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About Bandon recorder. (Bandon, Or.) 188?-1910 | View Entire Issue (June 22, 1905)
FACTS IN FEW LINES Cannons were first used In 134G. A man's heart beats 92,100 times a da j. It Is said that no real Mormon eve: plays poker. Greater New York consumes 1.3SS, 000 quarts of milk a day, and the peo ple never see a cow. It costs on an average $200 to put out a fire in London and $700 to ex tinguish one In New York. Classes for the study of German and Yiddish have been organized by Lon don's commissioner of police. Skeletons are now being sold in Rus sia for $1.15. Before the outbreak of the war In the east they were worth at least $7. Sugar refining in Russia gives em ployment to more than twice as many people as the grinding of grain 110.00C against -1S.000. Of the 720.000.000 acres of land mak ing up the total area of Argentina 24, 000.000 are arable. The principal crops are corn, wheat and fiax. Reports just Issued show that the Irish tlax crop last year yielded 33.7 stones per acre, which was well above the decennial average of 20.0 stones of fourteen pounds to the stone. Dr. William Henry, an English phy sician, states as the result of experi ments that in all forms of animal Ufa, insects Included, exists the taste for al cohol. He says that fishes are the only "real teetotalers" In creation. A recently discovered manuscript written by a schoolmate indicates thai Napoleon I. knew so little of the French language when he was sent tc the military school at Brienue that a private teacher vas engaged for him. Fifty numbers of a newspaper 30". years old have been found in the state archives at Stettin. Poinerania. con taining quaint descriptions of the plague, shipping disasters, etc.. the news of January being given only in August. Perhaps the finest mausoleum in ex istence Is Unit in Agra. India, which was built by the Emperor Shah Jehan for himself. It was twenty-two years In course of erection, and on it 2'MXK men were constantly employed during that period. A man arrested in DInapore. Bengal, died before his case couid be herd, but the local magistrate nevertheless tried and convicted and fined the dead man and then ordered the heirs, his neph ews, to pay the fine. The high court has reversed the judgment. Argentina reaches into the equatorial hot belt on the north and through the temperate zone on the south, having thus wide ranges of temperature. Two thirds of its people nearly are native. Italians to the number of almost half a million lend the foreigners. Far eastern punctuality was illus trated the other day by the viceroy of Wuchang. China, who had an appoint ment to review r.fX) school children at S a. m. and appeared smiling on the re view ground at 2 p. m. The children had waited for him six hour-;. Professor Tuxcn. Danish court paint er, sold a copy of the painting of King Edward's coronation to the czar for 12.U00 rubles. l"ion the presentation the bankers said the czar's checks were never paid in full. His Russian majes ty afterward made up the difference. Tin watchman who is maintained by the railroad at the bae of Mount Washington during the winter slipped while descending the mountain recent ly and rolled ah ut Hin) feet before he was stopped by a rock. lie broke no bones, but was badly shaken by the fall. It is very seldom that a steamship of 1,000 tou disappears, leaving not a trace, in a voyage that should have taken only five days. But that is the case of the Idem, which sailed from Drammen, Norway, on Nov. 1." for Preston. England, with a load of wooil pulp. At the Paris Opera Coniique recently the refrain of a song. "Au jeu. an jeu:" "To fitae Game!") was mistaken by a sjn-etator for "Au feu. au feu"' ("A lire!"!, and by repeating the words at the top of his voice he created a tempo rary panic among the audience, says the Paris Eclair. Scotland is becoming alarmed at the i re.nse in the number of "Burns rel ies." Chairs enough are now known to have furnished a dozen Burns co'tages. Even the well known habits of the poet will not account for the array of Burns cups and mugs that are scattered around the world. In the larger towns and cities of i"uba telephone systems are In opera tion, and permits are granted from time to time for the construction of private telephone lines connecting plantations, etc.. with railroad sta tions, stations of the rural guard, near-j st city hall or adjoining plantations. A lot of land was sold at North Ad ams, Mass., at auction the other clay for $2,200. The bids .started low. and all but two bidders dropped out when $2.tM had been offered. When $2.100..r,0 had been bid the opponent raised It -10 cents, which was immediately raised a vnt. and the bidder got the property. ST. KILDA ISLAND. The Native Have oldx Only When Viited by Ko re IK tier. Th.