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About Bandon recorder. (Bandon, Or.) 188?-1910 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 31, 1901)
BANDON R ECO R DEP. I f Purrrat n IWitro .Mlnatrwt. Krom almost tin- beginning of Ainerl enn Rtnge history there wen negroes of the minstrel variety Impersonated on tho'stngo, though It wiih not until about 1SI0 Unit they wore orgnnlzcd Into bunds. Sonic of tin; greatest actor of Inter days lind their experience as niln strcls, mining them .loo .IcITcrsoii iiml IMvvIn Forrest. I'orrest was given m negro "song mul dunce" net to do when lie huh very (nunc iiml nftiT In. inn) studied It tip o asked where was tln "old negro inly" Unit wiih to ni't Ids assistant In Hit piece. Tlie itinungcincnt tried sev irul of tlio women who wore members iif tln coiiiimny, lint none of them would consent to blacken up, iiml, In fiict, they wore very Indignant over t lie proposition. Tin1 ni'lor, however, wits luil ciiNlly discouraged, iiml on Hie night of tin1 tlrst performance lie blnek riied tit 'Kxl went iiroiind t lie corner to uu old ni'Kro woman who did his wash Iiii;. "Hello, Dlnnh," lie hmIiI on entering. "How yn' I r fi't'lln din licry linn I'belllu'." "Hello, yo'," replied the African Indy, "'I'cnrs to ine yo' mil er liery fresh nig ger." "I'zo no nigger." miHwered Km rent, mid then. Ilnie being rather shoit. he iiNuiiuied IiIh iinturiil voice mid lohl HI nnh, much In her surprise. Unit he was Forrest, the nctor, nod Hint he wmiteil her to go on the stage with him Hint 1 1 1 tr 1 1 1 mid laugh loudly lit freiiieiit In tervnli, which wiih nil the feuuilc pint I'lillcd for. The two tiniile n great hit iiml were kept on fur some time, which i(oe lo nIiow Hint Forrest might Iiiivc heeii n good minstrel Iiml he heeu of nn ambitious nnlnre. Saturday I v I'lilnu I'nsl A Crti-liilia Cnlnlinl, A trnveler In South Afrlen witnessed not Ion hIucc n singular couilml. lie wns musing one morning, with his eyci in the ground, when he nollccd n out- erplllar ernwllng ulntig nt n rnpld rnte, I'ursiilng It I til WIIH II host of Slllllll hlnek mil k llclug tpilckcr In their uiovciuciiIh, the nut would cntch up wllh the enter plllnr, mid one would mount IiIh hnek iiml hltc him. I'mislng. the cnteipllliir would turn IiIh heitil mul title mid kill hit torinentor. After slaughtering n dozen or more of his pcrsccutorM the caterpillar showed slum of fatigue. The nuts uuide n (Unbilled iitliick. Ite taking IduiHcir lo u stalk ot gruss, the "iitctplllar cllmlied up the tree lull Hint, followed liy the nut m. An one approach cd he seined II In Ids Jmwm mid threw It ntr the stalk Tin" ants, seeing t lint the citterplllnr Iiml too strong u piiMltlou for them to iivcrcoine, resorted to strategy. They began sawing through the grass stalk. In n few uiluulcN the Htnlk fell, mid hundreds of mils pounced upon the fnllen caterpillar. He wiih killed lit once, mul the victors marched off In Went triumph, leavlni: the foe's body Upon the Held. Polly Larkin. oi.-... I 9 99 4MMMts9sft9 Tin; hour spent ut the dinner tnhle should Ihj the hniijilest, merriest hour oftliedii.v, hut It Is anytliltiK but tlmt lit tiimi.v homes. In fact, the incuihurM of some households seem to make It n point to nlr all their grievances, real or fancied, complain at the cook. the viands on the tnhle, mid succeed In making DVeryotheriiietiilH'rof the fam ily so wretched that they are Kind to hasten through the meal and excuse themselves. Meanwhile Hie trouhle brewcr Is seemingly enjoying hlm-clf mid Is the last one to leave the tnhle. ihey nuiy not Intend to make things m utterly niiileasaiit mul would lie sur prised If anyone should accuse them of hehigan out mid out grumhlcr, hut that iIim not atone to the rest who Imvc to culler from their Ignorance. It Is mi easy to drop nil iinpleiisiititsubjii'ts and each one make It a Mile to conlinethcitf selves only to topics and incidents that will Ih liiterestiugmidmuuslui; In place of causing frowns of displeasure and rt-llesstiess that are enough lit them selves to Impair one's digestion and lirlug on a lit of the Hues. While some arc really not unpleasant and will not grumhtc mid complain In season and out of season they ilo the next best tiling to It. They hasten through the meal in Hllenee never taking their eyes oil' their plate only long enough to motion to have something passed to them, hardly deigning to Is- civil "Klttlo JJopeep'' is still looking tor her long lost sheen, etc. Then theru ure brownies.' plllous, ugly little custom ers, that are enough to bring on mi at tack of nightmare. There are golf pll lows and the Stanford and State L'nl versify fads galore. None of them are remarkably pretty, but the fashion for a' that. Then there are some Is.