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ytv e BANDON RECORDER. MAGIC AMULETS. Thouulit t llrltiK (inml l.nrU t Tlirlr Chi 11 I'm- Ottnrrs. It Is the desire of every Chlnnmin heart to possess n pair of magic hrnci lets. Arm much or brncelets mi' thought a grcnt denl of In the Celestial empire, the custom of wenring tliem having been hnmleil down front tltni1 Immemorial. Usually made of Jnd stone, the Chinese nnii ring "f today is of one Invariable shape. It btol. like a largo martingale. The Chinese word for Jade It ngook sou and for Jade arm ring or brnceh ngook-ak. The custom In China Is I place the bracelet on a young man nrm Just before the hand stop grow lug. A tight lit Is usually seemed, and once, placed the amulet arm ring worn throughout life. At death, If the bracelet has proved a lucky one and If there Is a son whom It will lit. the boticH In the old man's hand are bro ken and the bracelet removed. Many are the marvelous tales (old by the ChlneM! of the wonderful quail ties those amulets possess. There Is tradition that a certain Chinese em peror who was stricken with p.nuly sis wore upon his forearm a magic bracelet, which kept life In that inein Iter for many months and allowed lilm to make known his desires anil deer hy writing. At last, when death .claimed the emperor, something eve J more wonderful took place. Demi ihti h days and lying In state. Ills limit- war being viewed by the priests. The ad vlsubtllly of removing the bracelet was being considered, when the hand wn lifted up and gave n signal which Mr Interpreted to mean the bnieelt should go Willi lis owner to the tomb Among other wonderful proper! h s good amulet Is said to act ns a fnlrlj reliable barometer. Cincinnati llti aulrer, ".Vl.nl 1 1 1 in dill." In "The Argonauts of California' Mr. G. V. NiihUmh tells a good story of sauerkraut. In one of the mining districts near Sacramento a storekocp er received a barrel of provisions which secmi'd to be Npolled. to Judge hy the Miicll. Instead of throwing It away, he thrust It Into one comer a shell, where waste and rubbish weie piled upon It. One day a burly, dust covered I Mitch man entered the store. "I vauts me seine dot," pointing to ward the shed. "What Is dot?" Ilirpilicd the store keeper. "I shows you," said the miner. "You i.luiRt couiu init me." And to the shed they went, wheie, pointing to Hie tub hlflli heap, the Dutchman explained "Some of dot In deru vas vat I vauts.' Ituxes and bands were reunited, and the cnudi'inncd barrel was epos ed. Hut when the miner eugei ly point ed to It the trader told lilm ll was spoiled meat, not lit to eat. "I known belter as dot," said the Dutchman. "You bust lilm In und shows you." An ax was brought and the banc "busted In," when, Instead of Npolled neat, thcie was revealed snuie good old fashioned wiueil.raut, made In llol laud and shipped around Cape limn. "1 knows It," said the delighted miner. "I nose lilm out!" The sanei kraut sold readily at a del ..lur a.iHiUlul.xuiil.wu.. ll.gn-M-iKmHiul " Th'o Dutch miners heiiid of It and walked 10 and of the dainty. lf miles r to gi t a Inslc A Nliurr' Ciiruo. Prom the time we 11 iw t got on hoard Uio slaver, says .1. Taylor Wood In The Atlantic, had we heard moans, cries and rumblings coining from below and ns soon as the captain and crew were removed the hatches had been in ken off. when there arose a hot blast as from a ehainel house, sickening mid overpowering. In the hold were lino human beings, gasping, struggling for breath, dying, their bodies, limbs and fuees nil oxpicsslng terrible sutTcrlng In their ugnuliljig light for life sonic had torn or wounded tliemselM'H or their neighbors dreadfully; some were stiffened li( the most unnatural p.nl tlous. ' Ah soon as I knew the condition of things I sent the boat bncYfor the. doc tor and some whisky, lie returned, bringing also the etipliiltt. mid for an hour or more we were all hard hi rk lifting "Ud helping the Miyi- creature oil deck, where they were fit it I out In rows. A little water mid stimulant re' vlved most of them. Some, however, were dead or too far gone to be resiisc! tated. The doctor worked citf-ncstly over each one, hut 17 were beyond tin roan skill. As fust as he pronounced them dead they were ipilckly dropped overboard. sihiIIIiim; n Sermon. 