The Corvallis gazette., October 16, 1896, Image 4

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REAL FOOD ON THE STAGE.
No XiOnger Are Actors Compelled to
Make Believe to Eat.
The people on the stage are the galn
rs in some respects by the realism
That has become a feature of dramatic
effects. The days of property banquets
have gone, and the necessity for pan
tomimic art In appearing to' devour
papier-mache chicken or to drink cotton
port out of wooden goblets has ceased
to exist la up-to-date performances.
It is quite a common thing to see the
people on the stage make real tea, the
odor of which, being perceptible to the
audience, adds to the effectiveness of
the scene, while the act of drinking is
naturally performed by the actors.
There was a time when the property
man supplied mysterious mixtures, col
ored with nobody knows what, instead
of the real article which is commonly
now provided for wine.
The old style false-alarm champagne,
made by mixing bicarbonate of soda
end cream of tartar, was a fearful de
coction which caused many an actor
to come dangerously near throwing up
his engagement when he was supposed
to smack his lips and enjoy it A slice
or two of turnip often did duty for the
.viands that had to be eaten with the
knlxture alluded to, and the effect was
usually a pain in the stomach, that kept
the unfortunate victim awake all night
-with a mustard plaster on his equator.
Happily for the actor, the progressive
manager now provides a lunch of some
thing that Is at least palatable, and. In
ODy event, stage champagne is nothing
jworse than sparkling cider. The desire
for realism has also suggested the use
of everything genuine In the way of fur
niture and properties, and in rural
scenes the introduction of live stock
l;as become quite common; but the Im
provement in the bill of fare for stage
jineals Is the one that is most appre
ciated by the profession.
Something Awful to Tell.
"Oh, Kitty, I've something awful ta
tell you."
"What Is it?"
. "You'll never breathe It to a living
soul?" - . .
"Never."
' "If you do?'
1
' "Oh, but I won't!"
"I'm so mortified over It! You see,
Gussie Llllypad came around on his
wheel the other afternoon and I got out
my bike and we started off for a spin
together."
i "Well ?"
"I had on my new bicycle suit and
cap and we were spinning along in
great shape away out in the country
iwhen Gussie's wheel struck a stone in
the road and he took a header and
nearly broke his neck. He fainted,
mind you, and while I was bathing his
head with some water I fetched in his
'cap a stupid old farmer came along and
leaked:
" 'What's the matter of her?
- "Oh, Maude!"
"And before I could reply' he says:
.'" 'Is she much hurt?
"Why, Maude.1"
"I was so mortified! And Gussie
came to in" time to hear the old simple
ton say:
" 'Better cut her corset strings an'
fan her a little.' I thought I should die!
And when Gussie sat up and said cold
ly: T am a gentleman, sir!' the awful
old coot capped the climax by pointing
to me and saying coolly: 'Why, ye don't
say! I thought this one was the gent!' "
"Oh, Maude! Maude! Tee, hee, hee!"
-VKItty if-you don't stop laughing I'll
never speak to you again. It was just
awful!"
"Oh, It was too funny, too funny T'
?'Funny? I thought It's real mean of
you to laugh so. Kit But, mind, you've
solemnly promised never to tell!"
' "No, I never will!"
A Meteorite that Paid a Mortgage.
Another illustration of uses to which
meteorites may be put before their
real character is known, is afforded by
those of Kiowa County, Kansas. They
fell on a prairie where rocks were
Bcarce and valuable, and the farmers
of the vicinity .found meteorites con
venient for holding down haystacks,
stable roofs, or covers to rain barrels.
For such purposes they might havs
been used for a long time, had not the
.wife of one of the farmers become con
vinced that there was something un
usual about them, and called In an ex
pert to examine them. He at once re
cognized their nature, and the enterpris-
Ing woman finally sold hers for enough
to pay off a heavy mortgage upon too
farm. St Nicholas.
- Mustaches unl Their Meaning.
Some men are very proud of their
mustaches, training them In the way
they Should go. and otherwise taking
great care of them. But Dr. Main says
these ornaments are often the outward
and visible sign of character. Men of
a fierce disposition usually give their
mustaches an upward turn, men of a
more languid nature allow them to
grow long and downwards, while men
of mystery, with calm faces well under
control like the Emperor Napoleon III.
wear them stiff and straight on tua
horizontal line.
Cancer
Of the Face.
