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THE McHENRT . PLAINDEALBH, McHENBT, ILL. if; i Mr&'n i K>< (Copyright.) fr ! Mr. Lawrence Terhune Is a student *'v of human nature. The'frailties of the people with whom he daily comes In contact grieve him exceedingly; his aole ambition in life is to correct by means of drastic lessons, the errors in their moral make-up. thus inculcatlhg honesty, faithfulness, and other virtues into various people who lack these desirable attributes. Incidentally, he •" Bmkes a very comfortable living by It. One afternoon he strolled into an "•action room where art objects from the land of the Mikado were belnsj Hold. A case of caned Ivories attracted his'attention, and he lingered near it admiringly. He asked t?n attendant If these things were sold privately, as ..• be would not think of bidding at a publlc sale. A whispered consultation ensued, In tile course of which the auctioneer informed him that they might do so, if the gentleman would pick out the things he desired and make an offer en them. / iSaid Mr. Terhune: "Really, I know nothing of the value of these things: tat if you will allow me, I shall pick out several things I fancy, and you will place a label on each. Then, if you will submit a list, with the price of each article. I shall send my agent, who Is an expert; and if he considers the figures satisfactory, I shall be pleased -to send you a check.** * The auctioneer gave a hasty glance £t the faultlessly dressed gentleman, then winked long and elaborately at a hideous bronze idol. He had had experience with purchasing agents be- • Core. It would- certainly be a good #y's business. The selection began. First, the Ivories--cunning little men and women fa ridiculous postures; grotesque i. • beasts and birds climbing over each *' ether; gods, arrayed in filigree that looked like lace, a ball of tiny mon- 4 keys, so intertwined and twisted that , 5 . ft was almost impossible to count their number. The daintiest and most |f elaborate pieces in stock were carer| tUlly selected and put aside. ¥ Would the gentleman care to look at tome cloisonnes? The gentleman was . Hot very anxious, but as he had a * {" Httle time to spare, he would. The f auctioneer waxed eloquent over the tronders he displayed--graceful vases of Iridescent hues; corpulent bowls of s .fc * dove-gray color, over which prepos | terous reptiles disported and stuck out '<lheir tongues; a gem of translucent jfreen enamel, sprinkled with cherry blooms in softest pink and white. «.j,ij Lawrence Terhune looked at his „ . %atch and said: fity I "Really, I had no Idea I had spent ! I • f° much time. Here is my card. Klndj, Jjr favor me with a list as soon as %:i Sosslble. Quote your lowest prices, as { will do no bargaining. My agent will ;.f Call, examine, and report." The next morning the auctioneer % I Called at Mr. Terhune's office. He was i ' 'disappointed that he found nothing to vvI"'. Indicate the business of his prospec- | five purchaser. He was ushered into i I a room which has often been de- • J scribed as the handsomest private of- See in New York, and his trained eye * $ fnconsciously estimated the value of • fiV. fbe fixtures to be no less than five fig- , i *, '.free. i "Ah, good morning J Have you your ;; $• list? Good! 1*11 refer It to my agent. | % % hope you have remembered my re- -eucst to make the prices reasonable ; ^ I will not be bothered with haggling.' £ "Mr. Terhune, them prices quoted is •'flirt cheap. Why, I takes my oath-- ; ' f fend I wouldn't mean it no more sacred fLi:-|y if I was to drop dead this minute-- |vf Ihat every quotation is as low as you H i Jli-an get them anywhere, even if you f' was to import 'em yourself." The auctioneer took his leave. J. Lawrence Terhune chuckled, lit a •cigarette, and proceeded leisurely to 'examine the list. One hundred and ielghty-seven separate items--surely he tiad not examined so many! A sum . total of $7,839. A few days later a stoop-shouldered slovenly Individual shambled into the auctioneer's place, and handed over K prlmy card bearing Mr. Terhune' • name, asked to see the "chim-gracks mentioned in "dls," tapping a much soiled piece of paper, which the auc f„ tioneer recognized as the list submitted. "I'm Meester Derhune's achent--my name's Gerstensang," he volunteered He went to work in a very businesslike way, with a magnifying-glass and long needle, looking for cracks in 'the ivory. The auctioneer watched him anxiously. "Fine stuff that?" he said at last, i "Ummlimm!" murmured Mr. Gerstensang, comparing the number on the ornament with the price on the list. The auctioneer watched him make a mysterious hleioglyph after the num* . ber. "Pretty cheap?" •Ummhmm! I s'pect •©. You Charge only twice aioout vat dey