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SERVANT PROBLEM. ION?.: XII (ilm,s TO HM DSHD TO SOLVI? i r. The Stale Immigr?t lon Bureau lOn tering I pon un Fxpei huent of Ural Iu(oies) lo Uio Stdio. A lotter from Columbio lo Tho Nowa an.) Courier sot. m ibo ex periment wind) Commissioner Wat son lias started ot substitu? Im; u high typo ol baigi ls.i-.",poa king hou.se liolcl servant i.irl lor Hi" negro s?r valo girl be is convinced boin from employers and tho girls themselves timi he bas dually laid tho founda tion for a suecessfu!, practical solu tion of the vexed negro servant pro blem m ibis State, and if tlie experi ment proves a success here it will be "a go" throughout the Sont li. After repeated failures during four years' lu.rd work the commission is nov: sa tisfied that success is al hand. The first experiments ulong this line were with foreign-speaking peo ple, and in every case this proved a failure. These are the kind ol' lore ign servants thal are bein}; placed to a largo extent tn tho North. Com missioner Watson then concluded that this section would have lo have a higher typo than ls used In the North in order to supplant the negro, who is daily growing more useless exacting and thal tho new servants must speak lOnglish. Ile was further persuaded that, the newcomers lu or der to be satisfied tnomselves and render satisfactory service would have to be in touch tv I th Ibo other mem bers ol' their families, so as lo give the hume tench and alleviate the so cial alienation which had made other experiments with lOngllsh-speaklng girls l'a i lures. Vocordingly persis tent, energetic work was carried on in thc desirable tarin section of Bn gland with literature, lectures and personally conducted lours with big vam-. The thirty-three lOnglish people brought here less than a month ago and localed In and around Columbia, lOdgcdold, Abbeville, Greenville and elsewhere in the State, have ail writ ten letters to thc depart ment express ing satisfaction, and Ovory girl sci located has written letters through the department to friends and rela tives abroad; Urging them to come OU to South Carolina and live. Whllo flagging his train at Ander son Monday morning Mr. Ooo. Rood Keilli fell in front of the Ollglno. Ihe trucks passed over his legs, complete ly Hovering both of them below Ibe knees. lb was quickly picked un and hurried to the Anderson hospital. At 10,30 o'clock he had sn dicion 11 v recovered from th" severe slun k ac companying the accident to undergo a surgical operation, Roth of hi legs were amputated above the knees, lie was, however, unable to recover from the wounds, alni he died at IL1, if) o'clock .Monday afternoon. ITU VI) IX RIV KU, The Dody nf a .Man Thought to Re .Murdered. At Jacksonville, Fla , the body ol' aa unknown white man, supposed to bo a mate of some schooner in port, was found dealing in the river Tues day and upon Investigation it was round that thc man had Leen shot in the head. The authorities believe the man was murdered and his body thrown into the river to hide the (.rime. A thorough Investigation being made. Kolbing was found on the body to b ad to an ?dentIdeation, C/'KOIUNO INSTANTLY KILLED Noted Italian Auto Driver Meets Death on Race Track. AI BallimorelOmanuel Cedrino, the ? otoo naiian automobile driver, was instantly killed on Pimlico ra CO track Friday afternoon. Spectators saw his car skid and tutu over, three or its wheels hoing smashed. Ce drino and his brothel*, who in his mechanic, and was with him in tho' ear. were thrown out violently against a fence, and while the brothel was little hurt, Cedrino had apparently died Instantly of a broken neck. * A llomo-Made Refrigerator. Take two largo boxes, the second Bomowhnt smaller on all sides, and bore two one inch holes in each cor respondingly, to give drainage