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■ V t BANDON RECORDER. THE TRAMP’S PARLOR CAR A Horn« FrBB» Wfelafe Ua la Otten Dlslodget. A casual observer might wonder why the rods bolted through the timbers at either end are placed under freight cars. They are not put there for hoboes to ride on. but to stiffen the fluor of the car. Sometimes there are four, two close together on each side, but more often there are six. separated by equal distances. At the center, where the rods are rid den, there is ofteu room between them and the bottom ot the car for a man to ■it almost upright, though with bls bead bowed forward, but where there are six rods the hobo usually Iles acrons them like a steak on a gridiron. While tt* train Is moving slowly it is easy as a rule to drive him off by throwing coal or rocks at him. If it is going very fast, there is danger of kill ing him, and that Is likely to get the brakeman in trouble (from ten years to life is customary). There is one other way of removing a hobo from the rods under a freight, but the brakeman must be a man of steady nerve, quickness and physical strength; also lie mujt know exactly where the bolsi la before he comes off the top to get him. Dropping from the train a car or two ahead ot the one under which the man Is riding, the brakeman has time to brace himself before that car reaches him (the train should be mov ing only slowly); then be seizes the hobo by the coat collar or Uy his arms. The motion of the train dot's the rest, ■ nd th* *■ «trapped on the ground —Leslie's Weekly. in their clothing whatever, except to wear a broad baud of crape arouud tbe j arm I* I ween the ahoulder aud the' eltiow. I have seen meu with tbecrai«« ' liand ou tbe sleeve iustead of tbe bat as formerly. However, 1 dou’t think it is a fa«t that ia going to take very well, as i ■siwparatively few have adopted it. Do you kuow, some people think I am uever happy uu !« ms there is an epidemic or fatal disaater or aomelhing of that kind goiug ou? Now, that ia not kind and it la uot true; somebody has to be iu thia business, why uot 1? But you call rest assured 1 am never happy to ' • know that others are suffering ” • »•» 1 imagine I hear tbe readers of Illis column saying, “how in tlie world «lid , you ever manage to get on such a melancholy subject, Polly?” ami 1 can only lay the blame ou the cheerful undertaker who wanted to tell me a few of his trials and tribulations, and ex plain that Improvements were con- ■tantly being made in Ins chosen calling that would serve to make less mournful tbeiiread presence of tbe destroyer to tbe living. »»»» *• Do you believe in the resurrection of the dead, Polly'.”’ arked a friend tlie other day, and I answered, “ Yes, even ' as I do that the flowers which wither and die at the touch of the frost's icy | hand in the Wiuter, wdl lie resurrected and spring up with the first breath of. Rpriug and awake to new life and lie crowned with buds and blousonis fair aud sweet. Nature preaches it to us I front season to season. Why should we waut to believe, why should we believe that deatli ends all? It is only tlie, sleep from which we waken in lite land beautiful.” A COMEDIAN’S TRICK. k»M fey Whleh Hs g»eaF»a Am»t sad Had His D»*<» Raid. Many amusing stories *t'e of Joe tiain«*a, s comedian »f time ot I'hurles IL, sometimes called “Count” Halnaa, It is said that be was arrested one morning by two bailiff** for a debt of £20. when be saw a bishop to whom lie was related passing along in bis coach. With ready raxzuri-e be imme diately saw a loopboia for escape, and, turning to tbe men, be Baid, ”L«t me •|>eak to his lordship, to whom 1 aw well known, and be <1H Pu>’ the debt aud your charges into the bargain.” The lialliffs thought they might ven ture this, us they were within two or three yards of the coach, and acceded to the request. Joe boldly advanced and took off bls hat to tbe blabop. Hl» lordship ordered tbe coach to stop, when Joe whispered to the divine that the two men wen suffering from such scruples of «-onsdeuc» that he feured they would bang themselves, suggest Ing that ills lordslip should invite them to his house uid promise to satisfy them. The blslio) agreed, and, calling to tbe bailiffs, h» said, “You two men come to me tomarrow morning, and I will satisfy you.’ The men booed and went away- pleased, and eary tbe next day waited on his lordship, who, when they were ushered in, said, "Well, my meu, what ure these scruplag of conscience?” “Scruples?” rolled one of them. “We have no scrupled We are bailiffs, my lord, who yesterjuy-arrested your cou sin, Joe Haine« for a debt of £20, aud your lordship kindly promise«! to satis fy us.” The trick a strange, but the result was strang^, for his lordship, either appreciating its cleverness or consider ing himself bound by the promise he had unintfntionaliy given, there aud then settl with tbe men in full. WASHINGTON LETTER NEW SHORT STOR’ES CHOICE MISCELLANY ¡Special Corrsapondence.) The subject of a new public building to lie located on the square bounded by Jacksou place. Seventeenth and H Strom » and Pennsylvania avenue. Just north of the state, war and navy de- partmant building, is under discus sion by the senate committee on pub lic buildings aud grounds. beuator Fairbanks, tlie chairman of this com mittee, some time ago Introduced a bill in the senate providing for a building on this site for the dejiartments of state and Justice. That bill baa beeu under dlscussiou, aud it baa already beeu de cided by the committee that aueb a building should contain offices for the president of the United States, so that It will probably be styled the execu tive, state and Justice buildiug. The square Just north of Pennsylva nia avenue, between Jackson place and Seventeenth street, is regarded as admirably suited for a buildiug in which tlie offices of the presideut can be located. It Is contemplated to con struct between the building aud the White House a tunnel, so that when the president desires he can pass from his office to bls borne without going out of doors. This tunnel will be lighted by electricity and ornamented in such a way that it will appear, lu fact, no different from a beautiful corridor in tlie building. Young ladies must be scarce iu You Bet, • promising luiulug town m Ne vada county. A few weeks ago two youug tueu, resblents of the town, ad vertised for wives, with the result that they are very happily married and are the envy of ail the rest of the miserable old bachelors. The success ot their 1« 1* low workiueu led six other young men to eu ter the ranks of the benedicts by ad vertising lu the Grass Valley Uuion- Herald for wives to share their lot, “for richer, for poorer; for better, for worse.” While the young men would uot allow their uatues to be published they are kuowu to be prosperous and |«ossesse<i of abuudaut tueaus aud arc amply aide to provide for their wives. You Bet is loetfled in the heart of the mountains. Mining is the chief Industry, but there is one serious drawbaca, there are but few wotueu iu the vlciuity. “C'arrv the news to Mary,’’ for here is auotber inau advertising for a wife to share his joys and sorrows, aud according to his own statement be 1» no trifler. Tin postmaster of Hau Francisco has re ceived a manly, straight-forward letter After White Hossa Rats. from Hlepben Ash, of Meiltta, Honotua A new rut catcher has come to town i-ounty, Cal., iu which be says: “Hav bent ou exterminating the rats at the ing xea«i in the Han Francisco papers White House. He’s willing to work hs|S you have been the recipient of l»y the day. Job or scalp. His card uuiu«ro«s letters front K»stern girls de reads': “W. B. Linthicum, Professional siring husbands, would you kindly give Rat Catcher. All Work Guaranteed.” me the address of one or two of the girls Linthicum, who came here from Bal who are looking for husbands. I am a timore, is a constituent of Represent Parore For Plaster PatcBes. ative Wachter. He saw Mr. Wachter stone cutter by tra'ie, with steady work Plaster patches were introduced ln ami offered to send at once for his "In ■nd good wages. Enclosed find stamp England in the reign of Edward VI. by struments” — eleven ferrets and flvs for reply. ” The postmaster sent him a foreign lady who in this manner in dogs. • lilE BULGARIAN. genlously concealed a wen on her neck. the addresHes of a number ot women "For heaven's sake, don't bring them They became such u craze aud were from Detroit, Troy and other cities who BRIEF REVIEW to the capitol!” pleaded Mr. Wachter, A Peewlkr Fellow. He la Hither a carried to such exaggerated lengths have written him in reply to the story who at once wrote Secretary Cortelyou Hibldler or a Peasant. that they were Anally lampooned out circulated through the East that five asking that the president consider A Hone’» Sense ot Smell, of sight. The men, as well as the wo hundred Tacoma men were desirous of It Is aetrange country of contrasts, A horse will leave musty hay Ull- this Bulgaria that people have so long Maryland in distributing any |>atron- men, stuck themselves over with these obtaining wives from the far East. age connected with the rat killing in touched in his bin, however hungry. watched ns a danger spot. Tbe peasant beauty spots, No lady of fashion con- dustry. Now, Polly would like to know what aldered her l let complete until she He will not drink water objectionable is a heavily built fellow, with a Kal Linthicum claims to be the cham was equipped with her little box of is the matter with California with all to his questioning snitl', or from any in uk nose if he happens to be pure bred pion rat