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IRON IN TRADITION FROM ITS DISCOVERY IT BEEN A SYMBOL. HAS Instance In Point Is Recorded In Eng llsh History of the Year 1235 and Custom Still Is Observed, Honry HI. in tho ycnr 1235, on tho occasion of n tournnmcnt on ground belonging to tho Knights Templar, tho site of what Is now tho Victoria embankment, In London, Kngland, was delighted with the dextorlty shown by ono Walter lo Ilrun, a blacksmith who hnil a hovel on tho ground, and was employed to shoo tho knights' horsos nnd repair their nrmor, In recognition of his skill ho gave him n ploco of land on which to erect a forgo, and fixed tho quit-rent six horseshoes with nnlls complolo; and thenu horsoshocs nnd 61 nails wcra duly counted out on Monday afternoon by tho city solicitor, ns thoy had been counted out nlnco tho year when the runt was flxed. in tho other of tho coremonlos which took place In tho law courts on Monday, the rendering of tho quit' rant of tho sharp nnd blunt knives, tliu notlccahlo point Is that the knlvos, sharp or blunt, wero of Iron. Iron, with Its wonderful powers of cutting, molding nnd striking, became from the day when It first began to bo dimly understood as n now force In the world, ntnnca n symbol nnd nn Inltu encu. Presents or Iron, purclmscs of Iron, debts paid In Iran, bocamo slg nldcnnt nnd notnblo events, Tho trn dltlon and tho ballof rumnln with us. Still, when wo denl In Iron with, each othor, wo demnnd curtntn formnllllcH to nppenso tho latent powers In tho obscure and potent motnl. When wo give prcsnntn of knives nnd pnlrs of scissors wo ask In return, not oven now shamefacedly, but In n spirit of ncqukscenco In tho thought of n thou sand generations, that tho receiver nhnll roturn lo us n plecu of nn older castor tnotnl. Wo present n school boy with n pocketltnlfo, nnd nnk him for n halfpenny bnck, "or else wo shall quarrel" Knlvus "sovor friend ships." Tho pnwar of tho wonderful motnl survives In n doxon dlrforcnl ways In tho ordinary llfu of thn town nnd (ho country sldo of today. Tho utory which Is still una of tho most popular of nil nursery fntry-tntos Is of tho princes who must bo guarded from childhood from (ho prick of a needle. The custom still survives In Hcottlsh households, when n denth tins occurred In tho limine, of thrust Inn n noodle or n nnll Into butter or meat or whisky to prevent denth from entering tho provisions. Our Underworked Acres, Tho United Htntes has I 'an most for tliu soil nml most fnvornblo nllmnto In the world, but by careless methods produces nn ntiminl nvumgu yield of less thnn fourteen bushels of wheat nn n ere, while Knglnnd produces more than thirty-two, Oornmny nbout twon ty-etght, tho Netherlands thirty-four nnd Franco 20, Of oats tho United Htntes produces nn ovurngo yield nn ncro of 33 bush els, ICngliind 12, Germany 40 nnd Hol land S3, In potatoes tliu United Htntes produces 85 bushels nn ncro, (lorinnny. Ilelgtum und Oront llrltnln nvorniio 3C0 ench, flurinniiy, with nn nrnblo nroa no greater thnn some of our largest states, produces approximately two billion bushels of polntoes nununlly, while tho niiminl crop of tliu United Htntes nvuriigtM 27t,O00.000 biishtils per nullum. In tho year ending Juno AO wo Imported 8.181,000 bushels. In tho ten yenrs nlnco 1 8 It 8 the ncro ngu In tho United Htntes Increased 22 per aunt., while our exports decreased 07 per cent., showing Hint In n few years wo shall be obliged to Import tliu nocossnrloe of llfo. Thu nununl nvuriige yield of whwit nn ncro U less In tho United States today than It wns 30 years ngo. Unmapped Portions of the Earth. Tho International conference nt tin. Ilrltlsli foreign otlloo to dis cuss tho desirability of Joint notion In iiuip making Is a reminder that only nbout one-quarter of the land nrm In our globe Is no ouraioly surveyed, nud that outside Huropo (bo Unlttxl Stntos nnd our overseas possesklons (hero nro prao tlonlly no mnps existing based on ox net trigonometrical surveys, Hliould tho conference ngreo to commence nn Intornntlnnnl map of tho world, the uenlo chosen will lu nil probability bo slightly