The people. (Camden, S.C.) 1904-1911, June 06, 1907, Image 8
His Word of Honor.
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"A very odd thing happened at one
of New York's great hyphenated ho
tels a few years ago," said Pat Gal
. ligan, the house detective of the New
.Wlllard.
"A group of distinguished million
aires. five of them, all men whose
names are known from one end of
the country to the other, were tak
ing luncheon In the hotel's palm
room, it wasn't a business luncheon,
but merely a little getting together,
and they all b'ecame pretty gay.
"The talk at the table veered
around to tho subject of a business
man's word of honor. One of the
millionaires, a man known for the
extreme sharpness of some of his
transactions, felt called upon to be
very outspoken on this subject, al
most as If he felt himself under fire.
? Ho held to it that once a business
. man passed his word there should be
??could be ? no recalling of that
word. The word should stick in any
and all circumstances. Nothing
should be allowed to interfere with
the carrying out of that word, even
if the man passing his word should
be put to all sorts of hardships in
carrying out the provisions of his
word of honor.
"It seemed to some of the others
that this was carrying it a bit to
far. They said so, and argued the
point with tho man who was for the
unbreakablcness of the passed word
o* honor.
" 'Suppose,' said ono of them,
'that tho person to whom such a
word of honor is given should bo an
unworthy individual, and ono who
would "do" the man thus giving him
his word as quick a3 winking if he
got a chance?'
"'Doesn't make a particle of dif
ference,' said tho millionaire who
was fur the bindingness of the passed
word. 'Before giving his word the
business man should see to it that he
isn't likely to come* into contact with
any such people. If ho does come
into contact with them it's his own
fault. Ho must bear the conse
quences. But he can't break his
given word.'
'But, suppose,* said another one
of tho disputants, 'one should hap
pen, by some mischance, to give his
word to some acknowledged thief,
what then?'
" 'Ilo'd have to abide by it, that's
all,' promptly replied tho man who
clung to the letter of the word.
'Ono doesn't havo to come into con
tact with thieves, but, if ono does,
? and inadvertently passes the thief
the word of honor, why, there's noth
ing else in life t6 be done except to
abide by tho word. That's all.
That's the way I look at tho matter,
anyhow.'
'Well, I'd liko to see you put to
such a test, old man,' said one of
? them then. 'I'm not saying that you
wouldn't act up to your convictions,
but I'd be willing to gamble that it
would give you a twinge and that
you'd be letting off some steam while
it was happening.'
'1 never go on record with any
? thing that I don't stay with in actual
practice,' replied the millionaire with
the strong views on tho subject un
der discussion, and then tho talk
switched around to something else.
: "The luncheon party broke up
about half an hour later and the mil
lionaire with tho strong views went
to his suite of rooms, lie found him
self alone when he got there. His
valet was out on an errand and his
secretary was attending a funeral.
?The millionaire tossed himself on a
couch to take a bit of a nap. Beforo
he had been stretched out a minute,
however, a card was sent up to him.
The millionaire didn't know tho name
on tho card, but there wore three
words scrawled on the bottom of tho
card relating to a deal that tho mil
lionairo was interested in that in
duced him to tell tho bellboy to send
the visitor up.
"Tho visitor appeared three min
utes Inter. He was a distinguished
looking?man of forty-five or so, with
whitening hair, and perfectly dressed
and groomed.
"He advanced as if to shake hands
with tho millionaire, who stood in
tho middle of his study. Then the
millionaire noticed that his visitor
had a revolver in his hand and that
the muzzle of it was on a lino with
bis own heart. He paled, but stead
ied l.imsoir.
" Don't worry, sir,' said tho vial
tor, in a well-bred way, but never
lowering his weapon from' its hip
high position. 'I have no violence in
mind if you haven't.'
'So It would seem, when you ap
proach me with a gun in your hand,'
said the millionaire, grouchily.
" 'The fact is,' said the visitor,
with complete calmness, 'I find my
self profoundly embarrassed this af
ternoon to got the money to pay a
note th. 'it is due. The amount Is ten
thousand dollars. 1 have taken the
desperate chance ? the only chance I
can fcc ? or getting tho money from
you.'
" Of sticking me up for It, oh?'
?r.-.iin d the millionaire. ?