and ventilation. Fill up the bottom of the larger box with powdered char coal (or SaWdilsli if charcoal cannot he procured i until the smaller box will stand on a lovel w.. . the lop of the larger bo::. Prit the inner box in place, and fill np all the space around the shies with Ibo charcoal. Fasten lids on holli boxes lo iii tightly. On each side of tho inner box, by means of cleat;;, pul several shelves, leav ing a space in tho COU tor for the ice. A rack made of lathing may be laid at the bottom, for the ice to rest upon. LOKS may be added, also, and the drainage and ventilation in this way be Improved. This e a rough refrigerator, bul it will save your ice. When a man ls forced to eat crow he is apt to consider a bird in the NAPOLEON'S OLD COAT. Garment for Whloh Ho lind n Sort of Superstitious Reverence; At tho 13 Vendeudare Napoleon .vas in HIM h n state of poverty that .is < Pithes woro nil torn ami he did . ' ? vn a s wo wi, He h nd to borrow " mid tito day following als suc osa ho had to got a quantity of cloth from the State to have a suitable tint on, made. Kropi this moment, iwever he paid groat attention to its toilet, und look ti certain pride in ?eh. docoi H led chu hes. ' t M imig i ho won; a uniform rov. '..ott wilh gold embroidery- -a uni .rm to which he attached a queer ort of superstitious re\erenee. When o wont to Milan, for instance, tri ne row uni King Of it. 'v. ho nHondCiJ ;i ?view on the Held of buttle In the I fashioned and much tarnished 0 b lie hal worn on tho memorable ' Hn ol' Jun ?, i soo. He never parted with his old coat < tie ?? ought lt wit h him le St. lb lo ?i'id-when ho whs den l, his co in amena (tm it over him. When Na poleon became Conseil he look grout ?are of hts lullet, hut he affected sim. pticMy all tho more, as he wished hi (?ener?is and salle lo he gorgeous 111 gold uniforms mid plumed h.d mo's. It was then he look to wearing the gray redlgote mid the liai which ns well ar. the uniform has be? ii le .toed to the KmpresslOiigenle At hst .h ' : I was low crowned with fl Wido . order, but littt< by lillie it gol Inga .t and higher until it became the hat .very one knows. The hal was ot lo. . . hairy felt what haltet < cht' "castor francaise," and it had a >.. io of clayish green silk. Nabob m .vdro his hats l'or a loni* Hine and -on: 'hom to be repaired again and nga in. 1 e..* Mother ('m ied Itel..re Mis Hirth Tim on>> hundred lind HIM mill .ersary of the b'i'ili <d General Rob ert IA Lee, recall-; the little known ?''iel ..hal he was horn more than a yin. ai'ier his mother had heep bur led, furnishing lo tho world nm ol (he most astonishing eases nf reviv iscence on record. O?iior?l laos, mot her AMS by no means an entirely healthy wohinn She suffered from oato-lpsy and dur ', WK a prolonged (rance, she was pro non' cod dead. The ho i . was pre i oar. M for interment and Ibo toot aim' of (ho third day after li : supposed ilentl (he tema,ns wore laid to rest 'ii the family vault In tile graveyard ; of Strut ford, Va. j While the sexton was cleaning up I an.i arranging some fresh Howers to i lu. iiliioivl ntl the casket ho hoavd n 1 era *6 from within, tho casket he' at I onco opened it, discovering that Mrs. j Lee was alive. Within a short '.tine ! - lt wa. sale lu hod at her own homo i Mrs. Lee's recovery was slow, hut she did regain good health and a llt I Ho more than n year after she was ; huried alive her youngest son, Robert ! IS., was horn, and thus -ante into the I world ono ot her bravest men and j s ron les! generals. Shoi-ia ;e ol' Worses. Deniers and breeders who aro pro dieting H shortage Of horses almost amounting to a famine in the next ?ow yea;.