Ligonier Banner., Volume 45, Number 39, Ligonier, Noble County, 29 December 1910 — Page 2

The Dead Level , By LOUISE OLNEY

(Copyright, 1910, by 'Associated Literary Press.)

Emily Warren, in her sweet, slow way, lifted her eyes from the row. of ficures which she had just finished adding with lightning speed, and proceeded to. listen to the younger girl who had been vainly talking to Ler-the last five minutes. ' “What are you saying, Madge?” | Madge snappeu her irritation: “Emily, you're enough te vex a gaint, and I'm not one, as you know! Here it's ten minutes pagt closing time, (e others all gone, and here you work away as if you enjoyed it—not that I believe you reaily enjoy anything!” : . Emily, who must have been nearly thirty, rose deliberately, closed her desk, and reaching for her Hat, -a season or two out of style, began putting it on without even a pat at ber unadorned, abundant dark hair. Madge: continued her plaint. “You act a hundred, Emily! If I didn't adore you I would give you up to go your way! But I won’t be snubbed, 2s you manage to snub the other zirls, though you're perfectly sweet in manner! I intend to pull you out of vour hole and show the world what a wonder you are!” “Cut out your hero worship, child, and go to supper with me. [l'm getting -it in my rooms now—it’s more convenient and cozy—" “AnR shuts you away from other people more than ever,” interrupted the other. “How you stand this dead ievel vou live on, I don’t see! - You never go anywhere, nor see anybody; it you have any frlends ¥you shun them. You wouldn't ask. me to supper if you thought you could get rid of me some other way—would you?' . : Emily flushed and laughed a little. “] do—like you, Madge, but I'm not Y i | b ‘ ‘ R Jp 1 | & | g D ol - §~v}"!,‘ { . : ( Il‘ N ll“‘,‘g\ P LT S s M‘ (N :j 1"(}” --ql )‘la; / \ - {ll HHTREA) = 1 ‘:J L't - )\5 P NN =——x = t‘g’é‘!@ S i’“ =" AU ¢ ",,»‘;.v : fi B o |T2 / She Ate ‘Her Meal With Little * Appetite. - -

very friendly, 1 suppose. Won't you come with me and see whether I mean .my invitation?” = “I can't tonight—l'm going out with Bobby “Peters to supper, and after that to the theater. 'And after that—some months after—l'm going to marry Bobby! I'm awfully in love with him, and 1 am glad to say so to you, right out, even. if you are not human enough to care what love means’ No,.l'm not a bit afraid of vou—somebody ought to tell you that’ vou ought to be ashamed of the way you treat ' Johty Trenton! 1 know the whole story.” . = Emily stared. Nobody had ever talked in this way to her, but the girl went on after they had' reached the street. o o “He’s heen eating his heart out for you for eight -years, and now he’s junior partner, and has a home and everything, but you've crushed the courage out of him for so long that I suppose he has even stopped asking you to marry him. It would serve you exactly right if Sadie Morgan succeeds in getting him, the minx! - = : The little imp left the older woman shocked and dazed. Was all this true? Had it been eight years? Was she heartless? Had John asked her to marry him for the:last time, because he really thought she did not care? Was the office. becoming a habit? And was she : selfish? She went home. got into a neat house dress, and began to prepare her Joneiy supper. As she ate her meal with little appetite, she wondered what made her depressed, uncomfortable, vaguely ‘miserable. . - She tried to think just why it was that she had not married him years ago—oh, yes, at first it was that his

Peculiar Tree of Peru

it Has the Power of Collecting the Dampness of the Atmosphere and Condensing It. L

- The rain tree of Peru grows very large, is rich in leaves and is called by the Indiang tamalcaspi. It has the power of collecting the dampness of the:atmosphere and condensing it into a é&ntinuous and coplous supply of rain. ; ]

In the dry season when the rivers are low and the hrat great tho tree’s power of condensing seems at the highest and water falls In abundance from the leaves and oozes from the trunk. The water spreads around in veritable rivers, part of which filters fnto the soil and fertilizes it. 'These rivers are canalized so as to regulate the course of the water, f It is estimated that one of the Peru-. vian rain trees will on the average yield mine gallons of water per diem. in a field of an area of one kilometer -square—that is, 3,250 feet each way—-

old mother lived with him, and she would not live with a mother-in-law. She had seen other - families made miserable that way. And then he had taken to smoking, which she detested, ‘and they had disagreed even on politics—and especially on religion. That 'is, she-had found fault with his ideas.

