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11 spnrklo with dew
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.a warns him of 11 cap.
he sel.es his muster
fawny on' It, thus vlbrnt
1 structure and making
ho confusion of his vie-
i which leap upon their
of setting snares for It
use for their threads of
air nut n onhln na 4hnv Inon
fall If they" miss their
I a Btrange use of the
, of tho little flying spl
y run to the top of a
their abdomens and run
threads, which lengthen
y until the breczo catches
goes Uie wingless ncro
. or for mllos, ns fortune
V We wondor If be can
Ml In his balloon cables
mating tale would unfold
,cover all tho uses of cob
the spiders themselves are
,1th It. Certain It Is that our
,,-oated bumming bird robs many
,to fasten together tho plant down
'-hens which compos her dainty
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"THE
another member of the wider family
swimming nbout nt ease benenth the
surface, thoroughly aquatic In his
habits, but breathing 11 bubble of air
which he carries about with him.
When his supply Is low, he swims to a
submarine castle of Bilk, bo air tight
that be can keep It tilled with a large
bubblo of air, upon which he draws
from time to time.
And so we might go on enumerating
almost cndlees uses for the web, which
Is nature's gift to these little waifs
who ages ago left tho sea and have
won a place for themselves In the sun
shine nmoug the butterflies and flow
ers. O. William Bcebe In Now York
Post, .
Ah Ina-enlou. nn.e.
', Horodotns tolls of an ingenious ruse
employed to carry an Important mes
sage through the lines of tho enemy.
Hlstlaous, bolng anxious to give Arls
tagorns orders to revolt, could think of
no moans to send tho message to his
ally, as all tho roads were carefully
guardod. Flnnlly he hit upon a scheme.
Calling his trustiest servant to him, he
ordered that tho man's hair bo shavon
off. He thon pricked the desired mes
sage on the scalp of the slave and,
waiting until hlB hair had grown out,
dispatched him upon the errand. The
messenger pnssed safely through the
lines, nd when he reached Arlstagoras
hlB heud was again shaved and the
message rend. :
, ' 2 BRICK COURT.
Temple Chamber. In Which Ollvwp
Gold.mltli Amused lllnt.elf.
Few buildings Utile Ibe London of the
present day with so many of tho IIIoi't
nry ehmutctors of tlio London of the
pnst as does the homo at 2 ))rlck
court. Middle Temple. The dominant!
memory .which clings around It is tbatJ
perpetuated by h handsome tablet on
Itn froat elevation benrlug the words:
In tlit'Ho chiunliors died
Oliver Ubldsmlth
On tho 4th of Apl., 1774.
and a medallion of tho poet.
Upldsmltu's, however,, was seldom a
lonely llgutVy and he gtrthored around
hltu at Hi-ilk eoiirt all the wit. of tho
uietropeUs of' Ins tiny. In 17(13. on the
strength of the" siuVch's of "Tle Good
Natural Man" and the fact that ho
wnsmnklng some X600 a year. "Goldle"
oxpouiicfl MOO on chambers "up two
pair right" and lifted Uiem with showy
carpets, ullt mirrors and furifituro ox
Irnvufenutly' upholstered In blue Volvet.
Thus equipped, ho ombarked on a
tours, or capcmllture In which fine
clothes for himself, grnud dinners to a
literary cotcrlo and pretty trllios for
venal beauties nil boro ostly parts,
Johnsou, Dr. Arno, Percy Hayuolds,
I't-nuols and Hlckcrsttiff were among
tho sequent: visitors at 2 Brick court
but their arrival was not tlio cause .of
so much coucorn to Goldsmith's coten
ants as that of some other of the poet's
guests.-. It was the little stumor parties
to Goldsmith's young friends of both-
sexes that drew from the studious
Blackatone, hard at work on hit (anions
TOGGERY"
"Commentaries"' in the rooms below
"Goldlo's," bitter protests against tho
racket or bis "reveling neighbor."
Both "The Traveler" and "The Vicar
of Wakelleld" were published soon aft
er Goldsmith moved Into Brick court.
but the Income they brought him was
Insufficient to withstand the drain made
ou hlB resources by his cxtravugance,
his generosity and his taste for gam
bling. Owing 2,000. unable to obtain
further advances from his booksellers
and seeing no wny out of his embar
rassments, Goldsmith broke down In
spirits and health. Be had to leave
those windows from which he usod to
watch the rooks In tho grove, which
once Btood whore now Is Elm court,
and, as he wrote, "often amused my
self .with observing their plan of
policy." Goldsmith returned thither,
nevertheless, to die, and though he was
carried to his last resting place through
rows of weeping women tho benches
of the Temple appear to have valued
htm so little that tho very place of his
burial became forgotten. For that
neglect the tablet came as tardy but
welcome reparation. London Tribune.
