Tillamook Headlight. January
1,
IÔÎ4.
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LEARNING A LANGUAGE.
NDER THE OCEAN
It la an Easier Task ths Younger It Io
Token In Hand.
*hang«s In the Sea Floor From
Shore to Shore.
HE BIG MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE.
I
; Starts at Iceland and Bisects ths
Ocean Down Almost to Capo Horn.
In Placea It Risco Above ths 8urfaca,
Forming Groups of Islands.
i
,
The time to learn a language Is when
you are young, tbe younger tbe bet
ter. We learn our owu language us
children. Tbe older we grow the hard
er it Is. because it means uot merely
learning by heart a great many words,
uot merely tratuing tbe palate and
tongue to produce different sounds, but
adopting a new attitude of mind.
Nothing definite has been discovered
as to tbe localization of faculties in
tbe britlu. therefore nothing certain is
known, but It has always seemed to
me and to others whom 1 have con
sulted that when you learn a new lan
guage you are exercising aud develop-
Ing a new piece of brain.
Wheu you know several languages
and change from one to another you
seem definitely to cbauge the piece
of brain which actuates your tongue.
You switch off one center and switch
on to another.
You will always notice iu yourself
and others that there is a definite
pause when the change of language Is
made.
Now It becomes every year
more difficult to awaken an unused
part of the brain and bring It Into ac
tive use. and to begin at twenty three
is late.—Atlautic.
RAILROAD COMEDY
SHOES FOR LIFE.
Tibet's Perileu« Bridges and the Way
They Are Crossed.
In 'I'iliet they have not yet pro
gressed fur tie.vond the primitive. Es
pecially when it comes to engineering
tbe Tibetans are nt nliout the stage
reached by Europeans six centuries
ago. At that time in Switzerland they
QUAINT'RIGHT OF WAY RULES. useil a long cable and swinging carrier
for tlie transport of heavy weights,
even of caiiiiou from one inounlniu to
On th« Western and Atlantic When
another a little lower down
Trains Met Between Station» and a
Now. iu Tibet they do uol try to
Dispute Arose the Conductors Decid build bridges across Hie Mekong river,
ed Which Trsin Had to Back Down.
but where there are high cliffs a cable
is stretched to tbe other side of the
A most interesting exhibit of the
river, aud for a tritiiug fee the person
early days of railroading in this coun who wlsfies to cross clings to a thick
try has been found by tbe Kailroad bark carrier and slides dowu. boldlug
Age Gazette. It is a schedule for pus up his feet at the point where the wa
seuger trains aud rules for tbe conduct ter uears tlie iierilous bridge
If be wants to cross back be must go
of eugiuemen aud conductors ou the
Western aud Atlantic, which was at farther up or down the river to a point
the time and still is owned by tbe where another cable is stretched from
state of Georgia. Tbe table is dated a high cliff to the other side, and again
he performs the "slide for life."
March 1. 1862, and was Issued by Wil
This may uot be a very comfortable
11am M. Wadley, superintendent, fa
way of crossing a river, but it Is easier
tber of George D. Wadley, the latter than swimming across, esiiecially If
for many years manager of tbe Cen •Jiere are rapids in tbe stream, and it
tral Railroad of Georgia.
Is tlie favorite »i>d cheap way of build
The schedule shows a picture of an tug bridges among the Tibetan».—
eugine and cars at the top. Under It New York World.
tbe numbers aud names of the sta
tious, the times for arrival, the times
MAKING OF MAPS.
for departure and tbe time tnkeu to
run tietween stations as well as re
marks about
passing sidetracked The Firzt Attempt Wai by Anaximan
der About 560 B. C.
freights are all carefully tabulated.
Aiiaximauder. a pupil of Thales,
In Hie rules for enginemen nud con
diiitu.s are many which seem quaint about 5tit» B C.. sketched the first map.
in this age of colossal railroading. Of It was In the form of a disk. Democ
course the road had only one track, ritus of Abdern. about 100 years aft
aud rule 14 for passenger conductors er. witli n wider range of knowledge,
shows that there must have been some drew :i new map. giving the world an
dispute when trains met ns to which oblong form, showing extension enst
train had the right to keep on its way and west rather than north and south.
