c BAMhON REtOKIiEI CURIOUS WORSHIP. Th» <»•<•■» of Th row I •» Praver* at aa Idol In Japan. Along the sacred road of Nikko, In Japan, 1» an Idol nliout which centers one of the most cunou* worship» I* the world. Upon .Ye surfatv of the statue are seen little pieces of what appear» to be dried paper. If you »land by the idol for awhile and wait for a worshiper to come along, you wUl see what these bits of paper are. The dev­ otee halts in front of the Image, then ■cribbles a prayer on a bit of the pa­ per. The wad he then chew» up into a ball and hurls at the god. If It hits the face and sticks, the prayer is sure to be granted, and the pious pil­ grim goes away happy. If the ball sticks to some portion of the body, the omen is not quite so propitious, and if it falls to the ground there Is absolute­ ly no hope. Such a mode of prayer 1 b even more curious than the praying wheels of the Buddhists, who set the wheel revolving aud reel off prayer* by machinery. As John L. Stoddard, the lecturer, suld: “One sees, of course, numberless strange rites connected with religion ill traveling about the world, but Japan 1» the only laud I have ever visited where deities serve uh targets for masticated prayers!” THE BAD RUPEE, Bahram Got RI<1 oi It, bat War Re Intended. Not the “There lived In Kampur, India, a vender of sweetmeats numed Bahram, whose wife had weak eyes,” said the story teller. “One day this man went to see a friend at the bazaar, aud he left his stall In tlie woman's charge. ‘Be careful, mind you, about the change,' he said to her. But neverthe­ less when lie returned home he found that she bad taken in a bad rupee piece. He could hardly sleep that night for rage and sorrow. In the morning he arose early, and, determined to get rid of the bad rupee, he set out througli the town. Soon he met a boy. “ ‘Boy,’ be said, ‘do you know the sweetmeat shop of All?’ (All was a rival vender.) ‘Well, take this rupee, go to All's shop and spend a pice for sweetmeats there. The sweetmeats you may keep; I want the change.’ “The boy departed merrily and in a little while returned with his mouth full. “ ‘So you got the change without trou­ ble, eh?' said the man as lie counted It. ‘And did All make no examination of the rupee?’ “ ‘Oh,’ said the boy, ’I didn’t go as far as All's. I got the sweetmeats at Bahram’s shop.' ’’—London Modern So- clety. WHY WE TREMBLE. The Nerve Action* Superinduced Cold, Four and Anver, br Cold, by stimulating the sensory nerve endings in the skin, produces a corresponding irritation in the brain motor centers and by contracting the blood vessels In the skin produces a temporary excess of blood in the brain. This Interferes with the steady flow of nerve force to tho muscles, so that the spasmodic action of these nerve cur­ rents produces the trembling due to cold. Of trembling from fear or anger I»ar win gives this explanation: "Men dur­ ing long generations have endeavored to escape from their enemies by flight or violent struggling. These cause breathlessness und trembling of the muscles. Whenever fear is felt the sume results tend to appear through the force of Inheritance and association. Just ub furious rage leads persons to make violent attacks on the object of their resentment, so in milder cases, though no such attack may la- made, the beginning of violent exertion — namely, trembling of the muscles— tends to show Itself. But the chief cause of trembling from fear or anger I b , according to the sume authority, the Interruption or disturbance of the transmission of nerve force from the cerebro spinal system, due to mental agitation. Why or bow these emotions affect the cerebro spinal system through the mind in this way Is not known.” A Delicate Refannl. In the last few inonlto- I have had oceasioi* t«s pa— a lieautiful residence day after day. People resided there, but there never seemed to tie a sign of life al»iut the place. The window cur- tains were ala ays drawn dow n as if to obscure every* ray of light for feur of fulling ear|s'ts and ta|>estries that you felt almost sure must occupy a promi­ nent place in this mansion. The grounds alsiut the place were kept up, the lawns velvety and green, yet you never saw the gardener at work. Oc­ casionally a little ¡»early plume of smoke circled feebly from the chimney nnd flouted rapidly into space as if it was afraid it would Is- giving away family secrets by announcing to the outside world that the house was inhabited. One day there wan a change, and it was for the better. The curtains were up as far as they would go, the win­ dows were often as if to let in all the pure wholesome air the place would hold. The next thing I noticed was that little window gardens had been made in front of the two big liay win­ dows fronting the house where they would get the first warm rays of the morning sun. I watched them closely, thinking 1 could judge something of the character and, possibly, the nation­ ality of the people from the Howers that were planted. 