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& BANDON RECORDER. HUNDRED MiLE COAST. Tbe Oroya Railway la Pera Dtatla- aul*l»e«l Itself la Maay Ways. Lord Ernest Hamilton describes hl* experience of r thrilling but perilous pastime, tbe descent in a small band ear of a wonderful mountain railway in Peru. “As a matter of fact," be writes, re ferring to the title of tbe article, “it I* 10C; but, for the st.ke of a title, the ex tra six may go- 100 are enough at any rate for purposes of illustration. These hundred odd miles are to be found on the FerroCarril Central of Peru, com monly called tbe Oroya railway, anil they are to be found nowhere else. “This Oroya railway is a very won dertul line indeed. It not only climbs higher than any other railway in tho world, but also distinguished itself in a variety of other ways Incidentally referred to hereafter. But the accom plishment with which I um chiefly con cerned Is this-that It provides tiie only road in the world which a man on wheels can travel over 100 miles by his own momentum and practically nt any pace to which the fiend of reck- lessness may urge him. “The object of wliat Is here written ' is to trace the sensations born of a run down from the summit of the Oro ya railway, 15,tun« feet above sea level, to the verge of the Pacific. Yon start under tbe eye of the eternal snows, ami you finish among humming birds i and palms. You start sick with the un- speakabl-' sickness of soroche, and you 1 finish In the ecstasy of nil exultation 1 too great for words “The gods of Olympus were worms ' beside tbe man who lias during the last tiurei- hours controlled his car from the I'aso de Haleru to Callao, for it Is i in the control tluit lies the Joy, as In ; other things apart from car running. To sit beside tiie brakeman is good, hut to drop the brakeman on n friendl y siding and grasp the lever In your ow n firm but not too exacting hand Is to sup a liberal foretaste of tiie Joys oí lieaven.—Pearson's Magazine. * and there are some things that cannot be properly explained in a few words. You say you do not want to discard your mourning entirely; you don’t like gray for a traveling suit for it la too bridy, and that, being a widow, you consider white inappropriate to be mar ried in. You say you would liko to wear a tailor-made suit of black, but friends are so superstitious as to black being used ata wedding that they have almost talked you out of it. • »» » In one of the above articles I have written on that very subject, the dying out of su|ierstition. One of our society ladies, a widow, was married not long since. It was a church wedding and the edifice was filled with friends and admirers of the iiappy couple. As is usual on such an occasion, the fair sex were filled with curiosity as to what tiie bride would wear, but she had kept her own council. Finally the wedding march announced the approacli of the wedding party. The rustling of silk was heard and the audience craned their necks for a sight of the bride. There was no soft, subdued gray or lavender tints, but black and white. Tiie bride, a tall, stately looking blonde, had cast all prejudices aside and wore an exquisitely fitting tailor-made cos- fin ne of black ladies’ cloth and it was lined throughout with white satin. Her hat was a black velvet picture hat, trimmed in bows of the same, and black and white ostricli feathers. The gloves were white with black stitching, and she carried a white ivory prayer-book. Tiie only ornament was a diamond crescent, a gift of the groom, and a corsage isiuquet of dainty lilies of the valley. It was striking and elegant, and while it did not meet with the a|>- proval of ail her riends, the majority decided tliat she had chosen well. There is a new fad in mourning, but l’olly does not like it. It is worn by men and women alike and consists of a simple band of crepe around the arm liekl in place with tiny black lusterless beads or else simply sewed on. The wearer may wear any bright color she may desire, but the band of crepe must lie in place. 11 looks to Polly as if they were trying to display their grief. Now if you can “weather the storm,” Mu riel, and will not wear gray or slate color, choose the black and white. Grays, lavenders, fawns, etc., are pretty for home and street wear. »♦»» “Betsy McB----- .” What a good, Old-fashioned name “Betsy” is. You say you like the colors of gold and black for a table decoration, but have no daf fodils aud wontier if acacia blossoms would not do? The acacia is lovely, but the fragrance is so overwhelming to some |>eople tliat it might lie a serious drawback to the success of your dinner. The perfume of flowers produces a head ache with some people, and others faint when they have to remain in contact with the intense fragrance for any length of time. If you cannot use the acacia, wild buttercups, which must