Bandon recorder., January 11, 1906, Image 2

BANDON RECORDER.
BREAKFAST IN ENGLAND.
The Evoluilo« Frowi Ale Dhd Wlu*
to the Moders Meal.
1
ami if we cannot find them, manufact­
ure them through distorted visions.
The latter reminds Polly of the seared
brown i^utuiuii leaves that fall tattered
and torn to the ground, trampled upon,
for there is nothing in them to attract
|ss>ple who are hunting for the bright
and la-autiful. A bright, happy face
can do more missionary work in a
minute than asour-visaged ¡s-rsoi., who
is continually harping on what is re­
quired of us from a religious point of
view, anil yet their doleful and woebe­
gone looks s|ieak ill for the creed that
has brought them so precious little
|H-uce of mind that they remind you
constantly of walking tomlMtones. It
seems as if there was even only one lit­
tle ray of light to pierce the darkness
of their lives that it would radiate,
throwingout its beamsand lighting up
the faces with smiles that telegraph
the thoughts of the soul to others.
Beautiful are the people who have
passed their tjiree-score and ten years
and yet retain the autumn of their
lives serene, sweet and unruffed, in­
stead of bowing their heads over the
memories of other years and shutting
out the joys that might lie theirs in the
present. There are some people fast
approaching the one hundred mile­
stone, but they are so lovable, interest­
ing and take such a keen interest in
ilic affairs of the day, that they never
ap|>ear old, and they almost lead you
to believe that they have found the
elixir of youth when they have only
learn, il the art of keeping their hearts
young. “You are just as old as you
seem, Polly,” said an eighty-year-old
friend when some one was commenting
on her youthful appearance. As long
you keep your heart young you will
find that your i>ersomd ap|>earaiiee
res|s>nds and the lines of old age will
not have a chance to settle in your face.
Keeping the heart young is the key to
the whole thing. I never intend to
grow'old, and I don’t let trifling things
annoy me; neither do I allow myself to
lose my temper for that is one of the
worst things you can do to destroy that
quiet composure that is so essential in
keeping, not only your looks, but your
heart youthful.”
According to the Otford Dictionary,
IMS Is the date of the earliest men­
Nature has played a queer prank this
tion of breakfast. but until a century fall and plants, shrill* and tries that
ggo It consisted only of a draft of alt
or tea or chocolate. There were only are supposed to only blisim in the spring
two meals a day-dinner, ranging from have taken on buds and blossoms that
V o'clock In the morning In the fifteenth look strangely out of place. Lilac
century to noon In the aeventeenth. bushes are tipped all over with little
and »upper, which similarly advanced bunches of lavender flowers. They are
from 5 In the afternoon to 7 o’clock. not the great lovely bunches that de­
I’epys, for Instance, went down to the light all flower lovers, but every branch
admiralty at 4 and 5 In the memlng is ornamented with a cluster of flowers
on no other breakfast than half a alsiut as big as a walnut, dainty and
pint of wine or a dram of cordial. ' sweet. The magnoliaaarecovered with
But in the eighteenth century dinner
was gradually postponed until 5 or fl creamy buds and blossoms, and this is
o'clock in the ufternoon. When it I November. The Bankslia roses, both
passed midday breakfast became a [ cream and white, are in full blossom;
necessity ami a meal. Before thia so is the fragrant white jassamine.
hunger bad demanded the addition of Fruit trees have forgotten that theli
bread and some such relish as radishes their crop lias just l»een harvested and
to the morning draft
they are entitled to a rest until next
But when, a hundred years ago, cold February, and are putting forth their
meats and fish began to be served at fruit blossoms. In some places the
breakfast the utmost surprise was ex­
pressed. Its novelty made It fashion­ i ees are covered with flowers. On the
able and led to the giving of breakfast line of the California Northwestern
parties Eleven or 12 o’clock was the Railway there is the strangest kind of
hour, and It was declared to be par ex­ a freak. Fire had scorched one side of
cellence tire iimul for poets. Tom un apple tree until the leaves withered
Moore wun an Inveterate breakfaater and fell oil'. Ou the other side are the
and after th* trencher work sung for green leaves and ripe fruit and tlie side
the company's entertainment.
void of all foilage is covered with apple
Breakfast finally became an institu­
tion, as a necessary oasis in the long blossoms. Fruit growers all over the
stretch between supper overnight and country are wondering what this ca|e
dinner the next afternoon. This ac­ rice of nature means—whether it signi-
ceptance of breakfast a century ago fles a total failure of the fruit crop for
thus made England for the first time the coming year or not. Some of the
a three meals a day nation.
old-timers shake their heads dismally
over the coming hard times for the
FOOL FOn THE CAT.
fruit raiser and prophecy no fruit or at
1995. It
Pu«« Should Get Green Stuff Both I d least very little for the year
remains to be seen whether the pro-
Winter nnd Summer.
