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! when they spoke of the old man's life DRESS UP FOR SUICIDE. work and termed’it Linden’s Folly ” As he progressed in his great under Sulil lu Be an Invariable Kula With Women Seeking Death. IT STAGGERED THEM. S»! ■<*< taking they wondered at his iiersever- "If I should ever be called upon to L:.......................................-........... :<*: ance and strength, and when he had furnish Indisputable proof of the in Employees lu h Department Store converted the rocky bill into a little herent pride of woman,” said a police Were Based by a tfa.OSX» Hill. Garden of Eden, as he said he would do, sergeant, "I would point at once to her There was one division of one of tiie Miss Helen M. Gould is never weary they were ready to take off their hats Invariable rule of dressing up In her largest department stores uloiig Sixth avenue that suspended business for of well-doing, and she has given evi to him, and now that he is dead they best clothes when she goes out to com I half au hour one day last week. A dence again of this lovely trait in lier honor him and cannot say too much in mit suicide. In my experience on the woman bought some handkerchiefs character—her desire to help others— bis praise. George Linden was found force I have bad occasion to handle a and a pair of towels. The clerk footed and at the same time paid a tribute to dead in the creek which runs through good many suicides and afterward in her bill, 4!) cents, and the woman laid her mother tliat will keep the name of the park grounds, on July 10th. It Is vestigate their personal affairs, and In a paper bill on the counter. both ever green in the hearts of many, supposed that while he was making every Instance I have found that the poor unfortunates prepared themselves The clerk, a girl, looked at it hastily. particularly the scholars ami those in It read $1,000. She bad never seen a terested in Vlissar College, This gift some improvements at the creek bank for dentil by donning their best lilt» and thousand dollar liill before in her life, of Miss Gould consists of $10,(MM) to he was attacked by heart disease and tucker. fell into the water. He bail been miss "The majority of the printed reports and the amazement it caused made her speechless. With her mouth open in Vassar College to establish a scholar- ing for two or three days, and a party of suicides say that the clothes of the This eoi- wonder slie made out the check, show ship in honor of her mother, of cam]>eni accidentally discovered the dead woman were 'good' or ‘well made’ ing that 4‘J cents was to lie taken out lege seems to have been unusually body. He died in his beloved park and or ‘elegant.’ If the woman contemplat of $1.(XX). The girl who acts us cashier favored, for with the beginning of the there he was buried. The people of ing suicide owns a silk waist, she fell back In her chair wlien she saw the new century not only has Miss Helen Boulder Creek t<x>k charge of the Issly wears It. Her broadcloth skirt and silk petticoat naturally go with this gar bill. Site didn't have change for it, Gould’s gift been received by tills wide and after gazing nt it in wondering ad ly known and |s>pular institution, but and the most prominent citizens of the ment, and she selects her liest shoes. “I have looked up the history of miration for a moment she rushed out John D. Rockefeller has given $110,000 town acted a pall liearers. The resi to find tiie manager. He asked for the for the erection of a building to be dents of Boulder Creek will see that a many of these respectably clad suicides suitable monument is erected to his and have found that they owned but customer who had offered It. and the girl led the way to where tiie woman known as the Eliza Davidson Hall, in memory, although the lieautiful park one gown with which they could make was waiting. The clerk had recovered memory of his mother. Fitting me he laid out for the pleasure of children a decent appearance on the street and from her surprise enough to point out morials are these tributes of love. and others is to Polly’s mind the most that that one good dress wax chosen without exception ns the appropriate tiie customer. suitable monument that could beerected garb in which to make the exit from The manager said, "Madam, what file above brings to mind a touching to this great lover of nature, George this world’s stage. It makes no differ did you buy?" mid oe’r true little incident or story in The woman named over tiie small the lives of friends of Polly. A sweet Linden as he was known, although it ence what manner of death is chosen, now transpires that George Linden the costume Is carefully selected. articles. little three-year-old baby girl lisped the was not his real name, but William “Let a woman sleep her life away un “What did you give the clerk?" prayer she had been taught to say as Scott. In the early days he was a con der the influence of drugs or burn tier "1 gave her