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ers from the room of horrors. You'11 bale the horrors, too, If ^«>u esrer have is * asS'U to pass by these places ami you woq't w ant chicken for your dinner, for a long lime to come. 'Tis w ell that we are blind to many things in this world, for if it were otherw ise we would cer tainly lead a miserable existence. BANDON RECORDER. SIZE OF AN ATOM. Ul»*l«*lt*'" That Give* >"“• ld»a uf Its Lltlleneaa. How lafg>* 1* an atom? "Perhaps the Simplest though not the moat exact way of arriving at a rough estimate of the aixe of ¿turns la by measuring the thickness of a soap bubble fllm where It la as thin as possible just before it bursts,” says a writer. "‘Such a tllm if com|MMH^l of atoms must be something like a pebble wall. Now, « pebble wall would not stHlid If it were not seyfral pebbles thick, and If we had reason to suppose that it was about a dozen peb bliM thick w e could euslly make un es llmate of the size of a pebble by mens url ■: the thickness of the wall. That Is the ease with the thinnest region of a s i. p him. It Is found to have a verj deltaite uniform thickness. It Is the thinnest thing known, and by relined optical menus Its thickness can lie uc eurately measured. It must contain But Leas than Something like a dozen atoms In Its thickness, and yet It Is <Mi|y about the twenty millionth of an Inch iu thickness by direct measure ment. Ko that the diameter of an atom conies out between one two-hundredth millionth of an Inch. In other words, from about 200,000.000 to 300,000.001) of atoms can He edge to edge In a linear Inch.'* If there Was ever any class of men who needed to feel the stern and unre lenting hand of justice labi upon them, it is the “dago” poultry «iealers of Sall Francisco, and it wnuhl not do any harm to have th** Society for Preven tion of Cruelty to Animals to l«*«k in upon other poultry dealers who pride themselves u|s>n living lives als>ve re proach ami give them a few lessons in living kind and «considerate of the live poultry that is sliip|axl from u distant town and allowed to remain hours in their erain|H-<l up coops without food or water. I said hours, when 1 meant a day or two at a time, and sometimes three. $ome of them make a show of giving them water by placing little troughs in front of the coiqw and ¡lour ing water into them. But they are not guaranteed to hold water, ami before a third of the scrambling chickens have fought their way to it over the other frantic fowls it has all leaked out aifd the poor birds must continue to sutler until the hand of the poultry dealer draws the merciful knife across its neck. If they are fed at all it is so little that it is only an aggravation and d«x* not ap|>ease their hunger in the least. It is distressing to pass by these places to anyone who has any feeling for dumb cr«*atures. But the “dagos” are worse in their treatment of poultry. They not only starve and forget to water the poultry that comes to them, but they are cruel in the extreme. Unless chick ens, etc., are extremely young, they crush their breast bone* as they take them from their coops, this process, it is said, being to make them appear young and tender to the would-be pur chaser. The frightened, agonizing cries of the |sjor chickens will not soon be forgotten by those who have seen the process of making old chickens young and tender. The men guilty of this wretched practice are alisolutely heart less. < >ne or more of the biggest deal ers in poultry in San Francisco are guilty as well of another cruel practice. It seems they supply some of the biggest restaurants with chickens, and it is a custom of theirs to leave the coops of the chickens that are to lie killed next day ojien all night and two or three dogs are turned l«s.*s«* in the store when the owners leave for the night. The chickens soon find the door open and gladly seek their liberty to get out of the ctsips where they have been cramped and penned up for hours. It isa false move forthem, however. From the moment they appear the fun of the •logs begins. If they escape being killed they are pursued until they are exhausUs! and wounded and lie Buffer ing until the store is opened next morn ing, when they are dispatchtsl in short order and dressed lor the markets or the restaurants. Those that are badly torn and mutilated are served up as chicken frieas«*e in the cheap restau rants. THE CUNNING FOX ' GORGEOUS MALE ATTIRE. ARE WOMEN NERVOUS? IsUlsn l.euend ul HI, fi* la Ma« »4 by the Welt. Marturtal the Mr»talefUlh (eutury, The wolf hates the r-x. According to the lro«iuoiB ludluus, Hits Is why: One cold, wintry day a fox w ho was prowling ubout looking to see where he might steal his dinner saw a wagon coming. It was loadetl wiff« tish ami was driven by some jksuermeu who were taking home their day's catch. "Ah, ba!" said the euimlug fox. “Here comes my dinner.” Ami be fell down Hud preteinled to l>e dead. The fisher men. seeing him, picked