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WHY NOT SPEAK ENGLISH!
Tbe Coe •» »BB»« W«r4a la tb« »ta
gala* bb 4 Pleral.
I» cherub an Engliab word? If ao
lta plural la cherubs, and not the He
brew word cherubim, la lexicon an
English word, and criterion also? If
ao their plurals are lexicon» and cri-
terioua, not the Greek lexica and cri
teria. Ia appendix an English word,
and Index and vortex? If ao the plu
ral» are appendixes and Indexes and
vortexes. and not the Greek appendices,
indices and vorticea. la memorandum an
English word, and curriculum, gym
naslum. medium and sanatorium ? If
ao their pluraia are memoranduma and
curriculuma, gymnasiums, mediums
and aauatoriums, and not the Latin
memoruna, curricula, gymnasia. media
and sanatoria. Ia formula an English
word and nebula also?
If so the
plural la formulas and nebulas and not
the Ijitln formulae and nebula. Is
beau an English word, and bureau? If
so the plural la beaus and bureaus, and
not the French beaux and bureaux. Is
libretto an English Word? If ao its
plural is librettos, and not the Ital
ian libretti. Why not speak English?
Crisis is thoroughly acclimated In the
English language, and ao la thesis,
and yet there are those who prefer
crises and theses to the normal and
regular crislses and theeloes. Perhaps
they are seeking to avoid the unpleas
ant hissing of the English plural; but
none the less they are falling Into ped
antry.—Brander Matthews in Harper's
Magazine.
Ths Friendly Ca«4»b.
There la a species of fish that never
looks at the clothes of the man who
throws in the bait, a flab that takes
whatever is thrown to it, and when
once bold of the hook never tries to
shake a friend, but submits to the in
evitable, crosses his legs and says
“Now I lay me” and comes out on the
bank and seems to enjoy being taken.
It la a fish that la a friend of the poor,
and one that will sacrifice Itself In the
Interest of humanity. That is the fish
that the state should adopt as Its trade
mark and cultivate friendly relations
with and stand by. We allude to the
bullbead. The bullhead never went
back on a friend.
To catch the bullbead It la not neces
sary to tempt bis appetite with a por
terhouse steak or to display sn ex
pensive lot of flahlng tackle. A pin
book, a piece of liver and a cistern pole
are all the capital required to catch a
bullbead. He lies upon the bottom of
a stream or pond in the mud thinking.
There is no flab that does more think
ing or has a better head for grasping
great questions or chunks of liver than
the bullbead. The bullbead has a fine
India rubber akin that la as far ahead
of fiddleatring material for atrength
and durability as possible.
The Iran PUlar st Delhi.
The famous iron pillar of Delhi is
dealt with in Camlet's Magazine. The
pillar is a solid shaft of wrought Iron,
sixteen inches in diameter aud of a
length that is variously reported. The
total length Is from forty-eight to sixty
feet under ground and above, includ
ing a capital of three and one-half
feet. The pillar contains about eighty
cubic feet of metal and weighs about
seventeen tons.
The metal is, of
course, charcoal Iron, made directly
from ore in small billet»; but how it
was welded up no one can tell, as no
record exists of any early method of
dealing with great masses of wrought
iron. An Inscription roughly cut or
punched upon the column states that
Rajab Dhara subdued a people In the
Surdhu, named Vahfikoe, and obtained
with his own arm an undivided sov
ereignty on the earth for a long pe
riod. The date of the inscription has
been referred to the third or fourth
century after Christ, but on this au
thorities are at variance.
“And now," said the inquisitive per
son wlx> had l>een asking all sorts of
impertinent questions of the raw-
boned mountaineer who sat at his
cabin door smoking a corncob pips -
“now I will explain to you why I have
been ao inquisitive. I am a aociologial
Investigator and 1 am doing thia tn the
interest of science and humanity.”
“Haow things do change!” remarked
the mountaineer as bo leisurely
stretched himself. “Whenst I were a
boy we called you kind o’ people dern
snoop
nosed
meddlers."- Baltimore
American.
An Aedoat Meader.
“Well,” said the sheriff, with an air
of satisfaction, “notepapers don’t make
no great eight out o' me, now I tell ye.
for it’s seldom ever I set down to look
at one on ’em. I got a book up home
there I take an* read out on, of I ain’t
got nothin’ better to do. The woman
ahe give a feller a dollar for her one
time, an’ put him up over night, too,
oho did.”—From “Overhauling the Pol
itlclanere” in Century.
His Mash As«.
