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BANDON RECORDER. TWO 8ÊCRET8. Mb«» Ml« Mia Yr.» Hla Wlta, Stea Ateariaha« Mar Uwa. •■a Representative Jenkins lias, by re quest, Introduced a bill which makes uew»pa|>er» and |>eri<xlicals unmailable which coutaiu any pictures of suicides, or details relating to suicides, Iwyoud a simple statement of death by suicide, ami ImpoH Ug a panal'y for breaking tbe law. Tills is good, and Folly earn estly hopes it will paae. You can hard ly pick up a «tally paper without read ing of tbe suicide of some youug (>ei- son, some of them mere children not over fourteen or fifteen years. For mime »light grievance at home, many time» no stronger motive than the daughter has iieeu aake«i to wash the dishes or give up objectionable company, is suffi cient reason for them to lush off' and drink carbolic acid, or swallow “rough- on-rats,” or throw themselves into the bay. The increase of tbe suicidal tend ency among young girls has increased alarmingly, and you hear the query, “Why is it?” on all sides. The ream u is simple enough in most instances. They iiave scanned the daily papers and iiave devoured every line of "Tbe YoungGirl’s Suicide,” and have lisiked ou the iMirtrait of the victim of self- destruction with pity welling up in (heir hearts for the poor unfortunate until it almost tiecomes a mania. They think she did just right and showed a courage that was commendable in tak ing matters into her own hands and endiug tlie "bitter struggle ” Then they wonder tiow tbey would look pic tured iu the paper as "another unfor tunate child tired of tbe chiding* of home, who chose death in preference to living iu an atmosphere that was wholly uneongeniai.” She wonders how schoolmates and friends would take tbe new» of her sail death and BRIEF REVIEW. dreams of some faithful few w ho would The Miking of Bitties. tie prostrated by the shoek when they read of her sudden death iu tbe paper. “I can tell you a few things about bot They are naturally morbid iu tenqiera- tles,” said O. G. King, general man ment, fond of the trashiest and most ager of a big factory that turns out sentimental novels, and the sail tale many thousands of them daily at New of self-destruction appeals strongly to ark, Ohio. "In the first place, bottle. them. That is tbe first thing she looks maKers have lieen used to figuring on for when site hastily scans the daily the consumption of one pound of coal pa|>er», and »be is disappointed when it to each |»iund of glass produced ill bot fails to chronicle one or more suicides. tle form, so that the fuel bill is a tre It is a mistake hi give the picture» and mendous factor. This causes tbe plants extended account» of tlie passing away to hunt locations as near as possible to of tlio»e who have tired of life, it can the coal mines. A great deal of ex not benefit the dead, and it certainly pense was saved daring theexistence of injures the living. Men, women and natural gas, but this source of power children brood over passing beyond tlie has nearly vanished in many districts trials am! disappointment» of this life of Indiana, Illinois and Ohio, tbe three by the Hiticide route until they las-ome great bottle-makingstutes of the Union. e neuter! on the subject and find the The numls-rof Isiltles- and I am now next step comparatively easy. Whe’. talking only of the sort used by the less space is given to this das» of read whisky and lieer trade—made in tbe ing in tlie newspa|>erH they may be led United States yearly is so stupendous to seek something of a healthier tone that I'd dislike to give the figures for aud thereby grow lew morbid and de fear I’d be charged with exaggeration. •pondent. But when one plant, and itiat by no « « « « means the largest in the country, turns The other day a man walked into a out every day 2000 gross—that is 288,- confectioner’s store, where he was in 000 bottles- a dim idea may lie had of the habit of dropping in occasionally, the vast national output. The mystery and, sitting down to a table, called for of what becomes of al I Hie buttles is akin an icecream sisla. Only a young girl to that other profound puzzle associate«! was in attendance at the time and she with pins, only in the ease of Isittles, waited ou him before putting up a box their fragile composition explains very of candy for another customer. Hbe largely tbe destruction that attends paid no attention to him until lie called them. H.alistics kept by one of the big out to tier just after tlie customer left brewing houses of ('Incinnati and cov the store: “Kay, I want you to tell my ering a period of many years show that friends that I am tiled of life. I have the average life of a l>eer Isittle will not drank half of