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BANDON RE« ORDER. ANIMAL STOWAWAYS. Ou Shis* • •><« la «araoes They «»lieu Crass ths Ossaa. .Sew York baa for many years re ceived numiiers of destitute alien« of the animal world from the bold« of the banana ships. The trade in banana* la an enormous one, and mtt«y of them come from sources at no great distance, whence the fruit can be brought with out cold storage. The big clusters of banamis are pecullarljr adapted for bur boring “stowaways.” Among these are enumerated numbers of small, harm less snakes, lizards of various kinds, occasionally, it is said, a young iguana and large and particularly venomous H>l<lers Hut real (>ests which survive and increase In a new country are for tunately rarely transported accidental ly. The one serious instance is the chlgo, or' "jigger." It is said to have been transported from Central America to the East The Colorado beetle has never suc ceeded In making a home In England, though mosquitoes of a peculiarly fero cious though lionmalarlal kind are said to have aiq>eared In English hotels. Several corn beetles, a very destructive type of insect and among the greatest enemies of those who would like to create an "emergency” store of corn, have been "dumped" in England with foreign grain and have established themselves. Bird "stowaways" on ships are very numerous In the narrow parts of the Mediterranean during the migration. They also frequently alight on ships when these are near the const, Iteing then very much exhausted and glad to find "a rest for the soles of their feet.” Golden crested wrens sometimes de scend in a storm on some North sea smack on a migration night and even alight on steamers by day. It was confidently stated that n golden crested wren was seen to fly from oft the back of a short eared owl when the latter came In from the sea and alighted near a jetty on the east coast. The belief that some little birds come as “stowaways" on the backs of larger ones was held in reference to the Cana da geese by the North American Indi ans and by the Turks of Cyprus, who alleged the same of the crane and stork. That some birds must travel great distances on ships crossing the Atlantic seems probable. The Amer ican bittern and two American cuckoos have been found in England, the first rather frequently. It Is conjectured that they can only have crossed the ocean by traveling on the masts and yards of ships, probably steamers, ns otherwise they must have died of star vation.—London Spectator. PITH AND POINT. A wound in the purse Is not mortal. Don’t growl—that's the brute's busi ness. Those we think are weakest are of ten stronger than us all. Every man Ims at times in his mind the ideal of what he should be, but Is not Don't misjudge the man with a quick temper-they are the best hearts in Christendom. Rather prefer to provoke a smile than to provoke a man. There is no harm dope by provoking a smile. Don’t try to escape the battle of life. Life is not life without conflict, and death Is not death without victory. And the battleground Is the umn. and the victory 1 b the soul.—Schoolmaster. True to Ilia Friends. An answer to an advertisement for a school assistant "capable of teaching the classics as far as Homer and Ver gil" makes one of the best stories in the dean of Bristol's Issik, "Odds and Ends.” “Sir," the answer ran, “with refer ence to the advertisement which were In the Times respecting n school as sistant, I beg to state that I should be happy to till that situation, but as most of my friends reside in Ixmdon and not knowing how far Homer and Vergil Is from town, I beg to state that I should not like to engage to teach the classics further than Hammer smith or Furnhnm Green, or. at the very utmost distance, farther than Brentford." lie t'uderstood the People. One of Jay Gould's campaigns as a denier in railways was with the Wa bash system of railroads. He got con trol and after effecting a reorganiza tion which Increased the capital stock and also the bonded debt sold them out. It la related of him nt this time that an associate said to him, “Mr. Gould, don't you think you are bond Ing this much higher than the property will stand?” “That may be." answer ed he, "but the American people are mighty partial to bonds." A Hearnihlsnce. "What do you think of my historic navel ?•• “It resembles some of the most sue cessful works of its kind,” answered Miss Cayenne. "In what respect?" Tu bt-nig ueiiiier niiVei nor historic .” —Washington Star. A Solar l'leiu« Blow. Mr. Staylate -I was going to call last evening, but I understood you were out. Miss Pntience—The Iden! I wish you had called. Mr. Staylate—Ah, you were really at home, then? Miss Pa tience—No.