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About Bandon recorder. (Bandon, Or.) 188?-1910 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 14, 1901)
BANDON RECORDER. A Stimulm- All unit. fiw of tlii' 1. .til ill t; r.heulsts of Ch fiis'i. with n p. m :lt i- of .".0 years bo lilml lilin, hnd mi oxperlonca not long np Hint wns entirely now to iilinjx It wns nenr lili lioiir for Miming to his Icctura chiRM In n West Side school. Three women wore In (ho waiting room. Two of thotn wero willing to mnko nn iiipoInttnfiit fur the next lny. The third one. n stranger, would lienr lo no delay, nml tho doctor'. a. tdstuut showed her TTi. ' AV"JZt "I hml my hill In my tin ml," mild (lie doctor, "nnd she lind liccn told that 1 wns In n hurry. She cnnio across the room In a most leisurely fashion, how ever, Inking three times ns much time lis the orillnnry person would. She wiih chewing nn unusual wad of gum it whole package, 1 should ony nnd slio wns clic wins It with despcrnto rigor. ".She ml down slowly, nnd I nsked her u ipiestloii. She looked straight nt nic nnd went on chewing. I spoke i.gulu nnd ngnln, hut she sat looking nt me nnd chewing In us much silence as was possible under tho clrcu m hi unci's, Finally I said to her: " 'Miidnin. will you kindly stop chow' lug long enough to answer my iUes lions'' "Tlien she liurst out, nobbing:" " "flint's Just what I'm hero for-l can't stop I've got to chew and I've been chewing Just this way for more than two tears.' "Chicago Tribune. Wl.rrlcr'a llrnverj. Wheeler's charge nt tlio battle of Khlloh was snld by Oenernl Grnnt to be one of the most splendid exhibitions of human bravery he had ever witness. I'd, mid n feat which roused admira tion nmong both armies was when the Intrepid little general accomplished the destruction of Itosecrans' provision trnl ii after I lie battle of Chlcknmniiga. On Dee. ,'tO. 1S!3, (loiiernl Wheeler nltempted ami successfully carried nut one (if the most during, perilous nnd Important duties over assigned n env nlry commander. Me crossed tlio Ten nessee river In the face of u division of ravnlry under lionotnl Cleorgo Crook, drove back and worsted the troops (lint guarded the I'Vilernl irnlus of IKK) mules and l.noo wagons and captured Ihe whole, with 1.WK) prisoners. While he was thus engaged Boso einns' cavalry, 8,000 strong, swept down upon the (leorglniis. The latter tiinrgod and repulsed the northerners, iiipliirliig the forts at McMlnuvllle, Ti'iin.. with 000 prisoners mid great Mines; rapturing l lie forts nnd destroy lug the bridges near Murfreesboro, nnd II ns full or light us at the begin nlng of the engagement, they turned and put to rout (ieneral Hooker and I lie Klevcnlh and Twelfth corps that mine tiding down at the moment to re enfoiee the Yankees. Chicago Journal. The llllnr iif ii Hunk, I'ollowlug Is the story of the tlrst edi tion of I'ltzgerald's celebrated transla tion of "Ouiiir Khnyynin." The book uus Issued anonymously nnd found no hiieis Accordingly the author went to Iteruard (Jinn-Itch's shop, dropped a heavy panel of 200 copies of the "Itll balyat" mid said. "Quiiiitch. I make j on n pii'hcut of these books," The famotiN bookseller olTered them tlrst at half a rimvn, then nt a shilling and, again descending, at sixpence, but no buyers nunc. In despair, he re duced the book to a penny ami put copies Into a liov outside Ids door, with a ticket. "All these at one penny each." A I that price the pamphlet moved, In a few weeks the lot was sold, and In lids way one of the lines! gems of ling llsli literature was dispersed among u not overdlseernlng public. The legend lias It that Dame (labrlcl Itossottl, Km Inhume and llurlon weie nmong those who discovered die "hid den ireasiue In the penny box." Years passed, and the once despised volume ichc In the market, mid In ISPS Qunr Itch bought In for -1 a copy which It) jours liefoic be had bold for a penny. IIi-.IIhiii. Tlie word "bcilhiin" Is a corruption of (be word "llethleliem" nnd orlglunt ed us a synonym for chaos at the time when the house of llethleliem. occu pied by u sisterhood of London, becmiie n n Insane asylum The treatment or tlio liiNiine lu the early part of the l teetith century wns not well under stood, and. according to the thtsirles then prevalent, It was necessary to frighten the patient nut of lil lunacy All sorts of awful expedients were re sorted to, nmong them "surprUc lloorn.' which slipped from under the feet: "surprise linths" mid Hoggings at the periods of most severe Illness; hence the mime "bedlam," the result of in correct spelling, iswslbly, came easily to stand for nw fill llilniss. I'.ior Mr, .Ili'Utrii)-. Mrs. MeUlroy-Where Is Mr. MeUI royT Junior I'tiriuer-tiuut' out to get a new ribbon for the typewriter. Mrs. MeUlroy (iilarlug at the blond girl at the little side tlcsM-llo has. lias he? Will. Mr MeUlroy will Just buy some ribbons and other tilings for Ids wife nml dniiKbttni. That pvrsou Is nil 11 Hired up with ribbons uow. Denver News Vni.UlihiK of llii It r I ilr. While I here in no html and fast definition n married woman may be thought to have ceased to be u bride when, of ti.e ti hooks In the clothes press, Shu has sealed down llie mini tier devoted to her husband's