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In the Wake of The Dory By GENIE ROSENFELD CoivriQht. 19-iL. lj the S. S. Mcilure Company It was tin' 1 Itli of April. The weath er hail been so bad that for days no boats could venture out, but la the forenoon of the 14th the conditions be came so favorable for fishing that all the men were preparing to go. During the morning lion, having mended his nets and made his boat ready to go out with the tide, went up to see old Captain Itodrigs and. show ing him the onler onT elipe for $r00. made a formal demand for Nita's hand. The old man appeared to be puzzled. He wiis seated by the stove smoking his pipe and reading his paper. With BUdden determination he laid down his pipe and Journal and went to the door aud called .nto the yard. "Nlta! Felipe!" Nlta came In quickly, a Hush on her face and an angry gleam In her eye. Felipe lounged behind her. "What are you doing here?" she asked fearfully. Don had not time to answer. Old Captain Itodrigs was on his feet. "See here." he said. "I'm 'bout tired of this hull tarnation business. Daugh ter, here's these two fellers a-peskln' me. You can't marry "em IhUIi. so take one and be done with it. They'll either on 'em suit me." Nlta looked from one to the other, but Felipe was the first to find voice. "So you've asked for her?" he said to Don. "I have." said Don. "Don't you know that she belongs to me?" "She have promise to marry -with me the 1st of May." Don was standing at the kitchen table, looking straight across it into the other man's face. "And I have promised her that she shall marry me on the 1st of May." aid Felipe, his beady eyes glistening. Each seized one of her hands. "Nlta!" both said appealingly to her. For a moment they stood thus. Then the stillness was broken by the 12 o'clock whistle from the fish factory across the road. Captain Itodrigs broke the silence. "It's high tide in ten minutes, boys. Ain't you a-goln out with the Mood?" Without a word the two men turned and strode out of the door. Don first. Felipe following. Nlta, who had remained speechless througlmut the whole scene, watehed them as they kept up their silent walk to the dock where their boat was moor ed. When they were out of sight she sank down, trembling and helpless, on her doorstep. Nlta never knew how long she sat thus. She was roused from her dumb misery oy a touch on her shoulder. She looked up. The shadows were al ready beginning to fall, and in the gathering darkness Louis, little Joe's father, stood beside her. "Louis! Louis!" she cried. "Have you not gone fishing? Then they are alone!" "I couldn't go." Louis answered. "Joe Is sick. I darsen't bring him over to you. but I thought perhaps you wouldn't mind If I ast you to come over. Seems as if it promised to be a good catch, and I don't want to miss It." In a moment the whole story was poured Into Louis ears. It was clear that he shared her apprehensions. Waiting onlt to establish her at the bedside of Jo, he borrowed Tom. the big apprentice of Francis, the grocer, end sailed seaward. What a night that was for Nita! The wind had risen. Swift flurries of rain pattered on the window panes, and finally the weird horn of the fish fac tory sounded, telling the fishers not to Fell their catch to tramp steamers, but to bring it to the home market. Once during the night her father enrae to her. "Daughter," he said. "I guess I hadn't orter spoke that ways to therr felUrs. I I didn't mean no harm, daughter. Hut I'll be glad when theni bouts : in." Nita clung to him. "I know -I know, father. You didn't mean any harm, but I'm thinking of Carlos himI 1 iego." "I'm thinkin' of that too. Maybe we'd orter spoke about them boots afore." And the old man wandered disconsolately off into the night, his oilskins screaming harshly ua they rubbed against each other. In the gray of the morning the boats began to come in. They had had an other great catch, and the good news 6m,ii spread, bringing all the fisher folk of the town to the wharf. At last all the boats were In but Don's and Louis'. Nita in her watching of little Joe could aot stay at the wharf, and the anxiety began to tell on her father. He asked first one fisherman aud then another if they had seen Don's boat and finally urted out the story of his fears. The next time Nita returned the crowd on the pier had Increased, and all maoe way for her with murmurs of Hj'nipathy. "Father?" she Vald inquiringly. "Yes. it's out," the old man an swered, "and I feel better for the tell iu" Aliout 10 o'clock a dory appeared around the light- Don's dory and close ly following it Louis' little boat. The kindly neighbors rushed to Nlta, who was with Joe. "It's ail right, Nita! Here's the lK)ats!" they cried. Francis, the grocer, had Joined the group and was looking at the Incom ing boats through his glass. "By gosh!" he exclaimed. "Some thing have gone wrong! There ain't but mil! man In either of them bo.