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THE JSIJiTW AGE, PORTLAND. OREGON.
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The New Age.
A. D. GRIFPIN, Manager.
OFFIOR 304 HOKItlSON STKKET.
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THE NATIONAL CONTEST.
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Whilo It Is too early yot for an
nouncement of tlio gonornl plan of
campaign work in tlio national con
test, it is already ovidont that tlio
Initiator hnnd which chisolod tlio form
,of tlio result of tho Philadelphia con
jvuutiou will tllroot tlio tiiHk of inntur
ffig tlio schomo of tlio Hold work for
fho biittlo royal.
Tbo Republican party 1iih not fnrod
badly undor tlio MoICinloy rogimo,
thanks to thotio who hnvo exorcisod
large influnoco iu tlio diroottou of na
tional affairs. I it homo rospoctH tlio
administration just closing bus boon
narrow and solflsh; in othors it Imh
1)ccn oxtravagiuitly liboral iuidd wasto
ful; yot, iih u wholo, it has boon pro
ductive of oxcollont results and com
mon interests bavo advanced much iu
mauy inutorial roxpoctH.
Tho Htato of Now York 1ms novor had
"n bettor nnd oloauor govoMimout than
it lina onjoyod ho far during tho admin
iHtration of Govoruor Thoodoro Itooso
-' olt. Tho iiitorpld "ICoiikIi ltidor"
has (lvon ovidunoo that ho possesses
largo oxoautlvo ability, a ilntorininn-
tion to hoivo 'ho pooplo hoiioNtly, and
honorablo ambition to gain tho approba
tion of tho miiHNUH and a resolute pur
)m)bo to cnutorlzo offoctlvoly tho Noro
" HpotH of corruption on tho body politic.
qoHovolt Ih bravo and fearless. II o
tiut wiOHMia broad Intelligence of tho
irolml;, praotical kind and n groat
curing oh , . .
Itory niaUrH' '10 '"ut 'rt not concealed
ijorlty of voters in Oregon
Jonqulu M0 profuirod to ho'i his iiiiiiio
Hi i f,. il 1 tho tlokot. However,
tho niVionnl ticket of tho Itopuhllcuu
party will win iu November. A strong
eloinont of tho party admiro MoKlnloy
nrdouU'.Vrhoy profess to boliovo that
itrKT'JudQMtyto-tho grumleit of nil
proHidoutH, Abraliani Lincoln.
Tho Hopulhlcaii platform Ih plat
titudinouH to an unuoooassnry extent
half-apologetlo iu Homo respects but
it in ntlll broad enough to servo woll
iih tho baso of battle iu tho national
content. It Ih not mtlllciently dellnito
und emphatic in its expression con
corning tho oxiHtouuo of trusts, but on
that mibjuut thoro in a wide variance of
opinion.
All iu all, no Itopubliean need bo
ashamed of bin national ticket or tho
platform nu which tho Htaudard of hiri
jMirty ban boon flrmlv planted.
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It is roally n sourco of rogrot that
such tin oxcollont paper generally as is
tho Evening Tolegrnm of this oitv
will, on ovory posslblo occasion, spow
out u flood of vonoin agniust tho color
ed raco in a way to suggest that its
manager cannot Oo just to our pooplo in
n discussion of incidents in whicli Ne
groes aro concerned. Thoro Ih neither
fairness nor businoss in such a course
Tor instance, two colored women of
tho North-End, inflamed by liquor and
jealousy, engaged iu mortal combat
tho other night. Iu tho encounter ono
of tho combatants cut tho other fatally,
Tho Tolegrnm 's roportor enlargod his
aucount of tho nflnir with editorial
commont and suggestion, in which col
ored pooplo as a ruco woro unnecessar
ily mid very unjustly scoured with un
truthful intimations mid acrimonious
slurs, tho substnuco of which being
that, if ono Nogro commits n crlmo, all
Negreoos aro criminals; that thoy nro
a savago and murdorous people and
should bo kopt undor enroful polico sur
voilunco. Suoh a acrood, of courso. uoods no
miHwer, for ovory whito person iu tho
country familiar with tho ohnracter,
purposo and gonoral nuibltlou of tho
colorod pcoplo ns n rnco knows that
such charges aro basely false nnd fool
lsh. Ilowovor, thoy nro exasporating
to our pooplo, nnd especially so to
those who patronize tho Tolegrnm so
liberully.
