BANDON RECORDER.
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j Polly Larkin. If
l....lltlunt,u..l.,vd.v,lM!tl f those , f()r , .,; , r) , ,
they come In contnct with ill every day .,, n
unit Hie.
every day
life give them half tin; credit lliuy de
serve for keeping within Isiumls. Ilrenk
out In an unguarded moment they will
an Hiiro us the sun will drink forth from
the blackest cloud. Possibly they will
rage and Htorin, then everything will
appear iw serene ih a May morning
when thu storm has passed, hut In
wardly thu unfortunate inheritor of this '" Hf.. to nii.-oii with them. Whlj
Thu Rlorjr of n Hoodoo IIM.
Mr. John Cooper, one of Dooly coun
ty 8 most prominent citizens, Is In tu
rlty on bis way to Augiistn to attend
oi.i veternns. reunion. When he i Polly often wonder- when she hears
got off the train, he looked up Captain , tmt olle KVl. c-rt-IIt for
., "r,rt:" TU'y' !,e of !,rnv.eRt ot 1 Imvliiu such a sweet and lovely .11-,,-
and thev m ,., i , Z , -Itlon, If the one who uru Ixirn with
nun tiicj Iniuiedlntely began "tvnpplng I ,. . ' , , , , -.
reminiscences nhout their nrmv I f,. In I tla' lll'rlKV "f 'l'"' 'IT 'ld nil
Vlrglnln. Klnnlly Mr. Cooper nsked
Ciipliiln Mosoloy If he remembered the
Yankee lint. A reporter who wns stand
lug thero henrd the following story,
which hoth men vouch for ns being ab
solutely true:
On the first dny of tho battle of Win
chester a Yankee wns killed so nenr
the lino of battle thnt n soldier of the
name of MoLondon, Compnny I, fourth
Ooorgln, picked up tho lint nnd put It
on ami wore It. lie lmd not hnd It on
bin bend for more tlinn two hour when
he was sfiot through the henil, the bul
let piercing the lint In nlmost the Mine
hole thnt the bullet hnd entered thnt
killed the Yankee.
Another soldier of the nnme of Woo
ten of Company II, fourth Ocorgln,
picked up the hat and put It on, nnd In
loss thnn nil hour lie, too. was killed,
the bullet striking lilm In the bond tienr
the plnce where the other two bullet
had entered.
The next dny nuother soldier of the
linuio of Kllpatrlck of ('oiiipnuy II,'
Fourth Georgia, wns wearing tho lint
when he, loo, wns struck In the bend
nnd killed.
Although the hat was a line one, It
wiih left lying on the Held, ns there
was no one who would wenr It, ntt four
men who bad worn It were then cold
and KtllT, and each one bad been wliot
through the bat In almost the siimu
plnce. Macon News.
I'olly, thut there arc -wore of men,
lionornble and iinright citizen-., who
nreju-t ai great criminals as tlice un
fortunate. They have Just Mich vio
lent tempers, but have been fortunate
enough never to lx.nr the heavy cross
that those men must carry through
life. Some times I wNh the Angel of
Death could place the Mill of silence
on tllie men mid send them to be
Judged by one who knows of their trials
and tribulations and will give them
This is a long way round, I'olly, lo
rench the point of this conversation.
The"ilit Is this, however: It lies with
the mothers In the laud. When they
II in 1 out their child has this unhappy
dlollion they .should make It their
ATIPPKOilA SHARK.
THE REWARD THAT IT BROUGHT TO
A PAIR OF SHARP MEN.
Ilotr a Grateful Wool IJroker He
rri m r it .Millionaire nnd nn Inlelll
Rent IminlKrnnl Ilecmne n Tnrern
Keeper A Storj .f Nriv Sontli
Wales. .
HTiilInr illsHsltioii Is sorely grieve,)
ami conscience-stricken over the out
burst of temper for which they are not
really accountable They shed hitter
tearsover their unfoituuatcilNposltlon,
renew I lie resolve they have made over
again only to lx taken unawares when
Ihey least expect It. They know when
they nru making all the' gixxl rcfolu
tloiis that they will lie broken Mxuier
or later and they are In constant dread
of something coming up to arouse the
smoldering umber and fan them into a
eonllagratiou tliat will make existeun
us (lrisire ns Hi., l.rnc nshis. tliiil m-n bfl
afler the angry Hann have ilone tlielr h",l'Mrl,l,,,,'l,,l'l""i'' kl"1 !" IV
work. N-,i ,.ne knows ,.f the si.tlerliiL- ,K"" "'roiign uie lire.
....... - - .
ping will rarely do any good with such
a nature, but you can appeal to them
In a tender, loving way thnt will Ix; far
more eliectlve. Don't hnrp on his vio
lent temper or (.peak of It before others,
not even U'fore the family, for he will
feel the humiliation keenly cnniigl
without that. I Is'llcvc if this course
wen; pursued there would Is' fewer em
bl tiered live, and the mother would
gradually gain control over her child
dlolliou that is tempest one uiintlti
and siinhlno the next, but censure anil
reprimand will never do It. I know
what I am talking nlxmt, for I was
that a iK'lxin with a hasty temper
must endure unless they have Urn
tried by the same tortures, and no one
give them half the credit they deserve,
for It I a struggle from the cradle to
BRIEF REVIEW.
Extravagant Luxury ol Millionaire Wright
l''ew millionaire in Loudon or oth
Oclnnr I'rnnUs,
A traveler In thu west, the Itev. C. T.
