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Exeter Times, 1908-10-22, Page 2e• ► +D+ICF+o+cf+O+o+IOf+G+*+okti+O+O+O+o+a+o + +tR♦O+o+ 4 c.f the estitnate the author had' made of Wivernsea out of the sea - Eon. Castle builders could leave their tools uncared for and find them UNCLE DICK; when they returned. Not because of a superabundance of honesty around; rather because of the lack ?Qi of thieves. O The castle creator continued her ♦ work ; the pail -shaped battlements O increased in number. She handled bucket and spade with the same 0 ♦ earnestness, eagerness and engross - Qi stent with which she had fingered the pen. Those were methods which ap- I. I)c'aled to the story -creator. But ♦0+0+0+04.0E+**0+0+4+0+0 +*+0+0+0+*+*+.0:e*+O+G+, dust now as he was not working' with his own accustomed engross- ment, eagerness and earnestness. A disturbing element had crept in. From time to time he glanced to- wards the other end of the seat. '!'here the disturbing element lay --- or rather sat. It seemed that there was something magnetic about that j resence there. He experienced a difficulty in keeping his eyes away. Meting the neatness of tho dress worn by the woman, he could not fail to note too its sombre hue -- - r►,ourrting evidently. His 1i►cly hu- nt cessary. But he had Grace to at enation was busily at work in a re:icon with. moment. The sharp eyes cef that four-year- I'or hint to weave a complete cic little maid were furtively fixed st:►ry with such material, was an on the magic pen. She a as trying easy task. A pretty girl ()camped hard to fulfil the injunction ---to he the stellar part in it. He portray- geod---froze► the adult, standpoint. r d her as a motherless girl forced But gradually the admonition was to fta.c•e a shard, cold world. Depict - fading from her mind -she was very e 1 her seeking a living in it as a __ human. t;c•verness. After a while- a eel:rage-`;sash- That imagination of his had a ha - atoning period the little haucls ht of running away vitlt tern. Per- wero laced behind her, and bodily haps that was a reason why his fic- facing the owner of the attraction, tion had so good a run. His hooks the little one addressed hire, in a were mostly all of the many -editions kind of I dare you voice--- kind. So, neglecting his, own story "I could write with a pen like for fiction of another kind, the time that !" came of the going clown of the sun. For a second time the child's 'I'he tint of the vastly -deep changed; voice brought the man's attent len the sen grew greyer. His heroine away from his work. Isresumptive closed her hook and "Could you V' rose; cried - He smiled as he spoke. Looked "Gracie!" up from his book as he did so. Then Seeing that the child's attention infusing a note of doubt in his voice had been attracted, she turned, enquired - bowing slightly, smilingly wished "Are you sure 1" Masters-- Masters--- 'Y----yes. Quite!" "Good -day!" Then, as an afterthought, psis- From the sands, the little girl £ihly by way of redemption of the waved a vigorous cumbered -with - hesitation, the child continued--- bucket -and -spade good-bye to him. "If I had one:" She evidently preferred jumping the Finding her first venture had not breakwaters on the way home to the roused the lion, but fearing hint a n.ore easy path of the sea wall. The little still, she went on defiantly-- two passed altogether from the au - "I saw a man fill one once ''' thor's sight. Not altogether from said- Such a statement as that surely h:s mind. "Pray do not let me drive yon could not fail to crush a mere user Good -day! Yes, he felt it had away' Possession may be nine cf the pen! Seeing that astonish- i been -distinctly good. Till he look - points of the law, but we may con- nhent was expected of hinr Masters' eel at clean pages, where writing Bider ourselves beyond the pale of assumed an appropriate look of sur- t should have been. Even then, de- lts practise here. If, as I hear- !