Would it bo just to rofor to tho .Moss
tragedy, lecently enacted in our city,
as evidence of tho fact that nil white
people are immoral, naturally criminal
iu tendency and goiiorally murderous.
Where is there a person with an ounce
of brains who would proclaim such u
conclusion? And yot it would ho
equally just and sensible with tho de
duction which the Tolegrnm so recent
ly Haunted iu tho face of the colorod
Imputation of this city.
Such a nowspapor policy is full of in
oxcusablu folly and outrageous sliamo-Iohhiiosh.
FLOUR" GARDEN.
WHEN YE1R QROWIN' OLD.
To Bee It to Iicat Advnntnjco Yon Mnat
Uc a Microscope,
It Is peculiar that the waving wheat
Itself a product of tho soil, should In
course of tlruo form a soil wherein will
Kcrtnlunto n pretty microscopic garden.
Wheat Is transformed Into flour; flour
Is converted Into bread; and bread, If
allowed to remain In a dnmp place, will
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A WITE OP M0I.DT nfiRAD.
rnlso a crop of what Is generally known
as "mold," and whicli to tbo naked' eyo
resembles merely a bluish or greenish
tint When viewed beneath tho micro
scope this mist reveals Itself as com
posed of an Immense number of "flow
era," resembling dahlias In a pattern,
each supported upon a slnglo long and
lender white stalk. Scientifically these
"flowers" nro known ns mnsses of
pores, nnd aro actually bunches of
eeds of tho tiny plant.
fhera'a a sadness stoalln' o'er ye,
When ya'r growln' old,
Th' don't 'pear so much before ye,
When the world grows cold,
Ye'r a' standln' In th' erenln' ,
Where th' shades unfold,
When th' light o' day is IcaTln'
An' ye'r growln' old.
Night is drawln' of a curtain,
Sot' a bell Is tolled,
Things look sort of gray, uncertain,
Where th' Shadows fold
Th' landscape's waverln' pictures
That are all -unrolled,
When ye'r life Is In th' twilight
An' ye'r growln' old.
Like a Are that's sort o' fadln'
When the ashes hold
Dot a' sort o' ghostly shadln'
Of a Joy that's cold,
Llko a sweet song, but whoso echo
May ye'r memory hold,
When the sunset gilds the hilltops,
An' ye'r growln' old.
But the's light beyond th' hilltops,
When ye'r gray an' cold,
Out beyond the crimson sunset.
There Is dawn unrolled,
The.' a glow o' promise benmln'
Of hopes that fold
Ye'r heart and bring It comfort
- When ye'r growln' old.
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The advertising thnt does not pay Is
almost nlwnyu the advertising that uim
not been given n chnuce to pay.
When nn ndvortlscr wants to pay for
spaco In truck, wouldn't It be n wlso
move for the publisher to ask him to
tinmu n type founder, Ink or pnper
maker who will do business that way?
Exchange.
NEW PO'taK Ol' OFFICIALS.
Muuioiiml .ludge-oloot Geo. .1. Cam
eron will soon nssumu nfllolnl work in
tho judicial department of tho city.
Tho local public Ih plonsod with tho
prospective change. Judgo Oamorou
is a sturdy, honest, practical man.
Hu will make an upright, uusollWli,
impartial judgo. Cliques nnd cIiuih
mid nuthors of Htnr-chnmbor couiblua
tloiis will bavo little favor iu the mu
nicipal court for tho onsuiug term at
least.
The situation in China is nlnrmiug.
Able public mon profess to boliovo that
seriotiH war will not result, but to tho
ordinary layman such a viuw is
dimmed by groat distance. Tho great
world powers nro deoply concerned
over possible consequences of tho lloxer
outbreak.