-ntitles, delicate, rellned, and lit forthedalutlest couch hi the land. They are Moral de signs, Is'aiitlfiil crush roses, pink as Ail rora's linger tips, or rich velvety erlm hmi petals painted or worked on a white sntin ground. There are figures and heads paliitnl on canvas, and even leather cushions ornamented with a burned design. There is something for everylssly, from the old bachelor In his own iptlet'den to the lincst lady lit the hind. BRIEF REVIEW. Law A cellist Trailing Sklrti. There will Isjlio lx-d niggled skirts iie on the women of Vienna after Hie pres ent date If they olncrve the law. The local Council has directed all women frisUi'iitiug the public parks mid gar dens to hold up their skirts IT tliey would otherwise trail u ) k n the ground. The reason for this measure Is rather puerile. The notice vtateM that these inelostires an; ilevotisl to the recreation of persons desirous of escaping from the dusty town, and therefore the author! thsi object to Hie dust iH'ing swept In to heaps by the trailing skirts, Kveii so far back as the reign of Kdward I long trains were do rlgueiir. Tills Is whatoneof the monkssaid; "I lieardot enough to make the mpicst In words or a pioud woman w ho worea while dtess Ilia 'rlirorr A novel explanation of tin. cause nt thunder hIiowcih was once given n so journer In a little Nnvn Scotia town by one of the liihiililtiiutH. "Do yon know what makes tliun derV" the Novi Scotlau lniulicd of IiIh gucHt "Pc got a tliisiry of my own, mid I call It a pretty good one." "I Hhotild like to hear It," wiih the diplomatic icpty "Well," miIiI the host slowly, "ni) Idea Is this: Von know we heat' about the air circulating mid circulating all Hie time My notion Is Hint the pure nlr from above comes down here In summer and gets foul with all the smoke and dirt ami grease, and then the heat drives It up again Into the clouds, mid when It gets up there It's ptcsscd on all round by the clouds colli' lug together, and It explodes! That's my theory. Of course," he added, with becoming modesty "other folks ina.i hnve others " Vonth's Companion. to acknowledge the courlesy. It is a selllsh spirit and one not calculated to make the parly agreeable company. llieie Is another disagreeable trait that Is aired more or less at the dining tablennil that Is the head of the house hold or some other incmlicr of the fam ily completely Ignoring the rest and devoting themselves exclusively to the newspaper. No one must talk to them or ask them any iptcstioiis unless it may !m', perchance, to renew mimic dainty on their plate, and then It is not al ways accepted with a very gisxl grace, for It breaks the trend of their thought or the news item and they may have to re-read a line. I'olly thsw not like this mode of living. There are w few hours In the day when the entire family can Ih together for an interchange of Ideas ami a happy social time together ex cept at meal time, and I don't believe in any lufiingciueiit of the rule that should Ih a golden one In every family. There should Is' no hair ways alsiut It. Leave trials, troubles and tribulations to some other hour in the day and bring your happiest, brightest thoughts ami your sunniest smile to the table wlthyou, Vou will have no need of an appetler then. a long train, which, trailing be- as witlt hind her raised a dust even so far the altar and eruelllx. Hut as she left the church and lilted up her dress on account of the dust, a certain holy man saw the devil laughing. lie asked him the cause, and Hie devil replied, companion of mine was Just now sit ting on the train ot that woman, using It as a chariot, but when she lifted It ut she was shaken oil' Into the dust am! so ! laughed.'" Evidently Hie local an thoritiesln Vicuna are somewhat anil (plated in their notions HIS DAYS NUMBERED. I A FAMOUS BEAUTY'S RESCUE j PRESIDENTIAL LIGHTNING lit lllil I'liur CiiuIUIi i:iri'llnn. The onlj enulcM which occurred at Hatton within historic memory wits curious enough. Sir Mark Wood, who had heeu one of Its members for sever al .vcais. had as Ids "si I league In the parliament of s2 Sir William Con greve, the Inventor of Hie famous "Cnn greve rocket " The latter resigned in I Sill, mul the baronet wished Ids own sou to Hit the vacancy There wcte only three uteri In Hie constituency. Sir Mink, his son and butler, named Jennings, but as the son wns away mid the butler had iunrielcd with Ids muster an oppot (unity was af forded for a singular revenge. Jen ulligs refused to second Sir .Mark's Humiliation of IiIh sou and proposed himself, and n deadlock wns averted only by Sir Mark coining to terms with Hui rcfriH'lorv butler, whose nomlna thin he soeonihsl In order to Induce him to act as seconder to his son Matters being thus put fonnnllv In train. Sir Mark unmixed with Jen iilugs that the former's rote slnnild he nloiic given, and Hie tlnal state of the miII rtt Cation's only known contest stisid Hun Wood (Tnryl. 1: Jennings (Wide). 0 - Westminster (liuette llrr CrlralUI I'rrilrnllal.. "Put It dow n thar." said (he old iiinii to the obituary writer, "Hint she wu )'-' mi likely fer her nge." "Tlint'N ilow ii." "That she wut never known ter peak n cross word, belli deef an dumb from childhood " "All right." "Thnt she Is now at rest uu Ahrn brim's bosom- Hut hold on! Ain't that vvhar l.imirus lr "I think so." He paused a moment n If In deep thought Then he siild. "No matter! Put It down that she' tliur. tuo. fer ef ever l.ainrus sees her eomln he'll vacate an hunt snot her reatln place. 