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Pa. fp P& J" na Send postal for| I r K P I" Free Package I IK Ilk Li of Paxtine. $ I Better and more economical I *han liquid antiseptics I J FOR ALL TOILET USES. { I Gives cne a sweet breath; clean, white, I germ-free teeth?antiseptically clean I mouth and throat?purifies the breath after smoking?dispels all disagreeable perspiration and body odors?much appreciated by dainty women. A quick remedy for sore eyes and catarrh. ?A little Paxtine powder dissolved in a giass of hot water makes a delightful antiseptic solution, possessing extraordinary cleansing, germicidal and healing power, and absolutely harmlew. Try a Sample. 50c. a large box at drugg&s or by maiL THE PAXTON TOILET CO., Bo?ton, MASS. These candy tablets do just as ? ?-?-?i/^li no on 1i-C nr rciln. liiuuii ao oaiia vi vujlv/ mel. But Cascarets never callous the bowels. They never create a continuous need, as harsh cathartics do. Take one just as soon as the trouble appears, and in an hour its over. ' Vest-pocket box. 10 cents?at dnijr-stores. 853 Each tablet of the genuine is marked CCC, Daisy fly killer Just Girls. Girls like freckles?ou their rival's face. WeX known cooking-school girls who didn't pan out well. i Girls who carry watches in the belts are guilty of wasting their time. A girl with coral lips generally finds some fellow eager to corral them. Some girls can stand a man who is dissipated if his fortune isn't: A girl who has a large circle of frieads naturally runs around a good deal. When a gir! objectr? to being kissed it's a sure sign that the wrong fellow is trying.?Boston Transcript. Long; Serpentine Wharf. One of the longest' wharves in the world, almost a mile long or to be exact, 4700 feet, is at Port Los Angeles, Cal. It extends into the Pa! cilc in a long serpentine curve. The reason for this construction is ( trat it offers better resistance to the strong currents and the buffetings of the waves than if it were perfectly straight. Until the near-by harbor of San Pedro was developed by the Federal Government the big wharf at Port Los Angeles was a very busy place, but of late is comparatively seldom used except by the Japanese fishermen, who have formed a colony x along the adjacent beach.?Scientific American. Strongest For Its Size. The flea is the most powerful thing tor its size tnat grows, oarrmg some bacteria tha$ can hit a red corpuscle so hard they can 3end it spinning through the blood like a football. So, when old Dob'rin Ilea is hitched to his one-flea shay and set on a sheet of blotting paper where he can pick strong claw holds with the hooks and claws he has at the end ot every toe. the equipage rolls off with all the brilliancy, speed and finery of one of Alfred Vanderbilt'3 English turnouts. ?Tip, in the New York Pre3s There's vitality ~ snap and^'go^ ? ? 4 If . f in a breaiaast or Grape-Nuts and cream* Why? Because nature stores up. In wheat and barley' The Potassium Phosphate, In such form as to Nourish brain and nerves; (The food expert who originated Grape-Nuts Retained this valuable Element in the food. '"There's a Reason" iRead the famous little book'^ "The Road to Wellville/' ' IFound in packages. ' i 7 CP09TUM CEREAL COMP^?Jjmg?E> Battle SONG. Sad hours?sad hours these ';? Oh, fond and true. With the lonp. lonely lsasuos Twixt me and you! And yet?and yet I know. Dear heart; of Rn?ce, Love'tf power cau overcome* Both tim? and space! By love?lty love (ih. ,,oyf) The gulf is spanned: Vcross the vasts of uigat I touch your hand! ?Clinton Seollard. in Ainsle?,?. I ? * * <> *<> I A "White Squall." | By KATE L. WILSON. "If you're afraid, don't come!" Be{ fore the Man hud received a glimmer i of her purpose, the Girl had stepped j lightly into the boat, and with a quick j push of an oar was beyond his reach. I The Man kicked off his shoes and plunged into the lake. She bent steadily to her bars, feigning not to see him, but. strong, experienced swimmer that he was. he was not long in coming up with her. As he grasped the edge of the boat, she ] stopped rowing, and with flushed and i I 3 r/ir?n^ fmr, rnffai-,-wl h.'m frw null Vl i m 1 ACH-C, OUI.1.UICU. Him w l'u" ?*?* - ( self aboard. < She cast furtive glances at him ' from beneath her long, dark laahes as he wrung the water from his flannels. His clear cut, sunburned face showed no sign of vexation: he was actually smiling to himself. She was conscious of a distinct sense of chagrin. "He has no spirit!" she thought with 1 ' scorn. 