ward robe from eight to two. Detroit Jour nal. Having several pairs of shoes nnd changing (hem lUlly or reguinfij nt longer Intervals will eimblo tho wenter tpiUe frequently to avoid corns even after they show signs of formation Let a boy follow his natural huntui'ss tendencies, So many plow horses un tieing worked In ciirrliics - AtehUou (ilobe. Tlif llriur.tr. The Grand Duke of MecklenbtiiK was ouo day gambling nt the Doliermt tables and was betting on the nime uuinbers ns u rich muster potter who ttood next in him I loth having lost (heir money, the rrnnd duke tun. ill ml, "Will, potter, what shall we do nowY" "Oh." replied the mnsler potter, 'your li!gi"i. wo screw up (lie luxes. Ulnl I shall ixts " n ? ASS?.?. 0 8 s 8 Sooo o acvTa ii si V. T 15 YA Polly Larkin, I NIM......,MM , I,,.,. Ill , rK (H ,, ,, IIOII est limn," mi the poet tcll-u. but when ti.i.ui, has to proclaim tho fact . in every ...... ......... ... ,, mn. .....i t.c ,s III! Honest lllllll llllll lit' ..w.ivr, -t.-ij.-uni- in np pit'i-iaii- ine iriiui ,.t I ...ii.... ..... ,. .... , ... , '""i "'en i uny .M'Bm i.utu ner uoui.tH as to Ills veracity. me ...m. u.u ouier .lay, ami ilurli.K n ...i.,.,s i-tMiy-,,,,,,,, hi ,. in. ...Mir he miiioilliceil llie fact that be was mi holiest limn no less than m-vcii times, ai m jet insiiie or uis-k lie tried to ItlUf, flilVflllllr.. ,.r .. 11.... I.. I.t "n,raui,"lun l '" "" business, rend u letter to show Ills slirowdnesH that wits a deception from DeKiiiiiing to end, mid then had the .....mc.iy in say, "iiiu you Know nn " "'""I u" oiKe an on- tuiiuiyi.- il nil IHIU. I ouiy wish you could see the letters from men I liavu dealings with; It would do voiir heart I good to see what eonlldeiiee they plaed In me mid my honest dealings with tlielil. Heally It would bring tears to your ey en. I tell you it pays to W honest in the long run. oil have tliu eonliileneeorallyoil have dealings with mid I assuro you It Is a great thing and stands you In need ninny a day, wl you can rl-e up Mori) the world and say, 'truly, I'm an honest man.' let Hint limn was playing llie part or a Hypocrite, mid never railed to speak lalsely if It brought blni in the al- mighty dollar, lie trusted lo his shrewdness to get hint out or any pit- illeanient be might ! caught In, mid, according to his own views, was never caught napping. People who knew lilin ami Ills railings would have re - spected him much more If he hud had less to sny nlsiiit his honesty. A thor - oughly lipilght and i ruhlu limn ilow not need to announce the ract Hint lie is strictly honest, for Ids nctlous and every day life speak louder thmi words mid are a slillleleiit guarantee or bis In- tegrity. on know from his very mmi- ilerthat he would scorn to do a mean, little mid ignoble act, and bis clear conscience n nils no licenser, lie is'- II, ,t'..j In ll,, ,,l,l.i,li.. Mint "Ii, illicit- ... .. ... .... .fx, ........ ...... oV t il. i , . ii it ..n. .t.. iMlliiiluiulii, ilIiit''Tiiaiitiiiitli,riirtirlii - ' l v ' l i.li.l,. II lu li.nw.r ti-llh I.I ey cuts no llgure. lie Is the Kind of an honest man that every one admires ami , . , ,,. ... . unjivi in ..in, ,.iiir-- i.ii,-ii,(t I-. ,i,-,.-i iplestloned tc .J Will v I,, nn- .fit.'.'" ..... J ' " .".. . J -v.. .,, 'I his is not the Invitation u lady sent out to her friends not long ago, hut she did scud Invitations In rhyme to uiaiiy grny-l.cailed couples to attend u genu- ine iiiaple-sUKiir iarty to Is given In honor or her husband's sixty-eighth blrthdav. mid iminim the buue limn- Is..- of lovl.i.lli.tis r,.i- ,. .r there was not a single "regret" sent ..ml mil .... ,.l,...l ......I t.l,.. II... '"pi' --pt--. - - - eventful evening rolled round. Outside the air was, '.miI and crisp, Inside there was a pletu.o of inlrtli and happiness that did honor to the sllve.-l.alr.sl i. . i.i...i ...in. .. i II.HH--1 1 ll'l IIITIIU'I II .... II IIHIl fjlll. I' mi, I iIIlmiIIv tlo.l ,.ll r.s.l ... lot..... nml ..i.rrl.ul il... ,,,.,'tl,l,i,ii,iis k . the days in old Vermont w hen she was the little girl hi the family and her mother presided In the same sweet wav as she entertained her uuests at one of the famous old nmplo-sugur tmitles. On the old-fasliioueil until. ous tliut had done duty In her father ami mother's lime hiirneil ami eraeUlcl a great buck log Hint must have In'oii m-hsoiiciI for the occasion. It tluvw Mich u wnini. ruililv Unlit mid such showers of wel- coining sparks Unit lliihed like u gtsitl livnttechiile tlisiduv. The ihsorut Ions of the entire house consisted or nut. nn n leaves, mostly mimic nml grape leaves ami old-rahlonetl iiuulgolds. such Us Usetl to glow In their mothers' gardens, As the evening wore on tliegreut kettle of inapli'-sugiir, brought from old Ver- iuii.it lor the purpose, was set to IkiII- lug, anil as the rich golden sviun sung ami sputtered mid slniiueicl theuuestM lined mi ami marched bv the kettle singing Minn, old song of the davs ..f "uiil.l lung syne," and each one as they pasMsl t.sik the sss.u and stirred the savory syruti. 