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Could You Do Better! “1 wee one of a party of tour taking an early dinner at en open air renun- rent in Cologne on the Fourth of July aeverel yearn ago." aeya a New York l‘rihnne reader. “We eat a polite re- queettotheorcheetre leedertopley The Star Spended Banner and were told that the conpoeltion wee no known.’ We were enrprleed and vexed and talked a lot about the eons. it: orlgtn. its beauty. and finally dbcoy- ered that had the headmaster played it Ive-ell tour of neâ€"eonld have one. only 'laola' to the eeeond reree and all But right here the sick young wo- man. buoyed up by righteous indigna- tion. her blood pumping through her veins with anger. sat up. put her feet firmly on the floor. got up and dressed. "You can take the next train for home.” she said to the astonished mar- ried sister. “I’ll just wear my dis- mond ring and corals myself a little while longer." This is a true story. sud. although the incident occurred six months ago. the Atchison young lsdy hasn’t been sick s minute since.â€" Atcmaon Globe. .2 2.1.". European rix eis (onIhInI-d .IUIlliitiDg . I.Ihe 3110183). The amount Is estimated .} at 139 ,cuhiq milea.annunuy~that 13.“: I wonI51...fill annually a tank 1.39 miles Ii_ong,.139 miles wide and I39 miles I high. With its tIthItaries it provides Isomew-hat more than 16.000 miles of ‘ Inavigahle water.- more than any other system on the globe except the Ama zun and more than enough to reach I from Lake Superior to. Paris by way of IKaInchatka- and Alaska. about three-fourths of the way around the globe. ”The sediment deposited in 400.- 000.000 tons. enough to require daily for its removal 500 trains of fifty cars. each carrying fifty tons, and to make eth year two‘square miles of new earth. over a hundred feet deep The sick girl expeeted the married sis- ler in fall on her neck and weep. not only at the sadness of her impending and untimely death. but beeause of her cent-t'mity in the matter of her corals. Sn it was llt) wonder that every nerve in the invalid‘s body Wits jarred by the married sister‘s answer: “Well. of all the nerve! (living me your little string of cheap voralsi Why. they rest only 5'20, while your diamond ring is worth every hit of $250 It makes me tired." the married sister continued in excited tones. “the way you indulge Mary. Why. she‘s at a party this very min- ute. and I’m slaving here with you. As for my diamonds. didn’t I help my husband scrimp and save?" i The main stream ls 2.500 miles In length-~that 18. about ten [film's that 3 Of we §eiue AB‘MIII'II Twain has sand. ,it Is "the crookedest riwr' ill the ._ \IIIItld. traveling 1.500 M Is to cover _ ..IlIe same ground III.II a (POW would 'â€"- 11.) mg; III In» lur several hundred " 5i: (,\ it .Is a “HIV in M'idth Burk in . I‘V‘t.’ II “as seventy miles wide when L: t Quasi. was. highest. Then Something Happened That Made the Sick Girl Well. An Atchison young lady had been ill for sbme time and finally became much depressed. She told a married sister. who was assisting in caring for her. that she knew she was going to die. and that she might as well distrib ute her possessions. “I’ll give you my mral heads." she said to the married sister, “but Mary is to have my dia- mum] ring because you have had sev. eral diamonds given to you by your husband." it has the strength. for the most part put to no use whatever. of 60000000 horses. The difference between high water and low water is in some places fifty feet, which gives some Impression of the range of its moodiness.â€"John Finley in Scribner’s Magazine. The area which it drains is roughly 1.250.000 square miles. or two-fifths of the United States. That is. Germany. Austria-Hungary. France and Italy could be set down within this area and there would still be some room to spare. The Mississippi Raver, It: Magnitude and the Area It Drums. The Mississippi river. lying wholly wlthln the temperate zune. is in this respect more fortunately situated than the more fertile valleyed Autumn. since the climate here. varied and sometimes inhospitable as it is. ulfers conditions of human development there denied. SHE WAS GOING TO DIE. A WONDERFUL STREAM. in, laughter in any. and ”Minty b mcm.‘ A smile I: the twilight that hov- ers m-mly ”(inn-9n both. mom bend“!!- in“ than either. 