* little thing* for bentelf is usually well,
BANDOS RECORDER.
A FISHERMAN'S LUNCH.
Hew
I he Tr«e 4«al.r Brel!» Treat
Ker HI* haaaday Meal.
dreateti and, es a rule, iu the best of
taste. They kuow what they want
and wliat is becoming, and wheu the
lime comes that they eau have their
dreews made they don’t have to rely on
the dnwmaken' taste or Judgment or
tax them lieyoud all endurance by ex
pecting them to spend hours of their
valuable time iu fiudmg a style to meet
their particular wants. In regard to
cooking, every gill, though »he uever
ex pec'» to have to get a meal, should
understand cooking iu Its various
brauclie» and be able to tell their help
how they prefer to have their meals
prepared and served.
If they uever
have to depend ou themselves so much
the belter, but if adversity meets them
It will find them prepared for tlie trying
ordeal.
WATERFALLS IN JAPAN
They Are Ala*u»l Ceaetle*»
Ar*
t’aad aa Skrtae»-
The waterfalls of Japan are almost
ewattoaa. Th«*re la one at every turu.
anti where there was not oue iu the
Legiimlng the Japs have made oue, for
it 1« their passi«ai. Every little garden
has a fall or two, and it would not be
consider«*«! a garden at all without it.
There are many very beautiful ones iu
various part» of the couutry, and they
are all of them sbrlne» visited by
thousands of pilgrims every year. They
do not pray to them a» to a statue of
Buddha, but they first pas» up a little
jiaper prayer ou a convenient rock aud
then alt down iu rapt attention and
gaze at the falling water for hours, tak
Ing au occasional i*up of tea at a little
teahouse which always stand» close at
band.
The Jape are great at making pil
griuiages anyway. When a man has
reached the age of forty-five, be Is »up
posed to have raised a family which
will In the future take care of him.
About the first thing he doe» on retir
Ing la to start on a series of pilgrimage».
Sometimes lie joins a Imnd of fellow
pilgrims, or, if comparatively wealthy,
be sometimes takes bis wife and a mi
nor child and makes the pilgrimage» by
himself. The»«* pilgrim band« can al
ways tie seen moving aliout the coun
try. They carry little banners with the
name of their city aud district mark«*d
on them, and when they have receive«!
good entertainment at a teahouse or
hotel they bang one of tbelr banner« up
in a conspicuous place as a testimonial.
Often a band of pilgrims will travel
from one end of the country to the otb
er. visiting every temple and waterfall
In the land.
choice : miscellany
HUMOR OE rti£ HOUR
Paa« in* of the Papaw.
Tfce old Man's Threat.
A Missouri writer is lamenting the
gradual disappearance, of the p-jpaw.
“The perslmmou Is left,” he says,
“though it Is becoming scarcer with
each »uc«-<*«*ding year. Ther«> are pos
sums yet to lie found. and quail may
be seen In smaller Bocks than former-
ly. The typlcul fruit of Missouri, the
luscious papaw, 1» fast disappearing
along with the red Indian and th«* buf
falo. There are some papaw bushes
lu obscure places where the rud<* baud
uf the leouoclast has uot reached, and
there are some cultivated pa paws to
be found in garden» here and there.
But, sp«*aking generally, the Missouri
papaw is lieconilng a thing of yester
day.
“As a state we have gone from the
papaw to the banana stage. We buy
our fruit al street stand» instead of
wandering out In the wild woods in the
fall time aud finding It. We have
reaeli«*d the breakfast food stage of
civilization. We eat soft stuff with a
B|»Min Instead of »crumbling over the
bill» and through the brier» In search
of the forest fruits. Wliat will become
of a generation thus brought up In
stead of one fed U|»m persimmons and
papaw«? We f«*sr it will lack Iron in
Its blissl, strength In ItN muscles and
the ability to stand up alone under-
ueatb th«* lilue sky. Tlie papaw and
tlie persimmon period passing takes
with It the days of the pioneer who
worked long hours and played hard,
who knew nature and man. The ba
nana age brings in leisure hour« aud
flabby morals and soft and silken
ways. Alus, that the pnpaw sliuuld
perish from the earth.”
I heard a voting girl remark the oilier
day that she never intended to learu
how to cook, for she abhorred the very
sight of« kitchen with Its greasy uteii-
sito, etc. It hsikrd too much like work.
“Neither do 1 intend U> learu to sew,”
•he continued, “for if a girl ouce learns
the art of sewing she la expected to
make all her own clothe«, even to her
dresaes. If she kuow» nothing about
handling the needle or cutting out gar
ments no oue expects her to do any
thing. They make allowances for her
siiortc«>mings and will see that she does
uot go shabby. In fact, 1 knew a girl
of this style and she dressed better and
BRIEF REVIEW
really had more than her sisters, who
are bandy with the ueedle and scissors.
