BAN DON RKCORDER.
FELTER'S VACATION.
The Story if n A lt to tlcrnmny
IVIth Illicit lliinnm.
Once upon a time tin' senate restau
rant at Washington was managed by
a German-American named Felter. who
was a renowned caterer to senatorial
appetites and of course was popular.
In one of the nine months' eongres
slonal vacations Felter concluded to
visit his old home In Germany, so he
applied to Jim Christy, deputy scr
geant at arms, for ocean transportation
which In due time was produced, am
Felter started in high glee, lie did not
know how Christy procured the passes
nor did he care.
When he embarked the captain of
Uie German line received him cordial
I3-. but with great dignity
to one of the best staterooms am
nilnrnetl his cabin wit" timers. lie
had the post of honor at table and was
treated as a hen or as a great person
nge might be treated
Felter the cook could not understand
but he took all that was offered and
made the best of the situation. When
the vessel finally reached her destlna
tlon and the passengers were landed
the captain of the ship Introduced Fel
ter to the mayor, who awaited his com
ing and Insisted that he make his home
In the. mayor's residence during his vis
it. Ills astonishment increased, but lie
accepted all of these attentions with
out asking any questions.
The following day he was banqueted
as the guest of the city and was eallei:
upon for a speech. To the best of Ids
ability he complied and explained the
complex workings of the great repub
lic of which he was a naturalized part,
and every utterance was applauded.
But Felter was unhappy, anxious to
cet awav and find some old friends
who might explain the reason for all
this adulation. When the banquet was
over an old schoolmate managed to get
bold of his hand and begged him to go
to his house for the night. This Felter
irladlv did. although the mayor gave
reluctant permission, indicating that it
was the next thing to discourteous for
Felter to abandon the mayor's home
while he was the guest of the city.
As soon as they were alone the friend
Inquired in German. "Felter. what sort
of a game is this you have eonie over
here to play on the folks of the father
land':" "I don't understand the came myself,
und 1 wish that you could explain it to
me. L am the keeper of the restaurant
of the senate and am earning a good
living at it- in fact, saving money. But
that is no jxisitlou of high honor, and 1
don't know what these people are doing
all this entertaining for. It is away
beyond me."
"Why, the steamship people issued
your pass for Senator Felter and an
nounced the coming of the senator on
their line, and that's the reason you are
thus received in honor of your alleged
rank and station."
"Let's look at the passes." said Felter.
And there, sure enough, although he had
not noticed it before, Jim Christy had
secured passes for ''Senator Felior," be
cause In no other way could he have
Becured them.
Felter left the town early the next
day and never re-entered it until he
had concluded his visit to relatives.
and then he came back Just in time to
POLLY IMii'i
Speaker Procott's bill for free liooks
for school children which was carried
overwhelmingly in the Senate wil
striken harnioniouscliord in the hearts
of parents and children, it means a
higher and more extended education
for scores of pupils who heretofore have
Ikhmi compelled when they got into the
more advanced grades to leave schoo
for the simple reason that the parents
could not allbrd to buy the costly books
that were required of them. It is safe
to say, too, that when this bill is en
forced that there will be no changing
of school hooks every year, and in some
eases every six months, that drnine
not only the pock-el books but the
patience of the long; sullering parents
who were compelled to submit to the
unjust demands in order to enrich the
publishers and sellers of the books.
child would frequently never get half
through the hooks when thev were
called upon to purchase others. The
txKiks were as good as new, but when
the lint went forth, they were hence
forth a dead letter. At one time the
school books were only changed every
four vears, conseoiientlv the other
children in the family, a they ad
vattced, could u.-e them, and that in
it.-elf was a great saviog. This quest ion
of furnishing hooks for the children
has been a problem to the parents for
many a year, and it hsis taken away
the desire to proceed of many children,
who, under oilier circumstances, would
have been glad to continue their
studies, for they realize the hardship
to their parents to furnish the money
to purchase the school books. Teachers,
particularly in the city schools, have
had no conscience whatever when it
came to giving orders to the children
that would increase the drain 011 the
purses of the parents. They demand
that the children shall have new blank
hooks at the beginning of a term, when
many times they have books that have
had I os than a dozen pages used, and
which would answer every purpose to
-cribble on, and that is only one of the
many little things that the parents and
children must put up with, if they
wish to attend school. Thev talk alnnit
onipulsory education, and it is a good
thing if thev reniow the evil of eostlv
Hid ever changing -school lnioks and
give parents 111 moderate circumstances
md their children half a chance.
