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-V-: Kffects of Pool' Iioarfa. Pnvgt NOTABLE address by M. ^ A. Hays, of the Southern A Railway, at the Good Itoads convention at New )rleans: The bad common I*"'" ""T ?y road, which is the ordinary common road of to-day, makes life in country districts and smaller places more expensive in every way: it destroys social movement, it interferes with church and school, it robs the people of many comforts and attractions, and makes life narrow. In this way it drives from the village and : farm to the cities the young men and women, with their productive possi; bilities. Its whole tendency is to congest population in the cities, and more than auythiug else has forced a onesided development in our National life. These are some of the evils and the burdens and the effects of poor roads. What of the influence and effect of good roads? Fortunately we do not have to go to foreign lands, nor even to other sections of our own country m for proof as to tueir uesiruuii?,> uuu I for their value. They have reduced I the cost of farm productiou wherever built, they have increased the value of I farm lands from twenty-five to 100 I per cent., they have made available ra for cultivation wider areas of territory, || they have attracted immigration, they p have given to old farms thought vafueless a good value, by enabling owners || or tenants to makr them profitable; || they have made the village merchant gp more prosperous, they have built fac|| tories, they have aided in the growth of p] cities; incidentally they have added to the traffic of railroads. Of other If benefits of even greater importance they have made a better class of citiH zens; they have brought about better pa methods of agriculture; they have ira proved the schools by increasing pub lie revenues and enabling teachers and H schools to serve a larger area; they I have added in every way to the comI forts of the people. They have in a measure turned back the tide toward I the city by briuging people from the I city into the country districts for B homes. Si Tiwiv innv ho somewhat startling. I "What is there to support them? The development of this country has always followed the lines of easiest communication, of the best transportation facilities. In early days the population kept close to the waterways. The building of the Erie Canal changed the current of industrial ac* tivity. Along the old roads built down through the Southern States nearly a hundred years ago were located the most prosperous plantations, the. homes of the South's most enterprising and substantial farmers, and along these roads were found seats of social life under the old regime. The building of railroad lines to the great West sent to that regioii for Investment the capital of the East, the most ambitious of the sons of the East and South, and attracted there the millions of immigrants from other lands, who I have done so much to develop that section, to develop it while the South lay quiet. Much is heard of the new South. If the term be appropriate the iiew South began when your rail-road systems began to give you modern trains and efficient service. So I far as railroad facilities go, tne united States lias had a remarkable development. No other nation has today so great, so efficient and so cheap a system of railroad transportation. The roads serve, perhaps, take it all in all, the people who live near their lines as well as it is now possible. Bnt railroads, like everything else, have had their limitations, as they have their characteristic influences upon the development of the region. They have naturally hastened the development of the region lying directly along thoir lines, while that of districts removed from them has as naturally had their development retarded. N'o one desires to go to a place removed from good transportation facilities if he can locate -where they are to be had. The tendency is always, and naturally, to give the best advantages, the largest returns to the people, the town or interest where there is the least burden to bear, the least tax upon industry, the smallest cost on the production or traffic charges. So much cheaper is transportation by water or rail than over common highways that production has been lessened where distance from rail or water is considered, measured either in miles or conditions ol highways. There is a point distant from every line of railroad beyond which, under present condition of the ordinary common roads, its influence in aiding production, acting as a distributing agent, is of little effect The railroad development of the country has reached a point where its future is comparatively limited. It will not be practical, from a business standpoint, to reach a much wider area ol territory. It is necessary, therefore in order to give all sections the advantage of cheap distribution of products to market to enable the outlying districts to reach the railroad station 01 the wharf at a cost which productior cannot only bear, but under which il will thrive, and at all seasons of