1 lilsiioucaml the snuar done to a turn, It was turned out to cool nml n puekuge wnsglveu to isicl. of the guests as they tisik their deMi.ture After (he siigur-muUlug was llnhlie.l inch gumt tolit ofremiliisceuceM... their I lives pertaining lo the Joys of sugar- making time, mid some of llie stories I U, rilered on sentiment Unit wus akin to liive-i.uikiugwhe..tl.epartielpai.tsweie young mid at the age when blushing slxttvn saw her knight a. . long the sugu..i.akers. Then followed u.i eli1- guilt repast, the like of which wusiiexe. seen Isith In richness and variety In the ilnysof the youth of the sugar-niak- el's. .Toasts wllt ami bright went the rounds, mid all of those gray-haltisl gueis, us wen us h,h mm nostiws, weie is.ys mm gtrisiigain. I beiv welvjoM, some of them pretty old ehestuuts, but limy iitl.l.siioilieiiilrlti. f.very pluis- lire iiiusi nave 1111 emi, ami as 1110 mitt- mgiu wus ituuoimctsi uy ine clleKisi ol.Hik, urouglit fu.m the old ermolil home, the guests reluctantly tmik their ilepiuture, mill u thev gutheixsl round the hiwt and hostess to bid them gtssl mgiu uiey sang Hint oiti iittnt.iur. oug: " Rbuukl oM njuttttltoi Iw turaul. la Itw .Ii at old Ut yw," A happy nml titling ending to u Joyful occasion, to Polly's mind. J . i..u... ...1.1 . ,., erti.v 1111s is n sea-sin 111 iiovellles. I Never have (heiv lss.m go ninny dainty anil liigitiiloiiseonlrlvuiicoii for tho lion.e mid suitable us very ueceptablo N nun. liroMtnts. A11.0111; the now novoltl.. this year in urtleli. that all who nro handy cm. make mid are sultnlilo for nil Mrls of anniversaries, etc., lire tl. pansy iH'uwlis.'rs On circular puve of umuveor fitw ns.Oortsl fell noli Ii. t r tliu edges is placed mi Immense pur- )li; velvet pulisy ami in tlio center is n tiny doll's head with llaxeii liulr. It was ijunlnt nnd carried out tliu Idea of tlio (jcriimn elilldieii who call piilisles "little grandmothers." Then In tin .1 I I I -""; tt.'.i; K'S" it.,-t. - u lll r,,l.l.llu rr, l I...ul,..l ,.f ll,..l-. ,., i ,.., ,' ?. '-.r ,. i.t,.i. L,.s V(,lvi,t , ) , , Ji I lot of the sn.no Mila,i,. of tJlu iiovvur-, whether they wen .,1 r,w- i.l,.U. f,.i-..f .....i..,...,. nr t,ii.,,. n ,. ..t. .,r n... ,,.i.i.it ...V .,l,n. .... , wm (M , , , . 1 ,,miIl, Wl(1 ,., , ,,irg( m WVf thllt wwv rK,my designed ns ,k r,.t.cver for a bunch of violets, etc., ,,,, Uv t(rll1 ,, ft p,,,,.,,,!,!,,,, ,! ii,,, ,,ui1i11 ,lf ,.i.-i ...n,.,i i.,ium.i lt,Ir w1 Anotlier i.lueushion which I .... 1 wns Intended to take in the mil length ,lf .i... , i ,lf .,.,,1. -ti,1 ...in, ,,iMir ,.f ,.vmUi..Iv autUnili leaves on It mid edt'ed In n p!nU 0ui.ce, but It was fr too .retty Ho deface by puncturing U with pin BRIEF REVIEW. Proves Sliak-jpeare Wrote the Bible. London Answers, by use of the nietli- s iinide ruinous by Ignatius Donnelly I to prove that lliieon wmte .Shuke- Upcmo's pcs'ins, nhows conclusively that rMmkespeure Is the author or the Itllih The pioor is as follows: In Hlml spoare's miuio lies the key to u wondc fill cryptogram. The .spelling "Shake pcoro" was tlio pis't's n de plume while ".Shakespere" was bis nmiie, evident change of "Shakospear." In each of the two spellings last given me ten letters four vowels and six coimc mints. ( 'oinblne these two tlgiues and we have the nuiiilier In, the key to tliu mystery. Turning to tlio forty-sixth 1 I'-uIni in tlio levi-ed version, It Is found that the I'salni is divided Into tluco 1 ihu tions, each one ending "selah. Itcuicmhcr the number lit, Counting In words from the iH'giiiulug of tliu I'-iilm, one leads the word "shake" in (he IIinI portion, and counting Id won fr (he end of the I'snlm one reache the word "spear." There Is ",-iluiki Upem" as plninly us letters can make it ii:,,i., r.,, i.. M,.,n, , ,.,,..l I in i-iiNiiinis iiiitr uii l' ci l, t utui l 1 " ,1... 1.1...,..!.. l l ..l. It "".K i- ...... ii-ii ...... vim, '"'' I- m-ci, iolllK and tuuibllng 1 " pavement, vainly endeavoring to leai lit pavenielit, vainly endeavoring lo learn to ride. It Is hard to imagine a mori coiiueiii piciuie iiiiiii nun iiiesciiieo oy , ..i.i . .1 ii. ..i i .. i . . . 1.. t.Mt..l.... 1...I1 i ... i I...H... " I " """ " """V , , , , , I " """ "' "" " '"'" ""T" heclless shoes or slippers. Some of Iheni have learned to ride very well ".,m lr1;, lm.v" ,,ivl,,I lv" dems. ICvery evening after the erow of carriages lias left the lilliieta the 1 ' ",ln '"""'' """ " """, " """ ......ii . i i t. .....t t"li'' l-essoi. t.r the popular drive way. They stay there alter dark and i..., i i i . 1. i 'I''" '""" " "'u in.oci ine I'liu- """ u-ie...g .s .... . Mtm, Hi" wet seaou m-1 in a well- '"gmil,.1 club had mauage. to bull, a mr ""' l'''Vele lealer says he I . Il I I. ..111... I lias soiu more inaii ;imsi wneeis 1 1 1 1 1 it It,.., M -v'nr. and he I- putting up u cure fully d.-lgmsl track with high bun km hlrv" - ' Tl'e bole thing is to cost In ""Km MH' "''" .,,,. 1 ubl,c 1 J,k, 1,1 Cili"' l'urU nml Isiulexards, streets lined wltl K,','''ll -paces, an ""ly n necessity, but are orviauieiits " "r ,lu' ' '' Mlit 1111,1 prosperous ami well-built city emi Is witlmut. 