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It was not !n|'l`0_h_;`tD.-.1 M , , All that was pure 6- Robe: of red wx-en: en For reiment that lI_ It was not much to:'yleI_d` Qqh! For realms with Joyerepletev And in the darkness, clinging. Find mercy It you M53. 1, so night le never nigh? whey ` ` ' 0! love_ in witi nI=ItilI.'. Lo, love in with mu: ` 08 M%!LL'0NAIr3s-. 58 U1 Buc1ul._s|.u.ua, \vu_u,u the ` chief ~.char`a'.ct;erist.ics of ; Thu 'I`I'n-ad Tooth. Thin lion Had Sam-c. Alalttlo to scion. `Tm: 7 GRA;E Dxasrr 017111: `EVER MADE. Qpport*11nity....; * V %.....i11 Not Occur Again. "I5 CIJCIII t Bennie,, he said presently. did you ever get a valentine? No. sir. said I faintly. `.`Dld you? % He did not answer. V Do yqu know wben- you are gbingto wear a watch '2" he asked suddenly. -- LA ___. _.-I....~. |\t\ Ahul . I-u-If icycuesnlmost Given Away. m&Pmc NEVER serum; %Hg3%nmor. K-SCOTT S.__;. PERFECT WHEEL co. Dressinur Cases Wri inc Folios Purse.-sin Leiather. , U D Books for old and young. Games and Toys in endless variet_v. Be:Aa.ut_ifuolly,3bom (1 English Church Prayers and Hymns, Roman Catholic Prayers, Mehg=dist' Hymn Books and Presbyterian Book of Praise. I `SKATES HOCKEY STICKS SHIN SLEIGH BELLS V HORSE BLANKETS` HO LA NTERNS A CATTLE CHAINS ' ' MEAT CHOPPERS MINCERS CROSS-CUT SAWS AXES ELECTRIC STPPLIES, ETC , ETC. . I I I IOATIIIIIO Coffins and Gaskets of all kinds in stock or made to order. Robes, Grape and all Funeral Requisites f11rnisheLi. Orders by Telegraph or otherwise promptly attended to. G. O. .DOLM'AGE,wIa/nlager, Stroud. `aw `V- -- .:_____?. `Steam Worksad Shtviwllloom; Ghllier-st, Barrio UNDERTAKER lL'|)Ul| Luv tuunusno He made no reply, but came back to - his chair. . n I, - .__l_I ____ ....LI-- HAIR rut-{II All kinds of Blank VBooks ruled to any pattern ahd bound at reasonabliv rates` Magazines and `Music bound in splendid style and cheaper than city prices. Let; us quote prices on your work before sending it out of town. e - BOOK %:E=?:E;:E1:E-ECT ROBT. CRISTOE, ahd receive.$3Tin. Cash. Mr. Hobley has, been appoihted cashier in ' ` T place of Ge0..Monkman for next year. c6tiinu.es for but 30 Days. Therefore WRITE AT `All aVpplicutioI'1s considr-red according to date of receipt. LOCAL AGENT WANTED with whom money-making contracts willhe made. F0 CAPITAL Rnqunu-zn. Address ' Coupons \Vtful' u. wuwuc uc uwnuu ............._, 1 was going to say when he died; but thought better of It. ` 411 .1- II I... --.;.-\6 Ann .`fl\'y|f\`Q"l" Made in twelve fgot-model 11apes, all . ` - H sizes, widths,1_eathers, '?%fc_o19rs and styles. _ Every pair `Good- % % . =-~a.- v-V_-. -.~..: .9- -,.,. Q: limited number will "beiphiced on the market at THOS. HOBLEY S GROCERY STORE. cI{LNpARs AND CHRISTMAS CARDS. BARRIE AN D STROU D. -. C}. $]V[I"I'IEI, L!_j.%'J,1_Frawl6y, gale Iocjl Agent. $9 int:-odu e the HIGHEST GRADE of ?_!S_ BIND ERY I.Ll\J\aI5LJb I-l\aI-Iu\4I vo '- I do. he went on; "tomorrow. It` is in my chest. It doesn't go, but when you want to know the time you can run - home and mid out." ' -_..I.. lwuul -lnwfuillv N0. 5 DUNLOP ST.. TOP FLOUR. Useful and Appropriaielhesents. HOCKEY % SHIN PADS % HORSE CLIPPERS CATTLE SNOW SHOVELS ERS MIN CERS S ! UFFERS The Etamp of Security. _ On every Slater Shoe ", put there by the makers as a guarantee of wear value--a protec- 'tio'r1 against e'>:tortionate prots. 