'Well, if you elect to call It by
thai ugly nnmo. yen,' replied the visi
tor. r. amoved, 'I may add that I think
It will lie best for you to let me havo
the amount without loss of time.'
" 'And if I refused to give It to
you. what then?' inquired the mil
lionaire, stunned with tho man s im
pudence.
I trust you will not roqulro me
?o answer sr.c'.i a question,' was tho
polite r<?ply. 'Hut I haven't the least
notion that you will refuse mo the
nionoy,' and there was a hard sound
to tlio visitor's volco when ho said
til If.
"i'ho millionaire stood looking at
the visitor.
But/ he said. *you are not Idiot
enough to suppose that I carry anj
such a sum as ten thousand dollart
In cash about with me, are you?'
" 'I certainly am not,' was the cool
reply. 'But, then you can ? and win
write me a check for the amount."
Instantly the millionaire experi
enced what he thought was a flash ol
understanding.
" 'Give you a check, eh?* he said.
'But, you scoundrel, what makes you
imagine that I would not stop the
payment upon the check Immediately
you left this room?'
" 'Because you are going to give
mo your word that you will do no
such thing,' calmly replied the visi
tor.
"Whereupon the millionaire secret
ly chuckled. He could see it all, he
felt confident. His friends with
whom he had taken luncheon had put
up a Job on him. They were testing
him as to that statement of his that
oven if he gave his word of honor
to a thief he would keep the word
Inviolate.
" 'Well,* thought the millionaire,
'I'll show those duffers.'
" 'You are a cool rascal,' said the
millionaire to the visitor, 'but I s:ip
i pose there is nothing else for me to
do but to yield to your game, sinco
I am here alone and utterly defense
less. I shall write the check for
you, but I'll get you yet, mark that!"
" 'All I ask you to give me your
word about, sir,' replied tho visitor,
'Is that you will not stop the payment
on tho check. After I cash the check
I shall attend to tho matter of my
own safety.'
" 'Put your gun down then and I
shall go over to my desk and write
you the check.*
' And he did write the check and
hand it to the visitor. Tho check
was on a bank right around tho cor
ner from the hotel.
" 'Now,' said the visitor, ready to
depart, 'you are giving me your sol
emn word of honor as a gentleman
and as a business man that you will
not stop payment on this check?'
"The millionaire nodded, and tho
visitor loft. The millionaire sank
into a chair and laughed aloud when
the man had gone.
" 'I'll show theso rascals up for
putting up that job on me,' he
chuckled. 'They'll hav9 to own up
that I beat them at their own game.
Probably they'll be up hero in half
an hour or so, with the man they
sent hero to put up tho job on me,
and I guess they won't feel cheap
when they are obliged to confess, as
this man hands me my ten thousand,
that I stuck to my word and didn't
stop payment on the check.'
"But his friends didn't turn up,
nor did they appear to respond to the
millionaire's chuckles when ho met
them at dinner that evening. Then
ho up and told them ail about it.
They gasped with amazement. They
told him, with all solemnity and
truth, that no job had been put up
on him. He had simply been victim
ized to the tune or $10,000, that's all.
"Which is exactly what happened,
and the way it happened wa? this:
"Seated closo to tho millionaire's
table at luncheon that day, and over
hearing their talk about the inviola
bility of their word of honor, was
Alonzo J. Wakeman, the celebrated
forger and all-around con man, who
wasn't known in his true light at tho
hotel at that time. This Wakeman
had been Mayor of Dulutlx and had
come close to getting into Congress
from Minnesota at one time, too, but
he fell into bad ways and took to
forging. Wakeman heard talk be
tween the millionaires and he deter
mined to profit by it, that's all. Ho
knew that if ho stuck up tho million
aire right 011 top of that talk tho mil
lionaire would conclude that tho jcb
had been fixed up 011 him by his
friends, and he won out by acting im
mediately on that presumption.
"Wakeman cashed tho $10,000
check and went to Europe. Ho was
put away for a long term threo years
ago, after being convicted in Buffalo
of a long seriesof forgeries." ? Wash
ington Star.
TO FIND A GAS LEAK.