vos vort*." "Whatcher talkln' about?" blustered the auctioneer. "Mr. Terhune'll never get another chance to get these things as cheap as that T" "No?" The inflection In the agent's voice was a battery of questions. "No.! And you know it."' "I yet don* know It" Mr. Gerstensang's voice was remarkable, In that It suggested so much more than the words conveyed. "Well, it's worth $50 for you to find it out." "Don' bodder me! I'm blzzy." "A hundred, then." "Say! Dis one--you got it marked for three hundert dollars--vouldn't be vort' dat If It was from von piece made; and It is from more dan four, and two are pone and not ivory," said the agent irrelevantly. "Two hundred." replied the auctioneer, equally Irrelevantly. "Say! Vat you mean? Are*you,drying to pribe me?" The look of virtuous indignation almost convinced the auctioneer that he had made a mistake. No, no!" be hastily assured the man, who gazed at him in a disconcerting manner. "But, you see, I thought ou might make a mistake, and I wanted to .give you a little token of my esteem." It sounded ridiculous, and the auctioneer shifted uneasily he anathematized the eyes that seemed to bore holes through him. "Oh! So, to you--my esteem two hundert dollars Is vort'?" The auctioneer had the grace to turn red. For two hundert dollars, I should pass on a lot dat for more dan twice •at it is vort' has der prices down marked? Vat said der goon song? *1 don' like no sheep man,'" and be leered cunningly at the auctioneer. "Well! What's it worthr "Oh! Of the bill, ten per cent !• der usual amount, but ve vlll say seven hundert and fifty dollars in circular figures. There was a little more conversation. All right When I get Mr. Terhune's check I'll give you mine." "Vlll you?" said the agent. "No, you vllln't. I got no use for snecks; also, I do strictly gash blzness. Now der money, and Meester Derhune gets a rebort; now no money, and he gets a rebort Elder vay Is von." The auctioneer demurred to some extent, and then went to the safe. "Seven hundred is all I got." Gerstensang counted them carefully, "All ride. You want a reel vet?" he Inquired. "No? Ach! I vlll make a rebort to Meester Derhune dat vlll bring teers to your eyes"--and he departed. The auctioneer waited a week, and then went to see Mr. Terhune. That gentleman was bnslly engaged with certain papers, and hardly heeded the other's oily salutations. "Well, sir! What can I do for yon* "Did you get your agent's report V "I did." The words were ominous In their brevity. The auctioneer fidgeted and stammered. "I have been expectin' to hear from you." "Have you? Well, you need wait no longer." He handed the auctioneer a well-remembered piece of paper. There was the list of 287 separate items--a sum total of $7,838--and underneath, In a cramped German hand: 'I beg to report that the articles is all for more than their value quoted; they are bogus most of them. "Gerstensang,** The auctioneer grew livid. "Why, what In h-- did he meui? He told me he'd make a satisfact'ry report." "Did he?" Inquired Mr. Terhune. "Why?" "Where Is your d-- agent?" "My man, you forget yourself! I shall have to bid you good morning." Mr. Terhune turned to the papers on his desk. "He's a cheat, a robber, a thief, a swindler!" screamed the auctioneer with vehemence. "My dear sir, are you crazy? I have known Gerstensang all my life, and would rely absolutely on any report he should make." , The auctioneer gazed at Mr. Terhune, and his ruddy face paled. Again he met a pair of eyes that seemed to beat his glances to the earth and read him through to his brazen, sordid, deceitful soul. "Why--I don't believe--" he stam mered. "There never was no-- You're Gerstensang himself!" he shrieked, fairly dancing up and down in impotent rage. Mr. Terhune sprang from his chair. "Do not compel me to have you ejected. Go!" The auctioneer had no alternative He went There were tears in his eyes. J. Lawrence Terhune sank back In his chair and smiled as he gazed thoughtfully at his bank pass-book wherein was the following entry: IX 8 .S. •••••«•»••.. .TOO --l"-- -- Governor Edwards Christens FlyingBoat a* Governor Edwards of New Jersey christened the "Aeremarlne," u new ten-passenger flying boat, at the plant of the Aeromarlne Plane and Motor company at Keyport, N. J. The governor used a bottle of real champagne to christen the boat--the largest civilian passenger-flying boat in America. This photograph shows the giant motors and cabin of the "Aeromarlne." Army Treatment of Tuberculosis Some 5,000 Soldiers Admitted to Hospital at Oteen, N. C* ,in 22 Months. DISUSE ARRESTED Quiescent in 1,000 Cam, (00 Under Treatment, While 300 Have Died _ Meet Efficient Modern Methods Employed. Famous Tarpeian Rock. Tarpeian rock Is a precipice on the south side