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CHANGES II
Why History is
I think thcro are pome boys who .
undervalue the study of history. I
History has three val?en for any boy
-it represents what has happened, it
relates to what ?B happening, and it
often shows what will happen in tho
future.
Only a short time ago the United
Statea i?unboat "Bennington,"
through explosion of cae of her
boilers, was almost completely wreck
ed in tho harbor of San Diego bay,
California. Many lives were lost.
The "Bennington" was one of the
Tory smallest vessels in the oav7 of
this oountry. In fact, it was a much
sm*1.!?, gunboat than many of those
posses, td by England.
Aside whouRh, from the sadness
connect -d with an accident of this
character, the presence of the "Ben
nington" in this bay had a vast his
torical importance to those who watch
the progress of nations, and it is upon
'jfchis that I purpose to base my story.
The bay of San Diego is scarcely
thirty miloo north of the California
peninsula possessed by Mexico. It is
southeast of thc Catalina Inlands, al
most east of Clemcnto Island, and
due north of Coronados Island. It
3ies on tho occau coast lino of a laud
where at least three wonderful races
havo prevailed before the coming of
Sthe American.
Since 1900, learned professors of
tho universities of Germany, France,
England and [the United States have
been engaged in translating certain
Chinese documents discovered in
ekin at the time of tho Boxers' up
rising, five years ago. Some of these
manuscripts were written between
2,000 and 3,000 years before Christ j
was born.
Some were written during the first
500 years after his birth and death,
and other parts of it were prepared
about tho time that King Alfred ruled
England, or 1000 A. D. I have re
ferred to the fact in tho Boys'
World before, that it is positively
known that Chinese sailor? and ex
plorers visited the Paoifio ooaBt of I
this oountry about the fourth or
fifth oentury after tho birth of Christ.
The manuscripts that are now being
studied not only prove this, but give
additional information of great value
io the young people who wish to know
how different races hare ruled the
world at different periods of time.
Profssior Bslthour, who has been
ose of the leading atudente of these
manuscripts, stated in a recent inter
view:
"With the aid of Chu ^a soholsrs
of repute, we are satisfied now that in
the vicinity of San Pedro harbor, Cal
ifornia, also on the oosst of San Diego
bay. south of that point, asm on ?he
California peninsula of the Republic
of Mexico, extensive Chinese colonies
were established as early as the time
impomisnefl soil
Iinpo rerished soil, like impov
erished blood, needs a proper
fertilizer. A chemist by analyz
ing the soil can tell you what
fertilizer to use for different
products.
' If your blood is impoverished
your doctor will tell you what
you need to fertilizejt and ?give
it the rich, red corpuscles that
are lacking in it. It may be you
need a tonic, but more likely you
need a concentrated fat food,
and fat is the element locking
in your system.
There is no fat food that is
co easily digested and assimi
lated as
Scott's Emulsion
of Cod Liver Oil
It will nourish and strengthen
the body when milk and cream
foil tc do it. Scott's Emulsion
, is always the same; always
' palatable and always beneficial
1^3^^^ ?>ody is wasting from
any cayuse/ either in children
or adults;.,
Wo xvii! ssa?you ? sample Aaa.
. ' . IJJe?ure that this pio>
9^ turo in tho Iona of a
.-TfegSKlk label la on tho wrapper
j?BO^ < of every bettie of Emul
?* ^jKfoffiffW ??ott juu-buy.
fl HISTORY.
Worth Knowing.
[ of the birth of Christ,
i "The ('hi?ese, during tho first
; three thousand year* of their authen
tic history, wore great travelers.
They visited India: they lived upon
the Philippine Islands; they explored
Central Europe. I havo no doubt
that they were in the present Norway
and Sweden, and that witli their
light craft ?sd their skill as ??csussu,
they panned over all that is Eogland
now. That they entered Egypt, there
is no doubt, because wo find authen
tic evidences of their presence there.
They were in South America, and
left the impress of their religion and
their literature upon the native
tribes.