~ Dispiritedly enough she washed her few pretty blue dishes, and thought what a fool she was. Dark had fallen, and the lamp was lit; she dréw the curtains, and moved things about to homelike coziness. What for? She laughed bitterly at herself. Here she was twenty-nine past, acting like a girl expecting a boy lover! Well, John certainly was®* not coming. Probably he was taking that little nothing of a Sadie somewhere. She went into the bedroom, lighted the gas over the mirror, and looked at herself as she put on the soft but rather worn and old-fashioned rosecolored dress he had once liked so much. Ridiculing herself as she did so, she let down her thick dark hair and rewound it softly and becomingly about her head, :

Back in the sitting room she took her chair close to the light and picked up some sewing, but the stitches would not go in straight; she tried to read, but the story she picked up seemed inane and tiresome. What was the use? Then another thought came to her—what if she should call him up over the ’phgne in the hall and ask. himr to come to see her! Could she? She never had done so—she had an old-fashioned dislike for a woman’s making any advance to even the most trusted of friends. Perhaps he would not want to come, but would feel that he had to—and she would see that, and it would hurt a hundred times worse than never seeing him again at all. No she could not!

By 8 o’clock she had made herself so miserable that her face was flushed, and she was nervous enough to jump, calm as she was by nature. Several times she had even gone into the hall, intending to risk calling him up, and then her courage had failed. She was just deciding to 'phone anyway, and ask some trivial question—she could say she had a very bad headache, and cculd not come to the office in the morning. He knew she never had headaches, but this might alarm. him—he might be sorry.

At this point the docrbell rang—not an unusual thing, and she wondered impatiently why on earth Mrs. Jones did not go to the door. Where was the woman? Finally she heard her lumber down the Lall and open the door. A man’s voice spoke a few words, and a man’s foest sounded on the stairs—came to her door. She jumped to-her feet and opened to the light knocik. John Trenton, hat in hand, stood before her with a serious face. making no offer to come in until she found her voice and bade him enter. .

“Well, here I am,” he said, while she closed the door, and he made no motion to sit down. ‘“Can I help you in any way?” His eyes were devouring her as she stood flushed and hesitating in her rose gown, her eyes suspiciously wet. Her gaze widened on him. ; “Do anything? Not that I know of—will you sit down?”’ He took a chair tentatively and answered -the question in her eyes. “«Just a few blocks up I met Madge and that Bobby-trailer of hers. They said you wanted to see me this evening. I thought it strange you should send me a message by anybody, when you know——" , Here things became too much for Emily. The tears came up and over flowed in spite of her. She stood before the man’s questioning look, belp lessly dabbling at her eyes. He rose and reached her at a step, and took her into his.arms. “Tell .me the truth—did you send for me?” : She hid her face against his &rm and shook her head violently. He bent low to hear what she might say. But she said nothing. 'Then he tried another question. ~ ‘4Shall Igo away?” : . She clung to him, and again found ;her voice, pulling bravely away to look at him while she said brokenly: - <1 did not send for you—that Madge ought to be—spanked—but I —was going to ’phone to yon —and 1 did want you——"

He stopped her there In her speech. “Well, if you want me, I shall stay. Not even you, Emily, ean send me away again! Just exactly when are you going to marry me?”

- “Would——next week some time be too soon?' . .

