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BANDON RECORDER PLATONIC FRIENDSHIP. aethlaa Which. Sea««. Fiat« P olly L arkin la It« I'aderatead. The name "platonic” la not very ac curately used when It la employed to discuss the friendship of a man and a woman into which there enters no trace of amatory sentiment. Plato tn various treatises. es|»ecially tbe “Tt- ma-us" and the "Symposium." speaks Indeed of a love which is free from aensuousnese, being tbe love of soul for soul, but Plato, whose spirit was tinged with asceticism, was not treat ing of woman at all, and In general what be says upon this theme refers wholly to the affection of man for man, of tbe binding force of high character and honor. He goes so far as to say that the true lover is to be compared with the true philosopher, rising from the contemplation of the many who are beautiful to the con templation and love of the beauty that is abstract and absolute. In fact, when he discusses "beauty” be uses the word almost as the equivalent of "goodness” —that is, in an ethical rather than in a physical sense. Therefore "platonic friendship” iu its modern conventional meaning is something which never en tered Plato's mind.—“Platonic Friend ship.” in Cosmopolitan. Makins aa Impression. A Virginia senator was talking of negroes and their love of making Im pressions. He called attention to tbe well known fact that negroes, as a rule, wheu paying for a ten cent purchase, will deliberately fumble through a large number of bills though they have the ten cent piece in another pocket. The senator then told the story of a negro who saw an advertisement which read, “Trunk exactly like cut, *6.75.” On the trunk appeared in large figures “*6.75.” As the negro contemplated a trip through the north he forwarded the money for a trunk, When the trunk arrived the colored man was very indignant. The figures were miss ing from its side. He returned the trunk, demanding his money back be- cause of the important omission. The trunk firm saw the point, ad- mitted IN error and by way of making amends agreed to pnlnt an additional figure. When tbe trunk arrived the second time the negro was satisfied. On its side, In glaring colors, werp the figures “*16.75.” Tbe Farttan Fathers mid Smoklna. The Puritan fathers were greatly addicted to smoking -indeed, the prac tice became so common that even the straitlaced observers of times and sea sons actually smoked in church. This custom noon caused very considerable annoyance, as the religious exercises were greatly disturbed by the clink ing of flints and steels to light their pipes and the clouds of smoke in church. Hence In the year 1669 the colony passed this law: “It Is enacted that any person or persons that shall be found smoking of tobacco oil the Lord’s day. going to or coming from tbe meetings, within two miles of meeting house, shall pay 12 pence for every such default.” Under this law several iieraons were actually fined, but tbe punishment failed to secure the carrying out of tbe arbitrary second portion of the enactment. The First Porterhouse Steak. The first porterhouse steak was so named in New York city, in the fa mous old tavern of Martin Morrison, at 327 Pearl street. This was a favorite resort of seafaring men. A steak being called for by an old pilot one night, Morrison said that he had no steaks, but would cut and broil for him a thick slice from the sirloin which had Just been prepared for roasting the next day. Morrison's place was known as the Porter House in the neighbor hood. and its frequenters soon got to talking about the Porter House steaks. Morrison finally told Gibbons, bis butcher in the Fly market, to cut up sirloins for him thereafter. Tke Tall of a Wolf. The wolf carries its tall hanging down because In that position it is less conspicuous and better eludes detec tion. A family of wolves playing to gether undisturbed occasionally carry their tails curled upward. By degrees the tall acquires naturally the upright position as a result of coincident evo lution of the mind of the wolf by do mestication and of the slow adaptation of the appendage as an organ of ex pression. The cessation of natural se lection in the domestic dog would give the tall greater freedom of motion without detriment to life, ami artifi cial selection modifies it into various shapes. Fsrrest'a Great Fewer. An effeminate young man, an intense admirer of Forrest, enlisted among the supers so as to be nearer b‘s idol. At the end of Forrest's most effective speech, then on, the new actor was so overcome that he fainted. The inci dent so pleased the “old man” that be called him to bls dressing room, where, after a few remarks, ne preseuleu him with a dollar as a memento of the occa sion. On rejoining his fellow supers, five in number, the happy recipient «poke nf h's rood fortii-«. ¿listing upon the cause thereof. At the next perform ance Forrest kept his eye on him to see If he could again so overcome him as to cause him to faint. When be reached the acene and climax his as tonishment can be imagined when six of the snper« fell over In a dead faint. Hypocrisy. '•Can yon sincerely aay that you never descended to hypocrisy?" asked the man of severe standards. “Well,” answered Mr. Bligglns. “I must confess that I once sat and listen ed to my daughter's commencement essay and pretended to be as much en tertained as if I were at a baseball game.”