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Horticultural Hints r *. MANY TRUCKS USED IN EAST lEastem Farmers Have Been Adding Machines to Their Farm Equip. m«nt at Rapid Rate. Figure* obtained by the United Rtates department of agriculture in ronnection with the investigation ot the use of motor trucks by farmers Indicate that the rate at which eastern farmers have been adding motor trucks to their farm equipment has increased rapidly during the last three years. jReports gathered by the office of farm t.ianageroent from approximately 1,000 farmer truck owners in the New England states, New York, Pennsylvania, JNew Jersey, Delaware and Maryland during January and February, show that at that time over 80 per cent had t>wned their machines less than three 3ears. The length of time 955 of these * men had owned their machines is as * follows: Less than one year, 373; vinore than one year, buf^ess than two, £37; more than two years, but less JHian three, 181; more th^n three years, but less than four 86; more BVEBFOWD OF LAW Litigation Called Curse of Gold - ' Coast Nattos. •N? * • Truck Being Loaded With Fruit in an Eastern Orchard. than four years, bat less than Are, ST; more than five years, 41. These reports were all from farmers who had purchased new trucks for • their individual use. Reports on second- hand machines and on track at tnchments for pleasure cars, as well *8 tracks ased primarily for custom work or on regularly established mutes, were not Included in the count. While it is Impossible to determine Just how many of the trucks which have been in use only one or two years were purchased. to replace other tracks, worn oat or discarded. It Is known that a largo percentage of the reports covers first experience with v trucks. CHIEF OBJECTS IN PRUNING CM la to Assist Development of Strong Framework for Later Support of Fruit. ^of the main objects In pruning young*trees is td assist in the development of a strong framework for the later- support of fruiting wood and fruit It is desirable that this framework be developed as quickly as is compatible with a proper maturing or ripening of the wood in the fall. The main scaffold limbs and their branches which go to form the framework of the trees are developed from shoots. That is, in the young apple tree the •boots of one season become the limbs «f the next season. Consequently any practice which promotes a strong, •vigorous shoot growth In the young tree is a direct aid In building Its framework. It Is a well-established fact that comparatively heavy pruning Is a great stimulant to shoot growth, a stimulant in the sense of causing larger and stronger, though fewer •hoots. No Dispute Seems Too 8njali to Be Taken Into Court--Quarrels Among Petty "Chiefs" Provide Fat Fees for Native Lawyers. The Gold Coast, on the west coast of Africa, is a paradise of lawyers, say Ethel and Olar Letheridge, special correspondents of the London Dally Telegraph. They write: A point which must be made in connection both with Ashantl and the northern territories Is that these administrations are independent of the Gold Coast proper, except in so far as they acknowledge a common governor who resides at Accra. They are also included in the financial estimates of the colony as a whole, and receive military aid if it is required. Of course, they work through the secretariat, which is the channel of communication to the governor. Beyond this they are free. They have their own courts, their own police, their own methods of administering Justice and their own Internal legislation. Now, this may sefiA a small matter, but, in all truth, it is pregnant with importance for the future of this colony. The matter in a nutshell Is the simple fact that the courts of Ashantl and the northern territories will not permit the employment of native or European barristers under any circumstances. Tfiey prefer, and quite rightly so, to deal with the native population, be they chiefs or laborers. Now the curse of the Gold Coast is litigation. Whatever may be said about the total population of the colony, Jhere are enough lawyers in the three towns of Sekondi, Cape Coast and Accra to make a good-sized English country village. They fairly tumble over one another. Yet they are all prosperous, they all have their motors and send their daughters to places like Cheltenham to be educated. How on earth can it be done? it) the natural query. The answer is that the gold mine they are tapping Is the national chiefs. In this connection it must be remembered that, with very few exceptions the word "chief," as here employed may mean little more than the headman of village. Forever are these petty