WALLOWA CHIEFTAIN.
l ubll.hf.l Kvery Vek.
ENTERPRISE OREGON.
,A thorn in the lu:s!i is worth two In
tlie flesh.
Liberty consists of letting your wife
do as you please.
Almost every man is lazy, but he
doesn't like to ailuiit it.
1 a man pots too fresh he deserves
to find himself in n pickle.
If a man finds that marri-.ige Is a
failure he puts It all in his wife's
name.
It is easier for some musicians to
compose a wedding march than a cry
lug buby.
Self-praise gi?s a long distance In
an advertising medium of universal
circulation.
A sister's love isn't supposed to be
expensive uuless It happens to be
some other fellow's sister.
Few men have will power enough to
do things they dou't want to do and
don't have to but ought to.
The woman who has found out how
to flirt with her husband after the hon
eymoon need not be afraid of old age.
A man talks knowingly of the Incon
sistency of women and then proceeds
to get mad if one of them proves he Is
right.
One way to avoid fatal mistakes In
distinguishing between mushrooms
and toadstools is to couilue your oper
ations to parsnips.
The finding of Noah's ark in Alaska
would seem to explain the occasional
discovery of the remains of a mam
moth in that latitude.
Edward Everett Hale is working hard,
with prospect of success, to secure a
system of state pensions for the worthy
and Indigent aged in the State of Mas
sachusetts. Old age pension systems
are certain to be adopted iu this coun
try sooner or later.
Gen. Ilorace Porter, in his oration
at the centenary of the West Point
Academy, gave advice good alike for
soldier and civilian: "Never under
rate yourself iu a battle; never over
rate yourself in a despatch." Valor
and modesty combined add glory to
the victories of peace, not less thau
to the triumphs of war.
Amid the applause of the assem
bled surgeons at the Academie a Paris
physician of eminence urged the
prompt use of the knife where appen
dicitis is suspected. The knife's the
thing, with which I'll prick the ap
pendix of the king or the subject, for
that matter. For more true Joy the
surgeon feels with a good sharp kuife
In his hands and a well-chloroformed
body on the table thau Cuto or any
other exuberant person of the classic
past. The Department of Agriculture an
nounces a new historical novel en
titled "The Bedbug. History and Hab
its of this Well-Known Insect." In
certain respects we might be induced
to hail this as the great American nov
el, embracing as it does the country
from Maine to California, from Flori
da to Alaska. With the habits of this
Industrious insect the public is more
or less familiar, but its history has
been enshrouded in mystery and will
be read with increasing Interest by all
admirers of the cunning little creature.
We hope this charming book will be
advertised according to all the facili
ties of this enterprising day, and we
have no doubt that the first edition
lias been largely exhausted. Tributes
from authors, who have gone into
small country hotels for repose and
literary environment and Inspiration
will be placarded in the street cars,
and we shall look for such testimoni
als as "A good scratch goes with every
page," and similar appreciative com
ments on Mr. Marian's art.
"Good-morning; how's your health?"
"Very good, thauk you." "Oiad to hear
It." What an unconscionable liar you
are. ' You are not particularly glad
that Jones Is enjoying average health,
but you said you were. "Why, Mrs.
Brown, how pleased I am to see you,
and how is Mr. Brown and how is the
baby, and why don't you come oftener,
and etc." Lying. Way down deep in
jour heart you are saying. "The horrid
thing. I wish she would stay at home."
-Delighted, delighted," says the public
man at every introduction to Smith of
Podunk. He is not delighted. He is
borrd to death. He is lying because of
habit. Conventionality makes liars of
us all: We have been taught to wel
come the coming and speed the parting
guest with looks and words that belie
our feelings. We have been taught to
say things we do not mean. We lie
because we are cowards. It is the
easiest way out. To tell the truth would
often Involve us. We lied when we
were young to escape punishment or
to serve a vivid fancy or for diplo
matic purixses, and we have formed
the habit. How likely when we get
to the portals of heaven that we will
lie to St. Peter. We will be asking
after bis healtli, and when he says he
Is quite well we will remark "Glud to
bear it."
Judge Sidener, of St. Louis, has de
cided that a wife has the right to
search her husband's trousers at night
The case was that of Henry Shnuer
ami wife. Mrs. Siiauer claimed her
husband ha 1 disturtwd her peace.
