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BANDOX KE< ORDER.
SAVAGES OF TAHITI.
.
They Live 1» ■ Paradlae ot Flower,
and Are Very Ho.pltable.
Tahiti, the paradise, of the south
seas, is Inhabited by the gentlest race
of savages In the world. 1 hey are
passionately fond of flowere. which
play a leading part In *very act ot
their Ilves from birth to burial.
"To visit the home of a native plant
er,” said an American traveler, "is not
to feel that you are accepting hospital
lty at the hands of a Tahitan, but that
you are conferring upon him and his
bumble abode u greater honor than
you confer upon any of his nelghlairs.
“If you will but condescend to visit
his home, partake of the native cooked
meal, which 1» «latnilty spread upon
large leaves upon the ground and sur
rounded with roses and other beautiful
flowers, you place him under greater
obligations to you than he can ever
hope to repay.
“If you will kiss Ids wife upon leav
ing ami pat his shaggy dog upon the
head he Is yours to command as long
as you remain in the islands. They
have an artistic eye for the beautiful
and never think of sitting down to a
meal, especially while entertaining-a
visitor, unless there are garlands of
Hower« for on ch head at table and
lavish floral decorations for the vari
ous dishes that may be served.
“It is a paradise of flowers, and th«
natives use them with no sparing
hand.”
DINING IN SIBERIA.
You Fat With Your Knife «nd lleiicb
For Wliat You Want.
A traveler In Siberia has the follow
ing to say in regard to table manners
which he met with: “In eating you
must reach for what you want. It is
very seldom that anything Is passed
during the first stage of a meal. You
would never suggest to your neighbor
on the right to pass you the cheese,
but you would rise in your place and,
with a firm grasp on your knife, reach
over his plate and Impale the tempting
morsel. If this Is not Impossible you
leave your place and go around the
table and secure your loot. My Rus
sian naturalist, Alek, was a fair sam
ple of an educated Russian, and he
turned to me and said, ‘I see you eat
with a fork.' ‘Yes,’ said I, ‘and I see
that you do not.’ ‘No, but I had a sis
ter who studied at an English convent
In Japan for a year or so. When she
came back she ate with a fork, but we
soon laughed her out of It.’ The end of
the Russian knife Is broader than the
portion next to the handle, and it is
used both as a knife and as a spoon.
They complain that the American
knives do not ‘hold’ enough.” After
this It Is not surprising to learn that
“the Russians were highly amused" at
the author’s “use of the toothbrush,
which they consider a peculiarly feud-
nine utensil.”
The Italy of America.
Perhaps the one element of the cli
mate of the Rocky mountain region
that Impresses the newcomer most
deeply and also most pleasantly Is
that of the abundance of sunshine. In
this particular, both In winter and in
summer alike, this is not only the Italy
of America; It outshines Italy and
equals northern Egypt.
Colorado Springs and Manitou aver
age 840 sunshiny days in a year—that
Is. nearly 03 per cent of their daylight
Is bright sunshine. While they have
twenty five cloudy days, Chicago has
114, New York 103 and Asheville 100.
And equally important Is the fact that
the shortest days of winter will afford
eight hours of sunshine. Contrast this
with the four and a half hours, the
most you enn hope to gain, in the cele
brated valley of Davos, Switzerland.
Salt Lake City averages 315 days
bright and clear.—World Today.
Lying nt Poker.
A man who would scorn to tell a lie
anywhere else does not hesitate to do
It at the poker table, which accounts
for the big stories we hear now and
then about losses or winnings. It is a
common practice for habitual players
In clubs to multiply the value of their
chips by 100 so that their gains or loss
es are multiplied accordingly. The usu
al size of the club game is $5 limit, all
jack pots, with $1 to come In. When a
player throws In a white he says, "I’ll
bet n hundred.” When It is red he
says, "I’ll bet you 200,” and when a
blue, “I'll bet you 500.” The casual lis
tener, hearing this talk, goes away
convinced that the baby game Is a mil
lion dollar limit. New York Press.
How a Mennlng (hungeN.
"Cheat” is a word that now has a
very ugly sound. To cheat a man Is
to defraud him. Originally the word
conveyed no such meaning. The old
word “escheat" referred to the dues
that fell to the crown. It came from
the French ecliolr (Latin, excadcre).
The modern meaning that attaches to
the word tells a sad tale of the extor
tlon and greed that must have been
practiced in collecting the dues.
Once Was Enooirh.
"Did you ever," said one preacher to
another, “stand at the door after your
sojm<>ii and listen ♦<» wJbpt neoplf .¿aid,
about it as they passed out?"
