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About Bandon recorder. (Bandon, Or.) 188?-1910 | View Entire Issue (March 21, 1901)
BAN DON RECORDER, igsSssss A CliniiKP lu l.i-nilltiK Men. They hnil boon engaged for u wholu week and met nt the same social func tion. After he linil missed her for nn hour lie explored the conservatory nnd wns mean enough tu listen to n con- vernation that she was having with a young man whom bIio had rejected that Bho might neceiit the onvesdrop- er. "Hellcvo me," tho discarded one was saying, "I wish you every happiness. 1 thought nil the time that you were too good for me, and 1 think that ho will make you the bent of husbands. It Is everything to me that you nre content It will probably never come. but should you ever need a loyal friend Kcnd for me, wherever I may be." "1'nrdon me for Interrupting no hap py nn Interchange of confidence!,' sneered the Jealous claimant, who and- denly appeared lu front of them, "but they nre waiting for you to slug nnd naturally wondered where you were bidden." lie led her away, but It was Into the hall. "See here," he began, "It Is high time that you nnd 1 understood each other. 1 forbid you running nfleryour old flames, nnd particularly that cad you have Just left. We're the same as married, nnd there wns a ring lu that chap's tone thnt I don't like and won't have." "And here's a ring thnt I don't like nnd won't have." One swift move ment, nnd he was nlone, looking nt the sparkling solitaire lu his hand. She called nt once on her "loyal friend" to see her home, and there Is not the slightest chance that tho real end lu the case will be among tho wedding guests. Detroit Kice I'ress. II Polly Larkin. 10 to:, Fort Huts can boast of having u reul hero In lier midst mid Ills name Is Car los A. Call. Oii.lniiuar.vlM lliu schoon er J. Kpplngor drifted on the rooks nt Fort Jtoss and mountain waves swept over the little eraft. Captain .!onon and Ills crew of live men, (dinging desperately to the rigging, culled for help, mill every attempt was made by the re-ciiers, who gathered on theshore, to launch a bout proved futile, the wave throwing It back upon the shore as If It was an eggshell, and all dibits to throw u Hue ashore failed. The sail ors became discouraged ami accepted what they lielioved (o lie the Inevitable, and the men and women abore felt that all their endeavors to save the (lisimed men were in vain. Then Car los A. Call, h I my In blue Junipers, vol unteered to mwIiii out after the ship's line. Ills companions hurriedly tied a rope around his body and lowered him Into the sen. The boy took his life into Ills own hands. The waves llnealeiied lo overpower him every minute anil dasli him on to the rocks, but he con tinued, courageously sw burning toward the coveted line, w hich seemed to elude nothing eupo ber, but wo to the BANKERS' cbUCATION. petty thief who oomes under her stir- - Vflllanee. She will haunt them, all The Hankers Marine note nu unknown lo themselves, however, and effort lu banking circles to help bank she will bide bur time If It hikes days to clerks to "acquire a broader knowledge accomplish the task she has undertaken of the banking buln(-s through a to ferret out and will unravel the clev- course or study that can ue pursued erly laid scheme until she see her way clear, then her linn little bund falls on the culprit. The guilty party, while they may in wardly (pinko with fear, but when they seethe face of the one who 1ms Islil h detaining hand on them their u-ur mice comes buck to them for u minute for they don't lielleve she would for a moment inlliet punishment even on the erring. There they are wrong, for all their entreaties come (o naught, for If the little detective believes she Is right, and lie generally has positive proof, you couldn't sw ay her for a mo ment, fn -peaking of her choice of a business career recently 1icshI(1: "You know I always enjoyed doing a little detective work on the sly In school, and many is Hie scholar that would have hail troubled dreams If they had but known him much I hail ferreted out. It is second nature to me, I 'oily , to act ill the roll of the detective, and while I may have lioen eon-cloneo-stricken over some of the llrst few arrests I made, I am u gisiil deal like the undertaker w ho was asked if he didn't Mini his work 1.1... on every hand. Finally grasping It lml lwwltll ,.,.,,,, he was pu led ashore by many willing ,w , m, hands. Thou one by one Captain .leu- ' "...i Humor of .Mli(iiiel milloii. .Married Judy, "hospital trained," nd vortlses that she will receive Into her house any "Indy requiring care nnd comfort, Including epilepsy, hysteria or slight mental ense." The advantages of being "hospital trained!" The .South Itueks Standard hns a shn liar mistake lu a delightful paragraph describing some photographs taken by n local artist at a fashionable shunting party, "llxeollcnt portraits have been secured," rims the paragraph. "f tin Duke of , Karl , the