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BANDON RECORDER. ENGLISH DOCTORS’ FEiS. They Are Hetfulated hy the Cull«« <*f rU>*t«-iui||to Boill Tbe MpA*<' inlist* must I m * divided luto two distinct classes, tbe aurgeo® prop er hik I tli« pure physician. Th» former unquestionably gets big 5« ‘n full» to bis nitututiou. Tbe fumous surgeon bus only to name bls fee to tbe mil lionaire with appendtritla. With tbe fear of death before bin eye» be will write bls check gladly. When he has recovered he will often grumble if be does not bon at A younger aud less known man will perform the same op eration for a tithe of the cost, but the public, with death staring them In the face, will have the man with tbe big name, regardless of expense. Hut the pure physician Is an entirely different matter. His fees are stand ardized not by act of parliament, but by that autocratic body, the Royal College of Physicians. His fees for consultation at bls own bouse are fixed at 2 guineas the first visit and a guinea for each subsequent one. For consultations away from home he re ceives a fee at tbe calculated rate of two-thirds of a guinea a mile. Elstree, twelve miles out of town, is Ipso facto 8 guineas, Liverpool (201 miles) Is 134 guineas, and so on pro ratu. But It must be remembered that nowadays all the big provincial centers have their own specialists, and the town man Is very seldom sent for unless he be one of the very biggest names and the case desperute and rich. if the physlduu should accept more he transgresses that professional fe tich, ‘•medical etiquette," and is brand ed a quack by his less lucky brethren. Moreover, when he arrives at a suf ficient standing In the ranks of his pro fession the Royal College of Physi cians will not elect him to their all im portant fellowship, the crowning quali fication uud high water mark of his calling.—London .Mail. MEASURING TIME. Methods lined Before the Advent of Clock« and Watch««. Probably the oldest method of de termining the time of day was by the ■uudlul, but other devices have been used for ages, including the water clock, the burning wick and the hour glass tilled with sand. Popular legend attributes to King Alfred the Invention of the water clock, but long before his time It was In use by the Egyptians and in Judea, Babylon, Chaldea and Phoenicia. Tbe contrivance for meas uring time by means of water appears to have consisted of a basin filled with water and exposed In some niche or corner of a public place. At the ex treme end of the vessel was a spout or tap from which trickled tbe liquid drop by drop into a receiver having on Its inside marks for indicating tbe hours of the day and night. In parts of southern India there was used a thin copper bowl about five inches In diameter and rather deeper than half a sphere, having a very small hole at tbe bottom. The bowl, placed in a vessel containing water and floating thereon, gradually filled. At the expiration of an arranged in terval it sunk, and a boy or another watcher then struck a gong and thus announced tbe time. It showed the lapse of periods of forty-five minutes with tolerable accuracy, but the time varied with the temperature of the wa ter. It was possible by tbe introduc tion of a cylinder containing a floating piston which worked on a cog wheel to indicate tbe hours. Plato introduced the clepsydra Into Greece. It was used by the Romans also. The king of Persia is said to have presented Charlemagne with a water clock of bronze Inlaid with gold. Water clocks were used up to the sev enteenth century. Even with the In troduction of the pendulum water serv ed ‘‘as the motor nnd the pendulum as a regulator.” DEEP SEA LEVEL. Its Changes lllnstraled In the Cane of the Mediterranean. Changes in the level of the sea are well shown In the case of the Mediter ranean. M. Ph. Negris In a brochure presented to the Academy of Seieuce furnishes Interesting Information on this point, it being apparent that the sea lias greatly increased in depth as compared to ancient times. Formerly a bridge 3,000 feet long united Leucate to the continent. Today It is sub merged. but the foundations of the work were discovered eleven feet be neath the surface. It may therefore be concluded that since the construe tlon of the bridge the sen hns risen nt this point over nine feet. In the bay of Atnphlssn, Greece, there hns been observed a mole that is orer nine feet beneath the surface. At Rlienee there has been found a com pletely submerged dock, evidently of Roman construction, the depth of the sea above the dock at places being fully nine feet. From all of these facts one may con clude thnt there hns tnken place an Im portant Increase In the depth of the sen since the "Roman "period, the Medi terranean having risen at least nine feet In about 2,000 years. The Steam K.itlne. T'.