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BANDON RECORDER. innÖDÖnönönnöwöoöööööööö^ || P olly L arkin . | HOW TO BOIL WATER. Aa la>n»rta»( Paia I Wk»n th» <’»•»• la Being Mad». “To boil water la the simplest thin* In the world." said the steward at on« of the leading hotels of Washington, “but bow to boil it la quite another thing. I believe we have the name oi having the best coffee of any hotel in this city. Of course we use good cof fee; but. let tne tell you, much of the praise la due to the fact that the water with which to make the coffee has been properly boiled. The secret In boiling water la just this: Always use fresh water and let the kettle be warm before the cold, sparkling fluid la put into it The Are should be quick, so that the water will boll at once, and the water should be removed from the Are the Instant boiling point is reachtai and poured upon the coffee or tea or whatever beverage la in demand lm mediately. So many people make the mistake of permitting the kettle to re main over the Are, where the water ■teams and simmers away, wasting the good water In va^or. Those who drink hot water before breakfast, as many do. should Insist on the use of fresh water and having it served as soon aa boiled.” Doctors say, however, that to kill germs in suspicious water boiling abould last about Ave minutes—Wash ington Post Mantearla* la PnMie Plaees. Cleanliness may be next to godliness but the persons who manicure their nails In the elevated trains and street ears win-their wsy to paradise at th« coot of endangering the salvation of others. Hundreds who wish to make a presentable appearance at their office* and places of business use the cars of the elevated and surface systems at places In which to complete their toi lets. A man will pull a knife from his pocket and proceed to remove the grit from beneath his Anger nails. When 11« completes bls operation he lookstaround with ths air of one who thinks he should be commended for his habits ot personal neatness. He wonders why many persons glare at him from over the tops of their papers in such a dis gustad manner. He does not realise they have put him down for a consum mate boor who should be confined in a separate compartment. — New York Press. A Giant ot the Deep. Tbs American Museum of Natural History in New York has what is be lieved to bo the largest whale ever ex hibited on land. It Is a female finback sixty-eight and a half feet in length Its body In life was thirty feet In cir cumference. It la estimated that at least fifty men could be Inclosed with in the interior of this gigantic animal. The full grown right whale, which is tbs species usually bunted for its blub ber and whalebone, averages from for ty-five to fifty feet only In length. The whale whose skeleton is to adorn the museum was washed ashore dead neat Forked river, New Jersey, last Novem ber. Scientific theory avers that the ancestors of the whales were terres trial or land mammals which gradually became aquatic in their way of living. Carina» Cessaek Castes». Many queer customs and usages are prevalent among the Cossacks of the Don. No* man changes bls clothing on a Monday. If be did it is believed that he would suffer from a severe skin disease. On Thursday no fat or flesh must be pickled or corned. If any one neglected this the meat would be full of worms in a fortnight Wool Is not spun on a holiday, else the cattle will sicken and die. A hen is ajways given an uneven number of eggs to hatch. Dever an even number. Bones left from a dinner at a funeral are thrown into the river, else the dead will appear to the living in fearful shape. And at the same meal no one dare cut bread; it must always be broken. S»m»tking Wrang. An Australian auctioneer who was reputed to have more education than professional ability was endeavoring to sell some cattle to an audience of farm bauds. “Gentlemen,” he berm, “I have a particularly nice lot of heifers and bullocks, and I may say that the heif ers preoomlnate.” He was Interrupted by a very agri cultural voice from the crowd. “I tbort there was something wrong with ’em,” it said, “or you wouldn't have to eell’em.” ________________ . Owe Partienlar Reason. “My dear,“ sajd’Mrs. Cawker to her •daughter, “when you are at Mrs. Cum ae’s this afternoon I hope you won't think of repeating that bit of gossip about Mrs. Gllfoyle that Mrs. Fosdlck told usithls afternoon.” “Why, mamma Y* “Well, because it would be ungener ous and unkind, and I don't think Mrs. Gllfoyle would like It told, and, besides, I want to tell It to Mrs. Cumso myself.*' Safety la Nnntber». Brannigan—Come homo an' teck sup per wid me, Flannigan. Flannlgan— fibure it's past yer sup per time mow . Yer wife ”1 be mad m a batter. Brannigan—That’s jlat it; she can't lick the two ot us. — Philadelphia Ledger.