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THE CABINET LEAK.

Daniel Webster Was Not Long In Dis.
covering It's Source.
Once years ago. when Daniel Web.
ster was secretary Of state. there was
an important foreign matter up for dis
cussion before tha cabinet, and the ut.
most secrecy was Of course maintain
ed. but the whole thing was blaZoned
about In few hours after the cabinet
meeting. So the president hastily sent
for his cabinet to talk over this leak.
Each man hud different idea Of 1t.
Finally Mr.. Webster arose. saying.
You. gentlemen, 60 on with your dis
cussion. and III be back IN a minute"
In a few minutes he returned and re-
peated every word that had been spO-
ken In the room In his absence. He
explained that If by standing close to
the door outside the cabinet room you
held your ear to 1t you could not dis.
tinguish one intelliSible word. but II
moving back from the door and q little
to one side upon certain spot In the
carpet you kept an attentive ear ev-
cry word could be plainly heard as
though whispered. Some enterprislng
eayesdropper had been experimenting
with the door and had found that
upon that exact spot there was some
acoustic property Of the door or room
that conveyed the sound In perfect en-
tirety.
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Things Essential In tho Dairy.

SooCUttoI WV "0"
There are three things that are ahsO-
,utply essential TO success In dairying-
milk scale. n Balrock tester aud a
centrifugal separator. Where dairying
Is made n business these things are
very generally used. but In the small
dairy of five or six cows kept as All ad-
iunct In mixed farming they are too
nften wanting Statistics show that
;hp average amount of butter produced
per COW In the Unlted States does not
exceed l5U pounds per annum. Where
pains are taken to know the capacity
Of every COW In the herd, ~ In a we'll
equipped dairy plant. such a cow soon
meets the knife. and II follows that
were the cows Of the y.nall herds con-
sidered by themselves ,he average
would be lamentably lo,,, so this ques.
tion addresses itself particu' arly TO the
owner Of few cows.
While milk may he measured, II Is
so nconvenier' that II IN rarely done.
A scale enables one to quickly ascer-
tain the quantity. No that every milk
Ing can be recorded II desired. aud 1t
pays to do IT, There IL no other way
to find a cows butter capacity than
with BabcOck tester. except to churn
her product separately. which Ia too
much Of task to be attempted.
When the productiveness Of the cow
IL known the older processes of gath
ering the cream. as pans and surface
skimming, dilutlon separators and the
like, are WI ~.
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MS BUMPS.
The Explain alton Given by the Book on
Phrsnoio0y.

The Explain alton Given by the Book on
Phrsnoiosy.
They were newly married and were
calling upon enc of the friends of the
bride who had been particularly pleas
ant upon the occasion Of their we'd
ding. The bridegroom. apropos Of
nothing. began to talk about phrenolO-
w and told how his wife had discov.
cred two very prominent bumps OH the
back Of his head He was proud Of
them. So was she. aud she passed him
around that the host and hostess might
feel the bumps and know of their ex-
istence. hen she eAplained:
MY book ON phreno' ~ says that
they mean good memory and generOs-
ity."
1t was evident that she was proud
of the facts. and so was be. But the
host. being Of an inquiring turn Of
mind, wished to satisfy himself. SO he
got down chronological work from
one Of his library shelves and after
much labor found the bumps on the
chart. Turning to the notes. he read.
seriously ut first, then unsteadily. The
bride became suspicious. but she was
, game and said:
"Read II out loud. Please do" And
the host read:
''These bumps are most frequently
found on cats and monkeys"
Other topics consumed the remain
de-. Of the visit. which was BRIEF
New York Sun.
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RAVENOUS EATERS.
Giuttony Of SoIiman and the Appetite
Of Louis XIV.

0Iuttony Of Soiiman and the Appetite
Of Louis XIV.
Touching the matter Of eating. the
stories told by the old chroniclers and
historians Of the abnormal appetites Of
certain Roman and oriental men Of
note fairly stagger belief.
Gibbon tells Of Soliman. a caliph in
the eighth century. who died Of acute
Indigestion In his camp near Chalcis,
In Syria. just as he was about to lead
an army Of Arabs against Constantine
pie. He had emptied two baskets Of
eggs and fgs. which he swallowed
alternately. and-the repast was finish
ed with marrow and sugar. In a pill.
grimage to Mecca the same caliph had
eaten with impunity at single meal
seventy pOmegranates, kid. six fowls
and huge quantity Of the grapes Of
Tayef
Such a statement would defy belief
were not others Of q similar character
we'll avOuched. Louis XIV. could hard
ly boast Of an appetite as ravenous as
Solman's, but he would eat at sit
ting four platefuls Of different soups. a
whole pheasant. Il partridge. a plate
full Of salad mutton hashed with gar.
lie, two good sized slices Of ham. a
dish Of pastry and finish this ample
repast with fruit and sweetmeats.-
London Saturday Review.
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Wild Zebras.

