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Show Nothing to Be Ashamed Of. A man should never be ashamed to say he has been in the wrong, wtneh is but saying, in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday. - Pope. Must Go Together. It la futile to attempt to live In sections, sec-tions, separating business from religion reli-gion aud work from faith. Hugh Black. Confident Assertion, "Do you actually expect to stay at home and read all those books you are buying?" "Certainly. Till I get through paying for fhose books I won't have money enough to go downtown." down-town." i Fact Not to Be Disputed. The Patient "What! You refuse to allow my claim? You told me when I was Insured that I'd get something If I was sick, didn't you?" Agent "Well, you must have got something some-thing or you wouldn't be sick, would you?" Puck. Made From Wood Pulp. All sorts of hardware articles are now compounded of the pulped tissues of trees thut onca swayed gracefully in some northern forem--clgnr and t'igarotte holders, fancy combs, umbrella um-brella materials, 111ms and a hundred other things. Sacred White Elephant, A white elephant ,s regarded sacred In Shim, and when one dies it nas a funeral grander than that accorueu o princes. Hudtlhist ut'ests orllciate unit thousands ot devout Siamese men uiul women t'oilow the deceased animal ani-mal to itte rave. Jewels and offerings ."eiueL-ntiiit iiui' h wealth are ounea with :ne crepitant. t r' Abracadabra a Fever Curo. Long before a change of climate (ante to be advertised as a cure for hay fever, an idea the railroads have been suspected of fostering, a simpler remedy was thought to be the word, abracadabra, 'litis magical word was once used as u charm against ague ami fevers. Us inclining is disputed. As a charm it was written to form an inverted triangle by dropping the last tetter at each successive repetition. Kansas City Times. Al He. Wanted. "I's got a4icap 'o respect fob de scicntitie gemmeii." said Viete Kben. "Hut as fob mvse'f. don't give me no uiieroscO;je an' don't give me no tele scope. 1 kin git all de surprises I km. stand. Jes' by puttln' on my spac? taclesi an' raadlu' de aivsyiir." ' 1 T V . |