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BAXDO.N RECORDER. Warned In »« Dream. An Instance In which n dream was fsefi’l in preventing an inip<-ndlm lastrophe is rv«*or.k«l of a dauglih Mrs. Rutherford, at E«l« rtou, the gi id «laughter of Sir Walter Scott. Tlii I'I dy dream«-«! more* than once that mother had been murdered by a I* servant. She was so much upset this that sin* return« d home, ami her great astonishment ami not a I t > her dismay, she met on entering house th«* wry black servant she met In her dream. He had been gaged In her absence. She previt upon a gentleman to watch in an Joining room during the f< night. the Alxiut 3 o’clock In gentleman heard f the stairs, came out and il 111 carrying a «iiinntity questioned ns to win la* answer«'«! confits« going to mend the ml at 3 o'clock in tlie mo die of summer was « ble. On further Invei coals, knife was found hid i was Tin* lady escaped, b -, ami subsequent l.v lia aged before his execution 1 that I Mrs hi* intended to have t Rutherford. TaIkrd Ten Dollnrm* Worth. “1 retuemb r win'» Judge Austin was trying a cm e in the •rin tin al court," sal«! a Mllv. ■ iikee lawj T, ‘tl at lie had .'IM ev Ident lj' a fellow to 1« temi wit guilty. U'li >ti the tlm • <• 1111 e for him to plea«!, he rose and si lid he was will- Ing to lot 1 he case go tu the jiirj’ at once, belie« ing that there vviis no chanci* for a «quittai. “H«' was nidged by til • lefendant. who said. ' •'or the I. >r<I sake, say something.’ “ 'You litio tv you are gu lt.\ . and you i.V. whisper- didn't pay m e unteli an ed the lawyer. “ '1 know that.’ salii he pr soner, ‘1 onlj’ |«ald you $10. an 1 t >r goodness’ sake talk $1« worth anj■\vn y.’ “En'r.v om in the r« Olli *h •ard that. nml .1 mlge A isti» talke 1 h s $11) worth. lie Clear«*«! bis man too.” —Chicago Chronicle. A lliool Porter. Scene— Pullman ear entering St. Louis. Porter obsequiously whisk brooming woman passenger. After lingering expectantly lie receives n tip — a five cent nickel. He looks nt it critically, then drops It into th«* cus pidor, remarking defiantly, “Ah’tn er portali fruiu Chicago!” “open this window!" commands the* woman. He obeys, whereupon she stoops, picks up the cuspidor ami empties it upon the track; then, drawing herself up haugh tily, observes, “I am a lady from Bos ton.” When In the station every passenger .had left the car the porter said to the conductor: "Los’ <lat nickel, en' Ali'm er fool. It toadies me er lesson, Iiow- somdever, never ter fool will none o’ dese Yankee women. Why, der uln't er woman through do whole west who'd er thought o’ castin’ dat nickel on de roadside when «ley knowed Ah wanted it.”—New York Press. Alan nml Ilin Skin. Keep the pores of the skin open and In good condition by frequent bathing. Man sheds Ids skin just ns thoroughly as some of the lower orders of crea tion. but lie does It more slowly and Imperceptibly. The cells which com pose the lower strata of the epidermis are perpetually renewed ami push up ward, and the outer layer must be con stantly removed. This process, which is termed desquamation, is absolutely requisite to the health and beauty of the skin. The more rapidly tills proc ess is carried on the more clear and transparent becomes the epidermis and tin* more roseate and velvety the skin tissues which are constantly forming below. Copper In Cheese. The green color of certain kinds of I tn I Inn cheese is due to the milk h ing been kept standing in copper v seis. During this period of repos«* the uiilk takes up considerable «luit titilles of copper. Indeed It 1» cus stomary to estimate the degree of aeldit ty attained by the milk by noting tlie gi radual dis appearance of the bright m es» of the highly polished metallic surface Dr. Mariani examined twenty live samples of grc*«*n parmesan cheese fr un vari ous places and lias found that to about every two pounds of cheese then* is present from .8 It ,3 grains of copper. -Health. Inherent Dread of Cats For II oks . The Instinctive fear which eats line of dogs Is illustrated very amusingly by stroking a «log and then caressl III blind nnd newborn kitten with same band that has tom lied tin* At once the kitten will spit ami Huff Itself up in tin* most absurd way, dis tinguishing the smell of the be beast which experlenc«* for thousands of f g' gen head. erations has taught it most Sleeping In Jnpnn. The Japanese never sleep ivith the head to the north. This is b<- a use tlie dead In Japan are always bur led with the head In that position. In sleeping rooms of many of th. private - houses and of hotels n diagram of tl e points of the compass Is post 1 upon th« ceil- Illg for the convenience of guests. In Orti er of Importan “She keeps an finnici se establish- inent, doesn't she?