T" "
' Ever vi.;ii a Ciinill.v whoro they have |
cupcrstltions?" askeil the sunn, good- I
uutured member of the group, who i
looked as if he believed in Uv.n
about as much a week-old infant
believes In the molecular theory.
Nobody could recall any such :ulvcnture.
"You want to try it. thou," h<> continued,
grinning (o himself ;it the
I IIUVI^JH. It * II1UI (* (#1 ?l IlfJIirH} ( 11 a 1 11
vhon your wife's gone* to tho country
and more exciting than tho la^i iwotblrdB
of a picture puzzle.
"I wont up Hurrillvillo way a
v.'hilo ago to visit old friend of
mine over Sunday. ;ind dropped plunk
into a pia<e where if mad* all thr difforonce
in the world whether you put
on your right or your left shoo first,
and where if wn < a nuar-t rasedy if
you afiw tin* TM w m?i > i orer the
wrong biiouldev
'It Will! mv fri " '! li'n-xl'e vvif? llirl
]?nd the boodle, jr.! hiil me razr.le-dav.y.led
fro::i >h? ;"ji-a\\uy. By j
the tim<- I'd ! ?? (h ?r<? two hours 1
dldu't hiirdly darr wtlr iti my tracks
lt fear !'i! slump inio whole bliuehes
of bad luck.
' I'd never won her bal'ore, though
If rod's been married thro*; or four
years, and after he'd been borinu me
to week-end with him most of that
time, 1 finally sj>ou oil up i 'v<s" and
trotted nlonj; <no S:tlnr !m> aft<rnoi>n.
' Prcd'H wife I'M call her Minulo,
b' oaUPf' 11 :i* * - in"- nnni?\ and sdi"
proved to 'n.' or;.' <> 1 ihi-so < luuniny
sorts thai first-natiio ' oi ir. ido : (n
iirst hour, as ! A as you'ri.' : fri<ind
of her huKhand's .hi- ' >n of th- so |
women that j;< ?ni to liavi a let <>l fun
roint'iuboring all th irood and bad
* *i v. rv risnn *11111 nn'-mru,
die] t'nfitenins 'fin lo "ver\I liiiiR that;
happens from mnniii' : io nlKht. Honrs:
!y, I didn't Itnow wore so
many eomr'or. or garden varieties of
superstition left floatin;- around little
old llhotle Inland.
"Not that she took Vm t?ri uisly,
you understand or a I. least , she pic
KMulwd not to. Though nrivately I've
a notion that if it camp to sittint; thirteen
at tali)'', hack into a cornor t
ami cream for help, till somebody!
dropped out o: somebody else came, i
"She was one of those chic little'
sorb. awfully strong for hubby and I
1hc kids l>?it riuht iher;' with the i;lad
welcome till y<m felt as if you'd alv.ay
hi iomsed there, and it didn't
i'in to s' Mid to reason thai, she'
it uld really take the superstiiiioii
iff seriously. Still, you never <an
t 11 how much of that or I oi i n,n'
t vi ii a - nsihlo person w 1 winj?.
"It Ijiuan tho inirt .1 I jioppcul tip
lli< si p? and |'ii lis ii-" l)c!l. She ani<>>
rf-cl it lit'r.-olf, and stilfk out h 1
1. .1(1 tn WolcMIIll 111', 1\ !:; IW i ! I!; who I
.. 1 . of course. A' '! as ! \v; ; st>'
1 i .-r i:i I stinnb'.ed iV'T the rim
v> ill / was I i ,'hcr 1 < .
tvW? landod full I ii-'j ", 011 t h
' 'Oh. Rood '' 'ill 10. '11 w : i
V* lit f/Ant \i n't > ' *
! t
ii 1> and feeling lik :i I. 'Hii' ii ?? docs
llial holii'f
" 'Why, liroau ii.if , >\
awfully -lad 1 < > < yon. II it l:.id
1 >00li 11)'' l< i t'oi 'iii . would !
meant in Hi oilu'i ihi' . . and Mia1
would ha\ been terrible, wouldn't
it?'
"1 i i i )>]|| one tfllni!- .f 1: < :: . ,
.'die f 1:isJ)< c 1 me and derided on i :e
ftnnl. Ilia! il wonlil liavri !>< >i . <
11y :iinl a hall if I'd doiw u ' Ym
clHO I ha II stumble. Ml lit:. a it v
villi I lie right foot.
"In falling, fhoiiuh, 1 dro >'"1 iny
umbrella half arro.-.-; tin1 iall. I
k! * (1 for it, bill sh< I' ' <i'i' ! . ( - .tin
1! >1 bp iwrlil mo n j> : lvul.
' ' I touch if..' ijlu- t il : : ! '
d ! rwaI'd 1 'mvu'II In.:]' ir. t
c1:. i it up a ml ha : ! d (
1 n ,??su? I ill I. I hav" o(. : <!
imi' f< d! 1i a! t hat. . o ii< c-:i :i. 1
tl i- ' in- av.ain hy < x; I iuiin1.
" | i.ci'i ><ni . ( '' Y(?n (> I
1 ye I.. .1 lurk an." . n : way lliaii Itv
I ll)> your uIn 1?r? i i
(! )) il . \'i vi'-r, l;i - VOi : 11 i l 1. .
i:iio'; . ? \\ m1 v i: n;i(<{> : in n.
:v? i i|( >', vi \ !. 1\' 1 ?|. ! illS-1
'>11 ( i; !
I, ,> I' m , t hii I. Ik ;i \v - \ t <11
;: i, i :ii li- i* , ?!'.{? ; !
i . u'c ' sil ><tk ' : :M! .
r 1. 1 ' II lOS' t ' i!
