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B.CiDoX RECORDER. BREAKFAST IN ENGLAND. «*• «raMm. w—— AcevFA «s »w Sbo tlnl'JOd Doth««»/, l«u to Ike data trf »ba aarllaat mb «!>« W breakfast. bus uatll a ceatarp «g > it couslated <sily vt a draft ala «a text of chocolate. Thera were only two Btaala a day-dinner, ranging from • o'clock In the morning la the fifteenth oentury to noon ta the seventeenth, and aupjier, which similarly advanced from 5 In the afternoon to 7 o’clock. Pepya, for instance, went down to the admiralty at 4 and 5 In the morning on no other breakfast than half a pint of wine or a dram of cordial. But In the eighteenth century dinner was gradually postponed until 5 or fl o'clock In tlie afternoon. When It passed midday bre»u*»“» sevatne a ... ,...j «uu a meal. Before thia hunger had demanded the addition of bread and some such relish as radishes to the morning draft But when, a hundred years ago, cold meuts and tish began to be served at breakfast tlie utmost surprise was ex pressed. Its novelty made It fashion able and led to the giving of breakfast parties. Eleven or 12 o’clock was th» hour, and it was declared to be par ex cellence the meal for poets. Tom Moore was an Inveterate breakfaster and after the trencher work sung for the company's entertainment. Breakfast finally became an Institu tion, as a necessary oasis In the long stretch between supper overnight and dinner the next afternoon. This ac ceptance of breakfast a century ago thus made England for the first time a three meals a day nation. and if we cannot find them, manufact ure them through distorted visious. The latter reminds l'olly of the seared brown autumn leaves that fall tattered and torn to the ground, trampled upon, for there is nothing in them to attract ]>eople who are hunting for the bright and lieautiful. A bright, happy face can do more missionary work in a minute than asour-visaged person, w ho is continBally harping on what is re- quired of us from a religious point of view, and yet their doleful and woebe gone looks a|ieak ill for the creed that has brought llwiii so precious . little |s«ce of mind that they remind you constantly of walking tombstones. It seems as if there was even only one lit- tie ray of light to pierce the darkness of their lives that it would radiate, throwingout its beams and lighting up the faces with smiles that telegraph tlie thoughts of the soul to others. Beautiful are the people who have ixtnmxl their three-score and ten years and yet retain the autumn of their lives—serene, sweet and unruffed, in stead of bowing their heads over the memories of other years and shutting out the joys that might l>e theirs in the present. There are some people fast approaching the one hundred mile stone, but they are so lovable, interest ing and take such a keen interest in the affairs of tlie day, that they never ap|H-ar old, and they almost lead you to believe that they have found the elixir of youth when they have only learned the art of keeping their hearts young. “Y’ou are just as old as you seem, Polly,” said an eighty-year-old friend when some one was commenting on her youthful appearance. As long you keep your heart young you will find that your iiersonal api>earance res|N>mls and the lines of old age will not have a chance to settle in your face. Keeping the heart young is the key to the whole thing. I never intend to grow old, and I don’t let trilling things annoy me; neither do I allow myself to lose my temper for that is one of the worst things you can do to destroy that quiet composure that is so essential in keeping, not only your looks, but your heart youthful.” Ntotere has played a queer prank this fall «id plant«, shrill» and trees that Mt tolplxtovl tounty ld<«mi in tb.- xprillM have taken on laid» and I>l<«*■•<• that hsik strangely out of place. Lilac buahes are tip|>ed all over with little bunches of lavender Howers. They are not the greet lovely bunches that de light all flower lovers, but every branch is ornamented with a duster of Howers about as big as a walnut, dainty and sweet. Tile magnolias are covered with creamy buds and blossoms, and this is Novelid“"- The Bankslia roses, both cream and white, are in full blossom; so is the fragrant white jassamine. Fruit trees have forgotten that their their crop has just been harvested ami they are entitled to a rest until next February, and are putting forth their fruit blossoms. In some places the trees are covered witli Howers. On the line of the California Northwestern I tai I way there is the strangest kind of a freak. Fire had scorched one side of an apple tree* until the leaves withered and fell ull’. On the other side xr« the green leaves and rijx? fruit and tile side void of all foilage is covered with apple blossoms. Fruit growers all over the country are wondering what this ca)>- rice of nature means—whether it signi fies a total failure of the fruit crop for the coming year or not. Some of tlie