WADINQ BIRDS.
IfaUli f thm Heron, H)rk, Crane, Ibl
h4 t MuialUr VCsiler
From the long nock and the long
naked legs of the heron wo may form a
pretty good Idea of what to expect of
all wadiur bird, no matter now mucu
they may diller In size. The long toes
spread out very far apart, and thm pre
vent tbo bird from I nking in the soft
mud a they wad about in shallow
water near the banks of r I vera and
tuarthra. l'lacea like thexe are the fa
vorite naunU of the berona, and bere
the? stand patiently watching for
fishes, frog and small reptile. Their
long neck are adm rably lulled for
reaching out to catch such creature,
and their Mender beak quickly seiise
(he prev, seldom missing their aim.
Heron are found in all part of the
world, and they form one of the great
est ornamcnu of our Southern marshes
and stream. ,lhe r flight, however. Is
not very graceful. These bird have no
tail worth speaking of, ao when Hying
tboy always tretch out their log be
hind them to act u a rudder, while
nioHto her binN tuck their legs inugly
away out of ght
Another large ana elegant uiru is ine
rrnn. whleh is sometimes over four
feet in heiirht but otherwise not espeel-
ally remarkable, unlet it be lor ha long
migration twice every venr. and for the
perfect disciil ne which II ooserveu on
thesa lournevimrs.
Those who have read tho interesting
xtj.riet about the stork that live In Ku
ropcan and Asiatic cities, and perhaps
have seen them tliore, may be surprised
t'i leHrn that they are alo waders
Theso city b rls eem to have given up
their au'atic ha'dl smco they osmo to
I've in town, and now they stalk about
the street aniKl.it throng o pooplo,
and are not tho leant disturbed by them.
The pren.ce of the storks in these
c tie Ia not onlv tolerated, but on the
conlrai v. the bird are highly valued
because' thev fend upon gur.ittgo and
sin ill verm'n, and in this way help to
keep the atrneU eleun. Un account o!
those services nfpucinl laws have boon
.made in some countries for thuir protec
tion. Their next1", planed tn tall trees, tow
ers or chimneys, aro coarse affairs,
loosely Imi It of slicks. In Holland per
son xiim.itiiii'is m ike f.ile chimneys to
the r huu-o on purpose for thH storks
to Im'l.lon. and that fam.ly Is consider
eil fortunate that hits a stork's next
upon the roof. Tnete dignllicd birdx
are especially numerous in tho eiixlern
hemisphere. They assemble in large
ItiMikx nof.ire Murting on their in gr.i
tiotiH, and it ix aeoiiimon belief that at
sncli times they are consulting about
the r intended journey.
Tim beaut fill ibises. Inhabit all warm
countries. (Ine spee.es, tho wood ibis,
has ga'n;;d fjr its.'lf tho reputation f
ln nsr very greedy, and not without
good ex line. With Its strong bill it
Lilt a great many lixhes, frogs, snakes,
young all'tatorx and other small uni
in it I x, wh cli form Its favorite food. Ax
these v ot nix lie lloat ng on tho water
round about the xeen.i of tlieir disiruo
tion, the ibis swallows as many nx it can
well take, anil then stands siupidly on
the edge of tho stream, wait ng until
lb meal is dialed before it is able to
Indulge in another. ,
Then there is the saerol ibis, which
Was w..ibiM'(i by the people of Egypt
in olden tirm s." Perhaps thny loved th i
bird beeauxe it devoured the xerenls
which annoyed tl.em so iniieh, or else
Imcxuso it 'turned each year at the
time of tho overllow of the N lo, and
the supertItio:is Kvpt ans may huve
thought they were indebted to tho ibis
for the fertility of ilni oountry which ro
ulU from lhi overllow. ' It Is at least
vrtain that 'they were in the habit of
mibalm ng tho bird with thn'r uium
m is. and plio.ng curious still' picture
of it on their monument.
Among the smaller waders are some
of our pretty little shore birds, whose
quick uioveineii'x are so Interesting to
-watch. Smell tltH'ks of these little birds
on tho beach ma) bo wen running out
eagerly after a retreating wave, snatch
ing up tiny lixhes and crabs, and hurry
ing along to gather ax many of those
daiut o as pussi hie More the next wavi
eouirx In.. I ben they all mount rap dly
into tho air to usoapo this coming wave,
as if they were exceedingly anxious
not to wet those slender Iocs. Their
feast is Interrupted hut a few seconds,
for they soon si j; lit and go through
the axmo performance. .Sum) tVorr,
in iirsr's Yuniig .oir.
