J3AND0K MCOKDER,
On llii Unverntiteiif.
Thc.v nolo two big, burly luillntia.
Tin- long eagle leather In llii- lint uf
UllO WllO Is khOWtl US "chief" llllll till!
bright rt'd osttlch till 111 the sombrero
uf the other would have tohl that If the
unmistakable features hail not evl
deneeil It. A government employee, It
matters not who, but one who tiny pos
sibly In certain events happening make
a "stake" out of the trlhe to which
these I txl lit iim In hui);, was doing the
honors of the capltol anil showing the
braves about the corridor. They left
the Indian eninnilttpc room anil mine
to the door of the house restaurant.
"Let's have a bite to eat." suggested
the man with the Kraft.
"All right," was the quick reply of
the aborigines.
At the luncheon counter the one who
could master the most nngllsh nsked.
"fiuv'niuiit pay?"
"Oh, yes." resps tided the host, think
lug that the quickest way to Inform
Iheui that they would not have to stand
good fur the hill.
"Pttlil" grunted the bnve, "we eat
Int. guv'munt pny." And they did -four
cups of coffee eijfh, half a d izi'ii
Iin ill boiled eggs, three ham sand
vv Iches, one dor.cn doughnuts, n whole
baked chicken. Ice cream, a whole pic
each and. besides that a thirst for Hie
water that was absolutely appalling.
The lunclieiin counter looked as HioiikIi
a cyclone might have paid It a visit by
the time the Indians gut through, and
the bill that the "guv'munl" clerk had
to foot made his week's salary look
like 7 cciik
"(iUv'muiit heap Rood." emitted the
brave as he plckel his teeth In tnlo
"white brother" fashion In the corridor
"We en I here again." Hut It will nut
he lu company with Hint parllelilur
clerk. Washington Star.
'Hint Minn We Are Consul, "
A writer In a Washington ncwspnpi r.
hi a column (level, d to Instructive mid
euloitnlnlng ( lint nboiit the capitol. ex
press- tun prise because In the base
meld of the building are put traits of
"worthy old gentlemen" forgotten
"nine-tenths" of the visitors to Un
building and wonders somen hut why
Hlchard Montgomery. Thomas Mlllllii,
Chillies Tlmiiison and I'rnucls Ilopkbi
sou should llml a place In the memory
of the painter ami mi the wall of tin
sennte basement.
The wilier lind looked In I'lske's
"History of the l.'nllcd .States" mid
could not llud either Thomson or Hop
l.llisnii. When lie goes to (juehce, he
may llud the inaik to ltnlk-alc where
Montgomery fell while trying to cap
lure the citadel and the house In which
he died. At St. Caul's church. New
York, he can 11ml his tomb. Mllllln he
can Had as the president of the con
gres nun icceivcii Washington s res
ignation, and Thomson he will discover
to have been regarded as one of the
brightest men of the Itc vnliithuiiiry
time, while he has but to look at the
original Declaration of Independence to
see "I'rns." Ilopklnson's name, one of
the best known of all signers because
of the brilliancy mid variety of Ids ac
coinpllHlmieiils. New York Times.
A I'nllil n faaiir.
Several of the lawyers bad told their
stories, Mime of which ridiculed the
continued ue,r legal verbiage and tho
absurd lengths l which members of
the profession sometimes go In taking
utlvuuiiige of technicalities.
A rank outsider," auiiounccil the
member of the profession who had
been a good listener, "a client of mine,
supplied the best Instance of literal In
terpretation Unit ever ciiinu lo my
knowledge !!. was executor under a
will that, inni ng oilier piovInIiuis, to
qillled the payment of tin aiinillly (o a
venerable aunt of the testator, lint
pioof or hci being alive must be made
befoie each payment, and this Is (he
rock mi which i lie executor struck.
"The old Indy proved herself lu the
hVsh, diew her money and went lo Oil
Ifornlii, where she speut two yearn
without pulling In her claim. On her
ictiirn she went lu sroii ami demand
ed the double nllaw'uucc due her.
The conscientious executor got out
the will, studied It, nerulched his head
and llnlly handed down hit opinion:
" 'Madam, you are alive now. There
can Ik iio rciuouahlc question tw to
that, for I have the conclusive evidence
of my own cjc. Hut I am possessed
of no legal proof Unit you weie alive a
year ago. I am. ifcs you kuovv, wiihla
Ihe lytrlcllciis of the will. 1 will pay
the annuity for this jenr, but hum lu
slsi niton satisfactory affidavits that
you were not Ueud when the preceding
amiulty was ad.'
"It look me the better turt uf a day
to convince blm that ho should settle,
lu fiill."-l)etroll Preo Press.
Siiri iilnlliiii unit '1'litill.
Home itutuiieiati iu emulation of
I.ombrooo perhaps, has bceu figuring
out tilt' habitual i Liployuienl of eon
lcts. lie conclude that mure men
ami wmueu whose titiploy-na are the
national, state or miiulcipul govern
menu full Into evil wuy uud come to
uuluward cud-, tltuu those who work
fur prtvsge Individuals or eoiMirutlous.
A very large pi-oKrtluii of the men uud
women who have been handlers of pub
lic moneys sislu to jlcld to the con
stant temptation aud beglu to peculate,
and some c.vule avers luai (mmuIuHoii
Is the corollary of specula I Ion As a
mailer of fact, iuom uf Ihe big and lit
tle thieves who confess how they weie
led to take money Hint did uot belong
lo them declare i tin t sH-culutlon of
one fcort or another brought them
eventually behind Die Ur. New York
Heruhl.
