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$#• ns tion PfW: */«'. '-•••.si H IRVING Kim IW My JUCCl tupitper Syuuicsite.) The Ashtons lived iu a browustone house, in a brownstuue street, in a browustone district, which was an islaud oi solid weuith and aucie»t respectability entirely surrouuded by trade. Jack had a steam yacht, played poio aud belonged to uli the best (dubs. In short there was nothing of which Jack Ashtou really stood in need but a wile--and to the supply* ins that deficiency he was now giving much serious thought. Jack, after several narrow escapes fruui capture by designing mammas, bad arrived In safety at the age of thirty. Now at thirty If a man is ever going to get married it is time lie got busy. So thought Jack's mother aud so she intimated to Jack. Secretly the old lady had picked out for her son Priscilla Biggins, daughter of Jeremiah Hlgglns, the bunker. Priscilla was twenty-live aud had aot remained single for want of opportunities to marry. Needless to say, Priscilla was a beauty. She was tail and stately, had classic features, light brown hair, wonderful eyes and a fresh, fair complexion. Jack and Priscilla were just suited to each other and had known each other from childhood. That was just it--they had known each other from childhood! And therefore, whije love for Jack had j grown up In Priscilla's heart. Jack had come to take Priscilla as a muter of course, to regard her aa a wy dear sister. So, in looking over the rosebud gar* den of girls for a wife, he never once thought of culling the fairest flower la the garden. Old lady Ashton- became impatient and one day said to Priscilla: "Priscilla, my son Jack is the biggest fool la New York. He has been in love with you for years and doesn't know It. There! You needn't blush so-- and 1 really believe you are going to cry. Let's change the subject." • few days later she said to her •on: "Jack, why don't you propose to Priscilla ? You couldn't do better. Don't you see the girl is In love with you? As for you, you booby, you have been In love with her for years and didn't know it." "Why, "mater P" exclaimed Jack. "Of course, 1 like Priscilla Immensely, tat I never thought--" "Of course you never thought," retorted the mother. "Thinking is one thing nobody ever accused you of. There, go along with you--I'm out of all patience with you." Jack left the house In a daae. Yea, It was as his mother had said, lie had been in love with PrisdHa all along and had not known it. He fervently hoped that the old lady had been right in the rest of her statement-- that part which referred to Priscilla being in love with him. Now, Mrs. Ashton had committed one mistake. She had repeated herself. In her talk with Jack she had used the same phrase about his being in love without knowing it that she had used la her talk with Priscilla. And the. statement so satisfactorily covered the situation that it stuck in Jack's head. So when he sought Priscilla to offer up himself and his grandfathers millions upon the altar of his love he closed a very creditable speech ta the proposal line with, "Oh, Priscilla-- I have been In love with you for years without knowing it." Priscilla, who had listened with blhshing cheeks and eyes dim with tears of joy, went through an instantaneous freezing process. "It strikes me,", she said with a forced laugh, "that I have heard that expression before. And what else, pray, did your mother say on this interesting subject? I suppose she also gave you to understand that I was not insensible to your fascinating personality?" The tactless Jack stammered and Wandered and made things worse. "There, that will do," said Priscilla. "Never mind the rest. You have done your duty like a good son. It is quite refreshing, In these days, when fprental authority is so little regarded, to find a son who will implicitly carry out his mother's instruct . tion even when the task Imposed is so disagreeable nit the present one. You can go back to mamma with a clear conscience--and pray calm any fears she may entertain of my dying for love of her charming son. I am afraid her natural, but rather partial, admiration of her offspring's superlative qualities has caused her to fall Into a slight error with regard to the . light in which he is viewed by other v and less interested persons. Good #ey." ' "Oh, that cruel womanP sobbed , priscilla when she reached her