A GIGANTIC GAMBLE.
Br.rr step ol the Pearl Fl.herr At
tended by Fickle Porta..,
The world'B most gjgantic gamble,
prcgnnutly fruitful with chance In all
variations , and shadings, le unquestion-j
ably tho Ceylon pearl fishery. Com-1
pnred wlHi It any state lottery pales to !
Insignificance. From tlio taking of the
first ovatep -to tlin firnlntnir nf ttia'lnof J
vatf-ul of "matter" ovory stop is at
tended by fickle fortune, .and never is
the interest of the people of Portugal
or of Mexico keener over a drawing of
n lottery, the tickets of which may
hnvo been seld at tho very thresholds
of tho cathedrals, than Is that of tho
untlves cf Ceylon and southern Iudln
over tlio dull); results of n Mannr flsli
ary, ,
Each bivalve Is a lottery ticket.. II
may contain a gem worthy of place In
a monarch's crown m- bo a sec' :'
with a more:;:..::!- of on! .- a ic-.'
rupees. Per!:.-;'- vo oyster l:i n ivn
drcd cont;i!i:j .j;trl, and not 1116.V
than, one pearl In a hundred, lie k
known, has a vnftto of Importance.
Nntut'o fnrnlshcs the son, 'penrll:!,!
banks, oysters nnd all therein contain
ed. The Ceylon administration con
ducts the ttntJcrtiiklntT nnd for Us trou
ble and trilling uXitlay exacts a "ralce
ofl": of two-thirds of nil that may hi
won from the tleup. And mot'o in;:n.
the brown or black diver, tvcelvrs for
Ws dnrlnr nntl enterprise otio oyster
A every three that ho brings from the
oconn's doiiths, and his earnings must
be shnxl with boat owner, sailors, at
tendants nnd assistants almost without
number.
For site of "rake-off" there Is no
fame' of basard In tho world offering
parallel. The Ceylon government
naed to exact three out of every fonr
oysters brought In, the current tribute
of two out of three having become op
erative only a few years imsAFred-J
one u i-cnnem in Century.
If a Dollar Saved is a Dollar Earned--aiid It ls--The wearer of one of these
coats is receiving regular daily dividends on his purchase. He not only
Saved on the purchase price, but on the durability of the garment, not tak-.
inR into account its superior finish and many other points of excellence
Prices From $ 1 5 Up
of this Unchallenged
THE MANTO.
A Garment That All Chilean Women
Wear to Church.
The Chilean women's most fetching
garment, wrap, or what you will, Is
the mnnto. It Is of some kind of
fine black material and is worn thrown
over tho head. Sometimes a flap of It
is drawn tightly across the forehead.
After being thrown over the bend the
manto, by somo means which I have
as yet been unable to discern, Is cinch
ed In close nbout the neck.
This clnclilng In at the neck makes
a kind of hood around the face, and
this hood Is very skillfully manipulat
ed by some of the women to cover up
moles and other defects and to con
ceal the fact that their hatr has not
been carefully combed.
From the shoulders the manto falls
down In front to the toes and behind
to the hoels. It is held together In
front partly by pins and partly by the
hands of the wearer. It is usually, but
not always, worn over the street cos-,
tume. 1
The wearing of mnntos by all wom
en, no matter of what class, on attend
ing church Is obligatory. This provid
ing for a uniform costume is quite rea
sonable and is designed to eliminate
such things ns our Easter bonnet com
petitions nnd allow the mind to for
sake earthly and devote Itself to things
spiritual.
It also swells the attendance on
many occasions, for somo of Hie ladles,
when they arise too late to lmve time
to dross for enrly morning mnss.nere
ly throw on their mnntos over thdr
robes tie nult nntl. with the. addition of
such bend nnd 'foot trimming as Is
necessary to give the Impression of
being fully dressed, trip demurely off
to chnreu, to all outward seeming as
though tltoy had spent hours Instead of
minutes before their glasses. Los An
geles Times. -
rtelc lltirltil Cimtnm.
