Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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/&zf Remedies ^ ^ , Ey Q Holt Lomax \ ?.TS, It Is known, ere responsible for many of the diseases r/hich affect mankind. In Denmark, not so long ago, an act was passed empowering rewards for the destruction of rhese animals and the creation of an organized fund for Htheir extermination. Some Iden of the danger of permit ling rats to breed unmolested nay be gathered from the fact that the female can produce fourteen, sixteen and even -'J eighteen at a litter. Many couples have as many as thir teen litters in three years. But in that time, allowing only ?n average of eight to the litter, it ls possible for a pair to become the pro i mentors of no few er. than C6C.808 rats of all ages. Of the rat tril e the brown is the most pugnacious and prolific. In Eng land he conquered the ?lack rat that in turn, had Invaded Britain with Wil liam the Conqueror and had ousted the original water-rat. In his Universal. SWrectory on the taking Alive and Destruction of Four-footed and Winged Vermin, Robert Smith, who, in 17G8, described himself a rat-catcher to Prin cess Amelie, says: "I was once exercising my employment in a gentleman's house, and when the night came that I appointed to catch I set all my traps going as usual; and ld the lowerpart of the house in the cellars I caught the Norway rats, but ia the upper parts of the house I took nothing but black rats. I then put taem together in a great cage to keep them alive till the morning, that the gentleman might see them, but the Norway rats killed the black rats Immediately and devoured them in my presence." The mongoose ls reputed an expert rat-catcher. Says Mr. Jamrach, the well-knoTn naturalist " kept a mongoose in a cage, and one day put him In my stables to catch rats. He caught forcy-ilve the first night; the second night he caught an Indian pheasant and another rare bird valued at thlrty flve dollars. He ali;o caught the canaries in my shop window, enough par Tots to stock a parrot-house,.and a macaw that had hitherto evaded all at tempts to catch it. I use traps now." In olden days the rat-catcher relied for success mainly on the sense of smell in rats, which dearly love a sniff of aniseed or oil of rhodium. Ho worked with a wooden tra** some three or four feet ia length. Into this recep tacle he secnted and tempted the rats, feeding them for a week on savory food. At length one fine night, when the banquet was in progress, srjap went the trigger and the feasters were entrapped. The operator then despatched his "take" to the ral-pits and reset the trap. In Pails sewers food'is placed on electric wire laid an inch or two too high for the reach of a rat on all Sours, which, on rising to get the bait, is instantly electrocuted. Most rats are cannibals. Aboard ship it was customary to keep hungry the trapped rat and then tum them loose to feed on their kind. Another method of extermination was that by pans of milk containing a solution of plaster of Paris that solidified on consumption-Harper's Weekly. What Every Man Owes Should Prepay to the World the Equivalent of His Living Sy Daniel Jirthur ********** T is too often said that "the world owes every man a liv-' _ lng." Rot, buncombe, etc. Any ono who makes such a * statement and believes it lays himself open to the charge * of being a cheat and a defaulter. Every man owes the * world the equivalent of his living, and the world's average price for said living is cheap, too. When a man prepays ?********* ?his aebt to ^ world he gets a tremendous discount-a ********* discount so great that he Is frequently tempted to sit down too early in life, and his sons often do w>rse than sit down. On the other hand the man who is tardy and unwilling in paying this debt to the world has to pay an awful price for his dslay. In other words * * * * * I YWi?e cx'?ultan"' His Good Side Sy Sydney Brooks S O far frc m being in himself a cruel man, the testimony of all observers agrees in depicting Abdul Hamid as absolutely the reverse. "There is in Abdul Hamid," wrote a former Servian minister who knew him Intimately, "a peculiar H, modesty, timidity and tenderness which are quite woman ly. He ilways looks earnest, almost sad, as if he were sub dued hy the consciousness of his great responsibilities. He _ -'I smiles quietly, almost sadly, very often, but he hardly ever, laughs loudly. He is distinctly a man of aesthetic taste. fie is fond of flowers, of beautiful women, of fine horses, of lovely views of aea and land, of everything that is beautiful. He is an affectionate father.. He can he, and Is, a devoted friend to his friends. He is able to contract deep and faithful friendships. He is considerate, modest, charitable, and patient. His consciousness of his responsibility toward God mak ;s him hesitate to punish any ene severely. Certainly he was never carried away by impul siveness. He even exaggerates in his desire to consider every question from all points. He is slow; often much too slow for the nervous and impatient sons of the West. Terrib.'y earnest as he Is and so sensitive to everything touching his personal dignity, he has much of quiet humor in him. .