-its!" A silence fell on the crowd. Then old Captain (Jama went to old Kodrlgs. "Captain Kodrlgs." he said, "can you nhow us them boots?" The old man hurried to ills cottage and returned in a moment with the boots, which were Identified as having belonged to Diego. Captain Gama gave a look at the boots and then ad dressed the fisher folk around him. "Friends." said he. "If Diego didn't have his boots on he never got .Imwned. nii.i ! s.. v- a; a f:ir mind ..l .... i . . e.i man. mai i uego coumii i a met no si,uare and nbovoboanl death. As for Carlos, that there drov. udin of his al ........ .ii.i i i. . . . .!..- uui mow queer 10 me. seein :if the cargo was sold and the nets lashed to the dory before she tipped over. It looks as If they was prepariu for that tlppln' over. And 1 asks you feller lish ermen what shall we do to Felipe, sup posin' he shows up without Don?' mere was a moment s pause, and then a voice in the crowd said: "Lynch him! Lynch him!" " ell," drawled Captain Ganm. "that be my own opinion." In a moment all was excitement. Some of the women scurried Into their nonies and hid themselves, others iiung nrcatuicssly on the edge ofvthi crowd. To the water's edge went a crowd of determined looking men. and In their midst stood Nita. Louis' Joe warmly wrappM in a shawl, was tight iy clasped In her arms. The boats came nearer, nearer, until a ci v went np: lie ain't there! It' Louts In one boat and Tom in the other As the keel of Don's boat grated on the sand Nita sprang into the water and grasped the edge of the boat with her one disengaged arm "Don! Don!" she wailed, then with a terrified shriek fell back. The benches and sides of Don's boat were smeared with blood, and on the bottom lay the body of a man The men sprang forward. Tom. Francis' lumbering clerk, stop ped them. "It ain't Don. It's the other feller.' In an instant a hundred voices had taken up the cry. "Lynch him! Lynch him!" Tom, for once roused to life, clam bered on the prow of the boat and stood holding on by the mast. "Stop!" he cried, holding hack th crowd with his uplifted hand. "This here feller's dead alreadv, and I'm most dead too." Then It was noticed that Tom's ha -id and face bore marks of a struggle and that he was ashv pale. Bef re any one could help him the great. 1 :b berly lad fell face forward on 'n sand. Little attention was paid him. In w ever, for Louis' boat was now in. A dozen hands seized the sides of tlie little boat and pulled It ashore. Lot: is. hntless and eoatless. had his arm "'Nita!' "P. this we was close beside the boat, and I could siv two men strug glin and fightin'. and I seen the boat's lantern glcamin' on a knife that some one was a-usin' pretty free. "'Hold on with the boat hook.' sayH 1 to Tom, and I'll git aboard and take a hand.' "So we run alongside, ami Tom grappled the dory with the boat hook. As I sprung aboard my foot slipped, and I fell on hands and knees Into a pool of blood. "I'.efore I could stand upright there was a splash, and I seen Felipe pushin". I '"in into the water. Then Felipe be gun aiiuin' heavy blows at Tom to make him let go his hold. My boat hunk's a short one. and as I got to my feet Felipe reached over with his gleamiu' knife and cut Tom across the hand. 1 1 1 a a cry the lad let go, and Felipe sprung for the tiller to swing her round and get out of reach. "In the excitement he had not seen me get aboard, but as he come round the mast we met face to face. "In a moment he had crouched for a spring, but I had my knife out be fore I come on board and was ready for him. "I'.y the light of that lantern we watched and waited- might have been for half a minute. Then we sprung Chance helped me, and 1 caught him by the wrist and had my knife in liiiu half a dozen times, but it seemed as If I couldn't find the right spot. "So we wrastled. each holdin' the other's knife hand for a full minute Then I remembered the slippery spot behind me. I pretended to yield a lit tie aud got him to pressin' me back until bit bv bit we had changed around completely and he stood where I had. "I got my back against the mast and prosed and pressed until he was obliged to take a step backwards. Hi stepped in the slippery pool. and. as I had hoped, his foot went from under him. When I was sure he couldn't do u more harm 1 looked about for Tom. I heard