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BILL 'KELLY TELLS HOW
TO RAISE HOPS
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klQUKES ou 11 Jut a readily f "Ht put broom wire around on the pole
at anybody else, remarked ana men another bop artist floated In
him Keiiv. mournfully, aa be ona day and told ma Iron wire would ruat
- tor a lone- abstract In many I the hopa and that I had better buy alum-.
piece and threw them . in ine gutter, mum. mat coat a lew nunarea more.
"Depends altogether on how big a liar Then the hopa didn't grow very feat, and
th fellow la that mad 'em for you. I found out It took three year to get a
"When I first cam down here from crop. In tha meantime my bop foreman
Seattle a fellow cam up to m and used to Jolly me along and deplete my
.wanted to aell ma aom land. Income until he finally drew my entire
"'What would I oo with itr aaya i. salary ana Kept nagging me to nit tne
uang
Of
Overtraining
ers
Fourth Article in Tba Journal's Srie on Athletic
By DR. iQEOJlO E F." S H R A D Y
" 'Raise h6pi,' the man answered.
"Raise helL' fray I.
" 'Big money,' aaya he.
IL S. & M. 8. for a raise.
(Copyright. 1904, by w. . Hearst
of artlclea giving sound
ana practical advice to boy on
how to develop their bodle In a
ensibie manner without over.
Th.n whon h. mi.itt h.n a I training will appeal to everyone havlna
ripe the brewer combined and beat down V ,:wd of th fowlng youngster
"And then he ahowed ma. Something the price. Th Indian didn't ahow up
at heart
like thia: - d the crop bad to be picked within " "". P" cent otj tne
'You ao out and buy 14 acre of land noun, according to my hop nurse, " "'" "ur r1 '"" BU-
,. it ... H.t i 1..4 i.M or we wouldn't aet anvthlnar for It. m '" rum me coun
asa B aa, aa v awe aavw Hvtivat v au a I j
turn off enough wheat to keep you and
.your dog from etarvlng.
I got a., th employment agenclea lu ,ry 'a" ocom the airong. resourceful
town to hire hoboea. men er lire, and much of thla la
Wail th. hnhn. mnt An-mm tw. mn nue to the fact that they have ten times
oent tha flrat . threa dava omnlaln a
better chance for physical development
rod nicker' union and Planning to aet It nl ,cle than the city boy. In spite of
affiliated with tha American Federation u"r rl,T 'B,n" wn tneir com-
of Labor. I had to nav 'am IS. 00 a dav pucsiea ana so-called developing aDoa-
and board to do the work and they needed rt"-1 , . I
artichokes and mayonnaise at 15 cents I ?ining is oeuer ror a boy than eaer
per quart to stand the strain. ca In the proper way. a sensible way of
"I had to build a rtrv houaa and hnr a I i a lounaauon ror an Dhvalcal
baler and when th season closed I wa development Give a boy plenty of good
about $1,000 In debt Foreman came up toot and plenty of aleep, but do pot
to explain how It happened and I took Prlment with him on the baala of
him Into tha back room and aald: . mere muacular development He la
" 'Don't put your feet on my desk any cnnu or nature and should follow his
more and don't ball me BUI. I hate your
liver. If you'll agree to take thla and
never let me aee your face again, or
"BIG MONET.- SATS Ha
"Don't eat wheatT WeH. It's a wise
lor that can alwaya rustle flapjacks.
"Anyhow you take 14 acres of ground
that cost toO an acre. Tou put up hop
pole when you aren't doing anything
elae, and that costs nothing If you buy
land that has alwaya been In the habit
of raising hop poles. Tou plant hopa
on aeed you can get from Washington,
and that costs nothing except the time
of dlrrlna- the holes. Tou get twine
enough from the grocery stores by steal
Ing a piece at a time and saving it off
your laundry packagea to fix up your
Doles, so that costs you nothing. Then
you harvest your hopa Of course, you
have to hire Indians who are dirty to do
thla, and although lt'a distasteful to have
em around, they cost nothing. Then
you dry your hops and that'a cheap.
