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The Brussels Post, 1912-1-4, Page 6the Parting Guest �- "Why dgn'k you give him a hint that it's tents he left?. asked Mrs, Valleeetaently, "Avenel' do keep leaving'. the ime- al,ye about in 'front of 'un," t:, "but ' ter° irsband . takes { he repeat/her ,. no notice," "Why don't you speak to him straight out, then 1" "I don't like to," admitted Mr, Dayle. "After all, I did invite 'im tee eomo and stop a few days with us. Anybody else. I'd 'ave got rid of long ago. But 'els down on, 'is luck—" So aro you," she interjected swiftly, "with, him stopping here all this time and borrowing your best shirts!" "Wel], 'e did :mea very good turn once," said Mr. Dayle, "and I ain't the sort to forget a good turn. Besides, 'im and me was at .school together, and now I've S 'e ) of on andase't— " "It's it pity you ever met ,him that day in London)' remarked aIle,. shaking her head, "After all, you hadn't seen each other for ten years, so it wouldn't' .have done any harm if you hadn't met each other for a little longer." "I must say, when I asked 'im clown 'ere, I didn't think 'e'd come: for ,so long," admitted Mr. Dayle. '"But=" The door opened, and Mr. Joseph Beacon entered, his portmanteau in his hand. "You're—you're not going, off suddenl" asked Mr. Dayle, striving to dissemble his eagerness. "No," said Mr. Beacon. "Only my bed -room's a bit small, and I keep tumbling over my Portman teau so I want you to put it away in your lumber -room. It'll be some time before I shall want it." Mr. Beacon :adjusted his hat at a striking angle, tapped it jauntily on the crown thrice, and strolled apt into the street, swinging his cane. Moved by common impulse, Mr. and Mrs. Dayle went to the win- dow to watch him. Then they turn- ed to each other. • "He's a harpy 1" declared Mrs. Dayle, trembling with vexation. "That's what he is -a harpy!" "Suppose I was to give im a couple of quid and 'is ticket back to London—" Mr. Dayle began. "You'll do nothing of the sort! Wastir:g your money like that! You leave 'im to mel I'll get rid of him cheaper than that!" she declared grimly. "You won't tell him outright to go?" he stipulated. "I won't 'ave that. 'E's my guest, and I won't 'ave 'im insulted." "All right," she agreed. "I promise,. But go he must, and I'll soon manage that. It only wants a bit of tact. You leave this to me." In pursuance of her programme, Mrs. Dayle addressed herself next morning to Mr. Bacon, "I expect you're missing London dreadfully, ain't you, Mr, Bea- con'?" she said, in honeyed aocents. "Sick of the place," replied Mr. Beacon. "I don't want to see it again for months." "One thing," she observed pointedly, "when you do go.. bank, you'll feel all the better for your ince long holiday. Let's see. How 'long have you been here now—three weeks?" "Is that all?" said Mr. Beacon, with imperturbable good nature. "IE seems much longger."' "I suppose you'll look for a job when you get back?" she ear - shied. "There's always 'a nice lot of jabs going just this time of the year :, nes; I shall miss thoni, worse luck," he replied. "But you can't 'ave everything. It's a, bit of luck for me to be 'axing this nice little 'oliday with you. And old Silas 'ere likes 'axing me, though 'e don't say ;much." "Yes; but don't let us stand in your way," she said, "Don't mention it," he implored. "It's a pleasure," He strolled front the room. Mrs. Dayle shivered wrathfully, and drew in her breath with e sharp lliss, "'E does seem a sticker," re- marked Mr. Dayle gloomily, "I'in getting a bit tired of 'Mm, I must say. 'E borrowed by best boots this morning, -slid asked me to take .'is along to be mended some time to -day. 