THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE, FRIDAY, JUNE 3,' 1893.
IN THE CORN. BULGE.
fricesFiieil at One Dollar per Bushel
"'V to Settle Snorts. .
GHOULISH GLEE OF THE VICTORS.
Ed. Pardridge Battling Against the
4
Merciless Stream.
ARMOUR AS THK FINANCIAL WHALK
Backer Cause a Swirl 'Which Sent the
Price Down to Fifty-Five Cent
at' Closing.
Chicago, June l.K good many failed
to pass the clearing house of the Chi
cago board of trade yesterday, and this is
but the beginning. The May' corner in
corn culminated and collapsed yesterday.
At the opening the clique brokers gave
it oat that their principals had decided
to fix the price at $1 per bushel, and
would settle with shorts at that figure.
Many of these, seeing no way out of the
dilemma, paid the price demanded, and
there was heavy trading at that figure.
Mr. Crittenden was the first victim to
fall into the vortex of a maselstrom that
has been swinging the lighter weights
on the edge of the circle swiftly tow ard
the center. Battling against this merci
less stream is Ed Pardridge, the plun
ger, 'way short on May wheat, July
.wheat and July corn. Yesterday he
made a desperate effort to cover, went
wild and bought everything that was of
fered through a dozen brokers. Today
it is expected a number of other failures
will be announced at the opening of the
board. There were all sorts of wild
statements as to Coster & Martin's
liabilities, but it is definitely known,
however, in addition to the capital re
quired to carry " through the deal up,
they needed $1,000,000 to take care of
the day's receipts and other offerings.
There was a rumor that the firm in their
efforts to corner the market ran up
against some such financial whale as
Armour, which caused a reaction to 55
cents. There were rumors regarding
the solvency of other firms, but no other
names were posted. In consequence of
, the flood, late planting, etc., the coining
crop of both wheat and corn will be
nearly a failure. Stocks in store are
being rapidly exhausted by eastward
shipments and .the cash article in the
market today is hard to buy at the ad
vanced price. In wheat the strength is
due to its condition on the farm inde
pendent of the corn market. Consider
ing the freight rates, however, jt is
cheaper than it has been before for
years. The situation, while not yet
alarming, is serious enough to ' make
.' lively trading. The harvests will be
mree weess Hue, uuu uie gram win uo t
tangled and lodged. To this condition,
when the hot weather comes, as it will,
Tust and Wight will set in. Traders
have a belief that wheat will be wheat
next fall, and today the September op
tion is V.-cent above the quotations for
Mav. '
The Blaine Programme.
A Washington dispatch yeslerday
says the Blaine men have arranged a
programme, which is calculated to cap
ture the Minneapolis convention. It
' may be that Blaine's name will be pre
sented, but this is not essential to the
scheme. An earnest effort will be
made in the committee on credentials
to have the anti-administration delega
tion from Alabama recognized, in which
case its leader, who has a resonant
voice will rise, when the first ballot is
called, and with a flourish of words, will
cast the vote of his delegation for Blaine.
The Arkansas delegation has already
been seen, and while it is ! not
certain that its entire member
ship will vote for Blaine, there
will be enough votes .to keep the
ball rolling. The votes in the delegation
will be divided about equally - among
j j Harrison, Alger and Blaine. Then will
, come California. Senator Felton, a
Slegate-at-Iarge, and the entire delega
n will vote for Blaine. When Cali
fornia has cast its vote for Blaine it will
be followed by Colorado, which delega
tion will also be solid for Blaine. By
this time, to repeat the expression a
senator used today. "It is expected
that the team will have a runaway. It
is not expected that anybody will try to
atop it, but on the contrary there will be
wild excitement to make the ranawav
nv taster.
The Great Northern.
At 12 o'clock yesterday the first train
of the Great Northern reached Spokane.
It was drawn by engine 172, and stopped
at the Union Pacific track in Dennis &
Bradley's addition, the work of joining
the Great Northern and Union Pacific
tracks not being quite completed. The
work was soon finished,' however, and
the train pulled into the Union Pacific
depot. The train consisted of Mr. Hill's
private cae "A 1," which has just been
bnilt after a model designed by Mr. Hill
himself, the private car of C. Shields,
- superintendent of the western division,
and a baggage car , .'.