-..- vtiii <r.g!-..c wmKmie perfect ly automatic by a lazy boy who was employed to open and close the valves. IVeeirlng to play instead of to work, he tied a string from one part of the ma chine to nnother, thus making the en gine itself attend to Its own business. Ils was never beard of again, aud even his name Is unknown, but a perfect en gine was the outcome of his laziness. •ae Fhaae »t lMaleaa Ktlqaette. Mexican etiquette Is peculiar, ns is shown by the. following quotation from a letter written by a Spanish wo man while traveling In that country: ‘‘There Is one piece of etiquette entire ly Mexican, nor can I Imagine whence derived, by which It Is ordained that all new arrivals, whatever their rank, foreign ministers not excited, must, in solemn print, give notice to every fsmlly of any consideration In tlie cap ital that they have arrived and put ttietnMlveq and th<4r homes nt the di« p<«ltlon. of tbs rsslAents. falling In *hlch etlqmete the newly «rriv<al fam ily Wilk tenets uonvV *tsl and un too««” ‘‘How do young men spend their evenings in San Francisco, Polly?” asked an anxious mother, whose son had accepted a positiou in one of the big de|>artment stores in this city. He had never been away from home before, except for a little outing into the coun try during his vacations, and had always been a home Imy in every sense of the word. She knew he would be homesick and possibly discouraged at the first. He had no relatives or even acquaintances, and naturally the little mother was worried. She feared, too, that he might pick up with undesir able friends, and would get to spending his earnings in a way contrary to his home training, so the question, ‘‘How do young men spend their evenings in San Francisco?” was a very natural one, and one that lay very close to her heavy heart. Instantly my mind re verted to four young men, all alsiut the age of her ls>y, who lived in my vicin ity. Not a single bad habit do any of the four |si»»e»s. They are all country raised boys ami never knew one another until they met in a business way in the stores where they are employed. A happier, more contented four would be hard to find. None of them make very large salaries, yet they make the best use of what they do receive, are not ex travagant, and manage to put by some thing each month. They clubbed to gether and rented an “assembly hall,” in other words, a large sunny basement room in a g<s>d and respectable part of the city. It was nicely furnished and the landlady t<s»k out the double bed and put four couches in, giving tbe big room a much more comfortable and homelike look. They are covered with pretty sofa pillows, that are tumbled oft’ in a promiscuous heap when the tired laddies are ready for bed. All of them are fond of music, so they have rented a piano and how they do enjoy it. The whole neighborhood knows all the new “rag-time” music as well as the old, catchy melodies. None of them know a note, but play by ear entirely. They practice more diligently than most girls whose fathers are paying exorbi tant prices for their musical instruc tion. “They drum on that piano every minute they are in the house,” said the landlady, “but someway or other no one complains, but rather enjoy it than otherwise.” Frequently they invite some of their musical acquaintances in and have a regular musical treat, Isith vocal and instrumental, al| singing with a will and doing their part toward the enjoyment and success of the evening. They don’t stop at music, for twice a month a debating society they belong to meets in their “den,” as they are pleased to call it, and discuss the politi cal situation. Each one must have his speech ready, or pay a fine, and it is astonishing how few tines are collected. Their speeches would be a credit many times to wiser and older heads. They show careful study and much thought on the subject. They do not limit themselves to the (tolitical situation always, but choose current events to discuss pro and con. After the debate they have music and recitations, and taking it all in all they have passed an evening pleasantly and instructively. Twice a month they go to some good theater; and you may rest assured that they do not go alone, but manage to t- ke some one else’s sister aloHg for < ompany. The Young Men’s Christian Associa tion does much t »wards making young men, who are strangers in our city, feel at home, and are ready