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o o O BANDON KMORUEK IV*M THE TERRIBLE. Hurharle I «ar Who Io lluro. and Torture Ills »dhieet«. ROAD 5,000 YEARS OLD. Ussa Dur '•» *“•« *■- plrut Hlabwu»« 1» the World. The roml frixu ilo - t’> Uuma runs almost due north, a Irnlght white line cutting aero-- th»' . * n fi»4d It K one of the oldest routes In the world. Caravans have l>«-«-n passing .*k>tig it for at least 5,000 years, just as we saw them- long strings of slow, mov ing camels witli their bright colored bugs of wheat. One could almost imagine that L’ha raoh was again calling down the corn of Hamath to till bls granaries against the seven years of famine. But even here the old things are passing. Just beyond the long line of camels was a longer line of fellah women, their dirty blue robes kilted above their knees, carrying upon their shoulders baskets of earth and stone for the roadbed of the new French railway. The carriage road Is French, too. and a very good road It is. Some men were repairing It with a most Ingenious roller. It was a great round stone, drawn by two oxen and having its axle prolonged by a twenty foot pole, at the end of which a barelegged Arab was fastened to balance the whole af fair. If the stone had toppled ovet the picture of the Arab dangling at tlu top of the slender flagstaff would have been worth watching. Ail along the ride we were reminded of the punt. It l<* • fertile soil, but the very wheatfields are different from ours. Only a few yards in width, they are often of tremendous length. I hes itate to commit myself to figures, but It Is certain that the thin, green fields would stretch away in the distance un til lost over some little elevation. At one place the road was cut through a hill honeycombed with rock tombs which the haj paid were Jewish. Every now and then we passed a tell or groat hemispherical mound, built up of the rubbish of a dozen rulued towns, for even ns late as Homan times this was a well cultivated and populous country. There Is now no lumber available for building purposes, and In a number of village s the houses are all built with conical roofs of stone, Where the rock happens to be of a reddish tinge tlie houses remind one of nothing so much as a collection of In- dlnn wigwams. Where the stone Is white, as nt Tell et Blseh. It glitters anti sparkles like a fairy city cut out of loaf sugar.—Scribner's Magaziuc. STRANGE CHECKS. The Odd A MMort meiit Collected One llnnk Clerk. ■» A torn linen collar, a piece of lath, a cuff and a half dozen other odd ob jects hung above the bank clerk’s desk. “My collection of queer checks,” the young man said. “Each of those things Is a check. Each was duly honored. Each has u story. “1 have been collecting queer checks for three years. That piece of lath started me. A western bank honored the lath for $250. It wns made out as a check by the owner of a sawmill, who was out nt the plant with his son, thir ty miles from any house, and totally without paper, let alone a check book. The money wan needed to pay off the hands. The sawmiller wrote on the lath just what a check correctly drawn has on It, nnd he sent his son in to the bank to get the money nnd to explain. The lath check was honored after some discussion among the bank's officers. “The cuff check was drawn by an actor who had become slightly lntoxl- cated, got into a fight nnd been arrest- ed. He was treated cavalierly In his cell. They wouldn't give him any pa per, and he bribed a boy to take tite check to a bank. The boy got the money, nnd with It the actor paid his fine. Otherwise he’d have been Jailed for ten days. Thus the cuff check may be said to have saved a man from pris on. “The check written on that linen col lar won a bet of $5. A man bet a wo man tlint a check made on a collar would be cashed, and of course he won bls bet “Your bank, if you carry a good ac count, will honor the most freaky checks you can draw up. In such mon key business, though, it won't encour age you."—Chicago Chronicle. Jfcmie of the reus ms why Ivuu, ezar of Russia, was called "the Terrible” Laie Is-c-n ret »Id by K Vtalisze^ski in his b<M»k. Persons who displeased him he woukl saw a-umler by the i-oustaut rubbing of a rope around their waists or sprinkle alternately with ice cold and boiling water. He rnurked his sense of a bad jest by’deluging tlie perpetrator with boiling soup uud then running him through with a knife. He rebuked an unmannerly envoy by summoning a carpeuter and ordering him to nail the man’s hat on bis bead. There were also wholesale orgies, as at the punish ment of Novgorod, when be bad a hun dred persons roasted over a slow lire by a new and ingenious process and then run down on sledges luto the river to be drowned. At Moscow the czar hud a disappointment There was to tie a great execution of 300 victims who bail already been tortured to the last extremity, and loyal subjects had lieen summoned to tlie function. "To Ivan’s astonishment the great square was empty. Tlie instruments of torture that stood ready—the stoves and red- hot pinchers and Iron claws and nee dles, the cords, the great coppers full of boiling water—had failed to attract this time. "But there liad been too much of this sort of thing lately, and the execution ers were growing too long armed Ev ery man sought to hide deeper than his neighbor. The bud to send re assuring messages all over the town. ‘Come along! Don’t be afraid! Nobody will be hurt!’ At last out of cellars and garrets the necessary spectators were tempted forth, and forthwith Ivan. Inexhaustible and quite un- abashed, began a lengthy speech. Could he do less than punish the trai tors? But be bad promised to lie mer ciful, and lie would keep bis word! Out of the 300 wlio had been sentenced ISO should have their lives!” Torture and execution were, however. In the case of Ivan very much more than the mere Instruments of barbaric Justice. They were bis recreation ami delight. As a boy his amusement wns to throw dogs down from the top of one of the castle terraces and watch their dying agonies. As a tnau he used to go the round of the torture chambers after dinner. One of his first crimes was the execution of liis earliest friend. Feodor Vorontsov. One of his last was the murder of his own son. According to Waliszewskl, It was the recognized thing In Russia for the up per dog to make things as uncomforta ble for the under dog ns knouts nnd slow tires could moke them. So “the Terrible” only talked of his subjects in the language they could most readi ly understand. Ivan wns by no menns unpopular with the people. In many ways he was nn enlightened nnd pro gressive monarch. He took the first steps toward the founding of Russia’s great eastern empire. He made more or less successful attempts toward po litical and legal reform, and he had n certain gift of leadership nnd Instinct of statesmanship which lie used to the best advantage. Personally he wns a coward, as was shown at the siege of Knsan, when lie kept diligently to his devotions in spite of the repented en treaties of Ids men to come out and help them. BREAKING OF THE VOICE. It I m Canned by nn Orirnnlc Change In the Larynx. The peculiar physiological causes of what Is called the breaking of tlie voice are not quite understood, but It Is known to depend Immediately upon an organic cliauge in the larynx, the organ of tlie voice, which occurs In the male sex between the ages of fourteen and sixteen. Before that the larynx of boys resembles that of girls, but when the voice begins to break the vocal chords become lengthened at least one- third, the angle of the thyroid cartilage becomes enlarged, and the muscles which connect the organs of the voice wit!, the hypoid bone and tlie base of the tongue become elongated. While the change of form Is taking place the voice Is unfitted for singing and should be used only with great care. In other words, the breaking of the voice is due to the rapid de velopment of the larynx, which takes place nt certain ages and which leads to a change In the range of the voice, A TALE OF THE COMMUNE. The peculiar harshness of the voice One Little thnp Who I-iacnped the when It Is thus breaking seems to be due to n temporary congestion nnd Rnlleln of the Soldier«. A writer In the Cornhill tells of a swollen condition of the mucous mem scene that Charles Austin witnessed brane of the vocal chords accompany when the Versatilely entered Paris. He ing the active growth of the whole saw one day roaming about Paris—a larynx. not uncommon sight—a group of men AN ODD PUZZLE. and women put against a wall to be shot. Their bands were supposed to The Cryptic Inscription That Ornn- be blackened with powder. nients n Salo Church, Among them was a lad of twelve or . A picturesque tower Is the oldest fourteen, who, bet’ore the order to shoot could be given, stepped forward nnd part of the Swiss church nt Cliampery, begged to be allowed to take back the a village which lies In a valley under watch bls mother had lent him. He the shadow of the towering Dent du produced a huge turnip of a watch and Midi. I 'edlcated to St. Theodnle, this church promised faithfully to return. Mr. Austin said It was n moment of was built in 1726 on the site of an an anguish. None could be sure that the cient chapel. The tower, with its child was telling the truth, but the offi ttti'.jUc plvrvcd crown, came» a gut cer commanding, giving him a kick, statuette of the patrou saint, a quaint said. “Be off with you!" The child ran old clock and the following cryptic in away, tlie order to shoot rang out. but scription, which has puzzled many the horrid business wns hardly over travelers: QUOD AN THT3 MT'LCE PA before the clatter of feet wns beard, nnd GUIS TI DINE VIT the boy reappeared round a corner and, HOC SAN CHRIS