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ting the Mc irovement «•.*- tJn' board and work of said •ppoj^ra m for work coming year and in tion be favored on in the sum of work Upon Motion, said sum was i clerk directed to the Treasurer for le to the Treasurer lation Soil Atfvisor of the Mc- Imi'TOvement association ,ted that on account of large work of his office that his al report was not ready, nnc would be prepared and _Mit next meeting of this board JScea tn its files, stated that his tion would be satisfied with an iriation of *1666.S< for ensuing motion of Supr. Kuecker. dulv ed, said amount was appropriated . «jp clerk directed to draw an orOf r Treasurer for said amount payto the Treasurer of said associa- <ti<Supr. Ward presented the following k tommunlcatlon, to-wlt: - * Harvard, 111, Mar. S, 1#M. ?r %V. H. ward. ESQ.. Supervisor, Hmrf. • vard, Illinois. J>ear 'nmttM. ,,fthe taxes on the f ropertv of Frank Whaple. deceased, ow occupied by his widow, the amount \s .fiecessary to redeem from tax sale vvto.R£XcfrateJ* About $70. Mr DftArmonu 'Wha,a agreed to accept $50.00 if this cart 4* l>c taken care of soon. I am wondering sC-ff the County could not take care of j, this matter for the widow Mid family. • £t will provide them a home at least, v jn case? Mrs. Whaple receives a mother s v&jWnsion 1 am sure she will be wilUnpt o re-lmbvrse .the county out of this a . ^enslom. Cain Von take the mattw up the BoacG at its March meeting* Kf' VWy reSPeCgU,p5: MANLET. I'pon motion Supr. Ward was ln- .^%*tru'cted to advance said Amount as Js "temporary relief and report same at next xS, 'v ^ ". Henrv Brown, janitor appeared before r i > fthe Board and asked that some ar- !"• Xvirangements be made whereby he would L~ ; %e paid by Soil Improvement associa- | tion for cleaning Court room after meetr V ^ing of said association were held there- In. On motion it was recommended th<>. *'it:,t'-,J3oll Improvement association pay %ald ^ * * Oarntor $2.00 for cleaning said Oouvt after such meeting. S 'r.x St was thereupon moved by Supr. " /(Turner that this board adjourn, said * .^ynotion being duly seconded and car- • stled. said board adjourned. ¥.: 'CM D. M. WRIGHT, Chairman. :jf -j^Attest: O. E. STII.L,. Clerk. ifTHE MUSEUM CUftlO yon sen garage for? a Haw jialrer. (fpiXIEUT MN ft Three hundred years ago a colonial legislative assembly, the first ever held in the western continent, met in the church at Jamestown, Va., and drew up a code of laws for the colony.. The event was a portentous one. The old world had passed away and the new oqe was born. Popular right in Ameriea had entered on life and the long struggle to hold its own. It might be strangled in the cradle, or done to death before it readied full manhood; but the fact remained, it had been born. Two burgesses were sent from the plantations, towns and hamlets, and as twto were sent from each the assembly consisted of twenty-two. Th^y sat with their hats on, as in the'English commons, the members occupying thd "choir," with the governor and council in the front seats, the speaker, with clerk and sergeant, faced them, and the session was opened with a prayer, after which the Largefeses took the oath of supremacy. The era of talk having not yet arrived the proceedings were businesslike. The charter, brought by George Yeardly, was read and referred to a committee, which was to report whether it contained anything "not perfectly square with the state of the colony, or any law pressing or binding too hard . . . because this great charter is to bind us and our heirs forever." Laws were enacted regulating intercourse with the Indians* on matters of agriculture and on religious affairs. Divine services were to be according to the ritual of the English church, and all persons were to attend church on Sunday. Every male above sisteen was to pay one pound of the best tobacco to discharge the salaries of the burgesses, and lewd and lecherttas .servants should be whipped and nailed in the jjillory. The spirit inspiring the assembly may be seen from that petition to the company to gTant them authority "to allow or disallow of their orders of feourt, as his majesty hath given them power to allow or disallow of our