Y< !1 | : '0:i i?1 >' ' iv;
1 i-di'I < nrs 11'iiii
hi r ' . l :
l. .- II I ,>Vf >U
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; itn'i i > <" I.i i.
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ii i i whi'i ilir ; i fn, ?. ."51 .
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oil 1< I > ' <1 I
-i ' i son
I ? iia i !> < i! I' I
jioli? r> 'i ,| M'ji ! ,ir" <| > (i
Inn I. i M : I li i \ i
'
i: i : ; i i (1. 'I :,< t ?
1 ii!io Mnko a w: .1- wliiin: ;..)t
; i, in yont* i: mi. , I if i v i '!
you ran, l? m < i < ; t
r hnii' i.vli! ;i >. .> li i il "Vet \ '
" 'Wil li's n w' !/ 1 i do v ir!i I'm
bftliy ' I : . k i I l , .1 i i ! ()
hI. ' vi. ii i In 1 <I
i 1 >ai?y for ! (li t -. :u : . i it'll
?nine 11 ni dn .it
' Tc'ti vv . till' I (ook
h" kiii iJill M "I i. m
1 ooiili!. lit)(II r 1)' 111>u I. ui'l i' ;
ii'il r 1 >I - ! ', 1 li<> w;i illt'.v .i 1 way?
W i it rlid nil \\ i :i |{i I Ki I I
" 'i i< iivcii. I) 'n't 1> I i.im,'
Minnie. 'It jioiL > !< w if y?.
t.-ll.
"Til jus! ,'ix : oon i 11 . not.' I
nUHwered, 'because I've already n?>f i*
I wifllled I wouldn I drop tin- bflby
find I didn't. Ho I reckon I hat sJgn
j? nil to tli** t;ood.'
"She didn't coin to care for thn'
Thought I was making fun of her. f
KueaB. lint kIh passed it over, being
t
- ? ' "V ,
1 . ?.
ii mm i l
u umiiJJU. \p
gome busy quieting tlic? kid, and in a
minute or two it was crowing away ns
happy as over. I remarked that it
seamed to be a pi"ity good-natured
little devil, after all.
" 'Of course h< i aid it'.- mother.
* 11?? was born on Thar: <!ny.'
"1 asked what tlvat had to do with;
it. Minnie looked surprised again. |
the way slio always did whon uno of'
her rmpersutions was <iuestionr>d,
" 'Why, don't you know the old
sipn: "Wednesday's child is sour and
sad. Thursday'.'1 child is merry and
glad." Tootlutnn hero was ton weeks
old last Thursday. He'll always he
happy. Now Robbie here.' and with
that she introduced Robbie, three
years old. who had been hnuc.iiK*
around the eds;^r. was horn on Saturday,
and h^'s sot to work for a !
livim; Haven't you, Robbie'."
"1>ol>bi<\ beitif. a Rood kid. aprof d ,
with 'i moflvr. ^fier which he eonrented
to im!"- fi-iends ^ith me. We |
W( re h.HN HIT ? rrv.uh antl tnm'nl.i '
ui'ound 'lie fh>< i jnsld of a couple of j
minutes, hut ? lioii l j=tn: rd to :<tep j
ever liiin h;n mother '! > . running I
ia 11 mid dnwu;"d mo buck.
" 'Don't fir ft!" Kim called.
' I jiinipod hark and ask-d lvhal I'd
done that time. And then who explained
that, il I'd stopped iicros ; him
if would 1 ave si tinted his growth or
kotiio such thiiiiT. It m'i nu, mnroovor,
that if I d stepp'd neross our h>g and '
n> t! r other, tint log would always t
i i\r ho( ) shorter than t.lie other ono. !
J was: r.lad ! hadn't done it.
., > ...I M v > i:11f in:- i !)< i
baby tn (urn in, and tliero weren't
jiny nui]'" siens (ill supper time. Minnie
did her <>v, i work, and was busy
in the kitchen tor a while When she 1
came i: to tell us supper was ready !
she })!id a couple of smooches of Hour i
across her face. She'd l>oen making I
biscuits, 1 suppose. Fred called her'
attention to it, but instead of looking ,
shocked the \va> women usually do
when anything is wrmi? with '? in she
brisked up ripht away.
" 'is there?' she asked. eau'-:- .<.
if he'd told her a happ> v< n I. ''I'll.
means I'm jroiiifx to * '? t
t\'n,wl?l< n-loil it'll 1 . ?> . . M . -
. . ...mi li II II . i ... I I I ' , I W i I
it off on my kitclnui nj, <ir I'll
spoil tho fortuiv '
"I not through IJio upper without I
anything wor- ii : 11 : ; ?u I i 111 <
fcnit. which t )vi;i Hi j mini! |
to throw < ' 1' ' oniitor 1??'- j
fore? sin li ill a i i ?i> kp a k, and '
<1 I D],pill ; VC ill!
t !>(> I.-1111 ' 'ill . ; i w iiai I hat i
was a i hi
' 1!! s : ;' \ " < ? I o help j
I d " !; i an wori d.
and ' I >v , i'; ivi v . ti n o. Hut
i ?\ 1 illwayj : i". i*.t for wiping dishes
'it - . ;t , ; i v woina n \\ a hin
in.. Ho I i 'i ' out iii f> t ho
!i a \v : 'i i-v I . nppca ml
i i? in* i working ' :i . with coal
.i' I ; Ina proi: I : roili: ] my
m > k.
kWI.M * mi * 1
,. > . > i III \\ ii :-i n
<1 i. mi s iti mi iif . :in?l wliil<> '
: hi' was |int iinl; snuilj Hull iliiu Hi''
rot i.jorator i! hoi^ali to It II. Tho !