And then she hadn’t breath enough to say anything whatever. Not that she wanted to talk—far from it!

can be grown 10,000 trees separated from each ‘other by 25 meters. This plantation produces daily 385,000 liters of water. If we allow for evaporation and infiltration we have 135,000 liters or 29,531 gallons of raln for distribution daily. The rain tree can be cultivated with very little trouble, for it seems indifferent as to the soil in which it grows. The tree increases rapidly and resists both extremes of climate. % e R e e Good Policy. : Crawford—Do you really like to please your wife? - Crabshaw-—I can’'t say that I do, but I've found out it’s the best plan. —Bmart Set. : ' .. When Women Vote. . “The women have tricked ¥s. Not a husband will go to the polls.” Joe e L iAEg e : ; ' “They -have ..located ..the. 'voting booths in a millinery establishment.”

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Fred Conklin of Schoolcraft, Mich., has been chosen captain of the 1911 Michigan football team. Opposed to Conklin for the honor was Stanfield Wells, Michigan's star end, who, like Conklin, has played on the team two years and will complete his term of eligibility next season. Announcement was ' ' made by Captain ‘Benbrook that the “M” this year has been awarded to 15 athletes. All of the men who participated in the games with Minnesotta and Penn were included, as well as Half Back Green, who was kept out of the two big games by injuries. Capt. Benbrook Magdisohn, Edmunds, Captainelect Conklin, Wells, Pattengill, Green,

EVANS HAS BANNER SEASON “Young Wizard” of Golf Completes Most Successful Year of His Career—Won Many Prizes. Charles Evans, Jr., of the Edgewater Golf club, the “young wizard” of golf, has just completed the most successful season he has ever experienced. Out of twelve ‘“starts,” as the turfman would say, “Chick” took eight “firsts,” two ‘“‘seconds,” one “third” and was ‘“unplaced” once. In other words, “Chick” took the main prize

in eight of the twelve tournaments, was runner-up twice, semifinalist once and dropped out in the first round of the other. The tournaments the Edgewater youngster won, taken in the order played, are: Nashville invitalion, Westward Ho annual, Lincoln (Neb.) invitation, western junior

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Thomson, Lawton, McMillan, Cornwell, Bogle, Quinn, Borleske, and Ccle were the athletes honored At Minnesota Pickering was elected as captain of the Gophers, and at Madison Buser ‘was chosen to lead the Badgers. Buser was the only candidate in the field. Buser has played with the .Badgers for twb years, at guard in 1909 and at tackle in 1910. The football squad was entertained at a smoker the other night by Captain Dean at the Kappa Sigma fraternity house. A petition, signed by every member of the squad, was presented to Athletic Director Ehler asking that he recommend Coach Barry for reappointment in 1911.

holes at Glen View, notching 4 3 4 43 4 4 3 4—33, the only nine holes he ever played perfectly, not a mistake being marked against him. He played in five extra-hole matches and lost only one, that at Edgewater.

TO LEGALIZE BOXING THERE

New York Legislature Will Be Asked to Pass Fight Bill Aliowing ExhiL bitions Before Clubs.

When the next New York state legislature convenes at Albany a bill will be introduced legalizing public boxing exhibitions of a limited . number of rounds before incorporated athletic clubs. Sporting followers here assert that they ha\'e_ recelved assurances of a strong backiag, for the measure and believe that it will pass. The bill, as tentatively drawn up, includes a novel clause, providing for a state boxing commission, to be composed of three members appointed by the governor, whose duties will include the issuing of licenses to clubs of recognized stability. The framers of the bill -believe that clubs should pay high fees for licenses, probably $l,OOO per club, annually, with a percentage of net receipts to be collected as a state tax, the entire money thus realized to Be turned over to the state’s charitable institutions. The commission also will grant. a permit for each contest and will have the power to prevent battles that might be termed ‘“‘prize fights” because of the notoriety of the pugilists, The bill, as drawn up by the boxing men, limits the length of each contest to twenty rounds of three minutes each, with a compulsory rule. that referees must prevent knockouts at all

hazards. Clubs that permit open betting on bouts will forfeit their license, which may also be revoked by the commission for any other breach of the rules. s

POLOISTS IN DEEP DESPAIR

English Players Express Small Hopes of Sending Team Capable of Defeating Meadow Brook Four.

