BANDON RECORDER.
, a dress suit of his own, but he is always
| dreaaed fastidiously and in the latest SENSITIVE TO SOUND
i fashion, but he hires his dress suit for
ACUTE POWERS OF HEARING WITH
the occasion.
Whitman's Little Joke*.
WHICH FISH ARE ENDOWED.
»»»»
Oue Sunday morning Whitman cauie
out to see uh ' on Prospect bill, in Sum
Oue firm advertises full suits of
erville, where I was then living, says
mounting on short notice, and can fur Siime Iutrresting Eiperlmenti That
J. T. Trowbridge In The Atlantic. Of
nish the whole family with an outfit if Were Made to Determine Ju»t What
much of that day’s talk I have a vivid
The horrible murder of Nora Fuller need be. These sable garments of woe
Mauner of Noleea or Motion« Would
recollection, even of Its trivialities. He the sixteen-year-old girl who was lured
Startle Trout.
are
returned
after
the
funeral.
If
they
was not u loud laugher and rarely away from home only to meet her
There are three phases of sense in
made a joke, but he greatly enjoyed death at the hands of a tiend, and the are injured in any way the party who
hired them must pay the cost of repair fish particularly interesting to the an
the pleasantries of others. lie enjoy
other atrocious acts that followed in its ing, but that does not often occur. This gler their exquisite ¡xiwers of hearing,
ed especially any ulluslon, serious or
w ake, should be a heart-rending lesson same firm can dress you elalxirately or of seeing and their subtle, abnormal
jocular, to bls poems.
When at dinner, preparing my dish to many parents who are careless as to daintily and imxiestly for your wed sensitiveness to atmospheric Influence.
of salad, I remarked that 1 was em theirchildren coming and going. Nora ding. The wedding party can hie With all our experience and study it is
ployed as bis critics would be when Fuller went out to meet her death in themselves to a photograph gallery, doubtful If we have arrived at any
his new edition wub out, he queried. the eltbrt to tind work to assist her have their pictures taken, and then re thing like a full estimate of the acute
sensitiveness with which fish are en
"Devouring ’Leave* of Grass?’ " “No,” mother, who was in straightened cir
1 said; “cutting up ’Leaves of Grass.’ ” cumstances. This is not always the turn their hired wedding finery to tlie dowed. I devote this article to hear
which amused him more, 1 fancy, than case by any manner of means. You dealer and their licet friends are none ing. By hearing I must obviously be
the wiser. The dealer will tell you it is understood to mean their power of ap
the cutting up did, which came later.
can walk tlie streets of San Francisco a great convenience and a regular “God preciating the vibration caused by
As the afternoon wuned and bespoke
of leaving us somebody placed a book any hour of the day or night and tind send” to people in humble circum sound, the conductor being either solid,
before the face of the clock. I said young girls from 10 to 10 ami 17 years stances, who want to make a good aerial or liquid.
In man sound detonates the eardrum,
“Put ‘Leave* of Grass' there; nols.dy parading up and down tlie streets, showing on these occasions.
and in that way when we are under
can see through that.” “Not even the sometimes alone but morefrequently in
»»»»
water we discover little intelligible
author?” he said, with u whimsical couples. They don’t seem to have any
meaning
from sounds. But the same
My
question-lx>x
yields
up
two
que
lifting of the brows.
object in view except to kill time and
ries this week. One from Vivian B----- vibrations are undoubtedly received by
wander listlessly up ami down the
and the other signing herself “Black the exquisitely sensitive hearing intel
Her Advantage.
sidewalks gazing into show-windows,
“Papa,” said a Hyde Park preacher’s or to use t heir favorite expression, “flirt Bess.” Both are in the floral line, and ligence of a tish. If I may use the
“Black Bess” has been answered in an term, in a different and far more im
little daughter the other day, ''when I
ing with any Tom, Dick or Harry”
pressive way. By Intelligence I mean
grow up I’m never going to marry
article published several mouths back. an instinctive recognition by their
either a minister or a doctor that gives they may meet. Many young girls However, 1 will answer it again, and it
bodies of some disturbance, Just as
went astray when tlie soldiers were en
people medicine.”
may jierchance lie of assistance to some
"Why. dear?” he asked. "Don’t you camped here in such numbers. There other lover of flowers. How to get the man recognizes a passing breath of air.
the form of feeling.
