fee« paid during th«» year . , Amount of all other expenditure«.............................. 82.118.084.84 .11,135,172.15 240.000 00 724.779 92 74.771.5« 247,330 50 Total axpendlturea ............................................................ A.SSETS. Value of stocks and bond« owned........... ............................ 84,415,043 00 Loans on mortgage« and collateral, etc............................. 491,800.00 Cash in banka and on hand .................................................. 254.394.59 Premium« in course of collection and in transmission. 52 4 023 40 Interest and rent« due and accrued...................................... 25,843 04 Other ledger assets .................................................................... 2,620.91 82.824,054.11 Total assAts admitted in Oregon.................................... UABX&rriBB. Orosa claims for losses unpaid ................................. 8 261.639 09 Amount of unearned premiums on a 1 outstanding iiak« 2,393 061.95 Due for commission and brokerage.................................... 85.180 88 All other liabilities .............................................. 82 503.17 Surplus ss regards policy holders...................................... 2,891,339.85 «5.711.724.14 Totsl liabilities .................................................................... 15.713.724.14 BUVnnQBS IN OBBGOBT FOB TKT TEAK. *Tot«l risks written during the rear.............................................................. 81,662.058 60 Gross premiums received during the year ........................................ 48..385 >t« Premiums returned during the year................................................................ 10 ?0l C3 Ix»*se« paid during the year.................................................................................. 19 »HS 34 Losses Incurred during the year................................ 21*881 16 Total amount of risk« outstanding In Oregon December 31. 1910 . . 1.358J28 ut AMERICAN CENTRAL INSURANCE COMPANY By B G. CHAPMAN JR. Secretary. Statutory resident general agent and attorney for service; UJL.M■ _ O. w F ZTVTCK, Portland. Oregon. gyjM* ■ Og-. Cenunsrci.] Building Portland. Aganta, Kamil ton Building. Portland. mroPMis or rra aknoax . btayemest or tmd ST. PAUL FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY OF ST. PAUL. IN THE STATE OF the 31st day of Decemt>er. 1916. made io the the state of Oregon, pursuant to law C A Fl TAX. Amount of capital paid up................................................ I1ICOM1 premiums ree*fved during the year In cmn ........... Inte-est. dividends and rents received during the , F«AT ..................................................................................... ineume from other sources received during the year Tota» incoma................... . . — —- • • • DXBBV»S BM1ITS Lr»»«re paid during the year..................... ................... _D!vid.«nds paid during the year on capital sto^k... Commissions and salaries paid during the year... Tases, licenses and fees paid during the year... Amount of all other expenditures ............ t.................. Total oxponditures.............................. .......... ........... AMET1 Vslus of real estate owned ............................................... Vl e of stocks and bonds owned ..................... ... l.«>sns on mortgagee and collateral, etc«. ............... I ash In banks and on band ............................................ Prtmlums In courea of collection and In transmls- si«m........... .......................................... ................................. Jr. *«t and rente doe and accrued............................ atal »«sets .........................................................•••z-x L»v» • eclal lepoalle in any state 'If any there be) Total assets admitted la Oregon...... ........... slAas&m Ircre claims for looses unpaid ............. - -« Lmouat of unearned premiums on all outstanding M**e...................................................................................... c mmlseloa and brokerage............................ ' Itabiiltleo. taxes accrued................................ •0 $.o)icy holders .................... .................... .. MINNESOTA. Insurance Commissioner or ( 6»«,0J««J 15,014.012 74 242.115 54 111 75 I 1 I 1.311.244 tl 4.411.143 1» tot s «7 1 333 314.01 17! 