The zebra when wild is ferocious
animal. and an unwary hunter Is like
ly to suffer from its teeth and hoofs.
The author Of "Kloof and karroo"
says that BOer In Cape Colony had
once forced zebr,> to the brink Of
precipice. when the desperate creature
turned upon him. attacked him with
its teeth and actually tore one Of his
feet from the leg. Another author
writes Of a soldier who mounted a
half domesticated zebra. The creature.
after making the most furious at
tempts to get rid Of Its rider, plunged
over q steep bank into the river and
threw the soldier as 1t emerged. While
the man lay half stunned upon the
ground the zebra quietly walked up to
him and hit off one of his ears
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Penetration of liqht,

Experiments show that light can he
seen through IL clean cut opening Of
not more than one forty y-thOusandth Vt
an inch. This fact was determined by
taking two thoroughly clean straight
edges and placing Il piece OF paper be-.
tween the surfaces at one end. the op.
poslte end being allowed to come to-
gether. The straight edges being placed
between the eye AMI strong light in Il
dark room. a wedge OF light was per.
ceived froia the ends between which
the paper was placed and the opposite.
which were brought together. The
thickness OF the paper being known.
the distance apart Of the two edges OF
the small end Of the wedge OF light
was easily calculated.
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WASHED AWAY HIS HOME.
The Fortune That Came to a Man and
His Clever Wife.

His Clever Wife.
An Irishman named Whalen found
q fortune In very amusing way,
says the Cape Town Argus. With the
savings Of his wife he bought not far
from Ballarat u few acres Of ground
containing a water pool and sluggish
spring. With the mud and gravel from
the bottom Of the pool he made sun
dried bricks and, building cabin for
himself and family. started a bar for
the miners.
Quite contrary to their usual habits.
a colony Of Cinnamon living near by
commenced to visit his bar every
night. Then Mrs. Whalen discovered
that some one had bit by bit carried
off the mud pigstye and Its surround
ing wall so gradually that 1t had al
most gone before she noticed 1t. Soon
the chimney and the cabin walls also
began to vanish. After a careful
watch Mrs. Whalen discovered that
while one band of Cinnamon kept her
husband busy In the bar another band
was stealing the chimneys and walls.
Whalcn knew the Cinnamon were no
fools, and, acting on his wife's sugges-
tion, he also "stole pan Of dirt" from
his own chimney and washed 1t out.
Then he ordered tents for his family
to live in and washed away the entire
house. 1t was literally built Of gold
dust. After that the pool and the
spring were also attacked. and the re-
suit was a big fortune for the lucky
Irishman and his cute little wife.
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STANLEY As 4 FIGHTER.
His Revenge on the Africans For At.
tscking His Forces.

tscking His Forces.
In the following language Sir Henry
NJ. Stanley describes al attack of ma
tives upon his party during ore OF his
African expeditions: sS'The ,rNiathan
bears down on US with racing speed,
it's consorts on either hank slrting
the water into foam and shooHIig up
Jets with their sharp prows. A thrill.
ing chant from 1000 throats rises
louder and louder on our hearing.
Presently the poised spears are
launched. and a second later my rides
respond with u ripping. cracking ex-
plosion. and the dark bodies Of the ca.
noes and paddlers rush past us.
"For short time the savages arc
paralyzed. but they soon recover They
find there Is death in those flaming
tubes In the hands Of the strangers.
and with possibly greater energy than
they advanced they retreat. the pur-
sued becoming the pursuers in hot
chase. My blood is up. 1t is mur.
derous world. and have begun to
hate the filthy, vulturous shoals who
inhabit 1t.
~ pursue them upstream, up to their
villages. l skirmish In their streets.
drive them pellmell into the woods be-
yond and level their ivory temples.
With frantic haste fire their huts
and end the scene by towing their ca.
noes into midstream and setting them
adrift."
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Ancient Doctors of Tibet.

The physicians Of Tibet 1.5O0 years
ago employed the same means OF dag
nosing the condition of sick person
as the physicians of the present day
they felt the patien 8 pulse looked
at his tongue, etc. Among the rene
dies" which they recommended were
not only vegetarian diet. baths, com.
presses. but also INA ssage and cupping.
What Is more remarkable is that ply
sicians who did not keep their instru-
ments quite clean were severely pun.
ished. The ancient Tibetans were In
this respect extremely modern. The
old Tibetan medicine book prescribes
that healthy persons should "lead an
orderly. sensible manner Of life."-
Chicago Record Herald.
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Mood Too Hard to Burn.

