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AN INDIAN LEGEND. NEW SHORT STORIES WASHINGTON LETTER WUMUR OF THE HOUR WOMAN AND FASHION Snlt For Young; Girl. Here is a smart model designed with an eye to the youthful charms of the young jrirl. Its good style reeoni tntMtils this suit for church wear, but It Is practical for every day as well. Backward turning plaits appear in Bkirt and jaunty bolero jacket forming n trimming that has met with popular approval. Brown prunella cloth in any of the late shades can be used with KOLEIIO COSTCME. good .effect in this suit, and if one se lects a longer blouse to wear under the short coat so much the better. Poplin is also well liked, as are mohair, shep herd plaid and rajah silk. For medium size live and three quarter yards material, thirty-six inches wide, are required. The Sack Jnckct. The sack jacket, made on the square lines of the Chinese mandarin's com, threatens to become most popu lar. It looks its best when covered with a braiding and may be most spe cially recommended to the stout ma tron, so that if she be not too stout below the waist she will find this ex ceedingly becoming, and a capital ef fect is giiiuetl by wiie in dark red braided in gray ami lined with gray, ti.e skirt beiim plain and the blouse beneath it of gray crepe de chine em hroklored by hand in rod silk, lnter seeted with designs of white lace. Concern Ins: "Wrnpper. The old fashioned idea or the cash Mere wrapper which was once the vogue in ex cry family In the land has been superseded by the one made of silk and of fine silky velUm's. llenrl also plays an inqwiriant part In ibe wardrobe which oue wears on the !ar at home, and even pongee and tnoliair have been Impressed Into the -.yri jee You jju- 1mvi sniiuliiim llrfil :md pretty. hln and e.ol. yet a!:t-i to wear for day occasions. The ' borate figured silks are hardly a1r-riaie. but there are cheap soft Jlks a Inch are good. l'alry Xrnrfi For Cool MkIiIm. Tbere is a great revival of Spanish laee -ha wis. and scarfs yf all shapes are being worn either In black or cream color, and many of them are dyel ;:i a soft pastel shade. Another fetching lace shawl is of coffee co! rel siifc ehuiy. shaped like a fichu with kitig. taperinir ends. Cream colored not Is also outlined In fichu shape with heavy Arabian lace. A Modish 1. It lie Wrap. The devotees of fashion are again realising the graceful becomingin'ss of the cape, ami It is seen in vary'ni; form and styles as a part of the n: st fashionable toilets. The little cape riiown here is one of the latest mxl ei in white tafleta. No adornment mars its simplicity save fr the neat slitehlog whi.-h follows its !.';. Tie lower edge diaMs downward in front i.atk !'I:l. und opens In a V at the neck, which Is finished with a collar of fanciful outline. This garment owes its entire style to the cut, there being no seam or other feature where a mistake could possibly be made In the reproduction. The collar may be omitted if pre ferred. This little cape would be very effective made of taffeta to match a cloth skirt or of linen or rajah to com plete a costume. The Mazer. The name "blazer" was originally applied to the bright red uniform of j the Lady Margaret Boat club of St. 1 John's college, Cambridge. The brll- j limit scarlet which was the invariable i characteristic of the-Johnian "blazer" doubtless suggested the name, and as an expressive slam; epithet it proved a hlL In" course of time the application of the term widened and is now ex tended to any fright or pale colored flannel jacket, stripe or plain, wheth er for cricket, football, tennis, boating or seaside wear. London Standard. CHOICE MISCELLANY .Million nt u Mulc'H Hoof. In the World's Work Uds story is told jf the discovery of the famous Coeur l'Alene mines: Half the lead that has been mined in the I'nited States has I'umc from the famous Coeur d'Aienes, the most-productive lead mine-: in the world. Like many of the richest mines they were discovered by pure luck. A man lent his mule to two prospect ors. In the course of their wanderings the mule was tied to a tree, and he, becoming impatient, pawed the ground and uncovered a Jead vein which is now the site of the famous Bunker Hill Sullivan mine. The owner of the mule sued for a third interest In the claim, and the courts granted It to him, stat ing that as the mule had made the dis covery and that as he was Its owner lie was entitled to the mule's share. The three owners sold their discovery for 'O.ik ii, and nothing was too goud for that mule for the rest of his days. He was exhibited in a private ear and lived onlthe fat of the land, and now a tombstone marks his grave. Sen A u I main In the Uenert. Scientists of the University of Call forma