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R THAN ANY LECTUSE | i i ? * T lonsl's Mothod of Rebuking Young Oftlctn Probably More Effective Than Severity Would Be. ie poionel uf? German regiment garrison dulyCtaear a lively city very much annoyed by the way young officers went about town In MlUn clothes? contrary to the regu tlons of the service, the articles of ir, and the spirit of Prussian mill He spolce very sharply about and threatened the eztremest pen [ties If anybody were caught doing It tin. The warning served for a time it least the offenders were more ireful. Presently, however, two younb Heu ^nSnts took a chance. They slipped vay Into town in modish afternoon fothes of the latest JQngllsh cut, with hats on and the rest. Suddenly jey ran Into the colonel. The next ^lnute they had vanished Into a gro ir's shop. One minute more and the )or of the shop opened. "Qood afternoon, gentlemen," said ie colonel. The pair stood before lelr superior silent and dismayed ^hile a grim smile spread over the oldler's face. 'Young lady," said the colonel, ad resslng the, shopgirl, "give me two ire-cent cakes of soap ? and wrap lem separately." The girl obeyed id the colonel gravely gave her ten Then he turned to the young leers and handed ea,ch of them a ce. 'Here, gentlemen," he said with a in, "Just so you sha'n't be put to expense on my account Good *y" And he turned and strode out of shpp. ? New York Evening Post URNS RUBBISH INTO MONEY ither Bane of London, England, Has Made Enough to Purchase a 8IU ? for Children'? Homo. Rubbish collected In ; London haa rovlded enough money to purch&ae a }te for a children's home. Father ins, employing two motor vans and [horse cart (or collecting things most arsons throw away, makes $10,000 [year for his "Crvsade of Rescue." In warehouse in Compton street, King's >ss, he has. three sorters, whose sk it . Is to empty sacks containing liferent kinds of refuse and to ?T inge the material for- sale. Among ke neglected articles which he has )und to have real value are old en Blopes, pamphlets, bits of paper, bro en bottles, corks, electric bulbs, iar Ine tins, old stocking*, silver paper, indie ends, cardboard; and medicine Jttles. t Medicine bottles can be sold to doc >rs for $1.80 a gross, and other bot are -bought up by a dealer. Bro an plates are sold and broken up for )ad foundations. Corks go to linO im manufacturers, and tin lids are tlllzed by the British Electron com my. The zinc and. tin in bottle tops itch, respectively, 3 cents a pound id $7. Bp a hundredweight. Advice to Doctors. 'Be cheerful." That is Sir Squire Bancroft's adtice to the doctors. Dr. Stephen Paget, in his "Confesslo [edici" ? that most companionable of >ks ? dilates on the same theme, [f you must stay," he says to the Foung practitioner who is Invited, to lea, "do not stay long, ^ind keep tho loor on your lips. Talk of the -pat ient, of the weather, or of the propo sition, which will as surely as the )read-and-butter be' handed to you, jhat 'There Is a good deal of Illness ibout.' Avoid all topics of church and itate, quote neither poetry nor prose, ive neither censure nor approval to lusic and the drama, hide your Ilk* ig for any art fcut ybuf own. Leave jhind you, for gossip to lap, a saucer ll of the milk of* human kindness." ' City Free From Files. "No flies in'Prague,1" says a resident In that' city in reply/to Inquiries from manufacturers of fly-papers Risking for. Information as to the extension ot their trade In feohemla, for (there are not sufficient flies to exterminate. In restaurants there are very few flies. Bcreen doors to keep out flies and other insects are unknown. The build ings are all constructed of brick* sJtone or concrere. The pavements and side walks are mare of granite block. There are no wooden sidewalks, stairway, or. buildings in ttie city. Decayed vege table or animal matter is not openly exposed to flies, and the struts are frequently cleaned during each day_v_ _. ? y 1 ? ? ? ? i ? ? ? , ? 