Replied he:
"I did once”—a pause nnd a sigh—
"but I’ll never do it again.”
Barred Ont.
“Could you not, If you tried, grant me
a place tn that icy heart of yours?”
"My heart may be of Ice, as you say,
Mr. Sophleigh, but, all the same, I am
not In the cold storage business.”
Hr Alone Seek* Notoriety.
Jayson -It is strange, isn’t It? Jimp-
son—Er wliat Is strange? Jayson
Why, that the oldest Inhabitant Is nl
ways a man—never a woman.— Judge
A Guarded Adinlaalnn.
“You would lie glad enough to marry
me if I had plenty of money!” ex
claimed the Impecunious young man.
preparing to go.
"No,” ahe said, with a dreamy sigh.
•I should hate awfully to have to mar
ry you, but If you kad plenty of money
I might”—Chicago Tribune
<nd the little dog standing guard Ije-
sidk the body. He made a l»r«ve tight
to k«q> tfiy <>ua from fouehing tits old
iB*-ter, and the morgue officials only
. accompliaed lite removal of th* body
aft* the dog had severely bitten one
of the men. in vain he waited for the
order he had heard every hour in the
The cry of indignation that weu' day for yi-alW, “Go on.” Tl>* voice
forth from old ami young, eyen from was forever still, and the faithful little
business men, who are in the habit of animal who had lieen tenderly guard
devoting themselves to facta ami fig ing his old master seemed finally to re
ures rather than to the Is-auties and alize this and was frantic with grief.
fragrance of tlie How ers, and those who It was tit< query of many as to what
sit serene at home from day to day would lassimeof the dog. Whether he
never tethering themselves about out would take up or make friends With
side matters, has at last been heard, anylsslyel.se, is the question. It Would
ami as a result the little Hower mart have lieen better had he died with his
thut had been ousted from the corner master, for his old friends who have
of the Chronicle building to oblige the Iss-li used to seeing the two ambling
mercenary florists w lio desired to con along thesidewalk, rain or shine, would
trol the entire flower market, even be lietter satisfied to know the little an
though it deprived various men and imal that was faithful even to death
their families of a modest living, has to liis blind master, would never be in
been restored. Not only did the storm danger of being abused or neglected.
of protest come from tile residents of
San Francisco but it echoed from sur
If you want something quaint, pretty
rounding towns and cities, it was a and green to hang in your window re
shame from lieginning to end, but the minding you for at least the time being
injustice could not endure long in the of eternal spring, take a goisl-sized car
face of the op|sMition ami derision that rot, cut off the end, reserving the top
followed the order of the Hoard of Pub part, from which, of course, the green
lic Works, thanks to the Supervisors, foliage has been trimmed. Cut out the
the jieople and tile papers who helped center with a sharp knife, put a string
frown down the measure. Again the around the carrot tying it securely
old familiar corner is crowded with the round the green end from keeping it
venders who jauntily handle the wealth from slipping, then bring the strings
of flowers that California is so richly up over the top and sus|>end it from a
endowed with. Here the early roses string in the center to a sunny win
and violets, the narcissus and daffodils,
dow. Fill the little cup with water
the various earnations and maidenhair,
daily, and in a few days you will have
our wild flowers, butterciqM ami May
the daintiest little hanging basket im
flowers, Johnny-jutnp-ups, as the chil aginable.
dren call them, pansies, as they are
known to their elders who never had
BRIEF REVIEW.
thepleasureof matching Johnny-juini>-
ii 1* in the meadows, and as if to smile
Trains That Never Stop.
their approval of the reinstatement of
A railroad whose trains never stop
the pretty little flower mart, no sooner
had the bail lieen removed than the throughout their journey is projected
beautiful California poppy concluded in the plans of a Belgian scientist who
to shake off’ its little night caps and has recently proposed a new traus|>orta-
come forth in all of its golden glory tion scheme. The plan is decidedly
and add its wealth of attraction to aid revolutionary and aims to save the time
the street venders in the sale of their consumed, in the case of ordinary rail
roads, in letting off’ and taking pas
wares.
