BÀNDON RECORDER.
Wheu (he Wurm
Turned.
In a little town there dwells a man
of exeeeillugly shiftless disposition,
and recently he got his “come-up-ance.”
His wile had borne with his shiftless­
ness for some years. Sometimes she
scolded him sharply, but it had no ef
feet. So long as he could shuttle down
to the tillage store and gossip with
other ne’er do wells in the town lie did
not care for a sharp tongue.
lie never worked, and the wife sup­
ported her busband and did the house­
work, cooking good meals for bls lazi­
ness to greedily devour, tine day he
had a chance to work and did not take
it. His wife heard about It and gave
him a piece of her mind, but he receiv­
ed It as stolidly as ever. He went down
to the store that morning, as usual, as
placid and as self satisfied as ever.
When he returned at noon, a strange
sight greeted bls eyes. The house was
empty, bare ns Mother Hubbard's cup­
board. He went Into the bedrooms.
Bedsteads, bureaus, all the furniture,
the curtains, everything had l>een re­
moved. It was the same bareness down
stairs. He crept into the kitchen, boil­
ing that there at least he might ibid
something comfortable. Here, too, emp­
tiness greeted him. but directly in the
center of the floor was a little white
mug, and on it in gilt letters were-the
words, ‘•Think of me.”
POLLY LARKIN J
lang syne always brings tears to his
eyes.”
Here is another instance that was
given to Polly the other day on the
subject of doing one’s best and being
faithful in small things. Recently a
young man applied for work in one of
the big lumbering camps in one of our
northern counties. He was told when
his services were accepted that when
work was slack he might be laid off', as
he was one of the last men employed.
However, he was in need of the work,
and in spite of the warning that he
might soon be laid off', he was hard up
and his family really in need of the
common necessaries of life, he accepted
it He worked with a will, was kind-
hearted and ever ready to do a favor for
the others, and was one of the most
cheerful and light-hearted men in the
camp. He would have been a favorite
had he not been so conscientious in
his work, preferring to do more than
was required of him rather than fah
short in his duties. He had been there
alxiut six weeks when the work became
slack and they hail to lay off' a number
of the men, but to his great surprise
and the disgust of the others, be was
retained, although he was the last man
taken on. Loud were the complaints,
and Anally one of the discharged men
who had been in the employ of the
company for several months demanded
the reason for being laid off' and the
last mull to come on the force should be
retained. “It is easily explained,” said
the foreman. “1 found this young man
was hauling five loads to your four
every day in the week. He was always
pleasant alxiut it and tried in every way
to do his duty. He was invariably the
last man to quit at noon and at night
and the Arst to rejiort in the morning.
You see the company had to work for
their own interests and could not let
sentiment interfere with t Heir best judg­
ment.”
WHY NOSES POINT EAST.
KNITTING IN PARLIAMENT.
Not So Mun> Year. Also M-n Did th.
Knit 11 tilt For Scotland.
Quite a thrill of surprise was caused
by a Scottish member of parliament
who was recently observed calmly
knitting a stocking while waiting tn
the smoking room of the bouse of com­
mons. At the present day the sight of
a man plying the knitting needles is a
novel one. though in the remoter parts
St Scotland It Is not at all uncommon.
Less than half a century ago. how­
ever, the greater part of the stockings
worn were knitted by the men folk,
the women confining their attention
more or less to spinning.
The shepherd starting out at the
break of day to his duties on the hill
would as soon have forgotten bis lunch
of oaten cakes and barley bannocks as
bis knitting needles and wool. As he
trudged through the heather on his
visit to each part of his wide scatter­
ed flock or directed from a conven­
ient height tlie rounding up efforts of
his faithful collie bis tireless lingers
plied their task.
Even the well to do farmer as he
chatted with a friend of markets and
“nowt” (cattle) could ill bear to see
the minutes wasted, and the “click,
click” of his needles bore witness to
bis diligence.
Such industry seems strange to the
present day mind, but what else had
they to occupy their minds and time?
Newspapers, as we know them now.
there were absolutely none. Once a
week or less frequently a small local
sheet would circulate among the well
to do homes.
As for books, these were often lim­
ited to the Bible and “The Pilgrim’s
Progress.” of games there were but
few. and for the most part these were
not encouraged.—Home Chat.
THE KING SNAKE.
THE GOLDEN POPPY.
bat
He I. the Deadly Enemy ot Every
Fol.onon. Reptile.
Da.allna,
Hla.lua
Hlo..oma
Thai
Grevled the Calitornla Pioneer..
