BANDON RECORDER,
- .. ..Kijuii-ii uni .stimuli.
The antiquity or n swindle rarely
Interferes with Its success If It he
Tlk. SI...I ..... ..... .
oktllfully managed, olio one confidence
same that ban recently been played
the United Klin PA rritftfait trial tit In .
dooming nn? part of a torn bill for the
amount of money It represents. The
wuue or n pnrt or n luii la very exartly
determined br inrniiH of nn mmarnlns
which measures tlm fragment of the
.in Him nit) croatest nccurncy. This
iiicclmnlain prorpiitH anybody from get -
ting In return for part of a torn bill
any more than It Is really worth.
That fact Is not generally known,
and It is tho Ignorance of the public
In the matter that has lately made
lioaalblo the hiiccchs of a well dressed
swindler who baH been operating down
town. He has with lilm parts of a $10
bill bearing tho bill number. He ex
plains to waiters, barkeepers, cashiers
and similar persons that ho Is too busy
to go to the Hubtrcasury and redeem
mo mil for which lie could secure tho
full value. lie offers for that reason
to dispose of the torn piece for a small
s,um and lias succeeded In getting from
?5-a ?7 for fragments of a hill that
could never bo redeemed for more than
half those sums.
The purcharcrs, of course, bad eonll
dence In thyt-mrstuken theory that the
run valiijrbf n bill would be paid at
the treasury for any part nf It, bow
ever Hiitall tlio fccotlou might be. Ily
'WnmrTi. tn dm in,., iu... .H-uiv nii'i'im
ami selling them on such liberal tonus
this form of swindling may bo made
very profitable. -New York Hun.
A .Stliirpiuu Ciillrt .tral.
An eminent lawyer, one of the most
eminent In the fulled Mates, was In
the midst of an argument hi defense of
the patent rights of his client to a
newfangled collar button that was be
ing unlawfully manufactured by the
people on Hie other side of the case
The distinguished ciinnn'l was dcscrlb
lug the patent referred to and Its many
advantages when Justice Shims Inter
rupted h I in and In a most serious man
nt-r observed :
"1 should like to ask the learned conn
sol If bis client manufactures a collar
button that won't roll under (lie bed.1
Of course the court was shocked.
Homo young people In the seats re
served for spectators tittered, and the
marshal, rapping on his desk with Ids
gavel, rnaroil, "Silence In this hoiioru
bio court!" The eminent counsel main
tallied his gravity, although bis soul
must have been deeply stirred, and had
presence of mind enough to turn the
Incident to bis own advaulage, saying
with emphasis:
"1 have the honor to Inform the court
that the collar button manufactured by
my client Is unique In that as well as
In other respects, but my client would
Hot be so selfish ns to patent so Impor
tant a beaellt to mankind." Chicago
It coord.
Wri'nllr With 'I'll I n I'riiMi-m.
Here Is a little genealogical problem
which perhaps some of our iauiIcim can
Post, saying- "I have, like the rest of
human beings, two parents. They In
turn had each two. Those four grand
parents had each two, and so on. Now,
If wo take on an average four genera
tlons to a century X geuoratlous have
passed away since the time of Wllllaui
the Conqueror, and by the simple proo
ess of multiplying two by Itself
(linos I llud that at the date of the Nor
man conquest I must have hud S.fNi,.
o.U,fjS'J ancestors of that generation
Hut this Is eight or nine times the to
tal population of the globe at the pres
ent day and must bo fully ISO or -111
times the total number of human hi
lugs living In the eleventh century, so
that there must be a fallacy In my cal
culation somen hero Clin anybody loll
nio," lie nsks, "what (lie fallacy Is?"
Mniiii '.X'oralil In tiillui.
The foto of i he moon Is ecli'luiilcd In
the eighth month of the year, and this
lasts six days Picscnts are then muds
nn which the tlguio of the moon Is hi
parent, and a largo pagoda I llluuiliiat
ed. firecrackers and music uud fain
Ily reunions prevail. A midnight bun
ipiot on the last night tormiunles the
fcuNt, and tliou the descent of the gist
dess of the moon, which we call llie
man In the uimiu. Is awaited. She Is
supposed to visit tho earth at this time
to grant the wishes of mortals. The
moon wli'j the Chinese In (he patroness
of poetry, ami autumn is the oo(' fa
vorite season Leslie's Weekly.
litoluil ( Viinili-riilli.
An old rrlcml who keeps autographs
us a fad IiiIihI out to toe rccvutly the
evolution or tho name of Vauilcrliilt ns
w have It at tho preacnl time The
srlglnal was Van der Hilt. The old
romti'odorc slgmsl It thus: "Vmii Iter
hilt." Wllllnui II signed it "Van der
hilt." leaving n distinct sosce between
(I n" mill the tminll "il," s bla f
thor did between the "u" und the capl
Vtl "I." Most of tho iiresent goners
lnu make ouo word of It. New York
Cross
ill iiii,,,tt.
lllghi'o- Why. Suiiillbee. you are Jus'
(lie nmu I want lo mh You hare
known me now for the yesrs. Iiavou't
you?
rmialllxs-- Yes.
Hlg'iee-- Well. I would like you to in
cotniuodNle tne with the loan of til.
Smiillhcc- Sorry. Hlghcc, hut I can't.
