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BANDON RECORDER.
SALT AND ICE.
Tlie rroooHN Tlmi Hep-Inn When the
Two Ar .Mixed.
It is not correct to say that salt dis
solves ice. since real solution only takes
place when a solid, liquid or gas ia
dissolved in a liquid.
The true explanation of the fact that
ice melts when common salt is added
to it depends upon the simple physical
principle that when a salt is dissolved
in water heat is absorbed, ami its tern
poraturc is lowered. When salt ami
ice are mixed together some of the salt
dissolves in the small amount of wa
ter which is always present, the tem
perature Is thereby lowered, and a new
freezing point is established.
The remainder of the ice being at a
temperature higher than this new
freezing point -slowly melts, ami more
salt is dissolved until the solution is
ut united. The temperature can in this
way be lowered to '22 degrees C. which
is the freezing point of a definite com
pound of salt and water.
The salts dissolved in sea waters
serve a very important purpose, as it
requires a greater degree of cold to
cause the formation of ice on their,
than on fre-.li water.
ANCIENT CURRENCY.
The Chlne.oe Onee I Med Small Urmtre
Ktiie I'nr Mhiu-j.
Knife money, a species of ancient
Chinese currency, was associated with
the state of 'iVi. one of the most pow
erful of the early subdivisions of thr
Celestial Empire, which came into pow
er B. C. 11-- and was subdued by the
rival stale of Ts'in, It. C. 111! I. This
(piaint fnn of money consisted t
small curved bronze knives, some seven
inches in length, with inscribed blades
and handles terminating in rings.
This knife money dropped out of use
with the reduction of Ts'i. but was re
vived by the usurper Wang Mang. why
was murdered A. D. 1!.".. The issues of
this potentate were half as long again
as the earlier currency. They w ere also
much thicker, and the rinc at the end of
the bundle was replaced by a rim and
central square hole resembling the holt
in the modern "cash." Other Chinese
currencies of great antiquity and of
similar sort were adze money, or small
hatchets, with such varieties of tool
currency as chisels, spades and planes,
till of which pascd from hand to hand
in the ordinary way as a circulating
medium.
THE WORD "HANDICAP."
It Come From the Ancient Custom
of Ilitml In tlic fa p.
In former days a "handicap" was
conducted thu;.: A. wishing for some
thing w hich belonged to i. ay a horse,
would offer his watch for it. If A
agreed. C was chosen to tix the sum
that should be given by one or the other
to make the exchange fair.
The three then put down a stake, and
A ami II. each holding a piece of mon
ey, put their hands into a cap or hat.
or into their iMckets. while C. enlarg
ing on the respective merits of the
horse and watch, made his award in as
rapid ami complex a manner as possi
ble, ending it with the words. "Draw,
gentlemen!"
A and B instantly drew out and open
ed their hands. If money np-Mfarcd in
both the exchange was itiMde; if in one
only, or in neither, the award was off.
ami in every case C took the stakes.
The modern use of handicap has aris
en fnun the employment of experts to
make fair conditions for a race in
whieh the eomiM-titors are of unequal
age or power.
Iiil-ll!eiiee In .Monkey.
A eorr-siM-mleiit i the Field con
tributes an extraordinary instance of
'intelligence in the Koyal park. Mel
bourne. Australia. He was watching
some monkeys in a lar-re cage when
oih of them came to the front ami
tried to r-ach a nut which had been
thrown and was lyim: on the gravel
path. I'imins its arms through the
bars and strei.-hin as far as possible
it found that the nut was just beyond
Its rest eh There was straw on the lloor
of the cairo and miinu' to the back,
where it evidently exeeted to find the
straw less damaged. It tested straw
after straw, di.-cardlng them one by
one. not thinking them strong enough
for the purpose. At last it found a sat
Isfactory one. returned with it to the
front of the case and very quickly with
this akl hooked the nut close enough to
be picked up.
Her S Jin put hy.
Little Flora was complainim; that
ner stomach felt Pad. according to
the Columbia Herald. "Perhaps it's
because it's empty," said her mother.
"It might feel better if you had some
thing in it" Not long afterward the
minister called. In reply to a question
as to his health he said that he was
well, but that his head felt rather bad
that day. "Perhaps It's because it's
empty," spoke up Flora. "It might
feel better if you had something in
it"
Gcninx,
Men give me some credit for genius.
All the genius I have lies in this: When
I have a subject in hand 1 study it jiro
foundry. Day and night it Is before
me. I explore It In all its bearings.
