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. ~ «iv-hasnwwatmmv." .. he‘s .V .. SHARES ARE EASY AT SEA. THE GREAT MAJORITY CAUSED BY TRIVIAL THINGS. In at All blah-Ill to Bet {pollute Panic Among the Passenger: on a Line!- Weather Which Causes nest Frighu, Not Really Dangerousâ€"Fog accuse for finch Hon AllXIQl)'-~â€"SIOI’ICS or Both. Just as soon as the skies take on atingc of winter's gray the ships that go “ (mistwise, cross seas, round the world and back again" begin to bring tales of desperate struggles with giant bombers. of panics and hairbreadth ee- capes; and all sorts of thrilling adven- tures on the gray winter seas. Once in a while there comes in a liner which has met something bigger than usual in the way of waves and then there self with a start and swung round to see What'bad happened.’ . "Something is wrong in the engine room. sir." said the officer in_ charge on the bridge with that. uliar ar- rulity which always eats itsel in such superfluous speech. _ “I know." answered the ca tam shortf- ly. He walked briskly-baa along the bridge deck to the engine batch and called down to the engineer on watch and asked what was the matter. ‘ “Nothing at all, sir." was the answer. “\Ve'll be going again in a minute. She's thrown on oil cup and the new one is almtvst in place." The captain turned and started back toward the bridge, then somethmg he saw stopped him short. It was the figure of a woman in 3. Ion flowmg robe of white. Her heavy ir hung loosely down her back, and in her arms lshe carried her clothingi loosely thrown together. just as she ad gathered it up when the sudden stoppmg of the ,engines had wakened her with a start {that sent her leaping from her berth with a frightful clutching about her heart and the awful cold fear that some is sure L0 be a, sun-y of panic among ; terrible accident had befallen the ship. the passengers. the world to get up a sort of panic among the passengers ona liner. 'A good many of them are chronically in a slate of funk. gets a. bit rough another lot get scared, and when the fog whistle begins to boot. there are anxious faces, usually, peering over the rail. ‘ Now, fog is dangerous, but rough f It's the easiest thing in l Opposite the captain as he stood on the V bridge deck at the corner of the engine hatch, a life boat swung on its davits. Under the boat. a. bo's‘n's gang was lwashing down the deck. The woman saw the men at work the instant she When the weather l darted out from the forward companion way, and she turned aft on the deck and ran toward them with all her speed. The captain, watching her closely, saw that she was one of those who sat at his own table in the saloon. In the ‘ flood of moon light her face wasa ghost- ly white. Her eyes werenvide open weather, comparatively speaking. isnotl - . . . . and staring, and her 3 ressmn was one There is more danger of OOlllSIOD,.\Vll10h ! of XP is the worst thing that can happen at] l The captain stepped forward to call her, sea, in fog than at any other time. BLANK TERROR. and may occur in spite of the utmost ; then a. better thought came to him and care and watchfulness on the part of ; he snipped back Partly out Of her range officers and crew. doubtful if the records can show that? any liner ever foundered when the} primary cause of the accident was tom- ? pestuous weather. Popular belief is; all the other way, and when Captain? Frederick Watkins reported at the close Q of a winter voyage from Liverpool 8.! few years ago that in a hurricane LN MID-OCEAN he had stopped the engines of the Paris ' and let. her‘fall off into the trough of ‘- the sea. to ease her. his report created; a. sensation. , "Of course I did," he said. when he;f was questioned about it; "that was the f simplest thing to do. Nothing could? happen to the ship. The weather! doesn't blow that could founder her.: She's too big and too stench." i If a. demonstration of the ability of} the modern passengerâ€"carrying oceangoâ€" 1 or to Withstand rough weather needed I a demonstration it could have found] several in the last few years. There; was an accident to the Paris, wheni With three compartments full of water . l n eh e rode out a. storm and got. into. Queenslon With everybody safe. There“, was the Spree, which went trrough. a frightful storm, with the tail shaft; broken and the after compartments; filled. There was the Umbria, which: lay for a week with her nose held up: to the winter gales by her sea. anchors ! while her engineers patched up the.