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Ko Lore Lost Iletireen the Arnolds.
John Denison Chaniplin told an amu
Ing story of Matthew Arnold and Si!
Edwin' Arnold. "Some years ago," be
eaid, "when walking with Matthew
Arnold on the banks of the little rivet
Test, near Ronisey abbey, conversation i
turned on Sir Edwin Arnold and 'The
Light of Asia,' published four or five .
years previously. It Is not necessary j
to enter Into Mr. Arnold's opinion ol j
the poem. During the conversation 1
took occasion to ask him If be were
related to Sir Edwin. lie paused a ;
moment, as If shocked at the sugges-!
tion, and then said: 'No, we are not of ,
kin. Indeed, I doubt If he bad any,
right to the name of Arnold. I have .
been told that lie is of Jewish descent'
A few weeks later I happened to meet
Sir Edwin at a dinner in Loudon and,
prompted by, I hope, a not unpardon
able curiosity, propounded a similar
query to him. 'No,' he replied quickly,
with what seemed a shade of asperity
la his tone, 'I am not related to Mat
thew Arnold. We are of wholly differ
ent families.' Then, his face breaking
into bis peculiar smllo, he added:
'Matthew Arnold Is an intellectual
dyspeptic. Ills brain does not digest j
properly.' "
"Maarlf.h" River.
Maxwell Sommervllle of the Univer
sity of Pennsylvania spent nearly for
ty years of his life in oriental travel
and study.
Professor Sommervllle used some
times to narrate the strange error that
was once made by a French explorer
lie had known. This explorer had made
recommendation which is suggested, as
If, indeed, doctors regard whisky as a
ort of panacea for every disease un
der the sun, and take a perfect delight
In urging Its consumption upon their
patients. As a matter of fact, there
never was a time when medical men
were more-slow to prescribe the use of
alcohol in any form than they are in
the present day, nor a time when so
many refrained from advising its use
at all. Hospital.
Queer Kest of the Tontobane.
The oddest of nil birds' nests is the
one built by the tontobane, a South Af
rican songster. It is built of cotton
and always upon the tree producing
the material. In constructing the dom
icile the female works inside and the
male outside, where he builds a senti
nel box for his own special use. He
sits In the box and keeps watch or
sings nearly all the time, and when
danger comes in the form of a hawk
ora snnke he warns the family, but
never enters the main nest.
Not Neglected.
"The art of letter writing is sadly
neglected nowadays," said the man of
literary taste. .
"That remark." said his more prac
tical friend, "shows that you haven't
a son at college who is applying him
self to showing you why his allowance
ought to be increased." Washington
Star.
Nothing If Not Original.
Mrs. Smith Have you named your
twin girls. Lucy? Lucy Yessum; we's
a journey to Kairwan and had drawn a ?no nume 'Gm an' "Jeps'm."
map of the country he Dassed throueh. Powerful pooty names. Dave, my ol'
The singular thing about this map was
that the name "Maarifsh" appeared so
many times on it A river would be
the Maarifsh river; a mountain would
be Mount Maarifsh; a village, a lake,
a valley, each would be called Maar
ifsh. When Professor Sommervllle saw
this map be laughed, i
"Don't you know," he sold to the
traveler, "what 'maarifsh' means in
Arabic?"
"Xo." said the other. "What does it
mean?"
"It means 'Don't know.' "
wan, he done got detn names outen de
rlvah colyum. Cincinnati Commercial
Tribune.
Jnniplnir at a Conclusion.
Bragg About a month ago I fell into
a nice job as assistant manager, and
the manager told me if I made good
he'd rniso my salary. Newltt Is that
so? What are you doing now? Cath
olic Standard.
A Jealon. Ape
Sir Harry Johnston, the English ex-,
ploivr, once traveled on a ship with a
pet ape. It was a great favorite with
nil the passengers until there came
uboard at Madeira a lady with an In-1
font. The latter received a good deal ,
of attention ond the ape In conse-1
qticnce became neglected and Jealous,
Wide Awake.
Passerby I thought you were blind?
Mendicant Well. boss, times is so hard
and competition is so great that even
a blind man has to keep his eyes open
nowadays if he wants to do any busi
ness nt all.
A dog without a tall must feel as
though he were in the deaf and dumn
class. Piano (111.) News.
Hade Ilia Own Jail.
