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sxn agatHW? i INFLUENCE. jjKaa&| The smallest bark on life's tumultuous ocean Will leave a track behind forevermore; Mr^ The lightest wave of influence, once in motion, pjgjS&g'g Extends and widens to the eternal shore, gjzgastf We should be wary, then, who eo before a^gwJ & myriad yrt to be, and we should take Our bearing carefully, where breakers II [And fearful tempests gather; one mistake 1 May wreck unnumbered barks that follow 5 in our wake. E ?The Christian Advocate, i If TROVATA | k By M. CORBETT-SEYMOUR. ? [ Charles Danford's friends agreed unanimously that he was making | liimself ridiculous. He had fallen in love simply from seeing her in a crowded concert room once during the brief, bright, London season! simply from listening to the pleasant tone as her voice as she talked with a lady and gentleman, much older than herself, who were her companions. Now love?so-called?and young Danford were not quite unknown to each other. He had twice proposed and been rejected; he had once been engaged for a period of three weeks, at the end of which the girl threw |j|jg him over for the sake of a man old |a|p enough to be her father. fflgH The the young fellow registered |mm| soniething resembling a vow that he Be would have nothing to say to women jlH ,??except the elderly. "Stow it?do, dear fellow!" said gggf; \ Stewart, his special chum, when 11 Charlie tried to tell the oft-told tale jSM of his experiences. "Everybody knows rag all about it, and how you are never |g| 'going to marry any one. Talk of |H something else." Yet here he was, declaring he mV,jwoiild woo and wed a girl whose SBI name he had never heard?and perg|| haps never would hear. Even Rodffl ney Stewart was inclined to have done M .with him, and told him plainly that be was a fool. m There ensued some coldness bell tween the two young men; they got H over it and were friends again, but mz lor weeks it left Charlie free to wanjge der here and there, in the hope of coming across that charming young M [woman of the concert room. Kt? Some people say the world is small, S and we are forever seeing those we H least expected to see. But this par5| tlcular young man was not of that opinion. jg London is fairly large; and wan Bering in the Park, in Regent Street, w , and other places where ladies cong gregate, he was fain .to admit that j| nothing short of a miracle would efI lect a meeting with that fair-haired, ? ibrown-eyed maiden, who had un| knowingly made captive his heart. ' And yet?for such is the dogged| ness of some human beings?he perP Bevered. in his search. | Sometimes his heart bounded wlthl In him as he fancied he iiscerned a K figure like that of the unknown; then, with the discovery of the mistake, his hopes went down very considerably i^ybelow zero. \ In due course came July. London bfcgST- to empty itself after the fifteenth, and, like other young men [who have opportunities, Danford accepted several country house invitations. Nowhere did Fate put him in the iway of the unknown; the girls he met found him chilly and unappreciative, and the elder women pitied his depression, trying to discover its t cause. Charlie, however, was not com- ] munieative. Stewart was his only confidant, and Stewart had gone to Jtforway. So beyond vague assertions that iife was not worth living, he said nothing about the change which had come over him?once so light-hearted ? fellow. It was just the time when people ."Who love traveling start here and there in search of health or variety. This particular young man was physPjiV ' Ically sound enough, but he resolved Hpt- to cross the Channel, like the rest; k: tn one or another pleasure resort, he K;.... might see the lady whom he wanted I|'. to see. Tt. is srarrelv npppssarv In sav that | Danford had plenty of money. Work, BP'- If such had been an obligation, would ! have quickly taken- all the seutij mental nonsense out of him; but the I Spi* Jjlessedness of "something to do" was Sty'" unknown to him. As economic arrangements did not form part of his program, young Danlord put up at one of the most ex &v ipensive hotels in Ostende when the mail-boat landed him there, lost a little money at the Kursaal and then 6^-' went on to Brussels. He found the bright city charming. He ran against ak old acquaintance, who introduced him at the Legation, and that of course led to a good deal of visiting among the British residents. So Charlie's spirits rose a little, though he did not forget the "raison d'etre" of his continental