BANDON KECOUMR.
ORIENTAL JEWELRY.
PERSONAL ORNAMENTS MIXED WITH
ODD SUPERSTITIONS.
Necklace Thnt Avert the Evil Eye
and Bendu That Are l'otent Clmrm
For Kellclty I.oKend of the Knnlm
Stone The Snored SlKiiet ItliiK.
The oriental's love of luxury, splen
dor of attire ami personal adornment
nets as a strong Incentive to the eastern
jeweler in the production of those ex
quisitely carved and multicolored crea
tions over which the modern world
raves and marvels. Nor are such deco
rations mere ornaments without other
use or meaning.
The oriental jeweler, seated upon the
floor of his little shop, inhaling the fra
grant odors of his pipe and coffee, con
ceives bis design and jealously envel
ops It with mysticism, adding to it the
quaint charm of symbol and supersti
tion. The bracelet, the earrings, the
necklace, the clasp, the buckle ami the
button grw step by step into a special
ornament according to the rank,
means, tastes and wants of the wearer,
an evidence of class and dignity.
Bracelets are by orientals worn in
pairs. Kach hand is provided with one,
us otherwise jealousy will spring up
between the manual members and evil
deeds will follow. Earrings are popu
lar among both sexes in certain parts
of the orient. The ears are pierced at
birth. The perforations are made un
necessarily large so as not to permit a
residue of gossip. Then ornaments are
offered the ears as consolation. Neck
laces are worn most conspicuously to
avert the evil eye and to denote dig
nlty and distinction. Festoon neck
laces seem to have been in vogue from
time Immemorial, and not infrequently
do they adorn the whole chest of the
wearer. In India the men often bor
row their wives' necklaces to decorate
themselves with. Masculine vanity of
certain sects of the Persians far ex
ceeds that of women, and, aside from
wearing earrings and necklaces, they
almost monopolize the tiny seed pearls
by stringing them in their beards, each
hair being literally covered with a lus
trous pearl.
Beads are among the earliest forms
of ornaments and are considered po
tent charms for felicity, as these are
often cut and sold by priests or sheiks,
who maintain themselves solely by this
means. The pear .haped drop so much
In vogue in Europe and America is of
decidedly oriental origin and has at
tached to It a quaint myth. The Kaa
ba stone In Mecca has this peculiar
shape, and, according to the theory of
the Mohammedans, this stone was the
actual guardian angel who was sent to
watch over Adam In Kden and was
present at his fall. As a punishment
for not having more vigilantly exe
cuted his trust the angel was changed
Into a stone and hurled from paradise.
Most Mohammedans wear pearl .-haped
pendants made of wood or some pre
cious stone as a reminder of Allah's
wrath, and these are held among them
in the same esteem as is the cross
auciug the "hrisiiuns.
Armlets are regarded as caste marks
and are worn only by women. Anklets
have a healing power and so. are worn
not as ornaments only. Little tinkling
bells are often attached to these, which
lend a pleasing sound to an approach
ing step and serve to denote the su
periority and rank of the wearer and
thus In passing render due h image.
An Arabian poet describes these as
"the awakeners of dormant scn-e."
Kings are worn in ureal profusion
and are made of all sorts of metals.
However, they invariably have ex
quisitely carved or openwork --hanks.
Even the stones have their symbols
and are worn accordingly. In the
orient no prejudice exists against
opals.
Signet rings were of great importance
among the earlier orientals, and even
to the present day letters are rarely
otherwise signed by those who send
them. Thus the authenticity of all
orders and communications. even
merchants' bills, depends wholly upon
an impression of a signet ring. The
occupation of the seal cutter is tegard
ed as one of great trust and danger.
Such a person Is obliged to keep a reg
ister of every ring seal he makes, and
If one be lost or stolen from the party
for whom it was cut his life would
answer for making another just like it.
The loss of a signet ring is regarded as
a disastrous calamity, and the alarm
which an oriental exhibits at the loss
of the signet can only be understood
by a reference to these circumstances,
as the seal cutter Is always obliged to
alter the real date at which the seal
was cut. The only resource of a per
son who has lost his seal is to have
another made with new date and to
write to his correspondents to inform
them that all accounts, contracts and
communications to which his former
signet is affix etl are null from the day
on which it was lost.-Jewelers' Circular-Weekly.
SPIDER SILK.
Ita Wonderful Strength, Eln.stlclti
and l.nNtlns; Quality.
The astronomer after the experience
of many years has found that the spi
der furnishes the only thread which
can be successfully used in carrying
on his work, writes Ambrose Swazey
In the Scientific American.