- wilt find much to confirm their opinion ul 'he records of the ;rad<! at thc Uni ill Stock Yards. Chi cago In I :><>7 theta was a falling off pf 24,22-1 head Iii tho arrivals of tho .ear. and all classes of horses fiver riged higher than in I'.lOtt. notbwith itanding (he Hhnnetnl disturbances and the Tact thal users ol' horses all over Hie -omit ry were ocouoiui/.ing ?n i heir purchases, There seems t.0 he im doubl In tho minds of market experts (hal I he -dfinkage In arrivals during the year was due lo the fact that Hie ive ' ?r nf marketable, or. rather, serviceable horses lind beelined. Farmers und h-ceders seem tb hav,- discovered 'on fully tho expected results of the lis.i of the automobile .and IO have ore.I tower herses nf late years. Certain ly il they had hoon In he country the I .<?!. prices of (he year must hmo drought tiiem ont ! Records of (he Union Slock Ynrdsi show thal '.'.(IOU.00(1 horses have ai I'-ved there In the last twenty ?'oars Tills is an average of 100.000 hnrsosi a year. The banner year was I Oi'.'i, iv lien 127,250 head ai rived The largos! receipts for one moni h were i v t.) x In Muren i am., and for one dav. :>., 177 head, on March 6, I f?0r?. The total value of thc horses arriving hi 1907 was ? t ('?.707.0(1(1. and thor i was nu nd vince oi from $20 to $:m ii head In tho pt lees for all classes fi t compared with tho ligares for i'm.', fancy dranghtors nr.d matched cor ringo pairs, making tho greatest gains. ()IH> consignment of twenty one head, all big Percherons, malo III record a\era ;o pf $122.1 fi euell at anet ion. Hope Machines, ri. L. SIlllW ol Clen Rook, Yoi lt Counts, Pa., has some rope machines ?vor one hundred >ears old. Ho got them (ililli! recently from Joel an.I IOU Cranmer. Iflll said ho usod to help hts fattier, .lohn Cranmer, to twist bedcords and washilnes with those quaint old wooden machines. Negro Cots a Medal, john H. inn of Atlanta ls the Hist negro In tho country to receive a Car negie hOl'O medal. A check of $,r.()0 was sent as a reward for risking hts Ufo In aavlng several people In dnn kor from a runaway team in Atlanta." AIRSHIPS IN WWKl'AItE VV? J;;li- lb-others .Tell How Thej Constructed Their Aeroplane. For tho 'ist lime ?Inco they Dru H tl rao led intent.ott ito: Wrights -Oj ?nie "nd Wilbur have Jual I'drl .).;.. or tlx- soc roth ol tltulr mach?n md how they perfeclod lt. They lu .an their experiments nfte i,1 l'eu that's death in i SOO Tho Opinion ns t<i what was needed wi ui air-ship fhn I would not capsie wi.' n ?lie wind v as blowing. ? he chief lion ble is the (ur nu ,f .'). air. Th? '""luton Intpre?ud? ls Mia! ihe ntinoaphere runs in or punitively regular currents which > cull winds, 'i'll" air along the sn f.\o< ol' the ell rt li. as a nint'er of fa ts contine ni ly churning lt is thro*, m \ anl from every Irregularity. Il : a breakers on a coast line; co lli': and tree alu. building sends a wave "f slanting current. Ano il moves not directly lei i forth upon Its coast line, 111**"* tl ion. i?ui in whirling rotary mes .' .n e oi these rise up humlretls ; lids in a fairly strong wind t ult ?ear the earth is more distnrl h.u the whirlpool of Niagara. They tell how they adopted >\o-niano machine, how they (?ave ile eiil. used a rudder lu front, 'li idea hoing te gi 1 a machine t i ?ubi he bu bi need and steered by " !.\ 'lotion, as bicycle ls. in . irkuhlo experiments they loi .nain hirds, like the h lt/./.a rd, .e merely animated aeroplanes. The hu/./.aids and hau hs lind the ? rents blow im-, upw ard off thu ?, I Ihe gulls that follow the st CU Ul i ... ri'oin New York to Florida arc merely sliding down lull a thousand '. s on rising currents in Ute waka i? ?.bo stearne'' in the atmosphere! . on ihe hot air arising from her iii ?'dil lucks." .V?Hng o" this knowledge, they gradually1 developed a sliding mn fl? rn- until December, lil ti 3 i when they saile 1 ,\ltl a machine equipped -.i'h an origine, Then' they tuend . he preat problem lo bo equilibrium o. tut