like preachers and doctors? You know was many a lieart-broken mother when best result from pansies and what to It I takes
came to the conclusion that I
preachers and doctors ought to be the it was too late; many a ruined life,
most useful men there are. Doctors try but it seemed to make noditl'erence. It plant that will grow rapidly and form would make a few experiments. Here
to save people in this world, and did not serve as a warning to parents or a shade and protection for a |x>rch are one or two facts: A friend entered
preachers do their best to save them in daughters. Just as many misguided where the family delight in sitting dur Into it with me, and we bethought our
ing the summer evenings?’ In regard selves of certain well known trout in
the next. Isn't that pretty good busi
girls followed in their footsteps. Hardly
our preserve which were “always
ness ?"
to planting the pansies I will give the
"Yes,” replied little Caroline, "but Dr. a week passes that tlie daily papers do advice of a friend who has the finest there.” Then wo placed thatched hur
Pelletier's wife was here calling on not chronicle the sad fact that some and largest pansies I have ever seen. dles a day or two beforehand so that
luumum today, and they got to miking young girl is missing and news is anx She plants the seed in shallow boxes, the tish might get accustomed to them
In stteh a way that we could approach
about things, and Mrs. Pelletier said iously awaited l»y frenzied parents.
when she was sick It was ulways just They may never hear from the alisent placing them in the sun and putting a close to their haunts without being
terrible to think of taking liny of her one again, or, as in the cases of Nora piece of glass over the top. When they seen and watch the unsuspecting trout
husband's medicine, and then mamma Fuller, Blanche Lamont and Minnie spring up and are well roottdghe takes through a small hole cut in the straw.
said: 'Oh, but you're an awfully grout Williams, their lifeless bodies will be the thrifty little plants and transplants When one was not at home, the other
deal more lucky than if you were a
them into a bed of tine mold especially generally was. My friend undertook
preacher's wife. You only have to re found to tell the awful tale of woe. prepared for them. She makes a prac the noise making. I the observation.
From the sound of a gunshot 500
fuse to take the medicine when you're They may have lieeil led oil' by evil tice of burning all the dead leaves and
sick, but a preacher preaches every companions, ami tlie news ot their death little twigs in the garden and sprinkles yards away, which made our trout dis
tinctly start, to the breaking of a twig
would be more welcome than this liv
Sunday.’ "—Chicago Herald.
the pansy bed with the ashes. The re three yardi from tlie tish, which did
ing agony, for there are far worse
sult is that she has the loveliest big the same, we tried all kinds of sounds,
The Eye*« Blind Spot.
troubles than death, which throws the
The blind spot In the eye is where mantle of charity over the mistakes velvety pansies you ever saw. If you shrill and dull and at varying dis
want to have a joy which, if it is not tances, and the sum of our experiments
the optic nerve comes through the reti and blunders of this life.
forever, will be a delight away into the convinced us of this: That our sensi
na about one-tenth of an inch nearer
» » »»
the nose than the center. To test it
fall, plant different colors of morning tively organized friends felt the dis
placements of molecules through ether,
close your fists with your thumbs out
As 1 have said often before, every girl glories, They grow almost as fast as
side and held against each other. Ex should make a confident of her mother “Jack’s celebrated bean stalk,” and ire- which we call sound, and the further
tend your arms. Shut your left eye and every mother should invite the fore you know it your (torch will be vibrating disturbance through what we
and look fixedly with your right eye at confidence of her daughter. No girl shelteied by a mantle of delicate green call water, which 1 verily believe con
ducts sensation to the fish ns readily
your left thumb. Separate your bands,
should
lie
allowed
to
answer
an
adver
ns
glass i ermlts the penetration of
verdure
with
myriads
of
dainty
trum
and when they are about six inches
apart the right thumb will go out of tisement such as lured p<x>r Nora Ful pets, from royal purple to dainty pink light to this paper, in proportion to the
business temporarily, for its picture ler to her death, unless she lie accom blue and white, turning to the sun as if distances and the character of the
will fall upon the blind spot. Now, panied by an older and wiser person to to catch every ray of its light. They round, but that they did hear, or feel
here's the curious part of it: Though look into the matter and see whether preach you a little sermon every day rather, and with Incredible quickness,
men have tried all sorts of experiments the place and the people are suitable and are a source of deligiit Ur the passers too. was conclusively demonstrated.
