Copirlyht, i:rM, by Robert Rarr.
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B
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something like It on the stage and,
knowing little of military affairs,
thought perhapi) the costume of the
visitor before him indicated an officer
in the Napoleonic war.
“Good evening.” said the Incomer.
"May I introduce myself? 1 am Lieu
tenant Sentore of the regular army.”
"You are very welcome,” returned
his host. "Will you be seated?”
"Thank you. no. I have come for
my hourglass, if you will be good
enough to let me have it.”
“Your hourglass ’ ejeculatetk East
ford in surprise,
1 think you labor
under a misapprehension. The glass
belongs to me. I bought It today at
the old curiosity shop In Flnchmore
street.”
“I admit that technically rightful
possession of the glass rests with you;
but, taking you to be a gentleman, I
Venture to believe that a mere state
ment of my priority of claim will ap
peal to you even though It might have
no effect on the minds of a Jury of our
countrymen.”
“You mean to say that the glass has
been stolen from you and has been
sold ?”
"It has been sold undoubtedly over
and over again, but never stolen, so
far as I have been able to trace its his
tory.”
“If, then, the glass has been honestly
purchased by its different owners, I
fall to see how you can possibly estab
lish any claim to It."
“1 have already admitted that my
claim Is moral rat her than legal," con
tinued the visitor. "It Is a long story.
Have I your permission to tell It?"
“I shall be delighted to listen," re
plied East ford, "but before doing so I
beg to renew my invitation and ask
you to occupy this easy chair before
the tire.”
The officer bowed in silence, crossed
the room behind Eastford and sat
down In the armchair, placing his
sword across Ills knees. The stranger
spread Ills bands before the fire and
seemed
to enjoy
tin1 comforting
warmth. He remained for a few mo
ments buried In deep reflection, quite
Ignoring the presence of his host, who,
glancing upon the hourglass In dispute
upon Ills knees, seeing that (he sands
had all run out. silently reversed It and
set them running again. This action
caught the corner of the stranger's eye
and brought him to a realization of
why he was there. Drawing a heavy
sigh, he began his story:
"In the year 1706 I held the post of
lieutenant in that pnrt of the British
army commanded by General Trelaw
ny. tlie supreme" command being of
course In the hands of the great Marl
borough."
Eastford listened to this announce
ment with the idea thnt there was
something absurd about the statement.
The man sitting there was calmly talk
ing of a time 192 years past, and yet he
himself could not be a day more than
25 years old. Somewhere entangled In
this were the elements of absurdity.
Eastford found himself unable to un
ravel'them, but tile more he thought of
the matter the more reasonable It lie-
gan to appear.
“That was during the war of the
Spanish succession?"
“Yes: the war had then been In prog
ress four years, and many brilliant vie
torles had been won. the greatest of
which was probably the battle of Bien
helm."
“Quite so.” murmured Eastford.
EK TRAM EASTFORD had in
tended to pass the shop of bls
old friend, the curiosity deal
er, into whose pocket so much
of his money had gone for
trinkets gathered from all
quarters of the globe. He knew It was
weakness on his pa*T to select that
afreet when be might have taken an
other, but lie thought tt «'ould do no
harm to treat himself to one glance at
the seductive window of tlie old curiosi
ty shop where the dealer was In the
habit of displaying his latest acquisi
tions. The window was never quite
tlie same, and It had a continued fasci
nation for Bertram Eastford, but this
time he said to himself resolutely he
would not enter, having, as he assured
himself, the strength of mind to forego
this temptation. However, he reckon
ed without ills window, for in It there
wns an old object newly displayed
which caught his attention as effectual
ly as a half driven nail arrests the hem
of a cloak. On the central shelf of the
window stood an hourglass, Its frame
work of some wood as black as ebony.
He stood gaziug at It for a moment,
then turned to the door and went In
side, greeting the ancient shopman,
whom he knew so well.
“I want to look at the hourglass you
have In the window,” he said.
"Ah, yes,” replied the curiosity deal
er, “the cheap watch has driven the
hourglass out of the commercial mar
ket, and «-e rarely pick up a tlilug like
that nowadays.”
He took the hourglass from the shelf
In the window, reversed It and placed
It on a table. The ruddy sand began
to pour through Into the lower recepta
cle in a thin, constant stream, as if It
were blood that had been dried and
powdered. Eastford watched the ever
Increasing heap at the bottom, rising
conically, changing Its shape every mo
ment as little avalanches of the sand
fell away from its heightening sides.