'Esaid 'e'd done me a good turn once, so 'o didn't mind asking me a small favor like that. And,of ecttrse, 'c's quite right, Mrs, Dayle, with, considerable impatience, clicked her tongue, and sat :till, in an attitude of thougHt- fulnees, The expression on hex countenance suggested no benefit to TY r h :'Beacon. I Joseph "Of, course!" she cried suddenly. "I ought to have ahou..h• of it'be- F� , fore !' • I.'g li ]1 till hint we want his room. I'll tell hint we've got another visitor craning, ' She gave Mr. Beacon this in- formation when he retrisncd to din- ner, but it in no way perturbed him, "A visitor? he remarked pleasantly, "Well, with you and Silas and me, there'll- be four of ns. We shall be able t0'twosome capital games of whist in the long evenings." • to you, But you quite see our 1 tive convert, IVJ:rs, Lupper •spoke ifficulty, don't you'? If only we at great length .aud r, Beacon lad another spare bed -room where listened to her words with an ex - you could be comfortable, it would e so simple." "Don't you worry," begged Mr. Beacon, "I ain't a great one for comfort, Iwas thinking only yes - comfort. I was thinking only yes- up a bed in the bath -room, I'm -such-'a friend of; the family that I don't mind sleeping there a little bit. Let the new •guest 'ave my bed=room, and ' weleOnie 1" he con- cluded magnanimously. "But a bed in the bath=room'll be so awkward." she replied. "No, it won't—not the way I'll show you 'ow to put it up. You come along with me, Silas, and I'll show you. Teaching you 'ow to make your accommodation bigger," he added humorously, "Bless my 'east, I. always seem to be doing you good turns!" With a helpless glauoe at his wife, Mr. Dayle meekly followed Mr. ,Beacon upstairs. The latter showed Mr. Dayle exactly what to do, and went out for a walk while he did it. Mr. Dayle struggled a while with an obstinate folding bed- steadand animmovable, bath,. and s b e ,• at length came down o his wife. Wellnowwhat's to be n he asked.w doe! "Why, I'm' going to get aguest for a few stays, T she answered meaningly. "Aunt Laura. I'm and see that he goes without get - going up to Londonto-morrow, and ting a last word' with auntie. Buy I'll bring auntie back with me. It's him off ; it'll come cheaper in the an expense, but it'll be worth it." Aocordingly,• Mrs. Dayle set off early next morning to fetch her re- douotablc aunt. "Pity she's coming," said Mr. Dayle fa.sely- to Mr. Beacon. "She is such a strict old gal. Mrs. Lupper, 'er name i . ' "Ain't that the aunt 'oo's got 'card you going on like that at me! a bit of money, what she's going to Besides, when I'm your uncle—" leave you 1" asked Mr. Beacon. "I "Look 'ere, two pounds if you'll shall `ave to be on my best go at once!" be'avior, or else she'll think you've "Two pounds to give up auntie taken up with low friends." and 'er money1" "Snit as got a bit of money," Mr. Daylo suddenly raised the said Mr. Dayle. "'Er late 'usband figure to five. Mr. Beacon spoke left it to 'er. Very. nice sort of airily at fifty. At last the sum of man, 'e was. She's all right, only ten pounds was agreed to. she's a bit narrow-minded." "It seems a pleasant outlook for me—I don't think!" was Mr. Bea- con's sour comment. `But We've only got the 011e 'spare bed -room she pointed:ont. "Of 'comae, Silas and me clon't lsrget how griteftil we ought to be pression of remorseful attention. For the ;next two days Mr, Bea- con monopolised the kindly atten- tion of Mrs. Lupper, and had adopted a chastened but hopeful mien. At last there came an evening when Mrs. Lupper was left to en- tertain her convert, while Mr, and Mrs. Doyle, went Out shopping, They returned rather quietly, and Mrs. Dayle' passing the open door of the dining -room, stood rooted to the spot in surprise. Then she beckoned her husband into the kitchen. "A nice thing you've done!" she 'hissed bitterly. "That Beacon's in there holding, her hand, and she's got her head on his chest!" "Olding 'er 'and 1" "Yes; I see ie all now 1 I wond- ered at him being civil and polite to her!" "'E knows she's got abit of property," said Mr. Dayle slowly. "That's what 'e's after. Ill tell hn 'e's got to go to -morrow 1" he said furiously. 'This is a bit too much!" him and. clear Yes • you cla out, then he'll complain to Aunt Laura," pointed out Mrs. Doyle. "Well, what am I to do r, hi ound-or two, '� e m a n long run." • Accordingly, next morning - Mo. Dayle besought an interview with Mr. Beacon," and spoke . to him. directly and with bitterness. "Oh, don't talk like that 1•" beg- ged Mr. Beacon, "Think 'ow upset your dear aunt would be if she "I'll pay you .at the station," said Mr. Doyle. An hour later, taking advantage of des. Lupper's temporary ab - Late that night, Mrs. Dayle re- seen, Mr. Dayle left the house with turned with the formidable Mrs. Mr. Beacon, and stonily escorted. Lupper. The journey from London hint to the station. It was not till had- enabled Mrs. Dayle to coach the train was on the point of etc- her aunt very fully in the anteced- parture that Mr. Daylehande,d over ents and character of Mr. Beacon.