«
Hhe said it wan “a jay i«s* n and a
back number. The people were dull
aad stupid, a«d the stores were no bet-
' ter than second-haiHi estalJtolimeut-
' that were a disgrace to tli* tow n. Peo
ple who decided to cast Uieir fortunes
in that locality «nd invested in pr<>|<-
erty were «r*zy aiui showed a lack <>f
gittsi commwii sense in allow ing them-’
selves to 1» talkisl into buying.” Hhe
said, also, that she never allowed any
one to know that she came from B----- ,
and that if anyone askutl her where
she came from she invariably ggx e the
name of some other town.
BANDON RECORDER
OLD Tirz_
.^OKERY.
Carlon. Recipe. That Were In
lu the Fl!lee.lt» Ceulury.
I ••
Au old volume, the "Noble Boke of
Cookry, ffor a Frynce Houaaolite or eny
«tber Estately Houssoide,” written
about the year 1467, contains many
rare a nd curious recipes lu use in those
days not only for ordinary dishes, but
those to be eaten on fast and fish days.
It is curious in reading tills cookery-
book to find that there are the same
birds, beasts aqd fishes, the same
courses ami sometimes the same names
to dishes as in a modern one. but, al
though the names are often the same,
the ingredients aud the preparation
are very different. For lustance, their
"blanche mange” was couiisised of
lamprey or other 8sh, and their cue
tards contaiig-<l fresh pork minced
small.
Here is one recipe from the book:
"To make mon amy take and boil cows’
cream uud when it la boiled set It aside
and let it cool. Then take cow curds
and press out the whey; then bruise
them in a mortar and cast them In tlie
pot to the cream and boil together.
Put thereto sugar, honey and may but
ter, color it up with saffron and in the
setting down put in yolks of eggs well
beaten and dv> away the strain and let
the potage be standing: then arrange
it in dishes and plant therein flowers
of violets and serve it.”
Some of the recipes in this quaint old
book were Intended specially for a
“lorde's" table. For Instance, a pike
was to be served whole to "a lorde,”,
but cut in pieces for the “commonalte.”
Cabbages were to be thlcly-ned with
grated bread for ordinary people, but
served with yolks of eggs for a "lorde.”
The dishes at this time used at tajile
were either gold or silver for great oc
casions and wooden trenchers aud plat
ters for ordinary use. It was not till
the time of Queen Elizabeth that
plates of metal and earthenware began
to be generally used instead of wood.
THE WAY THEY BATTLE W|T h FLAMES
ON THE PRAIRilS.
•orses and Men l-luuar Thr„u«k «He
l.iur of Fire tu Their Slatiaae—Cat
tle Mast lie Saeriaaad to Sag* o«h-
S|H-ak w ell of your tow n. You owe
>r Cfittle aud ll,r uraea.
it to tile place you call home to s|s-ak
of it onlyjn the most favorable terms.
The "firemen of the plains” work
If you call it a dead town, a miserable
with a system, each man knowing
place to live tu, s|s-ak of its unhealthy
what is expected of him and bravely
condition, etc., you cannot expect out
executing It like flremeu of the city.
siders to have anything pleasant to say
Cowboys are the "fire fighters of the
in regard to it, and if they make un
plains,” and burning grass is the ma-
Polly l<s>ked at her dissatistled face terial consumed.
complimentary remarks als>ut it, don’t
lie ott'ended, for rememls-r that yog and wondered if she could ever I m - hap-
We will take, for Illustration, the
have invited it by s|>eaking disparag py any place. The difference in the great Espuela or "spur” ranch in the
ingly of it yourself. The subject was two women was striking. One was so lower Panhandle country of northwest
calhsl to mind recently by hearing two joyous and bright that you felt glad Texas and go back a number of years,
ladies from the same place conversing that it had been your privilege to meet jvhen destructive fires were more fre
in regard to their home town. It her and that you would gladly find a quent than they are now. Hundreds of
showed the different natures of the home in the little Eden where she re- cowboys were employed on that ranch,
women. One looked on the bright sideri. She was a lovable, joyous na living in camps widely separated, cov
and happy side of life. She harked ture and you felt lM-tter for having met ering the unsettled counties of Dick
through rosy glasses. The other one her. Hhe was capable of brushing the ens, Crosby. Garza and Kent.
would have been dissatisfied any place clouds of discontent away and cleared
Great and very destructive prairie
on this earth. The sun would be too the atmosphere of murky, dismal fires often occurred, and systematic
bright, the people all wrong, the flow effects. The contrast was striking, and plans were adopted to fight successful
ers would drop their leaves, making a yet these two momen live within a few ly the devouring element, which not
litter, and the merry voices of children doors of each other. One encouraged only Involved a great loss of grass, but
would jar upon her ears making a din and gave the visitor a goisi impression of stock also. One of the most success
o' discordant sounds instead of the of her home town, the other cast a ful plans was the follow ing: It was un
derstood among the men at the various
sweetest music in the world to those withering blight upon it.
camps that when smoke was discov
who love the little folks, always seeing
ered ascending from the prairie each
the world and those in it through
BRIEF REVIEW
and every cowboy must saddle his
dark, murky glasses. The former was
horse and gallop away toward the fire
an enthusiastic advocate of her town
Testing Wine „By Telephone.
straight out in a line from his camp.
ami couldn’t say enough in its praise.