It Is the custom In certain pnrs of
teepee to carry bodies to the grave tu
colllns " which allow tho face to be
.Islble. The fashion Is sntd to hare
originated when the Turks dominated
the laud. At that time a tans ami-ammunition
were being constantly distrib
uted Mo the Greek popultrco In n way
tthich bnineil the Turkish (luclals un
til a collln which was being escorfed
by an apparently mourning proeesslon
wits found to contain not a body, but
weapons. An order wns then promul
gated th.tt bodies were to be borate to
the grave only ou open Utters ' In
codlns without lids.
Ucntle Thlna-..
"Yes." said the teacher, "the egg rep
resents nil that Is gentlest In creation
the cooing doves, the tuneful song
birds nnd the stately swan. Johnny,
what other gentle things -are hatched
from eggs?" '
"Snakes, ostriches, alligators, spar
row hawks nnd ongles," said Johnny.
Kodol Dyspepsia. Car
ingsMis wtiat ri mi ...
...The Quality Store...
MEDFORD'S FASHION STORE FOR MEN
PEOPLE OF THE STAGE.
Th.ntrlcul Life Una Few Jor. and
Much Ditlerne...
Booth, to whom Henry E. Abbey
would cheerfully have paid 51,00 a
night for 15X1 consecutive nlgBts, w
one of the most unhappy men en the
face of God's earth. He had bsrisd
two wives, been through the morttnea-
rtlon of bankruptcy nnd so far aCworld-
ly wealth is concerned, so far as the
comforts of a settled home go, hod yet
to muke the one and secure the tlie,
This being the case, what do jn sup
pose is the fate of minor people? The
fuot Is that they work bard, are under
paid, never play the parts they prefer,
pay much, by far the greater portion of
their salaries, for stage costumes, hi-
vataably have a. gang of bangm ou
who ent the bread they earn, are out of
engagements most of tho tlm. aid
ninety times out of a huudred die Kb
poor that they arc burled at tho ex
pense of their fellows. In the first
place, It is extremely difficult for them
to obtain a position, and. having a
position, , how few Its advantages
Thoy have to rehearse at Inconvenient
times; they go out In nil kinds of
weather regardless of their health or
comforts or home desires; they dress lp
outlandish places, either wet, damp
and chilly or overheated. They nre'at
the capricious mercy of speculative
managers, and, having found by ex.
porleuce that there Is very little sym
pnthy for them, either before or behind
the footlights, they wrap themselves
In a garment of mental Indifference to
appearances, which Is utterly misun
derstood by n cynical and suspicions
world.' .
I know of n girl who wns called to a
Sunday night rehearsal. Her father
was very ill, but the rental of their
uooms, the fees for the doctor and mon
ey for the drugs depended upon her at
tending to lier busluess. It was imper
ative that she should be In the theater
at 7:30 o'clock. Having arranged thr,
room as women only can, having placed''
upou the tnble by the bedBlde of her
father his medicine, she kissed him
goodby and, with n loving (Such, prom
ised to be back os early as possible.
You know what Sunday night rehears
als mean. They menu 1, 2, 8, 4 o'clock
the next-day. That is what this one
mcnut. The girl hastened home. The
candle light had gone, the cold gray
of the early morning was In the room,
the father wns dead upon tho bod.
Boston Globe.
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
Nine-tenths of the failures Intend to
do well.
( If alrcastics were real, some people
wouldn't be satisfied.
Wo are always meeting-peoplo who
recall Incidents that we had hoped
they bad forgotten.
When peoplo do not enjoy doing the
things we do, we are apt to think they
do not have a good time.
l'our neighbor Is "ftdany." : If you
throw his dog a bone, be suspefi yon
of.tryjgg either Jo poison It or to win
Statement,
It is interesting for a man' to look
through his old effects If for no other
Damebn tlnm lie will see that he is not
as big a fool as he used to be.
You may have such a fierce admira
tion for the under' dag as to be unfair
to the upper dog. The upper dog is of
tn compelled to fight to get his rights.
Atchisou Globe.
Fronde's "Innccurncy."