An Ingenious Contrivance.
The microphone is no.v lio'mg used in
Germany for the purpose of dcteotiny
loss of water through leakage in town
nut us. The apparatus conxlxis of a
stool rol. wh oh is placed upmi the
Wck in the no ghlxiruood of which the
leak is suxp ced, and m.erophono at
tached to the upper end of tho rod. A
dry bat ery and a telephone complete
tho eiii potent. No sound is heard in
the telephone if the cooks aro oloxed
and no leak occurs; but a lenk of even
a few drops csuxex sulbeieiit vibration
in the p.jK to aflect tho microphone ami
give and. bin sounds in the telephone.
At the recent meeting of gits and water
cng neers in Kisenaoh it was xtst.nl that
tho aparatus is so simple to handle
that with a little practice ortiinary work
men are aide to dolecl and locafne snv
leak.-.V. KfW.
The IVovimvlown pople say that
the coast line of Capo Cod is continually
undergoing changea. and tho shores
re gradually battening out and wash
ing awav. rawet hur.mr, at .Tiuro,
winch in old times was a busy place
aoconimodat.ng a Isrgc fleet of"tihing
vesxels, hss so tilled up that it is almost
lniHixhiuie to tmlt r the harbor with a
live ton lishing smsek. IVovinctUown
hr!or is also stexJily nilmg up. The
-abort of tho cape areconxtsntlvclmng
.tug, rendering litem dmrrou,'to mar
tn.r. YUilo the sands are being
washed seaward the wmd is also xaeep
lug them landward In rgo ipiant tiex.
covering the bushes sii.t tnvs. It is
c-t mated thst the sand bills havemored
townwsrd tlm-e-quartera of a mile in
tiirpa-tdosen year-lM.n f.r.id.
Among the orange tree of Ver
sailles is one more than four centuries
old. which was planted bv Kleauor of
t'4dlo, (jue-n of Cbarlcs llL
7' BEHIND TIME
Ttw WtM Words AlKtut tbs Parnlvloas
Habit of rroorxitloxtion.
There Is a class of persons known of
all men everywhere, whose peculiarity
U Uint thev are alwav behind time. If
not always, so generally that the ex
ception proves the ruin. They are late
to meals or late in having them ready
for others, and so make other lute;
they are late to bed at n ght and late in
the morning in getting up; they arelato
for the tra n, and come panting and
blowing just in time to catch It, or to
see It rolling away. Ihey cem orao
how to have lost an hour, more or less,
out of tboir lives in infancy or early life,
and are therefore compelled evermore
to chase that lost period in vain.
When' one boars these late people
give an account of themselves be is im
pressed with the Conviction that they
to nK Uioy uave pieniy ui nine w bw
nass their ulons and enterprises. They
are in no burry about any thing; so they
take their ease and dawdle or get every
thing done there n to do except a lew
last l ttie tilings mai "uae oniy a
minute" to do. and then are unconcern
ed and confident The late housewife,
having planned her dinner all out, and
thinking that she can "rush" It if she
gcta in a corner, sits at her sewing
longer than she ought to, and finds
when sho tries to make up for the lost
time, that the lire won't burn, or
some d'xh turns out badly, and
sho hnsn't timo to prepare another,
or somebody comes In and detains bor,
and so tho d nnor is lato. Tho tardy
church-goer, enjoying the luxury of
StindaV'rcxt, reads a 1 tile loo long, or
occupies h mxulf in something elso tiian
gelt ng all remly for church, and when
the lasl bel. rings ho ix not in his pluco
in tho pew. Or, if it is the house
mother, she thinks she can do a few
more ciioros before she goet, and so sho
is l:tto, and d.sturbs the worshipers by
. fi .
coining in out or iinu. ino unpunoi-
uiti traveler puts oil to tno last oay or
hour l f ire he xtnrts what should have
been done tho day I ofore or tho week
before, and liudt it impossible or next to
impost bio to crowd tl.o last prepara
tions into ine irairiiiiiii i ui uuiuieu nun,
and s i he is late. All theho people for
get thut tho Imndx of the clock keep
moving on "w thout liasto, without
rest," n n.l tlmt, however it may seem to
them, there is only just so much timo,
jusi so much mid no moio, for them to
use.