cries for help. and. steerin' nfb'i them, found Tom hangiu on the slth of my dory holdin' up Don. While I was fightin' he saw Don raise to the surface and jumped in aft er him. Poor lad! He was dead him self, but he held on to Don t:ll we got him aboard and then sailed this boat home. I couldn't bear to .stay besidi Felipe, but Tom said his he.id ached him so lie didn't carehe'd as mioii sail a dead man as a live one. "We looked Don over. Seemed as though he's not mortally cut, aud hi come back to himself once and spoki to me. "Now." raid Louis resignedly. "I s pose I ve got to go to jail, nut I couldn't help myself. It was him or me." nd so the Jury found it. Twelve good men and true decided that it was justifiable homicide, and along about the end of June Don and Nita wen married, with Louis for best man ami Tom second best. And half the girl? In the twn were willing to mother lit tie Joe If only Louis would ask them. -1 mUntr Ull un tin rroml. Gound up and blood trickling down hli face from a wound in his head. Nlta pressed her way to the edge of the boat. Joe was still In her arms. Her eyes glittered with the same strange light In them. She held Jo out to Louis. "Now." she sari, "give me Don!" There was a childlike faith In hei tone. Louis had gone to protect Don and left her to protect Joe. She had done her part and expected no less ol Louis. "Give me Ion!" she demanded, never taking her eyes off his face. r or answer i.ouis pulled back a sheet of tarpaulin, and there, wh I ti mid still, lay Don, his head pillowed on Louis' coat. With a spring like that of a wild an imal going to the defense of her young Nita jumped into the boat and, taking Don's head Into her lap. began croon lug over him and murmuring soft terms of endearment. A wall of sympathy rose from the crowd, but Nlta did not heed 1L She had drawn her shawl around the still white face in her arms and. thus hid ing out the world, was alone with her lover. Several men approached the boat U help lift Don out. but Louis stayed them, the tears on his cheek. "Wait till the doctor comes," he said. "He ain't dead, leastways not quite, and mebbe slip's the best medicine hf could have." "Hut what does It all mean?" thf men cried. Standing with one foot on the seat ol the boat to make n more comfortable rest for Joe. Louis told hN story. "I was late in gettin' away on ac count of Joe, an It was so dark afore I came to the grounds that I couldn't tell one boat fr-mi another. What Nlta told me had scared me some, so I says to Tom. 'I guess we won't bother about llshln until we get alongside of Don.' So we sailed from light to light, and every time I'd hail a boat it would be John of Truro or Pedro or anybody but Don. I had rot sort of discouraged when Tom says to me. 'Seems as if there was a light on the starboard quarter.' "I looks and looks, and finally I makes out that Tom was right, and wo steered for her. "Souiethin told me it was Don's boat, and It was Just as if a voice said to me. 'Put out your lights.' So. con trary to law. I puts out my light anil sails along toward this little green light. As I watched, seemed as If she was pltchln strange for the kind of weather it wan. The light was bob bin round and dandn' up and down most strange. "Somethln's afoot a'ready." I says to Tom. and we semis on as fast as we could make the dory spin. When we was quite nigh I heard voices. "The best man gets her. eh?' says Felipe, and Don gives a loud crv. SUPERSTITIONS. TIi i ii sr- Tli nt Some People Imiiifiua Are Ikiin f llml l.nck. tne people otherwise scnibie w til draw bad; rat bet- than walk under a Ii-libr l'.i-u strougmluded women Li-.t.it.- jo show their contempt of this til erMition when they hear that It prevents tne single from marrying for th..t ear and to the married it be- t tl.eiis death. 1 he Dutch hold that It was a sjixn that you would be hanged because, of the important part which a ladder used formerly to play in the last act of the law. A Scotch tradition 1. -ids it lucky to wish when going un der a ladder. To u.iss the mouth in eating and drop otie netuals is a sign of annroachm sickness. Kvery time one turns a loaf upside down a ship is wrecked. On this tie- Dutch say. "If a loaf lies topsy tury it is not good." Scott in "The Talcs of a Grandfather" says. "Never turn a loaf in the presence of a Mon teith." Hazlitt in his "Lngllsh Prov erbs" quotes. "Are there traitors at the table that the loaf Is turned the wrong side upward?" That ill fortune attended the spilling nf :ih is nti idea arising from the be lief of the ancients that salt was in corruptible. It was therefore made the mii bo of