POOR CARL DUNDER.
Tie GIti? n llanroivlne Arroiint (if UNT.nkt
Sail 1'allureln l'nlltlr.
"He vhns no use!" sighed Carl Dun
dor, ns he entered the Woodbridge street
police station yesterday and dropped
into a chair.
,1 "To what do you refer?" queried Ser
geant Bendnll.
"To some politics. I shan't nofertry
to ondersUuid him again. I vhus all
busted oop und broke down."
How?"
"Vholl. dcr poys ennio in my place
two months ago und say to mo: 'Oldt
mans, go in und bet on Cleailands. Ho
vhas dec man to get thore. Ho vhill
shweop dor country.'
"Vholl, I like to mako somo money,
und to 1 bet feefty dollar on Clealland.
It vhasn't life days before somo poys
come in my place und yolls out: 'Hoo
ray for .Harrison! He vhas dor poy
who knocks 'em all out! Say, oldt
mans, if you like to mako somo money,
bet on Harrison. He vhas dor feller to
sweep (lis country.'
"Vhell, I poliof dot. und I bet feefty
dollar on Harrison. Pooty soon an al
derman comes in my place for a glass
of beer un says: 'Say, Dundor. don't
you bo somo fools. If you haf some
money oop on Cleailands take her down
right avhay. Dot election vhill knock
him out like a crowbar.'
"Dat scares mo like caferytings, und
I gif fife dollar to withdraw my bet. It
vhasn't fife days poforo anoder alder
man corncs in my place to say: 'Hollo!
Dander, hof you mako a shackass of
yourself? How? Vhy, dot Harrison
vhas for dor Chinese und high taxes,
und wo shall scoop him high und dry.
Ho shall nefor know who hit him. Let
mo advise you as a friendt not to put
any money on him.'
"Vhell, dot scares mo again, und I
gif ten dollars to withdraw my hot on
him.
"1 sco. Co on."
"Vholl, pooty soon a feller conies
aroundt mit a banner on which vhas
painted, 'Chipman Headquarters,' und
ho says: 'Look here, Mister Dundor,
J like to gif you a pointer. Chipman
vhas sure to got there. Put oop dis
banner und go mit dor swim.'
"Vhell, J liko to gi- und swim, und so
I toll him to nail it oop. It looks pooty
nice, but. ho vhas oop only ono day po
foro a feller conies along mit a banner
which reads: 'Baker Headquarters
Dor Poy for our YVotos,' und ho says:
'Say, oldt mans, don't got left. Baker
vhas going in by five thousand majori
ties, und if you vhasn't a linker man
you vhas a greenhorn. Put dis oop as
quook as you can.'
"Vhell, I put him oop, und linker
vhas left out in dor cold, so vhas 1."
"It is sad," sighed the sergeant.
"You bet mit me it vhas! A follor
comes in my plneound looks all aroundt
und whispers: 'Say, Dundor, if you
liko to mako money bot on Mr. Young
blood. Ho goes in by throe thousand
ahead of Littlefield. 1 vhas inside, und
I know.'
"Vholl, I mako a bot of feefty dollar,
but pooty soon a feller comes in, calls
mo into a cornor, und says: 'Mister
Dundor, you vhas all right mit dor boys,
und I liko to see you ahead. Pet two
to ono on Littloliold. Dot vhas
straight.' Dot scares mo so 1 can't
sloop nights."
"You lost your fifty?"
"Ofcourso! I lose on more ash ton
men, but vhas I to blame? Vhas I somo
green horns to bet? Iloro comes n man
who says dot (Jovornor Part vhas shust
fx) shuro as next winter, und ho likes to
gif mo a pointer. Next comes a man
avIio says ho vhill bet his lung dot Luco
runs vhay ahead, und ho likes to gif
mo a chanco to scoop der poys. How
vhas I to toll?"
"You can't."
"Und so I loso moro ash two hoon
ered dollar und vhas all proko oop."
"You'd bettor let politics alone after
this."