1 soon discovered they were bullis that had been buried in the rich brow n loam. Days passed and tqi came the tender green leaves. It seemed as if they grew inches every day. Then came the buds. I missed passing the house for several days and the next time I had occasion to go by I found the window gardens had brought the owner a wealth of na­ ture’s treasures. One window was filled with lieautitui fragrant white hya­ cinths, pure ami spotless as a snow­ flake and the other was filled with quaint, old-fashioned yellow and red tulips. “The second window is in memory of the fatherland,’’ thought Polly, and I smiled as 1 thought of the happiness the gaudy, lovely little tulips must have brought to the heart of some one hungry for a glimpse of the old home across the waters. It seemed to me the tulips had interpreted for me and proved conclusively the nationality of the dwellers in this beautiful home. I was right. The national hymn, “The Watch on the Rhine,” was us dear Hi them as “America” and “Columbia” are to us. The tlowers in both window gardens were in their perfection when one morning as I passed 1 discovered that every white hyacinth had been picked. I glanced quickly at the window of tuli|>s, but none were missing. One window was o|>eil and the lace curtains floated in and out with the breeze; the other curtains were drawn and the usually cheerful home looked thor­ oughly dreary. I felt depressed as I thought of the trouble that might have come to the inmates, and yet it might have been a wedding instead of a fu­ neral that the lovely hyacinths had been gathered for. But when I passed again dainty streamers of white illusion ami ribbon floated from the dr and tied lovingly in the fleecy meshes was a bunch of the white hyacinths. Then I knew that a little child had grown tired and weary and had laid down to sleep only to awaken in the lieautiful garden of sleep. I thought of the silence in that great house when the patter of the little feet would never lie heard and the happy childish voice would never make music as she ran to o|s-n the doorand grift the strong man she called “my ladder” as she sprang into his arms on his return home at evening. The curtains are drawn all over the house again, one by one the tulqis have had their little day; the |>etals have fallen, the leaves have withered and the Hower is dead until another spring rolls round and the tuli|>s shall lie resurrected. On one of the great ocean steamers that is breasting the billows like some graceful bird, is the casket containing the little child that is Is-ing taken back by the heart­ broken parents to rest with other loved ones in the fatherland. Levassor, the well known French comic singer, once took part In n char­ ity concert in Paris and after the per formance was invited by the promoters to supper along with the rest of the performers. When all were seated at table Levassor found under his napkin an Easter egg out of which five pieces of gold dropped on its being broken. "Ah, I perceive you have got to know thnt I am fond of boiled eggs,” the comedian gayly remarked to his Did you ever realize the gixsl a flower entertainer, “but you are probably not garden could do in this world? You ■ ware that I only eat the white anil might not lie fortunate enough to have must therefore ask you to give the oue of your own, but ¡stssibly your yolk to the poor.” neighlsir has, and haven't you caught larbaroi* Treatment of ll»o Women. yourself watching with intense interest The Ibos have a barbarous custom of the little seed your neighlior hail plant­ destroying twins, A woman who gives ed as they pushed their way through birth to twins is regarded as some- the brow n mold like magic; and haven’t thtc.g accursed, and the child: c« are not you slo|q»-d to iuhaie the fragrance taken from her and thrown into the of roses, violets, mignonette, carna­ bush to perish, while she is proclaim­ ed an outcast and driven from the vil­ tions, etc., and at the same time feasttai lage. To hold up two Angers to an your eyes on patches of exquisite little Ibo woman is to offer her the greatest forget-me-nots as blue as the dome of Insult possible. They are very super heaven? Haven’t you fairly