killer of the world. He esti patches cut in her favorite design. If cities, towns and villages, with their bucket which some odor makes often- ' from tbe original Samoyede stock, mates that he has exterminated more one happened to come off In company, wealth of pretty aud attractive na- sive, however tliirBty. His intelligent which b> uot likely. His language has than a million rats. she hurriedly replaced It with a fresh five daughters who would make "I could clean out that White House nostril will widen, quiver and query become Slavic, which means a lan one from the box. charming wives aud preside admirably guage In which “beefsteak” is “mpiph- In a few days,” he said. Linthicum will over the daintiest bit ottered by the At length patching in England went over their homes? What possesses tekl” and "omelet souffle” is "omlet remain in town until be hears from so far that party spirit was symbolized these young men to g<> far away from fairest of hands, with coaxings that cuplile.” Secretary Cortelyou. by the position of the patches. A letter home for the queen of the hearthstone? would make a mortal shut his eyes and | Tbe Bulgarian is a peasant or a sol Rat traps, rut poisons and rat killing swallow a mouthful at a gulp. A mare in the paper on June 2, 1711, tells of dier. He knows no other trade. As a suggestions continue to pour into the »»»» a visit to the Haymarket and the dis is never satisfied by either sight or farmer the sheep Is all in all to him, White House. “Yes,” sahl the undertaker, “the whinny that her colt is really her own | food and clothing and companionship, covery by the writer of three classes Au tneon»rational Preaidrat. of women In the boxes all differently tasluou changes lu funerals and wear until she has a certified nasal pns>f of says a writer in The Era. He lives in a The other day the president para patched. Upon inquiry be discovered ing apparel for mourning, just as II the fact. A blind horse, now living, hovel, does not understand why be lyzed some old conservatives by being that those who patched on the right loes f< r anything else. Come in aud will not allow the approach of any ( should be taxed and makes bls women seen In the street playing ball with side of the forehead were Whigs and <ee the latest things we have in coffins. slave in the field. He is called close- some boys. The president didn't know stranger without showingsigns of anger those who favored the left were To Now this pearl gray casket has J uh I not safely to be disregarded. The dis I fisted, churlish and suspicious and has who the boys were, and it did not make ries, while those who patched indiffer , Borne of the virtues that ofteu go with the slightest difference to him. They ently on either side were a neutral been prepared to send out for tlie wife tiuctiou is evidently made by bis Hense those qualities. were having a flue time when lie came party, whose faces bad not yet de of a very wealt hy man ou C--------- street. of smell, and at considerabe distance. | When Bulgaria became practically along, and the sight of their joy was clared themselves.—Harper's Weekly. Money does not count with him aud we Blind horses, as a rule, will gallop free of the sultan, there were many too much for him. He promptly asked have orders to spare uo expense. The wildly about a pasture without striking - Turks left in the country. These are to be let in. and the first tiling tlie boys AuBBatiB Daly’s Wit. gray cloth covering the casket cost four the surrounding fence. Tbe sense of gradually being crowded out. but there knew they were pluying ball with a An actor who knew Augustin Daly dollars a yard, the white satin lining smell informs them of its proximity.' Is still a mosque in Christiau Sofia, and president of the United States who did well told this story of the great theat three dollars a yard, and tbe lace about Others will, when hmseneti from the | lu the palace of the sobranje, or parlia not approve of the particular curve rical manager’s ready wit: the pillow a dollar aud a half a yard. stable, go direct to the gate or the bars 1 ment, where the members have better they affected and liegan teaching them “We both chanced to be depositors In accommodations than the lords of Brit a new one. For ten minutes be delight and victims of a bank which suspended You see all of the unpleaaant feelings opened to their accustomed feeding ain on the Thames embankment, some ed them and apparently himself and me experiences wbeu usually looking payment. Like otbei-B, when the news grounds, and when desiring to return, twenty Turkish deputies always sit to then went on bis way. while the young of the disaster became known we bur at a casket disappears. It is so con after hours of careless wandering will gether and exert an Influence that they sters cheered him off. rled