despots quarreling over land questions, the delimitations of their boundaries, and so forth. In Ashanti questions of this nature can be pleasantly swiftly and satisfactorily settled within an hour or two, perhaps, at practically no ei' pense to anybody. Not so upon the Gold Coast. The cocoa standard" has set the pace. All these little people have money, and as soon as they covet their neighbors' land they fly to a native lawyer, or a native lawyer, even more.probably, flies to them, and the intermln able game of litigation starts. It may last three months, or it may last three years--the latter if the lawyers think it worth while. Counsel are employed at altogether disproportionate fees over the most pettifogging matters, and so It goes on until the rival claimants shake hands over having at least one thing in common--they are in bankruptcy. This is no exaggeration. In one case at Addah^ the time occupied over settling a little dispute was a fortnight, and the defending counsel, who lost the case for his client, received as a fee the sum of $6,- 000. Another, a ruling chief who shall be nameless, since he occupies a very Important position, has the doubtful pleasure of an overdraft of $40,000 at his bank, every penny of which has been frittered away over lawyers. FAD NOW IS TO RE-CHRISTEN Slavonic Names Lead in Fashion, and (hi. (vans and the ItniaiiAN NumeroM. "'A If, as Shakespeare says, aft the world's a stage, and all the mdn and women In it are players, then everybody Is entitled to a stage name. Choose your own to fit the role you have assigned yourself, and you are only exercising your professional privilege. For the present, the custom-- outside the domains ot the theater and literature--is more general among women than men. Bnt the fashion once diffused, there Is no telling where it will end. Says a writer In the Dally Mall of London: Time was when we were content to abide slavishly by the names bestowed upon us at our christening, but today there are signs of revolt against a handicap such as Is implied by an unsuitable Christian name. Modern men and women realize what a depth of psychological suggestion abides within a name, and what a dangerous thing it is to go through life attached to one that is antipathetic to one's nature. Polly is becoming Patricia, and endeavoring to live up to it. Daisy Is calling herself Diana and hoping that she looks like It. Human nature possesses a curious aptitude for approximating to the view formed of and for it, so the re-christening craze achieves a wonderful mental metamorphosis in quite a number of instances. The rose by any other name might smell as sweet, yet our feelings in regard to it might modify, were it known as stitchwort or mangelwurzel. Similarly It would be risky to be known as Martha when we long to be Penelope, and silly to suffer as Susan when we feel like Sophonlsba. The world seems a different place when we feel ourselves rightly named for it. There have been fashions in names that absolutely date their owners. Dorothy and Phyllis proclaim their age to the world at large just as do the unfortunate creatures named by misguided parents after battles, Jubilees and Russian dancers. For such the business of re-christening becomes sooner or later a positive duty. The re-christening habit once acquired, there is no reason why it should not be repeated at intervals, as we age and develop. Just now the fashion is for the Slavonic. There are Ivans who, In long clothes, were pure George, and Sonias who in their cradle were simply Ada. Not long ago favor was with the French, and Tvonnes and Margots were everywhere. After all, why not seek the appropriate? It may annoy one's relatives, who are apt to regard the re-chrlstening craze as an affectation amounting almost to deceit--but everybody's doing It.--New York Times. NEW CHANNEL-SWEEPER IDEA Claimed That It Will Be ef Vast . jMrtanoe In the Maintenance of Barge Canal*. "ROT TFo kid in the maintenance Of tit# New York state barge canal, a channel sweeper has been devised, not heretofore demanded by the construction of the older canals, writes Gordon P. Gleason in Popular Mechanics Maga- Bine. As time goes on and the banks disturbed by recent excavations assume their natural slopes, the need of dredging will become less. Investigations, however, show that within one year sufficient material may be deposited within the canal to make the available depth of water considerably less than the prescribed 12 feet. An example of this was found in the channel east of Oneida lake. This was completed in a full 12-foot depth in 1909, yet, in 1917, It was so washed In with sand that it was necessary to remove