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Newspaper Page TextBAKDOX RECORDER CHOICE MISCELLANY FoH'cr Men I nitio t'nibrelln. "I believe the use of umbrellas by mou is largely being discontinued." said the dealer. "There was a time when every man had an umbrella and was absolutely dependent upon it in the event of a rainstorm, but from ob servations I have been making for my own satisfaction I am convinced that in a few years the man with an um brella will be the exeeption and not the rule. "The umbrella will beeome as obso lete as the rubber overshoe is today. Not many years ago shoes with soles as heavy as those on the finest foot wear of tin- present period would have been thought lit only for an outdo r laborer. Men wore dainty shoes then and used rubbers when it rained. Now they wear the heavy shoes, finding them comfortable in fair weather, nee essary in wet. "The rain coat will as surely put the umbrella on the shelf. It is light and comfortable. stylish in appearance and can be carried with as little inconven ience as an umbrella or cane. Then there is no trouble about managing it in a windstorm. lint when a man ha struggled through a small sixed hurri oane with an umbrella he i .ibout ready to throw it away and take h chances with the elements." Milw.-m kee Sentinel. Hit Iol of Slcliiiiinir Kyrxr. For more than a vtt tie man had been out of work. One Monday night. 1 POLLY LARKIPil p - - - - - . . " It seems to me Ihe world is grow ing worse and worse everyday, Polly or rather the people in it are," said : little lady the other day. " You know for a long time corporal punishment was done away with in a great nieas ure, ami you heard nothing of the pil lories and the whipping posts; peopli would have frowned down any stigges tioti that punishment of that kim should be meted out to ollenders. The tide has turned, however, and more than one state nas ndoptud the whi- ping post and pillories for prisoner There is only one place 1 would advo cate its use and that is in the case of men who beat their wives and chil ttrt'ii. in those cases i sav lav it on hard and fast and give them some their own medicine. That is the only place 1 can see where it is justifiable. A man once severely punished for this ollense will doubtless not have to huvi the treatment repeated in a hurrv. If he has a spark of manhood left he wil feel humiliated, am! will try in every way to atone for the mistake and not let it occur again. I noticed win re an enterprising woman had invented : whipping machine for wife-beaters am it does the work most elfectuallv. She dnuh.less knew by experience some o the trials and tribulations that come into a household where the husband is however, when e came back to fhe disposed to be a tyrant and who shows his authority in the household by beat lodging house lie reported "good hick. "What arc you going to do;" aked his friend. "Break eggs." was the reply. "I've got a p-ition in a cake and cracker factory. They have people in those concerns who do nothing but crack ing his better-half or the children. I think it is a bad state of affairs when cities ami towns have to resort to the whipping posts. Only the other day, the board of education in one of our eggs. Thev beg in t at S o e Wk n the prosperous cities met ami uiseusscu tne morning and keep it up till . o'clock plan of putting a spanking machine at night. In that time, they tell me. a into the schools for refractorv irit is l - - rT ...1... 1... t . . . . i uusiness can nre.'iK :i.ihh.i eggs, or an average of 1.000 an hour. And he doesn't smash them all at one clip either. He tackles them singly and dis jhwioc of them hi frroup of live that is. in order to avoid any accident with overripe eggs live of them are broken Into a bowl and then added to the g oral stock." ureal heaven:" ejaculated hi friend. "What a monotnnus grind: How much do you get for it V" une dollar a day." said the luekv man. "When I get up to the thousand an hour mark I'll get $l.f.i." 1 tell you. Polly, straws show which way the wind blows ami we are not ad vancing but rather going back. Dies not. that show it '.' Mailm fiorky'i Wealth. i-rom the many stories that have been printed about Maxim Corkv's early life of poverty, the general de-iir- nation of him as the "tramp author ami ins persecution by the Kusian government an impression prevail that the leading writer of Kussian fic tion of today is a poor man and not at nil a practical one. As a matter of fact, he is not onlv comparatively rich, but he has shown Children should not be ruled by fear, rhey are intelligent human beings ami they should be reasoned with, and if they don't know right from wrong, then point out their faults, lake them ;nto your