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BANDOG RECORDER.
DEVOTF.D WAGTAILS.
These Bird .Hate For Life ami Are
Extremely A fleet Ion nte.
The wagtail frequently migrates
from one part of tin country to anoth
cr nml sometimes congregates In
flocks, but lie pairs for life, ami the
same pair always reappear, sometimes
when they are least expected ami al
the more welcome from their occasion
al absence, on their favorite lawn
Their tlcvotion to one another Is ex
treme, as a scene I witnessed some for
tv wars niro. but which Is as fresh in
my memory as if I had seen it yester
day, wiil show.
A wagtail had been killed, probably
by a stone, and was lying dead in the
middle of the circular drive in front of
the Iovii House, Blandford. The sur
vivor seeimtl beside himself with
grief. Like Kvo in "Paradise," he
"knew not what death was." or. at
most, the reality was only gradually
breaking in upon him. He kept run
ning up to the body with loud and
nlahitive call notes. He called, but
there was no response. He caressed
the body, caught hold of it with his lit
tie bill, coaxed It to move and drew it
after him for a yard or two. He even
tried to rise with it in the air. Then.
like one distraught, he dahcd away
to the edge of the gravel drive and
then as quickly dashed back airain, to
go through the same mournful proce?
es. Sometimes he would tly richt off
in wavering, uncertain flight as far as
the eye could follow him. as though
he could bear the sight no longer, but
without stopping to rest he hurried
back in slraighter and quicker flight,
unable to tear himself away or as if
he hoped that something might have
happened in his absence. This long
drawn tragedy, this abandonment of
grief. I watched from the window
throughout the afternoon till darkness
came on. Next morning the body had
disappeared, and 1 saw the survivor no
more. II. F.osworth Smith in Nine
teenth Century.
oni iv TiDiriul
rULLI LMMII1
i1. - -
young lady in speaking on this subject
of attractive homes, said: "Oh, it's
not so much the place as the name that
jj makes the home attractive now-a-days.
C You can take a rough shingled shanty.
which would be called a 'shack' in
moat places, and if you term it a 'bun
galow' every one of your acounintnnces
l'his is an age of advertising, and will express an opinion that will rimr
men in the business world vie with each with adjectives in its favor: but make
..it i - 1 . it . A 11. .1 1 I
inner i cacci m uns art mat, nrmgs te mistakeand call ita 'shack,' which
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,....i -iui nucKwig iu ineir uoors 10 truthfully speaking is all it amounts to,
sn """ t as ii uuu, iu and its doom is sealed. It lias lost the
trap customers. One of the biggest romantic side of look-inn- i it mm,,.
:.. v. .. i- . . i , . .i ,. " "
ii ii I is in .-an riaueisco nas auveruseu 'bungalow' is all riirht. it is ii,rir.ti
i ...:n .t..i;.. .. l . i i . .
unit uie. iu ueuver gmms iree ui 0f something out of the ordinary."
purcnasers wiiiiiu a ramus oi one nun-
u ; .... i ..r 1 ""Ve in mmd one of the most pros
i .. . perons and progressive towns u he
flu. mtitriMt liill'llc lw ti.mtif itur lliiiirl . 1 0 -
C5tat. Vol for vnnru in .W
... . 1 . , . I 1 .w. JV.H.! fall ull l I V
, , -liti i t 4. , Mm,d to the fact that the houses be ng
iier I iv iiimiI in lelti ilmno emtr 1 oev iii I '-p.
, , i- 4i , er('ted were so ugly and unattractive
sire, and furthermore, they realize that n,4 . b - , . .
.. , ,. 44, .4 t,mt tnuir appearance was the subject
if the practice of sending to the eitv f ,, , .. . , , J
, ' . . 1 .1 , of ""complimentary remarks by visit-
for evervthing they need in their line ...t.y .J
,, . rs to the town. For vears the r arch -was
much indulged 111 it wouhl compel 4.... 4 ,
, .i-i 1 i- vl n;i;i lljllll UU (III UU Y I II lllg DHL UlC
many a merchant who is barely making ,.itl; w4 , ,
, ,. . . , 1 r-.ii l)m,,,est wpiare houses, and they were
his living to close Ins doors. Little . ...,, .. . ' . . . - .
, ., (( , . .. ugly as anything you could unag lie;
dm-s it matter, however, as long as the rm.:,.., , . .
, ,, m . 41 1 1 4 4 1 lungs progressed in this way until a
dollars roll into the bur department J.
ENGLAND'S PATRON SAINT. J WRW SHORT STORIES I MECHANICAL WONDERS. CHOICE MISCELLANY
tic Wjih Horn In I'uleatlne uud Woi
Belietidvd In U02.
St. George, the patron saint of Eng-
FornKlns: in Georgia.