Hon. - tho Countess , who has tlie little Lord on her knee, mid, Indeed, nil the members of the parly." In Toxns n limn once advertised for "n boss hand oved o.OUO sheep that can sp 'ilk Spanish llucntly." Then there wiih the horse dealer who boldly adver tised, "A splendid gray horse, caleii luted Tor a elinrger, or would curry a lady with a switch tall." A member of a well known club was standing on the steps of his clubhouse when a stranger approached nnd nsked, "Hues a mini belong to jMiir club with one eye nam ed Walker'" "I don't know," was tlm answer. "What's the name of his oth er eye'" An ndicitlsomciit contains the request for "a conehinau to look after a pair of horses of a religious turn of inlinl." One Is reminded of the countrymiin who went round to Isirrow it "recumbent posture" In wlileh to I a Ice his medicine.- Loudon (Hobo. by one ( 'ajitalli sen and his live men crept along tin life line, the cnplalu, like the true sea until that bo was, living the last to leave the (loomed sehisiner. They did not have a moment to spare, for pros. eniiy tne wnari went down wltli a crush, but I lie crew ami the llttleerowd of lo-ouors hail reached a place of safety. kinds of grewsonie and slekeiilng Ights.' We got uod to our bushier in every form as well, and delight in II.' BRIEF REVIEW. without Interfering with their regular business." .Many bank elerks seem to wish for wen us of self education so as to pre pare thetiuolves for tbe "higher duties" of their business. Tbe recent conven tion of the American Hunkers' asso ciation vobsl $10,001) to give a scheme of education a start As a rule bank er, It appears, work by "the rule of thumb" They lenrn by practice nnd grndm.1 accretion of knowledge, not having any sort cut to general princi ples. The Magazine shows this entertain ingly. "On examining." It says, "the questions which It Is proposed to pro IKjiind to bank clerk9 to enable them to educnte themselTes by discovering the answers !! 'reto the wouder at once arises that up to this time tho bank ing business of the country has been carried on with nny success nt all without this knowledge, which It Is now proposed to liupnrt, being pos sessed by bank employees. Some of the eminent bankers at the convention, among tin-in Mr. Cromwell himself, oiifcsKod that they did not think thej could offhand answer iliese questions Mr. Thompson of the Seaboard Nu tlonul Hank of New York, an lustltu Hun which propounded a series of banking conundrums to Its employees. Jestingly said (lint the ollleers In ask Itlg these qucsliuiis desired to educate their bright young employees so licit they might do the work, run the tui-i ness of the bank and let the ollleers draw the salary." Another Man Who Heard from Mars. William A. Kihli-iif Ihivoiiiin. . V.. Then the Kpplhger soon pounded Itself Ly tlmt since IMe' he lias drawn from Wouldn't llr 1 ' I .-, Am, 1 1, A shepherd once, to prove the quick ness of Ids dog, which wiih lying lie- lore tne nre in the limine where wo were talking, said til me In the middle of a sentence concerning something else, "I'm thinking, sir, the cow Is lu the potatoes. 1 Though lie purposely laid no stress on those words and said I hem In n quiet, unconcerned tone of oleo the dog, who nppmrcd to Ik- asleep. Sfime- dlalely Jumped up mid, loaning through the open window, scinmhlcil up to tho turf roof of the house, from which he could see the potato Held, lie then not seeing the cow there, ran and look ed Into the burn where she was niQ Mnillng that all waa right, came Iwek to the house. After a short time the shepherd said the same words again, and the dog io- peated his lookout, but on the fulau alarm being the third time given the dog got up mid, wagging Ida tall, look ed Ids master In the faoe with so com leal an expression of Interrogation that he could not help laughing fflnud at him, on which, with a slight growl, he laid himself dow u 111 Ida warm corner with an offended air, as If determined not to bo made a fisil of again. K change. 'II ml ul llrlnif In I'rtnl. "Mr, Kinltliers," wild Ida wife, "If 1 remember rightly, you have often Mid that you disliked to see a woman con stantly gutting herself Into prlutr "1 do," said Smlthcrii itoel lively. "You considered It unwomanly slid Indelicate, I believer' "Very." . -Aim you min t we bow any unto could allow Ida wife to do anything of the kind '' "Yea; I think so now." "Well, Mr. Suilthers, lu view uf all the facts lu the case 1 feel Juatlfled In nuking you for a new silk drew. "A new silk ilreedT" "Yea; for tlm hut eight yearn I have bad nothing better than four pvuuy cal ico, and 1 want something Utter. I'm tired of getting Into prlut."