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BOYS' HANDICRAFT By A. NEELY HALL Author of "Handicraft for Handy 1 U -FlG.3- 'A c. D F. B ud 'A SIMPLE- MODEL AEROPLANE" A SIMPLE MODEL AEROPLANE. The model aeroplane shown In Fig. 1 Is a neat little monoplane and one of the simplest designs to carry out. The centerpole, which Is shown in Fig. 2, can bs made out of a piece of a bamboo fishing-rod or bamboo um brella handle, inch or H inch in diameter. Cut it 24 inches long. Pre pare the blocks A and B as shown in Fig. 3, cutting block A inch thick, inch wide and 1 inches long, and block B of the same width and thick ness by 1 inches long. Make these out of hardwood, and bore the holes shown for the centerpole to slip through before trimming them down , to their proper size, to avoid splitting them. Also bore a hole through A for it he propeller shaft and screw a screw hook into B. Fasten block A to pne end of the center-pole, and block B FIG.5- 21 hi inches away from it Then run a piece of stiff wire through the center-pole at C, which should be 2 Mi Inches from A, and another at D, which should be 6 Inches away from wire C; also run a piece of wire 6 Mi inches long, with its lower end bent into the form of a hook, through a vertical hole bored through the cen . ter-pole inch back of block B. Drive a screw into the top of the pole at F, which should be 7 inches away from block B, and fasten a brass ring to the rear end of the pole, as ehown at G. A wooden propeller correctly pro portioned is not easy for a boy to make; one can be bought at a small cost from any of the dealers who ad vertise materials for making aero planes, and one of these will give the greatest satisfaction. But you will una a propeuer maae similar 10 inm shown In the illustrations a fairly good one. It Is easy to make, too. The two blades are of tin. Cut them out of a tomato can, using Fig. 4 as a pattern. The curve of the can will be Just the right curve for the blades, so, after removing the ragged edge of the opened end of a can, mark out the blades upon its sides and then cut them out These blades set in the lotted ends of a hub block, such as is shown In Fig. 3. Make this out of bard wood, inch by inch by 1 Inches In size, drill a small hole through the center for a shaft, and slot each end diagonally for a distance of inch with a saw, as shown In the detail. Notch the edges of the blades near the narrow end, as ehown in the pat tern, and after slipping them into the slots in the hub turn over the little nds ajrninst the hub and drive a tack through tha wood and the tin to help hold thein in position. Procure the ring from the top of a worn-out alarm elock, and a machine-screw of the proper thread to fit it, for the pro peller shaft (Fig. S), and cut a small washer out of hardwood. Fig. S shows how the machine-screw should run thrwugh the propeller hub, then through the wooden washer, through the lower hole In block A, and then oe screwed Into the clock ring. The propeller is operated by a cubber-band motor. Buy enough 8-inch rubber bands to make six strands long enough ito reach from block A to block B, one end of each strand to the clock Ting and the other end to the screw hook in block B. - A landing chasis is not necessary for this modelt. still, if you provide one there will be less danger of the pro peller blades being bent by coming in contact with the ground. The sup ports for the wheels can be made of stiff wire and be fastened to block A, a piece of bamboo can be used for an axle, and wooden button molds or spool ends will make good wheels. Fig. 5 shows the patterns for the wings, tall, fin and ruddr. The wings require frames made of wire, or of four bamboo sticks bound together at the corners with linen thread, as in dicated by the dotted lines In the drawing, and they are covered with silk. Bind the projecting ends of these wlrg frames to the ends of wires C nd D oi 'he center pole (Figs. 1 i.nd J. nvi' 'iiect tb outer edges of the V WING - i Mm " TAIL Win s J f Boy" and " Tht Boy Craftman" 'Fig. 2 wings with a thread or cord, making the cord short enough to warp the wings about 24 inches (measure ments taken at the center, between the string and the center-pole). The tall has one stick which slips into a hem in the short edge of the cloth, and cords run through hems on the other two edges. Fasten one end of each cord to the stick and the oth er end to a small brass ring. This plane should be .warped inch by means of a warping cord attached to the ends of the stick, as in Fig. 1. The fin is prepared similar