him up uml threw him into the wagon among the fish. Then the fox slyly threw out some tish and when the tisliermeu were not looking Jumped off himself uml ma«le oh with the tish he had thrown out Pretty soon afterward he met a wolf, who snld. "I am hungry, mid I guess I will eat you for my dinner.” But the t'ox said, "Would you rather not have tish for dinner?" The wolt replied that on the whole-be thought he would pro fer tish. Then the cunning fox told him of th«* trick by which he bad just got his own dinner and advised him to try It. The wolf was pleated with the Idea, so he rag through the woods and headed off the team which the fisher men were driving, falling down In the road before It and pretending to be «lead. But the fishermen, who had by tills time discovered the trick the fox Inal played upon them. Instead of tuk lag him Into the wagon, l«eat him with clubs so that he barely escaped with his life. And on a hiUside near by sat tlie fox, who laughed and laughed. < 'oiitfklvriug the way wuuieu art* lua- h.uiKxi in tln sv day« for tbeir fondness t »r ¡»urpfe $ ml rtnv it is rather a siHM-k to bud that the sumptuary laws of the past were d fretted mainly ag.iinst male ex<tMi»«i in the matter of raiment. There la, for Instance, an or- dlnunce issued b> the lord mayor and common vonm il of Londou in 1011 with regard to the dress of ’prentices, who were in many cases the sons of wealthy city merchants, gaining “freedom of the city** by npprvnt!<*eship. It wan ordained in the proclamation, among much else, that they should wear “no hat lined, faced or tufted with velvet, silk or tafiety, nor any lawn bands nor hi<*e edged collars nor any pukadll- lle or other support about the collars of tl.^ir ddubiets nor breeches or doublets of any kind of silk nor glovex garnished with silver or gold lace, vel vet or silk nor girdles or garters ot shoe ties of silk or ribbon nor any rose or such like toyes at all upon the shoes or garters nor sleeves held out by u framework of wire nor silk stockings nor Spanish leather shoes nor any shoes with high heels nor the ha., done with any tufts or locks, but cut close in decent manner.** lu Oaklaml has a Mayor who has the interest of the city at heart ami knows the value of shade tr«s*s in lieautifying the streets and adding an attraction to the pla«-e that nothing else will do. The edict has gone forth, and in fu ture einpfeyes of the telephone and telegraph companies must answer to the Board of Public Works should they mutilate shadetreew in an order to clear their lines of olietructions. In the past the employes of tin s«* «■oiiipaiiies have freely use«l axes and saws w here limbs ot shade trades interfered with their wires, and as a result numerous com plaints have been carried to the city authorities. One lady has just carried her grievances to the Mayor, Hie tel«*- phoneeom|«antes having mutilated and ruined a number of acacia trees before her home, in spite of her protests. Mayor Olney carried it to the Board of Public Works, receiving the above de cision of the Board, and also wrote a LINCOLN TO YOUNG MEN. strong letter to the olt'emiers. He lias fie I reel Them to Bear Their Share issued an order to the ) ml ice to arrest In roiitical kite. anyone mutilating or removing trees Abraham Lincoln’s belief that young without lirst receiving the necessary BLADES OF GRASS. men should get up and show what they permit from the Board of Public Works. can do, without waiting to be sought ttce Reason Tber Grow So Ahundaut* To the Mayor is largely due th«« plant out by older folk, is set forth in the lr Tbreuahoat the World. LIGHT WAVES. ing of Telegraph avenue with Ameri following letter written to William H. Grass«* are widely <llffus«sl through can elms, and his fondness for the trees DHlerent Kind« Brcuaht Into <’«*a- Herndon, then at Washington, under out the world In order to provide will lead him to keep a watchful eye date of June 22, 1848: Junction l*rodu«e Darkness. abundantly for the sustenance of a on all would-lie breakers of the law. As to young men. You must not wait Every light wave, is a wave of the very large portion of the animal king be brought forward by the older men. Would that there was a Mayor Olney sea, consists of two pirtlons. In one of to dom. For instance, do you suppose that I “Grasses," says I’aley, “are nature's which tlie water Is lifted above the should ever have got into notice if I had in every town and village. general average level of the surround waited to be hunted up and pushed for care. Cattle feed upon their leaves, ing ocean and in the tther is depressed ward liy older men? You young men get birds upon their smaller seeds, men and form a “Rough and Ready BRIEF REVIEW. below it. These two jortious form the together upon the larger, for our bread corn is a club” and have regular meetings and grass They thrive under treatment "crest” and the “trough” of the wave speeches. Take in everybody you can get. Har by which other plants