laws." This was the great original American claim of right--the authority to govern themselves; and Henry's protest against stamp act a century and a half afterward was simply its repetition. . We Should Show Intelligent Thrift, the Symbol of Peacetime Patriotism! By THE WIFE OF THE COMMANDANT, U. S. M. C. Cholly--You t<gtl trie over an boar •CO that your sister was lr>. Willie--So she whs, but she wefct ' «ut with another fellow a while ago. mi fo . -- ¥- ' r it-" % When the United' States entered the war it was considered an expression of patriotism to wear a tiny American flag. The finest expression of patriotism one could display now would be the wearing of a tiny Thrift flag, if such an emblenj were obtainable, to indi- ^ cate an understanding of, loyalty to and service for our country in peace time. Instead of a war with other countries the United States now has before it the tremendous struggle with the tendency to drift back to its prewar habits of careless spending and general waste. Perhaps nb country in the world had indulged before the war in such reckless expenditure a? the United States. Perhaps no country in the world hid been endowed with such lavish resources. The steady demand from ottr associates in the war and the heavy demands on transportation made saving necessary to husband those resources to meet the needs of the world. If we are to continue a leading nation in the future as i|i the past we haw no fhftire ^as to whether we shall save or not. Lord Bosebery, the great English statesman, has assured us that "Thrift is the surest and strongest foundation of an empire--so sure, so strong, so necessary that no nation can long exist that disregards it." More recently President Wilson has said: "Economy arid everything which ministers to economy supplies the foundations of national life. .We have not studied cost or economy as we should, either as organizers, of industry, as statesmen or as individuals." The amazing recovery of France from the Franco-Prussian war is attributed to the personal habits of economy of the French people. They never allow the least commodity to b$ misused which can be converted into money, and the money in turn into the much-coveted industrial or public service securities floated by the great banking corporations of France. It is estimated that with a population of a little over forty, million people, there are twenty-three million savings accounts hi France. In reality they save first and spend afterward. * The enormous individual saving which can be effected simply by paying careful attention not to allow any waste to creep in was demonstrated amply during the war. But our success then must not be allowed through to change into failure now. For it is through individual thrift dividual stability and prosperity are assured; through individual prosperity that the prosperity of the community is assured; and through community prosperity that the prosperity of the country is assured. The peacetime service our country calls for does not iw«n hoardmg It seeks to awaken in each individual a realization of the tremendous benefits resulting from intelligent; steady saving; from using his best judgment in the outlay of his money; and from some investment, with its production of money by money. Thrift and War Savings stamps ate the ideal channel through which streams of money--often the many tiny bits of heedless expenditure--may flow into bodies having real power of achievement. . In other words War Savings stamps create in an easy and fascinating way funds for opportunities which otherwise could not be qyinpfd- Their purchase gradually establishes habits of profitable economy which spell personal and national prosperity. " . - Though we do not wear a thrift banner every man, woman nhilfl can display in each everyday.act'of their everyday lives intelligent thrift-- The TomatOr-Why wyau lcoklng •O wilted? The Potato--I btt. an .tocasNrtM.-" MEEK AND MILD "And thU Is oar first quarrel." I'm terribly disappointed ?