-rc are many places where it is iwp'.sMble to catch cold because there Is no cold to catch. There Is St. Kilda. that lonely rocky island which was vfsftM by Dr. Johnson when he and Boswell "wen? making their famous tour r the Hebrides. There are about a hundred Inhabitants ou the Island. The coasts are so precipitous that for eight months in. the year it Is prae tieailv inaccessible. Several vessels from" the mainland call there during the summer. And, strange to say whenever a ship reaches the island from the mainland every inhabitant, even to the infants, is seized with a cold. This fact has been known for more than 200 years and was of great Interest to Dr. Jphnson, who wis -skeptical concerning' it. Tin. question of this St Kilda cold long puzzled men, who never dreamed that it was an infectious disease and that without the possibility of Infec tion It is impossible to catch it, no mat ter what the exposure may be. mat is to sav It is due to a micro organism, !md wiioit the presence of th is micro organism the disease cannot be con tracted. New York Herald. M iss W aring 's Escort By or i to it. (.vfyncht, 19tU, i, OlAo B. Ser,a Six shabbily dressed men lounged in front of the fashionable hotel. Fiv evidently comrades, conferred together In low tones; then one approached the sixth man. saying guardedly, "Are you one of us?" The man smiled half satirically. "Naw; I'm de real ting, see?" His questioner turned away in dis gust. The man laughed softly, the low, en joyable laugh of one who appreciates A tall young woman whose attire evi denced wealth and refinement entered the hotel vestibule. One of the five groaned softly. "Who is she, Dyke;" eagerly ques tioned another. "Miss Kate Waring of Denver. Worth half a million and eccentric, Islting Cousin Dorothy. And me in tliis beastly tramp':; rig!" Miss Waring's stately entrance into the great dining room was arrested by the head waiter. "This way, madam," courteously. "1 will conduct you to the ladies' dining room." Miss Waring glanced about her. "It is not necessary," calmly. "I will remain here." "Pardon me, madam, but ladies with out escorts are served In the room at the right. I will conduct madam" Miss Waring's calm glance survey ed the small crowded room at the right and then returned to the great, cool room in which she stood, with palms and ferns In profusion. She noted the many vacant tables and the number of ladies present. "I do not wish to go in there. I pre fer to have dinner served here," mak ing the statement tranquilly with the air of one accustomed to have defer ence accorded her slightest wish. "The rule Is imperative, madam," with courteous firmness. "Ladies with out escort" Reserve that table by the window with the ferns beside it, the third on the left." And the graceful figure turned to the outer door. Ihere was no hesitancy in Miss War ing's voice or manner as she addressed the group of shabby men. "Will one of you gentlemen do me a favor';" clearly and unsmilingly. Six shabby head coverings were off in an instant, and six more or less manh f.rms bent low before her. "Th.;nk you all," gravely. "I want one of im to act as my escort and my guest, that I may be accorded the privi lege" the scarlet lips curled a trifie "of having my dinner where I have chosen to hae It. I will ask you, pleae," turning abruptly to the one who had designated himself as "do real ting." "Oh, but" began one of the un chosen eagerly. Miss Waring's face and gesture for bade further words. "I thank you all for your courtesy. If tlil n'!tlemun accent" "It i a privilege, madam," bowing gravely. "De real ting.' is he;" cried Dyke vengefully when they were out of hear ing. "Did you observe his speech and that bow'; He's one of the fellows set to watch us!" "Nonsense. Dyke! There isn't a man in the class as old as he. He's seen actual tramping, I'll stake a thousand o:i it. Why didn't you tell Miss War ing who you are';" "Aren't we under oath not to dis close our