a dollar bill.” “No; you gave her this, ami It is she knelt by her little white lied, and ductor on the San Francisco anil San soul out with acids or sink into tiie in her |>etition she hoped that all little Jose Railroad, and was afterward a po slime of tiie river, she clothes herself In worthless,” tiie manager said sternly. Perspiration stood out on the wom boys and girls would have a good papa liceman in the Western addition of San her most becoming garments and seeks an's face as she looked In wonder at and mama and a happy home like she Francisco. At one ime he was the die end with apparent tranquillity. Her instinct of gentility and elegance the bill. She fished a dollar out of a had. Even then fever was commencing bandbag six* carried and paid. By that to burn the little life out. Lower and champion long walker of the Pacific In clothes Is with tier to the last, and time she had figured out an explana still lower burned the tiny flame of ex Coast, winning a diamond belt in a six- even in the face of death she shrinks day walking contest held in San Fran from u public appearance In unbecom tion. Site lias a son attending n busi ness college, where they have mock istence, ami in her delirium she liabbled cisco. Boulder Creek has sustained a ing raiment.’’-New York Sun transactions In business and paper to tiie little prayer, "God bless all little loss that can never be tilled by any one The Enfllahman and 111 m Order. look as much like money us tiie coun children, give them a good papa and else, for George Linden loved every An Englishman at a Chicago hotel terfeiting laws of the country will per mama and a happy home like mine.” flower and shrub and even the rocks of ordered a trap. He ordered It of sn In mit are used. The clerks had lieen so What n mockery “a happy home like Linden Park. telligent looking key clerk behind the stunned by tile big figures flint they hers.” All the happiness had fled with desk. Then he went up stairs to Ills did not see tliat It was not money at the announcement that the little curly- room to prepare himself for the drive, all, but a fake bill.—New York Herald. headed baby, the sunshine of the home, BRIEF REVIEW. lie waited half an hour for the an could not recover. With agonizing flitch M<Hintn!nn of the Moon. nouncement that the vehicle was be Engineers Learn from Beavers. The Leibnitz range attains enormous liearts they watched beside the little low. He began to wonder If this was altitudes above the average level of (lie sufferer until the first gray streaks of Animal instinct often gives a valua an example of the American hustle moon's surface and Is sometimes seen dawn appeared. Shorter and shorter ble hint to human reason. A case in whose reputation bad crossed the At projected far beyond the regular curva became tiie breathing of the little one. point is cited by an engineer in a re lantic. ture of disk, tints destroying the circu “Now 1 lay me down to sleep,” mur- Presently came a knock on tiie door. lar contour and giving it a notched or muied the unconscious sutferer. Then cently written scientific review of the "Come In," hade the Englishman. subject of dams. Tiie beaver, lie says, serrated aspect. Several of tiie peaks Entered a mechanical looking man in of these southern mountains measure as the sun broke forth in all its glory does not build his dam straight across Ills shirt sleeves. 30,000 feet In altitude, while one has and filled the sick room with golden the stream, lint witli an arcli against "Where's the hole?” was his question. been estimated to attain the great light the spirit of the little child took tiie current, his instinct telling him "Hole?" queried the Englishman. “I height of 36,000 feet. All the chief its flight. She had suffered so that that in this form it will better resist al wanted a trap.” mountains of the moon which can lie they were glad she was at rest, but fltxxis and the impact of floating ice. “Here It is.” said the toller, “and It’ll seen from tiie earth with a telescope their hearts were broken and their This liint from the little animal lias catch that mouse sure.” have bad their heights ascertained. Tiie home was desolate. Months went by been acted upon in many cases lately, Tiie Englishman's mouth opened in German observers. Heer and Macdler, and tiie wound would not heal; the istonisliment. ".Mouse! What do you notably in the building of tiie great have calculated tiie height of no fewer little vacant chair wasever before them. Bear valley dam in California. Engi- menu? Who arc you, anyhow?” than 1,005 lunar mountains. The Do- “I'm the hotel carpenter, sir. and I’ve riel mountains supply an Instance of Christmas was coming and they had geers, as a rule, build straight across brought up the trap you ordered!" counted so much on making it a joyful stream, chiefly, perhaps, to save ma great elevation, the peaks of the three The Englishman glared. Then it pen leading ones being between 25,000 and time for the baby. terial, but tiie arched dam is tiie more etrated his Saxon wits, and he roared. 