There are certain kinds Of wood that
are too hard to burn or refuse to ignite
for some other reason, such as iron
wood and the good brier root. but 1t Is
curiosity to come across piece OF
common deal-the soft. light wood OF
which 80 many boxes are made-that
cannot be set fire to. The piece Of
wood in question was common white
deal from Sweden. but was remarka-
bic for its comparative weight. 1t had
formed part of boat belonging to
whaler and had been dragged below
the surface Of the water to the depth
OF more than half mile by har
pooned whale. The length Of line and
the short distance from the point or
descent after being struck at which
the whale rose to the surface was
Iroof Of the depth to which 1t had
dragged the boat. Only part of the
boat came up again at the end Of the
line, and it was taken on board when
the whale had been killed. That piece
OF wood was SO hard that it would not
burn in gas jet The weight OF wa
ter had compressed it.-London Stand
arI
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How Feed Affects Butter.

The buttermaker or the creamery
man bases his values entirely upon
the amount Of butter that may be
made from a given amount Of milk
and the quality Of the cream. He de-
mands that only certain classes Of
feed shall be used. because one class
will have a tendency to make the but
ter too soft. another to make 1t too
hard or still another to contribute un-
desirable favors. Discrimination must
be made in the matter of feeds. result
ing in an increased cost. The manu-
facturers of condensed milk also have
an ideal. largely derived from arbi
trary considerations. and will pur-
chase milk produced only from certain
groups of feed. thus making the cost
to the maker much greater.
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THEIR FATHERS.
All Three Were Trimmers, but One
Was q Star.

All Three Were Trimmers, but One
Was q Star.
The story, long since familiar. Of the
little boy whose boast that his father
had put q cupola on his house was
capped by his playmate, who remark
ed proudly that his father had just
put mortgage on theirs, Is brought
to mind by an occurrence which was
told the other day by prominent poll
tician.
The small son Of man who was IN
politics for revenue only on moving
into new district went out and
struck up an acquaintance with two
other kids of the same age who lived
in the neighborhood. They were in
terested in the newcomer and began
to try him out as to what his parents
amounted to anyhow.
my father is window trimmer and
an awfully big man." said the first
kid.
"Ah, that's nothin'." said the second.
"My fathers dump trimmer. and
he's twice as big as yours"
1t was plainly up to the stranger to
make good. And he did 1t with much
gusto.
MY father is a politician" he said,
but l heard a man tell him last night
that he was the biggest trimmer In
this ward"
And it was apparent to any one that
the new kid had made strong Inn
preston upon the Observation-Disclosures
York Herald
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They Were "Over."

He was regular patron Of the res
taurant. Perhaps that is why he felt
justified in making clever remarks to
the mattresses. remarks which they
were puzzled to know how to answer.
One day. however. the smallest and
timidest girl happened to be serving
this irritating customer. and 1t fell to
her to answer him in kind.
"I'll have some steak" he said. COM
ing In late for dinner, "and some
squash, and some Got some baked
potatoes. fine, brown baked potatoes"
Baked potatoes are all over" said
the girl.
He leaned back In his chair and
gazed at her quizzically.
Baked potatoes all over, are they?"
he replied. "All over what?"
with" she replied simply.-Youth's
Companion.
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Ajaric the Goth,

Alaric, the first of the barbarian
kings who entered and sacked the Eter.
nal City and the first enemy who had
appeared before its walls since the
time Of Hannibal, Is said to have re-
ceived as the price of his departure
from the city during the first siege. in
A. d. 4Os) 5000 pounds weight Of gold,
5000 pounds weight of silver, 5000
silken robes, 5000 pieces Of scarlet
cloth and 1000 pounds of pepper. In
order to furnish portion Of the ran
som 1t became necessary to melt down
some Of the statues Of the ancient gods
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Calf Notes.

The calf must be fed right II yon
want to get the most out Of 1t when
grown up.
Teach the calf to drink its milk from
the first day. II can never learn this
art so easily afterward.
Whole milk may he fed to the calf
until its mothers milk is tit to save
After that skimmilk. fresh and warm
from the separator. Is all right.
1t will not pay to feed calf whole
milk six or eight weeks and then sell
II for veal. That costs more than 1t
comes TO.
Till the calf ia one week old 1t
should be fed from three to five times
n day. With it's mother 1t would NAT
urally feed little at a time and often.
Never feed cold milk to calf. That
will chill its stomach and iniure the
digestion. causing serious trouble. from
which II IL hard to recover.
The calf shculd have grass or hay
to nibble at when three or four weeks
old. Thus It's hunger can be appeased
and its feed given less often.
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An Arctic Bill Of Fare.

