Plymouth Tribune, Volume 9, Number 22, Plymouth, Marshall County, 3 March 1910 — Page 10

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And tHen we" might say that dys pasia is the cost of high living. Aggressiveness take3 men to heights where modesty would never land them It Is possible for a man to reach thfl pinnacle of fame and still not be a'iove suspicion. The lazy man's philosophy is never to do to-day what somebody will do for him to-morrow. ' Man wa3 once a sponge." says a Chicago professor, and a lot of them haven't gotten over it yet. Grafting, in order to be truly scientific, should be so managed as not to attract anybody's attention. The King of Denmark when speaking of Dr. Cook smilingly said: "Well, the best of us are sometimes fooled." The new year cannot be a complete success unless some real boosting Is done for the cause of good roads. To facilitate census taking every patriot should have his nose ready to count when the enumerator come3 around. If there i3 anything that annoys people it is to be told of their faults. What they like is to be told of other people's faults. Dr. Cook's secretary says the doctor has not yet. heard that he did not reach the pole. The doctor should read the papers. In spite of the revelations which are being made by investigators here and elsewhere we believe that there are some honest pec-pie. The Secretary of Agriculture estimates that a toad will eat $19.40 worth of flies and insects In a season. Treat the toad with kindness and re3pect. A St. Louis ragman, who was thought to be penniless, died the other day leaving a fortune of $60,000. He bad no relatives while living, but no doubt many have been found by this time. Based upon precedent and practice far more ancient than written laws Is the decision solemnly handed down bj a Missouri judge, to the effect that a wife has a right to scold her husband. A police captain says that the reason why dogs chase automobiles is that they are intoxicated by the smell. t it could be proved that cats, tramps, trains and the neighbor's hens are also run by gasoline, we should have a simple explanation of an annoying canine phenomenon. Young men who have aspirations toward the diplomatic service have had the cardinal virtues of a diplomatist to keep hl3 mcuth closed forribly Impressed upon them by a recent episode. Not that a minister must not talk at all; the career of the eminent Mr. AVu show j that harmless conversation U likely to please and amuse the people to whom an ambassador U accredited. But discretion In choosing the subjects of his utterances is i first essential. From a papyrus found wrapped about an Egyptian mummy we learn of an ancient Alexandrian named Dorlon. who made a fighting machine so deadly that it was called "the Ender of War." That was two or three centuries before the birth of Christ, but the invention of explosives which are to accomplish the same result by their vry destructiveness still goes merrily on. It 13 safe to say that by no such mean3 will warfare be brought to an eni. The human race will not easily l-j frightened out of the business; it must be raUed above it. Clergymen who are engaged in the complicated task of curing physical Ills a3 well as spiritual ones tell us that among women self-pity is one of the most obstinate of diseases. Apparently there is only one class of women Immune to thi3 intrusive and danger-cu.-microbe. They are the women so (busy that they have not a minute to EpHV9 for themselves. It takes leisure f nurse real woes, and imaginary ,une are still more exacting. But given even twenty minutes a day, one may accomplish much In the line of Bilf pity. Madam begins by mourning that she is misunderstood by husband or daughter or mother or minister. Once let this regret arise and gain recognition, and it Is next to useless t.- suggest thf- question, "Is there anything in ni'j worth understanding?" "It's no use for me to try to make a pleasant home." complained Mrs. Thompson. "My family misunderstand and thwart all my efforts." The listening friend required courage to soy that Mrs. Thompson's Idea of a pleasant home was a parlor full of brlc-a-brae and tight closed against occupancy. whreas the family preferred a cheerful living room, not too fine for every day. Miss Brown pities herself because she ha3 no money for shopping: Mi. Black pities herself becau.? she lus to a mn:h shopping to do. Mrs. Green mourns over her mending basket full oi' children's stockings, and Sirs. White, because her home Is empty of little feet. There is always a chance to be sorry for oneself; by the same token, there Is always a chance to rejoice in one's fortune. A poor Irishwoman, with a dozen children, setting forth her condition to a friendly visitor, ended with, "And, thank God, we've niver lacked for a bit of salt rith our praties!" Dr. Edward Anthony Spitzka, one of the most noted brain specialists, recently made tlite statement: "It Is criminal to force a child that is nat-

