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7? J ?&a His Last Investment By MICHAEL JL PORTER Wh«n George Graham Colville, at the Ml* ftf tWAftiy.fiPA^ va>s Jcft & !c^ acy of half a million dollars by an tmele, his friends said of the lucky • "George Is all right He won't risk a* dollar of that money In speculation. He is a young man with a wise old bead on him." Toung Mr. Colville had been living tor several years on an income from ,that uncle. He had lived Quietly and conservatively. He was a man of leisure, so to say, but not a spend­ thrift. He kept out of debt, did not permit his tailor to rob him, and his tips to chauffeurs" and waiters were on a ten per cent, basis. He was just the man to invest half a million dol­ lars in real estate and wait years to seei,.it double in value. When it was known that the money had been de­ posited with a trust Company to await a safe investment, all the gray-haired men in the club congratulated the young man again. The man who argues that he or any other man can suddenly receive a great sum of money without making any change in him is wrong. It is money that makes most of human na­ ture what it is. In this case it did not compel Mr. Colville to seek a more aristocratic quarter to live in--his tips did not increase--he did not seek to cut a dash in any direction. He con­ tinued to be a quiet, reserved young man, apparently entirely satisfied with the world at large. And that was where he received his friends. In the first place, for a long time previous to getting his money, young Colville had felt sure that if he had some spare capital he could become a millionaire by speculation. In the next, now that he had it, he was look­ ing around for good things. He was doing it very quietly and saying noth­ ing. If he found a good thing he %ould gobble It and let other folks take care of themselves. He heard it whispered one day that wheat was go­ ing to jump 20 cents a bushel, owing to the wars in Europe. He invested $20,000 and wheat took a sudden drop Of 15 cents. Mr. Colville was somewhat aston­ ished that things had not come out as he had figured they would, but not at all discouraged. He took a flyer in cotton, and his investment flew away with him. It wasn't that he was wrong In his figuring, but that every­ body else was wrong. The M. & M. Irrigation company came under his "notice. No, they didn't advertise in the papers, and they didn't send him the circular that insured investors 100 per cent, profit. In a restaurant one evening he heard one man whisper it to another. He found the headquar­ ters of the company after quite a search and invested 115,000. Six weeks later the federal authorities liad the swindlers in limbo. ,f There were other things the quiet afc<T conservative young man went into to? his financial loss, and in the course of a year he dropped a fifth of his for­ tune. Iq each and every case his aCumen and logic were right. He Would have made Instead of lost if so %nd so hadn't stepped in. No, it was DO fault of his. The wisest brokers taiu bankers had been caught. He had lost flOO.^QO^-^ut he knew a way to get it all back and as much more with It Quietly--very quietly--a company of capitalists had brought up a big tract *ef land in the west through which a river ran. It was a golden river. Its bed was paved by nuggets. When the waters had been turned aside those nuggets could be shoveled into empty sugar barrels. Dividends? One thousand per cent, at the very least, Jind then there would be a sinking fjttnd left to buy a mountain of radium jomiewhere. The information reached Mr. Col- ffale like a whisper. He didn't know wfiere the headquarters of the com­ pany was within five miles, and he found himself very nervouB for fear the entire atock would be taken be­ fore he could offer his money. At 1 o'clock on a certain Saturday afternoon, as Mr. Colville sat in the parlor of his bachelor apartments, his valet announced: "A young woman to see you, sir, and she won't give her nanje." . "Why won't she?" was asked. "Dunno, sir. Women are queer creatures." "You said that I was busy, did you?" "The busiest day you have had for ten years, sir." "But she wouldn't go away?" "No, sir." "Is she wild-eyed and excited?" "No, sir. I should say she was calm as a lake. I mean a small lake sheltered by trees." "You asked her to state her busi­ ness?" "I did, and she said it my business." "Well, you may admH her." The caller was a girl of twenty, and Mr. Colville at once recognised her as a stenographer he had seen in the office of