lew than sixteen miles to thu Inoli. A good part of Afrloa, China nnd south America has already been mapped on this scale, nnd nny smaller seHlo would be of llttlu use. The In dlan survey, Indeed, hns ninppeil thu whole of India, with the exception of ix portion of the ItaJputann desert, on tho genorotis soale of one mile to tho Inch, nnd with nn exactitude compnrn ble with the best Kuropenii surveys. Where 8he Put the Notice. Grout nro the mysteries of n New York apartment to nn upstate brldo. I'nrtloulnrly Is this true of tho kind of Hat where push button nnd "ollckor" latch lu the door tnko tho place of n liallbny. Ono couple who nre Just got ting settled haven't found a "treasure of n maid" yet. They were going out the other evening, nnd ns thoy wero expecting some furniture to be deliv ered they left tho key with tho Juul tor. "Iletter put n nolo, 'Ring Janitor's bell' over our bell button." suggested hubby. Wlfoy attended to It. The fur niture came, found no admission and went. "Didn't you put up n uotloeT" nsked the annoyed husband. "Why, yes," elio replied. "I put It right In plain sight on our own hall door. Thoy must bo stupid!" And ho's so well trained he never ovon laughed. Is Graduate of Vassar. Uaronoes Uchlda, wife of tho nowly Appointed ambassador from Japan, Is n graduate of Vassar, and Is said to bo ono of tho most distinguished wo men in her country. Sho took the highest honors in her class at Vassar, nnd then studied lu Berlin and Paris. Bhe Is h member of a society In To kyo for tho education of Japanese wo men along modern linos of education. Sho speaks English perfectly and is always gowned after the most ap proved fashions. , LATE INVENTIONS. A now putty knife, tho Invention of ft Now Yorker, has n scrapnr attached to rcmovo tho surplus putty. A Georgia man claims to havo dls covered tho secrot of producing a black roso and Is seeking a patent for his process. Tho French navy claims to havo ob tained tho solo rights to an Invention which will stop leaks in submarines nutomntlcnlly, A recently patented door closer Is mnde adjustable, so that It will clouo a door completely or roturn It to nny desired open angle. A Nevada Inventor has patented a power driven rotary hoof parer, to tako tho plnco of tho horscshoor's tongs, knife, and rasp. ' An ncctyleno heating stovo lias been Invented In Kngland which Is said to bo explosion proof nnd to bo onpnblo of temperature regulation. Two California men havo patented nn electric flatlron with nn automatic cutoff, so that tho current Is used only wnon tho Iron Is In actual operation. An nutomobllo foot wnrmcr which recolvos Its bent by the circulation of hot water from tho cylinder Jacket of the motor is a recent English Inveti tion. A hog's habit of scratching Itself ngalnst a post has led. to o Inven Hon of an automatic dlslnfector for animals, which It sprays as thoy rub against a supporting column. An attachment for ocetylrno automo bile headlights has been Invented by winch tho gas may bo Ighted by short circuiting tho regular sparking system witn a switch from tho driver's sent. Ono of tho newest wnvo power mo tors, tho Invention of a California!!, consists of n small truck running on a track with a broad tall. Tho waves strike tho tall, push tho truck up the track, nnd compress air In n tnnk by n piston on tho head of tho truck. A Now Yorkor ha Invented a mnn key wrench provided with n detnchablo toothed Jaw, which may bo Inserted nnd fastened with a loop over tho heal ror Holding pipes or nny other round oDjccta. l'ItOailES3 AND INDUSTRY, Thoro nro olghtenn ruroKiilied sys tems of wireloM telegraphy. An American Is said to havo nug- gosted tho first rlokshnw" of Jnjwn Thirty-eight In every thousand ICti- gllshmeii who marry nro over 50 years or ngu, It Is now denied (tint splnnah Is thn vegetable richest In Iron. It Is lettuce rnbbnge. Wild ducks aro estimated to fir 00 miles nn hour: swallows ilv miliar faster. India Ink really comes from the Chi nese ami India rubber from South America, Illustrated time tables are Issued by some Western railroads. They resem ble guide books. (J rent