reveled stltlous. They worship idols of wood, in your neighlior’s fernery and forgot­ mud and Iron, which are regarded as ten the trials and cares of tlie day for protectors to be propitiated at various the moment as the lacy, fragile five- periods, and slavery exists among all tlngensl ferns, maidenhair, tin* golden- the tribes. backs and various other members of this deliglitful family in plant life, Greatae** aad Smartnea*. ’’Which would you rather be truly nrshhsl in file breeze from their own great or really smart?” mossy corner to you? Haven’t you “Smart, of course.” watched tlie little w inged l>eauties, tlie "Why?” sweet ¡lens, as they ctemlxired over un- and "Well, you may be truly great i sighly places covering them with a no one ever know It. but if you’re mantle of charity that shut out the think that smart you can make people 1 coarse and uninviting sight? Haven't you're great”—Chicago I’ost. you seen morning-glories in your neigh­ bor's yard covering an entire porch or Cvttin*. Mia* Cutting — That dog of yours an ugly old fence, ami hundreds of a**m* to be remarkably intelligent. tlowers from royal purple to exquisite SofUelgb—Yaws, Indeed! I aw—could pink, blue and white turning all their not begin to tell you all be knows. Mias little trumpet* to the sun and drinking Cutting- No, of course not—New York •r. • in the rays, revgling in the wealth of i golden light for a few hours and falling We cannot control the evil tongues asleep with the setting sun? Didn't of others, but a good life enables us to I that cloud of morning glgji' » preach despise thetu —Cato you a little sermon? Didn’t they tell o * * 0« you not to be content to remain dbwu in THE AMERICAN HUSBAND. the shadow , bigl you q>u»t reach out and grasp everything that would Help A s ut HI» Trait* From au Lua- ll*h I'olat of View. you to climb higher and higher? Oh, Au American voung man does not as there is a world of •■rmons in all the swayin* bells of your lieiglilstr’s morn­ a°rule look forward to marriage nor prepare for ifeby saving any consider­ ing glories. able portion of hi» antenuptial Income. l°have a world of respect for the man When be marries it is usually on short wlioplanted a hedge of heliotro|>e, roses notice and because be has fallen very and ivy geranium all around lite beau­ desperately In love with some one und cannot find it in bls heart to wult until tiful home in San Diego so as to furnish cold caution declares the venture ad­ Howers for those who were not fortu*1 visable. Even when uu engagement nate enough to have gardens of their Is a long one he usually squanders so own. On a placard was printed, “Help much on gifts »nd entertainments for yourselves to Howers, but please do not Ids fiancee that there Is only a very break tile branches or pull up the moderate uuiouut to begin bousekeep plants.” As a result the hedge was lug on. Thus before bls marriage the never s|»>iledby passers-by w ho hastily young American of the middle class jerktsl otl n handful of blossoms, taking begins to give evidence of what is to large branchi*» with them which were be bls chief national characteristic as a husband his unfailing, unselfish und discarded and thrown into the street almost Improvident generosity. as they glanced quickly around to see if The middle class busbund in America their act of pilfering another's flower rarely Interferes with the affairs of the garden wasolwerved. This man’s gen­ household. He hardly knows the cost erosity was in striking contrast to the of staple articles of food. As a rule he man who lived in the same block, and does not make his wife a regular al­ had a huge placard posted conspicu­ lowance either for household or per­ ously warning people not to trespass on sonal expenses, but gives her as much as lie can spare, freely, but with a lack penalty of arrest. His hedge was not of system that Is not conducive to the exempt from pilferers in spite of Hie best outlay of their Income. warning, and many an armful of flow­ The young American husband Is also ers disap|>eared on moonlight evenings. very indulgent to his wife's fondness for tine clothes. He would far rather have an extravagant wife than a BRIEF REVIEW dowdy one. ai«L, although be grumbles occasionally at a millinery bill, in real­ Authorship in America.. ity he glories in the resplendent ap­ We should like to call the attention pearance of bls wife in her fine feath­ of home-market clubs and infant-in­ ers. The American husband is rare dustry nurseries to the condition of the who does not concede his wife's right to expend a mtieh larger sum with ber authorship business in the United dressmaker than be does with bls States, says Leslie’s Monthly. During tailor. Indeed he often leaves bls 1902 the total production of this hust­ tailor altogether and cheerfully repairs ling world was 200,000 volumes. The to the ready made clothing house In output seems small enough In compari­ order that Ids wife may have more son with the world’s annual stock of money for extravagant finery.