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V What Became Mary Copuright. lioi. hu Samuel f .Affntwrn JVc The impresario of the hippodrome then mounted nn empty whisky bnrrel nnd. discourteously interrupting the colonel, offered in a loud voice n re ward of 2?oOO for the recovery in good condition of his lost attraction. Tid ings in regard to the same, he said, could be telegraphed to Meridian, Miss. The people then dispersed, for It was past 1 oVloek in the morning, and, as they scattered to their homes, looking carefully to their feet, they marveled ninth by the way of what had become of M iry Ellen. No one claimed the $500 reward. Daylight brought no solution of the mystery of Mary Ellen's whereabouts, nor were the irate II hu! foot's fears for Colonel lladham fulfilled, for that n.M'-und gentleman reappeared on time at the Chronicle olllce next day With a replenished bottle of "cough mixture" ml the same desire to keep ported in regard to the utterances of the press. Perhaps he was n little redder of countenance and more wheezy of breath after last night's bout, but that was all. The good people of Oakville, as one miirht suppose, longed ardently for the recovery of the lost serpent, ilow could they feel easy when such a ferocious reptile was at large In their midst? Had it been u lion or n tiger that had escaped they could scarcely have been morn' anxious. Tigers and lions are addicted to roaring and might perhaps give warning of their approach, but a f-limy reptile that crept on its belly wiiltout making any noise louder than a hiss why. it was horrible to contem plate. If it always remained upon the ground one might be on guard against the creature, but anacondas were also arboreal in their habits and often las soed, so to speak, their prey from trees. Oakville was full of umbrageous water oaks. They fairly lined its streets and won the city's boast. Henceforth the prulo of the town would become coigns of terror. Even the cause of religion would suffer, for who would dare to at toml Thursday oveninc prayer meet Sug not knowing when he niiirht not l lifted from his feet Into the air to In crushed and swallowed in the top of the tree by the horrible monster? Popular fear was not lessened when it Wvanae known that I-Tdo, the pet pu:r of Miss Nancy Mayberry. had nev er been seen since the eventful night, of course Mary Ellen had eaten him. Ilmdfoot had foretold that something tiro would be swallowed before day. Who would lc the next? The town was terror stricken. (J rent was the relief given by a para graph in the Chronicle, stating that as anrw-oudN ate but once in three months Fido's death would secure immunity for that period, and before the time was up the repuie would probably be found.. At tils the i-ple quieted down, and nne one remarked- not in Miss May berry's hearing that since "something Hv" had to do the Quintus Curtius act ad save the city by leaping into the ynwuin? gtftf of M.;ry Ellen's interior, fate bad chosen u i-ely in offering up Mi Nancy's pitdtry pet. M.-atniiue the hnmiele had pros pered beyond Evans' dearest hopes. im1 h- aked .lennle Hamlin to set the day. and. with a blush, she had tunned the 1 tth of IVbniary. "Why nt the nth of January?" ask ed the impatient .Mm. P.eeause the 1 1th of February is St. Valentine's day. when the birds mate." "And the daffodils bloom," added Jiai. "We'll have a daffodil wedding." (-aid the happy fellow. P.iu it was not -to be. Nothing is :iore cjiptlcious than an Alabama win ter. Val.-ntine's diiy arrived, and with It tln eoMest weather of the year. It sawi la f f morning, and in the aft-e-nu it odder and colder. The absence o. the pretty yellow flowers, Uotrever. was a small disappointment to jflin. fr no eoid could freeze the daffodil sold in Ids little bride's hair. Tm h.ul re.pjested the privilege of do:ug the wcbling "copy" for the Chronicle, and Jim consented. The two worked all day on the paper till -1 o'eWk. Then Jim struck work and went to buy his license. The wedding would lie at s, and he told Tom he might also quit work, but the boy re mained to ti'l up his galley a few sticks would do it. After working a few minutes his fin gers lKeaine numb. The tire had got low, and as he warmed his hands at the stove It occurred to him to go down in the odlar and bring up coal and kin dling for the next morning's fire. He lifted the trapdoor and descended with the coal bucket. It was almost dark in the cellar, for night