The spider lines mostly used are from
one-fifth to one-seventh of a thousandth
of an Inch In diameter, and. in addition
to their strength and elasticity, they
have the peculiar property of with
standing great changes of temperature,
and often when measuring the sun
pots, although the heat is so intense
as to crack the lenses of the microme
ter eyepiece, yet the spider lines are not
In the least injured.
The threads of the silkworm, al
though of great value as a commercial
product, are so coarse and rough com
pared with the silk of the spider that
they cannot be used in such Instru
ments. Spider lines, although but a fraction
of a thousandth of an inch in diameter.
are made up of several thousands of j
microscopic streams of lluid. which j
unite and form a single line, and it is t
because of this that they remain true
and round under the highest magnify
ing power.
POLL! LARKINj
While reports were Hashing over the
wires telling of the havoc, wrought in
theorange groves of sunny Florida, and
the ruin and loss to theorange growers,
the frost king having not only blighted
the fruit for this season, but destroyetl
the trees in many places as well, I'lov
erdale, one of the prettiest little towns
on the line of the California North
western Railway, and the very heart
of the citrus belt, was putting on its
gain attire and getting ready to cele
brate the advent of its thirteenth an
nual Citrus Fair, and to welcome the
thousands of visitors that annually
pour into the town to enjoy the exhi
bition. When the doors were thrown
open on the night of February 21st, a
scene from fairy land dazzled you for
the moment. Beautiful beyond de
scription was the pavilion in its be
wildering maze of white and green and
gold the ollicial colors with hun
dredsof electric lights Hashing amid the
decorations. Never have the decor
ations or display, etc. been surpassed.
Hunting in delicate tints of white and
green and gold had been carried from
the ceiling, and so gracefully and ar
tistically arranged with its myriads of
lights, etc., and yards ami yards of
ivy, that it added much to the charm
ing picture. Thousands of oranges and
lemons were used in decorations and
beautiful eloigns, in fact, plain figures
give the number of oranges used as be
tween Uo, 000 ami 7o, 000, and the lemons
between 75,000 and 100,000. An accur
ate estimate of the fruit used would be
the modest sum of $2500. One of the
many beautiful designs was a wind
mill, the artistic creation of Mrs. I. 1C.
.Shaw, which alone contained more
than 5000 lemons. Then there was an
automobile, perfect in its construction
and of full size, made of oranges and
lemons with the purple cast of the olive
giving the finishing touches, and this
was the work of Mr?. Carl Yordi. There
was the old Russian Kiver bridge in
lemons and oranges and a "lluer de
lis" wrought in lemons in the center
by Mrs. William Caldwell and Mis
F.tbel Caldwell. One of the most grace
ful and artistu designs was a beautiful
swan in oranges tloatiug in a pond
overhanging with vines, ferns, etc.,
the work of Will Furber. Another
very artistic exhibit was a full rigged
craft made of oranges ami giving one
the idea that it was snowbound. This
:is -Mrs. Fred Connors entry, and it
was IkiiIi unique and pretty. The elec
tric fountain scintillated through vari
ous colored electric globes under its
arches of oranges and called forth
words of praise and admiration. Fred
Bru-h was the designer of this attrac
tion. The mirror maze with its re
volving mirrors by A. Cooley was a
very original design. Kvery turn it
made was another revelation of Clover
dale's chief production citrus fruits.
The girls of St. Catherine's Guild con
tributed a very ellective exhibit in the
shape of a large cross of oranges sur
mounted with a crown of lemons and
entered in Henry J. t'rpcker's display.
Mrs. John Field had a graceful exhibit
in the shape of an Eastern Star that
certainly attracted the members of that
order. There were beautiful pyramids
of oranges and lemons by Mrs. Whit
taker and others, and a "Horn of
Plenty" that was overflowing with the
golden fruit ; M aster Mar kell Baer and
Muster Harold Smith sending in this
pretty conceit. It is impossible to tell
you all of the beautiful exhibits in this
column that graced the pavilion, and I
could not U'gin to picture them to you,
for neither pen nor words can do them
justice. I 'oily did not envy the judges,
for their task was indeed a hard one.
President Arthur W. Foster of the
California Northwestern Ilailway, who
has always taken a great interest in
the Cloverdale Citrus Fairs, offered to
donate the amount of the first two
prizes, and it awakened the keenest ami
most friendly rivalry among the resi
dents and orange growers.