confidence and strive in everv wav to bring out the best that is ii: every girl ami boy to more or less ex tent. It will be hard at first but the reward for all of your trouble will be great when it does at last come into the right. Reasoning and appealing to the higher motives of the child, mak ing him feel that the still small voice of conscience should be listened to and its pleadings and its warnings olieyed; brings out the manly and noble traits of character ami their buoyant spirits will soar like the hutbrrily, punish and humiliate him and nine times out of ten V SHORT STORIES DeiuoINIil iter the Higher Crltleliim. Shortly before his death Ceneral I'it-I ItigSi Lee of Virginia addressed the New Jersey legislature in connec tion with a commemorative celebration at the historic town of Jamestown. and arrange my hair, for 1 never lei him see me looking a bit frowsy or un tidy. I meet him always at the front door and let him know how welcome he is and how happy I am to have the noontide or dinner hour roll around. 'Does he appreciate all this?' you ask. You just ask him. Or betterstill, visit us in our own home, for our friends -Oer hi speech, relates the Philadel- are always welcome, and you can 'nlay livening Post. tl con judge for yourself. Oradually he has versa t ion dHHed to the early history ii.,, . . , . of irguua and incidentally the matrl dropped out of the various lodges he Jlin.im.; n Jo,m belonged to simply because home is Smm, .uuI VwtllnmUx more attractive to him, and he shows -j lu.vt.r discuss marriage." said (Sen ilis appreciation by remaining home ,.,:il Lee. "without thinking of an old with me. I have never raised any ob- darky preacher in my state who was jections and he has given them up one addressing ins dark skinned congre bv one nf his own iieentvl 'Pimm ic iwi gal loll When a White mail TOSC Up 111 7 . . jf'i L N LETTER ISppeisil Correspondence. The f inio'ts diotographic plate show ing 1 'resident Roosevelt on horseback taking a three rail fence probably has earned for its owner more money than each eye," says un old Australian hunt any oilier negative in the country. The er. "That will have the effect of milk man who took tJ.e picture declares that lu hIm Pen nla Jaws' umi ?OU can nuiKc ine most or your oppoi luuh. THE ALLIGATOR'S JAWS. They Will Open If Von Slick Yonr FlnRerit In IUm Eycii. "If ever you have the luck to be caught by an alligator put a finger In it has already made $(5,000 for him, and g capacity is not exhausted There are several known instances of the escape of natives by that means. Its . u-v :in- j Alligators prefer their food high, so the "Thei is no end to the demands for chances are If you are caught you will the picture from individuals. I sell be deposited on the bottom somewhere. ten of them to one of the president's bust, or of any other public man for rhyme or reason for a woman losing the admiration and respect of her hus band unless he happens to be a man without principle and without honor, and looking out for his own selfish pleasure, regardless of wife and home tics. There are exceptions, 1 will ad mit, but 1 would like to believe they are few and far between. BRIEF REVIEW. A Wonderful Flower. The Canadian Manufacturer reports the remaikable phenomenon of the dis covery of a tlower incased in a hole in an old iron casting, the tlower being in a perfect slate of preservation. A workman engaged in breaking up old iron at a foundry in Ontario came across an old wheel that had done ser vice on a stationary engine for many years. On breaking it he discovered in a crevice a tlower blossom in perfect condition, its color being as fresh as the day it found its way into its mysteiioiis hiding place. It hadfevidcntly fallen into the casting when it was being poured, and in some manner escaped injury from the molten metal. As the cavity was perfectly airtight it natur ally retained its freshness until ex posed to view. Build Cyclone Pits. As a result of the tornado at Snyder, tin back of the building. '".Mr. Preacher. said the white man. "Sir to you.' said the parson. ":;. P: her. you are talking about Cain, and you say he got mar ried in the laud of Nod after he killed Abel. Put the Bible only mentions Okla., inhabitants of the "2sew Coun try," in Oklahoma are digging .", H)U tornado cellars. City otlicersand town boards are urging the construction of tich caves, and some towns have passed ordinances requiring that these refuge be dug. At Iii:itou, the following offi cial public notice has been published: "On nights when clotnU look at all dangerous a sentry will be stationed in the bell tower, provided with a repeat ing shotgun. If there is apparent dan ger ne win ring tne neii ami lire a number of shots in quick succession. "vol" nr-Ait da r, iun:ir.iu:x and sistiuis? Adam and Kvo a being on the earth at that time. Who, then, did Cain marry V I id he marry his mother?' "The pivr.eher snorted. "lluh. he said. 