”1 suppose,” said the man with the
searching eye, “that drink was your
downfall?*
“It was.” answered Meandering
Mike. “I took a drink o* water dat bad
microbes In it, an’ dat’s what damage«!
me health so 1 can’t work.” -Washing
ton Btar.
Tbe Pensine Twas.
“What is your Idea of a popular
tune?”
“A papular tune.” said the man who
takes music seriously, “is one that
gets to be universally dialiked ’ Ex
change.
“Polly, I used to tbluk this was a
grand, beautiful old world to live In,”
»aid a gray-haired friend tbe other day.
“I believed,” he continued, “that If a
niau lived according to what bis own
couscieuce dictated, tried to make peo
ple happy around him, was a good and
loyal citlseu and attended »trictly and
conscientiously to business, that be
would not want a fairer or better place
tollvein. Nowit is all changed. You
see I am a contractor and carpenter;
have always bad all I could do and
have never had any fault found with
my work. f have given employment
to scores of men who were boys when I
commenced work in the carpenter busi-
uesa. I have not laid much aside for a
rainy day, for I bad a big family to
support aud educate and an invalid
wife, besides relatives to whom I bad to
extend a helping hand; but I reasoned,
of course, that as long as I was able I
could always find plenty of work to do.
I have found that there is no place for
a man after be is sixty yean of age in
my business. When tbe unions were
first talked about I suppose I was one
of the most ardent and enthusiastic
supporten they bad. I believed tbe
unions were a good thing and talked
in their favor to everybody who would
llshn to me, and I was angry when
anyone differed with me aud failed to
see the strong and glowing side of the
question, only to find out that to all in
tents and purposes the unions bold that
a man is not good for anything wheu
be has passed the sixtieth milestone.
I Just practically let myself ou( of busi
ness. Polly.* Can’t Join tbe union be
cause I am sixty years old, and 1 can’t
even drive a nail unless I go through a
lot of red tape and get a permit. No
matter how trifling the work, that per
mit must be obtained. Don’t you think
that is hard, Polly? Don’t they thiuk
I need to live aud have tbe wherewithal
to exist with Just as much as I did at
twenty, thirty, forty or fifty years of
age? In fact, 1 need it more, for when
I was younger I could turn my hand
to something else, but I have been in
tbe harness too long, and you can’t
take an old plow-horse and makes race
horse out of him, neither can you take
an old carpenter who has grown gray
in the business and expect to make a
physician or an editor or lawyer out of
him, it’s out of our line. We cau show
you tbe beautiful grain, the polish aud
richuess of tbe various woods that
would possibly esca|>e the casual observ
er’s eye, aud grow almost eloquent
when it came to talking of their various
merits, but we oouldn’t sing you an
opera. Tbe hum of the saw, the ring
of the hammer when we send our nails
home to stay, that is our music. It is
half my life, Polly, and to thiuk of
giving it up or having to get a permit
every time I drive a nail goes against
the grain. Just ask them for me, what
is to become of tbe old carpenters?”
The other day the girls in the Holy
oke Paper Mills, in Massachusetts, went
out on strike, and the first thing they
did was to try and find some competent
and impartial Judge to act as arbitrator
f< r them. They believed their cause was
ust, and with one accord settled on
Miss Helen (lould as tbe particular
and shining light who could bring mat
ters to a satisfactory climax. Miss
Nellie Boland, the leader of tbe strike,
was chosen to write to Mias Gould In
regard to the matter. They could not
have chosen a more impartial or Just
judge than Mias Helen Gould, and it
only goes to show the respect, admira
tion and confidence that Mias Gould
has inspired in everyone who honors a
woman of so noble a character. Hhe is
bright, progressive and intelligent, and
her wealth has not dimmed the luster
of her noble qualities but has given her
opportunities for deeds of mercy and
chanty, and she has readily responded.
Hhe has by her benevolence brought
health, happiness and comforts to
scores of little children who had never
known anything but poverty, illness
and wretchedness until Miss Gould ex
tended her helping band and cheerfully
gave of her wealth to bring the roses
back into the pallid cheeks and a smile
to tbe drawn, suffering little faces. Tbe
soldiers know of her as an angel of mer
cy, for she has been untiring in her
efforts to make the boys in blue com
fortable and to bring pleasure into their
Ilves. Mias Gould certainly believes in
home missionary work, and unlike
other women of wealth who have
showed their preference for foreign
missions by marrying some destitute
oount and paying him a fortune for tbe
Drivilege of bearing his title and seeing
him spend her money with an extrava
gance that startles this daughter of the
new world—his wife—until she must
needs call a halt for her distinguished
count or lose the fortune her father bad
accumulated during his busy career.