«•. With all his faults my first hO» *raa certainly a good scrapper.' the syAbol of peacetime patriotism* Buy W. 8. S.l .JV?! The Public Is Standing for Films Worth > While, But It Gets Very Few Indeed Bf J. A. QUINN, Los AafdeillMterOn# Motion picture stardom should be made "safe for democracy/' Most films today are trash. One reason is that there are too many so-called movie stars--who aren't--while others who might become real artists are unable to break in. In America today there are only three feminine film •tars who ale really stars. The rest are merely keeping out gir's who have a right to be there.' \ number who are advertised as stars might fill second parts very well Bat in all the United States then at* only three stars worthy of the name. The producers are to blame. They make so-called stars overnight-- create them by force of advertising. Instead of selecting them from among girls who are potential artists, it is the producer's pet who breaks into the movies today, not the girl with the real art in her. The Jublic is the goat. The motion picture today is the biggest joke an earth. The public is starring for films worth while. They get very few. There are now 475 organised Amerlpan Legion poets In Illinois. Fifty more are waiting to be organized. Samuel €. Burgess was killed when he fell while skiing at Rock Island. One of the skis pierced his abdomen. Th^ Canton lodge of Elks voted to erect a clubhouse to cost $100,000 and the contracts will be let -soon. The new structure will be of three stories. Occupancy is planned by July 1." John I. Ounn, for ten years pastor of the First Christian church of Marlon, has resigned, to become secretary of the Marion Chamber of Commerce, taking up Ms new work on March 1. Reginaff De Koven, composer of the opera, "R!p Van Winkle," died at the residence of Mrs. Joseph Fish In Chicago. His body was shipped to New York. . \ , "Chicago's climate is the greatest In the world," said Mrs. Ahna Bu&nn, more than 103 years old. "Look at me. I'm hale and hearty. I don't wear specs, «hd I eat three meals a day and sleep like a child. It's the climate." Ballroom dancing as a means of building up the morale of the institution is arr innovation introduced by a large Rockford department store. An instructor has bee$ hired to teach dancing-to those not already familiar with It J Lester Dunn, farmer of Mt. Auburn, has been asleep for a month with the sleeping sickness. Stricken four weeks ago with a violent headache, he took some aspirin tablets. Immediately his vision became double and he lapsed into a sogpd sleep. All kinds, of reasons enter Into strikes of cbal miners. But perhaps the most comical is that of miners employed at a mine at. Pana. They refused to work because the company had no blankets with which to wrap a fellow miner in after he had been injured In a fall of slate. Complaining that the bells of Lithuanian churches In South Rockford are rung so frequently and loudly that the ringing disturbs the slumbers of residents of that part of the city, dwellers have petitioned the city council to prohibit the use of the chimes between the hours of 10 p. m. and 8 a. m. George Graham, Northwestern university freshman, is paying his tuition In a unique way. Bach week-end he goes to his home In Rockford and returns Monday morning with 40 dozen eggs, which he sells to Evanston familes. His father, Rev. Frederick Graham, is a Methodist minister. ' Miss Nellie Browne Duff of Springfield has purchased an airplane. She Is said to be the first woman in the United States to own one. In recognition of the distinction Miss Duff was made an honorary member of a newlyorganized Sangamon County Motor club. She plans, to give exhibition flights throughout the country after March 5. Disregarding a warning from a state deputy game warden, Albert Moore and Elmer Serby, farmer boys of near Ottawa, went to hunt some wild deer recently found roaming the woods near Aurora. They killed one and were fined $100 each for violation of the state game laws. It is Said to be the first violation of its kind in the state for 20 years. The Seymour high school of Payson has been presented with a gymnasium to cost $10,000, by Mr. and Mrs. Henry Seymour, wealthy residents. The school was a gift to the public as a memorial to their son, a former student. The parents have now offered to build a gymnasium and equip • it with the most approved apparatus. The offer has been accepted-by the board of