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f BANDON RECORDER. Power of au Inch of Hulu. “Flue «bower wr I a ; h ! last uiglit,** ■ahi a talkative man. •‘Yes," an« were«) I In* thoughtful man “How much rain fell?” “The weather report says Just an Inch.” “Do you know what that means?” asked the other as he took a pencil from bls pocket ami began to figure. “It means clearing the air, luying the dust and furnishing needed moisture for vegetation and for us, I suppose.” ••But have you ever thought what it means In power?” continued the thoughtful man. "You said an inch of rain. Now, sec these figures. New York city contains «'Mis square miles of surface, and one inch of water over that would measure 715.455.tkM> cubic feet, which at *»3 pounds which Is the weight of a cubic foot of water makes <5.070.372,800 pounds, or 22,539, t»Sil tous. Cau you realize It? "Now, what comes down has gone up. and this water fell about 5,(MM) feet. Old Sol had quite a pull to get that moisture up there, for a me<*banlcal engineer will tell you that that reprv sents the expenditure of nearly 2,500.- 000,000,000 foot pouuds of energy. It’s sad that we can’t hitch machinery to that power without having to take it secondhand through coal.” New York Herald. •»»»»»»»»««••»»»»»»»»»»»»» held tiieir mother he »prang from.tlie : Polly v Larkin ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»♦»a chair and with tlie cry, “Great Heavens,” fell dead at their feet. Tlie wife's plaintive cry for many mouths was answered and “retribution hail come swift and sure” to the guilty hus band. The niece, who had never known of his cruel act and had married him lielieving his wife wa» dead, remained a member of the household, and this to my mind was an act of Ciiristiau char ity which was rare under tlie circum stances.” »»»» Polly’s query Isix is empty this week, so 1 will tell you a good snake story as related by an old colored woman who had only arrived recently from old “Kaintuck.” “Do you know anything about snakes, auntie?” I asked her. Then her tongue was list ened and she l>egan to spin yarn after yarn. “Snakes, honey, don't mention it. This I know for a fact. It ha|>- pened on an old plantation away back from Mars John’s house. The cullud folks was a cuttin’ trees and four of them stayed in a cabin that wasn’t in use all night, so they wouldn’t have to go home. Next day them niggars’ heads were as white as wool, and good ness, how skeart they were. From every hole in that old roof and ’long the sides a snake was wiggling. They had fit snakes all night and next morning they managed to git out the house and there was the ground liter ally covered with snakes, big and little, and they screamed for help, and here came Mars John and everybody on the place including the dogs - they had the finest deer hounds in the country, too. They killed and killed snakes until they were piled up in heaps on the ground but didn’t 'pear to make any difference in the number. There was one great big old snake which appeartsi to lie the king of that snake party. He’d rise right up and hiss and away would go the snakes again writhing and twisting and showing their poi soned fangs like all ]s»ssessed. Every body tried to hit that king snake but nobody could tech him. Then Mars John sent oil to get the crack shot of the whole neighliorhood, and when be came and saw all the snakes be was most as seared as the rest of us, but he put a great big charge of buckshot in his gun and when that old snake rose up again and sent that little forked tongue of his dashing like flashes of lightning, he just tookginxl aim, pulled the trigger and bang went the guu. You couldn’t see nothing for smoke for quite a while. Then when it cleared a little bit we saw that nothing was left of that old kingsnake’s head but scraps, not enough to make a decent wadding for a gun. What do you think hap pened then? Why, every snake left when they saw the king was dead; grabbed a dead snake in his mouth and tisik to the bushes. There wasn't a snake dead or alive there in ten min utes. Seemed like we’d all lieen dream ing of snakes but we hadn’t, that's an X_ . ---—L *>- -A, fi. — T I* ...HU ” — eyes, and 1 never told what wasn’t so in my life.” I haven’t a word to say in regard to this marvelous tale, but I have old auntie's word for it. WINE AND WATER. A Simple l.ltllu Trlek at Oaee feethe aud «teriou«. TRICKS OF THE TRADE. Ft- Here Is a trick I bat Is always effec tive. aud. while it Is very simple in deed. »till it is beiiml to appear just a wee bit mysterious, aud mauy. espe cially your little brothers and sisters, will be unable to explain it. Take two ordinary claret glasses aiul till one to the brim with claret aud the other equally full with clear water. Cover the lop of the glass containlug water with an ordinary visiting card so Hint there are uo places around the edge uncovered by the card. Turn th«- glass upside down aud place It on tin- top of the glass containing