-.rise. His wearing of it pleased her spite the unfinished chapter, he from lips the truth of which it would mightily. made no alteration in his verdict. Lc• absurd to doubt -that this is "Perhaps," he said, "you would It had been a good day. ronsidered your seat" -his smile like to make quite sure you could (To be Continued.) was not an unkeleasing one ---"1 write with one, eh 1 Would you _ .ts should never forgive myself if tres- like to try with this l" pass of aline interfered with the The blue eyes brightened ; she A STARTLING PROPHECY. owner's use of it." was at his side in a moment. Shy- j 1[ "Is that pen you are using," in- nese is readily overcome when our may Transfer Vital Organs of Low'- t,uired Gracie suddenly, a propos of summers have not numbered five. er Animate to 'flan. nothing, "one of those you put the Trustfulness at that age has rarely According to Professor Simon ink in at the wrung end, and trickle been shocked. Flexner, of the Rockefeller Insti- it out of the other 1" Therein, perhaps, lay the secret tute for Medical Research, New A softness blended with the smile nt the attraction children had for York, medical science soon is to ol• Masters' face, merged into that Masters --the sweetness of their inn- , solve the problem of transferring kindly expression of the strong for SL icionless existence. Viewed from sound vital organs from the lower the weak. It was the successful the standpoint of the after life, animals to man. catching of just such tenderness when -if we act up to the anxionis This prophecy was made in a pa - which made Landseer's name figure of the world we live in --we trust per by Professor Flexner, read by so prominently in the world of Art. n . Titan, it is apt to brush across I)r. Ludwig Hektoen before the As the author looked down at the ur as refreshingly as a gust of ; l►hysiologieal section of the Ameri- mite from his six -feet altitude, the { country air. can Association for the Advance - leek on his face was an irresistible' Turning the leaves of his book inent of Science. reminder of a fit. Bernard's kind- till he came to a blank page, Mas- "The technical surgical opera - Less to a toy terrier. ters twisted and rested the ce►ver on tions involved in this kind of experi- "You have accurately described )tis knee. So the open leaf was lov- mentation, on account of the ne- it little woman," he answered. el with the intending -eyes-spark- ce•ssity of maintaining unimpaired "But it docs not always trickle ling -with -excitement a niter. Then Or, The Result of Diolomaey and Tact. ('HAPTER I.--(Cont'd). Observation was a trick of Mas- ters' trade. Tho practice of it en- abled hire to paint a picture in a paragraph. What he saw in one glimpse o Miss Mivvins' face was etequence itself. But of that gen- tle, outward -going radiance in her eyes the merest layman would have been sentient. It was the kind of which one felt even a blind man must he conscious. Details appealed to Masters' just then. He happened to be engaged at the moment on the description of a heroine. When he saw Miss Miv- ins his difficulty about shaping the book -woman vanished. In flesh and blood she stood before him. All he needed was to describe what he sow ; she would fit in all respects. Save her name. He was not par- ticularly struck with that. which her hand went out. Again she smiled. .'t moment's hcsitatiort -then seated herself. Froin a bag depending by silken cords from her wrist elle drew a hook. Having given the little girl sundry dire_tie es as to the assimila- tion of pr( t.srnatural virtue, the woman commenced to read. Masters resumed his place at the other encs of the seat. Had bink is hand too; manuscript bunk. He had come out v► ith intent to Write ; teeld himself that fulfilment was CHAPTER II. Proverbially worsen love men's approbation. Something of the feel- ing within hint must have evidenced itself to Masters' eyes. His atten- tive scrutiny -despite all there was et respect in it ---did not, apparent- ly, please Miss Mivvins. Possibly, she was inclined to consider his ad- miration rudeness. Anyway she called-- ' `('carne, Gracie!" Taking the child's little hand in her own neatly gloved one as she spoke, the woman turned, evident- ly intent on walking back in the di- rection whence she had come. That brought Masters to his feet in a moment --cap in hand, and apo- logy in Mouth. Full of crudities as was his character, he possessed an instinctive courtesy. In all the ar- raignments for his breaches of So- ciety's unwritten laws, impoliteness Thad never figured. He spoke; when you want it to --though it gen- erally de es when you don't." The child looked mystified ; evi- dently deemed further explanation necessary. Miss Mivvins was still to folios,.the movements of the standing, waitin to go. Masters hand Icer intent was plain --- to w rite her own name. , the circulation of the blood, is LIONS TURN MAN EATERS he gave the child his pen. great, hint not impossible of She drew a capital (t a bright at hievement, and no effort should little point of tongue pretending t•(' spared to reach this goal," says the while. The head, too, seemed Professor Flexner. "The functions