llrltnln produces 1,000,000 tons of wilt n year, nil Huropo lea thnn 5,000,000 tons. Thoro were 160,000 children nt school In India sixty years ago. There nro four millions now, An Kngllshuinn 30 yearn old may ex pert ,13 years 2 months more of life; n woman .34 yearn 1 mouth. The number of wire hum stations on thu ronsts of the maritime nations of the world Is placed nt 410. The weather bureau hns arranged to give dnlly wenther foreensU by tele phone to farmer In Texas, (lolf ball ranted in luminous paint have Just been tried by two members of tho Old Trnfford Club. MNiit-ht-ster. Japan's pout n I service Is the cheapest In the world, letter travel for two sen about seven-tenths of n penny. A I'renohderiimu dletloiiary has been lereutly Issued fioui Vienna, printed lu llintlle type, for tho use of thu blind. Ten thousand French vines yield but 100 gallons of wine a year. The same number of vine In Cape Colony will produce 2,ii00 gallons. For every peroon who dies in a year, there nro two people constantly III, Kaeh penmn loses, on an average, thir teen days a year by lllue. LITTLE TIIINOS WOIITH KNOWING There wero UO.OiW children at sehool In I ml In sixty year ago. There nre l.oao.iHW now. A German o:vpert my a that there 1 leM prusle arid In twenty-five cigars limn lu one bitter almond. The Island af Porto Itlro is about 100 in I lee long, lu miles wide, nnd has a population of l.mM. In the (Watt yHr ISO the railroads at the United Stale killed. In addition to imftmmgerH, 3,10 uf their own em plnyes. Although tbe railway up the Jung frnu In Swltserland Is only completed half way up, its 11)03 receipts were atiT.000 franco. What U believed to be tho biggest shark on record was caught In San I'odro, Cal., not long ago. It meas ured thirty-five feet In longth. Farmers In the vicinity of the state road quarry near Rising Sun (Md.) have beeu unable to hatch nny chick ens because of the heavy blasts. The Uuicet fays that few who have done some practical work lu the path ology of cancer believe that it has analogies with any known form of in fective disease. Why, InUio.lf Iljone Why don't you buy an auto mobile? HJenks Huy nn automobile! Great Seoul It will be seven years still before we get the plauo paid 'for. Somervlllo Journal, lu Macron-. "I Inherited my father's brains, Othorwlso I urn completely bust." Hut he turned quite red when the lady said: "Who's holding your Inheritance In trustr Town Topics, It's ft wonder a government bureau doesn't Issue & bulletin telling mother how to raise babies NO SMALL CHANGE NICKELS AND DIMES UNKNOWN IN ALASKA. Their Use, the Miners 8ay, Would Mean Smaller Wages Why Rob bers Have Small Chance to Escape Capture, "No pennies, nickels nnd dimes go In Alaska," said John Hoover of Fair banks. "When I first went to that country I snw bartenders look curl ously at n dlmo that some tondcrfoot had tossed on tho bnr nnd then sweep It off on tho floor with their hands I wondered nt this contempt for real money and naked somo questions nbout It, discovering that no ono cvor took nickels or dimes and thnt noth ing could be bought In tho Klondlko for less thnn 25 cents. "Tako tho ordlnnry sack of tobacco for Instance, which wo got hero for a nickel. Thcro thoy cannot sell It for a quarter hardly, so they mako It two for n quarter, but will not sell ono for 15 cents. "It In common cnuso among those people up there. Thoy do not want nlckols nnd dimes introduced, for In troduction of small chango would mean lower wages and lowor prices. Ordlnnry nhovolors get four dollnrs or five dollars a day now nnd other labor Is pnld in proportion. They do not want to rocelvo lower wngos. Of courso It Is true that they mnko money on tho sldo, nlmost ovcry work' or does. Thcro Is n tondoncy In mining to follow tho rulo thnt nuggots bolong to tho man who uncovers thorn oven If they pro found on tho claim of tho employer. 