The high price of school liooks and
the coustautlv chamriug method that
las leen in force for several years is
responsible in a great measure for so
many girls and lvovs hardlv 111 their
teens being employed in factories and
anneries to such an extent as it is
here. Watch the doors of these faetor-
io, etc., swing open when the noon
hour or the closing hour bell chimes,
and you will see a (multitude of tired
looking iHiys and gills, many of them
time enough to learn the unpleasant
art of rushing through life at break
neck speed without commencing it in
their very infancy. However, 1 have
drifted from my subject of school books;
just put in a word now and then about
free school liooks, Polly, and oblige not
only one parent but many."
While we are on the subject pertain
ing to education, 1 want to say in re
sponse to a certain person's question as
to whether the salary of the school
teachers should not be cut down, most
emphatically NO. Teaching is not
only hard work, but very wearing, and
the conscientious teachers, man or
woman, who have given their best
ellbrts in the school room studying this
child or that one (for there are no two
children alike in disposition, etc.,) and
aiming to gel the very best results in
their system of training these young
minds to receive the work that their
studies must unfold, have well earned
their salaries. In many cases a coach
man is better paid than a school
teacher. In the State of Indiana twelve
thousand teachers receive less than live
hundred dollars per year each, and
Iowa is even worse. 1 11 California the
wages on an average are very good, but
Folly iloes not know a single instance
where it is too much, for it requires not
only the knowledge to teach, but tact,
patience and the ability to get along
and face the worries and obstacles that
they will meet with among thirty or
fortv rotless scholars.
BRIEF REVIEW.
catch the returning steamer before she oM lon- ,,efortt lhdr lime' Uy lht'"1-
left her dock. When he returned to ev-aiit drudgery, pouring into the
Washington the things that he said to streets with their little dinner bucket
Jim Christ were too numerous and too Nine out of ten should be at school, but
strenuous for publlcatiou.-
publlc.
-St. Louis Ile-
THE TERM "IDIOT."
if you should ask them why they were
not attending school, theanswer would
be because they couldn't allord it.
A gentleman speaking on this very
In the Orficlnnl firrfk It Simply
Meant h I'rlvutc IVrxoit.
The word idiot Is itself .,f intiToMne u,jit-t recently, said: "It would be a
history. Its primary Greek significance blessing to parents and children both
was that of a private as distinguished if this Proeott amendment could be
from a public person. Our words carried. You will understand mv feel-
Idiom, idiosyncrasy, etc.. are from the h,, :LS Wl.j as hosts of others parents,
immir .uuu -Le m,oi in uu t. as sun- f(r j . ,)M,y ()m. ()f ;l vasl mj()ritv ()f
rr," , s , - , , ., , dissatisfied people, over the present
the word are shown in its annlIcationr'hu'1 ,:nvs relating " ie. My
Boon to the common people as distin al:iry is only seven 'y-live dollars per
guished from the upper classes. It was month. My oldot .-hild's books last
then applied to unprofessional and lay term cost me twelve 'dollars, and from
people and soon became the slurring that on df.wn to thVee dollars for the
title of the unskillful and awkward, youngest. 1 1 took an even twentv dol-
By slow degrees It became applicable ,.irri , . II1V i l.ihlren for school in
10 me siupm anu at nisi 10 tne mine- . . , , . ,
. t . , . .1 iKM)ks and materials, hverv vear 1 111
Pile : mil iflior An l;lte ns tile lvfienth I
nnd cmnt.,.1h ...o,;. ,1..". ,.-r.r,l l'st of tlleSC hooks liaVe to bciUs-
was still used in its earlier senses. ThishankM, :lM(1 ,1,e" JUV "ot worth, new
long sad history speaks indirectly of though they selling to the secon li
the pathetic history of the Imbecile. If hand lunik dealers. It has been on i
She Got Her Dinner.
Mrs. Mary K. Yancey, an old colored
woman who lives at 1Mb (! rove street,
Kansas City, Mo., received a very
handsome valentine in the form of a
money order for .2". When she pre
sented "n for payment at the posloflice
the conversation which ensued revealed
the following facts:
" Who sent you this?" the clerk in
quired. ''Deed I don' know," replied the ue-
gress, grinning, "muiic oi iio.-e rieii
folks down in New York."
"Can't you think who would be
ending you T-o '.' "
"Not Mos it wah Mistah Waldorf,"
said lie woman.
"There must be some mistake," be
gan tiie clerk.
" No, iudeedy," sheinterpoed,"doir
you 'member the man what gave dat
well diiiiiah to all dem rich folks?