Oranges ami lemons were not the
only exhibit by a great deal, for there
was a miniature hop yard, ami the en
tire outfit from the hop poles up, ami
Cloverdale W. C. T. I. w:is in evidence
with a log cabin ami a pretty rural
scene. Olives and olive oil, as line as
any imported, and Dr. Conines' exhibit
in this line goes to the Portland Fair
to show what this part of the Golden
State can do. There were oranges only
to be looked at and oranges for sale,
and they were being carried oil' in
baskets and bunches, fitting momcntocs
of a day delightfully spent. Polly was
indebted to Mr. Tom Wilson for a
basket of the beautiful golden fruit sur
mounted by their own glossy leaves, a
gift that 1 was proud to carry away
with me. After leaving the pavilion
the thousands of people that had been
arriving all day on the various excur
sion trains that the California North
western had run to accomodate the
crowds, wandered alnnit the town
and visited the orange orchards.
Nature had also put on her gala
attire of green and gold, and the
ollicial colors were everywhere in evi
dence. The hills clad in their velvety
green mantles and decked with yellow
butter-cups and poppies and the lirsl
little white Howers of the Spring time.
The accacia trees plumed with their
golden blossoms mingled their fra
grance with the orange trees, while
the sun shown from a clear and cloud
less sky, making the day one long to be
remembered. The Cloverdale people
are to be congratulated on their suc
cess, they are enterprising and pro
gressive and every year adds to their
laurels. Next year they will double
the space in their pavilion ami lhey
will then not have any too much room.
Mrs. .1. It. (Jill, who is superintend
ent of the Orphan Asylum at Rich
mond, Virginia, is a great lover of
Howers, ami whose special hobby is
calla lilies, has finally brought them
ton place where she is able to grow two
lilies on a single stem, and she terms it
the "wedding of the lilies." Other
llowcr lovers call it a freak, but Mrs.
(Jill is happy over the result of her
work, which is her pet hobby. I
wonder what she would think of our
golden calla lily V The llorists here
have had quite a number not only on
exhibit this Spring, but the bulbs for
sale as well. They are beautiful and
satiny in in their golden dress which is
really a perfect canary color, but some
way or other, (hey don't appeal to you
as much as the spotless purity of our
old-fashioned calla lilies. They are a
new departure and we will have to be
come used to this infringement of the
color line of the calla family ; California
is a land of calla lilies, and I have
counted in a single bed where they
have been allowed to spread over three
hundred, and then stopped because I
became weary of counting the stately
lilies that reared their heads from their
beds of lovely green leaves. In fact,
they are so common that we don't half
appreciate them. Let a person who
resides in the Fastern States and who
struggles hard to save the calla lily
bulb from the cold weather catch a
glimpse of our calla lily beds that we
never give a second thought to, and
hear their words of admiration and de
light, and we find that there is some
thing else to praise our own Golden
State for beside her climate and lus
cious fruits.
While speaking of plant life I want
to tell you the experiments of tree
planting at night by the French expert,
Mr. Rene llounault, who has been so
successful with tree-planting at night,
that now he will not consider any other
time for such work. It appeals to me
from the fact that a few years ago, a
neighUirof mine had to saerifieea very
line rose in order to build an addition
to her house. The bush was immense
and an old one at that, and everyone
laughed at the idea of attempting to
transplant it. It was worth the effort
however, so I hired a Chinaman to dig
an immense hole about three feet deep,
and the same in diameter. Into this
he turned at least three buckets of
water. At dusk he dug up the rose
hush very carefully, so as not to break
the roots, and it required our united
efforts to carry my prize home. Before
filling in the earth he poured another
bucket of water altottt the roots, then
covered it up, packing the dirt around
it firmly, then besprinkled the bush
thoroughly for ulxmt an hour. It was
covered with buds ami blossoms at the
time; yet none of them wilted and the
buh never knew it bad beun moved, it
really seemed to grow nioreiuxinafni:
and appreciate the change in soil, etc:
A number of times after that I moved
plants at night, and I never lost one of
them ; those that I moved in the
day time it was always a dubious ques
tion as to whether they would survive
or not. Now it is time for gardening,
try it.
BRIEF REVIEW.
Scene Painter an Artist.
The last quarter of the nineteenth
century h:u- witnessed such a d illusion
of artistic taste and the love of luxury
as has never 'been known before in the
history of civilization; and nowhere
has the change been more thorough
and more obvious than on the stage.
The scene painter of old, who was a
touch above the sign painter, has de
veloped into an artist who takes him
self quite seriously, ami who deserves
to be so taken. The scenic aspect of
the drama, which Aristotle reckoned
the least important, and which Shake
speare, Moliere and their followers
largely ignored, has become a factor of
prime importance. Put what of the
passion with which the elder play
wright illumited his three boards?
Most of all, what of the resulting play ?
Future Source ol Fuel.