^ie quick ly perceives the comic fea'ure in things and men, and in a peeullar^met v enjoys it. His skies are generally and almost permanently covered clo' of state anxieties and persone.1 melancholy. But from :ime to i ?j most unexpectedly these clouds are pierced by the sunny rays of a ?I, m mor. Personally I could never detect in his character even the shado\, cruelty."-Harper's Weekly. ; g>fir<%s~^ ; : The : : Psychology of Baseball Ey HughS. Fullerton EARLY every baseball game is won and lest on one pla; play that comes at the psychological instant. Among players wlo do not study psychology, the crucial momen known as "the break," a phenomenon which not one has cw alyzed, and which the players themselves do not under stand. Twenty men on the bench are watching closely and Intently every move of the pitcher, every rwlng of his' arm. The tide of battle rises, ebbs-and then suddenly at the start of son e inning something happens. What it is no one outside the psychic sphare of influence ever will understand, but the si lent, tight-lipped, watchful, alert fellows on the bench see something or feel something, and the mysterious "break" has come. Baseball is almost as much psychological as athletic. Why one team can beat a stronger one regularly, and lose to a weaker on; with the same regularity; why one batter can hit one pitcher and is helpless before another; why one pitcher is effective against a strong team and at the. mercy of an other that cannot bat half as hard, are psychological problems.-American Magazine. Garden Lanterns. The noted Japanese gardens, fa mous for their beauty, owe much of their charm (to the quaint lanterns which are used in great profusion. Tho best of their garden lanterns are made of bronze after quaint native designs. Some of them aro richly carved and are of great intrinsic Taine. Many of these lanterns are of great-antiquity, and.the best ex amples are seen alt Nlkkho, famous for its exquisite bronzes.-Sabbath int:. Farmer Corntoss-il Skeptical. "I kind of agree w th the folk whe say that story about George Washing ton and the cherry tree is a myth," said Farmer Corntossel after a thoughtful silence. "For what reason?" inquired his wife. "Well, human natun; is purty much the same in all generations. And if I had a boy who picked up an ax an' voluntarily went out to chop wood I wouldn't chide hm. I'd hand n\m a "aedal."-Washington Star. OFFICER SHOOTS TWO MEN One Died Sunday Morning-Other May Recover-Officer's Story Jus tifies Shooting-Negro Employes Implicate Officer. Asheville, N. C., Special.-Mr. John Bunting of Wilmington, a traveling salesman of the Chattanooga Medi cine Company, died in the Mission Hospital here Sunday morning, soon after midnight as a result of a shoot ing scrape at the Gladstone Hotel, Black Mountain, Saturday morning at 1:30 o'clock, while Mr. P. C. Col lins, a prominent banker of Hillsboro, is also at the hospital in an adjoining ward with a bad wound in the right side. The two men received their hurts at the hands of P. C. Watkins, town constable of Black Mountain, in a roora at the Gladstone Hotel Satur day morning about 1:30 o 'clock. The men were brought to Asheville Satur day morning several hours after the shooting occurred and taken to the hospital for treatment. It was found that Mr. Bunting was suffering from internal hemorrhage. Mr. Collins, while dangerously hurt, will proba bly recover. The officer tells the following story: "I went up to the room," said the constable, "where the men were and entered. The room was in darkness and as I entered I struck a match to see my way and lighted a lamp. Ono of the men, I don't know which one, asked who I was and I said a police officer-the town constable. One of the men with an oath said in effect, 'Well, we take care of all police here.' At about that time one of them kicked the door shut and then the light was snuffed out. Ono of the men jumped at me and grabbed me about the neck, the other at the time also closing in and clinching. The men were both of strong build; one of them had something in his .hand but 1 clon't know what it was. When they closed in on me and grabbed me, one roached for my pistol pocket. ' I drew my revolver, a 32-calibre Smith & Wesson and in the darkness fired two shots and the men staggered back; one of them fell. When I went in there was a third person in the room, but whether he got out before the shooting I don't knew. I called for the door to be opened and it was opened. I don't know whether from the irifide or outside. A light was secured and the manager came in. I assisted one of the men to a bcd; the ot lier one went out into the hall. A physician was summoned and in com pany with the physician the men were brought tc Asheville for medical treatment." At the inquest over Bunting how ever, two negro men. employes in the hotel, sive a story to the effect that the officer was. not justified in the Sl?OOt? ll O' thr.t iha n-ia.i - men were shouting andHosmg profane language, and that on complaint to the proprietor of the hotel the latter sent for the village constable to quiet the disturbers. Sunday Merrymakers Drown. Toledo, 0., Special.