1 hoy ate wealth-producing which Is proved by the higher vnl.ie In bouloviinl riontngemul lands iHinlei lug "" P"iks. ( onllniiig its to parks, the eilueatloual value Is great. Here we nieet the nrtlst sketching or palutlug, tbe en'omol,.glt In senreli for new ills. coveries, the amateur gardener lu pur- r111' -- knowledge, spring mid ' mmi our puiillc cIuhi1s in h'ude the sistoml plaiilutloiis for Isitmi "'" siuiin oft tatii pnicticut les-son lui.ltl.ology. Thus the pmkslsvoim MTlliible oiild.sir college open to all, Hie playgrounds for the millions; lid. '" P'"- "Kt' "'' welcome to their ""imy. iieaitii-.r.MiucinKiuiiiospiieiv. Germ.ui Gnmiercl.il I'ucattwi. (ieruuitiy now bus two eom.nerclal universities, one at l.elpslc, the other tit Cologne. Ami mote me in eoutem pint Ion us the cap for the elnlsimte mid enllghteiusl (ieruuin system or.ipplylng science to tratle ami commerce. The success of (he system has iilnsuly Ihsui ile.i.oustriitisl in the enormous lucnsise It. (teriiumy ' iu.liitrial liiisiituuee, internal u. til external, lu the past ten jtsirs. So fur us the proK'rity, the luiipiuetss, the Intelligence mid the civ lllxutiou of the world me concerned, one eoii.merelnl university Is worth all the war collegia t i.e tlnsil Wnll of Chliiu Is the larir- urtlllclal structure hi the world. It , .w m,w length, nnd vurlo in i.,,,,,.., fr.,.,, 40 feet lo .Ml feel. It was i,n, ovl,r yWls, go. 1. u uiithorltnvolv stuteil thill l'rtl ,1,.,.. MeKlnlev hits tvn siuusbottisl jtuxi n,,,,, the si.t eighteen iimntlis. T,u gtvw -..niicf if more tlum nVl, ,l() ,v. The ttils of it lsMneh gnu has llfty splml gnsiviM insiiie, which 00110 (ho shot lo imvoIvo voniy-llve titunp jht stssuid ns it iiisl.os tlmiugli tho nir. (ieruuin oilglllCMlrtvers iveolvo n gold intslal unit f00 fur every toti year's service without uny iiiUiap, niv nwirly i0 stJleho," In n lmiul.w 11 Usii. The U-1N of Pekln, st'eii 111 uiiniU-r w, igh UM.OHO isuiiuU. OUR UNOCCUPIED LANDS It Is ofteu asserted ami as often un tbinklngly believe, that our national .nn, leil pt)Ke.ssons, with the exception if llie In, II1111 reservations and those irniis set iisltle for ijovernmnnt parks ire practically occupied and that as a unseipie.ico the opportunities and In imllies which mice moved pioneers lo estiiblisli homes for themselves In unliied ileitis are gone forever. The fallacy of this assumption, how vc. Is shown lu recent Investigations 111, 1 .111. (illations of the la ml olllce nt Wlslljloll. I'loiii these It appears thntof th J.'.'Tii,.".". 1 10 acres once constituting the null, mi's domains considerably more II11.11 one-third are still unappropriated, mil wiih the exception of Alaska our new possessions ie Philippines, the Hawaiian Islands, I'orto Itlco and 1; oil n, -11 l-e not Included lu tlio estl mate. 1 1 will perhaps surprise ninny to (emu that even In some of the older slates, us In those more recently set lied. Immense tracts of unoccupied land still form portions of the nation's liossesslotis. Thus there are -l"S.SS.'l tcies lu Alabiima, r,!t.i,(Hio lu Louisiana. .'V..(Hi(i lu Mississippi. 4:i.(MK In Mich iriiu, more iliiin ..irj7.ri!.l In Minneso ta and i"i.iiT.',.l!Ml in Mouiann. Ooverninent possessions aggregating more II11111 twice the area of I'euusyl 1 exist In Nevada, and In New Mexico. Aiioua anil Idaho the ex- lent of lis ownership Is approximately :is great. It Is not, of course, to lie understood that all these lands nro susceptible of cultivation, but many of them are or can lie rendered so. It Is therefore ob vious that within the original houudn ties uf the tuition there Is yet for geu orations lo come wide Holds for agri cultural development. I'rniiy .SnvliiK n sni-ei-ss, A penny saved Is a penny earned seems to he the motto upon which the Penny Savings society of Chicago, or ganized .Mine I.". I !i", has been pro ceeding The object of tills society Is lo teach thrift mid rrugallly. Through llie iiieillmn of purchasing bright, at tractive stumps r 1 mil one penny up ward children Iki.c been taught llie lesson of economy ami saving. A total of l..S7.".0."(t slumps from I cent up to ,r.o lime been piiitiiasetl since the or ganization of llie s.iclel.v, ami Its lu linen, ,' is widely exteuiliui: through the co-opeialloll of llie schools, the social settlements, the bureau of associated charities and oilier orgaiil.atlotis. WiieucM'.' 1. sii.lleleul sum has been NiiM'd In lids way the saver Is advised to deposit It In a savings bank, nnd thus habits of sating arc Inculcated. In this way pennies that formerly went for cigarettes, candy, gum and various other articles have found their way lo the society, where they have accumulated until by their aid shoes, clothing, books, etc.. wore purchased with iheni or a hank account was open ed. Self help anil the Inculcation of light habits of economy nro what the work of liie society represents, and It lias now become a factor of Importance in the training of llie young.-Chicago News s.'Im-i.i.. to llrtltf 'li-tils llftlt 1. 1, "Western Texas Is rapidly Increasing lu population," said II. I'. Adams of San I'mucisco. "I was lu LI I 'a so for set oral mouths mid was greatly sur pllsctl. The city Is as beautiful a place as 1 1 1 1-1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 and as large. While I wa. down there there was a scheme on foot to make a new state from south ern New Mexico, that part of Texas wi'l of an extension south of the onst- ern boundary line of New Mexico and a purchase from Mexjco w hlch would Include 11 small strip ,.r northern Chi huahua Included within the extension oast of the liailsileu purchase to the Itlo (.'ramie titer. 