and willing to extend a hand of welcome to all » rangers within our gates. By becom ing members, they soon become ac quainted and are given all the privileges of this institution. The reading rooms the gymnasiums, where they are ♦ -.light everything in physical culture by the L ¿st instructors they can procure. They soon feel at home in the lieautiful and commodius building, which Y. M. C. A. own and which is a haven indeed ’or strangers. The free library is an other place where young men delight to while away many an hour pleasantly and profitably. Home Isiys go astray when they find themselves alone in the city, and with no friends to reach out a helping hand, but the majority do not forget the home-training and remem ber the last words of an anxious little mother, who waits at home to hear pleasant tidings of her absent boy. Hhe may worry, but her mother-heart for bids her losing faitli in him. He knows this and the memory of it will keep him iiôm getting into trouble, many times. There is one habit that boys fall into when they come to San Francisco that Is not In keeping with -thvir home training—that is tHeir being conspicu ous for their absence in the church ami Sunday-school. They may have lieen regular attendants of church, morning and evening and teachers in a Bunday- school, but 'tis passing strange how soon they forget it all in this city. Many of them commence going, all right, ami the first few Sundays find’ them regular attendants of the church of the denomination they are in t’’e habit of attending at home. Gradually theydrlft away and mingle with friends who claim that as they have worked every day in the store, or office, etc., they are entitled to their Sunday and usually go out on some of the various excursions by water ami rail that take )4ace Sunday after Bunday, thousands of people taking ad vantage of excursion rates to get out into the country. If the ^people who leave the city every Sunday, lient on pleasure» should all attend church, it would crowd the various churches to standing room Eastern people claim that < alifornians are a non-church-goiiig people, and Isuie their conclusions on the sight of many empty pews and the crowded boats and trains leaving the city every Sunday morning. It ha» to lie a severe storm that will keep many of the ex cursionists or Sunday visitors at home. S|»-aking of excursions reminds me of an excursion over the California Northern Railway to Ukiah and Willlt recently. Kueh a tremendous crowd of sight-seers, all eager to see this land of promise, traversed by this road, which has already thrown oft' its somber russet garb of summer and donned its mantle of green, while the forests are lighting up canyons, valleys and mountain sides with their autumn tints, that nature has touched with her magic brush. Already there are signs of an abund ance of holly-lierries always so sugges tive of the Xmas tide when everyone wants their wreaths, garlands and bunches of holly-lierries scattered through the homes, brightening up everything, and throwing a spirit of cheerfulness ami goisl-will into the liearts of all with their ruddy glow. Usually w hen the summer visitors have come trooping back to the city after their outing, it means a falling otl’ in tlie travel. Not so this year, however, for as Polly predicted several months ago, that people would gradually find out that tile most delightful time to visit the country is after the first rains when the dust is laid, the crops are all harvested, people are at leisure to enter tain their friends, and show them the beauties of the country at this season of the year. There is a freshness and beauty, a keen crispness in tlie air that is perfectly exhilarating. Then again it is the crowning season for the liim- rods and anglers. The hunters of the toothsome venison have had their day, but there are plenty of wild ducks, quail, etc., to tempt them from the musty ledgers and other vocations that would make life monotonous enough, if it were not for these breathing »¡»ells that takes you into the heart of nature. Those who have found that the fall is really the most charming part of the year to visit the country have learned a valuable lesson, and one that they are generous enough to communicate to their friends. BRIEF REVIEW. The Oldest Inhabitant. Probably the oldest living animal on the globe is on exhibition at the Louisi ana Purchase Exposition. It is not a human lieing, since man rarely passes thecentury line. It is not an elephant, which frequently exceeds a hundred years of life. It is not a whale, which lives to no one knows what age, but which is not