1 have had home printer experience, or, rather, experience with pi Inters, which makes me fear that the "Imp of the types" has "got It In" for me for abandoning the craft sod bfcoiiiimi a poor preacher. Ileeenlly I whs to preach on the Did Testament charac ters "Nadnb and Ablhu," and one of the dally pneis got It, "Nabob dud Ablhu." Shades of MutciiU'rg! , My Hint Sunday nigwilng , sermon after 1 come home from my vacation was on "Suppressed t.ltos," but oue of the papers ituunuucod IJ lis "Sup prcssiM I.lvcis." Such a thing ns Hull Is wearing and tends lo make life itol worth living, cuitecltilly If, as U said the worth of life depends on the liter Taney your liter suppressed! llttuil letlc ltevlew. I ll 1 11 tiolil. Uohlbotitcrs, by htimuierliiK, can re duce gold lento m) thlu that SisiMXsj must be laid upon each otlnjr .to pro duee the thickness of nil Inch. They re so thin that, If formed luto a book. l,f0Q would only uVcupy the satv of a Hingis loaf of common (taper, aud nu octavo volutue oue Inch thick ttuukl huvo ns many iisgc as the Usiks of a well stocked lllnary of 1,600 volumes with 400 ixigen In istch. Tslilr Talk, '1'hey 'say the er luto departed," aid tho II st cuiiulhal, ludlcatlux the dish before Micm, "was u very learned BJau." "Indeed," replied th other, hel nu himself for the tidrd tlma. "Thvn thin v 1 truly wlint the white lumi call an 'In atliWU'Ctual fcust.' "-Philadelphia Press. i'fiooooooooooooaooooooaooo jj Polly Larkin. !ooooooooooooooooooooomb The local olllclals In this big, htl tllng eltv of Man I-'rnnciscn did n cruel tiling, to Tolly's inliid, the other day, when they Issued orders barring; out from the pleHsiiresiif Portsmouth Sllnro men. inativ t Ihem old, white-headed and homeless, who bad Is-cn wont to make this nark for several years past place of ret and 'pilot tt here they eould guttler, Interchange ideas and dwell on brighter times In their lives with others who weie III much the same llnaiiclal condition as theui-clvos. It had U-i-n a source of plcasiuc ninny times In mi llIK these men galher together like old cronies, basking In the sun or resting in the shade nn the grassy lawns. .Most of these men hate seen letter days possibly had happy homes of their ow wltli wives and children lo welcome them mill make life worth the living, They me now alone; their companion In life's Journey have Ih'cii called home lite children are scattered, and they perhaps are wanderer"' In a strange land, content to hate a room to leo m, I wo minis n day In some cheap res taurant and w Idling nway the daylight and Mimelhnes the twilight hours of summer In this park or square, tlx liail got lo look upon It as their ow liaveli of lest. Mere they dleuscd tin political situation or dwell on the signs of the times, past and present and pointed out the statue creeled to th memory of HoIhtI Louis Stevenson Thegranlli luiiin with Its quotations from his own poems and the gilded ship wllh all itssallsset surmounting It in honor of this lover of the sea, could never have round it In his heart tod what those men did in the shadow i the Hall of .iusllce. What a mockery it must have Hcemed lo Ihcsetueil win Hie police ordered them to leave th place they really hsiked upon us home and wheie they had lseu ueoii-tonii to gather for so long. Many of Ihem too old and decieplt to work even if they could prncuic employment, ami others could not Is- Induced lo work un dcr any consideration -"Weary Will les" who believe the wolld owes them a living. Hut leaving the latter out o: the question and making a long slor, short, I he olllclals w hn had the author ity oidcrcd these men out of (lie pal I nllf the Hall of Justice looked out upon II, and tlieo "loafers," as they were teiuusl, weie not a pleasant sight for the sluitl lawyers, etc., who had lllippy hollies lo go to and loved ones awaited their coining. It should I beauttlled and iniido to blossom like tin wild ro-o so that these men In going b and coming fioui the big hiiililluu might not ee so soi row fill a sight as there poveitv-stiluken men luting in Hie piu I;. What a pity that Ju-tli cannot frow n dow n so iinwoithy a mo tive. The llorttl festival held in San Fran eleo recently was a gienl success, ami Hie U'liutlfiil vJilliltj'ios;c,uiLav.hiit mu (TtTeTIi-H en ii do when It comes lo Mora culture. One of the most unique and attrttclive displays, however, was u Isiilltlfill exhibit from Oregon of Its moscw ami auttmiu leaves, in winch the w ild grapevine i the Webfisil Stale's llower), cedar and lie, Isith white and yellow, and many pretty graceful cones hemlock and silver-gray spiuee, were tlsisl. The display of autumn leaves ailed forth leimtrUsof admiration from till (he visitors, und one could not hel quoting the Hue, "Truly the lienll iiiltiiliin must have btokeit heie.' The uhmsc, Iihi, weie lovely, and among the glouiul variety was the Klkhoni envplug along font distance of t w elily tnids. 