Inllammabte Fluids.
They are expected to make over old
Nitric acid causes much trouble, and
things. Nile Is not capable of this, so
she wears her clothes out as sisin as lately such acid has been packed in
possible, knowing that they will be re txirk, but when packed in the ««rboy
placed by other dresses rather than the with hay leaks or breakages result iu
family will see her go shabby. Nhe fire. The storage of acids and ammonia
wanted a new pair of shoes not long iu factories is discouraged, uot because
ago, aud how do you thiuk she got the latter is dangerous as a tire hazard,
them? Her sisters were clamoring for but liecause of the stifling nature of the
something new, too, aud each bad spent fluids, thus preventing the entrance to
her monthly allowance. The sisters buildings by firemen in case of tire.
A “Lot” of Load.
argued that she had bad two pairs of Benzine, the most dangerous of the
A Hartford lawyer Is of tlie opinion
uew shoes to their one, besides a pair of liquids in commou useaud largely used
that the term “lot” as applied to a par
iu various processes, has been the cause
cel of laud Is an American pyoduct, uot patent leather slippers. 'Nevermind,* of many fl res. A giveu volume in liquid
derived from any other uses of the said the favored sister, *1’11 get them' form is capable of couveralon into suf
word. He says: “I have been reading and sbe did. Hbe jumped into a pile
ficient vapor to make 850 times its vol
up some of the old histories of my of mortar which was in front of a new
state, of I-ong Island and other colo building, and her sisters, thinking tbat ume, and this Inflammable atmosphere
Prafftable Cbaetty.
nial sections recently, and I find that sbe had fallen in by accident, took comiug in contact with au open light
The following story 1» told of an
BUSINESS AND HOMES.
the term ‘a lot of land' was originated compassion on her aud urged tbat sbe will convey a flame a long distant e
American who visited an <ild English
in the colonies; that it is today consid
t>e giveu the shoes, for they could wait from Ito source. In all places where The <?•■■• ot the Trolley Car •■«! church and »truck up a conversation
ered an Americanism and stands apart
with the rector. The two went up to
this liquid is used, care should be takeu
the Street Railway.
from other uses of the word. It orlgi awhile longer. Tbat is what I call a that no flame for lighting is used, aud
the roof for the sake of tlie view, anti
On
one
point
the
American
is
deter
clever
bit
of
strategy
on
her
part,
”
Baid
nated from the custom of dividing
if electric lighted, no lamp to be fused mined—he will not live near his work, the rector pointed out how badly In
grants for townships, etc., into parcels the girl who wished to follow in her
or
cut out should be allowed in the says Charles M. Skinner in the Atlan need of repair were tlie lends, going on
of land and then numbering each par footsteps.
to talk In a hopeless way of tlie pover
room.
Naptha and other products of tic. You shall see him in the morning
cel, putting the numbers into a hat or
ty of th«* parish. The American rubbed
••••
one
of
sixty
people
In
a
car
built
fot
petroleum, evaporating at a low tem
whatever was used and then having
his chin and then offer«! to put on a
“I don’t agree with you,” said tier
twenty-four,
reading
his
paper,
ding
perature, are exceedingly dangerous to
them drawn out by those who were to
new r««if at bls own expense. The de
friend, “it is what I call the act of as
lug
to
a
strap,
trodden.
Jostled,
smirch
occupy the land. Each man took the
have inside of a factory. The gas
ed, thrown Into harrowing relations lighted rector closed with tlie offer.
parcel corresponding to Ills number, sc selfish and heartless a girl as 1 have mixed with air forms a heavy vapor,
With men who drink whisky, chew t«r Tlie Americau was a» good ns his
heard
of
in
some
time.
What
you
can
bls land came by lot literally, and
which in a «told rtsim will be unde bacco, eat raw onions and Incontinent word, and when on the completion of
hence the use of the terra. This, I pre see worthy of copy lug In such a mortal
tected near the door, aud coming in ly breathe, and after thirty minutes ot the work the rector thanked him effu
sume, is ancient history, but perhaps 1 fail to see. You can rest assured it
contact with a flame will cause an ex this contact, with the roar of the slvely lie quietly confessed to having
ancient enough to have been forgotten will all come back to her some day.”
streets iu bls ears, with languid clerks made a very respectable profit out of
by most real estate dealers and other “You misjudge her. Everybody likes plosion.
and
pinguid market women leaning his “charitable” work. Tlie rector
people who deal 111 land and not lull
tier, and her family, including those
against
him, he arrives at his office. asked for an explanation, and then the
Electrict Light that Talka.
guuge.”
