Bandon recorder., August 20, 1903, Image 2

four-in-hand at that you are wearing
Isn't it alsiut an even thing?”
BANDON RECORDER.
P olly L arkin
BRUTES GIVEN TO DRINK.
taay Aaiiaala Baaaasa IataslaataO
oa Hat***’« Bovoraoaa.
Although it has often been said when
•peaking of drunkenness that even the
Masts of the field do not get drunk it
!■ nevertheless a fact that a great
many animals do get Intoxicated.
Take the elephant, for Instance. He is
particularly fond of the fruit of the
angxuu tree, and although be appears
to have some Idea that it is not good
tor him he will go on eating when be
Mas ones begun until he is wildly ex­
ited and so Intoxicated that he will
Stagger from side to side. Every now
ind then be will pull himself up, shake
his huge bead and tear madly through
the forest, trumpeting at the top of bis
voice and terrifying every living crea­
ture. It is said that he will even dare
and defy bls most dreaded enemy, the
tiger, when in this condition, but we
have no means of verifying this. It is
well known, however, that an elephant
to In a moat dangerous condition when
suffering from the effects of eating
this beautiful fruit, and all who can
take care to keep out of bis way as
much as possible.
The sloth bear to another animal
given to this failing. The natives of
India are in the habit of hanging little
i irrrir on the palm trees for the pur­
pose of catching the juice. This juice
to so attractive to the sloth bear that,
although such a poor climber, be will
scramble up and go on drinking the
Juice until he to so drunk that be can
only slip helplessly to the ground and
lie there in a drunken stupor until the
effects have passed off.
But the sloth bear to not the only
animal who to so partial to this juice
of the palm tree. The curious fruit (or
fox) bats (family pteropodldse) are par­
ticularly fond of it. Tills peculiar little
combination of beast and bird, with its
foxlike face, reddish, furry body and
black, uncanny looking wings, the deli­
cate membrane of which Is always
quivering down to the very tips, will
fly to these vessels in company with
some hundreds of his companions and
they will suck the juice until the
ground below the tree will be dark
with the bodies of these bats, who will
lie there too helplessly intoxicated to
move or defend themselves no matter
what may turn up.
The biggest drunkard of all is per­
haps the palm civet. So addicted is
this animal to the drinking habit that
he has been termed the toddy cat. And
a more helpless, foolish looking crea­
ture than be to when be is thoroughly
intoxicated with the palm Juice It
would be difficult to find. There are
many other animals given to this fall-
ing, but all those I have spoken of live
in India, and It may be that the heat
which Induces extreme thirst, a fre­
quent excuse among men. Is the direct
cause of It.—Collier’s Weekly.
Max O'ReU’« Adder.
During bls tour through Australia
many years ago death was once close
upon Max O'Rell, as it seemed to him
at the time. Lying in bed one night in
a bush hostelry, worried by mosquitoes
and thinking of the snakes against
which he had been warned, he became
aware of the presence alongside of him
of a cold, treacherous snake, proltably
a death adder, as it was only about
three feet long. Death from the bite
of this playful adder la rapid and pain
less, and the Frenchman recorded aft­
erward his reflection that it was bet­
tor perhaps to die that way than by
gout or rheumatism. After an hour of
agony, however, be slipped out of lied,
struck a light and went about the room
searching for the walking stick be had
carried eepeclally for defense against
reptiles. After a weary and nervous
hunt he found it at last among the dis­
ordered bedclothes.
Carlo«« Habit la • Dos.
A certain Pomeranian has a most ex­
traordinary habit at mealtimes which
appears worth recording. This behav­
ior la the prelude to only one kind of
food—L e., bread and milk. It consists
la first wiping the nose smartly to and
fro on the flannel on which the dog
Ilea, and this is repeated between each
mouthful. To such an extent Is this
eccentricity carried that she refuses
thia kind of food altogether if there Is
no flannel to wipe her nose on. The
curious part of the whole episode is
that there is none of this wiping with
bread sopped in gravy. It seems to be
suggested by some Irritation peculiar
to warm milk.—London Times.
Set Hiss to Thlakla*.
They had been talking as they walk-
•d. She had remarked pathetically:
“Oh, it must be terrible to a man to
be rejected by a woman!”
“Indeed It muat,” waa bls response.
Then, after awhile, with sympathetic
dtoingenuouanesa, she exclaimed:
“It doesn't aeem that I could ever
have the heart to do it."