Very few people's noses are set prop-
perly upon their faces. Any observant
person who will go along the street and
take notice of the nasal organs of the
passerby may easily convince himself
on the subject. Not one Individual in
a hundred, whether man or woman, Is
above criticism as to the arrangement
of his or her nose.
One might tliiuk that nature is a lit­
tle careless about this matter. When
the nose turns off at an angle instead
of assuming its Just and proper atti­
tude, it tends, at all events in extreme
cases, to give a disordered effect to the
features as a whole, but if nature real­
ly does not care which way a nose
points there ought to be as many noses
turned one way as are turned the oth­
er.
But is this the case? Not a bit of it.
As you walk down the street look at
tlie people as they go by, and you will
discover that the noses of ninety-nine
out of every hundred turn to the right.
When once you have begun to notice
this fact, it will constantly attract
your attention. In truth, the objec­
tion to starting in upon a study of this
kind is that you cannot get away from
It afterward. It haunts you steadily
and persistently. Whenever you meet
a friend you look at Ills nose to make
sure whether It turns to the right or
not.
Now, the phenomenon being as de­
scribed. wlint 1 b the reason behind it?
Wliy should nearly everybody’s nose
turn to the right rather than to the
left? There seems to be only one way
to account for It, and that is that al­
most everybody is right handed and
lues ills handkerchief correspondingly;
so from Infancy to old age the nose in
the process of being blown and wiped
is persistently tweaked to the right;
hence as the infant passes through
childhood and later youth—when the
nasal organ Is flexible and in process
of formation, so to speak—it is obliged
gradually lint surely to assume sn in­
clination eastward.
If this theory be correct, the noses ot
left handed persons ought to turn cus­
tomarily to til«' left. Such, In fact, ap­
pears to be the case, but data on this
interesting branch of the question are
not sufficiently complete to afford a
final conclusion. — Saturday Evening
Post.
Of al! kind provisions of nature per­
haps tbe manner in which snakes are
brought Into tbe world is the most re
markable. As a rule all harmless
snakes are batched from eggs, arriv­
ing In batches of from thirty to eighty.
Tbe poisonous snakes, ou the other
hand, are born lu litters of from seven
to eleven in number. There are ex­
ceptions to tbe rule, of course, but
they are few and unimportant, for,
though tlie deadly king cobra lays her
eggs to be hutched by the sun, they
are few in number, unlike tbe colonies
deposited by the harmless snakes.
Chief among the enemies of the
snukes are tbe reptiles themselves.
Cannibalism is general among tbe crea­
tures. tlie smaller snake serving as
food to the larger one. But chief of al)
snakes that bunt their own kind for
the pleasure of slaughter Is the long,
slender king snake, a constrictor by
habit and a flash in his movements.
Among all reptiles tbe king snake
alone may truly be said to be the
friend of man. He is found through­
out the whole south, where the rattler
and moccasin abound, sunning himself
and preying for slaughter. Picked up
by human hand, the reptile seems
pleased with the touch. He makes
no effort to escape, but twines about
his captor's arm and makes himself
comfortable.
To the rattlesnake and to every otb
er dangerous snake, large or small,
the king snake Is a terror. The poison
of a rattler has no more effect on him
than so much moonshine. Instinctive­
ly the rattler knows his match and at
sight of a king snake tries to escape,
if possible. In tight the king snake re­
lies wholly upon his incredible speed.
If the movements of an ordinary snake
seem quick to the human eye. the
movements'of a k'ng snake would
seem Instilntaneous. tn a twinkle the
long, lank fellow has wound himself
about the throat of an antagonist and,
his sinewy colls closing about the oth
er’s throat, chokes the wind out of
him.—New York Times.
Far out at sea gleaming sheets of
dazzling gold arrested tbe gaze of the
early explorers of California. Blazing
along the Pacific coast, embroidering
the green foothills of tbe snow capped
Sierra Madras, transforming acres and
acres of treeless plains into royal cloth
of gold, millions of flowers of silky tex
ture and color of gold fascinated tbe
Spanish discoverers. An eminent hot
anist. Eschseholtz, at once classified
the plant, and his followers conferred
his mime upon this the only native
Amerlcau pnpaver.
Dreumllke In beauty, fascinating from
sheer loveliness, spreading in soft un­
dulations over tbe land, the California
poppy bloomed above the richest views
and arteries of gold the world has ever
known, all unsuspected. A Circe, with
powers to please, dazzle and cliariu by
Its enchantments, while it allures, lulls
and mystifies, this flower of sleep seem­
ed to draw by some occult process from
the eartli the elixir of gold, unfolding
Its blooms of gold as beacons proclaim­
ing, “We are blooming above rich mines
of gold.”
