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BANDON RECORDER. Th«* Kyea of a Bee. Every bee Las two kinds of eyes— the two lar e compound ones, looking like hemispheres on either side, and the three simple ones which crown the top of his bend. Each compound eye is composed of 3,500 facets—that is to say, an object Is reflected 3,500 times on its surface. Every one of these facets Is the base of an Inverted hex agonal pyramid, whose apex is fitted to tlie head. Each pyramid may be term ed an eye, for each has its own Iris and optic nerve. How these insects manage this mar velous number of eyes 1 b not yet known. They are immovable, but mo bility is unnecessary because of the range of vision afforded by the position and the number of facets. They have no lids, but are protected from dust and injury by rows of hairs growing along tlie lines at the Junctions of the facets. Tlie simple eyes are supposed to have been given the bee to enable it to see above its bead when intent upon gathering honey from the cups of flowers. Probably this may be one reason, but It Is likely there are other uses for them not yet ascertained.— Pearson’s Weekly. The Wearing of Amulets. Who wore tlie first amulet it would be impossible to say, but the adoption of a talisman to ward off evil is of very ancient origin. Phylacteries, tlie Greek word for am ulets. were worn by the Israelites, to which allusion is made In the Scrip tures. These phylacteries were nar row strips of parchment on which were written passages from the Old Testament. A strip was placed in a small leather box and bound to the left elbow by a narrow strap. There was a smaller phylactery for the fore head, the I>ox for which was about an Indi square. The word amulet Is of Arabic origin and implies a thing suspended. Amu lets were of various kinds. The moon stone, found In the desert of Arabia, was worn as a talisman against en chantment by the women, who sus pended It around the neck, it was a white, transparent stone, the time for searching for it being midnight. VarloiiN Style* of Hairdreaalnic. The various styles of hairdressing un der I.ouls XVI. were known as the cas cade of St Cloud, the windmill, the sheep am lambs, the hen and chickens, the dog ami hare, the peal of bells, the milkmaid, the bob wig, the bother, the kerchief, the oriental, the Circassian, Minerva's helmet, the crescent, the enigma, the desire to please, the turned up calash, the treasurer of the age, the frivolous bather, tlie rat, the drunken monkey and tlie lover'B snare, the last named consisting of a mass of curls covered witli powder, particles of which, deposited ou the coat or shoul ders of n gentleman, indicated the previous whereabouts of the lady’s bead. A Plenwant Prospect. A young man named Mooney enlisted in the army. After be bad been In In dia for a bout five months he received a pathetic letter from I i I b parents which said that if lie did not send them some money they would be forced to go to the workhouse. The young man sat down and an swered the letter as follows: ‘‘Dear Father and Mother—Try to keep out of tbe workhouse for six years and seven months until I come home, and then the three of us will go in together.’*—London Tit-Bits. Effect of the Suu ou Monuments. The perpendicularity of a monument is visibly affected by the rays of the sun. On every sunny day a tall monu ment has a regular swing leading away from tlie sun. This phenomenon Is due to tbe greater expansion of the side on which the rays of the sun fall. A pen dulum placed inside, say. Nelson's col umn, in Trafalgar square, would be found to describe on every clear day an ellipse of nearly half an inch in di ameter.—English Mechanic. Got the Better ot Hotel Cleric. “With all his faults,” began Mr. Fairchild, "the hotel man is a first class fellow, who will go a long way to keep his guests from shining too much in puldlc or from being seen by doubtful guests. I recall an lustance which happened to me in New York not long ago. I had registered in tbe morning and, leaving my key at the hotel, came back again in the evening. Finding the night clerk on, but not on to me, 1 asked biin, giving him my name, if I was in. Not knowing tbe number of my room, I decided this was the way to find out. "He looked at me rather suspiciously. Evidently tlie result of his inspection was not reassuring, for, after making a bluff nt feeling In my box, he replied quite stiffly: “ ‘No, sir; Mr. Fairchild is not In.’ 1 sat down on tbe lounge and said calmly: " 'Well, when lie comes In please tell hltn that lie Is here looking for him self.' "The porter carried tbe clerk up stairs.”