DULCE I.A putting himself against the wall, pre By taking the syllables above and lie pared for death. It was impossible to kill that heroic low with those in the middle It reads: Quod angula trlstl mulcedlne pavit. little soul. Hoc sanguis Christi dulcedlne lavtt, “It renews one's fnlth in human na which may be freely rendered: ture,” said Mr. Austin. That which the serpent with sad charm imbued Think Mrnlflrht. blood of Christ with sweetness has It would be impossible for a lawyer Th« renewed to make a reputation In his profession —Loudon Telegraph. while continually thinking about medi E vp ’ m Apple, cine or engineering. He must think A botanical friend showed me not about law and must study and become thoroughly Imbued with Its principle*. long since what he said was the ap- It is unscientific to expect to attain I pie that must have tempted Eve in excellence or ability enough to gain what was surely a tropical fruit gar distinction In nny particular line while den. It was a little bit of an oriental bolding the mind upon and eoirtluually crab, about a third of an Inch In di contemplating something radically dif ameter. and. of course. It was bitterly sour! My philosophizing friend point ferent.—Success. cd out that, of course, the fruits in Love's IInvInss. EJl'en were the natural ”wll<l" fruits, “Whir, Charles. Vvhat do you mean and be mu wondering whether the fall by burning our old love letters?" ”1 of mankind would not have been ac- bare bean reading them, my dear,” re «• raoet If the attracting tree bail plied her husband. "Afw we die some been bung with a fair crop of the one t-lio <tshed to break our wills trmptlug golden or crim <on varieties of might ttet bold of them and use them today.—Country Life In America. to pnWe nW were Insane." REVEALED THE TRUTH. How th«- »»»■<• 1» ■ Will Fursery (aae W ere llroupht Out. f I WASHINGTON LETTER HUMOR OF THE HOUR FACTS IN FEW LINES CHOICE IBpedal C.»rT*spoa*enca») Discussion ha» | (s-u general among In his capacity as judge Lord liraiup- nil classes uf p. ..p|, ¡u Washington for tou always lusistetl on the imperative some days as to the opinion of the D1» demand that every case should be in trli t court of ap1H?aia bolding that 8at- vestigated in Its miuutest details, L’p- urday afternoon u a legal half holiday on small points the great issue of a “for all pur|HMes.'> cQ»e de|«uds. As exemplifying thia Much spec ulation has been indulged Lord Brampton cites a curious CUSe in as to what the effect of the opinion that came before him on the western will be ou the 'iterations of the gov Circuit: Hiiment departments and the transac "A solicitor was charged with forg tion;! of business ordinarily suspended ing the will of a lady, which devised on Sundays. The consensus of opinion to him a considerable amount of her among tlie lawyers seems to be that property, but as the case proceeded it the departments will be in nowise em became clear to me that the will was barrassed or hampered by the opinion signed after the lady’s death and then In the mutter of keeping open Satur with a dry pen held in the bund of the day afternoons. The question has l>een deceased Ly the accused himself while considered at length by the office of the he guided It over a signature which be •c • . n counsel, and the attorneys bad craftily forgetL A woman was who have gone into the subject care present when this was done, and as fully express tlie opinion that, despite she had attested the execution of the the fact that there can be no contro will she was a necessary witness for versy about Saturday bqing a legal the prisoner, and In examination in half holiday, the government employ chief site was very clear Indeed that It ees can be lawfully required to work was b.v the hand of the deceased that that day until the usual closing hour. tlie will was signed and that she her Dead Letter Sale. self had seeu the deceased sign IL In Uncle Sam’s dead letter sale, Suspicion only existed as to what the which takes place annually, there were real facts were until tiffs woman went this year 6,272 pieces, exclusive of into the box. and then a scene highly books nnd jewelry, of which there were dramatic occurred in her cross exami 1.098 lots of the former and 487 of the nation. After getting an admission latter. that the will was signed in the bed, The articles which are sold at auc with tlie prisoner near by. the woman tion llave accumulated In the dead let was asked: ter office of the postoflice department “ ’Did he put the pen into her hand?’ within the past twelve months. They " ’Yes.” were either held for postage. Incorrect “ ‘And assist her while slie signed the ly addressed or seized because In trans will?' it through the mails In violation of tlie “ ‘Yes.’ postal laws nnd regulations. “ ‘How did be assist her?' Cortelyou to Remain Chairman. “ ‘By raising her in the bed and sup W hen Georg» B. Cortelyou becomes porting her when lie had raised her.’ postmaster general In the next cabinet “ ‘Did he guide her hand?’ It Is not considered likely that lie will “ ‘No.’ resign his position as chairman of the “‘Did lie touch her hand at all?’ Republican nationil committee. On the “ ‘I think he did just touch her hand.’ other hand. It is thought to be perfect “ ‘When he did touch her band was ly proper that be Bold this position, not she dead?’ withstanding his cabinet office. The “At this last question the woman late Henry G. I’iyne was vice chair turned terribly pale, was seen to fal man of the Itepifillcan national com ter and fell in a swoon on the ground mittee and frequently advised with the and so revealed the truth, which she presidept as to aupolntments, especial had come to deny.”—London Mail ly In the postal strvice. Headquarters of the national committee will be in CARE OF A RAZOR. Washington, and Elmer Dover, the sec retary of the canmlttee. will be In Some Thins, Thut the Man charge of affairs, ns inhhe past. Shaves llimaeif Should Know. “The average man who shaves him self doesn’t know how to take care of bls razor despite all the advice that has been given to him In the public prints from time to time,” says an ex pert barber. “He will gc»: a good razor and use it day after day, then wonder why at the end of a short time it loses its edge, even though he strops it most care fully. A razor needs brief Intervals of rest or It will grow dull, no matter what efforts are made to keep It sharp. If you have a good razor nnd it ap pears to be losing its edge just try a rest for it Instead of having it sharp ened up again. The chances are that when you put It Into use again at the expiration of three or four days It will prove as sharp as If it had been care fully honed. “A man wlio shaves himself ought to have at least two razors and use these on alternate mornings; then, if his ra zors are all right, he will have but lit tle trouble with them. It Is also pos sible to strop a razor too much. It should not be stropped for more than half a minute before shaving, and care should be taken never to bear heavily on the strop while doing this. Let the razor rest lightly on the leather, and the best results will be gained. After finishing a shave, strop the razor once more for a few seconds, nnd this will Insure a much better condition for it.” FLAGS IN BIG HOTELS. Colors of All Nittionx nn a Rule Are Kepi In Stock. “No first class metropolitan hotel is thoroughly equipped until It possesses an assortment of flags almost as com plete as that of an admiral's flagship,' remarked the manager of a prominent caravansary. "The leading hotels In the great cities have use for tlugs of all nations some time or other. Hotels are pretty nearly as punctilious In observing certain lit tle ceremonies when distinguished visit ors arrive as are naval fleets. If somt high official of a foreign country is staying In the bouse It Is the proper thing to display his nation's colors. As all big hotels are likely to entertain home and foreign diplomats, army or navy officers, or even members of royal families, you oan see where there Is a necessity for nn assortment of flags. “The hotel may not possess a com plete outfit to begin with, but as time rolls along and distinguished men of nil lands are entertained the collection of bunting is continually added to. Then there are the many fraternal or ganizations which make one hotel or another their headquarters on the oc casion of annual celebrations. They usually have some flag or device which is swung to the breeze over the house on the days of the jollifications."— Philadelphia Record. ENGLISH CRIMINAL LAW. Tlie DIWereaee lletween Hard Labor and Penul Servitude. The difference in Great Britain be- tween hard labor and penal servitude is one of period and treatment. Hard labor varies as to period from a few days to two years, and however well a prisoner behaves himself the sentence Is never shortened. There are two classes of hard labor. In the first class the punishment ad ministered consists of six to ten hours' work at the treadmill, the crank or the capstan, or at stonebreaking or shot drill. In the second class the hard la bor really consists of such punishments as may be decided by the justices In session. Penal servitude is the modern sub stitute for transportation beyond the seas. A term of penal servitude begins with nine months’ bard labor in a probationary prison, and after that the convict Is employed on public works In a penal settlement The work Is comparatively light, and In most pris ons a well behaved man gets off pretty easily. In addition to this, by virtue of a system of marks for good be havior. lie has always before him the possibility of reducing his sentence by’ at most about one year In live. Vain« lit. Opportunity. Charles Dkkeus used to leff the fol lowing story al>out a Methodist preach er; "This preacher bad beeu called to officiate at the funeral of a relative of a Conservative editor, and as the preacher himself aimed to be a Lib eral leader in the district die and the editor bad often crossed swords. This time tlie chance came todellvera home thrust with ut a chance for either par ry or reply. At the coffin of the de ceased, beside which the editor and other mouniere knelt together, the preacher made thia appeal: ‘Lord, over rule this affliction to the welfare of al) assembled, including the reptile now sprawling In thy presence, who has frequently abused thy servant In the columns of his beastly publication!’ Birmingham (England) Post. Heart! Simultaneously. Downstairs—It those people In I the flat upstairs don’t quit banging that piano all the time 1 am going to com i plain. They are absolutely the most i selfish people I ever saw. Baby situ ply cannot sleep. Upstairs—If that howling brat down In the flat below doesn’t quit Its Infer nal yawping I'll climb down the fire escape and strangle It some night! See If I don't!—Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. Overheard In the Coop, “Life Is such a fitful dream,” re marked the pessimistic chicken. "It hardly seems worth living, Sooner or later the end’s the same.” "That's so,” replied the other. “It really doesn’t much matter whether one winds up as an omelet or n chicken salad."—Detroit Tribune. She Hoped He Would. "Good night,” said Mr. Staylate. final ly breaking away. ‘‘I’ve enjoyed my self immensely. Now. next Sunday night—I—er expect to pass your house and”— "That will be nice. Good night!” said she and shut the door.—Philadelphia Ledger. The Cigarette Habit. The report of tie commissioner of in ternal revenue thows that the ciga rette habit is steadily growing, and during the present year 290,000,000 more were smoked than during I!» >3. It also shows that New York leads In tlie manufacture of cigarettes, while the cigar habit is apparently decreas ing. and this is indicated by a decrease of 80,000,000 In the output of cigars. Colored Food«. The secretary of agriculture has Is sued an order that all staple articles of food that have been colored artifi cially must be branded as such. This action follows a thorough Investigation by Dr. Wiley, tlie chief of the chemical laboratory «f tlie department. Into the She—It does ¡«m as If we should methods of coloring foods. never get into g >od society. Wartime Helle. lie—Well, I’m afraid you're right. An effort is beiug made by several We seem to be so hopelessly mixed up old time telegraphers to have ndded to with the smart set. tlie interesting exhibits in the National museum a genuine curiosity and relic The Profennor. of the stirring wartimes in the vicini “How does that shoe feel?" asked the ty of Washington in the sixties. The merchant. relic in question Is the original old “I don't know,” said the professor, Morse register, one of the first of the wincing, as be stood up and bore his telegraph Instruments, which was used weight on the foot, “but I know bow at Manassas. Va„ by the Confederate my corn feels about it. I'll try a size army officials to transmit the news of larger, if you please.”—Chicago Trib the first battle of Manassas, or first une. Bull Itun, as It Is called In the north, No Danier. to the Confederate capital nt Rich mond. Tlie venerable Instrument was Doctor—Madtjm, you needn’t dread similarly used for reporting the second the disease. There Is only about one battle of Bull Run. chance In a hundred that you will get It In Interest of Mail Clerks. Mrs. Ilichurcb (relieved)—H'm'. Some Postmaster General Wynne In his annual report recommends the provi thing on the order of a church fair sion of adequate punishment for those ihanee, eh?—Judge. who recklessly endanger the lives of In DlNfJcuiNe. mnfl clerks by transmitting snakes, live tarantulas, scorpion'), loaded re Aunt Prudence—Do Mary and James volvers and other explosives. The act ns If they thought their married sending of Inflammable matter and life was a blessing? poisonous nnlmals through the mnlls Uncle Ilach—Well, no, not exactly a Is prohibited by Inw, but there Is no Blessing, unless It might be a blessing in disguise.—Woman's Home Compan penalty provided. ion. Potomac Water. The District commissioners have sent The Wornt. to the speaker of the house a report of Bly—I hear you were In a street enr nn Investigation made as to the amount of Potomac water used by departments »mashup the other day. That was hard luck! and offices of the United States. Sly—I should say so. I wasn’t even The average dally consumption of the capítol building during a session shaken up enough to sue for damages. of congress Is shown to be the enor —Detroit Free Press. mous amount of 1,051.321 gallons. The The Dear Girl’s Tnate. government printing office uses 1.350.