this bottle of laudanum,” extend beyond the ¡>erio<i of twelve till he said, holding up a isittle hefore her, ing».” "and here goes the other half.” Swal lowing the contents, he placed the bot Pennies are Scarce. tle in his pocket and walked out of the "What become» of all the pennies?” store. The girl was half beeide herself is aquestionover which Heeretary Khaw when a customer came in a few min is puzzling. The Uuited States coins utes later. "What shall I do?” she and puts in circulation on an average cried, wringing her hands. "Maybe it alsiut 75,00(1,000 of these little copper wasn't laudanum,” said the customer. tokens every year, and each spring and "It was just the color, and tlie bottle fall there is a demand from every where was marked laudanum. The gentleman for more. It is the big department received a description of the would-be- stores that make the greatest demand. suiclde and hasteue«i out, but all efforts The disappearance of many pennies is to trace tbe man, if he was not a prac accounted for by tbesavings of children tical joker on very serious subjects, but these givings banks <x>nl«l not gob proved unavailing. Tbe young lady ble up 75,000,000 a year. searched the morning |>a|>er» for the death of some unknown by the drowsy Bean Intoxication. poppy route, but there was nothing to Among the peasants of Southern confirm her fears. If it was a joke it Italy, Sicily and Sardinia a cur ous was a cruel thing to do, for tlie young malady has been noticed by physicians lady has lieen a nervous wreck ever which is caused by eating lieans. One since. of tbe most remarkable effects of tbe »»»». An incident recently happened in malady is a species of intoxication re one of tile stores that is patronized al sembling that produced by alcoholic most exclusively by the four hundred. drink. In mime cases persons predis- Three young ladies were examining psised to the malady are seized with the various articles of dainty lingerie when symptoms of intoxication if they pass tbe whole bevy of clerks and proprie a field where the bean plant is in tor» was thrown into a state of excite flower, the o<lor alone sufficing to affect ment bordering on freuzy when tbe them. "How’s business, Ebeu?" Tbe old mau waa washing at the sink after bls day's work. “Flue. Martby; tine!” “Does the store look just tbe Mme. with tbe red geranium Iu tbe window 1 Laud, bow I'd like to see it with tbs sun shining In: How does It look. Eb ent’ Ebeu did not answer for a moment. Wheu be did, hl» voice »book a bit. “Tbe store's never been tbe Mme almv you left, Martby.” A fulnt little flush came Into Martha’s withered cheek, is a wife ever too old to be moved by her husband's flattery? For years Ebeii and Martha had kept a tiny uotlou store; then Martha fell sick and was taken to the hospital. That was months ago. Nile was out now, but »lie would never tie strong ■gain—never !»■ partner In their happy little trade again. “I can't get over a hankering for a sight <>f tbe store,” thought Martha one forenoon. "If I take it real careful, 1 cun get down there. "Han't so far. Klien 'll scold, but he'll lie tickle«! most to death.” It took a long time for her to drug herself downtown, but ut last she stood ut tbe head of the little street where the store was. All of a sudden she stopixsl. Ahead, on tbe pavement, stood Eben. A tray hung from bls neck, on which were arranged a few cards of collar studs, some palters of pins und shoelaces. Two or three hold era were In Ills shaking old hand, and us lie stool he culled his wares. Martha clutched at the wall of the building She looked over the way at tlie little store. Its windows were tilled with fruit, an<l ail Italian name flut tered oil the awning. Then Marthu un derstood. The store had gone to puy her ex|x‘nses. She turn«»! and hurried away ub fast as her trembling limbs would take her. “It will hurt him so to bave me find out,” she thought, and the tears tric kled down her face. "He’s kept a secret from me, and I'll keep one from him,” she said to her self. “He shan’t know thut I know." That night when Eben came In. chill ed and weary, Martha askeii cheerful ly the old question: “How's business?” "Better ’n ever. Martby,” answered Eben.