It Is not t.) be supposed that persons
who have the linbit of procrastination,
of bo'ng behind t'me, or any oilier niis-
iliicvo is linbit, aro going to drift out ot
it mid become, Without oitort, fore
handed and punctual, correct and ex
emplary. It takes mighty and persist
ent force to break any bad hnlul, bin
IhuI lia lilts aro lirokeu aim good ones
formed, as we may observe almost every
day. Ihe thing for tho person who is
alwuvs behind t ine to clo is to put all
his hurry in at the beginning of any en
terprise, to do whatever he can do at
once, not to leave any thing unU to
morrow that CRn bo done to-ihiy, or un
til this afternoon that can be done this
morning, and to begin in season. He
must not allow himself to bo divort.xl
from the mum issue, to waste, h.s time
on side issues, or to forget just how tho
hands of the clock aro moving on, niov
ng on, and bringing the hour ho is
working toward. Ho mutt omit many
things, perhaps, that soein des ra
tio, but are not of vital Importance to
the end ho is aiming at.
Tho routinixt finds it indixponsablo to
drive certain stakes, so to apeak, along I
his nurse, nnd reqnlrn himself to bo at
these stakes at a certain hour. Said a
business mnn the other day: "It I can
have my breakfast exactly at a ipmrter
before eight every morning, every thing
;oex smoothly all (lav. 1 have timo to
eat my breakfast, timo to get to my of
lice in season, and time to look over my
newspaper.' Tho lady to whom ho
was talking replied: "If 1 can get
nreakfaxt in time to have it eaten,
cleared awav and tho dishes all washed
snd put away before nine o'clock, then
dy poos' smoothly. There's time
for all othur domestic enterprises, but If
breakfast Is lute and the d slies hung
round till ten or eleven o'clock, Uie best
:.rt of tho day Is gono and every thing
drags." An early breakfast meaus
arly colnj to beiV and early getting
up. We must begin at the right end
f we would como out right in the end.
Tho peace of mind that naturally
follows punctual and complete prepa
ration for and accomplishment of stated
asks is bryond the comprehension of
he man or woman who is always be
'ilnd timo. He hss no breuthing spells,
ho Is always pursued by phantoms that
moan "Too late, too late. '.V. Y. Y'r
Airi The British Stat Crown.
In tho Imperial state crown of Hrita'n
(hero aro l.lliill brilliant, 1.27M roso and
147 table diamonds. The brilliant was
the crowning invention of the art, the
work of Vinceiixio Toi'iiMi, of Veu ce,
in the century In which Moarin had tho
crown jewels of France recut ; tbo rose
date from l.V.'O; it ix the form chosen
when the loss to the stono would be loo
groat if the brilliant cut were selected,
and Is used oh etly for circular gems;
the table is the method employed for
fhallow diamonds, and is Dm original
cut. When Wood on May 9, 1671. made
his attempt on the crown, the historian
relates: "A large pearl, a fa r diamond,
and a number of smaller stones were
bulged from tho crown in th a robuxt
iou xtrugle, but both tho former and
several ot the latter were picked up and
recovered. The Ballais rnhy.which had
been broken off the scepter", was fo-.md
In his accomplice's (Parrot) pocket,"
tWKAt.'f .Vitii:it.
A I.anesster (Pa.) grocer has
adopted a rather novel way of collect
ing debts. Tho other moruing he plao
i d in bis store window a lt giving the
names of persons ho owe him money,
w;tU their place of residence. The
um range from one dollar to one hun
dred dollars, and th name are written
in large, p. sin hand so that all whowixh
may read them. At the ton of tho )st
there is a notice stating that the ac
counts will be told very cheap, iV-'sx-y
Wf.
BILL NYE'S BOYHOOD. .
Why II ! Not Prt!ulrl7 lro to
U ma I'rchJa Acaln.
If I wore a boy ay;ain, endowed with
the ssrae wild passion for plucking
wrtermclons in the dark of the moon, I
would no doubt fall victim to that
overmastering passion as I did before,
but looking at it as I do now, I would
be wiser, lioys can not, however, have
the mature Judgment of manhood with
out the experience and the rheumatism
that go with it So it is bolter that in
our childhood we may be able to eat
raw turnip with safety, and know some
thing later on In life., I notice a great
change in myself while comparing my
present condition with that of joyous
oyhood. Then I bad no sense, but I
bad a good digest on. Now I haven't
even the digestion. The hurrying years
nave cavorted over my sunny heaa till
they have worn it smooth, but they have
left a good deal yet for me to learn. 1
tro still engaged In learning during me
lay and putting arnica on my experi
mce at night.