What they heard and were not alarm
on themselves for unknown thousands for the child to come in contact with. by who never get tired of feasting their
ed at I cannot tell, but when they were
of years, this phenomenon was not dis It is an exceedingly risky business to eyes on this cloud of morning glories.
alarmed It was evident enough by the
covered until the time of Charles II. of allow young girls to decide such mat
same kind of start they give when their
»»»»
England. The blind spot leaves no
Vivian B---- : Y'ou say you are tired chief eueni) suddenly peeps over the
hole in tlie picture of the outside world, ters for themselves. All who knew
but, there being no stimulation on that Nora Fuller said sue was a true daugh of roses, pinks, violets, etc., and want bank. In only two eases could I dis
spot, there is not consciousness of a ter and a good girl. Only one cast any something new for your table decora cover actual fright, the fright that
lack, lull n lack of consciousness.-■ suspicion upon tlie girl’s conduct and tion, for your dinner party. You will sends them down—a gunshot behind
the hurdle uml a heavy stamp of the
Harvey Sutherland In Alnslee's.
that was one calling herself a chum of tind golden jonquils and black velvet
foot near by. It is noteworthy that the
Nora. More tin* pity, for she is gone ribbon very striking. Have a large shrill sounds seemed to startle them
She Wn« Deaf.
and cannot deny the accusations or In
At a marriage service perfotmcd a sinuations tliat her so-called friend has cluster of the jonquils and maiden-hair most. For instance, a policeman’s whis
placed loosely in a tall vase which will tle at ten yards sent one out Into the
few days ago in a little country church
in England, when the minister sahl In given out. Friends who had known stand on a mirror in the center of the stream as if looking about for some
a solemn tone, "Wilt thou have tills her longer and better are emphatic in table. Carry a strip of the wide black source of danger, whereas a shout at
man to be thy wedded husband?” in their denials of the charges.
velvet ribbon down the center and lay the same distance caused no detected
movement. Their way of shifting a
»»»»
stead of the woman answering for her
clusters of the jonquils tied with the little farther from the bank when they
self a gruff man's voice answered:
black
velvet
about
the
table,
using
There is another thought that should
have an inkling of danger is a very
"<»i will."
your own taste in this. I think you pretty side movement, well known no
The minister looked up, very much be impressed on the mothers. Keep
perplexed, and paused. He repeated the children tn your own door yards. will be satisfied with the result. To doubt. It seems for the purpose of
the sentence, and again the same grutf Home is the place for them, not the add to the general result serve grape watching the bank at a better angle.
The common manner of showing
streets ami vacant houses and yards; fruit, placing a half of the fruit at the
voice answered:
their alarm was by a sudden quiver,
"OI will.”
not barns and empty houses where place of each guest.
sometimes followed by a sinking down
Again the minister looked up, sur these street lepers are prowling around
an Inch or two, as much as to say,
prised. not knowing what to make of waiting for their innocent victims. Too
Although the latest census taken of “What’s up?” I very much doubt if I
it, when one of the groomsmen at the many little children are allowed to run
the population of Ireland shows that it ever crept up to my peephole without
end of the row said:
“’Er be deaf. OI be answerin' for at large. They are in tlie way in the is now smaller than that of Scotland being detected, and yet I was careful,
house, “always under their mothers’ and little more than half what it Was for, if you notice, a trout once on the
’er.”—Pearson's Weekly.
feet,” as they express it, and they are sixty years ago, the excess of births qul vive gives no sign of alarm at a
glad to turn them out ami let them over deaths from 1891 to 1901 was 216,- second movement or noise. Once pre
Odd Club Names.
There are a number of societies in run at their own sweet will, and if they 222. Emigration is what is depopulat pared he Is immovable till he suddenly
darts off. You may throw your great
the world that bear strange names, turn up at meal and bed-time with ing the island.
coat at him, and he either braves It stol-
but probably one of the most curious their little dirty hands and faces and
was a club founded In 1735 by an Eng soiled clothing, that is all that is re
There is sasd to be plenty of unculti Idly or bolts cleans away. Five minutes’
lish actor. It was called the Sublime quired and no questions are asked. Yet vated lots in Detroit, Mich., at present, perfect stillness and they settle back to
confidence, and then they were again
Society of Beefsteaks anil had among
tlie Pingree potato-planting fad for the easily startled. 1 fancy the laws of re
Its member* the Prince of Wales mid these mere babies are laying the founda
other royal personages. They met it tion at this very time of life for a career relief of the |xxir having completely fraction bad something to do with it
and that even from the sky they some
the painting room of the Covent Gar that will only lie tilled with heartaches died out.
times perceived my movements. I had
den theater mid dined upon beefsteaks. and disappointments for their parents
The Minnesota Board of Control re often suspected this before.