off to the bank to pick up what In structed that oue side lets down and distinguish an outlet, and awaits its i never could do In their own land by It is thut sort of tblmr that a stool shea ih . -------*- <------------ Viti IIOZ ________ ul U. U V« formation we could, and coming down the ends are thrown out so that it looks uinciai Washington until it is bolding avmww uiLU tuv eireei like the oecupaul is reclining on a little Every Saturday the members of the its breath in wonder. They never suw Mr. Daly's foot caught In the mat. and. bed of tufted satin. Wbeu the form is sobranje are paid at the rate of 15 To Reclaim Site of Fort Lee. the like before, and it tiles in the face with some difficulty, he managed to placed lr> the casket a dainty lace can francs a day, all in silver flve franc The site of old Fort lute of Revolu pieces. These peasant lawmakers knot of anything else they ever heard of, save himself from fulling. I was en opy is erected over her. Thus, you see, tionary fame is to lie reclaimed, con and nothing but the president's per tering the building, and, seeing the It up In handkerchiefs, grin slowly and sonal popularity saves him from severe only the most pleasing thoughts remain verted from a mo quito swamp to a mishap, I ran up. saying: shake the Jingling pieces playfully in “T hope you have not hurt yourself.’ in regard to one who is sleeping her properly kept reservation, and marked one another's face. They are playing criticism. His pel expressions also come in for ” ‘Oh, no; thank you,’ he replied, Ì last sleep. Colored flowers and ribbons by a monument. When the State at statesmanship yet, but fairly well much comment, as many of them are only lost my balance.’ ” are used much more than they used to Board of Health of New Jersey drained upon the whole. those popular as a rule among country tie. Iu days gone by, everyone thought off the polluted waters of Paiker’s Pond, folk and rarely beard in the city. He The Skin of My Teeth. Function» of Fralt, that only white flowers and white rib edified some persons who were with In the book of Job appears the ■en bon could be used, and now it is every a sluggish pool on the Palisades, some Tlie Medicine Brief thus summarizes him in the cabinet room the other day 2000 feet back from the cliffs, indisputa tencs, “I am escaped with the skin of thing from violet to piuk aud cream ble evidences were found that tills the various uses of fruit in relieving by exclaiming, "By gosh!” and in the my teeth,” which Is modernized "by colors. In Hawaii, you know, the bleedlug place for ma aria and mosqui diseased conditions of the body. The spuce of two hours he bad used It a the skin of my teeth" and gives the list is worth keeping: Under the cate number of times. Interspersed by "hind brightest orange Is use«l at funerals, and toes had been a military post. The idea of a narrow escape, one so close as gory of laxatives, oranges, figs, tama sakes,” to which was sometimes added to be Just by the thickness of the akin a whole garland of it made of paper, or Daughters of the Revolution and mem- rinds. prunes, mulberries, dates, nec on the teeth, which is so thin that no some queer substance, is laid entirely ben of the Society for the Preservation tarines and plums may be included. "alive.” Elkina* Lnek. microscopist lias yet been able to find around the coffin lid.” of Hcenic and Historic Places became Pomegranates, cranberries, blackber The elevator conductor beard three it. “To cast In the teeth” means to • ••» interested, and research disclosed the ries. sumac berries, dewberries, rasp bells. It was the senatorial signal. At throw defiant reproaches or Insults “For young children or babies we fact that the neglected spot hail once berries, barberries, quinces, pears, wild the same instant came another three spitefully, as one would cast a stone at cherries and medlars are astringents. bells. The man glanceil at the Indicator the exposed teeth of a snarling dog. usually use white caskets, white hearsen been an important strategic point in Grapes, peaches, strawberries, whortle and saw that one signal came from the “Tooth and nail” denotes the manner drawn by white horses with tbe trap Washington’s campaigning. The site berries, prickly pears, black currants l>aHeinent and the other from the top of an action full of frenzied fury, typl pings all of white, although the olb< r of the old fort is to lie restored to its and melon seeds are diuretics. Goose floor. It was evident that two senators, fled by biting and scratching, as when day a gentleman who was to lay hi» Revolutionary aspect, as far as possible, berries. red and white currants, pump one at each end of the shaft, were In a two belligerent cats make the fur fly. little six-year-old daughter away ch«s«e the State of New Jersey and the Em kins