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FT > Vi, ; - .-N / S V A *>U?Zt I wonder why is it thut girla u Should do ji?t like their niamn * U'h ofTul eiwv tor a girl to git They praise nor up fer actin' j T wonder why it is that hoys c Their pas <h>, ami still not git I Their i>as they nearly always * And wunst iny ya he not so in 1 wiaht somebodv'd tell me wh Ver hoys to do things that the I wisht I knew why nirl* can a And, what is more, #it loved a ! Uncle Jarve's' % ^ ^ Ily CHAUI.l It has always seemed to nio that Uncle Jarve's "water-draRon" was tho most useful, practical and efficient fire-fighter which I have ever seen, especially for mills, factories, creameries and so forth, where there is water, steam or any other power. It ' could be used, howov >r, at farms, stores or residences?at any place, indeed, where a small power Is installed. It was one of Unclo Jarve's odd contrivances when he was at Grand father Adams', lording it over my brother "Foley" and myself. Ho first rigged one at tho old paper-pulp mill in tho woods, where we were turning dowels and manufacturing shovel-handles from ash. Uncle Jarve had not been at the mill for some time, but one afternoon about the middle of August, when our (earn came back from the railway station, lo! there he sat beside the driver; and he had in tho back of the wagon two omntv oil-barrels, and a lot of wire and other iron gear. "Now look out," Poley said to me, under Ills breath. "Ho <?n your guard, or he will stick us for something or other. Don't pay him another cent, of money." Uncle Jarve. however, appeared to bo in one of his absorbed, thoughtful, inventive moods. Ho said hardly a word to us, but went walking about and round the mill, whistling low to himself all the roet. of tho aftornoon. At lust be took supper wltli ua aud stayed overnight, still without, saying a word as to what, ho had como for or why ho had brought the oil-barrels. But the next, day ho got to work; in fact, he had. a;j it. now appeared, been making his preparations and getting liis ironwork done for a week or two. Ho rolled one of tho heavy barrols into tho mill, and during all the rest of the forenoon ho was rigging a kind of drum on (ho main shaft, of the mill, for winding his coil of wire. In the afternoon wo saw him winding tho wire round tho outside of the oil-barrel. He wound it very lightly and made both onds fm:t :it fiir.1 chimes. That was about all ho did that day; but tho next day h brought in his Iron gear, bored :i hole in each head of tho barrel, and then passed :i rod through .tho holes and through tln> barrel, so thai, tho ends, which had been cut for a crow threa 1. projectoil about two iiiclii'.-i mitaidn > iwi> head. j Noxt. he put a circular iron plate on each head, having a hole in the centre for the end of ili? rod to conic through: and then, applying a washer and a nut, lie screw, d them tight down on both heads. This, of course, was to secure the barrel-heads against internal pressure. Mo had thus made his barrel iron- < clad, so to speak, and very strong, i It was water-tight and nearly, if not wholly, air-tight. After that he whistled and walked round for a while, ami sang a song or two in his rasping, unmusical voice; but in the. afternoon ho became silently busy again, attached a crank to tlio spare end of the main : shaft, so as to convert circular motion to back word and forward motion, and then connected to that a small but strong pump, sot horizontally, with a pipo from it down to tho water under the mill. "Now what do you supposo ho is tip to?" Foley asked ine. That was more than f could guess, we went about our business and protended to take 110 notice, lrnclo Jarve whistled most of the next day, but got. to work toward ; night, set. his barrel on end at the! wain m uiu nun, and secured it. in place with a collar and braces. Jle then connected his pump to the IniiiKholo of tho barrel with a bit of iron plpfi?and wont home. After ho had gone, I'oley and I J looked it all over, bus. could make nothing on1, of it. '! guess lio'a crazy- it but," Poloy said. lint tho next day Urn If? Jarve came back, lie had walked all tho way up to the mill; and ho brought, coiled over lils head and shoulders, about forty font of hoao, which he had wound Willi wire. Tho hoao had h nozzle on it at ono end, and Mt the | other a valve and scrow connectlori. Ho wan whittling happily f<> himself; and he now proceoded to boro a hole in the top head of tho barrol and to connect, hi:? hom?. 11 aluo scrowcd a llttlo nir-cork into tho top head. After that ho touted if. all l lion #at and looked it ov?r, and walk?