' finish you1 work for the day. TH E E V E GANG G131: z. ETTF A FELLOW'S MOTHE R “ A} fellow’ 3 mother," said F1ed the wise With his rosy cheeks a. fellow gets hui 1'. By a. thump. or a bruise. or a fall in the dirt, "A follow" 5 motne1 has bags and strings, Rage and buttons and lots of things; N0 matter how busy she is, she 11 stotpc; 1‘0 see how well you can spin your p. “She does not can e—not mufh 0116123911— [f a. fellow's face is not am e And/if your tros 11ers are torn at the knee e She can put in a patch that You dnever se - IA fellow‘ 5 mother is never mad, . And only sorry if you are bad: And I’ll tell you this if you' re only true, She‘ 11 always forgive you, whate‘ er you do. "I'm sure of this, "’ said Fred the wise, With a manly look in his laughing eyes. ‘I’ll mind my mother every day; A fellow s a baby that w nn’t obey." __Phi1adelphia P1-.ess _________’___fl__/ M Hints on Sho1t Distance Running. The champion sprinter—or sh01t dis- tance runner—is Bernie Wefers, 0f Geo1getown College, and his success has been so phenomenal that anything he may say 011 the subject will be listened to 111th interest. “The secret of fast sprinting," says Mr. W'efers, “lies in the control the runner has over his nervous force. “There seems to be no scale of size 01' build ‘to aid in picking out a sprint- The best ones difter physically in a erstartling mannei. “The most vital point in a sprinter’ 5 action is what is called the bound, or ‘getting up on your toes.’ When your foot strikes the ground, the nearer the toes the better, you rise up on it, and with a hard, sha1p spring, or reflex action, throw the foot straight out in front of you. If it rises behind or too high in front, time and motion are lost, Most.beginners run almost flat- footed, and lese lots of power. The bound is not hard to learn. Just keep in mind that the toe of your shoe should dig a little cup in the track at every stride, and try to make it do so. “The worst defect that most novices have is throwing back the head and shoulders when running at top speed. It moves back the centre of gravity, destroys the balance, causes the' stride to become short and hoppy, and the motion, instead: of being all forward, is like climbing up stairs. The runner who does this would traVel faster if he didn’t try so hard and used a por- tion of his energy to keep himself in proper position. The knees should al- ways he kept straight, and not allowed to bend outward. The arms should be swung straight by the side, ,and not crossed in front of the body. “The start is a great factor in a sprint race. The crouching start is undoubtedly learned and no false mo- tions can be made, such as jumping backward or stepping sideways, and other involuntary motions that ama- teurs make when they start standing up. There are no set rules for mak- ing the start. A man mast make him- self comfortable as he crouches. He places the tips of his fingers with his corks held in position byvthe thumbs, if a rubber band around the wrist is is not used, puts his left foot six inches, more 01' less, as he finds com- fortable, back of the mark, then places the right knee on the ground alongside the middle of his right foot, having dug another hole for his right foot. “When told to get ‘set’ by the starter, I he raises his right knee from the ground and crouches further forward, keeping his body in a horizontal posi- tion, or as nearly so as possible, and places almost all of his weight on his finger tips. “When the gun is fired, he pushes with both feet and hands. The beauty of this start is that with the support of his fingers removed, he is com— pelled to run fast to keep himself from falling down. The start is easily mas- tered in a few trials and then it be- comes simply a question of practice, "When a sprinter comes out on a track for the first time, he would be wise to let sprinting alone for a week at least, and take long jogs around the track, or slow, short jogs. gradu- ally increasing the speed and distance day by day. If he starts the sprint the first time out, he will be so sore that he won’t get over it for a week, and he is likely to strain a muscle 01' tendon and lay him up for the season. . After he has hardened himself in a measure, his system of work should be as follows: “Dance up and down or break away slowly several times from the mark. until you are thoroughly warmed up. «Then run short dashes, from fifteen to sixty yards, at top speed, resting a short time after eacn one. “If your companions are as iist as you are, run together from scratch. But if not so, take handicaps from one another to draw out. After this, take a rest until you stop breathing rapidly. When again ready to work, jog two hundred yards with a long. easy. springy stride, and this should If you can. take a showe1 bath and rub your- self with :1 1ough towel befme dies- sing.