room. ' "How she has humiliated me! She has giscovered my secret aud told Jack. 8he made him come and propose--he never lipoid fuse wttL" Priscilla and Jack both descended on Mrs. Ashton--Priscilla with tears and reproaches; Jack with impiorations to set tilings right. Priscilla was the first Jto reach her. After listening for a while to that young lady's tale of woe Mrs. Ashton cried out: "I'd like to bump your silly heads together!" And then, assuming a calmer manner, continued: "1 did not think Jack would be such a fool as to repeat my conversation with him--but it doesn't matter. The facts are just the same--he loves you and you love him and married you are going to be 1 Your Idea that he proposed just because I told him to is sheer, blithering nonsense. I showed him his heart-- that was all--and his heart did the rest. Something tells me that 1 shall soon receive a call from my more or less intelligent son. There's the bell now. Qo into the back parlor, hide behind a curtain, listen and judge for yourself." * Priscilla began an indignant protest, but the old lady fairly sprang at her and commanded fiercely: "Qo on!" And Priscilla went. Jack came into the front parlor. You can imagine what he said to his mother--how he poured out his whole heart so that no one with a grain of common sense, listening to him, could doubt that his love for Priscilla was deep and sincere. When he had calmed down a little the old lady cried out: "Priscilla, come here." Jack started to his feet with a gasp as Priscilla came In from her hiding-place. "There," said Mrs. Ashton, "I ought to have you both taken to' a luuatjc asylum--but I won't. I'll simply leave you here alone together for half an hour." And so It all came out right in the end--"Xears of joyX^JUHifS of sorrow." . „ , Leviathan. Few people who have not actually seen one cin imagine the enormous sjze of a full-grown whale. Beside him all other animals appear Insignificant. He would weigh down more than 50 elephants if they could be put into the pans of a gigantic pair of scales! A good-slxed whale will run to about 75 feet in length, and weigh 100 tons. Think what this vast bulk means. A dray horse is a huge animal, yet the whale is a hundred times heavier. A single whale is about as weighty as ^0 men. An oxtongue * weighs four or five pounds; a ton of oil has been obtained from the tongue of (he whale. In spite of his huge size, the whale feeds upon the softest and smallest things that live In the sea. One species lives almost entirely upon jelly-fish; another whale feeds chiefly on marine creatures so tiny that millions and millions are required to provide him with one mouthful. - <Tke fpeken Sr i Cabinet Novel Sicilian Wedding CuitoA In Sicily a bride-elect does not have to worry about her trousseau, or the groom-to-be about what he is going to wear to the 'lltar. But the groom must go shopping for the young woman's trousseau, and she in turn boys or makes his wedding outfit. In Sicily a young woman la usually wed at fifteen, that being the legal age for marriage. A Sicilian maiden is forbidden to look a man In the face until she Is married. She is taken to church with her face carefully hidden by her mantelllne. Her father does not even entertain his friends at home if he has unmarried daughters, but takes them to a nearby cafe. The young man selects a dress, a lace mantelline and a silk handkerchief for his bride-to-be. She in turn makes a waistcoat, a shirt a**d * £#1* of trousers. .» v Ancient Welsh Customs. The Welsh girl gives her lover a birchen branch' as a token that she accepts him. In Wales, too, the Maypole about which the villagers danced and played joyous games was always a birch. TLus the "bedwen" was a permanent feature of the village green, and the greatest game of all was to steal the bedwen. This, when accomplished, was celebrated with peculiar festivities. 