easily captured and ex hibited. This “oldest inhabitant” of the glolie is a giant tortoise that weighs 970 pounds, ami is known to be 150 years of age. This Seychelles tortoise is a monster. It weighs as much as a good sized horse. Two children can easily ride on its back. It possesses ex traordinary lifting strength. While in the World’s Fair express office it grew impatient and proceeded to break its way out of its heavy cage, smashing !’x8 inch timliers with ease. Live Toad Found in Strata oi Coal. Paleontologists are deeply interested in a remarkable discovery made in the coal mines at Renton, Wash., twelve miles from Seattle. Ina solid strata of coal an immense toad was discovered. It was alive, but when carried to the surface, 300 feet, lived only a few hours. Dozens of miners saw the toad, but its scientific value did not ap|>eal to them, and no attempt was made to take accu rate observations or even care for the remains after life had become extinct. The University of Washington lias taken up the matter, and an attempt will be made to recover the toad and collect all jKissibie facts. If the size of the entomtied curiosity has any mean ing it must have been a patriarch, a» report has it that a bucket was hardly 'urge enough to hold it. New Cotton Plant. If the expectation of experts of the Agricultural Department are realized, at the end of the present season the cot ton isill weevil will have lieen dealt an other hard blow. The experts think they have developed a plant hardy enough to withstand, not only tlie on slaught of the weevil, but to resist “root rot” and many other diseases that at tack the white staple. The new plant, with 125 other species of cotton, is now under cultivation at the department experiment station in Texas. Whether the plant will come up to the expecta tions cannot Is* told until the cotton season is done, and an opportunity hns lieen given to compare results. INSULT THEIR*TEETH. Thai's M ka< People Uo Who Uo Mat Maatieale lhelr Food. People w ItSotwalhiw their food whole ire iusultiug their teeth. The teeth are there to pertorm their duty, aud the »tie who falls to use them is implying that they are not fft for the duty as signed them. Again, he is lettiug them ,’et rusty by disuse. Don’t favor the teeth until it is nec essary. Give them plenty of work to do. Eat erqrts, aud when eating meat «pare uot the work of tbe teeth. Few people will eat food from dirty fingers, yet hosts of men, women and l-hildreu eat food with poorly kept leetli. What kind of care of the stom- uch is this? Dressing tables and vest pockets are tilled with nail files, but the silk thread or the rubber ba ml for removing parti cles of food from between the teeth is more essential. If the person who neg lects his teeth would look often in the glass and smile broadly he would know how tils greetings affect his friends. Tills is not vanity. It would remove from many every particle of conceit. Any smile is spoiled by illy kept teeth. Brush the teeth before and after eat ing. Carry tbe brush in a pocket or handbag. Use the silk thread or rubber band after meals. It can be curried with the brush. WEEPING WILLOWS. The Corloua Manner of Their Intro» ductiou Into Eugland. The Salix Babylonica or Willow of Babylon, the English weeping willow. Is a native of the Levant, tlie coast of Persia and other places in the east. Tbe manner of its introduction into England Is curious and bus been de- scrlbed: Pope, tbe poet, having received a present of Turkey tigs, observed that a twig of the banket In which they had been packed was putting out a young green shoot. This he planted in his garden where It grew into a fine tree, and from this original stock all our weeping willows have descended. This species of willow is generally planted by a still pool, to which it is an appropriate ornament, and when, in misty weather, drops of water are seen distilling from the extremities of its branches nothing could be more de scriptive than the title it has obtained of the "weeping willow.” It is sometimes called Pope's willow, and the name Napoleon’s willow has also been given to It, because a tree of this species overshadowed the emper or's tomb at St. Helena.