It Is a common thing to henr women phecy amounts to anything but talk
sny that they cannot keep growing e id dismal forebodings.
plants of any kind In their rooms on
account of the cat, who persists .a
Speaking of plants reminds me of a
nibbling and biting the leaves and new
buds as they make their appearance, query from a little friend, the other
sometimes destroying In the course of day, ill regard as to how she should
a few weeks some favorite or rare decorate her home for some little social
fern or flower.
function. “It must not be too elabo­
The reason for this seeming vandal­ rate, or expensive, Polly, and yet 1
ism Is perfectly plain or ought to be. want it to be unique and out of the
The cat requires green food If it Is to ordinary.” After much discussion, it
BRIEF REVIEW.
be kept healthy and happy and takes
was decided to give it an autumn effect.
the shortest road to getting It.
Not Acquainted.
In summer, following this need of Everything in decoration would per­
“Away back in 1860,” said George
its system, a cat will eat grass freely. tain to autumn in coloring, etc. The
In winter or in the city, when this hallway was decorated in wild grape W. Harvey, the |s>pular restaurant pro­
supply of green fodder is cut off, com­ vines that were a mass of brilliant foli­ prietor, “the presiding genius at our
mon sense suggests that the cat be ar­ age. The gas jets shown through raw-ls>x counter was a very gmsl-na-
tificially provided with It.
shades of yellow and red tissue paper, tureii but intensely ignorant black man
For Its own sake as well as for the giving a very pleasing effect. Autumn who had but lately landed in Wash­
safety of the Boston fern and the rub­ leaves and branches lianked the fire­
ington, and who, prior to coming here,
ber plant, why not plant a cigar box
of soil with some quick growing thing place and their long, graceful tendrils had lived all ills life in Charleston, S. C.
like oats on sorrel and let the cat help twined themselves over pictures, chan­ This negro was so deft in his work and
deliers and doors. Bouquets of im­ so obliging that he soon had a big circle
Itself?
It will soon realize the glad fact that mense chrysanthemums were scattered of friends, and some of the famous men
the plants are meant for It, as proved here and there. But the dining room of that day used to engage him in con­
by the fact that Indulgence brings no called forth the greatest admiration o' versation for the fun of listening to his
afterninth of slaps or scoldings.
the guests and they were not slow to odd replies. I recollect that on one
As one crop fails sow another and express their appreciation. Here bolts < ‘casion one of our patrons was asking
keep It up till Mother Earth provides of ribbon in three mahogany shades
old Tom as to his acquaintance with
a more liberal supply of her own. and
your cat will mess you.—Hew York were used with telling effect and inter­ celebrities of the period. Asked if he
mingled with autumn leaves. The rib­ knew Sam Houston, Stephen A. Dou­
Tribune.
bon, with yards of red and yellow glas, Alexander H. Stephens and Chas.
Saving Hi« ft'eicnt I re».
maline, were carried from the chande­ Sumner, the old fellow shook his head
The man who made a big hole in the lier to the center of the table, care being and denied all knowledge of these illus­
barn door for the old cat to come taken to make it as airy looking as pos­ trious Americans. Half a dozen more
through anil a smaller hole for the kit­ sible and arranged in fluffy lover’s
were mentioned in quick succession
ten must have had a kinsman in the
Englishman who went fishing with knots around a mirror on which stood and again Tom had to admi. that he
Captain Andrew Haggard in the Lake a sparkling cut glass dish tilled with was unacquainted. “ ‘I tell you how
St. John country and whose adventure the autumn fruitsand nuts. The table­ it is, boas,’ said he; ‘I isn’t bin up in
cloth was caught up at each end with dis part of de country bery long, an’
is related In "Sporting Yarns.”
The two men, with Indian guides, were a bow of the three mahogany shades, dem niggers you called off' is all stran­
about to shoot n terrific rapid in two and in the pocket thus made were gers ter me.’”—Washington Poet.
canoes. Captain Haggard, who could placed autumn leaves and vines ar­
swim, had little fear. Chambers, bls ranged with careless grace. The name­
New Disease For Auto.sts.
companion, who could not, expected cards were exquisitely painted autumn
“Auto legs” is the latest and most
certain death.
leaves in water colors, with the name fashionable affliction which human pro­
"What shall I
written in gold across the face. There gress has developed. Medical science
called.
