left Irehind them bad Itecome a roaring
furnace, with animals dying lie fore it
only to finally lie caught in the dames
which sped onward, sweeping out of
Orltfln of the Jlnrlki.ha.
existence Is-autiful and thrifty farms,
Most travelers is Japan would sup
leaving the owner, if he was fortunate
pose that so general a Japanese infiti
enough to eMuqie with his family, pen
tutlon m the Jlurikisba was of native
What a ‘‘bugliear” the Christmas
niless and homeless. Tlie damage has
origin, but not so. An old resilient ol
holidays are to some |>eiiple. W hat hard
Yokohama writes to the Kolte t'hroui
amounted to millions, uot counting tlie
ele: "For several years after the insti work they make of it and how much loss of life, all through the negligence
tution of the Jinrlkisha it was general of the pleasure of the X-mastide is hmt of a few careless pleasure seekers. If
ly uiKlerstiHsl among foreigners in Yo in the fretlmgand the worrying. They they esca|>ed, wtiat must their feelings
kohama that Mr. Coble, ‘half cobbler, cannot afford to do all they would like,
be when they note the deatli and tleso-
Im if missionary,' was its inventor. Mr. but they do not stop to think that pre
Goble, though a rough looking sort of cious few of us can. They want to give lation that have followed in their wake?
■min, was regarded by tile foreign resl costly gifts, and their very limited Far from enviable, you may rest assured,
for if they have a conscience their sleep
dents of the |s>rt as un honest. eon-
purse forbids the gratifying of their
will Is- tilled with hideous dreams and
sistent missionary. I believe it was lie
who built the first missionary chapel taste in that direction. In many cases their days troubled. Nothing they can
in Yokohama, and ns long ns it lasted the modest little gift they can give with ever do will still the uneasy conscience
It was known as ‘Goble’s church.' lie the love and hearty gissl-will is much they must henceforth carry with them.
was In the habit of taking long ram- more appreciated than the more costly They cannot ¡nit the breath of life into
ides In tin* country and doing a little one, for the latter would ¡dace them
¡««Idling business, and. if my memory under obligations that perchance they the charred Isxliesof men, women and
serves me rightly, lie gave a eoininls could not meet, and in place of bring children who have met their death in
sion to a blacksmith either in Kawasa ing happiness to the recipient thecortly the flames. The fleet-footed deer that
s|ied before the wings of death, the vari
ki (on the Tokaido, between Yokohama
and Tokyo» or in Fujisawa to construct gift would lie the source of embarrass ous other animals that helped to feed
tlie first Jlnrikishn. The vehicle took ment. Possibly they had already some the tire-fiend, the beauty of hill and
nt once with the Japanese, but not so dainty, trivial gift for you, and it would valley and magniiicent forests, the loss
among the foreigners, with whom It lie all they felt that they could afford,
of valuable timber that can never lie
was some time before it became a pop yet your handsome gilt made it ap)iear
ular means of locomotion. Mr. Guide so insigniticaiit that they shrank from replaced, the desolate homes, all these
must remain as silent witnesses of the
was un AYnerlcan citizen."
giving it to you. Such a state of affairs
guilty man’s unpardonable negligence
helps to turn the joyous < hristmas-tide
or carelessness. There is a law for the
‘Taking Ulin si Ills Word.
into
one
of
hitterness.
It
¡sail
wrong,
Joseph Jefferson In his biography
punishment of a party guilty of such a
relates what was probably the last Ji«t and we should wake U|> to the fact that crime. However, they are seldom
this
costlv
gift-giving
is
the
one
thing
of Artemus Ward. When the famous
caught, and even if they were, and the
wit lay dying in Southampton, lie was that makes the holiday season one to full penalty of the law visited upon
attended by his devoted friend Tom lie dreaded. Before Christmas rolls
Robertson, the author of "t’aste," who round you will hear men talking on the them, that is poor compensation for
the boats of people who have ruin star
was also a friend of Jefferson.
cars and w ith their ¡ss-kets bulging out
‘•Just before Ward's death,” writes witli mysterious looking packages and ing them in the face, and it will not
Mr. Jefferson, “Robertson ¡toured out
prove a lesson for others, for next year
some medicine in a glass and offered their arms full of bundles, the invaria it will lie the same as it has been in
ble drift of their conversation is their
it to ills friend.
the ¡iast.
dislike to the holiday season, the cus
‘‘Ward said:
tom
of
gift-giving
lieing
all
folderol,
“ 'My dear Tom. I can’t take that
BRIEF REVIEW.
dreadful stuff.’
and how glad they will lie when it t.s a
••*<’onie, come,’ said Itobertson. urg thing of the past. Women are com
Light to Fight Insects.
ing him to swallow the nauseous drug. miserating with each other over the
‘There's a good fellow. Im. now. for task of getting ready for Christmas.