the Honduras Banana company on one of his calls. Her at­ titude was timid, and there was a bit of tremble to her voice as she said: "I know you to be a bachelor, and that this is unconventional, but--" "She has lost her place and wants me to help her to another." said Mr. Colville to himself. "But there are a few things I fait it my duty to tell you." Mr. Colville bowed. "I happen to know that you have been made a victim in several swin* dies, and that a grand coup is now making r$ady against you." Jtfr. Colville stiffened. He had lost money, but he had kept the matter secret. He had a dim suspicion that he had been duped, but he didn't want that suspicion confirmed. He wanted to keep right on thinking he was a financier. "Every dollar you put into that gol­ den river scheme you will lose. Aa a stockholder you may be indicted with others for swindling." "Miss--er--Miss, this is very strange talk," said the financier. "Miss Bird, sir. Yes, rather strange, but I realized that you were being played for a hayseed." Mr. Colville's face went as red as paint. "I can tell ydu of eight different swindles that have been worked against you. These things come to the knowledge of stenographers, and some­ times they get a rake-off. My per cent, of the swindles on you have amounted to $500." Mr. Colville turned pale this time and sat staring at the girl as she went on: "You can go to the tailor and order a suit of clothes, but beyond that you are no financier. You haven't been as sharp as the average Uncle Rube." "Young woman--Miss Bird--!" "You never even asked in what state that irrigation ditch was to be dug! They would have been too glad to sell you stock at 15 cents, but you offered 60 and paid 70!" * Mr. Colville blinked and hitched around. "That ice business. 'They couldn't even get a farmer, a preacher or a widow in on that. I believe you are the only flat they got!" More*blinking and wriggling. "Before you took that flyer In wheat;, had you heard that the Euro- Italians and Crime. II Giornale Itallano prints a list of murders perpetrated In this city up to lan. 31 last in which "not a single Ital­ ian name appears." True, some of the murderers and their nationality •re as yet unknown, but it is unneces­ sary to assume that they were Ital- Murderers are produced by ev- #ry nationality. Because of inade­ quate policing of the vast Italian col-, ;>#ny in this city, most of whose mem- "P>ers are thrifty and law-abiding, primes of guilt and violence have mul- 4lplied within its confines. The fact Ajhat criminals are closely watched in Iptaly, but can easily escape to the nited States, where they may prey 1th impunity upon their honest coun- men, makes the situation the mote eplorable.--New York Tribune. AtR LACKING IN HUMIDITY To This Cause Physician Ascribes the Poor Complexions of Sonii American Women. If you live In an apartment house and value your complexion, you will be Interested in an article on that very subject which Dr. P. W. Golds- bury of Boston has written for the Boston Medical and Surgical Jourpal. He finds that in schoolrooms, hospitals and living rooms during wjnipr the relative humidity Is often below 40 degrees and sometimes as low as 10 degrees. Under such conditions in­ door air is very dry and irritating. He regards it as one of the prime causes of chapped hands and parched lips. To its injurious effect he as­ cribes the bad complexions of Amer­ ican women, while to the moister atmosphere and less Indoor life he at-, tributes the fresh complexion of Eng­ lish women. The still fresher com­ plexion of Irish women who live in a still moister atmosphere bears out his contention. For the same reason the southern coast cities are famed in the I United States for the complexions of their women. The problem o^ moistening heated Indoor air so as to approximate its relative humidity to the more natural level of outdoor air has received little attention. Means to this end are grow­ ing plants, which give off a good deal of moisture from their leaves, porous vessels filled with water, and the plac­ ing of receptacles containing water over stoves or other sources of heat. Dr. Goldsbury reminds us that the hotter the air in the rooms of the apartment house, the greater the amount of water required to saturate it and give the desired amount of hu­ midity so necessary to the preserva­ tion of health and the complexion. He points out that air saturated with moisture at a temperature of 70 de­ grees F. contains 8 grains of water to the cubic foot, while saturated air at 18 degrees