-l.oiiituii Ult-lilts. A Ilrrmlful lllunilrr. Mr. Jlrtka-Yuu look all hrok nn. Mra. Jlnks-l nm. It Just makes nw aick to think what a fool I've been. ion know that commonplace little dowdy next door that I've been snub bing so" "Yea." "Well, I've Ju.t found out that her husband gets fh more a month than you do." New York Weekly. Tu mi lltlrriii. "1 believe lu being kind to tu birds and oil thnt," snld Miss llankypauk. "but 1 (to think Clnra Deaijer curries It too far." "What has alio been dolug uowJ" naked the other girl. "She refused Marry Sluaieshcll In cause somebody told her that niton he to pieces on the rocks. .st J Hilt for the heroism of Carlos Call thccnlllc erew would have boon lost, and I bear thai there is mimic talk of be stowing u medal upon him forlils lirnv and im-elltsb net. Hut to Folly's mind Hint is far from boing reward enough for this bravo young man, iiud In should be entitled ton ( ioveriimoiit po sition for life mid one of the best that Uncle Ham has to lie-dow on tlic-i young heroes. Without a thought of self mid knowing that the chances wore against liini for over getting hack, mid Willi no thought of reward, for the sake uf Ills fellow men who were doomed If assistance wore not given lliom quickly, ho plunged Into the angry waves that were Iahhig themselves into foam and tlircutoiiliig to be Hie white winding- sheet of Hie moll, lie fought ills wnv m g the nicks gioplug for the life- saving line. You who wore sitting around your clns'iy llres (hiring that lloree storm, shivering mid wondering what damage it hud done, don't vou lliluk tills young hero is deserving of something more than a iiiednl or even the modest purse that his friends ami ndlillicrs would cheerfully bestow on him, don't you think that Uncle Sam would ls lining the rl thing to be stow a lllc-fougt invoriimciit position on all such hcrocM'.' I am mimic you do, nnd mi doe I 'ul I v his kite wire lunulas!- of electric itlg mils, both legiilar ami irregular, which may have come from -oino planet, and the signals have Utn usually lu groups of three, icgulnrly timisl like a Morse sounder. When the ends of the kile- sii-tiilncii steel wires are separated by -ilk strands the spmks jump at twelve -ccond liitcriiiiN. Then tlicremc mys terious disappearances of all electric action forseveial minutes. Thow olee trie sparks come from a high point in the air not near to tho low tension i trio ciirienls of tlollcy and live wire. Kddy Is about to begin u careful series of iiieiisiironient.sof lhoM"pnrlc longll He (lows not believe that the .Moim sounders aHoct his who, beciuiM" the dyuaino electricity sticks to Its who nnd dues not radiate to unknown dis tances, mi funis know n, a do the high tension spui ks iiM'il in wiieless loleg- laphy ami thesaiiii-liigli-louslou spmks draw ii by him from the cloud. Kddy says that these spark -igiials may come from mi outer planet, U'caiiMieleetiiclly travels at the rate of Iikmnh) miles a second nnd is us tire I cm an light, which travels at the into of sk :HI miles a 'ocond. treat variability In cH'oot i irodiicoil w lion there is appmoiitly no change whatever in the condition of tht- upper air, so far as-known. I In- lltnliej ilpinrnta In 1(100, Although the embezzlements of Woo show a decided increase over those o IMKi, It Is to he considered thnt the to tal of last .war was the smallest In - years. The figures for HKK) are ?1 (W.MIll as compared with ?'.',21S.r.7.'l m 1MK.I, an liiore:ie of ?L',:w;i,7(iI. Lnr: as this sum appears, It Is far below the average of the last 2,'l years, which Is ? I,.HI,30I. The losses for the year are dlstrlbul ed as follows. Stolen by public nil! elals, SI.IN'UST; from banks, $1,", 7(il; by agents. $''71,S7S; forgeries 1.1i!.!M)0; from lean associations. flUS. 100; by postiiillce einployet'S. J'JML mlsoelhinooiis stealings. Susy.soo. Hank employoos have the uuoiivlable repiila tlon of heading the black list, and more than throe-fourths of the bunfc total was tn Leu by six employees In Nowpoit (Ky.i, I'ort Worth (Tex i Ullznbeth (N. Huffalo, Utitlaml (Vt. and New York city banks under coiull Hons which would not have existed had the embezzlers been under proMr sun oilliiucc ami the banks been con ducted upon safe business methods. There Is nothing discouraging In the Ineioaso for tho jear, however, as It Is still fur below the average. The com pa ni lively smnii sums emliexzled are an evidence of the gelieinl prosperity of the country, lu IKKt-l the totols were JL'iI.ooI.ihui an'! in IMM-I S.1.".2iKI 711, and these were hard time ears -Chicago Tribune. n i'cuioiiiImt, I said iuauH'ont artl le that there were ways and wavsof making a living. Well, I have another Instance to quote in (hit, phnc of Hud ilig Nomolhiiig for busy hands to do In this world, that will not only help to make Isitb ends meet but makes a nice little income for tile one w ho is siieeiw fill in the busni.s mill is iliHe(l lo make it her life-work, but not one In live hundred women are lilted for this hilsiuew. either by ability or Incliiin Hon, for It tcqiiiros u nature that can forgot the deep sympathy for the nil foltunatc and those who Mud them- soKch in troubled waters and let stern duty sway their hitherto very womanly natures. They must ls blind to all (ears, deaf to all entreaties, nnd