'The scheme fell through, but now that tlio Itcpiihllcmts htiic been retain etl In power It Is helm: revived. West ern Texas Is separated from tho enst em portion of the state by a wide des ett. and Its Interests are Identical with those of New Mexico ami hostile to those of the stale al large. The act admitting Texas to the I'nlon provides for possible division, and this Is likely to bo made in the near future." Wash ington Cor St. Louis ltcpuhllc A I'ttrtlr lit tlnLx. Strangely enough, the experiment of sending Lapland rein, leer to Alaska lu the care of experienced Lapland herd ers seems to have beet, a failure ami to have cost the federal tioasury .1 oi.sldorablc sum without adciuntc 10 turn. Hot li the deer mid Hie Lnpps de veloped a deplorable tendency lo tile off prematurely. One of the roiurulng herd masters says Hint tlio clhnute of that part of Alaska to which the deer anil their shepherds weie sent wus no more rigorous than that of (.upland. In which the animals ami their keepers alike thrive, but for some mysterious toiiMiu Alaska foot! and Alaska ii.mll lions of the weather wore deadly to niOft of the two footed utitl four footed exiles. It Is a puzzle. Who can ex plain the causes of sickness mid death Mining the herds and their keepers? t rims lu Ilr I aril lu Wurrnrr. According 10 n Berlin correspondent a modes! little society in I. or many is apiuiroutly pinning Its faith to the row. In succession lo the almost unl- terss.ll.1 used pigeon, ns a carrier of war news. The pigeon lly experiments which (ieiiiinny carried out on British soil some time ago-sending tinge rates of birds to Dover for the pur- too were tint wholly successful, bail weuthor preventing many of the birds from reaching iluir tjuarters again. nnd many were shot by porsous u search of dluuer It Is claimed with truth that very few itcoplc would shoot crows for food aud that when liberal od from a beleaguered place tho enemy ould to more likely to allow them to lly past unmolested and unsuspected than would bo the case with pigeons Therv I considerable money lu Hie lakes lu the shape of meat, lu llie Ijiko lirie fisheries ;t.T'JS men nro em plojtsl and $'J.TltMsVI capital. Ut year's catch was mined at fl.LVl.VHl. The lead pencil orlslnntcd with (he dUetivery of itte graphite mints' lu liuglutkl tu I .Mil .luring tlw relet, of Q.icoti Itllinbetu In IS III Knglan.l conquered and an nexed the tiianie Kree State and evac tiatctl It x yean Liter THEY SLEEP HANGING UP Rlottin and llnls Snaprnd Tbrraitltra Without Kiertlt.D. There Is one nnluinl which lives en til fly in trees, but Is nbL' to uiiilntnln Its iHjfiitlmi during slumber without (he least exercise of muscular force. Tills Is the sloth, common lu the forests of tropical A merli n. Its long claw s are so bent that they hook oxer the branches anil allow the creature to hang iipsld d'.wii like nn unlimited hmninock. I'll rioiisly enough, llie hammock appears to be a South American Invention nml is uuliersally employed by nil tin' In til 11. tribes of llie Atmizolis. Perhaps II',' primitive human tlwelleis lu lids ition took to siwplnj; hi hammocks l.ricr observing the habits of the sloth The great mil filler, will. Ii I both .hisioiiu mill ft How comitr.wiim, of the si Hi. bus an enormous lull. whih it u-es In 1. vert 1 -i 1 111 ik 11 1 .1 ,- manner recently saw two of these stianu'f unl Ii a!s Ijlug logeilier iisleop. and they ! ,:,l iiiTiihiied Ilielr talis mi cleverly I11.1t their whole bodies were hitlil I 1,111 licit Mui cuter. It was evident Unit this tiiudsl '-tooling would utTord 1 .ii'filfiit protect Ion from the weather, r llie 111 1 11 1 solid part of the talis M ted as 11 kind td ridge pole over the b'.'hest part of the sleepei' Isidles. so t'.nt llie long fringes of hull' sloped it,... tiwuiil 011 each side like the tliatch 1, pun a roof Like the sloths, ninny kinds of bats I. op suspended hy 'heir Ij.mked claw ' il limit 1111 muscular exertion what iter Some or the large fruit eating I uts or Ihe tropic, widt h do not sleep !'i holes like the species common 111 : ot ihein I ti t It tnl s. but which hunt: su pemleil lo the liiu.if lies of trees III the 1 pen air. adopt a position which It '..011I1I bo illlllcult to bent for economy nnd comfort (build's fruit callus bat omnion in the waruier pints of Alls li-.illit suspend Itself upside down by one hiiiil fool and w 1 nps its Is, ly In the leiilliko folds of It wing iiicmh. lines. it hlch cMciid rl'.dit dowu to the an Lies Its "boulder to w hlch the mem brane Is atliii heil an humped up so as act II elites 1., shoot off the mill nml when nsle, , it ilriiws Its head mi tier their "heltel noil nestles Its nose iituoii' the warm fill of Its chest. SAVED BY PALMISTRY. Tnllrn-.l I ...1 1 1 ... i. I .'rotes III. I'i.c ...t s.iMtt.nu III IIiiiiiIn, Mteusotiliig from aiitet'i'ileiit proha b.llly." siilil the Justice to a prlsom r t lib ii soppy hat and a turned down l', ,111th. "I would sn Unit when till P .11, . 'inn, i accuses you of being uump Ii Is speaklm: with a high lo gaitl for the truth." 'Knowing little about loL-lc." the tit' femliint replied. "I am unable to say wli.