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The Brussels Post, 1909-7-8, Page 2OF MAN As the Image of God Man Is Fitted for Divine Fellowship, • And God seid, let us make man In our linage after our liketnese.— Genesis i, 26. There are two theories of the ori- gin a man. One would bring him up from the swell beneath, plac- ing his genealogy with the 'worms. The other, the biblical, brings him down from above. According to Genesis, man w4$ made in the Divine "likeness." What are the marks of this "im- age of God?" First, the gift of meson. God is a ratioual, thinking spirit.. And, in dietinctioa from the lower croft - tures, He has stamped upon us this likeness of Himself. God has graven Elle mathematical thoughts upon atom e and crystals and snowflakes and on stars and worlds, and we can read these thoughts and admire the wondrous picture He has painted in the vast gallery of nature be- cause we have a faculty of reason akin to His own, THE "IMAGE OF GOD," again, consists in freedom. God is free, He knows no law but His sovereign will. He does what He chooses to do. Nature is under the grip of law. Necessity holds it with unbending hand. The animals obey their inevitable instincts. But God has clothed man with this divine prerogative of free will. He is a sovereign. "His mind to Him a kingdom is." To Bim pertains the power of choice. He is the architect of his • power isharacterizes the Pagan deis ties, so righteousness and goodness oharaeterize Jehovah, The set of man's likeness to this divine quality is in conscience. To be pure in heart, to abun injustice and wro to cherish noble and unselfish ideals, to do good to fellow men, this likens one most of all to God, his maker. This unque truth should imbue man with a sense of his greatness It should impel him to self respect. To stoop to the low sad mean is to do violence to his high nature and to commit sacrilege againet God, whose image he wears. Only good and noble ends are worthy of him, Men's thoughts can reach up and God's thoughts can come down and meet, because our natures are akin. Heine we can have secret speech with God. PRAYER IS JUSTIFIED, The whispers of our souls are the voices of a, sea that beats on the shore of life, bat of a sea that stretches away to shores where is set the throne of God. We taught respect for our fellow man. In every one, no matter how fallen, we should see vestiges of this divine lineage. Hence, too, issues a sure hope of immortality. The supreme characteristic of God is that 'Be liveth forever." We are made in His image; we cannot die. We have the inbreathing of an in- destructible life. own soul. He is the 'fashioner of Let no one then mar this "image his own destiny. In the exercise of God" but preserve its pristine beauty and remember that He who made us in His likeness made us for Himself to serve not perishing, but the noblest ends of being. JUNIUS B. REMENSNYDER. of this perilous power he can raise himself to the angels or degrade himself below the brutes. The "image of God" further ap. pears in man's moral nature. As THE S. S. LESSON INTERNATIONAL. LESSON, JULY 11. Lesson IL Paul's Second Mission- ary Journey—(Continued.) Goldea Text, Acts 16: 31. I. The Story of the Frenzied Girl. Her Mental and Physical Trouble. —Vs. 18-18. The missionaries fre- quently went from Lydia's house within the city to the place of pray- er beyond the walls by the river side, where they could instruct the new converts, and gain others who were willing to come to the meet- ing. On several occasions they met in the streets a . damsel possess- ed with a spirit of divination. Lit- erally, a Python -spirit, the Python being in the Greek mythology the serpent which guarded Delphi, the famous oracle on Mount Parnassus. This girl gave forth strange utter- ances and hysterical cries in her frenzied condition, which her mast- ers interpreted as they wished. II. The Missionaries Thrust Into Prison; Their Faith; Their Deliver. ance.—Vs. 19-28. The masters, having lost their source of gain, like the makers of silver shrines in Ephesus, stirred up a mob in the stripes and torture. Let them come city and dragged Paul and Silas themselves and fetch us oub. As •before the magistrates, who, in such a colony as Philippi, were "rich merchants, landowners, pro- prietors of the mines, elected by their fellow citizens." The accusation did not give the real reason for their arrest. The charge presented was that of throw- ing the city into confusion and anarchy by trying to convert the Boman to a new religion. Rome tol- erated all religions, but made it criminal to make converts from the national religion. 