now cover your velvety hillsides, will answer. The world is tilled with superstitious people, and they are to be pitied. They are forever crossing bridges before they come to them, and watching the signs of the times for disasters that would be enough to cause their hair to turn gray or put them in an insane asylum, if they should come to pass. 1 know of one lady who will go blocks out of her way rather than let a funeral procession cross her pathway, ami to be stopjied on the sidewalk by a funeral is simply suicidal. She turns and goes the other way as fast as her feet can carry her. To count the carriages at a funeral is another ill omen. For whoever is guilty of this offense can rest assured that the Death Angel will probably knock on their door next. She wears a troubled look that is at times almost painful and is anything but a suulieam in the household. What folly it is, for time and again these sure signs of dis aster have Isien encountered by her and she lias s|>ent sleepless nights and days of agonized suspense waiting for the fatal blow to lie struck, aud it has failed to materialize; but she considers that was just chanceand an “only hap|>ene<i so" in this one instance. The fact that the ill-omened signs have failed time and again does not quiet her fears for one moment. “It has passed me by this time, but I’ll not lie so fortunate next time,” she remarks dolefully. »»»» Another friend thinks, or rather, be- lieves, that the beautiful feathers of the peacock can only bring death and dis aster into the house, and so great is her horror and dread of them that she will not tolerate the birds. Not knowing of her superstition in regard to the pea cocks, a friend sent her a beautiful pair and she went into hysterics on receiv Give lllm h Chance to Vote. ing them. They were carried out of The chronicles of our vice president* the house immediately, and she in are notoriously barren of incident. sisted they be taken out the same way This probably was the reason for tiie they were brought in. What to do way Adlai Stevenson secured the ex with them was a query. She would ercise of a constitutional prerogative. It was one sleepy day toward tho end not give them to a friend and thus of his term as vice president. The bring ill-luck into her home. She flat United States senate was plowing tered herself that she did not have an through Hie oateiAfer and paastreg many enemy that she could liestow the lieau- bills. Bills are considered agreed to tlful birds upon, and so finally she In the senate if no oral objection Is gave them to a bird-fancier, who had raised after they have passed through no scruples in accepting and disposing the preliminary stages, but the usual of them at a fancy figure. form of asking for tiie yeas and nays »»»» Is followed by Hie presiding officer. The su|>erstition In regard to peacock The vic«“ president had said: "Senators in favor of the tiill will say feathers has gradually died out among ‘Aye.’” Pause. "Contrary, ‘No.’” even the most pronounced believers in Not a single response. the black art. For several seasons past “The vote is a tie,” announced Mr. you would find peacock feathers in Ste« enson. winter millinery. One of our promi The senator In charge of the bill nent milliners on lieing asked if she paused on his way to the cloakroom wasn’t afraid to have peacock feathers ami looked surprised. “In case of a tie the vice president in her millinery store, laughed merrily. may cast the deciding vote. In the ex "Afraid, no; why should I be, when ercise of his constitutional privilege they have brought me the best luck we the vice president votes ’Aye.’ ”—New ever had'.' One day my husband came York Times into the house bringing a handful of |ieacock feathers, and we planned that The II hik J In lira I th. Let us shake bands with a man and night bow we could make the beautiful BRIEF REVIEW we will tell you something about his feathers, jeweled in irridescent colors health, says lite London Doctor. The that would set the heart of an artist Seeking Treasures on Bed of a Lake. firm, hearty handshake of a sincere wild, pay and thus add to our income, The Parliamentary correspondent of man may lie rattier rough, so that one which was none of the best. Our luck is taught lie lias a grip, but it indicate; >■ seemed to turn from that moment. We tiie London Daily Mail says that sev stamina. Willie denoting absence of made money off the peacock feathers eral members of Parliament have formed tact and refinement, it points to phys a syndicate to recover jewels and gold ical strength. The flabby hand that from the beginning and everything in the sacred lake in Colombia, Central else seemed to fall into line. My hus retains no pressure belongs to the per America, which is formed in the crater son who has no great strength of body band dates our prosperity from the time of an