'lit . 11 j ho lu aid it i" < a I led I o j
Fi oil:
Tako it off. Iidii'I you ;
k: o\v it*j awt ill luck in liavo ji'otir j
dish wator Itoii? Ilvi ry babbh adds I
iiinro ; o ii.'
" I for <i!:i<i l ': i d. and t<>< k it
off
Mi tin if 11 ro|t|>c <i t h d i h oh i h ju i.
as iih<' was v.oliinj; ready to taoklo
i ho tlishos.
" Kino.* -lo : aid. 'That moan#
>11100110'. oouiiir,. I \vo..h-r wiio it.
is.'
W ::n\ ihn v.ith th< ?ii~!i .'
.\ : Ml It: i!) KI \ , 1(1 ] V fi < lit):' j i)
much liko wo ' <. a a!i<r w <1 iiliI,,..
1 1 r?. i I.1 .. I .. 1 .. ...
. , I .1 ...H , I .1 I III ,| I I I I 111 I 111 '
i <>! lie;- ami h? an to . vv > p up -?o:.n>
i!i In lis from ill' llfni'r. !: 11 Miniiii
:/.< i| I In l-i . Kill v. It . |i
' 1 )! >11 t Von llli . ' ' !< I XI ]:i i . Ifll.
d' n(|||, , 1,1 ,v i I , I. (I
I I'm yiiii I. . if ymi :;\mm |i
a ! k ? 1 ' :< .1 I ll?'
l>, " In nn,' nun i. " A i| v hli
Miilii) ". ' i mi ;i\\ t ill
i ' Ki ' Wi \, r i I i vo 1I;M1
? iii' < >ni'11 it' Mill'<! w ! tlto (
' *"(>>
il.irt
i ' i: I if 1
;';i r I,
which It i u ii Mi it i h;i!
\*"i? \\f?11! t : i" >i I
in! itii' s i ji .v! i
1 .k 1 i;<> ;iMo I i>.
V. .1 l l ( If. I. !
.(i ii sllonc'i
Vim'il l?i i
ip< 'I \ our 1
V Oil"' . 11
; !il> n ' ii,. I I 'ri-il oiil it 1 ;| ' .!
' < In- i;il;i '
- liljitf tlii?' 1 '?
u i ; ''i iiin ;iry juk! a' i|??? . !i
i ':> > !> (ir" l<? 'n.< hi V?
rsatioh v inn atfinfi, . . !
I tloill : . I: i ! f .ilk i MIX. \V in II h
i't( rriil't ?' - lie w:i. < \'
b.\ exohiimit
' oh, |(Kiv' i M?iriM '
I y rich.
a ml hti | i . '>!>!? jul >
< 11#v .-iiol ;iI 1 ir
(iI I h' lii < i
i hi' lonuei th<i I'iHx
in :i<l ! iir .i
w - \ .ilfhln '
i 1 I It ,11 I < <1 Wfiiiiil
toni' . . :tll I
It > :< I "|>I
' ' > i : uiliff'ii ,i .I'-cd l ho
:ii' ' <'. :II <1 111 ;i: ' 1
, : avc i I i ki.-s ih 'M proluiltiy
in. I his* In way if ho
iKI'l I) Ilrfi 'III) '
"I'i me aid I ' ii! whftt'p
lhat forr
" "M . . oil i hod ' ;plainod,
nd >< i.aow wlui ; ,i monna.
Sc.'o a i iitx? r, l<is> a ool or ho in
dansor." I didn't win in hoc a
'raiiRor or h<- in dall^i . > I thought
I <| take It
"And then lie dodged uid erojwd
, her lingers as I'Ted made a dive for
)
A \
tier, and took it out in laughing at
hiiu while ho threatened to sue for divorce
3f she culled him mimes any
more.
"Sho was quint for a while then
til! she caught Fred hugging his knee
as we watched i'or more sparks.
" 'Don't do it,' she told litin. 'Every
limn v..ii <1<? vim li.i.r 1.11 il.lo
for the future. Besides, it's awfully
bad manners.'
"Fred allowed he take chances on
the danger, and that it wasn't bad
manners, with nobody hut her and
me there, but she wouldn't have it,
so there was nothing for Fred to do
but straighten up. I began to think
I'd light shy of these superstitious
people. It looked like a good deal of
work to get along with them.
"When it came bed time, she aaid
she was sure I'd sleep well, because
the head of the bed was toward the
north, and that was u mire sign. I
went upstairs to bed. and dreamed of
stubbing my left heel with my right
too, and Rotting ninoty-nine years in
prison for it.
"Next morning Frc<l routed ms out
in time for breakfast, and wo jollied
each other more or less, laughing;
some. Hut that wan dead wrong.
"'Hotii of you boys will be crying
before supper,' she unid when we iat
down If) breakfast.
" 'Mow so,? 1 asked.
" Heenuse you were laughing before
breakfast. It's certain to work'
out Hint way. And yon,' alio added.)
turning to me, "are goitiR to have J
(lie worst luck of all. because you
whistled before breakfast. There
couldn't be anything worse than that.'
"Hobble, who was at the table with
Us t lii<; limn ivn? chiinioi' -j lat-lr
3o chipper (hat he waved his hand |
across the (able and tipped over a i
salt dish.
" 'Throw some over your left I
shoulder, quick, Bobbie,' I said, because
tlint was the one supcrstiliton
i was sure of, and I wanted to be in
on the situation as much as 1 could.
"But 1 was wrong again, it seems
(here's a different rule for kids and
grown-ups.
'Utile boys that spill salt on the
table always get a whipping before
bed time,' sr.id his mother. 'You'll
have in be very good all day to pre\.
tit it's ( (lining true, Robbie.'
"MhI tix way tin* kid sobered up.
I was sorry lor him. It" I'd been
( 't'd I'd have called off the superstition
stunts while the kids were
around. Hut probably he'd tried it
and found out that it was unlucky to
hint in.