was coming on rap idly outside, but he managed to lill hi .burkeL When he returned to the cellar for the light wood lie brought a lighted candle, but as lie descended the steps a gust of wind extinguished it. With an impatient exclamation, he went on, sili holding the unlighted candle in his hand. The kindling was in the farthest part of the cellar next the street. Groping along in the darkness nnd feeling around with bent body for the light wood, he suddenly detected a peculiar and unpleasant odor. The next mo ment his right foot came in contact witli an elastic substance that gave against hi.s toe like a half inllated bi cycle tire. He leaned down and touched tiie object with ids hand and lnstinet ivdy sprang backward with a thrill f iiormr that almost caused his heart lu stop lMating. A dreadful suspicion il.:..Nl through hi.s brain, and drawing a match from his pocket he lit the can die- it was the anaconda! At first the boy was almost para lyzed by fright. He was ho terriiied he could scarcely stand. Hut as the reptile did not move be gradually sullied command of himself. The i F'r . By SAMUEL MINTURN PECK of tt Ellen n tt tt tt tt tt tt V great snake was lorpld evidently and quite harmless by reason of the cold. Tom's first impulse was to kill it, and he drew his finlfe and opened It with the intention to bury the long, keen blade in the serpent's head. Then he recollected the SoOO reward offered ly Hindfoot and how he might scoop the Argus If he Secured Mary Ellen alive, and he returned the knife to his pocket. Looking about him in the cellar he found a good slzfHl wooden box Into which he cautiously slid the snake. Then he nailed some stout slats across the top. and Mary Ellen was again a prisoner. How the snnkt had got into the place, he wondered, when his heart be began to beat more calmly. A draft on hh head gave him a clew, and, following it up. he discover ed, by the aid of his candle, an open brickwork ventilator in the side wall next to the street from which several bricks were mlss!.ng, leaIng an aper ture quite large fcnough for the ana conda's entrance, iFldo included. His curiosity satisfied on tills point. It occurred to Tom that, the lire being now extinct in tl:'e stove and the cold rapidly Increasing outside. Mary El len's sleep would be far sounder In the room above than In the damp cel lar, which was comparatively warm. So. with an effort, he removed the caged serpent to the sanctum and re turned for the light wood. When all was done he donned his overcoat and cap and resolved to keep his great find a secret. "("Jolly: The Argus won't be in it when I work this, scoop on 'em." ex cl. limed Tom, jvitn uugrammatleal pride. "And how tickled Jim Ml be! We'll get the $."O0l reward. (Jreat Scott! I never expected to make such a raise as that In ten minutes without aiiy capital. Jlminy ('rickets, but It knocks ihe socks off theiu Wall street fellows:" And. overcome 'by extravagant Joy. the boy danced the double shuttle in the middle of the sanctum and then hur ried awav to drrss for the wedding. Hamming the dpor behind him and leaving the lamp still burning in tlte oblivion of his glpe and the otlice door unlocked. It was a rare occurrence for Colonel 2'.:dham to miss u day at the Chronicle otlice. but on Jim Ivans' wedding morn the snow and odd kept him at his home in the suburbs. The day had ben very dull. Toward nightfall he could stand It no longer, and with clearing' weather, despite the violent wind ami great cold, he set forth to replenish his bottle and learn what had transpired In the political world since the preceding day. A bottle newly tilled at Higgs', a bright light beaming from the Chron lele window and a table full of ex- The boy was nltnot vmilyiul hu rhjltt. chang-s in prospect ouihincd to make the old politician unusually cheerful as he approached the oilice. scarce live minutes after Tmn's exit. But his good humor changed to Irritation on enter ing the door. "It's cold," said the colonel. He went to the stove. "Fire out, lamp In full blast, nobody at work: What does it mean?" he add ed, with Increased disgust, by the cold stove whose bituminous coals had all grown gray. "Ah. I remember; It's Evans' wedding night." with a grunt. "Evans Is a fool, and Tom's crazy, ftucky I came, or the house might have burned up." The colonel had received an Invita tion and had Intended to be present, hut he had quite forgotten the wed ding. He looked at his watch. Half