My mind becomes pervaded with it.
Then the effort which I make the peo
ple are pleased to call the fruit of gen
lus. It is the fruit of labor and thought.
Alexander Hamilton.
Ivorenn CllMfoillK.
According to the Hev. C. F. Collyer.
an English missionary, the Korean
"never cuts his hair or beard. To dc
bo Is considered a mark of dishonor to
his parents, whom he strongly rever
ences. Airy hairs that may happen to
come out ami even the parings of his
finger nails are carefully snod and put
into the cotlin with him in order that
he may go back to Mother Earth in
tact." See r.
"Tell me what you eat and I'll
tell you what you are," said the seer.
The man told him what he ate.
"You're n blanked fool!" said the
leer.
"Wonderful! Wonderful!" exclaimed
the man. Puck.
EES
It is a mistaken idea to bring up the
daughters in u family with the idea
that they will never Jinve to work and
to prevent them from learning some
thing that in the event of adversity
and the necessity of turning their own
livelihood, thev will be able to meet
the .situation courageously, whieh they
can do with brave hearts if they know
they are competent to discharge the
duties required of tuiein. I have in
mind one little friend who lor years
pleaded with her father to allow her to
earn her own pin-mcmey and 1 inde
pendent. Shenrgued thatatiinemiglit
come into her life wlheu she would be
required to make her own livbig. lie
was as linn as a rock1, however, and in-
Msted upon her remaining home in
idleness. Jle was anxious foi her to
take music lessons, but the girl was de
void of all musical taste. She did not
have car enough for music to know di
cord from harmonv. It was a useless
expenditure of money to trv and
"drum" music into the poor little. -mil.
The father would not give up the idea
of making a muMciafi out of her, even
when thclieM of insli
uctors reluctantly
acknowledge that it
swas useless and a
waMe of time and money, besides being
a punihincut to the fluid every lesson
hc had to take. S.ie was exhausted
(:is well as the teaclu r', impatient ami
fretful for the rest f the day. The
father looked upon tins lack of music
in the child's makejup :is a great ca
lamity and insisted (that it must be
vercome. "It's stu harness," hesaid,
"and I insist that yofi make her learn.
Coii-duip: practice anil the intruction
of the best of teachers are IkiuikI to
overcome this, and 1 repeat, 'drum it
into her. She's got to learn if it takes
the reM of her lifetime. She wants to
paint and model in cl:ly ami spends the
time that he ought jto be devoting to
muic out in the bae& yard with a lot
of clay, trying to make all kinds of
thing.-., or up ?tair Iijut up in her own
1 ted room daubing with some paints her
aunt very fonli.hry gave her. I won't
encourage her by even looking at them.
She know it diple:ses me, yet he
!-tealr oil" every chair -e .-.he gets t en
joy her-clf in her own way. My fam
ily i- all musical, air 1 well, she's got
to be, that Vail."
Hewa.-all wrong. jThe money that
hopciit in attempting to cultivate a
talent :-he didn't po-.-e.- rightly u.-cd
might have made hei a .Miccesftil art-i.-t
to-day: but in pla e of that, left all
alone, with no nioiicj, her father hav
ing taken hi life afttjr failing in busi
ne and her invalid juothcr never ral
lied from the r-hock if her husband's
death, following him soon after, she is
working for small wages in a family,
doing their cooking something she
never even looked aljter in her home,
and on account of being inexperienced
in the culinary linej she has to take
what she can iret. The little white
hands have grow n hjird and rough in
their new employment ,(f cooking,
scrubbing, washing and ironing.
"Don't think I am miislied for a mo
ment, Polly, or thaU I have lot my
ambition to make something In-side a
kitchen maid out of iny-elf. The peo
ple I am with arc goo 1 to me and put
up with my failings o come up to the
mark in the culinaryi realm. 1 could
have gone into a .-toje as clerk, but 1
would have made no more than I am
making now by the time I hail paid
my board, not mentioning carfare.
Here I get my lniarjl and a pleasant
room. I dress plainhf, in fact never go
out, so all that I iictd are plain little
ginghams and other wash dresses. I
am saving every dollar and will event
ually carry out my belong de-ire and
attend the art school; I know it is in
me, Polly, and 1 can make something
out of myself hesidea household drudge.
1 feel that every piece of clay, every
block of marble, hash soul in it wait
ing to Ik released by the hands of the
modeler. How my lingers tingle to
get at them and set the captives free.
