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ODDITIES OF POISONING. GRANDMA AND 1. jjv grandma '. talks of the 'good eld, ua. , To mo and my little broher Ben; But 1f you won't tell, I'll whisper to vo.u : " That I'm awfully glad I didn't live i then. ' jly p:randma-s doll couldn't .shut her ' eyes, For, you see, tney were only daubs of paint, And her hair was made of raveled yarn, I tell you, I'm glad that my dolly's ain't"! : Such funny books as they used to have. Aivl the pictures weren't pretty a single bit: The old New England primer was one I utu'ss you'd laugh r if you looked at it. Thoro weren't any furnaces in v.-hurch, And- someUmes grandma -?rould al most fivvvze And she says, when she was a child . like lu', ' She lu-ver had seen any Christmas trees. . . My grandma is dear, and wise, and iTood. " . .'And I love her a lot, but anyhow, I think that the good new times are the best, And I'm glad that Benny and I live now . HINTS ON RUNNING. Alvin Kracnzleiri Tells How to Be come a Record Breaker. Alvin C. Kraenzlein, who made a nev; ."world's record in the running broad jump, has this to say regarding his wonderful powers as ah athlete: J "From the time when I was a very small youngster "I was very fond of athletic sports of all kinds, but at that time there were plenty , of boys that could bat me in short and long dis tance running. I determined to make a study of running, and become the fastest runner in it.be school. In the first place I read a number of hints given by trainers, and these I adopted as much as was possible. To begin with 1 waf always carefal to take care of "myself, and I never ruined my lungs with tobacco or my stomach with cof fee every morning. "My training at this time was very simple, but I think very effective. Each morning and night I used to go through the setting up exercises that are used at West Point, which almost every one knows and which so very few practice. Personally I believe these exercises to be the best kind of a home gymnasium it is possible to have, and some of my-records, perhaps, may be directly attributed to them. ' Grad ually I kept on running and practising, until I was acknowledged the fastest runner - in the school, and I am sure that I felt more proud of this distinc tion than I have over amy of my later records. 'It you are going to quote me as to my methods, I won't know where, to beirin, but first of all I would advise any young boy to get his body and mind so that they will work together at all times. By this I mean that the true runner., or jumper depends upon his head quite a.s much. as his legs, for the fastest runner when rattled is beaten before the race begins. Another thing, you want to cultivate confidence in your abilities. Co into the race with the idea. of winning, and if you lose, have it lecause" the other man could nm taster and, what is more, admit it. "This same admission may be up to 'aim in the future, and you will enjoy your victory more because you had to work and Wait for it Begin your practising by light running, ' allowing plenty of development for vour lungs. Don't strain yourself at the start, but try to build up a physique and acquire a method of running that, cau be re lied upon when you are in a race. Keep your stomach, in good order. fcch than poor legs. Add to this good American sand and faithful and con sciontious practice and you may find 1 yourself a world's champion some i U:iv. " ' A Zoological Comedy J-ne missing words comple; "ease and rhyme with each other. MR. MOUSE. With fright I feel I'm turning- 1 bonder what has got my !" MRS. BIRD. Although it may resist and , 1 mean to have this splendid I" ! fM The woman who is fond of noYel Jjes for her table will rejoice to learn at candlesticks are now made with ase pedestals. The holder for the . 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Cer tain kinds of fish' are actually pois onous to some people and perfectly wholesome to others. It is this peculiar condition of the system which constitutes the danger point in the individual case - and should be prudently observed by each one for himself. Intestinal derange ments frequently arise from and are aggravated by certain kinds of food Thus, a person affected with kidney or liver trouble should not eat very white bread since tho extreme white ness is often produced by the use of alum with an inferior article of Sour, and as alum is known to be pois onous in its effects on a sound con stitution, this is why alum baking powder is never used by people of judgment and discretion. More of earthly happiness depends upon what we eat than many people realize and it is for this reason that the different states are one by one passing pure-food laws. Seen