—Philadelphia Press. Au Example. Jimmy—Ma, what is an archangel? Mother An archangel. Jimmy, 1« a man who never linda fault with his coffee. — Cincinnati Commercial Trlb une. A man of business may talk of phi losopby; a man who has uoue may practice It.—Pope. Sahl«* Himself «afe First. “What are you plunging back In ihe water for. Pat? You Just s«nm ashore.” "Shure. Ol had to save meself first. Now Oi'm goln' back to fetch Molke.” —Modern Society. Itgou *111 to climb to the top <*• l*ih*»r. l< epreftil not to tumfe« «• <• ttM» »ourMI Mrs. Cordelia Botkin is undergoing her second trial for the alleged murder of Mrs. John P. Dunning, who, witi» lipr sister, died at their home in IhWer, Delaware, after having partaken freely of a Isix of |s>isoned candy Mrs. Dun ning had received through the mails from Sun Francisco. 11 is alleged that Mrs. Botkin was the sender, in her first trial she wax convicted of the mur der, and tile case now hsiks black for her. If eonvicted she will doubtless lie sent to the penitentiary for life and drag out a miserable existence until the unenviable drama of her life, worse a thousand times than death, is ended and her name forgotten. But what in the name of humanity are you going to do with John P. Dunning? To Polly’s mind lie is eipially guilty with Mrs. Botkin for the murder of his wife. To lie sure, lie did not send the Isix of IHiisoned candy, but had he lieen true to his wife and not led this woman on until she became madly infatuated with him and siie was blind in her in sane jealously to all sense of justice and reason, this murder would never have occurred. Why should John P. Dun ning go free w hen his detestable ac tions ure resjsiiiBiblc in the lieginning for this infamous crime? The bland and well-dressed I tunning didn’t mince words when he testified in court iti re gard to why and wherefore the de fendant should Is- held for the murder of his wife. He told of his misdeeds as freely as though he were stating events that would redound to his eredit. He admitted unblushingly of having re ceived money from the defendant; he was low enough iti the scale for that, but that was only in keeping with his peculiar life in San Francisco, it is a case of the jxit calling the kettle black, and if the doors of the penitentiary swing open to receive M rs. Botkin they should swing wide ajar for John P. Dunning ami every man of his kind. No wonder the divorce mills grind rapidly ami women galore are ata-king to escape from the marriage vows that have proved but a mockery. No won der they want to break the fetters that have become unbearable. The divorce mills would have to grind much faster to clear the court calendars of eases but for the fact that there is a family of children to supjsirt as well as to pro tect from such a blight on their young lives. Trace the cause of the unhappi ness, and nine times out of ten the hus band can lie nlaced in the same cata logue with John P. Dunning. Devil’s island, controlled in the same way it was when Dreyfus, the French mili tary prisoner, was confined thereon, would tie an admirable place to trans- |sirt John P. Dunning and the rest of liis kind. They are the moral lepers of the age. Mayor K. \V. SorlsT of Gowrie, la., has taken a novel way of providing his town with funds for a library. He has announced'his intention of tilling every old maid or widow unless they take advantage of leap year and propose to sime old bachelor or widower liefore the end of the present year. Gowrie has a population of something like one thousand inhabitants. Since this bright idea occurred to the Mayor he has issued a proclamation, the conditions of which are that every woman of mar riageable age, whether she has liad any exjierienee in married life or not, must take advantage of the rights afforded her by leap year and propose to some man of marriageable age w ho has not already taken unto himself a wife, or be fined at the end of the year not less than one dollar nor more than five dol lars. I le gis-s a step further and exacts a still greater |H'iialty from tlieold bach elor or widower who dares to refuse or receive tlie attention and advances of the fair sex, and states that any man found guilty of this misdemeanor will tie subject to atine of not less than ten dollars nor more than twenty dollars. The money received in payment of fines is to lie used for a public library fund. There may lie method in Mayor Solier’s madness. He himself isa Iwh- elor, and he may Is- shy and diffident and unable to get his courage up to the proposing |Hiint, lienee his decree, ami he may live in 1 io | hs > tlint fate will di rect one of the fairest of the fair sex to storm the citadel of his heart