sengers at stations. The new trains, as
1 am always glad when I hear of the planned, will consist of cars propelled
different towns and cities observing by separate motors, and will work in
Arbor day, ami particularly’ when 1 see the following manner: When a station
the Women’s Improvement clubs tak is approached the passengers and Img-
ing an active interest in the same. Re gage for that station are moved into the
cently the Petaluma Ladies’ Improve rear car, which is cut off’just before the
ment Club continued its work of point is reached. The passengers de
beautifying the pretty city by observ sirous of Isuirding the train take their
ing Arbor day, and a number of trees places in a ear on a siding at the sta
were planted. Healdsburg followed suit tion, which proceeds to the main track
and as a result the highway between at full speed and catches the passing
Healdsburg and Lytton Springs, a dis train, to which it is coupled, and the
tance of three miles, will be lined with passengers and baggage transferred.
maple trees. The ladies secured the co Those for the next station are then re
operation of the Woodmen, Knights of ceived, and, in turn, the car is duly
Pythias, Foresters, Red Men, and the dropped. The scheme is most fantastic
Fire Department, and members of these and at present impracticable, yet it
orders, according to the programme must lie admitted that many of the ele
marked out, were to arm themselves phants necessary, such as the separate
with the necessary Usds ami divide motors which can be controlled together
into squads work from each end of the or individually, are already developed.
line. At noon an ample repast was to
be served by the ladies and addresses
Mark of the Poker Player.
delivered that would lie in keeping
“That man is a poker player,” said
with the important event. That de
the elevated road ticket seller after he
lightful collation served midway be had ¡Hished a bit of ¡tastelsiard through
tween the two starting points would
the window to a hurried man carrying
certainly be a great incentive for the
a suit case. “There’s a great deal to be
relays of w illing workers who would
learned from the way a passenger lays
come with whetted appetites to the
down his fare. Take that chap who
feast of good things.
just tlropjied this ticket into the chop
per's box. He paid for one ticket with
The Garden City, San Jose, also ob
a quarter, getting four nickels in
served Arbor day and at least '>oo trees
change. The thing that gave him
were planted on the High School, Nor
away was the way he laid down his
mal School and Public Library grounds,
coin. The average manalaps his nickel
the avenues leading to Alum Roek
down and lets it lie. This man held
Park ami along the Lick Observatory his nickel curved in the first joint of
and other roads, w hile the residents of his finger and tossed it gently toward
the new Nagle’sPark section, in which me across the counter with ‘reverse
fifty or more handsome residences have English’—the trick of a poker player
lieen erected, ornamented all the streets who can flip a coin upon a table and
in the tract with palms of various vari
make it settle to the fraction of an inch.
eties. Polly would like to see every
He didn't take the nickel that way in
city and town in the State observe Ar
tentionally. It’s simply a habit.”
bor day. It will certainly Is* a great
advantage to San Francisco when a
Shattering an Illusion.
general Arter day isoliserved here, and
The
Ohio
and Mississippi rivers were
should lie one of the first steps taken
w hen it conies to lieautifying the city. liank full. In the pilot-house of the
A great deal is said of the new under steamboat, as it drew near the landing
taking the improvement of this city— at Cairo, stissl a traveler from the East
and many suggestions are made by taking his first view of the thriving
parties who have given much time city that stands at the junction of these
and study to the theme and who count two mighty rivers, always an object of
on a vast expenditure to carry out the interest to tourists. “And this,” he
promised work. It is to lie hoped that saiii, speaking more to himself than to
extensive tree planting w ill be one of anybody else, “is the spot where Dick
ens’ Martin Chuzzlewit landed, away
the first results of this excellent idea.
liaek in the forties.” The grizzled old
pilot turned to him incredulously,
No doubt every man, woman and
"Mister,” he responded, "I’ve traveled
child w ho has visited San Francisco in
this river, man and boy, for the last
the last few years has seen the blind
sixty years, an' I hain’t never seen no
man, John L. Quinn, piloted around
tent o’ that name. Somebody's lieen
by his little brown dog. The old sol
fooling you.”
dier, who lost his eyesight in the
I'niteil States Army during a battle
In some of the Parisian cemeteries
with the Indians in Arizona, since his
there are open vaults connected with
discharge from the army twelve years electrical appliances to prevent the
ago has supiMirted himself and w ife on burial of ¡arsons who may Is* only in a
the small ¡tension which he received trance.________________
and by selling ]>encils on the street,
The dearest spot on earth is not al
lie was never seen w ithout the faithful
little dog with his black velvet blanket ways “iiome.” That vnay te a wry
edged with red and freely sprinkled cheap concern, or “dearest” may be
with gold spangles, and the little chain way off’.
from his collar fastened to his blind
A Rochester man has sued for divorce
master. Crowds would stop to see this
pathetic little scene enacted day after because bis wife hit him with a “Life
day. The blind soldier would ship a of Thomas Jefferson.”