—Washington Star. Kept Rim Waltlas. Haydon, the English artist. In his diary, relates how he once went late to a Sitting given him by the Duke of Wellington and the old duke tore his white hair and cried that hr had "sat to 400 confounded painters and sculp tors, aud none of them was ever punc tual. “Let the tueu attend to politics I have troubles euougb ol my own with out botheriug about offices, from the President down to petty positions,” said a busy housekeeper the other day when friends tried to prevail upon her to join a woman suffrage club and held out that it was her duty to society, to good government and to her own fam ily to do all she could to lift politics out of tbe corrupt ring it had fallen Into in the political parties of to-day,and which could never expect to be purified until women were recognized and given credit for having as much sense as immigrants flocking into this country, who are practically tbe riff-raff', or, to use an English expression, “the scum of Eu rope,” unable to read and write even in their own language, but who after a fl ve years' residence in this country be come capable of voting and are made citizens, understanding the laws of our country and tbe (test interests of the lieople, while clever, educated women with a keen appreciation of everything pertaining to the good of the country are deemed anything but fit subjects to have a voice pertaining to tbe laws of tbe State and nation. “There’s where it hurts,” said one of her visitors. “We are deemed sufficiently wise to raise families and send our sons forth into the battle of life and to aid in making the laws, but we who have guarded them with a jealous eye and have tried to instil into their minds the duties of an honorable and loyal citizen and have taught them from their infancy, are declared incapable. Tbe foreigner, however, who comes a tieggar into our 'free country,’ who lives on macaroni and sour wine, both of which he manu factures himself and who cares not a penny for our government and whose vote can be bought for a mere song; ig norant peeople who never had a say in tbe affairs of their own country and whose aim when they pass through our Justly celebrated open door is to eave every cent until they get sufficient mon ey to return to their own country and live in ease the remainder of their lives, are given the preference over the women of our land. It is not right, and no truer saying than ‘taxation without representation is tyranny,’ was ever penned. If every woman would come to the front and insiston her rights we would carry tbe day, but there are too many who look lightly u|s>n this important question. You can pay your taxes but you cannot have a vote.” “All that you say is true,” said the little lady to her visitors. “I suppose I ani an ‘old fogy’ in my notions, but I have been brought up to think that a womau’s place is her own home circle. Here, if she does her duty, she has all she can attend to. It requires good government and clever generalship to bring up a family so they will be good citizens. I propose to do my election eering at home. I don’t think I will have to use much strategy to prevail on my husband and sons to vote for this one or that one. Politics is not a ta booed subject with us. We discuss po litical affairs as much as wedo anything else that is important. We want our boys, who are the coming voters, to understand the subject and hear it come up for argument in our own homes. We talk for the benefit of our boys about the prominent men of the day as well as the cowing men in great ness and power. Bumming it all up I can do more good right here in my own home than if I was going out among the people. My vote would not count for much, but my influence at home means a great deal.” know* now to take car« of it, which is lu liar favor rather tbau against her. ride I» just about as eccelline as Hetty Green, always figuring lu some law suit and Invariably tiuding something to be dissatisfied about. It's the Gov ern iilent thia time. She will