and he stand- ready to surrender. Every mar- riagable Imchelor, maid or widow in Gowrie should make an effort to ea|e ture the Imchelor Mayor, lie is tread ing on dangerous ground, if lie only knew it, and there may come a day vi iiviT he w ill Wfiug ii’18 uahds' ahd strive to forget that he was ever the author of such an unheard of proclama tion. There will is* scores of liach- elor maids as well w ho will cheerfully pay the tine for so worthy a cause for the privilege of moving on in the eVen tenor of their w ays. They lisik around aiming their friends who have step|ied out of the ranks of single blessedness and they find so many unhappy and discontented wives, so many of their friends married to the type of John P. Dunning, that they can smile serenely to themselves ami offer up a prayer of thanksgiving that they are not to lie numbered among their more unfortu nate sisters. * The children of the Oakland public schools gave a wild-flowgr show the igher day that w ill long be remembered by the win - folhg and their friends, amP which proved to be a very instructive lesson in tia*nftil history. Thg pupils of tfie various schools were given a half holiday for the pur|sise. The students tra^ipetl over the hills afei valleys Imck of Oakland and Berkeley ami caijgr with their arms and Imskets la«l*tt w ith nature’s treasures. These, with the assistance of the teachers, were care fully labefed, classed and placed on ex hibition in the children’s room of tile Carnegie Library. They had over sixty varieties of lieautlful wild-flowers on tthibit and all but a fs«' of them were gathered from the immediate vicinity of Oakland. A few of the blossoms, however, were ■■nt from Fresno. The display with Ks pretty decorations of wild flowers, ferns, etc., was a eredit to the young Isitanists and their teach ers, ami their efforts were rewarded by an attendance of more than fifteen hundred |ssiple who defied the storm ami crowded the room where the floral exhibition wax held. The idea of the floral show originated with Librarian Charles F. Green, and he v. as ably as sisted by the teachers ami pupils in carryingout his unique plan of famil iarizing the children with tlie flora of their iifighlxirh<Mxi ami the different classes to w hich they belonged. MN IMPOSING SPECTACLE. The Opeulug of the Supreme 4 wart of Ike lulled States. As the hands of the clock point to 12 the crier ot the supreme court of the United State» raps with bls gavel, the murmur of conversation ceases, and attorneys, court officials and visitors rise while the crier slowly announces. "The honorable the chief justice and the assix-iat«* justices of the supreme court of the t'nited States.” Robed in black silk gowns, they walk with slow and dignified xteps toward the bench, and as the chief Justice appears nt the entrance at the rear they slowly pro ceed to ttieir xeats. As they do the crier cries: "Oyez, oyez, oyez! All per sons having business before tlie hon orable the chief justice and the associ ate justices of the supreme court of the United States are admonished to draw near and give their attention, for the court is now sitting. God save the government of the United States and tills honorable court.” it lx an Imposing and inspiring spec taele, the mere witnessing of which in creases the red corpuscles of one's pa triotism. No mail entering that dome like courtroom may wear his overcoat. No member of Its bar may appear tie- fore it in a coat of any color other than black. Such is the dignity and Im pressiveness of that tribunal that men to whom embarrassment has long been a stranger evidence the renewal of their acquaintance with It by a stammering speech. n quickened breath, n nervous manner, when ad dressing the court.—Green Bag. The idea of a xiiow or exhibit of the wild-flowers by theschixil children is a gixxl one ami should Is*encouraged un til it is adopted by every xclnxtl in the State ami a half holiday given the children in the early springtime when the wild-flow ers are at their liest. Such an exhibit would o | m * ii up new avenues of thought ami a greater interest in the flowers beyond the pleasure of picking and arranging them in Ixiuquets or gathering great bunches of tlie pretty HOW TO TALK WELL. fragrant flowers only to tiirow them away us they faded in their warm little Yon Can Acquire the Art by Study, Care and Practice. hands. To Polly’s mind this idea of a floral show of Librarian Green was a The art of talking well—that is, with happy thought, and I trust it will not ease and intelligently-interesting those who listen and, rarest gift of all, lead lie allowed to die out. ing them to talk their best in reply,, is a nutural gift. There is no doubt ot this. The