- Jack—And so you have been married 855 gallons, the library of congress 125.700. White House and fountain a year. How do you like the ties of 314.590 gallons, treasury department wedlock? Jim—I like the ties all right, but I 363,396 and the navy yard 2,014,180 have to balk at the cigars sometimes.— gallons of water a day. The total amount of water consumed Collier's Weekly. tn all tlie departments dally Is 8,880,- The Iletort Proper. 108. The report shows that no water “Ah. you poor devils of bachelors! connection wns found at tlie stnte de Now. when a married man gets a little partment nor at the botanic gardens. rent in his clothes"— Conaressionnl Library. "He's got to pay ft to the landlord, 1 According to the annual report of nee! ”—New Orleans Tlmes-Demo. rnt. Herbert Putnam, librarian of congress, triiiisniitied to both houses ol cougtess. the total number of printed books nnd pnmphlets tn the library ts 1.179.713, a gain of 78.791 for the last fiscal year. In addition there were 95.954 books In the law branch of the library. 121,266 manuscript pieces, 75.861 charts, 384.- 418 pieces of music and 158,451 prints. During the year there were 103.130 copyright entries. During the thirty-four years since the copyright work became a business of the library of congress the total number of entries has been 1,518.005. There is discussion of the methods of disposing of copyright articles not available for the library, and the li brarian urges that a mean» be found for their disposition. ____ CARL 8CHOFIELD. POINTED PARAGRAPHS. Do you always keep nn appointment or just claim to? A Mvtnwti liiWhyi» tiiiuks tier dress maker keeps half the goods. Nine-tenths of the things people quar rel over do not make any difference one way or the other. When the doctor says tv you. "Old man. I'm sorry, but you ran t live an hour.” how will you take it? A boy Is old enough to be welcome In the neighbor girl's parlor long be fore his sister thinks he Is old enough to sit In the parlor at homo. nad the old fashioned children net ed like the pres» at generation there would have been no children. Their parents would have beaten them to Skillful Porto Rlcnn«, The natives of Porto Rico fashion a I death. Every one has Lis vanity card to variety of useful and ornamental arti cles by hand from tlie palm leaves, play. The preacher gets n man Into gourds, cocoanuta and other products the fold by telling him of the "great of the island. They are skillful In weav Influence” he has upon others.—Atchi ing hammocks, hats similar to pana son Globe. ma hats, and a great variety of bas Miserable Crentnre«. kets. Canes, paper knives and other “Talking of matrimony," said the articles are carved out of the native inge. “there are two sorts of men who woods, some of which show curious • re equally miserable specimens.” and strikingly ornamental markings. “And they are?” The señoras and señoritas of Porto “The fellow who says he’s sorry he Rico are es|iecially skillful with the •ver married nnd the fellow wlio says needle and produce a considerable quan he's glad be never did.”—Philadelphia tlty of fine drawn work and laces. Press. # Au automobile hearse 1» the latest tn tlie .......... I adapting the fBsoline iii M it to ev eryday us«*». A ' Ll ck lily" new to sclem-e ha« iM-eu discovered at Nueva Caceres, in the Philippines. A model coal mine, the first of Its kind In England, Is to be Included In the ack iitific equipment of Birming ham university. The exi»orts of palm seeds from the Netherlands amounted to 50,452,600 pounds, 52.498,600 pounds and 57,043,- 800 pounds in 1901, 1902 and 1903 re flectively. Hie art treasures at Windsor castle are said to be worth over $60,000,000. The king has had them rearranged, but has not beeu able to Insure them as yet owing to their great value. A bill to prohibit juvenile cigarette smoking has passed Its second reading In the South Australian legislature and will probabTy become law. The age below which smoking Is prohibited Is fixed at sixteen years. In view of the notorious laziness of the Russian peasant, writes a St Pe tersburg corresimndent. It will be Inter esting to watch the effect of the uew law- permitting labor on Sundays and festivals. An association In Manchester, Eng land, known as the Minnehaha Ama teur minstrels Ims made a business for the post twenty-five years of giving performances for charity. In that time It lias raised $97,130. An attempt is to be made by the British war department to raise a sec ond battalion of the Irish guards. It Is expected to be successful, as the first battalion now has several companies In excess of the establishment Swedish doctors having found mi nute pieces of enamel from “granite” ware In cases of appendicitis, it 1» sur mised that the common use of this ware may have something to do with the prevalence of appendicitis. Of the 4.000 white settlers scattered among tlie total population of 200,000 In German Southwest Africa not many more than 