past (5. It was too late and too cold to go home now and don a wedding gar ment. Moreover, the unread newspa pers looked very tempting, and as his glance fell upon Tom's lightwood and coal he decided to build a lire in the stove and spend a cozy evening. Any change in the Interior of a room attracts the attention of a dally vis itor. The colonel noted the slat cover ed box In which Mary Ellen reposed, but gave it little thought. Evans' sub scribers In the hills where dwelt the cracker whites often paid their dues In the produce of the country. Potatoes, turnips, fruit, and even game, all con tributed from time to time to the Chronicle's exchequer. The first time the colonel had seen this very box It had contained a live opossum, and now he supposed that it held another. Con seqr'itly when he stumbled against It while building the fire he pushed the box with his foot behind him into the tM ,rr;"' 1 middle of the room with an impatient. "Blame that possum!" and, sitting down by the stove, was soon lost to his surroundings in the beloved ex changes. The old man had laid a noble tire with Jim's fuel, and In a few moments bleakness lied the room. The stove blushed like a rose, causing the old to mato can of water on Its top to sing like a spinster's teapot. Oh, but it was cozy. Could the perfume of flow ers have been substituted for the In describable odor of sour paste, print ers' Ink and coal dust, characteristic of the rural sanctum, the air would have been like May. "This Is something like living," thought the colonel, as he laid down his favorite paper to take a nip from his beloved bottle. I low quiet it was! Not a sound was heard but the scratching of a mouse in a heap of paper In the corner of the room. ..Even this rustling ceased as the tiny creature left Its nest building and pattered forth to forage for the crumbs fallen from Tom's lunch bas ket. lietrcatlng several times at the rattle of the colonel's newspaper, It finally reached the center of the room and the slat covered box. Snlfling a mo iiKut at the bottom, the mouse crept up the side to enter. Instinct Is un erring. The little creature had never seen a snake, yet when It peered through the first crack It gave a panic stricken squeak and dashed away'to a hole In the floor. Meanwhile, with the door nnd win dows closed, the temperature of the otlice hnd been raised by the redhot stove to summer heat. The luxurious warmth had made the colonel draw back his chair and had gradually per meated even the chilled and torphl Mary Ellen's tropical curves till It needed but the odor of the mouse to waken her. At the little animal's terri fied squeak the anaconda blinked her eves in the growing consciousness of her three months' fast TO UK CONTlNl'inn ORIGIN OF "KICKERS." FupioMl to Come From nn Occupa tion In Coritlfih Mine. "I believe that the origin of the ex pressive bit of slang 'kickers' may ba found in the very lowest form of occu pation any member of the human race follows." W. M. Itoblnson states. "Between Wormsley's and St. Helen's, in Cornwall. Is an underground canal connecting the lower levels of the coal mines at Wormsley's with the surface station at St. Helen's which saves a great deal of money for the mlno owners In handling the coal, which la simply loaded on the barges in the mines and transported by the canal under the mountains to the harbor at St. Helen's. When the canal was de-vi.-ed, however, how to provide for locomotion for these barges was a prob lem. "Mules couldn't be used, and there were circumstances which made steam Impossible, but an Inventive genius finally solved the riddle by suggesting that cross pieces of timber be placed along the roof of the canal, which was very low, and men could He on their backs on top of the loaded barges and 'kick' the vessel along. After the barge was once started this was found to be feasible. The men could easily keep the load in motion by the means suggested, and It lias ever since been in use. There Is no question about the low grade of this sort of work, and even the men who follow it are constantly 'kicking' around the villages where they live. They were known at the mines otllclal ly as 'kickers' because of their work, and their vocal complaints, continually indulged in, caused every one at Wormsley's or St. Helen's, no mattei what their station or employment, who indulged in complaints to be called 'kickers.' I presume that the origin of the word, as we use It, is