- Mrs. Laura E.Mims, of Smithville.Ga.",
Says: "A small pimple of a strawberry
color appeared on my cheek; it soon
began to grow rapidly, notwithstand-
etrorts to cnecK n. . . jviy
eye became tembly
inflamed, and was so
swollen that for qnite
a while I could not
see. The doctors
said I bad Cancer of
--i the most malignant
i type, ana alter ex-
hansting their efforts
: without, doing me
- any good, they gave
op the case as hopeless. When in
formed that my father had died from
the same disease, they said I must die,'
as hereditary Cancer was incuraDie.
"At this crisis, I was advised to try
S.S.S5., and in a short while the Cancer
began to discharge andcontinued to do
so for three months, then it began to
heal. I cont -nued the medicine a while
longer until the Cancer .disappeared en
tirely. This was several years ago and
there has been no return of the disease."
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AGRICULTURAL NEWS
THINGS PERTAINING TO THE
FARM AND HOME.
Oetasaelins Corn la Not Profitable to
the Ordinary Farmer How to Sell
Fruit Farmer Should Keep Ac
counts Fall Fattening of Hogs,
Detaeserina- Corn.
At various times it has been, thought
that the removal of the tassel of the
corn plant would result In a larger
yield. This was based on the admitted
fact that a large amount of energy is
used In the development of the flower
and the production of pollen. . A num
ber of tests were made to determine
the facts of the case. Of course, it
was necessary to allow enough pollen
to be produced to fertilize the silks.
In most of the tests, therefore, the
tassels were removed from every al
ternate row pulled out as soon as
they appeared or three rows were de
tasseled and one left untouched. At
the Cornell station detasseled corn pro
duced a slightly greater yield during
the first two years, but the third year
there was practically no benefit. In
Nebraska, detasseling resulted In de
creased yields. Uere the tassels were
cut off Instead of being pulled out,
as was the case in New York. In
Maryland the yield was decreased by
the practice. In Kansas, the detas
seled fields produced slightly the most
corn. In Illinois tests were made dur
ing two years. In both cases" it was
evident that no greater yield was pro
duced by the rows that had been de
tasseled. It will be seen, therefore,
that the question has by no . means
been decided, but must be more fully
investigated. One thing, however, is
certain the ordinary "farmer can with
profit leave the matter for experiment
station men to determine.
How to Sell Fruit.
In order to effect a ready sale for
fruit of any kind In these times of
great competition. It is necessary to
grow large and highly colored fruits,
to strive after quality as understood
In the market more than quantity, al
though the latter must not by any
means be overlooked. Let It be noted.
If fruit is to be sold privately, that good
flavor and proper degree of ripeness,
will recommend your fruit to your cus
tomers. If you intend selling through
a market agent flavor will count for
nohtlng; but ilcb color and soundness
of condition are everything towards
securing the highest price. All fruit
should be grown as large and highly
colored as possible, gathered and pack
ed before it becomes soft and overripe.
When gathering fruit, never gather
when there is a heavy dew or just after
a rain. They should be gathered dry,
and be kept dry.
Keep Accounts
Concerning farm accounts, a corre
spondent of the Rural New Yorker
says: I am convinced that there is not
one farmer In ten in this township who
keeps any kind of a record as to cost
jf producing his products and their
selling price, together with other regu
lar, systematic farm accounts. If farm
ers could only be Induced to keep a
record of their business as other men
do, there would not be so many farm
ing simply to give them a "steady job,"
and keep prices down for those who are
anxious to succeed in this vocation.
Fall Fattening or Hogs.
In commencing to feed to hogs It will
be best to start with rather a light
ration, and gradually to increase until
they are given all that they will eat up
clean. In this way danger of overfeed
ing will be avoided and better thrift
be maintained. It will be an excep
tional case when it will not be best to
allow the pigs to have the run of a
good pasture. While rather a better
gain can be secured with the same feed
if the hogs are confined in a close pen,
yet there Is always an Increased -rate
of disease. Another advantage in let
ting them run out while feeding to fat
ten Is that they secure a better variety
of food and this aids in maintaining the
appetite. . After they are once on full
feed see that they have all that they
can eat regularly. There Is no ad
vantage In overfeeding. In fact, giving
more than is eaten up clean is detri
mental. But the best gain can only
be secured by giving them all they will
eat at each feeding. Keep fresh pure
water where they can help thmselves,
and, also, a box with salt ' and ashes
In It, where they can eat what they
want
The Stooling of Grain.
