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BANDON RECORDER.
What Donatos' Gas* Yielded.
In the presidential campaign of 1856
the Democrats in the west made an ef
fective point by contrasting Mr. Buch
anan's long public career as a senator,
secretary of state and m'nlster to Eng
land with General Fremont's limited
experience, consisting of a service of 21
days In the United States senate.
In the great campaign of 1860 they
tried the same tactics, which had prov
ed so successful, to disparage Mr. Lin
coln. He had served but a single term
In congress, while Senator Douglas had
for many years enjoyed a national rep
utation.
This point was urged In a heat<-d dis
cussion overheard between an ardent
supporter of Senator Douglas and a
German voter who favored Mr. Lin
coln. The former finally thought to
»verwhelm his opponent by saying:
"Who Is this Lincoln, anyhow? No
body ever heard of him until Senator
Douglas brought him Into notice by
bolding Joint debates with him. Sena
tor Douglas, on the other hand, is a
great statesman. Why, he has find bls
eye on the presidential chair for the
last ten years."
“Vot is dot you say?” was the reply.
"You say Meester Douglas have liad his
eye on the president chair for the last
ten years?”
“Yes; that Is Just what 1 said."
“Veil, you shoost tell Meester Doog-
las eef he keep faces eye on dot chair
shoost a leedle vile longer he vlll see
old Alm Lincoln sitting down In It.”
That closed the debate amid a roar of
laughter from the bystanders.—Lippin
cott's Magazine.
Curfou* Vienna Law.
They have curious lnws In Vienna
and enforce them too. Recently Marie
Friedl and Felix Kopstein, aged 15 and
13 years respectively, were walking
aiong a street in the Austrian enpitul
when they came across nn old woman
staggering along under the weight of a
heavy package. Moved by pity, they
offered to carry it for the old woman, a
proposition to which she readily ac
ceded. The kind hearted children had
not gone far before they were arrested
by a policeman for carrying parcels
without a license. The children were
taken to a police station, where the of
ficer In charge lectured them upon the
enormity of their offense. They were
kept under arrest for six hours and
then released with a warning.
It seems that there Is a corps of
“messengers” In Vienna to which a
municipal statute grants the exclusive
right of “carrying" Inside the city. The
bay and girl had violated the law by
carrying the old woman's burden, and
under such an Interpretation of the
statute a man who carries a package
for a woman with whom he Is walking
may be “run In” by the first policeman
who sees him.
The Way the Boy Pat It.
Different sermons may be preached
from the same text, anil there may be
more or less of truth In each of them.
"Here Is an account,” said Mr. Morse,
pointing to a paragraph In the evening
paper, "of the way In which a boy
was saved from drowning by a mastiff
which telonged to his cousin. The boy
ventured too near the edge of a treach
erous bank, lost his footing atid fell
lot •» *ht lake. Tlie dog dashed In after
t iu aud succeeded In puffing him out.”
“There,” said Mrs. Morse, turning nn
accusing glance upon her 10-year-old
son. “that shows how dangerous It Is
for a boy to go too near the water!”
“Why, mother,” said the boy In sor
rowful astonishment, “I thought father
read It because it showed how perfect
ly safe I’d be wherever I went If you'd
only let him buy me a big dog!”
Mr. Morse coughed nnd became dis
creetly absorbed In the quotations of
mining stocks.
A Celebrated Roman Enter.
Touching the matter of eating, t lie
•tories told by the old chroniclers and
historians of the abnormal appetites of
certain Roman nnd oriental men of
note fairly stagger belief, Gibbon tells
of Soliman, a caliph in the eighth cen
tury, who died of indigestion in bis
camp near Chaicis, in Syria. Just as he
was about to lead nn army of Arabs
against Constantinople. He had emp
tied two baskets of eggs and figs,
which he swallowed alternately, and
the repast was finished with marrow
and sugar. In a pilgrimage to Mecca
the same caliph had eaten with impu
nity at a single meal 70 pomegranates,
a kid, 6 fowls nnd n huge quantity of
the grapes of Tayef.
Such a statement would defy belief
were not others of a similar character
well avouched. Louis XIV could hard
ly boast of an appetite as ravenous ns
Soliman’s, but lie would eat at a sitting
four platefuls of different soups, a
whole pheasant, a partridge, n plateful
of salad, mutton hashed with garlic,
two good sized slices of ham. a dish of
pastry and finish with fruit and sweet
meats.
j F o L l F l ÄRKIN g
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¡«A!