friendship, and if it fell cas ually the ancients thought their friend ship would not be of long duration. In Leonardo da Vinci's "Last Supper" the betrayr is represented in the act of hpilliug salt Win nil Side of the Fence. Santos Dumont tells this story: "A lunatic leaned ocr the fence of the asylum grounds, watching a repair job that was going on. Finally he took the pipe from his mouth, blew a fragrant cloud of smoke Into the air and said. with a languid interest, to the middle aged man who was digging a hide with with a spade in the hard, stony soil: 'What wages do you get, friend? " 'Six dollars a week,' sai.ijhe labor er. And he unknotted the red handker chief that encircled his neck and wiped the sweat from his face. "'Arc voti married?' continued tin lunatic. " i am." said the laborer, 'and I am the father of eleven young children be sides.' "The lunatic, pulling his pipe, mused a little while. Then he said: Tin thinking, friend, you're on the wrong side of the fence.' "Boston Post. A I'opulnr Decision. George Fred Williams of Massachu setts tells of a politician In that state who Is rather well known for his ex tremely conservative temperament. A year or two ago the politician was a candidate for the assessorshlp of a cer tain county In the state mentioned. Just at the height of his campaign a circus visited the county seat, and local attention was for the moment diverted from the political situation to the won der of the arena. Among the exhibits of this show was a freak billed as "the two headed sheep," and there was much discussion as to whether the freak was two sheep with one body or POISON IVY. LENGTHY SERMONS. it May He Known by Itn Three Leaf, lets nml White Ilerrlca. Frequently a person is puzzled to know whether a vine with which he comes in contact is poison Ivy or Vir ginia creeper. The poison ivy has thre leatlets and white berries, while the creeper has lie and purple berries. The only way to prevent a bud case of poisoning from the Ivy Is to begin treatment as soon as the itching sen sation bee mes apparent. If the case Is allowed to continue until the puB t tiles break the patient Is pretty sura to suffer for a week or more. A good remedy Is the extract of grliulella. which If used in time by rubbing on the affected parts every five minutes will give relief. Sugar of lead salve la also a standard remedy. If a person who has touched poison ivy will wash the exposed part thor oughly with soap as soon after as pos sible poisoning can generally be pro- vented. The poisonous principle In the Ivy is a corrosive essential oil which is very volatile. It Is not necessary to touch the ivy In order to be poisoned. Passing near it may be sufficient, and when Ivy is burned the smoke Is also poisonous. Many people are not at all sensitive to poison ivy and can handle It without fear, while to others a mere breath of It Is sufficient to cause troublesome eruptions. Poison oak and poison Ivy are the same thing. The plant has a peculiar way of changing Its habit of growth according to local conditions. Pathfinder. A PERSIAN TRAGEDY. Sublime CitnrHCi- by Which l'rliice Snloine Ksc:iMil Her Mnwter. James Maker, a well known traveler and writer, tells a curious si.irj nf a J war 1 to yars ago. The Persian shah was besieging Tillis. and the husband . of the Princess Salome bad been slain , In the siege. When the Persians en tered and sacked the town Salome tried to save her young son, but he was torn from her arms and hacked in pieces before her eyes. Her own life was spared and she was borne to the camp outside the walls of Tillis to the shah. He sold her to Djafar Bek, who shut her up in a castle- a part of which still remains near where now is the j lovely tropical botanical garden of : Tillis. Charmed by her beauty, he ask ed her to become his wife. She re fused and begged her purchaser to slay her. The Persian gave her a night . to reconsider tin? matter and on the i next day he lay reclining on a great j cushion under a tree on that" hot, sun ny hillside aud awaited her answer. mou on "I-ear and Hope, Objects of .... . , to i . i .. , . veiled in a long, the Divine Complacency." from in 1 . , , .. . 4 . , . , . . ... 