Show the vilna district in russia is celebrated for tire tho production of geese gebo which fand their way by the thop thousands sands into distant markets great flocks ol of them aro are driven by to tire the goose fair or market at warsaw miles away the birds are fitted for this long journey by being first driven through tar and then through fine sand in this mannor mainer they are arc provided with aa a perfect fi fitting pair of boots booti which prevent them from becoming footsore because his invention might aid herbias Ser bias enemies prof michael of columbia uni university versify who is honorary serbian consul gerie C 3 r al to the united states and an a il inventor of worldwide fame refuses to make public an anven tio tion nill 1111 after the war ila he has designed a now new receiver to bo be used in wireless telegraphy and telephony and lie he claims that thi this s instrument will eliminate static interference inte reference and alloy allow tho the operator to hear only tile tho sound waves lie he desires homer allison a wealthy far farmer mer of mercer pa received a threatening lett letter er telling him to twe take 2500 in gold to youngstown 0 and follow instructions lie ho would receive there on his arrival a boy handed him a note tolling him to place the money on the front of a tran train which was wag just leaving allison complied compiled but a pos posto tollIce luce inspector arrived in an auto just in time to hear of tire the affair raco race tile tho train to the next station and prevent tile the blackmailer from getting away with the gold county judge bushey of salem ore was obliged to turn down tile tho request of ofa a gates ore brej roan man as follows gates broj mr jug of salom salem ordea or deamir Dea air my wife I 1 havo have agreed to Disa disagree groo silo sho has loft left mea me agreed to live give mo me a divo divorce r 0 o at conoy timo time As it isa is a long ways to salem wo we wt caff stand such a Ri Rido devery vory well cant you send me tho the papers to eliout flit put at the justis of tile tho peace at stayton and savo save us that long lone drive adv 0 tell me what tho the cost will lie be I 1 will send it to you aiple please ase give mo me full particulars on return mail oblige your truly lumbermen at park falls wis have fiade threatened to go on a strike because tire the company lias has fur furnished dished tile tho lumber camp train frain with modern improvements tire the men dislike the now electric lights and object stion strongly gly to the bath rooms which they are forced e to patronize the the strength of george senti Spring of grove pa was ly gradually r ad wearing away under the bohin of coughs which had lasted for weeks lie ile was about to submit to a sura surgical ical operation when it was suggested that lie ho try four teaspoonfuls of pine apple juice ho he lid did so and the hiccoughs coughs promptly stopped small child whose favorite aunt is engaged grandman ma where is auntie may Grand mamma she I 1 is is sitting silting in n the library with captain herbert my dear small child after it a moments t Grand 3 rand main mamma ana you go and sit in ift the lie library with captain herbert herben and lot aunty aulty may corn comi and play with me v 4 m icar bear your own misfortunes with hilt halt the yon bear other peoples androu will be happy happy all the time it is so easy to tell other lother people how to I 1 I 1 oe h e li heroic and so difficult to be cog courageous ourselves ours elyes X 1 I 1 V ik U A forbear to offer ail aa opinion on a subject ol of you are ignorant especially in the presence of those to whom it is daml familiar liar if it be not alays in your power to speak to the purpose it certainly is to be silent and ti though hough thousands have remembered with pain their few cw have had reason to repent their silence it is a great beat misfortune to have a disposition lion it takes the fraga raga nee out of ones life and leaves only weeds where a cheerful disposition would cause lowers flowers to bloom the habit of breting js is one that grows rapidly unless it is serncy repressed and the best way to overcome it Is to try always to took look on the cheerful side of things michael mccarthy was wag shot in st louis because lie ho had only one arm ile ho was in a saloon when somo robbers entered and ordered hands up tip ills his only only liand hand went up but they evidently thought that lio lie was reaching for a revolver with tile tho other and the ruf ruffians flans killed hilled him john Selion low fired into a hock flock of cro crows ws near shippee calif tho lie other day clasped tightly tightly in ill tire beak of a bird that fell fall lie ho found a 81 bill the crows thieving habits aro are well known but this is believed to bo be the first timo time one has been caught with stolen money in ills his possession A dramatic race worthy of oe a movina picture play took place at okmulgee okla when a representative of the kingwood oil co in an aeroplane beat E W gill in an automobile to a farm where there aro are oil wells valued at several hundred thousand dollars tire the parties had agreed that at the tha expiration of their lease the first on one to reach tile tho farm could tako take the now lease A burglar ransacking a sideboard a ah tire the home of mrs nathan tanner in new york happened to touch a mechanical crying doll a christinas present hidden there for mrs tanners dau daughter uliter the dolls crying awoke tile he household and an alarm was sounded the burglar oed led leaving a rich laul haul of valuables behind him so you would like a position as c companion om panion to my sister said tho the handsome hand somo young millionaire million airo yes please I 1 would do my best to alva R lva satisfaction answered tho the pretty girl can you sing no I 1 am sorry to say to you play tho the piano I 1 sup pose posea st no I 1 never studied music 1 alil ahl probably then you paint crockery or it is needless to continue the list sir I 1 have no accomplishments Inde indendi edi why hew liaw have you passed your time since you yott left school at home helping mother you see pardon me for interrupting interrupt inn you have said enough and oh ob do not say I 1 will not do it if necessary I 1 can pick bick up some accomplishments in a reasonable time I 1 am sure you will not do for a hired companion because you aro are entirely too good for the position but if you wa take halt of my fortune and mo me with it I 1 shall consi consider dev myself tile the luckiest man in tho the world silo she did A place for everything and everything in its place said the pa to his daughter select a wife my son who will never step over a broomstick is s the sage advice given to the son and as the story goes abes he be was obedient to the lesson now said he pleasent iv on an agay a gay may day to one oleu of his companions 1 I appoint that broomstick to choose nie ne a wife ane young girt girl who will not step over it shall have th off r of my hand they parsed from the splendid saloon to the grove some tumbled over th the e broomstick others jumped over at length i a young lady stooped and nut dut it in its place pace the promise was fulfilled she became the wife of an educated arid and wealthy young man and he the husband of a prudent industrious and lovely wife he bro brought right a fortune to her and she knew how to save it both were rich for each e enriched n the other noldine so adds add to the treasures of the mind end rid increases its power bower as its own thinking fearn to taink tr ink for or yourself it is all very weg aeu to hear and to read the wisdon wisdom of others but one should not let this take t the lie place of one s own thought many persons are like cisterns they are good to hold the thoughts ot of others but when the time comes that they are forced to rely on themselves they have no power to do so the outside supply is cut off and the cistern runs dry but if one like a river Is constantly fed by ones own springs then as the learning of others co cones comes nes t to him it unites with his own waters and the stream widen arid and deepens mary and tom tommy my had been to hear a missionary talk at sunday school did lie ho tell you about the poor heathen father inquired at the dinner table yes sir answered mary ho he said that they were often hungry and when they beat on their turn tum turns tums it could be heard for miles here is a bit rustic wit john mann had been sent by his shrewish wife to market to sell the pig on tho the way he got drunk tile the pig strayed and never turned up again A few weeks afterwards john wa asked it if ho he had heard anything of tile the pig pie yet eard of im lie he said leard card of lim im ou ay I 1 ears etim of inT most dayal |