identity?" demanded Dyke hotly. -P.! -ides, look at me!" "I or .crcd :i table reserved," said Mis- aring to "de real ting." "I see it third on the left." He led the way with easy grace, a light of amusement gleaming in his dark eyes at the evident consternation of the waiter, who hesitated slightly before seating the serene young lady and her strange escort Miss Waring ordered the dinner witli precision and discrimination. "I hoje," she remarked pleasantly when the waiter had gone "I hope you approve my order." There was not the slightest embar rassment in her manner or condescen sion in her speech the man was her guest. "The order Is perfect, madam, and. permit me to say, admirably given." Miss Waring smiled. "Are all or Boston's" she paused for an instant in search of a word that might not embarrass Jier guest "sub merged, such Chesterfields as the six to whom I spoke?" "The others are Harvard students." "Harvard students!" in momentary bewilderment "Oh, I know. They are doing penance." "That is the meaning, madam, though not the term they use." "Are you?" lightly, yet with an anx ious tone In the low voice. "I am a genuine hobo." She passed her cardcase to him. "You should know who Is your host ess," graciously, "and I will ask the name of my guest." He took out two cards, writing on the back of one and returning it to her with the case. She glanced at the writing: JOHN" LF.STER. HORO. NO ADDRESS. BORN IN BOSTON. "Thank vou. Mr. Lester. I hope j-ou ure as genuinely hungry as as your profession would, Indicate." "I am, Miss Waring. I can do full ust ice to the dinner you have ordered. Vou might remind me if- If I forget anything. It' a Jong time since I have dined with ladies' The lone was yerious, but there was a dancing light. in the fine eyes Unit Miss Waring ought, and she smiled s mp'ithetieally.! There was but little conversation. Miss Waring wa,s graciously courteous, as became a hostess, but even a dull m.Mi in Lest-er'Si place would not have prc.-umcd uuen lfhe situation. -I thank you for your escort, Mr. Lester," ald the girl dlsmissingly as !' i.ttiit-utl ..lit "I am your debtor, Miss Waring,' earnc-uly. "If I were not a hobo I would ask when and where I might pay my dinner call." A udden impulse prompted her re ply. "Tomorrow evening. My present ad dress Is on the card you have." In all her twenty-five years Kate Waring had never before been so curi ous or so anticipative. She smiled ap proval at the card he sent up, a slip of paper with "John Lester" boldly writ ten. She was still smiling when she en tered the drawing room, but the smile vanished as she noted the fashionable clothes he wore. He was quick to see the change. . "You are sorry I came? It was tak ing an advautage" "Pardon me, I am somewhat disap pointed. It was a pleasure to find something genuine. I do not like imi tations, not even an imitation hobo." "It Is now that I am the Imitation, Miss Waring. The clothes are hired for the occasion." She held out her hand cordially. "Consider yourself welcomed, Mr. Les ter, and allow me to say that the clothes are very becoming." He Hushed boyishly. "It's five years since I've worn a rig like this. I hardly knew how to put it on." Miss Waring led the conversation to topics of interest to'a man of edu cation and refinement books, music, the drama finding her companion con versant with the best. "Will you tell me something of your selfshe asked presently "why yuu are a a wanderer and how you live? Even a traveler must eat. I suppose." He hesitated but an Instant. "I have tramped for live years. I work awhile in a place till the devil drives me on again the devil of my conscience. I suppose it will yet drive me back to" his face grew grave and his voice harsh, but he kept stoical ly on "to Denver, where I am wanted for the murder of Manuel Laredo, a Mexican, whom I killed on Starbright ranch." She rose excitedly. "I bought Starbright ranch last year. Manuel Laredo Is among the workmen there!" He sprang to his feet, his face aglow, his eyes tilled with sudden joy. "He did not die, and I am not" Then his face paled again. "I forgot," hoarsely, "there may be a dozen Manuel Laredos; those Mexican names" "It is the same man." she Interrupted positively. "I have heard the story and seen the scar of the bullet on his cheek." She talked on, waiting for him to regain control of himself. "We should be friends. Mr. Lester. Royal Thornton is my stepbrother. 