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BANDON RECORDER. JifpÒLLY LARKIN EÍ Si: ¡terwl! t Inn, Many of the n. gi-o superstitions In Kentucky are quite interesting. interesting, An old philosopher - told me with great gravity: " If y. : want peppnlis to grow, you mt: t it mad. My old ’oman an me had a sp.it. an I went right out an planted mi peppnlis. ait they come right up." Still unotliet* saying is that peppers to pro. per must be planted by a redheaded or by a high tempered person. The negro also says that one never sees a Jaybird on Friday, for the bird visits bls satanic majesty to "pack kin dling" on that day. The three signs In which negroes place Implicit trust are the well known ones of the ground hog's appearing above ground on the 2d of Fehrt ary. that a hoe must not be carried through a house or a death will follow ami that potatoes must be plant ed In the dark of the moon as well ns all n g- tables that ripen In the ground aud that corn must be planted in the light of the moon. Lord Southey'* Guillotine. The most eccentric action of an eccen tric matt was Lord Southey’s cool ar rangement for suicide by means of a gulllot inc. He had a magnificent one erected lu the drawing room of his house in the Rite du Luxembourg nt I’nrls. The machine was of ebony In laid with gold and silver, the frame work carved with artistic skill, the knife, sharp ns a razor, was of polished and ornamented steel. Preparing for death, his lordship had Ills hair cut close, and. clothed In a robe of white silk, he kneeled upon the platform under the knife before a mirror nnd pressed the spring which should release tin* knife. But the spring failed to work, and the would be suicide decided to give the guillotine to a museum ill- stead of making a second attempt to end bis life. It Is said that he made an annual pilgrimage to see the guillo tine until the end of bls life. Lnughtrr Saved the Ship. Humor lias been credited with the saving of many things, but perhaps never Is-fore lias a ship lieen saved by Its Judicious application, In a great storm many years ago a ship's erew were all at prayers, when a boy burst into a lit of violent laughter. Being re proved for Ills III timed mirth and asked the reason for It, lie said, "Why. I was laughing to think what a hissing the boatswain's red nose will make when it comes in contact with the water.” This ludicrous remark set the crew laugh ing. Inspired them with new spirits, and by a great exertion they brought the vessel safely Into port.—Liverpool Post. EsK«h<-ll Fl owe r pot a. Eggshells may be used to advantage in starting delicate plants for trans planting. The half shells are tilled with earth and set in a box also con taining dampened earth. A hole Is made in the point of the shell to allow drainage. A single seed Is then plant ed In each shell, which Is easily broken when transplanting Is done without the slightest disturbance ot roots, This use of eggshells Is the discovery of a French gardener, who claims that they are vastly superior to the little pots generally used for the purpose by flor- ists. Manuscripts of John Wvcllf s trans tatfon of the Bible Into English are of * rarity, and even imperfect ns occur only al very long and r intervals One came up for sale In Ixindon recently Although in complete. wanting the greater portion of trie Old Testament. It comprises the whole of the New Testament. The manuscript extends to 269 leaves and ta the work of an English scribe of about 1410 col NTERFE1T GOLD. every member of the fair sex in the car. “There ain’t so much to that jacket,” said an over-dressed little wom an to her friend, “but it’s the style of GILDING POWDERS ARE MADE OF ■ «*; !*■ COPPER AND SPELTER. it,” and I beard a man remark quietly, LtíííííííííSSí.1!*.1!.’?.'*.*.'?.*.'*.'*.1!** “that lady knows how to dress,” as she left the car, conscious that she was the Hew tbe Muierlal That Gives the Slilnlna, Metnllle Finish to Mirror We have had ail kinds of floral shows cynosure of many pairs of eyes. and Picture Frames la Produced. in San Francisco in days gone by, but Gold Lent Without Gold. it remained for the new century to The dress fabrics that are shown in bring out the beauties of the dahlia and the windows of the up-to-date stores, as How many persons who see the shin make it worthy of a special exhibition. I have said before, are simply beautiful ing gold iu colored printing and on All flower lovers flocked to Central and are of the brightest reds, lovely mirror und picture frames know that Hall on Sutter street the day the doors shades of green, new blues, rich browns, gold does not enter at ull Into the com were thrown open