BAKDOX 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
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" 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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.