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SANDY'S SCRUPLES. They Almost Kept the Tourists Fron Getting the Boat. A couple ow tourists staying at a vil lage which is in close proximity to i well known Scottish loch had a fancl one fine Sunday to go for a row on the loch. They accordingly sallied fortl in search of the boatman, whom the met just leaving his house, dressed ii his Sunday best and carrying a Bibl' under his arm. "We want to go for a row," said on( of the tourists. "Dae ye no' ken it's the Sawbath?' answered Sandy. "Ye'll no' get a boal ra me the day. forby I'll hae ye taE n that I am an elder o' the kirk." "Yes, yes," expostulated the tourists hat's all very well for you. but wE n't require you with us. You can gc church; we can row ourselves." Aye, aye," said the elder. -but jis1 k whit the meenister '11 say." "Never mind the minister," was the eply; "he will know nothing about it We will pay you well." "Ah, weel," said Sandy, "I'll no' lel ye the boat, bit I'll tell ye whit I'l dae. Dae ye see yon wee boatie door .among the rushes? Weel, she's ready wi' the oars inside. Jist ye gang doon there an' row oot tae the middle o the loch, an' I'll come doon tae the ,bank an' swear at ye. Bit never ye mind; ye jist row on an' I'll call for the money on Monday." - London Ideas. CROWNED HIMSELF. An impromptu Ceremony In Which King Georga IV. Figured. That.was a curious sort of impromp tu coronation In which his majesty King William IV. of England figured. Things did not go very well with Earl Grey's government after the second reading of the first reformed bill had been carried by a majority of one in 1831, and one Friday in April they -suddenly got the king to go down and prorogue parliament in person. Some body went off to the Tower to fetch the crown, and with a scratch body of at tendants his majesty drove down to the house of lords. What happened there is described In Greville's mem 4irs. The king ought not properly to have worn the crown, never having been -crowned, but when he was in the rob Ing room he said to Lord Hastings: "Lord Hastings, I wear the crownn Where Is It?" It was brought to him: and when Lord Hastings was going to put It on his head he said, "Nobody shall put the crown on my head but myself." He put it on and then turned to Lord Grey and said. "Now, my lord, the coronation is over." The crown did not fit very well, we are told, but the prorogation was suc -cessfully effected.-London Chronicle. Serving Soup. If anybody were ask-ed to suggest why the soup plate was made broad and shallow the almost certain answer would be that such an arrangement facilitates the cooling of the soup to a temperature comfortable to the mouth. We believe that utilitarians drink tea -out of a saucer for the same reason. While that may be the explanation of the peculiar shape of the soup plate, the advantage indicated is surely In -signinicant compared with the- obvious disadvantages which may probably -arise from exposing so large a surface ,of.. nutrient fluid to the air. Soup --hould be served in a cup, a low broad teacup, and the method. which is be <oming more usual. is hygienic. Too -deep a vessel would be an error on the other side. Its advantages would be canceled by Its great drawback. We -should miss some of the delicate fla vors of the soup.-London Laneet. Stage Scenery. Walter Priebard Eaton. the dramatic critic. relieves modern dramas are too elaborately staged. in "The Question of Scenery" in the American Maga zine be says: "After all, it was not the Elizabeth ans who were . stupid Decause they could enjoy the drama on a bare stage. It Is we who are stupid because we cannot enjoy the drama unless the stage Is littered with 'realistic" scen ery. We have no faith in our own im aginative powers. It would be a good thing for the drama if all scenery were abolished for the next ten years. Having learned to get along without it, we would perhaps keep it in Its proper place for awhile after it re turned. Its proper place is as a pic torial and suggestive background to Sthe actors and the play and nothing but a -background." Ruined by Jesting. The Antiochenes themselves brought about the ruin of the beautiful city of Antioch, the ancient capital of the -Greek kings of Syria. These people were famous for their biting and scur rilous wit as well as their ingenuity In devising nicknames. When the Per -slans under Chosroes invaded Syria in -538 the Antiochenes could not refrain from jesting at them. Ample revenge -for this was taken by the Persians, -who totally destroyed the city. Would Do His Own Biting. The British gentleman new to our -shores stepped up to the cigar counter -and requested of the "clark" a cigar. "What will you have, a bit cigar?" -asked the "clark." "No; I'd rawther bite It myself." re pled the Briton. - San , Franicisco Chronicle. ______ Men Are Beacons. Every man Is the center of perpetual -radiation like a luminous body. He is. as It were, a beacon which entices a ship upon the rocks if It does not guide i Into nort.