There is u Way to Prevent Explosion
and Eire,
The folly of hunting for a leak in
a gas-pipe with a lightod match is
not so much because of the danger
of an explosion as of other damage,
as io :hov.n by tho e ::?c;i.':ico oi a
West Philadelphia houaeliolder last
Week. One or two small leaks were
detected by going over all the pipes
and holding a lighted match to them.
The smell of gas ceased, but was re
placed a few hours later by tho smell
of burning wood. Another visit to
tho cellar showed a charred lloor
joist a little dlstanco above a gas
pipe. There was no apparent cause
for this until a very closo examina
tion discovered that a tiny jet of gas
was issuing from tho pipe beneath
the beam. It was lighted, but was
so small as to bo blue in color and
nearly invisible. It had been lighted
by tho match used In the first Inves
tigation. but had not been noticed.
? it that leak had happened to bo in
the lend join! Instead of an iron con
nection," said a gas man, "thero
would probably have been work for
tho fire department. Tho smallest
possible jet of lifted gas issuing
through lead will in time heat and
melt tho lead and tnako tho leak
larger, until a big (lame is issuing.
This may make a fire hours later, in
tho doad of tho night or at a time
when no one Is In the house. The
only proper way to look for theso
very small leaks Is to paint the sus
pected pipe with a smooth soap
lather. Just as In tho case of a bi
cycle tire, the tiniest, leak will blow
a bubblo In the lather, and there
you are." ? Philadelphia llecord.
FOR.. THE- t5
s?S?a
ocu ruur w?w?,
Tho figures of really representa
tive herds must mean something to
the thoughtful farmer. The herd of
low production and the Individual
cows that do not return the owner a
net profit of |12 or $15 per year
scarcely Justify this Investment of
money, time and labor In keeping
them. A study of these herds shows
that the economical thing to do is to
sell the poor cows to the butcher as
fast as they can be replaced with bet
ter producers. The latter can be ac
complished elthen by more judicious
buying or by raising the heifer calves
of high-producing mothers mated to
a pure-bred sire having a line of such
mothers in his ancestry.
This is not so difficult to do when
once the dairyman sets his standard
of a cow, determines definitely what
kind of a cow he will buy or produce,
and goes after that cow instead of
taking something else that may be
cheaper or easier to get. The great
est practical difficulty is in discover
ing what cows are poor and how poor
they are. This Is quite easily done ?
in just one way ? by weighing and
testing the milk of cach cow often
enough throughout the milliing
period to get a fair estimate of her
worth. Scales and a Dabcock tost
cost but a few dollars and their use
may easily lead to an improvement
of tho herd that will add hundreds
to the profit annually. Should not
every dairyman ask (and answer) the
question, "On which side of the profit
line ? and how far from it ? is my
herd and every individual in it?" ?
Indianapolis News.
llome-Mnde Cow Stanchion.
F. G. Semple, a Canadian farmer,
furnishes Farm and Fireside with his
plan of making cow stanchions. He
says he has used both chains and the
old stationary stanchion, but has
como to consider his plan superior to
either of them. The figure at the
right in the illustration shows tho
stanchion closed. The one at the
left represents the stanchion as it ap
pears when open.
rian of Making Cow Stanchion.
Tho two sides are made of hard
wood four feet long, one and a quar
ter Inches thick and two and a half
inches wide. The end pieces are of
hardwood, and are one foot long and
three and a quarter inches square.
They are mortised to receive the side
pieces, as shown in the sketch at bot
tom of illustration. The sides are
fixed to the ends with bolts, which
being loose enough so it is movable.
When the side falls, as shown on
the figure on the right hand side, tho
clevis raises and when the side comes
back into position again the clevis
falls as shown in the lefthand figure
and holds it securely. Mr. Semplo
says this stanchion, including mate
rial. labor, etc., should cost from sixty
to soventy-flve cents each.
Think in?; of nil Orchard?
Numerous apple orchards are
planted from which no adequate re
turns are mndo for the amount of
work performed. Oftentimes the
trees. are purchased from some peri
patetic and irresponsible tree peddler.
The trees are planted according to
the best methods, but a failure to
protect them against rabbits or other
vermin causes the destruction of
probably a fourth of tho number the
first winter after they are planted.
Tho following summer the land
may be planted In some crop requir
ing clean cultivation, as potatoes, to
bacco,* cabbago or tomatoes, and in
the plowing of theso crops it often
happens that more pains are takon
to protect a cabbage or tobacco plant
than a fruit tree.