just what I have suggested." St. Louis Globe Democrat. DUTCH SUPERSTITIONS. If the tire goes out: on New Years eve trouble Is foreboded. If you walk backward, the errand you are bound on at the time will fall. To prevent cramp wear an eelskln garter about the left leg below the knee. To cure warts rub a black snail over them, but the snail must afterward be impaled on a rose thorn. The first person to enter your house on Now Year's day will, if lie be light haired, bring bad luck to you; if dark haired, good luck. To tet your sweetheart's humor make him stir the lire. If he stirs it to a hearty blaze he is good humored. If he makes it smoke and fade he Is hard to live with. If a lock of your hair burns bright and long you will have a happy life of seventy years or more, but If it burus weakly and soon goes out your life will be both sad and short. Mistaken Identity. The wearied flat hunter pushed long and persistently at the button labeled "Janitor." The house bore a sign stat ing that there were apartments to rent. The Janitor was evidently absent from his post of duty, as there was no response to her repeated ringing. Disheartened, the seeker for a homo was about to turn away when the door was opened from the inside and a bright faced boy of about seven years was disclosed. He looked wondcringly at the visitor, who asked: "What kind of an apartment Is there for rent here?" A look of mingled disgust and scorn slowly overspread the youngster's face, lie surveyed the questioner .from head to foot and finally said with an ag grieved air: "Say, I ain't the Jtwltor." New York Press. Her Strike. Mr. Benedict Do you know, my dear, I think we have a pretty good cook? How does she strike you? Mrs. Benedict For more wages about once! a week. Illustrated Bits. Her Query. Gardener This here Is a tobacco plant In full flower. Lady How very I Interesting! And how long will it be, before the cigars nre ripe? New : Yorker. ! TYING KNOTS IN JAPAN. It It u Sertoli Art. itn n .Mlxttike May Menu nn Insult. Like the arranging of flowers, the tying of knots has been carried to the point of a complex art by the Japa nese. There is one way one right way. that is to knot the cord that confines a birthday or New Year's pres ent. There is one way to tie the bro cade bag of the tea jar when the lat ter Is empty and another when It Is full. Not only general Ignorance of social customs but deadly Insults may be communicated by the way a knot Is tied, foreigners often making dreadful mistakes either through not knowing or from ignoring the niceties of knot etiquette. Hooks and eyes, buttons nnd buckles ore unknown so far as Japanese dress Is concerned. They do not have much to fasten, but what they do have they fasten with cord. That Is why they have carried the tying of cord so far. The Japanese have hundreds of orna mental knots, some of them so old that they antedate written history. Japanese children are taught to make knots just as they are taught to write and draw. All sorts of flower and animal forms are copied. There Is the chrysanthemum knot, the Iris knot, plum blossom, pine tree and cherry blossom knots. There Is a stork knot, a turtle knot, a knot named for the sacred mountain Fujiyama. An easy knot is called the "old man's knot." There is also an "old woman's knot." THE PARISIAN LUNCH. A SnliMtnntlnl Menl Served In the Middle of the I)uy. Noon or 12:30 Is the universal hour for the strictly Parisian lunch, which commences with "hors d'oeuvres." ap petizers eaten with butter the only time butter Is ever served on a French table. The endless variety of "hors d'oeu vres" would fill a volume sardines, shrimps, olives, radishes. Tiny salads of every description are Included among them. An egg or fish course follows, and the various ways in which both are cooked would also fill n volume. Next the meat is served beef, mutton, lamb or veal accompanied by one vegetable or a salad. If a vegetable, the salad follows as a separate course with fowl, game or cold meat of some kind. If a salad is the accessory for the meat then some vegetable conies after It as a single course preceding the cheese never omitted- ami which with fruit of some kind forms the dessert. Be tween the salad and cheese course a sweet dish, an "entremet," consisting of a custard, cream, tart or the like. Is often served, but cheese and fruit are usually allowed the honors of the ordi nary average luncheon dessert topped off with a good cup of