"At that time thc Chiucse were
not a people for making war. They
wore merchants and explorers. They
loved peace and Bought peace wher
ever they could obtain it. How they
reached the Southern California coast
?B B'.iil a matter of doubt. But tho
move wo examine their manuscripts,
tho more certain we feel it to be that
at ono time io Southern California at
least a thousand, and perhaps two
thousand; Chinamos mado comfort
able homes and assimilated with the
natives. It will require at least five
years moro to thoroughly and accur
ately translate tho Chinese manu
scripts in our possession, but I feel
sure that by 1U10 the world will know
that the Chinese were wonderful ex
plorers of every part of tho earth cen
turies before Columbus ever dreamed
of searching for tho West Indies."
This then was thc first important
oivilizod roce, so far us we know, to
occupy the great coast lino.
Tho United State? Ethnological
Bureau has added to this th3 follow
ing information:
After tho gradual absorption and
disappearance of thc Chinese settlers,
there carno into tho possession of the
laud tho ancestors of the Yaqui In
dians. They had a high order of in
telligence in thc eleventh and twolfth
centuries. They journeyed from tl e
plateaus of Central America and Mex
ico looking for new and fertile land.
They came io bodies as largo as 10,
000 at a time, and were peaoeably in
alined.
They divided themselves into throe
classes-the warrior or the defender
of the Stale, the worker in silver and
gold, sod the fanner. They held the
Und for ell of 400 years, bot were Dot
a literary people, and kept few
reaords. Still, io building water
reservoirs and lends that they culti
vated, they left many evidenees of
their thriftiness. In turn, shout the
sixteenth century they were succeeded
by the Spaniards, who were almost as
dark-skinned ss they. Some of the
Spaniards carno overland by the way
Ul nuai 10 uvn nv" iUvAiuu .?Itt JXtf
zona, and others esme by ees from the
.South.
The Spaniards were eventually
overthrown by the Americans, who
took possession of what ia the present
California of today, and retained it.
The "Bennington," lying in tho har
bor of San Diego, where threo great
rac CH have already ruled, was prepar
ing to go to the Isthmus of Panama to
look after our national canal interests
there. The eooident which destroyed
her 'has prevented that journey. It
may be pf interest, though, to the
young student of history who oares (o
delve into the records, to koow that
there are traeos of canals in Califor
nia which were dug by ooo of the three
races preoediog the American, fully
ss long, fully sa wide, end certainly
as expensive ss the proposed Panama
Gan si. There are well defined engi
neering markings of some early rsoe,
showing that at one time it. waa at
tempted to oonneot the upper portion
of tho Gulf of California with 8an
Diego bay
Why the efforts failed, we cannot
yet know. That we will know some
day is quite probable. M o? h cr earth
hM no secrets-what we do not know
is through our fsilure to study and in
vestigate,'.and not due to soy fault of
hers. While it is doubtful if the en?
tire Paoifio coast west of the Sierra
Nevada . mountains is over 25,000
years old, it hss hsd a remarkable hie
j tory, so far ss humen beings are con
cerned.
Estimates of time in.earth develop?
ment mast be tsken conservatively.
Even with our high order c? intelli
gence we sro children still, seeking to
find ont the lews of the God above us.
Study c-f tho earth end tho races which
heve lived upon it must bring ua.
nearer lo Odd. And an accident like
th p.t of the deslrsellou o? the "Ben*
cineton" may suggest to any boy
Staden 1 of hi*lory tv. dosen ?roll(ebie
?olde ia whi?h to diecipline bis mind
sm. to learn what has preceded his
existenoo on earth.--Boy?' World. ,.
ll. 11 ii j *' l?mi II ' ' ' '. ' ii. < .
Grist men have many friends sad
mauy more enemies.
No Safe Place.
When Mr. Trent decided to buy a
home io the South in which he and
bia family could spend the spring
months, during which they had found
Now England winds and weather to
be trying, ho took a journey of inves
tigation.