trip, nor forget the sweetness of a certain musical voice, nor the beauty of fair hair combined with eyes of a lustrous sherry-brown. Indeed, he was constantly thinking of the girl, sometimes even dreaming of her; and as he did not know her rightful name, he bestowed ou her that of "Trovata," which seems to suggest his secret conviction, that patience and perseverance will accomplish all things, even the finding ' 1(without any clue) of a lost young lady. And he did find her; but not in the little Belgian capital. Returning j to his native land by way of Paris, ' disappointed but not yet despairing, Mr. Danford dropped in one afternoon at a tea-room in the neighborhood of the Faubourg St. Honore. He was glancing at a society paper, \ 'and not just, then thinking of his "Trovata," when the sound of a voice at a little table close by so startled him that he almost dropped his teacup. It was her voice! He should have {known it anywhere; nay, he had sometimes borrowed a poetic idea and Her in actual being! Sherry-brown eyes, fair hair, and voice; charminglj dressed, and in the company of two other ladies, evidently English. Charlie looked round him wildly. He could not hope for an introduction then and there; it would be too pre cipitate. But he must learn her name if he could?why, there, a few yards away, was Dick Baring, and he always knew everyone and everything: Not without some slight agitation *did Danford cross the room and make his inquiry. Mr. Baring seemed to understand that the name and antecedents of an elderly lady with white hair and then of a tall tourist in tailor made costume were asked for; but finally he was made to comprehend. "Do I know her? Rather!" he exclaimed. "The prettiest Englishwoman in Paris, and the wife of " here he named an attache of the Embassy. "Shall I introduce you?" "No, thanks very much; I only wanted to know," said Charlie, trying to appear indifferent. But he packed his be!o:.gings and made for the coast by that evening's train; and the last time I saw him in London I was favored with his declaration that It was better to be single than married.?Waverley. CURE FOR BLUSHING. Nervous Affection That May Yield to Proper Treatment. Blushing is a curious phenomenon, often very disagreeable to the suffer| er. It is due to a sudden relaxation of the walls of the minute blood vessels of the surface of the body and is classed by physicians among nervous affections of the circulation. Self-consciousness is usually the exciting cause of habitual blushing, which occurs therefore more commonly in bashful children, and in girls more frequently than in boys. Those who blush easily are generally of a sensitive, nervous temperament, and as contact with the world modifies this somewhat the habit gradually disappears with age. The face is the part where blushing more commonly occurs, although any other part of the body may show the same change. One who watches the blushes of a painfully embarrassed person may sec a faint pink flush spread over the ears and throat as well as the cheeks. It is said that among uncivilized tribes, where much of the body is habitually exposed, blushing, when it occurs at all, may involve all the uncovered parts. It is probably because the face is the part by which one isidentified?that which personifies the individual?that it is the recognized seat of the blush. Sudden attacks of general blushing without any apparent reason may affect those who are somewhat advanced in life and constitute a most disagreeable symptom. Children who blush easily should be trained to overcome self-consciousness or bashfulness. They should be persuaded, not forced, to take a prominent position among their playmates rather than to hold back and speak only when they are spoken to. Undue timidity should be overcome because it injures the chance of success in business or the social world. The "speaking of pieces" in school, if the child can be persuaded it will be good for him, will go far to cure morbid blushing. The spontaneous blushing or flushing of adults may be benefited by tonics, remedies to aid digestion, a generous but simple diet, cool bathing and plenty of exercise in the open air. ?Youth's Companion. THE SILENCE OF | : HALF THE WORLDS ? CO a?o?coee?sa?ose??soco??e?9 "In regard to the men, on the other hand, women are absolutely silent," says Inez Haynes Gillmore, in Success Magazine. "It may be that they discuss their masters among themselves, but if they do, it is in whispers and under a vow of secrecy. Whether this silence be through