urally left-handed to uie Its right hand. The reason some children prefer to use the left hand is because their brains are constructed that way. There are left-hand brains and rierht-

j hand brains. The center that con trols the action may be on either side of the brain, and it will dictate which side of the body will be the most active." We know that the first thing the average parent does, upon discovery that a child is left-handed, Is to try to change the natural order. Why? Because the left-handed minority seem awkward to the right-handed majority. They violate our monkey Ideas of conventionality, though we know lefthanded people who excel in the use of their hands. The majority of men are a good deal like monkeys, imitating each other in all things and showing no spark of originality. They even pervert natural laws to act or look like other people. This is strange be cause we all know that the great men of the world are ones who have de fied conventions, have dared to stand apart from the herd, have been will ing to follow nature's rules, and have merely emiled at the majority's sneer: ion are different from us, and so you are a fool." This taunt is as old as the world. It is the price men pay for being themselves. The compensa tion derived from Independent living, however, more than offsets the little sneers. If you are left-handed, be lefthanded, for it is nature's will. In all things be what you are don't try to be someone else. You have a right to live as you were made to live, and you have the right to your own ex periences. Use your Intelligence, not written rule, as your life guide. Thus you will possess original, free, satis fying life action. Don't be a monkey. and do not try to make monkeys of your children. The lesf.on the great scientist gives ua from his observation concerning the cause of left-handed action Is that there are natural causes of human tendencies. We will do well If we try to curb only our evil tendencies and develop the good ones. even if they are left-handed. A TEST OF COURAGE. Iteflex Slotion of n Decapitated Snake Will Unnerve Moit Blrn. Dr. S. Weir Mitchell, the famous writer, is one of the greatest authori ties on snakes in the world. lie used to keep cage3 of live snakes in his laboratory for experimental purposes. In one of his treatises he speaks of the great tenacity of life on tho part of snakes. It is very remarkable, he says, in the rattlesnake, whose reflex motions are admirably retained for some hours after decapitation, and occasionally are seen as late as the 36th hour. At this late period they con sist in wavelike movements, which run from the tail upward. Dr. Mitchell'3 experiments showed that immediately after the head has been cut off the body writhes slowly along the floor, or, if hung up, returns on Itself, twisting the pendant trunk around the tall. If, while the body is entirely fresh, somo one seizes the tail, the headless trunk frequently returns on Itself in an effort to strike the offending hand. Occasionally this movement is so perfectly executed that the bleeding and headless trunk strikes the operator's hand before it can be withdrawn. In one or two Instances that came under Dr. Mitchell's observation, persons who were Ignorant of file possibility of this movement have been so terrified at the blow which has greeted them as to faint on the spot. To hold thus the headless snake has been made a test of firmness in some parts of the west, and few have been found composed enough to retain their hold upon the tail until the innocent but ghastly stump struck the hand. The PuHle Crate. The pretty young woman with a small suit case stepped briskly up the gravel walk and said, "Good morning-" to Miss Eliza Long, who was enjoying life on her south porch. "Would you like to look at some puzzle pictures?" inquired the young woman. "I'd like to," said Miss Long, frankly, "but I've promised Philander that's my brother not to touch another one for six weeks. By that time he thinks the fever'll be broken up. "No, 'tisn't any use of opening that case; I can't look. "Fwas only last night I promised Philander," and Miss Long turned her head resolutely away. "I think he wa3 unkind to extract such a promise," said the young woman with a suit case, indignantly. "No, he's a kind man," said Miss Eliza, dispassionately. "He's borne a good deal. He said last night that he was willing . to stand irregular meals and silent evenings, and mornings of neighbors dropping in to exchange while the work stood still, and all such. "He said he and the other men round had agreed that it had got to run its course ,and then 'twould be over and done with; but when It came to having me look at him across the supper table as if he's a dummy, and when he asked what was the matter, tell him I'd been thinking what an elegant picture he'd make, squared off with the wall behind and the table in front, he saw 'twas lime to take measures and, thinking it over, I den't know but he's right." Aiintic Turkey Asiatic Turkey had a civilization thousands of years ago. The Interior of that country is populated to-day by farmers to whom modern knives and fork are unknown. The spoons they use are of wood, and each family makes its ovsn. Am She I Spoken. "English is a funny language, after all. isn't it?" "Why so?" "I heard a man talking of a political candidate the other day say: 'If he only takes this stand when he runs he'll have a walk-over.' " A man went hunting yesterday. "What did you get?" he was asked on his return. "Ham and eggs," he replied, "at the home of a farmer." Being read out of the party doesn't seem to hurt much.