"Sergeant, sco mo in dor loft oyo! If
I haf some moro to do mit politics in dis
country I liko to bo sont to dor crazy
liouso! Next timo I don't vote for no
pody, und if somo pody comos to gif mo
some pointers I break him in two so
quook ho can't hollor! I vhas nil mixed
oop. Eaforypody vhas elected eafory
pody runs vhay ahead eaforypody
vhas sure, und nopody comes out liko
lie oxpocts nopody but mo, und I vhns
vegetables!" Detroit Free Press,
Wouldn't Do for Her.
Mrs. Nowrich, a wealthy lady on her
travels, visited Paris, nnd white there
Jt occurred to hot that it was the proper
thing to have hor portrait painted by a
famous artist. Accordingly sho hunted
tip the studio of a painter of high repu
tation, and rapped at tho door. A pupil
of tho great painter oponcd tho door to
tho lady. .
"Will you kindly sit down nnd wait
u few momonts?" ho asked, when Mrs.
Nowrich had stated hor orrand.
"Well, I'm in a hurry. Is your mas
ter busy?" she asked.
"Yes, rri&dam, ho is engnged on a
study."
On n study T exclaimed Mrs. Now-rich-
"Well, no matter, I guess I
vpi' wait I shan't want him to paint
wij' picture. 1 want an artist who has
got 'all through with his btiuUos!"
Youth's lornpunion.
Will Resort to Law.
Little throo-yoar-old Robin had got a
6hoe-button in his nose, and his mother
took him. in grout haste, to tho doc
tor's. 'Jlio romovul of tho button
caused tho llttlo follow some pain.
"Well, my llttlo man," bald tho phy
fclclnn, "wo yon nil right now?"
"Vm. I wo nil right now," was tho
iiithtfiiniit ripiiiua; "hut I hh doln' to
ha v ituU."- Harper' JUmir-
HOW PENS ARE MADE.
Til l'l-mr.. r.tptiiliinl In a Way Tlinl
Kirry Iloiljr Can InilcrMand.
The first steel pen wns made by an
Englishman named Wise. It was cyl
indrical and adjusted to a bone case for
pockot use, but it wns too expensive as
well as clumsy to como Into general use.
A Birmingham ninn, named Meyer, who
had been experimenting to improve on
Wise's invention, had in his employ a
young man named Gillott. About tho
timo Meyer had nearly completed his In
vention, his daughter married Gillott,
nud told him hor father's secret. In
consequonco Gillott anticipated his
father-in-law, nnd started a factory for
making the very kind of pons the old
man had spent years in devising.
How are tho pens made? A sheet of
the finest s.teel six feet long, two and a
half feet wide and one-sixteenth of an
inch thick, is cut into strips each long
en&ugli to make two pons. These strips
are annealed by placing them in pots
with clayed lids and leaving them over
night in tho "muiller," or oven, which
in kept at an intense heat. When they
are cooled they aro scoured with acid
to remove the scales and brighten them.
They aro then rolled to tho gauge de
sired and taken to tho cutting shop to
be transformed into blanks by hand
presses. Thence they go to tho pierc
ing shop, where a hand-press makes tho
slits in tho sides. After being cleaned
in sawdust to lemovo tho grease, they
go to tho hardening shop and spend a
second warm night in pots in tho oven.
Next comes tho Mumping room, where
the linn namo nnd trade mark aro re
ceived. Thus far they havo been merely fiat
j blanks. Now comes tho transformn
J tion scene. In tho raising shop thoy
1 tiro given tho semi-circular forms that
trakes thorn pens. After a brief in
! ."Ulceration in tho oven, they aro given
i an oil bath, shaken in a revolving
, colander till tho drippings aro removed
j nnd saved, and men wiped dry In drums
j u ith a sawdust towel. In tho teniper
1 ing shop a hundred gross aro put in a
! single drum and turned slowly over a
j charcoal lire, a man with along-handled
j ladlo watching tho changing color,
J scooping thorn up at tho proper instant
and spreading them on a cooling pan.
i In tho scouring shops they again en
counter' sawdust in a drum; in tho
i slitting shop a hand-press makes tho
i slits in tho points; in tho grinding shop
I they aro treated to either a straight or
cross grinding, tho latter being consider
I ed preferable. Tho back of tho pen
shows readily to which process it has
been subjected.