“Do you know, Polly,” said little
Miss Busybody the other day, as she
sat tilted back in her chair on a porch
that was completely shaded by lieauti-
ful morning-glories, with all their little
trumpets turned toward the sun as if
to catch every ray of sunshine as well
as the important bits of gossip little
Miss Busybody had to relate. “Did
you hear me, l’olly?” she asked, as I
marked my place in my book and pre
pared to listen. “Now, all attention,”
she continued. “It’s something you
can write alsiut and I can vouch for,
only if it stirs up a little breezy tempest,
I’m the third purty and nameless, un
derstand?” Polly nodded and won
dered at the same time what the mys
terious bit of news could be. “Do you
know how lots of people who don’t
move in the four hundred get their
cards—their visiting cards, I mean—
from a large number of people who
never exchange calls with them? It is
just this way. They write to different
dealers in fine stationery, visiting cards,
etc., for samples of curds, stating that
they want some printed, engraved or
written, as the case may be. The deal
er turnsover the letter to a clerk to send
samples of the various cards, and to
show that their firm furnishes the elite
of the town with their stationery and
cards and that they are thoroughly up-
tiodate, the clerk selects the names of
tire society belles, etc., and sends them
out as samples. ‘Good,’says Mrs. B----- ,
as she smilingly looks them over and
places them in her card-receiver to lie
casually glanced over by friends, who
wonder where Mrs.----- made the ac
quaintance of so many society buds
and blossoms. Now, you don’t hardly
believe that, Polly, I can read it in
your face, but I assure you every word
is gospel truth. I have seen just such
a proceeding in more than one instance
and the parties boasted of their clever
bit of strategy in securing the cards of
the four hundred. Investigate a little
bit and you’ll find out I’m all right in
my assertion and haven’t drawn on my
imagination in the least,” said little
Busybody as she threw herself into a
hammock and swung lazily backward
and forward.
Little M iss Busybody was right. Such
deception has been practiced by a few,
but it is the exception and not the rule.
’Tis passing strange to Polly that any
woman could descend to anything so
small. Still it has been done, and pos
sibly the practice still continues by
those who long to get into society’s
whirl and are hopelessly out of the
magic circle and who will go to any ex
treme to gain their point. I know of
one hitherto bright and rather intelli
gent little woman who, la-fore fortune
smiled upon her husband, counted her
friends and admirers as legion. She
seemed a whole-souled, practical little
woman and with a sincerity that was
her chief charm, for she was plain even
to homeliness and lacked grace. When
the tide turned and fortune beamed on
their pathway, she changed. All the
lovable and womanly qualities faded
away like the mists of the morning.
She passed her old friends with a cold
stare—people who had entertained her
and had partaken of her hospitality.
Her one desire was to shine in society
and marry her plain and unhappy-look-
ing little daughter to some society man.
All the charm had left her and she
was only a vain glory seeking mother.
Meanwhile her old friends looked on
and smiled at the pitiful apology fora
true and noble woman and at her friv
olous ways and over-zealous attempts to
lie a society woman. They had not
lost anything in giving up the friend-
sliipof such a woman, but she had lost
the tried and sincere friends of her
youth and stands vainly worshiping at
the altar of society trying to fan the
little spark into a flame of welcome by
the reckless expenditure ofmoney. She
is not happy, and Polly predicts that
the dove of peace will never perch on
her banner.
take the trouble, they would rather go
to their beauty doctor or some drug
store and get the article than to waste
their valuable time.
Polly could not help thinking of the
old adage of “a wolf in sheep’s cloth
ing,” during the Epworth League
gathering in Han Francisco. All the
Leaguers in this city and from sur
rounding points who were appointed on
the various committeee wore a light
uniform and white caps with red bands
lettered to show on which committee
they were serving. Everything was
apparently moving along as smoothly
and happily as a May morning, when
it was discovered that there was one
too many in the band, and, instead of
administering to the comforts of the
many visitors, this odd number in the
Leaguer’s uniform was a pickpocket
and was relieving the guileless Epworth
Leaguers of their valuables just as fast
as she could. The police took her in
hand, and as they had nothing on
which they could convict her, let her
go with the warning no*, to return, but
she was again in evidence in a new
costume in a few hours.
BRIEF REVIEW.
Losing An Arm in Battle.
Home one asked Captain Lucius D.
Creighton of Missouri in the Arlington
lobby in Washington how it felt to
have an arm cut off. Captain Creigh
ton served in the Civil War between
the United States in a Confederate regi
ment and his left sleeve hangs empty
at his side. “It doesn't feel al all,”
the Confederate veteran answered. “It
is chiefly in the lack of feeling that you
know you have been hit. I lost my
arm at Gettysburg, and when the bul
let struck me I couldn't imagine at
first what had happened. There wasn’t
the slightest pain, only a slight tick
ling sensation, which soon gave way to
numbness. In a few minutes my
arm seemed to be an enormous weight
hanging to my shoulder, but it was not
until after the amputation had been
made that I suffered actual pain. The
after eltects of losing an arm are not
altogether pleasant, you sort of come to
miss it in time, but so far as suffering is
concerned 1 would much rather a bee
would sting me.