9 _ . T eMany' `men would readily pay more for a Slater Shoe were `not the price stamped on the sole ----_ this stamp gives the actual rnarket ;v.q1ue~ of the shoe determined by the manufac- L UIICIS. 5. '09.` PROPRIETOR. VV uy IJUI. 5 Answer yourself," be said. T .To-: morrow it iayours. Toqight weare going out. Fetch me my feathers."; ligot between him and the door. Come to think.". he said, eying me sharply. _the watch does go, and there is a chain to "it."-` . - -_ -....u- n'n...o ntnuh-I When it is lled pre.=enb at; that you have your dwn time to fill ydur REMEMBER Coupon Book with HANDLES 15 IL Cllulll LU II Eve got only an apple. What would she have done for a watch? Without a word 1 brought him his best unit". which he always spoke `of as his feathers, from the press In my `moth- er's room and where she was keeping it against his funeral. . 1411 _ __ --..!L ....L I-Innuvl All " -' ' ' Iid st-4 HUUJE uuu uuu uuu. Of course," I exclaimed joyfully. Why not? l _ HA _ _ _ . _ _ . .......un 5...; and "To. u. against. my Luucpau You can't get them on.""3 hopefully. noting their size. ' ` xv- ...-.... human I Cn Rn I7nlII`I. uoperuuy. uuuug Lucu nun?- No more have I for 30 years. 119' answered. but 1 can pull In. 11` you. hear me ripping, look shamand turn me the other way. "There `Is I_I `chltl to the chain. ` ` ` ' ._lA_ I__-- ` I0 {I19 CIIIUI1." He shouldn't have meutIon.edth0` charm, for the rapidity with which 1 got him into his clothing damaged 1119' wind. but when`! had _him ,c1'0WVd into them he looked ne. bmlnl alarming symptoms or. su933919;:if mg out or them at nu f.ip9||3$9i.-f%.f{;:?i1*`} soon as be was dresS9d'-A-W9".3WF9*i _i taking along his great cost. to .= In case of accident. o winds across the xhendowe nxghi ' , 0 stars that leave the blue! - '7 There shines, sweetheart. the light- In the deer eyes of you! - _ Al._'L- ' n>._.u;_u__ Tbosdm? T I '5 v < m;A_tluntI constituting sgid mm :"h'ni nigh! on... u...|.`a`.-.._-_ -. Ln- V` go<>o@oooo@o A I'Illf\lI\ I nrivui .- L*8!n<! the. t1shsne9- of 19- xnrnnenn-. F I.i.1`. 1.8. All Quid; Pm dgmg,":~.:-. ` 'FI Iln1I'D|IV I ; nnuiv`-`Blunt -1.`. ' .11.: ';. -4 _,-, .`der3tnn-`t!l9?iP99h.l :tI!f let -~Iett.le:.th..ere`1weare .`nnlnz=.-Sounds.-.And I : W -Mine Nomi It was theijdne t'h;_lng:el`,'my-st not have dune. to`: gang. toucheil` we knew I should have trouble in getting him out of the house. He was but lit 1 tleaflectefdr A V She's let go all 'over,`he' said calm-L ly, and then. -Hanuah- Baxter. come here! " " ' - . -1 won'." sum Miss 1i'annah. s'tahd- '_ Ting on"th"e other=sld`e]fot the rgeplace`, I won't`! Why should I?" I34-nu...-- .._-- I__._- .I,-,r -- vv who 80, -Because :g`1:r`_;_+d4`)x`1e ' it again? paid my uncle. I After 30 years you've ( ; done It again, red hearts and all. You know what I said I'd do if you done it nonln 9' - ` ' - .1213; Hannah stui`td. ``I never! she. % exclaimed. I never!,_ ' ' ll`! _ -_ LI _C'lll ---';1.1-3i.<.1_'! uncle. Ben- -nie, fetch. her here!" _ ` ' .---', uvvvnm in I,_ hesitated, butysuddenly remember- in: the watch. '1 "sprang upon her and. ` catching {her around the waist, began ; pulling her` toward the settle, my uncle .e'nco'uraglng me by cries of Bravo!" and by pounding on the settle with his wooden hand. She was no match. for me. and- `so, though she fought valiant-' ly.i I soon landed her on the settle. Then. to my `horror, my uncle grabbed her and repeatedly kissed her on what- ever part of the face came convenlent- ; iy -to his lips. for she still struggled. though `hardly as a virgin of 50 should` have struggled. m....a.._ 4.1.2.. I...