th< year. The ordinary road of the Soutl: I?yes, of the whole country?puts a tar iff upon all traffic of twenty-five cents or more a ton per mile, as against 7.S mills on the railroad. It is a burder which effectually stifles production, ex cept when all other circumstances anc conditions are most favorable. A1 certain seasons of the year it is abso lutely impossible to do much handlinj over many country roads. It is easj to see how production over great areas of our country is kept down by thes( conditions. Another point in this con nectkm. The bad highway forces th< movement of all traffic wth the farms at seasons of the year when the farm er's teams could be more advantage ously employed at other work; i' causes a great congestion of traffic a certain seasons, not only lessening tin selling price of the farmer's product .causing greater expense and annoy lance to merchant and manufacturer but compelling railroads to go to nnich heavier outlays for equipment and handling of traffic, and therefore necessitating a higher rate for rail I freigths. DESCENDANTS OF CHARTER OAK j Transplanting the Acarn From a Sprij; I on the Original Tree. Growing in a large tub at the residence of James Knowlden. 703 Roland avenue, are three thriving "descend- j ants'' of the famous Charter Oak. j These sturdy little oaks of such re- I nowned lineage*' will be transplanted i in separate tubs in the autumn, and i if they continue to flourish Mr. Knowl- j den will present two of them to the city, one to be planted in Druid Hill and the other in Patterson Park. When in Hartford, Conn., two years ago, Mr. Knowlden secured eight j acorns from the tree grown from a sprig of the Charter Oak. which stands on the spot where that most famous tree in American history spread its branches for hundreds of years. He planted all. but five failed to germin- i ate. He watched with tender care the I tnree oaus inac came up, u?i??ius no | much attention upon them as if they | were delicate flowers. They are now about a foot high and give promise of becoming strong trees. When the Charter Oak blew down, the citizens of Hartford immediately planted a sprig from it on the spot where it had stood. The new tree thrived from the first, and now its branches shade a considerable area. On every Fourth of July the HartfoM people, augmented by many patriotic ! citizens of nearby towns, gather at the j tree and decorate it with flags and bunting, after which the Declaration j of Independence is read beueath its j ever spreading boughs. The Charter Oak itself was sawed up into lumber. From this a frame for the Colonial Charter was made. | The frame, with its historic document, I now hangs in the Supreme Court { chamber in the Capitol at Hartford. A | morlo frmn fhp lnm- ! ber. and this is occupied by the Lieu- j tenant-Governor of Connecticut in the Senate chamber.?Baltimore Sun. WCftDS OF WISDOM. It's no use blaming nature if you refuse nurture. Love is the light that shines farther | than all others.. Success is not looking around for the ! man who sighs. When you kill a good resolution you revive an old enemy. Your mother's apron strings are ! away ahead of evil's towline. "Goodness and Mercy" do not follow ' the man who is flceiug from God. Content depends not on what we j have, but on what we would have. It is a greater thing to make another j strong: than it is to carry his load. I The strength of a man's faith is in I inverse proportion to its singularity. The Universal Lanjjua^e Fad* "Dovoni faru." 'Gabolt gab." "Tern dovis kel." It was an antiquary wno pronounced these three absurd sentences in a scorn- j ful voice. Then he went on: "Samples?samples of another uni- j versal language. These samples mean 1 severally 'half past three,' 'six times six' and 'twenty-five minutes past | three.' They are from the Bolak j tongue, and there is a Bolak grammar I of 500 pages. "Bolak is about three years old. ; There is a still newer universal lan- j guage whose name I forget. But no i matter. Universal languages come and : go. They have appeared at the rate ! of seven a century for the last 400 , 1 venrs. "There is no fanatic like the univer- I sal language fanatic.. The man who invents a universal language invari- j ably spends twenty or thirty of the best years of his life in perfecting it anil writing a grammar and dictionary of it, and invariably spends all his fortune iu trying to spread it over the world. "Have fads if you will. Even have expensive fads, like the collection of paintings or of jewels. But avoid a universal language fad. or your life will be ruined."?New York Press. i What He Was Up To. "Do you know of the only Irishman who ever, committed suicide?" asked , W. B. Pollard, of Jersey City, who was at the Fifth Avenue Hotel last night. "You know It is said that Irishmen never commit suicide, and when the ar- ! gument was advanced in a crowd of that nationality he was so unstrung that he decided to show his opponents that Irishmen do sometimes commit a rash act. He accordingly disappeared, i and the man who employed him started I a search. When he got to the barn he j looked up toward the rafters aud saw his man hanging with a rope around j his waist. "'What are you up to. Pat?' he j asked. " 'Oi'm hanging meself, begobs,' the Irishman replied. " 'Why don't you put it around your ! neck?' " 'Faith, Oi did, but Oi couldn't ; bx*aythe,' was the unsmiling reply ?f ' the man from the Emerald Iale."