HIkIm'o Can't! Why not!
Sumllhco- lleoaiiM fve knowu you
for live yours. - IVnoou's Weekly.
Ill A ki 1, 1 1 Ion ItrulUnl,
Illobbs-Whon tie was a Utile boy. he
was always siugiug "I Waul to lie au
Augcl."
Blobba-And be died yoilllg, I sup
pose. lllohbs-No; lut tie's bad Ida wbli
cratltlcd. He's Itacklng Ibirusturuier'f
Coloskul Aggregation of Intunwillousl
Btara. i'hlladolphla Iterord.
In the face of the clock of the parish
church of Si Ms l ( hew, Itctbual llreeu
London, are iwo sum 1 1 Imlos wliicli
from the i;iv.-iin-Mt do nut hpm ii largc
euoiigh to admit even a tluy luni Y t
these apertures liae beeu i Imwit b
sp.irrow. as nesting plaiss ami lb.
birds can la- froiiuouily ms-ii Dying tu
and from III. i -nmige uIhmIo Tin-i. i'
vrutloiu of i -i-.ii iuii h tin itnf u . j. in
to have aft,, I (In- nine l.ttpiii.'
curacjr of the iloik
Polly Larkir
' ai i nf
I o o 'd o o o o a o o o o o s e a a o a
' 1
I was mono of our big grocery stores
isutlon lictweon tlie elorK ami a custom-
! , r- '"''i'' '"" "f tomatoes
!" "'her things, but ickod to msj
' amen- i-.-ioim it wus sen-. i nir
I h Kim scrutlnlcd It eloolv am
I then wild very decidedly, "I don't want
n "Win-"" nuLi.il il,,.,.l,.rL- In iu Inn-
1 fish,,,,,,,!. "What Is the matter with
if."' "The brand Issllllleioiif," wild the,
itistnmer. "I don't wnnt any toinatis.'s
bearing a Han 1'ranclsco lals'l. Theru
are tint iiiany factories run by China
men in this city, and one of the worst
features of those factories to mo Is the
act that most of the employes In these
dirty factories me white women and
girls, some of the hitter Is-lng niero
children. It I. galling to me to thiul
Hint they have to be under thone filthy
Mongolians, who order them aroiim
and are almost Insulting to many of
them. They have not n hit of respec
for u hlto girls mill women who mo tin
fortunate enough to bo compi-lted to
accept work at their hands. I assure
you I think it Is deplorable and sad
enough that such things are known to
oxisl, I'roiii themouiout I learned that
such factories wore running hi this city
I iiuiile up my mind that canned toma
torn bearing a San l-'ninol-eo label should
never conic Info my homo, and I wish
every lady in this city could look upon
lllu Ihosamo light. To sali'fy myself
that such a stale of uMidrs did really
exist, I vliKoil some of the factories
run I y these Chlmimeii. I was not a
welcome visitor, for the ('hlucc pro
prietors and their foreman looked at nn
In anything hut a friendly light when
I entered the place rocking with tlx
funics of ovor-ilpo and decaying Ionia
loos mingling with the foul air and tin
heavy odor of cooking fruit. Then
woicwhltcgir! lo the loll of you, white
gills lo the right of you, and in fact
w hile girls oil around you, all working
as busy us lives under the watchful ga.e
of their almond-eyoil employers and
their I rusty assistants, t-siino w ere pool
lug the sleiuniug louiatoos, others wore
(nulling them, while at another tabh
the sealing ol liundioils ot cans was
going on. The lulH'llug was mostly
done li.y women and girl, while men
ntfoniltsl to Hie packing.
"I asked one young girl If she liked
Hie wiiil,. 'The work Is all tight,' she
leplled, 'but I dosplo lo work for Chi
million. I eiieii every ulglit lor awiiiie,
hill thole was no help for It, and I
llnally inado up my iiihid In make (hi
Im. of It, for when adversity meets us
wo ciiiiuof always Ih choo-ors uf tin
way wo will bring lite noci's.siiry bread
mill butter lulu file liolle In food a lot
of 1 it'll 11 1 1 olilldreli wbo-e appetites
for Miiiiotliing fo cat seem neer to Is1
NitiHllcil. I wasall light until I slopped
on a spool that lolled with mo, Injuring
my hip and spine. Finally I was com-
pelleil lii give up my position in tin
stole that I had held for seoial years
past Im-chim- I eoiild no longer stand
Is-hind llie eiilllllel', mill I found it no
ea mutter to find something ol-o to
do. It was HoImiii's choice, so hero I
am, lining the lsst I can In my iiiImtii-
bio surroundings, keeping npiiit from
the 'hi 1. 1 ile,' for I can call the majority
nothing else. They seem to think II Is
nil light, mid laugh and Joke with the
Colesiliils or anylsidy else who Is In tin
uiisiil. 1 1 is n w ful to me, and there an
others iu the factory whoarojiisf as
sensitive ami feel Just as keenly the
degradation. That Is what tho feeling
iu i ioi i it t to with sensitive, refilled pis
pie, who, from force of circumstances
over which they have no control, find
thoiiiM-lveu working for Chinamen. I
hate (lie ery thought of It, and au
other soiimiii will mil find mo In a den
like this.' Others felt like this young
lady and blushed at being mvii winking
iu the chis'lloni factories, but the inn
Jorlty thought It was all light ashing
a they got their inonoy Satunlay night
I'hey did not euro who they worked for
If the wage woto inild when duo. If
you have got any tomato from a
country factory you may send them up,
otherwise Iohvc (hat putt of the order
untitled," said (lie customer, as lie loft
the store.