1 " *! . ? "i Girl's Miserable Death. Suffocated In mud was the terrible death of Maud Kirby Cornwall, a fac tory girl, of Cambridge, Bngland. She was out walking wltl\ Arthur Mead, a barman, on Coe Fen, an open space between the river and Peterhouse col lege, when, acoerding to a statement by the man. they walked into a ditch which has scarcely a foot of water In it. He Bays .he sank to his hips im? mediately. His cries for help were heard, and two men pulled him out, but the girl was not found until some time afterwards. She was then dead, having been suffocated by mud. Firemen Had a Rlfiht_to Be Vexed. -- They had a flre in Burlington the other day and when the firemen re sponded to the alarm and ran to get out the flre-flghting apparatus they found, as the Republican says, that "every wrench, spanner and other dingbat necessary to get the water turned on had boen taken ^ from the hose cart since the lut flre." The members of tho hoie ? company Are Indignant.? Kansas City Star. KEY Unn?lghborly. "?boat the meanest man I ever Knew," said Farmer Corntossel, 'lived way out west, where the cyclone* blew." "Old you have personal experience with hlmT** "Sure. A windstorm pioked up my house and blew the wholo family over on to his farm." "Wouldn't he come to your assist ance 7" "No. He rushed off and got a law* yer to bring action against us for tres pass!" -Truly Graplp. There was a change of curates in the parish, and shortly after one of the prominent men of the congrega tion asked hii chauffeur: "How do you like the. new curate, Barney?" "MiddlinV replied Harney, "but he can't coipe up to tka old one. 'Twas himself could tell ye all about hell. Shure, to hear him describln' it, you'd think he was bred, born and reared there." ? Harper's Magaslne. In the Thirties. An Bnvlous Contemporary (to Miss Budding) ? And so you are really en gaged to Mr. Timid Smlthkins? Miss Budding (quite provokingly) ? Yes, dear; and I want you to suggest something sweet and tender to go in my engagement ring. , Bnvlous Contemporary? 'If I were In your place I'd just have the simple word ? Eureka. ? Puck. TRU8T AND MONOPOLY. Tom-^he tells me she has a per fect trust ,ln you. , Dick? Well; she has a perfect mo nopoly 'of me. 1 Late in Life. Some men tjpn't learn True Bavolr-falrev ? Until they've loet ?-1 'Bout all their hair. ? i ; | - ?. Her Ailment. "What's the: matter with yon, aunty?'* . "Oh, I'b? sufferln' wif plumbago, honey." "IS the doctor doing anything for you?" ?_ r: ? * "He said qpaybe he'd give me a epi demic interjection, yas, honey." Economy. ? Newlywed-? I'm glad, dear, that you agree with me that we must econo mlze. But do you think we can get along without a cook? Mrs. Newlywed ? Oh, yes. Well have all our nfeals sent In ' by a caterer. ? ; A Cruel Shock. "There is a rumor that the savings bank In town is going to close its doors." ' '/'Good heavens! When?" "I_gnea* when it gets too cool- to ?eep them ofcen.'* '! * Vhat'a All. "I should think the doctors would be afraid of taking whatever their pa- i tlents happen to have." ? ? "You must have a funny doctor;. I never be&rd of one taking anything but cash." v, r -J: . : . j I ^ " <" 1 '>? ? An Objection. ? "Experience," said the ready made philosopher, "is the best teacher." "Yes." replied the sardonic person; "but who wants to depend on a course o? instruction that keeps you in school all your life." A Fact. ? ~ "They are trying the silence cure for women." "Then how on earth is any woman under such treatment going to enjoy poor health ?" All He Can Handle. Mrs. Peck ? Mr. Highflier never takes his wife out in his automobile. Peck ? t guess he doesn't care to* have two unmanageable things on his h?Ms at one time. . HER LOST AUTHORITY / 0 By JANE KKL.LY. Within the recollect ton of the fam ily "mother" bud never before been 111, Hhe hud tied up cut fingers and filled hot water bags and portioned out medlolne to- everybody else, but never bad she taken to her bed and cauaed theae services to be performed for her. Bo when she fell 111 recently the Loffett family was badly