The Nazareth Item

              Nazareth Item,
AN  DfDBPBNDENT  FAMILY   NEWSPAPEK,  DEVOTED   TO    LITERATURE,   LOCAL   AND   GENERAL   INTELLIGENCE.
vol, XXVI.
NAZARETH, PA., FRIDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 14, 1917
No  39,
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Promotions In Butinast.
In the Anicrlciiii ^flll;u7.irle Tbomat B. Wilson, the Chionp) packer, says:
"J often nsk u man wtty he Is doing a thinifa certiiiti wa.v. It he tells me thut he doe.s It tluit way because it has ttlwu.vs Im'imi floiu! just like that I am Inclined to be >'oiiicwhnt dubious about llin abilit.v. .Not Introiiuently the fact thai custom lia.s been hi force for thirty years Is siitliciciil proof that it is wtong. We slioulil bo constantly on the lookout for better ways of doing things. Any business not sliowing constant advance¬ ment usually deteriorates. IndlTidual positions lire no exceptions.
"One of tho great foes to a good or¬ ganization ts llie practice of promoting by seniority alone. John Smith Is moved hito a vacancy be<'ause he hns been in the departnient longer tliau some other fellow. This plan iiernilts uu Inferior man to block the way of a good man. There should bo no rules about promo¬ tion which 1 an In any wuy bumper the selection of the best man for u place. In fact, I do not like to have too many rules about unything. itules tend to make people follow custom without knowing why and without using mucli hiitiative."
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Origin of the Dahlia. By a curious irony tliu diihlla flower, popular nt the Iiower shows, is of very bumble orij-'in. It has been developed from u .M(>xlcaii tuber. Some centu¬ ry and a half airo this plant was in¬ troduced into Kurope by the Swedish botanist, l»r. Utihl. for the purely com¬ mercial puriKJse of supplanting or sup¬ plementing tbc! potato. Hut they did not prove popular, and the dahlia disli soon disappeared from the dinner la¬ bles of Euroiie, but the gardeners saw tho latent possibilities of the flower, from which they have evolved the dou¬ ble dahlia nnd other popular floral fan¬ cies. It would/thus appearHhat the dahlia had roir-sed the fnte of the red clover, wbitJr .^ras orlginuTIy Introduced as a gard* flower, but was found to be much mure desirable as a fine for¬ age. Tbe tubers of the dahlia, though bitter, are still eaten in some parts of France.
Na rai Captains. The saying nms that as soon us a lieutenant ia made a ccjimnaiider he be¬ gins to carry ft stick, and an soou .us a eoinmaiRlcr becomes a cuptahi he "turus religious." Tor Juslilicatloii of the lutter part of this as.serliuii there exists the uiKiuubtcd fact that nuval captuins are mostly serious minded men who nive some thought to the greater thinys of life. I'ossilily their hours of loneliness may conduce to this frame of niiud, tlioegli for the most part their leisure hours are given up to .study of uialters connected with their calling. One well known captuin there was who used to liold prayer meetings, which any nieniber of the ship's company could attend, "ite- memlier, there are no rates to be pick¬ ed np hen-," the captain would warn thom before the )iiectin'.;s stai'te<l. meanhig that any one wIki came there hoping to cuny favor and thus get pro- miitioii would be disapiioiiited. .-Vud in this tile captain w.is always as good as his Word.—l.oiiilon Jliiil.
The First Fly Fishers. Doubtless the reason wliy artificial flies v.ere oilgiiiiilly Imented was be¬ cause it wus iiii|io,-;siljle to use the smaller and iiioie delicate natural flics- as b.'iits on the hook. The lirst Ily fish¬ er cast bis eyes about liiru in searcli of something lhat would answer as Imi¬ tating the tlies uiioii which the trout were foedint,'. Feathers were naturally the lirst materials tliouglit of, aud the old red cock's harklo was the first o( all the artificial Insects, the old, old Adam of theiu all. Tlie bred hns been increasing several hundred years and numbers 2,CMX> or more at the presont day. Of salmon flies alone there ure several hundred pattenis. These be¬ long to the lure order mostly, a.s do many of the large flies used for bass and trout. The little old red hackle remains n good fly to this dny and Is put upon bodies of many colors, pea¬ cock harl being perhaps as well liked as anything. Ited ¦wool is favored by many.—Forest and Stream.