---_.I.;. - L- _-_ ...-....-_ av Ivvn I-`Quaint Seeingthis brought me to my senses.. and I flew at them and-tried to tear her_tro1n him. but as she evinced no desire to be liberated. and as my uncle beat me soundly on the head with his wooden hand. I desisted `and took to cramps on the oor. This had no effect whatever,_ so I recovered, and. rushing from the house. ran to. the church where my mother was. and. dashingup the aisle, whispered to her the dreadful 1 news that Uncle David was kissing L Miss Hannah Baxter. ' ,I._A. _-____ --up .upup;ug- 1.-nu uyuig. ' -6- 5 . Thoushf Itluwiithat -~nh`e' did Inloaivou-i:I"l>k'a'. ".'_...;_I. "..|.- 1-. __., 1,, . ~ call! QGIQI-llniol-I nabs`: yuan Never will I forget the look that over- spread her face. Ever 9. wonfan of prompt. thoughtjantl-action, she then and there boxed my ears and. ,thls done, hurried out and ran as tast_ as she could to Miss Hannah's, I fellow ` lng._ _ _ . i But we were too late. The doors and shutters were locked and all in vain did. we pound for admittance. Not a word,-not a sound. came" from within the house. My mother's agitation was terrible. I was glad when she left oi!` beating on the door and tell to beating me, for I knew that she would feel bet- ter tor it. and that I would have so much less to receive later on. Not- withstanding, I cried lustily, and, 1 church having been hastily dismissed. a crowd quickly gathered. and as I was crying Murder!" the rumor got aoat that Miss Hannah was murder- ing Uncle David. some or the men weretor breaking down the door and would` certainly have done so had not _my uncle. anked by Miss Hannah, bearing a lamp. appeared at an upper window. ' -c n. ,__ an ._________g __ that. VVII-I\II-IVVI I ` David V Hamilton! screamed my ; mother on seeing him. Come out of .. .... . ,,-',_1 __,__ -_..-n- .1-- Iv!-lilln I will not!" shouted my uncle do-' antly. 1117--- _|--nIn' ...._).n-and Innil n\A4-kn`: .For answer my uncle deliberately put his arm around Miss Hannah and kissed her. My mother fainted; butno sooner had she` touched the ground 1 than she was again on her feet. _I_- ____-_....._.J LGL__ [Ll Ilrll Ll. I _ You sl1all!"I screamed my mother. Come home! . 9 .~ _~n-|n.-_.-L_I_ Iahatl-LI lwldia `VIII! Ina.-- vac now. avas- Stop it!" she screamed; Stop it! You ain't married!", . He again kissed Miss Hannah. _ Break down the door!" commanded my mother. YA. _-... nu. ..cpnILIuuan In-nos:-u\a\o\6 A` sang and vvvv -- It was an exciting moment. Al- though half of the crowd were laugh- ing. some of the men threw themselves ; agalnst the door. My uncle leaned over the window sill. I ` __n _ ,1 II I. _ __I_ -_-L-.! llI_-.L II-IV We ain't married, he shouted but we're going to be. and there lsn*r|ny power.on earth can stop it. because I'm not coming out." and he shook his fist in the direction of my mother. H, nah Baxter and me. he .contin- ued. has been tools for over 30 years. The why is no one s business. but we've got over it. and there ain't no power on earth can stop it. because '7 IIuIVC\I VV DHIOQO ; I'm not coming out. and again he shook his list in the direction of my mother. who wasnow hammering on the `door, . ~ I_._ __.'..._ '_-.-Q" `I..