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BANDON RECORDER. l*i i*. J «ft J :-r; !f 1 Insect« and X Kaye. A writer in The American X Ray Journal tells of some unusual experi ments upon insects with Roentgen rays. A box was made, half of wood and half of sheet lead. In the wooden half a numlier of larvie of Illes, bees, bee tles and other Insects were placed, and the box was then put In the Held of tlie X rays. The insect colony at once be came greatly excited, and after crawl ing to and fro Anally emigrated to a worm to the leaden half of the box, where the rays could not penetrate. The experiment was repeated many times and always with the same result. A similar experiment was tried with the blind larvie of a certain species of beetle. A number of them were placed In an open cigar box, which also con tained a metal box with an opening. No sooner were tlie rays turned on tliun the Insects showed signs of dis tress. Their uneasiness Increased, and in a little while they all sought refuge In the metal box. As the larvie in the second experiment were entirely sight less their perception of the rays must take place through the nerves of the skin. Getting « Day Off. A certain government ottlcer was noted for being a hard taskmaster to those who were under 1dm, the serv ants In his own establishment being no exception. Ills valet was expected to be on duty 365 full days in tlie year. Being detailed to accompany a scien tific expedition on an extended cruise, the ottlcer unbent a little in communi cating the news to bls personal attend ant. "Well, James,’’ he said, "how would you like to go with me around the world?” "Do we go from east to west, sir?” asked the valet. "Yes." “We lose a day In going that way, don't we?” "We do.” "Well, sir. I'd like it first rate. It would give me oue day off.” Ills master was so pleased with the aptness of the retort that he gave him a week off to prepare for the trip.— Youth's Companion. The American Soldier. That West Point Is the best military school In the world Is conceded by all impartial critics. Its methods trans form the average taw youth Into the honorable, refined and highly educated officer of our army, lie Is pre-eminent ly taught tlie "habit of command,” which, as a rule, he uses without any of the arrogance shown by officers of some of the armies of Europe, notably that of Germany. lie is made to realize that he commands men wlio are as sen sitive as they are brave and who ap preciate and respect a character com bining generosity, kindness, firmness and, above all else, physical and moral courage. These traits of character are careful ly cultivated nt West Point, witli a re sult that, besides having the best en listed personnel, we have in the United States army, without question or doubt, the best trained and most capable gen tiemen as officers. — Army and Navy Journal. nr How to .Mnke French Pickleft. To make a French pickle that is ex cellent with all kinds of meat, slice one peck of green tomatoes and one-fourth as many white onions and let them re main In salt and water 24 hours. Then drain and chop. Add three quarts of vinegar, one tablespoonful of ground cinnamon, three fourths of a table- spismful of ground doves, one table spoonful of allspice, three-fourths of a tablespoonf. I < f black pepper and one pound of brown sugar. Let the mix ture cook slowly for three hours. When It is cold, add one-half pound of white mustard seed. How to Male. Lemon nutter. Put Into n saucepan three tablespoon fuls of butter and a cup of granulated sugar. Bent the yolks of three eggs and the white of one egg very light and add to them the grated peel and Juice of a good sized lemon. When the sugar anti butter have melted, add slowly the eggs and lemon and stir over the tire until thick, watching carefully that the mixture does not scorch. When colth spread upon cake layers. This is a de licious cake filling and universally liked. CookI or n Mackerel. Many a dainty nose with beauty and fortune behind It lias been airily ele vated at the mention of plain, old fash ioned salt mackerel, but never nt the salt mackerel us cooked by the famous John Chamberlin of Washington His testimony runs to this effect'. "Take one or more mackerel and soak about 48 hours, changing the water once. Then put them in a pan large enough to bold them, cover them with cream or the nearest yon can get to it, put In oven and cook until cream is brown. This beats any mackerel cook ing on earth.”—New York Herald. A lìuftlnem» Tonic. Advertising Is not a cure all for busi ness Ills, but a pharmacopla of busi ness tonics. All depends upon the pre scribing. Magazine space Is good for certain business diseases that will never yield to billboards, while the newspaper Is the quinine for business chills that are beyond the power of dodgers. Every remedy In the list has Its uses, and the whole result of treat ment depends upon the doctor.