*l round tho mill for as murh aa an hour. By that tlmo it was; noon, and hr? onmo in to dinner with tho nut of us. Just an wo woro getting up from tho table, I'oley said, "Undo larvo, I'd lik to know what you aro making out there ?if you know yourself." Undo .farvo regarded him a moment thoughtfully. "Chuck," KTiiil ho, "I concluded you'd ho asking that question jtiKt. about now, A hoy 1 ik. you. Chuc.kaoy, with not over a pint of brains, can stand only about, so much curiosity; It burns hlni all up'" "Oh, yes, yes, wo know that you'vo got all the brains thoro aro In tho family! " exclaimod Poloy, wrathfuliy. "Hut some of us can oarn a living which Is more than you over did." "A living!" qUOth Undo Inrvr , contemptuously. "Why, Chuck, any grubber can got a living. i\ he is sordid nnoitKh to work!" I v " , .c'. J / n .. BOY. * rc always told that they n?s do in every single way? ilong, beouz it>t the way her mamma duz. an't go and do the way iicked or lectured every day? smoke, and many of them chew, ad 1 heard him sweariu' too! v it's always dreadful wrong ir pas keep doin' right along; 9t jist like their mammas do, lot and praised up fer it, too! 'Water-Dragon." t iy- ^ K? ADAMS', ^? Poley burst out with something or other in reply, but Undo Jarvo out it short. "Oh, drop that," said ho, "and como along out to the mill; I want to show you tho finest thing you over saw." We went out with him, and our three hired men. who were also very curious, followed us. Uncle Jarvo looked perfectly happy. "Now, Chuck," said he, "I've given you a dead-sure thing in tho way of protecting your mill from lire. It's fully equal to a steam fire-eugiue; and it is so inexpensive and cheap than anybody can have one." We smelled a rat, so to speak, and said nothing. "You see that oil-barrel," Uncle i Jarvo continued. "That cost one dollar. Ynii cno tlmcn " v..ww < in.iiiiu irun u 1SKK on tho heads and that, rod and tho wire on tho barrel. Well, they oost a dollar and eighty-five cents. You see that little force-pump, too; that was five dollars fifty. The hose, nozzle. wire and pet-cock were six aevunty-five; and those hits of old iron piping cost, sixty cents more. Fifteen dollars and seventy cents, all told. That's all it actually cost; but 1 expect to get. twenty-five dollars for tho rip;, as it stands. The nine thirty over tho cost is my profit for tho patent." Uncle Jarve looked at. us as if expecting appreciation or applause. But wo said nothing. "Lot mo show you," ho went on. "Suppose a fire started in the mill hero, or in tho lumber-vard outuWln Otic of you shout, 'Fire!' and the other take out your watch and time mo. .lust three jumps to make; first jump, to lioist the gate and start the ??m?m?i %. I I'm thankful for (ho Fummor I'm thankful for the winter wi I'm such a thankful feller that l Say whether I'm more thnnkfu Of course there's disappointim ihii i'ni so lu'minin' over with I don't have time to worry o'ei Jk'or the Lord jes* It? '?]??< ino bu? Roy I'arrcll < 0 0> # i water-power going; second jump. *' this little lover, which cnnnficm tincrank-gear to the pump; third jump, to catch up tlu1 nozzle and hose. How many seconds?" "Twenty-one," said I, for I was timing his movements. I'ucle Jarve was in liis element now, and wax d enthusiastic. He L-hargcd tho pump with a quart or so of water, and then pumped the barrel half-full. "That is the way you always want to keep it, ready for lire," aaid he. "Now yell Fire:' and time mo again." This time Undo Jarve had the ga/e hoisted, the pump in motion, and the nozzle in bis hands, with n smart stream of water flying from it across tho mill in eighteen seconds! As the pump went on, rapidly condensing the air and water in tlue barrel, the jet ;rom the nozzle gained strength, till it was projected with great force on all sides, clear outdoors and high in the :ilr; for it had tho full force of the w jter-pdwer be\. ; .v. i : * 1111111 II. "Hurrah!" 