to the tall plane, but instead of having a stick run through it, the hem on the short edge slips over the upper end of wire E (Fig. 2). The rings on the flu and tail slip over the nail at F. The rudder has a piece of wire run through its edge to give -it stiffness, and the ends of this wire are bent into hooks and fastened to the lower part of wire E (Figs. 1 and 2). Attach thread to the rear of the rudder and 'fasten the ends of this to the ends of the tall plane. When you try out this model, you will probably find some re-adjustment of the wings, tail, fin and rudder nec essary before It will fly satisfactorily. (Copyright, 1912, by A. Neely Hall.) Goes Abroad to Study Music. Wade H. Hammond, bandmaster of the Ninth cavalry band, U. S. A., sailed from New York a few days ago for England, where he will be en rolled in the Royal musical school for bandmasters, at Hinslow, near Lon don. He Is on a six months' leave of absence. The extended leave of ab sence he receives and his assignment to this school, a courtesy extended by the British government, is said to be unparalleled in the history of army bands of either race, and the more re markable that the recipient of the honor is a negro. Unlike in this coun try, where the ability of the bandmas ter marks the attainment of the band, Great Britain teaches band muslo aa a branch of the musical art in this special school, and to Mr. Hammond as the Instructor of the best regimen tal hand 'n tn armT 4116 cnance 40 enter has been an ambition for months, now realized through the In terest of the war department In hii work. His expenses are borne by reg imental funds. Put Washing Day First. "Washing day, or rather washing work, is so Important a period In the Balkan region that all family and so cial obligations retire to the back ground when it has to be considered," writes a traveler. "I have known a cabinet minister's wife to excuse her self from attendance at a court func tion because it collided with the ap oointment made with her laundress! This, too, in spite of the full quotient of servants, footman, cook, housemaid and old man. None of these was 6lther privileged or efficient enough to meet the formidable laundress and satisfy her requirements. Therefore, the lady stayed at home to fill the breach, and a sympathetic queen ac cepted the explanation with a readi ness born of full understanding." Duelling In Ireland. The controversy around the duel In Germany recalls how duelling flour ished amongst the Irish squires of the past. It was the dessert to the din ner. There is the story of the Gal way gentleman who was seen prac ticing with the pistols in his back garden. And the explanation: "I've a dinner party of friends this even, lng," he said, "and I am getting my pistol ban -into practice." One re calls, too, Mr. MacDonagh's note to his son. "God bless you, my boy," he said. "I leave you nothing but debts and mortgages; but I'll give you one piece of advice-never drink with your back to the Are, and never fight a duel with your face to tha sun." Landlord and Tenants. Visitor (at poorhouse) Where did that flne-looMng paupef come from? Superintendent The city. He owns the St. Fashion Flats. "My goodness! Why is he here?" "He charges such high rents that they have been empty since the sec ond year." "Hum! He seems to be on familiar footing with a good many of the oth er paupers." "Yes, they are the people who were his tenants the first year?" Buffalo News. Horns of Wisdom. "I was lust thinking about Dioge nes." ' "What of hlmr "I wonder if he really delivered hii wor a of wisdom from a tub." "Why not? It was probably a tub of axle-grease setting on the fronl j prh of some Athenian gro--" HELD UP I!! SEtiNE GREAT NUMBER OF PRESIDEN TIAL NOMINATIONS ARE UNCONFIRMED. DEMOCRATS ARE MODERATE Probably Will Approve Taft's Selec tions for Offices In Republican 8trongholds Wilson Doubtless Will Name New Ambassadors and Ministers. By GEORGE CLINTON. ' Washington. Leaders of all parties say that never within their memory have there been so many presiden tial nominations held up in the senate aa Is the case at the present time. It has happened that a great many vacancies in the federal service, from the federal bench down to the small eat presidential postmastership, have occurred withtln the last few months, and it is President Taft's duty to fill them. Naturally the Democrats, know ing that they will come into power in all branches of the government In March, desire some of these places for their party members, and as a result it Is likely that a good