who have been searching for prehistoric animals on the Nevada des ert for the hist few months have suc ceeded in finding skeletons of some sea mammoths on the dry wastes. One of the specimens is twenty-nine feet long and packed occupies fifty four boxes. This specimen was found on the great forty mile desert In Humboldt coun ty and Is considered one of the most valuable fossils ever unearthed. The professors say that the deserts of Nevada are rich In such prehistoric relics, and they intend to spend several weeks more In research. The large sea animal has been shipped to the University of California and will be placed in the museum of that college. The professors intend to cover the whole state of Nevada before return ing to California, but so numerous have been their finds in the Humboldt desert that they may confine their work to that place alone. San Fran cisco Chronicle. IIdssIh's Cheerless dtie. There Is something terribly depress ing about these ungainly Russian cities, vast in extent, though eompirt tively small in population and more like overgrown villages than real towns. There are very many of them scattered about over the length and breadth of the empire, both in Europe and Asia, all very much alike, all dirty and uncomfortable, untidy and. with a few exceptions, utterly devoid of anything worth seeing. Kvery one ms oppressed by the unutterable dreariness and monotony of life, by the squalor and the sordid poverty, es pecially in wet weather, when the filthy streets become rivers of mud and the cabs have Just enough life in them to bespatter luckless foot passengers from top to toe. From Villari's "Kus sia." A Xew Method of Cooling- It noma. John Arbuckle. the rich Brooklyn manufacturer, has invented a method of coollne and drvim; the air of rooms mTmaTTerTrow hot and hunYId It may be outside. The plan consists of pipes containing brine, which Is carried around the room, being forced very much like the heat Is forced in winter, and the more intense the pressure the lower will become the temperature. The secret of It is that the moisture is taken from the air. being concealed on the pipes, from which It is then re moved, and the humidity is thus done awaj- with. No Ice or chemicals are used. This i:.ethod of cooling has been experimentally demonstrated in a big hotel, and those who have seen It in operation sny it is a great success. New York World.. Hoarding L'nltrd State Criminal. A female pickpocket, known all over the United States, got off with a four months' sentence In Toronto the other day because Judge Morgan believes that Canada should not have to sup port United States criminals. Ou' in British Columbia the point of view is different. When a criminal hailing from tie' United States falls into the clutches of the law he Is given all the law allows, the opinion prevailing that It Is cheaper to board one United States criminal for a long time than many United States criminals all the time. The British Columbia view Is the right one. Montreal (Que.) Gazette. A Rare nutterfly. The Brit!h museum has in Its col lection a rare butterlly which was ob tained In n remarkable manner. On a steamship bound for Sydney, N. S. W.. several men were shooting nt a mark with a revolver. As one of them was about to fire he noticed k butter fly hovering over the ship. He shot at it and brought It to the deck, consid erably mangled. The Insect was so beautiful that the nieces Were collected and sent to an English entomologist. The butterlly proved to be of a species entirely unknown to the scientific world. A Modent Dnkc. The Duke of Norfolk's dislike of pompousness has given rise to many stories. A school treat was being held In Arundel Bark, his splendid ancestral home, and the duke was crossing one of the lawns when a teacher, unaware of the duke's Identity, rushed across to hlm and shouted: "Come off the grass at once! It Is people like you whose behavior gets parks shut to the public:" On another occasion, It Is said, the duke went to a convent to preside over a gathering. The sister who opened the door thought the un obtrusive stranger was seeking assist ance and gently told the duke there was nothing for him! Xot I'lnyltiK Future. "YIs, mum. Oi'll make yez as good a cook as the nlxt wan." "I don't know anything about the next one, but you'll have to be better Hem ho hint one" Houston PohL "fioliiKr." Rnt and Tl'eit. "I tell you what," said Gotham, en tertaining his western cousin, "every thing's so high here It's almost Impos sible to keep a house going." "Well." replied the Kansnn, "the winds are so high out our way it's al most impossible to keep a house from going."