1'ncle Jarve shouted, cutting circlos with I ho whizzing jet. "Best tiling 1 ever did* It will save millions every year! What is twenty-live dollars for a lire-lighter like this''-' and ho turned to ns again for api reflation. JJut wo said nothing. ' Is it possible, Chucks, (hat you don'< se.j the bigness of this?" he exclaim'<1. reproachfully. "Yon stocks! Yon t(.n<-s' Haven't you any eyea to !;< ? Haven't >ou any brnlns to understand? Wako up, can't you? What you need is an ey --opener or a in ain-< i 1 ner' Stupid Chucks' Hut I'll in ik you wako tip!" And before) wr kiii w what ho was about, ho J turned that Jot on ux. I The fli .1 douche from i' nearly took . me off my fi*r?t. I'oley fi-!< <! to dodge, but. Uncle Jarvo caught him with it,; and drenched him to Hie skin. I ran, hut an I dashed out at the door, I'nolo JarVe caught tno again with it and lifted mo clear over a pile of birch bolts. Poloy was crying, "K op' Stop it'" But It was of no use to tell Uncle Jarvo to stop -lio was having too much fun! He caught i'oley flat in the face, whiz! splash' knocked him! over, soaked him and nearly drowned | him before ho could t rawl out at the j door ot> his hands and kunc . Then ho turned suddenly on the hired men, who stood a little to the rear and were roaring with laughter, for tliey thought that they wi-ri safe from hlni. "What are you three laughing at?" ho shouted, and I?rf them hav< it., t oo. Two of them ran for I he door, and w<'n> soaked as they rushed out; the other tried to net at Uncle Jarve with a shovel-handle, but was caught by the Jet )>Iuni|? under the chin, ami bowled over into a heap of fthavings, where Uncle Jarvo played on him till he howled for mercy! lie wet everything flown in the iniii, then came to the door, nozzle in hand, and wherever lie ?aw one of us hiding behind lumber or big piles, I ho let drive with that jet?and U tunlly he could reach a hundrod JV with It. In three minutes we all took to flight out of range. And then he danced a war-danco and shouted and whooped and cut great circles high over the mill with that jot. I'oley, all dripping, came round where I stood behind a tree. "He's crazv as a coot!" kaIi) Poiov "Wh?t. are we goiug to do with him?" But suddenly Undo Jarve stopped. "All rl?ht!" ho cried to uu. "Tho fun's over. Como in out of tho wot!" We ventured back, all pretty angry, especially Foley. Undo Jarvo hud shut the gate, stopped tho power, and was coiling up tho hose. "Sorry, Chucks, that I had to wot you down!" ho remarked. "But I couldn't seem to beat this thing Into your thick heads any other way. You understand It now. "Besides," said Undo Jarve, throwing back bis head and tilting up that long nose of his, "I had to let off steam a bit! It was the high joy of invention. You don't know anything about that, Chucks, and you never will; so go dry yourselves, and thank your old undo for giving you complete tiro protection at your mill here." "I'd like to thank you by playing that nozzle down your back!" exdaiined Poloy. ' TTnirrntofnl . ..n, >?vw4 u> vuuvn . oaiu u m:iu Jarve. "A pint of brains! Only a pint of brains!" We would nil have enjoyed thrashing him; but Uncle Jarvo was then nearly twenty-five years old, and an althletic fellow when not too lazy to display his strength. lie catne in to supper with us, and after doing ample justice to the fare, remarked that ho feared lie would have to take leave of us that evening. Poley snorted relief. "You see," Unclo Jarvo explained, "I'm going to get up another of these water-dragons. It is iho greatest j thing of the kind ever invented. I'm . going out with one, to take orders, it lid I n..r>/1 o IIHln 1 ? .. u. tivvavj l> (tU| IIMHIU/ . OU I , I shall have to trouble you for twonty- 1 live dollars for this one." "You just let us know when you g<H it! " shouted Foley, so rngry that he sprang up from his chair and doubled his lists. ( Uncle .larvo regarded him reflectively and shook his bend. "Only a pint of brains!" he sighed, with great apparent sadness. i Uncle Jarve went away, but | 1 throughout August and September ho j < came round regularly about onco a | > week and dunned us for that money. * $?0?0?d ; i i fiaJ Son *3* J' with its blossoms an' its boos, 1 lb its bluster and its freezo, I couldn't .ill '<1 try, ! for December or July. I j nlK, an' there's trcublo, more the sweets c?' happiness ! the bittor things, you sop, iv boin' t bunk fill's l can be. ' Sreeue, in Leslie's Weekly. I ? At first. we had no notion of ever ' paying him a cent; but as it. chanced, th< ro were bad forest tiros in Soptornber, which approached so near the 1 mill that wo were glad to make uko 1 of tin* water-dragon, to save our luinli(>r >* 1L |>iu|nii.j, lb Wltfi lilt! most, practical, powerful Ilro-O?liter I over saw; and (luring October wo ' dor id od that it. was perhaps 110 moro 1 than just to pay llncio Jarve the sun) which he demanded. Tio took the money and went to , Washington, with the design of Bocuring patent rights on the watordragon. Tho patent officials held, however, that no new principle wits involved in it other than those already employed in steam and hand- ! IHiivrl lirU'l-'IlKlllOS. I ! This may be the fact. Nono (ho 1 loss, the water-dragon embodied a novel, practical and Inexpensive application of thoso principlcB.?Youth's Companion. j Teeth For the Villain. The two sets of false teeth looked just, alike, but one set. cost $10 more than the other. "There is a lot of extra work on those expensive teeth," said the dentist. "They are made for an actor who always plays the part of heavy villain in melodrama, and he has to have tooth that he can hiss with. I experimented on three different sets of tooth tn fore 1 got the combination. Somehow, the nice, even teeth that I iihually turn out wouldn't permit the sibilant \ss-sses' that ho deals in to escape with sufficient venom. You wouldn't believe how much tinkering it takes to lick teeth Into shape for m?j s uciii.iiH ami "od'a t>loo<lft' t<"? souu<1 jukt. right. Ot' all the poople I <!V< r made teeth for. tho heavy stage villain is the hardest to fit."?Now York Times. The Old Familiar Faces. "Hollo, there!" exclaimed the i cheerful man. "Glad to wee you. Howdy do?" "Why or?-howdy do? Howdy | do?" returned the absent-minded man. somewhat dubiously. "Ifow are you ?" "Pretty well, pretty well; or-?" "You don't seem to remember me." "Why or your face is familiar, but ?or " "Don't remember my name, oh?" "Well er I hope you'll pardon 1110, but I must confess i iton't " sj?i<1 the absent-ml tided man. "You'll find it on the- handle of lhafc umbrella you arc carrying," remarked (ho cheerful man. "Yon lxirrowed It from mo six months ago."?New York Times. Doing llrr llest. "Won't you try to lovo me?" ho sighed. "I have tried," she replied, kindly but firmly. "My rich aunt has just died," lie wont on. "In that rase, dear, I will try again!" IMick. \ 1 i British uso of American shoemakIng machinery and the making of half glzes and various widths has lessened the salo of American shoes In England. Rubber leads in acreage and will soon be the most important agricultural product of the Federated Malay KtlltOtt At tVllcj tlma ?-l,.rv lu ?ho cipal product. Rubber exports In 1907 were seven times those of 1905. Of Japan's postal savings funds (about $50,000,000) the sum of $1,500,000 is loaned to the various prefectures for the development of local industries. To that extent the money of the people is being used to help llud work for the people. An all Asia Minor lights by petroleum lamps, both houses and streets, its import of chimney glass through Smyrna alone is worth $500,000 a year. No attempt by American I.iu.itliut VUl LI II IU 1. KliUtll CIlllll- | neys to Smyrna has yet been heard of. In Halmstad, Sweden, :i manufac- | ttirer is about to start a spinning mill for making yarn out of paper. Such mills already exist in Germany and France. Thus far the manufacture of rugs and carpets seems to be the most practical use of this new paper yarn. Whalebone cost only thirty-live cents a