100 00 154.144 71 121.147 41.414 • 7.034 02« >5.151 01 11 54 47 Tvisl insveance naf^^^Deeambg^iJTtltj:^^^ Total risks written durins tbe year .................... . Jr>ss prrml ms received during the year .............................. ............ ’’•’ h I uiti » returned daring tbe year ............... ...................................... .•»'«<« paid during the year....................................................................... ^esee In- trred during tbe year ............................................... ••• Total amount of risks ea«.standing tn Oregon luocember 81, IMt ....................................................... FORCE OF LIGHTNING. 515.164 61 I 91S.159.33 89,517.50 Total assets admitted in Oregon........................ UABXX.XTXB8. lOross claims for losses unpaid ........... LAmount of unearned premiums on all outstanding risks ....................................................................................... Due for commission and brokerage................................ All other liabilities ................................................................. GETTING EXACT TIME 1 Curious OF LONDON, IN THE KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN. on the 81st day of December, 1910, made to the Insurance Commissioner of the state of Oregon, pursuant to law: OAPITAk (Amount of capital paid up............................................. .. I1.T2U.000.M INCOME. Premium« received during the year In cash............... Interest, dividends and rent« received during year.. Income frorr. -iner sources received during the year * HEADLIGHT MARCH 23, 1911 An Ordinary Stroke Is About Equal to Fifty Thousand Horsepower, Frequently surprise la expressed at tbe effect of a stroke of lightning which splinters a large tre« or wrecks a tall chimney, but If the enormous power developed by an ordinary stroke of lightning is taken Into considera tion the wonder will be that the effect is ao small. Scientists estimate that an "ordi nary” stroke of lightning is of 50.00b horsepower. That is force sufficient to drive the largest battleship ever built at top speed. The lightning stroke, however, travels at a speed of 186,000 miles per second. We think we see a flash of lightning, but as a matter of fact what we see is only tbe memory of a flash. The electrical current has been absorbed by the earth long before we are conscious of having seen the flash. A person struck by a direct flash would never see it. Tbe average electromotive force of a “bolt” of lightning is about 3,500.000 volts, and the current is 14.000,000 am peres. In such a “bolt" there is energy equal to 2,450.000 volts, or 3.284,182 horsepower. Some day a wizard will arise who will capture and bind a “bolt" of lightning and with It turn all tbe wheels of a great city. Tbe time required for the discharge of a “bolt” of lightning la about one twenty-thousandth of a second.—Chi cago Tribune. A Crai/ 8pell. The «»¡»era was "Trovatore." Tbougti I no more mar boto th«a, Yet U thy namo a speli asnc thè basa«» to tbe prima donna. And tt was. Her u«me was Fopbronia C'Mcblhiaklwkx.-Judge’a Library. Stung! "1 would like to exchange this Are dollar opera bag for a Ore dollar ctaaf lug d.»li ~ ”8<-rry. nilas, bat those opera tags bare Iweu marked down to *3.98.”— Washington Herald »1 Í I ,171 4.♦44.104 007.117 0« i I 4 211.100 *4 >5 474 .4 11 001 «I 47.014 01 00.724 11 UH M) M T. PAUL FIRE A MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY ÉIOELOW. Vice Preoldeat Mr se»vito: . W F ZWK’B >\>rGa»d. THRASHING SERVANTS. BHADELAND OATS FOR 8PMM PLANTING CLIMAX yioldiug. Earliest nmtuxing, White Tree Oat. rriMiuc«Ml 100 bn. nsr err« tn dry hi.I laud Fall or Spring Tlaliia front 100 to 125 bttahol. peracrw, rnalurea In 100 dar«. i lamo'o,. Cstatet No. H am Mm on koqujot. PORTLAND S-ED Perllaad. Oregon FAMILY RECIPES. The valued family re cipes for cough and cold cure, liniments, tonics and other remedies have as careful attention here as the most intricate prescrip tions. Our fresh, high grade drugs will help to make these remedies more effec- tive than ever. Right prices assured. are also CLOUGH, i Patchwork. The idea that patchwork had origin in America is not fouoded A tboiisund years before fact. Cbrtattaa era a queen of Egypt went down tbe