I'nnly, Miys that of nil the uiaiilfeata
tloiis of power In; ever witnessed, from
mi cnrtliitmko down, a cyclone Is thu
most npp.'illlng. The mldiilKlit black
iicsh of the funnel, the lightning dart
lug front It In Inconceivable llerceues.s,
the Htrnnge crnckllng sound from Its
bosom, thu HllddemiesH of Its Irresisti
ble nttnek, Its Incredibly swift niollon.
Its wild leaping mid bounding, like a
gigantic benst of prey, the awful ronr
which follows, all this but feebly chni
nctcrlzcn thnt strauge nivager of the
plains, He continue".:
The cyclone plays odd pranks. I
bnve seen two horses lifted III air and
caiefiilly deposited, unharmed, III a
Held about an eighth of a mile awny.
I have Keen chickens and geese picked
clean of feathers and yet feebly ullvo.
One house, I remember, hnd a hole,
till feet hi diameter cut out of lis roof,
ns if by a circular sniv. I have seen
the black, whirling cloud lift a build
ing and Hlinko It to pieces, as one
Nhake.s a pepper box. One of tho
worBt cyclones I ever knew threw a
heavy Iron wife about ns a child might
toss n wooden alphabet block In play.
It In mi Iriesponslble as well as an
almost omnipotent monster, and It
seems to love the hideous Joke of Un
own concocting.
tli.i ,rr ,.lu lint . .1)11. let- i,v.,r flilu I
I . ,,, ,, ,. ., ,, i , , i"iiim it.-.-. ...- in rui.ii iiiiiii..-i -i iv II-
I tui-rllilii lliliiirifiilli.il 1 lt.it imu ulmilf ill i.if I 1 "
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their live and caused them untold pain.
II, Ion's "I. Illlr lli.l."
Thu lloston TiniiDCllpt snys thnt lino
ton's "I.ltlle Italy" Is estnlillRhtsI In the
very ipiartur where Paul Itevere llvtsl
and wiieuco he bore the iiiciiuiko of
the belfry. The Old North si pin re rlt
ph'H with the color and music of for
clgli faces and toiiKUes. The Old North
church Itself cnniiot have fur to
to neighbor with I'ruiiciKciiti ebaH'ln
and Itouinii C'utliollc cnlliedrals, thv
wlndo uiiHlley of n foreign world umiri
lug thnt place where once I'lirltniilsra
rolgticd Btipreiue.
They say that the llotou llnllans are
very tlulfty, tliiil from being gotxl lent
payers they are becoming notnble prop
erty buyers. They nro u music lovln
and art lining people. "Co to tin'
Museum of l'luu ArtH on tbe free diiyt
and see tliene wnne llnllnns, In tlielr
rugs nnd hobnnll slices., ineii, woiui'ii
mid children, standing before the fluent
things In the gallery nnd upprcclHihiK
them."
And that sight reminds a writer lu
The Transcript of u shabby cnbinnn
In I'lorence who always curried his
(eriisnleiiiiim I.IU'mla In hit coat
pocket nnd whose uislon a for the
preservattuii of the Italian tungD In
Its purity, "as only the Sltmueiti now
preserve It, Hlgnorliia."
.vl
I knew of one little lady mi alllictcd
who had seoii-H of friends. In speaking
of her hasty temper one day, she said:
"I'olly, no one will ever know wh'it I
have lmd to sillier from my imfo Minute
temper, and I come by It naturally
enough, for my father had Just such a
violent temper and he was n dangerous
man when aroused. My mother lived
In constant terror of his doing xomr
thing desperate in an unguarded mo
ment that would brill disgrace ami
sorrow upon him ami the rest of the
family. It was a great grief to my
gentle little mother that I had Inher
ited this unfortunate trait of my father,
ami it has Ih-cii the prayer of my life,
the Inst thing at night ami the llrst
thing in the morning to cuter my
thoughts, that I might U' spared the
humiliation and disgrace of losing my
rt'inpcr and Mug guilty of Isith doing
nnd saying thing I w as sorry for.
"No one o,vor gives you any credit
for (lie I xd tlis you must tight trom day
lo day. They openly praise the gill
with II swi-et disposition, whir-e teniHT
Is never nulled for a moment and who
can never Is. roused from tho even
tenor of her way by anything that may
Whltaker Wright, the moving spirit ii
the collapsed London and tllohc groin
In Loudon ho has a miniature palace
hi I 'ark lane, in the drawiiig-ristm of
which Is a copy of the famous Cabiiu
du Itol of Louis XV. Three years were
spent In building it and It cost many
thoiMauds. At (iodalmiug he own a
country seat worthy of Monte Crito,
which CAM) workmen are now engaged
in Is'iiiitifylng. It contain cHtlv fouu
tains ami statuary brought from Italy
Wright's Mulilcs alone cost a small for
tune. They have upholstered oak ami
leather settees and polished guumetal
llttlngs, while valuable paintings and
das relief adorn the stall. 1 1 is private
yacht Is lilted up with similar luxuries,
I'.verythllig he owned had to Is-of the
lsd. To gratify this desire there was
no stint in expenditure.
Newport No Longer a Capital.