—London Globe. THE MINIATURE. Blow the Term Came to Mean a Very Small Portrait. Miniature painting originated in tbe practice of illuminating manuscript books, when small pictures were intro duced with the Initial letters or upon the borders. These Initial letters were usually painted In red, Latin minium; hence these small pictures were termed miuiatura. After the invention of printing and engraving this art entered upon a new phase. Copies in small of celebrated pictures were made, and the demand was particularly great for portraits, and so the term miniature came to mean a very small portrait. One of the most famous miniature painters was Holbein, and Samuel Cooper, a Lon doner, was also an expert. Milton sat to him, and it is said that Louis XIV. offered £150 for his picture of Oliver Cromwell. Photography checked miniature paint ing for a time, but of late there has been a notable revival of tbe art. In olden time miniatures were often paint ed on vellum or on copper or silver plates. Now ivory Is the medium com monly employed. Rather Clever Bird«. An agriculturists' paper tells this yarn: A poultry fancier who kept some fowls In a field beside a railway line fed the fowls on wheat, but the sparrows would come by tbe score and steal it from them. Tbe fancier did not know what to do to stop them. At last he decided to feed the fowls on Indian maize, thinking that It would be too large tor the sparrows to swal low. He went again next day, and to his surprise there were Just as many sparrows as before. They were taking their corn in their beaks and laying It on the rails, waiting for a train to go over it and crush it so that they could ent it. Mosart's Shall. In the middle of Salzburg stands the small house in which Mozart was born. It contains two old pianos and many relics belonging to the composer, whose skull Is preserved in a glass case placed In tbe center of the room In which he first saw the light. The skull Is all that remains of Mozart, whose body could not be Identified in the mass of remains that filled the common paupers’ grave wherein be had been buried at Vienna. RUSSIAN WOLFHOUNDS. rb«r Are Known as the Aristocrats of the Canine Fatally. Moral support of a great cause with ’ The misfits of life, the square pegs In out financial contributions is like faith the round holes. cauAe.all the trouble. When a aqrtare peg gets Into a Square without works. hole we think It an example of genius. Sometimes a man is known by the —Robert Barr. company he shakes. It Is but poor eloquence which only Out of every four persons who die in shows thnt the srator can talk.—Reyn Ixtndon one dies “on public charity.” olds. Persistent people begin tbelr success Failure may make a gissi foundation where others end tn failure.—Eggle for succès* ston. II Was I v lu Him. *T was walking along the Strand, Lomlou,” said u Bostou business man, "win'll 1 was stopissl by a dude ,>f a feller who had the head of bls cane ir his mouth, but removed It long enough to say: “‘Aw. now, but I beg pawdon. don cher knaw.’ “‘Do you. really?' 1 asked. “' 'Pou honor, I do. Yes, beg paw- don.' “‘I can hardly realize it.' “ 'But I do, doncher knaw.’ “ 'You actually and truly and with out any coercion on my part beg my pardon, do you?' I asked. " 'Bah Jove, but I do, doncher knaw. “ 'And had you as soon stats yqui reasons?' '• T had. You are carrying your cam In your right hand, doncher see? I beg pawdon—really I do.’ “'Yes, I see, doncher knaw, and what would happen if 1 carried It It my left? Answer me. please. What would happen?' “ ‘Bali Jove, but I don't knaw,* he replied, as a startled look clime Into lilt face, ‘but I beg your pawdon, doucliei knaw, and 1'11 ask young Lud Sudley next time we meet.' ” Bey o.id uuy question tbe aristocrat of tbe canine family Is the Russian wolfhound, otherwise the borzoi or barzoi, w hl< li is tbe Russian uame for coursing dog. There is a refined ele gance coupled with the indication of Speed and strength about the Russian wolfhound w iiieh no other breed pos sesses. in western Europe be Is merely the ornamental companion that he is in eastern America. In the coyote sectlou of our continent be can he made as Useful as lie is in Russia, aud to assist In clearing off that scourge of the cat tle ranches. When tbe borzoi was first brought to this country he was hailed as a natural born wolf destroyer, and we started business under the impres sion that all one had to do was to let a borzoi see u coyote and the latter's lentil warrant was as good as executod. Tlie result was a natural failure, be cause, like a bird dog. the wolfhound must be trained to the work. Amer ican purchasers have uo occasion to worry about that, however, for the dog's high courage is the result of edu cation and encouragement; without it they are docile aud obedient aud fit companions for the ladies of tbe house, a role which they are pre-emineutly Maybe So. fitted to till by reasou of their hand "Don't you suppose, Mr. Glddums," some and unique appearance.