Tho longest stay is in Iho polishing
shop two days tho timo being spent
in the most intimato intercourse with
tho rubbish known as "pot." and in re-
volving drums. They emerge polished
and with tho sharp corners worn off
tho points. Then nnothor trip is made
1 to tho tempering room, whoro thoy aro
given a blue, light, dark straw, or any
other desirable color. Into a thin var
nish of alcohol and shellac thoy aro
plunged, and spread on a perforated
and heated iron pinto to dry, andthonco
to tho looking-ovor room, whoro girls
Inspect each pen, rejecting ul. defective
ones. Thoy aro very particular to this
part of tho process, as a bad pen, liko a
bad egg, will spoil tho reputation of tho
entire box. Tho final processes aro
counting In gross lots and boxing, when
tho product is ready for tho trade; and
after going through all theso manipula
tions tho completed pons sold to
dealers for about a third of a cent
npieco.
Soon after steel pens becamo popular,
inventors went to work to discover
souiothing hotter. Glass, horn, tor-tolso-sholl
and other substances woro
tried, and tho numerous experiments
culminated in the gold pen with douolo
diamond points, first mudo in England
by Isaac Hawkins, tin Amorican resid
ing abroad. Subsequent tho samo man
found that Iridium was about as good
as the diamond, and It is now used al
most exclusively. It is found in con
nection with gold-bearing quartz in tho
mines of California nnd Russia. Until
1814 gold pons woro split with scissors
and rounded up with mallet and stick.
Tho prico was thon from five dollars to
ton dollars a pen. After John Rendell
Invented machinery that would do tho
greater portion of tho work, tho prico
declined rapidly, and although much of
tho work is still done by hand, a good
gold pon can bo purchased to-day for
from ono dollur to two dollars. Tho
best gold pens aro mado in this coun
try, and tho exportation is qulto largo.
Golden Days.
Not Honest, but Frank.
An Eastern truvelor gives tho follow
ing account of a brief, pointed, and wo
think rather unsatisfactory interview
with an Arab of Jobol Haurnn:
"What brought you to tho spring,
when you saw us thoro?" I asked him.
"To strip you," ho coolly replied.
"And why did you not do it?"
"Bccauso Mnhmud was with you."
"Hut why would you plundor us? Wo
are strangers and not enemies."
"It is our custom."
"And do you strip all strangers?"
"Yes, all wo can got hold of."
"And If they resist, or uro too strong
for you?"
"In tho former caso wo shoot thorn
from bohlnd trees; in tho lutter, wo run."
"How do the people of your tribe
Uvo? do thoy tow or plant?"
"No, wo uro not slaves," said he, with
much disdain.
"What do you do for a living?"
"W koop goats, hunt partridges, und
uteul."
'Aro jot Ml thluves?"
"Yiw, U.,,V. i' Ledger.
i in
Mrhj' a iiihii tit Ixian uui'iiud In Uto
Until I. out at the race. 7.(r
NOT IN A HURRY.
A Com cuatlon Ovcrhvnil nt it Knllrrrnl
Station Tlckot Wlttitmr.
Enter woman:
"Is this tho X. Y. & Z. ticket onlco?"
"It is."
"Can I tnko tho train hero for Pump
kin Hollow?"
"You can in just ten minutes."
"What time does tho train go?"
"At (:!iO."
"La me! They told mo up at Catch
cm & Chcatcm's that It went at hr.lt
past six."
"And so it does."
"I ley!"
"Tho train leaves nt half past six.
Will you have n ticket?"
"Well, 1 dunno. I kinder thought I'd
drop down and see what time tho train
went out to-night, cos I'd about made
it) my mind to wait over and go in the
lnornin'. S'poso 1 can go in tho morn
in', can't 1?"
"At 9:1."), uiadani."
"Hey?"
"You can leave hero for Pumpkin
Hollow at l):-ir to-morrow, standard
timo."