[ broken thrust shaft. There was the? Ems, which lost her screw and drifted - around for ten days before she towed into the Azores with all on: board sound and well. And there was 3 the Gaswgne, last winter, which got: into New York eight days overdue: havmg been out in the worst storms of 3 a. particularly stormy season, and not: under control for a week because of a! broken piston. These things lend‘ force to the statement that most of the frights which the passengers on'the big liners get every winter are trivial or causcless. Every time a ship gets in and reports any such experience as La. Champagne reported last week it is certain that the passengers will spin yarns to then' friends ashore whlch would put an able sailorman tip the blush. These things also lend point to the story one of the most popular captains of _ A BIG LINER sometimes tells when a. good friend visits him in his room up on the bridge dock. _ II was a long time ago, when this captain was in command of the old City of Chicnro, whose bones lie on the old and of Elx'insale, close by Daunt's Rock. he voyage was to the westward out from Liverpool. It was in the early fan, and the first. cabin was full to overflowing with the first home-comers of the summer European tourists. The weather had been superb all the way. and the ship's company were congrat- ulating themselves on an quick and pleasant voya e. It hap- pened that one morning a utilo'clock the captain went upon the brid e to kiokumund. He has made now near y 600 voyages across the Atlantic ocean and he has seen the ocean in every phase. Never. he says. has be seen such a sight as that which lay before him on this occasion. when he got to the bridge. The sea lay perfectly still, its surface unbroken by even a flaw of wind. Ex- cept. for the occasional long heave of a heavy swell. the lust memory of some long-gone storm that rose and fell sol radually as to be \rceptible only to he practised eyes 0 an old sailor, no motion of the water could be discerned. The sky was rfcctly cloudless, a faint 0 blue in t. . light of the full moon. he captain leaned. against the rail of the liridg " the old unusually c and watched lost star wheel back again " in the flat northern heavens. Somewhere. be- hind him. a long way off, there floated up from below t 19 music of the engines. singing, " Rigidity.‘ .lgidity, rigidg, unvarying. unfultcrmg rigidity." 0 board it without listening. and caught the rhythm of it. ilnconsciously. A long strip _of gleammg Silver lay on the lass‘like surface of the water. It 'led ever so li htly once inawhile an it caught the ‘nvy swell. and it led clear to the horizon, where it van- ished suddenly ma \vild leap up to the moon. . The captain for t the ship and the ship’s company. e did not remember the _thousand and more human be' hi his care. The ibility slippe off his shoulders no he was lost in ionteiuphition of the “'ONDERF U L SPECTACLE of the ocean. Then suddenly the music from the nglne room stopped._ The great in ceasedthelr singing and atmmor _ through the ship as the new uit marking the time of tin nag. capitol came back to him- . . I of' Vision. As But 1t ‘8 exuemeh' 1: bo’s'n'a crew she saw that the men were : frightened her. she ran toward the not. clearing away the life boat, but that they were leisurely and peacefully cleaning up for the morning's game of ; shuffleboard. But. she did not slacken her speed. Not a thing was in her way. The deck of the old City of Chicago was broad and clea'r, unob- structed by stanchions or ventilators, or the fixed settees that spoil the prom- enadesof the newest liners. There was nothing to hinder her flight, and Without swerving from her course in the slightest degree the frightened wo- man fled down the deck at top speed and vanished down the after com anion- way. The brief fifteen secon that it took her to run the length of the deck sufficed to give her a._.conccptiocn of the magnificencepf the night. She never stopped to find out what had She only knew that she had been fooled, and with a. woâ€" mam's quick wit, she made the best of it. The bo's'n's gang stopped their work in astonishment. as she swept by. The captain chuckled as. he went back to the bridge. Next mornin at breakfast she faced the captain un lmchingly. Perhaps she had not seen him, but if she had she did not betray herself by so much as the drooping of an eyelid. "It's curious," said the captain to one of those at .the table, "what little things sometimes frighten people at sea." » .She looked up at him quickly, but he did not seem to notice it, and went on, without looking at her. " On our last voyage this way we had a. .blt of_ rough weather one night. My chief officer was on the bridge, and was went down through the ship to see if any one was stirring. In one of the alleyways I met an Englishman and his son. They had their clothing in their arms and were running for the deck. \Ve shipped a. little sea. and it; had smashed a. ventilator. That frightâ€" ened them. I said. “Shâ€"h. some one Will see you.’ and they both'ran back to their rooms." A story of a. different sort is that of 8 