4 Possibly out of these midnight marauding expeditions and their accompanying festivities came the superstition that on Walpurgis night --the eve of May day--witches and warlocks held high carnival. t(B> Uli. W«aii» N«nM«r UalMkl Here are hate and rre*d and b«4nM% Her© are lov« and friendship, too, But the m6et of It la glednese When at last we've rua It through. • Could we only understand It Aa we ahall some distant day. We should see that He who planned It Knew our needs along the way. --Edgar Quest QOOD THINGS YOU WILL LIKE A green pepper stuffed with a goodflavored filling and baked until the pepper Is well done, Is a dish not to be refused. Stuffed Peppers. --The proportion of filling will depend upon the ^lze and number of the peppers to be filled. Take a small piece of cooked ham, put through the meat grinder--one-half cupful will season four peppers--add one-half cupful of cooked veal, also put through the meat grinder, a cupful or more of bread crumbs, an egg to bind, seasoning of salt and pepper, a dash of onion juice and a teaspoonful of peanut butter with a handful of walnuts finely minced, well blended; this makes a most delicious filling. Cover the tops with well-buttered crumbs and cook until, well-browned In a moderate oven. Floating Peaches.--Combine one cupful of milk with three-fourths of a cupful of peach juice, one teaspoonful of grated lemon rind, two tablespoonfuls of sugar, one-eighth of a teaspoonful of salt, and place in the top of a double boiler. When hot add three and one-half teaspoonfuls of cornstarch mixed with one-fourth cupful of peach juice and stir until thick. Cook for 25 minutes, then add slowly to a well-beaten egg. Return to the double boiler, add 12 marshmallows and cook five minutes. Remove from the fire, add flavoring, pour into individual serving dishes, a half of a canned peach on each and in each peach cavity a small spoonful ofc the custard; in this place a marshmallow. Serve with cream. Peanut Loaf.--Dissolve one-half teaspoonful of beef extract In one-half cupful of hot water, add it to one and one-half cupfuls of ground peanuts, one cupful each of cooked rice and bread crumbs and one-half cupful of thick tomato sauce. Mold into loaf, butter well and place in a pan with a tableapoonful of drippings. Bake for 40 minutes In a moderate oven. Serve with more tomato sauce. Caramel Icing.--Cook two and onehalf cupfuls of light brown, sugar and one and one-fourth cupfuls of cream until a soft ball is made when dropped In cold water. Just before taking fron^the fire add a tpblespoonful of butter and a teaspoonful of vanilla. When a smile or cheerful gi Mlln* Means bo much to fellows sore, wems we ought to keep repeatln' Smiles an' praises more and more, -Edgar Quest. WHIY AMD ITS US 4 Yakima Indians' Legend. T 0i * high point of Mount in Washington are 136 human footprints, in mud long since turned to stone. Indian tradition Is that there "the great canoe" landed after the flood, the prints made by those stepping ashore. Look In the Qlaaib < There Is Just one man In all the world that can do you dirt. Look In the glass and you will see bim. Take a good square hold with that man. Down him, and hold him down till he promises to get up gnd behave himself. --Farm Life* ' , ' \ yy*Hv ANOTHER VIEW OF MR. DICKENS -f:- 3$&flartllv American Review Writer Ai» ; eerts That He Was Sidei;! Tracked Actor. v Had Dickens lived in the Twentieth ^ V eentury, the Freudians, taking one Shrewd, amused, infuriatingly perspif carious look at him, would have anf alyzed him on the spot. They would fcave noted his clumsy efforts at play- Wrltlng, his adoration of Macready, his </ ./Wistful loiterings at the stage door, of Which the faint, unmistakable aroma was ever the breath of his nostrils, and his disarming readiness to laugh •I 1"®ud cry at the most ordinary of per- "j ^ in uuy theater. They would *. ' % ^ave n°ted his pantomimic gyrations . ^ When In the throes of composition. f> Shey would have known that the novelist who walked the nlght- ' - * j.'tnantled streets of Paris in an agony Of sympathy for the dying Paul Domt> ey was a side-tracked actor, writes Alexander Woollcott In the North k&nerknn Be view. They would have , noted bis cwn Incongruous capacity 3- V'Kfcfor self pity, his grotesque sensitiveness to the most piddling of criticism, his comically transparent excuses for appealing in amateur dramatics, his gallant and undeniably Thespian appearance and his flamboyant raiment, rings and all, which distressed his sedate friends but satisfied something within him. They wouM have noted all these things and published in some obscure journal an article written to demonstrate that Mr. Dickens was suffering from an exhibition comple*. This* would have maddened him. He would have dictated 16 furious letters demanding retraction, growing the redder in the f#ce as he paced the floor because he would have known that