Bandon recorder., June 26, 1902, Image 2

BANDON RECORDER.
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imagines has blighted her life. “Con*
The Ecuntinilcal Mule.
NEW SHORT STORIES
stance” has had a little love affair, and FACTS iN FEW LINES The mule is ready to begin work two
or three years earlier than the horse.
the young man who lias wooed and won
Juul Uke Solomon.
A ii>t.<■ i.il exblbltiou <>C mule aud He can lie put to pretty heavy pulling
her was not as constant as he might dotike.s is to be held 111 Btrlln.
Joe Weber tells this story of how the
when lie is three years old. and from
The lumber “Three" lu the Bible.
have been; in fact he proved when
A motor sleigh propelled by spiked that time uutil be is forty, if he has firm of Weber & Fields came very
When tbe world was created, we find
near living dissolved at one time. They
weighed in the balance that he was not wheel« is patented in Germany.
fair treatment and docs not meet with were playing al the Bowery museums
it aud its surroundings composed ot
the
true
gold
that
she
thought
he
was,
Gueellne handcar« are giving satis an accident, he is not likely to lose any with indifferent success when they de­
Never has Sftn Francisco, since the I
three elements air, water and land—
time. He is not subject to the many cided that their future lay tn acrobatic
the whole lighted by the sun, moon days of the pioneers, seen the condition but he turned out to be the poorest kind faeiur.v ser\ lee on western railway«.
I'or every loo den ths in rural dis­ ailments to which the horse la a vic­ work. So one day they went to the foot
and stars. Adam had three sons men­ of affairs that the street car strike oc-I of clay not tit to be molded in the potter’s
tioned by name, and so did Noah, the casioned. Vehicles of all descriptions hands, for he was so poverty-stricken tricts in England there are 118 Ln town tim, at least not to any great degree. of East Twelfth street, where there
He lives about twice as long, and bis were two large ash dumps. There they
patriarch, Daniel was thrown into a were brought into play, and the poor when it came to honor, which is such a districts.
den with three lions for the crime of horses, wondering what it all meant, jewel in man and woman alike, so de­
The area ot the Yellowstone park actual period of usefulness Is nearly found James T. Powers and Peter Dai­
praying three times. Shadrach, Me
void of refinement and truth and so equals that of Delaware plus thnt of three times as long, for the horse is ley practicing acrobatic stunts. The
really not tit for heavy service until he latter two did not fancy the invasion
shach and Abednego were rescued from were “put through their paces,” going cowardly in dealing with others, that Rhode Island.
the tlery furnace. Job had three spe­ from early morning until late at night he would not have stood the test of the
A musical Passion play in sixteen is five years old or after he is twenty, of tbe two German comedians, who
cial friends. There were three patri­ carrying passengers. Some of the wag­ molder.
tableau Ims been written by the cure while a mule will often do good service were their rivals for popularity along
for forty years, and they have been the Bowery, and drove them away
archs—Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. ons bore inscriptions that reminded one
of a Paris church.
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known to work fifty, according to one with stones, one of which, thrown by
Samuel was called three times; Elijah of “the days of old, the days of gold,
The
French
waterways
bill
comprises
You say, ‘‘Constance,” that he has
writer, without being turned out at Powers, struck Fields in the eye. His
prostrated himself three times on the the days of ’49,” when the old prairie
improvements in the existing canals at any
time during all that long period.
dead body of the child; Samson de­ schismers lumbered across the conti­ shown you marked attention for two a cost of $12,100,000.
partner instead of sympathizing with
Like the ass, the mule will live upon
ceived Delilah three times before she nent bearing tbe inscription in glowing or three years, keeping company witli
England owns 7,930 of the 14,077 next to nothing, and during all his for­ him began to laugh. Fields got angry
no one else, and that you finally be­ steamers belonging to the twelve lead­
discovered the secret of bls great pow
“We quit." he said, “right now.”
ty years of hard service a mule will
er, and the Ten Commandments were letters, “California or Bust.” The wags came engaged to him. Then after ing nations of Europe and America.
“All right. I’m willing.” said Weber.
of
tlie
day
who
fitted
up
their
express
not require—and generally does not get They walked back to the Bowery to­
delivered on the third day.
months of devotion in which he allowed
An
ancient
viking
cup
made
out
of
Jonah was three days and nights in wagons with temporary seats and hung you to get your trousseau ready and the vertebra.* of a whale has been —half the feed necessary to sustain a gether without speaking. A few days
horse during bls much shorter period before tbe incident they bnd chipped in
the whale's belly. “Simon, lovest thou on a chair or a couple of steps to enable make beautiful bits of fancy work for found at ilarroldswlck, in Shetland.
of usefulness.
me?” was repeated three times. Paul the passengers to climb into their wag­ the dear little home he stated he was
a dollar each and bought a trunk.