Two men can bale 14 acres of hops In
half the time that one man can drink
the beer that cornea from four acre of
hopa, so Ann la 18 and that costs noth
ing. Then all you have to do la to sell
'em for 25 '4 cent a pound, and you've
got a fair crop, so you have 48,000 pounds
and Your .net profit j xuywu. iasy.
Isn't ltT
"Well, I didn't want to go to some
old lady home when I grew too feeble
to work and too lasy to stand In the
sun without scratching, ao I took the
land.
"First thing I waa up against waa poles.
Mr land didn't have the right breea.
Mine was saw logs that wouldn't do to
aaw. Got It cleared off and that cost
something. Cost me about a dollar apiece
flgureaT Give It up? Well, ao do I,"
concluded Mr. Kelly, as he hailed a pass
ing hop buyer and commenced in a slow
bent
in children of today are under too
many restrictions, too much dlsclollne.
your back either If you can help it, and The child of the rich Is under the eye
never send mo any figurea by mall, I'll I of the autooratlo nurse; the poor -boy
give you this.' unaer ine aiscipune of the Imperious and
"I rave him a naoer. which he read. I exacting employer: aa to ODDortunltidS
and agreed to the terms. I've never aeen I ? rational exercise they are all grow-
hlm alnce. ""g up unaer unnatural restraint The
"The paper I gave him waa a deed to nurse tells the rich child what he ahall
the hop ranch and my permission to I and for this reason many of the
drink himself to death on all the beer young millionaires are starving for want
that came from all the hope which he proper, wholesome food. There are
raised. now so many absurd theoretical notions
"I hate hop and figure now so badly concerning the relative value of differ-
that I won't eat anything but sour dough nt food products that the children who
bread and I make my clerk figure up have apparently the most care are really
my expense account. the ones that are most neglected. The
"If a brick thrown at a man welaha poor coy wno eats everything he can
a ton and a half a brick, how many more Kt is always more than a match for the
bop can a flea produce than a keg of machine-fed weakling.
beer and 14 acrea of real estate agent'a Too much cannot be said against the
growing use of cigarettes among our
city boys. There Is never any excuse
for this hurtful habit. Tobacco In any
form is injurious to the brain and nervea
of the growing youth, bealdes being
harmful to his digestion, his throat and
his lungs. If he must smoke when he
come to the yeara of discretion he
may then be able to decide on his own
account if it la worth while to try.
Of liquor the same thing and more
may be said of its detrimental influences,
It has never been of any especial benefit
to a healthy person, though It may be
used to great advantage In cases of sick
ness when prescribed by a physician.
There is In fact no degree of moral
or physical degeneration that cannot be
reached by a persistent Indulgence in the
habit. Not only does it dull the intellect.
weaken the will, lower self-respect and
degrade the moral responsibilities of the
Individual, but there Is hardly a chronic
or incurable disease of after life that
does not ewe Its beginning to this abuse
of alcohol.
In the matter of exercise I am strongly
opposed to all machine methods. Let
our boys have plenty of exercise, but
give them freedom to have it in their own
way. True exercise is not a matter of
so many motions of particular muscles
so many exercises with a weight and so
much running on a level floor.
By all means let the boys go out In
the open air and they will find some
more legitimate way of amusing them
selves. A boy does not vault by rule,
nor turn somersaults by music, but if
left to himself he will get as much free
"DON'T PUT TOUR FEET ON MT
DESK AND DON'T CALL ME BILL.'
to aet the Doles and have 'em set and drawl to persuade tha man to agree to
the wav that land absorbed 'poles under I ship his season's hops in a new style
the management of the professional hop of L. S. & M. 8. car that waa guaranteed and healthful exercise as an unhaltered
artist I bad would have made the barber not to leak or swell If the whole hop colt In pasture. He Is a colt, only In
Industry of the entire civilised world look crp of Oregon was made Into yeaat and another sense, and should kick. Jump,
sick.
compressed Into the one car.