nuif. corners. dy t!ie most careful experimenta I ll ? * > found the way io control the *U>, 'lune around corners. Tho machine was now under prac tical control. Six Mights averaged >r I "- miles each; we obtained a . '?hi or twenty four miles in thirty el ht ninnies that ls. at the rato i! i bl ri j eight miles an hour. "Wo know thu' WO have at hist seen re,i n practical working aero I Imo." I be Double hbigle. - i-.;iis on both sifb-s. As the coins arr io-day the relier is Inconsiderably rc. Im ei Hein what it was in the orig inal design, li' ile- Oovornineiit do ti cont ii m- the coinage ol' t lie new piece the relief will be farther re,i need ' ?"he now ?-old piece lacks ar tistic finish, said Mr. Henry Chap man. the eoin expert. Oil the obvetv.il rile I ito aile;,ip at foreshortening nf iii?? hut b-; ot the figure I? largely >.? ponslble ter this tiefet. Foresluirt Cl li] i.~ one ot' ibo most clifden H Illings to do in this kind ol' work, and when u ls dom- Incorrectly, it Mn kc* a -?it t ful showing. "On tito whoio, ibo coln is lilghli I tn pr:.ct icable. l-'u ri her more, lt hat th" appearance of gold pial?. Th'li innL. tho lush relier of thc designs, will make it easy to count* rici? "Tho attempting to reproduce ;i tins niel uro of the Capitol building on il space as hi;; as a pin head, ll OW ll to tho left of tho ii g ti re on Ihe oli ver- side of the coin, is. I think. be littling tho structure, lt gives mi adequate idea of the si/o ami grand eur oi the building. it does not look like ? coln timi lt is not goo,I metal work. Il hick;' dignity, and, >n ibo whole, ls highly t ni pritct Icii Ide. That creature on the reverse shh) of tin- coin ls a bird, hut i'm at so- to decida what kind * ?nhl Whit mer Stehe, curator of hirds a! the Academy of Natural Science. "If I were to lid nal Iii,M nt I might concede that I I'S a Pin! I prey, which inigl't show it al leas' to ho a distant relative of l lu -,, ?c. Hui a ti ear lo. never ' " Ph Ila.b i di la Press. I nilpie I ns! il ul iou. I " eM is perhaps no institution ir? th . ' nt fed Stales which enjoys K il eli a u? -.io reputation for debn(inri weil as tho University of Noir? Dfth-i I n (liana. Seventeen ti UM i No haine has debated with Stuhl Uli: V" rsi ties and the other gl'Wlt schools ol the country, and liovol1 ome hah victoir failed lo porch on ber banners, This curious recor.t i.as camel cons idol ?ble specula illili arnon:- professors ol' dcbiUiltg in Oili er ii..-1 ll ul ions bul the piohablo fx planntion iq that advanced by Prent dehi .lames or tho i diversity of m. Till? is what he calif! (bf) "Wild Irish oratory of Noir? firnn?. co"pled with a stu Ilhorn wnuw In IjOglC" thal fives these artouii-hluK results Kully eighty per cont of th J Students of Noire Danu' holen?.- kt th (eltu race, and q ole kn?? and Imagination aro theirs by rVrhi of InheritaitCO. Notre Dame Im? dti CllSSed holli sides of the subjwot 111 the same year with important eol iGgOS and won on holli sides. A b-'tei addressed to "The tann who wears the tallest imf In Bristol" tum been correctly delivered in that ICnglluh city. .< ?ii '?: ?s 1 :assw ??J of SH< eron hogan ?it :tn afternoon party. , ns usual, peo ph wow fr? if* >r t : ?ss herod, and were getting . a nut lier's nervo?, rooms wore loo warm, to bo llb amt everyone would eon c in i bo oo lor by I bo leos, so io mu nie-roo tn was almost do and i he arti:.ts were distinct toyed at tin.titi,*' theiuselves ug to a row stranglers, i un so sor rv for Lady Dunstnn," In ry Rorosfi rt! tn tho mun who ist been i"' ? nd need to her. "I raid we are not Iren I lng her Don't you till li If we lind bel aud liston ' i song? would i at her nol " ho answer lott i am at your command uni v.MI io ute a fu\ of after i . looked surprised, 'rtnihiy it it is In my power," iso n i ed el vi ly "What is ll ?.' . was looking very eomely and ti a i eon and iv Idle tl ress ol .OHIO diaphanous fabric; mid there was nu atmosphere of pleasant to poso about Mi.