Childhood is said to be the most glad
tome pcr.od in our lives, ana in some
respect this statement may be regarded
is reliablo, but it is not an joy. i nave
tad just as much fun in later years as I
I u lu boyhoou, tiiougii ine people wan
vhom 1 have been thrown in contaot
htim that their experience has been di-
c re nt. 1 hope tbov do not mean any
,hmg porsonal by thut.
I do sometimes wish that I could be a
ioy ngain, but I smother thut wish on
iccouut of my parcnu. nnat tnoy
iced most is rest and chango of scene.
rbcy still enjoy ch ldren, but they
.vould hko a chance to select tbo chil
dren with whom they associate
My parents were blessed with five
uright eyed and beautiful little boys,
three of whom grew i p and by that
means became adults. I am in 'that
condition myself. I was tho eldest of
tho family with tho except on of my
parents. I inn still that way. My o irly
iifo was rather tempestuous in places,
occasionally (locked w.th sunshine, but
more frequently with retribution. I was
not a very good road -lor when young,
and so retribution, was 'most always
just in tho act of overtaking me. While
outraged justice whs getting in its work
on me, tho other boys escaped through
idj.smtill aperturo in tiio fence.
That is another reason why I do not
yearn to bo a boy agu u.
When we ran away from school to
catch chubs, and when we built a fire
to cook them and the tiro got into the
tall, dry grass nnd burned four miles of
,'enoo ami sixteen tons of hay for a gen
tleman for whom I hud a high regard,
and I went buck to put out the tire, the
other boys escaped and have remained
so ever since.
A just retribution has never had any
ditliculty in overtaking mo iind walking
up nnd down over my wishtioue.
When a party of us hud neon engaged
in euiliorinj; Kuster egi in tho barn of
a gentleman who was away fiom homo
at the timo, and ho relurned just as wo
had filled our pockets with tho choicest
v.ntage of his sun-kissed hens, the other
boys e.-.caped while I was occupying the
attention of the dog, and Iliad to slide.
out of the second story of the barn. It
is still fresh in my mind us I write. I
wore my lather s vest at that time nnd
it was larger than was nocoxsary. My
father was larger than 1 at that timo,
(or 1 wrs only nine years of age and
had not arriv, d at mv full stature.. In
sliding down tho batten I discovered
that the upper end of it was loose and
that my llowaig voal hud slipped over
!L so that wlionTgot down about four
feet 1 bung with the hoard buttoned in
side my bosom and the scrambled egg
oozing out of my knickerbockers.
tho batten had snrunjr back against
tho barn in such away asto prevent my
unbuttoning my vest, and while I
hung there on tho s de of the barn like
a coon skin, the proprietor came around
and accused mo of prematurely gather
ing n s eggs.
1 bad heart! truth very highly spokon
of by people who had dabbled in it
more or less, and o I resolved to try it
in this instance. So I admitted that
xuco was the cusn, and it was the best
thing I could have done, for the man
said aa I had been so frank with him he
would take me down as soon as ho got
his other work done, and he was as good
ui word. Al.or ho had milked nine
cows and fed nine calves ho came
l"oundwith a ladder and took me down.
ie aiso spanked mo and set the dog ont
no, but I d;d not in nd that, for 1 was
uncustomed to it To hang on tho side
of a bum, however, like un autumn
eaf, trying to kick largo holes in the
itmoxjiht ro, is dis igreeublo.
This incident cast a srloom over . mv
whole life, it has also reconciled me to
tho awful decree thut 1 can never bo a
Ky again. HillXije.in X. Y. World.
His Best Girl's Fair Hand.
Sam Sumplo was initiating his best
!'rl into the mysteries of poker. She
.vns betting tho limit and Sam was
raising her on three jacks. Ho had been
gazing verv fixedly at her da nty digits
a thev bghtlv held the cards.
"I can t help admiring your fair
hand." be wmcrked.
"Yes" she assented. "I have a very
fair hand," ami then she showed down
lour deuces snd took m the pot Mer
chant Tiaixkr.
Ha Probably Ceuld.
