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FACTS IN FEW LIb(ES
I'ganda. Africa, tins a zoological gar
den fifty miles l.ow
Sbellllsb were responsible for nine
ease* of typhoid fever In London last
year.
Cleveland Insists that she Is entitled
to snatch the tiara from Cincinnati, »o
long looked u|>on as the "queen city"
of Ohio.
An absentminded Arooatook county
(Me.) mnu was told to bring home two
pairs of No. 5 tennis shoes for the boys,
but he showed up with five pairs of
No. 2.
In Indlu tlie power given off by a
motor Is sometlnies expressed In ele
phant equivalents, a twenty-two liorae
motor lieing <le«cr1t>e<l as a three ele
phant power vehicle. .
The total sales of beer In the United
States for tlie calendar year to June 1
were 14.713,776 barrels, compared with
17,679,273 the same time last year and
16,691,376 barrels In 11»)2.
In the hope of making profit out of
the Chinamen who have displaced
them from the Transvaal mines some
Kaffirs have taken to pig breeding sc
as to gratify the Celestials' love of
pork.
The British ship Mohican while
making for the Delaware breakwater
encountered a strange phenomenon. A
cloud of phosphoric appeurunce envoi
oped the vessel, magnetizing every
thing on board.
Telegraph lines In the Kongo Free
State usually run along the banks of
rivers. A track Is cut through tlie for
est, and the living trees are lopped as
poles where suitable, or else wrought
Iron poles are employed.
A Bath (Me.) photographer went
down to Wlnnegance the other day anil
photographed a group of ten old boys,
all past tlie eighty mark, who reside In
that village. Nearly all of them fol
lowed the sea In eatlier years.
The sum of $500,000 has been provided
by tbe Chilean government for an ex
position to be held next year, consist
ing of nine sections, Including xejmrate
departments for arts, manufactures,
industries, hygiene and education.
One frequent sight in the tobacco
distrlits of Connecticut Is the uncov
ered framework for tlie tents where
tbe shade growing experiments were
conducted lmt year. A field of tent to
bacco in Connecticut this year Is rare.
The Berlin Cremation society has
sent a petition containing 9,500 signa
tures to’ the pope praying that the last
rites of the Roman Catholic church
slgill no longer be denied to persons
wishing tlieir remains to be cremated.
From Bombay presidency a native
petition has been forwunied to the
government of India praying that the
•ale of fpatliered caps, etc., through
out British India may be prohibited by.
law on account of tlie cruelty involved.
Charles U. Sumner of Goffstown,
N. H„ Is the possessor of an antique
clock which is supposed to have been
made ill 1670. -From all data that can
be secured It Is supposed to be one of
thirteen that were made by a Mr.
Woodbury at what is now known as
Newburyport. Mass.
Deacon Arland Eaton has enused to
lie placed by the roadside near bls farm
bulklings in Hancock, N. IL, a stone
watering trough to furnish n public
water supply -from a never failing
spring. It is Inscribed, "Eaton, 1797-
1904," nml is Intended to commemorate
tbe settlement of bls family in that
town.
A short time ago a Bath (Me.) paper
announced the engagement of a certain
young lufly. A few days later the
editor received a note -asking him to
deny the engagement. Before tlie de
nial got Into type, however, he received
a second note from .the fair one stating
that he need not print tbe denial as
the engagement was a fact.
The skull of a gigantic mammal hith
erto unknown to science lias been un
earthed from the sands of Fayum,
Egypt. Tlie head is nearly a yard long.
On the nasal region Is found a double
bony born of enormous slxe. Near the
eyes is also found a pair of smaller
horns. At first sight the entire skull
recalls that of the rhinoceros.
An Interesting feature of’the United
States government’s live bird exhibit
at tbe world's fair is the feeding of tbe
fish eating birds. Tbe fish are pur
chased nt the market. They are soft
flniuxl and are thrown to the pelicans
and cormorants, which swallow them
whole. The cormorants sometimes eat
so ninny that the tails of the fish stick
from tlieir bills.
Professor Starr of the University of
Chicago Includes among the symptoms
of degeneracy the following: l’arting
the hair in the middle or on the right
side, baldness, gray hairs before the
age of fortj live, a »tub nose, bat ears,
small lobes on tlie ears, a receding chin,
protruding Ups. cross eyes, left hauded-
ness, fondness for Jewelry for the hand
by men, red hair, the teeth far apart,
pigeon toes and knock knees.