Ero Tho Now Ago shall have boon is
sued attain tlio newly-elected olllcors of
the city of Portland and tho county of
Multnomah will bavo taken their places
at tho helm of local government, Tho
exchange of private pursuits for olllcial
business on tlm part of those who were
successful in tho recent contest will bo
particularly noted, not only by their
I friends, but by tho gouernl public with-
l in tho jjqmulnrlos of tho toiritory con-
L i 35Tuod. Notwithstanding tho fact that
r a fow nmoiig those who will bo respon
sible in part for tho conduct of publiu
I business during tho euHiiiug term nro
not strnugors to olllcial life, noteworthy
i changes iu the work of serving popular
1 interests have been promised and will,
therefore, bo expected. Many pledges
of loform mid retrenchment woro ex
1 noted and tlio only way to redeem a
pled ye faithfully is to perform its con
, ditious honestly. Inasmuch as tho
now olllcers of this city and county
bavo been aooopted as honest mid oil)-
f oieut men in tho public woik they
have been pledged to do, as well as in
private life, thoao concerned will ho
loath to condone any dereliction of
duty iu tho performance of promUes
r Hindu in the pursuit of the work to bo
undertaken. Little anxiety is expressed
at this time, however, over anticipated
results, Tho county and the citv
miouiii oo lavoroti wun excellent gov
ernment, bocauo both have chosen men
of ability and good character to do the
work required, At all events, tho
"new machine" will bo expected to
urk admirably, and lis operation will
WObXhlv be beiruu without it ir.wli- m-
'-H jur. So may it bo duiiug tho untln
torifi).
lloyoml doubt Oregon will bo found
iu tho Republican column iu national
jKilltlcs in November next. Its pcoplo
cannot alYord suoh a suicidal policy as
that suggested by the oudorsoinont of
lliyaulsm Wo have too much at stake
iu cnuiuioiYO with our now possessions.
ENTERPRISE SHOE CO.
83' North Third St.
Boots and Shoes Made to Order
Repairing- Neatly Done.
W01W railed for mul Orllwreil. All work
UiinrniUioil,
H. C. RILEY, Manager.
llc.idiinirtcrs for Cnpcn Co.'s Shoes
(. K, hlirovo.
I'onliiiiil
Marke
W. 8. McCsrter.
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An article In the Buffalo Times, de
scribing the advertising situation Iu n
:lty of 110,000 population, which is smoo
thing of n pnrndlso for tho program
and tlmc-tnblo fnklr, really tells tho
story of numerous other plucos. Prom
tlio urtlcle, which Is long, wo tako this
extract:
"Ono good Illustration of tho readi
ness of tho merchants to support any'
kind of advertising to bo found outside
tho newspapers Is afforded by a recent
scheme. The scheme consists simply of
a largo placard, 011 which Is printed In
small typo tho tlinc-tnblcs of tho local
railroads, nnd surrounding this placard
are 111! advertising 'cards of various
slzo nnd style. Tho prollt of tho thlug
can be readily seen when It Is known
thnt tho smallest nd. on the placard
brought exnetly ?!!. nnd tho larger oucs
wero rntcd In proportion. As nu adver
tising medium It Is of llttlo value, sim
ply becauso It consists solely of a innss
of unmes piled ono above tho other lu
miscellaneous confusion, without tbo
lightest effort at clusslllcntlou. Mill
iners, merchants, manufacturers, mill
ers, mahlntsts, meat meii, sanitariums,
concert halls, colleges, opticians, cm
bnlmcrs, livery stables, hotels, hard
ware stores, photographers, plumbers,
tailors, dentists In fnct, every kind of
a business to bo found In n city of
30,000 Is Jumbled together In n con
fused muss on this enrd. Iu this list of
112 advertisers there nre but few who
ever expend n single dollar In legiti
mate newspnper advertising, nnd of
this few It Is safe to predict they had
a bill or claim of somo kind against tho
enterprising originator of tho schemo,
mid ndopted this method of squaring
accounts.
"This particular schemo Is only one
or ninny. I'rogrnms nlwnys liavo a ' u tbo land nil tho timo. Long tlmo ago
substantial support. Billboards catch f you coma here, senor. von would nnm
to mo to get land, I own nil. Now all
FANOIIO PAIICO leaned bully
against his gato on tho outskirts
of tho Southern California town,
and looked down tho road. It was a
beautiful Sunday morning lu May.
