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
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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.
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'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.
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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