And there came a silence between
them as he thought it over.—Brown­
ing's Monthly.
Fatal Error.
Tea*—Bo their engagement Is broken
•ff?
Jaaa—Yea; they quarreled, and she
waa In the wrong.
Teg»— And she wccldn’t admit ft?
Joao— No; that waa the whole trou­
ble. She did admit It, and after that
ba «Imply bacarne unbearable.—Phila­
delphia Frees.
Wharo I* Woalfla’« Work.
Hto Teacher— Don't you know, Tom­
my, you should not let your left band
know what your right hand does?
Tommy—Yea'm. but you've just got
to take both hands when you want to
tto a tta can to a dog's tall.—Chicago
Tribune.
A terrible lot of money Is spent on
parlor scenery at a wedding that Is
longed for to buy kitchen scenery later
on.—Atcbtoon Globe.
A Waakaaaa Overeeme.
Ftoaay— What a haughty air Alice
boat She used to ba so txsbful.
Mayaaa— Yea. She's finally persuad-
•d harm If that »he's somebody.
1
Hummer has hardly commenced, aud
yet you see displayed in our uiilliuery
stores a bat that is bound to become
|x>pular and on which the ostrich,
plumes aud tips will figure largely as a
trimming; iu fact, ostrich feathers
have been used all spring. This bat.
which has quite a Jaunty air to it, is
made of horse hair braid or the mohair
uraid, which is less expensive and a
very good imitation, and is nothing
more or lees than tne Neapolitan braid
which was so popular a few yean ago.
The ostrich feat ben and plumes are
always pretty aud iu favor summer
aud winter. The fair sex are tired of
the many bright-' ued flowers, and I
sometimes wonder If It is not because
there are such quantities of buds and
blossoms iu bloom during the spring
months that are more beautiful thau
the baud of man cau produce, no mat­
ter now cleverly they have imitated
nature. Then, again, in wearing os­
trich feathers, instead of the birds aud
their pretty plumage, you have such a
clear conscience iu knowing that your
floery has not been completed at the
sacrifice of a bird’s life. There is no
twinge of conscience every time you
put ou your bat. You do not imagine
you cau hear the notes of the sweet lit­
tle songster that had been stilled for­
ever that you might deck your hat for
a season. They are disagreeable feel­
ings, but they will cieep into ene’s
mind il they have any love for the
birds. On the other hand, ostrich
feathers are just as pretty, possibly a
little more expensive; but, then, a good
ostrich feather will last for many sea­
sons. It can be used aud laid away,
resurrected again and look as good as
new. I quite agree with the man who
said that “killing birds for millinery
pur|KMies was the retlnementofcruelty.”
“But, Polly,” said one of my frieuds
in discussing the subject of wearing
birds recently, “Ostrich feathers are
beautiful, but the expense does not end
at purchasing them, for every little
while you must send them to the mil­
liner and pay to have them recurled,
for it requires only a few times wearing
in the fog and wind to make them
perfectly straight, then they are ugly
enough to make you feel disgusted with
ostrich plumes and cause you to turn a
deaf ear to that little twinge of con­
science that is always so ready to ac­
cuse you, and go back to birds and
wings that never get out of order. If
you don't send them to the milliner you
must sit down so long that it would re­
quire the patience of Job to pale into
insignificance and with a dull knife or
an old pair of scissora endeavor to curl
each little feather of the long plume or
tips, and no matter bow careful you
are you ruin your feathers by break­
ing off the ends until they look scraggy
and anything but graceful. If you try
to curl them by holding them over
smoke, as some milliners will tell you
to do, niue out of ten times it is a fail­
ure and possibly the tenth time you
overdo the good work and singe it so
badly that you can never take any
more pleasure in wearing It.” "Do you
think the milliners curl the feathers
you send to be renovated in the man­
ner you have described?” I asked. “Of
course they do. Don’t they always tell
you they charge the exorbitant prices
they do because it takes so long to curl
them, and that they have to be so care­
ful for fear of ruiniug the feathers," she
replied. “Well, there are tricks in all
trades except ours. Now I am going
to tell you (and the rest of the fair sex
who read this colu.nn) a little secret
in regard to renovating your ostrich
feathers. I heard a milliner tel) a cus­
tomer not long since that she would
have to charge her extra for curling the
feathers she bad brought in to be used
in trimming a new hat, because they
were such large, full plumes. The
yong lady demurred a little at the
price, but finally consented to have it
done at the figure named. After she
went out the milliner gave them to
oneof her apprentices who pinned them
in a window where the sun was pour­
ing in. I was interested and watched
the proceedings. The sun did the work.