“Tie the camera under your chin,” were three leaves in all, the inside would call it atrophy of the muscles of
culled back bls companion. "It’s hollow leaves bearing on the first the follow­ the leg, superinduced by lack of exer­
and will make a good life preserver."
ing quotation from Longfellow’s “Au­ cise and nerve-deadening vibrations
He was vastly amused to see Cham­ tumn”:
caused by the rapid movement of the
bers adopt the suggestion and hang the
“Like Hemes upon an altar shine the sheaves; horseless vehicle over rough ground.
camera under Ids chin. A moment
Aril tol'owlng thee, In tiPne ovation splendid, Overzealousdevotees of the “devil wag­
later, however, as they came Into the
Thine almoner, the wind, scatters the golden on” are warned that if they do not
most dangerous place, Chambc.s
leaves I”
walk more their legs will shrink and
snatched It from ids neek again and
On the second leaf came the menu, dwindle from disuse, and will eventu­
placed It carefully right side up In the
and on the third and last leaf was the ally become too weak to bear their
bottom of the canoe.
“What was the matter with the life quotation : " Flowers are the sweetest weight. In the gymnasium at Hart­
preserver?” asked Captain Haggard thing God ever made and forgot to put ford, Conn., was a rich young man
when they had safely descended.
a soul into.” Tlie leaves were tied to­ with tine, muscular arms and Issly, but
“Why, I just happened to think." said gether with red and yellow baby rib­ very wobbly legs. He had entered the
Chambers, In nil Innocence, "that if we bon. Lying upon each name card was gymnasium to get his legs strong
upset I should get the pictures wet, so a lovely little souvenir representing an
enough to carry him when necessary.
I put it back in the boat.”
autumn leaf in enamel. The sand­ He had ridden in an automobile almost
wiches made of deviled ham and tongue continually for four years, and now
Saved 111 m Book«.
were also in the shape of leaves. The
Farmer Dockridge was hastily awak bread was cut very thin, buttered and when he tries to walk his legs pain him
greatly. A muscle sling has been
euoil In the dead of night by Alf. the
hired man, who told him the barn was spread with the meat, the two slices lashed to his knee joint, which kee|>s
on Are. Instructing Alf to blindfold pressed firmly together, and then a dipping and bending involuntarily.
the horses and lead them out through sharp tin cake cutter the shape of a leaf He has entered the gymrasium for a
the back door, if there was time was brought into play. It brought out year.
enough, he hurriedly donned his trou­ the sandwiches in the desired effect
His Name For Pulpit.
sers, rushed into the summer kitchen, without breaking them in the least.
grabbed up a screwdriver and ran out They were sewed on platters decorated
A Chinese carpenter at Rangism, who
to the barn.
with small autumn leaves. The salted had l>een employed to construct a pulpit
The roof was burning fiercely, but
almonds were in autumn leaves made for a new Anglican church, sent in the
be dashed into the building nnd began
bill for the work in the following form:
with frantic haste to unscrew the of stiff' paper and fashioned and colored
hinges of the smooth pine door that by the young hostess with the help of “To one preaching tub, fifty rupees.”
two friends. Strawberry and lemon —New York Evening Sun.
opened into the corn bln.
Alf had succeeded in getting the on jello sparkled in their autumn shades
11 isa good thing to look on the bright
horses out safely, and the sparks were through their covering of whip|>ed
falling round the old man: but he stuck cream. Everything was in keeping side, and if you can't find a bright side
go at the side next to you with a lot of
to bls task until lie finished it, anil
emerged from the burning barn, carry with the autumn idea, and was about elbow grease and polish it up till the
as pretty and unique a little stsial reflection cheers you.
Ing the door, just as the roof fell In.
“That's a good deal of a risk to take gathering as I have ever attended. I
No matter how discouraging the out­
for the sake of saving a bit of kindling forgot to say that a young lady with a
wood." commented a neighbor who had voice as sweet and dear as the carol of look may lie, a man knows that he will
been awnkened by the flames and had a bird, sang “t'oming Through the never be so poor that he can’t afford to
run over to •ee if he could be of any Rye” as a wind-up to the pleasant little keep a dog.
use.
gathering.
“Kindling wood!" exclaimed Farmer
It Is dollars to eam|>aign buttons that
How many of us will reach the au­
Dockrldge, pointing to the pencil
no matter who is elected the politicians
tumn
of
life
and
come
through
it
marks that covered the door. "See
save their own l>acon every time.
them Aggers? There's all my business bright and cheerful instead of brown
and
sere?
1
1
depends
wholly
upon
our
­
accounts fer the last six years. That
Somehow philosophy solves problems
door's wuth more than the bull barn!" selves what kind of autumn leaves we much more satisfactorily if a man has a
will represent. An unselfish life, tilled meal ticket in his pocket.