The Eskimos at home in their ma.
tive frozen wilds do not believe IN
cooking. Their meat. be It seal. fish,
venison. trout. salmon. whale blubber
or Goldfish. they devour in It's natural
raw state and with the same gustO
with which the average small boy
tackles watermelon.
As for bread and vegetables. they
have none OF them. They set their
seal oil lamps Cnirg. suspend soup
stone dish filled with snow over 1t.
and with the water thus obtained they
mix an equal quantity Of molasses
procured from the Hudson Bay COM
pany. That they drink and are happy.
That Is the sum total Of an arctic cul.
sine West minister Gazette.
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A Sliuht Mistake,

An engagement between a handsome
young Philadelphia woman and al I'M
pecunious young man about town was
suspended several weeks recently be-
cause Of a slight mistake by boy in
the florist shop where the young man
was In the habit Of buying blooms for
his prospective bride. Being IN a hur-
ry one morning. the young man hasti-
ly pencilcd two cards to the florist.
One was brief compliment to his
sweetheart to go with the flowers. and
the other was directed to the florist.
1t read, "Do the best you can for -
cents"
The mistake occurred when this card
was attached to the flowers.
phia Tunes.
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w, F. & G. Ry Schedule.

Schedule in effect Sunday. Sept 26,
1909. This schedule is for the informa-
tion of the public, but is not guaranteed.
Leave Thurmont for Frederick and way
stations, week days, 6.i5 and s. 10 a. M,
@ 45 and 6.25 p. m.
Saturdays only 7 80 p. m.
Leave Frederick for Thurmont. week
days, 7.05 and 9.05 a. M. 90 and 4 Is
p. m.
Saturdays only 9.l5 p. m.
Sunday Schedule.
Leave Frederick $50 a. m, arrive at
rhurmont 9.25 a. m.
Leave Thurmont 100 a. M, arrive at
Frederick 7.55 a. m.
Leave Frederick ESQ p. m, arrive at
'rhurmont 3 As p. m.
Leave Thurmont l.30 .. M, arrive at
Frederick 2,25 p. m,
Leave Frederick 73O p. m. arrive at
Thurmont 825 p. m.
Leave Thurmont 6.25 D. M, arrive at
Frederick 7.20 p. m.
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A considerata Composer.

It Is not always the great conductor
that shines as composer. though ia
fortunately he often labors under sthe
delusion that such Is the case. On one
occasion Hans Richter was present at
a concert given by brother composer
at which the latter performed long
and not particularly interesting work
Of his own. When the composition
came to an end Richter expressed his
criticism In very few words. WELL,
he said. II, too. haf written compost
tions to make pile 80 high raising
his hand three feet from the ground,
"but haf burned them!'
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Goino From Dan.

Mark Twain's best friend In his Ne
vada days was another young journal
ist called Dan. de Quille. One day
Mark and he had been for a walk from
Gold Hill down to Virginia City. All
of sudden Mark said, "S'lOng," with
wave Of his hand and started to
leave his friend.
Where We goin'. Sam?" asked Dan.
"Waal," replied Mark In his famous
drawl. II guess I'll take a run down
to Beersheba. That's the correct place
to 60 when you leave, Dan."-Cleve'
land Leader.
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TAKING CARE
OF DAIRY cows

Caring for the dairy cows during the
winter months requires the strict at
tention of the dairyma for the best
results. A practical dairyman who has
made a study Of this subject gives his
views as follows:
This season of the year is the crucial
test of good dairying Any one OBJ
serving the markets for dairy products
at this time knows well enough that
prices advance by reason Of shrinkage.
With most farmers It IN very easy
matter to get biz tiow Of milk when
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an extra wadding; then when the horse
approaches with evil intent t1re the
wadding directly IN his face. taking
care, Of course. to MISS the eye This
will bring him to time sure. Then
hitch him up and make him work
every day of bis life. There is no use
trying to beat really vicious stations
into submission. That usually only
makes them uglier. and they will ever.
lastlngly watch for an opportunity to
get the handler foul. The blank shot
In the face cows them for good and
all. and it probably will do no harm to
repeat the dose. which IL to say that
a second blank may protitably be fired
on the other side Of the face few
seconds after the first That will put
the fear Of sudden death In the horses
heart. and az he did not see II coming
he will he forever after afraid that 1t
Is coming.
Work IL thereafter the great panacea.
ldlenpss promotes viciousnpss In all
stations. 1t induces disease and dele
terious habits. Even II this horse Is
speedy chap It will not hurt him to do
light labor all winter. If he Is not
used for track purposes. then he should
be made to work In the harness just
like any other horse on the farm.
Naturally 1t fakes nerve precision aud
good Judgment to apply this course ut
treatment. hut 1t Is 80 absolutely eff
cacious tina, it Is worth taking the ut
most pains with. Most stations love
fights. but all are deathly afraid of the
Hash. the sting and the noise Of a
blank shot. so much 80 indeed that
hey will always be- watching for a
similar application. 1t Is the best pos
sible lesson mean horse can have.
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Nicely Graded.