"Law sakes what libbers some peo
ple is! I just asked that big French
policeman outside there, nnd ho said
the mornin' train didn't go until a quar
ter to ten! S'poso the fare' 11 bo the
"unit! if I wait over and go in tho morn
in', won't it?"
"Just the same."
"Well, you see, Mary Jnno that's
my darter by my fust husband -she
lives here, married to a foller by the
name of John Smith; niebbo you know
him? Never heard of him? Law, suz,
you don't say! Now that's citrus, hain't
it? Livo in tho same town with my
darter's husband nnd don't know him;
never s'much as hearn toll of him!
Well, as I was saying, Mary Juno wants
mo to stop over and go to prayer meet
ing with her to-night an' kinder see
tho sights. Now, it won't cost mo a
cent to stay, but 1 never could abide
that John Smith. Didn't want Mary
Jane to marry him In tho first place,
and"
"Excuse mo, niadame, but will you
havo a ticket?"
"Well, don't bo in a hurry! I was
tellin' yo about .John Smith and "
"But you see there tiro others waiting
to bo sorved?"
"Well, 1 guess my monoy's as good as
anybody's, nnd 1 don't stir from this
window until I get my ticket; now seo
if I do!"
"Ticket? Dollar ton!"
"Well, hero's two dollars. I s'poso
you can mako tho change?"
"Ninety cents. Next!"
"Well, don't bo in a hurry; we'll just
sco if it's ninoty conts! 1 ain't got any
too much confidence In railroads since
thoy run over that red heifer Joshua
bought of Jim Mnddon's widdor and
then went to law cos wo wanted what
sho was lawfully wuth. Thoy didn't
want to pay us but twenty dollars for
hor, but wo got a jury of farmers, and
I toll you thoy mudo that air old rail
road talk turkey in " General Man
ugcr. MILITARY GENIUS.
A l'ovor AMilrli Han Horn l'ossogiori hy
All (irt'itt iurulA.
Thoro is a quality that must not bo
ignored in nny analysis of military
genius. I mean tho power of calculat
ing chances. This power is much more
natural to somo than to others. 1 havo
known men with whom It is a second
instinct, whilo with others it is merely
an arithmetical process, learned by
book and mfc'or thoroughly effective.
This, I think, is to bo accounted for by
want of Imagination. Tho Gonornl who
can not In his mind's oyo see boforo him
tho wholo scene thnt somo projected
operation will present, who can not, as
It woro, pieturo to hlmsolf In n series of
mental dissolving vlows nil tho various
and progressive phases of, say, an at
tack upon his enemy's position, lacks a
natural quality which no nmount of
study can supply. If you can not In
your own mind Identify yourself with
your nntngonlst; If you can not put
yoursolf within his brain, as It woro,
and reason as ho is doing nt every crit
ical moment of a enmpaign, nnd from
your knowledgo of men, and of him In
particular, gathor what ho moans to do,
you can nover bo in tho front rank of
great commanders. A vivid Imagina
tion, allied to a cool, calculating brain,
enn alono insuro tills power to uny ono.
Tho poetical, tho Imaginative side
of war can not bo dlsponsod
with by tto nblo General, tho groat
lender. Wellington, In conversation
long after his great achievements, said
that ho had spent his military llfo In
trying to divine what wns taking pluco
bohlnd tho ranges of hills which bound
ed his view. Ho was nbovo all things
n man of sound common senso; unim
pressionable, and the last man whom
tho world would havo accredited with
a brilliant imaglnatioti. Tito story of
his lifo always oppeurs to tho casual
reader of hlMory as tho abnogntlon of
poetry. And yet ho must havo had u
largo share of Imagination to havo en
abled him to forcsoo his enemy's move
ments with thnt perspicuous clearness
which wns manifest in all his cam
paigns, Waterloo alono oxcepted.
Groat military genius Is impossible
without n combination of all those qual
ities, many of which uro ruro, ovon
when tnkon singly. Thoy must bo
well balanced, also, so that no ono
quality shall ovorwolgh or outrun tho
othur. No ono can be omitted without
leaving a weak point, n broach Into
which uncertainty of decision and con
fusion of notion limy penetrate to tho
utter dustriiutloii of tho iiiiin mid of ul.
nimiiittad to hi waru. Umierul 'U
iOHtt WuhtUy, in Fortnightly Jltvieu:
ANTIQUITY OF DAKINQ.