"Is there a colored man around here
who can boat a carpet?" aktd a oi ti
ne n of a white-wa-xber at the market
yestorduv.
"I recon dat pusxon obcr dur, kin do
t sah.
"Is he a professional?"
"Yes. sah. He' beat two groceries.
three saloons an his w fe, an I reckon
he kin git away wid a CAwCOttrvU
t'rte I'm. .
.Every Thing Ready for Him.
r
daughter) Are vou go;
Fashionable Mo
drotisei should come wh
Fashionable Daughte
left full iustructon will
Swsj.
PINS BY THE TON.
am IntOTM'ln Information Cone
Their History maa jaaiiuiwiiur
Among the many who read tbi
ole some aro doubtless familiar!
Grecian ruvthology, and they v
ti.emtier the story of Cadmus
sowed dragon's teeth, which
from the earth armed men.
In a s'milarly marvelous marf
would seem that pins must have
into existence, so numerous are
Nor is it strange that a frequent
tion Is: "What in the world bd
of all the pinsP" an inquiry not
answered.
But a hundred years ago p ns
so rate and expensive that tchot
dren never thought of sticking oi
a mate "for the fun of it"
The need of some utensil serviij
same end with a pin must frou
earliest times, have been felt, iC3L
moot it recourse has been had to 4
devices. Most likely our uncil
ancestors nsed thorns for holding thuir
garments together, and in compara
tively modern limes Mexicans wore
wont to substitute thorns of the agave
for pins.
When some knowledge of working
metals bad been acquired pins were
made therefrom. In Exodus we read:
All the pins of the tabernacle and of
tho court those used to fasten tho gor-
feous hangings "shall be of brass,
ho pins of tho anciont Romans were
mao of bronze, as aro most oi inose
that huve been discovered in Egyptian
tombs.
Until the beginning of tho fifteenth
century strings, ribbons, hooks, skewors
ot Mien material as mo -c rcuiu
stancis" of tho wenrc-r admitted
played the part of pint.
About Una pins were nrst mnno, irom
iron wire, in hngland, tho impoi ut on
of pins from continental Europe being
then prohibited by law.
toward tlie m (idle oi the sixtoenin
century Lntbarne Iluward, tho liltn
Queen'of Henry VIJI, introduced brass
pins into England from Franco.
In Hi'O thii Engl th began the manu
facture of pins at Gloucester, and the
industry &o prospered that several fac
tories for that urpaso were eree'ed,
whore'm employment was g veil to
nearly two Ihoii.-uwl persons.
Shortly alter tho war of 1812 their
manufacture was attempted in the
United States, as, owing to the iiiLer-
ruptior of trade with foreign nut ons
consequent upon the war, a paper of
pins interior to those for which wo now
pay six coni.s, cost one dollar, the at
tempt wns unxticci'sxfiil. 1'or tho
head made by winding tine wire
sp.rnlly about one end of the pin and
fastened in its place by striking it whoa
heated, w.th a hammer was exceed
ingly nido mid ha' lo to como o!T most
inopportunely. Such a pin, relic of
days long past, lies before us us we
write.
In 18iil Dr. John I. Howe of Netv
York, invented a mac ine wu.ch made
pins with "spun ' heads, like thoso of
European make, previously requiring
fourteen distinct processes, at one oper
ation tho lirst machine to do such
work automatically. He subsequently
devised numerous improvements, and
in 1K40 patented the "rotary" msehino,
which makes pins with solid beads.
the production of pins is by no
means all there is to it I hoy must bo
whitened, pol shed, sorted, stuck into
papers. A bod ng in copper pans, with
grains of tin, n'tr c ae d and walerfor
three or four hours doposite upon them
a thin routing of tin. They are dried
and polished Xy being rolled! in a barrel
of hot bran or saw-dust usually the lat
ter. Tue perfeet are separated from
tho irapcrfoct by swing. ng them on
belts, which throw off tho smooth ones
faster than- tho othors. A wheel, ro
volv.ng horizontally and furnished w th
"lingers" adap ed to the varying length
of the pins, aorta .tboni. Then they are
stuck on papers by a machine, se
s.uinlo in its construction that it is
tended by two children, who can put
up thousands of papers each day.
As good pins are now made in this
country as abroad, and their principal
factories are in Connecticut, souio ol
them making a ton a day.
A ton of pins! Yes, it is a large
qtiautity in number about two millions.