1 Mutely, her text Psalm cxlvii, 11. "V ie Lor. t. . . , eth pleasure in them that fear him a:ai ( In those that hope it: his mercy." M. Boston, "after an Introduction in four REITERATION. The I'ower of Aaaertinir a Thlnic Over nnil Over AKaln. There Is nothing more extraordinary than the effect produced by reiteration upon the public mind. Almost any nonsense makes an impression If only it Is repeated often enough In print. The fortunes made by soaps, hair washes, patent medicines, patent aids to cook ery, etc.. are witnesses to this curious fact. There is a form of self advertisement which proves even more pointedly than commercial advertisement the wonder ful potency of assertion. It is some thing far subtler than what we have been discussing, and appeals to a small er aud more select public. In this case the deception goes further, but it Is necessary to obtain the full effect that a person wno makes tne assertion should himself believe in its truth. The power to deceive with which the self deceived are often endowed Is remarkable. I?y countless assertions a stupid man can convince himself. That Is why un- receptive people become so pigheaded ami prejudiced as they got older. Lon don Spectator. SUBSTITUTE FOR GLASS. MnmrKlliiK With the I.uiiwuuno. A story is told of a German teacher ut an American girls' college who was not thoroughly acquainted with the Fngiish lanu.iago and the college slang had not helped her In soh ing the puz zle. She had heard the girls talk about go.ng on' on larks. Returning one day from a picnic she said to some of the girls, "ih. I hae been on such a cana ry." She startled her class one day by complaining against some of the cold daf of September, saying. "Why. It was so cold one day I had to stay In m room all the morning and sit with ii. v feet over the transom trying to keep warm." I UKIllli: HOTH A UK COllKECT one sheep with two heads. So intense bec:in- th- d'fference of opinion among the coun rymen that the matter actual ly got Into the newspapers, giving risi to much acrimonious debate. One day the candidate for the asses- sorship was approached by a number of Individuals who differed with n sped to the freak, and they Informed the candidate that the matter was to be left to his decision in order to settle a wager. After careful consideration of tin arguments made pro and con the poll tieian smiled genially and said: "Gentlemen, in view of the fact that I am a candidate for the assessorshlp of this county I divide that both sides are correct." New York Herald. Ilrother ArCUts. On his last visit to America Paderew ski. the eminent pianist and composer, was introduced somewhat against his will to a man of little apparent culture who professed great interest In music aud much Intimacy with Its Ilnei phases. "We artists, you know. Mr. Paderew skl." he remarked, "have our moods and tastes In common, which the ordi nary man Is incapable of understand ing or sympathizing with. You. Mr. Paderewskl, have your Instrument to which your life Is a devotion, and I have mine. I rejoice in you as a broth er artist." "And what," inquired the great vir tuoso, with desperate politeness, "is your Instrument. Mr." "The mandolin, sir." was the proud response.- -Kansas City Journal. Salvation With Food. Fourteen year old F.mmn, who had come home from her first day's school ing in ele.m'iitary physiology, was questioned by her parents as to what she iiad learned. "Papa." she complained, "I don't think I like physiology." "Why not. my dear?" "Well, teacher was explaining diges tion to us today, and she said we had to mix salvation with every mouthful of food." - Harper's Weekly. Their T o lew. Hicks If the newspaper men should print everything they knew they would make a lot of trouble in the world. Wicks They would make a lot less if they wouldn't print so much that they don't know. Somer illc Journal. Kept Hlx IlellKlon. Anent the ease with which some poli ticians, both Democrats and Republic ans, ignore the principles of their par ty, yet claim to be loyal thereto when there are spoils to bo divided. Senator Uacon of Georgia recently told this story: "An old negro down my way arose at prayer meeting one night and delivered himself thus: 'Hredderln mi' sisterln. I's been a mighty mean nigger in my time. I's had er heap er ups an' downs, 'specially downs, aonco I Jlned do church. I's stole chickens an' watafi mllllns. I's cussed. I's got drunk. I's shot craps. I's slashed udder coons wid my razah, an" I's done er sight er udder things, but. thank de good Lawd. brodderfn an' sisterln, I's neither yet los" my religion.' " New York Times. Oiled Pnner I'ned by Market Gar deners In Germuny. In a small way oil paper Is used for glass In many places, but only In Ger many Is this done on a large scale. The florists ami market gardeners In the district of Frankfort use what they call "fensterpappe" In great quanti ties for their greenhouses. The paper let a strong, tough manlla. There Is no difficulty or secret about Its preparation or use. The paper Is nailed to light wooden frames and painted again and again with boiled Unseed oil until It is so saturated that the last coat forms a smooth, glisten ing surface like varnish. This ren ders It translucent and water proof. It Is found to admit sufficient light for growing plants, does not need shad ing in hot sunshine, lasts well. Is not easily broken and. on the whole. Is a hundred times cheaper than glass. It Is. of course, useful rather than orna mental and would not do as a substl ture for glass In n private conservatory.