Ily the recent adoption of an amend
incut to the State Constitution, lihoih
Island has ceased to have two capitals
and the last State In the t'tilon to
maintain them has given up that pecu
liar custom. Hereafter the city of
Providence will Is' the only capital of
thu State, ami, incidentally, the old
historic Statehoiise In the city ot New
sirt Mulshes its career as a legislative
edillce. This venerable pile has hnd u
happen, nnd from whom trouble rolls history of which any building within
away as readily as the rippling waters the lunlersof the Slate of Ithode Island
KliiM lllelmril 'in it Kllelii'ii,
"Actors of th old school did not
have the got genus singe netting- of tho
prfs.'ut." ssld h vetersu staiie manager
the other night as ho gnxed at the stage
In Kurd's Opein House while lu a
remliilM-enl mood. "1 remember once
wo wen plsjlng southern towns with
IMwhi llooth nod wanted to put ou
lileh.'ird II.' No spocinl scenery was
carried for (his. and I was told to look
over the stock at lite theater to ee If
theio was auy that could be ml.
Tho Msvn.l h'i chIIihI for tbe eu-
trnuco of thu Uliiw nnd til his courier
Into a ronl hall. I picket) out a sot
of scenery that 1 i bought would do
for tho lattice, but cautioned the singe
bunds nut lo Ret It on wren, side out.
Well, the first atriie was IliiUbed. nnd
whim U star- u dlsclnami fr the
seoaud there was the oplcal old kitch
en sv.'uv. me one with liaiiu Imuglng
from the rafters, a caudhnlek n the
iimntcl a ad all that. I was hcrrlbed
mid iislosl Mr. Ilotith if Wl. shoiikl
elmiige It by rluglu: down the ciirtuin.
lie Mild no, he would go on, hut ho
cautioned the other pla.u r i 'k.p
jour ejt on me; dou't mi,,r anr eon
sldonirlou look liebluil you at the scen
ery.' "Well, tn teen w,.ul ir, nM afU,r,
ward, when I asked some uf tboae In
the fniHI of tbe bouse, they made uo
comment, and I was routtiutsl that In
thu liituiiiliy of tin. artlug the ha.l not
nutlctst Huit the V lint was lu tbe kitch
en llistond of lu. iaUic." llaltluuue
Kim,
Tl.r IS. I ii I of Vim,
The sipjlre UyniNitbeltrally)-'ui
very sorry to henr that your kusbutal
Is nt tbe point of dixuh, Mrs. IIodc.
hut you must try and be cheerful, at
you know It will he all for tbe twst.
Mrs. Uodgo-Ah, yes, Indsitl, sir;
It'll he a hlesklug wuu e' gotiSk
I'll be sbl to live In eouifoit then. u
I 'ave 'liu In four dlffercul clubs. -Ju--
of the bnsik go singing on their way
unmindful of the peddles that they
pa over and around to reach the end
of their Journey. Kvcrylsnly loves
them ami praise them for their gsd
news; hut, I'olly, U'twccu you and lue,
they don't deserve half the credit that
unfortunates like myself do, and yet
even our own, who know the circum
stance of oi',' unenviable disposition,
have no patience with u. So mote it
I'. Hut I comfort myself by thinking
that mrtlily Judgments arc not llual,
but there Is a higher power w ho knows
and understands our trials ami trihula
Hons ami our ellbrts to do right, ami
hen the lliuil day of reckoning comes
lie will Judge us leniently anil whclv,
for I honestly Isdleve we have done the
liet weoould under the clrcum-tanee.
and I try not to fret over my ugly ihV
swltloii any more than I con help, for
I know that I am not the only one that
Is blessed with such a heritage but
have plenty of Jut such unfortunates
to keep me eomixiliy.''
. .
"An liouost coiiforvdnu is gissl for the
soul," thought I'olly, and she uttered
the truth when slickiild she hud plenty
f etiuiiHiiy. Her sorrowful little his
tory brought to mind a couvcrNitlnu 1
once had with a lady who ciit umcli
of her time In visiting the (ails and frc
Ueiitly the penitentiaries. She had
lust ivtunnsl from one of the latter
place one day, and her syinimtlioth
heart wh lllhsl (ooverilow lug with the
miseries of mhiic of tho occupants win
were eiulurlim punlsliineiit and liumil
liithui and w hoe lives were forever
dlnstetl h the result ol this Inheritaiu
H pllek lenier. "It would make
ywr heart ache, I'olly, to talk to some
of tl.t' uieii," she vild, "for there are
men ctiulliitsl within tho prison walU
who will never walk forth free- men
HK"ln, and they are them for strlkmir
one of their fellow -men In n inouiciit of
auger, with no iuteiitloii of Injuring
them seriously, hut striking lu their
Ulnd fury of the moment a blow that
nfcHlled fatally. 'Phey im siillerlnv
me uirturt of Hadw, hme on this
twrth, I'olly. One of (hem told me
thnt his coiist'letico had never Wvu nt
nxt forn uhiiiu-uI iuco ho struck the
fatal blow that rublssl hi, uelghlmrof
lib life nnd left his little fiunlly fitting
lo. lie would have halhsl death as n
welwuue releNM' from his epreent
sorrow. He Mild he had never for a
moment Inteuded to lutllot any Uslily
Imrm ou Ills nelghUir, tail lu a iuonieitt
of exelteineut over tho dispute of the
UMinilnry of it fence Hue that wtmht
not Imve imwut over n fisit of gnmutl
to either elnlnutut, he struck at him
bllmlly, mill uufortutmtojy striking a
flitnl l4ow frtmi w hlcli he never mllhsl.
No one will t-,r know what he has
Mitlcitsl for tin rash a I I am urv,
and Providence I'laiitatioiis" might
well Is' proud. If it hail a tongue to
tell it might relate iiiauy Incidents of
the early days of New Kngliiud when
News.rl was or.o of the big cities of
America and New Yoik was descriU'd
to the visitor front abroad us "near
Newsirt," but, unfortunately, the old
building stands in silence upon its linn
foundation ami of Its noble pn-t there
remain only thostorlo handed down In
the few tccoids that remain.