—Country said the man with the pale brow and Life In America. the thoughtful eyes, "that there Is some psychological reason for the de clining of popular interest in tbe sport MONSTER SPIDERS. of wheeling?" Some of the lllr<l Eaters Are Nearly “Seems to me more as If the reason us Illg as a Hat. would be blcycleogical,” replies Mr. The bird eatiug spiders of Soutli Glddums, with an offhand air.—Chlca America, Africa aud Australia are go Tribune. beasts of prey worthy of their tropical A Clean Record. Jungles. Their appearance Is repulsive. "Pre worked for the party faithfully They are of Immense size. Some which have been caught have been for fifteen years,” said the office seek nearly as big as a rat. They are of a er, “and in all that time I never once dark, dingy color, either quiet black or asked for an office”— "My dear sir," Interrupted the leader, brown verging upon black, and the hair with which they are covered is "that's a glorious record. I wouldn't thiuk of urging you to break It. Keep mixed with short, coarse bristles. Like other beasts of prey of tropical It up.”— Philadelphia Press. forests, they are essentially creatures of the night. During the day many of them hide in some natural crevice In the ground. The more Indolent or am bitious pick out a promising hole In a fallen trunk or in a living tree and line It with a soft, delicate web. Oth ers elaborately spin for themselves a long tube in which they lie concealed throughout the day. Curiously enough, they reserve their spinning powers for their nest build ing, entirely disdaining the use of webs for the trapping of their prey. Their feeding time Is at night. They go out to seek their food, prepare to leap upon ami devour any living creature that they come across. Their name conies from the fact that they have been found In the act of devouring smnll newly killed birds clutched closely be tween tbelr hairy claws. THE FIRST DIRECTORY. It Wan I mnuim I In Knicluixl lu Queen Elisabeth’« Relic».’ The first directory dates from 1595, Queen Elizabeth's reign. A copy of it is in the British museum, entitled The Names of All Such Gentlemen if Acconipts as Were Residing Within the City of Ixmilon.” The next does not seem to have ap peared for nearly a hundred years. It was called "A Collection of the Names af Merchants Living In and A^oiit the City of London.” This was printed for Lee. Lombard street, in 1G77. The names were arranged alphabetically, 1,790 in number. In a separate list were tlie names of no fewer than for ty-four bankers under tills heading. "Goldsmiths who keep running cashes,” twenty-three of them being then In Lombard street. This book contains the name of the father of I'ope, the poet. The first directory, expressly so call ed, was compiled by Brown in 1732, who soon issued It annually and real ized through It a large fortune. The earliest postortlce directory appeared in 1800, and successive volumes have been brought out yearly ever since.— London Telegraph. A Philanthropic Joke. First a halfpenny then a gold piece gave considerable amusement to a small crowd in the Rue Iiaunou, Paris. The former coin was placed on the pavement and lay untouched for an hour and n half before It was picked up by nn old lady, who carefully placed It In her reticule, despite the derisive cheers which were accorded her by those who were watching. An American gentleman then placed a twenty franc piece on the ground, and ns pedestrian after pedestrian passed without seeing It, they were startled by the uproarious laughter from doors and windows. They stopped short, looked confused and then hurried away with Indignant glances nt the merry makers. Tlie louis was nt last picked up by a bent and feeble old man. who hobbled off with Ills treasure amid enthusiastic cheers.—London Mail. Doing Nolhlng. Weary Willie I'm a wlctlm of po lice persecution, lady, dat's what I nm. Why, de first time I was arrest ed I wasn’t doin’ nothin’ nt all. Mrs. Goodart—Poor fellow. Here's a dime for yen And-libit.Jtiwrgi* did tbiy Clark Wanted the Penny. trump up against you? Weary Willie Senator Clark was in Chicago the —Vagrancy.- Philadelphia Press. other day, and gave a good illustration Mrlplng Alons Bhe Joke. of how rich men look after the pennies. "These,” said the epicure to tbe He visited the business section of the bright Philadelphia girl, "are snails. I city, and entered an elevator in one of •oppose Philadelphia people don't eat the skyscrapers. I n some way a cent them for fear of cannibalism.” fell from his pocket and dropped to the "Oh. no,” was the answer. ‘‘It Isn't floor. Although there were many that. We couldn't catch them.”