"'".The Progress, of -"Volapnfc."" '
It is a very interesting fact that the
world language, Volapnk, is not only
coming to be spoken conversationally by
; its enthusiastic votaries, ' but is to be
made a medium of interlingual commu
nication at the World's Columbian fair.
A complete record of progress made in
spreading Volapuk since that delightful
national convention of its votaries was
held in Boston, considerably more than
a year ago, would astonish all but the
few who keep closest watch on the move
ment. A significant circumstance is
that recently the Yonng People's Society
of Christian Endeavor of the People's
church, Boston, formally adopted Vola
pnk as a study for that organization,
and a class of forty members (expected
to double shortly) was formed, to meet
each Monday evening in the church's
reading room for instruction.
Other noteworthy instances are as fol
lows: The people of Newton, quite at
their own request, are to have a lecture
on Volapuk under the auspices of a
ladies' association there. Salem and
Gloucester are to have lectures in Janu
ary, and the interest all over the coun
try is similarly manifested, r , Newspaper
lessons, published simultaneously all
over the maritime provinces, Canada
and the United States, have been; given
weekly since Oct. 10. . Thi students
write out the exercises of the lessons and
send them to convenient points, as desig
nated, for annotation, and immense
numbers of young and old of both sexes
are following the. lessons. Boston Ad
vertiser. Area of the Canadian Dominion.
In the last issue of the Statisti
cal Year Book of Canada, com
piled by Mr. Sydney C. D. Roper,
of the.. .statistics branch of the de
partment of agriculture, we find that
the total area of the dominion is com
puted to be 3,458,383 square miles. In
this estimate 1 40,738 square miles are
assigned to water and 3,315,647 to land
surface. The table which yields, this
total is said to be an entirely new one,
having been specially prepared at the
request of the compiler of the Year
Book by the Topographical Survey
branch of the department of the in
terior. "The measures have all," we are told,
"been made anew and checked, and
may bo depended on, in so far as war
ranted by the present geographical
knowledge of the country. No change
will be made in these figures unless
based upon new information." As this
is a question on which there has been a
good deal of discussion and much differ
ence of opinion, it is satisfactory to
receive this assurance from what we
may regard as the highest official and
professional authority. Montreal Ga
zette. Dr. TaUnage's New Year's Maxims.
Make it the best year of all your life
the brightest, the happiest and the best.
Imbue your heart with the freshness of
the morning, your soul with the sparkle
of the dawn. Resolve by good deeds
and thoughts to make this the most tri
umphant year of your life. As a series
of . short mf rims to carry with yon
through this year, let me give you these:
. Make every day begin and end with
God.
Be content with wbul you have.
Have a hearty, joyf nl family altar in
your domestic circle.
Fill your home with as much good
reading and bright music as your means
will allow.
Think ill of none, but well of all.
If fortune favor? you. think of others.
Don't sham; be real.
Keep busy and you will keep healthy.
Respect all sacred things.
Love God. Dr. Talmage in Ladies'
Home Journal.
Something: Thnt Has Bern Needed.
For some time past the public have
been looking for an adjustable grille,
with shelf attachment, upon which to
place bric-a-brac, the whole to be ar
ranged over windows or doorways' to re
lieve thisr portion of a room, which is
usually dependent upon a curtain pole.
The great trouble has always been that
they had to be made to order, as win
dows and doors vary in width. Now,
however, a device is made narrow enough
to go into the narrowest doorway. It is
in two sections, running upon a sliding
top bar. By drawing these pieces apart
they can be extended to the width of
the door, and the open place left in the
center of them is furnished with a short
drapery. Philadelphia Upholsterer.
The Boys Did the Job.
An East Dover (Me.) farmer had a
mare something over SO years old, and
not thinking it advisable - to winter
her, spoke to some boys to take her out,
snoot her and bury her for a money eon-,
sideration. Boys No. 1 and 2 did the
job all right, but No. 45, not knowing the
mare had been killed, went the follow
ing day to the farmer '3 barn, and find
ing an animal in the stable, took him
out and led him down -to a piece of
woods, shot and buried him. ' Imagine
the farmer's surprise on coming home to
find that boy No. 3 had shot and buried
a nice 6-year-old, worth in the neighbor
hood of $300. Boston Transcript.