'You hear dat. bredderen and sisters? You hear dat fool question I am axed? Cain, he went to de land o' Nod. just as de good book tell u. and in de land o' Nod Cain gits so lazy and so shifless dat he up and marries a gal o' one o deni no 'count pore white trash families dat de inspired apostle didn't consider tittiii' to mention in de holy word.'" A Cruel Kxperliiieut. Miss Ktelle Keel, the general super intendent of the government's Indian Also any person who sees a storm cwm- schools, was talking about cruelty. ing when the sentry is not stationed will be expected to fire a gun." Used 200 Diamonds Making a.Saw3 A large saw-containing "00 teeth, with a Brazilian diamond imbedded in each tooth, has just been completed v the Atkins saw works of Indian- jKlis. The saw is to be Used for saw- if he is of a sensativeand refined nature himself to be a good business man as or timid and shriiikung, he will be g -tone and w ill be placed in one of well. He organized and is the head made sullen and morose bv corporal the big quai ries at Bedford, I ml. Al of one of the larget publishing con- punishment : all the obstinacy and re- though a few saws of the kind have .... i- cerns in m. retersburg. which issues the works of the best known Kusian authors. Although the concern--It is called the Knowledge Publihing com pany has only been in business for a few years, t lorky is known to have made lLTi.ooo out of It in that time hellion in his whole being rises up, and been "st-d m this country before, they it will be many a long day before he are practically new in the West, 'fhe gets over the effect of what he terms haw just finished i eight feet in diame- an mjus'ice. Jle will' shrink within himself and the spirit that should soar will go back into the ugly chrysalis of his nature, leaving him bitter and dis- Cli ltd ren of London. apJKUllted. oil can lvad such a loy Sir Lauder P.runton. who has given lor girl, but vou cannot drive them. I much attention to the feeding of the predict that there will be more boys chii.tren of London s poor, write?: "In ,,.IV j1(M)k).v from school ami more run me oui paceiu oeparimeiu oi m. Bartholomew's hospital I found, as the result of many inquiries, that an ordi nary rule of feeding wa. 'Mother a bit and a sup and baby a hit and a sup. although the bit sometimes consisted of a red herring and the sup of glu and water. .s Mr Lauder adds, tne re sult of such feeding could not be bet ter described than in the word of a poor woman: "I have had thirteen chil dren and have buried them all except this one. I cannot understand how it came about, for I never denied them anything tney cneu tor. IIiimmIu'm Lnclc of Snllor. writing trom Ktissia inanv years ago. Illchard Cobden said: "PeopI confound in their minds the defensive and the aggressive power of Russia She is Invulnerable against foreign at tack bv laud because no large artnv can be concentrated within her bor ders. She has a large force of ships of war. but they are manned by serfs taken from the villages of the interior, who are undeserving the name of sail ors, and it is prcttj' certain they wotiK never venture Into an engagement with an English or American lleet. and if they did It Is mtite certain they wotilt be taken or destroyed. 1 he present war has proved that Ktissia still lacks effective seamen. Herat-lent Hack Burdens. Probably the greatest weights car rled on the backs of men for any dis tance are the loud. of ore brought up from the mines of the Andes by miners of Chile. In a copper mine In a ravine leading from the main range of the Cordilleras all the ore Is carried a ver tical distance of -4."0 feet, and the aver age weight per man Is l?."0 pounds. This load 1 carried up laddc rs made of notched trunks of trees s . almost up right, one touching the other. Stlclc to Their Own Tongue. In Wales there are about fiOSOfMj peo ple who cannot speak English. Welsn being their only language; in Scotlan.. there are A'i.'VM persons who can spca . nothing hi: Caelic. and in Irelan l there are :VZ.'ui wh i can express them selves only in the Irish tongue. terand live-sixteetithsof an inch thick. Kach stone is set in a different posi tion, just as the alternate steel teeth of a saw are located. I tic diamonds are about a carat in size ami very dark. The average value of the stones is !'