In the name of tlm law do their duty, hard though it may bent llrl. Ibis I mi lusts I Mi'nk of is nothing more nor Ions tlmu the calling of a woman detective I have in until! it IihiiiImiiiio girl who i one of the most clever am! succcMsfiil of the women detective hi San l-'ijiu elxsi. Hie la a bom detective, her father before her having U-cn m-knowl slgsl one of tho elcveivNl and moat skillful deUvtlvea on Hie oohmI. All her life long, from her Uibvliissl up. iiil girl had wanted to ls a detective, and lu spite of the onlnsitn ,,f u,- family to turn her attention iiiu.icor art, in Isilh of which she was glfusl and sluiwml uiiuhiinI tnlenl In the lat ter, she refused to interest heivelf m Hliythlllir tle fls h huslut., hut c1iom as hercHMs-r In life the work of m de tective. Important DUcovery In VdreleaiTflephoiiy, M. Ijiille (lull Her minouiiccn that the llixl step bus liecii inadc in the discovery of wireless telephony, lie iisorils the iliseovory to M. Maichc, the l''rench Inventor, whose experi liients liuutler witnewsl in the forc-d of Sti (ioriiiaiii. The trmisiiiltlor wa ill a lioiim' on tlieoiitskiitxof the foret It wiih connected with the earth In Hie milliner in which lightning rod- art oilliei'isl. Two iron "osth, ninety feet apuit, connected with n conducting wire, wcii' planted lu the ground iilsiut lino yard- distant. oioos and other .sounds til the transmitter wcrecloHrh hetird.at Hie ordinary telephone re ceiver attached to olio of the sists. M Maichc will not divulge the secret, hut claims coiiniiuiilcntinii is In n straight line, not like the Marconi system of wireless telegraphy by wave current, but by circuit current, virtually on- aiding a (lt en sisit to lie aimed at. If the loooivci is not placed exactly in the direction given to the current there will Is- no traiinniUnion ainPtho rwH-lv- crsou either side of the line of Trans mission w ill not Isi allis'tisl. VCuo Sovrea in tils OU Age. An Aiiierloiin at iut wltli a wife and four children and ill in his pocket, went, to Mexico, having lost his for tune in another country by spvidtlon. This man m "gaine." lie started III doing islil otiM of surveying down In the hot country, mined vogelalili on a small tract of land lie hired, gradually iusOlrtsl Mmie upland ivunlry where everjlssly said collce could not be grow u, ami made h sinvis. of liU pUn- ImHoii. He added more land as time went on, anil now take jcki,tHM a year from lils place. He is -sit nnu anil snyi You would never think of a-..eltilhik- ,1",t' ww "wln to l.whU. prok-rty, hr with the tHisiiie of a defective to gni io iH-giu mo over win o lier. .s;jM, J, u,., M lU(Hll nillliible looking Klrl and doe not Usik like she would have the courage to arrest the wurtd culprit thai hauutx Insi-.s. und stum In the unfortiiiiMle U'llef that tlioy have the right to help thcim-clve to otlir HspU' money and clialleU. ishe ditsjM with eouU4te taste, u.o- nly ll In black with little knot of "," 'i t lwt 'J& nill. dalllty llWam tueksl III lier HllllV tfuhlell hair to add the bit uf bright I'wo wireless telegraph liitruineiitf-. aid to Iv tljeiiiost Hiwerful ever lliasle, are to ls slilpiHl from New York to Japan. They were made tptvuUly for Japan, mis! will U iu.lallcU on two of laat it by eight tnluute. ills horse 'I'lio ti IVnnles." snld Treasurer Itoberts, are not composed entirely of copper. the alloy being Id ier cent copiH'r. 'J Iter cent tin mid It pi r cent uluc. Tin csisi i ho tinvctiiiiictit n I out 12 cents a punihl r o 'blanks.' iiieanlng the clr cular iINK" picianil lendy to receive the unpicssinu of I In- die. As It take about lis lo welgn a pound the go or out apparently makes $!.(! on oci) iMiiind of pennies minted ami would lu fact muke this surplus were It nut that they are redeemable lu gold upon preseuvitioii nt the treasury. If ever presenlisl, though, of course, the amount presented for redomntion Is einnpiini lively sum II. . the eii nles coined In this country are minted hi I'hlladolphla b law-. This is be cause formerly there wtu little demand for pennies lu the southwest and on the I'hcIIIc const, wlioio for jears until quite recently the nickel was tbe small est subsidiary cola in active circulation. I here Is, however, a law before con gress now H-rmlttlUB their coinage In other lliluta." A "UIhoU Hole" Mo mime ill. t he government of India has inno- t lolled the erection of a mouuiuent on the site of the historically tu llllkllM lllacK Hole Of ( Ul, 1111:1 Tli., iii.inn O11 wl" h.'twceii tho pllUrs uf tue line postottliV and the block of writers' building wlien-a century aire i no civilian wUo ruini.leil our cinnlri III north India lived iiinPiearmHl the oriental languages. All that Is left of the Ural I'ort William, "in n cub of ubout s fnn" of which 1 1 it ltrltlsb prisoners were countied during a sultry night lu a lleiigal June, is a row of arclic ten fis t high, used at present as a workshop ..ml stables Jolm Zeplui nleh llolwell. I 1!. S., tbe chief civil servant who refused to eaeae leaving Id follows to the mercy of the sleeping nuwah. SuraJ in) dowla, survived tu write the famous narrative of the bor nir. whence tbe new monument is to tie called 1 1 ol well's monument. -Cor. Scots wan. '( IMillna. Oonnau papers say that Captain Itar- on 1 lolling recently coverwl a dlst.iuee of Ifl kllometei (uv, wlle on hori' l-aik lu 25 uiluiites. Up was raoini: with a railway train from Craben t.. uie iiemuisrti.s.. of Carlsruhe and A MUTUAL SURPRISE. Tin- MePtlim lleloccii nil Anililtlona Jlioiter uml Ills I'lrsl Cirliilr. In ".