I see in de papers whah dey done gib
his ball, an' I io' set down an' writ
lini a letter a-tellin' him dat I war
jo a po niggali woman an hko a
good dinnah mahself. An' he done
send i ne dis."
Inspection of the order showed that
it had been sent by .lames H. Hyde,
the New York bachelor who recentlv
tartled the -100 in that city with a
Sl(M),0u0 ball.
Preaches His Own Funeral.
Jn order to make certain that his
own funeral sermon may be what he
desired, Benjamin F. ( loodsell of San
dusky, ()., has hit upon a novel plan,
lie has grown toward the three score
and ten mark, always lighting on the
side of the under dog, because he felt
that the dog was right. Now he know.-
that some time lie must siiutlle oil and
a funeral service of some kind would b
held by his friends. They would, for
appearance's sake, have a minister, hu
argues, and lie felt sure his belief
would not make a good orthodox test
No one knew Ben (Joodsell better than
himself. With this idea he wrote an
add ro which contains his beliefs and
h final nio?age to his friends assembled
to pay the last respect to the departed
A GIFT FROM FRANCE.
71ie Kii.-t of Wiisliinirloii liy 1'lcrrr
.lean Dat id.
Ill the year ISS,', Pierre Jean Dayld,
the great French sculptor of the early
part of the nineteenth century, ex ecu t-
iil a bust of George Washington which
was presented to the Fnlted Suites in
the nam' of the people of France. Thi
was during the lifetime of the .Marquis
vie Lafayette, anil he gave the sculptor
the benefit of his intimate knowledge
of the character of Washington. Tin
work was paid for by subscriptions
raised among the French people. Near
ly thirty years after the bust had been
placed In the capitol at Washington it
uas destroyed in a fire which took
place there.
Not long since it was discovered that
a plaster cast of the bust existed in the
studio of the sculptor, and descendants
of Lafayette took the initiative in liav
ing a replica of the work which had
perished presented to America. The
otter was made through the American
ambassador to France. General Horace
Porter, and the American government
having intimated- that a duplicate of
the original bust would be accepted
with pleasure a cast was made in
i ii -i ii i i it.. r- mil.
D'ANi.TKh lit Sf OP WYsIIIN'.H'N.
brntize al.d pfev. r 1 1 -1 to the I'nited
Suites through tin- French imbassa
dor to l he I'tiited States. M. Juscrand.
Washington's birthday was chosen
bv Ambassador Jus.eraml as the occa
sion for the presiMitaiion of Fringe's
gift. The bust stands n a beautiful
pedestal of Carrara marble.
Havid was born at Angers, France,
in J "Mi. and is sometimes ealhil David
d' Angers. He dieil in is.";. He exe
cuted statues :ind busts of many cele
brated men and women, and his most
Important work onsets in his splendid
sculptures for the Pantheon.
THE VALUE OF OPALS.
(o!nra
II rIn I it 1 IIim-iii1s mi tin1
; limi ii In tin Stones.
Veins f opals are usually met with
,n soft formations where nothing above
t'ltotmd indicates their presence. The
EDISON'S TRIUMPH.
A: li-etilcnl In the Crcut Inventor
Htnrt In Life.
Dr. Norvin Green, for many years
president of the Western Union Tele
graph company, once said that but
for the dullness of himself and his as
sistants Thomas A. Edison might nev
er have obtained the confidence and
uipport ol the great corporation. Ed
Ison had been trying for months to in
mice tlie officials to take up some of
his inventions until they began to re
gard him as a bore.
He went to the main ollice one day
and was greeted by Dr. Norvin Green
and the other officials with sneering
smiles. Dr. Green said: ".Mr. Edison
we are unable to get into communica
tlon with Albany, and a large amount
of Important business Is in peril.
suppose ttiat since you know more
about telegraphy than all of the rest
of us combined you can locate the dif
ficulty."
Whether Edison noticed the sneering
tone or not, lie quietly answered, "I
can locate it inside of two or threi
hours, sir."
Dr. Green and the others laughed out
right, one of them saying, "Edison, you
have now fully demonstrated that you
are a vrank."
Edison never smiled or addressed a
word to the speaker, but looked at Dr.
Green ami said, "If I locate this dilli
culty In two or three hours, will you
take up my inventions and give them
honest consideration?"
"Ye. I will." said Dr. Green, "and 1
will do It If you succeed in two days."
It was a very simple tiling, and yet
Edison was the only one who had the
comprehensive mind to think of it In
stantly. He did not tell them for many
years afterward how he accomplished
the feat, but he did It inside of one
hour.