- to Mr. Beacon the solatium for Ms Consequently, immediately on in- wounded feelings. troduction to that gentleman Mrs. "Ah 1" sighed Mr. Beacon happily Lupper favored him with the sniff placing' the money in his pocket. which Mr. Dayle had already learn- After all, I never mind going ed toG. dread. back to 'em." ot. a bit of a cold, ma am? Going back to 002 demanded suggested Mr. Beacon politely. Mr. Dayle. Never mind, you'll soon shake Mr. Beacon leaned out of the' that off down 'er'e, stopping with window. us." "Why, beck to the wife and kid-. Mrs. Lupper, ignoring the spoken dies, of course !"—London Answers reply, favored Mr. Beacon with a 3 hostile stare. Then, dropping him out of her world, she turned to her LONDON FIRST. niece, and, expressing a readinessittd the apart - London, the largest city in the for slumber, quitted world, has a population, as the last meat, census " shows, of 7,°252,963 as Hostilities were renewed soon against 6,581.402 in 1901. The po- after breakfast next morning. pulation of New York is 4,766,883, Mrs, Dayle, with a significant and is =rowing faster than any glance nt her aunt, opened the en- other city in the world. The third ga"ement. city in point of size is Paris, whose "What about the races to -day, population is about 3,000,000. Bor- M" oBuadon 1 she asked. I lin comes somewhere about fourth "You don't mean to tell me," in the scale. The population of said Mrs. Lupper, in horrified ac- cents, "that be's agamblerl And Berlin is well over 2,000,000. Chi - yet I 'night have guessed it!" cage and Tokio, strange to say, are "Whyl" asked Mr. Beacon sour -about equal as regards population. ly. The returns for both these cities "Tiley al.l get the same look; ' show a little under 2,500,000. St. stated Mrs. Lupper. "I onoe Petersburg, Vienna, Moscow, Phi - went round a goal, and all the pri- ladelphia, Peking and Canton have sorters had the same sort of look," all a population below the 2,000,000 ".'Ere—" protested Mr. Beacon. mark, "A gambler I can't stand,' and I won't stand!" said Mrs. Lupper. "I go on at 'em till they tops it! JUST A LIFE. After I've talked to 'em about it . 7 ears in childhood, sport, and play la: y(7), 7 years in school from day to day (14). 7 years at trade or college life (21). 7 years to find a place and wife (28). 7 years of pleasure's follies given (35). 7 years to business hardly driven (42). 7 years to son Dose chase (49), 7 years for wealth• earful race (56).' 7 years' of hoarding (63). 7 years in .weakness sp care (70). And then you die and know not where. TELEPHONING IN WATER. • In a prominent technics tion in Birmingham, En stake°) that "tests have keen made with instru telephoning through ttlate wires, The speech transmitted throe h the water has b g distinct and the system 11 good possibilities for use a of verbal . cominnnteation two ships, such as a batt' u a submarine. The effect i. admitted u S r w i .y reotional; and another never thought of it before.. Ivo never 'ad .a good friend to point it is that with a small tun ottt to me so clear.:' telegraphic signals can "It ain't trio late to alter your misted through' the earth ways," slip reminded him, fora distance of several n primary energy required is ex for a few days,every time I've met 'em, soon drops it! Then there's late hours—'1 Mr. Beacon stirred uncomfort- ably, "And laziness!" went on 'Mrs. Lupper. "Show me a loafer, and I'll never let 'im rest till I've' shown ']ta the error of Inc 'ways!" There was a pause, Mr. Dayle bilked expectantly at Mr. Beacon. "Er ---I think I'll just go out for a bit of a stroll," he remarked thoughtfully. Mr. Beacon wandered disconsol- ately down the road, reflecting bit- terly on the discomforts of the posi- tion. "I'm oornened 1" he admitted. "Driven out of a comfortable little house! I'll clear out this after- noon! It's 'ard T shouldn't 'ave any recompense, though!" He bent his thoughts' to this lat- ter hardship, and strove to find a way to soothe his wounded feelings. At last he stopped suddoiily hi his walks to slap his knee