-~—Land and Water.‘ Bridg Qt matching 11e1 mistress as she packs a missionary bar1el)~An’ sure mum yez musht put in th’ 11am- mer, so they ll hov somethin’ t’ open it wid. ——J udf'r- and his merryblue eey es, “Knows what to do if . month in winter is, according to a N011 A Monotonous Emplov ment. Miss Elia a Scott, cousin of Admiral Scott, is a little woman who 5 'ts hour after hour, day after day, in the Hy- drographic Office, Washington, and puts little dabs of yellow paint here and there over the thousands of maps issued ”by this department. Each of these y‘ellow splasnes covers but does not conceal, a tiny black dot which marks one or another of the hundreds of light houses scattered alOng our coast lines for the guidance of those who go down to the sea in ships. Al- though the same yellow vdot marks them all there is a variety of lights. They are fixed ones, intermittent lights, revolving ones and Tea and white flash lights; with occasionally a red sector, which indicates shoal water and danger, and tells the mar- iner to keep his ship well outside the space coveled by the light For twenty y'ea1s has Miss Scott sat thus jabbing yellow dots, apparently in the most haphazard manner, over the maps after they have come from the mess A few mcments watching 11 ill” convince one that there is method in 11e1 manner, She knows the situ- ation of every one so well that she could almost perform her work in the dark. It is very trying on the eyes, and only one thoroughly acquainted with the situation could do it in a sat— isfactory manner The object of color oven the dots is that they may be mo1e leadily perceived by those using the maps. Formerly a tiny drop of red was put in the centre of the yel- low splash. but as the black dot un- derneath shows through the yellow perfectly the use of the red has been discontinued, which lessens the labor by half. There are 535 lights 'on the Atlantic coast, beginning to count at the north- ern part of Newfoundland and con- tinuing to the south shore of Venezue- la. This includes those on the Gulf of Mexico and along the coast of the West Indies. On the Pacific Coast there are only 33 lights. Thus it’ will be seen that Miss Scott puts on hun- dreds of thousandsof her little dabs in a year's time, although she works but from 9 a. m. to 4 p. m. Washing the Hair. Once a week in summer and once a York wash the hair. hairdresser. often enough; tr “For frequent wash- ings. weaken it. The scalp should hr carefully dried afterward. The hair should be trimmed about once a month to- prevent it from falling out. Occa- sionally its condition becomes poor. just as the general system gets run down. It then needs a good tonic, and should have it; but otherwise hair- dressings are generally to be avoided Brush thoroughly once a day at least. and do not braid tightly at night. While care will do much toward strengthening weak growths of hair. it is, after all. a matteref tempera- ment. I have seen strong and dusty young women with very poor hair. and I have seen their opposites witl‘ magnificent locks. I knew an Irish- woman, 60 years old, who had blue» black hair with a satiny lustre that was beautiful. and was so thick that it covered her like a mantle when she let it down. I doubt if she had ever brushed it; a hasty combing through in the morni'ng andta twist with a common back coml‘ stuck in to hold it up, was all the dressing it ever got. It is such con tradictory conditions as these ‘thai make it hard to treat hair success . fully.” A Recipe for \Vhltewasll. For a good whitewash for your bed- room ceiling put a piece of lime weigh- ing about five pounds in a granite pan or bucket; pour on it a gallon of water, allow it to boil and slake .until the steaming is over. Take from this two quarts of the liquid lime, put it in a woOden or granite bucket and add suf— ficient water to make it rather thin. Add a. small amount of pure indigo, sufficient to give it the proper color; add a teaspoonful of salt and half a teaspoonful of lampblack, stir well. This will give you a perfectly white ceiling. If you wish it colored add one; of the colorings which you may pur-‘ chase at any druggist’s, stating that it is to be used with lime—Ladies Home Journal. A Sandbag tor the Sick- Room. Sand holds the heat for a long time, which makes the sandbag valuable in; a sick-room. Dry some clean sandi' thoroughly in a kettle on the stove. Make a bag about a quarter of a yard; square of flannel, fill it With dry sand,! sew the'opening's together, and