1 I In vain had the Girl striven to move 1 this placid young farmer to some | show of feeling during the long sumj mer days that .they had been thrown 1 ' together. His indulgent indifference 1 | to her moods piqued her. The im- ; ! periousness of her nature had here- ' ; tofore made her admirers slaves to 1 her whims and moods, but her arts ' might as well have been employed to create commotion in the breast of the Rock of Gibraltar as in .the heart of this great, kindly youth. The pleasi ant farm that stretched along the j shore was his. His was the picturj esque farmhouse whose gray roof and ! big chimney showed just above the | treetops half a mile away. There tne I young girl had .come to rest and re: cuperate from the combined effects ' ! of hard study and social frivolities of 1 | her city home. The Man's apparent ' J sympathy and liking for the delicate! appearing girl was at first resented by | her as presumption, and she had ; promptly snubbed him. He had ac- : ; cepted her rudeness with such un| ruffled dignity and kindly indifference I that she as promptly regretted it and | gradually entered into good fellowj ship with him. She found him well 1 i read and familiar with the affairs of j the day. It surprised her to discover I in him a broadness of mind and edu- 1 i cation that many a city-bred man of | her acquaintance lacked. He inter- ' i ested her more than she would admit I to herself, but he gave no sign of any ' | sentiment toward her save that of a ! protecting friendliness, which he ' ; manifested in a matter-of-fact way ' ! that charmed her against her will. ^ I If the song of the birds was sweeter 1 ! to his ears this summer than ever beI fore, if the wind rustling through the j :orn made new music, and all the j tender green things appealed to his i I :are more forcibly than in other sumj mers; if life was more poignant and | held a new hope and purpose for him i since the Girl had smiled up into his 1 j ?yes, she did not suspect it. His self- 1 f contained. self-confident attitude ' i baffled her. She was soon to return home, and ' i this afternoon tney naa gone to tne | shore for a row around the lovely wooded island overgrown with wild roses and columbine, lying where the ' river emptied into the Great Lake. A J clump of cedars crowned its highest ^ j point, while a stretch of shingle in| vited voyagers to rest in its shores, j Those who know Lake Ontario in I all her moods?and .the Man had been ! reared almost upon her breast?both | love and fear her. Her face is of | surpassing beauty, but her smiles | when most assuring are most deceiv- ) ' ing. When she lies in perfect tran- ' | quillitv, her bosom fair and smooth as i glass, with not a ripple nor breath . ! of motion, then the old fisherman pulls his skiff higher on the shore and ( i makes an extra hitch in .the painter j lest he find himself boatless on the ^ I morrow. Something of this sort the Mau '< had explained to the Girl this after- . noon when they had reached the < glassy waters and, pointing to the ] I innocent-looking cloud bil'ows lying j low in .the west, had refused to row . ; ner, witn tue result tnac sne was now , I pulling with effective strokes toward j ! the cedar-topped island, with the con i quered youth, presumably in a proper . ; state of subjection, seated opposite ; j her. The fleecy clouds had billowed < I higher, and little green swells began j j gently to heave the quiet depths I "Give me the oars, the squall is | coming'" She had never heard his voice i sound like that. Ic both frightened j and delighted her. She laughed a I defiant little laugh "Swim ashore if you're afarid' I'm ' ; captain of this boat," and she re| sisted his movement to take the oars, j He wrested them from her grasp with ; a white, terrible face l "Don't be a fool." he said tensely i A 'cat's paw" swept the surface i of .the lake, ruffling the water until j here and there a "white cap" lifted *. L. , .11 . , , I its suowy crest aiui quicxiy vainsneu. | He was rowing with all his might i toward the island. which was now I nearer than the shore they had left. I The Girl felt utterly crushed. For j the first time she saw the steel of fha \Tir? on tl n/itt' otir* C'.iw tVio i menace in the sudden blackness of J the heavens. A swish of rain wet her ! face, and in a moment they were in i the teeth of a "white squall." I The Man now had need of all his strength and skill to keep the boat in the trough of the waves and so to manage her that the storm might I drive tlicm ashore. A mighty pull to enable them tr, rid^ in on an advancing wave snapped his right oar, and in a moment more they were caus-it broadside aad hurled against a boulder. His strong right arm encircled the Girl, and with his left hand he gripped the gnarled branch of an old cedar that reached out from the