The young apprentice told me after­
ward that they always curled the feath­
ers in that way. Hang them in the
sun for a few hours and they will be­
come as fluffy and as beautiful as
though they had Just come out of the
store. Of course there are new appli­
ances that can be and are used for
curling feathers, but the sun Is the
cheapest and the handiest of anything
Polly has seen or tried. They are easily
pinned on the bat so it is best to re­
move them and hang them inside your
CL.tains or pin them tothe sash. Treat
your feather boas the same way and
you will always flud them fluffy and
looking like new after their run bath.
PpefiklDfl nf boas reminds mo of a
pret'y conceit in the way of a boa that
I saw on a yong lady the other day. It
was made entirely of brilliant red silk
poppies with black centers and tied
with a red satin ribbon bow with the
ends falling nearly to tbe bottom of
her dress. It made a very effective
and showy addition to her black cos­
tume. "What’s the good of that gew­
gaw?” asked a gruff" old fellow, as he
saw her tripping down the street and
turned to watch her. "It’s all for show,
I guess,” replied hto companion. “That
girl muat have all the foolish pride of a
peacock,” grumbled the old fellow, yet
I am sure he oould not help admiring
the little lady who looked aa trim aa a
blackbird with her black dress and
dash of red to add the touch of color.
Hto friend laughed good-humoridly aa
aa be said, “How about that brilliant
red tie with its black polka dot* and a
Another flower boa was made entire­
ly of |«le pink crush roues lied with
broad black velvet nbbou with long
streamers, and it adorned a perfect bru­
nette with sparkling black eyes, rosy
cheeks and the reddest of lips. A beau­
tiful boa was made of double violets of
both the dark aud light shades and
was tied with velvet ribtsm In the pur­
ple and violet bordering on a lavender
shade. The flower boas are pretty and
dressy, but I doubt very much whether
they will tieeome very popular.
In some of the big cities, when the
milliner and drewmaker, and poaalbly
the merchant who wanta to help launch
a certain dreae fabric into favor, young
ladles of striking appearance who know
how to dress to the best advantage are
employed to appear on the streets in
the attire of the new faatiiou that they
wish to make the popular fad and which
they know the fair sex will be very shy
of adopting until they see it launched
into favor by some beauty who would
make a hideous fashion almost lovely.
BRIEF REVIEW.
The British Antarctic Expedition.
Private letters from the officers and
crew of the steamship Discovery bring
interesting accounts of the work ac­
complished by the British National
Autarctic Expedition. Dr. Koetelitz
brings out the important fact that the
eating of seal meat is a preventive of
scurvy. One of the scientific staff
summarizes the work up to date as fol­
lows: The discovery of extensive land
at the east extremity of the great ice
barrier; the discovery that McMurdo
bay is not a bay, but a strait, and that
Mounts Erebus and Terror form part of
a comparatively small island; au im­
mense tract of new land discovered
and charted as far as 83 30 degrees
s< uth, witli jteaks aud ranges of moun­
tains as high as 14,000 feet. A great
continental inlaud ice was reached
westward at a considerable distance
from the coast, at an altitude of 9000
feet. Much magnetic work, soundings,
deep-sea dredging, physical aud bio­
logical work was done.
A GENIUS IN JAIL.
Xaa Hoateaa1 Firs* Pair«» Was An-
SlleS Far Froaa a Frissa.
You Miemcu* applied for bis first pat-
tut from the cell of a prison. Alter
graduation from the artillery school In
Berlin the young uian, then ouly twen­
ty-oue years old. was attached to a reg-
Juent Iu Wlttenbei*. It waa there be
begun bls experiments, to the great
horror of bls landlady, who upbraided
huu day after day for staining bis
clothes, furniture and the window
paues with gold, silver and acid spots,
fl be could not see the use of "wasting
money for such things.” But Von Sie­
mens went on with hto experiments
and with staining hto furniture and
clothes.
He became, too, the life of the garri­
son aud one of its moot popular mem­
bers. His popularity, however, led to
lila taking part as second in a duel be­
tween two of hto comrades. As a re­
sult be was sentenced to five years’ Im­
prisonment in the fortress of Magde­
burg. The landlady was the only per
son In Wittenberg who was glad of the
young lieutenant's departure. In the
cell In the fortress, however, be was al­
lowed to fit up a laboratory and there
continue hto experiments. There, too,
a month after his incarceration he per­
fected his method of galvanic gliding
and applied for the patent from the
prison cell.