I sec an angel's face in one, a beauty
with classical features in another; he
roes and soldiers come trooping up be
fore me and I know lull well they are
Hidden away in tin Mock of ypns-ive
marble. I know thcife are thefaces of
Ihtlc children with winning smiles,
and etipids with outstretched wings
waiting to be woocifl from the prison
that holds them, r-joiiietimcs I see a
beautiful lion - monarch of the forest
and his helpless pr lurking in the
cold impassive stoiuj. It is typical of
my life. 1 am the prey and fate is the
lion, but I am only ?playing 'possiiin.'
Sometime when fate is asleep I shall
escape, and then I -hall commence to
live.
"It was all a mistake bringing nie up
in idleness and with the belief that 1
would never have to battle with the
world or make my own living. Father
meant it for the best. He could not
foresee that prosperity would tly out
the door when adversity approached.
He believed that he always would have
plenty for he had always been used to
a luxurious life and his. people before
him. It was humiliating to lVini to
think that his daughter wanted to earn
her own living. Hoiv his proud spirit
would rebel if he knew what I was
doing for a livelihood now. If I had
my way, every girl, rich or Mor, should
be compelled to learli something that
in ca.-e of these uiifosscen disasters she
would not be left stranded and helpless
in this work-a-day wjrld. 1 find that
the people who are ybur friends in the
days of your prosperity ami aflluence,
who considered it nut honor to be one
of your invited guests and to partake
of your hospitality, are the ones to pass
you by when the hand of fate has fallen
heavily, sweeping away the luxuries
with all of their gilded trappings.
Faiends whom I entertained in my
happy home in days gone by pass me
with a cold stare to-day. Does it hurt
my feelings? It did at first. Xow I
can smile, however, and lind,or rather
feel, that '(Jod moves in a mysterious
way His wonder to perform.' Had
this blow never come to me I would
have gone on believing these false
friends were true as steel and jus con
stant and sincere in their friendship as
I foolishly believed them to be. I am
glad to lind them out, for the day is
coining when by my own efforts J shall
rise again. I feel it, J know it, for the
conviction is strong within me that I
am going to-sueceed.
"I believe all the parents in the land
should make their sons and daughters
a study and endeavor to lind out just
what talent has been given them, and
whatever that gift may loand in what
ever channel it may run, make every
etlbrt to cultivate it and make a sacri
fice to do it if needs Ik.. Too many
parents determine from the beginning,
regardless of the children's tastes to
make a musician of i hem. From cradle
to piano stool is their motto. They la
bor under the false impression that
every girl can be a musician and play
the piano, and many a lny who loves a
jewsharp better than a piano is made
to praetieehis five-linger exercises until
his temper and tired little hands and
nervous Iwuly give out under the strain,
because a boy can play a harmonica
and a jewsharp is no indication that
he is going to excel as a piano player.
If their talent is music they will take
to it as naturally as a duck does to wa
ter. You cannot drive a chicken to
water any easier than you can drive an
unmusical child to music, and it is folly
to try it. If a boy or girl wants to be
an artist use every endeavor to give
them advantages in that line. If they
are inclined to be mechanics that is
their forte. If naturalists trive them
the outdoor life and instruction of good
teachers, but for mercy's sake don't
try to bend the tw ig of inspiration the
wrong way.
BRIEF REVIEW.
Manuel Garcia at Ninety-Nine.
Manuel (iarcia, the famous teacher
of singing and inventor of the Iaryngo-
cope, was lHrn on March 17, 1115, so
that he has completed his ninety-ninth
year and has entered on his hundredth.
He is still in jiossessioii of his faculties,
says the London News, and takes an
interest in the affairs of the world as
well as in the art of singing. Open
what book you may on the art of sing
ing and you will find that he is men
tioned as the foiemo.-t exponent of voice
production on the lines that gave the
world the great singers of the past,
flannel's father was famous as a tenor,
teacher of singing and a composer of
operas, lie died :u l.v2. His three
children fully inherited his musical
gifts. The most famous, Malibran, is
still a household word: Pauline Viardot
Uarcia was hardly less famous, and his
son Manuel, though not highly gifted
as a singer, luis carried on the tradition
of the ( iarcia family as the most promi
nent of singing teachers the nineteenth
century luis known.
Beggar's New Trick.
A U'ggar who iufots the region almut
IUvei'side Drive, New York, has a new!
style of approach, which is bringing !
him big returns. When he sees a man
coming along wearing new shoes or i
newly shined shoes, he takes a stand!