This had to be done at night also, the
Wine testing by telephone is the latest
“There is not a day,” she said, “that I
contrivance of a Faris inventor. Un fire then being detected by its light,
am not thankful that I live in B——, scrupulous venders will not bless M. and the boys would come from every
and 1 am so sorry for you people who
Maneuvrier, assistant director of tile direction, striking the line of fire at
many different points almost at the
must needs live in San Francisco with
laboratory of researches of the Faris
same time. If the fire had spread much,
its surging masses of people moving
Faculty of Sciences. He has just dis the men from the different camps
restless|y to ami fro, everybody in a
covered an infallible method of ascer would sometimes be many miles from
hurry, and the rumble "of street ears,
taining by the use of the telephone how each other, those from the same station
and the whirl of automobiles, the shout
much a given quantity of wine has been going in a squad together.
ing of drivers, etc. Why, the noise is
If it was at night the scene would be
watered. The principle on which the
deafening and the rush and confusion
invention rests is the variable conduc one of wild and weird grandeur—the
overwhelming. 1 long for the quiet of
tivity of different liquids, notably of great line of fire, the galloping horses
our op n prosperous town, where peo
wine and water. The apparatus works as the cowboys approached It, some
WILLS IN ENGLAND.
from cami>s on opposite sides, their
ple, although busy, yet take time to
as follows: Two vessels, one con forms and those of their horses stand
live
and
get
the
enjoyment
out
Of
life
Doculifnt« That Are on
taining wine known to be pure, the ing in relief in the bright glare of the
everyone should have as their rightful
>'ile In Soiferaet llttune.
other the same quantity ot wine to lie burning grass. Herds of pellowing,
In tlie heart of London, facing on one inheritance.
tested, are placed on an instrument frightened, stampeding cattle made
•ide the famous thoroughfare known
outwardly resembling a pair of scales. the scene more terrible and exciting
as the Strand and on the other looking
“I look at the unctatinly, hot nini
The telephone is in contact witli lx»th ns they ran before the pursuing,
on the Thames, will be found Somerset dusty streets of San Francisco <>u a
crackling, roaring flames. Above the
House, once aprivate palace, but now warm day and cannot help but com liquids. If the sample of wine under din could be heard loud shouts of com
devoted to various departments of thè pare them with our own patent stone oltservation is as pure as the standard mand from leaders of the assembling
used for conqiarison, nosound is heard;
inland revenue of Great Britain.
men.
sidewalks shaded by locusts that are
if, oti the contrary, it contains water,
I’erhai* the most interesting govern
The men were not standing still on
white
with
fragrant
blossoms.
1
look
ment department In Somerset House is
the telltale telephone “speaks,” and the their horses. The fire was traveling,
at
the
yards*
radiant
witli
roses
and
that devoted to the filing of wills, and.
greater the proportion of water the sial they were going with it until
as might be supposed, tlie collection,1s other beautiful Howers, ami this quo louder tlie instrument complains,
A I ready to begin tbeli* attack. Cattle
immense. Varied and extraordinary, tation comes to mind: ‘Flowers are dial on which a number of figures
are , must be sacrificed to save cattle. As
ranging fnun tlie will of Shakespeare the sweetest things God ever made and
I soon as an animal fell four cowboys
himself (containing practically the only forgot to put a soul into. A great wave marked is connected with the telephone. dismounted, and sharp knives and
To
ascertain
the
proportion
of
water
in
known autograph of tlie world renown of thankfulness sweeps over me and I
: hatchets were at work, and In less
ed poet) right down to mere curiosities am glad my lines have beet i cast in tlie wine tested, the operator moves a ; time than it takes to tell the slain ani
hand
on
tin*
dial
until
the
telephone,
!
in wills, sucli as those carved on-the
mal was cuj in twain. The halves
such a pleasant place. Everybody is
lld,of a desk or contained witinn seerdt
which lias lieen “sjH*aking” all tins were split so as to lay flat upon the
your friend, and it is a pleasant word
cabinets or escritoire;.
time, la|»ses intosiledee. The hand has ground, and to each hoof the end of a
Here for 25 cents one may Inspect with this one, a little l/eart to heart thus been brought to a certain tigureon rope was fastened, the other eml being
If you are in
the will of any British person. There talk with that one.