thousands of cubic yards of this material. To aid in the locating of obstructions in the canal the state engineer has designed a novel channel sweeper, and boat builders have been asked to submit estimates as to the cost of these so that three of them may be placed on the canal. The new sweeper consists of two, boats, each 18 feet long and 6 feet wide. These are placed 15 feet apart and joined by timbers. An operating floor 30 feet long and 5 feet wide will be constructed near the stern, and suspended from this will be a 60-pound rail, 30 feet long, held by two <ihaln* at each end. MMBLi STRATEGY FAILED TO WORK CRAPES ARE POPULAR FRUIT t- Coubtful If There Is Any Fruit More Wholesome and Otherwise Valu- , , able to Human System. > Hot many fruits are as thrifty and 4s sure to bear nnder reasonable conditions as grapes. This fruit is one of the oldest and for years and centuries the most popular fruit. Primitive husbandmen knew the grape and used It. It is doubtful whether there is any ftult that Is any more wholesome and otherwise valuable to the human system than grapes. Most people relish grapes and they are said to be very healthful as a food. Fearful Engine of Destruction. A warship that will combine in Itself the surface craft, the airship and the submarine is "no Impossible dream the future," says Sir Fortesque Flannery, president of the British Society of Consulting Marine Engineers. •Rie tendency will naturally be to scout the possibility of a craft combining all these qualities, but Sir Fortesque is a practical man and his opinion is supported by Sir John' Fisher, who, when first sea lord of the British admiralty, predicted that such a craft would come in no very distant time and that the nations might then scrap their navies as junk. The experiences of the recent war show how difficult it is for surface ships to fight airships or submarine, and a craft combining the qualities of the two that could seek refuge in either air or water would drive su» face ships from the sea. HORTICULTURAL NOTES Spraying gets the clean fruit • • • . The orchard or garden is never compete wlt|i»ut strawberries. ^ e • • One reason peach trees seem to fall ^Dicker than formerly is the failure of 4pr orchard soils. • • • • •Blackberry, raspberry and dewberry limes are frequently injured by the ipd-necked cane borer. T • • • * Hoses, gooseberries and currants may be increased by layering them, Tip a branch to the ground and cover ilk with earth. • • • |A small orchard will not only fur- (uh fresh fruit the entire year, bat Will give a supply for the local market • • • ' It takes fertile soil to produce f|fult. Those who set orchards on very floor land will be disappointed with results unless great pains are tijtiten to build up the soli. * The black raspberry produces Its W.ljhiit on canes of the previous year's '*'t~i|Hwvth--never oo old canes. Consequently the old canes should be cat out «M» they have rtuUed. Walnut 8tump Worth (290. A single walnut tree stump, grabbed out on the banks of Clark's creek, will net the Settgast brothers. Geary county farmers, more than $250, according to a Junction City (Kan.) dispatch. The brothers recently purchased all of the walnut trees and have been catting them down and shipping the timber to St. Louis and Kansas City markets, where it commands high prices. The big stump weighs more than nine tons and the portion above ground measures fifty Inches across, while the portion that was underground was even larger. It Is estimated that the huge chunk of timber would make gunstocks enough for an entire regiment. Based on present prices, the tree of which this stump formed the base will bring in more than $250. Last Resort of "Looked Out" Son-in- Law Only Served to Make Matters Worse. His mother-in-law is deaf, "thick o* hearin'," as they said in tne old days. Mother-in-law went to the movie the other evening and, before leaving the house, requested that if the pther members of the household went out the key be left in the mall box. The others did go out and the key was left in the designated place. When they returned the key was missing. Mother-in-law had locked the door and carried the key Inside. She was seen sitting near an upstairs wipdow, reading. The doorbell was rung until It ran down. The telephone did not reach her ears. Those left out in the cold, cold world were In despair. The neighborhood had been aroused by the noise made In attempting to make mother-in-law's defective hearing take spark. She read peacefully om Finally Mr. Soh-ln-Law had a happy thought. He would try strategy. He turned the hose on her window. Mother-in-law thought it was raining, got up and closed all the upstairs windows and went back to her book. Strategy had not only failed, bat had tightened the barrier of sound. It was not learned just how those outside got inside.