Poncho wns nn old man, but thoro was
nothing In his appearance Indicative of
bis ago except his bristling gray mus
tache, tho deep lines lu his brown fnco,
and tho dull) bloodshot black eyes that
must ouco havo been as uorco as thoso
of nu Indian. With his arms resting on
tho gate, rnucho rolled himself a huge
yollow-pnpercd clgnrctto, whicli ho pro
ceeded to enjoy. Suddenly ho pulled
tho brim of his big white sombrero fur
ther down over his fnco as ho descried
a mau walking toward him on tho pnth
beside tho road. Tho newcomer wns a
youug mnu, and I'nncho'u opposite In
every particular.
"Como esta, senor?"
'Good morning, rnucho. Has Scno
rltn Helena gono to church?"
"No, senor. Pretty boou sho come.
You go with her?"
"If she'll allow mo."
"Ob, sho glnd to tako you to church
glad to tako any' one. Sho Is good. Sho
want to niako poor Pancbo go, but bo
Bo go any nioro."
"Did you bear of tho hold-up on the
Bahta Maria road, PanchoV" aslted tho
American, casually.
At onco it aeemed that tho sombrero
cast a darker shadow over Pancho'a
face, whllo his eyes narrowed Into silts.
"81, 1 heard of him. They mako big fuss
'bout llttlo tiling. It was deefferent,
sonor, in early days before " His In
born politeness gave him pause.
"Before the gringos enmo?" supple
mented tho other, laughingly.
"SI, sonor, beforo the gringos came,
r bom hero, senor, feofty secxty sev
enty years ngo. My fnther had un ran-
cho grando near hero. Every ono know
cl Rancho Parco. No banks thoso days,
senor. Wo keep all tho monoy In tlio
casa do rancho what you call houso.
Plenty of baudoloros then, you bet. You
sot know a bandolero. You meot him
In the mountains; he tako all you got;
the next day you meet him In town nnd
ahako his hand, but you not know him."
"Well, Pnncho, It's pretty hard to
Identify him theso days," watching him
closely,
"Ob, I don' know, ecf you smart.
What your becslness, seuor?"
Tho question was asked with much
apparent indifference, but George How
ard was not deceived. Suspecting, ho
saw himself suspected. "Ileal estate,"
ho replied, promptly; "I'm down hero
looking up the purchase of somo land."
"SoV said Pancho. "And will you
buy him or tako him? Americanos get
tho multitude, nnd nny kind of n direc
tory or other publication that has an
ostenslblo purposo can get unlimited
advertising nt good rates."
...DK.M.KItB IN
Mis, fis, FM and Poultry
Sugar, 18 Pounds $1.00.
Beat Valley Flour' 70c and 75c.
O recoil riurne Grunt hA.
Kc(iUM'o "lirott u" ."o.
I'romi.i
IHllvvr),
1 70 Third St.
Intention or tho lloomerang-.
Of nil mcu's luveutlons, tho boome
rang seems tho strangest nud least
likely kind of weapon for tho natural
mau, with no knowledge of mechanics,
to havo hit upou; nud yet It becomes
Intelllglblo enough when wo henr that
lu Australia, where tho boomernug was
discovered, thcro grows a tree that
sheds n seedpod of such a shapo that It
whirs away lu the air nud roturns
again ns It falls. But how many "black
fellows" bad watched theso seed pods I
gone, and Pancho not got live centavos.
Pancho has lost his grecp. Sometimes
I geof away tho laud. You see where
all thoso houses up street stand? Ono
day Pancho see a big black horse the
horse do for his new saddle and silver
pun. I geof thousand acres for him.
Thoso houses on tho ground I gecf
awny. Tho rest" with n suddeu aud
comprehensive sweop of the hand
"Pnncho r-robbed ofl You hear me,
aenor. I say r-robbed I and now they
mako big fuss 'bout n poor bandolero!"
"Father Is pitching Into tho Ameri
cans, as usual, I suppose?" said a girl
ish voice behind them.
Both turned to look upon nelena Par-
wnir nnu gyrate our own asn tlirowa co, dark, bright-eyod, with tho roso and
down things that try to emulato tho gy-' the ollvo blonded In her cheek,
rntlon-beforo oue of them thought of I "To hear my father talk," she went
Imitating tho shape of tho pod on a ' 0n, blithely, "ono would think he was a
largo scale, and so mako tho first boom- j foreigner, while ho Is nu American blin
araug? Wo do not know tho fato of the self."
first boomerang, but wo know when
Newton discovered gravitation, and It
Is likely that tho scedpods had been fall
ing about ns long as apples, Black
wood's Magaxluo.