'I!lie whole collection culled I'orlh liiueli fii onihlc eoninieiit, and It must have lusm gratifying to the Oio- gou . li llil loi, for I Hey mviiicu the Itn'hmi silver nnslul, which will Is' u- tallied by the town sending the Iswt e hlblt. The displav gave a pretty good den of that Wlt of Olegoll' lloni Sneaking of imtiuv's tniioun-. n iniliiU me of the fact tlmt few; (ssiple know how In value the shrub", tree ami ilowerN who are IiIcnmsI witlt an HbiimlHiiee of lliein in their country home, but once lite In the cilt ami they will appus'lale the fcclltX of I lit woman w hu ukh to the llorlst aim pay- tweiity-tlvt1 cents or half it dollar for mi hi infill of giceii ItraiicheH anil vlut. and utile lliein home Mi eaieflllly to deist- lute her urtiiumllliK. lite country I tot is.' kee st wllh m wealth of buds, bliMwims, ferns and vlucx, would Iim them over the fence as mi much ml bUli. Not mi with her city friend; etery fltlle vine lettf and hnihclt Is tivtis- uitsl, for they ttttsttl h bright little nook fur her friend In gHe on uml aduilie. ITowuim, no inaller If only given letive, add uinee Mini chnrin lo u nsiin that uolhliig else cnii Kit e. A irimnl M'hiHilniay U entabtUlusI In this city ere lohtf, by which all deroit- er. fnnti t lnml-wurk, Is' they tmys or glrl, w ill Is'isHiqs'lUsI tolteml sclusil, mnl to make It a sueoej- It l prttssl U llrsi pnitide a tniaul or imvutnl A'htkd to which the habitual truant limy Is'iciitiHirnrtly commuted, attend- muv ollleers will Is npshiltsl, and to liisurt' the uea, of lhl vorlhy ctittse IH'iinlty will ls pluctsl on the parents or KiianlUhB 'U the lioil-Htteiiilaneeof the pupil. They must show gissl cauc for nlfccms' oreUse y the ltae,nucuw III be lntMMts upou them. When tine slp lo think that ls.ontUUlltlren of M'lltsil Hge weie ivpwted a hnvlngtit tended no M htstl Wt yiwr, It Itstks n If they weit' nut Urtititf ny Ioomhni to gW tliU hiiporUiut qiietton. At the snuie time, Usj, another illlllcully faces Hie pniiiiotets. of tills pMgrslve l0 tmt u. l,u.K of ulllcleii( selustl rrstm, for with comparatively few exeiptlons the scliooMiouc arc nlrcatly ovcrcntwdetl. That, however, can ' titorcome without much dllll culty when once the machinery Is et In motion and ready to make the vari ous sidiemes work n it harmonious whole. Polly Is'lievi-s in compulsory education. There Is less crime, less conspiracy and h genuine wickedness In the nations where the law requires that all children must Is' educated. Hundred, of children are In the fac tories of Ibis city to-day helping to eke out a hare living who can hardly lead ami write. What kind of cltl.ens lll they make'.' Parents nesl their assist ance In "iipM)il!ng large families many times, but w hat an Injustice it is to de prive children of the Is'tieflt of schtsiN. BRIEP REVIEW. The Century's Legacy. Profcs-or Dolllvcr of Tuft's college, Pennsylvania, is the author or the fol lowing n'hilluni of whal the nine teenth century iccelved as Isspie-ls ami what It Is going lo turn over to the twentieth as a legacy: 1. This century received front lis picdecisv-ors Hie horse; we bequeath the bicycle, the locomobile and Hie an louioliile. i!. We rcisjlvcd the goo-eqillll and U- iiucalh the typewriter. II. We received tho scythe; we Is iiueath the mowing machine. I. We received the sickle; we Is qucalh the harvester. .1. We received tliehalid ptintlng ma chine: we Is'ipicatlt Hie Hoe perfecting press. II. We received tile Johnson diction ary: we Is'qiieath the ( 'en In ry diet Ion ary. 7. We received the palnled canvas we iM'qiieath lithography, photography and color photography. s. We received the baud loom; we biiicnth tin Hon and wisiten factory II. We received uunisiwiler we Ik1 qiienlh nllio-glyeeriue. HI. We received the (allow dip; we Is'oiicnlh the arc light and theStamlan oil Company. II. We iccelved the lllnllock; we I qucath the automatic Maxims. ll!. We leceited the galvanic buttery we iH'qiicatli Hie dynamo. III. We iccelved the sailing -hip; wi bequeath Hie scamlilp. II. We It itcd the battleship Con -lllnllon; we bequeath the Oregon. I"i. We received the beacon signal lllc we bequeath the telephone ami wireless telegraphy. III. We I'lieltetl ttisid mid stone lor stiuclurcs; we bequeath t wcnly l"iltsl sky siippoi Is of dccl. IT. We received ordinary light; w iH'qiiealh Ihe Roentgen my. Meclunlcat Hair Restorer. A niechaiilcal luilrrtslorcr Is :i dcvlo for resioring ami piimtotlug thegrow lb of