--Indianapolis News. WAITING FOR BIRTHDAY.^^ wonder how many creatures there are," said Louis Lion, "who are anxious to have their birthdays come." "Gracious," said Akbar, another lion, 'most creatures they call children are anxious -to iiave their birthdays come. Well, I should Just say they are." And Akbar gave a long roar to show how anxious he was that others would listen to him. 'Whpt is it, Akbar?" they asked. 'I was saying," said Akbar, "that children are anxious to have their birthdays come. Mr. Louis Lion here was wondering if there were many creatures who wanted and were anxious to have their birthdays come. "He was toi$ that the creatures they call children are aiuAous to have their birthdays come, and the one who told hfm this fact was Akbar the lion!" All of the animals were now listenlog. Akbar was much pleased. He w«us a very Important lion and he liked to have all remember, it. "I was about to say," Akbar went on, "that children are very anxious to have their birthdays come. I've heard them talk about them. Tve heard them here In the zoo speaking about what they had asked for in the way of presents. I've heard them talk of the cakes they hoped to have. I've heard them speak of birthdays that had passed and how fine they were, of the candle and the wreaths and the flowers and all of such things. I've heard of the games they've received and of the toys they've been given and of all those things. "And when a birthday is drawing near they're always most anxious for It to come.", 'I am anxious for my blrthdajr to come, too." said Louis Lion. "I am CUTTINa THIRDftSr Of TEETH Memphis (Tenn.) Man, at 84, Is Alse Renewing His Youth and Vigor In Other Ways. The adage that there is nothing new under the sun has been disproved by N. D. Starr, who has cut a third set of teeth at the age of eighty-four, when usually the only new molars, bicuspids, etc., that can be achieved are those purchased from a dentist, says the Memphis Commercial Appeal. Mr. Starr, who Is in the employ of the Memphis Artesian Water company, recently found himself In need of a set of these artificial substitutes fdr • the teeth provided by nature. But wh^n he visited his dentist the price was too high and he decided to go toothless. However, through one of the unaccountable happenings which sometimes upsets all rules, Mr. Starr discovered that he was cutting 12 new teeth. They are almost through now, although they are not very useful yet, owing to the fact that his gums are sore In a fashion familiar to all mothers of teething Infants or to boys and girls whose second teeth are replacing their baby teeth, and even the older boys and girls who proudly announce: "I'm cutting a wisdom tooth." Dentists doubtless will contend that such a thing cannot happen. But Mr. Starr knows that he now has teeth where no teeth were before. Moreover, he says his eyesight is better than it was several years ago, and that so far from his vigor being impaired by advancing years he feels stronger and more youthful than he did when he was seventy. RELIEF, TELL OF BABYLONIAN LIFE Interesting Revelations in Clay Tablets r 4 That Were ^Written" On Sop| » Forty Centurlea Ago, Y':; Shipment ef Mooee. Four moose from the wilds of Wyoming are to experience a ride on sleds of more than 100 miles, and by rail of more than 1,000 miles, in order that a moose herd may be founded in the South Dakota state game park of 64,000 acres in the Black hills. The animals will be presented by the state of Wyoming to the state of South Dakota. They will be captured In the Jackson Hole country, south of.Yel lowstone park, and will be hauled on Bleds across two intervening mountain ranges to the railroad in Idhho, then will be shipped to South Dakota In n stock car. Desert Made Habitable. In the southwest corner of France, between the rivers Adour and Garonne, are long stretches of pine woods, green and cool. Where these pines now stand was a barren waste in the middle of the eighteenth century. Sun and wind vied with each other In making the land drier and dustier. Over the stormy Bay and Biscay came winds that set up great sand storms and sometimes burled whole villages But at last there came along a man who acknowledged fate only as something to be overcome. His name was Bremontler and he was an inspector of roads. He began fencing in the desert. He built a fence and behind it planted handful of broom needs. Behind the broom seeds he put seeds of the pine The fence protected the broom seeds and the broom