L«t In ths Sunlight. All household fiiniisiiiiigs sbould be exposed to direit sunlight for a num¬ her of hours every few days. Direct sunlight is the best, disinrectant known. It kills germs In a few hours. I'iffused sunliglit or (l,'iylit;ht uiay have as good efl'eit, but in a niiicii h.n^'cr time. Sliut- tliig tlie stinliglit out of tlic house Is nn uniiygienic custom. It should go us lias gone many of the ideas and customs lieionging to the dark ages. Germs live and thrive in darkness. I''or that reasnii sunshine shnuld find its way into the home daily, and ils lU'csciK e should lie wclcoiiicd as a mes- senf,'(M- of ile.-iulincss and good liealth. Tho (Iruwiiig (if shades and tbe closing of windows to kccii tlie carpets and draperir's from fading shnuld tje dis- courui-'cd. It is better to li;i\e carpets and di:i|ieries that ure faded thuu to have boys and giils with cheeks that nre faded. Koses in tbe clieeks nre more valuable than roses hi the carpet.
Beyond Human Control.
Children were discussing "what we'll do when we get big." One wanted to be a milkman and ride around. The second wanted to ride on freight cars and "make the round things go." The tbird could not decide whether to be a minister or a grocer. The fourth child, a girl of eleven, did not care tn teU.
"Aw," cried ho for wimm tlu^ minis¬ try nnd confei'tiniiery liad equal at¬ tractions, "yiii' want trr pet married."
When the bnys had run off, Ihe girl's aniliitluu was ronlidcd to her favorite aunt. "I w.i'.ihln't tell them." she said scorufully. •They couldn't understand. But, aunty, I want to be a justice of the supreme court and''—her voire be¬ came solemn—"beyond Inimaii coutrol." —Christian Itegister.
Might Is Right.
"EfBo," suld Ihe timid highland lov¬ er, "I wad kiss ye, but I'm feait yc Wadna  let inc."
" She blushed as red as the sunset, but did not answer.
EHle," he repeated timidly, a little later, "I said I wad kiss yo, but I'm feart ye wadna let me."
At the third repetition she asked:
"Dao ye miu", David, yesterday I couldnn lift a bag of potatoes hitae the cairt an" ,ve lifted them for me':'"
"Oh, uyel" ho replied.
"Weel, that shows, David," sbe mur¬ mured, "that ye're fur stronger tban n»e!"—London Globe.
Blunders by Novelists. Novelists, even of eminence, are prone to make blunders. Sir Walter Besant in "For Faith and Freedom" wrote after the Eyklns had settled In Providence, "Bnruaby soon grew tired of this Qulet life and went on board u gteamer hound for England, promisiug that we shoiUd hear from him." This wns in la'st; or 1087, nud the rtrst steamer from .Vmerlca to England did not reach Liverpool till July, 1819. Wilkio Collins also made numerous amazing blumlcrs.. In "The Duel In Herno Wood" lie makes tho story oi)en with the receipt of a telegram, nnd the period is 1^17, wlicii twenty ycars h.id to elapse before tho flrst telegiapliic wire was laid. Three of tho characters nlso talk of "tiikiic.,' the express truiu to London" in deliunce of the fact th.'it the first ruilway to London was not opened till 1"-'W.
How to ric a  Horse Collar.
A coll.'ir should be fitted to the horse and not tlie horse tn tlie collar. Tho collar that l.s too large should not be used on a horse hi the hope that he will grow larfte cnon^^ii so it wili even¬ tually Ut. .V collar that fits well in the spring may not flt ut nU iu the fall.
