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By JAMES
RAYMOND PERRY
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Copyright, 1900,
By James R. Perry.
When I reached the uiinee, 1 found
Murphy in a surly temper, A wax tig
ure of a woman stooping to tie hei
•hoe had stood on the grand stairway
leading up to the maiu gallery and
had tricked many a visitor Into the lie
lief that a live woman had bent to tie
her shoe on her ascent to the room
above. Murphy In the course of hie
morning work had tipped this tigure
•ver. It bad toppled down the stairs
and been considerably damaged. In,
consequence of which It would have to
be sent away for repairs. Murphy
supposed he would have to stand the
expense, which added nothing to the
sweetness of his temper.
“It’s all the fault iv that black
nager!” he grumbled in explaining the
accident to me. “That Sazer. the dirty
nager, bad to go arf on one iv lib
drunks terday, an here Oi have tc
•tbay bebolnd an do bis wark fur him,
when It wuz tnesilf that wuz goin on a
picnic parrty this very marrnln.
Thurrsday Is his day to be arf. an Wid-
ncsday is mine, an here he ups an goer
away on Widnesday. OI belave be did
It to spholte me, the dirty baste: Hi
knew Oi wuz arfter a-goln to the plcnh
parrty. He's a dirty nager. that’s what
he is, bad luck to him! The devil’ll git
him some day an put him a-roast in
purgatory, that’s one comfort!"
“Oh, you wouldn't want to see him
roasting in purgatory,” I said, attempt
ing to soothe the ruffled Irishman.
“W’u’dn'tOI? Just guv me n chance!”
Murphy answered.
I knew that there had never been any
love lost between the negro and the
Irishman, but the feeling of bitterness
had seemed to be strongcron Murphy’s
part than on Ca'sar's. The big negro
had seemed rather indifferent to the
little Irishman, though the latter sei
dom let an opportunity pass to annoy
Caesar when be thought he could do so
tn safety. I think he stood In whole
some fear of the negro, and so never
dared to go very far toward angering
him. I knew Ciesar to be headstrong
and highly Independent, after the man
ner of some negroes, and If the whim
struck him to take bls weekly day off
on Wednesday, which was Murphy's
day, he would do it. He would prob
ably do It with all the more pleasure If
he knew It would Interfere wltfi some
of Murphy's cherished plans. The du
ties of the musee would not permit the
absence of both Murphy and Ctesar at
the same time.
"How much’ll It be arfter a-carstln
me to git the image minded, d’ye
think?" Murphy asked, eying the lady
of tlie loosened shoestring ruefully.
"I don’t know, Tim,” I said—"$ 10
maybe.”
"Tin dollars! Holy wither! Tin dol
lars, d’ye say? That’s tin days’ wages,
an me behind on me rlnt money al
ready. The saints hllp me!” Then his
doleful tone of depression changed to
one of anger. “Au it’s all beeuz tv that
black skinned, black hearted, haytban
nager. If he'd only sthayed at home,
as he art to, tw’u’d nlver hev happen
ed. Tin dollars gone, besoldes lievln
to guv up the picnic parrty. It's a
wicked shame, It Is, blast the nager!"
After which final explosive Tim was
quiet for a moment, and then, with a
sly look at me. he added: “Rut OI don't
suppose the tr’ger’s risponslble. He
w’u’dn’t be arfter a-knowln what he’s
a-doln liarf the toime.”
“What do you mean?" 1 asked, rath
er sharply. 1 had suspected more than
once that Ctesar got drunk when he
went away on bls weekly holidays,
for upon bls return he was often sul
len and 111 uatured, but he had never
been tn a condition that Incapacitated
him for bls duties at the musee. 1 sup
posed Murphy would charge him with
drunkenness, and so was considerably
surprised when he said:
"What do OI mane? OI maue the
nager’B crazy; that's what 01 mane!"
“Ho, bo, Tim!" I laughed incredu
lously. “What makes you think Caesar
Is crazy ?”
"Beeuz they sez be is, sure.”
“Who says he is?”
"That’s what the nager over in the
phertugrlpher’s sez.
He sez Sazer
wuz lu the loonatic asoyluin folve
years ago.”