'Sides Hint, fie' been tlmr too long anyhow!"-Atlanta Constitution. The (prill gnnleuer Implhsl much more a few generations ago than It ilis'R loilny Voitng men paid heavy premiums to get In as apprentices mi der learnisl gardeners, and vv hen at the eiiil of the term Hie were Invested with tbe "blue npron" most of (hem would compare fnvoruhly In general Intelligence with the graduate or our tuisUru uulvirUK'. A conversation of a gioiiti of ladles at i mm'IiiI gathering hsl to this theme. One of the ladles said, "I Kistvely (Iliad the meal-time, particularly on a rainy day, for the children have to stay in Hie hntiso mul tliey get m rentier's mid noisy that there Is no cuibllig their Isilstcnius sphlt. Their father wants to read his paper during Isith breakfast mid dinner time mul he frowns at their questions and their noisy conversation, mul amis them to keep still until I am nearly wild. The uical time is aiiyiuiug nut a Happy Hour In our household. The chlldien are disgusted, ilon't half enoy their food, their father feels abused mul coinplmiis that every tiling Is cold, when the whole trouble lies in the fact that lie has allowed his dinner to get cold while lie scanned the Hew "papers." . "Thai is what I call a downright I'lct f selllshness," said one of the group. "Thnt wns one of the rules made in our home when we wen iiinr lied ami went to housekeeping, Hint no mcmls'i'iif the family should ever bring a licvvspaH'r to the table unless It was to read sonic mlldc aloud for theaniliv' ineiilof all. It winked like a chaim. and the time spent around our round table, Is' It breakfast, lunch or dinner, are Hie happiest hours of the day. I mm to have niv table as nicely and daintily set, with Mowers on the table, if only two or three fein leaves or a spiig of nialdeii-lialr, and everything well iisiked as though we were expect ing guests. We simply do not allow any unpleasant subjects In ls'dlcus-.,sl. i:erylssb, , as five to get oil their Jokes, stale or new, as tliey me to cluck their walnuts. They can dl-ciis the oK'in, Melhn, the ipits'ii of song, .Mine. (IndsM, Mine. Notdlca, andltbe ret of the stai, the theaters, Usiks mid any thing ami everything that will add to Hie mirth, iulrilf Hvcucm and enlov- incut of our little family. We do not unit any is'pttneor any other dyspep sia medicine In our household. We take our time for our meals if we have to hasten during every other hour In the day, and lu fact every inemls'rof the family looks forward to the happy hour together and an' loth to break (lie charmed circle." The rest of the group looked Im anil did not state whether their families wen' addicted to reading the lU'WspaerH at the table or not, but the two family histories so thomughly aim! iiittst have put the nut to thinking. Well, I have sent enough time air ing (lie skeleton In other imiple's eh, ets, and I am going to say Minu'thlug alsnit the various fads In sofa cushions and pillows for the holidav Many of the designs lean tow an! the gntoMUe, and .Mother (hsw's Me, nlc have contributed no small iitimls r of the designs. Then Is " Little Hoy llliie, come blow your horn, tluvsluvp's In theiucndow , thei-ovvs's In the corn," and It Is prinbsl lu colors hi plain that there can te no mistake In working It lu the pnijHr enlnivd tilU or icphyr j A New London RcstjurJat. lucre Is a famous site In London whelc once stiswl the palace of Crom well, Larl of Ihscx, and al'terward tin hall of the Draper's eompanv. Here will Is- opcntsl lu a few days one of tin most temarkable mid magnificent res' tauraiitH lu Loudon, the Throgmorlon It is the nlnctii'iith century develop 1 1 ni 1 1 of the old eating-houses of tin city, lu which you dived dawn a few- steps Into a musty apartment when very plain Usui, lint gissl wine, was piofiirnhlc. At the Throguiortou Hi proprietors havedived to miiiic purpost They have dived and tunneled ami have constructed a restaurant of thru1 llisirs underground, which appaignlly consists chlelly of long gallerlen, all lux uriously lilted and furnished. The kitchens ate a dream of culinary n Murecfuhics. The cellars are such that Hie Willi's can ls kept at the exact temperature gmd for their health, and tliegrlll-risuii Is souiethlug to make inn look back witlt illsdaln to the old dnv. when the hungry city man used to per sunnily select his chop or steak at Hint ulster's, the butcher, and hurry oil witlt It lu paper to one of the places where he might have It grilled lor a penny, with bread and condiments. Kffrclivf Ahum Clock. A man named Simon Wolf of Ksscn, (ieriuauy, lias iuvcutisl a contlnuou riltglug alarm elm'!; that prevents tin fatal "another nap." It Isilliectlyeoie neetcd to the Ih.iI, and It is imtossiblt for the shi'per to stop it until he gets up to stay. I nilerneatli tlie Ihm! i