'tiuch-abused sisters, fairly worship
The problems of his homeward Journey American Informed him that there is a
An electric light arc telephone, an In the evening will be still more dift! certain amouut of silver In all lead,
lier.”
“She is masquerading now,”
Lightning and Watch?».
ordinary street corner electric light cult, because, In addition to the work which was now extracted, but In okl
“An electrical storm seems to have replied her friend, “Just wait until the
times It was left beeans«* It« presence
a peculiar effect on some timepieces.” mask is removed and then see her in which talks, lias l>eeii designed ill the ers, the cars must carry the multitude in the lea«l was not BU«|a*eted. The
remarked the junior partner of u bl;, her true colors.” “1 imagine it will be Michigan Physical Laboratory by As of demoiselles who shop ami go to quantity of the silver In the lead on
downtown jewelry firm. “Every time a revelation if they ever find out how sistant Professor K. E. Gut he, says the matinees.
To mauy men and women of business the church roof was Niitticleut to pay
lightning and thunder get active in she has played them, but Madge is too Cincinnati Enquirer.
This talking
a
seat is au undreamed of luxury. Yet al! expenses and to give the American
this vicinity one of the results is that
shrewd for that: she gets out of every electric light is the successor <»f the they would be Insulted if one were to a tangible profit.—Pearson'«
our watch repairing department Is
“singing are lamp” desigued in this
overworked for several days there thing anil is as demure about it as a laboratory a year ago. The “singing ask why they did not live over their
A White Mn»keat.
shops, as Frenchmen do, or back ot
after. The damage wrought clilefly mouse. You would think she was the
The capture of a white muskrat by a
most timid, shrinking litile thing im arc” was a mechanical toy, the light them, like Englishmen. It Is this un
consists of broken mainsprings.
northern New York hunter ought to lie
“When business gets dull with us,’ aginable if she supposes for a moment telephone is a practical advance in easy lustinet of American», this desire
the «Ign of Hometiling, but as one lias
of
tbelr
families
to
separate
Industrial
science.
A
telephone
at
one
end
of
the
added the jeweler jokingly, “we re she is going to get into trouble, and she
never been seen or beard of liefore It
quire all our employe«*» to pray foY n looks so Innocent that no one has the wire and a big are light at the other ■ nd social life, that makes the use of
will In the nature of thing« take a little
thunderstorm. Failure to comply with heart to condemn her.”
are the prime requisites of Professor the trolley car Imperative, anil the time to adjuHt and formulate Its pro-
this order is consl<lert*d suttlcient cause
Gutlie’s 'phone. Everyone has seen a street railway In this rnauner widens phetlc impileatIons. It may Imputl a
the life aud dominion of tlie people. It
»»••
for discharge. 1 am unable to make
street lamp flicker and heard It sputter.
bard winter or a soft or.e. an early or a
clear tlie whys and wherefores, but it
“I am surprised at you, seeing any The sputtering furnishes the principle enables them to distribute themselves latt! spring, with various meteorological
over
wider
spaces
and
unwittingly
to
Is un estuldisln-d fact that after th.' thing to admire In so deceitful a nature,”
on which the electric light is made a symbolize the expansiveness of the ua perturbations strewn along tlie exist
lightning has frolicked awhile In come »aid the friend. “Pardon uieif I speak
ing muskrat season, but noliod.v knows
telephone. Tlie telephone transmitter tion.
the watches with mainsprings wreck
loo plainly, but 1 have always given merely regulates the light's »putterlug
what they are yet. The animal is la-
ed." Washington Star.
terestlng from Its rarity, but If tlie
you credit for a frank, o|>en nature, and makes It intelligible, exactly Imi
Heroic Coarteay.
with a heart so generous that you could tating the human voiee. The street
A French writer on "The Revolution, prophetic generation of forest or moun
Wanted Rainwater.
the
Empire and the Restoration” cites tain s«*ers who seek for a «ign in the*
n«t
lie
in
sympathy
for
a
moment
with
lamp sputters Isu’aiise the strength of
“Boy, bring me a large pitcher ol
au amusing Instance of what he culls unwonted color of its jacket "get left”
anything
akin
to
selfishness,
deceit
or
rainwater and a small pitcher of well
the electric current changes. The tele
heroic courtesy. Percy, Lord Beverly, It will be nothing more than they are
water," said the woman from the conn anything that would give auyone uu- phone constantly changes the strength
lnvlt«*d to dine with film a marquis aeeustonied to.
try who just had been assigned to n happInesB or discomfort. 1 dou't yet of the current in the light, thereby
who was one of the most valiant sol
room lu one of the fashionable uptown believe that you have revealed your making the light vibrate in exact ac
Decline lu (he Rrttlsh Bleth Kate.
diers of the army of Conde. Wishing
hotels. “Yes'm,” said the boy, with an true nature this afternoon; you have
According to figures recently pub
cord with the vibrations of the human to honor his guest and the cause which
air of “Now, what kind of a drink's only been dazzled for the moment by
he served, that of tlie French kiug. the lished In London. France Is not the
voice
at
the
telephone.
that? It's a new oue on me."
the strange influence this girl has
English peer ordered his butler to only country in which tlie birth rate is
At the bar they turned him down
thrown over you like an ill-fitting
bring him a bottle of fine wine IOC below the normal. The statistics also
Electric Atoms.