Our tiiirl) I'nrUa,
Aiiollier fork has beeu found lu As
syrla, a brouxe one like thai discovered
by Mr. (1. Smith lu la ni KouyunJIk
It has l wo prougM uud li umdc ul
limine It u true thai flugcrs weie
made before fork. Inn lite lulter h.ivi
an ancient uud houuruhle origin. Sum
liel Bsiks uf a "nesh hook of three
teeth" 1.1115 learn liefure Christ. Coras
were used in Uurope lu the fomieeuih
and flfieeuth centuries, aud at Venice
each person wan Mined wltb one to
hold the meat while he cut II. It may
seem itrauge that three prouied forks
did uot come Into geneml ut until the
seveutecuth century. Tkot um.W of
liver were long restricted lo the high
est classes, common fuu uut using
them uutll about ItiU. Four prongwl
fork are of modem date.
jSSSSSi"T!
J-i ""'"""il'!
!! Pfl V ADlIM It
i I ULlbl Llnl HMil J
',V. !!!
"Do you know Dint I have conic to
tho conclusion that tho best way to
stavu oil' tho blues and make onchelf
contented with their lot, I'olly, Is to
rcmeinljcr to bo thankful foraointthlii",
that has coino Into our lives." said u
thoughtful little woman the other tiny
"It was sort of u hard lesson to learn at
llrst,"Hhu continued, "for I am much
moro Inclined by nature to Ihj rutin
despondent and prone to look at the
dark side of things, ami I continue!
this selllsh way of living until I could
tlo nothing but feel t-orry for myself anil
fo'iiul that I was liecniulug sour mid
embittered becniiwj everything did not
seem to be coining my way. I woke
up to the realization one day that lu
steatl of lludlug u bed of roses I was
sowing a pathway with thorns that
wounded not only myself but others,
I determined to shake oil' this niorbii
spirit unit try untl forget myself lu being
a little moie thoughtful of others. Oiie
of my llrst steps in tho new life was to
remember to be thankful for mercies
that hitherto I had accepted as h mat
ter of course. I could llud ho many
others worse oil than myself when
stopped to think of It. Others were
suU'cring from Home Incurable ill-ease
while my general health was good; yet
1 bud never stopped to think before
what n priceless treasure good health
was anil bow much I had to be thank
fill for. Other hud had the angel of
death fold Its wings over their homes,
and u vacant chair was ever a renilude
that the family circle had been broken
ami the home could never be the saiuo
anil (he world never ln'so bright again
I bad never been called upon lo endure
this (rial that has tumid the brightness
of life (o miny to the gray ashes of de
spair mid made them cry out for one
little ray of coiuforl from the loved one
who nail gone Hence. I bail never
been iu want, and bad never ex prectl
a wish from my childhood up but wluil
it was grunted, If possible. I found out
I was one of the most imreaHonablo
creatures In the world, uud I list! i
haul time, bieaklug myself of this tin
desirable habit, liven now 1 occasion
ally have a lit of the blues and liiiaginu
I am dreadfully abu-cil, or have (he
w mxl luck and have nothing to lie
tliaiiliful for. Had an attack the other
day and happened to pick up a paper
with yoiirartieleon lite cruel treatment
ol chickens by San Francisco poultry
dealers. I lead (hcurliclc through ami
found Hiiniethiiig to be thankful fur
right there. You may laugh, I'uJJjti
when I (ell you that I spoke out loud
ami said, ' Well, I'm thankful I'm not
a chicken!' At any rale, the world
seemed better after that."
The other day I heaiil two little chil
til mi ilNctivdng a visitor who hail pun
islietl her little child very severely lu
their presence They had never known
what It was to icceive a ehastlemeut
of that kind, for their parents believed
lu reasoning with the little folks and
appealing to their sense of honor In
stead of humiliating them by whipping.
It had worked like a cliarni w ith them,
and they weie horrillett when they saw
llieir little companion leeching puu-
iiUuii'iit that lelt ugly ted streaks tut
her little face and hands for some time
afterwards, "Ain't you glad .Nhx. It
ln't your niolherV" asked one little
lot; "uiidtlldu'l she look iiglyuiiil mad
whin she was whipping poor little
.May :" ,"l'tl be awliilly afraid of her
for a mother, ami I'tl hale her, too. I
used lo think she was so sweet and
pretty, but she will always U ugly to
i no now. I'm thankful she ain't niv
unit her, and I only wish poor little
.May could run away and hat our
maiimia lor Iter mother. Hho never
wliiM, but Is always sweet and good lo
everylmdy." "All Pvo got to say,"
said (ho other one, "is that I'm glad
she Isn't our mother, anil I'm going to
bo betlcr to May tUftn I've ever been
U'fore. She needs Miuiolssly to love
her."
uother ene of something to U
thankful for, anil really, between you
Kful i'olly, don't you think that the
world would nvm much brighter and
there would W more happy, contented
nHiplo here If we would only look
through thankful gla-ci. What if von
me uot wealthy and cannot liav all
the dciic for tho lctiutll'ul In life glut-
Itksl, you may have health; and with
out that all the money lu the unlverso
cannot make you happy anil contented.