It was granted and with It a pardon.
A pardon in all probability was never
received with less glee. Siemens had
other experiments under way In his
prison workshop and begged to be al­
lowed to stay awhile longer and com­
plete them. But the keeper sent him
away with the declaration that such a
course would be an lniult to bls king
and commander.
CHOICE MISCELLANY NEW SHORT STORIES FACTS IN FEW LINES
Tbs Mooa aad tbs Earth.
Professor George Darwin, son of
Charles Darwin, who has made a spe
ctol study of the moon's effect on the
rotation of the earth, has proved by
mathematics that the moon once was
a part of the earth and still Is slowly
moving away from it. However, hy
the agency of the tides- due iu the
main to lunar Influence—the rotation
of the earth Is being made slower, for
the tides act a* a huge brake upou the
earth, which ever spins a little less
rapidly; hence it is that the length of
the day—the period, that is, of tlie
earth's rotation -increases by about
twenty-two seconds In each century.
Obviously thia,
unchecked, would
make a tremendous difference in the
habits of the people, say, a million
years hence. when the day would be
about eighty hours long.
Professor
Darwin says that ultimately the day
ami the month will be equal in length,
amounting to about fifty-five days of
the present length. This will be by no
means the end, for if there still are
oceans on the earth the sun will cause
a tidal friction, even when the moon
has ceased to do so, nnd will eventual­
ly bring the moon back to the arms of
the earth, never more to be parted
Such Indeed will be the histoty of tlie
solar system, for the earth and all the
other planets and their satellites will
one day rejoin the sun which gave
them birth.
Oeeaa Patrol.
Karhre the Melhodlat Game.
Euchre is a better Methodist game
than poker, according to a ruling made
by u member of the faculty of North
western university in considering an
offensive lyric in a student opera.
“The Quest of the Quezarre” is the
name of a comic opera the words, mu
sic and lyric of which have been writ
ten by students. It was plaeed in tlie
bands of a censorship committee of
the faculty consisting of Mrs. Martha
Foote Crow, dean of the women, and
Professors Clark, Thorndyke. Hatfield
and Cumnock. In the course of the
play appears the following song:
Now and then, in a poker game, my coin
I'll sacrifice
Or even shake, for a trifling stake, a
wicked pair of die*.
“I do not know just what poker is,”
said Mrs. Crow, "but I am sure that It
to bad. We must have this song cut
out. It is all wrong for a song about
poker to be sung on the stage of a
Methodist hall,” and the rest of the
committee agreed with her. W. Her­
bert Blake, author of the song, was
told of the decision of the committee
by Professor J. Scott Clark.
“It seems that you will have to cut
out the poker,” Professor Clark said
"but you can substitute euchre end let
the rest of the song run. Euchre 1»
certainly a tietter Methodist game than
poker."—Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Prealdrat Grlaaed.
At Sharon Springs a countryman
One English shipbuilder is further­
ing a project which if carried through stepped up to Mr. Roosevelt and said,
will be the meana of much saving of “Whar’s the president?”
“Did you wish to see lilm for any­
life and property in midocean. He
calls it the International Blue Cross thing In particular?” said Mr. Roose­
Ocean Life and Salvage Service, it is velt. scenting perhaps a joke anil per­
meant to take the place of the Red haps a compliment
"I never seen but one president In
Children’s Blunders.
Cross in the army.
my life, an’ oi course I would like to
A Philadelphia achoolteacher tells of
It will consist of a fleet of ten life
these blunders of children in physiolo­ boats and one store boat to patrol tlie
gy examination papers:
north Atlantic along the line of travel
“Occupations which are injurious to of tlie great ocean steamers. The alm
the health are carbolic acid gas, which is that of saving vessels and crews in
is impure blood.”
distress. They will have a regular
“When you have an illness it makes
schedule time, which will be sent to all
your health bad, as well as having a captains of vessels, so that in case of
disease.”
wreck or fire or disablement the offi­
“A stone mason's work is injurious
cers will know at what exact date and
because wheu he is chipping be
point a Blue Cross boat may be expect­
breathes in all the little chips, and then ed, nnd much may be done to save both
they are taken into the lungs.”
life and money.