old-timers shake their heads disnutlly over tlie coming hard times for the FOOD FOh THE CAT. fruit raiser and prophecy no fruit or at least very little for the year 1905. It Puss Should Get Green Stuff Both la remains to be seen whether the pro Winter anil Summer, It Is a common thing to hear women phecy amounts to anything but talk say that they cannot keep growing a id dismal forebodings. plants of any kind In their rooms on account of the cat, who persists In nibbling and biting the leaves and new Speaking of plants reminds me of a buds as they make their appearance, query from a little friend, the other sometimes destroying In the course of day, in regard as to how she should a few weeks some favorite or rare decorate her home for some little social fern or flower. function. “It must not be too elabo The reason for this seeming vandal rate, or expensive, Polly, and yet I ism Is perfectly plain or ought to be. want it to be unique and out of the The cat requires green food If It Is to ordifiary.” After much discussion, it BRIEF REVIEW. be kept healthy and happy and takes was decided to give it an autumn effect. the shortest road to getting It Not Acquainted. In summer, following this need of Everything in decoration would per “Away back in 1860,” said George Its system, a cat will eat grass freely. tain to autumn in coloring, etc. The In winter or In the city, when this hallway was decorated in wild grape VV. Harvey, the popular restaurant pro supply of green fodder Is cut off, com vines that were a mass of brilliant foli prietor, “the presiding genius at our mon sense suggests that the cat be ar age. The gas jets shown through raw-box counter was a very good-na- tificially provided with it. shades of yellow and red tissue paper, tured but intensely ignorant black man For Its own sake as well as for the giving a very pleasing effect. Autumn who had but lately landed in Wash safety of the Boston fern and the rub leaves and branches banked the fire ington, and who, prior to coming here, ber plant, why not plant a cigar box of soil with some quick growing thing place and their long, graceful tendrils had lived all his life in Charleston, 8. C. like oats on sorrel and let the cat help twined themselves over pictures, chan This negro was so deft in his work and deliers and doors. Bouquets of im so obliging that he sxm had a big circle itself? It will soon realize the glad fact that mense chrysanthemums were scattered of friends, and some of the famous men the plants are meant for It, as proved here and there. But the dining room of that day used to engage him in con by the fact that Indulgence brings no called forth the greatest admiration o’ versation for the fun of listening to his aftermath of slaps or scoldings. the guests and they were not slow to <xld replies. 1 recollect that on one As one crop falls sow another and express their appreciation. Here bolts < jeasion one of our patrons was asking keep It up till Mother Earth provides of ribbon in three mahogany shades old Tom as to his acquaintance with a more liberal supply of her own, and your cat will bless you.—New York were used with telling effect and inter celebrities of the period. Asked if he mingled with autumn leaves. The rib knew Sam Houston, Stephen A. Dou Tribune. bon’, with yards of red and yellow glas, Alexander H. Stephens and Chas. S uv I iir Ilin N ckh ti vcn . maline, were carried from the chande Sumner, the old fellow shook his head The mnn who made a big hole in the lier to the center of the table, care being and denied all knowledge of these illus barn door for the old cat to come taken to make it as airy looking its pos trious Americans. Half a dozen more through ami a smaller bole for the kit sible and arranged in tlutfy lover’s were mentioned in quick succession ten must have had a kinsman In tlie Englishman who went fishing with knots around a mirror on which stood and again Tom had to admi. that he Captain Andrew Haggard in the Lake a sparkling cut glass dish filled with was unacquainted. “ ‘I tell you how St. John country and whose adventure the autumn fruits and nuts. The table it is, boss,’ said he; ‘I isn’t bin up in cloth was caught up at each end with dis part of de country bery long, an’ Is related In "Sporting Yarns." The two men, with Indian guides, were a bow of the three mahogany shades, dem niggers you called off is all stran about to shoot n terrific rapid in two and in the pocket thus made were gers ter me.’”