111 The Conversion of the Jailer. Deliverance from Sin and Death. Through the Faith of the Jailer.— Vs, 27-34. The keeper . . . would have killed himself, because by Ro- man law he was responsible for the safety of the prisoners, and he would avoid by suicide the disgrace of an execution. 28. Paul cried . . we are all here. Thus saving the jailer's life, • for there was no longer a reason for his committing suicide. 29. Called for a light. The Greek is plural, lights, torches or lamps. Fell down before Paul and Silas, Mo must have known something about those men, and their power over the slave girl. 30. Brought them out, of the, inner prison, into the open court, or in- to his own house. What was the jaileto's motive in aiskii 1;, 'What must I do to be saved 1 Saved from evhall The question "cannot refer to any fear of punisinnene from the magistrates; for lie had now ascertained that the peisonerc were all safe." Bot he was con- scious of having done wrong toward God, and toward men, He had lecl an impelled; and sinful life. Sud - was a consciousness of sin, of dan- ger, of need, and of the goodness produced in Paul and Silas by their religion. Each one of these is a right feeling. The fear of conse- quences is not a leading motive in the Christian life, but it is often a motive with a sinner leading him to become a Christian. A man that refuses to consider the conse- quences of what he is doing is sim- ply a blind fool. The danger was not of harm from the Roman gov- ernment, but from bis sinful life. The motives that lead to a better life are usually manifold. IV. The Missionaries Released and Sent on Their Waye—Vs, 35-40. The next morning the magistrates, learning what had taken place, sent officers to quickly release Paul and Sites, as the easiest way to save trouble. Professor Ramsay thinks that an old account is correct which adds that the magistrates were afraid of another riot. They would induce the weaker party to submit to injustice, and withdraw. 37. But Paul knew a better way, and stood upon his rights, quite as as much for the good of the young church as for himself. They have beaten us openly uncondemned, without trial, and legal decision that they were guilty according to Roman law. Tbere are four dis- tinct allegations in Paul's reply, "beaten," "puolicly," "uncon- demned," and "being Romans." Being Romans, and exempt from openly as they arrested us for criminals, let them declare our in- nocenee. Let the mob know that the whole power of Rome was against those who injured these men. If Paul and Silas went away secretly, a stain would have been left on their reputations, dishonor upon the gospel they preachecl, and other cities would have dared to ill-treat them. 38. They feared, when they heard, etc. They were liable to a prosecution such as Cicero institute ed against Verres. The crime was regarded as treason, and those who committed it were liable to degra- dation from office, confiscation of property, and perhaps death. 39, 40. As the result, the magis- trates apologized, and requested them to leave the city, which they did with dignity, and for the peace and good of the infant Philippian church. For if they bed remained, there might arise useless opposi- tion ; while by leaving Luke with the church (as we learn from the change of pronouns "we" to "they"), there was a peaceful but large growth of the Christian com- munity. From a comparison with what; follows it appears that Timo- thy went with Paul and Silas. RUSSIA'S EMPTY TITLES, In Russel, the term "princess ' does not mean very much, for the simple reason that there are so many of them, that it is never a royal title. All the female cleseen- molasses, one cupful suga,r, one- dants of a Prince 0 a certain rank Ile 'was peculiarly sensitive aeries half cupful cold water, one egg, two are Printesses, encl the result is their color, lied his eccentricity led teaspoonfuls of ginger, two teas, that many Princesses are as poor lmi and of as little mount es any ill - IN CASE OF ACCIDENTS CARR WOULD PREVENT DEATHS BY OROWNINCI, 4. Little Coalition Seim Comte 1110 -.