The London Medlcnl Press thus is
sues a call for heroes: “The top hat is
ugly, unhygienic and embarrassing. Its
•ole claim to support is tbe appearance
of respectability it give». If only a
few medlcnl baronets would drive to
their consultations in pnnaniHS and
sloth cap» they would break the tyr
anny "f habit ov“r health md comell
ness anil at the same time earn the un
dying gratitude of their humbler con
freres."
Sir Frank Lascelles, the English am
bassador In Berlin, was lately offered
by tbe kaiser the highest Prussian
decoration, the black eagle, but hnd
to content himself with the “order of
the crown of Prussia for distinguished
service," liecause It was not considered
In London proper for Sir Frank to wear
the highest decoration of a foreign
monarch when be wan not In posses-
•Ion of tjie highest decoration In ths
gift of hl» own »overelgn.
A Krnl Hero.
"You don’t believe in divorce, then?”
"No, sir; I've got too lunch s;>ortiti'
blood.”
"What tins that to do with It?”
"1 believe In n tight to the finish."
Plilliiddplila I.islger.
A little aon-sense now and then
brings faillir,' to n lot of men.—Chi
cago Reeord-llutald.
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Tbe little l^p-pickers are not sland-
, ,iiig still, either. They rend theliew»-(
papers and keep posted ou current
evStits. They can tell ytou about the
Russiau and Japanese war from tbe be-
#iiMig up to tbe present time. The iu-
ciAeuts of tbe PbilippiiM war are all as
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fresh ill their memories to-day as they
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“1 read your recent artllje, Polly, in were during the siege. The only lux
regard to cultivating tbe habit of sav urn's this entire family allows them
ing your money, even if it were only a selves are magazines and books. You
few cents at a time. That was good, will find the borne well supplied with
sound advice, and it is to lie hoped that tile lies! and latest novels, standard
many who are too carehwt and free works and travels. No matter who
with tlieir money will take it to heart comes iuhtbey are at their ease, uot the
and at once commence learning the least bit self-conscious and yet uot in
lesson of putting by somuthing for a tlie least forward. One of tlie leiysbas
rainy day. 1 don't know of anything procured some old law biMiks and spends
much sadder in life than old jieople his evenings jsmriiigover its dry pages,
who find themselves penniless and un as be intends making a lawyer of him
able to care for themselves. They real self, and even now neighborsffcquently
ize that they are a burden to their oorne in to have him settle a question
friends, ami their existence is a dreary in dispute for them. Another one
one indeed. They go to sleep with the (lours over the pages of a book on sur
thought and wake up will) the same gery, ax lie has determined to fit him
heavy burden on their hearts. Then self for such a vocation in life. One of
they can l«s>k back over the past and the girls lias decided to go through
see where they have failed. They dhl tlie university and is fitting herself for
not learn to save but s|s-nt tlieir earn tlie task. That she will go through
ings, many times foolishly. They luid winning laurels for herself 1 haven’t a
forgotten that they must grow old and doubt. This little family of hojxpiek-
step out of the ranks of a busy life. ers is one of tlie loveliest and most re
Many of them would welcome death, fined that I have ever met. Circum
others would fear to cross the border stances that would have disheartened
land, for they know not what the fu others have only served to make them
ture life may hold. ’Tis ever thus more determined to make something
though in all stations of existence. of themselves und rise aliover tiieir en
But going I wk to tlie ‘[»‘liny saved is vironments of the present.
a penny earned’ pro|s>sition, I want to
tell you what this habit of putting by a
“There is plenty of heroism in this
few di UK's aisl dollars did for me, and little family, or, correctly speaking, I
it may encourage some of your young should say big family, for there are
readers to do the same.
eight children in the little flock. Dur
ing a forest fire that threatened to
sweep tlie houses of Hie farmers and
which meant only ruination to whole
families, every man and boy for miles
around gathered to fight the fire. The
oldest girl in the family threw a saddle
on her horse and for one whole day
rode at break-neck speed from her
home to the fire-fighters and then biu-k
again to the home, where her mother
had fresh coffee and sandwiches made
to refresli tlie thirsty and exhausted
men.- To one line of the men the heat
was so great tluat she had to wear a wet
sack pinned about her head. The
trusty little pony seemed to know that
it was a matter of life and deatli and
needed no whip or spur and fairly
skimmed over tlie ground with his
lovely burden. Finally tlie men gained
tlie day, tlie tire fiend had been turned
back and tlie awful crackling roar sub
sided and the flames died away into
tlie dull smothering heat witii only an
occasional tree still blazing in tlie re
gion left desolate, then the weary girl
admitted she was tired as she dropped
from her saddle and was taken into
Tier home.”