"Ail mechanical work is injurious to
The salvage is to go to the resjiective
the health.”
governments which fitted the fleet out
Tlie word "function” seemed to puz­
In proportion to their shipping ton­
zle tbe children tremendously. Ques­
nage. He expects the various nations
tions containing that word were an­
that have much traffic on the high seas
swered as follows:
to appropriate sums necessary to the
Quaint Facts in Ant Life.
“The skin discharges a function call­
complete outfitting of the boats and
The discomfort of being a royal per- ed perspiratloa.”
crews. The project seems to have met
soiiage is nowhere more evident than
“The function of the heart is be­
with approval in high places, and ere
tween
the
lungs.'
being among tlie ants, whose queen is
long we may expect the Blue as well
“The heart's function to called tho-
incessantly surrounded by a bodyguard
as the Red Cross to the rescue of hu-
rax.
”
which, while seeming to do her honor,
man lives in danger.
Iu reality controls her every movement.
«Graat’a Lark.”
The Oddest Railroad.
Dr. Henr^ C. McCook, the greatest liv­
I did not go out to see the surrender
Many unique and Interesting things
ing authority on ants and bees, who lias of General I^e. I remember well the
can be found in tlie high mountains
been widely known, especially as presi­ event of General Grant’s return after
that surround the Yellowstone Nation­
the
surrender.
I
think
there
were
not
dent of tho American Entomological
al park, but it is doubtful If anything
Society, writes of the Royal Mother of more than three persons present when more odd or Interesting can be found
the
general
came
in
and
took
a
seat
at
Ants in a late number of Harper’s Mag­
than the little railroad that connects
a table to write. He looked up with
azine. The queen-motber, says the au­
the towns of Horr and Aldrich. Mont.
some expression of animation and re­
While this road was built by the .Mon­
thor Is so well cared for that she is apt
THEN AXD THKKI THK PRESIDENT DIB-
marked:
tuna Coal and Iron company as an ad­
to outlive all the other ants, and in arti­
PbAYKD MIS "SqVllUASU" TEETH.
“More of Grant's tuck!”
junct
to
its
business,
it
has
exceeded
ficial formicaries, where there is less ex­
Thia was an allusion to the newspa­
see
him on gln'ral principles,” replied
posure to accident, lias been knowu to per critics who bad been in the habit of the original intentions of its projectors the countryman. "But what I wants
and is now a regular passenger and
attain the age of fourteen years. The calling bis success luck.
freight road and has been facetiously to see this one fur mos’ particular Is
This little comment on the surrender
paper contains many quaiut incidents
named the Rocky Mountain Limited. to Bee if he's got them squirrel teeth
of Lee was the only word of exultation
of ant of life.
The road is narrow gnuge. and the mo­ the papers say he has.”
I ever beard from the victorious sol­
And then and there the president
tive power is both cable and electrici­
dier.
An Ocean Graveyard.
ty. The cable that operates the first displayed bls “squirrel” teeth in the
It was a very slight expression of tri­
broadest of grins.—Kansas City Jour­
The most important headland in the umph to follow such a stupendous section of the road is 4,000 feet in nal.
length, and in some places it pulls the
world Is Cape Race, the southeastern achievement, but wholly characteristic.
funny little car up a 43 per cent grade,
extremity of Newfoundland. It baa —National Magazine.
Wb«n-e He Shone.
across trestles that it shakes one's
also a most unenviable notoriety. Home
President Roosevelt, John Burroughs.
nerves to look at and into a little pow­
Royalty and Cheas.
of the most terrible tragedies in marine
er house, the Dew Drop inn. that looks John Muir, one or two statesmen nnd
Cards have been the amusement of
annals have occurred on this rugged,
like a red speck on the top of tlie a couple of cowboys were sitting
kings and queens for centuries, super­
mountain. From the inn to Aldrich, around a camp fire in tbe west swap­
dangerous seashore. Au official chart
seding latterly the royal game of chess,
shows the disasters there durlug the which filled up the leisure moments of the end of the line, the road changes ping anecdotes.