shore just as the boat, with its side crushed in, fell from them with the retreating waters. At last, after struggling through the breakers to shore, panting and bruised they gained the slight shelter of the cedars. Here they sank down exhausted, the Girl with her face hidden upon the Man's breast, while the rain beat upon them. Not a word was spoken. There was no measure of time, but in those moments while the tempest raged without them, each heart was revealed to the other. When at last the darkness had passed and the Girl raised her face, his bent to meet it. ''Wasn't it .terrible?" she murmured tremulously. His face was luminous. "Well, I should say so! Eut even a white squall may serve a good purpose. And see, the sky has cleared already." "Yes, I see." she answered, her shining eyes upon his face.?Boston Post. The Trials of an Z Actor on the Road ' A Week of 'One Night Stands' " is the title of an amusing article in the A ~ ~ ~ Tt +Vir> Aiucnuau lviagaaiue. 11 iciaics v.uc trials and tribulations of an actor on the road, and some of them are extremely laughable. The author evidently speaks from .personal experience. He writes: "Of the many ways in which two hours can be passed, in a one night stand, we will say that you wish to read, write or sleep, and you go to your room. You find that it is nor. done up,' so you return to the office and wait for that process. Then one ?r all of the following things may prevent you from reading or writing: "The room is too dark. "The room is too cold. "The room is too warm. "The window will not close. "The window will not open. "The window is broken. "The chair is broken. "There is no comfortable chair. "Now you turn your attention to sleep. If none of the foregoing discomforts prevents this, there are 3thers: "There is no window shade. "The steam rattles in the pipe. - "The steam escapes from the radi- \ itor. . j "The bed is too hard. "The bed sags in the middle. "The bed sags on one side. "The chambermaid sings in the ; iali. "Children play in the hall. "The porter moves trunks, or ham- j aiers. "The elevator next to your room ia i-ery noisy. "Persons in the next room talk loudly. "If you wish to prolong this list, sit in your comfortable room at home, [ook at each article in it, and imagine yhat could be the matter with it, or low you could get^along without it.'-* DESTITUTE CHILDREN. (Yn Unusual Home For Them at Iona, Minn. No problem more puzzling than that of the destitute child confronts the practical sociologist; and perlaps no single branch of philanthropy has succeeded less in approximating the institution to the home. Iona, Minn., possesses a home for j Ie3titute children that in many re- j spects is unusual. Both boys and j ;irls are cared for. No child is ever ;iven out to be adopted. When a aoy reaches the age of twenty-one he .eaves the home and hoards out. jirls remain until they marry or take ip some calling that leads them elsewhere. When a boy is sixteen he starts to work. Many of the girls teach school, joming to the home every Friday ind remaining there until Monday, rhere are no uniforms, and no unnecjssary rules, the intention being to make the home as nearly like a family home as possible. The children are allowed to invite iriends to meais or to stay over night Dccasionally, and after attaining to the dignity of seventeen years they ire permitted to return these visits, rhus they lose the feeling that they ire "inmates" of as institution, and jnjoy some of the advantages of real iiome life. Every boy and girl becomes selfjit rmnrf i n cr oriH tha vonr\i'Hc- aF fhio viug, uiiu i&wiua vi (.uig | unique establishment are signal testimonials to its success. A system which develops the destitute child in such a sensible way into good citizenship should be studied by sociologists whose ideas are more formal and less successful in the matter of results.?Chicago Journal. Railway Station Beseiged by Bees. Six hives of bees despatched from Guilford to Maiden, near Kingstonon-Thames, were productive of an exciting incident at Surbiton station. The train did not stop at Maiden, and an attempt was made to take the bees out of the van at Surbiton. But one of the hives fell to pieces and the porters had to beat a retreat. The train could not wait, and the van was taken on to Waterloo, but subsequently was returned to Surbiton Once again the porters entered the van and succeeded in dragging the hives on to the platform. The bees from the broken hive, however, immediately beseisjed the station, causing waiting passenger to scatter in rv 1 1 n-iAmKArn /-.f an unc^uuno. uc?ci ai incuiucio uk the station staff were stung, and finally lighted