________________ Why He Obfeeted. He—I wouldn’t want any one to mar ry me out of pity. ■he—But they say pity la akin to 10 vu He—Well, I never could stand for poor relations.—Brooklyn Life. Don’t break down a boy's pluck with a broomstick. There ia a better wsy. You cannot educate the mind with a dub.—Schoolmaster. lie Help Far n. Dtasatlafled Guest — If your cook doesn’t put leas red pepper in his fi is bee, I shall have to quit coming haro. I can’t stand it Proprietor of Restaurant—Good heav ens! I pay my cher 95.000 a year, and he'd leave me tn a minute If 1 found fault with bls cooking. Try and learn to like rad pepper, can’t you 1—Chicago Tribune. “Yes," said the guide aa we contin ued our way through the dark alleys and narrow streets of Chinatown. “I could tell you ineidentaenougb to make an Interesting book of the ins and out* of this city of the Mongolians. Did you see that forlorn harking fellow we passed at the last corner who asked me for a dime? I have helped that man scores of times, if you call giving alms helping—1 don’t. It encourages a man to cultivate the habits of a vagabond. Give him work to do and pay him for It. That is the only charitable way of dealing with these fellows who have lost all the boner and manliness they ever had iu these low dives that infest K<u Frauclaco. You wouldn’t believe that be belonged to a wealthy and re spectable family in New York, but be does, and he is the only son. They don’t know where be is, and they have a<ivertised for him and done everything they could to trace the young reprobate. He has sunk so low uow that I doubt whether they will ever hear of him again. When he dies be will go to the potter’s field uulees some oue who knows bis history will notify bis parents with the expectation of beiug rewarded. It is better for their own peace of mind that be abould go to the potter’s field and lie in an unmarked grave. He ran away from home for a fancied wrong or an injustice which be was smarting under. There must have been a com mon streak in bim, however, for from the time be landed here be commenced going to the doge. He is finely edu cated, a good musician, and for a long time be played in the dance balls of an evening. He is so low down that be cannot get even that to do. At first be held his head high up among the ranks of the people be mingled with in these low down resorts; then he was a ‘jolly good fellow’ with the rest. Now there is no lower beiug here than this heir of a well-known New York merchant. He goes from office to office in the down-town places of business display ing a repulsive sore on bis arm that he lias made by pouring a strong acid on it. The pain is excruciatiug, but it is nothing to the gnawing pain be eu- duree lu bis craving for morphine and opium. His plea is that be is trying to get euough money to get home to his mother, that the hospital is crowded and he canuot afford to pay for medical treatment. People will turn away in disgUBt front this loathsome-looking arm, but many will at the same time band him out a dime or a quarter more to get rid of him than through pity. Auottier place he goes in be tolls of having been terribly injured in alogging camp and of having tramped aud stolen rides to get to the city to his mother ouly to find that she bad died while he was away. This tale of woe nearly always brings a few dimes, for he in sists that he doesn't want the money for nothing, but wishes to work for it. He tells bow hungry be is, "not having bad a bite to eat In two days aud that be has slept on the ground in one of tbe plazas since his arrival in tbe city. He knows full well that no one who be lieves his story is going to let him de g stroke of work with that dreadful look ing arm. The dime he gets does not go for a cup of hot coffee and a sandwich, which would do his emaciated body some good, but be hastens off for tbe hypodermic injection of morphine that has left repulsive looking sores, or for tbe opium smoke. He forgets that be is hungry and homeless for tbe time being; forgets that he is an outcast and looked upon as a loathsome mortal who had better be dead than alive. For a brief time he wanders in tbe delightful oblivion of all things that have gone to make up his sad and checkered life and is dreaming In the poppy-fields. Whpn he wakes he will go skulking along the street avoiding the police, of whom he is in mortal terror. He has been sent up time and again as a vagrant. He would far rather face death, for he suf fers indescribable torture during his in carceration iu jail from Ills huuger for the opiates, which are of