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About Bandon recorder. (Bandon, Or.) 188?-1910 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 28, 1901)
BANDON RECORDER. Tin- Roil nf CnttliiK mi niit (In In tlic state department nt Wash n ton Is tlio most comprehensive mid complete sot of atlases ami ninps lo be found anywhere In this country. As can be rerl.y appreciated, they nrn vitally necessary to tlio carrying on of tlio department, and therefore neither trouble nor expense In epaied In kicp lug them constantly up to date. It would bo (supposed that their extreme value and Importuned would bo patent lo every one. Some years ago, however, one of the most valuable atlases was found with two of the maps cut out. Tlio mnpi had not been abstracted. They had simply been detached from the bind ing. Investigation proved the mutila tion to be the work of a certain clerk, who on being hauled up Ivy his superior explained why he had done It as fol lows: "Those books are terribly heavy and hard to handle, and so I cut the maps out In order to Ret at them easier. The atlases were very old, and I didn't sup pose they were of any value or that any one would care." To the state department an ntlas Is llko a bottle of wine to n Judge of line drluks Its value Increases In illicit ratio with Its ago. It was felt In 11k i ioooooobboooo"ooooooooi(r I ID. . i g! Polly Larkin. o; oi eoooooooooeBaesoeaa In red und white equnres about us big ns u good-sized soda cracker and that they could nibble on for nearly u whole day and yet have a piece left to enjoy In their odd moments. The confec tloneror cnmly-iuukcr who gets out Ju Ju-lmslo. mind von. of the ohl-fusliloiicd here to hecuru help Is getting to lw variety, will le kept buy In supplying a serious question with those employ- thedemand of the little luds and lassies lug It to assist them In their houo- ii well us the older boys mid girls who-e keeping. It N next to liiislble to mr , Nlri.H,., wt, VL,r a,i who get a good girl. Housekeepers ndvor-1 will buy It for the sake of old memories tl-e ami run to intelligence olllces until r the ,iy u,cii they were young and mevare weary ami nearly distracted. UVcr out of a square of ii-Jii pa-te. one gin ihkh you 11 mere are any chil dren In the house, and If the answer Is III the alllrmatlve she rcfie.es point BRIEF REVIEW. blank to go, stating that she dis not wish to hire out where then- me any Important Discovery by Chicago Scientists. little folks, home of the seekers after Hxiierliiioi.ts on turtles have eon employment really seem to be In earn- vlnced Dr. Jacques I.oeb and Professor esi, oui uie Knowledge inai mere 11 a i). j, j,,,, physiologist,, ,U the I'lil- baby In Ihelioti-esettlestlieniatterand verslty of Clileago, that common sr.lt In they could not bo Induced logo for love j(M)(1 ,,., th! llcart ,K.Ilt- whllt or money. Others after asking If there H mon. thev claim that not only does I. II. I 1.. .1. i i i.. 1 J me any ci.ii.irci. in me noose whiu hi keep the liMirt III iietlon, but that It kiiow ii mere is iiiucli company ior ,HWsl,y ,y ,.ue the heart to ls-at dinner, how many nights can they get at,ai llf((.. ,t has once stopped. For oil' Ii. a week and what the dinner hour .Vcritl niontlis Dr. I.oebaml Professor Is on Sunday and how many meals on Utll(lv mVe Urn experimenting to se- Ibat day, as they generally have Hun- cllru tlc mH.,,srv result to prove their "ay unci i mm evening on. eariy thmry. T.y mVu eondlicted a series an uie women mat crown uiese linen.- ,.f . e Unit.. H..Ii.titll e lusts l-nrlmr ni,ii department that that particular clerk genre olllces seem to Ik eager for work, In,,, i,i,l,,ii,, r in., i r. i i, ...... , """'b' ..uiwi.en ii eo s right down to me mi0 ,,,,,. , ,.,.. t,ml him was i ecu d I imv clvon no oiiniirtu- ....i... ii n . ....... I .. ' i ......I. ..i,,u.n- lueu m,. rtiti, they hail oblalned verllled terms, and those desirous of hiring them U.yond a doubt their theory that the have no say hi the matter. Another presence of wilt In the blood caii-ed the drawback Is the country. .No matter Is-nts of the heart Dr. I.ocl. mid Pro- how hard up a girl seems to Isj or how rH()r el,,!,,, that the fallacy of him was accenting!)' given an opportu nlty to pursue another one. New Yoik Tribune. e Invasion of electricity. .My old eager fill' work, she w III not consent to the earl v Isjllof that the hii.rt bents 1-- lend Houiice. who was a victim of In- .,. .... ' ,r.. ........ ... ollr ,...,,.. ",tl"rl J"1!11"1.1 ,L 'irt ben s lw- Uinta for III veirs thinks lie siccus k country, oell III our nelgll- L,,m,c. ( h tM of hlood was ill ek y 7 bet.er i t , l-dlng towns and within half an Hour's ,,,, when astrlpof a turtle's heart t.'iirr Vnr Insfimnln, I suppose all of us are suffering from the Invasion of electricity. friend Houiula ... i....i ...i.., towns mm wuniii nun no iiour si shown when a strii mirth. II,. Ins. his u-nv In II... Aith-.m rl,l ' "'' I'lHlll'Isoo, giving as their ..lis sllslicndcil III it solution ot nullum ducks and stall) overnight In the cabin I soiu icasou mat u was looioneiy. i Mt-y I c-lilorlilc ami leglllar series of lieats le of a forester Ills sleep was the deep couldn't stand the quiet of the country ,,,.. Set in rated from nil nerve cimi..... sleep of a Just man made perfect, and after the bustle, noWe mid excitement t(,H the lifeless strip of heart muscle In the morning he found that he had of city life. resi.oli.leil nerfccllv to the iireso.,,-,. nf j4 i . the salty solution. I-'or weeks the ex- lliu are me noileKeepers going to ,.rl,neiiters worked In Mseertnln u-l.i.t doVTIiutlstheq.iestlnn that Is puzzling Llmti, hUlt poised to cause this a great many persons ai me present rytlunlc lilting of the heart that were time. It Is next to impossible to get a ,1()t ,MMWHti by calcium or i.otassium, eirl nf iiiiv .nillMiifitlfv N'lii. tin.t,i-IK. .. . . . .. .. v ......... ij iinMsnilH.n wmeii .,nl..r nun tin. ii,.ii. explained to mean that our bedposts those who would really llkesltuatlons jmhUIoii of tlio IiIinmI. They found a l unu.ri niiu uiu iionrs, uie si., ., mgn migm aim si. ninny mors U.dutlnh of the problem ill the fact that fliN.ru with the walls and the walls that the average housekeeper cannot ,, lu.t f M,dlu. chloride was due with mother earth, so that whatever think of einnloviiiii tliem. even if tbev personal magnetism a man has In hln. Uld cons, , , ..", ,, ' ' ' ' ' " u '""'T' ' T the tiluhttlnif. ten vim: . '""iiimiib uie iiivesugai s mey dis- iiiiii weii-r.eju iiomiv. Japanese can ik' had and (ilenty of them, li'it they an not moved hnlfaii Inch all night "It's the Insulation," the forester hi slsted. "Vou city folks are kltllu your selves with contact. If you'll hicak the contact you'll be able to sleep anil get your nerves buck. This mailer of "contact" was finally stigatlons they covered that pure sodium chloride solii Hon was destructive of heart tissues, goes away In the nighttime, leaving tilm like a log on his mattress. The forester had obtained four glass Insil tators from lelei'ianh miles snineu here and screwed them on the posts of his "" dishonest that they cannot Is1 guest bed. so that the electricity could reiieii oh for a moment, (iratllude not run away. Itounce the very day he they know nothing alsiut, not even the gut home Insulated his bed, and from meaning of the word, and tliey will 111 '" ' present his liisom- leavoyoiiat the worst time liiiaL'inable. "a mis oei amsneii. - .ew lorn ir,.i, i, ..i.r,.,i - iiii-nim in a iev more tinues is eiioogu I'm.i.I.imh. I In rriirlil.tti Hi., In., nit i... inl 1,.. t...ii.u Many years ago. when irl..te.l music you that instant taking his bag and I" "'"'"'1 " ""euger, a.... me 7 Tlnelplcd and the majority of ulid by mixing caleliiln and potassluni solutions tliey found that the poisonous elleets of the chloride were destroyed. Founded A New Science. It is not often that a ship sails away for a brief four years and brings back a hew science; but that was the accoill was dearer than It Is now, a plain, t'hlninnen. who. If thee nr.. ipnei mini, ev any no... uie country. ... .... .. ........... ....i,,,.,!,. ,,.. tVi.nl hitti n I i.ii.l, m titiiwt.. ul.,... ..ti.l l of-- i ..ut.,.,1 , , t1n I I, r I I rmu- n,,..K iw uiu cu'iii iw 1 1111 I I 1 ll. .. . I .... 1 li t. The clerk laid before him an oblong P"" ml ""y nn "Mlu""" vobuiie with two tunes mi a natro. a I'ununami very mgn wagis.. m.iiu book faiulllar to old time choir singers. i'"ing men In the Hast have leceiitly The old inn n drew out of his eeattall come lo the front and have titled them- pocketaii ancient yellow life and, op n selves for housework In all Its branches, ' 1111 "isi page, iiegnn In from cisikliig to washing ami Ironing limy soiuy. iiirumg uie icat Willi euro- ......... sl..,. ...... ..,, M.1,(, , fill lingers as eiiuTi page was llnlshed. The clerks, very much amused at tlrst, grew weary of the droning noise bo two men for every position, ami there seemed to be so much trouble for after a (line, and one of them. waltlUK I ,,ol,M,l',l,t'' K't K" and lellable till a tune was ended, ventured to sav "V,V t''y ilcteiniineil to lit lli. ni- polltely: selvi for housekeeping In all of its "Do ynu Ihluk you will take the honk, branches. One of them gets l.r u slrv Does It seem to suit you?" I month. "It's not such bad wages when hclence thus founded is known as ocean ogiaphy. Not quite four years were expended in exploiatlou and uliscrvu- tlon, but it required nearly live times as long to place the results in orderly and comprehensive form Is'fore the world. It was not until 1MI." that the llit volume of the gleat leport of the expedition, which might well have Ikjcii called a "llisik of Oceanography," was published. This report Is not only one of the very greatest of existing winks of science, lull In mere material mass It is quite the biggest Issik ever produced. It Is published in llfty royal octavo volumes containing pages :i(MH) plates and a large iiuiiiIht of maps The life was lowered, and the player, you ,,,. , ,,; nlKM ,w. M"ti-. 