->s lloresford thal poo ph* npproolaied without analyzing it. li had never occurred to her to marry anyone. She was well liff. Mic had ip) near relations, and sin? nK3k??9 5C5-"->,im- rcaclit'd ?rlV-y$A " [tho ago of V m?J&m M h h ii t k i lt rei '?^jtfio ?o' /... .,. !..,. ".: ...... #!Sr7 I "'ll .x.? ?vi y M _ SI ll - "s mm & fM>f/Sj^ W il th thu charm which w a hers at tweu. ty-six. "t am Dui \ Iel 1m. o i . i a . n e r. I s u p pose I should say say t he her.,, of ?t rom unco." 0011 I h e md i Vi "And so you are tinned .omanile**" asked Mary, nan nave iii; intense yearning to teil i-.OIIIOOlie a I.<.ni lt. Will you |(.i mo I'Oalldn m ynii'i" "You, must ..-t tue know your nanto, she stud. ll you are going lo top nie ?io- ?dow nf <..?.... or,. i . .......... ,.... used >;ia nen swept eyer Die crowd around them, and rovteo on a girl with straight, t?!i'0.r-oul profile; and dark hair, lo . ii-m dm Iruhsl?ntly renienibered Mr. ll?.m.' iiad behn lui king winn their hos I ess divided them. "I i.on are trying to guess \\ h<> 's li,.- d.-a ex mitchina," he said, "but '- ? ou I" begin from the beginning. Won't yoi! let mo on the song. Miss beresford, ami colin-) to the balcony ..v.- . i h?re?" ti i.- '.erv unprincipled," said Mn ry, wavering. "Dad*, Dunstan :isked us I . gp io the drawing room.'" Principles can he carried too 'ai'. ho argued. "I.et us he sellisli . ur once and choose the balcony " And -,. you are romantic'.' . itid; ?il Wary, when thoj were eiiseoneed . n a st.ady corner, Not at all hy tempera mold." h. assit too her: ''bul I nave become so lately, I saw a lady al a concerti ?t?d loll so Miliarien hy her that I ..aol ti., attention to tho mush Since 'In II ( 'nain e lias ?Villi il Ililli W e . hon!.i oftoii tie wit lin speaking dis tance of euell ol ? i in Du.' street. in a room, ai au entertainment and die altraeiion has grown with every un ting: so thal when I have re el ved an Invitation lately. I have .an! io myself, 'I wonuer if she will '?e lhere'." Sile with a Capital let tot : 'And >(>u feel that your fate is jellied ? "Fdr heilet or foi worse yes,'" 'io aio "I ?tin sure She is tile one woman in tho world for me: lui she tuny no. have Die same feeling. In ucl. I know tor c?rlala that she has no leoline of any sort ahont me, and no consciousness ol flyer having met io ho fort*, "So my only .'ope is to see her irons! a tl I ly, and thal is not so easy as it sounds. For, w ith the except ion of on hostess, we lia ve no mutual friends (ral I am aware ol, itt whoso linn ? s wo might meet." "Oh, yes.' said Mary hastily; "1 know Miss Matthews (pille well. She ls norning io lunch with mo next week." "ls Site?' he asked eagerly "And Ton wil' asl? me, too.' Hut (hat ts too gi>#id of . Od,' "'Not at all. I shall lie very pleased Romance doser ves oncear Agonien t in those prosaic days, six is a charming girl ICthel Matthews I have known hut quito a long time "Good-bve<" she said. "I have an early oin ncr engagement and I Musi gb noW. Don't forget lune! nt I wo o'ebe !.'.." "You ha?, n't given nie your ad d ress.'" She took ont a card front a little Jewelled o O and gave lt to him. "2, M;?? air Mansions," he said. "Thanks, shan't forget, and 1 am ni:)st gra'ei ul." 'I'lio litt lo "?(iuf.ro'' luncheon par ty at Ma> air Mansions was t.oi ld? d ly H BUCCc.H. Slr Junie? Hart waa u rising diplomat- '.1000(1, ono might -tay'that ho WH? a rich one- -and h?i 'allied even better than usual, be ?a IBO he was anxious to please MUJS lerosford. 101 li ol Matthews who was nocus o:ucd to demand mid re?elvo admtr i 'ii th it coolness that i? c ha rac erlstto ot i lie latter-day young worn ti, accepted Mr. I tomes attempts to . .' gi . ea ; i graciously, a nd i ho? .re il lt 11 ? < ri' nilly hy i ho limo thal ?V arrived ai thc Grafton Galleries Maw : .eslord, watching th? rog.CSF oi t'...