and -:chuckle happily. i in ell He a still an excellent wee of ntind when he returned to"din- f after dinner lie d -liberate- per; and a.t e himself to the attack of ly exposed Mrs. Lupper. He listened to her diatribes with amazing humility.' "It's true enough what you say," he o ro fully ""only I sense g —a1 for your heir ant and go you 1 publica- tion it is recently menta. for Water without 000 very Ilan shown a means .a between battleship and 5 very di advantage ed buzzer bo trans - or water, riles. The "I've never been given a fair a ' chaise" he said ;athetreall =, tlemrly email, fotir watts .uflicrng T y 0 telephone over. a distanee of two Mrs. � hopper, Iter interest -swab' .miler." oiled, was at n., , " 10 point out to him that a a.tiefectnt y mode of life brought its , rht'•arcl. Trilled Will power and wont power are with' °'he joy of securing 4,15roepea- much alike. , MAKING SAFE INVESTMENTS THE PERSONNEL OF DIRECTORS AND MANAGEMENT A MOST IMPOne•.. ANT. CONSIDERATION. Net Earnings Mind bo Examined over. a Period of..Yawl to Deternmine Whether Company Is Going Ahead sor Not - Should' be About • • Double the Send Interest. The articles contributed by "Investor are for 'the sole purpose at guiding pros pensive investors, and, if possible of ear. ing them from losing money Wrench placing it in . wildcat" ,•utetiprioea The Impartial and 'reliable oharaoter of the Information may be .relied upon, The writer of these articles and the publisher of this paper have no Interests to serve In connection with this matter other One those of the reader. _(By "lavestor,") The last few artiolues• have dealt with the matter of safety of - industrial bonds. from what, for lack of a better term, we may call the physical side—features that can be learned from—or at least. should be shown- in—the balance sheet. There are two scarcely` less- important features, however, that must be looked complete Into to comp 1 e determination not so much, perhaps, of the immediate safety of the bonds as the oertainty of the interest, and the outlook for the future. Thefirst. is the question of "net earn. tags." On the proportion of net earnings to outstanding obligations depends to no small extent the strength of an in- dustrial company. The figures . of a number of years should be examined. Most advertisements of industrialbond offerings contain some such statement as t his:—"The netearnings during the past fiveyears average $ , which is over four times the bond interest," This statement is interesting, but the mare• ful investor should enquire further. Ti would be much more valuable if the. information were more complete. The net earnings for a number of years tells. n very much more interesting -and iu- structive—story than the average 'for the same period. Take, for example, the earnings of the Wm. A. Rogers,, Limited, which, by the way, has issued no boitde but Is used merely for illustration. -- Profits - 1906 ware $191,552 " 1907 " 196,650 " 1908 " 182,785 " 1909 " 301,466 " 1910 " . 329,516, The average over this period is $140,181, which gives a very inadequate idea of the remarkable growth of the earnings. Note the small drop during 1908; the year in which the panic in the States caused. a short falling off in the earnings of most Canadian industrials. All this in- formation is most valuable, as it signi- fies a steady demand and a growing business, which indicates that fixed charges of a company similarly situat- ed would be regularly met. The proposition between fixed chargee. and net earnings 'should be carefully. noted. Net earnings should equal about twice the bond interest, taxes and sink- ing fund, for a bond to receive favor- able consideration as a. safe investment, except under unusual oiroumatances;• where the natureof the earnings are unusually' steady, or the security un. usually substantial. The nature of the product is important. A company pro - clueing an article of fluctuating or un- certain demand should not issue bonds. Opportunities for successful competition or substitution must be considered, and, if possible, bonds should be avoided.' A. third point ie management and eon. trol. Few questions are of greater im- portance .in investigating - the strength of an industrial company than the re. putation and