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1T WORKED.
de Knew Thing or Two About Human
Nature.

ne anew Thlng or Two AbOut Human
Nature.
81 beg your pardon. madam, but
haven't asked you to buy any of my
tablecloths as yet" said the peddler
in tones of huInbleness as the house
wife paused to catch her breath.
'"Then what did you stop here for.
your
"Why, / was constrained by sense
of respect which bear for all human
'ty to stop and offer my wares to you.
If you will hear me just a moment
shall make my unenviable position
clear to you. You know the lady over
by the creek-the one in the white
house with the green shutters yon-
der?'
''Of course know her, the old Cos
sip-monger"-
Now just hold on till I tell you how
the thing stands
HAS she been lying to you about
me?''
''Well, dare say that she said moth
ing about you that any houest-minded
person would believe l was simply"
'What did she say? Tell me what
she said. Oh, I'd like to-"
well, she simply said that you
didn't use tablecloths, and she wanted
to bet me weeks board that couldn't
sell you one"
whats that? Is that what she said?
She said 1 didn't use them, eh? Oh, the
hussy!''
Nov, it's not that care anything
about it," explained the peddler as he
opened his pack, yet l know decent
and well-bred people when I see them,
and have determined although it has
thrown me somewhat out of my way
to see for myself"
The housewife gritted her teeth in
silence and took her purse from her
pocket.
Nov, these are five dollars pair"
continued the peddler in kindly tones.
''Or you may have the entire twenty
pairs (aIl that have lefD for seventy
five dollars"
AS he passed emptyhanded out of
the garden gate moment later he saw
over his shoulder the form of a woman
standing on the porch. She was mute
and livid and her eyes were cast at the
house with the green shutters. Y.
World.
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ETHICS OF GOOD CLOTHES.

A Word OF Advice to Women in Business.
The business woman can not afford
to disregard the conventionalities of
dress. She who is wiSest and most far
seeing follows in the wake of present.
day fashions, avoiding exaggeration or
absurdities so far and SO long as posi-
bic, but even adopting them when she
finds herself forced to do so or remain
conspicuous among women.
Men have small patience with the
woman who departs from conventional
dress standards, nor have they much
admiration for that other woman who
holds all matters of dress in contempt
and regards her clothes as question
of covering only.
The woman whose dress is neat,
stylish, becoming and suitable to the
time and place is the woman with
whom they like best to deal. They do
not want diamond earrings to fash in
their eyes when debating to their
stenographer, but they resent it al
most as an affront to themselves il
her dress is antiquated in pattern, i'll
fitting and unbeeoming. True, they
have not deep objections to dress re.
form so long as it is cleverly concealed.
They do not object to an uncorseted
figure when the carriage is such that
the lack of corsets can not be detected;
but they are very apt to make remarks
about the poor woman who throws
away her stays and does not learn to
use her backbone.
Good clothes may not be an essen.
tial to success, but they are more Oh
less of an index Of ourselves, and it is
only the women who are sure of Their
position in every way who can afford
to let the index be misleading. Bust
ness women who are depending upon
their own exertions for a comfortable
livelihood dare not do so.-San Fran
cisco Argonaut.
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HORNS OF THE BRONZE AGE
The Finding of Battle Trumpets of Ole
Denmark.

The Finding of Battle Trumpets of Old
Denmark.
Among the masterpieces of the
bronze worker which have come from
that olden time to us are great bronze
battle-horns, called by the Danes lur.
These are truly gigantic. Twenty
three specimens have been found N
Denmark, all in peat hogs, and most
Of them in pairs. For years a dozen
of these lurs hung in the museum
silent Recently DIR. A. Hammerich
secured permission to study them as
musical instruments and to test them.
Finally, these were played upon be-
fore large and enthusiastic audience,
the king himself being present. Only
a few times since have these old horns
been sounded, but on one of these oc-
casions we had the good fortune to be
present. Two players from the opera
were the performers; the court
of the museum was filled with
hearers. Wonderful, is it not, that
horns two thousand years old, buried
for long centuries in peat boys, should,
after this long silence, still be capable
of giving out clear, ringing-even
sweet-tones?
The conditions in which these lurs
are found are most suggestive-always
in peat boys, usually in pairs. This
could not be the result of accident.
Other objects are found purposely laid
away in the same manner; thus ten
bronze hemispherical plates were found
at one spot; nine fine bronze axes, all
of one form, at another. Similar clus-
tiers of celtS, spears. etc, are not un-
common. On one occasion about one
hundred miniature boats of thin
beaten gold were placed in a vessel
and buried; such occurrences are not
completely understood. - Prof. Fred
ericl1 Starr, in Popular Science
Monthly
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A NEeRo.s GRATITUDE.
An Instance OF Rare Faithfulness on thS
Part of an Ex-SlaYe.