England will be unable to send a polo team to this country capable of beating the Meadow Brook four in the international matches next spring. Such is the opinion of Revy Grenfell, captain of the Ranelagh team, which met some of the strongest American players in a series of matches last summer. Mr. Grenfell sailed for England from New York recently, and in speaking of the poto team of which Harry Payne Whitney is the ecaptain and which brought the intermational cup to America, he said: ‘“We cannot beat the Meadow Breok team, but we will give them a goond game.” ‘ Mr. Grenfell was enthusiastic over the treatment which he received while playing in America. When Dr. Grenfell was told that he had been selected as a member of the team which will invade this country he said that he hoped it would be possible for him to come. If not, he sald that he would bring an English team to America next fall to play a series of matches.

Phillies to Play on Sunday.

The Phillies may bock a number of their National league games at Atlantic City on Sundays. The election in New Jersey was favorable to Sunday ball, it is said, and if plans are carried through a mammoth ball park will be erected at the city by the sea to sidestep Philadelphia’s rogime.

Wins by 1-100th of Second.

A thrilling finish marked the automobile races at the Los Angeles motordome the other day. In the fivemile free-for-all the three cars entered finished less than one-fifth of a secand apart.

English Women Smoke Pipes. The latest fancy of the womansmoker is a pipe—not the tiny affair that suffices for the Japanese, but a good-sized brier or a neat meerschaum. The pipe is boldly carried along with a gold card case and chainpurse. For some time now the cigarette has given place to a cigar, small in size and mild in quality. Women said they ‘were tired of the cigarette, and wanted a bigger smoke. —Liondon Mail.

Crip'ple Rides Bicycle.

George Angtey, aged 12, a cripple, of Leicester, England, is one of the most remarkable cyclists in the country. Both his legs are withered and useless, but the Leicester Cripples’ Guild has provided him with a two~ wheeled pedalless' maghine, with a padded ‘tube covering the axle bar. Across this he lies face foremost, and with wooden clogs strapped to his hands he propels himself along the streets and roads in a marvelously rapid manner. He has complete control of the machine, his hands acting as pedals, steering gear, and brake combined, . :

Too Ardent a Lover.

QGeorgotto Fontano, an embroiderer who lives in the Rue Sevres in Paris, has found herself condemned to a month’s imprisonment for what seems to her a harmless act. N

She was going home from a concert ) few evenings ago when she decided she would like to see her fiance. As he happeus to be a fireman whose station is in her own neighborhood it occurred to her it would be very easy to summon him to her side by breaking the glass of the fire alarm and sounding a call. ) , :

She did so anr in a few moments fire engines came from several directions, all laden with firemen, of course, but alas! her fiance was not among them, and more than that all the firemen were angry, and before she knew what had happened she was taken to a magistrate, who proceeded to make the course of true love run unsmoothly by sending her to prison for a month in spite of her tears and protests that she thought it would be a simple way of bringing her fiance to her side.

NEW SAWS BADLY NEEDED

The Old-Fashioned Ones Somehow Don’t Seem to Fit Into Modern Situations.