—New York Tribune. Tennyson nnd Barnum. f POLLY LARKIN 1 ___________ P Anna B. Shaw, who has repeatedly said in her lectures that man never did woman Justice except once, ami then he placed her as a figure of justice on top of the court-house and blindfolded her, will be made glad again, for the Postoffice Department has under con sideration tbe question of placing on one of the postage stamps of the new issue the head of some woman who is connected with the history of the country. While no particular person has been decided ou, there seems to be no doubt but that Martha Washington will be so honored and her picture will grace the stamp. This will be the first recognition of women upon any of the Government securities issued by that department. It has come to pass that when women want some improvements that will re flect credit on the city or town wherein they live, they band themselves to gether in an organization for the com mon good and they prove the truth of the old adage, “where there is a will there is a way.” The women of Peta luma wanted the plazas that had been a disgrace to the fair little “city of roll ing hills” converted from the recepta cles for old tin cans and rubbish into beautiful parks. They organized an improvement club and went to work with a will. Home of the residents were rather inclined to throw cold water ou the idea, and others said “let them have their way, they will soon tire of it.” They were wrong in their prophecy, for the improvement club is still in a most flourishing condition, the town (thanks to their efforts) has two of the prettiest parks in the State, and still the good work is going on and they are planning for other improvements in their flourishing city. Healdsburg fell into line, and the Women’s Improve ment Club is doing much to beautify the town. «««« Then came Sonoma, the center of historical reuiinisceuces iu the northern part of the State. The Women’s Im provement Club is beautifying the plaza made notable by the Bear Flag incident well known to every Califor nian. They have interested themselves as well in the sanitary condition of the town, etc. Santa Rosa then followed suit, and among the many other com mendable features they will have a night school to give those who do not have an opportunity of attending the regular sessions a chance to advance. The women of Oakland have now been heard from. They decided some time since, according to a newspaper report, that the town needed a public hall, and as none of the male residents offered to purchase a lot and erect the building, the women set forth to bring about the desired result. They succeeded in rais ing the money with which to buy the lot and put up the building, the interior of which was in need of a coat of paint. Without waiting for advice from the stronger sex they waited on the town painter and bought from him a number of brushes and a stock of paint which they applied to the building, giving it a second coat. They declared that al though the work was hard they had fun galore out of it, and they are ready to try their hand now at some other needed improvement. «««< “Kismet” has a doleful little tale of woe to relate and is evidently very much discouraged. She has had her horoscope read and it portrays any thing but a brilliant success in life. There is sickness, trials and tribula tions enough to wreck a stronger little body than “Kismet.” It is her fate in life, according to her horoscope, to go through the world comparatively friend less, not having the good fortune to make friends easily and not tact or udgment enough to retain the friend ship of those who have stayed by her. One by one they have dropped off', her sarcasm being more than they could stand. She says she knows she has the worst temper in the world, but she came by it naturally, for it is one of her inheritances from her father, who was always in trouble owing to his temper that was ready to break out on any and all occasions. This undesirable trait is hers, and in spite of her determination to conquer it, she lias to admit that it has won the day in nearly every in stance. The horoscope predicts acci dents, much suffering, deaths in her family, and it goes farther than this, it states that she will lie married twice and she will lie more unhappy with her second husband than she was with the first, and it will lie any thing but a bliss ful state of affairs. “Kismet” says she has thought of this awful prediction, or in other words, the history of her life, until she is nearly demented, for the worst feature about it is that so much of the prophecy lias already come to pass, and she fears it is all true. Tennyson was extremely eager at one time to visit America, and touching tills point a story Is related to the effect that Barnum offered him an enormous sum to make the trip, though probably not ns one of the attractions of the «««« “greatest show on earth.” "All you have to do.” said Barnum, “Is to stand Verily you have been born under an on a platform and have your bands unlucky star, "Kismet,” according to well shaken." The poet, however, de your horoscope, but I assure you there clined the tempting offer. are hosts of others—you do not stand alone by any means—who have had Cnnrlahlp Ton Lllirnalvr. their peace of mind destroyed by the Tess—You don't mean to say they predictions of their horoscope as de have broken off their engagement? scribed by the reader thereof for the Jess Yes Tess Why. I thought they were per sum of a bright silver dollar or probably more. I have in mind a little friend fectly devoted to each other Jess—So they are. You see. they who was frightened out of a year’s have broken off the engagement, so growth by having her horoscofie read. that lie may save enough money to en According to the planets and the signs able them to get married.