-tlier I am guilty on that proof, itut by palmistry I um liiuoco.it. My life Hue Is good, my capacity for ban work Is simply astoulsliiug, and my I'oullilenco hi my own ability Is su pc. Ii." Score one for palmistry. Now In, 1.1 up your bi.ml." 1'hey w cut up. 'I can't toil w bother you have work 'd h. the looks of those hands." said llie Justice. "Itiit III the Interest of the spread of know Icilue I will tllgioss nml sit) to you th:it nn arlielo known a soup was hitontcd some years ago. .Voter hoard of It. said the prisoner liecrfully. "ami I know Just as much il,, nil my trull! or Innocence us I tin I . it I soup Vou might try mo hy a iiii-.t of my peers." Your peers me too busj telling fairy uiles to bartenders on this inturgy mornlm: to come out to help the ends of lustloc. 'liie dollar they'll get for j service would make them tile of Ileal t disease." "A doctor told me I'd never have that." the prisoner Mild. "I'm not Intensely Interested lu the stale of your health," the Justice salil fiddly "I don't know whether you're a trump, and neither do you. I am In lined to the opinion that you are, hut I guess no policeman w III arrest you between here mid Ihe corner. The prisoner made (ho trial trip suc- , essfully and was seen n more.-till cairo .1 .. n i n ii I II. nt n Dun Slnpiiril n llimnulit. IU. ouo of the most pleasant side nice Ik of t'leiehllld live two dogs-a liirge. ttlgnllloil hound nml n saucr, small fox terrier. The iwo are the I, est of friends, ami the big dog I ah ways winching over the little one iiui I'olng Ids host to ;eep ilie )ert fellow 'nt of n right. Itui Ihe oihei tiny hi unl. hl'nlnoss failed. Another terrier nine am) jelled tleliuuee nt tlio n, mud's comrade, ami when the big log united nH,u the scene It was to If liolil a frantic, luuihlliix. snapping li'sp. of which hi favorite wa mrt. lie seemed to coiiiltlcr the state or ihlugs. thou ant, a slgl. of imtleut tliu fli and begun to walk aroi.'id the lombaiaiils. keeping a critical eye on the struggle and evidently noting llie I mi of umpire HI favorite was get ting the worst of It but he did not In ' 'Here May In- he thought the pun limeni of defeat was letter than any hi' iiuiltl In". low. He waiclieil slleuily III all at once Ids friend gave u j.ip r real pain ami tioulde. Then Mid hull the big ting awoke. With a iHiiin.l be was beside the other two. Willi ouo lap of bis uiv Ue seut the victor oter Into tho dust, grubbed his i.itorlte lu his mouth a n cut grab her kli.cn and made off to Id owu back yunl. 1 'tiring the next hour ho licked. oo,l l nnd fondled the repentant terrier tid now the two ife morv devoted Ilia it etor, I bough the Utile dug septus more utcok mid iltvldeilly more obcdi in than of yore.-Cloteluud I'btia Healer. t'l.ttslilrmlr. Young Wrlior no editor of nowiv . tabllshed Jour.iali If ton Hud lids Hi tie tory atnllnhle for your column. I don't ask suy pny for It beyond a life i.ibscrlptloii lo your paper l.dltor Hut. greul gotnluess, jouu; mail, vou mar lite for .Ml t-.tursl Young Wriler-Oh. I don't illtxiu dur I lug n.y life: during tue life of your pa per. you Wliow:-liiidou Tlt-ltlts. ( ntll the middle of th last century , sralrr ilenli.t int'iit u-arit l.t-m-n ri,.i.i : v..r, ui-,miv im-iiii were uy two rtghl anglo turn, and when the diagonal march wa. adopted In.tcad of making the dlagoual by a half turn of er.cb horse the movement was by the whole or un' PRESENTS FOR HIS WIFE. flit Worm'. S.orr of Ho- U. nU . rami I" Torn. Hello, old man: Vt'unt have !ou.in ' .. rS Z,Z "r M aay'. airy " .7uachelor of a careworn, solemn ,rklug "oti'-K '" met 1,1 iiilinrt.nii rallwat tntln "Presents for my wife," was the seu letiiion renlv. ' It's her Dirmoay. "Well, what are you bringing your wife lu that package rrom your m. Vu'sV gayly pursued the bachelor, "Trousers," wns the answer. WliBtr "Yes, I repent -trousers. Just you listen. On in birthday my wife sot rue three or four benutirul lace unnu kerchiefs, such ns women carry at aft iroooti teas nnd SUCH pinces, aim 11..M, mii-.t hut with high feathers, ,.r ii, - iitiee storr kind That ob struct vour tlew of the singe It. the theater. The looked mighty well on her. and she i.sk.'tl me If I wasn t nav ii ul,'.. 1 1 1 r 1 1 1 1 1 a v "Well. I tlldn't mind that very niueh Imt when Chiituias came I got anoth er deal of Ihe sunte sort. I gave my wife a pretty gold ring. She save me i tunpiolso ring too small to go over any of my knuckles, anil sue wears u now next to the one I gave her. But that wasn't the worst of It. She pot her sister to give me some after dinner ,..,n.... cults ami my sister to make me lot of lace dollies. That was all I got for Christmas, -Tomorrow Is my wife's birthday, In tld nackaire I am bringing her pair of trousers which I had made to in v measure and wiilcli i smiu worn. In' lids i.iircel Is a imlr of the very best patent shoos, size a good deal too big for mv wife, in till' package n box of cigars, and lu my pockets have a now meerschaum pipe and lii.eket of tobacco. Now. I don t see how she can fall to liatea happy birth day. Do yon? I hope slio 11 enjoy It for I want to get eten for all the pret tv things she hits given inc." London Tit-lilts. THEY VERE ALL SCARED. A Ci.se i.f II