BANDON RECORDER.
4 JMUUitewe supr ra(i t iou,
Writing exhaustively of drugou tlie«
Lafcadi > li- arn >;iy« In his book. "A
Jiipiiue»«- Mi.-cellaiiy." of "tin- dragon
lly of the dead:"
•'Unlike the •■quail.» weird name
"yurei-totulio, or 'ghost dragon dy.’ the
term shroal-tombo does not refer to
the appearance of tlie insecL but to
the strange belief that certain dragon
tiles are ridden by tlie dead, used uh
u iliged steeds.
"From the morning of the thirteenth
to tlie midnight of the fifteenth day of
the old seventh liiontli the time of the
festival of the B oii -the dragon till-«
are said to carry the hotoke-aatmi. the
august spirits of the. ancestor«, who
then revisit tlu-ir former homes. There
fore, during the Buddhist All Souls'
children nre forbidden to molest any
dragon tiles. e«peciiilly dragon tiiea
that may hniqien to enter the tamil.v
dwelling.
"Tliis supposisl relation of dragon
tiles to tlie supernatural world helps to
explain an old folk saving, still • urrent
In some provinces, to the effect that the
child who cutches dragon Hies will
never 'obtain knowledge.’ "
Ilo» Frederick st.ippi-il llui-linu.
When i-’risleriek tin- tlreat asi-i-mled
the Prussian throne, fatal duels among
officers Were of daily occurrence. He
resolved to put an eml to the pnietii-i-,
ami lie did for ii lime; as long ns lie
reigned. In fact, lie issued an edict
that any officer tightlii" a iliu-l and I
sui 'iving woBld I--- «hol --I' haugeil.
Two officers uppeali-il to liim to 1 m * •
allowed to try to slay each other.
Granted on two conditions, that he (the '
king) should chose tin- ground and in*
present at tlie ein-uiinter. Accepted.
|
I'rederick i-liosi- tin- ground, attended
Hie "meet" and to k his seat behind
tlie liiu- new gibbet lie had erected In ,
honor of tin- occasion. The coniliatants .
approached Ills majesty, saw tin- gib
bet. Iieenme puzzled and embarrassed.
"Wlmt may tliis mean, your gracious
miijest.» ?" tin y ventured to ask.
“It means this," was the sun ve reply—
“tiiat tin* man who survives will lie
hanged ns high as Haman ou that Ki I
bet."
There was no duel. Pull Mall < in
zette.
: Polly Larkin ;
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An I have said before, .here are ways
I and ways of getting along in this world
and accomplishing what one lias net
lier heart upon. This is the way one of
our I niversity students is managing to
aid in getting tlie wherewithal toobtain
the higher education tiiat she covets
alsive everything else. .She is of a de
cidedly literary turn of mind and it is
her aim in life to tit herself for a liter
ary career. This is lier first stepping-
stone, tiie writing of tlie social items of
tlie county for one of tlie San Francisco
dailies. Nothing escapes lier, and she
gleans ail the society gossip, all tlie
inimical and literary work of tlie differ
ent societies and clubs, etc., and writes
it up in a racy and interesting style of
lier own. She is paid well for lier little
contribution to tlie society budget of
tlie pajier and she gets tlie exjierieiiee
as well. She knows how to make every
dollar count and will go through the
University without calling on tlie home
people for very much assistance. It is
not her intention to devote all of tier
time aril talent to the social write-ups
of the day, however, for she will take
up short story writing, and more than
likely in tlie next year or so you will
find among tlie new books one from her
ready pen. She is only one of many
who are helping themselves to get tlie
necessary funds to secure tlie education
tiiat so many young people can have
for tlie asking, but who admit tiiat they
have no taste or desire for a higher ed-
ileal ion, and let tlie opportunity go by
without a single misgiving. Some of
them may live to regret the lost oppor-
tunlty they have thrown away.
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Did you ever hear of the sand-eaters?
No; well, they are a community of
seventy-live men and women living in
St. I .onis who make it tlieir sjieeial
duty in life to eat u spoonful of sand
every ilay in the week, believing tiiat
grit is necessary in every animal and
tiiat many stomai-ii troubles are due to
the abHeuee of grit in the stomach. I
once knew a lady who made a practice
of eating an egg every morning shell
and all. She broke tiie soft-lNiiled egg
into a eup, crushed the shell as finely
as |H>ssible and tiieii thoroughly mixed
it witli the egg. It didn’t lisik very
inviting but she ate it witli apparent
relish and said it was not unpleasant
when you became used to it. This same
lady used to occaaionvlly chew almond
shells very finely and swallow them,
pxMHibly only one or two in a handful
of nuts; raisin ami grape seeds wereal«o
never discarded, but site never swal
lowed them whole but converted them
almost into a jaiwder before swallowing
them. She claimed there was some-
tiling in her make-up tiiat called fora
great deal of grit to aid digestion and
stated tiiat she had lieen free front ill-
digestion since she commenced the
practice. This may have been true in
lier case, but Polly would not advise
everybody to try lier remedy or tlie grit
of tlie sand-eaters in this age of perito
nitis. With most people such a diet
would la- simply un invitation for tlie
dread disease that seals tile deatli war
rant for so many victims.
