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BANDON RECORDER. Wludlna Timepiece». “I have been doing u little figuring on time,” remarked un erratic citizen yesterday, “and 1 have reached some rather Inter« sting conclusions. I want ed to find out how much time man con sumed in keeping tab on time, and 1 found that, if tbe whole world is con sidered In the computation, years would be crowded into a second of time. "To illustrate what I mean, take a city where 100,000 watches are wound up every day. Now, it takes probably an average of 15 seconds to wind a watch. It would take, then, 1,1500,000 seconds to wind 100,000 watches. This would mean 25,000 minutes or 530 hours and 10 minutes, or 25 days and 10 hours. I suppose there ure in the city of New Orleans 100,000 watches and clocks to lie wound up every day, so that nearly a month Is spent in tbe city every day in winding watches and clocks. “One man in a year’s time would con sume 5,475 seconds in winding bis watch It he is prompt about it und is willing to give 15 secouds every day to tills useful article. This would mean several hours during every year that he kept up tlie practice. Allowing 35 years as the average life, u man would spend 191,525 seconds, or 3,190 minutes and 41 seconds, or 530 hours and 10 minutes, or 22 days and 20 hours, in winding his watch.”—New Orleans Ttm“«-Ii«'niocrut. as if to thank me !*| for the refreshing ,irw draught, . I forgot to that I have a pot of mignonette, no i; say ............ 1*1 I'— i* J . " beauty about it, but one of the sweetest ************** nnnmnt and most fragrant of all nature’s treas ures. Mignonette always reminds me of a true, noble girl, plain of feature but “There are tricks in all trades except beautiful in disposition and loveliness ours,” is an old but o’er true saying. of character that makes every one her \Ve can readily see the tricks in other friend. This girl with the mignonette people's affairs and business methods, sweetness is far more admired and but the idea that anything tricky in lowxl than the girl of the waxen ca our own transactions seldom comes mellia-like beauty, selfish and arrogant home to us. As Bobbie Burns says: and of no use except for show. it '¿ïtïïjitïïi■ÏÏH*«**j**A*ìì <llug l*‘e ¡'"ì J —1 for the Ktfreahinor :i POLLY LARKIN •• O wad some pow’r the giftie gie us, To nee oureelM as others see us.” I don’t exactly see the value of such a gift, for if we possessed it tlie human family would lie wretched, for our friends do not always see us in our hap piest light or in the moods that we would rather lie remembered by them. First impressions, too, are not always lasting ones. Many people must be well known to be thoroughly under- s U mh I, and the impression that they create on first acquaintance is not a de sirable one or flattering to one’s vanity. Returning to the treasure troves of my window, the box of sweet peas. 1 want to tell you how a friend of Polly’s has sweet peas all the year round, and not in a window garden either, for she has fences and trellises covered with the little winged lieauties when every body else is dejiending on other Howers for the decoration of their gardens and homes. She commences in January and plants a quantity of sweat peas every month in the year. The result is she is never without them. She un derstands the art of planting them as well. For she digs a little trench from three to four inches deep and buries several seed together. As they come up she packs the earth around the roots with the result that she lias no little weak, spindling green |ieas, but strong, vigorous plants that bloom late into the season, and by the time the first bloomers have had their day, others have sprang up to take their places. She is an authority when it comes to the cultivation of sweet jteas, and you can depend upon being suc cessful if you follow her instructions. THE YOUNG GAMBLER. Hr Had an Been Chance, bat Fat« Was Airalaat Him. I remember one handsome young fel low whom 1 used t > meet occasionally on the staircase who captured my youthful fancy. ) met him only at midday, as be did not rise till late, and this fact, with a certain scrupulous ele gance and neatness in his dress, ought to have made me susiiect that be was a gambler. In my Inexperience it only Invested him with a certain romantic mystery. One morning as I was going out to my very early breakfast at a cheap Italian cafe on Long wharf I was sur prised to find him also descending tbe staircase. He was scrupulously dress ed even at that early hour, but I was struck by the fact that be was all in black, and ills slight figure, buttoned to tlie throat In a tightly fitting frock coat, gave, I fancied, a singular melan choly to his pale southern face. Nevertheless he greeted me with more than ills usual serene cordiality, and 1 remember'd that he looked up with a half