find an other pet hobby before loug.” The missionaries for womau suffrage left In disgust, believing their subject unres- sonalile and a hopeless case. Did you hear of the baby parly given by a bevy of young people in society’s realm not long since, where oue of the phases of the evening’s entertainment was that each guest roust take some liquid refreshment from the bottle in baby fashion? “Tbe whole evening was devoted to nonsense, ” said a young lady in speaking about it, “and we had a glorious time.” It may have been amusing to those who attended, but it seems very nonsensical to those outside of the “charmed circle,” and looks as though If they had tried bard enough they might have found some thing equally as enjoyable, more elevat ing and lu keeping with their station in life. Another popular young lady weut to a character ball as “wild oats.” Bbe carried out the idea to perfection. Bear- let and tinsel, champagne corks galore, birds, wild oats, etc., made up the strik ingcostume, whichyou can restassured did not lail to attract attentiou. It was not a modest and refined character; in fact you would not expect it under such a name, and was not such a char acter you would expect a very charm ing young lady to assume at a ball or any other entertainment for that mat ter. The baby party aud this character ball make you think that the society buds and blue oms are having a serious time te find something to amuse them selves with and to kill time. BRIEF REVIEW. Air Baths. “Air baths,” says the Golden Penny, are all the rage in fashionable Berlin just now. We all know wbat necess ary factors light and air are for the maiutenauceof health. The Berlin air baths have the great advantage of being pleasant as well as healthful, and many of the soCl. ty women of tbe German capital have taken them up. Even tbe tiniest children are taken to these “baths,” as well as young girls and more elderly women. The main object, of course, is the exercise of both tbe muscles and the lungs at thesametime, and the nondescript kind of bathing dress worn allows tbe women a delight ful sense of freedom while practicing their gymnastic feats or playing at gar dening in the grounds. It Is scarcely necessary to add that the garden is kept as secluded as possible. Surrounded by high walls, it is situated in a quiet lo cality Just outside the city. Fatbetle EaOlag te HlaRrlUlaat aed Glarlaae Carter. The story of a vvterau tire horse that was disabled and fouid his way into tbe street cleaning dafartment is told by Sewell Ford In “H>raes Nine.” The author says: There was no dels? about his lujtla tlou. Into his fore ¿of» they brooded this shameful insc*ptlon, “D. 8. C.. 937." On bis back they flung a forty pound single harases with a dirty piece of canvas as a blanket. They hooked him to an iyon dump cart, and then with a heavy lashed whip they haled him forth at 5:30 a. m. to begin the Inglorious work of removing refuse from the city streets Perhaps you think Old Silver could not feel the dligraoe. tbe Ignominy of it all. OoulA you have seen the lower ed head, the llnp bung tall, the dulled eyes and tbe dapirited aag of his quar ters you woull have thought differ ently. It is one thing to jump a hook and ladder truck u> Broadway to the re lief of a fire threatened block and quite another to plod humbly along the curb from ash can to ash can. How Silver did hate those cans! Each one should have been for him a signal to stop. But it was not In consequence he was yanks* to a halt every two minutes. Sometimes he would crane bis neck and look mournfully around at tbe un sightly leg whffh he had come io un derstand was tie cause of all bis mis ery! There would come Into his great eyes a look of such pitiful melancholy that one might almost fancy tears roil ing out Then he would be roused by an exasperated driver, who jerked cru elly on the lines and used his whip as if it had been a flail. To another borae, unused to anything better, the life would not have seemed hard. But to Silver, accustomed to such little amenities as friendly pats from men, and the comradeship of his fellow workers. It was like a bad dream. Had he not lost his caste? Ex press and dray horses, the very ones that had once scurried into side streets at sound of bls hoofs, now insolently crowded him to tbe curb. When be bad been on the fire truck 8ilver bad yield ed the right of way to none, he had held his bead high; now be dodged and waited, be wore a blind bridle, and he wished neither to see nor to be seen. What Ailed the Clack. Mrs. Benson’s clock, after having kept excellent time for several years, suddenly stopped. After trying for some time to make it go she removed It from its shelf and sent it to a clock repairer. “Madam.” he said after inspecting. “Is this clock kept in a damp room?” “No,” she replied. “We keep It In the driest room in tbe house.” “Has it ever had a fall Into a tub of water or anything of that sort?” “Never.” “Well, I can't understand it Its works are as rusty as if It had been left unused In a cellar for a year.” “I can’t see how that can be,” said Mrs. Benson. “We are so careful of that clock that we always keep our vials of muriatic and sulphuric acid Inside of It. where we know they will Radium. never be touched." Then tlie jeweler understood.