26,000 feet high. Among other lunar He gave the carpenter half a dollar economical in tiie long run. peaks may he mentioned Iluyglicns, mid swore the Joke for once was on Christmas eve rolled round and the 21,000 feet; Hadley, 15.000 feet; Brad baby’s father came home with a more America. Old Wines Become Starved. ley. 13.000 feet, and Wolf. 11.000 feet. cheerful face than he had worn for A Beaver’s Toilet. In the famous cellars of the Hotel de many a day. “1 have just found out Ville at Bremen, there area dozen cases To GaiiKr Illa Wife's Temper. It is an Interesting sight to watch the “I heard about a peculiar case of hen what I can do for our darling this of wine which have been preserved for outlaw at bls evening toilet. To begin pecked husband recently.” said a young Christmas,” lie said to his wife. “I 250 yearn. A merchant tiguresout that with. Instead of sitting up with Ills woman the other day. was talking to Mr.----- to-day and he if tiie cost of maintaining the cellars, large, flat, ribbed tall protruding be “What was It?" tier friend Inquired. says they are badly in need of more payment of rent, interest upon the hind him, lie tucked It forward between Ills hind legs and sat upon It. Then "There Is a man who has some diffi comforts for the little ones in the----- original value of the wine and other in with ills hand lie carefully combed his culty In gauging Itis wife’s temper. At hospital. It came to me all in a min cidental charges are considered, a bottle long hair, using both bauds at the same times site is considerate of his welfare and at other times well, he rather ute, just as though our baby had whis of this choice Madeira has cost not less time. There were many places, how pered the message to me, tliat we would than $2,000,000, each grassful $270,000, ever, tliat could not Lie reached in tills thinks tliat married life Is a failure "He lias a peculiar manner of tinding endow a baby's bed in memory of our and a single drop could not lie sold way, for his arms are very short and out the state of Ills wife’s feeling to durling. Don’t you remember how she without loss under $200. It is proba- ills body very large, so he combed these ward him. In the evening when he re always said in her prayer that she ble this very old wine is worthless on otherwise Inaccessible places with bis hind feet, using first one and then tiie turns home from work he never steps wished every little girl and boy could account of “starvation.” Charles Bel- other. The entire operation was per Into the house without going through a have a happy home. Heaven help the lews, our ablest authority on Madeira, formed witli the utmost deliberation sort of ceremony. First he tlp-ows Ills little waifs, for there are many who sayB it becomes “starved” after feeding and care and occupied more than a lint In the house, and then he seats can never know that blessing. Now I on its own lees for thirty or forty years. quarter of ati hour, so that by the time himself on the steps and waits If five It was completed daylight had almost minutes pass without the hat being want to lit up a lied for some little in vanished. thrown out again, he enters and gener curable and we won’t let anything A National Theater. My presence did not appear to ills ally finds his wife very agreeable. stand in the way. Expense won’t In an account of a visit to Joseph turb him in the least, though I sat on However, If the hat Is thrown out count, for rememlier, it is lining done in Jefferson, written by James 8. Metcalf the ground within three feet of him again the unfortunate mar. seeks lios our baby’s name.” for the Ladies’ Home Journal for July, that I might the better note his various pitallty for the night somewhere else attitudes, for It 1» not ofteu one has rather than brave the anger of hla help Polly wishes you could have seen he says that among the subjects dis an opportunity of watching a beaver at meet.’’—Cleveland Leader. cussed during luncheon was that of a tliis tribute of love for their darling. A such close rauge.—Everybody’s Maga little white enameled bedstead with national or subsidized theater. “There zine. An Approach to rerpetnnl Motion. are many difficulties in the way,” Mr. A clock Is to be seen nt Brussels brass trimmings, tiie best of mattresses Jefferson said, “and not the least of An Editor and a Golden Hair. and the softest, dowiliest pillow's. A which comes nbont as near being a “One beautiful spring morning nn them would lie that, if the Government perpetual motion machine as can be dozen sheets and a dozen pillow cases, had anything to do with tiie enterprise, editor found a golden hair lying be Invented, for the sun does the winding. ail hemstitched and marked in em- tween the pages of a manuscript,” The following is the method by which broidered letters. A pair of the finest ]K>litics would be bound to enter into it. writes Edward Bok In The Ladles’ For instance, very likely we ’ d have ft works: A shaft exposed to the solar white blankets witli pale blue Isirders, Home Journal. “The moment he reach rays causes an up draft of air. which a pair of heavy comforters, one in pink four years of Republican actors, and ed the page It gracefully fluttered out. sets the fan in motion. The fan actn then the Administration would change Flushed with excitement, the editor ates mechanism which raises the and white and the other blue and and we’d have four years of Democratic caught It. it was not tils hair, lie ar weight of the clock until It reaches the white, made to order, and three tine players, which wouldn’t be much of an gued, therefore it was not hlB property. top and then puts n break on Ila* fan Marseilles bedspreads. Then there were improvement on the present state of Then, again, he thought, the owner till the weight has gone down a little, a dozen little cotton nightgowns all probably lost It nnd might need it. So when the fan Is again liberated daintily trimmed; four little tennis affairs.” he put It back. He was a methodical proceeds to act as before. As Ion flannel nightgowns in pink and blue, man, ami lie replaced It exactly as lie Beginning oi a Great Paper. the sun shines frequently enough all worked in silk; half a dozen little had found It. He wax not many days It may be news to many American the machinery does not wear out the flannel jackets and shawls; two pairs older when he received a letter proving readers to know that the London Illus by the very hair lie hail so dexterously clock will keep lu perpetual motion of crochetted slip|>ers in pink and blue, trated News, the most successful of all and warm hosiery and underwear, lie tiie illustrated papers of the nineteenth cnlight nnd conscientiously replaced In Hetrent. that he never had read or even opened Down from the upper nir flouted the sides a dainty little wrapper. Then century, was originally brought out to the manuscript of the writer. Could strains of music, yet Neptune was visi there was a little white enameled table advertise a patent medicine, Parr’s Life anything have been a clenrer case witli a lovely vase for flowers, a little bly annoyed Pills, of which Mr. Ingram was tiie against the editor? Most certainly not. “What’s gnawing nt thy vitals sire?" white rocker and a straight-backed proprietor. That w'as nearly sixty years It was conclusive and Anal, don’t you asked a mermaid. chair for visitors, and a pretty tray see?” ________ "1 wish In the name of Orpheus," with several snow-white traycloths and ago. During the Koyal Agricultural To Make n Gin«« Cotter. said the sea king, “that boating parties napkins, all marked, with the prettiest Bliow in Derby, in 1844, Mr. Ingram A glass cutter can easily be made had a tent erected near the railroad could sing something else besides ‘A little dishes to make the tray look station for the exclusive sale of the with an ordinary mapping pen and a Life on the Ocean Wave.’ " tempting enough to coax a sick baby to small piece of enrborundum. or carbide Illustrated London News. He was his And forthwith he crawled Into a of silicon. Cut off n part of the nib to cave and pulled the cave In after h i 111 eat. They did not forget the bright own sidesman and had his tent open form a small tube. Fit a crystal or silver mug dear to all baby hearts. On —New York Marine Journal. before the first train arrived and did part of one of carboruuduin Into the the floor was a bright rug of an I ttrac- not close until the last visitor had gone. tube, take It out again and dip one end tive pattern, the ground work being Ctirlns ?i Mule. In seccotIne or any other cement nnd A mule In n pack train which was light blue with pink roses scattered The whole of the population of the replnce It. Next wlud a piece of fine usually loaded with salt discovered wire tightly around the tube nnd part that by lying down when fording a carelessly over it. What a delightful village of Bologna, in Italy, including of the handle nnd tlx it In a notch cut certnln stream and allowing the salt haven of rest this little nook was to be the publicofficials, is about to emigrate In the latter. Tut It aside for a day to to dissolve he could lighten bls burden. to some unfortunate child. The parents to tiie Argentine and to continue the allow the cement to harden. A glass The muleteer once loaded him with wanted some homeless little one, who community in exactly the same man cutter made thus will do Its work ns sponges Instead, w hich absorbed water ner in tliat country under tiie name of well as the expensive diamond and a was pronounced one of the incurable, when he lay down In the stream and New Bologna. great deal better than the ordinary made his burden fourfold heavier, The to occupy it, mid you may rest assured wheel cutter. the little one was i:ever forgotten by mule was cured of Ids smartness. Compressed air is used in stone carv the benefactors, who showered bless ing. A