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.
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