French Women Talk to Advantage.
The French woman is an excellent
housewife. She makes the most of ev
erything and obtains much from small
resources. She manages her household
most economically. She is sober, she
is ingenious, and she is very much de
voted to her husband and to her chil
dren. In the home of farmersand the
workingmen she represents the intel
lectualelement. When a farmer conies
to speak on business with his landlord,
it is always the wife who talks and en
ters into discussions. The man looks at
her and gives bis opinion by nodding or
shaking his head, without saying a
single word. If a workingman has a
lawsuit on hand he goes with his wife
to the lawyer’s office; it is the woman
who does the talking and explains the
case. She is evidently the intelligent
one, and her husband recognizes this
fact, and is forced to acknowledge it.
Sultan’s Expensive Camera.
What is perhaps the most costly ci •a-
mera in the world for Its size has just
been made for the Hultan of Morocco.
According to a correspondent of the
Westminster Gazette, it is merely of the
quarter-plate dimension, but all of the
metal work of the camera is of solid 18-
carat gold, each particular screw being
made of that precious metal, and they
are stamped with the official hallmark.
This is the first time screws have had
that honor conferred upon them. The
case for the camera is of pure white mo
rocco leather, lined with plush and fin
ished off with massive gold mountings
and lock. When the camera is fin-
ished it will represent a little bill of
some $6500.
Salvation Army’s Work.
As the result of thirty-five years’
work, said General Booth recently, the
Salvation Army was to be found in 47
counties and had literature in 30 differ
ent languages. The army had over 7,-
200 separate societies, with 14,000 offi
cers and 40,000 lay officers, 609 social in
stitutions, with 1700 officers; a labor
bureau, giving employment to 6800 peo-
ple; 109 rescue places, 27 workshops
and factoriesand 13 farm colonies. The
army also sheltered 15,000 outcasts every
evening and had given away millions
of break fasts.
AN OPTICAL ILLUSION.
On«* «»f the Trick* Performed by the
Fakir* of India.
Tbe fakirs of Iudla perform some re
markable tricks. The following one
was witnessed by an Englishman who
was himself an excelleut prestidlgi-
tateur:
The apartment being filled, the ma
gicians began their performance. The
audience sat on the floor about the
fakirs, so that they had no way of con
cealing themselves or of hiding any
thing. At their request I examined
them and satisfied myself that they
had nothing about them. Then one of
the women stepped Into the Inclosure,
the rest remaining behind the spec
tators, who formed a close ring about
t'.e'in. The light was now turned dowu
:: little, and In a moment tlie woman's
face began to be illuminated by a
glio. tly light that extended quickly
over her entire body.
She then began to move around and
around, uttering a low. murmuring
sound the while, gradually qulckeuiug
tlie pace until she was whirling about
like a top. A moment of this, and the
light that had clung nbout her seeiued
to be whirled off by centrifugal force
nnd assumed a pillarlike form beside
her. As soon as this was accomplish
ed she stopped, turned and began to
mold the light with her hand, and,
though I could distinctly see her hands
move through the light as if It were a
cloud. It began to assume human form.
We saw the arms, hands and legs all
molded and finally the face and head
gear. She next called for a light, and,
the candles being relighted, there stood
an utter stranger, a native seemingly,
evolved out of cloudland. He stepped
forward and grasped me by the hand.
Ills hands were moist, as if with per
spiration, ami lie was a very healthy
spirit. •
After he bad talked and drunk a
glass of arrack be took his place beside
tlie woman again and began to whirl
about. The lights were dimmed, but
not so that we could not see, and in a
few minutes tlie figure began to fade,
soon assuming the appearance of a
pillar or form of light and then attach
ing itself to the woman and seemingly
being absorbed by her. All this was
done in a very short space of time be
fore the eyes of at least 50 people and
not ten feet from myself. The girl ap
peared greatly exhausted afterward.
CARE OF LACES.
Iron lace on the right side first, then
on the wrong side to throw up the pat
tern.
When putting lace away, fold as little
as possible. A good plan is to wind it
round a card, as they do in tlie shops.
When Ironing laces, cover them with
clean, white tissue paper. This pre
vents tlie shiny look seen on washed
lace. •
I se cornflour instead of ordinary
starch for stiffening laces. This makes
them firm and does not detract from
the lacy appearance.
