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BANDON RECORDER. *»»»»»»»»..««»•»»»»»»»»»»» You will be happier for It and your : Polly Larkin • * J Why He Didn’t uJ.ur. ♦ Here is one that a young man who a»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»». knows a good story when be hears it heard one railroad man tell another in a depot up the line the other day: “We picked up a new Irishman somewhere up country an' set him to •work brakin’ on a construction train at 3 cents a mile for wages. One day when him an’ me was on the train she got away on one of them mountain grades, an’ the first thing we knowed the was flylu’ down the track at about ninety miles an hour, with nothin’ in Bight but the ditch an’ the happy hunt in' grounds, when we come to the end. I twisted ’em down as hard as I could all along the tops, an' then of a sudden I see Mike crawlin' along toward the end of one of the cm. on all fours, with bis face the color of milk. I thought he was gettin' ready to Jump, an’ I see bls finish if he did. “ ‘Mike,’ I BayB, ’for heaven’s sake ton't Jump!’ “He clamps his Ungers on the run- nln’ board to give him a chance to turn round an’ lookin’ at me con temptuous, answers: “‘Jump, Is it?’ Do yea think I'd be afther Jumpin’ an’ me makln’ money as fast as I am?”—Portland Orego nian. A Boston Translation. Little Emerson—Mamma, I find no marginal note In elucidation of this ex pression, which I observe frequently to occur in my volume of “Fairy Tale Classics,” "With bated breath.” What Is the proper Interpretation of the phrase? Mamma—“With bated breath,” my son, commonly occurs in fairy tales. Your father often returns from pisca torial excursions with bated breath. The phrase In such instances, however, has no significance ns applying to the bait employed to allure the fisli, but Is merely an elastic term of dubious meaning and Busplclous origin, utilized, as I have already intimated, simply be cause of the sanction which it has gain ed by customary usage In fairy tales generally.. Do you comprehend. Emer son? Little Emerson—Perfectly, mamma.— Judge. Coincidences of Dates. Attention has often been called to the curious fact of the date Sept. 3 fig urlng so largely In the history of Oliver Cromwell. That very dominating man was born on Sept. 3, 1599; he won the battle of Dunbar Sept. 3, 1650; that of Worcester Sept. 3, 1651, and he died Sept. 3, 1658. But we have lately come across some coincidences of dates which, so far as we know, have not been noticed before. The number 88 seems to have had fatal influence on the Stuarts. Robert II., the first Stu art king, died in 1388; James II. was killed at the siege of Roxburghe Cas tle, 1488; Mary, queen of Scots, was beheaded In Fotherlngay, 1588 (new style); James VII. (II. of England) was dethroned In 1688; Bonny Prince Charlie died In Rome, 1788, and with him died the last hopes of the Jacob ites. Feline Depravity, “Ob, Horace,” walled his young wife, “I have Just found out that Ajax, our benutiful Angora cat, has been leading a double life!” “That makes eighteen, I suppose,” said Horace. "Wbat has he been do ing?” "You know I let him out every morn ing, because be seems to want to go nnd play out of doors. Well, I have discovered that he goes over to tlie Robinsons and lets them feed him and pet him.”—Chicago Tribune. The Betel Nut. Betel nuts, the produce of the areca palm, are chiefly used as a masticatory by the natives of the east. They are too small to be applied to many orna mental uses, but are occasionally em ploy«! by the turner and wrought into beads for bracelets, small rosary cases and other little fancy nrtlcles. In the Museum of Economic Botany at Kew there is a walking stick made of these nuts, sliced, mounted or supported on an iron center. A Zoo Rlurnailon. “You know.” said the orang outang, “that man la descended from a mon key.” “Yes.” nnswered the chimpanzee, “and his descent has been very great. But let us set it down to his credit that he tries to rise again. Every now and then you hear of some man who Is do ing his best to make a monkey of him self.”—Washington 8tar. A pretty and loving triLute was paid to the memory of the late General M. G. Vallejo by the Ladies' Improvement Club of Sonoma when they planted a memorial tree in the historic plaza where the Bear Flag was first raised. It was a fitting testimonial to a noble, upright man whose principles were cast in a better mold than many he threw the mantle of charity and good-will over and who forgot his kindness and generosity when fortune smiled upon them. General Vallejo was as true as steel, and his great heart beat in sym pathy for all those who called upon him for aid. He was one of the histor ical men of the Coast, buving figured in the early history of California in a way that reads like a story-book to the chil