American Law Schools. One Field in Which Englishmen Admit Our Accomplishments.

By Pres. Winterbotham of the Law Society.

""ORD Russell In his admirable address on legal education deltvLered in Lincoln's Inn Hall in 1S93 mentions that in 1S94 there were in the United States seventy-two law schools, attended na by 7,000 law students, taught by some 500 professors. The HarÜnIL vart aw scnol Is Probably the best known of these, nnnnnl It is possible that I am addressing some who do not know the

nature of the teaching at these American law school.". If s--. may I con-mend to their perusal Professor Dicey's captivating article on "The Teaching o? English Law at 'Harvard," which appeared in the Contemporary Review of November, 1899, and which has since been reprinted in pamphlet form? No one after reading that article can fail to recognize how far we are behind the United States in this matter. Professor Dicey says: "The professors of Harvard have throughout America finally dispelled the inveterate delusion that law is a handicraft to be practised by rule of thumb and learned only by apprenticeship in chambers cr offices. They have convinced the leaders of the bar that the common law of England is a science, that it rest3 on valid grounds of reason, which can be so explained by men who have mastered its principles as to be thoroughly understood by students whose aim is success in the practice of law." Professor Dicey goes on to point out that the legal education at Harvard law school is not only scientific but exceedingly practical. "It Is the dence of the practical character of the legal education at Harvard is that Socratic method applied to law, and is infinitely stimulating." The best evithose who take the best places in the Harvard law school are recognized as the most desirable men for practical work and as a rule secure positions In offices from tho first.

American Women. By Marcel Prevost.

HE American woman' intellectual characteristic is curiosity. One

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feels she would like t have ten pairs of eves so as to see every-

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I sit down at table beside an American woman ot rans, sne immediately asks me: Have ycu seen such and such a play? Have you been to -such and such an art exhibition? What do you think of this novel or of that philosophical or historical bock re

cently published? . . . And I am forced to admit that I have-not seen the latest play, that for more than ten 'years- I have net set my foot inside the annual sUons. that I read slowly and carefully, and am therefore forced to read but ew .books. And I know my American neighbor feels great disdain for my" inculture. . . . Still I have infinite sympathy for her charming and universal intellectual curiosity; cnly long experience has taught me that man's head cannot contain too many ideas at once. There is consequently an abyss between the way most American -women I have met conceive -intellectual culture and my own way. Far from me to pretend that I am right! And I Rive thanks to Heaven, which sends us. in the American women of Paris, the most wonderful public for books or theatres or lectures. But If I had the honor of being professor of French to young American girls I would begin with the following truthful anecdote: A compatriot of theirs, speaking to the poet Francois Coppee, asked. Do you speak English. Monsieur? And Coppee .inswertd, modestly, Non, Madame. I am still learning French. Harper's Bazar.