prudence, through fear, through chivalry, or because they have not formulated their opinions, nobody knows. But it is so profound that the men have leaped fatuously to the conclusion that women have no opinion in regard to men or, mere fatuously still, that there is nothing about men for women to criticise. The women, themselves, are just beginning to be conscious of their own tongue-tied condition. Elizabeth Robins, one of the few women earth-writers who has dared to approach this subject, says, 'If I were a man. and cared to know the world I lived in, I think it would make me a shade uneasy, the weight of that silence of half the world.' " Insects in Coal. | Discoveries in tne coal mines oi central France have furnished by fai the greatest advance that has ever been made in our knowledge of the insects which inhabited the world millions of year.s, as geologists believe, before the time when man made his appearance upon the earth, In that wonderful age when the carboniferous plants, whose remains constitute the coal beds of to-day were alive and flourishing the air and the soil were animated by the presence of flies, grasshoppers, cockroaches, dragon flies, spiders, locust: and scores of other specks which exist but slightly changed at the present time. But the insects of those remote times attained a gigantic size some of the dragon flies measuring two feet from tip to tip of their ex panded wings. The remains of thes< insects have been marvellously pre served in the strata of coai aud rock ?Harper's Weekly. The Sweet Uses of Adversity. You can wear out your old clothes You are not troubled with visitors You are not pers_cuted to stand spon sOi. Begging letter writers will le you alone. Imposters know it is use less to try to bleed you. Yoi can practice temperance. You ar not foolishly flattered. You sav ay a debt and many a headache : liMQ-L 1 ^ School in Japan. Miss Tsuda's English school for girls in Tokio is said to be doing a pioneer work of much importance in Japan. She is really laying the foundation for higher education among Japanese women. The enrollment for several years has been about 150 pupils, all of whom remain in the school for from three to five years.? New York Press. Make Home Happy. Make the home life as happy as you can for the children. Many a boy goes astray, not tl .ough lack of I care and training, but because home | life is not made as happy as it might be. Children, while they are young and impressionable, should be surrounded with happiness. It is as essential to their well being as sunshine is to flowers. If, as they grow irp, they find that happiness is not to be had at home, they soon learn to look for it elsewhere.?Indianapolis News. Bear Our Sorrows. By preference we would bear all our sorrows alone, fight out all the hardest fights of heart and soul where i no one can pity us, or, with any weu I meant attempt at healing, poke their j fingers into our sorest place; like ! Jacob, we would wrestle with God in I the darkness and solitude of our own | chamber. But when we are happy it i is different; something must be want ing unless there is one near to us who understands and is happy, too.?Womi an's Life. i White Violets as Bride's Flowers. It is a pretty idea for a bride to use her name flower in her wedding ! boquet. Lady Violet Brabazon has ! decided to do this when she is mari ried next Wednesday to Lord Grimston at St. George's, Hanover Square. Lady Violet will have a boquet of i white violets and the two unmarried sisters of her fiance who will act as i bridesmaids, the Ladies Sybil and 1 Vera Grimston, will carry big bunches j of parma violets. The flower in colj ored enamel will be represented in i the bridegroom's jewel gifts to the ; bridesmaids.?London Globe. Petition the Duma. The Jewish women of Russia have ! presented their first petition to the I Duma. In this petition they beg that ' legislation be enacted to prevent hus " * J* ^ Kill I Danas irom sending wen wiyco a um of divorce by messenger. As things ! are now a Hebrew husband can di! vorce his wife, with the consent of the ! rabbi, by giving her a bill of divorce! ment. If the wife does not wish to | be divorced she can refuse to take the I paper, and it does not become valid j without her acceptance. When the ; bill is sent by a messenger the wife, : not knowing what the paper is, has ; no means of protecting herself.?New | York Sun. Sash Worn With Bracelets. ; All that hangs gracefully about : woman's clothes speedily becomes the i fashion. The woman who first wore