claret ami adjust the glasses so that their edges meet exactly all the way around. Now move the card slightly to one side so that there will be a little space at one side of tlie glasses Inside uncov ered by a card. At ouce a thin stream of claret will begin to rise through this space, not mixlug with the water at all, but its edges clear and sharply de fined. The water, too, will begin to de- scend iuto the glass containing tbe claret, a pure, glistening white stream against the ruddy red. The stream of claret, too, rising through the sparkliug white of the wa ter preseuts a beautiful effect, aud lu a moment the claret will begin to spread about the top of the upper glass like the uufoldiug of a red rose and the wa ter will spread lu the bottom of the lower glass. The two dulds will uot mix, but will present a delightful con- trust of red and white with sharply de- tiued edges. In a very short time the claret and water will have changed places, the claret being in the upper glass and the water In tlie lower. This Is due to the difference In weight of the liquids; wa ter. being tlie heavier, forces Itself Into the lower glass, aud a portion of the claret Is moved up to take the place of tin- descending water.—New York Her ald. “Speaking of retribution, Polly,'' said a lady the other day, after a little chat on that subject, “1 know of a case where retribution came swift and sure. A few years «luce I tiad a friend who was thrown on Iter own resources on the death of her husband, and having always led a kind of butterfly life she was at Iter wits end to find something she could do to keep the wolf from the door. Fortunately she hud no children or anyone else de|s-uding U|s>ti her. Some influential friend got Iter a |s>si- tion a* one of the ushers or nttendants in an insane asylum in one of our big Eastern cities, and while her whole nature revolted at taking the potdtion at first, she was compelled to put all scruples aside ami accept the only thing open to her. She went in with fear and trembling but developed from a timid shrinking little woman into a strong umi courageous one, and was so patient and conscientious in her work and by her determined will power, which she owned she had to cultivate, that she had f erfect control over some of the most violent patients. She had many thrilling stories to relate, but probably the most interesting was the He Wouldn’t Interfere. Au old Scotchman went to stay for one I am about to tell you and I a short time, as lie said, with friends will give it to you in her own words. of his, a young couple with no family. “When 1 first went to the asylum as After living with them for some two an attendant,’’ “she said, “I noticed or three week« the .vouug couple begun to get tired of their visitor, but did a pale refined looking little woman not like to toll him the stale of their who went silently alsiut tlie work set feelings toward hliu. so they arranged her to do, which consisted in setting a little plan between them as to how the long tallies, and she did it so nicely they would get rid of him. and with an air as though she had lieen “Tomorrow,” said the husband, used to lietter things that caused re "when I come home for dinner, I shall marks from strangers who were given quarrel about the soup and say It is iyi opportunity to visit the dining- not good. In the midst of our quarrel CURE FOR CATARRH. risims of the institution. Then she we will appall to mu friend. and If he would go quietly back into her corner A Itruirdr Which au Old Virginian takes your part I will give lilm notice Sax» 1» Infallible. to leave the house, and if he takes my and sitting facing the wail would re An old Virginia horse breeder who is sume her low wierd cry which part you do Just the same.” visitlug lu New York claims to have au Next <la.\ at dinner the “quarrel” amounted to a mourn, ‘retribution, Infallible cure for catarrh. “It seems to arose about the sonp. and in the heat retribution,' this is the only word you me,” he said "that 90 per cent of the of the argument "uucle” was appealed ever heard her speak. It was so pa people of New York city suffer more to. but lie coolly replied: thetic that it was really heartrending. or less from catarrh. If they will do “Ye see. ma frerns. for a’ the time I I said to the head attendant one day, as 1 suggest, they can cure themselves Intend tae Is* here Just a month or iu short order. twa 1 hae made up ma mind no tae II don't lielieve that woman is insane, but is possibly being hept here from "A friend of mine who used to live Interfere wl’ ye’r boose affairs.” in Yonkers luul such a severe case of some outside influence.' ‘I have never catarrh that lie was compelled to give thought so from the first,’ she replied, A Stoi) of Wendell Phillip». up Ids busluess and go to Colorado. At the close of the civil war ami be 'but there seems to Is- no one interested The doctors told him that the high altl fore In* was well known Wendell Phil in her