mason can hitch his tools into Chased Bra««. rinzliiK It down Low. ings on the child in the name of their a compressed air ]*ower nozzle and drill Chased brnss goods such as are gen "1 haven't much use far Bllthersley," own wee baby, but there were boxes of into granite like a dentist cutting into erally known ns Benares work are said the proud papa. toys, etc., to help make tiie child forget a decayed tooth. enslly cleaned In this way: Wash In hot “Why?” asked the proud mamma. soapsuds and dry thoroughly. Cut a "I listened to him for an hour today the pain that racked the little body. Do you remember Polly telling you a while he told me about what bls baby The new cone on Mount Vesuvius, lemon and with It rub the brass. When bad said or tried to say, and Just as I few weeks since of the lieautiful park formed during the late eruptions, lias It looks clean, rinse in warm water, dry wns about to tell him about ours he laid out by George Linden at Boulder been suddenly engulfed in the crater. ami then polish well with n piece of left me, saying he had to catch a train.” Creek in Banta Cruz county? How he The mountain has now assumed its old chamois skla. Chased work should never be cleaned with any kind of — Baltimore American. grublied out the old and unsightly ap]«*« rance. powder. brush and trees from the rocky hillside When Edward Vi I was born, on Nov. During the winter 1900-1 there were 34.412 students matriculated nt the 23 with his own hands and laid out the lotborin the South is in great demand 0. In the second year of Queen Vic universities of Germany. Of these walks, packing huge stones on his an<l tile negroes are better paid than toria's marriage, every one at Buck ingham palace went wild with delight. 2,321! were studying for the Protestant back for the purpoM and carrying wa- ¡ tlH>y have ever lawn in their lives. Bells rang nnd guns boomed with glnd ministry and 1.016 to become Catholic ter in oilcans balanced over his shoul priests. There were 10.343 students of der to irrigate the flowers that he had Fashionable fritmdship, like an um tidings nil over the kingdom. Dougins law. 7.416 of medicine and 12,712 en planted and loved. At the t>eginning brella, Is apt to turn inside out when Jerrold, amid the roaring of the ord rolled as students of phllosno'-. nance, said, "Dear me. how they do the people of Boulder Creek smiled opposed to a storm. powder these royal bnbies!" BANDON RECORDER. AJIATEI RSI lilTTOKS THEY NEED COOL HEADS ANO FIRST Cl ASS PLASTER. How Ornaiuruta For the Home Cn« Hr Mode if the Beginner Has a Lit tle Ingenalty und Patience—Caot of the llnby’« Hand. Few people realize the pleasure and Instruction that can be gained from milking plaster easts. It Is Inexpensive, and the utensils required are found In every household. A cast of the baby’s chubby hand or foot or, In fact, a east of any kind is not only a delight, hut an ornament. The great secret In mak ing successful plaster easts lies In not getting excited. Care should be used when getting the plaster that It lie plaster of paris and that It lie bought from Sono- shop where it is sure to lie fresh, as that which is obtained from a drug store is apt to be stale and will not set properly. A few quarts of plaster should be sufficient for a first attempt. A bucket of water, n tin basin, a tin spoon, some oil or soapsuds and. If possible, some common modeling clay ami a bottle of Ink are «11 the materials required. A mold is first taken of the object, and when this is tilled it gives the cast. There are two kinds of casts—those where only part of tiie object is shown, the other part resting on a tile or plaque, mid those that show tiie whole object or are in the “round.” The hand Is about ns simple an object as can tie found ami is more interesting than most things. As the hand on the tile is tiie easiest, it would lie well to start witli that. Place a sheet of paper on a table nnd then grease the hand thor oughly with the oil or thick soapsuds to prevent the plaster from sticking to tiie skin when removing the mold. When tiie hand is placed in the posi tion wanted, fill the spin es underneath it. where it does not touch the table, with clay, or if clay cannot be obtained use putty, it is convenient to make a small wall of clay around the object to prevent tiie plaster from running, but It is not necessary. Put about a quart of cold water it: the basin und pour tiie plaster iuto It, stir quietly und keep the spoon under water to avoid making bubbles. Use etwiugh plaster to make it tiie consistency of batter. If a little suit is added or hot water instead of cold is used, tiie plaster will harden or set more quickly. A small quantity of ink or any coloring matter will make It easier to distinguish the mold from tiie cast and will also make It more brittle or rotten nnd easier to separate the two. Pour the plaster over the band, taking cure tliat there are no bubbles, until it is about half an Inch thick. It will require a few