j the shawl in Italy soon startled Rome | by her grace. She had not even been . known as pretty before that, but ever afterward she was the Roman beauty. The shawl received another hanging, a fringe, which swayed and trembled with every movement of the figure. Then came the gracefully hanging skirts, and now the newest thing is to { have a sash drawn from the waist I through bracelets of gold worn above j the elbows. The sash, which hangs : down to the edge of the skirt, gives ' an unusually graceful effect. As the I cooV. it. nnt lnnoo JlHnP.hed tO the | dress at the waist, it is no trouble to . | the wearer, but is an everlasting . ! temptation to be kept moving.?New j York Press. j Circlets For Ankles. | The diamond garter has been a fad ; for many years, but recently Berlin ! women have decided the garter is not ! worth the trouble and expense, now 1 ! that the sheath gowns have gone out ! of vogue. To have large diamond j earrings was all very weil, and rings 1 I on dainty hands will always be in ' fashion, but what more could the fasj tidious woman ask than a sparkling ' band of diamonds around her ankle? ; ! First one of the women in the Kaisj er's court started it. Others were j willing to emulate her, and now when i there is a dance the circlet of gems on ! | the ankle inevitably calls attention to | a small foot and a shapely ankle. I But the one drawhack to these orna> ments is that sometimes they become [ loose and are lost. But the plain gold . band is used to take the place of the i bejeweled circlet, and women risk wearing those in the streets.?New . York Press. ! Are Women Bad Tempered? 1 When it comes to a question of t-mrcuHc nrp wives ever J l?KJ\J UiCO UUU put wwivm wv. .. - I as indulgent as their husbands? A 5 j man Is usually far more lenient to " ! his wife's tastes than she is to his. " I He may not be able to understand her fondness for Mrs. Smith's company, but he endures it without a ? murmur. He may not appreciate her ' espousal of the suffragette's cause, i j but he allows her to ' gang her ain " gait" without expostulation. With * her other fancies and ideas it is the same; if they "please her and don't i hurt him" he is content. A woman, however, will lose no | time in informing her husband that j she can't endure Brown, and he really . j must not go fishing with him any i ] more. Of if bicycling happens to be . his innocent recreation she will never , rest until she has got him to take up e tennis, a form of sport which may e i appeal to her personally, but in which , !he has no sort of interest, says Wo .vr .vi ''.7? gr liberty and leisure. Long before she had ceased grumbling at the untidiness of his particular den, at the presence of pipes and the absence ol matches in every room in the house he has patiently and good humoredlj recognized the fact that it takes at least five hatpins and twenty-five minutes to adjust the hat of the period at the fashionable angle. A Woman's Time to Dress. "A correctly gowned woman car not dress herself in less than one hour and a half." Mme. Marguerite Sylva, the prims donna, thus sets the feminine sartO' rial time with finality. A well groomed woman allows: Fifteen minutes for a bath. Ten minutes to adjust corsets and underwear. TTMftArm minnt.es to eo over the face with a light massage and powder. Fifteen minutes at least to arrange the hair. Ten minutes to adjust the hat. Twenty-five minutes, being all thai is left, in which to arrange the outei costume. "Of course," said Mme. Sylva "these are the necessities of a wom> an's toilet. She must allow, at least every other morning: "Thirty minutes for a manicure. "Forty-five minutes for waving the hair. "An hour for a thorough massage. /'For myself, I am never late. How. ever, I am afraid that the time I consider necessary for dressing would cause the learned Chicago judge tc bless a fate that never had led him to my drawing- room to cool his heels." The Chicago judge to whom Mme Sylva referred is Judge Crowe, who in connection with a fine he imposed upon the chauffeur of Mrs. George W. Lederer, exclaimed: "A woman has no regard for time; she will take half an hour to adjust three hairpins. Women take toe much time in dressing and primping They have no idea of the inconveniences it causes their husbands friends and admirers." "Certainly there is one thing thai no man can understand," said Mme Sylva, "and I doubt if I can explair it. The less a woman puts on the longer it takes her to do it. Nevei have women worn fewer clothes thai with the present fashions, and nevei has it taken them longer to dress. "But, after all, the question sim mers down to this," concluded Mme Sylva, "would a man prefer to wail for an attractive woman, or to hav< an unattractive woman waiting foi him? Whatever is worth having ii worth waiting for?"