'è . 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 <*. ¡«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