it was all quite true. That half-smothered desire gnawed at him through all the years of his growth until at last it found an outlet which brought peaces * . • ,:Cp • Hot Always Helpful. ^ v Many a worm has turned, only'to Itself bruised on the other $•§ Mfenta Ww Writ's Aooordlng to Truthful JaitKen, They gwtow Into Steel and Conerllfc * : and letablleh Homes. A* stenographer on the third floor of a downtown office building recently aroused considerable comment by climbing on top of her desk and waving her arms around In the air and crying loudly for someone to save her. She bed seen a mouse. Now, mice do turn up in odd places in New York, everybody knows, remarks the Sun o# that city. It is of recent newspaper record that one came out of the stony walls of the aquarium and fell Into the shark tank and another mouse Is reported as emerging inside the Statue of Liberty, up near the top, and looking at a party of school teachers and starting a disturbance in which several of the teachers were badly shaken up. "Mice!" exclaimed the head janitor of a steel and concrete skyscraper. "Is that the first mouse you ever saw round this joint? Listen, I bring five cats to this place so far, and I been on this job just three weeks." , "Yes?" replied the investigator, ^.nd how have they come out?" "You mean how have they gone out. You never saw cats go out of a place so fast. They takes one look around and blow. When a mouse gets just so competent, you know, a cat doesn't eat him any mpre--he eats the cat." Another bunding was investigated, one of the richest banks on Wall street, a structure of terra cotta, tile and marble and skeleton steel, and from basement to top floor library, the janitor says. It la one grand Jjeese. v That Janitor has tried everything. He says he began with traps; but gave them up. Then he turned to professional exterminators. Every week they would come and kill all the mice the building. Every week. He grew tired of having them around after a while and bought a highpriced cat. He still keeps the cat, but is more for sentimental reasons than anything else. He likes to have something around to pet. Still further Investigation brought to light an Incident which happened on the twenfy-elghth floor of a Fortysecond street skyscraper. The woman In charge of a roomful of giel filing clerks looked up to find her force suddenly begin to conduct itself In a way she never approves under any circumstances. Three girls began to walk upon the tops of their desks. Three mort shinned up the sides of filing cabinets. Another girl stood In a waste basket and called for the police. And the rest cruised about the office In a riotous manner. ' The department head looked upon all this as a breach of discipline. She arose and went down Into the heart of the riot, Intending to say so. But arriving there she changed her mind. She let out a whoop which traveled half way across Manhattan island, and picked ud her skirts and fled. A mouse han come out of the freshair shaft looking for a cat. an v A In the Journal of Household Economics the statement is made that any infant that can live at all may be reared on whey, made by rennet, using the rennet tablets, with skim milk, cream, milk sugar, modified to suit the needs of the child. Whey is valuable because of its abundant mineral content In natural physical solution. 8ome of the older housekeepers still use whey, when obtainable. In the preparation * of bread; the whey Is ufted in place of milk and water, making a very wholesome, tasty loaf. The whey should be scalded before using. In some of the foreign countries a cheese Is made from whey; In this country both butter and cheese are made from it. Wfcey combinations with fruit Juices are especially good; the slightly acid whey is particularly delicious In frocen dishes. Whey Pie.--Mix two-thirds of a cupfill of sugar with three teaspoonfuls <fr cornstarch and add to one cupful of boiling whey. Cook the mixture until the cornstarch is well cooked, then add two beaten egg yolks, one tablespoonful of melted butter, pinch of salt and the grated rind and juice of a lemon; cook two minutes, then pour into a baked pastry shell. Cover the top with a meringue prepared by beating the whites of the eggs, adding two tablespoonfuls of sugar and a few drops of lemon flavoring. Bake In a slow oven. Whey pie is a close rival of the popular lemon pie. Whey Sponge.