Monnmenta of Ear«.
Throughout Korea a numtier of mon­ with gtsxi deeds, a dis|s>sition to look
It is hard to tolerate the self right­
uments are still standing which date on the bright side in the face of all dif­
from the war of 1592, when Japan In­ ficulties and making the ls-st of disap­ tons attitude of the man who has never
vaded Korea with 30.600 men. Thee* pointments, trials and tribulations, is lieen found out.
"monuments of ears," ns they are very apt to leave an autumn of cheer­
If you have to tell yoursecrets to some
called, mark the burial places of 10.000 fulness depicted on our faces, while the
•am which were cut from the heads of reverse leaves us maired upon the world, ■ one tell them to the cat. Hhe'l) die
liefore she will reveal them
th» Koreans st tfophlea of victory.
unhappy ourselves a« well as those
Thera are many of th.ee monuments
A shoemaker is of the opinion that a
tn Japan also, forsomg << thMo grew- around u% borrowing trouble, never
Some relics wer* tnMS ho«m hr the seeing the beauty and the real worth of man should lie taiilt from the ground
anything, but rather hunting for daws, up.
conquering arrng.
CAVALRY HORSES.
WASHINGTON LETTER
(Special Correspondence.]
,
The fact that the Russian ambassa­
dor, Count Cassini, and his daughter.
Countess Cassini, have been guarded
for several mouths by secret service
men developed upon their recent visit
to New York city. The Russian am­
bassador went to their hotel in a car­
riage. The secret service men followed
them in another carriage and remained
all day about the hotel. Count and
Countess Cusslul attended a perform­
ance at a Broadway theater, where th*
secret service ageuts were just as much
in evidence as they had been about the
hotel earlier In the day.
The explanation Is given at the state
department that information w’as re­
ceived four months age that Japanese
In thia country harbored designs to
kill or harm the count and countess,
and at the request of the Russian gov­
ernment, but against the wishes of
Count Cassini, secret service men were
detailed to guard the ambassador and
bis daughter against attack.
A Keuiarkabl« Book.
The second smallest book in Wash­
ington is in the library of the navy de­
partment, und it Is a volume of consid­
erable Interest and vslue. The book
is about two Inches long, one and a
half indies broad and one third of an
luch thick. It was published In Lon­
don in 1783 and contains an exhaustive
account of the sinklug of a British
man-of-war, the Royal George, off Spit­
head la August, 1782. The binding of
this remarkuble book consists of two
oaken boards, sections of the cabin’s
wainscoting of the ill fated ship. It
is understood that the original binding
was torn off and the oaken binding
put on by an officer who secured the
board from a section of the Royal
George at tlAa time It was raised and
removed from Spithead harbor
Enall.h Military MrtNod ot Tratatas
Them to Swim.
The most interesting and amusing of
all the sights of Aldershot. England. 1*
the big reservoir, or lake, where cav
airy horses from all parts of the world
are tralmal to swim with a thorough
ni HS that rivals even the Italian system
of horse training.
It Is well known, by the way, that
cavalry horses In the Italian army gc
through almost as much training at
though they were Intended for a circus,
and the writer has often ^vn amazed
to see patrician Roman officers riding
their tine chargers down steep flight*
of stone stairs and down especially
constructed precipices which look al
though they were especially Invented
to encompass the destruction of both
horse and rider.
Again, the writer witnessed the as­
tonishing army maneuvers of the Ital­
ian troops In the river Arno at Flor­
ence and also at Spezzla. the great
naval arsenal of Italy. The Count ot
Turin was seen leudlng his regiment
“out to sea,” the prince often dis
mounting and himself swimming with
one arm about his charger’s neck.
The newly received horses at Alder
shot, however, coming as tbejfcdo most
ly from Inland regions, have a dee;'
seated objection to the water, and as
their riders are for the most part scant
lly clad Indeed the struggles between
tutor and "pupils" are ludicrous In the
extreme. If it Is found absolutely
Impossible to coax the animals lntc
water deeper than their knees or girths
collapsible boats are used and the re­
fractory animal dragged by main fore*
beyond his depth, when he has to swim
for dear life.—II. G. Roberts in Har­
per’s Weekly.
Naval Hospital Estimates.
In his annual report the surgeon
general of the navy, Rear Admiral P.