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Tins is tlie way one of tile best editors
of children’s stories on the Coast tests
tlie success of his work. He writes tlie
stories and little squibs that lie hopes
will amuse tlie juvenile readers of the
paper, goes over them carefully prun
ing here and there witli his pencil un
til lie thinks they are perfect. Then lie
gathers his own tsiys and girls around
tlie fireside at nightand reads them tlie
result of ills pen and fanciful thoughts.
They are his critics, and they are free
to express tlieir opinions. If they don’t
approve of tlie work lie crumples it up
and watches it go up in smoke in the
grate. If they are pleased and shout in
a isidy, “that’s good,” lie smiles and
folds it up carefully for tlie printer, be
lieving tiiat it will pass muster witli the
other juvenile readers of tlie paper if liis
own little lads and lassies approve of it.
VALUE OE AN HONEST EYE.
A TRANSIT OF VENUS.
HIS ENGLISH FRIEND
A Bnslu«*«« Man*« Experience In lllr-
iii j mii Office Anslatant.
It XV«« Oliserveil by u Part»- at
(•rrniHii **•!•••• tlata.
A Vimif That Wrecked the Xerveo of
au imrrlcau Host.
A business man said that be mice de
voted half u day to hiring a man
w horn he needed in his • itiee. lu an-
sh er to his advertisement a great
many applicants called. He rejected
the first 1 »ecu use he would not look him
in the eye. “The second tuuu,” said the
merchant, “was armed with a double
barreled recommendation from his pas
tor. with testimonials us to his busi
ness ability and good character; but,
though lie looked me in tlie eye, 1 saw
that we could never hope to get along
well together, and so I dismissed him.
The third interested me the moment lie
stopped inside the door. He was poor
ly dressed, ami, though his clothes
were whole, they were at least two
siz.es too small, it was evident that
his attire troubled him not the least,
for in- held his head high and as he up
pio.-iclied my desk looki-d me squarely
In tin- eye. He said that lie had no rec
ommendation. that lie lull! 1IO business
experience, blit that lie was willing to
do nis best to please me. In un instant
it dawned upon me tiiat before me
was tlie mail that I was looking for.
lie laid nothing to recommend liiin
save an honest, bright eye und a pleas
ant face, but that was sufficient. I en
gaged hitu on tin- spot.
"Since then 1 have seen tit to ail
valu e him over a man who hail lieen
witli me three years. Tlie latter grum
bled. but there was reason for tny
move tin- new- man had proved him
self worthy of promotion.”
Instances might be definitely multi
piled of the value of an honest, eye.
That wonderful window of tlie. soul,
tlie eye. is n sure Index to character.
If you have It not. cultivate a bright,
holiest, straightforward look, It will
more than repay your effort, Look ufi
and fearlessly meet tlie eyes of those
witli w-liom you converse, Many a
choice position lias lieen lost through
an imlilTei'eni. flinching eye. and many
a coveted p sition lias been won
through n fearless, honest eye. Tiiat
ki-.ll of eye is better tlian a hundred
recommendations.—Success.
tlieir way between Telrix aud
Teheran the members of uu expedition
sent to Persia by tlie German go vein
mi nt to observethe truusitof Venusmet
n solitary European lady riding in the
Apposite direction, a member of the
English colony, who was as clever as
she was beautiful. Having been long
n resident in Persia, she was fearless
ly riding alone a long way ahead of her
caravan. The German« marveled at
Stu-Il an apparition iu such a dreary
waste—wondered she wasn't afraid.
Wouldn't sin* let some of them stand
by until her servants and baggage
came up? No, she was quite nt ease,
and usually in lier travels was far
ahead of lier attendants, whose mules,
more heavily laden, could not keep her
pace.
"And now, gentlemen,'* i she said,
"who are you, und where Ure you
bound for?”
They introduced each other. Oue was
Hie astronomer, another the pbotogra-
pher, auother the archivulogist. Hie nat
uralist. and so on, and they were going
to Ispahan to observe the transit of
Yenus. Tin- lady smiled, started her
pony and waved her adieu, saying:
"To observe the transit of Yenus?
All. well, you can go home, now. gen
tlemen! Your duty Is doue. Goodby."
Tlie fair vision disappeared at a can
ter toward tin- horizon, and It was said
that tlie Germans did not see the Joke
till a long time after Yenus had ilisap-
penred from tlieir ken. Life of Major
General Sir Robert Murdoch Smith, K.
C. M. G.
"I've been having the time of my life,
I tell you." suld the suburbanite gloom
ily to his city frieud at luueb.
"What's the matter? Pipes burst?