> unie romance with . thrill a! lier heart that was hall It'll, and yet hae a touch ol' odd cu!lies'i? it, ii decided to seo th? rIlilli! through, and later, she hi lled tmih Killel and Mr Home lo lin?? with her the Following week 0 I do ?i play* ll was Kuy nico anil civil ?if Mr Home, she thought, to manag?' n call u II r in between the two festivities, 'lld sin- received him willi gracious ordiallty. riley ilrlfti i into in Ik about them "ives, and h< learned many Inlor st tig thing* concerting him, so hs' they -lenii'd Uko old and inti ralo friends when they purled. lh" I beal re part.'.' promised weil ul Um commenceitieiit ; for ibo *ou rt lt nun was a steady-going, mid lle-ag? d M?Mlt ter of Parliament, a vldower, with pronounced views ? ml d i ry nionopollzed him lu order lo ;.ive th? romanee freedom lo de velop list If. Vet presently ll seethed as if something had gone wrong. lOthel dh tl hows was distinctly initialing Hie widower in Ibo early stages of ne a.! of flirtation; while huwrolic?' . phpicd im doubl bet ru y ed ?i de in? lo hi it e rriftlgo from her neglect vit h .Hary. ii" was surprised i?> bud thal sb?* was I n ! I of indignant sympathy for 1 ?nw ?ice for, after all. love dlsnp 'Ointments are very usual ?icc,.. .?'ti ?s. ami thal she was actually 1 liking a dlsllko to Rthol bee?use Ital fickle young person liad desert ed Mr Hom?' for the widower. lt h -li inning of you lo l:>U?> it 0 vs? h." sh?? murmured to haw euee yvhen ii" bogged ibo privilege elf driving home with hov; "but, of on, .?. you must not let it become 1 real quarrel. You must Insist ?ni toeing Miss Matthews lo Kat on Ti I' ll ce." 'Hui idie has already arra ?god ." m said; that ottr honorable atol .vi.rti" friend should ito her escort. h 'nhl not Uko te Intervono." \nd a moment later Miss Mat thews souled ihe point herself by h i ti |< of a ppr? pria to words where with to console this blighted lover; 'I'II sin? feu nd ll so dlflleult that Ceil til?' 'lad saul iea\or t o liligi t lng mt he ant 'Ills i .tl w I Iii ; 1 re.uhe.l the flat she hine,, ami could only <MI n . -, her s> ni pa thy bj a nd-clasp. mi come in for a mo id. "I have something i say to vim." a vi a gracious assent, xe bimi) looking forward to tiing more thu ii I can say," ?. began, "Will it bore you r to my romance?" She turne.I io him willi tears ?if ant' -oies, shining in her oycR. "Of course it will mit hore me." he nssuVO'l him. "I cannot expresa o you how sorry I feel, Il0\v Bi ll COT O y I iy in i ..i bb.?' willi you Put I ninl, thai Miss Matthews" taking ber about Misa Mat while the smile a n d t ll ?' twinkle i n his eye t rans, formed lils face, "lt ;s s n cb ah. o lute wast;' of tim?'. I would so ni tl ?? li rather talk nbotit you. Mary." She w a s so astonish ed foi a tno m ?. n f ' c o u ld sho not i nd her "He read something thal Speak, em ouragod him in In- ?Irow her ey?!s." n un p. near er to him hy the passive hand he held. "I cannot wait aiiv longer -aid. "I vet y nearly ?'oil Hun I loved von hist ?lay on hath 1 hat ila n's ha teeny, hut I did not to tm tear of helm; hatti) los.m. i ..