of Capitoline hill at Rome, down which criminals sentenced to death were at one time thrown headlong. It derived its name from Tarpeia, a vestal virgin and daughter of Spurlus Tarpeius, the governor of the citadel, who agreed to open the gates to the Babines, then at war with the Romans, on condition of receiving from them what they wore on their arms, meaning their bracelets. Tarpela was rewarded for her treachery by being crushed to death by the weight of the shields cast upon her by the soldiers, who shouted as they hastened by: "These are the ornaments we wear on our arms." According to legend, Tarpela ever sits In the heart Of the rock, adorned with gold and Jewels, and bound by a spell. find your way around?" die said. "I'm hopelessly befuddled. Would you please tell me how to get to Waverley place?" "Are you facing east or west?' asked the news-stand man. "Am I facing east or west?" repeated the mid Victorian lady, puzzled. And then she saw that the man whom, she had asked to point out the way was blind. "I'm facing east," she said slowly. "Well, turn about west, then," said the cheerful voice of the blind newsdealer, and he went on to give her explicit directions. She followed them to the letter, finding them to be exact, far clearer, in fact than directions generally received from those who see.--New York Evening Sun. Washington.--Among the vast enterprises which have engaged the attention of our government during the last few years the physical reconstruction of our soldiers who saw service abroad ranks among the first And among those who needed the closest care and attention were service men who fell a prey to tuberculosis. These victims of the dreaded white plague have been treated by the most efficient modern methods In the great army hospitals which arose as if by magic in different parts of the country. The work h%s been carried on unostentatiously, and but little knowledge of it has come to the attention of the public. The physical health of the men taken into the service had to be generally excellent, as Is quite well understood, otherwise the medical examiners w-ould be obliged to reject volunteer or draftee. Notwithstanding all the care-taken to select none but sound men, the Influenza epidemic resulted In the development of tuberculosis in a great many of our soldiers, as the secondary result of this acute infection. In addition, many soldiers who had been gassed readily became victims of the disease. Moreover, the constant damp and rainy weather in France would often result In the development of pneumonia, another ready factor in activating tuberculosis. While a few men got into the army who already had small tubercular lesions, these were so slight as to be passed or overlooked by the examiners. However, when such men were unduly exposed and subjected to the severe physical work Incident to army service, a break In the normal state of health resulted. It was from these sources, therefore, that the great majority of the tulprcular patients In the army were recruited. Indeed, many thousands of soldiers required treatment. Provision for their care was made at Otisvllle, N. Y.; Denver, Colo.; Fort Bayard, N. M., and Oteen. N. C., besides several smaller posts that have since been abandoned entirely or turned over to the department of public health. Two Main Hospitals. The main army hospitals for the treatment of tuberculosis at present are at Denver and Oteen. United States General Hospital No. 19 Is the one at Oteen, which Is near Ashevllle, It has established a splendid record and will serve best as an example In giving a brief outline of the treatment of tuberculosis as it is carried out In the army. No. 19 Is a hospital conducted on a truly gigantic scale. It Is a town In Itself, consisting of more than one hun dred buildings which cover 340 acres of land. The money outlay was $3, 600,000. No. 19 has its own water supply and sewerage system. The grounds at night are lighted by electricity, and are Intersected by cement and macad amized roads. There are two central heating plants for the hospital. The buildings are of wood and painted. The unit ward system was used in construction, which permits the very sick to be quartered away froq; those only slightly afflicted, and also permits of more Individual care where there are only a few patients in each building. Blind Man's Directions Exact. , The mld-Victortan lady was trying to And her way about after emerging from the subway at Aster place. No , policeman being in sight, asked directions of the news-stonft «an. " "Isn't ft dreadful* not to be able ^ Imagined Note Had SifM. Writing is very puzzling to savages. In South America, on one occasion, native was sent by a missionary to friend with a note and four loaves of