There Is ever a mystery about the
poppy. It Is a weird flower. It is al­
most sentient, with a life unknown to
human kind. “While glory guards with
solemn tread the bivouac of the dead”
stealthily a sea ofgore creeps over the
old battlefields. Blood red. the popples
In waves and billows bold high carni­
val above the soil that covers the slain.
I.ord Macaulay says of the battlefield
of Neerwlnden: “The summer after the
battle tbe sell, fertilized by 20,000 dead,
broke fortli Into millions of blood red
popples. The traveler from St. Troud
to Tlrlemont who saw that vast field
of rich scarlet stretching from Landen
to Neerwlnden could hardly help fan­
cying that tlie figurative description ot
the Hebrew prophet was literally ac­
complished: that “the earth was dis­
closing her blood and refusing to cover
her slain.” Bayard Taylor in “Tlie
Lands of tbe Saracen” says he content,
plated witli feelings he could uot de­
scribe “the old battlefields of Syria,
densely covered with blood red pop­
ples. blooming In barbaric splendor,
gloating on the gore of soldiers slain.'
However Interesting the poppy uiay
be to men of science and to lovers ot
the beautiful, It is yet more so to me
people of California. Tins beautiful,
weird, gold colored flower of gossan et
texture belongs to California aloue.
Nowhere else In the world has it evet
made its habitat. There it is naturally
so profuse that it is related as a fact
that, coming on a turn full face upon
a blooming field of yellow poppies, daz­
zling in tlie sunshine, horses have beeu
put to flight as from flames of tire.—
Home and Flowers.
A
Theory Which 1« i*laa«ible.
Itatber HIdiculoun.
“What wan the key to your success
in life?’’asked a young man of a suc­
cessful businessman recently. “Work­
ing for my employer as though 1 was
working for myself,” was the p ompt
reply. “You see,” he continued, “I
didn’t have much of a chance when I
was a boy; no schooling to speak of, for
my father was a farmer and always had
bad luck. Born under an unlucky star,
1 suppose, for be was energetic and
hopeful to a degree that was pitiful.
Year after year crojis failed or there was
a drougth. Finally he went to town
one day and came back with papers for
my mother to sign. It was a mortgage
on the old home. That was the first
time 1 had ever seen his face shadowed
by doubts, fear and sorrow. He and
my mother went Into the house to­
gether, and when hecameout from the
quiet little interview he looked as if he
had been through a spell of sickness
and almost ten years older. I could
see my mother had been crying. They
had fought against that mortgage for
years, but the blow had finally fallen.
Things went from bad to worse. I had
to leave behind to take a man's place on
the old farm. There was another heart­
Wl>>- Americans Think Quicker.
The American people can think ache for my parents, for they had
quicker and more to the point than any counted on giving me at least a com­
other people in the world. This state­ mon school education. Then the old
ment was made recently In a New house that had sheltered us since my
York newspaper, but the reason given earliest recollections—in fact, my father
was wide of the mark. The American
people read in the aggregate ten times brought my mother home there as a
more than any other people. The Amer­ bride—burned down and all our house­
ican boy gets his inspiration. Ills ener­ hold effects with it. We had to make
A WAV OF ESCAPE.
getic disisisition, his ambition, his our escape in our night clothes. There
keen snapshot Judgment and his quick wasn’t a dime of insuranceon the house
Jnkewav, the Widow Barotow and
wit largely from his rending and very or contents. That was the last straw.
the Preacher*. Test.
largely from bls newspaper reading. My mother died and my father lost all
“Talking about widows,” said the
I The poise and culture and refinement ambition. His heart was broken when
man witli the stogy, "did 1 ever tell
and solidity come Inter In life from
you about Jakeway and the Widow
my
mother
died.
The
little
star
of
| the reading of books and magazines
Barstow?”
BRIEF REVIEW.
and from contact with men and things. hope that had floated just before him
Now. there hadn't been a word said
It is the American newspaper which all his life vanished, and he became
about widows, but one of the unity re­
sets the initial pace. Push and pluck despondent and morose. We had not
Sure Death in Bamboo Hairs.
plied. "No. sir; you never did.”