1 hnvc soon mon pick ou nuggets worth from nn Inslgnlflcnnt sum to f 10S In vnluo. Tho gnmo up thcro Is worth playing. I have Imd this bng half filled with gold dust sev arnl times nnd lost It; but I expect to keep right on till I mnko n strike. Mr, Hoover hns with him ono of tho lenther bags thnt tho dust Is carried In In Alaska. It Is nbout 12 Inches In length nnd tint nnd Is nbout four Inches ncross. It ties with n thong, "This looks ns If nn olephnnt hnd stopped an It," ho snld, "but It has had tho dust In It up In thu Klondlko nil right. "Tliero nro mighty few robbers In Alaska. It doesn't tako more than four years to try n criminal nnd gtvo him proper punishment up thoro; nnd besides, ho can bu caught. Thcro Is only ono wny out nnd thnt Is guarded, llcsldes, gold dust Is ns cnslly Identi fied ns different kinds of cloth or cat tle. An nssnyor or n banker In Sent tie, for Instance, will tell you whether your gold Is from ono creek or nn othor. Thoro Is sometimes ton per cent dlffcrenco In the vnluo of tho gold ntronms running parallel on dif ferent sides of tho same mnuntnln. A holdup mnn who acquires gold dust would havo to account for It whon ho wont out, nnd It cnuld bu traced easi ly." Dos Molnt Iteglstor nnd Loader, Early American Mine, Thu first bituminous coal mined In tho United States, states tho United -States Geological Survey, wns tnkun fror.t whnt Is usually termed tho Rich mond bnsln, a smnll nren In tho south eastern portion of Virginia, near tho city of Richmond, says n writer in tho Solentlflo American. This basin Is situated on tho enst- urn uinrgln of the 1'lodmont plateau. 13 miles nbovo tidewater, on tho James river. It lies In Goochland, Hen rico, Powhatan nud Chesterfield counties, The conl boils nro much distorted, nnd the oonl Is of rather low grade when compared with thnt from other dletrlots with whloh It hns to come In to competition. Tho occurrence of conl wns known In thu Richmond bas in ns enrly ns 1700, nnd lu 1769 ship ments wero Hindu to soma of tho north ern states. In 1822 tho production nmounted to 18,215 gross tons. At present whnt lit tle conl Is produced In this tlold Is for local consumption only. The Dane of Marriage, "She Is broken-hearted." "Hut why should sho be, Isn't she Just married T" "It's not unhnpplness with her hus band, but on account of tho nowspa per notice of tho weddlug." "Wns there something uncompli mentary saldT" "Not Intentionally, perhaps, but the Item printed wns to havo read, I'ht groom married n pretty miss.' When thu article appeared the second letter lu miss was nu ''.' St. Louis Star. Where He Had Seen Her, "Whoro have I met you before?" he asked the young woman to whom hu bad Just been Introduced. "I nm quite sure wo hnvo never met," replied thu stranger. "I'm almost positive I've soon you a number of times," he persisted. "That's quite poslble," returned the stranger. "I ra tho young lady who poses for tho movlng-plcture heroines.' Cleveland Plain Dealer. Equal to the Occasion. First Actor tpulltng the trlggor of h revolvor six times without effect) Die, mlserablo villain. Second Actor (with groat presence of mind) Your pistol has missed Aro, Sir Randolph, but I nm smitten with remorse for my many crimes, nud will die uccordlng to your wishes. Then hu rolled on tho stage In his death iigony. Didn't Like the Idea. "If you will manufacture n new sail tor my yacht I will use my lnfluouce to have you elected alderman." "No," nald tho candidate, "you'll have to pay cash for the sail. 1 don't care to mako n canvas for votes." Exchange. Marriage a la Mode. "I don't know that I really lovt him. Thereforo I ehau't marry him." "Too risky, oh?' "Yes; 1 don't know that he coula pay tho alimony to which I have been Bccustomod." Poor Pool A New York man has paid $245 for the MS. of a parody of "The Raven." This, also, would greatly antuse Poe If be could know about It CONCENTItATION. . Little niaeltitlnn for (lie Write la, of Coiime, n flood Thing, Concentration Is tho liking other people should havo for tho noise you nro making. If they find It difficult to wrlto whtlo you nre making Jokes nnd knocking over tables nnd things, It la bocnuse thoy have no concentra tion, and thoy should bo upbraided nnd admonished, and by cries of "Shamol" helped to acqulro a vlrtua you nro shocked to find them tacking In. If they mildly ask