are destroyed. Small Words Their Waterloo. respectively. rison Grimsley. L. A. Enos, Lee Kimball The more their leaves are consumed If two or more seis of waves are and Harmless looking little words from a C. W. Matheny will do to begin the the more their roots Increase, and the grammar school speller floored some caused to traverse the same surface, tiling, but as you go along gather up all more they are trampled upon the thick as by dropping stones into still water, the shrewd, wild boys about town, wheth of this town’s most highly educated for Instance, a complitated network of er Just of age or a little under age -Chris er they grow. Many that seem dead men and women in a spelling match ripples is produced. It certain points Logan, Reddick Ridgely, Lewis Zwizler and dry renew their verdure In the hundreds such. Let every one play last night between the Presbyterian the crest of one wave will coincide and spring. On lofty mountains, where the part he can play best, some speak, summer heats are not sufficient to Church and the Eastern Star Lodge, with the crest of another, and tin* two some sing and all “holler.” Your meetings will be of evenings; the ripen the seeds, grasses abound which says a Chillicothe, Mo., dispatch to the will combine to form one crest of dou older men and the women will go to hear are viviparous anil consequently able Kansas City Star. Fourteen spellers ble th«* height, the tough also being you, so that it will not only contribute to to propagate themselves without twice the depth. the election of “Old Zach.” but will be an on a side stumbled and fell over such seed." At other points thecrest of one wave Interesting pastime and improving to the words as “ derision, ” “ knoll," “ yew. ” It is Interesting to note in this con will fall on the trough of another, and intellectual faculties of all engaged. L. A. Chapman, president of the Board as the same partfees of water are Don't fail to do this. nection that animals at liberty in their ABRAHAM LINCOLN. of Education, persisted in putting a called upon by equal forces to move in pasture to range and choose attack the final “ e ” on “ stomach, ” and was sent leaves and leave unharmed the stalks opposite directions It the same time MUSHROOMS ON TREES. which support the reproductive flow to his seat. W. .1. Gunby, who as- they will remain stationary, and the ers. pired to Mr. Chapman’s ¡sisition on surface will not be dlsturb«*d at those The Method hj Which They Are Cui- tlvated In Jupnti. tlie school board, was put out of the points. Similarly, as light consists ot waves Mushrooms grown on trees form A CURIOUS ANIMAL. way on “yew.” “Ben” Beazell, ed itor of tlu* Tribune, failed on “discrep in th«* ether, it hfs been shown by quite an Important article of export Th* Jelly-like Amoeba lias Neither Fresnel that if om ray be caused to ancy, ” while his city editor, Percy fall half a wave leigth behind another from Japan to China. Shikoku Island, Limbs, Mouth Nor Stomach. where much camphor is produced, is Evans, was disabled by “ egregious. ” The amoeba, probably the simplest the troughs of on< set of waves will th«* chief home of this industry. The “Oleomargarine” worked as much combine with the «rests of the other set method <*mploy«*d Is ns follows: Oak form of animal life, has neither limbs, havoc as a Japanese torpedo, depleting to neutralize one another, so produc trees about thirty years okl are felled mouth, nor stomach. Its whole anato my consists of u simple cell of the Jel both ranks. Frank Sparling, ex-Coun- ing still ether, or dirk patches, at those in the autumn, and incisions are made ly-like material called protoplasm. It ty School Commissioner, was sent to particular points in the midst of the with axes at intervals of three or four moves with a flowing motion, just as a Indies. The trees are then cut Into the bench after spelling printers’ “pi” surrounding light. drop of glycerin might slide on a slight logs four or five feet long and are left in this fashion, "pye.” The honors ly Inclined plate. in dark, secluded parts of the forest. HAVE YOU A HOBBY? were even between Mrs. J. T. Milbank It feeds by flowing over and Ingulf After three years mushrooms make and the Postmaster, ,1. L. Schmitz, un An EMpecfnl Fad 1« Said to Be Good ing and minute animal or vegetable their appearance In the Incised por til tlie latter, out of gallantry, pur- For Mi.id and Body. organism that may be tn its path. tions, ami when the crop shows signs posely missed an easy word. When It has digested its food It passes The best thing in the world for of growing thin fresh logs are provid on and leaves the residue behind. nerves Is sleep, til«* next proper food, ed. These mushrooms will grow nt Dish Wiping Not Necessary by This tin* third proper dress. But as good as every season of th«* year, hut in win The amoeba can be found on the sur face of the mud at the bottom of al Device. any one of those is a hobby. ter and spring artificial