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1 BAN DON RECORDER. THE HUMAN BRAIN. It I Oar Mont HlKhly SpeclnlUeG: and Vitalised Organ. The story of the brain as scientists have gradually unfolded Its peculiar construction is of marvelous interest. This pulpy and apparently homo geneous mass is revealed to us as the most highly specialized and vitalized organ in the human body. It consists of hundreds of millions of separate and Independent organisms, oiure known as nerve cells, but now called neurones." These units of the brain are independent bodies and consist of a cell body. Its axis and its branches. The cell body contains within Its cov ering membrane elements which gen crate the nerve force or energy. The axis Is the nerve or medium which conveys that force, and the branches are the means of communication of the ueurones with each other and with the organs and tissues to which the nerve is distributed. The life history of these microscopical bodies is the same as the cells of other organs and tissues. They are implanted before birth and may remain dormant for a lifetime, if stimulated to activity they enlarge through more abundant nutri tion, but waste and atrophy when the stimulant Is removed. They are under going constant changes through the process of nutrition and from the In numerable impressions made upon them by objects within and without the body. Stephen Smith. M. D.. LL. I)., in Leslie's Magazine. OLD TIME COSMETICS. Some of the Dcntitltlcr Uned hy the Dame of Antiquity. A most repulsive cosmetic, but one which some Itoinan dames of antiquity esteemed as most precious, was the blood of the youug hare. During the sixteenth century the wa ter In which beans had been boiled was used as a complexion wash, and this fariuaceous water is entitled to all the fame It possesses. The ancient Gauls, whose beautiful color was a subject of so much envy to the patrician Romans, washed their faces in the foam of beer; also In a liquid made from dissolving chalk In vinegar. An old Italian recipe for obliterating the injurious effects of salt air and sunshine is to bathe the face with thf white of an egg well beaten. Let it dry on the skin and rinse it off after fifteen minutes. This treatment must be repeated three or four times and al ways at night before retiring. Koine under the empire and Greece during the time of Pericles were seized with a mania for golden hair. Many a dame dampened her raven tresses In the strongest of muriatic acid and sat in the sun to bleach her hair to tht coveted yellow. Others used lye and afterward anointed their heads with oil made from goat fat. ashes of the beech tree and certain veliow dower. SHAKING HANDS. A Few General Union That Govern Thin I'liane or Ktlquet to. When to shake hands is a subject which uepenns- somewhat on circum stances, yet a few general rules may be given. "When a man is introduced to a woman she does not shake hands with him unless he is decidedly elderly or distinguished. If he is the husband or brother of the woman presenting him it is natural to receive him cor diaily ly shaking hands, but it is not form to do so if he Is a mere acquaint auce. A hostess should shake hands with every guest who comes to her house, both on their arrival and departure. Women do not shake hands when in trodueed to each other, but merely bow. When, however, a young girl is presented by a friend to a married woman the latter shakes hands with her, but the girl must not make the first advance. Men shake hands when introduced to each other as an expression of good will. When leaving an entertainment a man shakes hands with the hostess. and he niav do so with friends who are near, but he must not go about shaking hands generally. New York Journal. To Strengthen the Eye. The eyes will be greatly strength ened by putting the face down into a glass or eye cup of water the tirst thing In the morning and opening them under water. This Is somewhat diffi cult to do at first, but If the water for two or three days be tepid and gradu ally be made colder by imperceptible degrees until It Is no shock to put the face Into quite cold water It will soon become easy and Is very invigorating and refreshing. The eyes should be wiped after this by passing a soft tow el very gently from the outer angle in ward toward the nose. A I)IRcmhler. "Leonldas." said Mr. Meekton'a wife, "look me In the eye and answer mc one question. Have you ever deceived me about anything?" "Well, Henrietta," he answered aft er much hesitation, "I must confess that I have not been altogether frank. On numerous occasions I have dis sembled to the extent of trying to ap pear far mortf amiable than I really felt" Washington St.sr. - . -x Tnhlenu. lie Do you remeiijer your old school friend ISophle Sinytbc? She Yes, in deed' I do. A mnst absurd looking thing. So silly tro! What became of her? He Oh, nothing. Only I