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The Oxford VOLUME 83. SOUTH PARIS, MAINE, TUESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1916. NUMBER 34 CARL S. BKIGGS, Dentist, SOUTH PARIS, MAINS. Office Hoars : 9 a. m. to 3 p. m. Spe .jfti attention *iven to childreo. Telephone 1-43-4 QBKSICK Λ PA8K. Attorneys at Law, BfTHKL, · MAIN·. UJIIOB I Her^cl· Cilery C. Part. i lbibt d. pa es. * Licensed Auctioneer, 30ΓΓΗ PARIS. · · MA»». T;ra» aodertie· J. WALDO NASH, Licensed Taxidermist, TimpJe Street- rear Masonic Block, rtJepfco"· Oorr^ tion. NORWAY. longley & BUTTS, Norway, Mjlne, Plumbing, Heating, Sheet Metal Work, STEEL CE S A SPECIALTY. Bisbee & Parker, ATTUR>EVS AV JOl NSELLORS AT LAW Kumford, Maine. QEMiRAL practice. 0. Bislfcre Ralph T. Parker j 5paulJ'nz iisbee 10 Γ y E. W < H ANDLER, Builders' Finish ! I will farnUb I' md WINDOWS of any il» or Style at reasonable price·. Also Window Sl Door Frames. If la want of ar ·· v'n i of Finish for Inalde oi MMlwrk MB onler·. Pine Lam jtfiûj 3Mn* ■ i land Cboap for Caah. Planing, Sawing and Job Work. Hatched P!ne SneatMag for Sale. £. W, (HANDLER, Sumner Maine HILLS, Jeweler and Graduate Optioian. MPricesinOirdMy. NORWAY, MAINE. "insure BEFORE YOU BURN· INSURANCE : Fire Liie Automobile Liability Accident Plate Glass Tourist's Baggage Steam Boiler Workmen's Compensation Bonds oi all kinds W.J.Wheeler & CO., Billings Block SOUTH PARIS, MAINE LS. BILL1NQS manufacturer of and dealer in Hed Cedar and Spruce Clap boards, New Brunswick Cedar Shingles, North Carolina Pine, Flooring and Sheathing, P&roid Roofing, Wall Board, Apple Barrel Heads, and LUMBER OF ALL KINDS South Paris, - Maine. C. E. TOLMAN General Insurance PYTHIAN BLOCK South Paris, - Maine »ι ««ifs AlWthe-way-by-water MAINE STEAMSHIP LINE Direct Between Portland and New Yerk i**r6lE· North l*b'1 &D(1 North Star— Leave Portland, Tuesdays, Tburs 3**<»Haye at 6.30 p. m. Also Monday» ■ '"Λ a e.t June lilUl to utii inclusive. METROPOLITAN LINE Direct Between Boston and New York JLi L*0?™· Kuute via Cape Cod Caaal. Rx • uîir®? Steamships Massachusetts and Bunk «MUULeaieNorth 9We India Wharf. Boston. SL!ry· *n'1 Sundays at β p. m. âaoe serviee KE 1 from Pkr North Blver, foot of ββ"»Τ street. New York City. BOSTON AND PORTLAND UNE fcesmehtp* ttan»oœ B. Falter and Bay 9 ta te— 7*1® r*n1k"n wharf. Portland, weak dars »» BûLL™·· S®n'uy· st 9 p. m. Returning leave week 'lays ana Sundays at 7 p. m. PORTLAND AND ROCKLAND UNE M uaheean— Leaves Portland Tuesdays, *a,ulVe Saturdays at 7 a. a., tor Bootk !?« Ο Γ· Rockland aad intermediate land *·· Return—Leave Rook lan· 1 Mondays, Wed *· ■- " international line Calvla Austin aad Gov. Ding ley rrvi.I! Portland Mondays, Wednesdays aad J·*- 1\y i P· ■·. tor Kastport. Labec aad 9t «ο·*»*·. Wed Wu.^.rrVUy· 9 *· Œ- ; teave Portlaad a»Jsys, TkttTsday, aad Saturdays at 7 a. ··, n^i^· A^CLJLT,^5apertn>eaaeat t AMONG THE FARMERS. " SPKKU τη plow." Correspondence on practical Agrlcatturnl topic to solicited. Addreee «11 oommnaVrnttom» la tended for this department to HmY 1) Hamwmto, Agricultural Kdltor Oxford Dem ocrat. Parte. Me Sterilizer for Dairy. INEXPENSIVE HOMEMADE DEVICE—MILK AND CREAM KEEP LONGER WHEN UTENSILS ARE STERILIZED. A simple and efficient homemade «team sterilizer which can be built at a cost not to exceed $5 to $10 is described in a new Farmers' Bulletin, No. 748,prepared by the Dairy Division of the department. This bulletin can be obtained free of charge on application to the department. The ordinary washing of dairy utensils, tbe dairy specialists point oat, it not sufficient to insure freedom from bacte ria. The only safe method of de«troyinp in utensils germs which affect the hygi enic and keeping qualities of milk and cream is by sterilization. Even wbeo dairy utensils appear clean, if they have not been properly sterilized they may barbor vast numbers of baoteria which contaminate milk or cream that comes into contact with them. Live steam at a temperature of at least 205 degrees F. is a thoroughly effective agent and one that this homemade apparatus makes readily available on tbe average dairy farm. Wbeo placed on a stove or oil beater the apparatus in question develops steam in a shallow pan and introduces the live steam through a pipe into milk cans and backets. In sterilizing, separator parts small articles, and strainer cloths, a gal vanized-iroo box is placed over the steam outlet and used as a sterilizing chamber. HOW TO CONSTRUCT THK STERILIZER. Tbe sterilizer for cans and milk pails consists of (1) a roasting pan, (2) a spe cially prepared,insulated cover for it,and (3) a steam outlet pipe that runs through tbe cover. An ordinary roasting pan of standard size, about 20 inches long, 14 inches wide, top measurement, and 3 inches deep, will be satisfactory. The insulated cover for tbe pan is in three layers, the lowest of which is a sheet of galvanized iron covering the roasting pan and lapping a little over tbe edges. On the bottom of tbe cover solder flanges to meet and fit the inside edges of tbe pan and make a tight cow. For tbe steam pipe, cut a bole 1 1-2 inches in diameter, and around it solder securely a steam outlet pipe 4 1-2 inches high and 1 1-2 inches in diameter. To make the second layer of the cover, use a piece of asbestos board flve-siz teentbs of an inch thiok and slightly smaller than the metal sheet. In tbe center cut a hole wbiob will fit tightly around the steam outlet pipe. For tbe top layer of tbe cover make a shallow pan of galvanized iron 14 inches square, with sides five-eighths of an inch high, and cut a hole for the steam pipe. When tbe pan is pressed down tight on the asbestos, solder it firmly to the steam outlet pipe. On the pan, solder, on edge, fonr stripe of stiff galvanized iron three eighths of an inch wide. They should start 1 inch fvom each corner and should run to with in 1 inch of the outlet pipe. These stripe provide ridges which raise the milk can from the pan and permit free circulation of steam. Paper may be used instead of asbestos for tbe middle layer of the cover. Pack papers tightly to a height of three eighths of an inch over tbe galvanized iron bottom, and on top place another galvanized-iron sheet of the same size. Solder these two sheets all around tbe edges, so as to make a tight seam. This makes an insulated cover and pad about three-eighths of an inch thick, which will be found as satisfactory, and even preferable, to tbe asbestos insulation. Tbe sterilizer may be used on the kitchen stove or other stove, or over any other heat that is sufficient to furnish steam at the end of tbe outlet pipe at least 205 