Bandon recorder., December 12, 1901, Image 2

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FIVE LITTLE FOXES,
ENGLAND S SEA GYPSIES.
QUEER OPTICAL ILLUSION.
and she would never use a dollar for
Amons my trader vine« I xpy
A Strap«« Little Tribe That Live.
A little (oi named—By rad By.
herself. He remembered how he had
Au IntnreatiM Experiment With a
Always «a Boat«.
1
‘
enell
and
a
Wire
Screen.
HOW
THEY
ARE
EVOLVED
AND
THE
called
her
in
days
gone
by,
“
old
sport
”
Mueb In the Name.
fbeo iet upon him quick, I My.
*
*
♦
A strange and almost unknown part
Professor IL W. Wood recently de­
The swift youn< hunter—Right Awey,
ENERGY THEY POSSESS.
and “old pard,” and how she had re­
Once there were some very swagger
of
the
population
(If
It
can
be
called
scribed a rather startling optical Illu­
people in an ultra fashionable village
sented It and told him it wasn’t proper
Around etch tender vine l plrat
sion which any one may see with a lit­ that» of the British Isles Is the queer
not far from the metropolis who decid­
to
address
her
that
way,
and
he
smiled
Iniialilantt»
uf
Compactly
Built
1 find the little fox—I Cra’t,
There
was
trouble
brewing
in
a
cer
­
tle practice. A lead pencil is held point semlwild folk known as sea gypsies.
ed that no society yet bunched together
titles
liawe
Little
Cause
to
Fear
at
the
recollection.
It
was
dawn
and
Real
gypsies
they
are,
differing
from
Then, fast u ever hunter ran.
was exclusive enough for them. Even tain cosy little home not long since. he had been pacing the floor all night. Theme Mjmterioum and Destructive up an inch or two tn front of a wire their fellow gypsies In the fact that
Chase him with bold and brave—I Caw
screen with a sky background. If the
the Colonial lkinies failed to meet tbs The man who hud sworn to provide for
Uullm
Froru
the
Clouds.
they
always
live
on
the
sea
and
that,
eyes are converged upon the pencil
requirements. So they determined to the little lady he had chosen to make “Lights out,” he said, as he turned the
No use in trying—lags and whin««
never
having
mingled
with
landsmen,
Without doubt lightning was the first point, the wire gauze becomes some­
■tart a new aggregation thut should be his wife out of the bevy of pretty and last jet off and threw himself on the
This fox among my tender vinee.
their
type
Is
much
purer
and
more
electrical
phenomenon
that
was
observ
­
couch
and
fell
into
a
restless
sleep
to
what blurred and, of course, doubled.
the real thing.
attractive girls he had known from
nearly
resembles
the
original.
Then
drive him low and drive him high.
As the gauze has a regularly recur­
After considerable thought they con­ their school days up to the time when dream that they were all together ed by human beings. To this day it
There are about 500 sea gypsies In
With thia good hunter, named—I’ll Try.
remains
the
h
ast
known
and
least
un
­
ring
pattern,
however,
the
two
Images
again
and
happy
as
of
yore.
He
awoke
cluded that If they limited membership life was like a summer dream and they
Britain. They cruise along the coast,
Among the vines in my email lot
to direct descendants of Fernando de
and shivered with the despair that took derstood of natural electrical manifes­ can be united and, with a little effort, seldom touching the land, but always
danced
away
dull
care
and
found
tations
except,
perhaps,
the
aurora.
Creep« In the young fox—I Torgot.
can be accommodated for distinct vi­
Soto it would be sufficiently exclusive
possession of him when he found it was
close
to
It,
in
old
and
weatherbeaten
There is a vast deal of popular mis­ sion of the combined images of the
for their fastidious tastes. A "Society pleasure in the butterfly existence be­ only a dream.
Then hunt him out and to hla pen.
conception concerning the danger of mesh. As soon as accommodation is craft that may have carried their
of the Sons and Daughters of De Sota" fore the stern realities of life came, as it
With—1 Will Not Forget Again.
»»»»
grandfathers.
lightning
and
the
nature
of
it.
The
secured
the
mesh
becomes
perfectly
does
to
all.
Then
tliey
begin
to
look
at
was the outcome. All the best people
When the tide is out, the old craft
A little fox la hidden there
lightning
flash
is
a
discharge
from
a
He
went
to
business,
going
about
his
sharp
and
appears
to
be
nearly
in
the
In the village proved that they were life a little more seriously and glance
will often drop anchor by a sand bank
Among my vinee, named—I Don’t Care.
eligible and were enrolled as charter back on the happy days as ¡ust a trifle work in a listless way all day, dreading cloud at a high potential with refer­ plane of the pencil point.