Mr. Trent was accustomed to be
treated as if his society were eminent
ly desirable, and it waa, therefore,
with a friendly and eugagiog emile
that, ho addressed a melancholy per
son who was lounging on tho piazza of
the hotel at his lirst Southern stop
ping place.
* i'm thinking of buyiug a place
down herc," said Mr. Treut, in a half
con?dontial tone. "Now, what part
of tho country would you ptrtioular
ly recommend? Tho landlord tells
mc you've lived South for many
years."
"Yes, I've lived South a longspell,"
admitted tho melancholy man, "though
I was raised North, and I'm willing to j
say right here and now that you j
couldn't find a mora favorable nora
lovelier spot in this whole State, sir, i
than this very town. I have lived
here for five years, and if I'd had soy
thiDg like a fair show I should have
oojoyed every minute of the time." j
"You haven't had a fair show?"
asked tho New Englander.
"No," said tho melancholy ono.
"This is a lovely spot, and if I'd had
a fair show I'd have enjoyed it; bul
the first year I had fever and ague,
and the next year I was bit by a shark,
and thc third year I had an awful
fight with a a snake, that shook up
my nerves, and last year-"
"I doubt if I should like this lo
cality," eaid tho New Englander,
briskly.
Tho melancholy man looked at him
with mild astonishment.
"Why, you know it's pretty dan
gerous living anywhere, stranger," he
said, slowly. "If that's what you're
{thinking about."-Youth's Compan
! ion.
Mark Twain as a Ward.
Mark Twain'B story about Artemus
Ward is one of. his funniest yarns,
says Judge. Ono day when Artemus
Ward was traveling a man approach
ed him in the trr.io, sat down, and
said :
"Did you hear the last thing on
Iloraco Greeley?"
"Greeley? Greeley?'' said Artemas;
"Horace Greeley? Who is ho?"
The ?nan waa quiet about five min
utes. Pretty soon he said:
"George Franois Trsin is kicking
up a good deal of a row over in Sog
lind. Do you think they will put
him in a hostile?"
"Train? Train? Gooree Franois
Train?" said Artemus. "I* never
heard of him."
This ignorance kept the man quiet
fifteen minutes. Then he said: *
"What do you think about Gen
eral Grant's chances for the pres?
denos? Do you think they will run
"Grant? Grant? Hang it mani"
said Ward, "you appear to know
more strangers than any man I ever
saw."
The man was furious. He walked
off, but at last came back and said:
"You confounded ignoramus, did
you ever hear of Adam?"
' Artemus looked up and said :
"Adam? What was his other
name?"
A Vore r?..*"~*
A liv If ii. HIV Hi i
?'? . r " .
A pair- of embroidered, fancy look
ing suspenders hung in front of a
Michigan avenue store the other day,
and a young man stopped to examine
them* ,
"Something now?" he asked as the
proprietor came out. ' -
"Shust oud, mine friendt. Dose
ish batent suspenders."
"Are you the solo agont?''
"I vhas. Dot batent esme oud
about two weeks ago, and my . br ud
der in New York sends me a shob lot
yesterday. You can't buy em no
blaoe else."
"They don't look very strong."
. "Yhatl Ifyouoan preak dose sus
penders by shumping nine fences, I
gif you ten hairs!"
"I wonder how they'll wear?"
"Shoots like iron. Here ia a bair
of dot patent," ho ropliod, aa he un
buttoned his vest, "dot I haf worn
ofcr two years."-Dotroit Freo Press.
Representative John 8fearp Wil
liams tolls of ind dimc?m?B ?D??alt
ered by ? darky preacher in MisBissip*
pi in endeavoring to "snatoh a brand
from tbe burning" in tho shape of bun
Mose Baker, YT uv ntcadfastly ref used
to attenddivioe service. ||j
The preacher's arguments wero'owfc
by & discouraging silence on the part
of Mose. Filially the latter conde
scended to apeak to the extent of ask
ing a \ question. "Wot ara va' ?ll
SeebTOrr'^tfgrtw^d; morosely, 'rI
jg We ia h?ah to help oddera, Moses."
responded tho old elergymao. t. kind
ly smile illuminating his dusky fea
?lures..;.-.;," -": >'.'
rastioiously tnnmphant .grin; ?{?et *
Talking tc Ker.