disorganised, aa though a bomb In good working order bad dropped and exploded. With united seal everyone turned to and took oar? of Mm. Lotrett. When she waa too 111 to mind they had a lovely time. Tbey piled on blankets and then held consultations and took blankets pff; tbey raised shades and then decided to lower them; they reg ulated what she ata and they talked In subdued tones and kept the light burning dimly. And when she began getting better they had grown so to enjoy their unaccustomed authority that the Invalid could not cope with them. "No, no, mother,'* Ruth Loffett would say, soothingly, If Mrs. Loffett attempted to throw back one of her bed coverings, "you must keep that oh. You'll catch cold." "But I'm really too warm," protest ed the Invalid. "Ydu'll feel all right - presently," Ruth would say in level tones a a ahe tucked back the blanket about her parent. "Just lie still, mother," Loffett was exactly as bad. When she appealed to him he merely shook his head and aaid, "Now, mother, yon just lie quiet and let us manage things." Rebellion slowly grew In the breast of the invalid. As sha felt the returning health in her veins her eyes oftqn snapped after she had been routed and laid low by some solicitous member of the family. The idea that Ruth, who waa scarcely past the age when she had been spanked and put to bed supperless, -was actually bossing her roused Mrs. Lo Sett's grim ire. Likewise that Henry, who only a short time ago had been refused more Jam, should be regulating what she ate and depriving her of what she wanted bewildered and irritated her. The day Mrs. Loffett said she want-.' ed to get up the entire family proceed ed to shriek in horror. * "No, mother," said Loffett, anxious ly, "you stay in bed and get a good ? rest while you have the chance." "1 should say bo!" added Ruth Lof fett. "And let me wait on you. I am so glad to do it. Don't throw that cover back, mother!" "And if you get up," put in Henry, Jr., "you'll be eating all sorts of things that you shouldn't. You wanted grid dle cakes this rporning, remember! Griddle cakes, mother!" Henry spoke in tones of horror. Then Ruth lowered the shades five Inches and Henry absentrmindedly raised them 16 inches, while Loffett abstracted the salt cellar on her table and removed one slice of toast from her tray. "You must not overeat," ho reminded her. "Now, just lie quiet, mother," they said In chorus as they left her. Alone, Mrs. Loffett breathed hard and glared at the ceiling. "Haven't I got sense enough to know when I'm well?" she demanded of herself, finally. Then she smiled grimly to herself. "I'll be all right with this macro*, sine," she told Ruth when that young person had brought up a scanty lunchi eon. . "You run along to that card party this afternoon. I shan't need a think." " "I'll tell Mary," said Ruth, dubious ly, "to keep an eye on you. I don't like leaving you at all, mother. You'll be sure to do something foolish." ? "Oh, no!" promised' Mrs. Loffett, while she clutched the bed clothes in order to restrain herself. When Mary .appearod, according to promise, to cast her eye upon the in valid she found Mrs. Loffett up and dressed. "How do you do, Mary?" said the in valid, casually. J'l wish you would go back downstairs and bake me a lot of griddle cakes at once. And, bring plenty of butter and' sirup/ And I'll have coffeo, too, and you might as well fry an egg or so while you are about it. I'm hungry." " The family, walking In upon Mrs. Loffett Just as she finished her repast, fell againfet the wall and then stag gered toward the telephone. "You needn't call the doctor," or dered Mrs. Loffett. ."I Just phoned him that I was well and he needn't come around. I'm tired of this fool ishness. Ruth, you'd better change, that dress at once. Henry, have you fixed the furnace? And, father, what on earth are you wearing that disrepu table tie for?" Then the family felt itself slide back into its several placea with a jolt. - Mexican Mines Becoming Welts. 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