Boy Manuscript Reader,
The youngest render of iimnu-crlpt in
New York city Is the grandson of a
partner in a big publishing house. For
the lat three year, and he is now only
ltl ytiir old, he has rend mauu-ei lpts,
cluelly Isiys' -lories, ami his Judgment
has Us'ii vcrltlcd by the Miecos of the
Issiks which he lias aecepttsl, One
would naturally cxoct that a Isiy
would Is' llielK'st Judge of a ts.y's story,
hut no other publishing house ha stil-
inltltsl such iiianiiscrii.ts to U.ys. The
ivuders for most of them are men. This
young reader Is still in sclusd, and
w hen he llnUdies his studio he Is going
Into his grandfather's house to Is'glii at
the Uittom ami work his way up.
Versatile Lamp Iut.
In Kuglsinl it lamp t hits Uvn iu
tnslucisl which isiiublnes tire hydrant,
tap and tire alarm lsi. The liydmut
etui I.' u-isl for lire alarm purx-ce, lin
ing wider carts and for street llushlug,
while the small tap win U'liwd by an
individual for domestic water supply.
There is a water meter and siphon at
the Isittoiu, by w hlch the water Is shut
oil' from tho liydmut, thus preventing
it from frts.lng.
One of thu most Interesting spots In
Sydney Is the point In the famous har
bor known ns "Mrs. Macqutirlu's
chnlr." It Is the eastern point of the
doinnln, nnd the great natural sent In
the rock facing down thu hnibor Is said
to huve been n favorite resting plnce of
the wife of tioM-rnor Macqunrle, who
represented the Itrltlsh government
r.lso as governor general of Australia
In Sydney lu the carl days of the nine-
tei ntli century. "Mrs. Mucqunrle's
chair" has long been the favorite resort
of suicides nnd xwo-tlienrts. nnd ninny
murders li.-ive beeu enuimlttcd near the
sK)t. 1c was nlso the main resort of
shark Ushers In f lie days when n re
ward was given fur each .shark (In de
livered at thu water police station, the
object, of course, being to thin out the
dieail mail eaters from thu harbor,
where they bocntiii' plentiful nnd dnn
gerous as tho city of Sydney grew In
size.
It was there cue night that a broken
down Immigrant en me to a strange
turn In his foituues. Not nble to ob
tain employment, he spent his last
shilling lu n fishing Hue nnd shark hook
nnd cast off from "Mrs. Mneijunrlo's
chair." After patiently waiting for
some time, another tramp Joined him,
and this changed the luck, for he hn
mediately get a Hue "bite." It took thu
two nil their time to haul tho shark-
ashore, hut when they got him In ho
proved a beauty "J." feet 10 Inches
long. The cut off his lln 1." shillings'
worth In the morning and, being anx
ious to ninU,' idl they could out of the
haul, proceeded to "rob" the monster.
They bad often read of diamond rings,
gold watches and poeketfuls of sover
eigns being found Inside sharks, for,
while these tlsli can digest a mini, they
nre not able to negotiate metal.
Inside, mining other things, they
found the body of a (.cruiau, and from
I In- papers In his pockcthook It was ail-
pareni that lie must have been In Lon
don about three weeks before. Indeed,
lu his oven- i.-il pocket theie was a copy
of a Loudon newspaper dated "0 days
pievluiisly. It was In 1S70, before the
able was laid between Kluopc and
Australia, and the steamships took
oxer sK weeks on the voyage between
London and Sydney. Tbe paper con
tained news of tho outbreak of the war
let hi en Piance and (.'crinauy. and It
was apparent that tbe German, living
in London, had been recalled home to
sene lu the army of the fatherland.
hud either Jumped or fallen overboard
lo. tin- channel and had been picked up
by Ibis great shark, which belonged to
l tie f.isiest of Ids species.
In I lie morning the immigrant had n
good wash and brush up and a full
feed on Ids III shillings, having given
to his companion and sent him about
his business. He had conceived a
leal Idea and wished to have as few
oiiieucrai.M as possmte. Asking n
policeman who wns the greatest wool
broker lu Sydney and getting tho nil-
dress, he went straight down to the of-
lice, w hero Ills pcculhircurncntucss toon
L-ot him un aiiillcnce with the litis v
irokcr No one in Sydney at that mo
ment dreanied ot war ifir'tweeti Trance
Hud lieriuaii. .- ml wool was being sold
merrily m nlm-in nee a ixiund.
"Well, my man. what enn I do for
you? nsked the broker.
I want you to tell mo." snld the poor
limulgl'liut. "what the price of wool
would he lu Sydney should war break
out between I'rnnee and (Icruinny. It
Is uluopcure now."
"About !! to I shillings," said thu bro
ker.
"ery well.' replied the visitor.
"Now. the Trench troops are marching
ou Berlin, mill what promises to be a
long ami bloody war has actually lie
sun.
"Nonsense." said the broker. "The
ion 1 1 from London came In yestordav,
bringing news up to slv weeks ngo. nnd
there Is no news of thnt wild sort."
The Immigrant thercuixm unfolded
the IaiihIoii paper, dated three weeks
previously There was no humbug
oer that. 'I here ceuhl tie uo humbug
Hlxiut It. for such a paper could not be
produced hi Sydney, and besides Its
matter gave nbundiiiit proof of Its gen
ulneiiess. Wool ns already I shillings
a iHiuml ou the Loudon market.