education. The monument to Civil war veterans which was erected at Plalnfleld half a century ago to the 200 who went from the town to the front In response to the call of "Uncle Abe" Is so disintegrating that about twenty of the 200 names Inscribed on its sides are Indecipherable. Plans are in contemplation to provide a new memorial arch which -will contain the names of both the Civil war and world war soldier heroes of Plalnfleld. Schoolteachers of Springfield are demanding an increase in salary. Last June they were given an Increase of $280 a year, making the maximum sal ary $1,800 and the minimum $1,200. It is not enough to live on at the present high prices, however, they declare, and ask for a 50 per cent Increase. The board of education, without sufficient funds to meet the demands, are at a loss just what to do. The board does not consider the demands'exorbitant, but point to the fact t^iat it is nnthift fo make the advance because of, the condition mt the school fund. William Paisley was found not guilty, and his two sons, Oliver F. and James T. Paisley, were found guilty and fined $1,400 each by a jury in Judge Hebel's court at Chicago on charges of accepting deposits after they knew the banks they controlled --the North Shore bank, the Edge water bank and the Grace Street bankwere Insolvent. Because she was gradually losing her hair Miss Clara Schwartz, nineteen of Peoria, committed suicide by tying three flatirons around her neck and sticking her head in a tab of water. Lewis Roper was placed in jail at Hillsboro, charged frith the murder of Francis McGee, Hlllsboro's "man Of mystery." His head beaten to a pulp with a leg from a meat block, McGee's body was found lying on the steps of the Southern Illinois Light where he had been employed. O. R. Ness has sold 400 acres of' butterlne jland near Rochester, Christian county, ' presented |for $119,000. This shows a big Increase in the value of the land. A year ago Vincent Nolan bought SO war heroes will be a cioCk with four dials, ancj two tablets bearing the names of soldiers. " , d.--An 18-foot concrete high- ' iphveen this city an<l Belolt, Wls^ ' ms approved by the Winnebago coun- . jjr board -of supervisors. Belolt Is located just inside the Wisconsin state line. Rockton. -- Rockton and Roscoe townships will unite in the building of a new high school, to be erected this year. High school pupils of the two towns have been obliged to attend at South Belolt or Rockford. .Springfield.--Dr. C. St. Clair -Drake, director of the state department of public health, reports that the Influenza epidemic threatens to spread throughout Illinois, though hitherto confined to the northern part of the state, and urges measures tp combat the disease. Springfield.--A plan to facilitate and encourage road bnildlng and maintenance throughout Illinois will be presented to the constitutional convention. This Is the first big proposal on which affirmative action seems almost certain, although a few expect opposition from makers of road ImplementN. MontlooMo.--The county of Piatt has let 111* contract for a tuberculosis sanitarium here to cost $50,000, and which is donated to the county by Robert Allerton of Chicago and Montlcello. He also/donated a tract of 1,200 acres of land for a site. This land Is located near Camp Creek, a picturesque and healthful locsttity. Galesburg. -- The Galesburg Live Stock Shipping association Hrfs been completely organized arid is composed of most of the farmers of .Knox county. Earl Gehrlng was elected president. All shipments of live stock will be made under the auspices ot the association. It is expected to secure higher prices and lower freight rates. East St. Louis.--A temporary Injunction Issued October 23 restraining the-East St. Louis authorities from arresting drivers for St. Lotiis manufacturing concerns using East St. Louis streets was continued in effect by Judge G. W. English of the federal court in East St. Louis, pending a trial of a case to test the validity of the East side wheel tax ordinance. Chicago.--Thirty-five men and three women, members of the Communist Labor Party of America, were named In indictments returned by the special grand Jury before Judge Robert E. Crowe in criminal court. They were charged with conspiracy to overthrow the government. William Bross Lloyd, wealthy Wilmette lawyer, heads the list. Their bonds were fixed at $10,. 