— Professor Curie has anuouuced to the French Academy of Sciences that ra Youth’s Companion. dium posseaes the extraordinary prop Slal««atk Ceatsry Laadoa. erty or continuously emitting neat with It la a mistako to Imagine that the out combustion, without a chemical streets of London in the sixteenth change of any kind, aud without any century presented’a much more lively chauge in its molecular structure. Ra appearance than they do at present dium, he states, maintains iu own tem- The everyday dress of the people, even [»erature at a point 1.5 degrees centi of the highest rank, was almost invari grade above the surrounding atmos ably made of broadcloth of a sober col phere. The quantity of heat evolved or, occasionally enlivened with velvet and smart ribbons. It was only on is such that a pure radium salt will state occasion« or festivities, parties, melt more than iu own weight of ice balls and public entertainments that every hour, and half a pound of a salt the gay silks and velvets and the cloth radium will evolve in one hour heat of gold were exhibited, and it must be equal to that generated by burning one- remembered that so costly were the third of a cubic foot of hydrogen gas. materials which could then be em Despite this constant activity, tbe salt ployed in male or female dress that apparently remains just as poteut as it not Infrequently parents left their best clothes by will to their favorite chil was at tbe beginning. dren as a much valued legacy. Electric Billiard». “You should hoar Mrs. Kate Trimble Woolsey of New York on the subject,” said one of the ladies. Bbe has just published a book in Ixmdon entitled ‘Republics vs. Women.’ She dedicates it, ‘With feelings of congratulation to tbe women who are subjects of mon archies and with feelings of sympathy to women who are citizens of republics.’ Mrs. Woolsey says that ‘republics are ungrateful to women. No woman can ever lie president, for in republics the salic law reigns inexorable as death. Republicanism is a masculine monop oly and necessarily confers all its hon ors, powers, glories and favors exclu sively upon men. Republicanism is women's implacable foe. Between it and her exists an irreconcilable con flict.’ She says as well that ‘the masses of tbe United States have placed over themselves as absolute and perpetual rulers a handful of tbe most unscru- P’jlous, grasping and heartless brigands the world has ever known.’ Bo firm is Mrs. Woolsev In lier convictions that she has shaken the dust of the United States froij) her feet and cast her for tune with tbe people who are not afraid to place a woman In the most responsi ble position tbe people have to give her. The throne did not totter when Queen Victoria reigned, and she was beloved aud worshiped by her subjects.’ ’’ “Tbe position of Queen Victoria as well ss other sovereigns before her, have been the result of royal birth. I doubt very much whether if the monarch bad to be chosen by popular vote just as It is in the United States, leaving out all thought of their royal lineage, whether the English people to day would vote to put a woman in power. No, It would be a man every time,” said this little lady, with an emphatic shake of tbe head. “They haven’t given the right of franchise to women of to-day; at least you never hear of them voting for members of Parliament, etc. I Im agine they do their electioneering a good deal as I do mine—at home. Now I know of this Mrs. Woolsey. She used to live In Astoria, L. I. Bhe is worth more than two million dollars and THE OLD FIRE HORSE. Tbe very latest innovation in tbe line of amusements is the playingof electric billiards, which started in Paris, and is expected to take New York by storm in tbe near future. In the ceuter of this new billiard table is placed a plate of some easily electrified material. The billiard baHs are of compressed pitch, and the cue is a short rod with a cork tip, chemically prepared. The Itallsare of course, subject to (lie influence of tbe electrified plate in the center of tbe table, and tbe object of the game is to make caroms despite the repulsion be tween them. It is said to be pre-emi nently