the hair. The principle ol the opera lion Is that ol' producing a vacuum or inutlal vacuum around the scalp, and tll:luhA adli vine 1L of Hto pi'otn the atmosphere ami allowing Hie blood to circulate mole freely In the veins of the scalp, and so Impart a moie healthy condition theieto. Villiolls llleellllllleal levlees mav Is' Used for obtaining a vacuum at Ihe location d, -lied, but Hie inventor I'lcdcrick Walkins, of Louis, Mo., ii-i-s tlit form as -. i ving tliepuipsM' with a satisfactory ilcgrec of elllciciicy at a small co-t. The fnuu dalioii of Ihe tlcvlce is of wire netting, woven of tvhtst coun-o enough to pit vent a collap-e wlieit Hie air is with- linwu. This frame is cuveitsl with a liibls'r clolh orothcrnir-Hght material, and around theedge is a steel baud of it shape clo-ely apploimatlug Ihe coll lour of the licail fiom a point alsive (lit ctebiovts IstcUwaitl over the ears and then dow itwaril on the nock Is low Hit Hue of the hair. This kind Is pivfer- a bly nntki'f stwH ami i adapted lo spring against the skin al all poh'ts to form an ah-lighl joint, Ity manipii laling tilt' pump or -licking the air out In some other way the air prtswiire U rcniovctl and Ihe hltsid allowed toclicll late freely to promote the grow Hi of the hair ami pictcut baldm. 'l'o tVcprtujU 1IU Name. 1 1 I'.nglHi eiigiiiti-i' naiiusl Morgan fashioned the die from w hence our ll t er dollars aiestHluissI To perM'tuale his mime he sly ly made an M in the neck, of the Koddis, jii.t at the line of the Uie. It Is wry mull, ami -enptsl liolice font long time. On the obverse Ide of theisilu he again gul hi hi- sly woik. lie iiiade another M In Ihe knot Ih'Iovv the eagle (embers, this Is mi mult tlmt it can oul Is' sivii on new is tli is, or thoe little wtun.siml by gtssl yew or under a tglua. The liuuilgmtlon for the tear luoo ciidlug In June, wa AAl.tkiii, of whom dsitlt tuo-lhlrd- anlv tsl at the sot of New Voik. The isvple Hie mostly fnuiiMiul belli HiitlMilltheitsleril lainqs'. of mee not eiisy to auialgnniale with our own. .Neurit- om'-llitll of the whole orWi,itl are fnuu Italy, anil one-lhlrtl of I lav.' are lllilentle. Ilrillhton, Kiigkuul, N uUmt to brave HrttUh pnnlery, the csirpinitkn lmv- big divided to allow "uil.el UUlilug" uet -iiiinocr, under ntriethHi. Callfotuia stamp milts hate crushed lite ami even live i.nd one-hulf Uuis of jf s-r stump sr tweuty-fiMir IttHirs. rheHs.lrte gmvlty of nudytsUsnuiii lsM.0l niid It W thu-allglit hhihI It U ift ami t iiiallrttltle wbtiii hot. ,n oumv of vtiry Hih jtukl 1 wrtb iiii.Tlls. The usual fttll of a -luUe Ui h, elhl Ihchisj tit twelte feet. A LIT I . I.NON ART. 1 'tr Tiilinee" rintiirT llns simrl Itotirs anil limit llir I'nj. "A high -ii!' i"- Ion of which but little Is k;i e .i ' -v ' i't to the trade." observed o pi e..''!-nt fobaeco manu facturer to ii W.i-limuloii Star reporter. "Is what Is known as the 'HnvorM'.' Hie man who i respouslble for the llnvoi tif all the gia les of goods innde and who sis' to it that the flavor is kept the same yar In and year out. It mat ters not Wheie Hie I ol in ceo Mint 'goes in Ihem comes rnun or the conditions mi ller which M I"'" grown. Uf course lo Imcco ntniiufiieiuiTrs eni)entor to use the Mime kind of tobacco nil Hie time, hut circumstances at times render this Impossible. "As an Illustration, our company hud bought up and stored away enough to bacco to make up all our brands of smoking tobacco and cigarettes for the year, when all of a sudden our store liounos weie destroyed by tire, and our stock wetil out of existence. There was no more tobacco of Mint purlieu! u grndo to be bought, and we were driv en Into new fields. The tobacco being raised on a different soli and being slightly tliffcri at as far as seed and stem were iniicertied. the tlaviir was also different. Smokers, ami ehewcrs ns well, Insist on' the same llnvor all tho time. "Here Is wheie lite tlavorer comes in Hy Ida an and skill he can make lo bacco that grows on low lands insle and smell the same its that grown on high lands. He can make tobacco grown during o dry aensoii take tin same Hntor ns Hint grown dining Hie rainy sensoii. Tobaccos giown ni d;f fercnt eixls of the saute stale of In ibf feront stales m- by his tieatitient the same, as far -is the consume' Is cott cerned. He draws big money; lot though he comes high, as Hie tent-chug show companies sny. 'we must linvc them.' "A a may be Imagined, thcie ate not many who are competent 'o .lo I lie work, ami as n result they er-ige In Mihiric all tl. wny fi- iu SH to b p.