—Washington Post. canoes. Captain Haggard, who could ; aced autumn leaves and vines ar swim, lmd little fear. Chambers, his ranged with careless grace. The name New Disease For Autoists. companion, who could not, expected cards were exquisitely painted autumn “Auto legs” is the latest and most certain death. “What shall I do If we upset?” he leaves in water colors, with the name fashionableaflllction which human pro written in gold across the face. There gress has developed. Medical science called. “Tie the camera under your chin," were three leaves in all, the inside would call it atrophy of the muscles of called back his companion. "It's hollow leaves bearing on the first the follow the leg, superinduced by lack of exer and will make a good life preserver.” ing quotation from Longfellow’s “Au cise and nerve-deadening vibrations He was vastly amused to see Cham tumn’’: caused by the rapid movement of the bers adopt the suggestion and hang the ‘‘Lke flames upon an altar shine the sheaves; horseless vehicle over rough ground. camera under Ids chin. A moment Ard following thee, in thine ovation splendid, Overzealous devotees of the “devil wag Inter, however, as they came Into L Thine almoner, the wind, scatters the go'den on” are warned that if they do not most dangerous place, Chambers leaves!" walk more their legs will shrink and snatched It from bls neck again nnd On the second leaf came the menu, dwindle from disuse, and will eventu placed It carefully right side up In the and on the third and bust leaf was the ally become too weak to lx-ar their bottom of the canoe. "What was the matter with the life quotation : “ Flowers are the sweetest weight. In the gymnasium at Hart preserver?" aBked Captain Haggard thing God ever made and forgot to put ford, Conn., Was a rich young man when they had safely descended. a soul into.’’ The leaves were tied to with fine, muscular arms and body, but "Why, I Just happened to think," said gether with red and yellow baby ril • very wobbly legs. He had entered the Chambers, in all Innocence, "that If we bon. Lying ujrnn each name card was gymnasium to get his legs strong upset I should get the pictures wet, so a lovely little souvenir representing an enough to carry him when necessary. I put it back in the boat.” autumn leaf in enamel. The sand He had ridden in an automobile almost wiches made of deviled ham ami tongue continually for four years, and now Saved Him DooL«. were also in the shape of leaves. The when he tries to walk his legs pain him Farmer Dockridge was hastily awak encd in the dead of night by Alf, the bread was cut very thin, buttered and greatly. A muscle sling has been hired man, who told him tlie barn was spread with the meat, the two slices lashed to his knee joint, which keeps on tire. Instructing; Alt to blindfold pressed firmly together, and then a dipping and bending involuntarily. the horses and lead them out through sharp tin cake cutter the shape of a leaf He has entered the gymnasium for a the back door. If there was time was brought into play. It brought out year. enough, he hurriedly donned his trou the sandwiches in the desired effect His Name For Pulpit. sers, rushed into the summer kitchen, without breaking them in the least. grabbed up a screwdriver and ran out They w-.-re s»*wod on platters decorated A Chinese carpenter at Rangoon, who to the barn. with small autumn leaves. The salted had Ixx'ii employed to construct a pulpit The roof was burning fiercely, but almonds were in autumn leaves made for a new Anglican church, sent in the he dashed Into the building nnd began bill for the work in the following form: with frantic haste to unscrew the of stiff pa|H-r and fashioned and colored -hinges of the smooth pine door that bv the young hostess with tlie help of “To one preaching tub, fifty rupee«.” two friends. Strawberry and lemon —New York Evening sun. opened into the corn bln. Alf had succeeded In getting the on jello sparkled in their autumn shades It isa g<xxl thing to look on the bright horses out safely, and the sparks were through their covering of whipped falling round the old man; but lie stuck cream. Everything was in keeping side, and if you can’t find a bright side go at the side next to you with a lot of to bls task until he finished It, and emerged front the burning barn, carry with the autumn idea, and was about elbow grease and (xiliah it up till the Ing the door, just as the roof fell In. as pretty and unique a little social reflection cheers you. "That's a good deal of a risk to take gathering a-* I have ever attended. I .No matter how discouraging the out for the sake of saving a bit of kindling forgot to say that a young lady with a ro«l." commented a neighbor who had voice as sweet and clear as the carol of look may lx-, a man knows that he will been awakened by the flames and lind a bird, sang “Coming Through the never be so |xx>r that he can’t afford to run over to see If be could be of any Bye” as a wind-up to the pleasant little keep a dog. use. gathering. "Kindling wood!” exclaimed Farmer It is dollars to campaign buttons that How many of us will reach tin* au Dockridge, pointing to the pencil no matter who is elected the |x>litlcians tumn of life and come through it marks that covered the door. "See save their own l>aeon every time. them Aggers? There’s all my business bright and cheerful instead of brown accoents fer the last six years. That and sere? 11 depends wholly