I.lfe Is a burden to a coiillrnnsl invalid.
who count the moment that are freu
iiuiii Ktiii as iiiciwingw i it 1 1 1 llenveu.
I hey know what it U to retdlewslv
through the long bourn of the night,
waiting luioj. new tiny that brings tbem
no relief. It would l a good thing for
us all lo Issir this lu mind, ami when
.i .. .i . . . .....
uhw hiii, tieHiiiiieui, utile allacks
tsimo iihui us like a thief iniawim
untl mb us of our peace of mind and
our gtHMl common seue, to put on our
tlmnhlill glasses, and If wo don them
in tho light spirit we w ill surely mv tho
world lu a brighter phase; and, to add
lo the charm of the new vUlon, will
llud something to do for someone eUe,
lMs.lbly to make their lairdeus lighter
ami forget ourselves at any into for the
time being
The BiiuiH of "Authors," kiniwn to
old and young, was Mug pbtyisl Uy
Mime of I'olly's little frmU iUv other
day and (hey got authow sadly mlxril
up with tliv onteoliWm. None of them
miuld nwil, iMit Ihov weiv Jay I m In
gtssl faith as they had sven miiiiv of (he I
ohler member of the family play t,P
game, "iiaveyoo gut John lliuklu?"
askwlTotU. "No,Ui( I've gt John
the Hsjilist," said little May. "Have
you uot Uuigfellow."' "No, but lu.
got LaznriK," " Have you got Judui
Iscarlot?" " No. but I vu got Wush-
1 i... ,-1,1 .,n
,.... V T Tr I I
,f "Authors," which doubtless bad
never been played Just In that way bo-
fore, went on. The strangest conglom-
oration of biblical names and makers of
hisiks that I'olly has ever known, hut
It was Interesting and showed that the
wee folks had had ample training In
the catechism.
Tho old rolling-pin of our mothers
and grandmothers has a rival in the
Held of culinary work, for some one has
invented a glass rolling-pin that rolls
your dough as neat as a pin. It has
wooden handles and costs the modest
mini of slxty-Ilve cents. I cannot see
that it Is any great improvement on the
old-fashioned wooden rolling-pin that
has done duty for lo! these many years;
hut as I have said before, tills Is an age
of fads and glass rolling-pins is one of
them, and good in its place.
BRIEF REVIEW.
A Fight Between Sea Moniten.
li.iiu.ri l.,s. tli iT,.i,. i',.l(li.e..iioiid
....
agent ntTacomn, had uhair-ruMng ex-
perlenco ently while crossing the
Narrows from (jig harlsir In company
wlthdltlcou I'ra.ier. They attempted
to cross the .Narrows in a small Isisit.
When half way over a hue whale
suddenly appeared directly lu front of
their Isial with Ills mouth wide open
and apparently bent on making a meal
of the entire outfit. Tho whale came
up from the il'tl'th of the Narrows with
out warning ami looKeii nig ami ugiy
I he mariners ay he was at least eighty
feet long and looked twice that. Hut
tlie whale was not looking for the lsat,
as was iipjiaieiit a second later when
gigantic and ferocious looking. Mautldae
lllrostris appealed inclose pursuit. A
wlialu Is moieafraldof a mantidae than
of anything else hi tliesea. FraIcr had
his ot grizzly gnu in the Ism had
pulled it up lo make a defel against
tlie whale, hut when ho saw 1 'inan-
thlae he drew a bead oil ol, i of the
llamhig eyes of the monster and llred.
In another instant the sen was lashed
into a mad fury as (he frenzied maii-
tldae dasheil about, with the whale ap
parently dazed and helpless, not knovv-
illg which way to go. WHIi a few bold
strokes of thenars I.ee nulled the boat
on Hie opposite side of the whale from
the sea devil ami iu a momentary lull
they succeeded III getting away Jllst
before the whale started In to thresh
the water Into foam In combil witli its
pursuer. Tlie light was short, however,
for the mantidae was evidently disabled
bv the shot, ami tlie whale succeeded
lu getting away and ran down the
Sound, while lis pursuer, after spend
I II I.. .. I-...III.. II I I ....I
IHK us luge in iniiui-s mi. ui.i ... b. .
I tne wnaie, nroppeii uowii mio me
tiirliiilent walcr unit out oi signt.
I'unny Men hi Congress.
CongliHs alwavs lias its funny man.
Soi.iellmes there are I wo or three. The
funny man of this lloi.se is IrlvuUkl,.1: ,,"t ,, ".tH;,l't1"l..t.l,.w ftt.w'ilc,!..v.
Llollli Allen of Tupelo, Miss, lie has
held the position for the past ten or
twelve vonrs. Hefore liim was Sunet
Cox, whose heart was broken because
(he House would not lake him seriously
long enough to make him Speaker
Allen also has been handicapped by his
reputation as a hiimoiist
il,, iu th,.
ablest ...an In .Mississippi, and the best
iliovvn, anil yei lie mis never oeeoaoie
to seenie an election io ine M'liate.
I'hls Is Allen s lied Congress, and so the
I
dace will be vacant soon. II will
probably be tilled by Champ (.'hit k.
When Senator Mason of Illinois was In
the I louse of l!eprienlalives, his repu
tation was that of a humorist, ami
nothing else.
Women on Uussl.vn Railways.