welfare on the outside who will tilde of that state would benefit him. lips, tio* distinguished abolitionist, take steps to get her out. I remember lie remained lu Colorado nearly a year went to Charleston ami put up at a ho well the day that she was entered as an ami then fouml himself as badly off as tel. lie had breakfast served in Ills insane patient. She came with a well when lie left Yonkers. After he had room and was waited upon by a slave. dressed man and she was daintily made up his mind that nothing could Mr. Phillips seized the opportunity to ciiri- him and that lie might as well represent to the negro In a pathetic dressed. He seemed to tie showing her die nt home as among strangers he met wu\ that he regarded him as a man alsiut the building ami suddenly dis an old tinker, who gave him the reme and a brother and. more than that, appeared. She didn’t notice it at first, dy. which cured him in three mouths. that he himself was an abolitionist. then she appeared annoyed because, he "Dissolve a little powdered alum In a Tlie negro, however, seemed more anx did not come, then finally began to pint of cider vinegar. Use the solution ious about his breakfast than he was make arrangements to leave. When ns a gargle three or four times a day. about ids position in the social scab» she discovered she was in an insane It won't do any harm if you swallow or the condition of Ids soul, and finally asylum ami entered as a patient she some of it. Two or three times a day, Mr. Phillips becaim* discouraged ami but particularly Just before going to told him to go away, saying that lie was tlie most heart-broken woman I i,...i ,Ui. ■« chicken feather in vaseline ,,....11 »..,♦ ». .... ♦ I.,. /..» i.«- .» ever ¡«aw. She begged ami pleaded for ala ve. her liberty ami insisted that she was umi stick the feather up tlie nostrils. I suppose any contrivance bought at a "You must ’scuse me, mussa,” said not insane. But they all do that, you drug store for tlie purpose will do Just tin* negro. “I Is 'bilged to stay here know, so we tried to pacify her, stating as well as a chlckeu feather, but tlie ’cause I’m ’sponsible for de silver* that some mistake had lieen made and old tinker Insisted that there was some u are.” that her friend- would doubtless call medicinal virtue iu the feather. for her. She silently watched from a Charity’« Choice. "The gargle clears the throat aud the 1 tried to lead her on to tell; some lower portlous of the air passages from “.Mummy.” said a small girl “mum window day after day and inquired if my. dear, I do wish 1 might give some any mail had come for her. She wanted more of her thrilling stories and asked the nostrils. The vasellue heals the dis morn y for poor children's dinners.” to semi letters out but never succeeded her if she had ever seen any ghosts, or eased condition of the affei-tcd parts. "So you may. darling.” in getting oue outside of the walls of whether she believed in them. “Don’t In a week tlie sufferer will feel better, "But. mummy, I haven’t any mon the asylum. Finally she gave up and believe much in;ghosts, child, except and if Im will keep up the treatment he ey.” the pathetic despair which is so clearly the Holy Ghost,” was her reply, “but can be assuied that lie will be cured." "Well, darling, if you like to go with New York Mall ami Express. stamped on her features, came. She I’ve had friends who seen them and out sugar I will give you the money had them come right up to their beds eeased to ask questions or to talk to In-trad, and then you will have some.” Stzklller*» trm ■ Deadly Weapoa. The small child considered solemnly anyone and all you hear from her is, at night. I don’t lielieve in tempting “Another man has been killed by a them by going into a cemetery at ‘ retribution- retribution.' Tills is her for a moment, and then said, "Must blow of the fist, which suggests the night, either, ” she said thoughtfully. it be sugar, mummy'.'" cry from morning until night, and I thought that at times the nuked fist of "Why. no. darling. I don’t mind suppose it will goon until death seals a man, given proper Impetus by a well niucli. Whnt would you like to do her lips, poor little woman. If she is dt veloped biceps, is au exceedingly BRIEF REVIEW. without ?” dangerous and destructive instrument,” unjustly placed in this institution I "How would soap do, mummy, trust lier cry, which almost amounts sahl a mnn who for many years lived (The King of Denmark. then?” exclaimed the small maiden in at Vinita, in the Cherokee Nation. to a prayer, will lie answered. "This In Denmark many odd little stories triumph. Philadelphia Ledger. "it recalls a bit of history locul to the went on.” said my friend, “for sev are told of KingGhristian and his kind Indian Territory.” lie continued. “Not eral months, or you might sav a ly ways, above all of the friendly inter far from the Arkansas line there lived Got lli» Money. When King Edward VII. was an un couple of years after I went in as at est he takes in the doings of his sub a half breed who went by the name of dergraduate at Oxford, he was a great tendant, when one day some visitors jects. Until quite recent days, when John Slxklller. He was a bad man, huntsman, and few meu could beat 1dm called, a lady and two young girls. his strength liegan to fail him, he used lull not bad lu the ordinary southwest across conhtry. on one occasion bis They entered the apartment where tills bi spend much of his time in Copen ern way—that is to say. he was not a royal highness and some other riders poor little soul sat facing the corner hagen walking about the streets, and 'gun fighter.’ although he enjoyed a galloped into a farmyaid by way of a and uttering her plaintive cry of ‘ retri nothing pleased him lietter than to stop general nilxup immensely, aud until short cut. The farmer, a sturdy yeo tlie Cherokee council Intervened he in man, closed the gates ami told the bution— retribution,’ when something and have a chat with any workman he dulged In many such affrays. caused her to turn round. Instantly a chanced to encounter. Whenever any huntsmen they must pay £1 apiece for "After three men whom lie bad ‘laid cry waked the echoes of the room, Dane makes his mark in the world, no out' bad died of their injuries the coun trespass. One of the gentlemen smiled Indul ‘Mother, mother,' and the next instant matter what his station in life may be cil itrlbal legislature) met aud passed gently at the rustic aud said, "But. my the little woman was crying in her or what his views, the King always an act declaring that 'John Slxkiller's good man. this Is the Prince of Wales.” daughter’s arms. In fact, all three sends for him, at the first opportunity, right arm Is a deadly weapon’ aud that The good man was in nowise abashed were crying bitterly. ‘Mother, we that he may know what he is like, and ‘In- Is forbidden to use it against an ad and retorted, “Prince or no prince. I’ll thought you dead, we didn’t know you have a talk with him. Little wonder versary except to protect tiimself from have my money.” And he got It. were in such a place,' finally explained that lie understands his people orthat death or great bodily injury.’ ” one of the young girls. they understand him. A Lost < liHnee. A Aew FuaH»li Ailhur. “He tlnit will not when he may" Is »»»» A listener detector for telephones is to Tlie traveler who happen» to be likely to repent Ills Indecision for many Then the whole miserable truth weather bound lit I’erugla may find be adopted in Sweden. The invention some amusement in the library of one a long day afterward. A lady who had spent n weary hour In "beating down" leaked out. The father and husband is a simple contrivance with a button of the lending hotels. Among the con the salesman at a Turkish shop in Par had fallen in love with a relative of his uush. If any one using the instrument tents of the shelves there is a consid is I eturned the next day prepared to wife who was stopping with them. fancies that a third party is "tapping” erable sprinkling of English books; purchase. "I believe you said 20 fra nos,” Knowing that his case was hopeless the wire or listening he can satisfy him but. to the visitor's surprise, a large while bis wife was in the land of the rhe began, taking out her purse. proportion of these are by a mysterious “Ninety, inadatne!" answered the living lie planned a delightful trip for self as to the truth of Ills suspicion by author, “Bart.” of whose name he Is pressing the button, for the invention smiling Turk. himself and wife to a distant city. will invariably reveal the fact, and he probably ignorant. But w hen he finds "But you came down to twenty!” They were gone several weeks. Then that Bart has written "Ivanhoe” and “Ah, that was yesterday, tnadanie! came a black-bordered letter and a can stop the conversation. “The Lust Days of 1‘ompell" tlie key to Everything goes up again In the night!" marked newspafter clipping telling of' Two rather embarrassing gifts have the mystery is discovered. The local Ins wife's death. On his return in his just been brought from Abyssinia for binder lias taken the author's title for An Intere«tlnv Helle. In the matter of diminutive bank “widower's weeds.” he stated that she King Edward VII by British officers. bls mime, ami Str Walter Scott aud Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton are credit notes a correspondent sends an ac had died of a contagious disease and From Emperor Menelek comes a tame ed with lint one personality between count of n curious note which he has the authorities would not allow him to In bls possession. It is a card measur bring the liody home but insisted on zebra and from the commander of the them Abyssinian army a pet lion cub. ing 2 by 2^t Inches, on one side of Conscience Woaey. Immediate interment. In due season which Is twice printed the word "Two “Conscience money" In Great Britain he courted the niece and married