scrh". of contact Hiints, the weight ot Hie person forcing them together. A eliH'K is iimii in conms'tloti with the apparatus, and as sisiu as the hour of rising is Indicated the remaining open lug or hi ca k In the wire is closed, the curivnt passing thmngh the contact jHilnts underneath Hie Issl and causing the Ih'II to ring continuously until the slii'per, liy leaving the U'd, bleaks the circuit. Should lie lie down again the circuit is again completed and thclsdl rings until thc-sMmd rising. Viriuu Trlrphonr Sbltiom. Two new telctdionc stations have la-en erected at Vienna, which replace the old Installation, this lm lug provnl llisutltcieut to meet the demand-. The two central stations make cimutvtinn at piis-ent with l'.',ui subscribers In lite city and suburl, and have a mal mum capacity of :ti),tKi) sulmcrilH'rs, The ground Ihsir is iK'cuplisI by various olllces mul public telephone cabinets. On the upjH'r Ihsir are sevend large halls, well lighted and ventilated, which contain Hie Intermediate sw itchlmards and connecting Isuinlsof the station. The Indian isipulation of the I'ulteil Slates Isnlsnit '.IIT.tisI, of which nvelveadally nitlon. The ration Isstnsl and Its value vary ncconllttg to the triN'. Nearly two-ill'lhs of the iiuiiiIst nvelvlng rations U'long lo the gn'nt Sioux nation. The nunils'r of nsinis In a house, of windows or doors lu n nm, even of rungs on a ladder, In Slam must always ls mid. Ku'U uiuuK'rs an' unlucky. The constant lalsvr of four iersons for an entire- pearls ruiulnsl topnsluce.i cishuiero shawl of the lsst ipinlity Theillmivery of diamonds I resrtcd from the Htnte of Oaxacn lu Mexico. Tlie Units .in' uinde lu river gravel. I'.nsseiigers ou tbu ii" system who tune rldileii the better part of a day tlnoiigli western Nebiu'ua and eastern " dorado will M-mcuibcr the prairie log lie Is linincioiis In that section of the country. He liven in villages, and Hie villages are as c!oe together us the villages of certain parts of Kurope Hut the prairie dog ha had his day. I'he agricultural depnrttni'Ut says he must go. Mr. Wilson Iiih decided that Hie dogs kill the grass and ruin good Kia.lng land. "Tnma .lira" ban little uf the love of plctiireiiucness In his make up. He Is eminently practical, mul his philanthropy l of the type which seeks to make two blatlei of ginss glow Instead of one. Therefore lie proposes to relegate the prairie dog lo the picture books and to the stuffed -pccluictiH of the museum nlniiz with the buffalo. Mr. Wilson's chemist have discover cd a mixture which will make whole villages light for the tlrst bite, but which at the last stlngelh like a serpent and blteth like ru adder. I'mlcr Hi 111 tlueiice the hole that knows the prairie ib g will know It no more forever. Tlie frisky, nervous, barking little beast will Join the Innumerable caravan of pialrle dugs who hnve gone before. I'here will be more grass when the prairie dog Is gone mid therefore more entile. There will he less broking of tlie legs of the cowboys' ponies, nnd the rattlesnake will live alone In the hole until the summons comes for him nlso, As nature nbhors a vacuum so does civilization despise a "varmint" sive lu the shape of the human form divine lies Moines News. Iiulliina (.ronlnu; In .N'noilif ri, 'With the end of warfare against the Indians." said Mr. C. T. Halloy of fiali. "the red man has begun to In ci ease lu number. There Is n popular supp'isitn n that the Indians are going the vva. of the buffalo and that It Is hut a matter of time until the race will be extinct It did seem thnt tills would he the case a number of years ago, but now that the tribal wnrs are nt an end mid the Indian b.is learned better than lo make vvnr on the whites the prog- less of extermination has censed, nnd lliougli tlie inciease III tlie race Is so small that the government otllclnlly takes the view that It Is standing still Hie tide of Increase has set In. The gain Is vcrv small. It l.s true, but still It Is a gain, with every prospect of Its In cicaslng from jenr lo year. If the gov- eriiuienl should continue Its present paternal policy toward the Indian from an i uoinlc viewpoint, this Increase would not he desirable, but the red man is becoming nn agriculturist and self supporting citizen, and In time the gov ei n nu n t bounty he receives, based as It is ou right principles must cense. It Is foi the benefit of the Indian that this should . m."