According ton ltuslaneorrossinileut
the chief of the Itlazan-l'rat Hallway
has asked ieriuislon from the Minister
of ('omimmlcutloiis to ernilt those
women who have licen assel by the
railway M'lusd at Sanitof tolH-eiuployisI
on the railway as slatlon uuislers and
sub-station masters, luggage iniector
ami telegraph superintendents, since lu
that part of Hussla theie is a great lack
f educated and reliable men. The
Minister of ( Mniiii.ltious has ap
proval of the ixs..twt.
n
Trlephouos on Ulectrlc Cars.
Can on one of flio suburliH.i IIiicm in
St. Irfiuls ale being sUlpitsl with tele-
phonos. The Instrument Is placed lu
the lenr uf each ear, the negative wire
U'ing tsmius'ltsl through IhewhtvU to
the rail, and the Hwitlve wire Mug
tltlisl w ith u simple device rweiuhliug
a Joinltsl tUhing sde, by which ism
mvtlon is msmiuhI with a private over-
.... . .... I
head w he paralleling the trolley. Tlie
motoriiiaii Is at all (iuies able to com
municate lioclly with theotUce.
Stinusuie has estimated that twenty-
twoaereiiof laud are msshsl to sustain
a man on llesh, while that aiiiiMiut of
laud sown with wheat will fissl forty
two crMii; sowed to oaU, eighty-eight;
to sitato, Indian corn or rice, 17U
(stwius; ami planted with the brewd-
hull tnv, ovei O.txm Kspleeould ls fisl.
Mitst people talk alsjut a million
-w Itluuit reollilng w hat II really U. An
v.H-rt coin counter can eount about
hi an hour. If he worked ten
hours a day It w.Hild take him thirty-
Hire' ami a third .lays to flnUi the
tmutlngof il.tWirtW.
AorauMiu i.inisiin ami uanes iKsr-l
v in both Unit saw the light on February
VS. ISiW.
ue m ri ware oeioiigiug UJ wuevu
Victoria's table Is valued at ;U',4tJ,UV).
Auoui w,iai.ua uaoiekare uoni Into
Ua worW every yesir.
ym an averageats.vv yieius.-mi gallon,
nt ik. I IL I
fiii.'iv .t i itu. r.
gARAH AND THE "INDIANS.1
llrnl.r.ll ili.-.l IV.Iom Tor Thrm
1.1 33 c;..i,s
i,.,.,.i,., . ,i
Ilrad,
Skfl I till i4,.pi.i,n,.i. ihi. ereat French
at.jrt.si)t 0IK.t, ,,1,-, m .Sullivan, Ind.,
nt .-, ct.tH u 1(,a,
it was many yeur ag". nnJ I,eru-
haidt was making a tour of tho couu-
try. On the way from Louisville to
I inuiiimipoiis me iram - "-ei
'?" " '"" "y. ' "! .,,,'w, ,u ,., Z
ireigui vvrecK nan oicun'" " "
up the road completely blocking the
tracks ami making progress to Indian
apolls Impossible until the next day,
Very well," said the manager in ox-
collcnt French and with forced calm
ness. "Since we cbiiikiI have town
we will give a performance here."
"Impossible," Mild Mine, lfernhnrdt,
also 111 French. "(Jiilte Impossible."
"Not a bit," said the manager, and
he went about it. The divine Hern-
hardt, being under contract to play a
l,,.1i11 .....ni,,,,. ,,r niirhts. was Induced
conheiit. There was no "opera
house" In Sullivan, hut the Masonic
hall was rented, and some or tne scen
ery was crowded Into It. The local
Job olllee got out a lot of handbills lu
a hurry, and moss-eiigcrs were dispatch-
t., to the adjoining towns to spread
the glad news that Iteriihardt, the ill
vine .win,, w as lo p. u "
null IMKIIl iiimi llllll urn" '"
be .'1.1 cents,
"No use trying to charge metropoli
tan prices here," said the malinger to
Ihe treasurer, and Unit gentleman sigh
nnd said he Hiiipocil not.
In the early evening there began to
erjinu Into town long lines of green
farmer wagons, each holding a family
parly. When the house was full, the
gieat l'.ernhardl cautiously took a peep
at It from behind the lllmsy curtain
Men IMcil!" she cried, raising her
i(,Ucleil bauds, "book at the Indians
nut she played Yedora for them, and
she played until 11 o'clock. l'hadel
a I phla Saturday evening Post
HE USED THE SALT TEST
All
Olil Aiiiii'Iic Ciller's Knim li-ila
of iIh- Human N)toin
III Ihe eaily days of L'lilon Pacltlc
railroading Vlitoria, Nana and (Jcrou
Imo. the three chiefs of the Arizona
Apaches, with 1(H) of their best buck
came through to Green Itlver, Wy.
They had heard of the "heap wagon
and no lions" and had come to stop the
train. They made a lasso of rawhide,
and .Ml men on eiich side held on to the
rope as the fielght came down tlie
Vi!.ateh divide. The engineer saw
when several miles away what the In
dluiis were up to. so he whistled wT
brakes" and, opening Ids throttle, let
her loose. The cowcatcher struck the
rope and hurled Hie Indians lu all dlrcc
lions, literally tearing them to pieces,
headless, armless and legless. The
three chiefs went south to their cactus
plains very crestfallen
Hefore they selected these men the
''!' Vlcloila had them all eat
piece of rock salt about as big as
,.,.. in -,i,i uii-mif tilintil 1IUI I'.iciIj till
I I" - , ..... r... .. .. ....... ....