a game of skill, and experts who have been sighing for fresh laurels will undoubtedly greet its arrival with ac claim. A Diversitied Country. Trauscr.ucasia grows almost every known grain In the world. Tbe forests of the Caucasian luountaiu range pro duce? saffron, madder, oak, walnut and boxwood lumber, while apples, pears aud grapes groyr wild in these forests to such ah extent that they an exported In large quantities. Tbe wine of Cau casia is also exported, and the cotton of the country is second only to that of F^ypL A census recently oompleted shows that there are 94,832 children of school age in Boston, and that 71,632 are pu pils in the public schisile and 16,601 in private schools. It is only a small nature that likes to “show authority.” The great Lincoln seemed to apologise for all tbe ruling he was com,»elled to do. Orphan children have a hard lot of it as a general rule, and if you can cheer the lite of some motherless child do so. Human sunshine is as good medicine as sunshine from the sun above—both warm and cheer. He who has done evil and unclean deeds thinks other« would do likewise. CHOICE MISCELLANY NEW SKORT STORIES FACTS IN FEW LINES H« Get late «he ’•»»• At a recent dinner In Washington Captain----- of the United States navy told tbe following story about a certain shallow pated naval captain who was looked upon with scant respect by bi« brother officers. From traveling sales man the man bad turned preacher and. backed by influence, went to Washing ton iu Mr. Cleveland's time to get a na val chaplaincy. When he was intro duced at tbe White House Mr. Cleve land looked him over lu bis grave, pen- etratlng way and said: ••Mr. ----- , this is no case for favorit ism. We want a man of merit and abil ity for this post." The applicant rejoined: "Mr. President, If it 1» God's will that 1 go into the navy neither you nor any one else ean keep me out.” The president eyed him for a moment and then said dryly: "Well. Mr. ----- , I’ll do my part any way. Good morning.” “The cream of the Joke Is,” said the narrator, “that the fellow, who really did get into tbe navy later, told the story himself, with all seriousness, add ing. 'And as I left that room I had a strong conviction that it was not the will of Providence that I should enter the navy at that time.’ ” ■aranm aad Ike Lawyer. Tim late P. T. Baruutu was always fond of a Joke. His whole career was studded with instances in which be in dulged this propensity, says the Boston Herald But a few days before his I death he summoned his lawyer to the side of the couch where be was lying. “I am worried,” he said, “about a cer tain matter, and I want to consult you. My neighbor keeps peacocks. Suppose some of them should fly over into my yard, which they are doing all the time, and lay some eggs there. Would those eggs belong to me or could my neighbor compel me to give them up?" The lawyer, having duly scratched his bead, answered: “Well, Mr. Bar num, I must take time to look Into this matter. But the beet thing for you to do wotikl be to keep the eggs ami let your neighbor sue for their possession. In that way your rights would be deter mined and we should have a valuable test ease.” “Well,” said Mr. Barnum, “while you are looking Into the matter will you find out how it would be If the eggs wore laid by peahens?” The lawyer swore softly to himself, but never made any investigation. Mortality la the Mali. The pension bureau recently called Me .Straps la Berlla Cars. on a colored applicant for a dependent There is no hanging on to straps in widow's pension for proof of the death the street cars of Berlin, even in the rush hours. The police regulations for of the former partner of her Joys and sorrows. The answer she made was bid the carrying of a larger number of passengers In a ear than is authorized, not very satisfactory, and again a re and that number, which is posted con- quest was sent for proof. This is what she finally sent to the bureau, putting splcuously io every car, is the same as a new light on the latitude of inference the number of seats, plus a few per even among the colored race: mitted to be carried on the front and Dear Snr—I hsv sene your letter an I rear platforms, usually six persons on tells you agen my husben he die durln the two platforms. the war I never sene him since he left with the other soljers wlch went from When all the seats are filled no pas senger is permitted to enter the car. here. 1 sent him a number of letters but he never wrote to my pore lone self but Stunding in aisles or holding on to onct. The other letters I wrote to him straps is not permitted—similarly on they cam back. 1 ast the postmaster the platforms when six passengers which has the