(Ill'itil It' 111 tll.k f'a kf I.!. ,. ... .....1 I
in iiu . .i ii llir. II LOO .11111
stares intently at the new shoes or new
shine. ( )f course, the pedestrian stops
and looks down at his own feet to see
what, is the matter. Then says the
Iwci'fir- "1 t IimiI ! 1 1 . 1 1 1 i if wlni.i
as good as them." He has accom- j
plished two things. He has made the'
pedestrian stop and pay attention, and J
he has a tine introduction for a touch.
It usually brings a nickel.
Magnificence.
A Sheflield firm has receive 1 from an
Fas tern potentate an order for a bed
room suit in solid silver. The designs
are of Oriental character and of a most
elalMirate description. It is to be of
solid silver throughout and includes a
liedstead, a cabinet, a dressing table, a
dozen chairs, three foot baths and three
hot water cans. The bedstead is of t In
most ornate character. Fach of the
four pillars will be surmounted by very
gracefully molded female figures nearly
three feet in height. The molding of
the room ami other decorations will
also Iks in sterling silver.
Eggs and Potatoes.
Fggs prepared with potatoes is a nice
dish. First make a sufficient quantity
of creamed potatoes and break an egg
for each person on the top. Put a bit
of butter on each egg and place the
dish in a hot oven until set. This will
be accomplished more quickly if a hot
pan is put over them.
Skin Troubles From Veils.
A flerman physician has discovered
that the wearing of tight lace veils may
easily produce skin troubles. The nets
catch and hold dust and entrap all gen
eral impurities of the air, and endanger
not only the complexion but the lungs.
Flowers have been advocated as a
cure for consumption by Dr. Frances
liartlett in a paper which she read be
fore the Hotanieal Society of Pennsyl
vania.
If Mount Fveret's, feet, were
set down in the Nero deep, .'1,(J14 feet,
there would still be nearly one-half
mile of water alxve its .summit.
A CARDBOAIID WOMAN
THE MALIGN INFLUENCE OF A MUM
MY CASE FROM EGYPT.
Qaccr Sequence of Fatalitleri nnd
Hnrd Luck Experience Tlfit Ap
peared to Be Unhappy Legacies to
Tlume Iutcreated In Its Cnntody.
In a corner of the first Egyptian
room at the British museum, behind
the crouching body of the prehistoric
chief who lived before there were
pharaohs in Egypt or pyramids on the
Nile, stands a woman molded from
Borne ancient form of cardboard. She is
merely a shell, the cover of a mummy
case. Iler hands are crossed above
her breast, and her dark eyes stare
forward Into vacancy.
According to the catalogues she Is
No. '2'2o4'2, a problematit! royal per
sonage and a priestess of the College
of Amen Ra. She lived in the mighty
city of Thebes some 1,000 years before
Christ.
And about this same cotlin cover
there hangs as terrible a storv as ever
an Edgar Allan Poe or a Balzac or a
Kipling produced from a gloomy imag
ination.
If you question the attendants in th
first Egyptian room they will shake
their heads and say nothing. But
there is a famous professor in tin
museum who knows that the facts are
true, though whether they be a coinci
deuce or a manifestation of supernat
ural power who can say? lie says:
"For three months I have been gath
ering the tangled threads of evidence.
I have now in my possession proofs of
the identity of all those who suffered
from the anger of the priestess of
Amen Ha. But for the sake of friends
and relatives 1 have been requested to
suppress the names.
"About the middle of the sixties of
the last century a party of tive friends
took ship In a dahabeah for a trip up
the Nile. Tiny traveled to Luxor on
their way to the second cataract, and
stayed there to explore the ruins of
the meat and wonderful city of Thebes,
with its avenues of sphinxes and rams,
its vast hall of columns and Its temple
to Amen Ha. which is iinoqualed on
earth in tin sublimity of its ruined
magnificence.
"One night an Arab sent by Musta
pha Aga came to one of their number.
Mr. as we may call him, saying
that he had Just found a mummy case
of unusual beauty. What became of
the mummy the man did not explain
The next morning Mr. I. bought tin
case. Until lie and Ids companions
were impressed by its remarkable
beauty and by the curious face of the
woman portrayed, a face that was
tilled with a cold malignancy of ex
pression unpleasant to witness.