moment in his constant tramping c.‘
A woman always telieves in platonic
the streets to rest or to dispose of a
pencil and that moment the little dog love until sin- tumbles and falls into the
would sit down to rest, too, or remain horrors of the real thing.
stall onary until the command came,
Dependence is like a sugar-coated
“Go on.” He never tussled a second
order, but would move instantly on the pill. May lie a little sweet on ths out
monotonous tramp, tramp, tramp that side, but the ¡fill is there all the same.
had become a ¡«rt of the existence of
Always provide a family couch with
both. Many nickels and dimes were
given the soldiet, but comparatively plenty of down pillows, your friends
few of these were in exchange for the may drop in feeling *> tired.
|>eneil, many daclining to accept the
Belted is the great tea dPinking c*y
¡shell offerM, donaequeiitly he went
home with alsiut the same number of of the United Kingdom.
pencils every day but a gissl many
'The first scientific society was estai«
nickels and dimes tetter off". Quinn
was found dead in his Iasi recently lished by Dr. Franklin.
NEW YORK STREETS.
COLLECTIVE NAMES.
Old
MOI*
SOME OF rut OLD
GAINED T heir NAMES.
ONES
WSBteBy t>Br*k Had |ure to Do WK a I
h.lo*li* Thea» Ihgja All Otte««
*at*<>rUle* < Oil.t,lBrd—T*e !<•*•»•
Billed BBdnon Street.
The churchwardens of old Trinity
church hud more to do with naming
the stoa ts In the lower part of old New
York than all other authorities com
billed. To be sure, the quaint burgo
masters, before the first Trinity church
was built, after bearing the pros and
cons of landowners, found names for
many streets significant of ce tain es
tabllshcd facta, for streets and byway»
below Maiden lane ou the east, rly sidt
of the Heere st rant, afterward changed
to Great George street, In honor of
King George, by the authorities of
Trinity. Then our patriots Ignored the
name and called It Bloomingdale road
and then the Broad way, simplified
into Broadway.
The present Trinity church, at the
head of Wall street. Is the third edifice
of that name, the two preceding struc
tures erected upon the same ground
having been burned, but tlie first was
one of the first churches erected In this
city, and Trinity has always been the
wealthiest corporation, patronized by
the richest and most Influential famlllet
for ages. The churchwardens of this
church had their own way about nam
Ing the streets from the church tu
what Is now Twenty-third street, west
of Broadway, along the Hudson rivet
front, because they owned that Im
mense property.
In the olden time Queen Anne of
England owned what was known as
the Queen's farm, which covered the
land commencing at 8t. I’aul's church
und extending to what is now Twenty
third street, bounded by Broadway or
»he east and the Hudson river on the
west.
Vestry street was so styled by Trio
lty because the church had a vestry In
that street lietween Hudson and Green
wlch streets. Church street was so
called because It bounded the west
side of St. Pauls churchyard. Rector
street was honored by tlie residence of
the rector of Trinity. Barclay and Ve
sey streets were named after two cler
gymen of the church.
Trinity's officers determined that the
main artery of the city should run
through Its land, und, grounded In their
belief In tlielr ability to carry out their
intention, Hudson street was laid out.
St. John's park and many other Im
provements were offered us Induce
ments to purchasers of land, and St.
John's chapel was erected and finished
In 1803, one of the handsomest pieces
of church architecture in the city.
Trinity counted without an expression
of tlie majority of the people and fail
ed in Its endeavor.
The arrogance of the church fretted
the good people, and more to spite the
churchwardens than because Broad
way was nearer the center of the city
Broadway acquired the preference, and
the glory of Hudson street departed,
never to return.
It has been remarked that the streets
laid out by Trinity on the farm are all
perfectly straight, while many in the
lower part of the city are wonderfully
crooked. The explanation of this lies
In the fact thnt scarcely a small hill
existed on the farm, while below there
crooked lanes and byways, to say noth
ing of cow paths, were turned Into
streets, which ran In devious ways
around hills, valleys and swamps.
Many streets were named after the
owners of property adjacent to or
through which the ways were Inld.
Moore street was originally tlie line
of the first wharf erected In the city.
Colonel Moore was formerly a large
owner of the lots when first built upon.
John street was named after John
Harpending, who resided In Broadway,
nnd John street when first laid out
passed through his garden. Cortlnndt.
Dey anil Beekman streets were carried
through the property of the men after
whom they were named. Ann street
was named after Ann Beekman. Van-
dewater, Roosevelt, Rutgers, Gouver-
neur, Harrison. Llspenard. Bayard, De
Lancey, Rivington and Willett streets
were so designated because they pass
ed through the property of people bear
ing these names.