Big Coon, Big Tree, Small Man.
A party consisting of D. M. Rawlins,
H. C. Brown and others, of "Brown's
Mill, went out coon, hunting the other
night and caught the largest coon and;
cut down the largest tree yet on record.
The coon weighed twenty-seven pounds
and the tree was nearly fifteen - feet
across the stump. The tree was very
hollow, and Mr. Nathan Singletary, who
is not a very large - man, went into the
hollow of the tree and came out at a
knot hole. Cor. Atlanta Constitution.
,. ,. , Doing Penance.
An old woman has taken up her abode
in a wood on Lord Annaly's estate at
Kildysart She has made a bed of fern
leaves between the trunks of trees, sticks
and ferns forming a rude thatch. The
only article of furniture is a crucifix.
She subsists on bread and water, and
says she has resorted to this wretched
mode of existence as a penance. Lon
don Letter- . ' ;
ANOTHER RAIN STORM.
Disaster Follows Disaster in tlie Mis
sissini Valley
INDIANAPOLIS UNDER THE WATERS.
One Whole County now Resembles a
Lake in Indiana. "
COKX POPS VP TEN CENTS A BUSHEL.
Water. ' In the Sacramento ' Seceding
The Break on the1lo Levee -Other
News.
Chicago, June 1.' Advices to the
Associated Press from many points show
that heavy rain storms prevailed yester
day and last night throughout ' a large
section of the Mississippi valley. The
heavy rain soaked the ' ground, further
delaying planting and drowning out the
grain already in. the ground. Advices
so far received, cover the states of Ken
tucky, Missouri,' Arkansas, Texas, and
Oklahoma and Indian territories.
At Xew Hope, Ky., the Tainpour was
accompanied by a destructive hail 6torm,
doing great damage to grains, fruit and
vegetables. Fields are under water, and
the situation is so alarming that the
price of corn has advanced 10 cents a
bushel. -
At Fort Smith, .Ark., rain was accom
panied byji wind storm which did con
siderable damage to buildings, etc. '
At Greenville, Tex., the electrical
storm killed several hundred acres of
grain anfl cotton, giving them the ap
pearance of being burned.
Guthrie, O. T.. reports a family con
sisting of man, wife and three children
drowned while trying to ford the Can
adian river. Further disastrous floods,
it is believed, must- result, with proba
ble loss of life and property, in addition
to the vast ravages already inflicted, f
At Indianapolis, the floods continue to
increase; The White river and Fall
creek are overflowing all the contiguous
territory. Many bridges are washed
away. The city is threatened with the
worst flood in the history. Reports
from points throughout the state tell of
great havoc wrought by the waters.
The Wabash river, is out of its banks.
Audrews county resembles an immense
lake. No corn is planted, and the farm
ers jire growing desperate. Railroads
are washed out and traffic is delayed or
suspended. " '
i Fourth of July.;
A rousing meeting was held at the
common council chamber last night,
and a committee appointed to carry out
the wishes of the people for a grand
Fourth of July celebration in The Dalles.
Both bands of the city have been en
gaged today, the fire department en
listed, and all plans perfected for a real
big time. The whole arrangement will be
consummated Saturday night, at a
meeting of the executive committee.
In the meantime, just say to your
neighbors :
The Dalles will have a BIG CELE
BRATION. July 4th, 1892.
Our National Hlrth Day.
The Glorious Fouutii will soon be
upon, us, and all patriotic citizens of The
Dalles' are invited to attend a meeting
which will be held this evening, at. J
o'clock in the old court house, to deter
mine the question of a celebration. The
committee of last year have on hand the
nucleus of a fund, and at this meeting
the whole matter will be taken up and
discussed, so it is important, that there
be its full attendance as possible of "rep
resentative citizens.
Notice.
' All per-ons indebted to ' the late
firm of Mr. Farland and French will
please call at the old store, now Messrs,
Pease & Mays, where Mr. French will be
in waiting that they may - make im
mediate settlement of their notes and ac
counts. -.
c S. French,- .