pound half a century ago. To-day it costs about $f> a pound. The total product landed from the American fisheries during the nineteenth century exceeded 00,000,000 pounds. A single whale may yield up to 3000 pounds. Japanese horses wear sandals of I rice straw. The Iceland peasant shoes Ills pony with sheep's horn. In the upper Ox us Valley horseshoae made | Df the antlers of the mountain deor, I fastened with horn pins, aro cmtllnVOll Hnrcoo in f ti r? G ..1 ? ~ I ,? ??. - -~... MUV(au wear j iooku of camels' skin. THE EDITOR'S MISTAKE. Generally Deoimxl an I novo unable OuU-ago For Newspaper to Err. It is held to he an inexcusable outrage for a newspaper editor to make tho slightest mistake in n statement 3f any sort, while professional persons, upon whoso certainty of knowledge and on whose statement in regard thereto, lifo or death and the most important interests depend, j make the most serious errors without. ! incurring tho slightest criticism, ! much less blame. Take the judgo on tho bench, whoso decisions aro sot aside or annulled by higher courts almost every lay, and tho judge whose judgment is 50 reversed does not. suffer in tho n asi, in puuuc una professional estimation. In the same way, tho physician who makes a wrong diagnosis of his patient's disease, administers treatment lhat results in death instead of a ! lire, loses none of the confidence of , his patrons in his skill, and he may kill any number of persons secundum irtom without incurring tho slightest responsibility. These are curious facts, but they ! are facts, and they aro mentioned, not by way of excusing editorial mis- , Lakes, for there is no excuse for them. I It. is because every individual firmly j believes that he could conduct news- ; papers oottor tttan thoso who aro charged with tho work, while no un- ! professional person would undertake i lo usurp functions of tho judge or the ! physician.?New Orleans Picayune. A (iorRoous Mncc. A reception was held at the Queen's University, Belfast, on Saturday, at I which tho maco to be presented by Mr. William Gibson to tho university ; was on view. It is of oichtoen c?r:it ! gold, decorated with Blonds, such ua r-anulian, Orlontnl onyx, lapis lazuli ; [mil carbuncles. Its length 1b thirty- J throe Inches, and Its design symbolizes the sway of learning over tho ! urts, sciences and let tors. Tho head resembles tho high cross of Monaster- , hoiee, though otherwise tho mace is free from ecclesiastical character. The head hears tho arms of the tin. versity, surrounded by Irish decoralive ornament. Above the suifaco in repousse is shown tho decoration of me i umoacn or snrine or "Dlmnm'sl Hook ' On the face In the second ; centre of tlir; design is a scroll re- ' production in repouflRO of the Groat ; S> ;il of Queen Victoria, who granted ( the lirst. charter to tho foundation in I ! x |f That part of the mace which 1 | leads to the main column hears four ' emblematic figures representing learning, holding tho torch of Inv*nti?>ii; Science, whose leading symbol is chemistry; Letters, represent- J inn the author and scholar, and Art, j showing the figure of Music, holding the Harp of Ireland. The column Is j ' ight-sided, four sides being enriched i with Irish interlaced ornament. The | inscription in "The gift of William ! <;tl>son, a citizen of Belfast, Novein? ber, 1000." London Times. Wise Old Hip. Kip Van Winkle awoke from his lon? nap and started down the rocky helghtH in a hurry, "Why didn'i you Bleep another twenty years, old man?" asked tho villager. "What," ejaculated Hip, in surprise. "and have them nay I never reached the top of tho mountain at all"" cvi'ii in inoso (lays there worn | doubl'vs and scoffers whose motto was "Show mo." Chicago News. Not (aiiilly. Prisoner (as he is being dragged back from his cell)?"I tell you i am inimm.nl I " .... Lynchers -"String )iim up! Hang him!" Prisoner "Rut I am Innocent! If I liarl heen Kullty wouldn't tho Jury I have acquitted me?" | Tho mob retired throuRh tho bro- j l<en door of the jail. "That is ho!" they muttered under their masks and in chorus. - New York Times. PROPOSED NEW CALENDAR. Divides tho Year Into