mar ried her. Illustrated Bits. A Xntnrnl Deal re. Miss Coquet (to servant) Tell Mr. Sharpe that I am engaged. Mr. Sharpe (to servant) Tell Miss Coquet that 1 expressed a curiosity to know whom she 1& engaged to now. An Excuse. Patience What reason had she for marrying him? Patrice Why, he had money. Patience That is not a rea son; thnt Is an excuse. Gateway Mag AElna. Old Party-Were you named after your father? Little Fletcher Sure! He'g lots older than I am. Chicago NWB. POLL! 11 . i The residents of San Francisco are not church-going people, is the verdict of a. J Eastern visitors who are in the habit of attending church regularly twice a day. Just why this is the case would be hard to explain, unlos it is localise the men and women who have toiled hard duriuj;: the .veek in their different vocations find that nature can preach them a far more eloquent sermon than anything they can hear within the walls of the churches. Ev ery Inrnt, all the excursion trains, go out from San Francisco every Sunday morning heavily laden with their hu man freight. Lunch baskets, ll.-hing tackle, hunting paraphernalia and dogs in plentiful evidence show the way that most of the buys and men, haM ening from the city, are preparing to spend their Sunday. There are yacht ing parties and picnics that lure hun dieds of both young and old. A few chosen friends choose to spend the Sunday in their own way, and seek some quiet little nook in the country where, altera few miles jaunt into the hills, they can- partake of a dainty lunch and enjoy the rest of the time in reading the daily papers or some in teretsting book, or chatting pleasantly on current events, etc. These people turn a deaf ear to the music of the church bells and listen eagerly for the melody of the birds, that is far sweeter and more soul sat hiving than the an thems of the paid choir. "This is de plorable," say the regular church goers, "if for nothing else than that it sets a bad example lor the young people that are following in their step.- l nis is glorious, tins is rest, sign the members of tht? quiet little groups. as they gaze heavenward with thank ful eyes that there is a day of rc-t se aside, by which the tired and wornout bodies can get away f nun the thrall doni of the everv dav existence, am thankful that they can worship in their own wav ami as their conscience dictates. "This is a free country quotes the happy-gir-lueky swain as he trips through the mazes of the dance with iiis fair partner, or participates in the races at the Sunday picnic ' is noltmly else's business if we prefer to spend Sunday enjoying ourselves in stead of listening to some dry sermon. As l nave saut uetore, never was there a more cosmopolitan city than an brancisco. Here nearlv everv nationality is represented, and the ma jority of the foreigners who hav Kill ret into the countiy through our justlv celebrated open door are not church-goers. It is a strage thing, too, that people w ho have been in the habit of going to church regularly in their old Homes, wiien tiiey arrive here, muke it a point to find the tie- nomination of which they are mem bers, ami for awhile attend service? regularlv. Tliev tell von candidly that they are amazed to find so many mm church-goers in this big citv ami so many empty pews Sunday after Sun day. But the tirst tiling they know they, too, have d topped out and at tern church onlv occasionally. In the hurry and worry of the ever noisy bustling city they become tired; they need rest ami are glad even if they do not go out of town for the day to stay home and take things easy. There no denying that this state of atlair? does exist. A lady in discussing the subject the other day stated that she had put the question to many friends ami acquain tances, "Why is it that people who have been brought up from childhoot to think that the proper way of spend ing Sunday was to attend church twice a day, so soon forget their home teach ings on reaching this coast.' liien- ply of many was that they did not fee at home in the churches here. The cordial hand-shake, the words of wel come and cheerful greeting that they were used to in their old homes wa? missing here, and the result was that before they had time to overcome their homesickness for their old and familiar church ties, they had gradually drifted out of the way of going to church un til now it was the exception ami not the rule to attend Sunday services One little lady said : "Well, to be hon est with you, we can't allbrtl to attend church on my husband's salary. The pew rent, the regular Sunday dona tions for church a.id Sunday school, the contributions f r foreign ami home missions and the various other crying needs that we heard all the time and i t . w ii icn we leu we nuisi maKe some greater sacrifice to assist, soon drove us out of the ehur-h. There are too many tieniamls from the church to allow a man