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Show Personal Charm Unselfishness is one of the keys to personal charm, which mear.f good jianners. The woman who would be a successful woman, a woman of chan-, must l)e (in unselfish womnn. She must be unselfish in her own interest?. in-terest?. She must repress natural Instincts In-stincts to be bad-tempered when, she Is tired, to retort sharply when contradicted con-tradicted on her own particular subjects. sub-jects. She must listen when she ft'ants to talk, and she must never for one moment be off her guard In the woriL Exchange. First ReaHy National Bank Bank of North America was the name of the first bank of a national character. It had a charter for ten years, from 1741, from the confederation, confedera-tion, but doubt as to its legality led the bank to seek and obtain a charter from the state of Pennsylvania in 17S3. In 1785 this latter charter was revoked, but in 17S7 it was renewed. It was located at Philadelphia. Where She Drew the Line. I have a saucy niece who lives 'way down Ebuth. She was visiting her uncle one week-end with her sister and brother and her mother and father, fa-ther, and they had the nurse with them. She was rather naughty and her uncle was trying to make her mind. She looked him right in the eye, and threw back her head with trie startling announcement : "I mind mammas and papas and nurses but I don't have to mind uncles." Chicago Chica-go Tribuno. " Timely . Lord Frederick Hamilton fells some excellent stories in "Here. There ana Everywhere." Here is one of Archbishop Arch-bishop Magee of England: When he was a bishop of Peterborough he met, in the poorer quarters of the 'town, a sailor who had just lurched out of a public house. The man recognized the bishop, and, raising his hand In a gesture of mock benediction, called out. "The Lord be with you." "And with thy spirits," answered Magee. Source of Diamonds While some diamonds ore obtained from river sands, most of them are obtained by mining. The diamonds occur largely in a soft volcanic lloek known as "blue ground." This rock is taken from the mines, spread out In the open air and allowed to decompose; decom-pose; it Is afterward washed and separated. sep-arated. Grease Spots on Wallpaper To clean wallpaper of grease spots, buy an ounce lof pipe clay at any drug store and make a thick paste. Apply to the epots and allow to remain on over night. In the morning rub off with a clean cloth. It makes the paper like new, removing all the spots. Famous Blenheim Palace Blenheim palace, the residence of the duke of Marlborough, Is one of the finest In England. There are 120 rooms in the palace and 15 staircases. It is c toted that $4,000 worth of putty is required every year to keep the window panes in repair. Sakl Next to Oldest LTquor With the exception of grape juice, it is said that the most ancient alcoholic al-coholic beverage is known as sakl, the Japanese drink made from rice. Another Version The evil that men do lives after them; the good is often misconstrued by the attorney for the other side. Southeast Missourlan. ' Sound Travels Far at Niflht On calm nights the range of audibility audibil-ity of a sound is sometimes from ten to twenty times as great as it is during the day. Technical i The dramatic triangle, Robert, is caused by people not being on the square. Duty's Path Close at Hand. The path of duty lies In what is near, and men seek for it in what Is remote"; the work of duty lies in what Is easy, and men seek for it in what Is difficult. Menclus. Lucidity Is Not Simplicity. Lucidity is good everywhere, for all time and ill all things, in a letter, In a speech, in a book, in a poem. Lucidity : is not simplicity. A lucid poem is not necessarily an easy one. Augustine Birrell. |