For several years past the vineyards
my sake. You know I would do any
They never have enough money to go in tlie iiii|sirlat11 wine-growing district
thing for yon.’
round,
everything is so high, and it of Beaujolias have suffered greatly from
’Would .von?’ said Ward, feebly
stretching out liis hand to grasp his takes such an endless time to get waited the attacks of numerous Hying insects,
on in I lie stores and get the different the most important of which is known
friend's, perhaps for the last time.
“'I would indeed,’ said Itobertson.
packages they have purchased for goisi as the pyralid. Last year a series of ex
periments was carried out in one of the
“ ‘Then you take it.' said Ward.
Kris Kringle to pass on.
large vineyards to see if the insects
“The humorist passed away a few
• » » •
hours later.”
could Is- caught by bright lights burn
They could make it so much easier if ing at night. An apparatus was con
Ou It« Owu Merita.
they followed the plan of a certain little structed, consisting of an acetylene gen
A young man who spent Ills summer friend of Polly’s. She commences about erator holding about six ounces of
vacation on a Maine farm says that June to lay in lierstis-kof holiday gifts. calcium carbide. Over this was a cir
new Instances of the thrift and shrewd Never a week goes by that she does not
cular metal dish alsiut twenty inches in
ness of Ids landlady are constantly
thrusting themselves upon Ids atten add some trinket, Issik, handkerchief, diameter, and over this at a height of
etc., to tlie store of gifts. She keeps an alsiut eight inches a single acetylene
tion.
One day a wagon load of unexpected eye on the advertisements that appear jet, giving a small, bright light at alsiut
relatives descended on the farm, and from day today in tliedaily pa|iers and ten candle-power. This light the car
tlie mistress was. us she afterward knows all the bargain sales. She makes bide was sufficient to keep burning for
frankly said, ‘‘put to It” to provide it convenient to godown town on those six or eight hours. In a basin a layer
enough food for dinner. She brought days and never comes home empty- of water was placed, and on top of this
forward among other tilings an apple handed, although her purse mav lie
a layer of kerosene or some other cheap
¡de which seemed to tlie boarder far
Inferior Io the ¡ties she usually made. much lighter. The result is that when oil, of which alsiut two Huid ounces
But when she served it slie spoke of Christinas rolls round and everybody is were required. These machines were
rushing, pushing and nearly ready to set up alsiut 550 yards apart and were
her replication as a pit-maker.
"They do say at the sociables that faint with exhaustion, she is smiling set inaction at dusk, preferably on dark
nobody's pies quite come up to mine," and composed as if it was the merry nights. On the first night one lamp
she remarked, with a beaming smile, month of June, for she has all her gifts caught 4(HM> pyralids and 213 moths of
"and apple ¡des are what you might purchased, sorted and marked ready for other kinds. During July the lamps
cull my s|«*chilty. I've often been the Christmas tree or for mail or ex
averaged .1200 insects per lamp a night.
asked for the recipe, but 1 tell ’em It’s
press,
as
the
case
may
be.
In
fact,
she
The
expense of the lamps is reported to
knack and Judgment does It. not rule."
The pie disappeared. and then, when is the only one of Polly’s friends who have Is-en 2 cents |s-r night each, or 2J
her guests were not as hungry ns they does not wear an anxious look during cents per night per acre. It is said Hist
had been, she brought fortli a second the mail rush ol the last few days lie- this method of catching noxious insects
¡ile. flaky of crust and luscious to the fore tlie dawn of Christmas eve. She is more efficacious than any metliisl
tuste.
buys a little here and a little there and which has Is-en tried Is-fore.
“Why, Aunt Mary,” said file youn does not miss the money like she would
gest of the party, a boy of twelve, "I if she had to take it all at once and in
A Bird’s Bump of Locality.
think this pie's ever so much better
On shore the penguin is an awkward
vest. Twenty dollars looks like a big
than tin* oilier, and you haven’t said
sum, but it goes no waysat all. Articles creature, says Professor <E. Borchgre-
it word about it!"
ills aunt looked at him without so always seem higher during the holiday vink, the Antarctic explorer, in Leslie’s
season and they have Is-en picked over Monthly. Waterisitselement. When
much as a twinkle in her eyes.