''You n' vcr talk ti me," complain
ed tbe lady. Now I just want you to
wake yourself agreeable. Some hus
bands enjoy a little conversation with
their wives, but all you Boom to caro
about is your j aper."
"I doo't think, my ?3car- "
"I kuow yoj don't tuiuk. That's
just the truublt- with you. You don't
consider that l u. litre ?.ix the boupo
all day with co OU? to talk to but the
children and the servants and trades
men and peddlers aud any friend who
may happen to coma ip., unless I hap
pen to go out, and you're in town all
day long, meeting peopla."
' I don't meet many people. I just
go-"
"Yes, you go. I know that. You
go where you like, but I hive to stay
at homo so that you oin have a ploy
ant place to come to when you are
tired of going. Then you just take
up your paper and I can never get a
word out of you the whole of the
evening."
"I'm perfectly willing to talk
but-"
"I wish you wouido't interrupt me
when I'm speaking. Yes, you're per
fectly willing to talk, but you doo't
want to talk to me. I euppoBe that's
it. I'm not auffioieotly appreoiativo I
suppose. I'm just your wife. Some
husbands even take an interest in
their wives. They come home and
tell them all the little things th..*,
have happened during the day, what
they have been doing and where
they've been goiog and whom they've
seen and what they said. There's
Mr. Cooaway. He tells Mrs. Con
way everything and discusses books
and politics and things with ber."
"But you never care for politics
\t-"
"Don't care if I don't. There are
other things tc talk about besides
books and polities, I should hope, if
I attempt to tell you anything you
never pay the least attention to what
I'm saying. I was telling you last
tight about tho troubles the Gens
prews were having with their landlord.
I Stalked to you a straight hour I do
believe, and it turned out you thought
I wus saying something about ?nticoe.
You simply weren't paying the least
attention to what I said. I might go
on talking forever and you wouldn't.
If I were any other woman she
wouldn't stand if. I'm suro I some
times wnoder I have the pationoe I
have. J tn Henry Jillingswortb, I
don't believe you are iisteoing to me
soi? one bit. What waa I SBying?"
"You wero flaying you wanted me
to talk to you," replied th, brutal hus
band, "but you doo't give me any
earthly show."-Exchange.
Bound In Qlaagaw.
Thia ia tho way booka appealed to
the father of Abingdon Baird, a
once well known supporter of the
institution known aa "the turf/' "I
must have seine books/* he said
when ho found an empty library in
tha house which he had purchased
in Roxburgshire. His only condi
tion was that the volumes should
be handsome and should cover in
bulk so many feet of apace. The
bookseller suggested that half
should be bound in Russia and half
in Morocco. "What - on earth's to
hinder you from having the lot
bound in Glasgow ?" was Baird's re
sponse.-London Graphic. ; >y:
Not en the Retired Liafc.
A Leavenworth girl up till re
cently was engaged to a popular offi
cer at the'"post. She, however, re
ceived the attention of thc men in
town, end her fiance objected. Fi
nally on that fiCcouTit i. U.V ? AI gule
ra ent was broken.. One of her
friends in talking with her after
ward said: 'Tm glad of. it. You
never were a bit suited to each other
anyway/* :
''Well," said the other medita
tively, "I wish I'd had the presence
of mind to resign ?rom the army
instead of waiting till I was dishon
orably dischargea/'Leavenworth
Post. : '-'..:?>.. . . -V'v^
. Paoe, th? Jester.
Pace, jester, to Queen Elizabeth,
was sp bitter in his retorts upon her
that he was forbidden her presence.
After he had been absent for some,
time a few of his friends entreated
her majesty to receive him back ing
favor, engaging for* Him that he
would be more barded uv Ms ?tifK
course. for ?he . future. The very
first time they again met Pace was
as bad as ever. v^Come on, Pace/'
said the oueen' in; her gracious hu
mor, ; '*how we shall hear of our
faults." "??o, madam/' said Pace;
fl never talk of what ia discoursed
ty all the world.? ! ; ^ ? y. : ;
. OAMI^ iihd ^a?bloa> . .?