course with held from him. He is only one of those wretched mortals who infest this sec tion of the city. There goes another skulking along like a thief in tbe night. He Is talented, a fine artist, until tbe opium king claimed him for his own. Hee that little fellow, not yet out of his teeus, he Is another. Staying out la e at night with a ’gang of the boys,’as he termed it, ruined his life. The’gang’ have all gone the pace that kills. "Probably you don't realise it, but family phycMans who prcrcrib« opiate? —like opium and morphine—start many a poor mortal on the downward path. In many instances It Is unavoidable, for the patieni ,-vwrM not endure the great agony that racks their bodies. Then again, the patient hasn’t enough will power to let it alone after the doc tor baa ordered the drug stopped, but will manage to get it in one way or an other. One of the saddest cases in this section is a little woman who is a total wreck. Her father was at one time Governor of one of the Eastern Stat««. She was raise«I in luxury, was the idol of her family and a bright and shining light in the realm of society. In fact, every wish was gratified except one. She was in love with a young man who was working for a small salary, and her parents would not consent to her marrying bim. Finally tbe father for bade him tbe bouse. She rebelled at first, but finally apparently gave in to the stern decree. She was only biding her time, however, and when her pa rents had relaxed their vigilance so that she was no longer watched both at home and abroad, eloped with the young man of her choice. They went to a distant town and were married and tbe |«areuts uolifieti. The ouly re ply she ever received was from her father notifying her that »be was no longer a child of his and that ba bad disinherited her. She wrote to her mother but received no reply. Fortune favored tbe young couple and her hus band was finally able to work uls way up from a clerkship to the manage ment of a little biuiuess of his own. Everything prospered with them and they were happy and content until a tire broke out in the town which swept everything before it. Oue of their little children never er japed from the house, aud tbe father, discovering at tbe last minute tbe abeenceof the child, rushed into the buruiug buildiug. When fouud the child was clasped in his arms and both burned to a crisp. "Husband and child dead, tbe home and property swept away aud left des titute, she became almost crazed with grief. Brain fever set in aud for weeks she lay in tbe shadow of death, theu she came slowly back to life aud misery only to find that tbe one tie that bad bound her totbis earth, her other child, hud succumbed to fever and passed away while sire lay raving in tlie hospi tal. Thinking that ouly a change would ever restore her to health, friends in the little town, knowing her sad history, took up a subscription and sent her to California. Here she soon exhausted the funds that had been giveu her, but fouud sewing *o do. She was troubled with insomnia, and mor phine was given her until she realized the fact one day that tbe appetite for the drug bad grown until she bad be come a slave to it. She tried to break herself of the habit and suffered tor tures ouly to go back to it. All her effort* were iu vain. Finally she gave up the coutest against the drug, and siuee then her downfall has been rapid enough. It is drugs or liquor, oue or the other, until she gets in the clutches of the law and is sent to jail to serve her sentence for vagrancy ami to solier up. During that time the drug gets out of her system and then conscience wakes up aud her remorse for her ill- spent life is agonizing. Again and again she promises herself to do better, but when the door swings open to let her out tbe old appetite appears again to torment her like a demon and she falls. A little Halvatiou Army lassie has done much for poor 'Old Mag,’ as she is called, for no one knows her real name, and has kept her straight for weeks at a time. But she will estrape from her watchful eye, and the uext thing she knows poor old Mag is down deep in her degradation and tbe ever faithful little lassie hunts her up, scolds and encourages her by turus aud takes her to the slielteragain to sober up. In her sober moments no oue can sing tbe old gospel hymns with more emphasis and more sweetness than old Mag. She feels every word of them, but she is doomed to misery, a low life in this world and then the potter’s field—tbe six feet of earth that make us one size." BRIEF REVIEW Lived With the Dead. An extremsly eccentric personage has passed away atColyton, Devonshire, iu the death of Henry de Hpencer King- don, says the London