—Youth's Companion. THE BULLFIGHTER. Pict»re»«»e. Self <o»»elo»a a»«l th« Popstar Hero uf Spat». You could never mistake a bullfighter for a Ilian of auy other calling. He enforces upon himself a street costume the details of which are as immutable as those of a soldier's uniform. His hair must lie brushed forward over his ears, he must be smooth shaven, be must wear a tiny pigtail, liis Jacket may uot come below hla waist line, his shirt Is deeply fluted, and ill its front he wtuirB as magnlflceut a diamond as liis earnings and tbe gifts of his admirers can supply. Wheu be walks tbe streets on hts high French heels, glancing self consciously from beneath bls flat brim med sombrero, be Is followed on every side by puinted fingers. To sit with him at a cafe table is a distinction, aud tbe youngest of Mad rid's golden youth flush with pleasure when In public places be nods to them. At tbe fashionable hour in tbe I’rado tbey give him tbe seat of honor in tbe automobile. It Is a survival of the re- latlona of tbe “patron” and tbe gladi ator. And in return for this social rec ogiiitlon, when Bunday comes, tbe mat- adore before be kills the bull bows to the box In which bls rich patron sits and throws him bis three cornered bat and by so doing fills with envy the hearts of 15,000 men. What tbe effect bls fame, bls silken calves and his cloth of gold have upon the women of Spain has been sung by gtiterations of poets, playwrights and novelists of hla own country.—Richard Hording Davis in Scribner's. A Geatls Hint. A certain butcher is renowned among bls contemporaries for tbe quaintness and originality of some of bls remarks. On a road leading to a neighboring parish he one day met a gentleman who at tbe time owed him fur some meat. After a salutation the gentleman re marked: 'That's a tine fat dog you ba re, Al exander.” "Sae weel be may, sir,” was the reply, "for he baa an easy conscience and is oot o’ debt, and that's malr than you or I can say!” Tbe bint was taken, and tbe butcher got bls money next day.—London An swers. »tee Weeded It. An old colored woman who bad saved up a little money went to her lawyer to consult with him about investing it profitably. When she was asked, says Harper’s Magazine, what interest she expecte«!, she answered in a very sure ami eiopbstie uianuer: "Twelve per cent, Mr. Ji'dge." When the attorney expressed some serprioe. she explained her pasltlcn thus: "Well. Jedge, I ain't got much money, an’ yo* see I lias ter git a big per cent ter make up/"______________ buudred?” asked tbe sensible girt i "Well if you don’t, 1 do. Tbey used tn live ill the town where I lived In my more prosperous days. Tbey were|»»>r as jsiverly, and I've seen those girls ruimiug tNirefiMit many a day, not be cause they liked it, but simply for the reason they had m> »lines. Titan a friend or rvlstive from the East took pity on them and launched their father in business. He had a little country store aud slarle«l with some bankrupt »took. He sliccwded and was more tiiau suc cessful, ami a few year» ago lie s«>ld out and moved to tbe city They (tlie girls, 1 mean i have mom money Ilian brains, and they seem to forget that I can re member as far liack a» the day that the sewing society of the church met at our house r.nd devoted a whole day to making little calico dresses and oilier clothing for tlie family. Time» bave changed, but knowing their past life I am only amused, and yet at the same time pity those girls for lack of tlie womanly character that marks true re finement and makes tlie fair sex lova ble," and »lie turned away to wait on a customer, witli a smile of disdain. • » » » Tins customer said to the clerk, "I want a rag dolly dresned la blue for my doggie. P<»>r Fido lo't bis dolly tlial he has had since lie was a little puppy, and lie’s mourned himself aimoet to death. 1 ilon’t think he’d like that one,” she said, examining a very pretty doll, "because the doll lie lost wa» dressed iu blue. No, p«x>r little fellow, be won’t even l<s>k al it. Take it away, for it will only anger him, |>oor pet. Ab, now you have it; a dolly dressed iu blue. Look at it, Fido," and tlie dog barked and showed liis teeth. “Yes, I’ll take that oue. You needn't wrap it up, I’ll just carry them both,” she said, cheerfully laying down l five dol- lars for the doll. This is a fact fire-engine went tearing past, and one of the engine? m it pasted the store, iu turning out to avoid running down a team, tipped over carrying the helple-s driver, who was strapp«*d to tbe wit. with it. The flan’«» «hot out of the en gine threatening destruction, but were subdued. A great, cry went up from many throats, for no one dreamtsi tut what the man was killed outright Those who saw the frantic struggles of Pleased at It. "The fools are not all dead yet.” aaid the man to free himself from tbe i traps that tMMind him to the seat knew, too, tbe angry husbaud. “I'm glad of It, dear,” calmly replied that the brave driver realised that bis tbe other half of the combination. “1 chances were «inn for ever coming out never did look well tn black."--Cbicagi of the accident alive. When he was Newa finally releastni from his >>erilous | mw (- llon and It «as found he V33ccf kt!!