- London Mall. Five or Six Houm at n Stretch nnd UUiHlonn I p to "KlKhty-dixthly." No English congregation would have listened to Mich sermons as used to be popular In the Presbyterian churches of Scotland. There is indeed a story told of a dissenting preacher named Lobb in the seventeenth century who, when South went to hear him. "being mounted up in the pulpit and naming his text, made nothing of splitting It up into twenty-six divisions, upon which separately he very carefully un dertook to expatiate In their order. Thereupon the doctor rose up, and, jogging the friend who bore him com pany, said, "Let us go home and fetch our gowns and slippers, for I find this man will make night work of it." " Hut Mr. Lobb himself was humane In the pulpit as compared to a certain Mr. Thomas P.oston. to whose sermoiw Sir Archibald Geikie has drawn atten tion In his "Scottish Reminiscences. Mr. Thomas Moston, who wrote a book i called "Prlmltiae et ritima." was min- lutur nf tlir itf !'lti'i,.L- 1,. .. . .... 1 IS"-! ... .-.v. ., .. - t .... m. ..- -him .iur ii I IIH.-U i t;ii uuiuic uim. pure white robe, calm face deathly pale. She advanced, her armed jailers following her. The Persian waved his followers aside and asked the princess, "You con sent to be my wife?" "Yes," was the solemn answer. "I consent to Iovu you, for after the death of my husband and son it Is my destiny; there Is no otiier fate for me. "In Georgia." said the princess, "there are certain families that possess strange powers and dark secrets. My mother foretold I should be the wife of a Djafar, and from my mother I, too, . receive these powers to read the fu-1 ture." The Persian was impressed by i her manner and her presence. She. saw her power. "Give me your hand," she said. "Let me read there if I shall have long years of happiness with 3'ou." He held forth his hand. She held it until It slightly trembled in her lingers. Then she burst forth with a cry of horror, "Uli, my master, kuow est thou that death awaits thee, per chance this very night?" DpJafar lick' trembled now. "Thou wilt tile by the hand of a man thou hast this day of fended." "Is it by Assa DhouIIa Uek?" he asked. "We quarreled today, and about you. He would have bought you." "Oh. my master," exclaimed Salome, "to save thee I must have some object upon which he has looked today, then I can avert this evil and make his arms useless against thee," "What: You can do this?" exclaimed Djafar Incredulously. "Most certainly. Gh e me your dagger." He drew It and handed it to her. She held It up and, looking up to the bluo heavens above, murmured a prayer; then, handing It back to him said: "Now It Ls useless. It can slay no one." He looked nt her unbelievingly. "Try It," she exclaim ed. "Strike here!" He struck the blow where her linger rested full upon her heart. The keen blade went swiftly home, and she fell at his feet, exclaim ing. "t God. receive my soiill" Then she lay dead. sections, deduced six doctrines, each subdivided into from three to cijJn heads, but the last doctrine requind another sermon which contained i practical improvement of the whole.' arranged under eighty-six heads. A sermon on Matthew xi. lis. was sii'mII vlded Into seventy-six heads.'" tin this text, indeed. Mr. llostun preached four such sermons. It ls more than doubtful wbeibcr any brains or hearts south of the Tweed could have stood the stra'n of such discourses. P.ut a Sc itch preacher not in the present degenerate age. has been known to preach from live to six hours at a stretch, and sometimes when one preacher had finished his sermon another w.mld begin and there would be a sm-f:-sion of preachers delivering htiilmi upon sermon until the unhappy congregations were kept listen n : ; "the u ird" for as many as ten 1. ;:r. wit I :tt a break Itishoy Wllldon in the Nineteenth Century. PROLATE SPHEROIDS. Why Inn t'lin'f frtt.Oi nn I'.KfZ l.ciurc liu ise lictttccn the I'iiIiiim. If the lingers of the two hands are interlo.-ked. and an egg taken length wi e be: u cen the palms. It will be found inqMiisibic to crush it with the greatest lorcc that can be exerted. If. however, the pressure is applied along the short axis of the egg. it can be i rushed w ith ease. 