experience of tho • men 'a charge. As an -American writing on tills. subjoat, puts it: "Tire ability and In- tegrity of the menwho control .the policy of the company and the efficiency of the operating officials are the principal fan- tors in tho en00e80 of an industrial un- dertaking." Unquestionably, in the long run and in probably a majority of oases this is equally true iu Canada, portion. larly in the case of small companies.. Bion with good reputation' do not risk them lightly in noting as direoto$e of hopeless industrial enterprises. When one seesthe nameson the list of officers of new companies thefirst. thing the et perienced investor or financial man does is to see—if the names are not familiar- on what other boards they act. It their previous affiliations have been success• ful there le much more reason to Nuppoee the new venture will be so likewise, And management is almost as important. Per example, the bonds of the Oanode Bread Oompany would probably.. have had a cool reception from tho public had not Mark Bredin, etell•known as a successful manager of this sort of business in a large nay, been announced as managing - director of the enterprise. So much for the -question of safety of industrial bonds. The reader ma;; won- der what degree of safety attends to this classof investment, if it werepos. statement, eible to Make a general sE , as in the sero of municipals, "this prolonged discussion Weald have been unnecessary. Industrial bonds vary in safety from a very high degree down, No general con. erosions can be depended' upon, and the investor is farted to consider each issue upon its own merits, but with the aid of the stiggeSti0n0 Here given and his own aemniOn sense he need not approach the matter with misgiving, An elastic coincidence is apt to fly hack and sting you. 1'Tisory loves company, and le al. Ways persistant hi getting. it. Some people leak on the bright side of nothing hut a hand -mirror, A IMREE TRANSLATION. A Loyal Missionary Explains the Coronation to Sas'nges. Not long after King George's coronation an Englishman- made an address -in the Kafir tongue to an assembly of ,natives in Africa. In the course of his speech he tried to describe the. corgeatien cern- rflony and pageant, Another'ling- lishman who was riding by noticed the grunts and. ejaeulations of the dusky audience, and paused to list- en. Although he understood the language, he failed at first to coni - prebend the speaker's topic„ for in the simple words to which the limit- ations of the Kafir vocabulary re- duced it, he could not recognize -the ineeestiture of his sovereign with the mantle of state: "Then they gave the chief a new blanket." According to a faded cutting in an 'old scrap -book, an equally free and far more imaginative version - of the coronation of the youthful Queen Victoria was given nearly seventy-five years ago by a loyal. missionary to his flock.. Holding ajournal from home fn his hand, and interpretingratin ; as. best he could ith theassistance of w emphasis, repetitio , and tha ch i oe of the nearest native equivalents of things civilized, hzed he heldforth to a circle of squatting savages, who hung intent upon his words: "Then the big gongs sounded loud, loud, loud in the big, big mission -house (Westminster Ab- bey), and the big, big, big high Girl -Chief sat down on the high, high seat, with a big bright ring of brass round her head, Then her big chiefs and her little chiefs and her next -to -chiefs came up to her, and each of them, said, `Girl -Chief, my head belongs to ,you, and my hand belongs to you, and my heart belongs to you, 0 Girl-Ohief !' Then each of them crawled at her feet, and rubbed his nose upon her hand." Fortunately, the gracious queen never had in fact to accept 'quite THE STANDARD ARTICLE • SOLD EVERYWHERE Ii la n • illy + '. n , I 1 $lofternn - II Wa'9t --'• i I, ,�Ibpil nuq,lnuu,•I, 611,"gnt+aulm I removing, pains ,,,„,„:,,,,,,,.,1111111, IIli' nd IlI'I':I Ilghl"" 1Stn ecL11 sin -.ot , i I,I IIIIIII I1I II l„,,,,,i,..,-,,,,,,,, ItI lIn uIIIIIululII�„ �I, I u ,- , s T01IIllIIII11IIIII111ILr .AIsmite I. many Ith'purposes I lul EW.GILLETT COMPANY LIMITED TORONTO,ONT SINGLE••'LETTEIt '.73LUN DEitS.