—London other commodities, but so long as it is Telegraph. large enough to keep our evenings and CANINE MEMORY. holidays busy we have no general right to complain. The trouble comes when The Story ot a Pet Bull Terrier That we analyze the figures. During 1902 Did Not Forget. the United States published but 7888 A gentleman who is a great traveler volumes, iiarely worsting England, and who is always accompanied in his which follows us with a total of 7700, wanderings by a bull terrier, to which and losing to Germany’s 26,900 to the he is much attached, arrived one day tune of 1 to 3. What becomes of our in the city of Florence. Ills dog was ladies’-literary leagues and home cul­ for some reason intrusted to the care of the porter at the station, and in the ture clulis in the face of hard figures? excitement of the crowd and under tlie Where is Kentucky now, and where is unusual experience of being separated Indiana? Shall three Americans go from his master, who generally kept down before one German? Shall each the animal with him, Bruno was million Germans have 354 books each moved to make his escape. The most year while a million Americans are con­ careful search was made, and before tent with eighty-one? Reverse the going to his hotel the traveler went to shield. Last year Germany published the police station to notify the gen­ 8049 newspapers and periodicals. The darmes of his loss. It was more than an hour before he reached his. hotel. United States 21,000. When he got there he spoke of his loss, so that if anything was heard of the dog Islands and Vegetation. it would be understood that the animal Nature in her slow leisurely way is belonged to him. To his astonishment making a highly instructive experi­ the porter said: “But your dog Is here, ment for us to show how islands may sir. He came before you, nnd we did acquire their vegetation. Just twenty not know to whom he belonged.” “The years ago tlie most stupendous volcanic dog is here!” repeated the gentleman In surprise. “How came he here?" eruption of modern times destroyed all "He ran In, sir, alsiut half an hour ago. life, animal and vegetable, in the island nnd, after snuffing about the office for of Krakatoa. Three years later Dr. awhile, he ran upstairs. I gave orders Treub visited the place and found some to have him'driven out. but the boys lowly microscopic algae settling on the have been busy, am! he is up there pumice and lava. These, it seems, somewhere now.” The traveler, of acted as a decoiH|»>sii>g agency, and course, went upstairs at once, and prepared the way for ferns, which soon there on the mat before the chamber began to appear. Then followed a few numbered 44 lay Bruno, who sprang up with the most frantic demonstra­ flowering plants, probably from drift tions of delight nt finding his master seeds. Five yearsago there had settled again. The gentleman remembered sixty-two species of vascular plants, thnt two years previous he had been fifty of these being flowering s|>ecies with the dog nt Florence nnd had stay­ and representing twenty-one natural ed nt this hotel. lie did not remember orders. All these, Rotting liemsleyof that lie hail occupied this particular the Kew Gardens, London, thinks, room, but on reference to the hotel reg­ reached the island independently of ister such was found to be the fact. man. He computes that alsiut 8 per ROCK FORMATION. cent were carried by birds, 32 ¡ mt cent borne by the wind, and over 61) ¡>er In One Sen»e Stone» Do Grow, and cent east up by tlie sea waves. In In Another They Do Not. time, without man’s aid the island, Rocks do not grow In the sense that twenty miles from its nearest neighlior, plants do. They may increase in size will be again covered with vegetation. by means of accretion, and they may also undergo other changes. Old sea beds, lifted up and exposed for ages, be­ Hangman's Town. come stratified la-ds of sandstone or Since Joseph F. Heine has been clerk limestone; volcanic ashes and lava and chief deputy in the office of the strewn over bills and plains become .Sheriff of Baltimore city he has learned tufa, hard enough for building stone, that there are persons