“The negro over at the pbotogra
pher*s says that, does he?” I answered.
“The negro over there doesn't like
Ctesar very well. I guess. Cresar was
telling me only the other day how he'd
cut that fellow out and stolen his
mulatto wench away from him. That's
why the fellow’s slandering Ctrsnr.
You mustn’t believe all that one darky
isays about nnotber, Tim. Darkies have
Keen known to lie.”
\The little Irishman grinned a little.
frXm which I gathered that he did not
putXmuch faith In the accusation of
the ^photographer's colored man him
self.\lt was my opinion that Tim had
repeated the story In the vague hope
that lAmlgbt reach Mr. Miller’s ears
and resthit In the discharge of t’a'sar.
As for (Knsar's conduct, I had never
seen anything In It to suggest insanity,
and I pale! little attention to Tim's
parting reriUark, “If ye’d seen the
quare looks Ni the nager's eyes that OI
hev, mebbe yVd think dufferent. Mus
ter Park.”
\
Early in the afternoon a slight blaze
occurred In the room where the "Mem
bers of the RoyalX Families of Europe”
were located. It was soon extinguish
ed, but not till about $50 damage had
been inflicted.
\
"Sure, an what'll happen next?” was
Tim's query, a question that found an
echo In my own mind. \
The thing to happen »text was that
third mysterious event \whlch befell
the musee's history and Which 1 have
ever thought was one oj the chief
causes of Mr. Miller’s closing up the
place of amusement and removing to
another city. It Is certain that after
that the attendance at the mitsee fell
off greatly, and I think the enterprise
never yielded any profit thereafter.
It was near the afternpon hour of
closing, as In the case of the two pre
vious deaths at the musee, when this
third tragedy occurred. Dusk had be
gun to gather among the silent waxen
Images. It was not yet dark enough to
have all the electric lights turned on.
nor was It light enough to see distinct
ly the more poorly Illuminated groups.
I had ascended to the gallery for some
purpose, and as 1 approached the room
where group 13 was placed 1 saw a
small tigure come out swiftly ami dis
appear among the shadows In the op
posite direction. I was quite sure the
person, whoever be was, bad not seen
me, though there seemed to be some
thing stealthy and catlike in his quick
movements, as If be would shun possi
ble observation. I could not see the
face at all aud the form only imper
fectly, but I thought the person was
Tim Murphy.
Passing on upon my errand. I ap
proached group 13. The light nt that
spot was fairly good, and when I was
yet several yards away I discerned tlie
form of a woman lying prostrate In
front of Othello.
“Another suicide!" I thought, and
without coming nearer to It than with
in a space of tlir yards at which dis
tance Indeed 1 i .: lid Bee the white, up
turned face, with its expression ol
It wat a startling tight that met our gaze
frozen horror, and the crimson stains
upon the neck and dress—I turned and
fled to the floor below to tell the star
tling news.
I found Mr. Miller In his little room
back of the ticket office, and together
we returned to the gallery above.
When we had come near enough to see
the body (the woman was quite dead),
I knew that I had seen the face before,
but could not at the moment remember
where. It was a face of unusual beau
ty, and the form as It lay there In the
rigor of death was still one of voluptu
ous roundness. Mr. Miller stooped and
picked up something. It was a long
bladed pocketknife, and the blade was
stained with red. When I caught sight
of It, 1 stood staring for a moment in
stupefied surprise. A name was graven
on the hamlie. Mr. Miller read it and
then looked curiously at me.
“Is this your knife?” he asked.
“Yes.” I said, for I had recognized
It.
“Well.” he said, a trifle sharply, for I
still stood staring at it stupidly, "how
came it here?”
“I lost it two or three days ago,” 1
answered, a little stung by his tone,
and then, with a sudden rush of anger
at his quite natural question, I said:
“Do you suspect me of having any
thing to do with this girl’s death? Do
you suppose. Mr. Miller, that If 1 had
find I would come running down to
tell you she was lying dead up here?
Do you suppose I would leave that
knife of mine lying beside the body to
accuse me? In other words, do you
think I'm a fool?”