The first application of astronomy to
uninterrupted. This rule says:
“As a general rule, when trains meel geography was made by I'ythens of
between stations the train nearest the Marselth's about 32U B. C.. he having
turnout will run back. Au.v dispute us made the first observation of latitude.
to which train Is to retire Is to be de Hipparchus of Nicaea, 1<>2 B. C., first
ternilned nt once by the conductors determined latitude and longitude.
without Interference on tbe part of tbe Mariuus of Tyra, about 150 B. C.. was
enginemen. This rule is required to lie the first to make use of Hipparchus’
varied In favor of the heaviest loaded teachings In representing tbe countries
engine or worst grades if they meet of the world
Claudius Ptolemy of I’eluslutn. Egypt,
near the center."
Rule 7 gives the conductor directions alxiut 102 A. D., was In reality the tirat
for reporting on the number of passen scientific mapmiiker. Notwithstanding
gera who are paying mid the number errors I ii boundaries and locations, tiie
The Romans
of ministers of the gospel who were to method was correct
lie charged half price when ou busl contributed nothing to mapmaking.
uess connected with1 their calling. Tbe No Improvement was imide in It from
same rule indicated that tlie governor the time of Ptolemy until the thir
of the state and the general superin teenth century, when a map appeared
tendent of the road were the only Indi In Italy which was constructed with
viduals who had a right to give passes the aid of a compass -Exchange.
Tbe conductor was ordered to in
spect tbe running gear of bls train at
Old Time Football.
every station and In rule 13 was ad
In the twelfth century London en
monished uever to leave Atlanta or joyed football. Fitz Stephen, clerk to
Chattanooga without the mail or with Thomas a Becket, tells bow after din
out first sending to the postoffice after ner tbe youths of the city would "ad
It. Ruie 17 says that a train stopping dress Ihemselves" to football. These
at iuiy station at uigiit must Invurlably sportsmen were fastidious in their
be ruu on tbe turnout so as to leuve way. The scholars of each school had
the main track clear, and that strict a ball peculiar to themselves, ns had.
watch bad to be kept |u all cases Indeed, most of the particular trades.
where a train stopped at night
The fathers of the players, too, were
lu the regulations for pussenger en “as youthful as the youngest." for.
glnernen there are a number which "their natural heat seeming to be re
seem almost humorous In this period vived at the sight of so much agility,"
of railroad management For instance, they sprang from their stands into the
tbe engineman was Instructed that If arena
In Inter days, too. the excite
his train killed auy stock and threw ment of the-game Ims tieen known to In
the cow or cows in such a position as fect the spectators. Somebody wrote of
to endanger the safety of the next a game in 15!I8: “'These two men were
train he was to stop his train mid see killed by Gold Gunter. Gunters sounes
that tbe track was cleared.
aud ye Gregories fell together by ye
Passenger trains were not to exceed years at football. Ould Gunter drewe
tbe speed of their schedule except his dagger and broke booth« their
when behind time, in which case tbe beads, mid they died bootbe within a
speed might be Increased three miles fortnight after.”
an hour generally. In passing turnouts
(tlie turnout evidently was tlie switch
Lightning Shuns Women.
ing track) tbe s|>eed had to l>e dim In
Statistics ap|>ear to show that men
islied to six miles an hour.
are more likely to be struck by light
Rille 0 might lie put in force today ning than women, more than two men
with good effect and to tbe delight of being killed by it for every woman.
a much Jolted traveling public.
It Blit a l.omlon Journal points out that
reads:
the man's occupation Is more likely to
"In connecting and In starting with bike him Into the open when lightning
his tratn tbe englueman will be ex Is about, it has been observed, how
eeedli.gly careful In the management ever, that In a group equally com[»os
of tbe throttle so that the ears may not ed of Isitli sexen lightning seems to
tie injured or the passengers annoyed prefer the men. and we may theorize
by tlie sudden violence of the start ”
at pleasure as to whether It Is the
This paragraph Is fouud at the end conifmrlve height that doe» It or some
of the regulations for eugtnemen:
protection afforded by the woman's
"For any violation of the above dress or n difference In condiictlhillty
rules, for running off at turnouts, for between the sexes. Tlie fact that chil
killing of stock by daylight if nd for al dren are Heldotn killed by lightning
otlier irregularities the general sii|>er supports to a certain extent the first
fntetident will Impose such fines as h
of these theories.
deems Just and called for by the mi
tare of the offense."