Laces and other delicate trifles should
lie placed in a muslin bag before being
boiled. This prevents their getting lost
and torn in the wash.
After "getting up” laces do not leave
them to air in a damp place—round
tlie fire when the kettle is boiling, for
Instance. This robs them of their fresh
ness ami makes them look limit.
All laces before being ironed should
be carefully pulled out, each point re-
celvlug attention. You will be repaid
for your trouble, as tlie lace will look
twice as nice nnd Inst clean a much
longer time.
Too SufticeMtive.
An English clergyman had married
a young woman with a reputed dowry
of about £10,000, while lie himself had
"great expectations." Needless to say,
every soul In the village knew nbout it.
It was the first Sunday after their re
turn from the honeymoon, and when
the sermon was finished tlie parson
proceeded, as usual, to give out the
hymn, verse for verse, to Ids rustic
congregation.
All went well until the fifth verse
was reached, and the parson began,
“Forever let my grateful heart,” when
suddenly and with some confusion he
exclaimed. "Omit the fifth verse!" and
immediately began to recite aloud tlie
sixth verse Instead. Those who had
hymnbooks promptly read tlie fifth
verse:
Forever let my grateful heart
His boundless grace adore,
Which gives ten thousand blessings now
And bids me hope tor more.
I’lirsnlnir an Elephant.
Any one who has once followed a
traveling elephant will not show any
undue haste to repeat the amusement.
They sail along at an average pace of
six miles an hour, regardless of the
country, and stop for a bath or a short
siesta perhaps once every three days.
Anything more exasperating than fol
lowing very fresh spoor at a dog trot,
hour nfter hour In u blazing suu. only
to find at a late hour in the afternoon
that one was 40 miles from camp, with
no food or water, and that the ele
phant had increased bls lead from one
Nearly Eight Feet Tall and Growing. | mile to ten. It would be difficult to
Though a mere youth of 20, Edward imagine.—Everybody’s Magazine.
Baupre, a French-Canadian, who vis
Four Good Habit*.
ited Boston recently, feels that he Is
There are four good habits—punctu
big enough to make his own way in ality. accuracy, steadiness and dis
the world. Considering that he stands patch. Without the first of these time
7 feet 9j Inches high, not measuring Is wasted; without the second mistakes
his shoes or hat, he would ap|»ear to lie the most hurtful to your own credit
right in his opinion. Baupre weighs nnd Interest and that of others may he
#57 ¡Miunds, though he has no superflu committed; without the third nothing
ous fat. He is simply a husky lad, can lie well done, nnd without the
fourth opportunities of great advan
who has not yet got his growth.
tage are lost which It is Impossible to
recall.
The eucalyptus trees on the island of
It Is a curious fact that mayonnaise
'hismania sometimes attain great size.
One that has ls>en measured is 380 feet dressing will disagree with delicate
high, and some are said to have attained people, whereas the snme Ingredients
put together without nn egg (French
a height of 400 feet.
dressing) will be easily digested.
The New York Hun says the hardest
worked memlier of the vegetable king
dom is the cucumber. This decision Is
reached by the variety of uses it is put
to. It is used all over the world as an
article of food on dinner and supper
tallies, and right here it might lie proper
to say that its popularity at these same
dining tables as a viand is the cause o
the physicians many times reaping
their profit of shekels and dimes. In
Too Much.
"You say you think your boy has too Egypt the ingenious treatment of the
great an appetite?” said the physician vegetable gives a pleasant and cooling
to an anxious mother. "Do you realize drink to the thirsty people, and this is
how much a growing boy can eat?”
how they do it. A hole is cut in the
“I should thiuk I ought to If any cucumber, the pulp is broken and
body does,” returned the boy's parent.
stirred with a stick and the hole is then
"I’ll Just put the ease to you, doctor,
"Where we were, up In the moun closed with wax. The cueumber still
tains, the waitress would come In nnd fastened to its stem is lowered into a
say to my boy, ‘We have fried fish, pit. After a few days the juice ferments
steak, liver and bacon, baked and fried and the Egyptian draws it off as a
potatoes, rye biscuit, muffins and dry liquor that tickles the palate and is
toast’
pronounced a nectar fit for the gods.
“And that boy Ned would say, ‘I'll We not only use it in its natural state,
take It all, please—and some eggs.’ ”—
but pickle and preserve it as well.
Exchange.
Many find it edible by paring it, cutting
Why He Didn’t Go to Chnrck.
It Into slices, flouring and frying It.
