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
■ «*;
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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.