- A Few Samples Which Meant A Lot of 'Trouble: to. SOufcone:. A citizen in one of the Western States, writing to a localpaper the that form of homage; but that was other -day,, signed himself "Hones - the nearest that some of her far- tas.” He was discovered on the away subjects could come to under- day of its publication going round standing the oath of fealty, the the town with a revolver in search bent knee and thekissing of the of the editor, who had allowed the royal hand. 1-L printed signature to end with a double "s,” so that it read "Hon - REMNANT OF THE ACADL4\.S.I estask." A market -gardener and florist Inhabit the Magdalen Islands, Gulf caused a milli sensation in his na- af St. Llulvrenee, tive place by an advertisement in- viting: people to eerie and give his Hp in the centre of the Gulf of "pants" atrial. This was nearly St. Lawerence the small group of as-beid•as the advertis'enient-in an Magdalen Islands are populated by Omaha paper to theeffect that three or four thousand lineal des- I 'cats were :wanted. In duo eendants of the Acadian under course the grain merchant who. Champlain and De Monts, who, had 'been in want of oats received were driven out. of New France, 5,000 felines. Nova Scotia, says the Rosary Mag- A mistake which might:have had azine. made- in Since the first ,settlement at 1763' a, York consequences pa er os only n Yorkshire -paper only last: spring. generations of the .same familiesIt was due to the printing of an have raised scanty crops in the val- I "1" instead of a "p" . in a certain word; and the editor was compell- ed to apologize for his paper's statement to the effect that "the House Committee of.acertain Poor Law Board recommend the Board to call on Mrs. — and Miss -- to resign, being certain that, ow- ing -to their 'fast', conduct and lays and fed sheep and cattle on the high, conical hills which con- stitute a prominent feature of an an insular landscape. Year after year men have gone out on the waters of the gulf in search of the cod, mackerel and' lobsters on which a livelihood de- pends. They are a simple,. primi- present attitude, this is the only tive people, these natives of the course open to them." M•a'gdalens, laboring all the while A,couritry clergymgrea an must have under gircumstiinces that are most, been for a moment tly staatled discouraging, by a sick parishioner's confession: The archipelago contains twelve. "I've enjoyed great, peace of mind or thirteen distinct islands, inched- to -day, sir, through thinking of the w ing several. grim rocks glorious immorality to come: not inhabited and never will be. A budding Irish patriot had been But the remarkable feature about delivering a speech on Home Rule, the physical formation of bhew'hole: "My father was a pheasant,". said group is the way in which one is1- he, "my mother was a pheasant; and is: in some instances connect.- and, by jabers, I am the son of a. ed with another by along stretcpheasant." The restiif itis *j each• of sandy beach, enabi-inlg a Iierson, was ca gondexam)il0;of Ir1shelo- if,he desires to do so, to'ggo for- a queries. "We all canis ficin the score of miles or more along the same town that Michael Davita most barren shore in the world, one: gave birth to," 'he added, veuo- that is uninhabited and unrelieved mently by vegetation of an"and now I can seethe good any kind, and the ' HortSe Rule looming in the distance, only animal life being the thous- and before long she'will steam into ands of gulls, terns, gannets and the railway stalien." other sea fowl which are extremely numerous in all this region. — — -I' -- HINTS FOR THE BRIDEGROOM. — E OOM. NEEDED "A NEW ONE. D 't i i o you are anybody. The little maid gazed thoughtful TUIE. 1P11tST CUk' ANA SAUCER. Taken to Englanil'Froui Chinn When 'J.',015 was Introduced. The pup- and saucer is a modern invention, unknown is the ,;lays of Bluff King Hal, or even of. Good Queen Bess, Bowls of various siz- es graced the banquet boards of 'those famous monarchs', but cups 'came in aide. with the intraduction of such :drinks as tea and coffee. The beverages of the 'sixteenth century were water, mead, sack and ale, In the middle of the next. century the was introduced, and with it came the Chinese or "china" teacup. Strangely enough, the men who imported it from the Ori- ent did not thomselvos understand the method of its