Bandon recorder., March 26, 1903, Image 2

BANDON RECORDER.
[ POLLY LARKIN. |
NOT A LOVE KNOT.
Cuaharraaalas BsRarieaea af a We»
aa la a Street Car.
A handsomely dressed lady riding re­
cently in a crowded Amsterdam ave­
nue ear was fortunate enough to have
a seat, but when nearing her destina­
tion site noticed that the lacing of her
shoe was unfastened. It was the work
of a moment, but a very trying mo­
ment, to stoop down and knot It secure­
ly. When this was accomplished, her
hat veil readjusted and her gloves once
more carefully put on, it was time to
signal the conductor. This she did
and after two vain attempts to rise
looked around indignantly to And the
cause of her retarded movements. She
came face to face with a very irate
gentleman who had been sitting next
to her.
“Madam, madam, where are you try­
ing to take uief’ be demanded.
“I—you!” she stammered.
"Yes. Look there!" He pointed to
the door, and in an instant she bad
grasped the situation. By mistake in
groping she bad found the lacing of
his shoe, which she had taken for the
other end of her own, and had fasten­
ed them so carefully together that it
took the gentleman quite five minutes
to efTect a release, under the amused
glances of the other occupants of the
car, which had traveled twice that
number of blocks before the lady was
ready to give another signal.—New
York Times.
8TOCKTON'S KIND HEART.
The Anther's Profeaaa Respect For
the Feellass of Others.
Ill the old days when Frank R.
Stockton was my associate ill editing
Hearth and Home be Invented or cre­
ated a Marcus Aurelius of his own lu
the person of an Imaginary office boy.
Every week be would till a column or
two with a grotesque account of the
doings and sayings of bis fictitious
Marcus Aurelius. At last the worm
turned. Our actual office boy, a youth
of unuNual seriousness, requested him
to stop the Marcus Aurelius humor.
"So you have takeu it seriously!”
asked Mr. Stockton.
"Well, you see, all my friends ’.High
at me about it, and it hurts,” answered
the office boy.
"I am sorry,” said Mr. Stockton.
“You are a good, honest and faithful
office boy. 1 had no thought of hurting
your feelings, and 1 shall write no more
about Marcus Aurelius.”
Here was an indication of the rare
character of the man. His respect for
the feelings of others was profound.
His tenderness toward them was a
most lovable characteristic of the man.
It ran through all bls conduct. He nev­
er willingly or knowingly hurt the feel­
ings of any human being, for the rea­
son that his soul was tilled with an
abounding charity and love for all his
feHow men.—Ceorge Cary Eggleston iu
ColMer’s Weekly.
The Effects ot Artillery.
It has long been a commonplace that
the effects of artillery nre mainly
“moral,” but for all that the introduc­
tion of new explosives, lyddite espe­
cially, and of quicker firing guns had
Insensibly revived the belief in the
great material value of artillery. It
would be gratuitous to say that artil­
lery has had a great downfall In gen­
eral estimation-among those who
have always taken a sane view of its
uses we do not think it has—but we
may fairly say that relatively to artil­
lery the rlfie has gained in reputation.
We know now thut lyddite, although
it may make short work of a mabdl's
tomb. Is of little use against earth­
works, especially when It falls on very
soft ground, and that the stories of
men whose senses left them and whose
teeth shook lu their heads because they
happened to be within a quarter of a
mile of an explosion of lyddite were
mere moonshine.—Spectator.
Tracing Responsibility.
A woman bought a cloth skirt ready
I.lttie do we realise wlieu we are go­
ing about shivering and complaining of
the cold iu our own genial California
climate, where the cold never reaches a
point where it cannot be borne with
comparative oomfort, of the diet re»
and horrors iu Eastern cities where
people are freezing to death every day
ami with a fuel famine staring them iu
the face, and yet with the knowledge
that there is enough ual to relieve them
of their distress if grasping men, totally
oblivious of sufl'ering humanity and
the harvest of death, were not withhold­
ing that which mtanslife, comfort and
happiness to a suffering people. Th a
indifference is almost lieyond belief and
yet the horrible truth is chrouicled in
the Eastern cities every day and flashed
over the wires to astonish the world
th d in this age of civilization and in a
Christian land such a sail state of affairs
should exisl. This struggle for the
almighty dollar blinds them to the
terrible utate of affairs, and they ease
their guilty conscience by stating that
the coal strikes are to blame for the
whole trouble; that there would have
been pleuty of coal if they hail attended
to business or let men who were willing
to work alone. They may feel regret
for the people who have to suffer because
of the loug-protracted coal strike, but
for the strikers and their families not a
grain of pity I? bestowed. They are
reaping their own harvest, let them feel
the weight of the distress that follows
in its wake. It is a terrible calamity
that has spread its vampire wings over
an innoeent )>eople, and iu such : n
emergency It seems that the Govern­
ment should be able to confiscate every
ton of coal until the cold wave has
passed and deal it out to the needy.