1 his stupendous work oklng over It at the youth In mild s.ir- .., K,,t I11V ,,,,, ( , , t will always .email, one of the Neatest rise, said gently: . . . ... ,' inonuments to Knglisl, science. lool prise, "I camuit tell. I have played only half the tunes." mid placidly turned another leaf, PAY OF GERMAN JUDGES. The whole question of the remunera tion of public ofllclaW la Germany, and especially in Uerlln. H beginning to demand serious attention. English, Scotch or Irish Judges would he omnzed If tliey were Informed of the miserable salaries $1,500 a year Is con sidered above the average wblch their German colleagues receive for labors which In many cases are far more exacting than their own. In the days when Prussia was a small agricultural state and the standard of life In the towns was low, such salaries, combin ed with the honor of boiti?a Prussian otliclal. may have been adequate. Nowadays the honor or the position Is the only attraction, nnd ab'e men who are poor II in) on otliclal career an ex pensive luxury. The profession of law. moreover, ex cept In Its highest otliclal grades, Is not honored In Germany as It Is In Eng land. Will It be believed tint n barris ter as such cannot bo received at court? There Is a true story of a foreign bar rlster who was Invited to attend a court function In Uerlln mid when as also le quested, In accordance wltt the 1'rin bIiiii custom, to state his profession at the chamberlain's olllcc. lie replied. "I am a rechtsanwalt" (barrlsteri "Could you. please, give mine other description of your quality'" pleaded the court otliclal. "Ilnrrlsters are not lioffnhlg (I e., cannot go to courtf In Uerlln." London Telegraph riili.rnr WnrllUe Inntlnrts. 'The Clilne.se have no warlike In stlncts," says Colonel Webb C. Hayes. who has Just returned from service on the personal staff of Generol Chaffee. "They are not a nation of warriors, hut If they should ever be trained they would mnke the finest soldiers In the world. Tliey do lint know what fear means, and tliey absolutely disregard death There are two things tliey wor chip - their fathers and the altnlelit dollar. Vou may kill a man over then nnd no one thinks anything of It unless the dead man happens to be his father They shrug tlielr shoulders and say There are plenty left,' and that Is nil The Chinese are not vindictive. Tin get excited now and then and co In for slaughter, and the next minute the are cool and are drinking tea. Our cavalry ininle an attack upon a mob of Chinese one day. nail they quietly sat down upon tin- ground and waited the ndvance of the column rhey kn? they would all be killed, but did not seem to cine They struck at tin horses with pikes nnd something that looked like forks The Idea of tryln to dlsembowi'l horses and lighting cav airy by sitting upon the uround wa somethlm.' new for modern soldiers to face." Jnplirr Wiinnrr 'Minn Hi.. M.irlli. Liquid Air lor Commerce. Call l.lllde, wlio Is giving special at (cntloii to machines for the commercial and fuel, and my 15 a month is clear gain. Another thing, by hastening with my work I have much spare time and my evenings lo myself, and 1 gen erally devote then, lo rcaillim and h.i The gigantic mass of Jupiter lias n piovlng nivself. I don'l know what I'loduetloii of liquid air, and who was much larger warmth than that of the the inatler Is w lib lb elrls In ih.. I,.... I Iho Inventor of the original I. hide ap earth. It Ih the result of the molecular They complain of our taking tlielr lmr"tlH " ""'' the later liquid air ....Mi-.m m ,...M..,.e.. ... v..ii.,,re p) mH H Vl,t ,!,.. ,, machines have Wen modeled, doscrll.es Klon of the strata and must be greater ' ' ,... rti..t.. .. f,,,,,,.,,.. .1,. (t,,. ............ I tl t r.w,T tlllM nil' IIH'DPIin. Hill K Itll 1 121 1 1 l " tia, KlEw 1 ' -rld, -" form, Ingenious application of strata Is. Jupiter siiipns.es the eailh "".v l eau nv lor hosts """"""""""' ' " m ..... i,...-.. In K)liit of milks U07 limes, and for this of our Idle young men who long fur M" '""-via-" fuels, micIi as lignite reason the Inner teinperaluic or Hull wink is for them to follow my example """ l"'"1, eouiuusiion oi iius.e is vlilual waruith of the planet Is luoha and take the nhiccw In our Kil.-h.-iw m,i Ihleiisllbsl and made couiiiiercially ui- my mgn ciuiiign io evaponite tiie waiei do the general housework that vou "y turning the nastsnis niutuie oIh upon the surface quickly, so that water wuM wlpHW, .,,, WHH ,uU.'Um tnluc.l by eva.ratilig liquid air into z.n:M:n.!,,ej;rjX8,t;;;::r;;;f i!:1: .'''r:""':. ,! .,r lu no ,.,.. ,11.,,,. , I in. eee ii. II is soi l OI II . loltHlll s choice I "'" ' i '" ""' ' I ll .in , . I nil 1-iHr.ui. Is v,.rv I rii.li In nv vtrnii ... nr-.-nllllls r.n- In, In-1,. 1,1 .n.ll.ill..,, ..fl"ii" in.-, llll I IIIIVO I OI LT IO CO 11- I n- light emitted by the planet.- Professor I""1" and do nol llml my lot a hard '"'"'g aisuu si is-rcenioi me miter one. Hiid ll won't s. omr until v.m will " neiice Miy iiiiien iiiieiisiiioi me llml gmsl iiiaiiy young inch follow lug my example." Hughes hi Chicago Tribune. An Li.nril ('iillii.i-.ii. There Is such a thing as being too IHTslstoutly eoiiiplliui'iilary. A cNiidld nnd well meaning prnfeiuMir who had I. cut of the furnace. The price of this gaseous hllxt.l.e is slid to ls atsilll si cents per 1000 cubic Uvt. Fishes Sleep Thlle in Motiou. The sleeping of llshes, if tliey may pnH'rly Is' said lo have such n habit, isgts yet a pmule. It is altogether prob- iiiisou that they have uoeyellds. 