F. Rlxey, has submitted the following
estimates:
For Improvements of the hospital at
the navy yard, Washington, $60,000;
naval hospital, Sitka. Alaska, $10,000;
renovation of present hospital at Nor­
folk and additions, $200,000; renewal
of present hospital buildings and erec
tlou of quarters for medical staff, na­
val hospital. Pensacola, $50,000; acqui­
sition of additional land adjacent to
naval hospital Yokohama, Japan,
$3,000. Reconmendatlon also Is made
for a naval hospital at the naval sta­
tion, Charleston, and one at the naval
station, Olongapo.
Capitol Enlargement.
Few questioiH to come before con­
gress at the December session are of-
greater Importance than that Involved
In the proposed enlargement of the
capitol. It will be recalled that the
senate last spring, Instead of author­
izing the enlargement of the capitol,
for which the house had a second time
voted, established a joint commission
to investigate the subject. Its report
Is nearly ready. Of the two plans chief­
ly under consideration that involving
the smaller extension will probably be
recommended, which means that the
front of the capitol will be brought out
just far enough to give the dome a
■olid base instead pf having it rest on
a portico on iib east from, us now.
New Swiss Minister.
Dr. Leo Vogel, a lawyer and secre­
tary of the Swiss legation at Berlin,
who has been appointed minister to
the United States, was, it is said, sec­
retary of the Swiss legation at Wash­
ington about ten years ago, and, ac­
cording to the practice of the Swiss
government, is now eligible for promo­
tion to the higher grade of minister.
Mr. Fernand du Martheray, the
present Swiss minister to the United
States, was appointed in February,
1903, but is now away on leave of ab­
sence, and the affairs of the legation
ure in charge of Mr. Ernst Probst, sec­
retary of legation.
Emperor William's Girt.
Emperor William's gift to the Amer­
ican people of a bronze statue of Fred­
erick the Great will be unveiled by the
Baroness Speck von Steruburg, the
German ambassadress, on the espla­
nade of the army war college, Nov.
IV, In the presence ot the president, the
cabinet, the diplomatic corps, the su­
preme court, the admiral of the navy,
the chief of staff of the army nnd of­
ficers of the army and navy in Wash­
ington. The prlucijal address of the
occasion will be made by President
Roosevelt.
Blnhop of Wn«hinfrtoii.
After having been without a resident
bishop for two years, the Methodist
Episcopal church in Washington now
has Bishop Earl ('ransmn, until recent­
ly stationed at Portland, Ore. The ap­
pointment of Bishop Cranston as resi­
dent bishop of the District of Columbia
was made at the last genernl confer­
ence of the Methodist church, held at
Los Angeles In May.
His term ot appointment Is for four
years, and he will be the bead of Meth­
odism at the capital for that length of
time. Bishop Cranston is one of the
most distinguished prelates In the Unit­
ed States While not so well known In
Washington, except to the clergy, be
has a reputation on the Pacific const.
Continental Hall.
Continental hall, the building to be
erected by the Daughters of the Amer­
ican Revolution south of the Corcoran
Gallery of Art on Seventeenth street.
Is expected, when finished, to be one
of the handsomest structures of Its ,
kind in the national capital. The cor- |
nerstone was laid with appropriate
ceremonies last April. The building Is j
to cost not more than $300,000. Mar- ,
ble Is to be the material used. The i
frontage on Seventeenth street Is to be
210 feet and the structure Is to occupy ;
85.000 square feet of ground The first
floor will be devoted mainly to an au­
ditorium. which will have a seating ca­
pacity of 2,000.
CARL SCHOFIELD.
Bow Bells.
To be born within the sound of Bow-
Bells has been a distinction for centu­
ries. The famous old bells which have
rung so long over London, It may not
be generally known, are sltunted In
Cheapside, where they may still be
seen and heanl. The street which pass­
es beneath them la today the busiest In
all London and is wholly given over to
business, so that few people today are
actually born within the sound of tlie
famous bells.
FEATHERED MIMICS.
Ostriches Ilnar Like Lions and Jays
Are Great Imitators.
“The roar of the ostrich resembles
the roar of the lion because the ostrich
stole from the Hon this sound, even as
one playwright steals from another a
plot.”
An ornithologist made that odd as­
sertion in a taxidermist's sliop. He
went on to elaborate it as follows:
"Birds from the ostrich down are lm
ltatlve. The ostrich where he lives
alone Is silent, but In a country where
lions abound he roars. Why? Because
for centuries, admiring the majesty
and grandeur of the lion's roar, he
gradually learned to roar himself. Be­
lieve me, it is fine to see an ostrich
throw back his little head and emit a
roar like thunder.
“Buntings Imitate pipits, and green
finches imitate yellowhammers. They
seek their food In the winter together,
and they gradually steal each other's
call.
"The Jay Is an Insatiable Imitator.