- [LIV HIUUL 0 Is the preacher anions you?" `hoi -shouted. V .. .. The preacher was pushed forward. Realizing that if the daywere to be ' saved, 1 must save it. 1` tell in a, pre- tended nt under the window. When. I `got back, drenched-and shivering. from ' {the pump. whither kind hands had conveyed me. the crowd was cheering, ' `hand my-'-uncle and Miss Hannah were bowingjrom an upper window. 4 .. A-..-`I... um. 11 nwnn ant avian flu: UUWlu5 LIV!-II uu uyyu. n u... .. As foi'_ the rest.`l never got een the I watch.-Cincinnati Qommerclal_ '.l`rib- i 4 ` 4 How a. Bachelor Outwittad. ` Sister and GotTH'or`r1ed. ' T o<>o>o<>o<>o The Boston Herald says: A man ' was brought lnto the Springeld pollce court the other day charged with neg- lectlngto an port his wife. He plead- ed gulltyan was ned $20. T_hereup- on his neglected wife stepped up to the ` clerk : desk and paid the line. which n was promptly refunded to her under } the provision or the law relative to ` nonsupport cases. which provides for the payment of the amount of the ne. lmpoued on `the `fhusband to the wife whemthe court so dlrectl. . The lawgap-_ ' pears; tube baseman l th: ht_`ij..b;!jh%Ij` i1i,1e; butSlteP#tgg.nt19!2_l0tnbttnneI.? tthtiisma ,C-LQE IV: ww--- }-`what 1s\~5fr`at3i;'?%%J4T 1 '9;-part` of anyth1In'g, Ior.'.' _ K 4-. % am e. . . ' A .qI,vgn as p _ Jung.%_ u \`n'Iz.."hA She Paul `the mac. _vl_":-a9tIo_i. In his youth my Uncle David. accord- g ing to my mother. was a iiowex} of beauty. He may.v*ha`ve`been. but when he came to live with us he had .ta_d_ed-o and was a short. thick man oi':50, with scorched eyes. the whites beingystreak-A ed yellowish brown. :1 knotty face and a wooden hand strapped to his right wrist. But. as he had done well on, the sea, he was still beautiful.` As `I was his heir presumptive. l: was like- wise assistant custodian of him. for my mother was ever one to guard her treasures, ' - ~ THEMOHAVEIISIIHANS 1ij,,EY%AaE*1'iT-he: MOST spasrlrnous xsotuu. out: 329 MEN. " Totw North Ame rlan~ Indians. L cuiiii-led tp l l_ggv~"e,1_I .,1n1the `smoke ~rr'n_u .'rnet`r'*nuiniia?j' niuiune--jrho`ge > not 8'31-n_ed up Ovpflu. a J. K. Meeklnson. toimetly a goyern-V ment special agent. says that the Mo- haves are "the `most superstitions tribe wt nwvovun :::-_-w-p-- -----.._..- ' '.l h'eMohav_es." said heprbelievei-in I. god Mat-.0.-we-lin. Beats the maker et all` things. ` He hash son; whom they call"_Mas-zam-ho. who is king of the de- T parted spirits. Mat-o-we-lia, they say. conducts the ' movements of_ the sun. moon and stars. He sends the rain and the sunshineand decides whether the season shall bring feast or famine. - u.___4.a._.. ...........A linen- U-IV BCGBUM uuuu I.n.u.n n & u . u . . ...,-__-- I-Ie guards the huntiahg ground, Mas- Jani-ho' has full charge or `affair; In i heaven, or White MountaIn..a`s they can "it. ` . -u._- 4.1.. ....:..u .a....A an Cllh u.. _ _ They beiievethat the spirit dead go up to White Mountain in `smoke and "that all the personal property destroy- ed in the amed with the deceased will go with him. There pots are constant- 1_. |....|n...... an...-I nyu-h I-ha nhnlmxst `U \`Vll.l.I ululc Auras; yvuu go... u-.. -..._- iy boiling. lled with the choicest things to eat. They invariably cremate their dead that Mas-zam-ho may be ` appeased. and the funeral pyre is made i ready` for the corpse as soon as life is extinct, in order that the spirit journey to White Mountain may be accelerated. - -: AL---` an ...