—What to Do When roll kali Overboard. There are chronicled every sum, mer a long list of fatal accidents whioh plunge thousands into Leg, and the pity of it is that a lit- tle knowledge of watermanahip and oresnary care might have prevent- ed most of teem. To ignorance or carelessness in entering and leaving a boat or while in it; to venturing in open water unprepared, and to neglect of the rudimentary prin- ciples of watermemship can be tree - ed half the recorded fatelities, No one should take out rowing persons 'who do not know how to swim without first ascertaining that the boat is safe and seaworthy and provided with the necessary para- phernalia for eventualities. It is when one least expects it that Ac- cidents emir, writes L. Le l3 Efand- ley in Recreation, and the only way to avoid them is to be prepared at all times. A stout bowline, enough life -preserves to go round, an anch- or, something to bail with and an extra pair of oars should be carried on principle, You may not need them ninety-nine times out of a hundred, but on that hundredth time they may mean life or death. IN GETTING INTO A BOAT one should try to step light into the bottom over the keel, or if this is too great a reach, on to the scab and then down. Stepping on the gunwale has been responsible for numberless eapsizings and it is a good idea when inexperienced people are embarking to take hold of the boat and steady it. Enter if possible where jou intend to sit and ia such a manner that you will not have to turn afterevards. The weight should be distributed as evenly as possible, in a small boat, with slight preference to the stern. If the bow is buried the least head -swell will floocl the boat and if the stern is took deep a fol- lowing sea may swamp it. In mak- ing a landing one should approach at an angle, shipping the inward oar a few yards away and rounding up by backing with the outward one. It is dangerous to stretch out over the gunwale to reach for float or pier. In landing the person in the bow should be first, taking the bowline with him and steadying the boat for the others. I will not insult the intelligence of the reader by advising against rocking the boat or indulging in like idiotic skylarking. One must be decidedly lacking in gray matter to choose such pastimes. There are certain rules about one's behav- ior in a small craft, however, which should be kept CONSTANTLY IN MIND. For instance, saould it be necessary for two people to change places they should keep well over the keel until ready to pass each other and then standing face to face move to either side simultaneously that the boat may not lose its baletne,e. Also, whether in picking up anything from the water or in helping a swimmer it is advisable to use the stern and not the side. When a boat is capsized do not try to climb into it again. It will sustain you easily if you just leen on it, as will any fair-sized piece of wreckage like an oar, a spar, or a board, but attempt to climb over them and they will surely sink with you. And speaking about this, when you are being helped or towed do nothang onto your rescu- er or boat with bent arms, as this draws the body up and offers great resistance. Outstretched arms will increase your chances of getting ashore. + KING EDWARD'S RATS. belt of His Own Designing—Hoary Headgear of the '60's. The King, besides setting the fashion in the wearing of hats, is an inventor of headgear. In an en- tertaining little book called "Hints on Hats," written in 1865 by Henry Melton, the royal hatter of the peried, assisted by George Augus- tus Sala, a fell; hat is described and illustrated which was designed by the King, then Prince of Wales, as an improvement on the round. crowned hats then in vogue. In shape it very much resembles the eat felts of the present day, bull was covered with. p]aid of the same color as the shooting suit it was to accompany. At this time the majority of hats were made very heavy and strong, The Earl of Harrington, for in- stance, whose life had once been saved through his wearing a parti. cularly hard hat. in the bunting fielsi, need to test the quality of his hats by standing on them and re- jected any that could not bear his weight without a dent L. +11+01114,0041141011441,11- rk hg fic)nie 441 saaa.a6mr.a.maisdair ECONOMY MEAT DISHES, Popper Poe—Place one pound of fresh tripe and two oalf's feet in a soup pot. Pour in three quarts cold water, add two medium oarrote, two white turnips, two medium sized oreons, one sound red pep- per; tie in a bunch one look, two branches of parsley, one sprig thyme, one bay leaf, one sprig of sweet marjoram, one clove; add this bouquet to the soup, with two tea- ep000fuls of salt, half a teaspoon- ful of pepper, Cover pot tied let slowly boil one hour and a half. Lift out the tripe calf's feet, and bunch of herbs, ll'emove meat from calf's feet, cut in small squares; also the tripe, the carrots, turnips, pepper, and onions, Remove fat from surface of seep, add above articles to the pot; add also two medium peeled potatoes, cut in small pieces, half a ,gill of white wine. Boil thirty minutes, pour the soup into a tureen, and serve. Irish Stew.