many of the nominations will fail of confirmation, and an opportunity will be given to the Democratic president to name men of his own liking for the places. It is now apparent, however, that there will be no attempt of the Demo crats to hold up nominations tor places in Republican strongholds, or for places which have no present hold-over incumbents in them. The party leaders say they do not believe In crippling the service in any way, and they admit "the presidential right" to name men for places where the Republicans have been and still are in controU The entire representation in the United States senate from the south la Democratic, and at a conference of the Democratic senators called to con sider the patronage question !t was agreed that the outgoing admlnlstrar tlon should not be permitted to OU the offices In the southern states where the Republicans are la a hope less minority v How Approval Is Withheld. Now it would seem that, the Repub licans still being In a majority in the senate, the president's present ap pointments might be confirmed, no matter what action the Democrats might choose to take, but methods are peculiar in the United States senate. "Senatorial courtesy," so called, takes cognizance of the objection of the two senators from any one state to the confirmation of any man appointed to federal office in that state. There is another condition which wars against the senate's present ap proval of the president's nominations, or at least of a good many of them. While the Republicans hav i a major ity in the senate, there are a good many ' Progressive-Republicans who have not acted with their party breth ren on aay subject of momeur-for a long time. The Progressive-Republicans have said that Mr. Taft has given all the offices o the other fac tion of the party, and that they do not care to countenance what they call unfairness by giving approval to prizes given where they should not be given. Diplomatic nominations probably will be confirmed at this session, for the reason that all such nominations can be revoked at the will of the president at any time This ,neans that President-elect Wilson, as soon aa he comes into office can request the resignation of all the higher diplo matic officers. The resignations '- 111 be forthcoming at once. When March comes all the ambas sadors of the United States to foreign countries will tender their resigna tions in a body. Some of the lmnls ters will not do so unless their resig nations are requested direct. It Is en tirely probable, however, that all the ministers will be informed that Luelr resignations will be acceptable '.o the new administration. Income Tax Law Soonf It seems certain from present Indications that an Income tax law, which the Supreme court will not, because it cannot, declare uncon stitutional, will be passed by congress and signed by Woodrow Wilson be fore he leaves the White House In 1917. It seems to be taken for grant ed that Mr Wilson will not seek a second term, and so the date of re tirement is here so fixed A man may change his mind In four years, how ever, and the influence of today may not be the Influence of tomorrow Congress learned from the Supreme court that It did not have the author ity to enact a federal Income tax law It was this knowledge that led to the proposal of a simple amendment to the constitution giving the law-makers the power which they sought It Is necessary that thirty-six states give their sanction to the amendment be fore it can become operative Al ready thirty-four states have passed affirmatively on tb proposition. When Be a Helper, When your neighbor treats you cool ly, smile upon' him happily; and If he Is not a fool, he ought to laugh an other day. Lend him anything he asks for money, tools or clothes or food and assist him In his tasks and volunteer to saw his wood. If a woman has a figure tike a bunch of celery,, compliment her on her rig or make yourself a devotee. Give your time to every drummer, agent, fool or bore; drink with drink er, rnamm with mummer, and do ev erybody's chore. Treat each person yon encounter just as though it were a joy to ad vise, give some amount or any labor to employ. Help them all in every Btation just do everything yon can. yon will get a reputation and youH be a busy man. J. A. Waldron, in Judge. Shows How th Times Hava Changed. "How times have changed!" com mented Stanley Livingston Mutshaw. " Tls but a brief span, so to say. since the long red yell of the infuriated pan ther arose on the midnight air deftly Interspersed with the no less hectic two