** “Oh, indeed, ye c-n her d coachman. two footmen, two grooms ami a stable l>oy. a housekei p er, cool ,. undercook. kitchen maid, ups ta 1rs an <1 downstairs maid, goverm'ss, husband and ehild.’’- Puck. Grnt ltd<le. Gratitude Is tlie fairest blossom that springs from tlx- s nil, nn< the heart of man knoweth mine so fr; grant; while Its opponent. Ittgr •ltitudc. Is a deadly weed, not only po in itself, but Impregnating the very n mosphere in which ft grows wit f> fetid vapors. What bright thi ncs xvc all think of when th«* op|iortm )ast for say- Ing them!—Atcliis« h Glob« An Irishman sa vs ho n Iwaya shuts bls eyes when lx looks at a lady's fault». | preserving the old fort, which is one of the greatest attractions in tlie pretty I Sacramento valley. But they have finally lost interest iu a way, and it has come to pass that the genial old pioneer who has charge of the fort and who is brimful of reminiscences of the “Do you know, Polly, that I have days of ’41), etc., sits quietly in the old gon«* through tills world so far in any fort anxiously wailing for something to thing put a serene ami enviable way? arouse interest in the place and furnish I am constantly ts-ing uiisumlerstissl the wherewithal to make tlie necessary and iuis«|Uoted, and what a tempest I repairs. Six months ago the shed blew tin«! myself in many times in conse down sheltering the old stage coach quence. For instance, 1 am a bundle which carried the t idled States mail ot nerves ami uouse«{uently easily flur and Wells-Fargo's express during those ried and distressed, and I cross bridges exciting times of the early days and beb.re J get to them to the no small an which shows the bullet holes through noyance of my elf ami others a- well. the stage disir from some robber’s trusty If anyone is sick in the house I worry rifle, Kinney’s name in well discerned myself nearly to «ieath, imagining all letters, and even the old lantern which sorts of dire result*. Sometimes I even has rusted away from the wire which go so far as to wonder how the children held it to tlie top of the stage ami lies would l«x«k in black, and actually shed broken on the floor. The old pioneer tears as I pielure to myself the sorrow states that $4<> would rebuild tlie shed ful little folks array«*«! iu soinlier black and protect this old landmark of the as if there was not time for the w«*e days of auld lang syne, as well as the ones to face the dark sldeof life without big prairie schooner which stands be drawing on my imagination to bring side It, but the money is not forthcom this «lireealamity upon them. I try to ing. “Why doesn’t the State make minister to tlie invalid gently and these repairs?” 1 asked. “Because they sisilhingly, lint all of a sudden my didn’t see lit to make tlie appropriation nerves get the Ixdterof me, and I am for l he same,” was the reply. "Why, informed that I am s«> Impatient that 1 I could pass tlie hat around and raise had better get out of tlie room, that 1 that amount on tlie streets in no time make tlie patient worse. Then nine from progressive citizens,” said tlie old times out of ten tlie invalid informs me man, "but I can’t leave the fort, and If when I am really st raining every nerve 1 did I sup|«»se some one would say it’s to is- pleasant and useful, that she will none of my business. But 1 wish some- ‘never trouble me again.’ There is uo Issly would do it, for it frets me to see use aying that it is only a pleasure to things going to rack and ruin this way.” do for them and my only anxiety is So what Sacramento wants is a Wom that I cannot do all I would like to do an’s Improvement Club, made up of and lie as soothing about it as Mrs. the progressive women of the town, Eus.vlsidy living on the next stroet, who will act and not get discouraged iu who never gets flurried at anything their good work of well-doing, but keep and who would never be startled out of the ball rolling. Sutter’s fort is the the even tenor of her way if she heard Mecca for all travelers and visitors to that the whole family had met witli dis Sacramento, and it is well worth the aster, but would sigh with that martyr trip. The old fort is tilled with many like look ot hers, ‘Thy will be done. i curios, etc., which have been presented I was not east in that perfect mold, and by friends and well-wishers, and they can no more help working myself up are the treasure troves of the old pio into a tidget over trifles than she can neer, who guards them with a jealous h«*lp being as cool as a cucumber under eye. all circumstances. I crept quietly out » » » » of the sick room, crestfallen and weary, Will answer your query, “.Jeannette for I am consciousof having tried to do W----- next week. my best and failed yes, failed utterly. I hear that cry of the invalid coming BRIEF REVIEW. to me o'er and o’er, ‘I will never trouble you any more.’ 1 hear it in the still Fog Lights in London. watches of tlie niglit, I hear it as dawn F POLLY LARKIN streaks tlie retiring night with waves of light. I have not slept. How could I, when with that plaintive voice ringing in my ears, ‘I'll not trouble you any mor«-.’ I have had that insinuation iu its different variations unil I am heart sick. My place is with them, blit a st ranger mint minister to them, because my anxiety makes me nervous. I grow morbid and distrustful, ami the very one who should understand my mo tives say, ‘How ill-tempered ami at a time like this, too, when every one should exert 1 heinselves to be cheerful.’ I bis is only one instance,¡Polly. I am misunderstood by nearly everybody, and they attribute a wrong motive to everything I do. They never endeavor to see the good side of anything. The mi-take- crop up thicker than butter cups in May, the good motives are career than orchids. ‘'Tis a pity and pity 'tis, ’tis true.’ Makes me soine- tlines wish my little bark had been wrecked the first year of my voyage through life.” « « « « My friend is not the only one who lias been unfortunate enough to possess sin h an unenviable frame of mind that slit* cannot be appreciated. There are hosts of others who go through life try ing vainly to be gtxxl and true ami It «ve pleasant impressions behind them, but they will never be understood or appreciated here; when it is too late, however, to speak the encouraging words which would have lx*en balm to their aching hearts and when death has placed the seal of silence on their lips, then the tide of memory will roll back and fortunately death can open up tlie secret knowledge of many g«x>d «leeds well done, and you can sing their praises then, but it is t«x> late for the one w ho has sutl'ered in silence at the harsh judgment pronounced upon them. Even a de. izen of the Flowery Kingdom <au be remiss in such in stances. A Chinaman who was de- feiiding his friend, another inongolian, for some cl ime, said when tlie party had thoroughly convinced him that the man was guilty, "You know his face look nice to look on. I no see his heart, all black and ugly. All tile time I think him very good man. He go now.” And lie was true to his word. Out the Chinaman went next day from his celestial abode. The trouble is p«*o- ple <lo not sei* the motives of our hearts, and, strange to say, they find it easier to aserilx* wrong motives rather than th*' good to their unfortunate friends. It would not lx* pleasant to see our- -■»Ives a» others nee us, Bobby Burns to the contrary. » » » » 'I’lie women of Woodland have fol lowed their sisters of other wide-awake interior cities by organizing all im provement club to eo-ojierate ill city improvement and general development work, says one of tin- big daily papers of tlie coast. Following this comes the interesting fact that the Benicia Im provement f lub has requested the la dies of that city to form an auxiliary to assist in tlie work. This speaks well for the efforts of the ladle*, for gradu ally the different cities and towns are falling into line and following the ex ample of the Ladies' Improvement Club of Petaluma who started the ball to rolling and who have accomplished wonders in their pretty city in the way of beautifying it. Now Polly would like to see the ladies of Sacramento fall into line and gently remind the proper state officers that there Is work to do at Sutter's fort in Sacramento. The Na tive Sons took up tlie good work and have done much toward restoring and Apparently the resources of science are unequal to the dispersal, much less the prevention of fog, and the question arises of furnishing some means of illu mination which will prevent accidents and confusion whenever the metro|«>lis is within the grip of a London “partic- lar,” says tlie London Telegraph. With this intention the Westminster City Council lias provided a number of fog lights, of great |s>wer, which are kept ready for use day and night, and are stored for tlie present in 8t. Martin’s lane. The apparatus consist.