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Show p:cuf or n.s rower. Anv nian .ins a :'ie,lit co consldei' nittiselr a .oou orator who can get 'jet.ute to stav ,n a :-oom and listen '.o liin .ink .or ;ao notirs .1 che door ;-oii I .ocKeu. Getting His Own Measure. "Does your wife lecture you?" "Me?" exclaimed Mr. -Meekton. "Why, Henrietta Henri-etta wouldn't waste her time lecturing lectur-ing a little bit ot an audience like me." His Views. "So you think a college education is a good thing for a boy?" "Yes, 1 think it's a pretty good thing. Fits liim for something In life. It he can't catch on with a baseball team, he can often land a job as a professor." Using His Name. "The ngent who sold me this set of books told me he wanted to use my name with other citizens." "He's doing do-ing that, all right. I heard hirn last eight telling a gang how easy you were." Rumor Corrected. "I understand, Ouddyhump, that your wile is convalescent?" said kind-. kind-. ly Mrs. White. "No, ma'am, Ah'm glad to say she ain't. Stld o' dat, she's git-tin' git-tin' bettah ev'ry day." Birmingham Age-Herald. American Product Liked. The iirst machines tor rope making in America were constructed in -Mas jachusotts in 1834. American machines ma-chines are now extensively employed n Europe, and American cordage is acid in such high estimation that i; :a exported to all parts of the. worid. Hops. The estimated yield of hops is 1 042 lounils per acre for the United States iraiiist 'JSG pounds last year, and a ,'ii-yoar average of 1.005 pounds. Hops in New York are given at 530 pounds, Washington 1,750, Oregon 950 and California 1.800, an increase over last year in all the slates except Oregon, Ore-gon, where it remained the, same. To Clean Tapestries. Pour boiling water over a handful or Lwo of bran. Let it stand until tepid and then plunge the tapestries into It. Use no soap and do not rub, but just shake the goods up and down in the liquid. Wring them out, rinse well in :epld water and hang out In the wind. When dry. shake them well to remove :he particles of bran. Liberal With Their Gln. A Spanish adventurer, returning ironi highly lucrative wanderings In ihe emly day Americas, is said to iuvb givmi ir.vay $tiiK).uoo in alms on ihe ocuislon or his marriage at Barce-ona. Barce-ona. Another stood in a -Madrid win-low win-low and threw handf'.iis of silver coins :iito the crowd until he had emptied two barrels. Different Matter. hnw.T who was sometimes fur vtfii:, huviiii; been Higi-.-u to plead he i n use ot an ott .-nder. be.an b a.ii:;;: "I kiu.w the prisoner at the ,u', a:id he b 'I'.rs the chut .iC-ter of be-,v be-,v tl , ii ,-.'ii uiniuaie and impudent ..lin-ll. r ' Mere so.M-bodV whispered .i ii i in that I be jtisouer v.as Ins cli uh.-n he iiuiiiecliately continued: I. in wli.ii tr-at and tiood man evei j ived who was not lalunmiated b ' .i.uiy d hi--, onieaiporaries! " Case. Ill Cidlltljelll.. j Where Courtuhips Are Long. Yuuns 'ladles in hussia are not at I ill averse to lung engagements, and iso all so.-ts of uriiiicea to slave uf) ' he weediiii! da as long as possible. ,dt in no country in the world are i. ourlships so abnormally long as In henna, where engagements com 5 uoldy last tioiu tlfltell to telitv j ea'S. In tail. ;lli'ie recently died there, ut tne aue of ninety-nine, an old man who bad beeu courtm for 70 years and who waa luarrwa on his dtu.h bed. |