(s * Caroline Thinl^Jt Out - By Mooa Cowles v . yr.: Vp " " c 'sX^- : » P*r Syndicate.) i ■ "To get up tn the morning and male j your own coffee ond (foil your owu egg Md tuake toast toll yourself Is «!! ' very well and good foN^a girl when ' ■he Is Single, but to havpifo do that I sort of thing Is quite different when , one It harried." Caroline had said i With a eery definite air fiTe years ago . oa the memorable afternoon when , Horace Blair bad proposed to ber. "I t don't la the least mind 11 ting hrre In ai. - t '

tip* Iwmuuiii apartment now and V. snppoae yon are quijej*oaif<,rt:.t,u- in ^WfeMUdtag hooae. but to have to live In three or four rooms or to have to ft trf Boarding after we are married would be really quite Impossible. " Horace fondled the hand be held and leahM dejectedly at the graceful finger that OaroHne had Just pertained him . to iiwamie for the engagement ring. "Ion are a very sensible girl. Cardine." be Jald. "and I suppose you are tight— " "Of course. I'm light" she agreed, "jit twenty I might have been foolish aod romantic. Then I might have suppaced that I could be ha PPT and make . yon happy on my thousand -dnllar-s year Income and your salary of three year uicouie iuu your mattij w isict

"Three ty-elght hundred." Horace corrected with a ajg h. . "With an occasional picture I could aril that would come to no more than forty-five hundred." She sighed and *Mk her head. ,fh sorry, Horace, but .it cant be dooe. I've seen other glrbotry to do It and— well, perhaps the*4re happy— but we eouldnt live the way we do. M Wouldn't vtayfo try. It would mean Using suburb aomewherc lag readNMda dotbes— yea, I know I have to /mow. but 1 won't always be hTa'tiaidy-made sult-^and we would base to keep eternally counting the money, and If we went to the theater we'd hv* to alt In the gallery—" "We're had rather good fun that way, ha Vent we J" Horace murmured. "Tea Horace dear, but doing It now la ewe thing and doing It then ta quite anofhi* nitee.' loutl thank me some time for the stand I am taking." "*tben — you mean you wont marry "Vat la the least. I simply mean . that 1 eaat marry you till our Income la desMad at least r Hwato took out an -envelope and p(MB from hla pocket and began to "Hlaa (hooaand — that means that I' mari ham about aesgnty-five hundred." relent a Uttle." amlled Caroline. "Til marry you -when you are making <1 IMl'lim Xon can work up to Tl amy take fire yews," alghed the . "Jhlrt If It does? We lose each Xhsj. and wa can go oa quite nicely .this' way. Tou know marriage Isn't osamthiag to be entered Into emotion•"ST. . «...

. ~*o« are a scry sfcslhle girl," aald Jtafin accepting!* aeuience grimly. 1 tsa»k I ao* yoar point of view ." ' -had ao It was settled and~Boraee * ton« «w JMac. nm were never any quarrels -OWlw was too sensible for that -aadiwerer once did . she weaken from -har Jffia* dedston that to make toast ' far fowafclf Was doe thing, but to have jls • U far two was another. Even '• hndto admire the lofty Ideal that 1 .OMfiH aatatatned toward marriage. ' tofmmethtog that had to be under- < fijtfjma^dlgBlfied. rather grand scale j yfl'liy «r ao ago Oarollne was 1 pOO making bar own toast and drawjhwamwsaricnri picture that arid. : «att« eAent on ber small Income .and 1 ■mnra was working on patiently with I !%>»!!■■ with which be had begun 1 MS'jrimi agm: grimly waiting for an- 1 .other chance ahead that would bring ' him tha envetgd rix-Uwusand dollar 1 Mma It did not seem then that 1 ithaoo wuulfi ha loug to wait, for al- 1 Mpfiy ha hM reached the fifty-live htm- 1 , i*nfi ant and he had mved enough ^m- mafco paaribie the prospects of starting In Ufa with a rather more pretmttous abode than the suburban rot- 1 " 25J5? Caroline had held In such Caroline worked at har drawing hoard §a patiently and eagerly as ever - •H hir ability a* an Illustrator had fWafilUuua, as the editors told her. there 'Wfiil ttW demand for her particular MM of talent than In years gone by. ^hSB.she did get an order It meant a amaUer cheek than formerly. She dU not flinch at' 'the economies this ■sevmHated. Single poverty was one she Insisted, and married pov- . Than a d»Y or ao ago Horace came to apsstl his usual Sunday alternocn *Sfc tor hat Inatetid of hurrying up the two (lights of stairs to her apartment Whan ha reached the house- where she -wwsw-ws maim uip buubc wuere sue