The result is that many nre skinned
by the singletree or trace chains and
irretrievably damaged. It such a
treo should survive. It. will never
prove healthy or prolific In the yield
of apples.
After the trees are large enough to
bo In full bearing, no efforts are
mado to protect them by spraying
agnlnst the numerous Insect enemies.
The bark of the tree cracks, and these
cracks soon encircle the treo and tho
treo dies. An orchard, lo bo profita
ble. requires the greatest of care.
Tho land must bo fertilized from
tlmo to time. Weeds, brushes and
Iniars must bj kept down. The trees
must be watched carefully, and any
appearance of disease must be ar
rested by proper remedies. Unless
the orchard receives careful atten
tion, it will prove a waste of time and
a cumberer of. the land. ? Richmouu
Times-Dispatch.
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The Yankee Milk Pail.
While cities are demanding a bev
ter quality of milk and health officer*
are doing their best to make the
farmer sit up and tako notice, my
method of obtaining the simon pure
article may be of interest. Dust proof
ceilings and walls, whitewashed in
teriors, clipped cows, white duck
suits, etc., are all well enough, but
farmers are few who will pay any at
tention to such rules.
The combination of the Hoard Btall
(plans for which appeared in the
Tribune Farmer not long ago) and
the covered milk pall produce the de
sired result for me. The first essen
tial is a clean cow. The Hoard stall
will take care of the cow ? sho
couldn't get dirty if she would. Our
Tho Yankee Milk Pall.
cows come out of the barn in the
spring as clcan as they aro when on
pasture. Make no mistake about the
stall; this stall is the ideal method
for tyiug up cows.
Next in importance is the covered
pail. Mine is made after my own
ideas, and looks something like an
ordinary milk pail turned upside
down ? small end up. The top is
seven inches in diameter. A shallow
pan two inches deep fits tight in the
top and is fastened there. A few
holes one-sixtoonth of an inch in
diameter in the bottom of the pan
near the cent re let the milk run
through into the pail. The spout of
the pall has a tight fitting cover.
Ono or two thicknesses of strainer
cloth arc slipped under the pan before
it is fastened in place, and the re
sult is a dust and dirt p'-oof pail.
There is no patent on this pail.
To work this combination I pro
ceed about as follows: I take my
pail and stool and sit down by the
cow, tie her tail, milk out the fore
milk, wipe her sides and udder with a
cloth, and proceed to milk into the
shallow pan. The milk strikes the
bottom of t iie pan, runs through the
holes in the pan, through the strainer
cloth and Into the pail, where it is
practically sealed from outside condi
tions. It comes in contact with the
nir of the barn only while It is pass
ing from the teat to the pan ? a dis
tance eff perhaps six inches. I have
received many helps from the Tribune
Farmer, and hope this will point the
way for cleaner milk for others. ? L.
U. Hall, in I ho New York Tribuno
Farmer.
Farm Notes.
Whatever may be said for or
against the practice of dehorning,
breeding the horns off is the butter
way.
The farmer should take active In
terest in tin- condition of the roads
of his town. Their excellence in
creases the value of tho farm.
The entomologists of the Depart
ment of Agriculture have found that
tho common red ant and tho larvae of
a wasp fly aro the best parasites for
the boll weevil.
Probably not half the farmers glvo
limo In any form to their fowls.
Thoso who do not can hardly expect
the fowls to be particularly generous
to them In tho supply of eggs, or In
thickness of shell on thoso they do
furnish.
Wherever sheep feed new sweet
grasses flourish and weeds aro de
stroyed. For this reason fanners
should raise more of thorn, If for no
other. Hut thero are several other
and equally good reasons why every
farm should havo its flock of these
useful animals.
When feeding meat to hens do not
use tho fatty parts. Tho object In
feeding meat to hens Is to supply
them with nitrogen and albumon and
not fat, as the grain contains all tho
fat and starch they require and In a
cheap form. If tho fat is fed It. docs
not assist in any way to provide ma
terial for eggs, but rather retard*
than assists laying.
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THE CRICKET S PA11TY.
Th? crickct had a party
At half-pant four;
lie invited his cousin Spider
And a hundred uud lifty more.
. Thev had a dance that evening,
Tne hornet played the flute.
