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
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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.
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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