Furnace wou't work? Dog killing the
neighbor«' chickens?" asked the friend,
sympathetically running through tbe
list of the suburbanite's usual griev
ances.
"No; worse than that." sadly answer
ed the tirst speaker. “Pve been hav
ing an English friend visit me. It’s
years since I've been across the water,
so one or two of Ids way» were a little
strange. The worst of ids ilolngs was
what lias broken me up so. lie went
to bed the first night before the rest of
us. und when I came along the corridor
an hour or so later flu-re were ids
shoes standing outside his dour ami
frightfully muddy too.
"I lookeil at them in astonishment.
Then I remembered Hie English cus
tom of having the isiy conn* up for
tlie ¡«lots. We keep only two servants,
you know. Isitli women, aud of course
in the country you have to rub them
tin- right way or they'll leave. 1 knew
perfectly well that if 1 told cither of
those free ami liidepeiuleiit Irish wo
men Io clean tin- EnglishlUiiIl's siloes
we'd lie left servuntli ss. mid tiiat
would have been tlie dentil of mi
wife.
“I lifted tin siloes gingerly by tw
fingers mid curried them Io m.v room
Wlien 1 thought the seiwants must I -
asleep. I crept down stairs mid got to
work with a brush, At every sound I
would nearly jump out of my own
boots mill drop his. I fancied every
moment tiiat the girls would >ee tny
candle ami give the alarm of burglar»--
or that m.v friend would lie taken ill
und get up .-uni lind inc brushing I1N
shoes. Oh. I hail a pretty time of it! *
lie stayed a week. Hint Euglisliiiimi.
and what witli loss of sleep und over
strained nerves I'm a wreck."
“Well, wiiy on earth didn't you li.-iw
the moral courage to"
“Moral i-omnge! I'd like to see tin
man who'll lave tlie moral courage to
tell au English gentleman with a mono
ele that Hie ways of even well bred
people ill tills couutl-y differ from tliosi
he's been accustomed to! My friend,
you do not know Hie breed!" And In
drowned his sorrows' ami braced his
nerves witli a second »up of unsur
passed coffee. New York Tribune.
THE NEW MANAGER.
Why He 111.1 Vol nisclinrao* a Certain
Bailroail Conductor.
Among tin- first railroads built In the
United Siali-s was a lit He line about
twenty miles in length. In the course
of time a big tunnel line was construct
ed throngii tlie same country. Tlie orig
lual liue became uii r- lx a luaueli. l-'or
many years ii was rim In a cheap way,
witli one locomotive, one engineer and
two or three freight cars.
Finally a m-w general matiager was
appointed. He had lieen in the office
lint :i week ivlu n lie sent for tlie one
lone conductor who hail held Hie posi
tion i w i since tlie road was built.
"I would like to Inlve .lour resigna
tion,’' said tin- general manager when
tlie eotidllctor iippi ared.
“My resignation'." inquired tin- eon-
duetor iu astonishment.
"Yes. sir. yours."
"V.'Iiat lor. pray?”
"Well. I limit to make some changes
nnd .i t in v. Iiiiual in tin- line.” was the
general manager's reply.
"I won't resign.” answered the con-
duetor.
"Then I will be compelled to dis
charge you. a step whieli for your sake
I laid Imped I would be saved from
taking."
"Young man. .mu will not discharge
me. I on.i i i-onlrnllii'g interest in the
stock of tliis railroad and elect the
president and board of directors. I
shall have you tiled."
Tin- old i-buductiir did really own the
majority of tin- stock mid, as lie said,
put lu Ids own Imaril of directors aud
president.
Polly heard a pretty girl, who had
lieen attending one of tlie best-known
seminaries in the State fur a couple of
years, telling of lier career at school to
SOLVING A PROBLEM.
another schoolmate and a married
Tile Green Cnnntey Braki-uliin U lio
friend who was intending to send her
Introdiieeil the *•««»» By."
daughter to this same seminary, “Do
Many years ago a green country buy
you know,’’ said this pretty little miss,
applied to tin- superintendent of a
who had more good looks than brains,
western railway for work and. some-
I’eoplt- Mho IHlI Not Kill.
“we had the loveliest time imaginable.
wlmt against the superinteiulent's
The Inhabitants uf tin* Canary Is
wish, on account of the danger to life
lands, tlie l ilia in-lies, were, it Is sup Wiiy, we could pull tlie wool over tlie
mnl limb .-ilteiidaiit upon sueli oeeupa-
posed. lint the mountain shepherds of teachers’ eyes ami lie cutting up all
tioii, was given a place as brakeman of
a submerged will-id. Though so strong sorts of pranks, when they thought we
a freight train.
physically, tin- Guam-lies were never were peaches and cream and just too
BRIEF REVIEW.