Part OF an Ex-Slaye.
A wealthy slave.owner of the cotton
pelt entered the southern army,
fought bravely and brilliantly, and
died in one of the closing battles of
the war. His widow was left penni-
less, with large plantations incum-
bered with mortgages, and hundred
or more emancipated negroes who had
ceased to be her property.
Her business affairs were misman-
aged by agents and lawyers, and she
lost one plantation after another. Her
health failed. and in her old age she
became wholly dependent upon one OF
her former slaves.
This negro was grateful to her for
having given him a start after the war.
Learning from experience that she
could not manage her plaptations sue
ceesfully, she had rewarded the fideli-
ty of a small group of emancipated
slaves by deciding over to them out.
right small farms. This negro received
in this way a farm of twenty-six acres
with cabin.
He prospered from the outset. He
made a living out of his ground, and
saved every year a little money. In
the course of few years he bought
another farm and doubled his re.
sources. Other purchases followed,
until he was d truck farmer with con-
Sidera BILE wealth
He did not forget his old plantation
mistress in his prosperity. When she
had lost all her property, and there
was no other friend to take care of her
in her old age, this negro rescued her
from restitution. He became her most
faithful friend.
Both are still living. On the first
day Of every month the negro farmer
draws d check for one hundred dol.
lars, and sends it to the aged lady
whose slave he was in boyhood. AZ
first she was unwilling to become his
pensiOner, but he pressed help upon
her with tears in his eyes, telling her
that he would never have got on in the
world if she had not generously aided
him by giving him the first farm.
His bounty is now her only recourse,
and no millionaire in the land is hap
pier than he is when payday" comes
around, and he can send his check tC
his kind hearted ''old misses
The other negroes whom she be-
friended after the war have been either
improvident or ungrateful, but one at
least had the energy and thrift re-
quired for making him a well-to-do
farmer, and the heart to take compass
sion on a friendless and unfortunate
woman who had once been kind to
him.
This is n true story which illustrates
the tender feeling sometimes existing
between the negro and his former mas
ter, and the gratitude which good
treatment may inspire even in a de-
Spised race.-Youth's Companion.
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MISFORTUNES OF BIRDS.
Queer Accidents Which Have Resulted in
Death.