“There Is no need for you to extol its
antiquity,” said Eastford, with a smile.
“I knew the moment I looked at it that
such glasses are rare, and you are not
going to find nte a cheapening cus
tomer.”
“So far from overpraising it,” pro
tested the shopman, “I «-as about to
call your attention to a defect It is
useless as a measurer of time.”
“It doesn't record the exact hour,
then?” nsked Eastford.
“Well, I suppose the truth is they
were not very particular In the old
days, and time wns not money as it Is
now. It measures the hour with great
accuracy,” the curio dealer went on,
“that Is, If you watch it; but, strange
ly enough, after it has ran for half an
hour or thereabouts, through some de
fect in the neck of the glass or in the
pulverizing of the sand. It stops and
will not go again unless the glass Is
shaken.”
The hourglass at that moment veri
fied what the old tnau said. The tiny
stream of sand suddenly ceased, but
went on again the moment its owner
Jarred tl.e frame and continued pour
ing without Interruption.
“That is very singular," said East
ford. “How do you account for It?”
“I imagine it is caused by some in
equality In the grains of sand. Proba
“It wu« the English, Casper cried.
bly a few atoms larger than the others
That put the French to rout,
But what they killed each other for
come together at the neck aud so stop
I rfeveF could make out.”
the percolation. It always does It. and
The officer looked up In astonish
of course I cannot remedy the matter
because the glass Is hermetically seal ment.
“1 never heard anything like that
ed.”
raid about the war. The reason for It
The dealer named his price, and
was peifcctly plain. We had to fight
Eastford paid the amount asked.
or acknowledge France to be the dicta
That night In his room Bertram East
tor of Europe. Still, politics hns noth
ford «'rote busily until a late hour.
Ing to do with my story. General Tre-
When his work was concluded, be
tawny and Ills forces were In Brabant
pushed away bis manuscript with a
and were under orders to Join the Duke
sigh of tlmt deep contentment which
of Marlborough’s army. We were to go
comes to a man who has not wasted
through the country as speedily ns pos
his day. He placed the ancient hour
sible. for a great battle was expected.
glass on his table, watching the thin
Treiawny’s Instructions were to cap
stream of sand which his action had
ture certain towns and cities that lay
set running. The constant, unceasing,
In our way, to dismantle the fortresses
steady downfall seemed to hypnotize
and to parole their garrisons. We could
him. Its descent was as silent as the
not Incumber ourselves with prisoners
footsteps of time Itself. Suddenly It
and so mifched the garrisons out. pa
stopped, as It had done In the shop, and
roled them, destroyed their arms and
Its abrupt ceasing Jarred on his tin
hade them disperse. But. great as wns
gllug nerves like an unexpected break
our hurry, strict orders had been given
In the stillness. He could almost Imag
to leave no strongholds In our rear tin
ine an unseen band clasping the thio
taken. Everything went well until we
cylinder of the glass and throttling it.
came to the town of Elsengore, which
He shook the bygone time measurer
we captured without the loss of a man
and breathed again more steadily when
The capture of tlie town, however, wns
the sand resumed Its motion. Present
ly he took the glass from the table nnd of little avuil, for In the center of It
examined It with some attention. He stood a strong citadel, which we tried
thought at first Its frame «as ebony, to take by assault, but could not. Gen
but further Inspection convinced him fi eral Trelawny, a very Irascible, hot
was oak, blackened with age. On one headed man, but on the whole a Just
round end was carved rudely two and capable officer, Impatient nt this
hearts overlapping and twined about unexpected de'ay, offered the garrison
almost any terms they desired to evac
them a pair of serpents.
“Now, I wonder what that’s for?” uate the castle. But having had warn
murmured Eastford to himself. “An ing of our coming they had provisioned
till" place, were well supplied with am
attempt at a coat of arms perhaps."
There was no clew to the meaning of munition, and their commander refus-
the hieroglyphics, and East ford, with id to make terms with General Tre
the glass balanced on his knee, watch ia wny.
“'If you want the place,’ said the
ed the sand still running, the crimson
threads sparkling In the lamplight. He Frenchman, 'come and take it.’
“General Trelawny, angered nt thls
fancied he saw distorted reflections of
faces In the convex glass, although his contemptuous treatment, flung his men
reason told him they were but carica again and agnln at the citadel and that
tures of hlB own. The great l»ell In the without making the slightest Itnpres
tower near by with slow solemnity toll slon on It.