coffee and a tiny glass of some liqueur. What to Eat. A PLAGUE RELIC. The London (inifllc Wim One Itetnlt of the (.'rent Kpldemic. A curious relic of the great plaguo survives still in the Loudon (Jazette. During the epidemic the autumn ses sion of parliament was held at Oxford from Oct. J) to III. 1(J(m, and Charles 'I. and hi.s court went there to attend the session and to escape Infection. As It was essential that Itndon should be kept informed of the pro ceedings, the king started an ollicial journal, entitled the Oxford Ciazette. the first number of which appeared on Wednesday. Nov. lo, KtT. It con tained an account of what had been done in the way of appointments and gave some items of court news. About two months later the publication was transferred to the metropolis as the London (Jazette. The first Oxford Issue does not ap pear to have reached London until Nov. '22, at least Pepys records under that date, very characteristically: "This day the first of the Oxford C,a zettes come out; very pretty, full of news, and no folly In It. Wrote by Williamson. It pleased me to have It demonstrated that a purser without professed cheating is a professed loser twice as much as he gels." His With. A wicked story i.s told about two part ners who respected each other's bus! ness ability, but who hated each other cordially. To one of them came a fairy saying that he could have any boon he desired and whatever ho had his part ner should have in double portion. Nat urally his first wish was for a barrel of money. "All right." said the fairy, "but your partner will get two barrels on that wish." "Stop a little." said the first. "Perhaps you'd better not give me a barrel of money. I'd rather you would make me totally blind in ono eye." Temper. A great source of crueltj Is temper. When It Is considered what a vast sum of misery temper causes In the world, how many homes are darkened and how many hearts are saddened by It; when we remember that Its persecu tions have not even the purifying con sequences of most other calamities, In asmuch as Its effects upon Its Innocent victims are rather cankerous than me dicinal; when we call to mind that a bright face and a bright disposition are like sunshine In a house, and a gloomy, lowering countenance as de pressing as an Arctic night, we must acknowledge that temper Itself is only another form of cruelty, and a very bad form too. A Family Problem. Teacher was explaining the meaning of the word recuperate. "Now, Willie." she said, "If your father worked hard all day he would be tired nnd nil worn out, wouldn't he?" "Ycs'in." "Then when night comes nnd his work Is over for the day, what does he do?" "That's what ma wants to know." Cleveland Leader. Hin I'olnt of View. "What Is your Idea of a truly good wife?" asked the youth. "A truly good wife," answered the Cumniinsvllle sage, "Is one who loves her husband and her country, but doesn't attempt to run either." Phila delphia Inquirer. A SPY'S CLOSE CALL. KcfMied From Impending Denth by a Clever XcwKpapcr Ilnne. On the battlefield of Antletam Mr. McCluie met General William J. Palm er, then a captain, aud strongly urged him not to continue his movements as a spy after Lee had crossed Into Vir ginia, but the gallant young soldier gave no promise as to what he would be likely to do, and the very first night after Lee crossed the Potomac he was again in Lee's camp and brought back important information to General Mc Clellan. Again he returned nnd entered the Confederate lines, and when he did not report, after a week it was assumed that he had been captured nnd would probably be executed as a spy. He had been captured, was tried and con demned as a spy aud sentenced to bo executed, but he was saved by a clever newspaper device determined upon after a conference in Philadelphia be tween President J. Edgar Thomson of the Pennsylvania railroad, Colonel Scott and Mr. McClure. Thomson took special Interest In Palmer, as he had been his secretary, and was much attached to him. It was decided that Washington dis patches should be prepared for all of the Philadelphia morning papers an nouncing the arrival at the capital of Captain William J. Palmer, stating In what particular lines of the enemy he had operated, aud adding that he had brought much important information that could not be given to the public at that time. These dispatches ap peared next morning in all the Phila delphia papers, prominently displayed, and of