,,. ,, , . ,. ,, ..,,.
(1(.s .,.,, ..ltcllL,(1 . vibration
f xw r,.,.t, which were crossed. The
feet which vibrated the longest or had
tK. longest strokes he declined to ac
cept for a severe duty or a dangerous
'l "f f"'- "11'
I
brated short
distinct ami regular
strokes,
Now, what did the old chief know
about pulsation of lite arterial system
or uf heart action and Indeed about
(ult lu the system? I have lived near
to Indian reservations and have had
occasion often lo survey over their
kinds for railroads and other objects,
ora m u mt ()f
nun i nave wouiicrcti wnere oiu vie-
u, Kollrsl, nlal.m belter Hosted
than Ids nalefaco brother? - Chicago
Inter Ocean.
A I. im- I.ettr.f ' I'rllice llliuurrl..
"On my window sill, among all sorts
of crocuses and hyacinths, stand two
"iimellias which iiIwiivh Insiilre me
with strange thoughts. One of Iheui,
lender and pretty, with Its ornameii
tal crown (top) and soft, pale very
pale pink blossoms, but little foliage
"ml "'' tw" raIrts me to
Itcddelln. holds Itself rather sillily and
lisp-, l.'ugllsh. The other makes far
less Impression of beauty us you look
nt II, and Its stalk bctrajs In Its guar)
si twisllug lack of cure In Its pruning
I-1 cm the midst of the foliage looks
out a i ml branch, but the crown Is
rich In leuves, and the folia- Is green
' than that of Its neighbor. It gives
Promise or uuuuiiaui uiosshuiiib in its
""' ' ""-'" " is ueep imrK
red and white lu Irregular gay varlegn
tlou Ho you take the comparison
amiss? It Is a lame comparison, more
over, for I do not love i-ainelllHs, lie-
eause they are without odor, artd you I
love precisely on account of the fra-
giance of the (lower of jour spirit
which Is white, dark red nnd black."
Here Is a picture of the Man of Iron
with his armor doffed - llarm-r's Mag
ailae
l.uel. mill Pliu-u.
Two clerks named TUomas and Clflr-
Ui'rB lu 0 employ of a wealthy
li..,K,.t.a ... '11....... . l ..
iiierctmut. Thomas was always an In
dusirlous lad. but (Tareuce was much
given to frivolity aud was extravagant
iu ills tiu bits, lu after yours Clurenee
murrled his employer's daughter uud
was wade a lwrtner lu Ihe business.
Thomas continued to be an honest, iu
dustrlous clerk all his .life, and his
wrvlces were much aimrcclaii-il hv
Clarvuce aud Ids father ln-lnw
Moral.-There U uo royal road to
uece.-Nevv York Commercial Ad
vertUer.
Nut I'alnl.
Willie-1 think I could die listening
io .miss 'inner slag.
t y Mck-Oh. vou may find like dv-
UK- hut you'll pull through. I've been
','ro't' ' ,LU'U M Journiil
iu tlw reeut house of rennNiflnii
(Ives of (he Jatmn diet there are 130
uirroers. si mirrkters. l'J oil eLs s yn
merchants, ti iiewiMter editors. 3 doc
,wa "O'l 70 members without used pro
IWSflOBS.
IHcyc es .ire nerIIe itnni.t.i
very modern Inveuilous. but Njme of
iae UJVUtllll olK-llsks iH-ur Uirures
uu.uinw ou two whelel vehicles re-
scuidiios; tar old veloclpevlos.
s,it ifo.sU nr.. ui,i t., .i,
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aill.V IliaU aUV iA f-ilir
CHOICE MISCELLANY
lino We tiM " Sail.
"Please iass me the salt" Is heard at
table many and many a time lu the
course of a year, yet probably uo boy
or "Irl gives a thought as to how that
most nccesiary article of dint Is manu
factured Salt Is so necessary that no
human being can retain his health long
without It. This fact makes the subject
m of wrest, but the various ways
In which the mineral Is secured form a
theme that Is more Interesting still.
There are three general sources from
which the salt you secure at the gro
cery store Is obtained. One Is by evap
oration, one by mining nnd one by
fccraplng from the surface as snow Is
removed from the Ice on a pond.
At Syraciie. N. Y., In Michigan and
In many other states there nre evapo
rating vats. Into which water from salt
springs Is poured. As the water Is
drawn away by the sun the salt re
mains. In a number of states theie are
great salt mines from which the pure
lock salt Is taken as are blocks of coal
from a coal mine.
In southern California there Is a salt
Held wheie the mineral Is scraped up In
huge heaps, rellned nnd placed on the
market. In this region, called the Colo
'iiulo dc'crt. lying Just north of the
Mexican line. Is a tract covering l.ono
acies. 'Jill fict below the sea level and
coveied wlih salt to a depth of from
one to eight Inches. In the KtinllSht the
Held Is of dazzling whiteness. Ulght
years ago the Colorado river broke
ihii'iigh lis banks and llooded this
de-eit. but the water receded, and since
(hen Hie gathering of the salt has been
a growing industry. The crust of salt
Is llrst binkiti Into furrows by n salt
plow. Is llieii gathered and hauled
away to the icllneiy. It Is said the salt
ci list Is due to Innumerable salt springs
below the surface
TimiU il lilnnl I'loiloKruph,
All object that attracted considera
ble attention nt the Metropolitan Mil
sei if Art recently was a camera
about four feet wide and live feet
high that slood all day In front of a
painllug III the Wolfe gallery.