bread. The native ate one on the way, and was amazed to find that the note discovered his theft. On the next occasion that he was sent with four loaves he sat on the note while eating one of them. • > U, able In this institution for the treatment of tuberculosis. The surgeon general's office has taken great pride in this hospital and has been most energetic in the endd& or to have everything at the top notch of efficiency. The success achieved has amply demonstrated what can be done by skill and devotion. | When the hospital was built in the fall of 1917 a Western specialist In tuberculosis was Installed. He retired and returned to private work, and was succeeded by Col. William C. Lyster, a regular army man of more than twenty years' service. He had held very responsible posts in England and France and had been decorated by King George with the Order of St. Michael and St. George. Prior to the war he was known to army men as the Inventor of the Lyster water bag for the use of troops in the field, which is always used when fresh water is unobtainable. Many difficulties In the way of providing an ideal treatment for the tuberculous were encountered at first. One of the most apparent was the amount of money allowed for the dally ration. The war department allowed but 64 cents, an amount experts say Is totally inadequate to provide the proper kind and quality of food required by tuberculous patients. It Is to be. remembered, of course, that proper feeding is one of the mainstays of treatment in this disease. Not Enough Money for Food. Colonel Lyster's representations to the war department resulted In temporarily raising the ration money from 64 cents to $1, but this was reduced later to 88 cents. The method of treatment followed at Oteen is that advocated by Colonel Bushnell, a contemporary of the late Dr. Edward Trudeau of Saranac Lake, N. Y. The course Is subdivided thus: Complete rest in bed, partial rest In bed, and rest by every patient from 1 to 3 in the afternoon. In addition, the patients get good wholesome food and plenty of fresh air. Serums and vaccines are not employed. Artificial pneumothorax (that Is, cutting into the pleural cnvlty so that air can enter and exert pressure on the lung) Is only resorted to In cases of severe, continued hemorrhage. The bed linen is changed dally to prevent reinfection; the sputum cups are changed twice dally, and everyone must have lights out by 10 p. m. The X-ray diagnostic laboratory is one of the best in the country. Maj. John McRae, who has a fine reputation In this field. Is radiologist. Each patient is radiographed upon admission and again every month or two, to note improvement or retrogression. There is also an excellent chemical laboratory. Four dental surgeons are constantly busy seelngr^o it that the teeth of the patients are kept In good condition. The hospital buildings and grounds are kept spotlessly clean, and the evidences of perfect sanitation are observable everywhere. Colonel Lyster had the officers' ward turned over to the very sick en listed men, all bed patients. There a grievance." More than 1,400 beds were avail- Eat Salty Food Nights [ If You Want Dream Jag i - i London.--"If you eat an- i chovies, pickles, olives and oth- ] er salty things before going to i bed you will dream that you ] are drinking all night" > So says William Archer, the j well-known critic. He adds: . i "I commend this practice to , the citizens of the United States i If prohibition has left them with j were about seventy of these. Such patients are provided with everything the market affords, and, they can order anything they wish. There are two dietitians constantly in attendance to provide food for them. There are also four ward surgeons to attend to them; in fact, nothing is overlooked that could add to their comfort. In the officers' Infirmary ward about thirty officers who are gravely ill are quartered, most of whom are bed cases. Contrary to what one would naturally expect, these men, seriously ill. Joke with each other all day long. A most remarkable fact is the spirit of cheerfulness that pervades the hospital, especially in the wards mentioned. How Officers Paaa the Time. < Some of these officers are incased In plaster casts on account of spinal trouble All are engaged in something to help pass the time; thej^make baskets, knit scarves, paint picture*, carve wood or make dolls. The cheerfulness of one officer, a man of Irish birth, was noticeable. He was near death for many months, but he never gave up hope, although he would become delirious every night. Finally, he took a turn for the better, and now he Is up and out of bed and has gained in weight from 92 pounds to 121 pounds. He is so overjoyed at "coming back" that he keeps the whole ward