?New York Tel egram to the Kansas City Star. BiRSTTY SL ^HWGS#?L TO Moyen age coats will be worn ty children. Whole coats are made of the tail less ermine. Purple silk stockings are one of th< season's novelties. Much of the trimming of the ha now goes at the back. Net forms the foundations of near ly all the new trimmings. The so-called Egyptian ribbons tha look like temple columns, trim man; of the handsomest turbans. Bunches of short plumes are beinj used more than the single long one so much in vogue last season. A toque of chamois-colored velvet trimmed with black wings, is decided ly smart, and unusual as well. Net boleros, in white and black elaborately embroidered, are mos serviceable as a toilet accessory. It is a veiled season, and thesi short lenghts of veils are an import ant accessory to the modern outfit. Plain meshes are always acceptabli and every woman should number om or two of this variety in her outfit. Two new names that go with tone that are charmingly soft and becom in<r oro Vint- trrnv nnrl Rpnn\'Jlis lllllP. Net boleros, in white and black elaborately embroidered, are mos serviceable as a toilette accessory. The flower of fashion this seasoi is the Bermuda lily. It is in white o pink and is grown small or large. Moire waists of the Gibson styl are holding their favor. They hav silk buttons coveted with the silk. In the monthly expenditure of th average well-dressed woman th money for veilings will be no smal item. A mixture of silver and gold i: trimming bands or garniture is no^ more favored than gold or silve alone. The pleated walking skirt is a de servedly popular model, and a mos practical one, and it has now man uuvuieea. Marabout or malines, massed abou the huge wings on the large cavalle hats is a distinctive note of the fal millinery. Hair bands of all kinds prevail some single and of eonsiderabl width, and some double, like th Greek fillet. Made veils, decorated with ornat designs, are more expensive, but th finished style of these cannot be suij plied by other veils. Self-toned veils in colors to matel the costume are much worn, and o Ann?*c<A K1 oL- onrl u-hito mucin-**: O v ll/lilOC ""U " mv.juvs) ut always in good taste. A handsome scarf has the Persia: pattern outlined in gilt. Few oppor tunities for displaying silver or gil S The Deep Waterway ! ] For Illinois. Writing of "Another Phase of the Deep Waterway Problem," Ebin J. ' Ward says, in The World To-day: ] "The inevitable conclusion follows that, if the State takes possession of the water-power rights of private individuals, nothing can be accomi plished with the $20,000,000 toward the construction of the waterway. - However, for the $20,000,000 a ! waterway, after the plans of the , United States engineers, can be built r from Joliet to Utica, provided the t State leaves private owners in poss session of their private property, as does the plan of the United States for a waterway down the valley. The idea of the Government or of the State developing and distributing hyt droelectric energy, is so foreign to ? the universal conception of the proper functions of government, that the int ability to do so should be regarded . as fortunate. "Therefore, why should the State abandon the construction of a waterway, merely because it cannot secure [ the water-power for its private gain? Let us have the waterway, but let the ? State use its powers for governmental purposes only." j WORDS OP WISDOM. t When Povsrty comes in the door * True Love engages her on the spot to do the cooking. The manager of a temperamental "star" knows that all luminous bod' ies are not heavenly. Chivalry died of a congestive chill , the day the first short haired woman appeared on the streets. T Tiraiteri fnr the river to run by. . mother," and now I am too old and . stiff myself to run. I A man Is never so much a man as > when he.is trying to convince some i woman she isn't anything but a woJ man. A good name should he chosen for a book, but if you want it to bring. * you great riches get the right press ' agent. To the opitimist the rains of April bring the roses of May; to the pessi^ mist the same showers bring fore) bodings of rheumatism. The only tie that binds is a love . knot. , Many a peach hath the disposition of a lemon. t People