“It’s no mineral waters she wants
years ago, "a ray of sun shut In crys show a marki*d decline In (be English
Just draw two pitchers of Croton from mantle. It doesn’t become you; throw
Lord Kelvin prints au interesting let
tal.
” He opened it cnrefully and of birth rate. Ixiudon shows a decrease
it
oft
before
it
is
too
late
and
be
your
the faucets and pass 'em lip to her.
ter in Nature, and in the course of his
fered
a glass to tlie marquis, saying. since 1881 from 27.4 to 2(1.6 per 100 of
Kain water! 1 ain't heard of It since I own true self agaiu. Aim to bestow in remarks refers to the electrification of
“
If
you
deem it worthy the honor, will married women under the age of futljr-
was a boy and lived in the country," stead of accepting all the pleasures, as air. Dealing with what he calls “elec-
you
drink
In this wine the health of five years. The decline is most noticea
said the bartender. “You couldn't use has been your practice hitherto. Tie
ble In the fashionable quarters of the
trions" or “atoms of electricity,” he the king?”
It If you coukl find It In New York.”- butterfly life of your friend will uot
speaksof them escaping from the atoms
The marquis tasted the wine. “How capital, while the slum areas, sueli as
New York Press.
count in the long run. Hbe may glory of matter, and of being lilierated at dif do you like It?” asked the host. "Ex Stepney. Shadwell and Bethnal Green,
in taking all the honey from the flowers ferent velocities into the air. Thus qul»lte,” replied the marquis. "Then,” are almost stationary. Outside of Lon
Society'» Right to Confiscate.
now, but there will tie ..uotlier day electrication of the air would tie pro said Lord Beverly, "finish the glass. don the decline amounts to 25.8 against
Wliat shall become of a man's prop
Only in a full glass can one drink the 30.3 In 1891. Medical lte«-ord.
ooming when the son will cease to
duced by the breaking of liquids into
erty after he Is dead Is a matter for so
health of so great and so unfortunate a
shine,
the
charm
of
her
youth
will
have
clety to determine. If It seems Inexp«*
drops, by falling water, by the bubbling king.” Without hesitation the marquis
Flower» From Ohl See«».
dlent to allow a rich man to leave a taken wings, leaving a calouaed nature of air through liquids, and by tlie agita did as he was bidden. Only when the
The extraordinary re«u«citating pow
child reared in luxury without means that will not appeal lovingly even to tion of liquids and gases. This is an as Englishman tasted the wine did lie er of light received a very curious Il
of support or to leave a quarrel on the the friends who have tried to remain
tonishing glimpse into the constitution learn tbat wliat he bail forced on hi* lustration a few days ago in the silver
hands of his heirs. It la entirely within true to her iu her adversity. They may
mines at Laurium. A mine bad been
of matter and into the manner in which guest was castor oil.
society's right to restrict bls license in minister to her wants, but it will only
abandoned more than 2.000 years, and
the
atmosphere
may
receive
at
least
so
that particular. The whims of testa be through a sense of duty and pity for
the seeds of some popples were found
At John Knox's Grave.
much of its electrical store. Ixird Kel
tors are a good deal of a nuisance and
beneath the slag of a species which
one so unfortunate, for it must be very vin says the operation is one of the
The
guldelaioks
unite
In
telling
the
■re too much respected by law. though
bad disappeared for twenty centuries.
strong
ties
that
will
bind
them
to
this
visitor
In
Edinburgh
to
s«*e
the
grave
not by courts.—Life.
splashiugout of electrions through the
The slag being removed, In a short
of John Knox. It Is situate«! In Parlla
girl who has returned their affection by
time the entire space was covered with
vibration of molecules al the surface of
ment square and Is marked by a small
acta of selfishness and deceit. Life is
■ aperstitlo*» Aboat Bee».
separation lietween liquids and gases or rectangular slab of stone sunk in the the most gorgeous show of poppies.
The superstitions which connect bees short at best, then why not make the tietween two portion« of liquid.