6-3-cUwlm ... b For the company
The Osage Indians are said , to be the
richest community in the" world. "They
are but 1509 in number, but thev have
$S,000,000 deposited to their credit in
the treasury at Washington, on which
they draw $100,000 interest every three
months, and they own 1,470,000 acres
of the best land in Oklahoma. Most of
them wear blankets , despite their wealth
Notice.
' All persons indebted to the late firm
of W. Bolton & Co., Antelope, either by
note or book account, will please call at
the old store and make immediate, set
tlement of the same.
Wilbur Bolton,
d.twlm .For tthe company.
Notice.
AH persons snowing themselves in
debted to the late firm of Van Duyn &
Co., Tygh Valley, either by note or book
account, will please call at the old ' store
and make immediate settlement of the
same. ; ; , C. J. VaxDcyx,
dwlm v ' ' ' ? For the company;
Thirteen Daring Young Men. -
If thirteen young men lawyers and
physicians who have just organized a
Thirteen club in this city, can find a
haunted house to meet in they 5 will be
most happy. The organization is nearly
complete, the. bylaws and rule have
been drawn up and adopted,-and the
only thing lacking is the haunted house.
If this cannot be found it is proposed to
use the dead house owned by the town.
Among the rules are almost everything
superstitious people avoid. The presi
dent is to sit under an open umbrella
during all meetings and at the quarterly
dinners. A ladder will be raised in the
loom, and every member entering will
pass under it. A crosseyed janitor will
be secured, and" one of the members
whose hair is fiery red will be obliged tu
enter the meeting room first every time
it is opened. -
A skeleton will be seated opposite the
president at every feast, and two black
cats will be purchased and kept in the
elnbroom. Each member takes a solemn
obligation to look at the new moon over
his leftjshoulder, pass on each side oFa
post when- two are- walking together,
walk between any couples who may be
seen talking together on the street, and
do everything contrary to the accepted
custom. The meetings will be hekl on
Friday evenings, and if any member has
to make a journey he will start on Fri
day or the 13th of the month.. New
Haven Cor. New York SunT
Curious Tomb of a' Kentuekian.
Several-weeks ago Mr. James Golden,
a well known lumber dealer of Hick
man., Ky.. died there and was buried
with a- strict conformity with the pro
visions of a remarkable will. He had
while in health a strong fear of being
buried alive, fostered probably by read
ing accounts of the" few cases of this
kind that are known to have occurred,
and he determined to take no chances in
that lino that could possibly lie avoided.
He caused a tomb to be erected, and in
that tomb had an opening left on the
east side large enough for a man to pass
through. This was covered with glass.
In his will he stipulated that a stroug
hammer should be placed in the casket
with liim, and that the lid of the coffin
should not be screwed down, so that' if
by chance he should be consigned to the
tomb before his life was extinct he
might, if he gained power to move, pnsh
off the lid and with the hammer break
out the glass in the opening left ' for the
purpose and thus escape a lingering.
horrible death. His instructions werei
faithfully obeyed. Friends took it upon
themselves to watch the tomb and be
near in case the gentleman's fears should
prove well founded and render him as
sistance. But death came with an un
erring shot, and he. still slumbers peace
fully in his casket. Colnmbns (Ky.)
Forum.
Two Queer Names.
When a petition for a new postoffice in
the mountains of Virginia was received
some weeks ago it was fouud that the
ftaMe submitted was undesirable. The
petitioners were so notified and requested
to submit a list of names in order of
preference. The new list contained no
names acceptable, and the assistant
postmaster general directed an under
official to select a name himself. The
clerk immediately walked to the map.
and, locating the office, discovered that
there was a mountain hard by named
Purgatory, and the new postoffice was
given' the name of Purgatory. When
the establishing papers were forwarded
to the petitioners, and they were re
quested to snbmit a name for postmaster,
they returned the name of George God
bethere. So that the new postoffice of
Purgatory, is presided over by George.
Godbethere, Baltimore American.
. A jury with hard .Sense.