3 W. Beecher. wander. wanna-use.» nim- ~And I! you Menu-d It that we‘d ho I miracle. I laid my cheek :lunilm the ire cold barriers and [00km] at the sky, Not a star was visible It was as him-k as ink uVerllezld. Then i mud.» :1 noise I shouted until I “as [10:1le and ruined our preserving lu-nio min the poker. That brought our dogs will in full bark. and between us “‘0 made the night hideous. The!) i thought I ln'ut‘d a voice and listened it was Mrs. Snar- rowgrass calling to me from he top of the staircase. i tried to _ her hear me. but the infernal dons united with howl and growl and hark. so an to drown my voice. whivh is naturally plaintive and tender. Besides. there were two bolted doors and double dea ened floors between us. How could ah? recognize my voice. even it she did hear it? Mr. Sparrowgraaa called once or tWice and then got frightened The next thing I heard was a sound an it the roof had fallen in. by which 1 un- derstood that Mrs. Sparrowgraaa was wringing the rattle! That called out our neighbor. elreudy wide awake. He came to the mono with a bull terrier.- e Newfoundland pup. e lantern and u revolver. The moment be new me at the window he shot at me. but fortu- nuteiy Just mined the. I threw myuelt under the kitchen table and ventured to expoutullte with him. but he would not listen to moon. in the excite- ment I had forgotten his name. and that manner-worse It moot We came down so suddenly that I was shot out of the apparatus as if lt had been a catapult. It broke the pitcher. extinguished the lamp and landed me in the middle of the kitchen at midnight. with no fire and the air not much above the zero point. The truth is I had miwalvultlted the dis- tance of the deseeut Instead of falling one foot. 1 had tmlell five. My first Impulse was to ascend by the way I came down. but I t‘ouud that impraCo tit-able. Then I tried the kitchen door. It was locked. I tried to tort-e It open. It was made of two int-h stufl‘ and held lts own. Then I twisted a window. and there were the maid iron hare. It I ever felt angry at anyluxjy it was at myself for putting: up those bars to please Mrs. Sparrmva‘rass. I put them hp not to keep people tn, hat to keep people out ' First is had to open a bolted door that letawyou into the basement hall. and then I went to the kitchen door. which proved to be locked. Then i re- membered that our glrl always car- ried the key to bed with her and-slept with it underher pillow. Then i re- traced my steps. bolted the basement door and went up into the dining room. As is always the case. i found when i could not get any water i was thirstier than I supposed l was. Then i thought i would wake our girl up. Then 1 concluded not to do it Then I thought of the well. but i gave that up on account of its flavor. Then i Opened the closet doors. There was no water there. Then i thought of the dumb waiter! The novelty of the idea made me smile. I took out two of the movable shores. stood the pitcher on the bottom of the dumb waiter. got In myself with the lamp, let myself down until I supposed l was within a foot of the floor below :1 nd then let go. . mama-arm has" my. Tho Trouble Wu tho Directfiuult of" a Thirsty Man's .Cnving For Drink and His Doggod Poniotonco In Ah: tompting to Satisfy It One of the old time humoroIIII-"if‘v. era was “Sparrowjzrass.” and 'tl’Ié-‘YoIg. lowing account of his udveuture‘Mth a dumb waIteI giIos a good mm of bl. amusing stI- le: M1“ 9’ -'One evening Mr‘s.’ S , and l was bus-y writing When It struck me a glass oHce water Mum! be pal- atahle. So 1 (unit. thu'caudle and a pitcher and wvut do“ tn the pump. Our pump Is in Hue Ilen. \ mum- try pump in the kin um . .a- mu- venlent. but :1 “'1"! ”in“ ”mum“ is cer- tainly mm W ' up “5““- Unfortunate- ‘ly our “Ml Ava-tow nu not been sweet Sim-v It was cleaned out. . ' THE DUMB WAITEB! A HOT TIME ON A COLD NIGHT. It Played a Low Down Trick on the Master of the House. equivalent {or our “two birds with one stone,” in “two apples with one stick,” and the orig": of the say' 3' “A windy you, an apple year.’ dates back to the days of the Norman. u. verb “stolen a In no "001:: and '“1 word titlgpopoku :- like ngpla of gold in picture- ot silver, Full particulm and Tickets fmm ‘Jny Grand Trunk Agent. Jns. R. Gun Town Agent. Phone 14 J. I‘owner. Depot Agent. Phone 18 SINGLE FARE FAIR AM) Dec. 24, 25. good (“5-1an for return Dec. 26 also Dec. 3|. and Dec. 2' to “n‘ Jan. l.good for re- I. 3"“ ‘0' '9 turn Jan. 2, l9l3. turn Jul. 3. WI: out of Port Arthur, also to Detroit and Port Huron. Mich. Buffalo. 3“sz Rock and Suspension Bridge. . u . km .1123 3.. m c an Ill. 3. 1913. .. Ital-u- M. In. Pal-undu- tn- O.P.l. A” I. A. KAY. m mt. Klan-Ian. Town A"; MM .1! station: in Canada- Fort Williunud Eat. and to Ssult Sta. Maia. Dacron. Itch" Bufldo tad Niacin Inna. RY. GHRISTMABm NEW YEARfim EXCURSION 1918 December 20th. 1918. IlII AID CHI-TI".- FARES