-i tiny of nlMMlt ae hour's nctunl work They are employed, however, but about nine months In each yeat " Him Coiltlsli rnteli l.iihMti'rs. It la probably r.cws to Hie majority of people to know that Hie red, or rock, codtlsh Is a bluer enemy of the lb ster that has Just crawled o1 t of tils shell nnil Is soft and nimble to protict himself. During shedding lime Hiese lobsters crawl up under projecting rork.-.. Where the sen weed and kelp are thick and where Hiey Mini pro' i is I places in which to go ilnouuii ll.. process of slipping out of then old ihclls ami taking on a new com of mall, mi t ' speak. Por some dns nflcr lliedthiig the lobsters are weu-V and llimble to cope with tli'se IMi ili-il wage war iip.n them. This fact the rod II --I i seem Intuitively to know and Ihey wlol swaem around these n-treat--' lu gu'iit llilliibers and wait for the iheddcrs to eratvl out. An old lobster fisherman said that ninny times lie lar.l stopissl Ins dory over a Inrge number of r.a-M- ted cml- tlsh mid i-vateheil their operation-.. He had eten drome, r Ii l llr.e iiow u and dangled tempting bait within a lew feet of theih. I'nl-ss It happci,. d to fall illris?l!y in front of their noses, however, Ihey would seldom lake it, as they were after lobslei meat When tllll.UlIU l.'a.Utl-.l - '". "Jatf out from belieaih the protcclllig sen- wetsl. Hie codllsli would dart at I hem and atrlkc them Heree blotvs v.-.ih tiu'ir tails, distilling Ihem ctiuiplelely. They would then - ill to and devour ihe help less erusta.-eatis. This perfot nuincc. the lobslei iNhcm ".ll said, he laid it nested many times, t.cu l-ion ,loin,y.l. 1 1 1 m I.imiI.p Were lloet"!!! bt ... The late Mi .Itisiec Willlaui O'Hl it'll, as Ik pretty generally kuSw-n, tvns not a tailor's mode' ami w l'.a go ing on a long ralltv y journey his attire was oven nunc neglected than usual, says i.oini.'ii 'i A. r. UiiUng oue dny for hi- train lo leave Cork. 'e wandered into the th-' class refresh ment room, his threadbare and railed coat looking the more remarkable when In contrast with the dress of Hie smart set lic.iieniing the place. "Can I have a glass of milk';" he Inquired of tho U'Iiiv lu ft i 11 si and powder who ruled iH'huel Ihe ten The lodv eyed him shandy aud so pcrclllousfy and then mapped out: Yea, but H s tupp cv a glass here. You'll gel ii for ii peiiuy In the third claaa room.'' Well." returned Hie Judge as hiiiIk- bly as isissitti... "i thluk I'll lone a glass nt 'tuppence' all the -sine I can manage to -n tite Hie expense" He took a - milk and A a Iked q."t with nn iiMiitlled ciuiiicnaine loi't when thnt young lady Iteard fiom ome gentlemcu who were standing al the tsir Ulld knew the Judge who her i us touier was sin- dldu't feel teit well. Hho tried to explain that she il.ough! he tts oue of lUose "old fanner fel lows who. I stop (tuning atiiiut tU price of the milk for half nn hour" r VorK sii ...hi, WUeu New York ilty owned a slave ship la told lu au nriicle in Pearson's Magazine. The greatest inqs'tui was (riven lo the slave trade by the act of parllaiucni of ItiSl. wrrjli legal insl slavery hi the North American i-olo hies. This tHtea not menu that slavitv was unkiiottn in what la now the l'nlle.1 States before that time. ts. cause as early as l5J0 a Dutch iimu-of. war landed and aohl '.M African ne- rettes at .liuueatowii. Vn. In iti-ii the W'tHit India eompntiy im sirted slave from Hie West In. Ilea to New York city, then New Amsterdam. The city itself owned shares In a sluve shlp. udvsnivd inoney for lis Biting out aud shared In the protlt of Ita voyages Thin racognitlou and em-oar. ngeuicut may avsrouut for the astound log fuel that In 17-Vi statist foruusl ouesixtli of Hie entile (Htpulatlon ot New ork The general urevalenee of slavery i bo urn by the (act that at this time i her were OT slaves in Nets- York's smiill suburb of HrtHtkltu. aud thai In I .itiihw ttaelf tbwr ere ml- tleut lm.issi Klaireii. ilavi-s were at that time pnblieW liealt lu on the London exchange. No wonder tin- iraOe la human ttesb m-octiitisj emmerr. and thai In 1TTI the Kugttah alone tent to Africa Wi ahliw isju'dimhI for the trade aul wltb a earrrtMc cauaeltr of 4T.ua ate st trip. i HUMOR OF THE HOUR "Just Hnnglne! If you were n ilea you could Jump JnO miles at n single jump." "Hut I am not n flea." "1 didn't say you were. I sold If you were." "Hut you Implied that 1 might be." "Not at all. In estimating the tela tlve strength of a Ilea as compared ivlth a man. I snld that one of your size Sould Jump !!uo miles." "Nothing of the sort, sir. Voti dis tinctly spoke of me as a