Hester street was named after one of
the Bayard family and Catharine after
Catharine Rutgers. Henry street was
named after a son of the Rutgers fam
ily, and Jacob street bounded the Ja
cob Lelsler estnte. Frankfort street
w-as also a boundary of the same es
tate. Lelsler was a native of Frank
furt. James street was named after a
member of the De Lancey family, as
was also Oliver street. Batavia lane
was so called because the Roosevelt
estate, through which this street was
run, was called New Batavia.
Division street was originally the di
vision line between thp De Lancey and
Rutgers farms. Leonard street was
named after one of the Llspenards.
nnd Orchard street was cut through
the orchard of the De Lancey farm.
Sheriff street was called after Sheriff
Willett, through whose estate It was
carried. Mangin and Goerck streets
were named after the two city survey
ors who laid out the river line.
The first mayor of New York after
the Revolution, a true pntrlot, was
James Daane, whs wa« honnre.-j by the
naming of Duane street after him.
Elm, Orange nnd Mulberry streets
were laid out through public property
In the vicinity of the Collect pond nnd
owe their names to the peculiarities
they suggest. Cherry street was orlgl
nally run through "the road by the
cherry trees” and named accordingly.
—New York Herald.
A FAMOUS SOCIETY.
Kteallate Tartu« Fur Gruut** ut
Perau«« und Antuiul«.
W heio
* Fataoa. Preochrsa
aiMt Teacher. Ualbere*.
Jfi a book on British sports, written
In the eighteenth century, Joseph
Strutt gives the old English terms tor
groups of various beasts as follows
"When beasts weut together In cum
panics there was said to lie a pride of
lions, a lepe of 1<Mi|iiirdH. a herd of
harts, of bucks und ot all sorts of deer;
a bevy of roes, a sloth of boars, a
•pwnder *f wild swine, a drift of tame
swine, a route of wolves, a barms of
horses, a rag of colts, a stud of mares,
a pace of asaes, a baren of mules, a
team of oxen, a drove of klne, a dock
of sheep, a tribe of goats, a skulk of
foxes, a cete of badgers, a richness ot
martins, n fesynes of ferrets, a busk«
or a down of hares, a nest of rabbits,
a clowder of cats and a kyndall of
young cats, a shrewdness of apes and
a labor of moles.”
Similar terms were applied to gather
Ings of human beings. Strutt gives
them as follows: "A state of princes
a skulk of thieves, an observance ol
hermits, a lying of pardoners, n sub
tlltle of sergeants, an untruth of somp-
ners, a multiplying of husbands, a
safeguard of porters, a stalk of forest
ers, a blast of hunters, a draft of but
lers, a temperance of cooks, a melody
of harpers, a poverty of pipers, a
drunkenshlp. of cobblers, a disguising
of taylors, a wandering of tinkers, n
malpertness of pedlars, a fighting of
beggars, a rayful—that Is, a netful—ot
knaves, a blush of boys, a bevy of la
dies, a nonpatlence of wives, a gagl«
of women, a gagle of geese.”
In the old days the word "lensh" wai
npplieil to three greyhounds, while twi
were “a brace.” On the other hand
two spanlelB or harriers were calleu
“a couple.” A number of bounds went
under the term of "a mute of hounds.'
while It was correct to speak of “a
kennel of ruches, a litter of whelps am
a cowardice of curs.”
The closing decades of ttw lust <4B
tury comprehended tile pulmy iieriodvf
u distinguished little society in London
which might have lieen described ns u
club for tlw teachers and preachers of
their uge. secular or religious. Such
Indel’d was the Metaphyseal society
Its organizing sylrlt bail perhaps been
James Knowles. If Its most famous
member were found In W. E. Gladstone
Its leading spirits, who too* the most
active part in its discussions, were
Cardinal Manning and Richard Holt
Hutton, the editor of the Spectator.
James Martineau, Matthew Arnold und
William George Wurd, the erewbik
mathematical tutor of Ilallol, as well
us the poet Browning, may sometime»
have been of the company, but the chief
figures were those already mentioned
In his curlier days Hutton, like sc
many reflective men of his day, was
the disciple of F. D. Maurice. Tliet
among his associates were J. M. Lud
low- ami Thomas Hughes, tlie author o!
“Tom Brown’s School Days.” After
wurd R. 11 Hutton's mental mastei
would have been recognized by him II
ills brother member of the Metapliys
leal society, Junies Martineau.