A Scottish minister who was Indefat Both green and ripe it is considered
igable In looking up bls folk one day edible. But it has another use. Con
called upon a parishioner. "Richard,” sult any beauty doctor and you will
be said, “1 iae na seen ye at the kirk
for some time and wad like to know find that cucumber milk or cream,
Although the diameter of the earth
either as they conclude to term it, occu
the reason.”
has been roughly known for many
"Weel, sir.” answered Richard, "1 pies a prominent place in the long list years it has only lately been accurately
hae three decided objections to goln— of beautifying condiments that are so ascertained, after thirty years’ labor
firstly, I dlnna believe In beln whaur eagerly sought after by the fair sex.
ye does a’ the talkln; secondly, I dinna They claim that it not only strength and a cost of $500,000. It is 7926 miles at
believe In al muckle slngln. an, thirdly ens and builds up the tissues but gives the equator and 7899 from jsile to pole.
an In conclusion, 'twas there I got tny the complexion that beautiful white
The ships of the world, including na
wife "—Albany Argus.
firm appearance they desire, its it con
vies, are wortli $294,000,000, of which
tains more of the natural arsenic than
A Surprise to Him.
Europe’s share is $227,000,000.
“Had you beard that Oily Mike bad anything they can use. This cucum
ber milk or cream is simple and inex-
been incarcerated?”
In one New York factory 30,000,000
"No.
I didn't even know be was I pensive if you choose to make it your- cigarettes a week are turned out on an
dead.”— Indianapolis News.
I self, but it takes time and few care to average »11 the year round.
i
Was It a Compllmeatt
It was at the end of her first week In
the new school, she linvlng been trans
ferred from down town, that the teach
er asked little Wilhelmina bow she
llk< <1 the new school. The little one's
face brightened up as she answered:
“Oh, I like It first rate, and I like you
too."
“That's very nice; but why do you
like me?” queried the teacher.
“Oh, you see,” said the little pupil,
"I nlways did like a bossy teacher.”—
New York Times
SARCASM IN SIGNS.
CHOICE MISCELLANY
Hair ot the President..
ADVERTISLM' NTS THAT AT TIMES
A famous collection of hair gathered
by the late Peter A. Brown has Just
BECOME A MOCKERY.
Kemlnlsceners of Men Who Had
Seen Worse Day« nnd Irritating:
Announcements When They Were
Hartl Ip anti Ont ot Employment.
The advance agent met tlie leading
tnan of another show the other night,
and. as they liad not seen each other In
seven years, there was a warmness
about their greeting that was refresh
ing.
"Dear old Tom!” said the leading
man. "I was thinking of you not five
minutes ago. Sit down, you dear old
fellow! I passed a bakery not five min
utes ago, and I thought of you. Why,
here’s Willis! I was Just saying to
Tom that I never see a baker’s that I
don't think of him. Tom and I were
t>oor once! Mighty poor too. I re
member that we had been turned out
of different homes on the same cold
nlglit and met each other for the first
time by chance. We shared the com
forts of a butcher's wagon that night
and went upon a rummaging expedi
tion tlie next day. We halted In front
of a German bakery, bulf starved and
disgusted with life generally. There
was a huge sign in the window which
said, 'There Is No f'ako Like Ours.’ We
hadn't a penny between us, but Tom
stepped in ami asked for a sample of
tlie cake. The Dutchman didn't ap
preciate the humor of the request, so
Tom said, ‘You may keep your-cake,
boss; but, say, give me a chunk of
bread, quick, or I’ll cut out your giz
zard.’ I'll never forget that cake sign
because It took us hours to get away
from the police who were attracted to
the scene by the baker's cries for help.”
“But that was uot my only experi
ence with a peculiar sign," remarked
tlie advance agent after a hearty laugh.
“The year before I went on the road
for the first time I was in as hard luck
as ever man was. I liad pawned ev
erything in sight nml was almost starv
ed. I found an umbrella in the hall
way of a down town building, and the
janitor told me to keep it. It was a
fairly good rain shield, and I Immedi
ately carried it to mine uncle. I didn’t
know tills particular relative, although
I had formed the acquaintance of hun
dreds of his people. His place was on
Sixth avenue, and he gave me 75 cents
on it, which I gladly accepted. As he
was making out the ticket he said:
" ‘Do you want to save it from the
moths?’
“ ‘Yes,’ I answered.
“ ‘That will cost you 12 cents. Per
haps you would like to have it Insured?
It is always advisable, but It will cost
you 12 cents more,' replied my friend.
" ‘All right,’ 1 said. ‘Take good care
of it.’ He could have eaten It for all I
cared, for I never intended to redeem
It. I was about to leave tlie place when
I saw a big sign on the far wall. It
said:
“ ‘No extra charge for putting watch
es and Jewelry in the safe in the office.’