«”!, ■Bae« Mel had. Caller—Mr. Sharpe, 1 bave come to although severely Injured, order was ask your advice as to tbe quickest way soon restored, ami the clerks went back to their work. "Dear me,” said to be relieved from my debts? Lawyer (thinking for a moment of one of the three young lailiee, who had something else) — Pay them. — Chicago not left their neats during tbe excite Tribune. ment, "how much common people do make out of a little thing like that” •ba Hag Blas. Ha—Carrie, I believe you think I'm a "It wasn’t a very little thing,” said a sensible girl, “when that poor driver foot. She—And yet you say I'm always In wm nearly killed.” “There are others,” rep Ik’d the fashionable girl, with a cool tbe wrong.- Boston Transcript. stare at the impudence of the girl who In Korea a serviceable umbrella costa should thus address her. "Do you about 12 centa Tbe covering la of oiled know thiwe young women who claim i to lie ladle» and memlwni of the four paper. Five acre» of land around Charing Cram are held by tlie Marquis of Salis bury. TUemr teclea Were obtained by ills ancestors 250 years ago for grazing land at the low price <>i $2 50 an acre for 500 years. NV nal trial tittle nargaiu has been worth to the Cecils it would be rather difficult to accurately compute. It is a curious fact, wliieb has hith erto puzzle«! the most clever philoso phers, that common brass which is «uL- jecl«i for some time to constant tension occasionally undergoes a remarkable change, it loses Its tenacity and in a short time becomes almost as brittle as glass- It is proposed to cut a railway tunnel through the mountain known as the Fausille, in the Jura Alp», and so shorten the journey between Paris and Switzer land by two and a half hours. It is announced that the Ameer of Af ghanistan has simultaneously taken to himself no fewer than live wive». Tbe desire to get something for noth ing makes men pay something for noth ing- _________________ Kentucky negroes consider that the caterpillar brings fever. CHOICE MISCELLANY NEW SHORT STORIES FACTS IN FEW LINES BADGES FOR BALL8. dnrgeo»» Striae la ¥•■»• Baal BMe la «»a Veek. the One of the most necessary adjuncts la tbe equipment of badges. For an av erage ball alxMit forty of these are re quired. and they are made up on a scale of magultlcvuee that evidently apiieuls to the east side couiraltteemau. Tbe floor manager and hla assistant have tbe most elaborate, rivaling even that of tbe president of the association un der wlmse auspices tbe festivities are given, say» the New Y°rk Mail and Ex pre»» The secretaries. correspond ing and fluanelal; tbe treasurer, tbe chairman of tbe committee of arrange ments and hla assistants are all pro vided for, as well as tbe sergeant-al arms and the marshal. These badges are from two to four Inches in diameter, of pink, white, blue and green silk ribbon, with tinsel ga lore, and on the rosette in tbe center the Initials of the association and tbe rank of the wearer. The badges for the m-rgeiints at arms and marshal have miniature policeman's clubs as an addi tional decoration. It is the custom to place these badges in a frame ami exhibit them In some favored window, flanked on either side by tbe cards announcing tbe ball Itself. Many a youthful chest swellB with pride us Its owner secs in the window before him the decoration that will indicate that fir one evening at least he will be "In de real push, see?” P»aerew»kl*» ntstlaetloa. There was a day when Paderewski’S English was not fluent. One evening before u choice company in bls ele gant apartments in New York he waa showing a few highly flattered callers how to do this, that and t'other on the keys of his grand piano, explaining In bad English as he went. Of course tbe man was present who is ever ready to supply a word when a speaker hesi tates. Tbe famous artist, landing with both ha mis as if be had just dropped from the celling, exclaimed, “Harmo- uy!” All applauded the perfect con- cord. He shot down again, like a trip- In i mmer, and would have exclaimed again, but the word refused to coma "What you call-er—er”— "Discord,” put In the supplier of wordB. Paderewski’s hair stood straight out, and his face was white aud red with anger. Jump ing up from the stool, he sputtered: “Deeseort! No! With me a deescort Iss eempossible!” He would not be per suaded to touch the Instrument again that night. The unintentional Insult struck deep. Queer Goldfish. The I.oat sistecBib •« » •sssad. If one grain of sand on tbe shore of the ocean were lost and scientists were to s|M*ud years in trying to And tt. tbey would be attempting a task resembling that to which leading astronomers of England and France are now devoting themselves. One-sixteenth of a secoud is missing, and no one can tell