<m one of liis first trips it happened
theless ii very gentle nice. They rare sweet for anything. There was one
tiiat Ids train met another freight train
ly made war on one another, und when teacher who was an old eat, always
at a station where the sidetrack was
the Europeans fell into tlieir builds suspecting us and keeping an eagle eye
Some Large Families.
not long enough to nci-ommoiliite either
they did mH kill them, but sent them
l
ew
fat
hers,
says
tlie
London
Chroni
on all of our movements; we just made
of them. The i-omluetors were debat
to tend sheep in tlie mountains. So
cle, have such large families as tlie ap
tame wen* tin- birds in tills happy land lier life miserable, and we would lay plicant for relief to tlie Birkenhead ing which train should buck up to a
point where they c >uld pass when the
that wlien Hie Spaniards tirst landed awake at nights to tliink of what we
could do to make lier mad next day. Guardians, who stated that lie was 70 new hmid ventured to suggest that nei
they came mid fell out of their hands.
years of age, was the father of twenty- ther should back; tlmt they could pass
To kill mi animal degraded a num. Many is tiie time we made her cry.”
Tbe butcher was a reprieved crindiia She rattled on in lier hilarious way un one children, tlie eldest of whom was each other by menus of the short side
mid outcast mid lived apart, lie mid til finally tlie lady who was getting her 50 and tlie youngest an infant, The truck if Hie tiling was managed right.
'I he idea excited a good deal of
ills assistants being supported by the opinion of tlie school for Hie benefit of man lias married twice; lienee tlie case
state. N'o woman was allowed to ap the daughter she wanted to send to tlie is not as remarkable an instance of a Iain-Ider on th part of the old train
men, 1 mt tlie boy stood his ground.
proai-h the shambles, mid In such hor
seminary, asked quietly, “You say you large family as those given by Tliorseby
"Well, how would you go about it?"
ror was killing held by these giants
in iiis "History of Leeds.” Hecitestlie
that no man could be ennobled until had such a good time, pray, what did ease of Dr. Hudson, chaticelor of York, iid.i il one of tin- e inductors, confident
lluit Hi<- lad would soon tlnd Iduiself
lie hull publicly declared that he bad you learn'.'” “Learn,” echoed tile girl,
whose wife died in lier thirty-ninth against a stump.
not been guilty of killing any animal, “Wiiy, we didn't learn anything. I
Tin- boy took up it stick mid traced in
not even a goat, Their standard of got so I could sing one song decently— year, having given birth totwenty-four
Von Moltke anil the Match.
morality was high
Robbery was al- ‘Sweet Alice,'or ‘Ben Bolt,' I tliink tlie children. Another large family was tin- sand n diagram to illustrate his
It is said Him at tiie battle of Grave-
plan.
that
of
Joseph
Cooper,
belonging
to
tlie
most unknown among them.
name of it was, and that is the only
“Good gracious!" said tin- conductor. lotte during tlie I'rnneo-i’rtisslati war
tiling 1 ever learned there; I took same town, whose wife bore twenty-six “I l-elleve that will do It!"
there was for ;nme hours at a critical
Muteriuil
of the Whiile.
children,
but
tlie
most
remarkable
was
tnusi lessons, but when it came to
point of t!::- fa-id an i:;c> aianee of
And it did do it. Today every train
No other member of tin- animal king
that of William Greenhill of Abliots-
m: a in America probably knows how greater si ei-ess on tin- part of tlie
dom displays more maternal affection practicing it was too hard work, and so
Langley, in Herefordshire, who had no tc. "saw by" two long trains on a short French tlimi of Hie Germain. You
than the whale, especially if its calf is I just played what I could by ear. My,
one
sidetrack. Ind it is not so generally Mollkc had lieen made aware of tlie
harpooned. The harponner nevertlirows but wouldn't that music teacher fume less than thirty-niue children by
known Hint tlie tiling was never done perilous position of ills forces in tiiat
ills harpoon Into tlie little one with the when it came time for another lesson.” wife. France lias need of such.
until mi inexperienced country boy qi alter, ami tn- hurried to tin- spot.
the Intention of killing it. for If tills Is “You shock me,” replied tlie mother,
wh bi-came tin- malinger of n great I ol some time it was observed by
done tlie mot her will instantly forsake “and I don’t know what your parents
Venetians Scorn Fashions.
railway line worked out tlie problem those arouiiil h',.i Hint lie appeared
It. If alive and struggling, however,
could have lieen thinking about to let
The women of Venice care nothing for himself.
iniu-h mole anxious tlian usual.
the dam can be easily enticed toward
you continue when they discovered about stylish clothes, and Dame Fash
lie gnlued a prominent position,
the boat to meet its fate
Knowing
Be I’ntlent Villi I* iism ,'.
where lie was greatly expose.1 to tlie
this, the wiiiile fishermen always strike you were only making a jest of your ion's rule is no law for them. Their
if you want to train a ent pro|ierly. enemy's lire, lie held his cigar be
a calf if possible anil thus often make school work.” “They didn’t know it dress is always dark, plainly made, nei
captures that could not lie effected un for a long time, and when they did tlnd ther t<x> short nor long. Tiie universal rememlx r Unit pussy is nut Hie stu tween two fingers of Ills left hand,
der other circumstances.