Used in spinster sednteness, he heel- *< ■ tated and then walked dejectedly b around the block. Again be started to r< enter wad srith a heavy sigh retracted his steps aronnd the blmk. It took cooslderable courage flnnllv for bliu In astwnd the steps lie bad uid an many ^ - times and to give hla nccualom- j knock nt ber <"n-,r. E| ho wen did Caroline tnowin every ., I Igiisiilon that It was lo vain that ne v attempted to dlmemhle his dt^in-s-ion. p "Til have to tell you same -rime.'' he p begun, when he hud settled back in his favorite wicker chair with Caroline alt- ' . ttag opposite to him by the window. Tf ever a man had reason to be dls- - nounged I'm that man — after five i Pears. Oh. Caroline, it !q too cruel of fcte— " He burled hla head in Ids hnnda. and If be had been anything tat ttawveiy Inch American maD that ta was ha would have shed a tear or - two. Qmta Was not the young wntnan m pac caressing arms about bis neck and, assure him that every thing was medy whether It was or not. nml llor- «,, nee liked her better-berause she was -.■•oC . ■» rimply waited' for Win to tell j..-®* twist id the story. ln ~ taw to tdl you. Caroline." be m ■*2*Biiaa4 know you will feel c, HfcM^^^tarlava; If I weren't. I j? talH II A

' need today Tor every ., hewilenlug word < , muri not Intact that our soldiers and 1 1 aalloe are -till under niders and Mill 1 bat' duties to perform af the highest 1 c nsequeoce, and Ihafdhe lied t'rre* 1 ' Cnri-tuis,- membership means a great J 1 deal tn ttirin The'' people of the saddened lands. ' moreover, returning ti roe today where there are no homes ' must have the assurance that the p hearts of our people are with them in a | tbe dark and' doubtful days abead Let U*. so far as are cau. help tbem b*pf lne-« " Join the local Re-i Croc-: d

* | dtnocs. 1 suppose. The flapping tie-up has knocked our business sky-hljfli. I've lieen hoping against hope we'd J find a way out. But we've had to clone : down one of our plant*— and that means that the salaries of men at the top will 0 have to he cuf lo half. If I jtet out 1 and start In some other line I'll have to begin at the bottom — every business in our line Is crippled — It may wain two or three years after the war ends even before things are back on their r i Caroline was still calm. "That leaves 8 you with Jnst about twenty-seven hnn- * dred. doesnl Itr She asked, and the . surprising blnntness of her reply 8 served as a bracer to Horace's wilting r . spirits. I "Now listen _Jo~,the seqnal. My ln- * come has beentJfwlndHng. My little money Is all In K. and B. aud that r Is worth abont half what It -was be- " fare tbe war. I've been meaning to tell ' 0 you. I hated to— but I've got to give I up the apartment. I'd do more work 1 i but there's no market for U now." ( Horace forgot his own troubles and 11 ! was leaning over Caroline with two e I outstretched arms. "Poor, dear gtrl," I he aald. "How you must have wor1 tied— end now comes my tale of woe— 0 and even now ydu-aren't crying about . ! It. Caroline, yon've more pluck than I ' any man I ever knew." He knelt be- " side ber, looking with Infinite tenderi. ness and admiration Into her nnfllncbg Ing blue eyes. "Have you thought 0 what you are— ere going to do about itr e "There's only one thing to do," she' said slowly. "Ill have to give up this h place and I suppose you'll have to live y some place cheeper than the Hotel t Bradford." e "Ye*, of comma." V "Well, why couldn't we both live " eu. wny couldn't Dotn live 1