-Two men and ons woman were drowned and seven men were rescued with difficulty when a launch containing a gay par ty of merrvmakers capsized in Mau mee bay 500 feet off of the Casino, a summer theatre, at 4 o'clock Sunday morning- All were residents of To ledo. Dill, one of the drowned, was the owner of the boat and took out the party of ten men and one woman over the earnest protests of his wife. Congressman in Fight. Washington, Special.-Representa tive J. Thomas Heflin, of Alabama, became involved in a personal en counter with an automobolist, whose name is said to be Johnson, on the stroetc nf Wnebinrrtrm TnaoA?-n n-Pt??. State Rests Thaw Case. White Plains, N. Y., Special.-The State rested in the Thaw case Wed nesday and from now on it devolves upon Harry K. Thaw and his attor ney, Charles Morehauser, to offset the testimony of the State's alienists, who have sworn without exception under cross-examination of District Attorney Jerome that Thaw is still insane and would be a menace to the country if released from the asylum at Matteawan. ? . Accountant QuUte Job; Anderson, S. C., Special-There are no further developments in tho Ca?houn Harris alleged embezzlement case other than that neveral friends put up the $22,500 bond and he has been released. The accountants are still checking his books in the Orr Cotton Mills office and have not an nounced any further irregularities. Harris secured an expert accountant Wednesday to represent him in the audit of books, but the accountant left Anderson in the afternoon with out taking part in tbs work. . Items Gathered and Told While You Hold Your Breath. SOME EVERY DAY HAPPENINGS Lively and Crisp as They Are Gar nered From the Fields of Action at Home and Abroad. On the theory that nature has made an enemy and a destroyer for every enemy arid destroyer of man's interests, it is'now believed that hair worm introduced into the mosquito breeding places will be effectual for their eradication. At Manitowoe, Wis., Fred Dicke, a lawyer, saved seven women by jumping overboard and taking hold of the launch with his teeth and swimming to shallow water with it after an explosion of the gasoline en gine. The women were severely but not fatally burned. Dr. J. C. Kilgore, of Trinity Col lege, will give a public reply, through the Christian Herald, of New York, to Dr. Eliot on the latter's new relig ion pronunciamento. Extensive military maneuvers, in cluding an .attack on Boston, will be held in Massachusetts from August 14 to 2L Several graduates of Johns Hop-* kins University have been elected members of the faculty of Trinity College, Durham, N. C. Governor Brown, of Georgia, has signed the bill prohibiting the use of trading stamps. South .Carolina's 21 dispensary counties will-hold an election on the 17th to determine whether or not the sale of intoxicating liquors shall con tinue. By legal enactment all the dispensaries closed on last Monday evening so as to run the campaign on cooler headed deliberation, unin fluenced by intoxicants. Six persons were dro"7ned last Sun day in Massachusetts, all but ono were brothers. Grace and Alphonso Viviano, chil dren of a wealthy Italian, were lured away from their home in St. I^ouis, Mo., on Tuesday and search for the kidnapped childraa has thus far been fruitless. Farrill, Ga., narrowly escaped a race war last week. The Great Northern Railroad has agreed to'haul all material for good roads in Louisiana free of charge. The House bill passed the Senate Tuesday, granting the right to dam ?he Savannah river between Edgefield county, S. C., and Columbus coun ty, Ga. A woman shot a lawyer in the Wal Cumberland there was a cloud burst and hail that broke plate glass win dows. Twenty thousand coat tailors struck in New York Tuesday for the restora tion of prices before the great panic. Washington News. The battleship Maine was in dan-| ger from her boilers and the fleet sailed for Hampton Roads without her. The increased tax on tobacco will not go into effect -until July 1,1910. President Taft appealed to the in surgent Republican Senators to vote for the tariff report so that the party might present unfited front The West Virginia Paper Company of Luke, Md., .is bidding for the Government contract for 3,600,000 postal cards. Out of 61 men who took the ex amination for lieutenancies in the Marine Corps last week only 32 pass d n .6 S s ?e .y d, m e ar at P l.'IUU Jil t,uv ??nit '. n?i. .? ? II ?...