contains only 1 grain. Thus, if in winter with an atmosphe­ ric temperature of 18 degrees saturated with moisture an^apartment be heated to fc temperature of 70 degrees, the air of the rooms, while having the same absolute humidity as the external air, will have a relative humidity of only one-eighth or 12% per cent., as against 100 per cent, outside. Similarly, If the outside air contain half a grain of water to the cubic foot, and therefore has a relative humidity of|50 degrees, the air of the rooms will have a rela­ tive humidity of 6% per cent. Now if it is remembered that a humidity of from 60 degrees to 75 degrees is none too much for the average conditions of human life, it will be realized how far different is the humidity of the air in which people are often housed in winter. NATURE MAKES MAN "SIT UP" The Caller Was a'Girl of Twenty. pean crop was the best for years, and that our speculators were looking for a drop, instead of a rise?" Mr. Colville opened his mouth, but shut it again before a word had slipped out. "Not satisfied with trimming you for a good round sum," continued Miss Bird, "the swindlers are going to make a killing this time. They want every dollar you've got," "This is--is queer talk, Miss Bird,"* said Mr. Colville after a gasp. "But it's straight talk." "But why should you--you--" "Why should I come here to tell yoa these things? Because I think you need a guardian!" Mr. Colville looked at her in a puz­ zled way. "And you can't get one too soon!" With that she was gone. It , was half an hour later, and after some heavy thinking, that the financier called to his valet: "O, Thomas, have you ever had reason to think me an irresponsible person?" "I--I shouldn't like to say, sir." "Well, do you think I'd be better off with a wife?" "Certainly, sir." "A wife like the yoi*ig woman that just left?" "Just like her, sir." "Um! Thomas, I think you are I shall ask for her hand with­ in a month. I think she'll be a good Investment at par!" that relates to It. Particular impor tance is attached by the government to the cultivation of the mulberry, and official inspectors are appointed to supervise the management of mulberry plantations. At the central Inspection station, which is fitted with 267 mi­ croscopes, an average of from seven to eight million samples erf silk are exam­ ined every year. Within the past 30 ^rears sericulture as a farm industry has made remarkable progress in the country. Whereas 5,525 pounds only of silk worms were produced in 1870, the product in 1910 amounted to 3,- <125,518 pounds (pver 1,172 tons), and the number of families engaged In the Industry rose from 1,069 to upwards of 90,000. Cold Weather Has Distinct Value,-In " That It Awakens One to His Responsibilities. i « • There In a use for everything, the onlv difficulty at times being In d i s c o v e r i n g t h e particular use or value of some par­ t i c u l a r t h i n g . Even blizzards, zero weather, snow drifts and hardships incident to severe winters have a use according to Dr. G. R. Par­ kin, secretary of the Rhodes scholar­ ship trust. Speaking at the annual meeting of the Geographical associa­ tion at University college, London, a few days ago, he said that cold weath­ er was one of Canada's most valuable assets. Nature there takes a man by the scruff of the neck, as it w,ere, he ex­ plained, and says to him: "If you don't have industry, foresight and prudence you will die." The result Ib that men who could afford to take life easy in A warmer climate suddenly realize that they have got to work If they want to keep warm. They have got to provide during summer for a long, hard winter. The result Is that such a man has his backbone strengthened and becomes a good cittsen." To Prevent Being Fired. "So many of the men were discharg­ ed that they formed a union for pro­ tection." " A sort of fire prevention associa­ tion." . , ,. Silk Culture In Hungary, i f*i breeding of silk worms is taught pV 0'. I: ̂ throughout Hungary by means of leaf- .'\Jv'|sjlets and by lectures illustrated with lantern slides. In communes where Tri** the industry Is likely to prove a suc- -Y '!ce*s, the school mistresses are spe- { ' -si instruction in (01 be It Might Be. "Your legal department must very' expensive." "Yes," sighed the euniQent trust magnate, "It is." - "Still, I suppose you have to mate- tain it." "Well, I don't know. Sometimes 1 think it would be cheaper to obey the lajr." • • ' - *...7^ \ -i- j CARRIES ITS HOME WITH II Peculiar Domicile Inhabited by the ...