A rrctiNtorlc Art 1'rnrtlrril ly tho An
clrnt 1'Kjiitlnin mill llrlirrww.
Tho origin of baking precedes tho
period of history and is Involved in tho
obscurity of tho early ages of tho hu
man rncj Excavations mado in Switz
erland gave evidence that tho art of
making bread was practiced by our
prehistoric ancestors, ns early ns tho
stono period. From the shape of loaves
it Is thought that no ovens woro used
at that time, but tho dough was rolled
into small round cakes and laid on hot
Monos, being covered with glowing
ashes. Bread is mentioned in tho book
of Genesis, where Abraham, wishing
to entertain three angels, olTerod to
"fetch n morsel of bread." Baking is
again referred to where Sarah has in
structions to "make ready quickly
three measures of tlno meal, knead it,
and make cukes upon tho hearth."
Lot entertained two angels by giving
them unleaven bread. Tho mere men
tion of unleavened bread shows that
there were two kinds of bread mado
ovon at that time.
Tho art of baking wns carried to a
high perfection among tho Egyptians,
who aro said to havo baked cukes in
ninny fantastic shapes, using several
kinds of Hour. The Romans took up
tho art of baking nnd public bakeries
were numerous on the streets of Rome.
In England tho business of tho baker
was considered to bo-ono so closely af
fecting tho Interests of the public that
In 1'2(5( an act of Parliament was passed
regulating the prico to bo charged for
bread. This regulation continued In
operation until IS-'-' in London, and un
til 1S.'!6 In tho rest of tho country. Tho
art of making bread has not yet reached
some countries in Europe and Asia. In
tho rural parts of Sweden no bread is
made, but ryo cakes that are bakod
twice a year and uro as hard us flint.
It is less than a century ago taut bread
was used in Scotland, tho Scotch
people of every class living on bnrloy
bannocks and oaten cukes. Owing
to tho fact that bread is sold very cheap
ly in Great Britain, the bakers of that
country aro a poorly paid class of lu
borors. For years the employers mado
uso of child labor to such an oxtont
that parliament in 186!$ passed a law
making it tt criminal offense to employ
a young person under the ago of eigh
teen years to work in u bakohouso be
tween the hours of nine p. m. and livo
a. in. As most of tho work done by
bakors is in tho night, this statutory
law in Grout Britnln virtually prohibits
child labor In bakehouses. In all coun
tries of tho world wheat Hour is tho
principal material for making bread,
although ryo is used largely among tho
peasantry In somo parts of Europo.
Tho prico of bread has always followed
tho market prico of wheat very closely,
and a recent rise in wheat advanced tho
prico of a pound loaf In Chicago 'Jo per
conL Chicago News.
THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.
Constant anil Itaplcl Growth nt tho Too
Ilen U it Inn It.
In nn article, "Tho Futuro of tho
English-Speaking races," Mr. Glad
stone computes that tho habitual speak
ers of English havo increased from 15,
000,000 to lOS.OOO.OOO during tho last
ono hundred years, that thoy will num
ber 120,000,000 by tho year 1900, and at
tho rate of luerenso, sovon times In a
century, thoy will Includo 840,000,000
of people by tho year 2000.
Tho Increase during tho last century
has, of courso, been duo chlelly to tho
growth of tho United States. Slnco
1787 our population bus boon multiplied
twonty times, whilo that of tho British
kingdom itself has only a llttlo moro
than doubled. Wo havo inercusod
from about 3,000,000 to moro than 00,
300,000, and England, including all tho
British isles, has Incronsod from 14,
000,000 to ftf, 000,000. In othor words,
tvhilo this country contained only one
fifth of tho total of English-speaking
pcoplo a century ago, it now con
tains threo-flfths.