-....oI.n nan 1-I-an LU VV uuu Luuuuuuu mu; vs. .u.....-..-..--_. "I witnessed about 12 months ago the cremation of an inuential subchief, ` .-whose death was deeply mourned. The 3 funeral `pyre was mad_e near the tem- porary vlllage, just on? the reservation at Fort Mohave. Shortly after night- ; fall all the inhabitants of the village "gathered about the pyre. The body, wrapped in a gorgeous Mohave blanket. with the fringes artistically worked in beads. ,was carried on the shoulders of four braves from the lodge to the plat- form of inammable rewood. ..-_ nu _, `A .__III_.__.-.). nnu-nun {ha lUl.'I.I.I U1 ll.IulI-uuuuuu: ulvvv vvuu f`F`ollowing the pallbearers came the women and children and near rela- * tives. The family group crouched near the -pyre, The chief of the medicine `men loifered` rst words _of praise and . thanks` to Mat-o-we-lia for making the n elements favorable to an easy passage } and then a aupplication to Mas-zam-ho i to receive the spirit of the departed chieftain with due honors at White Mountain. s._; |.-.1_ _..`.. ..I......A All . My duty was to go abroad with him and see to it that no woman had private conversation with him. my in-` structlons being. it they endeavored to V do so. to hurry him home. resorting. if necessary. to pretended cramps. a sickness to which I .was..predisposed... And my oiiice was not an easy -one, for he had in his day been quite a blade and had never lost his edge. and the vigilance I had to exercise to. keep him from harm would have saved a congregationcof ordinary sinners. He would always wink his scorched eyes at the girls we met and occasionally stop to speak with them. despite my tugging at his coat and having cramps. All his transgressions I would report at home, and my mother would then blacken the characters of the young ia- dies in question to a degree that satan . himself would not have asociated with them without wearing an amulet. --_nI_._ __--..- _... ..n...-HI -auuuuuuu. Then the dead body was placed on the pyre. the fire was lighted. the crac- kling ames swept fiercely up about the corpse. and the spirit was on its way. "to its eternal home on White Mountain. Friends and relatives chant- ed songs of lamentation and moaned} : plteously while the ames devoured the body. At short Intervals the four pallbearers cast upon the ames per~ sonal property of the deceased in the expectation of its going up in smoke with him to White Mountain. thereby adding`to his comfort. A urn. - ...-.4........... 41:11` nnnmil-nil-n nnrnl ,LV.I.Uuu uxlu uauuvs. ux. - -.. guy`. ; I Until very recently the Mohaves held yearly It mourning festival. It was the annual burning oi` personal property in honor of the departed mem- I here of the tribe. At` the hour deemed 1 . most propitious by the medicine men : to both Mat-o-we-iia and to Mas-zam- ? - he the Mohaves assembled in an open . spot near their. village. a high knoll ; usually being selected. The pyre had 2 been prepared as though for the crema- _tion or the dead. When the tire was hottest. each member of the tribe con- ` tributed to the names some bit of per- eonai property held in choice esteem. ll-A -. ' LL- LLInIn nu-uvenlvn Eb.