And he really looked quit? handsome
In hia brand-new uuit.
They ended with a aupper.
And had a pumpkin pie;
The flea he ate no much
That he thought that he would die.
?William McD. Sweets, Age eleven
Year*, Shelbyville, Ky., in the .Wom
an's Hop'e Companion.
A TRUE MOUSE STORY.
"Molly, mamma wants you in the
parlor. Hurry."
"Oh, dear! I was just finishing
Agatha's apron." Molly held it up
with pride as she spoke, but big sis
ters are unappreclative.
"Well, put it away. I am to brush
your hair and put on you a clean
apron. Mrs. Warren wants to see
you."
"Very well, when I thread/my nee
dle and stick it in." Molly unwill
ingly folded up her doll's spring sew
ing, which lay scattered all about.
But she was an obedient little girl;
and when Sister Hess had finished
making her toilet, she went at oncc
downstairs.
Just as she shook hands with Mrs.
NVarren something dreadful hap
pened. She distinctly felt something
move in her pocket! It gave a little
jump, and then was quiet. Then it
Jumped around, until Molly was near
ly frantic. She was sure a mouse
had gotten in her pocket, and at the
thought she uttered a scream that
brought mamma to her side.
"What is the matter, what is the
matter?" cried mamma.
"It's a mouse! it's a mouse! I
feel it in my pocket! O-o-o!" Demure
little Molly actually screamed with
fright.
Mamma grasped the poclcet and
held it.
"Now, darling, it will not trouble
you any more," she bald. A funny
look came into her face, and she be
gan to laugh. Then sue put her hand
in the pocket, and drew forth ? a
spool of thread!
"Here is your mouse," she said.
Molly suddenly checked her tears
and began to laugh too.
"Why, it has been unwinding ever
since I left the nursery," she ex
claimed, catching sight of the thread
trailing along tho lloor.' "I wonder
where the beginning Is!"
"Run and see, and wind it up care
fully aB you go," said mamma.
With tears still wet upon her April
face, Molly retraced her steps, wind
ing all the time. And wherj do you
think she found tlio end of her
thread? Why, in the very needle
she had stuck in Agatha's apron, and
laid away in her little work basket.
? Holiday Magazine.
THE DOY IN DEMAND.
One of the finest qualities In a
work Irian Is a disposition to do tilings
that need to be done without being
told. Young men working their way
through college are invaluuble if they
have this quality. A tool is left out
<?11 the lawn; there is a rail off the
1 fence: there is a window pane gone
somewhere. The boy who tends to
these things because they need at
tending to without specific directions
is ihe boy who, other tilings being
equa. Is going to be in demand when
he get^ out into the great world. It
is the attention to little things and
the habit of observation, which sees
what needs to be done and then does
It which makes exceedingly useful
men and women. There will always
bo a call to come up higher, it is
In one sense a small thing to do these
little things without orders, but it is
the doing of them that makes great
captains, great engineers, great ar
tists, great architects, great workers
in any department, and it is the ab
sence of this quality tliat makes com
monplaco men and women, who will
alwaj s have to live under the domin
ion of petty orders, men and women
who do nothing unless they aiv told
to do it. it is tiiis quality whi "Ii
makes volunteers in church work,
and tho invaluable men and women
who do not have to be stood over.
They are the Joy of the pastor's
heart; they are the persons who do
not have to bo watched. ? Home Her
ald.
TWO WORDS AND THEIR RESULT
Several winters ago a woman was
coming out from some public build
ing when the heavy door swung
back and made egress somewhat dif
ficult. A little urchin sprang to the
rescue, and as he held open the door
she said, "Thank you," and passed
on.
"Cracky! d'yo that?" said the
boy to a companion standing near
by him.
"No; what?"
"Why, that lady sal 'J, 'Thank ye'
to the likes o' me."
Amused at the conversation which
she could not help overhearing, tho
lady turned around and said to the
b( y :
"It always pays to bo polite, my
boy; remember that."
Years passed away, and last De
cember, when doing her Christmas
shopping, this same lady received an
exceptional courteyy from a clerk in
lloston, which caused her to remark
to a friend who was with her;
"What a great comfort to be civil
ly treated once In a while ? though I
don't know that I blame the ators
clerks for being rude during the
holiday trade."