Queer Accidents Which Have Resulted In
Death.
have noticed in New York paper
an account of a strange misfortune
that happened to an English sparrow
at the building of the Edison labora-
tory, Orange, n. j. The bird became
entangled in a Irvine used in the con-
struction of it's nest, and met it's death
by hanging. This has reminded me OF
similar incident that occurred to
bird last summer, near Bowling Green,
Ky. 1t was a common or crow black
bird, and was seen hanging by the
neck from the limb of tall tree over
hanging the road. Whether in flying
with a long grass or string it became
entangled with it or in what way it
got caught in the moose and met its
death, is a matter of conjecture. A
queer incident of a woodpecker has
come under my notice. The bird,
hairy woodpecker, was seen on tree
trunk, and though stone was thrown
toward it to see it fly, it remained in
the same position. On going nearer,
it was found that the bill had been
driven into the tree with such force
that the bird could not extricate it,
and had hung there, meeting miser.
able death
have heard from friend of an in
teresting life history of hooking
bird. 1t was quite a young bird when
purchased from a negro bird catcher,
and it was soon discovered to have
sore feet. These were swollen twice
the natural size, and though efforts
were made to relieve this, it was only
after it had lost several of its
toes-two front toes on one foot and
one on the other-that the feet were
finally healed. After this it moulted,
losing about all it's feathers at one
time. Its eyes then became inflamed,
and the eyeballs like drops of water,
finally closed and the bird became to-
tally blind. In getting its food it,
would stand at one side of the cage
and follow the wires till it reached
the food. it would then follow the
side of the cage till it reached the
water. 1t soon learned, however, to
gauge distances, and would fly to the
perch without fail. 1t was pitiabl
object, but strange to say, this poor
MANNED bird, lame and blind, de-
veloped into one of the finest of sing.
ers!-Sadie F. Price, in American
Naturalist.
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nour-'1ast night l heard our child
moaning III his sleep, and I noticed
chat he looked pale and hollow-eyed
this morning. Isuppose you know what
ails him?"
Nothing ails him, Mr.. Bowser-
nothing but too much play. You can't
lind healthier child in the whole
town"
II hope it is true, but doubt it.
Having him under your eye every
hour 10 the day, you do not notice a
change as l do. This afternoon a
woman came into the Office selling a
book on How to Bring up Children
had only to glance at it to see that it
was just what you wanted. It is full
+ of"
s'Who wrote it?'' sharply demanded
Mrs. Bowser.
''I'll show you the book. 1t tells all
and every thing else likely to all a
child, and also prescribes the cure.
Let's see! It's by Annie Kathering
White. Did you ever hear of her?"
"Never, and l don't want to! It's
= ten to one that she was never mother
i and doesn't know case of mumps
from falling off fence! For the lands
sake, don't get the idea that our child
wants dosing!"
''Our child may be all right, Mrs.
Bowser, or he may be all wrong. It
won't hurt anything to read what the
woman says. For instance, she gives
the premonitory symptoms of measles,
and says that a mother"
HE had measles three months ago!'
''Well, here's ali about whooping-
{ cough. Twenty hours before
the cough comes the patient is restless,
the tongue coated and the whites of
the eyes"
81 know all about that, and it will
be quite useless for you to go up to his
bed to see if the whites of his eyes
have turned blue or green. You have
hardly looked at him for three months
past, and now all of sudden you are
!, greatly worried over his condition.
''Mrs. Bowser!' said Mr.. Bowser, as
ne stood up and fourished the book in
his hand, do you know that you are
talking to that child's father!"
1'Of course, do!''
~'Then don't talk in that wayl AS
shat child's father I naturally love
SHIN. l feel anxious about his health.
A woman who has probably reared a
dozen children of her own writes
book on how to treat children. l buy
Ct and bring it home to you to save
<vorry and doctors bills, and you take
st as a grievous insult. Here is what
the book says about mumps l was
reading it on the car coming home,
y and as near as can make out our boy
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Massage In Samoa.

Now. one can experience the charms
of the Samoan '1omi-lomi,' which is
simply analogous to our massage. The
native girls have beautiful, supple fin
gers, and few things could be pleas,
anter on boiling hot afternoon than
to lie on the cool mats and submit
ones self to their delicate manipula.
ton. 1t is curious that the system Of
massage is found among nearly all
savage races, and employed by them as
cure for headache or any aching OF
the limbs.-We Review.
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~LlTTLE BROTHER OF THE AIR."

There is bird know well.
It seems as if he must have sung
Beside my crib when was young;
Before knew the way to spell
The name of even the smallest bird,
His gentle, joyful song heard.
Now see if you can tell. my dear,
What bird it is that, every year,
Sings OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
very merry cheer"
he comes in March, when winds are strong,
And snow returns to hide the earth;
But still he warns his heart with mirth,
46nd waits for May. He fingers long
While flowers fade; and every day
Repeats his small, contented lay;
AS if to say, we need not fear
The seasons change, if love is here
With observation-disclosures
very merry cheer
He does not wear Joseph s-coat
OF many colors, smart and gay;
His suit is Quaker brown and gray,
With three dark patches at his throat
And yet of all the well-dreSSed throua
Not one can sing SO brave song.
1t makes the pride of looks appear
A vain and foolish thing, to hear
His Observation-Disclosures
very merry cheer"
A lofty place he does not love,
But sits by choice, and well at ease,
In hedges, and in little trees
1naC SLr6Lcu Ine1r SAoud0r arms dDOV0
The meadow brook: and there he sings
Till all the field with pleasure rings;
And so he tells in every ear,
The lowliest home to heaven is near
In OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
very merry cheer"
I like the tune I like the words
They seem so true so free from art,
So friendly and so full of heart,
That if but one of all the birds
Could he nv G Omrade eVerVWher0.
Ny little brother OF the air,
I'd choose the song-sparrow, my dear,
Because he'd bless me, every year,
With OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
very merry cheer"
Henry van Dyke, in Century Magazine.
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PERSONAL AND LITERARY.