When our coal fields are exhausted
of their stored carbon, science will con
vert water into light and heat, and the
sun's rays into power; but in the pro
cess of harnessing tides, wind ami light
rays, we are coming back to the simple
methods of the aiicieuls in their etl'ort
to make available the surrounding
agencies: of nature. It may be said that
nearly all permanently Useful progress
is towaid simplicity; but the human
mind is so constituted that it likes to
wander afield, ami reaches results of
tentimes by the most indirect route.
Roses Old as The World.
Hose culture's beginning goes back
beyond records. The Hower is men
tioned in the earliest Coptic manu
scripts. India's traditions take the
rose to the times of the gods on earth,
Hgypt had roses, wild and tame, before
the Human occupation made il, in a
way, Rome's commercial rose garden;
yet, curiously enough, there is no ref
erence to the Hower in painting, sctili
ture or hieroglyphics. Japan, in our
time, parallels Kgypt. J loses Hourish
there, but do not serve as a motif for
artists. There is this further likeness
neither Egypt nor Japan has a rose
song or a love song proper.
Credit as a Plodder.
Just before his death, William Cary,
the great shoemaker, missionary and
noted linguist, said about his bio
grapher: " If he gives me credit for be
ing a plodder, he will do me justice.
Anything beyond this will be too
much. I can plod. To this 1 owe
everything. "
SPENDTHRIFT BALZAC.
KitruviiKHiice of the .Mini Who Had
a .Mountain of Dehl.
"With Balzac's rising fame rises tht
mountain of his debts," writes a critic.
"These, starting from his two disas
trous years of printing and publishing
hi Paris, accumulated until at the top
of his literary renown he had to hide
from his creditors in a garret under tin!
name of his landlady or his washer
woman. In lfvlT Balzac, at that date
the best known and the most debated
novelist in France, owed 102,000 francs,
about ?:i2.noo. Then he must needs buy
a cane which was the talk of Paris,
Borne gold buttons for a new coat, a
divine opera glass' and a dressing
gown beyond words and give a dinner
to the dandies of the opera respecting
which Rossini said that 'he had not
seen more magnificence when ho dined
at royal tables.'
"Balzac three times a millionaire
would still have buried himself in debt,
for the mental exaltation of his crea
tive hours was reproduced when he
broke loose from the galley bench. lie
lavished In anticipation the wealth he
had Urea mod would be his. This gone
he borrowed anew or devised another
of those schemes thnt were to enrich
him beyond the possibilities of litera
ture. His schemes were essentially il
part of Balzac, the sovereign, uncon
querable visionary.
"He would transport oaks from Po
land to France: nothing like oaks from
Poland to make your fortune three
times over! Behold him again gravely
working out his plan to make a corner
In all the arts and putting up the Apol
lo Belvedere for competition among the
nations to act as auctioneer to Europe--the
'child man,' as his devoted
sister. Mine. Survillc, used to call him."
A NEW FIELD IN SCIENCE.
Ornlny Men's Clnim to New Process
of Cheap Gold .Miinuljii-turc.
The possibility of making gold out
of cheap substances is being exten
sively discussed by scientists at Paris.
The topic would have been discussed a
few years ago as a crazy revival of
media.'val alchemy, but sUw the re
nowued Chemist Bert helot's discoveries
and remarkable assertion that gold in
robahly a compound substance in
Head of being a simple metal an lm
portant school of scientists has pre
dieted that gold will be manufactured
as cheaply as butter some day. Mean
while the French Society of ..Modem
Alchemy claims that three of it.- mem
hers -Jolli vet. De I.ussus and lleoghe
nil chemists of reputation have just
completed a successful synthesis o!
pild. About half an ounce was pio
liuced. and it took six months to do it.
Professor Bert helot Is uuwillh.g to
give an opinion about It without know
ing the details of the process and ex
amining the product obtained, but he
says:
"Fntil now chemistry has been a
study of only immediate reactions, yet
-.low reactions by which I mean those
taking from a month to two or three
years- arc suspected, and this will open
quite a new field in science. Possibly
metals might be decomposed into sev
eral elements. If they can be so treat
ed, they likewise can be recombined."
Camllle VnKr.. CIon- ,0 'l,om was
given an opiwrtiMity to examine the
nrtiliclal gold, says: "It presents nil
the outward characteristics of real
gold. I shall never pronounce any
thing impossible In science unless it Is
o mathematically."
I.nniluiiirUN Crowded Out.
Two of New York city's most fa
mous landmarks are about to be crowd
ed out by skyscrapers. The old Tab
ernacle church at Thirty-fourth street
and Broadway is to give way to a ho
tel that will eclipse the Waldorf-Astoria,
and the National City bank pro
poses to erect the handsomest struc
ture of Its type In the world on the old
custom house site. A twenty story ho
tel, to cost Si.non.ono. will be built on
the site of the Broadway Tabernacle.