more of tne state fall into line the national legislators eat. pass al most any kind of an Income tax law that they choose. The middle west, Ohio. Indiana, Illi nois. Missouri, Iowa, Kansas and tha other states which ordinarily are in the front rank of real progressive leg islation, have sanctioned income tax legislation by the United States con gress. States which have rejected the amendment are Utah, Rhode Island. New Hampshire and Connecticut In ten states no action on the amendment yet has been taken. Mass achusetts has done nothing, and pos sibly, perhaps probably, she will not, a condition which is equally true of five of the other states In which noth ing haa been done; but It is believed that Florida, New Jersey and West virglnia will take action through their legislatures during the coming winter, and that soon after the Democrats come Into possession of the adminis tration and both branches of congress, an Income tax law will be passed. Democratic leaders la Washington admit that when the special session meets and ihey are certain that in come tax legislation can be enacted, they will breathe easier as to what may happen to tha resources In case "the tariff for revenue only plan" to put into operation. When the ways and means committee was discussing revenue questions 1n connection, with the preparation of , the tariff bills which Mrs Taft vetoed, it studied In come tax probabilities, and it was Anally agreed that If a law putting such a tax Into operation could be passed, it would result in an Income to the government the first year of about $60,000,000. Income tax legislation has Inter ested congress in an academic way for a good many of these latter years. Some of the constitutional lawyers of the house and senate have held that a law could be passed which would stand the test of the Supreme court constituted as was the one which about eighteen years ago declared such a law unconstitutional. - Taft's Plans for Future. What is President Taft going to do after be leaves office T ' It has been reported and perhaps generally believed that he is to accept the Kent lectureship of law at his alma mater, Yale university. The first report was that the Phelps fund which was given to endow the Kent professorship yielded an Income of $5,000 a year, but it has been tonnd that the actual Income from it to only a few hundreds of dollars, and there fore if the president la to take ad vantage of the lectureship opportunity, the university must take some meas ures to make the compensation ade quate by providing funds from other than foundation sources The president, it is Bald, would like nothing better than to get back to the practice of the law but he hesitates to do this because of the embarrassment which frequently would come from pleading cases before judges who hold their seats on the bench through bis appointment If the president should have a case before tha Supreme court he would find himself confronted by several members . of that - high tribnual who owe tKppolntments to him, and. rnore;?9'the chief jus tice owes to Mr. Taft his promotion from an associate Justiceship to the highest place . First He Will Play Golf. What the president Intends to do for a while, at any rate, can be told without much fear that the program is to be changed. Before entering upon an active career in the law or as an Instructor in it, the president Intends to go to Augusta, Ga., to stay for some weeks for a rest and for a chance to play golf without, feeling that a host of people are waiting to see htm on official business and are waxtng indig nant because the game of golf ever was Invented to keep the chief mag istrate away from bis office. After bis rest at Augusta, it to the president's Intention to go to his borne in Cincinnati for a while and then to go to Beverly. Mass.. for the summer. Beverly Is the place where the presi dent has spent his summer vacations for some time It to entirely possible, in fact tentative plana already to the end have been made, that Mr. Taft next fall will go to- Europe to travel and to take things much easier than he did the last time be was on the continent When he was secretary of war he made a rush trip from the fa' east on the Trans-Siberian railroad t Europe It to said that Mr. Taft has ex pressed a desire to see Europe In a leisurely manner, and after he has done this he will make up his mind what he Is to do in the future. It Is reported that he has a private Income cf about .'