- Washington Post. nirrlenii lliinmr Too Much 1'iir Illm, All Luglish couple, Mr. nnd Mrs. Douglas Chamberlain, who arc travel ing In lids ciiiiutry. were recently the victims of a heaitlcss practical Joke on the p'irt of an American whom they met ou u tialn lu the west, lie told them t' nt if tliey wished to see n typ- leal fioiiticr town they ought to stop nt Denver. I pou his advice they pur chased such luxuries ns would he need ed in thai crude village, such as n mi- vale bathtub, vvltli alcohol lamp for healing the water, etc. The wng In formed Mr. Chamberlain Hint guests nt the Denver hotels were suppoied to wash lu a tin basin on a bench In the back tnid When he saw Denver, he wns usioulslieil, nnd as lie explained to Hie hotel man the reason vvhv he brought along the private bathtub he wns unable to uudcrsiaud the mlitli of that gentleman or to fathom the mo tives of his Informant. If lu ! Wnler In ('nlciills sirrrta, After not raining for a long time it mined very hard lu India, and Hie re- cut letters and newspapers fiom Cal- nt In describe the lloisllug of thnt city. where the water stood Jo inches deep In the slieets People went about In boats and wagons, ami ns the lulcs of the road were suspended for the time thcie was a great mil up In the more crowded Ihoioughfnics. In some places pcilesiiiuiis uncled up to their nocks nnd lu others up to (heir knees. Scoies uf natives went about the sliced spear ing llsli I he Ilsh tanks hail been ovciilovved, and It was good iKhiug in nil the principal streets, especially In the celebrated Maldan. A native clerk who wns M i e lu arriving at his olllce excused himself b saving that In wading to Ids place of business he was much annoyed by the fish, one uf hich jumped out of the w titer mid hit III ill lu throve tmllr Murahnll's Walk ler a Un man llrldxc al Maifura. Writing of "The Loveliest Woman io All America." William Perrlne. In Ihe Ladles' Home Journal, recalls the thrilling adventure of Emily Marshall, tlie famous llostoo beauty, at Niagara Kalis. She, with Nathaniel P. M Mia and a young, ungainly college student. Job Smith, attempted to go under the (alls, lu those days a perilous undertak ing. A 'ter they had proceeded a short ilisinuee under the sheet of wnler there was a iiimbllng noise hoiI a commotion, nnd a purl of the ledge which formed the pa Hi disappeared, cuttlrij Miss Marshall off from her companions by nn abyss six feet In width and leaving her hut a snuill stone In the swirling torrents to stain! upon. In tin nimotloii Job had Iss'ii for gotten, hut Instantly a ray of hope shot Into Willis' heart when he saw his iug- tp-d features, his sandy nmr piasiereu over hl roielienit, tils scant v ureas clinging to his form like a skin and ids hand trembling on the poet's shoulder he steadied his steps. Without say- Ink' what he Intended to do he crept lown entefiilly to tlie edge of the foam ing nhyss till he stood up to hU knees in the breaking bubbles. It seemed i til - possible thai he could rencli the lovely ci eni in c or Hint she could Jump for- vvnnl safely fiom the slippery rock In to Ids nruis. 'WHIN eo vol od his eyes lu fear and wonder. The next moment when he opened them thcie lay at his feet the ipilvciiug nnd exhausted girl. Job was uciiily -oven feet high. He had flung himself over the gulf, caught the rock with tils lingers mid with certain death It he missed his hold. Miss Marshall had (pilckly walked over his body In Its bridgellke postuie At this moment the guide relumed with a rope, fastened It nroutid one of .lull's foot nnd drugged him back through Hie whirlpool. When he lecoveied from Ids immersion, ho fell ou his knees In a prayer of thanks lu Cod. lu which the poet ami the beau ty ib-vollllv jollied him." HE ASP, RED TO OFFICE. Anil llr Will Vi-lfr I'nrierl Ills I'lral I, (-SHI, II III I'.itltli-a, Hue Delioiler who hopes sonic day lo he elected to the legislature Jollies the leporiei's by saying thai he used le be a member of the craft. One of them, who prefers evidence to bare as set t Ion. asked the political aspirant all about It nnd cxloiied Ibis reluctant explanation. Well Just between you mid me, P wns this vvii) . My father ran a weekly pnpoi down In Indiana, and It was the ti.ti tv or-.-an lu the coiiutv. When I got hotiie liom college. I made up niv mini that I was about line to he the loik of emu is The old gentleman to'il that I wns pretlj raw, but he a'ieed to be iii v strategy hoard and aid ho reckoned he could pull me through If I'd obey older mid make no moves uu niv own lesponslblllty. I can so,, now that he wiih a grent gen end. Inn mi know how heady n young fellow Is define the world has bumped him a few times. "So I put up whnl I thought was a teat scheme nnd kept It from the gov ernor. I he truth Is Hint I thought him Just a little slow for my class. The man against me ou the opposition tick et lived lu another town, nnd we tun. never met So I went over there, told him that I wns n reporter from tny fn- thcrs paper and proceeded to get hl plans for making the light We had a delightful Inlk for nn hour, smoking hU cigar, and sampling the Juice of the grape from Ids own vineyard. I wns tis tickled for words IIII I got ndout tin If way home. Then I'd liked to hnve gone Into a faint. It Just dawned upon ine that my smooth host hadn't told me a confounded thing nnd had got out of me my cainniiliiii to the minutest details I wns beaten to a standstill, and the old gentleman advised lilt to move." Detroit Free Piess. tti.rm'a franl. .Xrrpd Hang Student In llel and llr Won, "Tin lightning mused me to bet on the presidential election lu lS'IO." said