Wallowa chieftain., May 15, 1902, Image 7

4ff0 THE JEDGMINT DAY."
ru9 thinrs went wroaf, grandfather
-WeX the ,ror,,J on t0 the
it Par:
. 9ui should f sign fer an why j
.grain's cooiin" sometime somc-
, villi ihe winter, an' dream o' the (
Ms'
w0-;,i -oils on to the Jedgmint Day!"
Vtb r.r went wrong, an' we knelt in
l la:
Ts!u 'tie Lord tet te poore crust.
At tfcr o!.!-time frifPu ft we thought
t Lao wed
His left u frienJIess along life'a road,
H v slwnys nothin' but this to say:
-jV njrld rolls on to the Jedguiint
iuj r
4 wt stifled the sigh, an tried fer th'
tans,
giswin' itfd made the right, and would
rtvk.n tbo wrong;
it' trouble seemed lighter, an' even the
night
Has' stars never dreamed of to make it
br.;St.
tan ,,'ar- ve can lin'er along the
aorlJ's way.
ftr "She world rolls on to the Jedgmint
Par!"
-AlUmta Constitution.
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A I" 1 i ' J
i4 raiinci i r, iic.
LL the girls declared Marlon
A would be married before any of
the rest. But Marlon only
laughed and said "nonsense." Was she
aot wedded to her art? And did she
aot scorn the masculine sex. individ
ually, collectively and In the abstract?
Wta: possible else could a girl with
ioVals. with an object in life, have for
a man? A life of d;eudenee for her,
let world to lie bounded by four
square walis? Never!
So she went on her way rejoicing,
young, beautiful and heart-whole: re
fused the men who were unfortunate
enough to luve her, laughed in their
facts, nut that she was cruel by na
ture, be: their ardor amused her he
esmld uut understand it.
S'lien June came, and the girls talk
ed over their vacations, she astonished
thecu all by quietly remarking that she
guessed 6he would go down to Hay
ffload. "What, that rkeJ place!" ex
dalaied Auua. "What in the world
will you do there? Four miles from
nowhere. Why. I wouldn't spend a
wek in that tumbled-down old farm
tense. And then it's so dismal, that
piue grove is enough to give one the
inudders. Oh, don't go there, Marion,
ooie with me."
But Marion remained firm. To Ray
mond she went. The quaint, charming
littie town of Haymond, nestling at the
fost of the green hills close to the bor
ders of the beautiful Sebago Lake,
iM there she met ber fate. It ap
peered suddenly and unexpectedly one
June tiioi-ulng. in the shape of a man,
ffteraUs and a basket of setting liens.
kiw if there was one thing more
than another Marion detested it was a
bee end next to that a farmer and far
above both she abominated overalls.
She always associated them with the
street deyiiittiient.
Eut this glorious summer morning,
as she was wheeling down a steep hill,
tk-ijg tho narrow path, and keeping
ei! to the side of the road to avoid the
ami!, around a sharp bend she ran
bump into her fate farmer, overalls,
mt.cs heus. basket wheel and girl,
!1 scattered and mingled in the dust.
She, woman-like, was the first to re
aver her voice. "Good gracious! 1
tope I haven't killed you." she gasped,
she sat up nnd wiped a splotch of
Wit! o' her nose.
lie picked himself up out of the de
surveyed the wreck alwut him.
the whee' landing on Its handle bars
at a rasj ry bush, the hens squawk
tog and uttering on the ground, the
trt's u :. Bushed face beside him,
wl tl, a tv threw his head back and
lac.-Le-' -s; deep, ringing laugh, that
Seated ou; on the still morning air.
irr t .e -i:irt waters of the lake and
-k t., -i'g heart with It She loved
him 'rum that moment. One swift
h.rii.. t'ai."e Into that frank. Land
some fare, and the girl kt.w by an
nirriii- 'nstiuct thai he was a ;,en
tSfcitjan. "Kided me. oh no. Just temporarily
Wid me, that's all. 1 hope you are
ow Lurt."
l am awfully sorry, really," Marion
'"W" to hide her confusion. "I beg a
HX'Umu.u' pardons." '
ty this rime be had gotten her wheel
fight side up. and without auother
ilance. she mounted it and disappeared
round the betid.