upon our Somehow philosophy solves problems doo»*s wnth more than the hull barn!" selves what kind of autumn leaves we much more satisfactorily if a man has a will represent. An unselfish life, filled tneal ticket in his pocket. Monnmenti of Far«. Throughout Korea a number of mon with gtssl deeds, a disposition to look It is hard to tolerate the self right uments are still standing which data on the bright side in the face of all dif from the war of 1592, when Japan in ficulties and making the lieet of dlsa)» 1 eous attitude Id the man who has never vaded Koren with 30.000 men. These pointnienta, trials and tribulations, is Ixx-n found out. "monuments of ears,” as they are very apt to leave an autumn of cheer- , I f you have to tell your secrets to some called, mark the burial places of 1Q.000 fulness depicted on our faces, while the ears which were cut from the bends of reverse leaves ua soured upon the world, one tell them to the eat. Hhe'll die liefore she Will reveal them the Korenns ns trophies of victory. There are many of these monument« unhappy ourselves as well as those A sh<x*maker is of the opinion that a tn Japan also, for some of these grew- around us, borrowin* tr<4ll>le, never >irne relics were ¿nkeu liome by the sving the 1 eauty and the real worth af B an should lx* built from the ground anything, but rather hunting for Haws, Okn^uWlng army. WASHINGTON LETTER CAVALRY HORSES. (Special Correspondence.) The fact that the Russian ambassa dor, Count Cassini, and bls daughter, Countess Cassini, have been guarded for several mouths by secret service men developed upon their recent visit to New York city. The Russian am bassador went to tbelr hotel In a car riage. The secret service men followed them In another carriage and remained all day about the hotel. Count and Countess Cassini attended a perform ance at a Broadway theater, where ths secret service agents were just as mueb In evidence as they had been.about the hotel earlier in the day. The explanation la given at the state department that information was re ceived four months ago that Japanese in this country harbored designs to kill or barm the count and countess, and at the request of the Russian gov ernment, but against the wishes of Count Cassini, secret service men were detailed to guard the ambassador and bis daughter against attack. ■■«Hah Military Method of Trnlala« I hem to Swim. A Remarkable Book. The second smallest book In Wash ington is In the library of the navy de partment, and It is a volume of consid erable Interest and value. The book is about two inches long, one and a half inches broad and one-third of an inch thick. It was published In Lon don In 1783 and contains an exhaustive account of the sinking of a British man-of-war, the Royal George, off Spit head in AugUHt, 1782. The binding of this remarkable book consists of two oaken boards, sections of the cabin’s wainscoting of the Ill fated ship. It Is understood that tlie original binding was torn off and the oaken binding put on by an officer who secured' the board from a section of the Royal George at tile time It was raised and removed from Spithead harbor Naval Hospital Estimates. FEATHERED MIMICS. In bis annual report the surgeon general of the navy, Rear Admiral P. F. Itlxey, has submitted the following estimates: For improvements of the hospital at the navy yard, Washington, $60,000; naval hospital, Sitka, Alaska, $10,000; renovation of present hospital at Nor folk and additions, $200,000; renewal of present hospital buildings and erec tion of quarters for medical stuff, na val hospital. Pensacola, $50,000; acqui sition of additional land adjacent to naval hospital, Yokohama, Japan, $3,(MM). Recommendation also Is made for a naval hospital at the naval sta tion, Charleston, and one at the naval station, Olongapo. Oatriehe« Hour Like Lion« and Jay« Are Great Imitator«. "The roar of the ostrich resembles the roar of the lion because the ostrich stole from the lion this sound, even as one playwright steals from another a plot.” An ornithologist made that odd as sertion in a taxidermist's shop. He went on to elaborate it as follows: "Birds from the ostrich down are lm itatlve. The ostrich where he lives alone is silent, but In a country where lions abound he roars. Why? Because for centuries, admiring the majesty nnd grandeur of the lion's roar, he gradually learned to roar himself. Be lieve me, It Is tine to see an ostrich throw back his little head and emit a roar like thunder. "Buntings Imitate pipits, nnd green finches imitate yellowhammers. They seek their food In the winter together, and they gradually steal each other’s call. “The Jay Is an Insatiable Imitator. Some Jays will Include iu their reper tory not only the whoo-oo of the kite, the scream of the buzzard and the hoot of the owl, but also the bleat of the lamb and the neigh of a horse. “Even the nightingale imitates. In a nightingale's perfect song I have often heard the tlp-slp slslsls of the wood warbler and the bub-ub-ubble of the nuthatch."