tin* dial. This numlier is than l«x>ke«l around the pommel of a cowboy’s sad
I
are wills leaving Immense sums to trouble they gather around you and
up in a »‘liart which the ingenious and dle. They dashed away to the line
cats and dogs; wills written in human help you to liear the trouble in their
of fire, dragging the severed parts aft-
pains-taking
inv<entor
lias
drawn
up,
blood. But the most interesting one own quiet ami sympathetic way. You
and corresponding to it is fouq«l indi er them.
has i|tiite • romantic history.
are far frigii the maddening crowd that
When the cowboys reached this, two
It is the,will of a British official wlio throngs your cities and who are bound cated the exact proportion of water con men would cross plunge through the
tained in the quantity of wine.
died In Cairo of the plague. Before
blaze. Tom tried It, but his horse
his death he took enre to prepare his to grow more or less hardened by be
' wheeled atid turned away from the
ing
thrown
in
contact
witli
poverty-
When Hen Kias.
w-il! upon parchment procured from tin
blaze, snorting loudly and In terror.
skill of a freshly killed goat, but as he stricken |M*ople living from day today
The sight of one wonmu'kissiiig an
"Give me your end of the rope.
hamlled ° thia skill himself it was on scant rations, unfortunates suffer
other isacotuinon one, ami opportunity Tom,” one of the other men sflld. ”1
thought later on that tlie will might ing from disisises and accidents that
can go over. Black Duncan will face
have the power of transmitting the have left them lio|«eless cripples. The frequently offers for the outsider to w it
It.” Ami with a great plunge he clear
dreadful plague from which its writer mendicants stand with outstretched ness a smack between husband and
ed
the line of tire.
wife,
lover
and
sweatheart,
or
brother
died. Accordingly, after having been hand pleading for aid for sweet chari
One of the other two also Crossed,
and sister, but to see a man putting his
passisi from hand to hand with some
ty’s sake, but you have learned to pass
and without a moment’s halt and with
what disastrous results in the way of
lips Jo those of another of his own sex
scorched faces they wheeled their
plague and death, the will was put into them by without la-stowing a second is far more rare. The latter perform
horses and ran parallel with the fire,
a bottle of spirits. Arrived »t.Somer look upon them. • There was a time ancecan lie oltserved occasionally at the
dragging the bloody half of th* beef
net JlouaP, the will was remi to the next when every mendicant on the street depots, es|>eeially among foreigners.
over It, smothering the fire out as fast
of kin and deposited among tlie ar appealed to me, and many were the
chives of the department. — Kansas nickels and dimes 1 dropped into.their The other day, while watching a large as their horses could run and drag
party of Italians bidding their fellow- the weight. One man was then on one
City Independent.
outstretched palms, turuing away w itli
countrymen adieu at the Baltinioreand side of the fire and the other on the
a satisfied feeling that I had aided in
Ohio railroad station, writesa contribu-, opposite, each with his rope to the
War to Avo i< a n n«»> ««ce.
my small way the afflicted, the poor
foot of a beef, straddling the blaze and
tor to the Fittsburg Dispatch, 1 noticed
"I understand,” he saiil, "that we
beating out the greater part of It.
nnd needy. One day a friend enlight
are reported to be engaged."
two middle-aged fellows whom I t«s>k
They wore slick duck Jackets and
ened me. I had just dropped my car
"I believe some one has taken
to lie brothers. As the gates were leggings, upon which the fire could not
fare into the outstretched hand of an
liberty of starting such a rumor,”
thrown open ami the motley throng easily take hold. It was hot work,
ol<l crippled gray-haired man, refusing
replied.
started jostling toward tlie outgoing however. They could get only jbe
the
proffered
jiencil
just
as
nine
out
of
"Well, don't you think It won 1<1 I m
train these men threw their arms about length of their ropes from the fire.
eitiler to mak«* the rumor true thipi tn ten |« rsons <it> with these street beg
The two men with the other half of
go to the trouble ami annoyanc«* of de gars. I had to walk home, a distance one another, pressed their black, bushy the beef were golnij in the opposite <11
mustaches together and kissed again
uylng it?” hi* suggested.
x>f some fifteen blocks and I carried a ami again. The osculations were ac rectlon, taking the other end of the
"Ferhaps you are right." she admit
line of tire. Suppose the fire was trav
number of packages, still I was light
ted. "Such denials are always ln«*ffcf'
companied by mutual shedding of tears
eling south and the line extending east
hearted
from
a
consciousness
of
having
tlve in addition to being more or l«*ss
and the two remained locked in one an
done what 1 could to aid this gray other's arms until the very last mo ami west, two dragged east and two
distressing." ('hicago 1‘ost.