"We were In nowise prepared for a
ed 12. He counted Its measured strokes
one by one, and then was startled by a long siege, n >r had we expected stub
born resistance. Marching quickly, as
decisive knock at ills door.
wns our custom heretofore, we pos
"Come In!"
The door opened, and the discussion sessed no heavy artillery and so were
In his mind ceased to consider the un- at a disadvantage when attacking a
tlmellness of the visit, for here in the fortress ns strong ns that of Elsengore.
visitor himself stood another problem. Meanwhile General Trelawny sent
He was a young man In military cos mounted messengers by different roads
tume, his uniform being that of an of to his chief, giving an account of what
ficer.
East ford remembered seeing had happened, explaining bls delay in
Joining the main arui.v aud asking fur
definite instructions.
He expected
that one or two at least of the mouuted
messengers sent away every day would
reach his chief and lie enabled to re
turn. And that is exactly what hap
pened. for one day a dusty horsFmau
came to General Treia way’s headquar
ters with a brief note from Marlbor
ough. The commander In chief said:
“'1 thluk the Frenchman's advice is
good.
We want the place; therefore
take it.’
"But h<' sent no heavy artillery to aid
us lu this task, for he could uot spare
his big guns, expecting, as he did, au
Important battle. Genera) Trelawny,
having Ills work thus cut out for him,
settled down to accomplish it as best
lie might
He quartered officers and
uten in various parts of the to«n the
more thoroughly to keep watch on the
citizens, of whose good intentions If
the siege were prolonged we were by
no means sure, it fell to my lot to lie
lodged in tlie house of Burgomaster
Seidelniier. of « hose conduct 1 have no
reason to complain, for he treated me
well. 1 was given two rooms, one a
large, low apartment on the first floor
and communicating directly with the
outside by means of a hall and a sepa
rate stairway. The room was lighted
by a long, many pulled window leaded
and tilled with diamond shaped glass.
Beyond this large drawing room was
my bedroom
I must say that I en
joyed my stay in Burgomaster Seldel-
inler's house, not the less so because
he bail an only daughter, a most
-harming girl. Our aequiiintance ripen
ed Into deep friendship and afterward
nto—biit that has nothing to do with
«lint I have to tell you. My story is
of war and not of love. Gretllch Sel
delmler presented me with the hour
glass you have In your hand, and on it
I carved the Joined hearts entwined
with our similar initials."
"So they are Initials, are they?” said
Eastford, glancing down at what he
had mistaken for twining serpents.
“ ‘Yes.’ said the officer; T was more
accustomed to a sword than to an
etching tool, and the letters are but
rudely drawn One evening after dark
Gretllch and I were whispering togeth
er in the hall when we heard the
heavy tread of the general coming up
the stairs. The girl fled precipitately,
and 1. holding open the door, waited
the approach of my chief. He entered
nnd curtly asked tne to close the door.
“•Lieutenant.’ he said. 'It Is my In
tention to capture tlie citadel tonight.
Get together 25 of your men and have
JAPAN IN WINTER
Cnliler In Hon.e. ot the Hlch
Tbnn In Open Sanahlue.
THE NEW TENANT.
Man
"I suppose that the American people
and tlie Russians are the only western
races that really keep warm In winter.
' Still tho(e who dwell In other countries
admit that they have the same ideal by
their Inefficient effort to attain to It,"
writes Anna N. Benjamin In Alnslee's.
“The Japanese winter is most trying on
account of Its contiuual dampness, but
the Japanese are content to remain
cold. They make almost no effort to
overcome It. The old 'bushldo' (chival
rous) idea of the ‘samural’ (knights)
was that It was effeminate to feel cold,
anil such is their severe training that
they do not really feel It as we do. The
wearing of some extra 'kimonos’ and
the use of a 'hlbaehl.’ or brazier. 111
which an1 a few tiny sticks of lighted
charcoal, are the only concessions to
winter weather.
With the 'hlbaehl'
they never pretend to bent more than
their linger tips, which they bold over
the coals. It Is used when the house Is
entirely open.