—Print ers’ Ink. Do you remember that little ditty that was going the rounds several years ago, ’‘Shoo Fly, Don't Bodder Me!” it was not elegant or very relined, but it was a catchy little air and caught the popular ear, for during its craze, ‘‘Shoo Fly, Don't Bodder Me,” was sung by high and low, rich and |ss>r, and it was roundly denounced by some of the clergy, as I’ve been told. The craze was [sipular enough to have the name bestowed on a low-cut shoe with wide tongue and big steel buckles. Thealiove is only preliminary to stating that the “shoe-fly” shoe, or tie, is again in vogue, under the name now of tlie “latest fad.” It is not an attractive shoe, for as of yore they give tlie foot a broad and short effect. They are identical with tlie old "shoo-ffy” tie. The tongues are very broad, coming above the shoe, with a broad steel buckle that covers much of the upper surface of the tie, and the toes are broad and rounding. It may become popular, but Polly has her doubts, for we have had the neat, trim little tie and shoe too long to have this ugly tie successfully compete with it. Talking about shoes reminds me of the effort shoe dealers are making to intnsluce the colored silk ties to replace the always in good taste black ones. They have been showing them for some time and urging their customers to adopt the latest style. But it has been up-hill work up to this fall. Now the bright, gaudy silk strings in pink, blue, red and white are frequently seen on the street, oftener with the black vel vet uppers to the shoe than in any other make. Children are even loth to adopt them, but the tide lias turned in favor of the gaudy laces and they are seen much more frequently on the streets, but children and young girls seem to be more inclined to assist the ball roll ing by their adoption than the older people, who seem to think that their frivolous age has passed. They may do well enough in a child’s shoes, but to the grown up population they make the wearer look positively giddy. But ton shoes seem to have had their day, and they are the exception and not tlie rule when they are displayed at all in any of the show-windows of our shoe stores. According to some of our best mod istes, the trim little jackets that have been popular for several seasons are the next thing to being out of date this year. Tlie most stylish wraps are of rich materials, appliqued and trimmed very elaborately, and the sleeves are quite large, and while they are very much like the old“mutton-chop”sleeve they don't lack much of it, merely missing the point. They don’t elbow the person oil' the seat who chances to be sitting near the wearer either, but one of the wearers of this new cloak for fall styles, which, by the way, are long enough to almost cover the owner from iiead to foot, takes up more room than the law should allow in a crowded street car. The little ode that always struck Polly as being about correct and which was supposed to depict the lam entations of the stronger sex in a few well chosen verses under the heading of “Oh, Big Sleeves,” will have to lie resurrected again, although they don’t liegin to be as bad as those great bal loons that Dann* Fashion ordained that the fair sex should wear, or be totally out of the fashion, a few years ago. That is where the fair sex draws the line. They may be backward in their music, in literary lines, etc., but they draw the line at fashions, and no mat ter how absurd the edict may be or into what extremes it carries them, let I lame Fashion set the pace and they will fol low it. Nearly all of these long cloaks exhibited are heavy and made of the richest material and very handsomely trimmed. They cover up tlie costume almost entirely. The sleeves of dresses and many of the wraps are elaborate little affairs, a great deal of trimming being used from the elbow down. The most favored, however, are the puffed sleeve of some soft fluffy material with a band of vel vet or some 11 lie embroidered little bands that come prepared for the purpose. I saw an elatsirate dress of white silk with an overdress cf black lace and jet. The sleeves were of white puffed silk and lace with bands of jet at regular intervalsand finished off’ with little jet ornaments. The hat that went with tills handsome reception costume was of black silk velvet with broad black velvet bows and black anil white os trich tips. Tlie whole outfit was very showy and in excellent taste, unless it would have been Intended for some matron who could not afford a change of costumes as often as she would like. Such a costume, as in the above in stance, would be so striking at first that it would soon become the same old story and the wearer would s<s>n feel that she had made a mistake unless she could contrive to have the Jet over dress made to wear over different colors. Testimony of tlie Sone. An eminent physician now proclaims that the ancient and general oplnfon that the nose Is an Index to charac ter Is a fallacy. Am! It may be pro claimed with fully ns much confidence that there Is nothing which any emi nent physician knows to lie so that other eminent physicians do not know to be "ain’t so.”