Let Down the Blind.
The freight trains took two day» t<
A youngster had Iteen to tbe theater,
make tlie 137 miles between Atlanta atal u|win Ids return his mid« asked
and Chattanooga
The stops at the
him how he liked the piny.
stations varied from ten to sixty mln
"Oil." he replied, “the play was all
Ute«. One of the rules for freight con
right, but I dklu't see nearly all of Itf
ductors shout keeping a certain dis
"Why. how till] that happen?" asked
Lines from the trains ahead of him
his uncle.
and behind hltn shows that there must
"Because." answered the youngster,
bare lieen a delightful uncertainty
"the roller must have been broke, for
about the provisions for changing
tlie window blind fell down two or
meeting points In rase trains were de
three times "—London Express.
layed. It is evident that there was no
telegraph commuaicatkin along the
Hi« Idea of It
line, although this was eight years
“George Washington." rend the amali
after Morse had demonstrated that he
l«iy from his history, “was born Feb
could send messages over the wire
from Washington to Baltimore Sev 22. 1732. A D "
"Wbat does A D.' ata lid tori" In
eral months before Charles Minot also
had made use ot the telegraph In quired tbe teacher
Tile small ls<y |sitidered "1 don’t
ordering the operation of trains on tin*
rxartly know." be hesitated. "After
Erie
dark, I guess '-Exchange.
Methods of Operation In 1852
Seem Laughable Today.
■ A sketch of the “landscape" of the
Kcean bed la given by Dr. A. E. Ship
' ley in an article In the Edinburgh Re i
Jyiew:
■ "The passengers and the crew of a
■-.Unci' racing over the surface of tbe
B’jMluutie are apt to Imagine that under
Kbem is a vast layer of water of vary-
-|ng depth sparsely inhabited by a few
iJsb. As a matter of fact, tbe whole of
Hhis great ocean is teeming with life.
;?,Jf instead of taking ship we could take
' to the water and walk across tbe bed
of tbe Atlantic to, America, starting
Blom tbe shores ot western Europe, we
fbould in effect be traveling through a I
■uccessiou of new countries. Not only
.¡ Would tbe surrounding physical condi-
Mjous vary as we advanced, but the
FIRST POSTAL TRAIN.
Hhnimal and plant life would vary in
■orrelatiou with the altering physical
it Was Tried In 1864 and Proved a
Conditions.
Thorough Success.
I "Walking farther and farther toward
The first tidal of a postal ear service,
■he depths of the Atlantic, we should
in which mail matter Is assorted while
■oon lose all sight of the algae, and tbe
in transit, was made In 1804 ou llie
Kbullow water fish—tbe plaice and sole,
Chicago and Northwestern railway.
■ yv bitlug. skates, dogfish and others and
The scheme was a thorough success,
Kod—would give way to tbe megrim
Kind the hake. Tbe sea floor would aud railway mall service was Ibaiigu-
rated that year on several of the Im
c gradually change from rock or gravel
Kr stones to sands and ultimately to portant railway lines and was gradual
ly extended all over the United States
■nud or oozes of various tints, their
and adopted by other countries.
■original colors often modified by the
In 1X74 tlie American railway mall
I
notion of the decomposition of organic
system was thoroughly organized ou a
■particles in them and on them. All
Kbese finer deposits are derived from permanent basis, with eight territorial
divisions, each iu charge of a superin
■be neighboring laud and are blown
tendent subordinate to a general ellldf
■eaward by offshore winds or washed
at Washington.
dowu by rains and streams and carried
This service was among the first to
glut to tbe sea by rivers.
adopt a modern classified civil service,
■ "The distance to which fine matter in
appointment of railway mall clerks
Suspension may be carried is very
Laving always tieeii made for a proba
great. The Kongo is said to carry Its
tionary period, permanent employment
characteristic mud as far out to sea as
tielug conditioned on satisfactory serv
fioo miles, and the Ganges and the
ice and conduct and removal based on
■ndus as far as 1,000 miles.
| “Except in the neighborhood of such good cause only. The service lias been
gradually Increased and new divisions
.great rivers a subaqueous traveler
organized and is now operated on prac
would soon pass beyond what Sir John
tically every railway—St. Louis I*ust-
Murray has called the 'mud line,' a
¿Jlne that limits the terrigenous deposits Dispatch.
everywhere surrounding dry land.