Mr. Muir told of an encounter with
past forty years. Together with some William the Conqueror, Queen Eliza­ into an electric trolley, and the work­
a polar bear in the arctic circle. Mr.
not inscribed thereon they represent a beth and Charles I. The latter was so men and tourists who patronize it en­
joy riding upon the funniest little trol­ Burroughs had had several exciting
total of ninety-four wrecks of ocean­ absorbed in his favorite pastime when
notably one with a
experiences,
ley car ever built—Leslie's Weekly.
going vessels, involving a loss of 200 the news reached him that Scotland
wounded wildest in the Sierras, One
Ilves and ?30,000,000 Last year eight had determined to sell him to the Eng­ The “Or«»ie Matloa" a Shopkeeper. of the statesmen had participated in a
steam and two sailing vessels came to lish parliament that, though well
The French government has at last whale hunt in the Pacific near Point
grief there, thirty-five persons perished aware what the intelligence boded, he opened its shop on the Boulevard det> Lobos. Both of the cowboys had
calmly played th* game to the end. Italiens for the sale of the product of passed through strenuous moments
and a property loss of >2,000,000 was
Queen Victoria preferred chess to the various national factories. The with wild beasts and Indians. The
involved.
cards, though during tier old age she propriety of the state liecoming a shop­ president's reminiscences included an
found diversion by playing “patience.” keeper was long debated, but the sen encounter with a mountain lion, a ride
Soil From Erin for Chicago Fair.
A keen chess player, the great Napo­ ate and chamlier voted the necessary on a runaway broncho and a conflict
Turf from Connaught and Clare, soil leon would not submit to be beaten, credits. The shop la decorated with with a grizzly. One of the statesmen
from Limerick aud Mayo; heather from and if he found bls skill Ineffective considerable taste. Sevres ware Is of­ In tbe party, a man of much ability,
Croagh Patrick, shamrucks from Done­ would throw board and chessmen an- fered for sale almost, it Is stated, at vouchsafed no stories. "Come,” said
gal, peat from the bogB of Ulster, turf grily on the ground.
cost price, but the figures seem ven- the president, “tell us some of your ex­
“Mr.
President
and
high. The engravings from the Louvre periences."
from every county in Ireland, have ar­
MoSerallon la Exercise.
"chalcographie" are, however, sold at friends,” replied the lawmaker, "there
rived in Chicago to be used in building
Exercise which is well within tbe most reasonable figures, while the are no thrilling natural history chap­
a miniature Ireland in the Coliseum. powers of the body is salutary for all
Lions. Indians,
medals and plaquettes by well known ters in my career.
The soil will carpet ths floor of the and probably necessary for some, but
artists from the mint are offered at re­ bears and wild horses have never
big buildiug during the Irish fair ar­ exercise by which those powers are
markably cheap prices.—London Stand come across my path. I am uudenia-
ranged by the Seventh Regiment. overstrained is too often not only the ard.
bly a tenderfoot. In fact, I have never
There were thirty-two casks of the soil, precursor, but quite unmistakably the
been astride a horse of any description
cause,
of
serious
Illness
or
of
bodily
or
American Education.
and it will be arranged in the shape of
in my life; but,” he added solemnly, “I
mental
failure.
"Why,
”
inquired
Sala
­
Through the movement toward the i am simply out ot sight in a back.”
the counties from which it waa dug.
din. “should the weak display his infe­ democracy of studies snd construc­
There were eight great crates of peat,
riority in the presence of the strong?” tive individualism a new ideal is being
which will supply the fuel for the The question is as pertinent in our own
The Root ot Evil.
reached in American universities, that
shops, stores and houses that will l>e day as it was in that on which it was of personal effectiveness. The ideal In
Charles Hallam Keep, the new as-
erected in each county.
uttered.—London Hospital.
England has always been that of per- slstant secretary of the treasury, has
tonal culture, that of France tlie been very much amused at some of
Increase of College Students.
The Place to Knock.
achieving through competitive examl the published reports which stated that
"It will come out ail right in time,” nations of ready made careers, tlie sat he is a multimillionaire.
The proportion of university students
“I don't know why they call me a
is going up iu Holland and the United tie told his wife. "Fortune knocks at tofactlon of what Vallari calls “imple-
rich man,” he said recently, "but of
every
man's
door
once,
and
some
day
goinania,"
tbe
craze
for
appointment;
Htates at the rale of 5 per cent per an­
she’ll knock at mine."
that of Germany thoroughness of course what constitutes wealth for one
num; In Germany aud Belgium by (■
“It won’t help you any.” returned hl* knowledge, that of America the power man constitutes financial struggle for
percent; in Hwitzeriand by more than wife. “If fortune want* to find you to deal with men and conditions.— another. That reminds me of a rich
7 percent; while in I'rance, Italy, Aus­ abe'll have to go to the club and send President David Starr Jordan In Popn- Parisian banker who aa the result of,
unfortunate investments was reduced
tria and Russia the annual increase in her card."-Chicago Post.
lar Science Monthly.
to 10,000 francs. He was so over­
does not fall behiud these figures, but In
whelmed by hla loss and the apparent
A Tailor’s Perqelaltes.