course reached the southern lines within forty-eight hours. The result was that Captain Palmer's Identity was never established in Rich mond, aud his execution was thus sus pended. In a little while, when some prisoners had been exchanged, tkere was a vacancy made In the list of the exchanged men by death. Palmer's friends had him take the place and name of the dead soldier, and he thus escaped and returned to the service. ODD FACTS ABOUT COLOR. One of Them In Thnt There I No Food Thnt Ik nine. Did you ever notice that there Is no blue food? We eat things green, red, yellow and violet; llesh, fish or plants In all the colors of the rainbow except blue. Many deadly poisons nre blue In col or, such as bluestoue or the deadly nightshade flower. The color stands In our slang fr everything miserable and depressing. But this is only one of a thousand queer facts about colors. Heat a bar of Iron nnd the particles of the metal are set In motion, shak ing violently one against another. Presently the surrounding ether Is set in motion In large, slow waves through the air. like the waves of the sea, until they break upon our skin and give us the sensation of heat. As the iron gets hotter other waves are set In motion in immense numbers, traveling at more than lightning speed, and these break upon the eye, giving us the sensation of rod light. The redhot Iron, getting still more heated, throws-uul other sets of a-aves, still smaller and more rapid orange, yellow, green. blue. Indigo, violet, all the colors of the rainbow. The eye cannot tell one from another; the whole bundle of rays mixed up gives us an impression of white. That Is the glow from white hot Iron, and such Is the light from the still greater brightness of the sun. Sunlight Is a bundle of rays of light --red, orange, yellow, green, blue. Indigo and violet all mixed together. The mixture of all colors Is white light. The absence of all color Is utter darkness. New York Journal. IIimv Sen IllrdN Get n Drintt. "When I was a cabin boy," said an elderlj sailor. "I often used to wonder, seein birds thousands of miles out to sea. what they done for fresh water when they got thirsty. "One day a squall answered that question for me. It was a hot and glltterin' day in the tropics, and In the clear sky overhead n black rain cloud appeared all of a sudden. Then out of the empty space over a hundred sea birds came dartin' from every direc tion. They got under the rain cloud nnd they waited there for about ten min utes, clrclln round and round, and when the rain began to fall they drank their till. "In the tropics, where the great sea birds sail thousands of miles away from shore, they get their drlnkln' water In that way. They smell out a storm a long way off; they travel a hundred miles, maybe, to get under It, and they swallow enough raindrops to keep them goin'." Portland Ore gonlan. Oxford Training. The average citizen, if asked what was taught at Oxford, would probably reply. "Useless learning." And In many ways it is a true answer, for its aim Is not to turn out doctors, lawyers and merchants, ready made, but men with carefully trained minds, fitted not for this or that profession, but for the whole conduct of life. It Is contended that such a man will In sensibly take a wider view of his sub ject than the specialist, for ho ap proaches It from n different stand pointLondon Outlook. Good Living In China. An English surgeon at Hongkong writes that "all Chinamen eat fish and pork at morning and evening meals. Fowls and ducks are always on the tn ble of all but the most humble of the cooly class, and they do not have them because thej' cannot afford them. I hope this will be a sufficient answer to those who maintain that Chinamen live on rice. It Is not nearly so true as that the Scotch live on porridge." A Simple Question. "May a man marry his widow's Bis ter?" was a question I heard put to a prominent lawyer. "Certainly ho may," was the reply without a moment's hesitation. Then Oio lawyer had another think comlng.- When trotiblo goes hunting him n man niny dodge it, but when a man goes hunting trouble It hasn't one chance In a thousand of escaping him. -Cincinnati Times-Star. WOMAN AND FASHION The Fn-iliiomilile Skirt. Man gored skirls of all sorts are greatly in vo'tie .