'Ibis is directly due to the character istic shape of the egg. which is known as a pr date spheroid. It is clear that w hen pressure i exerted on the two ends the tendency is to bring them to gether and cause the spheroid to be coine a perfect sphere. Put the sphere so produced would contain a larger volume than the original spheroid; heiiie when the egg Is compressed lengthwise there is a tendency to In crease its holding nipaclty and. as the shell Is air tight, to produce a vacuum j in its interior. j Thus the whole weight of the at mosphere some fifteen pounds to the WORST KIND OF POVERTY. A .Mnti Mny ILnve l'lenty of Money anil Yet He Very l'onr. Much of what Is called success is but the most vulgar kind of prosperity; It square Inch comes into plav to pre-1 L" the m,1''ss f the brute faculties at .... , ,, i -. i .i . .. i i ne e.iieu.se in im- uiwue. a.o uettaup vent the change of shape and supports tin egg against any attempt to crush it. Along the short axis, however, the egg can easily be crushed, as the tendency is here to diminish its ca pacity, and the atmospheric pressure does not come Into play. Iron MnLiiiK In Knrly History. Iron was used before history was written. The stone records of Egypt aud the brick books of Nineveh men tion It. Genesis (Ir, 2'2) refers to Tu balcaln as "as Instructor of every ar tificer In brass and Iron," and In Deu teronomy (Hi, 11) the bedstead of the giant t)g was "a bedstead of Iron." The galleys of Tyre and Sldon traded In this metal. Chinese records ascrib ed to 2,000 II. C. refor to It. Horace speaks of It as superior to bronz. The bronze age came before the Iron ago because copper, found as a nearly pura metal, easily fuses, and with another soft metal tin or zinc alloys Into hard bronze, whllo Iron, found only as an ore. must have the impurities burn ed and hammered out by grant heat and force before It can bo made Into a tool. I'oMted on Art. Ihicon -He went to the fancy dross ball in a costume made of old letters. Kgbert Sort of a suit of mail, eh? Yonkers Statesman. Sireasin Is a powerful weapon, but In handling it many people take hold of the blade instead of the handle. Cassell's Journal. How She Wandered. A comical sentence appeared In tho programme of a concert given by M. Gounod In London. The eighth song was printed. "She Wandered Down the Mountain Side, accompanied by the composer." .N'ntnre'n Gimpc!. Sky and water, vapor and vegetation, earth and sun, are ever friendly and hospitable. They are perpetually run ning on some missionary errand In each other's behalf. They preach the creed of brotherhood In that temple whose roof Is fretted with the stars.--Illshop Huntington. Not a Karorlte Breed. Lovers of good, plain dogs which have been allowed to grow naturally will appreciate the story of the Eng lish peddler who went to a dealer iu dogs and thus described what he wanted: "Hi wants a kind of dog about so Mgh an' so long. Hit's a kind of gry- 'ound. an" ylt it ain't a gry'ound, be cause 'Is tyle ls shorter nor any o these 'ere gry'ounds an' 'la noso is shorter an' e ain't so slim round thy body. Hut still 'e's n kind o' gry'ound. Do you keep such dogs?" "No," replied the dog man. "We drowns "em." CAIN COLORED HAIR. YelIov or lied Hciul or Ilenrd Once Looked I poii tin Deformities. Yellow or red hair was anciently in England esteemed a deformity, and a red beard was especially odious and an infallible token of an evil disposi tion. This foolish prejudice possibly originated in an aversion to the red haired Danish invaders. The common tapestry representa tions of Cain aud Judas, to whom red hair and beards were invariably al lotted, probably for no better reason than that the color was thought ugly, intensified this feeling. The devil him self was sometimes thus represented. Dryden. in a tit of spleen, described his publisher. Jacob Tonson. "with two left legs ami Judas colored hair," and In the same attack he speaks of him as "freckled fair." where red ls evi dently meant. Shakespeare's reference in the "Mer ry Wives of Windsor" to "Cain col ored" hair Is in later copies "cane col ored." Just as his "Abraham colored" In the folio "Corlolanus" becomes "au burn." from which, indeed. It wan doubtless corrupted. Hall's "Satires" speaks of- A goodly. Ion p. thick. Abraham colored beard. - Liverpool Mercury. lie only employs his prejudice who can make no use of ills reasou. Cice ro. An Avrkwnrd Compliment. Jones ls nothing if not gallant. Mrs. Brown ls exactly the same age as her husband, but she will not admit it "My husband