1 have often heard him speak of the trip abroad that you two made together years ago. I know now why your name seemed so familiar. Will you g- back to Colorado?" He took her outstretched hand in both his own. "As your escort. Miss Waring?" She smiled assent. Hushing beauti fully. A NOTABLE DWARF. The Wl;ty Dehut of IIoruItviiNkl, the Pmnou Little I'ole. A very notable dwarf was Borulwaskl, ihe Pole, of whose debut the following story is told: As a boy of fifteen, when he was just one inch higher than a two foot rule, he was presented to the Empress Maria Theresa, who was so charmed by his grace and good looks that she seated him on her laj and gave him a hearty kiss. "And what do you consider the most interesting sight in Vienna?" she asked the boy. "What I now behold," he answered. "And what is that?" "Why." said the tiny emu-tier, "to see so little a man on the lap of so great a lady." Naturally a youth who exhibited such a ready and courtly wit had a distinguished career before him. From that day Borul waski became the pet of the courts of Europe. He was a special favorite of Stanislaus II., who took him to Eng land and introduced him to d'eorge III. and his family, and for more than half a century he made his home In England. Borulwaski. who at his tallest was a yard and three inches high, had a sis ter whose head was Just level with her big brother's shoulders. He was not only a handsome and courtly man, but a scholar of repute. He lived In five reigns and was laid to rest In Durham in 1.".7 side by side with the Falstaff ian Stephen Kemble. HEART DISEASE. Don't Let the Iileu Thnt Vou linvc It Scare Von Into Slekiiejot. Comparatively few people know that It Is rare to find a perfect heartbeat. What is termed "palpitation" is an ir regularity In the beat It Is most com monly caused by some disturbance of the digestion; by undue Indulgence In tea, coffee, tobacco or alcohol; by worry or by excitement. Many per sons, detecting such an Irregularity, think they have some serious disease of the heart that may end their life at any moment. This Is a very grave mis take in a double sense first, as to the fact itself, and, second, as to the lnllu ence on the health of such a morbid Idea. Again, there Is a notion that heart dis ease is a destructive process; that the tleh is affected in much the same man ner as when the skin is ulcerated or the lungs are consumptive. That is very seldom true. The most serious disorders of the heart are quite differ ent In their nature. When a man or woman Is under the impression that he or she has heart dis ease there Is one obvious duty to visit a reliable doctor, have the heart ex amined and either have one's fears set at rest or be given such advice sis will serve to remedy the condition. Home Notes. Xot Negotiable. "Do you ever look hack, Blobbs, on the da3-s of your boyhood, the dear faces In the home, the moon shining on the river, the hills, the valleys, the" "No," Interrupted Blobbs brusquelv, "It doesn't pay!" "Doesn't pay what?" "Dividends." Chicago Record-Herald. HUMOR OF THE HOUR Her Future Afouired. She was one of five beautiful sisters, and the young man didn't seem to be able to center his affections on any particular one of them. "Yes," she said shyly, "I have been working in the kitchen all day. Mamma thinks it is wonderful the way I have learned to cook. 1 baked bread and pies today and besides Unit got the din ner, as it was the cook's day off." "That Is fine," said the young man. "Miss Imogene," he continued, whilb she tried not to look expectant, "there Is a question I want to ask of you, and on your reply will depend much of my future happiness." "And what is it?" she asked, edging a trille nearer to him. "If I should marry one of your sis ters will you make your home with us?" Judge. An Ordered. An author who was his own publish er' advertised one of his works as fol lows: "Send o shillings for my new book, with autograph." Shortly afterward he received tills order from a country reader: "I Inclose shillings. If the auto graph is one of those talking machines, send it on bj train. I don't want the book." Birmingham (England) Post. The 121 eplutn tine Hlewett. Blewett What a wonderful thing an elephant's trunk is! It can pick up a phi or It can uproot a tree. It has both delicacy of touch and brute pow er. Toppler Somehow reminds me of you. Blewett The