stimulus is most any stagnant pool and is hardly How often does one bear the expres- needed, which Is supplied by stwplng I was privileged to visit the kitchen Not long since a gentleman and his visible without a microscope. It re wife happened to be passing one of of tlie Inside Inn at St. Louis, ami k on, "Oh. that is So-and-So’s hobby,” the logs in water and striking them produces Its kind by simply dividing these poultry places late in the evening, there saw their method of washing spoken rather disparagingly. It Is the with mallets or axes to prepar«* the Into two when It has reach«*«! a certain tendency of tlie average mind to re beds and facilitate the growth. The size Occasionally two amoeba merge and, hearing a great commotion in the dishes; part of the process might be gard a person who lias a pronounced autumn crop is tlu* largest. The mush poultry store, stopped to And out the used to advantage by busy housewives. Into one, which breaks up Into many enthusiasm as a species of harmless rooms after *M*ing colh*ct«*«l are dried much smaller ones In times of drought trouble. A terrible and disgusting After scraping the refuse from the lunatic rather to be pitied. The truth by tlie suu or by artificial heat. sight met their eyes. The dogs were dishes, they are put into a large wire the amoeba Incloses Itself In a hard of tlie matter is that any one who has In the Stilly Might, cyst and waits until its home is wet yelping ami tearing around like mad, receptacle and dipped into boiling soap any especial fad Is greatly to be en The chemist's night bell rung furi again. while a number of chickens were lying suds; from this into boiling water, then vied, as it probably provides more in dismembered on the floor. Some had are taken out ami allowed to stand for terest and amusement for its possessor ously, and, with a much rutiled temper, th«* worthy dispenser dress«*<l and A Purpose. their legs off, others their wings, some a few moments and are perfectly dry than anything else. Any decided inter opened his shop diMir. A purpose Is always a companion. est in life, whether It is dignified by "I want a bottle of soda water, An earnest purpose Is the closest of with jiart of the head missing, many without the use of a towel. In this the name of an occupation or Is simply companions. To fulfill duties Is more were dead, others dying in their agony, wise the housewife may apply the pro an enthusiasm or even mentioned please,” said the complacent individual than to enjoy pleasures. It curries Its and those that were left were flying cess: Clean off all scraps from the slightingly as a fad. I.) eminently de who stood without. For a moment Mr. Squills was !n- own reward. There Is no bitter !<>•«* frantically about to get away from the dishes, as usual, then wash in soap sirable. lln«*ss for those affectionately devoted dogs. It made both of them sick, for and water, dip cups into boiling water "I have never seen a genuine col cllned to be personal, but then lie re- to blessing their fellow creatures. Th«* the sight was a revolting one. Then by their handles and put to drain in lector that Is not happy when he is al tlected that, since bi* bad come down, keeper of the lighthouse when night they hunfed up a policeman and took wire drainer, or if that is not at hand lowed by circumstances to gratify’ his he might as well do business. "Sixpence, please,” he said. “Two settles around him and the tempest him to the scene. All he said was, use a common market basket which tastes," remarked a student of human pence will be allowed on the bottle holds revelry and he looks out on «•«■ nature, “ and a bent In that direction ghastly glare of the breakers and hears “Thedogs played havoc to-night, didn't has holes in the bottom; then placesau- should always be encouraged. It is a when returned.” the shrieking of the storm flend. finds they? They let the dogs out on pur cers ami plates ami other dishes on curious phase of our humanity that we Then he went back to b«*d. Two hours later he was awaken«*«! good company in the thought that the pose to run them, but they don’t often edge within the basket and )«our boil- will work diligently to make provision friendly light lie trims will warn en kill as many as they have to-night, ng water over them and allow to stand for our material needs when we are by another ring. Again he descended, dangered crews of tlielr peril and per just scare them until the blood is at a for a few minutes and they will be old and <iuite neglect to store up to find the same complacent customer haps save them from death. Gifted fever heat. They claim that it makes found to be beautifully dry and shining. mental resources that will interest and at the door. souls find solace an«l companionship them better.” “Why don’t you stop "Here’s your bottle.” lie remarked. amuse us until we are call«*«! hence." in their works. Hearing Restored By Lightning. Hobbies help one to forget sorrow "Gimme my tuppence!” this cruelty'.”’ ask«*d the lady. “.Stop He got it. but the chemist's remarks William Coles of Pittsgrove, who has ami give us pleasure In tlie present it,” laughe«! the ¡»oliceman. “You Mulual I.apse of Memory. anent some people's Impudence were They are among the best things In life lieen very «leaf, has had his hearing Mrs. It., who has passisi th«* meri can’t do anything with them fellows.” promoters of health, peace and happi really unprofessional. — London Tele dian of life and Is ambling down its "Ain’t you going to do anything about partially* restored, the result of being ness. Detroit News Tribune. graph. stunned by lightning, and declares his western slot«*, had occasion to cousult this and put a stop to it before any Mel (inn an <1 Snnff. her doctor. Before he diagnosi*«! her mor«* chickens are killed?” asked the hearing is almost as good as ever. Dur A Helpful Spirit. Of that great lady. Charlotte of Ba ing a thunder-storm tin* house of O. It. Illness hi* asked her age. lady angrily. “No, it wouldn’t do any There had nt first been six names on varia. the Marquise of Creqtiy In her “Doctor,” said the old lady, with good. The doors are loeked, I can’t Alderman was struck by lightning and tin* list of candidates to be sent by memoirs says: “The diet of this illus some asperity, “I am just one year get in and----- ” “Well, I can. I shall several memliers of the family were popular vote from the little seaport trious person was largely composed of older than I was thia time last year telephone immediately to the Society stunned. Mr. Coles, who is 91 years of town to the great fair, but gradually salt la»ef and soup made of beer; also when you visited me professionally for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals age and Mr. Alderman’s father-in-law, th«* list had dwindled, for two of the n certain horrible ragout of fermented and asked the same question." felt a peculiar sensation in his ears at candidates went so fnr abend of nil cabbage which made the whole castle “How old were you then?” asked the and we’ll see what can lie done,” she said hurrying away. “Hold on,” he tlie time, ami later discovered that his the others that It became a farce to re stink when she partook of It. Site doctor. “I have forgotten.” tain th«* other names. called it ‘schauernout,’ and she use«! “Be have {'htesg-s Re< ord Her .said, «wtch'ng up wit!« her, life whole hearing had greatly improved. It was when affairs had lieen nt this to compel her guests to eat It. In«l«*e«l ald. manner changing. "I’ll telephone to point for three weeks, and within I she made a sort of patriotic persccu An Englishman's Income the proprietors and make them come twenty four hours of the time set for ! tion of it. so that every one tried to The total income of tin* |ieople of the A Deadlock. down ami attend to this.” "Will you counting the Inst votes, that Miss Mat- I evade her dinners. She would eat the “The only way to swim.” said the arrest thetn?” was ask«sl “Hhup," United Kingdom, as estimate«! by Sir tie Hawley met. one «tf the candidate.' most jjorribfe .n>«*ss«*s prunes and man who assumes to give instruction was th«* response, but you can never Robert tiifteii and Professor Rowley, on the street. pears cooked with lard uml onions, about everything, "Is to have «tonfi “I don't know what to do." said Miss Minds mad«* of raw herrings and np make Polly lielieve he did anything of approaches $10,000,000,000, Our popu dence.” lation at this moment is a** nearly as Mattie with a distressed look In her ' pies soaked in oil and mustard, pasties “Yea,” answered the novice, “and tin* kind. He was undoubtedly ]«ai«i |s«ssibl«* 43,000,000. Dividing $10,000,- eyes. “I want yon to go, and I want i of otters' flesh and snails. She pow the only way to have confidence Is to by th«* proprietors to be blind to any her to go, so at last I tiethought me j dered her melon with Scotch snuff ” be perfectly sure you can swim."— thing that might happen, and I have 000,000 by 43,000,000, we get nearly bow I could help you |>oth. So I went $235 as the annual income per head of Washington Star. no idea that In* even telephomsl to the into Jones' and bought ten dozen cakes J A Strict Old I.ady. inhuman lieings who earrtal on this tlie British ¡«eopie. Taking a family of of soap and put half the coupons tn | A certain noble family in Scotland five persons, we see that the average N*lh«»d la It. nefarious business. for you and half for her.”