Edison went to the main offices,
where he was known as an expert op
erator, and called up Pittsburg. He
nsked for the best operator there, nam
ing him, and then told the Pittsburg
man to call up the best man at Albany
and direct him to telegraph down the
line towaixl New York as far as he
could and report back to Edison as soon
as possible. Inside of an hour Edison
had this telegram:
"I can telegraph all right down to
within two miles of Poughkeepsie. and
there is trouble with the wire there."
Edison went back to the office of the
president and gravely announced that
if a train should be sent to Poughkeep
sie with materials for the work they
wo lid find a break in the line jut two
milts on the other side of Poughkeep
sie and could repair It that afternoon.
They begged him to tell how lie had
found It out. and he replied:
"P.t knowing more about telegraph
ing than all of you put together, as Dr.
Gn en has said."
They located the break, repaired it.
and Dr. Green took up Ellison's inven-
ti ;:-. and that was Edison's great start
in life. Youth's Companion.
FACTS IN FEW LINES UNFINISHED NOVELS.
HOMES OF THE SWISS.
lint
be was not killed or starved to death
by neglect, etc., he was usually lviluei-d
to the condition of. a beast eithi r about
the house or fields or was actually
driven into the woods and forced to live
in caves, among wild animals, etc. In
1700 Hard took a "wild iniv" found in
the forests of Aveyroii
teach him. The ability
to give our eliil-
ami ami wish hi ui
dreii at least a good, common school
education, but my oldot son never
finished going through the high school,
mil as the schools ale conducted now-
a-days, I suppose it is just jus well to
md tried to tkc up the practical side of life, unless
of the wild thev are destined for professional work
boys and wolf children to live and the of some kind. The teachers will give
number that did so shows that idiocy. ti,eni a smatterinir in nhvsioloL'v .-md
as we have laler learned, is of all de ,iml. ,, i.ildr,.., ,.,wi iw.oV. ;.,
grees and that a mind mav be various- , -, , . . t
I t I'MliCMPilmitr i ikuml ill flu. j.jOi.l.
defective In some ways, even idiotic, , ... ' ... ...
but In others with capabilities well pre- Kvl ,mo ,,am J'-Sh un
served. Blind Tom. the pianist, and une in otlier important studies. An-
the large number of mathematlc Idiots other thing I object to is the children
are examples that show how far we being given such long lessons that they
are from understanding the real nature have no time to stuv them at school.
of Idiocy, and thev more than suggest I Km n,n.t not in ,, ,.r ii. i ,
put
every uiglil to gt l tfieir lessons. The
brain- of the cliildrn need rest, and
there is no occa-ion lor this cramming
and hurry that Undermines their
with them and to normality. The court health and graduates tliem pliysicial
fools and jesters of the olden times wrecks as it does many times. It must
were often such partial idiots and de- be a strong and very robust child to
fectives, and they truly lived upon stand the cranmiimr tht .mmils mcivo
wits," which were often better ,,...,.(l..v ;u.,o ...n;.-;..., n,,,,
....... m luiwiti .-?uui.1IIIq Hit I.WM"
the partial retention of sound mentality
of the defective, the possibility of seiz
Ing upon the one or few normal or even
highly developed faculties and per
haps bringing others Into co-ordination
Not caring to intrust this message to j
any one, he spoke it into a phonograph
The record has been placed in a vault,
not to be used until after he is dead.
Clock Runs for 2000 Years
ilichard Strutt, a son of Lord llay-
leigh, has invented a clock that will
run for "ODD year.-. The motive power
is a small piece of gold leaf, which is
electrified by means of a very small
quantity of radium salt
bends away from the metal substance
and keeps moving under this influence
until it touches the side of the contain
ing vessel. At the moment of contact
it Ioes its electrical charge and then
springs back and is again electrified,
J A t . It
ami me process is repealed. n is
thought that a thoroughly reliable
clock could be made with the use of
radium salt for $1000.
Bobby Burns' Relics.
.Scotland is becoming alarmed at the
increase in the number of " Ihirns
relics." Chairs enough are now known
to have furnished a do.en Uurns cot
tages. Six of them were at the .St.
Louis exposition alone; and even the
well-known habits of the poel will not
account for the array of Burns cups and
mugs that are scattered around the
world.
their
than those of their masters. American
Medicine.
.
sequences. I have seen many not
overly strong children who were ner
vous wrecks upon leaving school and
were years recuperating. In fact, we
IMcIc tilt; AVI imer.
Once on a time two youths were suit
ors for the hand of a good, beautiful, are rushing through this gloriously
sensible, origin, tactiui. candid, soul- beautiful world entirely too fast : it
seems to he a mad rush lo see how fast
f ul, womanly girl
One j'outh made love.
