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The Brussels Post, 1908-9-17, Page 2NOTES AND COMMVIE New ideas on a subject that is xather old are to be found in a lit- tle book entitled "How to Live on Twenty-four Hours a Day," The author is an Englishman, Arnold Bennett,., who firmly believes that the average man of affairs wastes a great deal of his preelous time- income and does not use his brains as he should from the standpoint of mental health and the interest and zest of life. The average man, Mr. Bennett holds, adopts a wrong atti- tude toward "the day," which he associates with the business hours. The sixteen hours that remain to bio are poorly arrauged and badly used, Sleep, of course, is a neces- sity, and Mr. Bennett is not one of those who would have us drasti- cally reduce our allowance for that form of rest. But he insists that, aside from sleep, the mental facul- ties want change, not rest, and that the man who thinks he is too tired to read or pursue some other intel- lectual occupation is only tired of a particular activity and needs an- other kind of activity. To begin with, Mr. Bennett pleads for a modest experiment — the setting apart of an hour and a half every other evening for some useful and agreeable mental exer- cise—reading, drawing, carpenter- ing, listening to good music. "The full use," he says, "of those seven and a hall hours a week will quick- en the whole life of the week and increase the interest which you feel in even the most banal occupa- tions." In addition, Mr. Bennett, with other philosophers, urges half an hour to an hour of "complete solitude" every day. This he re- gards as of priceless value, for it is conducive to reflection, to heart- searching, to stock taking, to deep and high thinking. He suggests a railroad carriage as a good place for reflection. It is good, curious- ly enough, because everybody else is sure to be buried in his paper and to let you severely alone. Mr. Bennett thinks a newspaper should be kept for odd minutes, but this is simply a crotchet that has no necessary connection with his ad- mirable argument for care and thought in disposing of one's daily budget of time. The newspaper furnishes nob only useful and im- portant information, but stimulates the very mental activity and the in- terest in other questions and things that the average man needs in Mr, Bennett's view. Each man tweet arrange bis time budget for himself, with reference to his affairs, social obligations, family requirements. But we can- not too often be reminded of the possibilities of economy and pro- fit in the use of our time, of the pleasure, variety and inspiration which so many miss or throw away through sheer lack of attention to the matter. HIS SENTIMENT. "Yes, I acknowledge that your father did me a favor once which placed me under a lasting obliga- tion to hire. I cannot, therefore, refuse to lend you the money. But come around to -morrow for it, won't you?" "Certainly, if you haven't got it now." "Oh, I have it now, all right; only I hate on such short notice to part forever with what is near and dear to me." A SHADY BUSINESS. He—,llas 1 I can never mar>;y you. She—Why so 1 He—Because your father is in such a shady line of business. She—How dare you say that? He --Why didn't you tell me your- self he was an awning manufactur- er7 TO STOP SNORING. A medical journal submits the fol- lowing edviee for the benefit of a lady who wishes to cure her bus - band of the habit of snoring: "Raise yourself softly on your el- bow and gently but firmly bite his nose." • *T, RATHER TALL. "Why, I knew you," he cried, "when you were only so high ! And he held his hand 8,700 feet from the ground. The point of the joke, dear read - ex, lies rn the fact that they met unexpectedly in a balloon party. RAD xmo.4 Vieitore--Tell the master of the house that a friend has called to see birn. M4id--•You must he et the wrong )sou b, A tax-eel/00th r li*res here. DE FRUITS OF FRIED SHIP Thoughtfulness of Others Wkis and Makes Friends. "But one thing is needful; and Mary bath chosen that better part which shall not be taken away from her."—Luke x. 42. When you read that story of the Good Master commending the sister who seemed to slight her share in the household duties, especially when you hear the usual interpre- tation of the incident as showing that Martha was neglecting her soul while Mary was oaring for hers, you cannot but wonder that the apparent laziness of the one should be praised over the kindly activity of the other. But the Good Teacher was not condemning the hospitality of Mar- tha ; he was commending the larg- er. deeper, hospitality of Mary. To him, as to all, there is but one thing that is absolutely necessary. That is not food and dainties; it is not furniture and luxuries—it is the open heart of friendship. There was greater refreshing in the friendship of the one who sat at his feet than in all the food that the tables might bear. Do we not all need often to hear his saying—we who are careful and cumbered about many things, about fcod and tables, about clothes and houses—that we are likely to miss that good and IMPERISHABLE TREASURE cf friends and human