Swordsmen of the Sea.
¡Having reached this limit, we must
The swordsmen of the sea are tbe
proceed warily, for at tbe mud line,
■t an average depth of a hundred sawfishes. speartishes. sallfislies. sword
fathoms, we shall find ourselves at tbe fishes and the narwhal, with Its spiral
ly twisted straight tusks. Sawfishes
afdge of the continental shelf, that rim
inhabit the warmer seas, while the
Which extends seaward to a varying
distance from all land areas, the rim narwhal is a 'restore of the Arctic.
The tusk of the narwhal is hollow
on which Great Britain rests. Beyond
nearly to the point and Is spirally
.lies the continental slope, a precipice
grooved. It uses Its tusk as a weapon
more or less abrupt and more or leas
of defense and to plunge through the
fclgb, descending by steep declines or
ice to breathe, the uarwbal being a
terraced cliffs until depths of 2.000
cetacean.
Sometimes when a boat
fathoms are reached.
lias been caught In the ice great dam
■ "The Atlantic, compared with the
age baa been inflicted by the Inquisi
SKber great oceans, has an unusually
tiveness or blundering of this great
large area of comparatively shallow
creature, that sometimes reaches a
tWater. Of its total area 27.5 per cent
length of fifteen feet, with a tusk of
is covered by water less than 1,000
from six to ten feet In length
As a
fiitboms deep; 18 per cent lies between rule, however, the narwhal uses its
2,0<J0 and 2.000 fathoms and 47 per cent tusk for the pur|s>se of killing fish for
between 2.000 and 3.000 fathoms; tbe food. In the castle of Itosenlierg the
Wmiilnlug 7.5 per cent Is still deeper.
kings of Denmark have long possessed
M "At tbe foot of the continental slope a magnificent throne made of tusks of
Be« an illimitable plqlu of a uniform this cetacean. These tusks are harder
Bull. grayish buff color, flat and fea and whiter than ivory.
tureless as tbe desert, and only dlve^si-
Bed by an occasional as yet uncovered
Author Who Wrote Legibly.
Bo<k or wreck or the straight line of a
No author, or any one else, for that
■cently laid cable. This plaiu con-
matter, could possibly imve written
tlniies with scarcely a change In seen-
more legibly than Francis Thompson.
•ty or in level until we approach tbe
He wrote frequently In pencil In a
aBrerit mid-Atlantic ridge. As Bruce
careful round band that would have
Bas shown, this ridge, which roughly
put h seb<H>llM>y «1 i:.e top of his writ
■tsec-ts tbe Atlantic, extends from Ice
lug class. His ropy was always "g<sxt"
land ns far soutli as fift.v-three degrees
for the coni|H>aftor. which was fortu
•f south latitude, with a slight and I
nate. for there was always the great
quite inexplicable break lust under the
est difficulty In getting him to correct
Wiuator. Tbe ridge runs almost parallel
the proofs of his reviews I have the
With tbe eastern contour of North and
manuscript of one of Ills later |s«ins.
■outh America, which, iu turn, as tbe
which a child of ten could read with
■Tdinarv map will show, roughly cor-
ease, though It Is written partly In
■»ponds with tbe western contour of I
ink and partly Iu fieis-ll and carefully
Ejurope and Africa. From time to time
stuck together wlier:- N'W have ls*en
the ridge rises above the surface of the
snipped out with sdssiuc
rie was
■nter. as In tbe Azores group. St.
prolaibly the only writer of gent.« who
¡Mill's rocks. Ascension. Tristan da
used |«nny exercise books as mana
■pubs and Gough Island.
script pu|>er. — I.oudoti Xias-tutor.