Owl at the Fryiwer Foa.
Great Britain, taking several years to­
There has been a serious strike of hopelessness of the situation that he
Husband—She is by all odds the
gether, there has betn a tailing off.
grew desperate and blew out hto
tailors In Edinburgh, and it h.-.r
worst cook we ever had.
Wife—I know it But she is going vealed an interesting state of affairs brains. This sum of 10.000 francs then
They used to earn money slowly in
to stay until »» get some one else.
concerning the way the journeymen fell as a legacy to the banker's brother,
the olden time in New England. It
“That’s good. I didn't know but you are treated by the masters. One of the who had been estranged from the fam­
took the Whittier family some twenty would have to cook the meals.”—De­ latter, complaining of the unreaaon
ily nnd was In reality a pauper and
yean to pay a debt of some six hun­ troit Free Press.
ableneaa of the strike, said that he al­ beggar. The sudden possession of 10.
dred dollan.
lowed his men three glasses of whisky 000 franca, which to him was a bewil­
If a row threatens you don’t let it go a day, with an extra nip If they started dering fortune, overturned his reason,
By putting aside their weekly pence so far that you become bitter and are work before 4 In the morning and an and in a moment of Insane delirium he
the school children of Atlanta, Ga., willing to hurt yourself in order to extra glaaa If they atayed late after tea leaped into tbe Seine aud was
time.
drowned.”
have saved enough to purchase an ele­ hurt your enemy.—Atchison Globe.
phant for the local son.
Wot to Ba«.
The More DHRcalt Part.
Comparta* Metes.
“Poor man,” she said, stooping over
"The actor.” said Roscius, “should al­
"So Mr. Smilax told you bia heart
Floors of rubber, claimed to be as du­ the victim who had Just been dragged was broken when you refused hint.” ways forget that be has an audience.
rable as asphalt and cheaper, are being out from under her automobile, “have •aid Maud.
He should immerse bis soul In bis
you a wife?”
tried in Germany.
lines, and”—
"Yes," answered Mamie,
"No." he groaned; ‘this to the worst
“That’s all very pretty” Interrupted
"The impudence of him to offer me
They generally pile rubbish on a man thing that ever happened to me.”—Chi­ damaged good* the next day?’—Wash­ Horatio Tiewalker. “It Isn't half so
cago Record-Herald.
much trouble to forget that be has an
ington Star.
when be la down.
audience as to forget that be hasn't
Far Her Owa Relief.
one.”—Judge.
Time wasted Is a sin—you can do so
“To tell you the truth”—
Mrs. Hububa-Pm going to let the
much good with it.
”8b-ab-ah! Don’t try it. old man!
maid off for a couple of weeks.
Agitation Is on foot in Germany
Mr. 8ububa—What! Why. she’s uri George Washington did that once, ami against Chinese labor in Bamoa. where
How many great deeria were ever done
look
at
him
now
—
he's
dead!
”
-
Balti-
entitled to a vacation.
the Brat shipload of Chinese coolies has
by dudes?
more New*.
Mrs. Hububo-No. bat I am.
arrived.
Examination lias disproved the fear;
that tbe waters at Carlsbad bad been
affected by tlie recent earthquake
shocks.
By dissolving a little gelatin in milk
tbe milk cau be carried in solid blocks
aud would gain rather than lose uutri-
eut value.
Following the example of America.
Cambridge university lias decided to
institute a new tripos for economics
and political science.
The new typhoid fever antitoxin Is
produced by Injecting into animals the
poison of typhoid bacilli extracted by
crushing them in liquid air.
The Jews have a greater number of
rellgicus papers proportionately than
any Christian denomination, and their
pullers ure the beat supported.
Dr. I’awlow finds that among the
chief chemical excitants of gastric se­
cretion are tbe extractions of meat
such as are the basis of bouillon.