I are contagious, and more germs are even been able to keep up the interest The young Bhoots of the bamboo are
"Well.” said the man with the stogy,
Iqitclied In the average American on the place, and when the time came covered with a number of very fine "Jakeway was a character, one of those
Newspaper office than anywhere else.— that the mortgage had eaten up the
hairs that are seen, under the micro­ you read about. He'd lived aloue for
Booklovers' Bulletin.
home we stepped down and out.
scope, to be hollow and spiked like a years. When he wan a young man, he
had been disappointed in love or some­
« « « «
bayonet. The Detroit Free Press, in an thing. and from that time he'd been
I n imprcNNcd.
FI.OWER AND TREE.
“What kind of ducks are these?” ask­ “Aly father had to go to work on a article about the strange use they are sour a reg’lar woman hater—and the
ed the visitor in tile ornithological de farm as a common lalorer. His pride put to, says: These hairs are commonly particular object of his dislike was the
Altheas show their Rose of Sharon
pnrtment at the museum.
was humbled to the dust, for he had called bamboo poison by the white men Widow Barstow, aggressive from hei flowers in August and September.
"Labrador,” said the attendant. "We
in setting out a tree the previous
resident in Java, for the reasou that bead to her heels. The very sight ot
paid $1,000 for those two specimens.” started out with such brilliant pros­ murder is very frequently committed her to old Jakeway was like the wav­ season's growth should be shortened
pects
in
his
young
manhood,
and
now
“Gosh!” exclaimed the visitor, turn
one-third to three-fourths, according to
ing of a red flag to a bull.
Ing to his wife. "He says they paid when his hair wassilvered hyoid Father through their agency. When a Java­ ‘•They useter go to the same church, the roots.
nese
woman
takes
a
fancy
to
a
Euro
­
$1,000 for 'em. I've bought finer ducks Time he must surrender the work of
but tlie ushers knew the situation well
The golden coreopsis and the -feath­
for half n dollar many a time. What his life his home—to strangers and pean, according to an official Dutch enough to ^ut a goodly portion of the ery slmots of the garden asparagus
have you got 'em in that gluss case work as a hired man for someone else. report, she will either have him or poi­ sanctuary between them. Unfortunate­ make a beautiful mid artistic combina­
for?" he Inquired, addressing the Failure was written on his life’s work. son him if she gets the chance. She ly on one Sunday there was a new tion in a simple vase.
guide again.
You have no idea, unless you knew my seeks any and every opportunity of usher. The opening service was well
Watercress is good when the leaves
“Because they are about the most father,how humiliatingthat was. Night mixing these infinitesimal hairs among under way, nnd Jakeway was in a pew
are large. Tlie size of the leaves indi­
notable exhibit we have. Those birds
by himself well down toward the front,
were shot in 1851!. Labrador ducks are after night I buried my face in my pil­ his food, and they serve the purpose of win'» down the aisle came the new cates the amount of tissue—strengthen­
irritating
the
whole
length
of
the
ali
­
ing chlorophyll—in them.
low
ami
gave
vent
to
my
feelings
in
a
now extinct."
usher with the widow tailing along in
"He says,” exclaimed tlie visitor, storm of tears as 1 thought of him, mentary canal and setting up malig­ his wake, and he handed her into Jake­ Tlie safest rule In pruning is to keep
watch on tlie young trees and cut out
turning to his wife once* more, “they gray-headed and alone out on the lone­ nant dysentary. It may take a long way's pew.
any branch that seems to need removal
put 'em in that glass case because they ly farm working as common hired Help, time and many doses of this so-called
“Tlie old man gave oue look as the
haven't a pleasant odor. And I don't everything congenial swept out of his poison to effect the purpose, but the na­ figure rustled in; then he gathered up while ft Is yet small enough to yield
wonder at it. They were Bhot in 1850.” life, and I was helpless, working for a tive woman does not tire and death will his umbrella, his hat, bls bandana and to the knife.
Trees that grow large tops, such ns
—Chicago Tribune.
pittance in a big commission house and surely result. The male native will also his prayer book and cleared the back elms, silver maples, Undens, etc..
among strangers. How I longed to try this method of revenge for an af­ of tlie pew in front with the agility of should be planted forty-five feet apart
1'«%'«» StrotiK Renaonn.
a boy, and just as he landed on the in order to allow each tree room for
A certain Scotch minister in a west make r trifles in my position that would front.
front seat tlie preacher gave out bis expansion nnd prevent too much
highland parish has never yet been warrant me in bringing my old gray­
text:
The
Costliest
City
in
The
World.
shade.
known to permit a stranger to occupy haired father to the city and make a
“ 'There hath no evil befallen you
his pulpit. Lately, however, an Edin­ home for him in his old age. That was
Only one public official in the United such
Plnnts of sweet william must be pur­
as is common to man but God
burgh divinity student was spending a always before me as I worked.