In Washington they often recall the
land, was born at Lydda, but brought od 0,(1 dn3's when Iloke Smith was
up in Canpadocia. He was a tribune secretary of the interior and tilled ev-
in the reign of Diocletian and, being I),llce ne ,1,ul to All with a Georgian,
a man of irreat emirnpe. wn n fnvnrffo They say that you couldn't throw a
" CT-F ' ' ' ' I .... I 111 llUItU UO lllC UU1.
but as he complained to the emperor 8ti(-'k n tue department without hitting ladv wlth a f00tman and page be-
01 uis severities toward the Christians u ""b ujuh. hIml According to the account giv
ami argued in their defense he was nu uay, mey rein te, tne late senator
The Toy Louli XIV. Played With In
Ilia Childhood Day.
An extraordinary piece of mechanism
was constructed for the amusement of
Louis XIV. when a child. It consist
ed of a small coach drawn by two
horses in which was the figure of a
What Royalty Costs.
It Is not generally realized what an
expensive thing it Is for an Important
nation to sapport Its royal family. Eng
land, for example, pays out almost $3,
000,000 a year for the maintenance of
Its king, queen, princes, princesses and
other royal dignitaries. The king and
queen alone receive $2,350,000 annual-
euay, tney relate, tne late Senator n hv f fnm,,, th ronstmetnr. this ",u"c uuuuai
nut In prison and beheaded Anrll 2.1. Voorhees, who had been vainly trying i,in,. nu,i nt th prtrrmttv v tne Prince of Wales receives $100.-
02. St Jerome mentions him in one t0 Ket 11 Pe for an Indiana man. of n table of a determinate size, the 000 and the PrInces3 wales $50,000
of his "Martyrologles." and In the fol- canie down the corridor as Secretary coachman smndied his whip, and the (1wh,lt 5?,e UnIted Stat payS Its preaI
lowing century there were many Sniitu came up. The senator was whls- hors(s imniedjatcly set out, moving dent)' The 1rlncesses Christian. Louise
churches named to his honor. In re- tu"S "Marching Through Georgia" in a their lugs In n natUral manner. When nd BeatrIce & the Duchess of Al-
gard to his connection with England, disconsolate wny. That tune was not the cnrrngc reached the edge of the bnny recelve $30,000; the Duchess of
Ashmole. In his "History of the Order Vaslug to Iloke Smith's sensitive table lt turned on n rIght aiJgle aml Mecklenburg-Strelitz receives ?15,000;
of the Garter." says that Klnc Arthur Georgia ears, and he looked at oor- ni.ft0fvimi nionr that edce till it arriv- lue uxme 01 Umnauglit, ?12o,000, and
" It . . I t " -
in the sixth century placed the picture hees ,n a reproachful way,
of St. George on his banners, and
Selden tells us he was patron saint of
England in the Saxon times.
It is quite certain that the council
of Oxford In 1222 commanded his fes
tival to. be observed In England as a
"What are you whistling that for?"
asked Hoke, and his tone v as bur
dened with reproach.
"I Just can't help It,!' exclaimed Sen
ator voorhees. " nenever 1 come
through your department I feel as if I
lg del
stores. ever will a dollar of that
money go back to the town to be put
young architect with thoroughly up-
to-date ideas moved into the town
Then they suddenly waked up to the
again intocirculation and help build up , . " , , V n , 1
, , . faot t,mt tIley had been in a sort of Ji p
fie locality and make improvements - ,,..,. , , , ., lt 1
4 , .. , m u inkle sleep, and win e they
that are naturally the pride of every 1 , , . t , .
... ' , .f, -slumbered on in the even tenor of the r
C111.CH. come lew win ....... Hl4, rlct . tUn ui. .
loubtless do their purchasing iu San k 1' " w1 , V " V , "? imaw
, ... b, ,. them and had beautiful cities and
1 1. nn ..-i n Hiiui- (hiicim vni niiii .iiiuw
themselves to be blinded to the injury
that will result to their town if this
practice is indulged in to a 113-extent.
I'olly h:is referred before to the sub
ject the injustice to home merchant
by purchasing articles in San Fran
cisco that could be Inmght at home
just as giH)d and the same, or at least so
light a ditlerence iu price as to make
1 no object to go elsewhere, so I will
towns with their attractive architec
ture and wide-awake and progressive
pint.
BRIEF REVIEW.
Luxurious Life of a Dog.
IWaseotto, the dog belonging to Ysave,
the Belgian A-iolinist, who will make a
tour of the large American cities next
fall, is the only canine that has ever
SENTENCE SERMONS.
Self conceit is self deceit.
Only the weak have time t worry.
Meditation is the mold of character.
All great deeds have been born of
dreams.
A .man's sfae does not depend on his
situation.
There never was greatness without
gratitude.
Henevolence for business only breeds
malevolence.
A light hi'art makes a light house in
a dark world.
Life is the fruit of the past and the
seed of the future.