puzzled, half amused expression at tlie rosy morning sky as lie wnlked a few steps with me down tlie deserted street. I could not help saying tliat I was astonished to see him up so early, and he admitted that It was a break in his usual habits, but added, with a smiling significance I afterward re membered. that it was “an even chance if he did it again.” As we neared the street corner a man in a buggy drove up impatiently. In spite of tbe driver’s evident haste my handsome acquaintance got in leisure ly and. lifting his glossy hat to me with a pleasant smile, was driven away. 1 have a very lasting recollec tion of his face and figure as tbe buggy disappeared down the empty street. I never saw him again. It was not until a week later that I knew that an hour after lie left me that morning he was lying dead in a little hollow behind tlie Mission Dolbres, shot through the lieart in a duel for which lie had arisen so early.—Bret Harte’s “Under the Red woods.” But to go back to tlie tricks in all trades. I’olly knows an Instance of this kind that occurred not long since that was not only heartless but cruel, and showed the depraved nature of the money-grasper and to what extremes he will go to get the almighty dollar and how totally devoid of all con science he is. A robust looking young What She Saw. man from the country walked with a It was at the Normal school that this happened, and the class laughed. It quick ami buoyant step into one of our was a laugh ou the teacher, too. but drug stores the other day and asked to he didn't get angry, although It did I have a simple prescription put up for a break into tlie serious contemplation of member of his family. Tlie druggist serious studies with which be was try took it, glanced over it, and then looked ing to Interest the students. syinpathizingly at tlie young man and Speaking of Howers reminds me of a It was In tlie study of psychology, said, “But what’s the matter with and they were discussing what ideas ' you?" "Nothing the matter with me. recent talk with an old llorist in regard first entered the human mind when cer to roses and the trouble of slipping tain words were spoken or written— That prescription is for my mother, some varieties. “Try my plan and you whether the mind thought of one cer Never felt better in my life.” “No- will seldom fail,” was his advice, and it tain object designated by tbe word or tiling the matter with you?” echoed the whole general class which Is em the druggist, “why my dear fellow, is simple enough. "Cut your slip; slit bodied In that word. To experiment your case is an alarming one. 11 is tlie the end of it a triHe. Insert a grain of HOUSEHOLD HINTS. on this mental phenomenon in order to form of tlie disease to feel well for a wheat and plant it, giving it plenty ot bring It more clearly to tlie attention time; meanwhile the trouble you have moisture. If you don’t succeed then Cover sandwiches that are not to be of the students tho professor said he is slow ly creeping on, and the first thing you are a hodoo on roses and they served at once with a damp napkin and would write a word on tlie board and bowl. wouldn’t grow for you anyway. then let one of them tell instantly what you know you are in an utter collapse. To clean a kitchen table rub the ‘Ail ounce of prevention is worth a Impression was made upon her mind. greasy stains with lemon Juice, and Professor Le Conte, the great sci they will speedily disappear. He called upon one of the pupils to pound of cure.’ I don’t like to alarm be ready to think quickly and tell ex you, but you are certainly in an ad entist and philosopher, Is dead, ami Whiting mixed with alcohol is excel actly what her first thought was after vanced stage of the disease. Come into California mourns her loss. No one lent for cleaning silver and will give a she saw tbe word which bo was about my private office a minute.” Half an can step in and fill tbe place of this much more brilliant polish than if wa to write. He stood close to tbe board, hour elapsed before they returned. The “grand old man,” who was beloved ter Is used. so tliut the word was hidden by Ills young man had undergone a change in and admired by all. His friends were A small flat paint brush lias a value shoulders until be turned lie wrote legion and his memory will remain in cleaning the corners of the window the word “pig.’ and nil of the class appearance tn that Half hour. All the sash. Hot. sharp vinegar will clean saw It except tlie girl who was stand brightness had gone out of bis face; he evergreen in the heartsmf the people. off paint spatters, and turpentine will Ing ready to make reply. When lie looked unhappy and discouraged and To Polly it seemsas though there could remove putty. turned, lie didn’t get out of her way. he walked wearily to a chair, sat down not have been a more,fitting place for Tlie small stiff vegetable brushes that and she couldn't see tlie word. In re while the druggist put up remedies, tlie going out of this noble life than ply to Ills sharp, quick question. “Now. braces, etc., until he had a good-sized among the sublime scenes of beautiful are so convenient in cleaning potatoes, etc., are useful in housecleaning time what do you see?” she replied naively, parcel to take away with him. "AVliat's Yosemite, which he worshiped. for scrubbing the moldings and corners “I see you.” And (lie class laughed.