fellowship? And when we would entertain our friends might we not well think less of the things we would set before them than of the riches of person- ality, our own selves, we can give them? The great need of every life, that for which our hearts are hungry, is not food and drink, it is not even books or thinking, is not silver or gold it is just folks, people, to know one another, to read open hearts, to taste the fruits of friend- ship. The one thing needful, thet which gives happiness, peace, and prosperity, is just this openness of heart, this thoughtfulness of others that wins and makes friends. The hospitable home is the one where people have time to know you, where there is always a place by the hearthside and an ear to listen, where the love glows from face to face. We soon forget what we have had or eaten in the homes we have visited ; but we never lose what our friends have given us of themselves. The house that has the great treasure may be one where there is no plate to be stolen, but where hearts are rich through habits of soul communion. The weary man lifts himself with renewed vigor as be looks along the road to the home where love waits, where eyes will look deep into his; the woman knows not the toil and drudgery of the day's work for the thought of the fellowship with those she loves. Many are making Martha's mis- take, missing the riches of friend- ships in the machinery and minis- trations of hospitality; we are so anxious to entertain our friends that we drive them away; we are so anxious to feed them that we starve their hearts. Whatever else people want this they want most of all and first of all, JUST TO KNOW PEOPLE, just to have the open way into our real lives. No matter how much work a man. may do he will do nothing worthy if he is too busy to make friends. The value of our investment in the world depends largely on the man- ner in which our own self is drawn out and enriched through the touch of other lives. No man can be great by himself alone; all great- ness is a gathering in to ourselves of other beings. He who chooses to find friends has that better part. The snare of our modern living is that we are so busy here and there doing many things, most of them perhaps good things in themselves but bad when they stand before the b.etter and higher things; we are so full of bu- siness that we miss life's real bles- sings. He who chooses friendship choos- es that which he can never lose. No man can take from you the me- mory of your friend; none can rob you of the enriching of mind, the enlarging of heart and sympathy that came as you lay with him by the camp fire under -the far off stars or sat by the hearthside in the home. Friends become insep- arable soul possessions. So if you would show true hospi- tality to any, iet your first concern be that his heart is fed. He who comes to your home wants you more than he wants your bread and butter, your dainties and guest de- licacies. There is a feast wherever friendship freely flows; there is em- ptiness and hunger, no matter how the board may be laden, where hearts are closed to one another. HENRY F. COPE. THE S. S. LESSON INTERNATIONAL LESSON, SEPT. 2. Leeeen XII. Third Quarterly view. Golden Text, Sam. 5. 12. re. QUESTIONS FOR SENIOR SCHOLARS. What form of government pre- ceded the absolute monarohy in Israel? Who was the last of the judges? What reasons did the people give for requesting a king? How did Samuel interpret their request? How was the first king chosen? What was the attitude of rhe retiring judge to the newly chosen king? What was Samuel's greatest legacy to Israel? What elements in Saul's character fitted him especially for his new position? llhat elements of unfitness for rul- ership did he manifest as king? Ott what ground was he eventually re- jected? What external circumstan- ces led to the introduction of David at the court of Saul? What posi- tions did David hold ab court and in the army during Soul's reign? Recall the events which led to the anointing of David to be king in Saul's stead. State the birthplace, parentage, and boyhood of David. What led to the rejection of David by Saul? Compare and contrast the character. of Saul with that of lis son, Jonathan. Compare and contrast the characters of David and Jonathan. Describe briefly the experiences of David while an ex- ile from court. State the traits in David's character that made him the superior of Saul as a military leader ; as king. Recall the clos- ing events of Saul's administration; David's lament over Saul and Jcnathan, and the light this throws on his character. Was the estab- lishment of the kingdom. in Israel a step in the line of progress or of retrogression? Which was the bet- ter form of government, that under' th•. administration of the judges, or that under the administration of. the kings? What indications of progress can you trace in political endusoeial affairs during the his- torics) period by the lessons of this Quarter? What events of this peri- od reflect primitive political and molal eondition:7 In what respects was David it man of his own time? In what respects was he in advance of Blue ago 1 i which he lived? QUESTIONS FOR INTERMEDI- ATE