pieces of oily wasl.e were applied to the hive, which was quickly ccusumed?London Daily Mail. The cotton manufacturers of the United States are drawing upon every part of the world for raw material for use in their domestic industries, notwithstanding the fact that the United States produces three-fourths of the world's cotton. \$jm Womeri Church Wardens. tl The recent appointment of a woman w church warden at Walsgram-on-Sowe, w in Warwickshire, England, has ^ brought to light the fact that no fewer w than eight other women are exercising the same function in different k1 parishes in England. There is. too, a woman sexton ia a small parish in B* Lincolnshire. The office is hereditary, le and has been held by the same family er for 200 years.?New York Tribune. r' fc Caprice of Fashion. us One of fashion's latest caprices Is a kerchief turban that is wound round 1 and round the head, something on the ? order of the Moorish headgear. Some are made of printed cashmere or Persian scarfs; which at times are veiled SO by Chantilly lace, to make them even more vague in design. Over the left ^ eye is stuck a jaunty quill, a pheas- ^ ant's tail feather or a bushy aigrette. ge Although it may not be becoming and may look as though the wearer were gc trying to prove .that real beauty cannot be marred by anything, no matter re how ugly it may be. this fashion is ^ decidedly in keeping with the other t Oriental things of the season, such as ^ tte baggy skirt, which resembles- the Jg Eastern woman's trousers, and the t-( Oriental evening wraps^?New York Tribune. ^ Bishop Donne on Society. ar Addressing the graduating class of ca St. Agnes' School, at Albany, N. Y., su Bishop Doane emphasized the posai- cu bilities women have of lifting "the bl tone of this queer thing, society." ar "Society, if it means anything," he ca said, "means companionship, not just cb the passing entertainments of the th hoiir. The pleasure of a dinner party to 3oes not consist in the food and drink, and the true pleasure of a ball is lo not merely in the mazy tiance, but in te the mingling of those there and get11 Rose-Leaf Salad.?Soak o ^ ? one pint of strong lemonad m o.em | onade, drained from the rc 5 S ? pared peaches, eighteen stpr ^ ? 5 strawberries. Chill and d o a? ) whipped cream over it and ting and giving mutual enjoyment. I sc want you to realize what power and m possibility there is in you to lift in and leaven the tone of this queer Ai thing, society. Far more than many ge realize, it is in :he power of a woman ha to purify the tone of the life in which no she bas a part. "The old fable of Una and the Lion in Is a fact. Sheltered in her instinctive th modesty ana pureness, a giri nas cue i cu power not only to resist and to re- co fuse, but far more than that, to put tic tc shame and rout the insolence of a pr preemptive familiarity. The toler- As ance of ,an intoxicated man in any ve house after a first offense, the recog- fo nition of men or women living in the su sin of a so-called marriage after a scandalous divorce; the permitted entry into a Christian home of a no- * corlous libertine, are things against Y whioh with quiet dignity every woman j is bound to protest, and protesting,/ f :o protect herself, to prevent the repe- * tition, and to purify the atmosphere if social life." Her Rest Room. I had the privilege of being "per- en Bonally conducted" over a very beautiful home, recently built, of which an bl acquaintance. Is mistress. As we came to a closed door on the top floor she an exclaimed, "Well, here is my rest room. Perhaps you would like to see it. Then she preceded me Into the most delightful room I have ever in seen. There was paper of a 30ft green tint on the walls, and delightful pic- ioi lures of woodland scenes,/ paintings of ocean surf and water colors o? er peaceful greeD meadows. On a big round table were au me new maga- ^ zines, and in a bookcase were the latest novels and some well, chosen volumes of poems. On 'the floor was a rich Turkish nig, and there was a great soft couch with dozens of pillows and a com- ar fortable Afghan in the bay window. w< On a little stand near it was a huge bunch of lilacs. It was .the most rest- fo ful place I ever saw. w< "This is my own rest room," my friend explained, "and when I am se vtry tired I just come right up here co and lock myself in. Whenever I feel myself getting nervous and irritable r-| [ try to get up here, as fast as I can, to spend a few hours, and you would be surprised what a difference it makes in my health. Every two or three weeks I plan to spend a whole day here in a kimona, and unless something very important occurs I am re never disturbed."