—Louisville Courier- Journal. After a thorough study of the drink question in Russia Stanislas Prosper, a St. Petersburg editor, lies published a book In which he seeks to prove that the government monopoly and tlie cloa Ing of saloons on Sunday have led to a great diminution of the evil of lu tein Derance. This is wliat Polly heard in a street car the other evening, and I was not playing the eaveHdropper, either. Two men varying in their opinion in regard to the strike were giving vent to their feelings in the matter without appar ently any thought that there were other passengers in the car. “You are all wrong, John, I tell you,” said a stalwart man. “If strikers don’t want to work, that, is their lookout. They shouldn’t i>e forced to work, and no one wants to force them to do anything of the kind. But I do claim that they shall not act the ‘dog in the manger,’ and because they will not work prevent others from doing so by force and bru tality that passes all understanding in this age of law and Justice. 1 got a place for a seventeen-year-old boy who wished to aid in helping his widowed mother and several smaller children. The first week he worked the strikers, who never dare tackle a man or even a frail ls»y single-handed, six in number stopped him and tried to prevail upon him to leave his wagon and team stand ing where it was. The boy lias been brought up witli a sense of honor that would not allow him to treat his em ployer in tliat manner, and beside that, money waa a god-send to nis mother und tlie wee folks at home. He re fused, until Anally they became exas perated and pulled him roughly oil’the wagon. Then a burly brute Jerked his hand out straight while another demon struck him on tlie wrist with a piece of iron, breuking it so badly that it will be many months before he can use his hand again. Then the cowardly lot of wretches lied, leaving him unconscious on tlie ground. This is only one of many such incidents, but the papers published very few of these cowardly acts, and if they do,‘ they are placed in some inconspicuous part of tlie paper, and in the next column will lie articles trying to mitigate the horrors of these rapidly increasing deeds of inhumanity. A third of these outrages are never printed. On one day a paper printed a string of about twenty deeds of violence by tlie strikers, which did not begin to cover tlie fatalities, anil in the next column stated that the day was one of unusual quiet. Heaven help us! There have been a number of murders, and there should lie a law enacted holding the entire organization responsible un less the perpetrators of these outrages are given up to be dealt with by the strong arm of the law. 1 was in sym pathy with the strikers until I saw the class of men that compose the dis affected, who make life one continuous broil and endanger the lives of bread winners who must work. I’m done with them.” There are plenty of good men who had to walk out. They are to be pitied. Polly said last week in regard to “yellow journalism” that it was a ease of the pot calling the kettle black. I was mistaken, for there is one of our leading morning papers that dares to speak tlie truth on any subject and comes out openly. Furthermore, it does not crawfish in the next column of (lie same paper and try to condone the offense. BRIEF REVIEW. Great Floating Dock. Down at Sparrow’s point, completed, all but a few finishing touches, lies the great steel floating dry dock built by tlie Maryland Steel Company for the United States Government, and which is to be towed to Algiers, La., as soon as the West India hurricane season has passed. That will be shortly, and sev eral powerful ocean-going tugs will con vey the immense dock to its destina tion. It is certain that this immense piece of marine mechanism for lifting great vessels out of water in order to clean and repair them is without a su- perioj in its line, and it is doubtful if it lias an equal. It can raise a 15,000 ton battle-ship and leave the floor of the dock two feet above the water, which is demanded by the Government for its work, but with its floor even with the water line It can lift an 18,000 ton ship. CHOICE MISCELLANY He Got ii I'annma. "I made up my mind before I went :iv. :iy,” said the Cincinnatian who bad be. u dowu to the Isthmus, “that when I got to Panama I'd have a genuine panama hat at any cost. That was the i>u'y thing 1 eared to buy, and I visited the store having the largest stock and took my time about the purchase. “I planked down $15 for the hat and was assured by the merchant that it wan one of the finest ever made. It was overhauled by a dozen different people on the steamer, much admired in New York, and It was rakishly cock ed on my ear when I arrived borne. "I hadn't yet reached my house when I met a Florida friend of mine, and lifter a little lie said: '■ 'Been laying yourself on a new hat, 1 see.’ " 'Yes. How do you like it?’ '“Oil. so so. Buy It In New York?' “ ‘No. sir. 1 got this right where they grow—In Panama.' " ‘I see. I believe they do sell some of our goods dowu there, but of course they add 50 per cent to the price.' “‘What do you mean?’ I asked, as I felt my lieart tunk ray ribs. ” ‘(Hi, nothing much.’ he replied, with a laugh, and. running his fingers be hind the band, he turned up the trade murk of a Florida straw flat maker.” Athletic Schoolboys In Later Lite. A member of tlie Yale class of '54— famous class, by the way. both phys ically and intellectually—has compiled some statistics showing that after the lapse of almost a half century the sur vivors number 46.20 per cent of the whole, while of the twenty-seven stu dents who took part in the first Yale- IIarvard boat race 55.55 per cent sur- vive. a very excellent showing consid ering that these former athletes must now average above the psalmist’s three score and ten But The Sanitarian, which discusses tills record, will not admit that it affords Justification of the training methods of today. It m,vs that "in tlie earlier days college athletics hail more bf nature and spon taneity anil less of science and an Incl- nli y. There were no hired trainers, but the boys prepared for their races In a sensible way and did not faint in their boat or go to pieces through nervous strain or curl up and cry hys terically when beaten.” — Boston Tran script. A Community Pbyalclan. '1 lie Swedisli residents of Ludington, Midi., have Introduced a custom of their fatherland namely, the employ ment of n community physician. A health association has been orgaulzeil by tlie heads uf 300 families, each of whom pays 50 cents a month toward tlie salary of a physician whose serv ices are at their command In case of illness. Many doctors earn no more than the $1.800 a year paid to the Lud ington contract physician, but for that sum l he organization had to be satis fied witli a recent graduate from a medical school, and the probability Is that it will always have to be content with a comparatively inexperienced man. The doctor now engaged is sat isfied, and lie should be. He Is gain ing experience and lias a comfortable salary in addition. C.V. FINICKY TURKISH LADIES. ih<- OF CHILDREN. I’aby Should Be Trratei. Things to Avoid. They Are Very Careful About What They Twke In Their Hands. How Our Constantinople correspondent writes: .It is not generally known that there exists among Turkish ladles of high class a kind of caste feeling simi lar to that prevailing among Hindoos. It takes the form of a fear of contami nation from the outer world and Is only observed, as far as I know, by those who cannot nfford to keep servants In sufficient numbers. Before meals ladies always wash their bands at a tap from which the water runs into a marble basin. They will turn on the tap when they are just going to wash, but when they have finished they let the water run till somebody shuts it off, as to do it themselves would make them un clean. They cannot open or shut a door, as the handle would be unclean, so a slave Is generally kept handy for the purpose. One of these fastidious Indies was talking to a small niece the other day who had just received a present of a beautiful doll from 1’arls. The child presently laid the doll on the Indy's lap, who was horrified and ordered the child to take It away. As the little girj would not move it and no servant was near, and tlie lady would be defiled by touching a doll that was brought from abroad, tlie only thing she could think <>f was to Jump up and let the doll fall, which broke to pieces. The same lady will not open a letter cotnjng by post, tun a servant opens it and holds it near her for her to read. If her hand kerchief fulls to tlie ground, It Is imme diately destroyed or given away, so that she should not use It again". This curious state of exclusiveness or fanati cism exists, 1 am told, in many of tlie large harems. Among men it is not practiced.