“Watches and Jewelry! It brought
the tears to my eyes, and ns I crawled
into my It* cent bed that night I
thought of diamond necklaces, pearls
anil rubles of priceless value and—cake.
Oli. the curse of some signs! How they
mock the.poor!”
They were all silent a moment, but
the one addressed as Willis was the
first to resume conversation, and be
said:
“There’s my friend. Big John Smith.
Let me Introduce him. Since you chaps
are talking of signs and hard luck, let
me tell you of the time that I bad to
leave my trunk nt the old Stevens
House, on lower Broadway, and light
out by the shades of midnight to get
away from a hotel bill that I couldn’t
pay. Everything 1 had in the world
was locked up In tfiat trunk, and as I
could not remove anything without ex
citing suspicion I thought it best to
keep out of Jail by leaving everything
behind me. I must have walked the
streets at least a week famished and
penniless. One afternoon I was pass
ing nlong nn up town street, hoping to
die, when I happened to look up and
saw a sign ns big as my hopes were
small. This sign read:
“ ‘We Are Not Daylight Robbers.
Trunks! Trunks! From the Battery
to the Harlem Bridge to Your Room
For 25 Cents.’
"If that sign was not the Irony of
fate in my case, I do not know what
to call It.”
"Oli, that's a small affair alongside
of my experience," said Smith. “It Is
only a few years ago too. I had been
unemployed for several months, nnd ns
1 had six little shavers to take care of I
lid not have much trouble spending the
little money I had saved. I didn’t seem
to have n friend In the wide world to
turn to, and I spent my last copper for
a paper to examine the employment col
umn. It was about Christmas time,
nnd I dreaded going back home to face
the scolding landlord. I recall that I
stopped In front of the Harlem office
of a newspaper to see the holiday
crowd go by, and as I did so I saw a
sign that made my blood run cold. It
said:
“ ‘There Is No Reason Why You
Should Bo Idle. Insert e Want Ad.
Four Cents a Line.’
"The pronoun was printed In Im
mense letters, and I had the greatest
trouble dissuading myself that it was
not intended for me, and me alone.
Of course It wasn’t, but that sign burn
ed into my memory, and I have
thought of It Innumerable times since.”
"Oh, pshaw!” rejoined tlie lending
man after a pause. “I suppose ft is im
possible to please everybody with pub
lic signs. I saw one in Buffalo once
which said ’Attention, blind men.
Read this and be cured, which referred
to a new treatment for the blind. All
signs cannot be expected to satisfy the
Ideas of everybody.”—New York Mall
and Express.
The Windom of Experience.
been presented to the Academy pf Nat
ural Science, Philadelphia, by the wid
ow of Mr. Brown. In the exhibit there
is hair taken from the heads of *11 the
presidents of the United States, from
George Washington to James Buch
anan, with the autographs of many of
these men. Besides the hair of the
presidents there are In the exhibit sam
ples of the hirsute adornments of many
of the early governors of Pennsylvania
and noted men of the United States
who lived prior to 1856. The latter
Includes Major General Wlntlchl Scott,
Henry Clay, John C. Calhoun, vice
president of the United States; James
A. Baird ami Wilson I’eale, founder of
the Academy of Natural Science of
Philadelphia.
One of the curiosities of the collec
tion is hair from the head of Rev. An
drew Marshall, who was a former slave
100 years since. Other Interesting
parts of the collection are lialr from
Japanese, Chinese, Malay and Ameri
can Indian tribes and native tribes of
the Sandwich Islands and New Zea
land. Besides these there are the most
complete specimens of wool from do
mestic sheep and wild goats from all
over the world. Until 1856 Mr. Brown
was a frequent contributor to the Phil
adelphia Academy of Natural Sciences.
Ills greatest work was in support of bls
theory that mankind should be classi
fied by the hair or wool from their
heads, lie argued the covering of a
negro’s bead was not hair, but wool.
This collection was the data from
which he deducted bls opinion.
The Wild Asa.
The wild ass may almost be said to
he the antithesis of the domestic spe
cies. The one is high spirited and un
tamable, the other the meekest and
most submissive of quadrupeds; the
one is as remarkable for Its speed as
the other for Its slowness, and, while
the wild specimen ranks among the
most graceful animals of creation. Its
every movement typical of the un
trammeled freedom of the desert over
which It loves to roam and of the un
fettered breatli of heaven which seems
to lend It wings, its subjugated con
gener Is awkward and ungainly.
In color the roulan, or wild ass, is a
creamy white, shading to fawn on the
back, with a handsome darker stripe
running from wither to tail and a cor
responding marking on each fore leg.
