The coast beacon., December 28, 1912, Image 7

About The coast beacon. (Pass Christian, Miss.) 18??-1???

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BOYS' HANDICRAFT
By A. NEELY HALL
Author of "Handicraft for Handy
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'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!
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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.
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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:"
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