On the Future By Henry James.

CONFESS at the outset that I think it the most Interesting question in the world, once it takes on all the intensity of which it is capable. It docs that, insidiously but inevitably, as we livo longer and longer does it at least for many rer?ons: I myself, in any case, find it increasingly asset its power to attach and, if I may use the word so unjustly compromised by trivial applications, to amuse. 1 say assert its power so to occupy us.

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because I mean to express only its most general effect. That effect on our spirit is mostly either one of two forms; the effect of making us desire death, and for reasons, absolutely as welcome extinction and termination; or the effect of making ua desire it as a renewal of the interest, the appreciation, the passion, the largo and consecrated consciousness, in a word, of which we have had so splendid a sample in this world. Either one or tho other of these opposed states of feeling is bound finally to decTire itself, wc judge. In persons of a fine sensibility and whose innermost spirit experience has set vibrating at all; , for the condition of indifference and of knowing neither is the condition of living altogether so much below the human privilege as (o have 'little right to pass for unjustly excluded or neglected in this business of the speculative reckoning. Harper's Bazar.

A Nation of Bridge-builders.

Frank V. iSlcin

USPDNSION 'bridges, although not so rigid as cantilevers, can be

built longer, and. although their own weight and all the loaas they carry are supported wholly by the great cable-., they require htavy trusses to stiffen the floor. The three suspension bridges across the East River in New Y.ork are by far the longest and heaviest in the world. The Brooklyn Bridge, with its beautiful -.w. tnn-oN nn.l srrareful sweeping curves, has. a span cf 1,5!).

feet and carries two railrcad and two "rv, M ll-1 ... . ti

wide promenade. The wmiamsourg unuö. oum i - wi '-. tt hih with a 1.000-ioot span, supporting six tracks, two road

ways and two sidewalks on its double decks. It weighs about 16.OC0.000 pounds, exclusive of its long steel approaches, which brought up the cost to ab0UThV9l'lmitsof present resources have not yet been reached in the length and hel-ht of eroat snans. Few important structures are likely to be required in locations involving greater heights than those already encountered but longer spans may be justified, althc ugh the cost increases out of all proportion

to the length Cantilevers, suspension uuuva, auu made noibly u quarter or a half longer than the present maximum, at a nrice and even these wide limits may be exceeded, if a satisfactory metal or alloy'can be manufactured of greatly increased lightness and strength to re-

nlace the structural steel now useu. ,i pi win iav ....c...., fixed by the maximum dimensions of members that can be shipped from the bridge shops through bridges and tunnels. Harper s Weekly. .

WESTMINSTER. How Expenses of Restoring' the , Abbey Have Been Met. The work of keeping Westminster Abbey in repair Is a very onerous and delicate one and, the long line of surveyors of the fabric is a distinguished one indeed. During the last seventy years this matchless church has been in the hands of Mr. niore. Sir Gilbert Scott. Mr. Pearson. Mr. Miehaelthwaite and now Prof. Lethaby. There have been times in the history of the abbey when its very existence has been in Jeopardy. The first of these occurred about the end of the seventeenth century. Sir Christopher Wren was called in and the work of restoration was carried out with the utmost zeal and thoroughness, though in many of its details its taste was open to much question. When the late Dean Bradley arrived upon the scene in the year 1SS2 ho found an income derived largely from agricultural . estates steadily dwindling in value, while the condition of many of the great flying buttrrsscs as well as the north transept was indescribable. The late dean himself was wont frequently to describe .the north transcept when hefirst inspected it as presenting almost the appearance of a quarry. It was time for extreme measures, and that the situation was saved at wa.4 due to the vigor and the business acumen of the late dean. As it was, the abbey had to pay a fearful price. A loan of $12.",000 was made to the dean and chapter by the ecclesiastical commissioners. This enabled the authorities to get level with the worst of these structural defects. On the other hand, they were compelled to suspend the sixth