Island far out at sea. and her crew will
ence to the earth. When the atmos­
If
now
the
pencil
is
moved
away
for
the
night
to
come
and
the
going
Then
let I’m Sorry—hunter true—
members.
bit frivolous. Well, as I suid before,
grub for cockles with their hands, fill­
Chase him afar from vinee and you.
However, there was one mau on the he chose his bride. There was “just home to the empty house. A happy phere Is charged with water vapor and from the eyes, which are to be kept ing a score of baskets, but saying noth­
—Sunshine and Shadow.
outer fringe whose proof of descent one girl’’ for him out of all the girls of thought struck him. Nlaybeshe would some eddy or current In its colder up­ fixed on the screen, it apparently pass­ ing to each other, for they are almost
per strata Is deflected downward, caus­ es through the mesh and becomes dou­
Was not accepted; in short, he was
come home to get some things for her­
out of the habit of speech. They find
SMALL CALIBER RIFLES.
blackballed This made him angry, his acquaintance. This one he had self and the child and she would try ing condensation, exceedingly minute bled. If now the pencil is removed en­ fifty shellfish where the ordinary fisher­
drops
of
water
are
formed,
each
bear
­
drawn
to
school
in
his
little
wagon
tirely,
It
will
be
found
that
the
sharp
and lie started to investigate the sub­
man
finds
one,
but
they
rarely
do
the
How They May Be Kept Clean With
when they were learning their A B C’s. and come while he wan away. He ing an electrical charge. The consoli­ imtiges of the combined Images of the
ject.
same thing two days running, and in
a Squirt ot Water.
One day he published his tlmllngs In He had carried the biggest rosey- pleaded sickness and went out to buy dation of these Into larger drops results gtaize persist, although the eyes be the next hour they tnay be snaring rab­
“Now, I’ll tell you something that
the local newspaper. The principal cbeeked apple to her after he had pol­ supplies and dainties and fill that little in a very great Increment of the poten­ moved nearer to or farther away from bits on a headland miles away.
will save you the trouble and expense
fact was this: "F. de Soto died a bach­ ished it until it shone on his coat sleeve. larder as it had not lieen filled in many tial of the charge since the capacity of the screen.
The sea gypsies are wild eyed and of bringing this gun to me ngain,” said
tlie drop varies with Its diameter and
Now bring the eyes up to within six
elor."
The prize was worth waiting for all months. He made everything shine. the volume of tlie drop with the cube or eight inches of the plane in which thickset. Their hair Is always either tlie expert gunsmith to the owner of
The Sons and Daughters of De Sota these years, and in that time his devo­ He even set the table for tea. Sure
of the diameter.
tlie mesh appears to be and attempt jet black or golden. They are still of a .22 caliber magazine rifle, the barrel
are uow known as the Elite Euchet tion never wavered. All was serene as enough, some one turned the key in the
The consequence of this is that It to touch it with the finger. It is not almost pure Norse or Danish descent, of which had become so foul that It
club.
never having used the land and mixed
door. He heard her bid the baby to
Moral.—There's a whole lot In a a May morning for a year, then he lle­ wait at tlie foot of the steps until she takes, for example, eight drops consoli­ there. I'he finger falls upon empty with the shore folk to any extent. would not shoot true.
dated
to
make
one
of
twice
the
diame
­
"Tlie rifles of this gun are not lead­
gan
to
neglect
her,
was
rarely
home
■pace,
the
screen
being
in
reality
a
name.—Smart Set.
Tlielr hands seem to be all thumbs In­ ed. They are simply caked up with
evenings, never took her for the little crept up to see that everything was all ter of the constituent drops, and the collide of Inches farther off.
“This,” says Professor Wood, “is by stead of fingers, so powerful and stubby powder. All small caliber rifles get
¡aunts they had often enjoyed so much, right, but he toddled after lier. She charge on the surface of the consoli­
■ nsecl l*ent> In Brasil.
dated drop will be four times as great nil means the most startling Illusion are the digits, because they have done that way when ordinary, soft bullets
entered
the
bedroom
and
took
out
some
I should take a small gung of prac­ and he would find her in tears many
nothing but haul ropes and dig in the are shot out of them. This caked pow­
tical coffee planters from Ceylon with times when he came in for his supper of the baby’s clothes. Her eyes were as that upon tlie surfaces of Its ele­ I have ever seen, for we apparently see wet sand.—New York Press.
ments.