■''Having ascended the eastern and
Kecended tbe western slope of this
Tennyson and a Talaseop*
■Id-Atlantic ridge, we should again
Sir Hertiert Beerlsihin Tree in
■averse plains of grayish oose far
and Afterthoughts“ fella
■ore extensive than any level land "Thoughts
U|act known to geographers, and as we this pile of I-ord Tennyson: The poet
■Bproacbed tbe American coast we was Invited to a carta In country house,
Mould gradually pass through, in re- ■and all tbe neighboring luminarle» of
I
*rse order, tbe zones of life traversed the couuty find been inviteli to meet
After dinner Ids boat asked
Mien leaving Europe. On tbe eastern him
Hast of America tbe slope la much whether he would like to look nt the
Tennyson toot up the «ele-
Bore gradual than on tbe western stars.
scope and. forgetting all else, gazed
Bust of southern Europe and Africa."
for twenty minutes at the wonder» of
the heaven»
"Well, what do you
Told th. Truth.
think. Mr. Tennyson?" Inquired his
[A Few days after the new farmer
host
“I don't think much of oik
id purchased a borse from a thrifty
county families." Tennyson replied.
hot be returned in an angry mood.
■ ou told me thia horse bad won half
Tumblers.
[dozen matches against some of tbe
Drinking
gl»«»r«
•■ailed tumblers owe
art horses hi tbe country. He can't
tbelr name to the fart that they are
bt a mile In six minutes to aava him
Hf You lied to me!" be denonrtced.
I the ww'reicmm of the llti'e round di
rl didna lie.
It was in plowin’ I rer laiwla. a» fterfectly I ml aweed that, I
Now, What Did He Give Her?
■ tehee ba took sax prteew" calmly whl-li ever way they were lipped
alaHit on the table they tumbled Into 1
Cen’t Do Beth.
A particular old gentleman. (Hilling
Ipllt-d Sandy
poslthm again arui there remained w’th something out of hl« »Hip timt «hou Id
“I'op, you an' inn have got me gne»»
the rim upward.
not have been Iwloded airsutg the I»’."
I other
"Whnfa the mailer, son?"
Ingredients, tho« addressed bls
"Ma leih* me to always sfienk the
rook "Josephine. I am much obliged
Fairly Lazy.
for your thoughtfulness. Imt nest time tritt*, hh ' ytm tell me to »Iwny» lie p*e
j “fa J<n>ee lazy*"
kindly give It to me la a ks-ket
lam Itte. Now. wbhh shall I do?"—Hot*»-
"1u*z>'« ■»• Marne for It. Why. he'll
tou I’oet.
go Into a rei.-lvlng <h»H- and then wait don TH Bits
for ««atnlr to vvtne Io and turn It
All hni)*n history la the history of
er>>nud
Judge
Never suffer couth tn lie an e«r«»e
The eroi ut Ion of llie race,
for Inadequacy nor age and fame f» reform
t* an ex«iew few tadolenee. - Benjamin physhwlly. nmrally or mentally, bau
been thus acromplbbrtl - Auou.
K Uay*>a
ONE WAV TO VISIT
________
BUILD OF THE BABY.
Normal Weights and Measurements
Up to Three Years of Ags.
A loit.v should weigh at birth seven
pounds, nt three umutlis eleven pouuds.
at five mototlis fourteen pounds, ut on»
year tweuty-oue pounds, at two years
twenty six ismiids aud at three years
thirty-one iiouuds
The length of a
NEVER STARTLES HIS HOST. baity at birth slamld be twenty and
one-half Inches, at three ^jptuhs twen
ty two Im ties, nt live mouths tweuty
He 1» Too Politely Deliberate For That
three and a half inches, at oue yeut
and th« Compliment la Faithfully
twenty eight Im ties, at two years tblr-
Returned—Ceremonies In the House
ty-two nud n half Inches aud at three
Have a Rather Abrupt Ending.
years thirty-five inches.