After their twenty centuries' rest they
cobblestone paving of the street, with
with the death or sickness of the mem most of it by choosing the more joyful
bad bloomed as vigorously as ever
the chiseled Inscription, “J. K. 1573."
bers of the particular family in which way of living? Striving to make others
without air or a single drop of water.
But
it
Is
odds
against
even
the
acute
A Freakish Tree.
they are kept are interesting. In Scot happy, and instead of sowing seed tbat
tourist that he finds the great reform«
laud and Ireland the entrance of a twe can bring forth nothing but thorns and
Italia« Cheese.
Al Hhillfried, near Matzen, a holiday at once, for only five feet away from
Into ■ cottage, more particularly if It
Making Italian cheese Is a new In
resort
much
patroniz«*d
by
the
Vien
nettles to sadden your life and tie
the holy ground there Is a similar
be n bumblebee, is looked upon ns a
nese, there is a tree which has the most sunken slab, and many times a day dustry whlc^ is attracting attention in
certain sign of the death of some one watered by team of bitterness and dis-
New Jersey. Many cheese factories
singular
characteristic of growing hori parties of tourists may be seen ap
then residing there. In other locnll pair, scatter broadcast loving deeds;
have sprung up, and tomato canners
proaching
on
tiptoe
the
second
stone
zontally over the ledge of a deep hol
ties if bees in swarming settle upon kind words that coat you nothing, but
and lietiding over It with keen interest have turued to cheese making to util
dead wood it is regarded as equally will be remembered longafteryou have low. The tree is almut ten years old,
only to read, “Wllklng Patent Hy ize the oversupply of tomatoes. Tlie
and
two
years
since,
as
the
result
of
a
ominous.
forgotten them aud bring a gleam of
drant,” and find themselves fa«*e to latter are collected aud mashed mid
landslide, it fell Into Its present posi
pleasure.
face with the water supply system of then mixed with salt and spice« in a
G«a«l»» Sarprlae.
tion, with its branches upward and a modern town Instead of the liones of large box like a mortar bed. They
Teas—I told tbat old beau of yours
are then stirred and mly«*\l by hoes to
downward, and so has grown ever -tke-eudneut clci g/mau.
that you were married.
“A» tar as never learning the art of
a proper consistency, but thereafter
since, flowering and leafing Just as if the
Jea*— Bld you? Did he seem stir conklug ami xewiug, try and forget that
tlie process is known only to ii «civet
position were natural.
prised?
All
th*
Difference.
you ever uttered such words and, in
few.
Tess—Yes, Indeed! He said. “How stead, j»ay your mother the well-de-
Ticket Collector (to passenger tn first
•r> esr»b d'd thet hrppen.’”—Philsi!«')
A portion nf the first Iron bridge btdlf class carrttre trjfb •e*.*£>n<j cis«» ticlyuj,
SOt-tfS WO Biff
serveu oHiipitmeut aud asaure uer oi
phla Press.
in England, which spans the Hevern al —Your ticket is second class, sir. You
The newest poetotflee has lieeii ent ale
your great appreciation other efforts by
lisbed in Alaska, and the carrier gets
Ironbridge (Salop), ha» given away. must pay the difference.
telling her that It is your aim In life to
Aceastomefi to LanHe».
Passenger-The second clrss car *25,000 a year salary. The new service
The
parting of the girders caused a re
Mr. Courting (exhibiting penknife)— I m * as true and sincere, as thoroughly
riages were full.
Is at present a monthly one. and the
This handle Is pure silver. What do capable and as good a housekeeper as port like a til underclap. The bridge
Collector—Yes, but there was plenty letter carrier provides Ids own «ledge
was
erected
in
1779,
and,
according
to
you think of that?
of room third class.
she has lieeu. You owe her this much
»nd dogs. Iairge as his salary to. ii ap
Little Girl —Huh! That's nothing and in your own mind have acknowl the act of Parliament, under which it
Passenger—Quite •<»
Pay me the pears tbat be earns It alt. for already
Bister's teeth Is on a plate of pure
the mau has lieen carried away by avn-
edged It many times, l>ut have never waa tMiilt, the sovereign has to pay toll difference and I’ll change.
gold.
lancbes. made a prisoner by snow
told her. Tlie girl who does uot know before he can ernsa.
W«»<»4 a Mew O«e.
drifts, fallen down mountain preel-
how to sew Is sadly handicapped
A fiebtle Dtatlnetloe.
Sandy—I want tae buy a necktie.
pice« aud bad other adventure« excit
The codling moth, the chief ravager
When a person of wealth Indulges In through life.
She is necessarily ex
Shopman (allowing some faalduiinb’e
uuuaual taste or hobbles, be Is de travagant, for she cannot use the odds of the apple and pear crops, destroys I peel mens)—Here Is a tie that Is very ing If uot pleaaaut.
scribed as being eccentric. If he Is a and ends of ribbons, laces and little bits every year In thia country frail valued touch worn.