^ Ten thousand dollars in cash and $10,000 in provisions, tents and sup-| plies are to be sent at once to Aca pulco by the Mexican Government, acting under the diract order of Pres ident Diaz, to relieve the sufferings of the victims of he recent earth quakes in Guerrero The news from Siain is somewhat more reassuring andjshowed that pro gress was made in tie restoration of order. The flood in Manchuria has tied up railroad traffic for 3 days. One death was reprted in the fire at Osaka, Japan, lid 10 business blqcks and 11,368 d\4llings were de stroyed Sunday. A general strike il threatened in Sweden because the Enployers' Fed eration has locked oht 80,000 work men. The Moors are repoUd to be gath ering for a great battle but in Spain normal conditions are.^id to prevail. The late troubles f Barcelona, Spain, were the most ?rious for 70 years and it is estimafflgthat 300 were killed. All is qr1 PALMETTO i -?*? Things Doing And Happe Told In Condensed Unloaded Gnn Was the Cause. Columbia, Special.-Gov. Ansel Monday granted a pardon to Ursa Alman, a white boy, who last fall in Spartanburg county was given a sen tence of two years on the charge of taking the life of a playmate, Tom Burgess. Gov. Ansel has not been liberal in the use of the pardoning power, and his action in this case was taken de liberately. He wrote upon the appli cation for pardon, ''Under the cir cumstances of this case and the state ment from the solicitor and the judge, the pardon is granted." The two boys, Ursa Alman and Tom Burgess, were playmates at the Ap palache mills, near Greer. The boys often hunted together. On the day of the tragedy, Alman, who had two single-barrel guns, loaned one to a friend and taking the other himself started out hunting. After they had gone a short distance they met Bur gess in the road. Alman, believeing, he says, that the gun was not loaded, pointed it at Burgess and the gun went off. The Burgess boy was killed. The evidence in the case, says the petitioner, shows that they' were close friends. No malice was shown and the killing was alleged to be ac cidental. There was an agreement between the solicitor and the defendant's at torney's that Alman should plead guilty, receive a sentence of two years, and, after six months' im prisonment, the solicitor would ask for the boy's pardon. - A contra petittion, presented in this case by relatives of Burgess, stated that the sentence was regard ed as very light in the Greer com munity and that "in a moment of trying to be big Alman did to death* an innocent little fellow." But Mrs. Burgess, it was stated by those who presented the original petition, did not have any feeling toward Alman and although Gov. Ansel set July 19 as the date for hearing this' case none of those who opposed the granting of the pardon appeared before him. The prosecuting attorney, Judge T. S. Sease, wrote the Governor: "This is a correct statement of an agreetae?t^whereby Alman was to jj^^^uilty^ ' ?a condition that I ^feSL-ft,. recommend his pardon at thc eirwwfsix months and I now urge that 1?G be. pardoned according to the State's agreement." Judge Memminger wrote: "The agreement being certified to by the solicitor we think it should be carried out and the boy pardoned. in granting a commutation from five years to two years Gov. Ansel says: "Under the peculiar circumstances of this case and the report of the judge and solicitor, I commute this sentence to two years. Mr. M. C. West, the county su pervisor, states that the prisoner is quiet and has had an exemplary re cord since he has been on the chain gang in Kershaw. The special judge presiding at the term of court writes that inasmuch as there was prevalent, in Kershaw at the time crime such as assault an3 battery, he wished to impress th? community with the fact that this tendency should be stopped and he imposed heavy sentences. Night Watchman Scalded. Columbia, Special.-W. W. Hill, night watchman for a bridge com pany here, met with a peculiar acci dent last week. He was walking around an engine in the Seaboard yards and somebody turned on steam from one of the engine valves. Hill was painfully burned about the neck and shoulder. His injury is not serious, but the scalds are painful. Calhoun Falls Swept by Pire. Anderson, Special.-Fire Sunday night came near wiping the town of Calhoun Falls off the map. A store room, belonging to the Calhoun Falls Investment Company, a small build ing adjoining is used as the postoffice, and two store rooms occupied by J. B. G. and F. W. Campbell with con tents, were destroyed. Heroic work on the part of citizens saved the hotel and other nearby buildings. The losses aggregate about $5.000, with .snjill insurance. The origin of the fire is- unknown. Taft Coming to Charleston. Washington, D. C., Special.