The stooling of wheat and other
small grain is not a question well un
derstood by most farmers. There is, of
course, a cause for the Increase of
stools, and It should be the aim of ev
ery farmer to know what this cause is,
for it would doubtless lead to the dis
covery of some certain mechanical
work that would Increase the number
of healthy stools. There are few farm
ers but that have beard the remark dur
ing a cool day or two' after grain is
well up that it was just the thing be
cause the grain was stooling. . Many
have probably observed that it was
true that during cool days following
very warm, dry weather, there was a
liberal stooling. The cool weather Is
not the direct cause, but Indirect If
the evaporation from the leaf of the
plant is checked the growth of the
main plant Is cheesed and therefore
additional shoots come from the main
stalk at the surface of the soil just the
same as branches may be made to
shoot out of trees by cutting off the
top.
How to Make Lrlmbnrjrer Cheese.
The curd is made by aid of rennet in
the usual way, then cut up and placed
to drain In a perforated box lined with
a linen cloth. - When the whey has
drained off. salt, parsley, tarragon and
small onions mashed into pulp are add
ed and well mixed with the curd. It Js
then put Into moulds and left to drain
for thirty-six to forty-eight hours; then
the cheese is taken out of the mold and
placed in a, well-aired room at a tem
perature of 65 to-70 degrees F.. on an
osier hurdle covered with wheat straw,
where it remains for six or eight days.
It is then salted and placed in a cellar
upon shelves covered with fresh straw,
"he salting is repeated after two or
lbre days, after which the cheeses are
merely turned from time to time. Once
n month the cheese Is brushed over to
remove the mold, and In three months
the cheese Is ripe.
Storing Fodder.
For storing corn fodder, either shred
ded or bulk, any sort of a shed that
has a rainproof roof will do. All that
is necessary is that It be kept dry. One
of my neighbors stored his shredded
fodder in a rail pen, twelve feet high
on one side and fourteen on the other,
covered with rough boards, and it kept
In the best condition. He shredded
the fodder for a little bunch oT yearling
calves, and they were allowed to eat It
right from the pen, tue fodder being
They were let Into the little yard con
taining the pen twice a day, two hours
each time, and they wasted but very
little of it. F; G in Column's Rural
vorld. ,' : , -. -
Trricatlon. s '
, The successful Irrigator pays first
attention, to leveling his land, for It
Is -Important to secure an even dis
tribution. : Surplus water should not
bte permitted to stand anywhere. If
t-ere are low places which are not
properly drained, they will receive
more than their share of water, which
will settle in them, making the ground
soggy, and. If there is any clay In the
soil, will cause It to bake. They do
not dry out in time to be . cultivated
when the higher - portions are in the
best conditions. A uniform condition
of the soil over the whole field Is a
practical necessity. Thirty minutes
after the water has ceased to flow
over the surface, there should be stand
ing no water in any part If you would
have Ideal Irrigation. In no other
way is this practicable, except to lev
e' the land to start upon.
Clover Nipped by Frost. -
Clover is only half hardy, and Its
latest growth in fall is very quickly
nipped by freezing weather. Even a.
hoar frost suspends Its growth, and as
soon as there is any danger of this, tf
there is any considerable growth of
clover, it should be cut and made Into
hay. The late clover makes the very
best hav. as thoueh small in bulk. It is
very nutritious. " After the soil warrria
up and the nodules on clover roots be
gin to decompose air in the soil, the nu
tritive value of clover Increases very
rapidly. There Is little danger of well
grown clover freezing out in winter,
even if its crown Is exposed. The soil
always freezes, no matter how much
clover growth may be left
v (access and Failure.
The difference between success and
failure In farming consists almost en
tirely in the different degrees of care
bestowed upon the details of farm
work. The man who gives "extra
care," is the man who finds the readiest
market and top prices, while his care
less neighbor either has his products
wasted on his hands or sold at a price
below the cost of production. As a
rule, the careless hap-hazard farmer at
tempts to do more than he can well do
and fails. The lesson is a good one
for us all to consider. ;
This Tear's Corn Crop.
The Secretary of Agriculture est!
mates that this year's corn crop will
reach the enormous amount of 2,235,
GOQ.OOO bushels. The figures are Incom
prehensible. They mean that for every
man, woman and child In the United
States there will be ' gathered into
b&rns this fall a fraction Jess tuan
thirty-two bushels of the grain. This
Is but one product of our soIL and as
we have a large surplus, corn will be
exported by the ship load, and millions
of needed dollars will thus be brought
Into the country.
