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About Corvallis gazette. (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909 | View Entire Issue (April 25, 1902)
THE OLD HOU6& It stands in a desolate, weed-grown gar- den, Where once the rose and the lilac grew. And the lily lifted a waxen chalice To catch the wine of the summer's dew. The grans creeps in o'er the mossy thres hold, The dust lies deep on the rotting Hoar, And the wind, at it will, is coming, go ing, -Through broken window and open door. Ob, poor old house, do yon grieve as men do. For the vanished things that were yours of yore?" Like a heart in which love was one time tenant. But has gone away to come back no more. Do you dream of the dead as the days pass over. Of the pang of parting and joy of birth In hearts turned dust? Ah, that dust is scattered . By winds of a lifetime to ends of earth! See! Here by the path Is a little blos som. It lifts to the sunshine a fragile face. It springs from a root that some dead hand planted - A century back in the dear home place. Little thought they whom the old house sheltered That life would fade as the leaves that fall; They had their day and are all forgot ten The little flower has outlived them all! Milwaukee Sentinel. rjrrQ II E young man stood with his wpback to the Are and his . hands thrust into his trouser pockets. Mrs. Langley sat on the lounge sob bing hysterically. Her husband. Col onel Langley, strode up and down the room, angrily displacing various chairs and tables, while the boy's cousin, for lie was uot much more than a boy in years, tried to pacify the trio. "All right, sir; go your own way, go your own way and be ." The last word was lost as the door slammed be hind the irate Colonel. , ", Ted! How can you be so fool ish?" said Mrs. Langley, brokenly. "How can you dream of marrying a vulgar, uneducated dancer?" "Mother." replied the boy, sternly. "I love Madge Baptiste, and whether she be a dancer or a duchess, a million airess or a retired shopkeeper's daugh ter, it can matter to no one but my self if I really love her." The mother recommenced her bys t erical cries. The cousin, a fair, pretty girl about his own age, went to hlin and rested her band on his shoulder. "Teddy, say no more now, but come with me. Let us think the matter over calmly." The next evening Gwendoline stole quietly from the house and drove to the theater where Madge Baptiste danced nightly. It was dusk when she arrived. She sent up her card, telling the commis sionaire that her business was urgent. He returned with the Information that Miss Baptiste would see Miss Harper for a few minutes. Then she, found herself in a small and dainty dressing room. Clouds of soft, silken petticoats lay here and" there. A large jar of flowers stood on the mantelpiece, and I lie dressing table was covered with silver powder boxes, scent bottles, and "make-up" utensils. Photographs of actors, painters, and poets stood In every available corner; old programs lu wooden frames and one or two etch ings hung ou the walls. Before a large mirror stood Miss Madge Baptiste arranging her hair. "Ah, come In, Miss Harper. Excuse (lie untidy state of the room. I think you'll find a chair. Let me see, I don't think I have met you before perhaps you are a journalist, or " "No, I haven't ever met you before," stammered Gwendoline. "I came I think you know my cousin, Mr. Lang lej." She felt her face growing red. She did not know why she blushel, but this vivacious, beautiful girl fright ened her. She had expected to find such n different woman a vulgar, ill bred woman. ".Mr. Langley? Teddy! O. yes, 1 know him well. So you are his cousin? Pleased to meet you he is not HI, I hope?'' "No. he is not 111." "(), that's all right. Ted and I are fond of each other, you know; In fact, we think of getting married soon at least, lie thinks of it. I didn't know he had a cousin, such a pretty cousin, too'." with a laugh; "he kept that a secret." "I really came to speak about It about this marriage," said Gwendoline, nervously. "You know his people " "O!" Madge Baptiste turned sharply from regarding herself in the mirror. "O. I understand! They have heard perhaps he told them; he said he Miould. They object ah? And you?" She drew a chair opposite the girl, and sat down, and rested her arms on her I-nee with her face between her hands. "I am only his cousin we have been chums always. I said I would see you, and tell you that his father and mother were angry; that he was merely a boy and " "Yes. yes I know don't go on." She looked Gwendoline up and down. She saw her youth; she guessed the real reason of her visit. "Ted is a boy In years, I know, but he is a man for all that. He Is 22 