—Pblladel of the times at the reading, she should phla Press. have died five years ago, and her During the last twenty years the con father within two months of her death sumption of eggs has enormously In would be called to a better world. creased In Great Britain and now rep There was a mistake some place, for resents annually an estimated sum of they are both still very much in evi £13.000.0<X). £5,500,000 of which goes to dence. What you must do, “Kismet,” foreign imoprters. is to let fortune-tellers and the like alone, forget your unfortunate horo scope, and If you have a copy burn it so you will never have another chance of perusing it. Remember that sar casm is as cruel as a two-edged sword. It euts its way right and left, leaving wounds in a sensitive ¡»erson’s breast that never heal. They may forgive iu some instances, but they can never forget; others will neither forgive nor forget, but will make it their aim in life to make things unpleasant for the one who has poisoned their minds against them by the free use of these venom tipjied arrows of sarcasm. They can create mischief among the dearest friends and erect a barrier which may not be crossed over but will separate them forever and a day. Make a mighty resolve, and keep it, tliat you will never lie sarcastic again. Try to culti vate a cheerful and happy disposition; be charitable; if you cannot speak kindly of others then be discreet enough to remain silent. Look up and not down. This merry old world is full of sunshine if you only will receive it and not seek the dark places and pitfalls, the thorns of the wayside. You can gather sweet-scented, velvdty flowers aloug the pathway of life Instead of nettles if you will, “Kismet,” it all lies with you. »»»» “Martha B----- ” has a question that the query box should have yielded up last week, and Polly is glad to answer this in behalf of our little meadow larks and other singing birds. “Martha B— ” states that there has been quite an argument between several friends for some time as to whether the meadow larks were included among the birds that were unlawful to kill at any and all seasons You, having the affirma tive side of the question, “Martha B----- ,” have the best of the argument. The meadow lark is included among the song birds and Is one of our sweetest singers. Occasionally tliehuntersseeui to forget that the larks have been given a right to live and they kill the sweet little singers without mercy. A few months since I was passing one of the poultry dealers and saw half a dozeu of the little golden-breasted larks hanging in front of the store. Presently one of the Game Warden’s deputies came along, caught sight of the birds, and the next minute found the man under arrest. He pleaded ignorance as to the laws, but notwithstanding he had to pay a tine of twenty-five dollars. BRIEF REVIEW. The Pope’s Daily Lite. For the past twenty-three years Pope Leo has never left the precincts of the Vatican. No human being has ever been a guest at his table; no human nand has ever clasped his, protected by its white silken mitten, except that of the Emperor of Germany. The Pope’s principal meal, followed by a short sies ta, is at midday. The various dishes are all served up together. He has live or six meals a day. He drinks an ordi nary Bordeaux, forwarded to him by a religious community of the Girande, who supply his table gratuitously. This community has not been “legally au thorized," has not claimed “legal au thority," and will no doubt have to leave France under the recent rulings against religious communities. Fake. This word has come to mean in the United States a story without founda tion, and who write or circulate such are called fakirs or fakers, some have at tained an unenviable reputation in press circles by their indulgence in this prac tice. Fake in England is to cheat and swindle; to fake away is an encourage ment given by thieves to companions. The word fake is a word that has been used for more thau half a century in the theatrical profession to express the idea of a makeshift. Thus to fake a dress is to get up a costume that is not correct, but which can be made to serve its pur- jsise on a pinch. Costumes of this sort