on a moderate salary to attend with his family. The result is that our eves became onened to the I act one day that missionary work .should begin at home, and we have een practicing it ever since." I find that a great many make the same com- laint. Everybody must decide this question pro and con for themselves. There is one Sunday in the year, however, in San Francisco, when the churches are not huge enough to hold the congregations that crowd them to the very doors this is Easter Sunday. Never was it more noticeable than it was this last Enster. People were up betimes, ami not only the fair sex, who went regardless of whether they had a new Easter bonnet or not, but the men, and youmg ami old; vied with nch itlnr in trciiur to r ii olmroli " to- - early em,tf to !l seat. Men, wonimand children, who failed to be scited stood patiently while they lis- tened with inteiii-e interest to the line ' Easter music prepared especially for the occasion and the sermons that ; were in keeping with the day. Those I who could not get in spent the time in visiting the different churches, taking a glai .ee at the decorations ami hurry ing tm until they had made the rounds. Never have the churches in this city been more beautifully tlecorated than they were this year. In all the churches white and green predomi nated and some of the decorations must have leen very costly. In one of the churches a single piece must have cost many dollars. It was sev eral feet high, by as many wide and was compo.-ed entirely of maiden hair ferns, orchitis and lilies-of-the-valley. When you stop to think that the cheapest you can get lilies-of-the-valley for is seventy-five cents per dozen and how many do.ciis of the dainty, beautiful little tlowers it akes to make a showing, and that orchitis the most costly and aristocratic little blossoms in the llower line, could not be hat! for less than two dollars and a half a dozen, you can imagine what the cost of thissuperb pitce would have been. The musical parts of the Easter services were a feature in all the churches, and greatly enjoyed. In one church they had a harp, cello ami twt violins ami a choir of beautiful voices that rendered the anthems and other music. The echoes of this part of the service w ill remain long in the memories of those who heard it, as well as Polly's. BRIEF REVIEW. Wonderful Silk of The Spider. The astronomer after the experience of many years has found thatthespider furnishes the only thread which can be successfully used in carrying on his work. 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 prop erty of withstanding great changes of temperature, ami often when measur ing the sun spots, although the heat is so intense as to crack the lenses of the micrometer eyepiece, yet the spider lines are not in the least injured. The threads of the silkworm, although of great value as a comnierciivl product, are so coarse and rough compared with the silk of the spider that they cannot be used in such instruments. Spider lines, although hilt a fraction of a thousandth of an inch in diameter, are made up of several thousands of micro scopic streams of lluitl, which unite ami form a single line, ami it is because of this that they remain true ami round under the highest magnifying power. An instance of the durability of the spider lines is found at the Alleghany observatory, where the same set of lines in the micronioter of the transit instru ment has been in use since lSoJJ. Letters Delivered After Twenty Years. Although belated more than twenty years, a love letter appointing a tryst has been discovered and forwarded to the person addressed, Alonzo Iiirdsall, a motormau who lives in Darby, says the Philadelphia Keeord. Iiirdsall was born anil raised near Bay City, Mich., and there he met, wooed and won his w ife, who was a Miss Parkinson. Her parents and his people occupied adjoining farms, but owing to a tem porary feud, the young people's love did not run smoothly. They courtet on the sly, and to facilitate meetings used to leave letters for each other in the hollow of an old elm tree. One day death visited the Birdsall family, and the feud was suddenly terminated In the excitement Miss Parkinson totally forgot the letter she had just left in the tree. The barriers removed, the lovers married, and about ten years ago moved to Philadelphia. Last week Iiirdsall received a letter from his brother, which explained thatin chop ping down the old elm he hail found a note, which he enclosed. Although weather-beaten anil discolored, the writing was legible. It ran: "John I bar, meet meat the Willows to-night Ellen." Left-Handedness and Crime. Dr. Flint's disclosure is that left handedness is an abnormality, and is often associated with a defective moral sense. Six per cent, of us are left- handed, and :!.