d .here?" Caroline's usually firm voice ( r. faltered a Uttle aa she made the sag- , e "Ton don't mean— CaroUne— how , - could yon? Ton don* -mean that we l s can lie married? Don't yon know what 1 t you said about maktng toast and fry- , j tag eggv for two— you've told me so , t often that yon couldn't — Caroline don't ( r let me hope If yon don't really mean 1 1 < t Tve thought It all out" she said. t resuming her calm manner that Hor- , . ace thought, the finest thing he had , . ever seen In any woman. "It is one , . thing for two persons to Uve separate- . ly on two small Incomes— end It Is an- [ 1 other thing for those two people to Uve , . together on their Joint Incomes. Don't . see how simple It'll. It's Jnst a , 1 matter of plain arithmetic. We ran ( , rent for one apartment Instead of , 1 for two; we can read by one light lo- . stead of two, and we don't have to go ; out to , the theater and places for , r amusement, because well. tie married . t and can Jnst stay home. It's such a ' . simple solution. Horace, that I'm sur- - prised we never thought of It before." f Enemy Quickly Disappeared. \ An offldnl of a railway which passes I - through Philadelphia. I am told, was ta 1 » tbe hahlt of expressing his war aentt- 1 ■ ments without restraint to his private g secretary. Glrard writes ta the Phlta- i r delphla Ledger. These sentiments were d derogatory to the allies and .favorable r to' Germany. One day at the end of a e particularly vehement tirade the secr rotary said: "I trust, sir. that what r. you have said does not represent yonr it real feelings on the subject." "I mean e every word of It," said his employer. It Is was Just after a fire had taken place e ta a nearby city and the responsibility r- had Is -en laid at the doors of German hireling* whose enterprise tbe railway c man extolled. "Then I shall be obliged n «o arrest yon." suld the secretary. ie throning 01 sn his coat and showing it 'he badge of a secret service agent. « The indiscreet official Is now supposed 1-. 'o be In a place where what he may :v hove to ssv in r, raise of L-nltt,r u*(ll ta praise will

reach a severely limited audience. By Twists Teacher's Words A Greenes stle young woman teacher the Peru (Ind.) high school n few ■toys ago had a vision of hei Job leavbecause of a violent protest lodged against her by"a patron. The teachers w«re at a meeting when the protest up. The patron accused the teacher of calling her boy "a scurvy elepliant." The teacher nas dumfounded when she heard the charge, and could not recall making any such remark. corps of teachers wont to work to attempt to unravel the mystery, finally It was solved. The teaclier hud told the boy "He was a disturbing element." und the boy mistook what she said for "A scurvy eleplu nt." — Indianapolis Runs In tne Family. "Would you consider I'uhwnlte a safe man lo advise me about some Investments?" "That dejierids on what yon want to In. if I were going to bay a motor car or a privra yacht I would consul! DubwiUte. IpI were planning to Invest in something tbnt would pay me dividends I would not only keep It a profound secret from Dubwalte. but I would be afraid to trust one of his most distant relatives." — Birmingham

JOIN RED CROSS SOCIETY .NOW Drive Starts Next Week to ; j Increase Membership of Organization. r i Every American -bould be a mem- ! ber of tbe Red Cto-i Society, and every j of tin. great organ isation during j ibet uia-tmas roll-caU-Decembe' 16 lo JS. '''.-.dent VVllron ^1": - j "liie exact nature of the future ser1 V « of the Red t'rosa will depend , upon Uie program of lb- ar-oclated .

Ml ■ I DAMES AND DAUGHTERS. ™ The government of Pnn.-imn bas-j'ust 1 1 appointed illsa agiics e a ing .Brown. ■ an American woman, direior of the uortnal schools for girls at Panama. j Miss Mary m Bsrlelme of Chicago 0 has been appointed assistant Judfcr of tbe Juvenile court to Cook county, in i Sbe is 0 practicing lawyer and s few, i years ago was made public guardian or j '■ Cook eouniy >- Mrs, Theodore J5oo*evc!t. Jrm whose y daughter. Grace R6osevelt. is ten i 1- ' months old. bus already Bled sn app t j j cation with a New Vork private «rh.»>l g] for ber daughter to cuter there In licu , Theodore Roosevelt. Jr.. moved h » ' family from the Pacific Coast a short i time ago. fire William Tod Heimutb of New Tork has the distinction of beloncluk to more organisations than. any .oibei 1 ta the Pederarion of Women's ' Clubs Phe hat luidgre from women . I active aud bright as a woman twenty , i younger. i Marj^'itel via. blind from Infamy. , been grsduat.d from Goiu-bcr rot I and was awa.-di-d the Phi Beta work She 1- su a '-iwij'p! 1 - 1 1 a- 1 u f n 1 1'.' play5,her own acroo pnolmeid on tl . ' piano.' She .r'.-nds 10 do gradua «■ work at Johns Hopkins Current Comment |