“No. George,” answered my employ
er softly. "Rut we must get this body
away. You must help me." Together
we carried It down to the office, and
the police soon came and took charge
of It. Rut before that I recalled where
I bad seen the woman. It wns at a
restaurant, only a few squares dis
tant. where I sometimes ate my noon
day lunch. The girl was a table wait
ress there.
I had occasionally ex
changed a word or two with her. I
had always addressed her most re
spectfully and had noticed that other
frequenters of the restaurant also did.
Indeed she had ever seemed of a kind
to whom men are Intuitively respect
ful. I remember that she had been
one of the most capable of the wait
resses. There had been a reserve in
her manner, a kind of crushed pride,
that had struck me more than once as
sad. and more than once I bad wonder
ed a little why she wn filling such a
position.
Her history as it was told the next
day or two lu the papers was simple
enough. Her name wns Mary St.Clair,
and she wns 22 years old. She had
come of a good family. She had been
an only child, and her parents were
both dead, and she was without near
relatives. At 20 she had married a
young civil engineer, who a year after
had died, leaving his widow little more
than enough to meet the funeral ex
penses. Thrown upon her own re
sources, she had looked about for work
of some sort. The search had been a
weary one, and at last, when a position
as waitress In a restaurant was of
fered, she was glad of even that. Iler
life during the past few months had
been uneventful.
Her beauty and
sweetness of manner had Inspired a
number of would be admirers to offer
her their attentions, but she had dis
couraged nil advances nnd done It,
moreover, so graciously that, so far as
was known, she had Incurred no ene
mies thereby.
Upon this Wednesday afternoon she
bad left the restaurant at 2 o'clock or
a little after, had gone to her lodging
and In the natural order of things
would have returned to the restaurant
about 6:30. It was on her way back
that she had stepped into the musee.
I did not remembar selling bar a tlak-
at ana wondered a little at It. fur I
thought 1 should have noticed her fai e
and remembered It If I had sold her
one. It transpired, however, that a
patron of the restaurant, u young man
named Chapman, who usually sat at
the table ui>ou which Mrs. St. Clair
waited, had given her a ticket of ad
mlttanee to the musee a few days I«*-
fore. He had bought several for a
party to the musee oue evening un i
one of the party falling to go, had li.il
a ticket left over. Probably, having
a little leisure that afternoon, she had
decided to use the ticket and look at
the wax figures fur a few minutes. The
visit bad proved fatal.
Of course our first supposition bad
been that It was a ease of suicide.
Even after the discovery that it was
my knife that had inflicted the wound
1 had a confused liellef that she must
have found it and used It to kill her
self with. I might have lost it 111 the
gallery i p there near group 13. and
she, finding it, might have been seized
with an iusane impulse to cut her
throat before the Othello, just as Edna
Nethersole and Hetty Kirk had done
before her. So it seemed to me. Rut
the examining physician at the first
glance said "No.” The wounds, or one
of them at least (there were two), could
not have been self inflicted. One wound
was too far back on the neck to have
been dealt by the baud of the owner It
was a deep ami savage cut and must
have been dealt by another. Rut who
was that other? Upon that question
the mystery lay thickest. Detectives,
both private and official, visited the
musee and plied me with question-
When had I lost the knife? Where
bad I lost it? Why had I lost it? Who
could have found It? Why had the
finder used It? And twenty other
questions, some sensible, but most of
them foolish, were propounded for me
to answer. I could see that 1 was look
ed upon with some suspicion, in spite
of Mr. Miller’s sworn statement that
I had left his presence scarcely three
minutes before I returned witli the
news that a woman lay dead in front
of group 13 and that during that brief
Interval I could not possibly have com
mitted the crime.
It was Mr. Miller’s opinion that the
woman must have been dead at least
15 minutes when he reached her side.
So, in spite of the vague suspicions of
the detectives, 1 was left at liberty to
go and come as 1 pleased. I nm sure
that at least two detectives believed
me to be accessory to the crime if not
the principal, nnd this in spite of the
fact that no possible motive for my de
siring the girl’s death had so much as
been suggested. Rut, ns regarded mo
tive. there seemed to lie the deepest
mystery. So fur ns was known, the
woman had no enemies, so sweet nnd
lovable hail she been, and motives for
her murder wore absolutely lucking.