? Louisville Courier-Journal. Candy. i "More money is spent for candy each t year than for hats and shoes and > gloves combined," said Harvey Towle, i of Pittsburg, attnenanKiugtou nuu?v. Mr. Towle travels for one of the largest ? candy manufacturing concerns in the ' world. "We sell about $1,250,000 worth i of candy a year ourselves," he contin ued, "and at an average of seven cents I a pound you can figure out for yourself t how big a pile of candy that makes. There is over a billion a year spent for ? sweets In this country. People have r no idea of the magnitude of the bust* > ness."?Milwaukee Wisconsin. A yueer Creature. ? The South American amphisbena Is i i A_ _aa? 5 a queer creature, uuu iu ua oyc. cies has been a stumbling block to . many naturalists. To look at it any t one would take the creature for a large t earthworm. It lias no ears, as other > lizards hare. No eyes are apparent, , and it progresses with equal case for. ward or backward m its subterranean , burrows. THE WATER CURE AS PI CHILDREN Wl wwwww h k When a Japanese child tells lies he Bhower bath until the lies are wash homes, the Japanese of the poorer c) house in which is enthroned one of th cojnf Prorr mnrninir ho makes an OUliii* ?> ?? ? c sprig of green, and every night he 1 Japanese worship, ablutions play a la Illustration, having indulged In the lu process of purification. SKELETON OF MAF FAMOUS Here is the skeleton of Marengo, Napoleon Bonaparte's famous charger, which is now in the Royal United Service Institution, in London. The mortal remains of Marengo ace divided between France and England, the skin of the famous horse being in the military museum at the Invalides, having NAPOLEON'S CHJ been sent there by a special order issued Jast March, while the bones are in London. After the defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo Lord Petre obtained possession of Marengo and sold him to General Angerstein, The animal was well cared for and petted in hi*.old aee. and on his death the skel eton was presented to the Royal United Service Institution by General AngerEteln. FOLDING CHAIR FOR THEAYRES. The chairs commonly used in theatres and auditoriums do not permit of FOLDING THEATRE CHAIR. the rapid emptying of their occupants, the only egress being in a transverse direction, resulting In the immediate congestion of tbe entirely too contractENGLISH PROGRESSIVE Jones (from next door)?"What the Smith (whose wife is away)?"Oh! ' 1.??V1A fn.ntrrlit- cr> T'm lust irptl CUIXJ1U? UULUt ?.V * O fore she arrives."?Illustrated Bits. JHISHMEHT FOR JAP??ESE! 10 TELL LIES. ' j is punished by having to sit under a j ed away. As in the Italian peasant ass always hfcs a little shrine in his e Seven Gods of Riches, or a family offering of a cake, a little rice and a ights a little lamp in front of it. In rge part, and the boy shown In our xury of many lies, is undergoing a IENG0,1 NAPOLEON'S CHARGE. _________ ea aisies. ?ue oujeci 01 ? icvcm. m- i vention is to provide a chair which will materially enable the public to escape promptly in case of fire or emergency. Side frames of the chairs are placed in rows and parallel to each j other, each of which serves for the attachment of a folding seat and a 1 lRGER, MARENGO. back. When not in use the hinged ; seat is turned up alongside one side frame. The hinged back closes in front next to it. A spring engages with tho edge of the back, preventing It from accidentally dropping. The seat being ; folded toward the back, the latter is j free from connection with the next j side frame, thus affarding numerous j comparatively free passageways. It is ) possible, though not desirable, by employing this style of chair, to entirely i dispense with the middle and side j ivoccnfrnc nr O'er the Globe In a Canoe. Two men started from British Co- j lumbia over three years ago in a dug- ! out cnnoe to sail the whole distance to | London by way of Cape Horn. They have reached the Azore Islands, and ! are now on the last stage of their long ! journey. The boat, which is named ; the Tillikum. was made by an Alaskan i Indian in 1S43. Pennsylvania Coal. The average annual production of ! anthracite coal in Pennsylvania has J been between 05,000,000 and 75,000,000 tons, but for the last three years the ! average has been only 59,000,000. The average production of bituminous coal | has increased from 111,000,000 in 1900 : to 284,000,000 during 1903. Neglecting the Kliine. , Cologne newspapers complain that ! tourists are neglecting the Ithlne, and they suggest that the high prices pre- j vailing in the hotels have a good deal to do with this. j A Fifeshlre Scot not only stole flowers from a grave, but won a prize with j thtiu at a flower show. HZUJyilOR - ?