her. pence,” while on the other the sum Is The London Postoffice handled SW,- now amounts to tliousamls of pouuds priuted In words and figures round toe ♦ » »» 570,991 messages in tlie last twelve annually. I lie first sum noticed was border. In the ndddle Is the following: With never a word to the father the months. Twenty thousand women are on March ilu. 1789. when £3tMI was car "I promise to pay the bearer, on de «laughters took steps towards having ried to the public account In conse mand, twopence. By order of the Cor their mother released and then attended employed in this service. quence of n note received by tlie chan poration of the City of New York. Feb. cellor. The writer with troubled soul The King of Sweden is said to tie a Implored him. “as an honest man. to 20, 1790. I) Phoenix, City Treasurer.” to having a dainty wardrobe prepared for her. The old, dingy, fadeil dress master of seven different languages, one consider tlie money tlie property of tlie —London Graphic. which she had entered the asylum of which is Chinese. The latter he can nation and to lie so Just as to apply with was forever laid away and once speak ami write with comparative ease. It to the use of the state 111 such n Not Durable. “Marriages may be made In heaven," more she was attired in a way that was manner that the nation may not suffer The Russian Government has an by Its havlug been detained ami thus be said thoughtfully, “but if so. they're in keeping with any lady ill the laud. dealiug In a cheaper grade of goods up Then they started on their homeward nounced that persons found playing to euse the conscience of an boueet there every year. They «lout last any journey with no word to the father that cards in a railway carriage in any part wau.” thing like the way they used to.”— they were coming, and on their arrival of the Russian empire will lie subject to Literary people pay but little atten Chicago l’c«L were driven home. Witlnait a word they penalties. tion to the volume of business.-De- silently entered the house, passing rolt Tribune. The < hecks which pass through the Belgium holds tlie world’s record in London clearing house In six weeks are through to the sitting-room where their Tlie first straw paper made in this more than equal In amount to all the father was reading the pa|ter. When canals, having 536 miles, which carry touutry was manufactured In 1323. he glanced up at thelrigilranet* and lie- 8,< MW,<<»> tous a year. coin of the world. t up». Bni.kr. »nd Spuaacs That Are | Left I m Harber Shop». “What Ix-comes of all the old shav- lug mug»?" was tlie question asked the barber. “What la-eomes <>f the owners?” was tin- response. Neither side seemeil disposed to au swer tlie query, ami there was au awk- ward silence. The barber slapped ilia razor oil the strop, smeared some extra lather on tlie victim's mouth so lie wouldn't lie Inclined to Interrupt aud said III a stage whisper: “Now. i'll tell you. but I don’t want It shouted from the housetops. We use tlie mugs again.” 11c paused ami sighed as he tossed the questioner’s head the other way. "Yes." lie continued, "we use them again. We don't like to lose custom ers; lint, if we must lose them, why, we don't mlml if they leave their cups, etc., behind. It's surprising bow- many do; but. then, barbers do mostly a ‘shifting trade.' It's no secret that we urge customers to have their own cup Most of them are satisfied if they have a private cup. brush and sponge. W<- supply them witli the man’s name on the cup for $1.50, and our profit on th«« transaction is 50 cents. When a man lias a razor and comb and brush be sides Hie oilier tools, lie generally takes the whole lot away when he's leaving, but countless (Mips, brushes an«" sponges are left behind In every barb« shop. "Tlie cups are always good. Many ol them .... italn such common names as John Smith. William Jones, etc., and when some other John Smith or Wil liam Jones orders a cup we simply sup ply him with the cast off oue. Some times they need a llttlle touching up with gliding; but. on the whole. It’s very profitable. "The brushes ami sponges? Oh, we use them on the transients.”—New- York Telegram. POULTRY POINTERS. Ducks and geese need no grain when they have plenty of grass. Cblckeu fatten faster on cooked food than on raw because It Is more easily digested. When soft feed is given to either young or old fowls, it should uever lie throwu on the ground. When closely confined, th«- loose grain fed to fowls should be scattered among litter of some kind, so that they can scratch It out. There Is nothing so bud for the health ami well being of poultry us confining them lu close quarters and preventing them from taking needed exercise. Oue of the most Important items to Insure success In the hatching of chick- eus In winter Is to get the eggs from a Hock of healthy and vigorous fowls. There Is better health among roving fowls because they get the food that is best for digestion aud get the necessary grit to help the gizzard do its work. When necessary to administer medi cine by placing It in the drinking wa ter. keep the birds from drink for sev eral hours. They are then thirsty and more apt to get a good swallow. qraac: ■>».