Men." "How absurd! I merely Inferred that liippose you were a Ilea." "Do I look like a lien?" "Why. no, sir; certainly not." "Have 1 the arms, legs, proboscis, liintomy of a Ilea?" "Who snld you did';" "Votl did. sir!" "I didn't." "Votl did!" "Well, sir, I am sorry. I npolnglxe." "You admit, then, that you did refer to me as a ilea''" "Why. no. I don't." "Hut you have Just apologized." "Well, well, let It go. 1 wi hi you were a Ilea. I apologize. I am sorry. I was wrong." "Cootl! Vou were wise. 1 am no Hen, sir." "Of cotir-e not. Utterly removed from i Ilea. Yon couldn't be olio If you tried. Impossible!" "Impossible, sir! l-'tir me, sir? How Impossible';" "Yes, sir, exactly, sir. How can an ass be a lien V King. Mr. Smith .1 n noh nrrs, "Uxtrn!" The world stands i-tlll mid reads with bated breath. Mr. John Smith u.iiiotmces Mint he has left Ha subjective Ideal ivlnp of the transcendental party anil w ill here after alllllate with the psychological socialistic party, supporting the ticket of the hitter without leservntloii. Mr. Smith will be heard on the stu. later." After a time men go about tl T bus! ness numbly, but the t . .tl. I will be long In recovering fully ft n the shock. Detroit Journal I it m 1. 1 .. ii rt 1 1 1 - In Irllimoirc. T.ndy de Hooter and family liate left Ivy Towers, l'.al-tovv n, and hiu, e taken The Hollows. .Melton Motislngley, for the hunting wiison. Oisell's Unit The safety vsotnun dlj not deny lie Inteutluu of clolngi will her och euun. " t "Hut why," she niyued, ttt) .entire Xentlllty, "shniild you Mliow about things beftire they hajjieR?" ' If the rcplcsculntlvo of the yelli' fjft'js felt any liiipatAence af this lie courteously coiicciiiod if "rIow could we llTlMt4Wte fliem. ot crwlseV he reftll. l)f coise It dempued nli.v to Ihiw to the c.tlMieles of art.- Dei:t Journal. Tbo.i)ft"'jll.'i4Vl ".Vow tell me."tild tho klil lnrted tvomHii. "you're riiiiuwuv, arefff you?" " "Yes; I ir?.i. un'aiii, Ar teJJ the truth," replied the young itamp "Mot.lFr died not longHsii. pi ulwr thnt tni's .lldn't go rlglt mid one day I lit outraml I tun ml Jj vas dead tu. entl out." o "Poor Imy! CLV.ildn't go a step tar thor, eh?" "OU, no! It was 'eayse i eotilUn t go a tcpmothcr."-PlillathlpVft,i Press sull- Hit 1iii ii W..H "DoYi't you think a man- a real man onht to Nekuowhslge when is in the wrong In an arguuicut with his wife?" O 0 "OU . I tlon'i'klitrtP tl eorrj' never owns up, but lie Iways goes aud buys tue souiethlng real nice and ehcu klve." 1. rolt I'rco Press. O 1'rnm Hie vnll of XVnr, Asslsiant -Here are more tllspntcjie llsiiit that battle Ih'tlie east. Kdltor Wtfat tlo they say ' AsiMint It apiK-ars that twtli st Were greatly outnumbered, hut each defeated the enemy with severe los. Harlem Life siililrcti I'fii. Mr. Jones There's that Mrs. I cau't abide her. She U alway talk lug about MiiuctMMly or other. Mrs. clay- It Isn't ulce. I agree with you. but them one cannot always lt. talking about dre-s -Hoston Tran terlnt A Vli'llm of Cnrlo.ltj. t wa.slitkr i.-k oa hickory limb Xml (hiu it hJ oni titirrtl am. rur raa curiosity kia)wml to him "Oa ' wr kt Hut tool Wnl't W ' Cat k it lull), tktt UUt U tol M .tviui ii itaa't coftWl. fU It lnu(t in ihti miU. I m toM. i niU. t hill e-fk ol u a th ta4. Ilnriiiitii Iteunnllrva of iiiii-ii.r. "llcg partlou." ald the postal ileik who bad siiu Iiit the stauip. "but y n ilon't bate to put a 5 ceut stamp on a letter for Canada " "1 know." said tthe. "but Hie stwdi lat matches my eat elope, you kun ' -PhUadelphla Prvs. n lliiltmrrHiiirnt lit llulrr. "What's the matter, UoUy?" "Ora'wa. ihey". too many f..K brlotln me up. I d pet along tieitet If I ou'y biid you" ludluuupolls Jour ml I TWENTY MILES RANGE. Who shall say what is to be the limit ,f the rami.- of imslem ordnance -ranee now pri H ',l,",-v "" wr chnuncl shores and If "pcrtldlous Ublon" gets ugly b knock down Do nr castle, nxpctlmctits nre now being lin.le at Calais with a new ptin-iu Seil.it gun whleli is expected to have , effective range of '-'0 tulle- The Do rer stmlls ' ''' nirt t i-lnt nre mlv IS tulles wide. Ill view of Ihe lie- neiidous strides which have I n made the last few year In the effective ange of high power guns It N uot im cisonnble to thluk that before long a run will really be built which cm throw a shot across the straits of D icr. The l'reiich believe thnt they jave nlrently protlucetl such a gun. an I f the experiments at Culnls prove sin :essrul they w ill mount n battery I hem at the point wliere the strnlt- ol Oover nre nnrrowest. and so comma ii.t that waterway fiom shore to shore he French do this on their side or tl.. itralts the Kllttllsll will llllih.Ubledl.t itrlve until they build guns of similar mnge mid inmuit n battery of them at Dover. An artillery d.nl ls?ttveeit fa 'als Ulld Doter Is amntig the pos-ibill ties of the future. In Dover castle there Is an old gun heitrlUR the in-eilp ion: l...a.l im' sill nil letpnie ctemi. I'll ,.m lull in -li IT"-"- This I n " Idle lHi..t on the putt cf the old gun. of r.iurse. but tl the light 3( the ,. M ill clfott- to btili' guns vthleh will carry aeioss the stunts It lias a prophetic sound. TIih "liriine far.