In
this
way,
as
the
small
wa
­
der is as hard as steel, and If I were
something
occupying
a
perfectly
defi
­
good digestions to be not afraid of an hour late. The sight of her tears swimming in tears, so was his as she
to try to get It out with Instruments I
ghiggars, ticks and Berne flies, to say nnoyed him, and he would abuse her sprang to her feet on hearing him. ter particles unite to form drops which nite position In space before our eyes,
Tried and Convicted Too.
fall
as
rain,
the
potential
of
the
charge
would ruin several dollars’ worth of
and
yet
If
we
attempt
to
put
our
finger
nothing of the dear little mosquito. roundly for “always whimpering when “Say, ‘old pard’, don’t do that. Can’t they carry Increases until ft attains
Politics In the west, even more than tools. Water Is the thing to use. Wa­
on It we find that there is nothing
'1 he writer had extracted during four
in
the
east,
says
tlie
author
of
"Life
we
try
it
again?
Won
’
t
you
give
nie
enormous values, and tlie lightning
ter is the greatest solvent known, but
years In Brazil no less than 200 gldg- a fellow came home.’’ Finally a beau­ one more trial? I can’t live without flash leaps to the earth, which may lie there.”—Exchange.
m<l Sport In California,” Is a profes­ very few people, particularly people
gars from underneath every toe nail of tiful little isiy came in to gladden their
sion. 1 remember two men who were who handle guns, seem to appreciate It.
you and the little fellow. I know I regarded simply as a body of very
both feet. The Portuguese, Brazilians, home, and for a lirief period he was the
BEE BUZZES.
candidates lor the office of district at­ They nearly always try to clean their
great
electrostatic
capacity.
The
dis
­
don't
deserve
it,
but
won
’
t
you
try
me
Lallans and Spaniards called It a rec­ old-time lover, and her heart was as
torney. One had served before: the
charge, which is called lightning, is
One-fourth of an acre may contain other was a young man conducting his gun barrels with oil when water will
reation on Sunday to dig them out of light and joyous as bird's. It soon got once more?” He was holding out his apt to be more or less destructive, al­
do the work twice as well.
each other's feet.
to lie an old story and lie went back to arms, and the next minute she had though the energy of an Individual 150 colonies of bees.
first campaign.
“You use this rifle mostly for shoot­
Of all the vile insects on earth, the the old way, neglecting his wife and flown into them, and the baby was flash is perhaps not very great. Often
An apiary should not be placed oa
The veteran was speaking in a small
Berne fly is the worst. She lays lier tlie child and going into debt until they saying “me, too.” It’s not for Folly or the conditions are such that the dis­ ground thickly set with trees.
town, and after setting forth his own ing frogs, don’t you? I thought so.
eggs Inside your flesh and hatches
Bees secrete wax only when necessa­ claims he spoke as follows of his oppo­ That is what most men use a .22 cali­
any outsider to say what took place
ber for. And you sometimes shoot it
three very ugly Insects an inch long were refused credit for the very neces­ then. But I will just say this, years charge takes on an oscillating charac­ ry to furnish storage room for honey nent:
ter. producing violent surgings of cur­
with three rings of bristles round the saries of life. All of his money (and he liave gone by and she is not sorry she rent. No very accurate measurements or brood.
“I understand that Mr. X. Is in every several hundred times a day, and you
body and sharp nippers. They take got a good salary) went into the saloons
sense
a worthy and honorable man, find It too much trouble to wipe It out
The
secretion
of
one
pound
of
wax
liave been made upon the current in­
about six weeks to develop under your and over tlie gambling table. Peace forgave him.
but
I
ask
you to remember that lie has every few shots. Ain't I right? I knew
necessitates
the
consumption
of
twenty
volved. but it is taken to be of the or­
skin, then commence to turn somer­ and happiness liad long since taken
never
been
tried—he has never been It. Now, let me tell you what to do.
der of 1,000 to 5,000 amperes. The pounds of honey.
Got a small syringe that you can carry
BRIEF REVIEW.
saults Just when you want to go to flight from the little home. The end
When a queen is gone, it will be only tried."
electro motive force necessary to cause
sleep after a hard day’s work in the came one morning when they had
“That's so!” exclaimed a voice. In your vest pocket, and after every
a flash a mile long Is probably several a few days until the colony will cease
sun. Tlie natives of Brazil adopt a words over tlie meager breaklast, she
How the Eye Sees in Reading.