gift goes with what we call BRIEF REVIEW. “personal magnetism.” Y’et one who has not this cun learn to talk pleasant Hardy Race of Men. ly, fluently and agreeably. First let TheN'ewfoumllami outporters, writes him talk much to himself, not audibly, Norman Dunean in tlie World's Work, but forcing himself to formulate bls are hardy, courageous, boldly adventur ideas. What a man thinks clearly he ous, simple-lived, < lod-fearing, warm xliould lie able to put into words. Next let him study what will please hearted—a physically splendid race of men. Cowards and weaklings have for those with «-horn he talks rather than 400 years been the unfit of the place. what interests himself. Please note They occur, of course, in the best regu that I say talks with” and not “to.” There is a great—an essential—differ lated families, but do not long survive, ence. all the difference between con for the exposure kills oft' the weaklings, versing and lecturing. and in the midst of many dangers the “You never heard me preach, I be cowards lose their lives. The children lieve?” said Coleridge to Charles Lamb. learn to sail a punt at 6 or 7 years of “I never heard you d-do anything age, and at every age they are encour else!” stammered the wit. When you meet a man for the first aged to play at the highly dangerous game (called “copying”) of prancing time say something you think would about on floating ice; the skill required draw him out. A fool can babble at length. Wisdom and courtesy are re in leaping from one sinking block to an quired to tempt others to speak with other would make tlie trumpeted river ease to themselves. diver look like a blundering child. Ax There is no royal road to becoming a men they know their punt ax intimately good talker. Practice of the few sim as a cowboy knows his horse. The pie rules 1 have indicated will help race is truly hardy and courageous. It you on step by step.—Chicago News. was John Butt, with nothing more THE FIRST BANKS. than a broken collar-bone and a split forehead to show for it, who survived They Were Established In Italy lu two wild, snowy nights and a <lay on a the Ninth Century, twenty-four-foot let-pan, over which for The first Ixinkx of which we have rec many hours broke great seas, heavy ord were estaldishisl in Italy so far with jagged fragmentaof ice, ami it was back ax 808 by the Lombard Jews, a reckless Green Bay skip|sar who let who had benches, or counters, erected the wind blow the masts out of his in tlie market places for the exchange schooner rather than reef her, lxi-ause of money and bills. It is from tliell banco, or bench, that banks have taken he had been told that his erew thought their name. him “nervous”—a mail sort of courage, Tlie earliest bankers were also gold to be sure, but prixif |>ositive for prov smiths and dealers In precious stones, ing that he wax no coward. but with the advance of civilization banking became a distinct business. Merchants had deposited their cash in Aurora Borealis Phenomena. the mint in the Tower of London until By far the most valuable part of Sir Charles I. laid hands upon the money W. Ramsay’s address at Zion College, In 1640. In 1645 traders agreed to from a scientific point of view, accord lodge their money with tlie goldsmiths ing to the London Chronicle, was the of Lombard street, who had strong explanation of aurora Isirealis, which chests for their own valuables, and he showed great reason to believe is an this was the origin of banking in Brit astrophysical and no' a merely terres ain. The chief banks In Europe were es trial phenomenon. In other words the tablished as follows: Venice, 1171; Ge sun is sending out swarms of infinitely noa. 1345; Hamburg, 1619; Holland. small electrons, or particles of electri 1635; Bank of England, 1691; Scotland, fied matter, and these, acting on kryjs- 1695; Ireland. 1783; France, 1803; Unit ton, tlie recently discovered element in ed States, 1816. our atmosphere, produces the aurora. Ancient Worship of Animal*. Dr. Johnstone Stoney, a high authority The figures of the gods in ancient on these subjects, clearly accepts this theory, for in a letter to Nature he says; Egypt were represented on the monu ments for ages in animal form. Tlie “We have to take intoaceount that out organization of the local ixqiuhitlon ran pour of corpuscles from the sun, which, on totem lines. Each city had different in the upper regions of the atmosphere beast gods, in the royal genealogies is able to excite into intense activity boasts are named as ancestors, show the internal motions of krypton, which ing that the early Egyptians actually produce the green auroral line (in the considered themselves descendants of spectroscope), and presumably