Nile to her last restiug place under a wonderful canopy of skins that went dyed and pieced together lu ■ mosaic pattern. Years before this work hod rea< bed perfection and ac quired n definite place among the arts. Then. too. patch work quilts were made In England in the eighteenth century, as witness the lines written by Cow per to a Mrs King upon receipt of "a kln-l present of a patchwork quill of her own making”— Woman's Home Companion. A Mighty Man. Topbam. tbe prince of English strong men. bad knots of mu» lee where tbe armpits are In tbe ordinary man. lie could take a lar of Irou one and one-half Inr-bee In diameter and five feet long, place tbe middle of It over tbe back of bla nwk and Ibra force the ends forward until they met before his face. On one occasion be called upon a village blacksmith end me de of him an everlasting enemy by pl'klng op a nnmlwe of boraesboea «nd snapping them In two as easily as If they bad been pine slicks I Painless Dentistry Reliable Druggist. U oar pridff—o«r hobby-car fftady for year» and bow our«uco»M, »nd oar» i» tho b< at palnlow» work tn ba foaad anywhere, nn uiatUor how much jon Mt. C a MUIMUM our A*riO44to Wa flnlah plate and bridge w<»rk for out- of town patron» io one day if deal red. faint«*» oitrartion fr-»9 when plat«* or bridge work in order Centulial'on IrM. $5.00 B>«i(«rMi64.0Q 4hllm,> 1.00 1.00 8ilv»r Fillint* .50 Good Rubber Flat»» 5.00 Bait Red Rubber Plata» ____ 7.50 Molar Crew» « ?2h f Gold fillinra Fnamel idlinga ■i w A wttl Fsittwai FtMeet Ektr*tiee .50 M *aaw ritaatM««» mi •«•▼ MKTHOO« AM work really gnarnntewsd for flflaaen year». Wise Dental Co., me. Painless Dentists FaMlef Bwiiriwg. TWr d »nd Wfthktfflen Mill ANO, 0*f Office R««r» • A M t« » F M Beaday». • to I Foley’s Kidney Cs.'ntsr D plomaey. ”1 think jolt will like this risk ’ s . mndniu.” urriil a salestniiii In a Euclid avenue shop “If Is jn«t th,, tiling for a stout, middle aged lady ' "Mr squeHhu) the customer In a rnge The clerk saw bls fnux |>aa sud recovered himself quickly. "Pardon uie.” be ata I led. "I mistook you for the young ludy who wss 111 here ysoterday looking for something for her grandmother Now that I look at you again. I «•<• that this was mi older [leraon Now. If you are buylog for yourself, we have wiinetblng over here that”— —Cleveland Plain Denier. What They Will Do for You They will cure your backache. Strengthen your kidneys, cor. rect urinary irregularities, build up the worn out tissues, and eliminate the excess uric acid that esuses rheumatism, Pre- vent Bright's Disease and Dia. bates, and restore health ■ nd •trength. Refuse substitutes. Sold by Chas. I.CIouqh M A MON I C Literary Note. Tin* fnrbi’r bad tn Ik Ing to h**r pupils <m <)iiklu’s st»»ry. "Tbe l>og of Flamlern.” and «1»«» followed her talk by an oral tp<«t "Now. whit I m fhe nutne* of the iu- thor?** «he qu* riiit ffmall g*i<l JUangy Boy - Ob, You Ida — Boetoij Heron!. J. O UH F. Yowr VeeatiOf«. It H e*H f« a mas to rwsprrt M« | own roration wbatrtrr H is. and U» ! Iliflbk bImpelí Itomi«! to uf»bobl It >«1 io claim for H tbe reopm t It deoerves [ Ubarle» bl<keue. day of each month in I.O.O. K Hull, at 7;30p. m. F mank S evf . wancf , W.M. 11. F. Mokkis, Sec. J. CLAUSSES', LAWYER. ko k' r Drutochcr Abunhtit 2ij Tillamook Block, T illamook O kkgon . Killing ths Bad Taste. “Maybe I won't have to take medi cine again, ami even if I do have to take It maybe the doctor will prescribe an ninbroslal mixture, but If I.should tie condemned for my sins to swallow vile (loses I know Itow I'll take them," a city .-•aleemen volunteered, "A man who was doctoring himself In tbe drug store showed me the way. "Tlie druggist hud mixed a particu larly o'qioxloua dose, Tin* man Itefore taking It asked for cracked Ice. The errand boy brought It. several spoon fuls nearly pulverized. Tlie sick man held thnt In bls mouth until It melted, after which tlie medicine seemed as mild ns tea. “ '1 always prepare my month that way for a dlsngreenble niodletne,' the nuin atild The l<-e numbs the nerves, nml the medicine all|>s down without leaving any taste, good or bud.’”