Bandon recorder., June 22, 1905, Image 2

BANDON RECORDER.'
CHOICE MISCELLANY
Frnnt Yard Planting.
The very commonest mistake is to fill ,
ene's front yard with all sorbs of highly i
colored abnormal things vnrlegated 1
elder, pnrple leaved plum, weeping
willow, tloublo dowered almonds, smoko
tree, cut leaved maple red llowered
horse chestnut and that piercingly ma- .
genta outrage on the optic nerve. Spi
raea Anthony Watcrer. Often you will
it-' all these things in re small yard. ;
It is just as had to cover one's lawn j
with such thinjrs as to sprinkle four- i
1 ,f nil iivit unit's ftirtt.
Use native kinds chiefly or species that f"r P'lig overy passenger with a
tit into our 'landscape. The "hortieitl- j H!autifuI bouquet of the blossuns that
tural forms" are only for accent. Don't i (leck n,U 11,1,1 v' lng the pii
scattcr shrubs or plants of any kind j route of the California North-
over a lawn. Avoid isolated specimens, i sterM -'ihvay. through .Mt-ndocino,
Croup them. Shrubs are for the bor- ! :i ml -Marin counties. Tliis
ders of a place. Don't plant one of rvear ,,Ji,, Sunday, the Pith of April,
each in a long row. You will get a w:ls e for lht' eventful day ami
much better effect by having a big several thousand bouquets were pre
solid mass of one or few things In the j pared, each one hearing a card on
background with whatever spice In j which was printed, "Compliments of
front you think necessary. Don't plant .the California Northwestern llailway,
shrubs in straight lines, because ' the picturesque route of California."
straight lines are not the rule of na
ture. If you hire a man to plant and j l)(, lunv to K. ,3llqUl.u At t.Vtrv sl:i.
fail to watch him he will surely set l5on , am,
your plants in straight lines. ( tardea i f .. r . ... , f . ...
Mi"-izine I l,euutl'u' bouquets through the
j trains, presenting tacli passenger wish
Eiecirn-itr an n Detective. EveryUuIy was delighted and
A medico legal expert was examining , freely expressed their appreciation and
the corpse of a man who had died in a jal the same time complimented Gen
mysterious way. The examination was tral Passenger 'Agent Iivan for the
somewhat ghastly. In It a huge, expon-
slve looking electrical mat bine played
an important part.
The expert when everything was In
readiness adjusted the machine, then
watched It closely. A certain needle
quivered moved.
""Aha." said the man. "there Is a me
tallic poison present here. This poor
fellow died of some metallic poison."
Afterward he explained that it had
recently been found possible to deter
mine accurately the presence of metal
lic poisons with electricity. By the
electrical method the nresence Of so i
small a quantity as the tenth of a mil-
ligram of poison would be revealed.
In the case, he said, of antimony pol-
sonlug. lead poisoning, copper, mer-
cury or cadmium poisoning the ue of
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ble and indispensable - Philadelphia
Bulletin.
Diiiiiicrou .Metaphor.
Matrimonial metaphors are danger
ous. Dr. Xorris was recently appoint
ed chairman of the Melbourne board
of health, and In returning thatiks he
humorously remarked: "When I was a
student I determined to specialize in
public lienith. but 1 made a temporary
marriage such as Go.jrge Meredith ad
vocates and went into general practice.
But I remained true to my tirst love,
divorced my temporary bride and set
tled down to work on the problems if
the public health." Thereuion an out
raged Caledonian ititepayer wrote to
the papers to inquire how such a high
appointment came to be conferred on
a man who confessedly held the hixest
views on the sanctity of the marriage
tie. London Chronicle.
I'ntrlotic FIunNIi Women.
Patriotism in Finland is not confined
to the men. Daughters. wive-: and
mothers are active in the cause of lib
erty. For example, nearly all the se
cret agents of the National party are
young women of the best families, and
It is they who outwit the Htissian cen
sors and assume the risk of distribut
ing forbidden literature. The prohibit
ed writings are printed in Stockholm
and London, and the women go after
the papers, bring them into Finland in
their trunks at great hazard an I di
tribute them throughout the country
To be discovered in this work would
mean deportation to Siberia with tin
hundreds of other women thus ban
Ished for less cause. Everybody's
Magazine.
Sinn Keen 11 IIlNtorle Traced-.