“ My fattier died when I was a very
little girl, leaving mother nothing to
support us children. Everyone of the
children who were big enough to work
had to do something to help, for you
know there were seven children in our
household and we were like so many
ste|>s, theyouugest one not able to walk
and the oldest barely fifteen. Mother
had always been disposed to save, but
father made money easy and it slipped
out of his fingers still easier, so when
the end came we didn’t have a solitary
cent, 1 was put into a millinery store
as an apprentice, as all my tastes seem-
ed t > run in that ¿diannel and mother
liad endeavored to find something con
genial and that by nature we were
adapted to. I was paid from the be
ginning, but of course a trifling sum
every week for a time, but as I learned
they advanced my salary. When I
brought my first, week’s wages home,,
and gave them to mother, she had me
place twenty centsjn my little bank,
and every Saturday night there was
another addition to the contents. ’ The
sum being increased every week as my
wages lieeame better. When tlie
amount reached ten dollars, mother
went witii me and I placed it in the
bank and proudly carried home my
own little bank book. My mother
drilled ‘save,.save, save,’ into us until
‘save’ became a by-word. But it was
tbe making of us all, for everyone of us
are--not rich by any manner of means,
but still very comfortable, and we need
not fear jxiverty when old age creeps
ujion us.
BRIEF REVIEW.
Golf Balls, and Cables.
Tin’use of gutta-|H*rchufor submarine
cables anti golf taills makes constant
drains on the supply of Hits material,
and sulmtitutes are lieing constantly
sought after. In constructing a cable,
the gutta-jiercha is employed to insu
late the conducting wire from tlie ex
terior metal sheath, and though lately
rubber lias been employed for this pur-
pose on some shorter lines, yet fqr long
ocean lines the gutta jiereha is consid
ered essential. Recently the German
telegraph department has made a thor
ough test of some cables into whoseeon-
struction an artificial gutta-jiercba en
ters. This material is the invention of
Adolf Gentzsch of Vienna, and is a
mixture of India-rubber and a palm
wax whose melting point is tlie same as
that of tbe rubber. The electrical
properties of theconipound are equal to
those of gutta-percha, and tlie specifi
cations of tlie contract with "the Ger
man Government were more than sat
isfied in actual tests. The cost of the
artificial gutta-percha cables is about
3» per cent less than the ordinary cable.
“I remember my first business ven
ture. I saw a good opening for' a mil
linery store in a thickly settled part of
the city where there were few millinery
storesand obtained a window and a
little nook in a shoe store. One of the
wholesale millinery stores where I- was
well acquainted, advanced me my ma
terials, and from the first I did well.
My next venture was to purchase some
town lots find have some modern and
up-to-date Hats built on the installment
plan. To-day they afe paid for. I dis
posed of my millinery business to a
good advantage, and no.w I am living
off the interests of my money in bank
and what is coming in monthly for
rent of my several pieces of property is
lield in readiness to take advantage of
any investment I niay see to further
Auto To Cut Grass..
my interests. My brothersand sisters
Even the faithful old horse is lieing
are also as well fixed in a business way
displaced ill Central Park for cutting
and we owe it all to our little mother,
the grass ou the lawns, says the New
who insisted U| h > ii us learning to econ
York Sun. The grass is cut nowadays
omize.
by a steam automobile. The machine
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“Few of your city-bred boys and girls ' looks like a remodeled asphalt roller.
know how to save, Pollv. There are A grass cutter is installed in place <if the
too many places to spend their nickels, smi^ll roller on all asphalt machines.
dimes ami even pennies. If it isn’t Tlie heavy roller is still on the machine,
earfare everytime they make a move, and hardens down the earth as it
it is icecream or icecream soda, a passes over it. “This does the work of
nickel’s wortli of candy, gum by tlie three horses that it formerly took to
wholesale, a ride to tlie park and a few cut the grass,” said a park department
rides on the mej-ry-go-round and in tlie officer. “It saves time, besides clip
go-carts or on tlie sleepy little donkeys. ping the grass closer than the old ma
The children’s play grounds at Golden chine drawn by horses did. It llas
Gate Park are drawing cards for the come to stay.”
children and great is the harvest in
Edinburgh's Floral Clock.
nickels ami dimes for the proprietors.