States handles more money than the will with tlie temptation also make a chased for n new garden, as those
few days in the parish, and on the Sat­
Controller of New York city, and that way of escape.’ ” New York Mall and grown from seed sown in the spring
»»»»
urday he called at the tnansc and asked
will not blossom until the spring fol­
official
is the Secretary of the Treasury. Express.
“1 remembered, too, the last conver­
the minister to be allowed to preach
lowing. Once started, however, they
The
government
of
(
greuter
New
York
sation 1 had with my fatheron the eve
the following day.
will continue year after year.
The Table Napkin.
costs
more
every
year
than
the
com
­
"My dear young man,” said the min­ of my departure for the city, and his
Curiously
enough,
that
article
now
ister, laying a hand gently on the timely advice I am going to give you: bined expenses of the government of considered almost indispensable, the
Black Sen Pccnllarltle..
young man’s shoulder, “gin I lat ye ‘Work as though you were working for half a dozen states. From the year’s table napkin, was first used only by
The Black sea differs in a most re­
preach the morn and ye gie a better yourself, my boy. Make every lick beginning to the end the Controller of children and was adopted by elder markable manner from other seas and
sermon than me my fowk wad never count. Don’t shirk, but whatever comes the metropolis receives and distributes members of the family about the mid­ oceans. A surface current flows con­
agnin be satisfied wi’ my preaching,
about 1100,000,000—more than half a bil­ dle of the fifteenth century. In eti­ tinuously from the Black sea into the
and gin ye're nae a better preacher to hand grasp it, not gingerly, but with lion—dollars. Half of this is paid into quette books of an earlier date than Mediterranean and an under current
than me ye're no' worth listening tae.” all your might. Go about it, if it is a the treasuary through taxes and other tills among other sage pieces of advice from the Mediterranean into the Black
distasteful part of the work, as you
for children are instructions about wip­ sea. The latter current is salt, and, be­
Giant llnnallan Eel..
would if you had to deal with nettles. sources of revenue, and half is paid out ing their Angers and 'ips with their ing heavier than the fresh water above,
There are three well known varieties You cannot touch them with a delicate, in the running expenses of the city, a
it remains stagnant at the bottom. Be­
ins.
of eel found in Hawaiian waters. The shrinking hand, but you must grab large part of which is expended in sala­ mt It pk seems
that the tablecloth was long ing saturated with sulphuretted hydro­
largest is the big gray fellow, which so them with a strong grasp if you are to ries and wages of city officers and em­ enough to reach the floor and served gen. this water will not maintain life,
closely resembles his cousin, the con handle them at all. Make quick and ployes; for there are 40,000 persons on the grown people iu place of napkins. nnd so tlie Black sea contains no living
ger. He is voracious and fearless, and
the city’s pay roll—persons enough to When they did begin to use napkins, inhabitants below the depth of about
the natives tackle him with caution, for sure work of them. It is just so when make a very good-sized city in them­ they placed them first on the shoulder, 100 fathoms. The deeper water when
when cornered he tights viciously and you have anything that is disagreeable
then on the left arm and finally tied brought to the surface smells exactly
can tnni< t a nasty wound with his in your work. Make quick and effec­ selves.
like rotten eggs.
them about the neck.
powerful jaws, which bristle with nee­ tive work out of it that will count. It
Ice
Water
Fountains.
dlelike teeth.
is the only way to succeed, my boy.
Han Been.
A Famous Compliment.
The other species are fat, flabby look­ You won’t And life’s pathway strewn
The Woman’s Municipal League of
An Englishman went into a restau­
Of
famous
compliments
paid
to
the
ing customers, with fantastic markings with flowers, but it is tilled with thorns New Y'ork city has arranged for the
rant in n New England town and was
of black and brown and many shades and a very rocky roadway. You must erection of free ice water fountains in fair sex the supply is so large and daz­ served for his flrst course with a deli­
zling
that
it
Is
a
matter
of
no
small
of gray. On an eel of this sort the skin
tlie tenement house district the coming
cacy unknown to him, so he asked the
appears to hang loose from the body, tight it out inch by inch, and above all summer. At present only t wenty one difficulty to pick out the brightest waiter what it was, and tbe waiter re­
getns,
but
If
the
following
was
un
­
and when disturbed the head sweels things do your best even in small mat­
plied:
like a puff adder's. These eels seldom ters. In that way you will not only ice water fountains supply the tene­ looked for it certainly deserves a place
“It's bean soup, sir." whereupon the
among
the
best:
Fontenelle
when
nine
ments
where
there
is
a
population
of
2,-
gain
the
respect
of
your
employers,
but
attain a greater length than three feet
Englishman in high indignation re­
ty
years
old
passed
before
Mme.