The club was in existence for more and themselves. In place of gather
Another conclusion: I believe they
than a hundred years and became ing Howers along the pathway through cently Ixiught two tons of chewing to
quite noted because of its odd cus life they will pluck thorns. San Fran bacco and half a ton of smoking tobacco heard much they appeared not to. A
toms. Another strange name was that cisco has been the scene of several of for the inmates of the State institu sudden smack of the hands together,
and there was a decided quiver, but a
tions.
of the Serlblerus club, which Swift
bird rattle, begun very softly and grad
founded in 1714 and to which Pope, these mysterious and awful tragedies in
To bring dollars your way be honest ually brought up to Its very loudest,
Gay and other literary men belonged. the last few years, and the sooner jus
tice and the law call a halt, dealing out in dealings and advertise your calling. and no notice seemed to be taken. But
doubtless, like ourselves, however loud
swift justice, demanding “a life for a This will win success every time.
A« She Would Have Been.
the noise, the gradient robs it of Its
A gentleman in Paris paid a visit to life ” and tlie sooner the parents of San
a ludy. In whose parlor he saw a por Francisco ami elsewhere wake up to
Nothing grows into a habit like gam startle. However fanciful it may
trait of a lovely woman of, say, five the fact that their daughters ami chil bling, and many a man and many a sound, of this I am thoroughly con
vinced—that water I b such an immedi
and twenty. Upon the entrance of the dren must lie guarded with a jealous home has been ruined by it.
ate transmitter of vibration to tish that
ludy her visitor naturally asked her if eye that never wavers the better it will
they recogtdze sound from the air near
the picture was a family portrait and be, and until that time comes we may
Education means vastly more than ly as quickly as man. it is no argu
was told that it represented her de expect the daily papers to chronicle
you get out of Ixxiks—it means experi ment to say we do not when in it. We
censed daughter. "Is it long since you
have no need. Fish have. And be
lost her?" asked the gentleman. “Alas, these dreadful aflairs that make the ence.
cause they have they are providentially
sir,” replied the lady, "she died just blood run cold.
The idler is the best critic He has endowed withsupersensltivenessto that
after her birth, nnd I had a portrait
particular nervous influence among
plenty
of time for it.
painted to represent her as she would
others.-
London Field.
Do
you
know
that
there
are
firms
have appeared if she had lived until
in this city who are doing a thriving
An honest name brings endorsers to
now!”
The Gam«.
business renting out dress suits for wed our notes.
Is there a blue line on your gums
dings,
society
events,
funerals,
etc.?
A Cure For Scald Head.
near the teeth? Perhaps you are suf
The K oiiijinn I>I«1 Not Cne Soup.
I have heard my grandmother say Well, they do, and I heard a young
Tlie Homans were not acquainted fering from lead poisoning, so attend
she had cured many a scald head by business man say these llrius were a
to the water pipes, or, if you are a
taking pure pine tar and enough lard great blessing to young men who hud with tin* use or regular soap, but they painter, carefully wash your hands
employed
hii
alkali,
with
which
the
to make an ointment when melted to only their salary, and a very mixlerate
nnd clean your nails before eating.
gether so the tar won't stick, then keep one at that. He is fond of society and greasy dirt wus dissolved out of tlielr
Is there a red line on your gums? Go
clothes. This alkali, called nitrum, is
the head as clean as possible and oil
to a sanitarium for consumptives or at
with the ointment. She said she had is in demand, for he is always ready to referred to by Pliny, but the cheapest
least take cod liver oil, open your win
*eeu it cure heads when the matter had do his part in assisting the hostess in solvent was urine, which was mostly dows night and day nnd consult a doc
used.
The
clothes
were
put
in
this,
entertaining
her
guests
and
making
the
eaten seams In the neck.—Detroit Free
"stranger within their gates” feel per mixed with water nnd then stamped tor.
Press.
From n Scotchman*« Sermon.
fectly at home. "He never blunders,” upon with the feet. This process was
Enconragement.
We are told to love our enemies, but
said a certain hostess, in speaking of performed by old people, while boys
Tom—I don’t think I’ll ever get up
lifted the clothes out of the tubs. The we are not told to like them. I don't
enough courage to ask you to marry this same young man. “He should white garments, after being washed, like my enemies. I dislike them very
me. You know "faint heart never won have been born under a luckier star, were subjected to the va|M>r of sulphur, much. But (I! s with a baleful glance)
for with a princely fortune backing being stretched on a frame nnd the sul 1 love them, and 1 shall ever be ready
fair lady.”