The
floral elock at the eastern corner
I cannot help but compare the city
children of my acquaintance with of the Alton Ramsay statue m Princess
those in the country. Here if they street Gardens, Edinburgh, is again
have to walk only a few blocks to proving very attractive. The dock it
school they must have a Isxik of tiek self lias a diameter of alsiut twelve
cti. My littli frleuda in the xouiitry ?/»■(, tJ-’e h'>w -numerals being clearly
rise at 6 o’clock every morning, sum- pickal out in golden feather and eche-
mer and winter alike, They have to veria, and, while last year the arrange
walk three miles to school through ment admitted only of the “hour”
plowed fields and forests that city chil hand being used, tlie “minute" hand
dren would lie afraid to venture into. has lieen added this year. The clock
In the winter they have to 1»> taken work is lodged in tlie ba««' of the monu
across a river that is a roaring torrent ment.
on a raft, yet these children have not
Theater Tax in Sweden.
missed a day at school in five years.
There
is ill Sweden a movement, sup-
During the bop-picking season every
child picks lnq>s in a business-like way. ]»>rted, it is said, by tlie Government,
There is no frolic in it for them like n to tax all concerts and performances
given by artists who are not Swedish
is with a majority of the hop-pickera,
subjects,
tlie tax varying from (Lot) to
for they are striving to earn enough
money to buy all their clothes and their $.V> each concert, according to the
new school books for the ensuing y>-ar. amount of money taken for tickets.
They do it, too, and are as cheerful
A large captive balloon is now mak
and light-hearted as the children who ing many ascensions every day at the
have never earned a cent and do not World's Fair, carrying |>asxengers and
know the value of a dollar, but man rising to a height of Mitt feet.
age through the indulgence of their
parents to have luxuries and enjoy
Don't gamble on the price of meat
ments that these dear little hop-pfi-kers unless you are in a position t > lield the
know nothing about.
steaks.
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FEASTOI THE w hale
AN
faftKIMO aasQUET that
LASf A WHOLE DAV.
mat
MALADY.
A •«« > of the Meli.neholy Paa« aad
Him Mood*.
HUMOR OF THE HOUR1 CHOICE MISCELLANY
Beyuad th« Reach of Hel».
Uaraiaa Ki-iperor's Baaaase Maker.
"Try to cheer up. Mrs. Wldderly,”
Feeding the German emperor Is uh
The tragedy of Hamlet Is that a Miau
of a patullar iutruapectlve tempera- sai<l tbe lady who bed gone iu to sym light tusk. Despite ull that is said
pathize
with
the
stricken
wornau.
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1
about the kaiser's Spurtou habits there
incut 1« culled uj>«ti to settle a practical
laelSeut «f the Norial Lite AaioaV
cristo. Hamlet knew this very well know it U bard, and 1 know thut we are few niouarehs who keep more elab
• he MMtlv«« ot Are« le Aie«a* *««•»
himself, and that makes tbe tragedy who have uever suffered such an af orate tables.
«he llufltln« Seaaeh 1« O«M —
lie has no Tess than four chefs
deeper. Brutus never doubtod when fliction a» this which the Lord has
Hetara at tfle Fl«« to l|s<h
once bi» decision was taken that be seen tit to ask you to l«ir«inunt real Schliedenstlicker, a German; Harding,
ize
when
we
tell
you
uot
to
let
yourself
an Englishman; an Italian and a
Writing of th* industrial and social was tlie right man to cure the evils ot
methods and customs Of Aie Esglmu» Koine; Hamlet doubted from the very be crushed how terrible It Is to come Frenehman so Hint he can have his
home
from
the
grave
as
you
have
had
meals for the day served in the style
of arctic Alaska, Edward A. Mcllben beginning
to come today. But you mustn't give
ny, in the Century, says:
The times are out ot joint O cursed spit. up. Come over und stay with me to of whatever nation he may hap|>eu to
fancy.
The principal occupation of these That ever I was born to set them right.
night. You must try to think of other
Each of these chefs has Ills staff of
Eskimos (of arctic Alaska) during tbe
He *as too fine, too distinguished, things. Remember that you are still
assistants, while In addition there la an
spring is the bunting of tbe bow head too Intellectual, u character to be the
young
and
that
you
must
learn
to
smile
Individual who may safely be de
whale In the leads, or open water, and rough Instrument which fate demand
scribed as "sausage maker to the kai
among the floe lee of the Arctic ocean. ed He bus the fatal malady of anal again.”
"Oh, I can't, I can't." sobbed the tie ser.”