dren of to-day. He was also the first Governor in California. A more suit able memorial could not have beeu chosen for him than the live oak which was selected from his old home in Sonoma, the roots of which were planted in soil taken from several places, among them General Vallejo’s birthplace at Monterey; Benicia, named in honor of his wife; Vallejo, once his residence; Jaurez's tombin the City of Mexico, and Lafayette’s tomb in Paris. A touching incident of the event was his daughter, Mrs. L. Emporan, Iteing chosen to place the first spadeful of earth around the roots of the oak. The ad dress of the day was delivered by Major A. E. Sherman, a warm personal friend of General Vallejo. The whole event touches a warm and responsive chord in Polly’s heart. It shows the loyalty of the ladies in this pretty little “ valley of the moon ” to the memory of this man among men whose memory will ever remain as green as the live oak that stands as a silent and growing witness to the sterling character and worth of General Vallejo. All hail to the Ladies’ Improvement Club of Sonoma. If they have accomplished nothing else all can join in saying in this “ well done.” »»»» I went into an office the other day and there 1 found the owner poring over some musty pages of literary lore. He was ]>atcliing an article together and “ trying to make something out of nothing,” he said. It was a puzzle and he was ready to quit and turn it over to somebody who had not been bearing tales of woe all morning. “See that, Polly,” he said pointing to a good sized placard pinned on the wall behind him. “ You will think I am a bear, but I am so tired of listening to cases of distress that unfortunately I cannot help, and besides it rattles me so that I cannot attend to my work properly.” “ Tell your troubles to someone else, for I have troubles of my own,” read the placard. “ It is this way, Polly. Now T have been on this article all morning and have not been able to compose my self enough to write one sensible line. First, in comes a little woman who wants me to use my influence in getting her husband out of the penitentiary. He is in for a long term and he has only served one year and it is folly to think of asking pardon for him yet, but poor little woman, she thinks 1 can unlock the prison cell if I try and she comes every little while to know if something cannot be done; tells me of his virtues and how good he was to her and how hard it is for her to get'along even though she has placed two of her little children in an orphan asylum. This was his first offense in breaking the law, couldn’t 1 place Ilia ¡last record before the Governor. After she goes out discouraged and feeling like the world and everybody else is aga.nst her, in comes a “Weary Willie” with his troubles, and so on, until I am thoroughly exasperated.” “Do you think your placard will do any good ? ” I asked him. “ Not a bit of it, for they won’t stop to read it, and if they did it wouldn’t make any difference, they wouldn’t think it was meant for them, but it was some satisfaction to me to write it and tack it up. «««« In another office a man lias tacked directly in front of his desk so that all “That editor is terribly slow at read who enter may read, “ Tell your troubles to a detective, for I have ing manuscript.” “Think so? Why, I know the rime troubles of my own.” It is a great be went through twelve stories in less mistake we make in this life, in than a minute.” burdening other people with our “Gracious! When was that?” troubles. It is nothing to them, and in “When the elevator broke.”- fact they are ouly bored, and while they may listen respectfully to your Terrific Thunder. tale of woe, common politeness requir The largest rainfall on earth has been ing that much of them, their minds recorded at C'hera PunJI. on the bay of Bengal, but the most violent thunder may be afar oil or dwelling on their storms ever observed are probably own trials and tribulations which are of those of French Guiana. At Cape Or more importance to them than a whole ange. some forty miles south of Cay volume of others' woes. There are enne, a French naval officer saw the bi many interesting and Improving rills of the coast bills turned into wa topics to discuss that will make you terfalls by a cloudburstlike storm, forget the little petty annoyances of the while the crashing thunder ¡teals were day. You can talk all day al>out your Incessant and often almost deafening, so much so, indeed, that some of the troubles and lie none the lietter for it. sailors began to mutter long forgotten You can enjoy an hour or so with a prayers, probably thinking the day of friend who makes it a ¡stint of keeping her troubles to herself, not even reveal Judgment near at hand. ing them to the family when they’ are rjsKimo Monrnlnj Coatom*, gathered together for a