That night at the supper table when
recounted her adventure she learn
fl who he was. Harold Martin, a
young man who had lately 'aken the
"Martin place," a bfautifvfj'.(arm two
lies from Haymond. After ihat she
in met him and the acquaintance
abruptly begun ripened Into friend
felp. It was strange how the enchanting
Hurerii(;nt8 of art and a life of iude
jxndence faded Into oblivion, how
when love bnd art were weighed in
baiunee how much more avoirdu
pois love seemed to have. And life on
farm with the man you loved wasn't
tair l,ad after alL
60 oue quiet evening In September,
Ifst as the sun was setting over Mt
Washington, turning the silver of the
fake iuto Raining red and throwing a
alo of glowing light and color ubout
pto. they stood together on the brow
tf 'be hill, watching the sun set.
""Marlon" said Harold, suddenly,
""t you think you could stand the
BULL THAT SOLD AT
-SS.lSMSiS..IISSS.SS.
l'RINCE ITO.
Prince Ito, an Aberdeen Angus bull, was sold in the action ring at the Cnioa
.took yards. Chicago, for $9,100. This is the highest price ever paid for such
an animal. The purchaser was B. R. Pierce of Creaton, 111. Prince Ito is an
imported animal. He was bred in Scotland by Sir Georce Macpherson Grant
and was imported last season by M. A. Judy of Williamsport. Ind.. after winning
the championship cf the Highland Society, at the Royal show of Edinburgh.
farm? 1 love you with all my heart
and soul, and I'll prove it to you If you
will only let me."
Maroln's eyes wandered out over the
glittering sunlit waters, out beyond the
dark purple mountains, till they rested
upon a tiny star that gleamed Just
where a moment before the sun had
been.
Art beckoned to her with her white,
shapely hand Just then a demure
brown biddy, scurrying homeward,
clucking to her belated brood, brushed
against her dross. With a happy little
laugh. Marion stooped dow n and caught
up one of the soft down little chicks.
"Oh! I don't know," she said as she
held it in both hands pressed against
her cheek. "I might."
The last two words were so low nar
old had to stoop down to catch them.
Xow she's a farmer's wife, and all
the girls are wondering what Marion
will do neit
OLD AND YOUNG.
Members of the Senate Classified Ac
cording to Ace,
When woman suffrage Is thoroughly
established in this country and women
sit in both houses of Congress it may
become necessary to revise some of
the customs that now prevail, and es
pecially that unwritten law that makes
it necessary for every Senator and Rep
resentative to furnish an autobiogra
phical sketch, beginning with a state
ment of age, for publication In the
Congressional Directory. The records
in the directory are revelations to
mnny people who consult them, says
the Washington Star. These records
show an evenly balanced Senate of
young men and old men. At the pres
ent time the records reveal the ages of
eighty-six Senators. Senator I'.ur
ton, of Kantas, who has not yet
reached middle life, is the only Sen
ator whose name is included in the
directory witujut the date of his birth.
Senator Dryden. of New Jersey, has
uot yet had his biographical sketch
published. The absence of the two
Senators that Delaware is eutiried to
makes up the four vacancies in th
Senatorial ag9 records.
The record shows that of eighty-six
Seuators, three. Bailey, of Texas; Bev
eridge, of Indiana, and Kearns, of
Utah, are under 10 years of age. the
Texas Senator being &S and the Sena
tors from Indiana and Ltah 30 years
of age. Twelve Senators are between
40 and 50; thirty between 50 and 00,
twenty -sis between 00 and 70, fourteen
between TO and 80. and just one. Sena
tor I'ettus, of Alabama, between 80
and ) years cf age. Senator Pettus
was bO years of age at his last birth
day. Senators who have lived more than
TO years, nearly all of whom have the
vigor and appearance of much younger
uien. are- Allison, of Iowa, 72; Bate,
of Tennessee. 70; Cullom. of Illiuois.