"Waslilinx dishes a little while
lat? r. she dropped a cheap saucer and
smashed it all to smithereens.
" 'Lucky it wasn't one of the good
ones,' said Fred, but she shook her
head.
" * 11 isn't so much this .aucer,' she
said, 'as the six others.'
"I asked for enlii;htcum nl and i;ol
it.
" 'Break a dish on Hiinday and
you'll break one ev< -y day in the
week. Heaven only knows what of
the best China I'll have dropped by
the ead of the week."
I : i rolled out into (he yard after
a while to have a smoke with Kred,
but t'or:;ot my pipe and started back
alter it. .lust as I was koIux out
a iiin Minnie called after ine:
hid you ;.it downV
"Ml ( whielr." 1 asked.
" Si doivn. Don't, for mercy's
.at come haek into the house after
. i> m-i hi:i> ?hi' ve forgotten without
: i11in- down ;> minute, li s the worst
lliin. vo;; could possibly do.'
"So I ;;i down, counted sixty and
wen; out. That was the only break I
had till nearly dinner time, .lust as
Minnie was calling us I sneezed, one
of those s 11 eez< s that catches you bohind
ih> ? ar ..mi blow^ your head off
( fore yon i , .re il.an half know if.';>
( oininfr.
('.oil lili s Mn.'" :ii 1 Minnie, and
added
Vnu'i'c >inr Io It ar jsonm droadfully
I in i < ii . i: i;.-u within a few
lion rs."
" N'ovc 1' :?i <1 that one before,"
said Kr?'d "Von n?*\ ! lull) ino that.'
Yon in :oi lia]>pcn? (1 lo snooze
hoi w? ' -ii i:: a n i i.' fa Id his wife.
'Siurt-'/o wi h i .tn hour after noon
!nd i( a i i i . i vuiuK lo hear
n<"w, And tho li i' l the sneeze the
liloio imp'>i niil t'n -iiko.'
"I reel'oiioi! tli: ii tlii i liimc kept
np Ik' n . ir> in ws I could
hen r won hi I < ill iiiK ni"
hack to il " c. T > stalls wore
LiokIii tiin;{ t ? v <>!: i . nerves.
'"Chore < -ill cranberry
: inco lor t!i
" ' \iaki o\( 1:iiiiic*< 1
M imi i . mi ' I UK (') lake
" i i: I 1 i < i;< (1.
" ' Hel m < < 11 ir. lie :<nl(1.
I i It i. I In ! . atoii I li i:
all V
"No,' ,t id I. In 1)0 ubld to
onr* 'Mm.
"That ?i ritio i ><point her ft
l (.
\\'i II. jiii vv 'd. 'it'H I li"
I I've hail, ill ' i ii> niftko
i will. Yoil do i
' \ ml so t III \ I i i . |tor>nfill *
i i i aiili'-rry in . while (hoy
ni li il I I II f jll 'i !' 1)1 Ol I II''
uii on Ilib ia!?lt i i< i vii Dial
, I III 1(1 1)1)1.' \\ ifc llilK'll.
n 111? ) ? was ;i i df> Homo
i lit', not Itiiii; 1 iti'.'irod to
\\ h. I lie :i I ' I iliic?' I
, !'< (!.
? vplaitti 'l II i inaUo
i i lie lir.-M I'i; ' vi i;?'iat)T
in sea: dm, ii v. niic I rue.
I it .i inc I Iii .1 l-'red.
h allowed i The way
il it in !(|c inc > hi in and
iiii w Ii il he'd i. Cut Ii''
i I'll. At Ii' 'iiiic told
i I'i lor fear i I I ;>oil tIi<
' liu' i Id way Ik- i d mado Ik .
1 i III i tul, il 11(1 ill I) Kllll I 11
< liini.
Of I joined i . 1 >iit Frod
hallo <1 fa i and I i. Said ho
; : i iaU?' hilu h slot u in i?na an
hut it)i one iniil ! reasonat>
l?? iiiin. :tii<I he'd bo < inaily jij
ii^Klod if h<> look any rhanoos "with
' ilinK a wlfih i hat Ik hopod would
11 m?) (rti?\
"Thorf wasn't any lot-up In Ilir> ,-i
P' si if ion spasm all (ho timo 1 \va
? ? -
ii tn .> in I'll i WilllMIlK III IIIC
afternoon, Fred and his wife and rn<Sho
saw a jl>1 n ou the tidewa.'k and
$>. /? y *'
chuckled bceauso the point wj?u toward
her. 'That brings tho good luck
just Vo much quicker,' bIio explained.
It way cold and damp, and during tho
afternoon a couple of ilakcs of nearsnow
fell. She wished on those, and
tried to et Pred to. Ilut he wouldn't.
" 'I've made my one wish,' he said,
and swore ho wouldn't make another. |
" iitaf luvt',,,.,. onttunf alivmto
sight of the new moon, and hnd to
whirl around three times and repeat
some sort of incantation bocautso she
saw it over the wrong shoulder lirst.
Then she sprung a new one.
" 'Got any money in your pockets,
you boys?' she asked.
"We allowed we had a little.
"Then turn it over, quick,' she said.
"We did it and she explained that
it meant we'd have plenty of money
till the next new moon.
"There were half a dos?.en more that,
evening, but the climax didn't come
till 1 was leaving in the morning.
Fred was coming down to the city
with me, and we went out by the side
door, to cut across lot? to the it At ion.
Hut we hadn't mono twenty fe?t before
Minnie called ue b?ck with a
aoreoch.
"Fred probably thought the baby i
had swallowed a pin. I reckoned tha
house wan on fire, and so we both
turned and ?hot back.