—Youth's adopted the Episcopalian faith and car income per family is alsiut $1175 |>er Companion. Mira Gabble It's strange that a girl ried out its Ideas regardless of expense who need to wearier hair so neatly I annum. tin the first Introduction of the full Polly saw them pick and lay aside a so careless about It now. She has t choir service Into the l«s*iil church the I’lct nremq tie Padua. Rat Pound in Paris. keep brushing stray locks back with chicken taken dead out of the coop that Padua, In spite of Its flat surround great lady, who had lieen active In the her hand Miss Chellua That's not was so diseastsl that it was ready to Among the sights in the city of Paris ings, is one of the moat picturesque work, was anxious that a favorite strange Rhe's got an engagement ring fail to pieces. A portion of it was thor is a regular rat pound, where the ser cities of lipper Italy. And tlie s«*eker woman servant of hers a Presbyterian —Philadelphia Press oughly green, yet someone bought that vices of th«* rodents are utilized for re after gardens will find many charming ot the old school should have an op chicken for a mere song, possibly some moving the flesh from tin* carcass«* of bits along the narrow canals or by th«* ’ portunity of hearing the service. Ac Manage as we may. misery and suf cheap r«*staurant or a dealer in tam sluggish river skirting the city walls. «•ordingly she took tier down to church faring will always cleave to the borders ales on the “llarliary Coast.” Ti e dea«t animals. A horse thrown in over night is<|Uitestripped by morning, ami Ind«*e«l one might almost Include !n a in the earrings* and ou returning asked «T euperflalty -Jacobi. chickens are kept just so long, and it is the regular work of men in charge study of gardens the l«eautiful Prato the old wonpin what she thought of della Valle, tlie public square tiefore the music. "Ou, It's verra lionny. But. ■ *• sraut Preenuk then If not sold go into a pickle. When to remove the polish«*«! bones. the Church of St. Antonio, with Its oh, my lady, it's an awfu' way of The Bridegroom You said you were there is a demand for them out they 9 . . -■ - ....... — —— encircling canal cri>ss«>d by marble spending the Sabbath!” gsSntl to give me a grand present oil come a conglomeration of colors, green, There are 44,000 hotels in the Unit«*«! bridges. Its range of baroque statu«*s aair voiMIng day. How about It? Ills bln«* and yellow predominating. They CS|»e>»le iMth Way«. States, representing an Invested <*apital of "worthies" an«l Its «qptrnl expitfse Wether In Inv Didn’t I give you my Pretty Daughter So you don't like ahmist give you the nightmare to pass of over six billion dollars. These estal of tnrf am! tres*. There is no other dkaght*? Philadelphia Bulletin the place, bgt you rest assured lishmentsemploy 3,500,000 persons. example In Italy of a square laid out Jlm?*.IIer Father No. $Io ap|«ears to lie capable of nothing. Pretty Dailgh these pickled birds are never displays«! in this parkllki way. and th» Prato , ter Hut what objection have you tn The largest ¡smtoon bridge in the della Valle would form an admirable i G«»rge? 'Her Fattier Oh, lie's worse **n* a nabh ««a do Jegeg<le / go.st to the public. Far from it, they are *ggl *s* hww e«*k faith some good kept in the r«wr snd brought out only world is at Calcutta and is a |>erma- imslel for the treatment of open spaeea tikiin Jim. Ylt* strlk«*s nr as being In a moders city. Century. VfitMtMiateB <»«n for the inspection of intending purchas nent structure. «Vpiibl« of anything A Lundun « rille Drelsrea rn«-> Arr strvuaer TK mh Kver Mrtwrr. »»'omen uf the present day are said to be more nervous than women at any previous peritsl. This, of course, Is lti.<ly the opmb'ii of pessimist* ex prewsisl In an exaggerated manner. Undoubtedly the woman of today suf fers fro.u "iti rves.” But this has al ways I ecu a common complaint among women at all times. The hist genera tion was neurotic; earlier generations had insistently convenient attacks uf "megrims.” The pessimist never wearies of en larging upon the strain and stress of liKMlern life, the rush of travel, the restlessneM of great s « h - ui 1 centers, the incessant p «aching on the hours of the night, the eternal Increase In the num her of working women. Yet in reality if the strain on women be greater than ever the fact that they are able to endure It proves an Increase In nervous power rather than a decrease. The woman who works for her living todny lias far stronger nerves tliun her predt* censors ever posses8«*«l. She stands the strain year in and year out. The wom an of a few generations ago ceuld not have stooil it for a month. It Is also futile to point to the rush of modern travel ns a nerve destroying force. At the present day there Is fess nervous waste in crossing a continent than there was a hundred years ago In a Journey from London to Bath lu the stuffy Interior of a lumbering coach. Where among the women of old, whose nerves are so laud«*d, could we find the woman who could drive a mo tor car without tremor or who could cycle through a street crowded with traffic? The most competent authori- tlis declare that never In the history of the race has so excellent a type of wo man been evolved as the average wom an uf today. London Express. USE OF PERFUMES. Strive Ah««>» I«» Have the Odor Dain ty and I'lenn «iilfllliis. CHOICE MISCELLANY Tarn* ou !