But the population of the United States
is fifty millions, and twenty-live tons
would bo necessary in order that each
person have one p"n a day. Itaihrr a
small allowance, is it not'reader? So
there is no need that wo take espec al
pains to lose or destroy them from foar
that tho world will bo glutted with pins
and those engaged in the r manufacture
compelled to remain idle. Church and
llomt.
The Camera in Medicine.
It :s now suggests! that photography
may become a useful agent in med'eal
diagnosis, disclosing symptoms of dis
ease before they aro otherwise percepti
ble. In a recent negat.ve of a child the
face was shown as thickly covered with
an eruption, mi trace of which could be
seen on (ho child until three, days after
ward, when its sk:n became covered
with spots due to prickly heat. In an
other recorded case, invisible spots wero
brought out on a ph itograph taken a
fortnight before an attack of small-pox.
ArkmiMiw Traveler.
--Mrs, . Fannie Clark and a young
brctbor attended a riding school at
Leaisvillo, Tex., one night recently,
and tWs wt b.et husbaud, from whom
she had separated some time ago,
owing to domestic troubles. When the
school closed for the n ght Mrs. Clark
found that some one had out l. o-e their
horses and accepted her husband's
horse to ride home. Some one had
placed burrs under the saddle, and
the moment the mounted tbo anima
dashed away, and as she fell ber clot hi
ing hung to tho pommel of the saddle
and sho was swung to and fro against,
trees, slump, brush, etc., for a half
mile. She d ed the next day.
,f "I did. in
12A pounds."
Fact, my dear
house and I'll
We were mar-
1 ' CHEAP LIVING.
Food
who
I, a mm?
iPENBD A LARGI
unly
cent
iace
Oys-luce-sucb
i in a
e ex-peo-r
not
Furnish!
I case
Ere are
jUored
li who
I they
Lb to
tjnnt
A --
h .If dozen square meals at a restaurant
in one week is out of. tho question. I
figured on the matter, and concluded
that with enough custom I would make
a fair 1 viiig out of the project and
that is all Tcare for. I haven't made
any big money out of tho b isiness, ut
my trado has stead le grown. The im
portant thing in tho business is know
ing how to buy. Of course I can't buy
the best on the market, but I always
get good, clean, wholesome stud". I
buy mostly of farmers w,th whom I nm
acquainted. There is a wonderful
profit in the restaurant business. It 8
about all prolit I know men here who
have mado $.'W,000 in tho business in
ten years, and were not extra good
mnnagors, either. On some of our
jd shes, of course, we lose money, but
we make it back on others, ami whore
we lose on one dish, wo make lifty per
cent on a half doen others."
"Oyster Charley" is apparently of
German descent nnd a niid.llo-ag td
man. Tho only help he has, ho s.ivs, is
his wife, and tho appearance of hor
kitchen when tho repor.or was shown
through it indicated that she was inval
uable in milking the onc-cmt eating
house a success. She prefers to do all
the work her -elf, because sho can not
zet a cook that w.ll nve as sho can.
Sho does all tbo cooking and her bus
Mind nil the wailing.
"What can those people furnish for
one cent? or what kind of a meal for
live cents?" may be asked. Tho (juos
tion is answered by a printed bill o'
faro, placed on each table, otfoiiug
each of tho following dishes for one
cent:
Ptenk. Bacon,
. Baked Tirana, Jt Hominy,
Corn Cukes, lo.lllsli bolls,
Milk, ; Soup.
H.eklex, Hotalnir,
Cold Slaw, j 1'rlel Mush,
Succotash, ' 'ft i llntler,
Tomutoes, llri'iul.
P.. I ut. .es, Cubtiuve.
Twit Pmioakes, t ruckers,
Kiv'o, Apple Siiuce,
Saner Kraut, l ulieo, tHru'trM
t'oiree, wlili Sugar. ColUo, with Milk,
CoUcc. Suirur uuJ M lk, P.e.
Iticu I'udilluif. ' Ureal Pudding,
Cora Starch Pudding.
All'tho d'shos aro the same si.e as those
used in other hotels and restaurants,
and aro well filled. If a customer is
very hungry, he can order the whole
bill of faro for thirly-ono cents, or he
can get the customary variety of food
for from five to seven c.-nte, thus bring
ing the daily cost of living down to bf
toun couts a day or $1.0o a week. Tbo
patrons of tho place are. of course, not
tho puoJio who have been most favored
w.th thia world's goods. TLuy number
on an avorago about forty persons
a day. and of these fifteen or twentv
are regular boarders, litd.anapoli
Jouma .