A Rlxld Dateh Lan.
poor man, be Is merely calk'd a crank. of fiuery that a girl who is handy with at »30,090,000 to »40,000,000.
Sandy—I dinna want ane that's very
More
than
2(*> years ago tlie Dutch
—Exchange.__________
muckle worn. I've plenty o' them at
her needle can make good use of and
rulers of Ceylon, anxious to retain their
The greatest size a horse has lieen hame.—London Tit-Bit«
Cvael Blew.
fashion into dainty and attractive wear
monopoly of the precious «pice for
“Are you aware of the fact,” re
known to grow is 20J hands high. Thia
which that islan«l Is fsiuous. enacted a
marked Miss (Jutting, “that I am a ing apparel. The old dresses that have to the record of ■ Clydesdale which waa
Caaffltiaaa So similar.
seen tbelr best day will be cleaned and
law whhh made It a capllal offense to
mlud reader?”
on exhibition In 1889.
“Does that moon remind you of any
“Nevab suspected It, weally,” an made into a pretty little at-home cos
thing?” he asked, bis mind reverting to buy or sell the wild Jangle cinnamon,
then the only sort known. The plants,
swered young Softlelgb. “Would you— tume by oombming with something
Hou them Rhodesia's gold out|>ut laat tbelr courtship days.
wherever found, were held to be the
■ w—object to weeding my mind, don else and will look like new. With the May waa the highest recorded, being
“Yea,” she anawered.
property of the state. If n shrub
cber know?”
girl who cannot sew they will go Into over I », fit» ounces.
“What?” be asked.
chanced to spring up In a mini's door
"Certainly not,” aba replied. “Bring the ragliag or be given to some ooe
“You,” sbe said; "on dub nights.”
It with you the next time you call.”—
He looked again. Yes, the moon was yard, be could neither d«*strny n«a- use
who can turn the old material to good
Iron to seven time« as heavy as water
Chicago News
It under severe penalties. Things are
accounu The girl who can do these bulk for bulk, and gold nineteen times. Io tbat condition.-- Chicago Post
happily different now.
lu the deep shade of the tree the baa
keta are laid, and now a Ore la »tarte-1
nearby, one of Van Dyke's little
"friendship fires,” which shall also
cook a few trout. “Got two fiat stone»,
friend und they’ll be bard to find In
this bo wider country, but they are
sometime* worn quite fiat—while 1
gather some sutilcleut wood.” Into the
fire the stones go, and the wood Is
heaped about them. Soon the Intense
glow of live wood embers Indicates
that the time lias come.
The trout, a sliver of bacon In each,
are placed oil oue stone, first well dust
ed ot its ashes, and the other stone Is
laid upun them. Now the hot e tn Iters
are ruked about and over the stoues,
and the lunch Is spread on the big
rock near the spring.
O ye epicures, who think nothing
good unless served by a Ilelmoiilco or
a Hberry, go ye Into the mountains, fol
low u brook for half a day, get wet and
tired and hungry, sit down by an lee
cold spring and eat brook trout cooked
on the spot and delicious bread ami
blitter lilierally spread with clover hon
ey. Not till then have ye dined.—“Trout
and Philosophy on a Vermont Stream"
tn Outing.
FACTS IN FEW LINE^
“My tsjy." said the millionaire, "you
have got to reform or there will be
trouble."
"IVIll you disinherit me?” asked the
youth.
“Worse than that,” replie«| the old
mau.
“It seems to me.” »aid the youtlr.
“that that'» ubout us laid as it cun be.”
"That’s where you're wrong.” replied
the old man. “If 1 trl«?d to disinherit
you. you might go Into court and sue
<-«»*d in breaking the will. Just uow
you don't seem to be disposed to do
anything but speud money.”
"Well?''
“Well, you might as well understand
that it isn't because I don't kuow how
to »pen«l money that I haven't dune IL”
The youth grew pale. There waa a
threat behind this.
“If my money Is to be wasted by au
individual," the old man went on. “I
want to be tbat Individual. Now. you'll
have to show tbat you're capable of
doing soiueUiing else or I'll turn loose
anil s|>eu«l the mouey myself.”
For a moment the youtli was wor
ried. Then his face brighten«Hl.
“That's all right, dad.” he said.
“With your reputation for conserva
tism and economy you wouldn't more
than get started befor«* I would lie able
to go into court and have a conservator
appoint«*«! for your estate. It's all right
In me, but in you It would Is* evidence
of serious mental trouble.”