2,000 are at present Ger man. and these nre very largely com posed of the military and official ele ment. There Is more smoking of pipes done in cold weather than at any other time, and, excluding the vacation sea son. there are more pipes and smoking tobacco sold during the cold weather than during tlie temperate nnd heated spells. Canada Is pushing for sales In Ja pan. Consuls are being appointed with authority to pay for early statistical Information. Sample rooms will be at tached to the consulates. Japanese products will be exhibited In commer cial museums in Canada. For several years the Santa Fe com pony lins been filling In China basin, In south San Francisco, to make solid ground on the bay front there for* freight yards. The work is done at last, having cost the company $3,635,- (X>0. It now ow ns a fine site of fifty- three acres. In one of the London public schools a teacher asked her class what turf wns. Nobody could tell. She next ask ed what grass was. There was a long pause, nnd then the smartest scholar raised a hand. "Weil?” asked the teacher. “Please, ma’am. It's what you got to keep off of,” was the reply. A man brought up at St. Albans as an Incorrigible rogue was proved to have married bls uunt. His children are therefore Ills first cousins, and he is bls own uncle. His grandmother nnd hts mother-in-law are the same person. Apparently the judge sympa thized with him, for he was discharged. A number of Philadelphia business meu have organized what Is to be known as the Downtown club, each member of which Is pledged to war on tipping. They have become tired of feeing waiters at noon In order to se cure reasonably quick service, nnd the Downtown club is tlielr way of over coming the nuisance. A lawyers' club of California has been formed, with a branch club in every county and headquarters In San Francisco. Its declared objects are the reduction of expense to litigants, the elimination of delay in reaching a final settlement of cases and the securing of uniform rules of practice In the va rious couutles of the state. Along the International boundary of the Canudlau northwest twenty years ago wns nn ncreage of 250,090 under crop, yielding 1,2<X).OOO bushels of whent. Now the acreage Is over 4.000,- 000 and the annual yields 110.000,000 bushels, while population, acreage and output nre augmented at a rate no oth er country can approach. By direction of the secretary of war orders have been Issued carrying into effect the recommendations of the gen eral staff making changes In the uni forms of the army. It is also pre scribed that no decoration received from foreign governments shall be worn by officers and men while on duty with United States tro«^- Thirty thousand Socfnllst»« d«n>y»ji strated ngntnst Herr Lueger, mayor of Vienna, on the eve of hfs sixtieth birthday. The burgomaster recently described the Socialists ns a lot of rag- «muffin«. 23 they gathered fa the ringstras -e opposite tlie Itathaus. shaking their fists and waving sticks anti red handkerchiefs. A charge of 1.000 police finally dispersed them. The value of real estate In California Is officially estimated to be worth $882.- 104.539, the Improvements on real es tate $316.208.123. the value of personal property $230.623.282, the money and solvent credits $42.906.248. and the to tal value of property as returned by auditors ts $1.480.842.105, exclusive of the railroads, which are assessed at $69.669,566 by the state board of equal ization. _________________ How old Is the emblem of a lover’« I heart? In the days before metals were used weapons made of stone were formed by prehistoric men. Among the most notable of such ancient weap ons are a number of beautifully chip ped arrowheads which have lieen taken to be the work of fairies and have therefore been liked as charms from very remote times. In Scotland they are called "elf bolts.” and they ntf so shaped that when the central projec tion is broken off the semblance of a lover’s heart remains. — London An- ■were. MISCELLANY Ihr New krmr <he«r«»a. • >' men generally,” n'lflBrked • reteran officer, "are pleased at the ac- U..II of Secretary Taft tn provitfiig f« the manufacture and Issue of a uew thevroiu Under previous regulation« •ach of the varlaas kind» of coat« re- |Ulred a different kind fit Chevron, the tarn of which were of the high colored lacing cloth* conforming to the vari- >u» arms of the service. "The color» used In dyeing this cloth ire very fugitive. Experiments were Blade to obtain a chevron that would Hand washing when attached to the n'hite summer und cotton khaki coat», •nd finally the color of the olive drab •hirting fiannel was selected as tlie best. Bars made of cloth of this shade, tewed on a groundwork of olive drab terge. will harmonize with the service xrnts and at the same time are suffi- ?lently distinctive. Bars of the same sloth i»w«J on a groundwork of either rotton khaki or white duck will har monize with the khaki service and white summer coats. “While the distinctive colon» of the various arms of the service have been lisregarded In the new chevrons, It will not lead to confusion, because the hat rords show the color of the arm of the tervice, and the ornamenta on the coat solhirs show the organization to which in enlisted man belongs.’’