- of a round tank, twenty-four inches high and eighteen indies in diameter, charged with twenty-five gallons of petroleum. By means of com pressed air the oil vapor is forced from the tank into a vertical standard pipe or shaft, attadied to which is a burner By means of a lit tle naphtha, benzine or paraffine, with which the burner is saturated, the means of igniting the vapor are ob tained, and forthwith we have a pow erful torch with a flare ranging from eighteen inches to two feet high, and a power equal to upward of 1000candles. Whenever the necessity arises the fog men call at the depot in St. Martin's lane, procure the lightsand wheel the same to an apisiinted station. Each at tendant has been trained in the use of the machine, which is reported to have storxi the test of a practical experiment made in London during a recent heavy fog. First Railroad Charter. The first charter ever granted in this country, or proiiabaly any other, for tlie building of a railroad, was granted in 1818 to Henry Drinker by tlie Penn sylvania Legislature for a road of that kind from the Delaware valley to the headwaters of tlie Lehigh river, over tlie route now’ occupied by the Dela ware, Lackawania and Western Rail road from the Water (lap to Scranton. That was liefore the days of steam and tlie “wagons” that were to be run on the road were to be moved by horse power. That old charter and all of the rights it conveyed were purchrsed by the original Delaware and Lackawanna Company for $1000. Male Tastes in Beauty. Maidens who have passer! their thir tieth year may now claim that they rt present the most |>erfect and advanced type of maidenhood, and look down upon girls who marry before 25 as very much akin to savages, for it is a well- known fact that the age of marriage advances with civilization. Every where tlie most mature woman is to the fore. The tastes of men in this regard seem to have undergone a complete revolution, and, instead of fluttering alxiut he inex|>erieiieed girl, talking pretty nothings, they are matching their experiences, broadening their hori zon, sharpening their wits in clever con versation with some brilliant and beau tiful woman. The productiveness of Formosa is so great that it is believed that the pres ent )s>pulation of 2,500,900 could lie raised to 10,000,000 without exhausting the fertility of tile soil. When you find yourself hating it man as much after a meal as you did liefore, it is time to call a halt. Fish are sold alive in Japan, the ped dlers conveying them through the streets in tanks. Somehow whenever we hear a man called an Adonis we long to hunt him up and smash his pretty nose. | Color and Dlavasa. Every one would agree that color tins |ii extraordinary eff.fl on one s spirits, and scarlet or reds of uuy kind are dis tinctly exhilarating. But wliat is the power of color over disease? The idea that the power exists is not a new one —Indeed nobody knows how old it is— lint when Edward H. (then l’rince Ed- ward) was smitteu witli smallpox bli doctor (Gaddesden) treated him in a way that would battle even the Chris tian Scientists. To quote his own words, from a note of Miss Strickland's In her Marguerite of France •memoir, “I ordered the prince to be enveloped In scarlet cloth ami that his lied and all the furniture of his chamber should be of bright red color, which practice not alone cured him, but prevented his being marked.” The old chronicle goes on to say that he “treated the sons of the noblest houses In England on the red system and made good cures in all.” “In this childish state,” Miss Strick land quaintly remarks, "was the noble art of healing at the court of Margue rite.” Wlmt would her comments be If she lived in this twentieth century?— Philadelphia Ledger, CorunntIon Blnntlrri. There were all sorts of blunders made nt Queen Victoria’s coronation, ami the queen never knew what she was to do next. They made her leave her chair and enter St. Edward’s eliapel before the prayer was concluded, much to the discomfiture of the archbishop. The ruby coronation ring, according to the rubric, should go on the fourth finger, In tills case the ring had been made for the little finger, which the queen accordingly held out when the proper time came, The archbishop re- fused to put it on that finger and said it must go on the fourth. The queen remonstrated, declaring that she could not get it on. but the archbishop insist ed that it had to go. Accordingly the other rings were taken off, and the new one was forced on with such pain that as soon us the ceremony was over tlie queen had to bathe her finger in ice water to get It off -Saturday Evening Post. Small Fifth. An Englishman walking through a certain part of Scotland with rod and reel came upon a tiny loch which he thought held out promise of good sport. Patiently be fished for three hours, moving steadily from spot to spot along tin- borders of the little pond, but no success came to him. At last he accosted a boy who had stood for ten minutes watching him with mingled surprise and curiosity on Ills face. "My little lad,” said the Eng lishman. “can you tell me whether there are any fish in this pond?” "If there be otiy. they must be vera tvee ones, sir,” returned tlie boy, “fol there was nae water here until it rain- ed yesterday!" A UimlneM» Man’s Nerve. The