Two historic names appear in curious
pYoximity in Spring street, near Mat
dougal, .New lork. Over a restaurant
window Is a sign bearing the name
Aaron r.urr. Almost tnrectiy appears
the Inscription "Alexander Hamilton
carpenter and builder." What make-;
their proximity still more interesting is
the fact that the entrance to Aaron
Burr's country place, Uichmond hill,
was years ago Just above where the in
tersection of Spring and Macibfug.il
strwts Is now, a short distance from
the signs still bearing the two historic
names. Burr is said to have passed out
01 mis gate on that ratal morning
when he went to Weehawkon heights
to fight his memorable duel with Ham
ilton. Wiirned the Tippler.
The strange actions of two prairie
chickens put the town of Wolsey. s. 1 ..
Into die no licence column. Just as the
bells were tolling to call the voters to
gether the two birds Hew through the
thick plate glass window of one of the
saloons. The one which came through
first fell to the floor dead, while the
other turned and flew out of the room
by the same way that It had entered.
Outside it flew straight into tho air un
til lost to sight, and the superstitious
voters looked upon the occurrence as a
warning from above.
A Mnttor of CIimiKe.
Spawnger I've noticed considerable
change about you since you stopped
drinking. Marl: ley -Well, I've noticed
that there's considerable more in my
pocket Philadelphia Press.
ITouxc of Co in in o tii Air.
In summer time the air used for ven
tllatlng the house of commons in Lon
don passes through blocks of ice. I.i
winter it Is heated. In fog the outer
air passes through layers of cotton
wool six Indies thick. During forty
eight hours of fog the cotton wool on
one occasion was as black as the back
of a chimney. Thanks to these pre
I cautions, the house has been absolutely
'' free from mist, and tho atmosphere fs
in normal condition while a dense fog
prevails outside. The normal temper
ature of the house of commons Is kept
at the level of G2 degrees except In
sultry weather, when it Is raised to 05
degrees.
POLLY LARKIK
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One or the lovHest ami most thor
oughly appreciated customs that has
ever hem inaugurated on a railroad is
known as "Wild Flower Day" on the
California Northwestern I Jail way. Sev
eral years ago (ieneral Passenger Ag
ent It. X. Iiyun conceived the pretty
idea of betting apart one Sunday in
the springtime, when old Mother
Earth's velvety mantle was spangled
most luxuriantly with wild-llowers,
I Tills was tied wijh a dainty white rih-
thoughtful consfdcrati.n, which is hut
one of the many ellorts of the Cali
fornia Northwestern Kaihvnv Com
pany to minister to the comfort, ei -joy
men t and eonvenh nee of it pas
sengers. One had only to look at the
happy faces of the passengers to know
how much they appreciated this lovley
custom "Wild Flower Day," which
sent them home ladenetl witli Nature's
beautiful treasures, harbingers of the
springtime. The most beautiful wild
llowers are alwavs found in this sec-
j of "' country, and it would pay
"He to make this delightful trip if for
j no other reason than to see the myriads
of flowers in all their glory.
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b:ive ,,Uf "Crests of the children at
heart, have reached the conclusion
that the little folks of their city should
not only be taught to love dowers, but
encouraged to plant seed and learn how
to take care of the plants to produce
the best results. Kvery year they dis
trihuteseed among the school children.
First it was sweet pea seed of assorted
variety's, next nasturtiums, then bach
elor buttons, mignonette, pausies, etc.
To encourage the children, a promi
nent lady of the city has tillered two
sets of valuable prizes for the three
best displays of sweet peas and pau
sies grown by the children this year.
The children are enthusiastic and are
fast learning the ins and tints of seed
planting. They do not confine them-
selves entirely to seeds, however, for
they are learning to slip plants sue-
cessfully. They know that by slipping
roses in February ami November,
planting two buds under the mound
and keeping constantly moistened,
that they will seldom lose a plant. It
is the execution and not the rule. It
is a study that is heaithv. improving
and instructive this delving into
plant life and it would lie well for all
of our schools to pattern after Lansing.
To be sure we have our arbor days, in
which all the children participate in
planting trees. That in itself is good,
hut it comes but once in the year,
while llower planting carries them
through the entire season, giving out
its lessons in buds and blo-sonis, and
not only that, from the time the first
seed pushes its way through old
.Mother earth, there is the keenest in
terest and good-natured rivalrv.
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w e can maKe the hardest task easv
by taking an interest in our work ami
going about it cheerfully aud willingly.