Tut out the lamp of works and you
lose the light of faith.
It is the truths we do and not the
ones we indorse that save us.
People who are always tryimr t be
some one else succeed in being nobody
at all. Chicago Tribune.
rcrr:iiti frmn mit miiimr tliic nKi.iot I . '
f "' ""Jll"i ho.n L-nmi-ii n !-..i ..1 i...
which is on the same lines. r' envenom
um an uccau liner, 1 snye is now :
pearinir in Kussin. and. fiir!inr it fiL-
In another big department store the his pet with him, decided to ship him
spirit of advertising has taken iosscs- to JJobert E. Johnston, his American
holiday of lesser rank, and in 1330 he w"ere marching through Georgia."
was adopted as the natron of the Or- Tuat dav Voorhees' Indiana friend
der of the Garter. The drneon slain u'as appointed
by St. George Is simply a common al
legory to express the triumph of the
Christian hero over evil, which John
A Story of Lincoln.
In his address under the auspices of
pr
ed opposite to the place where the king
was seated. It then stopped, and the
page, getting down, opened the door.
upon which the lady alighted, having
In her hnd a petition, which she pre
sented, with n courtesy. After waiting
some time she again courtesied and re
entered the carriage. The page then
resumed his place, the coachman whip
ped up his horses, which began to
move, and the footman, running after
the carriage, Jumped up behind it
Louis XIV. had also an automaton
tne Duke of Cambridge $60,000. Out
of the Income allotted to the king and
queen must be paid the cost of the
royal household. This Includes the
salaries and incidental expenses of al
most 1,000 officers and functionaries.
The king and the Prince of Wales re
ceive, In addition to their Incomes,
large revenues from several sources.
Harper's Weekly.
The Automobile CoBiamptioB Care.
" T t
-uoiur cur exercise will cure con-
.1 . . . , . . nuuw -vi t. uuu uuu nu uuiuiuuiuu
the Evangelist beheld under the lm- ne Mens league of the Broadway opera in five acts, with fresh scenes for sumption, says Dr. Blanchet of Lyons,
age of the dragon. tabernacle in Mendelssohn hall New CJK.h u mc09ured slxteen and a haIf He speaks from personal experience,
Gibbon, In his "Decline and Fall," .ork- recently (.eneral Daniel E. Sic- , h h 1)roadtl, thirteen Inches four uavin recovered his own health by
asserts thnt the patron saint of Eng- kles to,(1 so,ne good stories about Lin
land was Geome of Cannndocla. the I to'" ,says me ew ion nines.
turbulent Arian bishon of Alexandria. Tno l)0st was about the martyr prcs-
but the character of this assertion has klent' a v,s,t- w,th n,s youngest son.
inches In breadth, thirteen inches four
lines In height and one 'Inch three lines
in thickness for the working of the ma-
ebinerj'. Westminster Gazette.
been fully disproved by Papebroch,
Milner and others. Exchange.
ARTIST AND ARTISAN.
What It In That Measures the Dif
ference Between Them.
"My son is going to be an artist,"
said a proud father. "He does not
need to study n lot of scientific rub
bish." Perhaps this father does not know
thnt what he calls "scientific rubbish"
measures the difference between the
artisan and an artist, the difference
between the common and the superb,
between mediocrity and excellence. It
was what this man called "scientific
tl1 Mill oil' iiltttti mnflA flirk I I ITiTAri
.-ion oi me linn to the extent that it manager. Conseouentlv be enHi.d
has resorted to a unique way of attract- the steamship ollicials and asked if they ' and those of a hundred other artists of
inj; the attention of ladv mircIiMsers. I
rubbish" study-
anatomy for a dozen jears that
uimortallty to the statues of
the "Ljist Judgment" and "The Story
of Creation."
Many an artist of real ability has
failed to produce any great work of art
because of his ignorance of Just such
"scientific rubbish." Of what good Is
an artistic temperament or genius to
the sculptor who does not know the I
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Japan is apparently alx.ut to iHi taken nf"tU' vtlHmic niI1Qnloo ,a nnt
in the compulsory teaching of the thoroughly familiar with the human
itouiau aipnaoei, :ls well as n Koman- ' nnntomv? Michael Ancelo thoucht It
worth while to spend a great deal of
time upon the anatomy of a horse and
Ted, to the camp at Fredericksburg.