—Buy three pounds of bosiing beef. Out in small pieces and with'this three whole onions, Place in cooking vessel with two quarts of water, When meat is ten - dor and onions well broken, add twelve or fifteen small potatoes, a piece of butter as large as a wal- nut, salt, and pepper. This is a substantial and economical lunch for hungry school children, and, in my estimation, better than salads and fancy pastry. Round Steak with Dumplings.— Pound steak well, pour boiling wat- er over and scald thoroughly. Drain, cut in pieces roll in flour, season with salt and pepper, fry in butter until brown, then cover with hot water and 000k slowly until tender. Keep well covered and replenish water if it boils away. At meal time take cup of our, heaping teaspoonful of baking pow- der, teaspoonful of salt, mix, add enough cold water to make batter that will just drop from moistened spoon. Use teaspoon and put dumpling on each piece of meat, add water if necessary, cover close- ly seven minutes. Take up with dumpling on meat, pour the gravy over all ancl serve at once. Liver Loaf.—Chop three large onions fine, soak some bread and craokeirs together, or all bread, two eggs, two pounds of beef liver, ground, and one pound of salt pork, ground ; salt, pepper, and a little cayenne pepper. Mix all together, and if too stiff put in some flour. Don't make too stiff or too Soft. Take a deep bread tin and grease it well with lard and a little flour on both sides and bottom; put in the meat and put a little flour on top. Bake about two hours. • Fancy Shortcake. — Pineapple, banana, and strawberry short cake: For the cake part take two small cupfuls of sugar, one tablespoonful of butter and stream it; then add the yolks of three eggs, one at a terse, the grated rind of one lemon, then one and one-fourth cupfuls of milk, a little at a time, then two and one-fourth cupfuls of flour with two teaspoonfuls of baking powder sifted in; last add the beaten whites of two eggs, reserve the other one for filling, now bake in three layers. Filling: Beat the white of one egg stiff, then take about one cup- ful of strawberries and mash them add to beaten egg, then enougli powdered sugar to make quite stiff, about to resemble ice cream; spread on the first layer, then cover with diced pineapple, then on top of it again filling, then put on your second layer, cover with filling, and slice on a layer of bananas, then cover with filling, and put on your third layer, cover it with fill- ing, put on your strawberries and cover them with filling; then for just a few moments set the coke in a hot oven to harden the filling, and the cake when cool should be eaten with cream. It is delicious for its combinations of flavors. Orange or each Cake.—Two small cupfuls flour, one-quarter teaspoon- ful of salt, two teaspoonfuls of bak- ing powdete Mix all together ; then drop in a piece of butter size of egg; adcl milk enough to make dough to roll out; bake, split open, spread and bubter, and then with the fruit chopped fine and sweeten- ed. Cover top with meringue made of whites of two eggs and two tablespoonfuls of sugar, Serve with soft custard made with yolks of two eggs, four tablespoonfuls of sugar, one -hall tablespoonful of flour, two cupfuls of milk; flavor ; cook in double boiler. SMALL OAKES. SHORTCAKE, Molasses Cookies.