-uid take numberless forms and varieties. Tl is one is quite novel and eminently graceful and in cludes a plaited rtion at each alter- A .SINE OOKKD SKIHT. nate gore that gives Hare and fullness. The model Is made of champagne col ored taffeta, with banding of silk braid and trimming of ecru lace medallions, but the design Is suited to very nearly the entire list of seasonable fabrics, linen, cotton and wool as well as silk. The quantity of material required for the medium size is nine yards twenty one Inches wide, five yards forty-four Inches wide or four and one-half yards fifty-two Inches wide, with five yards of braid and twenty-one medallions to trim, as Illustrated. Concerning: Ilolero.s. Some are square. Others boast dips. Sheer ones nre lace trimmed. They show the unrlerblouse. Some are In tucked mousseline. Most of them dip toward the front, coming almost to the waist line. Some have plaited sleeves, half short and left flowing. Or a sleeve may be gathered Into a smart cuff with frills of lace. Usually the bolero is trimmed to sim ulate a collar or a yoke. Some sort of dingle dangles yet serve to fasten It at the front. Good designers find no difficulty In treating a bolero in harmony with the skirt. Sheerest blouses of net, lace, mull and batiste are worn under the bolero. Trlmmlnt; For Linen Gown. Morning gowns of white or colored linen may be simply made with white collar and cuffs of embroidery or lace and perhaps two or more bands of the lace laid down the front of the waist. Fine tucks may be run between each baud. Small sifiare lace yokes are also attractive, and the rest of the waist may be quite severe or laid In narrow box plaits. The skirt may then have the box plaits running down almost to the knees, with the wide flare from there. Embroidered linen gowns are exceedingly smart. Wunhahle SHU Wnlnt. Washable silks appear to add to their variety each year and are to be counted among the satisfactory materials for waists and for simple gowns. This very charming blouse shows the ma terial in white dotted with black, trim- BUIU'MCE WAIST. med with banding In dull Persian colors, with a chemisette of Inserted muslin tucking and frills of snowflake lace. The surplice effect Is always a desirable one and In this Instance Is combined with the fashionable droop ing shoulders and wide full sleeves. To make the waist for a woman of medium size will be required four and a half yards of material twenty-one, three and a half yards twenty-seven or two nnd a quarter yards forty-four Inches wide, with one-half yard of tucking, two yards of banding, two yards of lace and one-half yard of soft silk for belt. The Fantantic Stocking. Birds, butterflies and daintily em broidered sprays of flowers are the fa vorite adornment for fine stockings. Small bunches around the ankles and trails of foliage on the sides wind among Insets of lace decorating the instep. Shot silk hosiery. If It har monizes with the gown, Is la mode for morning wear. About Lhcch. The new method of combining both thin and heavy Ince with tine swIss or hnnd embroidery on sheer linen Is one of the prettiest conceits now In vogue. Lctttnir Him I.lvc. "I'd willingly die for you." "Your Income dies with you, does it not?" "Certainly." Then don't."-IIouston Post It DfanRreed With Her. "I told you It wouldn't do to Invite Willie's teacher to dinner as long ns I have to do my own cooking." "Why, what happened?" "She whipped Willie this morning." Cleveland Plain Dealer. THERMOMETERS. The liullm, the Ttihe nnd the .Mnrlc n of the Decree. There are many different uses for thermometers and as many different styles as uses. They range from the tiny half inch tubes attached to Christ mas calendars to the enormous twelve foot instruments used in experimental Work by meteorologists. Perhaps the most difficult part of the manufacture of thermometers Is that of fitting the tube with a bulb of exactly the right capacity. The size of the latter must have an exact rela tion to that of the former. If it is too I.