and I am 23. Besides, 1 am only a dancer, and he is Colonel Itngley's son. Please understand I have no wish to marry him if hU parents object. I will tell hfm he must go away and not see me again. I shall miss him at first. I expect. A dancer's life is a lonely one, you know. She has so few friends, and unless she Ah. there Is the call boy. Well, good by and if I don't see Teddy again say good -by to him for me." But Miss Harper had risen, and was holding Madge Baptiste's bauds in hers, while two tears ran down her cheeks. "O. don't, please! How crnel you must think me! I didn't mean to I really didn't. But his mother was so unhappy, and I thought you were a I mean. I didn't dream you really cared for Ulm. He shall marry you! I know THREE NEW The new shirt waists show great variety of style. Many are cut with yoke, but almost as many are without.' Some have the yoke both in front and back. The fashionable shirt waist is unquestionably the white one, both thick and thin ones, made-in great variety. The plain shirt waist of madras or heavy linen has little fullness in front; some are made with pointed, some with plain yokes at the back, bnt the majority have no yoke at all. The waists are all made to give the long-waisted effect in front. The sleeves are a little larger than those of last year, and the fullness is arranged at the top to-give the broad-shouJdered effect. The more elaborate waists are attractive. . and most of them button in the back. They have lace collars, while the cuffs are finished with a little edge of lace and are really nothing but a band around the wrist. All kinds of stitching, tucking and fancy buttons are used. he loves you " and then she burst out crying. "Miss Baptiste! Curtain's waiting! Hurry up!" yelled a small youth at the door. ."Let It wait; can't come!" replied the dancer, curtly. Then In a soft gentle voice to Gwendoline: "Don't cry, dear; you have been ever so kind. I know you meant well in coming. But I don't think I had better see him again; you'll make a much better wife than I " There was a suspicious break in her voice. "No. no," said Gwendoline, between her sobs, blushing violently; "I never thought of that I only care for him as -a sister," but as she said it, she realized that she lied. "Come, dry your eyes why, I'm be ginning now! What a pretty pair we are! Poor Ted! Why here are two girls each trying to make the other marry him " "You you will marry him. Prom ise! I shall never forgive myself if you don't. I did not know you were so good and so beautiful " "Why, how do you know It now? Perhaps I am only humbugging you." "You are not I see it In your eyes. You will marry him won't you?" "What will 'father and mother' say t" "O, I'll Interview them," laughed Gwen, drying her eyes. "Even as you Interviewed me? Yes. I will marry Teddy if you really wish it, but not else. I couldn't hurt such a good little thing as you." And then both women began to cry again, holding each other's hands. The manager had to announce that Miss Madge Baptiste was unable to perform that night. And Miss Gwendoline Harper also announced. In Colonel Langley's drawing-room, that Madge Baptiste and her cousin Ted were quite right to marry each other, and that she would help them through the ceremony. And Ted kissed her and said she was a brick, and the Colonel hoisted the white flag. And after it was" all over, Gwendoline sat in her bedroom holding a photo of her cousin in herhand. And her tears splashed dismally on the faded por trait "I hope she will love him as much as I love blm," she said softly. Madame. EPICUREAN CHINAMEN. .Their Tables Have the Best the Ameri can Slarkets Afford. The food bought by. the Chinese liv ing in America is ofteu quite as ex pensive as that of the whites. Instead of living almost altogether on rice and chop suey, as is the general Inipres slou, Chinamen, being quite as fond of meat as Americans, buy pork, beef, and chickens. Chop suey is made to sell to curious white persons who visit Chinatown. In the vicinity of every large city where there is any consid erable Chinese colony, there are truck gardens devoted to raising vegetables exclusively for Chinamen from seed brought from their native land. These vegetables are unknown to Americans. But the Chinese also consume large quantities of the finer kinds of Ameri can vegetables. The Chinaman has a sweet tooth, also; and In the best Chinese restaur ants In San Francisco, New York, Chi cago, and other large cities, the best of OSTRICH DRIVEN TO SULKY. Ostriches can tiavel at great speech. This has long been known, and the day may not be far distant when ostriches will be seen in all large cities drawing sulkies and other light vehicles. The ostrich