And the youth—well, tire old man had
to admit tliat the youth had the liest of
th«* argument.—Chicago Post.
One 1'lilna That Healrulued Then*.
“Pretty tiresome, isn't it?" remarked
the first man at a reception.
"It is so.” replied the other.
“I’d sn«*ak out if I could, lint iny wife
would get uiiid. She's a friend of tlie
hostess.”
“I’d sneak out, too. but my wife
would be furious. She's tin* hostess.”
—Philadelphia Press.
rnuece»»nr>-.
The barber had about finish«*d shav
ing tin* man In tlie chair and. passing
bis hand over ills chin investIgatingly.
Iean<*d forward and said:
"Shall I go over tlie chin again?"
"No. thanks.” replh-d tin* customer
cheerfully; “I think I can rememlier
everything you said.” — New York
Times.
OblitfiiiH Him.
Tourist Where do these roads lead
to?
Boy—One of them l«*ads to my home,
an' de other goes straight on.
Opiiortunlq Lost.
"There was a time.” remarked the
colonel, “when South Africa uilglit
have been taught the advantages of
gentle civilization, but now »licit a
thing is impossible.”
“Why?” asked the captain.
“They, have introduced automobiles
there.” — Cincinnati Commercial Trib
une.
Tlie Siff-nifleant Senteace.
"A woman always puts the most im
portant thing lu a letter at tlie very
end,” said be.
“Sometimes a man does it. t«x>.” zahl
she, “when he makes a statement of
Indebtedness and then udds. 'Please
remit.’ ”—Washington Star.
Ready For Him.
“They were not engaged very long,
were they?”
“Ob, no. It wasn't necessary. Slie
had enough clothes left from previous
engagements to fill six trunka”—Chi
cago Itecord-Herald.
Tbe Consolatory Thoaaht.
Gertrude—Isn’t that fur boa very
uncomfortable round your neck?
Evaline—Terribly uncomfortable. But
it is very expensive fur, don't you
know.—ltostou Transcript.
Gt More Importance.
Mrs. Calls—I understand your hits
band is a bear on 'change?
Mrs. Puts—Well, perhaps he Is. but
he's tbe meekest kind of a lamb at
home.—Chicago News.
Nothin« Dolnff.
Canvasser I've a book here I'd like
tn show you.
Busy Man I've a bulldog in th? next
room !‘<1 like to show you. — Boston
Transcript.
Her Malden Alm.
"What was your maliJen name?" I aske«1
A iiialron fair one day.
"Whut was your m««l«1en name?"
She
blushed:
"I hardly like to say."
Again I ask««d her maiden name.
She hid behind her fan
An«l aald. “Of eourse my mal«t*n aim
W»» to aoeure a man '
—Lx»» Angeles Herald
The vineyards of Germany aggregate
238,(r25 acre».
The uatlouality suffering most from
cancer la the German.
Insurance against automobile acci
dent» can now lx* bad.
York'» ancient city moats will proba
bly be laid out aa public gardens.
A m*w antithetic preparation Is known
Chemically a» alkyloxyplienylqualudlu.
Chemical vinegar, catsup and table
aauee» «ordain no vegetable matter
whatever.
There were 7,995 street aceldeiita laat
year in Izaidon. Ten years ago the
number was 4.8IML
Baden-Powell Makepeace was tbe
name of a little girl who died n*cently
at Bendigo. Victoria.
Brick kilns are now fired with |»*tro
letim. 190 pounds of oil being suflieieut
to burn a ton of bricks.
There are nearly 80,000 Welsh resi
dents in Liverpool, where It is proposed
to found a Celtic chair at the universi
ty college.
Nine eyes and three luouths were
possessed by a collie puppy l»>rn re-
««inly at Henley, England. It only
iived four hours.
After his marriage tbe rector of
Walkington, Yorkshire, England, sent
a (siiind of wtHldlug cake to every
householder in his parish.
Titer«* are 360 places of public wor-
»hlp on Manhattan Island. There 1» a
rejMirtcd iuemlM*rahlp. Protestant ami
Catholic together, of 093,942.
Owing to the increased price of coal
several British Isairds of guardians
have d«*cid«*d to give an extra slxjieiice
weekly to tbe recipients of outdcsir re
lief.
For uttering, a strong expression of
disapproval while quarreling with a
const able at Vienna n nobleman baa
been fined llis. 8d. for insulting tlie po
lice.
Forty-two packets of cigarettes were
suiokcsl in four days by a youtli of
eighteen who has died near Beilale.
Yorkshire. England, after two days’ III-
Hess.
After being liooked iu the river Edeu
a large salmon was "played” for five
hours by three men, who relieve«! each
other. Eventually tlie Hue broke and
tlie fish escajied.
