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THE MeHENKY PLAIND] Half-Hearted Art on Ha and I " " 1 ' " Mis. FA. THE ENCHANTED MOUSE. MECHANIC CHOKES A HAMMER XER, McHENKY, 11,1* in May Be 8ired Up He-Be PaaUJva IN HAND-MADE LACE Scene in Savannah Brought Back the Old Days * l- iQ AVANNAH, GA.--Recently there was a scene in Savannah which brought "V back to many older residents the flourishing days of slavery, when a man's '.Wealth was gauged by the number of negroes he owned. A group of former slaves gathered in front of the muhic- ^i "yN ^ ^ ipal building to receive from a com- Y*5 mittee of Savannah citizens gifts of a |'(i HUMtT^ I|XjE3? Substantial nature that had been pro- COW' Off fsMrS. vided for them by the business men along the famous Bay street, where so many wealthy cotton factors and VJiili-!--„ WNffSY others do business. None was less than eighty years old and some claimed to be "ninety goin' on a hun­ dred." They w^re mostly men, but there were one or two women among them. Women who as young fend Wealthy black "wenches" had been worth from $1,500 to f2,000 each during the days before the sixties, when,* negroes were valued solely by the money their healthy bodies would bring if offered for sale in the slave marts at New Orleans, Richmond, Milledgeville, Ga., and other places, were there, as were many broken and decrepit men. Some of the old negroes in the group about the entrance of the city hall on this bright day probably remembered being brought to Savannah by their owners and placed in safekeeping underneath the Pulaski hotel, a Savannah hostelry, about one hundred years old. This hotel is within a stone's throw of the city hall, where this year's bounty w&s distributed, and it had a great reputation in the days before the sixties as one of the big hotels of the South, where a gentleman and a slave owner might carry his charges and turn them over to the proprietor and his lackeys, with the knowledge that when the time came for him to continue his journey his men and women would be turned back to him, well fed and well cared for. The Pulaski made a specialty of this kind of patronage, and today Its cellar, far under the ground, is honey­ combed with slave cells. They are Of sufficient size to be comfortable, but are in most cases as dark as Egyptian blackness itself. Light seldom penetrate^ into their deep recesses. More than a hundred remain, and in the times when was at & prem|um for this kind of entertainment there were more. if'*' ¥' Chicago Slicker Has an Adventure in New York NEW YORK.--Leonard Anderson is one of those slickers from Chicago who just adores his profession of detecting. He came back the other day after a year's visit to relatives in Norway and he just chuckled all the way over on Che boat over how he was going to fool all the crooks in Gotham. While in Norway he did as the - Norwegians sometimes do and raised A crop of whiskers which afforded him '• disguise that would not result in some crook shouting "take 'em off, Len, we know you." He was achlnj% to get to work behind his King Leart •nd took a room at a cheap hotel near the steamship piers. He donned an ijpunigrant's cap and started joyously Sto Sherlock Holmes arouad. Two af- t&ble strangers fell into conversation with him. He could hardly keep a ftraight face it was that ludicrous. In answer to their sympathetic and lnter- Isted questioning, he informed them that he had a roll of $166 in his pocket. 7 ft was a delicious situation, indeed, and he felt it was a big joke. That is he felt it for a second or so and then somehow someone turned off Che sunshine and he didn't feel anything because one of the affable strangers •r r v affably tapped him on the bean with a restless blackjack and the other f J->'% * lemoved the money and verified the amount. ., Anderson identified himself with little trouble at the hospital, promptly Visited a barber and took the first train in the direction of Chicago. V-V ii •, Northampton Rooster Captures a Bad Racoon :«|| ORTHAMPTON, MASS.