(. Ruse Became Reality. A dispatch from DuBois in the Phil adelphia Press says: In order to test the love of his sweetheart, "Bert" Brown wrote a letter to the girl in- are in practice. Corporal punishment iorniing ner oi nis dentn on ttie rail- makes a child afraid U tell the truth road and signing to it the name of a for he dreads the consequences. He rival. With the letter still in his will fib quick enough it it is going to pocket, before he had had time to mail ave him from the wrafji of stern par- ", Brown suflered the identical death cuts or teachers. ( Jive the boy a show I" Inch he had pictured. Brown and and treat him like he is a little gentle- John Kriedmaii were walking along away from home and iseek their lor- tiuies elsewhere in those places where the schools adopt whipping as a pun ishment, than where present good laws "Cruelty." she said, "is lack of imagi nation. U isn't true that only savages are cruel. All people without deve!o,iel mind minds capable of ympathy are cruel, children till they have learn ed to think are cruel invariably." Mi Keel smiled. "Let me tell you about a little boy." -he said. "To this little boy there were gien two images of plaster coated u the outside with pink sugar. He wanted to eat the images, but he was warned on no account lo do so. " -They are poison.' he was told. Tf j on eat them. It will kill you.' 'However, the little boy was dubi ous. He had been cheated before this by grownup people. Hay after day he :iUe.l If he might not eat the images. Finally he had a voting friend. Kichard Howe, to spend the day with him. and that night it was discovered that one of the images had disappeared. "Hi mother, nearly frantic to him. "'Harold,' she said, 'where pink image:' "Harold frowned as he answered dc tlantly: "'I give it to Kichard Howe, and if he" alive tomorrow I'm going to eat tie- other one myself.' "Buffalo Enquirer. rushed Is that Jujn Worlilprr0. The Aro tribe, inhabitants of south ern Nigeria, worship the "Long Juju." This is a Jealously guarded circular pool of water to which sacrifices of hu man beinga and animals are made. Each house haa also its own private "Juju." .The hoy of this tribe on reach ing a ee-tain age are put through va rious tests of physical endurance, one of which is to run twice round the town, about four miles, without stop-nine. man, with power to rc:ison out for himself the dilfeieiice between right and wrong, bringing out the braveaud true. the railroad when a train killed both. Nose Cut Off. Ortis Martelle, :ui employe at the American Window (Mass company' big plant in Hartford Citv, I ml , had Here is the way to keep your bus- his noe entirely severed from his face band alwavs your lover and contented bv a peculiar accident. A working- ind happy w ith Id lot, ami with no I man carrying a large cylinder of win- desite to forsake the benedicts, accord- Mow glasson hisshoiilder collided with ing to a bright little woman who glor- him, striking him in the face. 1 1 les in the fact thai though she has proboscis was completely cut oil. He been married six years their honey- picked it up, put it back in place and moon has never waned. dic savs: hurried to n physician. "When he comes in at night, tired w ith tne dav s worn, i never nave a doleful, dark tale of woe to relate, but I tell him all the cheerful, bright bits of news, thegos-ipy kind that does no one an injury. Permission Souyht At (f'ovemor Herrick's office a letter was received from "Miss L. Xeal" of Bedford, )., who wants permission, to 1 never allow him to (Ion men's wearing apparel. The wo see me irritable or cross nor do I al- man savs she workson a farm and that low him to find me slovenly in my kkirts interfere with her useful m dress. I take just as much pains to She wants to know if the governor can appear dainty and attractive as I did not give her permission to get into in the days of our courtship. This is trousers just where so many women make their mistake. They become careless and bnake in Her S"macn think, 'oh, it's just home and any old ,,)r l,,e l)asl i-y".s Mrs. John I an dress, probably greasy and fraved at leis nwl 'iU Year ' l0M'0 Has been a the edges, will do. Possibly her hair smit'rer' wnl Pbyians w'r-' "aiued rap at the gate St. Peter will ne uncombed and siill ; ,.,iri hus to the cause of her trouble. A short there":' Me say. -Peter ... l: .. i... i pers, articles m a woman's toilet that il h lei-siume hum.- ....-m should have disappeared before the h'v-'' i"les " length was taken irom - - - . breakfast hour was announced. The Uer slo,micl1' wa ' I a i . t it I clean white collar or the t.reltv ribb.ni 11,1,1 " "6 " 1,1 ''r u-lii.di ,.!,....: ;.. :.. i...