- Philadelphia Press. ilutv the An tu m a I.enven Were Tra unformed Into Birds. An Indian story that has been hand ed !i)wn and is still believed by many Indian tribes is one about the trans formation of leaves into birds. Long vears ago, when the world was young, the Creat Spirit went about the earth making It beautiful. Wherever his feet touched the ground lovely trees n ml tlowera sprang up. All summer the trees wore their short green dresses. The leaves were very happy. and they sang, their sweet songs to the breeze as It passed them. One day the wind told them the time would soon come when they would have to fall from the trees and die. This made the leaves feel very bad, but they tried to be bright and do the best they could so as not to make the mother trees un happy. But at last the time came, anil they let go of the twigs and branches and fluttered to the ground. They lay perfectly quiet, not able to move ex cept as. the wind would lift them. The Great Spirit saw them and thought they were so lovely that he did not want to see them die, but live and be beautiful forever, so he gave to each bright leaf a pair of wings and power to fiy. Then he called them his "birds. From the red and brown leaves of the oak came the robins, and yellow birds from the yellow willow leaves, and from bright maple leaves he made the red birds. The brown leaves became wrens, sparrows and other brown birds. Tills Is why the birds love the trees and always go to them to build their nests and look for food and shade Kansas City Journal. Deeply l)lnppointod. Congressman Adams of Pennsylva nia was talking about his bill for the 'stablislnnent of a whipping post for wife beaters. "Any married man who fails to sup port this bill,'' he said, "will be regard 2d with suspicion the rest of his life. If this bill does not become a law 1 will be as disappointed I wul be as fleeply disappointed but let me tell vou the story. "It was Christmas time, and a faith ful and hardworking postman plowe I his way through the snow and old winds, a mail of unusual size in his Kick. "The postman ascended the spacious steps of a millionaire's residence. a : l in answer to his ring a manservant in rich livery appeared. "'Wait a moment, please. s:r.l the servant as he took the mail. 'Ti e nils tress wishes to speak to yo:i.' "The postman's eye b iirJ:t ! I It was the holiday season 11 1: i ! - - "do you cumu in Tin: ii;m:v. the millionaire with fidelity. Now. n . doubt in recognition of his regular and faithful - " T shall be glad, he said politely, to await your mistress' pleasure. "In a few minutes the woman ap peared. " 'Are you,' she asked, 'our regular postman?' " 'Yes, madam, he answered, bow ing. " 'Do you come In the morning?' " 'Yes, madam.' " 'And In the afternoon and evening as well?' "Again he assented, .smiling eagerly, and the woman said: " Then It was you, eh, that broke our bell?' "-New York Tribune. Important Ofllclul. Whether the otlicers mentioned by Mr. Whlnton in his "History of An trim" (New Hampshire) regarded their position seriously and lived up to their otliclal dignity is not told. It is certain that the small boys would have hailed the opportunity of exercising such functions with glee and would have discharged their duties with vigor and alacrity. In 1793 the town of Antrim olliclally appointed three responsible persons to till the position of dog pelters. It was their duty to sit near the meeting house door and to pelt, drive away or cane any dogs that dared to enter the sa cred edifice. In the otllcial records of the town are found votes of subse quent years, continuing the vocation of the dog pelters. One might question which would make the most disturbance in the church, the chance dog or the pelters in tliu ovuri'Kii of thoir oMielnl duties Hnrlr Timekeeper. The clepsydra, or water clock, was used at Babylon at a very early date and was Introduced at Home by Sclplo Nasica about the year 158 B. C. Tooth ed wheels were added to it by Cteslblus n bo lit 140 B. C. Some writers aver that they were found to be in use In Britain by Caesar in the year B. C. The only clock In the world is said to have been sent by Pope Paul I. to Pepin, king of France, in the venr x n Agreed. Wife If I thought a thing was wick ed I wouldn't do It. Husband -Neither would I. Wife -Ugh! I think smoking cigars is a wicked waste. Husband Then you should not smoke. Hand me a match, please. Kqnul to the Occasion. A good story is t . 