When one is (ittlng a Iiorse witli a collar tho animal should be standiiiK iu a natural position on level ground, wifh his heud held ut the lieii-'ht maintained while at wnrk. The collar wlien buck¬ led should lit snugly to the side of tlie neck, and Its fuce should follow closely and lie in even (.ontact with tlie sur¬ fnce of the shoulders from the top of the withers to the region ot liis throat. At the throat th(>re .'¦diould Ijo enough room for a man's hund to be inserted inside the collar.—I'arm and Fireside.
Perils of Oil Cargoes.
The explosion of vessels carrying pe¬ troleum lre<|ucnlly (X'ciirs. und this Is generally cuiised not by the curgoes of oil which they coiitjiiii, but by the bi- flnmniuhle viipor uiiicli is left bchinil ufter the huge tanks of the shiiis huve lieen emptied.
It Is diilicuU to rcniiA e all the oil that udhcres to the sides of the tank, and tile evaporation of tho oil film left in theiu after tbey have been pumind out takes place with great ruphlity. Moreover, liie vai.or thus formed miu-
Postal    Laws    Taqmlrm
that anbfwTTlptlODa m p.^id jx.on-.pfly. A Mac peocJI iruLTk i» cl'-cle OMBBs youi H';r)pti;/» to ina, «a4 w« v/iU tti»aiE fern far tt   prompt   ramlttmrnrnm.
Historic Macao.
For    many    yciis    iIn-    I'ortuguese,
through their ruh isliip of .Macao, held
control of the fuiei-ai trade of China,
for  this  was  tlie  only  safe,   friendly
gles rciulily with tlie ulr and Is capal.le ip^rt where forelni ships could anchor, of rcndnrinf,- more thun :;,0!W times its I Here the mciciuinfinen of the Ilou- own volume of the latter inflnmina- j orahle Eii.st Ii.diu company, the tea lile. .V .sjiark may thus cause u fear 1 cllppi-r ships from Boston and Salem ful explosion ill llie hold ofa ship thai I aj,d the Dut. li shii« on their wny to Is apparently eniiit.v. j Xagasaki stopped I'or supplies, repairs
A   film of petroleum spreadlug oyer Lnd the news of the world.    St. Fran- the   surl'uce   of   the   water   has   beeu   cis  Xavier lived  here and  from  here
knowii to [iroduce enougli of this vola¬ tile and  dangerous vapor  to cause a
made  his  ineffectual  effoits  to  reach the niainlund of f'liina.    lie is hurled
conflagriitlon,   by  wlikh  a  nmnber of   on   a   nearby   islind.     Here   tho   flrst
ships lying In a harbor liuve been sud denly enwruppcil in roaring flames us if by a stroke of magic.
Waste In Food. "Eat what Is on your plate" may seem to many people to be- a new tablo precept, yet it has boon practiced for many years In certain little communi¬ ties nestled among the rugged hills of New England, whore the waste of food la regarded as almost a crime. Hang¬ ing on the wnlls of many houses in theso commuuities muy be found the "Tahle Monitor," perhaps workeil in worsted or cardboard and .setting forth this sentiment,  which somehow  hus a
He Wins Who Works. Aud still people tuUi abnut born sing¬ ers, urtists, inveiilnrs and mechuulcs. The theory is illnKical, and the trutii of it has never been demonstrated. It is true tliat tiiere are n few individ¬ uals whn are born into the world witli an unusual amount of latent ability, und itiH>ii\e call them tulented. The difference lietween the words talent and luteiit Is merely a variation In the location of the letters. The meaninj; of the two Words is almost identical. The pos.sesslon of talent means the possession of f^omo latent iiuality which reiiuires devel ipinent for [icrl'ect ex¬ pression. .V freak is not a genius be¬ cause, altlinui.'h Usually innklng in tlie consclousiiese of power, he feels no need for growth, and even the power that ho posses.ses gruduiilly diminishes instend of cx[>anding. The man whn works for years and finully reaches the goul of his drc^ams nlways smiles when he hears some one speak of a born genius.—Ixjs -Vngelcs Times.