1'inlv- Thls Is the keynote to the dllllcilltv witnessed the pel foruisnce of a little a (pssl iimny liistunci. hWlorlcrt play lu a prlvale Iioiiih. In which hU of all kinds mid enuuerliw aiv tilled liostes Had iHken the lend lug urn met with ulrls nnd the lady a (he came from behind die .f..lril. ... U111. r,..- n... .r..n.. ,.e curtain. ,.. , able that they do sleep, thoiiish they Mada.,,. ' he Mild, .ml.., up to he,-. 7?.. J T " ' i ','" "V' : .'ver cIim- their ey, simply fur tin. 'vnil it mviiiI Litii t 'I'l.u ....M ill. . nun J 1 ... ...... . ... . .... i"" ''in hiij. tin k iwii Hill. ., ,it , - you lo peifeellou." iiiiiigiiiiiii wim ner menu not long "Oh. no. irorcor." wild tin. imii- laodiiNtly ", .loiuig nnd pretty w.uu I" her hoiiM'hold, and nftur de an is ucslid for iIimi rt." uounelug her in no gentle terms, said Hut, minium, pcrsUicd the profess "I should Ihluk mhi would ls asha.ucil or, ou have sltlely provisl the I In biro a ( 'liiluiinnti w b..l. I linr,. n.-i. kn many whllegirl. wantlngwork." After she had IlliUhcd her tinide of abuse tlio friend said: "I wish you would show mo one of the girls you slx ak of. I nilveitUed for two wivks In ourdallv mpeii forglrU. Out of the w hole nun. iMiitraryl"- I'eanMiii's Weekly. Ilrli. nu ll,,. liii,..,,,, A coal henver was getting In a load pf coal In the suburbs 0r .nl,diiu tit was sliovidlng In I lie ism Is at a good rate w heu he wan Mnrlled tiy a terrlllc fell from the house adjoining. "Wot the dlokeus U the matter?" queried tlic iHailuuiu, sturtlng up. A disheveled looking Indlvldiwl made uiu upivaninvv at the disir, sine., Issm..... ,,l.,., ,. ! ""'J '.v xuiui.HT w lino w mi iiimgiu uie water, iisiuemg meo.ercis of their liua titan autoiiiatlc iiiliiimutii. Hut it would Is' ti mistake to siqqsi-e that a Itsli ilm-s Its sleeping at nights invcNar!!y. On the coutinry, ninny sHviiiri aiv nocturnal In habit, feeding lu the night time. Italian ii.aearout Is no longer made by hand, but by machinery. Accord 1st ot replies 1 got two only coie-enld nrllWl l',mMl1 ,U 'N'1,K to coniw mid they never returned or ollensl any explanation foi their not. aplKHtmnce. I lslted all the llltelll- geuoe olllcw but will, out any rcr-ult "ilatter. you thlckhwulr nhoutid the Now tell iiu ultut 1 mil t miliar u. ram.cauy e.i.ieaoilug to pull ,0 cllcunistunees, g" without help Hole. ,Jv wife', people live there!"- "V V V, 1 3 " "Oh, that Is the chm'," said tlio frlon III. I. hull, "I'm getting along," wild Mr. Uuin rox. "I'm piogionliig (.lowly, hut iiirily." "In what?" friend tninuly, us she IihiU her departure. Tlio alxivo Is one of the ktern ivalltU of this every day life. And now for a "Culture. I've lieen truvtdlng nruuud lbiswisjtniwniryeold-fashloiuHl kind, with Mrs (!. and the itlrU uutll I'm 11 meivly a bint to our windy- Setting right retlned. Hut tliero' one I nuiker, big and little, livery ouwln a thing I don't think I'll nrhlvvv. I don't believe I'll eer Im hIiIw to go Into nn nutloue store nnd tell the dllTercus tM'twii'i, brie n biac and Junk " while you hour somt oim with aw.vt tooth and a bikI inwnory rovert to the iluya gone by and wish for a goslidivl piece of Ju-ju mU' tliat ucd to kmud alsiut TU,(K) cu-c of maeaiMiil are an nually c.Hirted;to ICnglaud and HXI.lXX) to the 1'iiiUil Stab's. The thirty-three largw-t tow nsof ICng laud and W'ah have a total population of nearly li,0O0,0iH. The longest plant lu the world Is a tqHvios of subtropical sxiweisl, whlli giMWs to wo fis-t lu length. The screw In the fourth Jewel wheel of a watch Is mi'siiuiII that n lady's thimble will hold 1,000,000 uf thiMii. tleriiiauy b-s one diK'tur fur ovury 1WT llibubltauts. I'lien1 r'N.KX) carrier jdgixms, all well tmliiitl, in use lu the (ionium army. I.rfl llntnlr.l Uolnnnrii. "Unless the present style of trolley cars should go out of vogue." says gosslper lu the New Orleans Times Democrat, "they will develop a race of left handed motorineli. If you will no. tlce the iiiotormnu next time you get on a car. yon will observe that he keeps his left hand on the crank which con trols the current ami his right on the one connected with the brake. The tcasou for such nu nrrangeincut that the brake craulc requires consld rnhly more strength In Its tuanlpula lion, but the current regulator comes Into play ten times as often and has to lie moved at much grenUr speed. As a mutter of tact, the oisrator Is cotitln unlly shifting It to mid fro for the pur pose of Increasing or decreasing the power, and a soit of (Hal. over which the handle moves, tells him exactly how much electricity he Is calling Into play at any given moment. All that demands special alertness nnd ntteu thin, while with the brake It Is merely n matter of a straight pull. The natu nil consequence of such nn unequal ill vision of labor Is to transfer the ilex ferity of the right hand to the left, and with many of the older men It tins til ready iM.come noticeable" A Tr Hill Iral.l.tr. l.lilrt. The handsome luoiite tablet, 1" feet ti) .7 which the state et New llunqe slihe presented to I he battleship Ala baiua Is irlMlig tlie otlleers a gooil ileal of inuilili It was I ti ti n.li-it to occupy a posit Inn on the exterior of the for ward Inn. 