haired, st<s>|Hshouldered old man, who ment. As tin* traveling memlier of the west, fast rec«*ding from each other
ami every moment widening th«* black
had long since passed his three-score twain seized his big bundles ami
A fio.l«.«! Ilrtlon.
ran streak which marked the trail of the
Like the traditional Englishman, Ar and ten years, ami although fast de after the crowd the other placed
ilia smotliered flames.
tliur Stanley, dean of Westminster, scending the down s 1 o | m * of the hill of
While these four men were getting
forehead
against
the
iron
bars
of
the
wore home from his first visit to Amer life must needs stand w ith a supplant
ready io <b> this work other cowboys
gate
and
blubbered
like
a
l>al>y.
lea an expression of a amazement which ing hand outstretchrsl and quivering,
were sitting on their horses near by,
only ttme could efface, He was nt feeble voice Is'gging for alms. My
their faces lit up by the burning grass,
Jefierson’s Andirons.
once beset by Interviewers, says the
and cheering their companions who
friend smileii and then remarked, ‘I
author of "Out of the Past," who ask
Mrs. George Horn, residing at 41 VI- were crossing the fire line to fight the
see
you
are
still
a
novice,
but
you
will
ed the usual questions.
enna street, Newark, N. ¥., basin lier main battle.
“What was the thing which most ini get over this habit of dropping a nickel
Those, however, who were Idle had
IMMsession a set of antique andirons for
pressed you in America?" was one of into every outstretched palm when
their work to do. Each held a rolled
these. Without a moment'* hesitation yotrhave lived here as long as I have, merly owned by Thomas Jefferson. slicker in his right hand, and when the
Dean Stanley replied:
I used to do just as you are doing. I They were purchased nt a sale of a ten breach was made In the fire line they
“My own ignorance."
couldn't pass them by. That old man ant, who lived at Monticello. Thomas dlvide«l tlielr forces and followed *tli<
you have just given your ear fare to is Hilts of Bridgewater, Va., came into boys who were sweeping the flames in
A Royal Cofepllment.
worth a cool twenty thousand dollars. possession of them at that time (1820) order to extinguish effectually any
Mgr. de Ncctuund. archblslitp ot He could liny you out many times over. ami they remained in his family until which might be left
Toulouse, when prenchlng one day In
purchased by the present owner last
Before the plan described was put in
the prlvnte chape) of Iatuis XIV. lost His kindly, sanctimonious old face ap- July. The outfit consists of two brass practice wagons loaded with water ami
pealetl
to
me,
too,
and
he
received
many
the thread of his discourse, so that in
andironsaml a brass topfender, and all tow sacks were run to a fire, and the
had to remain silent for some tin,,*. a coin from me until I Is-caine enlight-
arc
’*,» l»' S|u«i.«,,d .-tat«' O» i >1«‘—, T <»l I if. boyv.hc/l te dlsmeaat tnd-fight the
The king Caine to nls iordslilp s reflet einsi. 1 fiave been taken in so many
flames with wet sacks. They were
with this graceful remark: "1 am very times that the worthy have to sutler,
supplied with these by men gnlloplng
Relic of Washington China.
glad, my lord, that you are giving me for I will not aid street l*eggars.’ Al)
back and forth between the wagons
Only a saucer remains of the |s>ree- and fire fighters. The dry. hot sacks
a little time to digest all the good of this annoyance and hosts of other
things contaln«*d in the former part things glittering w ith allurements, sug laln set presentisi in 1783 to Marth i were carried back as fast as wet ones
of your sermon.”
gestive of pleasure, which after all turns Washington. This is carefully pre- were furnished.
The other plan was the best, being
out
to is- as cheap as tinsel, all for show served In the Hmithsonian Institution
Row She Took It.
at Washington. In the center apjanrs more rapid am! efficient. Horses would
and
no
depth,
no
genuine
ring
of
sit
-
Harry—Here la n conundrum: When
tlie monogram of “M.” and “W.” for get crippled and men burned at times,
la two an odd and lucky number? Ce eerily to it.
Martha and Washington, and al>out especially when the wind was high,
11a—You know I never can guess conun
the
edge is tlie name of every state those on the windward side being most
“Our little town is pros[>erous, its
drums. Harry—When two are made
exposed. Some have been known t<
one. Celia—Oh, Harry! This is so sud citizens are wide-awake, progressive which wa»then in the Union.
stay In their saddles during a long run
deni—Town Topics.
until the skin world peel from the aid«
people who can I m * de|M*nded upon.