HHaklng of the girls who work In
cHiinorii reminds me of two girls who
have always llvtsl Iu the coiiii.it up to
within n few mouths ago. Tiring ol
country life they, with (heir father's
M'ruilwtloii, came to the uoly, bustling
city to oe If they could not lllld Milne
thtiitf to do. Tho fruit seooii wiujut
Utfliiuhig and they Isith found work
In u cannery, one laMIng the onn- and
the other nx'llng tho fruit. They wore
tiotig, hculthy girls und they earned
mmi live to i dollars apiece per wtvk.
I'hey lived frugally, did their own-
wtwhliiKimd iiMiiiugat night, and man
anvil to lay aside nearly all of their
wugi., and what do you think they
did with their money at the cloo of the
mhiii'' I am siuv you would uiwer
gtieaa, su I will dUcloso their ms'IoI,
which they promUcd ihenisolvw to
keep fiilllifully, but utterly fulled to
ewrry out tin ir e,sH Intentions, for
they iHiiitlihsl the fact to a few oIium'ii
friends ami like the down of the thistle
It WKSMUltcred hilheraiul hither. All
of their summer saving went Into a
diamond ring oiucthlng they had
isiveleil sliiiv ehlldliissl. They are nut
altogether sHtUlUsI wllb their Iwrgntn,
for the gi'ins are not as large as they
thought (hey would ls, and they lack
tin- hwU-rstid sjwrkle they had dntiuiod
rf slivpliig and waking and have falKsl
lu daule their friends w Ith their e.etssl- j
lug Krctil brilliauoy. They li,,c lit
Ibeir foiidmwi lor (he gems and do un(
eoit tin diauii'iid iitvklttcc (hey hudi
dreamed 01 working a lifetime for
They liml to drc) shabbily In order to
get the rings, and thev rtulUe now
thut diamond and shubby, though
nciit, attlru do not go well together.
One of their fond relatives In comment
lug on the purchase- said: ''They are
1 dear, food Lrlrli. ntid wouldn't do liny-
,h,tK WTtmf( fnr ,lt. wri,i; but they
for all that,
, , , , f .
silMiliig,
Th,v I)JJV m( wll(,M ,t t
ihh )lltl) u:()rk T(.y ,mt know
(lmv ()) M,rk. ,, mtt.r ,0w disagree-
abli; the task, but you couldn't get
them to, rend a Issikor attend a lecture.
They think It It not only too dry, but
entirely too hard work."
When you were a woe lad or lassie
did yon over wish on the chicken-Nine
that to your childish eyes made one of
the principal dishes on the talile, a
favorite that was made all the more
welcome U-cailieof that wish-liolio that
would fall to some lucky meinl;r at
the table and who would never solve
the mystery when the wIsIi-Ihhiu was
broken aslo whether It came trueor not?
1'olly could almost wager If she was In
the habit of dolugthiHcthliigs, that she
knows one ttih on a chicken's wish
Isiue that came true. An attorney at
Halloas swallowed a wish-bone the
other day and liked to have strangled
to death. It is wife to say that ho
wished real hard and earnestly for the
removal of the chlcken-lsine, which
wax finally accomplished.
BRIEF REVIEW.
Iiejuties ol Malheur Cave.
Harney county, Or., contains a most
remarkable cave, fifty live miles, a
little south of east from Hum, Is Mal
heur cave. Its peculiar form, as perfect
as if laid mil by an engineer and chis
eled through the rock by u sculptor,
makes it tho womler of all who is- It.
In visiting till oave one conn's to Its
mouth right out on the "desert." One
might pa within a few yards of it and
not eo II. filtering a dark, ugly hole
and walking down a gradual Incline
for forty or fifty foot, one loaches a level
Hour of rock, smooth as glass. Itaislng
the torch, a cavern aliout sixty feet iu
width, with walls coming to an inch
overhead, alsuit twenty feet at the
highest point, Is soon. This cavern can
bo followed for llhO yatils without a
curve or turn. The llisir continues
smooth iiinl the perfectly formed wall
retain the same dimension. Only ut
one point Is there a small pile of shat
tered rock fallen from the roof. At the
end ot theltooj vards Is a clear lake of
waler. Here a small rowlsmt is found
miehoieil, ami taking passage on till,
one may continue tho journey In the
same direction into the interior. Tho
wafer is shallow at llrst until It In
comes practically Immeasurable the en
tire width of the oave. And the water
is rs, in-,,, itH.i' l,n mil lltec I.- itlii(.-'l t.
distinguishable. One will walk Into It
wlthoil' seeing it, and the 1010111- ro
lled the I s-i I of the cave at a great
depth, tho smallest object lying on the
Isittoin looking as natural a If close at
liaiiil. The water never 1 l-i- or falls, or
cliaugi's its character always thesame
tomporatuie ami elear as crystal. It
has the temperature of artesian water.
t a illstalico of MM yards on the lake
the cud of the cave is reached, and the
wall at the cud conies down like the
arched wall ami is lost In tho depths
of the water. Hero the walor mviii to
bo at its greatest depth. There are
many (booties alsiut tho lake, but after
all II proves to lu one of the natural
wonders of this great country that now
await the exploration of science. Tho
.Malheur river iics In the mountains
alsive and Hows along at tho end of the
cave. The cave Is lit HI yard long SlH)
yard of dry Isittnui and :iN)yatd of
water.