cover; with cotton or linen. This will preventi the sand sifting out, and will also en-§ able you to heat the bag quickly by} placing it in the oven, or even on the' top of the stove. After using this you will never again warm the hands or feet of a sick person with hot water or a brick. The bag can. be placed; close up to the back without hurting the invalid. ' 1 l l “'onmn and Old Age. 1 “Why is old age so intolerable to some women when they might make it so beautiful and dignified?” asked the conservative man. “Because,” returned the equally conservative matron, “the majority of women are brought up as if they were gifted with eternal youth and excepted from all responsibility. Parents, too, allow their daughters the opportunity of enjoying themselves in the sunshine of spring and summer of 1 lifetime, but teach them no protection against the damp of autumn or the 1y an aged woman becomes too often as uncomfornable an anomaly as would It fell below her waist ‘ be a buttcifly in December. "—Philadel- f. [111 in Ledger. Driving Crows Away. The Country Gentleman thus tells how theovoracious crow can be broken of a. bad habit: “There are a. number of ways of protecting corn from the depre— dations of crows. One of-the simplest is to coat the seeds with tar. Place a. half-bushel of the seed in a basket and pour on hot water enough to moisten and heat all the seeds, then immediate— .ly apply a. pint of pine or coal tar and stir the whole rapidly for some time. Every seed willthus become coated, and if a quantity of air slaked lime is then applied it will render it dry and easily handled. The crows will pull up the plants to eat the seed, but coming in contact with the ,tarred seed they are thoroughly disgusted with its fla~ vor and the remainder Will be untouch- ed. Another way is to stretch twine zigzag across the field. The crows will not touch the plants fenced in on two sides or within an angle.” V New Corn Product as Horse Food. In some tests‘ made recently at the Maryland experiment station to deter- mine the value of cornstalks from which the pith had been removed, it was shown that this fodder fed to horses as a substitute for hay .was eaten with a relish after the animals became accustomed to it and was bet- ter digested than timothy hay. After the pith has been removed from the cornstalk what remains is ground fine. The blades and husks may be included and they may not. Horses in the habit of consuming mixed feeds take more readily to. this ration than those pre- viously receiving nothing but whole feeds. Horses which ate this new corn product continuously for five months consumed more of it at the end of the time than at the beginning. This is satisfactory evidence that the feed is good for horses and can replace hay. To Prevent Barley Smut. Barley Smut .discolors the grain and such grain can be sold only at a dis- count. It can be largely prevented by sowing seed free of smut, or if its presence is Suspected, treat the seed with hot water, as is done with smutty oat seed. There are two kinds of bar- ley smut—Ustilago Jensenii and Usti- Iago hordie. The former is changed into black dust before harvesting, and is scattered to the winds; the latter re- mains on the kernel and when'the crop is threshcd discolors the grains which . are free from contamination. Getting Rid of \Veeds. Land in cultivated trops can be‘very: - easily cleared of witch grass and this tles by the use of the manure fork. This method is very effective and more .. rapid than one would imagine. To re- duce the ox-eyed daisy, actual experi- ment shows that frequent plowing, heavy manuring and seeding to grass will prove effective. The heavy crop of grass can be cut before the weed seeds manure. For Grapevine Leaf Hoppers. A spray of kerosene ' and water seems to have no immediate effect up- on grapevine leaf hoppers, although this is often recommended A tobac- co extract known as scab cura sheep dip applied as a spray has proved fairly successful when used in the strength of one to ten. ' 1111 ‘-.e( is of Lime on Soils. When applied to stifi clay soils they become more friable, easier of tillagei and better capable of supplying water to plants as needed. Strange as it may seem, when applied to loose sandy soils it renders them more compact and consequently more capable of retaining 111191: or fertilizing material. The ap-. plication of large amounts of lime at any time is not advisable. It blade a Difference. Hostess (at a party)——And does your mother allow you to have two pieces of pie when you are at home, VVlllie? Willie (who has asked for a second piece)—l\'o, ma’am. Hostess—Well, do you think she would like you to have ,‘tWO pieces here? Willie (confidently) — on, she wouldn't care, This isn’t her pic.