The sanitary conditions are jierfecL 0 Estimate* of foreign cr«>|m by the Ih - of the face that was next to the line <il
Life is the finest of the fine arts, It We have the ls*st of schools; we are a partaient of Agriculture at Washing Are. -Fort Worth (Tex.) Record.
has to be learned with lifelong pn
church-going |>e<>ple; it is a little Eden ton show generally large acreage and
A Logical Deduction.
tlence. and the years of our pllgrimagi
a land of sunshine and flowers. We pnsiuction. The world's cotton crop
Bright Boy—I'm a chip of the old
are all to* short to master It tri
for
1902-3
is
estimated
at
47,1714,786
Imles
are contented and happy, isit yet are
block, ain’t I. pa? Fond Parent—Yes.
umphantly.— Drummond.
my son. Bright Roy—An' you're the
progressive. We are not willing to valued at $750,082,451.
head of the family, ain't you, pa?
Dlgerent Mranlns».
stand still, and we keep up with the
When a girl knows she is handsome Fond Parent—Yes, my son. Bright
“Arrah, you’re lookin’ very sad.” saitl times and the doings of the outside
Tat O'Holllhan, addressing hla friend world.” Hhe tnade a pleasant picture she does not object to having li«r pic Boy—Then you're a blockhead, ain't
ture taken in a group.
*
Denis tlu* other day.
vou. oals-Pittsburg Press.
of her home-town and made you feel
“Oi feel sad," responded Denis.
Advsatiige Xtutnnl»
that you wpnIW likk to visit it.
“Ol’ve lost my mother-in-law! OI tell
The common house sparrow Mies at
“Does her family approve of her am
you it’s hard to lose your mother it«
the rate of seventy* wo miles an hour. bition to go upon the operatic stager*
law!”
•
“Um—er—yea and no—that Is. they
"Hard!” exclaimed I’a% "B'gorrah,
Some men p*-serve their principle* approve«! k«r g .lng Hi«y to ting?”;
unpleasant piertire that
J
It’s alOfit-t Impossible!"
diiire to •Git her townxl by never u^iig them.
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FLOWERS IN MEXICO.
How It Flaunted Itself at On« Tim.
lu the Franck Capital.
Some of the old stories told of the
gaming tables can hardly be believed
n>raad:^s. though they are related in
such a cool, matter of fact style by
writers of the time us to show that tn
the eighteenth and eurly nineteenth
centuries tlie practice fanned a part
of high class social existence. Captain
Grouow relates that. Laving been ap
points! to the stuff of General Plcton,
who was then starting for Brussels
(1815), lie obuilned $1.000 from the ar
my agents, "which,” he continues, "1
took with me to a gambling house in
St. James’ square, where I mamiged,
by some wonderful accident, to win
£600.” With this sum he subsequently
provid«*d his necessary outfit.
When tlie allies marcbi-d into Paris
after the battle of Waterloo, Grouow
found the l'alais Royal a hotbed ot
gambling—"tlie very heart of French
dissipation.” "There were tables for
all clusses. The workman might play
with 20 sous or the gentleman with
10,(MX) francs. The law did uot prevent
any class from Indulging in a vice that
assisted to till the coffers of the munici
pality of Paris.” The English visitors
were uot slow to participate In the
play, one officer of the guards obtaining
leave of absence and never quitting the
Palais Royal till the time came for his
return to the regiment
Large fortunes were often lost at
gambling in those days, the losers dis
appearing never more to be heard of.
Ixrrd Thanet, for Instance, who bad au
Income of $250,000 a year, lost every
farthing at play and, concludes Gro-
now, "I do not remember any Instance
where those who spent their time in
this den did not lose all they possess-
ed.”
TRAVELING IN INDIA.
One
Must Hire , a Native Ser» ant or
Fr.dure Hntlless Tr«»ul»le,
Every one who goes to India to travel
or live at hotels, says the Chicago Rec
ord-Herald, must have a personal serv
ant, a native who performs the duties
of valet, waiter and errand boy anti
whatever else may be required of him.
This is a fixed custom of the country,
to resist which brings endless trouble
to the traveler.
Many of the Indian hotels expect the
guests to bring all their own servants,
b'oth chambermaids and waiters, aud
are consequently so short banded that
the traveler who comes without them
has usually to wait upon himself.
(In th«* railways a native servant Is
quite Indispensable, for travelers are
required to carry their own bedding,
make their own beds and furnish their
own tywels. 'l’^ie company provides a
bench to sleep on similar to those lu
American freight cabooses.
Each car has also a washroom and
sometimes water. BYit If the traveler
wishes to be sure of washing his face
in the morning and if he Is wise be will
send ins servant to the station master
before the train starts and ask to have
th«* water tank lllletl. Then a IIlnd«M>
witji a goatskin full of water will
climb to the roof of tlie car and fill It
and, having descended, will’stand be
fore the door and touch his forehead
every time the traveler looks towaril
him till he receives a penny.