Its client measure nt blrtti should lie
For a barbariau the Tarahumare is I
thirteen and a half Inches, at three
a very polite personage. In bis language
mouths fourteen mid a half Inches, at
he even has a word "reke," which | five months sixteen luclies. at one yem
Is tbe equivalent of tbe English eighteen inches, at two years nineteen
"please", and which he uses constant Inches and at three years twenty
ly. When speaking to a stranger or Inches.
leaving a person, he draws attention
Some babies are built very small.
to his action by saylug. "I am going." and. if well, even if lielow these fig
As he grows civilized, however, be ures, there is no cause for worry. But
loses bis good manners.
if a baby Is about normal size and
In spite of this he is uot hospitable; does not come up to these figures Its
tbe guest gets food, but there Is uo diet should be carefully looked Into, as
room for him In tbe house of a Tara- evidently it is not being properly nour
bntnare. A visitor never thinks of en ished.
tering a house without first giving the
Tlie growth of linby's laidy Is very
family ample time to get ready to re Important See that tbe teeth come tn
ceive liim
When he approaches a properly and that tlie legs grow
friend's home good manners require straight and strong The babies should
him to stop sometimes us fnr as twen be carefully watched mid developed
ty or thirty yards off. If he Is ou naturally -Rural Farmer.
more Intimate terms with the family,
he may come uenrer, and make Ills
MAGIC OF A MAGNET.
presence known by coughing; then he
sits down, selecting aome little knoll
Makes a Chain Rigid Enough For a
from which he can be readily seen.
Man to Climb It.
In order not to embarrass his friends
A Berlin correspondent of the Scien
he does not even look nt the lionse.
hilt remains sitting there gazing into tific American describes an Interesting
vacancy, his back or side turned experiment that was made nt the works
toward the homestead.
Should the of one of the large German manufac
host be absent the visitor may thus turing firms with oue of their lifting
sit for a couple of hours; then he will magnets
A chain, fastened to tlie ground aud
rise and go slowly away again. But
under no circumstances will he enter carrying an Iron ball lit Its free end,
the home, unless formally Invited, "be was raised to a vertical position by
cause." he says, "only the dogs enter the approach of tlie great lifting mag
net suspended from n crane.
houses uninvited."
Tlie HttructJon of the magnet wns so
Never will the woman of the house
commit such a gross breach of eti strong flint tlie chain remained in n
quette as to go out and Inform him of perfectly vertical position. A grown
her husband's absence, to save the up workman clliiilail up the chain
caller the trouble of waiting, nor will without disturbing Its rigidity In the
she. If alone ut home, make any state least. The chain seemed to float In air.
ments as to his whereabouts.
The magnetic pull on the ball wns
The Tarahumare never does any greater than the griivltiitiounl pull on
thing without due delllieration: there the man.
fore he may for a qunrter of an hour
This remarkable experiment show»
discuss with Ills wife the possible pur- tlie enormous power of attraction ex
|K»rt of the visit before he’goes out to erted liy tlie lifting mngnets thnt are
see the man. They peep through the used hi Iron and steel works to carry
cracks in the wall at him. and If they about iron material of every descrip
happen to be eating or doing anything tion
Tbe magnets enable the opera
they may keep the visitor waiting for tor to seize iron material nt any point
half an hour.
desired and convey It to nny other
Flnnlly the host shakes out the blan point within the range of tlie crane.
ket on which be has been sitting, Incidentally the use of lifting magnets
throws it around himself, and. casting has greatly diminished llie risk of acci
a rapid glance to the right and left as dents in the moving of heavy masses
he goes through the door, goes to take of Iron.
a seat a few yards distant from the
caller. After some meditation on
Subtle Advertising.
either side the conversation, as In more
A successful hotel nmiiager pointed
civilized society, opens with remarks to the advertisement of u hotel ut n
about the wenther and the prospects fashionable resort. The advertisement
for rain.
read:
When this subject Is exhausted and
"Special rales to single men.”
the host's curiosity as to where the
"The proprietor of that hotel.** said
man came from, what he is doing and be, “disserves to succeed, lie Inys in
where he Is going Is satisfied, the for his advertisement n subtle trap for
mer may go back to the houso and mothers with marriageable daughters.
fetch some meat and pinole for the They rend tlie ndvertlHement and they
traveler The object of the visit not conclude flint, glveu lower rates ut tills
Infrequently is an Invitation to take hotel, single men will be plentiful.
part In some game or foot race, and as They therefore decide that there Is the
the men are sure to remnln undis place undoubtedly to take their daugh
turbed they generally reach some un ters."
derstanding.