The taking of a whale is always a yzlng his own motives, which la gener
His majesty Is very fond of the huge
time of great rejoicing with these peo ally destructive of action. If you once reaved one. "It Is kind of you to come
ple, for it meuns not only an abun begin asking yourself what will be the to me—but but you can't help me. white frankfurter sausages ami has a
You
dop't
know
what
I
have
to
bear.
”
supply of them made fresh every day
dance of food and fuel, but a large results 1i nd cun sequences of a definite
“I know, dear, that I can't realize the
amount of valuable trading material.
act. you will find that at the moment depth of /our sorrow. Still, won't you in his own kitchen. When engaged In
maneuvering Ills army on a big field
After tlie whaling season Is over the of action your will Is paralyzed by ex
boats which have been used tn the cess of scrupulosity, as Hamlet's was let me do what I cun to make it easier day these frankfurters and bread
washed down with lager beer invaria
chase are gathered on the leads be when with bls drawn sword he saw his for you?”
“It'» no use—It's—no use. Oh. if I bly form the kaiser's lunch.
tween the pack and shore lee, which uncle praylqg. It was a disease of will
could
only
quit
thinking
of
it.
But
1
In addition to all these cooks there is
is often some miles from shore, at the from which Hamlet was suffering. In
foot of some road that has .been cut any other times It would not have been can't. There Is the receipt. I told him a special staff to prepare meals for the
to
wait
a
few
days
Tbe
premium
younger of the primes and the prin
through the rough ice from the land so fatal. In this particular time, when
to the water. Tbe most successful he was called upon to do a specific act wasn't due for nearly two weeks, and cess. who are not allowed to partake
boat's crew, with tlieir utnlak (a whal — to avenge bls father and kill the If he’d only have listened to me ami of the rich dishes the elder members
held off three days longer I'd be nearly of the family Indulge in.—Stray Sto
ing boat covered with skins), takes the usurper—ft Is uot be, but a man rather
ahead. I suppose I oughtn't I, ries.
lead, followed by the other boats In the of the Fortinbras build, who will be
blame lilm now that lie's gone, but lie
order of their success. The harpoons, the savior of society. Observe, too,
always was so headstrong.”—Chicago
Frail Tree« on City Lota.
floats, paddles i nd everything pertain that, like many Intellectual men, be
Record-Herald.
Many people who live ou city lots
ing to the chase of the whale are cannot lie sure of his own moods. He
long for fruit trees of their own from
placed In their respective positions. sees the ghost of bls murdered father,
A S«<1 (nue.
which they can gather fresh fruit In
The umiak is t(sen placed on a flat but Is It au honest ghost. Is It really
"Tills.” said the asylum attendant ns stead of being dependent on the mar
Ivory runnered sled »nd lashed firmly bls father’s spirit? Hamlet believes In
In place. The owner, who Is called It on the battlements of Elsinore, but he paused in front of n padded cell con kets, says Country Life In America.
omellc iheadman), stauls on the Ice he entirely disbelieves it In another tabling a lone woman, "is a hopeless Mr. Vaughn of I'asadena was con
fronted by Just such a problem, but
at the right hand side of tlie bow; the mood, when despite the evidences of case."
"What reason have you for thinking he has cleverly found a way out of the
bout steerer stands at tbe stern and his senses he talks of "the bourn from
difficulty. On the back of his town
tlie paddlers stand at their respective which no traveler returns." The trav so?”
"Because.” answered ti e attendant, lot he had room for six fruit trees. He
places along tlie sides of the boat. eler who had returned Is dismissed ap
When all Is ready the omellc gives tlie parently as a fantasy of his brain. And “she actually prefers comfort to style." pranted navel oranges and peaches ami
plums, and when they had become
word to go forward, and each of the these supernatural vlsltlngs In such an —Detroit Free Press.
strong and sturdy lie grafted and bud
crew slips over his shoulder a broad analytic and Introspective mind do not,
dial other varieties into them.
breast strap of sealskin, which Is at as a matter of fact, supply him with
The operations were all successful,
tnched to a short line made fast to the motive for his subsequent action.
and now Mr. Vaughn bus numerous
the thwarts of the boat. When all is Tbe ghost can make him put on an an
varieties of fruit that ripen nt all times
ready the boat is pulled forward a few tic disposition', play with such crea
of year and furnish an abundance «or
lengths and the next boat In order goes tures as Rosencrantz and Gulldenstern,
table use. On one navel orange tree
through the same form, moving on In deride the senile humorlngs of Tolo-
Mr. Vaughn bud<l«l a tangerine, a
Its turn, until all the umiaks are strung nlus and lessen the torrent of his words
grape fruit, a lemon and a blood
out In a long line on the grounded ice against his mother. But what, the
orange, making with the navel orange
ready for their return to land.
ghost cannot do Is to make him kill hlsi
Itself five kinds of fruit on one tree.