No man or woman ever succeeded and
reached the height of their ambition
by going about the work to be accom
plished in a weak, INtless and half
hearted way. Kvery thing drags in a
nionotinous, tiresome manner that
gives one the blues to be m tlievicmitv
of the listless party. "What if the
work loosen' t suit you, and it is some-
thing you don t like a little hit-.' Then
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wu iiumm iiium- a uoui.ie cum i i tin
it well, so no fault can be found with
the result of the task that was placed
in your hands to attend to. It is the
man or the woman who pays attention
strictly to business, makes the most of
their opportunities and turns out livA-
class work, that is going to succeed,
and who manages, by paying attention
to their employer's interests, to rist
above the discontented whoare alwavs
looking for an easier po.-ition, finding
fault w ith the one that is at hand and
bestowing not the slightest interest as
to the success of their ellorts. it h
their eyes fastened upon the (dock that
is ticking away the minutes and the
hours, setting a good example if they
won hi only heed it: their thoughts far
iway and sighing over the incomplete-
ness of their lives, until the task is
finished or the day's work done. They
viiow they have slighted their work
uid have not given their best ellbrt?
to it, consequently they are dissatisfied
and unhappy. On the other hand if
they throw cheerfulness into their
work and bend their ellorts to acconi
ltsli their task in the quickest time,
doing the best tney can with the ma
terials at hand, the hours pass on swift
wings, the work is well done, their I
mind is at rest, and peace and happi-
ness takes the place or unrest and dis- fering what they teach in song." Notli
satisfaction that is the portion of the ing really worth while in life's lessons
laggard. I f you cannot get just what
you want, bide your time ami take tho
next best thing until fortune favors
you.
There was an instance of this kind
that was brought to my attention the
other day. While sitting in a. restau
rant waiting for my order to be tilled,
a well-dressed young man with refined
and pleasing manners walked in and
asked one of the waiters if they needed
any help. "Yes, we need a dish-washer,"
she said. "I'll take it," was the
prompt reply. She sent the proprietor
to him. The moment he caught sight
of the applicant for the position of
dish-washer, his manner Changed for
he realized that he had not been used
to the work lie was seeking. "You
won't do at all for the work I have to
oiler," lie said, kindly. "You see we
need an assistant to hike charge of the
eleaning,up and the rough work. "We
on'y pay four dollars per week for this
and give the hoard. It's not much,
I admit, but it is the best we can do at
present." "I will take it, ami I am
glad to get it," replied the young man.
"1 have been here live weeks yester
day and I have hunted for work all
over this city, but have met with fail
ure on all sides. 1 am stranded and I
will be glad to take this position until
something else opens up." All ar
rangements were made for him to com
mence on the following morning.
Then he said in a low tone, "T have
my wife with me and we would like to
take supper here thiseveningand have
it taken out of my wages. "Certainly,"
replied the proprietor. The young
man stepped out on the sidewalk and
presently returned with a daintily
dressed and refined little lady who had
been waiting for him on the street.
"We will at least have something to
eat from now on, "said the young num.
"lint think of you being a dish-washer!
" replied the wife, and there were
tears in her eyes, which she turned
her head to hide. "Never mind; it is
not for long, it is only a stepping stoue
to something better. No one knows us
here, so no one will ever be the wiser.
We will laugh at this some day. Just
now, however, is solves the problem of
bread and butler and we will keep up
our courage until there is a turn in the
tile. It is bound to come," he said
encouragingly.
BRIEF REVIEW.
Power in The Voice.
Trust a mother to know the voice
which will soothe a fretful infant to
sleep. All humanity can be swayed by
tones appealing to present emotion. A
voice will incite to riot or quell it and
likewise precipitate a panic or subdue
one. It will win men to the right way
or repel them and mar a good under
taking, in ordinary life the voice lias
an important role, too often overlooked.
Actor and actn .-ses win triumphs by
control of the voice. Kvery one is an
actor and should cultivate the art of
swaying others. An agreeable voice
will have an indefinable charm even
when saving unpleasant things. On
.the other hand, unpleasant tones will
spoil the most delightful message. The
greatest foe to jxnvcr in the human
voice is the hurry and bustle of the
modern age. .Speakers do not take the
time to modulate and regulate their
tones according to occasion. Noise
lends no power to speech, but low, calm
tones compel attention from the hearer,
They indicate strength and earnest-
ness and suggest
l messuge worth list
ening to.
Deepest Hole Ever Bored.