Hel
­
300,000.
Those
that
the
committee
pro
­
and love to locate In the crevices of a you have laid the stepping-stone to suc­
sponded:
poses to put up will be after the idea of vétius without perceiving her.
stone breakwater, from which they cess.’
“I don’t care what it's been; 1 want
"Ab,” said the lady, “that is your
dart out Incessantly and make havoc
the
fountains
of
the
Church
Temper
­
»»»»
gallantry, then! To pass before me to know what it Is!” — Philadelphia
among any school of small fry which
Times.
“I have carried the lesson home and ance Society. Coils of pipe connected without ever looking at me!”
may be Innocently disporting them­
with the Croton water supply and
it
lias
remained
a
part
of
my
existence.
“
If
I
had
looked
at
you.
madame,
”
re
­
selves within striking distance. These
A Bo.tonc.e Definition.
cooled by passing through a client Ailed
hooded eels have been known to haunt By following my father's advice 1 won with ice is the simple arrangement. plied the old beau, “I never could have
Teacher
—Have you ever heard of th«
passed you at all.”
a particular spot for over a year. They the good-will of my employers, if not
"happy isles of Greece?”
•
They
are
usually
placed
in
the
wall
of
of
all
the
other
clerks,
some
of
the
latter
are good eating, despite their unpre­
Little Waldo—Yes, ma’am.
A Chance For Him.
some
prominent
building
and
are
easily
possessing appearance.
insinuating that I was too good for this
Teacher—Can you tell me something
“I am afraid.” said the high browed
world and that I was placing them in available. Thecostofa fountain is$125 bnrd. "that my poetry will never at­ about them?
Primitive Fire Fljclitern.
Little Waldo—They are pieces of pork
an awkward position by working so The expense of tlie ice from May^> Oc­ tract public attention.”
As late as the end of the sixteenth hard, as it placed them in a poor light tober is $100.
entirely surrounded by beans.—Chicago
“
Cheer
up!
”
said
the
loyal
compan­
century In London the sole method of with my employers by my over-zealous
ion “Maybe you’ll get appointed to Record-Herald.
extinguishing tires was by means of
Nation in a Crater.
endeavor
to
please,
and
made
it
appear
office
one of these days, and then ev­
contrivances known as "hand squirts.”
Talent.
There is no more interesting or curi­
These were usually made of brass, that they were indifferent as to their ous sight on earth than the interior of erybody will talk about your poetry.”—
Talent Is aptitude for a given line.
Washington
Star.
employers
’
interest.
However,
I
pro
­
with a carrying capacity ranging from
In tbe old Bible significance It is power
two to four quarts of water. The two ceeded in the even tenor of my way, the extinct crater, Aso San, about thirty
intrusted to one for a specific use. Ev­
How
to
Be
Happy.
quart “squirts” were two and a half and one by one I passed them, and to miles from the city of Kumamoto, in
Jinks—What do you consider »be se­ erybody has some talent worth culti­
feet in length, one nnd a half inches in day I stand as the senior head of the Japan. 11 is inhabited by 20,000 people,
vating. Tbe more we use what we
diameter at their largest part and but flrm where I commenced as a green who live and prosper within its verti­ cret of happiness?
originally have tlie greater becomes its
Winks
—
Make
money
enough
to
buy
half an inch at the nozzle. On each country boy. Again I say, be as faith­ cal wall, 800 feet high. The inhabi­
value.—Ladles’ Home Journal.
Bide were hnndles, and three men were ful to your employer’s interests, even in tants rarely make a journey into the your wife everything she wants.—New
York
Weekly.
required to manipulate a "squirt”
The man who tries to drown his sor
outer world, but form, as it were, a lit­
One man on each side grasped the the smallest matters, as you would wish tle nation by themselves.
row in tlie flowing bowl must sooner or
Win He Rejoiced.
them
to
be
to
you.