grew. Then the broom In Its turn afforded shelter to the del lcate pine shoots. Soon the pines spread and their tough roots bound the sandy soil together. The first step was accom pl'Ished. Then canals were made to drain the wet parts and carry water tb the drjC^New York Evening "Poet Chineee JubllatlM* A sea lion, a fusillade of crackers, a banquet, and the raising of the Chi nlse flag, indicated to the Victorian town of Echucha that a branch of the Chinese Masonic society had been formed. Chinese from all parts of Victoria attended the ceremony, and the mayor and councilors of Echucha were guests. The Chinese master ot ceremonies was Interviewed by returned soldiers' who objected to the flying of the Chinese flag alone. Australian and British flags were at once hoisted to the top of the flagpole.-- Indianapolis News. Nave Drawn Pictures. "Deadwood Dick" English Born. Richard Bullock, known as "Deadwood Dick," was born at Cornwall, England, some eighty years ago. At the age of twenty-one he came to America and at length drifted to' the West. For a while he worked in the mines in the Black Hill country. At that time miners there were greatly discouraged and vexed by the unusual activity of bandits. Desperadoes operating individually and in gropps were holding up stages running 'between the mining country and the settlements In the East with such regularity that chances of getting their gold shipments through were slim. Bull»ck saw fn this situation an opportunity to do the miners a good turn and himself, too, to earn a good livelihood and to enjoy no end of thrills and adventures. So he laid away his pick and shovel, armed himself with a wicked-looking gun and embarked in the business of hunting "road agents." A "Burning Well." Water and fire aren't usually considered good friends, but under certain circumstances they may unite to form an interesting and beautiful natural phenomenon. This Is the case near Mobile, Ala., where for years a "burning well" has been the center of attraction for visitors and residents of the city. Bored originally for an artesian well, the product of the hole was a tremendous flow of salt water, heavily charged with chlorine gas. How this gas first took fire is not known, but burn It does, and the deep orange flames, uninjured* by the water, not only spurt high with the flow of the crystal stream and color its white foam, but they run along tMte circular pool about the well in 'continuous sleeps of bright color. Mother Endearments, A baby needs love and cuddling Just as It needs its mother's milk, or baths, or clean clothes. The age-old mother endearments are the truest wisdom. They coax the awakening baby soul as the sun coaxes out the wild flowers In the springtime. They give zest to baby life, and without that zest babies grow listless and stupid, and many of them fade and die.-- Exchange. Wished Water Turned Off. ' Bttly Hart has lived with his parents in East Thirty-sixth street for three years. The other day his father took him walking down to the Meridian street bridge over Fall creek. After watching the water flowing out from under the bridge for a time Billy said: "Turn it off. pop; turn it off." «--Indianapolis News. Celluloid Collar Swimming Aid. The timid beginner can learn to swim in ten minutes. It is. claimed, if he wears about his neck the new "swimming collar." This collar, as described In Popular Mechanics Magazine, consists of a cylinder of transparent celluloid, about eight Inches high. Across the bottom is cemented a rubber sheet with a central aperture. The edges of the aperture fit snugly about the neck. Thus the new swimming aid holds the head above the water, and recommends Itself to fair swimmers because It keeps the hair dry. waltfug for it eagerly. I want tobe five years old. I am only four and a half years old now, and my mane la not full grown., I will not have a perftect nmne until 1 am five years old, so I am very, very anxious for my fifth birthday to come." 