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-
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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.
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