Rut murder laid been committed un
questionably. and, since there was no
question about that, there now grew
to be suspicions and then convictions
that neither Edna Netliersole nor Hetty
Kirk had committed suicide, but tlint
both had been murdered. It was re
marked tliat that curious expression of
fear and horror which has been men
tioned wns identical on the face of
each, a look such as would scarcely be
left upon the face of a suicide, it was
said. This conviction only deepened
the mystery surrounding the deaths of
the three women. If all three had been
murdered, the crime In each case had
been committed upon exactly the same
spot and at almost the same minute of
the day, circumstances that seemed to
lead inevitably to the conclusion that
the crimes had been committed by the
same hand. Rut whose was the hand?
And what could be the motive? Roth
questions seemed equally unanswer
able. The morning after the murder I
found Murphy and Ca?sar up by group
13. Ciesar was looking with much In
terest at the spot where Tim bad told
him the body of Mrs. St. Clair had been
found. Murphy was flicking the dust
from the faces and forms of the images
with a long handled, long plumed
feather duster. lie seemed to have
forgiven and forgotten Caesar’s un
kindness of the day before and was
telling him glibly enougli about the
grewsome find.
( to be continued . )
Tbe
Blow Lauded.
She doesn't go to her clubs and en-
chres half as much as she did. Peo
ple used to say this charming woman
spent most of her time at these gather
ings. One day she called on a dear
friend to reprove her for her slacken
ing Interest in the club. I believe it
was a club for reforming the gas met
er or something—anyhow It was a re
form affair.
“Look here. Lizzie,” said the enthu
siast, "wliy on earth don't you come
to the meetings? Here you are paying
your dues nnd never showing up. You
owe It to the club to take an Interest
In the work.”
“But I can't come,” explained her
friend. "There’s the baby, and Henry
doesn’t come home sometimes till late,
nnd supper must wait, and If he wants
to go out I can't go away and leave
the children. I would worry myself
to denth."
“Well, I must say nenry Is Inconsid
erate,” said the caller. "Why. there's
my husband nnd children too. They
give me no trouble. Every time I want
to go to the club Charlie says he will
be glad to stny nt home with Bridget
and keep an eye on things till I come
back. He never objects.”
"Maybe,” retorted the nmlnble host
ess, “If I had a housegirl ns handsome
nnd young ns Bridget Henry would be
glad to stny nt home, too, but mine Is
black nnd goes home nt nights.”
The blow landed, nnd Charlie hasn't
been nsked to look nfter Bridget nnd
the house since.—Louisville Times.
The Necessity of Salt.
WEAR OF THE EARTH
HOW THE FACE OF OUR GLOBE IS
CONTINUALLY CHANGING.
Geological Agent* That Ire Always
Buay In Nature'* Great Workshop.
Where Man Ila* Comparatively Lit
tle lailueuer.
The atmosphere plays Its part lu geo
logteal operations. Its corroding pow
er. backed by rain and wind, helps to
decay and disintegrate those rocks
which are exfiosed to its influence, ltain
completes the work thus begun. Wind
blows dust, sand aud volcanic ashes
over large tracts of earth—In fact,
over the whole of It.
It is only of late years that geolo
gists have discovered that tine vol
canic dust is carried over the whole of
the earth's surface auu plays a very
Important part in the deep sea depos
its. On deserts and nearly rainless re
gions blown sand will wear away the
hardest rocks by beating against
them. Some sandstone formations ap
pear to have been piled up by winds.
Winds cause ocean currents, waves
aud storms. The great denuding
power of tlie sea Is largely due to the
atmosphere. Some parts of tlie Eng
lish coasts are being rapidly washed
away. Plants anil animals have their
distribution considerably affected by
winds and ocean currents. Again,
whether living in water or on laud,
animals live on the oxygen supplied
from the atmosphere, and land plants
absorb carbonic acid from tlie same
source.
Rain acts in two ways: (1) chemic
ally by dissolving certain substances,
such as lime, out of the rocks, and (2)
mechanically by wearing down their
surfaces as It flows over them. Any
old building—a ruined castle or cathe
dral,. for instance—shows a “weath
ered" surface resulting from the ac
tion of rain and wind. In sandstone
structures tlie details of carving are
often lost, and on old tombstones tlie
lettering can hardly be deciphered.