--A desperate battle between two coons and two prize rooster^ broke the quiet of Northampton early one morning. The «oons had been the object of a frenzied two-day search by the members of the Masonic street engine company, from whose large and varied menagerie of pets they had escaped. The battle­ field was the fancy hennery of J. J. Kennedy on King street, and the other combatants were two of his prize' roosters. It was in the small hours of the morning when the two miscreants §)"#:... sneaked around the hennery door and ; •--- peeked in. There, roosting in neat, orderly rows, was their breakfast. - They stealthily entered. Each picked first choice, in each case a large rooster. ̂ One spring, abd thingB started. Round and round the struggle raged. The multiplicity of wives of each of the defendants, seeing their noble lords and masters so beset, stood on their toes, fluttering their wings and squawked. The squawks woke Mr. Kennedy, who immediately hurried re-enforcements. When he arrived at the battlefield, one of the roosters was hors de combat n£nd his assailant had made good his escape. The other coon was vainly trying , ' to, but with an infuriated rooster firmly attached to the end of his tail, even # wily coon hasn't time to think just where the door was when he came in. •£," < The proverbial bulldog has nothing on Mr. Kennedy's roosters once they get a | good "holt." \ The rooster's bill was pried apart and the coon released. The penitent f;• J J firemen received their pet again in good shape, except for a sore tafl, in :S; exchange for the price of one perfectly good prize rooster, suitable only for . boiling. The firemen are watching for their other coon, the coon in captivity jpiit- is contemplatively watching the end of his tail and swearing off on chickens, and the other poultry fanciers of Northampton are double-locking their coops | and keeping a weather eyejjpsin for early morning Bquawks. p:*. I ' * | New York Women Are Drilling for Possible War " <r- ' p IT EW YORK.--Major Thiery, trim and severe in his regimentals, stood in the ll door of the Ninth Artillery armory, in Fourteenth street near Sixth avenue, « the other night and with mingled pain and disdain upon his face watched the * invasion of the fair. Girls, scores of girls, and women, old women, divided "4into squads, marched and counter­ 's* , * |*narched upon the polished floor, di- JjL, * - ^ected by smiling young soldiers. In the middle stood Gen. (Mrs.) •y'.. . *J. Hungerford Milbank, head of the y-> ' American Woman's Ltoague for Self- y, Defense, with a clanking sword at " her tide and martial fire blazing from her eyes. Major Thiery glanced from ;4fj,4the general t<? Col. (Miss) Ida Vera I y fej^||Elmonton, whose khaki skirt, designed r f fv? -originally for the exploring trips she has made through the jungles of Africa, yv, " was much shorter than he approved. He snorted. , f , i "What I want to know is," he said, "what're these women going to do .Viththis. What does this mean?" feg' j§|-; yii eager member of the league Informed him that if war came General Milbanik wnty^Ul not hesitate to take her companies of girl soldiers light into "»e field---yes, into Mexico if necessary. - . "Good night! " ejaculated Major Thiery, as he waved his hand despairingly. A little later the antlsuffrage major was overheard telling one of his sub­ ordinates tQ order toe soldiers who were drilling the girls to carry themselves and put their caps straight on their heads. The girls, he said, themselves a lot better than the men did. One day the wife of a poor man caught a mouse in a wire trap. She took it to a pail of water to drown it, when, to her surprise, the mouse spoke to her. "Good madam," It said, "I am an enchanted mouse and have in days gone by been a prince. I hope some day to come into my own again. Give me life and you will never regret It." "If you will promise never to take the bread and cheese In my pantry again," said the wife, "I will grant your request." "That I will," said the mouse, "and promise to keep the other mice away al8°" * So the wife opened the trap and the mouse ran into a big hole in the wall. "What are you doing?" asked her husband, who came in at that moment. When the wife told him what the mouse h&d said he was very angry. "Why did you hot make a wish?" he said. "If it is an enchanted mouse he can grant anything, and here we are living In this old hut and I never in all my life had enough tobacco to fill my pipe. Call him back and wish that I