The last religious services in the fa
mous old landmark will be held about
May 1 next. Wreckers will then quick
ly demolish the massive stone edifice,
and a towering modern structure will
arise simultaneously with the other
great Improvements In that district.
The hotel will have on the lower floors
a bank, a trust company and safe de
posit vault.
An Aired Wiir Dehl.
A singular discovery has Just boon
made by a French Journal. When Na
poleon I. was waging war against
Prussia In 1S07. he exacted tribute
from various towns, among them Ko
nigsberg. This town now finds that
the debt which should have been ex
tingulshcd in ISM has been extended
owing to "unforeseen circumstam'es."
and its total abolition cannot take
place until the first day of next year.
Konigsbcrg is taking no steps to cele
brate this final casting off of French
thraldom. There are probably many
such ragged ends of wars in Europe.
For example, a year or two ago the
little principality of Liechtenstein was
still technically at war with Prussia,
had been at war since 18(10, and very
likely Is still at war.
ThnddetiN Stevcim' Wit.
When Thaddeiis Stevens had taken
to his bed for the last time a visitor
told him he was looking well. "Oh.
John." was the quick reply, "it is not
my appearance, but my disappearance,
that troubles me!" One day a mem
ber of the house of representatives who
was noted for his uncertain course on
all questions and who confessed that
he never investigated a point under
discussion without finding himself a
neutral asked for leave of absence.
"Mr. Speaker," said Stevens. "I do
not rise to object, but to suggest that
the honorable member need not ask
this faor. fo4- he can easily pair off
with himself!"
A Memory Kill lure.
A schoolteacher was trying to im
press upon his scholar's mind that Co
lumbus discovered America In 1-Hili, so
he said: "Now, John, to make you re
member the date when Columbus dis
covered America 1 will make it in a
rhyme so you won't forget It. 'In Ml
Cohunbus sailed the ocean blue.' Now.
can you remember that. John?" "Yes.
sir," replied John. The next morning
when he came to school his teacher
said, "John, when did Columbus dis
cover America V" "In 14!Ki Columbus
sailed the dark blue sea."
FREAKS OF SEA QUAKES,.
One That Stranded Miir VchucI Hull
a Mile I ii In ml.
Sea quakes are mighty disturbances
of the waters of the ocean, their cause
or causes being Identical with the
causes of earthquakes. In Major C.
E. l.mtton's book, "Earthquakes," the
author has some interesting facts re
garding the ocean variety of qua He.
From the entries in the logs of many
ships be concludes that in rare cases
the power of the sea quake shocks may
be great enough to render .standing on
deck as difficult as it sometimes is
on land. It may even be great enough
to cause the tear that the vessel is be
ing shaken to pieces. Gigantic wavess
in the ocean are, of course, a frequent
accompaniment of the sea quake. On
the west coast of South America,
where these waves are frequent, they
sometimes follow a quake having its
center below the sea level that is also
felt on land. But more often they
come without warning. The most
memorable sea quake of Oils locality
occurred Aug. .'I, 1SGS.
Major Button describes It as fol
lows: "The coast of South America
was shaken all the way from Guay
aquil, in Ecuador, to Valdlvia. in Chile,
the highest intensity being manifest
ed in the neighborhood of Arica. The
force of the quake In this town was
very great, throwing down most of the
structures and producing land siips. A
few minutes later precisely how
many minutes is not known the sea
was observed to retire slowly from
the shore', so that ships anchored in
seven fathoms of water were left high
and dry.
"A few minutes later still it was
seen returning in a great wall, or
bore,' which caught up the ships in
the roadstead and swept them inland
as if they were mere chips of wood.
Among them was the United States
steamer Waterlce, one of the Improvis
ed war vessels of the blockading fleet
In the civil war. which was carried in
land nearly half a mile and left with
little injury on shore by the recession
of the wave."
SOOTHING A HORSE.
Jhe Animal' Kn.iy Introduction to n
Is ten in Street Holler.
In one of the broad uptown thorough
fares a few days ago a mounted pa
trolman encountered a steam roller it)
action, and the horse was terribly
frightened. It reared and balked and
then made angles across the street,
first one way and then the other, until
the policeman jumped off and tried
toaxing. Leading Ids mount step by
Ftep in the direction of the roller
which had come to a standstill, he pet
ted the animal and talked to it. urging
it forward.
"A fine horse like you to be afraid
of a steam roller." said the policeman.