'I dlieclly iimler and he iuh'ii Uie two I- inch guns Figure heads Inn ins become obsolete, that portion of a tint it of war Is used noun ihijs lo recelie the ship's escutcheon Hut tin- unit men tlud it luiHsslble to bore holes hi the Imncylied steel lu order to rivet It. ami it inav have to occupy a lees conspicuous ssltlon. 'I'.... Lls- IIhiii-Iiik. The young people get too close to en eh other as they dance. It looks bad and Is very Improper. Voung ladles should Insist on the gentlemen stq portlug their it nu nt right umjles with the shoulder It Is nil right to bo af fectionate, but the place foi It Is not In llie ballroom. If you want the young nan to hug you. have him d. It at home Mid not In a public hall where every one can see you. lleslde this. It la much more cotufortablo. to hold the lady or gentleman at n distance. Vou can dnn co easier ami he more grace fut. Morton (Knii.l Headlight. Minor I'le I'ur I'nutleU. Current gossip avers that the Charleston-!! state prison, lloston, has abjured ml nee pie as n rteady diet for tbe prisoner because the medical ex perts declare that It Impairs the health it the Inmates aud tends to Increase the death rate. The exclusion of this dyspeptlo dainty will doubtless d- tense the hospital lint lu Clmrlestowu, but lu whnt other prison on eurtti do llw oouvlcts get in luce plo. except pas duly on Christmas day or TluiuksgU UigJ-Nww York Trlbuuo. Mir lln.ipy Km, Tbe chief beauty uf tbe followtug poem Is i ha i It Is both rhyuie aud bkiuk Venn- rliym acoonllllS to the MhjIIIuk mid blauk versv acourdlus to the iMvuuucliitloir TVistsk llliM'i M I kewd Um 4M is Ut; IIU ln mi, wbuk SfexiaU tW tuiiir. WWW U, toll knu.wc Hut hr tar Iw thoiM Ciorl I cIot. iukKi u Uw Mm41. mt wlik IW rwrgti ul luuf )Mk timet mm Im a kit ttwtuiiaz simUl Wkkk m( iw Mta( lu &4 win. IhMU timi. la. i,W UMtr mMj Jr Akl M llkr w l I l Ul lk lt Oe 'o ibr i.ii iu Hi, nu U (uU. It k UdLlltllul is Nut .SrU SOME MEN GROW ON TREES. ThU l ll.r Ilrltrl of nn In.llnn nnit Si.mr Othrr Trllir.. The Sioux Indians still share with the old Aryan and Semitic tribes lu the belief that there are trees that bring forth human beings and others that bear various portions of the human body, and lu the fourteenth century an Italian tru"vclcr, on arriving at Mal abar, was told by the natives that the country abounded with a tree that bore men and women. The latter wcro attached to the limbs by the nether ex tremities aud wore full formed when the wind blew, but when the wind died out they soon withered. These speci mens of humanity reached the length or height of three foot. In the Ilrst book of the Mahadhnrat.i mention Is made of forms of dwarfs that were to be found on a large fig tree. The Arabs nre fctlll strong In the belief that bomewticrc In the southern ocean there Is a tree that bears a nut thnt resembles the face of a man and when lu Its fullness the mouth opens and gives voice to the cry: "Wakl Wak!" The Chinese reverse the oruer of things and, Instead of believing that the trees give birth to men, claim thnt lu the beginning the herbs and grass sprang from the hair of the human family. They have preserved the tra dition, too, that somewhere within the borders of the beautiful Mowery Kingdom there Is a wonderful lake by whose margin grew trees whose leaves developed Into birds and also that, If a Jar be broken nu the waters, birds of the most brillliiiit phiuniKc w ill at otiee arise from the pieces and lly off. In central India there Is n tribe call ed Klmttles that claim to have tlielr origin from a stick of wood. When the five sons of I'andu, the heroes whose exploits are told lu the Maliad hanita, hud become simple tenders of sheep, Kama, their Illegitimate broth er, wishing to deprive them of their last resource, lira j ed to be gods to as sist li 1 in . lie struck the earth with his stuff, which opened, and from It sprnti!: a man who was called Khat. mcanliiK begotten of wood, and by this name tunc his descendants; ever since been know n.-St. I.uls ltepiibllc. LINCOLN WAS GRACIOUS. Intllr.1 I In- rhrntrr fuller lo n Srnl In IIU llux. ..i ...... , ..n much of a Keuubllcan," said a gemleuiau who was born and retired In Washington, "but I loved Abraham Lincoln. He was one of the most lovable men I ever met. I was an usher in the National theater, and alsiut two weeks before the assassina tion John Wilkes Hooth and Susan Mi.iiln were tilayllig there. Mrs. I.ln coin having expressed u desire to sec them lu Itnnieo and Juliet,' I was seni to the president's house to say that a box had been reserved. In the even ing. Mrs. Lincoln being Indisposed, the president and little Tad Lincoln came, and 1 showed them to the box. "As Tad entered he turned and snld, Conic In, Lew.' 