1 1 y INprsenta tive Baukhead of Alabama about the trial of a man who belonged to tin gambling fraternity. An ehort was being made to break up gambling in and around Mobile, and It wes wel known that the judge who was to try the case was himself a pretty stiff poker player. The first witness for the defense was talking glibly of "going It blind,' "checking," "passing," etc.. and thf "I WICIi EXI'IiAfN WITII 1M.KASUHU. defendant's counsel appeared to un derstand all the terms without ditll- culty. The judge seemed to relish the situation and said to the counsel: "Mr. Jackson, you seem to under stand the witness thoroughly. Will you be good enough to explain to the court the terms used by him?" A suppressed laughter ran through the courtroom, for every one present knew that the judge was no amateur in cards. But the counsel was equal to the occasion and.. stepping up to the bench, said: "Your honor. I will explain with pleasure every term the witness has used If you will kindly let me have vour deck." Baltimore Herald. Quit nt Goats. "This talk about reciprocity and cut ting down tariff schedules is calculated to make one languid." said Itepresent- ative Grosvcnor of Ohio. "Kvery man Is in favor of cutting down the sched tiles that do not affect his district and of granting reciprocity on products that no not concern his people." "Heminds me of the story of two men who were discussing Socialism," said Beprescntative Landls. "Both were in favor of the theory, but one sought to make practical demonstration of it. "'if you had two horses.' he said to his friend, 'would you give me one of them?' u " Sure.' "'If you had two goats would you ghe me one of them?' " 'Sure.' "' If you had two goats would you ghe me one of them?' "No. sir. for I've got two goats.'" Chicago Inter Ocean. IHh Hole Ilnrrrd None. The late Bishop Klder of Cincinnati tried cgetarinnism for some months dur.ng his residence in Natchez, but soon abandoned the practice, finding that it did not agree with him. Bishop Klder dined with one of his parishioners one night in Natchez at about this time. Vegetables in profu sion were on the menu, but the bishop disdained them all. He had had enoutrh of vegetables for a long time. He found the meat much more to his taste. His host, who did not know that he had abandoned vegetarianism, said In surprise: "Why. bishop, I thought you were a vegetarian, and hero T see you eating mutton!" Bishop Klder laughed. "I am not a bigoted vegetarian," he said. "I allow myself to eat the meat o? such animals as live on vegetable food only." Sherman Outgeneraled. General Sherman was one of eleven hildren. When he was a small boy, lis father, the celebrated Judge Sher man, said something one day to hurt Cumpy's" feelings. He uttered the usual small boy's threat of running way and accordingly retreated ncross to a neighbor's, declaring that he was going to be "Mr. King's little boy." lie awaited developments, but Instead of the stern parent, with tears of dis tress, to beseech him to return a trunk of clothes nrrived-nddressed to "Cum- iv King" and a message from the judge that lie had enough children ,'ithout him and hoped that Mr. King rnuld like his new son. There was nothing for it but to t home igno- Iniouslv, which "Cumpy," for once outgeneraled, did forthwith. Itut his father called him "Cumpy King" for several days until the lesson was well len rued. I Jnnincot t's. Curtnllinpr the Mil. Cyrus Townsend Brady tells the fol lowing story of a young married couple here In town: One morning at breakfast, after look ing over a pile of bills, the husband inquired: "Why do you have an account at so many stores, my dear?" "Oh," said his wife sweetly, "don't you see? If you buy things that way it makes all the bills so much smaller." New York rimes. It Hnlned. When a hlghfalutln editor 13 In a hurry he doesn't waste words by say ing, "It rained." He simply writes, "After many days of arid desiccation the vaporing captains marshaled their thundering hosts and poured oiit upon scorching humanity nnd the thoroughly Incinerated vegetation n few Inches of aqua pluvlalls." Vainglorious men are the scorn of the wise, the admiration of fools, the Idol of piirp.sltes and the slaves of the'r own vsonts'.- -Bacon. Special Correspondence. Emperor William of Germany has presented a silver watch and chain to George Ellis, the negro who saved from destruction the statue of Freder ick the. Great erected in the grounds of the War college at the Washington barracks. The watch and chain were tent to the department of state by Baron Bussche, charge d'affaires of the German embassy. Accompanying the gift was a letter from the baron, In which he said he was directed by his imperial master to transmit the watch with the request that It be delivered to Kills as a recognition of the "coura geous conduct of the negro George El lis, whose intrepid Interference saved the statue from the effects of Ros seau's dynamite bomb." Diinnl or- Government Employees. The question of claims for debt against employees of the navy depart ment having been brought to the atten tion of Secretary Bonaparte, he has is