The horse pricked up Its ears and veil
tured ahead another step or two.
"Come, now; come along. You can't
be a policeman anil be afraid of a bit
of iron. Now come on. good boy."
The horse made a few more steps for
ward. "Come on." continued the policeman.
"Now. then, be good. The department
can't afford to be giving .$.".00 apiece for
horses that hiivefc'44Sr-"rT. Come
on. now."
Coaxing it along in this way with in
finite patience, the officer after several
minutes got the animal up to the roller.
I'lie horse daintily put forward one foot
and tapped the front of the Iron wheel
waited a moment and. finding that the
machine did not kick or run. reared
contemptuously and tapped the object
with both feet. then wheeled and walk
ed quietly away. The policeman re
mounted, and It is safe to say that
horse will never bother about a steam
roller again. New York Post.
HUMAN JEALOUSY.
The Difference Ilcteen the riiN.slin
In a .11 n n nntl a Woman.
The man's jc.ii-uy is a stormy sea
flooding everything, tearing down and
devouring everything in htm that is
strong, filling his inuvrmost heart, ab
sorbing all rivers or feeling and de
stroying his mind. The woman's jeal
ousy is a narrow, turbulent, treacherous
torrent which hides its depth and high
above which rise hard and silent banks;
It heightens her sensibility and
strengthens her mind.
The jealous man Is a wrathful lion;
he is noble, and hunger only forces him
to tear his prey to pieces. The jcalous
woman is an infuriated snake: she is
vain, and passion only tempts her to
sting. The auger of the jealous man is
directed against the object of his love
and interrupts his love, and that of the
Jealous woman Is directed against her
rivals, and her love Is intensified by it.
Jealousy makes a fool of a man; it
makes him ridiculous and lowers him in
the love and esteem of the woman, but
a woman gains in wit and charm by her
jealousy, and it makes her more attrac
tive to the man. Jealousy is a terrible,
sharp weapon which a woman uses
lightly in order to cut a few sweets on
which to feed her vanity: often she even
wounds with it the man she lows In
order to enjoy I sis sufferings. The man
disdains this cruel thing, though, did he
use it, It would rarely miss Its object
of awakening the dormant love of a
woman, of bringing hidden love to the
surface and of creating love where
there was none. From "The German
of Borne."
The ijiwycr'H IlnJilt.
The legal formality of addressing a
court stick to many a lawyer of con
gressional preferment. It Is nothing un
usual to hear an impassioned orator in
the house, pausing in his argument or
breaking In upon the argument of an
other, exclaim. "Now. if your honor
please!" Of course the house always
marks the slip with a burst of loud
laughter. In the senate, where there
are also many lawyers, it Is rarer to
hear the familiar words because de
bate there Is more sedate.
Doir Announces frosMliiirw.
A blind man and a spaniel dog lead
ing him with the aid of chain furnished
a curious sight on Chestnut street the
other day. Pedestrians looked on in
amazement, and many followed the
blind man and his friend to see if any
thing curious would happen when they
reached a street crossing. Strange
enough, the dug barked when the curb
stone was readied and in that way In
formed the blind man that he should
he can-fill and step down. Philadelphia
Press.
THE OBSERVING ROBIN.
How Dock the Hlrd Know Jun
Where to Hore Kor fJriihwf
I once observe-d a robin boring fot!
grubs in a country dooryard. It is a
common enough sight to witness one
seize an angleworm and drag it from
Its burrow in the turf, but 1 am not
sure that I ever before saw one drill
for grubs and bring the big white mor
sel to the surface. The robin I am
speaking of had a nest of young In a
maple near by, and she workcel the
neighborhood very industriously for
food. She would run along over the
short grass after the manner of robins,
stopping every few feet, her form stiff
and erect. Now and then she would
suddenly bend her head toward the
ground and bring eye or ear for a mo
ment to bear intently upon it. Then
she would spring to boring the turf
vigorously with her bill, changing her
attitude at each stroke, alert and
watchful, throwing up the grass roots
and little jets of soil, stabbing deeper
and deeper, growing every moment
more and more excited, till finally a fat
grub was seized and brought forth.
Time after time during several days I
saw her mine for grubs in this way and
drag them forth. How did she know
where to drill? The insect was In every
case sin Inch below the surface1. Did
she hear It gnawing the roots of the
grasses or did she see a movement in
the turf beneath which the grub was at
work? I know not. I only know that
she struck her game unerringly each
time. Only twice did I see her make
a few thrusts and then desist, as if
she had been for the moment deceived.
John Burroughs In Outing.
HISTORY OF SHOES.
In Xo Article of Attire Hirre More
Vnirnrlew Been Shown.