delicacy of your "touch" is only equaled by the powei with which you butt Into this cozy cor ner when you are not wanted. Cin cinnati Commercial Tribune. One She Burled. Dumley I met a fellow today who was simply nutty about a buried treas ure. Couldn't talk of anything else. Peckham That reminds me of my wife. Dumley-Oh, does she talk about one: Peckham Yes. Her first husband. I'm her second, you know. Philadel phia Pres. A :nmc of I.enpfrotc. An to Miracle.. Mrs. Walsingham I can't under stand why If there ever were such things as miracles there are none now. Mrs. Wappington My dear, there are miracles now. My husband has attend ed two stag parties within ten days and Is still on the water wagon. Chi cago Kccord-IIerald. Not Secure. Clerk This, sir, is the very latest in neckwear. It is called the matrimonial tie. Customer No. thanks. I've had two matrimonial ties already, and I could not make either of them work! De troit Free Press. Set (lenient "Work. Orayce Mr. Bliggins tells me that he Is interested in settlement work. I thought It quite noble of him. Clayds Well, not so noble as you might think. His particular branch of settlement work Is bill collecting. Pittsburg Post. Kcoimuty. "You say you are economizing?" "Yes." "But you bought a twenty-five cent cigar." "That's true. But I was tempted to buy a fifty cent one. I have saved a quarter." Washington Star. TnUcn Literally. Eager Mother Has he expressed any admiration for you? The Daughter No, but he said he'd die for me. The Mother Well, that's encourag ing. Yonkers Herald. Sure Cure. "Doctor, I have terrible night mares." "Well?" "Well, what can I do to cure them?" "You might try sleeping days." Houston Post Dtucoti mured. Dyer Ferris has sold his automo bile. Duell-What for? Dyer Ho had It six months and only ran over one dog. Tarrytown (N. Y.) News. The Kent Wtm lny. Sympathizing Friend Tommy, did the tooth come out hard? Tommy N-no. ma'am; not after the dentist got It started. Chicago Trib une. Well Eur ned. Stlnjay See here, when are you go ing to pay me back that dollar you bor rowed? Borroughs - Why. man alive, I earned that dollar. 1 had to work with you for a couple of hours before I got It out of you. - Philadelphia Ledger. Not Pnlilnp-. Chesterfield Chauncey Could you spare me an old pair of trousers, mum? Mrs. WInrow -Yes; do you want any thing else? Chesterfield Chauncey Oh. yes; I'd like about fifty million? and a seat In Vv senate, but dat klu wait St Louis Bepubllc. ODD INDUSTRIES OF PARIS. There Are MkIiI IIutvkM of 3Inu- Pe euliur rictloN. The ra masseur de uult is the hum blest member of the ragpickers' corpo ration. He is generally a laborer out of work and collects whatever he can find and judges salable from a scrap of paper or au orange peel to a dilapi dated stove. Take old books, for ex ample. However bad, they have a market value, for they always contain in the In .cp one sound piece that can serve ago. a and generally two or three more at the heel and the back. Old provision tins, again, are full of money; fiY' lead soldering can be removed and melted Into cakes, while the tin goes to make children's toys. There are about ll.OOO of this class of night birds In Paris. Another quaint night bird is the "guardian angel." The 'guard ian angel" is a person attached to the establishments of some mastraquets -low barkeepers -and certain public houses for the purpose of looking after the safety of drunken customers. He accompanies them to their homes, de fends them In case of need, as often as not has to put them to bed and leaves them only when they are with out the reach of mischief. He earns about .10 cents a day. Cases are also on record where grateful drunkards have remembered the "angel" In their wills. To return the compliment the "angel" has invested some of his funds in the purchase of a barrow, the object of which Is but too obvious. An important night bird is the mem ber of the guild des pattes mouillees. lie deals in tobacco manufactured from stumps of cigars and cigarettes picked up in the street and holds as sizes on the Place Maubert, by the statue of Etienne Dolet, twice a week at 3 a. m. On these days the square is called the "market of wet paws." The Industry is quite remunerative ou a modest scale, of course, and would be even more so were It not for the government which stepped in with characteristic greed and on the grounds of the monopoly