--Take two cupfuls of whey, two tablespoonfuls of gelatin, one-third of a cupful of water, two-thirds of a cupful of sugar, one egg white, one cupful of grated raw carrot, the grated rind and juice of half a lemon. »Soak the gelatin In cold water, dissolve over hot water. Mix the gelatin with the whey, add the sugar and set the mixture In a pan of Ice-water. When It begins to thicken around the edges, beat wen with a dover egg beater, add lemon juice, rind and carrot. Fold In the well-beaten white and turn the mixture Into a mold. C Law That Never Faila. Short measure In the market-place mny slightly increase the Dank ac count for the time being, but will not In the long run. For out^of human experience tame the admonition "With what measure ye mete, the same shall be meted unto yon." Men are finding this so today.--Qrit. Aids to Virtue. The two greatest aids to ^trtne are i jail and the knowledge that tht neighbors are watching^-- B&itlmon comPMd aystem etr Ma _ s practiced by the ancient till* of «*as of Peru, South America. -2tli adatsnce was first discovered by the Spaniards who visited Peru In 1526. The Incas, chief of the Peruvian ruling house, claimed to be children of the sun and the sun's representatives on earth. • . The government was a despotic Nercraer of which the Inca was both high priest and king. Ia Cuzco, the capital, stood the wonderful temple of the sun, In which all the Implements were of solid gold. On the west end of the interior was a representation of the sun's disk and rays In the same precious metal, so placed that the rising sun, shining In at the open east end, fell full upon the image, and was reflected with dazzling splendor. In the plaza, or square of the temple, a great annual festival was held during the summer solstice. Huge multitudes assembled from all parts of the empire, and, presided over by the Inca, awaited in breathless solemnity the first rays of their deity to strike the golden image in the temple, when .they Immediately prostrated themselves in adoration. ' Sacrifices, similar to those of the Jews, were offered on the occasion, a*tad bread and wine were partaken of In a manner strikingly resembling the Christian sacrament. The moon was the spouse of the son, the planet Venus was his page. The Pleiades, and the remarkable constellation of the Southern Cross were also worshiped as servants of the sun. Fire, air and earth were adored, but In a lesser degree. The lightning and the rainbow were also worshiped as servants of the sun, In fact all nature was' embraced in the wonderful religion of the early and now extinct Incas. Their wealth and glory Is departed and they live only In history and In the wonder-, ful carved memorials they left behind for modern savants to study. Illur (•ad System. Chicago Sets Prehistoric Monster. T£ght million years ago a dinosaur crawled Into a depression In a torrid equatorial belt In Alberta, Can., and died. For eight million years his grave was unmolested. His kind became extinct, glaciers swept down, mountains formed over his resting place. When the old dinosaur--50 feet long and 30 tons In weight--died the equator was due north of Chicago and the Mississippi waterways was an actuality, with the Gulf of Mexico stretching to the North pole, scientists say. Recently, however, the elements had so worn down the mountain near Red Deer river, 125 miles west of Calgary, that the last layer of soil was swept away and the dinosaur bones were bared. Prof. B. 8. Rlggs, associate curator of geology for the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, with five companions, stumbled across the huge bones. Now theytll go to the Field, mu-. seum to be stared at by city folks. Getting out the dinosaur bonesmany of which weighed 2,500 pounds" or more--was a tremendous task. It was necessary to build roads in some .jriacefc Island Religious 8hrine. Star Island, one of vthe Isles of Shoals, ten miles off the mainland of New Hampshire, has been dedicated exclusively to religious service for 120 years. On its rocky summit Is a small graystone church which was built In the year 1800. This has been used ever since as & place of worship, first by fishermen's mothers, sisters and sweethearts who prayed for the safe return of their loved ones. During the last 26 years It has been a shrine for Unitarians and Congregationallsts. At ten o'clock each night long lines