?Boston Advertiser. id A Dainty Pincushion. pr A new pincushion is a revival of an rvl/l fochinn T> ic nl a rl P with flf J ulu ??*?""" " IU heavy meshed wide canvas cut to jg form a basket and filled with a wellstuffed cushion. . It can be of any desired size, but ^ one of good proportions has the bottom line four inches long, the top five and a half, and the slanting ends se are two and a half inches deep. Wedge-shaped pieces are fitted in each end and the entire case is bound nG with colored satin ribbon an inch t*1 wide. The extended top is filled in ch with a pincushion made of bran or di wool and covered with velvet to be match the binding. Rosettes of the ribbon are put at nt each corner and a hanger is added fl> from one rosette to the other. nt Sometimes, instead of the wedged si< ends, the canvas is bound in a seam and the tops bulged to admit the cushion. ul A dainty effect i:3 had by biocliaa 1' j, FlALAff i; ic canvas in pale pink ribbon and I orking ou each side delicate rose ' reaths in cross-stitch embroidery! ' tie top is covered with pale blue, ' ith an Irish or filet cover on top ot 3 Pretty combinations would be < ae binding and sides and sheer linen I ' ncushion top worked in blue for- < (t-me-nots, or violet ribbon with vio- ( t sprays and a brocade cushion with I < nbosscd violets in design. ' If the canvas'cannot be found, perirated cardboard such as children ! ;e in kindergartens can be substi- ( ited. This can be tinted and em oidered in cross or running stitch. ' -New York Times. 1 1 Education Versus Tuberculosis. "The latest and most helpful note 1 unded in the civilized world's cam- 1 tign against the White Plague, is 1 e education of American scnooi lildren to avoid tuberculosis," asrts the Woman's Home Companion. ' "The campaign itself may be de- ( ribed as a dual movement. On the 1 le hand, are arrayed notification, ] gistration and segregation of those 1 inted with tuberculosis; and on the ; her education and prevention for ' e untainted. The greatest of these ' the education of the rising generajn, who through this means, may 1 re to see tuberculosis stamped out of ' 1 civilized countries. "So, while municipal governments ' id private charities are weeding out ,ses which would spread the disease, ipplying outdoor sanatoria for the ' irable and refuges for the incurae, half a dozen powerful agencies i e pushing the sane and sensible ' mpaigu of education among school lildren, with a view to eliminating ( e disease entirely in the generations come. [ "The one preventative of tubercu- . sis is right living. The place to j ach right living is in the schools. i "Twenty million children attend a "handful of fresh rose leaves in e for two hours. Pour the lem>se leaves, over thrae sliced and ted cherries and one cup of hulled rain the fruit; heap sweetened garnish with the rose leaves. hool in the United States. Twenty j illion children are well worth sav- ! g physically as well as mentally. I id if twenty million children of this | deration are taught how not to i ive tuberculosis, the disease will i it exist for the next generation. "The most active agencies at work . large cities for the salvation of j e children are the board of health, e public schools' athletic league -operating with the board of educa>n, the playground association and ivate organized charities like the j isociation for the Control and Pre- j ntion of Tuberculosis. When these j ur agencies work in. harmony re- j Its are immediate, electric." I Floating veils are worn. Turbans are flat and broad. i I | Heavy embroidery is used Ion Iin- i s. ' Net has eveu gone out of style for ouses. Veils are endless in variety, color j ( d design. Many stunning gowns are seen of 1 i ulard and satin j < Natural colored pongee is as much | : evidence as ever. Burlap suiting is one of the fash- i | liable new fabrics of the season. The veiled effect of both embroid- j y and lace is pretty and unique. Whole petticoats of ribbon-thread net are charming for party use. Many of the Persian bags hav? lall silk tassels added to the hau- j < es T^rArnn oiHn niimnv fni? atropf WPAP ' e among the newest things in foot- ' jar White canvas pumps as well as ox- j rds are very much used for street i ' sar. j Much lace and even malines, is : , en on some of the latest silk pettiats. Tiny bows of narrow blaclc velvet t)bon adorn many of the blouses of lgerie Chantec.ler gloves have come for ird to match the chantecier hand- 1 trchief. The fad for belts and girdles of d patent leather jhows no sigu of latement Crochetted neck ruches are a novel ea, and they are very smart and | actical. i Blue suede .shoes are quite smart r street wear when one's costume dark blue Hand-painted scarfs, ribbons and ess stuffs, as well as parasols, are icidedly smart. ] Furze wood, tuaple and bamboo . em to be the favorite woods tor parr\1 liQndlnv! frhict The new parasols from Paris are >arly all fringed Handles all show i e effect of the new overworked antecler craze Nearly every ono ' splays a cock or a golden pheasant :ad. The waist knots are most elaboc- ; ely tied Thfre is one in dragon ' ' effect. with .1 long gilt body and inimerable little .silk puffs on either ie of it to serve as wings. I The preeentofliciaWy estimated pop- ' ation of Greater Loudon is 7,5!57.