— Tid—Bits. Settled for Hiul. “Jasper, if you had the same experi ence that you have now, and had you) life to live over again, would'you mar- ry the same woman. "” “Boss, e1cordance ter dc speunce dat I done got at de presen’ time, hit wouldn’t be a1nahtarfo’ me ter judi- cate on elder de one wa‘y or de’ udder; ef Jcrmimy wanted me, dat’d settle it,”—Boston Courier. Nuvel Reading. Mrs. Chugwater—Josiah, it seems to me you are very stingy in taking that new novel yourself before anybody else in the family has had a chance 'even to look at it. Mr. Chugwater—What are you kick- ing about? There’s the second volume. Can’t you read that while I’m going through the first?—Chicago Tribune. Elasticity. “Mr. Jabbles is a man of extensive information.” ‘ “Y1sf'1'1eplied Miss Cayenne. “Ex- tensive exprrsses it precisely. I never saw :1 1111111 who could take a- fact and stretch it. as he can.""---~~Washington Star. ' “'i'i‘m'. ; or; cirwr go to the post-ofiice . I ' .J" ,‘7 '.\.'1‘-1'!.1l:1ys are as 1 :'.!."--1jl.l(::1go News. “a contest between Fitzsimmons f F.tz and Sharkey Caht Agree. ’ New York, Eeb.‘ ,10.—Out of the- oceans of fighting talk has come” a tiny rivulet of a fight. Out of the dream of a fight between Sharkey and Fitzsimmons has'come the prospect of and Jeffries. Almost the last ray of hope of a fightxfor the championship be- tween the men who are entitled to fight for it—Fitzsimmons and Sharkey—has vanished. In its place there looms up a mill between Fitz and Jeffries, which may or may not take place, and which if it does take place, cannot be decis- ive of anything, except the relative ability of the principals to it. A fight for the championship in which Shar- key is not one of the principals cannot ' Settle the championship. The managers of the big fellows would not agree as to date and so a match between them is improbable. Youtfui Train Wrecker. New Brunswick, Feb. 10.——George Conly, twelve years old, is locked up in the Middlesex county jail here on the charge of attempting to wreck a train on the Camden and Amboy branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Young Conly is a, grandson of John‘ Quinn, 3. well known citizen of James— burg. ‘On Sunday last the boy placed a. niece of iron across the rails of the track near Jam'esburg and tasted the obstruction with wire. . _ Young Conly had been reading dime novels and also the newspaper stories of the wreck at Dunellen. He thought it would be a. great idea. to haVe something like that at James- burg, so that he couldgsee the whole thing for himself. Te1egraph Operator Harvey Stonaker came along before any train approached and removed the iron 'in 'time to prevent any accident. C King of the Klondike weds. London, Feb. 10.—-Alexander Macdon- ald, a gold miner of Dawson City, Alaska, reputed to be the possessor of a fortune of over twenty-seven million pounds, was married yesterday at Brixton to Margaret Chiskhilm, daugh- ter of the superintendent of the Thames VWater Police. Macdonald, who is called the “King of the Klon- dike,” was born in Nova Scotia and is forty years old, arrows that haven’t any ’Hvorine . Washing Powder . but recommend some- thing else-.. No thank you [want ‘lvorine” or nothing and if you don’t keep it ill go to some store that does” , Strong“ words but inflows“... Ask for what you want and get what you ask for l 6 You get a cake of pure white Glycerine Toilet Soap 111 every package. THE‘J. B. WILLIAMS 00.. custom-um. CONN. nun or nouns: new: .111va ”an EIV‘VAYgRK.D .NEW HAVEN & HARTFOhD —an DYonx varsxor. 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Crormvell commander of the United States navy yard her‘e,_follO'wing the instructions received from Mr. Charles H. Allen, assistant secretary. of the United States navy, recently-had a large number of flowers‘ :and potted plants placed on the graves of the dead of the United States battleship Maine. Three days afterward every flower had been removed by memento seeking vis- itors. Strict orders have been issued to pre- vent soldiers from selling portions of their rations to storekeepers and oth- ers who speculate in them. _ Sharkhy to meet-Mitchell. New York, Feb. 10.——‘-Tom O’Rourke announces that Charlie Mitchell ac- cepts Tom Sharkey’s challenge for a fight. The'men will meet on May 29, before the Bol‘ingbroke Athletic Club of London. The fight is to be for a purse of $11,000. 1 , _ COLNS'UMPTION. _ This Alviul‘lliseaso Can 11.113111 Take: it a Reasonably Early Stage. Pin'Your Faith to Vinol, the New Tonic Reconstructor, and You Will Do Well. 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