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BANDON RECORDER.
THE LAU MELOMELO.
How Hawaii«« Natives G« After the
Flaar Trih«.
HIS PRIZE ROSES
4 Little Secret That Was C«aSded t«
tbe Wr««c Maa.
j
HUMOR OF THE HOUR
A STALLION FIGHT.
SOME OLD THEATERS.
THE BROAD JUMPER.
A Bright B«r.
Battle Raval Belwee« a Tharaach-
bred aaA a WUd Rackskia.
1‘laylaoss.s That Floarlsh.A la An
cient Greece a ad Baase.
Ml« Tralala« Mm B« IjaitaaUa «•
Get th« Boat Resells.
Mrs. Benham—That boy of ours bas
An amusing incident is reported in
A contest betweeu two stallions, one
You may wonder what there could
Every schoolboy thinks that be can
"Lau melomelo” is tbe name of a de
no reference, no bump of veneration.
connection
with
a
small
flower
show
the leader of a wild band, tbe other a be Injurious to public morality In a broad jump, and so he can to a certain
coy used by tbe native ttshermeu of
They Are I.table to Caleb To« 1« a
Benham
—
That
so?
Hawaii. It is made of tbe hardest In tbe uortb of England. One of th«
Moat Myaterloae Way.
Mrs. Benham—Yes. it Is so. You Kentucky thoroughbred that had run theater made of stone. Consul P. Cor degree. But this event is one which
classes—cut roses—was open only to
wiki, is thus described by Sewell Ford nelius Scipio Nasela knew, but history should be gone at systematically to get
What queer quirks a good and obe wood to be found on tbe Islands and is cottage gardeners within a certain ra know the picture we sent away u a
in "Horses Nine:”
doesn’t tell. The first attempt tu build the best results. The jumper should
dient miud will sometimes take! A carved and rublied till It assumes the dius, and tbe winner turned up in a wedding present yesterday?
Again tbe buckskin stallion charged, a stone theater in Rome was made a first carefully notice bis stride on go
Benham Yea; wbat of it?
clergyman of exceptional scholarly at slia|»e of a club with a little knob at I laborer wtxui we will call Sandy. The
Mrs. Benham—1 told Charlie to pack ears back, eyes gleaming wickedly and short time before be was elevated to ing up to the take off, so that be can
tainments tells me that be once wrote the smaller end, to which tbe line la lueky individual was in high feather
tied.
it
In a box, supposing, of course, that snorting defiantly. This time the black his office It was sanctioned by the mark off a distance—say twenty-five
what he at the moment conceived to
Tbe club is from one to three feet and hung about near bls exhibit all the be would use some of the old packing stood bls ground until tbe buckskin's censors and was nearing completion yards back—and by stepping on this
be the word “righteous.” The nature
afternoon receiving tbe congratulations
pa|>er so abundafitly scattered about teeth snapped savagely within a few when Scipio persuaded tbe senate to mark with one of his feet as be runs
of tils calling ought to suggest that of long. A village sorcerer performs cer of Ills friends.
the bouse. Well, 1 went out of the inches of his throat. Just in time did command It to be pulled down, ad by he will be sure to Strike tile take off
al! words this one should be among tbe tain rites over It over a sacred fire.
“Beautiful roses,” remarked a well
be rear and swerve. Twice more—for
most familiar to him, and Indeed It After this is done the club is magic, dressed stranger to Sandy. “They tell room for a minute, and when I came the paddock raised black was slow to vancing as bis reason solicitude for when lie come« to It. Tbe jumper can
not be sure of getting bls best efforts
was. Yet when he had written it it and tbe fisherman must be extremely me, however, that If Briggs bad been back be was tearing up a copy of understand such behavior—tbe buck public morality.
The Romans did not possess a regu into his jump uuletni he is practically
did not look right. After puzzling over careful of it. If a woman should step qualified to enter he would have beat Longfellow's poems and using the skin charged. Then the black was
lar stone thea^-r until a very late pe sure of blttiug tbe take off. After this
leaves for packing paper. What do
it for some time he concluded that it over it or enter a canoe in which it lies, en you.”
roused into aggressiveness.
riod, and, although dramatic repre has been acquired the athlete can g«t
you think of that?
must end with “ious” Instead of "eous,” tlie club would lose all its power and
Now, Briggs was the rose grower
There ensued such a battle aa would sentations were very popular In early to work.