The kaiser has ordered the distribu­
makes mention of the three graces - ons tisik the time to put tlie inscription,
“Whose going to get that trunk?”
tion
of
1,000
copies
of
his
photograph
preparing
for
you,
almost
on
the
eve
of
Where Allspice Grows.
faith, hope and charity. The famous “Home or Bust,” on their wagons.
sulkily asked Weber.
among
the
sailors
of
the
German
navy.
The Island of Jamaica produces about
“Y'ou can have it.” replied Fields.
allegorical dreams of tbe linker and They varied this not very elegant in­ your marriuge lie ceased coming, never
Automobiles which have a flange out­ all the allspice that is used. It is known
"No; I don’t want it. You lake It.”
butler were to come to pass in three scription with “Rapid transit to Golden gave any reason for the sudden change,
also
ns
pimento,
or
Jamaica
pepper.
The
side
a
pneumatic
tire
are
being
used
and you found that for some time he
dnys. Then we have the holy trinity—
said Weber.
Gate
Park;
going
right
out,
”
ami
“
Rap
­
for
scouting
on
the
Transvaal
railw
’
ays.
tree
on
which
the
berries
grow
is
ever
­
Father. Son and Holy Ghost; the sacred
had been paying marked attention to a
After quarreling for some time over
An electric motor car recently dou­ green, and the flowers grow in dense the matter Fields Anally hit upon a
letters ou tlie cross were three In num­ id transit to Twenty-fourth street and young lady in the same town. Know­
ber, they being I. II. S.; so ulso the fa­ Valencia,” etc. Every vehicle was ing all this, you still grieve for such a bled the length of Great Britain, trav­ clusters. These develop Into small Solomon-like Idea. "We’ll saw it in
mous Roman motto was composed of crowded with men, women and chil­ man? Can’t you realize that he is not eling 1,100 miles at an expense of & green aromatic berries, the size of black two, and we can each take half.” he
pepper. If allowed to ripen, they be­ said.
cents a mile.
dren, all looking as if it was a great
three words—viz. In hoe signa
the man you thought you cared for?
come pulpy and lose some of their pun
Several
young
members
of
the
Bel
Weber agreed to the proposition and.
big frolic that they were indulging in. He was thesoul of honor, upright in all
gency. For commercial purposes the
Slel«ht of Hund Polionlna.
Women wearing sealskin coats and li is dealings and refined. The man you glan aristocracy are now serving their berries are gathered when green, care­ procuring a saw, started upon the divi­
time as apprentices on board English
sion of the only valuable asset of the
A very curious item In toxicological diamonds rode with all tlie grace they
fully dried in the sun and afterward team. He had cut Half way through
lore I chanced to light upon, wrote could command in express wagons. thought you cared for is dead, he did sailing ships.
packed
in
bags
holding
ICO
to
180
the trunk when be finally turned to
George Augustus Sala in one of Ills let­ You can rest assured, however, that it not possess the low and cowardly traits
Hull (England) municipal trams made
of this man who has deceived you. a prolit of £40,000 last year. Of this pounds and shipped. Pimento trees Fields and said:
ters, may be called the feat of poison­
grow in many parts of tropical Amer­ “Say. Fields. I'm getting the worst of
ing by sleight of hand. You were Jeal­ was a case of “have to go down town” The man you cared for was true as steel. amount £10.000 has been devoted to the ica, but nowhere do they thrive as in
this deal. Do you think I’m going to
ous of a lady, nnd you wished to kill that brought them out. They bore it This man is all dross, cowardly and relief of the taxation.
Jamaica. The trees are never planted
her. Well, you asked her to lunch, nnd all cheerfully, and if their tempers weak as water. From all you have told
A new tapeworm described by a Jap­ by man and receive no cultivation saw your half too?*
Fields’ Indignation had by tills time
you caused n very nice pencil to be were ruffled by the situation they did me you have nothing to regret. Rather anese physician is of gigantic size, be­ worthy of the name. The seeds are
served nt dessert. You cut tlie fruit not show it. One woman, however, consider yourself fortunate that fate or­ ing more than four inches broad and dropped by the birds, and the rains nnd subsided, and be was roaring with
laughter. They there and then patched
with n golden knife, one side of the was honest enough to state after one of
about thirty-flve feet long.