Municipal Markets. One  thiiu.'  in  wlilch   Haltimore Is  a pioneer is Its system of municipal mar¬ kets.    In 17."!.  when there were only twenty-live liouses in  whut  wns then
characteristic   old   time  Xew   Englund jknowiru:;   Ihilliiiiore  Towu,   a   publi.- ring: i m.-irket   wn.t  cstubllshod.   and   by   the
Prosperity may roll with ample flow, j time the city was Incorporated In U'J'i
Still  to  be  prized,  that It  may  widely ! three such  markets had  already  been
est-iblished within Its cornorate limits.
trcuty betweev the rnited Slates aud China was siirned, und here .Vmerlcan diiilnjiiatic oflicials lived before they were nllowed on cliincso soil. It was here tliat the lirst Chinese firc^crackers were jiun hased by .\iucricuu skippers and broiiirh; home to start u custom which has culiveued und endangered a century of t'ouilhs of July.—Argonaut.
Dixie's  Land.
The term "liixics Lund" origlaated In New York in the eurly purt of the past ceutury. It is s.i id to bave como Into general use wlinii Texas joined the TJiiioii, und the iicgro«'S sang of it as "Dixie."
In the popular mytholo^ry of New York city Di.xie was the iic:;ro's para¬ dise on earth in times wlicn slavery and the slave trade were flourishing in tbat quarter. Dixie owned a tract of lund (111 Miiiibatlan Island, and also a large nunil.er of slaves, and his slaves increaseii fuster tlian his land, an emi¬ gration ensued and naturally negroes who left it for distant [larts looked to it as a Iilace of unalloye<l liuppluess, and it was the "old Virglnny" of the negroes of that day: hence Dixie be¬ came synonymous with nn ideal local¬ ity coml'iniir.; incffuble haiipine.ss and every iiiiaginnlile reipiisite of earthly beatitude.—I'ljiludclphiu Press.
bless The  wot Id   is  full   enough  of want  and won: I win  not  mocl<  wltli  seinsh   wasteful¬ ness.
People Who Rarely Wink. i    There  are  pcnple  wbo  rurely  wink. ! IIow  tliey  niaiiage to pet  along witli- \ out doing .so is a  marvel, but some-
Today eleven munlcli>al markets, all owned by the dty. are within eas;. ! reach of TtKi.'KlO peorde of lialtimore and vicinity. "Tioing to m;irket" Is a localism In Baltimore, and the thrifty Daltiniore housewife learned when a little girl that It [lays to tuke a marke
Parrots and Water. "There is a cui-ious superstition ex¬ istent among parrot keepers." says L. S. Crandall in I'ets, "to the effect that these birds not nnly rc'iuire no wa¬ ter, but are better off withcut it. The foundaliou for this absurd Iiellef Is uot hard to llnd. \V'hen parrots. r>articu- larly young birds, are l)eiug brought froru the tropics they are customarily fed on bniled • orn or bi(>ad and milk. Wlial moisture they ro'iuire is obtain¬ ed from the food.    If such  birds are
how or olher they do. Some eyes aro ' least twice ' a week, particilarly on uaturally more moist tlian others, and ' Saturday, and get fresh country prijd- the very  moist eye does not so much ; uce,    without   the   middleman's   haii-
iiasket to one of the public markets ar [ suddenly given access to unlimited wa
ter the effect on the digestive organ is dungerou.'3 and may result in tlie death of the bird.    On the other hand, if the
Principlsa of Action. There are flve good principles of ac¬ tion to he adopted—to benefit others without being lavish, to encourage la¬ bor without being barsb, to add to four resources without heing covetous, to be dignified without being super¬ cilious aud tu inspire awe wlthont be log austere.—Confucius.
The New Stetsons for Red-blooded Young Americans
You've a hat here th-at's th^ very spirit ot Fall —4mart an<J up-standing, in keeping with the times.
Well shaped crown, slightly tapered; brim with a sliglit roll; turned-over edge; 2 inch band with close reefed bow.
We are glad to get huts like this to-day.
Wear this stylish soft felt and have a Stetson derby for a change—and for the many occasions when only a derby is right.