Benham—I think tbe boy knew bls
as he had written it. Finally in a would lie useless ever afterward.
have brought delight to tbe brute soul times, it ap|iears that a wooden stage
After the club has been charmed tbe par excellence in the neighborhood; buaiueea.
In this run the jumper's highest
mental muddle be went to his una
but. unfortunately for him, he was
Mrs. Benham—How do you make of a Nero. With fore feet and teeth was created when necessary and was s|H*ed should be reached at about ten
bridged dictionary, but was amazed at fisherman mixes candleuut and cocoa- just outside tbe radius.
the two stallions engaged, circling mad afterward pulled down again, and tbe or twelve feet before tbe take off, so
that out?
finding no such word there. Deferring nut meat, bakes It and ties tbe mixture
“Briggs be hanged*' ejaculated San
ly about on their hind legs, tearing up plays of Plautus and Terence were that he can gather himself for the
In
a
wrapper
of
cocoanut
fiber.
there
Benham
—
He
probably
knew
further, search for the nonce, he com
At the fishing grounds tbe club Is dy. “He ain’t got no better roses than was “Excelsior” la it — New York great clods of turf, biting and striking performed on such temporary scaffold Jump. After leaving tbe take off he
pleted his letter and then opened the
them!"
as opportunity offered. At last, by a Ings. In tbe meanwhile many of the should shoot out and up. He must
Times.
dictionary again. This time be found covered with the oily juice of tbe
"That’s nonsense F’ retorted the
quick, desperate rush, the buckskin neighboring towns of Rome bad their have elevation or his efforts will be in
the word all right and In its proper stuff and is then lowered carefully to stranger. “Briggs’ roses are tbe talk
caught the thoroughbred fairly by the stone theaters, as the Introduction of vain. He should go into tbe air at an
Butweva grl.uds.
place, a fact which, he said, would tbe bottom. Tbe scent of the baked of the district.”
Mayme—I hear you are going to be throat. Here tbe affair would have Greek customs and manners was less angle of at least forty-five degrees. A
have been a warning to him if be bad nut ment attracts certain kinds of fish,
Sandy still stuck to his point and be married again.
which soon gather and begin to nibble
en<h*d had not the black stallion, rear strongly opisvsed in them than In the good way to get this elevation is by
been a drinking man.
at the club. As soon as enough fish are came quite confidential. “Between
Edyth— Again? Why, I’ve never been ing suddenly on his muscle ridged city of Rome Itself. Wooden theaters, placing a hurdle in tbe jumping pit
The explanation of It was that by
around the decoy a small bag shaped you and me,” he whispered eventually, tied up as yet
haunches and lifting his opponent’s adorned with the most profuse mag and Jumping over it. The Jumper
some unaccountable freak be had got
net is lowered very gently until its “Briggs ain’t got no better roses than
Mayme—No, but I can't recall the fore quarters clear of the ground, niflcence, were erected at Rome even should gather himself together as he
it into his noddle that it was spelled
mouth is just over the club. The latter them, 'cos them’s ills! He couldn’t en
goes through the air. and at tbe finish,
“ritcheous.” He had spelled It so in Is then pulled up carefully and cun ter himself, so he gave me tbe pick of number of times you were “going to showered on his enemy such a rain of during the last period of the republic.
blows from his iron shod feet that the
A magnificent wooden theater plan just before alighting, he should force
be.”—Chicago News.
his letter and had of course looked on ningly till It la withjn the bag. Tbe fish bls garden.”
wild buckskin dropped to the ground, ned by M. .Emllius Scaurus was built himself on by a spasmodic effort with
the wrong page of the dictionary for it are so eager for the stuff with which
The stranger was satisfied, and it
dazed and vanquished.
In Ills a-dilesbip 58 B. C. Its scena Ills arms and body. The legs will strike
Cha «St« •< T««e.
in the first instance. By the time he the club Is covered that they follow it was only afterward that Sandy dis
Standing over him, with all the fierce consisted of three stories, and the low the ground at the farthest possible
looked again the crotchet was out of into the net without fear. As soon as covered to his cost that he had con
pride of a victorious gladiator showing er of them was made of white marble, distance. Practice will show how far
his mind, and he knew how to spell the all tbe fish are in it a fisherman dives fided his secret to a member of the
In every curve of his glistening body, the middle one of glass and the upper out the feet can be thrown without the
word as well as Webster did.—Brook- I and closes tbe mouth of the net, where show committee.—London Tit-Bits.
the black thoroughbred trumpeted out one of gilt wood. The cavea contained athlete's falling back into the pit. It
lyn Eagle.
upon the rest haul It up quickly.—
a stentorian call of defiance and com 80,000 spectators. In 55 B. C. Cn. Pom must l>e remembered that the greater
A Woodland Refc«.