Miss Helen Gould is too clever, too
high minded for that; her refined wom-
auly character appeals to every true
American citisen. T1«s Holyoke girls,
and there are about 4000 employes in
volved, have chosen well.
That la Lavs.
Now for a few fashion notes, for it is
Rosalie—What makes you think he Is
ia love with you?
getting along toward Ml. If we had
Violet—The first time be called he no other reminder the golden-rod is
left hie gloves, the second time bi« here in all its beauty, and when It
cane. and last night be forgot hla hat.
comes with its flame-tipped candtes to
light us along the road, we need no
Ths Mater« Oeueteeea.
A young and popular member of par other reminder that the summer is
■lament wan sddreasing a meeting at waning aud that the country will soon
Which there was a considerable rowdy begin to put on Its Ml garb and the
element present Like the other speak milliners and suit-houses will follow
•re. be was frequently Interrupted un
the example set by nature. To begin
til, toeing pattonce, bo called for »1
•ence, saying, "Don’t 1st every ass bray with, there are hate, and tbe signs of
at once.” “You go on. air,” said tbe the times show that the real old-fash-
ringleader, and tbe booorable member ioued poke bonnet te to be revived and
was left without a reply. London worn by old and young. Home few felt
Chronide.
hats are shown, but nothing very new
in shape ysl. Tbe felt bats that have
been the rage all summer are a thing of
tbe past. Everything iu tbe uew fall
styles shows a tendency toward high
crowns, and the bats are trimmed to a
great extent with ostrich plumes and
tipped Jauu'ily bock from the face. It
is rather lau in the day to show dude
bate, but within the last few days some
of our up-to-date milliners aud suit
houses have exhibited tbe dude lists of
pretty white straw, rather a wide brim
aud a crowu not more than oue to two
inches high. Tbe new conceit puts
the dude bate of the past In tbe shade.
No more short, pouchy effects in
suite, says Dame Fashion, aud the ad
vance Mi styles concur In tbe ab>ve.
Everything is tbe long close-fitting ef
fect and are a decided coutrast to what
has been worn the past year. Home of
the coats are half fitting and extend to
tbe knees, others are of medium length
and tight-fitting. A few of the new
suite also shown have plain coat sleeves
while others cling to tbe pouch effect
that has been worn all rummer. Tbe
new style is wouderfully becoming to
the fortunate possessor of a fine form,
and Just as unbecoming to the short
and dumpy little person, but they will
w< ar it just the same. The day is yet
to come when a fashion will be adopted
that will be becoming to all.
UTbe shoes with the abominable high
French heels show no signs of their
popularity waning. To be sure there
are medium and tbe low, flat comforta
ble heel. There are some few people
who are sensible enough to Insist upou
comfort and will not countenance the
present barbarous custom that throws
tbe heel several inches higher than tbe
ball of the foot and cramps their toes to
gether. We cau never denounce the
Chinese custom of binding their baby’s
feet as long as we countenance tbe
bigh-beel French shoes now In vogue.
A shoe dealer said the other day that
another year w< uld see button shoes
the popular fad and lace shoes on the
waue. We are not surprised at any
thing iu fasbiou’s realm, for it Is like
history—It will repeat itrelf.
BRIEF REVIEW.
Self-Lighting Cigarette
WISE MEN’S MISTAKES
S ob »« of the queer Hlsa4«r«
bx Fastens Writer«.
FACTS IN FEW LINES NEW SHORT STORIES CHOICE MISCELLANY
Ma4r
Now and then one meets with pas
•ages In the «ork» of the most cele-
breted ant hors which display an ig
norance of tlnuga that every schoolboy
1» »opposed to know.
Sir Walter Scott in his “Heart of
Midlothian” «{teaks of his heroine as
having “tile merit of those peacemak
ers to whom It ia pronounced as a
benediction that they shall inherit the
earth.” Born and bred and pausing
hie life In Bible reading Scotland, Sir
Walter was yet Ignorant of tbe fact
that It *u to the meek that tbe in
heritance of the earth was promised,
and the benediction of the peacemakers
was that ’ they shall be called tbe chil
dren of God.”
Dickens in hla “Tale of Two Cities”
says “tbe name of the strong man of
old Scripture deseended to the chief
functionary who worked tbe guillo
tine.” One does not have to be a pro
found »ludent of the Freuch revolution
to know that the notorious executioner
who cbopjied off heads in the Place de
la Revolution was named Sanson and
not Samson.