Springs are due to rainwater collecting
in rocks aud rising to the surface.
Rivers are fed by rains and springs.
A river is a very powerful geological
agent. In the hardest rocks rivers
gradually carve out a valley or gorge.
This Is accomplished partly by chemic
ally dissolving certalu mineral sub
stances, but chiefly by mechanical
erosion, tlie stones, sand and mud
wearing away tlie lied of a stream as
they run and tumble over it.
The finest examples of river action
are tlie famous canyons of Colorado,
which In some places are gorges 5,(XX)
or even ti.txk) feet deep, with vertical
sides. But, as already pointed out,
rivers have a constructive action quite
as important as their destructive ac
tion. By bringing down their burden
of sediment into lakes, estuaries and
seas they build up great piles of rock
and “sow the dust of continents to
be.”
Glaciers are rivers of ice fed by the
eternal snows' of high mountain
ranges such as the Alps. They wear
out their own valleys as rivers do;
they transport mud, sand and stones to
great distances, in some cases sending
them sealed up in Icebergs to float far
out to sea and on melting deposit their
burdens on the sea floor. Off the coast
of Newfoundland northern icebergs
are depositing a great mass of "gla
cial drift.”
The sea is a great denuding agent;
but its work is more constructive than
destructive. It Is tlie workshop where
nearly all the stratified rocks have
been accumulated and ranged in layers
or strata. The rivers and ocean cur
rents continually bring In fresh sup
plies of debris even for hundreds of
miles.
Man, compared with the lower an!
nials, produces but little effect as a ge
ological agent. Still the human race
has considerably modified the distribu
tion of plants by cutting down forests
and by cultivating certain plants to
supply food. So with animals. Cer
tain useful species have been cultivat
ed and enormously Increased nt the
expense of others which prove useless
or harmful.
But plants and animals have had,
and still have, far more influence geo
logically. Coal seams are made up of
vegetable remains of former periods.
Forests have an important influence
on climate and on animal as well as
plant life. In the comparatively un
known world of the ocean marine
plants doubtless have Important func
tions.
Marine animals accomplish a vast
amount of geological constructive
work. Great deposits thousands of
feet thick owe their existence to small
calcareous creatures living In the sea.
Coral reefs afford the most familiar
illustration.
The force known as heat is of grent
importance. The earth Is hotter below
tlie surface nnd probably has a very
high temperature toward Its center.
In some places not very far below its
surface it contains highly heated rock,
which occasionally flows over tlie sur
face during volcanic eruptions.
In
other places we find hot springs in con
nection with volcanic action.
Heat exercises a powerful Influence
on rocks deeply burled below the
earth's surface, chiefly by menus of
heated water and steam. In this way
rocks have been very much altered
or "metamorphosed.” The crystalline
schists have thus been brought to their
present state by a series of chemical
changes due to heat, and there is no
doubt that they were once ordinary
deposits of clay. sand, etc.—Hutchin
son’s “Autobiography of the Earth;”
the Appleton Company.
A Novelty,
“Suppose I give you your supper.”
snhl the tired looking woman. “What
will you do to earn It?”
“Madam.” snid Meandering Mike. "I'll
give you de opportunity of seeln’ n man
go t’roo a whole inenl wlt’out flndln'
fnult wit’ n single thing.”
The woman thought n minute nnd
then told him to come In and she'd set
the table.—Washington Star.
Although In trentles on dietetics salt
figures as a condiment, it Is universally
recognized to be something more; In
deed It is an Indispensable element of
the food of man and animals. A well
known authority asserts, says The
Medical Press and Circulnr. tlint when
ever the annual consumption of salt
fnlls below twenty pounds per head of
population the public health Is likely
Now They Don't Speak.
to suffer. The deprivation of salt does
Ethel—If ten nu n wore to ask you to
not produce a definite disease, but re marry them, what would that be?
duces the vitality of the organism as n
Amy—Wliat would it be?
whole, so that the victims of adminis
Ethel—A tender.
trative measures which restrict the
Amy—And If one should ask you
consumption of salt more readily fall what would that be?
prey to prevailing epidemics, as well
Ethel—1 don't know. What?
as to endemic 'iladles.