Sliar.er's defense was that on several
oec.is'ons he discovered his wife
searching his pockets aft' r he had gone
to bed. "That is no defense at all."
s lid Judge Sidener. "A woman has a
perfect ri;rlt to rummage her hus
band's pockets at night." It needed no
Judge to declare tills inalienable right
of a wife. Viewed from any stand
point, the privilege is one of the per
quisites of wlfedom. Under the com
mon law practice, made and provided.
the wife gets the rake-off. It may be
remarked that Insofar ns newspaper
editors and some other Individuals are
concerned, the decision will cut no ic.
The trousers pockets are always de
pleted before night comes. It might
however, be suggested to wives of the
rich that ttiey make a chaser study of
a husband's habit respecting this mat
ter of carrying money. When a hus
band ostentatiously hangs his trousers
on the bed post before retiring and
snores Inside of five minutes It may be
taken for granted that the pockets do
not contain over To cents In change.
Look In his sock If you would find the
roll. One other consideration: Is not
this decision opposed to public policy?
Marriages are becoming more and more
unpopular. If this prerogative of a
spouse is exploited, will not marriage
able men hesitate at the prospect of
being looted?
The New York Court of Appenls has
recently handed down two decisions
which will be of Interest to the whole
business world. The first Is connected
w-lth a man's liability for the account
he may give of himself to a business
agency. A certain New York firm, rep
resented by Clarence Birkett, had told
an agency that its assets amounted to
more than JloO.OH). In consequence of
this rating Thomas Tindle had sold
the firm several bills of goods. The
basis of Mr. Tindle's estimate of the
firm was the Information he had re
ceived from the agency. Pretty goon
the firm failed. Mr. Tindle lost. He
was determined, however, to see that
his deceivers did not get away alto
gether unscathed. He began suit
against them on a charge of fraud.
The defense put up was that the firm
Itself had never made misleading rep
resentations to Mr. Tindle In person.
It had merely made certain statements
to the agency, and the agency had told
Mr. Tludle what it thought it knew.
If the blame lay anywhere, then, It
lay with the agency. This course of
reasoning commended Itself to the Su
preme Court and to the Appellate
Court. It seemed defective to the
Court of Appeals. The judgment of
the lower courts were reversed. Mr.
Birkett's firm was held to be guilty of
fraud. "Disregarding mere forms and
methods It cannot be doubted that the
defendant spoke false and deceitful
words to the plaintiff through the agen
cy Just as effectually as if they had
met face to face and the statements
had been made directly and personal
ly." Whether this Is good law or not
It seems excellent Justice. One can
not help feeling that statements made
to a commercial agency are made to the
public and that when the public. Is mis
led by them It ought to have some rem
edy. The second of the two decisions
mentioned Is concerned with a certain
aspect of the relations between a bank
and its customer. A New York firm
deposited with the Chemical National.
The firm's credential man fell Into the
habit of raising the firm's checks. He
put one figure on the stub of the check
and another on the check Itself. The
difference between the two figures he
appropriated to his own use. He kept
on doing this for two years. During
all that time the firm never compared
the returned checks with the stubs. It
seems odd. therefore, that when the
ultimate disclosure came the first thing
the firm tried to do was to get the bnnk
to remburse it for Its losses. Naturally
the bank refused. Then came the suit.
The lower courts found for the plain
tiff. The Court of Appeals found for
the defendant. The plaintiff. It is held,
ought to have examined Its vouchers
and notified the bank of all discrepan
cies. This decision seems to be as
righteous as the other. A firm cannot
ask a bank to protect It against Its own
employes and its own neglect to make
sure that they were not swindling It.
The Royal Observatory, Greenwich.
The great Increase of British mari
time trade in the seventh century ren
dered the determination of longitude
at sea a pressing necessity. The subject
was brought to the notice of Charles
II., who, understanding that the first
requisite was a more accurate knowl
edge of the positions of the moon and
principal stars, founded the Boyal Ob
servatory In 1C75, on the hill which
was formerly the site of a castle occu
pied by Humphrey. Duke of Glouces
ter, the alterations being carried out
under Sir Christopher Wren. On the
Duke's death the property reverted to
the Crown, and in succeeding reigns
the castle was used as a Boyal habita
tion, a prison, and a place of defence.