- `\II.IIII UV LII!) Iuvnnlnvn The mourners also contributed some` of their choicest personal belongings. so that in. his new and eternal home`! the absent one might have about him ? remembrances of their afection. To the women of the immediate family i was granted the privilege of contribut- ; in; portions of their hair to the ames. ` `After the incineration was .complete Mohave etiquette forbade the. friends and relatives to eat salt or wash them- selves for four days. i ' _ l__Il_. n--...I_ A_-.I In 69:. IRA. ICIVCD LU! Lvua uugua It is a belief rmly fixed in the Mo- have mind that all Mohaves who die and are not cremated turn into owls. When an owl is heard hooting at night near their village. they think _it is the spirit of "some-dead Mohave returned. If by chance an owl falls into their hands, the bird is` properly cremated, in the belief that the wandering spirit i of its Mohave occupant will thereby be quieted and thu enabled to approach Mas-zam-ho, condent that its petition to be allowed to enter the promised ` land and -thereafter rest in peace among the other good Indians of White Mountain cannotbe refused. ._ r _-- _-'_A'I._ 1.1.- lt..I.n-u.- ` ~ enthusiastic .`l'1`r&PI'M- % IVIIGI pl vyvl In. any n u u u y u v - u - - ~ . . _.._. 1 As the thick smoke, oated sky- ward the mourning Indians were con- soled for the lessor objects of personal adornment. apparel or of hunting im- plements by their arm belief that the curling smoke rings Awere- watted straight to Mas-zam-ho. king of the de-i parted spirits. and that their loved ones on White Mountain were soon in possession oftheseproofs of their last- K in; love and remembrance. u cl... I-ung..- Al I-hols aannfn CID` I\lVIr IOIIIII I90:-Ivogunv-noI-wvv Under the inuence of their agents the Mohave: have abandoned the an- nual `sacrice to the dead; and. except" at Needles. on` the reservation. It is not now observed."-Washington Let- ter In New Yorksun. - - ' . A Dancing. . In the earlier ages dancing was ad- vocated as a cure for sickness. Lycur- gus brought hack from India and Egypt to Lacedaemonln notions of med- lco-rellglous dances and enacted that the Spartan youth Vshould be brought up gracefully and aymmet'rl__cally.l `In ` Greece 'Socrates` comtended'- dancing withfai View ;t'o*`ed`uca`tln`' the mind and ' ; for -he looked ~ on ' It an-_j a nea1th_ Ta.l'F?%h"?*"`iS`':`a`?+~i Y ~ 4. 5 Somebody remarks tht they who sneer at golf know nothing `ahout"it. {But It-may also be. said that many who r kitI0!.V mthinz about the samure moat ":.`"tV-h:.u,.Zp:.:`tc ; In :;Its`;. praiso++lost6Iho WILL! I.ucI.u vvuuuuuu vvnuuaua Inn-n u......-..... By these and similar means we saved him for a year. and might have saved him to the day of his deathhad _I not been taken down with my rst love affair and become` correspondingly mushy. How true it_i that lovers are the tenpins oi` the gods! Being mushy, I fell to pitying his isolation from femi- nine charms and was thereby led. on the 14th of a February, to sending him 1 a valentine-a pair of plump red hearts spitted on a golden arrow. ' It 1 duly posted. and later it was delivered to him. That evening. being a Wednes- day, my mother went. as was her in-` violate custom. to prayer meeting. leav- ing me on guard. As the door closed behind her. Uncle David got out of his chair and went to the window. , _L-__.I I) I... salt: ' rur\o\tI'Vi\-II nul- QW_0no \h-in-r Pmndon h'u_ `notdncb of L anally Edspldjiolii A writer: in ._ the\.canad1ap, Mann? {zine thinks the millionaire. in the normal` outcome, Vin. bus\i,ness life. of that freedom ' to seek se`l_f-'-rea.1iz`o.tion regardless of socia1st`a.tus`, which is ...... Ari n....