“You’ve been tried, old man, haven't ten or twelve shots squirt a syringeful
million volts, and of course the power to store much surplus honey.
ol water into the barrel of your gun
novel way of extracting the brute declaring it was the best she could do
you
—and convicted, too, you know?”
Sometimes, toward the close of the
By close study of familiar things sur­ of tlie flash measured in watts Is very
when full grown. They tie on a piece
After due Inquiry It appeared that from the breech, then shoot a cartridge
honey season, the bees will destroy
of raw pork, and tlie Berne conies out with the scant supply of eatables in tlie prising facts alsiut them often come to great, but Its duration is correspond­ the queen cells or kill all of the queens the veteran had been. Indeed, Indicted out of it while It Is wet. If you will
ingly
short.
follow this plan, you can shoot your
ot your skin and takes a header into house. It ended in her rising from the light. Professor Dodge of Wesleyan
i’rotectlon of property and life from but one, thus destroying the incentive for horse stealing and convicted. He gun 10,000 times and never need to
the piece of pigskin.-Ceylon Observer table in tears, announcing that she University, by a number of careful ex­ lightning flashes has been a subject
w
’
as
not
elected.
to swarm.
clean It. The water softens the powder
would leave him and would take steps periments, lias made a strange discov­
that lias entrained the attention of
Care must be taken to see that there
that lias accumulated in the rifles and
toward
suing
for
a
divorce
that
very
ery!
He
declares
that
to
see
the
eye
Norway Fairlea.
Cataatrophe of flic Oneida,
natural philosophers since Franklin Is a queen in every colony. If she gets
“Like the Japanese," writes William the bullet forces It out.
One of tlie most extraordinary cat as day. He replied, “Go, there are no must be motionless. Now that he has st nt up his historic kite. The net re­ lost or is killed, another must be put In
"Use plenty of water in the barrel of
tTophles that have befallen vessels of strings on you; and the sooner you go told us, it is easy to understand that this sult of more than a century of attempt her (dace, ns the colony will run down E. Curtis In the Chicago Herald, “the
Norwegians are very superstitious, your rifle, very little oil In the lock,
the United States destroyed the sloop the better.” No word of reconciliation must be true. You cannot take pictures to secure protection has been the light­ very fast if left queenless.
and as in Japan the forests, the moun­ and never under any circumstances put
of war Oneida in 1869. She was bound was spoken as he left the house, not-a with a moving camera, and the eye is ning rod in Its more or less inefficient
Never feed bees during the day, It tains and the gorges are peopled with coal oil in the works, and you will save
homeward, with a Jolly ship's com­ good-by to herself or tlie child.
forms
and
tlie
discovery
that
buildings
only a perpetual moving camera with
matters not whether there be one col­ fairies. Nissen is the good fairy of tlie yourself much vexation and always
pany, eager to see wives and sweet­
self-renewing plates. The eye must of modern construction, having metal­ ony or many. It causes confusion, and farmers. He looks after the cattle par­ have a smooth working gun.”—St. Lou
hearts and native land once more,
lic roofs and often metallic frames as the bees frequently get cross and go to
ticularly, and If be Is well treated is Republic.
when nut far out of port she was
Her mind was mude up and she stop motion while it takes a picture. well, are practically immune from at­ stinging anything they come near.
In
reading,
therefore,
the
eye
does
not
they are healthy and the cows give lots
struck by the British steamer Bombay hastily did the morning work, took a
tack by lightning.
Anecdote of Sima Reeve«.
In getting bees that have swarmed
coming In. The stem of the Bombay few tilings for herself and child and move along the lines regularly. It
The total number of deaths due to back Into a hive much loss may be pre­ of milk. To propitiate him It Is neces­
An operatic singer tells the following
sary to put a dish of porridge on the
cut off the stern of the Oneida. Tbs left tlie home she had gone into so hap­ takes an impression, moves to a new po­ lightning In any given summer Is com­
little known anecdote relating to the
vented by stretching a piece of strong
ship was sinking rapidly, and guns of
sition, takes another still view, then paratively very small—In the ratio of canvas on tlie ground and setting the threshold of the cow stable on Christ­ late Mr. Sims Reeves: About the mid­
pily
a
few
months
before.
She
was
as
mas
morning.
Whenever
the
family
distress were Immediately fired, but
moves again. Thus the words are taken about one to each 200,000 population In
the Bombay steamed on her way and gisid us her word mid applied for her by groups. Perhaps, following Profes­ the United States. In cities the de­ hive upon it and then shaking the bees moves this invisible being goes along dle of the sixties, while the eminent
on it.
with them and sits on the top of the tenor was living hi a hotel of a town
left the vessel to her doom. She went divorce on the grounds of cruelty. Leav­
structive influence of lightning is ex­
on the south coast, lie made a wager
down, and all but one or two of her ing her child with friends she returned sor Dodge’s lead, so>ne other clever ex­ ceedingly small, although occasional
loads.”