Thirteen Months, Each Having 28 Days. We have recelvod from iSan Francisco, a copy of a proposed oalondar whoso aim la to avoid tho acknowledged drawbacks of the Gregorian calendar substituting one that Is bet ter suited to the requirements of our every-day life. Although the Gregorian calendar dates from the year 1682, long before that many and various improvements bad been suggosted for conveniently dividing the 365 days of tho year into weeks and months. Our correspondents ask: "Are we not again far enough advanced beyond the times of 1582 to adopt certain other changes?" And they offer a calendar which divides the flfty-two weeks of the iy>ear into 1" months, each having exactly tweut>*-elght days. The ftr?rt of January and tho first of every one of the twelve succeeding months fall on a Sunday, and the 28t.h or last day of each month therefore, falls on a Saturday. The obvious advantage of this arrangement Is that, sinco each day of the week must bo ono of four numb or s out of the 28th (Sunday for arnjr month of the year being either tho 1st, 8th, 15th, or 22d; Tuesday either tho 3d, 10th, 17th, or 24th, etc.) Lf ono knows the day of the "week H is poimlMo to And the day of tho month quickly and without reference to a calon dar. The "additional month necessary under thle system is namod by its spon ore "Vincent"; and it is placed in the calendar between June and July. Thirteen months of twenty-eight days, however, give a total of only 364 days for the year, and to ao^mmodato the odd day it is proposed that be| tween 8?turda>, the last day of De| cenVbrr, and Sunday, the first day of January, there should be a day to bo | known as "Anno Day." It is not rocOffvized <a? a calendar day, and, be youd lta name, has no other distinction to separate 1t from tho Vast d?.y at ?ecembcr. Any labor done on Anno Day -would have to bo a matter of special contract or agreement. No tot?r?iit or rental will aocrue upon that day, and for all such purposes it would be conslderod a. part of Deo. 28. Ijoap year la provided for by an ?xtra day between Saturday, Vincent 14, and Sunday. Vincent 15. Thla <would be known as "Mid-Anno Day," and it would b? treated In all re peotR similarly to Anno Day. Although there can be no question of the simplicity and convenience of tho propoBed calendar, in respect to any pro?poct of its immediate and world-wide adaption wo fear it must fc? classed with Khofe two other great desirables, the "metric system" and ' the "longer daylight day." Wo aro : not. moro firmly convinced of tho ad- J rentage of this und those, proposi- ! Hods for simplifying and rendering easier and more plea-ant the round of dally life and its duties than wo are that, to bring about theso suggeeted improvements will take many t years of arduous aud persistent agitation.?-Scientific American. PLAIN CJASOLIN'R. Onoe ujx>n a nr.-May dreary, As l 'Wandered weiik and weary Down the lane, I was suddenly sent reeling Hy a subtle something stealing O'er my brain. And mothought the air grow denser, "lncenso from an unseen censer," Murmured I. I wuk wrong. That odor evil Floated froui a big red devil Going by. ON-K RECOMMENDATION. The Customer?Can you recommend theae oomplexlon powders? The Ohomiat-?Well, madam, I can't nay that they will waah, like tho natural complexion, but thoy won't rub off on a coat sleeve!?The Sketch. MIIiDRKD THE W18E. Air. I'hau (roaring from the top of tho Htalra)?Mildred! What la that young man doing down there sc late? Mildred (sweetly)?Ile'n Just doping out how the teams will finish for the pennant. Mr. Phan (mollified)?All right. Tell him to take hla time, not overlooking past performance* and the posnlUllity of a slump, and when he gets <ono he can compare with my llut behind the clock on tho bookcase.? BoHton Transcript. WHEN DIXNICR OOMRS On*' Ought to Huvo n Appetite. A good appetite Ik tho liofit fauoe. It Rtios a Ion# way toward holplnR In tho dlK'*Btlv? proofiflfl, and that in ahsolutely <'Buentlal to health and fltrmK'h. Many persons have found that Orape-Nuts food 1b not only nourishing hut Is a Rroat appetiser. Even children like the tatito of it and ktomt strong and rosy