Drying Corn.
It is not an easy matter to can green
corn in a satisfactory manner at home,
but it may be dried easily, and in that
form makes an exceedingly gratifying
dish in the winter. Before cutting from
tbe cob for drying partially cook,
enough to coagulate the starch; cut
with a sharp knife, taking care to spare
the cob, and dry in the sun or by the
stove as quickly as possible. When
thoroughly ury store It In tight paper
nags, Into which Insects cannot get,
hang it up in some dry place, and it
will keep for an Indefinite time.
Tree Soots ta Wells,
Before digging a well it Is well to
look and see what kind of trees are
growing near It Locust trees will
send their roots a distance of fifteen
or twenty feet for water, and if a well
is within that distance they will surely
get into It if the well Is walled with
stones. In a driven well of course the
water can only get In at the bottom,
and this Is a much better and cheaper
way of putting down wells than the
old-fashioned one of digging out the
earth by hand.
"The Poultry Yard.
Sand should not be made a substi
tute for gravel.
Mixing breeds promiscuously does
not work well.
The. roosting places should never be
on an inclined plane, as there will be
a fight for the top places.
If fowls do not moult well look for
lice; put a little flour of .sulphur in
their food and a little iron In the drink
ing water.
The chickens need a run on green
pasture just as much as do the cows,
hogs and horses. Don't shut them up
In dry yards.
Clean the poultry house of lice, dust
the hens well with Persian insect pow
der, and give them fine, dry earth In
.which to dust
Ducks should not be encouraged to
lay In the fall, as there,, Is little de
mand for their eggs except for hatch
ing, and nobody wants to hatch ducks
in the falL
If you are afraid of work; If you
have no stability of purpose; or If you
are possessed of the false notion that
fowls will take care of themselves, do
not go into tbe business of poultry raises-
.. r
When fowls are confined in small
runs and lack shade, there Is nothing
better than gourd vines. They are
not eaten or destroyed by fowls and
grow quickly, being both useful and
ornamental.
Are you going to take any poultry to
your county fair? If you do not, do
not stand in the poultry house and tell
everyone who comes in that you have
better specimens at home than those
on exhibition.
Do not waste time packing eggs In
lime water solutions Eggs thus pack
ed cannot be used with much satisfac
tion In cake making, and they have, to
one used to the delicious taste of fresh
eggs, a rank, limey taste.
Rather Public.
Lord Forgivuz Seems to me some of
your-actresses make their matrimonial
status rather public
William Ann How so?
Lord Forgivuz Advertising In the
dramatic papers as "not engaged."
Judge.
A Mystery.
Pompous Publisher" I have a hard
time getting good stories for the
Screamer and they come high. But I
get them.
Chawley Notact What the deuce be
comes of them? Exchange.
Its Meaning.
Teacher What Is the meaning of the
sentence, They fared forth?"
Tommy It It means that they ate at
the fourth table. Indianapolis Journal.
Trolley Cars in Egypt.
Trolley cars are now running In the
streets of Cairo, Egypt
Whisky plays as big a part as the sun
In a great number of the sunstroke!
WHEN DEATH IS REAL.
Tragic Fatalities that Have Occurred
Upon the Stage,
The recent calamity on a London
stage in which an actor actually killed
a fellow player In the scene where ha
was supposed to run him through with a
dagger has brought to light numerous
former occurrences of a similar charac
ter. The g.-eat Roman actor Rosclus,, en
acting Atreus, was so carried away
that he fell upon a slave and killed bbn
on the spot Farquhar, In Dryden's
"Indian Emperor," wounded a fellow
actor so dangerously that he was said
to have died from his wounds. In
Stockholm, early In tbe sixteenth cen
tury, an actor who was playing Lon
glnus In "The Mystery of the Passion,"
was so realistic In his playing that be
pierced tbe mimic Christ so severely
that his death on tbe cross was actual.
Many years ago, an Italian artist nam
ed Lombardl, playing In "Antigone,"
bad to turn his sword from bis father's
breast to' his own, and did it so cer
tainly that he fell dead.