- uc.u noDodV can girlhood days is missing, the daintily (,,uU IlU'hfn. That country is the richest which nourishes the greatest number of noble and happy beings: that man is the rich est who. having perfected the functions of his own life to the utmost, has also the widest helpful influence, both per ponnl and bv means of his possession over the lives of others. John Kuskiu. tell. .Mrs. Daniels manicured linger nails arc in mourn ing, and you can hardly believe that this slovenly woman was once the unk of neatness. I avoid all of this, ind while I do 1113 own work, still I manage to get mv dinner started, the able set as carefully a though" we ex acted guests, ami flowers on the table if it is only two or three graceful lacy em leaves. 1 rest a few minutes, if it is only to sit down in a big easy rocker for about ten minutes with in v eves dosed and my mind dwelling on some thing pleasant. I get up refreshed, niton a fresh dress or brighten the one I have on with ribbons or laces, Ilniiiiltinl Ilnnitlii'n In.Hiilt. When Hannibal Hamlin was speaker of the Maine house of representatives there wa a member of the name of Allen, who was noted for the great care with which he combed his hair. Hamlin liked a Joke as well as any one. : nd he sent a page to Mr. Allen, asking him to stop up to the speaker's dek. Mr. Allen was gravely Informed by the speaker that one of the hairs on the top of his head was lying across another one. He never forgave Ham lin for insulting him, as lie called It. Boton Herald. Peler I'nul of Aroiiiltiiik. An Indian named Peter Paul. living in Aroostook county, shot a moose near the New Brunswick line, sav the Bos ton Herald. The laws of Maine pro tected the moose by a line of S.'o. He was arrested and brought into court, but pleaded not guilty, clahuing the moose was shot in Victoria county. But the court found him guilty. 'I lie judge sentenced him to pay a line of :?."i. When Peler Paul paid his fine ho said to the Judge. "Me wants a re ceipt." The judge replied: "We never give receipts. It is on the court record." "Me mut have a receipt." said Peter. "Me die some dav. When me say. 'Who's Paul.' St. Peter go away, look over the books, come back ami say. 'I find a crime standing against you of shooting a moose, violating the laws of your state. Me put in hand In me pocket and take out the receipt. St. Peter open the gate and tell me walk In. If me have no receipt me have to go down below to find vou." that matter. It Is a great seller." The jumping picture Is a favorite of the president's also. He gives a great many of them away with his signature tin the bottom. Dozens of them are purchased every week by strangers who then send them to the White House with requests for signatures. The picture is one of a scon' taken a couple of years ago. The phot'ig.uphci was on hand at the Chevy Chase Hunt club by appointment one day and to.!; picture after picture of the president as the latter cleared the f nee. Ilcjlmru (! 1'lult' S-jit. The seat in the l'n.ted St ite-; senate occupied for many ears by ihe late Senator Orville II. Piatt will be tided uext winter by Senator Hcyo-im of Idaho. It i known on the 'igrain of the senate as No. and w : p --ked out by the Idaho man 'uring the last session, not beeaue he expe. se.t Sena tor Piatt to die soon, but because he regarded it as the most desirable one In the entire chamber and wanted to put in an early claim for it. I'ndcr the sy-teiM id awarding seats in thi body the first m.-.n to file a claim on a se.it gel it on the death, resignation or defeat of the occupant. Senator Hey' urn has been unfortu nately located ever s'n-.-f he entered the sen ie. He ha a seat in the back row. directly in t;-ont of a door that opens on the e-.t -t portion of the capl tol. IVesiicnt a TnAblcrniiM. Pres.de'.d Ko.seelt has become a taxidermist. n his return from a limit ing trip a large grouse was pre sent, d t Irm by student of a school . I ta::.de 1:1.. ot uni til 1. ine prc.:ueiu appr cct nd lai specimen and has 1111 tlei u t. mou .; some of hi own tro- pll es of the ii: C. Last car when ihe president went to the i.atiou U pirk the only animal he l.ilvd wa a peculiar mouse, which he 1 . unte.i l'i'i:selr. Now Mr. Koosevelt is .aid to h ve started a regular course 1 1 iii- M-iiction in taxidermy. .Miul.