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