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
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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."