Extended experimentation
shows
that salicylic acid used as a presen a
tlon in food stuffs has no greater effect
in delaying their digestion than ha«
common salt
The new theory of matter taught by
Lodge is that all matter is made up ot
the corpuscles of electricity. The theo­
ry of Thomson Is that negative elec
tricity is matter. '
The municipal authorities of Enfield,
one of tlie western suburbs of Sydney,
have after n dozen years' experience
of the electric light for street illumi­
nation decided to revert to gas.
Of the 41,000,000 people in England
more than half of them live on an in­
come of less than >12 a week, ami the
earnings of 7,1X10.000 of this number
do not exceed >ii a week for the fami­
ly-
The six great power companies are
now installing or preparing to install
power plants on the American and Ca­
nadian sides of Niagara river. They
will have a total ultimate capacity of
over 1.000,000 horse power.
In Ireland great efforts are being
made by the department of agriculture
to improve the methods of farming, in
County Donegal poultry, flax show,
live stock aud cottage, garden and
farm prize schemes have been intro­
duced.
Under the heading “A New German
Industry” German papers state that
the manufacture of quartz glass is
rapidly developing lu that country,
Quartz glass consists essentially of
melted quartz and ta perfectly • trana-
lucent.
Pygmies are now found only in the
Interior of Africa, A German anthro-
pologlst shows that they once lived in
Switzerland and Alsace and iu Silesia
down to the tenth century aud that
some of the Alsace race were less than
four feet In beigiit.
The owners of an enormous slieep
ranch in Montana suffer so much loss
from the consumption by prairie dogs
of, tlie tender ahoots of grass, which
are un Important part of the diet of
sheep, that they have determined to
import cats enough to exterminate the
dogs.
Few people realize that they are eat­
ing an English knight when they snw
tliolr way Into a sirloin steak. A fine
loin of beef was once set before King
Charles I., and as he was a bit hungry
he said thnt the meat was good enough
to lie knighted and gave it the title of
Sir Ixiln.
In Haifa the American Exchange
company was organized a year ago for
business with the United States. Haifa
commands the trade of Galilee, besides
that of tlie plains of Esdraelon and up­
per Sharon. It is the seat of a colony
of foreigners, including some seven­
teen American families, who teach the
nutlves modern methods in agriculture.
Facts In regard to the commercial
annexation of Mexico are given in the
National Magazine. Twenty-eight mil­
lions of United States capital are now
Inveated in thnt country, nnd forty
Mexican investment companies in Chi­
cago are sending in a million dollars
a month.
In the city of Monterey
alone >10.000,000 was recently invested
In one plant. The Standard Oil com­
pany has invested >18,000,000 In Mexi­
can mines within two years and will
put in >40,000.000 more.
It has been repeatedly stated that
tbe outward cleanliness of Berlin and
other German cities is principally due
to the general consumption of brown
coal briquettes for household and
steam fuel; further, that they are
made from ordinary German lignite
without the use of tar or other artifi­
cial binder; that they are compact to
store, clean to handle, easy to kindle,
burn with a clear, strong flame, are
cheaper than good bituminous coal
and are made practically smokeless.
The dream of Cecil Rhodes is re­
alized In America before tbe funds left
by him have made it possible in Ox­
ford. The workshop uulverslty in the
great electric manufacturing works at
Schenectady. N. Y.. lias among Its stu­
dents—all college graduate* —young
men from England, Scotland. France,
Germany, Switzerland, Norway. Swe­
den, Denmark. Holland. Spain. Italy,
Russia. Brazil, Mexico, Canada. Siam
nnd Japan. Nearly all tbe leading en­
gineering schools of the world are rep-
rc?ent°<l th«».
•
There will now be transferred from
the treasury department to the depart­
ment of commerce and latior the fol­
lowing divisions: The lighthouse estab­
lishment. tne steamboat Inspection
•ervice, the bureau of navigation, tbe
United States shipping commissioners,
the national bureau of standards, the
?oast and geodetic survey, the immi­
gration service and the bureau of sta­
tistics. The census office also becoini1»
part of the new department as do also
the department of labor, as heretofore
constituted, tbe fish commission and
¿he bureau of foreign commerce.
Calaekr.
"Yea, since Mrs. Gotrox broke a mir­
ror yesterday she to convinced that It to
very unlucky."
"How superstitious!”
“Not at all. It was a French plate
mirror and coat >400.” — Baltimore
News.
What He Freferre«.
Magistrate—And I understand that
you prefer charges against this man.
Grocer—No. your worahlp; I prefer
cash, and that’s whst I brought him
here for. London Tit-Bit*.