It holds pro ceeded to tax the tobacco collected with so much painstaking care. YOUR WORK. Do it cheerfully, even if it is not con genial. Do it in the spirit of an artist, not an artisan. Make It a stepping stone to some thing higher. Keep yourself in condition to do it as well as It can be done. Endeavor to do it bettor than It has ever been done before. Make perfection your aim and be sat isfied with nothing less. Do not try to do It with a part of yourself- the weaker part. Uecognize that work is the thing that dignities and ennobles life. ISegard yourself as a coworker with the Creator of the universe. Accept the disagreeable part of it as cheerfully as the agreeable. Choose. If possible, the vocation for which nature has fitted you. Believe in its worth and dignity, no matter how humble It may be. Itemember that work well done Is the highest testimonial of character you can receive. Success Magazine. Klr.t Jewelry Store. It may interest women to know that the tirst Jewelry store was started In the city of Chang On about 3,000 years ago. i lie t eiestiai millionaires or tnat period knew nothing of the fascination of diamonds, because diamonds were n t in v.jgue at that B. C. period. Pearls and jade and coral and other unpolished mineral substances had to content them, and. as If to make good the glitter of revleres and tiaras, the princes of Chang On employed ar tisans to fashion them the most won derful gold and silver ornaments, which In themselves were far more cost I v than diamonds.- Boston Herald. Order. 'Hie chair lady rapped sharply. "It should not be necessary for the chair to remind members." she said severely, "that under our rules of or der, to say nothing of common cour tesy, only one member may be silent at a time. Any member who becomes si lent at the same time that another member Is silent is distinctly out of order." The ladles of the club visibly cringed under this merited rebuke. Many of them Hushed to the roots of their hair, and several there were who burst into tears.- -Life. Diik'n ICI.nu'x CnuMcd Tumor. The danger of kissing dogs Is Illus trated by the experience of a young lady which Is told in the London Lan cet. She had been In the habit of fon dling and kissing a pet dog. and when she developed a tumorous growth It was discovered that her trouble was due to the presence of a number of worns which had been transferred from the dog to the tissues of her cheek. A WONDER OF RANGUN. The Creut Shouy Diikoii I'ltjcodn Cov ered With I'll re (.'old. Kangun. the principal city of Bur ma, grew up around the sacred spot on which is built the great Shoay Da goii pagoda, one of its principal won ders. "Uising to a height of .".CO feet, its size is greatly enhanced by the fact that It stands on au eminence that is itself i;c ft.,. t above the level of the eily," says a writer. "It Is covered with pure gold from base to summit, anil once in every generation this gold is completely renewed by public sub scription. Vet throughout the inter val the process of regilding goes on perpetuallv. Pious people who seek in this way to express their veneration j and to add to their store or spiritual merit climb up dally with little flut tering packets of gold leaf, which they fasten on some fraction of Its great surface. There Is no more picturesque sight offered by It than that of a group of these silken worshipers outlined high against its gold In the act of contrib uting their small quota to Its splendor. The pagoda Itself has no Interior. It Is a solid stupn of brick raised over a relic chamber." When the soup has a greasy look pour it, when hot, through a cloth sat urated with cold water, and the fat will remain In the cloth. WOMAN AND FASHION Siunrt Skirt For 3IIe. The smart skirt here pictured may be worn with any style of shirt waist or blouse, ami the design Is adaptable to a variety of materials. As illustrated It was made of brown mohair, with ma TUCKED CTIICUL.Ut SKI11T. chine stitching for a finish. It is circu lar in shape, and three groups of inch wide tucks are laid in the lower part. The fullness in the upper part Is taken up in fine tucks, and au Inverted box plait finishes the back. Cheviot, serge, voile and linen are all suitable for re production. The medium size will re quire three and one-eighth yards of forty-four Inch material. Summer Kroelv. There is a revival of the partly low neck frock for