Washington Post.
mand. The band that had watched the pey built the first stone theater at the speed the farther out the feet can
Scholarly Me« and th. Palplt.
Aa became the idle man having the
struggle from a discreet distance now Rome, near the Campus Martius. It lie thrown with safety. A great deal
If scbolariy men more and more re
time
of
his
life
in
the
primeval
forests
came galloping In, whinnying in friend was of great beauty and is said to have of practice la necessary to become a
ject th. church as the means by which
PRESENCE OF MIND.
of the Temagatnie reserve in Canada,
lieen built after the model of that of good broad juniper, but this is an
they will Influence opinion and con
ly fashion.
the
clerk
of
the
New
York
court
of
Black Eagle had won his first fight Mytilene. It contained 40,000 specta event which It is not well to practice
duct and replace it by educational, ed The Dak« «t Wem««««*« Expert*
special sessions was graciously inclined
rare With a Mordero«« Maniac.
He had won tbe leadership. By right tors.
itorial and administrative agencies, the
too frequently, as It is very hard on
One day as the Duke of Wellington to Instruct the workers in camp. These,
of might be was now chief of this free
next century may be altogether guided
C. Curio built In 50 B. C. two magnif the legs. The broad jumper will there
says
the
New
York
Tribune,
were
two
writing
at
his
library
table
quite
eat
In its intellectual decisions and in
company of plains rangers. It was for icent wooden theaters close by one an fore not expect to get at bls beat dur
those of its actions which depend on alone his door was suddenly opened young, unknown men who, with a
him to lead whither he chose, to pick other, which might be changed Into ing bls first season.—G. W. Orton in St.
canoe
and
a
camping
outfit,
were
like
Intellectual judgments by forces out without a knock or announcement of
the place and hour of grazing, the time one amphitheater. After the time of Nicholas.
wise
seeking
backwood
experience.
side the church. Our grandfathers any sort, and in stalked a gaunt man.
for watering and his to guard his*com Pompey, however, other stone theaters
He came upon one of them baking
looked to the minister for advice not who stood before the commander in
were erected, as the theater of Mar TRAGEDY OF ANIMAL LIFE.
panions from all dangers.
Such a dear, good little boy!
only upon religious beliefs and moral chief with his hat on and a savage ex bread in a portable aluminium oven
As for the buckskin stallion, there re cellus, which was built by Augustus
practice, but also upon most matters pression of countenance. Tbe duke before a smoldering log Are.
mained for him the choice of humbly and called after bls nephew Marcellus, Someth)«« Pathetic la tbe Career at
"Ah,” said the clerk, assuming a re
the Passeaaer Piaeoa.
outside their own direct acquaintance. was of course a little annoyed at such
following the new leader or of limping and that of Balbus, whence Suetonius
clining
position
of
graceful
ease,
“
bak
To him who knows the story of the
The minister prescribed for the educa in unceremonious interruption, and,
off alone to try to raise a new band. used the expression, “Per trlna tbea-
passenger pigeon this group of beautl
tion of sons, solved social problems looking up, he asked, “Who are you?” ing bread, I see.”
Being a worthy descendant of the tra. ”—Clncinna 11 Com mercia 1.
“Yes. It doesn’t come up for a cent.”
“I am Dionysius,” was the singular
ful. grayish brown birds with the iri
and acted as the source and Judge
chargers which the men of Cortes rode
“You see,” continued the clerk, with
descent goldeu sheen upon their throats
truth in matters of general knowledge. answer. “Well, what do you want?”
so fearlessly into the wilds of the new
APHORISMS
la the last word of a tragedy of animal
Our sons seem likely to regard the “Your life.” "My life?” "Yes; I am rising wisdom, “the baking powder,
world, he chose the latter course and.
ministry as a body of tnen fitted to sent to kill you.” “Very odd,” said which contains cream of tartar, liber
having regained bls senses, galloped
Patient waiting Is often the highest life. America was once the land of tbe
wild pigeon. Early American writers
deal wlch men’s religious welfare, but the duke, sitting back and calmly gaz ates when heated a certain amount of
stIfHy toward the north, bis bruised way of doing God's will.—Collier.
cartionic
acid
gas,
which
”
—
are full of references to it. Alexander
less fitted to be generous mentors in ing at tbe intruder. “Not at all, for I
head lowered in defeat.