shown in this picture was trained in Florida and proved from the start very docile and intelligent. When he was backed between the shafts of a carriage he did not "buck" or kick, as many a young horse is apt to do.'but stood stolidly, as though his ancestors for genera tions had been obedient to the bit and bridle. After he was harnessed it took st good while to impress on his mind the fact that he would not be allowed to speed as fast over country rsr.ds and streets as he would naturally do in a desert, but even this he learned in time, and bow it is said this wonderful bird is fully trained and can draw a sulky for many miles at an extraordinary speed. The achievement of this ostrich is of unusual interest to owners of ostrich farms, and some of them are preparing to train several of their young birds as this ostrich was trained. They argue tbat a race between ostriches, harnessed to sulkies, would be a most novel sight, and in view of the great speed of the birds, that such a sport would certainly become popular. SHIRT WAISTS. wines are served to Chinese as well as American customers, together with the finest und most expensive foods. In the average Chinese restaurant In those cities good board can be had by the Chinese for from $15 to $20 a month, and these restaurants are large ly patronized. As a rule, the China men are compelled to lodge in mean quarters; but in New York and San Francisco there are a number of well appointed homes occupied by the fami lies of well-to-do Chinese merchants, which the American seldom or never sees. In New York there Is an apartment-house, up-to-date In every re spect, occupied by Chinese families. The Chinaman sticks as closely as he can to the traditions and customs of his country, which are strange to the Occidental, and, therefore, a subject for comment and often for derision. Forum. HE HAD NO CASE. The Jndge Gives Reasons for Ruling Against the Farm Hands. Justice does not always frown, for now and then a judge will unbend and illuminate his decisions with the light of humor. Sterling B. Torrey, judge of the Circuit Court of Jefferson County, Kentucky, is such a magistrate. Here is the decision which he rendered iq a suit brought by a farm-hand against his employer to recover damages for having poisoned himself with Paris green, which he was ordered to put on potato-bugs. It was a hot day, and the man bad turned back his shirt at the throat, exposing his chest to the poison. The judge said: The plaintiff exceeded the scope of his employment in sprinkling Paris green elsewhere than, ou the potato vines, as his special and exclusive agency was to kill the bugs basking in the shade of said potato-vines; the plaintiff's act in allowing the defend ant's Paris green to come in contact with his flesh, instead of with the flesh of the bugs, was unauthorized and ultra vires; the mental and physical suffer ing of which the plaintiff complains was the result of his own wrong in misapplying the defendant's Paris green to purposes other than those for which he was employed to apply it. and besides, is damnum absque injuria; the plaintiff, in opening his clothes and ex posing himself to the Paris green, was guilty of contributory negligence; the plaintiff knew as well as the defendant that Paris green was poisonous. If he did not know that Paris green was a poison, this suit should not have been brought in his name, but by a guard ian. Milk. Kept In Frozen Chunks There are but few cows In Labra dor:" No wonder. The natives procure their milk for the winter and then kill their cows. The milk is kept In bar rels, where it freezes and never threat ens to soar throughout the entire sea sou. When one wishes any milk he has simply to go to the barrel and cut ant a slice. Jefferson memorial Road. Citizens ,of Albemarle County, Vir ginia, have organized the Jefferson Memorial Road association for the pur pose of building a public boulevard between Charlottesville and Monticel lo, where President Jefferson lies buried. The road will be two miles long, and is expected to cost $20,000. vf MISQUOTED BY MANY. - Interesting Compariasha of the Per i " versions and the Originals Even the least scholarly of us nowa days are prone to quotations, though we might not indulge ourselves quite so often f we believed a little more thoroughly that a little learning usuaF ly misquoted "knowledge" is a dan gerous thing, and that it is not safe to quote a phrase unless you are familiar with the work in which it occurs. - Take, for instance, "the even tenor of their way. "Gray never penned such a phrase in his "ElegyWhat he wrote was tlie noiseless tenor of their way." Nathaniel Lee also suffers in "when Greek meets Greek, then comes the