Shoes or their equivalent are of a
certainty even more ancient than
gloves, for they were a necessity of lo
comotion, uidie the other was but a
luxury. Sometimes they were made of
skins sometimes of papyrus, as in
Egypt. Often they were gilded and
decked with jewels, and the most ex
pert artists of the day were employed
to decorate the foot coverings of
wealthy patricians, consuls, emperors
and their fa-vorites. In no article of at
tire have more vagaries been shown.
Today a lady who desires to be consid
ered in the height of fashion weare
shoes pointed as much as possible, but
in the time of Queen Mary the taste
was all the other way, and it was
found necessary to issue a royal procla
mation prohibiting slices with toes
wider than six inches. But perhaps the
most extraordinary development in the
way of footgear were the "chopines" in
troduced by the ladles of Venice to
make themselves taller than they really
were. The articles were really a kind
of stilts made of wood and leather and
sometimes reached the absurd height
of twelve Inches. Even a traine-d acro
bat would have dilliculty in walking on
such things, and ordinary women had
such trouble with them that when they
attempted a promenade they required
the assistance of a servant at each side
and another behind to keep them from
falling. From Redfcrn's "Royal and
Historic Shoes."
TYPfCAL FRENCH CHILD.
The Kveryilny Life of n Girl Eleven
1 earn of Aire.
Let me take Felice Boulanger (which
isn't her natnei as a typical French
child of my experience, gained aftei
nearly three years residence In France.
She is one of five children ranging In
age from her brother of sixtevu to the
youngest girl of six. Felice has a skin
like the sheen of a pearl iwhich 19
marvelous considering the amount ot
Indigestible food she bolts five times
a dayi; big. deerlike eyes, long lashed;
daintily shaped but seldom clean hands;
a thin, rasping and petulant voice even
hlwr merries! mooil anil a nhvsinitp
'Yike that of a starved and homeless cat
narrow chested, spider legged and
statuinaless generally. Yet she seems
full of vitality nervous, irritable vitality-cats
as much food as an English
navvy, and certainly has, as my Ameri
can lady friend says, "heaps of sense."
But to sec the child eating is painful,
though interesting in a way.
An English girl of eleven years of
age, like Felice, would be sent to bed
at. say. P o'clock. Felie'e ami her type
and her younger sisters sit down to
dinner at ':."" p. in. and stay up until
11 or later, listening to the conversa
tion of their elders. Louis Becke in
London Mail.
CATERPILLARS AND LAW.
Actions AK''iisi"t the IiiNcctM In the
ConrtN of Krniice.
In the year 1."I." the owners of the
vineyards of St. Julian, Savoy. France,
solemnly took action in the law courts
against a host of hungry caterpillars
which had played havoc with their
vines. This grave matter was referred
to arbitration and came in due course
before the bishop as ecclesiastical
Judge.
Two lawyers were retained in the in
terest of the insect ravagers, letters ad
monishing them to discontinue their
mischief were issued, and a commis
sion sat to estimate the damage doue.
The judge held that no hasty decision
should be ghen. since it was possible
that the caterpillars had not acteel ma
liciously, but had been sent as a
scourge.
At the end of a year from the first
proceedings it was held that the fann
ers must submit to the infliction and
pay all costs. After an Interval of forty-two
years another army of caterpil
lars Invaded the vineyards, another ac
tion was brought, and it was decided
that they were only exercising their le
gal rights, while the owners were ad
vised to provide a piece of land where
they might range at will.
Krllow Worm.
Before Longfellow bought the house
in Cambridge so associated with his
memory it was owned and occupied by
old Mrs. Cralgle. Mrs. Cralgie was a
woman of many eccentricities. Moncure
D. Conway says in his book of "Rem
iniscences."' Some one once tried to persuade her
to have her trees tarred to protect them
from caterpillars, which also Invaded
her neighbors" trees. She refused to be
so cruel to the caterpillars. "They are
our fellow worms," she said.
WASHINGTON LETTER
Special Correspondence.
The president is going ahead with
the plans for his southern trip and u
month's hunt in the Rockies.
The president Is due at San Antonio.
Tex., on March III to attend the rough
riders' reunion. He expects to leave
Washington on March 'Si. He will
make short stops on the way at Louis
ville, Dallas. Fort Worth and Austin.
After the reunion he will visit Hous
ton. He will have a bear hunt and a
jack rabbit hunt.
Immediately after the reunion, as
now planned, the president will go to
Colorado, where he will disappear into
the Rockies and hunt grizzlies and
mountain lions for four or live weeks.
His camp will be established in some
remote canyon, and until he returns to
civilization he will cemeern himself
about only the most important affairs
of state, though he will keep in close
touch with the White House.