“You know all the copybook, MecGuffey’s reader line of talk about taking the advice of one’s elders?” began the sad-eyed, undersized little man on the car. ‘‘Sure you do. Now let me tell’ you something. See that big apartment house over there on the right? And that little business block right next to -it? ‘“Well, there weren’t any apartment houses or business blocks on it when 1 first clapped eyes on it. It was a howling wilderness, in fact, and you could almost chase rabbits up here. That was about eighteen years ago. I had a hunch then—and I was only eighteen years old at that time—that this land would séme day jump in value by leaps and bounds. When I was twenty vears old I came into a bunch of $15,000. I went to my guardian, an old man, pretty promjnent in estate management and wisdom at that time, and I told him I wanted to, soak the whole $15,000 in this block of ground I pointed out to you. The block was then on the market for exactly $15,000. The old gentleman pooh-poohed me. ' “‘Go away, boy,” he said to me, with a patronizing smile. ‘You don’t know what you want. It’'s my duty to savh you from such wild notions as this one you've got into your head. They’ll be shooting rabbits and squirrels out there on that plot 50 years from now. G'way.’ :

“I argued it with him, and he sat down on me. Then he went and invested my $15,000 at three per cent. “Three years ago the man who bought that same block of ground for $lB,OOO sold it for about $200,000 cash, and he’s now cruising over in the Mediterranean or some place or other, while I'm taking my wife out for nickel car rides and wondering where my $15,000 went. “There’s got to be a new set of wise saws invented for twentieth century consumption. The McGuffey’s reader kind are moth eaten.”

Against the Postum Cereal Co., Ltd., Gave a Splendid Chance . : - to Bring Out Facts :

A disagreement about advertising arose with a “weekly” Journal. Following it, an attack on us appeared in their editorial columns; sneering at the claims we made particularly regarding Appendicitis. We replied through the regular papers and the “weekly” thought we hit back rather too hard and thereupon sued for libel. The advertisement the ‘“weekly” attacked us about claimed that in many cases of appendicitis an operation could be avoided by discontinuing indigestible food, washing out the bowels and taking a predigested food GrapeNuts. : Observe we said MANY cases not all. . Wouldn’t that knowledge be a comfort to those who fear a surgeon’s knife ‘as they fear death? s i The “weekly” writer said that was a lie. We replied that he was ignorant of the facts. He was put on the stand and compelled to admit he was not a Dr. and had no medical knowledge of appendicitis and never investigated to find out if the testimonal letters to our Co. were genuine. A famous surgeon testified that when an operation was required Grape-Nuts would not obviate it: ~True. , We never claimed .that when an operation was required Grape-Nuts would prevent it. The surgeon testified bacterla [germs] helped to bring on an attack and bacteria was’ grown by undigested food frequently. We claimed and proved by other famous experts that undigested food was largely responsible for appendicitis. We showed by expert testimony that many cases are healed without a knife, but by stopping the use of food which did not digest, and when food was required again it was helpful to use a predigested food which did not overtax the weakened organs of digestion. . When a pain in the right side appears it is not always necessary to be rushed off to a

Lightning Change.

The Manager—Can you make quick changes and double in a few parts? . The Actor—Can I? Say, you know the scene in “Love and Lobsters,” where the hero and the villain are fighting, and a friend rushes in and separates 'em? Well, I played all three parts one night when the other two fellows were ill. .

Holidays in the States.

Washington’s birthday is a holiday in all states. Decoration day in all states but Florida, Georgia; Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas. Labor day is observed everywhere. Virtually every state has legal holidays having to do with its own special affairs—battle of New Orleans in Louisiana, Texan independence and battle of San Jacinto in Texas, Admission day in California, and so on. Mississippi is like the federal government in lack of statutory holidays, but by common consent Independence day, Thanksgiving and Christmas are observed. A new oné is Columbus day in a few of the states.

Planting Wedding Oaks.

Princess August Wilhelm, wife of the kaiser’s fourth son, has set herself the task of reviving one of Germany’s oldest customs, that according to which newly wedded couples immediately after the marriage ceremony plant a couple of oak saplings side by side in a park or by the roadside cf their native town. ' .