"They had agreed that, being all
interested in Eiryptology, they should
apportion their tl mis by lot. and so.
though Mr. I. had been the cause of
its discovery, he lost the mummy cover,
w hieh passed to a friend, whom we
will call Mr. YV.
"It was on tlir.fr return journey that
the series of misfortunes commenced.
Mr. D.'s servant was handing him a
gun. when without visible cause it ex
ploded, the charge lodging in his arm,
which had to be amputated; a second
died in poverty within the year: a
third was shot, while Mr. W., the own
er of the mummy case, discovered on
his arrival In Cairo that he had lost a
large part of his fortune. He died soon
afterward. The priestess of Amen Ha
had signified her displeasure In a very
convincing manner.
"From the date it was shipped on
board the steamer Mr. D. lost sight of
the mummy case for several years,
lie did not at the time in any way
associate the misfortunes that had oc
curred to the party with Its discovery,
but when he next heard of It and had
full Information of the disasters which
had been subsequently associated with
Its possession he began to suspect that
It was not merely chance, not merely
a coincidence, that had brought so sin
ister a fate on all who had dealings
with the priestess of Amen Ha.
"On the arrival of the case In Eng
land it was given by its owner. Mr. ,
to a married sister living near London.
From the day the case entered the
house misfortune followed misfortune.
The family suffered large losses, and
the end came with painful troubles
which need not be specified.
"The lady while In possession of the
case received one day n visit from
Mine. Blavatsky. The great theoso
phlst became very disturbed on enter
ing the room, and after a few minutes'
conversation told her hostess that there
was something In her house possesed
of a most malignant Influence. She
asked to be allowed to search the house
and on discovering the cotlin lid ap
pealed to her hostess to send away an
object which she described as of the
utmost danger. Iler hostess, however,
refused, laughing at what she Imagined
to be an example of foolish supersti
tion. "Some time aftervrnrd the lady sent
the ciihc to a well known photographer
In Baker street. Within a week the
chief of the firm came down to this
lady's house In a state of great excite
ment. He had, he said, photographed
the face with the greatest care, and he
could guarantee that no one had
touched either the negative or the pho
tograph in any way, yet It was not
the cardboard features that looked out
of the photograph, but a living Egyp
tian woman staring straight before her
with an expression of singular malevo
lence. Shortly after the photographer
died suddenly and mysteriously.
"It was about this time that Mr. D.
happened to meet the owner of the cof
fin lid and begged her upon hearing her
story to get rid of It at once. She
agreed, and a carrier was found to con
vey It to the British museum. This
carrier died within a week." London
Express.
Korjcctf nl.
ITlcks I do try to be polite, but I
teem to be forever forgetting my man
ners. Wicks-What's the matter now?
Illcks I Just gave a woman my seat
in the street car and forgot to thank
her for taking it. Philadelphia Ledg
er. Human Xntnre.
It 1s constantly said that human na
ture Is heartless. Do not believe it.
Human nature is kind and generous,
but It Is narrow and blind and can
only with difficulty conceive anything
but what It Immediately sees and feels.
NEV SHORT STORIES
MoDonnld Lout Hi Cane.
Uncle Joe Cannon tells this story of
his early days in the practice of the
law in Illinois, says the Xew York
Evening Post:
Patrick McDonald, an Irishman, was
a well known character In the town
of Danville. He was a loud talker and
was constantly "butting in" where he
wasn't wuntcd.
Harrisou Wueelock, who was known
throughout the county by the con
traction of "flat," was another local
celebrity. Wheelock was talking with
a fellow citizen In the main street one
afternoon when McDonald came up
and attempted to participate In the
conversation. "Get out of this," said
Wheelock, and when McDonald at
tempted to parley the former made a
lunge at him with his strong right
arm.
McDonald ran like the wind, and
Wheelock was close after him. Later
In the day Wheelock was placed uuder
arrest by a constable on a warrant
sworn out by McDonald, who charged
that Wheelock had threatened him
and that he felt his life endangered.
"Ilat" Wheelock retained Cannon,
then a young lawyer struggling for a
reputation, to defend him. The case,
which was heard before a local Justice,
attracted a large number of the towns
men. McDonald had given his version
of the affair when Uncle Joe started
"I KIN hICK A DOZUN OF HIM."
in to the cross examination. After
leading him on for awhile Cannon
asked in all seriousness:
"Mr. McDonald, you say that you
are afraid of being deprived of your
life by the defendant?"
"I do, sor," McDonald replied.