'Oh, no,' I replied: that would not be right.' Tad then turned to his father and said, Tap, you tune no objection to Lew coming In'' Mr Lincoln, with a smile nnd motion ing me to a sent, replied: 'No, Tud; ceiininl. net for any of your friends. We will be glad to have your compa CltlllK 1 1 1 II 11 Host. The energy of one of the oldest In bnblmnts of a Massachusetts town is a byword among his neighbors aud n trial to his giaudehlldien, who hae not Inherited their full shaic of his ac tive temper. Ills grandson John lu particular suf fers from tin- old man's untiring Indus try, for John Is his assistant In the Ut ile grocorj shop, where everything, from codfish to brooms, may be found A purchaser of glngersnnps lingered 3tie day lo hear the noontime address Jehveied lo poor John by bis grand fa I her Now, Johnny, I'm a-going home for my dinner." said the old man briskly. "and on the way I'll carry up these prills to Miss .Malison and fetch back tier kerosene can I shall be gone up- 'arils of half an hour. You'll have plenty of time lo eat your luueheou, and while jou're resting after that I wish you'd saw up that little mess nf wood that lays out by the back door unl split It up for stove kindling, for die weather's turning sharp a'ready. "Most likely I'll be back 'fore you g. t out o' work, and anyways 1 don't want to keep you at It all the time, so If there's a few elry minutes Jest set luwii iiini make out a bill or two. The fust of the iiiniii It'll lie upon us "fore we 'tiiow It."- V .null's Companion. II n I.,- i. I'.-l r ll..- lint, "As n mutter of fact." says a coura genus writer In the Iloston Transcript, "the common rat Is a vastly more Intel ligent creature than the squirrel or the menige cat. I am more than half coir vlnced that the resources of the rat as a household s'i would If fairly tested prove very gnat. The rat Is undoubt edly callable of a higher and more hill mate form nf domestication iimu that which lie uon commonly assigns to himself, lie Is at present a resident of our houses nu unwelcome terms, and he makes himself, ipiltr naturally, as much an enemi of the household as possible. "Let the rat lie welcomed and ininle a friend of the family, as has Is on ilmie lu a few eases, ami he becomes a dif ferent sort of fellow altogiilier. No longer forced to stent hU food, lie be comes a playmate ami a eompauiou The sleek and well groomed gray rat K barring the ordinary bnldiiess of his tail, quite ni pretty and graceful a creature u the Miulnel. ami there Is no reason we sluuld not betoine so much ai eti-loninl to the apis'iirauce of his tall ilint In i line we should rigaid It as unite ornamental." 'I'lir II. nix- I'liii Trraf.nm ll.i. One of ll.e curiosities of nrehlt. eture In England Is. according to The sioue l miles .lomtial. the house crt-ctril about tiHi jeiirs ago at Itushtnn in Northuniiiouhlre, by Sir Tlionms iresimin. a Ifcuian Catholic. uilu wished by his design to linlfv the Trinity. The house is alt threes, lias iIimm sides, three stories and tnree windows en caeh Hal. each of tllem In the shK of iho trefoil-the three leaved sham roc. here tlio roofs mwt rim n three sided p.niuild. terminating lu a law trefoil The smoke ewapes from mis ciil'iuiey tiy tlllve round holes ou each side . f the three side. The build lug Is mIiii.m covered with mottoes ami arvlng. three l-ntlu Inscription, one ou each of the three sides, having 33 loiters lu each. Three anglo on each side tiear shields. Over the door Is the M from the Vulgate. "There are thne that liear rteunl." Inside the house acli corner Is cut off from each or the three main rooms, so that on even Boor there are three three sided aunrt-meutv 'I told Tad that my business would not allow me the privilege, and, thank ing both father and son, I returned to my duties with a light heart and with mi admiration for the president I have felt for but few men. and since that In cldtnt I hae often recalled It and ex pressed my sorrow that he met with a ANXIETY OVER A TOMCAT. " l Mystrrr Which Wns Hxplnlnrd t n Willi Street Stan. It was In a Broadway pharmacy reporter was waiting with others when Me druggist stepped to the telephone nid, after getting the number he called for, said: "What Is that tomcat doing?" He listened with apparent excitement PT mil added: "How Is spinach?" jHcj After holding the receiver to his car 1!,9J for a few moments ho rang off ami Si?P darted to attend to his customers IIe Jgvov leemed nervous, however, and lliinllr ivlv' ixcuscd himself In the midst of nillLg in order and called up the same iium, ohc tor ou the telephone again. 'JiV.1 "Sell my tomcat nt the market." he 'a3S' said as soon as he had somo one at the Ai jther end. ?,nJl Then he returned to Ids customer V. , 'L' ivltli tipparent case of mind. 'I he re porter wondered what the ihunsist meant by tills strange conversation un. Ill It was explained by u Wall street nlfe. tvlco. foan igTLr 'kul .peculator. "TniiH'at." It seems u a i ,iet niune among moucrs tor ieiiin..see Jon I and Iron stock. "Spinach" is the ..,,. Mini, fiflttlii for Slllltll.'l-n P.irllU l'lie druggist had evidently hmigLt tfj, tomcat" low. and his excitement w jSTfJ, .aused by his eagerness to "take pr,f. lgr? its. nlnle These are not the only stocks that .iTST? have pet names In "the street." IVo- JStlJi death so untimely."