ls forty," she said to Bomo friends tho other day, "you wouldn't believe it, but there's actu ally ten years' difference In our ages." "Impossible, dear madam," hastily Interposed Jones, anxious to say some thing agreeable. "I'm sure you look every day as young ns he docs." A Menn Retort. Mrs. Nagger Perhaps you recall It was on a railroad train that we first met and - Mr. Nagger Yes, but It's too late now for me to suo the compa ny for damage Philadelphia Ledger. Hoir it Comity Got Itn Name. Freuchtown. in Antelope county, Neb., receivitl Its name from the num ber of French settlers lithe vicinity. The county Itself received its name from a party of Platte county settlers. They were chasing a band of Indian cattle thieves across what ls now An telope county when they became so ex hausted for lack of food that they could not go farther. At this critical time an antelope appeared In sight and was shot, thus possibly saving the lives of the hunters. One member of this party was iu the legislature that named the territory. Including tho scene of this Incident, and the county was named Antelope at his suggestion. Nebraska State Journal. a few of one's brain cells, and the.-! the lowest, by everlasting digging aud grinding for money, to cultivate one huge gland which secretes nothing but dollars and the exclusive cultivation of which crushes out of life all the finer sentiments, all that Is sweet and beautiful and worth while, makes n man as dry and barren as the great Sahara desert. He who follows this course cannot be rich, no matter how much money he may have. A man Is rich when every faculty within him has followed his highest ideals, when lie has pushed his horizon to Its far thermost limit. A man Is poor when he has lost con fidence of his friends, when people who are nearest to him do not believe In him. when his character Is honeycomb ed by deceit, punctured by dishonesty. He is poor when he makes money at the expense of his character, when principle does not stand clear cut, su preme in his idea. When this is cloud ed he is in danger of the worst kind of poverty. To be In the poorhouse Is not necessarily to be poor. If you have maintained your integrity. If your character stands foursquare to tho world. If you have never bent the kneo of principle to avarice, you are not poor, though you may be compelled to beg bread. Orison Swett Marden In Success. PRECIOUS JADE. One-half of our life Is spent In mak ing experiments; the other half In r grettlng them. Brown Book. Ills Courlnclnic "Mnnner. ''Do you aw - believe In the aw theory of evolution. Miss Wise -that we all aw - spring from apes, don't you know?" The beautiful girl hesitated. "I never used to," she replied finally. "Perhaps I aw could convince you." he suggested. "You have already," she answered. New York Press. Pretty Good SI;n. "How do you know that they are not married?" "Isn't he carrying all the packages?" Detroit Free Press. It is better for a young man to blush than to turn pale. Cicero. Dead counselors arc the more In Itruetlve, because they are heard with putlence and reverence. Johnson. To the (hi n a mint It Is the Embodi ment of Ilenuty. To the Muropean Jade Is chiefly n curiosity. To the Chinaman it 13 tho most precious of stones. The western man. in his dull, prosaic, scientific way. will say that the term Jade as popularly employed includes two min erals, jndeite and nephrite. Tho sne- - eitic gravity of the Jadeite Is higher, but its fusing point lower than that of the other. By the mere process of handling and Inspection It Is Impossi ble to tell them apart, and both are very similar to another stone called prehnite. Here, on the other hand. Is a Chinese definition: "Jade is the quintessence of heaven ami earth. It Is marked with the dark hues of tho hills, with the blue tints of streams. It is white as sliced lard, red as a cock's comb and yellow as a cooked chestnut." ine of the chief characteristics of jade Is its extreme hardness. A srjp cial sand, as tine as flour and found only iu certain springs. Is used iu cut ting it. In spite of Its beauty when cut and polished. Jade Iu Its rough state cannot be distinguished by the casual eye from the rubble of the road. Loudon Telegraph. Derlin mid Volnen. Berlin ls by far the quietest of the world's big cities. No railway engine driver may blow his whistle within Its bounds, and the driver of a road ve hicle with squeaking or rattling wheels Is promptly apprehended and fined. Street hawkers are forbidden to howl, bawl, yell or emit other strange and startling sounds, nnd pianos may be played onlj- during certain stated hours of the day.