you to talk n llttlo leas loudly, you say, In surprised tones: "Do you mean to say that you hear us? You should bo unconscious of our presence I " nnd tho noises are Bllghtly Increased out of a friendly do nlro to help them to learn to do what nt nny moment they may find It ox trcmely useful to bo capable of. Who knows, somo time It may Bo lmpern' tivo that thoy wrlto n masterpiece while waiting at n railway station! And without this former experience thoy would find thcmsolvcs utterly dls tracted. This Is Just tho discipline they need, and you aro only too glad to be of Bcrvlco. A llttlo music will bo added, though you do not feel In tho mood for playing, whon they have learned to write through talking nnd nre equal to a slightly more difficult task In concentration. At this point tho writer Is very apt to become vio lent, and mny oven attempt to leave tho room; but remind htm thnt some of tho greatest composers nnd authors have worked with their babies crawl Ing over tho desk nnd their wives cut ting bread nnd buttor nt their elbows, If this does not bring him slinking nncK, it is regrettable; but tho con elusion Is pretty obvious thnt he Is not n writer of tho first wntcr nnd would probnbly hnvo done much bet tor nt something else. OETTINO MORE UP-TO-DATE. n itrrnlltlntia TnrUl.li AV'iiiiipm Mult, mil ('nlmlr In Hip Mt-thii.t-opt-. Tho attitude of tho hnnouins to mod leal practitioners hns changed much of recent years, writes an I-.ngllsh rcsl dent of Constantinople. Twenty or thirty years ngo no Turkish womnn would over hnvo submitted to n phy slcal exnmlnntlon by n doctor. All ha could hnvo persuaded her to do would bn to show him her toimuo through rent In tho yashmak or lot him touch her pulio from behind n heavy curtain nnd In presence of courso of nn Argus-eyed eunuch or old fcmnlo slave, Any nttcnipt to apply a stethoscope to tho chest would hnvo been spurned ns nn Impertinent presumption of western "bnrbnrlsm." No matter how severe tho Illness tho mcdlcnt mnn could not go beyond certain strict lim its of Islamntlc usngo nnd traditional custom. Kvcu In cases of Imminent dnnger to llfo these sennty limits wero never nllowed to be overstepped, nnd tho belief In tho Incantations of a priest nnd tho house remedies of old, Ignorant nnd superstitious women hold unlimited away nnd was nlwnys grcator than tho faith In tho efTlcncy of medical skill nnd science. This Is now changing, nnd changing rapidly. There nro, of course, still many exception! where antiquated views nnd conceptions nre fanatically adhered to nnd practiced, but these becomo rarer and rarer with ench ad vancing yenr. Many Turkish women will now when III voluntarily call on n medical practitioner nnd never hes itate to submit themselves to n thor ough physical examination. The general public opinion on these matters among the Turks Is fust alter ing for the better nnd onjy in very rare cam I there now nny dlfllrulty nt nil raised us to letting the hanoum sub mit to nn exnmlnntlon with atetho cope or other Instrument. cinnoroDY ron conductor. IInviiiiii htrrel Hiilltnr Sinn He. IMirli llin I.Mleit Iiiiiruviiiiii, Frank Stelnhart, who used to be con sul-general for the United' States at Havana, but who is now general man ager of the Havana Hleetrle railway. an American concern, came up recently from Havana by the Florida routo and reported that the street railway busi ness down there Is flourishing and that the company Is building thlrtyelx miles of new road. "Wo are operating now fifty-eight mtlea." Mr. Stelnhart said at the Im perial hotel, according to the New York Bun, "and we aro now running a line out of Mnrlano, nine miles, be sided extending our other lines. Ttu Cubans are great users of the trolley cara, Travel of that kind U greater in Havana than In an American city of the same slue. There are no Coney Island ns yet, but there are the base ball park nnd tho raeotrac.lt. and they are very popular. We operate five sep arate lines, with a complete transfer system. "We nre now building two new power stations, one at Aguadolce and the diver at Mariano, and we are also building a new home for employee at Jesus del Monte. Our Idoa is to pro vide the men with comfortable quar ters, IneJudlng baths, and with perfect aanltary arrangements at a moderate cost. We keep three doctors, an ocu list, a dentist and a chiropodist, whose services are free to every man who be longs to tbe society of the employes. "The last was the bast tourist sea son Havana ever had- With the three big new hotels which had been opened adequate accommodation was provided. I do not think any more hotels will be put up next yoar. Business of every kind la Improving nnd the island gen eral)' Is enjoying prosperity. 