Both
man
and
woman
kind
belle
their
“Oh. don’t talk shop!” interrupted
Wilson, the father of American orni
others. The direction of the people in am Dionysius,” said the stranger, “and
nature when they are not kind.—Bai
WE M JST GROW OR DIE.
thology, estimated that a flock seen by
other than purely religious activities I must iWt you to death.” “Are you the cook. "I hate It out here!”
ley.
“Oh, you do!” the clerk observed, as
him In 1808 contained over 2,000,000
may pass wholly out of the hands of obliged to perform this duty today?”
<onat««t Study la Neceaaary to Kev*
Duty and today are ours; results and individuals. It stretched from the «ho
the church.—Professor E. L. Thorn asked the commander In chief. "I am tonished. “What business are you in,
P«ee
With
the
Tlmea.
futurity belong to God.—Horace Gree rizon to tbe horizon, as far as the eye
dike tn Gentury.
! very busy just now and have a large may I ask?’
A passion for growth, a yearning for ley.
“I’m an assistant professor of chem
number of letters to write. It would
could see, and was over four hours in
a larger life, is characteristic of all
The future destiny of the child is al
be very Inconvenient today.” The vis istry at Yale.”
A Tra«le Wedding Hing.
Hoopla!
great souls. A man is measured by his ways tbe work of the mother.—Napo passing a given point. He saw a nest
ing colony forty miles long and several
A tragic story of a forgotten wed itor hiked hard during a moment's
power to grow, to becopie larger, icon.
Throw!»« Rice at Weddlaaa.
ding ring is told in the “Lives of the pause, “Call again,” continued tbe
miles in width.
broader,
nobler.
The
intensity
of
his
Like roast pig, tbe origin of throwing
The more you speak of yourself the
In 1805 Audubon saw schooners at
Lindsays.” He should have been at duke, "or write and make an appolnt-
desire to reach out und up defines his more you are likely to lie.—Zimmer
rice
at
weddings
is
Chinese,
and
the
the wharfs In New York loaded not in
church when Colin Lindsuy, the young ment.” “You’ll be ready?” "Without
capacity for devlopment.
legend
is
scarcely
less
worthy
of
man.
packages, but In bulk, with wild pi
Earl of Balearras, was quietly eat fail,” was the reply, The maniac,
Any one, young or old, possessed by
Tbe wise are polite’ all the world geons caught up the Hudson river and
ing his breakfast in nightgown and awed doubtless by the stern old sol Charles Lamb: “A famous sorcerer
a
passion
for
growth
is
constantly
add
over; fools are polite only at home.— sold for a cent apiece. Up to i860 the
slippers. Reminded that Mauritia of dler, backed out of the room without named Chao became jealous of the
ing to his knowledge, always pushing
Ba eon.
bird continued fairly abundant. Then
Nassau was waiting for him at the al further words and half an hour later power of another sorcerer, a woman,
his
horizon
a
little
further.
Every
day
and. conceiving a plan to destroy her,
A
laugh
to
be
joyous
must
flow
from
a
frightful slaughter began to supply
tar, he hurried to church, but forgot was safe In bedlam.
lie gains additional wisdom, every night
he persuaded her parents to bestow her
tbe ring. A friend present gave him
he is a little larger than he was in the a Joyous heart, for without kindness an Increased food demand. Gun, pole,
upon
his
supposed
son.
The
crafty
T.ktns Life Too Seriously.
club, net and sulphur pot were em
one, which he, without looking at.
morning. He keeps growing as long as there can bl no true joy.—Carlyle.
Taking life too seriously Is said to Chao chose the most unlucky day for
placed on tbe bride's finger.
A great deal of knowledge, which is ployed. Thirty dozen birds were cap
he
lives.
Even
In
old
age
he
la
still
After the ceremony was over the I m * an especially American falling. This the wedding, the day when tlie ‘Golden
stretching out for larger thlugs, reach not capable of making a man wise,' has tured at one spring of the net. One
countess glanced at her hand and be may be true; but, judging from ap Pheasant’ was in the ascendant, so that
a natural tendency to make him vain man netted 500 dozen in one day. In
ing up to greater heights.
tlie nesting season trees were shaken
held a grinning death’s head on ber pearances, it would seem to be world when the bride entered the red chair
and arrogant.—Addison.