Belle (blushing)—B-but I'm a bru him what an entertainer he would lie. phur burned beneath. Poor people In to show my love to them by trying to
nette.—Philadelphia Record.
I know nothing is ever going to drag if Rome cleansed their bodies with meal get them severely punished that they
he is around. If I want him to lead a of lupins, called lomentum, which, with may be led to repent of their behavior
There is a cave on the Jorend flord. cotillion he is ready for it. If some comtron meal, is still used in some toward me. Reminiscences.
Norway, from which at every change body is wanted to start a game of cards places for that purpose.
of the weather flashes of lightning is rolling, there lie is in evidence again.
sincere Praise 1« Good Form.
sue.
It
is not considered ba 1 form to
Ark
He is witty and bright and talks intel
“Yes,” said ttw .Sunday school teach praise a dish or to compliment the ar
Character Is perfectly well educated ligently on any subject. He sings well
tistfc table arrangement, remembering
wllL—Novalt*.
ami is always so willing to assist you. er, “Nonh bad two of every animal, always that there is a vast difference
bird nnd creeping thing In the nrk.”
Moreover, he does everything as if he
"Please, ma'am,” piped a voice at the between sincere admiration nnd flat
Up to 1880 France had only private
enjoyed
it. He must be laired some lower end of the class, "how much did tery that embarrasses instend of
high schools for girls. Now there are
40 lyceums supported by the state and times, but he never complains.” This he charge ter git In?” —Ohio State pleases a hostess.— Woman'* Home
young man has long since had to forego Journal.
Cornua ni ou.
28 by cltle*.
HER FACE HER FORTUNE.
Why
One Girl Got a Good
and Easy Position.
HORSES OF VENICE.
Paying
Actual Coast Increase« the Namt r
to Flfleea.
She was a sweet looking girl, with as
fair a pink and white complexion as
woman ever desired, and was chatting
with oue of her own sex on a Staten
Island ferrjtxjxl, while I wus seated
so near that I could not help bear lug.
Several times my truant eyes deserted
my paper and stole a glance at the
face that was so attractive.
“It was the luckiest thing that ever
happened to me," she said to’her com
panion, “when I went Into that Fifth
avenue store Just to buy a comb. How
little I thought that I would be work
ing there at greater wages thau I had
ever hoped to earn! I hesitated about
going in, Ix-cause I feared the prices
would be too high, but I did go in and
came out with a comb without paying
a cent for it. And, better than all. I
had been engaged to begin the next
Monday as a saleswoman.
“1 was nearly discouraged before
that, for I was getting only $1 a week,
and we were awfully piuched at home,
but my luck changed on that day, and
it was Friday too. Fortunately for me,
tlie store Was crowded when I went In,
and the proprietor left Ids desk that
stands in a little railed off corner and
came to wait on me. I noticed that he
looked very sharply at me, but not at
all in an impudent manner.
“ 'Pardon me. miss,’ he sahl, ‘but I
am looking for a young lady to assist
me In the store here, and If your cir
cumstances are such that you would
care for the place I would like to have
you consider it.’
"1 was wonderfully surprised, but
thanked him, saying that I knew noth
ing about the business.
“ 'That doesn’t matter,’ he replied.
'You can soon learn It. To be frank, I
would like to have you on account of
your complexion. You know we sell
all sorts of goods for the complexion
and articles for beautifying, and your
face would do more to make sales than
all of the arguments and representa
tions that could be made.’
“Well, the result was that I got a
tine place, witli easy work, at $15 a
week. My hours are short, and I sim
ply play the agreeable while selling
goods tit an immense profit. I wouldn't
let any of the concoctions touch my
fact* for anything, but the customers
appear to be impressed by my com
plexion, and the proprietor is satistled.
So am I."—New York Herald.
It is a poprlar Joke to say that there
uie but six buses In Venice, four over
the portb-o of St. Murk's cathedral and
two bronze animals of heroic size, one
bestrode by Victor Emmanuel and the
other by General Colleone. But this Is
a mistake. There are four other
horses, also of bronze, in the Church
of St. John and St. l’aul, and quite a
number if plaster and marble in the
different public buildings, making alto
gether at least fifteen or sixteen. Rus
kin and otli.T competent critics have
declared tlie statue of Colleone to be
the best equestrian monument ever
cast lit bronze. It was designed and
cast by Aadrea Verrocchio, painter,
sculptor, jeweler, engraver, poet and
musician, a man of inflnite genius,
whose greatest fame lies in the fact
tliat he wus tlie Instructor of the great
est artists of all centuries Michael
Angelo, Raphael and Leonardo da Vin
ci. The statue of Victor Emmanuel is
not so highly thought of.