are called fakements. To fake a play is to play it imperfectly, that is without proper knowledge of the lines. JUST ESCAPED HANGING. Dr. Madd. Who Mended John Wilkes Booth's Broken Lea. Mudd was a physician, and it was to bls bouse tliat Booth bad ridden on tbe night of bls great crime. There his broken leg had been set. and there he bad been secreted for one day. The doctor wits an educated man of refined and dignitled manner. He had novel quite recovered from bls surprise that any one should find fault with him for setting a broken l>one for a stranger. He nlways asserted that he did not know Booth and was not aware at the time that Booth bad committed a crime. But Mudd had been an ardent secessionist. He was accordingly sen tenced to imprisonment for life. It was a hard fate to be culled upon for professional services by a wounded desperado und then narrowly to escape banging for It. Tbe trial nnd sentence were a terrible blow, from which Mudd never recovered. He had left a devoted wife at bis home in Maryland, and bit mental sufferings were so severe that lie seemed always on the verge of in sanity. He had at first been put to work with a wheelbarrow; but, having never done any manual laltor, be was rapidly falling under tbe combined physical and mental strain. For tills reason I directed that lie be transferred to the prisoners’ hospital as uurs'-. There lie made himself exceedingly useful, and there he might have re mained had not Ills homesickness in nil evil hour overcome bis Judgment. While a ship lay at the wliatf he contrived to get aboard and secrete himself in the coal bunkers. He «as of course dis covered, nnd then be learned what he did not know before, that no ship was allowed to sail until it was ascertained that every prisoner was in his place. He was immediately placed In solitary confinement, where lie remained sever al months. —McClure’s Magazine. PELLETS OF SNOW. Ilow They Fling nnd DHft In Adirondack Heaton. tbe On a good driftmaking day in the Adirondack* the snow comes not iu tlie star shaped flakes that look so pretty when portrayed ou a page of tlie dictionary, but in small pellets. These pellets are in shape like tiny white footballs usually, aud they come roll ing and tumbling down wind ns if they had been "kicked for fair" by tbe half back gods of the gale. And yet while they roll and tumble and bound they find lodging places, and as the idle: gazes lie sees them pile up in a wall ou tlie crest of the road cut. Higher and higher grows the pile, forming at first a vertical wall, but before this has risen three inches it is seen to overhang tlie gulch. Though round und easily rolled, these pellets in some way fit to each other as bricks would, until tlie overhung is per haps a fifth as great as the elevation of tlie wall, and then, marvelous and lm possible us it would seem to the unac customed observer, a lip forms on the crest of tlie wall, and soon it begins to droop and bang down. Wider and lon ger it grows, further und farther It droops, until Its shape is precisely like the lip formed on u huge wave when It breaks on a shoal water beach. Lips that are ten feet wide and hang down three feet clear of all, though but six or eight inches thick where they Join the chin of tbe wall, are not uncom mon. By what magic is it that these frozen, oblong pellets thut go bounding along as merrily ns tootballs form into such a shape as that? Of course if the storm continues a time usually comes when the lips break off becuuse of their great weight. And then uo uew lip forms to replace the lost one. The snow merely drops over Into tbe lee of tbe wall and gradually fills tbe cutting.- Scribner’s. The Rose. At all times tbe rose has enjoyed pe culiar favor as a sacred flower. Mo hammedan tradition says that when Saladin captured Jerusalem be refused to enter tlie shrine of tlie temple which had been converted Into a church by the Crusaders till the walls had been thoroughly cleansed and purified with rosewater. A similar story is told of the Church of St. Sophia, at Constanti nople. when transformed from a Chris tian place of worship to a Moham- mednn mosque. The origin of tbe rose, according to Moslem tradition, is that tlie blood of the prophet sprang into new life iu this glorious crimson (low er. To tills day when a Turk sees ■ rose lying on the ground he will raise It tenderly, kiss it reverently and de Skeletons Cleaned by Beetles. posit the frail blossom in some pl.vee An interesting experiment in clean of safety. ing skeletons adopted at the Wister In Takin« It Coolly. stitute of Anatomy of the University of The ship of an admiral who was the Pennsylvania has proved itself most suc Duke of Wellington's near connection cessful, insects doing the work in a more was wrecked. He was placed in com satisfactory manner than was accom mand of a second ship, which was also plished by any of the former methods. lost, and he himself was drowned. Lord Some time ago more than 500 roughly Charles communicated the disaster to cleaned and dried carcasses of animals his father, who merely exclaimed, with of every description, varying in size Spartan coldness and brevity. "That's from a l>ear to a mouse, were spread out tlie second ship he has lost.” on long tables in the basement rooms of Reversed Ilia Decision. the building used by the institute. In Stern Father—Didn’t I tell you not a few months almost the entire collec to call again, sir? tion had been entirely cleaned by the Suitor—1 know. But I didn’t call to see your daughter. 