extinct volcano close to the emer or mind. The quick, nervous handshake he brought the lucky peacock feathers of an excitable, nervous temperament home. In every room in our house you ald mines. Humboldt speaks of emer mid Its opposite, the nerveless, passive will find peacock feathers in dusters or alds deposited in this lake worth bil lions of pounds, and Indians continue one. belong to persons in ill health bunches pinned on the wall. The hand tliat threatens to collapse or to find stones and gold at the water’s »»»» give means fear. Tbe feel of the hand “1 must tell you about my little edge after storms. The Spaniards made called magnetic Indicates health and daughter's bedroom. A dainty cream efforts to drain the lake ¡JOO years ago, kindness til'd a desire to help others. but their engineering appliances were In many ways we may decide charac paper covers the wall, with olive or bronze trimmings, and Just als>ve the defective. The present syndicate is at ter by the hand as well as brain. gilt picture molding is a solid row of tacking the lake from lieneath its basin A Wonder In I'eiimnnnhlp. peacock feathers with their bright eyes, A tunnel has been cut and a shaft will Among tlm curiosities preserved by making a graceful finish. On the wall be made to tap the lake with screens to the Minnesota Historical society is a are two or three of the feathers tier! catch any stones that may be dislodged lithographed copy of an engrossment with bright ribbon, and the graceful ami riffles of mercury toarrest the gold. of the enuiiicipatloti proclamation. Tiie feathers are spread out to get the right engrosser, one \V 11. Pratt of Daven Oldest Organ in America. port, la., was so very skillful hi his effect and then pinned. The big rug manipulations of the pen that he suc covering the center of the fltsir is a caste The organ of the chapel of the Epis ceeded, by careful and exact shading of bronze-green with a single shell-nink copal church on State street in Ports of the letters, in producing n very ex rose thrown carelessly down here and mouth, N. H., is to lie taken to Boston cellent portrait of Abraham Lincoln, there over it, and the fl«x>r is painted a to l>e placed on exhibition, being the the author of tiie fatuous document. In rich red. The lace curtains have an oldest in America. Tha organ was tlit- «‘enter of the copy. In other words, occasional |«eacock feather pinned here brought from London in 1713 and placed • he lettering Itself is matlt* to form a portinit of Mr. Lincoln. There were ami there. There is a little white enam in King’s Chapel, Boston. While it probably n large number of them orig eled and brass bedstead, with lace was in Boston, Benjamin Franklin was inally struck off. but copies of It are spread and pillow-sham. A dainty the organist. It was sold to Newbury- now very rare. As a specimen of pen little dressing bureau is canopied over ja>rt some eighty years afterward, and work It Is certainly very unique. with dotted muslin edged with a lace- in 1839 it was purchased by Bev. Dr. trimmed ruffle and caught on the sides Charles Burroughs and presented to Wood In Ils vet In n Stonework. with olive and delicate pink satin rib the chapel in Portsmouth. Probably the old«*st timber in the world which Inis been subjected to tile bons, while a bunch of three or four A General at Fourteen. use of man Is tluit found tn the ancient handsome peacock feathers holds the The youngest General in the world is canopy in place at the top. Her little temples of Egypt in connection with the stonework, which is known to be writing-tlesk is of mahogany, and the the nephew of the late Shah of Persia. at least 4,(Hsi years old. This, the only chairs in her room are of mahogany His name is Deust, and he is a General wood used in the construction of the with olive leather seats pressed into in the army of his uncle. He has lieen temples, is in the form of ties holding some quaint d«>sigu, ami willow rockers. spending some time at Moscow learning the eml of one ston<* to another. When It was a birthday surprise to her, and tbe language and studying tiie ways of two blocks were laid In place, an ex the Huss. As he is not yet 14 years of cavation about an inch deep was made she takes all her friends to her room to in each block, in which a tie sha|M*d show her ‘den,’ as she calls it. We age, it is safe to say that nobody of hfe like an hourglass Is driven, It is there- have no use for that old su|ierstitioii age holds as high a rank in any army in fore very difficult to force anj «tous condemning fieaooek feathers as being the world. from its positiou. part of the work of the evil one. They France’s Two Emile Zolas. are lucky for us, at any rate. The The Carlon« Re/.oar Stone. There are two Entile Zolas in France. world is getting broader every day and There is now no sale for bezoar One of them is