«< nav*.tiv» >•< rybUia< The last execution on a permanent gallows In London took place at Ty burn on Nov. 7, 1783. the malefactor being one John Austin, condemned for highway robbery with violence. For centuries Tyburn had been the scene of executions for criminals condemned In Middlesex, and before the erection of the permanent gibbet occasional hangings had taken place, record exist ing of the banging of Judge Tressilian and Nicholas Brembro at that place as far back as 1388. Tlie gallows consisted of three posts, and around it were open galleries, re sembling race stands, in which seats were let. On account of the disgrace ful scenes on the road, executions were transferred in 1783 to the area in front of Newgate, despite the objections of residents, and on Dec. 3 of that year the first banging took place there, when no less than ten were executed.— London Chrouicle. The Beu Was at Homa. A woman traveling abroad narrate« the following experience: She bad oc casion to ft to the British embassy at a certain spot, which shall be name less. to soe the embassador, who, how ever. proved to be away with his wife at a be-ghliorlng health resort. The visitor asked for the first secretary, who, unfortunately, was on leave In England. The woman said that the second secretary would do as well, but lie happened to be In attendance upon bls wife, who was In a hospital. Was the third secretary there? No. He was on leave too. The bottle wash er might be in. jierchance? No. He was shooting In England. The second bottle washer? He, unfortunately, was an Invalid and rarely came to the em bassy. The military attache? He was on leave. The archivist? He was fish ing In Scotland. The visitor had heard of two Junior secretaries, whose custom It was to transact their duties In company with a pet bear. Did they happen to be tn? Unfortunately, they were away play ing polo. And the bear? Yes, the bear was at home. The visitor, however, did not feci equal to interviewing the bear single handed and left^-London Truth. Make No Pretenses. Be natural. If you are not what you would like to seem, endeavor to come as nearly to your Ideals as you cau. but do nut affect a manner or char acter that Is uot your own, that Is not sincere. Affectation betrays weakness of character. It deceives no one. One may Imagine he is making a great Impression. People are too polite to let him know tlielr thoughts, hut they see through him. lie makes himself less In their estimation. It Is of uo use to assume to know that of which one Is ignorant. There Is a certain strength In hon esty that carries weight ami Influence. Integrity will make Itself felt. By inn king no pretenses one Is on tlie right road to advance. There Is no fool like the one who thinks he knows It all. or. worse, thinks he can make others think so. I'retenses art- despised by all sensible persons Be true, be genuine, amt you retain your self respect and gain that of others. Milwaukee Jour nal. FOLLIES OF FASHION CHOICE M1SCELLAN1 la»» of Bate« D ub ». SARTORIAL VAGARIES OF THE CtN- TURIES THAT ARE GONE. Uruln.iae T ■■ the Tlaae af < haaeer — Hala«eat Thai HltMlra the Kalebow aag Men Wha starahed Their Beard». It Is a little gratifying to reflect that, however th- man of today may com pare wiili bls am estors of bygoue cen turies in physique and morals, Ills dress Is much more moderate aud in expensive even if It Is less pictur esque, than I heli s. It is true tlial here ami there one may timl some foolish young man whose taste in dress is as extravagant as iliat of any "buck" of the days of the Georges. Ibere Is. for instance, a son of a w« II known peer who has the repulatiou of never wearing a suit twice. Il«- has a wardrobe of waist coats of all the colors of the rainbow, ranging from a light blue spangled with silver stars to a deep greeu satiu with button» of eighteen carat gold, each of which Is adorned with the pailited face of a beautilul woman. Another wealthy aristocrat is credit ed witli having as mauy suits and uni forms a» ilicre sre days iu the year and with spending on Ills tailors bill a sum which would pay th«- yearly salary of a minor cabinet mluister. But such men are modestly arrayed compared with the dandies of mauy a past - - ill ury. The earl of Northum berliiial who lived in the latter part of tlie foiil'lcelllli century lioHsted Uo few er than sixiy sulls of cloth of gold aioli«*, ami iln- bishop of Ely of that time had a «-liange of raiment for ev ery day of the year. Much later, iu Queen Mary's lime, tin- wardrol...... . a bishop might have lieen tin- envy of Solomon for the va rlety and costliness of its contents, and ev« ii a simple village priest, according to Fuller, won- “a vestment of crimson satiu. a vestment of crimson