"Minnie grabbed me a.t the door
and pulled nie ir.sids, and tken turned
011 Fred. 1
" Don't you know any better than
that?' ?h<* awked. 'Here you've tak^n
him out of a different door from the
one ho came in by. That't; the moirt
awful bad lin k that could happen to
anybody. You've got to go out tlio
front door.'
"Fred emitted u groan, but dashed i
for the front door and told tue to follow
on the jump, becaune we were j
late for the train as it was. Hul Min- >
lile blocked the way. I ?
" 'Sit down a minute,* she said to I
in#?. 'You know it's a fearfully dan- J
gorous (liing to come back into a
house withour. silting down. 1 told j
you that yesterday.'
"So I plumped into a chair for
about four seconds and then started,
Fred holding the? door open so wc
could make a dash for the station.
We were some out of breath when we
pot on the train, from running to
make up the lost time, hut as soon as
ho hegan to breathe normally again,
Fred looked at me and 1 looked at
him.
" 'Say.' ho said, 'want to know
what I wished over that cranberry .
yesterday?'
" 'Sure,' said I. 'if you don't think |
it'll spoil the charm.'
" 'Hang the charm!' he exclaimed.
'What. I wished was that Minnie
would forgot nhonl ton million signs
and omens for the rest of her natural
born life."?Providence Journal.
WORDS Ol \\ ISDOM.
flood looks may a man a wife, '
imi 1 good manners hold her Io?g< r.
When it oome? to faring the music,
nearly all the kir 1 are willing if it is
a \V( dding inarch.
\s for lieav. til ?ii . m . little cllll- j
dren who lieli< v< n Saina Clans have
a monopoly of Ih .
One reason locors disagree is
because they h:;vi i:'l had a ehanee to
get together and "consult."
It is a wise i n who doesn't for- j
K< i to stop ?>( . i :;ally and wonder if
he is making fo >1 of himsedf.
About the : 1. thing all the stock- i
holders in a < u oration agree on is
that the divhi t>! ought to l>?? larger.
Fnrtherni<> . how can woman expect
to li ili'' political scale as
long as sli" : i '>11 the lloor to put on .
her shoes?
I'erev .Wi : ;ivs Hint he used !o
have ;i vn , i . wlio was so narrow
niimh ti he- h- i > part his hair eross- 1
ways
Takiiif.' it 1 and largo and on the
average, i!t< azine writer wlio is
proudest <> ! literary style has the
fewest i i ;
Ther> i who would ratlxr
have ti ti'.il in nothing to talk
about.
What 11 the lr<pilot's owner
mad is tl i fir a fresh bone to
a blue 1 ihl
A in; 'i t lly willinc; to admit
thai 1 11 i - . 1 a; lira t ion ii in i 1
ho riink' ; ! hit.
Rome:; !< ! ronson ii man lik< <
t o i ' n> 11; ! 'in is heca 11. " he
diiren't ill:1 i\vn t.1
A w " 1 l< (>! a "comfy" lunch
Is a 15' 1 > iliiiiK to cat and a
Ul!V,'\ !' Ill Weill',
Tali ir 1 : . lie is and on the
avcrar.f > would lalln-r he trill
l> I ]>'' : ' :11 yl hi: eh e ill til i.'
world.
Win" ' i' < r do -a't snv lu r
hah ' i ii Ii . n't had its
| n:u . ti i Ii'tm i. . il has just
\valc?<l
V.'Immi ' .'i ' to (ho kIi'Ir, none of
i lieu I 1< i i i! u It lioiit li'*r
|H I II lo I'.ivc tllC pflllllSSlOIl
in ;itl\ a in
II hri. ' lhout j'uiit ii ho in (his
roinili> it \ oil lit' nihil is willing
to ':ni :r tiritloih if In- can't ;;ot
in on I it' ii.(i lloor.
\ny v -iiian will ix vcr amount
to iiiik Ii i lilies until si in jjivcs up
tlir i?l?lililini? her ?|oor kr>y un(1
r iIn -n il liafll's l?ur^lars.?
I mm Shots," hi i ho Dalian
Xi \V: .
I!, i fMuni in lllooin.
V1 ii ihe Hi on I: >tanlcn1
f!;i1 "1" n i nov 11:iv 11' itniMiinl
' . i> : i iIIK a :i('fics of
aira \ < iii ' n 'I'll'1 i.lanf i in t li<>
( -mi: < ! |ii|!?li<- :i rvatorioH,
' i I . loi ins |> < r 'it 111' r? ?| I:
ion <>! A ban (1 plants inb-d
during t!i mm or. It
it ]>r< tlio tnosl <'<)11. pb-IIOliS <>I?< !
iii Hi "?11? (tion. I'roni tlicioirfil
CO < i f t h< <>und to r .ipox of tho
brown llo riim sloin, w ii! -Ii has ;i
basal dk'i ' '"i" of nlio it two and t\
half In< I . il irt nincifon foot two
lliohos t: P. about, om rpmrtcr of this
longth 1" in occupied by tho intlmsnnon.
- ,\. w York lJotanbal Garden
Journal. j
Tonvi i .-ition 1h a Rood form of rx!
I'rrlsp for I afflif-frwl uillh liourf
! Ulscane. ,
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xtr^riv.
1 IMtpFff
HISTORY OF ROAD BUILDING.
IMrst Iiaw to Improve Vnltcd Slates
Highways Passed in 1(J3U.
My K. 1j. POVVKHS.
Our public road* are an evolution
from the primary paths made by animals
and by men. Of the identity of
the first heinr,b- who made paths id
the wilderness we are uncertain.