—London Telegraph. Beware of trying to take the advice und adopting the methods of all your friends who have lately become ma trons. Inexperienced mothers are apt to try too many plans, to their child's detriment. Ben are of overfeeding the baby and ruining the digestive organs early In life by giving them too much work to do. Beware of underfeeding the baby by sticking too closely to a system laid down in some twok that dictates Just so much food at so many stated pe riods of the day. Many children have grown puny and weak by being ruled by the method tliat has happened to prove successful for some other child. Beware of breaking your promise to children. They often remember better than you do. and a breach of faltli Is a great shock to them. Beware of violent noises and rough shakings or tossings in trying to amuse the baby. They are hurtful to the child and should be avoided as much as possi ble. Beware of putting Infants In a sitting posture until they are at least 3 months old, when they will probably sit up of their own accord. They should be car ried flat in the arms when very young, for if the little back Is curved It may lead to curvature of the spine or weak chest. Beware of a rough comb in caring for the tender scalps. A proper comb for the baby’s head is oue the teeth of which are even and regular, with points not too sharp, but smoothly rounded. In selecting it. It should be held up to the light to detect any roughening or splitting of the teeth at the sides. ANIMAL LIFE. The camphor tree (Cinnamomum cam- phorn) Is an evergreen, a member of the laurel family, belonging to the name genus as the tree whose bark fur nishes the spice called cinnamon, and is related to the bay and to the sassa fras of the United States. Of sym metrical proportions. It Is one of the no blest objects In the forests of eastern subtropical Asia. In its native habitat It attains gigantic dimensions, notably in girth of trunk, some specimens measuring 10 to 15 feet In diameter. It Is said they have been known to reach as much as 20 feet, and they may lie 60 to over 100 feet high, and live to a great age. As a rule, they rise 20 or 30 feet with out limbs and tlien branch out in all directions, becoming a mass of splen did anil luxuriant foliage. Their l ines, broadly lanceolate In form, are of a I.gilt green color, smooth and shin ing aliove nnd whitish or glaucous on tlie undersurface. Small white or greenish white flowers are borne from February to April and by October ripen into liei'iyllkc, one seeded fruits about three-eighths of an ineli In diameter.— Good Words. IMe Camphor Tree. In Maryland sparrows have been known to raise six broods in one year. In England there are seldom more than i lire® broods. Ostrich farms are profitable. Birds are worth $100 apiece, and a good spec imen yields about $25 worth of feath ers at a plucking. Cats evince, r.s is well known, a cu rious emotional disturbance when in tlie neighborhood of vnlerlan plant, of which they are very fond. It apparent ly produces in them a species of Intoxi cation. There are records of elephants that have lived for 200 years, and an age ef 150 years is not regalili d as so very old for an elephant. It takes about a quarter of a century to get the elephant to full maturity. A French anatomist has analyzed tlie skeletons of 86 chimpanzees, gorillas ami orang outnngs and asserts that he Las found in them bone diseases like filose which aillict mankind and in about the same proportion. He Wns Satlufled. A farmer entered an office in central New York and sent this message to a woman in Canada: “Will you be my wife? Please answer quick by tele graph.” Although lie waited tlie rest uf tlie day. lie got no answer, but tlie next morning lie got a night dispatch, sent eolleet. tint favorable. The opera An IntereatlnK Discovery. tor In expressing ills sympathy said, A discovery of much interest and Im "Little rough to keep you in suspense portance has just been made In the so long.” Paris Garde-Meuble. In a corner of "Look a-bere, sonny,” the farmer re the building, which no one has entered marked. "1'11 stand all tlie suspense. for thirty years, has been found a val Any woman that'll hold back her an uable collection, formerly belonging to swer nil day to a proposal of marriage. the old museum of the kings of France. Jest so tliet she kin send it half rate at Among the relies brought to light are night, is economical enough to mnke one of the crowns of Charles X. and up after I git her for all the loss of that used nt tlie funeral of Louis time and Injury to feelin’s I've suffered XVIII., tlie complete costume of a waitin!”—Exchange. chevalier, tlie gold cloth robe worn by Girls With a Twang Are Barred. When girls are chosen for the new tlie dauphin at tlie last sacrament of Itlielms. the bureau armchair and the A Woodertul Cure. Government telephone service in Lon Tuileries throne of Napoleon I., the Some charitable women were recent don the educational examination sinks sedan chair of Marie Antoinette, tlie ly inspecting tlie wards of a Baltimore into insignificance before the physio cradles of tlie king of Rome and Comte hospital win a they chanced to see a logical test. No girl will be employed de Chamliourd and a bell of Louis poor fellow, the expression of whose if she be below 5 feet 2 inches high in XVIII.. along with many other pre face melted their hearts "My poor man." said one of the wom her stocking soles. She must possess cious curiosities.