for tin- dahlia show. etc. The trimmings will be gimps and position of the stuff that produces these golden effects? It was given under the auspices of the laces galore. One of tlie prettiest cos- The shining metallic effect is pro California State Floral Society, of which tumesshown was of a light fawn Vene duced by a line powder made from a Professor Emory E. Smith of Stanford tian cloth with trimming o( golden- mixture of bronze nnd spelter. This I niversity is president. A few years brown velvet. There was something offers the cheapest and best means of back there was a dahlia craze, and so modest and dainty about it and in giving the rich surface demanded in everybody who had a little patch of such striking contrast to the bright wall papers, printing, lithography, fres ground planted a few dahlias, both colors that it caught the eye of nearly coing and iu a vast range of manufac double and single varieties, and the every passer-by. The hat to go with tured articles of wood, paper aud iron. The material used Is so called Dutch dwarf and large showy flowers blos the costume was of the same shades— metal, au alloy of copper and spelter. somed side by side. It only lasted for fawn and golden brown velvet, and the The relative proportions are varied to a season or so and then the craze died gloves were of fawn-colored suede. That produce different colors. The larger out ami gave place to some other treas is tlie costume for my little friend of the percentage of spelter the lighter or ure of the flowery kingdom. Three tlie modest Quaker tastes, thought more yellowish will be tlie tiut of the alloy. years ago, however, a new interest Polly. The copper and spelter are smelted in sprang up and the cultivation and im The ribbons shown are daintily col graphite crucibles containing about 400 proving of the showy and hardy flower have been going steadily on. Three ored, of all widths, and many of them pounds of metal, which, when com pletely fused, is run off Into molds, Inn mired varieties were shown at the with stripes and flowers. Ribbons have forming half round ingots two feet not had tiieir day by any means, but dal ilia show and proves what culture long by hnlf an inch in thickness. Aft am i hybridization can do in lloracul- will be worn just as much as they have er cooling these are bound into bundles ture. The dahlia was exhibited in all for the past two seasons. This is some and sent to the rolling mill, where they its glory and was recognized as no thing for the fair sex to be thankful are passed cold nine times through a mean rival of the |s>pular chrysanthe for, for they do brighten up a costume double set of steel rolls under enor mum as an exhibition flower. Florists wonderfully, and ribbons are so cheap mous pressure. Tills Hattens them and are well pleased at its return to favor that any girl can aflbrd to have not draws them out Into thin ribbons from on account of its decorative and dis oiie, but many in her wardrobe and 50 to 60 feet long ami something more than one Inch wide. Cold rolling un playing qualities as well as its graceful freshen up her costume and make a der such extreme pressure makes the ness and richness of color. The princi change in coloring whenevershedesires. metal brittle, so it passes to the an pal exhibits at the dahlia show were nealing furnace, which Is heated by As far as the millinery goes, you will wood tire, as the sulphur in coal or from the Crocker estate, Dr. Harry Tevis’ gardens, Golden Gate Park, and not make any mistake if you combine coke would be Injurious to the ribbons. Having been softened nnd rendered from Alameda and Santa Cruz. Next black and white, for just now it is ail year it is safe to predict that muny the rage und bids fair to continue dur- ductile by annealing, they are cleansed In an aeld bath, cut Into lengths' of counties w ill be represented in the dah ing the season. about three feet nnd collected In bun lia exhibition and new varieties added dles of 40 or 50 strips each. They are to the three hundred that were shown BRIEF REVIEW. la hl between sheets of zinc and passed at tlie recent show. under hammers which beat the metal Danish Butter Superior. strips to the thinness of tissue paper. Speaking of the plants reminds Polly The butter of Denmark is considered LÌ This requires six successive beatings, that the deserving old hen has some superior to that of all other countries. and great skill must be exercised to thin!! else in her favor to cackle over, It brings tlie highest price in fancy produce a uniform mid unbroken foil. inasmuch as a French florist has dis markets, and can be found all over the Aller the third beating