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.
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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.