'Ah," said Akbar, "but that Is where we are so different from lionesses. We lions long for our fifth birthday. All of the first five years of our lives we, Mr. and Master Lions, are waiting for our manes to become full length and up to the height of their beauty. It Is five years, as you say, before a mane is perfect upon a lion--and that is where a lion's mane always is, upon a lion!" Akbar roared in his loud voice. "I suppose," he went on, "that I have had as many stories written about me as any lion and they have been true stories, too. "I have gone down in Che pages of books as Akbar, the Interesting lion. Whet I have said and what I have done has been written about, 4od folks have stood before me and watched me and put down what they thought I was saying and also what I was doing. And people with pencils and paper, too, have drawn pictures of me and I have posed for them and looked as handsome as I could, which is pretty fine looking, I must admit Yes, old Akbar has been the hero of many a tale. But you/ friend Louis Lion, are to be the hero of this tale. You are to be the* leading lion of the story!" ; Louis Lion laughed, a funny, snarling laugh, bat it was the best laugh he had about him at the moment. It Is so hard to wait for one's birthday," he said. "I wouldn't find It hard to wait if I only were thinking about candles and cakes and presents and birthday parties and hair ribbons and tennis rackets and bicycles and airplanes. "No, I wouldn't mind waiting for years and years for such things and I wouldn't care at all If I never got them! "But when one Is waiting for one's mane to become fall-grown, then It is that It is very hard and difficult to be patient. "Ah, oh, me, my, how I long for my fifth birthday when my mane will be beautiful and perfect and when I will be a full-grown Hon, a grownup lion, Louis, the lion who has had his fifth birthday!" The University of South Dakota ftt Vermillion has come into possession of 01 genuine Babylonian tablets, discovered by Arabs In the ruins of bur-i led cities and collected at Bagdad. They have been deciphered by Dr; Edgar J. Banks of Alpine, N. J., ani authority on these clay and brick records of 4,000 years ago, and their authenticity proved. Fully half of the tablets in this collection are perfect and all of them are legible. They are only a few Inches in size and were written on when they were soft clay, later being dried, or baked. Most of them are of about the date 2350 B. C., a few going as far back as 2800 B. C., and others dating from the time of the fall of Babylon before the Persians, In 588 B. C. The most valuable tablet Of the collection is a letter. Holes were made through it so that it might be attached to a cord and carried in this way. Next in point of value and interest are a number -of neo-Babylonian tablets of sundrled clay containing business contracts of all sorts and giving pictures of the life of the people after the Persian conquest. Of special Interest Is a small tablet of exercises in writing, done by some boy in the temple scLooi over 40 centuries ago. Iceberg Acrobat. The sighting of a fleet of 14 icebergs, line with somersaulting tendencies, was reported by Capt. W. H. Flemmlng recently on the arrival here of the steamship Munaires from Rotterdam. The bergs were seen about 750 miles east of Halifax. One of them, said Capt. Flemmlng, suddenly rolled over with a splash. As It tumbled, a large piece from the top was broken off, causing the berg to take a second tumble. As it was righting, another section broke off, and for the third time the berg turned over. It was about a mile astern of the vessel.--New ¥e*k World. T know how much ^ ' have cheered me," said the fashlofc* able physician. "Why, doctor, how can I, a aick mat, cheer you?" "Because you are really sick aid : need my professional skill to cure yoo. Most of my patients are rich people with Imaginary aliments. I'm glad to pet a chance now and then to practlitv'I Something besides deception." ' . " -V; Canine Palace. ly.;?-' "The Grabcoins put on a great d4H »f style." Everything they possess is a Uttte ftetter than anything else of the sore ibout here." "Yes?" "Even their dog house looks like * Queen Anne cottage." 4^ EXTREMES MEET. "Young Brlggs has just taheritlSlKi a cool million." "Is that why everybody greets hlsa so warmly?" True. Time and tide for no man watt. Be punctual wh&te'er you do; Remember thia: Men also hate To have to hang around tor you. And Nothing More. "Scribson is dashing off another novel." "How long does It take him to Willi a novel?" "About six weeks." "Good heavens! And what dOMftfe^f} put Into it?" "About 60,000 words." A 8eHlsh Thought. "Henry," said Mrs. Dubwait#, "I saw a perfect love of a hat In a mllllnel'S window this morning." "I hope you will not disillusion jUfKhi* self,'said Mr. Dubwaite. "What do you mean?" « ? * "You know very well that hat will cease to be a perfect love when you buy it" These Animal Actor*. Wlllfe Bow Wow--Why did Harold Silver Fox refuse to act today? Sammle Me Ow--Temperament. H» saw the director's wife wearing his cousin and it affected him so that they had to send him to the veterinary hospital. A Good Catch. It Is impossible to repress a feeling of satisfaction over the feat of the Atlantic City game warden, who apprehended the owner of a seaplane guilty of shooting wild geese In the air. The law against this sort of "sport" is strict, and the penalty provided for offenders is ample. And, as bird shooting from the air is on a plane with the use of dynamite and seines In closed waters, the more rigidly the statute is enforced the better. Any leniency would be disastrous to the bird life of the country and calamitous to the United States.