passengers in the Red Star liner esternland on an outward voyage sev- eral years ago. ' It was on the third day of the voyage when the ship was [leaving the Grand Banks. A HEAVY FOG prevailed, so that it. was almost impos- Slble to see a ship’s len th ahead. All the morning the fog w istle blew fif- teen seconds out of every two minutes. The passengers, who had begun to get a. little acquainted with one another, gathered in little knots and discussed the nasty weather. The lookout in the crow's nest was doubled and two men were sent up to the bows. About noon. ‘ust after ‘ the )Vesternland's syren 'id ceased one of its uncomfortâ€" able hoots. there comes an answering whistle out from the fog dead ahead. The )Vesternland’s syren booted again. and immediately there came an answer. The second whistle seemed to be directly in the Red Star liner's course. The passengers left their steamer chairs and gathered along the forward rails. They eered anxiously out into the .fog,_but he brightest eye couldn't distinguish anything but the impene- trable Wall of gray mist. The ship had been running at reduced speed, but now her engines were slowed down until she seemed barer to crawl along. For a. time the intervals between the hoarse boots of the syren were kept. at a min- ute and forty-five seconds. But the whistle ahead kept steadily repeating the warnin , and the interval on the Westernlan was shortened to fifty seconds, the hoot being prolonged for ten seconds. A quartermaster stood on the bridge deck. watch in hand, and marked the time with the whistle cord. Nothing more could be done by the officers of the ship than what they were doing. They could only wait. The passengers along the rails were too in- terested or too anxious to go down to luncheon, and 1 o'clock found them all still there. Then relief came. as unexpectedly and suddenly as the warning of danger. It came with a gust of Wind that rifled the heavy fog. The breeze blew up. It picked up the heavy f and whisked it away as an autumn w irlwind scab- 'ters the first fallen leaves. And as the fog flew before the wind the lookouts and the passe ers along the rails and the officers on he bridge saw squarely ahead of the Westernland, bound east, and on the same course a little cargo boat. with her "load line over her hatch " and the black smoke beginning again to roll out of her squat funnel. There wasa roar from the \Vestem- land's whistle. The bells in the en~ gine room jingled and she forged ahead at full speed, veering a_little from her course to the freighter. As the liner passe them was a fluttering of 513112113. a dip of the flag. and the inci- dent was closed. \Vhich shows the difference in being I + HEKLTH. Light and Diseasa. _ Two objections are commonly brought against the disinfectants recommended for general use: they are expensive and cannot be used promiscuoust without more or less damage. It will be wel- come news. therefore, that investiga- tions are now going on, looking to some practical application of the wellâ€"known disinfecting properties of light. Various species of microbes. have been examined to ascertain their power of resistance to the sun’s rays. For in- stance, Koch has shown that the germ of consumption can withstand the solar rays for only a shert time. Cholera germs are easily rendered inert under the influence of direct sunlight, and other germs are susceptible in vary- ing degrees, to the same influence. Experiments have been made upon fabrics and manufactured articles of household use, like furniture, by first impregnating them with germs and afterward exposing them to the direct action of the sunlight. It is found that while the sun's rays have a dis- tinct action upon the upper layers of stuff, the disinfecting process is some- what retarded in the lower or deeper layers. Objects of a dark color are but little affected. Investigators report that direct solar light kills in from one to two hours any germs of typhoid fever which may be present in water. Even diffused light exerts an appreciable effect in purify- ing yvater. In fairly clear water the effect has been known to be exerted at a. depth of more than six feet. In bodies of water exposed to ,the rays of the sun 8. minimum of germs is found in the early evening and night hours, and as might have been expect- ed, a maximum of the same germs is found in the early part of the day. _ A study of the action of artificial light upon disease has revealed the fact that nearly every germ develops in some one or two particular rays of the spectrum. For instance, typhoid germs multiply rapidly in orange, deep red, or deep violet rays, while they cease to develop in green, blue, or pale violet rays. This corresponds in some degreed‘o facts elicited by a. study of the_a.ction of artificial light upon plant-life in