—One cupful used princesof. fatly tales The den and terrible exhibitions of real Royal Princessee of Ruistia areP. On, he would wear a sage God's power naturally awaken a styled Grand Duchesses. They aro green lees so as not to frightn the flour, Mix the first seven iligredi- ;sense of sin. The jailer's motive daugeters anti testers of the Czar, birds le-Lon:10n Daily News. sines, melt the lard, and cool o as apt taste, In teat peal - mike to the ceded he had in view, 'When well:trig in his garden, says spoon fuls of cm namon, OTIV table- spoonful of salt, one cupful lard, thine teaspoonfuls soda, two and is half to three and a half cupfuls ly; then add to the first mixture the -g• rermshas been dissolved in 1, ater, and then the flour. Beat the dough thoroughly and then drop by spoonfuls into greased Penn, and bake in a moderate oven ten to fifteen minutes. The dough should be stiff enough so dist when dropped from a spoon the mixture will keep its shape, Almond Cookies,—One pound powdered sugar, one pound chop- ped aliminds, four whites of eggs; drop on waxed paper and bake twenty mieutes. Serve with prune whip ; One pint'whipped oreem, one pint minced prunes, Apprioot Cialie.—One-foureh cake chocolate (grabed), oneehalf cupful of milk, yolk of one egg. Cook all this together until thick, end let it cool; then stir in one table- spoonful of melted butter, one cup. ful of sugar, one-half eupful of milk; one tablespoonful of vanilla., one mid a half cupfuls of four, and one scant teisepooatul of baking socia ; put the soda, in the flour. Fillipg--Cook dried apricots, sweeb- en to taste; when cool spread be- tween layers and on top. Beat the white of the egg to a stiff froth, add two tablespoonfuls of sugar, and stir until smooth. Spread on top of the apricots. Plain Cookies.—One cupful of sugar, one -ball cup of butter, three eggs, four cupfuls of flour, two tea- spoonfuls of baking poevder, one teasponful of almond eschaet. SEWING 1100M. To Protect Fingers.—To proteot fingers from the needle in making buttonholes cover the first finger with white court plaster when sew- ing black goods and black plaster when sewing on white goods. Sewing Hooks and Eyes. ---Try this quick way of putting hooks and eyes on a waist. Sew the eyes on the left front the desired distance apart with the loops out far enough to make hooking easy; then baste the right, front carefully over the left, lapping as much as may be desired; turn the eaist just as it is wrong side out, put a hook in every eye, and sew them in posi- tion. To mark the place for but- tons pin the buttonholed edge of the garment in place, then with a needleful of thread begin at one end and take a single stitch in every buttonhole, carrying the thread to the opposite end. Cut the thread half way between the button- holes, lift off the cloth, and there will be a bit of three(' where each button should be sewed. When Sewing on Buttons.—Make the required number of buttonholes on both front and back of waist. Take a piece of tape the length of shirt waist, and sew on same num- ber of buttons as there are button holes. Button this on to one side of waist and then waist can be fast- ened in usual way. Same can be done with cuffs. One set of but- tons will do for several waists, and the ironing is made easier. Never Use Old, Lining.—Never use an old lining, washed or un- washed. Tho following rules can be safely adopted : For every skirt buy four yards of English cambric the color of the dress, two yards of silesia for the waist, one yard of canvas, dress braid, and other find- ings. LAUNDRY. Hint for Ironing.—When ironing, have a cake of soap handy, and if bhe iron does not run smoothly, rub it slightly on the soap. Put a piece of soap the size of a small walnut to a quart of starch when you make it; cook thoroughly and it will not stick, Blanket Stretcher.—For drying and stretching blankets, if plan is followed out new blankets will never shrink and old ones that have shrunk can be made several inches larger. Have a frame made, like a lace curtain frame, except longer and wider, say eighteen feet long and fifteen feet for end pieces. A piece to support the center is h0 - portant, to keep blanket from sag- ging in center. The frame is made exactly like a curtain stretcher, ex- cept larger with long slots at cor- ner, with screw to slip. These can be used for curtains or blankets either. To Keep Irons Hot—Place a heavy and deep skillet over the jeeps and be surprised how much hotter the irons will get and re- tain the heat longer. To Remove Mildew.