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.
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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.
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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.
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“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
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“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.
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“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.
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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.