gen- eral, of which latter facts growers have taken advantage to produce wonderful results. Of all forms of artificial light the arcâ€" electric seems to promise greatest reâ€" sults to the experimenters. on this in- teresting subject, but it is. probable that. nothing can equal the direct rays, of the sun itself. . That‘ the sun does exert an impor- tant influence as a disinfectantâ€"and this not; merely because of its warmth 03 drying powerâ€"is not; to be disput- e . Do Not Smother Them. Young mothers eSpecially seem to think that babies' lives can be snuffed out, as a. candle, by the least puff of wind, hence commence early to wrap and bind the poor little thing in a way little less than criminal. That. babies are smothered to death is an every day occurrence, but. the wonder isthat not many more are killed by wrapping their heads up in thick shawls or blankets, which gradually come in con- tact with their lips, close their mouth and nose and when .the little one is next; looked at, attention being at- tracted by his prolonged silence, baby is limp and blueâ€"the spark of life lit- erally smothered out. This fearful sacrifice is not necessary, certainly greatlymourned when it occurs, but it is another of the many calamities due to thoughtlesaness. nothing less. Let the child breathe; admit sufficient air to his mouth and nose, see that noth- ing comes in contact with his lips, neith- er shawl nor veil, that his breathing be absolutely free. Babies have died at the breast, pressed against it to nurse, and so suffocated. Those having charge of infants and very young children should think what they do; it. will save vain lamenting after the evil is done. Care of an Abscess. Abscesses of the ear are painful and dangerous. They are painful in the extreme when they occur in parts surâ€" rounded by bone because of the swell- ing caused by inflammation. and conse- quent pressure. As soon as it is known that abscesses are forming. the ear should be poulticed persistently with hot flaxseed-meal poultices, to bring the abscesses to a head and cause them to discharge through the outer ear. This course keeps the abcesa lo- calized. _ A small fly blister, about as large as the first jomt of one's thumb, placed behind each ear, is helpful where the swelling seems obstinate. \Varm opium and ead wash is helpful to syringe the ear with twice a. day. \thre the abceas is visible.and shows no~appcarance of breaking, though ready to. it should be opened by acare- ful hand with a clean needle-point. to let the matter out. After syringmg with the lead wash saturate cotton with olive oil and keep it in the ear. To Prevent Insomnia. The constant sufferer from wakefulâ€" ness should make a study of herself and endeavor to ascertain what set of circumstances is most likely to pro-l voke insomnia, Thinkers and students are often unable to sleep if they have worked steadily just before while a brisk walk in the open air. or a half hour'lsl n‘elaxatiotiigveiioa novelwor a r. wt ispose in a um r. mint? are those who find a hot bath at bedtime exciting. while it soothes others. The same may be said of cal- istbenics or an form of bodily ere!» cise. A glass 0 hot milk and a biscuit frightened by fog and frightened by taken just before stepping into bed something else. often encourage drowsiness. 1 WINTER SMILES. Sheâ€""I think I will do the was » COLOR MUSICALES THE LATEST FAD IIIE'Selfh awhile.” [lieâ€"#‘H’m!t k That was w at you want“ me to a e on more life insurance for, was it?" . IN LONDON‘ Câ€"Illd v"\Vhat is a kiss 3" her lover sighed. "Grammatically defined . 'Tis a. conjunction," she replied. "And cannot be declined." "Did you find that be was a rela- _ , . ” Harmonica. firm i ' “Oh. yesâ€"unmistakably. . . “How was that 3»- "He hormwed $1 Mustc that you can see is the latest from me almost before I had introduc. . and most extraordinary fed in musi- edmmyflf- Y H k l Ical circles. The music scientists have ‘ au'eâ€"" ou wmun't 'ncwmy can? , . ‘ u,» 1, the fine of now if you met him." Nanâ€"w \\'hy.§be°" “99mm” '5 “mg has be changed so much Maudeâ€"“That isn’t it exactly. changed him." “um-i- Opel-n (‘nn Now be Shown on n screenâ€"[lumen Beluga Have Keynotel â€"onier odd Facts on New Theory of as that pqmusical vibration. and have attached I've i to this force transmitters of form and [color, as Keeley proposes to hitch his [mum MAY NBWBE~SEE11.* retiring. ' ZingYâ€"" I have PM a friend 0f mine ? famous motor to the great force of on his feet three times in . two years._" Perksbyâ€"“Tliat's nothing. I put a friend of mine on his feet four- teen times last. night." Customer (in restaurant.)