`..1.;:..: ..I.....- ...-m-is-near -c nf` one of` 1 America. 'I.II`l_' -_ I113 uauuuuuza us. VVCII. _ :_ g Moreos"er`, leadership in such ex- tensive, enterprises is possible only when the organization is so perfect. as to, give a large measure of free- ` dom and responsibility" to ma.ny-sul3- ordinate chiefs of departments. I un---I_ ._..... -..,. ..I.I.. 4-. and on fun ' oruuluus cnxexa UL uupxu |..uLcuus- such men are able to nd as full and free expression 'a_s*parts of . a. .,grea.t.business_ as~they would have been able, to get as.l1`ea.ds of smaller independent establishments. ` 4` A a (-1; `Ian nvnnnf Karl`? hf .V T, "Mi11i&n'aLics, . f M ` r..1;,;e~ ne says, '.`J1ave not obta.inVed;their.. mil-1- Ilions in independent action,` but in ' co-operation wvith others; In every 1. great enterprise .cert.ain -5 individuals are leaders. This is to the a.dva.n- tage not` only of the leader, but of his associates as well. V V nut _ _ _ _ _ __. 1_.-.I_.._1.:_ :.. ...-unh n\"_ bun; pay yuan` Lu. uulusnca uuunuvvnvuu Theirs various unions, long since fully `organized, will look after their interests, and will be as likely to meet with just and fair consideration `at the hands of great corporations as at the hands of great combina- tions of corporations, ~which have ` already been formed to oset the I un.i..n3' 9 I ;..2I,_ '1.-- :....J.. A- uynunl. nnnvnr uxuupuuucu la UB,|on.UJ.|a_'1.|1.u\:l.L VS . As* to the great body. of the workers, their position is but slight- lye altered. ' Whether their "employer is a. millionaire or not does not at- fect their work or their position. urnL-__ --...........;.."l-. An {u 4-kn zrrno}-. I803 tnelr WOIK or uunr puanuuu. '_`They commonly nd in the great; cbrporations, better (masters, more permanent positions, and more cer- tain pay `than. in- smaller businesses. urnt...:..' .......-um nnihna Inna 1:-inmi Illllllllo V A strike has just as much `power to stop the earnings of one great corporation as of a. dozen smaller ones, for even trusts live by earn- ings." . , . . Some day I'm going to get up a; lecture and advertise it to be deliv- ered before women only," said a dentist. "In that way I'll be sure to draw a, big crowd, `and when I ygetfa whole grist of femininity with- in hearing` distance I'm going to preach at "thempfor all I'm worth. My text will be `The Thread Tooth. t Why you women will persist in doing such senseless things when you know * the result isagoing to be more or less harmful is something I can't for the life of me understand, but it is L-a. fact that nine out often of you who use the needle, be it much or _L__-I1 _. _.. `I.:L:...... ..n I` r|l\\:i`ll'V Uuau uuu vvwuu. l-v sun. ........ She's aboard. he s;i'd.' p9e'rl n'g out. There's a light on her port side." ,__|,_1_nH' ..-I.I I ' lvr\I\I'Iv`I'|tD ` nnq-ug WIIU uav but: ucuunc, nu av Annuvsa up little, =ivill go on biting as if nothin better than teeth had _ ever been in- vented for the purpose of severing thread. I verily believe i that if a. woman had `dozen pairs of shears within reach she would bite her thread instead of clipping it, which really doesn't take a. second longer. wanna. T A.... + I-\`I*\ has-A mv null- reuuy uuczu 9 uanu u. ncuvuu .v...,. ""But I don't bite hard, my call- ers always protests when I expos_t- ulate with them. Great Scott, what an argument! Justin as if a person had to bite clear through a mill- stone to -break the enamel on a tooth. A thread is. a ne, delicate ' thing, to `be sure, but so are some saws and les,` and all are sure to cut their way through almost any sub- stance if applied persistently. When I get my lecture ready, I'm going `to say all this and a - good deal more, and I'm going to wind up with the advice that I'm giving now to every woman who handles a. needle 2' ~ .