Tho inoroaso during the next contury,
as computed by Mr. Gladstone, must
also bo In tho United States in chief
part. If tho present rato of growth,
about 8 per cent unnunlly, should con
tinue, our population 100 years hence
would bo 700,000.000, or noarly twlco
tho present population of China. Even
assuming tho gradual fall of tho rutlo
of incroaso to 2 por cent, a your, It
would bo moro thun 650,000,000, and by
tho year 2000 out of tho 810,000,000
English-speaking people in the world
more than throe-fourths would bo In
Iho United Stutos.
Mr. Burhum Zlncko, a woll known
writer, astonished tho world iu 1883 by
istlrnntlng that in 100 years from that
.iino tho uggroguto of tho Kngllsh-spoak-,ng
rucos would bo 1,000,000,000. Of
Utoso ho guvo tho United Stutos 800,
XK),000, estimating our ruto of increase
it 2 per cent, annuity, or a doubling of
;ho popululion onco in ovory twonty
lve years. That would bo four-fifths of
jio wholo, while England itself would
aavo only 70,000,000, or a very Inslg
liflcunt part of tho English-speaking
population of tho world. Another com
putation, by a continental writer, esti
mates our population a century honoo
it 700,000,000, or ton times tho nuntbor
;hat can reasonably be estimated for tho
British islands.
Whether tho present rato of incroaso
n this country continues during the
toxt contury, or whether it alls from 3
lo 2 per cent, or oven lower, thoro is no
juestion tlntt hero Is tho great scat of
iio English-speaking ruce, and thnt
England Itself and all Its English colo
jlo will btfitdtly decline in relative lin
ortnnou, until they become so far In
iirtnr In number and power as to ho
kiuiplutuly ovoi'ihudowod. .V. i, tiuiu
TRICKS OF MEDIUMS.
Wlint an Olil Thratrli al Man Knmi Al)on
linmtnn In Spirit uallin.
A well-known manager of traveling
theatrical companies nt present in New
York had handed to him on the street n
dodger announcing tho "Death to Spir
itualism" entertainment that Dr. Rich-
p.nond, tho dentist, promises to glvo in
tho Academy of Music Sunday evening.
Ho laughed as ho glanced It over, and
then ho said:
"When I was manager of a theater
on tho PariHe slope tho advanco agont
of Anna Eva Fay caino along nnd want
ed to hlro tho house. I didn't. hire that
time; I wanted shares or nothing, ami
ns I had the only theater in town lie had
to accept my terms. Thoy had tv big
house, and afterward engnged mo to
uianago their tour through the siimll
towns where I controlled the houses. I
had to go with tho company, anil In
that way got my first insight into tho
business. I wasn't tnkon into nny
secrets of the trade at all; these medi
ums never give themselves away ex
cept to their actual confederates, but i
man with half an eye could seo easy
enough what a humbug tho whole busi
ness wtis. One of Anna Eva's great
tricks then was tho production of tho
spirit of some well-known person who
had tiled In the place, and the verifica
tion of the identity by the production
of its name and other particulars writ
ten on it slip of paper which somo ono
in tho audience had inserted through ti
slit in tho etiblnet- It made tho coun
trymen get right down on their knees
and groan when thoy saw those blank
slips como out with names and dates of
which tho medium was thought to bo
absolutely ignorant written on them.
Sometimes they used ovon to recognize
the handwriting.
"it was simple enough. Part of tho
business of the advanco agent was to
visit the graveyard in each town whoro
ho billed the company. From tho
tombstones he copied names, dates of
death and other particulars, especially
of recently deceased persons, or of per
sons who seemed to havo been of somo
prominence in tho community. Ho also
went through files of tho recent Issues
of tho local papers and copied particu
lars from death notices and obituary
columns. The mass of memoranda thus
gathered he Inclosed In an envelope
and loft nt the hotel for Anna Evn when
sho etinie. From theso memoranda
names and othor mutters were copied
upon slips of paper exactly liko those
the audience was to have; and tho slips
thus written on woro concealed upon
tho medium's person, when she went
into the cabinet. After that the sub
stitution of tho written slips for tho
blank ones put in by the audience was
ti perfectly simple matter. Of course it
goes without saying that the tying in
the cabinet was till a sham. That is so
with all of them. The staples to which
tho ropes uro fastened seem solid
enough to any ordinary oxamination,
but any ono who knows tho trick can
pull thorn out without trouble. As to
the hands, any one with a slender hand
can, with practice, double it up so that
it will slip out of any knot that can bo
tied or out of tho smallest size of hand
cuffs. "Tho trick of materializing fiowors
und making them Ileal in tho air boforo
tho cabinet was another strong curd for
Miss Fay. Wo used tt) buy tho llowors
of somo llorlst us fur away from tho con
tor of town us possible. Thoy hud very
long stems, und shu simply stuck Ilium
through holes in tho cabinet nnd waved
them about. In the dim light nobody
could tell that they woro not lloutlng in
tho nir, und tho poor fools In tho uutll
onco used to snatch them up lifter tho
porformunco nnd curry thorn uwuy as
sacred.