tug of war." What he wrote was "When Greeks joined Greeks, then was the tug of war." - ; Again, how often is "but the tongue lean no man tame; it is an unruly evil" (James 3:8) rendered "the tongue is an unruly member!" -"Charity shall cover the multitude iof sins" (I. Peter 4:S) is usually dis torted Into "charity eoveretha multi tude of sins." " ; We were wont to talk about "speed ing the parting guest," too, whereas. Pope, in "Satire II.," wrote "speed the going guest." , - The champion case of- nonsense put forward as sense, however, is probably the crime-which is continually being committed a.gainst Butler's "Fludi bras." "A man convinced against his will will hold the same opinion still." i Of course, what Butler wrote was "He : that complies against his will is ef his own opinion still" a slight difference in sense as well as words, surely, j A passage on mercy from Shake , gpeare's "Merchant of Venice" is usual ily given as "falleth the gentle dew," I whereas the words writ by the bard are "dropped as the gentle rain." " Again, the "Romeo and Juliet," "that jI shall say good-night, till it be mor j row," is in 99 cases of lOOmisq noted as "that I eould say good-night until to-morrow. We are also fond of saying the man that hath no music in his soul;" but the correct phrase is "the man that hath no music in himself." Even Milton does not escape. sys the Baltimore Sun. His "fresh, woods and pastures new" ("Lycidas") is usually misquoted "fresh Delds nd pastures new." In "Henry and Em ma" Matthew Prior wrote ".fine by de grees and beautifully less;" though we are wont to render the phrase, "Small by degrees and beautifully less." HABIT CF SAVING. The Old Reliable Road to Financial Independence. In July of last year the bdivid.ual de posits in the national banks in this country amounted to $3,228,000,000. The deposits iu the savings banks in the country at the same time amounted to $2,597,000,000. The savings banks of the world had $8,008,340,000. represent ing (53,070.000 depositors. The average individual account for the world was $141.24. The average iudivdnal account for the United States was $-180.30. It should be said in a time of prosper ity that no habit is more valuable to cultivate than theihabit of saving. Pros perity avails a- man nothing.uuless with it he has strength of character to save in proportion. Dickens has a character in one of his books that every Mine he prospers he treats himself, so to say-; Indulges himself with some extra ex penditure as a reward. That is likely to be a tendency with too many. It is the old truism about prosperity being more difficult to stand than adversity. No man can prosper that dees not spend less than he makes. He cannot greatly prosper unless increasingly he spends less proportionately than he makes. While money-making is a positive achievement as much as the creation of anything is. frugality is something that need wait on no gift, but may be prac ticed by all. "Whether a man be rich or poor, whether he be gifted mentally or emo tionally or be dull, there is for every one in this life the lesson of self-denial to learn, and as this life is an exceed ingly practical thing, the basis of self denial might almost be said to lie in material savings. Where a man has not the ability to increase his income he should decrease his outgo. He that does this will soou begin to get a mar gin. The process of saving is, slow, but it is sure. It can literally work won ders, and once started it grows like the rolling snowball. The smallness at the beginning should be no discouragement. There is an opportunity for the man that can save 10 cents a week as well as for the man that can save $10 a week. The way is long, and to begin with may be difficult, but persistence in it makes it easy. Life is more a matter of habit than of intention, and the habit of thrift can as easly be cultivated as the habit of prodigality. Indianapolis News. Pugs in Boots. Over in Paris fashion has decreed that when the pet doggies go out for an airing during damp weather they must wear rubber boots. Of course, the boots are made for dog use and they cost $4.75 for two pairs, for a dog with the proper number of legs must buy his boots four at a time, you know. They have 'em high for grey hounds and low for dachehuuds, and thin soled or thick soled, according to the owner's taste. And they say it's really a touching sight to see the dogs prancing around the puddles in their shining boots, and their little rainy-day blankets, but, alas, the hu manity of the thing has to count against one very unpleasant drawback. Begs love to gnaw rubber, and the consequence is they chew up their boots just as quick as they get a chance. No sooner is his owner's gaze turned away than even the best-bred dog in Paris will sit down in the very first puddle and worry his boots. lt'; a great pity, of course, but after all dogs will be dogs. Cleveland Plain Dealer. - .