velvet, a stoic ami fanoil set with pearl, gowns faceil with taffetas, etc.” Hi the days of t’liaucer fashionable men wore clothes as many colored as Joseph’s coat, so that "while oue leg would Is- ii blaze of crimson the othei would lie tricke«! out iu green or blue or yellow, willmut any regard to har mony or contrast.” Even as late as I lie middle of the eighteenlli century a dandy would «leek himself in "a vivid green coat, a waist coat of senrlet. yellow breeches and blue slocking«." and the gentleman of a few years later wore, among siml Inr sartorial vagaries, "a coat of light gl'«.M-U. Willi sleeves too small fol' the arms ami buttons too big for th«- sleeves; a pair of Manchester tine stllft breeches, without moue.v in their pock «•ts; <*lou<li*«l silk stockings, a club of hair behind larger than the head that curries it. a hat of the size of a six pence on a block not worth a far thing." At oue fashionable epoch our ances tors. to quote tin- words of a qliaiul chronicler, "would weare clothes so tiglile io ye skin Ibat it might well be Conceived they wore no clothes al all.” aud al another they would wear them "so voluminous that a single suite might well have afforded raymeut for a whole familie, and so stuffed out with feathers that, of a verity, their Wearers resembled nothing so much ns walking saekes." Al another |>erlod It was the gro lesqiie fashion to combiue oil one per son tlie dress of all the countries of Euriqx- tlie lint would lie Spauish. tin- coat French, tlie trousers Turkish, and so on so tluil the wearer was a "walk ing epitome of tlie dress of a conti nent." Al one lime shoes would lie worn witli square toes of such width that a royal proclamation was issued limiting the wi«li Ii to six Inches, ami these slio<-s were succe«-«l*-d by others which came to tin? finest of points at tlie toes. In Henry H.'s time slices witli points two feet long wen- worn by tlie fash ionables. ami in tlie reign of Henry IV Hies«- points I iik I grown to such au inordinate length that iu order to be able Io walk at all it was m-eessary to attach the tips to the knees by eliaius, w lifcli were «if gol«l or silver, while llie tops of tin- shoes were carve«! with all kinds of fantastic designs. In the <arly part of the eiglitei-iith ei'iiluiy it was a common thing for a limn of fashion to speml several hours a day with his valet, among the many quaint operations belug "the starching <f Hie lieanl ami the proper perfuming .if garni« uts. tlie paiutiug of tin- face and anointing w ith oils, tinctures, quin ti-ssi-nces and pomatums." It is even »aid tliat some of the dandies of the time batlied In wiue and milk "for the preservation of tlielr complexions and the rejuvenation of their energies." - Londou Tit-Bits. Moaamenlal Bra»»»». At tlie beginning of tin- thirteenth comnry It occurred to some one io pr«--«-rve tlie likeness of ills departed fii<-nd. ns well as the symbols of his ¡■ank mid station. So effigies w«-r«- in troduced upon lhe surface of the slabs anil weir carved tint, but ere filly yems luul passed away the art of the sculp.or piodiiced magnificent moiiu- menial effigies. Knights and uobles lie «-lad in armor with their ladies by I heir sides, bishops ami abbots bless ■ lie spectaiurs with tlielr uplifted right l iinds, Juilges lie III their official garb alid merchants with the emblems of tlielr trail«-. At llu-lr feet lie animals, u-milly having some heraldic connec tion witli the decensed or symbolical of his work - e. g., a dragon is trod il- ii down beneath the feet of a bishop, signifying the defeat of sin as tlie re •ailt of Ills ministry. The heads of effigies usually rest on cushions, which are sometimes supported by two an ¿els. - Genlleman's Magazine. A subscriber asks of American Field. “When is a dog considered old?" It all depends, says The Field. Some dogs »bow tbelr age at live years, but these are generally Jietted house dog», which are fed on all kinds of dainties aud get no exercise. When dogs, how ever, are properly fed ami «-aled for ami get a fair amount of exercise, their lives aud usefulness may be pro longed for several years beyond what they woulii attain when overpetted or overworked ami subjeet«id to much ex posure. Champion Gladstone lived to the ripe age of fourteen years ami four months; at the time of his deutli Count Noble was eleven years and five mouths; Itodrlgo. eleven years ami sev eu mouths: Joltu 8. Wises Illumed, thirteen years and three month»; Prlm-e Lucifer, thirteen years; Cham plou Elcho. Jr., ten years and five niths; Lord Graphic, nine years and six mouths; Dan's Lady, nine years and seveu months, and Jingo, eight years and one month. \<-aru I'opulBtlua Doubled. There are twice as many negroes tn the United States today as there were when Lincoln set them free, and the last census returns show a white popu lation of «7.IKMI.000 and a negro popula tion of 8.85O.IMI0. with about 500,lM«i Indians, Chinese and Japanese. The death rate