the tropical sun do tbe rest Surplus up their grievance, and Mr. Weber still
blade of which was endued with n these express wagon rides that the dained you should never be tied to him
The
difficulties
in
navigating
the
Red
trees
are
cut
down
nnd
become
walking
deadly poison. You presented the poi­ tiearer she got home the madder she for life. If he had beeu the noble man sea are such from reefs and shoals that sticks and umbrella handles. This spice has the trunk, which he ¿bows to visit
soned half of the pencil to the lady, got to think she had been inveigled you thought him, do you suppose he no sailing vessel has passed the Suez Is more mild and Innocent than most ors to his borne as strongly illustrating
the truth of his story.
would have been so cowardly as to canal In twenty-seven years.
who ate It with much relish and then
other spices.
iuto going down town and thus make
dropped down dead.
leave you with never a word of explan­
The record for rapid slaughtering
Tbe Profeiior t'nderatood.
Tlie wholesome half you nte your­ a holy show of herself for the madden­ ation? I think not. Therefore accept has been made by an Indianapolis
He Won the Vonnarnter.
ing
throng
to
gape
at
and
make
merry
Professor Henry Mortou, president
self ami laughed in your sleeve and
The Rev. Dr. Mackenzie of San Fran­
Polly’s congratulations on your narrow packing house by turning 3,298 hogs
went on slicing more peaches for tbe over her predicament.” Khe never
cisco was once calling on a new pa­ of the Stevens Institute of Technology
into products within five hours.
in Hoboken, recently honored by Mr.
ladles of whom you were Jealous till dreamed when she went down to make escape.
The Japanese telephone service is rishioner who had a “limb” of a boy. Carnegie, once had a church experi­
you were found out nnd broken on the her few purchases that she would have
She
bad
invited
tbe
doctor
to
dine.
regulated
by
the
department
of
com
­
BRIEF REVIEW.
ence with two students. One Sunday a
wheel. Aye. there’s the rub! Wbat to be hauled back in an express wagon,
munications. All tbe lines, instruments “Willie," she said to her hopeful, “pass pair of freshmen wandered into the
high old times we might have, to be yet she was one out of the multitude
Dr.
Mackenzie
a
potato.
”
and fittings are owned by the govern­
Why People See Apparitions,
sure, lint for that plaguy contingency that thronged the street. One little
Willie seized the potato between
ment.
of being found out!
an
interesting
paper
on
‘
‘
Fairies,
thumb
nnd Unger, and before his moth­
In
street Arab quoted to the amusement
Within ten years a German publisher
Apparitions, Visions and Hallucina­ has issued translations of five of the er coukl utter a horrified remonstrance
of
several,
“
The
rich
for
once
can
’
t
ride
Anxlrlnn Bnlla.
tions,” read by Sir Lauder Brunton re­ most read English and American nov­ he had tossed it across the table and
Here are a few “bulls” that have in chaises any more than the poor,
cently
in England, the author directs els. No one of them has liad a sale of squarely into the good man’s lap.
been perpetrated from time to time in they both can walk by Jazes.” He
“Judgment!” cried Willie.
twisted tlie quotation a little bit to ex­ attention to the fact that there is con­ as many ns a thousand copies.
the Austro-Hungarian parliament:
“One strike!” quoted the quick wit-
King
Edward
has
put
typewriting
siderable
variation
in
the
acuteness
of
“One most Important point of the ag­ press his thoughts, but it met witli a
ted clergyman.
machines
In
the
office
of
his
private
ricultural question is tbe maintenance laugh and a shout from his dirty little the sense of different people, and that
“Willie, leave tbe table!” stormed bls
apparitions are probably due to an ale secretary. Tills is quite an innovation, mother.
of the breed of horses to which 1 have companions.
tlie honor to belong.”
normal condition of certain sense or­ for the letters of royalty have always
“Madam,” said the minister, “do not
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"We are here for the weal and woe
judge him harshly. See bow beautiful­
gans. Nature thus reports the conclu­ heretofore been executed by band.
It
wasn
’
t
funny
a
bit
to
those
who
It
has
been
decided
to
send
all
Boer
of our constituents.”
ly he put the sphere over the plate.”
sions of the writer: “Some persons will
“Gentlemen, consider this question had to come any distance and who had perceive blue flames in the fire in win­ prisoners who are sentenced to terms And from that time there wasn’t a
of penal servitude out of South Africa
no chance of riding home and had to
in the light of a dark future.”
ter, and some persons hear the shrieks to the Seychelles islands. A new con­ more earnest worker in all tbe big Sun­
“The eye of the law weighs heavily walk, but there were no wry faces even
day school than that same Willie.
of bats, while others are sensible of nei­ vict prison is to be constructed there
on our press legislation.”
though their feet were tired and their
ther.