That
is
practicing
handle In one band and the nozzle In
Daughter—Papa went off In great Inter discover Hint sorrow Is ntnphlbl
the other, while the third man worked the golden rule in every day life and • Gossip is unfair. It is more persist­
ous — Philadelphia Record.
humor
this morning.
the piston or plunger, drawing It out keeping it ever before you. I have
—My goodness! That reminds
while the nozzle was Immersed In a gained my heart's desire. I have not ent about a man under suspicion than it me Mother
Italy has fifty factories of chemical
1 forgo» to ask him for any money.
supply of water which tilled the cylin­ only succeeded in business but I have Is alxiut a man well known to lie tough. -Tit-Bits.
fertilizers.
der. The bearers then elevated the made a home for my father for many
When a sick man notices that his
I.elr.a Expense.
nozzle when the other pushed in the long years. If my mother was with
SUKKe.tlna n Remedy.
Drug Clerk We don't happen to have
plunger, the skill of the former being him he would lie the happiest and most wife curls her hair only just before the
With sarcastic lingers the deaf and
the
drugs
named
In
tills
prescription,
doctor
comes,
he
is
not
¿sick
enough
to
employed In directing the stream of
dumb lady curtain lectured her hus­
but we have others just ns good.
water upon the tire. Such primitive satisfied man in Christendom. He has >«• dangerous.
band for betting on tbe races.
never
ceased
to
grieve
for
her.
To
use
Customer I suppose thnt's all right:
contrivance's are sold to have been
“Either talk slower.” he spelled out
one of his old expressions, ‘the day I
used during the great tire of Kk’Si.
You can’t tie mean and happy any but what a fool I was to pay the doc­ on his hand, “or else put hopples on
had her sign the mortgage I drove the more than an apple can be sour and tor $3 for Hint prescription! That's yotir finger« They interfere when you
Test r.nnecessnry.
what bothers me.-Boston Transcript. strike this gait.’’—Judge.
The beggar doesn't have to be weigh­ flrst nail into hercoflln.’ Hhe saw only sweet.
disaster
resulting
from
it,
and
yet
it
ed in the balance to be found wanting
I nil.I.bed.
Detail Hennlrln« Attentimi.
was the only thing to do under the cir­
Speaking of “crcx'odile tears,” did you
—Philadelphia Record.
"If you kind of keep an eye on these
If every man Is the architect of his
cumstances. but It broke her heart. ‘Be ever see a whale blubber?
self made men," remarked Unde Jerry own
destiny, he should pay particular
Among the few great Joys of life is faithful in small things, my boy,’ he
Peebles, "you'll find that lots of 'em
staying in bed fifteen minutes after wo said as he hastily* left the room, for a re­ The greatest of all pleasuses is to give think the Job's so well done It don't attention to the Are escapes.—Phila­
delphia Record.
know we ought to get up.
turn to the unfortunate days of oldauld pleasure to one we love.
need any polish.”—Chicago Tribune.
MAIL CARRIERS’ CAR FARE.
Companies Are Paid a Lump Sum by
the Government.
“Most people who spend $25 a year
for car fare consider that they are con­
tributing liberally toward the dividends
of the company." remarked a postal
clerk, “but Uncle Sam spends nearly
$250,000 a year for the transportation
of carriers lu street cars in the different
free delivery cities.
“For Instance, Including substitutes,
there are 275 carriers in Washington.
You may have observed that carriers,
when riding on tbe surface roads, do
not pay fares either with tickets or in
cash. Tlie free delivery system allots
tlie Washington city postotfice an an­
nual allowance of $4.000 to be used ex­
clusively for the ear fare of letter car­
riers. The postmaster is authorized to
make a contract with the companies to
transport all curriers while on duty for
a lump sum, which he does. The car­
rier must have his pouch with him,
which Is n sign manual to the conduct­
or that lie is on duty, the mere wear­
ing of his uniform being insufficient.
"This rnle obtains in some cities,
while in otliers special tickets are sold
at special rules to be used only by car­
riers, or the cash is handed direct to
the carrier for a certain number of
daily trips, depending upon the prac­
tice Thus, while Washington receives
$1.000. Chicago gets $20,000 for letter
carriers' car fare because of Its large
territorial extent and distance between
sin l ions on the prairie, oftentimes ne­
cessitating a double fare by tbe car­
rier Boston is allowed $13.500 and
New York nnd Philadelphia about $10,-
000 each. Few people know that the
government expends such a large sum
yearly for such a trivial cause.”—
Washington Post.
A Very Old Rnle.
The oldest mathematic book in the
world Is believed to be tbe “Papyrus
lllilnd” in the British museum, pro­
fessed to have been written by Abmes,
a scribe of King lta-a-us, about the pe­
riod between 2000 and 1700 B. C. This
“Papyrus Rhind” was translated by
Eisenlohr of Leipsic, and It was found
to contain a rule for making a square
equal In area to a given circle. It was
not nut forth as an original discovery,
but as tbe transcript of a treatise 500
years older still, which sends us back
to. approximately. 2500 B C.. when
Egyptian mathematicians solved, oi
thought they had solved, the problem
of squaring tbe circle.