may have a comfortable home and a full pipe." So the wife went to the hole and called: "Mouse, mouse, pray come to me, ^ I have a favor to ask of thee." The mouse put its head out of the hole and asked: "What do you want of me?" "I caught you in a trap," said the wife, "and let you go without wishing. My husband says I should have wished and that he Is tired of living in this hut. He wishes a comfortable home and a full pipe." "Very well," said the mouse; "close your eyes, turn around three times and then open your eyes and you will have the Wish." » The wife did as the mouse said, and when she'opened her eyesJ»here was her husband sitting in a mrge easy chair smoking a pipe. "See," he said; "isn't this better ah the poorly furnished hut we lived in, and I have a full pipe, too?" "Yes," replied the wife; "we should be content new, for we shall be warm in the winter in a house so well built." But one day later the husband said: "Wife, go to the mouse and tell him If he is a prince in disguise he can just' as well build us a handsome castle." "But, husband," pleaded the wife, "we are comfortable here, what more 'do we need?" "Do as I (ell you," said the husband. So the wife went to the hole In the pantry wall and called-- "Mouse, mouse, pray come to me, I have a favor to ask of thee." "What is. it?" asked the mouse, put­ ting his head out. "My husband wishes a castle," she said; "he is tired of living in a small house." "Close your eyes, turn around three times, and then open your eyes," said the mouse, "and you will .have your wlB\" The wife did so, and when she opened her eyes jBhe did no.t know Ton may tell a good deal about a' mechanic's efforts and purposes by the way in which he handles his toolB* You may size up a half-hearted ar- tisan by the grip on his'hammer han­ dle. If he takes it near the extreme end he means business and hits the nail a substantial blow; if he grips it up near the hammer head, making you half expect the poor thing will open Its iron jaws and gasp, why then you may be sure of a tyro and a shirker. Little things of the kind indicate clear­ ly the manner and determination with which a boy or man tackles any job or hobby. Go to' it with a grip on evgfxthing tfeat means a positive and earnest effort. TEACH POULTRY \H SCHOOLS Younger Generation Kept interested and More Efficient Poultrymen Are Brought Forth. In every lioma f er<n school district in Okla" has been a poultry asso- BUTTCRfLY DESIGN HAS ALWAYS vH^A BEAUTlPtfL EFFECT, Worked With Simple Lace Stitch This May Be Sajd to Make an Ideal Decoration--Direction# for Making. A, beautiful effect of hand-made lace can be obtained t>y working de­ signs with a simple laco stitch. X, - This stitch Is quite easy to learn, and is quickly worked. For the deco- ratipn of teaclotbs, doilies, ..table- runners and cushion covers this Is an- ideal decoration. Various motifs can be worked In this style, and one that works out par­ ticularly well Is a butterfly, which can be had on transfers, in various posi­ tions and sizes.' For many purposes, just a butterfly placed in one corner of the article ts sufficient decoration, and when this embroidery is em­ ployed there Is usually no need to put lace around the cloth. To work, transfer the butterfly on the material, and work the outlines of it with ordinary buttonhole stitch; thus four wings of the butterfly will Hen and Chicka. elation organized through the efforts of the State Poultry association. The teacher gets information regu­ larly from the central body, and poul­ try topics and poultry literature are furnished the school through the cen­ tral organization. By thiB means the younger generation is kept interested and more efficient poultrymen brought forth each year. This is all done in a state that is far behind our Missouri valley states in production of farm products. This idea might work out for good results in many of our own rural school districts--Twentieth Cen­ tury Farmer. WEED WATER PIPE MATERIAL Large, Hollow, Straight Stalks of Com* mon Cow Weed Used by Boy on West Virginia 'Farm. A boy of fourteen, on a West Vir­ ginia farm, has piped water from a hillside spring to the house a hundred yards away and the total expense was less than 50 cents. He used the large, hollow, Btraight