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Show i Rome 0ircle, ik j TBADE AND POETRY. My friend, have you heard of the town of Yawn, On the banks of the River Slow, Where blooms the Waitawhile flower fair. Where the Somethingorother scents the air. And the soft (Joeasys ermv? It lies in the vallev of Whatstheuse, In the province of Letherslide; That tired feeling is native there, It's the home of the listless Idontcare, Where the Putitoffs abide. The Putitoffs smile when asked to invest. in-vest. And say they will do it tomorrow; And so they delay from day unto dav. Till death cycles up and steals them away. j And their families beg. steal, or borrow. Why Noses Point East. Very few jeople's noses are set properly upon their faces. Any observant ob-servant person who will go along the street and take notice of the nasal organs or-gans of the passe"rs-by may easily con--.in.-e himself on the subject. Not one individual in a hundred, whether man or woman, is above criticism as to the arrangement of his or her nose. ii is not mat most peoples noses are not sufficiently well shaped. Whatever What-ever may be thought of the Chinese nose, or the African or the Filipino, the average Caucasian nasal protuberance protuber-ance is fairly symmetrical. But. unfortunately, un-fortunately, whatever its form may be whether pure Greek or Hebraic or Roman or plain snub it is nearly always al-ways set crooked on the face. One might think that nature is a little careless about this matter. When the nose turns off at an angle, instead of assuming its just and proper attitude, atti-tude, it tends, at all events in extreme cases, to give a disordered effect to the features as a whole. But. if nature leally does not care which wav a nose points, there ought to be as many roses turned one way as are turned the other. But is this the case? Not a bit 6f it. As you walk down. the street look at the people as they go by, and you will discover that the noses of ninety-nine ninety-nine out of every hundred turn to the right. When once you have begun to notice this fact it will constantly attract at-tract your attention. In truth the ob jection to starting in upon a study of this kind is that you cannot get away I from it afterwards. It haunts vou steadily and persistently. Whenever you meet a friend you look at his nose to make sure whether it turns to the I right or not. Some folk are, indeed, who seem built on a bias individuals whose eyes slant at an angle, or even at different dif-ferent angles, whose mouths in the very expression of a smile twist downward down-ward to a sneer persons warped from birth or by habit to perversity; with such it is the business of the crim inologist to deal. But for the vast majority of plain people some simpler explanation must exist. Now, the phenomenon being as described, de-scribed, what is the reason behind it Ahy should nearly everybody's nose L" lZuhe Tisht rather than the left? There seems to be onlv one wav to account for it. and that is that almost al-most everybody is right-handed, and uses his handkerchief correspondingly So from infancy to old age. the nose! in the process of being blown and wiped is persistently tweaked to the right' Hence, as the infant passes through childhood and latr youth when the i.asal organ is maleable and in process oj formation, so to speak it is obliged graually but surely to assume an inclination in-clination eastward. 'If this theory be correct", the noses of left-handed persons ought to turn customarily to the left. Such, in fact appears to be the ease; but data on this interesting branch of the question sre not . sufficiently, complete to afford I a final conclusion. ' I - The Ping-Pong Epidemic. Ping-pong is upon us. It is a little late, but it's here. Of course sporadic cases of ping-pong have been reported in this country for some months, but the outbreak has only just beeome'gei.-ral. beeome'gei.-ral. Now that it has come its rav-acs rav-acs promise to be severe. Ping-pong is said to be the correct thing. We shall ping-pong. c Ping-pong appears to have come at hi. "I th-e ei,rnia'ks of the refll or '".stance, it has its own d.s-ase. d.s-ase. There is the ping-pong shoulder. Its cause is simple-too much ping-pong. ping-pong. Royalty in England is said to R tr0m iU p?,-haps it is (-filed pingpongitis. Anyhow we sh-11 all have it. We have survived bievcie face and golf wrist: who's afraid of) ping-pong shoulder? Of course English royalty is playing' Ping-p-n- furiously or it would not! ..:U.', Iampess in its royal shoulde. I.ut bctt.