YOU'RE INVITED to get acquainted with these fine style leaders. Try on, ask ques¬ tions. Come and sec first, then buy when you get ready.
The latch string hangs on the outside of our store.
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As a Bad Job.
"Wbat made young Howler give up tbe practice of tbe law?"
"He didn't give It up exactly. So far u I am able to understand tbe sltua- Uon, tbe practice of tbe law gave young Bowler up." — Richmond Tlmet-Dls- patch.       	
A Gentle Hint Be—Tben you are not Interested In my welfare. She—No; but if the tw« ByllaHes were transposed VA att wU be loJrwtae. bat eathaataalk ^B Am rraacffipt.
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PRACTICAL  HEALTH   HINT.
Whon Baby Crl... Well babies do not cry. W'hen a baby cries and cries it is inva¬ riably an Indication that It is ill. Wben a huby cries himself to sleep find out wby be docs so. An infant muy be so uncomfort¬ able from freiineut handling that he is made nervous, feverish even and ill. The nervous sys¬ tem of tbo .voung child is exqui¬ sitely sensitive, and profound sys¬ temic disturbances frequently re¬ sult from Irritation of a child's nerves. It is the mother's duty to Insist upon haring her hal treated with courtesy. When be is lying down to rest or content¬ edly playing with bis toes no one sbould be allowed to touch hlm. Letting him alone saves Ois nervous system from lieing Irri¬ tated. "Naughty, fidgety" ba¬ bies are made so by their well meaning (-aretakers and Tteitora. Infanta are good when tbey are well, and tbey cannot be well If tbey ar* unneceasarlly handled.
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Psychology of Sleep. The psychology uf sleep is a vast and little explored suhject. Sleep deepens to trance, trance to death. ThereCorr in life, speukiuir soniewiiat paradox¬ ically, sleep is most aUIii to death. Whether the spirit is parted from the body and goes long journeys througii space or whether it Is iu u state ol' ouo long dream, parts of which we are alonn conscious of, is a matter for the Society of Psychical Research. Yet many of us have dreamed thiugs, seen things or even spoken aud heard things in sleep which we havo seeu, heard or spoken later on in reality. We can moi"e or less follow the stages up to the flnal sleep of all, but here we must pause and, witb Hamlet, In vain nt¬ tempt to leurn wbat Ues beyond the veil, "And In that sleep of death what dreams may come!"—London Globe.
need the ussistauce of tho liils to keep the eyehall hright. It is a coustitu- tional mutter, for winking, though under the control of the will, is done so
I quickly tliat it is iiracticully an Invol- uutarj   uctioii.    Mou  wink  when  they
' foel that the eye is unconifortahly Ury, and when  it docs not heconie dry the
' necessity for winking Is uot felt.
A Minister ef Magio.
In the course of an address delivered in Loudon Canon Tarflt of Bagdad said that wbai Impressed native rulers in the east was tho scrupulous honesty of the English offlcials. The sultan of Turkey on one occasion was watching a conjurer. The British ambassador, wbo was present, remarked that it was "wonderfuL"
"No," said the sultan, "not so won¬ derful as ail that. I ouce had a min¬ ister of marine who swallowed a bat¬ tleship—at least he had the money for it, and I've never seen the money 01 ttae aUlrl"	
Xmw Value at Vkvimy.
yoons cbap yoa am .fvtni witb  is a regnlar ptnUMd!' jWBMd Bertha's father.   "He doesn't even know the value of money!''
"Oh, yes, he does!" said Hertha "Ue says that he wouldn't give a plugged nickel for your oplulou on anything."— Puck.
The Lester Evil.
"Lushman declared he would raUier go to Jail than pay his divorced wife alimony."
"Did slio let bim?"
"Yes; she said she'd much rather seo him savo his monoy behind bars thau spend it over them."—Pittsburgh Dis patch.
The Spirit of the Time*.