000 each...' Capiases were issued for tfcetf a; cago labor unions *hft1*!nPier,enra) some difficulty In ^wnHVwage demands from eraployen? SfiPrtarting Into business on their 'owh" account. Four of them-- Piano and Organ Workers, No. 1; Butchers, No. 546; Clgarmakers, No. 527, and Window Washers, No. 12,- 865--have already started to give competing employers a "run for their money," and other unions are talking of following. Chicago.--Plumbers, hired by Northwestern university, are paid $8 a day, but professors--teachers of experimental ecology, synthetic projective geometry, archaeology or metaphysics --receive not more than $4 a day, according to a statement by William U. Farquharaon, financial director of the university. Farquharson made public the fact that the university Is "broke." "The trustees will have to decide how many Instructors they can pay a living wage," said Farquharson, "arid reduce the facilities of the .university accordingly." Shelbyville.--In a decision handed down in the Shelby county court, the county treasurer Is not entitled to the customary fee of 2 per cent formerly paid to the township tax collectors, but must turn the entire sum collected Into the treasury. Suit was recently filed by the state's attorney of Shelby county against E. R. Knecht, county treasurer, and the decision was against the treasurer. It Is expected that the case will be appealed to the supreme court In order to secure a decision which will establish a prece> dent governing every county in ths state. Ottawa.--After 30 years of conseo utlve service as clerk of the Second district Illinois appellate court, Christopher Columbus Duffy announces that he Is through and that he will not be a candidate for re-election. The office pays $5,000 .a year. Duffy is a veteran of the Civil war and prominent In Grand Army of the Republic circles. Centralla.--The convention of the Illinois State Dairymen's association closed here with the election of the following officers: President, J. P. Mason, Elgin; vice president, W. B, O'Halr. Other directors: H. P. Irish, Farina; N. W. Hepburn, Peoria;. W. W. Marple, Chicago.; George B. JBmwn, Centralla; Charles Foss, Freoport. Urbana.--Hundreds of fanners from all over the state, here attending the annual Corn Grower and fttadcoMirti convention, together with cfttaens of the Twin Cities and faculty members of the University of Illinois, fllled tbc university auditorium to overflowing to pay respects to the memory of' Dr. Cyril G. Hopkins, the world's fOreffltist authority on soil and for yean head of the agronomy department of the University of Illinois. Doctor Hopkins died last October when en route home from Greece, where he spent a year In, helping the people of that country reclaim their wornout soil. Champaign. -- One hundred and twenty acres of Champaign county farming land sold recently for $600 an acre. It Is considered a record. Forty acres were valued at $640 an Sacred hlstffVHmlsheer the time iaCNMrer. the dial oj^^wl! whl " "'""pi this ;ipst a aKA.sisriiiM'^stsfie wtthilltikfk ttwat eactrttsd. ' fhr BtopOads,1 t^ ate orvdited with having used tMr wbmollths, soch «s Cleopatra's needle, as time mffesnrera. The Chaldeans had other methods^ of meaicirlhg time. They, as well as the contemporary Hindoos, and very ; likely fke'tSgyptians, were acquainted with the water clock, or clepsydra, which measured time after the "fashion of the hour glass, water taking the place of sand. It is believed that the Egyptians actually had ItottT glasses, for upon one of the bas-reliefB Which have come to light after their long interment of S.QO0 years of more is an object which those learned In such matters assure us can be nothing else than a sand glass. In principle the clepsydra was nothing but a rod floating upon water, which was slowly dropping from an orifice In the vessel in which It was contained. Certain divisions were marked upon the rod, and a fixed pointer served the purpose of a dock hand. ' i >**• RETROSPECT "O conquering poet, thou that hast - The whole world at thy <eet,, : - What laurel-garlands crown tiny. MOtl • t«i net thl.; present sweetT- '.) ' ^ pout. ; "I'd 'Sing away my crown of fcay^^fc^' Lose It without one thro*, ' } : To feel beside my own today The tender heart I flun* away v ' > Long, long ago!" "Q statesman, thou that gotdest •Wf With godlike strength of will, > Thou art more regal than earth's kings. They hear thee, and are still." STATESMAN,"' y v 'I shape the world continuity; v Vj •) I lay its'roonarchs low, y And yet I'd give the world <p see ' The dead eyes smile that Bmlled.iit JBe Long, long ago!" v "O warrior, thou that carriest Msik'V- .1 Thy grey victorious head, ' s'i What paeans echo to the sky ' -AW •t thy war-horse's tread!" , /T. her rate, ss a apple in such a way that comes off in one piece/ S' the^ **s$ly twirl it throPlMS, finally castt^'ft over her left^jiMpder onto the lw«l| where It wiU^fal^nand to have formed a letter whl<£ li the Initial of her future husband's name. Very Difficult tQ Make Rules for Pronoi WordsofLanguage A good American citizen was mildly indignant on being told that he was not Oorrect in saying, "I'll give you my addraes," with the accent on the first syllable of his last word. "Certainly that's right 1" he said. "There's a well-known rule that when a two-syllable word is rased both u a noon and as a verb, it's accented on the first syllable If it's a notia Jtisd on the last if it's a verb. Why, 111 undertake to give you a dosen Instances oilhand." And he proceeded, with a little time for cogitation, to produce the follow* ijQg exhibits, all of which undoubtedly comply with his specifications: Convict, export, import, annex, con* .duct, desert, compound, contest, produce, present, rebel, record. "Tour rule IS a failure, nevertheless," said his friend and critic. "I admit that it seems to work with the words yon have mentioned; but ni undertake to give yeu twice as many, and equally common ones, that falsify it" And he did. It did not take him five minutes to think of two dozen words used h#th as nouns and as verbs and pronounced identically in both senses. Cover, credit, merit, offer, honor, thunder, order, rescue, reason, season master, purchase--in these the accent is always on the first syllable; while It is always on the last syllable in report, account, exchange, control, command, attack, effect, advance, attempt, preserve, ally and alarm. All of which goes to show that ft Is very difficult *to make rules for the pronunciation of our noble and beloved. but unaccountable language.--* l >..v; •i.'Hs >;• -4r Ifli 4'; 'fi i'-" ,• MM iM fkfXU ' 'p -v Munsey's Magazine. ; If.--' WARRTOR. , . ivy • n **1 heed them not. I long to faar , Y The child's speech, soft and siea^. ip That uBed to sound upon my ear, 1 So sweet, so pure, so silver-clear, w r" . M--y and many and many a year agio!" --George BarlOw. • Mother's Cook Book When men speak ill of thee, so live that nobody will believe them.--Plato. A FEW PLAIN CAKIS4\;'5* > One-Egg1 Cake. Beat the white of one egg stiff; add the yolk and when well mixed gradually stir in one cupful of sugar, mixed with four tablespooafuls of butter, three-quarters of a cupful of milk, one and one-half cupfuls of flour, one teaspoonful of cream of tartar ahd onehalf teaspoonful of soda sifted with the flour. ^ Nut Cake. <2ream half cupful of butter; add one and one-half cupfuls of sugar; add two cupfuls of flour alternately with three-quarters of a cupful of milk. Sift half a teaspoonful of soda with one teaspoonful of cream of tartar; fofyl in the stiffly beaten whites of four eggs and flavor to taste. Add one capful of nut meats, lightly floured. French Loaf Cake.. Bttb to a cream one and one-half cupfuls of sweet fat; add two and onehalf cupfuls of sugar, three well-beaten eggs, two and one-half cupfuls of flour, sifted with a tefppoonful of soda and two teaspoonfuls of cream of tartar, three-quarters of a cupful of sweet milk, one and one-half nutmeg, grated, two and one-half cupfuls of flour again; one-half cupful of milk; mix in the order given. Divide into halves and to one part add raisins, citron and nuts; the other bake in a plain loaf- This will -give you a fruit cake and a plain cake with one mixing and one baking, both* with food keeping qaaUties. ; Chocolate Csks. CMun a tabiespoonfui of butter; add one cupful of sugar, one cupful of sweet milk, two eggs and two cupfuls of flour, sifted, with two teaspoonfuls of baking powder; flavor with vanilla. To half a cake or less of grated, chocolate add half a cupful of milk; boll, remove from the heat and add one enjpftil of soger and the yolk of one egg; Stir Into the cake. Bake in laja«rs a^d use attolled frosting for filling.