-AmieL SOUTH-SEA FASHIONS. The Dusky Native Belles Have Queer Ideas About Dress. It would be hard to find a spot where the subject of dress does not sway the feminine mind. To the world at large its observance causes either a great deal of pleasure or a good store of T amusement. In the category of amuse ment may be placed the proceedings of th^ dusky belles described by Beatrice Grimshaw in her book, "In the Strange South Seas:" A lace trimmed garment of mine, usually worn at night under the shel ter of sheets and quilts, went to a Sun day morning church as a best dress in full daylight on the person of the laun dress intrusted with my wash. The funny side was so conspicuous that she never got the reproof she deserved. A certain flower toque made of pop pies, a bloom unknown in the Pacific, first drove the women of tue island half -distracted with excit ement. then led thirty-six native ladies to appear simultaneously at a dance wearing ex cellent copies of my Paris model done in double scarlet hibiscus from the bush. A wedding from which unfortunate ly I was absent furnished the finest.1 display of native dress that took place that year. The bride wore fourteen silk dresses, not all at once. but one after another, changing her dress again and again during the reception until the white spectators were fairly giddy. JOY IN THE SCHOOL. How Infant Classes In Some Foreign Countries Are Handled. The man in the club had been talk ing politics with the school inspector until that gentleman declined to dis cuss the subject any inore. "We'll talk about the youngsters themselves for . chs age," he said. "Do you know that both in France and Belgium reading, writing and arith metic are being omitted from the subjects taught in Infant schools? The children are simply taught to be happy instead. And when, they bring their dinners to school the food has, under the official regulations, to be put into a basket, which must be libeled at the school and set on a spec1al shelf in a clean, airy place. Fancy such regulations In England! Any old news paper and any cupboard is good enough for our children. "In Germany toys are, provided for play time, and all little children are compelled to brir, clean pocket hand kerchiefs to school, and they must have a bath once a week. "In Finland the tiniest children are taught to wash dolls, dust, sweep, look after flowers, and so on, and in somej Japanese schools a resting room, witht a bed, is provided. so that overtired children may have a nap!"-Londonl Answers. Bill and His Watch. "Bill, can you give me the correct time?" says one of Bill's .friends. "Sure," says Bill, dragging out his watch. "My watch was just 'leven seconds slow at twenty minutes of 4 day before yesterday afternoon, and II don't believe it's varied more than a quarter of a second since. It's now twenty-two minutes and seven sec onds past 5." "Thanks, old man," says Bill's friend, who then drops his own watch Into his pocket and goes on his way. Really he wasn't so particular about knowing the time himself as desirous of giving pleasure to Bill, for he knows that Bill is one of the few million me in the world who think each that his~ watch Is a wonder and who feel them-1 selves flattered when their friends ask them for the correct time.-New York Sun. Caught Her Secret. Old Podkins lay back in his chair in calm content. and. though-his wife was quite near him, he was ha.py. for she had not broken the silence~ for nearly five minutes. He bad been married for five and twenty long years, and Mrs. Podkins almost daily - during twenty-four of them had disturbed the domestic peace by a too full exercise of her tongue. "My dear," broke in Mrs. P., thInk ing it time she said something to In-1 terrupt the quiet, "I see by the papersI that a petrified jaw two yards long has been found in Cornwall" "What!" cried Podk-ins, starting up. "Now I know ydur secret. But you never,. told me your ancestors came from that part of the world!"-Dundee Advertiser. Pointed Advice. There was a traveling man once who found himself short of funds. His irst thought, of course, was to wire his firm, which he did. In a night let: ter he explained the situation and ask ed: "How shall I act?" The next morning he got a day men sage which was nothing If not illumi native: "Act as If you were broke."-San Francisco Chronicle. "Isshe-.The Uplift. "ssea help to her mother?" ask ed one woman. "Yes, Indeed," replied the other. "She has taught her to say 'culinary Iart' instead of 'cooking.' "-Exchange. The Division. He-So young March and his father are carrying on the business? She Yes. The old man runs the business, while young March does the carrying on.-New York Globe. The most changeable things in the world are the course of waters .end the: anhmno. of women.-Pittacns FISHIT BUS] HE first ne for Busine best Bait The Print4 terpreter the Fishing Qualii ing depends large Bait he puts into the Fish you are see the Bait? T question. Every sort of Man uses should -the Card, the ] Announcements, log and NewspapE * piece of printing s] on it that will r Notice, Stop and accomplished you getting More Busi Are not the Circulars, local I heads, etc., which alike? Do you r or, through being throw aside? But printing that rea c to it that Holds yc Interest, Compels ing Read you Cant not' Accidental. T pared specially to That is the Kind made Thousands I Pays. 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