as to hear everything. . . . When

Life. ner. trolley tracks, two roadways, and a ! . v.. .lit r l3 arm Yi a u ctan canonry the income derivable from which has been employed for many years past in gradually paying off the immense loan. Church Family Newspaper, t Railroads Have Hustled Some. In ten years nearly 7, 000, 000, C00 people wen? carried by the railroads of the United States, and in a single year, 190S, l,r00,000,uu0 ;ons of freight were transported over the shining rails from one part of the country to another. The weight of individual locomotives has increased 115 per cent, and the number TT per cent., there being now almost 37.0oo -puffing over the United States. The increase in the capacity of freight cars 'has been approximately 120 per cent., making their present carrying capacity more than 71.000,000 tons. Perhaps the statistics giving the number of railroad employees are the most impressive. Neariy l,r00,000 people, an increase of tl per cent., are now on the payrolls of United States railroads, drawing a compensation of $1,UO(,000,000 a year, an increase of 110 per cent, over- ten years ago. National Magazine?. An Anti-Noise Opinion. "Are yon familiar with Dickens'; Christ mas Carol?" 1 "Not exactly familiar with it," replied Mr. (Irowcher. "But I heartily approve of it. One of the best things Dickens did was to Invent a Christmas carol that people could read quietly instead of trying to slug it." Washington Evening Star. Swarming bees send out scouts to look for desirable locations. London's lire brigade costs $1,420,-000.

FoF the Little Folks

UNDER-THE-TABLE-MANNERS. It's very hard to be polite If you're a cat When other folks are up at table iEatlng all that they are able. You are down upon Ithe mat . . If you're a cat You're expected just to sit If you're a cat. Not to let tnem know you're there By scratching at the chair, Or a light, respectful pat If you're a cat. You are not to make a fuss If you're a cat. Tho' there's fish upon the iplate You're expected just lo wait Wait politely on the mat If you're a cat Youth's Companion. UNCLE SAM'S TOYS. It will doubtless surprise many readers to learn that Uncle Sam has one of the largest collections of toys In the world. He keeps them in tho National Museum at Washington, D. C, where they may be seen by hundreds, nicely arranged and labelled, in the exhibition hall. But on the balcony In the west end of the big 'building is the real Santa Claus shop. Like the spider's parlor in the nursery song, the way to this wonderland is "trp a winding stair. On each side of the long balcony is a range of tall pine cases fitted with drawers in which are stored toys and games from all parts of the -world. To be sure, these drawers contain many other Interesting objects 'besides, for it is in this department that everything relating to ethnology is sorted and catalogued for exhibition. Ethnology is the science which tells us of human races in their progress from savagery to civilization, how people In all parts of the world live, of the things .they use In every-day life, and how they use them. vThe toys and games In Uncle Sam's collection have been gathered, by his agents, from every known country. 'Many of them are rare and costly and beautifully made; but the most Interesting and unusual are the product of uncivilized hands. Some are gorgeously colored and decorated with bead3 and shells, while others are grimy and pitifully mean; but they have each brought their measure of joy to tome childish heart somewhere. Of dolls alone there are enough to give any little girl reader a new one every day until she becomes too old to cae longer for them; ivory babies from Alaska, dressed in little coats of deer fur to protect them from an arctic winter; South Sea Island puppets, . with scarcely any clothes at all; 'Indian papooses decked with beads and buckskin; pink-cheeked waxen beauties from Paris; almondeyed Japanese in red kimonos; black wooden images from the Kongo; and various other dolls fashioned from clothespins, pine cones, and cornshucks, , "Some in rags, Some in jags, And some in velvet gowns. Uncle Sam is especially rich In Alaska dolls. Some of them are of ifory, no bigger than your 'thumb; but the clothing is made with the greatest care from the softest sealskin, trimmed with 'beads and edged with white hair1 from the leg of the deer. Others are two or three feet in height and are carved from wood, and equally well dressed, even in their mittens, 6kln caps with ear-flaps, and their perfectly correct snow-shoes. Then there are dolls of the Zulu and the Moqul Indians of Arizona and New Mexico. These' are a brilliant and cheerful gathering, and occupy a drawer all to themselves. Some afe made of wood and others of baked clay, and all are painted In gaudy colors. Some among them have real hair, done up In funny little knots above their cars, or In braids with feathers and red flannel, while one of them represents a firedancer. Ills body 13 painted (black and is spangled all over with glistening tinsel, which makes him appear as if he were covered with sparks. Will II. Chandler, in St Nicholas. J THE DOINGS OF FAMILY PETS. As I have read a good many stories about dogs, it makes me wish that I had a nice dog m3'self, but a3 father is afraid of dogs around children we have had only two dos in our house. The first one was a collie which was known as Prince, and he. was a lovely dog, but he got Into the habit of going with other dogs In the neighborhood, and every day would sneak out by the gate when some one came in or went out. He would not turn up until about 3 o'clock in the morning, and then hewould sit on the window sill and howl. disturbing the neighbors. Father would have to get out of 'bed and let him in. As this got to be too annoying, we gave him away, and didn't have another dog in the house until last winter. A friend of ours had a fox terrier, but as she lived in an apartment and was unable to keep him she gave him to me. I took the dog home, not knowing how he would be received. He was nothing but a puppy as yet, and apparently harmless, so he was permitted to stay, as long as he made his home in the kitchen. But poor Patsy was too frisky to stay still, and as the cook would move about he would catch hold of her apron strings and pull and tug with all his might constantly causing the poor girl to upset things. So she naturally conceived a great dislike for him. About the same time my brother found a poor little kitten and brought h r home to contribute td the family pets. Every one liked her, bur Paisy was determined to make her mise.-able, and he certainly fulfilled his d. termination. The cat's ibox was by the stove and his was by the icebox. Patsy and Topsy had an equal share .f bed-clothing, hut this didn't f atlsfy tat young man, and whenever