( per cent, of the left handed are criminals. That, at least, seems to be the reasonable inference from Dr. Flint's statement that "(5-1-4 per cent, of the left-handed are not to be classed as criminals." Dr. Flint tslls us that out of every hundred criminals nineteen are left-handed, and that out of every hundred incen diaries twenty-eight are left-hantled. The first municipal museum to be opened in this country was inaugur- tled in Chicago recently with a valua- ile loan collection of exhibits illustra tive of the administration of cities ami the problems of urban life. The mus eum is to be permanent, but the loan ollection remained only a short time and was followed by a permanent col- eetion relating to the city of Chicago. fhe exhibitions comprise original drawings, models, photographs, maps, harts and literature contributed by many foreign and American cities. So very many men have passetl into irison gates through saloon doors anil into poverty through gambling halls. In Norway less than one acre in very one hundred is used for grain- growing. Tho question always is, not how bad a mistake you made, but how can you repair it and keep it from happening igain. Out of every 100,000 girls and boys in England and Wales (i.Sl'.i arc called Mary and (i,o!M) William. School teachers have run all the witches out of New England. THE PLAINS OF YUHA SOME OF THE CURIOSITIES OF THE COLORADO DESERT. (irnven Each of Which Tell a Story of a Tragedy of Heat. Thirst and Ilenth Odd Stone and Shell Thnt Strew the Iinrrcit Region. There is a section of the Colorado tlesert where nature has left some re markable records. She has visited the region alternately with fire and water and has left It with neither. It is the most desolate, wild, barren, forbidding part of the desert, says the Lo3 Ange les Times, and it is shunned alike by man and beast. That there is good and sutllcient reason for avoiding this locality is attested by numbers of r.ives, liaineiCis for the most part, found in the terrible region These graves are simple affairs, merely mounds of earth with a border of stones about each and a pile of rocks two or three feet high at the head. Each tells the storv of a tragedy of heat, thirst and death Those items are about all that Is ever known of the stories of those who perish. Their mummified bodies oi bleached bones are found long aftei the struggle Is over, and the finder, rtv spectlng the memory of the unknown, scoops a hole in the earth, lays the ghastly relic within and piles up the onlv monument available in that wild region. The plain now lies nearly a hundred feet below the level of the sea, and the rocks of the plain and the bases of the mountains are washed and eroded in a wonderful manner. Mingling with the burnt stones and volcanic debris are rocks worn by the waves and shaped into hundreds of fantastic forms. There are many acres of these stone curios! ties, and certain sections of the field seem devoted to certain shapes and figures For instance, one passes through a region which he at once names the cab bage patch, for it presents the appear ance of a field of those vegetables which have turned to stone. The waves have worn the rooks Into round bowl ders about the size of the vegetable which they so much resemble and have cut into the globed, laminating them in perfect imitation of the leafy layers of the garden vegetable. Another locality is devoted almost ex clusively to dinner plates. Thousand of rounded, thin disks are scattered over the plain or arc piled scores deep in singular piles, each piece shaped ex actly like the crockery which adorus our tables and quite as thin and sym metrical. not her section of this truly wonder ful region Is given almost whdfty dumbbells. Those vary In size fr to ary in size iroin pieces weighing one or two pounds up to those seemingly calculated for exer cising the muscles of a giant and weighing thirty or forty pounds each. In almost every instance these natural dumbbells are well balanced, the balls at either end of the connecting piece being of the same size and weight. There is in this plain an arsenal also While guns and swords and bayonets and powder were not there to be found, there are thousands., of cannon balls varying in size front two and three Inch balls to those fit for the big thirteen inch guns of modern warfare. And all are of stone, all formed in nature's workshop. There are other objects innumerable. There are stone roses, stone lilies, stone tulips, stone leaves, stone birds, stone animals, stone quoits, stone ornaments In varied and unique designs, stone canes in fact, almost everything con celvable In nature or art Imitated in stone on the plain of Yuha In one portion of Yuha rise two hills or small mountains. One might mis take them In the distance for ancient craters, but when he approaches the eminences he discovers them to be monuments to an ancient life the rec ords of species now extinct They are shell mountains, great