In
the
same
way
there
are
people
for the purpose.
Cure For Hleconah.
“There, gentlemen, Is the ever chang­ bodies weary. Everybody smiled and
In the Japanese match factories the
Hiccough usually attacks persons of
ing point of which tlie opposition has jested over the ludicrous and yet seri­ who feel things which others do not
feel. Apparitions are probably due to boxes and labels are made by little nervous temperament and young chil­
made n hobbyhorse.”
“This taunt is tlie same old sea ser­ ous position they were placed in by the abnormal conditions of tlie apperatus girls, who are woudrously dexterous dren who have overloaded the stom­
pent which for years and years has strikers and the corporations that re­ required for the reception of external in tbe work. These little experts get ach. It may also be Induced by eating
fused to give the extra three cents an
been groaning in this assembly.”
impressions. The vessels inside the from a halfpenny to twopence half­ foods which have been too highly sea­
penny for twelve hours’ work.
hour their employes demanded. Peo­
soned.
brain may be capable of contraction,
The most useful remedy and perhaps
A glass house to be used as a solari­
Incident« In American Illatory.
ple who seldom walked more than two
like those outside, and in that case there um is being built at the government tin* most Inoffensive and the best con­
A traveler who has just returned or three blocks down town without
would
be
anemia
of
part«
of
the
brain
sanitarium for tuberculosis at Fort sists in sucking a piece of sugar which
from a visit to Matanzas says that he lieing weary, found that when occasion
visited El Cumbre, n short distance demanded it they were pretty good and consequently affections of tlie vis­ Bayard. N M. During the last two has previously been steeped in vinegar
“TWO," SAID DAMON.
from the city, and there was reminded sprinters. Many men, women and even ion, hearing, smell and taste. Epilepsy years tbe government has expended or drinking a spoonful ot good vinegar
in which some sugar has been dis­ church, not knowing that it was Presi­
is connected in Hie minds of psycholo­ about $200,000 on this institution.
of an incident in American history
dent Morton’s place of worship. They
with which he was entirely unfamiliar children, were compelled to walk six or gists with migraine. In many people
In Spandau, near Berlin, a great mil­ solved.
If this is not at once successful, a kept quiet and seemed properly devout
and which he Is willing to bet not one seven miles to their work, and they had migraine is preceded by a vision of zig­ itary center, a tax lias been put on au­
throughout until the time the collection
American in n hundred knows any­ to rise with the larks to get to their work zags, rather like a procession. A troop tomatic orchestrions, which are becom­ second spoonful is certain to be so.
box was to be passed, when they saw
thing about. He refers to the fact that on time. One young lady, who acknowl­ of spirits in this form appears in Dore’s ing an intolerable nuisance, as nearly
A IhiiiKry Muaician.
to their horror that Professor Morton
a vice president of the United Slates edged that she never walked more
every
restaurant
has
one.
It
is
hoped
During the siege of Ladysmith an of­ himself was passing the box.
took the oath of office there, being au­ than two or three blocks without being illustrations to the ‘inferno.’ It was that tbe tax will reduce the plague.
“Got any money?” said Paulsen to
thorized to do so by special act of con­ greatly fatigued, walked six to seven suggested as not unlikely that both
Tbe Jessup expedition into northwest­ ficer who was organizing a concert to
gress. El Cumbre means “the summit,” miles to her work, and as she weighed Dante and Dore suffered from head­ ern Siberia Ims returned with 100 cases keep up his men’s cheerfulness heard Inglis.
“Quarter. You got any?”
and it was here that William Rufus nearly two hundred pounds, it was a ache of this kind. Stories of fairies of specimens. The object of the excur­ of a sergeant in the Gordons who was
“No.”
King, vice president with Franklin
might partly be referred to visions as sion. which was held by Norman C. said to be a performer. He found the
Pierce, dying of consumption, was most trying experience, particularly on well as to tlie aboriginal race mentioned Buston. was to determine the Asiatic said sergeant and asked him to con­ Nearer and nearer came the collec
her return home, as she hail to walk
tribute Ills services.
tlon box.
sworn into office March 24, 1853.
by Professor Rhys. Speaking of Mo­ origin of the North American Indians.