SCHOLARS. Lesson I. --Israel Asks for a King —Who ruled the people of Israel at this time? What was his char- acter as a ruler? What slid his sons do when they became judges? Whose fault was this? How did the people feel about it? What did the elders of the nation re- quest? What did Samuel do with their request? What did Jehovah bid the prophet do? In spite of warning, what did the people say? Then what was done? Lesson IL—Saul Chosen King — To whom did the people come for a king? Who was selected by Samu- el? What impression would his personal appearance naturally pro-. duce? Did Israel need a military head just then? What signs of pro- mise appeared in the new king? When he got a new heart and was changed into another man, did he remain a changed man? What was his radical defect? Lesson III—Samuel warns Saul and th People.—When did Samuel de- liver this 'warning? What sort of a judge had he been? What kind of a public service had he render- ed? Whab sins, sometimes charge- able against public officials, was he guiltless of? Why was it an offense to him that the people clamored for a king? What wise counsel did he give? What did Samuel promise to do for them always? Lesson IV.—Saul Rejected by the Lord.—What chief offenses had Saul committed? Whab was this Drowning sin? What great princi- ple did Samuel announce? Which set of duties are of chief importance —those which are moral or those which are ceremonial? What sort of a man—take him all in all—was Saul? What was his chief fault? Lesson V,—David Anointed at Bethlehem.—Whore is Bethlehem? For what is it noted? What pro- phet went there in search of a fu- ture king? Whore did he find? What was the lad's vocation? How was he attainted? What did this ceremony mean? What influence came on David? Did he immedi- ately become a king? What was ately become a )king? What was his appearance? What had he learned as a shepherd? Lesson VI.—David and (Ioliath. What gigantic champion defied the armies of Israel? Why were the Israelites dismayed? Who Dame to. their relief? What gave him re- ruarkablc courage? What weapons did he use? Why did he ohoose them? Which conteats,nt won? What effects were produced on the Philistines, on the Ieraelites, and c, . David's dawning career? What qualities in the young shepherd, of Bethlehem remain for 0a to imitate? .Lesson VJL—Saul Tries to gill David.—What impression on the people was made by David's vic- tory over the giant? Row was Da- vid compared with Saul in the greetings of the women? What ef- fect w•as wrought on the king? What sort of an evil spirit was it that possessed him? Did he try to cheek it or did he yield to it What did he try to do to David? How did David act under these trying cir- cumstances? What great duty is taught us in the study of this les - 50n ? Lesson 'VIII.—Friondeh'p of Da- vid and Jonathan.—When did this friendship begin? What was the ground of it? On what was it based? What reasons had Jona- than to ' efuse followshi-, with Da- vid? What did David' success mean for J onathan ? Mention some or the qualities of Jonathan's friendship; What other notable historic friendships can you recall? What was the use of a covenant in this case? What is the Golden Text? Lesson IX.—Davicl Spares Saul's Life.—Where did the incidents of this lesson happen? Where was that region? What was Saul try - int, to do? In what condition did David find him? What was the suggestion of David's comrade What did David do 7 How did Saul receive this treatment? What sort of an example does David set in this incident? Lesson X.—Saul and Jonathan Slain in Battle.—Where did this Laths occur? What forces were arrayed against Israel? What help had Saul sought on the night be- fore the battle? Who died with him on the field? What heroin qualities did he show at the last? Why did Jonathan have to perish along with his, father? What is the Golden Text? Lesson XI.—David Made King Over Judah and Israel. — How many years did David pass in his wildorness exile and adventure? What qualit'es did he develop dur- ing those years? At the last over what realm did he become king? How old was David when he enter- ec upon his reign? How long was he king? What is the Golden Text? GENERAL INFORMATION. Tit -Bits of Knowledge About 'Most Everything. There aro nearly 2,700 crossing sweepers in London. In the British Army to -day there are 40,000 teetotal soldiers. The coldest hour of the twenty- four is five o'clock in the morning. Every year fully 20,000 of the po- pulation of India are killed by snake bites. Probably not one person in a hun- dred knows which is the second largest city in the British Empire, It is Bombay. The collection of palms in New Gardens, London, is much larger than any other in the world, nearly 500 species being represented. Roumania is the most illiterate country in Europe. The last cen- sus shows that in a population of about 6,000,000 nearly 4,000,000 nei- ther write nor read. On the new Holland -America lin- er there will be a palm court end a fish pond, from which the passen- gers will be able to select their fish for cooking. According to Mitchell's Newspa- per Press Directory there are now published in the United