At the yatlng houses along the road
the servant will have to raid the ta
bles and shelves fur food and bring it
to tlie car for bis master, since no wait I
ers are provided. In addition he will
hire baggnge carriers ’and will attend
to hll the details of catching trains and
engaging rooms.
A good servant cat) be’hired’for $15
a month. I’oqrer "bearers.” as they are
called, can be engaged for $2 or $3 a
month nnd expect to "find” them
selves, but'the traveler must pay rati
way fare for them.
THE BOOKS THEY READ.
Cowper read only his Bible and bls
prayer book.
Chopin rarely read anything heavier
than a French novel.
Voltaire’s favorite classical author
was Juvenal, the satirist.
Rossini fojj nearly thirty years read
nothing but French novels.
Jean Paul Richter bad only five or
six books, all philosophical.
l.ord Clive sai'l that "Robinson Cru
soe” bent any other book he ever read.
Franklin rend all lie could find re
lating to political eqpnoiny and finance.
Michael Angelo was fondest of the
books of Moses and the psalms of Da
vid.
Bach was no great reader, but much
enjoyed books of Jokes and funny sto
ries.
Baxter read only the Bible and best
enjoyed the prophesies of Isaiah and
the Psalms.
Wordsworth was fond of the poetry
of Burns, out said the litter was too
rough and uncouth.—Booklover.
CHOICE MISCELLANY
•u FleulHul That They Are I eeal Kur
Ureal l*uhll«* Ikecuraalo«».
As a people the* Mexicaus are very
follow! flowers, uml every village, town
and city h«s its place where Howers
are sold, aud uiauy of the larger places
have «H»tensi*;e flower uiurkets. often
the flowers brought to the market ure
wild specimens found In the w « xm 1 s and
the fields, but all are beautiful. In
many of the smaller towns ami villages
the public parks and the aldewalks of
the streets are used as places for the
sale of flowers. Everywhere they may
be bought ut surprisingly low prices
So plentiful are flowers they are u*,-d
for great public decorations
Boine
times whole parks and the fronts of
buildiugs for many streets are covered
with floral decorations on a feast day.
Tlie Mexican love of flowers has been
lnherit«*d from a long line of flower
loving ancestors. More than a thou
sand years ago the chief feature of
worship among tlie Toltecs was the
great floral offering which was made to
the fair g«xl once a year aud which
lusted for a whole Mexican w«*ek. Dur
ing this festival one of the features
was u great tlorul procession, which
traversed the principal streets of the
city to the Bound of mualeal Instru
meats. Every one tn the prdceulon
carried flowers to lay upon the altar of
the god or to place upon the steps or
walls of his temple. In this procession
were princes, nobles, priests and com
rnoners. This floral festival was an
expression of the love of nature fot
which the Toltecs were noted. Until
they came Into contact with the Az
tecs later on In history they were pure
ly nature worshipers, and flowers and
fruits form«*«l the chief part of their
offerings. So the Mexican comes by
his love of flowers honestly.
A
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A cow will approach a new object
fascinated, but with timorous suspi
cion nn<! a horse is even more tlml/l,
gazing at n distance for awhile, ready
to flee in a moment. Tlie monkey will
snatch at everything that Is ndW and
deliberately examine it till, finding
that Le carmot eat it’or mock mankind
with it, he will drop it and let It pass
from his shallow memory. There is n
pathos In the slenderness of animal
i
curiosity, it is so easily satisfied. The
thought, if thought ft lie, usually ends
with th«* flrst flush of surpris«* nnd the
Impression of safety.
BrltlNlirr*—by Time Pnynient.
A Bn>-*1 Clock.
There are nearly 250 clocks at Wind
sor castie and about 170 in Bucking
ham palace. One of tlie most interest
ing of those at Windsor la in a gilt
metal case given by Henry VIII. to
Anne Boleyn on the morning of tlielr
w,siding. It "is ten Inches high and is
engraved with the royal arms of Eng
land quartered with those of France,
The lead weights are engraved with
true lovers’ knots and "II. A. Dleu et
Mon Droit” at the base. Tills clock.
which at one time became tlie property
of Horace Walpole, was bought by
Queen Victoria. It has survived four
Mummy Paint.
centuries, but four years only marked
Ground up mummy makes a brown the duration of the royal love of Hen
of a certain rare color that nothing ry and Anne Boleyn.
else cnn give. It is on account of the
asphaltum In the mummy that this is
Spnn«e Cake.
so. The Egyptians wrapped their dead
"Do you call this sponge cake? Why.
In garments coated with asphaltum of
I
an Incomparably fine and pure quality It's as hard as «-an be.”
"Yes,
mum.