sued the following order after consid eration of the practice of the different governmental departments. This order applies to civilian employees only and does not change the practice In effect in regard to the commissioned or en listed personnel of th" navy: Hereafter the navy department will take no cognizance of a complaint against nn employee by an alleged creditor so far as the complainant Is concerned beyond acknowledging re ceipt of his communication. Persons claiming to be creditors and collectors of debts or claims will be denied ac cess to employees for the purpose of presenting or collecting claims during the hours set apart for the transaction of public business or while the employ ees concerned are on duty. But, although the department will not permit Itself to be used as a col lection agency, It does not consider one who falls without justification to pay his just debts a person suitable for public employment. Therefore up on receipt of a complaint of nonpay ment of debts it will be referred to the proper chief of bureau for a report In writing from the employee concerned, which, together with a summary of the conclusions reached by the department In the matter, will be made part of his otlicial record. An employee who falls without Justi fication to pay his just debts may be discharged for this reason if the of fense shall seem to. the department of sutlicient gravity. Men Who Refune PiiNnen. Secretary Bonaparte's Is not the only cabinet pocket wherein no railroad passes are to be found. Announcement from the navy department that he had courteously declined offers of the at tractive little cards which fit nicely ln tp leather made cases to be had at any of the leather stores in town has made his attitude prominent. Mr. Bonaparte, to be sure, declined In far more grace ful terms than did Representative Ba ker, the radical Brooklyn member, a couple of years ago when a railroad forwarded him an annual pass. He made public the letter in which he scored the railroad for Its tender. Mr. Bonaparte does not give the name of the railroad, but Indicates that his re fusal was an entirely polite one, which could not have given offense. There are other men around Presi dent Roosevelt's cabinet table who have not accepted courtesies from the railroads and are not doing so now. There are also cabinet members who are traveling on passes. One holder of a portfolio said the other day that he had steadfastly declined these favors ever since lie entered the cabinet, but did not wish to advertise his declina tion to the world. Cabinet members travel on public business, as a rule. In which case, of course, they are enti tled to reimbursement from the gov ernment. They also travel a deal on their private account. To some of them, not men of large means, the use of railroad passes would be a help financially In view of the meager sala ries that cabinet officers are paid. Itounparte Refune Hnlrhrunh. Charles Jerome Bonaparte, the new secretary of the navy, has refused to purchase a hairbrush said to have been used In arranging the locks of his granduncle, the great Napoleon. The relic was offered to Mr. Bona parte by a man now living In New York whose grandfather was a barber In the French army during the Italian campaign. This tonsorlal expert left the brush to his descendants with the legend that It had often been called In to service In dressing the hair of the "little corporal." The New Yorker also stated his willingness to sell a colored plaster bust of Napoleon. Both offers were declined with thanks by Mr. Bonaparte, who has never "gono In" for a collection of Napoleonic souvenirs. A similar re ply was given the other day to a letter which came from Holland asking the secretary to buy u miniature of the emperor said to havo been painted from life. The price of the memento would have absorbed Mr. Bonaparte's salary for one year. He makes It n rule never to purchase such tilings, no matter how little or how much Is ask ed for them. XeT Capitol Door llenOy. The large bronze doors to be hung at the south end of the cnpltol at the main entrance to the house of repre sentatives, corresponding with those on the senate side nnd In the center of the building, hnve arrived from Chlco- pee, Mass., where they were made. The floors are of solid bronze nnd are among the finest of the kind In the world. Tho design of the new doors Is by Crawford, tho artist who designed the statue of Freedom topping the capltol dome. The plans were drawn In 1840, but were laid aside until a few years ago, when congress appropriated $45, 000 for the execution of the work. CARL RCHOFIELD. V I)lntruted Hlm. I don't believe Wlndy's tips on the races are any good." "Why not?" "Well, he said they were a sure thing and then he wasn't willing to end me the money to bet with." De troit Free Press. Few enterprises of great labor or inzard would be undertaken If we had not the power of magnifying the ad vantages we expect from them. John son. Undeceived hy l'honr. There Is a young woman up in the Bronx who has a -friend in Wall street He caih th;ce times each week and vows she is the 011'y girl he ever even looks at. S!