“The houses, ns every one knows, are
built of thin, light wood, and the slid
ing panels which serve for doors and
windows have paper panes. They are
as apt to be open as closed during tho
day. When I took my first Jinriklsha
ride through tlie streets of Nagasaki. I
forgot my own sufferings In my sym
pathy for this unhappy nation, which
as surely ns the cold came endured such
misery from It. The coolies wear tliln
blue cotton clothes and are always pad
dling through the mud. The storekeep
ers sit out In their open booths, and the
women go bareheaded about the streets.
In the houses of the rich the still cold
behind the closed panels is often more
Intense than that outside In the sun
shine, where the air'is stirring. The
schools and public buildings are equal
ly frigid.
“It seemed to tne that the only warm
things In Japan were the babies, who
looked like bundles of gayly colored
crape, their round heads covered by
knit caps. They slumber peacefully
tucked down their mothers’ backs. The
attempt to keep warm in winter Is not
eutlrely a'modern Improvement,'though
it goes with western civilization. The
Koreans do it very thoroughly, the Chi
nese to a certain extent. The .lapnnese,
as a race, continue to scorn It ns they
always have done, anil tills Is merely
one of a hundred examples which prove
that the Japanese are still true to their
traditions in their dally life and as yet
little affected in the ordering of their
homes by the Ideas adopted from the
west."
NOVEL CURES.
Inique Mr 1 li <> «1 •» Km ploy cd to Over
come < ertnln IllNeiiMen.
"Stand where u<in an."
them ready under the shadow of tills
house, but give no hint of what you In
tend to do with them
In one hour's
time leave this place as quietly as pos
sible and i.mke an attack on the west
ern eutratlce of the citadel. Your at
tack is to be but a feint to draw off
their forces to that point. Still, if any
of your men succeed In gaining en
trance to tlie fort lliey shall not luck re
ward ami promotion.
Have you a
watch?'
"'Not one thnt will go, general, but 1
have an hourglass here.'
“'Very «ell; set It running. Collect
your men mid exactly nt tlie hour lead
them to the west front. It Is but five
minutes' quick march from here, An
hour and five minutes from this mo
ment 1 expect you to begin the attack,
and the moment you are before the
western gate make as much noise as
your 25 men are capnhle of so as to
lead the enemy to believe that the at
tack Is a serious one.’
“I set the hourglass running and went
at once to call my men, stationing them
where I hail been ordered to |>lace
them. 1 returned to have a word with
Gretllch before I departed on what 1
knew was a dangerous mission Glanc
ing at the hourglass, I saw that not
more than a quarter of the sand had
run down during my absence. I re
mained In the doorway where I could I
keep an eye on the hourglass, while the
girl stood leaning her arm ngalnst the
angle of the dark passageway, support
ing her fnir cheek on her open palm,
and standing thus In the darkness she
talked to me In whispers. We talked
and talked, engaged In tlmt sweet, end
less conversation that murmurs In sub
dued tone round the world, being du
plicated that moment at who knows
how many places. Absorbed as I was
In listening, nt last there crept into ray
consciousness the fact that the sand In
the upper bulb wns not diminishing ns
fast as it should. This knowledge wns
fully In my mind for some time before
1 realized itn fearful significance. Sud
denly the dim knowledge took an actu
ality. I sprang from the door -lintel,
saying:
" 'Good heavens! The sand in the
hourglass has stopped running!’
“1 remained there motionless, all ac
tion struck from m.v rigid limbs, gaz
ing at the hourglass on the table.
Gretllch. peering In at the doorway aud
looking nt the hourglass and not nt me,
having no suspicion of the ruin in
volved In the stoppage of that mlnla
ture sandstorm, said presently:
" 'Oh. yes: 1 forgot to tell you It does
thnt now anil then, nnd so you must
shake the glass.’
f lic United States Is now patronizing
»lie banana plantations of the West
Indies and of Central America to the
amount of about »8,000,000 a year.
That is the exporting, not the retail
value. The Island of Jamaica alone is
•ending to this country over t.ooo.uoo
bunches a year, which means $1,500,-
OO) to the produccrs and shippers of
the colony.
Freezing, baklug. Illuminating, tor-
luring. frightening and bruising are
among tlie accepted ways of curing cer
tain diseases, says a writer lu the Phil
adelphia Times. For example, the bak
ing cure: When one has a «'ell devel
oped rheumatism, be Is placed In a spe
cies of stove and tin crystals of uric
acid are literally melted out of his body
Another odd cure once tried for
rheumatism «as burial In damp,
warm clay
The first rheumatic burial
took place at Menominee. Mich. The
treatment was not a success, and this
form of cure has been given up
The freezing cure: This was first III
'roduced by n Swiss doctor. Paul Bur-
deyront.