stalks of common wild cow weed, over an inch in diameter and each five and six feet long, fitting the little ends tightly into the big ends after wrapping the latter "with twine to keep them from spitting and also wrapping the centers and painting the outsides with asbestos black. The pipes are supported on forked sticks, overhead high for a part of the dis­ tance and for the rest are put just un­ der the stony ground. become four shapes, the body and head are worked with sa|in stitch well padded, and' the feelers with tiny over-and-over stitches. , To begin the lace work, start on one wing; first of all buttonhole two stitches into the buttonholing done, take a very* firm hold. Then, work­ ing from left to right, make two more buttonhole stitches; now work from right to left, make two buttonhole stitches into the thread connecting the stitch groups, but only sew into the material Itself at the end of the row. Each row can increase or decrease, according to the shape to be filled in, but the material must not he sewed into except as stated. The last row of the shape is worked into the buttonhole round material like the first row. This lace work is a surface from under which the material can be cut away, and the pattern looks like lace let in. Some of the holes should be worked over and over to represent the spots on the butterfly's wingB. The necessity for buttonholing round the shape will now be seen; it keeps the pattern firm. The material underneath the lacework must .be cut away most carefully so that thfe' out­ line is not cut into. The embroidery can be worked on linen, damask, lawn, silk, etc., it is very strong and washes beautifully. The idea need not be limited to white; the butterflies or other de­ signs look beautifully worked in col­ ored silks on buff colored linen. CROKINOd: IS SKILLFUL GAME USEFUL F0R THE ARMCHAIB Soreness of Fingers May Be Entirely Overcome by Putting Propelling Digit Against Carom. A great many persons do not thor­ oughly enjoy the skillful game of crokinole for the reason that their fin­ gers become Bore from shooting. To overcome this entirely put the propel­ ling bent finger gently against the %arom, or nearly so. and there will not only be no sting to the finger in sud­ den contact with the carom, but the direction of the shot may be far better controlled. Let the finger nail meet the exact center of the carom edge for absolute accuracy. Convenience That the Amateur Car* penter Should Turn Out 4n a Very 8hort Time. Our sftetch shows a useful little con­ trivance for placing upon the arm of an easy chair, that the amateur car- !fe SHARK BIT THE ADMIRAL. Cluirldi Sturrstt, ft s&ilor, of 310 West Twenty-ninth BtrtKjt, w&8 &rr6it6d ^recently on complaint of Rear Admiral William N. Little, U. S. N., retired. f'\ ftThe charge was obtaining money under false pretenses. The police say Sturratt called at Rear Admiral Little's home, 289 West w ; Beventy-sixth street, on January 81, wearing the uniform of a navy sailor, si Vv. Baid was Robbert c- Dobbins, attached to a ship lying in Boston navy yyy, yard and was out of funds and unable to return to bis vessel. He showed a " check on a Boston bank for $6. Rear Admiral Little indorsed It and the ft v - police say Sturratt cashed it Recently it was found the check was no goodj W I' * y r- hi <x- -Htw .York World. "What Do You Want of Me?" where she was; everything was so beautiful, but her husband came and took her by the hand and led her through the large rooms. "Isn't this better than the small house?" he asked her. "I shall never he comfortable here," said the wife, 'it is for too grand for me." But even this did not satisfy the hUBband, and one day he said: "I should like to be an emperor and rule a country; go to the mouse and ask hin| to grant it." t "But I do not want to „ be an em­ press," said the wife; "pray do not ask it* and, besides, the mouse is only a prince in hiB own right; he could not grant such a wish." "Do as I tell you," said the husband, and the poor wife obeyed. "Mouse, mouse, pray come to me, J have a favor to ask of thee." ."What do you want now?" asked the mouse, putting his head out of the hole. "Alas," answered the poor woman, "my husband wished to be an em­ peror and rule a country." "Do you wish