Tbe lowest pupil in tbe lowest class
in lilHtory ’ln the public schools knows
that it was Balboa who discovered the
Pacific ocean, yet Keats in bls Im
mortal sohnet “On First Looking Into
Chapman’s Homer” makes Cortes tbe
man who stood “silent upon a peak in
Darien" and saw tbe great “south sea"
stretching awny lx*fore him.
The great Gibbon, who was so Intol
erant of the errors of other men,
s|ieiiks lu his “Roman Empire” of “the
Ox us and the Jaxartes, two rivers of
ancient renown which descend from
the mountains of India toward the
Caspian sen.” Yet every school geog
raphy shows that the two rivers flow
Into the sea of Aral, and tbe Jaxartes
most certainly rises in no “mountains
of India.”
Shakespeare wrote of “the coast of
Bohemia." ami in Ids "Gertrude of
Wyoming” Campbell bad tigers prowl
ing through the Jungles of Pennsylva
nia. Such "ignorance in high places”
cannot be excused, for, with ordinary
ease, Gibbon. Shakespeare and Camp
bell could have ascertained the facte.
WOMAN.
Woman is the masterpiece.—Confu
cius.
Shakespeare has no heroes, only hero
ines.—Ruskin.
Women teach us repose, civility and
dignity.—Voltaire.
Woman Is the most perfect when tbe
most womanly.—Gladstone.
If womai lost Eden, such as she
alone can restore it—Whittier.
There is a woman at the beginning
of all great things.—Lamartine.
Woman is last at the cross and ear
liest at the grave.—E. 8. Barrett
A handsome woman is a Jewel; a
good woman is a treasure.—Sa nidi.
Tbe sweetest thing In life la tbe un
clouded welcome of a wife.—N. P. Wil
lis.
For where is any author in the world
who teaches such beauty as a woman's
eyes?—Shakespeare.
Heaven haa nothing more tender
than a woman's heart when it is tbe
abode of pity—Luther.
The British Inventor says: An idea
that is often brought to us is that of a
self-lighting cigarette. This is attained
by attaching to the end of a cigarette a
small portlou of composition such as is
used on safety matches. The Invention
has been pateuded by different people
many times and crop« with ag ravating
regularity and most extraordinary per
sistency. Home people bring cigars
with a blob of phosphorus stuck on top
regardless of tbe fact that not only
would such a composition in contact
with good tobacco entirely spoil it, but
the effect of drawing in the lighted
chemicals would proItaly half sufiicate
the user. At other times the igniting
composition is stuck at tbe side of a
cigarette; and frequently a match head
is fixed on a wire let into a cigar. The
Inventor of a self-lighting cigar is al
“ABirlo-SaxoB English."
ways a non-smoker, we need hardly add,
There is an old fallacy that Anglo-
and always falls to see why bis is one Saxon words are the best. The falla«r
Is baseil on tbe belief that words of
of the inventions that nobody wants.
Anglo-Saxon origin are more simple
and vigorous than those derived front
What Our Schools Cost Us.
Latin. In point of fact, some Anglo-
It is probaly not generally known that Saxon words are obscure and long, and
the United Htatee speuds annually *227,- many of our commonest, most simple
000, 000—the exact figures for 1900-1903 words are front the Latin. Tbe Lon
were, according to the report of the Un don News tells a story in point
A barrister more remarkable for the
ited States Commissioners of Education,
*226,043,236. Europe spent during tbe vigor of bls address to Juries than for
same period approximately *246,000,000. his learning was commenting on the
Tbe enrollment Iu tbe elementary proceeding of tbe other party in a case
under trial.
schools of Europe Is, however, in the
”1 do not know what gloss my
neighborhood of 45,000,000, while in the learned friend Is going to put upon tills
United Htatee is not much more than matter, but I will not mince my words.
16,000,000—although it is estimated that I denounce It In plain, downright An
there were in 1901 almost 22,000,000 chil glo-Saxon ns a nefarious transaction.”
dren of school-going age in this country.
Early Meatloa at K lasers Fall».
Our yearly expenditure per pupil aver
Tlie first historical notices of Niagara
ages *22.
falls are given in Lescarbot’s record of
the second voyage of Jacques Cartier,
Best Paid Pension Clerk.
The highest salaried woman at the in the year 1535. On the maps pub
lished to Illustrate Champlain's discov
Pension Bureau is Miss Auna Hhirley,
eries (date of maps either 1613 or 1614)
whom Commissioner Ware recently the falls are indicated by a cross, but
promoted to a position which pays *1800 no description of the wonderful cata
a year, says tbe Kansas City Htar. Only ract Is given, and the best geograph
one other woman has received so large ical authorities living today doubt if
a salary. Miss Hhirley was appointed the explorer mentioned ever saw the
a clerk at the Pension Bureau about falls, Brinton's work to the contrary
twenty-five yean ago.