Ou the Wool Ltflittuge people thought
thnt broker mad when they saw him
buying up all the wmd on the market
mid wiring offers all over the colonies
lie made u "corner," at any rate, pur
chased all (be wool In Australia and
looked happy. Sure enough, lu a few
weeks' time out mine the uews by tbe
mall steamer, ami up went prices. The
broker sold out for a shillings and men
a imu n.t and reabi.d some (I.POO.000
un the deal
lie gate the Intelligent Immigrant
an old suit of clothe and a (A note for
his "Up," Mini this set the poor ehnp up
lu the won. He has got aloug
Hell thrutiiili the lucky stroke thai he
Is now keeping a public house lu W.hiI
looiuooloo Loudon Tree lince
INDEPENDENCE HALL
nicluird Mc Williams, n shoemaker
and a poor man by his own rating, has
preseiited a lure picture to the collec
tion lu IndeiK'iidence hall. It la one
of the four known copies of tho Krltn
tuel engraving of Iudeix'Udcnce hall In
1S1., ix-rhnps the rarest ciiiravlng of
that building.
The very existence of tho engraving
was unknown to the commission which
recently restored Independence hall un
til n small outline of It was discovered
lu an old itlnmunc. The importance of
the picture to the nrchltects planning
the lestorntlou was realized, nnd a
widespread, thorotich search among
collectors revealed only three copies.
One copy was borrowed, nnd to It Ar
chitect Stacy Iteeves was Indebted for
ninny details of the old statchousc
which could have lieoti learned from uo
other source.
The other day u plainly dressed man
of W wnlkcd Into the otilce of Superin
tendent S. S. It coves anil stirpilscd him
by piesentlng a richly framed copy of
the much longed for engraving. The
donor was Itlcbard McWIIllnms of llilS
South Severn h street
"I'm a shoemaker," said he, "and I
got this I'n .tears ago In payment for a
pair of boots. I didn't attach much Im
portance t It, though, ami for nearly
L'O years It Iny lolled up. I read 111 the
pnpeis thnt after much search u copy
of the lost Urlmmel hnd been found
and boriowed for the use of thu urchl
tects. I had several offers, hut I decld
cd to piesent It to thu stiltchouse col
lection." Philadelphia North Amerl-lean.
INTUITION.
How Jom II know-thli liny litdJn tUng
WlUun in -ildrnM of Unfltd gr.
1h hour h lummfr'i Unjuld !ootttfp p
AnJ toutliwird fing blrdi irt od tbe ln,
Wtile iinn Ii dumb with Aurufi l!nclnr
IIo iis- II know the time lor purpIWi hue
Or kum the wondrout trmformtlon cene
Whlib u the Held nd forest ill ibUief
Wt. In rnrill notw, from dror " r,tn'
llrMiinu the spell tint lnj lummer !.
Tbe iricket Brit proclilmt the uturan c
-llenrr Cleii-Und Wood In Almlee'i MJ?ln'-
FREAKS IN LUNCH ORDERS.
AN EASY GOING BE,
riioloKralihliiK a I1I Grli,,
Velli.it atone I'nrk.
I said to my cowboy friend-
know this hear?"
. . .1 ... . I,... .
lie repueu; ttnai, I recUJ
That s the out grizzly. ue., J
gest h'nr lu the park, m. ,j
tnliids his own business, but J
scared o' nothln, nn today, yoa J
been scrnlitilll. so hn'n li.n l'
- imuw
ugly."
"I would llko to take Mi ul'
said I, "mid If you will boh, ik'
...Mil...- . 1 .. I. .. , 1
William lu tauu nuiuu ClinilCCao&
"Aii rigui, sam no, with
Waller ( nils Alleiilliili In Ihf llillta
l.e Ilnl.lt AiiuiliK I'ntrnil'.
One of the amusing tilings to he no- "I'll stand by on the horse, i',
tlced at the Itiueh counters Is lue habit charges you I'll charge him. iJ.
. . ... .l.n nn.l 1 1, l.t... ... . . '1
of Imitation, it too man ou s kiiuch mm ih.hu mice, nut I
tmlits the bill of faro nnd then or
lllilllllln M'.illliln't le n lleil.
Thumiis O. .MctJIll, who a few weeks
ago returned from u sojourn at Unite,
Mon.. speaking of the ludinns of
nurtheru Muiitaun. snld: "A party ot
live cnine down to ltutte on a leveiiue
lawsuit while 1 was there, and they
cerlulnly weie about the llnest Indlnns
I ever saw. Not olio of them wns less
lluili (i feet - Inches In hek-ht and well
built. They had ou their uiinl and
feathers and cut a great swell, or nt
least thought they did. They staid al
one o'f the lending hotels, nnd the tlrst
uiutulng after their arrival theie was
considerable amusement ainuii-,- Hit
other guests on the dlscovciy thai tin
redskins, true to their Instinct, had
scollied I he comfortable hed of the
hotel and had climbed out mi the root
of olle of the hotel buildings, when
they slept with Just their blankets
oter them Ihey couldn't get tlwi
bucks to sh-cp In a bed. Ltery night.
uo malter bow cold, they climbed out
on the roof and went to sleep."
ders n ham sandwich, pumpkin pie and
u 'xbiss of milk, all his neighbors nre
likely to duplicate his order, nnd soon
there will be n whole row eating cx
nelly the same things. Sometimes' this
similarity of appetite causes serious
embnriiissnieiit. Vhls Is Invariably the
case If the occupants of the high chairs
shift about the same time and the men
on the end have numerous chances to
1 set examples for 1!0 or 30 patrons. Then
I the pumpkin pie or sandwiches nre
sine to give out before the noon hour Is
pnst.