It required the united efforts of three
men to focus the Instrument. The
operator said that the plate ued wan
the largest ever made and that If he
should fall lo give the proper exposure
It would cost his linn $'.'S.
The lime required to get a good
photograph of the painllug was three
hours ami a quarter. Three gallons of
developer and four of hyposiilphlto
of soda were used to tlx Hie plate.
When asked w hy so lung an exposure
was necessary, the operator said that
to get a full detail and color value a
yellow screen of glass coated with
gelatin dyed with picric acid was
ilxed In front of the lens. This scieeti
changed Ihe picture thai passed
through the objective lo a yellow color
and softened Ihe high lights of the
painting to such an extent that the
dark shadows gave up their detail Just
us rapidly as the bright places. The
plate was prepared with blue myrtle
clilorophyl iu the emulsion, and this
decreased Its regular sensitiveness at
least ."si per cent.
only one painllug was photographed
during the day.
A Won! Tor Hit- L'nuU.
It Is the popular thing nowadays to
say that u chief cause of bad health M
bad cooking. "The frying pan has
killed more people than the sword" lias
become the rallying cry of one hand
of reformers. No doubt dyspepsia is
u national disease, but It Is not title
that the cool, should be chlelly blamed
fur il. Had cooking Is not so much Its
cause as are overeating and too hasty
eating Tlie man who has a hasty
breakfast, a "quick lunch" and a big
hut hurried dinner may llud It eon
veulent to blame the cook for the its
suiting dyspepsia, but he has only
himself to blame. The filet Hull over
eating lias much to do with the prcv
llciice of d.v spcpslu Indicates that Ihe
dishes prepared by modern cooks are
too appetizing. If they were not tempi
lug. II is not likely men would Indulge
In Iheui too freely. What may not be
the awful result If women gcuerally
ire luughl to conk si lentltlcnlly, so
that everything they prepare will be a
Je.v lo Hie palate? What Is needed is
uot so much more schools for training
cooks as more effectual methods of
teaching moderation and common
sense on the imrt nf tlm ii.sitiln u-lm
eat what cooks prear, -Chicago Trlb
Ul,,, i
liBeliinil'a Mut srrlon. I'rnlili-in,
The popular Illusions respecting the
seriiiiiNiiess uf the Hoer war were natu
rally accompanied by miscalculations
as Its cost, .lust before the war
broke out Mr. Stead's prediction that
we shall get off cheaply If it does not
cost us more than 10.000 lives and f'JO.-
imi,uni" was considered as ridiculous
as his other warnings. Hut some time
ago the bill alrcudy exceeded tloo.ooo.-
turn, while a uiodcru est I male of the
present com puts it at I'J.tKio.ooo a
week. As lo casualties, the olUclal re
turns up to the end of December re
ported ."il,rt7. Including ILMSS death.
It Is life ilds time clear that hi his
speech in Carnarvon (Oct. 0. lM.li Mr.
John Morley made the right retort to
the sneer that he was a Cassandra.
Cassandra's prophecy." he replied,
happened to come lrue."-lmim.
Mum of n Wnteli,
decision regarding the status of a
watch uuder the national baukruntcr
law was handed down by Judge Lowell
In the Culled States district comt In
the ee of Trunk Turnbull. a plumber,
w uo recently uhhi a voluntary petition
In bankruptcy. Through his conn..!
the iietllloiier conteuded that his watch
was evmpt tsith as lielntr wmisii...
Piwrel" and a "tool" necesarv for
currylug on his trade. The court, hovv-
ver. ruled against him ou both polut..
i.osion isv ening Transcript.
Ilia Itutiil Wile.
Illlbcit-l believe iu a UU1U being the
master uf the house. He should have
Ihe say iu everjthiug.
.Mason -How aisiut iue uatuluc of
that baby of our V
iiilbert- My wife gave way to me la I
very proier aud wifely mauner. She
said she .11. 1.,-. I,., ......... i .
the lliile fellTiw ..J longTs u Z
I
ugi.t io 1,1,1 a single point merely
v.atK.u of her huDiiuir .
vu. v .,,.iiuieu vi ucr uutiimiv .
KEPT TALLY OX FIBS.
THE ASTONISHING RESULT OF ONLY
ONE DAY OF COUNTING.
Vn imesllKnlor's lllseovrrj- of What
..r .),.. rliitT-
llll Ijlioriiiiiii" 'ii'i-i
nihil- Adorns Ihr I)a"'
rrs in
Sipm-Ii ' the Avernae .Mortal.
Do you know that the average Amer
ican Is a hopeless and Incorrigible and
unmitigated llari" said an amateur
cynic of ltaronue street. "I don't mean
he lies viciously, hut suave mendacity
glides oh the end of his tongue as eas
ily as molasses Hows from a spigot on
u warm day In summer. He does It un
consciously, habitually, automatically
. lust as his lungs expand and his
heart palpitates and his hair grows,
without any special attention from the
rest of his system. lie does It because
he can't help It. The thing has become
a second nature.
"I had all this brought home to me,"
continued the amateur cynic, "by a
very simple little experiment which I
tried on myself and a few others uo
longer ago' than" yesterday morning.