it out they were disgusted and gave up open-air garment for all ages and all pid animal pictured by Common super from time to time striking a fuse and
As soon as tlie dam becomes aware trying to make a full-fledged graduate sizes is the black shawl with a deep stition. Cats certainly ure not so in- applying ft to the Weed, tint ahvay«
telligetlt ns dogs, Neither are they so neglecting to put Hie cignr in-tween his
of the snaring of her young she rushes of me. It didn’t hurt my feelings one
silken fringe, folded witli a short point sociable. But once they get to know
lips. When Hu- crisis of tlie day wiih
toward It, encourages ft to swim away
bit, for 1 went to the seminary just for above and a long point lielow. Hats wlmt Is wanted of them they ine casi
eviilentlv approaching, the last fuse
and even assists It by taking It under
the name of liaviug been a pupil there. are unknown. The heelless slipper of ly induced to do it to tlie best of tlieir bud been burnt, and nothing but the
her fin. She seems to lose all regard
Kindness nnd patience go a cold ashes of Moltke's cigar remained.
for tier own safety and boldly attacks Some of my chums were going and I tlie East is universally worn. In mat ability
At length Bismarck's attention was
the boat containing the whalemen or thought I would have to go too. “I ters of dress tlie women of Venice are long way witli cats. A little whole
circles ubout It totally regardless of tliink you did not only your parents independent, wearing purely tlie local some correction is good for a dog. lint directed to tlie great general, upon
the harpoons that are hurled at lier and lint tlie seminary a great injustice, and clothes, but witli feminine Inconsistency use a w hip to a ent for one time only, whose sagacity tlie fortune of tlie tigln
even if ever so sparingly, and its value so Imgi-ly it- pended. Moving up Io
cuter her ilesli.
if tlie management has so little control they follow tlie fashion of tlie outside
as n trick animal is destroyed forever. him. Bismar- k quickly struck a fuse,
over tlieir pupils then I shall surely world in tlie arrangement of the hair,
Cals are simply bundles of nerves ent applied it to Moltke's cigar, and tlie
We Grow Old Tn Pieces.
tlnd another seminary to send my and coiffures change from year to year ered over witli fur. ami even an unkind
welcome sight of tlie blue tobacco
The general impression is that the
daughter to.” The lady’s quiet denun according to tlie vogue in London and word or a glauco from any one' tiiey smoke curl ng up from tlie command
body grows old uniformly. From birth
er’s lips i eu a riled tlie attention of the
till the age of twenty five it grows in ciation of lier conduct didn’t seem to ami Paris. And tliis makes one little love will eause them acute suffering.
chancellor. Bismarck, drawing back
size and weight, from twenty five to affect this rattle-brained girl for a mo corner of tlie world more interesting.
Mirror* of the lArneliten.
In liis stolid way. said, with exultation
fifty It remains stationary, and from ment, and in spite of tlie warning looks
In Ills voice, “All must now lie well;
The earliest mirrors of which men
that period it decays. Observations of cast at lier by her ex-selioolniate she
Dallas’ Implement Trade.
tiori is made in history were in use Moltke smokes again.” Tlie battle was
expert physiologists show us tiiat this continued to relate her anything but
Tlie city of Dallas, Texas, is said to lie among the Israelites in Hie time of won.
impression is not a correct otic.
commendable pranks until the lady
tlie largest depot of farm implement Moses, That gentleman, as recorded
Each organ begins to ago Independ left the room.
Tlie Nntlonnl Fnallsh I.onf.
supplies in the world. Every big house in the Bilde, commanded In a certain
ently. each Ims its period for th?
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The
national loaf, which weighs con
emergency
that
these
articles
should
change, and these periods differ with
in tile United States which engages in
siderably over 7.ISMI.IMHJ tons, contains
tlie various organs and do not take
There are many just such foolish girls, the business of manufacturing tools for lie transformed into wash basins for
place coincident|y, as \v<* may lia vo and they may live to regret letting the farmer lias its branch at Dallas. Hie priests. They were made of brass. rather ou r 1.015.000.006 cubic feet of
supposed. Ihe body attains its great golden opportunities pass by while There are twenty-five nine-story build Doubtless similar utensils of this and tin- staff' of life tiiat is to say, if turn
other materials were in use long before ed out having tin- wldtli mid height of
est size during the third decade and they idled away the time in a foolish
ings devoted to tills trade. Dallas lies
Hint. At that same period black glass tin- ordinary loaf I. e„ 6-% Inches high
remains in about the same condition
ami senseless way. The young girl in tlie very heart of tlie choicest farm
was employed for the purpose, as well mid l-’s Im-lns Hide—it would have a
during tlie fourth and fifth decades,
that is true, but tlie hrnin reaches its mentioned above has already discov ing region of Texas. It is tlie trading as transparent glass witli black foil on length of !i;!7.8!>5 miles, which would
greatest size in tiie second decade, tho ered her blunder, for adversity lias point of tlie great black land belt of tlie the buik. ft Is related that the Span give every man. woman and child iu
kidm.vs reacli their maximum size dur come and site has been thrown on her northern and central counties, which iards found mirrors of polished black Hi.- kingdom a dally ration rather less
lug the third dccadi’. tlie muscles, skel own resources. She isn't fitted for a contains two-thirds of tlie people and stone, botli convex mid concave, among tlian four inches long, or in tlie aggre
gate a dally loaf 2,567 miles in length,
eton and intestines during tlie fifth, the tiling in tlie world. She couldn't teach three-fourths of tlie wealth of tlie State. the natives of South America.