"It's funny how lazy people arc,"
wild one of the waiters at n down
town lunch place. "There nro lots of
men who won't look nt n bill of fare,
nnd they Just stare over the counter
nnd ask for anything thnt comes Into
their bends If they don't happen to feu
nuother fellow eating Just what they
want. If we have something sort of
out of the ordinary, llko fried oysters,
something that can bo written on the
card lu Ink. o It will make n good Im
pression on the public, It's n losing In
vestment If the fellow on tho end near
the door happens to pick It out. Then
every one that passes 1dm sees the
Oysters, and soon there Is n regular
chorus of yells for oysters. Thero
ain't n patron that wants corn beef
hash or cold cabbage.
"People nre Just like sheep or geese.
They like to follow n lender If It's lu
nothing but eating. I've seen big word
ed articles about thoughts and ideas
being latching or contagions. Any
philosopher who has a chance to wait
on n lunch counter would believe In
that theory Ideas are ns catching
ns the measles, and don't you forget
It." Chicago Inter Ocean.
1. 1...... l
a iiiit-i.-. iuu uuuur uavo Tnff
picked out." 1
Thu grizzly came on, nnd I J
Mm nt -10 vnrils. Ilm.i n-.iB
" .. .. . .." " "
yaros, imu sun tie came nnU
ward mc. I sat down on the sf i
i , ... . n . Hi'
anu iiiauu reaoy 10 yams 10
in Q , m
I. .Willi:. o Jllll.s, UUU Still It
while thu pitch of Johnny's J
I . .. ....... .1 . . 1
Kepi rismn iiiumji uuiiaieiy.
nt live ynrds he stopped and
his huge bearded head to one i
see what was making that at.
Inc row In the tree ton. elrtJ
profile view, nnd I snapped the ei
At the click ho turned on me
thunderous g-r-o-w-i, and I
and trembling, wondering If
moment had come. Por a s
glared nt me, nnd I could note
tie green electric lamp In cad
eyes. I lien ho slowly turned
ed up a large tomato can.
"Goodness." I thought, "Is
to throw that at mo?" Ittit M
cratcly licked It out. dropped
took another, paying thencefc
heed whntevor cither to me orb
ny, evidently considering m
beneath his notice. K. SetcaM
son In Scrlbner s.
TOOK CENTURIES TOE,
A TttrnO-tlrst Ci-iitoi-) .liiurtinl.
l'he publishers of the Cleveland
World iceontly Issued n paper pur
porting to give the news of .lan. 1,
"(101. The phonetic system of spelling
Is used throughout this alleged twenty
llrst century Journal, and among the
leading news articles an- an account
of the opening of communication with
Mars, a story of the iohlHry of an
airship express by bandit who froze
the messenger to death with ll.pild air,
a description of the e., cation of a
"tnuulros" by vaporlsuitlnii and a ru
ot tn I of the discovery in the ruins of
abandoned Cincinnati of several bar
rels containing a curious, foul smelling
liquid labeled beer. Minor Items chron
lele the Intention of ".111110. Surah
lleaithurn" to make a farewell tout
of America, the death of n woman
who once rocked l Jorge Washington
lo sleep in his cradle ami the full uf a
workman rrom the ninety-sixth llooi
of su o rltce building.
ri.l.ulllrll; of It'll. Illusion,
Not counting the untioual capital
there nre 1 1 towus uud cities bearing
the name of Washington. No doubt
more communities would have thus
honored the memory of the fnther of
ins country nut tor the prohibition of
the iKistollhe depart meut of luoro Ihuu
one iHistorht-e of the stiiuu nnino lu
smte. There Is In nearly every state
county called Washington. Hut th
most ixjpulnr use of the nauiu hn
come to light lu the euslou bureau
in certain pans of the country ii rush
lug business is bong .lone by ntlor
neys in applications ror iieiislous ou
behalf of colored sol.liers who served
during the civil war. The nttentlou of
the bureau has lat'ii ealled to one reg
uncut lu which, according to tho roll
colored (Jorge WitsJiliiatons served
A siugle comiiauy shows a tueuibershin
ui io i.eorge vt asmngtous by the tip
luivniiuug nieti.-ht. Utuis (.lobe-lVui
ocrat.
Ali'iiln.l mill (lie llriilit,
A lecture delivered by Dr. Victor
Ilorsley lu Lnslmid on "The Action of
Alcohol on the Ilrnln" showed how
libers connect all parts of the brain so
thai It nets as n whole. It was desired
to llml out whether the brain as a
whole works as well with alcohol as
without one way of testing this was
by testing the u nction time, the length
taken lu perching n given signal. He
Hied a e ple experiment, showing a
sianul with a number on It which was
not to be signaled back unless It wns
alK.ve ten. This took lunger. Involving
association of ideas, and the time from
the very llrst was prolonged by alcohol.
Professor llorsle.t said that chloro
foim. ether, nitrous ,.lde and similar
narcotics acted in the same way. Al
cohol produced a dissolution of thu
nerve centers.
KraeM'lln had tried the nctluti of al
cohol on muscular power by means of
the pressure dynamometer, which was
squeezed ai regular Intertills. After a
rest alcohol was taken, and at llrst
there was a little Increase, soon follow.
od by it notnble decrease. Pnder the
Influence of tea there tins no decrciise
at all He shown n dln-.T.-ini con-
stiuctetl by Dr. Asohutrcnborg repre
senting the amount of type set up by
oi lain eomK)sltors lu n quarter of aii
nour nefoiv and after taklnir alcohol.