One of Florence’« Joke«.
with another guest that he would bluck
perimenter
will
now
tell
us
]ust
how
crew were drowned.
to the house, but not a word was spok­
tiles are caused by it, especially where
That genial comedian W. J. Florence
Orderly Habits.
Ills face, proceed to the beach and sing
The captain of the Bombay gave no en as she went alsiut getting his din­ wide the lines of print should be for the gas pipes abound.
hail
a
habit
of
promising
a
man
a
fish
“It Is a curious fact,” commented a a few of the songs which bad made
ether reason for bls conduct than that ner. Then an officer came and served easiest reading. Every one knows that
I’rotectlon of electric circuits from or some game when be was about man recently, “that almost no mother
he had Lady Eyre, the wife of a dis­ him with the summons. He simply very long or very short lines are tiring, lightning lias been an Interesting sub­ starting on a hunting or fishing trip. realizes the importance of bringing her him famous without recognition. Sims
Reeves duly disguised himself and ren­
tinguished British satrap, on board and
so there must lie a right length. When ject for research for a number of years, Day after day would pass, and the
did not wish to disturb her nerves with “raised the roof" und scattered things tlie proper medium is found the chances tied several highly efficient devices game would not be forthcoming. But son up to orderly habits. She impresses dered to a sparse audience "Tom Bowl­
scenes of shipwreck He was mobbed around generally, while the officer fair­ are that we shall learn that the “old liave been constructed for this purpose. almost every day a letter or telegram upon her (laughters from the time they ing,” “My Pretty Jane,” etc.; but,
when he reached Yokohama, dismissed ly flew for his life. Then lie discovered masters" of tlie printing art had chosen Today lightning is little feared by the would come saying that Florence had are old enough to recognize any re­ strange to say, he did not receive much
sponsibility the necessity to keep their in the wiry of appreciation or financial
from the service, socially tabooed from the announcement hud appeared in the
station superintendent and should be not forgotten, that Florence was just rooms tidy, put away articles after use tributes from the beach loungers. Hat
that time ou and died in disgrace a papers and he was simply beside him­ the best width for their pages.
very little feared by any one. The about sending the game; that there and care for their belongings at all in hand tlie tenor approached an elder­
year or two later.
self. She finished the work und pre­
time honored rule that it is wisest to was no cause for worry, us a fine fish times.
ly gentleman who was standing apart
Better
Grain
Crops
Possible.
pared to leave the house. Then he
keep in tlie open and not seek the shel­ or deer was on its way to the express
An Afghan Trick,
The boy, however, is exempt from and requested a trifling honorarium,
The
Department
of
Agriculture
is
ter of trees is one which common pru­ office. At first this solicitousness any similar requirement not only in but the stranger had recognized the
During it shooting match In the pres­ addressed her for the first time. “If
ence of the governor of Kandahar tlie you insist on doing this, Jessie, we trying to push plant-breeding in this dence dictates. Recourse to the feath­ would cause courteous letters and tele­ his own room, but throughout the great vocalist despite bls ebon hued
alrdnr noticed to his astonishment that might as well have a plain talk and see country. It is a branch of farming er bed uf our ancestors, however. Is no grams in return. As the delay got lon­ house. He reads newspapers and skin, and lie replied with decision:
the heads of sparrows were the fa­ what I’m going todo for the boy. But work tliat is pursued much more dili­ longer necessary except to quiet the ger the victim would get Impatient and throws them on the floor, gets up from
“Not this time, Mr. Sims Reeves! My
vorite butt of tlie marksmen, who but can’t we compromise this matter iiefore gently in Europe than in the United nerves of timorous persons, wldle the would finally be literally haunted by a divan leaving the cushions packed wife is mad about your performances,
seldom missed their aim, whereupon it goes any farther?” She declined to States, and, if it were carried on as it ancient superstitions regarding ban huge fishes or deer, “with the compli­ and shapeless, without the slightest re­ and you liave cost me many a guinea.