Express. He was in bls eighty-seventh year, and for many years past had led a most se cluded life. A great collector of curios, his house was stored with remarkable thingsof all kinds. His notoriety, how ever, was gained by the fact that he kept with him tbe bodies of his mother and wife, refusing to allow them to be buried in the orthodox way. His mother died forty years ago, and her body was embalmed and has ever since been kept In tbe room in which Mr. Kingdon stored his curios. His wife died fifteen years ago, was embalmed, placed in a leaden coffin, and has since reposed in tbe greenhouse. Mr. Kiug- don desired that his mother and wife should be buried on tbe same day as himself, and some years ago he built a mausoleum In tbecemetery, with three sarcophagi, one for the reception of each body. The deceased was eccentric in other ways. He was well known twen ty years ago as a successful breeder of mastiffs, and such was the affection which he entertained for his pets that he once paid one of tbe leading London physicians a very large sum to come down and see one of the animals which was ill. A Unique Paper. Iu tbe frozen northlaud, almost with in the Arctic circle, W.T. Lopp is look ing after his publication, the Eskimo Bulletin. It is published at Cape Prince of Wales, and the Bulletin is issued but once every »weivo mouth*. Indeed, under the head of the paper ia tbe an nouncement, "The ouly yearly paper in the world." Vandals in Havana are destroying the famous old city wall at the Punta, and its surroundings known as Loa Foeoe, where the reooncen trades of Gen eral Weyler were herded together. The wall between Zuleta and Monserrate streets Is being torn down for removal, tbe blocks of granite being used for building stone. The lead In black lead pencils is now made from ooke. It is ground and mixe«i with iron ore and chemicals and subjected to pressure under great heat. As a self-inflicted atonement for sins committed thirty years ago a Moscow beggar baa ever since worn an iron chain from which two heavy weights depend. OPTICAL ILLUSIONS. THE KNOCK OUT BLOW. • «»r Ar» O(tra(lo>»» th» Can»» ot C'oUtatea» at Sea- B*»eta Pr»da»»d fcr the Paalllatl« J«lt »a the Jaw. All boxers know tbe knock out blow Hpeuking of collisions at tea, a sea on tbe point of tbe jaw, and not a few Mptuin recently said: “I think 1 can explain the cause of have lively recollections of what it auiny «■olllsions which otherwise seem feels like, but probably not one in a Io be mysterious. They arise from the hundred has any idea why the trick fact tlxat green and red are cornple- has such effective and to tbe performer uientary colors. Every ship under way valuable results. Tbe generally accept carries at night a red light burning on ed theory was that tbe impact traveled her left or port side and a green light direct through tbe socket of tbe jaw to burning on her right or starboard aide. the bony envelope of the brain, which Yet vessels go crashing into each other was »tunned by the shock, but Mr. J. ni>on nights when there lights must be G. Duncauson, writing in the British plainly visible from their decks. And Medical Journal, suggests another rea when tbe case comes up tn court and son. In tbe ear is a set of cnnals filled an effort is made to establish the blame of the accident honest men with fluid and lined with a delicate ar swear directly opposite to each other rangement of nerves. The action set up by tbe motion of this fluid on the and believe they are telling the truth. “The captain of one ship, for in nerves plays an all Important part in stance, will swear that be saw a red the process of balancing tbe body. A light on bls port bow and held his sudden and violent rotation of the bead course. A little later he saw a green produces a correspondingly violent mo light there, starboarded his helm, and tiou ot tbe fluid. Tbe knock out blow the collision followed. Tbe men on the planted a little to one side of tbe jaw other ship swear that where the cap In a somewhat slanting direction causer tain says he saw a green light a red just such a rotation, tbe muscles which regulate the turning of tbe head being light was burning. “Now, bow does this happen? It hap comparatively weak, and the result is pen» this way: The captain looks for a complete loss of the power of balance awhile intently at the red light on the and generally of consciousness also other vessel. Then for some reason he changes his line of vision, probably How Some Maraes Are Abased. due to a bulging sail above tbe light, A young uurse of my acquaintance and. Io, he sees at once a green light, was found early one morning uncon shifts his helm, and, crash, be goes into scious on the entry floor. Upon inquiry her! He really does not see any light the doctor learned that from Monday at all when he looks at the sail, but an morning till Thursday night she bad optical illusion makes him think be been without sleep or even enough does. thue off to bathe and change her “Try it yourself. Just gaze intently clothes. Of course she was extremely at a bright red, round object for awhile foolish to permit such a thing on the and then suddenly look at a blank white patient's account aa well as her own, wail. A green spot will appear to you. but it was her first private case. and. Winking the eyes will hasten its ap feeling shy about obtrudiug personal pearance.’