beds of prehis toric bivalves which were left stranded when that ancient sea swept back from the region and left a dry and desolate laud One of these mountains, the large one, Is composed wholly of largo rough shells, much largt'r, but less elongated, than the shells of the modern oyster, which In some respects they so much resemble as to lead to the suspicion that they arethe remains of the ances tors of our much prized bivalve. The lesser hill Is composed of tiny shells of a prehistoric type of brachlo- poda. Like the larger shells, they are found except on the surface In an un disturbed state, both valves of nearly every shell beh.g found In position. Although the mollusk dwellers of these shells vanished several centuries ago, so perfect are the shells one almost ex pects when he opens the valve of the shell to find the living creature within Hctrlbiitlon. Millions of years had passed. Birds had succeeded to the suprema cy formerly held by man. "What Is that you are wearing on your hat?" asked the flamingo. "It's the scalp of an almost extinct biped called a woman," replied the egret. "A few specimens of the crea ture still exist, I am told, In the Inac cessible fastnesses of the everglades." Ilcvrard For Chnrchtrolnnr. At Ilolsworthy, In Devonshire, Eng land, the prettiest girl who attends church gets well rewarded for doing so. About fifty years or so ago It struck the Rev. Thomas Meyriek. who was then vicar of tho parish, that the young ladles there did not attend church so often as they might do. So he left a sum of money, and this, according to the terms of his will, was to be put out at Interest. The annual Income from It was to be given each year to the prettiest young woman at Ilolsworthy who had attended church regularly for that year. Filling the Proscription. .Tnrlcro Whnt wuro vnn ilnlnc tn the n -.. . . jwt. l ..... n - - - - honhnnan Gnmltr. Cn mtiA Ylrnll np Jedge. inah missus wall feelln pohly, l.l. .1 A. 1 1 en neu uocian tieciaiicu sue must nave Omiphrvl ntrrra T ii-nli tnu' riniwlilti' n few, Jedge, accordln' to odahs. New X- 1 rr.1 iorK Mimes. The charity that hastens to proclaim Its good deeds ceases to be charity and Is on1 -'do and ostentation. Mutton. MARCUS DALY'S PLUCK. I lie storj of it Limn I'liut Wrought SiieccN and Wealth. When the outlook was the blackest mid this indomitable captain of men, Marcus Daly, had exhausted his re sources and his credit a fortunate ac cident placed in Ids hands a small but sutllcient sum of money to transform inevitable defeat into certain victory. Lloyd Tevis, the California lawyer, and his milling partner, .1. H. Haggin, who had been visiting their properties at Houiestake, stopped at Butte on their way home to California to take a look at the new camp. Marcus paly knew Messrs. llaggln and Tevis well, for he had worked for them In the old Califor nia days. He visited them at their hotel, not the gorgeous palace of gran ite, marble, precious onyx and mahog any which adorns Butte today, but a humbler wooden structure more In keeping with the squalid surroundings of the new camp. In Ilaggln's bed room, the only place available for a private conversation, Daly made a clean breast of it to his friends and appealed to them for aid, explaining his theory fully and citing many ad ditional facts which had developed dur ug his mining operations in Anaconda that went to strengthen it. It was thoroughly characteristic of th' man that he did not attempt to haggle over the terms of the loan, but stated merely the facts and closed his negotiations with the words: "Now, gentlemen, that is a correct statement .f the situation of my affairs and the condition of my mine. I must have fjn.non, and I must have it at once to meet next Saturday's payroll and cur rent bills and to provide for the ex penses of operation for another slx uioiiths or so. If I do not get It I am Hat broke and will have to close up. I have told you what I have got and what I think and what I think I am going to get when that shaft Is down another 1(K) feet or so. Make your own trnis, but let me have the money." They gave him the $20,000, and, of course, being astute business men, a contract was drawn up and signed then and there transferring to them the con trolling Interest In the property. Rut up to the date of his death Lloyd Tevis always declared that, though he believ ed thoroughly in Marcus Daly's Integ rity, both he and Mr. llaggln thought that he was chasing a chimera, that the theory upon the elaboration of which Marcus Paly had spent so many sleep-ies-; nights and all his substance was fallacious and that no gold-copper de posit would ever bo discovered in the bowels of Rutte mountain. In fine. Haggin and Tevis let Daly have $20,000 because they liked him. They certain ly never dreamed that Anaconda would prove a more veritable bonanza than the Coinstock lode. As for Daly, he had