- A real old-fashioned motherly wom an has so much sympathy for children who live In a boarding house that she never thinks of the heathen in India. When you do a foolish thing you say to yourself, "The people won't uotice it" But they will notice it; they al ways do. FRIENDS THOUGH FOES. I 1 e.ns 4axv s- sm far ; - ss . - -LORD METHUEN AND GEN. DEL A KEY. During Lord Methuen's stay iu the Boer camp Gen. Delarey was unremitting in his courtesy, and personally expressed his great sympathy with his distin guished prisoner. BRAKE ON "THE STEAMER. Many a serious-accident on the water might be avoided if vessels were fitted with a device for bringing them to a stop as quickly 'as possible when the danger appears. Louis Lacoste of Mon treal, Que.,- has designed an. apparatus for this special purpose; which Is Illus trated herewith, the picture showing the central part of a steamer with the brake mechanism attached In operatins position. The brake proper consists of a hinged gate of considerable width, attached to the side of the ship to extend verti- RETARDS PASSAGE THROUGH WATER. cally downward from the water line. Normally this gate lies close against the side of the vessel and offers no resistance to the progress through the water, but when the proper signal is given from the pilot house the engineer starts the mechanism which released the clamp securing the forward edge of the gate, the latter Immediately flying open, until it is at right angles to the course of the ship, wMiere it is sustain ed by the braces at the rear. The brakes are arranged in pairs and two or more sets may be applied to one ship. They offer no hindrance to the movement of the ship through the wat er as long as they remain closed, but afford a valuable additidon to the re versed propeller in bringing the ship to a quick stop In times of danger. A SLOW PROCESS. Cooling of the Earth as Relating to the Length of the Day. Professjr Woodward, in the Popu lar Science Monthly, has lately given an account of his researches on the progressive cooling of the earth and its relation to the length of the day. Does the length of the day vary? Was it formerly shorter than now? Will it, in the future, be lengthened? The an swer depends upon the mass of the earth, which varies, since meteoric dust perpetually falls upon the surface and thus increases the quantity of matter; and on its volume, which be comes smaller as the mass Is progres sively cooled. Laplace concluded from the data at his disposition that there had been no sensible change in the length of the day for 2,000 years. Woodward has repeated his calcula tion with new data, and concludes that the duration of the day has not chang ed as much as half a second during the first 10,000.000 years after the be ginning of solidification of the earth's material. When the cooling of tiie earth finally reaches its term the change will be marked. Trofessor Woodward's result Is that the ratio of the change of the day to Its initial length is two-thirds of.the product of the loss of temperature multiplied by its cubical contraction. For example, if the primitive temperature of the earth was 3,000 deg. C, and if its cubi cal contraction was that of Iron, the day will be finally reduced about 6 per cent that is to say. by-about an hour and a half. The lapse of time neces sary to bring this about Is enormous. Three hundred thousand millions of years are required, according to Wood ward, for 95 per cent of the total con traction to take place. The length of the day will not be sensibly affected, on the other hand, after the expiration of 1,000,000 of millions of years. -The fall of meteoric drcst tends to increase the mass of the earth, and thus to change the length of the day, but the effect due to this cause is not above one-two-hundred-thousandth of the ef fect of secular cooling. Twenty mil lions of small meteors, weighing on t i - 4 the average one gramme each, fall on the earth daily, but In 1,000,000 of mil lions" of years the length of day will not be increased a quarter of a second on this account Taking everything together the day will shorten, not lengthen, but the process will go on with extreme slowness. SALMON P. CHASE'S CARRIAGE. Still Preserved in the Shop of a Wash ington Dealer. The carriage which was in 1SG2 the handsomest equipage in Washington, and which transported through its streets the reigning society queen of that day the daughter of Salmon P. Chase, or, as she is now remembered, Mrs. Kate Chase Sprague