James Tobin and John Ryan, former
Ishpemiiig men, who are doing dia
mond drill contract work in .South Af
rica, have just iinished drilling the
deepest hole ever bored. Its depth is
,"'' feet, which is 1,".jU feet deeper
than the guaranteed capacity of the
''I'" drill, with which the work was
done, .j on ii .oian ami -iex. iL.ricK-
oii, who have just returned to Ishpem
iiig from South Africa, say the country
is wonderfully rich in gold, the region
around Johannesburg having been
tested for HU miles and mines opened
on a stretch of 10 miles. They say Jo
hannesburg is a iivelv citv, but very
unhealthy, as it is built on solid rock,
with no possibility of constructing
sewers.
Prussia's plan for canal extension is
not a new departure, hmce l.SS she
has spent in,000,tM)) in cutting new
anals and cauali.ing rivers, and in
proposing :m additional expenditure of
7d,(MMi,i)iK) is only keeping pace with
u. tunes. Ill the last thirty Vears
. . . . . .
Kraiice has devoted 1U0,000,(M)0 to the
construction of free canals and pro-
poses to expend ll(),0uo,HM in tlm
same manner. Oermaiiy now has
Iihki miles of navigable inland waters
und France HJ.WJII miles. And the cry
js for more.
Chicago is Impressed
One tiling that especially impresses
the Chicago visitor to Boston is the
marked courttsv and consideration
shown to passengers by conductors and
niotormeh. The men are carefully se-
Mectcd in the first instance and are
given a very thorough course of train-
ing before they are permitted to take
charge of a ear. Conductors and mo-
tormeii in Boston receive $2.'S for a
working day of ten hours, which is lo
cents in excess of what Chicago true
Hon men get for the same lalxir
Blessings Born of Sorrows.
The world's greatest blessings have
come out of its greater sorrows. Said
(Joethe, "I never had an afilictioh
which did not turn into a poem. " No
I doubt the best music and poetry in all
literature had a like origin, if we could
only know its whole story. It is mil
vcrsally true that poets "learn in suf-
comeseasily and without pain and cost
The good liver is geneially uwaieof
his liver.
NUMBERING THE PEOPLE.
UnrU rretllt'tloiiH by Fuel of an Eng
lish CeiiMU
It was in 17H3 that a proposal to
count the people was first made.
Thomas Potter, sou of the archbishop
of Canterbury and member for St.
Germans, introduced In that year a bill
"for taking and registering an annual
account of the total number of the
people and of the total number of
marriages, births and deaths and also
of the total number of poor receiving
alms from every parish and extra paro
chial place In Great Britain." It was
inevitable, of course, that directly this
proposal was made the precedent of
King David should be quoted. And
many were the Jeremiads as to the al
ternative evils which would befall the
country. Those submitted to David
were mild In comparison. Mr. Thorn
ton, member for York city, said:
"1 did not believe that there was any
set of men or, indeed, any individual
of the human species so presumptuous
ami so abandoned as to make the pro
posal we h'ave just heard. I hold
this subject to be totally subversive of
the last remains of English liberty.
The new bill will direct the im
position of new taxes, and, indeed, the
addition of a very few words will make
it the most effectual engine of rapac
ity and oppression that was ever used
against an injured people. More
over, an annual register of our people
will acquaint our enemies abroad with
our weakness."
Matthew Ridley, another opposing
member, added that his constituents
"looked on the proposal as ominous
and feared lest some public misfortune
or an epidemical distemper should fol
low the numbering." However, the
bill passed the commons, only to be
promptly rejected by the lords. Not
until 1S00 was the proposal again
made, and on this occasion it was
brought to a successful Issue. The
first census of England and Wales was
taken in March, 1801. Fortnightly Re
view. ANCIENT SIGNALING.
The Method Invented by the Grecian
Ceneral .Kneii.
The ancient Greeks and Romans
practiced telegraphy with the help of
pots filled with straw and twigs satu
rated in oil, which, being placed in
rows, expressed certain letters accord
ing to the order In which they were
lighted. But the only one of their con
trivances that merits a detailed de
scriptiou was that invented by a Gre
cian general named .Eneas, who flour
ished in the time of Aristotle, Intendci
for communication between the gen
era Is of an army.
It consisted of two exactly similar
earthen vessels tilled with water, each
provided with a cock that would dls
charge an equal quantity of water in a
given time, so that the whole or any
part ot the contents would escape in
precisely the same period from both
vessels
On the surface of each floated a piece
of cork supporting an upright marked
into divisions, each division having a
certain sentence Inscribed upon it
( ne of the vessels was placed at each
tatlon, and when either party desired
j to communicate he lighted a orch.
which he held alorr until the oUhk did
the same, as a sign that he was all at
tention.