1 came on behalf of larvie of several species of beetles. our firm about tliat little bill”— Stern Fatber-Er- er— call again, will All European armies have certain ex tras weekly in the way of food. Sugar is you? given in England and France, two gal The Promoters. lons of lieer in Russia, half a gallon of "Let us make tbe capital stock $1.- wine in Italy, three pounds of tish in 000,000.000." said the first promoter. Spain, and five ounces of butter in Bel "All right," said tbe geconil, who was preparing tbe prospectus on the type gium. writer. A woman living in Maine is said to "Will it be bard to Increase that cap make a living by administering, for a ital?” asked tbe first. small fee, thrashings to such of the “No, Indeed. All 1 have to do is to children of the neighborhood as are in hit tbe "O’ key a few more times.”— Baltimore American. need of correction. Friends turn to foes and love to hate, The hat 1 wore last night won’t tit. All things change, except my purse— There is no change in it. • ______________ __ Brazilian carbon, worth about H5 per carat, or about four times the value of ordinary diamonds, is used in drilling some of the gold mines of South Africa. A Devoted Parent. "Dawson Is one of the most devoted fathers I ever knew.’ "How so?" “He’s so proud of bls children. Why, say. be often Iles awake half tbe night trying to think up clever things that he can credit them with saying.”—Cleve land Plain Dealer. The Javenlle Idea. London a hundred years ago had a "Willie, do you know what happens population of 888,198, when the first to the bad little boys?" official census was taken. "Sure." "Wbat?” Thoughts are the foundations for all “They have more fun than the good deeds. lift la boys.”-Chicago Post THE MEADOW ORCHID WHY THE RUSSIAN PEOPLE CALL II "THE CUCKOO’S TEARS." A l-egend ot the Land ot the Cnnre That Denio With Made, Love and llappiura. and One Reaalt ot the Fatal Feminine Tonaue. One warm Sunday afternoon the vil lage maidens assembled to buthe in tbe river. They took off llielr kerchiefs and tlieir coronet headdresses, seated them selves ou tbe bank to cool off and be gan to gossip. One maiden alone sat silent, Frosya, an orphan, poor, but beautiful, with fair skin and eyes as blue as the gentian, which tbe Rus sians call “tbe flight of the falcon.” So tlie other girls began to tease her: “Have you no dearly beloved friend, Froalnya? Who Is he, where Is be? Is lie handsome. Is lie rich?” "Where should a poor girl get a rich and handsome young lover? Yonder adder is my husband." No sooner had she said this than all the maidens cried, with one accord, “Tbe adder!” and took to their heels. And upon her kerchief, which Frosya had thrown upon the grass, behold, a huge black adder lay coiled. She cried out in fear. But tbe adder beat its tall upon the ground and was transformed Into a wonderfully handsome young man. There lie stood before her, with a golden cup upon his flowing curls, his eyes flashing fire, and honeyed words fell from bls lips. And be said to her: "Did you mean It when you declared tliat you were ready to marry the ad der?” She knew uot what reply to make, hut gazed at him and thought to her self. “Whence came such a wise and handsome youth?” And be, divining her thoughts, replied to them, “I am no common man. but tbe czar of tbe wa ters, and my empire Is close at hand in n deep pool oti golden sands.” And lie read in her eyes that she con sented to go with him. Then be grasp- id her witli Ills powerful hand, and to gether they sunk down Into the deep realm of tbe waters. Great was Frosya's happiness. She could not believe in it. He was so good, so wise; she bad never seen auch people, and there Is none such any where us the czar of the waters. But Frosya was foolish. Seven years did she dwell with him in tbe deep pool in his palace of crystal, and the seven years passed as one day, and there need not have been any end to her bliss A girl and a boy bad been born to them. Then, all at once, without any cause, she became sad, louged for tbe earth, to behold her native hamlet and her friends ouce more. So he let her go. with tlie children, for three day« after having exacted a promise that neither she nor tlie children, either by word or by hint, should