'There Is still a grent opjortunlty tn Cuba for Americans who are will Ins to hustle." AVebli-r Made Xeat lleCort, As Judge inado law Is now so much discussed, we may recall one of the neatest answers In history, as far, at least, as our own reading goes: Judge (interrupting Webster's argu ment) That Is not law. Webster It was law until your hon or spoke, Collier's Weekly. Vott'a Mull. "We get lots of letters," says Poet Wells, of tbe Duffaio News. Most poet do. They usually say: "X recultUnoe would be accepUb) "TO FIND THE BOOK" CANADIAN INDIANS WOULD HEAFt THE WORD. Struck the Long Trail to Go to the Missionaries, Until Teachers and Preachers Were Sent from England. About twenty miles north of Lake Winnipeg Is n placo called Norway House. This wns a shipping center in the fur trade In tho groat days of the Hudson's Day Company. Dog and canoo trains of Indians some of them from points 3,000 miles Inland, come bringing their loads of priceless furs, and from this point the supplies brought from England to York Faotory on Hudson bay were distributed to all the interior posts of tho company, For 200 years this groat trading company had Its ngents scnttered over the remote .wilderness to gather furs for the mnrkcts of London. About eighty yenra ngo, enys Evoryland, tho agents of tho compnny began to be troubled; fowor furs wore brought in, the Indians soemod to bo disappear Ing. "What's tho trouble Lono Wolff said the. agent ono morning to a tall hunter who had thrown his bundle of polts down sullenly. "Whoro Is Man Not-Afraid, and Throo Feathers, nnd Kicking Horse, and nil the men who used to come from the west mnny moons" "Ugh,rt grunted Lono Wolf, "far, far south they with the papooses nnd the women strike tho long trail." "Whyf" persisted the ngent "Do the buffalo fnll thorn? Are the foxes and ottcrn gone? Why?" Lono Wolf stood silent At last, raising his eyes, he said: "Thoy go to find the book?" "To find tho book? Your words are dark to mo!" Ugh," snld Lono Wolf; "white mnn hnvo Hook nbout Oront Spirit White mnn lonrn strong medicine. Hook tolls good words. Far toward the south wind Indians wnlk tho Josus Road. We go find It too." The ngent listened, Incredulous, but when the snmo tale wns ropented, when n whole village etnbnrked In their birch canoos and traveled 000 miles to find a missionary: whon hunting grounds wero deserted nnd tho vory life of tho trado threatened, the ngents pressed upon tho homo of flea tho necessity of bringing mis lonnrles to tho Indians if they would keep tho Indians from golne to tho mlsslonnrles. And thnt Is how It camo nbout thnt the Hudson's Day Compnny wrote n polite letter to tho Wosloynn Mis slonnry society In London asking It to send out to Norway House the host preachers and teachers It could find The compnny promliod to furnish thu missionaries with houses nud pro visions, canoes nnd guides, froo of chargo, If tho society would holp thorn check the Indian migration to tho southeast Saved by Dancing. The battleship Dominion wns cau tlnusly feeling her wny towards. Que bec on the night of August 10, 1008, when thu navigating officer, misled by bush fire on land, took the wrong bearings, and suddenly struck on a hidden reef with auch force that the huge ship was shaken from atom to stern. Orders were at onco given for the wholo crew, otflcors as well aa men, to assemble on dock with their kits In their hands, nnd nil the eight hundred and fifty men were told to dnnce, so as to keep the ship "alive," nnd so prevent tho