*—New York Press. wants in a time of general stress, she had relied on coffee and determination to pull her through. The stale Joke, PLANTS THAT CLIMB. “Why, do you have to sleep? I thought PeealiarKI»» ot Their Leaves and you were trained!” unfortunately con Their Modes ef Movement. tains not a grain of exaggeration. I It Is in the twining plants, such as have gone to a bouse where after a bryony and hop, and the tendril bear day’s nursing, a night spent in spong ers, like vetches, that we find tbe high ing a typhoid patient, at 10 o'clock on est development of the climbing habit. the morning of tbe second day the These plants live under unusual condi nurse was still in charge. No one had tions. In order to gain the light they given her night lunch, breakfast ot must seek rather than avoid overhang even a cup of coffee. She had been on ing foliage, and so we find the vetches, duty for twenty-six straight hours, Instead of turning away from the shad working strenuously all tbe time. Not ow toward the light, like most of their a member of the household seemed neighbors, boldly pushing up into the equal to taking her place or indeed center of a bush to burst into blossom dreamed of the necessity of doing so amid its upper branches far above Later it was rumored that this girl their leas daring neighbors. had become intemperate.—Mary Most But it is in tbe leaves of these plants in Atlantic. that we find the most remarkable mod ifications adapting them to a climbing Book Publishing Ia the Middle Ages. habit. The leaves of the vetches and When in the middle ages an autbot vetchlings are pinnate—they bear a at any European university desired to number of opposite ovate leaflets. The publish his thoughts bis book was rend tip of tbe leaf stalk and the uppermost over twice in the presence of the au pair of pinnae are in the climbing spe thorities and If approved might be cop cies changed into tendrils—sensitive, led and expo»«»d for sale, a practice in twining, wblplike structures—which ex which the germs for state licensing hibit remarkable features. If the slight may be readily distinguished. It was ly curved, extended tendril of a young evidently necessary, however, to keep leaf of pea or vetch be watched care a strict watch over the persons em fully it will be found that it is slowly ployed in this business, and the stat but incessantly moving round and utes of the University of Paris show round in a circle. If tbe tendril comes that the booksellers were subjected tc into contact with a twig it bends to a very severe discipline. They were ward it and eventually takes several obliged to keep a list of tbe books they turns around it. Even a slight tempo sold and to exhibit their scale ol rary irritation is sufficient to cause a charges, and -they were forbidden to bending toward any side. purchase any manuscript till it had Finally tbe tendril becomes woody been duly approved by the authorities and strong and forms a secure anchor and publicly exposed to view for four cable for the plant. Not only does the days. young tendril rotate, but the whole leaf on which it is borne is In constant mo Stove» ot th» Middle Age». tion. The shoot to which tbe leaf be The stoves of the middle ages and of longs is rotating also, so that tbe ten the era of tbe Roman empire and dril Is sweeping tbe air with a compli throughout Germany and Scandinavia cated motion, in tbe course of which it generally were built of brick, tiles or is almost sure to strike against some similar material and were so large as stem or twig of tbe surrounding vege to be stationary, sometimes taking up tation.