"Then you admit that Mr. Wheelock.
the defendant, can whip you?"
"Not by a long sight. I kin lick a
dozen of him."
"That's all. Mr. McDonald." respond
ed the young attorney.
"That's all. your honor," he said,
turning to the court.
The justice, with great dignity, dis
missed the case.
l'crmnnent Condition.
Bruce L. Hlce. cotton broker, tell the
following story of a former supreme
court Justice of Tennessee, Mr. Hlce's
native state:
"The Democrats were assembled In
state convention at Nashville and were
engaged In the organization of the con
vention. A former member of the su
preme court who had partaken quite
freely of that beverage which makes
Lincoln county famous got the tloor
and proceeded to discuss the questions
involved In the temporarj- organiza
tion. Nnturally his reasoning was not
clear, and one of his friends, in a loud
whisper, said to him: 'Sit down.
Judge. You don't know the difference
between temporary and permanent.
You're drunk!'
"With an effort the judge steadied
himself and with line scorn replied:
" 'Yesh, I'm drunk. Thash tempo
rary, ioure a blamed fool. Thash
permanent.' "New York Times.
She Wanted I'ldo.
The late Edwin Lord Weeks, painter
and illustrator, had always a great
dislike for dogs. It was amusing, his
friends sny, to hear him harangue
against dogs, nnd Innumerable were
the stories reflecting upon canines In
an unfavorable light which Mr. Weeks
had on the tip of his tongue.
"I dined last night," he said one day,
with Blank. After dinner Blank and
I went Into the library to look over
some John Leech prints. Blank was
talking learnedly about Leech when he
heard his wife In the next room say:
"'Where Is my guardian angel?'
" 'Here I am, dear.' Blank called.
"But his wife retorted:
" 'Oh, I don't mean you. I mean
Fldo.' "Boston Post.
Speaker Cannon's AVIt.
Speaker Cannon has the faculty of
making his repartee lit special cases.
Fays the New York Times.
"I hear you have refused the vice
presidential candidacy," said a party
friend.
"You've an excellent hearing," an
swered the sage of the house of rep
resentatives. "What did jrou do It for?"
"As Kim 0 Kim of Korea put It.
for the reason that when the snge
plays the ax handle rots.'
I
Looking Ahend.
She (bored) -No. Mr. Lylely. I can
never love you. I honor and respect
you. I am sure you would make some
other woman a good husband. I
He Well er could you er give me a
etter of recommendation to my next
place?
Children never know what a safe
guard their mother has been to them
till after their father Is left a widower
Atchison OJobe.
Pi:
I ill '
A BOOK FIELD WANTED.
The Ioet IlnU n I,on Senrch, hnt It
Finally Turned Up.
Eugene Field was a book collector.
and one of his favorite jokes, accord
ing to the Philadelphia Post, was ,to
enter a bookshop where he was not
known aud ask In the solemnest man
ner for an expurgated edition of Mrs
Uemans' poems. One day In Milwau
kee he was walking along the street
with his friend, George Y'euowine,
when the latter halted In front of a
bookshop and said: "Gene, the pro
prietor of tills place Is the most serious
man I ever knew. lie never saw a
Joke in his life. Wouldn't it be a good
chance to try again for that expurgated
Mrs. Ilemans?" Without a word Field
entered, asked for the proprietor, and
then made the usual request. "That Is
a rather scarce book," came the reply.
"Are you prepared to pay a fair price
for It?" For just a second Field was
taken aback. Then he said, "Certainly,
certainly. I I know It's rare." The
man stepped to a case, took out a
cheaply bound volume and handed It
to Field, saying, "The price Is
Field took It nervously, opened to the
title page and read In correct print,
"The Poems of Mrs. Felicia Ilemans.
Selected and Arranged With All Ob
jectlonal Passages Excised by George
Yenowlne, Editor of 'Isaac Watts For
the Home,' "The Fireside Hannah
More,' etc.," with the usual publisher's
name and date at the bottom. Field
glanced up at the bookseller. He stood
there the very picture of sad solemnity.
"I'll take It." said Field faintly, pro
ducing the money. Outside Yenowlne
was missing. At his office the boy said
that he had just left, saying that he
was going to Standing Rock, Dakota, to
keep an appointment with Sitting Bull.
EXERCISES FOR HEALTH.
A I.Ittle Shaking Up Before Break
fast In a Good Thing-.