Dominion's keel from net tling down on tho ledge. At first tho bluejncl'ots whistled an nccompnnlment to Keep the men In etep till tho captain ordored tho ship's band to play lively selections. The men danced with n will, stamp ing their feet and swaying their bod ies, and doing all thoy could to rock the ship. In the end they succeeded, for finally, with tho engines work lug full speed astern, tho Dominion slowly gave way and backed again In to deep water. The dancing bad inved the shlpl Women Qood Harvest Hands, Many hundreds of women assisted In gathering the harvest around Ile atrlce, Neb. They were lured o the fields by the offer of board and $3 a day. A former went Into Beatrice looking for farm hands, Loungers in tbe town refused to work, nnd the farmer had to face the possibility ol losing part of his crop. Ho went Into n restaurant, nnd when waiting to be( rerved was struck with the Idea ol bidding for the waitresses as harvest ers. Ho offered them 3 a day and every waitress throw aside her apron and went to the farm. They did such efficient work that others fanners sought women, and they drew school toachora, stenographers and college tlrls as well. Now York Pross. Ski (or Postmen. rtecent experiments made at Ilrae tnar with ski for tbe use of .postmen when the country is snowed up' have proved so successful .that the post office officials tn various other districts In the Highlands, Including Speysld and Donslde, are to be similarly equipped. Frequently during the win ter tbe conditions In the remote High lands are quite arctic, the countrj being Impassable to ordinary traffic It has been found that the use of ski enables the postmen to cover theli journeys even when the snow Is soft und badly drifted. London Daly Mall How a Moose Eats Orass. Ot all peculiar sights I think that that of a moose eating grass Is the most extraordinary. Tho neck Is sc short and the legs are so long that tho animal usually kneels in eating grass. True, they do not attempt It very often, for grass is by no meant a staple with them, but even a moost likes a change of diet The appear ance of these huge and awkward crea tures in this devotional attitude is nol only Interesting but laughable. Sf Nicholas Magaxlno. These Questions. "Have a pleasant trip esstf "Yep." MHow did you And New York?" "Why, you can't miss It If you taks the rlgM SHOW THAT MONKEYS REASON Animals Fight Under a Leader and Roll Stones Down on Their Enemies, Aesop's npo, It will bo romombercd, wept on passing through n human graveyard, overcome with sorrow for Its dead ancestors, nnd thnt nil monkeys nre willing enough to bo moro llko us thnn thoy nro thoy show by their mimicry. An old authority tolls thnt tho easiest way to enpturo npen Is for tho hunter to protend to shnvo himself, then to wash his faco, fill tho basin with a sort of bird llmo, nnd lenvo It tor tho npes to blind themselves. If tho Chlneso story Is to bo believed tho lmltdtlvo crazo is even more fatal In another way, for If you shoot ono monkey of n band with a poisoned ar row, Its neighbor, Jcnlous of so un usunl n decoration, will snatch tho nrrow from It nnd stab Itself, only to havo It torn nway by a third, until In succession tho wholo troop havo com nutted suicide. In their wild llfo baboons, ns well ns tho langurs and mnny othor monkeys, undoubtedly submit to tho authority of recognized leaders, There is co-operation between them to tho extent thnt whon fighting In compnny ono will go to tho help of another which Is hard prossod. In rocky ground thoy roll down stonos upon tholr enemlos, nnd when malting a raid, ns on nn orchnrd which they bcllevo to bo guarded, tho at tack Is conductod on an organized plan, sentries being posted nnd scouts thrown out, which gradually feel their way forwnrd to mnko sure thnt tho coast Is clear, whllo tho main body remains In concealraont behind until told that the road Is' open, From the fact that the sontrlos stay posted throughout tho raid, get ting for themselvos no sharo of tho plundor, It hns bcon nssumod thnt thero must be somo sort of division of tho prococds afterword. Man, again, Una boon