— other business men in the elevator, Washington Star Senator Clark made the boy take the The hand that has a long time held car down again so that he could pick a violet doth not soon forego its fra up his money. grance, HUMOR OF THE HOUR’ CHOICE The Speaker*« Mnarnetlnm. Paterfamilias has come, soft shod, Into the parlor and hail found matters much as he might have expected con sidering thnt Reggie Addelpalt and tho diiq-btcr of tbe house ware tbe’-iv clone and that be had sneaked In. “Ah."’ exclaimed the father, nnd bis remark was singularly well chosen. ‘‘I—I—I was only rehearsing n new recitation I had Just learned.” stam mered Reggie. “So I suppose,” said paterfamilias, "but the thing I objected to was your peculiar method of 'holding your audi ence.'"—Baltimore American. Very Considerate. Careful Husband By tbe bye, I no ticed a mistake of 5 shillings In the butcher's bill this morning. I.aura. Wife—Then I had better drive around there and see about It. Careful Hus band—I was thinking of that, but the mistake Is In our favor. Wife—Oh. then we had better take no notice of It We might got some one Into trouble, you know.—Tit-Bits. Starting the Row. MISCELLANY The Gemuluiu. AH things considered, the geranium Is our best plaut for winter flowering. It blooms freely and constantly lu most instances and udapts Itself to the cou diU.ui» preiulllug lu tbe ordinary liv ing room m ire readily than almost any oiG*plant I have any knowledge of. Aa<l ft require* very little care. Ita ability to take care of Itself Is one of the stroug arguments lu its favor, espe cially with the amateur who 1* di» trustful ()f bls skill lu the mauagemeut of pianta that lusist oh having tbelr peculiarities humored. it lias little to boast of lu the way of attractive foliage—though a plaut well set with vigorous, healthy tollage Is far from being unhiiMHOme-but it has a right to pride Itself oi.tbc b(.nmy of its flowers. Some of tbe si.,b,t Vilrb, ties are » i exceedingly brlllla., (ba( they actually seem to impart a ie»«,.., of warmth to tbe observer. The lltft. child who declared that auntie's gera niums were "on Are” was conscious of this suggestion of heat lu the iuteuslty of color which characterizes some of tlie most richly colored aorta.—Lippin cott’s Magazine. Hetty Grean’a Thrift. "1 consider that I owe all I am lu life to the principles lustilled Into me by my father,” said Hetty Green, richest woman In the world, lu a recent Broad way Magazine Interview. " 'Daughter,' be repeated again and ugaln, 'cultivate common sense and Judgment. Learu bow to manage your brains and you will kuow how to manage your for tune. Intelligence is better than Greek and Latin, ami good morals will stand by you better than a flue education.’ 1 was just fourteen years old when I wont to the bank and deposited $25, my first savings. My father went with me and was very proud of my thrift, for it bad cost me some sacriflcig 1 am proml to say that I have added to that tlrst $25 and haven't yet drawn it out. "The trouble with most persons," she continued, "Is that they want to spend, but they don’t want to work. No man or woman in my employ stays awake until 2 o'clock in tbe morning thinking out investments. Well, that's how hard I work.” Vevetable Ivory. As the elephant became scarcer it was found that tile amount of ivory would lie curtailed to such an extent as to make It too expensive for practi cal use. As a matter of fact, however, there Is still plenty of Ivory for all practical purposes. This result has been brought about by tbe discovery that a very good substitute for the di minishing ivory Is what Is called vege table Ivory. The tree from which it Is obtained is known as tbe Ivory palm, which produces nuts containing a milky pulp something like that of the cocoanut, but which when ripe nnd dry becomes ns hard as ivory. The nuts tire covered with a bark almost as bard as iron, and this covering lias to be re moved by friction, tlie nuts being placed In a drum with iron weights and rapidly revolved until tbe outer covering Is worn off, when the nuts are ready for the cutting machine. China'. Oil Tree. "Didn’t I see young Jenkins with bls arm around you?” "Yes, but we were Just practicing tlie position for the waltz.” "Don't you know that?” "Well, yes, I suppose I do, but I wanted to be sure.” Putting II Mildly. “Did you ever meet any one more conceited than Bragg Is?” "Well, there's one thing about him. He certainly has a loyal tongue." "A ‘loyal tongue?' ” "Yes. It's always saying nice things about its owner.”