—London Post. en sympathetically, “you seem to suf good hearing, have no defect of speech, A Fortune In n Stamp. for agonies." and must be tested by viva voco ex Among tlie stamps recently sold in "Sure, mum,” lie answered. “I have amination, in which particular atten- London by Messrs. Puttleli & Simpson rheumatism." t ent Ion is “to be paid to articulation, one i'll re specimen was disposed of for the "Is tin re anything I could do for pitch of voice and general self-posses tlie high figure of $1.135. which Is you?" asked tlie kind hearted woman. sion. Any candidate showing any in among the best prices ever realized In "We-1-1,” slowly muttered the patient, dication of nervoursness, hysteria, want a public salesroom for any one stamp. “I would like to have my face shaved, of self-possession or a strongly marked Tills particular gem Is tlie first issue of but 1 haven't the coin.” The women held a hasty consulta twang shall be rejected. The majority Rounianla used for the province of will probabaly pass in self-possession, Moldavia In 1854. blue on blue paper, tion, and oue of them finally drew a with tlie arms of the province and the crisp $2 bill from her purse. Turning but dialect is a severe test. value 81 paras, equal to about 14 cents to tlie patient, she said, “There, take In our money. In the possession of the tills, and may you soon'get better.” Russia a Land of Uniforms. firm which had tlie sale In charge is Iler wisli was evidently gratified, for if anything Russia excels even Ger nnother copy of this rare stamp. It Is the next day when she called at the many in the matter of uniforms, writes In unused condition and Is expected to hospital to see the good effects of a a correspondent in tlie Chicago Tribune. bring upward of $2.000 when offered shave on the rheumatic patient she was On the sidewalks of any of the large for sale. Stamps of still greater value told that shortly nfter she had left on cities, and more especially at railway are believed to be In the hands of the previous day he had shown such marked improvement tliat he said lie stations, it is safe to assert that at least Messrs. 1’utticli & Simpson. was able to get up and hurriedly left 25 per cent of all male adults are in uni Rifle Shoot Ing In Japan. form. It is a puzzle to the tourist to Great efforts are being made In Ja the hospital before a barber had been summoned. It wus evident that tlie $2 identify tlie bearers of such distinctive pan to develop a taste for rille shoot bill had wrought tlie wonder.—Balti garbs, consequently all of the different ing among tin1 people. Rifle clubs have more Sun. branches of the (Government service are I eon formed after the European model, often wrongly interpreted. The gaudy most of them closely resembling those Icebergs. The captain of an ocean steamer is uniform does not always indicate a high existing In Switzerland. A marked Im official, as an officer of high rank may provement Iti the general shooting Is often warned of the proximity of Ice already shown. Tlie emperor takes appear in a plain uniform and one of tlie greatest Interest in the movement bergs by the men in the engine room. low rank not infrequently parades tlie and subscribes large stuns for prizes. When a ship enters water considerably colder than that through which It has streets witli more fuse and feathers than Japan lias introduced tlie bicycle into been going Its propeller runs faster, Ids commander. Its army, l.ast year a number of ma and as such water surrounds the vi chines were purchased in Belgium, and cinity of Icebergs for many miles the Over 2000 sailor men and marines of on these Japanese soldiers have been engineers know when the propeller’s tlie United States Navy have Joined exercised In orderly and reconnoiter nctlon Is greatly accelerated without any increase of the steam power Ice tlie temperance league of the Naval ing duties. bergs may be exjiected. Of course the Young Men’s Christian Association. The Rill He Had. thermometer Is the most useful indi Borroughs You haven’t got a five cator of Icebergs. In New Yorks’ zoo at Bronx Park dollar bill about you. have you? tlie flying cage for birds is as high as an Jenkins— Yes. Two (alninltoas Fires. office building and covers an acre of Borroughs Let me have It, will you? The two most calamitous tires ever Jenkins It would only put you in ground. debt. It reads. "To A. Taylor, Dr., one known anywhere In the world occurred In many of the perfume factories of pnlr trot'«'-«. v.”—Philadelphia Rec In the United States within 13 months of each other. In the first of those. In South Europe only the purest of olive ard. Chicago, on (let. 8. 