successful merchant nowadays knows how to turn even misfortune into advertising. A team of coach horses dashed into an immense plate glass window in front of a big furni ture stori* in New York city and made a general sniashup of everything in sight. Tlie proprietor, instead of shut ting up shop even temporarily, sat down and witli a paint brush elaborat ed the following on a big white board and installed it in tlie window where tin1 plate glass was: “A coach team smaslied this window. You see, even the horses know where to find good furniture. This is a pointer for yon.” flew the Xntlses Treat Gorillas. Natives in the countries inhabited by great apes regard them always as hu man beings of inferior types, and it is for tins reason that for a long time it was found impossible to get hold of an entire gorilla skin because Hie savages considered it religiously necessary to cut off the hands and feet of the ani mals when they killed them, Just as they do with their enemies, possibly for tlie purpose of rendering them harmless in case they should by any chance come to life again. Took It Literally. A gentleman, wishing some bushes removed from his garden, told his gar dener to pull them up by the roots. Some time after lie went into the gar den and found the gardener digging trenches round the bushes. “Why, George.” lie said, “you need not dig round those small bushes in that way. I am sure you are strong enough to pull them up by the roots.” "Oil. yes. sir.” replied tin- gardener. "I am strong enough, lint I must dig a little before I can catch hold of the roots, If you had told me to pull them up by the brandies. I could have re- moved them." Origin of Dunning. During the reign of Henry VIII. there lived in Lincoln, England, a famous bailiff mimed Joe Dun. Joseph was very clever in the management of his business and so dextrous in annoying those who refused tlie payment of an account witli which lie had been in trusted that 'io set Dun on him” or "to Dun him" became common advice to the owner of a bad debt. To this personage we owe what to not a few people Is the most disagreeable word In tin* language. WASHINGTON LETTER HL MOR OF THE HOUR CHOICE MISCELLANY (Special Correspondence.] The First Vleltm. Canard Goads In thr Southwest. The Congressional Directory makes no mention of the baths which tuke up a goodly amount of space In the sub basement of the capitol. They are a time honored Institution and are main tained at the government's expense for the members. Care, however, has lx*en taken not to give undue prominence to the fact that the taxpayers provide sumptuous baths where their repre sentatives can go and recover from tlie effects of state dinners or wilder «lissi pations without more interruption than Is absolutely necessary from their otti cial duties. The house baths are par ticularly luxurious. The halls are car peted with velvet which makes the floor covering of the committee rooms appear like burlap by comparison. The tubs are of heavy porcelain, the plumb lug Is silver plated, and all the other furnishings are in keeping with this elegance. The attendants are said to be the most expert In the country, and, while they are not carried on the pay roll us “rubbers,” masseurs, chiropo dists and manicures, theirs is the work of those specialists just the same. Ou the house aide a marble bathtub has Just been installed that Is marvel ous in Its elegance. The stone from which it was liewn was imported from Italy. The tub was hollowed out by band, ami its Interior bus been polished until It shines like a mirror. It is said to have cost over $1,000. This marble tali Is placed in a room which has a wainscoting of Italian marble. The plumbing appliances are said to be the finest ever placed on a bathtub in this country. "Hello. Jinks! Why, I haven't se«*n you for several weeks. How's your bi alth?” •Pisirly. Every little tlilngthong seems io affect me lately. Well, at auy ran- you are looking like a kingkong.” Te« Lug that way, except for a slight touch of spring fever." "Ye*: springsprong always aff«*cts me too; makes my head ringroug.” "What in thunder Is th«* matter with you. old man, the way you've got to talking?” "Nothing thong!" said Jinks, making a swinging movement of bis arm through empty air us his friend backed away in amazement and alarm. "I hear that you have become a great devote«* to the fashionable fad of table tennis.” "Yes," he said wildly. "I like to have my fllligflong and enjoy tile banjo sing song of tlx* game of plngpong at every racket's swiugswong while the cellu loid sphere is on th«* wingwong. I know that game's the thingthong”— Gently the keepers from the asylum led him away to Ills padded cell, tlx first victim of the omnipresent game of