in an uproar of mirth by his witty sallies. Many others have regained their health or are on the road tc it. Another factor that has much to do with keeping up the spirits and high morale of the patients Is the genutne Interest in them manifested by the nurses. /They never grumble, are always at the call of the patients, and always appear to be happy. The spirit of good cheer manifested by Miss Sheehan, the chief nurse, seems to be contagiosa and to have imbued itself Into those who work under her. Miss Sheehan had the same reputation of being able to get work done cheerfully in the largest base -center at Vichy, France. Again, many pleasant ways of keeping occupied are provided by the government. About one hundred reconstruction aids help the soldiers vn all kinds of Instruction, such as basketweaving, languages, typesetting, printing, chemistry, etc. The Red Cross has a large btillding where moving pictures are given dally, and where a social meeting place is provided Tor those on the road to recovery. *• The hostess house, run by the government, provides rooms at nominal cost for the women relatives of the patients, and furthermore is active in a social way. Then the residents of Asheville have been enthusiastically hospitable, constantly entertaining the patients who are able to be about and carrying candy and all sorts of good things to the hospital every day. Such is the manner of life it' gen eral hospital 19. Now that the war risk Insurance bureau and the public health service are gradually taking over the patients needing further treatment, ample provision is made for their care. Those requiring such treatment will receive $80 a month instead of $30. Some hardship is caused in the case of reserve or temporary officers requir lng further treatment. They are obliged to submit to a curtailment in pay, while the regular army officer is either kept on in the hospital or retired on three-quarters pay. The enlisted man, however, is great ly benefited by the provisions of the war risk bureau. Those totally and permanently disabled receive $157.90 a month. As an Instance of tbe real results obtained at Oteen It may be said that 5,000 soldiers have been admitted to the hospital. All of these did not have tuberculosis and a few were transferred to other hospitals. Yet during the year and ten months of its usefulness more than 8,000 cases of tuberculosis have been treated and nearly 2,' 000 have been returned to gainful occupations. In about 1,000 cases the disease has been arrested; in 1,000 it is quiescent; about 300 have died and 600 are still undergoing treatment rouso OLD FRIEND OK MM0 Hop* Followed Despair When Return* lng Doughboy Discovered Copy * of Famous Sen 8torjr« I came aboard the transport reviling my luck, says Robert Palfrey Utter in the Review. My locker and bed roll were in France and I had neglected to bid them good-by; I had nothing but musette and kit bag, in which I had been living for a month. The limping old Mudjekeewis was the shabbiest tub in the service, slow, devoid of comfort. Her engines took a day off every week. Her smoking reom was given over to clacking typewriters which manufactured colored tissue paper orders for the decoration of the main companionway. The whiteand- gold music room was no place for one who was constitutionally unable to derive solace from craps or poker. But when I discovered that the ship's library had survived the ravages of war, I began to see the hand of providence. As I reviewed the backs of the 50-odd most respectable volumes in tough brown calf, my locker and bed roll "fell from my back and began to tumble, and so continued to do" till I thought of them no more. I was free as air In spite of the livery I wore. I tossed a polished copy of "Mr. Mid shlpmnn Easy" into my berth, cast off my shining greaves and brass-moun* ed regalia, chinned myself on the Tiron that ran across the top of the state room, swung my legs over the edge of the berth and dropped after them. I opened the port hole to the deck and the summer night, disposed tobacco and other necessities in the wall pockets, started the fire in a wellcrusted briar bowl, and forthwith I was in company with an old friend whom I had not seen for years--"By 9 o'clock that evening Mr. Jack Easy was safe on board bis majesty's sloop Harpy." UUB BY FPU THE WHfftlt HousewWas of Early New York Oin satisfied With Less Than a ftix- $ Month# Supply; < tW ' Tt» eleventh hour, or, rather, she o'clock rush to the delicatessen store* that marks the approach of dinner In these days of freadied house-. wifery would have seemed a strange Irl f madcap phenomenon to. the good 'i/ • housewives of old New York. They, would have felt ill provided should they have had less than six months' provisions