postoHs here and he says they la ded letters that was the first I have found places there. knew he was fled I dont remember the This regulation often separates a date. man and his wife, who are not allowed to return home by the same car, but Didn’t Weigh the Part. it has the effect that there is no over There is a story of doubtful origin crowding and standing on each otber’B which relates how a certain rustic who feet. The conductor and motormen are had been sent running after Lincoln's instructed to enforce the regulation, carriage by being told “there goes the and they do it witbout fear or favor. biggest man in this country.” returned The conductor is in Germany clothed with aching lungs bud sad face to re with the authority of a policeman on mark that “be wasn't near as big as board his car and can put off any Bill Jones.” Similar misconstruction passenger who misbehaves. This is is said to have been put upon an Idiom probably the meat of the whole matter. of the stage by a layman friend of The conductor is a municipal officer William A. Brady at one of the per within the prescribed limits of bls formances of “Pretty Peggy” in New duty. York. This friend was standing in the Where Yoath Ha ad lea pa. wings with the manager when Carl The other dny I found as my com Eckstrom, who plays the plotting for- panion in a railway Journey a young engineer. He had spent a good number of his not very numerous years In America, and he had realised the spirit of that country, in the course of the conversation, in which he spoke frank ly of his successes and his failures, of his difficulties and of his friendships, he made the observation that the great est of all his obstacles here In England would have been the greatest of all his recommendations in America, and that was his youth. When he went into a board of railway directors and sug gested that be should take on a great big contract the directors looked up at his beardless face and could scarcely keep their rounteuanoM, «o shocked were they nt the disparity between the proposal and the age of the proposer.— T. P.’s W’eekiy. Oyster Seed. The Pacific coast is sending across the continent and across the ocean for oyster seed. The Pacific coast Is in need of good oyster seed, and Japanese as well as American seed Is sought for the beds. That from the Atlantic sea- board is from Warebam. Mass., where the raising and shipping of seed have become a considerable Industry. It does not cost much more to bring the Japanese oysters across the ocean than it does to ship the Warebatn seed by rail, and the government Is especially “ don ' t you think he ' s a littlk liohi FOR A HKAVT MAN?" desirous of having the oriental stock Old Comical Fietare«. tested. tune teller in tbe piece, began a scene There is In the museum of Turin. with Grace George. Mr. Eckstrom is Italy, a papyrus roll which displays a Theater Goers’ Rights. not troubled with superfluous flesh. In whole series of comical scenes, In the A German court has decided that any pugilistic circles be would be classed first place, a lion, a crocodile and an purchaser of a seat in a theater has a as a welter weight The friend afore ape are giving a vocal and instru- right to demand full view of the stage. said evidently was somewhat struck mental concert. Next cornea an ass. Not long ago a man bought two seats with his looks, however, for, turning dressed, armed and sceptered like a in a box in the Central theater In Ber to Mr. Brady, be asked. “Who Is that?” pharaoh. With majestic swagger he lin. When he discovered that he could “Carl Eckstrom.” Mr. Brady replied. receives the gifts presebted to him by I see but a part of tbe stage be went to “He's Miss George's heavy man.” a cat of high degree, to whom a bull' the box office and demanded his money Tbe friend glanced at Mr. Brady to acts as proud conductor. A lion and back. This was refused, and he brought see if he was the victim of a Joke. gazelle are playing at checkers, a hip suit, which has been decided In his fa Then, tapping Mr. Brady on the arm popotamus is perched in a high tree vor on the ground that any one pur confidentially, he remarked. "I say. and a horse has climbed into the tree chasing a seat in a theater must be Will, of course you know your business able to see the whole of the stage. and is trying to dislodge him. better than I know It but don't you think he's a little light for n heavy The Meaa.H«lsht of LaaO. Have Seea the World. man?” The mean height of land above sea There Is no city in the world in Mr. Brady had difficulty in restraln- level, according to the most scientific which so large a proportion of the Ing his laughter. Every one wlio un- geographers, is 2,250 feet. The mean residents have had wide and varied derstands that "heavy man" simply is depth of the ocean is 12.480 feet. Only experience In travel and observation stage parlance for the actor who im 2 per cent of tbe sea (oceans in gen as Salt Lake City. The explanation of I personates the villain will appreciate eral) is included inside a depth of 500 this lies in the fact that a large pro how he felt.