who live in glass houses ought to invest in shades. The thoroughfare known as easy ' | street is paved with dough. t Because a girl is chicken hearted is no sign that she is feather headed. In the spring a young girl's fancy - lightly turns to thoughts of Easter hats. t They who pawn their opportuni1 ties rarely have the wherewithal to r redeem them. J He jests at jars who never had a | " maiden aunt who invited herself to live with his family. "If I kept on, Mavourneen, until I told you everything I want to say," wrote the ardent young Irish lover to his sweetheart, "I'd still have several volumes to write you, darling." ?From "Eve's Epigrams," in the New York Telegram. r Too Much to Forgive. Charles P. Taft, the President's brother, was talking to a Cincinnati reporter the other day about art 2 fakes. "We all laugh at art fakes," he J t said, "when it is our neighbor that is taken in. But when we are taken in ' ourselves, then we realize what a heinous business art faking is, and we see how necessary it is for the fa{ ker to be punished. In fact, it is a good deal like the case of Deacon Broadbent. ? "Deacon Broadbent, a very honest 3 and pious man, was conducting a Christmas revival with great success. " 3 1 nv>inrf of Jnnc i in a woru, nib punci iu? - had brought Calhoun White, the town's worst sinner, weeping to the mourner's bench. j "The deacon, gratified by this proof of his evangelical prowess, hastened to Calhoun's side. " 'Deacon,' sobbed Calhoun, ' 'tain't no use in mah comin' up. I'se sinned away de day o' grace.' " 'No, }*o' hain't, Brudder Cal,' said 2 the deacon. 'All yo' got to do is to ! I gib up sin an' all will be forgibben.' s I " 'I'se done gib it up, deacon, but j - I flat hain't no salvation fo' me.' " 'Yes. dey is, hon. Dev hain't no J J sin so black dat it kin be washed j t whiter'n de smw.' " 'But I done stole fo' young tur- j a i keys last week,' said the penitent. " 'Dat's all forgibben, Cal.' " 'An' fo' de week befo'.' " 'Dat's forgibben. too.' e " 'An' six fat Christmas geese'? "The deacon suddenly frowned and stiffened. e " 'Six fat Christmas geese outer e yore own yard, deacon ? dem fat 1 geese wot yo' 'lowed to set so much j store by.' n " 'Wot's dat yo* say?' the deacon | v hissed furiously. r " 'It wuz me wot stole yo' Christ- j mas geese, sab.' " 'I reckon, Calhoun.' he said slow- j ? lv: 'I reckon I'se spoken too hasty. [ y Dis case o' yourn needs advisement. I I ain't sho' dat we's justified in clut- j terin* uj) de kincdoni o" heben wid I chicken thieves.' "?St. Louis Globe- j ^ Democrat. Bibulous. ' "Nevertheless," said the young j 0 I Roman, "lie is an ambitious poet. He j - would serve the muses all his life." ) "But," replied his elder, "he makes g the mistake of supposing that Bace chus is one of the muses."?Catholic i- Standard and Times.?. ^ Horn of Kipfrienoe. f If the Government. doesn't know j e just how to economize, the1 ultimate [ consumer stands ready to sive some j a advice and information. ? St. Louis | Post-Dispatch. Every man makes a satisfactory THE ERA OF HASTE. Everybody's runnin'?runnin' night an' day; , . Doesn't seem to be no chance fur aittin down to play; Runnin' after office an' a-runnin' after wealth, iunnin' off to Europe in the hope o' findin' health; Runnin' fur policemen an' a-runnin' fur the caret re'ly ain't surprisin' if we don't know where we are. Ain't no tine fur restin' an' there ain't no time iur tun, Everybody's got to keep a-goin' on the run. [t wouldn't much astonish me ef I should find, some day. This earth had caught the fever an' completely broke away, An' started in to run amuck among the distant stars An' Bcarin' all the oenses out o' people up in Mars. Le's settle down more quiet in the country an' the town, Before we all discover that we're totally run down. I'm weary of the hustlin', bustlin', rustlin' modern style! Suppose we stop this rurmin' an' jes" walk a little while. He?"He is very popular with the weakfer sex, is he not?" She?"Why, no! Every man I know detests him." ?Judge. Teacher ? "Felicia, name some bird that is extinct." Felicia?"Our canary?the cat got it last night."? Chicago Daily News. Police Official?"Prisoner, have you any collateral about you?" Prisoner ?"No, sah! Nebah teched it, sah." ?Baltimore American. "Pa, what is true greatness?" "To be represented on a float in a parade a hundred years after one is dead."? Chicago Record-Herald. "Is there anything which people will really swear off this year?" "Sure." "What is it?" "Their taxes."