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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1909-02-25, Page 2CURRENT N•T TONICS. The two greatest afflictions of the present dsy humanity are al - Cullet and the corset. 'Ile first of these plagues claims most of its victims among sten. The second among women. Con1binel, the twu are largely responsible for the `•arie'ns nervous disorders, mental diseases, and degeneracy with stihic}, t}te human being is afflicted. Both of these afflictions have one characteristic itt Cuntln•)11. They are not necessary nor indispen- sable. 'Their charm is purely arti- ficial and acquired. Greed is in- herer,t to a larger or smaller ex - tenet in men. All children show signs (.f greediness. Hut all chil- dren show an aversion fur alcohol. The taste for strong drinks is not inherent, not innate. in them. Let the lips of a (hied touch alcohol and they will perform all kinds of distortions and grimaces. Even after ones sweetens it the child is not eager to take the liquid. Remove alcehul, take it out of the reach of people, and humanity will not. have lost a single plea- sure. Civilized lean still not mils it any more than he misses opium. The moments of enjoyment which alcoholic drinks apparently bring to man are short. The conse- quences which they leave behind them, on the other hand, are long THE BEST THINGS OF LIFE Every Day We Are Consciously or Unconsciously Opening or Shutting the Door to Them And the dr was shut.—Mat- It may net be a serious matter thew xxv. 10.o to close t'he dour feir a time 011 The foolish virgins did net expect music and poetry, but there are to find the door closed upon them things «hi sI1 we dare not shut out It was their own fuulishness that of our lives even for a day. Every resultLei in this keen disa?peiet- 1 influence that makes for develop went and in the story of their 'bit- tutnt, the uplifting, the noble, they iniliat.ion is suggested to us a std t'hristlike, tho ideal, w(' must be truth --that we may unconsciously. careful that, we do not intentional - unwittingly !•ales the dour to all ly 4)1• thoughtlessly shut out. And that is best and worthiest closed en every day as we go forth to meet us. life we are consciously or uncon- I think very few people purpose- sciously opening or shutting the ly refugee to seek the best, things dour to life's bust thieg3—in our of life. But indifference and neg- thought, in oar cmotiens, in our ioet ma.y bec•.,'no a sin, and close acts, in our friends, in our amuse - the door to life'.'s best blessi,igs. ments, in all our habits. Iiut these same persons inay close 11'e think lightly of these things the door on Christ, but there aro until some day when we have an lines of conduct that w•o may fol- important choice to make, a criti- tow, and we never dream that we cal temptation to face, an under - lire raising barriers between our- taking to carry through, that may Selves and the best. There aro aft et certain things that we may do until OUR WHOLE DESTINY. we no longer respond to the best thoughts and feelings. A'td of we have not been living in DARWIN CLOSED THE DOOR. the way that will enable us to make Darwin tells us that. in early life the right choice, meet the tenhpta- he was fond of music found thin or succeed in tho undertaking, eare. we> like file foolish virgins, will pleasure in reading Shakesp But in after ears ho so concee Mei the door shut tratcci his mindand sett] on the Our whole life is concerned in investigation and study of nature ('very choice we make, in every that) he lost his taste fur music, no temptation we, master, in every Per - longer cared for Shakespeare. The undertaking we accomplish. Per- haps we never meant to shut the door on purity and power, on char- acter and success, but somehow they have escaped into the dim dis- tance. Wo never meant to grow iestifferent to