SOLD THREE TIMES.
.11 r.
Dander's IHcoam1nf Eiperlence
w.lh Dcxlgiihtg Book Agent.
"What's up to-day?" asked Sergeant
Rendall yesterday as Mr. Dunder care
fully entered the station on tip-toe.
"Vhell, Sergeant maybe I vlias all
right, but 1 like to shpeak mit you
aboudt it" ,
"(Jo ahead."
"Somopodv come in to my place live
days ago und ask ine vhus I Carl Dun
der? Ivhas. Ho vhax agent for a new
book called: "Dor Life und Times of
Great Men.' He vhants to put me in
dot book for two dollars. He hears
oaferypody talk aboudt. me. He knows
I pays taxes in two wards. He knows
lvtias headquarters for campaign clubs.
Ho knows somcpody likes me to go to
Congress."
"Well?"
"Vhell, 1 g f him two dollar. I vhas
proud If I vhas a great man, you see.
und 1 like to haf it in a book for Shake
und his sh.ldrens to read. .Next day an
oder man como in ahust dot same vhay.
VIirs I Carl Dunder? lvhus. Ho vhas
agent for a new book called: "Dor
(iivttt Men of America.' Ho knows all
iibjoudt mo, und ho puts mo in for two
dollar. Vhell, dot pleases me, too."
rAnd you went in?"
rOf course. l).s morning der third
agvnt conies. Vhas I Carl Dunder! I
vhas. lie vhas agent for: -Der Biggest
Mtln of Der Whole World.' Ho hears
all aboudt me, und he gifts mo a pago
fori a dollar. I pays him, but Shake
saw it vhas too rich for my blood, und
dot! I shall see you."
'Uou've been swindled."
f'Vhasn't I a great man?"
No, sir!"
"Don't somepody hear aboudt me?"
'jThey hear that you are a sucker."
'Jl'nd I vhas beat?'
"Yes, sir."
"Veil, dot vhas more experience for
me. I vhas going home. Dis after
noon some stranger vhill come in nn.l
tell me he vhas agent for 'Der Worry
Smartest and Best Men Dot Eafer Vhas
on Earth." Ho has heard of me. He
vhants to gif me two pages for a dol
lar. Sergeant"
"Yes."
"See dot dor ambulance vhas all
right, und Coroner Lansing vhas all
right; nnd if I vhas a leetle bit oxcited
vnen der werdic. comes iu I like to haf
you pat me on der back und sav you see
me ont of it! (iood day! I fills down
m t dot book agent racket'.'' Detroit
Fret Pi t'.
mom
The Chilians have gone in strong
for horse-racing of late. It is now tin
most fashionable sport of the republic
ini J f to eat a
PERSONAL AND IMPERSru,.
- "t,
Mrs. Mahala-Huett Lawrt.nw
Warsaw. N. Y., celebrated her ninci! t
birthday recently, and live of the m,
were ladies aged 90, 89, 87, 83 ffi
years. 81
Mrs. Clark, of Brooklyn, )j
recently sued Adolph I'fatr, a' bank
for tlU.000 damages for calling
thief. The jury gave her a verdict j
six cents.
Frank Siddall. the rhiladeUi.
soap man, says: "I have conlineJJ!
advertising to newspapers. The mi
who does not read a newspaper do
not use sonp."
George Kersey, of Lancaster Couj.
ty, Pennsylvania, is thirteen veartoH
and seven feet high. His brother,
twonty years, is six feet three inchet
high, and the father and mother ck4
measure six lect rhiladdphia iv
Jacob Grlel, who died recently i,
Lancaster, Ta., aged cightv-thr,
years, was the wealthiest real-esi
owner In that city. He walked tlw,
upon his arrival in this country, j(
New York, and began operations win
one dollar. Pittsburgh Post.
It is strange that, in administerinj
jnstice, the wisdom for this world
six thousand years has discovered &
other way than for both sides to bin
a man to exaggerate tlieir side, mj
then try to find out what is the truU
between them. Henator EvarU.
The riebcit full-blooded Indian it
this country is a lad named Jimmie,
near Scuttled V. T., who has eijjiit
thousand dollars in tho bunk. He V
longs to tho Ncah Bay tribe, amn
which are several comparativclj
weaHhy braves. Chicago Times.