?Baltimore American. The ultimate consumer Bewails his dreary fate; -nrtfUirtrr in Vila fitnmflrTl And nothing'on his plate. "Agnes sat playing bridge all the afternoon with her back to a glorious mountain view." "Yes. She is president of our Back to Nature Club."? Life. Mr. Hunter?"I'd like to meet that Miss Richie. She has $50,000 and no encumbrance." Mrs. Keen?"Do you think she's looking for one?"?Boston Transcript. Nell?"Maude has a costume for every occasion." Belle?"Yes, I suppose she wouldn't even make a salad without wearing a dressing gown."? Philadelphia Record. "But our ideals." "What of ?hem?" "Are they higher than they were a generation ago?" "Sure. Everything is higher now."?Louisville Courier-Journal. Elder Sister?"Do you want women to have votes?" Younger Sister? "No." Elder Sister?"Why?" Younger Sister?"Because I like to hear about the suffragettes."?Punch. Professor (in medical college)? "How would you treat heartburn?" Student (who never passes his examinations)?"Why, the same as any other burn."?Chicago Tribune. "A man never knows how many friends he has until he gets into politics." "True," answered Senator Sor-, ghum, "nor how few he has until he gets out of office."?Washington Star. "Think twice before you speak" is a Good rule, and so is this'n: "Sometimes 'tis well to think a time Or two before you listen." "I didn't know you intended to go around the world." "I didn't when I started. But I went through Europe without tipping and was afraid to turn back."?Louisville Courier-Journal. The Poet?"Poetry should be written on one side of the paper, shouldn't it?" The Editor?"That depends on the poetry; lots of it shouldn't be written on either side."?Philadelphia Record. Refined Raillery. "Poor Lai Brough," said an actor at the Lambs', "had a great liking for London bus drivers and conductors. He was always telling quaint yarns about them. "He told me once that, as he sat on a bus in High Holborn going toward Tottenham Court road, an Elephant and Castle bus went by the other way, and Brough's conductor took off his badge and dangled it by its cord in the Elephant and Castle driver's face. "The driver, at sight of the dangling badge, turned purple with rage. He swore and shook his fist and went on terribly, while the conductor on Brough's bus held the badge by its string and laughed as if he would 1 i. U U15) L, "Brough had watched the odd incident with a puzzled sraile. " 'What was the idea of that performance?' he asked, as the conductor pinned on his badge again. " 'Why,' said the conductor, pointing hi? thumb derisively at the driver, who still, from a distance, shook his fist and swore?'why, ye see. 'is father was 'ung.' "?Washington Star. Not Appropriate. Senator Beveridge was replying at a dinner in Washington to a defender of the Sugar Trust: "When you say that." the Senator cried, "you say something ludicrously unexpected and malapropos. "You remind me of a man at his brother's funeral. This man bent over the grave and closely watched the lowering of the coffin down into the clean-cut rectangular chamber prepared for it. Me heaved a sigh as the coffin came to rest, and said to the undertaker heartily: " "It's the neatest fit T ever caw in my life. Come and have a drink on * ' Clov uie umiu ui ii. ?)vajuiii3,uu uuu. T1h? Ximv nniilnikl Spirit. One thin? we New Enelanders like about us is our all-around superiority to the people of the rest of this great and glorious country.?Spriuglield Union. The capacity of the Atlantic cables is COO,000,000 words annually. Only JLILflflOJlM are sent. The Head Rest. Henry E. DIxey at a New Tear oupper was offered a cigar by a young lawyer. t ' ! "It Is easy to see," said Mr. DIxey, , pTaminintr thft o.iear. "that you are not married, but only engaged." "I am engaged. But how did you i know? It's a secret," cried the lawlyer. "I knew," said Mr. Dixey, "because you have frequently offered me a cigar from your vest pocket and it has always been broken." ? Washington Star. A. Horning Eruption Covered Her From Head to Feet. "Four years ago I suffered severely with a terrible eczema, being a mass of sores from head to feet and for six weeks confined to my bed. During that time I suffered continual torture from itching and burning. After being given up by my doctor I was advised to try Cutlcura Remedies. After the first bath with Cnticura Soap and application of Cutlcura Ointment I enjoyed the first good sleep during my entire illness. I alBO used Cutlcura Resolvent and the treatment was continued for about three weeks. At the end of that time I was able to be about the house, entirely cured, and have felt no 111 effects since. I would advise any person suffering from any form of skin trouble to try the Cutlcura Remedies, as T know what they did for me. Mrs. Edward Nenning, 1112 Salina St, Watertown, N. Y., Apr. 11, 1909." He Was Coming Down. r'-?