Whatever their character and origin,
we mfcy be reasonably certain that
fhey had toads of sonic sort.
it cannot be positively asserted that
(he mouud-buildiuK Indian? uiade
ro Jul a, but that audi was the case
Beenui not unlikely. Several circum- 1
stances indicate that they ImiJ some 1
ayatem of communication. The re- '
mains of their works are often found 1
on atrwRDis that were uot navigable, 1
and group* of them are found con- '
centrated alx>ut natural strategeic
points such an mountain passea, thus
making natural the inference that *
some avenues of overland travel ei- 1
isted.
Road building began at centres, 1
and spread out with the spreud of
population. Probably the real work
of opening the roads in America be- !
gat) with the bridle pat lis on the At
lantio Slope. In 1639 u measure was !
passed in the Massachusetts Buy Col- '
niiy which provided that two or three '
men from adjacent towns tot togeth- 1
??r and lay out proper roads. They '
wore instructed to place ihe roads
whore they might he most convenient,
ami those deputed lo tiie work were
to iiavo the power to locate them j '
wherever they chose provided it did
not necessitate pulling down a man's
house or going through liis garden or |
orchard. These men seem to have ,
been (about) the first highway com- .
mis9ioners of whom we have record. \
In 17G0 there were three routes ,
running through Southwestern Penn- ! (
syivania. Central Pennsylvania and
Central New York. These roads arc ]
said to have boon wide enough for I
I wo pack horses to pass In 1 7 f? 5 two
roads were opened westward by troops
nl Washington, Hraddock and Forbes. '
j
These were long Hails widened by 1
pack horses of the Ohio Companies' '
agents. Uraddock'.; 'road was cut
I hrough in I 7~>r>. 11
I it about 1 N: 2 Hie development of 1
l.he railroads took from the National '
Pike die bulk of navel and (radio, as 1
well as (he mails between the Mast j'
ami West. Thus beiran the ]ieriod of 1
decline of the moh'i lain);::; road in
our history.
In l I. I sor, and 1 S00. through
(ii" favor <11' I h National Congress.
the l.owis (Marl; expedition v.;1;;
organized, for I lj. pitrpo.-o of est ah- 1
lishing a route from the Atlantic to j
the Pacific by following tho Missouri | '
to ils source, i rossing to ami following
to t idewiit( ] ih" groat rivet' which '
lornu tho :out!i"i,n boundary of tho
State of Washington. Great credit is;
duo Meriwether Lewis and Captain
Clark and their company of explorers
in carrying out thia work. Praise is
also due to .John C. Fremont, the em-I
inent engineer, who in 184 4 surveyed ;
a route to these shores through what
was then named the South I* us of
Hock les.
Tin* plunk road came into existence
as a rival of macadam construction in
the year 1 X:{r.. The first road of 11t is
sort to lie huilt in the United State
was constructed at Syracuse in IM'.T.
A large number of plank road companies
were organized, and within
fifteen years frotn the Introduction <>f :
that method of road construct lo i
121 til', miles had been constructed in
the State of New York. The e road
were usually built single track and i?f
planks, eight by three inches, laid <>n
stringers resting on more or !? \v< II j
laid foundations. The average cost j
in New York was? loss than $"eno pi r
mile, and their cheapness m:i:l I h< 111
popula r.
r.as' (I roadways appear to hav rcci\id
attention ill the luivii ; :un! i it.
i- s lifforo very imicli attention was
i\ < m to I h?* subject of countr> road
1 miiIr 1111According mo t antlienl
ie record:;, the first pavement* j
laid it: li?> I'liited Stater wcr<- put
down almost simultaneously i i tlie
<'i of N< w Vork and Mos'on in the
ear Tlieso pavement.; tiavc
I M n I erred to as pehbh , proliai'ly
\ .ii we would call cobbl* . lot)'- | iv? i.
:it . Tlie development of tliis
In in !i of road IniildiliK ha ; b"< n
l iiMK-iil i > a liiull state of d< elopm?nt.
chin, of course, to the treat
ai "tint and diversified nature of th<
tnifiii to ho accommodated.
The modern awakening to the >io.
< > >i> for belter roads, or, a- it is
ihor. commonly called, the pood
load! inovciiirnh begun iri lvs." when
I ! , |,l,.V ...I,. triii ...... I .. ..
Ituyt l' H became very popular, and in
i 1 m <'(|ikmic<> a lai'K'' army of n< \v
11. i> of ilu' highways was produced.
'I ln < wheelmen fpilckly saw the ne<'
11\ for better highways, not only
for hemselves, but for all oilier road
in i a well. 'I hoy organized them
s> lv< and he^ati issuing literature
callint the attention of the public in
the i' at loss entailed from lack of i
hell' lounivv roads. Statistics were
piil>! Ii'mI idiowlnr 'lie cost of had
road io the farmer and to all other
oitiz. n This literature was Kent
hroadca t anil the newspaper:* were
appci I' I to. The press alwayr n
most i on-nt factor in the molding of
public 'minion took the matter up.
and p'llilic senllmonf w.is aroused
Tlif 'lflico of Public Hrifds watt 1nnuKur.Hi.l
in the year ISO:', iri the
1Tu11<m! Stains Department of Ap;rir-111 ture
for the purpose of disseminating
Informal iA'i, testing materials and
giving instruction In (lie art (if road
building. Statistics compiled and
published h\ this office in lh? year
1004 rIiow that fit that time there
were 2.1 r. i.o7 miles of roads In the
I'nited States. of thix mileage, however,
only 1 r.f?.,0r,2 miles were of tmproveri
roads, or a little more trtnn
??even per cent, as compared with In*1
" :otal
length of all tlio roads In tfi?
:ountry.
Education, organization and administration
aro tlio great factors In
carrying on the work of road buildng;
let them all bo gh'on due attention.