Ik linn. Ilobl.rry XV llfc I'rriillnr i:nrilita. What the hero of this story kicks about Is the fact that Ills wife forgot her sacred word never to say anything rcirartllng It. Ills business keeps him out late, and lie freiiHeiitly carries con hlderable money. When rootpnds are reported In evidence, lie gets ns near homo a lie can by street ear and thou takes the best llu'liteil route to III li'iiise Hue night lie hml I'e.lelifd tile front of Ills own place ami had JiM drawn a long sgh of relief when the orde 'Hands up!" stni tl.'il I, In, Into compll in,, e line in, in licltl a slim III tlio till uieilliilo nolghbwiiiooil of hi ear ami mother svsteiuatleall robbed him of terj thliiL wotih i iint lug off The or ler then was thnt he walk around the I, lock so an to tit for Hie use of Ids tele- phono, and It was eleiirli stilted that any attempt to turn buck, run or call for help would ifsiilt hi Id being sassliuttcil. Before lie reached the corner It struck lilin thill the utile of one of the men somiiletl familiar mid then Unit It owner wns u neiir neighbor greatly ghen to pin, Ileal Joking. Buck he went on tiptoes. hs reM.her lu Ids right hand, iintl surprised the footpads lis the.t Were tlitltllllg the ssiis H made tin m lu.i cieryllilng on the walk. mil when Hie straightened up await ing the next order no tllseot ered that both wen- total stranger Ills I in lit 1 Iroppod from sheer terror, am) then tlio robbers ran one way, while he in Inteil the other Half ai hour later lie. Ids wife no, I a lantern, a revolver ami Hie hired girl went out ami found his mime), wiii.ii papers and illaiiioiul ,ln Ills wife simply ruined tlio story ny letting It tlrst.-Detroit Tree Press I let rr ('Hintr. A lady who hud lost n canary Imp polled to be intruded by a hint that was hopping about In Its cage In the front window of a house In New York Thinking that It looked very like tier own. she knocked at Ihe house door ami asked a few picstlotis about it Mm was tolit tlott It hml been found one cold morning sitting on the win tlow sill noil a taken in and caietl for Ihe la.l.t mi i.l ,r .ri (,,ul,l per lorm the picit) rout or picking un a pin ami tin king It in the carpet lie big allow oil to test tlii hlrd. the iMgc noor wits oH'iiet ami n pn throu,, tlio Hour Ihe tilllitrv 111 once lieu own lo It. pn It.tl It up In its l, in uiitl loverly stuck It tipiiglit In t. . arin't. arter wiih h ,i Inn. t Into song, n if re Jolflng al I ... The folk ..r the hm.se. Itelietitis; ihe lmy had promt her ownership ih, hlrd. permitted tier. sBys I. ml,. -ih"t. to take the songster awn) to her home. On I l.t- Kilitf, A lltlli' l.,t 1. 1 ut r the hod mi his home In I, lieu, l. .,,. t.s ,,,. IK II Ills ,, h,., M, , 1)f ., ,, r men, her. ,,i u. ra,,,jiv i,,.1Mi m, lllsoil It he f,. ...It n,cli . If It.. Itn.l iloiie someilniu- .llsgrueeftil an, I cried as if 111 little 1,,'nii vt iiiilil lireuk Ills imitlii'i .aw Unit she was on the 'rollc tuck su she i-easisl to li'jis.. lilin and mini.' il ,t., ,,,, llo))(; h(1 M1() made a .Imn ,.r s.u,iMillii In hsLIuv- M. child ln.w on ..rti, , eouie to fall out of i.etir "I don't know, mother !,,. r.;,.it.i unless WM1 to sleen rl.-hi i,..ru t got In "- Menu, his Seimllar 1'm-l.eli-il ihr In, 0t At the olosi of a iMf,iinta ,. R a benet t,. ., ii...Mlul ,u. tor aud dramatist. O..o ,.f atl.llfiiv brew iis,n tl. urM r Brougham pl-kitl It un ami t, Inlng It said. "Utiles an.) ...... i 'lrrul-" " nfl me to iHH'ket the juult. but." looking -.r,U) .., AMm like to see the u.an wlu wn, .inrc l riis?t ttr tti.rr t i.i.r..Drla.. Barber (liseullt , SUaintul ...a Cu.totnor itvlth ui,,HK lMe So: l'lnc.-'uot - lUrlj I .r n IMgrua, I kl I., rt . .. . , varlv , Ksyptta i. da,s. i.at Igaion An ii,..i. .. . . ... "'" iiioiu n inetr saltey, aud llbemtln i... when the, a.r.t.sl at tb.-ir wml tl. ' m order tu anuou,,.-,. ,,,,lr ,X " ' " i " their friend, 0r e..,,,.'lr. r. "tnans ut'lued ihe.u i ,Z , .f with cat h other in nZ! FACTS IN A FEW LINES, "f, Bootblacks may not do business (n Boston on Sunday. The czar has 27,000 wood police, who each cu, worth of wood u year. Norway has to import -'.tO OOO tons of ttralna ycar. She exports 1,000 ,0111 Ul US.. ) tu.ii . Within 11 years the lie Beers uilnci have yielded diamonds to the value of over $1110,000,000. Shetland has had the largest hcrrlnj tatcli on reconl -Jr.'0,400 ciuns, valued t over$l,oOO.isK). Austrntlnns bold n world'o record In mj1 tea consumption, drinking nearly elgLtTOji pounds u head yearly. jM Only one colored soldier wears tli9iy Victoria cross-Lance Selgennt Gordon of the West Indian regiment. rghi Tlie population of Berlin will com- S8 plete It 'J.OOO.tKH) hy the end of 1002, ' The present llgure Is about 1.84:1,000, SJ A writer In a Bun'nlo paper says that K-f, "hardly one person out of 25 lu that ani cltv who claim to wnltz really knows how.' . Tu Merchants lu London are still sell. JJei Ing Boer relics, and, however little fjf' their Intrinsic value tuny be. they hrlnj jj. high prices. The city of Bern, Switzerland, I, geo making tlie socialistic experiment of Sli building free-or prnctlcnlly flw . workshops for artisan. jj, Vermot.t continues to be n rural W3J , state. It H the only state In the north Igeu that tloe not contain n city with a itter population of 'J.I.OOO or more. jiei The growth of gross that comes In a fere long, mild, moderntely rainy autumn Ii n';b said to be far more nutritious for cattle than the spring grass. It Is richer. tjtbi Some of the loading horsemen and lai'1'1-' stock raisers of Cedar Ituplds, Ia lmve!SSii organized u move.neiit for the purpose ?i2!;' of giving a great stock and matiufac-o')i,f'' lining exposition each year. One-fotuth of the laboring population .. ...I. . 