Plenty of men were abundantly able to
pay for the coal, but it was not to Le
hail at any price. Men who would have
scorned to be dishonest Is-fore now did
not hesitate to steal coal or anything
else that would keep the spark of life
from going out in their suffering
families.
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People died in their homes and on
the streets, and the suttering was some­
thing frightful. It was oue of the times
lu the history of man when money
didn’t count. In one city preachers,
lawyers, editors, merchants, in fact the
most Influential ¡teople iu the place,
bunded together with the ¡«sir anil
needy and took forcible possession of
sixtien carloads of coal, which was dis­
tributed even to the coal dust. The
railroad employees were fiowerless to
prevent the determined crowd of men
f o n accomplishing their purpose, and
I dou’t doubt but at heart they were
glad that it went to relit ve the inti use
suffering iu lhe town. In one place the
¡alls were filled with people in all stand­
ings in life, arrested for stealing coal,
and when they were brought up for
trial the Judge dismissed the cases and
told the police officers that they were
uot to arrest man, woman or child for
the theft of coal or any other fuel, for
they would not be prisiecuted. Would
thut there were more like him when it
comes to dealing out Justice, but they
are few and far between. A wealthy
woman’s house was ransacked during
her alisence and every stick of fuel,
every particle of coal, removed from her
house, while jewelry, money and silver­
ware of great value were unmolested.
It was the fuel that kept life in them
they wanted, that and nothing more.
Of what use were diamonds and rubies
aud other priceless gems when th.eir
families were freezing to death? A sack
of coal was more precious than the
most cimtly gems. This coal famine
and all of its accompanying horrors is a
black page in our history that can never
be blotted out, and the sacrifice of the
scores of lives can be laid at the doors
of the managers of the i*oa) combina­
tions. The grim reaper could extend
the hand of good-fellowship to these
men, for they have lieen wonderously
helpful to him in gathering iu his har­
vest of death.
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made of a reputable firm. After wear­
ing it for several days she discovered
damaged spots In the front breadth.
She took It hack to the shop where she
bad bought It and was told that the er­
ror would be cared for. "It is not our
fault, however,” said the foreman,
"and we will have to send it to the fac­
tory from which we bought it. It Is
up to them to make it good.”
“And upon whom will they fall
back !"
"On the manufacturer from whom
they bought the cloth.”
"And he?"
The coldest weather hi California
"Well, I suppose there would be no would lie like a breath of balmy spring
one but the abeep for him to blame,
so he will have to bear the loss.”— to the Easterners who are IsiUi d in the
fetters of ice anil snow. We are in the
New York Press.
midst of fruits and tlowers and an
A Feature of His Bnslnese.
abundance of fresh vegetables all at
“I thought she was a woman of un­ modest prices, for the ¡ssirest families
breakable will," said the man with the are not denied these luxuries. The fish
bobtailed coat.
markets are teeming with fresh fish of
"And so she was,” said the man with many kinds, crabs, lol inters, oysters and
the Incandescent v.-hlskers.
“Yet you tell me that she la com­ clams, and our meat markets tl 1 led with
pletely subsecvlent to her husband,” the choices . of n .eats. I f there is a case
of destitution in our midst the attention
went on the first man.
"Well, you see, she married a lawyer, of the public need only be called to the
and he broke the will.”-Baltimore sad stats of affairs and people vie with
American.
each other to help the union urates
California is a gissl country to live in
Hural Repartee.
It Is related that once, when the Earl and its |>eople are generous and whole-
of lutudenlale was at dinner with King souled, and then* la no danger of fuel or
Charles.- he retnsrked to t»>e k'ng, other famines Io strike terror to the
"There is a good saying that fools hearts of its people and paralyze its
make feasts and wise men eat tbetn.”
business interests.
“There Is utiother as good,” replied
the Earl of ¡Shaftesbury; “wits make
jests and foots repeat them.” And the
A southern railroad lias decided lliat
king advised Lauderdale to make sure hereafter it will employ married men
of bls man iu future.
only. Judging from the frequency of
the accidents In the past few years that
Issoeeat Girl.