the appeals made up- on the soul by higher things, nor to grow hard toward our fellow, nor to let life's best, oppi►rtuni- and not infrequently lasting. By great poet no longer toad; an ap- treating a young ,cant to a glass heal ; the faculty of music bec•alne of this "fire water," tine is giving atrophied. He had no quarrel Lilco a ticket, a pass, as it were, to with Shakespeare or music; they had not changed. He still knew tuberculosis, paralysis, and num- tins one to be the greatest. poetical Brous other sicknesses and afflic- genius of the centuries; the other tions which are induced by alto- one of God's avenues of speaking holic drinks. As for the state, in to ratan some of his best erm0tiuu:< spite of the high revenues which it and aspirations, and yet there vas no longer anything in the soul of receives from t he sale of alcoholic Darwin that responded to their drinks, it is a loser rather than a appeal. Unwittingly he had closed. on the Master. gainer. Milliotis of human beings the dour on Snakespeare and are made unhappy by it annually, i'enusie. Rev. Guy Arthur Jamieson. *?�4�*� �� `ENGLAND IS TNRIFTIEST' X13" "' YOUNG FOLKS HEALTH HINTS. Here is an effective and cheap cure fur chilblains : Take a piece of lard about the size of a walnut, and five cents worth of spirits of tar. Mix thoroughly, and rub well into the affected parts night and morning. To keep a sickru(nn sweet and fresh fill a small dish with boiling water and into this put about thirty drops of oil of eucalyptus. Let this stand in room about one- half hour. Doing this about twice daily will be found refreshing to the sick one and at the same time will overcome all unpleasant odors. During muggy weather it often happens that an attack of cold manifests itself in they eye. The IRELAND GUYS THE MOST 01.1) AGE PENSIONS. With But 10 Per lent. of United kingdom's Population, Erie Urlasls 30 Per feat. Up to December 31, 190, the ttunibcr of old age pensions actu ally granted in Great Britain and Ireland was 5th3,03S. 'I'ilt.re are inure claims to be considered. I._t us put the number tit ti00,000; a figure s: peep happens to divide eas- ily into the total population of the United Kingdom at the last cen- sus (•t2,0J0,000). Relights, speaking we may say that one person out of (+very eevcnty i5 now in receipt of an old age pension. Another cal- culation i,; interesting. In some escsosapcsaa WAYSIDE FRIENDS. A tortoise -shell cat lay basking in the sun on the %%atm bank 1,I1 - der the cedar hedge. It was the tir'st, bright <lay lifter a long, cold storm, and she felt the sun warm her poor old belies, and stretched herself on the fragrant codas twigs that made a thick carpet on the bank, and purred. She was old a,.<I ragged, but one saw that she had been a fine cat in her time. Presently there came Moltg a kitten ; and when the old cat. leek - ed. she saw that it was a tortoisee- shell kitten, and her heart warmed to it. "Coll:, and sit here," sho said. "Your fur will soon dry in this tables issued in connection with the sunshine, enc! 71'O can talk to The first symptoms are a feeling of Old Age pensions Bill the pol►Icla- gether." smarting irritatic,ll, as t}lougli a• tion of 7(1 yeti!'~ of age and upwards ►S0 th(' sittrlt, who! was w'('t aIle piece of sand or grit had entered, was estimated at 1, 251,•� t;. It th,I:; (!veggie<1 frc,nc slc'el,ing in stet then the eye itself becomes blood- lcaee•s, vamp and sat down on the shot. Stroh light, wind, and cult! appears that nearly uiie out `'f Strong g ., overly, two pet'>ons of the out "pension- blinked and for some time the two air should be avoided. to prevent (}inked seed purred in silence. ex - the cementing of the eyelid i11 the shin age itt in receipt of a pension. morning,a little olive oil •should 11'}tat a light this throws on the ex- Tramping , asked t he cat. be -smeared overnight. The only tent of old age poverty ! "Yes," said the kitten. ,� remedy .permissible in domestic 'l'he question, however, which "Peer work 1" said the eat. "I practice is to use a Little lint. dipped many people will put even before have been at it for seine years now, in tepid nater, or a diluted solo- the extent of the boon afforded by aid 1 have had enough. 