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Show II VISITS WITH I j Mrs. Ding's Mistake. Mrs. Blngs In ti trim llttlo -woman who prides herself on her domestic Z3mlw)$f Hccently sho dls 'l Vr C0VerC(1 tllat ,Iol' "35h lH por8lcln & IllnB rHJ Ingbottom were kot, ana as she Tft&'H ftl wanted to tnko n tfJStsU'h1 l00k at tllc BllI's iMm Bho Ba,,,ed forth lo kill two birds L V vggj with ono stone. On the way down town sho Rcanned hor list 'nnd found among other things, needed for tho houso wns n can of cinnamon. Aflor purchasing tho tomatoes and tho sweetcorn, by which purchase she snved at least fourteen cents, sho bought the cinnamon at par and pro-leeded pro-leeded happily toward tho fairy realms tf drcBs goods. Tho next day, tho tomatoes and tho sweetcorn arrived as ordored, but Instead In-stead of clnnntnon, tho package yielded yield-ed a box marked "Cassia." "That stupid clerk has mado a mistake," mis-take," was hor mental analysis. "Bridget," sho asked of tho maid, "do you know what 'cassia' Is?" "No, mum, I do not," replied that functionary. "Is It something good to "I am Huro I don't know. Oh, dear, now I will havo to mako a trip Into town to chnngo that stuff!" Tho noxt day bright and early, sho set out for town. The faro Is fill and a fraction cents Just onoitgh to tnko off tho curso of tho "sklddoo!" Tho trip both ways moro than nto up hor bit of domestic economizing on tho corn and tomatoes, but anyhow sha hnd to havo somo cinnamon. ''You mado a mistake," sho said nlftlly to tho clerk at Hopporsteln & Hlnglngbottom'B. "I ordered cinnamon cinna-mon and you sent ,mo cassia," extend Ing tho package. Tho clork took tho can and gasped. "You sent mo that when I ordered cinnamon," sho repeated, coldly. Thnn tho clork laughed. "Why, It's tho 8amo thing," ho ex plained. "Cinnamon nnd cassia arc tho samo. It's Just another namo foi It," pnlnstnklngly as ho saw tho looh of doubt In her faco. And whon aho 'arrived homo wltb tho package sho wont to tho dictionary diction-ary nnd discovered that tho clork was rlcht. IH! o o o Silhouettes. Tho wise married man will novcr talk about tho good old bachelor days tr it it Somo men hro cautious by naturo HB nnd some because tho mulo kicked HS them! K 6 ir r HS Tho in nn who listens to what tho HS. other follow has to say, may get a now view point. SI 1h Putting art on tho bum may bo dona IX by tattooing tho Maltese cross on the KB arm'of a tramp. Hf it ir it 9H A man who marries a aoubrctte Hjjj muBt expect to havo moro or less kick Wm lng about tho hotiBo. Iff K You always can trust tho man who MR novor,dld anything, to toll you how to JS pull off something big. Mh Tlmoly topic Soo If tho moths nro Hi in your summer overcoat by this K tlino. Oh, that's all right; keop tho H change! H MIno Something that pooplo InveBt B in for tho bonoflt of the Instigators. H The nionoy Is not In tho mine; it Is In jK tho suckers. H Why It Dooms, Tho wild storm tho other day blow jH oft tho door of Jns. T. Proctor's burn, but within 10 hours lio had a mini at j work flxliw It on ukiiIii, ami tolil him H to nuvcr mind tho cost. It Is such on- terprlso thnt Iiuh mado Mldnaporn wbul it Ih to-day and nmkfs her such a tot inl.lntilo rival to OkotnkH.-Mldnaporo (Albortu) Gazette. |