reveal tae name of her busband or where she lived. Aud all this she promised, with fearful oatlis. Then her busband es corted her to tbe dam. At tbe end of three days she was to come to the same spot and cry "Cuckoo!” thrice, where upon be would swim at once to meet her. She kept her oath, but her friends coaxed and questioned the children. The boy to all queries replied simply, "1 don't know.” But the girl told ev erything. This was all the envious gos sips wanted. They ran and told all to tlieir busbands and brothers, who Im mediately ran to tbe dam and uttered tlie magic words. And when tbe czar appeared they beat him to death. But before lie died lie contrived to say to Frosya: “1 have to thank tbee. my dear wife, that 1 am now come to my death through thee and my daughter. Hence forth Uy thou ever as a gray cuckoo aud repeat thou ever my call. ‘Cuckoo!’ In sadness of heart from early spring until St. Peter’s day [St. Peter's day, June 29 (July 12, O. S.l], and from that day forth mny every bird, both great aud small, beat tbee and pursue thee. And mayest thou, my daughter, my be trayer. be turned into a nettle bush, ami may that weed, the fiery, forever burn thine eyes wheresoever thou may est be. that thou mayest weep forever, remeinlieritig thy father's death. But to my loyal son, who kept his father's command, 1 make this bequest: That he shall be tbe bird beloved which dwells and sings in gardens and amid shady groves for tbe Joy of happy peo ple, for the consolation of those who weep, tbe uiglitiugale.” And from that day forth tbe Russian people have called the meadow orchid "the cuckoo's tears.” [It Is also known ns “the cuckoo's slippers.”]—Isabel F. llapgood in New York Post I nJnrim From Carbolic Acid. Warnings are given in a medical Journal against the Injury to skin and even tame which may result from the long continued use of weak—say, 3, 2% or even 2 per cent carbolized applica tions. especially upon peripheral por tions of tlie body, such as the fingers. This effect, it Is nsserted, is due in a small men sure to tlie action of carbolic acid upon the vasomotor system, but In (lie main to its destructive effect upon the red and white blood corpuscles. This Induces, partly In a mechanical and partly in a chemical way, stasis, first in the cnpillaries and, if tbe action of the drug be continued, then in the larger veins nnd arteries, with the re sult. that the nutrition of the part is in terfered with and the removal of the harmful substances hindered; the mac eration of tlie epidermis caused by the acid favors evaporation, so that the gangrene is n dry one, a mummifica tion. as it were. Aa.nmlng Hn.bnnd.’ Naaae., The practice of the wife assumlni the husband's name at marriage, ac cording to Dr. Brewer, originated from a Boman custom and became the com mon custom after the Itomun occupa tion. Thus Julia aud Octavia, married to I’ompey nnd Cicero, were called by tlie Roinmis Julia of Pompey, Octavia of Cicero, and in latter times married women in most European countries signed tlieir names in the same manner, but omitted tbe “of.” Against this view tuny Is* mentioned that during the sixteenth and even at tbe beginning of tlie seventeenth century the usage seems doflbtful, since we find Catha rine I'arr so signing herself after she find been twice married, and we al ways hear of lardy Jane Grey (not Dudley), Arabella Stuart (not Sey mour), etc. Some persons think that tbe custom srlginated from the Scriptural teaching that husband and wife are one. This was tlie rule of law so far back as Braeton (died 1268», and it was de cided In the ease of Bon versus Smith, in the reign of Elizabeth, that a woman by marriage loses her former name and legally receives tlie name of tier hus band. Altogether the custom is involv ed in much obscurity. Holy Co«t of Treves. Tlie holy eoat preserved at Treves, in Germany, is claimed to be tbe seamless garment worn by CbriBt and for which the Boman soldiers cast lots during tlie cruclfixlou. it la u tunic about live feet long, cut narrow at tbe shoulders and gradually widening toward the knees. Many miracles are said to have been performed by tills robe. Its history for the last 700 years is clear enough, but darkness shrouds the story of the relic prior to the twelfth century. The Catholic church relies for proof of its authenticity upon a tradition that It was one of a chest ful of relics sent as a gift to tbe church at Treves by the Empress Hel ena. She is said to have found the coat at Jerusalem while in search of tlie true cross A legend says that In the ninth cen tury tlie holy coat was concealed from the Normans In a crypt of the cathe dral. There it remained forgotten until 1 lta>. when It was rediscovered and placed in tbe high altar. OLD TIMES IN TENNESSEE. When Pelts Were a. Fleallfnl Fennie« In the State. Probably few jieople know that th« original name of the state of Tennes see was Franklin or that In 1788 th« salaries of the officers of this common wealth were paid in pelts, but the fol lowing is a correct copy of the law: -Be It enacted by the geueral assem bly of the state of Franklin, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, that from and after tbe 1st day of January. 