Swift made special study of the
Latin satirist and initiated their style
and language.
Baxter read only the Bible, and
best enjoyed the prophecies of Isaiah
and the Psalms.
-Wadsworth was fond of the poetry
of Burns, but said the latter was too
rough and uncouth.
Alexander the Great always slept
with copy of Homer under his pill
low. His life was modelled after that
of Achilles.
-Byron's mother was an i1l-tem-
pered, passionate woman, very indis-
Greet in her language. She called him
"a crippled brat" Her influence on
him was as permanent as it was bad.
Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson is liv-
ing in house on Russian hill, San
Francisco, with Mrs. Virgil Williams,
widow of the artist who was one OF
Stevenson's intimates. To Mr.. and
Mrs. Williams the novelist dedicated
THE Silverado Squatters.
1t is said that the words, Reserve
the cots for the two most uninteresting
babies" always accompany the check
which Miss Gould sends each year for
the support of two beds in the babies
shelter connected with the Church OF
the Holy Communion, New York city.
Ole Olson came to East Lynne, Ia,
from Sweden seven years ago and
bought farm of 22O acres on time. A
few days ago he sold at an advance OF
S25 an acre. This, with what he ruad(
on the crops, gives him about SIS, 900,
and he and his family are going bach
to Sweden to live in luxury.
Capt Francis Martin, of Detroit:
who has just passed his ninety-ifth
birthday, was present at the burial Of
Gen. Bonaparte in 1921. Martin was
trader and the ship stopped at the isle
of St. Helena. The ex-emperor OF
France had just passed away, and
Martin was one of the little group that
witnessed the interment.
An international list of anatomical
terms, ''Nomina Anatomical" has just
been completed in Germany under the
direction of Prof. Kolilzer, of Wurz,
burg. The editor is W. Krause. 1t is
intended TO secure uniformity in the
use of terms throughout the world.
and for this purpose will be revised by
q standing committee of the Anatom
zeal society, to which proposed changes
in names and new terms must be sub
mitted.
-Rubinstein's Christ has been per.
formed as a religious play" on the
state of the Bremen stadt theater. II
is divided into seven scenes with a pro
logue and an epilogue. The prologue
represents the birth of Christ, with the
shepherds and the procession of the
three kings. The scenes selected are
the temptation in the wilderness, the
baptism in Jordan, the sermon on the
mount, followed by the miracle Of the
loaves and fishes, the repentance OF
Mary Magdalen, and the raising from
the dead of the widows son, the puri-
fcation of the temple, the last supper,
Christ before PLATE, and the crucifx.
ion. The epilogue is the victory
of Christianity. Raimund Won Yur-
muttlen took the part of Christ. Care
was taken to carry out all the com.
poser's ideas with regard to the repre-
sentation. It was artistically success
full and was received in a reverent
spirit by the audience.
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offspring should have made you re.
member the circumstances"
''Y-e-s-um! Yes, / do remember that
he had the humps, or what you called
the mumps. I suppose he has also had
the chicken-pox?"
Certainly he has?'
''And the whooping cough?''
eyes, when he was only eight months
DID,
MRS. Bowser, when / looked into
that boys face this morning I was
shocked. I tell you his system is all
out of gear, and he needs something to
brace him up. AS near as can make
out from this book he has some all
ment of his liver, and propose
you propose to give him some OF
your dope!" she finished as he hest.
tated.
MY dope! You said dope, didn't
you! What do you mean by dope!"
81 mean the barrel of stuff you have
bought and taken dose or two of and
then put away. If anything is WRONG
with that child we'll call in a DOCTOR
''Mrs. Bowser, if that child haf
| worms-if the seal of death has already
been stamped"
''But he has no wormsp she inter
rupted. IF anything ais the child he
is too healthy If you want to take
four hundred different sorts of sarsa
parillas, invigorators, tonics, cures and
all that have no objections, but fol-
mercy's sake don't get fad about ou1
childr'
Fad! Fad!" he echoed. ''Then it's
a fad, is it, to discover the symphonic
of deadly disease and apply remedy
in time AS the loving father of thai
child it is not only my duty but my
privilege to look him over and guard
him. That hectic flush on his face
this evening did not escape my notice.
For all you know he may be coming
down with scarlet fever.
''That hectic flush was caused by hill
playing circus and standing on his
head" replied Mrs. Bowser. "He gets
ten hours sleep every night, eats like
a man, and never even has sore
throat"
Have you heard him moan out i'll
his sleep, Mrs. Bowser-moan and
groan and sigh and sob? Perhaps not,
but have, and this book says those
are the premonitory symptoms OF
spinal meningitis. Before the clock
strikes midnight we may be childless!'
''And before the clock strikes ten I'll
throw that book into the stove!' she
holly replied. THE idea of an old
maid writing a book to tell mothers
how to bring up children! And the
idea of your paying two or three
dollars for such nonsenser'
''Am [ in my own house, or am
notP shouted Mr.. Bowser as he rose
up and glared at her.
Eyes, of course" she answered.
"And am l the father of that child"
"Of course
''Then l am going to see him and de.
termine for myself whether he will
live the night out or die before another
sun rises! If you wish to accompany
me to his"
But just then young Bowser, who
had been awakened by his fathers
loud talk, came downstairs in his
nightdress, and he presented such
picture of good health that Mr.. Bowser
sat down with the feeling that he had
lost his case. It wasn't until Mrs.
Bowser was leading the boy back to
bed that the father found words to say:
Death may not have actually placed
it's mark upon his brow, but il
can't be far off. I'll look him over in
the morning"
'tAnd the lawyers the a1imony-
custody of the child, and so fortn?"
she Queried, as she paused on the stairs,
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She would Look 1t IN.