He placed bls patients in
sheets Immersed in Ice water, [nicking
the patient all about with crushed ice.
This treatment Is today used In typhoid
fever cases.
Or the patient is plunged Into ail ice
water bath. Tlie treatment saves many
Ilves Raging fever above 105 degrees
F has been brought down by these
means to normal- 98 2-5 degrees —in
less than ten minutes.
Neither of these modes of treatment
actiinlly freezes one. A physician of
Paris, M. Figenu. Introduced In 1890 an
ammonia vapor method, which really
froze the patient. The body was placed
In a chamber Into «'hlch certain client-
l»als were Introduced. Ammonia gas,
by sudden evaporation, then produced
Intense cold, nnd the blood lu the body
lost most of Its heat,
M. Figeau’s method did not meet
with success, Some of Ills patients
succumbed to tlie drastic measures.
nnd the practice was abandoned.
The Wheel Problem.
Which, at any given moment, Is mov
ing forward faster- the top of n coach
wheel or the bottom?
The answ;er to this question seems
simple enough, but probably nine per
sons out of ten. asked at random,
would give the wrong reply. It would
appear nt first sight that the top and
bottom must be moving at the same
rate—that Is, the speed of the carriage.
But by a little thought It will be dis
covered that tlie bottom of the wheel
Is In fact, by the direction of its mo
tion around Its axis, moving backward,
In an opposite direction to that which
tlie carriage Is advancing.and Is con
sequently stationary In space, while
tlie [mint on top of the wheel Is mov
ing forward wltli the double velocity
of its own motion around the axis and
the speed at which the carriage moves.
Flower Gardrn. of the Sen.
Kow, when he left my lite I drew
Close shut the < .i>«*iiu*nit uf my heart
And locked the
r. anti in each |>art
Strange darkm • re
t ¡^ned, forlorn and
w
There pierced i - happy sunnhine through
The barrier ut fastened doors;
Tlie dual lay thi k.upon the tfoora
Where romnary was strewn and rue
But on a certain day came one
VI ho knock»1»! ttnd w >ild not be denied
And threw tlu- rusted tegmenta wide
And entered with the wind and aun.
The dingy wel>. that itrlef had .pun.
The dual that »ad neglect had laid,
The faded hangings, rent and frayed.
Had vanished ere hit work waa done.
Oh. ht> hath swept my heart for me
Clean of old sorrowing and doubt,
And he hath set it all about
With peace ami happy certainty!
Oh, home be glad for such as he
And very sweet nor let him find
That ghost one tenant left behind,
That silent, sad eyed memory!
—Theodosia Garrison in Harper's Bazar.
NO BREAKING OFF.
Juit II l.lttle DlBHareement Between
the Peppery Lover.,
"See here, Daniel," began file old
farmer when lie had cornered his son
out by tlie corncrib, “what's this here
circalatln round 'rnong the neighbors
'bout you and Patience breakin off yer
engagement ?”
"Nothin to It ’tall,” with a sullen tone
and look.
"Bialin'd funny. 1 never see so much
smoke where there wasn’t some Are.
Did you and her have some words?”
"I said there wasn't no breakin off,
didn't I ? What's the use of cross ques-
tionin a feller like he wns on the wit
ness stan’?”
"Lots of use, my young man. Ilain't
I tole you more times ’n you’ve got
ingers and toes that my mind and ma's
mind Is sot on this here marriage?
Don't our farms Jlne, and Isn't she a
only chile, and baln't you a only chile?
Hain’t yeti got no gumtion nur com-
mon scuse?"
"She said not. She said 1 didn't
know enough to [reel b’iled pertaters
alore eatln 'em or to keep awake when
1 was a -court in of her.”
“She baln't so fur wrong, either. Anil
what did you say?”
"I tide her she didn't have Interlock
enough to talk so's to keep nobody
awake anil that ef I was a-plckln and
a-ehoosln fur beauty she’d be at the
foot of the class. That's what I tole
her.”
"Well?”
"She ordered me to git out and said
ef she ever see me on that farm from
lieiicefor'ard she’d set the dogs on me,
and 1 tide her the dogs would have a
confounded easy time of it so fur as 1
was consumed.
But there was no
breakin off.”