We
often
find
plants
and
trees
that
or felled and wagon loads of squab
ring. She fainted awuy, and the omen wide, for, go where you may, you will the spirit bird would destroy her with
are
not
fully
developed,
but
have
his
powerful
beak.
But
Peachblossom
made such an impression on her that find tbe proportion of serious, not to
taken nightly, droves of hogs being
Four Ways to Health.
readied tiie limit of their growth. They
on recovering she declared she was say anxious, faces ten to one as com gave directions to have rice thrown out
“Here we go!
Hygienic living demands imperative turned in to utilize what the "hunters”
cannot
be
made
to
respond
to
the
woo
at
tbe
door,
and
site
passed
out
un
destined to die within a year, a present pared with the merry or happy ones.
ing of enriched soil or copious water ly tbe absolute purity of tbe four fol had left. Wherever the distracted
iment that probably biouglit about Its If “the outer is always tbe form and harmed while tbe sjilrlt bird was de
ing. The power for the extension of lowing necessities: Air, water, food and flocks appeared tbe slaughter began.
own fulfillment, for In a few mouths shadow of the Inner” and if “the pres vouring it.
thoughts. Granted these, you have the At the last known large pigeon "nest
cell
life seems to have departed.
ent is the fullness of the past and the
the careless Colin was a widower.
constituents out of which nature for ing,’* in 1878, a billion birds were killed
There
are
many
human
plants
of
sim
herald of the future” (and how can we
mulates such a perfect creature that during the season. Like the bison, it
ilar
nature.
Early
in
life
they
settle
doubt
it?),
how
mauy
sad
histories
can
John G. Whittier, the Quaker poet,
Irritation «nd Pain.
the inward purity seems to lend a radi was effectually exterminated, showing
into
grooves,
from
which
nothing
can
A sharp definition should be drawn be read In the faces of those we meet once In describing the usages of the
displace them. They are dead to enter ance to the personality. It is not sim the terrible efficiency of man when he
between irritation and pain. Irritutlon every day! The pity of it is, too, that Quakers in regard to "speaking in
prise, to advancement along any line. ply a few breaths of fresh air a half sets out systematically In pursuit of a
is not pain, but only a freq’uent cause the sadness, is a Belf woven garment, meetings” said that sometimes tbe vol
New inoveniei«(s. new systems of busi dozen times a day that a woman needs, lower species.—New York Post.
of it Thus a crumb lodged in tbe even as Is the joy with which It might untary remarks were not quite to the
ness. larger conceptions of life and sim but a continuous supply, and Just as the
larynx near the vocal cords produces be replaced. Ruskin says: "Girls edification of the meeting. It once hap
Not Very Finis«.
ilar things In the living, moving present greater part of women are half starved
violent irritation and prolonged cough-1 should be sunbeams not only to mem- pened that a certain George C. grew
Mrs. Andrews was the most conscien
do not appeal to them. Immovably for fresh air, so they are also stinted,
lug, which often result in actual pain. hers of their own circle, but to every rather wearisome in hfs exhortations,
bound to the past, they can step only oftener from ignorance than necessity, tious visitor of the district, but for va
th), too, a speck of dust in tlie eye sets boily with whom they come in contact, and his prudent brethren, after solemn
Just
so far this way, only so far that in the quantity of water the body re rious reasons she was not popular
up violent irritation and inflammation, I Every room they enter should be consultation, passed the following reso
way. There is no further growth, no quires to keep It clean and healthy. among tbe poor people whom she
followed by acute pain. Of the sur- brighter for their presence.” Why lutlon: "It Is tbe sense of this meeting
more progress for them. They have Pleasure of a pure, elevating nature longed to help.
“I don’t want to see that peaked look
face of the boily tbe finger tips aniFthe shouldn t all of us be sunbeams, boys that George C. be advised to remain
has come to lie recognized as having a
reached their goal.
ing
woman in my room again, nor I
end of the tongue are most sensitive- «■
«" Kiria, all along the way from silent until such time as the Lord sbaL'
distinctly
therapeutic
office
and
hence
“You miserable, 111 mannered little
Employees often think that they are
for instance, a burn on the fingers is twenty five years and under to eighty- steak through him more to our satis wretch!”
kept back designedly and that others to be one of those factors which merit won’t!” said the grandmother of the
faction and profit.”
much more painful than one on the]
years and over?—Success,
less deserving are pushed ahead of the same consideration and attention as nine ragged Palmers.