-.j. i.-rve. of Maine. 70; Gibson, of Mon
tana. 71; Uawley. of Connecticut, 70;
Hoar, of Massachusetts, 7o; Jom-s, of
Nevada. 72: Morgan, of Alabama, 77;
Piatt, of Connecticut. 74; Proctor, of
Vermont. 7o; Stewart of Nevada. 74;
Teller, of Colorado. 71, and Vest, of
Missouri. 71. Senators betweeu 00 and
To years'of age are: Aldrleh. of Iihod-.-Island.
00: Bacon, of Georgia, 02: Bard,
of California. 00: Berry, of Arkansas,
00- Blackburn, of Kentucky. OC; Bur
rows, of Michigan. 05: Clark, of Mon
tana C3; Cockrell. of Missouri. 07; De
pew. of New York. 07; Elkins. of West
Virginia. 00; Foster, of Washington.
65; Galiinger. of New Hampshire. 04;
Hale, of Maine. 05; Hanna. of Ohio. 04;
Harris, of Kansas. 00; Jones, of Arkan
sas. 02; McEnerv. of Louisiana. 04; Mc
Millan, of Michigan. 03; Millard, of
Nebraska. 05: Mitchell, of Oregon. CO;
Money, of Mississippi. 02: Patterson, of
Colorado, 01. Perkins, of California, 03;
Piatt, of New York. 08. and Quay, of
Pennsylvania. 08.
Sena'tors whose ages range between
50 and 00 aret Burnham.of New Hamp
shire 57; Clapp. of Minnesota, 50;
Clark, of Wyoming. 50; Daniel, of Vir
ginia 5!; Deboe. of Kentucky. 53; Dil
lingham, of Vermont. 58; Dubois, of
Idaho. 50; Foraker. of Ohio. 55; Foster,
of Louisiana. 53: Gamble, of South Da
kota 51: Hansbrough. of North Dako
to 51: Dode- of Massachusetts. 51 ',
McComas. of Maryland. 55; McLaurin.
of Mississippi. 53; Mallory. Florida. 53;
Martin Virginia, 64: Mason. Illinois.
Nelson. Minnesota. 59; Quarles.
Viscousin. 58; Rawlins. Utah. 51;
Scott West Virginia. 59: Simon. Ore
con 51; Spooner. Wisconsin. 59; Talia
ferri. Florida, 54; Tillman. South Caro
AUCTION FOR $9,100.
lina, 54; Turner. Washington, 52; War
ren, Wyoming. 57: Wellington, Mary
land. 50. and Wetmore. Rhode Islam.
55. The following are between 40 and
50 years: Carmack. Tennessee. 43;
Dietrich. Neoraska, 4S: Dolllver. Iowa,
44; Fairbnnks, Indiana. 4!); Heltfield.
Idaho, 43; Kean. New Jersey. 49; Klt
tredge. South Dakota, 40; McCumber,
North Dakota, 44; McLaurin, South
Carolina, 41; Penrose, Pennsylvania,
41; Prltchard, North Carolina, 44; Sim
mons. North Carolina, 48.
In Cap and Bells.
The funny woman per se Is a pesti
lence In the laud. Carelessly and
roguishly she seeks only to make the
world laugh, sends her merry shot and
shells here and there, and takes no
note of the wounded in the field. It is
she who holds up our weaknesses to
ridicule, reveals our secret ambitions,
and makes puus upon our most solemn
observations.
Now, as blessed as humor Is and as
healthy as laughter Is, there are some
things In the universe which are not
funny. But It seems that there Is noth
ing good enough or sacred enough to
escape the couhrtned joker. Often It
is a mere flippancy wearing the genial
guise of true humor, and for the ac
companiment of a pitiful pun the high
est and purest themes are dragged
down and "turned to laughter and con
tempt" The funny woman. In spite of her
brilliant conversational qualities, is
rarely a social success. Unbridled wit
and tact are Inimical. The wag who
Is bursting with a mot will hardly ever
repress It Just to preserve harmony.
