ALLAH HEARD his rc-LOWER
Arab Rescued From y^hat Must
Have 8eemed to Him as Almost
Hopeless Situation.
Soldiering in the Snhara hns its
humorous as well as its tragic adventures,
however. An atnuRing tale
is told of an old Arab, the father of
one of General Ijapcrrine's men. lie !
was antelope hunting, and when half
dead with thirst he reached a well
forty-five feet deep. At the bottom
he could see the delicious water, but,
like Tantalus, could not reach it.
1'nlikc the mythical martyr,
though, he was not chained to the
rocks, and as the well was not very
v.ide he did not hesitate to let himself
down part of the way, and finally
fell into the pool. It was quite
impossime Tor njni to got out, hut,
like a good fatalist, he waited in hit
hath, praying Allah to send some
travelers by. In these regions weeks
and sometimes months pass without
the wells being visited, but next day
fortune favored him by sending some
of the French camel corps that way,
who were not a little astonished at
hearing a voice from beneath. "Good
day, Syrians" (as the Arabs call the
Saharian troops), "you might send
nie down a stronger rope to climb
up with." lie had recognized at
once the pattern of the .Spahi rope,
and knew to whom he was talking.
IMPROVE MILK OF COACOANUT
8outh African Natives Show Real Ingenuity
In Their Treatment of
This Important Food.
South Africa natives along the
Orange river have a way of producing
"milk," which, primitive as it
is, vies in ingenuity with the method
of those who believe in the synthetic
production of wild the journalist,
hard up for a synonym, has been
known to call "the lacteal fluid."
After cutting the top from a cocoanut,
the native places the nut over
hot ashes, so that the warmth may
cause the fat and "butter" contained
in the husk to be absorbed by the
milk. This changes the milk quality
and gives it a pnlniahie taste. In
order to deal with several nuts at a
time, the natives construct rough
"holders" from old iron hoops. The
ashes are placed under the grating
and the nuts set in it. Obviously
there must be no actual fire beneath
the nuts, or they would be burned
away and the milk be lost.
NO FAVOR.
Traveling Lecturer for Society (to
the remaining listener)?I shouold
like to thank you, sir, for so attentively
hearing me to the end of a
rather long speech.
I/)cal Member of Society?Not at
all, sir. I'm the second speaker.?
Punch. I
REVERSE ENGLISH.
"I've got to see a vrning man today
on a delicate errand."
"Ah, he wan(s to marry your
daughter."
"No; I want to marry his mother,
and I don't believe he views me in
the most suitable light."
THEIR NATURE.
"The two friends are rather asnnfio
on/1 Jvurtl.VrtJ ? ? -1 ?A--1 ?
?> in mm iiicuuru IU |M*I1 IICI111111 exj
ereises."
"What do thev do?"
"One wears a hair shirt and the
other has joined a Browning club."
CAN HELP THEMSELVES.
Mrs. Church?Are your children
being brought up to help themselves
?
Mrs. Gotham?Are they? Why, I
can't keep a particle of jam in the
house more than a day!
BOOK OF THE HOUR.
"It is the novel of the hour."
"Think so?"
"Yes; there hasn't been a better
novel written since 11:30 last night."
IRRE8ISTIBLE INDUCEMENT.
Tier Friend?If you don't like the
hotel scrviee, why do you stay there?
Herself?My dear, they have suoh
perfectly exquisite stationery.
IT8 KINO.
"The member of the society with
the very deep voice sang me a song
of welcome on my return."
"Indeed! What I would call
bass reception."
TIME FOR IT.
"I've got the dot on you."
"Then I guesj. it's time for me
to make a dash."