The other made money.
Puzzle. Which youth married the
good, beautiful, sensible, bright, tact
ful, candid, soulful, womanly girl?
After the Defalcation.
Junior Partner- I never suspected
him at-all. Senior Partner- Neither did
I, although It did seem a little singular
to me that he should be able to r;y
$2,000 a year rent out of a salary of
jl,500. New York Press.
we can get through it, and we never
stop to enjoy the many blessings and
take the necessary rest that should be
the portion of every man, woman and
eiiini. noes ii pay r i sane ikmsoii
can answer that question except in the
negative. We have only one life to
I live, then why don't we look at the
matter in that light a ml enjoy ourselves
Rents From School Lands.
In IS'.il Oklahoma received from her
. t .. -in . i..i .
sc.iiooi lami i,o..". rem. i ins was
the rent from os.1 quarters. In liflll
there were about. S(HM) quarters of school
land rented ami the total rent was
?:!Gl,!).S7.7i', or alMut H)U() per day. The
total rents received from isiil to ijjii;, js
the magnificent, sum of .llil, l.'U.ss.
Small Living Expenses.
-Millions of Hindoos live, marry ami
rear familieson an income which rarely
exceeds fifty cents h week. They never
eat meat and need little clothing.
:.ti'. ii fur litem, therefore, often re-
ijtuivs considerable time. But it is not
extremely difficult, for opals are gener
ally found ..car the surface. Indeed. It
was thought for a long time that they
weie not lo be found as deep as twelve
feet below the surface. This opinion
iits. however, given way in the lieht of
evidence, because opals of great value
hs.ve been discovered at a depth of fifty
feet.
The value of opals depends upon sev
eral considerations, of which the prin
cipal one is the color. It is important
that they should be hritrht and not pre
sent streaks or spots alternating with
uncut ired suhstanoc. The most valua
ble are thoe which have red fires or
mixtures of red ami yellow, blue and
The gold leaf l:n'''n- "P'Us 't :t single lint are of ht-
iie vaice umess i ne um h particularly
striking and the titrure beautiful. In-
ueen one oi ine essemiai ouaiitlcs of
the opal Is the arrangement of the fig
ure, which sets oil strikingly the hue of
the stone.
When the furore is quite regular and
distinct it is the more valuable, much
less so when the grain is quite small
and irieular. .Sometimes the color ap
pears as a simrle blaze or with figures
regularly spaced. It may then be of a
line ruby red and is much sought after,
but oftenest the uniform tint is only
green or reddish and has but little brilliancy.
The cutting is very important for the
opal. Thus a thick stone will be much
less beautiful than a thin stone, which.
on losing part of its volume. loses also
the figure. The foundation tint contrib
utes much to the beauty. It omrht to
be transparent, siiuhtlv milky and har
monize fully with the different reflec
tions of the opal, which, when it Is real
ly beautiful, presents a variety of hues
Infinitely pleasing to the eye. Jewelers'
Circular- Week I v.
.rettv ami Distinct In Style,
Mate it Lonely A iipen imiiicc.
Swiss houses impress one almost in
variably with a sense of loneliness.
Probably this may be attributed to the
.ontrast they pte-ciit to their surround
ings. They are commonly dwarfed in
to insignificance by the gigantic scen
ery in which they have been placed.
But near at hand they are decidedly
pretty, although their architectural
Style Is distinct from anv other.
They are rarely painted and seldom
ornamented or embellished, save that
the boards and shingles are not infre
quently cut and scalloped into odd
Bhapes. Sometimes the front of a
chalet bears the owner's or builder's
name in large letters, followed by a
sentiment, a benediction or a prayer.
These chalets are provided with over
hanging rod's, on which fiat stones
have been laid to keep the fierce winds
from tearing them off and not be
cause as an animated tailor's sign,
with a tnoiiitele, ,,nee informed an old
lady in my presence - the natives wish
ed to effect a saing in nulls.
Various fruits ami vegetables are
hung under the projecting caves for
shelter, and the firewood is piled high
wil bout for future use. The ground
floor is generally given up to a stable,
where the entile are h.ued in the win
ter. In delightful proximity to the fam
ily overhead.
The household treasures are contain
ed in the lhlng room, or gute stube.
Here, too, you will find the large porce-
One Parlsisu earns a living by skim
ruing greasei oft' the Seine.
Licenses are required for babv car
rlages in Berlin, and the vehicles are
numbered.
The new Japanese loan was the first
international loan ever placed In Lon
don. New York and San Francisco
jointly.