Some jays will Include in their reper­
tory not only the whoo-oo of the kite,
the scream of the buzzard and the hoot
of the owl, but also the bleat of the
lamb and the neigh of a horse.
"Even the nightingale imitates. In a
nightingale's perfect song I have often
heard the tlp-slp-sislsis of the wood
w«trl»lor and tlio
of tlio
nuthatch.”—Washington l’ost.
PROPER BREATHING.
Is* the Nostril*, Not tlie Mouth, and
Take Deep Inhalations.
Did you ever observe whether you
breathe through the mouth or nostrils?
It makes a wonderful difference. When
we talk we are forced to breathe
through the mouth, says the Philadel­
phia Inquirer. When not speaking the
lips should be well closed, and the
breathing should be entirely by the
nostrils, but this Is not all. The habit
of slow, measured, deep breathing that
covers the entire lung surface Is of
more value and importance than you
will ever believe until you have tried
it, and when you have established the
habit of breathing In this manner you
will say some remarkable things In its
favor. It will reach all points of your
physical system. All the benefits that
occur from a healthy condition of the
blood will in a greater or less degree
be yours, for the manner and complete
ness with which the inhaled air comes
in contact with the blood in the lungs
nre of the utmost Importance to every
vital process. The lungs are a kind of
furnace, In which the oxygen of the
air Is consumed nnd combined with
other elements, a process necessary to
life, the perfection of which depends
upon the purity of the air and the man­
ner of inhaling it.
Th* Throne of England.
Some authorities hold that the coro­
nation chair in Westminster abbey is
entitled to be called the throne, as be­
ing the one occupied by the sovereign
at hie nr her coronation Others main­
tain that the throne in the bouse of
lords is really the official throne, as It
Is occupied by the sovereign for state
purposes at the opening of parliament.
Others again say that there Is no real
throne In the strictest acceptation of
the word and that all the thrones or
chairs of state in the various palaces
throughout the kingdom are equally
entitled to be called "the throne," Inas­
much as they are used as such when
the sovereign happens to be In resi­
dence at that particular palace and
holds any levee or other strictly official
reception. The most general opinion,
however, seems to be that the throno
in the bouse of lords is really entitled
to be called "the throne of England."
Bill Nys'i Cow.
Bill Nye, the humorist, once had *
cow to sell and advertised her as fol­
lows:
“Owing to my ill health I will sell at
my residence, in township 19, range
18, according to the government's snr
vey, one plush raspberry cow, aged
eight years She Is of undoubted cour­
age and gives milk frequently. To a
man who does not fenr death In any
form she would be a great boon. She
la very much attached to her present
home with a stny chain, but she will be
sold to any one who will agree to treat
her right. She Is one-fourth Shorthorn
anil three-quarters hyena. I will also
throw In a double barrel shotgun,
which goes with her. In May she
usually goes away for a week or two
and returns with a tall red calf with
wabbly legs. Her name is Rose. I
would rather sell her to a nonresident."
CHOICE
MISCELLANY FACTS IN FEW LINES
PrlD** Heal >-• Idea «if Huially.
The French professor ot l’rlnce Hen­
ry of Prussia one <l«y read to him
the following exercise for translation:
"Sovereign ladies have not merely an
air of majesty, but a gracious deport
uient peculiar to them.” Tha prince
laid down Ills pen and raise«! bls hand
"Have you any remark to make?" ask
ed the teacher. "Duly this: l>o you ot
do you not wish to touch me to b*
truthful?" “Certainly, I wish to teach
you truthfulness." “Let me tell you
then, that 1 have known sovereign la­
dles all my life and never noticed In
them any majesty or peculiar grace ot
iflportment. Quite the contrary. Ought
we not, therefore, to omit the phrase
you have Just read?” The professor
said that he respected the scruples ot
his pupil. He could uot, however, cor­
rect an exercise book which had been
carefully lns(>eeted liefore being set
down on the list for study. Besides,
the taste of a boy of twelve differed
from that of an adult He might here­
after see majesty and grace where he
now sees none. Henry took up Ills
pen and wrote out the phrase In
French. He then uttered a groan and
observed, “It's an awful shame to foist
such books upon us.”—London Truth.
A Philadelphia lleicKar1» Method.
One of the professional beggars
whose "lay" Is along Broad street from
Chestnut to Routh has evolved a new
style of approach which Is bringing
him in large returns. He studies the
feet of passersby, and when he sees
a man coming along in new shoes or
In shoes that have been recently
shined he takes a stand directly in the
way of his intended victim and stares
hard at those same shoes. Of course
the pedestrian stops short nnd looks
down at his feet to see what Is the
matter with them. Then the beggar re­
marks ns if to himself, but In a tone
which you may wager the victim hears
well enough:
“My, I wisht I had a pair of shoes
as good as them is!”