1 unlit In I, ... ...n It. . tiiuiiitit, r r.,.1., ... ti,u,h I', .ULIU( V ... i.i.ttlyi.lliitl The Stflt.' I- ...lerntlnn of Labor clalins that Colorado Is thelJt ...... .1,.1 ..,.,( I ll.n I',,l,. '1"l HIS. t, I ml II I... .1 oitnu ,. s 111U.1, f, . " Only eight states have been uniform. L.,j.j ly Itepubllcnn in presidential yean !J"C,, since iSUO- Maine. New Hampshire, jjjn Vermont. Massachusetts, Khode Island, fm) IViinsylvanla. Iowa and Minnesota. gJ, I'lfi live carloads of cnul nro ship-1'fht pod fioin l.eldgh, 1. T dully. Tlie (ell? town has also bought 11,000 hales of IhVJj coil, in this season and expects to liave CTfal electric lights lu 30 days. New coal (ntei mines are being opened. jjp Among the black hunters of kanga-ami loos lu Western Australia are -7 wo- itoul men. It Is a professional buslnesi, iWb anil there are about l-."i persons wlio JO make It their regular business to hunt Jilne aud capture the uulmnls. Cuui. Iteports of the organization of a Uf'" fanatical international society, whose He'll object I to see Hint Chlnn will not be folio divided auiutig the powers and that Th Koiea shall remain Independent, have pep been receh etl at Moscow from .Inpnu. lut Itotterilain, from Its favorable sltua-fHe' lion, has gradually pulled abend of Aid-J1' slfidam and Is 'now tlie most prosper- "J"' oils harbor In Ilollnnil It has rantur. ed most of the Clermau trade and doei K5.ri an liiin.ei.se business with the I'nltetl ,LV States. yaj?' Cermnn engineer has rendered II . - possible to use a phonograph Instead of . a giiltle at exhlliltlous. Visitors to tlie fir-, exhibition will only have to call the at- j, lfiidu.it. who will put the roller con- j, tnlnliig the description of the exhibit In M pifsiion into tlio phonograph. The Netherlander. stand In the fore- 'r.iS most rank as coffee drinkers, using 310 pTj, ounces u year to each Inhabitant. We aflbl are but fourth on the coffee dtinkluj ?n!oii list, using 7'J.",ooo,o00 pounds a year, Jii or I", ounces apiece. Kusslu. however, 'fiSji, allows but three ounces to each person, Tlio retired list of the Mussacliu- carr setts volunteer inllltla Is Increaslas ribp; rnplilly. ihore are on the list at call. present 1 major general, 1 brigadier drel genetals. i colonels, S lleiilenant colo- Ttbe nets ''O ,ti,i l,ii.u o.t ,....,,,.1.... n flr.t fT. . -.. .., j,,, i..i.t. tin, ii. ... ici' lieutenant nml '.' Ileulenant conunanJ- fofj er. fitSii A London plumber bus arranged a IV11 new system of burglar alarm by meani tlyi of conipressed air. When tho modern fean Bill Slkes opens u window or n lloorI!!',',' .lie cotnp.i ssetl air blows n pollceman'j jbow whistle utitl lights an electric Inmn to Ihe, I act ns a guide so thnt tho man In blue lt v hall know where he Is wanted iSMj" The largest and tluest collection of a!Pe melooiites on (Ids side of the Atlantic 2ji11 Is the one in tho Harvard Mineralogies! S2!r museum In Cambridge. Iteckonln. JJ'L8' uropeau collections. It ranks about i1!1?1 nrtn or sixth lu the world. The BritUli nitiseuin has the best collection, and the cabinets u Vienna and Paris rank next. Cats are hating a bad time In Ger many Just now. Ten thousaud fur lined gieuicoats and ns tunny each of fur gloves and gutters have been or- dot oil for the troop In China, nml pus sy lias to shed her skin for It nil. For very greatcoat H entsklns nro used, two for each pair of gaiters nnd oue for each pair of gloves. Cats nre go ing up In the fiorman market. Cellulith Is o substance produced by long nnd continuous hcatlm? of wood I'l'lp. It Is transparent mid elastic, liar.lenl.ig slowly until It .ttalns tlie consistency of horn. Its sneelhV gravity being nltout (.:., The cellulith tuny l wotktsl ns Is horn or ebonite. Com bined with sawdust and 30 per cent lampblack, the result Is a kind of dark o.si.iite. This Is douse nnd may be po'- s ii etl The year ISOO Wns a record breaker In Hermnny as regards strikes. No fewer than 1.207 strikes took nlactf against 0S3 during 1S0S. In the strike of !!.) the number of workmen partle- paiing win 100,770, nnd 7.113 estate llshmcuts were Involved. Nineteen hundred and twentv-olcht were obllcd to shut down completely, while the rt tre able, at least partly, to continue operations. The Shoe and the- Won. mi. Hereupon I ventured to" rensou wilb tlie woman. "Vour conventional Immunities, I urged, "are not comontiiiiit n-iti. the uc,v Wbonslbllltles which you seek to ,i,u,"' That Is where the shoe pim '1'1'e woman gave mo look. wltbertuf I Inches'" she exclaimed most scorn tuily. -it'a n ruile too big! I could nr two dies iraallor!' Oh. what a futile thing iucr WW eemed nowI-Oetroit JouruaL lie- ,1". Ills Mr tUn gnye Ii nit con and ilb Mi bt ab itlo foi M II ' al Li