Salt Lake has planned for an ex ten-
lion of its voter supply that will cost
$1,000,000 ncd make the supply ample
for a city of 7f.0,000 individuals.
The I'nited States has the only gen
uine horse marines. Twelve marines
have been mounted at the navv vard.
f.LS THAT WERE STOPPED BY THE
HAND OF DEATH.
ATntliitnlrl llaivt horne'H Foreliodlns:
A limit "The Dnlliver Romance."
The FruFTiniMit Thut StevenMon Left.
Thnckeruy'it I.nitt Worlc.
CJeorge Gissing's "Varanilda" Is a
masterpiece that its author did not live
to finish. One well known critic consid
ers this tale of the Roman and the
Goth the deceased writer's finest work,
und, though many may question this
Judgment, there can exist but universal
Mare island. California, and regularly r,-"Srul thilt tl,e romance must forever
patrol the island. remain incomplete.
The Invasion of Tibet by a Britisli A K'eater work by a greater writer,
force was a "mission." The army of "Weir of Ilermiston," by U. L. Steveu-
2.H0O men now being sent into the son, was left a mere fragment, of
Nyam-Xyam country, central Africa. Is which the lurid grandeur proved that
officially a "patrol." Its creator was taken from us in the
The Wisbech Cemetery company was ''iiith of his power. Another romance,
unable to pay a dividend last vear. "'St- Ivus" b-v tllL Juie pen, was run-
"owing to the low death rate in the niu' 1,1 !t monthly magazine at the time
town." Wisbech Is an English town 01 Ius me,n:um'e ueiUn- "ere, uowevur.
of lL'.OOO population.
The international committee of an
archists, which recently met at Barce
lona, decided to establish a new center
of anarchists at Tangier, where the
cause can be carried on openly
readers were not balked of a satisfacto
ry denouement, for the story was
brought to a conclusion by Mr. Quiller
Coiich, well known under the nom de
plume of "Q."
"I hardly know what to say to the-
I m.l.l... .il..i.t- tltlf I liillintlill
'eimies are soon to be introduced Into !. . . ... - A
uiou
h I pretty well know what the.s
lmiso will be. I shall never finish It,' .
wrote Nathaniel Hawthorne with ref
erence to "The Bolllver Romance,"
which he had undertaken to write for
the Atlantic Monthly. This foreboding
was but too soon verified, for the au
thor had scarce time to do more than
lav the groundwork of the story and
write the initial chapters ere death
struck him down.
At his funeral at Concord the scarce
?ommenced manuscript lay upon his
.Millin. Soon afterward the first chapter
nppcarcd in the Atlantic, and subse
quently the second chapter, which he
had been unable to revise, was publish
ed in the same periodical. Several years
elapsed when a third fragment, revised
South Africa. Heretofore the "tickey"
lias been the smallest coin, and it is
worth about U cents. The penny will
be of copper and worth '2 cents.
The music of the triumphal march ir.
Handel's "Judas Maccabaeus" has been
adopted by the Imperial College of
Music at Tokyo as a Japanese air en
titled "The Victory on the Yalu."
The coal measures of Coahuila dis
trict are being extensively developed
They are the only extensive eoal mines
in Mexico. The minimum daily output
is ."..boo tons of coal and 1.."hmi tons of
coke.
It Is stated by the Frankfort Cazette
that Ccneral Bobrikon. the murdered
governor of Finland, after ordering the
suppression of a newspaper published and copied by the novelist's wife, was
in lornea. discovered that the town nlaced in the publisher's hands. The
was in Sweden.
It has been discovered that the wild
silkworm produces a silk with inon
luster than does the pampered worm of
captiwty. Those who are up on silk
culture claim that the tame worm has
lost much of Its power because it is
taken care of so well.
A prisonr.' recently confined in W.ish
ing county iVt.l jail soon returned for
another term. On being questioned re
gardii'g his anxiety to go back he siid.
"Well, you see. I liked the board, and.
besides. I got interested in a novel ti ey
have at the Jail, and I wanted to tim-di
it."
A side light on Chinese immlgrati hi
or importation into South Africa is cast
by the following remark in the South
African Press-Bullet in: "ijuarrels a ;d
lights with drawn knives between Kaf
firs and Chinese are of ahnot daily oc
currence in Market square. Johannes
burg." Tin' 70o shoemakers" shops at Canton
China, employ s.ouo men and "iO.tHM
women, who work from daylight fo
dark. Kerosene lamps were recentlv
introduced into the shops so the hours
could be lengthened. The workers get
from $".."0 to ?.l a month and rice and
salt fish for food.