"This one will go down without until there seems to Is- nothing that hunted on the ice ffoes the birds gener
praising, I reckon," she said gravely.
you want when you wait until the last ally try to run away in an upriglit po
few days to make your purchases. This sition, but just as the hunter thinks he
'File N cecity of Mystery.
little friend of Polly’s gets more for her has got one the bird lies down on its
To lie content In utter darkness anil money than any one I ever knew. She white lielly and paddles along over the
ignorance is indeed unmanly, and
therefore we think that to love light picks up so many dainty little conceits snow very quickly, the hard, smooth
ami find knowledge must lie always that are unique and make such accept quills »slipping over the snow crystals
right. Yet (as In all matters before able gifts. She says she never ¡»uts almost without friction. A remarkable
observed) wherever pride lias any herself out to make these numerous pur chaiacteristicof the penguin ishisbump
share in tin1 work even knowledge and chases, but she keeps her eyes open for of lis-ality. Both on shore and in the
light may la* ill pursued. Knowledge bargains and novelties.
water lie never loses his way. To hu
Is good and light is good, yet man
man eyes one ice floe is precisely like
•
»
»
»
perished in seeking knowledge and
another, but under that risif of similar
tlie mollis perisli in seeking light, and
If everyone would follow the exam
if we who are crushed before the ple of this friend the terrors of the ice floes I have seen a ¡teiiguin of the
moth will not accept such mystery ns Christmas season would drift away like larger H,»ecies find its mate on a ffoa af
ter diving ami swimming for a full
is needful to us we shall perish in like
manner. None but the proud will the mists of the morning. Nor would mile under water.
mourn over tills, for we may always the men of the household hate the time
know more if we choose by working of giving ami receiving, for they would
Aluminum used for Paper.
on, but tlie pleasure Is, I think, to not hear the doleful cry of “no money
It is stated that experiments with
humble people in knowing Hint the for < Tiristmas.’’ If this ¡dan were pur aluminum as a siilistitute for paper are
Journey Is endless, the treasure inei sued nearly every woman would have now under way in France. It is now
haustllde.—"laimps of Architecture,” her stock of gifts ready and would
¡sisHible to roll aluminum into sheets
Ruskin.
avoid the terrific jam and push that four-thousandths of an inch in thick
occur every holiday season, and there ness, in which form it weighs less than
< om r rNntloiia.
would lie less fainting of over-worked pa|»er. By tlie adoption ofsuitable ma
“What's the matter, dear?”
sales girls who lose consciousuess from chinery these sheets can lie made even
“Nothing.”
"Yes, there is."
shere exhaustion as they wait on the thinner and can Is- used for Issik and
“No that Is, nothing to you.”
impatient throng. Try it this year, writing pa|>er. 'Tlie metal will not oxi
"Come; tell me.”
even though it istwomonths later than dize, is practically lire and water prisif
“I was thinking couldn't you eat this little friend Is-gins, ami see if it does
and is indestructable by worms.
your breakfast once without reading
not work like a charm.
the paper."
'The value of the coal mines in Japan
« « « «
“You know I have to hurry."
Is
almost equal to that of all other min
" There was a time"—
Y ear in and year out the ¡»a|iers have
“Now, now.”
chronicled the devastation caused by erals combined. It varies from the
"I scarcely ever see your face.”
forest fires on the Pacific Coast that hardest anthracite to |>eal, but theqlial-
“But surely you don’t object"—
have
played sad havoc with farmers, ity is usually inferior to that of Ameri
“Yes. I do. It's horrid of you.”
can coal. Mislern machinery and the
"But this is Monday morning, ami”— hnnlieriiien and stockmen, but this
methisls have lieen intrisiuced in the
"I’reeisely. It's Monday morning, year's tires have broken the record and
and von know 1 like to look at the ad cut a wider swath, leaving death and operation of many mines.
vertisements on Monday morning.”— ilesolation on the most fertile farms and
In Russia factories are usually near
New York lieraid.
reducing to ashes and charred trunks
forests, wissl ts-ing still the chief fuel.
some of the grandest monarchs of the
Ninety per cent oftlie 12H,0(M>,(MM) people
Needed, Ton. Apparently,
forest and the finest timlier land in this
of the Russian empire are farmers.
Teacher Now. what do you under
section of country. Not only this, but
stand by brain work?
Vladivostock ¡Hissesses the only crema-
Boy When a mini works with his many lives have Is-en lost in the awful toriam that has Is-en erected in the
conflagrations that have swept this whole Russian empire.
head.