Hid vou ever see a pocket counting ma
i hlneV We!!. It's u little device shaped
like a watch. Whenever you press the
stem the needle on the tllal Jumps a
point, and It registers In that way up
to several thousand on the principle of
a cyclometer. They are used by nny
Li.dy making long counts and are very
handy. bceiiiw they never forget where
they leave off.
'Hut. to come to the point, .some
thing happened lo remind me of our
national vice of untruthfulness 1
was getting up yesterday, and I deter
lulled to 'keep tab' on myself ami as
cerialn. If possible, how many actual,
out ami out lies I put into circulation
lu the course of the day. 1 chanced to
hu e of Hie little counting ma
chines I have Just mentioned, mi I slip
pid It Into my pocket and stinted out.
"The llrst lie I tohl was right at the
door. Smlthsou was passing and stop
ped to shake haniR 'Hello, eld maul'
said I. 'Delighted to see you.' when as
it matter of fact I was deuced sorry to
ste him, because I owe him ten. I
gave the counter a squeeze and liur
lied on, but befoie I get to the olllee I
had Jogged it nine times.
"What did I Jog It fur, did you ask?
Oh. trivialities, mere trivialities, but at
the same time point blank lies, every
one of 'em. Whenever I opened my
mouth out dropped some confounded
hyperbole. I told .lones the Joke he iu
Hstcd In springing on me was the 'best
I ever heard' aud then made a double?
tally In assuring his wife she was look
ing lemarkably wtdl when she was
looking exactly like a scarecrow. I
told smellier friend I never laughed so
much hi my life as I had at some'.hlug
or other. I don't remember now what,
uud still another that 1 hadn't slept a
wink for three nights when I had neu
ralgia lately-all lies, bald lies. In spite
of their harmlessiiess.
"When I leached the olllee ami look
ed at the dial, I was horillled. 'flood
heavens!' I said tn myself. "It seems
to be physically Impossible for me to
spenk the plain truth In the paltriest
mutters. I'll Just icmalii perfectly
quid for half an hour and keep check
eu Hoggs.'
"Hoggs is our head bookkeeper ami
a pillar In one of the siibutban church
es." continued the amateur cynic. "He
wears rubber overshoes In wet weath
er, cultivates satidy side whiskers, car
ries a gingham umbrella, belongs to a
building ami loan association and has
all the other marks of severe respecta
bility. I had supplied him to be the
quintessence of east icon veracity, but
when I sal down lu cold blood to put
him on rccnii! I was astounded at the
blase fashion with which he frlvoled
Willi the truth. I pushed the button
mi him 1.1 limes lu L'7 minutes; then he
got Into a whispered conversation with
a caller, and 1 hist the thread of his
icimirks. Hut 1 am ccitaln If I had
been In earshot the counter would have
had hard work keeping up with the
piocessloti.
"That relieved my mind somewhat,
mid later ou. when I made a quiet test
of several of the other fellows In the
olllee. I came to the conclusion that I
was no worse than the average, but the
average was prettt tough. As far as
my Investigations went, the Invoice
clerk held Ihe record. He Is a guileless
r"rt "f l'lm'' w,,h ,',ll"' maimers ami
i iii-vmi-ii iinse, nun i never supposeu
he had any imagination concealed In
his peg topiieil cranium, but he foiced
uie to push the Indicator up exactly '-''
times in 13 minutes. During the last
imrt of the strosrh. however, he was
try dig to irnde off a secondhand blcy--le.
and that naturally swelled the re
turns. of course I soon ica II 7.CI I thai the
4,'ca of keeping count on my own men-
dii'-lty was entirely Impractical and
nbuiuh d the effort, but the other
.lata has furnished me with abundant
food for thought. My brother-in-law,
by the way. Insists that we would
tiake a great mistake lu trying to
weed these (lowers of fable out of our
ially speech. He says we lie coiillnu
illy mid systematically because every
body else lies, ami a man who would
mart out to tell the plain, cold. raw.
rectangular truth about everything In
life would be little better than an an
archist He would upset all establish
ed standards- of value and make It nec
essary almost to recast the language.
Hesldes. nolsidy would believe him.
Hut my brother-in-law is a doctor,"
Added the amateur cynic thoughtfully,
"and maybe that makes a difference!"
- New Orleans Tltues-Deu.ocrat.
Chlnrir Urn,
Tlie "Chinese era" beglus It, (.'. 2G07,
with Hie accession of the Ihnperor Yao,
who tlrst devised a calendar for the
Chinese dividing the year luto .It") day
with an extra day every fouith year.'
Onaiiralil In rtilna.
The censorship is a very real thing m
Chlua. There any one who writes an
Immoral look Is punished with p.
blows of the heavy bamboo and ban
Ishment for life. Any one who iead
It Is also punished.
The special expert sent abroad bv
TV-' -r" -i
T r,c " .TM
months on the same plants, aud a
,m.n ., " o '.. V ". . ""u. "
: r". ; a 'uw"y
. ...ho,B
Oh, limpid IMentr, In your !eld nmiI
Art mingled sll the onsi tint brooU hiri rjn.
When J MM nd jcirs, the .hasgjr hill! ymm
Ther Ubtled of their trlili, with f01raj t(tri
Until, tit wearied, luvlnj reached thtlr t0L
Vou aoltlr aoothed their sorrows and thtlr ltrJ
I.Ike Knttnels the stolid mountains stand
About you, dreVt In Barb ot gorgeous gretg;
At early dawn their mirronsl shapes art if,,
In' shimmering outline, painted by the aun,
Tpon your lace, athwart the gleaming
,ur fade Irom view until the day Is done,
A lilting figure ol ncrnal rcit
Vou typify the ihangeleM tatc ol mm
When, having coursed mortality'! Lrlt! ipia
Adown the hilla of Time, Ida life ihall end,
And all Ills doings, be they banned or bint,
Porevcnnore, with other deeds shall blend.