Isa mistake. If the lives of firemen,
Sarcastic Father—Julia, that young engineers conductors and other railway
man Hmlly baa been here three nights officials must 1* sacrificed it seems to
in succession, and It has beeu nearly
Polly that it would lie better if they
midnight when be left. Hadn't you
better invite him to bring bls trunk and were single men with no families de­
pendent on them to leave destitute and
make his borne with us?
Innocent Daughter—Oh. papa! Mny unhappy. It lisiks as If the company
I? It was Just what be wanted, but he was blind to Its own interests, for there
wan too bashful to ask you. He'll be will be widows and orphans to sue for
delighted when I tell him this even­ damages in case of any fatal acchlent
ing.
.
befalling the “head of the bouse’’, and
their appeal to the courts, particularly
UMIs* Him On.
He— Would your mother let you go with a Jury trial. Is usually decided in
favor of the bereaved. The railway
to the theater without a chaperon?
She Sot unless I was engaged. - uompany may have their good reasons
Brooklyn Life.
for the decision, but to the outsider it
looks like the company bad made a
poor move In their game of chance.
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The Stockton Chamber of Commerce
paid a eomplimeut as well as a deserved
tribute to the Native Daughters recently
by addressing a letter to Eliza D. Keith,
President of the Native Daughters of
the Golden West, asking them to co­
operate in the beautifying of the Han
Joaquin Valley by asking each parlor
in that district to come Io their aid and
assist in providing ways and meat s for
the purchase of shade trees best suited
to that locality. They receivedin reply
to their letter the information that at
the last meeting of the Graud Parlor
resolutions were adopted “urging the
subordinate parlors to mark memorial
sites with memorial trees, to celebrate
special days with tree planting, to take
charge of Ar* sir Day celebrations in
their localities, to preserve our wild
fiowers from extinction and to labor for
theexlension of our forest reservations ”
A list of the different secretaries of the
¡atrlors in the Han Joaquin Valley was
given the Cliaiutier of Commerce and
they were al once communicated with.
They found willing assistants in the
progressive Native Daughters and the
result is that with Blockton’s wide­
awake citizens and the Order of Elks,
Foresters and other associations, Stock-
ton's Arlsir Day on January 16th, am
an occasion long to tie remembered by
young and old. it was made a holiday,
the business houses elosing for the day
and many of the merchants donating
tiie services of tlieir delivery wagons.
About one thousand dollars had been
raised for lhe work and oue thousand
trees were planted. The trees were
equally divided and planted on the
Mariposa road, the lower Hacramento
road and the Cherokee Lane road. The
lodge of Elks sent out a team of forty
members in overalls and jumpers and
tree-planting rquails were also sent out
by the Native Bona and Daughters, the
Foresters, the Royal Arcaniums and
other societies, while the school children
and citizens also contributed a helping
baud. Polly would like to know that
every city and town in theHtate would
follow the example of Htockton and
help lieautify I heir districts by keeping
Arbor Day.
BRIEF REVIEW.
Vaccinating Dogs.
The veterinary surgeon was vaccin­
ating a trig Newfoundland dog. The
animal was muzzled and an assistant
held its head, says tlie Philadelphia
Record. A space the size of a silver
dollar was shaved clean on its back, and
here the virus was being applied. “I
choose this spot to work on,” said the
surgeon, “because the dog can’t scratch
himself here. If I vaccinated him on
the leg lie would be apt to irritate the
wound and make it very Bore. The
vaccination of dogs is new,” he wenton,
“but it is a very good thing. I wonder
that it was never tried before this year.
Many valuable dogs have died from
time to time of smallpox. There have,
indeed been cases where whole packs of
hounds have contracted the disease,
and their killing has been necessary.
1 advocate every pup’s vaccination.
When dogs take smallpox they take it
liadly. Their death is nearly always
bound to follow. When they recover
they are not disfigured, their hair hid­
ing the pockmarks, but they so seldom
recover that this fact hardly counts for
much. Vaccination is the thing for
valuable dogs.
Birds’ Nests and Cocoons.
The wanderer afield in winter will ob­
serve many secrets of the birds and in­
sects, says Country Life of America. In
the trees and bushes you may find
where the vireo bid her nest In June
and where the yellow warbler dwelt in
peace and seclusiou. Every thicket and
strip of woodland has something of
this nature to tell. And for sharp eyes
there is mon —the present abiding places
of a great host of the insect world. You
will find cocoons, ap|iarently withered
leaves hanging from the twigs of wild
cherry trees, little silken bundles bound
fast to the stems of stout weeds or slen­
der saplings, cottony little packages on
the uuder side of old rails. In fact
there is almost no end to the places you
will find them, or the queer sha|ies
they will lie in when once you have
trained your eyes to see and recognize
them. A collection of eocoous will af­
ford many hours of pleasure and de­
lightful surprises when the sleeping
tenants liegiu to waken in the spring.