filing steel instruments anti sitting in ments of W. J. Florence.” Then some proof, the only notice taken of the oc­ You have Just treated me to the luxury
lie declared tliat it was fur more diffi­
should be on this sideof tlie water, most
cult to hit an egg. Sir Peter laughed at liave any tiling to say to him, except iiiyMirtant benefits would accrue to the drafts may lie utterly disregarded. A fine day, when It was least expected, currence, Indeed, being to ask a sister. of listening to you without auy ruin­
modern building In a city is as nearly the fish or deer would come.
the supposition, but the sirdar stood about the boy. Tlie down-trodden worm
If he has one. to pick up the one and ous expense being attached.”
bls ground, and tlie matter was put to had turned ut last. He watched her producers of our crops. Only within absolutely lightning proof and those in
straighten the other. The women of
“Confound you," said Reeves, “you
Beef Tea.
the test. An egg was suspended on a go down the steps and out of the door the last few years has it been realized It are as nearly absolutely protected
the family follow In his footsteps all have made me lose my bet! Come to
tliat
plant
life
is
to
a
wonderful
extent
from
lightning
as
is
possible.
—
Electric
­
It is the suggestion of a trained nurse, day long, removing whatever dlsordi r my hotel and have a drink.”
wall, and the soldiers fired at it; but, from the hall above and then went
whose beef tea was most acceptable to be creates.
strange to say, not one of them hit the back into the desolate house. Horrors, subject to man’s control. He is almost al Review.
The stranger accepted the hospitable
a patient to whom in any previous ill­
egg.
Yet there is no business occupation invitation.
how lonesome it was! He wandered able to act the part of a creator in the
America*« Superior School«.
ness
it
had
been
repellent,
that
the
The governor and his suit kept their from room to room. There were the vegetable world, so greatly is it in his
upon which that boy will presently en­
In spite of excessive decentralization
Too Heall«tt<*
countenances and excused the nonsuc baby's playthings, and he remembered power to modify species by hybridizing und the lack of a regulative central au­ beef should be broiled before the juice ter in which order is not a fundamental
“Look here,” said a Suffolk farmer to
Is
extracted.
A
thick,
lean,
juicy
steak
cess of the tiring party on the ground
necessity.
Girls,
on
the
other
hand,
do
and by artificial selection. The Govern­ thority America lias, by making educa­
of the difficulty of the tiling. At last how he had scolded the little fellow ment is already conducting such work tion a local concern, by confiding to from the round is broiled over a clear not, as a rule, suffer so seriously from a friend, “I’m going to kill my pig, but
I owe so much pork to my neighbors
fire perhaps two minutes on each side,
a ball happened to hit the tlirend to for making a noise only tlie day before,
each district the organization and con­ after which it is cut up Into small a lack of order, or at least consequen­ that I shall have none left for myself
which the egg was fastened, and It fell mid how he liad crept to his mother to on quite an extensive scale.
ces
are
not
so
continually
disagreeable
trol of Its schools, by insisting on free
If I pay it all hack. What would you
to the ground without breaking. Now be folded in her arms and caressed
public schools in the true sense of these squares, put Into a saucepan, covered and costly as is tlie case with boys.”— do?"
Uses of Sawdust.
with
cold
water
and
set
on
the
back
of
the mystery was solved. The cunning while she wiped the tears from the little
New
York
Post.
much abused words, created a system
“Quite easy to trick ’em,” said the
Afghan had used a blown egg, and fellow’s face. What a brute lie had
A long list could be given of exj lo- which, in spite of its crudeness and ob­ the stove, where it should steep, not
friend.
"Kill your pig and leave It
boil,
for
fully
two
hours.
Remember
the featherweight shell had been nmv been! Scattered all over the house sives and varieties of gunpowder that vious imperfections, may yet excite our
Sore Proof.
ed aside each time by the current of were little trifles she bad received from have been made from sawdust. In some envy, both as It brings education, sec­ not to add the salt until the dish is tak­
When France and Germany were at hanging outside until late at night, bo ’ s
air In front of the ball and thus escap­ him and treasured on account of the the sawdust is used as an absorbent, as ondary as well as primary, within the en from the fire and serve it hot unless, war, an Englishman was arrested by every one can see It. Then take It in
of course, it is to be offered as cold or the French and accused of being a and say some one stole it. Stick to the
ed being hit.
happier days that were gone, never to with nitroglycerin, in others as a filler, reach of all and as it Is capable of In­ Iced beef tea.
German spy. A letter dated “Berlin” tale, and you’ll be all right.”