Finally when It was but one pew
The sergeant was sorry, but said he
most of the way up some of the steep­
In
Toledo,
O„
the
postoffice
depart
­
hammed, Sir Lauder Brunton described
away Damon Inglis rose to the needs
“
couldn
’
t.
”
est hills in San Francisco. Employes
Lon fl UK nnd Working.
his visions as trembling fits and convul­ ment will place on each letter box an
“Why,” said the officer, “you do play of Pythias Paulsen.
Ever notice nt the end of a day when were late in arriving at business on all
sions, and said it was curious to specu­ electrical device which will record at something, don’t you?”
“I’ll stake you, old man. That’ll be
you have fooled along with your work sides, but for once the little tardy mark
the
central
office
when
the
box
is
open
­
all right Watch me,” he whispered,
“I did, sir.”
and slouched through everything in a did not figure in castiug up their week­ late how different might have been the ed Some such apparatus^ is found to
and as the box appeared before him he
“Well, what’s your instrument?”
slipshod manner that you are tired as ly report There were many humorous course of the world’s history if the pro­ lie necessary to prevent collectors from
made sure to catch the president’s eye.
“The bones, sir—but I’ve ate ’em!”
if you had worked steadily and done sides to the unfortunate affair. One phet had been thoroughly dosed with skipping hexes.
Up went the quarter conspicuously be­
your work well? And how much bet­
bromide of potassium.”
The
women
of
Galveston,
Tex.,
the
Modern Inatance.
tween Damon’s thumb and forefinger;
ter satisfied you feel with yourself load of men and boys who were crowded
city
so
nearly
destroyed
by
tbe
terrible
“And now,” he said, “we will see then he dropped it, and, with a sweep
when you have done your work as you in like sardines in a big hay wagon
Pneumatic Horse Collars.
storm a few years ago, have organized what our old friend the apostle Paul of the hand toward bis companion, he
should. Your employer also notices sang, “Until This Cruel War is Over
The St. Louis Car Company, Colum­ to beautify the town. They give enter­ has to say. Step up here, Paul, and held up two fingers.
these things. Don't belong to the slip We'll All Go Marching Home.” The
bus
Brewing Company, Faust & Sons, tainments to raise funds and with the give us your testimony.”
“Two,” said Damon, and the profess
shod class. Do your work well. You pedestrians who were marching home
proceeds buy and plant trees along the
No, the speaker wasn’t a flippant or understood.
the
St. Louis Transfer Company, the streets and In tbe parks.
will feel better and stand higher In the felt that it was a sort of grim humor to
prosecuting attorney in the celebrated
estimation of the man you work for.— be hurled back at them by the fortu­ Boehmer Coal Company and others are
A reward of £5.000 1 b offered by the trial before Felix.
He Noticed Improvement.
Atchison Globe.
beginning
the
use
of
pneumatic
horse
nate singers. Another one took up the
department of agriculture in Queens­
A typical North Carolinian called at
It was the Rev. Mr. Seventhly, the
refrain, “We’re All Rough Riders,” and collars, and find them much superiorto land for the discovery of a means of popular pastor of the Blank Avenue the senate lobby one day recently. He
Tricks of the Trade.
the ordinary ones. In the first place eradicating the prickly pear pest, church, who was preaching a doctrinal wore heavy boots and homespun
If you find maple twigs and frag­ verily they were, for they were riding the “pneumatic” weighs only one-half which is a cactus imported from Amer­ sermon.—Chicago Tribune.
clothes. Ills whiskers were of the Hor­
ments of leaves in your “maple” sirup, home in a coal cart and were more be­ as much as a “stuffed” collar, again the ica. The remedy must not cost more
ace Greeley fashion, he did not wear a
grimed
and
dusty
than
if
ttiey
had
you may feel pretty sure that It Is an
collar, and bis hat slouched down upon
The Shock Too Severe.
improved collar presents to the surface than a certain sum per acre.
Imitation or has been adulterated. Peo­ been through the war.
More mushrooms are grown at Ken­
“Did the coroner’s jury ascertain what his tousled hair. He sent in his name
of
the
horse
an
even
and
yielding
pres
­
ple who make the pure article sent It to
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to Senator Pritchard, confiding to the
sure, with marked flexibility. Not neth Square and Lansdale, near Phila­ caused Bowersox's sudden death?”
market clean. The best butter does not
delphia, than In any other section of
“Yes. It appears that he received a doorkeeper that he had not seen Pritch­
The
only
ones
wo
seemed
pleased
at
only
is
it
a
preventive
of
sore
shoulders,
have hair in it to prove that it was
the country. The department of agri­ plumber’s bill In his morning’s mall.”
ard since they served together in the
made from cows’ milk. Strained honey the turn of < vents were the owners of but admits of the animal moving the culture hopes to develop the Industry
legislature twelve years ago.