of t ransplantod organs are main- tained by the method of preserva- tion of the circulation. hence, it now becomes possible to place sen- sitive and important viscera under r ew experimental conditions, which nosy aim to resemble or produce those believed to give rise to com- mon pathological state in roan and to observe the effects over a long period of time. "It is a matter of no small signi- ficance, that arteries can be trans- l•l:anted successfully from dog to cat and vice versa, and from than to dog, and that keeping extirpat- ed arteries under sterile conditions at refrigerator temperature for twenty or thirty days or even long- er, (toes not interfere with the re - stilts of transplantation. "There is something extremely subtle in the conditions underlying successful transplantation within terse race. since it ►nay be determin- ed by such minor factors as environ- ment and mere quality (ef food. A turner which grows in Danish white trice may fail utterly to grow. in Berlin white mice, and ono which grows in Berlin white mice and un- able to grow in Norwegian mice, !nay lose its capacity to grow in Berlin mice transported to Chris- tiania and kept there for a period h( fore inoculation." UNPROFITABLE. atsmak HUNGER MAKES THEM PREY UN AFRICAN NATIVES. hesitated ; looked from one to the other. Politeness made him say-- "`I ani leaving pray he seated." But the woman saw through that. diture of concentrated energy -but Would have been very high up the she got through with it at last. fool grade indeed had she failed to Ther -e. figured en the paper the dee so. It really was quite too trans- wr rds - parent an utterance. When truth is sacrificed on the altar of polite- ness the ceretnouy needs skill, oth- erwise the lie becomes ever more cfTensive than the act it was to c over. His little speech induced her to t::t:e a step forward ; made her say - "Oh. no' Do not let ole drier sex' away . She spoke impulsively : hurriedly.?.tasters thought with e►rrythhing in the tone that was desirable in n w•onlan•sc ►dire. lie smiled ;as he expostulated -- -But v eu re/116'30her. surely --it is hot malty 111' 11)1'ilts ago you were (111ltc walling to allow ole to drive veil away." '!'hen she smiled too. Stni!es w hie h bt•e,ng}tt into p!ay mouth and eees sines the dilnpie5 in her cheeks. From his .etst fence the gravity 5, 1,1.• t►eeple celled i! ah+e•terity - - had already departed. Thera was keeping sour word, Gracie. You I)eeuliarl% 'efter►ing 11) lu"ncr 1 rofcssed anxiety to finish yonr cal - That was compassed. it took a little time entailed a huge expen- Gracie Seton -Carr. The child's glance carte nff the page ; '.hc moved away a pace. I.ee,eked alp into his egos. her own a C sshing like diarnotsds(. Seel' little things please in the t inti of hap- piness when we ,l re little ellr•sel►es. After drawing a long breath she ejsci,lated t riurnphantly ['her•e'" Once more Masters gladdened the little one, by rae tins 1a'` he was ex- p' et ed to act. `•e man on that coast could have ►e. e•r 11 a larger -5i7 ed look of astonishment ; be cried ••\1'on --der---fill 1 /lapping of harness in her glee. and the (hilt' danced aleeng to the ( user end of the scat. •I'.e written my name with (enc eef those funny splitter pens, Miss Mivvins! What do sots think of that 1" •'1 think vele have a f:arny way of tsbout Miss Mivvins. 1'erhare his own relaxing was Cie result of that. "It is ya long ...eat." tie' Mill. at .'d 114 measurement with a .'.weep e.f 1115 Mand as he spoke • continue(! ' Let its length he our way out .ef the ditiiculty it. is a long lane that has no turning. How will it 1 o if we snake it large enough for beth ?"it was a tentative !')rt of imita- tion. An iavisc.bso (elite branch to flee on the sands:. yet you are spend- i.h�t your time cos the wall'" • Oh -h -h''' -- prele,nged and (!t•awl) nut 'T had forgotten all aleout it!" Attention *1i\ erted from the pen.ts.c child ran dean the steps on to the beach. A few minutes after. Masters, looking up, saw her busily. �'. work with a vatic and pail. The implements had evidently been left there in the morning. That rather proved the excellence Scourge in British Colony of Nyasa- land Due the Scarcity of Game. A new terror has befallen some of the districts of N3asuland, the British colony lying along the west- ( t•1► shore of Lake Nyasa. In this legion game has never been Octal- in which it is useful declare that fits and the supply has been Mill now they would not be without it. further depleted by excessive }runt- As: a time saver and worry preven- ing in the last few yeat-s. 