—Boston Globe. Too Busy. Five years ago tbe attention of American Importers was called to tlie value as an astringent and drier in varnish for the liner kinds of furniture of the product of the Chinese wood oil tree. Since then two American firms have established branches at Hankow. China, for the exportation of the oil, and one of them has shipped nearly 200,000 gallons since last fall. Because of the fact that no barrels are manu factured in the provinces where the oil tree grows a Hankow firm has im ported from New York »books for 5,(MX) barrels and machinery for setting them up. About n thousand seeds of the oil tree have been planted In California and are doing well.—Manufacturer's Record. Otherwise—And you actually approve of gossiping women? Revenue From Billiard Tables. Wise- Yes, for this reason: I have Taxation enables many curious tallies noticed that a woman who Is always talking about her neighbors never hns of statistics to be compiled. It would time to complain of her husband.—De probably puzzle the best of English statisticians to guess even approxi troit Free Press. mately at the number of billiard tnbles In use In England. There Is no such Watch«« Him. She—Why is It a woman never looks difficulty In France, where the billiard at the man she's marrying when at the table Is a taxed luxury, and Its relative frequency In communes of all grades altar? He—I don’t know, but I do know she of population and wealth Is made the keeps her eye on him pretty well after subject of calculations as elaborate as they are ingenious. In all France there the wedding.—Yonkers Statesman. are 89,070 billiard tables, divided In Society. among 18,(101 communes nnd realizing Mrs. Hoyle—She was once In society, more than £10,000 In tnxes.—London but she Isn't now. Globe. Mrs. Doyle—What shut her out? Fl.hlnat br Telephone. Mrs. Hoyle—She got Into the habit of going to tbe opera to hear tbe mu A Norwegian has Invented a queer way of finding out where tbe fish are. sic.—Town Topics. A microphone, which Is an instrument Foresight. that will catch and transmit the least “Why do you keep two automo bit of sound. Is lowered Into the water biles?" from a fishing smack, and a wire from "I use the second one to bring along It lends to a telephone aboard the boat. the things I'm likely to need In keep Now, as the herring, codfish and mack ing the first one in running order.”— erel schools number thousands and Baltimore News. tens of thousands of fish, tlieir passage through the wnter naturally causes ii The Aggrieved Party. rushing sound, which can be heard by "Ha* jour autcinjbff» friglaagcJ any tlie tishermeri’ af tiie telephone, and horses ?" thus they are enabled to lower their “No,” answered the novice. "But ev nets at the right time and In the right cry now and then some horse turns I place. suddenly Into tlie road nnd gives me a 1 scare.”- Washington Star. Farmer« of tbe United State«. The 1900 census shows that white Convenient Ignornnce. farmers operated 4,970,129 farms In "How can you tell whether your au this country, with a total of 798.9ffs.187 tomobile Is going faster than the law acres and valued at $19,091,431,889, ex allows or not?" clusive of products. Negroes operate "I can't tell That's one of the beau 746.717 farms. Including 38,233,033 ties of it."—Chicago Record Herald. acres and vnlm-d at $499.lt»3.734. Indi an» hnd 19,910 farms, valued at $38,- More Than All Fino. 230,478; Chinese 1,842 farms, Japanese "Did you see anything In Italy that 570 and Hawaiian» 480. Of the entire appealed to you particularly?” number of farmers 3.149.344 owned "Yes, tlie beggars.”- New Orleans their farms and 451.515 were part own Ttmes-Democrat. ers. First AU. Edith—Is It true. Dolly, that Larkin kissed you before lie picked you up In that runawny? Dolly Yes. dear; you know he la studying to be a doctor, and that was first aid to the Injured Chicago Record Herald. Too Much Talk. t A Na.4 Taak. "Don't you think you could lean te love me?” be said, looking at her wist fully. "I'm mis I couldn't.” »he an»wer»«t decidedly. "I’m a perfect dunce. When I was at school I never could lenm anything.”—London Punch. Browne—To what do you attribute*' The Dry Part. Nell—Oh, my! I don't like the shape the troubles of the world? Towne—To Mr. Pepper—!• don't believe there of my new gown at all. I wish I knew the mobility of the lower jaw. was a dry eye In the bouse when the how to improve It. Belle—Why not let curtail went down on tbe third act. some other girl wear it. dear?—Phils He who is destitute of principle« la Mrs. Pepper—No, but there seemed to delphla Ledger. governed by whims—Jacobi. be the usual number of dry throats.