degrees F., or preferably 210 degrees to 211 degrees F. A thermome ter, if placed in the outlet pipe, will show whether the steam is bot enough. OPERATING THE STERILIZER. Place the outfit, with 1 inch of water in the pan, on the stove, and see that tbe cover fits tightly. The first steam that comes from tbe apparatus will have a temperature of about 140 degrees F. Wait until a thermometer placed in tbe outlet pipe shows at least 205 degrees F. Then place the milk can—previously washed aud rinsed—inverted over tbe steam outlet and resting on tbe ridges. Sterilize fur 5 minutes; remove, shake out any water, aud place tbe oan upright on tbe floor. Tbe can should be abso lutely dry in 1 or 2 minutes. If not, it is an indication either that the steam was not bot enough or that tbe can was not washed olean. Remember that tbe «teaming dues not remove dirt, so that previous washing Is essential. In winter or in cold rooms an insulat ing cover for tbe milk can is desirable, since otherwise tbe can may be cooled so quickly that it will not dry thoroughly. An insulated cover that will serve this purpose can be made from a blanket. Sterilize the milk-receiving tank and separator parts and all milk paila in the same way and for the same time. Before strainer cloths, separator parts, can covers, and small utensils can be sterilized it is necessary to provide a bottomless, galvanized-iron box 15 by 15 by 11 inches higb, to be used as a steril izing chamber. The four sides of tbe box should fit tightly into the shallow pan and the box itself should be pro vided with a tightly fitting metal cover equipped with a handle. To handle strainer clothe, string a wire scross one side three-fourths inch from the top and one-balf inch from the side Before placing the box in position, hang the strainer cloth on the wire, folding it so that one edge may be reached easily without handling the entire cloth. Set the can covers upright along the sides of the box inside, with the tops of tbe cov ers against tbe box. Tbe box shoald hold 3 covers at one time. AFTER STERILIZING. After steaming, place covers on oans as soon as both are dry and do not re move until the cans are to be filled with milk. Tbe pails, as well as the tank and separator parts, should be kept always in a clean place, oat of reaob of dost.— News Letter, U. S. Dept. of Agricul ture. Water for Cows. AU animale require plenty of good, pare water. This it especially trae of tbe milking oow, as water oonstitates more thaa three-fourths of tbe volume of milk. Tbe waMr supply, therefore, demands the dairyman's most careful at tention. Stale or impure water is dis tasteful to the oow and she will oot drink •nongb for maximum milk production. Such water may also carry disease g[ermt wbiob might make tbe milk unsafe for h aman consumption or be dangerous to tbe cow herself. During the winter, when cows are stabled tbe greater part of the time, and unless arrangements have been made to keep water before them all tbe time, they should be watered two or three times a day. If possible, tbe water shoald be 15 to 20 degrees above the freeling point, and should be supplied at practically the aame temperature every day. When water well above freezing temperature is stored in tanks and piped direot to the oow, there is probably little oooasion foi facilities to warm it; bat when it stands ia a tank on whioh ice often forms, it usually pays well to warm it slightly.—· farmers' Balletia 743. Inoabetors, brooders and brood ooopi shoald be cleaned, disinfected, thor oughly sunned aad dried, and stored foi next season's use. Better Farm Nomes. Every right thinking farmer la doing some thinking on the «object of » belter planned farm home. Most farm houses were built In past daja when bnt little good foreelght was ezeroiaed to make them handj and oomfortable home*. W« have the extreme· of severe heat in summer and severe cold in winter to guard against Every good farm home needs a con veulent water supply, Inolud ing hard and aoft water with good bath roo m a, one for the family and one for farm help. But that cannot be aafely installed without furnace heat to keep pipes from freezing in winter. In an address before the students of Cornell College, Professor L. S. Bailey gave some valuable hints on planning a convenient farm home, which we copy here: ' "By way of concrete auggeations, 1 will throw my atatements regarding bet ter farm homes into classified para graphs. These suggestions apply to common farm homes rather than to the estates of country gentlemen. "1. Plan a waterworks system with a supply coming from an elevated tank In the barn or in the attic, from a pneumat ic tank in the cellar, from a pneumatic cistern, from a creek, or a well, or a spring at an elevation above the house, or from a hydraulic ram. "2. Plan a oompact room arrange ment that will allow a woman with two or three children to do ber work without servante, and alao to have some time for reading and aocial activity. u3. Consider how a hired man may occupy a room which haa a aeparate en trance from the remainder of the houae, and yet whioh may be under family con trol. "4. Plan the addition of outdoor sleeping facilities. Add a fireplace to the old farm house. "6. Place a bouse with an accessible and attractive back door or work en trance. "β. Plan a lighting system either by acetylene gas, electric light, or other means that are now available. Extend this system to the barns if practicable. Also devise a way to heat the house. "7. Plsn a plain work-room or retir ing room for the women of the family, particularly for the wife and mother. This should be a retreat room that la free from the oarea and noiae of the re mainder of the house, containing per hapa a few booka and other meana of reoreation. "8. Provide an office that shall be the business nucleus of the farm plan. This office should be easy of accees, on the first floor of the house, rather than in the attic or in the barn. It ahould have an outaide entrance, as well as connec tion with the living room. "9. Pigure out a system of storage rooms that will bold the family supplies and such products as need to be sold or handled from the residence, assuming that the family ia aix persons, and the place a general farm of one hundred acree. "10. Plan the simplest and most com pact arrangements of rooms, so as to ac commodate a family of aix persons on a farm of one hundred and fifty acres. "11. Plan a garden or a yard-that shall be a real supplement to the house. I do not now have in mind so much the raising of vegetables and fruits for the household supply as the providing of pleasant outdoor spaces