1871. the property oil is used in fixing tlie perfumes of the loss was $206.060,000, and In the sec Folding Line i In Holland. flowers. Folding linen Is an accomplishment ond. In Boston. Nov. 0, 1872. $80.000.000 of property was consumed. In Chicago On level pavements pull of33 pounds In which < aeli one of the women in 100,000 persons were left without homes i Holland Is expecteil to be proficient will draw a ton, on mecadam it takes and 200 were killed. Chicago's beads, 46 jMiunds and on rough gravel 147 lieforc she becomes mistress of a borne. the list of the world's destructive con- i In Holland especially tlie folding of pounds. flagrat ions. linen requires considerable skill mid training. Much of their fabric Is of Steam motor wagons have now com A Maluprop. menced to run regularly between Lon the flne-t texture and quality, and they Miss Windstraw — What a wheezy | fnlilon the vnrlous pieces In Irouing don and Tumbridge Wells. Into birds, animals, flowers anil nil pinched little thing that baby of Mr*. manner of artistic shapes. Their I nen Puffprond's I*, to be sure! Publication of New York city’s salary Mrs. Blazer (contemptuously)—Yes list showed that salaries had increased closets are often shown to visitor.', with and to bear her talk you’d thing she the same pi ide Hint china closets are $500,000 in the first half of 1901. bad a progeny.—Lealle'a Weekly. shown elsewhere. Tlie Inquisitive Antelope. An a in lope Is us curious as a wom an. If the hunter will lie down In the grass and wave a red handkerchief, a band of antelope will keep circling around until within reasonable distance for n sale shot. After completing a circle the antelope halt suddenly and bring down one fore foot with a vigor ous stamp cii the ground, and at the same I::. t:mt they make a sort of snort that sound* like a half whistle. That Is tlie propitious moment for peppering them with rifle balls. I learned this trick when il frontiers man came along and found me crawl ing for miles on the level prairie en deavoring to get a shot at one of the timid creatures. The man asked me If 1 thought 1 could get him. I answered: "Get him! I've got to get him. I'm out of meat.” He then posted me about lying still nnd flirting with the handkerchief, and 1 found they liked that better than chasing, n.id I made an entry right there that an antelope possessed some of the characteristics of a woman.—Exchange. MnnqnrrullnK In the Past. In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries V< nice set the fashion In all matters of amusement and was a sort of combination of our Monte Carlo and Paris. Throughout the eighteenth cen tury tlie Venetians were seized with a perfect mania for masquerading and gambling. Purls anil London followed suit, and tlie two most populnr amuse moots, both public and private, were ir.asquerades and gambling saloons. People not only wore their masks or visors at balls, but In the Mall nnd the parks and the theaters. At length matters got to sue1' a pass that when a police raid was made on a certain low dancing place lu Soho and an order was given for every one to un mask what was the amazement of tlie polin' to find tliat at least a third of the company consisted of ladles and gentlemen of the highest aristocracy, some of whom hail even brought their daughters.- Saturday Review. Catchina a Feminine Fish. “Do you really think there are nier maids In the sea?” "Certainly.” snid the dime museum man. “Then why hasn't anybody beside« you succeeded In catching oue?” “Because nobody else was sninri enough to bait a hook with the latest style of Paris lint." was the auswer.- Washlngton Star. A Chinese Trick of War. A curious artifice of war was adopt ed by a Chinese Junk when attacked by a man-of-war. The crew threw cocoa nuts overlioard into the sen nnd then Jumped In among them. Nearly all escaped, for it was Impossible to tell which were heads nnd which were nuts. Coffee Drinking Denounced. As early us 1663 coffee was satirized In England, aud on every band the bit terest invectives were applied to It by tlie press and pulpit. In one Instance a preacher hurled anathemas at the heads of those who used a* n beverage "a sirup of soot aud essence of old shoes!” Probably he bad good grounds for this statement, having sampled some Iraileil coffee. Another divine de nominated It “a (raison which God made black that It might bear the dev il’s color!” The women also took up the cudgels against IL LINES OF THE FACE. THEIR RELATION TO THE BEARD ANO THE MUSTACHE. A Knowledge at Drawing oa the Part of M m , Bay* ■ Woman Artist, Would Have the Effect of H.li.nc- Ian Masculine Good Look*. "A knowledge of drawing on the part of men would have the effect of Increasing their good looks," said a lady teacher of that art recently, "and It would make presentable many a man whose appearance is not calculat ed to excite admiration. It sounds an odd combination, drawing and beauty, does it not? Nevertheless it is a fact.” To the natural request fur an expla nation she replied: "The first principles of drawing are geometrical lines und curves. These lines and curves occur in everything. A potter In criticising an ugly shaped Jug will most probably tell you that its 'lines’ are bad. Most of those who dab ble in