Growing In Kjiuji.
fifty .veal's hence Kauas and the
tatiM planting trees to-dav w ill ls stt-
plyllig California mid tho coast States
w 1th tlmls'r. One need not Is' particu
larly gifted with fon-lght to predict
such au event. It I an Indisputable
and lamentable fact thai at the pncnt
rate of forest denudation oil the I'aclllc
isnist it will lsbut a short I lino U'fiiro
ill tho tlmls'r on that section of the
const I gone. The (iovorntiiont will
iiiille when It Is too late the guilt loss
till ili-Hilllug of our forest inctius,
Kansas ha foruusl an organisation for
tho pie-ei vatlon of the tm which
other SbitosTwould do well to Join.
Swla Ulc-S-lvliit Invention.
A Swim genius ha Invented 11 pith
clonk weighing alsuit one pound which
will hold up a fully siilpiHsl oidor
iimii the surface of the water. Sue-
ewsful experiment wore made recently
on the Uike of Zurich. Tho clonk I
provided with watcrpnsif pocketh, iu
which food and think may ls carried,
as well as blue lights, in case thai the
wearer Is shlpwiivkctl lu the night.
MulUirry lives grow everywhere, ami
hence China's givnt piisluot of silk
Silk factorh are oonitod lu s-venil of
the large eltio. In IM'S Shanghai had
8IUM mittoii spindle, and several isit-
ton mills have uvoutly Uvii stnrtisl.
The average sickness of human life Is
ton days In the year, or twoyonr mil of
the life of an ordinary man.
II t itsllinattsl that only one couple
in II.Au) live to celubnite their diamond
wedding.
There tiro !M,(iO dllli'ient kind
htittorllies. of
There are Ttks distinct pvie of i-os
known.
There ure only llflji-Ut'liliiisM news
pnH - rs In t'hlmt.
AN INSPIRATION.
It Sliotird llir IlaahCnl Vonlh Map.
VT Wnr to I'on the (Juration.
"It's a go." announced the young
nian with beaming face, "and the hap
py day has been sot!"
"So yon got your courage up to the
Isiltit at last?" said the friend who
understood tho situation.
"Yes. Say, It Isn't hard wheu you
got started. Hut It Is n wonder I
didn't got norvous prostration bofore I
innde tho plunge! I was six months
trying to get courage enough to ask
the all Important question. Hut every
time that I opened my mouth to speak
I simply broke out Into a cold sweat
and couldn't say a word for the life
of mo. I would have retrmtcd a dozen
times bag and baggage If I could have
done so gracefully. Not that I didn't
want the girl, but simply for the rea
son that I despaired of ever being able
to ask her to be mine. The girl acted,
too, as If she had a right to hear some
thing to the point. Hut I could only
sit there like n chuckle headed Idiot
and abuse the weather. I would have
boon right there lu the same horrible
situation if something hadn't happen
ed to bin' It the Ice.
"One lilglit'hist week we were sitting
sldo by side 011 n sofa and during one
of those blissful moment when notli
llu.' was b-'lug said I chanced to notice
tlio girl's eyes Intrntly tlxTd upon a
motto that hung 011 the wall opposite
and wldeh remf 'Love One Another.'
I'll In hanged If I over saw that motto
before, but It gave me an Inspiration,
and I leaned over and murmured.
'Shall wo?' and she murmured, 'I don't
mind,' and It was all over hut the
shouting!" Detroit free Press.
ONE ON HIS FATHER,
Smart Viilllli la Cnuiclit, Then Vic
timless I'nrotil,
The IL'-year-old sou of a Van Hurcti
stteet fond parent tecently became the
proud possessor of some guinea pig.
A day or two lifter the hiime were
safely corralled In a cage ho wont
about bragging of his now acquisition
among his playmates. Now, It seems
these youngsters knew of a "sell" lu
which guinea pig play a prominent
part. They stinted to "hook" the
youngster and caught him fast and
hard.
Ho felt so bad about it that lie
still tod lu turn to "sell" some oneeNe.
Ills father was the victim.
"lild you know, papa, that If you
hold 11 guinea pig by the tall Its eyes
will drop out?"
Ills father hiuglieil outright.
"Why. who In wonder told you such
htulf. Louis';"
"The boy all say that." answered
Louis, sillier as a Judge, "and It's so.
yes, sir."
"oh. nonsense." said his lather, still
laughing.
"Well, yuu go to the cage and hold
one up and you'll kiv."
.Iilt tu humor the boy the father
went out. In a moment he came baok
looking well, looking Just like a man
thai' boon l iiilly Mild.
"The Utile rtiseal got that time,"
lie lopllcil to a friend.
"Hut I don't see tho point," said tho
r, 11 .).
"Iiou't you?"
"No."
"Well, guinea pig have no tall."
Topeka Capital.
Tilt Mnulc I.Hiilorn.