—Knowledge. the whole side of a room, and In tbe latter country In winter tbe couches A Fool*» Retort. and blankets were spread thereou and One day at tbe court of Ferdinand II. tbe family used them in lieu of the a silly courtier fancied that he could bedsteads of subsequent years. amuse those present by his frivolities, The fire was built at tbe bottom, and which prompted Jonas, Ferdinand's fa the heat and smoke passed through va vorite fool, to answer him according to rious flues, distributing warmth, before his folly. But this so enraged the court they made their exit to tbe chimney. ier that he shouted: “Fellow, be silent Some of them were faced with porce I never stoop to talk with a fool.” lain and were highly ornamental. “Well, I do,” retorted Jonas, “and therefore be good enough to listen to Ai Organ la th» Tenth Century. me in your turn.” Wolston speaks of an organ contain Madeira Island Roads. In the whole of tbe Madeira islands there are no wheeled vehicles, for the roads are too rough and mountainous. There are a few heavy sledges drawn by bullocks, but tbe favorite modes of locomotion are hammocks slung on poles and borne by natives and basket sledges. The latter are used for de scendlng the mountains and are skill fully guided by a runner behind. Ovportnniti«». ing 400 pipes which was erected In the tenth century In England. This instru ment was blown by “thirteen separate pairs of bellows.” It also contained a large keyboard. There are drawings of that period extant which represent the orgau as an Instrument having but few pipes, blown by two or three per sons and usually performed on by n monk. The keys, which were played upon by hard blows of the flat, were very clumsy and from four to six inch es broad. About tbe end of the eleventh centu ry semitones were Introduced into tbe keyboard, but to all appearances its compass did not extend beyond three octaves. Tbe introduction of pedals in 1400 by Bernhardt—giving a compass B flat to A—was another Important contribution to the Instrument These were merely small pieces of wood op erated by the toe of the player. However a man Is gifted, whether for active enterprise of thought or charity, there lies around him a world of opportunity. Bo far behind are we socially, morally. Intellectually, that one might be forgiven if he supposed the world were made but yesterday and nothing had yet been done. Does no ambition Are us to help the de spairing, starving, sinking people around us? If a few more years be Work Far HI» Sheep. added to our lite, would we not strive A resident ot London wiib a UoRetbr to put something right, tn sweep out deviled kidneys foijnd h'mrelf recent some little corner, to awaken some ly In a remote west of England village, soul to see and rejoice In the growing where a sheep was killed about once light’—Good Words. » week. Not knowing that mutton was a luxury and kidney a for obvious rea- Bird Snperstitlnn». sons, therefore, a rarity, he presented In many parts of England there are himself day after day at the village eurious superstitions about birds. Tbe butcher's with the same request for his stonechat for Instance, is believed to favorite breakfast dish. The butcher, be continually chatting with tbe evil looking upon his customer as a lunatic, one, so It la held in bad repute, and as bore It aa long as be could, but on the tbe raven commonly Impersonates bis fifth day eald indignantly, “If you sable majesty it la ranked in the same think, young man. that my sheep have category of evil birds. Sometimes, how nothing better to do than to lay kid ever, tbe raven’s appearance, so It is neys for your breakfast you be mortal held, forebodes a death. mistook.”—London Answers. Nntnral C»n»ln»l»n». “Ef dey's milk In paradise dey mns’ have cows dar,” said Brother Williams, “en ef dey got honey dar dey sbo mua’ have bees, en wbar bees Is dey’s blos soms, en whar blossom la dey’s always watermllllons In season, bless de LawdP—Atlanta Constitution. IMvMln* th» Desk. The entire commercial wealth of In “ Now, Johnny,** said tbe teacher, dia’s .'<00,000,000 inhabitants la In the who bad been describing a war ship to hands of 90,000 Parse«« and Rajahs. tbe class, "bow is the deck divided?** “A deck Is divided.” replied the It coats 2 cents to cook a breakfast by bright boy, “Into spades, hearts, dia electricity and 10cents to cook a dinner. monds and cinba.”—Philadelphia Proas Lucky Ckntoo. Mrs. Crawford—She married a car penter. Mrs. Crabshaw—Isn’t that just love ly! Now she can have shelves put up whenever she wishes without baring to ask the landlord over and over again.—Puck. HUMOR OF THE HOUR FACTS IN FEW LINES The Buay 9ea«oa. In tbe Hiring a thinner shadow haunts tbe young man's pocketbook, and be easts upon each nickel a lean and hungry look. In the spring a brighter yellow blush Is ou the butter- lne aud boarders are suspicious of the azure tinted cream. In the spring tbe festive angler frtmi the ground extracts a worm and with fiendish glee impales It on a hook that makes It squirm. In the spring a woman's fancy turna to thoughts of stylish hats, while bei Weary, careworn husband thinks a lot and murmurs “Kata!” In the spring the jolly farmer with a chuckle doth begin painting letters on a shingle, “Summer Boarders Taken In.” The bunko man gets busy -the kite la on tbe string—thus we realise there's al ways something doin’ in the spring.