At a signal from the head boat all uncle. He murders him at last, inoro
They ull bear profusely, and tbe fruit
move forward, chanting weird songs or less accidentally, beenuse bls moth
Is of extraordinary large size. The
of the goodness' and power of the er was polsoneil and Laertes had play-
peach tris's were buddl'd with numer
whale, for one of the superstitions of el foul In the fencing bout. So curi
ous varieties of early and late peaches
these people Is that whenever working ously destructive of strong, practical
as well as apricots and nectarines.
on any object to be used in whaling or volition Is an Intellectual malady wheg
These trees bear from tbe 1st of July
doing anything connected with whaling It has grown morbid—the tendency to
to the 1st of Novemlier.
they must constantly extol tlie merits ward Introspection, self analysis, met
of this great animal.
aphysical speculation.—W. L. Courtg
Lon« Andeaa Cableway.
Long before the boats reach shore nay in National Review.
A huge cable way, which when com
the entire population left In the vil
pleted -will be the longest in the world,
lage men, women, children and dogs—
THE ODOMETER.
is to be constructed on the Argentine
congregate on the beach to welcome
side of the Amies mountains by the
tlie home coiners. When tbe first bout tt Mas Known to Engluerra ot
engineering firm of Adolf Blelchert A
nears land It Is brought to a halt a few
Alexandrian School.
Co. of Ix'ipsic.
feet from the shore line, and Its talis The odometer, an instrument
This cable way Is to extend from the
man. which Is ilways carried In si little measuring distance traversed in a car
Clilleclto station of the Argentine
pouch in the b»w and may be a wolf’s rlage, Is no modern invention. Tli
Northern railroad for a total distance
head, the heud of a raven. Iron pyrites first description of It is to be found
of thirty-two miles. Its termination at
or any odd tiling. Is lifted out by the iu a fragilient of a Greek treatise and
this end will be 11.933 feet above tbe
omellc and held 1n his right hand to was known to engineers of the Ale$
“You are always looking for bar sea level, mid tbe engine station that
ward the shore, where stands the chief andrian school.
gains. Was there ever a time when will be erected nt tills point of the ca
medicine man of the tribe, who pours
Passing to more modern days, w» you weren't a bargain hunter?"
ble way will be the highest In the
over It a little fresh water to refresh It Bnd that on Jan. 1, 1598, a book wai
"Yes, dear; when I married you.”
world.
and thank it for the benefits given, If published In Nuremberg which pro
No less than eighty-seven miles of
the boat has secured a whale, or, If the fessed to give a "succinct, detailed and
rope will lie required for the cable way.
Pardoaable Cariosity.
boat has not been lucky, to appease any positive explanation” of various sys
“At this height," said the guide, as The proeet will necessitate many re
slight that may have been put upon terns of measurement by means ot
the talisman, in the hope that It will such an Instrument. This ‘‘divider,” they paused on tlie mountain side to markable engineering difficulties, for
at one or two points the cableway will
give fliem better luck tn the future.
as the author calls it,' had a wbee look at the valley fur below, "people have to span gorges 2.800 feet wide by
with
weak
hearts
often
die.
”
After reaching shore a day or possi which carried in its axle an indicator
“How often,” asked a deeply inter 650 feet deep.
bly, two may be given for preparation, worked by the circular movement; at
The cable way is to have a carrying
and then the great feast begins. Each each turn a needle made a stroke, ested listener, "do they have to die
before they stay dead?”—Chicago capacity of forty-four tons of ore per
successful boat owner, beginning with which was transmitted to the dial.
hour, and cars, each containing 1,100
the one whose boat secured tlie most
This odometer, divided Into IDO Tribune.
pounds of ore, are to be dispatched at
whales, gives a feast, to which be in equal parts, had a long hand and a
Intervals of forty-five seconds —Scien
A K«li«f.
vites all the members of the tribe and short, like modern clocks, the latter
"So you enjoy hearing your wife tific American.
any other people who may be in the moving one stroke aa often as Its big
village. First a wind break of umi brother made a complete round of the speak in public?”
Teleph««« 1« the Jangle.
aks, sails or skins Is built to act as a dial.