the metal strips covered that egg shells may be used to world in simps where luxuries are sold. are taken from between the sheets of zinc loosened from each other nnd advantage in starting delicate plants In South America, South Africa, in the cleansed by immersion in a bath of for transplan ting. This is the way they East and West Indies, in India, Egypt tartrate of potassium. The cleaning Is do it: The half shells are filled with and in tropical countries generally it is repented litter the last beating. and the earth and set in a box also containing used by epicures, who pay $1 a pound sheets me bung on lines to dry. In the dampened earth. A hole is made in for it in tins of one, two and three tieginning the rolled strips are a dull the point of the shell to allow drainage. pounds weight. No other country lias gray metallic color, at the fourth beat A single seed is then planted in each been able to produce butter that will ing the yellowish color begins to show, shell, which is eusily broken when the stand changes of climate so well. In ami after the sixth they are clear and bright as gold transplanting time comes, without the Holland and Sweden attempts are made The defective leaves are then thrown slightest disturbance to the roots. The to compete with the Danish dairymen, out and the perfect ones cut Into small French gardener, who has experimented but the butter from these countries ¡ b squares, which are laid together by very successfully with the shells, says wortli only half as much and does not hand in packets of several hundred they are much superior to the little pots keep half as well, while the efforts of each mid inclosed within an envelope generally used for the purpose by flor dairymen in the United States have of sheet brass The packets return to ists. Score another point for the indus practically failed, with a few isolated the annealing furnace, where they are softened by heating nnd slow cooling, trious old hen. exceptions. mid then go to the beaters, where they “Lead me not into temptation,” thought Polly, the other day, when 1 saw a little woman walk resolutely away from an inviting show-window. It was on Labor Day. The procession bad just passed and the streets were crowded. This little woman with a baby in her arms and another little toddler clinging to her dress, was stand ing with a friend looking into the show window. "Comealong; let’s go in and look around, even if we don't buy,” said the friend. “No, I won't do it. If I go in 1 will lie sure to buy sbmething, and I can’t aflbrd it. Tim was one of those strikers in the procession that . list passed by. He was another one who did not know how to let well enough alone. He got his three dollars a day regularly and was as steady as clock-work. Now he has been walking the streets for about five weeks with his hands in his pockets, and like a good many idlers he has been drinking more than was good for him several times lately. I tell him if he keeps on I doubt whether they will take him back when the strike is over. He is getting more discouraged every day, and says that’s the reason he drinks. I just score him for it and tell him I’m discouraged, too, but I’ve got too much common sense to go to drinking. If I did, what would become of the chil dren, I would like to know?” “What does he say to that?” asked the friend. “Oh, he says women can bear disap pointment better than men.” “Pshaw, that makes me tired. It’sthesame old excuse that's forever ding-donging in your ears to atone for their misdeeds.” "Come on; there is too much to tempt one in this window.” And they moved on down the street, still chattering like two magpies als»ut Tim’s folly in giv ing up his three dollars a day. Growth or Literature. Norway was the last of the European countries except Turkey, to adopt the art of printing, notwithstanding its early famous literature, but to-day has 429 newspapers and periodicals, an av- verage of one to every 500 of the popu lation. Of these 196 are political news papers, eighty-eight are literary papers and 145 are reviews, magazines, profes sional, religious ami scientific publica tions. Norske Intelligenze-Seddelen is one of the oldest papers in the world, having been founded in Christiania in 1763, and has been the organ of the Gov ernment from the beginning. For a century and a quarter its contents were limited to advertisements and official an nou ncemen ts. Formation ot Niagara Gorge. In 1842 the Government issued a very carefully prepared map of the Niagara falls territory, writes a correspondent in the Baltimore Herald. In 1891 it issued a second or comparative map, by which it was shown that the falls had