==S=^ HOUSEKEEPING. deuce does all this mean?" Nothing much. You see, the wife Is iing things spick and span for her be. -v , .V ? felloeO i yS A Test of Haliocany. So closely are many of the new pieces of mahogany modeled after the genuine antiques In form aud color that only an expert can tell the difference. "There Is one way, however," declares a well-known connoisseur in antique iurmsmngs, mat you can always distinguish between the genuine and its copy. Put your knuckles against it as you would against a mirror to tell its real thickness. If it is well varnished so that it brings out the reflection of the finger clearly you may be sure it is new. If the reflection is clouded it is antique." Flowers and Feathers. It is more usual, however, for the ribbbons to be accompanied by feathers, flowers, etc. A rough tan-colored felt, something of the Brittany shape, namely, with a brim of medium width and a domed crown, has the brim caught up by straps of cigar-brown velvet. Two large ball rosettes of old jjold and tan ribbon, snipped in vandykes, suffice for the out9ide' trimming, but on the upturned portion of the brim at the back, are some pink and red single dahlias and brownish-green leaves. Much the same sort of hat in felt of a dark purple-blue tint is trimmed .with wide ribbons of n wjstaria mauve shade, and paradise plume to match. . Girls as Caddies. A wealthy gentleman, who is a great advocate for women workers in every Held of action, has gone to the length of employing girls as caddies on his golf links, stating as his reason that they are far more alive to their duties than are boys, This is pleasant hearing, as, in addition to opening up a new employment for girls, it refutes the testimony of those who find much to criticise in the behavior of the weaker sex when undertaking so-called men's wnrlr Tn mnnr InstnnpPK tvnrnon f>nn of course, prove astonishingly disobliging and ill-mannered, and one of their greatest transgressions in public offices is the irritating faculty they have for holding animated conversations -with their co-workers when attending to the public needs. On the other hand, some men Have manners that leave much to be desired. For the Children. For little girls up to eight years the most sensible frocks are those that may be laundered. These are possible in winter as well as in summer, merely, by having the child wear heavy underflannels, and there is great satisfaction in washable frocks. Some charmingly nrnf It* lionrrr ora +A Uta ? J VVlkVSAA. VUt T 1VIO U1C vv be bought, In plaiu colors and stripes, which make very good play dresses. These same materials and khaki are the ones that it is -wisest to have for boys as well. Khaki especially, in its bright brown shade, is very serviceable for hard wear. Small shepherd plaids and tartans are pretty for little girls and for kilts or pleated frocks for small boys. A washable, detachable sailor collar is a wise ornament for almost any little child's dress, as it adds much to the effect of -the costume.?Harper's Bazar. What the Baby Should Weigh. The baby of normal weight tips the scales down at birth at the sevenpound mark. If he or she is much heavier or much lighter, he or she Is at odds with the average. A peculiar feature of baby weight is that during the first days of its life the youngster?that is, the perfectly normal youngster?loses one pound. Thus, examination made on tlie second and fourth day will show a weight of six pounds only. But after the first week, at the end of which time the lost pound tshould be regained, there is a steady advance. Ten pounds should have been reached by the time the baby is eight weeks old, and when it Is. twenty weeks old the weight should be fourteen pounds. At seven months the figure should be sixteen pounds, and the year-old baby should have a mark of twenty-one pounds to it1? credit. Fashions For Eldorly Women. As to colors, a negative answer would usually be best when this question comes up. The old belief that blaok and gray made a woman look haggard when the flush of youth had left her face and the gray had streaked her hair, has been discarded with many other outworn ideas, and it is now an accepted fact that the soft shades of gray are the only colors that an elderly woman should wear. That black best becomes many older women is well, because so many, while perhaps not wearing deep mourning, are yet so In the habit of having black gowns during many years that they never "feel right" in colors. There are In these days so many varieties or uiacK that there need be no monotony, and even an all-black gown need not be sombre. Trimmings of lace and braid and passementerie are always appropriate for elderly women, the handsomer the better. ? The loose coats in three-quarter fength are a style that is particularly kind to the older women, disguising as they do any awkwardness of figure, and giving place for the use of handsome trimmings of fur and lace.?Harper's Bazar. Ribbons in Millinery* It is needless to insist more strongly on tbe immense use which is made of ribbons. They