How many of us while using iiuiglc
lanterns have wondered how they were
first made? Indeed they are of very
respectable antiquity. As early as the
seventeenth century a Jesuit named
Kucliei nstriioled one. It was a
very crude affair, and as ho was not
unwilling to oM'llo tho four of the
poi-suus uho u ltnoso,l his exhibition
lie ealleil it a "magic" lantern, and so
It ha always Issui called.
There are loasons to beliee Hint the
lantern was lu use ecn earlier than
the seventeenth century and that the
111) sli-riolis llgure which the old as
tiolngers produced lu the stiiuke of
their mystic tires were produced In the
same way as Klrehor produced Ills, the
smoke hiding the lantern.
II T0I1I tlir Triltli,
A cotiulryinitu on a lslt to (!lagow,
while walking along Argyle street
rending the signboard and tho tickets
lu the shop windows, said to bis com
patilnn "Hon can a' thau ham shop
bo the best and cheapest? Lcr) yln
o' them says that, and the same wT
the clothes shops tae. They are Jlst
a hit o' lociirs."
They continued along the street un
til, coming opposite a plumber's shop
with a big bill lu the window witll the
words "Cast Iron Sinks" printed lu
largo letter on it. lie exclaimed.
"Well, .look, bore's Jin that tolls the
truth at ony rule. Hut any dauged
tool kens that cast Iron wad sink."
Ilt-r Cliiilci-.
Utice upon a time a Young I'erson,
by Dint of frugality, had accumulated
a Wad. and. the 'iinn of Millinery
( cnlngs Inning co.-e. It was now Hp
to her.
'.'Shall I." she mused lu no small anx
iety, "make tu Wad look like SO .cents,
or shall I trim my own hat and thus
make myself look like So cents?"
As the Shrewd Homier will doubtless
liuxe conjectured, the l'ihtit of the
matter a Hint Hie Young l'erou pur
cluisisl a Lovely Imported Creation,
costing S.'si Detroit Journal.
oil,) Inir ihhi.
Stern father Now. now. luy tsiy.
Ounrrollni; sguiu ami for n miserable
little hHlfiM'itny?
One of the Hoys Well, you Mild, fn
thor, the less wo utmnvled about the
lettor! London Tit-Hits
X si-i-l ItiMprson.
"What a b.ai, (Iful soluine uf Kutei
son's 'liMty' you lime. Mls Madge.'
"Ye. Isn't li lovely? It's a eiindy
Isjx." ludlaiinisiiu Journal.
IK I'lia t'tlW,
"llugglex. I am korry to hear you
were buruttf out tb other day. Did
yuu lone all your household goods?"
"Yes. but we don't feel so awfully
liad oer it. Lumpkin. We expected
to have to wuvv uext wtvk wtivwav." -
Tlie "cnh" I the most ettliitnon elr
culatlnx eolu of x'hlun. It Is n oopis'r
and xluc pietv atmut the slie of (he
Anierlcau ouirter of a dollar, with a
square hob- m the center for. oouxeu
lc nee lu tr ugiu- niauy of theiu to
Kcther
SHORT NEWS STORIES.
irtlrir' Striniu Hlistit Arm Wliert
lip r;m Ilia Inspiration Uurrn
xtiiritlierlm's i'elmram.
Major Hughes' admiration for the
once miglny Joint L. Sullivan Is m well
known In 'porting circles, says the
f'hikiilelphla Call, that It no longer ex
cites curiosity or comment. The mujor
does not regard the present day cham
pion as being In Hjo same class as the
fitico groat lighter, ami his contempt
sometimes leads htm astray. He and
Jeffries recently met In the same city,
ninl of course the conversation drifted
around to the prize ring and the pu
gilists. "Why." exclaimed the major, "you
fellows wore not In It with Sullivan.
You should have seen hhu In his
pi Inn- He liml the toughest arm that
I ever saw. The muscle" were like
Iron, and It was Impossible to Indent
the flesh."
"Why. Sullivan In his palmiest days
never had an arm such as mine," re
plied Ihe champion.
"Why. that's ridiculous," retorted the
major.
"Well, feel this arm then," and Jef
fries held out his left.
The major felt the arm and found It
as hard ns steel. Thou he thumped on
r v v v si, p , lia
' 1
mK MAJOK FELT TIIK AIISI AND tOUXD IT
IIAI'.D A3 STKKU
It, hut with no bolter result. He might
as well have struck a brick wall for
all the Impression that he made. Ile
tried hard ami long. Then turning to
the champion he said: "Well. I neicr
exiiecleil to see all arm like that. 1
must admit that you liaie Sullivan
heat a block, and I take off my hat to
Villi.
The crowd laughed, and the major
felt uncomfortable.
"Well. It's on you. major," said one
nf Ihe snorts. "You were feeling Jef
ties' game arm. It's done up In a
plaster of pari cast.
XVIn-ri- Mr liul Ills liiailrnlli)ii.
Hvory visitor to Washington fall in
luxe with the National library, the
splendid structure which faces the
fulled Stnlos eapltol. says a Wash
ington correspondent of the Chicago
Tlincs lleinlil Not long ago the otll
clal at'chllec! ot the freneli goxern
nielli was hero, and ho proceeded to go
Inlo inpiuies over the llluary "It Is
the most lu.'lgllltlccllt building or It
son iu tho world." he bald, 'and I
must see the great inn li who designed
11." So ho hunted up Paul I'elx lund
est. artistic I 'mil I'el., whose genius
Hashed foi ill lu the drawings for the
tlnest iiutlillng on the American conti
nent. After paying many enthusiastic
compliments to Mr. I'll, the fretich
man as,cd:
"Of course yon nere educated
abroad?"