and melons are refrigerants. Lem burry to get to the senate to answer the a light pink plush for the little casket pire State Society Sonsof the American ons, limes and apples are stomachic se roll call. A Dlllaent Pullee Official. and had It lined with creamy satin. Revolution having each appropriated datives. « The elevator cage was between the A man who was "wanted'' In Russia For younger jieople we use either white, *1000 to begin the work. two extremes. The man at the rope Tfe« Rest Care. had been photographed in six different lavender or gray cloth; for elderly Quiet and warmth are the medicines did not hesitate. Taking a coin out of positions, and the pictures were duly gray, black and purple, the latter people The NatiocalMus-um at Washington of the four footed philosopher. If a bis pocket, be gave It a spin ami cov circulated among the police depart ered it with his foot. “Heads up. tails meuta The chief of one of these wrote moat frequently for some distinguished helps with funds to support theexploia- dog is ailing, be tolls himself Into a down!” he Baid. to beadquarters a few days after the person. Home people won’t have any tions in Egypt which Dr. Flinders ball In a warm corser and eats little or The coin bad fallen bend upward. issue of the set of portraits ami stated: thing else but a metallic cask t and Petrie, the great Egyptologist, b mak nothing til) be is well. Many times rest The elevator ascended to the top story, “Sir, I have duly received the portrait others, who can well afford it too, ing. Aa its share of this year's finds it Is the only medicin» needed by the sick, but we seldom follow this example. end that is why Senator Elkins reach of the six miscreants whose capture is nothing but the cheapest wotMieu cas has just received ten papyrus manu The bl[H*d loses the instinct of the ani ed the senate chamber ahead of Sena desired. I have arrested flve of them, kets, varnished and with iron handles scripts dating from about the birth of mal. He fumes, frets, takes stimulants tor Quarles. •nd the sixth Is under observation and Tbe styles have even ehanged tn an Christ. They are moatly bills of lad Ing ■ nd medicaments aud gives uo chance District Wants L obb . will be secured shortly.” Congress will be aBked to lend the nouncing that it is a house of mourning for camel trains, receipts for gcssls, etc. to the recuperative forces of uature.— District *11,000,000 for necessary pub by the crape on the door. That is so Philadelphia Record. AccorglBir t*» GBBter. lie Improvements. The list of Items The “old log schoolhouse'' at Camp The phrase "according to Gunter" old-fashioned that you seldom ever see embraces a filtration reservoir for Po DantBaea. Olive Groves. remains In our language as a perpetual It now. It gave place to stiflr black Run, Westmorland c >unty, Pa., is said There is an ancient custom under tomac water, a complete system of memory of Gunter, the English mathe rosettes and long ends of cloth hanging to tie the oldest schoolhouse in this maticiau. who was born In 1581 and on the door for elderly people, black and country. It is very primitive in all its which the olive groves around Damas sewage disposal. lu’provementM ot ti» died in lG2t>. .»Imost to th« preBM« whit« combined for the middle-aged appointments, but the teacher, Miss cue are guarded Dy official watclimen streets, roads ai.d highways of the to prevent the trees being stripped by District aud the reclamation of the time the works of Gunter were con »Id and pure white f>>r the young people. Celia J. Miller, who Is only 10 years of ered standard. He was the Inventor of thieves. But on a certain date the gov Anacostia flats and their conversion the surveyor's chain, of the logarithmic That eveutually gave way to a pretty, age, has enlisted the help of the “big ernor or some magistrate Issues a Into a public park. The amount of the loan to tie solicit line, of tlie quadraut, of the scale bear graceful bow-knot of Illusion and rib boys” to make some Improvements. proclamation warning all owners of lag h!s'«scicr «nd anyt6?r< lu mathe bons. Now when a bfehy pasHes away oljve tree.« that they BOtt pick their ed has been ain-eed upon »ixJtFelve of A scheme has been promised to em fruit, for after a certain date It be the fourteen citizens’ associations of inatics to be right must be "according we tie two or three rosebuds with white to Gunter.” illusion and long streamers and hang It ploy the tidal fl >w from the docks of comes public property. If a rarmcr bus the District of Columbia, and these bodies will co-operate in securing that on the door. White or daiutily-colored Dundee, Scotland, for the generation of bis crop only half gathered wbeu that His Dyspepsia. •urn. flowers with white illusion and ribbons electric power through the agency of date arrives, the public will gather it 'You oq you take aa” at. taor fcr GI vb »fee O»*« b fefeu»*. turbine wheels. 