John A t'ootc In Itosary MagttlM-
BUSINESS OF THE SOAKER.
An Kiperl In I'avs nliroUliiit Who H,
Ills IteK"'""" I'osloiili-ra.
Ill the neighborhood where pawn
shops abound the soaker nourishes.
The soaker acts as middleman betvveea
the pawnbroker and ills customers. He
explains his mission aud accounts for
his usefulness thus:
The people down here employ me,"
said he, "not because they are ashara.
ed to be seen going Into a pawnshop
themselves, but because I can get more
for the goods than they can. There's
an art In pawning a coat or a ring. Just
the same as In everything else.
"I've known people to go Into a
pawnshop with some old article to
pawn and to look the proprietor over
with a supercilious air, as If they con
sldered themselves so far above htni
socially that he. couldn't touch them
with a -10 foot pole. Naturally, for
sheer spite, the broker offers them only
about half as much as they would get
If they approached him properly. Hav
Ing had a wide experience of my own,
I know how to avoid such dllllcultles.
1 am not servile, but I am polite and
respectful, and as those two qualities
touch the most generous chord lu the
broker's bosom I get all I want on the
proffered chattels.
"As recompense for my services I
charge my customers 10 per cent com
mission. I have regular customers,
and then, of course. I do many odd
Jobs for occaslonuls. There are fam
ilies down here for whom I pawn the
same things over and over again, one
week after the other, (in pay day they
take their things out of soak. Three
days later they put thein hi again, anil
the next pay day they take thetn out
again. And so It goes, month after
month. I canvass the houses Just like
a book agent or corn plaster peddler or
Insurance solicitor.
"'Anything to be pawned today'' I
ask.
"And If there Is 1 take It around to
some shop and raise the necessary
dough ami take It buck and get my
commission. Once In awhile I come
across somebody who abuses me auil
calls me a shark, but I'm nothing of
the sort. I'm earning a decent living
at a legitimate business." New York
Sun.
.New Iiiulllild Voiliiustern.
One of Detroit's lawyers, who has
had such professional success as en
ables him lo spend a portion of each
glimmer In a quaint New Ihiglanil sec
tion, brings back some very Interesting
facts.
"I take my outing lu one of those
parts," he says, "where the farms arc
so run down that you can't hope for a
good crop of anything unless It he
beans or goats. One of the conse
quences Is that tlie young men have to
llud some other part of the country In
which to make a living, and I'll wager
that there Is uot another community lu
the l'lilon where tho average ngu Is
higher.
"Knowing me to be a lawyer, some
of the residents called me Into a con
ference about tlie township treasurer
who had been guilty of advancing a
teacher $2 ou her salary without the
consent of the trustees. There was not
a man there except myself who was
not past S", and two were over 1)0.
"While I was making a talk In favor
of the treasurer and trying to minimize
his transgressions without offending
the select men, as they called them, a
man of at least t. slouched through the
door and took a scat.
"Must a minute,' said one of the old
est veterans us he interrupted and
glowered at the Intruder. "How often
have I quoted that there quotation to
you 'bout old men for cotllic 1 ii"d
young men for war? This Is a council
Now you Just run out till we g-'t
through. Willie. If there's any a'rest
to be innile. we'll call on you.' And
Wlllli went without turning a word,'
-Detroit Tree 1'ress,
rimlliiK I)iim uf the Wt-el..
Tlie prematurely aged young man
vsliose duly It Is lo get up The Itec
ord's "Answers to Correspondents'
column says that queries nf the s..me
nature always come lu biun'tics Tiny
seem to be epidemic. .Inst at piisiiit
a great many people ncm eag-r t"
know what day of the week they were
born ou, and il keep him i.ti-y ligtir
lug the dates out. Hi- has a yst ta
wljj-li he uses, and for the benefit of
others who may be in starch of like a
formation It Is herewli given
Cor Instance, take .Ian l. istiS. A
mail born on that date writes to know
what day of the week it fi ll ou lu
order to ascertain this divide the tig
tires representing the year by I, reject
ing the remainder. If any. To this d.v
Ideiid and quotient add the number of
days hi the jear lo Ihe given date. In
elusive, alwa.vs reckoning 'jsj days In
l-'ebruary. Divide the sum by 7 and
the ictnaliuler will be the number of
the day of the week, 0 slgnlf.viiig Sat
unlay. Here Is th Muetiutlon. taking
Jan. lo, 1SUS:
ijista
Number ol dayi to Jan. 15.
li
Thus, by this calculation, wlih u is lu
fallible, It will be seen that Jan. t3.
li5S. fell on the fifth day of the week.
which Is Thursdny.-Plilladelplun Uec-
ord.
"There's a whole lot of difference
remarked tle freckled fanatic. I"
wishing you were dead and wishing
you were lu heaven."-IndIanapolis
Sun.
Vard WAS rttlin nnr ct1- sii I no imln
The expression is still used with this
meaning when applied to vnrlous parts
of a ship's equipment, as yardarm, sail
yard and the like.