for reading, sit ting, dining, and the like. Every op portunity should be seized to get tbe farmer and bis family out of doors, since contact with natnre in honrs of leisure will add much to tbe resourcefulness of their Ην··.1'—Hoard's Dairyman. Boys to Judge Dairy Cows. It is hoped that each of the New Eng land colleges of agriculture will take ad vantage of the opportunity to enter a team of three men in the eighth annual students' national contest in judging dairy cattle, which will be held this year October 13, in connection with the national dairy show at Springfield, Mass. At the last such contest, held two years ago at Chicago, teams were entered by three of the New England colleges Maine, Massachusetts and New Hamp shire. There should be a full represen tation this year. Tbe contest will be supervised by tbe United States department of agriculture. The announcement concerning it has been issued by Helmer Rabild, tbe offioial in charge of dairy farming inves tigations, who says regarding it: "Tbe purpose of this event is to increase tbe interest in dairy oourses at agricultural colleges, and to enoourage the develop ment of the whole dairy Industry. The second result will naturally follow the first. Tbe greater number and more highly qualified leaders in breeding dairy cattle, in extension work and in teaching will directly promote to an Immeasura ble degree various phases of the indus try." The event is open to any agricultural college in tbe United States wbiob con ducts a four-year oourse. Each college most be represented by a team of tbree men. About 92400 will be awarded to competitors who show marked ability in judging oattle. Tbe money will be given in the form of scholarships, each to tbe amount of 9400, to be used in taking post-graduate work in dairying. —New England Homestead. Seeding to Qrasi In the Fall. Clover and grass may be seeded in tbe fall In one of two ways—in standing corn at tbe last cultivation or alone In August after orops like oats or early potatoes, have been harvested. It Is a good plan to get the seed into tbe ground during August. However, weather conditions will determine this point somewhat. Clover and grass seeds are small and therefore do not germinate as easily and surely a· do larger seeds. It is impor tant that there be plenty of moisture in the soil at tbe time of seeding. Unless lime bas been used recently ou the soil, 1 12 to 2 tons of ground lime stone sbould be applied before seed is sown. If barnyard manure is not avail able, 200 to 400 pounds ground bone can generally be distributed to good advan tage on an acre. On grass landa that will be left down for a considerable time, the following seed mixture will give good satisfaction. Twelve pounds timothy, four pounds-re oleaned redtop, eight pounds red clover, three pounds alsike clover and two pounds alfalfa. For a shorter rotation, tbe following mixture is recommended: Twelve pounds red clover, five pounda alsike clover and five ponnds timothy. It Is essential to fit tbe ground thoroughly and to supply the seed evenly. After sowing tbe seed the ground should be brushed or gone over with a weeder to oover tbe seed.—F. E. Rogers, New Havea (Ot) Agent. ■ Experiments. The fundamental principles of agri culture were thoroughly understood by intelligent farmers away back In the age in which Athens was teaching art to tbe world, and when Rome was giving laws to the nations. In the centuries since, we have learaed better how to-do the things that make for greater efficiency, aad we have tremendously Improved onr knowledge of fruits and seeds and ani mals; hut, iaibemeantime, avast num ber of théorie· that promised to revolu tionise agriculture and make the desert blossom as tbe roee have been relegated to the rubbish heap. Lei us then look kindly upon experiments, while keeping a firm grip upon our oommoa sense. Ton oaa tell something about the heart of a man by watching what he does with the stone with which he blocks his wheel on tbe way np a long, steep bill. If he throws It out of the road when tbe team Is ready to start on, he is a pretty good man. If be doosn't—well, we have our opinion of him. If a horse stumbles, don*t strike him with^wbip.^Looh to M^ahoas^and Mr.Van Arsdale's Partner i He Was Very Practical ;i In Making a Se lection By ELINOR MARSH ι» Shortly after I had been Introduced to the social world as a bud I noticed that my father looked worried. This Increased till he took to his bed. He never left It After his death his af faira were settled, and it was announc ed to my mother and me that he had rty>d insolvent We had nothing to live on except a small annuity my father had settled on my mother when they were first married and were beginning to the golden ladder. But this barely sufficed for my mother. It was surprising to me how soon I lost all my friends In society. For awhile I was Invited as before and, having a wardrobe, accepted some of the Invitations I received. But within half a year those men who control the sale of women's garments had so changed the fashions that my clothes were no longer In vogue. From this Hnrw> ι dropped out of the social swim and was soon forgotten. I had met a certain Mrs. Abercrom ble, the widow of a capitalist who had herself become a philanthropist One day when mother and I were wonder ing how we would make ends meet I received a note from Mrs. Abercromble saying that she needed a secretary and offering me the position. Of course I Jumped at the opportunity and accept ed the offer at once. My employer regarded the fortune her husband had left her as a trust for the benefit of those who needed help. Indeed, her husband had left it to her for this purpose. Her personal ex penses were very small, and she never gave anything away except In accord ance with the principles that had been laid down for her by her husband In his will. She was a kind hearted wo man, but very conscientious, and had been converted by her husband to be lieve that money given indiscriminate ly did harm instead of good. With her the distribution of charity needed man agement just as her husband's busi ness needed management Mrs. Abercromble gave me a very small salary to begin with. Indeed, I was not at first worth much to her, but I was very attentive to my work and as fast as I learned it she Increas ed my pay. But at Its best It was not much. Mrs. Abercromble dispensed a good deal of money in connection with other philanthropic capitalists. If half a mil lion dollars was needed to found a hos pital she would be one of a number of persons to make up the amount This at times was the cause of my meeting these persons. They