he got a chance he would steal Topsy's bedding and drag It over to his box. Patsy would even drive kitty out of her box, taking It for himself. WThen this happened kitty would go to his box and make herself at home. But lo! when Patsy found it out there would be a lively chase, over the stove, on top of the icebox, under the range, on the bars of the tubs, until kitty wound up on the top of the oven door, with Patsy below, winking at her viciously. Patsy is gone now, and so is Topsy. The former was stricken with the mange and sent to a sanatorium, from which he will never return. The latter I gave to a friend who had some cats, but Topsy, not caring for their company, disappeared and has never been seen since. Gladys Carman, in the New York Tribune.

HILL CLIMBING CONTEST. About two years ago there was a hill climbing contest among automobillsts up the Orange Mountain. It was held on a road about a mile from my home, so I went to see it All the large, fast cars were there. Vanderbilt and other rich men were going to drive their own cars. There was an immense crowd on the banks of either side of the road, and many people on the road, I guess there were as many as fifty thousand persons there. ölen were stationed aboid every hundred feet with megaphones, and whenever a car was coming they would cry, "Clear the road; here comes a racer!" The next man above would repeat the cry, and the next, until the road was cleared. The distance up the mountain is a mile, and some of the cars would go up so fast that they just looked like sitreaks of white or red or the color of the cnr. Vanderbllt was greeted with cheer3 as his car started, like a flash, across the tape (they took a running start), but he made no record, nor won the contest, as the people crowded the track so much that he was afraid he might hit some one. Sartoris won the contest, and Vanderbllt came third. Only one accident occurred, and that was when a car ran Into a fence to get out of the way of a crowd of people who had not got off the track when told to. It was Tery exciting. Sometimes when the cars came rushing up that steep hill with a buzzing roar my heart seemed to stand still, is fear that they might accidentally run off and into the crowd, packed over ten deep alongside the road. But I was sorry when it was over, and only the thought of a nice, big turkey at homo, waiting for me, caused me to feel less tired as I trudged homeward. - älY DOLL HOUSE. I though you would like to hear about my doll house. Papa made it It is as tall as I am, and I am eleven years old. It is divided into four rooms. The bedroom is on the top floor. On the right side of the house under it and the dining room under that The kitchen is on tho bottom floor. On the righ side of the house is the burn and barnyard. On the left is the piazza. The house stands on a tin box, which is painted green to look like grass. Each room has two electric lights in it,-and there is one in the barn. It took two electricians all of one day to wire the house. There are six sheep, a cow, a horse, a goat, a turkey gobbler and hen, and some chickens in the barnyard. The house and barn are painted white, with green roofs. The dolls are Dutch. Hans and Gretchen Van Tassel, the father and mother, came from Holland. The oldest girl is named Wilhelmlna after the Queer?., but she is called Helen, as Wilhelmlna is too long. The next oldest is Rose, and the next Is May. The baby's name is Theodore. Gretchen's brother, Peter Van Brunt and h'.s wife, Hulda, live with ; .them, with their daughter Martha and their baby son Voostenwalbert Schimmelpennick Van Brunt Peter and Gretchen's mother came to live with them. There is a stork on the roof of the house. Each room is completely furnished. Gretchen had a birthday party last week. She had a real cake with candies on it If any little man or woman shoull ever come to Schenectady Gretchen and Hans would be very glad to see them. Dorothy Ford Maybew, In the New York Tribune. BEES HIS PLAYMATES. John S. Worth, Jr., the eight-y:?