receded 204 feet. Though the river is compara tively young, scientists insist that it must have taken at least 7000 years for it to recede from the commencement of the precipice at l.ake Ontario. Still others claim that that 700 years is too low »in estimte, but a regular system of estimates of records is now kept by Isith the English and the American govern ments, so we shall be able to know more accurately the work of this turbulent waterway. Weather and Morals. Professor Dexter of the University of Illinois, who has studied the effect of weather on morals, finds that thedesire to tight rises with the thermometer, but stops at 85; wilts after that as the mercury rises. Assault cases are there fore commoner in summer.than in the winter. Drunkenness, however, lessens with summer and increases with the coming of cold. Suicides are at a maxi mum on bright days with a high ba rometer, and increases as the wind rises. “What are the fall styles going to lie, Polly?” asked a little friend the other day. That query is easily answeied. All the costumes shown by our im porters for the fall season thus far are cheery and bright and yet dainty and rich in effect. Of course, black is a standard favorite, for it is always in Bowling is being revived in England good taste and appropriate for nearly as a game for women, and it is predicted all occasions. Yet even in the dark that in another year it will have taken costumes the desire to brighten up the the place of tennis. It was a favorite somberness is shown by trimmings that game with fashionable women almut 190 have the glint of a gold thread em years ago. broidered or woven in the material, tiny gilt buttonsand gold braid. I saw The total number of copies of news one of the handsomest and most strik papers printed throughout the world in ing Eton jackets of the season—I might one year is estimated at 12,000,000,000. say of the past season, although the To print these requires 781,260 tons of same effect will lie in vogue the coming paper. __________ _ season as well, judging from what Competition of electric tramways is some of our principal modistes have to alluded to in many of the half-yearly re say on the subject. This jacket of fine ports of English railways as affecting black cloth was lined with white satin. short-distance passenger movement. The reveres were alsoof white satin and In 185« there' were about 8,850 engi 1 had narrow black velvet stitched across it so as to leave an even strijie of white neers in the British navy. There are and black. The little straight collar now 22,500. with flaring ends was also lined with The liottled beer of England requires white satin and the velvet was sewed diagonally across the collar and caught nearly 70,<160 tons of cork* annually. with a tiny brass button. The chic The Paris theaters give away an aver little jacket gave tone to the lady’s whole costume and caught the eye of age of «500 free tickets daily. are reduced under flattening hammers to the thinness of real gold leaf, so thin that It can be blown away by the breath The manufacture of bronze powder consists in grading, dipping and pul verizing the various bronze foils to mi even, Impalpable powder and Is an In dustry of comparatively recent date. It began as n means of using up mid utilizing the imperfect leaves which came ns waste from the beaters of gold, sliver and bronze. These were cut by hand into flue clippings mid Ils !> ground to powder in hand mills of simple construction. With the lapse of time and the spread of artistic indus tries the uses of bronze powder in creased until the demand far outran the supply of waste, and the leaf metal Is now made on a large scale. The boating process flattens out a pound of copper and spelter alloy to an nre.-i of about 500 square feet, and in this condition the square sheets ns they come front the brass envelopes are sheared Into small fragments mid rub bed with olive oil through a steel sieve having ten meshes to the Inch mid then passed to the stamping nnd grinding machines. where they are pulverized by steam or water power to the bronze powder of commerce. The grinding occupies from one to four hours, ac cording to the grade or quality of the powder to be produced, which is of four grades, from coarse to superfine. The superfluous oil Is removed by bent Ing under pressure, aud the powder is then carried Into centrifugal clari Ilers, or grading machines, which, turn Ing at a high speed, expel the powder through tine orifices in the form of dust, which settles on Inclosed shelves, according to weight anil lineness, the finer particles at the top. the coarser ( Ix low, anti in this way the powder Is ' divided Into Its various grades—New York Press. flow Cmtomi, Vary, She—In some parts of Australia when a man marries each of the bride's relatives strikes him with a stick by way of welcome Into the family. He—Yes. and in many parts of Amer ica when a man marries each of the bride’s relatives strikes him with a loan by way of welcoming him Into the family.