It is an age of urUficial deTlcex. Rare, indeed. Is tlie man and rarer still   the   woman   in   whose   phyalcal
akeui) there Im not something false.
ither eyes or teeth or hair.—Atlantic
First Veterinary School. As ne.irly as the facts can he got at, the tirst veterinary school was found¬ ed Iu the city of Lyons, France, about the middle of May of the year 17(U. Sluco 17i;i veterinary schools have spread all over the civilized world, especially in Germany, I'rauce, Eng¬ land and the United Statea of Ameri¬ ca, In which advanced countries the horse hns the beueflt of as fine a sci¬ ence as that which exists for his mas¬ ter, man.
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Her Proposal.
"Ah,   George,   did   you   propose Vivian?"
"No.    She made the proposal hefore I had a chance to say anythUig."
"She did'.'   What did she suy?"
"She pmiKised thut 1 should leave tbe house immediately, aud I did."
Simplicity. I am convinced, both by faith and experience, that to maintain oneself ou thla earth Is not a hardship, but a pas¬ time If we will Uvo simply and wisely, as the pui'suits of the simpler nations are still the sports of the more artifl- ci»l.—Thoreuu.
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PALI  1C/i.L .<EALrM AWI.
No Chance Jones—It's   queer   that   baby doen't talk.    She's almoat two yaars old  and  hasn't  spoken a   word  yet. Mr. Jones-1 know, dear, but do you^ ever give baby a chance?
A sharp bnigue Is the only edged took that grows a^uer witb conatant om.— Irving.
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+ "Kvery rise In tciui>ernture of  4*
+ a child should mean isolutlon as  H*
+ completely us if that child were   ^
+ iu   fact   ultlicted   with  an   ucute   +
+ contagious   discuse."    says    the  •!•
+ Medical    Uecord    In    discussing   •!•
+ means    for   the    prcvciitii'ii    of  ^
+ measles.    By a "rise in teniiierii-   +
+ ture" is understood uny tciii|icra-   •',-
+ ture liiglu"- than l»'.i degrees 1".       •{•
+ Kor uieusles Is most infectious   4»
4* lu  its earlipsl stages,  when tin;   +
+ symptoms    ure    generally    only jf
+ tiiose of a ciiM in the hciul.   Tlie/^
+ typical nisli has nut yet appear-   +
+ »kI.   but   the   child   is   sneezing,   +
+ hlowing a inliiute spruy from Its   •!•
+ nose   with   every   siieez^     This   •!•
+ spruy  is  liuleii   with  the  «;eruis   •!•
  of the disiase.    These iicrnw are   •!•
  Bcuttcred through the, air of liie   •!•
  bome cr the schoolroom and In- •!• A haled  hy  the noses of  brothers   -I-
  nnd sisters or sclionluiates. + f It Is then, far more thun when + ¦f the tllseuse has develoiH'd to the -i- + easily reiotruizalile stnge. that H* f bifectiou is spread; therefore It is •^ <• then that the child must he Iso-  •!•
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filing and irolit, at considerably les.- than at the cnrner grocery stores.- Exciiauge.
Too Familiar to Him.
As the burly and distinguished fig¬ ure of Lord Northcliffe hurned down the hotel lounge a coirospnndent suld:
"There iroes the must suc<-cssful und deservedly successful journulist in the worid. In this wur he has done mure for the allh's' cause than any other man except Lloyd tieorge.
".V hard chap to interview, though. I could never lund hiiu. The iust time I wrote llim for un interview he write liack:
" '1 am sorry, but 1 must ask you to excuse me from ui.s;e«ling to your reiiuest. I am like tlie Uttle boy at the school treat who, when the squire's wife came round to him with the strawberry jam. promptly said: "No. thank you, ma'am. 1 works nt the place where thcy makes it." ' "—Wush- ingtou Star.
! parrot be given a drink daily and then ! the water be removed for a short pe- I riod the bird will gradually become ac- ! customed to It. (Jnce this is accom¬ plished there is nothing to fear from clean water."