- 1 9G. I ' S THE FIRST LIGHTHOUSE S I FOR SERIAL NAVIGATION S 3 oos??co?oaa?s?0a?*?9coos?? For several months there has been ! iceen discussion in Germany regarding the best methods for enabling lerial travelers bo establish with cer:ainty their location after nightfall ind in foggy weather. Numerous plans have been proposed for a systematic network of signal stations to :over the entire empire. While no jne system has yet received official or professional sanction, an initial step n this important matter has already 3een taken at the town of Spandau in Prussia, where an aerial lighthouse is now in full activity. The necessity 3f such a construction has been felt more particularly at this point, where the experiments of the German War Office with aerial craft are largely conducted and nocturnal flights are | increasingly frequent. This pioneer beacon for aerial guidance is comparatively simple in its construction. It consists of an elevated support on which rests in a horizontal position a wooden ring of considerable diameter; thirty-eight powerful incandescent electric Sghts ire placed at equal distances about the circumference, and there is an Automatic arrangement for interrupting the current at regular intervals for a short period. The location of Spandau is thus clearly indicated to a traveler passing aver the place by a large, luminous circle alternately disappearing and KA^nnAOTtSncr Whila f h 1<J /laUlP^ 5111 t oajjycai iug. ?? uuv buiu v*v??vv I swers admirably for the needs of j Aeronauts during the night, it is of little or no use when fog prevails at my time. For such contingencies it will be necessary to install a siren or similar apparatus.?From Weekly1 Consular and Trade Reports. , WORDS OF WISDOM. Even the new woman i3 not averse to hearing the old, old story. Shooting folly as it flies would seem to be a waste of good ammunition. Those who are most accomplished don't always accomplish the most. Few men in real life ever have quite as much dignity as a butler in a play. Many a man sings his own praise who has no idea of harmony. Women are becoming more changeable. The divorce courts prove it. I Ferhaps discretion is the better part i of valor because it h.w commercial value. The popularity of many a preacher consists of the frequency with which he exchanges pulpits. Lots of people should be sent to the North Pole, where they would have less latitude. It's the unexpected that happens, and even then there is always some one to say. "I told you so." What man has done man will do, in spite of the fact that there's a lot he shouldn't. By the time the average man is financially able to gratify his tastes he hasn't any. Many a woman's only idea of econ- i omy is to have her ball- gowns cut lower. To the pessimist the wheel of for- j tune invariably suffers from a punc- j tured tire. The one man ia the world who ) would see himself as others see him is . the man with whiskers, when he eats 30 up. ?Probably Justice Is represented as being blindfolded because there are times when she is ashamed to look I herself in the face.?From "The Gen- ! tie Cynic." in the New York Times: j i Lhe fish canning anil preserving indns- I try from tta beginning unlit the preS' I mt. ! Dus; Up a Hidden Treasure. The people of this community are wondering who was the mysterious stranger who visited the ancient adobe hut a mile north of here a few evenings ago and dug up a box or nan that had been buried there fifty years or more. It is supposed he car- i ried away a large quantity of gold bullion that belonged to Glanville Swift, an early day miner who lived in this hut while operating in the mines in the hills east of Chico, leaving in the early '60s with nearly $750,000 in gold, which took six weeks to weigh and required a pack ! train and strong guard to transport ' ont of the country The stranger was neen loitering j ibout the adobe hut one evening, and , a Mr. Fawcett, who lives near, tried i to learn his mission, but failed. The | next morning Fawcett found where I a box or can had been dug up during ! the night There were several stakes ' showing that measurements had been J made from a chart to locate the place to dig. Only one hole was made. When Glanville ?