where tt has gone. Between tbe sun’s time as recorded et Greenwich and as un derstood at Paris there is that brief and seemingly unimportant discrep ancy. No expense is lielng spared to trace the missing fractlou. A special building has lieen erected at Paris, coatiy instruments Installed, a corps of mathematicians engaged and a process that may take year» to complete has been commenced. The Inaccuracy is more Important than will appear to the lay mind. Ixmgltude Is calculated on the basis of Greenwich time. It de termines tbe boundaries of many coun tries. A »light variation of tima may change the nationality of thousands of IH-uple. The pursuit of tbe missing fraction of a second la t herofore of worldwide Importance, We shall all be much relieved when It has ls*en found. for then not a grain of the sands of time will lie missing.—Toronto Mall nnd Empire. »«■•t«e Ha»»«*» Fewer. A ginseng trust has tieen formed la Japan. Thwe are 9.900 boys in tbe RritUt naiy, Including tl.200 umler trulniug. Millions of mussels have receutly Ins’ll washed ashore near Kwausen Waleo. In Berlin 833 public buildings ar* owned by the state and 497 by tbt municipality. Bicycles are taxed In Vancouver, It C., the municipal revenue from that source lust year being £557. Penrith, Cumberland, England, ts tc tie lighted by electricity, power beliif obtained from the river Earnout. Wire acreeus Hre now plneed In th« tramway cars at New Orleans to sepa rate iiegr<»w from white passengers. While 3.500 coat cutting machines ar« u»<sl In l iuled States mines, there ar« less than 40t> asn-li macliines in British collieries. Her puppy having died, a fox terrlei at Twickenham is now contentedly act Ing as luster mother tu a couple of young kittens. Under light amrstliesla ammonia ap plhsl to a cat's nose will cause a ear dlo Inhibition and a rise of blood pre» sure Iu rabbits the effect is the same Bullets shot In military target prae tice nowadays are caught on an hi dined surface made uf sheet Iron back of the target, are remelted and beeoim bullets again. In Worcestershire, England, 499 w<> men are engaged making sue hors while 703 others, make needles am' 1,044 nails. Nearly all are married wo men or widows. By order of the Japanese ernpres- woollen legs have Just beeu dlstrlbutis to tlie »even maimed survivors of tin Aomori disaster, when 2<X) Japanese soldiers wore frozen to death. Reports from .Manitoba show an itu inonse increase In the production ot wheat in that section This must to a greater or iesser extent nffis-t the pro duction of this grain in the Uuited States. The decision of the dlr<*ctors of the theater at llalle, in Germany, to dis tinguish by menus of red and white advertising |K>sters between playa that are fit for young persons to witness and those that are not Is causing some amusement. As a model a Munich sculptor has hired n full grown lion from a menag- erle. Tlie animal eats t wet ve pounds of horseflesh dally and drinks ten gal- Ions of milk The <*ost of its food and its keeper's pay la $10 a day. The menagerie Is to receive $1,500 If tbe lion dies. According to tlie statistical register of South Australia, Germany supplies considerably more than half of the for eigners who take out papers of natu ralization. Out of a total of 3.7<B the Germans numbered 2.004. Clilna came next, with 284: then Scandinavia, 270, and Austria. 115. An International agreement for the protection of birds that are useful to agriculture was signed nt Paris this year by representatives of Belgium, France, Switzerland, Sweden. Spain, Portugal. Austria-Hungary, Greece and tbe principalities of Monaco. Lichten stein and Luxemburg. 'File kaiser has had a carriage built from his own designs for use for Ills corres|M>iidence on the field It Is drawn by six horses and Is always near at hand. Writing material Is stored ill drawers, ami by letting down a panel a convenient writing table Is formed. It lias a roof and canvas sides, permit ting its use in all weathers. A typewriter for the pocket Is one of the latest bits of American Ingenuity specially designed to meet the require ments of Jourmillsts and authors who need to take notes tinder conditions where n pencil ami paper would uot be convenient. It may he worked without removing the bands from tlie |Kx-ket. It Is four Inches long by three Inches wide. In a dispatch from Moscow the cor- respondent of the London Daily Mall says that a Dr. Koulatke has succeeded In his cxjs’rlmeiits In reanimating the heart of an Infant which he had ex tracted from a child who had died twenty-four hours previously. The heart beat with normal regularity for one hour. Dr. Koulatke hopes that bls discovery will assist In reanlmatlon In eases of death t>y drowning. It