The horses on tlie top of St. Mark’s
are famous and have had a trying ex
perience. They date back to the pre
historic age and are supposed to be the
work of a Greek artist named Lyssip-
pus ami designed for a sculptured char
iot. They were taken to Rome during
the empire and first used as ornaments
upon a triumphal arch erected by Nero
nnd afterward by Trajan. The Em
peror Constantine took tiiem from
Rome to Constantinople, where the
Doge Dandolo seized them as loot and
brought them to Venice. When Napo
leon entered the city in 1797, he had
them taken down from the roof of the
cathedral and shipped them in wagons
over the Alps to Paris. They served
as ornaments upon the triumphal arch
in the Place du Carrousel till 1815,
when Emperor Francis I. of Austria
redeemed them, and they were replac
ed, at his expense, where they now
stand. These ponderous animals are
of pure copper, and each weighs about
two tons. They were formerly gilded,
but the gold has been worn off by the
weather, and the verdigris which has
accumulated upon tlie copper give*
them a rich green tint—William E. Cur
tis in Chicago Herald.
POULTRY POINTERS.
A close, unventilated house is em
phatically a foul house.
Ground or crushed bone is a good
form in which to give lime.
Th<* nests should be arranged so that
the fowls can walk In on them.
Bran is a better feed for fowls than
corn because It contains more nitrogen.
An excellent feed for young chicks is
cracked or coarsely ground wheat for
the first week.
A cock that fights and picks his
mates every time they are fed I b not
a good breeder, and few of his hens’
eggs will ever hatch.
Cane or sorghum seed can be fed to
fowls to good advantage. It stimu
lates egg production and in many way*
is good to use for variety.
For a good breeder select a rooster
with plump, full breast, broad across
the back, wide between the legs and
that crows often, loud and long.
It is a good plan to mate up the
fowls early, for occasionally one of the
hens will want to sit during the win
ter. and it will be best to have the eggs
ready.
Pig For Marriage Fee.
"A Lutheran minister in a western
Maryland town told me an amusing
story the other day.” said a gentleman
to a reporter. "Some time ago as tlds
minister was walking along a street of
the town an old German advanced to
ward him with extended hand. The
minister shook hands, but remarked
that lie could not recall his name. 'Oh,
yes,’ said the old German, 'you remem
ber me! I am the man who gave you
a pig when you married me.’
"The minister smiled as he recalled
tlie incident, and as lie was about to
ask about tlie wife the old German
sahl: 'Now 1 tell you wiiat I'll do.
When you married me, I gave you n
pig. so I'll give you two (tigs if you
now unmarry me.' ’’—Baltimore Sun.
A Pussier.
Tlie child was four years old, logical,
persistent nnd curious. The mother
endeavored in all possible conscien
tiousness never to depart from any
statement once made the child as fact.
One afternoon this conversation oc
curred:
"Mother, where Is your grandmoth
er?"
“In heaven, dear.”
“Oh!”
Silence and apparent absorption in
toys for a full hour, then:
"Mother, didn't 1 come from heav
en ?"
"Of course.”
"Well, mother, it’s awfully funny
that I doesn't remember meeting your
grandmother there.”—New Y’ork Times.
OUR PRESIDENTS.
Only One Impeachment and bnt Two
Resolutions ot Censure.
Andrew Johnson was the only presi
dent of the United States ever im
peached, and on the trial before the
senate lie was acquitted, the vote In
favor of conviction barely falling short
of the necessary two-thirds.
Two resolutions of censure on the
president have been passed, once by
the senate and once by tlie house, on
occasions when tlie hostile majority
was not large enough either to pass
measures over the president’s veto or
to impeach Idin.
The first was passed by the senate on
March 28, 1834, censuring President
Andrew Jackson for alleged violation
of the constitution and laws by ids re
moval of tlie government deposits from
tlie United States bank. Tlie majority
of the senate was opposed to Jackson
in bis war upon tliat bank, and this
vote of censure was the only thing
they could do about it. Jackson pro
tested against tlds resolution sb a
charge to answer which no opportunity
could be afforded him. The senate re
fused to receive the protest. Finally,
on Jan. 16, 1837, tlie resolution of cen
sure was expunged from the Journal
of the senate.