The corporation of Birmingham. Eng
land recently pulled down 1-1 1 working
men's dwellings for street widening,
forgetting the law that requires otlier
dwellings to be provided before the old
ones are demolished. So now it finds
itself liable to a line of .?"J.."oo for each
offense, a total of $:u;o.(oo.
Mexico Is making big strides in the
mauutacture ot goods tor home con
sumption, such as shoes, cotton and
woolen goods and dynamite. None of
these are exported, as they bring bet
ter prices at home and are inferior to
the goods manufactured in the Failed
States. Nearly all the belter class of
Mexicans wear American shoes and
clothing.
Five pensioners are on the roll on ac
count of the Revolution. 1.1 Hi on ac
count of the war of IS 12. -J.riT 1 on ac
count of the Indian wars and l."..S7I on
account of the Mexican war. The
great hulk of the roll Is as follows:
Civil war. invalids. 70;t.l."it;: widows.
2-i.s.:t!io: Spanish Avar, invalids. P.200;
widows. :Xi'2; regular establishment,
invalids. 0.170: widows, 2.1CS.
A Budapest scientist has made a cal
culation of the energy expended bv
lain stoc that is the center of the learihquakea. lie finds that an amount
family gatherings on the long winter
evenings. In the kitchen, of course,
the furniture is of the plainest deserlp
tlon. usually consisting of a rude loom,
a huge fireplace, a table and a few
chairs. Pilgrim.
RUSES OF BANKERS.
The Krn of .VoInc.
What an age of noise this is! Do
you know any single human being who
Is capable of helm; silent for an hour
at a stretch? I know two. and I value
them according to their rarity. Not
only does everybody talk, but almost
everybody talks loud. I went into a
shop the other day. and the clatter of
conversation sounded as though the
place were full of people. Yet all the
noise was produced by three individ
uals. Why should they shout ?--Lon
don Truth.
Yellow Haired People.
Fair haired people have the best
heads of hair, 1-10,000 to 1 (50.000 beinc
wiuie we can, ami .at tiie same time unite an ordinary crooou the bend of . .
. I,r M...I II..? ISIM.. r.ll,. I - I.. I lljoi ie,.,ie(I
nn.i: iair man or woman. "f,ni,.v
"What is the chief product of Un
united States?" asknl the teacher in a
European school.
nd without hesitation the bright
Washington Star.
Devices l ucil to Kit her Cnln Tlmt or
Inspire roiillilciicc.
Some amusing anecdotes are told of
the devices resorted to by bankers to
gain time and inspire confidence. On
one memorable occasion the excited
subscribers, much to their Indignation,
were only able fo enter the bank one
by one except at the cost of spoiled
coats, as the cute manager had caused
the door posts to be freshly painted.
Another bank prevented a crisis In
its affairs by exhibiting q the win
dows large tubs apparently brimful of
sovereigns. These tubs, however, were '
simply upside down and a small quan- j
tity of gold only piled up on their hot- '
toms. ;
''"t- thi st Ingenious dodge of all
was successfully etirrii.il out in Buenos
Ay res. There was a run on a large
bank, and for several days subscribers
besieged the premises, withdrawing
money and placing it In another bank
on the oppusite side of the road. It
happened, however, that these two in
stitutions had a private understanding, .
and as fast as the "safe" bank receiv- !
ed the deposits they were returned to '
the unsafe" one by an underground
passage, with the result that every one
marveled at its continued ability to
meet Its demands. London News."
4 .-. .......t. ..... . t . .i... t .
in in iv u'u;ii io uie raising or me
mass of the earth through a little less
than one fiftieth of an inch was done
by each of the 2U0 world sl uing earth
quakes registered during the eight
years from 1S0." to 11)02. The work done
spasmodically by these earthquakes
represents 7Ci.OO.U00 horsepower work
ing continuully night and day.
The pan-Celtic congress, in session
at Carnarvon. Wales, recently, is a con
glouten-.tioa of several gatherings,
chief of which Is the great Welsh eis
teddfod. InMand has two amn::l Celt
i. i'.i t IiiiIt(t: ftm I M ni .l i f ' ..i..l tl...
n..- .a.iiiiu.-. .11111 nit;
Feis Ceoil. The highlands of Scotland
have a Mod. and Brittany also kcep.t
Its Celticism aflame at an annual as
sembly. Mauxland has no such as
sembly, but the study of the Caelic Is
being encouraged in various ways.
Professor ('barbs Cay ley of the Fnl
verslty of California says: "There are
many employers in San Francisco who
for the last fifteen years have com
plained to me of the horrible English
used by our graduates employed by
them. They say there are very few in
deed who can talk and write correctly.