has been suggested that a memo rial window be placed in Westminster abbey In honor of the late Duke of Westminster. Considerable Indignant protest Is lielng heard on tbe ground that such honor should ts? reserved for really great men. One critic says: “He was merely a good average duke of a kind that we breed as easily as we breed goo«l average grocers, It Is In tolerable that 1 West mlnst er abbey should lie spoiled I to do him postini- mous honor." Tbe bulk of tbe British preserves Is made In Ixmdon. A reliable estimate gives the weekly output by Dindon makers as 500 to 000 tons, ami this out put is annually Increasing. Taking the average net profit at $20 per ton. the •rW.’il profit amounts tc about $'. l.OOo per week, or nearly $1X10.000 |>er an num Thia very safe estimate «!•»-? not Include tbe profits accruing from con fectionery. candled jieel. sauces uinl oiuer cOinestibies manufactured ~by nearly all English preserving firms. After working for thlrty-two years W.illam 8. Hughes, a New York ma chinist. |ierfe<-ted a smoke consuming device for locomotives nti«i other en gine I »oilers Hughes had no capital to back lit» Invention, but succeeded Iu having It brought to tbe notice of Cor nelius Vanderbilt Tbe millionaire me chanic had the device tested on an ele vated train locomotive nnd«*r bls per sonal Inspection making a trip from tbe Battery to Harlem. Mr. Vander bilt has dacid'i to aid Hughes iu Ilia matter. A good »lory was told of Senator Hanna's power by a well known mem- Iwr of congress who accompanied him fr<Mii Cleveland to Waaiiington. Sev eral senators and representative« were oil the train, and in the name sleeping car were several meuitiers of the Bond ed Warehouse association. The whole party gut out at Pittsburg for an airing. Slid while they were walking up and down the station platform their train pulled out and «way. When It Anally dawned upon them that their sleeping car had reully gone, the uieuiliers of the Bonded Warehouse association b *- mine exossllngty anxious and hurried to the office of the division superintend ent of the Pullmau company. “I am sorry, gentlemen.” said tbe su perintendent. “that your train should have left you. but all that 1 can do is to give you accommodations in a chair car from here to Altoona. There you will be able to get a sleeping car through to Waaiiington.” "What time can we get to Iasi?” was asked. “One o'clock.” “That will never do,” said one of tbe I party, “Our tickets call for sleeping car accomniislations from Cleveland io Washington, and we must have them.” “Can't be done, gentlemen,” said the Tribe of Eskimos Foeod. The remnant of a remarkable and superintendent. “Very sorry, but it is hitherto lost tribe of Eskimos has re absolutely lini>ossible.” "But Senator Hanna”— cently been discovered on Southampton "What! Senator Hanna! Is be left?” island, at the extreme north eud of “He Is.” Hudson bay. It Is said that until re “Gentlemen, lie seated. I will see cently these people have never had an opisirtunity of seeing a white mar. what can be done.” In five minutes one of tbe best sleep I Their huts are built of the great Jaws of whales, covered with skins. In tbe ing ears in tbe Pullman service was I middle Is an elevation, on which is a ready, and tbe party came on to stone lamp used for lighting, beating, Washington rejoicing. cooking, melting snow and drying Took Him For a “P»a.” clothes. The lamp is only a dish of The late Justice Gray was a man of whale oil, in which is a wick of dry moss. Indeed the whale is tbe chief aiiHtere manner and not the subject means by which these is-ople live, the one would choose for a practical joke, bones being utilized for making plates, but none the less was lie ready to en cups and sledges, but they also use joy a Joke on himself and to tell It. sledges of walrus tusks, with deer an This is one of his stories. About the tlers for crosspieces. The tribe is al time that John L. Sullivan was at the most extinct, as only some sixteen are zenith of his glory Mr. Gray was trav left. They speak a dialect peculiar to eling In the west and compelled, themselves and are very daring hunt- through missing a connection, to wait an hour or more at a little Junction era. town In Kansas. As he strolled back ,■ A Tender Hearted Girl. Softer than swansdown was her heart, more teuder than spring tints in the sky. She could not bear to give pain to any living thing. As they walked through the woods such was his love that he went first and brushed away the spider webs with his face. All about them lay the beauties of nature and tbe habitations pf civiliza tion. "See!” be cried, pointing to u forest giant. “See!” And on It she saw a graven heart with their names cut Inside