an inventor, and does the siqierstitlous are fast passing away ■tones. The time was when this con not lack ability In the art of advertis cretion was deeimsl very valuable, and Men ami women are growing to be sen ing himself and life inventions. In a sible ami too enlightened to live in the many living men will remember hav ing seen perfectly formed specimens ignorance and superstition that thrived Paris newspaper this notice has ap- peared: “M. Emile Zola of Plamlioeuf, sell for $•"> or $10, to lie carried in the through the dark ages.” inventor of the spring nippers, notifies pocket as lucky stones. The l«‘zoar « « « « the public that he has nothing to do stone is formed In th«« stomachs of cat tle. It is calcareous and as hard as a “I find several letters in tilt* query with his namesake, Emile Zola, the bit of limestone, but the core is gener box, and if I do not have space to an writer.” ally a mass of hair licked from the swer them all this week, they will be bide of the animal and carried into the answered later on. “Muriel” writes No one is so truly charitable as the stomach with the saliva. These con one who curtails his own pleasures and that she is yet in mourning for a near cretions are as plentiful now as they relative, and as the time set for her comforts to give pleasure and comfort ever were wedding is approaching, she is in doubt to others. A Reminder. as to what she should be married in. It is when you do something txx> high “Yes,” Mrs. Starvem was saying at the breakfast table, “it's a splendid Muriel apologises for the length of Iter for the comprehension of the dunce letter. book. It cert:«'«)ly is strong and”— that he criticfees you. «««« “Ab, that reminds me,” remarked Is the way to heaven for sale by lite There is no apology needed. Polly the absentmluded boarder. "Pleaim pass tbe butt Philadelphia Press. does not object to answering quest ions, eral donations ? HOW THE CHINESE GET RAIN THE MEXICAN EDITOR Some Peculiar Practice* In Vo**» In the Celestial Kingdom. It Is Verv Ea«r For Him to Get Into Serloua Trooblo. MOTHERS OF GREAT MEN Gonial'« mother was fond of paint ing a rd music. The newspaper laws of Mexico are Chopin's mother, like himself, was very stringent. If any person is men very «lelicate. tioned iu a newspaper article and feels Schumann's mother was gifted with offeialed about it, be can easily send the editor of tbe paper and the writer musical ability. Spohr's mother was an excellent of tbe article to prison. The state judge of music, but no musician. ments may have been far within the Milton's letters often allude to bls limits of truth and Justice, but that makes no difference. The editor in mother in the most affectionate terms. Raleigh said that he owed all bis communicado has a chance to think almut the law. and the aggrieved per politeness of deportment to bis mother. Goethe pays several tributes in his son smiles pleasantly. After awhile the law gets in Its work, the case is in writings to the character of bis mother. Wordsworth’s mother had a charac vestigated. ami the editor is punished, for even the truth is libelous, and libel ter as peculiar as that of her gifted is one of the offenses most severely son. Sydney Smith's mother was a clever condemned. According to the theory of tbe Mexi conversationalist and very quick at can law, every person has a right to go repartee. about entirely free from annoyance by Hsydn dedicated one of bls most Im other persons, If the person violates portant instrumental compositions to the law, the newspaper has no right to his mother. say so. It can lay Information before Giblsm’s mother was passionately tbe courts if it wauts to, but It must fond of reading and encouraged her son not say in its columns that It has done to follow her example. so. Then the law will step In aud take Charles Darwin's mother bad a decid charge of the offender, but the repre ed taste for all branches of natural his sentatives of tbe paper will not be al tory.- Philadelphia 1 nquirer. lowed to attend the trial, and only the Great Brttala’» Capital. bare result, after weeks of waiting, Manchester Is the true geographical can be told to tbe public. If the offense charged against the ed and social center of England. It Is itor is regarded by the first magistrate central, which London Is not. It is to whom the eomplait* is made as be likewise free from fear of Invasion, ing especially grave, tbe paper is gen while a sudden dash across the ninety erally suppressed. Tbe complaint hns miles from France would strike the been received and passed upon. Then empire at Its heart. 