"No I was born In (ieriuaiiy," re
piled Pel, "but I initio here a a boy
and stiid'ed In thi country."
"Then you inixel much In Hurupo
oiory Near a few months perhaps'"
"No I bao mil been back to Hil
rope since I ciime over many years
ago"
"Where, then." asked the astonished
strangei. "did you get your Inspiration
for this gteal eioalloti?"
"I absorbed It out of my paw.) like
the boar." was the reply
(uri.n Xlitrulit-rllii'a 'lYIt-uriiiti,
The signature. "Margherlla. povotti
donna" (poor woman of tlio telegram
sent liy (.Micoii .Margherlla lo Cardinal
Prison, archbishop of Naples, at t lie
time of her husband s death Is now
tinned to have beeu due to a lulsilll-
ilei'slauiliiig In the llrst days of her
great grief the queen mother insisted
on answering personally all Hie telo
giain sent to her, although this was
afterward luiposllile. a they were so
uiuiieron A It I a rule not to send
royal autograph telegrams lo the oll'co
they wore at llrst copied by a secretary
or dictated by him to a clerk That
to the cardinal was dictated, and the
ooictary. touched to the heart by the
royal widow's word, exclaimed aftor
the signature "Margherlla" "Hor wo
man." which the clerk uiccliaulcally
tisik dowti. not iiiitlcli; the change of
olce. and so It went lo the telegraph
otllee The secretary. eellii. the ills
culon and cnniuiutlou which Ihe
word aroused, at tlrsl did not confess
the mistake.- Pull Mall (iaxotte
No CliHrsr fur tlio lllaoulla.
An mousing Incident occurred to
Princes Victoria of Wale during her
recent tllt to the CuiuhcrlNud lakes,
says the Dundee Journal The prince
and puny, who bad boon cycling, rode
up to a station In order to out rain for
another mrl of the district They wore
tired and duty and lu waul of some re
freshuiout There was no time to leave
the station, and a messenger was soul
to a neighboring hotel and roluriiisl
with a waiter, w ho took an order for
some lemonade ami biscuit
"What sort of people arc ihoy?" lu
quired the landlady when Hkcd a to
the charge.
"Oh. ordinary people," replied the
waiter, lu bliful IgoorNUve.
"Ah. pulr things, just charge them
for Ihe '.cinotLlile and never udnd the
biscuits," said the proprietress.
It cttuie a a surprise lo tiei hi I or on
to lts.ni that she bail Iwu eutertaln'mi
royalty anaware.
In the manufacture or n pocket knife
In fninee workmen are employed
for the handle hp,) blade, l.s for n utile
tnlfe. ! for clor ami H for rai.in
"There's no time like the hvoiu "
aal the young colic so ouui as It tun
ed oi er to bl "uncle" he wat"h In
grandfather bad given Ului lsi blrh
day -Syracuse lloruld.
The I longs I cai-ilry which isnist
lutes ttio Isk1 giuml of Hi,- guxe-iie
geuerjl nd a W4 r iistsj as far
tsick as 1771.
DON'T SPRIiMT IN PARIS.
From the account of his adventures
lu Paris given by a young American
artist lately returned after a visit to
the exposition It Is dangerous to run
Id the streets of the f rench capital.
"1 often ruu to catch a car here,"
fays the now enlightened young man.
"and I tried It over there with a tram.
It was Just outside the Kcole Mill
talre. The tram was. not far, and I
totild easily have c.-.ught It, hut 1
hadn't gone many yards when a big
soldier with a sword and a gun Jumped
nut and called 'Halte!' I am not big
nnd I had no gun. so I halted. The
big soldier then made me a speech la
freneli. though I told him 1 was lu a
Miiri Ho seemed to be looking over
my hind, which I thought at the time
was done fot effect, to make me feel
my insignificance. I kept on saying
Dill, oul!" like n scared guinea pig o
,hn. i ,.o d with hlru. but he kept up
Iii oration, looking over my head all
the while, until the tmni was gone.
When the tram tin ned tho comer, 1 got
mad and said. 'Oh. you go to Halifax!'
And then the brass buttoned Idiot drop
pod Ids arm and let me pass.
Afterword, when I told X. about
It. he said the soldier thought I und
come from as!ihiatlug the shah of
Persia or the president. X- -ay the
soldiers ami gendarmes In Pari! al
way think that when they see any
one running In the street. Nobody
over runs to catch a tram In Purls
They only run wheu they have assas
.mined somebody. The soldier was
not looking oer my head merely for
ofToet Ile was looking to see If the
gendarmes were coming after me, and
n nn i I told him lo go lo had nothing
lodo with hi lolling me pa He let
ine pass as soon as lie llioitglil enough
tunc had olnpsid lo allow any
getidurine who might he In inr.till of
me m home in sight. The Purls
gendarmes are made up more for looks
than prliil!ng. I guess X. knows all
about it lie has lived a long time lu
Pari."
lt Olll XltlSHIMT.