The great incidents in its proceeding»
ut this time were the high speculatlvt
arguments wherein different sides w ere
taken by teachers of their generatiol
so mutually opposed and so individually
distinguished as Manning and Marti
lieati, upon very rare occasions, It may
be, by Gladstone, Browning and. 1
rather think, once or twice by Tenny
boh himself. The extraordinary mag
netlsm exercised by Martineau over his
personal following was perceptible In
hi.« manner with casual acquaintances.
As such, It was realized very many
years ago by the present writer when,
as an exceedingly young man fresh
from college, he was concerned in pre
paring some examination questions. In
which his venerable seniors, Maurice
and Martineau, w ith one of two more,
were to have a voice.—T, H. 8. Escott
In Chambers’.
WHY 7 HEY ARE POOR.
Their ideas are larger than their
purses.
They are easy dupes of schemersand
promoters.
They reverse the maxim, “Duty be
fore pleasure.”
They have too many and too expen
slve amusements.
They do not think It worth while to
save nickels and dimes.
They have risked a competence in
trying to get rich quickly.
They allow friends to Impose iqioii
their good nature and generosity.
They try to do wliat others expect of
them, not what they can afford.
They prefer to Incur debt rather than
to do work which they consider be
neath them.
They think It will be time enough to
begin to save for a rainy day when the
rainy day comes.
They risk all their eggs in one basket
when they are not ill a ¡lositioii to
watch or control it.—Success.
Helpln* Him Oat.
Mrs, Iloyt, wife of Charles Iloyt, the
playwright, added much to tlie enjoy
ment of u Lambs' club banquet in < hi
cago by her sharp and witty tongue,
always ready for a home thrust. Mr.
Hoyt was sei-oml on tlie list of speakers
and was badly frightened. He eon
eluded that he would plunge quickly
Into his speech when called upon. and.
with this Idea, he arose briskly when
announced nnd started In: "Ladles and
gentlemen, I feel honored. I'm sure. Ii.i
this request of the toastmaster, bat it
Is so unexpected 1 really had no time t<
prepare— a—I really had no time to pre
pare—a"— And lie stopped. Every one
felt sorry for him, but Mrs. Hoyt seem
ed in no way disturbed. When she no
ticed his predicament she turned to
ward him suddenly and culled out.
“Why, Charley, you did it perfectly
this morning!"
Readln* and Thlnkln*.
The things one merely reads about
never stick. Those on which one
thinks become permanent acquisitions,
hence the man who Is not ufrall of
thinking and who does not dread "that
cursed hour In the dark" Is at u dis
tinct advantage on every ground. He
passes the time without being bored,
and be strengthens Ills mind. To say
this may tio doubt sound slightly prig
gish, but it is none the less true. The
man who can enjoy and make use of
his own thoughts has a heritir'e wli!< ,’i
can never be alienated. Even blindness
for him loses some of its terrors.
London Spectator.
Failed In an Emertrency.
The man who said lie did not see
what good his life insurance would do
him until he was deuil must have been
a hopeless object for the suave attack
of the agent. Like him is the fanner
of a Fifeshire village of whom a Lon
don paper tells.
He had been advised from time to
time to insure his house against fire.
The agent, Sandy McLcry. could never
get the old man to sign and was forced
to listen to the familiar argument that
"his house would never gang on fire."
The unexpected happened, however,
and the neighbors were astonished
when tlie old man. instead <»l Uy mg To
save his goods, ran wildly up and
down the village, crying:
.
“Whaur's that mon Sandy noo?
Whaur's that Insurance chlel? Ye
can never get a body when ye’re need
In’ him”’
An laolatrd Church.
CHOICE
MISCELLANY
AS *retle Hallway.
Tbtj most northern railway In the
World In ike line from Navlk. In Nor
way, across Laplaud, connecting the
Baltic with the Atlautic and giving
access to valuable ore deposits. It
reaches latitude GN degrees 27 i*fliutes
und thus lies within the arctic circle.
The White l’ass railroad in Aluska
reuehes a latitude of UU degrees.
The total distance from Navlk, oo
Ofuteu fiord, to Lulea, on the gulf ot
Bothnia, is 483 kilometers, or 300 miles.
At Boden, not far from Lulea, the new
railway lutersei ts the Swedish railway
system, extending southward on the
one hand to Stockholm and the rest of
the peninsula and on the other to St.
Petersburg nnd the whole network of
Russian railways. From Navlk to St.