-old son of John S. Worth, a prominent (business man. of Trenton, N. J., prefers bees to children playmates, and the little fellow ' never tires of making companions of the insects. Although his parents are fearful that he might suffer severely in case the bees attack him, he has not the least fear in this direction, and has never suffered any injury. Mr. Worth, prompted by his son's love for bees, started to raise these insects. He followed the suggestions of experts and was successful. Whilii the father fears serious consequences if he disturbs the bees, his son holds them in his hands by .the hundreds and assists a man employed for the purpose of caring for them. If a bee be Injured or killed, the little fellow cries as if his heart would break. He loves to handle these honey-making insects, and only laughs when warned to be careful while playing with them. The little fellow is envied by all the children in the neighborhood because he is able to handle the 'bees as if lliey were playthings. The children will not even dare enter the Worth yard, although Johnny has invited them on numerous occasions to become acquainted with his playmates. From almost the time he was able to crawl the boy seemed to have a particular liking for bees. His parents cannot understand this strange fascination, laut allow the JitUe fello to follow his whims.

MOURW FOB "LITTLE" TUL

Politically Wrong:, Salllvan'a Goo Deeds Live After Ulm. No doubt, "Little Tim" Sullivan was all they said he was. Born on the Bowery, beginning life as a bootblack, spending his forty years in the toughest streets in the new world, surrounded every waking moment by men who were not far away from the desperado class, "Little Tim had his faults. Some of the enterprises In which he made his money are questionable, to say the least. While he was a member of the New York legislature and while he was clerk of that body he did not pretend that his actions were influenced by any desire for the public good. He frankly admitted that he represented private interests. But now that he is dead, the Bowery is a place of mourning, the Nfsvr York correspondent of the Cincli;nati TimesStar says. Ragged, hungry, shiftless men shuffle along the streets, openly mourning for the man that is gone. "Little TlmM - fed them and clothed them and shod them and kep. their wives from need when they had wives. In return they gave him the unquestioning loyalty of clansmen. Every morning when he It ft his home he put a roll of dollar bill3 big enough to stuff a window in his pocket When he got home it was gone dealt out, dollar by dollar, to men to whom a dollar meant warm meals and a bed and freedom from the wind-blown street He was all the reformers charged against him as a practical politician but he bad the biggest heart in North America, And his personal habits were unexceptionable No politician ought to take a drink k9 said often. "Ke can't afford to. Drink hurts too many men.' And with all the tremendous powr he exercised in his sau all ri ha tit- - wick, he was a modest man. He never brawled or boasted or raised his Toice. No woman in trouble ever came to him and failed to find relief mnr ht wnman vpt mt irlth ?n. eult from the war chief of the Sulllvans. He spent more hours trying to aid boys and girls to better the.-n-Belves than he did In politics. He fought, and fought hard, but he never descended' to physical force. If that were needed his "guerrillas attended to it for him. It was he who passed the bill which prohibited that ' pet vice of the surface roads here "Take the car ahead." Sullivan and a woman were riding in a street car when an inspector thrust his head In at the door and graffly ordered them ' to "take the car ahead." Sullivan '