summer hoiu-e wear, not merely the collarless blouse which was so trying to all but the few, but a V necked, surplice effect, finished by quillings of lace or rutlles of material. These are usually becoming and cer tainly give a comfortable feeling of coolness during the hot summer Amer icans have to endure. These gowns need not have a lining. They are worn over lawn petticoats and corset covers, and as the modern corset is a thing of beauty the effect is very charming. Many of the new oues have vertical strips of beading every two inches, through which is run colored, ribbon, and this color Is matched by the girdle and the hat. Spring Xeekweur. The collar in fact, neckwear of all kinds is a formidable consideration to begin with. There is quite a fad for the plain linen collar again. The smart est Is a high turnover shape fastened with jeweled links and made with but tonholes large enough to slip through them tulle or ribbon which Is tied in a bow just above the links. Another plaiu high linen collar has these nar row straps In front fastened to the col lar with tiny pearl buttons, and through these straps Is pulled a silk necktie, which Is left without being tied, but which has all the effect of a wide bow- knot, as In front the bands make It look narrow, and then the ends flare out wide. Harper's Bazar. Smart Collnrs. Canvas will enter very largely iuto the construction of smart collars and turnovers this season, and many of them will be elaborately embroidered either in white or In colors. It will fur ther be pressed Into the service of the waistcoat, as are linen, pique and white duck. Styllnh Shirt Wnlnt. There is a certain style about the shirt waist that Is tucked at the shoul ders which renders it eminently de sirable for all to whom it is becoming. This one Includes also the very latest sleeves that are tucked above the EintROIDEHED MADltAS. straight cuffs and Is smart In the ex treme. Madras, linen, lawn, dltnlty and all the long list of shirting ma terials are desirable, but In this In stance white madras embroidered In ring dots Is shown with tie and stock of the same, finished by a little turn over collar of embroidery. The waist Is made with a wide box plait at the front and back that extends well over the shoulders, while the sleeves are full nt tho upper edges, giving tho broad Hue of the season. For n woman of medium size the waist will require three and seven-eighths ynrds of mate rial twenty-one or twenty-seveu or two yards forty-four Inches wide. The "Thin HIee" of the Chinese. The very first thing that a Chinaman takes when he gets up In the morning Is a bowl of hot "congee," or. as he calks It, "thin rice." This Is simply rice boiled away to a thinnish drink aide consistency. If allowed to cool it would thicken into paste. Some care Is required to make it properly. "If the water is visible and not the rice," says Yuan Mel, "that is not congee. If the rice Is visible and not the water that Is not congee either. The two must be Indlstingulshably blended be fore vou can call the result congee." 9 WOMEN AND BANKTSG ODD NOTIONS OF SOME Or THE FAIR SEX ABOUT FINANCE. A Veteran Hanker Exhlbitx a Curl oiiN Line of Sample Case That Came Under IIIm Obucrvatloa In tle Courae of IIunIucib. "Business women of course," said a veteran banker, "understand the rou tine of banking from the customer's side of it about as well as men, but the queer ideas the average woman not in business has about a bank would make a totem pole laugh. "I lost an awful good account once because I couldn't convince a woman that a note put In the bank for collec tion Is not money. She came in one day. made out a deposit slip and tried to deposit a note just due. The teller told her that lie would forward It for collection. That seemed to strike her as all right, and she kept on writing checks against her account "She overdrew in a day or two and we sent her notice. She came down in a towering rage and asked me what my bank meant by insulting her. Over drawn? Ridiculous! Why, she had deposited $o,000 only a few days ago. What had we done with that money? "I tried to explain to her that the 'deposit' she referred to was only a note sent out for collection; that it had not been paid and might be returned unpaid. She llew into a passion. What did she care about it? She had given it iuto the bank, and she meant to have the money 'on it "What were banks