-" In M II.tIhimI. i,,, ...... ii... iiiiirl-ts aie tluckili lo Month, and 'Ids little Tyrolean water ing place l crowded. The grit; " cute Is at Its height. H can scarcely be pus llblu that all Hie giapc eaters aie aclti illy Invnlids. .is j mi ttiiT'i all kind- ol people fining t:n'W's ''' npparenlly .illng t'ji'n nliimsi inicollsc iisly Yoji ouy your grnpes in uVittle basket, an t voii carry Ii with you on yoat tu3' oi auii?er and go abiding al Hie fruit j nt 1 1 you have consumed your tegula loll piiilltil or two pimls weight A nan " ilhotil a liiujket of grapes woiihl ook as odd la Ihe alleys round MOan I- a unit! without a lint inkO' l'"'l. m I'i -.-ni ill Ui StSilK o So Hit Meran jiape cure Is very pojRllur and isveiv in iieii-nc -The fcLitfh llxcs the pile - ., , ...a... v r 1 lie 1 111 11. .IIMI .loilWfii'i i.M, lllleitiellee 1 1 III u volt cotld belWt tin l possible you eiiiiliT cat. Just now the 1;. Is full ol An-'rl (Jaclilly sub milting tt o tlit' cure. The Aunlcalis ire also inking it with llflit chai-actci-stic adiiiitabilily tvliich belongs oi rlu. in in t'.m-iiMc Anil the Meruit line i'i - w iih ii nltnost suMnr tuln(t4bll I ty of the reaieily to the ill-en-i'. ie j lreseelbliiB It fo d-siM'ptlc patients. - .oadofe lllily News. t i.t9 tm sm. rcnrknble cne was tiled in Hie Somerset county court at Siithyrvilli recent(.'. A f'li er living In olTe of te couulry tovvnshiis of SoiiiciUct eoiitil solil a horse to a Snnierset iiiuti The latter gnve a note for $."itl I piiyinent. The man v Im received the note paid little Alciiilon to Its wording, hi wont to the hunk to have It discounted. The hob as rrreiitl: "I oromlse to oat TO' years after ilate.'oetc. The innii with the ink was itreatly e.cltei yhcti lie dlseoveis'tl the lime of the note, whleli he had noi iiiTlt-il al all. mid omtly broilgliluii agiiin-t Hie man win. nc ff. The ease iiiine up i conn al Sum 'orvill Tlie il. teiiclant clalineiiihiii lie as perfietlv n hie at.l tvlllliig to pay th note when ii came ilnc ten trotes etl tl thcie vvj,- im law thnt eiuiipiW ed lilm to tlo Wuee tliat lime ll t'aa ill black ami hltP o the noW. it till 4 lie JiiilHc ld liutlAig Icfto le but tllsliPts iji,. cnse.-Pltiiiateld (N .1 i Pros. o I'r.TA -eiJsKir IPS TrQlli'i.. now the iniT.-n trdTlliig horse has been muring little hy little f!ie two uilnute time imt ai' !Vlio will ,i . that he ni.iy not achieve that coveted recorg before the flvcnileth ccuiivk: tlve years ukVf ; Hert.'d tlu. i'..iSl.i..i r.r t.n.... i I " - - - - ... .awttdiK IHII-l- ros III l9e nineteenth eetilui-.v iwa. ttakre 0 ., ( s, IMO, Mostwn lif.rm ., t.. ftlwln Forrest- A.i ivl ua. U4r auiioiii ;.,Ji UR. rturi Tmpl V, . UW. Ueitu l-t.-ii So. Julian t:ii-Vv M.uJ isw. .Mi ... o nV HDD. The0tl)M ;. t.mi't o lleniio.riicj nt tt'ijsl I I I . A receiire.ainluiltlou9if Hie reeords of nearly luo Qdets for Hiiniilst fi years aht-tvs Hint Ollslde tin mm uf army ottlcers. of width ."Sere were il I ID were m.ik. of farmers. 11. -on- r merehauts. lti sou of lawyers :t; toils of maiiiifiicturers. 32 sous of no ehaulci Vn mius of Insiirntu-e azeiils pi n ot n-al estate ageuts. Ii .on, of llergyineli. i:t suits ,if .wllmr- i.,,,.i..... bud iHiiikkei-pcrs. to ,f druggists :i ,,r ilpiinl t... ... . ... uuws-i . ,,i scoooiiPBc ncr ami f dentists Among Hie others iilino-i every calling Is n preeuiisj by i tu fa thers of one or more. -Cram's laua line. O- , Union net, ..),'. in,,,, A Pbllatielpliia hotel reeeuily i itgni; etl a valet, who agreed to ert,. n., gues of tlie house without rnge. de pending uhui tip. , , llM,M "r , New York 'Irnininers iip-el tln ,n rangemeni Swing thnt they hadsiru. .. a good thing. iii..y a,nt for all Hieii oi.i elothea, tv,ic, ,h,.y ttUve to ih.