has for the last eighteen years occupied an in conspicuous place In the salesroom of Thomas E. Young's carriage house in that city. The huge vehicle is now quaint and out of date in many ways, though traces of Its departed elegance are not lacking. Awell-worn footboard In the rear gives evidence of the military ap pearance of two liveried footmen who gripped with teuacity at the black strap bandies In order to maintain their equilibrium. In front is a box seat for the driver, draped somewhat in the fashion of a bearse of the pres ent day. The iuterior of the carriage, with Its ample seating capacity for six persons, is lined with heavy lilac satin, while the handles and door latches are of silver and Ivory. The carriage is jet black and its heavy running gear, to gether with Its ponderous body and substantial trappings, gives the im pression that It is looking with haughty disdain on the glossy traps which surround it in the salesroom, never admitting for a moment that its former glory has been lessened a whit by the vagaries of fashion. Mrs. Kate Chase Sprague gave the carriage in trade for a more modern vehicle about eighteen years ago. Its value now is simply that of a relic, but in the estimation of Mr. Young this value is increasing each year. Mr. Young also has stored away in his lofts the Seward carriage, which is an exact counterpart of the carriage shown at Buffalo as the equipage of Abraham Lincoln. This, with the car riage of Gen. Tecumseb Sherman, says the Washington Star, he pur chased about twenty years ago. - His Explanation. A group of men were sitting In the smoking room when the talk turned upon the war in South Africa. Several of the men had seen service, and, al though some of them were strangers, conversation was brisk and entertain ing. "Well," began a soldierly looking fellow, "I've been in South Africa my self, and had a very interesting time." "Ever get very close to the Boers?" some one asked. "Rather! I once took two of their officers." "Unaided?" "Certainly. And the very next day I took eight men with their horses." "All wounded, I espeet?" remarked a listen er, with a suspicion of a sneer. "You didn't get hurt, of course?" "Just a scratch, that's all! And the day after I took a lot of transport wagons, and followea that up by taking a Boer kraal and a big gun." "Mister," said the dis agreeable man of the audience, "I have seen some of the finest specimens of anything you can call to mind, but frankly you are the only legitimate suc cessor of Baron Munchausen that I've ever met!" "Oh, no, I'm not that." said the story-teller modestly with a good natured smile "I'm only a photo grapher!" .: Aged Dog Commits" Suicide. "There's old Tige;- he's 15 years old. really blind, and a nuisance," said the proprietor of the hotel at Alford, Pa., the other day. "I- haven't the heart to kill him. but if some fellow will shoot him and bury him up on the hill, I will give bim a dollar." A barroom lounger immediately ac cepted the offer, and left for his home to get a gun. Old Tige arose from the floor near the stove, gave a pitiful whine, and went out of doors. In half an hour the man returned with a gun, but the dog was nowhere to be found. A persistent search all the afternoon failed to reveal his presence, and the barroom crowd gave up the chase at nightfall. Next morning the milkman discover ed the mangled body of old Tige on the railroad tracks. He bad committed sui cide to escape being shot to death. Chicago Inter Ocean. - Some men think twice before marry ingthen regret that they didn't get a third think. WHY HIS STOVE WOULDN'T HEAT Uncle Billy Had a Novel Plan to Keep ' Down Ilia Coal Bills. That Ignorance is bliss and that the loftiest men should be the humblest are two somewhat irrelevant axioms which often are most interesting when traced to their remote point of conjunction.- .- . C-v. -. "Out In the cemetery the other day," a matter-of-fact elderly man remarked: "I noticed that Uncle Billy's tombstone needed straightening up. A touch would do it, and as I pulled it into position I couldn't help smiling. Now I was not smiling at the crooked tombstone, but at an early recollection an episode in connection with this same Uncle Billy. "He was a fine man and a power in his community, but he had been frugal ly reared all our first settlers had to make economy a science, you know; and even after Uncle Billy had grown wealthy in the wholesale dry-goods business, he still practiced the most rigid methods of saving," by which he had accumulated money. I was a clerk in a stove store, as we used to call them, when he was quite an elderly man. A bachelor he was and had a spinster sister. Aunt Sarah, for his housekeeper. . "Well, he