"Soveral bad breaks woro mudo on
that trip, but sho was novor really
caught. Miss Fay is tho clovorest wo
man I over know at tho business, und I
don't bollovo sho over cun bo actually
caught in nnu of hor tricks. Evon
when things look protty dark for her
sho manages to slip out of tho trap
somehow. For ono thing, sho Is a
dreadfully sweet und protty llttlo
thing, nnd sho enn put on a most
appealing look when It Is necessary,
and fow mon can withstand that. Thoy
drop tho subject und let hor go on
without giving tho trick away." N. Y.
Sun.
Kooplng Sood Potatoes.
If tho sood Is kept in barrels In tho
collar it may ho poured over from one
barrel to another; but after all tho main
point Is to keep tho temperature down
to a low figure. Thoro has boon somo
talk In tho j.upors lately to tho olloct
that forty degrees was low enough, thut
it was not wibo to let them get uny
nearer to freezing. I would keep tliom
as cold as thlrty-threo degrees to thirty
four degrees, providing, of course, that
tho cellar was well enough built ho thut
thoro would bo no danger of Its freezing
during a cold night. Just us near freez
ing us you cun und run no risk would
bo my motto. I havo planted hundreds
of bushels thut hud been kopt ul a
temperature as low as nbovo mentioned
for months and all grow lleoly. hi
case of a sudden cold snap potatoes will
stand a freezing tomporaturo or ovon
lower for a short time. I havo planted
some that were exposed to a temper
tti re of tweiity-nliio degrees for a short
timo on purpobo and thoy all grow all
right. But when tho mercury gets bo
low thtrty-threo degrees during a very
cold spell ono hud butter Ihj on tho bitfu
ldo and warm up tho collar a degree or
so. A llttlo oil stove doos this nicely in
a short time, and just enough ami no
more If ono i wattihlng. T. II. Terry,
(h Country OtHttemun.
Ono of tho llrsl impulses of human
nature 1 to pull down, Instead of build
ing up.
HIBERNATING FAKIRS.
A furlou Story Which Nnhoilr- Is Com
print to Itrllcvo.
A traveler from India relates tho
following trick of tho fakirs, which, if
true, certainly ont-IIoudlnlzcs Houdlnr
A fakir makes u wager with somo skep
tical person or persons, generally ofll
cers of tho British army, that ho will
allow himself to bo buried in tho earth,
"from corn to corn," a period of about
six months. When tho arrangements
aro completed, the fakir betakes him
self to his family, probably for tho pur
pose of going through a courso of
treatment. Ho Is then brought forth,
dressed In limine!, which is the chief
ftiele of npparol among his class.
Every one who desires Is permitted to
witness what occurs from this poinL
The man is then laid upon tho
ground bvj his brother fakirs, and his
tongue is thrust upward and backward
into Ills throat unit there secured.
This is probably done, physicians
think, to prevent the How of saliva.
His knees are then drawn up nnd his
head thrust down between them,
bringing him into ns small a compass
us possible. In this position he is al
lowed to remain until such time as ho
becomes unconscious nud ills respira
tion imperceptible. It is supposed,
that unconsciousness is produced by
Iho position of tho tongue. Ho is then
placed in a rubber bag to protect him
from all moisture, nnd tho bag Is
Sealed up. By this time physicians
clnim that ho has passed through tho
comatoso state, nnd into n stnto of
coma only ono remove from death.