Then. InugliIng. lie ccnclilded:
A friend of the family Is, of course,
“These mothers quite correctly lie-
finally Invited to enter the house, and lleve that iis fur iis tlielr daughters'
the customary »nliitntion Is "Assngu!" clninces of matrimony are eoiieerned
(“Bit down."* In this connection It may tlie more the murryer."—Washington
be noted thnt the Tnrahumnres In con Mar.
versation look sidewise, or even turn
tbelr bucks toward the person they
Not Immune.
■peak to
Mrs. Martin met an acquaint» nee one
After having eaten, the guest will morning while out »hopping.
carefully return every vessel In which
"How Is Mrs Callaway, that Ilves
the food was given to him. and when be near you?" asked Mrs Martin. "Of
rises lie hands back tlie skin on which course you know she Ims a child very
he was seated Should occasion re III with scarlet fever?"
quire the host will say: “It Is getting
"Oil. yes. Indeed." replied tlie other.
late Hnd you cannot return to your "I know it. Imt I don't dure io go and
home tonight Where are you going to see her."
sleep? There Is u good cave over yon
"Why not?" Inquired Mrs. Martin.
der.”
"There la said to lie no danger of tak
With this he may Indicate where the ing the fever, you know, after one Is
visitor may remnln overnight. He will sixteen.'*
also tell him where he may And wood
"Gli. Imt. then, you know," repllis!
for the fire, and he will bring him food, the ether woman. "I'm so young lu my
but not unless the weather Is very feeling»!"— Lippincott's.
tempestuous will he Invite an outsider
to sleep In the house.—From Carl Lum-
Novel Sight.
boltz's “Unknown Mexico."
A young woman from the enst wns
conversing with ii Kentdcklna Hlsmt
tobacco and tolmcco raising. Khe was
Knew Where She Went.
very pretty ilul a g"<sl conver«.-)ttrH»nl-
An attorney wns cross examining a
1st. and llie young mini from Ken
witness
"You say you left Boston on the tucky w>i» vastly Interested In her nil«
til slie gave him a sudden shock by<
10th?“ queried tbe lawyer
announcing. "I should love to .«ee » to
•'Yes. »Ir,” replied the wltue»s.
bacco field, especially when It 1» Just
“And returned on the 28tb?"
plugging out "—Argonaut.
“Yes. air "
"What were you doing in the tn
terim?"
Befor» and After.
"I never was In such a place." she
When a muli I h In love with a girl he
replied Indignantly, wltb heightened boli!« iter blinda so tightly flint It
color.- Boetou Herald.
wo'ulil «reni he 1» trylng to keep h.-r
from gettili» nwny. After tliey are
marrled a wli Ile site ha» to bolli tils
What She Did.
Mrs Exe—While I was going down i-isittiiils to keep bini nt homo —lìurlds
Times L'iilcn
town on the car this morning the con
dia tor came along and looked at me as
If I hnd imt paid iny fnre. Mr. Exe- ’
Poor Papa.
Well, wlml did you do? Mrs Ex»»-;
"Karl, lei » piu,»
and mamma.
ksiked at him a» If I had —Boston ' FU lie iminima "
Tran»rtpt
"Oli. im Yon're iniK-h loo «tupld for
flint You Le papa Fllegende Itlutter,
The Tarahumare of Mexico Has
a Style All His Own.
Werth ef Newspaper».
The careful render of a few good
A Cemlng Man.
new»|mpera can learti more In a year i
iJrÌKKM- TI mmi )< hi «hrfi’t l<M»k
than moat M-ta>lar» do In tlielr gr*-n» ' Hliiirix* h * ’• «»Hiln» muti? H f I mk « X o ,
filH-nrlrti. F B Kiintsjrn
but I wiHild if I wnn In «barge» nf ih«
(Militent ini y HttMon Tniiwrtpt.
Talor I» st» Bint y not of legs and
srni«. Mu of courage and tlie r>nl — >
After wo» ri ne«» com« rest, p»
Monts Igoe.
JO, |f n« lie worthy. N'swmon.
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