Kingdom alone no fewer than 2,353 newspa- pers, of which London contributes 404, including th4rty-one dailies. Probably the oldest man alive is Hadji Raouf, who lives in Con- stantinople, and is said to be i32 years old. He still works at his profession of saddle -maker, and has never left the house he was born in, • His father is believed to have Iived to the age of • 142. The small town of Words, in the kingdom of Dahomey, is celebrated for its temple of serpents, a long building in which the priests keep upwards of 1,000 serpents of all siz- es. These they feed with birds and frogs brought to them as offerings by the natives. The letter -carrier and postmis- tress of Fishlake, near Doncaster, England, has carried letters for thirty-seven years, her average journey being seventeen miles a day. She is sixty-three years of age, and since 1871 has had only seven days off duty. Her entire mileage is about 228,900. x WREN TO WIND A WATCH. At the monthly meeting of the British Watch and Clock Makers' Guild the question whether it is better to wind a watch at night or in the morning was discussed. Some members were of the opinion that it was better to wind it at night, es in the morning the main- spring would be colder than it would be after being carried about 10 the pocket all day, and steel is. more brittle when cold than when it is warm. Mr. Wright„ the vice- president, said that during the day the watch was parried about and subjected to al] kinds of irregular conditions, and when it was fully wound it was able to withstand these abnormal conditions bettor than when 1.1 required winding. Ho thought it was a decided advantage to wind it up in the morning, This view of the case was agreed to by the majority of the members of the trade who were present. WONDERS OF THE BODY THE MOST WONDERFUL IIIA CHINE IN TIIE WORLD. The _Heart romps Over Six Hun- dred Thousand Gallons of Blood a Year. In the ancient world there were sovon wonders, In the modern world we have in reality only one, and that is the human body, writes Dr. W. "11 0. Latson in The Eew York Tribune. Regarded from a purely mechanical viewpoint, the human body is a superbly efficient instrument, infinitely complex, ex- quisitely delicate, and yet power- ful, enduring, and adaptable be- yond belief, The huinan body is a microcosm of the universe, a minia- ture world in itself. It embodies within its composition, its struc- ture, its operations, everything that is to be found anywhere in the world outside of itself. For instance, the body contains all of the importa.at chemical ele- ments. Nearlythree-quartersof jts weight is made up of oxygen, that most'important and universal ele- ment. Then there are the other gases, nitrogen, hydrogen, chlorin and fluorin. In addition to these gases we find carbon, calcium, phosphorus, sodium, sulphur, pot- assium, magnesium, iron, copper, lead, and silicon, lithium, mercury, arsenic and other solids. The first five named, the gases, are suffici- ent in quantity to fill a tank of about four thousand cubic feet ca- pacity—say of a size twenty feet long, ten feet high and twenty feet wide. The solids in the body, such as the carbon, lime (calcium), sil'- con, sodium, potassium, magnesi- um, are all in the ground on which you . walk, SOME OF THE BODY'S CON- TENTS. The body contains enough fat to make about one hundred candles, enough soap to keep its own surface clean for a month, enough sugar to do for a family meal, and enough salt to supply the family for a month. It contains only a little iron, just about enough to make a couple of small nails; but it has enough hydrogen gas to fi11 a bal- loon that would actually lift the owner into the clouds. The human body also contains enough carbon to make about three thousand lead pencils, or in the form of a hod of coal enough to keep a blazing fire going for an hour or two. That, as a matter of fact, is just what the body does with its carbon—uses it for fuel. And the energy derived from the carbon or coal does for the human body just what it does for the steam engine—it keeps the body warm and gives it energy to move. A full grown man should weigh one hundred and fifty pounds, which should be divided as follows: muscles and their appendages, eighty-one pounds; bones, twenty- two pounds, fat, eighteen pounds; skin, seven pounds; brain, three pounds; internal organs, twelve pounds; blood, seven pounds. The body contains about seven -eighths water ; and so the man would con- tain about seventeen gallons, or more than half a barrel of it. NORMAL FOOD CONSUMPTION: As to food, he would consume every day five thousand grains of loan meat, eight thousand grains of bread, seven thousand grains of milk, three thousand grams of po- tatoes, six hundred grains of but- ter, thirty-three thousand grains ,of water. This makes a total of food and drink equal nearly to eight pounds, The matter thus taken into the body is normally balanced by an equal quantity of waste thrown off. For the escape of this waste there are four avenues; the lungs, whioh throw off twenty thousand grains daily; the skin, which excretes ten thousand grains; and the kidneys and intestines, which eliminate