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.