tag auddruiy - t'Utsburgb Chronl'ie Telegraph / ,d now the Mississippi ' river _jroj«' * schemes that are snggesjed f "" ' . straightening and "regulating" It:-' cjui-ago Tribune. . ran athletes may lie expected to do with the Olympic games when this i . country gels W chance to enlerial" r ffr Leader , It ts entirely owing to the ctian i of time ta tbe Pacific nceno-and not t • Jonrnallstlr p-esrtcure that the d.a'li 1 ' of tbe Japanese empenor was known In New York the day before It bap | pened.- New York World. e ' The Artists. ' it Timothy Cole, whose wood engravl:.: j U" reproductio of the great pui 11 tings oi 1 e the world have liivmie famous, has rc 1 k celved the degree of master of art- i from Dickinson college, fl Hugo Melsmer. an artist who glv. - o lessons to s few select pupil* la Re' , " lln. ha* dismissed one of their numse : - who arrived late nt the ^judlo owing 1 ! - an antomotille accident Ns-ause he luo. | it brought with blui no sketch of tltc ace n Augustus Eddy of Chicago, father ot 1 6pencer Eddy, the dlplomatlsl. ha* ai >- the age of sixty taken up pain! lug In t ! it serious mahtuir aud 1* already galuln. . it recognition' tor his work in i'raiui He Is busy with landscatsfs and p-r *' "trait* and hi tbe youhgest man of h j. * age ta Paris- - ' | e > ?! ruh.rmm'i Luck. Mo one can Uave dune much fishing wltnout realizing that there Is an lu- * solvable mystery— In fact, there are * several tasoPahle mysierlra— cuunect1 my slcrUw—

ed with "fisherman's luck." For example, if two men alt ta oppo site ends of a- boat aud rise precisely the same tackle, bait. etc.. aud are tlshtag with equal skill, one of them will catch a dozen flsh, while the other won't have a bite. -They change places and perhaja change rods. Tbe tacky man sUll catches, the unlncky doesn't. Some men will have abnormal lock some days, and at other times they ran get "nary a bite." -Why can some step forward. Jab any old kind of bait on a hook, fling It carelessly into the water and draw up a mess of trig fish, while others, fishing scientifically, can't even catch a minnow? We are told that there Is a reason for everything-a logical explanation that be fonnd. Who will step modestly forward and explain, that world old mystery kuown "fiaheruiau s luck 5" Will any of 1 rar readers J- Philadelphia Press. Effective Bravado, tort Cromer's quick and daring methods ta dealing with an Egyptian rising are illustrated by the following ' There were rumors of a native rising. Cairo wa* almost opeidy ' disaffected, aud the British garrison ' was small. HI* lordship, however, • caused it to be known that a regiment ' was on the way from India, bat he 1 was careful not to explain that tt conI stated of sick leave aud time expired ■ men and bandsmen. All the ableI bodied soldiers In purl-on were orderr cd to parade all over tbe town In small 1 parties, and tbe natives did n«l take ta 1 the fact that they were a sort of stage r again. Tbe lasl straw was when Lord 1 Cromer coolly put on flannels and pubr llcly played game after game of ten 1 nls. Tbl* final piece of bravado nlp- . ped the threatened rising ta the bud.- : London Express. 1 Tbe Meaning of -Piccadilly." f Piccadilly, in London, was so i-alled y V

11 from Piccadilly ball, the chief dejsit of a certain sort of lace murb In vogue during tlm reign of Qneeii Eliza U-th The lace wa* called llecadllly Jace t ,r from Its little spear points, a dim i mi p „ tlve of '"tlca." a pike or sp,-ar. lu the v 1-. reign of James 1. the high ruff was t -d called a pleradilly. though dln-cted of n rs '«• '•'* edging. t: st "Glossograptiln." pnhtlshed In 1081. v states tlint ••Piccadilly was an mid „ p. from Higglns' famous ordinary near t d sl James', called Uigglns' Piccadilly, t Id liecaase be made his ■nuiiey by selling * s plccadllllt's." Another authority, 1 sac ] In Taylor, writes. "Pleradilly so called . j. froln Plecailllla hall, a shop for the n d sale of plecadllhis. the fashionable , (leaked or turnover eolisrs."-Mstiches- n \r u>r Courier. f la 0 Near Fuinilm.r.t, j "Jones lold me today that the ball i on the top of tbnt tall toner build uj was blown down by lln- -riong | a and came very near Slrikiug hi., c >- do,ru" * x "i've told Jones often tha! hi. v., a him."— Baltimore American. d d g Brutus and Csssar. t y "Bruins," said Caesar as he drew r It himself up majestically, "this Is ex d it ceedlngty rode of you." 11 a "Rude? How f" demanded Brutus h ■ "Why." answered Caesar Just before g be fell, "to cut an old friend."— Bala- c nors American. h