— the amount?” the young man asked, of tlie woodwork. Milwaukee Sentinel. wearily. “Fifteen dollars,” promptly Loosely twisted knitting silk is better BRIEF REVIEW. Tl»e Florid» liMKorback. replied the druggist. The money was for darning woolen underwear than Tlie Florida “razorback" is the hog paid and tlie young man walked slowly wool, which is apt to shrink. If the Yachts and Racing Machines. Indigenous to this climate and soil. He out of the store. There was no elas threads of the darn are left loose, after Tlie serious accident to the new Hliam- is usually large of limb and fleet of ticity in his step now. He was think washing it will have about tlie same foot, being the only known porker that rock serves to call public attention to appearance as the original texture. ing whether he had begun in time to can outrun a darky. He has a tail of tlie extremes in construction to which If articles of decidedly strong flavor wondrous length, which, while he is In save his life, or whether he would be the modern sea-racing machine has have been chopped in a wooden bowl, active motion, lie twists Into the tight shortly resting in liis long and narrow lieen brought. Duriug the past two sometimes washing will not be suffi est corkscrew, but with which while home. “What is the matter with that racing seasons it has been common to cient to entirely remove taste and odor. quietly feeding he raps ills leathery young man, Mr.----- asked a friend read of a gait’ “crumbling'’ or a topmast**" t*’at case *',e *’0"* with warm sides much In the same manner that standing near, who had witnessed the ... - . horny tunlnr nrwl Int sin nil hnlf nn hmn*? “buckling.’’ A witness of the recent ac borax water and let stand half an hour; the docile cow uses her tail. entire preceding. “Nothing in the then rinse in cold water and put In tho He is self supporting. He earns his world,” laughed the druggist. “On cident in the Solent describes the steel sun. own living and thrives equally well iu mainmast of the challenger as “doub The Widow Was Comforted. the liigliwoods, in the flatwoods, In tlie the contrary, he is about as perfect a ling up a few feet from the deck.” Old- “There is no accounting for the con hummocks and In the marshes, Ik specimen of a healthy young country timers ean tell you that such contor subsists upon anything lie can find man as you would wish to find.” "Then tions were impossible in the days of the struction which some people will put alrnve the earth or underneath Its sur- what did you mean by telling him such wooden mast, and that human ingenu upon certain passages of Scripture,” re face. He bns a clear, farseeing eye a yarn? You have scared him almost marked a clergyman. "I remember the and Is very sensitive of hearing, Na- to death and made an old man out of a ity will never make steel equal to pine. story of one clergyman who went to ture has equipped him with a snout al strong, active young fellow and taken However that may be, it is clear that call on a woman whose husband had most as long as tbe beak of the wild all tlie ambition out of him.” “That is the modern cup racers are hardly yachts recently died. He had expected, quite pelican of Borneo, with which he cau in the proper sense, and that Shamrock naturally, to find her heartbroken with one of the tricks of the trade,” replied penetrate the earth many Inches 11, with her crumpled mast, is not the the burden of her sorrow and was tlie druggist. “ I knew he was from quest of worms, snakes and insects. vessel to be put in the same class as the greatly surprised when she greeted hltn He is tbe most Intelligent of all tlie tlie country and sized him up. He had Galatea, in which Lieutenant Henn with a very happy smile and ushered hogs and Is likewise the most coura plenty of money, was sort of guileless, and his wife sailed across the Atlantic him Into the parlor. geous. He has been known to engage in believed everylxxly was as good as him “ ‘Well—er—sister,’ he said at length, mortal combat with a coon for the pus self until he proved them otherwise, so after the coveted cup. 'you have my warmest sympathy.’ session of a watermelon and to rend I took advantage of his innocence. “ 'Thank you, doctor,’ replied the wid Prunes Better than Candy. ow casually. ‘I did feel very badly— asunder a barbed wire fence.