-'rgc for the bore the mercury or col ored alcohol, whichever Is used, will not rise high enough In the tube; If too Mi.all, it will rise too high. In the little clinical thermometer on whoso story the physician depends SO often for hi.s decision the bore Is rj fine that a human hair can hardly be inserted. As these thermometers must be reg ulated to record minutely th tempera ture, the person on whose Judgment depends the size of the bulb to be at tached must be a highly skilled work man. The men who do tills part of the workhave to be highly paid. The marking of the degrees on the hollow tube is the step next In Im portance In the making of the little curse and blessing. The process Is so simple that one can prove the accuracy of a thermometer for one's self by the same method. The freezing point is secured by Immersing the bulb in a box of melting ice nnd the boiling point by attaching It to a steam pipe or Immersing It in boiling water. Scratches are made on the tube at the points reached by the mer cury under these two tests, and the space between Is then marked off into 100 spaces for a centigrade ther mometer and ISO for a Fahrenheit In strument, the marking beginning In the first Instance at zero and In the second at o'J. This makes the boiling point In one case 100 and In the other 1M2 degrees. Thermometers are apt to deteriorate In value as they age, owing to a contraction of the glass of the bulb. The amount of the error can be determined by Immersing the bulb In melting ice and making a mark for the new freezing point. To Insure the accuracy of thermometers the manu facturers usually store them for a year, testing them from time to time. New York Tribune. VEGETARIANISM. A Theory Thnt Hn Heen Maintained. From the Kurlle.st DnjN. From the earliest days vegetarians have maintained that fruit and vege tables are the proper food for mankind, and In ancient times sucli leaders of thought as Plato, Pythagoras, Empe docles and Plutarch can be counted among the advocates of this doctrine. It is In this connection that we find Virgil singing the praises of a natural diet apart from the use of ficsh: Soft chestnuts we possess And apples ripe, with store of curdled cream. Still more to the point are his words In the Second Georgic at the close of a vivid description of the joys of a golden age: Before the reign Of the Dietcenn klnff. before the dnys When on slain bullocks fed an fmpteus race. This further rendering from Latin poetry proclaims the same primeval teaching: Forbear. O mortals, to taint your hodfas with forbidden food. Earth h? lavish of her riches and toins with kindly stores. Providing without slaughter or bloodshed all delicacies. DUCKS AND THUNDER. The I'iimmIIiIc Oritrln of nn Ancient Kiik11Ii Kxiireftnton. The phrase, "like a dying duek in a tliun.ierstonu," probably originated in the peculiar susceptibility exhibited by these birds to electrical disturbances. They hang their heads at such times and turn up their eyes In the most comically pathetic fashion, giving a faint die away quack now and again, as though they had quite made "up their minds that their last hour had come, but were resigned. They are thus pre cisely typical of people whose submis sion, more or less forced. Is made main ly with an eye to effect. This susceptibility seems to bo in herent in ducks, for their eggs in course of hatching are spoiled by a thunder storm when hens' eggs escape. It Is worth noting in this connection that Shakespeare In "Timon of Athens" says. "We, poor mates, stand on this dying deck." It Is just possible that Uils may be the real origin of tlte phrase, as It refers to the sinking of a ship during a thunderstorm, ami deck may have been carelessly recast as duck. London Answers. MARINE TURBINES. They Date Hnek to the Time of Hero of Alexnndrln. In turbine steamers there Is a mark ed absence of vibration, while the posi tion low In the hull of the machinery gives great stability and In- men-of-war makes better protection possible and affords facilities in maneuvering. The practical advantages of turbines are many. They reduce the oil bill con siderably and while they occupy less floor and cubic space are simple ift con struction und operation. In a turbine there 13 nothing to wear out. The only parts subjected, to fric tion are the bearings at the extremities of the spindle, but these run In oil and after years of constant service show no wear. Parsons turbine plants of 400 horsepower and l.SOO horsepower, vhlch have been driving electric gener ators for years, have not yet cost a penny for repairs. The steam turbine dates back to 120 B. C. when Hero of Alexandria de scribed it In his book on pneumatics. Tearson's Weekly. Concent rnt Ion. The weakest living creature, by con centrating his powers on n single ob ject, can accomplish something. The strongest, by disposing of his over many, may fail to accomplish anything. The drop, by continually falling, bores Its passage through the hnrdest rock. The hasty torrent rushes over it with hideous uproar aud leaves no trace be hind. Catiyle.