of men and women, carrying small lanterns, wend their way thither and. a churchftil at a time, hang their lanterns on the walls, and bow their heads In prayer or raise thelr^ voices In appropriate hymns. . * But- Not His Perfumery. Bobby, a five-year-old cltlsen of Irvlngton, had boen suffering from quinsy and the specialist found It necessary to give the lad ether when he lanced his throat, says the Indianapolis News. As soon as Bobby had sufficiently recovered, plans were made to have the offending tonsils removed. In order to smooth the way, Bobby's mother said: Now, Bobby, the same kind doctor who took away the pain from your throat last week Is coming again to remove your tonsils, so that you will never have another sore throat. You liked the doctor, didn't you?" After a short pause, during which Bobby's fac« showed signs of unpleasant reflection, he answered: 'Yes, I liked the doctor all right, but I didn't like his perfumery." Palladium and Platinum. In the Investigation of methods for assaying platinum, conducted by the bureau of mines, recent experiment* have developed that with certain ores, especially when the quantity of platinum is considerable, nitric acid will not effect a separation of platinum and palladium. A method which has been found to be accurate and to insult In a complete separation of these metals Is described In Serial 2351, Separation of palladium and plat! Bum by means of dlmethylgloxlme' Obtainable from the bureau of mines, Washington, D. C.--Scientific American. High Temperature In MinW In a mine in the United States, ft hulf-ajilc deep, the temperature is 188 degrees. conteftatatfi |f.Atlkfjfe railroad systft* I* says - " ular Meebaafer llegiritee. as conceived at pW|SM> _ the observation coaches of i|a ifrt limited trains with a battery of powerful floodlights. These lights would be arranged to cover a range of approximately 160 degrees, with sufficient height and depth to illuminate the canyons, rivers, hikes and mountains In the vicinity of the right of way, as the train rushes on through the night Power for operating the tyrqps would be furnished by the axle-driven generators with which r^road cars are now commonly equipped, and which ordinarily are never used to their full capacity. Although thus far the. location of the floodlights has been confined to the observation car, certain officials have suggested the advisability of placing them along the full length of the train. Also, further to enhance the effect. It has b^ee proposed to employ lamps, or reflectors of various colors, which woold undoubtedly yield falrylike scenes, particularly when directed upon snow-covered surfaces. Railroad men In authority have nothing but praise for the scheme, and while eagerly awaiting the completion of the Initial floodlighting equipment, have pointed out the fact that there Is an additional and practical value of the brilliant lights as a. protection against rear-end collisions. CAMEOS HADE BY MACHINERY . • ,0 • Engraving, Such as Was- Common In til* Sariier Ages, Has Practically Become Lost Art . The engraving of cameos has prats tlcally ceased to be pursued as an art. Roman manufacturers cut stones In large quantities to be used as scarf studs and as settings In finger rings; and In Rome and Paris an extensive trade Is canted on In the cutting of shell camedaf Which are largely exported Into England and mounted In brooches. The principal shell nsed la the large bull's mouth shell, found In East India!) seas, which has a sard-like underlayer. The black helmet of Madagascar and the pinky queen's conch of the West Indies are also used. The famous potter, Josiah Wedgwood, introduced a method of making Imitations of cameos in pottery by producing white figures on s colored ground, this constituting the peculiar* ity of what Is known as Wedgwood ware. These cheap cameos are largely machine made, or are turned odt by rough workmen and touched np by the better type of artists. In some cases these cameos are made of stone, such as cornelian, sardonyx and coral, but none of then are of « high type of art. 6elore In the Pall. A desirable tree for brilliant fall color is the sour gum or tupelo. This makes a large almost round-headed tree with very dark green foliage in the summer and brilliant red leaves in the autumn. Even as early as Au&ust there may be a few scattered leaves that change color, glflng promise of