On the sender of the message lower
ing or extinguishing his torch each
party Immediately opened the cork of
his vessel and so left it until the send
er relighted his torch, when It was at
once closed.
The receiver then read the sentence
on the division of the upright that was
level with the mouth of the vessel aud
which, If everything had been executed
with exactness, corresponded with Unit
of the sender and conveyed the desired
information. Spare Moments.
Children' A mover.
"Children's Answers" is the title of
an English book. Here Is one of its
quotations:
"What is a miracle?"
"Please, sir, It's a thing that happens
In America."
And here is another:
A Scotch domlule, after telling his
scholars the story of Ananias and Sap
phira, asked them, "Why does not God
strike everybody dead that tells a
lie?" After a long silence one little
fellow exclaimed, "Hecause there
wouldna be nobody left."
Illitek.Miil t lis and Mneliiiie.
The making of horseshoes by ma
chinery at tirst caused a strike among
the blacksmiths, who refused to put on
the machine made shoes, but the work
was done so much more cheaply tha
the machine shoes triumphed, and the
result was that owners of horses, as
they got the shoes for less, had the
horses shod oftener than before, and
the blacksmiths did not lose much, if
any, work after all.
One ItenNon Enough.
A lot of men were playing cards for
money In a railroad car, and an Irish
man was invited to take a hand. "I
would," he said, "but for three rea
sons, lieing asked to state his rea
sons, he said: 'in the first place. I
have no money" "Never mlud the
other two," said the man who was run
ning the game.
Il.-iek to the Old Untlonn.
"I suppose you were fed off the fat
of the land." said Mrs. Saunders plain
tively as she set the plate of griddle
cakes before Mr. Saunders the morn
ing after his return from Hoston. "With
Niece .Margaret's means, they must
have everything there is going."
"I presume to say there's no lack o'
wherewithal." said her husband as he
began to pour maple sirup with a lav
ish baud, "but for breakfasts they
had the worst lot o' truck ever I saw.
"J'wa.sn't cooked nor a thing done to It.
I expect that hired girl o' theirs that
I used to hear falling downstairs about
7 o'clock didn't want the trouble o'
starting her fire In a hurry. But I tell
ye when you've had a different kind o'
straw filling served to ye for seven
days running, griddle cakes come Just
at the right time. Don't take away
that serrup jug yet awhile. It hasn't
soaked In yet all It's a-going to. And
set the doughnuts and the pie and the
biscuits where I can keep an eye on
'em, but ye can remove that glass o'
water as far as ye see fit. I've been
starvhi' healthy about as long as I can
stan' It." Youth's Companion.
NEW SHORT STORIES
ICnevr ViihlnKon.
Jersey residents coming to Manhat
tan daily have recently missed one of
the unique characters that for a long
while has been a feature around the
Liberty street ferry selling knick-
knacks. Ills name Is Sam Herndon,
ami he Is colored. Sam was born hi
Virginia and was a slave. How old he
really is If still alive he does not know,
but he has claimed with apparent hon
esty that he was a bodyguard to Gen
eral George Washington.
Senator Depew once chatted with
him. Said the senator, "Were you with
DID YOU SUE IIIJIWHKXIIU HACKED THE
Tit EE?
the Father of His Country when the
Declaration of Independence was
read?"
"Yes, sir yes, sir; I sholy was."
"And with him when he crossed tho
Delaware?"
"Sholy, .sir .sholy. Warn't I in his
bodyguard?"
"Did you see him when he hacked the
cherry tree?"
"Did l see him? Sholy sholy. I drlv
the hack." J. S. Evans In New York
American.
Afford! ii K1 CoiiNoItttion.
Mrs. George II. Gilbert, the "grand
oid woman ot the stage, whose re
cent death brought sorrow to the en
tire theatrical profession, loved to re
count her experiences to Intimate
friends, and interesting they Invariably
proved. One of the most humorous re
lated to Mrs. Gilbert's earlier days,
when she was a member of a company
presenting an intenselv emotional
drama. Pro.f was furnished the fam
ily of the hero that apparently stamped
him as a criminal of an unpleasant
kind. Naturally there was much weep-
nig on the stage, accompanied by
wringing of hands and other accesso
ries. I "pon one occasion the strained
scene w;ijs completely spoiled by a man
In the gallery (Mrs. Gilbert always
maintained he must have been some
what intoxicated) who yelled: "Cheer
up. cheer up. It may not be true."