Nature. Tho best definition of nature is per¬ haps Mill's in his '¦Tliree Essays on Kollgion." In that work .Mill says, "Na ture is a collective name for all facts. actual uud possible, or a nume for the mode, partly known to us uud purtly unknowu, in which all things take pluoe." Oiutiaiiing. Mill says: "The uuture of a tliln:; means Its entire ca¬ pacity of existing phenomena. As the nature of uny l'Ivou thing Is the aggi i- gate of its powers und properties, s-i Nature. In tlk? abstract. U the uggrc- |a(« of th" r<~r«i« snd prorerUee f %M tioaei.''
Ne Pi^mctien.
"t\'hat biLsliifss did you say the hOr;- was ill'.-" asked the clerk.
"Why, he's a promoter," replii>d tl. superintenilcnt.
"Weil, tlure must be some mistak%v He's never iiroinoietl me. I've held the same iiisignilicaiit job ever since V\c been here."—Vonkers Statesman.
His  Suspicion.
"Well, whaiUly you want?"
"1 am the man who was married in the cag(^ of wildcats."
"1 list ye wliaddy you want'.'"
"I. thought  I  would like to liKik Into tlie ciiire again.    I fear 1 left my wife there nnd took one of the wildcats."- Houston I'ost.
IS
Cynical Definition. "What is .\iiur iileii of fame?" "I'amc."   replied   Miss   (.'a.\enue, what enables an. hulh iil ;al niouientari- ly to beat file weuttici- oal us a topic of conversation."—Wnshiiigion Star.
Favored of the Muses. "lie has made millions out of litera ture.'" "A liest seller, eli'.'" "No; he owns a puiK-r mill."—Ijlfe.
Pray, but swhig your kammer. Ub Proverb.
-Span
Winter and Summer Sun. The sun is iicaier to the earth in winter than It is in summer. It Is not distauce thnt detennines the nmount of heat that we get from tho suu, hut the leir-'th of time the suu Is nbove the horizon and the direction In which his ruys strike us. In sunimer, although much farther from us, the sun Is daily above the horizon much longer than when he is neurest. at the winter sol stlce, aud this continued action pro (luces the sunimer hent. In addition to this is to be reckoned the fact thnt in sunimer the force of the Run's rays is more perpendicular to the earth's surface, while in the winter they are ohlliiue. In the cuse of the perpendicu¬ lar ray the heat stays, while iu that ot the ohiiiiue ruy it "glances off," so to siseak.
What the Death Mask Shows.
The value of a p!:isicr <a.-t as a por¬ trait of the dt-ad or living fuce ca.uiot for a nionient be questioned. It mu.si of nece.ssity be absolutel.v true to uu ture. It cunnot flutter; it cauiiot cari¬ cature. It shows the suhject as he was or is, not only us others -saw liiin in the actual flesh, but as ho suw lum- self. .And In the case of the death mnsk particularly it shows the subjivt often as lie perinitted no oue but him¬ self to sei» liimself. lie does not pose; he dix^s not "try to look pleasant." In his mask he is seen, as it were, with bis mask of!'.
Creed of Epicures.
When St. I'aul uddressed "epicu¬ reans, nnd stoics" (Acts xvil, 18) at •Vtheus the philosophy of life was prac ticnily reduced 'o the teiK'hiug of tlieso two antagonistic seliools.
rieasure and not absolute truth was tho end ul which Ejiicurus aimed. Ills system de'.;i'iierated Into mere mn'r rlallsm, und in tlds form epicurounUni wus the popular iihllosophy at the be. ginning of the Christian era.
Very   Helpful.
"When a conirressmun makes a mon¬ key of liliiiscif he (^n have It strl.ken from the record."
"What about If?"
"1 was just thinking thut would t>o useful in oidinary life." — I.ouIsvUUi Courler-.lournul.
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His Company.
Iler  Father   I  jiid^ie a mun. the Conipany he keeps.
The Suitor-Then I'm ull right, for I've lieon keeping "onipuny with your daiinhier for over two years.
Practiced What He Praached. Hllls-<;ruet siiys that he tieiieves In keepim: in toucli with his fellow men. Mills—Well, there aren't many of thea tbat he hasn't touched.