twenty-four thousand and twenty- six hundred grains respectively. Of the water taken, the lungs and skin together carry off just about one- half, the kidneys about forty-four per cent., and the intestines the rest. All this means that there passes through the body within the course of a year almost a ton and a half of solid and liquid matter. The human body is a prodigious worker—the most compact and pow- erful engine known. In a single day the body of a healthy man does work equal to lifting a weight, of thirty-six hundred tons one foot from the ground. A man at hard Iabor, a longshoreman, for instance, helping to load a ship, will do a work of two hundred to two hun- dred and fifty foot -tons a day. So it will be understood that the body in its general activity does the work of fourteen or fifteen men. This is many times what any man-made en- gine can do, . MARVELS OF THE HEART, In order to make this more eleae let us Inc a moment gismo at the work of rho heart. The heart it merely a hollow muscle, consisting of two pumps, one of which goads blood to the Lungs, the other pump ing blood through the tisanes. Emir side of the. heart holds two ouneoe of blood; and es the heart contracts abotet seventy-five times 'minute this means that ono hundred, and fifty ounces, or about ono and •0110- sixth gallons, of blood passes through each sire of the heart every minute. That is, shout seventy gal- lons every hour, sixteen hundred and eighty gallons every duty, six hundred and throe thousand gal- lons in a year, is pumped by each cf the ventricles, nialcing the total work of the heart for the year one million two hundred and six thou- sand gallons, 'Think of the work done by the heart in ten years, 'n twenty, or in a life -time l Ancl the heart weighs about half a pound. RUNS LIKE A MILL RACE. The stream of blood leaving the heart travels six hundred and twenty-one feet a minute, seven miles an hour, ono hundred and sixty-eight miles a day, sixty-one thousand miles a year. No man probably has over travelled so far us his awn blood has. For the blood t0 make the entire double cir- cuit from heart to lungs, then back to the heart, thence to the tissues, and finally back to the heart again, requires in the adult about twenty- three seconds. In the smaller body el the child the circuit is made much more rapidly, and the heart beats correspondiugly faster. For instance, at birth the heart beats at about one hundred and thirty six to the minute, and the blood stream makes its entire figure-eight circuit in about twelve seconds. At three years old the heart rate is ane hundred and eight, and the blood stream makes its journey in about fifteen seconds ; at five the pulse is nighty -night, and the blood circuit requires eighteen seconds THE RIVER OF LIFE. The blood is the great river of life, a stupendous waterway, the most populous that can be imagin- ed, teeming with traffic. Laborers, soldiers, carriers, countless millions cf millions of busy workers, crowd it coming and going, each with his special duty, to. attend to. In a cu- bic, inch of blood there aro twelve thousand millions of one class of these tiny laborers. There are near= es two gallons of blood in the hu- man body, and a gallon contains two hundred and thirty-one cubic inches. So, by multiplying twelve thousand millions by two hundred and thirty-one, we shall get ap- proximately the number of the ery- throcytes, the red oxygen-carbon- dioxid carriers, in the blood. If these little carriers could be spread in a layer, they would cover a sur- face of twenty-eight thousand square feet, The red carriers are not the only workers embarked in the great in- tersomatic waterway, the blood stream, There are others less num- erous, mare intelligent, more adap- table, more versatile. Their duties are various and important; in fact, they are the real feeders, the faith- ful guardians, and the efficient re- pairers of the body, WHAT THE LUNGS DO. Nothing is more interesting than the body's methods of ecenomy. For instance, in its work of taking in oxygen and throwing off earbondi- oxide, it needs space, surface. And so there has been eevolved a me- thod by which in the lungs the in- haled air reaches a surface of six- teen hundred square feet.' The peculiar little openings, or vesicles, by which this economy of space is gained are six hundred millions in number. There passes into and out of the lungs in one day no less thin four hundred cubic feet of air. Each outgoing breath contains two cubic inches of carbondioxid, and contaminates fivethousandcub's] inches, about half a barrel of air. Tho lungs exhale every day an amount of carbon that if caught and solidified would about equal a lump of coal weighing half a pound, The air breathed out is moving at a speed of forty-three inches a sac ond, and is inhaled at a speed of fifty-two inches a second. In a au ]- don intake of breath, as in a sob or gasp of surprise, the speed of the inhalation may be much greater— ten or even twenty feet a second, The external surface of the bode has an area of about twenty square feet and contains seven m'llirn minute openings, perspiratory glands,. out through which the blood pushes