—Forest Knowing I would possibly never see and Stream. Americans recognize California as the very badly Indeed. But I came across him again I planned to get all out of greatest fruit-producing region of the a verse of Scripture which comforted him I could; told him a lot of non Hints For Smoker». world, although they were not the first me very much indeed.’ “ ‘And what was the verse, sister?’ Here is a good tip for a smoker: Tlie sense, drawing on my imagination to to see the great future of the State in best pipe grows foul sometimes, and some extent, and, like the song of the this respect. The healthfullnessof fruit Inquired the clergyman. “ ’I don’t remember Just where to tbe various patent cleaning devices are day, it was all a fairy tale. He paid has lieen emphasized by the palatable find It,’ replied the widow, ’but It was of little use in making it fresh. But if that $15 cheerfully, when, to tell the you pack the bowl tight with grass or truth, he did not need 15 cents’ worth quality of the home-grown article placed made up of only four words—four help hay and lay tbe pipe aside for a few of medicine.” “That’s what 1 call a on the American market. The Califor ful words—'Why need I care?”’— days you will have It as sweet as when downright act of cruelty, and some one nia prune lias won its way to favor in Brooklyn Citizen. It was new. Talking about smoking, ought to tell this young fellow of tlie this country against the French prune. here is a good idea for lighting match Jar Roald'« Plrat Trade. It is larger and more delicious, and it es: Don’t light them on your trousers, fraud perpetrated on him,” replied the also has the advantage of natural and Two boys who became distinguished for you'll burn silts In them, nor on friend in anything but a complimen entirely healthful processes in its prepa in widely different ways were Jay your shoe soles, for you’ll rub the heads tary tone of voice. “Why don’t you ration for the consumer. It is nutri Gould, the multimillionaire, and John off. The plan Is to rub them on a piece run after him and tell him, then’? He's Burroughs, tlie naturalist They attend of paper—a folded newspaper, an envel somewhere in the city yet. You forget tious and not cloying like candy, and it ed together the humble school in Ilox- ope. a ticket. The silica In the paper that business is business,” and the is bound to come into favor as a substi bury, N. Y. John loved books, and acts like sandpaper. druggist calmly went to work to put up tute for sweets among parents who love Jason was fond of making trades. to see a ruddy glow on the faces of their Young Gould had some books which Mnny people can’t smoke n dozen a prescription for another customer. cigarettes without getting a sore throat. ills school fellow wanted very much to children. Inveterate cigarette smokers are fre own. Tlie more Burroughs thought Eucalyptus Destroys Germs. quently troubled with a perpetual cold Do you want to find something that about the coveted books and more dili In the head. It Is not the smoke that will lie a pleasure to you in your idle Dr. ltentatield, who lias lived for the gently be strove to save up bls pennies. Is to blame, but the dust. Now, If you moments and a joy to you when you past twenty-seven years in Tasmania, Finally be had 80 cents hoarded. Tak use a cigarette tube—amber, cherry or are busy, if even for a second you ascrilies the healthfulness of that island, ing his wealth to Gould Jie found Hint cardboard—a tiny bit of cotton wool In thrifty young gentleman quite willing the bottom of it will cntch every par chance to glance out of your window? where, according to his testimony, con to do business. Tlie books were traded You can all have this bit of happiness sumption and bronchitis are unknown, ticle of dust. Try this, nml you’ll have off for the niouey—mostly big copper no more sore throats. But you may not and with so little trouble. It is nothing in large part to the eucalyptus trees, pennies—and both boys were made more nor less than a window garden. whose odor is everywhere apparent. happy- Mr. Burroughs never regretted enjoy tbe smoke.—Exchange. Polly has one and it is a source of de The volatile essence of the eucalyptus Ills end of the bargain.—Success. The Inventor nt the Flonrln« Mill. light morning, noon and night, in fact oil appears to have an aseptic effect on About the year 70 B. C. Mithridates, A Proper Apology. king of Cappadocia, one of the most every minute in the day when I am deleterious germs of all kinds. The “How mnny cranks live in this street where I can see it. A box of ivy gera trees sometimes attain a greatsize. One Ingenious and able princes of the time. besides yourself?” Inveliteli the first mill driven by water. nium covered with great clusters of that has been measured is 330 feet tall, “That’s an Insult, sir!” This triumpli of Ills skill and Ingenuity pink flowers, a thrifty little palin, an anil some are said to attain the heigth “Oh. well, I apologize. How many asparagus plant as lacy and tine as a he caused to be erected In the Imme of 400 feet. The climate of Tasmania is cranks live In this street Including diate vicinity of the royal palace. In cobweb, a fragrant spicy pink or carna also exceptionally tine, with much sun younself?”