The main trouble lies In this- that the
students are 'railroaded' through col
lege In their study of the professions
and very little if any of their time has
been spent on the study of English ex
pression and literature."
original manuscript is now preserved in
the Concord public library.
"Wives and I laughters" was running
in the Cornhill when the authoress.
Mrs. Caskell. died. Fortunately the
work was Hearing its completion, so
that, although it was not actually fin
ished by the gifted writer, the plot was
sufficiently advanced to enable us to
make more than a shrewd guess at the
ultimate fate of the characters and to
take leave of the hero fully assured of
his ultimate happiness.
Another serial that was being written
for the same magazine when its author
laid down pen foreer was "Henls Du
val." Thackeray, indeed, was already
in his grave when its publication com
menced. Three parts and a portion of
a fourth were all that appeared, and
"the story," wrote the editor, "breaks
off as his life ended full of vigor and
blooming with new promise like the
apple trees in this mouth of May."
With the fourth part was given a set of
notes, taken from Thackeray's own pa
pers, elucidatory of the subsequent de
velopment of the plot.
Thackeray's great contemporary,
Charles Dickens, died, too. In harness.
For long his health had been but In
different, but he stuck unflinchingly to
the work he had In hand. On June S.
lN7o, the end came. The morning and
part of the afteruoo.i of that daj- were
devoted to completing the sixth num
ber of "The Mystery of Edwin Drood,"
but scarcely had lie finished work and
sat down to dinner ere he was seized
with a fit. From this he never recov
ered, but nfter lingering some hours,
without regaining consciousness, died
at ii the next dav.
"I shall publish late in this year."
wrote Laurence Sterne, "and the next
I shall begin a new work In four vol
umes, which, finished. I shall continue
Tristram' with fresh spirit." This new
work here referred to Is the "Senti
mental Journey." one volume alone of
which was ever given to the world, nor
by reason of the author's death was
the immortal "Tristram Shandy" ever
continued.
"Arcadia," the pastoral romance
which Sir Philip Sidney composed at
Wilion House, was never completed and
ran no small danger of being entirely
lost t.i future generations when its
author, before his death, gave orders
for its destruction.
Only about 100 manuscript pages of
Benjamin Disraeli's last novel, which
brought the story up to the first dozen
lines of chapter 10, was all that was
written when the brilliant writer laid
aside his pen forever.
CIiimc to I'm.
"What are the things that touch us
most as we look back through the
years?" asked a lecturer impressively.
There was a moment's pause, and
men a small boy in the audience
?wertil:
"Our clothes."
"When to Anchor.
A minister lias given this well de
fined exposition of the text, "And hav
ing done all, to stand." On some body
of water near his home there was one
day a race between two boats. The
captain of one saw that he was get
, ting behind, but he also saw that at
the particular point where they were
j the current was stronger than Un
wind and that the head boat though
1 apparently progressing, was really
an- drifting backward. Quickly taking in
I the situation, this captain of the rear
' boat cast anchor and won the race.
I'nietlenl Jiken of it Crow.
The crow has always loved mischief,
but his pranks have not always been
malicious, as were too many of the
jokes of a bird that bore the name
of Richie, which as a pe name for
birds was surely not an Improvement
upon time honored Dickie. This iw.
which was kept by a lady in Ireland,
used to be fed on biscuit and water
from his mistress' window, and it wu
n.t an uncommon thing for him to
seize the tumbler in his bill and dash
It to the ground. Sometimes he would
enter a room on the sly and amuse
himself by taking the corks out of bot
tles and pouring their cou tents over
the carpet or by scattering pl&s, pa
pers, letters, ornaments and the like
on the floor.
One day he flew away with n pencil
and perched on n tree close by. To
punish him his mistress refused to
know him and pushed him away from
the window the next time he came for
food. In a short time he returned.
bearing the stolen pencil unharmed,
except that the rubber end piece had
vanished. Gravely laying It down on
the window sill, lie bowed and cawed
In his best style, as if to say, "Come,
now, let us be friends again."--Irish
Times.
A Quick IVltteil "VVnlttT.
A western congressman says that
while he and certain friends were
studying the bill of faro In a hotel on
the New Jersey coast a mosquito
alighted on the card. It instantly lost
Its life by a quick blow from the man
holding the card, Its little carcass re
maining on the bill. With a smile the
man pointed to the remains and said
to the waiter:
"Do you serve these on toast here?"
"They're on the bill, sir!" was the
witty retort of the waiter.