to be an empress?" aaked the mouse. "Oh, no!" replied the wife. "I'd far rather live in the comfortable home you first gave us, but my husband is ambitious, and would ru|e." "Close your eyes," the mouse said to the wife, "turn round three times and th$n open your eyes." When she opened her eyes there in a comfortable chair sat her husband smoking his pipe. The wife told her husband what the mouse had said and as he was afraid of being without a full pipe, he never, bothered his wife again and lived peaceably ever after. Cutting Out the Frills. The simple life was, as we all know, most extremely demonstrated by Di­ ogenes, the cynic philosopher of Greece. He lived in a barrel which he carried "about with him, ate the plainest food, was clad most scantily. On his belt he carried a cup for drink­ ing, modern tramp fashion, until one day he saw a boy drink out of the palm of his hand, when Diogenes threw away his cup. He Understood. "I don't see why horses are afraid of automobiles," said Dick. "Well, I do," replied his ten-year- old companion. "They lo6k like bug­ gies a-going without horses." "What if they do? That la no rea­ son," replied Dick. "Now look here, Dick! You know you'd get scared if you saw my suit a-walking down the street and me not along to' make it go." & Something Like It. Bobby was rehearsing the patriotic lines he was to speak at the Sunday school Fourth of July celebration. " 'It--it--oh, yes--it glmleted well for our great and glorious--'" '"Glmleted? Glmleted?' Why, Bob­ by!" the teacher Interrupted. "'Au­ gured,' Bobby. 'Augured.'" "Oh, yeB; augured! I knew it wa» something they bored with." 4 Self-Help. * A couple of little boys were discus­ sing matters personal to themselves. One of them asked: "Do you say your prayers in the morning or at night?" "At night, of course," said the other. "Anybody can take care of himself In the daytime!" Not the Kind She Wanted. 1 would be willing to wprfc for yon," he declared, "until my fingers dropped off." "1 haven't any doubt of that," she replied, "but what I want if a hus­ band who will be able to do a little [ br&l# work for me." ^ penter can "knock together" in a tew minutes. It forms a kind of small table upon which a glass, matches, ash tray, papers, etc., can be placed and be within easy reach of the occu­ pant of the chair. It must be made to fit tightly over the arm of the chair. It is merely composed of three pieces of wpod, arranged in the man­ ner shown at the top of the illustra­ tion, an* securely fastened together with "screws. When this has been aohe, the whole thing can be smooth­ ly covered with dark material such as art serge or linen, and finished off at the edges with brass-headed nails, driven in close together. x If preferred, in place of serge the wood could be covered with cretonne selected to match or harmonize with the covering of the chair, or could be stained and polished. For an invalid this little article will be found a great convenience, and it can, of course, be lifted from the chair in a moment when no longer re- quired; it* will alio be found useful for the "after-dinner" armchair that is drawn up to the fire. It is, of course, only possible to make it for a chair that has upright arms of the nature shown in the sketch. MAKE YOUR SILK BLOOMERS Garment That Is Undoubtedly Here to Stay Need Not Be a Drain on \ ' the Purse. /-A The blooxiier of today has apparent­ ly come to stay. It fills a long-felt want. It is a convenient, comfortable garment, that takes up little room in trunk or handbag, and that gives little bulk in the wearing. N For outdoor sports of all kinds, from mere walking to mountain climbing, it Is ideal. For evening wear it is equally ideal. It is an all-day garment that women are wearing more and more. To begin with, there are the Italian silk bloomers, in white and pale pink. These wear well and are very easily laundered. They are not expensive when these considerations are noted. It Is quite possible, however, to mak$ bloomers for 40 or 50 cents a pair that e dainty and durable and as easy to under as the silk ones. These are made of thin cotton crepe--the sort sold for underwear, not for frocks. This costs* frofti 18 to 25 cents a yard, and two . yards is "enough for a pair of bloomers of