were old men who had spent a lifetime In accumulat ing fortunes, or else their widows. I was quite frequently sent to them with messages from Mrs. Abercromble, and there were cases In which I was com missioned to talk over plans for a mu tual expenditure of money for charity. I had heard of a certain Edgar Van A. re dale, an old gentleman who Joined Mrs. Abercromble in various gifts, but had never met him. One day a letter of his to my employer came Into my hands for filing. It announced that her plan with regard to "a day nureery at Crockerville" was satisfactory to him and he would Join her In It with pleasure. There was also a statement that he was grateful to her for con senting to help h,m In the matter of a partnership and he would talk the matter over with her. I supposed that the writer was getting old and wished some one to take upon himself a part of his affairs. It was not long arter niing cnu let ter that Mrs. Abercromble sent me to Mr. Van Arsdale to state her reasons for declining to give a certain sum of money. She explained the matter to me thoroughly so that I would be able to make It clear to Mr. Van Arsdale. I was driven to hla home and on reach ing it and giving my name and the object of my call to a maid was ush ered Into a room used by the philan thropist as an office. It was empty, and I took a seat while I waited. It was not long before a young man some twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old entered, bowed to me as def erentially as if I were a social belle and placed a chair for me near a desk at which he seated himself. Then he waited for me to state my business. "Pardorf me," I said. "I have come from Mrs. Abercromble to make a statement to Mr. Van Arsdale. I pre sume it will be the same if I make It to you as if I made it to him direct" "Exactly." "Perhaps you are Mr. Van Arsdale's partner." "His partner?" "Yes. I have charge of Mrs. Aber cromble'e correspondence, and recently in filing a letter from him I notice tbat he was thhiklng of taking a partner." "Oh, you did. That gives me a new Idea. Persons writing letters to other persons having secretaries should have a care what they say." "Not at all. · In such a matter Mrs. Abercromble and I are one and the ■yTTio person." "I see," he replied. "Just as Mr. Van Arsdale and I are one and the same person." J "As to the matter in hand," I began, "Mrs. Abercromble regrets deeply that •he does not see her way clear to Join you in the erection of a laboratory for college." I proceeded to give the reasons for her refusal, and when I had finished the gentleman, who had listened attentively, said: "If I can repeat this statement as clearly and Intelligently as you have made it I shall feel proud of myself." "Thank you," I replied. "I am used to bearing verbal messages from my employer. Any one could do what 1 have done with the same practice." "I couldn't with ten times the prac tice. I can writs anything so that it may be understood by a very intelli gent person, but I can't speak it" "Then I may tell Mrs. Abercromble that you are satisfied with her action Γ Ton may. But," he aided, after a brief pause and with a smile, "you are not at* liberty to tell her that Mr. Van Andale has taken a partner." "Of coarse not I fear I have erred tn"— "Not at alL Will you kindly say that Mr. Van Andale has met · party who, he thinks, will fill the bin, but he has no assurance that the person will ac cept the position." I didn't this partnership matter and was sorry tbat I had been •o indtaent a» te wmtttm.% gentleman saw by my looks that I wee embarrassed and added: "Never mind that Mr. Yen Arsdale win attend to It himself—that Is, If tt Is attended to at all" As I roee to go the yoong men took e rase eut of e cot glass vase on his desk end offered tt to me. I took tt. him and after inhaling its de licious perfume for a moment left the room end the house, he gallantly see ing me to the door. Soon after this visit I wee sent again to Mr. Yen ▲radale's house on another matter. I was received by the eame yoong and when I mentioned that I presumed his chief might be in disposed he replied that Mr. Yen Axe dele was very much Indisposed and probably would not attend to any more business. "Is he very otdY" I asked. "Very." On this visit the gentleman led the conversation to various topics not of s business nature, and I was delighted with his chat We spent so much time together in this way that I feared 1 would receive a rebuke from Mrs. Abercrombie. But she said not a word on the subject of my delay, much to my relief. One morning after the arrival of the Twnfl Mrs. Abercrombie called me into her boudoir and said to me: "My dear, I have an offer for your services from one who needs a person on whom to place much greater re sponsibilities than I, and the compen sation will be much greeter. Mr. Van Aredale writes me that If I will con eent to give you up he will take you." "Mr. Van Arsdalel Indeed, Mrs. Abercrombie, I could not possibly take his place. He Is very old and very ill His secretary has told me that he will probably never again attend to busi ness. I have understood that he need ed a partner"— "A partner! Where did you hear thatr "I noticed it in a letter of his that you gave me to file." "Ohl" replied my employer. "I think that by a partner he meant one to whom he might Intrust matters that he could not intrust to a clerk or a sec retary." "What's the matt» with the young man who has been acting for him? Can't Mr. Van Arsdale keep him Γ "If you consent I will write Mr. Van Arsdale to that effect, and you can set tle it with him." "Do you think I will be able to fill the position!" "Most assuredly.·· "Do you know what the salary will her "I do not" After more inquiries on my part, to which I got no satisfaction, I consent ed to consider a proposition from Mr. Van Arsdale, and Mrs. Abercrombie wrote him to that effect I was surprised the next morning to be informed that Mr. Van Arsdale had called and was waiting for me In the drawing room. "Mr. Van Arsdale Γ I exclaimed. "Why, I supposed he was bedridden! 1 expected to go to him." "He's waiting for you. By the by, why not wear your new crepe de chiner w . "What! Dress to receive a broken down old man? Hell think I'm too fine for a business woman." But Mrs. Abercrombie Insisted and superintended my toilet, and after she was satisfied I went downstairs to the drawing room. There sat the young man who had several times received me at Mr. Van Arsdale's. I stopped a moment on seeing him, then advanced, saying: "I thought that a broken down old man couldn't come to see me, but would send for me to go and »eehim. I presume you come with a proposi tion for Mr. Van Arsdale." "I do." "I believe he wants some one to — "He wants a partner." 