That's
the
way
a
sponge
This asphaltum as the centuries passed
impregnated the tissues of the dead Is before It's wet Soak It In your tea.
themselves. It turned them In’» the mum.”—London Punch.
boat paint material in the world. Be
Knonleilv? Gained.
ing exceedingly expensive, it is used
Friend Has your son learmsl much
only by portrult painters In depicting
during his college course? The Did
brown hair.
Man I'm afrahl not, but I’ve learned!
a whole lot—Puck, o
Rilln to «nit ClrcimBtancM.
“How mu< h will It coat me to get a
° Had Jast Rerased Him.
divorce?’ askoil the man.
"He looks awfully blue. *'bat's the
"That depends.” nulled tj»e lawyer
I
absentmindedly "How much have you matter with him?”
"Htart
trouble.
”
rcpflw!
the
girl,
some
got?”—Philadelphia Ledger.
|
what consciousfyg- Chicago post
It costs £5 10s. to get naturalization
papers In England. Tlu* Yhldlshers
have foumle<l a loan office to nl«l the
foreign Jew in poor circumstances by
advancing this sum, which Is repaid,
with Interest, nt the rate of Is. 2d. a
■.•.«wk. You do ;r!m.iat everything on
the Installment (»inn In England now,
from buying a cyclopedia cheap to In
coming n boy of the bulldog bre«*d nt a
great reduction
Cnconnot by Mnll.
One of tlie queerest things that ever
nppeared in the malls In this country
was a cocoanut that a Louisville (Ky.)
girl received the other day. It was not
wrapped up in any way. and the 32
cents in stamps ami the address were
placed on the bare shell. In Europe
live fowls nnd even calves arc sent by
po«t, but In this country the postal
laws discourage the sanding of curios.
The Verdict.
Miss Breezy—Well, Mr. Ilarkawny,
now that you have Inspected me thor
oughly, what have you to say? Mr. II e
—All I can say, Miss Breezy, Is. "1
came, I saw, yo« conquered."—Brook
lyn Life. >
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Hicks-He's very charitable. Isn't he?
Wicks—Who? Plnchyr? liick«_Y<«.
He saya he always remembers the
poo* Wick«
Wick»-
—Weil,
Well, ttiat'« all. It's •
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Rndliim ray« will not a| yr«-s«u* far
nlsh a cure for blladm*. rep»«*« P
fessor < Ireeff of Berlin In « jiublulisd
aavount of an otHclal l^\ estigfctl»« -at
the optical pro(>ertles «>f Hiding) TMa
reoeapeh was largely undertake« a« vha
result off u paper by Frofeoaor ?ApdoB
of St. Petersburg, In which I« elaliMd
th«t there was li<q*e for th* blind 9
rudluu* AcConllug to Prof«-ssor <ire>*8f
the rays given off by a fluorescent • tr
face exclttsl by nullum rays at« sin»
ply those of ordinary light and as sue*
cannot lUfect a blind eye. The act««J
radium rays, however, ar«* sent outate
all directions, penetrating all struc
tures, nnd the effect, a sort of sea
gr«*en radiance, is tlu* same, whether
the rndlum Is held in front of the eye
or at the skle **f the head. It has I hm * ii
assertisl that fluorescence actually oc
curs in the eye and that rays of or
di nary light are accordingly emitted,
but this view is oppose«! by Professor
Greeff, and the fact is cited that null
um rays do not bleach the visual purple
of the retina. He also states that
when the function of the reds an<1
cones, which transmit visual concepts
from th«* retina to th«* nerve centers Is
destroyed th«* eye Is unable to provide
for the sensation of sight.—Harper’s
Weekly.
The capacity of the reindeer for team
work is remarkable. His hoofs are very
broad and do not penetrate the snow
crusts. fils average weight is about
400 pounds. lie will swiftly draw a
sled carrying 000 pounds and witli this
load can cover thirty, fifty anil even
ninety miles a day. The reindeer tennis
now carry the malls from Kotzebue to
Point Barrow, a distance of 650 miles,
the most northerly post route In the
PUNS AND PROMOTIONS.
world. No food is carried for the deer.
At the end of his Journey or at any
Cler«>iuen WTio H*ve Been Hewar«-
stopping place*he Is turmsl loose and
e«l For Their Facetlonaneaa.
Canon Melville owed his earliest pro nt once breaks through the snow to the
motion tu a pun, says a London Jour white moss which serves as food, ft
nal. ^Hien the late R«rl of Dudley, costs nothing to feed him. As the
who knew Mr. Melville sufficiently to white settlements Increase in the min
remember that his Christian name was eral bearing parts of Alaska and in
David, bad a living at his disposal be many places remote from railway and
received a letter containing only the steamboat transportation, the reindeer
words, "Lord, remember David.” The express will be one of the most lm-
earl’s reply was no less terse and Scrip portant factors In territorial life.—Dr.