It may be true that wo aro on
the evo of great developments in the
lavigauon or me air. witn tne ouuang
of roads above the earth we are
not concerned at present. We have
[he roads hero on earth to-day, and
jvo will have them with us to-morrow.
We must rely upon them, and therefore
we must make them good. We
"an do this through unity of action,
ihrough enterprise and through education
and organization.?New York
rimes.
Maraduiii Montis Co?t $?JOC a Mile.
Harold Parker, chairman of tho
Massachusetts Highway Commission,
r quoted at some length to the effect
that while $100 a mile had been
:he previous cost for maintaining
macadam roads, that to keep them in
H?rfectly good condition at least $300
i mile should now be provided.
"Figures in the possession of the
Wai?saehu6ett?s Highway, commission
shew that about, fifty-three per cent,
af the destruction of 8tate highways '
is due to automobiles." . "It
may be, and. indeed, it hporis almost
ertain that a material will be found,
If it has not already been found,
which, when placed upon the surface,
:ji- embodied irr <1ip top course of a
macadam road, will offer a surfacing
which will not be destroyed by the
abrading motion of the automobile
wheels."
It is evident, according to Mr. Rich- i
ii unuu, wiai UM' wcsi i vpt* Ui IMUIIIary
macadam road that can ho constructed
to-day will ho rapidly destroyed
by motor traffic, and that recourse
must be had to a bituminous
macadam for relief. The question,
Lhen, is that of the additional cost
OUT OF FASHION'.
Vlrn No lyonger Carry Their llats to
the Drawing lloom When ('ailing.
A number of customs which used
to be part and parcel of the social |
system are beiiiK much modified or
ire fast disappearing altogether. Paying
afternoon calls, for instance, and
conversation after dinner have been
completely elbowed out by bridge.
"Dining out, unless you are a
l>li<lt?f> iilnvw is rpdiicoil to :? mini.
muni," Hays the Gentlewoman, "aiul
those who cannot join in the fashioriliio
game have to lie content with an
Invitation to luncheon where they
used to dine.
"Among the minor changes in fo:
iti 1 usages 1 have remarked lately
Ihat it is now quite demode for a
lady to take the arm of a gentleman
under any circumstances whatever,
xcept just for going into dinner, and
I hut perfunctory sign 'if feminine
weakness will ulso probably disappear
very soon.
"Formerly after dancing, and when
'"'inin to supper at a ball, young 1
ladi"S always put. their hand through '
ihe arm of their partner, but now if
any one did such ? tiling in an up to
ilate ballroom they would be looked
upon as ( in the phraseology of the
ria> > not quite there.
"Ilow very seldom too yon see a j
man in iiH'.vf? uiiys, nm in nanu, in a
lady's drawing room! I'p to quite a
short time ago elderly gentlemen who
went to evening parties invariably
walked in, 'crush hat' under arm;
while every man, whether young or
old, went ii|i to the drawing room,
hilt in hand, when going to visit a
lady. It used to he said that this custom
differentiateil a social call from
thai of a doctor or lawyer.
"The practice had Us inconveniences,
for there was always a danger
of an all too heavy foot being planted
in the middle of a band new silk
topper' by an absent minded fellow
\isnor. nnynow, wncmer lor good
or evil, the custom l,;;s disappeared
like many others."
High <'ost of I??*11 ii(y.
Though the nrest ription seems to
have disappeared from t.lio pharmacopia
of modern "l?c*u?ity specialists,"
it waa for centuries notorious that to
feed on snake meat, was the way to
win perpetual youth; to euro goiter,
or any other swelling, all that
was necessary was to munch a viper,
from the tail tip, as it. might lie a
slick of celery; while yet another
snake, if eaten, conferred the power
of 11 ml. i':>(and 1 ng all the tongw of
birds.
Hath For flu* Capitol.
The I'niled Stati eapitol icens
its annual hath a short lime before
I'dtlKro: s convenes, the toilet articles!
that are used consisting of about
i:."??)?> feet. of hose in tho expert hands
Of one company of lho lire department.
Powerful streams of water at
high pressure remove dust, Hpider
webs, insects of all kinds, birds' nests
and other foreign subst'ilicis from
i ho many crevices.
Knee llreeclies Forefohl.
According to tho opinion of Mr.
Thornton, who presided at a recent,
conference of the foreman tailors of
London, men's dross will soon unricrj;o
a great change and the present
stvlos will irive wax to "morn classic."
garments. Knee brooches and fancy
waistcoats will be introduced.
11()\ i( ( !(>< '(>(>1 (looms.
An unusual means lias been devised
for eoolliiK the rooms of the Railroad
Club on the roof of a Now York City
oilier building. A >rlass covering has
been l?iiill above the rooLproper and
over ihis a stream of water is kept
eonslanlly running. Tho water H
dr.'.wn off in copper leaders.
The flight I'lftee.
Tlio Tramp? Ah, Mister, what
Would you do If you felt like you did
not have a friend in the world?" Tho
Rich Man "What would 1 do? Why,
I'd apply for a joh as baseball um
l?iro, 01 course. ? nicngo incws.
Members of Hie London Stock lOxehnnge
wore trimmed by a faker
Hilling "Imitations" of common almond
nuts at two cents each. But Mm
"imitations" turned out to bo real
nuts, showing ihat brokers know
more about melons thar nuts.