never doubted his ultimate suc cess, and when three months after that meeting in the hotel bedroom the main ih.ift of Anaconda penetrated, as he had always believed It would, the richest and most cxien-i e goM copper de;io-dt u lie known world he conveyed the in tei.igcnce to his partners in California in this most matter of fact telegram "We have reached It. Come out and look at it." Public Opinion. An Indian I.cKend. There was once a man who 11 red in the forest far from the rest of his tribe. He lost bis wife and was very lonely. After awhile he made a wood en doll about her size, dressed it in the clothes she used to wear and set it up in front of the fireplace. Then he felt better. So a year passetl away. One night he came home, and there was his wife sitting In a chair In place of the doll. She spotce to him, saying. "The (Jreat Spirit felt soi for you, so he let me come back to see you. but you must never touch me. for if you do you will kill me." They lived thus together for a twelvemonth, but one night he attempted to clasp her in his arms. Behold, he was holding a wood en doll! She did not come to life again. and he was very unhappy ever after. Wel.ih Collejre Yell. The Welsh is a language that looks peculiarly fit for college yells. The Welsh yells are fully up to the level of those of this country. The University of North Wales has a yell something like tills: "Bravo, bravlsslmo. ray, ray, ra-o-roek! Ray-ray-ra-o-rock! Ray ray ray-o-rock!" Cardiff has a some wh.it similar yell, while at Aberyst wyth the cry Is: "IIlp-hlp-hur-aler! Hip-hip-liur-aber! nip-hip- bur-Aber ystwyth! With a pip and a pang and a yip and a yan. Yak! Yak! Yak!" Overcome. Timson I never fainted a war but once, and that was Just a few days ago. Simson What was the cause? Timson My wife told me that she had trained herself so she could walk through a store full of bargain counter sales with her purse full of money and never buy a thing. Detroit Free Press. AT A MAORI FEAST. An tldd Welcome and n Slip on the l'nrt of the Cook. Telling of his experience at a Maori feast, the New Zealand correspondent of Loudon Public Opiniou says: The Maori girls did a metty welcom ing dance, singing and dancing slowly backward all the way till we got to the Inclosure around the meetinghouse (whare purie), where the speeches were to be made. Then the older people cut amazing capers, snouted tnemseives hoarse and made the most repulsive faces you ever saw by way of welcome to their chief. Chairs were put for us on the veranda of the wharo. which was prettily tlecorated with beautiful palms. After some time of this and the pres entation of mats, etc., we were invited Into the whare to lunch. It was laid most correctly on big tables with cloths, but the menu consisted of roast duck, chicken, beef and sucking pig and, so it is said, potatoes, peas and knemaros (sweet potatoes), cooked In a Maori oven. I chose cold duck, with peas and potatoes. The duck arrived quickly, but the Maori girl who brought It said, with broad smiles. "The pota toes aren't cooked yet!" So my lunch consisted of thick, bread and two oranges. .lust as I finished the potatoes arrived In pretty plaited green fiax baskets. When a man seeks your advice he generally wants your praise. Chester- fleld. HINDOO CREMATION. The Funeral Tyre nnd the Rite Be fore the DnrnliiB. Toward the upper end of the ghats is the burning ground. There are no steps here, but a slope of beaten dirt Stop half an hour and you may sea every step of the cremation rltest- Sit ting ou stone ramparts above, to the right and left, are friends and relatives of the dead ones. The figure to the right, huddled up In a bright green wrap, Is of the lowest caste of Hindoo mid keeps the mat shed near by, where the sacred fire for igniting every corpse Is for sale. You hear hoarse, loud cries of Ram! Ramuua!" and, behold, a burial procession Is coming down the slope. Four men carry the corpse slung between two bamboo poles and cry to the god Ram. lie Is the personi fication of filial love, and thus It U meet that they should cull him to wit ness. They swing down to the river and Immerse the corpse. It Is wrap ped In a white shroud stained with red blotches. Then they lift the head slightly out of the water and remove the shroud from the face, splashing water live times upon the mouth. Others In the meantime are building a wooden pyre, made of fagots sold near by and when finished standing three feet or more above ground. The .iiTiti!ii itti fill ru color showlnir through the dripping shroud. Is then placed on the wooden altar and covered wim fagots. This done, nil but two mount the ramparts nnd watch the final cere mony. Of the two remaining, one pours oil upon the wood from a small clay dish, while the other goes to the lire house above. He soon returns with a long straw wisp, blazing at one end. He advances to the corpse's head, touches It with the wisp and then cir cles the pyre five times, touching the head each time until the fifth, when he places the blazing wisp beneath the feet, and the whole pile bursts Into flame. When all Is consumed the ashes are raked Into the river and float away to bliss eternfl.