-Washington Star. Lie's Oas of Chicago Is known as "Vmi 1 jtllco, ami liiooKiyu unpin Transit Is pt-llfii A Tinker" lnra. known among many as "Little Manh.it. nlnni There Is nu profanity In saying that tan." The mimes are not the same lo ,'rhT, any certain thing "N not worth a tlnk- x brokers' olllces. The Jargon una- yjfer cr s ilam, iimioiign u is so cniism.-n.-i. (),,s customers io give oruers over llie hati by many. The expression originated telephone to their brokers with a cer- routi many years ago. when tinkering, or t., amount of secrecy, 'the practice fnrn it . I., ...nu ...tltl. ,-.!. I I... ..... ..!.., V...... V.. -I. V m '.' mending, leaky vessels was much crud er than It Is noiv. In former Lines the ue of rosin to cheek the t!iw of solder wheu placed on tin was in t generally understood, at least by flic roving tinkers. When one Df these gentlemen of the road found a Job. such as mending a wash holler or nther tin household utensil, lie would get from the housewife or domestic n piece of soft dough. With this he would build a dam around the plnce where he Intended lo put his solder. Inside of tlic circle thus formed he noureil the moiled lend. When the inetill had cooled, he would brush away the dam of dough that had con fined It to the ilcslied limits. The heat had hardened the heavy paste and baked It thiiioughl.t, so thai It was ab sobitely i f no use for tnj thing else. It liecaine one of the liio-t Useless things la the world, and there was not oiiotigl: of It even to be win th while carrying to the pigs. Hence llie expression, which was originally Intended to convey a certiiln idea, appeals to have been retained, while the origin Is not generally known. Illliol IHnmi.nilft, Illaek diamonds are comparatively rare and coirespiimllugly high priced Tliey me thlee or four times as hard as the white ones, and lire cannot harm them, how ever great the heat, but If a drop of water should touch them while heated they will explode and leave nothing but a little heap of sand In tlielr place. Their bounty Is not remarkable, but on account of their extreme hardness they are limilunhlc for dressing sur faces linpeivious to the friction of any other inateihil. The largest black dia monds are s,. in t1L. ond of a round short bar of steel, with a handle of wood, and are used lu dressing emery wheels tlin hiie lost their "triteness." New York iliuTtl Sin's Urea. micdi AC.Fn swpptncsq lines r-...w. m Is as old as "the market, Mall and Hxpress. Mniiinin .si.n.-r.-.l on Account of Iter tc,l'&l s,, i.rs l..-iniikliiK. rilici) She was pouring at a tea thai after- lilSi1 noon, and she looked unusually he. witching. lie was sitting nt In r left ffyJ' In n bower f palms that almost cou ceiiled hi was holding one of her JLJ ' hands i cr of tlio tableelotli, ciii." while sin i I in pour with the other. 'iSSP. She did not look at him as lie talked, ''IU.11 but he knew by her color and the little r.lii root i quiver of the hand he was holding that she heard everything he said. 'Iieaiest." ho murmured as she seut elzed oue cup off without u spoon nnd niiuth- 1--,. mi,i ,iiv ,,-111, i,.iiiii ..,.,, "eni. ....... ...... I'.'---- -I".. " T., "J1"? iTsfi-1 nug er 'deaiost. if .Mm don't mind my all this lo .miii. Just drop a spuou. i oiiioii i .von iiianage nt Iit. A clatter of silver and more color In the girl's lace as. In stooping to pick up tlie spoon, he kissed her hand. Spur- jjjfjj red by this success, ho went ou, "Dear- j'JJ,, est. If If you return It that Is, If jou -jts loe ino, you know Just put three jgjjj lumps of sugar Into the next cup you fyjfr pour-'y-c-s'-or, If you don't, two, to ner , spell 'no.' " heIr One, two. three! The tiny cup was f5Jn .llinost full, but lu her haste to hlile trlkli her confession she covered the three fjjfali lumps hastily wllli chocolate and cream rhoh ami scut them off. lie asked Ids mother, as tliey drove lioiue that night. If she had enjoyeu 5Hlul herself. 'j' "Cgh! No!" was her disgusted re- ' lily. "Such horrible stuff to drink as they gave one! Why. mv cun wns half full of siig;ir:"-.M. S. Ilolhrook In ;2i Smart Set. usj siii..i.liiK-lii-lt"-lsin. mdln rise i 'Bipv elow, Did you ever notice how many per- Scan soils, t, nil-it flit. Ill .I... '!it,l ,11,., ,,nn ItA mtlui. A black il'aniond Is the only M.bstat.ce tiiiliic-c-.l to admit there "Is soinethlug .acfic that will i.i t... ground away by con- i nv. t,,,,,,., ,,..,. ,. ,,r . iron" ..ni ..nn tin . ih.i Mirince. f'huk iliii mis are also used as points in scoring pencils which are used by s,.,i,.rs (.f weights and meas ures to mark glass receptacles. Thev what it Is. The most of tlie folks will jsltnt sputter disbelief for awhile and then r8v' when some sudden recollection strikes iwnril then, or you get some argument lu im- llyjsl dor the solar plexus they will grtnts- :ldgc. l . use, by demists or drilling tivtl. lncly , tl!ll thpri Huniotllllu; ;ry ", V T, m''1, ',' ," "m'l'r " 11 ' M'U.ethlng we don't .'tVe h b " , , "'f '"a' "kl'," h,Mw, '".ders.aud or generally "something la -.djtb little spllnier of Iron or grain of coal t .ght. than a precious gem, and tlielr chief etly not an ornamental one. '01,. I , .1 ..,,. RnTf.i ...l.i.... i. .. ii .i. .i ... I iio-iiioi-i.s iui me sucieiA ui c?; mission is a dlstliie ly commerc al unit - .. . . . nVcSi, Inn nr.... ..ml ...... ' "'ii.cii. u.e spiri.uausi uociur. "M the mod um. the Christian Scientist ugc and some of the rest of the folks will 'Jluy explain to you Just what "Is In It" no ?PF coidlng ns they practice tjie eu-li. Tor the rest of us the vague notion TWh ijWZfn there Is souiethlng soincwherc some- llrf' liow. that we do not understand, must turan needs sutllee.