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manui rviiusi
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it mid 011 liittNllmtiil.
hUblllR'l INU. Phono
Uuba'a Original Name.
When Columbus discovered Cuba la
14U3 ho uamed tho lslaud Juauo,
A St. Louis undertaker advertise
.that ho can furnish everything requi
site for a nrst-chiBs funeral Ho la art
Ideutly a doctor aa well aa an under
itaker. When women have trouble In keep.
Jlng a girt they say It Is because UMf
aro "too particular.'
"SI," broke In rancho, "un Ameri
cano, but not "
"A gringo," Interpolated Howard.
"Well. It Is foolish of you, dear old
father, to talk so. Iu a cosmopolitan
country such as ours" and then as she
realized that her language was unin
telligible to quo of her hearers, at least
"but, Mr, Howard, I must go to
church. The Mission bells are ringing
already and I am the organist. I will
bo glad If you will go with me. Like
the Salvation Army lassie, I want 9erf
ouo to come to our hall."
Tho two weut down the road together,
leaving Pancho meditatively smoking
his cigarette. And aa he smoked he
aynwie4 wltu blwaelf and weadered
about many things. Helena waa ao un
like a Parco, he thought. She was not
content to mix with tho Spanish people
exclusively, as her mother had done be
fore her, but was welcomed every
where. Sho did not bate tho Ameri
cans, but told him, her own father,
many times that It was wrong to
cherish hatred ngnlust nuy oue. Surely
she Uns n strange, denr child. But the
Pnrco blood would 'tell even In her If
the occasion nrose he wns sure of that.
Making himself another cigarette,
Pancho strolled Idly Into tho town. Ho
Joined several groups of Spanish-Americans
standing on the sidewalks In their
Sunday clothes, nodded familiarly to
the store-keepers In front of the shops,
nnd dually brought up before a crowd
of men nnd boys who hnd surrounded
and were listening to Snm Smith's de
scription of the recent hold-up. Sam
was tho stage-driver.
"Ithrewout tho box all right enough,"
Sam was saying, with great caution,
"but It wns my old fnko box. Tho
right ono wns on behind, tied up lu n
roll of blankets. The fellow wns just
about the build of Pnncho there "
Pnncho passed on as If he had not
heard, but a knowing smite of satisfac
tion played about his lips.
The delightfully monotonous summer
days of blue sky and yellow sun came
and departed beforo the town was again
awakened from Its languorous sleep of
satisfied tranquility. Iu the vicinity of
Los Alamos Sam Smith wns held up
once. more. The lone hlghwnymnn com
pelled the doughty and shrewd Samuel
to descend from his scat and produce
the express box from a roll of blankets.
This being accomplished, the luckless
passengers were lined up on one sldo of
the rond and- the man with the gunny
sack over his head aud tho Winchester
In his hnnd relieved them of their val
uables In turn.
The following day tho broken express
box and a ploco of tho gunny sack wero
found in tho bushes near the sccno of
tho robbery. Pnncho was suspected on
Sam's report nud his houso searched.
Thoro tho rest of tho gunny sack was
found. Pancho had nlrcndy taken to
tho hills, nud a lnrgo rewnrd was of
fered for his capture.
Sympathy, Blncere nnd universal,
went out to tho old man's daughter,
but with tho blow 11 change ciiiuc over
her. Every glance of pity was met by
a look of suppressed Indignation nud
scorn, for pity Implied a belief lu her
father's guilt. Iu her eyo a new lire
kindled n tiro that burucd In Pancho'a
eyes when he was young. Except her
own, no roof kuow her now but that of
tbo Mission. But nil this was only tho
bravo exterior. In a llttlo whllo It was
known she was 111. Within two months
she was dead. The wlso doctors gavo
tho causo aa quick consumption.