from lt<; use. It In ?speelnlly the food to maka a weak stomach strong and create an appetite for dinner. "I aro 57 vnarc nld " nrrltao ? T*ftnn grandmother, "and have had a weak stomach from ohildhood. Ry grnAt rare as to my dlot I enjoyed a reanorv?blo dfigreo of health, but never fottnd anything to oqual Qrnpe-Nuta an n standby. "Wbon I hare no appetite for nrpaKiasi nnn j\imi e?i if) Koop up rny strength, I tako 4 teaspoonfuls of Grapo-Nttts with good rich milk, and when dinner comes I am hungry. While If I go without any breakfast I lioTHr fe*?l llk<' eatlngdlnn??r. GrapeNuts for breakfast seems to mako a healthy appetite for dinner. "My little 1 S-montha-old grandson had been vary nick with stomach trouble during the past summer, and Anally we put him on Grape-Nuts. Now he 1b growing plump and well. Wlmn asked If he wants his nurse or \ Grape-Nuts, he brightens up and points to tho cupboard. He wan no trouble to wean at all?thanks to urape-.Nuu. jcena mo nine dook, "Tho Rond to Wollvllle," In plcgfl. "TherV? a Reason." Kv?r rend the nbovo loiter? A new ; ono appears from time to firm*. Tliej are (genuine, true, And full of huiuAs Interest, ; 1 ? . > g? WARN CHILDREN OF " PERILS IN STREETS. Egorton L. Wlnthrop, Jr., Urges All School Principals to Explain Dangers to Pupils. As a result of a letter sent to the Hoard of Education by Edw. S. Cornell, secretary of the National Highways Protective Society, Egerton L?. Wlnthrop, Jr., president of the Board of Education, yesterday nant tn tho principals of all public schools in tho various boroughs a letter which urges principals to warnchildren about dengers in the street, especially from automobiles. Tho letter follows: "In accordance with a letter received from the National Highways Protective Society, l desire you to bring to the attention of all pupils in your school the Importance of their exorcising great caro when on tho streets, so as to avoid the danger of urnnb run down oy automobiles, etc. "It is a common practice for children to attach themselves to moving vehicles, wagons and carts, and then jump off suddenly, thereby incurring serious risks. They also frequently dart out from behind piles of brick, lumber, etc., on the streets and highways, and not infrequently try to s^e At uun tiu?u niw.v can escape oeing run over by a motor vehicle. Many drivers of automobiles run their machines in a most reckless manner, and the danger to the people of the strectB, especially lo children, is very great. "I think that a few words from you to your pupils cannot fail to have a good effect in reducing the number of accidents."?New York Herald. SIN* OF AN II>I,1C LIFE. Testator Warns Sons?Denounces liOaHiig and "Useless Kxercine." A striking appeal to rich young men not to allow their wealth to tempt them Into habits of loafing and 1,1 1 ? i- ? ' - - ' uiiumtHH is mnne ny trie late lieutenant-Colonel Edward Tufnell in his will, disposing of estate valued at ?3 43,62 4 gross and not personality ?103,199. Colonel Tufnell, who had residences in Eaton Square, at The Grove, Wimblodon Park, and Crowhurst Park. Sussex, was Unionist M. P. for c* # ^ A ' uuiiiiicnni. k)USSl'.\ IIOI11 1JIUU tO lUOli, and was formerly a member of the King's Bodyguard. The appeal against loafing is made in the following remarkable clause in bin v 111: "1 desire to bring homo to the minds of my sons, and of each and every young man who may hereafter take benefit in my property under this my will, how strongly T hold to tho view that every man should, during some substantial portion of his life, and certainly during his early manhood, have some definite occupation, and lead a useful life, and should not suffer wealth or any accession of wealth or other temptation to tempt, him into Idleness, and a mere loafing and useless existence. "I might have so framed this my will as to have made idleness nnoi*nt?? to forfeit the interests hereby con- | furred on my sons or other young 1 men in my property, but I foresee | that such a provision might, in certain cases, work hardships, and I prefer to hope and to trust, as I do, that no son of mine and no other young man who may under this my will succeed to the enjoyment of any property of mine, will so disregard my views herein expressed as to lead the life I so strongly deprecate." Colonel Tufnell himself always led a strenuous life. He saw active serviro in tho K'llo T."