••"•'IJMvae of the Caddis Fly-»-len - Place of Refuge. Have you ever In your walks in th* country1 noticed what looks like a bit of stick crawling about the bottom of a pond? Per haps the strange creature was moce like a cyllnrttajiJ mass of leaves, sand and shells. If you observed it closely' you must have seen that it had a head and some feet, something like those of a small caterpillar, sticking out of a hole In front. These queer little things are the larvae of the caddis-fly and are quite common In the pondfl of Long Isand. Two of them may now be watched at close range in one of the aquaria at the Children's Museum, Bedford Park, Brooklyn. Adult caddis-flies look so much like certain moths that they are often mis­ taken for them, but their larvae, while really grubs, live in the water and feed on submerged Vegetation. Each larvae or caddis-worm builds Itself a case, se­ lecting for the purpose such material as may be most handy. It sticks the bits of sand, fragments of leaves, cap- sules of moss, tiny shells and bits of stick together with a sort of cement and forms them into a cylinder about an inch long aild three-sixteenths of an inch lii diameter. In this it lives, pulling its home about after it and nev­ er exposing more of its body than is necessary to allow free movement of. its legs. If you touch one of them or pick it up b^ its shell its head and legs are instalntly retracted within the tube, which now appears quite devoid of life.--New York World. PICKED MEN FOR AVIATORS High Qualifications Required of Those Who Would Aspire to 8erve in Italian Army. A special aviation corps has been established in the Italian army, and in connection with it Dr. M. Falchi, one of the military surgeons attached to the school of aviation, has pub­ lished the follow* ing as his idea of the qualifications of a military av­ iator. " Officers are best between .twenty- five and thirty-flve years of a£e. Un­ der twenty-five men are apt to attempt senseless and foolhardy flying; over thirty-flve, they may be more suscep­ tible tOythe dangers of aviation, be­ cause of the beginning of senile change* in circulatory and respiratory apparatus. They should be light in weight, weighing about 165 pounds; they should not, however, train exces­ sively for the mere purpose of seduc­ ing weight. They must be of robust physique, should not be alcoholic, and have no inherited tendency toward epilepsy or other nervous disorders. They must have excellent vision and hearing, and no disease of circulatory or respiratory organs. They should be of even character, being neither emo­ tional nor hesitating. They should be prompt tn obedience as w&H as in com­ mand. They should, finally, be intel­ ligent persons. EAGER TO STUDY WIRELESS Brooklyn Boys Avail Themselves With Avidity of tha Opportunities . Afforded Them. It Is just seven years since the Children's Museum in Bedford Park, Brooklyn, installed a wire­ less t e 1 e g r aphy plant and invited the boys of Brook< lyn to come and learn how to oper­ ate it. At first they could send messa­ ges oiily a few each month came some improvement, until today they send messages 150 miles and have re­ ceived tnem from New Orleans, Key West and vessels far out at sea. There are always groups of boys practicing in the museum; how many have learned there would be difficult to say, but the number must run well up Into the thousands. This is why Brooklyn roofs bristle with antennae^ which have become a striking, feature of the landscape. blocks, but with Tea-Making Art In Russia. In Russia they infuse tea in a porce­ lain or earthen teapot, and drink It from glass tumblers so annealed that there is no danger of the hot liquid breaking them. Their tea is always made of water at the first boiling-- an Important matter. The tea brewed In the teapot is made quite strong, but the tea-glasses are but one-third filled with this tea, and then filled up *lth boiling water. This gives a delicate, fine flavored glass of tea. Against the Circulation Llnr. Legislation should be obtained that would lesult in treating the circula­ tion liar on the, same basis as any other swindler. When a business man makes representations to a bank in asking for credit and signs a false statement of his finances he will be prosecuted and convicted. The circu­ lation liar should be treated in pr* cisely the same way.