How to abate the smoke uuNance Is
n problem which ha been before the
public for centuries i'iissler'9 Maga
.Ine, In an article on the subject, says
Hint while substantial progress has
been made the exploits of etaiiks and
half Informed people haw- (ended to
retard a per feel solution of Ihe ques
lion William II Itryaii who writes
the article, gives Ids Ideas for a ru
tlimal solution or the problem Ito
guiding the antiquity id llie question,
lie says: "The emission of smoke, of
ten densely ulnck. has accomp illicit
the ue uf soft or bituminous coal from
the earliest times. It wai from the
first acknowledged to he a public
tiulanct' and has long been the object
of repressive legislation. Its harmful
effect on M'gelutlou was noted cen
turies ago. ami II was believed eien to
be poisonous to the human system. To
Mich piopoi'iloii liml till nuisance
glow ii In the reign of King L'dward I
Hull the people ol London petitioned
thin ihe iie of 'sen' coal be prohibited.
A law lo this ellot-l was accoidlngly
enacted, with Hie extreme penalty of
death Such a meastite was. however,
too radical, and II became necessary
lo inodlfy the law, but the agitation
of the sullied tins continued to this
day "
"Crnlriih" hs mi lltirtn ClueL,
The freneli. If we may beiee the
flgiiru. me in tlio way to solve Hie
question ol early rising our f.ngllsh
methods me empirical and uuiellnhlo
The professional nwakeiiei who makes
a precarious living in districts ubeto
the early wuker sleeps nan himself
he overcome by slumber, and even the
policeman who In Hie small hours may
lie soon pulling Hie string which cum
muiilcaio with (ho baker's too may
have moie piossing business to call
him away The fionelimiitt ha re
iminhoioil tit) i Ihe central telephone
ollloe l iiwak- all night. So ho give
notice of the hour at which lie wishes
to be awakened and is rung up accord
Ingly To this end one must have the
telephone in one's bedroom And it
must require sonic practice to sleep
well with the potential ring at one's
car 1. on. Inn chronicle
HhhIIIIciiiIiiii. r I'mich llrpnllea,
A candidate tor Hie freneli chamber
of deputies must bo '."i years of age
and an elector ami iniisi have complet
ed hi lerins of compulsory service or
otherwise fulfilled Hie requirements
of the military law There l.s no prop
crty quiihticntlun of any kind. Hence
the (HMiresi oltlroii who call find a
sulllelcnt iiiiiiiUt of electors ready to
vo'" for hi in encounter uo monetary
stumbling block on the road In the
Palais IIoiiiIhiu The result I that
tunny men isism.smiI of no financial re
source pi, -soul themselves as c.lltdl
dates. Had a certain number of gen
tlenien who succeed In attaining the
jHisliion of deputy, with Its emolument
of '.'." francs n day. draw a larger lu
come a pailiaiiioutary representative
than they would easily- oarti In other
rapacities l.onilou Daily Mall
r'lrat lo snlntr Ihr Ih liniim.
"The tlrsi foreign vessel." niys te
Pulludelpl. ,i Itisstrd "lo salute the
uew I tilled stnios lsinlosiilp Alahami
which Is lying ol iiiicbur otr Cramps
shipyard, wa the Spanish sieauislil
Irurak Hat. which arrived here from
Hllbuo. Siu. looiled niib Iron ore
It was plettsaui lo s. aftor the recent
war with Spalll Die vessel din her nil
ors to l bo big .MiiIsi ma n she kiss,hI
ou uer way io con kicIiuioihI wharf
The warship did uoi roiuru the salute,
of course, Ncoordlug io iue rule In in,
tn nous uaiie not lo dip colors in
merchant tess(u. as too much iim..
WOUld lH tHkeU Ull IU lllis.irv-ln,. H...
praeth-e Hut ihe Incident was pin
b-s t i vine or importance In the lib
torj t( ihe uew warship. "
lis IiIuniiIIo lulrllrt-l.
She What are von tlihain.. ni....
" S HWUI,
Hurry?
He Nothing.
She-Aren't you afraid of overtaxing
our brain. d.Mr?Detrolt Pr.-o prs
IV mau who talk do uios' urium, h.
Igblln nualttte.." rvuiarked I ucle Rnh
......dii. , - . . . . '
UIISMJ KXH UllgUIV Rlllg IHIgS - At
aula Couslltiitlou.
It l said t'.itfi mate the South Auiei
van te-i w i .i.taiu 1 fe maoy Jars
:thi iue paii-t vt hunger
FACTS IN A FEW LINES.
A dealer In artificial limbs estlr te
that 300,000 EnjlUhmen have lost uuf
or both legs.
Id Mexico schoolteachers usually
have a cigar lu their mouth. Eveu
criminal before the bar nre allowed
to smoke.
Common laborers In Spain gel froiu
an to lu cents per day lu the larget
towns ami from '-'0 to UO cents lu Hit
rural districts.
An Egyptian contemporary says: "Out
whole Mnud Is uow girdled with golf
courses. All the world Is no longer n
Mage, but a golf links."
The ltrltNh museum authors' cata
Ingue I uow completed after 'JO year
labor und has cost $200,000. It con
sist of -loi) volumes and "0 supple,
nieuts.