From a town almost near enough -to
Philadelphia to be called a suburb comes
a story of unique dispensation of justice
by a jury from around about the vicin
ity. The case "was one in which the
prosecution was brought by a young
woman against a young man. Despite
the eloquent pleading of the lawyer for
the fair one, the jury rendered a verdict
of. acquittal, and then proceeded to as
sess the defendant a fourth of the costs,
the prosecutrix a fourth, the" constable
who arrested the prisoner a fourth, and
the justice of the peace who sent the
case to court a fourth. The judge re
marked that that wasn't much of a jury
for law, but it was strong in the way of
common sense. Philadelphia Record
The Phonograph and the Dumb.
Recent tests in the use of the phono
graph in the deaf and -dumb institute at
Indianapolis show that it is useful in
concentrating sound . upon the drum of
the ear, so that many pupils otherwise
deaf can hear it. It is thought by the
superintendent that he cun by this
means soon teachthe use of their voice
to many mutes whose inability to speak
is dne to the fact that they have never
heard speech. Exchange.
Dam Pedro' Garter. , i
Doin Pedro was a Knight of the Gar
ter, having been invested by the queen
during his visit to Europe in 1871. His
death did not create a vacancy in the
order, as, like other royal personages, he
was an extra knight. It is probable that
the Comte d'Eu will come to England in
a few weeks in order that he may person
ally deliver up his father-in-law a msig
nia to the queen. London World. .
Boarding Lunatics Out.
An experiment is about to be tried in
France where 100 lunatics will shortly
be sent to the Department of the Cher
and placed in the houses of farmers and
other people who are willing to take
care of them. Galignani Messenger.
A whale recently captured in arctic
waters was found to have imbedded in
its side a harpoon that belonged to a
whaling, vessel that had been out of
service nearly half a century.
The Russian government intends to
construct a harbor solely for commerce
at Poti, leaving Batoum as a strongly
fortified point for military purposes only.
AT THE LOM.M ZOO.
HOW'THE CHILDREN; ENJOY THEM
i SELVES- QN A SATURDAY.. t
Seeing, the Animals- In London'. Great
- Card en Take Their,- Daily Meal: la. a
Weekly. Attraction, la. the Big: City.
YPatehlng. the - Creatnrrs. Katt .
No day is more animated at the- Lou
don Zoological gardens thau Saturday,
when the children appear in full' force,
marshaled by papas- and' mammas, who
are-doubtless glad- enough to- visit- the
scene of their own. early "larks,?' but
who try to look, as if. they came only as
guides and: guardians.. The little- peo
ple begin to appear'carly in the forenoon
some of them bringing a lunch basket,
wherein- may be- found not only their
own bread and: hmtterbnt" biscuit and
buns for feeding- the- animals.
Those who -are to take their-noonday
meal in. the- refreshment room, how
ever, need.not be destitute-of provender
for their four footed acquaintances;, a
bun may always be bought for a penny,
and biscuit are abundant on: many- a
convenient counter.
First" comes the preliminary ramble,
and then a sknrry back tothe fish house,
where at o'clock the diving birds are
fed. A large glass tank of clear water
occupies one end of the- room, and: into
this precisely at noon an attendant
throws handful of tiny fish,, a few of
them still living. Then the side- of an
adjoining cage is removed, and down
plunge- the penguins, to seize-theiir prey.
It must be confessed that their table
manners are- not nae. They literally
gobblo fish af tec .fish and then hurl
themselves about in the watwr. evidently
delighted with their bath.
Another birdi a slender, graceful
creatnre, familiarly called a "darter"'
id admitted alone- to the tank, and his
Motions in en ting his fish dinner are
wonderful to see. He sweeps through
the water like- an arrow, and impaling
each lisli upon his bill, lifts his head,
and in auu mysterious uud lightning
like manner catches -the victim and
swallows it. '
THE RIDE OS- THE ELEPHANTS.