-e ! l;ecs him. or, rather. did believe Is. 111 until the other day when she called him up on the phone. 111 disguise my voice, she gig gled as :die picked up the receiver. and Jolly the dear boy along." There was a buzzing over the wire. nnd the next minute she heard his fa miliar voice n,t the other end. "Hello! Is that you, George?" she asked in a different voice. And George responded: "Why, yes, you little darling, of course It's nie. What do you say to going over to the beach for supper this evening? Yes, I got your note. Say?. Grace" There was a sharp click, and the voice was interrupted. The young wo man in the Bronx had dropped the re ceiver and turned pale. Her name was Katharine. New York Globe. HIn Ilcmurhnhlc Memory. "Excuse me." said the absentminded professor, "but haven't we met before? Your face Is strangely familiar." "Yes," answered the young lady, "our hostess introduced ns just before dinner." "Ah, yes," rejoined the professor. "I was positive I had seen you some where. I never forget a face." De troit Tribune. Open to an Knc.nff enient. "Little boy," snid the teacher of the class, "do you intend to come to Sun day school regularly?" "I guess so. ma'am." answered the urchin with the cropped head and the soiled face, with some hesitation. "Is dere anything In it 'sides de pictur' cards and de picnic?" Chicago Trib une. What lie Wnn Afraid Of. "Is It true that you are engaged to that young widow?" "Not at the present writing. We were engaged, but I broke It off." "Aren't you afraid she will take it to heart?" "No, but I'm afraid she will take It to court" Too Open. "Do you like nn open countenance on n person?" "I thought I did till ray mother-in law made us a visit." nouston Post. Still OlNntIfled. "Pete." said Meandering Mike, "did you hear about de kind lady up in Michigan dat left a fortune to feed tramps?" "More money wasted." answered Plodding Pete. "What ails us ain't hunger. It's thirst." Washington Star. Fnhrenhelt. "How did the Boston girl strike you?" "She struck me ns being about thirty-two." Thirty-two years?" "No; degrees." Woman's Home Companion. An Exception. "I don't seem to be able to make you understand." said the professor of physics, "that heat always ascends and cold descends." "Well." replied the bright boy. "how Is it when I get my feet cold and wet the cold always settles in my head?" New York Life. A l'oor Thrower. "She was just crazy to marry him. although she knew he didn't really love her, and now see the result. He treats her with contempt." "That's just a woman's bad aim She threw herself at his head and landed nt his feet." Philadelphia Press. Shirring: Popular. Shirring on heavy cords Is a favorite menns of trimming simple gowns and even when used on handsomest cos tumes Is very effective. The Men Serpent. Tales grow In tho telllns. "We nit must nree. The tall that grows fastest. It seemeth to me. Is that of the serpent That lives In the sea. Cleveland rialn Dealer. llarialcB. Bell Did that anonymous note wor ry you? Nell Oh, no. It was from Jack. He always writes them when we have a falling out. Detroit Free Press. Ilolled Down. "Blinks has a perfect mania for con densing everything. Did you hear how he proposed?" "No." "He held up an engagement ring be fore the girl's eyes and said 'Kh?' " "And what did she say?" "She ju?t nodded." SI any Meaning. Traveler Some expressions in the Chinese language have as many as forty different meanings. Little Miss Same way In English. "You amaze me. Mention one." "Not at b'ne." FACTS FEW LINES Comparatively little milk Is con sumed in southern cities. A trooper's sword measures thirty three inches, while a lance Is nine feet long. Chicago did not get a place on the mail until 1S40, when Its population was 4,470. In the early days of railroading horses were used to help the locomo tives on up grades. The total number of all known varie ties of postage stamps used by all the governments of the world up to date Is 10,242. A London curio denier has in his window a placard reading, "Several hits of armor for-sale, suitable for mo torists." There are more railway tunnels, via ducts and railroad bridges In Switzer land than In any other country in the old world. Sheeruess, England, though nn im portant naval station nnd a town of over lo.Ot'O inhabitants, does not pos sess a single