Now, when one wants a dinner party
li go off pleasantly and smoothly one
does not feel safe in Inviting n guest
who may. In a moment of exuberant
fun. create one of those 'awful pauses'
so dreaded in society, or Innocently en
rage some eminent personage by a tell
ing "home shot." Genius for humor
is like any other sort of genius you
must take It as you find It. and It is a
very difficult thing to confine In a
straight Jacket of conventionality.
The fu.ny woman is not usually a
winner in the game of hearts, though
she may succeed In affording her men
friends excellent entertainment. The
Ideal girl that paragon of man's fan
cyis not usually she who Is prone to
ptins and who Is likely to fin J a funny
spot in the most sentimental situation.
Men may admire quickness of wit in
the abstract, but they are not so apt
to fall In love with a girl who Is always
making "smart speeches." They are
as disagreeably startled by sharp wit
on the lips of a pretty girl as though
they had found pepper in their Ice
cream.
Dear, funny woman, we would not
laugh always, nor live perpetually In a
shower of mental fireworks. Ever aud
again we pine to commune with the
earnest, grave and Jokeless friend with
whom we may discuss some profound
and solemn theme without being met
by a fusillade of feeble puns aud witti
cisms. We know you are very funny,
but one's face aches with continual
smiling, and an exclusively funny diet
is about as sustaining as a ratlcn of
mere pepper and salt Truly there is
a time to laugh, but It Is not all the
time, Woman's Home Companion.
How One Author Advertised.
John Habberton. the author of "I'ol
en's Babies," said to h i puolisher,
when the novel was about ready to ap
pear, "If you want to save the cost of
a great deal of advertising Just give me
500 copies of this book aud I'll guar
antee to distribute them bo that we'll
have a success without a cent's worth
of advertising beng needed." The pub
lisher, a little reluctantly, took Mr. Hab
berton at bis word. The author there
upon made a list of all the Important
book stores In the United Stales, ani
learned the name of the bead of the de
partment of fiction in each store. Now,
the heaJs of all book departments are
all fiends In the collection of autograph
first editions that Is, with the author's
signature upon the Imprint There la
scarcely an exception to this rule. Mr.
Habberton, being wise In all that con
cerns book stores, accordingly sent to
each head a copy of "Helen's Babies"
that contained not only his autograpn,
but a pleasant letter also that expa
tiated on the merit of the work. The
heads were delighted. Tbey Instructed
their saleswomen and salesmen to
boom "Helen's Babies," to recommend
it to every hesitating customer. And
thus the book succeeded, though it
would bare succeeded anyway upon
lta merit Philadelphia Record.
LIFE IN A SLOW TOWN
REFRESHING TO WAYFARER FROM
RUSHING CITIES.
Commercial Traveler Tell Why He
Like to strike the Places that Are
Old-Faahloned and Behind the Tlmea,
and Don't Care If They Are.
Trogress doesn't take effect all over
the country at once, fortunately; aud
foe people who cling to old fashions,
even If inconveuient, there are always
nooks and corners where such quaint
ways are still current
"1 toll you what I like." said a bust
ling commercial traveler, "I like to
strike one of these little old 'way-back
towus where they still have towu
pumps, market houses and mule cars.
It does a man good to get where thiugs
are slow and behind the times aud
don't care if they are. When I get to
one of these little old slow towns 1
never feel like ridiculing anything. No,
sir; I enjoy it. I always take a drink
at every town pump I come to, and It
tastes good. I tell you. The old Iron
dipper Is generally warped and banged
out of shape, so some water runs up
my sleeve and some runs down my
neck, but that doesn't matter. If the
dipper is gone 1 drink out of my hand,
schoolboy fashion.
"Then I always go through the old,
rambling market houses; they are get
ting few and far between, let me tell
you. My children have never even seen
an old-time market house. I love to
see the battered wooden stalls, heaped
high with good, fresh fruits and vege
tables; these little old towns always
have fine markets. The butcher block,
too, look pleasant to my eye; and it is
a treat to see the good meats and the
big crocks of real country sausage. You
can't beat sausage made by these
butchers, who learned to make sausage
In the 'old country' aud have been mak
ing It for forty or fifty years.