'I'hc re- Live it is said to have no equal. It is used fur washing dishes, peeling potatoes, cutting cabbages and ether vegetables, sharpening knives and for many other purposes. Small motors are attached to the various Machines, and the work which was went to take up much ► aluable time and cause the employ- ment of persons to so spend their time is accornplisrled in incredibly :.mall space. It is said by those who are sup- pcsod to know that the electric stove n' w being used in England is one of the greatest triumphs of electricity. That it reaches the year the lions have become a zenith of perfection for ordinary scourge. These natives have sur- cooking is asserted, there being no rounded all their villages with heat, smell, or smoke. stockades at least fifteen feet high, l;y the simple turning of a switch the tops of which are thickly wov- an electric kettle can be brought to ch, with thorns*. Thee precautions seem to afford ri a security. Lions have repeatedly climbed over the stockades, ELECTRICITY IN KITCN EN T r++++++++++++++++++I jTheFrmj PROMINENT FEATURE IN MANY ENGLISH KITCHENS. (looking, Washing Dishes, Prepar- ing of Vegetables Done by Electricity. In Many up-to-date English kit- chens electricity is the most prom- inent feature, and those who have adopted it in the numerous phaises stilt is that the natural food of lions s5 becoming scarce and they have keen driven by hunger to prey up - or the natives. Feitunately lions are not so num- erous there as they are in British East Africa. But tate natives are 1 terror, owing to the fact that the animals now loos. upon them as an excellent sour:.•e of food supply. The evil at present is greatest in the district which lies between the Gov- ernment stations of Ngara and Do - ►e -a in the high country west of Lake Nyasa. In this locality during the last Kind Old Lady --Why, my deer little boy, what la the use of crying like that 1 Little Boy --'Taint no use. I've L. Pn eryin' like this all mornin' an' nobody ain't give inc a cent. --� - Potatoes, after being soaked in acids and pressed hard, are now being used for the manufacture of billiard -balls. BROKEN INTO THE IIUTS, t►sually by tearing away the roof thatch, and carried off natives. Even those not attacked are usual- ly too torrorstrickon to offer resist- ance. A party of whites travelling through this region in May last ob- served many small villages desert- ed by their inhabitants, although the huts were still quite new. On asking thss reason the answer was invariably the same: "The people could no longer re- main. The lions have become so had that we are all afraid we will it() killed." At ono village three women had been killed and eaten by these ani- nails; ni- ir els; at another a man and two girls, and so on. The lions that are committing excellence of the food prepared on the rause velli ensue when butter will these ravages are believed to have been driven to prey upon humannest pay, and brings only by hunger, for man- eating lions have riot often terroriz- e;t this region. Most lions are not the ferocious beasts they have been thought to be. They run off into the jungle at the sight of a human being and never attack a man un - !esti wounded or hunted. But with the rnan-eating lion it is different. He lies in hiding all day, and at night fires, guns and noise will not keep hire off. He springs into SVGUESTION FOR lis 'i'T}•:R- M.1 K ER S . Butter -making is the important thing in dairying in the United States. While a great deal of at- tention has been given to this Lral.ch of dairying in that country there are many complaints as to the o quality of butter produced. Mani suggestions for improvement hat e Leen made. One of them is that Lutter-makers should organize and get together more than they dee. Mr. ('. W. Pelton of Wisconsin. writing to the Chicago Dairy Pse - duce, on this point says: 'It is a well known fact that we ate not making ae good butter as et: did ten years ago and who is to Hanle ? 