suffice as a trimming for many quite smart hats. One in pale, gray-blue felt of medium tone lias a large soft sort of rosette low on the left side of the crown, made up * WOMANM I REALM rn In loops of the same gray and pasl pink and blue ribbons. Ends of t same ribbons, folded Into a band, sta from under this rosette, pass front ai back of the crown and over the bri on the right, where this is rolled 1 over a second large rosette resting 1 the hair. A hat of plum-colored taupe felt, wi a brim of medium width, and one the high beret crowns, that must reckoned among the very fashional styles, is likewise merely trimmed wi ribbons, the velvet covering the cro\ not counting as such. The ribbon used in this instance of the same color as the rest, with moire face and a satin back. It folded round the crown and then ti in a large double bow, some of t loops having the'moire side uppermo nnri nthprs the sntln. A similar ho with the loops drawn out longer, placed under the brim on the 1< side. * The Early 1 _ 'np> of Children. "I can cure youi .lidren when th are sick, but what I want Is to tea you to keep them well." These we the words which ray good doctor us when my children were little. E tender interest augmented my natui desire to study how best to make ai keep them well. When they were year old I took away the bottle, whi they had had six times daily?from until 9 at night With this change reduced the meals to four a day?at t hours C, 10, 2 and 6. The morni; meal consisted of mush, and warm milk to drink, warming it by placii ftimfl -In hn+ wofor At 9 noma +h/ dinner of baked potatoes mixed wl butter and beef-juice, warm milk a: orange-juice. This meal was vari by giving veal soup with vegetabl in it, lamb or chicken broth wi rice or eggs, cooked by pouring boili water over them twice. To vary t fruits I gave steamed or scraped app stewed prunes, stewed or raw pea At 6 o'clock zweibach and milk, wi more warmed milk. When at the thi year they did not need such freque feeding, I added to the breakfas steamed apples and varied the dinnc with beefsteak, lamb chops, boll rice and a green vegetable with t simpler puddings, which had no lem In them. I retained the suppers, ac ing bread and butter. Pure candy not injurious if given at meal-time moderation. This plan has been si cessful for my three children of ve different constitutions. They say i never catch cold unless we have eat too much. My children rarely ha colds or the stomach disorders so co: mon to children.?L. ,W. W., in Wo an's Home. :^t. Boat shapes are good. Turbans are retained. Broader turbans are modislT. Velvet flowers are in high favor. Envelope hats and turbans are ye good. Some hats are veritable color syi phonies. Lyre plumes lead in the cstrl feathers. The Henry II, toque is yet a mo valued model. Draped turbans are among the i tractive ones. The cache peigne is a graceful effe to be retained. Some sort of a banCeau is in no hats for -winter. Ribbon is used in loops three, fi and seven deep. Only a handsome white plune shou be.on black hats. Empire pokes were a passing f: of the silly season. As rca:iy as a dozen coq pompons a used on one ehapeau. Coq plumes with quill stems: cod in fashionable shades. The Charles IX. and the Henry 1 are the very same hat. Happily the exaggerated shov shape of 1797 is done for. Overlapping rows of finely pleat< taffeta make smart facings. Three rows of cut green glass ns heads are round one turban. Plenty of bows have the piquan< and dimensions of those of the Restor lion* It is rumored that the waist Hi will be more aceentuatcd as the seasc advances. It is doubtful if we adopt string even though they are on the mode now revived. Walking skirts will just toucn it ground and the jackets will be tigl fitting and long. "YVbaleboned petticoats are comtnc enough. From these to crinoline prop< is not a far cry. A fancy has displayed itself f< capes and three-quarter coats in loud check tweed. There have been introduced of lat from Victorian times, the low sho< that button over the sides. As a rule, the hats have an origins look, there being a desire to get awn from set rules, even though followin the same general lines. A lace handkerchief makes an e: cellent jabot by folding it co..- .. turning the upper poius so as 10 a little above the under one. . i ! 