-Pres ident Taft Monday definitely decided ; that he would visit Charleston this fall. He will arrive there on the af- 1 ternoon of November 5, leaving carly j on the morning of November 6 for I Augusta. He will remain in the lat- ] ter city until the 8th at 7:30 o'clock, i going then to Columbia, where he will - stay four or five hours, leaving some 1 time during the day for Wilmington. < Palmetto State Dry. Columbia, Special.-At soundown Monday every dispensary in South i Carolina closed its doors for : a period uf about three weeks i or a month. The sales of liquor on i the eve of thc drought are reported to 1 have been large. A stringent liquor 1 law goes into effect, providing a fine ? of at least $100 or imprisonment for ( three months or more for the first (' conviction for the illegal sale of 1 liquor and imprisonment for one to ( five years without alternative fine for i the second offense. i 4 EWS ITEMS ?nmg In Sunny CaroIinav And Pithy Phraso. Rock Hill Water Supply. Rock Hill, Special.-Several weeks since an analysis of the new well, No. 3, which had just been coupled on to the supply of the Water, Light and Power Company of this city, was pro nounced contaminated and unfit for use. The outflow of the well was im mediately cut off and its use discon tinued. At the same time, and as an extra precaution against any harm to the consumers, the -ater mains were opened, emptied and flushed and the big reservoir of 185,000 gallons empt ied, the cement walls ?nd bottom scoured and flushed, repairs made on the brick work and ventilators, and the latter thoroughly screened and protected. Since then an entirely new top has been put on the reservoir, and it is in better condition now than it has ever been. In the meantime, the water supply-which was only in terrupted for two days-has been drawn from wells 1 and 2, both of which have been repeatedly pronounc ed pure and healthful. Mr. R. T. Fe well, the local member of the Water, Light and Power Company, is more than interested in the purity of the supply as he is a personal user of the water. But his company wishes to do everything to guard the purity of the water and their policy is to go the health authorities ,who are most vigi lant, one . better in their methods of safeguarding it. Mr. Fewell received returns from three samples drawn from Well No. 3, the well which has been closed. These samples were sent to the State chemists of South Caro lina, Maryland and Pennsylvania. All of them pronounced the water as perfectly pure and wholesome. The Power Company will now, probably, ask the beard of health for permission to reopen the well. In the meantime the company is continuing the sink ing of additional eight inch wells northwest of Winthrop College, where they hope to find an unlimited supply of pure water. Education Day at State Fair. Columbia, Special.-The ?air socie ty is now at work on plans for an educational day during fair week. This was decided on at the February meeting of the executive committee and Tuesday was fixed as the day for this work. Secretary Love has sent out notices to schools and colleges asking that all co-operate iii making the day a success. The city, the rail roads and all public organizations will lend their aid in the work. There -u* __ -i-- , for any pUpii or 1 or college on that lt accompanying a ill be admitted on a quired that the stu cure their free ad en the proper offi xtion the week be as. Mr. Love has letter to State Su JJ. Swearingen: "At the February meeting of the executive committee of the State Agricultural and Mechanical society of South Car olina it .was unanimously decided to make Tuesday of next 'air week 'college and school day,' as you will note from the inclosed notices. I no tice that in August you will begin your educational campaign and at your convenience I would like to con fer with you relative to handling this matter in connection with your cam paign and getting out such literature as will be necessary for the proper understanding of the matter. All the railroads entering this city and other roads in the State have expressed a willingness to furnish every trans portation facility possible and to have special agents to superintend same.,: Lanford O? Mill is Sold. Laurens, Special.-The Lanford oil mill property was sold Monday under bankrupt proceedings to Mr. J. S. Craig of Clinton for $8,000. The up set price had been fixed at $12,000, but receiving no bids the attorneys offered it to the highest bidder sub ject to confirmation by the courts. Some machinery and supplies were also sold, bringing $885. In Camp at Fort Moultrie. Charleston, Special.-The com panies from Aiken and Lancaster, de tached companies of the National Guard of South Carolina, are at pres- ; ent encamped on Sullivan's Island, j and the men will be drilled on the ? big guns and mortars, and also with i small arms. The situation of the , camp is near Battery Capron, and is excellently located for the comfort and convenience of the men. Mon- 1 day was really th? first day in camp, as the companies arrived on Sunday, and the first day was taken up in getting settled, and the schedule of drills and exercises were started ' bright and early. ? Charleston Men Favor Dispensary. Charleston, Special.