The president's special train will be
sidetracked at the nearest railroad
point, and Secretary I.oeb will have hi:s
olllce there, with a direct wire to the
White House'. He will be accompanied
by several clerks and stenographers
and will dispose of all routine matters
without bothering the president. Im
portant questions which must be de
ckled by the president and which can
not he "delayed will be taken to Mr.
Roosevelt's camp by Secretary Loeb on
horseback. There will be no other
means of communication between the
president's hunting headquarters and
the temporary White House, and the
trail will be guarded to keep out out
siders. The president will return to Wash
ington about May 3j. He will stay
here a month and then go to Oyster
Bay for the summer.
Clcnnliipr the White Ilou.Me.
The old style broom and the old sys
tem of house cleaning have disap
peared from the historic White House,
and there has been Inaugurated si new
system of. cleaning by means of suction
through pipes. Every bit of dirt is
drawn through tubes to the cellar of
the White House, where it is deposited
in receivers. Most of it is taken out of
the receivers and burned, but the finest
part goes into another receiver and is
churned up with water, passing out
into the sewer system of the city. It Is
claimed that the machinery will do the
work of three or four housemaids and
a corresponding number of quickly
wielded brooms, making everything'
clean in a few minutes. It is put in
operation as often as the White House
rooms neetl deeming.
Squtirltisr Account.
Very little items sometimes get into
the legislative hopper. A debt amount
ing to a penny may be the srJjvt tif
Just as much legislative routine as a
debt for a million dollars.
This was demonstrated a few days
ago when Postmaster (Jeneral Wynne
forwarded to the house twelve pages
of deficiency estinKrtes of appropria
tions aggregating $;:.3T5. A large por
tion of the estimates were small
amounts due certain postmasters.
Among these were the following:
Postmaster at Chicago. 1 cent: at
Traverse City. Mich., 2 cents; St. Louis.
2 cents: Deerfield Center. X. IL. 4
cents.
Others get as much as LMJ cents and
one 42 cents.
The Jeffernoii Blhle.
Doorkeeper Lyon of the house has dis
covered why there Is such a demand
for the Jefferson Bible and why so
many copies of it are stolen from
the malls. Xo other government pub
lication of recent years disappears so
generally nnd fails to remch Its destina
tion. The reason Mr. Lyon assigns for this
is the attractive inscription printeel on
the folding room wrapper. There are
several qualifying sentences sandwlch
itl In in fine print, but the following
stands out in bold black type: "The
teachings nnd morals of Jesus of Xaza
retli free."
In "St Hurry For Snlnry.
That there Is a man on the govern
ment payroll who elraws his salary
but one'e every two years nnd has fol
lowed that rule ever since he has been
on the payroll will eloubtless appeal to
most people as utterly incre'dible, but
it Is a fact. There Is such a man, al
though It Is said that there Is only one
official eutitleel to that distinction.
Representative E. Stevens Henry of
Connecticut, when congress adjourns
on March 4. will receive $10,000 from
the United States treasurer, the sum
representing his salary for the Fifty
eighth congress. Since his election to
the Fifty-fourth congress Mr. Henry
has never drawn his salary save In
$10,000 lumps. He doesn't need the
money, and then In adopting this rule
he has achieved distinction in a unique
line that has never leen sought or rev
ceivetl by any other government olli
cial. An Election Souvenir.
Senator Fryt. president pro tern, of
the senate, who presided over the two
branches of congress when the otllcial
count of the electoral vote was made
showing the election of the Republican
candidates for president and vice presi
dent, delivered to Secretary Loeb one
of the credential boxes which contain
ed the official returns to he presented
to the president. This will be retain
ed by the president as a souvenir of
his election. The box Is made of mn
hogany nnel Is ornamented with Inlaid
work.
Sent HI.i Reprnrdn.
Representative Bowers of Mississippi
recelvetl a letter the other day from
one of his agricultural constituents
which read something like this:
"I have recelvetl the seed what you
sent, and they Is great. I be,t they will
grow the biggest squash and turnips In
the county, thus making me feel that
the district is safe In your hands. Give
my regards to the house of representa
tives." CARL SCLIOFIELD.
Secret of l.lvlnsr.
If we can only come back to nature
together every year and consider the
flowers and the birds and confess our
faults and our mistakes under the si
lent stars and hear the river murmur
ing In absolution we shall die young.
even though we live long, nnd .we shall
have a treasure of memories which
will he like the twin flower, n double
blossom on a single stem, and carry
with us Into the unseen word some
thing which will make it worth while
to be fmmortal. Henry Van Dyke.