'Ton mean one to"— "He wants a partner for life." "That doesn't mean much, since 70a hare said that he will never again"— "I will explain. My father died re cently and I am his heir. I have prac tical views. Expecting that some cold blooded society woman would marry me for my money, I asked Mrs. Aber cromble to recommend some girl who had been brought up a lady as I have been brought up a gentleman, but who had made good in taking care of her self. Sbe recommended you. You got .bold of a letter of mine on the subject and after that I was more careful." What else he said to me on that eventful evening Is too near my heart to be repeated here, though my brain was in such a whirl that I only got its meaning. I need only say that I ac cepted his proposition and became his partner. ~ ' Psychology of Laughter. In his book, "A Raw Youth," Dos toevsky has a page on laughter, which he regards as the surest test of the heart, and suggests that a girl may wel choose her husband (when in doubt) by the quality of his laugh, which will be a symptom of his na ture, for to know how to laugh is a gift "A man will sometimes give himself away completely by his laugh, and you suddenly know him through and through." Most essential In good laughter is sincerity and freedom from malice. A sincere laugh, free from malice, Is gayety. "A man's gayety is what most be trays the whole man from head to foot Sometimes one will be for a long Hnw unable to read a character, but If the man begins to laugh Ids whole character will suddenly lie open before you. And so If you want to see into a man and to understand his soul don't concentrate your attention on the way lie «-«Ik# or Is silent, on his tears or the emotion he displays over exalted ideas. Yon will see through him bet ter when he laughs." The Tired Business Man." Are not all business men tired? 11 not why do we hear so much about musical comedies and vaudeville per formances that are constructed espe cially for the purpose of resting'and refreshing the tired business man! If there is any one claim that has been conceded for ages past It is this: Fatigue Is much more fatal to a man than to a woman. We seldom hear οί I a tired washerwoman or a tired house· ' keeper. Nobody ever wrote a musical comedy for tired schoolmarms. It has always been held that If a man has to work at night he most sleep In the .daytime. Bat everybody knows that s woman can walk the floor all night with a sick baby In her arm· and still be able to perform strenuous household duties next day. "Msn's work Is from sun to sun"—that being the limit of bU «iduTsars Southern Woman's Mags A Plebeian Son ι ι His High Bred Wife ί Made Him Over I By F. Α. M ITCH EL Edward Schenk one morning, with carpetbag in hand, bid hie old father and mother goodby. He was going to J leave the little shack In which he had1 been born and had lived for seventeen years. He was going to the city te make his fortune. And he was likely to succeed In doing so, for he had in. him the principle of bringing every-! thing to his own advantage. He was a natural trader, and in every trade he made there was a margin of profit for him. One of his boyish transactions was this: He traded a Jackknlfe he owned for a more elaborate one which was rusty and dulL Taking off the : met, sharpening the blades and polish ing up the handle, he traded It for a better one with one of its blades bro ken. The broken blade be filed into a nail cleaner and traded tbe knife for another, receiving 20 cents to boot The knife he now owned he put up at a raffle, charging 10 cents a chance. The result was that the original knife, which was worth little or nothing, had been metamorphosed Into $3.25. The boy who won it paid very nearly what it was worth, and the boys who did not win it contributed to the trader's Juvenile fortune. When Schenk reached the city he had $100 that had grown out of jackknlves, tops, marbles, children's wagons that he had manufactured himself and other articles In which he had dealt He hired himself to a junk dealer, and, selecting different articles that he found In stock, he repaired them and sold them for more than they were worth, turn ing In to his employer the price they would ordinarily have brought Schenk grew rich. No sooner had he climbed the dollar ladder than he wished to climb the social ladder. He sat by day, immaculately dressed, in a beautifully furnished office at a rosewood desk, with clerks and office boys at his calL He put men who were members of different clubs under ob ligations to him, then asked them to propose for membership. Unfor tunately he bad done business in a nmaii way in his (λνη name and was remembered by some as Schenk the junkman. This kept him out of sev eral of the best clubs, but he was ad mitted to the rest and in time became a member of those that had turned him down. By a* similar process he worked his way into a dancing club called the Car pet Beaters. He had never beaten car pets, but he had done work equally menial Consequently he disliked the name of the club and wondered how the managers could have selected it forgetting that they were so far re moved from the class who really beat carpets that they were not at aU sensi tive in the matter. By this time, like one of the Jack knives that had been the beginning of his fortune, Schenk had been so fur bished as to have value in the matri monial market Mothers urged their daughters to set their caps for him. But the daughters demurred. If the odor of tbe Junk shop did not still hang about htm there was a certain cheapness that, like certain rust spots on his Juvenile Jackknlves, eould not be rubbed out But he was capable of enduring no end of snubbing from certain ladles who were to the man ner born and contented himself with being endured by others who were not "first water" or whose mothers had an eye on his fortune. TT- 11. In fYifk mofrl. monlal market, as be had succeeded In the comT.erolal markets—that Is. by giving an Inferior for a superior arti cle. Miss Cella Evans, the daughter of refined parents, consented to marry him because he had helped ber father out of a commercial hole It was sup posed at the time that he had done what he did from a kindness of heart but be made a fair profit out of the transaction. Cella was told of Schenk's mag nanimity and after that accepted at tentions from him which she had pre viously denied him with a fairly good grace. He wanted her, and the as sistance he had rendered her father had been a^art of a plan he bad laid