plngpong. -Baltimore lieraid. The southwesterner gets his living from tin cans. There surely never was such a region for canned vegetables, canned meat, canned fruit, canned soup, canned milk, canned cheese. Enqity tin cans form a charmed circle about every southwestern town and cam]). Even where be can profitably and elisily produce his own footl the soiithwesterner seems to prefer to raise some exclusive crop, sell his product and liny canned goods. It Is amusing enough to discover that the cattle rancher, though a thousand cows come up to water at his tanks every day or two, will yet serve condensed milk from cans that came from New Jersey; that his beef bears the mark of Kansas City; that even his poultry and eggs ire imported at enormous prices from Kansas. His butter also comes canned. If it were not for the patient Chinese gardener, even the best irrigated val leys woukl be without fresh vegeta bles. But if tlie soiithwesterner fails In garden making lx* does delight In How ers, vi ni*s a ml shade trees. They re lieve the monotony of tlie gray desert and link him with liis old green home in the east. He will let Ids fields go thirsty in lime of drought liefore lie will allow the rosebushes and the pep per trees iu his front yard to suffer. Indeed so industrious has he been in surrounding himself with shade and verdure that he is open to criticism for overdoing the matter, overcrowding Ids small grounds. An irrigated valley town In blossom is a marvel long to be remembered.—llaj’ Stanward Baker In Maj’ Century. Walsli's Mansion and Block. Thomas F. Walsh, the Colorado mil lionaire, who has made his home in Washington for the last four years, is building n mansion in the west end which will be the most expensive, if not the finest, in town. It is at the cor ner of Massachusetts avenue and Twenty first street, near the homes of Mrs. Townsend and Mrs. Westing house, ami will have a frontage of eighty feet and a length of ninety-five feet. The frame will be entirely’ of steel and the materials for the walls brick and granite, making the house fir«*proof. On the first floor will be a large hall containing a balcony for musicians, drawing, reception nnd «lining rooms, a library and a conservatory. The second and third floors will be devoted to th«* living rooms for the family ami their guests. A large ballroom ami a supper room will occupy the top floor, and in the basement, besides the kitchen and other otfices, a billiard room and wine closet have been provided for. Tlx* house will cost in the neighborhood of $500,1100, ami more ‘ban a year will be required to build nnd decorate it. The Colorado building office structure, also to be erected by Mr. Walsh at th«* northeast corner of Fourteenth nnd G streets, the Foundry church site, will be the largest building of tlie sort in Washington. Mr. Walsh has Just se lected the design and the plans. An Expensive Antique. Because there Is no record of a mon ey order for $15 Issued seventy-three years ago a big force of clerks in the postoffice department has been put to work trying to trace it. it Is estimated that it will cost the government $500 in salaries for clerks who are going over the records in an effort to find some thing concerning this order. Representative Landis of Indiana pre sented tin* older to Postmaster General Payne for payment. It had been sent to him by a constituent who hail been unable to get It cashed. The order was Issued by Asa Baker, postmaster at Mooresville, Ind., in April, 1829. It is made payable to Robert Martin and is for $15. Martin has been dead some years. Ills heirs in looking over bls pa pers dlscovired the order. It was in good condition. Tlx* books kept by Mar tin showed that he had never received the amount. The heirs presented the order nt the Westfield (liul.i postoffice and demand ed their money. The postmaster there found that the postofliee nt Mooresville bail long ago been abolished He* said he could do nothing, and the heirs sent the ancient order to Representative Landis. I sell to n President's Desk. Jimmie Garfield, as the people of Washington insist on calling the son of the murdered president, although he is uow a man with a tinge of gray in his hnir, was being initiated into bls duties ns civil service commissioner by Presi dent Proctor nnd William Dudley Foulke. Ills colleagues on the commis sion. He hud Just been shown bis room, the same one In which Mr. Rodenberg of Illinois had worked, nnd Mr. Foulke said impressively, "Mr. Garfield, you1 will have the honor of sitting at the same desk which President Roosevelt used when he was a member of this commission.” Mr. Garfield did not seem much im pressed. “1 am used to sitting at n desk that Ims been used by a president of the United States." be said. "1 use my father's desk at home, so 1 think 1 shall be able to work all right at this one,” Tableland nnd No Peaks. A Lesson In Horticulture. Four-year-old Nellie was with her fa ther one day while he was hoeing po taioes. There were turnips on the other si«lt* of the garden, which, of course, never needed any hoeing, and Nellie very earnestly asked: “Papa, how do the turnips grow?” “God makes them grow, my child.” In* answered. Paint nnd Soup Mines. "Well, that's funny." said Nellie. “I A natural soap mine and a paint mine never saw him In here hoeing them.”