The young man's quick ear caught
the words, and he said:
"Pardon me, madam, but you
gave me my first lesson in politeness
a few years ago."
The lady looked at him in amaze
ment, while he related the little for
gotten incident, and told her that
| simple "Thank you" awakened his
first ambition to be something in
the world. He went the next morn
ing and applied for a situation as
office boy in the establishment where
he was now an honored and trusted
clerk.
Only two words, dropped into the
treasury of a street conversation, but
they yielded returns of a certain
kind more satisfactory than invest
ments in stocks and bonds. ? Homo
I llerald.
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BENITO.
There was once a donkey that had
traveled over the streets of an old
Spanish town for many years, carry
ing panniers, or baskets, on each
side of his saddle, which were load
ed with jars of sweet olive oil. He
side Benito walked his master, who
cried his wares along the street,
stopped at the street doers of those
who always bought the oil, when he
pulled the hell. In Spain many of
the houses stand behind high, thick
walls, and have beautiful gardens
around them, and one can only en
ter by pulling the bell ropy beside
the door in the wall.
Benito's master had gathered his
olives one year, and worked so hard
putting them through the press and
storing (ho oil in his cellar, that ho
grew weak and sick. llis old wife
could not go with Benito, for she was
not strong, and she had to care for
her sick husband.
"Benito will sell the oil," said the
old man. "He always rang the bell,
and he will go to all the houses
where I sell tho oil."
And so it was. A little brass box
with a narrow opening in tho top
was fastened on Benito's saddle, and
every day he faithfully made his
rounds, pulling the hell at each house
and waiting until his patron had
measured the oil and put a coin in
the box.
No one stole from Benito, or tried
to cheat him. His master trusted
them as he trusted Benito, and how
could they prove less worthy of trust
than a donkey? ? Home Herald.
CURIOUS A NTS.
The ants in Lapland are three
times as large as our common ant.
Their nests are hillocks or lire sprigs
and rubbish, often four feet high, tho
inside a mass of eggs and ants. Well
beaten loads diverge from thpm in
every direction, like the lines of a.
railway. These ants cross the little
streams and brooks by means of nat
ural bridges.
One day a naturalist was jumping
over a brook and brushed with hia
head and shoulders two willow
branches which met over the water.
In an instant he was covered with
ants, which were making their way
across the bridge which he had dis
turbed. There is a species of largo
ant, which has mandibles that can
bile through almost anything. One
of the peculiarities of this ant is that
when it catches hold oi' anything
with these jaws it cannot ho n.ade to
let go. Even if I he rest of the hotly
is pulled off, the jaws will keep their
hold.
Ants knew their friends after they
have been separated from the in for a
long lime. An Eugli dunnn took half
the ants from a nest, and after six
weeks marked one and put it into its
old home with a stranger. The nntsi
in the nest Hew at the stranger, but
took no notice ?f their old friend.
He did the sriine thing once a week
for a month, and every time the
stranger was killed or driven out. ? *
Cloud Literature.
V.'IIY 1!H SUCfHK!>rc:\
A 1 ..y, fo-vl.*," -i years '?f age, en
gaged as a dry goods clerk, was told
by lis proprietor to stretch tho
cloth, and hecau. " he woul I not tie
dishonest, he was discharged. Mo
afterwards became Adam ('lark, tho
great commentator. He planted tho
seed i:i this one act. of loyalty that
was to become a tremendous forco
for righteousness in his subsequent
life.
A hoy who had been apprenticed
to a jeweler In New York was asked
by a wealthy customer of the firm for
an eighteen caret ring. In looking
over the stick he discovered that
there was no ring in the establish
ment which contained more than six
teen carets of gold. When the lady;
had left the store, the proprietor,
who had overheard the conversation,
reproached the boy for not having
made tlie sal". "She would have been
satisfied," he said, "with a sixteen
caret ring, and she would never have
known the difference."
"But I knew the difference." sal t
the brave fellow, "and I would
tell a lie to make a sale."
This Is the kind of stuff that make>
men, If It doesn't make sales nen.
Such boyr. are building 1if? carefully,
and the value ( f such scrupulousness'
?In the long inn ? is Inestimable.--*
Home Herald.
An average man needs 1C90 ponrfm
weight of food yearly. - ?*