- I.ewlston Journal. ',5ii" 'erejn 'I'll t l lrril .'.i-lliiu'. 9lr" riier.-.s in. ilmilii iilinni If " -..ivs s 1 'his The ('liln,..,- CooU. Mr. WW1 determined In the tlrst Hush of her newly wed dignity that she was not BB l0 ,0 wmeosed" by the Chinese couk and the storekeeper. as It was unite plain every one ele wns. Accordingly she purchased scales and weights aud announced 1(.r ntpn tlon or pers, nnlly weighing everything 1 Or some il-il-tf ll,la ninll.n.1 uniLr 'i . I nminliii'iit i,.i.,tf.rlf.ii 'ii,,i. fnr ...i. litis -Tinl r...... ..,. , M, wn sometimes n ', , , , miitv II. ,.,..,',l...l 1.. .. ... . I Hie.', rot' oil. I u-m-l.- t-.,.r,ilnr(...in.tll Is "'I'i' : ' ' " """k um provi- ..,. v: v;r , seiess .-.ui.s i.i.ioniiiiv weigned more than , . unj- . ..'Inl.nu I S lll'l'lllll. In ,-...,. ..1, 1. ... ...... ... 11,1 S..VJ Ope day th,. mvsterv ns nK-.i "'vdness lu meat or fish or poultij ""J?, J S'l ,. . . . --v... .. . , ,.,,, ,..., - .. i ,,. IIBBIU .-..v- "s cuu hihj- weigiiing a chicken. :. . . . ' ,t5i 1,1 r-l.l.,.. ..... . ... I IllMt IS U'llV III.. l.i.t.i. ..ni... nl!, A " ... v ,ii i ..n.v is iiv.trv. 111,1, n....... - -.v ,,,v... i.iivi i.-.. - ....r. 1 ...... . . ... . . " ll r... .......I r....l.. I 'Uisin ..o,. ...nn, so,,, i,v weignt, but fowls are u ' -., . ' "" ' "lu ' . nnds always siippllc.1 alive. Tl... ehiL-.. dlshicllned to work. He tins absorbed "n ilurlug the weighing operation sudden- llN "u'nt n Kn'al 'tuantlty of uric Jt. lv ..1 .. ... . . .. pll ,111,1 ll,.. ,l..ll,,lll.... ..! ..!.! 1..W !P1'" v ......... .. ..B,.ri.us onjectioii and be- r V " ""' ndlth gnu to Hap u,i trnggle with nil Its u K"VH ''-v "uiluent scientist as might, ami dming tliese ilappings and 1,10 VtiM'lu'0 ,,f tiredness.' He whoenH -,ii iiMKonirs somethliig weighty f..ll sttvuu'ies is never lircil lllivr with a thud to the Coor. evidently from ,,u'al-l'-'ver.' m.u. ... re hihiiii me chicken. Tills mni.si ..ni to ik' a arge I.I.V.. nf i.,.i "lien nun iS'ell CUIUI Ilg r taunn .... der oue of the wings. Portlier ln.-..i atio led , the discovery of n similar i..-w iiiocriieaiu the other wing. The "..-iweicin or me wst few days wa a-..uuiisi tor-Chambers' Jm 'loll. If VOU Wnilf L'll.iu l. vnn most mil iiiC ' for It; If food, you must toll for It, nuJ fij-jj? If Pleasure you must toll for It. Toil Is lJ the law. Pleasure comes through toll fflu and not by t-df Indulgence nnd Iwlo- j-JU( lencc. When n man gets to love work, ijj-j,.. Ids life Is a happy one. ssi. - - - H , fnr..i-.-.i suprrallilnn. la a Ws r to the AutbroMogieal la stltute Ir Wstertuark showed from InrectlgatioUk la Morocco that u. Aran gluu. or guuu. Is regardeil as a kclal raw of beiugs createil before Auam, or no nv.sl form aud auumina like Protean, who wac iierhap a iter aouage of the mi me extraction, alnio! noy shau.' ihe) plMne. (tad rluu at j tack men. but are kepi away by ait r kiM'i auu verw or tbe Koran. The tuibor .uptH-Kw (out the belief lu gluii. Ua. come down from a aaltltM aud truuleits age. but wa abaorbwl and d- iilopeil at a later time under the ludu eucvef hl.uu llnli.iill'. ('Imii.,., i. nun llillliv ,,r u ... , , ,.. familiar . xpres.!.,.,. ' w, Uobson's '"' acquaiuusl with the real oll uf select Uiu that T.ilil,. n. "mu goes,.? T...s-,;ii;' ... uie e: The ,, Tu,la, "tin,'.'.4"" (',,,lr"," tUkt.eiH.r. Hh 4o horM's lu his .tables some bet- . i-uurw. nu. n others, traveler cunie to rcou.'si ... outigeu io ,aki. ,he hUn 5We t tea no " ueu a mount, (,,. thai l.iir.li-.l Tn.U of the liny. Ilnnhniptsi nwnrs do mv hardeat w.t7ti work before breakfast. 61o Horrowell-What's that? irfp llardiiiipc Octtlne It.-I'hlladell)hla Itecord. ii,1i ."77 " ra;ii: Mttlll Lire 1, i:Z'.TV.''ni s fr w - ui uo wa. to wait cue .7.1 "I.... nu mt' for n..w 7. - "! left Its -- -. e,gquor oeare.t the .table l.lmllrd. "Great Sc"dtt, and tlio bank has conr up for jWio.OOO! For how nitich are the directors responsible'" uniy for the falluro." Dcnvii ll.li)'. ,eed. Mamma-We must eet n nurse for the buhy. tlr! I'aia-Ntire nnthln?! wi.ni he needl tjbs' Is a night watchuiau.-nxchange. !S J The leiee nn h.i. ....I". - . ... l"ru.M-V0 view of the sanitary sit th.. . - " "i the M . mion of i:urone slinw. thnt li Is the were built lo a . inl . . Uat " V Cl""' clolu,- uorth wUU U " .k . . T . 10 .trabrht II.k healthv nn, I .1... ...niif lona enoiwi. . " r" l'":"' wug oi IM UI . . r .,uul itgw mJL.o r,. oi south which Is unbeahhy. UM . . aui ihe largest city In the couutry Washington's time was Philadelphia It had OU.iKio Inhabitants.