Ptomaine poisouing. tlie result of eat
ing part of a banana, a roasted apple
and a date, lias cans««! tlie death of Ar
thur II. Luty, agctl two. at Eiland,
Yorkshire, England.
At Alzen, in Hesse, tlie other day a
prominent tradesman was senteu«*ed to
twenty-four hours' imprisonment for
tlie "grave irreverence" of reading a
newspajier tn court while a ease was
under trial.
Iu 1827 a salmon weighing eighty-
three pounds was caught in the Tay.
Tills Is the record British llsli. Tlie
largest American Halni«ui on r«*cord was
eighty-two (louuda. It was caught in
1893 in tlie Columbia river.
As It was apparently Buff<*rlng from
Indigestion a bullock wua slaughtered
near Spalding. England, when its Ill
ness was found to have bren caused
by a tennis ImII It bad swallowed.
Six l«ounds weight of spent bullets,
three pieces of steel, a nail, a hairpin,
some glass and small ston«*s were found
in tlie stomach of a horse which dh*d
suddenly at Ferutree Gully, Victoria.
French jouruals speak of a »ulistauce
which, when placed U|>on tin* roads,
does away with mud and dust. The
eimqsisitlon consists of a mixture uf
scoria from a Idast furnace and tar.
Tlie preparation, carefully pr«*ss«*d,
renders tbe surface of the road Imper
vious to water.
Despite opposition at Athens, where
the press was strongly opposed to the
si-lieme, tlie muidclpal council of Corfu
lias ratifi«-d the contract which tlie
mayor of Corfu made witli a syndicate
of Euro|H*an capitalists tv allow tlie
establislimeut at Corfu of :i gambling
casino on an elaborate scale.
In many country villages mid Iso-
lnt«si sections of the New Etiglaud
and the middle states women still muy
lie found who earn a living by spinning
and knitting wool und by weaving mid
kuitting rug carpets mid rugs. There
is quite a revival In demand now for
nicely made rag rugs in some localities.
One of th«* largest genealogies ever
undertaken lias b«*eii partly completed
at Oxford in the history of tlie Smith
family. The investigations have not
b«*en carried beyond tlie fourteenth
century, although I'rofcssor Muliuffy
discovered a record of a brewer umued
Sniitli in a I’ertrie laipyrus dakd two
centuries before the Christian era.
Countess Lonyay and her daughter.
Princess Elizabeth Wlndiscli (Iraetz.
have determined to erect a monument
In the grounds of Hetzendorf castle,
near Vienna. In memory of tbe late
queen of the Belgians. The permis
sion of the enqieror will have to be
obtained prior to tbe erection uf the
statue, but no difficulty is anticipate
on that score.
The principal powers of Euro|H> are
■ liout to adjust the differences In their
domestic laws ou the suliject» of mar
riage, divorce and tlie guardianship of
minors. Tbe only powers that have not
Jolue«! in the movement ure Great Brit
.«in, TurStef, Greece and -BervLk-
l-'rance. Germany. Russia. Italy, Spain
mid nearly all the »mailer »tat«-» have
taken part in the «•onferences und con
sequent plans.
During a trial In I'aris betw«*vn tlie
partners of a corset firm the defense
revealed that one of tlie branebea of
tbelr manufacture was men's corset».
Tlie Judge, having demanded an ex
planation, It wax shown that more
tlimi 18.000 corset» were made yearly
for Frenchmen, mid 3.000 were slil|i|H-d
to England, principally for army ottl
«■ers. German officers also created
quite a demand until a rival Berlin
firm offerad a cheaper article.
A Great Jewelry re«trr.
A Fatal Ml».
Clwlly—I would liuve tsiuglit a l*o«
of candy tills evening. Gladys, only
you're training for a basketball gaiui-
you know, and -
Indignant Maiden I'm not doing any
tiling of the sort!
Cboll.v (turning pa lei—Then I've got
my girls tulxril!— Chicago Tribiin«*.
The first i«-e cream ever sol«l as a reg
tilar article of comnen-e whs sldpt»*«'
by a Bo»tou luvrcliiiiit nuiiied Tudot u
ltG5 He sent a loud to Martinique.
More than lialf of tbe jewelry mnde
In this country Is mantifactiir«*d In tlie
Attleboro«.
Practically all of the
jewelry made In tlie United States 1»
turned out in New England. In tlie <*Hy
of Provklrnce. the Attlelsiros him I tin
town of Mansfield. Nearly 3O.ia»» pete
pie are directly and Indirectly Inter
e«t<*d In the niaiiufa<’tnre of Jewelry
Altogether there are something ovet
250 factories for the making of Jewelry
In these four communities, the output
of which ruua Into tlie millions uf <lul
lara in value aunually.