the brilliancy that Is to follow. The tree Is common In New England and the northern and eastern states. The scarlet oak is even brighter than the red oak In its fall colors and Is equally as brilliant as the gums, says the American Forestry Magazine. Its foliage being more finely divided than that of the red oak gives it a lighter, more airy appearance, while the red of Its leaves Is most emphatic. It Is widely distributed throughout the eastern half of the country. In marked contrast to the brilliant reds of some, trees in the fall is the yellow of the sugar or hard maple. This Is a native of gravelly and other well-drained soils of the northern states and southward In and near the mountains. It reaches Its greatest perfection In western New England, New York, Ohio and Kentucky. With a Proviso. ' )|tory had been frightened by a lapse deg barking at her while she was walking with her mother. From that time all dogs that approached within a few feet of her caused her to cry and run to her parents for protection. A few evenings ago some friends called at the house, bringing with them a puppy. Like all dogs of that age, he was playful, cute, and friendly. Mary, safe In her mother's lap, gazed at the puppy for a moment as he stood looking at her, and then said, ^ifcgu't bark, doggie, V I like you." :-- •. •y No Means the Same Thing. There's a yast difference between having nothing to do and being out of a job. Z- 'J ' Sun'a Light Diminished. Astronomers consider our snn I* cow & "dwarf star," but,that formerly its light was 100 times greater thas at present. In Cages, Not in Demand. Buddy, age three, was making his daily call, when Mr. H-- asked him whether he was going to work in his father's grocery store and whether he was going to cut the meat or put the sugar in packages. Buddy said that he Intended to help the butcher by cutting up the chickens. He was asked whether chickens were In demand. The little caller then answered very quickly that the chickens were not In demand but that they were In back of the store.in cages. Under Advlesment. .mA newly elected squire In Wisconsin," • says a western lawyer, "was much elated by bis honors, but was not sure that he could carry them gracefully. So he haunted - the courthouse to gather stray crumbs of wisdom from higher, courts which sat there. "One day he sat in Judgment on his first case, and when the testimony was all in and the argument made, he announced: " The court takes this case under advisement until Wednesday mqrnlng next, when It will render a verdict In favor of the plaintiff.' "--Pittsburg Dispatch. Mullin's Measure. Mr. Morgan did not rise from his chair behind the air-tight stove to the sitting room when his wife hurried In and told him that Mike Mullins was In the kitchen and wanted to see him. "What do' yon let him In for?" he asked reproachfully. "He wants to buy a hoss, thafe why," replied Mrs. Morgan. "You'd have made a great to-do If I hadn't." "No, I wouldn't." Mr. Morgan said, as be reluctantly rose. "I know Mullins' size. I can't do business with him. He wsnts a cheap boss. And I ain't got anything I can s^ toss'a 118."--Exchange. < Order of the Marshal. In Des Moines, Iowa, tbey tell of an elderly Irishmsn. long desirous of ofcial dignity, who was finally appointed marshal to a parade In that city. Veterans, bandsmen and school children lined the streets of the town, patiently waiting the signal to start. Suddenly the marshal, on a prancing horse, dashed up the street. After Inspecting the procession, he gave -his horse a touch with the whip, stood up In his stirrups, and shouted: "Ready, now! Every wan of ye kape step wld the honei March PV Philadelphia Ledger. W glue Sky and Hot Sun. Experiments made last summer In Europe show that the amount of radiation received from the sun or the surface of the earth In a clear day Is greater with a dark blue than with a light blue sky. In the latter case there Is a higher tension of the water vapor In the air. It is suggested thst some Instrument capable of measuring accurately t£e Intensity of the blue Of the sky would be useful In observations on the variable transmission of the sun's heat through the atmosphere. Doubling Up. y; While Horace Mann, the famous educator, was sitting in his study one day, an insane man rushed into the room and challenged him to fight. "My dear fellow," replied Mr. Mann, "it would give me