—New York Times. HOW THE LEGS GROW. The Shocks of Sserclae Lengthen Them uoil Keep Theui Even. As a fact, hays the author, our lower limbs are not usually both of exactly the same length, though they are so for all practical pnrinses. The left Is usu ally the longer, though the gait is not notably Influenced by this fact. At birth the lower limbs are shorter than the upper, ami their movements are rather of the prehensile type. "We are not born leggy like the foal or kanga roo. but we gradually achieve leggl- Uess.” The bones increase In length, not so much by interstitial deposit as by addition to their ends—that is, by pro gressive ossification of the layer of car tilage which Intervenes between the eml of the shaft and the epiphysis. Os sification goes ou till the component parts of the bone are all united by bony matter, ami thus the stature of the In dividual Is determined. If from inflammation or injury an epiphysis be damaged, one limb may be shorter than the other, or Inflammatory stimulation may even induce an In creased length In the bone affected. The skeletons of tortoises, not being sub jected to sudden Jara, have no eplphy- ses at the ends of the long bones, whereas In the leaplug frog the extrem ities of the humerus and femur long re main as separate epiphyses. The con tinuous concussions to which the ends of the bones of the lower limbs are ex- posed wlu-ii a vigorous child is excited I - In own natural spirit to run about ai<- doubtless of great value in assist ing the growth in length of the lower limbs, n liich soon lose their Infantile character and become adapted for run ning and walking. By exposing the lower limbs to the same Influences aud resistances during their entire growth we manage to maintain them of tlie same length, and gentle Jars upon the epiphyses at the Joints inay be cousld- en-d favorable to growth.—New York Medical Record The Qvestton-« ot Clarence. “Well. Clarence, what Is It?" asked the lioy's papa. "I didn't say anything, papa,” replied Clarence "1 know you didn’t, hut It is fully five minutes since you asked a question, nml I know from experience that no other Is due about this time." "Well. papa, wliat are all those big United Slates flags made of?" asked tlie boy "Some of them are made of silk. Clarence, but by far the greater num her are made of bunting.” “And. papa?” “Well. Clan-nee?” “Are the little lings made of baby bunting?" Pittsburg Commercial-Ga zette Give Everybody n Chance. Emerson's dictum that we should treat every one as If lie were nil he ought to be is nil excellent rule to pr.'te tlce In dally life. It Is human nature to rise to the level that Is expected of It. It Is not necessary to waste time upon uncongenial people unless you are bound to them by strong family ties, but It Is Important that all with whom you come tn contact be studied, with the desire on your part to give credit for all that is good In them and that nothing in their out ward circumstances or appearance be allowed to prejudice you against them -Ada 0 Sweet in woman s Home Companion. A mao should not be blamed for the mistakes he makes. He should be cred Itcd ns he profits by them.—Atchison Globe Colonie« nn Kingdom*, Scotch Thrift. The city council of Auckland placed a price on the head of every rat In the city, nnd a grocer’s boy became a per fect Nimrod and slew about 30. At the risk of contracting the plague be car ried bls dead along, obtained the scalp money nnd came back jubilant to Ills master and told him liow much lie had made. The master east upon him an eye of Aberdeen gray, and then re marked quietly. "Week wcel, ye'll Just pay the money to our cashier, for ye ken the rats Is mine, not yours.”—Syd ney Bulletin. Queen Elisabeth was commonly sp i A new bank lias been chartered nnd ken of as queen of Virginia. Virginia nnd Carolina were kingdoms under the will presently open for business In the Stuarts. Massachusetts was recognized arcade of the Empire building, at ns a “sister kingdom" by Cromwell's Broadway mid Rector street. New York city, which will innovate by hav parliament.