extending from London to 300 miles be
heart ami hums in th«> eighth decade.
ami lier musical advantages had lieen
yond Mount Ararat into the heart of
W liHi tin* Trutile I m .
increase or decrease in tin* size or spurned when she hail every opportu
A correspondent writes to the Natal
The ancient Romans, at whose sump tin- 'lomitiioii owing allegiance to the
weight ol 1he body consequent ly Is
nity to develop the talent she was really Witness that recently a private of the tnoiis banquets truffles played an Im shall.
not due to simultaneous I ihtp . iko or de
gifted with. A friend out of compas York and Lancaster Regiment, which portant role, supposed Hint their ex
If baked in tin- form of a biscuit or
crease in all ifs parts.
sion gave her employment as a rejsirter is stationed at Charlestown, was struck istence was oue of the material results cake a quarter ol' mi inch iu thickness,
on his paper, but her work was so crude
More modern botanists tin- area uf tlie same would amount to
l*»i«-hl,m nnd the Compass.
by lightning mid rendered totally blind. of thunder,
Io Indians six points that she gave it up of her own accord. Three days later he was struck by an have classed it as a species of mush over 1.119.00” acres and if baked in a
Among tin- Pueblo
room, lint it can scarcely lie termed circular form would entail a walk of
of tin- compass < are reeognized.
recognized, nnd Now she is lookingafter a friend's little
other Hash and his sight was com such. To lie exact, the trudle is a til- 148 miles to circumscribe it.
each inis its color.
-lor. North is yellow, children for herlwiard and a paltry sum
It has frequently but incorrectly been
bereuloiis fungus, n sort of morbid ex
West is him*, -out
south
Ii is red. east is that it few years ago would not have pletely restored.
travasation of vegetable sugars anal stated that the area of the base of tlie
white. 1 lie Upper regions are many col-
sufficed to keep her in shoes and gloves.
That two men may lie real friends, ogous to oak balls or nutgalls and groat pyramid exactly coincides witli
oreil iiml the low *r regions are black,
All the prey god1 ai" represented by She has learned the bitter lesson and is they must have opjsisiteopinions, simi doubtless originating, ns these latter, that of Lincoln's Inn Fields, whereas
reaping the result of missiient hours. lar principals, and different loves mid from tlie sting of an insect.
in reality tin- latter measures .821 feet
their images ill till 1 sc six divisions,
b,V 625' j feet and the former 764 feet
For example, tl lure Is tin- yellow Her butterfly life was stsin ended and hatreds.
Acciden tn I Dinclii« rge of n Pun.
square.
If we took Lincoln's Inn
mountain lion of tin- north, the blue tier hours of wakeful nei* are devoted to
A capital ptlli may arise by pure tie Fields as the base of a bread pyramid,
mountain lion of tin- west, tlie red foolish regrets, sighs mid tears. Even
Americans have increased their sale
mountain of the south, mid so on. now she is making her blunder, for her ill Sydney, Australia, 160 percent each cident, as reeorded In Bucko's "Book the summit of the same would hl
height exceed that of Ben N'evls. our
of Table Talk:"
Likewise it is vi itll tin* otiier liensts, evenings are her own, and tliej-e are year for seven years.
"A Mr Alexander Gun was dismiss- highest mountain, by some 15,000 feet.
ami thus a u-r.v considerable number
night schools galore, where she could
e<i from n post In tlie customs of Edin --Good Words.
of deities is formed. All of them must
resume her lessons, or take up a busi
The average man likes to jM.iiit to the burgh for eiectilatlng some false ru
receive worshipful nt tent ion lest they
Trylna siiunllnn.
get angry and revenge themselves for ness course, but she spends most of her gissi traits in his children as a heritage mor. The dismissal Is said to lia ve
evenings in her room weeping over the from himself.
been thus noted in the customs bo k at
Miss Amateur Can’t you give tne ■
the negh-et.
past. Instead of burying tiie past, that
tlie time. “A Gun discharged for mak pnrt with more speaking in It?
Theatrical Manager-For what rea
There are so many |ssir grammarians Ing a false report.”
