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Show Latest Doings in Society Among the Atoms A little money ls n .dangerous thins. Man and His Faults. Every man has his faults, but no man has as many an his wife thinks tiu has. English Land Unfairly Divided. Fully one-third or tho land in Great tlritnln is owned by members of tho houpe of lords. Outuide a Country Cemetery. N'otlce. The only persons burled in '.hl3 cemetery aic those living In tho parlRh. Sourlre. Decorated Arabian Women. Arabian women havo their faces, hands, arms and ankles tattooed with crosses, eresreuts, etc. Sea Songs. Moat groat xots havo written about tho Boa, yet few havo written songs which sailors can sing. Pitiful. Nothing is more pitiful than thu man who fails because ho Is nfrald ho will not be able to stand prosporlty. Sign of Studious Nature. Eyebrows running straight across tho forehead, providing they aro fairly fair-ly wide apart, show tho student. Female Barbers In Auttrln. In Austrian cities thoro Is a special examination for female barbers, who iro yearly growing more numerous Worry of Little Things. The little things of f0 aro what cause us Uio most trouble. It Is oaslor to dodge an elophant than a microbe. English Trains Running Faster. The number of flfty-six-mllo-an-hour runs on IJnsllsh railways Increased from twenty-two in 1004 to forty-flvo last year. Three Difficult Feats. The throo things most dlfflcult are to keep a secret, to forgot an Injury and to mako good use of labor. Chllo Woman's Hour of Trial. Among the great trials that a woman has to undergo, says a wrltor, is to have a new bonnet In tho houso on a rainy day Sad Time That Comes to All, When a woman finds that sho can no longer wear a sailor hat, sho gota her first liikllng that sho Is growing old, says a writer. Reason for Dressing for Dinner. Tho bracing effect of n change of clothes Is well known. Tho changing of clothes may even thus favorably effect ef-fect nutrition. Lancet. Writer Mourns Lost Grace. Our present methods of training girls aro unsuccessful, declares a writer. Oraco Is a lost quantity among modern women. It's Hard to Escape. When you aro llttlo you havo measles meas-les and when you grow up you havo enemies. Thoy'iu nil In tho course of a lifetime Life's Delicate Balance. Tho groat doublo daugor of taking life too easily and taking It too hard, now dllllcult It Is to baluncu that. Robert Louis Stevenson. The "Moral" Aopect. When a man claims ho won a "moral" victory It means ho has had tho stuffing licked out of hlm.To-peka hlm.To-peka Capital. The Oyster's Strength. The oyster is one of tho strongest of creatures, und tho forco required to open It Ih more than 1,300 times Its own weight. Good Enough for Average Man. No man knows what tho future has In storo for him, and some of us don't caro much, so long as sho Is passably good looking and has plenty of money. Good Cause for Enthusiasm. "This is tho loveliost spot in tho world," lomnikcd tho pokor player as he drow an aco to his other three. People Without Ideas of Art. Tho Klbalans, natives of Formosa, are probably tho only race In tho world to whom drawings or pictures convey no Idea whatsoever. Emmense Grasshopper. The lurgest Insect In tho world Is probably a grasshopper found In tho Karoo desert. In South Africa. It has l ten-Inch spread of wing. Good Advice. Don't condemn lying t(, strongly until you hao assurod yourself in all truth thnt you never willingly forced a weakling to that refuge-John refuge-John A. Howland. Greek Custom Traced to Turks. Tho custom that prevails In Greece of carrying a body to tho gravo In a 'coffin which ullows the face to be vlBlblo Is said to havo originated when tho Turks dominated the land. Stopped by Moist Air. A bullet which wus fired by a chargo sufficient to glvo It an Initial velocity of 1,700 feet a second in dry weather would travel at no moro than 1,300 feet through moisture. More Appropriate. Cherry brnndy Is tho namo of tho now color which Is to bo tho rage during the winter A fashion writer describes It as "u rich roso pink." Should not this read. "A rich noso pink'' Manchester Chronicle. Uncle Allen. "I suppose there is such a person as tho foolklllor," mused Undo Allen Sparks, "hut he has either retired from business or he's hopolessly behind be-hind on his orders." Wisdom of Uncle Eben. "Do man dat's alius talkln' 'bout hlsso'f," Bald Uncle Kben, "Is generally general-ly handicapped right at do start by cboosln' a mos' unlnterestln' subject." Good In All Things. Tho farmeis of Somersetshire, England, Eng-land, say that thanks to tho dust raised by motor cars thoro is a ie-markablu ie-markablu freedom from blight In their orchards this year Batch of Old Letters Found. About 170 old lottors havo been discovered dis-covered in a post box In tho county courthouse of Belfast, Ireland. Some of them had lain there since 1S96. Poor Cotton Production. Only SC5 bales of cotton woro raised for tho season of 1005 0 In tho German Ger-man territory In Africa, comprising nn area nearly as largo as tho entlro American cotton belt Overworked. In tho city of Newark tho othor Louis Cnpragangakostouh's applied for n peddler's HcciibO and got It Now Is tho time for the Newark license clerk to apply for nn Incrcaso of salary. To Wash China. If china Is decorated with gold It eh never bo washed with soap, as ... ban a dulling effect and after a tlmo causes tho gilt to rub of!. Hot water does no harm. |