—Ex- clinnge. Origin of a Song. The grumbling of n negro groom led to the coiiqiosltlon of the Immortal "Old Folks nt Home.” While watting for a change of horses nt a Kentucky hostelry tlie < oin|><>ser. Ktefihen Foster, author of so many l»oloved darky mel odies. henrd a irn-him holy negro mur mur ns hr threw ti set of linrneaH to the ground "I s sick an' tired o' dts life. 1 w’.sht I was back wlf do olu folks at home." "Where may that he. Sam?" naked Foster “Oh." answered the darky, down oil <te Hilwniinee river." The result was the song as we have It today ÎK No. 57, filefts on Satur A Bits and a Peek. His Wife—This tolls of o wo men orb» suffered two weeks from the effwts of a nxmqult«, Mre Her Hue bead -That'« nothing I know a mnn artio has suffered far years from the efforts of a beaperk. -t.'hk-ago Newa Il Produces a Copious and Continuous Supply of Rain. The rain tree of Peru grows very large. Is rich In leaves and is called by the Indians tauiak-aspl. It has tbe power of collecting the dampness of the atmosphere and condensing it into a continuous and copious supply of rain. In tl»e dry season, tvlieii the rivers are low and the heat great, tbe tree’» power of condensing seems at tho highest, and water falls In abundance from tbe leaves aud oozes from tbe trunk. The water spreads arqund In veritable rivers, part of which titters into the soli and fertilizes It. These rivers are ritualized so as to regulate tbe course of the water. It Is estimated tlrat one of the Peru vian rain trees will on tbe average yield nine gallons of water per diem. In a field of an area of one kilometer square— that Is. 3.250 feet each way can be grown 10,000 trees separated from each other by twenty-five meters. Tlii - plantation produces daily 383.000 liters of water. If we allow for evap oration and infiltration we have 13S.- 000 liters or 2t».5:i1 gallops of ralu for distribution daily, t he ruin tree can be culthaterl with very little trouble, for It seems IndltTereut as to the soil lu which It grows. The tree Inereasea rapidly and resists both extremes of climate.—Espana Moderua. ————r On. of ths Most Thrilling Incidents of th« Bull Ring. The famous Spanish torendor Iteverte figmed In one of the most thrilling Incidents ever witnessed In the arena. It was at Bayonne. After disposing of two bulls Iteverte had twice plunged bls swonl into n third of great strength and ferocity, and ns tin* beast coutln- ued ciireerlng wlldly tile speetntors be- gan to hiss Iteverte for bungling, Wounded to tile very quick of his pride, the Spaniard shouted. "The bull is slain!” anil, throwlug aside bls sword, sunk on one knee with folded arms in the middle of tbe ring. Ho was right, but he bad uot allowed for the margin of accident. The wounded beast charged full ii[M>n him. lint the matador, splendid to tbe last, kuelt motionless as a statue, while the spec tators held their breath In horrified suspense. Reaching ills victim, the bull literally bounded nt him. and as be sprang he sunk In death, wlth bis last effort giving one fearful lunge of the bead that drove a born Into the thigh of the kneeling man und laid bare the bone from tbe knee to tho joint. Still Iteverte never film-lied, but remained kneeling, exultant In victory, but calmly contemptuous of applause, till he was carried away to heal him of bis grievous wound. CHALLENQE I CURIOUS PERUVIAN TREE A BRAVE TOREADOR. H..I Whlto SUo Ost evwr grewn. Plant Dom.stic Lif« In England In the Tims of Henry VIII. In that remarkably minute chronicle of domestic life In England In tbe time of Henry VIII.. Tusser’s "Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry,” the learned and pious author seems to take it for granted that tbe only way of dealing with maidservants Is to tbraah them unmercifully. He tells us In his Inimitable doggerel that “a maid must be forced to be cleanly” or she la to be "made to cry creak." Mistresses are advised “to go about with a holly wand In tbelr hand, although they may not always have occasion to use IL and to pay home when they fight”—that Is to say, thrash—“but not to be always chld- Ing." As regards the laundry, tbe domestic serfs are "warned to take heed when they wash or run In the lash and to wash well, wring well and heat well, so that If any lack beat ing it will be themselves.” As for tbe unhappy Cicely, the dairy maid, she Is to cry "creak"—that is to say. to be thrashed—If her cheese la “hoven” or puffed up, and If the cheese be tough Cicely Is to have "a crash." If the cheese be