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Show jJ.m7 l ' I1"1 ! I I l' 'I ' ' MH ""' " '., , Fine Art Notes from Paree Distinction and Difference. "I uln' got no uso fob avarice," Bald Undo lOhon. "but it sbn' Is safer fob n man to hold on to money foolish dan it is to spend it foolish." Has Densest Population. Bombay claims the greatest density of population In tho world, nnd Its claim Is only disputed by Agra, also hi India. Bombay has 7(10 persons pe. nere In certain nreas. The Long-Suffering. "1 am going to learn to play on a horn." "Gee! You must have a wonderful belief In the patience of your neighbors." neigh-bors." Houston Post. The Joy of Doing Something. Consider how, even In tlio meanest sort of labor, tho whole soul of n man is composed Into n kind of real harmony har-mony tho Instant he sets himself to work. Carlyle. Style Taken from Indians. The Iloiitel do Monvll stylo of hair dressing is not original with the French portrait painter. The lllack-foot lllack-foot Indian chief ahvajs wears his hnlr with o lock over his brow. Amateur Milkmaid. "O, James!" exclaimed Mrs. Slttle, "do let's movo to the country und kcop cows, so we can have nice fresh beef ten every morning!" Cleveland Loader. Mushrooms Grown on Sandy Soil. Many believe that mushrooms nro only to bo found on low, moist lands, while they hnvn been gathered on tho sandy hillsides of Long Island with good resultB as to quantity and llavor. Kln-'i Human Steed. Tho king "f Obbo travels on the bark or one ot IiIb faithful slaves nnd wl)"n ho reo-hes n stieam ho remains In his seat viillo his human steed walks through ho water. Immeii"-i Force In Frost. No one has yet been able to construct con-struct n vpbjuI which can resist the forco of freeing wauv. Twenty-pound Twenty-pound steel hhclls hae boen rent an If thoy were glass, Use Denatured Alcohol. Denatured alcohol U used In a bat factory ot Manchester, Knglnnd. Tho manufacturers use tho spirit, recover It, and restlll tho product In their own factory, and use It over again until it is usod up. Enjoyment. "What do ou most enjoy about automobillng?" "The sense of relief," answered Mr. Cumrox, "when I get to tho end of a. trip and find that nobody has been burt." Mark of Man's Superiority. God, that all-powerful creator of na-tuio na-tuio and architect of the world, has Impressed man with no character so proper to distinguish hhn from other an 1 nulls as by tho power of speech. Qiilntllllau. Encouraging Him. "Ilenlly;' said Mr. Tlmnild, "I've nover dreamed ot kissing n girl against her will. I never " "How fortunate!"" exclaimed Miss Patience. "Dreams go by contraries, you know." Concrete Used In Pantheon. In these days of Increasing uso of concroto for building purposes. It Is recalled! Umt tho Pantheon, In Home about 2.000 years old, Is covered by a dome ovor 142 feot In dlnnietor which Is cast In concrot In ono solid mnss. Broad Classification. "What kind of an automobllo do you prefer?" "I know of only two kinds," answered an-swered Mr. Cumrox; "those Uiat aro running and those that aro out ot repair." Slow. Just to prove how slow the world Is to learn, It 1b only necossary to clto tho fact that rich men contlnuo to dlo thinking they can shut out both their heirs and tho lawyers fiom participation participa-tion In their fortunes. Victim of a Confidence Game. Uncle Josh, fresh from Upcreek, had been Inspecting tho family lco box. "Henry," ho said, "you told mo you was glttln artificial ico. Tho feller that soils It to you Is foolln' you. I'vo looked at It, and totched It, and If It ain't real Ice, by gum, I novor saw anv!" The Patient Strutjgle. Pntlonco and struggle An earnest Uk-o of what wo havo now nnd all tho time, nn earnest dls intent until we conio to what we ought to bo Aro not these whut wo need? What, In tholr rich union, wo could not got, oxcopt In Juai such a llfo as tills with Its delayod completions? Phillips Brooks. Darbarous Paris Vater. Wo aro for from bla.