1\uw I tion of hot -acne. the pensions, is the cost of it. This am g'iinQ to t► fur :1 borne in this It is said if an ointment made of run now be accurately ci'lculated. house. I have watched it for set- a quarter ounce of the spermaceti There are 539, 338 pensions at 5s., oral days. They have fish often, uir<tn:ent• already prepared, mixed and various smaller numbers at and the cook is goo.} -natured and with fifteen grains oxide of zinc lower sliding scale amounts. The careless. I think it will be a good and perfumed with rose, is applied cm:" on this basis figures out a total pla('e fur rife to <'tld Int' dais in." to an incipient fever sore, it will fur a year of .7,450,000 (dd. I' rem ''That• suutlds pl(�asant," said the be effectually checked and slisl-►ers- the point of view of the budget, kitten. "I ani rather tired myself, ed. A11 good druggists keep the the figure is irnp.)rtant.. The pro- and have :1, lantenese in one toe." zinc ointment already prepared vision made in this year's budget Two are healer than one," said and should.' also have the spec- (1iios-9) was ;1,200,000--- a sum, as the eet. "We should dee well to- maveti ; soft•en both in china cups will be seen, which will be insuffi- gether, fi.r .you have more spring set in a warms place; but they tient. The additional provision in in the Joints, and I !more wit:: in should not be heated too much. next year's budget (1901)-10) will the he:vl. Let us be partners!„ As they soften put thein together have to be at least ,6,250,000. They agrees', and the old cat ties slip, but suddenly our eyes and heat with a silver fork, ad- IR1:I.1\ D GETS MOST. bade the kitten gu in first to t he are open and we find that tltt door ding the perfume while heating, house. "Daher and play and make i5 shut. Like the foolish virgins, and then keep in pore el -lid jars; :Another aspect of the figures i5 of yourself agreeable," she said. ''I thought]essly we have shut thcdoor if this salve or (eminent is to be extraordinary interest. How are will attend to t he rest," kept to prevent the fever sore -s, no the pensions distributed as between ►`l, the kitten (.etched her chance carmine should be a<lcle•d, bat for the component parts of the l'nited and when the' door was opened she r sur arnhcso daily use to keep , the li ,s smoothran irate, the house, and da need and '1 I Kingdom ? he fact that. at once -- and from splitting, a grain of pow- strikers the eve is t hat whereas • played and made herself agree- - a malignant, contagious disease in elered carmine play be worked in Scotland and 1retard are idr�.lost able• ill, new eonirnunity, and ''a rally- elide beating. 1 heti the salve will identical in pupulatic►n Scotland has Thi people said, "(lh, what a iI►g point for the gat}►erislc; of 1111- not he as noticea},les as if usr<1 only Gt,7`'9 pensioners. and Ireland <Iezr lithe kitten ! �1'e must kurp without the carmine. her, l.erc•:1us(5110 is so }girl,; ;i►u! ( uity binding it together. 170,365. A most curious result : , l + rl:err. :1 rut they kr )t the kit - ►t. fray fir me.