For almost every person under fifty,
and for a great many people over fifty,
exercise Is the nearest approach to a
panacea for bodily Ills that has yet
been devised. Causing the body to
move and stretch and push and pull
makes the blood circulate, the liver do
Its work aud the nerves pick up their
dropped stitches. An excellent time to
exercise Is before breakfast. Neither
man nor beast, as a rule, goes to sleep
hungry. During sleep there Is little
waste of energy. On waking there Is
no Immediate demand for replenish
ment of lost tissues. Furthermore, the
long sleep has left the nerves and the
digestive apparatus dull and leadened.
To sit down to a heavy breakfast with
in fifteen or twenty minutes after get
ting out of bed means that the stomach
receives food which it does not need
nnd will not readily digest.
A little shaking up before breakfast
arouses the vitality and consequently
makes the appetite and digestion better.
That means better work done during
the day. If a man can gi t away from
work iu time to take additional exer
cise during the afternoon he will have
a better appetite for the evening meal
aud more power to digest it. That will
mean better sleep at night. Many a
man has succeeded In the world with
out paying any attention to his body
Joseph Chamberlain, for Instance. But
such men would probably have suc
ceeded more easily and certainly with
more pleasure to themselves If they
had taken care of their bodies. A
strong mind is certainly stronger and
more enduring In a healthy body than
in a sickly one. The best way to keep
the body healthy Is to use IL Chicago
Tribune.
THE LOWER ANIMALS.
They Are Keen of Perception, but
Are Incapable of ThonKlit.
Animals have keen precept ions -keener
in many respects than our own
but they form no conceptions, have
no powers of comparing one thing with
another. They live entirely iu and
through their senses. To all that in
ner world of relict-lion. Imagination,
comparison, reason, the are strangers.
They never return upon themselves in
thought. They have sense memory,
sense intelligence, and they profit in
many ways by experience, but they
have not soul memory or rational in
telligence. All the fundamental emo
tions and appetites men and the lower
animals share In common, such as fear,
anger, love, hunger. Jealousy, cunning,
pride, curiosity, play, but the world
of thought and thought experience and
the emotions that go with it belong
to man alone.
It Is as if the psychic world were di
vided into two planes, one above the
other the plane of sense and the plane
of spirit. In the plane of sense live
the lower animals, only now and then
Just breaking for n moment Into the
higher plane. In the world of sense
man Is Immersed also; this Is his start
and foundation, but he rises into the
plane of spirit, and here lives his prop
er life. He is emancipated from sense
In a wav that beasts are not. John
Burroughs In Harper's Magazine.
Candr.
"The talk about adulterated candies."
said a manufacturer, "Is nonsense.
There Is a national organization of con
fectionery manufacturers which makes
a business of Investigating all reports
of poisoning from eating candy and
has succeeded In exploding most of such
rumors. When a child Is hungry It will
fill up on almost anything it can get
hold of green apples, for instance, or
even gravel or grass. It gets sick, and
the mother, knowing It had eaten candy
that day. spreads the report that the
sweets were poisoned. The organ lza
tlon looks Into every such case it hears
about and finds out the truth. Compe
tition Is too strong for any concern to
try to sell adulterated goods. The
firm's competitors would immediately
analyze the piece which is soltl sus
piciously cheap, and If It contained In
jurious Ingredients would not be slow
In proclaiming the fact. Good business
principles demand honesty in the man
ufacture of candies." Milwaukee Wis
consin. Womr Than the Upper Ten.
"Only the upper ten go to your
church, don't they?" inquired the plain
person.
"Yes," replied the organist of the
swell church, "but they're not a cir
cumstance to the uppish tenor In our
choir." Philadelphia Press.
CHOICE MISCELLANY
Old Style Indian.
The original Indian as he existed fif
ty years ago Is getting searee. Thert
is hardly a blanket Indian in the In-,
dian Territory. There are some on the
reservations In Oklahoma. There Is a
small band of Creeks in the Creek Na
tion, however, that approach closely
the original American in habits and in
tellect. They occupy a nook between
the Canadian river and surrounding
hills, where their forefathers were bml
hundreds of j'enrs ago. Theirs Is a dia
lect distinct from the Improved Creek
language. They are ignorant of ad
vancing civilization and stand upon the
street corners with an air of indiffer
ence to all that is passing by, absolute
ly unable to comprehend the new world
outside their own hunting grounds.