What competent critic today doubts
.general trustworthiness of Froude's
"tory of Rngumd," In writing which
he was obliged to transcribe from
SpMilsh masses of gapers which even
a Spaniard would have read with, difll
Uy? Yet what sweeping charges of
Inaccuracy were long mndo against
bim! Writing In 187l to a friend, the
KWHoflnu says:. "I acknowledge to five
real mistakes In the whole book
twelve volumesabout twenty trifling
slips, equivalent to Ts' not dotted
nnd 't's' not crossed, and that Is nil
that the utmost malignity has discover
ed. Every one of these rascals has
mndqa dozen blunders of. his own
while detecting one of mine." Success
Magazine.
Old Time. In New York.
In 1789 New York city maintained an
official who would whip a servant,
cither free or slave, for the master,
charging a shilling for tho Job. Petty
thieves were branded for life with a
"T" on the cheek. Mrs. Johanna Young
and auother woman convicted of grand
lareeuy were driven all over the. city
In 'an open cart, then stripped to the
wirist nnd given thirty-nine lashes
apiece in public and then bnnlsbcd.
"Whereupon," says the record, "they
went to Philadelphia."
The Tender Hearted Bnlchcr.
It must hnve been a very tender
hearted butcher who killed this lamb,"
said thelcheerful boarder, pausing In
the sawing of his chop.
"Why?" kindly asked the Inquisitive
man.
"He must have hesitated three or
four years before striking the fatal
blow London Tit-Bits.
f ' Hi. Choice.
"Are you fond of ninslc?" asked a
stranger or the young man at the con
cert, who was applauding vigorously
after a pretty girl had sung In a very
palnfal way. v
"Kot particularly," said the young
man frankly, "but I'm exceedingly
fond of the musician."
Full Benefit.
Watts Let's walk-along until a cat
overtakes us. Potts No. Let's walk
the other way until n car meets ns. We
will catch k sooner, we wul go down
towp just as quick, and we get more
rial tor bur meney. '
. 0Amnia.
Somas -4n Kins Ym Km hwih 8mtt
see
A 0,neer Marrlnsro Custom.
Members of tho M'jljl tribe, who live -on
the Limpopo river, wear an extraor:
dlnnry "marriage dress." This weird
and uncomfortable looking costume Is
made entirely of split reeds, fastened
together with grass, and the unhappy
bachelor who contemplates matrimony
Ib compelled to wear it for three solid" 1
months before the happy event comes
off, meanwhile leading a life of strict
seclusion. What effect this extraor
dinary custom has on the popularity
of marriage among the M'JIJls is not
known, but It was only with the ut
most difficulty that some members of
the mounted police, who encountered ,
some would be Benedicts, Induced them
to allow their photographs to be taken.
Wide World Magazine.
Not an IriHhnian.
There Is n bust of Hugh O'Brien,
former mayor of BoBton, In the corri
dor of the Boston Public library and
one of John Boyle O'Reilly in the news
paper room. The other day a man ap
proached one of the clerks In the news
paper room, saying, "Isn't there a bust
of anybody except Irishmen In tha
building?" "Certainly," replied the
clerk. "There Is a bust of Lucifer In
the periodical room, and he wasn't an
Irishman,"
Don't Starve Your Bird,
It-is a common mistake to think that
pets can only bo taught when hungry
nnd to commence a bird's training by
depriving It. of breakfast, dinner or
supper Is a most unhappy beginning.
In reality the feathered folk are Just
as apt and full of ftin after a comfort
able meal as before it, and to starve,
scold or. otherwise ill treat the little
creature will usually render it too un
happy to' learn quickly If at all. Birds
are extremely nervous beings. They
love a low, quiet voice and gentle
movements love to bo talked to, coax
ed and made much of. If the pet Is a
now one and seems specially excitable
or timid, you will have to teach it first
of all not to foar you. Any little games '
he Is to learn must be acquired after
ward. Mary Dawson. In St. Nicholas.
'A Sina-er'H Lung.
The singer nt the end of the practice
nrla pantod h'eavlly.
"I sang 100 notes that time," he said,
"without once taking breath."
"Indeed. Thnt must be a record."
"No. . The record Is held by Courtlce
rounds, rounds sang 310 notes with
out respiration In 1S0S. The record
previous to that Was held by Farlnelll,
with 3110 notes. Norman Snlmoud hns
sung 287 notes In this way.
"It Is onderful what lungs trained
singers hnve. The average man could
hardly' sing flfty notes without breath
ing, whereas to the singer 200 would be
nothing." Philadelphia Bulletin,
o
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