in the larder. According to the memory of ono small boy of seventy-five years ago the thrifty Dutch folk who lived along; the west side of what is now downtown New York laid in stores in October and November to last until April or May. They bought a quarter of beef, a- hog or a sheep to furnish the pieces de resistance of the winter's meals. The beef was corned or smoked. The pork and mutton was similarly cured and put away. The smoking was done in public smoke bouses, maintained for profit. A oarrel of flour, two or tnree of apples and potatoes added the vegetable content to the menus. Other supplies to lend variety wejre laid by - in lesser quantities. All sorts of farm products were purchasable in the fall at minimum prices, because at that time many sailing vessels and barges came down the river from upstate laden with stores. As winter and the' closing of the river approached the farmers and merchants grew anxious to dispose of their stocks and the townfolk consequently bought at an advantage, which they were not slow to take.--New York Evening Sun. WILL BE BOON TO INVALID Independence, Comfort, and. Exercise All Provided In New Chair Propel led by Electricity. A new era of Independence, comfort and exercise is promised to invalids in an electrically-propelled chair that is now being made by a firm of surgical engineers in London. In appearance it is little more than a very comfortable, luxuriously-suspended bath chair or invalid's carriage. The propulsive motion is electricity. It is silent, travels a distance of over twenty miles on a single charge and has four speeds, ranging from a crawl up to Ave miles per hour. The control is said to be so simple that any person, no matter with what disabilities, can* sit in the carriage and start right away, and it is fitted with reverse on all speeds. It Is only necessary to hold the steering lever with the left hand and gently push over the controller handle with the right hand. The use of the carriage renders an invalid Independent of chair man or attendant, and 4he cost of upkeep is said to be trivial. Irish Travel Stop* The tourist resorts of Ireland--the Lakes of Killarney and Glengarrlff-- have suffered greatly during the war and the resumption of normal conditions, with freedom of travel for pleasure^ will be required to bring back their old-time prosperity. 'So Queenstown and, to a smaller degree, the city of Cork has been affected by the entire cessation of the extensive passenger traffic to and from the United States. Queenstown was the principal port for Irish emigration to the United States, and the change in that respect is highly significant There are more young men in Ireland today than there were for very many years before the war. Emigration, which for the ten years ending March 1, 1911, averaged 38,808 from all Ireland, fell in 1917 to 2,111, and in 1918 to 960 natives of Ireland. Embarkation of emigrants and others from Queenstown which amounted to 20,883 in 1913, and 21,480 in 1914, stopped altogether In November, 1914. Snakes Friends of Farmer. A correspondent who is interested In snakes as well as flowers and birds and the other more popular things In nature writes that he has gratifying success in Ipcating snakes by merely listening for their rustling in the dry leaves. If one's ears ,are specially trained for snake noises there Is no good reason why this method should not be really practical. Unquestionably the majority of wood wanderers are almost blind in this matter of snakes. Unless we almost step on him we seldom know that he is lurking near at hand and remaining very still in the hope that he will not be noted. All our snakes are practically defenseless. They are not only Inoffensive and timid creatures, but also highly useful friends of the fanner. Possibly the baby snakes are in less danger than the adults. The little fellows are less conspicuous, and, as before noted, they can hide in very small refuges. Biddy's Logic. Mistress (after absence)--It's no use, Bridget you've worn one of my new skirts and you can't get out of it. Bridget--Begorry, mum, if thot's so Ol'd be wearln' it this minit wouldn't Ol?