minutes for it to set ifnd Is ready to lift off when It can be scratched witli a knife. It is easier to turn the band and mold up and lift the hand out than to take the mold off the hand. If any plaster has run under tiie fingers, cut It away witli a dull knife. Should the hand not come out easily, working tiie lingers separately will of ten loosen them. Tiie mold should be allowed to dry a few hours nnd then be filled with white plaster, tiie same con sistency as was used for tiie mold. A wall of clay about nn Inch high will have to lie built around tiie edge of tiie mold, which when tilled gives tiie tile for tiie cast to rest on. I.et tiie whole dry and then chip the mold away with a knife. The mold, being of a different color, can be readily distinguished from tiie cast. In making tiie mold for a cast In the round, after the hand lias been oiled, sink It to ubout half an Inch in a lied of plaster, leaving about half an inch for thickness. Make the rim smooth and, when hardened, oil. Now cover tiie upper half with plaster. When set, this should knock apart easily and the hand be lifted out. Another way. but a more difficult one. after putting the hand half way In the plaster and before this has dried. Is to put a thin strong string around all the edges of the lingers, letting tiie ends come out at tiie wrists. When tiie hand is entirely covered with plas ter and before It has hardened, pull the string out, which cuts it in two. The manner of tilling both these kinds of molds Is the same. Oil and tie the two halves tightly together and fill with plaster, let harden and lift the molds off. Only one cast can lie made from molds like these. At shops where plas ter casts are made and sold and a number of the same casts are wanted it gelatin mold Is made. Being elastic. It is easily pulled off without harm to tiie cast and still retains its shape and can lie filled any number of times. The yellow or Ivory finish that Is given to many casts Is obtained by using white shellac, which can lie bad already mixed from a paintshop. By adding oil paint any desired color can be ob tained. Rubbing with a cloth gives a high polish. A bronze finish can be given by coating with n mixture of white wax dissolved in turpentine, to which bronze er green paint has lieen added. A tine set of casts, which would In terest children and could be used In the schoolroom, could lie easily made, such as fruit or vegetable forms, apples, ba nanas, potatoes and corn, or simple animal f< rms, such as frogs, fish, etc.; also models that one has made and wishes to preserve.—Good Housekeep ing. Emhnlnaln«. “Practically," says nn undertaker quoted by the Philadelphia Record, “every corpse nowadays Is embalmed. Perhaps not one body In a hundred lx burled without having the fluid Inject ed, and tliat settles It. You won’t rend your obituary notices then. People ire coming to realize this more and more, and tiie old dread of being burled alive Is fast dying out. Rut these nervous Individuals have got to have some sort of post mortem bugaboo to worry them. If It Isn't one thing. It’s another, nnd as soon ns you convince them that they are not going to be burled alive they get grave robbers on the brain. That's why we are now making a specialty of burglar proof caskets. Fact. I assure you.” The Important Thlnp. “Do you think It makes much differ ence which planet a person Is born un der r “Not a bit so long as be keeps on the earth.”—Town and Country. NOT WORTH TWO PASSES. <o (he llallruad Man Bon*ht tha Pt« to Square Hluiaelt. Woman In nn emergency Is resource ful to a degree that would astound some men. as a freight agent of one of tl»e railroads that enter St. Louis found. Men have long lain awake nights tliluklng of a sheme to beat a railroad. This little woman didn't quite succeed, but slie would have done so had not tiie agent gone back on his word. Tiie family had decided to move to a western city. The lady called on tiie agent to see how the goods were to lie shipped. He told her she could ship them according to regular rates or else charter a car. He explained that the latter would lie cheaper if she had enough goods, and the lady decided to take a car. Now, there are two well grown I mivs . and as money is not over- plentiful In tiie family she wished to abridge exiienses as much as possible. She went to see the ageut again and asked if slie could send her two boys in the car. He told her that she could not, and, as might be expected, she asked why. lie couldn't make her understand Just why, and when she asked him If the company never let anybody go along witli the goods he said tliat they did with stock. “If you were shipping Hve stock that needed tending, we would do It. Now, you haven't a cow or horse or pig, and there would tie no use sending any one along.” Slie apiieared to see the poin this time and went away. A day or two later she came around again and asked for passes for the two boys. “Why. madam," said the agent, “I cau't Issue any passes. You haven't any live Btock.” "Yes, I base.” said the little woman. “I've bought a pig." Then the agent was in trouble again. He said lie couldn't give passes where the fure amounted to about $8 apiece for two boys for a lonely little pig. She reminded him of what lie had said and told him tliat slie had paid $2.25 for the pig for tliat purpose, and lie ought to lie as good as ids word. Like ail rail road agents, he tried to get out of the trouble smoothly, but only succeeded after he had purchased the pig for $2.50, an advance of "two bits” on the cost.