- London Express. ing Its hours from 9 a. nt. to 6 p. m On the banks of the I’urus, in South continuously. This Industry has an America, dwells a peculiar tribe of peo other peculiarity the banking will be ple who are spotted In a queer manner for the tenants of that one building All members of the trilie are similar In who from top to bottom are big steel fills respect, men. women and children and Iron companies of recent forma being mottled black anil white. They tion. with billions of capital nud tio live almost entirely on fish. 9 permanent connection with banka. THE OLD FASHIONED BOV. Set a small box of lime In the pantry, and It will help to keep It dry ami the air pure Soda should never be used for Ilan cels, aud If they are kept In mod eon dltlon they should be uelther mangled nor Ironed. Mud stains can usually be removed from silk by rubbing with a piece of flannel. If Hie stain proves obdurate, rub with a piece of linen saturated with alcohol If your window glass Is lacking In brilliancy, clean It with a liquid paste made of alcohol nnd whiting A little of this mixture will remove specks and Impart a high luster to the glass To render feathers white Immerse them for a short time in naphtha or benzine. Rinse in a sevond dlsb of the same and dry In the open air. Then bleach by exposing In a box to the va por of burning sulphur in a moist at mosphere. Good clear starch Is easily made. Wet the lump starch with cold water, stir till smooth, pour on boiling water nnd cook till clear. It takes a quart of boiling water to “clear” two table- spoonfuls of lump starch. If too thick, She thin with blued water. lueluillng tb* Frame. His Indulgent friends bad praised Ills attempts at painting aud drawing to sin-li an extent that the youth really Imagined himself to be an artist. Ills wealthy friends even bought Ids pic tures lor considerable sums of money "to encourage him." as they ‘:i.il Recently in walking along the Strand in London lie was much delighted at seeing one of Ills pictures, finely fram ed. In a dealer’s window, especially as lie was walking with a pretty lady be fore whom lie wished to appear In the best possible light. Calling the attention of the lady to the picture, lie said: "Pardon me. but I have some curiosi ty to know how my pictures stand com mercially.” A BIG WEDDING FEE. And the two entered the shop. “My good man," said be to the keeper The Generous I ses to Which Henry Ward Ileecher Put It. of it. “wbat Is the price of that picture In his "Eccentricities of Genius” Ma lu the window here?” jor Pond says that often while travel "Three shillings.” ing Henry Ward Beecher Improved bis “Great Scott!” cried the artist recoil time by having what he called "a gen Ing. eral boiisccli-anlng" of bis pockets, The shopman, thinking the exclama which would get loaded up with letters tion to be one of surprise at the high nml papers until they could hold no price, added: more, when lie would clear them out "Well, it Includes the frameF’-Ex ami destroy such papers as were worth- change. h ss Tlie Landlubber Duck* ot Sahnrn. On one occasion Beecher happened "The proverbial fondness of ducks to put Ids band in the watch pocket of Ills pantaloons aud found there a for water would lead one to presup little envelope which lie opeued. When pose that of all tlie world the most des lie saw its contents, be called Major titute of ducks would be the Sahara Pond to sit beside him and remarked: desert and that if a stray ‘springtail’ "You remember the evening I married happened to drift into that region he C. P Huntington I was so much In would either vamoose or turn up his terested Iu the subject that I forgot toes with briefest delay. Well, not at be banded me a little envelope as be all." said a Frenchman who was for went out of the door. 1 put It In the merly a resident of Tunis. “There are parts of the desert where watch pocket of my pantaloons and never thought of it again until just ducks abound, flourish and multiply now. and here It is, four $1.000 bills. with every evidence of perfect satis Now," lie said, “don't tell any one faction. Tlie fowl is slightly different about It. ami we will have n good time from any of the varieties we know in ami make some happiness with this this country, but it lias the same flat motley We will Just consider that we bill, extensive breast and well feet, showing that It was ouee a water bird, found it.” Ami so Iu a day or two Mr. Beecher though now It scarcely finds enough to went with Major Pond to look at a drink aud has become too provident to cargo of tine oriental rugs, many of waste any of the precious fluid in ablu which lie purchased and sent to differ tions. Like the other good Mussulmans ent friends, aud afterward be spent of the country, they take their prescrib wlmt ii-mnlned of the money for coin ed bath in the sand, and their web feet silver lamps, unmounted gems nud vu come in very handy as snowshoes to rious pieces of bric-a-brac. all of which walk upon the deep yielding dust. It lie gave away until lie bad used up Is claimed by an eminent French orni the entire $1.000 "In making happiness thologist that the Saharan ducks are the remains of a race of aquatic birds among those whom be loved.” Alt : ’.!i - ivr's dentil tlie major which frequented those seas when the related lu Mi Huntington the Incident present desert was a part of the Atlan or this discovery of the four $1,000 tic ocean.” bills, and the rnilw.