happy hour, All Eskimos are superstitious about and who delight in saying bright death, and. although they hold festi things and of gleaning information and vals In memory of departed friends, bits of wisdom whenever opportunity they will usually carry n dying person offers and your wits are brightened. It to some abandoned hut. there to drag out bls remaining days without food, is like a good tonic to spend your spare medicine, water or attendance. After time with such friends. It adds a new the death of a busband or a wife the sparkle to life and the miserable, survivor cuts the front hair short and murky dark glasses you have been look fasts for twentv-flve da vs. ing through must give way to a clearer vision. This old world that wags mer A Contractor. rily on despite the trials and vexations "What does your father do?” asked takes on a brighter phase and life is the teacher of the new boy. worth the living. In place of telling “He’s a contractor,” was the reply. your troubles to some one else keep "A railway contractor?” "No. ma’am; a sausage contractor. them to yourself, remembering that ile ties up the ends after another man others have trials of their own. Make has filled them.” this a rule of your life and practice it. Quick Work. DISINFECTING A SHIP. friends will lie the better for your Molat Heat, a Thorough Germicidal thoughtfulness. Agent« I m V m C Miriam U----- wants to know how she can arrange her plants most effec tively in a bay window and what are the most desirable plants? This ques tion is easily answered. Have a shelf made around the window, stain it to correspond with the wtsalwork in the room and then cover it with your plants. There are so many varieties of begonias and they are all beautiful, easily raised and give you no eud of pleasure. Umbrella plants and smilax, the feather asparagus, maiden-hair and ferns. The coleas family lend a rich bright color to your window garden as well, und a pot of the dainty lobelia, as blue as the summer skies, is a perfect delight. BRIEF REVIEW. No Beaux For Central Girls. With the advent of the telephone girl trouble has come to the Dresden postoffice, says a correspondent of the Western Mail. Aliout 300 young women are employed in the telephone depart ment, and theircomingsout and goings in attract to an inconvenient degree the young man population of tbe city. The male admirers and sweethearts collect in groups, and when the fair 300 troop out the mutual salutations are demon strative to a degree usually reserved for a tete-a-tete. Not infrequently a score or so of young fellows, whose admira tion is general rather than particular, make their way into the doorway and there pass critical review on the whole 300 as they pass out. “Kiss ill the Street.” as practiced in front of the Dresden postoffice, has at last reached proportions which austere authority cannot lunger permit, and the Director of Posts and Telegraphs has issued an order declaring that male escort to or from business, is no longer allowed by the regulations. The subject is keenly debated in the Dresden press. Pigeons Interrupt Service. The pigeons at St. Paul’s Cathedral are considered to be one of the sights of London. In Paris the birds are appar ently not looked upon with much favor and would seem to be regarded as a nuisance. The authorities of the Church of Hulpice waited upon the local police commissary recently and asked wheth er nothing could be done to prevent the increase of pigeons in the church. He declared that the birds were at first made welcome, but they increased at such an alarming rate that the place was infested with them. During divine service they made such a noise that they interrupted the proceedings, and there were daily complaints concerning them. The police commissary pointed out that he could hardly send his constables to arrest the birds. The only course he ad vised was to set traps, as it would not do to have a pigeon shooting-match in the sacred edifice. Blindness an Inheritance. There are eleven of the present Her- resliofls and five of them are blind, but they know how to build boats. Blind ness is an inheritance of the Herre- shofl's, though all the afflicted were not born so. One of them walked to a win dow one day to read a letter, and, turn ing around said: "My, I am blind!” Another bumped his head against a door and his sight was gone. Some of them were born blind and all of them with the tendency, so that shocks and slight accidents induce loss of sight. They are rich, and all have beautiful homes in Bristol. All of them are ar tistic. One brother teaches music for the love of it. Not one of the children of the present generation is blind yet. Won a Case With a Poem. “1 once won a case with one of James Whitcomb Riley’s poems,” said Con gressman Brick of Indiana, who is a lawyer, "and so I stand for him. I was defending a man charged with stealing silk, and it looked so bad for him that I decided on an appeal to the jury. I did the best I could with the evidence, but 1 banked most on the fact that the de fendant was a young man with a wife and child and it would go hard with all of them to have him go to the peniten tiary for a term of years. My whole ar gument led up to the point where I closed with Riley's little poem, ‘Back From a Two Years’ Sentence.’ When I finished the jury was in tears, and even the Judge and the attorney for the prosecution were affected. The jury took just one ballot and returned a ver dict of not guilty.” The gift of Emperor William to Har vard University will lie much larger than was at first supposed. The casts number several thousand. The entire cost of the collection will lie defrayed from the Emperor’s private purse, and is estimated at about half a million marks ($125,000). The fellow the bottom of to climb will someone who who sits in the shade at the ladder and never tries be the first to pull down is climbing. It has been found that perhaps the main reason why tuberculosis advances so rapidly in Hongkong is that in most cases it is complicated with malaria. Only one man in 100 in the labor unions of the country Is reported unem ployed by union officials. Better wear old pantaloons that are yours than new ones that belong to your merchant. Very few of us ever make money fast enough to suit us. Wonder why that Js?_________________ When the vessel has tied up to the wharf In New Orleans, the first step is the removal of the bedding, clothing am cushions and other cloth fabrics to the quarantine shed. Here they are bung on a framework consisting of a series of racks suspended from a long cur running on a track and so arranged that when the racks are filled the whole thing may be run Inside one of the three great disinfecting cylinders with which the stutlou is equipped. These cylinders are enormous steel boilers fifty feet hi length by eight feet In diameter and fitted inside with con tinuous culls of steam pipe. The cylin ders are covered with asbestus and r.wnthed tn felt, and when the cylinder caps are on they are airtight. When Ibe clothing has been placed Inside aud the cylinders closed, dry heat Is forced through the pipes at a temperature of 180 degrees, nod this Is followed by moist heat raised to a temperature of 230 degrees. The pressure of from six to eight pounds put upon this steam heat is sufficient to force ft through heavy mattresses or bundles of cloth ing. After a period which varies from thirty minutes to an hour the cylinders are opened, the racks are run out, and the rapid evaporation which follows causes the clothing to dry almost Im mediately. The clothing Is unharmed by this process, and the moist heat Is a thorough germicidal agent. It Is an In teresting fact that If a freshly launder ed linen shirt or collar Is put into the cylinder It will emerge thoroughly moist and apparently tn need of anoth er starching. The evaporation Is so rap id however, that It Is Immediately re stored to Its original condition, not ever, the gloss being removed.—Leslie's Monthly. YOKOHAMA BY NIGHT. Lantern Illumination Makes the City Akin to Fairyland. .*. row of ¡taper lanterns in the black shadow of a wall is tlie first Impres sion the newly arrived traveler has of Yokohama as he steps from Ills "sam pan" on to the wharf at night. Tlie lanterns hang low and almost motionless, but at tlie word “rickshaw” they begin to sway, and with a silent, almost rhythmical movement they come rushing toward him. A moment Inter he discovers that each lantern is attached to a rickshaw, which offers for less than half a yen an hour to con vey him anywhere his fancy may lead him. But go where he will the lantern is always there, dangling and swaying nnd dimly flashing. The lantern on the rickshaw is a characteristic detail of the night pic ture of Yokohama. It is a series of brilliant dashes of color under a cloud less. starlit sky. fanned by a soft breeze which seems half of the sea ami half of the tropics, with smiling, doll- like people gliding about everywhere. It hardly seems real. It isn’t fairyland exactly, because fairies are not sup posed to be always as picturesque as are these Japanese. Certain it is that few things anywhere in the round world can be more beautiful than lan tern lighted Yokohama. As the occidental crosses the bridge over the canal from the foreign quar ter and enters the native city he sees a bewildering maze of lights. Through out Yokohama gas lamp posts are few and far between, a fact which makes the lantern illumination all the more conspicuous. They are not hung at reg ular heights or intervals, but make a sort of tangle of soft colored lights ove.- the front of the buildings and even across the street.