'The flow from two ■for him. for the young, and the same colored luncheon every day?” The government piiuiing office turn of these docks is said to lie capable of flowers tied with lavender or purple for rotsoa of the leoritlow. “Yes.” ed out senate bill No. Co, introduce«! “Well, you ought not to have dyspep the older people who have pa-sed away. producing 22n horse-power for sixteen it is said to be a remarkable fact that by Mr. Hale, with Its title reading. “A We no longer darken up a room wherein out of every twenty-four hours of the the poison of the scorpion gradually bill providing for the retirement of sia.” "But, you st*, I spend twenty-flve of the quiet sleeper is resting until it looks a»/- ________________ loses its effect upon a human being aud pretty officers and enlisted men of the those minutes deciding what 1 want to like a tomb, but we let in the air and that man suffers less and leu each navy." Fireflies are sold nightly by peddlers rat”—Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. sunshine. “Good Idea?' said denntor Tillman. Neither do we cover the In the crowded quarters of Toklo and time be Is stung. One bold philosopher, pictures on the walls lu crape or turn other Japanese cities. The insects sell it Is related, had the courage to follow "Retire all the pretty onea. and give He Boll*« It D bwb . out this principle to the furtlwat extent Bob Evana a chance." A begiuner In newspaper work In a them to tbe wall, as has tieen doue in for 3 rin spice, a rm tieiiig eq al in and made scorpions sting him repeated C am . B chofikld . days gone by. People feel just as badly southern town who occasionally “sent value to the twentieth part of a cent. ly until be bad become poison proof Na D»forM*a CXI b » b » b . •a they ever did, but there is no need of ■tuff" to one of the New York dallies and suffered but little Inconvenience “Did you ever see a deformed or picked up what seem«-«! to him a "big casting a greater gloom over them when By the rectification of the India and beyond the transient pain of the punc crippled Chinaman?" asked a gentle story." Hurrying to the telegraph of you can just aa well make them ia- 1 Thibet frontier, which has now been ture. man. There waa a negative .eply. and lice he "queried" the telegraph editor: member that this is not all of life, but i completed, 350 square miles have tieen tlie questioner continued: “I d >n’t The Gr»B»r •••feeler. "Column story on so and so. Shall I there is a reaurreetlon coming. As it i added to British territory. A wealthy gentleman who owns a think you ever will. If a Chlnene ctilM send ?” was In days rone by people could not country seat on one occasion nearly 'Is born deformed, it ia made awa.v The reply was brief and prompt, but look much farther than the tomb, It Ho powerful b the new electric light lost his wife, who fell Into a river with aa soon na possible. Just liow the to the enthusiast unsatisfactory. "Bend was all so doleful, dark and dismal» < on Dunkerque lighthouse that Its beams which flows through hie estate. He an babe is killed I d > n t kBow. but it i« tluu words." was all It said. t Yoy may v bible at a dbtanee of forty nt ilea. nounced the narrow escape to hl» never permitted to lire. “Can't l>e told in less than 1.200,” be There ie a new fad In mourningapparel» are friends, expecting their congratula travel all oxer the world and you will wired back. Before long the reply too. I suppoee you have noticed It, tie«er ace a crippled Chinaman. When Many |>eople, instead of wearing a deep The use of a bioycle b offered by a tloua. came: One of them—an old bachelor wrote an accident itefslls one of then». It«' 1« “Story of creation of world told in mourning veil and all the real of the I lady who advertised for a kitchen maid aa follows: "I always told you that riv made away with too. This la a pirt of Try lt."-New York Foot IMtraphenialia, don’t make any change I In a Surrey, England newspaper. er was too shallow!”—Tlt-Blta their religión, and they adhere to IL" Jastlee Gray Net a Bled. A Reaarkabla ■>*«■■. No one who sees Justice Gray of tba As a part of the water resources of United Mtn les supreme court sitting the country the United Mates geolug •oleninly upon the bench or walking leal survey is studying the wouderful with grave and dignified mien up Florida springs and lakes from which I'eunsylvania avenue after the court moat of the rivers of the state hair has adjourned would I a II»ve that he Is their rise. susceptible to humor. In fact, through Klasengen spring. In Polk county, is out his long service on the beueb only one of these. The water baa a tern one instance is recorded where he perature of 7W degrees F. and is strong deigned to