Teacher Correct. And what Is man coast. It is doubtful whether It will
ual labor?
ever Is- known just how many lives
All the new trains on the Central
Boy When a man works with his have Is-en lost. It is a terrible picture
London Railway are to Is- of IIreproof
blinds.
of desolation tlint meets you on every
Teacher That's right. To which of side in the burned districts, and the construction, steel and asliestos Is-ing
largely used. Other precautions for tlie
these classes do I belong w lien I teach
you? Wlint do I use most in teaching feeling of indignation is very strong safety of passengers are living taken.
toward those who have lieen the cause
you ?
of this terrible calamity. Carelessness,
To our parents, says anex|s*rt, weare
Boy—A strap.
¡Hire and simple, of cam|iers or hunters, indebted for half our mental traits; to
I.lttle Clarence Pa, what is experi has Is-en the cause in nearly every in our grandparents, one-fourth; to our
ence?
stance. Thought they hail put out great grandparents, one-eighth, anil so
Mr. Callipers-Experience, my son. Is their cani|effres, but instead of seeing forth.
the headaches you acquire from butt that even thesmallest spark hail <lisa|e
lug agalust the world.—Puck.
|>eare<l, they left it to smoulder only to
Green wissl contains fully 45 per cent
In settlement of the claims for In be fanned into new life by the next of water, although seasoning usually
demnity made by those Italian sub breeze, or they drop|>ed a match in the ex|iels but 35 ¡lercent of this fluid.
jects who were expelled from the gra«s that is as dry as tinder at this sea
Transvaal the British government has son of the year and rodeon to their des
Italy makes eight millions a year out
paid down £12.<MM>. which will be di tination. Meanwhile the country they of foreign visitors.
vided among 120 Individuals.
BAN no X KECOKBER.
i POLLY LARKIN?"]
DUMAS ON SNAKES.
* *’b«r«eterlatle story «1 Ik* !■»»-
«■■ h I uhb Freaek Aalkor.
YY lien M. de YTIIeuiessaut was found
ing l.e Grand Journal, he wrote to Du
mas, asking for bla assistance. Dumas
at once prepared a romance lu six vol
tunes. In ||,e meantime the editor
asked him for some article« or cause-
tie«, which were to be published imme
diately. “I have the very thing!” cried
1‘uiiiio. "I was Just alsiut to «tart on
a whole aeries about snakes.” “On
snake«?” "Yes. 1 have the entire sub
ject at my Angers' ends. 1 «¡ieut half
my life studying them. There’s uot a
soul who knows anything aiiout the
dear. Interesting little creators«. You
w ill Hud It will be a great success -
this article." The editor, half con-
vlnced, agreed to accept this article
"on snakes,” saying to himself, "After
III. Dumas Is very likely to bit on
something effective.” "If you want a
little cash in advance, you can draw on
me.” "I have plenty," said Dumas. “for
the first time in my life, 1 confess; but,
still, 1 really have enough.”
They parted, and the editor returned
to Ids office. On arriving there be
found Alexander's secretary waiting
for him with the following paper,
ready signed:
Received the sum of 50 napoleons on
account of my story. A hearty squeeze
Of tile hand
A. D.
Tlie next day the secretary arrived
with tlie first feullleton and a letter,
which ran:
NEW SHORT STORIES
THEY DRINK SEA WATER.
Gambling Talk “Cat Oat.”
Cockatoos aad Wild Plgeoae Do Met
Seem to Mlad It.
Sluce Secretary Shaw inaugurated
that personally conducted autigam
bliug crusade the treasury department
clerks who feel that they require their
Jobs have become exceedingly careful
lu their manner of eipressing them
selves.
“Ho hum.” yawned one of them as he
gazed out of one of the otflee windows
shortly after 3 o'clock the other after
noon. “It's 2 to 1 that it'll he raining
like the dickens before 4 o’clock.”
"Sh sh!” hissed one of hia fellow
clerks.
•■Why, what's the matter?" Inquired
tlie yawner.
“You said something about 2 to 1,“
was the explanation.
"Oh!" And the clerk who had made
tlie dangerous crack, which clearly
showed him to be an inveterate and
tio|M*lesK gamliler, flushed and glanced
furtively about.
A clerk who got back from his sea
shore vacation was telling his fellow
clerks alsiut it on the day he got back
to the office.
“You can gamble I had a corking
time," lie said enthusiastically.
"Hush!" exclaimed the vacationist's
fellow clerks in unison. "Don't Involve
iis in your ruin. The word 'gamble'
dassen't be used around these works
any more.”