^.. ' Chocolete - Layer Cgfcft ^ " Take one capful of brown sugar, one-quarter of a cupful of %otter, onequarter of a cupful of mar milk, one teaspoonful of soda, one teaspoonful qt v«n|lla, one egg and one and .onfequarter. Cupfals of flour. Dlssolvs twe squares of choCWate in :pitt a cupful of hot water and jBtlr into the cake the last thing. Bake In layers and pdt'to* gether with boiled frosting. jIljUUc JYla^wtiL HAVE A LAUGH acre, but when the whole thing was Plant, | lumped it went at $500 an acre. I Chicago.--John F. Jelke, head of a manufacturing company, a check for $44,014.07 tS the United States marshal's office, representing the fines and costs Imposed upon him, Francis M. Lowery acres in Greenwood township for $160 and seven salesmen of the company, an acre. Be sold It recently at $Xn who had been charged with violation an acre. of the pure food laws. Words of Wise Me$ He that sweareth falsely denleth God. A good fame Is better than a good face. Man Is clogged with what Is too familiar to him.--Turkish Spy- * A thing too much seen is little prized.--French Proverb. Fancy and fear are worse than pestilence.--German Pro* Arizona Matrons Taught®" to Make Their (&fthing in Demonstration School WA: Arizona women are hustlers, if those who attend the clothing schools held In that state are typical examples. These clothing schools are conducted by the home demonstration agents under the direction of the United States department of agriculture and the state college. The women who attend them are taught various phases of dressmaking and millinery. Such a school was recently held at Salmarlta, Aria. The waiting room at the railway station was the only available place to meet. Before it could be used, the walls and floors needed a through scrubbing and they were given it by the committee In charge. Three machines and two work tables were installed and 12 women came for instruction the first afternoon. The amount of work accomplished during the entire week by those In attendance was a surprise to the home demonstration agent and the committee in charge. One woman, in the three days she attended, made a voile dress, a gingham dress, a skirt (from old material), a hat and a baby cap. While doing this, she also minded ^the baby she brought with her. Whefl the youngster grew restless, she ran her sewing machine with one foot and rolled the baby carriage back and forth with the other. All during her work, she sang a Dutch lullaby to the baby. - ¥ "'IJ •1-. I • © True. "Second thoughts are best," the sage. "But you can't do mndh thfaklng in a second," maintained the utter dolt Deductive Reasoning. "Why do people say, 'As dead as a door nallf" asked the Boob. "Why I a door nail any deader than a door?" "Because it has been hit on the head. I suppose." --' • f:b • Afi Atmosphere of ^reedein.^ " "Does your wife Objfigt tX> JWB flUi* ' nl&g around with your man friends?" "Not my married man fHende," re* plied, Jfr, Dub watte. *9utsb» draws the ltee at bachelors." so?" -She «aye witeusifa I W oat with a i*n? ot bachelors I ahsays retsra heiMf greatly depressed." kangaroo More Llftsiy. Mother--And are you learning * .thing in your lesSbhe In natural tory in school, Btbslt ( fcthei--I think I'am^ mamma, "What have you learnadT* "Well, it's taught me t* think thftt If wasn't a tow that jumped ovei ;the moon at an; that tt waa a kangaroo." Of infinite Variety. "My wife Is a woman .who always speaks her mind." "Her convers** tion must be mp> notonous." "Not st all She's continually changing her m i s c . 'Nat'exactly. Wfri Gtiy--Speculating in stocks is nothing but fisberaaaa's luck. Shorn Lamb--Hardly that. Fn sometimes gone and aooeeaA* ed in saving my bait. . j 1 ^ V .T Ifrt'-". \i T. 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