Amy—A wonder.- London Fun.
/
A BUDDING HUMORIST.
Merry Mtmorlrt of n Fir«( Mreilntf
With ArtruiUM Ward.
Ou going into tin- Cleveland Plain
Dealt editorial rooms one morning 1
saw a new matt, w h<> was intrisliieed
to :ue ns Mr. Browne.
He was young, cheerful In manner,
tall and slender, not quite up to date
in style of dress, yet by no means
'luibby. His hair will flaxen and very
straight; his nose, tlie prominent fea
ture of Ills face, was Romanesque—
quite violently so and with a leaning
to tlie left. His eyes were blue gray,
with a twinkle lu them; Ills mouth
seemed so given to a merry laugh, so
much in motion, that It was difficult
to d< ‘NC ribe.
It seemed ns though bubbling In him
was a lot of happiness which lie made
no effort to conceal or hold back.
When w e w en- Introduced, lie was sit
ting at Ills table writing Ho gave his
leg a smart slap, arose, shook hands
with me ami said In- was glad to meet
me. 1 believed him. for he looked glad
nil the time. You could not look at
him but he would laugh. He laughed
as lie sat nt Ills table writing. When
he had written a tiling which pleased
him. he would slap Ills leg and laugh.
1 noticed ll it George Hoyt and
Janies Brokenshlre at their tables were
pleased with his merriment and in
dulged in broad smiles. As I hade him
ami the others good morning he said.
“Come again, me liege.” I thanked
him. said 1 would and went my way,
thinking wluit a funny fellow he was.
Within a month thereafter appeared
in the columns of The Plain Dealer a
funny letter signed "Artemus Ward."
The writer said he was In the show
business, lied a trained kangaroo, “a
most unloosin' little cuss,” some
"snaix” and a collection of wax fig
ures, which lie cnlled a "great moral
show.” As lie was coining to Cleve
land to exhibit, lie made a proposition
to tlie pr prietor that they "scratch
each others backs"—the publisher to
write up the show vigorously ami the
showman to have tlie handbills print
ed at his office and give him free tick
ets for all ids family. So I found my
young friend of tlie gurgle ami hay
colored lialr to be an embryo humorist
just bursting into bloom. Artemus, as
from that time lie was best known,
so,>n had a city full of friends, myself
and family among them. James F.
Ryder in Century Magazine.
FLOWER AND TREE.
Never buy a plant In bloom.
Nover water plants in flower from
above.
In planting out an orchard do not
plant more than can be manured and
cared for well.
A yard or lawn always looks barren
without some choice ornamental trees
and shrubs. On this account every
lawn should contain a few choice speci
mens of these ornamental trees.
Scale Insects on plants, such as tlie
oleanders, tlie fragrant olive, roses,
etc., are among tlx- most difficult pests
to overcome. A mixture of white helle
bore powder with dissolved soap rub
bed in is a good remedy.
Keeping nil young trees carefully
staked lends to tlie formation of clean,
straight stems. These in their turn are
conducive to the growth of large,
healthy, fruitful heads. One stout
stake should bo placed by each tree
when It Is planted.
Crocus must lie planted In October
to insure spring blooms. It makes a
tine appearance If thickly planted upon
a lawn. Make a ent with a spade
three or four Inches deep In tlie sod,
tuck lu a couple of bulbs aud press the
sod back into place with the foot.
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A writer in the London Standard de
rlnres tlie Idea that genius is usually
modest to lie a popular delusion. On
the contrary, he alleges egotism to be
the very essence of true genius xml
quotes many amusing examples.
When Wordsworth, Southey nnd
Coleridge were walking together and
Coleridge remarked that the day was
so flue "It might have been ordered for
three poets." the gentle Wordsworth
promptly exclaimed: “Three poets!
Who are tlie other two?"
Disraeli, then a mere youth, wrote to
Ills sister that lie lind heard Macaulay,
Shell ami Grant speak, "lint between
ourselves I could floor them all." And
lignin lie said.
lien I want to read a
good book. I write one."