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TAKE A DOSE OF
PISO'S
> CURE ^
m tEST tttWURt fOTt (?VlUKtf??ia$
III will Ltutaoli) relieve th~t racfcicc cough. 51
T*Imq promptly it will ohw pic vent hi
A^riimn, Baaoubitu and setioiu tbioot and H
Iuttjjjrtpblos. Guaranteed ?a(c and very I
All DrociItU, 2G cent*. jj
HMWaiMMPSWaagjgjiipajl
gurrHE BESICOTTON SEfD
(nersiajKi your yield 100 to 500 pounds iJnfc
p?rk<M,?, by ulimtW ' Slmpkins Prolific" ab?olutoly
Uie> beet. O ur ar<uiU*c with ovory
aack. pmV up lt| 3 J-J! buahol ba**. Price $i.2o
i*tr t>uah?l f.o.b. HaUiffh, Ordnr uulck. if you
warvi lbs b<Ml uiloi'tfil wwd. OlIA UAN'I KK
KICD COMPANY, ft T. Hon. M'tfr.
? XT til I trlr.-.li M fi
iw. " "
Do u you would bo done by.
M?w to lieot* Baby's Hklu Clear.
Jfaw parents roailae how many estlrnabl*
llvofi have been embittered
and social uud buBliioaa cueouus pro-*
vent*d by c?ilous nkln affections
whloh to ?ff*u rt*>?!t fi-oin tb<> neglect
of iulaor ruptiout; lr infancy and
childhood. With but a littl* care and
tho uae of tke proper Jnolliento,
baby's stein and hair may be pro??rT?d,
puilfi?d and buautifiod, minor
wnptioua praventod from becoming
chronic aud torturing, disfiguring
rauhe?, itchinge, irrltationa and chafing*
dispelled.
To thle end, nothing is bo pure, so
sweet, ?o speedily effective as tho
use of Outicura Boa p. assisted
when noc?fuuiry, by Cutlcura Olnttnont..
Seud to Potter Drug & Chem.
Corp.. nolo proprietor*?, Uoeton, Muss.,
for tholr free 3J-pagv Cutlcura Hook,
tolling all about the care and treatment
of the Hkin and uc-nlii
The o&p HlwayH fits the utility cue.
WlfMN YOITH BACK ACI1KH
SUSI'KCT TUK KIDMKVS.
Rackache 1a kidney oche In moat
mmm. The kldueys ache and throb
with dnll palu becnuoe there is in^
\ rew$lcv,r? '*le caupe?1',?
Vtr j) yiffM kldnovw. Donn'sKldney
Pllln cure sick
utjyu to normal condition.
Remember the name?Donn's. For
sale by nil dealers. r>0 cents a box.
Foster-Mil burn Co., Duffnlo, N. Y.
Ho thut Ih faultier is iiffl^KS.
The old practice of dueling in Onrman
universities was a harmless
amusement compared with football
as it Ih played today, and a gr<y;)i
many people are now* asVim; tffb
question: Are the coIIckob and nnl
vornltlea of tho layd countoniinelng
nmrdor? declares the .Tnok5onville
Times-Union. If t 1j??y are, tho Stato
should not do If. Tho gamo should
ho * tap pod until those uMio play it
eliminate hoiulcld?> from it. Thoro
la nothing sained by way of componnation
for tho wook-ly toll of victims
unla?H tho enjoyment of those who
w1*h to omriiko In brutal ?port an<|
of tho cmwdh that wIkIi to wit newt It
aro coaaldorod ? A.t any rato.
It wo oaii't stop the homicide of
football, wc cun quit talking about
tlm brutalizing e?ftM?1? <W IkiII flfjhts,
unlo?K wo value th?N lil> of a Mexl. on
kiill . V>.. .. tl.nl ..f .... A ni^?.
iran coIIcko bov.
A Toogue Twister.
Tho watch that iwato.hcd tho watch
that watched Umt wart oh, watched
tho watch that watx'iied the watch
that watched that watch watch that
watoh.--<Now York THftKrn id.
Avera the Boston Post-?Yes, wo
havo given away too much from tho
ptiitolio'K treaauroa. Tho past is, per:
hapfs. irrevocable, 'but tho present,
j and tbo futuru arc in our own hands.
It is timo to stop short and make c.
now it-solution
si IK vi ir
nut It Wius a Hard I'lill,
It in hard to bdiovo tiirtt coffeo
*111 put ? person in puch condition
?s It did nn Ohio woman. Shu tella
her own story:
"1 did not believe coffer cruised my
rroui)lo, und fr?(juontly naid 1 lik?d it
so wall I would not, and could not
(jiiit drinking it^ 1>tit 1 was a rniBerablo
gufforor from heart troublo and
norvouw proHtration for four years.
"I wiih ncarcely able to be around,
had no oner^y uud did not caro for
! anything. Was emaciated and hod a.
] constant pain around my heart until
I thought I could not endure it. For
I months I never went to bed expecting?
to get up In tho morning. I felt as
though I waa liable lf> di<" any time.
' "Frequently I had nervous chills
| and the leant excitement would drive
sloop away, ami any little noise would
upoot mo terribly. I was gradually
getting worno until finally one time it
tamo over mo and I asked myself
i what's tho line of being bIoU all tho>
i time and buying medicine so that I
j could Indulge myself In < offoe?
"Ho I thought I would If I could
quit drinking coffoe and K"t BOme
Pontum to holp ni? quit. I made (lfc
I strict y according to dlrectlona find I
) want to toll you, tliat change wan tho
grnntc?t stop In my 1 ifIt was easy
| to quit coffen because 1 had tho I'ortum
which I now like bettor than th?
old coffeo.
"One by ono the old troubles loft*
until new I tun lu splendid health,
n?rv?? atoady, hoari all right and the
pain nil gono. Never have any more
nervous chills, don't take any modlolno,
nan do all my housework and
t\ n ?f A /I < 11\ a (i rrrmi I I V\<\oi<(i> "
unrv uuini a <m ,
Road "Tho Honrl to Wnllvillo," In
pkgn. "Thero'a ft Rennon."
Kver rrnrt the above Wlrr? A n<?w,
on? from time to time. They
ota gnnnloc, trno, and full of human
Interest.
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