to win her. That a pecuniary profit had stuck to his magnetic fingers was simply owing to their attraction tor the precious metals. He stuck to the girl till urged by her parents, she con sented to marry him. And now that Mr. Schenk was about to make ancther round in the social ladder a matter came up of an embar rassing nature. Matrimony Is a Junc tion of families. This Junction may be put aside in all ways but one. Every child born to the married pair derives Its being from each and both famille·. It Is natural, therefore, thàt when two persons are about to be married there should be Introductions -between their respective near blood relations. The embarrassing feature in Schenk's case was that his father and mother had continued to live In the shack where be had left them, and there had been no more change In them than In the shack, the only change In each be ing that the shack had become dilapi dated and the couple had grown old. Their son Edward while laying the foundation of his fortune had left them to shift for themselves, and by the time lie bad money to spare their necessities had been lopped off b j age, the aeaaon for enjoyment having passed. There fore when be wrote asking if there wag anything he could do for them they re plied that the only thing needed waa some tobacco for the old man's cob pipe» the tobacco to be had at the coun try store being mixed with cornhusks and hard on his throat which waa weak. Edward sent the tobacco—of medium grade, for he argued that* since his father would not appreciate an expensive smoke, to pay a high price would be a waste of money. But he did not visit his paient*. From this brief family statement It may be guessed that the pereatageques tkm on Schenk's aide waa, ta say the least embarrassing. Notwithstanding ah his -ability for getting on In the world he waa stalled at this apparently trivial problem. He solved it tempo rarily by telling his fiancee that his fa ther and mother were old and infirm and were on this account Incapacitated from taking part in their eon's wedding festivities. It waa evident from this that the couple would add nothing to thi of the thwwfc τ , —β. Ί • · Skhenk Had given the impression that they were living surrounded by every comfort This was true, since what would be a comfort to them wonld be a hardship to another. Edward asked his mother to write a few h no# to his wide, but they were so badly written and spelled that be did not show them to Cells, saying that his mother would have written had she not been prevent, ed by palsy. There was a large wedding—it would have been larger if the groom had had hii way-after which was the usual bridal Journey. Mrs. Schenk suggested that they visit her husband's parents eince the poor old couple could not visit them, but Scbenk demurred, giv ing as an excuse that they were both 1H and a visit would be a discomfort to them. Several years passed, during which time Schenk by various excuses kept his wife away from his parents. Then one spring Mrs. 8cbenk took it Into her head that she would like a bouse in the country for the summer. Schenk had thus far had no use for a country residence, so not owning one be told his wife that she might rent one wher ever she chose. Seeing an advertise ment of a place some fifty miles' dis tant from the city, the description of which pleased her, she ordered out her car and went to Inspect it Being much pleased with the place and since her hnsband might go and come to and from businées every day either by train or auto she rented it. One evening after business hours the couple started by automobile for their country residence. They bad not gone far before Schenk found himself mov ing toward the scenes of his boyhood. But he said nothing, trusting that they would soon turn In another direction. Another ten miles and 'another ten and stiU they remained on the very road he had trudged some fifteen years ' before to make his fortune in the city. ) Here and there he recognized points , where he had stopped to rest, and on a rock beside a creek he had stopped to eat the dinner his mother had made up for him. But when the car left the main road for a smaller one that led past the house In which he was born and where dwelt bis aged parents a cold sweat began to gather on bis brow. He was relieved, however when another turn was made, and aft^ er following a new road up a declivity they entered a noble place that was to be their home for the summer·· Scbenk had hunted woodcock on that hill when a boy and knew that it was not more than a mile from his father's shack. The pair dined, and the next morn ing Schenk returned to the city re solved to be at his country seat as little as possible and hoping that the end of the summer might come with out his wife's meeting his parents. Various excuses kept him in the city most of the time till September, when he Joined Mrs. Scbenk for the last time In the country before their removal to town. Edward," said Mrs. Scbenk, "I was out motoring the other day and stop ped at a little hut for a drink of wa ter. It was handed me by an old wo man, who asked from what city I hailed. When I told her she said her son bad gone there years ago to make his fortune. She said his name was Edward and the family name was Schenk. Isn't it an odd coincidence that the name of this boy and yours should be the same?" "Very," said Schenk, looking ln*every direction except at his wife, and, mak ing a trivial excuse, he left the room. Δ few days later the couple entered their limousine to go to the dty. A lackey carried out a large bundle. "What's thatr asked Schenk. "Some ea s toff clothing I'm going to take to the poor old Schenk couple. We'll drive past the bouse with it" Schenk stood aghast "Do you think we have time?" he stammered. "Why not let James take it there?** "Because I wis η to taxe ic my sen. There was something so positive in this reply that Scbenk could Interpose no further objection. One faint hope was witfeln him —that his parents might not recognize him. When they pulled up In front of the shack the old couple came out and stood looking at them, with the sun obscuring their vision. MI have brought you some nice things." said Mrs. Scbenk, "but the nicest of aU is your eon. He bas been busy making a fortune since be left you, and that Is very absorbing. But be Is going now to make amends for his neglect" Scbenk eat rigid for a few moments, then threw his arms around his wife's neck. Then be jumped out of the car and embraced first bis father, then his mother. From that day he was a changed man. Cultivating Amusements. Don't provide Inducements to get a child to love amusements. It may en courage a habit that will sadly Inter fere with a sincere and useful life. Dont make a boy feel that be cannot waste too much time In having fun and catering to his senses. Life Is real and earnest and amusement is ad missible st times, but should not be the rule. The manly youth Is for fun. but he Is not always engaged In striv ing for his own pleasure. He should not be educated into that idea of Ufa He should not be furnished with in clinations sway from what is true and real in life. It is a serious matter tempering with a youth's nobler aspir ation. Providing amusement is apt to prove an unnatural adjunct in educa tion.