-Msm :it I lie ('miltnl. Pig - are h msed in the summer home of .iejersoit Davl. and the Southern Historical s cieiy is indignant at such an Ir'Hsus. The summer place of Jef i'et -on La . i . on the New Cut road, has t ecu turned into a stock farm, and Jef-:- i -a ' " home in Washington ha-; I e 11 transformed into a stockbroker's ollice. Another piece ot vandalism has oc curred at Prospect cottage, on the Po tomac, for many years the home of E. D. E. N. Southworth. A local railroad company has purchased the property from the Southworth heirs and has let the cottage to peanut venders, and pea nuts, fruit and soft drink counters are erected in the grounds and in the home of the once popu'ar authoress. Mrs. Southworth wrote fifty novels in Pros pect cottage. I'r.HMent to Vlnlt Kloriiln. Five of the leading Kepublicans of Florida, a state where the Kepublican organization Is always harmonious. called on the president recently and urged him to visit points in that state, when he goes south In October. They not only wanted him to go to Jackson ville and cities In the northern part of the state, but to Tampa and the far south. The president said he could not now say how many places he would slsit. but that he intended to go to Jacksonville. Florida Is one of the states the president has not taken in since he became president, and he has f.o intention of omitting a stop there. Ail in I nil Deney'H Crng. Some time ago when Admiral Dewey called at the White Ho.c and was go ing away some of his newspaper friends spoke to him about his health. He said that it was all right, but that his physician had seen lit to have him discontinue the use of spirits of any kind "cut off my grog," as the ad miral expressed it. The man who whipped the Spaniards at Manila bay never drank much grog in his life, but he didn't mind being In such physical shape that he could sup a little grog If he desired. Some newspaper man who did not understand that the ad miral's remarks were personal and not Intended for publication sent out a ' I heard of one native escaping even then. When crossing the rivers the natives carry stout sticks, so If en countered by an alligator they can ward him off by shoving a stick down his throat. "That alligators have enormous strength I have evidence besides my own experience. At Port Esslngton a buffalo was drinking In a stream when an alligator nailed it by the head and drowned it. Soon afterward a horse was caught while drinking at the same spot. It dragged the alligator about forty yards before the brute let go Mr. Koblnson anchored the body of a horse a little distance out from a cliff close to his camp. In due time he had his chance and shot a fifteen foot alligator." LAPLAND BABIES. For Their IMrnt Few Month They Live In "Wicker Dnnketn. Little Laplanders spend the first few months of their existence in baskets of wlckerwork provided at the top with a conical framework too close for the ba by to fall through and yet giving the infant plenty of light and air. Before commencing her work for the day the Lapp mother places her child in the basket and hangs it on the limb of some nearby tree, occupation being found for the little one by stringing toys upon a cord passed across the top of the basket. Thus provided, the child spends the entire day in the open and yet at the same time Is guarded from the troubles and dangers of outdoor child life In other countries. The basket idea curiously parallels the Indian idea of strapping the pa poose Into a carrying case, but the Lapp baby has the advantage over its Indian fellow In that Its limbs are un coil fined and a certain amount of liber ty of movement Is afforded. The child is carried from place to place in the same basket, the cord by which it Is attached to a tree being slung over the shoulder. COSTLY UlfcHES. THnlnK Services of Sollil (iolil 11 ml DlHhen of Itnre China. I happened to be in Tiffany's and asked one of the head men if it is true that people really eat off gold plates. He smiled and, turning to a young man. said, "Bring me an after dinner coffee set." And pre-, ntly the young man return ed with a small tray holding thrci ! small pieces. Thev were gracefully fashioned and looked like gold. And the tray looked like gold. "What do you think they are':" asked the head man. "Silver gilt," I suggested. "Hold it." he said and put the serv ice in my hands. "It's heavy," said I. "but it can't be solid gold." Hints what it is, he assured me and pointed to the mark. "These four pieces the tray, the coffeepot, the cream pitcher and the sugar bowl are eighteen carat gold, solid. I lie price Is $;;.nno." Not only is it true that a number of millionaires in America own plates of solid gold or silver gilt (which latter Is considered good enough for Euro pean royalty!, but there are rich fam ilies who boast sets of china costing from $:?.non to ?r.0o0 a dozen, so that the breaking of a single plate means the loss of several hundred dollars. Success. A DIFFERENCE IN NAMES. THE LASTING BRICKS. Once Made, These Cnkcs of Baked Clnr Are Good. For All Time. From the time the clay is dug out of its bed until It finds Its permanent place in some building's walls as a brick it is bundled not less than a hun dred times and by more than a score of different Individuals. Take into account the persons and processes directly and Indirectly in terested