differentiated from nil other creatures ns being n tool using nntmnl, but more thnn ono kind of monkoy tnkes n stono In Its hand nnd with It bronks tho nuts which nro too hard to bo cracked with the ccth. Honor In Walt Street "Ono would hnrdly consldor tho Now York Stock Exchnnco cxnctlv In tho light or 'a communion of saints.' In dood, to Judgo by much that nppenrs in tno iiniiy papers and tho muckrak ing mngnilnos,' thin might bo tho Inst piaco to look for tho vory soul and spirit of Integrity. Uut thoro It Is 'In the midst of them.' "Ilotwecn members of that marblo mansion of trado In securities on Now fork's famous Ilrond stroot no tinnor writing passes certifying to tho bind ing obligations of n transaction. In thu vory fiercest rush nnd mnddost vortox of tho wild cornor, n word, n nod, the morest sign, amply autneos. Whatovcr It may load to Irronarablo loss, ruin, bankruptcy, no matter tho deal Is closed. 'I am not professing to bo an anolo- gist for whatever crtmos mny bo com mitted In the name of honor. I slm ply rocord the fact to bu easily vrl fled that the dealings on that ox chango ure 'ou honor,' The corlnthlan fairness of Its pillared and ontabla turod front Is not shamed by thn con slant and consistent uprightness of thu tratno within." Christian Register. Why Congressman Stole a Clerk. Whon Tim Campbell was In tho Fif tieth congress he stolu a clerk from Congressman Scott Scott was a new member and was made n ohnlrmnn of n committee, which gnvo him n clerk- ship. He knew nothing nbout tho clerk. Campbell did. Through somo means or another ho had the clerk ship transferred to his own commit tee. Six months Inter Scott learned of tho trick. Mooting Campbell, he said: "That was a nice piece of petty lar- cony." "Tut, tut, Mr. Scottl" said Camp bell. "My committee needed a clerk worse than yours." Then, with twinkling eyes, he continued: "You are a millionaire and can afford to hire half a docn clerks, while I must go to the government for clerical as sistance." The ready reply amused Scott The two men were always tho best of friends thereafter. UUcn Observer. Effect of Isolation In Dark. Isolated from birth to maturity In a dark cell, carefully kopt from sights aud sounds and knowledge of his fellow-creatures, what would a human be ing perceive being brought suddenly Into the outside world? The question so far as sight is concerned, has been thought worthy of the consideration ol, tho School of LolrslK and other learned aermaps. The general opin ion seems to bo that there would bo uo perception o( distance, area or solidity, no recognition of right and left, up and down op before and be hind. In other words, such percep tions are regarded as due to educa tion and not to instinct An Instinc tive Idea ot space, however, Is admit ted, aa it Is held that the dread ol falling, shown by tbe month-old Infant as It clutches at anything within reach on beginning to fall, Is a mani festation of an inborn sense of space. Fourteenth Century Operations. In surgical work De Chaullac, In the fourteenth century, forestalled mod ern abdominal surgery. He opened the abdomen In order to stitch wounds ot the intestine, described a method of suture and Invented a needle holder. A print of the thirteenth cen tury represents a surgeon operating for hernia with the patient In tbe Trendelenburg position. This highly developed surgery was rendered pos sible by the use of anesthetics, the preparation In most common use be ing a combination of opium and man dragora. With these historical facts before us, a proper sense of propriety would cause us to hide our diminished heads. Bibulous. "Nevertheless," said the young Ro man, "he Is an ambitious poet Ho would serve the muses all his life." vnut" replied his elder, "ho makes the mistake of supposing that Bac chus Is one of the muses."- Catholic Standard and Times, COLLIER & COLLIER Lawyers Rooms tn Holbrook Building. St Johns Oregon JOSEPH McCHESNEY, M. D. Physician and Surgeon. Day & Night Offlco In McChcsney blk. Phoaa Jrner Ml. St Johns, - Oregon. Km. rUte Jersey 1571. 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