The herald., 1912-04-25
Particular.

The tired looking man dropped neav-
fly into a chair. 1--WE been standing on
my feet all day." be remarked. in ex'
PLANTATION Of his fatigue.
at is WELL" murmured his sister.
who is teacher, that you specified
how you were standing Otherwise !
might have thought you were standing
on some other persons feet or on your
head."-New York Press.
The Mississippi River.
John L. Mathews in his THE Con
servation Of Water" says that 100000
men standing on the banks Of the Mis-
sissippi with shovels and an unlimited
supply Of rich earth at hand and toll
ing twelve hours every day 800 days
In the year could not throw into the
Mississippi as much soil as the river
annually carries into the gulf Of Mex
leo.
A Warm Ad.
1t must have been a corking hot day
that prompted the following ad. which
appeared In the New York Tribune on
Aug. 7, 1861:
Hot, Hotter, Hottest-The dog star
RACES. The sun pours a food Of burn
ing rays. Music pours its melting
strains, and the people. sweating at
every pore. are pouring into Nos. 4
and Burling slip to purchase ice
pitchers of Lucius Hart"
Smart Youths.
A young man walked up to a clerk
In cigar store.
Say" he said. there's a sign over
there. Cigars, Cents Apiece Which
end is the piece cut from. and how big
a piece do you get for your nickel?"
Before the clerk could answer an
other young man walked In.
"If those cigars are cents apiece"
he ventured. how much does a whole
one costT-Judge.
Bees at Work.
Bees work adyantageously within
radius Of three miles Of the hive, but
they will go eight miles to get honey
from a field of buckwheat They are
very partial to the buckwheat bloom.
Bees have a most deiicately developed
scent When a bee leaves its hive 1t
rises In the air and scents honey bear
ing flowers in the wind and follows
the scent to the flowers.
A Stern Father.
duel with n gigantic Gaul, Mettius Ge-
minus, in the war of 361 B. G. and
slew the latter. Torquatus had been
challenged and engaged in the contest
contrary to an order issued by his IA
Their, the Roman commander, forbid
ding single encounters with the en-
envy. For violating this mandate the
parent had his son beheaded.
Well Mated.
Thus the inquisitive boarder:
What has become of the old fash.
Toned woman who used to call a wed
ding reception an infareY'
Response by the white haired board.
er:
81 think she married the old fash.
Toned man who used to crack his
knuckles regularly twice q day."-Chi
cago Tribune.
Watched.
"No, Herbert" whispered the maid;
you mustn't put your arm around me.
We are watched"
Herbert looked around the dimly
lighted parlor.
''Oh. yes" he smiled; II see there's a
rubber plant at the other end of the
room"
"'Sh! There's another one that you
don't see. Johnny's hiding there
Chicago Tribune.
A Monastery Fortress.
The most strongly fortified monas-
terry In the world is at Solovetsk. III
Archangel. Russia. This monastery |
is inclosed on every side by wall Of |
granite powders and is nearly a mile |
In circumference. The monastery it. |
self is very strongly fortified. being
by round and square towers
about. thirty feet high. with walls
twenty feet thick.
Great Gamblers.
In Europe and the new world the
most inveterate gamblers are the Span.
Iards and their descendants. Among
African tribes the Haussas run the
Chinese very close. and there are some
Kanaka tribes in the south seas who
push the hazard of gambling beyond
the grave and stake their very bones
On last throw of the cowrie shells,
which they use as dice
Graceful Correction.
Our literary contributor" says the
editor Of the Spiketown Blizzard, lis
licking because we printed it Throne
II Candor' last week when he wrote il
Thane of Cawdor. If he wants to use
OBSCURE language like that he's got to
write 1t plain enough so anybody can
'ead the words without having to
yuess at them. We done the best we
'ould with it."-Chicago Tribune.
Baseball.
Baseball was founded on the old
English game Of ''rounders." but bears
hardly any resemblance to it in its
present form The first repuIar haso |