—Baltimore World. tbe course of time the Cappadocian tion, a liox of star moss, or wandering shine and very pure air. linkers became celebrated and were in Jew, as some people call it, fringing the Are There Nonet grent demand throughout all parts of window-sill with its green sprays, but “Johnnie, give me an example of a Some of the wooden churches in Nor the world ns then known. combination of mennlngless phrases. These mills were usually placed up best of all a box of sweet jieas that have way are fully 7(M> years old and are still “Yes’m. A burglar proof safe stood twined themselves lovingly about the in an excellent state of preservation in a fireproof block.”—Cleveland Plain on boats on the river, being so elevated and contrived as to be easily driven by window and thrown out their fragrant Their timbers have successfully with Denier. tbe water, and the millers were thus buds and blossoms until the pretty stood the frosty and almost Arctic win enabled to move from place to place, dainty little pale pink, lavender and ters liecause they have been repeatedly Victoria holds the nugget record, distributing the meal to their custom white wings have spangled the green coated with tar. with the Welcome Stranger, found lu ers. ______________ 1800. 100 pounds, and the Welcome, verdure like so many gems. Throwing found In 1858 Its noil nd* 0 ounces. Paterson tins tlie most populous city open the window of a morning there Krom no printing house in the world ward in the state of New Jersey. It they are, teaching us a lesson l»y turn Bn»/ Day«. is the annual output of scientific results Is the Third ward, with 23,780 people. “I suppose tbe demands on the time Newark I ihh tbe next largest, with 23.- ing their bright little faces to the sun so great as from the United Htates Gov of a successful financier are very 359. Eliznlietb Ims a ward with only and commencing tlie day right, all ern meut Printing Office. great.” brightness and sweetness. What a fra r ”78 noimlntlon. “They are," answered tbe highly grance j>ours into the room as their He who makes no mistakes makes St Helena Is to have n university prosperous citizen. "I am kept so much morning greeting. At night when the nothing else. extension, i’lie Cape university Is go occupied telling young men how to sue ing to semi examiners to the island sun goes down they get their pitcher of cecd In life that I scarcely get an op The life of an Austrajian uative rarely water |w>ured on the roots, and there is for the young Boer prisoners who are portunity to attend to my regular busi studying to enter tlie university. a faint rustling of the leaves and a nod- exceeds SO years. ness."— Washington trtar. THE CONQUEST OF KOREA. Japanese Levend of Kmperor Chual und 111« Valiant Wife. Seventeen centuries ago the Japanese Emperor Chual was playing bis lute In tlie presence of his wife and prime minister. Whether on account of the music or from some other cause, tbe empress became iusplred with a divine attiatiis and began to utter the thoughts put into her mind by tlie deity. “There is a land to the westward,” she ex claimed, "and In that land is abun dance of treasure, gold and silver, daz zling to look upon. This land I will now bestow upon you.” The emperor pushed away his lute. "If you go up to a high place and look toward tlie west,” said be, “there is no land to lie seen, but ouly the great wa ters. They are lying spirits who have spoken to you.” Then tlie good god was filled with linger, and again be moved tbe empress to prophesy. "You ure not fit,” she said, "to rule this empire. Go the one road!" But tlie prime minister trembled when lie heard these words and said to his master: "1 am troubled, my heaven ly sovereign, by this terrible message. Continue, I pray, to play tlie august lute.” Tlie Emperor Chual commenced to piny softly. Gradually the sound died away; all was still. They held a light to Ills face and saw that be was dead. But the empress put herself at the head of her fleet, invaded the laud of gold and silver with her warriors and soon nmde the three kingdoms of Ko rea tributary .o Japan. These things happened, we are told. In the year 201 A. D., and the story of the valllant empress is as familiar to a Japanese as is that of Boadlcea to our selves.