&
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
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