Then the old man informed the boy
that if the engagement wasn’t renewed
within 21 hours lie’ll leave every
“diirned dollar to a sannytorlum fur
tools." Detroit Free Press.
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order» by mail sotue t weuty years ago, and having continued to perfect the service
ever siuce. lu every respect, we believe we need no Introduction to most buyers
on this Count, uud to whom we refer as to the andvantages of the system
We claim to treat persons we never see the
same as though at our counters.
Three fourths of our trade Is out of town orders. Wo can't afford to neglect or
Impose on It. Our friends In the Interior get the Is st we have to offer aud will
continue to Our Grocery Goods and Prices urt- liiiiintchulile
COMPLETE PRICE LISTS FOR THE ASKING.
D epartments .
When In town cull
mid HVC us.
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Importera and Dealers tn
"I doubt If many persons realize the
Book, N.w.,
fascination to be derived from a winter
Writing and
Wrapping...
spent In the Bahamas,” said a visitor
CARD STOCK
Just returned from they the other day.
STRAW and BINDERS' BOARD
“Down near Nassau. for example,
8ß-«7-ru-H . Fti-st st.
there Is a curious sheet of water known
Tsu. MAIN ISA. » SAN FRANCISCO.
as the Lake of l- ire that is worth going
far to soc. It Is simply a phosphor
escent lake, but Its weird effects cling
BAM MASTIN
2.3 yours with
to one’s recollection in an uncanny C, For
E. Whitney & Co.
way. It Is about three miles from the
hotel. You drive through quaint and
NEW COMMISSION HOUSE
narrow streets, with only here and
there a lamppost shedding a dim light,
ami past the open doors of huts whose
occupants seem to till every space in
the abodes to overflowing.
121*123 Da via St., San FranclNco.
"The gates of the old estate of Wa
terloo have long since disappeared, and
General Commission and
the house Is In ruins, but you drive be
Produce.
tween the posts which still mark the
Specialty, Butter, Eggs and Cheese.
entrance down a grass grown roadway
to the edge of this wonderful pond.
Y’our consignments solicited.
The water is only a few feet deep, and
the [loud is scarcely a quarter of a mile
long. We stepped Into a rowboat by
the dim light of a lantern, and in a mo
ment, ns the boat pushed off and the
oars broke the water Into ripples, we
were surrounded by a sea of flame. The
divers who swam about seemed literal
ly merged In blue smoke, for the effect
of this phosphorescence Is more like
smoke than water. It reminds one of
All the world knows that coffee in
the butterfly dunce seen on the stage.
excessive use is injurious. And yet
The form of the diver Is surrounded by
the coffee lover cannot stand taste
a luminous glow, and the fishes take
less cereals. There has to this time
fright and dart away like little flames
lieen no happy medium between
Into the dark and quiet witters. It Is a
Café Bland tills the void with the
l>est elements of lx»th. It is richer
I
than straight cotice, and many will
not Is* easily convinced that it is
An Early Geiimln Monster.
not all coffee. But we guarantee
In the fore part of August, 1812. a
that Cafó Bland contains less than
party of limiters found in a mountain
fifty per cent coffee, which is scien
ous region now known as Itabun conn
tifically blended with nutritious
ty. Gil., a being nearly eight feet high
fruits and grains, thus not only
covered with bluish luilr and having n
displacing over fifty iter cent of the
canein, but neutralizing that which
human face adorned with Immense
remains and still retaining the rich
eal's resembling those of an ass. The
coffee flavor. To those who sutler
creature was stone deaf and on that
with the heart, to dyspeptics and
account seemed wholly unconscious of
to nervous people Cafe Bland is
the approach of the men. This mon
especial 1 v recommended as a health
ster seems, from old accounts, to have
ful aud delicious leverage, so satis
been seen upon several occasions dur
fying that only the member of the
ing the next four years.
tamily making the change'in the
In lSltl a number of adventurers
cotice knows there lias been one.
More healthful, richer and less ex
from Virginia, most of them surveyors
pensive than straight ooflee. Better
working up the unexplored portions of
in every respect. 25 cents per lb.
Georgia and the Carolinas, formed
Your grocer will get it for you.
themselves Into a party for the express
Ask for
purpose of capturing the uncanny be
ing If possible. They scoured the hills
and valleys for several days and at last
returned unsuccessful to the starting
point.