i — 1 — J Po'itical Quips. • r si rollllra ros-ms lo lw "ne of^ Amcr, re' j News *| Town Topics. < 1 York -imluth Herald 'i Fall*, ekcr;.! Ihe I, a kme'u. n > - ! It business 111 the public sir.--. !.,• 1 haekuieu li"t- ■ of ' • d lb'- ■ -1 Timely Tips. j There are at!': a few rites left -

Flippant Flings. I" | Hams s bundrtsl years old have beer, j fonnd ta Providen.-e. and there Is ne , . trouble finding eggs to ni.it h -Ivtroli j ' j Journal 1 , " fonnd In the stomneh of s California t , , Ttiat's carrying the aonvenli j ■ , fad too far.— Cleveland leader. 1 , demand for an InvraUgatlun of th. 'l |S££ST«S,,7wp j, ! Prids of thi, Psruvisna. > . ] Tbe Pcruv laus are a proud. Imperial t i race, living amid Uie grandest scenery t ' of tbe western hemisphere and hold- I - lug higJi Ideals of what Is best ta edu- e ' cation and tbe nnbought grace of life, a On the great country estates there Is 1 much of the fine tradltlonandchlvalrous c sentiment that came from the best peo- t pie of Castiie and Aha gum The In- i ' ' i dlans of the high plateaus ape a unique t ' er In tbe western forests. The tm- 1 ' memorial records of e civilization that * " | vanished In the midst of man's earliest 8 ; recollectl6ns are faintly suggested ta ' splendid mlu* among sublime scene*. ' The name and fame of the brilliant ' ' men who built tiie walls and temples j ' of Cuzeo are lost; and all we know of j the wonder and the charm of that for- ! . gotten culture In tbe Andes Is found lmj ' the pathetic ruins of cities that are" ' * half as old as recorded time.— Peter J MncQueen 111 National Magazine. [t It

' Unwritten Law of ths Ssa. • | J Here la one of the unwritten laws t 8 of the sea which we think could be re- t u pealed to advantage. It Is that which 1 r requires the captain of a ship to stay ; e on the bridge during fog or very bad • * weather, no matter how long It con- . t T tlnnes. It Is a fairly common thing | to read ta dispatches that tbe captain < k of this or that *hlp had been on the < y bridge for twenty-four or forty -eight ( e or even sixty hours et a stretch bea cause of storm or fog. Why should 1 j this he practiced? The most rugged 1 f man alive cannot be as alert, mentally j I- and physically, after twenty-four hours : e of exposure as he was when he went 1 r on duty. He cannot be as competent < t to render quick declflotis-auch. for 1 Instance, as an Impending collision a might call for— as a man who was un- 1 n fatigued. The average transatlantic | d passenger, we fancy, would much pre- , fcr to trust hi* life In an emergency to a fresh chief officer than to a Jaded captain.— Marine New*. * A Queer Punishment. ' The Slovak* iHuneaty) are a Tery | t peaceful, law abiding community, hut , ' there are probably black sheep among | * their number, and ta front of a church | stone pillar, reminiscent of the days ( when-pupkhment was meted out. to 1 much the sdme way as ttjWa* In Eng- | land In those days Fastened to this , n r'«l" rit 'tb^'t r 1' " lnrB" ,ron rla"t.. | together. Xliese claspa fitted around ! tl'v vvaisirigpid ankle* of tbe offender. • and when a man or woman had stolen j 18 something he or she was locked to this ( * iia-t on a Sunday and compelled to | I hold ta the hand* whatever had been t stolen Every Slovak attends church | B on Sunday*, from which It may be ( '' gathered thai tbl* public exposure wa* 1 no small ordeal. The post bear* a | terse Inscription, the translation of which Is: "I do not ask you to come, hup if you come I receive you."— Wide ■d -Magazine, if —