.500 a year . and that If a law professorship will yield him $5,000 In addition he will feel that he has plenty of money to live upon and to support his family In a manner that It Is generally conceded a former prea Ident of the United States should live. To Polish Piano. If the rniish of your piano is dull, wet it over sparingly with paraffin oil and let It remain for two hours Then polish with linen and chamois skin. Mother's Magazine. war whoop of he abrupt and untamed Indian, and the palefaced pioneer trembled quite a good deal for the safety of hlB defenseless family When he laid him down to sleep beside hi faithful wife and eight small chil dren, together with his wife's father and some feller that had sorter casu ally dropped in.'-he had grave doubts whether he would awake In the same spot or In a Better Land with his hair off. Today we suffer from no such unf certainties. We Just go out and get run over by a motor car I the hands of a speed maniac beloncriiJ to one of our best families or held up by a blond young footpad who nonchalantly shoots our viBcera full of holes simply ss a matter of course." Drowned In Buttermilk. Thomas Her, a milkman, was drowned in 1.000 gallons of butter- ', milk when bis wagom dropped Into a depression In tne road and wm over turned. The tank burst and the de pression filled to the brink, and Mr. tier, who was caught beneath th wreckage, was covered entiroly wttb the buttermilk. SLES OF SGILLY Group That Are Situated South west of England. Period at Which Islands Were Sepa rated from the Mainland Must Be Far Beyond th Reach of History. London People sometimes apply the term Lyonesse to the whole of Cornwall, which Is a mistake. If there ever was such a land at all it lay west ward of Cornwall, and the Scllly Tales are its relics. The name of Arthur plays like a lambent light about tha district; but the period at which tha Sclllies were sepaarted from tha mainland must be far beyond tha reach of history, hich In England can only explore about two thousand years backward. The Lyonesse of romance extended to the southwest of Land's End, and was connected in race and legend with the Leon of Brittany. As a matter of geology the tradition has no satisfactory basis, though there are traces of submerged forests In Mount's Bay, and the old Cornish name of St. Michael's Mount repre sents that rock as having once stood In the center of woodland. In reality tha islands are the last upheavals of that backbone of granite which is so Impressive on Dartmoor and which again comes into notice on the Bod min Moors. True, ocean depths do not begin till far beyond the Islands, so that In Its relation to the great sub marine platform Scilly may be con sidered structurally attached to Brit ain, as Britain Is to the Continent Some portion of the vanished region may hava survived, adjoining the coasts of Mount's Bay, till the year 1099, when, according to the Saxon cbroncle, Lyonesse was destroyed In a great tempest When we come to the genuine his tory of Scllly there are some Interest ing things to notice. The islands seem to have been nsed as a penal settle ment in Roman times; and in the sixth century they gave a home to the Welch St. Samson, who became bish op of Dol, and who has left footprints In Guernsey as well as in Devon and Cornwall. The Isle of Samson is now uninhabited, but it may have had a fairly large population when the aaint established an oratory here; there are many traces of early occupation. To many It Is still more interesting as the home of Walter Besant's Armorel. Early in the tenth century Athelstan made a conquering expedition through Cornwall, and Is said to have spied these isles from the high land at St Buryan the day must have been un commonly clear. He vowed to build a church on the spot where he stood M Typical Scllly Farm House. ha returned safely from their con quest. Probably he met with little re sistance on the islands, where he la supposed to have founded Tresco Ab bey. Later, In the same century, a Sclllonian had the credit of convert ing the fierce King Olat of Norway. After harrying the coast of Britain and Ireland Olaf sighted the Sclllies and ran his vessel into what is now the harbor of St Mary's. A hermit here gave him timely warning of a mutiny that was about to take place among his own troops; he crushed the revolt, but was severely wounded. Carried to the monastery at Tresco, he was there nursed Into health and Christianity, consenting to .receive baptism. PAIR LIVES SILENT 11 YEARS Even Funeral of Child Fails to Break j Vows Made aa Result of Triv ial Quarrel. vw York. The story of eleven years of married life, during which not