"But the mule cars! I declare It Is a
valuable rest cure to ride on a mule car
these days. The other day I rode on
oue In a little towu. The floor was cov
ered with sawdust and the driver
couldn't chang" a dollar. At the bank
a clerk came out and sent a pair of big
blank books uptown to a business flrui
and the driver got off and delivered
them. While be was gone I got off,
drank at a pump and got on again.
"In the residence portion f town a
woman came out and told tae driver
that next trip she would send ber
washing uptown by him. and he said
that was all tight At the end of the
line he asked me to please watch the
mules as be bad to go into the middle
of the next block to deliver a box of
candy to a girl. He suid he always
held the car on night trips for young
men who were taking girls borne from
a dance; they would take them up to
their front doors, of course, and the
car woull wait until the boys ran back
and jumped on again.
"Yes, that's the kind of thing I like,"
said the commercial traveler, according
to the Detroit Free Press. "We all live
too fast Half my brain is paralyzed
and the other half is softened by hav
ing to hustle all the time. Give me
town pumps, markets and mule cars
once a mouth and I'm all right."
DIAMONDS FROM KHEDIVE,
Magnificent Gems Given to Gen. Sher
man's Daughter, Mm. Thorndjrke.
The most interesting diamonds In
Boston belong to Mrs. Thorudike,
daughter of the late Gen. W. T. Sher
mau aud long a favorite lu diplomatic
society at Washington. The general
was greatly admired by the khvdive of
Egypt V hen Mrs. Thorudike's sister,
Minnie Sherman, was married to Lieut.
T. W. Fitch, his majesty, desirous of
expressing his friendship for the old
warrior, selected from his treasury dia
monds valued at $2ou,O0. had them set
as a uecklace, and sent the gorgeous or
nament to the bride. But uu unfeeling
L'n'ted States customs department tell
uioii the wedding gift and held it for
a ransom of t20,ooo, the amount of the
legal 10 per cent duty.
Here was a pretty how-d'."ou-do, f ;r
neither the bridegroom nor the general
could scrape together the sum demand
ed. The ldide wept the newspapers
gossiped und the husband ;. ; yale
! with mortification. But there was uat
! urally a sympathetic feeling 011 the part
of every American woman tt the
thought of a poverty-stricken bride un
able to gaze upon $200,000 in diamonds
that actually belonged to her.
A public subscription was started;
then the national government Occam
interested, and finally Omgress stepped
in and, goaded to chivalrous rescue by
its wives and daughters, remitted the
duty by special enactment.
Can you not Imagine the rejoicing of
the Fitches aud Shermans when the
splendid gems were at last placed on
the beautiful neck for which they were
Intended, and the pride with which
their owner allowed them to be placed
for safe keeping In the United States
treasury? But you certainly cannot
imagine ber horror when a great, ugly
brute of a tax collector from some
Pennsylvania county In which ahe
lived, sauntered In and demanded an
annual tax more than equaling the lieu
tenant's salary for an entire year!
That settled It; there was nothing to
do but send the white elephant hack to
the khedlve. Conceive the mental con
dition of an American woman obliged
to give up one-fifth of a million dollars
In diamonds! But If you will believe
me, she couldn't get rid of them even
In this way.' Back they came, says a
writer In Alnslce's. by return mail or
something of that sort with a letter
from his Egyptian majesty suggesting
that the necklace be taken apart and
tat diamonds divided among Gen. bher-
man't four daughters, delicately Insin
uating that tbua the burden of taiatloa
would not be so heavily felt
And that Is bow Mrs. Thorndlke hap
pens to own one-fourth of them.
MONKEYS DISLIKE NEGROES.
Apparent Simian Antipathy to the
Colored Kace of Human.