A remarkable specimen of st reet nam­
ing in Toledo, the ancieut capital of
Hpain, is cited by a corres|s>ndent of
tbs Pall Mall Gszette. It Is called
“Calle del Diablo Pertence al Ayuicta-
miento.” or in English, “The Devil-Be-
longw-to-tlie-Municipal Councilstreet.”
A novelty in fisitwear is to lie seen In
I be window of a Strand (London) boot­
maker. This is a pair of issits made of
donkey hide, tanned in Spain. It is
stated that they aretlie only pair of the
kind iu lzmdon.
The greatest rest comes from freedom
of mind. We can keep our minds free
if we will liut learn how. la*t them
take up one thing at a time and In- con­
tent.
The Indus, the second sacred river of
India, Is 17(4) miles long. Its waters
have always lieen considered alnumt as
holy as those of lhe Ganges.
Over a thousand bunches of graftes
have appeared on a vine now growing
near Boren, in the Tyrol.
Somebody figures that there are 1,-
437 remedies for rheumatism. But it
gets there Just the same.
By refusing to listen to secrets one is
saved unlimited trouble.
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Home people take care of their money
and neglect their stomachs.
THE MATRON’S SPEECH.
Elasaeaee Thai qarlled a Hl»< I" ■
Military Has»Jt«U.
In the “Memories of a Hospital Ma-
true” a writer in the Atlantic Monthly,
who was head of a Confederate boa
pltal during the wur, relates thia ex­
citing incident:
“Our steward, a meek little man,
<•»me to me one day, pale with* fright,
and said that the convalescents hud
stormed the bakery, taken out the half
cooked bread and scattered it about
the yard, beaten the linker aud threat­
ened to bang the steward. I hurried
to the scene to throw myself Into the
breach iiefore the surgeon should ar­
rive with the guard aud arrest the of­
fenders. I found the new bakery lev­
eled to the ground and 200 excited
men clamoring for the bread which,
they declarnl. the steward withheld
from them from meanness or stole for
bls own benefit.
“ ‘Aud what do you My of the ma­
tron?' I asked, rushing among them.
•Do you think that she, through whose
hands the bread must pass, Is a party
to the theft? Do you accuse me, who
have nursed you through months of
illness, making you chicken soup when
we had not seen a chicken for a year,
forcing an old breastbone to do duty
for months for this«* unreasimable fel­
lows who wanted to see the chicken;
me. who gave you a greater variety in
liens than was ever knowu before and
who lately stewed your rats when the
cook refused to touch them? And this
is your gratitude! You tear down my
bakehouse, beat my baker and want
to hang my steward?
"To my surprise the angry men
laughed and cheered. A few days luter
there came to me a ‘committee’ of
two sheepish looking fellows to ask
my acceptance of a ring. Each of the
poor men bad subscribed something
from bis pittance, and tlieir old ene­
my. the steward, had lieen sent to town
to make the purchase. Accompanying
the ring was a bit of dirty paper on
which was written, 'For our chief ma­
tron, in honor of her brave conduct on
the day of the bread riot.’ ”
THE COOKBOOK. '
To prevent eggs from cracking when
they are boiling, plac* a pin In the
saucepan.
If you get too much salt In the gravy,
a pinch of brown sugar will remedy the
saltness without hurting the gravy in
the least.
When onions are of too strong flavor
to be pleasant for sauce, boll a turnip
with them, but remove it before using
the onions.
Never fry more than six oysters at
once unless you have a very large ket­
tle of fat. If more are cooked, they will
soak grease and take a long time to
brown.
Don’t forget that mincemeat Is a
great deal better to be mude a week or
ten days before it is to be used. The
spices and cider, etc., have thus time to
percolate the apple and meat.
Peanut salad Is an excellent 'accom­
paniment for roast duck. Soak a cupful
of peanut meats In olive oil, drain and
mix lightly with two cupfuls of finely
cut celery and a doreu pitted olives.
Serve with mnyounaise dressing on let­
tuce leaves.
CHOICE MISCELLANY NEW SHORT STORIES FACTS IN FEW LINES
D«4(l>a "Watasa.”