Thus the beggar hns accomplished
two things. He has forced the pedes­
trian to stop and pay attention, which
is half of the professional beggar's
game In every case, and he has secur­
ed a fine intrixluctton for a "touch.”
There is usually a nickel In It, at any
rate, and sometimes there is a pnlr of
shoes, which can be conveniently
pawned.—Philadelphia Press.
Testing Eggs Eor Age.
A new and simple method for testing
eggs Is published lu German papers. It
is based upon the fact that the air
chamber in the flat end of the egg in­
creases with age. If the egg Is placed
In n saturated solution of common salt
It will show an increasing Inclination
to float with the long uxls vertical. A
scale is attached to the vessel contain­
ing the snlt solution, so that the Incli­
nation of the floating egg toward the
horizontal can be measured. In this
way the age of the egg can be deter­
mined almost to a day. A fresh egg
lies in a horizontal position at the bot­
tom of the vessel. An egg from three
to five days old shows an elevation of
the flat end, so that Its long nxls forms
an angle of twenty degrees. With an
egg eight days old the angle increases
to forty five degrees, with an egg four­
teen days old to sixty degrees and
with one three weeks old to seventy-
five degrees, while an egg a month old
floats vertically upon the pointed end.
Demand For Human Hair.
The largest dealers in human hair in
New York, wlio practically supply the
hair crop for the entire country, are
authority for the statement that the
demand for this commodity was never
as great as It Is at present. The result
is that the price of all shades and
styles of human hair Is rapidly soaring
upward. There has been an advance
In the price of first class hair of from
80 to 50 per cent within the last three
months. The present indications are,
judging from the size of the crop now
being Imported, that there will be a
still further advance In prices during
the winter months. One denier said
that it Is almost Impossible to supply
the demand for first class gray linfr. A
wig of gray human hair of tine quality
Is worth its weight in silver or perhaps
even in gold.—Boston Transcript.
Swlmmln* For Soldiers.
Many valuable lives would certainly
be saved annually If swimming formed
a portion of the national curriculum
for soldiers. During the bnthing season
there were several fatal accidents
to soldiers whose lives would have
been saved could they have swum a
few yards. During the South African
war there was a case of a retreating
detachment which could not fetch a
boat from the other side on an unford-
able stream, although no enemy but
the water offered opposition. A couple
of fair swimmers could have per1
formed the service with ease, and, the
river being nnrrow, the little command
would have been ferried over before
the pursuing Boors arrived on the
scene —London Globe.
Th* World's Moll Nervi**.
The aggregate annual letter nnd
newspaper mall of the world amounts
to 32,500,000,01X) pieces, of which 8,500,-
000,000 go through the United States
malls. We have 75,000 postoffices and
500,000 miles of postal routes, with a
yearly travel over them amounting to
600,000,000 miles. The service costs
over $150,000,000 a year. The receipts
now almost equal the expenditures and
hnve doubled In the last ten years. In
1800 the total receipts were $8,000,000.
which was considered an extraordinary
sum. But for $22,000,000 spent In es
tabllshlng the rural free delivery,
which now serves one-seventh of the |
population of the United States, the
poatoffice would be self sustaining.—
Success.
Ancient Tree«.
In the sequoia groves of California
there stand trees so old tbnt they may
well have cast tbelr leaves and shed
tbelr seed on the night of the Nativity.
On Mount l^banon th* survivors of
the groves which escaped King Solo­
mon's fourscore thousand hewers still
stretch their gigantic arms and scatter
their cones for the children of the west
to carry away.
Christianity is growing In India fast­
er than the population.
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American railways kendfi* about
$12.iaa>.ixsi worth of grain a year.
More than one third of all our export
trade has been In the two great crops,
wheat and cotton.
One hundred million bushels of grain
are sent every year to the mills of
Duluth and Minneapolis.
A water reservoir at Manchester,
England, is sinking, nud the cause Is
believed to t*l coal mining nearly un­
der it.
The Chinese government Is to receive
£3ixi a thousand for all the Chinese
coolies shipped to the South African
mines.
The druggists of Rome have formed
a corporation to bring suit against
Baedeker for saying that tlielr shops
are unreliable and expensive.
Tlie sardine famine whlph has exist­
ed on the coast of Brittany for several
years promises to be relieved this fall,
as the catches are now ruuning heavy.
Two hundred school children at Chi-
»ago struck because the principal of
the school was removed. Their moth­
ers also struck—with slippers—aud the
Children are now In school.