H hell Ihe I reneh iuidget of war is can never be redeemed, and devoting
son ?
discusseli. M. Gentil will usi, for the herself to the present and future that that we wonder grammar is not more
Miss Amateur Well, before going ou
By order of the czar the sum of It
vote of h i i-e<l t of 25O,<|ntt franca to might hold the brightest possi bilit les unpopular.
franca has been given to each of the the stage I belonged to a woman's de
estiililisli mid nuilntniii tlie wearing of for a thoroughly conscientious anil am
firemen of Heims who mounted guard bating club, and not having a chance
chtiniois I, itlu r glove« by mounted bitious girl, she spends the time in rail
Every one ought to have a motto of
troops.
before the Hotel de Ville during the to say much goes very 111 with me.—
ing at fate and useless repining.
his own. M r. Huskin'« was a good one.
Ohio State Journal.
visit of the Russian severe'
NOTES OF NOTABLES.
A new street in his native city of Rio
de Janeiro Is to be named after M.
Hantos-Dumont.
Theodore Roosevelt is the fifth presi
dent who lias held membership In the
Plii Beta Kappa fraternity, the others
lielug John Quincy Adams, Pierce.
Gurtield and Arthur.
Mrs. Charles M. Schwab, wife of the
president of the United States Steel
corporation, has a large and valuable
collection of miniatures, of which «he
Is au enthusiastic collector.
The origin uf Kermit Roosevelt's
name is solved by the announcement
that Mrs. Roosevelt's father was
Charles Carow of New York, «ucceaaor
to tlie shipping Hi'”' of Kermit & fa-
row.
Ex-Congressman Stallings of Ala
bama has entirely forsaken politic«.
He is at present running a gristmill, a
sawmill, a country store and a planta
tion. practicing hiw In Ills spare mo-
inents in Montgomery.
William F. Glenn of Atlanta. Ga.. in
a contest wrote 12.697 legible words on
a postal quid, consuming seventy hours
In tlie task. Tin- record before till« feat
WHS 5.2IMI words. Tin- writing was In
ink. and no lines crossed each other.
Anton I.nug. who took tin* part of
Christ in the Oberammergau play last
summer, was married nt Christmas to
tlie girl wli-i sang tlie “inysticiH song."
Her father Is Jacob Rutz, the village
blacksmith and lender of the eli rus.
Marsden J. Perry of Providence. R.
I., the millionaire banker, traction mag
nate and business partner of Senator
Aldrich, is said to have in liis library
the best collection of Shakespearian!!
In America. It lias cost him over $.’i<>.-
006 thus far.
Professor Wilbur C. Knight of the
State university of Wyoming Is en
gaged In putting together the pieces of
a sea serpent which he discovered In
1895. The animal was sixty feet long
and is one of the most valuable speci
mens ever found.
Dr. George Eitel of Clauliassen. Car
ver county. Minn., who has just taken
his medical degree nt Berlin tinlver
slty, has already had diplomas from
the universities of Minnesota. Oregon.
Tlie Heat Telephoned CIO.
What is tlie best telephoned city In California. Pennsylvania. Washington.
the world? Sun Francisco sis-ms to be Idaho and Montana, probably’ tlie rec
tlie answer. In Hint city, with a popi. ord in the medical profession.
lation of 342.782. there are 21,324 tele
phones, or sixty-two per thousand. In
PLAYS AND PLAYERS.
Europe, Copenhagen is probably (lie
best telephoned city, witli l.i,311 tele
Ludwig Englander and Henry B.
phones to its 312,859 of population, Smith are at work on a new musical
equal to forty nine per thousand. In comedy.
Copenhagen, too. tlie best conditions
William It. Furst lias written the in
for the public exist, although the rates cidental music for Miss Henrietta t'ros
are relatively ns high as those in Amor man's new play. "Joan o' tiie Slioals."
lean cities. London compares very Illi
The Philadelphia writer who use«
favorably with these figures. At the
the pen name of Boii Watt Is to pre
la-ginning of this year there wore 41.
pare n melodrama for the use of Nat
Ill telephones to a population of nmr»*
M. Wills.
than 5.500.ntsi. or a proportion of » tv
The famous old Moody ami Sankey
eu to every thousand fieople.
New
York, witli n population of 2.3.’0, ihh >, hymn called "Ninety mid .Nine” is the
bad 54.647 instruments, or twenty-six basis of two plays announced for early
production.
to a thousand.
Shakespeare Ims lieen mentioned sev
eral times as a factor In Mrs. Fiske's
HuBbsnda* Motto a Bible Verse.
The Husbmid»' Protection s clety of plans as tlie innuager of a New York
London has as its motto tin* naive city theater.