- vah i to cleau and pie... At tbe eud of 1 1. . tlnys the tip- of it,,, latter had atnoimi etl to Sit ..in. since theu the s.tf.. have been altncil The wonl "era tin tou" has Ih.ii etluiinateil. mid ' talet has an iiutli-rsianilliiK n it, i natron. iM fore l- .jo,., ,.r w,tl Aa OPtlmlatle Hnell-h that modern life Is eaer. safer and imw.un iiiio ore nu yuars ago; that ronng peple are healthier, stronger tail better grottu than Uielr great ;randiarents and that the complaints f Increasing neurotic tendencies are f holly unfouude4. Kour u.ii.si rrom Hath. I :u stand u njniierious i.iouuuieot kaewn as thi rtree Shirts, ston. Prom It vou u ee trt of Somersetshire. tiUU(-,.Hr birr an. I ilt.hlre. i SHORT NEWS STol It In it llumlirrt nmt VrrrtUT- prr SiioU III jiIb.i. J"""' Slrumt I'lilntjl A contributor to The IteviJ rlews tell tins story of the if Italy: Ho was a man without nni tnstes. who seliloni or neve. oooks and took ab.soluti.lv A the Intellectual movement ol Italy. .Neither nail he niiy Hie drama. It was said of he never entered the ihi.ni.l life, hut this Is an e.iigwnil apon ceremonial occasions le tered the royal box. Due i,f tj rlslts was made when uH. f Slgnor Verdi's "Palstiin- . the occasion of a national ,J linn, liie king was iii..nt royal box. and the peir.iiinau :he beginning was an iimaeiiU When the second act was fing snm: ineie is now U() , ;o me soecL-ss in im- nee,. ft,d for Signer Verdi" (an a.-i ofj which tvns usually paid to tljcl ful author only at the end of J Verdi was duly sent for. uml lppenrei! In the royal box tliej Jented honor of a sumnnnu u :lose of the perforiuanee vvni istlcally applauded as icstifjiJ Honor In which the king in-. poser. The approval which J the summons to the royal 11 'oiisltlenibly abated win a tn. ro.-o for the Hilrtl ii''t and it covered that the king had left nter. He hail antlelpatcii t Ittj the author simply u onier irf from n perfoi malice tvlileh hor I The I'll n per SpoUi- III. t3 An enst end eoriesiioinlent tt fnllllU-lllL' Stlll'V Of till! Pl-IllPi. ri Only those p -ictleally ncqualnl the wo. King ol tlie great "pnupj nees" III IIS c iv of the Hunt- IJ are nwuie of the number of ftrl ot c nl visits to the e Insl which the prince iia.s in th-iJ a yenf, often quite Incognito j the press and the inmates arc a.': j :rj" 7 "' 9 "I 'itofcs toi 'IX Hi' "oi;l itn etl. He m'ways inu'.es on ll slims a nolnl of otiletlv onc-t."! till people about tl ".I tl'e.il mi l. git lug their eoinpla'ats i be I hearatlgs. ( Hn e .i h. a. tike I' ('villpff llaroim nl Itasehiil tin avas thllsw'nuimeil anion- ilii " IBs future sublets lc liail experhSice with a tjpi which cverv en I workii.. llll lit ..r . a MeetniK he Incurable 'ruit the I'HSlbliwh ot 'lieu aski d lit the prim ' II nnv ('lontilnliitu In mil 1: i ' I lit' 'll reeled oc a long scries with i surliness born oi lorn- haim eylgg the prince, ol" whose i.l was wliolltOlgiioiinit with .i jlltloil. 'e -hook his 1 1 - -; I 1 in "I 'ate njj-i i.y coinphlllii '1 iffer ituaiti Ot .tour nreileci - ""flee, but to no pnrpoav. XUsa.' file master were all on.- Hi thieves. In fact. I 'opes t 0 II honest an. I.. ',,m- tlutt wit In. el favor, it-, i tbiwd hh 's ver'' I ..1-1.1.... 11.- v n.. i.i i-i.i ii-ii nu- ,,. . y .1 e..V ... , .. . .i.U throne for an Inspi 'lilt in oi "c govenimeiit imaid pie. Mainly nn V. "inn .liini-s' striinu I'nliil Tlgj Itet In 1'i-ank ltn-t of the Meii-oiolltao dinu I " Ington. tvhii li is ntciuicii i, ri .neituiiey . tens M simy tvn..- 1 ' one evenlii" w li ic illnlng at tin s House will. Hi. presldi iit i Candler of tin Metlnulikt ( Im I The pnt'lv was lalkln- about ists ttllil reviv als. and t' c . a-i' Well known i-xlmiti-r Sum I brought up "The best i haiacerl.at:.e Jones' prenel.mi; I ever In an! the bishop, "was that of a goodcj brother In Virgltln He had lnU .(ones preach and was ic-. iil.m Mimeof hUh-llows " 'Jlst ns hint: lis lite r Joti. st tie Scrlpteis- sal.rthc coloiid a. nlu.t no Is'tt. r pivnchcr than eim rlst of Us. Itnt In n he cuts l.'t d Scrltte'-s and list lets i i s he's de tlo-jvioiuh'st preiu h ponuded a pulpit ' " Mexico Is din. of the in. st cities in th,. world. Its In. nil plaia. ndortieil ,j (IU. trees imlj llowera. k i- iiishlotiablc i. it evenings, when the military i s'1'1 anu tbe elite Indulge in a pw'1 around the plaza The fl".'t "fl dens on-tjie jyke are world riji Wlim l.nou,,! .,r "Iteg tiard.m " snel ihe i u ! aau. guilietsn his featim ' again. -.1 .tmply J-ouldn't siip. i -ynwu." 'rf0,,', m,,UUuU "" repli.d i f sin. "Hy the way. Hint rem ' i vtatett tin- Mammoth cave t .st rnr"-Ki, hange. Wy nne ramrs nr.- ma le at th. "t day. but ,,f ,,,. ,,. , contalued u, ,. li,,1s..,,M ,u,.r.ll kulvea wtc, . atwWllU utj ttousand yeni-s ago Z- ( & "t '1 - ' 4C.s ' I 1