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
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