medium size. Anybody short needs only a yard and three- qukrterfe* It comes in pink, blue and lavender; These bloomers are very easy to make. They need no buttonholes or buttons, and there are no platckets, which are always bothersome in the making. There is an elastic in each knee and another at the belt, so that the bloomers slip into place and stay, in place when they are put on. A yard and a half or two yards of cotton elaatic is needed. X FIRST TO "TAKE THE BISCUIT Hlatory Relate* How French Waa the Means of Origlnatifi < Well-Known Term. Baker CRINOLINED EFFECT Taffeta suits with tight bodices and full,; frilly skirts will be most popu­ lar for spring and summer wear, ac­ cording to fashion authorities. The photograph shows a suit in gray with lavender collars and cuffs. Notice the JaboL Care of White Coats. Where white coats are concerned to save a frequent bill at the cleaner's purchase a stiff white hand brush at the ten-cent store. Brush the coat thoroughly the way the nap lies. This removes the little balls of lint which have gathered the dirt, at the same time giving the coat a finish and mak­ ing it look like new. Quaint Outline. Round, full skirts gathered at-the waist become more and more popular, and almost invariably these skirts are accompanied by tight bodices which are buttoned or laced up, the front from waist to throat A qual^J out­ line, but exceedingly attractive. PROPER ORDER IN THE HOME *- Matter That Is Worth Much May Easily Be Arranged With a Little Tactfulness. In an era when so much stress is laid upon equipment it is amazing how little order equipment exists in the average home. The injunction, "Pick up your things --don't leave your room In disorder," too often is merely a signal for trans­ ferring the disorder from a conspicu­ ous place to one that is concealed. Inspect ,the closet or the bureau drawer of almost any schoolboy or girl of your acquaintance and you will dis­ cover what the -"ordering" process has meant to them. - It is not only the girls and boys that need , the "order equipment." Many housewives, for example, take num­ berless steps seeking a dustcloth, wheu a pretty, bright-colored cretonne bag might be hung in each suite of rooms, containing a couple of dusters and a small whiskbropm. A* .o* *. ^ MUST . r't,!- Many laundresses waste time and labor pursuing clothespins, when a clothespin bag made to slide along the line would save both. Givtj the average girl a pretty shirt- walst or dress bag and see if the best things are not more carefully put away. Give the average boy a good-look­ ing shoe bag for his closet wall and see how quickly he will display pride in keeping his BhoeB clean so that the s bag will not be soiled.--Kansas City Star. Straight Neek Line. A neck line straight across from shojulder to shoulder is not new, but is being emphasized by one or two well-known houses, and though very unbecoming In heavy material Is not so bad when all of the bodice above the bust is of tulle or thin lace or semitransparent chiffon. Cut lower than the base of the throat, this line la not so trying. , i" To "take the biscuit" is a commonft phrase. But who was the firat>persoi%| to be so {Uetiziguished?' ' He was a baker by trade and he r«<|f ceived it from a French count, says at wri ter in Stray Stories. Th Qjjj 'ountl- 'k v . - . lived in the times when a *^enclvV nobleman could, if he chose, send aof 4? - * outrider to a neighboring towii that*. ' be intended honoring with his prea- ence, saying he required an omelette SMde with a thousand eggs, and the ' innkeeper had to produce one or suf-1 fer for It. This outriding business is a tremen­ dous asset in making people get busy - • ^n your behalf. * In this way the biscuit was discov­ ered. A certain French noble sent the aforementioned ontrlder with the command that a cake was to be pre- pared for him that would taste differ­ ent from all other cakes. The baker, on receiving the order, mixed up-- and wasted --several ' pounds of flour and fruit, but they all tasted much of a muchness. In de­ spair, he left tw last batch of under­ done dough in sheer fright, as time was getting on, and want tn "insult with baker No. 2. During his absence, hid young son wandered into the bakehouse, and see­ ing a batch of