-F. J. O. Alsop in Out ing. CHURCH USHERS. Thone In Fnhlonllc Xerr York .Mut De Tall Men. "In the selection of church ushers luck all runs with the tall men," said a young mau who was politely turned down by the board of trustees of a fashionable church. "New York is a city of tall men when It comes to show off jobs. There are many distinct ad vantages to an ambitious man In serv ing as usher In a popular church. I have been 'sub' In my congregation for two years In hope of getting n perma nent appointment. I have remained In town during the fine spring and au tumn Sundays while other fellows went 'outing. I have been content to take a back seat on Important church occasions. Now I am through. "One of our ushers resigned last month, and It seemed as though my chance had come at last. My name went In. A fellow who has been In the church less than four months got the Job. He does not dress any more care fully than I do, and I have more friends In the congregation than he has. But It devolves upon four ushers to march down the aisle after the col lection and place the plntcfl at the foot of the pulpit. This is quite an impos ing part of the service. The ushers step as steadily as West Point cadets. Nowhere can a well fitting coat be shown off to better advantage. The ushers In our church are six footers. I measure less than five feet. It was suggested that I would look Incongru ous jogging down the aisle with the others. That's all." New York Press THE CENTO. IVhnt the Word Strtctlr Mean and What It Mean In I'octrr. A cento Is strictly a coat made of patches. In poetry It Is a piece wholly composed of verses or passages taken from different authors and so placed together as to form a new poem with a fresh meaning of Its owu. According to the rules laid down by Ausonlus, author of the famous "Nup tial Cento," the pieces may be taken from one poet or from several. The Empress Eudoxla wrote a life of Christ In centos taken from Homer, and Al exander Ross used Virgil for the same purpose. The following are modern Instances: I only knew he came and wont (Lowell) LIfco troutlets In a pool (Hood). Sho was n phantom of deltsht (Words worth). And I was like a fool (Eastman). "One kiss, dear mnld." I said and sighed (ColerldKe). "Out of tho.so lips unshorn" (Longfel low). She Bhook her ringlets round her head (Stoddard) And laughed In merry scorn (Tennyson). J nut a Hint. "John," she said softly, "have you been saying anything about me to mother lately?" "No." replied John. "Why do vou ask?" "Because she said this morning that she believed you were on the eve of proposing to me. Now. I do not wish you to speak to mother when you have anything of that kind to say. Speak to me, and I'll manage the business with mother." And John said he would. Sot an Knlacopalian. When Bishop Codumn was appointed to the Episcopal diocese of Maine he made a tour of his diocese and hap pened to stroll into a woodman's cot tage. Asking the woman of the house If there were many Episcopalians around there, she replied: "Well. I don't know. They caught some wild thing out here In the woods a couple of weeks ago, If that's what you mean, but I think my husband said It was a woodchuck." The Kicker. " 'Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast,' " quoted the young lady with a simper as she seated her self at the piano. "That may be," muttered a savage bachelor, "but there are some of us In this crowd who are civilized and de erve a little consideration." Practical. He Do you think you could love me In a cottage? She Possibly not, but I might be able to put up with you till you could make money enough to buy a larger house. Detroit Free Press. UNIQUc: . I'he Onlr Ilrlclc Walled Totvii Site Found In Thl Conntry. In many respects Aztalan, in Wlscon in, is among the most remarkable pre Listoric monuments In the northwesL It is the only brick walled town site louud in this country. It Is on the bot tom land of the Crayfish river, about two miles from Lake Mills. The Inclos ing walls of the town site are about Too feet on Its Hanks and about l,o0C feet long. The river served to com plete the Inclosure of seventeen acres of land. Within and without the Inclosure there are round, truncated and obloug mounds. Just beyond the Inclosing walls the laud rises abruptly over twenty feet to the rolling table lauds of the surrounding country. From the bank above a stone could be tossed In to the town site within the Inclosure, which would seem to be a good reason why thi3 Inclosure, which ha been called a fort, could not have been In tended for a defense against