—Columbus Journal. Hate All Around. The famous English chief justice Holt and his wife hated each other to the limit and when she fell danger ously ill he was so delighted that he became dlgracefully tipsy. But his wife was equal to the emergency and sent for the greet Dr. Badcllffe, who hated Holt, and therefore out of spite when the case was presented to him came with great promptness and sav ed her life.—Westminster Qaaette. High Tide. The feminine naivete that Is so amus ing to the nautical man has a good Il lustration in this question asked by a young woman who saw a monitor lying; at anchor in Boston harboc. She turn ed to her escortand said: "What makes that boat lie so low In the water? Is it high tider Bailors' lfagssipa. The Prince of Wales of Pope's time once said to the poet: "Mr. Pope· do yon not like klngsr "Or," replied the poet, **I prefer the ■on before the claws are grown.* Safety First JCnfcker-FoIks are queer. TTodrw Tfs; ths onss who atop, look and lfctsn at η keyhole wont do It at a raflwad i I I ——■ ι The Prince of a Hundred Years A Love Story By AflNES α BROQAN A very young girl stood before a mirror putting the last touches to her toilet A card bearing a man's name lay on the dresser before her. She was preparing to go down to see him, but the preparation was rather for de lay than for her adornment She knew very well for what he had come. He had been to see her often before for the same purpose. Ho had offered her his love She had neither declined nor accepted him. She had not declined him because she was not sure but that she would regret having done so If she did, and she had not accepted him because it did not seem to her that she felt a change which she considered would come over her once she had been stricken by the little god When she could think of nothing more to add to her toilet when she had for the last time adjusted the rose In her hair, smoothed away a crease here and there in her costume, she placed her hand upon the doorknob and stood irresolute. "What shall I say to him?" She could not decide. Turning, she looked through the window and saw a peaceful garden. And there, too, in the garden was a woman. The very young girl buret tempeetu ously into the peaceful garden, and her eyes were bright with tears. n "I came for a sight of you, f ellce, she said, "to calm my troubled spirit. It is Billle again, of course, end he will have his answer. Now, how ia a to be sure of her heart who has not seen the world? One might say yes today and be filled with regret tomorrow. "Oh, for a sign by which we women might know our own true prince when he comes! You remember the olden fairly tales, and your gift for making different stories of each to satisfy my demand for 'Just one more?* Always I found you here among your flowers, Felice, understanding of each rebel lious. childish mood. "Well I'm a rebellious child again today, iod I will ret my head upon your dear shoulder while you weave for me a new version or shall it be The Sleeping Princess and the Prince Who Awakened Her After a Hundred Years?» " Musingly the woman smiled, tnen low she told the story: "The princess sat high on the girden wall while her golden tresses streamed out In the breeze like a shimmering fan. Upon her gleaming crown was perched saucily a soldier's cap, and from beneath its brim she glanced half shyly, half daringly, at the young prince beside her. u 'An you wear my cap," he warned, «I shall surely stfiâl a kiss!* "With a soft mirthful laugh the girl sprang to the ground. " 'Never In all your life,' she mocked, ♦shall you kiss me.' "For a moment their eyes met stead ily, his gravely pleading, hers bright yet fearful: then the girl ran s-wlftly down the path. "Charmed, intent, the prince gazed after her departing figure; then from Its case came his violin, while the un spoken longings which he himself had hardly known breathed forth in music. "From her hiding place the gir watched him, gloried in the sweet seri ousness of his eyes, the firm cut of Ids youthful chin, delighted in the straight forelock which her theft of his cap left uncovered. | "When as the music quivered to a minor key. slowly the girl crept back to sit at his side. Hand in hand they lingered, whUe the young, pale moon rose in the sky. - 1 luiuurruw y ν u win iviw uguu > pleaded the prince at parting. "Overcome by a new and Inexplica ble ehyuess tlie princess shook her head. Tomorrow I shall have duties/ she told him. "So while the rosea bloomed and the bees droned In the garden, there the young prince waited his lady's pleas ure, glad for a smile that she gare him, silent before her tauntlngs, speak ing his love In music. "And, as In teasing mood, the prin cess danced from him one day down the winding path toward the river, she came upon another youth, one who bowed low before her, as a subject salutes his princess, one whose eyes were filled with a worshipful adora* tlon, which the prince's eyes, in all their tenderness, had never shown. "The princess motioned to the youth to rise from his place at her feet, and her heart was filled with the spirit of adventure. "'Come,' she said, *you shall teach me to row your boat on the river and ihall gather for me lilies out far, where ( cannot reach them.' "And as the youth bent eagerly to his oars she was gay and friendly and kind as she had never been In the presence of the prince. "Tour eyes,' the youth reverently told- her, 'are blue as the sky at early evening; your hair is like a cloth of gold; your Hps have stolen their crim son from the berries.' "And the princess smiled and was pleased, for the prince bad never told her any of these things. M'I love you,' said the youth, 'and you love me. and we must speedily be married.' -«Are you quite sure,' aft· asked him, that I do love youf "•Quite sure,' he answered firmly. "And as he went all Joyfully up the path from the river he saw the prince there In the sleepy garden, his violin locked silent In its case. "1 am to many the