"Yes,” answered Mr. Meekton, "it
Abyssinia is being "wired.” Some
shelter against thé chilly blasts of the
Is
a
great
comfort
to
me
to
hear
her
Another odometer, said to have, been
1,000 miles of telephone line have been
polar winds. It Is placed in the form Invented by Peter the Great, was describing faults and difficulties for put up. ami as much more is being laid.
of a large circle If enough material can shown at the Moscow polytechnic er which 1 cannot possibly be held re Tbe work Is no joke, according to Ev
be secured. In the center of which a hibition In 1872. It was called a sponsible. "—Washington Star.
erybody's Magazine. Tbe mins and
walrus hide is placed on the ground, “verst counter” and worked excel
the poles fell. The white nnts ate up
and to Its four corners are tied long lently.
Gettlaa HI« Paalahaaeat.
a large collection of wooden poles.
ropes, which are passed over tripods
Barnes—One has to suffer In this life Then Iron ones were put up, which the
A PECULIAR COMPOUND.
placed about twenty-live feet from the
for his sins even though he forsake simple native liked so well that he
skin.. The ends df the ropes are then
took them home to use In bls business.
Cryostas« Thaw, In the <oil an» them.
drawn tight and made fast with stout
Howes—Yes, Bingle’s wife married The negus stopped this amusement
Freese« t'nder Heat.
stakes driven Into the ground, thus
According to n German medical jour him to reform him, they say.—Boston by proclaiming dentil to the pole pil
raising the skin about four feet The
ferers.
Transcript.
skin thus becomes a platform some nal, very anomalous is tbe conduct of
But his royal mandate cannot pre
eight or ten feet square, which serves a peculiar chemical compound known
vent the Bandarlog, the monkey people,
A Little Chaane.
as
“
cryostase.
”
Tills
consists
of
a
mix
as a sort of movable stage on which
"I gave a poor man two nickels to from swinging In the wires or what is
ture In equal parts of phenol, saponin
the young women dance.
much more delightful—the elephant
Tbe feast usually begins at tbe time and camphor, with n little turpentine day.”
from scratching himself against the
“For charity?"
when the sun reaches a due western oil.
“No; for a dime.”—Cleveland Plain poles. The telephone pole Is n scratch
This weird substance possesses ths
point, about 6 o'clock. In tbe afternoon,
Ing post for elephants.
for during the eighty days of summer remarkable quality of becoming liquid, Dealer.
or
we
may
say
of
“
thawing,
”
In
the
at Otkeavic the sun never sets, and,
Th« <«rk Indnatrr.
B««ki«a.
being without timepieces, tlie Eskimos cold, and again becoming solid, or, as
Seventy-five years ago Italy supplied
"Julia, what has been in your mind
mark their time by the position of the It were, “freezing," when heated.
nearly all the cork used in England,
It Is true that some other bodies—as, since your marriage?'1
sun while It is visible and by the moon
“The fact that I was given away ai but tbe Italian supply lias fallen off
and stars when tlie sun has gone for for Instance, the white of an egg—pos
greatly of late years. In Rome prov
the' long arctic night. These feasts sess a similar property of becoming part of the ceremony.”—Detroit Free inces the trees have been cut down
solid,
or
coagulating,
with
heat,
but
in
Press,
sometimes last twenty-four hours.
for charcoal and in others they have
the case of these, when once the solldl
been felled on account of their high
flcation has taken place, no degree of
Way V».
He Smoked.
cold will restore them to the liquid
"Ma, I’m at tbe head of niy class.” potash values. Cork fret's easily reach
the age of 200 years. They yield cork
A very pretty girl with a well de state, whereas with cryostase the ex
"How’s that, Dick?”
fined air of knowing her way about periment can be repented and the
“Teacher says I’m tbe worst of all In tlieir thirtieth year and continue
tripped Into a day coach- of a train process reversed any numlier of times. the bad boys In school.”—Baltimore to do so every seven years. A new
bound for Washington at Philadel
process has been discovered by which
We have thus a substance which ab News.
large pieces of cork can be made out
phia Tuesday afternoon. Every win solutely defies all rule and precedent,
of small ones, and this lias given a
dow seat was occupied. The girl walk but of whose exceptional behavior no
Variety.
Impetus to the cork industry
ed half way down the car and with satisfactory • explanation has as yet
Helene—So they are finally divorced. great
The price of cork is going up steadily,
obvious disappointment took the best been given.