"But surely that did not kill him?”
with bits of comb in it is subject to the vehiclesand horses. It was their har­ load with much greater ease than with in this country so ns to make importa­
Presently Senator Pritchard appear­
“Thnt wasn’t it. but about noon the
same suspicion. Tomato tigs with a fig vest and all were pressed into service, a hard collar. The Humane Society, as tions from France unnecessary.
plumber himself called and said there ed. His North Carolina friend looked
leaf on top of the box is another in­ from the shabbiest of rigs up to hacks well as the merciful owner, indorse this
Electricity has increased the power of was an overcharge in the bill that lie him all over.
stance.
"My country, senator.” he exclaimed
and automobiles. One enterprising gar­ collar as one of the greatest improve­ seacoast lights to that of 3.000.000 can- wished to correct.”—Detroit Free Press.
in
a voice audible all over the lobby,
(les
The
mineral
oil
lamp
of
the
"Doty
bage
man
saw
bis
way
to
making
a
few'
ments
to
tlie
proper
equipment
of
teams
Suggestive.
An Ingenlonii fleartrap.
“how you have improved!”—Washing­
system,” which was in almost univer­
“No.” said the Widow Rakeleigh, more dollars by hauling tired humanity that lias been made iu years.
The Mexicans in California had an ton Post
sal use previous to the Introduction of
“I didn't altogether like the minister's to its alMsie instead of garbage to the
electricity, did not exceed 54,000 can­ ingenious method of trapping bears
sermon over poor John.”
crematory, so he used something the
before the advent of the Yankees
Veal Meet. Germ Sharp.
Pedestrian’s Paradise.
dles in tlie strength of its illumination.
"Why, I thought it quite sympa­ old garbage wagon had never seen be­
brought modern firearms into the re­ A young man more or less intimately
The
Bois
de
Boulogne
in
Paris
is
now
An
automobile
truck
is
now
employ
­
thetic,” said her friend.
fore, that is, an abundance of soap and
gion. A piece of meat was nailed to acquainted with affairs at the capitol
“Well, I didn’t like his pronuncia water and a broom, put sacks in the the pedestrian's paradise. Automobiles ed for moving Iron safes. It has two the stout horizontal limb of an oak Is a believer in the germ theory of dis­
tfon when lie said John had gone ’to bottom and along the sides and some are forbidden to travel there except at a propelling motors, nnd a third elevates tree. From a limb live or six feet above ease nnd in the virtue of disinfectants.
that undiscovered country from whose
snail’s pace, and must Btop near horses. the safe to its place In the building. It n rope was suspended, to the end of A few days ago he heard of a case of
“burn” no traveler returns.’’’—Phila­ board seats in it, curried up the old Horses must not gallop, even ou the requires three men nnd six nnd n half which a large stone was made fast so scarlet fever in his neighborhood, and
horses, and the next thing seen of this
minutes to place n safe on a seventh
delphia Press.
riding alleys. No vehicle is admitted floor Formerly It required eight men that It hung about six inches above and he straightaway went to a drugstore
hastily constructed passenger convey­
Sagacity.
a trifle nearer the trunk than the meat and got n mixture of liquids with
unless furnished with springs. Even two nnd a half hours.
•■Why, yes. I have seen a good deal of ance it was going up Market street hearses are no exception to tills rule.
on the lower limb.
which to disinfect his clothes. He dosed
Tests
made
nt
the
Automobile
club
Tom Robinson recently. Fact is, he's laden with passengers, and as one of On the other hand, pedestrians do what in Loudon showed that machines trav­
When a bear smelled the meat from tbe clothes liberally.
one of tbe most entertaining men 1 the men remarked when a man on tlie they please. They are no longer com­ eling at rhe rate of twen.y miles an afar, he would climb up the tree and
Shortly afterward he was riding in
ever met. Really, I didn’t know there standing on tlie sidewalk sang “Where
hour eotild be stopped in two nnd n half make his -way to the bait. In doing one of the senate elevators. Senator
pelled
to
lead
dogs
on
a
string.
was so much in him. He's positively did you get that coach?” “Oil, any
times their length. It Is expected thnt so he would push the stone pendulum Vest came in. leaning on the arm of his
brilliant when you get him talking. old thing will do,” he expressed the
to one side. Just as lie was nbout to faithful attendant. Jim Edwards. The
From a return recently laid on the this list will Induce the authorities to fasten hie teeth In the meat the stone senator elevated his Roman nose and
Most delightful companion and so hos­ sentiment of everyone in tlie wagon.
increase the speed limit for automobles
pitable and”—
Polly felt sorry for the horses, they were table of tlie .AustralIan Federal Parlia­ from tbe pi< sent rate twelve miles an would swing back and bang his head. sniffed the air. Then he said to Ed­
“I see. Which of Robinson’s sisters driven so hard and little mercy was ment it appears that tlie average annual hour to elghteeeu miles.