1 say the hcltteriliakers, why 1 Because they are not organ- ized. There should be a Lutter- makers' assoeiatien in every coun- ty that w•oilld get. together as often as twice a year and Leake rules and each one positively refuse to tesla (•reale more than three days old.w inter and slimmer. ''My rule has been three times a11 week isummer and 1whee a. week in \••Inter, but 1113• experienee has been boil in from five to eight minutes. I can mrtke Letter butt 'r lien: A chop in an exceedingly short time cream delivered twice n week su may be cooked to perfection in an summer than I can fi' ou errant de - electric frying pan, while the elee livered twice a week in winter. in t►ie oven will do a roast to a turn s,.,nlnler the cream is usually cooled without any smell or annoyance of in water and kept where the air ie burning. KING EDWARD RESPONSIBLE. Each shelf inside an electric range can be heated separately, fere being taken to the creamery. which makes it possible to bake two ' • Four of patrons quit and different kinds of cake requiring tc•ok their ercai to a neighboring two different temperatures at the creamery where they cook} go on:'c same time. For grill work or raps- . r twice a week, but they got dis ciity of heating the most intense satisfiedwict and sainted to know if I l -eat can be obtained instantly by v►,;itld take their cream twice a week the mere switching nn of more if they. returned. I declined, and bower at a given point. tiles came La^k bringing their When the cooking is over, another , cream three times a week until we 5v► itch 1S turned and the range in- hal the fir: -t cool milts and since stands EdwardrPS cold. then I have seen thein but twice a e King started the range vv eek. fever in England by installing an often hear of certain cows electric stove in his new yacht and that do not give enough butterfat (110 in his train. Kumors as to the to pHv fir their feed anti I believe fresh ; but in winter it is left where ;t is most likely not to freeze, but if it does freeze it is taken to the kitchen stove and thawed out be - A GROUP OF NATIVES and carries one off before the others have time to slake resistance. Ho enters tenor without fear, clawing away the fastenings. When the man eaters attacked the labor- ers on the Uganda railroad every- body built platforms and slept on them at least twenty feet from the ground. All that is neees�sar3• to turn an stakes everything easy. That's ordinary lion into one of tho man un - what smiles are for. A good, un eating sort is for hire to acquire a feigned, sincere smile is a veritable taste for human flesh. He may battering -rain to knock hard things first feed on the remains of a hu- cut of the way. Sometimes I smile man body that a man eater has left ('tit loud, all to thyself, when I 1'1111 and as soon as he learns that the against anything hard ; and the in- human kind is easy to kill he i5 vitation is out to whoever enters shy likely to attack then, woolen or door. I take it that pee )le will smile as they read the card, and I siJs*1)1u►intlne•lt, ae. thee should. children in preference to any of the want them to continue the act while (1e►e►el l:rycrs will :always be f•►ttlscl gpine that has been his food. Then a„ ;rn►entt thc: I,nstlers. It' they :++'(• sac• he becomes a roan eater,a terrible in here . evil. He tells of a visitor who came to 1ive they ar=' ahti *s,t Inv;Iri:ahl3 heels This is the rawest feature in the `ce him last winter a Hce)tchnt;tn, thy. Exercise create hl them an who had served ing India in rise , appetite, ((".eloj)s bone and ►n►1:aIle, present situatle►n in Nyasaland. The lions are beingturned into roan army. "My dear sir," said the 1 stimulates health}' e tti'tt ition and visitor, "I and greeting that legend 1 ronl.a/el digest hon. eaters. Of course this state of af- fairs has incited the colonial au- heartily. Many years ago, when the Make' arrangements for fatten111_' thoritie5 to make ever effort to de plague was raging, I was in ('al- all birds. either coe•l.crels or el(! y cotta, and sick. The hospitals were Lcne. before they are marketed. 1f sires the lions. full, and with other patients I was you have not a feeding crater or 1wie Bing in a shed, a very sick roan. tis; up an old pecking h,ex, or bet Or. each 51(0 of mea poor (118p ter s.tt!1 have a good solid crate card, when a elan came around ►v it h v.1eic a ►I ill last- you for years. these stoves soon were broadcast, be s o cheap that the test cows will with the result that many hotels,the farmers will be those catering to the better class of forced out of tlhcv dairy business. people, put them in their kitchens. and the Luttterinaker Inc,kuog for a Small establishments gradually ;: fol- jos ill seine other line e,f work, un - lowed the lead, and now elect rir less we get together and correct our stoves are to be found in even the faults." smallest homes in England. "JUST KEEP SMILING." • Treasurer of Banking Institution Has Legend on Door. On the door leading into the pri- vate office of the treasurer of nor of the Hartford (Connecticut) bank- ing institutions