- Nineteenth Century. l-lurope'« Ice Supply. Few perhaps among the tourists who visit Norway for tbe pleasures of its scenery are aware that here they are at tlie beadquarters of Europe's ice sup ply. To the mountain lakes of that country the continent looks for Ice. Tlie ice Is of tlie finest quality, for the lakes are of crystal clear water, high up In tlie mountains, and are surround ed by very tall pines. Tlie lee supply is controlled by syndicates. After having been cut into great squares by plows tlie blocks of Ice are sent down the mountainside on slides. On tlie way they acquire amazing ve locity and plunge into nn inclosed pool beyond which are tlie Ice ships await ing their frozen cargo. It sometimes happens that through delay in tlie starting of tlie vessels or tlie cutting of unusual quantities from tlie lakes to supply exceptional de mands tlie supply runs short. Then it Is Unit Ice becomes dear and even in winter time is a luxury that must be Indulged in sparingly. But ice is used In Europe fnr less commonly than in America, and a deficient supply does not occasion tlie sense of loss that It would cause In tills country.—Youth’s Companion. NEW SHORT STORIES THE BLEEDING CURE. Cockrell'» l.oat Check. Si nator Cockrell is out $24—that is. he thinks be is, but be Is not sure. The circumstances are peculiar. Tin« senator was a member In 1883 of what is known as tlie "assay com mittee" by members of congress. The function of tliat committee, which Is composed of members of tlie lieuse • u«l senate. Is to visit the mint at the city of Philadelphia. They go into the vaults where the coin is stored after being manufactured, and after picking out coins promiscuously they weigh, measure and test them to determine whether the specifications of tlie gov ernment" for their casting have all been Complied with. The work has never been considered onerous, and the as signment to the committee has been sought. On the particular occasion re ferred to the senator at the close of the work lu Philadelphia received a check from Mr. A. Louden Snowden for $24 for ills expenses and services rendered. It was the night before tlie return of tlie committee to Washington, and on Ills way to bis hotel the senator was Jostled and ou reaching the hotel found tliat lie had lost ills pocketbook. The senator lias a lingering recollec tion of being somewhat backward about admitting the robbery to his colleagues and says it Is barely possi ble that lie swallowed his loss without disclosing it. In time the matter pass ed entirely out of his mind. But a short time ago it was recalled to hint by tlie receipt of a letter and a package sent from Philadelphia. Tlie letter stated tliat in tearing down nn old house In tlie tenement district of tlie city a pocketbook was found under one of tlie floors. Tlie pocket bonk contained tlie cheek for $24. Tbe sen ator took it to tlie treasury depart ment, and the officials looked up the records to learn if the amount had been paid. After a search through, many a dusty ledger the officials found the record of the check In question, and an entry showed tliat it had been presented nml paid. Tlie senator says It is possible that later lie had another check Issued lu place of tlie oue which bad been stolen. In any event the check itself makes a souvenir which lie will gladly retain. “Fat Dnb” Could Row. During a recent regatta on the Har lem river Ned Hanlan, tlie Columbia university coach, was out in a single shell, wearing a rowing costume tlie most striking feature of which was an old straw hat. He was quietly rowing alongside one of the river’s amateur champions, says tlie New York Times. Several "balcony” oarsmen, new mem- Gilbert iNlnndN Tipple. Neither tea nor coffee is drunk in the Gilbert islands, but liquor named kar- afee, or toddy. It Is the juice of the eocoanut tree, from which It Is drawn dally at sunrise and sunset. To ob tain It the natives climb up the tall trees and while extracting It keep up a constant yelling to let those below know that they are at work. Tbe sap when fresli is a harmless and delicious beverage, but after it has been kept a day or two fermentation sets in, and It becomes intoxicating. Karafee does not. however, fly to the bead, but a man who drinks it to excess loses the control of his legs. However, when this befalls u native be lias sense enough to remain indoors and shows his face to no one, for if his chief should ever hear of It he would be tried and sentenced to hard labor and a heavy tine. In former days a native found intoxi cated was tied to a tree and received a hundred lashes, tbe blood fairly stream ing down his back. Besides this, all bls lands were confiscated to the king forever.