—Washington Post. Capitol Enlargement. Few questions to come before con gress at the December session are of greater Importance than that involved In the proposed enlargement of the capitol. It will be recalled that the senate last spring, instead of author izing the enlargement of the capitol. for which the bouse hnd a second time voted, established a joint commission to investigate the subject. Its report Is nearly ready. Of the two plans chief ly under consideration that Involving the smaller extension will probably be recommended, which means that the front of the capitol will be brought out Just far enough to give the dome a solid base instead of having It rest on a portico on Its east front, as now. New 8w 1«« Minister. Dr. Leo Vogel, a lawyer and secre tary of the Swiss legation at Berlin, who has been appointed minister to the United States, was, It is said, sec retary of the Swiss legation at Wash ington about ten years ago, and, ac cording to the practice of the Swiss government, Is now eligible for promo tion to the higher grade of minister. Mr. Fernand du Martberay, the present Swiss minister to the United States, was appointed In February, 1903, but is now away on leave of ab sence, and the affairs of the legation are in charge of Mr. Ernst Probst, sec retary of legation. PROPER BREATHING. Use the Nostrils, Not the Mouth, and Take Deep Inhalations. Did you ever observe whether you breathe through the mouth or nostrils? It makes a wonderful difference. When we talk we are forced to breathe through the mouth, says the Philadel phia Inquirer. When not speaking the lips should be well closed, and the breathing should be entirely by the nostrils, but this Is not ull. The habit of slow, measured, deep breathing that covers the entire lung surface Is of more value and Importance than you will ever believe until you have tried It, and when you have established the habit of breathing In this manner you will say some remarkable things In Its favor. It will reach all points of your physical system. All the benefits that occur from a healthy condition of the blood will In a greater or less degree be yours, for the manner nnd complete ness with which the Inhaled air comes In contact with the blood In the lungs are of the utmost Importance to every vital process. The lungs are a kind of furnace, in which the oxygen of the air is consumed and combined with other elements, n process necessary to life, the perfection of which depends upon the purity of the air and the man ner of inhaling it. Emperor William*« Gift. Emperor William’s gift to the Amer ican people of a bronze statue of Fred erick file Great will be unveiled by the Baroness Speck vou Sternburg, the German ambassadress, on the espla nade of the army war college, Nov. 19, In the presence of the president, the cabinet, the diplomatic corps, the su preme court, the admiral of the navy, the chief of staff of the army and of ficers of the army and navy In Wash ington. The principal address of the occasion will be made by President Roosevelt. Blahop of W'nahlnarton. After having been without u resident bishop for two years, the Methodist Episcopal church In Washington now hns Bishop Earl Cransmn, until recent ly stationed at Portland, Ore. The ap pointment of Bishop Cranston as resi dent bishop of the District of Columbia was made at the last general confer ence of the Methodist church, held at Los Angeles In May. His term of appointment Is for four years, and he will be the head of Meth odism at the capital for that length of time. Bishop Cranston is one of the most dls»tognl«h«d prolstes In the Unit ed States. While not so well known In Washington, except to the clergy, be hns a reputation on the Pacific coast. Tlie Throne of Enslnnd. Some authorities bold that the coro nation chair in Westminster abbey Is entitled to be called the throne, as be Ing tlie one occupied by the sovereign at his or her coronation. Others main tain that the throne In the house of lords Is really the official throne, as It Is occupied by the sovereign for state purposes at the opening of parliament. Others again say that there Is no ?ec! throne In the strictest acceptation of the word and that all the thrones or chairs of state In the various palaces throughout the kingdom are equally entitled to be called "the throne," inas much as they are used as such when the sovereign happens to be in resi dence at that particular palace and bolds any levee or other strictly official reception. The most general opinion, however, seems to be that the throne in the house of lords Is really entitled to be culled “the throne of Englund.” Continents! Hall. Continental hall, the building to be erected by the Daughters of the Amer ican Revolution south of the Corcoran Gallery of Art on Seventeenth street. Is expected, when finished, to be one of the handsomest structures of Its kind In the national capital. The