'Hie position of a squad of police descends upon the Woolwich, too. Is terribly exposed. printing office. Sometimes all tbe em Manchester, ou the other hand, is ployees ure arrested, sometimes only nicely Inland, yet within hall of Liver tbe editor. Then the doors of the pool. while it has now Its sbip canal. building are closed, official seals are It Is the converging point of the arte placed upon them, and a guard is sta rial railways, and for a sovereign you tioned to see that no one tries to en can go to any part of the kingdom. ter. For three days the editor can do Emphatically London should be at nothing. The laws under which be is Manchester. A map of the world allows tbe awk arrested are modeled after those of the code Napoleon, and for three days he ward position of London as the cen- is held incommunicado, while the au ter of tiie British empire, For our thorities hunt up evidence. Then be world domain Alexandria or f alro Is A THIEF AMONG THE ANGELS is given a hearing. In the meantime the Ideal capital. Situated between his paper has been suppressed, and in east ami west, north and south, hold ing the key to the lock of Asia in tiie Spuraeon Corrected HI* Opinion nt many cases it never comes to life again, WI ihi lie Allah« Do. even though the editor may eventually Suez canal, a glorious climate, tiie One «lay the mayor of Cambridge, clear himself of all blame.—Pittsburg magnificent Mediterranean before ami all Africa behind down to tbe Cape, who had tried to curl) Mr. Spurgeon's Dispatch. which Is the back door to Asia. Alex tendencies to sensationalism, inquired Insomnia and Xervousness. andria Is the natural capital of the of him if lie had really told his congre There can be no doubt that many world. gallon that If a thief got into heaven ho would begin picking the angels’ persons suffer from insomnia which If ever tbe gulf stream should chill had its origin, or at least its principal or be diverted, converting Britain into pockets. "Yes, sir,” the young preacher re strength, in their own nervous appre an arctic land, or our coal supply plied. “I told them that if it were pos hension that they are or are about to should give out, we Britons might ac sibl<> for an ungodly man to go to be afflicted with it. Any one of a doz cept the invitation that Disraeli put heaven without having liis nature en causes may Induce wakefulness, Into the mouth of an Arab sheik and. changed he would be none tbe better and yet the person lying in bed with taking ship and our treasures, trans for being there, and then, by way of the faculties alert at the moment when port the whole nation bodily to estale illustration, 1 said that were a thief to they would naturally be expected to ilsli tbe capital of Anglo-8axondom at get in among the glorified he would be wrapped in slumber has nine times Alexandria.- Pearson's Weekly. remain a thief still, and he would go out of ten or ninety-nine times In a around tiie place picking the angels' hundred nothing serious to apprehend. Carlon Old «'«atom. Tbe stomach may not be In quite its pockets.” In one of the suburbs of Pari* "But. my dear young friend,” asked normal condition, and there is no more wealthy merchant died the other day, tbe mayor seriously, "don’t you know potent cause of wakefulness. anti on the evening of the funeral hl* that tiie angels haven’t any pockets?” Now, an hour—ten minutes even— neighbors witnessed a curious cere "No. sir." replied young Spurgeon, seems a long time in the ndddle of tbe mony. witli equal gravity, “I did not know night when a person wishes to be sleep An hour before the body was to be that, but I an* glad to be assured of ing and cannot. If a sensation of taken to the cemetery the relatives of tiie fact from a gentleman who does dread, of apprehension, is allowed to the ilend man, five or six in number, know. I will take care to put it all enter the mind, such a period simply went out lino the garden adjoining tbe right the first opportunity I get.” becomes interminable. The nervous house and walked solemnly and silent Tiie next Monday morning Spurgeon apprehension increases the difficulty. ly around It. Each carried a lantern walked into the mayor's place of busi and. feeding upon itself, the derange «ml kept his eyes fixed on the ground, ness and said to him cheerfully, "I ment may quite possibly increase till it ■is though lie were looking for soma- set Unit matter right yesterday, sir.” becomes a dangerous tnaiady. tiling. Finally they all halted in front “What matter?” he inquired. of a large pile of stones and. laying "Why, about the angels’ pockets.” The Suitor. aside lheir lanterns, proceeded to throw "What did you say?" Once upon a time a young man fell down the pile. After every stone had “Oh, sir. I Just told the people I was desperately in love with a girl who been removed they examined minutely sorry to say that I had made a mis consumed many sweets as also many Hie spot on which the idle had rested take the last time I preached to them, after theater suppers at his expense. and then slowly and with bowed heads liut tliat 1 bad met a gentleman, tbe He gave her numerous presents and returned to the house. mayor of Cambridge, who had assured spent a large proportion of his salary This Is an old Norman custom, and it me that the angels bad no pockets, so for her pleasure. Is observed In this instance because the I must correct wbat 1 had said, as 1 Finally they were married, and trou dead man was a native of Gison. There did not want auybod.v to go away with ble began, for the man could not spend is a tradition in Normandy that before u false notion about heaven. 