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat. HOUSEHOLD HINTS. If brooms are hung in the cellarway, they will keep soft and pliant. Lamp wicks should never be longer than will reach to the bottom of the oil well of the lamp. If a piece of calico is pasted over holes and cracks in plaster, they may be whitewashed or papered over and will hardly show. Add a little turpentine to tbe water witli which tbe floor Is scrubbed. It will take away the close smell and make tiie room delightfully fresh. Excellent lump wicks may lie made of men's soft felt hats by cutting them iuto strips the width required, letting them soak two hours in vinegar and drying them. A b^d should never be made under two liburs from the time It has been slept In. It should lie aired thoroughly and beaten until it Is light. Open all the bedroom windows and let the fresh air and sunlight iuto the room. If you have handsome vases on tbe mantelpiece or on top of the bookcase, etc., fill them with clean dry sand, which will weight them so they will not be overturned easily. In buying any ornament be careful to examine the bottom and see that It Is perfectly flat and so will stand steady. I’aaaeusrr Elevator«. CULINARY CAPERS. If parsley is wrapped up in a piece of wet cheesecloth, it can be kept for some time. Nutmeg is much used by the Italians when cooking spinach, as it Is said to bring out tbe flavor of the vegetable. Two or three leaves from a rose gera nium added to crab apple jelly while It is cooking will, it is said, impart a de licious flavor. A piueb of powdered ginger added to cranberries In cooking will bring out the flavor. They should not lie stewed to a Jam, but kept separate, looking more like candied cherries. For a vegetable puree either young turnip tops or even young fresh nettle tops are recommended. They are cook ed In the same way—boiled—rubbed through a sieve and added to cream. Salsify (oyster plant) Is excellent if soaked in vinegar and water, then dipped in oil,sliced and heated In white sauce. Bake hi shells, having sprinkled grated cheese and bread crumbs over tiie top. Ltaliau dried peas are popular still in Great Britain under the familiar nume of peas pudding. Tiie vegetable is soaked overnight, then boiled, rubbed through a sieve and sent to the table with the addition of a little thick cream. Site of Propeller«. "The small size of tbe screw,” says a boiler maker, "is not due to tbe percep tion of any inventor of its greater ef fect as compared with a larger oue, but purely to accident. When I first engag ed in the machinery business, screws for steamers were made as large as possible. It being tiie theory that the greater the diameter the higher the speed. A vessel was placed on Lake Erie with a screw so large that It was deemed best to cast each' blade in two parts and then weld them together. During a storm all these blades of the propeller broke at the welding, reduc ing the diameter by more than two- thirds. “To the surprise of the captain the vessel shot forward at a speed such as bad never been attained before. Engi neers then experimented with smaller propellers and discovered that they were much more effective than large ones. Had It not been for that accident we might linve gone on using large blade screws to tiie present day." Geographical Distribution of Hair. The geographical distribution of the hair over the habitable world is. as re gards the color, very precisely defina ble. The xantliocomlc or light haired races are to be found north of latitude 48 degrees, which cuts off Englund. Belgium, the whole of northern Ger many and a great portion of Russia. Between this parallel and latitude 45 degrees, Including northern France, Switzerland and part of Piedmont and passing through Bohemia and Austria, there Is a sort of dehatablp land of more or less dark brown hair, aud be low this line we come gradually upon the Melanic races. The people of Eu rope therefore present In the color of hair an almost perfect gradation, the light flaxen of the colder''latitudes deepening imperceptibly Into tbe blue black of the Mediterranean shores.