cor nerstone was laid with appropriate ceremonies last April. The building Is to cost n<< more than $300,000. Mar ble is to be the material used. The frontage on Seventeenth street Is to be 210 feet and the structure is to occupy 85,000 square feet of ground. The first floor will be devoted mainly to an an- dttorlum, which will have a seating ca- paclty of 2,000. CARL SCHOFIELD. Bow Bella. To be born within the sound of Bow Bells has tieen a distinction for centu ries. The famous old bells which have rung so long over London, It may not be generally known, are situated In Cbeapside. where they may still be seen and heard. The street which pass es beneath them Is today the busiest In all London and is wholly given over to business, so that few people today are actually larti within the sound of the famous bells. The most interesting aud amusing of ull the sights of Aldi-iaiiot, England, la the big reservoir, or lake, where CSV airy horses from all parts of the world are trained to swim with a thorough ness that rivals even the Italian system of horse training. It is well known, by the way, that cnvnlry horses In the Italian army gc through almost as much training al though they were Intended for a circus, and the writer has often ^een amazed to see patrician Roman officers riding tlielr tine chargers down steep flight» of stone stairs and down especially constructed precipices which look al though they were especially invented to encompass the destruction of both horse and rider. Again, the writer witnessed the as tonishing army maneuvers of the Ital ian troops In the river Arno at Flor ence and also at Spezzla, the great naval arsenal of Italy. The Count of Turin was seen leading his regiment "out to sea,” the prince often dis mounting and himself swimming with one arm about his charger’s neck. The newly received horses at Alder shot, however, coming as tlie.*do most ly from inland regions, have a dee;; seated objection to the water, ami us tlielr riders are for the most purt sownt lly clad Indeed the struggles between tutor and "pupils” are ludicrous In the extreme. If it is found absolutely impossible to coax the animals Into water deeper than their knees or girths collapsible boats are used and the re fractory animal dragged by main force beyond his depth, when he has to swim for dear life.—II. G. Roberts In Har per's Weekly. Bill Sr»'« row. I 1 Bill Nye, the humorist, once had i cow to sell and advertised her as fol lows: "Owing to my 111 health I will sell at my residence. In township 10, range 18, according to the government's sur vey, one plush raspberry cow, aged eight years. She Is of undoubted cour age and gives milk frequently. To a man who does not fear death In any form she would be a great boon. She is very much attached to her present home with a stay chain, but she will be sold to any one who will agree to treat her right. Rhe Is one-fourth Shorthorn and three-quarters hyena. I will also throw In a double barrel shotgun, which goes with her. In May she usually goes away for a week or two and returns with a tall red calf with wabbly legs. Her name Is Rose. I would rather sell her to a nonresident." CHOICE MISCELLANY FACTS IN FEW LINES Frlneo Heat >’• idea »1 Royalty. The French professor of'l’rince lien ry of Prussia ottff day read to him tL following exercise for translation: "Sovereign ladles have not merely an air of majesty, but a gracious deport inent peculiar to them.” The prince laid down bls |>en and raised his band. "Have you any remark to make?" ask ed the teacher. "Only this: Do you of do you not wish to teach me to be truthful?" “Certainly, I wish to teacb you truthfulness.” “Let me tell you then, that I have known sovereign la dles all my life and never noticed In them any majesty or peculiar grace of iK-portment. Quite the contrary. Ought we not, therefore, to omit the phrase you have just read?" The professor said that he respected the scruples of his pupil. He could not, however, cor rect an exercise txxjk which had liven carefully Inspected before being set down on the list for study. Besides, tlie taste of a boy of twelve differed from that of nn adult He might here after see majesty and grace where be now sees none. Henry took up bis pen and wrote out the phrase In French. He then uttered a groan and observed, “It’s an awful shame to foist such books u|x»n us.”—London Truth. A Philadelphia Beggar's Method. One of the professional beggars whose "lay" Is along Broad street from Chestnut to South has evolved a new style of approach which Is bringing him in large returns. He studies the feet of passersby, and when he sees a man coming along in new shoes or in shoes that have been recently shined he takes a stand directly In the way of Ills Intended victim and stares hard at those same shoes. Of course the pedestrian stops short and looks down at hfB feet to see what is the matter with them. Then the beggar re marks as If to himself, but In a tone which you may wager the victim bears well enough: “My, I wlsbt I had a pair of shoes ns good as them is!” Thus the beggar has accomplished two things. He has forced the pedes trian to stop and pay attention, which Is half of the professional beggar’s game In every case, and he has secur ed a fine Introduction for a “touch.” There Is usually a nickel in It, at any rate, and sometimes there is a pair of shoes, which can be conveniently pawned.