1 would as much on bls wife as he had on his burying a body all the ground around therefore say that If a thief got among fiancee. Then she treated him cruelly his dwelling should lie searched In or the angels without having his nature and in an unwlfely manner, and be der to make sure that the soul has not change«! he would try to steal the brought suit for a divorce from her. hidden itself somewhere. At one time feathers out of their wings!”—Homi The court granted his petition, but de every family in Normandy faithfully creed that he should pay costs and ali observed this tradition, but now only • letic Review. mony. few pay heed to it. Moral.—He who goes to court must Black Mirrors. The Tear 1881. Crystal gazing Is still popular, but pay the costs.—New York Herald. The year 1881 was a chronological the very latest thing in use is a black His Pasalon. oddity of the <>dd«-st kind, besides being mirror, in which the sibyls say they A negro man went into Mr. E.'s of a mathematical curiosity seldom equal can see many things. These little black mirrors come from India, where fice for the purpose of Instituting a di ed. From right to left and left to right a spot of Ink lias always been a favor vorce against his wife. Mr. E. pro It reads the same. Eighteen divid«‘d Ite vehicle for divination. The native ceeded to question him as to bls by 2 gives 9 as a quotient; 81 divided boy who has “the second sight” is told grounds for complaint. Noticing that by 9 gives 9; if divided by 9, the quo to look fixedly at a spot of ink, which the man's voice failed him, Mr. E. tient contains a 9: if multiplied by 9, is poured into bis band. The black looked up from bis papers and saw the product contains two 9s; 1 and 8 mirror is said to be every bit as good that big tears were running down over are !•: 8 Hiid 1 »re 9. If the 18 be placed as tbe ink. and it Is certainly more tbe cheeks of the applicant for divorce. under the 81 ami added, the sum is 99. “Why,” said the lawyer, "you seem If the figures be added thus—I. 8, 8. 1 cleanly. It is made of a piece of black glass set in a wooden frame and is to care a great deal for your wife? —it will give 18 as the result. Reading to the middle from right to left or small enough to be held Inside the Did you love her?” “Love her, sir? I jest analyzed her!” from left to right it is 18, and 18 is hand.—London Chronicle. This was more than professional dig two-ninths of 81. By adding, dividing nity could withstand, and Mr. E. laugh and multiplying ten 9s are produced, A Suspicions Ca«e. Greene—Do you suppose Ketchum is ed until tbe negro, offended, carried being one 9 for each year to the la-gin ning of the last decade of the nine honest, or lias he designs on me. do his case elsewhere.—Short Stories. teenth century. you think? A Lincoln Reaaon. No wonder the fortune tellers, the as Brown—Why. what lias he been do Speaking of gray hair puts me in trologers and the mathematicians ing now? Greene—He borrowed an umbrella mind of Bates — Attorney General weave so many strnnge fancies around at my bouse last night, and lie returntsl Bates, you know—and of one of Lin that curious combination of figures. It it tiie first thing this morning. It looks coln's remarks. We were all going one may have been what induced Mother Sblpton to end her prophetic jingle suspicious, don't you think? — Boston day out from Washington to Tennally- town—the president. Secretary Chase, with. “And at last the world to an end Transcript. Mr. Bates and myself—to see General shall come in eighteen hundred aud McClellan review the Pennsylvania re eighty-one." An Obllglna Husband. “Why do you offer such a large re- serves. Bates’ hair, I noticed, had re Skvll llorer*. ward for tiie return of that ugly dog?" tained Its original dark color in perfect A remarkable application of Biblical freshness, while his beard was almost “To please my wife.” precept Is still to lie found among the "But such a reward is sure to bring as white as mine is now. It was an ex- Serba, who do not all live In Servia, but ception to tlie usual law, and I asked him back.” are als<i scattered over Turkey. Monte “No, it won't. He’s dead San Mr. Bates after he had spoken of the negro. Bosnia and southern Hungary. if he knew any especial peculiarity Frnncisco Chronicle. They are very quarrelsome, and the reason for It. He said he didn't, but vendetta nourishes among them, it the president exclaimed laughingly: More Interestlag. follows that bullet holes lit the skull “Were you interested in that account “Why, don't you know? It's because he are by no means «incommon. uses bis chin more than he does his of the Washington man who suddenly Now, according to tbe unwritten law head.”