The Brides of the Gods
f t AHE Nautch glrla of India have re
1. ceived considerable attention
from many sources. They are
the object of the most earnest
admonition from missionaries ana mor
allsts. and no doubt art a very bad lot
although they do not look It and are
a recognlaed and respected profession
among the Hindus. They are conse
crated to certain gods soon after their
hlrth. Thev are the brides of the
Impure and obscene deities of the Hindu
pantheon, and are attached to their
temples, receiving their uppori irom
the permanent endowments, often living
under the temple roor ana almost al
ways within the sacred premises. The
amount of their Incomes varies accord
ins: to the wealth and the revenue
of the Idol to which they are attached.
They dance before him several times
dally and alng hymn In his honor.
The ranks of the nautch girls are
sometimes recruited by the purchase
of children and by the dedication or
the daughters of pious Hindu families
to that vocation. Just as In Christian
countries daughters are consecrated ta
the vocation of religion from the cra
dle and sons are dedicated to the priest
hood or ministry, Indeed It Is con
aldered a high honor for the daughter
of a Hindu family to be received Into
a temple aa a nautcn.
They never marry and never retire.
When they become too old to dance they
devote themselva to the training of
their successors. They are taught to
read and write, to sing and dance, to
embroider and to play upon various
musical Instruments. They are better
educated than any other class of Hindu
wnmnn. and that largely accounts for
their attractions and their Influence
over men. They have their own r
culiar customs and rules, similar to
those of the geishas of Japan, and If
a nautch Is so fortunate as to inherit
property it goes to the temple to which
she belongs. This custom has become
law by the confirmation of the courts.
No nautch can retain any article of
value without the consent of the priests
In charge of the temple to which she
Is attached, and those who have re
ceived valuable gifts of Jewels from
their admirer and lovers are often
compelled to surrender them. On the
other hand, they are furnished comfort
able home, clothing and food, and are
taken care of all of their lives, Just
the same as religious devotees belonging
to tny other seot
Notwithstanding their notorious un
chaatlty and Immorality, no discredit
attaches to the profession, and the very
i vice i for which they are condemned
are considered acts of duty, faith and
worship, although it seems' almost in
credible that a religious sect will en
courage gross Immorality In their own
temple. Vet Hinduism has done worse
thing than that, and other of Its prac
tice are even more oensurable.
Band of nautchea ar considered nec
essary appurtenances of tha courts of
native Hindu prince, although they are
never found in tha palace of the Mohammedan.-
They ar brought forward
on all occasion jof ceremony, religious,
official and convivial. If the viceroy
visits the capital of ona of . the native
states he 1 entertained by their best
performances, They, bay tt place. poJ
the program at all celebration on feast
days; they appear at weddings and
birthday anniversaries, and are quite aa
important as an orchestra at one of our
social occasions at home. They are
invited to the homes of native gentle
men on. all great occasions and are
treated with the utmost deference and
generosity. They are permitted liberties
and are accorded honors that would not
be granted to the wives and daughters
of those who entertain them, and stand
n the same level as the Brahmin priests,
yet they are what we would call women
of the town, and receive visitors indiS'
crimlnately in
gallop and roll In his own way
We have recognised the Importance of
physical development, but we should be
careful and not overdo the thing. There
Is too much overtraining. Our physical
Instructors are not satisfied with going
ahead gently, but spur their pupils to
make absurd records, as If each of their
subjects were destined for a circus or
race track.
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MR. MARTYR RAILS AT
COUSIN AGATHA
Health is hot benefited by the mere
development of muscle. The integrity of
the vital organs constitutes real health.
A man with blr b'icepi may have a weak
heart. He may be able to lift hundreds
of pounds, and still have' poor lungs.
AS a rule the school hours are too long.
A child cannot keep his attention riv
eted on mental work for more than three
hours continuously; anything mo?e than
that Is usually wasted, and more would
be gained by giving our boys more oppor
tunities in the open air,
It has been said, and with some justifi
cation, that our city children are under
a physical dlFadvantarre as compared
with the children of the country, but
they do not even use the opportunities
which are open to them. If every boy
would make it a rule to run around three
or four city squares every morning he
would not need a gymnasium.
Our gymnastic teachers are too prone
to forget that the harmonious develop
ment of the body Is the main thins:.