—The first A hasty conclusion might be that 1 thought is that Siitto 1's very prayer DIAGNOSIS OF TUBERCULOSIS Lieland has, as it were. gained at ten and made ntieh of her. sleeved that he was far from! tree; the expense of Scotland ; that Scot 11. and by t}ic o}<f cat Carrie in, To the casual observer it 'nay and she dragged one foot after an - penitence, and sought not to be fish prosperity til• in(1ep(>nclence of seen! strange that physicians often other and moaned, aid senra•(i saved from sin, but only fee m its cheese tet pati cause(} hri pension 4 11lillions of their children stiffer — -- - ----- ane} thousands upon thousands of Aja scilookcrirliinals atlel ll,anial.cs al•e rl:ade. 11 THSSUND j German statisti•:•iati has figured out that one aleo}colic costs the state 900,000 francs in a period of 100 years—that is: by the misery, sickness, and crime which this al- coholic and his offspring bring in- t 1 Id INTERNATIONAL LESSON, FEB. _8. ,unishmer,t. But it. is quite pus- find rt. <<, ditiic,►lt. to determine , ' '` cert miscrahle. And the people Lesson I1. The Gospel itt Samaria, Ipatiental►}es ' to abstain from et.•timtng said, "Oh, what. a poor, forlorn gid o the world. Test, tiihle' that these thi ►.c from which whet a is or is not sof-; , . > QF, their due . tltialys;.s of the 2ia+ir(•' cat'. 11'r !host really keep her. ),e- - Acts S: 1-t-'':,. (.olden Text, ferinp,• from c•4)nsuTnpti4)n. rhe' cough, the emaciation, the hectic does itot hoar out this theory. Itt taus( she is so old a•1<1 fccblr." The second of the two greatest 3 f the follow tt, table we compare (1) and the night sweats semi t' 1? So theykept h .r, to►o, :incl made alliietiens, the corset, leaves e(tit- to be sufliciemtly characteristic of the plol►nrtlun, roughly, of the pen mach (.f her• sect every tine sllp- ally grave and unfortunate results. p '' 1 1 the disease to render its rccugni-I Sion money obtained by the three posed that the two were mother In fact, the consequences which tion (\.'lsy, even to rho nun-inedi ; countries severally with (2) their and child this unnatural lacing, pressing, h 1 cal person. And, so, indeed, it _js; proportions of the total population: Time went gn, and pith cats and tightening tip of one's body ordinarily in these advanced! grow fat and handsome. One day They 1 1 stages, but it is very different uta Pen- Pupa- the mistress of the house said, brings about are sometimes even the b,'f;1111111ig. Every (►nr knocc' si,►.,s. la'1tien. "We must get rid of one of t esti more severe and mere hurtful to tions were sufficiently conservative' that the earlier treatment is be-+Eiig}and and Wales.. (30 p. c. 78.2 cats. They catch nothing, and they but. yet had open utiuds to the gun. the entire likely is it to be Scotland p. eat a gr,eat rue the toe. humanity than file consequences ofIn the prelirninart• letter from a . .... 10 c. 10.a, g • •at <1031, k is guidance of Gods p►e►sldrncc'' suc:cc'ssful. It is extremely int cert- Ireland .:30 p.c. 10.7 careless.,, a.leoholi►;nl. Feer w,.i11a11 is the • , h • • • • • • • • • • thoughtthey were nut se progres- certain New Jersey pastorate Uesir- ant, therrforu, to he able to de '•Why noti' mother of the rice. .1n<1 the frail -'sive as to neglect, to study careful- ing myservice was this sentence: get r:d of the tuck g tect the• ver► begintengs of con-� Scotland, it ssiil br seen, obtains asked the master, fur he liked the gloss of woman is the ruin of the l3 the facts. The object of the de- "11'e would like to have you come 51r111ptloit wt,ilr yet the person iR pretty nearly her sheer of the pets (`'its. Bet the mistress said that veer. The victim of tight. lacing legation seems to have been t„ tib- to us as a nharriud nlun, vis wr hav,• apparently ill almost perfe-ct Sinn fund, propo►tionilte to pope sc•gild not be convenient. g , (8111 a true report of the strange, a parsonage and would like to have health—and here lies the diflicui- laiton. 1tehinel obtacnK much more :flu." one said, "Let ars keep tlhe, rend (xtrcmely cle�ye tittin co+rs<'ts' doings in Samaria, which, if true, it occupied. 