* . ?wwl i ? ~ * -? o r. ? ~ v..^ .i.k iv\|>uuiuuii *11 i whon serving in the Eighteenth Royal Irish Regiment.?London Express. Arkansas Diamonds. It. Ik reported that thin year, up to July 1, seven hundred diamonds have been found in Arkansas. Three cut stones were found to be brilliant, and were valued at $fi() to $17f? a carat. A parcel of rough unsortod stones from the mine will bo easily worth $10 a carat. Cheap mining in Ar- I kansas is possible, as water and timber arc abundant nearby, and coal should bo obtained at reasonable ruios. Homn diamonds are reported to hnvo been found also in a nowly discovered perldotlto area about two and a half miles from where the first diamond was found on August I, 190G ? near Murfroesboro, Pike County, in perldotlte, nr. igneous rock.?New York Hun. Could Kxjx>se Them. Senator Tillman at a recent banquet told an amusing story. "The pastor of a Tallapoosa church," ho began, "said rather point edly from the pulpit ono Sunday morning: ' 'Ah autjily am rej'icod to boo Bruddah Calhoun White in chu'ch once mo'. Ah's glad Bruddah Calhoun has saw do error of his wayn at lawflt, to' doro 1h mo' joy ohah ono sinnah dat repenteth dan ohah de ninety an' nine "But at this point Brother Calhoun White Interrupted angrily. " 'Oh,' Hald he, from his seat, 'do ninety an' nino needn't crow. Ah ! could toll some things erbout do | ninety an' nine of Ah wanted tor!' " - -Washington Star. Startling Figures. The Uvea of 85,GOO,000 residents of the United States are worth $250,* 000,000,000. Unnecessary deaths every year cost in capitalized earnings $ 1,600,000,000. Workmen's illin-ss annually costs In wages $500,000,000. ( arn 01 tnn Kick and (lead every I year coats $400,000,000. Tuberculosis taxes the nation $1,000,t>00,000 annually. Typhoid fever costs $.150,000,000. Malaria costs $200,000,000. Care of the insane and feebleminded costs $85,000,000. Tho total annual cost of all death and sickness, necessary and unnecessary, is $3,000,000,000, of which onethird Is provental In.?Detroit Froo l'ress. Tho k 'V^rniron' vil! tako entire charge oi tho : -lephono Bystem of virtiut Britain In 1911. f " IIP'"*-'; 1 ' ' CHICAGO MERCHANT MAKES STATEMENT. After Spending Thousands of Dollars and Consulting the Host Eminent Physioians, He Was desperate. CHICAGO, ILLS.?Mr. J. Q. Becker, of 134 Van Buren St., a well-known wholesale dry goods dealer, states as follows: "I have had catarrh for more than thirty years. Have tried everything on earth and spent thousand* of dollars for other medicines and with physicians, without getting an" lasting relief, and can say tc ^you that I have found Peruna tho only remedy that has cured me permanently. "Peruna has also cured my wife of catarrh. She always keeps it in the house for an attack of cold, which it invariably cures in a very short time." GlrlS and Outdoor GamM Women In tholr ambition to "be athletic contend against Innumerable dif* Acuities. One of th?Bo difficulties la skirts, a second Is waists, and a third ?almost Insuperable?Is hair, lnclud* lng halrvins. Watch a girl playing tennis or cricket, and after a more than usually brilliant; effort she invariably puts her hands to her head, as if she expected something to fall off If she did not. IsJnengetic play Is usually at? tended by dlshevelment of the unruly locks and a shedding of hairpins that causes the pretty athlete distress. Her pleasuro In the game Is marred by a sense of insecurity and a constant fear of oonsoauences. No -worn an can -wield a racquet or essay a run -with an undlvldod mind. Halt her brain la occupied 'by the fearfol eurmlne that her hair la coming down ?a surmise, toy the way, which 13 probably too painfully iustlfled by tho tact.?Blacte and White. MORE P1NKHAM niDP? */(JJLUUkJ Added to the Long List due to This Famous Remedy. Oronogo, Mo.?" I was simply a neryoub wreck. 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