Many a strong body has been mined by
overtraining In an effort to do better
than someone else.
The Interest in athletics Is often going
too far and In the wrong direction. Boys
wll conceal their physical defects for
the sake of gaining a placj In the boat
crews or football teams of our schools
and colleges, and even those who are
physically fit break down because of
overtraining. In old college days the
ambition of the student was to graduat
at the head of his class, but now he
vents his best energies In kicking th
ball. These methods of overdoing result
in athletes getting stale before they are
40. They burn their fire with tho blower
up.
A person has only so much fuel to con
sume, and If he uses It up before ho Is
40 he cannot have It at R0, and It is on
of tho greatest arguments against over
training that the man who lives nor
mally, quietly, and takes his exercise
for health and nothing more, always lives
the longest, a fuct which should be borne
In mind by the well-meaning people who
are doing their best to bring up boys
to the old Ideal of "a sound mind In a
sound body.
T does seem to me, Mrs. Martyr, that
you, and that cousin of yours, and
the children, and your trades-peo-Dle.
and "everybody else in or
around this ,house have entered into a
consplrscy to rob me of my peace of
mind, snd deprive me of that rest and
quiet of which I am so much in need.
Here I come home, expecting to go to
the theatre, and find the laundry hasn't
come, and I have no clean linen. Your
oousln Is playing "The Maiden s Prayer'
on the piano, and you know I abominate
The Maidens Prayer:" the children
have been filling my pipe with mucilage,
and the Kan hn been shut off. That laxt
Is the womt of all. I could stand most
anything, but to have the houae in
gloom and only a few foul smelling
kerosene lamps to read by, is intoler
able.
Can't you make her stop playing that
Infamous tune on the piano? Why can t
she learn something t'liiHincal, something
uo-to-date. like "Varslfal" music, or
"Bedel la." 8upponlng It Is her piano,
It Is our house, inn t It? Whenever any
of your relations have any nuisance that
Is insupportable In their own homes,
they promptly unload It on me.
Tell her to stop. Let Esmeralda hsve
a chance at tho plsno once In a while.
That child has a real musical gift,
genius, I may sny, and It consoles me
to hear her play.
It Is Esmeralda, yon say. Well, tell
her not to play "The Maiden's Prayer."
She learned that from your cousin, of
course.
8h's playing "Bedella." Nonsense.
Don't you suppose I know the differ
ence between "Bdella" snd "The
Maiden's Prayer?"
I should think that cousin of yours
would have the delicacy to know when
she's worn out her welcome, anyway.
She can't expect me to Impoverish my
self by supporting her. Supposing she
Is paying her board, you know I lose
money on It.
You have saved 135 out of her board?
Well, I can t help that. 1 know If it
was sll figured out that we should find
we are losers. I don't care If Esmerslda
does get the use of the piano. The child
Is too young to be strumming a piano.
Sleeping fSuddha in Ceylon's Cave Shrine
(By mixa x.
OUoigo
Bcidmor. In
Tribune.
AMBOOL, Island of Ceylon, Feb.
25. This Is the story of a visit
to the sleeping Buddha in
Nirvana, in the cave shrine in
the temples and other Ceylon where 2,000 years ago the teach-
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sacred places, according to their pleas- I lngs of Buddha were for the flrat time
ure and whims. I reduced to writing.
The traveler in India finds it difficult At the end of a lane of foliage, a
to reconcile these facts, but any real- steep flight of rough stone steps led to
dent will assure you of its truth. The a high parapet where a yellow ahoulder
priests are said to encourage the at- ahowed against a background of black
tentiona of rich young Hindus because bowlder, with cocoa fronds arching
of the gifts of money and Jewel they higher against the blue. We went around
are in the habit of showering upon by an eaaier ascent up a grassy path,
nautches they admire, but each girl la between lantana bushes, and came upon
supposed to have a "steady" lover, upon the high terrace, to find the clerical had
whom she bestows her affections for fled, and only a betel-chewing layman
the time being. He may be old or was left to stare at us as he slowly
young, married or unmarried, rich or worked his Jaws. We turned an in-
poor, for as a rule it is to these women visible key in air, and the ruminant
that a Hindu gentleman turns for the biped went away across a flat sand spaco
companionship which his own home does between two gigantic bowlders, more
not supply. . I bowlders looming ahead.