"Among the officers and their wives
who met him at that time," the gen
eral said, "was the Princess Salm-
Salm, wife of a Russian prW'e, who
was commanding a regiment In that
division. She headed a party of la
dles who saluted him and who accom
panied their salute with kisses. Tins
came to the knowledge of Mrs. Lin
coln through the prattling of Tad. nnd
RESURRECTION PLANTS.
g the attention of lady purchasers, would grant Mascot to iirt-i.l mmrt. ' his day who have gone
The upper tloor has Irhmi converted info I : It wiih this "KiM.Mit.fin rn
niiiiioauvNiiu uiitui IIIU1I MIIII.S. I lieV i
l... ...v.:... ..1 ; 11 I . !"-. ..... - .1
me i.viu-i idling Vkwv liiiagiuauie, consented todothis. Vsaye next hired 1 K
wilh divans, isy chairs, etc. In fact, a yvisrti valet for his do- Boil, s,,;, fave 11
. ... . 1 z?- ------- Ml.,n., .
tiiewiioielKH.r with its attractive fur- for America from Havre, Mascotto oc
nishings is a work of art. Here pretty eupying a luxurious cabin, wbi!,. hi-
girls attiml in fetching little costumes valet must, be content with second class
ujmii the ladies, who, tired of lodirinir. Mascotto's duu ;n 1.,.
. . I J.J - - v V-
chilly prepared.
wait ujM.ii t
shoppingand wishing to rtst a moment
take the elevator to this cosy retreat,
ami by paying the modest sum of ten
cents are furnished with a cup of deli
cious tea or codec and cakes, or ice
cream and cake. When they have
finished their light repast they arc priv-
Roman Alphabet in Chinese Schools,
An important step in the progress of
: 1... .t. 1 ... I
it.-u u. uiucu.c cupamiaiiceror me ize(i Japanese alphabet, in thegovern
plate home with them as a souvenir of im.Ilt l)rimnrv St.hM)Is. Tliw u,,rt 1,.,.
filestore. Xcarly everyone avails them- been done to some extent already in the ' "Ion abstruse mathematlcs.-Success
selves of the permission of the firm, universities, but, if this proposal of the'
...m u..,g me paper napKin 10 ury me education department be adopted, the'
Tlic Cnrlonn Roue of Jericho and the
Ulexicnn Fern Ball.
The rose of Jericho Is perhaps one of
the most familiar of the curiosities of
plant life known as resurrection plants.
It is said to be Imported from the val
ley of the river Jordan and Is the resur
rection plant mentioned In the Bible.
The plant when received from Its na
tive home Is simply a bunch of leafless
and seemingly lifeless stick3 or
branches clustered tightly together.
When placed In a glass of water, how
ever, tne oranciies expanu, seed buds
unfold, and soon the green foliage
starts out, and the plnnt grows.
The Mexican resurrection plnnt Is
the fluffy, fernlike variety often no
ticed in saucers of water in the florist's
window. When It is dormant it is a
shrunken, rounded ball of tightly fold
ed leaflets, dry and dead.
It is dropped In a bowl of tepid wa
ter, and soon one frondlike tip curls
slowl.v outward, then another and an
other, and In a short time there is float
ing In the dish a beautiful metallic
green plant, a great, loose, expanded
rosette of fine feriilike leaves, odd and
beautiful.
This experiment can be repeated
many times, the plant curling together
tightly when dry and expanding Into
new me when soaked in water.
Young People's Weekly.
by
regularly covering about a hundred
miles a day in an open motor car. He
avers that by this remedy the cough
of tuberculous patients Is gradually
abolished or greatly diminished and
healthy sleep and appetite produced.
It is most essential that the body
should be duly protected from cold.
The elements of the cure nre the long
stay In the open air and the increased
atmospheric pressure due to the rapid
motion, which expands and strength
ens the lungs. London Mail.
Germany' Queer Student.
A German who had been a student
of chemistry at the University of Gles
sen for sixty-six semesters without be
ing able to pass the examinations' tiled
there recently, aged fifty-one years.
The cause of his inability to remem
ber what he had Ienrned wns an in
Jury of the membrane of the brain
which he received in a duel. His name
was Christian Busch. His death also
caused comment because he had left
his possessions, valued at 25,000, to
the town of G lessen. But as he had
neglected to sign the document the
money will go to distant relatives. He
was the oldest student in Germany.
Years Didn't Connt.
rtouHMi'jm'.H A fleet nt Ion.
Kousseau lived long on his fifth floor
in Paris, forgotten by the world which
he affected to despise a ml from affec
tation really shunned, when an acci
dent happened to him iu one of his
solitary walks. lie was me? in a nar
row part of the street by M. de Par
genu, driving very fast iu Ins carriage,
and in his attempt to get out of the
way was pushed down by a large I Mu
lsh dog running before the lior-s. M.
de Pargeau immediately stopped his
coach and hastened to assist the per-
son whom his dog had thus knocked I
down, but when he saw it was tin
author of "Emilhis" he renewed his
apologies ami attentions.
The next day he sent to ask after
Rousseau.