Couldn't
Duplicate It«
London papers teem with articles on
My Dear Friend—Be kind enough to pingpong, the new parlor game. One
writer even declares Londoners make a
hand the bearer the sum of S napoleons.
A. D.
boast of the destruction they cause
The very same evening came a dis with the little celluloid balls. It 1« a
common thing the day after a plug
patch from Havre:
On receipt of this please send 20 napo
leons to my lodgings at Frascati.
A
thousand thanks.
A. D.
An hour later catue another:
My Dear Boy—I should have said 13,
not 20. naps
You are my best friend.
Tlie feullleton is on the road.
A. DUMAS.
Tlie finale of this capital story is no
less characteristic.. The feullleton ar
rived by ¡lost on the following day and
was found to contain exactly four
lines of Dumas' composition, two at
the beginning and two at the end of
the paper. Thus it ran: "I copy from
luy good friend, Dr. Revoil. the follow
ing particulars about snakes.” Then
came a long essay on that subject, all
copied out In his own neat handwriting
and closed by this original remark, “lu
my next 1 will deal with the boa con
strictor, the most curious of all the
snakes."— Black and YVlute.
BIRD DOGS.
Some of the Almost Human Work
These Clever Canines Ferfortu.
Itoading denotes that a dog is follow
ing a trail toward the birds by their
foot scent, as a man In an analogous
manner might follow a flock of sheep
by watching their tracks.
Drawing denotes that a dog Is ap
proaching birds by a scent in the air.
us a man might follow a flock of sheep
by tlie long line of dust hovering over
and around the trail. Drawing is con
sidered a much superior manner to
•oadlng It Is commonly marked by
greater accuracy, quickness of execu
tion and dash of manner.
Pointing is the stop which the dog
makes when he has definitely located
the birds or when lie thinks lie lias
done so. It is tin- preliminary pause to
accurately determine the whereabouts
of tlie bidden birds before lie springs to
capture. If he misjudges and springs
In the wrong direction, all Ills pains
and labor come to nothing. In bis
training be is encouraged to ¡mint, but
is prohibited springing, so that after a
time he makes his ¡silnt and holds It
stancbly.
If by any act, willful or otherwise,
he alarms the birds and they take
w-lng, it Is culled a flush. If the dog
when going up wind on game flushes
the birds, lie commits an error. If un
der certain circumstances be flushes
when going down the wind, the error
may l>e excused on the ground that be
ing up wind of them It was impossible
to scent them and therefore Impossible
to know of their presence.—Outing.
A II iiiiih n Pa rad ox.
One often hears an amusing para
dox-such as a brass tin whistle going
around a square, a home whitewashed
terra cotta, and "ail awfully nice”
thing. Blit it Is not a common occur
rence to come across a “black white
man,” and yet this phenomenon is to
lie seen almost any day in New York.
The gentleman Is said to be a colored
minister in the city, and although in
the distance lie bears the outward re
semblance of a white man—more espe
cially on account of bls pallid features
and gray white hair—be is unmistak
ably of the colored race, and what is
not the least remarkable la that in
cousouauce with Ills paradoxical ap
pearance be Is wont to relish “hot Ice
cream puffs!”—New York Times.
Unking ■ Mirror.
Here is the method used in the manu
facture of a mirror: After the glass
has been carefully polished ou both
sides It is laid ou a firm table (usually
of stone), with upturned edges, and
one or more sheets of tin foil are laid
upon the plate. Quicksilver Is then
spread over it aud at once forms an
amalgam with the tin, making a re
flecting surface.
A Calaeldeaee.
“So that young uiau wants to marry
you?” said Mabel's fattier.
"Yes,” was the reply.
“Do you know how much bls salary
is?”
"No; but it’s an awfully strange coin
cidence.”
"What do you mean?”
“Herbert asked the very same ques
tion about you.”
The Baky aad Ike Pastor.
"I BKO A THOl'SANII PAHDOSS!”
pong match to hear one society lady
say to another: "YVhat an excellent
game we bad last night at Lady X.’s!
Three precious ornaments were bro-
keu.” But occasionally hostesses have
been known to make complaints. One
evening, says this writer, a young lieu
tenant who was playing very wildly
knocked down a Chinese vase and
shattered It to atoms. The mistress of
the house, who is the wife of a diplo
matist. could not suppress a look of an
noyance. “1 beg a thousand pardons!”
exclaimed the young officer, blushing
crimson. “But I will get you ope ex
actly like it.” "Impossible!” replied
the lady. “Tliat vase is part of the loot
of Peking.” Chicago News.