â€""I've forâ€" gotten. what I wanted to order, and I had it right on the tip of my tongue.” \_Vaiter-â€"”What did you say about a tip, sir f" ‘ '3 ."It’s my ambition to be 5. mm," said Fakely. “I've made the one and now I am after the zeros." "\Vell, go on in your own way.” retorted Cyni- cus. "You'll make 'em.” "Have you seen that portrait of Miss Dawkins by looks just like an old master." you think so? I thought more like an old maid." Heâ€"“\\’hen you are asked to sing million- it looked and don't wish to, you always have such 3 form of society a. convenient cold. \Vhere do you get them 9" Sheâ€""Oh, they’re kept ' draught' all over town." 0h, "busy bee" exalted so, VVe’d work like you, we vow, If we could loaf Six months or so As you are loafing now. the last i l Marulous Boran? ” Itfplma figure music D0 . of fine. sand shifted by the vibrations "Doctor, I want a tooth pulled. I'm‘ a great coward when it comes to endur- ing . and yet I’m afraid of both laug ing . as and chloroform." "You might be appy with ether." ' Stradivarius. It is nearly 200 years old.” Mrs. Newrichâ€""You don't sup- pOse I would take that? I can afford the latest style, let me tell you." Mayâ€""They tell me your engagement With Charley Grumpleigh is broken. How did it happen i" great mystery. The fact is, he was too fresh to co ; that’s all." Yeastâ€""Men turn somersaults on horse-back; I suppose before long we'll see them doing it on the bicycle." Crim- sonbegukâ€""XVhy. man alive! that was the first thing I did on a. wheel.” Carrieâ€""It is no I . n l I "How did you get Borely out of your . while clubâ€"did Sign i" “No; we then we all got together and formed a new clu ." "Ah," exclaimed the cannibal chief,i ou ask him to re-; , . . idn't, like to do that; ; cording to the register of the veice. butweallresigne tBo 1, d5 . . d ewa m y an 11in were drawn in outluic upon the icatgut in sliiftin smacking his lips, "what. kind of a minister was that we had for dinner "3‘ :‘Your excellency," replied his_compzm- mil, "I should say he was a prime min- is er." ‘ "Remember that oliteness always pays. my boy,” said he benevolent old gentleman to the bootblack. “Mebbe,” replied . the practical boy, “but. I'd rather have a. nickel than a ‘t.hank ye’ for blacking shoes.” I of tone-colors. sound vibration.- The results of those iexperimenls have been that a Chopin lnocturuc. may now be played in colors I or an ziria drawn in outline by sensi- tized transmitters. Remington, in England, has invented the color organ and formulated a scheme Prof. H. E. Clifford. in Boston, has produced by the vibrations of a. violin bow, or of the human voice through a metal tube, upon a tightly drawn catgut tuinbour head or a metal from a handful into plainly defined drawings. The scientific musicale is the latest entertainment. Not long ago one was given in New York, on I by Miss Charlotte W. Hawes, the Bos~ ton music littcrateur. Miss Hawes' musicale consisted of a monologue on " The Music of Nature," illustratedby the curious latterâ€"day discoveries in physical science on the LAWS OF VIBRATION. She illustrated her interesting theo- ries with an array of paraphernalia. de- monstrating the relation between the unseen tone and the tangible and vis- ible demonstration of form. Through tubes vibrating on a metal surface strewed with sand the octave was sung first by a soprano vows, and then by a contralto. I ‘ Each note shifted the sand into la. distinct geometrical figure. its re eti- tion bringing always the same orm upon the metal. The scale, note by note, shaied the sand into a series of figures 11 e the turning of a kaleidos- cope. Each note. in a number of ex- periments, has a corresponding figure, varying slightly in Size and detail, ac»- In the same way the tones of a vioâ€" sand. the communi- cation of the vi iration being made through a silken string. The geomet- rical figures formed by the VlOlln notes were much more distinct and de- licately detailed than those formed by the human ovice. The shape of b flat iwas distinctly different from u natur- 'al; chords were not attempted, but it i is believed that the co-relatlon between tone and form is to be a discovery of the investigators in physical scxcnce. She also declared that human beings had their key-notes. They speak by Mr. Crusherâ€""You don't; think the ‘ custom in the pita-h which nature had young man you are engaged to will , g be jealous of me, because I am paying you attention, do.you '2" Miss Daisy-â€" (after. looking him over deliberately)â€" “No, I don't think there is any dan- ger that he will.” .Sheâ€""No, Ned, it wouldn’t be judi- Cious for us to marry until after you have had your salary increased. He (plead1ngly)-â€""But two can live cheapâ€" er tham one, you know, Nellie.” She â€""Yes, I know. say. m.l’ that’s what people As a. matter of fact, they have GOLD AND DIAMOND THIEVES. PF! In South Afr-lea They Are One of the Plagues of llic Country. The gold and diamonds of South