-kitchen of Life In the Onlden Sti (" .'oloiiel Albeit S. L'vnns tells an fimiiflni anecdote of nn ambitious hunter ho met liU Hrst grizzly liear In procession. The Incident occurred In the woods near the site of the pres ent town of Monterey. The hunter ant down to rest in the shade of a tree and unwittingly went to sleep. When he woke, it was near sunset, and he sat up, rubbing his eyes nnd contemplating n return to his hotel several miles distant. Just then n runtlltig and cracking nolso from n clump of chaparral nbout lbo yards away attracted his attention. Out walked n prlwdy bear, a monarch of his kind. lie yawned, licked his Jaws and then advanced toward the tree where our hunter snt, but evident ly was unconscious of his presence. Ills grizzly majesty had proceeded nlMiiit 2d paces when a female benr fol lowed him. and nn Instant later n third crlz7.lv followed her nt n slow, ahnni- bllng HI CO. The hunter snt spellbound with ter ror as the procession come toward him until the forward grizzly wns within 30 yards. Then, scarcely renllzlng whn't he did. he sprung to Ids feet and uttered a frenzied yell-yell upon yell! The effect wns magical. The fore most bear sprung Into the air, turned sharply about, knocked the female down, rolled over her, gathered himself up and bolted "like -10 cartloads of rock going down a shoot." straight for the chaparral again, the other two hoars close at his heels mill never turn ing to see what had frightened them. The hunter, seeing tho eiicnij re treating, sprang to Ids feet nnd tied nt top speed for the hotel, leaving hat and gun behind. The truth of his wild and startling tnle was proved thi.,iext day by the numerous bear tracks of differ ent sizes found In tho marshy guuuid tidir by. Hut the three bears had gone off beyond pursuit. SINKING SHIPS. They llon'l l.lnurr In lliieinn linl (in lo (hi lliillolil. What becomes nf the ships that sink at son? Do they go nil the wn to the bottom or do they moot somew here un der tlie surface a certain pressure that buoys them up and holds them In equi librium? Somebody, we forgot who It Is, has given rein to his grewsnuie fan cy nnd pictured all the ships lh.it leive been lost In mldocean as wandering about like so many ghosts hair wi be tween the surface and the boitnin There Is no foundation wbatcwr fur such a notion, though many persons have It. Any object thnt will sink be lioutli the surface of the sea will go all the way to the bottom. The pn-ssuie I'licoimlorcd on the way down. Inch Is simply enormous In the deeper parts. has nothing to do with the object's sinking, for It Is everted on the nbject ns well as on tho water, thus equalizing therollllltliillH. 'W? reason why the object sinks tu the bottom Is Hint water Is not ci.tuinvssl hie; at least It Is so little so that it Aovn slty at tbe bottom of the son Is inl n tri tie greater than It Is nt the surface Sci entists tell us that the water at Hie hot torn Is Just about as much denser than the water nt the surface ns sen wnter Is denser than fresh wnter. This slight difference lu density, therefore, does not nnd cannot stop the downward course of a slaking ship or any object that la heavy enough to sink rapidly beneath tbe surface. Pres sure, as we have said. Is not a factor In the case nt all. Chicago Uecord. TOLD BY THE GROCER. It I ( iiiiti-riilln Willi ii Denf Wnm n ii I. oil llli" n Cusloiiirr. "I'll till 'ti how I lost n good cus tomer the other dny." snld the grocery man. "I bate one customer who Is ex trunelv deaf, nnd to ninkc her hear I have tr Just yell at her. It takes about half an hour to get her order, nnd by that tl ny voice Is pitched so high thnt I can't f-'ct It down to earth agnln. The other "hiy It happened Hint aft er she left hi oil mo Mr. Oldboy. who is n perfect prank Was In the nrniy once nod a cieiit stickler for bowing and (craning and all that sort of thing. Wants a fellow he trades wltli to sa lute and present anus and do all kinds of things He came In and snld. 'Good morning' I wish you had heard tne volt nt him M.v voice mode the win ilows rattle. He looked surprised, but went on talking to me. mid I kept up niiMveilng him In a voice that could no In aid ii block uvwiy He got nuiddcr anil mieldi r but I never know what was up until finally he got red in the face and said. 