-lng tho pro-focturo pro-focturo of t'. Loluu 7- warning us that It la dat.,.rous to di nk tho water that It supplies us without boiling It. Tho systom, In spite of tho millions wustod, Is absolutely barbarous. Vhon It does not rain wo have no water, iwid whon tt doos rain tho iwater Is pot drinkable From L'Kclalr of Parle. Negative Advantage at Least. There Is this In favor of the automobile, automo-bile, says Mack Cretcher. It doesn't get Its toll over the line or shed Its hair In pour faco on n windy day. Kansas City Journal. His Last Act a Mean One. Before committing suclde Dr. Hen-thaler, Hen-thaler, a prominent medical man In Budapest, tore up a number of bank notes und set lire- to his library of 10,000 books Longest Span of Wire. The longest spun of wire In the world Is UBcd for a telegraph In India In-dia over tho river Ulstuah. It Is moro than G,000 feet, and 1b stretched between two hills. 1,200 feet high m Driver Paid for Fun. A motor car driver In London tho other day charged and scattered like chaff u whole troop of the Life Guards, but paid eight dollars the next day In the police court for his victory. Seer's Mistake. A Washington seer predicted not long ago that the earth would bo destroyed during tho present week. Now ho has lost his reputation. The wise seer always pi edicts the destruction de-struction of tho earth at least n million mil-lion years In tho future. The Mark of the Strong. The tendency to persevcro, to persist per-sist In splto of hindrance, discouragements discour-agements nnd Impossibilities It Is this that in all things distinguishes tho strong soul from the weak. Thomas Carlyle. The Situation. "Queer situation In Cuba, Just now.' "Wlinl'H queer about It?" "If the United States government decides to annex It. then Its own government gov-ernment will be forced to nn exit, too." V'here, Indeed! A New Jersey high school principal who was accused of tin:' ing und kissing kiss-ing his pretty girl pupils has resigned to "accept a moro congenial position." Hut where rould he II ml n moro congenial con-genial position than that? Chicago1 Journal. Ports on the Great Lakes. Klve cities In tho United States which have upwards of 250,000 Inhabitants Inhabi-tants nre ports of the great lakes. Tbero jro only live above that limit on tile Atlantic coast, from tho Bay of Fundy to the Florida strait. Life's Struggles and Victories. And this Is life temptation, trial, struggle, contllct, possibly victory tho strenuous llfef You cannot cowardly cow-ardly give P up. And you need all the help you enn havo; and tho only adequate help Is Jesus Christ. Henry C. King. Why Is Gossip. Some people fall Into the very real crime of talking about their neighbors, not so much out of tholr badness ot heart, us out of their anxiety to avoid tho merely conventional crime of not saying anything when thoy aro In company. com-pany. Puck. Campaign Material. "What 1 want to give the people," exclaimed tho orator. "Ih u speeclt that contnhi3 facts and figures." "You nro wrong," nnswored Senator Sorghum. "Human nature is tho, samo In politics as everywhere rise. If you wat to gel 'em really Interested, Inter-ested, give 'em gossip." Why He. Wanted Her. "Stop!" commanded Miss Nuroa, with a disdainful sniff. "Tho idea ot your proposing to a lady In my station sta-tion of life. You ought to know better!" "Well!" replied Mr. Hunter, "1 do know better, but not richer." Looking Forward. "Have you any watches with wator-proof wator-proof casos?" aBked tho young man. "No," replied tho Jewolor. "What Ib your object In wanting a wntor-proof wntor-proof watch?" "Oh, 1 may havo occasion to soak It ocaslonnlly," unswerod tho young man. Tri' Aim in Living. Not tho making of a lino cnicor, but the slmplo eialng of God'3 will. Is tho ono true aim in living. Thus only can wo achlovo ral suoccss. It wo do this though wo f.i'l In tho earthly raco we shall not tn". In God's sight. Rev. J. R. Miller. D.D. In Dreamland. 'A French barrister, whoso client had tho mlsfrrtuno to bo found guilty, appealed on tho ground that during tho trial a Juryman was asleep. Tho court of Cassation has held that tho Juryman, ho' asleep, was technically technical-ly not present during tho hearing, and Iiub quashod tho verdict and ordorod n now trial, First Canaries In Europe. Tho flrBt hint that can ho found In Europe of tho forbears of our canaries who "dlscourso swcot n uslc" to us winter nnd summer nllko. Is In Spain, whero wo aro told that In 1478 somo specimens woro brought by Henry, tho navigator, on IiIb return from one I of his voyacos, durlrg which ho landed at the Canary Islands |