underdone dough set to work and rolled it out and stamped it into small cakeB, then baked them. When done to a crisp, golden brown, he took them out and eased on them with pardonable pride. *In the meantime the father, being no wiser as to the production of & new cake, returned, looking the ghost of his old Bel|--to use a quite original expression] When he saw the little yellow bis­ cuits he was BpeechlesSywith astonish­ ment,and wanted to know whence they camev The son explained and invited his sire to taste one. They were so delicious that all • fear left his coun­ tenance. He waited the coming of the august count with Impatience. In due course the gentleman arrived, with the usual aristocratic hunger and thirst on him. The cakes , were so to his liking that he ate the lot and gave the baker the Grand Order of the Biscuit Into the bargain. Some people are half baked. The word "biscuit" means "twice baked." Chloroamlne Latest Antiseptic. Another new antiseptic is reported from the war sone. Its name is chlor­ oamlne, and it was first pre­ pared In 1905 by Doctor Chattaway, who, however, did not suspect ite antiseptic properties. Dr. H. D. Dakin (who introduced the sodium hypo­ chlorite solution mixed with boric acid for the disinfection of wounds). Dr. J. B. Cohen and Dr. J. Kenyon, re­ port in the British Medical Journal that the germicidal action of chloroa­ mlne is about four times that of so­ dium hypochlorite, is less irltating and can be used at a concentration five to ten times as great. Chloroamine is obtained by adding •odium hypochlorite to toluene sul- phonamide. It Is colorless, crystalline, and when In solution can be kept for many months. It is not corrosive or toxic and does not coagulate protein. Staff Surgeon A. P. Fisher reporte several cases of serious wounds of the mouth and Jaw treated with chloroa­ mine, and says they are "distinctly en­ couraging." Egyptian Style In Drasaea. Dresses have gradually been getting^ lower at the neck and shorterlV at the hem for some time until now it la pro­ posed to do away with troublesome gowns altogether. The latest style is Egyptian, or %la Cleopatra. It consists of many yards of ribbon wrapped around the form, a few pearls and numerous safety pins. Wherever the ribbon is shy stenciling takes its place. Any old design will do. A few dabs of paint and bronze powder blown over It and there you are, in the latent eve- - nlng outfit. This new style has been Introduced by the Russian ballet. If it: ever gets a foothold it will send many ladies' tailors, modistes and dressmak­ ers back to the tubs. Already it is said a Fifth avenue house has laid in a large supply of stenciled designs of paint and of gold and bronze dust, and It is asserted in this Btore that fash­ ionable women have already sent their maids there to' learn how to do the stenciling.--New York Sun. World's Greatest Racehorse. The distinction is claimed bv Amer­ ica for Meddler, the best an-round horse in the world, who has never been beaten in a-race, and whose sons and daughters have won nearly half a million sterling. Meddler is the son of the wondrous St. Gatien and the great Busybody, turf luminaries of 26 years ago. Clar­ ence H. Mackay bought Meddler from the estate of the late William C. Whlt- cey for £10,000. The stallion's rec­ ord year was 1904, when his progeny won £44,000 for the season.. Last year in England alone they won £17,- 040 in 66 races. The other day in New York, Glasgow, a chestnut year­ ling daughter, brought £1,100 at a sale of Mackay horses, some of them Meddler's offspring. In all, 16 were sold for £10,000. ||eddler was born In England 26 yearti^g* , " Aid Sought. "So poor William has been caught by a proposal and the bride-to-be wants it announced. What part of the pa­ per shall I put it in?" "If you want my opinion of William's preference, I'd put tt tinder -Help Wastad."* Something of an Earmark. • German waa summoned to iden­ tify a stolen hog. On being asked by the lawyer If the hog had any ear­ marks, he replied: "The only ear­ marks dot I saw vaa his tail vas cut OH." ee«graaslonal Mall. Senators and members of the house of representatives used 38,664,367 en­ velopes In 1916 in franking letters to their constituents and others, through the postal service.