-r than this, for the purpose of! I i..e m.sc-iu moment. German rovaltv ;' I Playing th game. Whether , not to the point ..fM-volnpiny th? patholn-i Fvmptoir is not stated, but certainly to : the stage of an hor piay after fljrmer r very night This. Empror William hirrself-without do:ibt the lesser rov-;MHet- piay it after breakfast. Ping-P Ping-P .ig is reported ar being ti1P flrst rx. eidse that our own dear Prince Henry 'vntu-ed on wh-n re overinc from his American tour. The muscle he devel-o-,0,i h-- j- handshaking must have T.-er b'm a ping-pong stroke which wa- rather alarming to the othr play-' . Ilr is sa?d bv the way, to have observed i,( a friend that his visit here v;- ft-e;f g.,,rrt ,fk. anio of pmg-ponc. in which h was th? ball. r r-.,,ilc- pronounced cheap, safe, 'tisi'v W-ned gently invigorating fnd nbov ai. fascinating. So. wel-co wel-co --o to ping-peng Saturday Evening Post. - Hou-ec3an5ner. h-ow a- -p tn ragged, dirty mi pr.t '-p-dl'hotd'M-s and make on--- 'h best ind ha-s an out-' out-' - ro-c - o" - otton stuff v'v"1 r :i 7te:'"r.;r.s o: t!;!r. bather, which may be easily had by saving the best part of old boot tops. ': , 4. . .f- 'If. therevartf badly discolored; spots-on silver whichcnothing Irt the way of a silver polish will remove try fine salt. By the way, an excellent home-made silver polish is made from powdered chalk mixed in a thick paste., with water and a teaspoonful of ammonia. It is not rare to find nice furniture genuinely dirty. Do not be afraid of using soap and water on it as if it were . a plain painted article. Make a warm suds and give the woodwork a good rubbing, not wetting more surface, however, than can be conveniently dried almost immediately. Mix one pint of boiled linseed oil and half a pint of kerosene, then rub with this the piece of cleaned furniture. It needs plenty of elbow grease. Leave it half an hour and give it a second polish, whereupon it will shine like glass. After cleaning the pantry set a small jar of lime in some shelf corner. It will keep the room dry and make the air pure. Repeat the same process for the cellar, using lime in large proportion. propor-tion. Sometimes, even after windows have been carefully cleaned, there will be an exasperting sprinkling of small specks and streaks. You can generally get the perfection of brilliancy by cleaning the glass in the first place with a liquid paste made of whiting and alcohol. Sometimes there are stains on the marble and in the basin of the bathroom bath-room washstand which resist soap preparations. Scrub with dry salt and a cloth wrung from hot water. Then wash well with kerosene and later with soap and water. Rust on steel will generally yield to a paste made from fine emery powder and kerosene. Rub the spots with this, let it stand for several hours, then polish pol-ish with oil. Dark Spots in the kitchen floor which hint of grease-spilling at a long past date will generally disappear with repeated re-peated applications of benzine. Do not apply it when there is any light around and set doors and windows open to allow al-low the fumes to evaporate. ' Salt' and vinegar will remove the worst case of verdigris on brass or copper. The Estimate of a Man. If a man be gracious and courteous tc strangers, it shows that lie is a citizen citi-zen of the world, and that his heart is no island, cut off from other lands, but a continent that joins to them. If he be compassionate towards the afflictions af-flictions of others, it shows that his heart is l'ke the noble tree that is wounded itself when it gives the balm. If he easily pardons and remits offenses, of-fenses, it shows that his mind is planted plant-ed above injuries, so that it cannot be shot. If he o thankful for small benefits, ben-efits, it shows that he weighs men's minds, and not their trash. Stumbling Blocks. Strive vigorously to form the habit of using everything that comes to you, whether pleasant or unpleasant, fortunate for-tunate or unfortunate, to your advantage. advan-tage. Do not allow an unpleasant letter let-ter u Hiss creeahle criticism, an un charitable remark or other trial of any kind to darken your whole day and cast a shadow over your life. Make up your mind resolutely that nothing shall stand in the way of your genuine success. You cannot allow your life to be darkened by the clouds cast over your pathway