Upon the opening night of the pro
duction of "Michael Strogoff" In Lon
don, In 1881, Mr. Charles Warner, In
the title role, was set upon by the vil
lain of the piece, and In the duel with
daggers which ensued Mr. Warner wa
badly wounded. Barry Sullivan once
attacked Richmond -in "Klchard the
Third" with such vehemence that his
opponent's sword was struck from .his
hand and a .serious accident barely
averted. The elder Baron, a French
actor of note, performing in "The Cid"
of Corneille, had to kick a sword out
of his path and In so doing punctured
his foot; the matter w'as trifling at first,
but later on gangrene set In and the
player died. Charles Kemble, at one
time playing Macbeth to Mrs. Slddon's
Lady Macbeth, flung away a goblet
with such violence that It shattered a
chandelier above the great Sarah's
head. That lady bore It without flinch
ing, however. . At the dress rehearsal
of "The Huguenots" at .Paris several
years ago, the famous tenor Souritt, in
pretending to jump from a fourth-story
window, Injured himself so that the
piece had to be delayed for a week. At
the final rehearsal of "Faust" the orig
inal Mephistopheles, Balanque, contriv
ed to wear a pair of diabolical red
wings. With these outspread, he rose
from a trap In the first act., and, by
touching a spring, these later became
tbe conventional cloak. But thesprtng
behaved badly, and the actor's face was
horribly lacerated by the fluttering
whalebone ribs, over which tbe cloth
was arranged.
Deaths from sudden and unknown
causes are frequent on the stage, and It
has generally seemed that the passing
of the actor's aonl has always been at
some moment when his words were
particularly applicable to the circum
stance. Not long ago Federicl was
playing "Faust" in Melbourne, and just
after he uttered the last word before his
descent to Hades be gave a sigh and
fell dead. At this actor's funeral, as
the venerable clergyman finished say
ing "In the midst of life we are In
death," he fed lifeless. Paterson died
while preparing Claudio for execution
in "Measure for Measure," saying of
life "a breath thou art." Cu minings,
as Dumont in "Jane Shore," expired
with a quotation for God's mercy on
bis lips, and Palmer, as manager and
actor, died as he exclaimed. "Oh, God!
God! There la another and a better
world r '
A Texas Swing.
Mr. R. B. Zimmerman, of Warren,
has what Is probably the highest swinrf
In Texas. The frame is made of pine
logs seventy-eight feet long, which are
set in the ground eight feet making the
swing seventy feet high. The cross
piece is six by six 'inches, heart and is
fastened to the top of the upright pieces
in such a way as to be as strong as if
the frame was all of one piece. On the
north side of the swing is a pole forty
two feet high, at the top of which is a
pulley. The person who wishes to
swing is strapped in, if he or she de
sires, and then takes hold OT one end
of the rope, the other end of which is
run through the pulley and fastened
to a team, of horses. The horses are
started off and the swinger Is pulled
to the top of the pole. - When the top Is
reached he drops the rope and is at
once launched Into space, sometimes go
ing as high as 100 feet on the opposite
side from the pole. One turn at .the
swing la generally enough to satisfy
one for that evening. Since the erec
tion of the swing Mr. Zimmermans
house has become a resort every even
ing for the young people of Warren,
and parties frequently come from Hy
att and other neighboring towns to en
joy an evening in "the swing." Dallas
News.
' Norway Spruce.
The Norway spruce has been dis
seminated throughout the world. It
has been a matter of Interest to en
deavor to find fine specimens of this
tree in Its native habitat, but the
search has been In vain. Nowhere do
they attain the size or the beauty that
we have them in America. In regions
where the timber has been cut, we do
not expect much in the second growth,
but there are immense tracts from
which the lumber camiot be removed to
any market; but there the trees merely
look old without having attained great
size or remarkable beauty. The Nor
way maple Is very fine, but nowhere
better than it is seen In America. Quite
singularly, its foliage is largest and
finest In the far North. The birch Is
found everywhere, and Is the only tree
in the more northern regions. The
northernmost forest- In the world Is
said to be one on the Lofoten Islands.
The North Cape region is treeless. But
nowhere does the birch attain the size
we sometimes see on our side of the
Atlantic. Cor. Albany Cultivator.
Facial Resemblances.
Senator Daniel, of Virginia, who was
the temporary chairman of the Demo
cratic National Convention, bears a
striking facial resemblance to the late
Edwin Booth, the actor. The litho
graphs of Thomas W. Keene, the tra
gedian, would serve for pictures of
Wiliam J. Bryan, though the back part
of Bryan's head very closely resembles
that of Wilson Barrett, tbe English ac
tor. Chicago Inter Ocean.