. There exists a strict relation be
tween the class of power and tho
exclusive and po^edicirel^
last are always filled or ntU^jff?s?i
tho . first. Fashion, though in a
?strange, wav, representa ail ?nan?y
jiriue. r.t% xs virtue goit? tb s?je^, a
kind ol ^^vmous ho^br> a hall of
the past/ Great men ar? not^?mv
morrl? in its llalla. Oftey ?iU *feent
j? toe ?clds.r.Hi They are woftdrj
?ot triumphing. ; fashion ia mau
. ^Yen- e??ghi aa well give th* devil
4ue, for he'll get h^h?wp^B
-4 Rove renee : sir? 0 ' ifce ? ? htari -M'
rest..' -:v" ^l; -V ..
daredevils
Who Make New
ITU the speed of a rail
way trula" used to be a
phrase expressing a very
high degree of velocity, but
the railroad locomotives are left away
behind in these days by the big high
powered automobiles. A speed of a
mlle a minute is fast for a railroad
train, but it la slow for a racing auto
mobile. Tue motor racers have got the
record down to a mile lu loss than half
a minute.
The record for a mlle ls now 28 1-5
seconds. Tbl* waa the achievement of
P. H. Marriott, a Newton (Mass.)
young mau, in the record smashing
races at Ormond, Fla. He drove a
Stanley steamer o? flfry horespower
around the course In that time, beating
tbe record of 38 seconds made by a
Ross steamer In races last year. Mar
riott also did a mlle in 81 4-5 seconds in
a race for the one mile steam cham
pionship. He had but a short time be
fore rbis participated in tho one mile
International race for the Blr Thomas
R. Dewar trophy and beaten gasoline
cars of much higher power, making
the mlle in tbis race in 82 1-5 seconds.
This, too, was making a new world's
record, as tbe previous record, made
by McDonald last year In a Napier,
was a mlle in 34 2-5 seconds.
Running nt the rate at wblcb Mar
riott drove bis raclug car a railway
train could make tbe trip between
New York and Chicago In about eight
hours. Nine hours ls now considered
good time In which to run from New
York to Buffalo. Marriott when he
made bis record for the mlle was trav
eling at the rate of 127 miles an hour.
Not even on automobile racer could at
the present stage of the science of au
tomobiling maintain such a speed as
tkra for a distance of 127 milos. But
In the races at Ormond Ave miles was
made in tbe astonishing time of 2 min
utes 34 seconds. It was tbs French
racer Hemery wha achieved this feat
in a 200 horsepower Darracq, but tho
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? m ?xa? ?T&m,in? ?TSAKER, .. , .
tune waa unofficial, and no a falso
start v.'oa made Hemery vrrj, asked ta.
go over the course again. Thia he. re
fused to do and was ruled ont in eon
I sequence. But Marriott drove ?his
? steam racer over tho llvo milo courge in
2 minutes 47 seconds.? and thia was ac
cepted aa. the record. She previous
record was 3 minutes ?7 seconds/
Tho achievement of Marriott provea
thai the victory la not. always to tS*.
atrong, for his machine is of small
horsepower as compared with Alfred
G. Vanderbilt's great 250 horsepoyrer'
racer. This car was taken to Ormond
and entered for the races, but balked
whenever, attempts were made,.to atarijj
lt. -It waa taken out on the.beach, ;aud
a dozen French .machinists tried ?tf>
make the motera work, but the vehicle
containing the strength cf , 250 horses
confined within its 1 rou frame was as
obslijaat? ?B a m??eV;. sud, though. its
ru ul t Uni 1 llonaire owner paced tho beach '
and fumed at its reprehensible c<ai
duct. all tbe king's horses abd all the
king's men couldn't get tho big, *'choo
choo" to moving again.