There Is a difference of opinion as The ledge beneath one overhanging
to the beauty of the nautches. It is rock was built up with a masonry front
purely a matter of taste. Into recessed temple portico, and from
Their costumes are usually very beau- a dark crevice betwoen two vast rocks
tlful, the materials being of the rarest came a sound of whirring machinery.
and finest qualities and profusely em- It was pitch dark in the far crevice,
broldered, and their Jewels are usually and a we drew noarer the sound re
costly. Their manners are gentle, re- solved itself into the twittering of a
fined' and modest; they are perfectly myriad of bats, and the stifling odor
self-possessed under all circumstances, drove us away after a short look into
and while their dancing would not be the dark, Dantesque crevice. Surely
attractive to the average American there was a black cave crevice swarm
taste, it Is not Immodest, but consist of ing with bats in some circle of .the
succession of graceful gestures and inferno.
posturing which is supposed to have a
definite meaning and express sentiment The big keys clanked, the locks turned,
ana emotions. Most of the dances are I and the doors of the cave sanctuary
Interpretation of poem, legends, stor-I creaked open to show patchwork and
a gilded sphere to a height of 400 feet.
It had crumbled to such an extent, thS
roots of the great grove of banyan trees
overrunning it had forced the brick
work away to such a degree that It was
on tho point of losing Its solid pin
nacle structure in some great crash
when the government first undertook
work at Anuradhapura.
When I saw it nine years ago convict
laborers were swarming over it with
pick and shovel and trowel, cleaning
away, propping up, and restoring the
outlines of the splendid old "mountain
Of safety," as its name translates. It
commemorates the expulsion of the
Malabar armies and the return to the
throne of that king of the first century
B. C. who hid in the caves of Dambool
and AJu, and having converted them Into
temples called the council at the latter
cave shrine when the oral traditions
and canons of the Buddhist faith" were
put in writing. It contained a great
treasure of sacred relics and was at
tended by a greater number of priests
than any other establishment at
Anuradhapura.
Now, in its restored condition, one
walks up easy paths along the sloping
mound and ascends through an inner
staircase to the pinnacle, whence he has
les of the gods and heroes of Indian Nottingham lace curtains hanging close
mythology. Educated Hindus profess to I across the Inner space. They were
be able to understand them, although to I drawn aside for us to see the rock cut,
a foreigner they are nothing more than recumbent image, 11 the sleeping Buddha
meaningless motions.
A nautch girl who has abandoned her
vocation, or has deserted her temple,
or has run away with a lover, or has
been reached in any way by the various
missions for women in India are un
known. They seem to be perfectly satis
fled with their present and their fu
ture.
nparfluoua.
From the Chicago New.
Her Mother Look here, Ernie,
thought your father told you not to en
courage that young man?
Ernie Oh, dear, mamma, that young
man aoean t neea any eneouragement
Sighting- a Wronr.
f From the Chicago New.
"Naw," snapped' the marble-hearted
female, "I ain't rot not bin' cooked far
enny low-down tramp t"
"Touse hev got de wronrt dope-sheet,
ma'am,' replied the, hungry hobo. "I'm
er tramp, all right all right but I ain't
no low-down one. I'm at da bead uv me
prof esshuis-M j j -' - i
in Nirvana, who has been dreaming In
the dark, iragrant cave lor ruu 2,uuo
years.
Little candles were carried down and
held close to show the soles of the
Buddha's feet, with their symbolic
marking; carried to the opposite end to
show tha memorable, expressionless
countenance of the wide-eyed sleeper.
The shrine had been opened at sunrise
and fresh flowers strewn on the long
stone altar table that ran the full 18
feet length of the image, and the air
wa heavy with their scent.
Image and platform couch and the
altar table were all hewn from the Im
movable rock 2,000 years ago, but one
gets no Impression of antiquity, since
the Image has been lately done over,
made up with fresh paint and gilding to
the last degree of gaudy splendor.