- Later in the afternoon thepelicausare
fed in the- little yard where they strut
solemnly all day long. A small poud
occupies its center, and into this bits of
fish are thrown, in search of which the
birds rush pell mell. covering the water
with a confusion of . gigantic waving
wings. As the attendant approaches to
carry out this pleasing ceremony, the
birds awaken from their drowsy calm,
and it is a sight not soon to be forgotten
if one can watch a stately old pelican
lift his wings and begin an awkward
curveting in token of his joy. ' , '
In the bear pit. a deep and well lighted
inclosure, dwell two bears, who are un
wieldy, with the. fatness produced by
many buns. They have been so per
sistently fed by visitors that when one
looks over the railing his heirship calm
ly rises, holds out two entreatiug fore
paws and sits in pleased anticipation of
a feast.
He catches bits of bun in his mouth
with the unerring skill given by long
practice, aud will even climb the pole in
the center of the pit, if one will but hold
a bnn over it suspended from a stick.
"But how will he know I want him to
climbT said a little girl, who had just
leen provided with this plummy bribed
"Just hold it near the polo where he
can get it." said an attendant, "and heU
do the rest. He knows as much as we
do." ' .
So, heavily and with much punting,
the awkward creature mounts his pole,
seizes the bun, and descends to mnncu it
in content. - .
The crowning joy of all perhaps for
little visitors is that of riding the ele
pliants, which, provided with great sad
dles, large enough for a dozen people,
take their load of shrieking, laughing
eliildren and go lumbering off down the
walks, waving their trunks this sido and
that in the hope of receiving a stray tit
bit from the neighboring crowd.
FEEDISO THE LIOXS.
Later in the day comes one great
event, to which even the most serious
grown person must be interested. At
half past 4 the lions are fed! Long
before the time visitors begin to pour
into the building where, in largo cages
against the wall, lions, tigers and leop
ards are iacing restlessly up and down.
The creatures themselves need no
watches to tell them dinner time is near.
At the appointed moment' a man en
ters, pushing a barrow of bleeding meat,
and wheels it past the cages to the very
end of the room. At the smell and
sight pandemonium breaks loose. One
terrible roar, made by many voices in
awful concord, fills the' place. At the
last cage the barrow stops, a bar is
thrown back," and two large pieces ef
meat are thrown in. The lion seizes them
in his paws and lies contentedly, down,
to gnaw and lick them with the delib
eration of a well fed animal.
- So the programme goes on, until one
voice after another is silenced and the
barrow is empty. One very interesting
fact is always to be observed.' -The
animals do not, on 'receiving their first
piece or meat, retire to aevour it; tney
wait for the second and then turn away
with both held securely in their paws.
They have evidently learned how much
to expect and can count up to that
number.
Indeed the delights of the Zoo are
almost inexaustible to animal loving
children. There is the monkey house,
where those grave, wrinkled, half Un
man creatures sit picking fleas from
each other with an air of funny absorp
tion. There is the chimpanzee "Sally;"
who will count five for her keeper by
passing him the .requisite number of
straws, and who, at request; will eat
with her fingers, as she. "used to do."
and then with a fork, as she does now
that she is civilized. "Queer old Sally."
as one little boy said, and happy children
who can see her! - Youth's Companion.
Fish' swallow their food whole because
they are obliged to keep continually
opening and closing the mouth for the
purpose of .respiration.
.,. Beturne Mra Pmpeza. ,,
A well' known, gentleman in this city '
movedi into a house that kad been pre
viously, ocenjjiod. by another gentleman
who was a subscriber to one- of theven
ing papers. The carrier of coursa con
tinued, leaving the paper for a space of .
a yoat, never having been notified of the
change. - The collector recently went
around, to collect for the paper, the ball
being, made out in the name of the gen
tleman Who had' subscribed. When the
collector presented, the bill the gentleman-of
the house said:.
"Why, my dear sir,, that man has not
lived! here fee over a year. Yea are at
the-wrong house."
"Well,, has not the-carrier been leav
ing; you tk copy of the paper all the
time?" ,
"Yes,, sir. Bnt 1 did not subscribe,
and- L toldt the boy to quit leaving it.
But he never-did so."
-"You. have- received the paper every
day. haven't vou?"
"Yes,6tr."
"Theni you ought to pay tvr it,"
, . Well excuse me a moment," and the
gentlemani went into the- house. Re- .
turning; in a moment he lagged ont a
stack ol newspapers half as tall as him
self. "Sere are your papers sir: I have
no use for thenw''
Be had read them and carefully filed,
them away until the bill should be pre
sented. The-collector sent a transfer wagon to
haul away a year's accumulation of
papers, the pay for which he failed to
get,, because one man returned them and .
the man never received them. Chatta-,
nooga Times.
iiut tlw Wontt Ciurl In the World.