—Philadelphia Press. Testing Eggs For Age. A new and Blmple method for testing eggs Is published In German papers. It is based upon the fact that the air chamber In the flat end of the egg in creases with age. If the egg Is placed In a saturated solution of common salt It will show an Increasing Inclination to float with the long axis vertical. A scale Is attached to the vessel contain ing the salt solution, so that the incli nation of the floating egg toward the horizontal can be measured. In this way the age of the egg can be deter mined almost to a day. A fresh egg lies In a horizontal position at the bot tom of the vessel. An egg from three to five days old shows an elevation of the flat end, so that Its long nxls forms an angle of twenty degrees. With an egg eight days old the angle Increases to forty five degrees, with nn egg four teen days old to sixty degrees and with one three weeks old to seventy- five degrees, while an egg a month old floats vertically upon the pointed end. Demnnd For Homan Hair. The largest dealers In human hair tn New Y’ork, who practically supply the hair crop for the entire country, are authority for the statement that the demand for this commodity was never as great as It is at present. The result Is that the price of all shades and styles of human hair Is rapidly soaring upward. There has been an advance in the price of first class hair of from 80 to 50 per cent within the last three months. The present Indications are, judging from the size of the crop now being Imported, that there will be a still further advance In prices during the winter months. One denier said that it Is almost Impossible to supply the demand for first class gray halt-. A wig of grny human hair of fine quality Is worth Its weight In sliver or perhaps even In gold.—Boston Transcript. Swimming For Soldiers. Many valuable lives would certainly be saved annually If swimming formed a portion of the national curriculum for soldiers. During the bathing season there were several fntal accidents to soldiers whose lives would have been saved could they have swum a few yards. During the South African war there was a cnse of a retreating detachment which could not fetch a boat from the other side on nn unford- able stream, although no enemy but the water offered opposition. A couple of fair swimmers could have per formed the service with ease, nnd. the river being nnrrow, the little commnnd would have been ferried over before the pursuing Boers arrived on the scene.—London Globe. The World's Mali Service, The aggregate annual letter and newsnaiier mail of the world amounts to 32.500,000,0110 pieces, of which 8.500.- 000,000 go through the United States malls. We have 75,000 poatofflees nnd 600,000 miles of postal routes, with a yearly travel over them amounting to t>00.000,000 miles. The service costs over $150,000,000 n yenr. The receipts now almost equal the eitpendltures and have doubled In the last ten years. In 1800 the total receipts were $8,000,000, which was considered an extraordinary sum. But for $22,000,000 spent in es tablishing the rural free delivery, which now serves one seventh of the population of the United States, the poatoffice wonld be self sustaining.— Success ___ _ Aneioat Trees. In the sequoln groves of California there stand trees so old that they may well have cast their leaves and shed their seed on the night of the Nativity. On Mount l-ebanon the survivors of the groves which escaped King Solo mon's fourscore thousand hewers still stretch their gigantic arms and scatter their cones tor the children of the west to carry away. Christianity Is graving in India fast er than the population American railways handle about $12.ots*.ooo worth of grain a paar. More than one third of all our export trade has been In the two great crops, wheat and cotton. One hundred million bushels of grain are sent every year t* the mills of Duluth and Minneapolis. A water reservoir at Manchester, England, Is sinking, and the cause Is believed to tv coal mining nearly un der it. The Chinese government Is to receive £300 a thousand for all the Chinese coolies shipped to the South African mines. The druggists of Rome have formed a corporation to bring suit against Baedeker for saying that their shops are unreliable and expensive. The sardine famine which has exist ed on the coast of Brittany for several years promises to txs relieved this fall, as the catches are now running heavy. Two hundred school children nt Chi cago struck lava use the principal of the school