This would arouse the anger of the wards. “Somebody In this car Is dead."
is it—the little one with the black hair
bear, and he would give the stone a
consumption
of
beer
in
Western
Aus
­
shown as they jogged or were raced
or the tall blond one?”
sweep of Ills paw which would send
tralia is aisiut twenty-nine gallons per
Proof Presumptive.
Swift W’lnirs.
over
tlie
hard
and
cruel
paving
stoires.
“It’s file little one with the black
A Mohawk valley Justice of the peace Jt swinging farther out. The conse­
It Is difficult to account for tbe enor­
It was a sight that San Francisco peo-1 head. This far exceeds the record of
hair.”
quence
was
a
harder
bang
and
more
invariably gave Judgment for the plain­
mous velocity of some birds’ flight
pie will long rememlier, and once in a any other country in the world.
tiff in civil suits before him without anger. The more he struck the stone when migrating. The northern blue
A Kiss and a Snap.
thousand years is often enough for it to
the harder lie would be hit in return
in 1837 Mr. Thomas Snverland happen—in fact this is one case where | The tail feathers of the feriwah, a hearing the defendant, silencing that until from ferocious anger lie would throat goes nt tbe rate of 540 miles an
brought an action against Miss Caro­ we don't want history to repeat itself, i rare member of the bird of paradise unfortunate litignnt with, “Veil, vot I lose his caution and attack the pendu­ hour, flying 4,800 miles from Egypt to
tinks he sue you for if you don’t owe
Helgoland in a spring night of barely
line Newton, who bad bitten n piece out
family, are tlie most expensive known,
lum with all his vigor. One powerful nine hours. Virginian plover fly from
of bis nose for his having tried to kiss I never did like strikes, and I like them . and the only tuft existing In England him?”—Rochester Democrat.
sweep, then bang! and bruin would be Labrador to north Brazil. 9,000 miles,
her by way of n joke. The defendant less when they strike so near home.
tumbled out of the tree to the rocks without stopping, going nt the rate of
is valued at $50,000.
Iler
Mother
’
«
Visit.
was acquitted, nnd the judge laid down
««««
below, where, disabled by his fall, he 036 miles nn hour and probably more.
Mrs.
Benham
—
You
don't
seem
to
he
that “when a man kisses a woman
would be at the mercy of those who How can this speed lie attained? The
Tlie letter from the query-box this' Wealth does not make a home. It very glad thnt mother Is here.
against her will she is fully entitled to
Benham-Wbat did you expect me to set the trap whenever they chose to birds resort to grent heights, where tbe
bite bis nose If she so pleases.”—“The week is from “Constance G----- ,” and takes thoughtful, sympathetic com­
take him.
do—die of Joy?—New York Herald.
resistance of the air is slight
she has had a disappointment that she rades to make a home.
Kiss and Its History.”
f POLLY LARKIN |
CHOICE MISCELLANY
_______________F
London shopkeepers’ slang is a dia­
lect in itself and one that is always
changing. Wbat. then, is a "nlcknackl-
torlau?” We know not the word today;
but. looking recently through some old
law cases dating about a hundred
years back. I was puzzled to flud It ap­
plied in all good faith to describe a
plaintiff in tbe sheriff s court. On fur­
ther search It turned out to be a piece
•of forgotten Cockney slang for u dealer
In bric-a-brac. Tbe evidence showed
that tills plaintiff kept a sort of old
curiosity shop, in which he dispensed
“mummies, poisoned arrows, the bead
of Klug Arthur’s spear and a geuulne
manuscript of the first play acted by
Thespis and his company in a wagon!”
Tbe defendant, a woman, had actually
bought and paid for some of these rari­
ties, but she died after having commis­
sioned the embalming of an orang­
outang to add to her collection, and for
this her executors refused to pay.
Counsel for tbe defense poured con­
tempt on the mummy of tbe orang­
outang and called it a "stuffed mon­
key.” But the “nicknackitoriau” won
Ills case. Ills profession was more tak­
ing than his name.—Manchester Guard­
ian.