Sabjeet «a A«e«d«eat.
“I read my Bible wld tbe best o’
back would be, while one on the tongue
them,
when the real trouble is with other necessaries in a well ordered life.
A Cheerio) Espreaalo«.
“You said I could prescribe my own themselves. They have ceased to grow.
folks.” went on the old lady, “but
Th. Throat aad Toaaila.
would be more painful still. Deep
“I wish I could always look as cheer
there's times for some things an* times
A simple gargle for a sore throat terms,” protested the startled and in They continue to move in a circle.
wounds are not painful, as a rule, save
Creed Made No DIBerence.
ful as you do,” said the sweet young may be made by adding fifteen drops dignant prima donna.
for others, an’ that Andrews woman
as regards tbe surface injury.
They have not kept pace with the trend
One night not long since a watchman Is without tbe sense to know the one
thing as she dropped down beside the of refined carbolic acid to a quart of
“I know IL” replied the manager, of the times.
found one of tbe moat respectable citi
Camera Shows Tvrl«s to Be Vnllke. I attractive widow.
water. Remember to shake thorough who had cut her figures in half, “but 1
“Forward!" is the bugle call of the zens of his town roaming the streets from the other. What was tbe motto
“It is a curiosity of photography that
“There are times when it is embar- ly before using—otherwise it will be didn’t say I’d follow your prescrip
twentieth century. The young man or In his nightrobe. Tbe officer promptly she brought us yesterday, all in red and
two persons who look alike In the flesh rasslng, that cheerful expression of useless—and gargle four or five times a tion.”
woman or the old man or woman who placed tbe man under arrest and di gold letters, and we with empty stom
look entirely unlike in a picture,” said mine,” said the widow. “Let me tell day. In case of swollen tonsils a tea
lias ceased to grow is to be pitied. Life rected his stops toward tbe city bas achs? - ’Be filled with faithF”—
A Cos. of Necessity.
a photographer. “I saw that peculiar- you. When my husband died, I was spoonful of powdered tannin dissolved
holds
nothing more for either.—Suc tile. A rather rude jolt at a street Youth’s Companion.
“Why, all my money's gone!”
lty of the human countenance strange- Journeying alone to bls home, where he in a tumbler of water forms an excel
cess.
crossing woke tbe citizen up. He at
“Yes; I took It, dear.”
ly exemplified In the case of two girls was to be buried. I was much annoy- lent gargle, which should be used ev
When Squirrels Were Numerous.
once became aware that he was being
“What under heavens did you do
whom I photographed a few weeks ed at the persistency with which the ery two hours. A gargle of perman
A Medieval Sarvival.
Accounts of early writers show that
piloted
by
tbe
policeman,
and
a
few
sgo. The girls were twins. Each was man across the aisle attempted to flirt ganate of potash, not too strong, is al that for?”
It may Interest some of your readers
squirrels must formerly have been
"Why, I knew you wouldn’t let me to know that the archaic method of moments of observation convinced him amazingly numerous. Godman says
tbe dead image of the other, and I with me. Finally be took
seat in so excellent for use In cases of mild
that
be
was
not
going
toward
home
have it if I asked you.’’—Life.
felt positively uncanny when posing front of me and said, ’I beg pardon, sore throat
reckoning by tallies is still in vogue in Then be spoke.
that the gray coat was a fearful
them, for I expected the result to be I but I thought I'd like to talk with you
Pau. While there I saw a bundle of
scourge
to colonial farmers and that
“Wbat are you doing with me. TomY'
two pictured faces startlingly alike, awhile liecause you have such a cheer-
Oat of the Heart’s Bitterness.
tall}' sticks (there called tallies) sus Inquired tbe man.
Pennsylvania paid £8,000 in bounties
When Peas Were First V«ed.
But they did not turn out so. The fea- ful expression.’
Blobbs—Scribbler has had no less pended in a baker's shop, and on In
About the year GOO A. D. pens made
“Oh, I’ve ot you for walking around for their scalps In 1740 alone. This
tures were the same, to be sure, but
“And there I’d been weeping my eyes of quills were introduced. This is than nine plays rejected.
quiry I found that most of the poorer tbe streets In your nightshirt.” said meant the destruction’of 040,000 witbin
in the photographic process the under- out for two days. So don't cultivate shown by the fact that the word pen
Slobbs— What is be doing now?
a comparatively small district. In the
country people thus registered their tbe officer,
lying expression had been brought to I that cheerful look too much or you’ll na. a quill, la not found, it Is claimed.