<■ I*«*«lae<ui. The gradual rotata«« of a large gran ite ball, neighing two tons, on a ped esta) of the C. B Merchant liionii ment In the Marion ««•luetery Is at tracting rhe attention of local scien tists. During the lust five years the ball has turmsl as though on Its axis thlrt«*«*n and thr«*«*-quarter Inches When ting ball was plactsl in position an unpolished spot six inches In «llaiii«* ter was left In the socket uf the pedes tai. A year ago It was i>otlc«*d that the iiii | hi II s I i «*I s|ait was turning upward on the south side of the monument The revolution of the huge ball Is sup posed to be due to the sun heating the south side of it, causing it to expanil, while th«* north side, resting In tlie shade must of the time, remains the same, a turning motion being imparted as tlie result. Th«* bull Is of such size that unless a derrick were us«*d It could not be turnisl to its pr«*sent po sltlon, ami. although tlie superstitious have advanced other theorl«*s, the pl:«*noine:ion Is attribute«! simply to tin* results of heat mid cold. Marion (G.) Dispatch to I'blcago Inter Ocean. XI Kistler 1« 111* Mother. Extracts from a letter from the painter Whistler to ills mother have founil tlielr way into print. It Is u very tender letter. It shows tin* other sldi* of th«* «-haructer of the man who dipped Ills pen tn gall mid wrote "The Gentle Art of Making Enemies:" My Own Dearest Mother—I have been so grieve*! to hear of your being 111 again, and now 1 am delighted to hear better news of you. D*i not let any anxiety tor mo ut ail Interfere with your rapidly get ting «tulle well, for I am happy to tell you that my own health Is capital, and the weather alone, In all Its uncertain ties.' retards my work, which, however. Is now very nearly complete, so that I look forward to being with you soon. • • • Perhaps tomorrow may be tine, and then Venice will be simply glorious. • • • This amazing city of palaces becomes realty a fairyland, created, one would think, es pecially for the painter. • • • I have fifty pastels! • • • They are much admired here, and I think rather well of them my self. though sometimes I get a little de spondent • • • go, you see, I have not been without friends, • • • not absolutely forlorn and cheerless. • • • It Is the same old story, my dear mother—I am at my work the first tiling at dawn and the last thing at night, and loving you all the while, though not writing to tell you. • • • Your fond son. JAMIE. There is no minordetail of the toilet on which some people express themselves so heatedly asonthe abuses of perfumes. When they dislike scent they stop short of few opprobrious terms con cerning the scented. Analyzed, the disgust that a highly scented person Inspires among many of the refilled is A Profitable Plague. chiefly to be traced to dislike of the We have been long nccustoimsl to "loudness” of a dominant, assertive fragrance and a peculiar, enervating look upon locusts as n plagn«* to be de plored, so that It is a satisfaction to nausea to which its continued presence know that these pests are of some conduces. A garden of flowers Is the Meal of practical use to man. Mr. Raphael Dubois has dlscoverml all scents. Note that in a garden first the mignonette yields a cleanly, ex that tlu* egg of a locust contains a klinl quisite whiff, then the breeze wafts of yolk and that when It is squ«*eze«l the incense of carnations, the richness there flows from ft a thick liquid of roses or tlie sweetness of helio which resembles honey and Is of com- trope. If a creeper or plant be heavily merclal value. Treated cold with equal parts of perfumed one's instinct is to keep clear of It—a passing breath is enough. other and alcohol, this yolk yields a Even the lioneyed bean fields cloy. yellow oil when evaporated in th«* open air. This can be made of the The secret of the agreeably perfumed is also to be found in an abstention i consistency of butter or hardemsl like from a strong appeal to the noses of soap. It will also burn like alcohol If their neighbors and In a well planned placed In a warm tin. Tlie proportion of oil amounts to variety. about 5 per cent of th«* bulk of eggs. Sachet perfumes and the aroma from As locusts can lie swept up by thou swi*et scented roots and woods are more cleanly and refreshing than pre sands, a large quantity of oil can be pared essences. A box of cedar or thus easily obtain«*«!. In France women and children are sandalwood gives a delicate fra grance to furs and woolens unrivaled. paid for collecting these eggs Into bar Lavender is faintly balsamic as well as rels at th«* rate of 50 centimes for every a rleli perfume. It may be placed kilogram. London Mall. among bouse linen and clothing In pro A Fuatlng Serp«*nt. fusion without giving a sensation of A large Japanese python which dl«*d Ratiety. Orris root is another of the at tin* MuReuni of Natural History in welcome odors, never cloying. The Paris a couple of years ago had re- ideal to be aimed at Is of the daintiest, fralntsl from eating for two years and not the simulation