New York Tribune.
Value of a. I'anse Mnrk.
Professor Bailey of Yale university
says that in the town In which he
spent his childhood there was a society
of women who were very active man
haters, tin one occasion the president
prepared a paper presenting the
strength of women and the weakness
of men entitled "Woman Without
Her Man Is Helpless." To strengthen
her point she hired a decrepit old man
to read the paper before the regular
weekly meeting of the club. When tho
time came the old man stood up and,
reading from the manuscript, loudly
announced his title as "Woman With
out Her Man Is Helpless." New York
Times.
How Diiniel Webster Knenped.
Daniel Webster had behaved badly
at school, and the teacher called him
to his desk for punishment. On the
way from his seat to the desk Daniel
qit upon his right hand and 'wiped
it on his trousers leg. When ho held
his hand out for punishment the teach
er was so shocked at Its dirty condi
tion that he said, "Daniel. If you will
how me a dirtier band In this whole
schoolroom I will not punish you."
Instantly young Webster thrust out
his left hand, which was so much
dirtier the teacher could not restrain a
smile, but he kept his word, and Dan
iel took his seat without punishment.
Xti Speech.
President Schurman of Cornell tells
of a man who had been tried for per-
jury, but acquitted, says the New York
Times. It was in a country district.
and the Judge asked him after the ver
dict had been announced and be had
been formally discharged from custody
whether he cared to make a speech.
The prisoner slowly rose. "I want to
thank the Jury." he said, "and I do so.
ut as for making a speech I don't
think I'd better, for that smart lawyer
wouldn t let me take the stand for
fear I'd admit the charge, and he must
feel the same now."
AniMinncliiK' n .llenl.
Among the curious byways of social
history aud household custom, says the
London Globe, is that which is concern
ed with the mode of announcing that
dinner or any other meal Is or shortly
will be read'. The dinner bell Is. of
course, the oldest of these modes. In
mediaeval times the monastery or con
vent bell rang out on the quiet country
air many times In the course of the
day and night, and one of the many
summonses was that which drew them
to the refectory. And In later ages
there are frequent allusions In litera
ture which show that the bell method
was still In constant favor notwith
standing the customary use of other
modes of summons.
Sntlftfnctlnn.
"Too bad about Dlngman
going
wrong, Isn't It?"
"Yes, but I haven't been grieving
much about It. My wife always held
hhn up to me as a model." Detroit
Tribune.
JBe frier.
AMPUTATED LIMBS.
Some People Hury Them nnd Keep
Flower on the Grave.
"What becomes of the hundreds of
legs ami arms ot uuioruiuaies auuu
tnied at the Louisville hospitals annual
ly ':" was asked of the "superintendent
of one of the large Louisville hospitals.
"Whatever the owners want done
with them.
if you had to lose your right arm
what would you want done with it?"
asked the superintendent, glancing ca
ter cornered over ids spectacles with a
quizzical air.
"When I die, which I hope won't he
Foon, I want my body to be decently
burled, and I think I wouldn't feel
right if my arm wasn't there too. Be
sides, I want It handy on Judgment
day."
'Exactly so," Bald the superintend
ent, "and there are a great many like
you. They exhibit the greatest affec
tion for the doomed member aud give
minute orders as to how it shall be
disposed of.
"I have known people who had their
limbs embalmed and placed in little
lead coilins and stored away in a
vault, so that when they died the limb
could be burled with them.
"1 knew of one man who had his leg
buried hi the yard where he could look
out of his window and see Its grave.
lie would each day place a bunch of
llowers on the mound and stay by It
for hours."
"I was asking for facts," said the re
porter.
"You are gettiug them," replied the
superintendent. "I could enumerate
a number of instances where limbs
were burled in the grave with their
former owners.
"I think that the sentiment is a .beau
tiful aud righteous one," said a mem
ber of the group, "and one that I
hould adopt if such bad fortune over
took me."
"I have also known people," resinned
the superintendent, "who displayed the
utmost indifference as to the ultimate
fate of their amputated members. No
thought of their limbs seems to enter
their heads. They go under the kuife
without asking auj- questions and come
from under the iutluence of the ether
and so far as I know go through life
without inquiring what became of
their legs or arms.
These people come from the lower
classes, who have no fine sensibilities
or sentiments. Its generally the cul
tured aud refined man who gives or
ders as to the disposition of a lost
member."