Afri- ca. have already attracted a very fair proportion of the thieves of the world f tenuon by her magnificent to that favored region. Some very fine hauls have been made, and others all but made; but one hears little of such things over here; there is so much of solidly interesting South African news turesque. Decidedly the most sensation- al attempt was one a few years ago on the diamond train. To reach Cape Town from Kimberly used to take. three nights. The diamonds used to be carried ' the safe always stood in the van, and unâ€" Dealerâ€""This violin. madam, is a l | days, or at least two days and three in' a. safe in the post office sorting van.. :Some expert thieves found out where’ x l l l I l ivcn theifi, which is varied in MIAJOR 0R MINOR by the emotions expressed. and they naturally choose for their friends peo- ple whose voices accorded With theirs. For instance, you will rarely find a thin-voiced man chumming \vith adcop bass singer. Remington’s experiments in tone color have caused London society folk to sit through entire concert recitals in total darkness, watching Wagner's operas and Beethoven's symphonies flashed in their corresponding colors on a screen. " They play an air on a color organ," says a London writer, "and it throws different colors on a Screen, varying according to the keys pressed down. It is very ingenious and opens up . uite la new field in the way of descri ling dress at social gatherings. Imagine this kind of thing: " ‘ Mrs. SO-lll'ld-SO attracted great at- _ costume, embodying the brilliant bizarrerie of Liszt's Second Hungarian Rhapsody, ‘and a graceful young woman looked that the cables seldom give us the pic-I i i a | . , der that spot. beneath the bottom of the ' Ivan, rigged up a platform of rope and aplank. whereon a man could lie and gwork with a. drill as the train sped on Bits way. It is a lonely journey. with . hours and hours between stations. The (thief endured his uncomfortable posi- athn beneath the movin train (mg ‘ enough to bore a. circlet 0 holes in the bottom of the iron safe. havin r first cut 'a_piece out of the bottom 0 the van. His plan was to complete the' circle in this tedious way so as to remove a lace of the safe bottom and leave a hole fair e enough for the insertion of an arm. tge removal of a bag. and the capture of a fortune in diamonds. Unfortunately 5 for him, he was cit her disturbed, or he got tired. or he drop off his planks. At any rate. he du piece of metal. consequent] ' did not : map his glittering reward. e escaped. The post office people in the van heard ’nothing of the drillâ€"which probably . was silent save when there was the clat- ter racket. of the wheels to drown its noise. When the platform and the pierced safe were discovered the thief . had gone and left no clew beyond his ' handiwork. which nevenpmved suffi- , cient for tracing him. 9 ‘ Not in Any Need. I Old Ladyu-J'ell. here's 10 cents for ya; but ahold hate to feel that I was encouragin' ye to drink. Trampâ€"I don't need no encourage- , merit. mum. m not cut out the i l i well in a. delicate costume made up from Gricg’s "Spring ldyll." The hats ositively shouted at one; they were ouuded for the most part on the bar- baric strains of the "Walkurcnritt," so that it was a positive relief to turn one's eyes to Miss Asterisk in a con- tume modelled on the ruin-drop pre- lude of Chopin." â€"_â€"â€".â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"-â€". Items of Interest. A London hair-dresser asserts that the best hair-producer is onion Juice. \\'_urm milk, applied as a wash three or tour times a day, 18.8. wonderful beautifier of the mniplean. Tea was cultivated .in China 2,790 years before the Christian em, and in that country it was first used as a beverage. A bicycle that in five minutes can be taken apart and packed in ovulisc 24x16.inchcs, has been mvented by an ingenious Frenchman. Mrs. Burt Johnson. of Franklin, kid. is only fourteen years old; yet she has been two years a wife, and is now the mother of a lively little daughter. The slaughter of deer. just for their horns. is so great in the vicinity of Micliigainmc, Mich, that venison can be bought there for two cents a pound. A middle-aged woman in Old Orch- ard, Me... is ii house-painter. She paints houses, barns, fem-cs, etc, for a living. and gets the same pay as the regular tradesmen. The village. of Mount Healthy. Ohio, has just becn inco oratcd. and it has converted the old _ ‘rce Church into a jail. The village is evndently preparing for emcrgencnea. The Shopping Mystery. Mrs. Bargainâ€"Why don't you charge a dollar for these goods instead of 99 cents 3 Salamanâ€"Why. ma'am. you're al- ways sure to think of something else you want while waiting for your change. ‘ i ,3 jl i l l l l I I l . .4»..~. w w...-. .uih ,-».‘. y-..... '_ n-“