— are two of tlie latest mineral discov Littl«* Chronicle. eries in northwest Canada. Several soda lakes have been found in the foot hills near Ashcroft, B. C. Their bot toms ami shores are Incrusted with a natural washing compound containing borax and soda. No two analyses agree exactly as to the composition of the material. A New York analysis gives 2«i per cent borax, while a Montreal chemist from the same sample gives Ki per cent borax. Tests prove the substance to be equal to the washing jKiwders in common use. Trials by blacksmiths ami farm workmen show that it will remove grease and dirt bet ter than soap. A syndicate of British Columbia men has been formed to put the product on tlie market. About 275 tons of tlie compound have been cut ami taken out of the lake. It Is han- dle«l precisely as ice is bandied. The blocks are more than nine inches in thickness, are sawed Into pieces of tif- teen ami eighteen Inches and weigh tif- tj- pounds each. Cholly—Yaas. Miss Cutter, that girl once made a fool of me. How She Stops a Car. Miss Cutter—Oil, is that the way it "Did you ever notice,” said the man happened? who had oliserved things in general until it had become chronic, “how the I nafrald. different classes of women attract the “Colonel,” said the fair grass widow, attention of street ear conductors when “supposing you anil 1 were cast away thej wish to get off the car and the upon a lonely Island, would you he conductor lias his back turned? happy?” "A young woman who lias not been "Yes," he answered, dodging around city bred ami who is retiring in dispo the rubber tree. “1 wouldn't ever need sition will title two blocks out ot her to be afraid when we went out stroll waj' before she will consent to attract ing together there of meeting a preach attention to herself by creating a dis er or a Justice of tlie peace looking for turbance. She will siinpl.v wait until a ‘job.’ "—Chicago Record-Herald. the conductor looks around. Another woman, more self reliant, would caliu- JudKment Proof. l,v ring the bell and step off. Ascum—I confess 1 was surprised to "Then there is tlie dinging vine type hear of your marriage; thought you of woman, who always appeals to tlie were a confirmed old bachelor. man sitting nearest her. Tlie matron Oldbache—But I’m in business for who Ims self possession will invariably myself now. «peak loud enough for tlie conductor to Ascum—Well? hear and yet retain her dignity. The Oldbache—Well, I had to have a wife masculine woman will whistle.”—New In whose name I coukl put my proper- York Herald. ty.—Philadelphia Press. Proper Caution. Courteous Cityman —May I take you In to dinner, madam. Cynthia Jaytown (who is visiting her city cousin)—Well. I dunno as 1 orter. The very last thing SI Jaytown says to me wuz, “Cynthy, don’t yew git taken in while yew be in the city!”—Chicago News. The Difference. She—Why. I thought tin* sermon re markably short. I’m surprised that you should consider it long. He—But 1 wasn't wearing n new bon net to church for tlx* first time with a consciousness that all tlx* other women were looking at It.—Philadelphia Press Aii For Him, “I see here in tlie paper." observed Sandy Pikes, “that a noted scientist says that the constant use of water as a beverage insures a long life." “As for me," comments Whiskered Willie, “give me a short life and a mer- fy one.”—Baltimore American. Willie's Trouble. “Wliat's the trouble, Willie?” sakl Mrs. Brown to her small son, who was crying. “My kite won't fly,” sobbed Willie, ‘and I made It out of fly paper too.”— Little Chronicle. Good Work. I saw a splendid cut of Cadlelgb yes terday.” “I didn't see it. What paper was it In?” "None; It was on the street. ^Jiss Kandor did It.”—Philadelphia Press. A citizen from New Mexico came to town, ami Delegate Rodey took him up The Old M r -«*« Ruse. to see congress at work. The New Mex "My father Is real rude to th«* young ican sat in a gallery for two hours and Getting llnck nt lllm, men who call on me.” confided Miss then met Rodey in one of the corridors. St. Peter—Who arc you? Keedlck to Miss Tenspot. “1 don’t snp- “I ain’t thinkin' much of this yere New Arrival—I’m the paying teller pos<* your pupil tries to drive young Outfit.” said tlie New Mexican. of- men away.” St Peter—You'll have to get some “Why not?” asked Rodey. "My papa Isn’t rude. Imt lie’s real “There dotf t seem to be uo statesman body to Identify you.