"Tell your master to ehain up his
dog.' was the only answer.
cupjuivream plate carries them Komanization of the Japanese language Nnm!lcon 1,1 .the
aw.uv. H Tfjis become nouiihii- ..tnr-H.:. ' ! m. campaign took a
11 s iiol mr uisnrrrt-itrr wc uw iliiiici- -The colonel " old man
, ,, m,,,,,,,, linn of all ohussos Willie fnmiIi.irwKh-eom,,l,,lm-d "imrly off-" Frond!
,.,.. ,,,,1 o .Lore instead of to a res- lhe lMm nlpllt. It b diHieult to aZo of i "l S !
t.iiir.mt nr ti fliiiir l.i-it.taw A imtlmK .. .... ... .. . I III'1 vw
. : " . . realize all tliat tins will mean to the na- tory nttneks on the H.IUKrw. the
tiling aiKjut it is mat die customers t fion. It will simplify political and 'lines of communication, etc.. conclud
this store, who avail themselves of the commercial relations, and will render ! l'K l,v sa3'i"K tlmt he fought in the
opiM.rtunity to refresh themselves with -,stwl. tiwmi,t ..,i i;t. : ' armv of Maria Theresa. "You must
110ukiii tiiivt uiuiiiMii r : 11-1 1
a cup 01 ica or soiiieiiung to eat, do not bk. to the bulk of the
go noiiie coinpieieiy tagged 0111, as tney
are apt to do if they do not take the
time to get their lunch, which thev
are nearly sure to do if they had to go
to a restaurant for it.
A Illnliop'f. Comment.
Bishop W. A. Candler was oaee ad
vocating a more liberal lousing of the
purse strings and told his audience
that several A'ears before he sent an
article to a paper, in whit-li he said.
"We pray too loud and work too lit
tle." The compositor, consciously or
unconsciously, perpetrated a little joke,
for when the article appeared it read.
"We bray too loud and work loo lit
tle." "I let it go at that." said the
bishop. "The fact is. I believe the
printer was right, and I never ventured
to correct him."
Then there is another linn who rd-
vertied that an automobile would be
in leadinos to bring customers to
their store and take them home nga.n
after they had finished their shopping.
They had only to telephone to the firm
wnat Hour tney would be ready to
start and a chautluer w:is right on hand
with a bright and shining automobile
to carry them to their destination and
return them to their homes. I don't
t ti 111 k they did the rushing business
they hail expected by their generous
oiler to the public.
Egyptian Relics Made in America.
The sacred scarnbel, little Egyptian
charms, are manufactured by a Con
necticut linn. They are carved and
chipped by machinery, colored in bulk
. ti ehlftu mill mv linp:o t n ftr
made to simulate age, and shipped in I11V vonrs t kn(nv that nobody will
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c:iks 10 ine .Moslem dealers at Cairo
"THEY TELIj ME YOU'KE QUITE A PSALM
IST." she was much offended at me for the
Napoleon In the course of his Italian ,,art sh thought I took In that affair.
Hungarian battalion -That evenlmr I ne.onnnt.too ti,
C "J-4X-4 VMO
sl.lont nnd j pnrtxJyt" Wnsh-
lngtou. and. to the embarrassment of
the president, Mrs. Lincoln treated me
very coldly. He told several stories In
an effort to conciliate his wife, but
without effect until finally he remark
el:
mckics. i never knew you were
so pious a man.'
" 'Pious? You must be mistaken,'
replied.
" 'Yes. They tell me you're quite a
psalmist more than thnt, a Snlm
Salmist.'
"This broke the Ice. Mrs. Lincoln
laughed at the pun, nnd she seemed
after that to forget the incideut."
"Yes, I am
was the re-
be old," said Napoleon,
either sixty or seventy,'
ply.
"Why, colonel." remarked the Cor
sican, "you have certainly lived long
enough to know how to count years
a little more closely." "General." said
the Hungarian, "I reckon my money,
Ilenefi Ih Ueversed.
Prench ami German had proved too
hard, but Algernon took up the study
of Italian wilh high hopes.
"How are you and your Italian ten eh
er getting on":" aked one of Algernon's
friends when the study hail proeeeded
for three months.
"Aw aw, I'm just about where
was, said Algernon ambiguously, "but
my teacher, d'you know, he's speaking
English much better than he was when
we began."
War.
"Taking my life in my hands. I nd
vanced into the very midst of the can
non until both my arms were shot off!'
"And then?"
"Sir, I took my life in mv teeth and
pressed on!" exclaimed the old veteran
or invalide, with glowing eyes.- Puck
It Worrli-il Hint.
''That land." said lhe city nephew,
"is valued at .?MX a front foot."
"Thundcration:" exclaimed the old
farmer, hastily moving back on to the
sidewalk. "An' I stood on it most fiv
minutes! Do you reckon they'll chargt
me rent?" Chicago Post.
An I'nexpeeteil I)i-Iny.
Mr. Lakeside-She married in hast'.
Mrs. La Selle-And repented at leisure?
Mrs. Lakeside It seems so. She was
fully n year In getting her divorce.