'Mr. Hlnek. sir. I am noi (leaf. sir. and I resent your yelling nt me ns if I couldn't heal' n eiiiuioti fired In mi our ' With thnt out he went. You see. I had buon talking to the duif ladj ami couldn't get m.v voice down a. .iln Yon try It some time nnd sec If uii don't yell at ei cry one you meet Tunny too. hut I always yell nt blind iieoplc and foreigiiels. and I nl ways whlspet when I go in where nny one's sick " liidiiitiapolls Sentinel IVfuL lliititan Nature. "Tnlli nbout tlie I'railtlos of human tint tire,' said a well known Insurance net nt the other t'-iy. "No one else has so good an oppuMuulty to discover theiii as nu Insurance man. An Inci dent occurred ti few days ago thnt showed me a side of n neighbor's char acter which I linl n "M'r suspected to exist. A Hie broke out In his home, nnd, do you know, that man went three blocks to a ti lophoiic to report It when tjiere wns a phone rljdit l.i Ids house. "I saw the fire soon after It started Jid rushed to give assistance. It wns while helping to pin-1, thinus up that I discovered the phone and tumid in Hie alarm. Now. it takes a strong stretch of the Imagination to believe that the owner had forgotten there was a tele phone hi his house. Thnt he should have acted as he did undennliiiime'fl faith In people In general. "Think of It. There I was sweating nnd endnngerlng my life to b.ive his property, while he was anxious, evi dently, to have It burn. Such conduct doesn't encourage one to exert himself for others" Ily tho way." Interrupted n listen 'did any of your companies hold n Icy on that house?" Now you nre asking a leading ques tion," replied the Insurance man, with a guileless smile. "What I am saying Is that the actions of that man are a sad commentary on human nature." Kansas City Journal. n'pO A lluiie "l.llirnrj ." There Is a Ieudlng library of human bones In London. It Is Intended for the use of medical students, and the hones are lent out hi exactly the same man ner ns hooks from u circulating library I he entire collection is valued at .".U4K) and contains besides human bones the skeletons of horses, dogs, cuts, oxen nnd sheep-all animals that tlie Jitter uinry surgeon is nicely to lie cnllfltfup on to treat. The present market price of h human skeleton Is from U to 20. according to Its condition. A skull miiy be worth anything from ,'ia to 1. I'or n payment of Ud. n student can liorrow nuy part of the skeleton that he desires to study and may retain It for oue wtok. A complete akelcton can be Imr- rowed from the library fur the sum of 15s. dowu and a deposit of 3. Loudon Miswers Hit l'rj!ioHl, i anting of tbe Itaromss llurdett- couiis i.ord nought. in vnhl: "Miss. l outts likes me because I never nronos ed to her. Almost all the jouug meu of good family did. Those who did their duty by their family alwtns did Mrs Hrowue (Miss C'outts' companloni used to see It coining and took herself out of tlie way for ten minutes, hut he only weui into tne next room mid left the aoor open, and thou the proposal took pinco. aim imiiicdiatel.i it was done JUM ( ojitt coughed, and Mrs Hrowue come in ngulii '-Augusnm .c Hare Itccullections. Tin- M .n-ri uf Cum, It Is better to confess Iguurau. e than io assume raise Knowledge, in Stv -if me careful study that has been tu,", to the subject of uout it must lie a.lmit ted that we are a yet uninformed m t0 its exact nature.-Medical Iteoord I'himI Aunlimt Hit. A certain music hall belle who had Just successful! "landed" nn old and wealthy nobleman sued an unpopular malinger, nlleping that he had not paid her siiltleieiitV w for her engage ment at his hall. She won the ea-e and was Immediately Inundated with llowery congratulations from her friends, nil of whom wore glad to see the manager go down. Not conic , with her victory, how ever, tho bene must needs crow over her beaten rival by packing up the choicest telegrams and dispatching them to his houw, wltli Hit (itlmatloli that he might make what use of them lie thought proper. She regretted tills last concession the next morning. Tnking her at her word, the manager pasted the telegrams on a board outside the music boll, headed them "What Miss nightlo's friends think of ber engagement" nnd left the public to assume wlilcli engagement, tlie professional or tho matrimonial, was meant. Then follow oil such messniros ns "Cood f.u-fou. old girl!" "Pinned il. OKI uortw nt ast " "Don't I.. i M, wriggiu off the hook!" "Stick to htm till you get the dibs!" "(Wriiul.. nous on your splendid haul."' Another action U nrtidiuL-.-r .Minimi III-IIUS. 00 CO WO URYt in The r.rlcf of nn Animal Wl,01. 