with animals. The primitive element in tlie equal and |x*rhiq«x, increased vigor im early Greek religion has been preserv parts energy to the molecules of helium ed in the "sacred chapters." fragments of which have been given us by He- which range to still greater altitudes.” rodotus, Pauxanins and others, proving that the oldest Images of the Grecian Likes it in Jail. g<xls were represented In animal form The Isle of Man rejoices in a prisoner and that the different royal houses claimed descent from animals, as do who is so comfortable in jail that he re the savages of America and Australia. fuses to come out. He is a young Eng Mr. J. McLennan in his papers on lishman named Frank Leslie Hyde, “The Worship of Plants and Animals" who wa3 sent to prison in default of net calls our attcntlua to many evldenocs paying his bill of £39 at the Fort Anne that the early Romans ns well as the Hotel, at Douglas last summer. The Greeks worshiped totems. ciw came up in the Manx Chancery '1 tie .tin ii and the Mat<*h. Court, but Hyde, in intimating that he “Sliow me two men with linligbted should not avail himself of the privi lege of coming up and "purging his cigarettes, mid If I watched them for a minute I can tell you correctly wlietli contempt,” said lie wax very well xatii*- er the one who has the match is from tied with his quarters and should do Philadelphia, Boston or New York." nothing to shorten his stay. The speaker was a person of some observation, and his friend naturally How Clearing House System Originated asked: “How can you tell?” Not all 1 «Wikers are aware of the man "In this way,” said the observant ner in w hich the clearing-house system man. “If the man is a Philadelphian originated. Themesxengersof the Lon he will strike the match, hold it for don banking-houses used to meet at a his friend to get a light, then take a certain ale house, and there make ex light himself and throw tlie match changes of pa|xT. Their enqdoyerx ole away. If he is a Bostonian he will served this and held a meeting to dis light Ills own cigarette first, then bold cuss the matter. This meeting resulted the match for his friend and after that in the founding of the london Clearing- throw it away. If he is a New Yorker, however, he will strike the match, House in 177-x. light Ills own cigarette and throw the When you fish for compliments, don't match away.”—Philadelphia Press. lie surprise?) if the line is jerked out of A Cold Col«. your hand. “I understand that prion donna fail ed to give her farewell concert because One can learn more by studying oth she had a cold." “Yes," answered the manager. ers than can be c«fened fnfei all the en- "Howyild she c«tttra«t It?” eycliqslliax that ever were compifed. "Well, it wasn't an ordinary cold, 1Y The xiM’iety of some pe< •nJ*' is perfect Is what is technically known as*Bo* otfiM" chll^’-Exchange. r**t. Of others it is a violent cyclone. • a NEW SHORT STORICA , Plalstrds Thousand Cash. Fred Plaisted, once the professional rowing champion of the world, has , had many odd experiences during his peregrinations uround the world, and be has his stories, all luteresting, about racing in South Africa. India, Aus tralia and t'lilna as well as In Amerl ca mid England. "How I Won the Sculling t'hampionshlp of China" is Uie favorite yarn. He hail gone to Shanghai after a se ries of victories in Australia and was reefing. Some acquaintances told him that they wanted him to meet the best man lu town for tlie championship of China and l.tMM* cash. “I gladly accepted,” says Plaisted, “but Imagine my surprise when on the appointed day my op|>onent made his appearance lu a square nosed punt, profiled by an oar tied to the stern. Of course us s«s>n as he saw niy rac ing shell it was nil off. He refused to compete. I knew something about punt sculling myself, but ax fl.ism Is not picked up every day I called for a I Hint like his and met him at Ills own game. I never had an easier race, mid he wns nearly 200 yards behind nt the finish. “On returning to the float I was re celved with great cheering. The ref eree, an AmerSan merchant of Shang hai, made a complimentary speech and presented to me, strung on a long piece of wire, a lot of brass checks with holes In them, •“How about the money?’ I Inquired in a whisper ns he shook hands with me. ’Are these people reliable?' •“The money?' he said In surprise. 'Why, that’s the thousand cash.’ He pointed to the Junk. 'A cash Is the Chinese farthing and worth about the thousandth part of a dollar. You have a full dollar there.’ “And to think that I expected a thousand dollars! It took a wagon to cart my dollar home.” A Finger In the Pie. Dr. rerkins Carter, who was the late Senator Hanna's physician, tells this story about Mr. Hanna and an Eng lish waiter: In London one day Mr. Hanna visit ed n very old and quaint chophouse on the Strand. Here the meat is all wheeled raw to you on a handcart, and THE SICKROOM MIRROR. t'oa Mu.l H. l>l*«*r«et lu Allutvlua liar Patient tv lav It. The looking glass, whether a plus or minus quantity, plays a mat«- impor tant |>art in the sickroom than most nurses and physicians give it credit for. The patient who Is allow«*! to look Into one lx likely to tie frighteiwd into a re lapse at sight of his cadaverou*ap|>ear- auce, while the one who lx not alloweil to look is similarly affected by the re fusal, which he attributes to the fact tliut his face is too much for his nerves. “Ail tilings considered. I think It a good plan to give a sick person a cilance to look at himself occasionally,” said a doctor, "Of course the imlul- genee must lx* granted with discretion If a patient Is really looking seedy a turn at the looking glass is equivalent to signing his death warrant, but If taken at a time when braced up by some stimulant or a natural ebullition of vital force a few minutes of com munion with hlx own visage beats any tonic I can prescribe. It thrills the pa tient with new hope. It makes liim feel that he Isn't quite so far gone as be had thought ami that possibly a tight for life is. after all. worth while. “Being thus sensitive, a persistent withholding of a mirror convinces the patient that he must be too horrible for contemplation, and he promptly de cides that th«* best thing for him to do Is to give up the ghost and get out of the way. That is one mistake hospi tals were apt to make up to a few years ago. When I was a young fellow, getting my tirst practice after gradua tkm, 1 served on the staff of several hospitals, and In all. especially In the free wards, those aids to vanity were strictly forbidden. The deprivation went hard with many of tlie patients, particularly the women, and when I came to have a little authority among doctors anil nurses I advised a Judi cious application of looking glass treat ment. I still advise it both in hospital and private practice, for I find that a little reassurance as to the state of the complexion and the appearance In gen oral goes a long way toward effecting a cure."—New York Press. BLOWING HOT AND COLD liow Iron und Steel In Loninic Heat Rise In Temperature. The phenomenon of a substance ris Ing in temperature while losing beat, known as "recalescence,” which was first observed by Professor Barrett and investigated by Dr. Hopkiuson. has been noticed in the case of iron al a high temperature. A ph*ce of iroc was heated to about 800 degrees (’. ami then allowed to cool slowly. At till.- tenqierature it is bright red. blit on oxdlng to about 785 degrc^i a sud den disengagement of heat takes place the iron rises in temperature ami glows with a brighter red. This phenomenon was investlgattsl more accurately by Hopkiuson in th« ease of xt«*el. Round a bar of tlib metal he wound a coll of copper win Insulated with asbestua and jacketed with layers of asbestua paper. Th# temperature of the wire was followed during the experiment by connecting th«* coil to a Wheatstone's bridge tc flml the variation in Its resistance and from this the variation in temperature Tlie stiM'l bar was then heated bright red In a furnace and allowed to cool. The temperature fell regularly to 68C degrees C„ then rose to 712 degrees C„ when it again diminished. COAL TAR PRODUCTS. Some of the Tiilnir« We Get From Tlii« One Time NuiNttnce. CHOICE MISCELLANY From Ur 11«* to Pauprr. Early risers putting by tin* Rue de la Chine In 141 Vilette. that home of nils ery, often met a bent, shriveled, white haired old woman carrying a basket on her back and in her hand a stick with an lr < |x>lnt to it. With the stick she seiir«-h<xl the rub bish heups «i«*|H>sltisl by liouswliolden« for the scavengers to carry away. She prodihsl and M-rutiniz«xl her way along the silent streets, turning over an old shoe here, u bit of rag there or cigar stump or rusty nail and tossing her treasure Into her basket. The and facial old woman took notice of no one. But the p«*opi«> of th«' quarter ami of localities more fashionable knew that ••the moth«*r of the chiffoniers.” other wise ragpickers, had s«*en better «lays. Mme. Andre had once a "de" to her name. Her visiting cards had one«* borne her family crest. Shi* hail tig ur«*d ut the court of Napoleon 111. ami th«' Empresx Eugenie ami tiler«* waltaed with the best of them. In her garret In the Rue de la Chine Mine Andre hoardeil the wreck of her l.