Among this small band Is preserved
the art of pottery making. They live
in their chosen circumscribed domain
in laziness aud content. They cultivnte
small patches of corn and sofky and
live on the simplest food and deny
themselves any connection with the
outside world. They live in the typical
pole huts, daubed with mini, relics
that have been handed down for more
than 100 years. They consult no doc
tor, need no lawyer aud still believe
in one Great Spirit. Kansas City Jour
nal. The Pnnxlnsr of the Pen.
"The typewriter has destroyed the
golden future that we foresaw for our
business." said a manufacturer of
pens. "If the typewriter's field of
usefulness keeps on enlarging there
will scarcely be any need for pens
fifty years hence."
The man sighed. v
"When I entered the pen. trade in
my boyhood It seemed," he said, "that
this, above all trades, was the one
destlued to spread. In my dreams I
saw the whole world, educated at last,
writing with pens of my make. Then
the typewriter came. I sneered at it
In the beginning. I called it a toy.
But today it will do everything a pen
will do. It will make out bills and
checks, address envelopes of -every
shape, make entries in all sorts of
books. We penmakers are beglnntns
to suffer from the typewriter's advent.
Our business, instead of enlarging
healthily. Is shrinking a little like a
man whom consumption has attacked.
We are shutting down. We are laying
off hands. It Is easy to see that tin
day will come when pens will only be
used for polite correspondence and for
the signature." Baltimore Herald.
Campanarl and the Banana Man.
Campanari, the singer. Is thoroughly
democratic. He tells witli great amuse
ment of one of the severest tests his
democracy ever got.
"I had just arrived In a New England
town." said he, "and was going to sing
at a concert to be given that very
evening when word from a fellow
countrynmn was brought me at my
hotel. It was an invitation to drive
that afternoon. I sent down a pleased
acceptance.
"At 4:30 o'clock my host was an
nounced, and when I went to him I
found him on his banana cart, which
was nicely stacked with a load of the
fruit, each banana looking as though
It had been scrubbed and polished.
"It was a staggerer, but I did It and
had a delightful time too. To be sure,
I had a tussle trying to understand the.
patois hurled at me b my new friend,
but for all thnt I learned a lot about
bananas.
"Oh. one can always learn." added
the singer, laughing. "It Is well not to
be too exclusive."
Courage of the Czarn.
If It be true that the present czar of
Hussla fs lacking In courage, at least
his ancestors have shown bravery at
critical times. Alexander L. the en
lightened opponent of Napoleon, was
a brave soldier. At Austerlltz the em
peror exhibited high courage. He
placed himself at the head of the
fourth column of the allied army and
constantly remained with the infantry
during the whole of the sanguinary
con tl let. When the fortune of the day
turned to the side of the French the
efforts of Alexander were most con
spicuous. Three times, at the head of
his guards, he charged the enemy and
by his gallantry not only secured the
retreat of the remainder of the allied
nrmy. but reeagtured the greater part
of the Hussian artillery.
The Pride of Mnrlpona.
"Those travelers who have seen our
big trees out In California will be sorry
to hear the bad news about the Grizzly
Giant, the best known of all the mon
nrchs of our forests," said Mr. E. G.
Baker of Fresno, Cal.. at the New
Willard.
"This tree, the pride of the Mari
posa grove. Is slowly dying and In a
little while will be devoid of foliage.
It Is also leaning eighteen feet from its
center axis and will continue to lose
Its equilibrium until some day It will
come crashing down to the earth. To
put off this evil hour arrangements are
now being made to brace the trunk
with cables. The giant Is 244 feet high
and 100 feet In circumference."- Wash
ington Post.
Never Knew a Mule to Kick n Man.
Colonel George E. Jenkins of Falr
bury. quartermaster and eomnilssnry
general of the Nebraska guard, at the
recent school for national guard officers
In this city, said:
"After a lifetime of close association
-vlth the mule I have never known him
to kick a man, nor have I ever met
a man who knew another man of his
own knowledge who hnd been kleked
by a mule." Lincoln (Neb.) State .Tour
aal. A BottomlcaN Lake In Sweden.
In Thomas Nashe's "Terrors of the
Night," published In 15IM. he says that
Lake Wetter, Sweden, Is bottomless.
He also tells other peculiar things re
specting It. "Over It no fowle tiles but
Is frozen to death nor nnie maim pass
but is mummed like a statue of mar
ble. Awle ye inhabitants around about
it are deafened with ye hldieous roar
of hits waters when out of Its midst
as out of Mont Oibell n sulphurous
stinking smoak issues that well nil
poysons ye whole countrle about."
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