Our own Joaquin Miller wrote to
Walt Whitman: "You and I are over
the bead of tin- rabble. We know we
• re great, ami If oilier people don't
know it it Is their own fault."
It was President Grant who, being
told that a certain senator, an admit
ted genius who was very hostile to
him. did not believe the Bible, ex
pressed Ids estimate of the senator's
egotism by rejoining: "Why should lie?
He didn't write It. you know.”—New
York World.
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)8pecialty. Butter, Egg« and Cheeat.
Your conHignments solicited.
lln, lna n Kasor.
"1 need a hex razor,” said the man
who slm ves himself.
"Better lot me get It for you,” sug
gested tlie i-ofoinu-d barber, who, now
Unit lie Is a trolley car conductor,
regards himself as a distinguished
member of so- lei.' "All cutlery stores
are tilled will, razors of the class
known as ‘dead ones ’ When a barber
buys a razor, lie takes It with the un
derstanding tlint lie Is to try it out, and
if it doesn't work well he takes It back
and gels another one, keeping this up
until In- gets one Unit suits him. Buy
ing a razor, you know, I k a lottery in
which tin- prizes are few mid far be
tween. When the ordinary citizen goes
to a cutlery store, lie picks out what he
thinks Is a good razor, pays for It and
takes Ills chances. He picks one out,
too. from the bunch of 'dead ones’ that
barbers have tried and found wanting.
That’s why 1 advise you to let me get
It for you Then If you don’t like It I
can keep exchanging It until you get n
good one. They needn't know I’ve quit
tlx- business."—Philadelphia Record.
Th* Woolsack.
Buck during tlx- time of Queen Eliza
beth an act of parliament wns passed
prohibiting the exportation of wool.
This product was one of the grent
soiirces of the natural wealth of Eng
land nt that time, nnd In accordance
ultli the economic notions of the age
the authorities attempted to keep It In
tlx- country, Imagining that If It went
Hnliltn of Seals.
abroad, even though something more
The habits of seals are very Interest valuable or desirable wore exchanged
ing. Tlie very young seal Is helpless for It, the country would ho the poorer.
In tlie water until lie Is taught by his
In order to hold the Importance of
mother to swim. She takes him Into this commodity before the minds of the
(lie water daily on her tin ami dumps national legislators woolsacks were
him In, and when ho gets tired of placed In tlie liouse of lords, where the
floundering about places him on her Judges ant. Hence tlie lord chancellor,
tin again and returns to her camp. who presides over tlie liouse of lords,
When the young seals are well grown, “sits on the woolsack.” The woolsack,
they suddenly disappear with their according to a printed description. Is a
mothers and the bull seals. No one “large square bag of wool without
knows where they go, and their return buck or arm* nnd covered with red
is equally as sudden as their departure. clot li.”
The bulls are the first to put In an ap
“Faint*.”
pearance at the camping ground.
Fusel oil or “faints," as It Is com
When they arrive, they commence nt
once to prepare a camp for their mates, monly called aliout the distilleries In
which they stake off, nnd for which England, according to the London Lan
they fight until they die. In the mean cet. Is a primary amyl alcohol mixed
time the female seals retanin quite n with primary and secondary propyl al
distance from laud, floating lazily on cohols. in England It can lie obtained
the water and seemingly having a good grails at some distilleries. It Is used
locally ns an external application for
time.
rheumatism. It Is obtained from fer
Hound to Sound Their "H."
mented grain or potntoes by continu
Tlie English middle classes have had ing the process of distillation nfter the
so much fun poked at them for drop ordinary spirit has all "come over” It
ping the letter “h” and for carrying it Is an oily liquid, with a burning, acrid
forward and placing It where it should taste and an odor snld to resemble
not be, possibly thus to obey the laws Jargonelle pear. It has Intoxicating
of compensation, that they have be nnd poisonous properties considerably
come sensitive on the subject, ami more powerful than ordinary spirits.
many aspirate the “h” with double
force when the letter should be aspi
Must Give R Horseshoe.