Professor Chapman, of Bowdoin coWv
lege, told the following story at an.
alumni dinner: "1 feel like the little,
danghter of a frieud of. mine in Port-.
laud. She had jnst mastered the art of
expressing herself in intelligent sen
tences. One day she had done some-,
thing for which her mamma had to- re
prove her. The lady gave her daughter
a sound lecture and then told hereto go .
up stairs, alone, in her room, and . ask
God to forgive her for her error.
"In a few minutes she was surprised..'
to see the baby come down stairs again,
appear in the sitting room and stand;
back with a great deal of seriousness. .
" 'Well, did you go up and, do what i
told you?" asked the fond mother.
" 'Yes,' replied the guilty one, 'and
God said, "Great Scott! lsie Murray,
I've known a great many, worser girls
than you." ' "Boston Herald.
Cursed Wordi ot the Tezldeea.
The Yezidees, a peculiar Turkish sect,
are perhaps the only people in the world
which consider certain letters, words
and phrases as being cursed, and tire
person who pronounces them a worthy
subject for immediate destruction. They
attach no value to human life, and to
these ordinary dangers are added those '
arising from the embarrassing etiquette
of conversational intercourse with them,
for if any one inadverently speaks the
word "devil," "satan." or anything with
the same meaning, he commits a mortal
offense, and to cut off his head is a God
pleasing act, a sacred duty of the Yeai
dee, the fulfillment of which will insure
him a place in paradise.
In a like manner several letters are
wholly banished ' from their language,
chiefly those which contain the sound of
"shun." The. Arabian word nallet,
"Thou art damned," is also expunged
because if is believed by the Yezidees to
have been the word uttered by God
when the fallen angels were thrown into
hell. These and similar words and
phrases are set aside and combinations
which do not belong to any language ,
j used instead. St. Louis Republic.
Amending Her Prayer, '"'
1 am prompted to send yon the follow
ing anecdote abont a half-past-2 midget
who is quartered in our. domicile. She
is accustomed at bedtime, after having
'had a hilarious frolic en dishabille, to re
peat the words; v
Jeans, goalie shepherd, hear me, -Guard
thy little lamb tonight;
ThronRb the darkness be thoti ncur me,
VVatcU my sleep till morning light.
These lines she has faithfully repeated.
word for word, with the remarkable and
inimitable pronunciation common to
all children at her age. but last night
she astonished us by saying.
Guard thy little lamb to-nigbt.
Through the thnt not darkDrw. that
gHfcliflbL.'
And surely enough, a new lamp post
had been erected during the day on oar
corner, and ho the "little lamb" no long
er needed protection through the dark
ness, bnt through the 'gaslight. She
thought, I supitosc, that she must be lit
eral or die. Cor. Boston Transcripts
A Delightful Plane for a Woman...
What a delightful day one could spend
rummaging in the great cabinets at
Windsor castle, where are stored away
all the gowns that Queen Victoria ever
wore. For the queen's robes are never ..
sold or given away, despite the energetic ',
attempts which have been made from
time to time to induce the attendants tc
part with some of these thousands oi
gowns, which their wearer has probably
forgotten that she ever possessed. The
coronation robes, bridal gowns, resplend
ent garments of stately fete and royal
ceremonial, worn in the old days before
the 'magnificence of qneenliness was for
gotten in the sorrow of widowhood.
What will become of these relics when
the long reign is ended and the enor
mous cabinets are made ready for the
new queen's arrival? -London Letter.
Points for tho Suburban Resident.
It is better to let the heels of yonr
shoes go unblackened than to miss a
train.
It does not pay to invest in accident
insurance policies. The accident al
ways happens to some other train than
the one in which yon are traveling.
Late to bed and early to rise will
shorten the road to your home in the
skies. ", . -. ...
Always try to eat . at least one meal
each week with yonr family. . It keeps
np the acquaintance and conduces to so
ciability. Chicago Tribune,