-ty magnate observ Hole* In Everything. ed: "I should never have given them You are skeptical about the accuracy to him. It was all wrong. I made a of this statement nnd ask why water mistake. Money never did him any does not leak from a bottle If there are good.” holes In everything? The answer is TrarrllnK Experience*. Mother—Sir, I hope my Utile boy doesn't worry you by his fretting and crying He isn't well, or he wouldn't act so Mr Man Ob. no All children act that way I'm used to It—In fact. I haven't seen n well child for 20 yenrs.- Chlcago Herald. HOUSEHOLD HINTS Oh, tor • Rllmp*e ot a natural boy— A boy with freckled face. With forehead white ’neath tangled hah And limb» devoid of grace; Whore feet toe in, while hl* elbow* flare; Whore knee* are patched all way*; Who turn* a* red a* a lobstir when You give him a word of pratre; A boy who's hwre wiaa m mpresv; Who reek» the pantry ahcll To eat hi* "piece" with refunding »mack Who isn’t gone on hlinaelf; A "Robinion Cru*oe” reading boy. Whose pocket* bulge with trasb. Who know* the u*e ot rod and gun And where the brook trout «plash. It', true he'll «it in the easiest chair With Id* hat on hi* tou«led bead; That big hand* and feet are everywhere. For youth must have room to spread. But he doesn’t dub bi* father “old man" Nor deny hl* mother's call Nor ridicule what his elders say Or think that he know» it all. A rough and wholeaome natural boy Of a good old fashioned clay— Ood bles* him, If be’» »till on earth. For he’ll make ■ man some day! —Detroit Free Pres* GOT THE POSITION. Succr»»fully Plnyed on the Wenknea* ot the Stateaninn. Tile New York Herald tells liow a diplomatic young lady who understood the weakness of politicians secured some years ago a place in the state service. Afl* The day befo^Khe opening of the session a shy g^^knocked at the door of tlie attorney general's office. "Is the attorney general In?” she asked timidly. “Yes.” said the clerk. “He will see you when he gets through with this long line of Job hunters. Just have a seat.” In the numerous chairs, on the office lounge nnd standing wore 20 more waiting for a turn to press some claim for a position. The attorney general was rather a gruff looking man. and he dismissed each with the remark: "I can't do any thing for you. Sorry, you know, but there are hundreds of applicants, and each officer, every legislator, lias a dozen begging for each position.” When the tinfld girl's turn came, she handed the Impatient looking officer a letter. She sold nothing. She hardly looked Into his face. "I'm sorry. Miss C.. that 1 can do nothing for you. It was foolish for you to come here expecting to get work. I’d he glnd to help you If 1 could; but. you see. It’s this way: I have no Influence to get you a position. I am very"— “We were speaking of that at home, but I thought it would do no harm to see you.” she interrupted. "And we were saying what a pity It was that you hail lost your influence.” The state official winced. He looked as if something hurt him. "Brown." lie said, turning to his dep uty with unnecessary abruptness, “this young Indy Is to have a position In the enrolling department. See that there Is a place lor her if you have to muzzle every legislator In the building.” Devnalntlng Power of Locust*. A swarm of these Insects stopped the advance of a Russian army. They Ailed the air and blinded both officers and men. so that tlie former could give no orders, aud even if they bad done so the men could not have obeyed them. The horses would not face them, and they lay on the ground many inches thick. Every man and horse In the army was Incrusted with the insects, and their clothing was literally eaten off the men as they stood helpless and blinded. The railways were useless, as the locusts covered the rails, and the oil which exuded from their bodies when crushed prevented the driving wheels from "biting." After they had settled whole regiments were detached tor the purpose of trampling them to death. Trenches were dug across tbelr path and filled with burning coals, but tlie crowding swarms actually smother simple