a word was exchanged between himhand and wife, is told in papers on file here in a separation suit In the state supreme court Tha tali Mr. and Mrs. Carl Mints were married in 18S4. For thirteen m thev lived happily together wltn thir four children. Eleven years ago they quarreled. The dispute was over some trivial matter, k is saia, oui me .if iWlnred that she would never ad dress another word to her husband so long as she lived. He declared that the arrangement was satisfactory to him. Mm Mint asserts that both ad hered to the agreement Seven years ago their daughter Dorothy died, but even at the funeral service the vow of silence was not broken. Mr. Mints Is now seeking a separation. PLAN TO LOWER LIVIN3 COST Columbus Graduates Say Auction of Foodstuffs Would Help the People. New fork. The establishment 01 city markets at which food products shall be sold by auction to retailers and consumers Is the remedy for the high cost of living proposed by a com mittee of Columbus graduate students which has been making an extensive Inquiry into the subject This scheme. : the committee believes. Is the bett means of cutting down unnecessary coe in distribution, as it would do aay with Jobber. I I its' v 1 PI Bf'KENNETT n J I it MELISSA WILL NOT BE SCORCHED BY A 6UNNY DISPOSITION. Mrs. Merriwld came into the room where her maternal maiden aunt Jane was Industriously tatting, and her head was drooping and her step weary. She passed her hand across her half-closed eyes and sank into the easiest chair, with a deep drawn sigh. "What's the matter now?" asked Aunt Jane. "A touch o' sun, a touch C sun," re plied Mrs. Merriwld, faintly. "Mr. Gladden has been beaming on me for the last three-quarters of an hour and there wasn't a shady spot in the room. He's the most refulgent person I ever did see, but basking in his rays for more than a half hour gives me pro nounced pangs of anguish. ' Would you mind having, the blinds down, dearie? And I'd like to have Hilda toll an imitation of a passing bell on the lowest cup of the gong, if she lant too busy. Let's talk of graves and worms and epitaphs. Would you rath er be buried or cremated ?" "How absurd you are, Melissa," Aunt Jane reproved. , "That's the kind of conversation I want," said Mrs. Merriwtd. "Go on, dearie." "I won't do anything of the sort" said the elder lady. "Some of these days you'll be sorry you ever said such things." "I hope so," replied Mrs. Merriwld, meekly. "J trust there are sadder days in store. Tou're doing nicely. "I Could See Him Making But, honest, auntie dear, do you like 'em as cheerful as Mr. Gladden?" "Of course I do," Aunt Jane an swered. "A person can't be too cheer ful." "I disagree with you," said Mrs. Merriwld, emphatically. "I think Mr. Gladden Is. Of course, being a pro moter, he's got to be more or less sanguine and encouraging but, in my opinion, he runs it about sixteen hundred feet into the ground. I'm not a prospective Investor, whatever ha may think, and I refuse to believe that everything happens for the best I want to have a presentiment that the worst Is yet to come, once in a while. If I wanted to take a perpetually rose colored view of existence, I'd wear pink goggles. Imagine that man aa husband!" ('I hardly think that is a proper thing for a lady to do," Aunt Jane opined. "Fudge!" said her niece. "As tf a lady would do anything else! He'd be everlastingly galumphing In and exasperating you with his Idiotic opti mism, no matter what happened. If the cook left at the most inconvenient time, he'd tell yon to cheer op because it would be all the same in a hundred years and that there were Just as good fish In the sea aa ever came out of it and that care killed a cat and away boys with melancholy and that sort of piffle. If the laundress ruined your very best waist, he'd grin and say that there was no use crying over spilled milk and that every cloud has a silver lining and in tiouble to be troubled is to have your trouble dou bled." "I'm aure I think that's a very sen sible way to look at things," observed Aunt Jane. "Fretting over a thing never helped It yet, and it's always better to be hopeful and look at the bright side." "Suppose it hasn't any bright side." argued Mrs. Merriwld. "Suppose It's a slab of soft coal. And what a wom an wants In a husband is sympathy. If she's lying down with a sick head ache, she doesn't want him to jolly her up and tell her she Just Imagines the ache part And if he caji't come across wttb the price of a new hat once In a while, it isn't any satisfac tion to her to- be told she'll be sport ins diamond tiaras by next fall on the strength of his scheme to establish serial road houses for the flying ma chine trade. Tou give Mr. Gladden a patent clothes pin and the population of the fiiited States at the last cen sus and he ll begin to imagine he's got a fortune beyond the dreams of avarice and nearly up to Morcr.a's, and his wife will find that It begins to wear on her in time, like her last year's dresses." 