rated. Instead of saying "before him,”
All ol<l manorial rite exists at Oak
ts Americans do, with a light asplra- ham, In Rutlandshire, England, where
t on, they will say "before him," taking every peer of the realm Is bound the
a full nnd deep breath when they utter first time he enters the town to present
tlie second word, shooting It out as If a horseshoe to lie nulled on the old por-
it came from a popgun. Dropping the tnl, which Is well nlgli covered with
“h" Is not new for ordinary English these tribu’.es. It Is said that In case
folk. It Is a new trick to aspirate It any contumacious peer should refuse
with double the force required.—New to pay tills tax the authorities lmve a
York Commercial Advertiser
right to stop Ills carriage and levy
blnckmall by unshoeing one of the
Ojster Shell*.
horses. To avert so serious an annoy-
One thousand bushels of shucked nnce tlie tribute shoe Is generally ready,
oysters leave about 1,100 bushels of some being of enormous size nnd In
shells, which accumulate In grent scribed with the name of tlie donor.
heaps about tlie shucking houses. The
oyster shells landed on the shores of
Ilnlrhroshe*.
Mnryland during tlie last ninety years
No amount of washing of the hair
have been reckoned at 12,000,000 tons
will keep It clenn If dirty brushes are
—a quantity twice sufficient to over
used, yet persons otherwise fairly neat
load and sink every sailing vessel,
tire cnreloss in tills respect. A special
steam vessel, barge and canalbont In
ist says tlint hairbrushes should lie
America.
washed once n wook and. If used on
The largest railroad tunnel In tne hair In which there Is much dnmlruff,
United States will be built through the twice a week Is not too often. The
Sierra Nevada mountains of California brushes should tie washed In cold, not
The project, which will Involve an out hot, water, to which cloudy ammonia
lay of $3.000.000 to $5.000,000, contem has been ndiled In the proportion of a
plates the boring of a hole 27,000 feet scant tables|xwnful to a quart of wa
In length through the heart of the Si ter. Cnre should be taken not to wet
the backs of the brushes, and when
erras.
_________________
Deer forests are much more expen washed and rinsed—a good way to
sive in Scotland than grouse moors. rinse them properly Is to use a shower
They range from £1,000 to £4,000 or spray on them they should be put on
even £5,000 for the season, according edge In the air to dry. Dress combs,
to tlie sport obtained nnd whether the too. should lie frequently cleaned, n
place gives salmon fishing nnd grouse comb cleaner being used for ths pur-
poss.
shooting ns well ns deers.a.king
BRIGtIT’S DISEASE
Tlx- largest slim ever paid for a pre
scription, changed hands in San Fran
cisco, Aug. 30, 1001, The transfer in
volved in coin nml stock $112,500.00 iii <1
w-ts paid by a party of business men for
a speciti or Bright's Disease and Dia
betes, I. tm-rto incurable diseases.
They commenced tlie serious investi
gation of tlie specific Nov. 15, 1IKX).
They interviewed scores of tlie cured
and tried it out on its merits by putting
over three dozen cases on tin-treatment
and watching them. They also got phy
sicians to name chronic, incurable case-,
and administered it with tlie physician-
for judges. Up to Aug. 25, eighty-seven
percent of tlie test cases were either
well or progressing favorably.
Tiler-- being but thirteen per cent of
failures, tlie jiarties were satisfied and
closed tlie transaction. The proceedings
of the investigating committee and the
clinical reports of tlie test cas -s wen-
published and will be mailed free on
application. Address J ohn ,T. F i i . tox
C omi - vxv , 420 Montgomery St. San Fran
cisco, Cal.
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The
Arctic Snmmrr.
The arctic summer Is brief, but for
weeks together there Is nothing to dis
tinguish day and night. Once at Dvor-
nik two naturalists had left their ship
at different hours. When later they
met, one said, "Good morning;” the oth
er, "Good evening.” Both agreed that
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alilp they settled that It wns last night,
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llArnh
Neighbor«.
“How do you like your neighbors?"
“Not a bit," said the woman who was
tying a little boy's hat on. “You see,
they don’t like children."
"How do you know?”
"They hurt Reginald’s feelings dread
fully. When he throws stones at their
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"You do not often get better steak
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for a compliment.
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