it. “Oh. cruel, cruel!” site wept. "Our engagement Is broken. I would not marry a monster who thus Inflicts pain on”— “What!” be cried. “What have I done that Is so cruel?” “You have cut a live oak tree!” Beautiful and most interesting of all goldfish Is a native of Japan, und it is- noted fur the beauty of Its tail and tliê abnormal length of its fins. The tall resembles a delicate veil, und tlie fins are developed to such an extent that It is Imiiossible for tbe fish to make rapid progress in tbe wa ter. It Is therefore solely on account of Its lieauty that it is prized und becuuse In this resix-ct it differs widely from oth er vurletlra of goldfish, such us the “telescope fish,” the eyes of which bulge out of the lieud tn most unsight ly fashion; the “ceh’stial eyed fish,’’ which Is also uncomely because Its H a I rmi IO ix Caanoaa. eyes nre bullet shaped and are ever Storm cannons are very common In turned skyward, and the "egg fish,” which is so calks] because its body Is Italy now along tlie southern sloiies of somewhat ninorplious, but resembles tbe Alps, where damage from hail storms during harvest time Is alwuys an egg more than anything else. Imminent, Bays the Argonaut. They “BX YOU HSALLY JOHN SULLIVAN?” are tbe Invention of a l’ndua Arm. A Pretty Bad Imitation. They look like a huge megaphone, and and forth on the platform Ills great A certain well known Bostonian is un enthusiastic Yale man and in col- they are set, with their wide mouths height and massive build naturally at lege was a member of the glee club gaping skyward, beside little houses tracted the attention of the station and was fatuous for his yodel, which that look like sentry boxes. When they I loungers, and within ten minutes some wn s fearless and ear piercing. While are fired, they boom like “sure enough” I report had spread through tbe town on a shooting trip in the west a class- cannons, but instead of a ball or shell which drew half the Inhabitants down or other similar projectile they emit a 1 to the tracks, where they stood in mate in the party, remembering this ring of smoke which grows larger and ' groups staring at tlie judge, who was accomplishment when it was reported that the guide was from Switzerland, larger as It ascends until at last be- i quite at a loss to understand their curi said one night, as tbey were smoking fore it breaks It Is big enough to sur osity. Fifteen minutes later it was ex round a ten acre field. Instead of hail plained, when a gaunt and gawky around the camptire: only rain falls wheu the guns are used, 1 «countryman approached liitii and ask “Jack, give us a yodel as you did In and damage to crops Is prevented. ed: college. The guide will appreciate It.” “Be yon really John Sullivan, the And Jack yodeled with a strength scrapper?” Misdirected Mall. nnd brilliancy never before equaled at The postoffice department has pre a concert or "on the fence.” After the The Careful Stenographer. air was again ’at rest and the fright pared a set of statistics, says the “It was an hour after midnight when Springfield Republican, which amount ened animals afar off bad plucked up there came a furious ringing at my courage eisiugb to stop running, the to nn indictment against every fourth doorbell,” aaid Alie Grulier, dellverlug person in tbe country for misdirecting classmate said to the guide: his "latest” to a numlier of friends. “Pfeiffer, doesn’t that make you mail. The department handled 19,954,- “The next minute I poked my head out 437 pieces of mail last year which were homesick?” of an imper window and luqulred as to And the genuine Switzer responded, wrongly or imperfectly directed. Near wliat the visitor wanted. ly 10,000.000 of these were either for “No. only lick."—New York Times. " 'This Is where Mr. Gruber lives?' warded with correct addresses or re “ 'Yes; I nm Mr. Gruber. Wlia is turned to the sender. The money Willow Tree» I» America. it?’ The weeping willow tree came to taken from the letters that fouud their “ 'You delivered a speech tills even- America through tbe medium of Alex way to the dead letter office and for Ing in which you mentioned Corlias ander I’opr. tlie poet, who planted a which no owners could be found, to McGIbney?’ willow twig on tbe banks of the Thames gether with the amount realized from “‘I did.’ the auction sale of unclaimed articles at his Twickenham villa. The twig “ ‘Was he a Protestant or a Roman came to biin in a box of figs sent from accumulated in the office, aggregatisi Catholic?’ Smyrna by a friend who had lost all tn $18,458.83. “’He was a Protestant. But wliat’— the south sea bubble and bad gone to “ ’Thanks. That's all 1 wanted to “Tanpisar” the Telephone. that distant land to recoup his fortunes. know, I'in tbe shorthand reporter that In Stockholm almost every house A young British officer who came to took down tbe speech, aud I couldn’t Boston with the army to crush the re- holder is "on tbe telephone." and prac tell from m.v notes whether you suld bellion of tlie American colonies brought tically every kind of business is dis be entered tbe ministry or the monas with him a twig from Pope’s now beau cussed by means of the Instrument. tery. G’nlgbt.’”—New York Times. tiful willow tree. Intending to plant it This fact has l>een turned to account in America when he should comforta by the police authorities in a curious What Waa Scarce. bly settle down on lands confiscated way. The creditors of a business mail In making a tour of tbe Trausvaal to who had serious doubts of bis integri from the conquered Americans. The acquaint hlntxelf with !ta people Lord young'officer, disappointed in these ex ty employed a detective to obtain in- Milner Is following tbe example which pectations. gave his twig, wrap- for’aatlob about hint. The dctecUvo Sir George Grey set in South Africa p«d In oil silk, to John Parke Cuetls, "tapped” the telephone wire from a many years ago. It was a red letter Mrs. Washington's son, who planted it house at which tbe suspect was stay day tn the history of a household on on hl? AMngdrn estate. in V'rglni«. tt ing and overbenrd many private con the veidt when Grey calhsl and took I thrived and tícenme the progenitor of versations. Tbe action of the detective, coffee and spent half an hour in talk however, aroused considerable indigna all our willow tretts. Tbe chair be sat in was sure to tie pre I tion among the community. served as a memento But this regard Aak "Why»” for him had a very amusing contrast If boys could learn at school all about The CostermoRfer. in an experience of bls nt a little up education, that would only leave them The costermonger Ims found an apol Country hotel. When tbe bill whs being very dull iierwins. The object of their ogist in tbe London Lancet. It Is bls paid, one of Grey’s companions drew education at school Is to give boys men- business to watch tbe markets and to attention to a rather excessive charge tai* alertness and an eternal curiosity, buy extensively when there is a glut which the landlord put against the eggs and its real test is whether It leaves and to distribute the purchases as he bad served to tbe party at break them always saying to themselves, quickly as possible. He thus prevents fast. Grey, who liked tils little Joke, “Why?” I do not know whether you tbe wholesale destruction of perishable said on taking leave of the landlord. have ever thought about it, but all tbe goods, and be also discourages the in “By tbe way. eggs seetu to I>e rather great discoveries of the world have clination of small shopkee|MTs to make scarce up here." “No.” said tbe land come iMM'ause some one has asked that extortionate charges. lord, “It's governors that are senrie.” question. Tbe words of industry show I* His 1st bar’s fMlatiH Ta Rest Hla Brea. nothing more clearly than that all real w»l»«. Rinks— llld Smith's father leave him The people who quit reading "Just to mental skill depends on asking ques Browning loaned I-ord Coleridge one tions. Tbe answer is sure to follow. rest their eyes" might take« hint by In of bls works to read, and afterward, anything? Jinks—Only bio debts, Tbe real mental capacity is not dis ference from the reply made by an old meeting the poet, tbe lord chief Juatlce Rinks—How ts Smith getting along? played by the man who answers the Mississippi illiterate. A passing man Mid to him: “What I eoukl under Jink»—Well, he baa greatly increased question, but by tbe man who asks It— found him apparently deeply interested stand I heartily admired, and parts his Inheritance.-- Baltimore American. Bishop Creighton's “Thoughts on Edu In a paper. •ught to be Immortal. But as to much cation.” On looking close It became apparent of it I nally could not tell whether I Ability. that his paper was ujiside down, and admired It or not. be«-au»e for the life ■■•reauU DtwtytlM. Tornano Johnson has no ability of be was asked forthwith why be held It of me I could not undents ml It.” Nervous Parent—Stop that! Haven’t thus. Browning repllwl, “If a reader of any kind. I told you tbe last fifty times I bad to Jackson—Nonsense. Why, be can His reply almost knocked tbe ques your caliber iimientands 10 per cent correct you for that I wouldn't speak tioner out. It was: ask you for a loan In such a way that of wliat 1 write. I think I ovaht to lw to you again about lt?-Los Angeles you thank your lucky stars fur tbe op "Just to rest my eyes!"— Kansas City content." Herald. portunity to aceommudate him. Indépendant. »