'it's the optimists that do thinps," said Aunt Jane. "I know," agreed her niece. "Hope prrnss eternal and It's daifcept. J'sst be'ore dawn end the ltinc-pst lfine must have a ti!rr!' s. H's 1 kp' n 111 wind that blows riohp.1v aood; but yon can't make ire he . I' ii 1-1 Kg Is -M ? to I"" 1.1 r-i)". ' time and be good, or V..t it won! . X W s 1 J ' ; . IIAPPIS Th cloud np and rain soma day when I am wearing my best hat And if 1, lose my purse with twenty doilars") worth of money in it, I don't confi dently expect to have it returned U me Intact within twenty-four hours; furthermore, I won't dismiss the mat ter from my mind with a gay laughs I'm not a pessimist at that I know one Jovial, hearty, smiling, haw-haw ing optimist that I'd like to see with m raging toothache, anyway, and th last part of that sunny-tempered viav lonary's name is Gladden." Mrs. Merriwld spoke with such un usual petulance that Aunt Jane look ed at her in surprise. Then Mrs. lierv riwid laughed. . " ; "Tha wretch proposed," she said. ; "Tou don't meant to tell me!" ex claimed Aunt Jane. "I didnt mean to," said Mrs. Men riwid, "but I suppose I might as well. Yes, he wanted me to marry him andl he couldn't see anything ahead of na but Ineffable Miss. I could see quit a number of things. I could see him making light of all my troubles eves, if he didn't magnify his own, which, your cheery optimist has a way o doing, dearie. It's the easiest thing in the world to be philosophical ovr a broken leg when it's the other fefc low's, and it's cheaper to encourag your forlorn and disconsolate brother man with a few words of cheer than It is to lend him money. Well. I didn't mention all this. I merely told him that it could never, never be. "Well," (he said, cheerfully, 1 ci Light of All My Troubles." tainly hoped that It could, but oi course if It can't I'll have to make the beet of it Maybe it's Just as well after all. "If you expect me to like optimists as far gone as that you're going to be disappointed," concluded Mra. Merri wld. (Copyright 1912. by W. a. Chapman.) Depth of Meanness. Little Jonaa was the son of penuri ous parents, and the son bade fair to outdo them in frugality a fact that worked extreme hardship upon Bobby; Graves, his seatmate. Bobby came home one night looking so depressed that his mother asked the cause of his trouble. "It'a that Jone Peterbo!" burst out Bobby. "He's Just about the meanest thing! He eats my apples all np, and he never gives me even a bite offen his, an' my apples are good an' hla ain't very! An' today he made ma do his 'rithmetic samples, 'cause he dldnt know how, an' he wouldn't even lend me his pencil to do 'em withl" Youth's Companion. a? h . t ' - . Happy Burmese. The Burmese are the most light hearted and care free people in alt the world, and the sound of merry laughter fills all this happy land. At heart the Burman is, first of all, a gentleman, and though he is the proudest mortal In the world, he to unaffected, sincere and as simple aa a' little child, and is, moreover, remark ably free from the vices of other oriental races. The Furman may be indolent, careless and pleasure lov ing to a fault but he is always kind ly, and what he lacks In ambition and Industry is more than supplied by the v energy and cleverness of his wonder fully capable women. Power to Do Good. The increment that comes to any human . faculty through use is tha sweetest of ail satisfactions to be got out of work sweeter than material rewards. sweeter than the praise of one's fellows, sweeter than purchased ease. To feel that one Is steadily growing iu one's powpr to do good there is deeper gladness in that to an earnest soul, than in almost any thing else this worH affords. Pua shion. Her Faith Lost. A liitie Boston girl was coaxed own to her aunt that the had d something which rue ought v.ot. which she stoutly chnifd. l'i!.;:: stich undfmaM proof of h-r j. was put up feffi.re fc-r that e ct-i to no rut no lotsger keep her denial. She t ed to her aunty, and si'tl: "Weil, A; Kittle, you tan't tru.it anybody, ct adays:" The Peos-'e fcTenre, I r , M V it , ' i 1 - ' - t ..;.. , c .- t ' f - "1 t