Well, what do you do with the limbs
of these don't care people?" asked the
reporter, whose curiosity seemed never
to be appeased.
Burn them generally. That's the
most sanitary and least troublesome
way." Louisville Herald.
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
So many of us have another guess
coming.
If things were only as good as the
samples.
Town people should do less quarrel
ing, and country people should use bet
ter seed corn.
A man who has all he knows at his
tongue's command Is a prodigy or he
doesn't know much.
Men are always trying to kill two
birds with one stone. They will do
pretty well If they get one.
Girls prefer evening parties which
the men can attend, but married wom-
en preier aiiernoon panics wmcu uar
OUt Ull UK 12.
When a girl Is two her father Is
pleased when she goes into his pockets
when he comes home nights, when she
Is ten he Is Irritated, and when sho Is
thirty he gets mad. Atchison Globe.
The "Vronnr Patient.
When you go to consult a distinguish
ed physician whose time is precious, It
is well to be clear and prompt In your
statements, advises the Buffalo Com
mercial, which adds: "A young woman
who was slow and confused In explain
ing her wants In the anteroom of a
busy Buffalo physician one day was
hurried Into an Inner office, placed In a
chair and had her stomach pumped out
with the neatness and dispatch that
come with dally practice. While some
prescription was being written the as
tonished young woman found her voice
and managed to make It known that It
was her sister whose symptoms she
had tried to describe."
A Few ContliiKenelen.
You have to take a few chances if
you play the races."
"Yes," answered young Mrs. Torkins,
so Charley tells me. If you pick the
best horse, and he happens to be fit,
and the Jockey understands his busi
ness and hasn't been tampered with.
and you manage to get through the
crowd aud persuade the bookmaker to
take your money, and the sheet writer
remembers the number of .vour badge.
and you don't get your pocket picked.
you may come out ahead." Washing
ton Star.
The Very Latent.
Perdy Fuzztop Now I want you to
make me a very fashionable coat,
you know-one of the very latest and
most ultra stylish you can build.
I'erdy's Tailor Yes, sir. Would you
like It too long or too short? Cleve
land Leader.
An Innnlt.
Tragedian I tell you, an actor's life
Is dangerous. We travel so much, and
there are so many wrecks. Friend
But isn't It always easy to step off the
track when you see trouble coming?
Boston Post.
The biggest crab has been caught in
the North sea. It measured two feet
seven Inches across and had claws to
correspond.
Spoiled His Trip.
A man In central Kansas, according
to the Kansas City Journal, had trou
ble with his wife and more trouble
with his mother-in-law. The wife
died. On the day of the funeral the
undertaker started to put the man In
the same hack with his mother-in-law
The man balked.
"T .1,1.. ...1.1. 1.1 1
& i'ii l i nit iiii net , sa m lie.
"But you must." replied the under-
taker. "The other hacks are all full."
"Well, if I must I will," said the
! man, "but It will take away all the most stubborn the dentist ever extract
pleasure of the trip." 1 ed ."-Kansas City Times.
WASHINGTON LETTER
fSnaMal Correspondence.
Secretary of War Taft Is giving a
gQo( dea, o euergy nmi thought to the
- S()jutjou 0f u problem which is or rar
greater personal Importance to him
than the affairs of state. He is busy
trying to reduce his weight, which is
more than 1100 pounds.
With Mr. Taft It is" a question of his
health, for the doctor has told him that
if he does not materially reduce his
weight he will suffer during the two
months he will be confined to a steam
ship next summer on his trip to the
Philippines. In his extremity he haa
taken up horseback riding In desperate
earnestness and takes a long trip every
afternoon. With all his weight Mr.
Taft knows how to ride, aud only once
has Colonel Edwards, who always leads
the way, succeeded in getting him Into
a hole where lie was forced to dismount
and lead his horse. That was when
they struck an almost perpendicular
declivity of fifteen feet with only one
doubtful break In the side.
An International Alliance.
The next international al.iauce to In
terest Washington will be the marriage
of Miss Frances Newiands. youngest
daughter of Senator Newiaiids of Ne
vada, to Lieutenant Leoj Jul von Be
dow of the German army, which is
scheduled to take place in this city
about the 1st of May, immediately aft
er the arrival of the bridegroom elect,
who obtained the consent of his i:u
peror and sailed for America April 20.