The town of Mulchausen, in Thuringla, is the first to respond to the princess’ appeal. A municipal official appears at the church door after every wedding and invites the bride and bridegroom to drive with him in a carriage to a new road near the town and there plant oak saplings. = . The tree planting idea was started by a former elector of Brandenburg with the object of repairing the ravages caused by the 30 years’ war. The elector forbade young persons to marry until they had planted a number of fruit trees:

Two Very Old Ladias

We have heard a great deal lately about long-lived people, but it is probable that the oldest two people in the world today are Frau Dutkievitz and another old lady named Babavaslika. The former lives at Posem, in Prussian Poland, and was born on February’ 21, 1785. She is therefore one hundred and twenty-five years old. The latter, however, is nine months her senior, having been born in May, 1784.

She is still a fairly hale old woman, and for nearly one hundred years worked in the fields. Her descendants number close on 100, and these now make:-her a joint allowance., She lives at the village of Bavelsko, whose neighborhood she has never quitted during the whole of her long life. She remembers events which happened at the beginning of last century much more clearly than those of the last 40 years.—Dundee Advertiser.

An Alaskan Luncheon

Runners of woven Indian basketry, with white drawnwork doilies at each of the 12 covers, were used on an oval mahogany table. The doilies were made at Sitka. In the middle of the table a mirror held a tall central vase of frosted glass, surrounded by four smaller vases, all filled with white spring blossoms. The edge of the mirror was banked with the same flowers. Four totem poles were placed on doilies in the angles made by, the runners. ¢

Place cards were water colors of Alaskan scenery. Abalone shells held salted nuts, and tiny Indian baskets held bonbons.. The soup spoons were of horn, several of the dishes used were made by Alaskan Indians, and the cakes were served on baskets. The menu was as follows: Poisson a la Bering Sea (halibut chowder), Yukon climbers (broiled salmon, potatoes Julienne), snowbirds ‘avec auroraborealis (roast duck with jelly), Shungnak river turnips, Tanana beets, Skagway hash (salad), Fairbanks nuggets (ripe strawberries arranged on individual dishes around a central mound of powdered sugar), arctic slices (brick ice cream), Circle City delights (small cakes), Klondike nuggets (yellow cheese in-round balls on crackers), Nome firewater (coffee). —Woman’'’s Home Companion.

That Suit for Libel

hospital and #t the risk of death be cut. Plain common sense shows the better way is to stop food that evidently has%not been digested. = Then, when food is required, use an easily digested food. Grape-Nuts or any other if you know it to be predigested (partly digested before taking). ; We brought to Court analytical chemists from New York, Chicago and Mishawaka, Ind., who swore to the analysis of Grape-Nuts and that part of the starchy part of the wheat and barley had been transformed into sugar, the kind of sugar produced in the human body by digesting starch (the large part of food). Some of the State chemists Iwought on by the “weekly” said Grape-Nuts could not be called a “predigested” food because not all of it was digested outside the body. v The other chemists said any food which had been partly or half digested outside the body was commonly known as “predigested.” Splitting hairs about the meaning of @ word. It is sufficient that if only one-half of the food is “predigested,” it is easier-on weakened stomach and bowels than food in which no part is predigested. o : To show the facts we introduce Dr. Thos. Darlington, former chief of the N. Y. Board of Health, Dr. Ralph W. Webster, chief of the Chicago Laboratories, and Dr. B. Sachs, N. Y. If we were a little severe in our denunciation of a writer, selt-conf?sed ignorant about appendicitis and its cause, it is possible the public will excuse us, in view of the fact that our head, Mr. C. W, Post, has made a lifetime study of food, food digestion and effects, and the conclusions are indorsed by many of the best medical authorities of the day. Is it possible that we are at fault for suggesting, as a Father and Mother might, to one of the family who announced a pain in the side: ‘““Stop using the food, greasy meats, gravies, mince pie, cheese, too much starchy

Largest of Whales,

‘The largest whale of its type of which there is scientific record was captured recently off Port Arthur, Tex. He measured sixty-three feet in length, and was estimated to be about three hundred years old. Captain Cob Plummer, mate of a United States pilot boat, sighted the monster in the shoals off the jetties, and the crew of his vessel capturéed the mammal. The huge body was towed ashore, exhibited and much photographed before being cut up. )