--Detroit Free Press. ' No Way for Ladies to Act. Scene, a crowded restaurant! dramatis personae, the proprietor, sleek, prosperous, pompous; a doorman--a dejected attendant, rolling anxious, furtlve eyes in every direction to find out whether a customer had skipped without cashing In his meal cheok propeTly. For a few moments, however, attendant relaxes, heavy eyes almost cloi and vigilance abates. On this peaceful lassitude falls the voice of the proprietor. "Here, you, Joe, get on your Job. Dldh't you notice them two ladles over there beating It out without paying thelc bill?"--Rehoboth Sunday-Herald. -- f#T* On Trial. Customer--I'm mighty particular about how my hair is cut. Do you think you can do a good job on it? Barber--Well. I'm reckoned fairly decent, but If you want I'll do one side of your head first so you can see how you look.--American Legibn Weekly. Of the Dead Past * A Long Time Since--Can you suggest a nice inexpensive car I can get?" "No, nor an Inexpensive wife, nor an inexpensive house. Those things Mit out of fashion." :•> STARTING AT THE TOP. Barber--Hair getting thin, sir. Obese Party -- Thank goodneMf That aati-fat is beginning to pfttfc. -- 1 -- -- ' £ } - ( Hard Luck. He sold his house , And made three thou^ But has no place Uve In now. thy nest plant • Lefa Have the 8ugar. The Insular government Is 'trying to produce cheap sugar and alcohol from the Philippine nipa palm, the islands having more than 100,000 acres of the trees. Fisherman's Luck. 'any luck dn your fishing Harrowing Detail. "I hear that the exceedingly youthful would-be soldier who i«in away "Have J to ennst in the navy had a brush with trip?'.' 1 his mother." "HI Mr *o. I won twenty-thwte| «Yes; it was. so to speak, a halrdollars, 4*vth«! evening sessions." I bru»h encounter." • r Mer Wap>.• & ' "An actress in preparing herself for the stage reverses all the usual rules of art." . "How so?" "She paints first and draws .after* ward."--Brooklyn Eagle. Both Obese. •Tm taking reducing exercises, Robert," said Mrs. Winkley. "I wish you could induce the household expenses to Join you," responded her worried husband.--Boston Transcript. -- The Honor of a Country. ><fl»e honor of a country, depends much more on removing its faults than on boasting of its qualities.-- Ilaazlni. A Flowery Path. Net every girl finds a flowery path stretching on ahead of her as she goes through life, but every girl can leave such a path behind her. For kindness of heart, thoughtfulness, and self-sacrifice make flowers spring up along the stoniest way--flowers that do not fade and wither in a few short days, but make little patches of lasting beauty •nd fragrance.--Girls' Companion., • Holes Hold Water. What is that which Is full of and yet holds water? A sponge. Aoquiring Senee. Tm teaching my boy to paddle his own canoe." "And a good idea, too. Then he won't be so apt to rock the boat" fNneapple Industry Grows. ' In the Hawaiian Islands the pineapple industry has, during the last few years, experienced considerable development, causing it to rank second to that of sugar. At present there are about 7,000 acres planted With pineapples. precious Advice Followed. "Never give away your kisses, my dear girl." "I never do, ma. Whenever one Is stolen from me, I Insist oa its 1WB» dlately being given back,* economy. "I wish I knew whether door neighbor is going to vegetable garden." "Why are you anxious to know?" "Because if he is I needn't spend SO much for chicken feed." Professional Jealouey. first Artist--Congratulate me, lit m^n. Tve Just sold a picture to old Banker Parvenu for $2,000. Second Artist--Glad to bear it The miserable old skinflint deserves to be stuck. Art and Literature. "Which do you prefer, art or literature?" "Art" replied Miss Cayenne. "It la very seldom that I enjoy reading a magazine as much as I do looking St the pretty picture on the cover." ^ * Only One. "Has the young man to whom yen are engaged any bad habits?" ••Only one," answered the bright glrL "He Is very much inclined to scold other people about their bad hahlta." - •r.jf' • Entrance men t. | "fI" . "I fear the star has forgotten her lines." "The lines she is supposed to speak, perhaps," replied the rapturous observer, "but she could never, never forget tlw perfect contour ot "mt U^ure!'^ J,;: 'M-i: Z. ihi-M