Smart Set
Hnllier Veil I y.
"What I would like." said the very
young author, whose first story had
Just been accepted, "is that the binding
of the book should be in keeping wilh
the story. Do you grasp my meaning?"
"Oh. yes." replied the intelligent and
accommodating publisher. "I'll have
It done in half calf." Chicago Kecord-Herald.
The Arabian guides are the chief buy
ers, many of them heinir ndenfu nf.
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salting" the sands at the base of the
pyramids or alnrnt the sacred temples,
where they artfully discover these scar
abei before the very eyes of the Yankee
tourist, and sell him for an American
dollar mi article manufactured at a cost
Alt I..-.. 4!wt. .4 I
wi 11. man a rrin pernaps wiiiiiu a
stone's throw of his own lioim
Ancient Bakers' Shovel.
According to a Loudon authority, a
I am iu sympathy with the Hillside linkers' shovel, such as is still in use for
Club of North Ilerkeloy, which in- putting brea'd into the oven, was d is
tends from now on to use vigorous covered at the bottom of a recently ex-
mcnMircs to reform building practices cava ten Komaii well m the fSiuuburg,
in Berkeley and prevent the erection Similar instruments are represented on
of inartistic houses of all descriptions Unman frescoes, but this is thefirst one
in that vicinity. A number of offend-1 that has been found. It is of beech
ers against good taste have been marked wood and is made 111 one piece. A sil-
for conference with delegates from the ver coin of Antoninus Pius, a bronze
Hillside Club in the hope that they coin of the Km press Faustina and a
can he induced to change poor and un- well-preserved leather shoe were among
attractive plans of houses' for better the further contents of the well
ones. The members propose to keen
up the agitation Ixith publicly and pri- Revenge oi Baseball Men.
vately, ami a strong ellbrt will be made Because they have been prohibited
to have local legislation enacted to cover the use of a new baseball grounds,
the points of contention. The Hillside which they had just completed at a
( 'lub h:is i-ued a circular describing at cost of &2)0, much toil and more worry,
ength the ideals of the organization the (Silberton baseball nine of Pennsyl
respecting artistic bonus and pictur- vania and its supporters threaten to
eiiie streets and have distributed it boycott future church socials and enter-
throughout thecotnmuiiily. They have tainmenLs in that town. The "fans"
ken anoihcr step in the right diree- suspect the religious people of lieing at
lion, and for the lieneMt of prospective the bottom of the trouble because of
home builders a library of architecture, Sunday baseball
landscape gardening and other subjects
ikin to it ha been installed in the New Theory oi Mars.
iniiMde seiioolhouse and will -he placed A new theory of the Martian "ca
nt the diposal of all who wish to design mils" is that Mars has a solid crust and
or build attractive residences. Another an elastic nucleus of a higher tempera
l mug the club is particularly interested ture. The crust in cooling necessariiv
in is the building of homes close to- contracted, and the pressure upon the
gether in this vicinity and are strongly mass within caused fissures to be formed
opposed to erecting more than one in the surface
house on the same building site. They
do not wish the general effect of a block Instead of oflenng a reward, Carne-
nf hoims spoiled in this manner or by gie could get plenty of heroes by adver-
want to steal them nnd thnt I shall
never lose one of them."
Hoir Do You Approneh a Dllilcultyf
It makes great difference how you
nnnronch a difficulty. Obstacles are
like wild animals. They are cowards
but they will bluff you if they can.
they see you nre afraid of them. If you
stand and hesitate, if j'ou take j'our
eye from theirs, thej- nre linble to
spring upon you, but If you do not
flinch, if you look them squarely In the
eve. thev will slink out of sight. So
difficulties flee before absolute fearless
ness, though they are very renl and
formidable to the timid and hesitating
nnd grow larger nnd larger and more
formidable with vacillating contempla
tion. Orison Swett Mardeu in Sue
cess.
Clinticer Knre In a Stone.
Ill the geological branch of the Brit
ish museum the visitor Is shown :
wonderful specimen of natural Imlta
tion in a small "ribbon Jasper." This
stone, the material of which Is not un
like that of other banded agates, has
upon Its surface a perfect miniature
portrait of the poet Chaucer. Every
detail Is startlingly correct. There nre
tin? white face, the pouting lips, the
broad, low forehead nnd even the
whites of the slightly upturned eyes.
The attendants say that It Is utterly
Impossible to convince even some of
the educated visitors that it is not an
artificial production.
ugly or inartistic dwellings.
This is a step in the right direction,'
mil if such a club wns organized in
every city and town in the State it
would meet with the approbation ol
very progressive citizen who wishes to
see his or her town a model of artistic
md attractive homes in place of un-
ightly and ugly resiliences which in
stead of helping to make the town
beautiful simply marr the effect. A
Using for men to work at it at the rate
of about $12 per day.