h Wall street man. "and I won. I'm not more superstitious than the average Individual." continued the man. "although m act would Indicate the eoiitriirv I was a young man In a law otllce in a Kentucky town. My pr ptor had pasted over hl desk a poster lolltnllllng the poltfalts of nil of the .niulldiites. I.lmoln ami Hamlin. Ilreekiiiriilge nnd Lane. Douglas and Johnson nnd Hell nnd Kveielt. The postor contained the platforms of the vniioiis parlies There wn.s some tin eertiilnt.v In that enmpnlgn. Mj pre .epi.if was an enthusiastic Doiiglss man and wanted to bet all he had on his i nnillilate. It wns my tlrst experi ence lu a presidential eitmpalL'ti. am! 1 had a fool notion Hint Hell and Kverett would be elected. I lind never made a money bet. hut I was aching to take up niv Hlnckstoiilaii preceptor, although I lucked nerve "Cue dn.v there wns a thunderstorm. Tin- lightning loosened a number of itiincs in the town, tlie building In which I wns a law student being one. In oi f Its pranks the lightning cut in the wall mi which that political poster was posted. The result was that tin upticr part of the poster hung down fiom I lie 'vail verlng up all the cnn diiliil' s -mc Lincoln ami Hamlin. Do suite mi sv nipathles for Hell and Kver ett I iina'.'tiieil 1 saw In this condition or the poster the lemlt of thnt election, ami a few davs later when the Doug las ,-ntl-iislnst talked on Ids upper notes mid ulTeieil to bet S'J.' even on his nan I took him up. He was very much astonished to think I would bet on Lin coln -mil llmnllu. He said I wns n voiuu iis and other tilings mid that he would bet with me to teach me a les son Wler the election ho asked tnc how I i-ji iiif tu take the chance, for there weie few Llneoln votes In the town When I told Illm the source of inv Hp. lie grew serious. " Vou have won vuiir Hrst het on a piesldeiitlnl election.' he said, 'hut ro member voting man. lightning never strikes in the same plnce twice' "Hilt It did lu tills eitse I Incolti was re-elei led " -New Vork Sim ORESSAS WELL AS YOU CAN l.n- THE SECOND MAHRIAGE. H icft bron tftt upilr to hit fca ' U throujh Ih ttile'i one lunJtcht ihitt th'j With rotmirrd pc, lit, fmllln tt tlie llpi, but not the tyta nil fern to cue upon im form ttut tin rtrott, cloud wupprJ, '! "He li too fount to live ilone," wc hut, "Thu worain's fair at the Brat, and thea Slie'i dead jrar." Ah, true, ahe'a lain twelve montta beneath the rlay; But. oh, poor glio.it, ahe onh dlea today, Vea, with the prlcat'a amen! "The new llle ellnm aa fondh as the old;" Thera'a lore in blown e)e u there wit In blu:" "lhe grave la fold;" "1he elm, yon know, looks bare without a tne." leu, ah, Pealli makei, when two aoula Inleruta'e. No void plate for the newt "),t this Ida Mrat true flow'r of love may be." Oh. on tlie dead wile's grave why pour out fall) Vet blitrrlr I II mi, The dead la gone forever now, Vti,l Irtirr loie thould garland thla young tm ilun life be bloomleaa all., lauglitt-r and t"lli ting o'er the bridal train tl it through tht-m ilgh upon the love tuned ear f.ow tones of pain, oh hatte and gire Into mine eyet, my wife Till tul tell aoul thai lova Is lore for life Mid lite tirgfnt but here I Jojeph I. C. Clarke In Criterion Matll Una llmiralt. "That naive trust In human honestv thnt one sees here Is distinctly Ameri can, said an Kngllshmnn. nolntliiL- to a letter box "I would like to see a continental busbies, ninn la.v packages HI'! hirit velopes oh the top of the post Isixes. Tliey would be taken be fore the glue of the stamps wns drv There Is another reason why we can't do Hint at home. Our dear old London fogs would wipe out the addtess In short order, and unless tin- collections were recipient the paper would lie re dllced to a pulp A drv 0111111111' 1101 u you Americans talk with a dreadful tinsnl accent, but It shows up yotu honesty."- New Vork Tribune A Jersey City Justice was nsvntly paid a nis.rrls.gv) feu of ten cent. Sulrlitr Cntrlirra In Italy. One of the mot hods of suicide most freiuetitly employed In Italy Is that ut Jumping In front of an express train, says a Home coricspoudctit of a Lou don newspaper. A shun lime ago lhe (ienoa Home expiess tu a run of eight hours wns used no fewer limn four limes ns nn Instrument of death by ns many Individuals who weie tired of life. Tills extraordinary Irciitiency of suicides 011 Hie railway has hsl to tho adoption of a spe ail apparatus to Ik) llxed on the front of Hie locomotives, similar to Hie tovwntchcr used on the American lines lins apparatus Is dc signed to plk up tlie would be suicide and place him lu safety ou a kind uf platform. Dili saving him from death slid giving li 1 in n free railway trip. .V Sulillfr'e Hum Voir. Due of tlie curiosities of tlie Inte elec tion U the vole of this "home:" Total vole wat lie tinei IN 11 Kteubllt-aa tote wit I.