`Don't bite your thread. Cut it or break it, or do any other `old thing `with it, but don't, it you value your incisors and your cuspids and your bicuspids, saw it off with your teet .' "--New York Sun. ' ' 4 My sister lfved on a farm lnvWood- bury, Conn., `and -raised :1, great many fowls. One hen turkey` was very unfortunate with her broods, losing them by taking them into the tall grass some distance away. She was an excellent mother, but lacked judg- *men_t. -She mourned sincerely for them and for comfort would coax the broods of the other turkeys _and- hens to follow her. 4I__._A_ _-.__ -l-`I-..I_ IIULID UV avanu vv navy. One morning about four o'clock my sister was awakened by a peck- ing at her face. Springing up, she found a. hen on the bed. It was the mother_ of a young brood of` chick- ens. She' pondered a. moment, and than said .to her husband, I be- lieve that old turkey is calling Bid- dy s chickens away." (`A-\:o\4-In In 3-Inn Anna `Inn hon {n at`. H B UILIUISCLIB ulavvsbgo Going to the door, the hen in ad- _`vance, there indeed was the child- less fowl clucking to the chickens, which were toddling along after her. The mother hen had given the alarm, but the mystery was how she had gained an entrance to the house. ' , -1,,-`I_g,-_, _1__--A. :L ....... :.......l . Upon looking about it was. found that a.. window had been left open in an upper hall, just below which was a. shed. . It was not very high, but the anxious mother had Vown upon the shed and from there to the Window, then, going down the stairs, `which opened into the kitch-' en, the door of which was open, had gone across `the room `into the bedroom and awakened my sister. 1 She rescued the truantp bropd, . gave [ the old turkey a. sound` scolding .u:~.l } restored" them to their e affectionate l and natural `parent; And hens are - accused of being the most stupidoi vorea.tu1>es.--Springeld Republican, . A professor was going to Ixperi- ment with laughing gas when he overheard a. student say that `if he were selected for a. subject he would take advantage of his supposed coma to tell the professorowhat he thought of him. K ~ can -,, .1, - -9;_@_ _.--A. 'AI.v_ '~ .__-l--_-.. `II Illllla When the class met "the profelsor announced that the would _like. for. purposes of illustration, to` adminis- ter the gas `to some member of the glass. Forthwith this stude'nt_yolun- -The gas bulb was pgnnected _ with his mouth. He pretended ._to be very" much -ex_ci'ted, and. began to abuse jthe '.p1'0fe_8$O!f roundly. V'1`he' old man let. _him go on for 3, while; but the iclass ` roared; when. the . professor` said __a,_t ` he needn -t. so . irresponsible,-e gas. had 1 0t ",turj1od%_~-pu_;:3*4a't" |~;*;. _~..`_-'n.AV .>m Q , ' ` 95.`? B 391 LIIQ V-Lav `r --n la `n II` `.7 . LLICIC 5 Cl: llsulv \ll-I I-Iva ;lv-- '-"`-"' A what?" said 1," knowing I must T report the remark.` "T I1. ._....I.. ....\ unI\`Iv hunt nnvnn hnnlx tn-