in brickmaklng. masonry building and inhabiting such buildings, and the human mind Is ballled by fig ures reaching into the trillions and a trillion is written 1,000,000,000.000! Once made, a brick is practically in destructible. Nearly every brick that has ever been made by man from the beginning of time is still in existence on this earth. The men who made and laid them and who directed these operations have long since been gath ered into dust. Some of them have doubtless contributed In their bodies to the making of more bricks. But the steadfast and enduring square of baked clay persists and will until the liea ens and earth are shriveled Jfke a scroll. I'poii inscriptions In bricks our earli est knowledge of human history de pends. Kings whose glory has passed so utterly that all but their names have perished still owe the perpetua tion of these names to a mark in the perdurable brick. Chicago Journal. Pro flf:ililc 1'oli ten ?. "The custom house nuisance can be greatly abated by a knowledge of for eign manners," says an experienced traveler. "Politeness is not absolutely thrown away even on American cus tom house officials, and in France it is three-quarters of the battle. The whole secret of getting easily and comfortably through the douane lies in the greatest possible politeness and the least possi ble appearance of Hurry. 'Pardon, mon sieur: si vous attrez la bonte," etc., is a safe prelude to a happy and rapid re lease. If you have nothing to declare say so at once and at the same time be gin to open your bags and boxes. In nine cases out of ten this will have the effect of making the officer chalk all your boxes without a word. A little joke, too, about the absurdity of im porting anything into so perfect a coun try a France or some such mild jest will often go far to put .vou on the best of terms with the douanler. P.ut above all things be polite. Kemember that in France you cannot lay it on too thick." little storv about It. The story has gone ail over the country, and when Admiral Dewey was leaving the White House the other day after a call upon the president he spoke of it. "I am receiving many letters from personal friends consoling and sym pathizing with me In the loss of my grog." said the admiral. "Members of temperance organizations appear to be especially pleased. It was a great joke, and I am putting In my scrap book the comments that I receive." CA KL SCIIOFIELD. I.nerexlii Ilornln. Lucrezia Borgia was a singularly beautiful woman, with gray eyes and yellow hair. It was said of her that her upper .eyelids drooped over more than half the Iris, so as to give the eye a languid expression. She had a peculiar trick of looking steadily side ways at those with whom she con versed, and this peculiarity Invariably excited distrust in those who observed it. She was singularly gifted In con versation and repartee and could hold her own in any company. Some Order Thnt Puirled the Sen York FiHh Dealer. The fish market man glanced at the retreating figure of a lean, lank cus tomer and remarked: "I wish that fel low would learn to talk United States. He comes In here and says, 'Have you any squitcague?' and after awhile I find out lie wants weakfish. Then one day he ordered a horse mackerel, and I had to send for a dictionary before I found out that he wanted bluellsh. Where did lie come from? New Eng land, he says, and calls things by the names they do down there. "Strange that a few miles should make such a difference In fish names. Why, when he wants a blacklist! he calls for tautaug and orders quahuags when he wants clams. He Is almost as bad as an Englishman who came Into a meat market where I worked once and asked us If we had any sa vory duck. 'This is no poultry shop,' said I. 'I know It,' replied he. 'Then why do you ask for duck?' said I Ywiat do you suppose he wanted? Nothing In the world but hog's pluck, or pig's liver, as the overreflned call It." New York Press. Small I'liiMtlc Judgment. That insects think Is the belief of a French neurologist who has been mak ing careful observations of ants and bees. He thinks that, letween the ideas of the naturalist who regards in sects as mere automatons and those of the man who treats them as humanly Intelligent, there is a happy medium of common sense, and this he has tried to attain. His observations timch him that, although most of the acts of in sects can be explained by instinct, there remain what he calls "sniail plastic judgments" by which they avoid difficulties and steer their way beyond dangers. The directive faculty of bees especially and their wonderful memory for places can hardly In? ex plained 011 the theory of automatism. riovtliiK the Wuter. A curious method of producing plat inum is reported to be practiced by the Inhabitants along the Turn river, in Tomsk, Siberia. They call it "plowing the water." A raft Is constructed, and fastened to it Is an Inclined gutter of boards, which at Its lower cud is pro vided with an iron plow. While Hunt ing down the ricr they scrape or plo v Its bottom. The sand sc.