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CHILDREN LEARN TO DRINK
Deplorable Condition in Schools of
Moscow Revealed by Report of
Consul Grovo.
remarkable statements concerning
drunkenness among Russian
schoolchildren arc made by Consul
H. M. Grove in his report on 'he
trade of the Moscow district for
1011. It is admitted, ho writes, that
inebriety is very rapidly increasing
among Ihe school children in Russia
in general and in Moscow and the
Moscow provinces in particular. The
Mosow to^'n council recently made
an inquiry into this 'subject, and it
was then stated that of the adults
who are addicted to drink it had been
ascertained that 00 per cent, learned
to drink while still at school. Out
of 18,134 schoolboys in the Moscow
province, from the ages of eight to
thirteen years, 12,152 or 06 per cent.,
have taken to drink, and out of
10,-104 girls of the same ages 4,733,
or 45 per cent., also dtink.
It was unanimously decided that
lectures on the effects of drink
should be given in all schools, and
also that museums showing the effects
of alcohol should be instituted.
The teachers will receive special instruction
with regard to alcoholism,
so as to be able to instruct the children.?London
Telegraph.
IT WOULD
Bronson?Mv mother-in-law has
been spending the winter in Florida.
Johnson?IIus the climate agreed
with her?
Bronson?If it knows its business
it has. ?
DRAIN ON OUR ENVIRONMENT.
Without environment there can
>e no life. Seventy per cent., at
least, of the human body is made
of pure water, the rest of gases and
earths. These have all come from
I mvironmcnt. Through the secret
pores of the skin two pounds of waI
ter are exhaled daily from every
j healthy adult. The supply is kept
up by environment. The environ
ment is really an unappropriated
part of ourselves. Definite proportions
are continuously abstracted
from it and added to the organism.
I And so long as the organism continues
to grow, act, think, speak,
work or perforin any other function
demanding a supply of energy, there
is a constant simultaneous and proportionate
drain upon its surroundings.?Drummond.
FOLLOWING ORDERS.
The motto above the great editor*!
desk read: "Accuracy, Accuracy, Accuracy."
Therefore the story turned in hy
the cub rej>ortor contained this statement
:
"Three thousand nine hundred
and twenty-nine eyes were fixed upon
the speaker."
"What means this fool statement ?"
asked the great editor, as he pre!
pared to use the blue pencil.
"One man was blind in one eye,"
j axplained the cub.?Tit-Hits.
THE RESULT.
"f made that fellow swallow his
words."
"Perhaps that in why I found him
choking with anger."
IT8 CLAS8.
"What would you call these joy
ride jags?"
"I would call them eases of auto
intoxication."
HER FAULT.
"Jennie is very careless about he*
temper."
| "How so?"
"She is always losing it."
HIS FINE.
"What ptinishment did that defaulting
hanker get?"
: "I understand his lawyer charged
him $40,000."*
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Absolutely bivcn Away!
That advertising is now a science is
; again demonstrated practically to the
buying public of this section by the
wonderful advertising system now employed
by the enterprising business
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j going to give away ABSOLUTELY
I FREE to some one of their customers
on August 1 the beautiful CLAXTON
I PARLOR GRAND PIANO which is
now on exhibition at their store. The
Claxton sells for FOUR HUNDRED
j DOLLARS and is a HIGH CLASS instrument
in every respect, GUARANTEED
by the makers for TEN YEARS.
I JUST THINK OF I'll A Four hundred
; Dollar Piano to he GIVEN AWAY!
A few years ago, if a merchant was to
do such a thing he would be considered
i a tit subject for an as>lum, but condi|
tions have changed, yet in the face of
| the enormous sum spent in advertising
the fact of McEihaney & Co. giving
! away a $400 Piano is a stupendous unI
dertaking and it clearly demonstrates
their desire to be "always up to and a
little aheau" of the spirit of the times.
Every purchaser of $1.00 worth of
j goods from any department of their
store will receive a coupon good for
100 votes on the Piano. The person
I presenting the largest number of votes
to them on August 1 will receive the
Eiano absolutely free. No favors will
e shown and every person will be
given an equal chance. The reputation
| enjoyed by McElhaney & Co. for
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