In London the unusual beat of last
summer gave a further vogue to the
straw hat and made silk bats so un­
popular that the factories dismissed
many of their workmen.
The London Tailor and Cutter gives
this valuable advice: "For cricket,
boating, tennis and football Jewelry
must be eschewed, but for motoring,
fishing and golf It Is indis|>ensable."
Between the two oceans we raise one
fifth of the world's wheat, four-fifths
of its corn, one-fourth of its oats and
four fifths of Its cotton. This harvest
Is the foundation of our prosperity.
Tlie practice of oiling the roads has
been introduced in India, at Bombay.
It is found that If the oil Is allowed
to soak In slowly no obnoxious mud Is
produced, and the result is a success.
The Agricultural bank of Sofia has
decided to buy 5,000 Iron plows, 200
grain sorting machines and 500 bar
rows, to be distributed among its pa­
trons to increase the revenues of the
farmers.
It 1 b reported from Tokyo that ths
Russian prisoners of war of Jewish
and Polish origin now held in Japan
have expressed to the officers in charge
of them their desire to become natural
ized Japanese after the war.
A violin player witnessed a lively
street fight at Paris not long ago and
began to play In order to soothe the
two combatants. It had the opposite
effect, however, for one of the fighters
drew a knife and stabbed the violinist.
All the five planetary satellites dis
covered since 1846 have been found by
Americans. They Include Hyperion,
the seventh satellite of Saturn; Die­
mos mid Phoebus, the little moons of
Mars, and Phoelie, the ninth moon of
Saturn.
A mail bag captured by the Boers In
1899 lias just been recovered. It con­
tained forty-seven registered letters, lu
which were about $350 lu cash, a num­
ber of postal orders, a draft for $1,000,
documents Involving a sum of $25,000,
checks, official papers and two wills.
Every one nowadays, owing to the
disclosures of scientific Investigation,
believes that sugar plays a more Im­
portant part In the dietary than a mere
condiment. It Is a fo al and when used
Judiciously In combination with other
foods adds markedly to the value of a
ration.
Ireland Is making a bold bld for a
leading position in the British fruit
markets. Orchard cultivation is being
encouraged by the authorities and ar­
rangements nre being actively prose­
cuted for the drying mid packing of
fruit. In "American fashion,” for ex­
portation. The Irish fruit Is among the
finest in the world.
A Danish electrician named Paulsen
Is credited with having successfully
attempted a curious feat. It Is said
that he has been able to operate the
keyboard of a typewriter nt a distance
without any visible connection between
It and the Instrument at hand. It is
added that he has also discovered a
new kind of "electric wave" whose
existence has been suspected, but
which lias never until now been re­
vealed.
An English writer has lieen devoting
his attention to the elimination of un­
necessary things and hns succeeded II
presenting a tentative list of article!
which mankind does not need. lit
holds, to begin with, that the resident
of a city does not require a watch. He
goes so far as to say tlint nn umbrella
Is not Indispensable. Then he points
to superfluous buttons on wearing np
pnrel, such as those on the back and
on the sleeves of frock coats.
The total production of gold from
the mines of the world for 410 years,
or since there have been any record of
the same kept, is officially given at
$10,693,230,302. The total production
of gold from the mines of the United
States since Its discovery Is given at
$2,539,503,140. Of this the eastern nnd
southern states produced $32,492,648,
leaving $2,507,010,492 as the amount of
gold produced by the mountainous
country west of the meridian of Den
ver.
At a meeting of the Society of Hyp
nology and Psychology In Paris the
other day a report wns read from Dr.
Korovine of the Moscow Asylum For
Inebriates, where experiments for the
cure of drunkenness by hypnotic sug
gestlon have been carried out for three
years. Dr. Korovine claims 22 per
cent of radical cures out of some 3<JO
patients. He says that out of 323 pa­
tients hypnotized 84.4 per cent did not
drink alcohol for a week. 33.8 per cent
for three weeks, 27.7 per cent for morn
than a month, hilt only 3.1 per cent for
tlie whole time of the treatment that
Is to say. for six months.
Money In Rome Clothe«.
Hoax Job I ota has gone Into the
clothing business. Jonx He ought to
flo well. There’s money In clothes.
Hoax—There s never any tn mine. -
Philadelphia Record.
His Whlstral look.
"My husband Is getting to be a sol
entitle whist player.”
"la he? I've lieen wondering lately
what made him look as If there was
The great struggle of life la first for not milch more left In the w<irld that
bread. then the butter on the bread wns worth trying far."—Chicago Rec-
and last sugar on the butter.
old Herald.