The head and muzzle are finely molded,
the ears less long and pointed than
those In the tame donkey, the eyes
large and prominent ami as bright ns
those of the gazelle, and the legs re
semble in length and lightness those
of the deer.—Chambers' Journal.
Did Biot Delona: to Him.
John Muir, the mountain climber and
naturalist, lives In one of the most
beautiful parts of the Contra Costa
valley In California. A writer in Alns-
lee's Magazine who liad been sojourn
ing with him tells this story Illustrative
of his fondness for birds and Ills wide
humanity:
It was a fair picture of peace and
plenty under the soft, blue September
sky. A stream ran close at hand, shad
ed by alders and sycamores and the
sweet scented wild willow. On the
bank nearest us stood a solitary blue
crane surveying us fearlessly. A flock
of quail made themselves heard In the
underbrush, and low above the vine
yards a shrike flew, uttering Ills sharp
cry. Noting him, I snid to Mr. Muir:
"So you don't kill even the butcher
birds?”
“Why, no,” he said. “They are not my
birds.”
Sreond Clan* Mall Matter.
Falling to get suitable corrective leg
islation to establish a fairly remunera
tive rate for the carrlge of second class
mall matter, the officials of the postof-
flee department have determined to
rectify some patent abuses by adopting
stricter measures of classification. Fake
publications circulated for merely spec
ulative or advertising purposes, books
published In serial form to escape full
rates and merely merchandising de
vices with which tlie mails are burden
ed will hereafter be either excluded or
properly rated. This Is a step which
the department should have taken
years ago.—Philadelphia Record.
Flabdab ot a Past A(e,
The announcement of King Edward's
coronation to occur next June was
made with all of the ceremony of the
middle ages. It would have been much
nearer In keeping with the spirit of the
times if the announcement had been
made in tlie “special notice” columns
of tlie daily newspapers. Heralds and
pursuivants nnd kings nt nrms are a
lot of rubbish belonging to an era that
became ancient and obsolete when dal
ly newspapers and telegraphs came In
to existence.—Savaunah News.
Tbe Influeace of Heeia.
TELLTALE PICTURES.
PAINTINGS THAT HAVE DONE THE
WORK OF DETECTIVES.
Installers YVherr tbe Camvas of an
Artist Ila. Led to the Conlesslon of
n Criminal—A Portrait and a Stolen
lllni>ion«l Pendant.
An artist who liad suddenly become
almost famous by his production of a
painting ex Hi lilted at tlie Royal acad
emy was one day called upon by a
man whose visit was productive of the
most extraordinary and undreamt of
oamsequences.
The pieture represented a lonely
stretch of beach, upon which the sea
was beating in long, creamy rollers. In
the foreground, bending over a dead
body, wan a man witli a wild expres
sion on bis face and with a miked
knife In his hand. A ship’s boat, evi
dently Just beached, was also in the
picture, and by the side of the mur
dered man was a bag of gold. The pic
ture portrayed the advent of two cast
aways upon a friendly shore. The oue
had murdered tlie other so that tlie
treasure might be his.
The painter’s visitor was a gray hair
ed. wild eyed man.
“In heaven’s name, sir,” he gasped
out, "how did you learn the dreadful
story that you painted? I see you know
all. 1 murdered my mate Bill to get
the money that was his. I threw his
body into the sea. I don’t know what
Impulse led me to the Academy. The
first thing I saw was your picture rep
resenting the scene that took place 30
years ago.”
Needless to say, the picture had been
tbe outcome of imagination. Yet mur
der will out. and the guilty conscience
of the man who liad killed his comrade
for lust of gold liad convinced him that
the painting was no coincidence, but
was Indeed the actual portrayal of a
lastardly and unwitnessed crime.
There is probably no picture better
known In England than "Tlie Doctor,”
by Mr. Luke Fildes, yet there are prob
ably very few people aware of the fact
that that selfsame masterpiece was
the means of bringing to light the per,/
petration of a crime that 'voulij^jnifer-
wlse never have been knojperf
A certain doctor In. »('large town com
mitted suicide,,stilt] among his papers
was a letter-Which ran ns follows: “I
have tpAay seen Luke Fildes’ ‘Doctor.’
The Jilcture represents a medical man
watching by the bedside of a child. It
lias iso haunted me that I am going to
take away my own worthless life and
make a confession at the same time.
•When Arthur’s”—his brother’s—“boy
died. I came Into money that my dead
brother liad settled on him. He died
as all the world thought of acute pneu
monia. Yet ills life might have been
saved liad I acted, as Fildes’‘Doctor’ is
so evidently doing, witli the use of all
the skill that lay In my power. I has
tened the boy’s end ami so got the
money. I can bear it no more.”