"Monkeys seem to have a prejudice
against negroes," said a thoughtful cit
izen who lives uptown, "aud I have
bad occasion to observe the fact several
time of late. For some time up to lust
week 1 had a pet monkey at my house,
and found a great deal of pleasure In
the many curious antics of the little
fellow. He was a white-faced moukcy.
but of course this face had uothlng to
do with the prejudice the creature had
against members of the African race.
"The first time 1 had occasion to no
tice the prejudice was hi a rather vig
orous protest which the monkey made
ng.iinst the vegetable boy. a small,
coal-black negro, with an oblong head.
Whenever the boy went near the mon
key's cage the little fellow would begin
to raise Cln In more ways than one.
He would make the fiercest grimaces
imaginable, and would beat on the bars
of the cage with his hands and cut other
curious capers. He left no doubt in
my mind with reference to the state of
his findings. He did not like the veg
etable boy and did not want him to
come near his cage. He resorted to a
sort of chattering and It was some
what different from the usual chatter
of the monkey, and I am certain be was
Indulging all the profanity to be found
In his swearing vocabulary. This thing
happened every time the vegetable boy
went near the monkey's cage.
"We have a little colored girl at our
house. The monkey always made a
nil Id protest when she went near his
cage, but be was not as loud and lusty
In bis kick as be was In the case of the
vegetable boy. It was this fact, I sup
pose, that disarmed the girl, for she
never seemed to pay much attention to
the little manifestation of displeasure
on the part of the monkey. One day,
several weeks before the monkey died,
she walked up to the cage and leaned
her head against tho bars. The mon
key could not stand this familiarity.
He leaped from the top of his cage on
the opposite side, and as nearly as he
could under the restricted conditions,
landed on the girl's hair and began to
pull and howl with vigor. The girl was
frightened, and she developed the full
capacity of her lungs In crying for heip.
The monkey released her before assist
ance could arrive, and from that time
on up to the day the monkey died she
never went near the cage. I observed
many manifestations of prejudice In
the monkey's nature against persons be
longing to the black race, and I am con
vinced that this Is one of the peculiari
ties of the monkey tribe." New Or
leans Times-Democrat
The Iron Man.
A story writer who catered for the
boys of fifteen or twenty years ago
built up many thrilling tales about a
mechanical contrivance In the form of
a man. Such a machine "llerculw,
the Iron Man" was actually ou exhi
bition last summer in an American
park, about which he perambulated iu
the following uudcslred aud Inconven
ient fashion:
He was eight feet high, and when
the oil fire Inside him was lighted, and
steam generated, be walked about
pushing a sort of Iron-wheeled cart.
He wore a tall hat and a hideous grin,
an 1 puffed exhaust steam through uls
nostrils.
Late one night aoine of the campers
at the park lighted the lire In Hercules
after the resort was dosed and the
owner of the figure had gone away.
The valve had been left open when the
lire was put out, and when steam was
generated again the man begau to walk
about the park. For a little while he
surpassed Frankenstein's monster.
No one knew Sow to stop him, and
he walked all over the park, through
the lake and the camping ground.
Sleepers In his path had to be awak
ened to get them out of the way, for
It wan Impossible to control the steam
man's movements. Inequalities lu the
! groi:nd, trees, an I other obstruction
turned him aside, but did not stop I1I111.
He terrorized the park for an hour,
but. like many a human being, caunt
to grief at the gate. He marched up
to It, bumped against It, toppled over
and alighted ou his head. Thus he
remained, kicking his feet In the air,
until bis steam went down.
Literary Ad. in IftlO.
"This powerful novel contain twelve
errors In grammar; and each reader of
the book Is invited to submit a list of
these, Indicating the order In which he
thinks they rank as to their enormity.
'Th person whose list comes nearest
the cl.oice of the majority of those sub
mitting lists will be awarded a prize of
$5,000 In gold.
"Guessing coupon nnd full Informa
tion In each book. Life.
Monument to Leavenworth.
General Henry Imu veil worth's re
mains, which are at present buried at
Delhi, N. Y., will be removed to Leav
enworth, Kan., on the seventy-fifth an
niversary of the founding of the army
post at Fort Leavenworth. It Is also
proposed to erect an Imposing monu
ment to bis memory at the fort he es
tablished three-quarters of a ventury
ago.