among the negroes in the Citi« s where they live 111 the congested districts ami "where every law of na- lure and sanitation is defied" is nearly double that of the whites and la far In excess of the birth rate, and this high mortality bus led some to think that the negro 1« 'lying out. The census tig urea show that this belief Is erroneous The Increase of negro population in the rural districts more than makes up for the loss in the cities, and the rural sur plus flock cityward tn sufficient num bers Io till up the rauks. Tbe negro population Is increasing rapidly, not as rapidly as in slavery days, but as rap idly as Hie whites. — San Francisco News. Animal Tauter» Bluads. As tamers and keepers of animals dark men never succeed. Visits to zoo* and to menageries show them to be In variably fair fellows, with yellow ot In-own hair and witli blue eyes. Thu* al th«- zoological garden In this city there is not a keeper who Is dark. John McMullen of tlie lion house has light lialr, a yellow mustache and violet orbs. Lover of the wolves aud foxes 1» still more markedly blond, aud In th« antelope bouse, tbe snake house uud the small mammal bouse light colon still prevail. One of the most pro tiouneed blonds at the zoo was John Thompson, who is now In Houolulu making casts of fislies for a museum there. Thompson was one of tbe luosl successful keet»ers th«- zoo has evei had. Not only snakes ami turtles, Lb specialty, lint lions, foxes, wolves, deet and many oilier aiHinals took to him naturally, and lie was never scratched or bitten. 1‘liiladelphia liecord. UaardlHB Ibe French Presldeul. President l.oiibet is Well protected His ecret guard «onslsts of twel»-, men under the orders of a police com mlssloner. These men watch constant ly over ills person. When he receives they uiiiigl«* with the guests close by him. and when he goes out they follow him and have orders never to lose hili an instant from view. When he drives they accompany him on bicycles, am' it Is only then that they can be recog nlz«-d. This guard of thirteen men alone costs the state tbe nice little sum of 7o,tMX) francs a year.—Chicago Rec ord-Hera Id. Sheep aad Cattle on Raise. Wyoming lias 35.000,000 acres of good grazing lands. There are about 1.000.000 cattle and 3.000,000 sheep it the state. Between the cattlemen uni sheepmen exists a feutl that not infre quently leads to murder. Sheep, hi you may or may not know, feed in sc close order that when a flock has fed over a range not a spear of grass re mains. Cattle browse at random urn leave behind more than they eat. «« that tbe range may provide susteuauc« for two or three herds, one followln* the other. Vere»eha<ln'» N«>« Picture. "Roosevelt at San Juan Hill” is to I m tbe subject of a paintlug by Vassili Vereschagin, tbe painter of bmtl» ««•enes. The famous Russian artist ar rived in New York from Europe recent ly to conduct an exhibition of U1» paiutiug at the Art iustitute. Ue uu liouiiced bls Intention to devote twi years or more to tlie work of portruy Ing on canvas the battle, which, lit thinks, because of Roosevelt's elevation to tbe presidency, is tbe most Interest ing war scene of recent times to Amer icans. Oil ua Troubled Waters. A test of a cannon that throws a shell designed to scatter oil on boister ous waves was recently made. Th« shell is of wood and conical iu shape It contains two gallons of oil. At out end of tbe projectile is a vent. Tbit is covered with paper, which is blown off as tlie sliell leaves tbe piece, allow Ing the oil to escape, lu this way it ii the purpose of tbe inventor to calm a rough sea for tbe distance of a mile, making a smooth path for a lifelwat tc follow ou her way to disabled vessel*. Thu Lamb and the Benko Victim. It 1» a common saying that the per son who buys a "gohl brick” or luvests In "green goods” gets Just what be de serves in view of the wide publicity constantly given in tbe press about such transactions. But the examples of lamb shearing In finance are quite as common, and tbe loser of a fleece 1» deserving of about tbe same measure of sympathy that the bunko victim usually receive«!.—Los Angeles Herald. AceorillMK Io Seale. Met More Than Half War. Mrs. Wunder—It seems to me that that music teacher Is slways asking Dasha way- Well, old man, did yon make up with your best girl? for money. Cleve’ton-Yes, but I thought I never Mr Wunder -That's perfectly until«'- • I. Ills scale, you know, begins ami would succeed In convincing her that 1 ends witli "dough.”-Baltimore Atueri was wruug. Brooklyn Life. can. ' A bachelor says that love Is a combi Twa Views. nation of diseases - an affection of ths "It Is bard to lose one’s relations.' heart and an Inflammation of tbe said Hie s-edy ludivldual witli a brain.—Chicago News. mourning band on bls hat. "Hard?" echoed tlie inau whose Houses In London are sold with or cheek Is good for a million. “Why. sli. without their "furnishings and At it's slmblv lmnosslbl».”-Chicano News tn ents."