The many tales told of this extraordi
nary being seem to have created quite
n stir all. along the Atlantic coast. A
printed circular issued by a land com
pany In 1815 says, "The climnte of
Georgia is exceedingly mild, the soli
productive, and the danger of attack
Prouounced cat fay—accent on last syllable
from uncouth beasts which are repre
sented as being half beast and half
man are fairy tales not worthy of con
Too Clns.lc For Them.
sideration."
A resident in a small suburban town
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In the World.
The Philadelphia city ball contains
the highest continuous stairway in the
world, and tourists who have boasted
>f their muscular ability In climbing
tee stone steps of the Bunker Hill
monument nt Charlestown, the Wash
ington monument or the monument to
General Brock near Queenstown, On
tario, will tell their friends of their
feat of ascending the 508 steps which
lead from the seventh floor of the city
hull to the landing about the feet ot
William Penn's statue.
It extends
from the seventh to the sixteenth floor
and contains 508 steps of iron, arrang
ed about a square central shaft. In
which runs an electric elevator. To
reach the tower stairway the climber
may mount 245 granite stairs in the
stairways at the northern end of the
building, thus making a total climb of
743 steps.
Tower climbing Is one of the fads of
tourists.
Hitherto the Bunker Hill
monument, with Its four hundred odd
Barrymore noil Moiljesks.
stone steps, and the Washington monu
Maurice Barrymore earned a reputa
ment, which has a few more, have rep
tion as a wit ami really deserved It.
resented the acme of opportunity for
His style could be less successfully
tests of physical endurance In this
transferred to the stage, as Ills efforts
country.—Philadelphia Press.
at comic writing showed, but in Its
spontaneous phases Its effect always
Remarkable Power,
told. One of the stories told was about
A dear old lady was taken one day his experleimes with Mme. Modjcska.
to a musical service lu a Boston church. with whom be acted for several years,
She had heard much aliout the fine lie had been as careless ns lie often
voice of the soprano and was prepared wns on the stage, and Mme. Modjcska,
for a treat.
with all the conscientiousness of a
She sat in rapt enjoyment until tho great artist, protested that be had no
service was over nnd then turned a ra rigid to take bls calling so lightly and
diant face toward her escort, who was tlmt If he did not owe it to bls reputn
a young grandson.
lion to do his best he at least owed it to
“Dear boy,” she said, “you've given her. because slie had done so much In
me a great treat. Iler voice Is perfect bls behalf and had put him befoie the
ly beautiful. It made cold chills run public In a dignified and serious line of
nil up nnd down my spine.”
pa its.
"It's too bad, grandmamma,” said
"Why. madam,” lie said, "it Is not
the boy, "but she didn't sing today, you who brought me before tlie public
though.she was there. 'The gentleman and made me known.
People had
next me says she's been suffering from beard of me all over the United States
a bad cold, nnd one of the chorus had when they thought thnt Modjcska was
to sing the solos for her."
only the name of a tooth wash.”
"What, dear?” said the old indy, look
ing momentarily distressed. Then her
A Crushed l.mryrr,
face cleared, nnd she patted his arm
Some time ago a well known San
renssnringly.
Francisco attorney, who prides himself
“Never you mind,” she snld. "We upon his handling of Chinese witnesses,
can come again some time. But, after was defending a railway damage case.
nil. If she can make me feel that way Inst» nd of following the usual ques
without singing I don't know that It tions as to mime, residence. If the na
«ouhl be «-Ise for me to hear her. Now, ture of an oatli were understood, etc.,
would It?”—Youth’s Companion.
he began: "What Is your name?" "Kee
The sea lias its Hower gardens, but
Too Profnae.
the blooms are uot on plants as they
Managing Editor—Qulller writes more
are on the land. It Is the animals of tlinn twice ns much as nny other man
the sea that make the gardens, the on the staff. He really deserves to
corals of tlie tropical waters partlcu have his salary raised.
larly making a display of tloral beauty
Business Manager—On the contrary,
that fairly rivals the gorgeous color he ought to have It reduced. Just think
Ing and delicate grace presented by of the money he costs us In a year in
land flowers. So closely do they resem the matter of pens, ink and paper!—
ble plant blooms that It Is hard to be Boston Transcript.
lieve that they are wholly animal in
organization Dr. Blackford says that
Many men In China do not marry,
among the coral gardens there are
the priests who serve In the temples
fishes of curious forms and flashing
and those who take up literary pur
colors darting about. Just as the birds
suits abstaining by choice, while many
and butterflies dart about plant gar
remain single by reason of their pov
dens on land.—Chicago Chronicle.
erty.