Petersburg, a distance of 1,800 kilo
meters, there is now continuous rail
way communication and from St. Pe
tersburg on over the line of tlie Si
berian railway to Vladivostok. By the
completion of this railway the line
across Europe ami Asia connecting by
rail the Atlantic und the Pacific oceans
Is achieved, the distance being
kilometers, or about 7,400 miles, and
at the average speed of thirty kilo
meters per hour the Journey from
ocean to ocean may be made in alsiut
sixteen days.
Beilin* on the Have«.
The gullish herd who hug the delu
sion thut they cun- muke money by
backing horses would do well to read
and inwardly digest the speech of the
Duke of Portland at Mansfield. The
duke said that he was certain that If
he laid consistently betted the money
would have gone in.floods from his ex
chequer Into that of the bookmakers.
"Be a man as rich as I'nesus. he bus
only to go on backing horses long
enough and in sutllelently large sums
of money to lose his fortune and most
probably finally to land himself with
disgrace in the bankruptcy court.” If
a man can afford to lose the money lie
spikes, he has a perfect right to amuse
himself by gambling. The mischief is
THE BEST ONES.
that three-fourths of the people who
back liorses are not in u position to
The best law—the Golden Rule.
bear the losses that sooner or later
Tlie best education self knowledge.
they incur. With the best of horses
The best philosophy—a contented and the best of information It Is Im
mind.
possible, says the Duke ot Portland, to
The best theology a pure, and benefi win In the long run by betting. It Is
cent life.
futile for outsiders to expect to do so.—
The best war—to war against one’s London Truth.
weakness.
The best medicine—cheerfulness und
A llanaerou. Clock.
temperance.
Tlie greatest care Is taken at the
The best music—the laughter of an czar’s general receptions Io prevent any
innocent child.
attempt on Ills life. The system of
The best science—extracting sunshine espionage at court Is the most elab
from a cloudy day.
orate that cun be devised. Neverthe
The best telegraphy—flashing a ray less there are from time to time alarm
ing Indications thut the precautions
of sunshine into a gloomy heart.
The best biography—tlie life that taken are inadequate. In the month
of May last an explosive was found In
writes charity In the largest letters.
The best engineering building a the clock in the chimneypiece of the
bridge of faith over the river of death. breakfast room in Gatchina, in which
The best navigation—steering clear ot the little daughters of the czar were ac
the lacerating risks of personal eon customed to take their breakfast with
their English governess. For some
tention.
The best mathematics—that which reason it was noticed that the hands
doubles the most Joys anil divides the of the clock pointed to five minutes to
0 for several consecutive minutes, al
most sorrows.
though the mechanism of the time
piece was operating as usual. On ex
A DEAL IN ANTIQUES.
amination It was found that a high ex
The Wny n London Dealer Fooled an plosive had been Inserted In the clock.—
Everybody’s Magazine.
American Millionaire.
The ways of the dealer in antiques
are too often as dark ns those of the
Mountain« of Soap.
heathen Chinee in the poem, und it Is
In a mountain near Elko, Nev., there
very hard to get the best of a really Is an inexhaustible supply of pure
wideawake member of the tHLle. A soap. One may enter the mine with a
certain dealer In London, having a butcher's knife and cut as large a
number of alleged Chippendale chairs piece as he wants. It is beautifully
for sale, approached a well known no mottled nnd on being exposed to the
bleman and succeeded in selling the set air hardens somewhat. The mountain
for $5,000 to the latter. Later on the is of clay of tine texture, and it con
purchaser, being informed that the tains terucic acid, soda and borate of
ehairs were "faked,” wrote to the lime. Its color Is given it by the Iron
dealer and demanded his money back.
ami other minerals.
The wily dealer wrote back a hurt
In Its natural state it is rather strong
mid offended letter to his patron, pro In alkali and removes Ink and other
testing that his honesty bad been im stains readily. At one time It was
pugned, but ’to show Ids good faith he used In nil the lavatories on tlie Pull
would be willing to pay l,fif>0 guineas man cars, blit as soon as tills fact be
to get the chairs back. So It was done, came generally known the cakes were
and within a very few hours the noble carried away by travelers as souvenirs.
man’s receipt for that amount was l>e- The railroad company could not sup
ir.g held under the nose of an Amer- ply the demand, so it was forced to
i<nn millionaire ns proof that the discontinue its use.
chairs had been bought from that well
known collector, Lord------- . Of course
the dealer must have his profit, and Hope In.tead of Leather For Belting.