enough—the drops or globules ed the fire so vast were their numbers. of water are bigger than the holes. Even in a little island like Cyprus in Taking glass as an Illustration, we find one year one-fifth of the entire revenue that air is about the only substance was spent lu destroying the locusts, that can get through those holes. and especially their eggs. When these A scientist proposes the following as eggs are laid, they are Inclosed iu a an experiment: Place a bell in a bottle horny envelope called a "pud,” «atilt exhausted of air and hermetically pod containing 35 eggs. Tn seven sealed. The bell will not ring because months 1.330 tons of pods were de the medium for conveying sound is not stroyed. Now. a single tou of pods there. contains 60.000.000 eggs, and yet. In Set the bottle aside for a few months, spite of this almost incredible destruc then try the bell again, and It will ring, tion. the locusts are still a dreadful faintly, perhaps, but nevertheless there plague and show little If any symptoms will lie a sound. That means that the of diminution In numbers. air has got in. It lias made its way through the holes in the glass. Expense* of a Yacht Owner. The incandescent lamp is a bulb of There Is no question that modern lux glass exhausted of air so that tlie slen ury has reached Its most extravagant der filament may glow when the elec pinnacle In yachting, which. In the elab tricity runs along It. Tlie air works orate profusion of Its expense, brings Its way In gradually nnd the llgbr be us very close to the latter days of the comes less brilliant lit proportion. Roman empire. Take a single case. A boat like Colonel Bayne's 650 ton yacht Xu tn nn Food. Aphrodite curries a company of 60 men Nuts contaiu a large amount of nour captain, first nnd second mates, car ishment, nnd owing to their oily nature penter. chief steward, assistant stew digest easily. Eaten wltli suit they are ard. 2 bedroom stewards, pantryman, palatable. Either as n dessert course chief cook. 2 nsslslant cooks, chief en or salted and used ns a relish their gineer. 3 assistant engineers, 3 oilers, value Is tlie same. They are uot ex 15 firemen nnd It) men before the mast. pensive. fur from the peanut through — Leslie's Monthly. the imported varieties they can be bought in bulk nt small coat. Inaecf* Recoine Intoxlcnted. The peanut lias many good qualities Intoxication from the nectar and pol to recommend It.nnd from Its lowcstate len of plants has been a subject of In Is coming to the front as an Important vestigation by I)r. J. M. Weir, Jr. This item in dietetics. It Is supposed to cure affects insects, and It appears that the Insomnia If eaten just In-fore retiring. cosmos flower Is specially potent ns a Salted, they are much cheaper than al source of drunkenness In bees nml oth monds. The small hickory nut. at a er nectar loving creatures. A bee so few cents a quart, can be used ou the drunk that It could scarcely get upon most economical table. The English Its legs was taken to the laboratory walnut makes n very good salad and placed about two Inches from a blanched and used with celery. I'll cosmos blossom. It Immediately stag berts, almonds and Brazil nuts are gered to the flower and begun to suck more expensive, but ns only a few are the nectar nnd In a few moments tum ueeded nt u time the cost Is not great.— bled over, a senseless nnd almost inert victim of appetite. Drunken beetles Woman's Home Companion found under the blossoris prove that the pollen must have the same effect Th» Snecc**lni Ductor. Tlie king of pmuaiory si n: bls llctors as the nectaries. The experimenter swallowed a half to i .-trill io in in ' tinck si im- skillful Chilli s<- pliy-li mil "You must look for teaspoonful of the pollen nnd In about one, said the king, "nt whose door 15 minutes experienced a feeling of ex there are no aggrieved spirit - of dlsem hilaration, with acceleration of the bodied patients.” The llvtor went off pulse nnd warmth. An injection into but at the bouse of every doctor they the arm of hnlf n dram of liquid dis visited there were crowds of walling tilled from an Infusion of (he nectaries ghosts hanging about. At last they caused exhilaration for half nn hour, found a dm tor nt whose door there wns followed by nausea. only a single shade and cried out. A licRrtrrii “This man Is evidently the skillful one Casey - So poor ('nssldy I* dead ? Sure, we are In search of." On Inquiry, bow ever, they discovered that he had only •verybody wilt miss him! Flnnnlgnn They will! He was the started practice the day before.—Giles' only m>>n In the war rd (Lot every body "History of Chinese Literature.” could llrk! Buck.