bought -a new stove from us, a fine library stove no furnaces at that time in the ordinary homes In this city. In a day or two he dropped in to complain that the stove wouldn't work didn't throw out enough heat to warm a cat. He was droll Uncle Billy was but he had a fine, courtly bearing, too. The firm sent me out to his. house to see what was the matter with that stove. At the door Aunt Sarah met me and said in a low tone: 'William, if you will make your Uncle William take a peck of brickbats out of that stove I think it will hold coal enough to warm the room.' "Sure enough, the stove was half-full of brickbats. It was Uncle Billy's fru gal idea that all stoves held too much coal for their own good.'and that he could cut down his coal bills by a deep layer of brickbats In the bed of the stove. I took them all out. of course; he blinked painfully as I did so. Then I made a rousing fire and Aunt Sarah soon had to open a window to cool the room. "Another nephew Inherited the bulk of Uncle Billy's wealth," said the matter-of-fact man, according to the De troit Free Press. "I see his name now and then in Boston's most fashionable social register and hear of his elegant seaside cottage life and 1 wonder yes, I do wonder how he would feel If he knew of Uncle Billy's scheme to save money for him by burning brickbats." PRAISE FOR TEAMSTERS. Theirs Is a Hard and Disagreeable Work. "Talk about hard work and patience," said a bookkeeper who ought to have been a preacher, "you ought to sit where I do all day long and notice what goes on outside of warm, com fortable offices. Every time I look up from my books a teamster is going by on the street; and let me tell you, gen tlemen, there is no class of men in the business world who are more exposed to the weather and bear their bard ships with more patience. "Day in and day out I've watched them all " kinds, from the boy who drives a grocery wagon to the coach man on the box. Yes, he's a teamster, too. and I repeat what was just said they an teach patience to the rest of us. With heavy loads, weary or ob streperous horses, rough or slippery roads or street pavements, nine out of ten are the men for the occasion, and pull through their day's work with fidelity to duty and credit to them selves. "All winter I've watched a steady stream of teamsters hauling cross-ties over to some railroad yards. The loads have been heavy, and the men have had to go slow slow enough to freeze on their wagon seats, one might think. In most cases the sturdy horses have not been driven out of a walk, anil I've marveled at the endurance and patience of the drivers. "No out-of-door job is an easy one in our Northern -winters," concluded the bookkeeper, according to the Detroit Free Press, "and- riding for hours on a heavy, springless wagon, going for ward at almost a snail's pace, must test the mettle thoroughly." Afloat. Taking the factory to the raw ma terial instead of bringing the material to the factory, is an innovation just put in operation on the Mississippi River by a button factory, and it is a plan that has many practical advan tages. TLis factory is a boat forty two feet loug and twelve feet wide, with all o the necessary machinery for the manufacture of buttons, and provided with a three-horse power en gine for its work. The principal ma terial used by this factory is mussel shells, which are found at nearly all points along the river, and one of the great expenses in conducting the busi ness heretofore has been the cost of transporting the shells. Now the fac tory has reversed the operation and will go to the mussels. When a bed of the shells is found the boat will drop anchor and go to work. When the bed is exhausted it will go on to a new lo cation. In this fashion it will go from State to State, from Minnesota to Louisiana, passing along with the sea sons. On the boat the workmen have their home with all its comforts, with freedom from land rent and the visits of tax collectors. ' - Knitting Legislator Frowned Down. Mr. Cathcart Wason, the member for Orkney and Shetland, who employed his spare time in knitting stockings in the smoking-room at the House ef Commons, has recently abandoned his practice. Mr. Wason used to explain to inquirers that his eyesight was very bad, and that, as he could not be al ways reading, he took up knitting as a pastime. The innovation, though quite an innocent one, annoyed a number of old Parliamentary hands, and of lata Mr. Wasou's knitting needles have not been in evidence at Westminster. Lon don Mail. Young man, if in doubt as to the pro priety of kissing a pretty girl, give her the benefit of the doubt. Mind your own business unless you are able to employ a private secretary.