--P. A. Conne. JUST A LITTLE FAMILY JAR Amusing and Characteristic Conversa­ tion Between Husband and Wife During 8quabble. "Oh, Maria, what's th| u#e ft talk­ ing at cross purp--•" "Who's talking at a cross purp, John Dorkins. I'd like to know!" "I was only going to say--" "I know what you were going to say! I heard you say it!" "I only wanted to---" "You only wanted to call your wife a cross purp! And you did it!", "I didn't!" * "You did!" "All I started to say--" "Was that I was a cross purp!" "Was that we both--" "Speak for yourself!" "Were talking at--" "I know just what you said! Cross purn!" "At cross purposes." "Well, if that's what you meant, why didn't you Bay so?" We All Have Something, "^ve always had an ungratified am­ bition," remarked a well-known local business man. "Nonsense," protested a friend. "Why, you are wealthy enough to maintain a steam yacht." > "Just the same, I have nrrer had this wish gratified." "And what is it?" "I have always wanted the magi­ cian who comes down among the audi­ ence to take his magic rabbit from my pocket. Sometimes he strikes a spectator near me, and I have always hoped that-he would eventually choose me. But he never has." v Doing His Beat. He was a commercial traveler, and things were going very badly 'with him--eo badly, in fact, that he wrote home in a Very melancholy raodd concerning the state of trade. Thereupon the head of the firm wired: "Hang it, if you cannot get enough orders to make your ex­ penses, you had better return at once." The reply read: "Orders sare very -scarce, but am making a lot of ex­ penses."--Ideas. His Manners. "You see that man across the way?" "Yes; what of him?" "I saw him puffing away lately In a room full of ladies!" "Did they allow It?" "Certainly, He was dressing their hair." ALL FOR LOVE. Jimmy--Why don't you never wash yer face? Tommy--I want me goil ter tlnk I'm a chauffeur. An Artistic Consideration. "80 you think you would Improve the ballot?" "We couldnt help Improving It," re­ plied young Mrs. Torkins. "I have seen pictures of a lot of ballots, and the decorations on them were simply atrocious." • Hew It •ometlmea Works Out. "She has such lovely ideas about raising children." 'That so? I presume her children are models of perfection." r "Not exactly. Her two boys are the Mggest nuiaascea in the neigh bof- 8pend Less Than You Make. • Let every man lay down the rule for himself that invariably he will fepehd less than he makes. Then he is safe. No man can be happy in this life for any length of time if he does not live up to this principle, no mat­ ter how dazzllngly he starts out or what his prospects are. If he deviates from this rule be will come sooner or later to grief. * He must save to suc­ ceed. . He must succeed in something to be happy.--Russell Ssgtf. ~ ~ 'Pessimism. "Do you think the government will succeed in reducing the cost of living, even if it makes an investigation?" "It may, but I doubt It. My wife Is always able to think of plenty of things we can't afford." A Rare Achievement. "BHfkins «eems to be ad amiable sort of fellow." "Biffklns is a wonder ii| that re­ spect. He has even been known to make friends with a train 'butcher.'M WAS CAREFUL IN MARKETING Celery Had Lost Its Crispnees While Gatitleus Woman Was Making, Mind About Purchase.' ' l&iifjk-li this oatevy .fruit; Dealer--Yetfm. "Real freahr* "Just lnf : "Yes'm." : ' " "Is It crtapt^v'. ^Yes'in." " - M a ~ ' t i s ' jvu SUiv .SI IS "Where did yon get itf* "From a iharket gardener, mop? "Today?" < ^ "Yes'm." r . „ : / , "How much Is it?** - •' "Ten cents a buncn^*' "Isn't that rather .high?" . ; ^ " N o t a t t h i s s e a s o n , " - ; ' * "I've got it here lately for lesi*, ,; "That was small and rather green.** "Can you send It up?" • "Yes'm." "In time for dinner?" --*©h, yes'm." "Just break off a piece and 1ft me try it" 7..- "Yes'm. Here is some.".^,., "H'm! It isn't nice at all. It's witt­ ered." ' "Well, mom, ifs a good while since you aaked if It was fresh." Exasperating. "Hold on a minute, Whiffita!" "Speak fast, old chap, I'm in a great hurry." "Just a moment" ^ » "Well, welL What Is It?" , "Are you aware of the fact that the wife of the emperor of Germany calls him'Willy?'" "No, confound your impertinence! And I don't care a hang what she calls him I You've made me miss my car." : 1- ' • »• THE REASON. m LoNtcTWn First Suburbanite--Fm not going to have a garden this year. I had one last summer and it kept me as thin as a« rail. Second Suburbanite--Worked too hard at it eh? First Suburbanite--No; I tried to live on what I raised in It. S^IIBN& FILTHY LUCBE Ha A--. ( " ONE, MAN POUND WHO OOE8 NOt ^ CARE FOR MONEY. ki' I As He Understood It. The lofty browed, scholarly man who was officiating at the banquet turned to the man sitting next to him. 