Sheldon Jacksoh in Southern Work
tural: “Tbou art the man!”
Perhaps the earlieat tnstanc* of ec man.
clesiastical promotion won by • pun Is
Gaelic0 Movement In Ireland.
that of a curate named Joseph, Who
The Gaelic movement has qiet a se
was prompte«! by Swift to take this
text for a sermon preached In St. Pat- vere check In Ireland. John McDonagh
rick's cathedral, Dublin, before the Mahony Is the Justice of the peace for
viceroy, "Butler,” the Duke of Or- Caherclveen and is an enthusiastic
mond. "Yet did not the chief Butler Gaellcist. Mr. Mahony Insists upon
signing his name to warrants and oth
remember Joseph, but forgat him.”
The Rev. Dr. Mountain, who wus-the er documents “in characters which are
son of a beggai, owed nearly every alleged to be those of the Irish Ian-
step of his successive promotions In gunge" and persists in tlie practice. R1
great part to hl« facetiou«ness ami though he has been authoritatively, in-
won the last step of all by a single formed by the lord chancellor of 1 re
jest. When he was consulted as bishop land that it ts illegal. ’The Justice of
of Durham by George II. as to Jthe fit Caherclveen insists that his signature
test person to fill the vacant archiépis Is bis usual one and dispute* the lord
copal see of York be replied: “Sir, chancellor's I law, and there tlie matter
badst thou faith as a grain of mustard rests, except that he Is enjoined from
seed thou wouldst say to this Moun sitting on the magisterial bench until
tain (dramatically striking hl* breast), he gives assurance that he will "sigil
'Be thou removed and cast Into thl* magisterial documents In English.”
sea (see).’ ” That Georg« II. should
Derelicts of «be l*a«-ltt<-.
so understand and appreciate the Jo«e
aa to accept its suggestion Is perhaps • It is a curious fact that many ves
sels in the Pacific abandoned by their
the strangest part of the story.
Apropos of puna, promotion and the officers and crews as in a sinking con
see of York, here Is a good story of a dition have drifted about tlie seas for
living given by an archbishop of York months.'The latest case of this kind is
in reward for an Impertinent personal the ship Benjamin Sewall. She was
pun. The archbishop, Sir William dismasted last October In the Formo
Dawes, entertained his clergy at din san strait, and the crew took" to (lie
ner shortly after the death of his wife, boats. They swore thftt they saw the
Mary, who appears to have been a reg ship sink, but this was evidently an.
ular Mrs. Froudie at once to his grace optical illusion, as sin1 has been seen
and to the diocese. At dinner the arch recently and is now one of those dere
bishop apologized,' with a sigh, for licts more dangerous to shipping than
things not being In the apple pie order supkpn reef or passing vessel in a fog.
that prevailed when his dear, dead —San Francisco Chronicle.
wife, Mary, whs alive. Being himself an
Who Owna the HfitlwngSt
Inveterate punster, ha added, with a
It Is estimated that only abput 4S5,-
sad shake of bls head, "She, Indeed,was
Mare Faclflcum!” A curate who knew 000,600, which is approximately 5 per
too well what a tartar the de<»ase«l cent of the annual income of our rail
lady was rejoined, "Aye, my lord, but ways, goes to foreign Investors. There
she was first Mare Mortuum!” and was are not far from 1JM)0,000 owners of
absolutely and immediately rewardtxl railway stocks and botqjs. Of the re
by the archbishop for tills im’pertlnent maining 1)5 per cent, $1J>81,447,408,
40 per cent is divided among tlie own
pun with a living of £500 a year.
ers of the stocks nnd bonds and 60
per cent among 1,189,315 employ»*es.
.
I*oe For A Little Orphan.
Some years ago one of the charitable Counting tin- fnmiliop supported by the
societies of Iowa sent a niftnber of holders of securities and employees,
orphans to one of tlie towns of the over 10,000.000 people share in the rail
state for distribution among childless road earnings Success.
people. The distribution aroused much
InwrctN of Arlcona.
interest in the village. As the orphans
In southern Arizona the water of
wert* being given to those who wanted
to adopt children a Httle resident of tpany rivers and most of the creeks’
the town ran up fo her mother and sinks below the surface of the ground
during spring and early summer, ap
said:
"Oh, mamma, I wish you would take pearing again when the rains liegin in
July and August. The disappen rance
a little orphan girl!"
"But, my deur,” replied the mother, of the streams would be fatal to ntunjr
"I have you. What do I want with an of the insect tribes abounding in that
country but for the fact that.the in
orphan?"
“I know you have me,” said the lit sects, in the form of larvte^ follow the
tle girl, “but you might want to have moisture underground and emerge
a funeral, and you could use the little ngaln, together with the creeks, later
in the season.
orphan girl Instead of me.”
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