was removed. Tbelr moth ers also struck—with slippers and tlie children are now In school. In Ixmdon the unusual heat of last summer gave a further vogue to the straw hat and made silk hats so un popular that the factories dismissed many of their workmen. The London Tailor and Cutter gives this valuable advice: "For cricket, boating, tennis and football Jewelry must be eschewed, but for motoring, fishing and golf It Is indispensable.” Between the two oceans we raise one fifth of the world's wheat, four-fiftlis of its corn, one-fourth of its oats and four-fifths of Its cotton. Tills harvest Is the foundation of our prosperity. The practice of oiling the roads has been Introduced in India, at Bombay. It is found that If the oil Is allowed to soak in slowly no obnoxious mud Is produced, and the result Is a success. The Agricultural bank of Sofia has decided to buy 5,000 iron plows, 200 grain sorting machines and 500 bar rows, to be distributed among Its pa trons to increase the revenues of the farmers. It is reported from Tokyo that ths Russian prisoners of war of Jewish and Polish origin now held in Japan have expressed to the officers in charge of them their desire to become natural ized Japanese after the war. A violin player witnessed a lively street fight at Paris not long ago and began to play in order to soothe the two combatants. It had the opposite effect, however, for one of the fighters drew a knife and stabbed the violinist. All the five planetary satellites dis covered since 1846 have been found by Americans. They Include Hyperion, the seventh satellite of Saturn; Die- ■nos and Phoebus, the little moons of Mars, and Phoelie, the ninth moon of Saturn. A mall bag captured by the Boers In 1899 1ms Just been recovered. It con tained forty-seven registered letters, In which were about $350 Iu cash, a num ber of postal orders, a draft for $1,000, documents Involving a sum of $25,000, cheeks, official papers aud two wills. Every one nowadays, owing to the 'disclosures of scientific Investigation, believe« that sugar plays a more Im portant part In the dietary than a mere condiment. It Is a food and when used Judiciously In combination with other foods adds markedly to the value of a ration. Ireland Is making a bold bill for a leading position In the British fruit markets. Orchard cultivation Is being encouraged by the authorities nnd ar rangements are being actively prose cuted for the dryinft and packing of fruit. In “American fashion,” for ex portation. The Irish fruit is among the finest In the world. A Danish electrician named Paulsen Is credited with having successfully attempted a curious feat. It is said that he has been able to operate the keyboard of a typewriter at a distance without any visible connection between It and the instrument at liand. It Is added that he has also discovered a new kind of “electric wave" whose existence has been suspected, but which has never until now been re vealed. An English writer has been devoting his attention to the elimination of un necessary things and has succeeded 1» presenting a tentative list of article! which mankind does not need. H< holds, to begin with, that the resident of a city does not require a watch. He gix-s so far ns to say thnt an umhrelln Is not Indispensable. Then he points to superfluous buttons on wearing np pnrel, such as those on the back and on the sleeves of frock coats. The total production of gold from the mines of tlie world for 4K1 years, or since there have been any record of the same kept. Is officially given at $10,693,236,302. The total production of gold from the mines of the United States since Its discovery Is given nt $2-539.503 I to. Of this th» eastern and southern states produced $32.4112,648. leaving $2,507,010,492 as the amount of gold produced by the mountainous country west of the meridian of Den vei." At a meeting of the Society of Hyp nology and Psychology In Paris the other day a report was read from Dr. Korovlne of tlie Moscow Asylum For Inebriates, where experiments for the cure of drunkenness by hypnotic sug gestlon have been carried out for three years. Dr. Korovlne claims 22 per cent of radical cures out of florae 3*M» patients. He says that out of 323 pa tients hypnotized 84 4 per cent did not drink alcohol for a week. 33 8 per cent for three weeks, 27.7 per cent for more than a month, but only 3.1 per cent for the whole time of the treatment that Is to say, for six months Mon»» In Some Clothes. Hoax Jbblots has gone Into the clothing business. Joax He ought to do well. There's money in clothes. Hoax—There s never any tn mine. - Philadelphia Record. Hlo Whinttnl Look. “My husband Is getting to be a eel entlflcMvhlst player.” "Is he? I’ve Ix-en wondering lately what mad» him look as If there was The great struggle of life Is first for not much more left In the world that bread, then the butter on the bread was worth trying for.”—Chicago Ree and last sugar on the butter. old-Herald. •