Manila rope is steadily superseding
the American millionaire finally hand
ed over a check for $ 12.500 and car leather belting for the transmission of
ried his bargain triumphantly across power In our mills nnd factories. It Is
the Atlantic.—Kansas City Independ almost universally used for that pur
pose In English factories nnd has been
ent
for n long time. The change has lieen
Two I lexer Aunwer«.
stimulated here no doubt by the acqui
It is re|H>rted that a man uppointisl sition of the Philippines, where the
sixth auditor of the treasury subject manila hemp flourishes. The fiber of
to examination was asked to state the this hemp varies 111 length from six to
distance of the moon from the earth. twelve feet and occasl nally reaches a
His written answer was simply’, "Not length of eighteen feet. It is said that
near enough to affect the functions of It has a tensile strength of 50,000
a sixth auditor." He passed. So did pounds per square Inch, greater than
another who, living examined for cm that of any other known fiber. Trans
ployment in the treasury, was asked mission ropes have the advantage of
how mnny soldiers England sent to nolselessness owing to their flexibility
this country during tlie Revolution. and to an air passage In the grooves
His answer was. “A blamed sight more between the rope and the sheave.—
than ever got back.”
Philadelphia Record.
An Eye For an Eye.
"My cook, an ohl darky, Informed
me one morning: 'Miss Annie, I's goiu'
to tie mnrrled tonight, is yon got a
present for tne?'
“ 'But, Marla,’ I said, ‘you've got a
husband nllve nnd hnven't been di
vorced, Tt woifid be bigamy!’
“ ‘Well, Miss Annie, I don't care;
he's done bigotted fust.’ ’’—Lippincott's
Magazine.
In the valley of Westdale Head, In
Gettfnjr Ont of Debt.
Cumberland, England, a strange little
"What was it your husband wanted
church nestles amid a group of the
highest of England’s mountains. It Is to see me about?" inquired Mrs. New
over 400 years old and has two win liwed's papa.
"I think he wanted to borrow a
dows, and the pulpit is lighted by n
pane of glnss having been inserted In couple of hundred dollars from you."
a bole in the roof above it. There are she said. “He's so anxious to get out
tin.
House Owner (to Insurance Inspect only eight pews, of which seldom more of debt."—Philadelphia Ledger.
or)—But, my dear man. why do you than two are used. The little bill,
Wot Neetteg Below.
put the cook down as an explosive on hanging looue in the open belfry, may
“This is a funuy ship.”
the premises? Inspector—Ain't she li on stormy nights be heard mingling
“How so?"
able to go off at any minute?—New its tones with the wind end thunder
“They have im clock In the cabin.”
But for the belfry it would hardly be
Orleans Ttmes-Democrat
“Oh, no! But they always keep a
kno*n to be a church. This little
gnyr edifice Is described ns tlie most watch on the deck.’’—Stray Stories.
A Grnntig Cliaia*«,
Th* Professor—Do tblugs grow rap isolated church throughout the whole
o
Very Versatile.
Idly In your part of the country? of England.
Stage Manager—I think you are a
Young Housekeeper—I should say they
trifle too stout to play Romeo. Heavy
twtttn* Him. q
do. When I order lamb from the
Tragedian—Why, my good man. I
“
It's
cruel
of
you
to
snub
him.
He's
butcher It always grows to mutton on
could play the part of an Infant In
the way home.—Woman's Home Com a good sort, if he is a rough dlnmond." ami«! Art has no limitations, sir—
“That's the reason be ne<ajs cutting."
panion.
New York Tim*
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—Jutjgs.
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Exrltlntr, hot Profltable.
For a risky and exciting and profit-
Sb!« >f you survive mode of earning
» livelihood n new Australian Industry
;an tie confidently recommended. It Is
the collection of snake venom, a sub-
»tance that, like radium, Is valued by
tiie grinu. A ¡»OuTid iff It lh "Siild to bv
worth £5,000. It is In active demand
by chemists. It Is obtained from three
ipecles the death adder, the brown ad
der and the tiger snake. The reptiles
aiust lie caught uninjured, and It goes
without saying that the Industry ‘'de
mands considerable knowledge and
skill In capture.” Tiger snakes are the
(test, for they carry most venom.
Snakes are still numerous In the Aus
tralian bush.
II* Had a Way With Hint.
Jane Seymour was boasting to Anno
Boleyn.
"Henry has Just asked me for my
hand," she remarkod.
• That’s nothing." retorted the queen,
"he tins just naked me for my head.”
Subsequent events showed both In
dies granted the request.-New York
Tribune.
You may be busy, but If you liav«
time to tell your troubles you are not
busy enough.—Atchison Globe.
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