During the notwithstanding. Father Hennepin Is
believed to bave written tbe first de
greater part of her service she baa been
scription of the falls that was ever
attached to tbe office of the chief clerk.
penned by one who bad personally vis
For many yean she has made up the ited the spot
bureau pay rolls, and she knows by
name and appearance every one of the
Solemn Warnlns-
1700 employes of the bureau.
Uncle Archie—Have you formed an
Opinion as to tbe cause of Colonel Hix
on's suicide?
Rich Hematite Deposit
Tom—Yes, sir—remorse. His nephew
Within the last year an industry of needed money, and the wealthy uncle
much importance to American paint failed to advance It. The result was
manufacturere and dealers, has sprung that the unhappy young man ran away
iuto exletanoe near Malaga, Hpaln. A • nd was never beard of afterward.-
rich vein of oxide of iron ore, known as Kansas City Journal.
hematite, valuable chiefly tor tbe man-
Goins Toe Far.
feature of red paint for strnctural iron
Mrs. Ruffin ! rend ft! the ps{».<r that a
work—has been developed.
Tbe pro
woman. In kxiklng after another worn
duction of hematite in the United Htatee
an to see what she had on. fell out of
has been falling off in spite of an in a window.
creasing demand.
Mr. Boffin—Well, that only goes to
show that some women In trying to fol
Ooe hundred and four property-own low the fashions can go too far.—Ilins
ers of Willmington, Del., availed them trated Bits.
selves of their right to vote for mem
Occasionally one meets an individual
bers of the Board of Education at a re
cent election held there, aud their votes so grouchy that be seems to tbluk hi
would tie arrested for burglary If he
decided the result.
broke Into n smile.—Ohio State Joura.il
The difference between a poor man
Tbe UaMasblas Maseal.
and a rich man is thet the poor man
“Snlfklus says that when be gets
has both the appetite and the stomach, married be wants not only a pret y
while the rich man’s appetite Is gone girl, but a good one.”
when he thinks of hla stomach.
“Tbe bigamist!”—Town Topics.
H«oa«bM(» BB the Mtaalaalppt.
A Boetou girl has made a quilt out
Tbe qaeea'a Heveas«.
of her old stockings.
There ia an especial charm about life
The late Queen Drags of Servie once
.Women only are now to be employed thought fit to humiliate a lady who on a houseboat on the Mlaelaeippi. Un
as officials in tbe Roumanian prisons had not shown the courtesy due from like boiueiioat» on moat bodies of
for females.
subject to sovereign. In becoming King water, they can land whenever they
Tbe rerelpts from passenger traffic Alexander's cuaaurt Draga gave great will and enjoy any chance pleasure by
are greater on Japan’s railways than offense to Belgrade's aristocracy, and tbe way. Cittes are In easy reach, and
even lite Indies of tbe diplomatic corps
those from freight.
even a theater party can be Indulged
It Is expected that telegraphic com resolved that they would not bold any
in at short notice. Between St. Paul
munication with Fasboda will be es communication with a queen whose
upbringing they held bad in certain es and St. Ix>ul» eeven magnificent river»
tablished very shortly.
According to the monks of the Hos sential respects been sadly neglected. can be reached by boats passing
pice of St. Bernard, the famous dogs But the example of the exar of Russia, through more than that number of
save on an average twenty lives every wluwe congratulations were warm ami states.
public, swept away their scruples, and
From I-a I'roeee to St. Louto houee-
year In the mountain.
President Ixiubet has authorised tbe the royal lady was duly “received.” tmats m«*et the eye every few mo
Paris Museum of Natural History to Still, some of the qu«*en's own country- ments. At every town along the river
accept M. Boullet's collection of but women, declaring that they were made one sees boats lying on the shore. They
of sterner «tuff, held out and allowed
terflies, which la valued at *20.000.
the royal lady that their memories were are usually moored tn little bay», with
London te tbe birthplace of the Young
their launch«*» alongside, and shaded
as tenacious ns their will.
Men’a Christian association, end, al
One of these was th«* wife of a former tiy the overhanging branches of trees.
though it celebrated some eight years
minister of state, and, being also the When a steamer paeaes tbe occupanta
ago lta semicentennial. It has not be
president of a Belgrade committee, she ap|a*ar nt the doors and windows and
come languid.
had to appear In this latter capacity
Illinois ranks first among the states before Queen Draga. When admitted, sometimes go to tbe upper deck to
In the manufacture of agricultural im- together with several other ladles, to wave their greetings. When the water
plements, bicycles, cars, glucose and an audience, she feigned utter Igno 1» vei-y high the boats fit In so perfectly
distilled liquors and In slaughtering rance of the ways of court and thus that the lovely green foilage aeeiua to
have grown In anticipation of tbe com
and meat packing.
managed to «»scape the sovereign's taper
.