Blobbs—Writing essays on the de purchases until they were able to pay. you know.” “That’s against the law. early days of western settlement reg
the fore and had given to each girl find some one accusing you of looking In any work bearing an earlier date. cline of the drama.—Philadelphia Rec The tally stick is cut down the center,
“You are not going to lock me upF ular hunts were organized by tbe in
an Individuality of her own which | happy at a funeral.”—New York Times, Previous to that time the word cala ord.
the baker and purchaser each retaining ■aid tbe citizen In astonismenL “Why, habitants, who would range the woods
diminished the resemblance wonder
a half, and when a loaf is sold tbe two don’t you know I am a somnambu in two companies from morning till
mus, signifying a reed, was exclusive
fully.
Tra«bl«s at th« Rich.
Haase Treatmeat.
night, vying as to which band should
halves are fitted together, and a notch
ly employed as a designation for the
Mrs. Cobwigger— What can you d»f- is made across them, the purchaser thus list F
"I have noticed the same peculiarity
In Ohio, aa In several other states, vehicle used in transferring tbe ink
bring home the greatest number of tro-
_
"I
don
’
t
care
what
church
you
belong
in other ca»e« of rhotrurrephin« do» iiecsofca rjuCemiiSil tu dealt sr taken to the parchment or other surface se !fte abaci being-tt-iracHhy 7
pliiea. The quixutivteu lb's» silled are
keeping an exact check upon uie'Mak
bles, although never in so pronounced to tbe state capital for execution.
Mrs. Muchrich—I have to eat every er's score. Upon any payment being to/’ retorted Tom; “you’re out on the almost incredible now.
lected
oy
the
writers
of
that
early
age.
a degree, fli some face expression Recently in the Greene county court Steel pens first came into use In 1803. i thing when it's out of season aisi not made a corresponding number of street In clothes not fit to be seen, and
tn you go."
counts for much more than feature, a jury was being chosen to try a mur and about
notches are sbaved off.—London Athe-
Bliss.
twenty two years later those fit to eat.—Town Topics.
And in be went until friends brought
even in photography, and, although the der case.
ruvttni.
composed
of
Fold
made
th<*tr
appear-
Rhe
pnt
the
honk
down, with a sJg4>.
street
Woehing
tad
c»t
bln:
oat
!a
th»
cheekv. t»cee and mouth may be caat
Pr«t««al»a«l Coaadeaee«,
One uieuioer ot tbe panel bad been a nee.
“What Is It, darling?” he asked.
morning.—Chicago Chronic!«.
in the same mold, the camera gives re asked the usual questions and had giv
laoker'a Heart.
Th« Broker—Don’t you find It easier
"Ah. dearest, I’m so happy,” she re
sults widely different” — New York en satisfactory answers until the law
Smoking, as a rule, agrees with per
to shave some men than others?
plied.
c
«B«« Bird» Live l.aaws»
Prcsa
sons
for
many
years,
perhaps
for
twen
yer for tbe defense Inquired:
The Barber—Yea; don't you?—Yon
“Is you
“But you had such a sad look In your
Many people declaim against the
ty years and longer, although by de
“Do yop believe in capital punish me to shave merseT?” asked Mr. Eras- kers Statesman.
The Piel are.
eyes Just now.”
cruelty
of
keeping
birds
in
cages,
but
grees cigars of a finer flavor are cho
tus Piukley. “I’ze gwlne to de pahty
Ethel—What do you think of this ment Y’
“I know. I’ve been reading about
sen, but all at once, without any aa it is a well proved truth that cage birds the unhappiness that tbe wives of tueii
Shia. Out I
“No, sir,” was the prompt reply; •I tonight”
landscape, aunty?
live
about
six
times
as
long
as
a
wild
signable cause, troubles are experi
Shin, out, Mr. Bummer Sun-
“What’s de matter wlf yob own ra
Aunt Hannah — Well— er —I don’t believe In hanging them right here at
of genius have always bad to bear.