The persons who havo made tho
wager are then allowed to select tho
spot lu which thov wish tho body bur
ied, there being but ono restriction im
posed upon them, which is that they
shall select u place slightly olovatcd
above the surrounding country, iu or
der that tho water or moisture may not
settle about the burled fakir. Ho Is
burled iu plain view of nil. Over him
the ground Is burrowed and corn sowed
und reuped. In ono Instance whoro
tho trick was performed tho officers
who laid tho wager kept two sontinols,
who were relieved according to regu
lar military custom, pacing over tho
body of tho burled fakir both night and
day from tho time ho wns Interred to
tho timo ho wns exhumed In their
presence.
When tho six months or thorubout
'lad expired the body wns disinterred
und laid upon the ground in tho
presence of u consldornblo audi
ence. After a short timo tho rubber
bag was removed, euro being tnkon to
koop tho body always on Its right side,
nud another interval occurred. Then
the llannel covering was loosoned and
shortly nftor tho tonguo was brought
back to tho proper position. Tho body
was then raised to a standing position
and carried about botwoon two fakirs
until its limbs becamo capable of mo
tion, Theso demonstrations woro con
tinued but a short timo boforo tho
fakir, to tho satisfaction of his audi
ence, walked up and down unaided
several times boforo thorn and then de
parted alono to his home to bo cured
for by his family.
Medical men who woro present at
this oxporimont nnd woro allowed to5'
oxuinino tho fakir whon exhumed as
sorted that thoy woro unublo to dotcct
the slightest ovldonco of circulation by
feeling of the pulso or tho hcarL
EQUITABLE " ENOUGH.
Mow mi Arizona JlauMtratu Dvclilrtl it
Troiihlitxmiiu l.nw-Siilt.
Tho Drawer hours of a cuso that won
rocontly tried boforo a justice of tho
pouco In ono of tho mining districts of
Arl.onn, that for tho impartiality of
its settlomout Is unlquo In tho annul
of tho law. Tho plaintiff was a wealthy
druggist, who sued tho Knights of La
bor for tho cash cqulvalont of cor tola
medicines furnished an Injured Knight
on tho written order of tho association,,
which order tho association refused ton
lienor.
Witnesses woro examined on both
sides at grout length and tho counsel
for both parties to tho dllToronco In
dulged in tho highest flights or ora
tory, to which his honor llstoncd with
becoming dignity, ruling always with:
tho greatest deference for tho proper
ties, and taking apparently great In
torosl in tho point at Issue.
Tho Iriul lusted for two duys, both:
sidos summed up, und, In accordance:
with tho usual custom, each of tho
counsol requested that tho judgo would
uward tho verdict to his cllenL
Whon counsol sat down a look of In
effable disgust crossed his honor's
fact), nud rising from his chair, ho
fixed his oyo upon tho legal luminaries
boforo him, and remarked: "You fel
lers must think I'm tho blamodest fool
thut over lived. Glvo a vordlet to your
client? What kind of a freak do you
tnko mo for?"
"I'm suro, your Honor," crlod tho
plaintiff's counsol, "that nolthor I nor
my cllont holds you lu any othor than
tho highest ostoom. Your rulings
havo shown that your Honor is pos
bossod of an erudition which"
'That'll do, that'll do. my friend.
I don't want no buck talk. But I'll
glvo both you follors this p'lntor: If
I glvo a verdict agin Mr. Blank" (tho
druggist), "Mr. Blank, boln' tho rich
est man In this town, '11 bo down on
mo, un' I can't afford loslu' uono of his
liilluenco; nud If I glvo a vordlet ngtn
tho Knights, tho town Ml git so darned
hot I couldn't stay In It. I ain't no
fool nor no freak, so I, don't deliver no
deoUlon on no bide. Tho court's ad
journed." Tho caso will probably ho appottlad.
Harper1 Magutlne,
Tho moro you practice what yen
know, the moro you shull know wlmtu
lmotic0i