—New York Mail aud Express. A Cs«e of "Quit«.” Clerical Customer (arousing himself from a nap in a barber’s chair)—All through, eh? Barber—Yes, sir; quite some time ago. Clerical Customer—Indeed! Then I must have been indulging in a quiet uap. Barber—You surely have, sir. Clerical Customer—It was certainly very kind of you not to awaken me. Tlie rest has done me good, and I am very thankful to you for wbat was really a very refreshing sleep. Barber—Don’t mention it. sir. It’s only a fair return. I attended service at your church last Sunday.—Boston Courier. A Story nt n Father’s Love. Old Mr. ---- has an only daughter. They are of lowly rank, but he is hon est and industrious. By trade he is a p tiddler in a foundry, and he earns $4.50 a day. Twenty years ago the wife nnd mother died, and the child of five became the old man’s pet. Twelve years ago he sold his property and siient all his money In sending her abroad to study music. She came back two years ago a famous singer and a matchless beauty and refused to own her father. He has moved to the east side in order that by living on a pit tance he may have $20 every week to give her to buy clothes. Every week he sends it. nnd every week she spends It, though she neither sees nor writes to him. Week after week he grows a little prouder and also a little sadder.— City Missionary in Ladles' Home Jour nal. December’s Name«. December, so called from being the tenth month when the year began in March, has probably had more names conferred upon it than any other of the twelve Into which our year is now di vided. Among the early Saxons it was called Winter Mount, or winter month. After their conversion to Christianity they called it Ileligh Monat, or holy month. In honor of the birth of Christ. In later days In Germany It was called Christ Monat for the same reason. Fires used to lie lighted for warmth In this month, and the want of chimneys used to cause a too obvious inconven ience. which led to its ltelng cnlled Fu- mosus, or smoky. It was also dubbed Canus, or hoary, from the snows or hoarfrosts which then generally whit ened the higher grounds. Of prominent persons mentioned in Wonder how we would have things if the new Issue of “Who’s Who In Amer ica." those born in New York number we could have them our own way? 2,066, In Massachusetts 1,130, In Penn sylvania 1,020, In Ohio 866. These are The best collectors in the world are 5,022 of the 11.551 subjects whose rec the poorest ¡layers. ords are giver HOWTHE CHINESE GET RAIN Peculiar Practices la Vogue In th« Celestial Kiugdom. It is one of the peculiarities of tlie Chinese that, while they have devdop- ed elaborate philosophies, none of tneru has led to any confidence in the tfnl- formity of nature. Neither the people nor their rulers bare any fixed upialon as to the causes of rainfall. The plan In some provinces when the need of rain is felt is to borrow a god from a neighboring district and petition him for the desired rain. If hla answer Is satisfactory, he is returned to his home with every mark of honor; otherwise he may be put out in the sun as a hint to wake up and do bls duty. A bunch of willow is usually thrust into Ma band, as willow Is sensitive to mois ture. Another plan In extensive use Is the building of special temples In which are wells containing several iron tab lets. When there is a scarcity of rain, a messenger starts out with a tablet marked with the date of the Journey and the name of the district making the petition. Arriving at another city, be ¡lays a sum of money and is allow ed to draw a new tablet from the well, throwing in Ids own by way of ex change. On the return Journey he is supposed to eat only bran and travel at toil sliced day and night. Some times lie passes through districts as greatly in need of rain as his own. Then the people In these places way lay him and, temporarily borrowing hla tablet, get tlie rain Intended for anoth er place. Prayers are usually made in the fifth nnd sixth months when the rainfall '.a always due, and a limit of ten days is set for their effective operation. Un der such conditions rain usually falls during the prescribed time. When the prayers are In progress, the umbrella, among other objects, comes under tbe ban. In some provinces foreigners have been mobbed for carrying this harmless article at that time. DEATH BY ARSENIC. The Way Thl« Polson Acta Upon the Human Syatem. When a single dose of arsenic in suf ficient quantity to be felt has been tak en, colicky pains, bowel disorder and perhaps nausea result. In the course uf an hour after a poisonous dose has been taken an istense burning pain is felt in the esophagus and stomach. This spreads to the entire anterior por tion of »lie lower part of the trunk. A sense of constriction at the throat and an acrid, metallic taste accompany the ¡mln. Then