great pleasure to accommodate you, but I can't do it, the odds are' so unfair. I am a Mann by name and a man by nature--that's two against one." "Oh, come ahead P the insane man answered. "I am a man and a man beside myself. Let ns four have a flght." -- Boston Transcript. Her Fur Coat First, CJoodale--"So you're In fhvor of work on Sundays?" Mrs. Grabbe "Most decidedly. My husband says If he doesn't work days s week I can't have a new fur coat next winter." --New York Mall. Hopeful. "My fftf* Is busy now with her pickling supplies. I must Invite yon oat soon." "Thanks, eM, man. I shall be pleased to ge^ OenrieisJournat. - A BIT SKEPTICAL "Who |» stranger r* "He styles himself the advan<#' guard of prosperity. He Is here tb» address the business men of ou|f town." &-S "The hotel proprietor doesn't seeflfej; to believe he's the advance guard prosperity. He has just refused cash the stranger's check." Lions. Little Mnry (watching cobs play)-^ Mamma, will they be men when titajjf:. ^grow up? * Mamma--No; what makes you that? Little Mary--I heard uncle yest< day say to papa, "You ware some 1! When yon were young." ilJ' - v.: Significant Qeetwre.: ^'3^^ "You have some large, heavy pape|r < weights on your desk." 1 ' "Yes," mid the editor of the Oh!i«^ gersvllle Clarion. "By laying my hang caressingly on one of these weights j,. h^ve frequently cooled down an frat»>*, subscriber who came In here with Intention of using me for a floor nwpj* LOOKS SSfUOUS ft | "Me bmdder wanted me to eee If...-:*, i* you'd be engaged die evening?". w* "What a funny way far him l»ii" •' prepbaer I Musings of s Motor Co|| V Ssreet Hortense has gone tocrfk* Is debt, 'tis plainly seen. While she's paying (or She can't buy gasfllM. • k ••m Up Against It. "Smith," said the visiting artist, yon -can't make your studies and lamp scapes sell, why don't yon try worklnjf In the nude a little while?" "I'm right on the verge of It," saig Smith dolefully. "I don'i think thin last suit of mine will stand rnncjfc. moce^wearl" • in i' \ % &>' i Accommodation 'j% ^ "bo you expect that bttt yotr 1Stv§f . '«? fust Introduced to become a law?" "No," answered Senator Sorghun||v; t,s "If I thought It had a chance I . / wouldn't have Introduced It. It wag1 f" , t, one of those occasions on which l{|V seen\p perfectly sajls to frlenfc." Not Worthy to Be Mentioned, Hubby (entering unexpectedly)--^ > ; What are you doing? WIfey--Writing my memoirs! 1^' Hubby (startled)--What! Your moirs! Wifey--Don't be alarmed; the«d^:; r f^ nothing at all .about youl ] ^ - vf ' „And It Doesn't Diminish. ^ "fciiir wife Is quite llberel-in!nde<ir* Isn't she?" "I guess so; she seems to give ae jgjf45' • .f; ^ The Deeire for Change. fl/ Fattier--I don't know what 'ts ttsil. ' ~r % matter with that child. He won't In the same place any length of time. vmv;; Mother--He probably-got It from nurses. ><1 Fitting Title* Highbrow--Wljat was that charn** Ing thing that Herr Schlits Just playe# i i on the piano? •- Lowbrow--Havoc!--Yale Record, •• -.1 Doe\ Indeed. ;;t Vint Italian--Ob, looka data bird .-^'3 da rubber plant! ^ \ 'm Second Ditto •0wn8.:.^'fc|; • ,/i: & -lO . x*Not Thit "Some things go without sayiig, ye*. U ^ know." ^ Yes, bnt a woman's, tongue la nql tn that class." ^ » An Error of Jy^wni • ^ Ella--She hasn't much judgment. k Stella--I should say not. When sh^ "" •'* -h visits the prison on Christmas shd*'V ^ takes calendars for the life A Candidate for Art What makes you think your, boj|; ^ b Josh- might be a motion picture actor?* : ; • Well," replied Farmer Corntossel^, 'A * "Josh must be good for something£f,c $ -- and be has tried 'most everything ' ' 1 ".ft*; ^ -if*: 't%?fl#ust Flatter*^ "I understand the photographc praised your beauty very highly.' "Yes, but I've lookeu In vain fof,/ the last six months and he has yef: to display In his from window th^fV^.^ portrait he took of me." .... % ' Filled Specification* * Applicant--I've called la ausWer tn !-p'" V; that advertisement of youf'n for p;: handy man, sir." ^ ^ *. Employer--Well, what gnullflcatleih*^ ^ ^ have you? Applicant--rl live nest door, elr.«-t., London Weekly Telegraph* - : --V- •' , - Uhr * J No Sale. What was t t man cursing about rt I Just met coming out of your odkef Jsir#!" iss&aram't . '-sLASH?: He had a book he was offering only, to oar beet people, and I suppose he was revising my place on the list. r..'iNvV'jKl