Tho eruption of Vesuvius Is gradual
y Increasing lu Intensity, and the au
t'horltles are taking tho usual prccait
Hons to prevent Imprudent tourist
from approaching too near the crater
An Australian volunteer Is cnrrylng
n bullet lu his brain, Imbedded too
deeply to allow of extraction, and In
declares Hint but for tho knowledge of
the fact he never felt better In Ids life
In England during the past few
years, It I claimed, 140,:i2O form la
borers have been displaced hy ma
chlnery, while the making of the lot
tor. It' I asserted, required only the
labor of 4.IKKI men for one year.
Korsehdorf near Heidelberg, bus a
lively '.ll-yeiir-old blacksmith and
chtirehw union who recently climbed
to the top of the church steeple and
tied a now rope to the bell after the
youngei men In tho village hud refused
to risk themselves.
Comfort powders nre beautiful little
stanzas or torses of courage und good
cheer, written on small papers and roll
ed up like powdered medicines. One Is
to In unrolled, read and enjoyed each
morning. Each one Is a mystery until
Its turn come. And the surprise I a
part of the pleasure.
The Hambleiloti cricket legend
which make England's national gann
take li rise In the little Surrey vd
Inge scarcely mure than 100 years ago
ha long since been exploded. Tin
game was played by the tlklngs and i
certainly Identical uho with the "clttl
bull" of the fourteenth century.
Sw ItT.oi land litis not until uow been
noted as a center for steel production
though her engineers have long held 'i
high po o'l in the mechanical world
Itcccntly. howeter, a company has
been ful tiled to work tho great deposit
lu the Hcrtioso Oheilaud, whore there
me many million tons of ore available
u t ci aging ."st per cent of Iron.
About ull that a Chinese gelitletnau
wauls tu practice the profession ot
medicine I to declare himself n doclot
and go to work curing or killing people.
its tl jsc iiuiy be, nt the rate of als it
'.' cent per visit. If a patient persist
lu dying In spite of the drugs and lu
caillntiiilis presented by his Celestial
physician, it Is uo fault of the doctor.
South Carolina negroes have started
a now Industry hy the liaml picking ot
phosphate lock. During the summet
they anchor boats on the C'oosttw rlv
ec. which Ik from 17 to 'J." feet deep,
liml dive for Hie fertilizing rock, some
times bringing up a fragment weighing
Km) pound The phosphate from th
river bid Is the most valuable known
People lu Honolulu indulge III a hev
erage known ns "swipe." It Is the mi
live beer of Hawaii and Is a dangerous
concoction The principal articles used
In II manufacture ate sugar, coin,
pineapple root and Chinese ginger
bran. Irlh potatoes and sliced plueap
pie It Is fermented after Nlandltig
four or five days, and then It Is ready
for use.
lteds are comparatively scarce In
l!uhi, and many well tu do houses
are still unprovided with thorn Pea
ants sleep on the top of their oven,
middle class people and servants toll
themselves up lu sheepskins uud lay
down Hear stoves, soldiers rest Upon
wooden cols without bedding, and II I
only within the Inst few years that
students iu school have been allowed
bed
Itorlm last year for the llrst lime
registered over I.(Kki.(hkI strangers who
had visited the city lonnu. which
funnel ly bud uo .e visitors than Her
tin. counted only a few over ."imi.imni
lu I will and was surpassed by Munich
with CiiO.ihm). Dresden had over half
u million visitors, Hamburg. Lelpsk
: in I Zurich each about -PHMNmi ami
Suit t en it. Itasel and Dnsseldorf each
uie,i quarter of a milllou
Passengers on far western railroads
are being iidvbod to carry gnu with
llieni and not to slumber al night
There is no lolling when a lone "holder
up" may begin operations In a sleeping
car If nno good, wide awake nan
wiili bis wits, accoiiqmnicil by a llrst
class sl.x shooter, about hlin should us
M'li hluiM lf. Hie highwayman wuiild
hot be apt to leave Hie train unless he
Weill feel llrsi on a frelcher
What might have proted a tery , ri
mis accident ou the (iraiul Itaphis and
Indiana railroad was ateried by the
smallest Incident during .1 lecout heavy
Monti at llig Itapld. Mich A freight
car wa blown from the side track
upon the iiialu Hue, but while it wa
being pushed forward by ibo wind Ihe
switch light was also turned so that
the rtsl light was visible. The operator
discolored It just at ihe proper mo
tiient
Devotees of golf are found of refer
ring to It as -tho ancient ami royal
gamu." It u probably more royal and
certainly more ancleui than inosl of
them hate any Idea of. At all event
a pictured iiihlot was recently unearth
ed nt CurcliemlMi, the old capital of
th Hlttites. whereon are depleted men
uud women engaged In a pastime
which. If not esactly golf as plated at
res.ru, u anything extraordinarily
like It
Tr li.
one can hear hotter with the mouth
open t u, Uut. a fact which may be
terlfled by stopplug the oars while
pacing tilroU8U a rullwiJ. tu)Ut., ttli,
',f !; """""t and huttlug on.-'
mouth. Ihe mcri.. lu the volume of
found the mouth U open imut
be MH-rlenlbapprjciatHi.
Do. tor -I, afraKj 6ur h , ,,
doesn t get enough ercle.
Mrs De Style-Well, he'll be esercl
)