—Overland Monthly. The Slownen« of Starvation. During a prolonged fast the loss of weight is unusually rapid at first and «leereases as the time goes on. Death ensues when a certain percentage of tlie loss lias been reached, and tills per centage varies according to the origi nal weight. Fat animals may lose half their weight, thinner ones perhaps two- fifths. A man or woman of rather spare build weighing 143 pounds might, therefore, lose about 55 pounds before succumbing. Children die after a fast of from three to five days, dur ing which they have lost a quarter of their weight. Healthy adults, however, have fasted 50 days when water has been taken. A German physician re ports the case of a woman aged 47 years who fnsted for 43 days, taking water freely. She lost 44 pounds out of 143 pounds and died from exhaus tion. An Idea of Mars. “As for me,” said M. Flammarion, speaking of the inhabitants of Mnrs In The National Magazine, “I rather envy them a land where it is always beau tiful, where there are neither tempests nor cyclones, where the years are twice ns long as ours, where tbe kilogram Is of 370 grams and where, therefore, men and women who here weigh 70 kilos there weigli only 26, and where. In a word, everything is lighter, more deli cate and more refined.” And In another place he goes fur ther. pointing out that if the Martians wished to communicate with us they would have doubtless made the effort many times in tlie past and probably long ago abandoned It, deciding It a hojK'less business to attempt communi cation with a planet so stupid. A Talkative Mate. “LOOK AT THAT FAT IltIB TBYINO TO IltirSH JIMMY.” hers of one of the dubs, observed tlie fat mail in tlie shell, and one of them remarked: “Look at tliat fat dull trying to brush Jimmy,” meaning the amateur. "He'll take a few crimps In his fnt wrinkles in a minute.” “Oh, will lie. Indeed?' remarked an old oar. “Just wait and see where Jim my comes In.” Jimmy in tills case failed to come in at all. for the fat man rowed away from him at will. "That’s Hanlan,” remarked tlie old oar as lie turned to go into the house, “and he enn go a lilt for 100 yards yet.” Whereupon the embryo slipped out of sight and hied away to till a book full of what he didn’t know about rowing. Bold Masollno. An amusing anecdote of tbe Italian brigand Musolino’s daring and cool ad dress is published by the Neapolitan Journals. His father was recently believed to be dying, and Mttso- lino had to adopt a bold stratagem in order to visit him. He simply despoil ed a priest of Ills ecclesiastical vesture, which he donned himself. Tints cloth ed and with his features “doctored” a little lie was able to spend several hours at bls. father's bedside, though several military sentinels were near the cottage. As he was leaving lie passed a patrol in search of himself, in reply to whose salute lie uttered n fervent “God bless you!” A RELIC OF THE MEDICAL METHODS OF A CENTURY AGO. The Barbarou« Practlae of “Cap ping" Suff«*rlu« llumaulty Still Ha« It« Adherent« — The Operation a Somewhat Delicate One. One hundred years ago the sovereign Valm for every 111, from fainting to fe ver, was bleeding. The wonder is that a human race was left to admit the folly of the practice. It was the cor rect method of tlie day, recommended and employed by the best physicians of tlie time. The surgeon who attended George Washington in his last illness Hist set about bleeding his august pa tient. Tlie story is that he took several cups of blood from tlie vigorous arm of Washington and then diagnosed the ■use. Washington died. Some say that if lie had not been hied lie probably would have lived. Tlie cry conies, But that was a cen tury ago! In sharp contrast stands the wonderful advances made by modern surgery. Thankfully it may be said that such is tbe truth. But sometimes customs die hard, and today the doc trine of “cupping” has devotees as faithful as those who gave up their life sustaining fluid in Washington's time. This Is a startling statement. Tlie writer would have been skeptical If lie had not learned its truth himself. In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries tills grewsome form of treat ment was tlie work of the barber. That guild lias maintained its prerogative in to the twentieth century. In a certain little side street in New York, crushed between two towering brick buildings, stands a timid story and a half frame bouse. The suggestive striped pole which emblazons the art of tbe dweller witliin Juts over the walk. In the win- low hangs a sign bearing tbe word “Cupping.” If today were set back to 1700, the pole alone would tell tbe sto ry. Times, they say, have changed, and so tlie sign. Tlie barber is a German. He was mill'll surprised nt the question asked. Everybody knew that cupping was a necessity, especially In the spring, he said. Sometimes, lie added, lie was so busy tliat little time remained for his shaving and hair cutting of customers. "Ach, yes.” said tlie barber, "it keeps me a busy man. How Btrange you say tliat you thought It no longer was practiced. People come here morning, noon and nlglit every day, but mostly do they come here in the spring and fall. It is then