Mrs. Harriet Green, who is cred
ited with having secured the control
of tho Georgia Central railroad,
the (laughter of an ex-New Bedford
whaler, from whom she inherited It),.
OOO.OUO. She also inherited $1,000,10;
from an aunt, and her fortune is not
estimated at .30,000.000. UudvnJm
ml. Two brothers, neither of whom
was aware of the other's intention, net
accidentally in Cknttnnooga lattlt
while taking outmarriage licenses, nnj
they concluded to pool their issues to
the" extent of having their respective
marriages performed nt the same tint
and by the same clergyman. Atlatit
Condiluliun.
Edgar Littlejolin, of Cape Eli?
both. Me., put 101 in the stove for
safe keeping, nnd his wifo built a tire
in the stove. The bills were rescued,
a charred and apparently worthies
heap, but Littleiohn took them
l'ostmastur rainier, of Portland, nia.li
affidavit as to tho number and denom
ination of the burned bills, tho post
master wroto a good letter to Hit
authorities in Washington, and tit
other duv Liltleiouii received a died
for tho full amount lloston Herald.
A solid man is Jonathan Bass, ol
Cambria, N. Y. In 1848 his joints be
gun to stiffen and grow into solid bone:
in 18.)7 he took to his lied, and there h
lies now, perfectly still, every joint
solid, unable to stir, unable to mush
cite food, and blind.. Yet he cats tht
heartiest food by sucking It into hi
mouth and swallowing it whole. Hi
constitutional health is good, he keep'
himself informed on current topics an
la lil-elv to live nianv vears vet He i
now fifi.v-six vears old and weighs bli
seventy-five pounds. Buffalo Etprm.
"A LITTLE NONSENSE."
Why is a fat man like water? Be-
liii fi I.-...
cause neither can run up niu. uunm?
ton Ji't ui I'txnu V
A Burlington girl, wlio U a great
talker, says it is bettor to be engaged
in conversation than not at all. Fra
Press.
Servants gavo themselves the name
of "help," but they rarely break their
backs in trying to live up to L Buf
falo Courier.
A "turned u" in tho word bean
never worries a Boston girl. She ii
equal l y at home with the beau or the
beun. Sprinqfield L'nion.
"Look hero, Joseph, I have beei
ringing an hour, and you've only ju
como." "Well, if I hadn't been here
now you might have rung a good while
longer." Judge.
In the country. "And is the ait
healthy in this village?" "Excellent,
monsieur, excellent One can become
a centenarian hero in a little while.
From the French. .
"Whom shall our daughter!
marry?" a.sks the H'omnu's Journal.
Well, dear, they might begin with I
man, and if he don't answer they might
try a cigar sign. Jersey City Argus.
"Hole on d:r," said a colored man,
hailing bis acquaintance. "Does yer
cross der street eberv timo vcr sees roe
to keep from navin' dat bill?" "No. 1
doesn't" "What den?" "'Tor keep
from bein' axed fur it" Texas Sift
ing. A new plan. Customer "But, sir.
this coat vou have made for me is tno
small. Can't you change it?" Cloth
ing Dealer "No, sir; the only thinjt
that you can do is to go to an anti-fat cum
and grow thinner." Chicago Uaturdn)
Evening Herald.
"Now, Johnny, take your medi
cine like a good boy. Mamma will pul
a penny in your bank every day if J
do." "What w ill oo buy wif it whw
oo gets lots?" "Johnny can b"J
mamma a new bonnet wlicn he g'"
enough saved." Johnny swallow
his dose. St. Louis Chronicle.
Johnson "Do you know young
Jones?" U Kelly-"Yis,.sor; 1 kno"
him." Johnson "Can a person be-
i;Ai'd i.A ........ an n... ..i.,:,i. mn
ilJiji-st this way: When ho tells ye th
truth, ye can ' belove ivory word h
says; but when he lies to vez. ye bejj
ther have no con lid i nee in him at all.
.V. J". Independent.
"Good morning, children," said
suburban doctor, a he met three or
four little children on their way t
school; "and how arc vou this morn
ing?" "Wo ilursen't tell vou." repli'1"
the oldest, a lwy of eight "Dure no'
tell me!" exclaimed tho doctor. "Awl
why not?" "'Cause papa said th'
'.astyearit cost him over fifty dollar
to have you como in and ask" us ho
we were" X. Y. Ledger. '