Two days afterward two men moved
cautiously down the slope of the cone-
shaped mountain, at tho foot of which
stood the Mission. Both were armed,'
and both crept crouchlngly from bowl
der to bowlder aud from bush to bush,
nn If they feared detection. As they did
so the bolls of tho Mission began to
toll. Tho sweet-toned sound from tho
little bronzo bells cast In old Spain
came up the mouutatn, nnd tho two
men stopped and looked'down at a fu
neral procession passing slowly nlong
tho country rond to tbo grnvo yard, a
short dlstnnco nwny. For ono of them
thnt fuuornl wns a inagiiet. Following
tho hoarso came a wngon In which sat
a number of young girls clothed In
white, and behind It many buggies,
wagons and a motley description of ve
hicles filled with pcoplo.
Tho man In tho rear gazed Intently at
tho moving spectacle for a time, and
then his eyes waudercd searchlugly
over tho mountain slope Suddenly ho
stood erect nud brought his gun to his
shoulder; for the first tlmo he bad dis
covered tho other man, leaning against
a slanting rock, not twenty feet away.
"Hands up, quick!" bo shouted, "or
I'll tire."
"Carajol" burst from Poncho's lips,
as ho mado a movement to seize his
gun.
"Don't! I'll kill you."
Slowly Pancho'a hands went up. How
nrd advanced to disarm him. It waa
Paucho's turn: "You no cornel" he cried.
"Dlosl You not tako me alive."
Howard stopped. The two looked at
each other steadily. Tho Mission bells
still tolled, and the funeral procession
weuded its wny nlong tho country rond.
"lou must go with me, Pnncho. I'm
sorry, but I must do my duty."
"I sny I no gol" cried Pancho, his
eyes blazing with excitement "You
think a Pnrco go to Jail?"
"It'll bo nil right, Pnncho, old man.
If you're uot guilty you can easily provo
It."
"Geelty? You mean I no hold up tbo
singer xou wnnt mo say tunc. I no
sny It. I did hold him up, but I not
geelty. How Is It when tho damned
gringos take all Pancho got? The grin
gos geelty, eh? Whntyousny? Pnncho
no bnudolero. Puncho only take a
leetlo of what Is tako from him. But
uo uso talk. Every one say Pancho
geelty. I no care. Nina mla, dead.
You see down there? They tako Helena
to tho grave. I no want leef. I no
f raid death. When they put Helena ra!a
lu tho grave, Pancho die too. You watch,
senor you see."
Tho procession was entering the grave
yard.
"But I wou't allow you to kill your
self." "You uot allow?" Pancho laughed
derisively. "But you mako meestake.
Pancho no keel himself. Helena mla
say that Is wrong say es malo. I not
do what Helena mla say not do. You
keel me, senor."
"I kill youl"
"SI, aenor, you keel me, or I keel
you. I got right to do that."
"But Pancho, rancho," Howard al
noat acreaaied, aa 1m aaw la the other's
face the audden resolve and the plan to
effect It, "you must not make me do It
No, you will not, Pancho. Think of
Helena. Helena would not wnnt you
to do that. She would wnnt you to llvo
and be a Parco." As he pleaded for tho
other man's life, he becuuio fearful of
his own nerves.
Pnncho had turned his faco In tho di
rection of the little cemetery and tho
people standing nrotiud tho open grave.
Even nt thnt dlstnnco his eyes were
fixed upou the cofiln which wns being
gradually lowered. To him enmo tho
endence of the Inst notes of the bells.
Suddenly he wheeled nbout nnd his
hands dropped from the rock nbovo his
bend upon which he hnd been resting.
"Now!" he cried, ns he mado a motion
to Blezc his gun.
Tho Mission bells were still, but the
shot from Howard's gun reverberated
through the hills. Argonaut.
Teaching Etiquette.
"Madam," he began ns tho door
opened, "I nm selling a new book 011
'Etiquette nud Deportment.' "
"Oh, you are," she responded, accord
ing to Pearson's Weekly. "Go down
there and clean tho mud off your foot!"
"Yes'tn. As I was saying, ma'am, I
am sel "
"Take off your hat. Never nddress a
strange lady nt her door without re
moving your hat."
"Yes'm. Now, thcu, aa I wns say
ing "
"Take your hands out of your pock
eta. No gentleman over carries his
hands there."