1788. the salaries of this commonwealth be as follows—to wit: "His excellency the governor, per an uum, 100 deerskins. “His honor tlie chief Justice. 5tM. deerskins. “Tlie secretary to his excellency tlie governor, 500 raccoon skins. “County clerk, 300 beaver skins. "Clerk of the bouse of commons, 20<! raccoon skins. ‘■.lustice’s fee for serving a warrant, one minkskin.” At that time the state of Franklin extended to tlie east bank of the Mis sissippi river, and on the west bunk was that great unknown forest region of Louisiana. It was then a "terra In cognita.” save a few canoe landings and Indian trading posts on the river banks. It was known as the district of Louisiana anil in 1805 was made the territory of Louisiana. Tlie state of Franklin, which be came Tennessee in 1790, was almost as little known. The now great city of Memphis was a mere trading post and was not laid out as a village until 1820. Pelts were as plentiful in those days as pennies and much better distributed for purposes of currency and barter. Tlie pioneers were jierhaps as happy and as well contented as is the average citizen now.—Arkansas Gazette. COOKING HINTS. Daniel O'Connell, tbe Irish agitator, once complained in the bouse of com mons of a report of a speech in a Lon don newspaper which, he said, put into his inoutli opinions be had never ex pressed. lie vowed that if tbe editor did not apologize he would move that lie be brought to the bar for a breach Of privilege. Next day the reporter of the speech waited upon O’Connell and gave a most remarkable explanation. He stated tliat during Ills walk from the bouse to his office In Fleet street the rain streamed Into Ills pockets and obliterated tbe notes of bis speech. “1 accept the explanation," said O’Coniii-ll, good bumoredly, "but let me say that It must have been a very extra rdinarj shower of rain, for it uot ou’y washed out of your notebook the speech I delivered, but washed in another of an entirely different char acter.” Don’t add lard, molasses or sugar to bread If you wish to keep well and be wholesome. Potatoes baked thoroughly, but not allowed to turn dark, are tbe best to be used for creamed potatoes. If salad dressing curdles when being mixed, add a little cold water, stir quickly, and It will become quite smooth. If ten be ground like coffee or crush ed immediately before boiling water is poured upon it, it will yield nearly dou ble the amount of Its exhilarating qual ities. If a sliced onion mid carrot are cook ed with veal, It will be found that the flavor of the rather tasteless meat is much Improved. Veal cutlets rely for tlieir flavor on the tomato sauce that 1 b usually served with them. A delightful flavor is sometimes giv en to steak l>y placing it overnight in a lintli of oil and vinegar. In the morn ing It is wiped before tlie broiling, but enough of tbe mixture has been ab sorbed to give it a decided flavor. If In making split pea soup a teacup ful of whipped cream Is put in the tureen Just as the soup is poured over, the Improvement In flavor of tbe soup will be noticeable. This puree has sometimes a tint, ever, watery taste that Is not at all agreeable, which the whipped cream entirely removes. How to Light a Solid Body. General Grant'. Namesake. An Extraordinary Shower. Cadogan Morgan was tbe first elec A number of years ago a son was trician to experiment with electric light born to a colored woman In tlie south, in solid bodies. Tills was in 1785. He and as be was her first she looked up first Inserted l wo wires into a stick of on him witli pride mid was much at a wood mid -aused tin- spark to pass be loss to find a name for him Relatives tween them. Ibis bud the effect of il and friends. Including her mistress, luminating tlie stick a beautiful blood were appealed to; but. although many red. An ivory bull, an orange or an ap names were suggested, all were dis ple may lie lighted In the same run liner. carded. Some experimenters prefer tbe lemon After many days of deliberation she for this purpi se. it being very suscepti said one morning to her mistress: "Miss ble to the electric discharge, flashing Mary. I'ze found a name for my boy. forth at every spark ns a spheroid of I'm going to name him Delicious.” biilllant golden light. The wires used “Wliy." said tbe Indy, “where did yon for ibis pui'iMiM* should be brought get tliat name?" within about half nil inch of each other "Oil." she cried. “I'm going to call inside tlie lemon. him that 'cause I want to name him for Mr Grant.” How She Voted. VVlii'ii it was explained to her that A cynical bachelor listening to some tlie great hero was named Ulysses and women wlio were discussing female not Delicious, she was somewhat dis suffrage was asked by one of them for turbed in mind, but Ulysses did not bis views on tin* question. please her. so tlie boy had to begin life He replied thus, with great delibera burdened with tlie name Egbert Eu tion: "I once heard of a woman who gene. -Detroit Free Press was asked how she had voted at the recent cleet ion. 