—Town Topics. mean to tin* j’O'-ag men.” confessed in the bunch." Miss Tenspot. "He borrows money of "Ob." said Rodey, "probably there A Literal Interpretation. them.”—Detroit Free Press. are no Daniel Websters here, but it is a “Why do we say, 'Give us this day mighty good lot of men of tine ability." our dally bread?’” asked a Sunday Advice. "So 1 was thlnkln’," sakl the New school tenclier lifter the lesson. “What would you say," began the “Because we want it fresh.” answer voluble prophet of woe. "if I were to Mexican; "all tableland and no peaks.” CARL SCHOFIELD. ed a little girl.—Little Chronicle. tell you that in a very short space of time all tlie rivers of this country Four Kinds of Pnplls. would dry up?" Worldly Wisdom, The Talmud says there are four kinds “Now that my engagement to Edgar “1 would say,” replied the patient tian, “ 'Go tboil and do likewise.’ ”— □f pupils—the sponge and the funnel, Is broken off I wonder if he'll ask me the strainer and the sieve. The sponge to return the jewels that lie gave me.” Boston Christian Register. Is he who taketh up everything, and “If lie doesn't ask for them. I’d send the funnel is he who tnketli In nt this them back at once, for in that case 4 Iflander. To aay that every man has his price ear and letteth out nt that; the strainer they're not genuine!”—Fliegende Blat Is to deny tin1 existence of the great Is lie that letteth go the wine ami re- ter. men who have died for their faith and taineth the dross, and the sieve Is he How He Wound t'p, their country. Nonsense! ’Tis tlie last that letteth go tlie bran aud retaineth “Sad about Bingham, isn’t it?” plea of a knave and issues out of the tlie fine flour. The student who be “What's the matter with Bingham?” nouth of a fool. The sterling strength gins at least to wish to belong to the “He went to the bad being a good of uiau and woman rebukes it every* last named class will not have been fellow.”- Baltimore News. where.—Schoolmuster. sent to college iu vain. Antl-Chlnese Canada. The latest Canadian order in council Is to forbid Japanese and Chinese cut ting shingl«* bolts or logs from tlie crown lands. This means that hun dreds of Japanese will be driven into tlx* I'nited States, as they were almost exclusively employed. The laws are also being passe«! against Chinese, ami, although tliej’ are arriving by hundreds on every ship and the Canadian gov ernment gets $HM) a head, tlie China men find that nearly all avenues are blocked in tlie way of making a living iu Canada, so they walk into tlie Unit ed States, Canada getting tlie tax and Washington state getting the China men. The Inadequate United States immigration staff cannot prevent tlie Chinamen from crossing tlie line, while white men who smuggle them over are getting rich at $100 a head. Pull TuKether! England alone has twice as many cotton spindles as there lire in tliis country, but this will assuredly be changed in tlie long run, and the spin ning of the American crop will be done at home. The crop, however, increases faster than tlie home spindles, and It will be years before we can drive out of this or that market the goods of for eign spinners. The task calls for the best efforts of New England as well its of southern manufacturers. Ameri can mills should pull together. The south Is content to spin and to weave the coarser goods, and New England has a wide liekl In the making of the finer forms into which cotton Is put nowadays.—Birmingham Age-Ileralil. A ItemarkRble Case. A remarkable instance of the loss ami recovery of speech is recorded in Glas gow. says n London paper. A police constable was arrested on a series of charges of theft from warebous«*s. and. as a result of the shock caused by his apprehension, be lost his power of speech. II«* was found not guilty of tlie charge laid against him. but. being dumb, was unnble to resunx* Ills duties ns a policeman, nml a gratuity of tti3 was given him. After the laps«' of sev eral weeks his power of speed) has re turned to him. When thr Hod Was Mol Sparr«). The change of thought ami comll- tlons of munkind Is no better Ilins tratcil than bj’ the history of the rod. In an article on the morals of the clillil by Dr. Grace Peckham Murray there Is mention made of a Buablan achoolmnster who during Ills fifty one years <f superintendence of n lor o- school hail given 911,500 callings, 121, 000 floggings, 200,000 ctist'.ides. 13d,- 000 tips with th** ruler, 10,200 boxes nt> the ear and 22,700 tasks by th«* heart.— Delineator