"Ah, my darling wife, said George
the week after his marriage, ''if your
husband were to die what would you
do?"
II don't know, I'm sure, George"
said the wife, refectively; Il never
thought of that. l must look into my
Book of Etiquette and read the rules
for young widows. Chicago News.
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A Financial Creed Mike said
Flooding Pete, who had been reading
from a newspaper, what kind o:
money do you like best?" And Mean,
dering Mike, as he rolled over fan
enough to break off a daisy that ticlxled
his ear, murmured: ANY kind
Washington Star.
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Have you finished your story. Mr..
SERGEANT Byles?" asked Mr.. Barnes
Peacock. @. c., somewhat supercilious.
ly. as the serjeant sat down in the
court, after an elaborate speech to the
judges. II have" was the quiet reply,
given with the quiet smile for which
the serieant was noted; land now, Mr.
Peacock, you can unfold your tale
Household Words.
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CAME DOWNSTAIRS In Els N1GHTDREs

O01AA DOWNSAa41sS IN H1S NAO1AO4sHSr'
He glared and glared, but made nc
reply, and when she was out of sight
he opened the window, threw the book
at cat on the fence, and then sat
down and whispered to himself:
That's another close call for me,
and if don't put my foot right down
I'll be turned right out of my own
house inside of a monthl''-Detroit
Free Press.
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Matrimonial Item.

ST understand young Briefess is
about to marry the daughter OF old
Bonds, the millionaire
Yes, so / am told. He will give uE
the law business and go into the SON.
in-law business Texas Siftings.
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Quick at a Pun.

Lady Morgan, the Irish novelist, was
good at pun. Some one spoke of the
laxity of certain bishop in regard to
Lenten fasting and concluded: Il be-
lieve he would eat a horse on Ash
Wednesday,"
"And a very proper diet" said her
ladyship, ''if it were fast horse."-
Wit of Women.
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Unnecessary DETERMINATIONS.

Doctor should prescribe for you q
walk before breakfast
Mr.. Popleigh-Good heavens, doetori
That's what's the matter with me now.
have to take too many walks before
breakfast.-Puck.
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-''Great fun in bowling along on
bicycle, isn't there?'' THAT is just
where you are wrong. Bowling is
barred. You have to Ee plumb sober
to manage one Of 'em."-Indianapoli
Journal
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Ohio ranks high among the manu-,
featuring states, having 331, 54S mill
and factory hands, who produce every
year 9s41, 6ss, O64 worth Of gooda
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will be down with mumps before sun
rise tomorrow. 1t says that the pre-
: monitory symp-"
''How many times do children have
: the mumps?" quietly asked Mrs.
Bowser.
''H-how many times? Why do you
ask?'
Because he had 'em six months
~aago! Your natural anxiety about your