'HI? llnd Been Kill,,!. ' llli A correspondent writing to rA Animals snys: Dumb nnlmah tst'M w uh' ii mfcu mujjuuge or thelrS by which they make known id. Hons of pleasure or pnln and a n.iTht catalogue oi wains nnu sorrows I cently I hnd occasion to dispose j (j-months-old calf which was J nwny about noon nnd hutched lliort dlstnnco from my residence. SStCc When the cow came borne at uIS t-ho missed her calf, nnd nlthonr .....I,.,,, nlf lent, ,m(l.l "' OB minimi v..i u ,n ft., uj i lieu in 'V continued to call It by affceU?" mooing nnd looking. The cow, ever, only gave about one quart of,a l1' Instead of n gallon or more, as for"1' ly. During tho night she lowedntj qucntly for her calf, nnd the rasp morning when It did not nppearsto me hlblted unmlstnknble slgus of illblj? The orphnn calf wns no solace toartlc She was driven to tho woods wltijw-vii mate, but enme back and conttn o'1' lowing until noon. She came ltr ncr. the Inclosure, but would not catgr,''"Pu Just lifter dinner n great coraat10" was heard in tlie direction of whori'iC calf was butchered, made by n nnJohlii of cnttle lowing, having scinted'cffiE" fresli blood. The grief stricken tao001 cow rnn to the closed gate nnd l'HiU beseechingly toward inc. ns muM, .Huffi sny. "Please open the gate," m'5J2J being done she stnrted on a rit'-SUS where tho other cnttlo were lowlot;''r"i! In n short time sho came tkj'iw.1' walking back to tho house and ."JSDS ngaln permitted to como Inside thrTj1'-!.' closure, when she deliberately tooirSlii' a position nt tho kitchen door, tL-i"'"'1 ly looking In mute despair at (lip! member of tho family ns they Mu1'?'"' ed to pass her. Tlie tears flowed pSllpS' ously from her eyes, und then ,' stood Hie balance of the nftetplrjj' weening Incessantly, wltli the s.m,lJiJi2., parent grief that a mother woul!j?.l's ... in her dead child. It rcnllv ciiisn.1 tlio.l limra nt svinnKliv tnr II,. .JI0'"? n..v.. ....... v. .v ........ animal. A ltnttlemiuLe Trnii, ' edh moug IiuT?l Ilattlesiinkes were tlie mot di bung ous wild nnlmals with which thee-iiy settlers of Now Jersey had to coo?2liU very numerous, aud 'f-S bite. If not tieatod propeily at rV-VS; They were Siurios r.-.wr u MM.: was geticiaiiy fatal, tn i i i ii.,,......-- i. .i nn-! ii mi iihi.iij i. u MWiiirnii cites an Incident which gnes an jpf.jjr, of tlie abiiiidan f rattlers in tlirj;;,! colony: ir.Tivi lu a quarry from wbn h the nfSr.Ti men were iiigageil 111 getting out r'jt&tt:. for the foundations of t'rlticetoD .SlTili logo a wide ernck in Hie rocks was r,7i?ur, covered which led dow nward to aliisjs, cavity, and in this cave were ('ftfwi about i!u bushels of rattlesnake loiajSftui There wns no reason to hellcre'Bp'ui tills waa n snake cemetery, to "sigN() the creatures retired when they po-eu iii"y were nil m. nng uie rm of their days, but ' It was, nlt!jj, doubt, a groat rattlesnake trap. STSVi The iianow, winding pass.ip, .iaTJi lug to It must have been very attrjfxpjl; Ivo to a snake seeking retired quar", lu which to take Its long winter hjuiL' Mtlioiigli (he cave at the bottom of pTfiici gloat crick was ensy enough to fcftii Into, It was so arranged that It 'Yes.-' dlllieult, If not Impossible, for a seah to get out of. especially lu tlie fpt!gSlr vorr tiaiid'; Hlld-tl- Will U'l.ll.. Hobby ciurTo home Ollll till V ii'in, .ii.. ...... ....m w.,1 ,, oruisprniid trundlln broken bicycle. J W hat on earth have you been doing nks 11.1 fit . . "( exclaimed his terrified my cbild mother. '1 ran over a IiIl- do W. explained Hobby. v ouidirt tbe road V" and took n you see blui nnd give him the lHste.t Japanese cruisers. Itiev hs.'h thnt they w ill ! aide to trau- Witliiu the btst tHciity -vu the oolor she loi. Ymi would nke ln-r I nuinU-r of American snd KiutlUi ft- to Im more on the order of our society I'Male physiebttic In Asiatic eouu tries yimiijr ladltk who have nothing nioie ha luetwMil from 3u Ut'&i. urgent In life than to kill time and MMiuiiviit on their lalett etumuest. the 1K' eheHisi-! pMal rvk In the went out rowing he alwais featbml swell iwrtle isut ami fuiu ill., i. world Hlluit of Jaiwu. loltr-art eon- lildirM' ri,i..n., rii...n.. . . 1 . i i .... . ...... . v.. ..,... omii eiigNgiiiieiiUHiiiioiioeu. iiinii ii... w-iiHjiiM-aisHiiseveti-iviiiusui a ih-iiuv Jitst wUtarel of that mv not supi.sl to w imiuieiy known as yet, theaxilfl There mv ailkeuX) wouieu servaiiu lu UnuiMihal liavelaliioiheraniUMHUMiis UHidoti, aud 10,1 M of these aiw alwa-s ih urn siiaius etc. .sji imir-ihp the ' out of vitumiuur uf chauguui pUum. ovwi Unmh- ol her wiiy mlUug aud k- . UHnllw uf cure, but her iRHty srk-J llie(!UaviMfj ontksiaottuVW ivtawwd lillg hlue e, are ever ihi the alert and hi the State of lWea, Mexico .Nul h rrrsU. Larry-The doctor si 01 uade glass en. How much are theyt Optlclnn-'Do you wish ntwe glusv) I.arry-.N'o; 01 want oye glnssoa. Ql can't -s troo wo nose, kin 0I New l'or' orld. had tweu ess. iy tralued for the ride, having lvu fed on a prepared food lustead of for weeks. The rule was aeooinpluhiid without evtraor dlnary eiertlos. and the boie wa 1 1 ftv - ire work at ttw Unlsb. . A I'ulil w rnllirr Jiikr, A busiuos. niuu eaiue dawn to bis of Dee on wiuter moralox when It was ' bitterly cold I "When, how rokl It Is!" b said to ' one of the clerks "Just t-but that safe. ; If you ph-ase " 'the clerk oUjisi, with uuuled .lit linonllto (.1-11 1 u. Mr. Small Do you know ber? Sirs. Small -Only by reputation husband It the Inventor of t ta ller cash register ror married men's truiw,.rs iocett.