—Washington Star. Ill« Dead Soldiers. This grim story of the war 1« quoted from a Siberian paper: A Russian regi ment was surprised by a Japanese am buscade and lost 2.000 killed. Of one company every man was killed or wounded, only the captain and two »tlier officers being able to get clear. After the battle the captain, though woundci, departed by himself. One of bls friends, alarmed at this, went to look for him. He found him on the battlefield seated on a large stone. He had dragged to the spot the bodies of the men who once formed bls company nnd bad arranged them tn the ranks they filled when alive. When he recognized his friend, he call ed out to him to shoot him for bls cow ardice tn being alive when all hla men were dead. Then, losing bls reason al together. lie harangued bls dead men. calling upon them to follow him nnd promising them victory. When they did not follow him, be reproached them, but affectionately, addressing them by their nnmes. He had at last to l>e removed by force and Is now in tlie lunatic asylum at Har bin. Women Physician« For I.nnalle«. One of the most famous of German physicians for the treatment of mental ilseases. Professor Ludwig, Is earnest ly advocating the employment of wo men physicians In lunatic asylums. After years of investigation he has come to the conclusion that the Insane are peculiarly susceptible to a wom an's presence and influence, not only the women, but the men as well. Ho says lie has been Instrumental In ob taining tlie admisslou of one woman physician to nn asylum for women in south Germany, and the results are simply phenomenal. The women are more tractable, and In the cases where mental disease Is the result of sexual trouble the woman doctor work« won ders. Ludwig Is certain thut In a short time no men physicians will be em ployed In female lunatic asylum«. His opinion Is supported In Inrge measure by another eminent authority, Dr. Krapelfn. Cheaper Fur«. One of the results of the Russian- Japanese war is that raw furs are cheaper this season. It will take some time for the drop In the price of raw furs to affect the retail sale of the manufactured product, but the public are already beginning to get the bene fit In reductions made In anticipation. Russia Is one of the largest fur buy ing countries. Canada and British North America send abroad their sur plus of raw furs beyond what the American market will take. The Unit ed States, except for some production In Alaska, Imports almost all of the expensive furs which are used here. Smaller furs, like muskrats, raccoons. Rkunks and opossums, are produced in large numbers in the United States, and a grent part of them is exported. DOUGLAS JERROLD. Some nt the < au«tlc Iletort« Made by the tamo«« Wit. When a prosy old bore stopped Doug las Jerrold, who was hurrying on ur gent business along Regent street, with the question. “Well, Jerrold, my dear boy, what is going on?” "I am!" retort ed Jerrold, shooting past like an arrow from a bow. Asked to contribute to a third sub scription which was being got up for a reckless Grub street writer. Jerrold cried impatiently, “How much does the fellow want this time?" "Well, this time I think just four and two naughts Wl.'J p*jt him straight ” “Pat me dewa for one of the naughts!” A lawyer, replying to the toast of his health drunk nt a dinner of artists, stammered out that he <lld not expect tLe 1»«»'ii»‘»r. as in w couiiV iiardTy l»e con sidered one of the arts, whereupon Jer cold Interjected one word only. “Black!" A clergyman who was indecorously nnd uncharitably denouncing tlie poor for the number of children they bred wound up with the opinion that the real evil of tlie times was “the surplus population.” Jerrold nodded a hearty assent. "Certainly, the surplice popula tion !" “There's one song in the Prodlgue," cried n musical bore to Jerrold, "which always carries me away." “Would I could sing It!” ejaculated Jerrold. The Town Stood (Be Ln««. While the engine was taking water the passenger with the Imposing watch chain nnd eyeglasses strolled out on tin* platform and looked with Interest about him. “By Jove!" he said to the sojttary na tlve who was sitting on a flour barrel. “Tills village looks just exactly as It did twenty years ago, when I moved away from here. I don’t believe It has changed a particle in all that time.” “I reckon not, mist*,” said the soli tary native, biting off a chew of tobac co. “Your goln’ away don’t seem to have made much difference In the old town."—CMkugo Tribune • « o •