If we were a woman, we would rath
er have our sweetheart steal than have
him chew tobacco. ; ;
You probably ; pay too
much a month for tea; it is
probably not very good.
Try-Schilling's Best. If
you don't like it, your gro
cer returns your money. ', '
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pleasure ana pront in it
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A CUNNING MULE.
It Hid on Steamer Day When Work
Was increased.
The laciest mule In all California Is
the one ou tbe Farallone Islands that
belongs tc the lighthouse keepers. Ho
Ik tbe successor of the la to lamented
"Jersey," and is known to bis owners
as "Patsey." In many ways be is n
smart mule, but he devotes most of his
talents to devising means to avoid the
little work that Is required of liini. Tlic
strange thing about his plan is that he
goes to more .work to avoid work thau
It would take him to do it
Patsey has boen on the island for
about threo years, and from the start
seemed pleased with his borne. He was
brought out on the steamer Madrona,
and at once given full liberty. . He
roamed over the island at will, and as
no work was required of him he was
the happiest mule In the stall.
But a day came when Patsey was not
happy. It was after he had been on the
Island three months, and tbe Madrona
came back on her quarterly visit He
then found out what, he was there for.
as soon as the supplies were landed
on the wharf Patsey had to haul them
to the lighthouse. And, O, what hard
work he found it, after his three
months' vacation. Every pound was
a ton, and his unwillingness made it
about three. He has never forgotten
that day.
The next time the Madrona came
back Patsey was ready. The first visit
of the steamer made such an impres
sion on him that he even recognized the
whistle as the sound came over the
water through a thick bank of fog.
When the supplies were on the landing
Patsey was nowhere to be found,
Search for him as they would, it was
the next day before he was unwillingly
at work.
The next time the steamer came the
keepers were ready for Patsey's trick.
As soon as he heard the whistle a shiver
passed over him, and be started for
one of tbe highest hills on the island,
never stopping until he had reached the
top, all the time giving utterance to
moans of anguish. : To climb to the
summit was an awful task, and Patsey
was wet with perspiration when he got
there. Of course, he was soon cap
tured and brought back; and no doubt
he found his work much harder for his
unnecessary exercise. But It failed to
cure him, and every steamer day the
same performance . has to be. gone
through with.
On one occasion the Madrona hap
pened to be In . the vicinity, possibly
chasing an escaped whistling buoy, and
gave a long blast of the whistle. Patsey
was not expecting anything of the kind,
and at once became, filled with fear. -
There was no time to climb the peak,
so be flew over the rocks to a cave. The
entrance was a rugged one, but Patsey
managed to get in and, as be thought
was out of danger for work.'
It was two days before Patsey was
missed, and a long search was neces
sary to find him. And then tbe fun
commenced. It was easy enough to get
In, but getting out was another matter.
In fact, Patsey could not do It unaided,
which was tbe reason he stayed there
so long. i
Blocks and tackle and several hours
hard work were necessary to get the
frightened mule out, and when at last
be mustered courage to look at the
wharf and saw no boxes there he was
a foolish-looking mule. .
Patsey has got so that be knows when
the steamer is coming without hearing
the whistle. He knows when It is due
to a day. Two or three days before the
time be-will make himself scarce. On
one occasion the vessel was several
days in making a landing, and poor
Patsey was nearly- starved, but he
never got hungry enough to overcome
his aversion to work. The keepers get
considerable amusement out of Pat
sey's unwillingness to work. They
don't mind it particularly, as they
know where to find him now. The gen
eral verdict of all visitors to the island
is that Patsey should have been a
tramp. San Francisco Call.
r- The Honey Ant.
Honey ants have a peculiar custom.
They form subterranean chambers for
a home. A number of the tribe never
leave this home. Their vocation In
life Is remarkable. Tbey keep house.
The working ants go abroad and seek
honey. Returning home they feed this
honey to the housekeeping ants and
stuff them full of the saccharine mat
ter. The housekeepers are the honey
jars of the establishment, as it' were.
As the season advances these unique
honey repositories become so full of
honey that their stomachs are finally
distended to tbe size of a small cherry.