--Boston Transcript J CREED FOR EVERY AMERICAN Undwilabl. "Oood Thing" to Whlgh All Citizens Should Subscribe . and Pass Alenf. IVeaHy every reader is familiar wftfc the expression, "It's a good thing, pass , It along." The other day attention was attracted by a "good thing" which is here passed along. It is a financial creed" for every nan, woman and child suggested by the savings directors of the 12 federal reserve districts. Read it carefully. It is as follows: * I believe In the United State* of America. My opportunity and hope; depend upon her future. I believe that her stability and progress rest upon the industry and thrift of her people. Therefore, I will work hard and IIvu simply. I will spend less than I earn. I will use my earnings with caret I will save consistently. I will Invest thoughtfully. To increase the financial strength of my country and myself, I will buy government securities. I will hold above barter the obligations my country thus incurs. I will do these things to Insure the greatness of America's future. Fish Nets, the First Lace. Examine a piece of fine and costly lace. What is It fundamentally? It Is a net. By origin It is a fish net. The first lacemaker was a fisherman, or perhaps his wife. All of the beautiful laces we know today are developed from that clever invention, the fish'net They hark back, therefore, far into the prehistoric. The first white men who came to America found no lacemakers on this continent, but they did find the Indians weaving fabrics of cotton, yucca and other fabrics, with elaborate pattern designs. They were particularly skillful at a certain sort of "drawnwork." The California Indians of today make cotton lace, but the art has beeo taught to them by white) people. The pottery they make for sale is sometimes adorned with this lace. Which suggests mention of the fact that the early Indians often decorated their pottery with textile patterns by Impressing the latter ufon the day while soft. Women Demand GriJ. If you have the grit you can command respect. The world doesn't want any fawning apologies. That may serve a purpose under some ?weak sister" circumstances, but never under the greatest need. Some folks wonder why It Is that "all the world loves a lover." The fact is a lover must have grit. Women want their heroes to b® leaders, daring, irresistible. They want men who do things. They even like to be made do a few things they protest but enjoy just the sama Weakltngs do not dare such audacity. They fear they will lose the maiden'® smiles. As a matter of fact It's th« daring and the assurance that wlna "Faint heart never won fair lady" wt are told. Even in lovemaklng you must have grit. And what's more the fellow that does not have grit doesn't ^deserve to win. Why should a woman waste herself on a molly-coddlet Be a man if you would win.--Grit TURTLE RAIDS HEN ROOST Aroused by Commotion at Night Farmer Finds 30-Pound Saurian. Lugging Off Chicken. Lyons, N. Y.--"Sufferin' maclcereT, and what do you know about that!" exclaimed Philip L. Martin, as, clad chiefly in his nightshirt", he sallied out with his double-barreled shotgun after chicken thieves. "So you at* the critter that Baa been gltttn' my young ducks, are you?" quoth Farmer Martin as he found a thirtypound snapping turtle lugging a hen off toward Clyde river. "Guess it will soon be all night for you," he chortled as he seized the saurian by the tail and lagged him off to the chopping block. It seems that Farmer Martin had been losing a lot of young ducks recently. He did not know whether it was minks, weasels or polecats that were to blame. He had a hen setting a lot of eggs under the barn and It was this setting hen that put up the racket Arriving at the chopping block, after a' little backing and pulling, Farmer Martin got the turtle in position so he could chop off Its head without Cutting off the leg of the hen. After the turtle's head had been chopped off Mr. Martin had to get a chisel and split the head of the turtle In pieces to release the hen. With all sorts of squawks the hen hustled back and resumed her position on tho Married. ••When he was courting me he'd coo to me for hours." "Yes." • "I never dreamed he'd holler at met" --Louisville Courier-Journal. Modern Youngsters. The ten-year-old school girl In O* ensboro, who is making a strenuous effort to reduce her consumption of cigarettes might profit by the example of a Louisville school girl, who gave up cigarettes altogether by adopting a pipe.--Louisville Courier^ Journal. . i New Building Material. Experiments have been conducted at Vancouver, ^B. C., toward building jfcouses (torn marble dust and sawdust, ftt a coat of about 6 cents a foot. Appeal to Snobbishness. *Mat umbrella repairer has a flat* tering approach." "What is it?" > "First asks the lady of the house If she has any golf clubs te Louisville Courler-JournaL The Answer. "Why do they try so much hot air pleasure en witnesses?" "I suppose it is because they want to pump them." ,, • • ' Terrific Strain. are so many musicians peramental?" "Well," replied Lewis, "if you had to play 'Hot Time' by the hour, with your heart yearning all the time for a Beethoven symphony, maybe you'd get nervous yourself." »- A True Sportsman. ' ^W»*s a good sport." "^hat makes you think so?" "He says the home team played good baseball even though they loal the game." ~ I." .1 W