How about the child?
both on account of the Increasing de
sent that offered. A large, superheated
rercy—Oh, the child got tbe custody
Won« of That Klad.
tuand and the decreasing supply of tbe
looking man already occupied half of
of
tbe
mother,
I
believe
—
Buck.
"We had been digging a drain to our
Mw mater!»!
it. He held hfs breath long enough to
maze room for tbe girl, and she squeez -warehouse in Mobile,'' said the major,
"and
Iiefore
going
home
for
the
night
Snake by Mall.
Worth
It.
ed In. Then he settled himself again
An extraordinary case of attempted
"Sonny, ain't you afraid that such a
and appeared to swell out In every-dl- 1 told our porter Sam that he'd better
murder baa Just come to light In West
rectlon. Tbe girl cast longing glances bang out a red lantern as a caution to big cigar will make you sick?' r*
the public. He was absent for awhile
"Weil, sir, I tk-a
dvj't t mind beiti sick «a- err.- Awttr&Ha.- A ¡iackr;»v cuiitulnti«
nt tbe window but tbe 'ran'«
a venomous snake Xfns postisl to tbe
bulk and open newspaper cut off her and then came back to me to say:
• I cause like this."—Life.
“ 'We kyant put out no red lantern,
wife of a well known hotel keeper wh i
view. The girl fidgeted. The man
was In a very delicate state of health
spread himself more and more. Fu’l Majiih Dibits.'
Flayed Oat.
"‘But why?'
at the time. The snake was packed in
three-quarters of the seat he filled to
“You look tired, old fellpw."
'• 'Kase I’s bin to ebery grocery stob
a parcel with a hole at one end to ad
overflowing. The girl set her teeth.
“Tired? I am as tired as the rich
Thirty miles spun by. The girl could in Mobile au' etiery one o’ ’em am jest father In law of a foreign nobleman.”— mit air. The postal officials, however,
noticed the exceptional weight of the
endure It no longer, She turned her out o' red candles n't present. Shall I Town Topics.
go back an’ ax 'em fur blue or green?" "
pa< ket and. feeling the contents moi
face to him.
Ing, looked through tbe aperture anil
"Excuse me." she said distinctly,
The Kind She Liked.
Sensitive.
Into tbe eyes of tbe snake. The snake
“but don’t you ever smoke?”
Von Blum«r— Write a love letter
The (¡room (at tbe first hotel)—It's
was "duly killed, but the'author of the
Two minutes later the whole sent
my wife and I’ll sign It.
io
use.
Clara;
we
can
’
t
hide
It
from
outrage has not yet been found. Lon
was tiers. Washington Post.
Clerk
What
amount?
—
Smart
Set.
people that we are newly married. The
don Post.
Bride-What makes you think so.
HI« Farewells.
Quite the Reverse.
George, dear?
Xante« of Frails.
“That yoting chap that cal Is-on our
"I declare,” remarked tbe arctic •X- ly)—Why, the The Groom (dejected-
The very names of many of om
plorer, “It can hardly be said that you rice pudding. waiter has brought us Myrtllla reminds me of Patti," said the
fruits at once suggest their foreign
old man In the dining room.
people 'live on the fat of the land.’ ”
origin, Corinth was the sponsor of
“
Why
so?"
asked
his
wife.
"That’s so.” replied the Intelligent
Eaoaah Said.
“He has so many farewell perform “currants' l” and Damascus of "dam-
Eskimo. "We live on tlie fat of tlie
First Passenger (promenading on tbe
sucb
ances
la tlie vestibule.” — Baltimore son»." We have borrowed the word
sea mostly—whale blubber and
deck of a liner In mldocenn. to second
"gooseberry” from tlw French "gro
Herald.
things.”—Exchange.
passenger,
leaning
disconsolately
seille;” "apricot" 1» derived from Ara
against the rail)—Have you dined? Sc<
Didn't Sear« Him.
bic; "peach” from the French or the
Hon, Ind—df
ond Passenger (dejectedly) — On the
Landlady—Don't be afraid of the Italian, and "tomato” from the Mex
Mrs. H.—Her busband simply won't contrary.—Harper's Weekly.
meat. Mr. Jonea. Jones (a new board, ican Aztec "tomotel,” while the word
ffste 1 to her. II.—How the deuce does
er)— I am not afraid of It. I've seen “cauliflower" la almoat comically close
tbe lucky fellow manage It?—Illus
One of the most Important assets In twice as much meat, and It didn't scars In Its derivation from the Hpanlsb
trated Bits.
a business is politeness.
“col-y-flor,” cabbage and flower.
me a bit
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