-- Gentleman's Magazine. Tbe Military Salnte. All salutes, from taking off the hat to presenting arms, originally Implied respect or submission. Of military sa lutes, raising the right band1 to tbe head Is generally believed to have orig inated from the days of tbe tourna ment, when the knlglits filed past the throne of the queen of beauty and, by way of compliment, raised their hands to their brows to imply that her beau ty was too dazzling for uushaded eyes to gaze upon. The officer’s salute with' the sword has a double meaning. The first posi tion, with the hilt opposite tbe lips, Is a repetition of tbe crusader's action In Kissing the cross hilt of Ills sword in token of faith nnd fealty, while low ering the point afterward Implies ei ther submission or friendship, meaning In either case that It Is no longer nec essary to stnnd on guard. Rnlsfhg tbe band to the forehead has also been ex plained ns n sign that the wntponed band Is empty and In an Inoffeuslye po sition, but this reason does not seem so convincing as the others. So common are passenger elevators now and so absolutely necessary in tbe tall office buildings that the history of tbe first one lias lieen almost forgotten, and yet It created a sensation in its day. This elevator was placed In the Fifth Avenue hotel ill New York when It was built, and as the first passenger elevator in the world It was a drawing card as one of the sights of New York. A small plate suitably Inscribed in forms visitors to the Fifth Avenue ho tel elevators today of that fact. It was a screw elevator, the carriage being raised or lowered by the revolutions of a big screw. Compared with the swift moving elevators of today, which shoot up and down rapidly and smoothly, this was a very crude affair. Many of New York’s private bouses are now Aaclent Skyscraper«. equipped with elevators so adjusted The Idea prevails that skyscrapers that the passenger operates them by pushing a button. These are practi are of modern American origin, but Professor Lnnclanl declares that lu an cally automatic. cient Rome, ns early ns the time of Au gustus. buildings 10 or 12 store’s-high Natural Disadvantage«. “Taking Into consideration the things were common. loiter they are believed Sharp has had to contend against, I to have been much higher, rivaling our think his success as a lawyer has lieen most modern apartment building In size and height it Is well known that remarkable.” “Why, wliat did he ever have to con at Constantinople the Emperor Con stantine found hlx view of the water tend against?” “Everything. He came of a wealthy cut off by the skyscrapers erected be family. He didn't have to work ills tween his palace nnd the water front, way through college. He never studied though be had placed bis pnlace on by tbe llRht of a pine torch, never had high ground. to drive a dray sever walked six miles A Matter of Dialect. to school and wasn’t compelled to bor- An elderly Scotsman was tried for a row his books.. He had every possible facility, and yet lie has done well from slight offense and was put In prison. Tbe warder handed him a pail of ¡ra the very start."—Chicago Tribune. ter next morning, with the remark, To t)«r Externally. "That’s to clean your cell.” What was Customer—I want 10 cents’ worth of bls astonishment on returning to find zinc for my sister. Snndy, who had divested himself of bls Drug Clerk- Wliat kind of zinc? clothing, having a batb. There are about 40 kinds. What does "Good gracious!” exclaimed the your sister want to use it for? warder. "What are you doing Sandy?” Customer—I don’t know the kind Sandy (turning rouDd quite Innocent She said I must not tell what she wat t- ly)—Didn’t ye say It wns to clean tna- ed It for? sel?— Pearson’s Weekly. Drug Clerk-Was It oxide of zinc ate wanted? Tke Right Side. Customer—Yes. that’s It: outside of “I wouldn’t fight, my good man,” zinc to put on tier face.—Brooklyn Life. said tbe peacemaker. “But be called me a thief, slrl” ex If you want to find out how great a claimed one of the combatants. man Is. ask him: if you would axcer “And lie called me a lazy loaferl” tain how great he Isn’t, nsk his neigh cried tbe other. bors.— Chlcairo News. “Well,” said the peacemaker serenely, The state of New A'ork lias at the "1 wouldn't fight over a difference of present time In round numliers 22,000 onlnlon. You may both be right.” Insane patients under care, which Im A French scientist has discovered plies an original capital outlay of $20,- that plants are very sensitive to poison. 000.000 for hospitals and their equip The higher plants as well as fungi en ments and an annual expenditure of able us to detect the presence of cop $5,000,000 for the care and treatment per, mercury and other toxic sub of tbe Inmates_____________ stances which chemical analysis does The library of Heidelberg university not detect. _ ______________ lias Just acquired 27 sheets of n Sept un- More than one-fifth of the population glnt code written In uncials of tbe sixth of New York Is employed in her com or seventh century on papyrus con mon schools, either ns pupils or teach taining tbe Alexandrlnlan translation ers. The total enrollment of pupils Is of chapters 4 to 14 of Zechariah and 1,209,574, and their teachers number 34,000. chapters 1 to 4 of Malachi.