The amount was made less by alcohol.
Ai'ifoiiaut
Column- Ciillu-itriil Wan in p,
IJr.-el Ion UUU 1,-nri,
While thu tlrst stone of Cell
tiled nil was laid on Aug. 1."., i;
the lioily or thu cdltlcc was not
until Aug. 15, ISIS, GOO t-ears'
the very day, It wns not, liowetj
til Aug. 15, ISM), thnt the i
structure wns Dually reported tM
ed, having thus occupied la
the record time of exactly 032 ji
me castle of Ivlngsgobcrc.
stands at thu southern cxtrtttB
Jutland, took 'Jul years from tit;
of thu foundation stone to the
of Its master's banner on In
flagstaff. Its foundation stone i
skull of Its builder's bitterest M
Three months nfter Its laylnf
.iiiorsmg, i lie uuiuicr or the castM
killed. Ills son was then In ati
clothes. Ho did not continues
thcr's work until nged HI,
On his twenty-tlftli hlrthdajM
thrown Into prison by the soa
man whose skull lay hi the eJ
Kingsgoiierg s foundation sto
this manner master nfter miii
Kingsgoiierg wns stopis-d nmfci
other stone toward the complttJH
the rounder's work till clvllto
tervened.
Ilestormcl custlc. In Cornwall
HO years to build, of which pen
nctly ouc-third was occupied la
vatlng the foundations. TlicsiM
upon which It stnnds Is almost
ns Iron. Indeed Itestormel
Cornish "the palace of the Iron
Milan cathedral was begun U:;
and Mulshed under Napoleon it
ir. years.
1 he Diiomo, nt Florence, nai
inenced by Arnulfo hi the ycai
the last block of marble belns
lu position In the facade In pm
i no King ou .May 1L 1SS7, a i"
r.Pd years. Stray Stories.
I'ho last Instance of Is.llitig to dentil
tixik place In Persia in IStil. TlietuTend
er, who was found guilty of stealing
'Into rovcuut., was put Into n large
caldron of tsi)(J w aler w hlch wa slow ly
hinted to tho Is.lllng hIiiI. Ilk) UNiet.
were distributed, us it warning, Hiiiony
tho provincial tn. tMlleetuis..
- - .
(ioldeii and diamond weddings wen
colehmttsl by till couples lu Prulri
bist your, and the SUtte ds-tribultsl
medals totmeli luisUtnil and wife.
In IMtl tho I'liitetl Slut., produced
SS Kir ivut of the world's tswl, .St) ier
out of Its Iron and 10 per eent ol sleel.
There are twoiity-two gtskl drvthjs,
now nsimtlng lu CHllforabi mi1 Ui
tohtl output of gtdd U about l,(HkW-
ICartliuiiwitro sUvmhv are In u-e on
some of the Jaixuiee ndtixstds.
The railways of I he world arr nor
I0,io,iml Kt.s.s'iigt rs w tvkli
Ills Mo. I t'.ellll H.loU,
I'lrst lass. nger-Wbrtl book bus help
el you oiosi i it life?
Sccoud IVisss-ucer-The city directo
ry. O
I'lrst Passenger The elty dlreciory
.s-itMinl P.iM'Hgerles; I'm n tfXll
.uiiniiii PilU-l' nniiiii.
A curious ernchil regulation demauds
that all the old linen of tbe Ceylon lio
plUU shsll In burnetl every ihiis-
mouths. , gowrniueut official ,siue
round ou s pertotlle lluen luspeetion
nnd coutleunu holey shots, towels, etc.
lo a dery fate.
IIhi.I.I Irsiill Urtnrii.,
"I wouldu lie guilty of dolus a favor
for a wan tud theiv lu a day or two
asking tdui io do one for mo.
"No. ut-r I I'd ask hlw rtcbt straight
f-lT, before his gmtltude got a ebauce
to cool."-IndiuaiHjlls Journal
Id New .inland tbw esbts a bra
band whose uMfWbers are wholly
mouuled ou t.ieyctes. Tbk baud, which
ts Uvstisl at Cbrlstrburvh. eonsUts of
t.n nliters oi.l these not inereb .Me
I their t" prtictl.v. but fulflU I l!"' l-nuu. n
Ihcir cntast . t uls on the wheel. t d ly uStMb
Prol-nlilj It..- I.ntl of Anilri-e.
llie uuuouneement that the brother
or Audree. tbe aeronaut, has opened
the utters will signifies that be glv.
up uie uartiy auteuiuni a. lo.i. ll
said some lime ago that if the balloon
1st did uot return by Uie end of th.
season lately closed he would abandon
confidence in his safety. His Idea wns
tna i me explorer would return via Urn
un America and that the touro-v
woum require ture years. As Uerr
A mint' bas beeu In tho nntt 0110 of
me stoutest believers lu his brother's
reappearance, the rest of the world will
now probably agree tlmt U Is uext to
iimwusiuie lor It lo take nlaeo -! wi
ueuce journal.
An IJillior'a Wrililli.K I'rrient
uusut seems to be enfertiia' th ll.t
wjthAmerlcH ou tbe .JSettlou of
ireair girts. me OauEhter .,r ih..
editor of tbe Novoe Vreiuya bas just
beeu married lo tbe son of one of tbe
imuisirrs 01 ways ami cou)iuunlcnti..n
Tb father of tb bride bat git en the
bridegroom as a wedding present the
uany pronts or one of Uie adtertUdug
tes of tbe Novoe Vreniya. Th it
oe pausing eoaaliermIH. com
ment.-ljiadtoi UIoIh.