—To remove mildew, rub common yellow soap • A bill has been introduced in the on the damaged article and then British parliament to allow women sift some starch on that. Rub well te practice as law agents in Soot. arid put out in the sunshipe. land. The question mine up about five years ago, and was decided against women in the profession. Since that time the Scotch univer- sities have thrown the doors of their law schools open to women, and now several women +.uzined as law. yers are waiting for permission to practice their prefession. LONDON'S R—ALWAY TUBES How huge is the cost of under- ground railways is shown in a come paeison of the total cost of all the tube railway systems of London all the trains on the main lmsiline I ivith the total cost of the railway be moved by telephone, and the tn.., bystem of Deland. The latter in- lephone for the movement of trains! eludes 3,363 miles of road and its is in u600 1,400 miles of the Bete total cost; was $225,800000. The lington lines, so that it seems that.railway tubes of London, which ug - the instrument is an assured sue •I egiste eighty.one end a hill miles, MS for railroad work., have cost about $137,500,000, ABOUT WOMEN WORKERS IS MERRY OLD ENGLAD MHO RATE SUCCEEDED IN NEWS BY MAIL ADO UT JO1L THE WORLD Or BUSINESS BULL AND 3115 PEOPLE, Attorney, RIne-Owner and Railroad Builder are Some Lies Followed. In Chicago, Miss Florenee El, King is earning her $10,000 a year es 4..pAtent attorney, having won, against the most brilliant male members of the bar, cases which gave her an imposing reputation professionally. Fifteen years ago she was an Iowa farmer's house servant at $1.25 per week and her "keep." In Boston, and, as her interests cell her, again in Alaska, is Miss Frances Fritz, a young and now very wealthy mine owner of tne Golden Ophir Creek territory. She made a blood-drainiug contract for eighteen months with a mining com- pany in order to get into the Klon- dike at the company's expense, agreeing to turn over all she earned for that period to the company as recompense for her cost to it. KEPT HER CONTRACT. She kept her contract, then se- cured employment as deputy to the recorder at Nome, managed to sup- port herself, and worked every spare hour familiarizing herself with the details of all claims. She became the greatest claim expert in the region, and by investment of her earnings in some few extremely valuable claims is now very rich. She proved herself exceptional among the men of that rough re- gion, but she is far from exception- al among the women who are carry- ing on large enterprises elsewhere in the United States. Mrs. S. A. Kidder, in Grass Valley, Cal., was elected president of her husband's pet railroad, the Nevada County Narrow Gauge, upon his death, when it developed that the road was worn out and desperately in debt. She has rescued that railroad and made it now a highly successful company, while she owns 72 per cent. of the stack, Occurrences In the Land Thal 'mein! World. Reigns Supreme In the Cow, American gooseberry mildew has appeared in the south of England. The wrecked liner 11Iahratta is becoming slowly engulfed in the Goodwin Sands. It is rumored that Bryant and May will build the finest factory in the world in London, The first seal ever seen at Mar- gate visite(' that watering place for o few moments recently. A oat belonging to Mr. Clayton, of Dersingham, Norfolk, has adopt- ed and assiduously rearing a duck- ling. s'e Britain consumes 47,000,000 osvts. ' h0eraelinsoafh tsheyspaosp'ullitt0i0Pn!unbdsnlyperetr hpomer :eat. of this is Produced at lender named Harriet Jones was An unregietered woman money - said at Waltham. Abbey Police Court to have charged as much as . 2,600 per cent, interest. George Redmond, a medalled Mutiny veteran, who was offered but refused 'promotion for his ser- vioes in the 20th Foot, has just died at Cambridge—in the workhouse, Twin children recently christened at St. Stephens—by—Saltash, Corn- wall, bore the names Gloria Saidee Iris Doreen and Isla-Haidee Ber- nice Shelia St. john respectively. Mr. Carne the parish clerk of Se. Colomb Minor, who has just cele - ' hi ated his 103r(1 birthday, is a life- long non-smoker, but enjoys a glass of grog beanie going to bed, Rogation -tide was eelebrated at Ranworth, Norfolk, by the pictur- esque ceremony of blessing the crops, the vicar and his choir hold- ing the service on top of the church tower. Miss Willox, sister of Sir John Willox, late editor and proprietor the Liverpool Courier, has prom- ised $80,000 to the Bishop of Liver- pool's fund for the cathedral LS RAILROAD BUILDER. church, A gooseberry bush, a currant bush and an elderberry bush are growing high up on a willow tree near Surrey, Eng. How, they came knows. tcibegrated to the willow no one It was announced recently that the Warkickshire Coal