The farmer followed Instructions,
return. There was the baby’s crib, and while in still others it is converted into finite self development and progress,
Limited Numeral System.
and signed by his mother wns found
The natives of Murray Island, Torres tie sat down tieside it and smoothed out forms of pyroxiline. By heating saw­ unshackled by the dead hand of ec- Are Willow Tree« Lightning: Prooff upon him. He was tried by drumhead and the kind friend watched his chance
"In all my forty years’ experience court martial and condemned to be and stole the pig. The poor fanner
strait, have a numerical system which a little crease in tlie tiny pillow. He dust with caustic alkali and sulphur a clesiustieism and departmental routine.
came around next morning to tell what
with trees and plants,” said a well shot.
Is based on two numbers, netat, one. went back to the days when he counted brown dye is obtained which is cheap —London Chronicle.
known
gardener,
“
I
have
yet
to
hear
and nels, two Above two they com­ it a favor to gratify her slightest wish. and fast, resisting both acids and alka-
On the way to the place of execution had happened.
Children'« Meal«.
“Somebody’s stolen my pig!” be
pute by composition—neis-netat means Remorse and regret were gnawing at lies, and dying cotton without a mor­ Children should be taught to be reg of a willow tree being struck by light­ he said that lie had left something be­
cried.
ning.
Spruce
trees,
whftewood
and
three, neis I nets (two and two), four. his heart until it seemed as if it would
hind
nnd
insisted
on
going
back
for
it.
dant. By heating sawdust witli caustic ular at their meals and to take nothing pine trees sometimes almost seem to
“Good!” said the friend. “Stick to it,
When they get above this figure, they
“You can't go back,” was the reply.
between meals. This rule applies to
and the neighbors ’ll believe you, sure
have recourse to different parts of the break; then finally the tears came and alkali oxalic acid is formed. A large infants as well as to older children attract tlie electricity, and oak and “You are about to be shot.”
enough.”
body, beginning with the little ard lie laid his head onthe little pillow and amount of the oxalic acid on the mar­ The practice of feeding the little one other large trees and even many small
“I can't help that,” said be. “I have
"But it was stolen, 1 tell you!”
trees
are
often
maimed
and
killed.
But
other fingers of the left hand and going gave vent to his grief that hud come too ket is made by this process.
left
something,
and
I
must
get
it.
”
every time it cries is a most serious In­
“Excellent!” quoth the friend. “Just
willow
trees
seem
for
some
reason
to
be
from there to the wrist, elbow, armpit, late to avert the blow that wss crush­
“
What
have
you
left?
”
jury to its weak digestive organs. An
you stick to the tale."
shoulder, etc., on the left side, and ing him. Nerved him right and he
A big oyster bed near Mobile, Ala., Infant's stomach, though it needs food immune to death or Injury In this
“My umbrella."
“You confounded ass!” yelled the
thence down the right side to twenty- knew it.
That settled It. He was released. No
has been sold for $130,000. It is esti­ at more frequent Intervals—two to four shape, and I have never seen or even
farmer. “Don’t you understand? It
»»»»
one, the toes giving ten numbers more,
mated that there are $100,000 wortli of hours, according to Its age—requires heard of a tree of this family which one but nn Englishman, said his cap- was really stolen!”
to thirty-one. Beyond tills they are sat­
tors, could be such a thoroughgoing
the same regularity which is essential lightning has ever struck.”
Then the green monster, Jealousy, oysteni in the bed at this time.
“Superb!” laughed the delighted
isfied with "many."
imbecile as that.
to
the
maintenance
of
healthy
diges
­
took possission of his heart, and he
friend. "You ought^to have been an ac­
Maasnae For the Scalp.
tion
In
older
persons.
The
irregularity
British Columbia grew the world's
tor, so you ought."
wondered if his old rival, who had al­
The hair falls out when the strength
Sure lie Knew Heat.
Paper Quilt«.
usually practiced Is undoubtedly one
That Suffolk farmer slammed the
Mamma—Dora, your father says tliat most gone insane when she married record apple last year. It was sixteen of the greatest causes of the fearful of its roots Is Insufficient to sustain Its
In some parts of England there Is
that young man of yours, Mr. llartt. is him, would try to renew his attentions inches in circumference and weighed mortality of infants from disorders of weight any longer, and a new hair will quite a trade carried on by poor people door and went away fuming.—London
Answers.
deceiving you.
to his sadly abused wife when she got one pound and three ounces.
the digestive organs, as appears in our fake its place unless the root Is dis- In making paper quilts for their poorer
< used. For this reason each person has neighbors. They are simply composed
Dora—But he isn't, mamma, for 1 her divorce from him on tne ground of
Eat Live Flak.
mortuary* reports.
a certain definite lengtli of hair. When of sheets of brown paper sewed togeth­
asked him. and he said he wasn't. Of extreme cruelty. He knew that he
The Japanese practice refined cruelty
Water will lie supplied the Charleston
tin- hair begins to split or fall out, mas­ er and perforated all over at distances to delight their palates. They believe
course he knows better than papa.— would never have caused her a tear or Exposition by three artesian wells over
Cornmeal.