—Era. disappeared?” a lmin who lias made a bole in anoth "Well. Pd have been more Interested er's head must submit to having his Misinterpreted. in an account of a man who gradually own head perforated in like manner, A Presbyterian minister said at a unless lie prefers to pay almut *100 disappeared?"—New York World. meeting of tbe Chicago presbytery that da mages, which is seldom the cnee. So In 1094 tbe capital of the Bank of the t»ook of discipline of the church there has arisen among the Serbs a pe England was fl.200,000. It Is now is "tbe worst book ever published,” re culiar profession, that of the "niedlgs.” ferring apparently to errors and am or trepniiners, who for a moderate fee ¿14.500,000. biguities. will bore a hole in your skull and guar “That’s right.” responded a voice antee the wouud to heal in two weeks The Labor nt Her Life. from the rear of the room, but when a The two men were talking about graj haired brother arose to protest a Illa Hank In the Hierarchy. their domestic affairs. "Ah," exclaimed tbe cannibal, smack “Do you keep a cook at your house?" wave of laughter swept through the as sembly and ended tbe Incident. ing bls lips, "what kind of a minister Inquired one. was that we bad for dinner?" “Um—er. ah.” hesitated the other, Prlma Facie Evideaca "Your excellency." replied Ids cook. “we try to."—Detroit Free Press. The late Lord Morris on one occasion "I should say It was a prime minister." gave a cliaracteristic illustration of the —Household Words. Dr. IVarre. Iieiitl muster or Eton, pro- meaning of "prlma facie evidence.” I> o - i <- h to build s classic ship, probably “If,” he said to the Jury, "you saw The lazy man consoles himself with on the model of a Roman or Grecian a man coming out of a public botttie trireme, and to moor it In the Tbnmea wiping his mouth, that would be prims the shop worn adage a tout the race not <p|si-itc tlx- houses of parliament dur- fade evidence that he bad been having always being to th* swift Chicago Few«. I ul coronation we«-* a drink." it is one of tbe peculiarities of tbe Chinese that, while they have develop ed elaborate philosophers, none of them has le«l to any confidence In tbe uni formity of nature. Neither tbe people nor their rulers have any fixed opinion as io the can», of rainfall. The plan in some provinces when the need of rain is felt is to borrow a god from a neigh boring district and petition him for the desiretl result. If bls answer is satis factory, he is returned to his home with every mark of honor; otherwise he may he put out in the sun as a bint to wake up ami do his duty, A bunch of willow is usually thrust into his hand, us willow is sensitive to iho I h - titre. Another plan in extensive use is the building of special temples in which arc wells containing several iron ta bles. When there is a scarcity of rain, a messenger starts out with a tablet marked with the date of the Journey and the name of tbe district making tit«1 petition. Arriving at another city, he pays a sum of money and is allowed to draw another tablet from the well, throwing in his own by way of ex change. On the return journey he is supposed to eat only bran and travel at top s|>eed day and night. Sometimes he passes through districts as greatly in need of rain as liis own. Then the peo ple in these places waylay him and, temporarily borrowing his tablet, get tbe rain intended for another place. Prayers are usually made in the fifth ami sixth months, when tbe rainfall is always due. and a limit of ten days is set for their effective operation. Under such conditions rain usually falls dur ing the prescribed time. When tbe prayers are in progress, the umbrella, among other objects, comes under the ban. In some provinces foreigners have been mobbed for carrying this harm less article nt that time. New York Commercial Advertiser. r A. His Itrhsl as an Actor. Frank J. McIntyre was a newspaper man in Ann Arbor, Mich., before he be came an actor. He began as a "cub" reporter while still a student in Mich igan university and finally advanced until the editor left him In charge of the paper on one occasion when be took a trip to Detroit. Two important local items were to be printed, one relating the sad demise of a young man of prominent family, the other telling how a traveling sales man had Jumped his board bill at a local hotel. "Mac" had to write the headlines for these stories, and, after scratching his head, he evolved "Pass ed Away Quietly" for the obituary story and "Jumped His Board Bill” for the hotel beat. "Mac” was proud of Ills achievement and. lighting a big cigar, leaned back in his chair and lie gnu to realize how it feels to be an editor. The man who “made up" the paper scanned the headings, transposed them, and the friends aud relatives of the deceased read that he hail “Jumped His Board Bill,” and the bereaved landlord learned that I i I b late guest had "Passed Away Quietly.”