tliat tlie blood needs drawing off. If you have a pain iu your head, you come to me. I take my little cup. burn the air In It out, push down my little knives just behind your ear on tlie neck, and when tlie cup Is full I take it away. If your headache Is not better yet, I take another cup, so lie It tliat tlie bleeding stop not, upon tlie other side. Maybe your back pains; I cut you a little on tlie side. Your arm pains; I draw tlie blood from your wrist.” The barber bared his arm. The skin was crossed with tiny, pale nicks, like those one sees on tlie wrist of a mor phine victim. "Twelve Is tbe number of cups I draw at one sitting.” tlie barber said. "It Is a bad pain tliat will not lie gone then. If you come again tlie next day with tlie pain. I draw off more until tlie ache lias disappeared completely." Tlie cups look like slierry glasses with tlie stems removed. Tbe knife, or lancet, is arranged like a name stamp. Pressure on a spring plunger drives the little blades, which are ar ranged In pairs or triplets, Into the skin. Lt is here tliat the skill of the operator comes into play. When the Incisions are made In the neck too vio lent. a tap on tlie plunger might mean tlie severing or wounding of an artery. Pressure too light would not let the blood flow fast enough. The barber must have a trained touch. Upon tlie condition of tlie cup much depends. Tlie air Is exhausted by means of a tiny alcohol flame. This makes a vacuum. Tlie cup is pressed on lightly, but firmly. The blood rush es under the skin beneath Its rim; then, like a flash, tbe little knives are pushed down. and tlie bleeding begins. Tho operator never takes more than 12 cups at one sitting Tliat would mean per- imps a half pint of blood. Tills system of bleeding for human aliments harks back to the earliest times. All through tlie middle ages it was tlie healing balm for tlie sufferings of mankind. TJie ancients firmly be lieved that the loss of blood in this manuer drew from their systems the •noxious humors" which afflicted them. Tlie advent of tin* modern school of medicine and surgery did away with the process as a universal therapeutic measure. It was not until the nine teenth century was nearly half com pleted. however, that physicians aban doned It as a practice.—New York Trlb- uue. A Trait of the Sea. A traveling man who had been ab sent on a long trip Just returned, and his 4-year-old daughter would not at first come near hltn. Every time lie ap proached her she rat) away. Tlie fa ther finally sat dowu on tbe floor and, picking up some toy dishes, asked bis daughter to come and play party with him. This bad tbe desired effect, and the child came and played with her parent, To Interview Jonah. Among the passengers who were who asked her why she didn't cone to traveling one day not long ago on au him before. "Ob. papa,” replied the youngster, express from London to Brighton were a commercial traveler and a Salvation "I’tn so shy,”—Pittsburg Press. Army girl. The traveler began teasing Sweeping. the girl and asked her if she believed A young man who bad Just ectered the story of Jonah and tlie whale. "1 don't know," slie said, “but when I get the office of Jeremiah Mason, tbegreat to heaven I'll ask Jonah If It occurred." New Hampshire legal luminaff. to “But,” said tlie funny man, “supposing study law asked him where be iltould he Isn’t there?” “Then,” said the girl begin. Mason, pointing to the books on tbe library shelves, answeed la promptly, “you can ask him.” conically, "Anywhere.” “She Is so garrulous," said tbe first A Sncce«RfnI Ca«e. deaf mute, speaking of a friend who First Lawyer—I just concluded n was similarly affected. very successful case. “Is that soi" Second Lawyer— Your client won. eh? “Yes. Why, do you know, whet) no First Lawyer- Ob, no, but I got my one Is around for her to talk to, she fees!—Ohio State Journal. makes her right hand talk to her left.” —Baltimore American. Every decade brings shorter hours to those who merely work, but for those Settled, Two Indies contended for precedence who would succeed there Is no time In tbe court of Charles V. They ap table.—Saturday Evening Post. pealed to tlie monarch, who. like Solo AtUH'aplieri.c sharps say that even nt mon. awarded, “Let the eldest go first.” the equator the average temperature Such a dispute was never known after of the sea at the deptli of a mile Is but ward. 4 degrees above freezing point. Not Weeded. He was obviously anxious, fid she seemed almost willing. "1 shall refer you to papa.” aid she, with a becoming blush, “befor giving you a final answer. “But 1 am perfectly wllllngto take you without any reference,” said he piagnanlmously.— IndlanapolliNews. _______________ The cities of Dublin, Bdttt, Cork and Limerick, with a total ^pulntlon gbout equal to that of Glatow, con tain less than a sixth of the Vpulatlon of Ireland.