may be seen by all comers a plain white card, on which are these two words: "Keep Smil- ing." Ask the treasurer the significance of the placard, and he will say simply: "Just keep smiling. That POU LTItV NOTES. Busy hens are not only the best egg producers. but their eggs stem - the best fertility. In order to keep them at work strew the floor of t he pen w Irl bay or straw and scene! GREAT LETTER WRITER CORRESPONDENCE OF THE GERMAN EMPEROR. Astonishing ilow 1Ie finds so Much i'iurc to Write Ills Many Priv ate Letters. William 11. probably sates more letters than ally other living mon- arch. kronh the early morning, when he goes over his mail and the Statedespatches, snaking copious marginal notes in pencil, until he retires ler the night he is constant- lyjotting down his thoughts, writ - mg or dictating letters. er annotat- t:ep• new books. Ile frequently is seen at receptions or tutlitai y re- views making a note on his shirt c teff. Ile abhors fountain pens alai �►„ears hy the old fashioned quill of our grandfathers. The Kaiser's handwriting is largo, bold and flourishing, and. in a.- eor(lane•e v.:th his habit of dashing down his thoughts a : they come in- to his head, often extremely illrs;- ir►le. A. well-known Berlin artist-, ti it 11 Will le t lin Emperor was fell (ars in acti►0. correspondence, gives AN INTERESTING AC'C'OUNT. e•f hint as a correspondent. Ho says It is really astonishing how the Emperor. despite the amount ;:,,rk he has to get through. finds Al much time to carry en his ex1e,ts private correspondence. It is v rare that he ever breaks off a let- ter lie has once hrgs►11, nor is he content, like the Emperor Francis Joseph, fer instance, to hate his letters written by a private secre- tary according to his instructions, hut writes personally every line that has neat an offl(hL1 character. "I have seen letters of the Eirtprr- or on topics of history ''r art, twelve to eighteen pages hong. It is well known that the monarch. to save time, always makes his notes in shortened forst, leaving out the ' owel.- thus: 'iligdr Adlr' for 'flip - gender Adler,' etc. In letters, how- ever, Ise always tries; to abandon this practice, chiefly because lin a Ishii to be (suite clear, but 5UI►1('- times in his haste he abbreviates •111 the sang. The Emperor evert ::dc}resses his letters himself nearly always, and absolutely in full ; the Addressee never wants a title. "One might say that, apart from f;tt1►ily correspondence and short ne res to the generals of leis suite, the majority of the Kaiser's letters :ire addressed to professors and :'.1 rhitects, art Isla, sculptors, or musicians. This is not sllrprissing inview of all the predominant si►- terest His Majesty takes it .114T4 AESTHETIC QUI:ST[O\S. in thele letters the Kaiser is wont to express in short, pregnant' words his views un some topic of present -'lay interest. A. often 05 the grain in this. Aneether word ab(►ut the chicks in r.ot his views, especially in arclli- regard to early roosting. Jit.fc,t‘.thelz. I tectural quei7tions, are illslstrat `d to roost as early as poswith luargit:al sketched of 3 riot stake rough roosting poles. technical character, rove at The smoother they are the easier it ever) point the writer's to is to keep theta free from lice. knowledge of the subject. Chickens cannot be healthy that "Apart from letters, the sniper - are cuddled up in a tiny bit of 1► or fredsiently sends solve artist brood coop, sweltering in the heat friend of his a book which he has of the atmosphere, as well as that marked with marginal mails, and of their own bodies. Nothing will this is especially the ca -r with er twice a week, hilt they got chic: works on naval topics. Illi versa - Given good care, just sensible tility is simply marvellous. I Ilya►(: Beare, as common sense will ordin seen sketehe:{ doele by the Emperor, arily (he•tet° poultry will ret'lrn ;a the sheet simply ceveeecl in all di- goocl profit on the tied and money rectionss with shipas parts, designs expended thereon. Neglected, the 3 for the mechanism of autonle,bile:, wilt produce nothing tut lona yat)(i 5nd plans fe'r the interiors and 4.x - terrors (frteade etc ) of bhlildings. 