drawing and gain certificates merely learn to make these lines and curves without acquiring the slightest knowledge of their effect. “Here is an example. Just take this pencil and draw a face. Oh, anything will do! But be sure to make two straight lines over the eyes for eye brows. That’s It. See how serious that expression is? "Now rub out those straight lines and In their places make two curves with the ends upward. That face has an ex pression of Intense surprise, hasn’t It? If you had made curved eyebrows with the ends down In tlie first instance, the difference between the two would have been more striking. “Well, the human face has Its ‘lines,’ and by studying them our men could Improve tbeir appearance. The most elementary expedient Is to adapt the mustache and beard to the lines of the face, and 1 must here tell you tliat ‘lines’ In technical language iuelude both straights and curves. Such an ex pedient Is within tlie reach of all, and there Is no need for me to remind you tliat the whiskers make a tremendous difference In a man’s appearance. “Take a man witli an aquiline nose, clear cut features and broad brow, then Imagine this Individual with a long, drooping mustache; why. it accen tuates the whole ‘droop’ of the face and spoils It. Such a man should have a small (minted beard and a mustache with ends pointing slightly upward. "The exact opposite is also frequently met with. A man with features that have a distinct upward tendency will wear a mustache with ends that are turned up and so long that they seem to be thinking of Joining the eyebrows. Men with mustaches that display an inclination to grow long ends think that these ends should be permitted to grow anil that they must be trained upward. That strikes them as the only proper way. But to suit the lines of the face those ends should iu many eases be cut off. and in others they ought to be trained downward. “Whiskers, again, are allowed to grow whether they suit the face or not. Often a fine, vigorous, manly face is contradicted by an insipid little mus tache worn over a firm, clear cut mouth, the expression of which It does much to alter. It Is quite a pity to see such fine lines spoilt In that way. The wearer cultivates the hirsute append age merely because it is the fashion for men to have a muBtache. You talk about women being slaves to Dame Fashion, but in the matter of your whiskers you men are worse slaves than we are to dress! “Now don't run away with the uotlon that I advocate general shaving. Some men who are clean shaved ought not to be. The lines of their faces simply de mand that of which they are depriving their countenance every morning. It requires a strong, very intellectual face to do without beard or mustache. The latter Is an absolute necessity for bid ing the bad lines of some mouths that would if left totally uncovered spoil the whole face. "Women as a rule are more careful of their lines and choose hats and other things to match. Men also study their dress more than the hair on their faces, but a knowledge of drawing would cor rect many mistakes In hats, collars and other masculine accessories. "In the matter of color we rather pas3 from the domain of drawing and mere ‘lines' and tresonss Into the realm of painting, but I cannot resist saying that both men and women, especially the former, would be nil the better looking If they knew more nbout the blending of colors, because they would not then choose hues which do not har monize with tbeir complexions. 1 have known a man with red hair to wear a red tie because red ties were fasblona- able! "We are all going In for art and the beautiful nowadays, and you men are not handsouie as a body. You could make yourselves more handsome by at tending to such easily managed details as I have (minted out See that your sons learn di n wing.”—Pearson's Week ly. ________ Applied Christianity. Tommy had been quiet for fully five minutes. He seemed to be engaged with some deep problem. “Papa,” he said. "Well?*’ “ ‘Do unto others as you would have others do unto you’—that’s the golden rule. Isn’t it. papa?” "Yes, my son.” "And It’s puffickly right to follow the golden rule. Isn't IL papa?” "Yes, Indeed." Tommy rose, went to the cupboard and returned with a knife and a large apple pie. The latter he placed before bls astonished sire with great solem nity. “Eat It. papa!” he said.-San Fran cisco Bulletin. How to Remove Paint Odor. To take away the smell from a room that has been newly painted slice up three or four on'ons into a dish and let It stand overnight in the room, with tlie doors aud windows closed. Next morning the odor will have disappear ed. How to Make Chiekrn Potpie. Boll two large chickens, jointed, till tender, season with salt and pepper. Twenty-five minutes before taking off add biscuit made of one quart of flour, two teaspoonfuls of cream of tartar, one teaspoonful of soda and a little salt