'in my plum colored William Wirt’« Herormatlon. gown.' was the answer.” William Wirt, the great lawyer, at Then tlie cynical bachelor bowed and torney general of tlie United States escaped. Chicago Chronicle. mid prosecutor of Aaron Burr when he was tried for treason, was stupefied Breaking O>. nnd made sensuous by liquor At times “Yes." said tlie ingenuous girl hero be lost all self control and self respect. ically. “I have decided to break with On oue occasion while drunk he fell In Horace for good and all.” the streets of Richmond. While lying “Why. then, are you sending him there asleep Miss G„ the most beauti your picture?" ful woman hi the city, to whom he was “Well. 1 am sure that Is the least 1 betrothed, came along, saw him and can do. He refused to take back bis placed her limidkerchlef. on which wai gifts, and I wanted to make some re her name, over Ills face. He wakened, turn. so I mn sending him my photo saw the name, learned tbe incident, graph.’’-New York Press. and It reformed him. - Beverages. Mnalr nnd Paa.loa, Self Help In Case of Fire. “My daughter." remarked Mrs. A.. As a house is never attacked by fire "has developed a perfect passion for at the top mill bottom at once. If there Biusic.” Is a safe mid ready exit at both top "I wonder." observed Mrs. B.. who and bottom very little danger to life is resides next door, "if It's as strong as to lie feared. It Is Important that all the passion your daughter’s music de exits should be so known as to be easi velops in my husband?" ly found by day or night by every in They meet as strangers now. mate of tlie house. If tbe clothes you have on cuteli fire, a blanket, rug or A Literary Tea Toper. There have been many literary tea some auch woolen article should be tojiers. but William Hazlitt, the write» quickly mid tightly wrapped around and critic, probably surpassed every you All- Is thus excluded, and the fire goes out. other author In tbe singularity and A small fire In a room can often be strength of his potations. Rising usu put out In the sair-» way in preference ally at i or 2 o’clock in tbe day, he would sit over his breakfast of ex to pouring water ou it. In case of fire ceedingly strong black tea and a toast, keep all doors shut as far as possible. A IV«» Out. ed French roll—if he had no work on If a room is full of smoke, keep low or A small girl told a falsehood. Her crawl, because smoke anil hot air lioth mother, with great dignity, led tbe hand—for hours, silent, motionless and rise, leaving the floor comparatively youthful offender to the library and, self absorbed as a Turk. It was tlie only stimulant or luxury clear. sitting down beside her, said: "You te ever took, mid he was very fas Contrary. know. Katburlne, grandma has gone to "Charley, dear." said young Mrs Tor heaven and papa has gone to heaven, tidious ataiut Its quality, using always but if you tell untruths you cannot go the most expensive kind and consum kins. “1 want you to promise that you to heaven with them. You will have ing. when he lived alone, about a will not lose any more money on horse pound a week. He always made the races." to go to tbe other place." “1 won't bet a cent.” Tbe little maldeu looked very grave tea himself, half filling tbe teapot with “Now, that's just sheer contrariness. for a moment and said, “Say a swear tea. |>ourlng boiling water on It and word, mnmnin. and come to tbe other then almost Immediately pouring It out You know If you don't bet you can't and mingling with it a great quantity win.”—Washington Star. place too.”-New York Tribune. of sugar and cream. Buch a beverage must have been de Get to the Point. The Better Choice. "Ze Miss Milyons, It Is said, speu's llcious Indeed, Douglas Jerrold says, The quality of directness is charac tbousau's of dollars on ze bounets "there was fascination in it,” but as a teristic of all men of great executive aloue. my dear count,” observed the ffally stimulant It must have lieen most ability, because they value lime too deleterious, mid as the essayist died much to squander It In useless nnd baron. "Sbe is ze one for you." “No. my denr baron," was tbe re after several severe attacks from a die meaningless conversation. It Is an In ply. “1 vlll make ze proposal to her ease of the digestive organs It prob dispensable quality of the leader or ably caused bis death.—Beverages. milliner."- Judge, manager of all large enterprises.