' The greatest of all the dagobas. in all
Ceylon wa the Abhayagiriya. Ita plat
form covered eight acres; the first
foundation circles of stones described
a circumference of 1,110 feet The truc
turis oie m a .hexnJjsherlc&l dome rlt&
most comprehensive view of all the
ruined city's park, but here and there
show the-whfte bodies of dagobas, the
assemblages of broken and reeling col
umns, the stone lined bathing tanks, the
staircases and their accompanying moon
stones, atl the splendid capital of that
greater Ceylon that must then have had
many times the inhabitants that the
island has today.
As one structure after another was
unearthed and a track made through to
it the engineers of the public works
department laid out a series of roads
that would lead to and include all the
places and the objects of interest re
maining of old Anuradhapura.
Anuradhapura would, of course, not be
complete without its rock temple, and
there is one such, small In size, as its
original bowlder seems by comparison
with the great dagobas all around it.
The Isurumuniya shrine was cut out of
a solid rock in 300 B. C, and other
buildings gradually grew around.
The great rock fronts upon and re
flect Itself in a tank, where alligators
bask and drowse, and a delicate little
white dagoba caps the big bowlder with
its needle spire.
The rock temple loses all Interest and
Impressiveness, however, when one finds
it rock walls, and even Its rock cham
ber, disfigured with coarsely executed,
most modern frescos In the most garish
colors, . and 1 some of the fresco . in
fresh paint are -even deliberately , gro
tesque and Intended to lightly amuse.
One has to mount, to a first terrace
and then the usual mammoth key 1 pro
duced by a silent priest who automatic-;
eUZjrj unlock. aod laada-cn into Sb Jiv
tie shrine, where the praises of Buddha
have been chanted and flower offerings
maae ror so many hundreds of years.
A bo tree is niched In a crevice of the
great rock and receives dally flower of
ferings, as also the sacred footmark of
Buddha on the summit of the rock
lately added as one of the attractions of
the sadly modernized shrine, that dates
from the days of Mahlndo, the mission
ary prince, son of the great Emperor
As oka.
The whole mountain side shows signs
of man's handiwork, and a broad winding
staircase laid with long stone slabs
leads by four flights of 2.000 steps In all
to the summit. The steps are broken
and pitched at every angle and great
slabs are missing; but ono still has to
wonder at the lavish outlay of human
toll that went on in these centers of the
busy east when Europe was all darkness,
save for Greece and Rome.
Small stairways lead to lesser shrines,
to caves and ruined monasteries, with
their tanks and bathing places. A da
goba crowns the highest point, whence
there is an extended view, hut the shrine
of the mountain is at a distance off
from the main steps. It is known as
the Ambustala dagoba and marks the
spot where Mahlndo met and converted
the king, and It, moreover, contains
the ashes of Mahlndo, who passed the
rest of his life in Ceylon preaching
and spreading the Buddhist truths. He
led the strict, ssere ascetic life on this
mountain helghtand a hollowed rock
shelf Is shown one, which Is known as
Mahlndo's bed. The accounts of Asoka
and his conversion, his dispatch of mis
sionaries to all parts of the world, with
his own son Mahlndo, and his daughter
Sanghamltta, among them, have seemed
so clear, so probable, and precise, that
one learns with surprise that Buddhist
scholars are not skeptical in regard to
Mahlndo.
If one gets the fever for ruined and
burled cities, the taste for ruins as ruins
alone, he may enjoy his fill In this part
of Ceylon, for all the jungle is strewn
with the ruins of cities and fortresses
and relics of the great centers of civi
lization. Forty miles off into the jungle,
in quite another direction from Dambool,
are the splendid ruins of Polonaruwa, the
capital which succeeded Anuradhapura,
and was from the eighth century to the
thirteenth the center of learning and
one of the most splendid capitals of the
east.