11'o will pay you three t�. kitten, fur she ig merry and not only rhrins her own health, but {must change the views of the (,'kris_ ,than her share, similarly c•a}ruliet- R hundred and fifty dollars ayear - If there is no cough, (►n (retic;fris- ky .1t,d smother said, Let its that of her future children as well. ' „ eel. It ise in England and 11'ales Chris- tian church. and a '(14)11041011. this(, ng undue perspiration at keep the l(1 , :1t, fur sale is grave Any physician will testify to that. 15, 17. Prayed for them laid 1 was just twr11ty onC, and poor• night, ail<I if examination of t}1e'that. the proportions of pensions 1st and sr(late.'' 1uO the twe► cats their hands on them ---The best 1 had no such thought iu my head c•. ►('rte►ratetI matters dues net loss. rhe dednruun is 01)1iuuls. It fiat. rite by wi<l� sen fire eir:trth rti In fact. many physician. are al -l is -tilt' ►rrdorninatlt partner" R ready apprehensive of the grave spiritual gifts come' through prayer. as marriage; art titre at the eery shiny the presence of the tubercle 1 p' ntI<1 list(>ne(1. I'h(•y knew it w:19 The laying en of hands waw the con- threshold of my work 1 was eon- bacilli, the only departure frolllisvl,ich has the least pressure of old hest te, keep very quirt fur a while. dangers to which the verso is lead netting link between the giver and fronted by it, much as if it were one health being perhaps a tendency to; age' pro•rrty, and is the most mull ."What shall ye►u dei ?" ask, d the lug and have hien wiarninK our file re.cicer. Ind they rcceiced the of the requirements of ministry: fever after exercise, some loss of oto-tlo. kitten. :Etter a time. w•e,nien by vi rd and pen. They' Hely (;host, with the same outward "Surely:* I said, ''this cannot be flesh and a rather rapid pulse. the AN 1514.1NT) OF 01.1) FOLK. "1 twist (etch T„ire :” said the Lave not been slew in pointing out manifestations of tongues of flume required by churches in genera}"-- experienced phcsic•ia.n may suspect' 'file ~amu c,,„eimton may he illus- eld rat. "I feared it would (sone that werme It are sit ffering freem' and speaking with tongue,, as well and I opened a correspondence with a beginning of tuberculosis, but ho tratrd in aneth(•1' way. The Local t'• this. .II<I hs hilt shall yohc de. ''' as the inward grace and power, several other churches I knew were wound be rash to assert it as a fact. rUovernulrnt Board rrrently pre - "'''Tramp ai;a►n," said the kitten. respirrt,►rc tr elides 1nhorE) and %%elicit characterized Pentecost six arcking pastors. They 2111 raised Within a year ur vo s;ese:ril newlparrd estimates of the pgpulatiulh gf c,llte lease. are falling car} and Blore, arl(1 811 on ace tint of the sear sbefore, as appears from Si- this chorus: "11'e want a married ►nct1 4 s of d, trc•tinR the <liseatto 70 Vicars 1111(1 upwards. In the fol_ 11 c, and it will bee fan ill 1{u corset. Th,,, point alit also that item's request. The special reasons hien." It seemed there was but In its incipiency have heel' devise(I, 54',1)111,( ring a.►tions them, and t4► a acre 1 the same as and 4 tie at le•i�t of then! proniisce, lee mg Liable we compare these with hunt for squirrels in the blew,' .tots `3: 6. Verse 1 1.—The apostles . . . sent unto them Toter and John—Not as rulers, but as a friendly delegation of leading apostles who could be trusted. The • sent their best Men con the mission. The early Chris - he would he saved included his evil heart and injury to the church, and di tiserarice front the chain; of i it uitti•. 25. It. is not known whether Ie repented or nut. A PARSONAGE THAT MUST BE OCCUPIED. :woman, in spite of the fact that! for this gift we l much she works ars' thin mean, is sub -Ion its first bestowal at Pentecost. jetted to fewer hard.}tips. leads a,(1) It expressed clearly the inward grace and power, se) that both those more sober ane! c}i•l-tr life, 'ism } r is (1 it and all ethers far less alcoholic drinks -in 'pile one thing to do- get married. 1t was only a short tome after my first letter t hat it second came. urging my attention to their "call.