Fools and children should not le
blamed for telling the truth. They do
not know any better.
Nature is a safe guide, for the man
who doesn't know enough to come in
when it rains generally needs u bath.
The old saying, a fool for luck, does
not specify what kind of luck.
Illtyme For Ttmliuktn.
Timbuktu Is chiefly interesting as
the subject of verses submitted for a
prize offered many years ago by Punch
for rhymes to that curious name. One
of the verses wns:
If I were a cassowary
On the plains of Timbuktu.
I would eat a missionary.
Skin and bones and hymn book too.
Another, with a more perfect rhyme,
ran thus:
As I was hunting on the plains.
All on the plains of Timbuktu.
A buck was nil I got for my pains.
And hr. was a slim buck too.
An Evnnlon.
"But." said the absolutely bald old
party, "can I be assured that this
horse Is quite geutle?"
"My dear sir," replied the horse
"gyp" earnestly, "he wouldn't hurt a
hair of your head." Catholic Standard
11 nd Times.
Pronil of II In Till'.
"What makes Brown so haughty
these days?"
"Why, his secret benevolent nssocla.
tion has elected him to an office that
has a Utle seven feet longer thnn any
Utle there is in Smith's secret society."
So Limit to the Gnmc.
Here Is a "war story," attributed to
(he Chinese minister. Sir Chen Tung
says the New York Mail. He was be
ing entertained in Washington recent
ly, and the conversation turned upon
the cabled expression of Russian opln
Ion that the farther Kuropatkln gets
away from Kurokl the harder It will
be for Kurokl to reach him.
Sir Chen Tung, with the prudence of
his race, did not so much as smile, but
made the following contribution:
"When I was at Phillips Andover. I
went strolling one day In the fields
with a young woman I admired. We
encountered a very vicious bull, which
undertook a Hank movement. The
farmer, who saw the situation, shout
ed: 'Fall back! Fall back!' We fell
back. But the creature came on. 'Fall
bnck! Fall bnck!' he cried ngain. I
can't fall back any farther,' I replied.
'We have reached the limit!' 'Limit!
Limit!' screamed the farmer. 'Gosh
blame your dura fool eyes! There
ain't no limit to a game with a bull!' "
Trouble at Sen.
Harry Lehr and John Jacob Astor
visited Philadelphia recently In a mo
tor car. They remained overnight in
that city, and dining the evening a
number of young men called on them.
Mr. Lehr was in good spirits. His
conversation was amusing. The talk
happened to turn to sen voyaging, and
he said:
"Once, crossing the Atlantic, a tre
mendous row arose among the sailors.
They fought down In the forecastle
like a pack of wild beasts. Luncheon
was going on at the time, nnd the first
olllcer left the table to see If he could
quell the disturbance.
"He had only been gone a little
while when the hubbub began to die
down. Everything was quiet when he
returned. The captain called ncross !
the snloon to him In approving tone:
" 'Things seem to be smoother now.'
lcs, replied tne tirst omcer, 'we
inve Ironed the sailors, sir.' "Pitts
burg Dispatth.
Ilenril In the Hall.
"You don't know enough to stay In
t hen it rains." derisively said the cane
the umbrella.
"Look here," retorted the umbrella,
'such bluffs from a mere stick like you
don't go with me. My motto Is 'Put
up or shut up every time."
GAS AS AN ILLUMINANT.
Chlnn, It IlnN Been Afoiertcd, Used
It Centarleit Akto.
It has been asserted, but never prov
ed conslusively. that China used gas
for lighting purposes centuries before
its use in the western world. If this
was so It wnftTiounness nntnrnl irns.
Clayton, at the end of the seven
teenth century, stored gns In bladders
and plnyed with It at times, and Lord
Inindonald in 1787, In working a patent
for coal tar. stored up the gas and oc
casionally used It for lighting up the
hall of Culross abbey.
It is to the genius of a Scotsman. W.
Murdoch, that we owe our bright II
luiiiinant. In 1702 he wns living at
Itcdruth, Cornwall, and nfter experi
ments in gnsmnklng he lit up his own
house, much to the astonishment of
his neighbors.
Called to Birmingham, he erected a
large plant for lighting up tho Soho
works. This drew attention to the
whole matter, and in 1S03 London be
gan street lighting. The Royal so
ciety In 1808 gave Murdoch Its Rum
ford gold medal for his Invention.
London Standard.
Roxnaa Forum Bnllt on a Graveyard.
Commendatore Bonl, the fnmous
archaeologist of the Roman forum,
has given an Interesting clew to his
Impressions of that treasure house of
Latin antiquity. According to him, it
was a cemetery long before It was a
forum, and the tombs were packed
so close together that no trace of a
pathway, however narrow, could be
found. The Via Sacra was probably
made over the tombs. Romulus, Slgnor
Boui thinks, was born on a soil peo
pled with the dead for a thousand
years before his birth, and the wolf
only existed In the legends left by his
ancestors. London Globe.