The Briilsb standing army Is a much modern Institution than most people imagine. It dates from 1(M8, when the famous "new model" was esby act of the long parliaand maintained ta existence until the restoration. This army, which organized by Cromwell, consisted of some sn.000 men nnd was probably the most effective army that England ever p- -srased-^Bnt tho cost was agreed lo its abandonment, except bodyguard or household brigade of sanctioned by- parliament, which Included Monk's Coldstream regiment nnd two troop* of cavalry raised by 1 Chnrlc* himself, which formed the originals of the present Life guards. — Standard. j Most Dishsartsnlng. Stewart Edward White tells of his greatest disappointment It happened ' when be was five years old. ] ; "I understood that those who main- 1 tatned perfi-t deportment In school the week would 1* given their ! choice of sweetmeats. 1 therefore bebaveil myself with extraordinary pro- 1 prlety. When the time rame and I ' my sweetmeats I found that ' was my , bolce of a ses Unite that ' been offered | never quits for 1 , that teacher and shall always j 1 consider the week of good conduct one ' hat out of my Ufa."— ElSbeeeA

., a fit- ' j STORIES OF THE STAGE. A Splendid Accident Averted end an - ( Actor Who d ned Toe Well. -^ate Brum Stoker, for runny " years niansgi r to Irving of the produc The nml.:.«s.i.i.ir was .-"«e.flo^tbw^lg.- ( wi.'n'.l'''m'°ke'her evlt- Mr. Stoker | catching l.'.'iii i-'rore be had pulsed luioj , Of"'.!* most Will nnd pathetic of scenes . jw.-niil ether nt h.-nfldtd this gorgeous! 'and very pnfe ful , mi trot em [is dld^ mj Irtih"!"! strange .in furonatlon that lrv | ! WOMEN AND CARD GAMES. in Chile Such t Combination Would j Creat# a Sensation. 1 .', wi.nntn «!i- t«..a native of Chile ' I un- inlUttg ris-ently a lout Ihe dltfl ' j cu :.- She had In sccustomlng here.-lt , : ihe cime't" tin* country. She said | ! -In t I.H.- rard ("laying among worn 1 ' en Is undreamed of. IVrbapa It Is not J : - much to say that a t'hilean woman , w.-u.d ti" inure pin* cards than a New 1 woman would enter a Broadway . I wholly a matter of morals with us. ! 1 It Just Isn't the thing to do. It Is not J i "When. 1 came to New Tork 1- ' I brought my dadfchter In law with me. i I a Chilean "girl. She aod I were both ■ horribly shocked to receive an tavlta 1 tlon to a bridge party ta tbe daytime J was too much for us. and we do- • and kept coming. Finally our curios! • I got over our seune of outraged cod | I ventlon the whole thing seemed cu . ; ylous to ua | "The funniest sight of all was the 1 women with little tag* on them, as If | marked 'by fast express.' or running 1 up {o another woman with a Uttle ; card to be •pinched.' Finally we got ■ sufficiently acgustomed to "take « , but eveD yet t never do It with 1 out a covert feeling that I am putting ' myself beyond the pale."— New Tork "Purity of the Law. j At Bodmin assize* one* ■ barrister ■ while pleading was Interrupted by the Judge: I "Mr Carter, you are waiting the I "Time of the courtT retorted the 1 veteran, glaring fiercely at ' . the bench. "Yonr lordship means— ! lordship'* dinner!" 1 ] The Judge threw op his bands In de- 1 ' spulr, and Carter continued hla baj The same redoubtable advocate waa : od another occasion defending a man I 1 charged with obtaining money under : j fable pretense* " , | "False pretenses!" said he. with fine | "Why. we all make them every day. barristers and solid tors and Judge*— the whole lot of us! Talk of ! Ihe purity of the Judicial ermine"— here he pointed derisively to the learned Judge, who 'wot cowering on the tiencll— "why. It'* only rabbit sklnl" Shouts of laughter greeted this Irreverent statement, which Investigation would protmbly show to be literally true.— Loudon Tlt-Blta. Ths Mara* of Mohammad. In bygone day* there was no mo;* enthusiastic breeder of horses than the Prophet Mohammed. In the course of he became tbe owner of a vast number of mares, and the point fwa* how to arrive at a selection of the very At last, says Country Life, be hit upon the following scheme: For three days und nights the mares were without water, then they were and. as might have been expected. tore madly off to their usual watering place. Just as they were on the very (irltik of the water thtretrumpeter blew tbe war signal or assembly. wlth the thirst, the mares forgot their training, all save five, who, forgetting their own urgent need, galback nt once to seek their masThese five mare* were set apart by Mohammed as representing tbe pick of his stud., end from them, we are told, drsceuded the (jest and noblest of horses. Handicapped. "Ah tell yo'." said the negro who wa* Working on the man's shoes,- "woman is a (lerulbb thing. To' gotta knou 1 Jest how to handle huh or yo' goto" to : git tbe worst uf It. Lots of times slic'll git mad nl yo' an' then yo' gotta talk to huh Talk tn hub— that's the way to | maMah' huh She won't stand fo' do i beattn' or qothln' Ink that Talk to ! huh That's the way Ah handle ma . . wife " . Another negro working next to torn i looked up "WUah did yo' git that , , black eye yo' got ICufeF be asked. 1 "Well, ma wife done It but"— | "Why didn't yo' talk to bub?" j "How could Ah?" came from the ; first "She hnd me by the throat wlf 1 ma wind shet off."— New York Tele J graph Cracks In th* Floor. There an several woyg of Mopping the cracks .n a floor between boards that have -lironken apart One Is to 'far dewupaiieni Into small bits and ( ffil the era k with ^lt using"!! broad J knitr^o sKuotb tbe («*!(• down tab 1 be used with the same result To u ' j pound of glue nllow a gallon of watet 1 aud Kben melu-d stir Into It fine san , du-t until It 1* «!iff paste. Fill th. cracks with ibis, lacking It as aolldl. * j as 1 ma* i blc. lUiouiblng «veu with a | broad knife. A maii's tie*t friend* are his ten a.. ■item. Ruber l Colli' *t .!