1f ever the Emperor's letters aro e 0)teeted and put 1t tu- l the% will r•, r, a far better plc turc of hire than any perseena1 rhos uctcrization ee,isld d11. for his thirst for know- ledge revealed therein is only equal- led by the number of fruitful sug- restions he himself makes. HE KEPT AT IT. A gentlemanly -looking pedler en- tered a business man's Ake and coughed slightly to attract atten- tion. The occupant of the office kept at his work until he reached a convenient stopping -place, and t.leen turned abruptly to his caller. "Well,” he asked, "what can I do for you 1" "I ani introducing," the pedler 1•c•gan, "a patent electric hair - 1,1 ush--" "What. do T want with a brush t" growled the bossiness "Can't yen 110' I'tn bald?" "Your lady, perhaps--" "Bales, too, except when she's dressed tip.,' "Yes, sir. Ttiit you may have at hone a little child- -" "«'e have. It's one month old and quite bald." ''Of course, at that age,. said the pcdler. ''But," he persisted, "tray- t)e you keep it dog?" ''We do.' 4aid the business man. A hairless Chinese dog." The pedler dived into another pocket. "Allow me, be sail, to show you the latest thing in fly -paper." F igg- -''You have seen ,Toner's wife. What is she like 1 Should ?oil call her pretty 1" Fogg - "I might if I were talking to Jones." one of the doctors to rtleytsnre the bodies. As they finished the sec- ond fellow's measurement they looked at ore, and the man slid : 'Three of 'em, height' and whipped out. his tape measure at my side. in spite of all effort, I could only stare. To save my life i couldn't speak or move. All I could do was to smile. and I just smiled. Instead of the measuring line I was given better attention and recovered. The smile hair- din it : That's right : 'Keep smil- man. ing le i:MBAItR.1SSIN(I. A colored woman of Alexandria, RUSSIAN EGGS._ Virginia, was on trial before a snag- France has always been a ghat istrate of that town charged with producer of poultry and eggs, but irleutnan treatment of her offspring. Intely initlions of eggs Baty, been Evidence was clear that the WO- ineported from e,1 ler countries, man had severely beaters the young- c: pecially for consumption in Paris. ster, aged snob nine year`, who (tf t:sese importations by far the was in e''tlrt to exhibit his battered largest proportion comes from l►us- c.endition. tis. 1n 194); about 9,0tio,OO) pounds Before imposing sentence. his of Iturssian eggs were eaten in Pari better asked the woman whether Austria- Hungary in the same year she lia•I anything to say. "Kin I fernisl►e(1 only about 1.'200.000 ask ye, hnnah a question 1.►inn!. -- pie:ln(lj, and ether ee►Intrie5 less. ed the prisoner. AtnonR ihs'se lw�pt contr.leutr,d The judge weldednliirmahvety. g3it,0 ') p i:n(1 leo matter what it is, he will i.1e• to '•\%'ell, then, See' he,nah, 1'(1 1 ke - - + regret it. His Wife--"1)urieg .:Ir to ask you' whether 3o' was e1er1.lON(i G1Iii,S. courtship se,sl used to steal kisses the p;arient of a Uslffe qtly wt.:'1!, s '1 toes she k st're-.7 her to ta'1; to 1'' from 1110.Her 111*' .a: d V4'ctL cullud chile." I '':.u, uc!y to talk about." sols bea.•d what I %aid,•' (.ire the fowls plenty of fresh ‘vater. it is surprising how mw'11 fowls will drink if they tilt it. fmr hi and where they know right where to find it hene►er they Unlit it. Tlhis ie especially true of the laying hen Eight times nut of ten a hell when coming e►ff the nest after lay tnp will go direct to the water and string long and deep. This thirst produced by the muscular (West rut forth in delivering eggs. Der inp the effort great comhu',tien take; place to produce the encrg3. thus depleting the tissuee of water So do not neglect the water. \l:1NV .1 MON UMI:NTAE. WORK ,11 G.rtnsstly 04105 its construction ,le, him in realit;.. although honor :r►(1 fawn were ac':•ordeel to the art - i -t who carried out the idea.•' when 1 he Kaiser is 1 ra► elling he t; -es the t elegrrt i►h a great deal. of - i1 15 f- icn sending the I':nlpt•ese long ac- e-, ants of Bir ad►Pntl:res in that way. Such private letters natural - Iv never t(ee through the post, but ale seen to the Foreign (l'i'e cour- ier in Germany (a lieutenant of the chess -urn of the Guest!), to be eon- v4•3e(1 to the capital with the dice lomaCe correspondence. Tile Emperor is vera- fond of pic- t .1'.' pn'teard•, and when h:' ► in s,'aying tit Highcliffe Inst ve•11• iia�I`l' ►•.ere numerous recipients (If 5u li ',lark 5 of in)perial consi(leration among Berlin society. In his :study I't ince Rulo'.v has a nurqbciip iure pe:;steards v' }tie) his Imperial master Rett him from foils upeen which the Etnpereer hits scribbled in T.encil such clhera'•teri4tic remarks as: "Glorious ► sew ; "Splendid weather," etc. 'file Kamer s note- paper, which is white, is surnire:rnt- (1 h3• a neat gold crown with the lrnlserial arms, awl is sti ikingly l;erge in shape, of a stout textut.t lies Hie -hand "If it n141► le:alb,