exhibit a Jocular mood. ly Impregnated with sulphur. Iron ami It was the day when Judson L. liar other Ingredients that characterise ar mon. tbeu attorney general, was muk- tealan waters in that reglou. The Ing an argument before the court. He spring la evidently a natural artesisii bad occasion to display a map showing well. the locality in which the land in dis The water all comes from one point, pute wua situated aud held it up for gushing up vertically with great fore* the inspection of the court. It was a through a circular orlflce in the bottom very small map aud difficult to see of the basin, aud, although the Ivasin from the lieitch. Mr. Harmon referred la thirty feet deep or more, the force 1» to It aa "a birdseye view.” so great that the water directly over Juath-e Gruy »quiuted bls eyes in the the orlflcea Is considerably higher that effort to discern the map. "Mr. Attor the surface of the lake at the banka ney General," he said In deapair. “I re While swimming in this deligbtfu: gret to tell you that 1 am not a bird.” pool It Is fouud to be exceedingly dittl And then the Justice, chuckling over cult to keep in a position over till» the outburst of humor, sank buck in spring boll and Impossible to ■Ink In Ilia sent and watched the attorney gen the water at that point. The outflow eral fold up the tiny map. of the spring, as measured by the hy- drugraphers of tlie geological survey, N b Choice. was found to be 14,« mm > gallons each Representative Cannon tvegan his po minute. litical career by running for the ( hm I- tlon of state's attorney In his town. Dallas of • G.e.t, His opponent was another young law A guest's obligation Itegfns with the yer who, like Cannon, liad not made reception of the Invitation. It siioiil«! much headway In the practice of law. be either readily ami courteously ac hut Imth candidates went U|H>n the cepted or promptly and courteously de stump and promised to do great things clined. if elected. Nothing Is more trying to the pa One «lay, •■ the rival eamH.Aa.ew went tience of the hostess and to the tempet down the street together, they were of the cook than a belated dinner guest. joln«*d by the Judge of the court. He Perhaps no Invitation once accepted step|ied in between them, taking each should lie more strictly kept than this y.iung man l>y the arm. one to dine. A guest should lie at tlie "Wliat are you laiys making all this hostess' house flve minutes before the fuss alsiut?” he queried. hour apiKiinted. and, to use another's “We want to lie state's attorney,” expression, "Nothing but death should they replied in unison. hinder.” "Well.” said the Judge, laughing. "I We should go to any function resolv ought to take some Interest In the mat ed to lie entertaining and easily enter ter. but I doli't. No matter which one tained. An appreciative, responsive, of you is elected, there will l>e no crim animated guest lifts part of the re inals sent to Jail.” sponsibility from a hostess. If out dinner partner liores ua. we «‘an pre Wanted to File a Claim. tern! to be Interested, at.d thus show Into Senator Warren’s committee our good breeding and compliment room the other day came a lady well ivotli him aud our hostess.—Woman’» dressed and apparently intelligent. Home Companion. "This Is the committee on claims?" site said Inquiringly. A b Odd Draft. “Yea, madam,” replied the clerk. A pretty anecdote comes from Brus “I am thinking of going out to Wash- sels illustrating the generous spirit ot a banker of that city. The banker is fond of outdoor exer else. As an exhibition of his skill it skating he made his autograph on lilt ice in a very artistic manner. Some gentlemen, having admired hit signature, proceeded to write above II as follows: “On demand I promise to pay foi the benefit of the poor the sum of 5.0UC marks.” They sawed out the block of ice and. having cail<*d a cab, proceeded to tli* bank and carried the frozen note ot hand—of foot, we nieun to the cash ler's counter. The cold temperature happily pre vented the melting away of the ley draft, and the banker, having been ap|s>aled to. ordered it to be paid. :! A b Americas City la Easiand. “THIS 18 TH« COMMITTEE ON CLAIMS?'' ington or Oregon,” remarked the lady, "and 1 want to flle a claim for 1H0 ucres of good land.” Tlie clerk of the committee was com pelled to explain to the visitor that she had come to the wrong place and that the claims which congress settled were pimply debts ngainst the government. - Washington Post. An Ambitious Roy. President Morgan G. Bulkeley of the ■Etna Life Insurance company and ex governor of Connecticut tells the fol lowing story of his son: One day while governor he was In conference with some of bis friends when bls son came in, and one of tlie men remark«*!, "Well, governor, I supivose you expect this youngster to be either president of the United .States or president of the .Etna Life Insurance compuny.” "Which would you rather tie, bub,” the governor asked, "president of the United States or president of the .Et na?” After some hesitation the answer came: “I don't want to lie either, dud. I want to be a locomotive engineer.” Jail Before Latla. When the Prince of Wales received h«s degree of I.L, D. from Cambridge, tlie public orator of the university de ll vcr«*d a lengthy Isatin oration, but his royal highness read Ills reply in English. After the ceremony was over tlie prince—then the Duke of York- |.