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;j COAL • Van. need Coal. You need Service. • j " You get lioth from ,'C. H. SHOEMAKER LUMBER CO. Twelfth and West Avenue Sheriff" s Sale. Monday, January 6th. 1919. rounVy of Cap* May |j|nar Mats' ot" Nr'w "j'iiwidth ezirn*IDz tn p'ogtU or*mf*b. uontl' street, and in the •inilti wworrly liar "lire...!, adisbincc '^tonr Imndrod goo ^ 10 a nt , a- aceUtlon. Uiundtd ao.l d'serlbrd a* fo,w.'sterty 'ymc^r ^jtrti'vou'rui" •troeo'ci'in ^ iwahiwfbto'il renl* bb"r1ir- i Sheriff" s Sale. MS# '■ Jrt2ry.u"n°the^ twenty "llnb day id^orrttibtr. a. b. 1us, lu a rrrb.lt, rause wbrlJln holier 1 _ o^rmjt |u^oomplatnanl, and lau^htrwart^ " Monday, January 6th, 1919, Cape ida"'^ur?:h,'c!uir.'csre ^ai°^uru>'. ' AlllSiiaic .wrrrl. ol land am: i premlars brreloaflrr (W.llrulatly drarnbrd. : » m^'.'ad0^ • ilsaij "rnit-'ialip1'1 »e'tiunddrs' aod , at lotaur tbrOrran i'll- a -«*•!•, Ion, bouudrd ■BdfitKlltwd o» foUo««^lkwtnijli,z at a^polm , or breadth aouihwr-trrty^o'n liir ,«Jd' j teel wide ana /< t no wawtux forTy frel'w'idr, and at thai , 'Width rxtrr.dlnz In Irneil, or w^t^aald°eaevcu|1li 'at recf^e 'h* *f" o. ll^jt^atid rerord. * ln^i^wd^ nJj., in iirr.1 ^:<ri>k n 0/ lac. paxr* "rir. | Ions of iho HbrrlQ. 1 llatrd, pere rnbrr 11, IS1B 1 h-ii. «l. p. k..sissj. An Onliaanee. ! ^ NOTICE. i ?>?*' "Noi'-rnUrt s" , and that tbr aniradad* ord'n "ior"''«|m"l"l" - iimti-a-.^^^ " i'ir^iu'om-re rrajmb^re cu'"* it 'i'i1 itiii'.novoali'j.roj"'' i-«mb«r it. fl cuiiraoiajctf^. Try an Advertisement la lie SSMXiaSi,

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