II. D. Richmond pointe out that it Is Augers. Next day site boastingly brait ing of each particular boat.
Numerous houseboats are in course
quite fallacious to endeavor to test the ed the fact abroad. A lady present In
acidity of milk with litmus paper, since formed her husband, who at once of construction along the rivers. Many
it is [lossfble to condemn all fresh milk communicated the matter to the king, are to be umn I by their owners to visit
tbe 8t. lain is exposition next year.—
as tbe result of applying that teat.
for In Servis, as In most capitals, spicy Minneapolis Journal.
In tlie case of the French ship which gossip spreads like wildfire.
went ashore on the Goodwins evidence
Two days later a royal carriage,
Spoaa Mad« by KI b * Petes.
given In the admiralty court showed empty, drove up to the door of tlie lady
Angelins Nixon Bates, daughter of
that by means of one short wireless wlio was so chary with her lips. The
m<*ssage property to the amount of servant brought and delivered a writ W. O. Bules of Woodruff place, has a
spoon which was made by Peter, the
,272.940 was saved
ten order from the «¡ueen calling on
Ox tail soup, now regarded aa a na the recalcitrant fair one to appear at new king of Servla. It was sent to
tional English dish. was first made by once at the palace. This summons Angelina a year or more ago by Mrs.
the very poor among Huguenot refugees could not well be disobeyed, and, after Alfn-d Stead, formerly Miss Hussey of
from France, ufter tbe revocation of all, it «vas an honor which obligeai her this city, during her trip around tbe
the edict of Nuntes, because ox tails to notbiug. So she took her place In world. During a visit to Parte Mrs.
Stead met Priuce Peter, saw hla studio,
then had no market value.
the gorgeous vehicle and alighted at
ami, admiring a sixain which the prince
Tbe debts of most southern states di the portals of the Konak. Here she
minish slowly, but tbe debts of south was abont to wend her way to tlie had made, ala* decidt*d upon it as a
present for her little friend. She wrote
ern cities are not generally considera royal reception room when she was sud
to Mr. and Mrs. Bates the story of her
ble. New Orleans owes *18,000,000, denly confronted on the threshold by
visit to the prln«»e*s studio, intimating
Louisville *8,000,000, Kansas City *6,- the queen herself, who, without utter
that, for the time being at least, I m
000,000, Memphis *3.300,000, Atlanta ing a word, stretched forth her baud
was In financial straits and that spoon
*3,300,000 and Nashville *3,500,000.
to be kissed. The Indy, having no
making was not altogether a pastime
Iu the Irish house of lords, now the choice, kissed the monarch's fingers,
art with him.
board room of tbe directors of the Bank whereupon Qu«*en Draga, her eyes flam
The spoon Is of dull, heavy silver and
of Ireland, are on view two great ing. stamixxl angrily and exclaimed,
extremely <xhl and graceful In shape.
wooden chests, strongly bound in Iron, “And now begone!” Tlie humiliât«*«!
The liowl r«*sembles one -oruer of a
which are believed to have contained visitor took herself awny ami, finding
conventionalized shell, with radiating
the money with which King William no royal carriage awaiting her, had to lines on tlie back. The handle te twist
III. paid ills troops after the battle of walk home.
ed somewhat like a vine, and at the end
the Boyne.
there Is a flower and seed design sug
Ill« Shoulder to the Wheel.
An association of prominent men has
Eugen«» II. lx*limnn, the young Colo gesting the lotus. The cover in which
been organized in England to force par
the sp«ion came was evidently tbe work
liament to create a royal commission rado student who was tbe first Amer of Prince Peter also. It is leather,
ican
to
lie
awarded
the
Rhodes
scholar
which shall investigate tbe question of
stani|ie<l In design similar to that of tbe
feeding England In time of war. Tbe ship at Oxford, is a self made student. spoon and b«*arlng In one rorner bls
His
credentials
were
indisputable,
for
association advocates tbe old idea of
inonogrnin.—Indlana{Kills News.
establishing great granaries to hold a
reserve supply of food.
Sabtletl«« af Loadaa ■affllab.