The Indian Territory, which increas
The Actors’ club nt Budapest has
ed In population from 180.000 In 1800 to
held a demonstration In favor of pro-
301.000 In 1000, Is an asplraut for the
hlbiting playa being performed In Hun
same territorial representation In con
gary In a foreign language.
gress ns Is now given to Its neighbor.
The best collection of Chinese coins
Oklahoma, formerly n part of It. The
white population of the Indian Terri to be found outside of China baa been
given to the Archivologlcal museum of
tory Is largely Increasing.
the University of Pennsylvania by
People give more time to recreation Bev. E. W. Twlng, a Honolulu mission
than they did years ago. and tlie world ary. The collection goes back to a time
Is the better for It. Occasional out over 2,000 years ago and Includes those
ings, railroad Journeys, visits to Inter odd early Chinese coins which were
esting isiints batli nt home and abroad, made In the form of spades, razors,
bnve gra-ntly swollen the tide of travel. keys, shirts and tools.
M
K
M
had a visit from a German friend who
knew little English, but played the vio
lin well. One of this resident’s neigh
bors gave a "musicale,” and of course
he and his visitor were invited. Tlie
German took bis violin, and when bls
turn came he played one of his best
pieces from one of the great masters.
When lie had finished, there was an
awkward silence and no applause. The
people were still looking expectantly at
the German, wlio looked disappointed
and flustered. The silence grew pain
ful.
Finally tlie hostess, quite red In the
face, edged over to the side of the Ger
man's friend.
“Can't you get him to?" she whis
pered.
“What do you mean?”
“Why, now that he’s got tuned up.
Isn't he going to play something?”—
London Tit-Bits.
Wrote Sermonn In III*« Sleep.
Narrating “Some Itemarkable Cases
of Double Personality,” Dr. II. Osgood
Mason cites in The Ladles' Home Jour
nal the case of a “young ecclesiastic
In the seminary with the Archbishop
----- of Bordeaux, France, who was in
the habit of getting up at night In a
condition of somnambulism, going to
his study and composing and writing
bls sermons In the dark. When he had
finished one page, he read It over and
properly corrected It. A broad piece of
cardlMinrd Interposed between his eyes,
and his writing made no difference to
him. He wrote, read and corrected
Just the same as If there had been no
obstruction.
Having completed his
work to his satisfaction, be returned
to bed, and In the morning he had not
the slightest Idea of what he had done
In the night and had no knowledge of
It until he saw the manuscript in his
own handwriting."
Lung" "You live In San Francisco?”
"Yes" "You sabbie God?” “Mr. At
torney. If you mean ‘Do I understand
the entity of our Creator?* I will slm
ply say that Thursday evening next I
shall address the State Ministerial a’
sedation on the subject of the ‘Divinity
of Christ' and shall he pleased to have
you attend."
Needless to say. a general roar of
laughter swept over the courtroom nt
this clever rally, and ft was some min
Him Late Hnnra.
ntes. much to tlie discomfiture of tin
"You never think of staying out late,”
la «yer for tin* defense, before order said the convivial and ill bred person.
wns restored and the examination pro
"Sometimes I think of It,” answered
ceeded u|M>n ordinary lines. —Argonaut Mr. Meektou distantly.
“But you don’t care for that sort of
A Telltale Bon.t.
thing.”
Nell She used to bonst that she was
"Not In the least.”
one of the charter memliers of the Wo
“Perhaps yon never had any experi
man's Suffrage club. She doesn't op ence?”
pear to be as proud of It now.
“Oh, yes. I have. It wns only Inst
Belle Oli. she's Just as proud, but. night thnt I was out nt half past 2 a.
you know, the club was organized 15 tn. Henrietta sent me out to see If I
years ago. and she must have l>een nt couldn't keep the back gate from slam
least 20 when she Joined. Philadelphia ming."—Washington Star.
Re» ord
One of flic smallest parishes In Wall's
The geographical divisions of the Is the historic parish of Sher, In the
fulled States are the north Atlantic Bridgend Union. It has only a popu
group, the south Atlantic group, the lation of eight or nine souls. Nash and
north central group, tlie south central Stembridge, two other parishes, only
uuuiber U Inhabitants between them.
group and the western group.