Formal Prellmlaarlss.
A curious story uf a wealthy old re­
cluse is told by a correspondent In
Household Words
Not a hundred miles from Ixindou
and almut five miles from • railway
station, he says, stands u large bouse iu
beautiful grounds. Two rooms ouly in
this bouse are occupied, one by the
owner and the other by bls servant.
The staircase Is uever used, and com­
munication lietweeu the two rooms is
by a hole in the floor and a rope ladder.
The owner'll meals when cooked an1
passed up through this bole.
The chief peculiarity, however, of
this eccentric being is that twice a
week, late at night, be comes down his
rope ladder dressed as a tramp. He
then walks the live miles to the station
referred to, where he has a private
room. Here he changes his clothes,
emerges in full evening dress and goes
by the last train up to London.
It has been ascertained that he then
takes a cab to one of the big clubs In
the nelghliorhood of Pall Mall. What
be do<*e at the club is not known, but
be returns by the first (newspaper!
train in the morning, when he repairs
to his room at the station, puts on the
tramp's clothes again and returns to his
house, where be resumes his peculiar
mode of life.
He lias never been known to aiieak
to any one in the village, and no one
can give a reuson for his quaint behav­
ior, but local gossip has it that he was
Jilted as a young man and vowed that
he would never again speak to a wo­
man, nor, so far as he could avoid It.
look ut one again.
The editor of Household Words
vouches for the veracity of his corre­
spondent.—London Mail.
M. E. Ingulls, prominent lu railruud
affairs lu the middle west, has a rule
that callers must send In their names
from an outer office and await bls
summons If be desires to admit them.
It is told of him that not a great while
ago the rule was ignored by a stranger,
who swung wide the door, let it close
With a bung and jerkily asked:
“Ingalls Iu?”
“I urn Mr. Ingalls,’’ replied the rail­
road man, liis choler rising.
“So?" queried the stranger. "Letter
for you.”
And he banded over an envelope.
When Mr. Ingalls read the eouteuts,
be upiienred surprised und asked:
“Do you know wbut this says?”
"Yep.” replied the stranger. “Sta­
tion agent in our town said you'd give
me a jolt if 1 brought that to you."
"Indeed!" commented Ingalls iron­
ically. “Well, do you not think your
chauces would lie better If you at least
knocked before entering and asked for
'Mr.' Ingalls instead of merely 'In­
galls?' ”
The stranger lisiked discomfited,
reached for til- letter and slowly left.
Before Ingulls recovered from his sur
prise there was u knock on the door,
aud, responding to his "Come in,” the
stranger re-entered softly, removed his
hat and gently inquired:
"Is Mr. Ingalls in, sir?”
The magnate, deeply impressed with
the fact that his little lecture hud pro­
duced quick results, said cheerily:
“Yes, my friend, I um here. What
can I do for you?”
"Do for me?” came the answer. Then,
louder: “Do for me? You can go to the
devil for me, you baldheaded little duf­
fer! That's wlmt you can do!”
And he departed, slamming the door.
Thought It Was Tas oa Babies.
Female suffrage sometimes leads to
amusing mistakes. A candidate at a
recept election In Australia, where the
women have votes, tells a story In this
connection. The constituency was a
seaport town, and one of the burning
issues before the electors was the ques­
tion of berthage rates. A woman voter
came to him and asked whether he was
in favor of imposing these lierthage
rates, because if he was she would take
good care that neither her husband nor
herself would vote for him. A little dis­
cussion of the matter reveuled the fact
that the woman was under the impres­
sion that the question of berthage rates
related to a poll tax on babies. That
candidate now doubts whether the av­
erage female voter Is not under a delu­
sion, or, jierliaps, say, a spell.
A Wild Dissipation.
“I don't suppose It is generally known,
but nevertheless it Is a fact that the
ladies are great consumers of peanuts,”
remarked the proprietor of a fruit stand
located, on a prominent down town
street corner. "I am somewhat of an
observer and have been forced to take
note of this particular feature of my
business.
“Nearly every night belated husbands
stop here nnd load their outer pockets
with the festive goober, the purchase of
less than two bags being an exception.