vomiting and relaxation of the bowls begin. As tbe case pro gresses the symptoms Increase in In tensity. Then comes a thirst that wa ter will not allay, although It appar ently Increases tbe stomach disturb ance. The victim groans and writhes. Now lie Implores tbe doctor to save him. Then he begs to be killed and put out of ¡mln. The extremities become Icy. The pulse Is small, feeble and fre quent, and the breathing Is labored, emburrassed and painful because of abdominal tenderness. Tbe surface of the body becomes dark and of that bluish color that medical men call cy- anosed. Violent cramps add their tor ture, exhaustion becomes collapse, con vulsions or coma ensues, and death ends the agony. This torture lasts sometimes from five to twenty hours. In some cases these symptoms occur, but In a modified form, and the doctor will apparently get the better of the disease. The remission will be but for a day or two. Then the abdomen will swell, and icy coldness will pervade tlie frame. Shivering will become pro nounced trembling, then cramps, con vulsions and death. Bird« Are Like Hamon Being«. Canaries, like human beings, vary very much in character, some cocks be ing so indifferent and Idle that they will let the hen do all the work of building and rearing, while they them selves sit and plume their feathers. Others, again, are perfect gentlemen In their manners, waiting on the ben with a quiet courtesy and seeing that all she requires is at once brought to her. Again, the hens vary in disposition, some Iic0 behaving in a quiet, modest way, attending to their young ones with regularity, while others are in a constant state of chatter with their husbands, pecking and arguing with them every time they go near. Thus we see that these little birds have their tiffs and domestic quarrels, not unlike ourselves.—Chambers’ Journal. The Force of Cyclone«. Careful estimates of the force of a cyclone and tbe energy required to keep a full fledged hurricane in active operation reveal the presence of a pow er that makes the mightiest efforts of men appear as nothing In comparison. A force fully equal to over 400,000,000 horsepower was estimated as develop ed In a West Indian cyclone. This is about fifteen times the power that can be developed by all the means within tbe range of man’s capabilities during the same time. Were steam, water, windmills and the strength of all man and all animals combined they could not at all approach the tremendous force exerted. A Tent of Friendship. A gentleman has tried the following peculiar way of probing tbe ties of friendship. He sent letters to twenty intimate friends asking for a loan of a pound. Thirteen of the two dozen friends did not reply at all. five de clined to lend the money, two promised to send it on the next day and did not do It, one sent his "last 10 shillings.” and only three sent the full sum asked for. Tbe supplicant and all the "friends" he had written to are well off.—St Petersburg Novoe Vremya. Not to Blame. SarcHNin That Failed. A certain KuglNhinnn by birth who Is an American by force of circum stances ha t been In this country long enough to absorb tbe American idea of humor. Last summer he was In London on a visit and happening to have business with a man on an up per floor of a tall building took the "lift” to reach his office. Tbe elevator was one of those excessively deliber ate British affairs, and its snail-like progress annoyed the Americanized Briton. The only other occupant of the car was a middle aged English man, with a manner of peculiarly English seriousness. The man from America ventured to address him. “I think 1 could make a great im provement in this lift,” he -said. The Englishman looked seriously in terested. “How?” lie asked. “Why,” the other man went on, “I’d make it go faster by a simple little ar rangement. I’d stop the lift altogeth er and move the building up and down." The Englishman looked slightly more interested. “How?” he asked. Spouse«. CHOICE MISCELLANY Hn««la’« Bad Shout««. M. de Witte is perhaps the greatest finance minister Russia has ever bad and in bis last report has painted as gloomy a view of tbe industrial and economic situation of tbe empire as any of his predecessors have done in its darkest days of war. bankruptcy and famine. The metal industries, he says, are on the verge of ruin; tbe tex tile nearly as bad. In twenty years tbe productivity of tbe land has diminish ed over one-quarter. An acre produces less than one-fifth of the same area In America. The number of houses has diminished nearly one-half in thirty years. Nearly half the population are hopelessly in arrears with their taxes, and tbe only parts of the empire which show any signs of prosperity are those Inhabited by non-Russian populations— Finland. Poland and the Caucasus. It is not a favorable showing