Food, and Appetite.
In some good advice given in print by
a physician tlie theory held by faddists
In special foods, warranted to perform
marvels of health and restoration, Is
exploded. "Don’t,” says this writer,
“Imagine that you can grow strong on
foods that you dislike. Better fried
ham and chocolate cake with a good
appetite than a health cereal witli milk
and disgust.”
One would hesitate, perhaps, to fol
low strictly the fried ham and choeo
late cake dictum to tbe letter, but it is
undoubtedly true that at tlie moment
many persons almost starve tbemselvee
because they have no appetite for the
various so called health foods, which
alone they fancy they can eat. Above
and beyond tlie choice of food is mod­
eration in partaking of it and relish fot
what Is eaten.—New York Post.
The flint and the West.
A man from tbe west who was re
cently visiting Maine fell into conver­
sation with a quiet old farmer on a
train. He was full of the greatness of
the west and talked about the big
farms and big crops of his particular
section and wound up by sayiug. “I
suppose you do manage to pick up a
living on these little Maine farms.”
The old Maine farmer smiled sadly
nnd replied: “Yes. and a few years ago
some of us Invested money in your sec­
tion. and it is there yet. It was a per­
manent investment, I guess."
The western man changed tbe con­
versation.—New York Tribune.
A
Pol .on
Without uu Antidote.
Some persons are advocating a substi­
tute for death by electricity and bang
Ing. They have advocated poisoning
Well, nothing could be more effectivt
or painless than execution by means ot
a capsule tilled with hydrocyanic acid
It might be served without tbe knowl­
edge of the convict, and death would
be so sudden and so certain that there
could be no resurrection. A siugle drop
placed on tbe tongue of a big dog
causes Instant death. A half teaspoon
ful taken by a man will cause him tc
drop as If struck by lightning. There
Is no antidote.
Proved Her ClHlm.
“I wanted to show," she said, “that
woman Is maligned, that brevity Is
quite as much her attribute as it Is
man's, and so when be proposed I had
to say ‘Yes.’ ’’
"You might have said ‘No,’” It was
suggested.
“Not at all.” she protested. "When
To Color Miihounny.
you sr.y ‘No.’ you have to explain why
The natural color of mahogany
you say It and tell how sorry you are, when It is too light may lie deepened
and It would have spoiled everything.” by applying a mixture composed of a
—Chicago Post
half gallon of water, four ounces of
madder and two ounces of fustic. Boil
One Way to Cot Bra...
and apply while hot. While it is wet
To cut sheet brass chemically tbe fol­ streak the grain with black. This will
lowing method meets with great suc­ give new mahogany quite tbe coloring
cess: Make a strong solution of bichlo­ of old.
ride of mercury In alcohol. With a
Precoclun. Youth.
quill pen draw a line across tbe brass
Mother—Wluit’s baby crying about.
where It is to be cut. Let It dry on. and
with the same pen draw over tills line Jane?
Nurse—I don’t know, ma'am, unless
with nitric acid. The brass may then
be broken across like glass cut with a It was what the parlor maid said. She
remarked that Willie looked like his
diamond.
pa. and I'm afraid Willie heard her.
Exchange.
Gold Pena.
The flrst gold pens made in this coun­
HI. Chance.
try were all manufactured by band,
Wickers—1 don't know wlint is the
the gold being cut from strips of tbe matter with me. My memory is get
metal by scissors and every subsequent ting so treacherous that I cannot trust
operation being performed by hand. It from one week to the next.
These handmade gold pens cost from
Vickers—Is that so? I say. can yon
$5 to $20 and were far inferior to tlie lend nte $10 for about thirty days?
machine made article of the present
day.
Carrins.
A genteel carver always sits when he
Truthful Debtor.
carves, savs a work on etiquette. Per-
Long—Say. Short. I'd like to have haps he does, but It Is pretty certain
that $10 you borrowed of me three that there are times when lie yotirnfnl
months ago
ly yearns to put one foot on the tnlfie
Short—Sorry, old man. but I can’t •nd tbe other on tbe bird while strug
give It to y«.u at the present writing
gling with the fowl.—London Answers.
Long—But you said you wanted II
for a little while only
The times that It turned out that a
Short-Well. 1 gave It to you straight man was right he remembers a great
I didn't keep It half an hour.—Chicagi deal longer than those when be was
News.
wrong.—Atchison Globe.