The architecture was more purely
Hindoo; temples of many courts, where
a wealth of stone sculpture WW lav
ished, succeeded the simple dagoba
with their processional path and Jew
eled cloister; and the seven, story pal -aceof
the king was a mas of fretted
chisel work, set with statues on every
story. The sacred' tooth had a temple
there which is the pride of Polonaruwa
st lit Ha rranlt wails, ' carved pillars
with their cobra capital ; atlll i Intact,
although the roof has gone. There are
iimumexabia tetueavpG Suddfe there,
She should be studying her lesson. I
don't believe In Jumping to the conclu. ,
slon that a child has musical talent Just
because she happens to have th gift
of picking out tunes. 1 '',
Now that cousin of yours! She 1 at-,
wsys sitting around asking If she can't '
do something. It makes m wild. Has '
she no respect for the privacy of our f
family, that she wants to keep Interfer-' 1
lng In It? Why doesn't she keep t
her room like any other boarder, and
mind her own business? , ,
Look st my clothes. They are going
to ruin, because you sit gossiping with .
her instead of pressing them, and look .
Ing after them. That dreos suit Of .
mine, for exnmple, I suppose it is In a '
shocking condition.
Cousin Agatha prensed it you sny. Oh, .'
I suppose so. I fancy what it looked Ilk
when she got through with It
1 FIND
COME."
THE LAUNDRY HASN'T
"TELL HER TO STOP."
Giving the children music lesson.
Is she? I thought so. That is why that
child Is playing "Bedel ia." , Listen .to.
her. Spending her time on the trifling
music of the streets when she .might be
learning to play Wagner. That is what
Comes of having a meddling cousin Itt
the house. -
That Is Wagner? Well, what on earth .
can a child of her age have to do with
the classics? I don't like to be fault
finding, but, thla cousin of yours I
nearly driving me almost to tne point
of Irritability.
Why wami't the laundry here? Tell :
me that! I neglected to get my linen
ready In time? Well, I like that Blame
me with everything. .
I suppose you never think of how I '
toll and work to earn money to keep thla
expensive family going. It would ap
pear so from the way you hasten to .
blame me 'with all of your own short
comings.
Some day I shsll speak out my mind!
both to you and that odious Agatha, and -then
you will understand a few things.
What Is this? The laundry. Where
did it come from? Cousin Agatha went
down and paid the gas bill and got It
for me? Mrs. Martyr, I am a patient
man, but If that woman cannot keep
her fingers out of my affairs, I don't
know how I shall be able to control my.
self, I really do not
Eyes Dyed to Match Your Hat
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From the New York American.
ATTOOING for the purpose of pro
ducing a cosmetic effect, and f
peclally when It Is done upon
the human eyeball, producing
any desired color. Is probably as far
from the average mind as icicles from
the Philippines.
But eye specialists have changed and
are still changing the color or their pa
tients' eyes by the use or the tattoo
needles.
The operation is considered as remark
able In many respects as the experiments
made by Dr. Lorens in this city some
time ago, and In the few instances in
which It has been demonstrated It has
been attended with surprisingly encour
aging results.
One can acquire a black eye in some
sections of the city without much of an
effort, but to have a pair of homely,
green eyes converted Into two dreamy,
hazel-colored optics over which the
poets rave is a prospect of the near,
future. "
Thus far the experiments, and they
can hardly be passed upon as lightly as
that, for the success of the operations
already made are most pronounced, have
been directed towards relieving discol
oration caused by ulcerous trouble.
The defects now being treated are
scars which leaves the Irjs in a condi
tion which makes It appear as though
patches of the color had been erased.
Ailments of this similar nature are fre
quently found by eye specialists In
their practice, but for some reason often
go untreated. It is but recently that the
specialists have undertaken the delicate
operation of tattooing the eye.
A demonstration of the operation was
made at the Massachusetts Bye and Ear
Infirmary, Charles street, by one of the
best known specialists in this city.
The patient was a young man who has
been suffering some time with an affec
tion which partially destroyed the color
of his eye, but only In the slightest de
gree affected his sight In that eye. The
Iris, that little colored circle surround
ing the pupil, contained a white streak
almost its entire width, extending some
distance around the pupil.