John Eliot's Indian Bible of 1665 was
At the Bimthwark coroner’s court the
on exhibition at tbe woman's board
coron«*r, having conclud«*d tbe evidence
meeting in Boston, having been loaned
In nn inquest, suggi*sted that the jury
by tbe town of Natick, by which It is
should return a verdict of “death by
owned. The hook Is in an excellent
misadventure.”
state of preservation.
Two other
The Foreman—We agree to a verdict
copies of this Bilde are in existence-
of accidental death.
one In Connecticut, the other in Eu
Tlie Coroner--Well, that’s the same
rope.
thing.
The bubonic plague, which has now
The Foreman—Oh, no, Mr. Coroner.
been in India more than six years,
The Coroner--What Is the difference?
shows no sign of abating. There have
The Foreman—Well, you see. these
been over 25,000 deaths a week from
things get into the newspapers, and
the plague for some time past. One
when pe»iple read a verdict of "misad
week the number reached 29,647. It is
venture" they will conclude that the de-
calculated that since 1896 over 2,000,-
ceas«*<l was killed in a squabble, seeing
000 people have died in India from the
that it happened at a public house.
plague.
The Coroner — And doe» “ac«!identai
Tbe irrigation works recommended
death” mean anything different tn the
by the geological survey give interest
minds of the prople you refer to?
to the report on the irrigation works
The Foreman—Yes, sir. An accident
of India. Tbe net revenue to the gov
Is an accident, and no one touched the
ernment was 7.36 per cent on an outlay
deceased, but misadventure makes peo
of *110,000,000. The value of the crops
ple think he got shoved over. We'll
raised on tbe irrigated area during the
have it accidental death if It’s all the
year is estimated at *135.000,000- u
snnie to you. Mr. Coroner.
sum in excess of the capital outlay.
fob twenty - five cents an houh .'
Eventually tlie coroner Mid tlgit he
Bpeaklng of freight rates, Dr. Le
Monnler, pr’.vy counselor of Germany, they showed a percentage higher than did not see where the misunderstand
said in a recent lecture that the aver those suumltttxl by a score of other ing could arise, but doubtless the jury
know liest in the matter.—St James
age freight charge in tbe United States students.
Naturally he bad to submit to tbe in Gazette.
was exactly one-half that of the Ger
man atate railroads. Tbe charge for terviewers of boys’ Journals an«l “suc
Slllc From Woo» Fiber.
wheat from Chicago to New York is cess” papers, so that his career might
Artificial silk is now belng made In
but one-fourth as much as that from be tbe inspiration for other struggling
Europe from wood fiber under an Eng
Bomberg to the Rhine, a distance half youths.
“How did you manage to work your lish patent. The American consul at
as great.
A leper was exhibited at a lecture to way through college so successfully?” Stettin writes of it: "The sample
an audience of Chicago university stu naked nn Important representative of a shown me was very soft and of a
cream <*olor. Each thread ia made up
dents the other day. Dr. James Nevins very unimportant Journal.
“By keeping my shoulder to the of eighteen single strands. A single
Hyde, tbe lecturer, said that leprosy is
strand Is hardly perceptible to the
not dangerously contagious, that it is wheel,” replied Lehmun tartly.
The answer will be appreciated when naked eye. As to tjie relative strength
curable and that it Is gradually disap
pearing from all countries. He does It Is understood that young Ix*hman of a rent silk thread and this Imitation,
not believe that any drug capable of worked his way through Yale with tlie r«*al silk Is two-tblrds stronger, it
curing leprosy will ever be discovered. money earntxl In pushing an Invalid In Is said to bike coloring or dyeing read
Cleanliness and good food, he asserted, her chair for 25 cents nn hour.- Boston ily and when woven Into pieces has
Tost.
the nppearance of real silk, it is Im
are the surest and best remedies.
possible to get samples here or infor
The Canadian government has Issued
A b Appropriate Text.
mation ns to the prix-esa of manufac
a census bulletin which gives statistics
Fourth Assistant Postmaster General turing. ex<?eptlng that no particular
as to agriculture in Alberta, Assinlbola Bristow tells this story of "a very ap
and Saskatchewan, which united com propriate text." He says that a friend kind of wo«xl is required and that the
pose the Northwest Territories. The to of bls, who he insists was not a Kan pnlp uii<l«*rK<x*s a chemical procere and
tal area of there territories is 190,963,- san, managinl to combine a “zeal for Is pressed through very fine tubes by
117 acres. Of this area 75.99 per cent the Ixird” with a love of the almighty hydraulic pressure, forming tbe single
strands which go to make up the
is unimproved. Field crops, exclusive dollar.
