have afforded. I have always observed that a family where papers
and magazines are taken is much more intelligent and well
informed than where their bodies are clothed at the expense of
their minds. Our daily paper is the heaviest item; but I like to
know what is passing in the world, and, besides, I think I more
than defray the expense by the knowledge I obtain of the markets.
At what price did you sell your apples last year?"

"At one dollar and seventy-five cents per barrel."

"And I sold forty barrels at two dollars per barrel. I found from
my paper that there was reason to expect an increase in the
price, and held on. By so doing I gained ten dollars, which more
than paid the expense of my paper for the year. So even in a
money way I was paid for my subscription. No, neighbor, though I
have good reason to economize, I don't care to economize in that
direction. I want my children to grow up intelligent citizens.
Let me advise you, instead of stopping your only paper, to
subscribe for two or three more."

"I don't know," was the irresolute reply. "It was pretty lucky
about the apples; but it seems a good deal to pay. As for my
children, they don't get much time to read. They've got to earn
their livin', and that ain't done by settin' down and readin'."

"I am not so sure of that," said Mr. Frost. "Education often
enables a man to make money."

The reader may have been surprised at the ease with which Mr.
Frost expressed himself in his speech at the war meeting. No