Arthur Gillespie. James M. Reilly
verse found in what is known as the
Wife Beater’s Bible, published in 1549. and Frederick t'haplii have about com- »
copies of which may be found in many pleted a three act comedy opera enti-
museums and libraries. This verse Is tied “The Gibson Girl.”
ns follows:
Nat Goodwin has secured four new
“He dwelleth wyth his wyfe accord- plays, one each by 11. V. Esmond, C.
inge to ills knowledge and taketli her Haddon Chandlers. .Madeleine Lueette
ns n neeessarye lien I per and not as n Ityley nnd Margaret Young.
boude servant or a bolide slnve. And
Augustus Thomas' stage version of
if she lie not obedient and lielpfull to Richard Harding Davis’ “Soldiers of
liym he endeavouretli to beute the fear Fortune" will lie tlie initial play for
of God into her lieade that thereby she Robert Edesou x starring tour.
maye be compelled to lenrne her dtltle
mid to do it."—London News.
ENGLISH ETCHINGS
How to nintlnaalah Tender Beef.
Meat.'to tie wholesome, must come
from a healthy miluial; to be nut ri
tlous, from a well nourished one. tt uch
used muscles absorb much food mute-
riul, making rich, juicy meat, Tlils is.
however, tougher than that of parts
less used, because the connective tis
sue and Ober Increase as well as the
conteuts of the muscle tubes.
The lean of good beef Is firm, elas
tic and when Urst cut purplish red, the
surface becoming bright red and moist
after exposure to the air. The tender
er cut« are line grained and well mot-
tied with fat: n thick layer of tlrm,
light, straw colored fat extends over
the rib mid loin cuts; the kidney «net
Is white and crumbly. Flabby, dark
or coarse beef with yellow fat is poor.
If It Lu« little fat, it is from un old or
underfed creature.—Beatrice Raven In
American Queen.
French llreail Law«.
Tlie French baker Is not only requir
ed to conform to laws regarding
weight, but lie Is also told at what
price he must sell bls bread. He Is fur
ther required to deposit a certain sum
of money In the linndsof the municipal
authorities as a surety of good liehn
vlor. In the large fortified cities lie
Ims to keep a sped tied quantity of dour
ou hand to provide for warlike emer
gencies.
in Germany laws of similar Import
are in existence and are enforced with
such severity that no baker ever
dream« of defying them.
Some idea of the vast wealth of Lon-
dou may be gathered from the fact
that the tire insurance carried by the
metropolis is now $4.55tJ.0tK).0<K».
Loudon's new telephone system,
which is being put in by tlie govern
ment as a purl of its postoHlce service,
will have a capacity of 14.000 subscrib
ers, who will pay by Hie message.
That the lily of tin- valley will be
chosen as tin- coronation flower is quite
unlikely, as the time for English lilies
Is over by then, mid. moreover. It is a
foreign blossom and when mussed to-
getlier makes no effect, while June, Oll
the contrary, 1« the month of roses.
The Constance road workhouse of
the Camberwell guardians. Loudon. Is
stated by an inspector of tin- local gov
ernment board to lie much overcrowd
ed. This tlie inspector attributes to Hie
excellent dietary. Hie inmates being
given joints of meat and vegetables for
«tinner five times n week.
THE HORSES.
Frank S. Gorton has gone to Califor
nia.
Kellar. 2:16’4. by Allerton, may be
trained this year.
The famous Woodburn uud i’ulo Al
to will be uo more.
Thomas Marsh will lie head trainer
tor Thomas W Lawson.
Tlie champion Creseeun Is at winter
quarters on tlie Ketchum farm.
T. Lee Quimby is the treasurer of
tlie New England Breeders' associa
tion.
He Make. It Par.
The California horseman. "Farmer”
Benson—Talk nliout the lamentable Bunch, will Invade the grand circuit
state of the public service!
Wiiy, next season.
there'« Nestor, for instance. He lias
Owner Ketcham says Cresceus earn
been in public office for twenty five ed $70.600 in purses nnd exhibitions
years, and what. I should like to know during the past season.
lias he ever accomplished?
The shortest nnd plainest of tlie new
Weston-Well, he has bad a Jul» all
rules anil OIK* of the best In the li nik
that time. Surely that s something
will rend. "N«i trotting after sunset."
Boston Transcript.
Till* Uses |o W liii li lie - .col tin -'
Where Amber I« Fonnd.
1'lie largest quantity of amber is been pm seem lo lave beili . ' ,.si :«
found on the sont Item «boro of the varied ns its appi arance v :n-u we re
Baltic between Memel mid Königs call Hie anecdote told of t'li.-irlemngm-,
berg, where it is cast up by the action who said, as lie used the pommel f Ins
«word to put Ills stamp ou treaties. "I
of the ground swell after the norther
!y gales. It is also found on Hie coast sign them with tills end, nnd witli the
of Sicily, on the shores of the Adriatic, other I will take care that tl-ejr m
on the English bench of Norfolk and kept”
Suffolk and at rape Salite in ttnry
A German proverb says that every
land. Mining for amlier in lied« of
great war leaves a country three ar
brown lignite or wood coal Is carried
mies - one of Invaders, one of mourn
ou in Prussia, and It is found iu ex
ers. one of Idle persons ready to com
cavations all over Europe.
mit crime.