—New York Times. fathoms, while 77 per cent lies be portion of the young men in the Mor tween 500 and 3.000 fathoms. If tbe mon church are sent to foreign coun Dr. Temple'« Fraakae»«. land were filled Into the hollows of tries, where after learning the lun- The archbishop of Canterbury, whom the seas, water wxtuld roll .yr-er-the-g^ace tfesj'--preach •-»«- tslsslenar'ra. earth's crust to a uniform depth of These return with cosmopolitan expe England will long remember as one of two miles. riences. a broad outlook and greatly 1 l>er most useful and earnest prelates, was a man of rough speech and no augmented knowledge. I courtier. — Fain Is a Relatlv« Tern«. •--A Sew yesrx r.go ae Engifslt Lnato«'« t’lar t««««r. “Pain” even th the human suDject Is purely a relative term. It expresses a The Welsh of London are up lu arms man was offered tbe bishopric of 8t. very real sensation, but it does not ex against Mr. Redford, tbe censor of 1 Albans. He went to Dr. Temple, who was press Its degree. And so far as man plays, because be has refused to give kind is concerned the sense of pain, in a license for tbe production of “Llewe , then bishop of London, and said to him. the intensity in which it ean be felt, lyn eln Llew Olaf,” a historical play I “I have been offered a bishopric, but I depends very largely indeed upon two by one Beriab Evan«, which denis with am afraid I dare not accept it” great factors. The first of these la civi tbe life of the Inst native Prince of ! “But you mean to accept it, don’t lisation. and the second factor la that Wale«. Mr. Redford reject« the play you?" tersely replied the bishop. •f education.—I-o nd on Magazine. because it is written in Welsh, n lan I “But, my lord, I am such a bad guage be does not know. He admits preacher.'* Fickle* Btatw««. tbe play might be harmless to tbe I “I know; I have heard you,” replied The marbles in Westminster palace morals of the community, but be is un Dr. Temple without any more cere- mony. are treated to a bath once a year. able to find It out. They are first sponged off with water Oil« For Aa«latla* th« Bear. Wo Familiarities. and then "pickled.” This pickle con Butter is noticed by Pliny as used by with "I suppose you sre familiar stats of a solution of soft soap and sul the negro and lower classes of Arabs phur. which removes the Incrustations John Ruskin, Miss Tootles?" for anointing tbe bodies. The natives allow “Indeed I am not! I never due to the smoke laden atmosphere and of India prefer strong perfumes for myself to become familiar with men. this purpose and use oil of santal snd is said to do the marble no harm. Mr. Pearson. I have not even met the oil of patchouli. Ravages also grease i person you refer to!” — Kansas City their bodies, but probably with the Idea Tb« Teach at Kiaakt». of being enabled to escape more easily Clarice—Why does all the world tors Journal. from tbe grip of an enemy. a lover? Ix»*le aa* Lev*. Clarence—Oh. because be makes as Dejected Suitor—If you Intended to The fellow who sits down and waits big a fool of himself as all other men say “no” wby did you let me propose *i for his rich relations to die must con have made of themselves. — Detroit 8weet Girl—Why. how could I say sider that they are worth their wait In Free Presa. “■o” if you didn't? gold.Phlladelpbla Record. There are about 30,000 automobiles in use In the United States. The limit of a soldier's credit at the canteen was 20 per cent of bis pay. Americans are making au effort to establish a steel plant at Flushlug. Holland. The proportion of policemen to popu lation is one to 307 in Paris, one to 408 lu I aiih I oii and one to 458 in New York. American tourists annually spend «broad an average of >75.000.000. and foreign tourists leave about *20,000,000 here. Goose quill pens and drying powders are still used in English law courts and the bouse of lords and in the French chamber of deputies. The editor of a weekly newspaper in Australia offers himself as a prize to the woman who writes the best essay ou the duties of a wife. Andrew Carnegie has given *100,000 In cash to the Westent Reserve univer sity of Cleveland. O., the money to be used In the training of librarians. In Englund the annual consumption of southern fruit amounts to fifteen pounds per head. In Germany It aver ages not quite three pounds per