'What is the next thing in the order of exercises?" he asked. The other made a whispered re­ sponse. "Please say that again; I didn't quite catch it" The answer was repeated. "Gentlemen," said the toastmaster, rising, "the next thing will be an Irish song by that- prince of entertainers, Mr. Bocklish, entitled, 'Ha! Zenny Bottle Leer Seen Kell Lee? " One of the Pioneers. Isaac Pitman had invented his sys­ tem of shorthand. "It's merely speaking by sound," he explained; "every little character htfs a meaning all Its own." At a later period Prof. Br&er Ma- thuze and others tried to do the same thing with long-hand and made an egregiously absurd mess of it. A New Recipe. At an examination of nurses the- young lady was asked by the physi­ cian: "What would you do to cure a cold in the head?" She replied: "I would put my feet in hot water till you were In profuse perspiration,"'--Catholic Standard and Times. Toe Complicated. "An expert in osculation has con­ tributed an article to a newspaper on how to kiss a girl." "Well, did you learn how?" "No. After I had reached the ninth stage in the proceeding without the kiss having been consummated, I had a brain storm and quit" Q Ad son of Iron Duke. H. R. H„ the Duke of Connaught, as namesake and godchild of the Duke of Wellington, furnishes the only In­ stance, at any rate in modern times, of a sciou of English royalty being sponsored at his christening by any one not a member of one of the reign­ ing house* of Europe. Monster Oyster. - Weighing three pounds, and measur­ ing 8 inches across the top of the shell, a gigantic, prehistoric oyster was recently dredged up from the oys­ ter grounds at Faversham, Kent, En# The Canny Agent. "Do you suffer here from miasma?" asked the visitor to Swampvllle, as he looked over the villa plot proposition In that charming suburb. "No," replied the agent "Fact Is, I never knew you had the asthma."-- Harper's Weekly. A Nstural Preference. What a curious question (his must have seemed to little James! Hostess--What part of the chicken do you like best, my little, man? James (passing his iplate timidly)-- I like the meat.--Youth's Companion. A Certainty. "Wombat Is a predestinarlan?" "What on earth is a predestinarl­ an?" ^ "A man who believes he's bound to est ran over eome day by ati #»- tomobile."--Puck. . ^ ^ • . . . ' * : • f i Near Thing. • "Have you ever crossed the dee- dtt" the traveled person was asked. "No," he replied, "but I have crossed prohibition states where the ri UrtSP&iiv. Near Enough. A Chicago banker was dictating a letter to his stenographer. "Tell Mr. So-and-So," he ordered, "that I will meet him In Schenectady." ^ "How do you spell Schenectady?" asked the stenographer. "S-c, S-c--er--er--er-- Tell him m |neet him in Albany."--Argonaut Seemed Popular. * "Scales?" the hardware merchant said. "Yes, sir; plenty of 'em. What kind do you want to look at?" "Well," meditated the customer with the retreating chin; 'I've heerd a good deal about these San Jose scales. Friend of mine says every farmer out his way has got 'em, You might show me one of that kind." gsntentlous. • A north side school boy was asked to form a sentence* with the word "horse sense." He said: "The man forgot to lock his stable door one night and he hasnt seen his horse seam." >7" ' • . .>•; *". *'>-S Lur« ef< Comfortable He»»% With Qreenbacks in Profusion, Unaljfe - ^ to Decoy Joseph Flusser From - the Life He Lqve*. L Jf jOU were shoveling coal and gety/^ so pay for It s®d sleeping nighta :• J? under a wharf and getting such meager bits of food as Just happened : : y to fall your way and your brother should come along and discover you . after a long, long search and take you by the hand and tell you that he had 92,000 for you and a good home and plenty to eat, would you run away? Then, if running away, that brother should ask the judge to declare that' you were crazy, wouldn't your brother have good ground for his move? , That's the situation presented in the singular case of Benjamin Flusser, who keeps a furniture store at 214 , Springfield avenue, one of the main business streets of Newark, N. J., who has asked the court to look into the state of mind of his brother, Joseph, who has been sent to the detention ward of Bellevus hospital. New York,! because he runs away from money which almost any man will chase for miles and lose his breath over and cheat and lie and scheme and Bell gold: bricks for. Benjamin had been look­ ing for Joseph since their father diedi on November 25 last leaving an estate of $14,000, of which $2,000 was Jo­ seph's share. Benjamin JIM walking along Grand street,'New'^ork, when he ran across Joseph busy shoveling coal infb a cellar from a sidewalk. When Benjamin told him what had happened, Joseph said: "I don't want anybody's money; I hate money; give it away and please go away and let me work. I know I am your brother, but I do not want money. I am work­ ing; so go away and let me finish my Job." "My brother cannot be in his right senses," says Benjamin. "He will not sleep in a home and has a place under the Williamsburg bridge.