1? ; 'A caterpillar in a month will devour 000 times its own weight It will take an average man three months before he can eat a quantity of foocl equal to his own weight. I llvS An explorer who has often by conv j; pulsion eaten the flesh of animals not generally used as human food, sayd that grilled lion steaks are delicious and much superior to those of th? tiger; that the flesh of the rhinoceros. properly prepared, has all the goo<^ qualities of pork; that the trunk an<| fet of young elephants xesemble veal, tcj and that stewed boa constrictor is ai he good substitute for rabbit. . \ * irt . a(j A' new alloy devised by Jame? [m Chandler, a chemist of Philadelphia^ Up Pa., is being exploited and promise# 0I1 to be found valuable for many pur? poses. It has the appearance of siltij ver, the strength of steel, lightness ofl 0f aluminum, is inexpensive to make and be has the resonance of bell metal. It is ,]e said to be available for tubing, wheeB tb bubs, boilers, armor plate, cookinj} VD utensils and musical instruments.. j jg For only tbe third time in tbe history} a of medical surgery bas the operation iS of removing the stomach been pered formed successfully. The case is that of John Kolle, a German carpenter, gt, .who bas been treated in tbe sanitarium W| .at Lebanon, Pa. Kolle suffered from iS a growth in his stomach which preift vented digestion and assimilation. Am Interesting feature of his recovery la th& fact that he is now able to eat ?oli*'ood- .. The oldest clock in America has srona out of business. It is the town clock e(j of Tlalpam, Mexico. For 250 years [i3 peons and presidents, Indians and emperors have been noting the boor from Q(j its ancient face. For 130 years It ran a in the cathedral towers in the City of cjj Mexico, and for the past 120 years , ^ has been at Tlafpam. Some months U ago it began to show signs of old age by becoming Irregular, and althougtt afi repairs were frequently made, it finally e(j struck and refused to run. It will Qg probably be sent to one of the museums \ tj dn the City of Mexico as the oldest clock with the longest continuous rec? Q(j ord in America. (1 * ^ JAPANESE RAILWAYS; tjj How the tittle Brown Men Conduct Themselves When Traveling. hf The railway traveler in Japan buys a first, second or third class ticket; or, if rR he wishes to go cheaoer still, he can tb Set a ticket entitling iiim simply to rc stand on the platform! Many of the mi cars can be entered either from the ? 5ts sld* or the end. The principal differ* , >re ence between the first and second class ed coaches is the color of the upholstery* w . hf None or the cars are very clean. Many on of the third-class coaches could serve?. Id. .without much alteration, as ordinary is pigsties. This is all more remarkable in when .the incomparable cleanliness of 10 the Japanese home life, even of the rj humblest, is taken into consideration. An explanation of this may be that er the Japanese have little regard for the ve cleanliness of any place where they / ,v m. keep their shoes or clogs on. The Enm ropean room, for example, whfch has been established in a few Japanese homes, is the only apartment in the whole house that is not kept scrupulously swept, dusted, oiled and burnished.. So, too, with the Japanese Inns. Those that are maintained in native style are sweet and clean; those that have become Europeanized are usually littered with cigarette stumps, fruit peelings and cores and other de? bris. ' v An American: Pullman, "with1 Its crowded and unavoidable intimacies, is a decent and polite hermitage comry pared with a packed coach in JapaiL* All sorts of unexpected things happen. Daring ablutions are performed and "u" complete change of raiment is frequently effected, the constantly recurring tunnels serving to screen the as* 1 tonishing character of these programs, st The floor of third-class coaches Is aft tmswept riot of the flotsam and jetsam tt- that usually follows in the wake of certain kinds of human craft the world over. A Bowery picnic crowd, abandoned to peanuts, popcorn and bananas, never marked a more conspicuous s* trail than a lot of Japanese peasants en route. Only, with the Japanese, it re is all a very solemn affair. Trav,el seems to afford fitting opportunity to id discard all kinds of personal wreckage. All forms of abandoned odds and ends 1(3 of things begin to identify the itinerary; from the very start. Of course, the foreign traveler who wades through this re car-strewn waste does so to gain experience. It Is not a pursuit of napplae ness.?Booklovers' Magazine. j Identifying the Class. "I don't recall seeing you at college. . I guess you must have been before my. el time." "Possibly; possibly. Who was at the I head of the faculty when you were there?" ill "Um?let me see. I don't just recair his name, but I was there the year Bruce played halfback and kicked goal a. twice from the field in the last half of " "Oh, sure! Of course! That was the vear oar centre rush carried most of >n the opposing team on liis back for a gain of thirty yards. Yes, indeed. I s' wonder who was president then. I don'f seem to remember minor details of college life myself." ? New York ?e Press. it ? ? Similarity. > . Uncle Jerry's memory had begun to >n ^)lay queer pranks with him, but he ?r' refused to admit the fact, and stoutly. insisted that he could remember thinga )r as well as ever. 3 On one occasion, -while calling at the house of a friend, he was introduced e, to a stranger whose name was Eddy. >3 In the course of the conversation + fnllArra/? ha ns1/1i?ocso{] thf* fltrilll* ger as "Mr. Whirlpool." y "I beg your pardon," said the other, g "lnit my name is not exactly Whirlpool. It Is Eddy." "I beg your pardon for the mistake." replied Uncle Jerry, courteously. "I % ' *vp? misled by the? er?similarity pf t aid." .* . ' , i \ :?