To my mind the peanut trade has made
serious inroads uism the fried oyster
business, for my regular customers tell
Plea For the Wooden Shoe.
me that their wives prefer warm goo-
"We hare wisely taken to wearing bent to bivalves done up in cracker
sumíais,” says a Philadelphia physi­ crumbs for a late supper."—Washing
cian. “I hope that before long we will ton Star.
learn the advantage of the wooden
"Land of the Fan God.”
shoe, or sabot. Do you know that a
It is interesting to know that Okla­
great many diseases are due to leather
shoes, due to the weurlug all day long homa, with its possibilities of statehood.
of tight leather that is often. In bad Is known locally as "The Land of the
weather, water soaked? And do you FanTlod.” Just why the adjective is
know that by the wearing of wooden not apparent, in fact is so puzzling that
shoes, which keep the feet dry and a number of corresisindents are con­
which do not ’draw,’ all those diseases cerned about the question. The govern­
might be avoided? I have several or habitually uses the phrase, but one
pairs of sabots, and so have my wife writer says: “Governor Ferguson Is not
and children. They cost about 30‘ alone In his liabituul use of .this phrase,
cents a pulr and keep the feet dry, for every one of the territory's govern
without cramping them or making ors from Steele down has delighted to
them unhealthily tender. I believe that use it. And so, too, has nearly every
the wisest thing Americans could do other citizen of the territory. But
would be to take up the sumlal and whether or not one of the governors, or
the sabot, discarding altogether the any other citizen, has understood Just
shoe of leather.”
what is meant I am In doubt.”
Dlda't Kaow Abort Cashboys.
Uncle I’odunk (shopping in town, to
saleswoman) — How much fer them
socks?
Saleswoman — Twenty five cents a
pair.
Uncle Podunk (putting bis hnnd In
bls pocket)—All right. Gimme a pair.
Saleswoman — Yes, sir. Cash, here!
C-a-a-a-s-h!
Uncle Podunk — Thunder and mud.
woman! Ye needn’t boiler it so durn
loud! I know it's cash here, an’ ain’t
I feelln' fer It ns fast as I kin?—New
York Times.
Oae He Conldn’t Imitate.
Charles Hallock Is noted for his abil­
ity to imitate the mannerisms and
tricks of speech of his various friends.
“I have been reading the delightful me­
moirs, of Jules Janin, who was a clever
critic,” he observed recently, “and I
am lost in admiration of Olllvler, the
famous French actor. It seems he pos­
sessed Incredible ¡lowers of mimicry,
and, according to Janin, be could as­
sume the voice, gesture and fucial ex-
Sleep For Children.
Students of the rising generation are
Investigating the rest of children. The
government of Sweden has appointed
a committee to gather data.
According to the report forwarded to
the minister of education, children w'lio
are four years old should sleep twelve
hours; children who are seven years
old, eleven hours; children who are
nine years old, ten hours; children who
are from twelve to fourteen years old,
from nine to teu hours, and those who
arc from fourteen to twenty-one years
old, from nine to teu hours.
It further ]iolnts out that aiiiemla
gslrksaati.
and weakness in children nre frequent­
Quicksands have a horrible fascina­ ly due to lack of sleep.
tion for writers anil readers of fiction,
and the reullty is every b!t as bad as
Girls Hear Better Thaa Boys.
fancy paints It. One of the most re­
Professor Wenley, teacher of plilloso
markable quicksand accidents occurred
years ago In New Zealand. Two pros phy in the University of .Michigan, de­
pectors were wading across the mouth clares that he bits made the Interesting
of a small stream running Into the sea discovery that girls bear sounds in
In the north island of New Zealand. capable of detection by boys' ears. He
Both stepped Into a quicksand. One said to bis class: “In the uuiverslty
who merelv touched the edge of H got laboratories It has been discovered
loose. The other sank rapidly and. In that girls’ ears bear a higher range of
spite of his companion's efforts, was sounds than do those of boys. Mascu
sucked under. When an attempt was line ears have a lower range than fem­
made to recover the body, it was found inine, of course, and it is quite ¡tosslbh'
that the send wui euormoisly rich in that thev detect lower tonyd sounds.”
gold. From a single ton of It £300
Paator Was Also Fiard.
worth of gold was washed.—Pearson's.
At Luchow, in Germany, 129 fathers
were fined a few cents apiece for allow­
His Aagleaee.
First Pianist—Did you have much of ing their children under ten years of
an audience at your recital yesterday age to dance at the harvest festival of
a village near by. The village pastor
afternoon ?
Second Pianist — Splendid!
There objected to the dancing and reported
were two men. three women and a the case to the police. It was discov­
tioy. The boy, I afterward learned, ered, however, that his children had
was employed nlaiut the place, and the danced, too, and he was fined with the
two men came In for shelter, as It was rest.
raining at the time, but the three wom­
H*rff Leek.
en were all right They came to hear
Rhe-Bees use I cannot marry you do
me. I know, for I gave them the passes
not lie disheartened. You must face
myself.—Boston Transcript
the world bravely
The Jay of Relief.