- He hates to •' be in a home and won't work in a store. I want to give him a good home, and I could get him a good job. but he will stay with nobody. He runs after wood and coal carts until they are ready to be unloaded and then he helps. "Sometimes they give him ten cents, sometimes 15 and maybe a quarter. They say he will not take a quarter, saying he does not want any one's, money, while lots of times he works 1 and then goes away without looking for any money or Waiting for it" The money-hating brother Is forty- four years old and came from Austria. Before leaving Europe he was one day leaning over a bridge watching bathers below, when the rail against which he leaned snapped and he fell oi\ his head many feet below, strik­ ing a pile of lumber. After that he was semi-conscious for six months, and did not recover his mental or physical strength for a 'year. That was 28 years ago. ... i * With two of his six brothers, Benja­ min and Max, the eccentric one came to Newark. He worked with his broth­ ers for a while, left them and worked in Salomon's tannery for four or five years. This was the longest he had ever stayed in one place, and he had saved up several hundred dollars. The Chicago World's Fair then was advertised and Joseph went to the fair. He lost all his.money and be­ came lost to his brothers. They look­ ed for him in Chicago, traced him to various parts, and finally found that he was in New York. From time to time they were told thst he had been seen over there, and they went to look for him, but without success. Max Flusser, a broker, died in New­ ark, November 25, leaving $14,000, of which $10,000 was in cash and $4,000 in second mortgages. Benjamin Flus­ ser is the administrator of the estate, and, as he says $2,000 Is Joseph s share, he wants to protect his brother and put him in some home or Institu­ tion where he will be cared for.* This is the $2,000 that Joseph spurns. Holland Lends Money. Holland is a nation of money lend­ ing proclivities. Its per capita wealth is great, yet of late such drains have been made on the surplus by the United States, Canada, Mexico, South America and Africa, that the rates are steadily advancing. The actual amount of money in Holland has, of course, not diminished, but the organization of numerous mortgage banks to-do business with foreign countries Has worked thes field so thoroughly that available funds are almost exhausted, while the development of intensive ag­ riculture at home has also required mofe capital. A few large loans on American and Canadian lands at 5 per cent, are still floated, but that is bed rock, 6 per cent, being more gen­ eral; at the same time the security must be unimpeachable. 'Ct Promptly. "Did the actqjr you spoke o# get a notice in the new play be went out in?" "Got it for two Weeks as soon as he gave his llpst performance." Household Talk. Husband--A fool and his money we soon parted. Wife--I bavent noticed any of the fool about you for some timer--Judg% ^ Such a Dunes of a Cook.' Philander C. Knox, secretary' of state, is a .particular man about the food be eats." In fact, If the dishes do not suit him exactly his appetite fadeB away to nothing. One day in New York, being in a hurry, he rush­ ed into a cheap restaurant and or­ dered roast beef. To his Intense dis­ gust he found that the beef was not good and Immediately proceeded to enunciate a well-developed roar. To the proprietor, who hurried up, Mr. Knox exclaimed: "What do you mean by serving spoiled beef?" "It'e that bone-headed cook of mine," said the prlprietor. "I told him to cut off that spoiled pert before he served the beef!" Whereupon Mr. Knox lost his appe­ tite for a week.--Popular Magazine. to be vC; . Called. "1 thought Brown expected elected for a second term?" " '"He did." "What happened r . •. ' "He made an anncrcm would not be a .candidate unless the i people made it clear to him that tbey: wanted him to run." "Well?" 'The people called"^ l $ *4i