"Yes'm. Now, mn'am, this work on
etl "
"Throw away your pipe. If a gentle
man uses tobacco he Is careful not to'
disgust others by tho hnblt."
"l'es'm. Now, lu calling your atten
tion to this valuable "
"Wnlr. Put thnt dirty handkerchief
out of sight nud use less grense on your
hnlr In the futiuc. Now you look n bit
decent You hnve n book on 'Etiquette
nnd Deportment.' Very well, I don't
wnnt It. I nm only tho servant girl.
Go up tho steps to the front door nnd
tnlk with tho lndy of tho house. She
called mo n downright, outright, no-doubt-nbout-It
Idiot tills morning, nnd I
think the book you're selling Is Just
what sho requires."
Useful Palm Trees.
There nro several kinds of palm trees
which flourish In Afrlcn. Ono Is tbo
dnto palm. Tho treo Is very beautiful,
nnd when ono knows the uses tint tho
natives mako of It, It Is a question whnt
tho people would do for food nnd shelter
If tho dnto palm did not grow there.
It provides them with food equal to any
of the grain foods with whicli we nre fa
miliar, It nlso provides them with
sugar, with wine, vinegar and oil.
Their houses nro built of It, and their
furnlturo is mndo of It, and tho roofs
nro thatched that Is, covered with Ha
leaves. They hnvo lenrned to mnko pn
per of It, so that tho history of the
country such ns It has, is written upon
It. Iu South America thero Is another
kind of pnlm tho-coconnut palm. This
kind not only provides tho South Sen
Islander with food, with timber for his
house, nud wood for his furniture, nnd
thatching for his roof, but It nlso sup
plies him with dishes, for tho nut of
tho coconuut Is his drinking cup. It
also provides with a drink, for the milk
of the cocoanut, an American writer
tells us, Is as cool ns nuy hillside sprlug,
nnd so dellcnto as to bo Incomparable
with auy other drluk furnished by na
ture. Baored Flowers In India.
In tho Hindu religion bright-colored
or fragrant flowers take a prominent
placo as offerings to tho gods, whilst
tbo leaves or flowers of other plants aro
held Sacred either for special historical
reasons, or for their fancied rcsemlv
lance to mythical objects. Tho list of
flowers held sacred by tho Hindoos
alone Is an Immensely long ono. The
holiest flower In India Is thnt of tho
Kadumba treo, which Is specially dedi
cated to tho god Krlshnu. Tho flower
of tho Plppul treo are venerated by the
Hindoos becauso the Dlety Vlshuu la
supposed by them to havo been born
amongst Its branches. Other peculiari
ty sacred flowers with this peoplo aro
thoso of the Asoca, tho Bakula, tin
Mango, tho Bcla and tho Kndnmbn.
The mbst celebrated sacred flower Is tlio
Lotus. In India It was supposed to
spring from Vishnu, nnd In Its unfold
ed blossom Brahma appeared; It wan
also tho attribute of Ganga. In Egypt
It was concentrated to Isls and Oslrls,
and symbolized tho creation of all
things from water, tho rise of the Nile,
and the return of the sun.
Regalia of Knight of tho Gnrter.
A Knight of the Gnrter dressed in
the regalia Is an Imposing sight. He
wears a blue velvet mantle, with a
star embroidered on the left breast.
Ills trunk-hose, stockings nnd shoes
nre white, his hood and surcoat crim
son. The garter, of dark blue velvet
edged with gold and benrlng tho mot
to, "Honl solt qui mnl y pen6e," also
In gold, Is buckled about the left leg.
below tlio knee. The heavy golden col
lar consists of twenty-six pieces, each
in the form of a gnrter, bearing iho
motto, and from It hnngs tho "George,"
a badge which represents St. George
on horseback, encountering the dragon.
Tho 'lesser George" Is a smaller badge
attached to a blue ribbon, worn over
the left shoulder. The star of tho Or.
der consists of eight points, within
which la the cross of St, Georgo en
circled by the garter.
New Biathod or Healing: Bottlaa.
In a new method of sealing a bottle a
capsule fits over the neck with silts for
the passage of a cord or ribbon, the
enda of which are drawn together and
pressed Into a stamped lead seal
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