-At a meeting ? of a number of business men held ? Monday at the rooms of the Char- t lesion chamber of commerce, a reso- ( lution was unanimously passed urg ing the voters of Charleston to sup port the dispensary system for the regulation of the liquor traffic on j August 17, in preference to prohi- x lition and a committee was appoint- j ?d to use its efforts towards that end. j Heavy Rain in Lexington. Lexington, Special.-The harvest i .ain of the season fell here Tuesday t ifternoon and the mail carriers coni ng in off their routes report heavy - .ains all the way around. It is he- t ieved with good rains the crops will ie much better than was thought a t 'cw weeks ago. The county board of j lommissioners was in session Mon- ? lay transacting regular routine work. ?he chaingang has been moved from ? ?ayce to the Swansea section, where t will remain for some months, clay- ? ng the sand roads in that vicinity. <? f MERRY SIDE % V OF LIFE. J is rr YOU? There's some CUBS who's allua knockin.'-* Is it you? . Every scheme of life he's blockin'- T Is it you? Someone's allus. allus mopin', An' in darkened ways a-jrropin', 'Stead o' hangin' on an' hopiii' Is it you? -Los Angeles Express. DISTINCTION. "She's a very intellectual woman.* "So I hear. Is she intelligent?"-? Ufe' J i;>y.ai - f "'" QUITE SO. "The Cossack Is a hardy fellow. ?t beating is a mere picnic for him." "Sort of a knouting, so to speak.* -Louisville Courier-Journal. THE DEAR DEPARTED. The Sweet Thing-"Are you golngf to Charleyls wedding to-night?" The Horrid Thing-"No; I'd rather, remember him as he was in life."-? Puck. ; I THE PENALTY. Sunday-school Te?cher - "What was . Adam's punishment for eating; the forbidden fruit, Johnnie?" j Johnnie (confidently)-"He had ta marry Eve."-Life. MORE MODERN. "What did you do with that bicycler; romance you wrote?" "I have taken it apart, and am re* assembling it -as a motor novel."-? Louisville Courier-Journal. STILL POSSIBLE. "Uncle, can't I be a pirate when \ '<; grow up?" "Sure you can, son. What do yo? want to pirate, books or plays?"-*1 .| Louisville Courier-Journal. WE AWAIT THE OUTCOME. "I see Annapolis graduates nave; been ordered not to marry." "Love laughs at locksmiths." "But how about Secretaries of th? Navy ? "-Louisville Courier-Journal.1 A STARTLING HINT. Gerald-"Some things go by fits and 3tarts. " Geraldine-"I don't want you to> have a flt,.but I wish you'd start."-? Pick-Me-Up. THE CONSISTENT CYNIC. "Fairy stories usually end 'and they lived happily ever after.' " "Yes," answered Mr. Sirius Barker;| "that's one of the reasons why I don't believe in fairies."-Washington Star? A GRIM JEST. "What was that wheat speculator's profit?" "I don't know," answered the pro verbialist. ."But whatever it was, it was a profit without honor in ita own country."-Washington Star. SHE STINGING OF CHRISTOPHER. Columbus had just discovered America. "But," urged his wife, "it's no use, the hired girl objects to the country." Crushed, he perceived the? failure of his mission.-New York Sun. STATECRAFT. "I have secured an appropriation,1* said the new Congressman, "to dredge Ooze Creek." "But Ooze Creek is of no use to anybody. " "Then I'll secure an appropjriation to have the dem creek filled up."-? Louisville Courier-Journal. PREVENTED. "That new playwright, Mr, M?ckles, says he has an idea for a piece that is sure to be one of the sensational successes of the 'great svhlte way,' " said the New York man .Cer. '. Did he outline the plot to you?" "No. He couldn't. There were ladies present. "-Washington Star. A REMEDY. "I like my house all right," said Luschmah, "except for one thing. I juess you'll have to fix that." "What is it?" asked the architect. "Several times lately I've nearly, >roken my neck reaching for another ?tep at the head of the stairs when I ;ot home late, so I guess you'd bet er put another step there."-Phila? lelphia Press. Pulpit Points. Robert J. Burdett", is even more )opuIar and successful as a clergy nan-than he used to be as a humorist. young divine of Los Angeles, prais ng Mr. Burdette, said the other day:l "Humor Is spontaneous with him? ! remember how one day I asked him or advice on preaching, and he rat led gayly off: " 'Never bo goody-goody. Never ?ay, for instance, "I was reading last jvening in dear Hebrew." " 'Keep your pictures accurate. I ?nee heard an old minister picture ^oah as sitting out in front of the irk reading his Bible. " 'Be simple in the pulpit, as well is friendly out of it, or the old ladies viii describe you as invisible on week lays and incomprehensible on Son.? Uvy.'Jv^Washingtoa Star, ^