A Vt.-r ut siierlal iur
Wblkt Sir William. Hart Stllt
traveling lu ibe blgblauds nh
John ltussell uud other friends tbev
were one day crossing a Sou-h loch,
and lu ours of some citeratleu
wttb a boat man, from whom tb.y wra
trjlug to elklt Informant as to his
view ou the bt-auijr of the
log lattatscai. tbe man assured thetn
astonished
'I In- s,,,, ,,f Itepetitnnee.
Any liifractlou of the rules nt (ft.
rnnl college," snys the Philadelphia
Itecord. "I punished with 'Jo minutes
on a stool of repentnnce. When the In
stitution first adopted this scheme of
puulslinieui. oue stool wns enough. As
Ibe college exMinded the stools nuiltl
plied, and today 110 less than ill four
legged, pilules- lustrumeat, of ,1M..
pliue are lu more or less coiistnnt use
In a room devoted exclusltely to the
puulsh ui of those who have trans
gressed th. rules. There is absolutely
Uothuig to the dlselldlulnz exeent tin.
ordei 10 it 011 n coiuforlatile stool for
uiiiimex itiiu -luniK it over' Any of
the I.-I.N would sooner lake a so'uud
iiirasiiiug mid hate done tilth It, hut
the .tool of repeutance has iini it.
self an Ideal pnulshnieut, and It has
come 10 stay at (Jirnrtl college."
Vllrror Jfnil,
Whair claims ih.
r-ader. "U It i..ible tht ,v. ...
ajr elvlllfcHl persons on the face of U,
" w'' uot in the habit nf
""'ng their visages reflecte.1 from
Urey tills caunot be s.." tt-
pnte wrong. gr6 reader, for a he
"v-nt time, sirauge as it ,.- nit
War. there are hu.,,tr.vls r "
rve,no,,"l,U;,,'UlUM wbo
've not gazed Into a mirror for years.
"7 is contlu.d In Itrltlsh nrls.
ous form inemlK'r, of lls coin mu
vvll lu. 1. . "ifiueut or HIS
; , i'vriiiitte.1 to have the
".' of a mirror of ant n...i ... .......
mho ..f . "'"Wets this ah-
m HIV or a Ullrror f...
i,'..f i...i '"nus uuo or the
b.ef bartUulp. of 01.11.,....,.,.,. .. .
auy female
mie. of women who ,
uurror- Jit tor a scoml " 01
-Knit!; .T.!--r her owu f
liertnany "lsrani.ti. , ...
ar ainHa.i 1 -"'..im, spirits
"T "P?"1 f,x" hls country , n...
- - v , , t
what it ui.
ieuiarke.1
r i.,ak-iv
l Aha.. Ik 1
Kent mill lllirr,
James Kent, whose famous
incntnrles on American Law" Ii
ed with Illnckstouu ns t lie
textbook on law, wns n great (
of Alexander Hamilton, nnd w
great Podorallst wns killed lj
Ilurr lu a duel hu bccauio the loi
hie eneinv of the Inffer. One dt:
nfterward when In New TtrtSV
1llilt-i, unit. lit. ,1 uufluMO
rf.'.iw n.. ,1 ..till Ull lilt"
of .Nassau street. He went aci
street as fast as his years wi
mlt nnd, brnndlshlug his ennoin
ruce, shouted:
"You're n scoundrel, sir, a sco
a scoundrel!"
Ilurr proved equal to the can
He raised his lint nnd honed
ground and then snld lu his
professional tone. "The onlnloM
learned chancellor are nlways
to the highest consideration.
nauL
Worklnic the III-ml of the FssJ
It's n wise boy who knows brf
work tils fnther. and In this prcclo
most hoys are wise, Louis' fatiiefl
In Omaha, hut Louis himself lit"
his grandma In western Ne"
Like most boys do, Louis wrlteq
fond father only when he wantiJ
or something new In wearing M-l
Last week he wrote, enurucrij
number of articles he needed. k
otftr things he wrote
"Please send me some stocking!
bitter send bicycle stocklncs
they Inst longer than the other j
Are you going to send me a hkrt
my birthday to wear with my '
toeklngsr-omnhn World Hen
loat ibe water of tbe hvb had a ue
elnl talue When asked to explain
, 1
' -o l:nm 411 1.. " "'u; june
1 --H..,vf whlik-er.
u "d 10 ant- 0,1 "
The lJeru,,.s l ..?1 m
Ptrtlal to lk.urls.n r.r7",jr' .arv
'ocetory.. For it ,. v.... '.. . ' .
hum 411 1.. ...: ' June
'I'lie Olistnclr,
Ohlhnmuie Young 111.111, Mf
ideal. Havenn Idenl, I say aaJ"
to your bosom at nil times and I
Youiigdogge She won't Ut H
por s ltnzar.
Thu Hetter Mult,
A safe man is often better W
long pull than ti,e brilliant ro
wtter Hashes and Is gono, we
nuer stauds iv you.
x hotel landlord lu SL I "ula '
tnhlUhetl curfew rcgulatl J
nouse. Promptly nt 10 oVI-" k
the curfew rings, and gucsfj n j
time nre eiected to turn out tW"
nnu go to hist
Take awny my first letter. tnM'
oy seoonu letter, take away a"1
iers, nnd I uni still the same,
am I? The Kistiunn,
The rose was an emblem of Is?
witty muong the Syrians, and til
vse piaated It over graves.