certain'of its poisonous in- gredients. The skin has a respiratory as well a a perspiratory function, Through a healthy skin we take in about one-sixth as much oxygen as through the lungs. LEAP -YEAR. The somewhat elderly but still l:andsonre' and well-preserved bach- elor had long been tun admirer of the young lady, but never had dar- ed to tell her so. At last, however,. he mustered courage to say: "hiss Sortie, I wish I were twen- ty years younger." "Why so?" she asked, "Because then I should be bold enough, perhaps, to ask you to mar- ry me," With a charming smile she shook' her head. "I should have to tell you no, ldr. Baxter, she said. -- If you were twenty years younger you would bo—er—a great deal too young for ine." Ie took the hint—and a little while later the young lady, too. DISGUSTED. "50, woman, will treasure am - Mel or man's photograph1i! "Don't be foolish, Henry!` This it a portrait of yourself when you had hair,,, SON OF BELTED EARL' MAKING MONFX 11'Y SINGING Ole THE STREETS. He Wears a .Mask and Sings to the Accompaniment of a Street Piano.. That some peers' sons can eke out more than n bare living by their tal- ents when put to i1 bas been de- monetrated during the last week 111 London, England, Two street musicians, dressed in iininaeulate evening dross, wearing across their clean-shaven faces black domino masks and attended by a servant in scarlet livery have been making their progress through the west and of London, their pathway, strewn with gold and silver, and it now transpires that one, at least, ie. the son of a belted earl and the other a gentleman by birth. One of the couple—tire scion of the earl —has a well trained tenor voice, and sings to the accompaniment of a piano played by his companion. The liveried servant's duties con- sist of pulling the piano through the streets between the songs. When the identity of the two singers was first established by a well-known London solicitor, who, by the way, refuses to pass on to the curions world the fullextent of his knowledge, it was thought that the two men were engaged in their strange vocation as a lark, but ac- cording to the peer's son such is not the case. "We went into this to see if there was any money to be made," the singer said recently.botween songs. '"We are pretty well satisfied so far and intend to stick to it as long as we can maintain our incognito. Last week we collected about £60 (e00), and are doing better this week. One evening at Earl's Court H collected £7 ($35) in less than hell an hour. That's not so bad, is it? "The majority of those who give us anything, recognizing that we are not ordinary street performers, give us silver and many of them think nothing of throwing us a half sovereign. A couple of clays ago T approached a gentleman who was just leaving his house. "'I suppose you are doing this Inc sport,' he remarked as lie paus- ed on the step of his motor car. '1 am sorry to say this is all I have about me in change,' and he tools from his vest pocket two half sov- ereigns and dropped them into the collection bag. "I will sing for two hours every evening ,and during that time I manage to get throngh about twen- ty`songe. Then we adopt ver' elaborate means of throwing cur'- oua people off the scent; the piano is taken by our footman and drag- ged some distance when it is hand - eel over to another man. rily com- panion and I jump into a eland carriage and at a convenient time take off our masks. We then take a roundabout route home or, if we have reason to heliove wo aro bo- ini; followed, drive up to one of my clubs and escape through the back door. Nobody has succeeded in tracing us yet and I clo not believe anybody ever will. I wouldn't have father find out about this for the world." The piano player best out the opening bars to the latest music hall success and the poen'-s son cleared his voice for the opening note. In a few inoments he was in the midst of a shower of coins from the hands of fair listeners who crowded the windows of the aristo- cratic hdusea that lined the street. UNWILLING. Anxious Mother—How is it that yen have's° mach trouble with y>onr housekeeping? You told me your wife could cook. Adult Soffa -She can. "Then what is the matter 7" "She won't." TRUE SPORT. Steersman (during exciting yacht race) —Man overboard I Shall we stop or let him drown? Captain (promptly)—We must stop and pick him up. It's against the rules to drop any ballast dur- ing a race. DIFFERENT FLAN. "My motto," said the new arri- val, "is, 'Pay as you go.' "It wouldn't do in my business,,, rejoined the landlatly. "My terms are cash in advance." g FROM EXPERIENCE, Ostend—"Pa, what kind of ships ate courtships 7" Pa—"Soft ships, my son." Ostend—"And what kind of ships sail the sea of matrimony?" . Pa—"Hardships, my son." In Norway, whore women have the franchise, there is talk of em- ploying than on the police force. The true Christian spirit, Co.r- dolia, is something that prevents a grocer from dispensing 85 and 40 cent butter from the sane tub.. 'A Hangarian has invented a washing-mnobine, which, with elec- trified water, will eleanso 300 gar- ments in Mese tl',an fifteen lnieut05 without else Bidef;sa�p,. if a