II is still tradition that the people
Of Manchester. England. should gibe
at Liverpool with the pr,verb, "A
Manchester man. Liverpool gentle
man." but. 1t is said. classification is
not SO strongly marked in Lancashire
as in the old days. When stagecoach-
es were running guard was once ask
ed, "Who has tha' getten inside.
BillyT Billy consulted his list and
replied. "a gentlemon fra Liverpool.
a mon fra Manchester, chap fra
Owdham and a fellow fra Wigan."
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THE PLANET VENUS.
Night Eternal R.iens Over One
Of her G ODE.


Of tier G ODE.
To have the same hemisphere ex.
posed everlaS.ing!y to sunlight while
the other Ii III perpetuity turned away
must cause Il state of things of which
we can form but faint conception from
what we know Oh earth. Baked for
aeons without letup and still baking,
the sunward face must If unshelded
lie Tophet SURPRISING our powers ad'
equa ,ely to portray. And unshielded II
must be. as we shall presently sec.
Reversely the other must be hyper
borran eXpnse to which our polar re.
giOns are temperate abOdes, for upon
one whole hemisphere of Venus the
sun never shines, never so much as
peeps above the star studded horizon.
Night eternal reisns over half Of her
globe. The thought would appall the
most intrepid of our arctic explorers
and prevent ut least everybody from
going to the pole, or. rather. what
here replaces 1t. through the dark
continent" 1t eXemplifies the even
tual effects of a force In astronomical
mechanics the Importance of which Is
only beginning to be appreciated. tidal
friction. 1t has brought Venus as a
world to the deathly pass we have con-
templated together. Starting merely
as brake upon her rotation. it has
ended by destroying all those physical
conditions which enable our own
world to be what It Is. Night and day,
summer and winter. heat and cold. are
vital vicissitudes unknown now upon
our sister orb. There nothing changes
while the centuries pass. An eternity
Of deadly deathlessness Is Venus stat.
uesque lot.-Dr. Percival Lowell In
Popular Science.
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Good For Evil.

"I trust you try to return good Tor
evil" said the high minded man.
"I not only try" said Mr.. Sirius
Barker, "but succeed. Bliggins gave
me one Of his cigars yesterday. and |
gave him one Of mine this morning."
Washington Star.
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THE VICIOUS STALLION.
Best Method Of Breaking Il Of lts
Maan 1raits

Best Method Of Breaking Il Of lts
Mean Traits.
A prominent breeder gives the fol-
lowing Information regarding the han
ding Of the vicious stalliOIfS He says
that much depends upon the man who
takes care vt the horse. Many leave
him to the care Of any one. aud he IL
fooled with until he becomes incor-
rightly mean.
In that state 4 stallion Is not worth
as the horse In concerned. though real
" very simple. Take R,n'd revolver
not less than ~ caliber. abstract the
bullets from the cartridges and supply
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ANONYMOUS.

"Now, Johnny" said the teacher of
the juvenile class to pupil. "anony-
nous means without a name. Can you
give me an examples"
'Yes. ma'am," answered Johnny.
"The baby that arrived at our house
yesterday Is anonymous Exchange.
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ChivaIrous Johnnie.

"What's the matter. dear?'
IT have just had fight with john
ME over dividin' the candy you gave
u.s."
"Was there no one to take your
part?
"Yesm; Johnnie took it."-Houston
Post
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A Cruel Stab,

Katie--What lovely ring. Matte
Isn't It? This ring was given me on
my twenty-frst birthday. Katie-Real-
ly? Why, how well preserved it Isl!
It's hardly a bit worn! - Cleveland
Leader.
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No Difference.

Jinks- Which women have the worst
tempers, blonds or brunettes? Binks-
My wife has been both, and | could
not see any difference.-New York
Times.