«r tune, about £500. It was hidden in her mattress. Returning horn«» the other day from her customnry rounds, Mme. An.Ire found the mattress torn open : -id her money gone. A few hours later ln*r next door neighbors found her hanging by a cord dead.—I’arlx Corres|x>:nL*nee. Obeyed InMtructionx. Courtney Is having Ids annual <*xpc- rienc«' with freslinien candidates for the crews. Wilt'll lie give.« an order to a new man tin* new man usually oiieys literally, such is the respect with which the coacii Is treati'd. This came near ruining a shell. Courtney hail sent out an eight with a freshman cockswain, and. being oblige«! to look after another crew for a few minutes, h«* said to "«*ockx:’* “Try not to st«*er in a circle for a change. See tliat re I spot down on the bank there.' Well, steer straight for that.” Witli which in* turned to hl» other charges. A howl from some of th<> oarsmen turmsl him around in time to see "cocks" trying to tunnel into tin* Inlet bank will* tlie prow of ills shell. “I thought I tol«l you to steer straight for tliat red spot.” remarke«! Courtney sarcastically when he came up in tlie launch. "1 1 did," gasped til«’ cockswain. Courtney look«*«! at the boat and then lookis! at tli<* rial spot. Just then the spot tossed up its horns ami moved to better grazing ground. It wns a r«s! ■ >w, nn<! tlie freshman had been zeal ously swerving Ills boat around as the cow had moved up ami down th«* pas ture. I hlladelphla Ledger. Here’s u C«»njecture. A very strange incident occurred at the Central High school biHiding in Webster, la., recently. Every clock in the building stopped at exactly 8 o'clm-k In th«* morning. It was the «lay of the eruption on tin* island of Java, and the time the clocks stopjaxl was within a very few seconds of the time that the eruption occurred, which cov ered n village and killed several liun- «lreil people. Th«' phenomenon Is unex plained except that It was ver.v likely dm* to some sympathetic el«K*trlcal <lis- turbance In the zone in which tlie High school building stands. Of course it may have b«s*n a very strange coinci dence, and yet this explanation hardly explains It satisfactorily. The phenom enon at the high school building wns first noticed on the second floor of the building. Every cl«x*k had stopptsl nt just 8 o’clock. Investigation showed that the clocks on both th«* other floors had also stoppl'd nt the smne hour. In th«» kindergarten building, Just south of tli<* high school building, nil tlie cloeks were going iis usual, nothing having interfered with their move ments. Springfield (III.i News. When coni gas was first introduced as an illuminant for large towns the tar which is condense«! from the gas “THAT IS THE PRINT OP HV THUMB was looked upon as a nuis.-inee. IIow you choose from the cart the steak or ever, chemists discovered that coal tai the chop or the Joint that you desire to was an exce«*dfngly compllcateil com have cooked. pound ami lent itself admirably to the Well, Mr. Hanna took a chop, and production of a great number <if use then he ordered a piece of game pie. fill chemicals. So we flml today that Afflnltj «>r Meteorites For Mountains. The waiter was a careless, slovenly all the various brilliant and beautifu A total of «84 meteorites was known fellow, and Mr. Hanna said to him dyes employtxl for coloring various- up to 1IMI3, of which there wer<* 182 after the pie was brought: kinds of fabrics are produceil iron Irons and only 74 stones In th«* western “What Is this mark on my pie, wait this substance. hemisphere and 21*9 stones ami only er?” Coal tar also furnishes the basis fot 79 irons in the eastern hemisphere. The The ninn bent down over tlie pie and several kinds of medicines, such as tri records show only the fall of 35«» ot examined tlie mark. Then he answer onal, sulphonal and so on. Saccharine, these meteorites, dating back to the fif ed Jauntily; which Is a substitute for sugar, is also teenth century. Professor Berwerth of “That mark, sir? That is the print made from coal tar. Carbolic acid Vienna, d«'splte this simill number of of my thumb, sir. Just hail my thumb (phenol*, th«* most important and be: known specimens, cah-ulates that INK* in the chocolate 1 served to the guest known antiseptic and disinfectant, is :i meteorites must fall to tin* eartl* each over there, sir. Cut It out for you. product of coal tar. Benzol, a clear yenr, not counting shooting stars thnt sir?” ami colorless liquid resembling alcohol disappear in the atmosphere, and that to some extent, is another distillat« fifty-live of these at least should come Meanlns of Eternity. which is employed for removing grease under observation. Professor Berwerth Budd Dohle, the veteran relnsmmi, spots. finds thnt met«*orites have been chiefly used to attend frequently n queer little Then we have naphthalene, a sub record«»! In civilize«! countries, but tliat church on the outskirts of Philadel stance which to some extent resembles In many Instances they are more nu phia. His friends would hear from camphor and Is employed, like cam merous in thinly settle«! districts ami him a great many facts about this phor. to protis-t woolen fabrics iron thnt they have an especial affinity for mountainous areas.