bead. The average passenger haul on steam railways has increased from twenty- three to twenty-seven miles since elec trical lines have been conqtetlng for suburban business. The botanical papers report that De Vries, the great Dutch experimental evolutionist, has hy long continued selection produced a variety of clover which has normally four leaves. Of the 140 steamships now in Mor gan's combine, operated as the Inter im tional Mercantile Marine company, but ten were built In America and but twelve carry the American dag. Two black oak chairs said to have belonged to Mary, queen of Scots, and to have been rescued when Hawley's dragoons set fire to Linlithgow palace were sold in London recently for *220 each. Of the five new battle ships author ized by congress the three 10,000 ton vessels will be named Vermont. Kan sas and Minnesota, and the two 13,000 ton vessels will be named Mississippi and Idaho. Successful experiments have been made in generating electricity to light railway trains by placing a fan on the front end of the locomotive. The pres sure of the air revolves the fan and produces the power. The Monterey (Mexico) steel plant, with a capital of about *4,000,000 gold, in which several wealthy Americans are largely interested, stnrted working on the 1st of March. It Is expected to produce 300 tons a day. There are 2,000 varieties of postage strnips In circulation today, all of which have to be identified by the postmasters. There have been upward of 40,000 different varieties issued since stamps came Into use. A medal has been struck by the Ger man Samaritan union In honor of Pro feasor von Esmarch's eightieth birth day. Thia medal will be awarded to> those who have distinguished them selves in the service of the sick. The marine cable industry was con fronted by a scarcity of gutta pereba. which is used to Incase the wires, until a tree producing it was found on the Amazon. Now It has been discovered in abundance In German New Guinea. As the result of the official inquiry Into the collapse of the campanile at Venice it is declared that the case of the disaster was the cutting of a trench without the adaption of precautions. The report censures the district archi tects. The Autopiotor Journal, London, de scribes a new traction engine called the “pedrail, which literally walks up stairs with the stride and sure footed- ness of an elephant” and hauls loads far In excess of those the wheeled trac tion engine can move. Four hundred and fifty acres of land have been obtained at Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland, to enable Scottish peasants to try the Irish schema of small holdings, but without aid frogai taxation. Fruit growing and fowl rear ing are to be insisted on. The deaths from pneumonia per 10,-. 000 of population in 1800 were 4.40; lm 1870, 10.24; in 1880, 12.58; in 1880, 18.84; in 1000, 19.78, an aggregate in crease of 349.0 per cent of pneumonia as compared with an aggregate de crease of 39.5 per cent of consumption- The Elgin dairy report says in speak ing of the Lawrence-Kennedy milking machine, a New Zealand invention, “Sb far as the experience of users has gone the results are of such a satisfactory nature as to Justify the belief that at length the mechanical milker has ar rived.” An Interesting feature of the applica tion of electricity on shipboard is the so called Scbotten telegraph, or bulk head telegraphy. In the moment of danger caused by a collision this tele graph enables the captain on the bridge to see whether all the water tight doors are closed or not. Shooting is by far the most popular method of ending life, with poison and drowning In ttie uruPf named. The per- rentage of «»hides is highest among those whose mothers were born in France, with Germany and Russian Po land second and third. .Th? death rate from suicide of those whose mothers were born in the United States is much lower. “Magasinltls” is a new word coined by a French physician to describe the state of mind similar to intoxication produced in kleptomaniacs when they see the tempting display of seemingly unguarded articles in department stores. Dr. Dubuisson thinks that the owners of these stores should try to di minish temptation as well as to punish thieves.____________ ___ ■■ th«Klakte«atk Ceatary Envelopes are supposed to be quite modern, but in the Birch manuscripts la the British museum. No. 4433-106. there is a letter from Martin Triewald to Sir Hans Sloane, dated Stockholm. April 24. 1755, inclosed In an ordinary envelope, which is opened out and mounted at the end of the letter.— Notes and Queries. If dogs could speak they would have something to say about the fool names that women give then. - New York Mall and Express.