Tired er yo’ funnln'l
enced with the heart, which rapidly bird, and the bird invariably becomes Oh, Alfred, dear, I’m so glad you’re
sar Y’
think so much of the trees, but that home.’’—Wbat to Eat
Lead us whar de melon grow
so
fond
of
its
owner
and
its
surround
increase
and
compel
the
sufferer
to
“Well, you see, I Jen' got It stropped
grapevine Is pretty good.
just an ordinary plug of a fellow!”—
En de black snake's runnln' I
call In tbe help of a medical man. Tbe ings that when the cage is thrown open Chicago Record-Herald.
up fine this aftnhnoon. an* I hates tn
Ethel—Grapevine? Why. dear, that
All Ak««t Metashrales.
it
will
not
fly
away.
It
suffers
so
little
Shine
out
Mr.
Bummer
Bun-
age
at
which
disturbances
of
the
heart
la the artist’s signature.—Philadelphia
A Scotchman thus define« metaphys- dull de edge.”—Washington Star.
Melon patches stunnln'!
become pronounced varies very much. from solitude that if a prospective
Record.
Her Thewrr.
lea: “When a mon wha' kens naethlng
Lead us whar de white man's gun
It is but rare that patients are under mate is Introduced it hits her on tbe
Load
Talk.
Keeps
da
nigger
runnln'!
“
Do
you
believe
men's souls go into
a boot any subject takes a subject that
bead
at
first
for
her
Impudence
in der
thirty years of age; they are mostly
—Atlanta Constitution.
“Heary, what does It mean In this
Th. I»«4e and th. Rake.
animals after death?” be asked.
nae mon kens anything aboot and ex*
Ing
to
intrude
into
a
private
apa
rt-
betweeu
forty
and
sixty
years
old.
historical
novel
when
it
says
’
Our
guns
Cora -I think mother is altogether plains it to anither mon still more ig
"Well, I sometimes think perhaps
A Beras««
M.n.y.
ment
too outspoken In her criticism of my norant than himself—that's metaphys* talked back to the enemy Y ”
they do,” she answered. "There ar«
"No. my son.” said the Bllvllle par
Do*asa*la«s.
husband's actions.
“Why, they had Parrott gugs in those ent; "money doesn’t bring happiness.
some dogs who wouldn’t be as mean as
les.”—Lyre.
Bird Soperstttlo«*.
A pretty snub delivered by a pro
Mildred—Yes; it's not always wise to
flays, my love.”—Cleveland Plain Deal It only pays bouse rent and tbe gro
According to a superstition which they are If it were not for an influence
feasor
to
a
very
young
and
very
dog
call a spade a spade.
To« Ruuty.
er.
cery bill and makes the bailiff and tbe matic undergraduate Is refurbished In bolds sway in some parts of Ireland, of some kind Inside of them.”—Chica
Cort No, nor a rake a rake.—Brook
Lady (after singing g few rusty
bill collector respect us six days in tbe a work of fiction. “Dogmatism.” said the sedge warblers possess tbe souls of go Tribune.
C«m»li«i
.-«««ry.
lyn Lift*.
notes) — Don't you think my voice
week while tbe parson gives us the the don sadly, "Is puppyism which has unbaptised babes and sing their sor
He
(at
the
art
exhibition)
—
Well,
how
should be brought out?
A Fair Ded
halleluia smile on Bunday .’’-Atlanta reached maturity.” It may similarly row at the midnight hour, while tbe
Th« Very Goad Maa.
Mias Vertaopht— Why do you
that
Manager-No; poshed back.—Colum do you like Brown's picture?
linnet, yellow hammer and finch sing
Constitution.
be
said
of
dog
I
a
tin
that
it
Is
chiefly
“He’s forever prating about what his bus Dispatch.
She- That one? Why, I thought it
Miss van Million, who la to be married
their
plaintive
and
tender
sougs
to
tw
used by pups.—London Globe.
conscience telle him. What does ids
was yours! Very bad. Isn't it?— T*unch.
A Shoeklac Drlakar.
in Ind us they are souls of departed today, to so plain? Do you know her
conscience tell him, anyway Y’
Tk* Oaly Dlaarreeable Part.
The Girl—Does he drink so terribly ?
friends not yet relieved from purge by sight?
“It usually telle him apparently what
Though the world may owe every torial pains. The bittern is their her
Miss Verjuice—No; but I notice that
The Guy—Yes, Indeed; pours It out
awful sinners bla neighbors are.
tbe papers have printed only tbe pic
into his saucer.—Kansas City lude lian a living, only the persistent col- ald at night—Irish Times.
Philadelphia Press.
l-ctor gets It
ture of bar future husband. Judge.
oendent.
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