for? I cautioned her against checking against the amount of the note until it had been paid, but she weut away in a huff and kept right on making checks until we had to stop her. We refused her checks, marking thein 'No funds,' and then she withdrew her account It turned out to be a dand afterward, but to this day, I understand, she can't see any difference between notes, checks, drafts and currencj. "Strange as it may seem, the number of women honest, absolutely guileless women who write other persons sig natures to checks Is large. Only to day, for Instance, the daughter of one of our best customers came Into the bank with a check for 5300 made pay able to herself. "Her father's name was signed to It and he had plenty of money In tho bank, but his daughter had signed his name herself. We explained to her that we couldn't pay out money on such an order or request " 'But,' said she, 'we haven't a cent of money In the house. Papa Is on the train somewhere between here and New York, and I 3-011 don't suppose he'd hesitate to give us $300, do you?" "That youug woman did not and could not understand why she didn't have as much right to use her father's credit ut the bank as she had to use it at the dry goods stores and the butcher shops. I wanted to tell her that she had really commuted forgery, but I didn't. I advanced the money on my personal account, and she went away a bit miffed and fancying that we were a fussy, unreasonable lot of money gatherers. "Things like that are always coming up In every bank. We bad one depos itor, an Inexperienced young widow. She had over 30,000 In the bank. Ono day she came In and wrote a check for the full balance, payable to herself. The teller stared and asked how she'd have It Any way would suit her, sho said, only she wanted the cash. "He sent word to me and began to count out the money in $100 and $500 notes. After counting them over she wrapped the whole sum up In a news paper and went out We were all puz zled, nnd we were afraid she might be robbed, so I sent two of the clerks after her to see what she did with the money as well as to protect her. She walked through the crowded streets about six blocks to another bank aud deposited the whole $30,000 to the cred it of a poor youug lawyer to whom, we afterward learned, she was en gaged to be married. "I don't think ho was then aware of her Intention to transfer her money to his account or he would have advised her to get a certified or cashier's check Instead of lugging her fortune through the downtown streets of a city like this. "The woman depositor who can't un derstand why other persons' checks de posited by herself are deducted from her account when they ure no good is a familiar character In nearly every bank. ""When such a check comes back and they are asked to take It up they will look unutterable scorn at the teller or collector and say: T put It back? Well, I guess not Why should I pay It? I didn't make it out Mr. So-and-so gave it to me, and if It Isn't good that's his lookout Go after him. The Idea! Surely you don't expect me to pny out my own good money for Mr. So-and-so!' "By drawing several diagrams, exert ing much patience and diplomacy, you may convince such a woman that she has to cover tho bad checks she de posits, but very often she refuses or falls to be convinced. She will prob ably Insist on realizing on every cent tho teller gives her credit for In her bank book, nnd If she doesn't get It look out She'll take her account to eome other bank and resume her deter mination to havo 'her rights.' Oh, the Inexperienced woman Is almost as an noying aud far more numerous than dishonest women, so far as banks are concerned!" Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. Worklnjc the Clnlm. "That Englishman who is visiting the Xurltches claims to be a lord." "Yes. And the Nurltches are working the claim for all It Is worth." Detroit Tribune. A Story of Napoleon III. Napoleon III., who had no fewer poor relatives to help on than any other sov ereign, was trying one day to convince a cousin, whom he had already gener ously aided, that It was Impossible for him to increase her allowance. The princess took the refusal angrily and as she was leaving said In a taunting manner: "Decidedly you have nothing of the great emperor, bur uncle." "You mistake, my dear cousin," re plied Napoleon, with a cheerful smile. I have his family." 1