who lielfeve that und the pebbly shores of rivers and the black gown used to enshroud male­ smaller streams' may sometimes factors when hanged is efficacious for change Into conglomerates. The simple mineral, however, does grow, especial the cure of diseases when doctors and ly when it takes upon itself the form medicine fail. Heine gained the knowl­ of a crystal. A sparkling prism of edge in question when several men quartz increases from an atom to calks I on him and asked for one of the monster crystals of varying length and black gowns that have been usisi in size by what geologists kuow as a hangings. The men told Heine they “process of addition and assimilation.” This process is wonderfully slow, but lielongisl to a fraternal order and that they wanted the gown to put on one of with a mathematical exactness that Is the meni If rs who was dying. They a surprise to persons even “well up” in the science of geology, in one sense said they hadlss-n told that such a gar­ stones grow; in another they do not. ment would cure their friend. Heine The crystal may become longer und gave the men one of the grewsome larger, but the bowlder on the roudslde gowns in the Sheriff's office. He has will not Increase a hairbreadth in not heard from his visitors since and length or width in the next 10,000 Joe« not knew tltv imal’ of the treat­ yea n. ment. Moat Horrible of All Dream*. No words are strong enough to point out the danger of slow poisoning by drugs 'wuicir ate often token to procure sleep, whether it be an alcoholic night­ cap, morphine, opium, chlorul or any other. The medical man has recourse with reluctazu-e to these as a last and temporary rVsort, and only he can tell bow many lives are wrecked by the ill timed use of them and their subse­ quent abuse. Of all horrible dreams none is so awful as those which assail people who habitually use these false comforters. Better than all the drugs In the world for procuring sleep are simple food, a regular life and a calm There were 144 German domestic mind.—Cassell’s. servants last year w ho wen- awarded Wh»t She Lacked. the servants’ golden cross for having A superintendent of a Sunday school lived forty years with one family. Only relates the following true incident: one was found in Berlin. The title of the lesson was "The rich young man” and the golden text "One A noted doctor states that 85 per cent thing thou lackest.” A lady teacher in of «rippled children could lie at least the primary class asked a little tot to able to wal]c if their diseases were repent the Jwo, end. looking earnestly In the teacher's face, the child tin- treated in time. blushlngly told her. "One thing thou ' © lackest—a rlBb young man.” Toendewwr to work u|»>n the vulgar with fine sense to like attempting to “Forget yoursc|f and be a gentle­ hew blocks with a razor. man,” may not be*a ntow pbras* but it is a,go(«l one to jpiste in somebody’s A man who shows nrt of prise tight lug to become a religious worker Mr. Turner was stationed In the Cleveland bar­ racks. The army at that time had not acquired Its present standing. Mouey was scarce and contributions fur be­ tween. For several days Turner made at­ tempts to see Mr. Hanna to solicit a Contribution. Each time he was In­ formed by the bkkeeper In the outer office that the great business man could not be seen. Assuring himself that Mr. Hanna was tn bls office one day, the adjutant paid no heed to the stereotyped refusal, but continued on his Way toward the door of the private office. The bookkeeper started to In­ terpose, but the adjutant seized him by the collar, threw him out of the way and entered. Mr. Hauna was provoked at first, but when he saw bls discomfited btsik keeper and looked upon the husky Salvationist he saw that the only way to get rid of the visitor was to listen. After the adjutant had explained the work of the army the future senator called his cashier and said: “Give this man $10. Don’t let him bother me again, but whenever he calls always give him $10.” A True Criticism. George Dalton Morgan, who recently brought from the orient a Japanese bride, tells tills story about the Japa­ nese sea fighter, Admiral Uriu: “In Tokyo Admiral Uriu la regarded as a kind of Haroun al Raschid. They declare there that he Investigates per­ sonally—sometimes even In disguise - every detail of the workings of the Japanese navy. Hence many odd ad ventures befnll him. "Once Admiral Uriu got wind of ee- tain complaints that had been mad against the soup served on a torpedo boat in his squadron. He shot from his flagship in a launch one day at mealtime and boarded this torpedo bont Just as the sailors came from the kitchen carrying a huge and steaming caldron. “ ‘Halt,’ the admiral shouted, 'Set that caldron down,’ “The sailors, with wondering looks obeyed. “ 'Now,' he said, 'bring me a spoon.’ “An officer hurried forward. “ ‘But, admiral'— he began. “ ‘Never mind, sir. There'» a com­ plaint front this boat, and I'm going to settle it now,' said Admiral Uriu. “He lifted the lid from the caldron, ladled up a spoonful of Its contents, and after blowing on the liquid he swallowed It. Then he made a wry face. “ ‘You call this soup?' he exclaimed •Why, it is nothing but dirty water.’ ‘“Yes, sir.' said one of the snllors: ‘we have Just been scrubbing the gal­ ley floors.’ ” A Spreckels Story, John D. Spreckels, son of Claus Spreckels, Is the proprietor of a San Francisco newspaper, says the Cincin­ nati Times-Star. To an editor one day Mr. Spreckels was talking about per sistence, and In the course of his re­ mark* he said: "My father is a great believer in persistence- In patience. Once, when I was a boy. I abandoned in despair some childish task that I hail under taken, and my father reproved me. “ ‘Persistence will do anything,' lie said. There's nothing you can't ac­ complish with patience.’ And then he smiled nnd added. ‘You could even cur­ ry water in a sieve if you would have the patience to wait long enough.’ “‘How long would I have to wait?' I said. “ ‘TH J It froze.* my father answer ed.” Any E xcuip , This story is told of Mr. A. J. Cas­ satt It happened at one of the Farnf- ers’ club dinners, at which a discus­ sion as to the future of America arose. Everybody took a most optimistic view of the question. One of the guests, turning to Mr. Cassatt, exclaimed: “By Jove! How I would like to re­ turn fifty years after my death and see what a grand country the United States has become!” “I can really believe," replied Mr. Cassatt, “that you will be glad of any pretext to return.”—Philadelphia Press Worth the Money. "Tommy,” said the economical moth er to the boy with the loose tooth, "I'll give you 10 cents If you’ll let me pull that tooth.” The boy thought Jt over and then went to his bank. “The fun of doin’ that Is worth more'n 10 ceiits." he Bald. “I'll give you 15 If you'll let tne pull on« of your«.”—Chicago Post. MMB Shafto*—I celebrat* my twenty fourth birthday trMioWow. Mis« Old- age— Indad! Bat— l«n't It »lngular? - so 4» I. At W •ba*pto—QB. %ut I cetp , brate *lne M toie fiatt Ume. • • o o o o o •AD HABITS. • CHOICE MISCELLANY ____ *__ Th* *•■•» Bhu «I4*'t Waul Them lu Her«4|f or Others. Mt* JeniJngs looked through ber glasses at ber slater, Miss Sprawie, with comUdenikle severity. "This neighborhood baa got into strange ways the last few years, or else 1 no­ tice It more as I get further along." ghe suld, “and lest I should get into the sume way I want you to remind pie now und then, Mary. "If you find me backbiting like that hateful, stingy Annabel I’owder or Lac, White, that hud better look to her own Baucy, bad manuered girl, and ber lioy, that’» the poorest scholar In No. 1, or if you catch me growing close fisted like the minister's wife, that has never returned the cupful of granulated sugar she borrowed fhat time the delegates came, or long wind­ ed like Jane I.arkln, who Interrupted me in the very midst of my telling ber about Sally's twins and went on about her spindling grandson for most fif­ teen minutes without stopping, I Want you should tell me frankly. “And that's not all,” said Mrs. Jen­ nings as Miss Sprawie opened ber mouth to speak. "If you find me get­ ting inquisitive like Helen I-ane, that’s asked me three times when my birth- day comes und what year I was born after my having to go to the town records to find out ber age. I want you to mention It freely, and I shall do the same by you. "If folks d*>n’t help each other, what** the good of being set In fa in­ Hies? You've got a little habit of In­ terrupting, Mary, that's growing on you, and I'm going to do what I can to help you breuk it up.”—Youth’s Companion. A TOUCH OF NATURE. Pathetic Story of a Mother of the Labrador Coast. Writing of the people of the Labra­ dor coast, in Harper's Magazine, Nor­ man Duncan tells a pathetic story of a poor mother whom he met sitting with her child outside the Battle Har­ bor hospital: “ 'He've always been like that,’ she said. 'He’s wonderful sick. I’ve fetch­ ed uu out here t' get the air. He doos better in the air, zur,’ she added; ‘much, much better.’ “ 'He’ll be getting better,' said I. ‘Here in the hos’— “ Tie'll die,’ she Interrupted quickly. “I was glad that he was to die. It would be better for him and for her. She would forget his deformity; she would forever have the memory of him lying warm upon ber brenst, warm and lovely; for. In this, memory Is kind to women. ‘“You have—another?’ “ ‘No, zur; 'tls me first.’ “The child stirred. and complained, She lifted him from ber lap, rocked him, hushed him, drew him close. rocking him all the time. “ ‘And does he talk ?’ I asked “She looked up in a glow of pride and answered me, flushing gloriously, while she turned ber shining eyes once more upon the gasping bube upon her breast: “ ‘He said “mamma,” once!’ “And so the Labrador ‘llveyere’ la kin with the whole wide world.” New Yark’s KreaebWes- Most of the Frenchmen who come *p New York are waiters and »killed artisans, like tapestry weavers. From that they range up to the lordly chef, with a salary bigger than a college president’s There are great numbers of French teachers aud musician», coif feurs and modistes aud a tsaly of French Importers, business aud pro fesalstial men never thought of as French, so much are they a ¡>art of the community. It would seem a» If there should be a French colony In New York, since French Huguenots were Huong the earliest settlers of Mauhut tun, und the Church of the Holy Spirit, tn East Twenty-seventh street, is the lineal descendant of the oue built by the French newcomers In 1688. But there is really no French colony here, although there are some 6,000 French people mingled with the rest of the 4,000,000. South Washington square for many years had a French davor. but that has mostly faded uway, al­ though the French Sisters still have a school In that neighborhood. More recently there was an east side French colony between Seventy-second ami Eightieth streets, but even that region Is losing Its Gallic atmosphere.—New York Letter In Pittsburg Dispatch. A “Holy Hallroad" In Caaada. In these days, when railways are run more for what there Is in them for a favored few than for the accommoda­ tion of the general public. It may lie In­ teresting to recall the fact that then* is right here in North America a "holy railroad.” This is a little line twenty- one mlh*s long from Quebec to 8te. Anne de Beaupre. It Is sacred liecause It claims to run "e»i>eeially for the ac­ commodation of pilgrims” and aliove all because at Its opening a few years since It was formally blessed with all Its belongings by Cardinal Tascbereau. Every Sunday the trains are crowded with devotees In Rearch of the blessing of the good St. Anne, who 1» credited with the miraculous power of healing, and on July 26, St. Anne's day, the road cannot accommodate the enor­ mous crowds which flock to her shrine. Think of riding on a holy railroad! But those who have traveled on It know .that they must not exiiect the comforts of paradise. It may be called “holy,” but it seems to be run. none the less, with an eye to dividends. The charges are high and the service poor. —Boston Transcript. Honorable, but Diahon*»!. An uptown auctioneer whose pa Irons Include many successful business men has Introduced the system of having purchasers sign a card instead of paying the customary de|>oslt when they have bld In an article. At the beginning of each (lay's sale the auctioneer explains that he trusts to the honesty alone of purchasers, but that those who sign the card und after­ ward fall to redeem their promises will I m * sued. One of tlie auctioneer's attendants goes to the purchaser after each sale, hands the woman or man a lend pencil and a card to sign. The auctioneer was asked the other day If the new plan worked well. He re­ plied : "Fine. Away ahead of the deposit GOT AS GOOD AS HE GAVE. plan. You see, we leave It entirely to But, say, then* la one How 1‘htlanthroplat Corcoran Wa* their honor. drawback. We have a deuce of a time Answered by a Woman. The late YV. W. Corcoran, the million­ getting the pencils back. Surprising aire philanthropist of Washington, what a lot of pencil highwaymen there who gave to the city the magnificent are In this world.”