These honey-fattened ants get into a
state of innocuous deseutude. They
simply cling to the walls of their homes
In a sort of comatose condition. When
""the honey season ends tbe working
ants want food. So they gently squeeze
the stomachs of the housekeepers, caus
ing them to disgorge honey from time
to time, and on these disgorgements
the workers live until the next honey
season. It is hard to beat an ant on
the question .of economics. '
Each Marked Sixteen Cents.
"The other evening at the place at
which I eat" said Assistant Secretary
of State Tim Stover, "while we were
eating supper one of the incandescent
electric lights went out. Examination
showed that the wire in it was broken.
" There,' said the lady of the house,
'I'll have to get a new globe.'
"'That means 23 cents,' I said.
" 'Sixteen cents,' corrected a young
lady stenographer for a downtown firm
who sat at the table.
"That's strange,' I remarked. 'We
get them by the barrel at the state
bouse and have to pay- 23 cents for
them ' .
" That's Just the way the State gets
cheated,' persisted the young woman.
'We only pay 16 cents for them at our
office. They can't fool us, for the price
is pasted on the glass, "16c." ' .
"She had seen the '' candle-power
mark." Topeka State Journal.
- Soared Too Mnub.
Dr. Eaton, president' of Madison Uni
versity 'forty years ago, was beloved by
the 8tudents-and his good opinion court
ed above all else. One commencement
day, the student who had delivered the
valedictory approached the doctor and
timidly asked him what he thought of
the effort. The doctor looked at him a
moment and then said, slowly: "Ed
ward, if yon would pluck a few of the
feathers from the wings of your imag
ination and stick them in the tail of
your judgment you would make better
speeches." ; :
Singular..
The late Lord Lllf ord, in his recently
published work on the birds of North
amptonshire, England, tells this story
of & singular incident which occurred
in one of his frequent visits to Spain:
"I first learned," he says,"the news of
President Abraham Lincoln's murder
from a scrap of a Spanish newspaper
found in a nest of the kite by my climb
er, Agapo, near Aranjuez."
Diamonds costing less than $100 are
noticed only by people who own small
PORTLAND LETTER
Special CorrMpondencs. ;
- Portland, Or., Oofc 14. Say, last
week I told yon that this is a pretty
gay town; well, It is more than that,
I'll tell you, by gosh I It's a town of
invention, invention in law, too.whioh
is more than mere discovery in science.
The deputy oity attorney, one Mr.
Davis, nice gentleman, I bear.' but) I
guess that won't go as to bis law, tried
to put a defendant man onthe stand to
testify against himself; sure, our own
old squire knows more than that!
Well, anyway, the. judge. Mr.
Sweek. who was on the benob, he over
ruled the deputy oicy attorney, who is
bis partner in the practice of law, or
was, then; but whether or not bis hon
or will oontinue in league with a fel
low with that kind of idea of the law,
I ain't got no way of finding out.
Look you, here's a real good 'un.
You can spring it on either side. I
ain't got enough sense to know much
about politics, and so as I see one's one
way and one's another way, I say, in
the name of peace, let's go easy. - Any
how, here's one I heard, and it fits
either side: 1
What is the difference between
(either MoKinley or Bryan, just as one
chooses) and Buffalo Bill?"
Answer One bas a show." -I'll
tell you, one is mighty apt to
lose faith in human nature, banging
around this burg. Politics! Heavens,
how each tells stories about 'totber!
One charges the other with repudia
tion, and the other charges tbe former
with oreating a double-back-action dol
lar that gets bigger with every change
of the moon. Now, my own idea of
money is that is the best money tint
comes easiest, and stays longest in the
old woolen stocking m the cbimbley
corner. EZEKIEL.
SELLING LIQUOR TO INDIANS
Judge Lowell's Instructions to a Pen
. dleton Grand Jury.
Pendleton, Or.,' Oct. i4. Judge
Stephen A.. Lowell, addressing the
grand jury today, referring to selling
of intoxicating drink to Indians, said:
"The white population oannot es
cape responsibility which rests upon it
The native race is among us a weaker
and morally inferior people, and we
owe them such protection as they can
not exert for themselves. The appe
tite for intoxioants seems with them
uncontrollable if liquors are obtaina
ble. We protect by stern enforcements
of the statutes other wards of the law;
minors and feeble-minded and common
drunkards; and we have permitted the
statute enacted to remain dead, ne
glected: First, ' because the federal
government assumed jurisdiction and
latterly beoause the . federal opurts
have declared tbe alloted Indian a citi
zen. Even though be is a citizen I am
of the opinion that the constitution and
courts upon the ground of publio inter
est will sustain the law placing men of
Indian blood in category named above,
requring the shield and protection of
tbe state. What is now needed is a
calm, candid examination by you of
the whole situation and such report as
shall in the future be a guide to officers
and magistrates, that tbe publio may
be conversant with the situation and
the law in the future be enforced."