princess,' the youth cried Jubilantly, Dor though I am but a humble subject she loves me royally/ " 'She—loves—you f the prince re peated, and his words were like a sighing breath. Then dumbly he aat down to wait and later, when the princess found him there, a great hunger came over her to go and sit at Us side, to fold her little fingers up in the clasp of his strong hand, to bear again the stea lage of his music. Yet when he aalced abruptly, Ton art to many the youth r she remembered that tfefl prince had nam really apokaa love, had never praised the beauty of hei eyee. And In that strange and sudlso perversity which Me nearness seemed to provoke the ptbupaa toaaad hai I " Ύββ, I am to marry the youth/ she taunted. Ί am to marry the youth/ "She watched him pass through the little gate In the hedge wondering bow soon, how very soon, he must come back. "Bat the prince did not come. The summer moon turned Into a round, red harvest moon; the rides upon the river grew tiresome; the water lilies were all gone. Pettishly the princess turned one day from regarding the youth. "I am so tired of It all/ she said, 'and I'm vastly : Je<l of you.' "To the heart of the wlldwood then she wandered that the youth might not seek her there, and here burled by the brown leaves on the ground reclined the figure of another man. "He was studiously Intent, she no ticed, upon a book spread out before him, and even the rustling of her draperies failed to attract his atten tion. Interested, the princess came nearer, peering over his shoulder; still the man remained absorbed. Willfully she broke a branch above his head, awaiting his startled glance. "Absently^tbe man looked up Into her face; then with a frown of annoy ance resumed his study. In anger the princess stamped her foot "'You are my subject,' she cried, 'and Ignore my presence. You pay no homage to my power/ "As though reluctant the man closed his book. " Ί serve as α student, madam/ he replied, 'and must therefore devote every moment to study/ "Suddenly the princess leaned to ward him with an alluring smile 'You must also/ she said, 'serve me/ So piqued by his Indifference, she came each day to charm the student from bis purpose. And as they strolled together through the shaded paths he unfolded to her the secret of each leaf and flower. "'When I have finished my course,' said the student, 'you shall love me forever and ever/ "But now In the moment of her tri umph the princess turned coldly aside With thoughtful brows she walked back through the wood To those who appeared now and then and here and there and would have walked at her side she gravely shook her head 44 'For/ she said, Ί would rather go my way alone.' "Just as the afternoon was drawing to a close and the sun was going down gloriously beyond the old wall she slip, ped through the little gate Into her own home garden. "A scarlet drooping vine, a haunting sound of melody, seemed to recall some vaguely pleasant recollection. But the princess was now too tired to remember; so, being quite alone and among the nodding flov ere"— The voice of the speaker trailed off dreamily. "Yes," prompted the girl. "The princess fell asleep," the wo man went on—she smiled wistfully— "asleep, I think, for a hundred years." "When the prince returned to awak en her heart," the girl added. The woman smiled and sighed. "True, princes do not always corns back," she said. Laughing, the girl jumped to her feet "You are in league with ΒΙΙΙΙβΓ she accused. Slowly the gate in the hedge swung Inward to admit a man's tall, soldierly figure. With hat held well out from his straight white forelock, he ad vanced toward Miss Felice. "You have forgotten me perhapsT' he asked slowly. "But I should have known you among all the world. Time with you, as with the old garden, seems to have stood still, yet many years have passed, years with me ab sorbed In music, its study and Its tri umph. When I thought of you it was always—as the wife of another man. Last night only upon returning to my own land I knew." He paused abrupt ly to put forth supplicating hands. "Felice," he breathed. Still the wom an stood motionless, unmoved, as one In a dream. ward. "I thought I knew your face, professor," she said. "Last night I was there, at your wonderful concert Oh, won't you play for us now?" A moment the musician hesitated, looking into the unresponsive eyes of the woman, then his fingers caressed the old violin; a melody filled the air. . The girl, lingering beside the hedge, watched breathlessly. She saw the face of her friend upraised In radiant, < glowing wonder, the other bent so' tenderly above it Then the very young girl stepped out of the garden, softly closing the gate behind her. ι "The Prince of a Hundred Tear·." she: said. Iletty Qreen on Pennies. During one of the period· of hm economical living streaks Mrs. Hetty Green was staying at a modérât· priced boarding house, where a Jobless young stenographer came to know her. The girl finally landed a position for $12 a week and told Mrs. Green of it "You've got to leave here," said the old woman emphatically. "You are not earning enough to pay so much for your keep. I'll tell you where to go. There's a hotel for working girl· I know. I lent the man the money to build It There are washrooms there and sewing rooms.. Make your own clothes and care for them. Get a room· mate. It will cost you only $4. Bave $β out of your $12. Do not go oat nights. Watch your company. Do what I tell you and you'll get on. Any· body can. The trouble Is most people don't know the value of 5 cent». Yoa be advised. Don't figure In dollars; figure In pennies and save them."— New York World. Coat of the Porcupine. Mother Nature surely must have Mt oat to make "something différant" the day she Invented the porcupine. Hers was an animal with · pathetically mild disposition, without cunning or courage and almost a· alow and clum sy aa a turtle. It would have been absurd to give him weapons of et fenae. He would never have the m? ergy to attack anything, so he was given s cost of mail tn which ha might walk abroad among his enemies and yet be. as safe as though he were behind a wall of steeL His upper parts, from his nose to the tip of his thick, muscular tail, are covered with s msss of shsrp pointed quills inter mixed with coarse hair. Bach qulU Is provided with s number of minute barbs pointing backward, ao that when it 1· once Inserted in the flesh of say animal the mere movement of the mnscls· will csuss it to work deeper and deeper—Exchange. "For the ask· of pases I often keep still even when I know I am right" "Same hare. I'm married too."—De troit Fne Press. __ _