Lieutenant von Brodow, who is n.w
stationed In Berlin with his regiment.
the Cuirassier guard, is well known In
Washington, where be was an attache
of the German embassy during 11K.KL
Miss Newiaiids Is the youngest of the
three attractive daughters of Senator
Newiaiids. aud thrjugli their mother,
who was a Miss Sharon of California,
inherited large fortunes.
A Ke:iuirknlle I'lant.
Those In charge of that section of
the government gree.inouses devoted to
tr.ip.cal -. I'.n-i and agriculture recent
ly witne.. e.l the bloj.uing of a very
remarkable plant. This is the Ainor-phophaliu-
riviere, a plant indigenous
to Cochin China and the only speci
men in .' . kir.gfvin. The plant looks
Hke a giant J:;t k-Iu-the-box or Indian
itUMip. iwe speiM.ien in question stand
ing rive loot nine inches in height. The
i.illi is g.ven. mottled with curious
; . king white reticulations, which
cause it u resemble the body of a
su.ske. 'the blossom opens out in tho
same pulpit fashion as the Jack-In-tlie-h
x of o ir s.nitheru woods, and out of
thi r. v; a giant purple red spathe.
T'-v blossom has a most pungent, sick
e...ng A disagreeable odor, which in
Ii.' ii:e.-;eiit case so permeated the
hhon-e in which the plant was
,..ace.l that work had to be abandoned
.i.etv f.ir nearly two days. One man,
an employee of the department who
i .. this greenhouse under his care,
cunt meted a severe headache as a re
sult of inhaling the odor.
Xeiv Array Iloapltal.
Secretary Taft. approved the recom
mendation of Surgeon General O'lteilly
for the erection of a new general army
hospital on the Cameron tract on the
wot sitle of Bright wood avenue, near
ly opposite the Battle National ceme
tery. Congress fixed the limit of cost
of this hospital, including site, at $300,
UtX) and appropriated $100,000, which
was made Immediately available, for
the iiurcha.se of the site.
The property acquired for the pur
pose contains about forty-three acres
Jiml cost nbout $jS,ooo, leaving $2,000
I tif flirt jinnmnrinf Inn tn 1w fltkiTttcxl
other expenses In connection with the
new building. The property is owned
almost entirely by ex-Senator Donald
Cameron of Pennsylvania.
Fnlrlinnk.t In Marble.
The vice president in cold but con
vincing marble will soon occupy one
of the two empty niches in the vice
presidential Valhalla along the walls
of the gallery of the senate chamber.
Here a long procession of other presi
dents of the senate, sawed off at the
waist, glare down sepulchrally on the
up to date proceedings below. The
bust of Mr. Fairbanks, for which he
has been sitting all winter. Is now lu
the plaster stage of its artistic evolu
tion. Franklin Simmons, its sculptor,
will take it Immediately to Borne to be
done In marble.
Government Pre Ilooni.
'I'he press rooms of the government
printing otlice are said to bo a verifi
cation of the saying that "the use of
paper Is the barometer of a nation's
progress." for the greater the progress
of the American nation the more
presses the public printer Is compellc l
to Install. The press room of a mod
ern newspaper Is one of Its show
places, and the same holds true of the
government otlice. Some idea of the
magnitude of the main press room of
the largest printing otlice In the world
might be gained from the statement
that the dally consumption of paper
is about nine tons, o0 pounds of ink
being required. Twenty tons of paper
of different kinds are use.l each day
In the operation of the entire plant,
over twenty-live cars being required
to deliver a month's supply of this one
Item from the mills.
No Iliintlnir Permit For Alanka.
Secretary Wilson stated recently that
It had been determined not to Issue any
hunting permits for Alaska this year.
Game continues to grow scarce in the
territory, ami the greater the scarcity
the worse becomes the condition of
the natives, who depend entirely upon
their game supply Cor meat In the win
ter season. No permits were issued for
hunting last year, and persons hunting
without permits will he severely han
dled. Moose especially are said to be
disappearing fast, and the problem con
fronts the government every winter of
whether assistance should not be giv
en the natives In the way of food sup
plies to tide them over the season.
CAUL SC1IOFIELD.
A Doaton Proposal.
"Emersonla. shall we merge
our
iwwu existence Into one?"
"I am not averse to such a consum
mation, Waldo."
"Thank you. That being agreed upon,
shall we-er-er-osculate?" - Louis
ville Courier-Journal.
A Commnn ni.
"I have noticed," says the Hon Alex
Appleby, "that everybody wii has n
tooth pulled says 1? was n At i .1
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