-.' niwt IJV Ill lt.publu wajviil., u.rre timet W iH-taustativ tote wat i.t u,tor 14 Where Is the counterpart of such a case In which cvcit phase l a multiple of a isuty oie- Kxi hunge. I.ril In One I llllllt. "Is there anything lu which you ex I celled wUeu you went to school?" ask I til Miss I'ayeiino. "Yes," answered Willie Wellington 1 ''I made more blunders than any othet hay lu the elnss "-Cliu'inn.Hl Kn qulrer. -iHiritrliilr slimlra, A parly of Americans were slttlin: on Hie nppoi deck of a lllilue river boat enjoying the charming scenert. line wns rending aloud from a guidebook slsiul the various castle as they came Into view Just as Ihv Hnt was pass lug one of the finest old buildings a woman in ine psity eielnlmed to tier lompnnluiis -Why. thnt old castle Is Inhabited See. there are blinds at Hie w ludow s," Nn." said a man stniidlni: tiv tier side; "those are the similes of their an eestors " ll l lino's Duty tu I'ri-sonl luu V upeat mire. I Ills stoiv Is told 111 Denver of a man who was once a leading mcrehaul Hieic lu the oailv days of the city he wiiPed its streets, out of work ami uioiie.v He was pool I v clad, but ueiit an I clean lie sought employment from a piosiotetis t'loocr and said ho was willing lo do anything. Tlie mer chain at loiiuth sent him Into Ids col lai to , loan out 11 room sM foully dhiy 'hat many 11 common lab, nor had re ruMd 1 tor 11. When tlie young man nppca .il lu tlie evening, he was is neat, hi his appearance as he hail is 1 11 (Willi' morning', (if course tin Iiii 11 1 thought he had done little or 'lothluu Hut when he saw the cellar nan mm iimi, lie said lo the young man 'loll ve lint ulll.V shown (hat yutl are vvllllnu tu woik. hut alo that you have sol espcel lor youtself. I guess I'll glv e y 011 a lob " 1111s young man, who in a few years be : tin iieiid of tlie selfsame tills! !le- i,-:i'y,',l the Important fact Hint tin vvoikei 1. often scrutinized as elue l.v a- bis wiiiK ll is a man's duly toward Ids fellow man tu iliess as well as lie can ntlord to Novvheic 111 uattlieiloes tlujpooii.v "ire 1 nimi lind any excuse for lib Im ! Kveii the lowest foi ins uf nulimil an! iIii in llle nte clniheil lu plonslng eoiois liepiiles ciavv I In richly multlcd sl.iiis. beasts uf burden and birds uf prev aie iiml In fur mul gay plumage i'loes lilo, ., n vvotiilelful foliage and I bll I l.i, plebeian of vegetables llle 01110 leve Is te iivv 111,, ,-i-,,ni,.l I., USilois thai iiriM, ,-ek lo Imitate mul iiImivc l'Ioiii,,: in H lenfii!;e mid bloom odd ami beautiful i.voi.v when- in limine beamy Is cum blued wiili us,. i reninlm fur man 1 -nei .111,1 imlilesl specimen uf '"' 1 1 s liiiiidlvvnik. lo be the daub " 1 e" solieine of Hi,, universe Vv'i 1 klv Hoiiiuiei SALT WATER BLOOD it OiierHlliin 'I'hut la lhe Sftvltiu; i,f SI at at j lluutitii llsea. i'lansfiislon of blood Is a proeeduri; thai iniisi have heeu employed by phj-. shlans in very early times. Ovid telle of Mcdon bunging duck youth to the nged by Hie Injection Into their velni of tin' blood of young men, and doubt less 1 he same means was employed lij ppy si. iatis for less fantastic objects The Injection of the blood of one per son Into the veins of another was until recently done to stive life after severe hemorrhage and lu various forms ol blood poisoning. Sometimes a direct coniiiiimlenf Ion wns nuiile between the veins of the donor nnd of the recipient by means of a tube. At other times the healthy subject was bled Into a bowl nnd the blood wns beaten to remove the llhiili before ll wns pnsscd Into the blood vessels of the patient. The procedure Is n dangerous nn. however, although niiiny lives hare been saved by It. nnd It has now been nlniosi entirely abandoned, a tuiicli safer plan being used. It Is found Hint the blood when ilc tllniiintcil Is no longer n living fluid, nnd the corpuscles It contains serve no useful pin pose when Injected, lint rath er net as foreign mutter which must he got rid of ecordlngly physicians now use distilled water lu which a detlnlte piopoitloti of common suit mid othet chlorides have been dissolved. This so lutloii Is vv armed and is Injected slow, ly into a vein at the bond of the elbow, about a ipinrt being used. often II Is not even necessary lo pout the fluid Into a vein, but simply to In ject it through one or more hollow needles Into the tissues beneath the skill of the abdomen or the thigh Tills is done not only to supply an eipihalcni for ll 11 hi lost In hemorrhage or cholera, but also In certain tlUennet lu which blood poisoning exists. la this latter ease a large amount of fluid is Injected slowly, nnd being taken up liy the blood Is almost Immisllali'l.i excreted through the kidneys, carrying with It much of Hie poison which the blood wns unable to lid Itself of uu aided. This operation has been felicitously enlled "blood wnshlng," for this l what It renllj Is, and to the process hu manity owes the saving of many lives. - Youth's Companion. worm a a u.ok "D'ye nnaalrra, notice onnr chance iliiee ve was here li'fore. ur" asked the native milde at the lakes of Klllarnev. "row do vou know I was never linn- Is'fore" asktsl the American toorl.t "r'aitu, sor. no man ever comes here Ihut hasn't b,vii bote Is'fore." I'ldla dolphin Itevord Hon.,, nine I'riiui Vimlen,, I i-iildy is in, r I'uurti, avenue sti,. i.tiie kei t.o, tvin understand, and tueretoie I iimPm with some of tin lei ins or in, ,iof,..,,n "I'aiMi "iild I'rishly ' V 0my suiiV l 1 hen .iich worm 1 ncif 1. sii.