—New York l’ress. art gallery which bears bis name, was The Land of Paper, very fond of telling how he was once overmatched by a wealthy maiden la­ The Japanese use paper at every mo­ dy from whom lie desired to purchase ment. The string with which a deft handed “darling of the god»” does up a piece of property. Mr. Corcoran was the owner of the the articles you buy Is made of paper. Arlington hotel, at the corner of Ver­ The handkerchief (thrown away after mont avenue and II street. Adjoining use) is ¡taper, the partitions dividing the hotel property on the II street side the houses are paper, and the pane was a handsome brownstone mansion, through which an Indiscreet eye looks owned by the maiden lady. The lot nt you Is paper! • The pane is certainly upon which the house was built ex­ wanting In transparency, but there Is tended back to I street, a distance of a simple remedy, suys Home Notes. four hundred feet, nnd abutted on the One Huger is passed through the paper —that is all! Afterward a small piece rear of the hotel property. Mr. Corcoran found it necessary to Is stuck on the opening with n grain enlarge the hotel property and with of rice. The men's hats, the cloak of this end In view desired to purchase the porter who carries his burden, the renr end of the lot owned by the singing a cadence, through the rain; maiden lady. As she was very the garment of the Isiatman who con­ wealthy, he knew -that a large price ducts you on board, the tobacco pouch, would not be any special Inducement cigar case- all are ¡taper! Those ele­ and for a time was at a loss to know gant dowers ornamenting the beauti­ exactly bow to approach her. He final­ ful hair of the Japanese ladles and ly concluded to go straight to the point, those robe collars which are taken for and therefore addressed ber the fol­ crape—paper! lowing note: The Hat’» Good Pol at». Dear Miss C —How much will you take for your back yard? We wish to enlarge the Arlington hotel. Youru sincerely, W. W. CORCORAN. A successful rat show was recently held at Cheltenham, England. There were sixty exhibits of black, gold, Promptly came the reply: gray, white, piebald and tan rats. Dear Mr Corcoran—How much will you Some agricultural Journals comment­ take for the Arlington hotel? We wish to enlarge our back yard. Yours cordially, I ing on It maintain that the rat has un economic future and may become a ta­ A. C. ble dainty in England, us It 1» In Chi­ When Trees Go to Sleep. Trees and plants have their regular na. To many people the show 1» the times for going to sleep. They need first correction of the impression that I rats are all alike, whereas the varieties to rest from the work of growing and to repair and oil the machinery of life. I of them, all more or less alike In char­ Home plants do ail their sleeping In acteristics. are quite numerou». Tho the winter while the ground is fro ’en first (llsplny having tieen a marked and the limbs are bare of leaves. In suceess, others will no doubt follow tropical countries where the snow nev­ and the rodent be studied with Increas­ er falls and It Is always growing ing attention, the prospect, however, of weather the trees repose during the finding out snylblnr good about him rainy season or during the periods of being not at all promising. drought. They always choose the most A Large < ot ton wood. unfavorable working time for doing One of the largest cottonwood trees their sleep, Just as man chooses the ever In Missouri grew on the farm of night, when he cannot see to work. Anson Merrifield, near Hardin, Ray What "Charm" Really Mean*, rounty. It was felled last fall and has The word “charm” is from the Latin been sawed Into more tliun 5,000 feet “carmen.” Originally it meant Incan of lumber. The first knot on the tree tatlon. To charm a person is to be was slxty-flve feet from the ground, witch him. In "Julius Cueaar,” act Hi.. and three logs more than twenty inch­ scene 1, “I charm you,” seems to mean es In diameter were suwed from its "I adjure you.” When we speak now limbs. Mr. Merrifield sold bls lumber of a charming woman we do not Im for $1.75 a hundred feet and got an ply that she sings an Incantation b average of «75 each for thirteen cot­ us, but there Is a pretty figure or tonwood trees, all of which stood on speech in our use of the word. We forty acres Kansas City Journal. mean that she has the same command A» to the New Family. over us as if the Incantation were sung Suburbanite—You don't think they and we were bewitched. ever lived In the suburbs before? His Bendin* Baltera. Wife—Oh, no. When their cook threat­ Mistress—Did any one call while 1 ened to leave they treated the matter was out? as Indifferently as though they could New Girl—Yes, mum. Mrs. Wayupp get anothw one without any trouble.— called. Exchange., "Did she seem disappointed when • “““ • you said I was not at borne?” No matter how bright and sunshiny "Well, she did look a little queer, but get mad about the flay. It will appear dart and gloomy true this Ume.” to the mton who looks at everything “through Mua faMtan" - Maxwell's Tallsntoto : • • o • • o o o » < •o O O o e> co CP o