This was not his first experience under
the tattooing needle. He first visited
the infirmary about a year ago. when,
after several sittings, he had a good
portion of the white streak colored to
match the rest of the Iris. For reason
best known to himself, he remained
away until about a week ago, when he
returned to have the operation completed. '
This aftorded an opportunity for . the
specialist to observe the lasting power -of
the India ink with which the eye waa -tattooed
a year ago, and also to note '
what effects, if any. It had mad on th
other eye. An examination of the tat
tooed portion proved to be most gratl-.
fylng. . ,i,
The patient was at once seated and ;
two drops of 2-per-cent solution of co- .'
calne were put under the eyelid. In .
less than a minute every particle of feel
ing had left, and it wa ready to be
operated upon. -
The instruments used consisted wholly
of five ordinary cambric needle placed
side by side, with the eye ends Inserted
Into a handle which resembled an ordl-
nary penholder. They were arranged In
such a manner as to bring the point to i
form Just the slightest concave.
The needle points were then applied -.
obliquely to the cornea, and Inserted .".
Into that sclerotic costing to a depth of
not more than a 64th of an inch, each ,
Insertion, of course, making Ave tiny
holes. This was repeated several :tlmea;.
requiring the greatest care, for to plerc
the cornea, which Is not more than a
32d of an Inch in thickness, would mean ,
an irreparable injury to the sight and
to the eye. ;
The instrument was applied to the
cornea about 50 times during this ait.
ting, making about ISO separate and die ,
tinct holes of the tiniest character.' ' ?-
This completed, a small portion of In
dia Ink, previously shaded to match the ,
lrts as nearly as possible, waa rubbed
Into the cornea with the finger, and In -this
manner worked into each Of tha '-
holes made by the needle points. That
completed the operation, and the patient '
felt no 111 effects. -.t
There usually follows an operation of
this character, however, a feeling much ' ,
like that of a cinder or some other for '
elgn body In the eye, which last a da ,
Or SO. '.'-"
It does not require much argument to -convince
one that the operation If of
the most delicate character, and for thla -reason.
If for no other, there la little ". '
prospect that Just because one has black;
eyen and thinks he or she would look
prettier with blue eyes will lead to many
submitting to the tattoo needle.
one recumbent one 46 feet in length be
ing a more adequate representation of
the great teacher and of a dreaming
saint than anything else which the
archaeologists have happened upon.
A asxnnirB ghost btokt.
Recently, it is said, an army captain
a "quiet, thick-set level-headed man,
with a clear eye, a strong- will and com
mon sense went to dine with some
lady friends at an old ' Dutch manor
house at Stellenbosch, in South Africa.
On his arrival he wa startled by the
appearance on the veranda of a huddled
ud old woman, "with a long? yellow face
and thin Up," and later on in the even
ing, when, after some music In . the
drawing-room he returned to the dining
room for a whisky and soda, he noticed
that a half-length portrait hanging on
the Vail was swaying from aide to ld
with a slow, deliberate awing, and that
the eyes of the man It represented were
watching htm enviously. .Then It
seemed to the captain that a fog or mist
wi'Hi ritr,r in the room. It crept up and
reached his chin, and then.
II it
a. f '
!v r ol
wild terror, he ,fit
at'i Jirr- "
with thin, yet muscular finger that
clutched ever tighter, as if growing;
strength as they materialised. And tha
man of the portrait, hanging clear of
the gathering mist, still watched htm
with an evil leer.. With an effort ha
managed to get away, but again, as he
hurried from the house, he was startled '
by the vision of the 1 old. yellow-faeed
woman. : - - - - - - , , tf,..r-rtr
On the following morning he heard
that his friends had left the house and
one of them declared that she bad been,
nearly strangled In th night After
ward the captain discovered that th
house for ome time had bn vsed
a temporary hospital and that two of
the sick, iwbo had been placed - thera
during the night implored their st-
tendant .to take them away, as srr
one had tried to choke tt)m.
From local -Inrj'ilri.'s H r
learned, that the i ' 1
whose portrait hn ! t '
strange an "
self ab'ut 1m". (:.:.' ;
voun"'-'f i '! '
if t i . . .