"I ii 18S1. while resident on Gazelle
peninsula, the northern portion of the
maguifleeut island uf New Britain. In
the south Pad tie. 1 bad many oppor
tunities uf witnessing both cockatoo«
aud wild piteous drinking salt water.
I was stationed at a place called Ka-
baira, the then farthest out' trading
station on the whole island, and a« I
had but little work to do I found
plenty of time to study bird life In the
vicinity. Parrots of several varieties,
all of lieautlful plumage, were plenti
ful, and great flocks of whits cocka
toos frequented the rolling, grassy
downs which lay between my home
and the German head station in
Blanche bay.'twenty mile« distant,
while the heavy frost of the littoral
was the haunt of thousands of pigeons.
These pigeons, though not so large as
the Samoan or eastern Polynesian bird,
formed all agreeable change of diet for
us white traders, ami by walking about
fifty yards from one's door half a
dozen or more could be shot in as
many minutes.
"My nearest neighbor was a Germnn,
and one day when we were walking
along the beach toward bls station I
noticed some hundreds of pigeons fly
down from the forest, settle on the
margin of the water and drink with
apparent enjoyment. The harbor at
this spot lieing almost landlocked and
the water as smooth as glass and with
out the faintest ripple, the birds were
enabled to drink without wetting their
plumage. My nelghlior, who I ihi I lived
many years In New Britain, told me
tliat tills drinking of sea water was
common to Ixitli cockatoos and pigeons
alike, and that on some occasions the
benches would be lined with them, tlie
cockaliMis not only drinking, but bath
ing. and apparently enjoying them
selves greatly. During the next six
mouths, especially when the weather
was calm and rainy, 1 frequently no
ticed pigeons ami cockatoos come to tlie
suit water to drink.
"At first I thought that as fresh
water In many places bubbled up
through the amid at low tide the.birds
were not really drinking the sea water,
hut by watching closely I distinctly
saw them walk across these tiny run
nels without milking any attempt to
drink. Then, too, the whole of the
Gazelle ¡teninsula is cut up by count
ies« stream« of water, and rain falls
throughout the year as a rule. YVhat
causes thl« unusual habit of drinking
sea water? Another peculiarity of the
New Britain and New Ireland pigeon
is Its foiKfliess for the chili pepper
berry. During three months of tlie
year, wheu these berries are ripe, the
birds' crops are full of them, and oft u
their flesh is so pungent and smells so
strongly of the chill as to be quite un
eatable.”—Chambers' Journal.
Bird« In Indian LeKendN.
CHOICE MISCELLANY
The ••koUMB* Gniue.’’
The “lounge game” baa been played
at least once lu Brooklyn and twice in
New York; perhaps oftener. but these
¿re the only eases tlie police have
beard of. The mode of operation is
like tills: A wagon drives up to a
house, ami one of the two men in
charge rings the doorbell and says.
“YVe have a sofa here bought by Ylr.
A., who ordered it sent up." "Bill
Mr. A. has ordered no sofa," the lady
of the house responds. “There is
some mistake.” "Not a bit of It. He
liought it aud ¡laid for It, and all we
can do is to leave it.” The lady is
not convinced, but she 1« asked to pay
nothing, can make no reasonable de
uiur. so in comes the lounge, that is
usually taken to a second floor. In a
couple of hours back come the meu.
All a mistake; was meant for auother
ntan of the same name at the other
end of the town. The furniture Is
placed again In the wagon and canled
away. Some lime later the lady of the
house misses her Jewelry and other
small valuables. She cannot imagine
where they have gone to. The men
witli tlie wagon know. There was a
hollow place in the lounge large
enough to hold a small man and store
away a lot of clothing, kniekknaeks
and Jewelry. The goods had gone
away with the lounge.
Dueling In Sv»ItserlHiid.
The duel, though prohibited by law,
still exists in Switzerland, but the
practice is contined to the students 111
the Swiss German universities. Even
these tire eaters are beginning to real
ize the absurdity of the ¡»ractice. for
a meeting was held at Zurich lately,
at which student delegates from all
parts were present, to discuss the duel
and courts of honor. A proposition bv
the president to abolish the duel alto
gether was rejected by a large major
ity. ’The consequence was that a large
number of duels which were previous
ly arranged mid whose principals were
awaiting tlie result of tlie vote took
place at Bremgarten. near Bern.
Many students received severe rapier
cuts, i liietly in the face, but noliody
was seriously wounded. The police,
though they know tlie practice exists
and are often aware of the "affair."
seldom interfere, for they look upon
the duel as practiced by the students
as a sporting and harmless mutter. It
is certain that nobody lias ever been
seriously hurt in these affairs of honor.