The dangers ) of driving a racer nt
about two miles a minuto aro hot to be
! scoffed, afc To begin with, the appear-'
ance of one. rof these; machines ls
enough toscare a, person who ia airohi
of being :outafterdark. It Jocks like
j ah inverted submarine boat oa ? wheels,
: and when spinning along at a mile in
.half a minute the.sdiriyet;v^fl^''hia:'an-'.
toinobH? goggles over j bia. eyes,; <ahi**;
readily b? mistaken foi the evil one
himself. Every rate meet bia i^chap-;
Urn of accidents. Other t?mga bosldcs?
records ?were smashed nt vth? Ormond
rices, ont fortmmmly there w^ ?qt
ibo serious accidents th at have some
times.marred the sueoess bf such en
terprisea. One racerr Walter Christie,
lost a wheel, and bia ? machin? skidded
Into the ocean. ' It chanced "to be at
iust-tlie spot where Frank Croker, son
of th?; forhter , ???w Y<?k politician,
Tho Confederate Reunion.
New Orleans, La., Febr?"..ry 22.
The ?aivH fur the GoDiedcraie reunion
to bo bold herr on April 25, 20 and 27
have not been ohanged aa stated in a
dispatch last night from Macon, Ga.
After a meeting of the local committee
to-day tho following was given out:
"The attention of thc committee be
iug called to a conflict of dates between
thoBO of tho rcuuiou and the date of
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?utuiui lui -Lj ak y tu venan. ^nttCS, U.v
matter was referreJ to Gen. Stephen
D. Lee, with tho statement that it is
impracticable at this late day to
change the date of the reunion." .
Adjt. Gen. Michie said bo hadr.u-i
thorized no announcement of a change
of the dates.
Uliman and Mclaurin.
Washington, ?Feb. 21.-The Hon.
John L. MoLaurir* is in Washington.
He maygjbe a oendidato for United
States senator against 8onator Tillman
next summer. "I would not say I
have no idea of running," he enid, when
asked to-day about it, "but I should
have to see a good reason to give up a
work whioh brined me in four or f ve
times as much money as the salary of a
senator. But if'there ie a demand on
the part of any considerable number of
people, I should feel it my duty to run
and I should run whether I got elected
or not."
"What do you think of the situa
tion ingSouth Carolina regarding the
dispensary?"
"Well, I have been away foy the
past week or ap and have hardly seen
a paper from thei e, but I see the leg?
islature has adjourned leaving the dis
ponsary where ii was. To tell you the
truth," ho added, "I think that is a
good thing; that is, since they killed
the Morgan hill. But since they fail
ed to pass that it is better not to mess
things up any more than they are.
Tt is best to let the people settle it, as
they will in the coming campaign."
"How are the issues to bo defined ?"
"Oh, I suppose Senator Tillman will
agitate it, favoring the dispensary, and
somebody will run against him, taking
the other side."
It was here that Mr. MoLaurin was
asked if he had any idea of running
himself, and he replied as above.
"I consider th? ??ipensary the most
iniquitous law that ever was on thc
statute books," he said,and added very
earnestly-, "the ?lU?o stealing that has
been revealed ie not to my mind the
chief iniquity at ali. It i?.the system
itself which is debauching and it i?
a aisgrass tc the State."
"I nave always opposed it," he said.
"I wee attorney! general when, it was
first passed and t opposed it then fcej
cause itisngainst the spirit and genius
of our institutions. A .State has nc
right to engage is any commercial bus
iness, to ssii arsy thing; bat when thc
thing it sells is the most degrading of
al! commodities it is the lowest degrad
ation anda profanation of the spirit
and genius of oar institutions/' Mr.
MoLaurin is here, he says, for the
purpose cf oonferring with Senator
Overman and Mr. Metcalf, secretary ol
commerce and labor, with Fefereeeo te
- the Overman bill for tho oppoi n tm on t
of a commission to visit China and
other eastern countries to stady
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UU?6B vuuuiuvai ; ivr OUilOB .KUUUBi
V?a rein?na to New York tonight.