use, or possibly the conservative Britisher prefer- red to invent a style of his own. The Chinese put a pinch of • tea into a cup,—much larger than' ours and 'without a handle,—filled it 1in- verted boilingwater,and then Dried a sace ovethe receptacle within whose rim it closely fitted. The object' was partly to retain the heat, but chiefly to prevent the es- cape s- cap e ofh' fiagra oftheherb ie nce P which Chinese a olfactories found i. most delicious. The infusion- was to stand for five minutes permitted, when it was: dee, nte'd Into a sec- ond cup without a saucer; and dfin- iyy sipped. therefrom. John Bull, however, emphatical- ly declined to take his tea in Chi- nese fashion. He'liked appearance of the ornamental ware upon his. table, but he insisted oe placing the sup in the saucer, like a miniature flower -pot, and used it exclusively to drink from, preparing the 'bev- erage in a common . instead of an individual receptacle. In course of time, England be- gat the manufacture of cups and saucers,; and pictures which" have been;' preserved from the days :of the Stuarts' show big, taring cups, four inches across the top, with: saucers less than throe inches in diameter. ''73y degrees one dwind- led and the other expanded, until in .the middle. of the nineteenth century the opposite extreme was reached, and,, fashionable tea ser- vices had cups only an inch and a half in .diameter accomplished by five -inch saucers. The handle of .the ,teacup came from 7$editerannean lands. Ori- ginally is was made of thick and strong earthenware and applied to , heavy jars and lamps. Its decora- tive possibilities popularized it with Greek and Roman potters, who extended its use to small am- phors a el flagons; hut, as the word "amphor" indicates, the handle was double, like that of the bouil- ]ion-cup to -day. Single handles crept into use by slow degrees, and were probably applied to drinking -cups about the time that coffee came into vogue in southern Berope, the beverage being taken almost .at the -boiling -)wine, so that some device ,for lifting' the cup with- out burning,the ;fingers. was found desirable•.• Traveling slowly• northward, the one -handled coffee -cup finally reached Great Britain, where its merits Were immediately recogniz- ed. It was not long before handles were applied to drinking utensils of every description. - Don't says a word. Everybody ]y fat he rfathca "Papa," she saki, .,lo you know' will know it. 1 Don't let go her hand; you might what I'm going to give you for gout' lose her. birthday ?„ - Don,'t hand 'the etndnetee one "No, clear," he answered,, Tell ticketas usual. mei , Don't speak of 'niy wife too of- A nice now china shaving mug, ton. Wait till you get used to it. with gold flowers on it all around," Don't think you arthe only hus- said the little maid. "But, my dear, exclaimed hey band that ever was. forparent, "papa has a nice 0110, just Dont worlr your solicitude ., like that already. her overtime. "No he hasn't " his little claugh- Don't re ay disturbed weep people answered thoughtfully,"'co-- look your way and', smile: ter • a Don't sa "we'' when "I" is cos --.T. vc just dropped 111 Y whatyou mean. _-d.____ put two names Don't forget to p w na on the hotel register. 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Persons with narrow nails aro ambitious, have a keen love for see ontific knowledge, and aro quar- relsome. . bound nails show a great desire for knowledge in general and liberal sentiments; also that, their' possessors take great padaintheir own acecmplishnientn and are ra- ther hasty. Those persons who back, eonfidenoe in human nature, and are decided in opinions have long nails. Small 'hails indicate a. vely small mind, obatina.le .and se ere0±1050. 1tivekisons0who have very good ap- petites' and lovers of sleep hate fleshy mails;. Nails that grow into She flesh at the aides or obits de- li ). note that their owners are 'given' to: luxury. 0N] ON THII TEA.CH]JR, "Willie, you may comet the son - thrice. Where was I at? "I don't see anything wrong with it, ma'ele." "You do not'" "No, ma'am; it's correct some. times; anyway." "Will you give me an instance in which it is used correctly'!" "Yes'nt. 'Where was I It 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon?"'