The second resolution of censure was
in a report adopted by the itouse from
the bouse committee to which Presi
dent John Tyler’s message vetoing the
tariff bill of 1842 Uad been referred.
This reixirt censured tlie president for
alleged Improper use of the veto power.
Tyler protested against this, as Jack
son had done before him, but be bad,
as a member of the senate, voted
against receiving Jackson's protest,
and In answer to his protest the bouse
sent 1dm a copy of the senate resolu
tion on the former occasion.
Makin* Error«.
A Massachusetts business firm prints
this paragrapli at the top of its letter
beads: "Errors—we make them; so does
every one. We will cheerfully correct
them if you will write to us. Try to
write good naturedly if you can, but
write to us anyway. Do not complain
to some one else first or let the matter
pass. We want the first opportunity to
make right any injustice thut we may
do.” The little sermon deserves a wide
audience. Few people have not had oc
casion at some time in their Ilves to re
gret the sending of a harsh or hasty
note of complaint. It may be necessary
to assert one's rights in subsequent let
ters, but there is no better rule of cor
respondence than to make the first one
eno<l natured.—Youth’s Companion.
The Rudeness of George.
"George can be very rude at times.
He interrup'ed me just as I was going
to speak last evening.”
“How did it happen?”
"Why, he asked nte If he couldn’t
kiss me, and just as I was about to
remonstrate be stopped me.”
“How did he stop you?”
Feeding: the Cobra«.
“The usual way.”—Cleveland Plain
The keepers of the big cobras in the
Central park menagerie nnd the New Dealer.
York zoological garden do not And It
The Sl«e of Solomon*« Temple.
easy to supply their venomous charges
Solomon’s temple, ns described in the
with the kind of food that they spe Scriptures, would not be regarded as a
cially prefer. In their native land co very Imposing structure In this day
bras live chiefly on smaller and less and age of the world. Its length was
dangerous and objectionable snakes, 107 feet, breadth 3G feet, and it was
but although every effort Is made to 54 feet in height, with a portico or
collect harmless snakes to satisfy tlie veranda 3G t'.-et long nnd 18 feet wide.
appetite of the imprisoned cobras at We h.ive i ■ ,i:e houses that overshad
soim* seasons they have to be content ow such ;.'i unpretending structure.
with rats and mice, which they do not
particularly like. Other varieties of
Tlielr Limited Circle,
captive snakes are fed mainly on toads,
Crawfoid Have they enlarged their
mice nnd rabbits. English sparrows Circle of acquaintances since they mov
are also purchased for them.
ed Into their big house?
Crabsliaw—Ob, no! Since they be
Xnl «atlafled With Her.
came rich they don’t know half ns
Mrs. Benham You used to say that I many people as they used to.—Judge.
was your wife.
Benham Well. I'm not the only man
To Beautify the City.
who has wished that life bad been dif
"Mrs. Dash, what is your club doing
ferent.— Brooklyn Life.
to help beautify the city?”
"Oh, we are working hard to get the
Micro spectroscope analysis of chlm clothing bouses to use the word 'trou
ne.v soot hns shown that It contain* sers' instead of 'pants’ In their adver
Iron, calcium, nickel, manganese, cop tisement*!”—Detroit Free Press.
per and silver.
Like milk, eggs are a perfect food,
Kentucky negroes consider that the containing all tlie constituents of nour
caterpillar brings fever.
ishment
Browning*« Family Devotion.
People who praised or loved or no
ticed Browning's ouly child found the
direct road to his heart Even tboa*
who only spoke with him of "Pen"
were at once his friends and worthy
of attention and Interest. He said to
me many years ago while awaiting
anxiously the result of bis sou’s ear
nest art studies:
•Do you know, dear friend. If the
thing were possible, I would renounce
*11 personal ambition and would de-
»troy every line 1 ever wrote if by so
doing 1 could see fame aud honor
heaped on ui.v Robert’s head.”
What a proof are these words of an
Intense nature devoid of all egotism!
In bls bov lie saw the image of tlie
wife whom lie adored, literally adored,
for. as 1 felt, the thought of her as an
ungel in heaven was never out of Ids
mind. He wore a small gold ring on
bis watch chain. "This was hers,” be
said. "Can you fancy that tiny tin
ger? Can you believe that a woman
could wear such a circlet as this? It
is a child’s.”