Company, Limited, had swept 8450,000 in ao. qutring land near Coventry, be- neath which large coalfields aro be- lieved to ]ie. Albert Gardner, a stockman, of Boxteci, Essex, was served by er- ror with a judgment summons in- tended for another man. He im- mediately went into his fowl house and shot himself dead. New ,buildings for the purposes of higher elementary school and a pupil -teachers' ceutre, which have cost $100,000 and are the gift of Ald. Herbert Strutt, were opened at Belper by the Duke of Devon- shire, An attempt was made to wreck a train on the London & North- Western Railway, by fastening an iron chair to the rail, The weight and speed of an engine which struck the chair alone averted an accident. "The Scottish form of oath is real- ly English," Judge Willis stated at ' the Greenwich County Court. "It has been used in this country for • 300 years, and yet the Legislature Is passing an act to make it legal." Colvdray estate, including over 13,000 acres, which lies in the beau- • eg' tiful Midhurst country, has just been sold to Sir Weetman Pearson, who thus becomes one of the great- lcasitidlandowners in the south of Eng - The great foghorn recently estab- lished on the Bass Rock has nob disturbed the myriads of sea birds which annually nest there, and with one species, the Kittiwake gulls, tblcierissa is a marked increase in num- Over in Texas Mrs, S. C. Hooker operates as railroad builder, having done the grading for the Kansas City, Mexico and Orient road, while in New Mexico Mrs. L. W. Freeman Electric Lights, Miniature Niagara, hi in charge of a raining company operating a big copped mine. As for the 307,706 "agricultural proprietors" discovered by the census, not a few of them, like Mrs. Helen M. King, are in Texas, own- ers of thousands of acres and run- ning reaches that make the mouths of male Texans water in futile me pidity. SHE STILL INSISTED. "John Henry," said Mrs. Peddi- cord to her husband, "as seen as you get through your supper I want you to take up the carpet in, the sit- ting -room, so that, I can have it cleaned." "Marie Jane," replied John Hen- ry, "let me tell you of a sad oc- currence which happened a few days ago." "Well?" ‘.4. man whose name I have for- gotten, but which can be ascertain- ed if necessary—for the newspaper in which 1 saw the account printed it, in full—undertook to take up a carpet. In some way the tack ex - 'tractor slipped, and a rusty tack pierced his thumb. He thought no- thing of it at the time, hut in the night his thumb began to swell, and the pain became excrucia,ting. A physician was .sent for, who did his best to alleviate the poor man's suffering, but without avail. Blood - poisoning set in, and the poor fel- low died in great agony." "Well?" again remarked Mrs. Peddicord, as her husband ceased speaking. "Well, dear, you surely do not still insist upon your husband tak- ing up, the sitting -room carpet and Exposing himself to a dreadful fatel Are you prepared to be a widow 1" "Yes, john Henry, 1 still insist upon having that carpet taken up; but I will let you postpone the op- eration until to -morrow night, so that during the day you may get your life insured for $8,000." WOMEN AS LAW AGENTe, PHONES FOR DISPATCHING. The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, after a prolonged experiment with the use of tele- phones for train clispatchieg, has adopted them on the most import- ant division of the line, consisting of 165 miles of doubletrack be- tween Rock Island and Blue Islatid, The superintendent of the Illinois Central states that within a year PA'S REBUKE FAILED, A seem father had decided that he must administer a severe lecture to his six-year-old son Harry. The boy had been naughty, but it was with some relueta,nce that the par- ent undertook a scolding. He spoke judiciously, but severe- ly; he recounted the lad's misdeeds and duly explained the whys and wherefores of his solemn rebuke, his wire the while sitting by, cluly impreeeed, Finally, when the father teamed for breath, the lad, his face beam- ing with admiration, turned to his mother and said, "Ma, isn't pa in- teresting?" WAS SHE SARCASTIC? "Do you think that Miss Kichlet was having fun with me1" asked "Well, old chap, give me the de - ails," was Arthur's response. "You ,soe, I had my bull terrier with me. And I said to her, 'That dog knows 4s much. as I do,' And she said, 'Denee you think 10 thille ings was too nmeh to pay for biml"