telephone. Owing to the rapid growth of the United States the English language Is now spoken by more persons than use any other civilized tongue. The percentage of Jews engaged In trades and doing manual labor for a living is greater in New York than In any other ciiy In the world. In defense to a charge of selling milk wholly devoid of fat an English cow keeper said thnt his cows had been eat ing cabbages, but the defense availed him not. A cat which had been driven Into a shade tree by the dogs at Nashua, N. II., was rescued the other day after It had remained In this position for three whole days. Sark, one of the Channel Islands, has a prison that contains four cells. But In the last five years It has had only three occupants. Sark has a popula tion of about GOO. While chnslng n mouse the other day Mme. Delatour of Paris broke through the fioor of her room and found In the hole a brass box containing gold coins of the value of $1,000. Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese, a famous London hostelry, among whose cus tomers In bygone days were Gold smith, Johnston, Boswell, Thackeray aud Dickens, Is to come into the mar ket Australia has found a new use for discarded tram cars. Sydney ladles have them painted green and white, hang them with baskets of flowers, trnin creepers over the roof and then utilize them ns afternoon tea rooms. A Somersworth (N. II.) woman re cently found In the family Bible $15 in bills which, judging from the dates of the bills, must have been concealed in the book about a century. They were among the first paper Issues of the United States government An automobile transportation serv ice has been recently established In the Kongo Free State. Coal la scarce and petroleum or gasoline impossible, and it was found necessary to use wood for fuel. The machine makes twelve miles an hour and has the capacity of ft ton. One of the funniest consequences of young Alfonso's visit to England Is the birth of the "hidalgo" hat, a modi fied Spanish turban with which modish Englishmen are beginning to deck their heads. Although distinctly more suitable for winter, it makes a gallant appearance. Torrey and Alexander admit that their revival campaign in London was 'a failure, and Dr. Torrey remarked In a recent address there, "I suppose It would be safe to say that during the last year there have not been five per sons definitely converted In any one church or chapel In Loudon." New York alone has 924 libraries, with l),070.SU3 volumes; Massachusetts, 624 libraries, with 7.010,094 volumes; Pennsylvania, 491 libraries, with 4,580, 812 volumes. These three states have about 30 per cent of the libraries and 40 per .cent of the number of volumes reported for the whole United States. Russia has probably the most curious tax in the world. It Is called the "amusement tax" nnd was Instituted a year ago to found an Institution for the poor under the title of the "Em press Marie Foundation." The tar Is laid upon every amusement ticket sold, and the managers increase tho price accordingly. A block of granite weighing over 300,000 pounds, flat on top and with clean breaks on two sides, has been found near Woodbury, Vt Three hun dred feet north is seen the ledge from which the block broke away. The two are on about the same level, but be tween them rises a barrier of granite fifteen feet high. Local geologists are trying to figure out what natural causes brought about the shift In the Dosltion of the block. It has been discovered that the judge has no discretion under the Vermont liquor law and that he Is bound to sen tence a convicted seller for a certain length of time for each offense. Wil liam Caulstone was recently convicted on twenty-five counts In Bennington county, and it was figured that he waa in a folr way to get a sentence of sixty one yenrs. When he discovered this fact he took "leg ball" and left hla bandsmen to settle with tho lnur Joseph W. Wilson of Springfield, Mass., has a whip which Is a work of art. It was tfre first whip made by Clinton Cannon of Wakefield after he had finished his apprenticeship. It Is an ordinary coach whip of one piece of whalebone, with a piece of Ivory set In the butt. The whole butt is studded with Ivory to ranke- It hnve the appear ance of blackthorn. The whip was never used, but hns been In the pos session of the Cannon family Blnce It was made In 1S42. The Mnln Point. Victim What has happened? Where am I? Doctor You have been serious ly Injured In a trolley accident. But cheer up; you will recover. Victim How much? Cleveland Leader. Xenrly u Good. "Did you succeed in breaking your grandfather's will?" f "No, but we managed to bend It so that a few more thousand dollars oozed out of the family tree." Detroit 1Vu4 I'rticu