meekly obeyed, but as he climbed 4

aboard the other car the thought of the legislation to prevent this flashed through his mind. "But why didn't you refuse to take the other car?" he was asked. "To tell you the truth." said the fighting head of the Sullivans, "I didn't have the nerve. Fortunately Situated. Mrs. Hammond was -willing to pay a fair price for work, but she did not intend to be cheated. "I should like to know how it happens that boy Terry charges me 50 cents for mowing my lawn, when he does Mrs. Porter's for 25 cents?" she demanded of Mr. Halloran. "Well, now, you see, Terry goes by the time he spends, ma'am " 6aid Mr. Halloran, his gaze fixed upon the trimming of her hat; "that's how It comes, ma'am. 'Tis twinty cents the hour Terry has." "I know that," said the lady, Impatiently, "but my lawn is no larger than Mrs. Porter's, and there is no reason why he should be twice as long moving It." "Well, now, as to that, ma'am," said , Mr. Halloran, transferring his gaze 9 to her gloves, "you see Mrs. Porter's house faces the base ball grounds,' and she hires Terry always of a Wednesday or a Sathurday to come to her place at 1 o'clock, ma'am, and the games begins at half-past two, d'ye see? Twould be a quare lad that wouldn't hurry a btt wid that chanst to his hand, now wouldn't it?" How They Got OnU Uncle Ephraim had two hogs, which he kept in a pen in the rear end of his lot They were of the "razorback" varletv. and fllrhntis'h thT- vtr fd

bountifully with kitchen waste, it P,

DV. A-UIA A&JJ UiC IV UUb ttUJ Äö&b VW their attentuated frames. One morning when he went out to feed them they were not there. They had disappeared, leaving no clue to the manner in which they had made their escape. "What's the matter. Uncle Eph?" in quired a neighbor, noticing the deep dejection with which the old man was looking down into the empty pen. "My hawgs is gone, sah." he answered.

"Stolen?" "No. sah, I dont see no signs dat 1 anybody tuck 'em." r "Did they climb out over the top?"

ucj .uutuu b viisu? vi Ohl. "How do you think they got away!" "Well, sah," said Uncle Ephraim, "my 'pinion Is dat dem hawgs kind o raised delrselves up on aidge an crope through a crack." IT.. TK1 Reporter (writing rapidly) Thank you, doctor, for bringing us the particulars of the accident You do not I

presume er call yourself "Mrs. Dr. Slimmins"? ( Fair caller (blushing slightly) Er not yet. It would not be correct form. l

Thoaght lie Obeyed. Little Fred had been kept after school for talking out loud. "But why did you do it Fred?" queried his mother. "Why, I had to, mamma," he explained. "Teacher said I mustn't whisper, and I didn't." o Trouble at All. Visitor It must be a gigantic Usl) to run a great newspaper like yours. Editor Not at all. It's the easiest thing in the world. Dozens of mj friends as well as perfect strangers come In here every day to tell me how T to run it No woman was ever fortunate enough to get a switch that matche4 her hair All Over her head.

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