-Aliislo's MagHzlne I'lnliit. A tailor mad suit Is souietiim f0. lowed bf a lawyer made ult and this u turn by a uonsuit.-St. Paul nu, IMitch Only In IV taiea inn u inarrhsl worn au disouae of ner siuamle and unto (end. ni estate by will. In ih ivmaut iiii-h pin- iuui nave me vvnsoui r uer liu-lund Iw-fure slie can ih he, wu propel ti as kite may wish. 'os: 1 gnw til ami in. m.ni. . i , , . . " ivti uiui; out. but when I gt within !.... ... of him I shut my eyes, nud before I got 7 "u"' i u ruu luto blm." "tor the land's sake, w-lmi .11. i shut your eyes for?" ' "Couldn't bell) It. Unit 'tn ultd..... 1 a nil it. . . : -'".. 11 when , Z "" n0"' 0Ur ees "I" wuen the aueete comes, you Ju,t tri it if the SllHiluv IhUk. .... . . . miiika DOOUV u Y au. was not a talid one. i m. .... limr i,.k,. .1 " some vviuHUIUII, .Nt .IrictiliiL!- Tbt mmu who ftsu itbs Co,.i.. .s. .-Ik. " ' ' tlllU IV rl...i... 1, '"" 'e woe ..u,.v. mi-Hi', m,. an., , ,, niiA.1 . .1 ... . ''ii. - M 1T-HU1II llllln 1. . on 11.1 ....... .. .. nuuui ue a put UOUSC IttUkill.'' Ih U lUU Ittir lor an.l ... 1 abiiuupWhrniichdigXr A ataii is a fool In ha L. .i,, .,. . I k .1 1- Li. 1 J - V . . V" . iuvh muru urn cvww iswrsis ois wmnaa. ami ne M) a fool to tn curiosity no louer ho asked: Jealous of a worihhws one Now nnVt "Kicuae me, sir, but whj aid you lll your own cvmlusiotHi I'hleago New. ur iu niui mv sarer " hi." reulleU bU eaatalodrer, with a , lf chuck le. "there are a good niauy trafts In it: it kafe " IaiuiIou I'uu Maudhur round tbe street. M not the only ti) 01 loaant - Ateb . n i:.bc llolirlrkk II-... Mrs. Shear-01, ,iu.. ,. '. .. . . does blow! ' uuw lne w,,", know , he wind , d0 MsxhuJZ 'Bui the other day rou ..1.1 .1.. rj..you-;:w ... , itui upr Bat' UUlla an.,.)..,. .L. like a m n,.- i " ' was. J lint like a woman! Never can sti. t ... .1 . when these ciealures are ami weak, having li.cu nouilsljejij',. 11 unci 11 loeirowil lill. 'VjTl Thus oar after year Hie nittlesmt i,roi must have gone down Into that aqieds wimt knowing that they could w ui get out again. (ugifl wliij) Tlii- lliiiisc I ' riili 1 -in In I'lirlt. dim)! The housing problem Is one tliat a.r years ha, lain heavily on those ju, '8 small liid.mes In 1'arls. Hvery day the I'retich capital (orTfi comes more aud 6re Impossible I'logfR, rrsldeiice for poor people and, "'youg handsome houses grow more numcro 'gii, reasonable lodgings become scarcer heatl. Tlie poor no longer Hnd It easy to jjjn cure apartments at n modest rental have1 Hie city unless they nre willing to uerst eonllned lu bnrrnckllke tenements Jjl the sixth or even seventh st..ry oriiyS olY In a courtyard whore they gett'oiauj little daylight nnd hardly cut seeVflai urn. gjjfr The W'lrkliigman has thetiforc t5ESV obliged to mlgrite to the citklru jmt the city, and whole suburbs, like -donS Vlllettj on one side of I'nris and 'ijc nolle on tlie other side, nre now Inb 1 itisl exclusively by Industrial coliimweiT Hvery exhibition In Tans i-foil( brought -t tlse In rents all nr.'UiuU "g today the landlords' dues nie lilJ'Ani than ever. Loss nceomiiin,! ltlon pauj available hi I'nris for n given ret TC thnti In Loudon, nnd the sanitary Medfn dltlons nre getiei-ally Inferior wajr. The better housing of the work" won classou, however. Is now !" slnnc s'eeu to attract the attention of r f"rw seV' nnd when Hie extension of tl"' jtian eventually Hikes place p rli'ps ' tlTelt itnprovenient w 111 be effect, d -Vr vvas Cor. London Mall. f3 Engl .1 no lo 111 (null,., Curious ( luck, rylj Huslien castle, cnstledown !' hnd Mnu. Is the ancient seat of t' 'JSlli and lords of man. The castle n a ffrooii table curiosity, both hlstorh ally Tifie7 otherwise. The first mcnt.ea e tl! dates to the year 1S.1T. It w.n tl-ton after six months' siege In the J"SE'l 131.1 by llobert the Hruce. The cf'IrocB Is built of limestone nnd Is 11 -t a raneat Ltitll a few years ngo It was used ' lyou lirlson. The tow n clock swn in Um castle wall wns preseuted ly Q'dUp i.iiiatietli lu the year l.'iHi. II 1 as op riuii one hand on the ibnl. This is t!..' I' JLI hand. The tulmites nre Judg 1 hy '-Bn iwsition 0f the linnd botwoiii t!.1 Lfthat The works of tills clock nre nls" a wWm1 olty. The weight nt the en 1 of t! raaM pendulum Is n lnr-re stone uuJ It - driven by a rone coiled nronn-1 a cy"! tier or wood, with ntiother st. -e at '1 end of tbe rope. The clock Is st 1 gu a(ter Its centuries of service nn ! is t 1 tbe towu clock.-Newoastlo .Lujli Chronicle. lli.nr. Tiililf CiniiiiHulol"- l'ln lter.' wrltimr table a . i& aw 11 small tray containing a 1 ww Of grotesque figures n wood." bf'j tlliy devil, two or tbr.H cats HP ll thein playing a tiddlei and s 1. rl hits. lUeii ald "I never wr t. a" Shi Hue of any of mv ilrninus w dw having that trav and its . m .n.ti t'l fore me on my table I could re t M'-tioi. ui,.l..r ... ll(,M'. Itliout them Hut why I ui t! "1 wy owu sivret " Cosmoi)ol tar