Mrlcnackltorian.
Our Hluhent Priced Mall Carrier.
A contract was recently let by the
postottice department for carrying the
mail In Alaska by dog sleds. The suc­
cessful bidder was Oscar Fish, and his
route lies between Eagle and Valdez, a
distance of 414 miles. He makes two
trips a month and receives nearly $L-
500 a trip, or $35,000 a year. Only 300
pounds are carried per trip, and this is
usuady made up of letters—few news­
papers. Postoffice department officials
say that the sum paid to Fish is very
reasonable when it is considered that
lie makes the trip by dog sled and
that be has the most dangerous route
of any mail carrier in tbe world. He
has several times been given up for
dead by residents of Valdez and Eagle,
but so far he lias always managed to
reach the end of his jouruey. although
sometimes overdue and occasionally
very much battered up. He has fallen
down precipices, got mixed up in ava­
lanches and lias been starved and frost­
bitten, but is still happy in risking his
lonely life.—Harper’s Weekly.
Ice Cream on Ellin Inland.
Somebody’s heart softened toward
the 700 or more immigrants who bad
to spend their first Easter in tbe new
world on Ellis island, and ice dream
was a part of the bill of fare.
To many of the newcomers—to nearly
all of them, in fact—the frozen cream
was a novelty. Some were much puz­
zled at tlie strange article of food.
“Sure an' there’s frost in th’ milk,”
said an Irish girl when tbe first cold
spoonful had surprised her throat.
“Milk, did ye say?” said a north of
Ireland lad. “Begorra an’ it’s more like
swatened snow, it is.”
“An’ how did they kape it from melt­
in'?” Inquired another.
Some Italian immigrants did not take
as kindly to tlie iee cream, and they
tried to make the attendant understand
that they would like to have it warmed
up.
“Shiver me timbers,” exclaimed an
English fisherman, smacking bis lips,
"wbat stuff this would be to cruise
with in ’ot weather.”
Transplant Ina Bl« Trees.
The transplanting of big trees on tbe
world's fair site at St. Louis is an in­
teresting work. A deep trench is cut
around the tree four or live feet from its
base and the earth dug away beneath.
Then a huge truck is backed up to tbe
tree and securely fastened. The entiro
tree, forty or fifty feet high, is then
tipped over on to the truck and another
pair of wheels attached In front. Then,
with sufficient teams to pull the heavy
load, the tree is drawn to tbe place
where wanted and restored to an up­
right position. Much care Is required
in the work, and the trees will receive
constant attention until again well
rooted.
Water In the Libyan Desert.
There are places in the great Libyan
desert that have an abundant supply of
water, obtained from au underground
bed of sandstone. The water comes to
tbe surface through wells from 450 to
500 feet in depth and Irrigates broad
areas of cultivated lands, interspersed
with palm groves. Tbe oasis of Dakhla
particularly is in a fine state of culti­
vation as a result of this irrigation. The
subject is of special interest here, be­
cause there are great regions in our
western country where it is known
that water lies under arid plains, and
various projects are on foot for making
It available for Irrigation purposes.
How Japanese Measure Distance.
The ri and clio are the Japanese
measures of distances. The ri Is equal
to about two and a half English miles,
and it takes thirty-six cbos to make one
ri. Fifteen cbos are a little more than
tne mile. One ri equals 1.9273 kilome­
ters, and It is believed that decimal
system will soon be adopted. On coun­
try roads Jinrikisha fares are regulated
by distance, from 8 to 14 sen a rl being
charged, according to the character ot
the road, but on all tbe usual routes
to and from country stations the exact
tariff is known.
The Wooded 11111« of Honolnln.
About fifteen years ago the Hawaiian
government undertook forest work, and
very soon the hills back of Honolulu
were clothed with a dense and luxu­
riant growth of eucalpytus of several
varieties, the Australian wattle nnd
other trees of that character. These
trees have already exercised a notice­
able Influence in conserving rainfall
and rendering tbe climate in the vicini­
ty more agreeable.
The Value ot Science.
Science Is n first rate piece of furni­
ture for a man's upper chamber if he
has common sense on the ground floor,
but if a man hasn’t plenty of good
common sense the more science he Ims
tbe worse for tbe patient—Oliver Wen­
dell Holmes.
Teeth.
Bobby—My gran'ma’s so old she nln't
got a tooth in her head.
Tommy—Ain’t she? Well, mebby
they're in her bureau drawer, like my
Annt Tillie’s is sometime«.