—Philadelphia Rec church, its people and its parson. Al moths.—Harper's Weekly. ord. most every Sunday he bad some inter esting news to tell. A Lake Poatofllee. THE ESKIMO DOG. One Monday he said: “At last the In Lake Wabigoon, Ontario, at n meaning of eternity has been made He Never Know« the Luxury of n |H»iut where th«* water Is not very deep, clear to me. The parson at the little Shelter or n Bed. a strong wotxlen stnk«* lias been driven church explained eternity yesterday In The Eskimo dog from his Idrtli to bls Into the ground. On tlie top n box has such a way that everybody could un death, which In many instances Is a l>een securely fasten«»!, mid there you derstand. violent one, never knows (lie luxury of “ ‘Eternity,’ said the parson, 'is for shelter <ir a bed. He spends Ills exist have the Lake Wabigoon postofflee. Tile littl«' stenmer from Rat Portage ever and forerc and fl'-e or «lx ever erne outdoors and appears to !w f.ir lastings on top of that. M'hy, brothers ! more <*omfortabl<' In winter than in drops the mail licre on Its uitwsrd and sisters, after millions and billions summer. Th«* imps when hardly able voyage, ami a ennoe goes out from the of centuries had rolled away In eter I to toddle instinctively show an nmbi shore an«l collects it. depositing the nity It would still tie n hundred thou tlon to run with sleighs (they neier | outgoing mail at th«* smne time, which is picked up by the steamer on Its re sand years to breakfast time.’” bark* and join with tneir treble squeals turn trip to Bat Portage m-xt tiaj. Rochester Herald. the enthusiastic chorus of howls with Too Free With Knlven. which the Exkimo dog invariably Maalc and Matbeiuatlc*. greets the first fall of snow. The ambl 81r Frederick Treves, the eminent In Syrncuse Adelina I’atti during her tlon of the young dogs Is soon taken English surgeon, recently delivered mi recent visit told a reporter how she advantage of by the Eskimos. address In which lie t«s>k th«* view that had recently been teaching music to a Th«* little fellows are hitched to shslx the knife is used t«x> hastily in many little American girl. in <*ompnny with full grown dogs, and cases of appendicitis. There are opfs«» “Tills little girl,” she said, “Is a de to prevent them from Imlng run over Ing schools of surgery all over the light. Her questions and answers are they are tied by the neck to the tow world In this generation. One is rarely as entertaining as a comedy. The oth line, so that when the run starts out willing to wait and often cuts In a hur er day I was explaining to her the they are compelled to keep up or lx1' ry. The other holds to the view that meaning of the signs and 'ft.' ‘ “F,” ’ dragged by the team. This simple | nature ought to have a liberal chance I said, ’means forte. Now. If ‘T’ means though brutal method of training lx to do her best. In the long run the «•■m- forte what does “ff" mean?’ * very effective. an«l after one or two servative surgeons may possibly co...u “ ’Eighty,’ said the little girl." runs th«* young dog uderstands what Is out ahead. wanted of him. Even befor«* he Is full Some Old Style Hat«. Very Tu««*hln<. The gold laced cocked hat was large grown he la thoroughly conversant “Don’t you think, after all. that wo- ly used In 1778 not only on account of with his duties. man's femininity touches an«l appeals Its military look, but because It probs bly protected the wearer from seizure Disprove«. to man?” “Gracious, yes! My wife Is always by the press gangs, wltjch were at that "You can’t eat your cake an<l have It. Asking me for something.” time more than usually active. Tie too,” remarked the cheerful man. fiat, folding, crescent sbaix-l beaver "You can't, eh?” groaned the dyspep «rjown as tke cocked hat wns still to tic «• be swallojred a couple of tablets llouae Amenities. be s«fn as Ute as 1818. "That's all you know about it”—I’lilla , First Landlady (pointedly* Well de|phla Record. than« Iseavf-u I haven't got no skeh* Never pose n»,«n nn«el until you art ton® in my cujifcvards. 8<-con.l |.«iml sure that your wings have x|»outgd a The man who can t* notlifnd but Kdy (1l«r«etly* -Nobody thought for a good crop <>in tofta»«-f’liiladel ««lot« or Sothlng but m®rrv * but •ilnufp that you *ept your boarders phia »lletftk % ... . Mlf * man —Hunt