Boston Transcript.
of an Inch or two apart, covered with that the fish called the dal is most de­
Before using cornmeal In a bread al­ sage of tin- scalp is excellent.
regret. He fairly gnashed his teeth 400 feet deep. A salt water system is
Place tlie tips of the fingers firmly chintz or cretonne on one side nnd lined licious when eaten alive. An expert
ways scald It to soften Its starch.
when
he
thought
of
this
rival,
but
he
provided
for
fire
protection.
Not L'nnanal.
There is not time enough during the upon the scalp, and then vibrate or with patchwork or old sheets—anything Japanese carver can dexterously re­
May—Have you beard of Clara's bard made up his mind that he would kill
baking for this to be done properly. move the scalp while holding the pres­ available, in fact. They make surpris­ move five-sixths of the edible matter
him first. Heshould never marry her.
luck?
It is imprudent to keep an oil organ Do this by scalding half of the milk or sure steadily. This will stimulate the ingly warm covers nnd are much ap­ from Its bones without touching a vital
He did not know that the old rival had stove burning in a sleeping room. They water you use, then pour It hot over blood vessels underneath and bring the preciated.—London Tit-Bits.
Belle—No. What Is It?
part. During this cruel operation the
“Now that they are married they a happy and contented home of his consume the oxygen and thus vitiate the cornmeal. Next add the eggs, the blood vessels underneath and bring
fish Is kept alive by wet seaweed which,
have to retrench awfully to make up own. How lonesome and gloomy it the air.
Rand« OB.
i rest of the cold liquid, then the flour almut better nourishment of the lialr.
being placed over Its gills, enables It to
the money he wasted while courting was. He would light every gas jet in
"What have you got that sign ‘Hands breathe.
and baking powder sifted together.— A brush of unevenly tufted bristles Is
also
excellent
to
use
upon
the
scalp,
not
Off'
posted
outside
your
works
for?"
her.—Life.
the house and see if the illumination
The purest Chinese is s|M>ken at Nan Good Housekeeping.
A Simple Disinfectant.
the hair.
asked the curious Individual.
would not make things look more kin and is called the language of the
De prf»«ed.
A simple disinfectant to use in a sick­
“Because," returned the jocular mill
Chewing tobacco Is a filthy habit. '
“I am afraid Bllggins has met with pleasant. But the light did not make mandarins.
owner, “my men are on strike.”—Phila­ room or In any room where a close,
She Valved Her Head.
Smoking makes you so foul that you
the surroundings more cheerful, for it
musty or sewer smell Is noticed is to
reverses.”
delphia Record.
Ilenry
VIII.,
after
the
death
of
Jane
put some ground coffee on a shovel, a
shower! in every nook and corner of
“What makes you think so."
The Bible is to lie translated into ten can smell yourself. Tobacco Is very Fey moil r, had some difficulty In get­
More than 2,otsi men are at worx on bit of camphor gum in the middle of it.
"He goes about with a gloomy look, the house some evidence of her and the languages of the Philippine islands dur­ Injurious to health. Every user of to­ ting another wife. His first offer was
the Swiss side of the Simplon tunnel Light the gum, which Is nonexplosive
bacco tries to quit ft and finds It very
saying there Is no such n thing as dis­ baby. Nhe had said she would not ac­ ing the next ten years.
to
t'.e
duchess
dowager
of
Milan,
but
and nearly 1,800 on the Italian side. and easily Ignited, with a match and
difficult. Boys Bee their elders trying
interested friendship. That is almost cept alimony for herself. He might do
to quit, yet boys make themselves sick her answer Is said to have been: "I Much trouble has been caused by a allow the coffee to burn with the gum.
a sure sign that a man has been try something for the Isiy if he wanted to,
The baby girl of the King and Queen tn acquiring the tobacco habit.—Atchi­ have only one bead. If I bad two, one vein of water which supplied 150
Ing to borrow money.”—Exchange.
A refreshing and sanitary parfume Is
should certainly be at his service.”
but she would support herself by sew- of Italy has been given nine names.
quarts per second.
son Gio tie.
the result
BANDON RECORDER.
; Polly Larkin :
LIGHTNING FLASHES.