-i, a creature. I'reildv hut II very rare The term la,L worm, however, j aiilhsl to a person " - "s-MMuiiiiniy porini: over Isxiks "Ami papa " Welly is a u.mi vvii., always jKirtm: uver 1 ' '' a laiM-wuriii?" - pin t I.I..III.-I,. le,'W,Mp, licfitiuiiilelnii Pnel. There are ninny good hottsekeeperi who are luillfferent in the matter of saving small coal and cinders, Unseen vvnste goes on In most houses In this re spect. If housekeelH'i'b would make It a polnrjo see that all cinders nnd nshea nte inorougniy sirted dally, tliey would he surprised at the fuel they would save. Vfter the cinders have been removed cold vvatiojshouhl be poured over them. This causes them to make much better fuel when mixed with coals. Hotter and safer flies can be kept uu In bed rooms than with conl alone, safer he- cause with cinders there Is no dnngvr of sparks flying about. The best kitchen tire Is madejiy put ting conl lu front, bnnklng up cinder behind nnd then leaving tlie file alone. To be coustnntlv stlrrlne u lire takes nil the life out of Hie cools nnd also starts" the dllst.-St. Louis l'ost-DU patch. shurg I e ti It's So ifc IVN.V lllil. tils luiM.r,,,,,,.. S . ... . T V , 1 line nun well enough lint (I ii. make la 1 in understand Mlsl 0I- I,,. ..,., 1 '""'lai UHtfs foi a kls "So llo'" ,'Heti 1 !.. - .... ..SMitajs,. , ,,o,t Uu,, K """ "s empiinllc e ,s, f( man Tes It n.-toli.l. . 1. , . .!,. SUIOIIU IH. ,, H.,T III... u k.. 1 . " "u" "' two negatives um..-11 ItosHive.-flilladelpiua ",e, and I IIII said any Avklngton Who whom I saw you afternoon? Teller Hotr n.- wasn't That' ui.v hrothi id law Haiar wa your frleml walking with tidi a friend llarnvr 1 KfHilMlur ii.rlri. He- Have you done as I asked. Klsle snd s,h son 1,. uii.ney this tnontb? She Oh. ye I .poke to the ?nwi and asked Imu not 1 ml n, (tie- bill IIII next month l lieiremle Hlatter Vrllflrlal Kea. ArtltlcUl eye are upplle.l to alt tb world from Tburlngla. l.'erinatiy .Soar ly all the grown Inhabitants of some of lhe village are engaged In ihelr man 11 factnre. I'our men usually lt at a ta hl. each with a gat Jet In front of h,ul and the eyes are blown from ga plates nd molded Into bape by hand The color are then trm-ed lu with until needles, no set rule Iwing oberved in the coloring and a even man lues hii own ftney uo two artidvlal rye tutrix fore ar exaetlr llk. A is Dpi Id t IM k. 1'"- I, Vlliltiirrlipi.. uaii uoy tlie other .Ine 1 1 .... "i nyiun winch tun, tulM. Vlsl aalan IrrDlde. 1 thett f'"l sstllll "W'lir uu l,'i in,- ,n,, " !t makes Ini.i t.'l f,U Uxilll'w. ' ""ekrtl WISI 1 p!"y , all lls,li itldl.- hh- sl.r Cmiliin'i Sluiiil ll. No," said the beautiful actress: "I cannot be your wife. I love you dearly I'rost. mid If .vou hml any other inline I would be glud to tru through Iif"' shnrlng your Joys nnd sorrows.' nut. lie protested, "inv name should not stand In the way What Is It Shakespeare snvs? -A ruse bv anv other name would smell lis uvveet What Is the mutter with my name D'ss history record n single durk or unworthy deed committed liv 11 I-'rosP So All. darling, sav you will make the happiest man on earth'" N". no! I cannot! I cannot" she moaned 'Why. If I were to marry vou every uewspapei pniiignipher In the country would hnve something to say next morning about tlie I'rost Miss llnrllngton received at vctci-.biv' i..t- formailce." "-Chleaeu Times. Heriihl. Iliirli. Now a large, dark vessel w de scried lu the Hosnorus. Iielelilni? fire and wakliu' the echoes of those hlstor te shines w ith the thunder of her guu .. i nnrK is that?" nsked the sill tun. That. 1 take It. Is tin. li-irL- nt the logs of war." said the rnod Mr wit illy. This sally was followed hv a strlft partv laugh, the opposlilon groanlug t'eirolt .louriiai. Dust of tb sea It one of the myster es vvhu-li pernlex saor, Xo ..p "H ivrulljrtlw ilwi,, ..fsa,lsllps .. ., , nuwg m the iiiurnln n eiioruiuus nuantlty of dii.t ,-sn is. swept up .might .rlnre"S. m,im shrill re regartte,! lferfu,aes , Tartsr "M.n,M,,r"f f"lrcui union on her hand, and over h-r countenance H re "I States ft an 1 "St. l m.i. . Loo. ... ." ' ' 1 :ut'"er ... aot, .1. inv I llrrole T, m. In liiilana If a child Is slow lu IH movements the parents snnlr an ant 10 the child Instead of a whip to make It move faster This little nut bites more cruelly than a mosquito, and Its bite I "I't to tie troublesome afterword. A you can Imagine, this treatment does uot make the child L-lmi in ntiir. and the children of tlulana are said to be particularly cruel to animals. The lit tie hoy, i (iHinea ,j0 not reckon thro Cl' tiy years, but br their shlllrr to ell dure palp t'ntll ha -rut. tn ti.a ruilnt where he tan let the llucu ant bite tilm without wtnclns he li coiulilered mere ly a baby 1