Bankers and Bank Notes

Four men, three of whom were connected with brokerage concerns in the Wall street district, were discussing United States paper curreney and the disappearance of counterfeits. “We dre sc sure nowadays,” said one of the party, “as to the genuineéness of bills that little attention is paid to them in handling, except as to denomination,” To prove his assertion he took a $lO yellowback from his pocket, and, holding it up, asked who could tell whose portrait it bore. ‘No one knew, and by way of coaching the broker said it was the fiyst treasurer of the United States. Again no one knew the name. “Why, It's Michael Hillegas,” said the man proudly. “But in confidence, I'll tell you, I didn’t know it five minutes ago.—New York Tribune.

An Unnecessary Confession.

A hearty laugh was occasioned at the Birmingham police court by a prisoner who gave himself -away in a very delightful manner. The man was the first on the list, and the charge against him was merely one of being drunk and disorderly. He stepped into the dock, however, just at the —moment when the dock officer was reading out a few of the cases which were to comebefore the court that morning, and a guilty conscience apparently led him to mistake these items fcr a list of -his previous convictions. | He stood passive enough while the officer read out about a dozen-drunk and disorderlies, but when he came to one “shopbreaking” the prisoner. exclaimed excitedly, “That was - eight years ago, your honor,” Everyone began to laugh, and the prisoner, realizing the blunder he had made, at first looked very black indeed, but finally saw the humorous side of the matter, and a broad smile spread over his face, His blunder did not cost anything.— Birmingham Mail. DIFFERENCE IN THE RACES Mexicans in the Main Unjust iln Blaming Americans for Lack of Politeness. - . All the Mexican correspondents who have written on the subject of why Americans are not better liked by Mexicans agree that it is largely a question of a lack of® politeness ‘on the part of the foreigner here, and in some cases an ill-concealed contempt. The latter is inexcusable, and certainly must emanate only from inconsiderate or poorly educated persons, from which no nation is free.. Politeness, however, is largely a matter of form and training. It is undeniable that the Anglo-Saxon salutations, methods of expressing thanks and appreciation, ete., are simpler and shorter than the Latin forms. To many who have all their lives been accustomed to the briefer Saxon ways, an attempt of the more elaborate Latin politeness seems, for them, nothing short of affectation, and they simply cannot do it. There are exceptions among Amer: icans and Englishmen who readily adopt the courteous phrases of the Mexicans and use them naturally, but they are the exceptions. And it is difficult to see how this can readily be changed. Our Mexican friends should understand, on the other hand, that if Anglo-Saxons do not, as a rule, go through as many social formalities as the usages of the land prescribe, they mean no offense thereby. They are accustomed to taking a - good 'many things for granted that their Latin cousins give verbal assurance of. Naturally, it is the duty of -the outlander to conform as nearly as he \ can to the ways of his adopted country, but human nature and settled i habits are pretty hard to make ,over, ‘particutarly unless you catch them while they’re young.—Mexican Herald. S

" Takes Himself Seriously. Nicola Tesla, dining by himself in = hotel’s great dining room, takes a table where he can be seen. Throughout his meal he wears a deeply studious, a completely absorbed, attitude. He may bring to the table a portfolio filled with papers. These he may scan with prolonged solemnity. In any event, he sits an eloquent tableau of profundity.—New York Press. . Rat Bounty Excites Merriment. Seattle, fearing the introduction of bubonic plague by rats, has offered a bounty of ten cents a rat. This moves Tacoma, safe from infection from the sea, to raucous laughter, and .the Ledger says that the bounty, “though not intended for rodents of Tacoma, ‘Everett, Bellingham and other populous and busy centers, has been finding its way into the pockets of nonresidents of Seattle for non-resident rats. But the joke -would be on us if it were found that our rat population -had found its way into the Seat tle census.” g )