spotted Cicely Is to be amended by tbe ba yea. and If It be too full of whey the wretched dairymaid la to have “a dreeslng.” Finally, If any maggots are found In the cheese, “mistress Is to be Cicely by and by.” An Artist’s Jok«. Holman Hunt, who began life aa a clerk to an auctioneer and estate agent, was constantly drawing por traits when he should have been draw ing up leases, and in hla chosen pro fession be was never slow to seize tbe flying moment. The windows Ln his room were made of ground glass, and as he bad little to do lie spent much of his time lu drawing flies upon Its roughened surface. A blot of Ink suf deed for tbe body and some delicate pencil strokes for the wings, and at a distance the deception was |>erfect. Day by day the number Increased, and one morning his employer came In. stopped before the window and ex claimed? "I can’t mnke out how it la. Every day thnt I come into this room there seem to be more and more files.” And. taking out bls handkerchief, attempted to brush them away. Nothing ta Do. The following bit. quoted from Lord Cromer by Helen Barrett Montgomery In her "Western Women in Enstern Lands,” presents a picture of the mo nolony and deprivation of the life of the Egyptian lady that pages of stntis tics might fall to convey: The seclu sion of womeu exercises a most bane ful influence on eastern society. This seclusion by confining the sphere of woman's interest to a very limited ho rlzon cramps tbe Intellect and wltbera the mentnl development of one-half tbe population of Moslem countries. An Englishwoman once asked an Egyptian lady how she passed her time "I sit on thio sofa.” olie replied, “and when I am tired I cross over and sit on that." Wit Not App'ccistsd. Stubbs was feeling his wuy to the kitchen stove in tbe dark when he fell over the coal scuttle. "Oh. Jobu." John." called Mrs. Stubbs sweetly, “I kuow what you need You should get wbat they have un battle skipa.” "What’s I bat 7* growled Stubbs as be rubhe-1 tai I « shins. fiuder.” "Why. a ruuge l And wbat Stubt.i said about wo man's wit was. plenty. — New Turk American. A Vary Simple Matter, According te This Men's Idea. There is nothing like having one timepiece to correct the mistakes of another. Those |>eople who keep a clock in every room of the house will no doula lie glad to learn of the ex pedient adopted by an old colored Jani tor in an office building lu Chicago. Oue day a man whose office was un der this janitor's charge asked him If be had the exact time, "Just a mo- ment. sir,” lie said and pulled out a battered silver watch from a vest pocket, looked at It. put It back and then took a pencil out of another pocket and Jotted down something on tbe back of an envelope. Next he produced a second silver watch from bls trousers pocket, looked at It and Itegan to figure out some- thing on the patter. By and by he said: “When you Raked, sir. It were jest twenty-seven minutes past a—that’s exact.” "Much obliged." said the other, who had been fingering Ills watch nervouH- ly. "But will you please tell me what you were doing all that arithmetic for ?" "Why. you see.” said the old mnn. “this watch that 1 carry In my vest Is a mighty good watch, only it gains teu minutes every day. And thia one la a mighty good oue. too, but it loses ten minutes every day. So I Just look at them both and then strike an average. You’d be surprised, sir. to see what a simple matter it is."—Exchange. Some horses have learned to balk by being overloaded and abutted. Their courage has been overtaxed and they reliel, disheartened at the task they are called upon to per form. Other horses appear to balk from natural inclination and appear foaled full of innate stubbornness. Halking,like wind-sucking, cribbing weaving and halter pulling, is a vice developed by natural inheri tance. In breaking young horses to harness too much caution cannot be observed in asking the young ster to pull light loads to begin with. The balky horse cannot tie conquered by brutal treatment, but may be induced to pull by many devices intended to attract liim from itis resolution not to pull. To lilt tlie forefoot and pound on the shoe, to put a handful of grass or dirt in his mouth, to give him a lump of sugar or an apple to eat have all proved successfiil in some instan ces in inducing a horse to pull. I 1