- am the actual number of petisiuns, and to be of great practical utility. w•e,e,:r'i. 1 have hail ene,i h of fe,itr These method., all consist in the , a•eugely calculate the percentage' . whips and eoeke41 thint;.e ire 8 s.ru- use of tuberculin. but they &fle I err. Pensiutl Pen in the 1ne,(le of application e,f this I'I,e old cat stretchy(' herself :ted who '>`•'' e' '' My answer vias (1cc•icicd. I rc1►lied might tealir.e the fact of the unseen stihstanee. it has been known for able. stoner,. I'.C. yawned wearily. `•(io'" she �ai(l. that 1 w -as a single than and likely j, England and "Yeti are .a crit of spirit. f was of :ill these things. the modern sift, as the spark (if the lightning !reveals years that the ire a e:tien of tuber- • reveals the presence of elec•tr•ic•ity, to remain so fur an indefinite per- Tulin will be followed, if the sill)-! 11'aie�s 947,5,05 360,000 38 sur( at Your air('. but now my joints W(011lln is a weak. fragile creature, i re The new (fur h, under new led; if the church eared to eensider jeer is t11144 rcnlons, b� �}nll,tunrs Srottand .. 1:33,359 61,76'.) 49 are stiff. and i must work for ury ta►1(f is comparatively far weaker circumstances, n111r'i the 1.ow•cr, 11)e lrp"11 that basis I would go and of "reaction," that. is, by feser, ireland ... 17:3,:359 170,365 98 litinu like a human being. It i's du I t. I could for them'f conk(' }headache, Plains in the bones, and), hard, but what can i do?" than man. Slee• suffers more an(f and gift,(, and fresh life bestowed. mei,. from intestinal troubles, is (3) It pree1(41 to the Jewish disciples, *113 story short, 1 was engagedhard• r to please. is mere nervon', :1n(1 especially to the church at cotlditiotcall�'' until conference .lrrusalern, that the Samaritan time, when it was decided to retain seal. filially, is becoming more arra Jerusalem, was from Clod, and ap_ ale as a pastor for the following tneess unfit for motherhood. proved by the Saviour and Master. rear. 1g. Simon . . . offered theist The ce1mmittoe, while expressieg What 1. to he done. t�►eth, to nl ►hey to ptlrchasr fre,Tn the epistlesappreeintie 1 of my ministry, could remedy these evils, tee a eelreh,at these thepower the; theuliselvrs pus- not ►1(•part without a hint that afflictions' The ansv er is simple. sessed• the church would count it a furor a'li•• law moat take t♦ hand in it. 20. Sirmeen Peter faces ,Siphon .1lrohulism i+ already being at - hearted iw th inefignatie►n at this false tackedfr►em different (lir, tie•nC }hearted man. wiles.. Llan, if yielded to, mobld destroy the wool!• power Tile corset must be next on the list of the gospel. Thy 111o11ey perish for extertnination. In some of the with thee. Fetes (less not wish countries of Eureepe a 1►egiiining Simon to perish, i►ut he is perish- tilreaety ha; been mads in that (11- ing. and his money is east ottt of all rection. The minister of (•duces- Christiana=r,. !either the man as he was. neer his money, if tion in Iiotimani 4 has prohibited received by such a critter. could the wearing of corsets Among have Ant part or feet in the C'hris- peho,►lgirls ha:ani(' he does not tiara church. consider it "an article of dress, 22. l'e't he coold hr saved by re - /nit an obstae>le to the 11 ►rnlal de- pent;lne'e, st change of character a.eele,pnlent eef the leek. an.1 e,r- and life. and by divine forgiveness. antis." Bulgaria has t,Ikon Simi- 23. Fe:r 1 perceive that the. i art lar a. -tion. in Germany the cir- in the gall of bitterness. The bit - tet Must net he worn while the terest gall, the very essence of bit - pupils are taking their lessons in terness. And in the bond eef ini- ,gs tnhtxstics. If the governments of (snits. "Bund with the chain of All •Cher countries would begin and his iniquity" (isa. 58: 6). Rendall *cep up such a fight against alto- presents a different siew of the fiulrsrn ane! the corset these ettfilie meaning. His presence *menu the tions soon would cease to ravage the human race. other signs of malaise. But this' Ireland, it will be seen, has many Se the kitten went away; and method has never f' 11'itl favor more "1►ensionables+• than Scotland the 01(1 cat caught two mi.,. a among physicians generally, be-1(thoigh the total pepulatie►n is wt -k• n111011 was all she cou!d cause of the hc'lie•f that it is danger -nearly the same). 