— Chicago News. What He Loe*. Shakespeare was reading tbe latest news. “Here’s a fellow getting a dollar * word!” he exclaimed. “Too bad,” returned Johnson. “Just think what l’d have got at that rate!" Determined to have tbe last word anyway, '«e returned to bls dictionary. —Judge. Kxr»rta(lan» ot a Windfall. “Dear,” said the physician's wife “when can you let me have 910?” ’'Well," replied the medical man, “I hope to cash a draft shortly, and then”— “Cash a draft? What draft?” “The one I saw Mrs. Jenkins sitting in this morning.”—Philadelphia Ledger. Hl» Method. “Have you any evidence against the prisoner?” “None,” answered tbe detective. “Then why did you arrest him?” “It's a great idea of my own. When the real criminal sees an Innocent man in trouble, maybe he'll come forward and confess.”—Washington Star. Not Coadaeiv» <• Ren»»». Baldy—Dis spring wedder is too aw ful. ain’t it? Restful—Yes, too blasted invigorat in’. Araaaed Her Interest. Miss Citygirl—What are you plant ing, Uncle Hiram? Uncle Hiram-Salad. miss. Miss Citygirl—Oh, bow interesting! Now do tell me, which is the chicken salad and which the lobster?—Philadel phia Record. In Their Ahern»». “That reminds me,” said Barnes at the height of tbe street fight. “Why are the police like electricity?" “Give it up,” said tbe chorus. “Because,” Baid Barnes, “It is an un seen force.”—Boston Transcript. Natural Deduction. Little Mae—Is a mau who hunts rats called a ratter, ma? “I suppose so, my dear.” Little Mae--Then a woman who hunts moths must be a mother, ain't Bbe, ma?—Brooklyn Eagle. Large Head». “Why in the world is that hatter buy ing hats of such extraordinary sizes Y’ “Oil, lie has a store in a town where a great many college boys graduate.”— Chicago News. Criticism. Foote Llghte—What is tbe effect when a critic “roasts" you? Sue Brette— Why, it makes my blood boil.—Yonkers Statesman. Right Ug With th» Crowd. "Is your minister progressive, Mrs. Pray more?” “Oh, yes! He wears a sweater.”— Washington Poet. A Ball Market. Rooster, Jr.—What’s the matter, pap? You look downhearted. Rooster. Sr.—I'm short on corn.—Bos ton Herald. An Karly View. Man 1» th» rhythm, woman the rhyme, Weaving together the poem ot time, Life’s ever continuing ode. He clears of brier» and show« her th« way. Lead» her and guide* her through night and through day, ___ Whit» "he »tr»«s with rosea the road. He seeks the measure, suiting the thought, labor with laurel and thorn crown* fraught, Laavlng It polished and terse. Hers is to lollow. to watch ar.4 tc f-.o»” With a smile end a klas and a heart load of cheer. For rhyme at the end of each verse! And when thus the inasun * attuned by the rhyme (A wedding Is blest by the church bells' chime). Then lite la a poem of gold But often the rhythm falls ever to hall Its musloal mate through the length of th» tale— »»••••• And blank ver» is prosy and cold. —New Orleans Tlmw-Democrat. Carlag a flank» Bfta. This ia how the Indiana of Central America cure a snake bite: They pin the unlucky patient to tbe ground and wind strong creepers above and below tbe bite until they cut Into tbe flesh. Then they apply a live coal to tbe wound to cauterise It and follow that Tea Maar X*». up by rubbing In a mixture of chewed Mother—You are at tbe bottom of tbe tobacco and crushed garlic. By this spelling class again, are you. Dorothy? time the victim is nearly mad with Dorothy—Yes, mummy. pain and ready to kill everybody In “How did that happen?" sight, especially when ba finds, aa be "I got too many ■*■ In scissors.' "— often does, that tbe snake was not Boater. C!:tr venomous. Gelatin stlffes«al jellies contain 96 per cent wster. Tbe greatest ranching country of the Canadian northwest Is Alberta. Tbe I zhh I ou Time« pays its Berlin cur respondent 96.UUU to 910,000 a year. In the United States one death In ev ery slxty-flve ia either murder or sui cide. London has over thirty King streets and the same number of Queeu street» or roatls. Mining companies in the United State* last year paid 9150.000.000 in dividends. Five hundred and two patents have been takeu out by women tn Germany ■luce 1877. It lias often happened that cables have been destroyed by submarine earthquakes. Switzerland is to have still another connection with Italy, an electric rail way from Col re to Arona. Four times as many passengers were carried by trolley roads as by steam road* In Massachusetts In 1902. Tbe bouse in