any hu man enemy. Along the brow of the higher land Is a row of more than thirteen round pyramidal mounds ranging from three to twelve feet In height. From the top of these mounds or standing on the table land an enemy could command the whole town site. It has always been conceded that Aztalan was not inclosed for purposes of defense. It has been supposed that it was walled for protection from wild animals, though the Inclosure has never been high or abrupt enough since Its dis covery to keep out the panther, wild cat, wolf, bear, moose and buffalo, which were the only dangerous anlmal3 of the woods hereabout. The purpose of Its Inhabitants In constructing this Inclosure over a half mile long still remains a mystery. The most remarkable art of Aztalan Is Its brick walls and walks. In this It Is singular and alone, the only example of bricklaying among all the monu ments of the mound builders. These bricks or bricklets are not rectangu lar and regular In form nnd size, as are the modern brick. They are simply balls of plastic clay welded by the hand Into small bricklets of Irregular forfn about the average size of a suow- ball. The material used was the glacial yellowish red clay of the vi cinity, and the color of the bricks Is red or light vellow. Under the glass scrapings appear like a handful or crystal sand. Minneapolis Journal. POINTED PARAGRAPHS. Don't be a misfortune teller. If you can't do anything else, try to keep out of the way. You don't have to be impolite to peo ple because you dislike them. Don't think up mean tilings in your mind which you Intend to say If you get the chauce. Don't tell your wrongs to your friends unless you want to discover that their enthusiasm is very weak. When an accident happens, there Is always some one present to tell how It could have been avoided. A man never knows till he gets out of the rut how many jolts and bruises he would have missed by staying In it. It is figured that one rich man's son who has all the money he can spend will spoil ten poor young men in the course of his life and not half try. Atchison Globe. WranKel and the Artlat. Adolf Meuzel did not care much for women, and he was apt to treat them with scant courtesy, no matter what their rank. When he was making his picture of the Konlgsberg coronation the Empress Augusta came to the con clusion that the women In It had not been sufficiently considered, so she sent Field Marshal Wrangel to tell him so. The artist took the criticism very 111 and bluntly told the marshal that he had better mind his military affairs and leave art to artists. After a vio lent altercation Meuzel pointed to the door, and Wrangel. red with rage, re tired with the word. "You are a nau seous toad!" Ther Didn't Have Time. A short time ago some men were engaged In putting up telegraph poles on some land belonging to an old farm er who disliked seeing his wheat trampled down, according to the vera cious Register of Great Bend, Kan. The men produced a paper by which they said they had leave to put tho poles where they pleased. The old farmer went back and turned a large bull In the field. The savage beast made after the men, and the old farm er, seeing them running from the field, shouted at the top of his voice: "Show him the paper! Show him the paper!" THE UNDER MARRIAGE. Weddlngr Cumuiiii and Frolic That Prevail In Holland. In Holland two weeks before a mar riage takes place cards are sent out de claring that the banns have been pub lished. This Is called an "under mar riage." The card also announces when the final marriage is to take place. The wedding Itself Is a small affair, and the civil marriage Is the ouly one rec ognized by law. A church wedding Ib usually looked upon as a concession to either fashion or sentimentality and is called a "consecration of the marriage." The couple enter the church behind the family members, bridesmaids and oth er attendants. They are shown to seats before the whole assembly, and the clergyman conies In with two witness es long after the others have been seat ed. He first makes a prayer, then de livers a sermon on a suitable text, which usually brings the bride to tears. After that the couple are married. Then a hymn Is sung nnd the blessing given. The whole occupies about an hour and a quarter. Before leaving the church a huge Bible Is presented to the bride groom. During the two weeks of wait ing between the "under marriage" and tho real marriage all the wedding fes tivities take place. The happy couple are literally surfeited with dinners, balls and theater parties, and all man ner of practical Jokes are played on the pair. At the dinner toasts Innumerable are given, and at each the whole com pany rises from the table to sound and touch glasses with the bride and groom, who never rise. Among their friends the Idea Is not to allow the couple a night of sleep, If possible, before the wedding day.