Mrs. MoLaurin is with him.-Th?
State. 'r'v :
JtJNE l&th.
?Don't raise this Groat
<k Ww hn?? said thiajt>iat for gum;
ehqw^g them if
! Next
Roses for Catching Rats.
The use of ohoioe roees as ret bait ia
. .. v . _:_?_J ...
VU uv '.....;ii;ui:ii;ur;u uj
logical bureau of the department of ag
riculture, says ike Washington J?osU
The bureau bas been informed : of a.
number of oases wbero rodents that
spurned templing cheese and crackers
were easily enticed by a rose, and it
is believed that tho result of the ex
periments proposed by the bureau will
bs to she?? cono!n*!w*''y that t-hese
fiowers surpass cheese, crackers, rind?
o? bscoo and other baits that are com
monly used *o entice tho rats into the.
trap. i
It is explained that it :U not se sssafc
tasia of tbe rose that attracts the rat as
it is their fragrance, /or this reason
roses are . expected to be the popular
bait for the future.
Cases have been known where ro
dents attraoted by the a weet perfume
of a rose in tue n?t?a?, Lave gnawed
through doors to get at the flower j
Hats hfcve been known to become aus- ;.
picio?s of traps with the familiar bait
of cheese and bacon rinds ?and easily
evade a trap for a 1 ODP; time. From
experienoe it h'> been found that
white roses ; such as* the dainty bride,
rose or the snowy uephitoB, have pro
ved preferable in rat catching. One
or two of these fragrant flowers are .
placed in the wiro caged trap, aud it
is stated that it will not take long for
Mr. liodenl to be tempted by the en
tioiog and sweet smelling bait.
The power of a rose aa a rat bait is
said to have originated in California-,
about two years ago, bat it was not [
until recently that the flower wee used'
to aoy extent. Now that the govern
ment has officially recognized the rose
as a rat catcher and will doubtless in
dorse it tho flower will probably be
come a common method of enticing,
rats to the death traps.
A Modern Horailus.
Pride in one's own country and its=:t
people i3 both pardonable and com
mendable, even though it may lead to I
laughable situations, aa in the follow
ing r.iory quoted from an English '??
r/agazino.. It may be explained that]
the incident occurred at a school ex
amination.
Ooo day an, examiner was listening,
to a ci ESS of Irish boys, in London, as)
they repeated Macaulay's " Horatius." ;
"Would tbre? soldiers, nowadays,"
'"_4?k? ??i??o WhnlfS? k Kit**
Qa iniHU). uv ..?viy tO ??v;~ ? CiJCgT .;
against a whole army?" *
"No, sit," the boss answered. ,
"Would three Englishmen, for ex- j
ample?" be C??ii?USu.
*tNo, air," said tb o class.
" Would three Scotchmen?"
They again dissented.
"Would three Irishmen?"
; MTHM^~* ii?. ?*.k?t?i -. M^:?^UIAJ
-; *. ivaavf sra a | ./ DHVVIVVW sin ' ?f AVS??UAVTJ
little fellow, "oas Irishman would dol
iii" ' ?. a | mry r - -i . I?
, -r- All mothers look alike to a mm j
whose billa come due on tba lsfc, j
;,;-r- thrift end,??ingi&esB are similar J
but, ob, bo different.
-- 8ome beauty is only comesuVj
; deep* ?. I
. w?en.a man Wants tO' .- do wrong rj
be seldom: experiencia7; 4r?ub le ia.find? .1
j mg an excuse^? ' :|
* ATOOTA
Story. T&e Critica say
enough J Sunday,
htinstailmsBt. ;
?ONFIPENCE w the grcatefit els
ment^ cf ?necesa. The ; firat . monq
saved makes ono eure he calif .SSH
mor?. The first hundred
rung in the ladder by which you earl
the%cox?dfiba^^b? the taird, etc
^H^??vypa'i? sacing hundredsmore
e^?^t^r^ngrTrith the Sal
ai?s^^pa?ta?w?V of sT%^*nk . f
??|?P?r?* South Carolina.