> chance, lt has gi eWqillly rime then, ami | net!.. I was getting s? Ml. s Matthews that ' , m ; hov. ed it. Mar? hu told ot. Dun initure d and ?.?I an loll thc ?red with afraid I lovcil you fredi the ht: ,iui. u ?u t V "Ibo I l ite told t . ii ..t thal I saw away." . sered, "lt can't bo i he ?i mistake You you Hie truth," he said, . i ' d the other hand. "And ?Ith sour delightful lack of stn, decided that my Ideal must Matthews. Mary Mary i I ; oti , are a little lilt for nm?" he ?Pd not answer for ?he was still io tillich iima/.ed holli at him and at ?l'Self to be able to speak; but'In1 ad something that encouraged him n li? r eyes for .ie lifted her hands up to his shoulders, and bending ?aid softly: "if thoro ls a grata of hopo for me, Mary, give nu: one klBS." And Mary dbl. DIHTRIIJ i ?J OF THU TOYS. In Excitement Cave Them to the Wrong Hoy. <, Mrs. Stylen V?in Brocklln, whose time was divided aniong her twelve women's club* and away from hor children, took ?tu '"T-day, at Christ mas, to visit a toy-sltop In the Inter est of her six offsprings. Doudod ?town vith her gandy purchases she had roached htr front yard, where the children wore making a snow man, when an elegant equipage jin gled up lo ibo eurh and stopped. "Oh, Mrs. Van Brocklln 1" cried a Indy from the coach, "come with mo to the Social Problem meeting." Rxxclnlmlng that she had forgot ten all about this meeting, the moth er quickly approached the oldest ol the children about tho snow-man and pressed tho toy packages in his arm. Take these Inside and distribute them among your brothers an.; sla ters." she sahl: and the ncxl moment sim was whisked away In thc friend's coach. That night when she returned home she was struck hy thc ?orly and tear-Stailted faces of Ino oh 11 d ron. "Pul Hie fleurs right to bed " she ordered the nurse, taking in t'. . -it* uathm with tho quickness and accu racy of the average club woman "1 can sec they're tired out and si - ?py after so much excitement with their new toys." 'lt ain't that, ma'am." returned t ho nu i so ' ' Von ' "I didn't bring them inst what each wanted, perhaps? Well, lt's hard to p as.' so many" "lt ain't that, ciller, mum; but yon gave ?di tlc toys to the boy next door!'' v icm: i must nave giv en the fellah a fwight, for he tried to look nngwy, and - aw-weplied: 'Youan wight nor no ono either, lt jove! " The Wrong Prescription. A well known physician was tolling a friend of Ihe humorous phases of the practice ci medicino when he waa reminded of the sad caso of a patient wini came to him auffering from hay. f.ver. ""'ow, ii is - fact, said tho physi cian, that in hay fever thero is no absolutely Infallible treatment. Send ing one person to a certain climate may result in .a cure which would not malciali/e tn the case of anothor. As a rule I advise the ono afflicted to lake a sea trip. In this connection I once i ncountered a great surprise. A large, tine looking fellow canto to nut one das suffering from hay fever in Hs mos! aggravated form. I m ado the usual suggestion that he take a trip at voa. "H?? ?ave nie a look of disgust and prepared to depart. 'Doggone hil' he exclaimed, "fe dee capdld of ad OCOrtd liner. | lil, ad sea ! " Her Method of Distinction. "They look exactly alike, and you dies; them e\.ac?ly alike Mrs. Hlgh snogglo,'' sahl the caller. "How can rou tell thom apart?" "Thal isn't hard to do," answered the mother of tho twins. "If I slap Johnny and he swears a blue streak I knows it's Dick" -Chicago Trib une. \ Parting Shot. "You ar,- not going to send me home this wity, are you?" asked tho young mau. as lu. Hesitated at tho opetl door. "Well if you walli to wait, father may bc down and send you out through tho window," replied the gui. .is sht' prepared to shut the door. Yonkers Statesman. Sane Moments. "This hill for $1,200 ls altogethon too high*/' said tho client. "Uni didn't 1 provt! you wero crazy and get you acquitted,1 replied the) la wv r. "Yes, you did; hut you hnvon't proved thal I'm era/.y enough to pay) tills bill, yet!" One lOxceptlon. "Yes," said the Rev. Mr. Coodley. "1 oppose the contemplated prlz?i for otu- building fund. 1 can't con^ nive at any lorin of lottery.' "Dxcopt a marriage In the church," mtgge thc crusty bachelor,--Phil* adeii ??. ! itemed Mind. rW Dickson has bceaj ' ni quite a while abouti a owe him." i can't understand why ho about lt. 1 don't." St. I .mes.