Pretty Good Definition

We hear some funny things in Fleet street sometimes, and the following definition of the height of aggravation, by a gentleman in rather shaky boots, whom we encauintered in a well-known host'elr_v the other day, struck us as being particularly choice. -~ ““The ’eight of haggravation, gentlemen,” said this pothouse humorist, setting his pewter on the counter and looking round proudly, with the air of one about to let off a good thing, “the ’eight of haggravation—why, trying to ketch a flea out o' yer ear with a pair of boxin’ gloves.”—London TitBits. g

Before Days of Free Press

Many of the restrictions that hampered the influence of the press remained in force until the close of the eighteenth century in England. It was not till that period that newspapers obtained the .right to criticise the policy of ministers and of the king. Mr. Walter, the first editor of the London Times, was prosecuted for Tensuring the duke of York. He was sentenced to pay a fine of $250, stand in tho pillory for an hour, be imprisoned for a year and give security for his good behavior for seven years. The order with regard to the pillory was canceled, but he had to serve his term in jail.. -

French Official Etiquet.

The wives of the new French ministers share in the honors conferred on their husbands, the degree of deference due to them being minutely ? tablished by the “protocole.” Whén the wife of a minister enters 3 room, if any deputies’ or senators’ wiyes are present, they are supposed to rise and remain standing until she is seated. Other ministers’ wives may rest in their chairs, but should the prime minister’s wife arise they also must stand. to attention. And even Mme. Briand (if there were such a person), would have to show similar deference to the wife of the president of -the chamber.. With her, according to the protocole, “e’est la representation nationale qui entre; le suffrage univer sel la France.”—Liondon Chrcnicle.

Dr. Hiram C. Cortlandt,” the well known theologian of Des Moines, said in a recent address: “Thomas A. Edison tells us that ha thinks the soul is neot immortal; but, after all, what does this great wizard know about souls? His forte is elec tricity and macainery, and when he talks of souls he reminds me irresist ibly of the young lady who visited the Baldwin locomotive works and_ then told how a locomotive is made. ’

“‘You pour,” she said, ‘a lot of sand into a lot of boxes, and you throw old stove lids and things into a furnace, and they you empty the molten stream into a hole in the sand, and everybody (yells and swears. Then you pour it out and let it cool and pound it, and then you put it in a thing that bores holes in-it. Then you screw it to gether, and paint it, and put steam in it, and it goes splendidly; and they take it to a drafting room .and make a blueprint of it. But one thing I forgot—they have to make a boiler. One man gets inside and one gets outside, and they pound frightfully; and then they tie it to the other thing, and you ought to see it go!’” .

food, etc., etc., which has not been digested. then when again ready for food use GrapeNuts because it is easy of digestion?” Or should the child be at once carted off to a hospital and cut? _ We have known of many cases wherein the approaching signs of appendicitis have disappeared by the suggestion being followed. No one better appreciates the value of a skilful physician when a person is/in the awful throes of acute appendicitis, but “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” Just plain. old common sense is helpful even nowadays. This trial = demonstrated Grape-Nuts food is pure beyond question. . T It Is partly predigested. Appendicitis generally has rise from undigested food. T 5 — It Is not always necessary to operate. Tt is best to stop all food. When ready to begin feeding use a predigested food. Tt is palatable and strong in Nourishment. It will pay fine returns in health'to quit the heavy breakfasts and lunches .and! use less food but select food certainly known to contain the elements nature requires to sustain the body. 'May we be permitted to suggest a breakfast of fruit, Grape-Nuts and cream, two soft boiled eggs, and some hot toast and cocoa, milk or Postum? The question of whether Grape-Nuts does or does not contain the elements which nature requires forthe nourishment of the brain, also of its purity, will be treated in later newspaper articles. . ; Good food is important and its effect on the body is also gnportnnt. Slag PRTRSEER AT “There’s a Reason” Postum Cereal Co.. Ltd., . Battle Creek, Mich. .

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