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
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