«ld a friend that lie was blessed if he Understood a word of what the public orator find said. "Well.” replied the friend, "you knew It was in Latin. of course." "Iaitlu!'' exclaimed the duke. "Goal heavens! No wonder 1 couldn't make It out! I'd rather do six months any do I~tla.” — A Story Apropos. Former Fire Commissioner William C. Bryant, manager of the Brooklyn Times anu secretary ot tue American Newspa|>er Publishers' ass.iciatloii. was the flrat s|M*aker at a dinner on iroard the Kronprina Wilhelm a few days ago. He said he expected to Ire called upon to s|>enk. but not so early In the proceedings. The occasion re cant’d to him the epitaph on the mon ument erected to a twenty-eight-year- •Id man in Connecticut, which read, ”1 expected this, but not so soon." Near Manchester, England, there is rapidly being built a new town that will lie the home of some 7.000 work men. The town is unique for England in that It is being built upon strict American lines. The Westln- 'muse in terval* are at the back of the work, for their large electrical plant Is located near by, and the inhabitants of the town will lie employed In the works. Alvout 1,000 bouses have already been erected. The streets are living laid out after the American plan and Instead of being named in the English fashion are being nuiutiered consecutively. Both the streets and bouses will be lighted by electricity. Americans have the work of building In charge, and the whole enterprise is a marvel to the Britisher.—Municipal Journal and En gineer. A t'Blqne Notice. The Axtell (Kan.) Anchor recently printed the following unique notice: “We wish to bring to the notice of the triends of A. L. Gllland that his phyal clan has cautioned him against any sudden starts or Jerks. It lias been the custom many times when greeting the old gentleman to take advantage of Ills extreme tickllsbness. The sur geons say that a mun of bls nature, after undergoing such a critical sur gical operation, would lie liable to be lafdly Injured by a sudden start. There fore bis friends should not greet him in the old way by talking their Anger tn bls ribs.” Tl»e Home of Mrs. Garni». Perhaps nothing makes one realise more the extent to which London must have changed during the past thirty or forty years than the disappearance one after another of Dickens landmurks. Take, for Instance, some of the recent demolitions which have been brought «taint by the county council's selieme for a Kt rand to Holborn thoroughfare. Only a few weeks ago the writer went to look once again at the liarlier’s shop In Kingsgate street. High Holborn. over which Mrs. Gamp was wont to dwell. Tlie whole of Kingsgate street, lias now disappeared.—Temple Magazine. Mecca ot Sasthers Megroea. A correspondent of the Baltimore Sun says that West Vlrrinlr. is rapidly tiecoming more and more the Mecca of the negroes of the south. The climate of that state, as a whole, is congenial to this race, and the great coal and coking industries In operation In al most every county, together with the extensive railroad construction Itelng carried on. furnish ready as well aa lu crative employment for negro labor- era, of whom 15,000 are employed In the mines. Tfee Little Garden. There Is much comfort to be found In a garden. I have watched a poor woman at a little box of flowers at a window, growing radiant with happi ness as each bud blossomed and smiled upon her gentle band. Water your little garden and tend It well. A little love for sunlight, a little sympathy for rain, and the garden of the heart may bloom with beautiful deeds and fra- grant thoughts. Though the beauty of the rose Is brief, yet the perfume may be preserved, like the memory of a kiss, forever.—Schoolmaster. Fs«d and Calta. A writer In The Lancet says: “Since ( I began to study diet I have been ae- , tonlabed at the number of cases of which I have beard, even of medical , men. who by eating leva and not so often bare found that their ausceptlbil- ( Ity to colds has quite gone. Such facts , ■ » I bare met with point to the cooclu- eion that '* It *" Is “ the system overcharged ‘ with the prodnets of food which was not required and can act only aa a poi son to every organ In the body which la moat ausceptlble to colds.”