Makaroff's Slater' Vlaloaa.
The Petit Parisian's St. Peterj&un?
correspondent sends a sad story re
garding the sister of Admiral Maka
roff, whose hair, although she is only
fifty years old, has turned absolutely
white. She told a representaUve of
the press that she had two visions on
the night of the admiral's death, when
he appeared and told her of the explo
sion. Her name Is Mme. Tubounoff.
She is the widow of an officer and re
ceives only a small pension, which Ad
miral Makaroff used to supplement.
London Mail.
A Unhjne Collection.
Among the curious ways by which
some persons In England make a living
Is the sale of castoff garments belong
ing to distinguished personages, for
which the curiosity loving fashionable
world affords a sure and profitable
market. One English lady has a col
lection of corsets, including articles
from the wardrobes of reigning Im
perial and royal personages as well as
Dbjects of historical interest. Among
the latter arc a leather corset belong
ing to Charlotte Corday. the heroine
3f the French revolution, and a con
struction of whalebone and steel worn
oy Marie Antoinette, with an eighteen
Inch waist Toilettes.
Safety Slsraal For Street.
In Dresden, Germany, an automatic
safety signal at street car crossings
that has recently been put Into opera
tion consists of a box about two feet
long suspended above the center of the
crossing and furnished with electric
connections whereby an approaching
car on arriving within a certain dis
tance causes the word "halt" to appear
In conspicuous red letters on the oppo
site sides of the bbx, thus warning of
their danger all cars and pedestrians
coining toward the crossing at right
angles. Exchange.
There are few wild beasts more to be
dreaded than a talking man having
nothing to say.- Swift.
Cowards die many times before their
death. Shakespeare.
Antlfinltr f EiiKrnvlnnr.
Gems were engraved at a very early
period of the world's historj'. The very
oldest specimen of this art In existence
s believed to be a square signet of yel-
ow Jasper engraved In the year 1450
C. and now iu the British museum.
The engraving upon it Is a fair picture
of the horse of Amenophls II., nnd the
haracters underneath have been deci
phered as being ihe mimes and titles of
that monarch. TIe earliest Instance of
an engraved precious stone Is the em
erald ring of Polycratcs. 740 B. C. The
Uble tells us that the .Tudacan high
priests wore breastpin tes with the
names of the twelve tribes engrav'ed
upon them, but notwithstanding this
there Is no known Hebrew engraving
older than the fifth century.
Workintr the Cruat.
From my window the other day.
writes a New Yorker, I witnessed the
Ingenuity of a beggar. He evidently
had a pocket filled with crusts, and
when no one was passing he threw one
of them into my yard. Then he waited
for a lady or gentleman who carried
stick or umbrella and, trembling, ap
pealed for the crust to be brought
within his reach. The sympathy he ex
cited was so great that he received a
nickel or two from many who heard
his plea.
The Other Side.
"It's all very well for the minister to
preach from the text, 'Remember Lot's
wife,' " said an overworked, discour
aged mntron, "but I wish he would
now give ua an encouraging sermon
upon the wife's lot"
Could. N'ot Would.
Referring to the ninetieth birthday
of the Baroness Burdett-Coutts it Is
recalled thnt at one time It was cur
rently reported thnt the great Duke of
Wellington wanted her for a wife.
When the report reached the Water
loo hero he made this comment: "I
said Miss Angela Burdett-Coutts de
served to be a duchess, not that I
would make her one." On hearing
what the famous soldier said Miss Burdett-Coutts
remarked quietly. "I think
his grace should have said could In
stead of would."
Machine Shop Marvel.
It Is now possible with high speed
steel to turn wild machine steel at a
rate up to 400 feet per minute and also
to drill cast Iron at twenty-five Inches
per minute. These are Indeed remark
able speeds when lt Is remembered
that only a comparatively short time
back with the ordinary cnicible steels
a cutting speed of thirty feet to fifty
feet per minute was more like the lim
itPage's Magazine.
Real Estate Value of a IVaxne.
Quilca House, County Cavan, where
Dean Swift wrote part of his "Gulli
ver's Travels," has been sold In the
Irish land Judge's court together with
the demesne. Owing to the association
with Dean Swift the house and land
were sold on the basis of a rental of
111, the ordinary rental being esti
mated at 57. London Mall.
Ills Glasses.
Li'shman I'm troubled with head
aches In the morning. It may be on ac
count of my eyes. Perhaps I need
stronger glasses. Dr. Shrude No; I
think you merely need weaker glasses
and fewer at night.
Sympathy.
Mr. Critique Yes, indeed, my house
Is simply full of TItians. Mrs. Nou
veaurlche Good gracious, ain't there
00 way of killing 'em? Princeton Tiger.