Deaths from Consumption.
In 1894. of every 10,000 persons In this
country. 245 died of consumption; in
1900 the figure had fallen to 190.
Capital in Texas Hloe Fields.
Capital to the amount of $20,000,000
la In Texas Invested lu the rice fields.
No man has a moral right to diiiclosa
a cloven breath during the honeymoon.
ATTACKS 80CIETY WOMEN.
Em lta Zola, the I'amnaa " - -)
Makea Keare Chare ea.
Emlle Zola has created a eeaaatVoa
in Paris by his criticism of society
women. He was Invited to lecture- be
fore an aristocratic woman's literary
and political club and he shocked bla
hearers at the outset by telling them
that they were uot what they pretend
ed to be.
"You pretend to be Interested In
these questions." Zola said, "but reall
you are not. Your days are solely de
voted to foolish amusement and useless
actions. Interminable toilet making -anoes
with dressmakers, luncheon.
mm I
r.VH.K KOLA.
dinners, pink tens, so-called literary
lectures, receptions, balls and tbeatnra.
You spend your time lu gossip which to
atupld when It Is not wicked.
"You shirk motherhood, and when
you have children they are montly In
trusted to mercenary bands. Yosi
grovel with astonishing alacrity t
gain admittance Into social circles
above your own, and cannot eoaceol
your asinine contempt for people sup
posedly below yourselves. You rednce
your reluctant duty of charity to aiiltry
offerings for a few famous Institutions.
This Is the sort of life a society woman
leads. What right have you to tueddlo
In philosophy, literature and politic?
"It Is a mere accident of birth that
you are not factory girls or dry goods
saleswomen. And, were you such, eaa
you feel certain that you would have
the courage to prefer honest, labortoaa
misery to blnmeworthy easef
DESTROYS MOTHS AT MIGHT.
In sections of the country where to
bacco Is grown one of the chief trou
bles to contend with Is the tabaer
moth, and the apparatus shown In tbs
cut has been designed especially t
combat this pest, as well as to destroy
other Insects which move about at
night. It Is well known that aiotha
an 1 other Insects are attracted by a
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V'
DMIOXKD TO KILL INSECTS.
light shining out of the darknosa, aud
It Is this fact that William Hill Morgan
of Kentucky, makes use of la but trap,
which consists of a light In cloned In a
metallic hood aud provided with a re
flector and glass face, the latter being
set lu a slanting position. The lamp la
attached to oue edge of the tray con
taining a mixture of kerosene oil and
water, aud the angle of the glass In
frout of the light causes the lusects to
fall Into the liquid when they strike
against the smooth surface. With a
uiiintwr of these traps set at the aides
of a field a short distance above the
plants the Inventor claims that th
Injurious moths and other Insects will
exterminate themselves without she
trouble of searching for theui.
Ago of Giant Trcna.
An age as great as five thousand
years has sometimes been ascribed ta
the gluut trees of California. Prof.
Charles K. Bessey of the University
of Nebraska regards this estimate aa
very much exaggerated, lie says that
he once counted with great rare the
rings of growth of a tree felled la
1853, and which was fully tweuty-four
to twenty-five feet In diameter, so that
Its stump serve ) as the floor of a danc
ing pavilion. The rings numbered
1,147, and that numlH-r would repre
sent the age of the tree In yeara. prof.
Bessey adds that he gravely doubt
whether any of the existing tree ap
proach the age of two thousand year.
Not a Iieallst.
"Do you approve of realism la th
drama)"
"Certainly not," answered alias Cay
enne. "If people on the stage tallied
and behaved as stupidly as they do la
real life there would be no excuse for
going to th theater." Washington
bUr.
Product of the Paper.
Out of every 100 pounds of paper
manufactured In the world uly aix
pounda are made Into book.
Ever notice how much veneration I
shown a grandfather' clock, or a
grandmother's spinning wheel, whll
the grandfather and grandmother ar.
received grudgingly? '
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