A Spider's Well.
A small spider that dropped Itself
from an oriel window in the rotunda
over the north entrance to the city hall
courtyard gave an interesting illustra
tlon of the length to which these lu-
sects can spin out a single thread. The
window from which the spider de
scended Is fully fifty feet above the
pavement, and the insect was in line
with the eyes of pedestrians when it
was first noticed. Several people
stopped to watch its movements. The
poiut from which the spider had
dropped was easily located, as the long
silky threads could be (raced upward
in the bright sunlight to the window.
A gentle puff of wind floated tlie In
sect upward out of the strniglit line of
descent, and It rapidly lengthened Its
thread, allowing Itself to float before
tlie breeze. The thread must have been
nearly a hundred feet long when the
air became still, and the spider slowly
swung backward like a pendulum un
til it landed on the ground more than
half way across the courtyard.— Plilla
delpliln Record.
AU primitive people regard the bird
as specially wise and favored. Living
In the air, be Is regarded as exercising
control over atmospheric phenomena,
and. knowing so well bls own migra
tory seasons, the Indians observe his
flights as foreboding 111 or good to
themselves.
The Hurons believe that the dove
carries the souls of the departed hence.
The Dakotas sa.v the storm bird dwells
so high as to be out of liumau vision
and carries a fresh water lake on his
back, so that when be plumes himself
It rains, when he winks bis bright eyes
it lightens, when he flaps his wings
And ibr Outsider Won.
Long before Lord Rosebery had won thunder rolls. The Alaskans bold much
a name or place for himself he was for the «Huie Idea about the "thunder
some time tn New York, where he be bird."
Among them all the eagle Is mighty,
came the Intimate friend and ardent
Ciiiisrraiiliinal Library Clock.
admirer of the late Sam Ward. He al brave, aspiring, the symbol of their
The clock In the reading room of the
ways put the greatest faith In the ad warriors for apparent reasons. The library of congress has been complet
vice of the man whom be invariably kingfisher Is anxious to serve bls broth-
ed and unveiled. The timepiece Itself
called "Uncle 8am" except once, and er man.
has been in ¡dace for several years, but
that time co«t him money. The story
the allegorical figures surrounding It
Hoyalty and Profanity.
Is told by John Gilmer Speed, one of
William the Conqueror did not intro have Just been added.
the few New Yorkers who remember
The dial structure Is a varicolored
the great English statesman as he was duce swearing into England, but lie
brought with him a very forcible oath. marble Incrusted witli semiprecious
in those days.
stones, while the dial is a sunburst of
"Rosebery had gone back to Lon YVilllam was accustomed to swear "by
gilt bronze. Figures of students tn
the
splendor
of
God,
”
and
on
such
oc
don,” says Mr. Speed, “and YVard was
bronze typifying the "Reader” and the
in Italy, where he bad somehow goue casions he combined with it the "ter
“YVrlter” are seated on eltliei* side, of
in for clairvoyance. One day be ca rible aspect.of the eyes.” which always the dial, while "Time” attended by
bled to his English friend to back a took the place of swearing in the case
“Day” and “Night” surmounts the
certain horse for the Derby, which was of Sir Joseph I’orter, K. C. B. After structure.
YVilliam's
time
the
rulers
of
England,
to be run a day or so later. But
Forming an oval frame in color
YVard's choice was regarded as a hope with possibly here and there an excep
around this group are the signs of the
less outsider, and Rosebery took no tion, swore with great frequency aud
stock In clairvoyance anyhow, so the vigor. It is related that even Queeu zodiac, tlie work being completed by
cable was thrown into the waste bas Bess, whose auburn locks did not belie the high relief In bronze of the “Swift
Runners" on the parapet beneath the
ket. The point of the story Is that that a tlery temper, would break into a dial.
same rank outsider actually did win string of expletives that would rattle
The sculpture was done by John
the royal windows and frighten tlie
the race.”
household and royal attendants from Flanagun of Newark, N. J. He studied
UooSwIs Hubs It In.
all sense of diplomatic recourse.—Lon under St. Gaudens and at the Paris
School of Fine Arts.