Tlie only other souvenir on bls chain
was a coin placed there years ago. the
date 1848. a piece of the first money
struck by Mauin iu Venice to record
the freedom from Austrian dominion.
"1 love this coin,” he said, “as site
would have loved It. You know what
she felt nnd wrote about united Italy.”
—The Late Mrs. Arthur Bronson In
Century Magazine.
A Story of Gladstone.
Once In Gladstone’s later life when a
question of great delicacy aud difficulty
was coming on In the house of com
mons and everybody expected to see
him watchful and alert and perhaps
fidgety over it be deliberately coin-
[Mixed himself to sleep on the treasury
bench and enjoyed a refreshing nap
till the time came for him to speak,
when, with no apparent effort, he
awoke, delivered a speech in which he
said exactly what was needed and not
a word more and sat down, leaving his
opponents so puzzled by the safe and
guarded generalities in which he had
half expressed and half reserved bls
views that the subject dropped In a
short time because no one could find in
his words anything to lay hold of. It
was often remarked that the greater
the emergency the more composed and
the more completely equal to it did he
seetu.
The Chaperon la Samoa.
The chaperon is an important person
in Samoa. She is the constant com
panion of the taupou. or village guide,
who is appointed to entertain strati
gers and show them the various sights.
Each village in Samoa elects a girl for
this office, and It Is necessary that she
should be the daughter of a chief.
Iler house Is provided for her by the
village, and site is surrounded by a
court of native girls. No man who
Ilves in the village is allowed to enter
tlie sacred precinct*, and the taupou
goes nowhere without an elderly wom
an. if the taupou resigns her office,
tlie chief can appoint another damsel
of high degree.
Living One Day at a Time,
A certain lady met with a serious ac
cident, which necessitated a very pain
ful operation and many months' con
finement to her lied, says one of our
exchanges. When the physician had
finished ills work and was about tak
ing his leave, the patient asked, "Doc
tor. bow long shall I have to lie here
helpless?”
“Ob, only n day at n time,” was the
cheery answer. And the poor sufferer
was not only comforted for the mo
ment. but many times through the suc
ceeding weary weeks did the thought,
"Only a day at a time.” come back with
Its quieting Influence.
Early Printing nnd Illustrating,
Tlie first printing press in the United
States began Its civilizing work at
Cambridge, Mass., in Harvard univer
sity in 1639. The first American made
illustration. It is still believed, is In
Tully's Almanac, of Boston in 1G98.
The flrst American copperplate portrait
published Jn this country was iu In
crease Mather’s “Iehabod." published
in 1703. The first three engravers were
l’aul llevere. Benjamin Franklin and
Isaiah Thomas, who distinguished him
self at the battle of Lexington.
Japanese Festival«.
Tlie Japanese festivals are easily re
membered: First of first month, the
new year; third of third month, feast
of dolls, for girls; fifth of fifth month,
feast of tings, for boys: seventh of sev
enth month, tlie day for tlie god and
goddess of love, Tonabota; ninth of
ninth montli, the “escape to the momi-
‘aln.” the feast of chrysanthemums.
Tlie latter Is not now generally ob
served.
Anniversary Thought«.
"Hubby, dear, do you know that we
will have been married ten years uext
Tuesday?”
“Yes; 1 realize that we are getting
«long and should begin to economize
for the needs of the future.”
“It is not the future that 1 am think
ing about, but the present."—New York
Herald.
How Aboil Those I
“If you want to improve your
mind," said the sage, "associate only
with persons wlio know more than you
do.”
"But if they follow the same rule,"
said one of those who were leariiing
wisdom at his feet, “what are we to
do?”—Chicago Tribune.
I’rtnlant Teanyaoa.
Tennyson was one of tlie most for
innate of poets, in that he was rarely
criticised adversely, yet Mr. Brain Stu
ker, who saw him often while bis plays
were in course of production at the
Lyceum, said that he used constantly
to complain of "the attacks made oil
him.’’ He actually wound up one d i.v
by declaring that he often wished lie
bad never written a line
After the Conaaltatlon.
In describing his early struggles to
establish a practice the doctor hud Jus!
said:
“I used to sit in my office day after
day waiting for patients. In fact, 1
used to sit like ‘Patience on n Monu
ment* ”
“And now." remarked his associate,
“I suppose you are accustomed to I mv *
monuments sit ou your patieuts." -New
York Times.
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