>wift weighed his | gold he found two or more large j porter bottles of it missing. It is sup- j posed they were stojen and huried I ind that this stranger learned of their whereabouts ?Orland Corres-: pondence San Francisco Chronicle. Methodical Fishing. Jim McDermit, the lawyer, has a great fund of "darky" dialect stories. I The one he most delights to tell fol- J lows "A traveling salesman in a South-1 srn town came to a small pond. An 1 old negro was lolling contentedly in ! the sun with ttshins rod in hand. The 1 salesman. paused and watched the fishing After watching for half an hour withoui. seeing the least sign of i bite he asked how the fish were bit- J mg The fisher lookfd surprised. Why. boss.' he exclaimed, 'dero j liu't no fish in dis yere pond. Dero ' never was a fish in it. *' 'Well, what do you fish for?' the j salesman wanted to know ' "So'*; my old woman can see dnt I iin t got no time to chop wood fer de ' tire,- the negro answered " ?Newark 1 Star. | The Norwegian town of Htavangei , [imposes to have a permanent museum I fur exhibiting all machinery used in I Chums. Said the boy, "I wonder whether You and I could have some fun." So they both went off together? 0* The. boy and the loaded gun. ?>ftf ?Florence Edith Austin, in Lippincott'g ! Explained. He?"The ship I came over on had ? . twin propellers." She?"No wonder you had such a squally passage."?Boston Transcript. > The Usual Thing. Friend?"So you dined at a war station. What did you have for dlaner?" Traveler ? "Twenty minutes."?* m !_^ | j&vqvuu. liausunyi. ? j v As in His Own Case. Beck?"Do you believe that marriage is a means of grace?" Peck?"Sure! Anything is a means of grace that leads to repentance."? Boston Transcript. The Thoughtful Girl. Plub?"What a queer habit that girl has of knitting her brows." Dub?"Yes, I'll bet she would rather do that than darnjher stockings." ?New York Times. Nice Pie. "See, here, waiter! I found aVbol* Iar button in this pie!" "Didn't see nothin' of an umbreMa. did yo', boss? Dah was one los' heata las' night.''?Scribner's Magazine. Sufficiency. Mk iSS? Attorney?"What reason have youfor not wanting to serre on thto / jury?" Talesman ? "Well, you see, I think?" "Sufficient; you're excused."?< Trenton True American. The Witching Hour. Claire?"Jack told me he wanted to see you the worst possible way." Ethyl?"And what did you Bay?" t , Claire?"I told him tp come^to'. breakfast some morning."?Broomyn an Life. v. I No Trouble at AH. "Have any ^serious trouble withi H your new antomobile?" H "Not a bit. So far I haven't hit a H single man without being able to get H away before he got my number."? H Cleveland Leader. ^ A Painful Joke. H Mrs. Crimsonbeak?"What are yo? H going to do with that porous plaster* H John?" Mr. Crimsonbeak?"I'm going t? H see what tune it will play on the pian- Hj ola!"?Yonkers Statesman. B Unmoved. Hj "I understand your antagonise ia I calling you every name he can thir.k H "Yes," replied Senator Sorghum, H cheerily.' "But he hasn't much of a BK vacabulary."?Washington Star. H Inclined to Be flighty. . H "Necessity is the mother of invea- flj tioa " flu "I bite! What's the answer?" "Oh. it merely struck me that ot all her big family the flying machines KM have been the hardest to raise."? Boston Transcript. IB Quantity Not Quality. Mg Teacher?"Willie, have you whis? HI pered to-day without permission?" IH Willie?"Yes, wunst." N WA Teacher?"Johnnie, should Willi? EJH have said 'wunst?' " N Johnnie (triumphantly) ? "No, |B ma'am, he should have said twist."? HSj Brooklyn Life. BS Xo, Thank You. "A short distance a! ^ad," said tha HH guide, "there is a narrow place in tha tunnel which we call the 'Fat Man's Misery.' " "If I go through it," asked the portly gentleman, "do I get any re- [J bate on the expense of this exploration7" HB "No, sir." raw "Then jou go ahead with the rest BH of the party. I'll just stay here till you come back."?Chicago Tribune. SEE Seeking Comfort. ugi ' I've gn a long way to go and I'mi not used to travel," said the applicant, IH at the railway ticket office. "I want! to be just as comfortable as I can, re-'^H gardless of expense." "Parlor car?" EBH "No. I don't care for parlor fix- BB "Sleeper?" 'No I want to stay awake aii'MS watch the scenery." 'Tlien what do you want?" 638 ' Well, if it wouldn't be too muck'h9| trouble I wish you'd put me up iu ona'^^f of these refrigerator cars I've read so'^H nrncli about."?Washington Star. fiN