-aped out fails Into the gutter and passes into a tub filled with pine boughs, upon which platinum is deposited. The sand of the Turn river and its tributaries is so rich In platinum that even this primitivy production is profitable to the peasants. Two IMetnrrs nt Once." A well known landscape painter was busy "dashing in the colors of a sun set. Ihe tints were hurriedly convevei! from tube to palette and from palette to canvas, for the artist was anxious to catch the effect. A rustic standing by observed the operation for a little while and then re marked: "Ah. you be a-painting two pictures at once. That's clever." He paused a moment and then blurted out. I like that picture best, the one you've got your thumb through!"- London M. A. P. Concernlntc Sennlcknmn. Two congressmen, discussing the dis comforts of travel, happened to branch off on to the subject of seasickness. One of them said: "Talk about seasickness, tbe fellow that traveled with me on my last Euro pean trip beat anything I ever met In all of my experience before. I tried all sorts of remedies on him, but without nvall. He kept repeating, 'Oh, I am so sick, I am so sick.' "Finally I cried out, 'Can't you keep anything on your stomach?' " 'Only my hands. Tom. only un hands.'" Harper's Weekly. Emerson defined greatness as sim plicity. "Indeed, to be simple is to be great." The question emerge. Is life simple today? If not, will It be simpler tomorrow? If not, then how can there ever again be such grea.tness as in the past In a world of ever increasing com plexity? Harper's Weekly. An F.oonoiiilenl IIouKeivIfe. "Way do you so often invite that old gossip. Mrs. Brown?" "(Hi. she always knows so many in teresting things to tell that every one forgets to eat. and almost all the cake Is left." Fllegende Blatter. A Bold Girl. Her Mother If you marry him you need never expect nie to come to see Matrimony and Thcolojcy. Matrimony should end all doctrinal quibbles. If the man happen to lie yoll born a pagan and the woman some- Daughter -Will you thing else, let them compromise their tvrltlng? put that into .Vat iirnll y. "I've got a new boy at my house." na Id the barber proudly, as he began uperatlon on the face before him. That's my fourth." "All little shavers. .if:" said the lath--red customer. Baltimore American. differences and become, both of them, of the same faith. Let them cast lots If then' be no other way. From "The Bishop's Niece." by George II. PIcard If we did not take great pains and were not at great expense to corrupt our nature, our nature would never corrupt us. Clarendon. "What for?" "I want to give It to Fred as a wed ding present." JVot There Yet. Claude Don't you think my mus tache is becoming? Maude Well, It may be coming, but It hasn't got there yet. New York Times. A Celebrated Sulfide. Ilaydon. the celebrated historical painter and writer, overcome by debt, disappointment and ingratitude, laid down the brush with which he was at work upon Lis last great effort. "Alfred and the Trial by Jury." wrote with a steady hand. "Stretch me no longer upon this rough world." and then with a pistol shot put an end to his tiulinppy existence. Flrat Serloun Trimlilc. Mother -So you and Harry Iwvfc quarreled, have you. HortnitV WUitl Is the matter? Hid lie liud fault wink .1 e cooking'; Voting Wife (sobbing! N. m-ittniti-ai?t. My c-eooking suits him w?eH itiougli. but he s-says I'm Pa !f wrong on the subject of IwptisH.-. Chicago Tribune. The (nam- of the Disturbance. The Farmer (In the side show, look ing around In alarm) Cosh! When-". ill the rattlesnakes? The Lecturer -Don't be alarmed, my h-Ieiid. It's only our living skeleton, who Is suffering from the ague. y 11 bear. Judge. A Blood SacklnR Earthworm. South Africa Is the home of a species of earthworm, a creature closely re lated to our common angleworm, who Is not only a giant among the denizens of the soil, but which is reputed to have a taste for human blood. There are two species of this uncanny wig- gler one of a dark red color and the other almost black. They are larger than one's finger and from three to four inches in leuh SeinMbnean. Selfishness in some form Is nt ti... foundation of most of our tinham.!,,.. I uuu misery, ir we could analyze atl : the suffering in the world and trace It uacK to its nrst cause we should proli ably find that selfishness was the great est factor in creating It.