He—|t isn't n question of the world;
Casey—Ye're lookin' purty bad this I’ve got to fac* my creditors.
Biornln. bat ye seem happy enough.
Cassidy—Indade Ol am. It makes
me feel great to thinlr- tv the turrible
All la (hr Draw.
toot'acbe CM bad lasbt nofgbt.
Wigg Many a woman discovers that
Casey—l*tiwhy should tbot make ye she has married the wrong mail.
So happy?
Wagg- Well. I've heard that marriage
Cassidy- Bekase Ol boveu't got it sometimes makes another man of a fel
this morula’, tbot's pbwby.
low.—Philadelphia Record.
“THEKE'S A MAN I BHAI. t / n KVKH BE ABBE
TO imitate !”
pression of any person he chanced to
meet. One day he called on his tailor
to ask him for a little more time on an
account that had been running for
three years. At that moment he saw a
customer enter the shop and pay for
several articles of clothing which were
Immediately delivered. Then the actor
heaved a deep sigh of ¡min.
“'What Is the matter with you?' In­
quired the tailor.
“'Ahis!' replied Olllvler, ‘there is a
man I shall never lie able to Imitate!”'
—New York ¡Times.
Forsot the Coal Hole.
Senators and members of congress
have been having great fun with the
president's new business quarters since
they returned to Washington for the
session. During the summer they read
a great deal about the structure and
bow art was concealed in art in the
making of a harmonious exterior nnd
Interior. In front of the main entrance
of the president's building there is a
coal hole. At the same door stumls a
galvanized garbage can which serves as
an umbrella holder. The architects laid
forgotten all about the coal hole until
it was too late to ¡mt it elsewhere than
In the most conspicuous ¡dace, and the
umbrella holder was totally unprovided
for until one of the doorkeepers thought
of the garbage can.
“I never knew bow much art con­
cealed by art there was in my district
until I called on the president.” said
Congressman Sulzer, who represents n
poor district In New York. "Why. al­
most every house in my district Ims a
garbage can at the front door, aud we
are so proud of our coal holes that fre­
quently we don't cover them up.”— Chi
cage Tribune.
Aaother Speech Due.
John Wesley Gaines, representative
from Tenncwe. gets Into rh*.* ./?a*»gro
atonal Record more times than any
other man In the house. Mr. Gaines
makes a speech or asks a question on
every possible occasion. A constituent
asked a page to bring Mr. Gaines out
to the lobby.
“Can't do It,” said the boy.
"Why.?”
“Because he's only spoken six timet
this afternoon, nnd he's due to imik
another speech In a minute." Wash
ington Cor. New York World.
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The nightly attends me at tbe Lou
Jon theaters averages 54.0110 persons.
Upward of 4.000 British poetuSce
employees served tn tbe South A fries u
camps Igu.
Taxes on foreign visitors aud reel
dents are proposed In the Vaud canton.
Switzerland.
Tbe bulk of the cranberries of thia
.■ountry dime from the part of eastern
MasHacbuaetts which Iles near Cape
Cod.
Several ag'Uta have been sent to
South Africa by the Hungarian gov-
srumeut to study tbe commercial situ­
ation.
By applying glucose or glycerin to
their roots a French scientist declares
Hint he has lieen able to stimulate the
growth of plants.
At Pllnltx, near Dresden, la the lar­
gest camellia lu Eurotie. It is 160 years
old. about fifty feet high and has 50.-
Utsi blossoms each season.
When the New York ¡xmtottice was
built, its annual receipts were F-’.WJ.
637. They are now *11,670.574. In a
few years they will lie $20,000,000.
Forest covers 36 per cent of Russla'a
total area, or lu all 464,5< si ,< mio acres.
In other words, there are four acres of
forest to every Inhabitant of Russia.
Swiss cowbells have been Introduced
into the Himalayas as a protection for
cattle against tigers. The tigers are
said to run as soon as they hear tbe
bells.
To rid themselves of the competition
of the cheap products of prison lalior
Austrian manufacturers want their
government to transtiort eouvlcts lie-
youd the sea.
Near Bury St. Edmunds. England,
an nngler recently caught a pike
weighing twenty-three and three-quar­
ter ¡tounds. It was 3 feet 7!» inches
long and 20 inches In girth.
The Germans excel every other na­
tion in the preservation, management
and development of forests, realizing
that they have not only a commercial
but a national economic value.