'theeiiie•l(tsiun is bring herself to .-lee. But the f;(m- ol's. it was very dangerous t's:a eAd olio. Theapopuhle•atiyoon gf mire i1y was satisfied, and s,, she Iie.ed formerly used ; large doses were in land (iccindlrs, nd tung en ''n in the new huuho.—lguth's jewel t<+,d, and the res( tie►I1 that. fol- and we►rnen emigrate. It is an is- ("lnpanigrc. lowed was at. tants very severe, land. we may say. of (.1(1 folk. Vet and in certain cases it was known men so, the ilnlnxinglc higl, proper if 1 would marry. During all the to have rekindled the disease in tion e.f pensioners to "welsheron succeeding months of my pastorate persons in churn it had become shies" suggests either that the cen this thought was kept constantly gilirejcent, and who were practical- sins in Ireland was very incorrect. before enc. If I made ,•i call 1 w•rls ly cured. It was also feared' by;or that the age text of pension put-- sure erSure to be reminded '►f that empty some that the (11`,e•nse might heir. }lad not, bCCn yer}' 54rillg( rat. CAWS"! ill one. of weak resisting pow•ers h1• inocirlatiotl with the f tuberculin. These dangers (1e, not, • however exi=.t. row' that the sub- stance is used in very small doses, and in a form containing, as it dors, only the glycerin extract of the tuhere1e-ha,•:l}', and never the bacilli themselves. Nevertheless, parsonage that (misfit to he oc- cupied. --Success Magazine. 11OW SIIE W.1LKFD. A lady school teacher was en- deavering to snake clear to her young pupils the meaning of the aord "slowly." She walked across ether mere simple methods have the roe►►n itt the manner the word note been devised, and are used in indi •ales. preference t') the injections of "New, children, tell me hew 1 former dans. These methods will walked.- he dea'rih(•(1 in a future article.--- One little renew ale, sat near y'outh's ('ompanlon. the front if the room almostLara• lyzed her by blurting out: "11'e11, my little man," said a legged :" eIerg7 main to the sort of one of his learishie►ne'rs, "what do sou do in seheeel all da} ?'"•I krait till it's time to go home. sir.•► 1iseiples W )I1.1 be like hitter peer The miser is in A happy fr3nln son in good food, like a person with of mind w hen surrounded by gold. WHO WOULD BE .1 GROCER' "Ma wants two pounds' of fist ter exactly like what 3e11 sent 115 last. If it. ain't exactly like that she won't take it," said the small boy. The grocer turned to his numer- ous customers, And remarked, blandly. "Same people in my husi- ness don't like particular rustonI- ert- , but i the it's sly delight to serve therm and get theta what the} want.. I will attend to 3 uu in a me.inc nt, little boy.,, Ise sure to get the same kind," isaidl the hov. "A lot (►f pas rela tions is visiting at our house, and 1113 th.esn't want 'em to rt Tae• again," 11'I11' ID: 11'.% I'1'1':1►. •What were time of your arrc•q , 'a:,1 the magistrate •'1 was waiting,- replied the prisoner. -Whom were you waiting f•er''' "Nobody; 1 was jirt waiting." "What were waiting fur 1" "her my money." "Whe from'" "Th(' man 1 was waiting ro.'' "11'hat did he (ew,' it you for'" 'Tor waiting," said the prison- er. "One nie,inent," sai(1 the magis- trate ; ' • just let my head' tgp spin- nieg first. Now, what is your pro. fe.4.ie►n '•1 nut a waiter," said the rnan. so+) (hong aI the tiur(•e•ss is the only thing that veil turn .3 man's head ellen he has a stiff nei.k.