which Robert Burns died at Dumfries is now let as a dwell- lug place at a rent of $05 a year. At New Romney, Kent, England, a set of ancient stocks has been discov ered In a cellar of tbe courthouse. The total of bequests and gifts made in 1902 to educatioual and other insti tutions in this country was $86,OuO.oUO. The Halifax school board wishes to discontinue teaching Infante sewing on the ground that it causes defective vl« aion. Of every thousand men accepted for the United States army last year 33.44 were born in Germany and 24.78 in Ireland. About 100 years ago the use of starch for stiffening the frills round the ueck was considered highly reprehensible, if not positively sinful. A monument designed by Newton Thorp and to cost 945,000 Is to be ere«.*t- ed in San Francisco in commemoration of Dewey’s victory at Manila. Recent British experience Is claimed to show that propeller blades of circu lar shape have a much more powerful grip of the water than those of oval form. The shah, who inherited 1,000 wives from his father, has reduced his harem from 1,700 to tJO, “an astounding Inno vation," as uo previous shah has had under 1.500. The late surveys of tbe English coast show a loss of land of 40,000 acres since 1807, although in some places, as at New Romney, the solid ground has been pushed out two miles or more into the sea. Since his appointment as Jailer of the Tliames police court thirteen years ago nearly 120,000 prisoners have passed through tbe hands of Sergeant John Baker, who retired recently after some twenty-six years’ police service. Telltale tattoo marks recording their constancy lu love Identified two prison ers in North Ixnidon re<*ei>tly as desert ers. “I love Ix>ttle Bartln,” confessed the left arm of oue, while tbe other man bore the initial letters of tbe name of the beloved object. Taxes are paid on 29.000 dogs in Ber lin. In addition to this number, there are 2,103 watchdogs, 221 dogs belong ing to blind and deaf people, 2,052 dogs used for drawing small carts and 118 belonging to the kaiser or to members of foreign embassies. Wbat may be termed a musical type writer is an Instrument to be attached to a piano for tbe purpose of writing down in musical characters all tbe notes of the tunes played upon it. This new Instrument is adapted for the use of composers and those who have to arrange music for bands. Tbe Baptist temple. Brooklyn, has a remarkable chorus choir. For tbe past year fifty-four of the members bad a t>erfect record of attendance, and the average of the entire chorus was over 95 per cent. The chorus has an organi zation of its own. This chorus has done fine work f<fr a number of years. The birth rate in England and Wales last year was 28.0 per thousand of tbe imputation, slightly higher than in 1901, but lower than in any other year on record. The death rate was 10.8 per thousand and was tbe lowest on record. Tbe natural Increase of tbe population l>y excess of births over death« was MS,739. The pope recently granted an order to M. Bettlui. who showed bls holiuess a phonograph made by a new system. Tbe pope recited into the phonograph the Ave Marla and tbe Benedicite, which the machine repeated with mar velous accuracy. M. Bettlnl intends to exhibit the records In various parts of Europe. Leaves of a plant alleged to drive away mosquitoes have reached English botanists from Africa. The presence of a single plant ia stated to clear a room of the pest, and an infusion of tbe leaves has been found an effective substitute for quinine in tbe treatment of mosquito conveyed malarial fever. The plant proves to be a kind of basil. A unique method for Insuring the freshness of eggs has been adopted by the dairymen's association In the vicin ity of the city of Kehl. The agents or this association register each egg un purchased. When a consumer chances to find a stale egg. he returns ft to the dealer, Juro rejm.’t» it to the as sociation, which charges It to the farm er. Proposals are before the department of agriculture for seriously regulating and systematizing the consumption of timber in the United Htates. Htate- •UVIKS by Professor Fernow, director of the state college of forestry of Cornell ualverslty, predict that, according to present statistics, the forests of the world must be entirely consumed with in the next thirty years. lalwrlaeo. Parent—Is blowing a French horn likely to result tn injury to my boy? Doctor-You can be sure It is, Mr, If be blows It near my bouse and I catch him.—Chums. Steek V». “Stick to me,” said the wall paper to tbe paste, “and we’ll bang together.” —Philadelphia Bulletin. Justice dtscsrds party, friendship and kindred, and la therefore repre sented as blind. Addieoa.