—New York World. Aalumu Hase. “Autumn haze.” says a meteorologic al expert, "is dust composed of the fin est particles of soil, dead leaves, smoko or ashes from wood tires, salt from ocean spray, the shells or scales from microscopic siliceous diatoms, germs of fungi, spores of ferns, pollen of flow ers, etc. In tiie still air of damp nights these dust particles settle slowly down, and the morning air Is comparatively clear. During the daylight the sun warms the soil, which beats tiie adja cent air, and the rising air currents carry up the de st as high as they go. Under certain conditions this layer of dust readies higher and higher each day. 'During long, dry summers in In dia It reaches to a height of 7,000 feet, with a well defined upper surface that is higher in tbe daytime than at night. The reason why we have more of hazy weather in autumn Is because there is then less horizontal wind and more ris ing air.” A Home Beyond the Grave. Dan, a colored man, was employed as lsirter in a mercantile establishment in a town in Florida, and his duties re quired him to have the store swept by 7 o'clock in the morning. He had been late for many mornings, and on the sixteenth consecutive time his employ er remonstrated with him thus: “Dan. why can’t you get here on time?” “Well. Mr. I..,” said Dan, "yer see. I live the other side of Mount Hermon cemetery ami can’t always get yere on time.” “Why in tbe world do you live so tar from your work?” said ills employer. Without a moment’s hesitation Dan responded: “Yer see, it’s dis yere way, Mr. L.— I’ll be hones' wid yer—I wauts a home beyond the grave.” Carlyle's View of Apron». Carlyle In his “Sartor Ilesartus” was • hie to find a deep philosophy in aprons. “Aprons are defenses against Injury to cleanliness, to safety, to modesty, sometimes to roguery. From the thin slip of notched silk (as it were, the em blem and beatified ghost of an apron) which some highest bred housewife has . gracefully fastened on to the thick tanne«! hide girt around him with thongs, wherein the builder builds and at evening sticks his trowel, or to those jingling sheet Iron aprons wherein your otherwise half naked Vulcans hammer and smelt in their smelt fur nace, is there not range enough in the fashion and uses of this vestment?” Ancient Sacrifices to the Sea. The navigators of antiquity, to whose Imaginative ignorance the ocean seem ed peopled and beset with chimeras dire and supernatural agencies of all . sorts, need often to sacrifice human lives to the mysterious water gods. It is regarded by tradition that Idome neus, king of Crete, vowed to sacrifice to Neptune the first living thing he met after escaping from a storm, and this happening to be ids son he fulfilled his vow religiously. Medea nearly be came a sacrifice during the return voy age of the Argonauts. Monrufvl. Toward the end of the mince pie stage Willie put down bis spoon and pushed away his unfinished trifle. “Why, Willie. Willie," ” said his father, what's the matter? You look quite mournful!” “Yes,” replied Willie, “that's just it. I’m more'n full." And the Innocent child wondered why everybody laugh ed.— London Globe. Poor, Tired Pap«. “Johnnie,” said bis mother threaten ingly to the incorrigible, “I am going to have your father whip you when he comes home tonight.” “Please don't, mamma," replied John nle penitently. “Paw is alius so tired when he comes home.”—Boston Post. I'selea* Expense. A prince received from the house steward his monthly statement of ac counts, in which occurred the item of 1.00 lire for the keep of a cat In the palace. The prince immediately wrote In the margin, "If there are no rats in the house, It Is no good keeping a eat. If there are any rats, the charge for the keep of tbe cat is superfluous." Aud he struck out tbe item. A Sneceii. "Mrs. Bilkins leurned to play istker so she could keep her husband In at night.” “And does he stay in now?" "I should say so. She wins so much of his spending allowance that he hasn’t the price of a drink.”—Philadel phia Record. Fallowed Direction*. "We shall have to try again,” salt! the photographer, inspecting the result of the first sitting. “You reem to have had one eye shut.” “You told me to wink naturally,” •aid the sitter, "and that’s what I was trying to do." Qualls are becoming so scarce In Eu rope that France and Germany have joined in prohibiting the killing of tbe bird« and even the transport of dead quails across their respective terrlto- ries »