by those who wish to injure you. Misfortunes and difficulties difficul-ties make strong those who have the courage to surmount them and use them as stepping stones, instead of stumbling blocks. Mission Bulletin. Good Advice to Young Men. The following epigramatic periods are from President Porter, Yale college. "Young men, you are the architects of your own fortunes; rely on your own strength of body and soul. Take for your star self-reliance. Inscribe on your banner, 'Luck is a fool. Pluck is r- hero.' Don't take too much advice; keep at the helm and steer your own ship, and remember that the art of commanding is to take a fair share of the work. Think well of yourself. Strike out. Assume your own position. Put potatoes into a cart, go over a rough road, and the small ones go to the bottom. Rise above the envious and jealous. Fire above the tnark you intend in-tend to hit. Energy, invincible determination, deter-mination, with a right motive, are the levers that move the world. Don't swear. Don't deceive. Don't read novels. nov-els. Don't marry until you can support sup-port a wife. Be civil. Read the papers. Advertise your business. Make money and do good with it. Love your God and fellow men. Love truth and virtue. vir-tue. Love your country and obey its laws." Be Good to Your Toes. The warning of the chiropodist. "Be good to your toes." ought to be heeded by Americans, of all people: for there is really no telling what use we may have to make of our feet in the near future. Just at present, as Ian Mac-laren Mac-laren states, "no man walks if he can ride in a trolley car; no one goes in a trolley car if he can get a convenient steam car; and by and by no one will go in a steam car if he can be shot through a pneumatic tube. No one writes with his own hand if he can dictate to a stenographer; no one dictates dic-tates if he can telegraph; no one telegraphs tele-graphs if he can telephone; and by and h when the spirit of American invention inven-tion has ' brought wireless telegraphy into thorough condition, a man will simply sit with his mouth at one' hole and his ear at another and do business with the ends of the earth in a few seconds, which the same machine will copy and preserve in- letter books and ledgers. It is the American's regret mat at present he can do nothing with his feet while he is listening at the telephone; but doubtless some employment employ-ment will be found for them in the coming age." The Home Doctor. A soft linen bandage saturated with a 1 per cent solution of carbolic acid is excellent for a blistered finger. To relieve a nervous headache apply hot water to the temples and back of the neck. A hot footbath will also materially ma-terially aid. Earache can frequently be cured by wringing, out a flannel in boiling water, sprinkling a few drops of laudanum lau-danum on it and applying it to the ear. ' A small quantity of vinegar will generally gen-erally destroy immediately any insect that may find its. way into the stomach, stom-ach, and a little salad oil will kill any ' insect that may enter the ear. Wrhen your feet are very tired and hot. plunge them into a basin of cold i water and keep them there until a sensation of warmth begins. Then dry them and put on fresh stockings and I shoes. j A writer states that a teaspoonful of j finely grated nutmeg in a teacupful of j cold water taken night and morning f the first day and then missing a day, repeated on the third day, is a sure cure for boils. RONDEAU OF A TIMID LOVER. If I were Spring. I should lint prav . For grace of heart day after (lav j To utl the love I'm cherishing. But woo you in the lark s wild lav. And every little fragrant spray. Moved by breath, should sloop to say I To you the loyal Jove 1 bring. I If 1 were Spring. ; And I in every breeze would stray About your neck in wooing way. And in your tresses kiss and cling With sweet excuse for loitering; Ah! love, you could not say me nay, If 1 were Spring! M. S. Mobile's New Mayor. The Catholic Knights of America justly claim thot a. number of Catholic mayors have come out of their ranks. The-latest, perhaps, is Hon. Walter J. Walsh, who was elected mayor of the fair southern city. Mobile. Ala., a few-days few-days ago. .Mayor Walsh is a young man. and his first connection with poli-' poli-' tics dates no further back than five '. years. That he is popular and possesses ' ability his serveral successes show, j Mobile Is not particularly Catholic. |