Upon one occasion Nat Goodwin In don Taller.
vited a prominent English artist to
Hlrdw* Meat« Built by Cities.
visit him at his country bouse in the
The First Qaarrel.
suburbs of Ixtudon, where he was to
Years ago it was discovered in a dis
After the explosion the following
paint a portrait of Mrs. Goodwin, bet were found to he injured:
trlct of France that the agricultural
ter known as the beautiful Maxine El
The Groom. — Slightly
scratched prospects had lieen damaged by the
liott.
about the face, force of character and slaughter of small birds, and steps
The artist arrived at night and cam« self esteem somewhat shattered; will were at once taken to protect the
down to breakfast rather late next hereafter show timidity under like cir birds. In Antwerp the authorities
morning, the rest of the company be cumstances.
have gone a step further. They have
ing already seated at the table. YVltb
The Bride.—Dignity hurt, but not caused, so It Is reported, artitleial
an attempt to be witty, the artist ex brokeu: showed unexpected courage; birds' nests to be placed on the tlr
claimed:
trees with a view to favoring the mul
will recover slowly.
"Why. do Americans sit down wheu
Cupid.—Badly shocked; will recover. tiplication of Insectivorous birds. It Is
they eat?”
-Life.
an Ingenious attempt, but It Is hard to
“Certainly.” replied Nat quickly, “but
Imagine that the birds of that country
tstsoes.
they rarely use chairs. YVe generally
are so continually lazy that they will
An
old
sea
captain,
uuder
the
Im
sit on the floor, where we can get a
pression that he was saying a good either abandon their natural Instincts
better grip on our food.”
thing, asked a lady passenger why to build their own nests or flock to one
men never kiss one another, while la district because there the trouble Is
He Had Strack Paregoric.
dles
waste a world of kisses on femi saved them.
Representative Olmstead of Penn
nine
faces.
sylvania tells this story: "A client of
The Skins of Fruit.
"Because.” the lady replied, “the
mine the necessities of whose large
I
be
skins
of fruit of all kinds should
men have something better to kiss and
family, recently augmented by twins,
never be eaten, but before removing
the women haven’t.”
made him poor came to me Joyfully
the skin the fruit should lie carefully
one day aud said be bad found oil
washed, to avoid the transference of
The Isevllahle.
flowing from a spring on bls land.
"Do as 1 tell you,” Tommy's mamma bacteria from skin to pulp. Expert
"The bottle containing the sample cried. "It's about time you realized meats have shown that a stomach
which be brought me bad evidently the futility of struggling against the whose contents contained no microbes
seeu family use. but I forwarded it to Inevitable. Do you know what that after a breakfast of sterilized food,
an expert for analysis. The reply means?"
ending with grapes of which the skins
dashed to the earth the hopes of my
"Yes'm.” replied Tommy. "It means were eaten, contained .Kiu.tMM) microbe«
client aud myself. The expert said:
there's no use o' your wasliiu' m.v to each fluid ounce. These microbe*
" 'Find no trace of oil. Think your hands an' face 'cause they'll only get cause the fruit to decay before it can
friend lias struck paregoric.' "
be digested.—Farm and Ranch.
dirty again.”
Father of the Pastor (after the ser
mon)—llow Horace has changed since
he was a baby!
Opportune.
'The Mother— YVhat an Idea! of
Mis« I.lly (after the proposal)—I
course he has changed.
don't think you'd better see papa to
Father--What I meau Is that when day, Tom. My dressmaker has Just
be was a baby be used to keep me lieen here with her bill.
a wake.—Boston Trauscript.
Tom Featherhead—This 1« Just the
time. He will be glad to get rid of
Quite aa Innovation.
you.
“For a new actress she adopted an
original way of drawing attention to
The l»4«M«»il.
herself."
The Sister-I have become engaged
Attempted suicide? Diamonds b ( u to Fred.
b n? Breach of promise case?"
The Brother-Whatever Induced you
Nothing uf the kind. She alaiiily to do that?
learned how to act, end acted.”
The Bister Why, Fred, of course!
Hla Taste.
*n ■ Close Place.
The landlady was speaking.
"Mr Barnstorme. liow do you like
your eggs?"
The tragedian's fuce relaxed Into an
expression of Joy.
"Hard boiled!" be cried. Until that
moment people had willfully mistaken
his taste. -Baltimore Herald.
“How do you manage to live within
your income, Briggs? Don’t you feel
cramped?”
“(’ramped, did you say? Why. I
have got to go out and borrow SIU ev
ery time 1 want to stretch myself”—
Smart Set.________________
Matarally,
One Girl-Jack tried to kiss me last
People laugh when they are amused, night
when they think people expect them
Another—What In the world did yon
to be amused aud when they don’t do?
want to be rude and don't know wliut
"Oh, I was up In arms In a minute.”
else to do Los Angeles Herald.
—Smart Set
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