- ??? ? a?A UtrOif Iff DUlilC JCdIB agv wuoaw Mt ww . Perth, Scotland, a not very sober man known as Jamie. One night an acquaintance found Jamie lying at the foot of his stairs. "Is that you Jamie?" asked the caller. "Ay, me!" replied Jamie in a tone of resignation. "Have ye fa'en doon the stairs?" was the next question. "Ay, I fell doon, but I was comin' doon, whether or no!"?Philadelphia Inquirer. Piles Cared in 0 to 14 Days. Pazo Ointment is guaranteed to cure any caseof Itching, Blind, Bleedingor Protruding Piles in 6 to 14 days or money refunded. 60c. Spain's Congress of Deputies consists of 4CG unpaid members. Tightness across the chest means a cold on the lungs. It means misery and discomfort every minute, if nothing worse. What's the answer? Rub the chest with Hamlins Wizard Oil quick. In twenty-five years the population ol Berlin has tripled itself. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children teething, softens the gums, reduces infiamma- > tion.ailayspain. cures wina colic, 25c.& bottle. Whooping cough kills more children under five years of age than scarlet fever. Itch cured in SO minutes by Woolford't Sanitary Lotion. Nsver fails. At druggists. ITALIAN CLIFF VINEYARDS. ' Grapes Growing in Places Reached ^ 'Rmwvs ?nri Ladders. ?? The steepest vineyards in all Europe if not In all the world are situated on the northwest coast of Italy. , I have seen grapevines growing in many countries and In many queer places, but nowhere have I ever seen vineyards located like those on the seacoast between Levanto and Spezzla. The vines in some places along the Rhine grow on very steep hiilsid^, but nothing to compare with those growing on the lofty Italian cliffs. You can now an^ then get a good glimpse of these vineyards while riding in the train from Genoa to Pisa, which follows the coast almost all the way. The trouble is that tunnels succeed each other in rapid succession, thus continually breaking off the view of the sea and of the rocky coast. After leaving Levanto, a small town situated on a semi-circular bay, and going through a long tunnel, you soon come to what are called the villages of the Cinque Terre. Each village is separated from the other by lofty cliffs. The vines cover the face \ of these bold cliffs, which are almost > perpendicular. As such places can | be reached only by ladders or ropes , the difficulty of working the vineyard and of gathering the crop of grapes can easily be imagined. Almost as striking are those placee where the vines are trained upon wire across gorges made by the streams which cut the rocky coast. This whole region is probably unique in its viticulture. Only men like the Italian peasant farmers, who love tVio vino nnri its luscious fruit. WOUld go ^to so much labor and trouble as to plant vineyards on the face of sheer cliffs.?American Wine Press. A WOMAN DOCTOR Was Quick to See That Coffee Was Doing the Miscliicf. A lady tells of a bad case of coffee poisoning, and tells it in a way so simple and straightforward that literary skill could not improve it. "1 had neuralgic headaches for 12 years," she says, "and suffered untold agony. When I first began to have them I weighed 140 pounds, but they brought me down to 110. I went to many doctors and they gave me only temporary relief. So I suffered on, till nne dav a woman doctor told me to use Postum. She said I looked like I ?*as coffee poisoned. "So I began to drink Postum and I % gained 15 pounds in the first few weeks and continued to gain, but not so fast as at first. My headaches began to leave me after I had used Postum about two weeks?long enough '.o get the coffee poison out of my system. "Since I began to use Postum I can gladly say that I never know what a neuralgic headache is like any more, and it was nothing but Postum that made me well. Before I used Postum I never went out alone; I would get bewildered and would not know " 1 which way to turn. Now I go alone and my head is as clear as a bell. My brain and nerves are stronger than Hint, liivn honn fnr VPJ)rs." Read the little book, "The Road to Wellvllle," in pkss. "There's a Reason." Ever read the above letter? A new one appears from time to time. They ? are genuine, true, and full of human interest.