of n walking flask nine months. It arrived at the museum uf perfume. New York Globe. In IKtflt and was In the fullest health and strength. It was eight f«n*t long, KITCHEN DON’TS. of brilliant coloring, enormous diame ter and of a singularly aggressive dis Don't use knives for scraping the ta position. Its keepers, finding that It re- ble and pots. fuseil ordinary food, press«*«l every Don't crumple up your dish towels. dainty upon It which was known to Rinse nn«l hang them in the sun. tickle tin* palate of reptiles geese, Don’t black a stove while it Is hot. ducks. sh«*ep, liens but It would have It takes more blacking amt less polish. non«» of them. It pnss«*d away after a Don't put damp towels and napkins voluntary fust of two years and nine in tlie hamper. Dry them first or they months. will mildew. Don't put tin pans on the stove to Engllah Girls Smoking In Public. It Is a regrettable but certainly un dry. They become heated, tlie solder deniable fact that smoking among wo loosens and they soon leak. men and especially among young girls Don't put a greasy spoon on the ta is becoming Increasingly common. ble. It leaves a stain which requires Though It has been recognlzisl as a time to erase. I'ut It In a saucer. practice In private lift* for some time Don't pour boiling water over cliina past, to smoke <>p«*nly In restaurants packed in a pan. It will crack by the and other pnbll«* place* lias not been sudden contraction and expansion. look«*«! npou ns quite coniine 11 faut, Don't clutter up the kitchen when but during the last season or two it getting a meal, because It will take has grown more general at restau hours to clean up after the meal Is rants. This year a further stage lias over. t««*en reach«.*«!, and at Goodwool many Don't pour boiling water and soap on quite young girls were to be seen grease spots. Moisten tlie spots first smoking in the luncb«*on pnvllion. with a cold saturated solution of s « m 1 ii , then scrub them with th«* grain of the Proved 111« A*e. wood, using cold soapsuds. Exchange. When Hamilton T. age<l «ev- enty two, applied to the Ohio state F. kk <* In lle«l Gown*. pension commissioner for a pension For eggs in be«l gowns select about under the age net and was nsk**d to one half dozen sound potatoes as near furnish Nome proof cf his age lie sur of a size as possible, wash them thor prised Commissioner W. L. Curry l»y oughly, pee! tliem <*arefully and put offering the affidavit of Ilia iuotii€*r. them in tlie oven to bake. When quite She Is Mrs. Mary Scott. 93s Tr<*e street, done ami uici'iy browned lake llieiii I'lniadciphlH. where she ceiehrnhNi tier out, cut a small bit off the top, s«*oop one hundred ami first birthday anni enough of the potato out so that you versary on Aug. 12. Her affidavit will can pour a raw egg into each without support her son’s application for an breaking th«* yolk and season with salt, fig»’Mpensjou,. h<* being past the thre»»- cayenne and paprika to taste: then put arore and ten point. The fact is t»e- them in the oven again, ami when the flevod to la» unprecedented. ____ * eggs are set «lust them over with fine •«Trnln Catnrrh" In Amerlcn. breadcrumbs, add a small piece of but Train catarrh has n* yet no mini«* tn ter ami serve on a hot plate at once, garnislied with parsley or water cress. Amerlm or anywhere else, but here Is Its christening. The present writer —Y'ogue. hns lately spent four nights In sleep The Kllrbm Mirror. Ing berths on American trains, anti ho A good sized, clear glassed mirror In has spent ninny other nights on con the kitchen Is a great comfort to the tlnentnl trains. Always there hns re- woman who has to answer the front null«*! the catnrrh. produc«>d. one may door from that room ami is conducive presume, by chnng«* ol temperature to neatness, cliecrfnlness and good nnd dust. Many travelers have suf health, for wlint woman ever looked fered In the same way What do the at herself scowling? A necessity lu tlie d i« tors say about this form of «II sciim * kltclwn Is a reliable «-lock —London Chronicle Sorcaam. He—If I liad known bow sarcastic you were, I never would have married you. She You had an opportunity of noticing it. Didn't I say. "This is so sudden," w ben you prop«>s«*l to me aft er a three years' courtship? Where Slater* Dress Alike. In Yucatan, Central Amerlcn, sis ters dress precisely alike, even to the tying of a bow. the turn of a button or the flower In the liair. In the tropica large families are the rule, and any day you may fiee in the country girls In groups of from three to u baker’s doz "If.” In an offer to give something, en. who tielong to th«* same family, as is generally a paillock with tlie key in their clothes will show. It Is easy thus the river.—Atchison Glotie to distinguish the members of a fami Where there is much pretension ly anywhere. Mid n«l< infrequently tlie much has been borrowed. Nature nev Bisters are called by their favorite flower or color. er pretends. IA vater