Through Vler Kyts. It is difficult for young people to be lieve that anyone can know half as much about the subject as themselves, aad that they are not by far the best judges of their own affairs; but they should not forget that love is always blind, and that the more they want to marry, the less likelihood there is of their looking with unbiased eye up on the" seamy side of the future. -. There is no such thing as any parent setting his face against his child's marriage, unless it seems more than likely to turn out unhappy for both parties. There may be endless reasons for his decision, but there can be no doubt that he is a great deal better calcu lated to judge than the girl who begs him again and again to give in, and, on finding him implacable, sets to work to plan a secret marriage with out the consent that there seems no possibility of her ever getting. 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His One of the naval officers off Santiago was talking about ducking his head when bullets or shells came uncomfort ably close, and, as he was never known to flinch before any duty and had heard the song of projectiles innumer able in the Civil as well as in the Span ish war, what li6 said was listened to. "I ducked the other day," he said, "and ."ducked hard, when a 13-incher forward, and pretty close, too, during the horn Tin rrirnpnt TTpln it? Of ,nnrSO - - - ' u.u vu w - f V- -A. UJl UV I couldn't. Neither could anyone else. The pregnant hinges of the knee work involuntarily in reverence to one of those roaring monsters. You duck as you would wink if a fellow made a 'pass at. 3-our face or would sneeze if you stuck" a feather up your nose. Will power isn't any good as a preventive; hasn't time to work. Your head bobs down snd your legs bend before you can say to yourself: "Don't be a cow ardly ass.' Funny, too, and also invol untary, I think, is the quick look that follows the bobbing to see if you have been observed. Of course, you have been and equally of course nothing is said because everyone knows by ex perience how it is himself." "How about riSe bullets Mausers, for instance?" I asked. "Oh. they're different. Generally they come too fast for ducking and you quickly get used to their ping or their zip. You know, too, that if the sound !s a whine the bullet is a good ways off and if it is the Sharp 'pst' it is too late to move, as the misse has passed you. Besides, the rifle bullets are usually expected, while I never knew the close arrival of a big projectle to be any thing but surprising. I think, too, the w ndage must have something ' to do w tli the effect on nerves and muscles. I have often heard the question dis ci ssed as to how close an 8, 10, 12 or la inch shell in full flight could come to a man without knocking him over by atmospheric concussion. There doesn't seem to be any rule; seems to depend on the man, or his position at the time the shell passes. I do not be lieve, however, any one could keep his feet if a high calibre shell came with in five feet of him. I have no ambi tion to try. "Did you ever notice the difference in the character of the sound made by an S, 10 or even a 12-inch shell and that which accompanies a 13-inch, 1100 pound fellow?" I assured him I had not, as when un kind fate made me an attendant at such diapason orchestral feats I thought of sins, not sounds. "Well, it's very marked. Now your sub-calibre projectiles, and even the bigger ones, below the biggest, have a petulant sort of wail withtliem. There is a great deal of the squeal mingled with their shriek. Sometimes I've heard an eight-inch cry as if in agony, and the scream of its flight, as it left you, sunk into a sob almost human. But the thirteen-ineh means red war, and says so. Its tone is horror made manifest, but the horror that is in spired, not that which is felt There are few, or none, of the higher notes heard as the devil makes his twelve mile leap. An angry, dominating roar, a demoniacal spread of sound, a very cleavage of the frightened waves of air that's "what the thirteen tells to the tympanum. But, bless my soul, what rot Im giving you. Almost poeti cal, I declare. After all, though, if the greatest poetry is that which most deeply stirs the heart, I 'imagine the threnody of the big thirteen is not pro siaic." . . Thinking over this queer differentia tion of projectile sound as if some shells felt regretful over the work they had to do, while the most destructive of all fairly gloat through space on their missions of death I understood better the full purpose of Sampson's message to Toral, when the Admiral told him: "I have been firing 12-inch shells into Santiago to-day. 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