for Russia’s aggr. salve purposes, though she is lit tle accustomed to abate them on ac count of hard times or the penury and sufferings of her people. t'ncle Sam at the Head. In the world’s race after tbe rolling dollars Uncle Sum comes in far ahead. The treasury bureau of statistics has Just received the yearbook of the London Daily Mall for 1902. in which tbe United States heads the list of wealthy nations, with £16,350.000.000 to her credit. Great Britain comes sec ond, with £11.806.000.1X10; France third, with £9,69O.IMX),OOO. und Germany fourth, with £8.052,000.000. Russia is last of the principal nations, having to her credit only £6.425.000,000. It is also satisfactory to see that of these five nations the United States has tbe smallest national debt. £221.- (XXi.000. Germany's debt Is £651.000.- (XX). that of the United Kingdom £706.- 000,000, that of Russia £711,000.000 and that of France £1,239.000.000. The same list also shows the United States to be tbe largest wheat pro ducer, her crop for 1901 being 48O.IXM). 000 bushels, over double that of Rus sia, next on tbe list. Sponges grow In odd, fantastic shapes. Some of them have an over growth resembling huge warts. There are some suggesting hands, hats and figures of idols. These are curiosities and not marketable for practical use. In trimming them Into shape many small sponges are made which are used for children’s slates, for black ing shoes and in making paper. The uses vary according to size. One of the largest Bponges known is in New York city. It is fan shape and some three feet in diameter. For practical use it Is worthless, but as an exhibit it Is valued at $100. The best sponges are Imported from the Mediterranean, although Florida produces very fine varieties. These vary In price from a cent to $20 apiece, although occasionally fine specimens bring $60 a pound. The best of these are used in surgical op erations. Other sponges are the mandruka Ilouaecleanln* by Air, batt, the elephant ear, velvet, grass The first stationary compressed air and sheep's wool, which Is best for washing. The cheap sponges are used cleaning apparatus to be placed in a in washing carriages and by painters. hotel in the United States, if not in the world, was put in operation in Mil waukee recently. The compressor is A Carlo«« Indian Caatom, In the original settlements in British located in tbe basement, and from It Columbia a peculiar Institution occa pipes lead to every floor of tbe build sioned gala times for the red men now ing, with places thereon for attaching nnd then. This was the “potlatch," a the hose, and hereafter tbe carpets thing to us so foreign, even In tbe Im and furniture and draperies of the ho pulse of which It Is begotten, that we tel will be kept clean and sweet by have no word or phrase to give Its means of this new device. It Is an meaning. It Is a feast and merrymak automatic piece of mechanism, and ing at the expense of some man who when in use the air pressure is kept at has earned or saved what he deems eighty pounds to the square inch, it Is considerable wealth, and who desires operated by electricity, and when the to distribute every lota of ft at once limit of pressure is reached the elec In edibles aud drinkables among the trical current is cut off, but as soon as people of his tribe or village. He does started up tlie connection is renewed this because he aspires to a chieftain and the pressure maintained. By this ship or merely for the credit of a “pot means the air current is sent through latch,” a high distinction. Indians the carpets, furniture and bedding, have been known to throw away such cleaning out all dirt and rendering a sum of money that their “potlatch” them sweet aud clean.—Milwaukee has been given in a huge shed built Sentinel. for the feast, and blankets and orna Easy Way to Make Money. ments have been distributed in addi About the easiest mouey making tion to tbe feast. scheme ever seen is at Jerome. Arlz.. in the opinion of I. T. Stoddard, secretary Celt and Saxon. One of Sheridan’s tales was of an of Arizona. “There is a brook that runs Irishman who met a Briton, of the true out of the lower workings of Senator John Bull pattern, standing with fold William A. Clark’s United Verde cop ed arms In a contemplative mood, ap per mine,” lie said. “This water perco parently meditating on tbe greatness lates all through certain sulpburetic copper and gold deposits in the bowels of bls little island. "Allow me to differ with yel” ex of the earth, and as a result when It runs out of the mine into a pool ar claimed the Celt. “But I have said nothing, sir,” re ranged for Itn reception it is heavily loaded with liquid copper. The mining plied John Bull. “And a man may think a lie as well people dump scrap Iron of all kinds as publish it,” persisted tbe pugna Into tbe pool, and