The National museum is visited an-
uuiilly by about 230.000 people, und
there are now on display In the build
lug more than 5,000,000 objects |ier-
tulning to iintbroisilogiciil. blologicnl
and geological sciences.
Secretary I.aagley of the Suilthso
nion institution In bls annual report to
congress lays much stress u|sin the
fact that additional space la required
to relieve the congested condition of
the present museum building.
With the approval of the minister of
the Interior the Austrian league to
combat the white slave traffic will es­
tablish branches in all the Important
towns und froutler “tatIons of Austria
and take active means to suppress tbe
tru ffic.
It Is possible that Florida phosphate
will meet a serious competitor In the
recently discovered deposits on Ocean
islund, northwest of the Solomon Is­
lands. which seem to be superior to
either Florida or Christmas Island
pbosiihate.
The Belgiun Archa-ological society
reisirts that In the course of boring
near Bor r Ingen, Belgium, rock salt
was discovered at a depth of nou feet.
It Is expected that this discovery will
greatly Increase tbe commercial wealth
of Belgium.
I-a st year 2.075 English ships went
through the Suez canal, 511 German.
281 French, 230 Netherland, 138 Aus
tria-IIungarlan, 129 Russian, 57 Japa­
nese, 87 Italian, 35 Spanish, 47 Norwe­
gian. 20 Danish, 40 Turkish and 25
United States.
Tlie fruit brick Is tbe latest form of
preserve. It is rectangular or disk
siui|H*d and done up in oiled tissue pu
¡H*r. The consistency Is that of a small
gumdrop. and. being conqiosed large­
ly of sugar, the flavor of tlie fruit Is
retained admirably.
It is reported that the Russian minis­
ter of the Interior Is considering a proj­
ect for nationalizing the medical pro­
fession so that all doctors and chem­
ists would lie state officials. A com­
mission has been appointed to collect
Information on tbe subject.
The aggregate capitalization of the
industries In Pittsburg Is more than
$2,500.000,000. The production of steel
ill Pittsburg In 1901 equaled half that
of Germany, twice that of France, live
times that of Russia or Belgium and
twenty-five times that of Spain.
The Chinese of New York are plan­
ning to erect a hospital In the China­
town of that city where their sick may
be treated by physicians of tlieir own
race. This hospital, if It Is establish­
ed, is to be conducted on tbe oriental
plun and will be a distinct oddity In
this country..
New York and Louisiana capitalists
have combined to construct an Irrigat­
ing canal slxty-four miles long which
will pass through 260,000 acres of rich
rice lands nnd the oil belt. An electric
road is to lie built along the bank. The
source of supply Is tbe Atchafnlaya
river, a branch of the Mississippi.
The Petit Bleu publishes a prediction
oy the meteorologist Herr Zinger of
Prague, who Is of the opinion that Mar­
tinique nnd probably other West In­
dian Islands will lie virtmilly d<*«»rpyed
by volcanic eruptions In 1900. He
¡M>iuts out that the most violent dis­
turbances on record have occurred lu
years ending with tbe figure 3.
The armament of Fori Sliema, con- "
Bisting of two thirty-eight nnd two
eighteen t<m guns, has been condemned
as unserviceable. On consideration It
was found that the freight of these gunt
to Eng1«ml would I m * greater than tbeli
prew’nt Intrinsic value and that they
could not Ire offered for sale In Malta
as there are not the requisite tools fol
breaking them up and utilizing tbeli
Iron nnd steel. The four guns wer<
consequently thrown Into the sea a’
Ghur lddnd. near Fort Sliema.
Th«* Curious < rswi.
The Philaathraplst.
"They're raising a safe into tbe tenth
Géorgie—Paw, wot Is a philanthro­
Story next door.”
pist?
“Yes?"
Father—An easy mark, my son.—
“Yes, and there are a lot of people
down lielow who don't seem to rvallte Ohio State Journal.
that tbe safe side of tbe street la the
It Is remarkable how rich n girl's
side directly opposite to the safe's
aide."— Philadelphia Catholic Standard. father always ls*comes In the dfsputeb-
rs right after she ban eloped or goue on
Customer - Tbe metal lu that knife the stage.—Detroit Free Press.
you sold me Is as soft as putty. It got
dull tbe flrat time I used IL
Nearchun, tbe altnl.al of Alexandet
Dealer—Y-e-a, but think bow easy It tbe Great, noted the growth uf tbe sug
will be to sharpen.—New York Weekly ar cane in India B. C. 325.