' A Boy Burned to Death.
Stockton, Cal, Oct 14 At 9:30
o'clock last night the home of James
Gardner, at Oakesdale, Stanislaus
county, took fire, caused by tbe explo
sion of a coaloil lamp. Mr. Gardner
was reading, and his 13-year-old son
was in bed. When the lamp exploded
the father became greatly excited, and
extinguished the flaming clothing,
seeming to forget all about the boy
He rushed out of the house, his cloth
ing and flesh burning, and then thought
of bis son. He then attempted to rush
back into the building, but was seized
by the townspeople. When the house
was all aflame he gave up' the struggle
and walked away. He was seen later
making toward the river. - He said all
was over and be would kill himself.
He was taken back to town, where he
became a raving maniac.
Tbe boy was burned to death. His
remains were found in the corner of
the room The mother and elder son
were in church at the . time. The
mother is. also nearly crazed.
Two Loggers Killed.
Vancouver, B. C, Oot 14. John
Norgood, employed by the Channe Min
ing Company, on Valdez island, was
killed by a falling tree while clearing
land belonging to the company. A cor
oner's jury censured the workmen for
not taking proper precautions, no warn
ing having been taken that the tree
was about to fall. ' John Myers, a
logger, was killed on Howe sound Sat
urday by being . crushed between two
logs.
Patent Medicine Fxploded.
Chardon, O.; Oct 14 While Pre
served Grant was compounding a pat
ent medicine today, the mixture ex
ploded and caught fire. Grant was
badly burned, his daughter, Mrs. Perry,
who was in the room, lost both her
eyes and her hands were badly burned
and tbey dropped off. The body of
Mrs. Perry's child was burned almost
to a crisp. Mrs. Perry and the ohild
will die.
lilcyctea For Boys.
I do not fcr an instant hold that thr
bicycle is going to redeem the world cr
turn the rising generation into an army
of saints, but I do know from personal
experience that the boy who rides . a
bicycle and comes to school with a
healthy glow on his face, that means a
good circulation and a hearty appetite,
produced by exercise in God's fresh air
and God's bright sunshine, is a much
more tractable lad than is the same boy
when he is allowed to mope around the
house or the corner grocery, listening to
the-vile stories of 'vile men or concoct
ing seme deviltry of his own. ' And not
only is he more tractable, but he is
more, teachable, he learns more, he is a
better boy and will make a better man.
Womankind.
Some Poster Women.
Miss Ethel Reed of Boston, Miss Ger
aldine Evans of Philadelphia and Miss
Blanche McManus, Miss Abby Under
wood, Miss Myra Burr Edson and Miss
Margaret Huntington, daughter of the
Rev. Dr. Huntington, all of New York,
have gained no small degree of distinc
tion by their remarkably clever posters.
Both for design and drawing and for
color schemes their work commends it
self. In San Francisco Miss Florence
Lnndborg's posters are ' 'eagerly sought
by collectors. "
With these young women to the fore
and plenty to follow after, there is ev
ery reason to lnpe, for, although men
are using their brushes and pencils to
make posters, few have really attained
great distinction one or two in Amer
ica and a half dozen, if that many at a
close count in England. . Of . course
France can claim a dozen at least, be.
Danacr-the poster is a mGre important
feature' in Paris'than anywhere !.
TBIPS CVDIBUKCK FOB HEALTH'S
Will be rendered more benefleial, and the fa
tigues of travel counteracted, if the voyager
will take along with him Hostetter'a Stomach
Bitters, and use that protective and enabling
ionic, nerve invlgorant and appetizer regu
larly. Impurities in air and water is neutral
ized by it, and It is a matchless tranquilizer
and regulator of the stomach, liver and bowels.
It counteracts malaria, rheumatism, and a
tendency to kidney and bladder ailments.
The members of tbe Boston " Aero
nautical Society have decided that the
kite is an instrument of value.
Fiso's Cure for Consumption has saved
me large doctor bills. C. L Baker, 4228
Kegent Sq., Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 8, '95.
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