Having completed bls theo
»
of hay, occupy 53 per cent of the im logical education, Providence took care thread.”
proved land, but only a fair beginning of bis own and brought tlie young min
Oar Flaar la Cblaa.
has been made with fruit trees and ister in contnct with the daughter of
The popularity of American flour in
vegetables.
a Virginia grape grower and wine China is attracting attention on both
In view of the establishment of tbe maker.
The young theologian was
department of commerce and labor it quick to grasp the situation. nnd he al<l<*s of the globe. The British consul
may be interesting to note that tbe in married the girl on tbe Old Dominion general nt Canton In a report wnt
from China to London and published
ternal commerce of tbe United States plantation.
Returning from a brief
last year has been estimated by the weddlug trip nmong tlie Virginia hills, In that city states that tbe demand for
flour among emigrants returned from
government stntistican at *20,000.000,- he was Invited to occupy the pulpit of
the United Staten is so great that the
000. Fifty years ago it was only *2.- the church his new father-ln-biw at
qiiuutlty of iivur imported in 1MZ2 ex
500,000.000. Tbe manufactures of tbe tended.
ceeded that of 1901 by Ki.831,328
United States are nearly double those
When he eame to preach lie nn ( kiuik I h and was also some 78.4OU.UUU
of Great Britain nn«l Ireland and about Bounced his text as Isaiah v, 1. To the
[xiunds In excess of tbe average for
equal to those of France, Germany and Intense amusement of hfs congregation
the past five yearn. Stated In dollar»,
Russia combined.
ft— ver«? reads: “Now ! «!!! slug to we are now selling to the Chinese $4-
In making a league baseball a rub my well beloved a song of my beloved,
607.000 worth of flour annually.
ber marble an inch in diameter is cov touching his vineyard. My well be
ered with coarse yarn. Then a wind
loved hath a vineyard in a very fruit
»•ate« O b « ef Debt.
Ing machine gives it a layer of four ply ful hill.”
The addition of Ohio to tbe number
blue yarn, after which it is soaked In
of states free of debt brings up the
cement solution and dried. This proc
A Ghostly Time.
Lord Herbert, a young peer. after total to six. the other states having no
ess ia repeated until the exact size In
gained, tbe last two layers being finer making his first address In the British debt outstanding being Illinois, Iowa.
yarn. Tbe horsehide cofer la sowed house of lords was asked by a frleml Nebraska, New Jersey and Welt Vir
on by hand and tbe ball Is then ironed. if he found it difficult to stieak before ginia. Several atate» have only a num
It must weigh just five ounces and that chilly assemblage. .“Difficult!” lie Inal debt. In which group are Delaware.
measure exactly nine inches in circum replied. "It was like addressing sheet Kansas. Michigan. Nevada. South Da
kota, Vermont and Wyoming.
ed tombstone» by torchlight."
ference.
Coral From Italy.
A Deep Sea Tragedy.
Much of the costly red, white an«l
pink coral used for ornamental pur
p<ioes is obtained from the coast of
Italy. Men go out In boats and drag
the rocky bottom of streams wltl
wooden frames or nets. In which th«
coral becomes entangled, but tbe del
tcate branches are crushed in this way
Tbe finest «viral Is obtained by diving
Flora—Too bad about Gussle, wasn't
It?
Clara—Dear me! I haven't heard.
Tell me, quick!
Flora—He fell d«*sperntely In love
with a girl be met on an ocean steamer,
but she threw him over.—Chicago Trib-
hne.
_______
Where there Is one scholar who be
cornea insane through overatudy. there
are hundreds who remain Inane by
reason of understudy. Boston Tran
ecrlpt
Cornett
A woman shows her love for a man
This recipe is out of sight:
when she gives him all she poaeessee.
To right wrong right you write right
Hon let Imee the man never shows up
right—Baltimore News.
again.
_ _____________
To get a nice polish on eyeglass
ft may appear to you that all tbe
Don’t whine about what other people
moisten with alcohol and polish as u- i good jobe are taken, but by the time
do, bat take care that you do not do al with chamois. By this merns af you are capable of filling one it will
worse.
grease la removed.
be vacant—Atchison Globe.
Tbrnsrlaa: the »11»»«« a« a WvMlag.
The throwing of tbe »lipper after th«
bride comes apparently from barbaroua
times, when the relations of man and
wife were really very much akin to
those of master and slave, for It »eetna
that tbe shoe waa an emblem of author
ity, and at an Anglo-Saxon marriage a
shoe was given by the bride’» father to
her husband In token of tranaference
of power over her, the groom usually
indicating hla appreciation of that fact
by tapping hl» new wife lightly on the
bead with It