the presence of the iron in the water precipitates tbe cop cious Hibernian. "Perhaps you are looking for fight?" per In solid form to the bottom of the pool, where It is picked up in irregular queried tbe Briton. “Allow me to compliment ye on the shapes. I was told the last time I was quickness of yer perception,” said In Jerome that Clark's people pick out Patrick, throwing down his coat, and of that scrap iron pool about $600 or $700 worth of practically pure copper then they pitched In. every twenty-four hours. That’s what I call an easy way of making money.” To Care the Stamaierer. It is said that stammerers rarely if VoanzMer« In a Poatofflce. ever show any impediment of speech The postmaster at Jasper, Mo„ an when speaking In whispers. On this fact a method of treatment has been nounced some weeks ago that he would advocated, which is as follows: For the no longer deliver mail between 4 and first ten days speaking is prohibited. 4:30 p. m. to children going home from This will allow rest to the voice and school because of tbe disturbance and constitutes tbe preliminary stage of disorder resulting from a concerted treatment. During the next ten days descent of tbe “kids” u|>on tbe post- speaking is permissible in tbe whisper office. One parent took exception to ing voice, and in the course of the next this ruling and complained to tlie de fifteen days the ordinary conversation partment at Washington in tbe hope of compelling the postmaster to set it al tone may be gradually employed. aside. The postmaster general, how ever, upheld his local representative. A Table Decoratloa. At a banquet given recently in Paris The ruling having been officially sanc by a French countess tbe guests re tioned at headquarters, it will be per ceived a most astounding surprise. In manently enforced. the center of the table was what ap The Peanut In London. peared to be a huge pile of roses, and Noting the Introduction of the baked Just before soup was served tbe roses parted, disclosing a large birdcage. peanut in London, tbe Pall Mall Ga This suddenly opened, revealing a zette observes: “We do not know beautiful young lady adorned with whether that excellent feature of Brit wings. She remained iu her strange ish civilization, tbe hot potato, flour position during tbe dinner and Intro ishes on winter nights nt the street cor duced each new dish by singing a ners of New York. Probably it does, but If It does not there Bhould be an couplet opening for some good Samaritan with Had Looked Oat For Number Oae. an eye to business to show our cousins “Have you ever done anything to that they have not got a monopoly of better tbe condition of any part of tbe good things However, we welcome human race?” said the very serious the peanut, more familiar to us ns the man. monkey nut. as a highly desirable Im "Of course 1 have," answered the migrant nnd have no doubt that he has person with the cold gray eye. "Am come to stay.” I not a part of the human race?’—Ex Literary t'nder writ lug. change. One well known flrm of publishers A Cyalo oa Merritt*«. runs n good deni of Its business on the Sardines are a delicacy lit for any following lines: It secures n popular epicure, but tbe other fish was thus novelist, offers him so much for Ids summed up by an epigrammatic Cor- next book and then forms a little syn nishman: “Pilchards,” he said "are dicate In the city to share the expense like wives. When they’re bad, they're A new book by n popular nutlior Is ii awful, and when they’re good they're considerably safer Investment than only middling.”—Pall Mall Gazette. many newly discovered gold mines. - Literature. Admirable Caatloa. She—Saturday is our silver wedding 11 .** <Arny II:«irm Book Agent—Is the bead of the bouse Don't you tlilnk we ought to kill the Sunday St-Ito I I'em-ber Remember, In? pig nnd have a feast? Servant—Yes; he’s in the library try children, always respect gray hair He—Kill the pig? I don't see why Tommy Traddles Well, my pa does ing to write a letter on a new type the poor animal Is to blame for what not writer he has Just bought hnppened twenty-five years ago.”—Lon 8unday School Teacher (In astonish Book Agent (hastily)—I’ll call ngain. don Tit-Bits. ment)—Whnt makes you think that? Tommy Trnddles— He dyes bis whis A Way to Kill. Fashionable Doctor (out for a day’« shooting) — Never saw such luck. What’s the mntter with the birds? I can’t kill one of them! Host—Write 'em a prescription, doc tori Lady Help A-pleaty. Mrs. Rangle—I've advertised for a servant for a whole week with no ie suits. Mrs. Cumso- Well, I advertised for a good looking Indy help nnd had thlrtv- four to select from tbe first dav.- kers.—Excba nge. Since the commencement of the war In South Africa Scotland has nent to the front 15,500 noncommissioned offi cers and men snd 330 officers; total, 15.830.