A well known artist was commission
ed to paint tbe portrait of a lady In ex
alted circles, who boasted the posses
sion of a most unique Jewel in the
form of a pendant. The lady was very
anxious that this heirloom should be
Included in her portrait. The artist, of
course, complied with her request.
Shortly after the painting had been
completed a daring burglary was per
petrated, with the result that the lady
lost her heirloom, ami no trace of tlie
thief or thieves was forthcoming.
Years passed by. and tlie lady gave up
nil hope of ever seeing the precious
heirloom again.
Now, it so happened that tlie artist
who liad painted the portrait of the
lady mentioned had occasion to travel
In India.
In the course of his wanderings he
came to Bombay and, as every visitor
to that place does. Btrolled through tlie
nntive bazaar.
Suddenly his attention was riveted
by a piece of jewelry In n Jeweler’s
shop that seemed familiar to him. It
was a diamond and ruby pendant.
Where liad lie seen it before? lie ran
sacked his brain, but could not remem
ber.
He returned to bls hotel and hap
pened to take from Ills portfolio a
sketch of tbe portrait he had made
years ago of the lady with the pendant.
In a moment the enigma was solved.
The piece of Jewelry lie had seen was
tbe peculiar pendant that bis fair sitter
l::id been so anxious lie should Include
in his portrait.
He hurried off to the chief of police,
nnd told that worthy what lie suspect
ed. namely, that the bazaar he hail vis
ited contained the long lost Jewel of
tbe English lady. Inquiries were at
ouee set on foot with extraordinary re
sults. The Jeweler lu the bazaar con
fessed to having given years ago a
quite insignificant sum for the Jewel,
which lie had bought from a stableman
in the employ of a neighboring rajah.
Tlie stableman was sought for, and
turned out to be none other than a fa
mous English «Tacksman, who had ap
parently turned honest, but who,
nevertheless, confessed to having been
tlie thief of the Jewel that had been
so miraculously discovered.—Pearson’s
Weekly.
A well known surgeon chiropodist
says: “The so called 'common seme
shoe, with Its miserably low. flat heel,
has been the cause of more flat feet nml
falling Insteps than all other causes
Of Two Evils the Lesser.
combined.” A heel which Is lower than
Papa—Didn’t I tell you, Willie, If I
the ball of the foot, he says, brings all
the pressure on tlie Instep without af caught you playing with Tommy Jink
fording the necessary support for tlie again I would whip you?
Willie—Yes, sir.
arch of tbe foot, and it is therefore but
Papa—Then why were you playing
natural that the arch of tlie foot should
break or fall, thus giving birth to th« with him?
Willie—Well, I got lonesonier than I
flat foot.
thought a lickin would hurt, so I Just
went over nnd played with him; that’s
Forestry In Michigan.
Michigan Is at last endeavoring to re why.—Detroit Free Press.
forest the pine barrens. It lias turned
Tlie father of the game of whist. Ed
over to the forestry commission 57,000
acres of land at the headwaters of vari mond Hoyle, lived to be 97 years old.
oils streams nnd created a department Ills treatise on cards Ims been pub
of forestry In the state unlvei : ' y. This lished In all languages, and probably no
Is an example which many other states work except the Bible fins passed
might follow with profit. — Toledo through more editions. Tlie original
work appeared in London I" 1742.
Blade.
The Cane.
Tlie biggest pumps ever used were
“Gentlemen of tin1 Jury.” cried the made to pump out Lake Haarlem. In
council for the defendant, “If there ev Holland. They pumped 400.000 tons
er was a case which in any case must daily for 11 years.
tie carefully compared with other case?
this case is that case.”
tarfnl Cement.
“Which ease?” asked tbe puzzled
A
useful
cement
for mending earthen
Judge.
or stone Jars, stopping leaks In the
seams cf tin pans or Iron kettles or
Nettle Rosel of New York, a girl of
The Kansas farmers will save $400,- 13 years, who was cured of paralysis tightening loose Joints of Iron or wood
<XM* this year on binder twine by by electricity two months ago. has Is made by mixing litharge and glyc
patronizing the penitentiary factory, grown four Inches since that time. Her erin to a thick cream. This will resist
whlc*’ sells It for 8’a cents a pound, lower limbs had been paralyzed for sclds, bent and cold If the article Is not
used until the cement has hardened.
while the trust asks 11 cents.
eight years.
When I was 20, I thought 1 was 40;
when I was 30 I thought 1 was 50;
when I was 40 I thought 1 was 25,
anil when I was 50 I wondered If they
were going to bring In tlie high chair
at the table and give me the bottle.—
W. W. Goodwin, Retiring Harvard
Professor, at a Dinner In His Honor.