Among the eurly Comstockers. tha
Sir Harry Johnston followed It on deck j makers of Virginia City, New, wer
one day Jtmt in time to prevent a trug-
otv The nhit linil hpmi Wff iinminril.
oil for ii lnnmpiit in lt ornillp. Tlio niic !
some of the toughest specimens of hu
manity loose in the world In those days,
and perhaps the most primitive one in
had made for it pulled it from the the lot wus "lied Mike." The fellow
cradle and was in the act of throwing
It overboard when the traveler pounced :
upon It. Rays Sir Harry. "It would '
certainly have hurled it into the sea i
hiul not my arrival caused the guilty '
uppenred to be equipped only with
brute instincts, but there was human
intelligence of a sort In the back of
bis head, and he gave un exhibition of
prudential forethought that would
ape to drop the child on the deck and ; have been credltuble to a wiser niiiu.
scramble away." The ope was relogat-
t to a strong iron cage for the rest of
that voyage.
"Hod Mike" was employed as brick
layer in the building of a Jail, which
was one of Virginia City's first and
most Imperative needs, and be thought
fully ouiitti.nl the mortar and laid a
number of bricks dry and loose at sev-
Mrdlral t'ae of WhUky.
Whisky as an alternative to wine
way undoubtedly be employed medlel-1 orn! places in the wall,
naily with .iclYHntaire in certulu cases. n the natural order of things "Red
both for men and for women. But this 1 Mike" committed a serious offense and
Is very iWToreiit froni tlm constant was throwu into Jul! to await trial, for
even in the early days the Comstock
usually tried a man before hanging
him. The next morning the Jail was
empty. "Ked Mike" had made a hole
in the wall by taking out some of his
own handiwork, and when he went out
he took all the other prisoners with
him.
Hair and the Evil Eye.
It is hard for us to realize the deadly
significance to an Italian of the sug
gestion that one may hove the evil eye.
I was walking one day with a young
American girl to whom I had been un
folding some of the tragedies I have
Known connected with the supersti
tion. She took it all llchtlv ami 1ov.
ously. after the manner of hpr vin
j and later, during our walk, when a
saucy, tormenting beggar pursued us,
she made the sign of the coral as I had
described it to her, shaking the hand
siigiitly, with the first and the fourth
finger extended. Then the becear l-
came convulsed with anger and seemed
almost beside herself, shrieking out
such a torrent of abuse that we tvere
glad to jump into a cab and fiv from
the wrath to come. The poor creature
was not to be blamed; she knew that
once the shadow of suspicion falls it
means social excommunication. linniii
ment outside the pale of whatever so
ciety one belongs to. Century.
Peculiar Time Regulation.
Chatham Island, lying off the coast
of New Zealand, in the south Pacific
ocean, is peculiarly situated, as it is
one of the few habitable points of the
globe where the day of the week
changes. It is just on the line of the
demarcation between dates. There at
12 noon on Sunday, Sunday ceases, and
instantly Monday meridian begins.
Sunday comes' into a man's house on
the east side and becomes Monday by
the time it passes out of the western
door. A man sits down to his noon
day dinner on Sunday, and it Is Mon
day noon before be finishes it Lon
don Globe.
The One Who Wasn't Whipped.
It was in a lurge school, and one of
the boys had committed some grave
Infraction of discipline. The teacher
announced that he would thrash the
whole class if some one did not tell
hlin who had committed the offense.
All were silent, and be began with the
first boy and thrashed every one in the
class until finally be reached the last
one. Then he said, "Now, if you will
tell me who did this I won't thrash
you." "All right, sir, I did it." was the
reply.'
. Nortons Items.
J. W. Hewitt, our genial section fore
man, is taking a few days rest, S. R.
McCrtim filling bis position.
II Si audi A. L. Porter ore erecting
new dwellings on Iheir ranches; quite
an improvement to Gortons.
J. W. Hewitt took Sunday night's ex
enrsion for Albany aud returned Mon
day evening.
Wm. Miller, our jolly merchant,
made a. flying trip to Corvnllis this
week.
J. W. Bryant and Fred Wagoner are
expeeted to return from the chittim
camps in Washington the hitter part of
this week. Suppose their widows will
give them a hearty greeting.
Norton has shipped three .cars of
Cascara tins season and a number are
beiug held for higher prices.
We are in need of a good teacher at
preEent, having no applications as yet.
Mr and Mrs. E. A. Warnock left the
first of flie week to attend the State
Fair at Salem.
Sunday's excursion train struck and
killed a two-year-old 6teer for M. Z.
Edwards.
A. L. Porter is having a well sunk.
Roy llaruar is doing the work. This is
h good time to dig for WHter, it beiug so
dry, if water is struck there will surely
bu plenty in the future.
11 'IS A MATTER OF 'HEALTH
Absolutely Pure
THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE
. J. D. Wetmore,
PHYSICIAN AND JSL'ItCi ICON.
Main Ottio yquln- -Branch OllU'e ToloiiO
The White House
HENllY LEWIS, Proprietor.
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