It was here that the Earl of Leicester
was confined when he incurred the dis
pleasure of Queen Elizabeth by marry
ing the Countess of Essex.
As the Man Kee It.
Miss Justout Wherein, Mr. Wise
Man, lies the secret art of conversa
tion? Wiseman Young lady, listen!
Miss Judson But I am listening!
Wiseman Well, that is all there is
of the art of conversing agreeably.
New York Times.
There Is so much competition In the
world that the man who makes a good
living should be a hero with bis wom
en folks.
The only man who dares give the star
actor any back talk is the promn'.er.
NATIONAL PPJNTERY.
GIGANTIC BUILDING IS NEARING
COMPLETION.
WUl lUre a Floor Space of Over Four
teen Acres and Nearly 4, (KM) Persons
Will Find Employment 127 Presses
Will lie KunnidK.
The new government printing office
is approaching completion and will be
a gigantic affair, writes Bene Bache.
the well-known Washington corre
spondent It will cost J'J.UW.OOO, aud
will provide a total floor space of over
fourteen acres more than two and a
half times the floor' area available iu
the present establishment. As yet the
building Is entirely covered with scaf
folding, but it is substantially finished,
except for the Interior woodwork and
painting. It will be the greatest print
ing shop iu the world, employing the
services of nearly 4.W0 people. Accu
rately speaking, 3.SM persons will toll
under Its mighty roof, nearly 1,000 of
them being women and girls. Each
year It will expend the enormous sum
of 4."00.000, nearly three-fourths of it
for labor, and in its main composing
room 84 printers will be eugaged In
sticking type. Eight hundred aud
eighty-five employes will be occupied
in binding the books and documents
produced, and an additional tllio will
do nothing but fold the printed sheets.
Figures like these give a notion of
the gigantic scalp on which the shop
will be conducted. Each twelvemonth
it will consume for bindings the skins
of 3iUh o sheep and ll.ot.io goats. In ad
dition to 7o,0 square feet of "Russia
leather," made from cowhide. It will
use up In a like period 8,000 tons of
white paper, 4o.tHHj pounds of printing
Ink and 37,m pounds of glue, together
with 7,'fio pounds of thread for sewing
books aud pamphlets, and 4.0U0 packs
of gold leaf for the titles of volumes
de luxe.
One hundred and twenty-seven
presses will be constantly In opera
tion In the great building, their total
output iu a working day of eight hours
being Just about l.OOU.OOo impress. ons.
These presses are of every conceivable
kiud, one of them being capable of
priuting cards on both sides from a
web of bristol-board at the rate of C5,
Ooo cards per hour, while four other
machines turn out 4o,ooo printed en
velopes every sixty minutes. The quan
tity of type actually employed will be
approximately l.oW.Oco pounds, or 750
tons.
No other government spends any
thing like the amount of money on
public priuting that Is squandered by
L'ucle Sam. In this particular Congress
Is always disposed to a reckless ex
travagance, and hence the huge size
if the plant required. Public documents
are an Important perquisite of Sena
tors and Representatives, who scatter
them broadcast among their constitu
ents. One hundred tons of a single re
port now In press will be issued and
distributed In this manner, and the
total number of volumes of various
kinds of literature turned out by the
office iu a twelvemonth Is about 1,000,
000, representing a total cost of some
what more than $l,ooo,oou.
Nowadays government books, like
other kinds of publications, require Il
lustrations, and the cost of these ran
up to about $300,000 last year. It Is
safe to say that ten years from now
Uncle Sam's printing shop will spend
pretty nearly hulf a million dollars for
pictures. The most costly illustrations
are for the reports for the Department
of Agriculture and the bulletins of the
Bureau of Ethnology, many of these
being In colors. Each bureau furnishes
IU own pictures, but the printing office
has them reproduced by firms In Bos
ton, New York and elsewhere. These
firms print the Illustrations and return
them to Washington, ready to be
bound with the text.
The most important Job the big shop
has to execute Is the printing of the
Congressional Record. This dally news
paper, which records nothing hut the
doings of the National legislature, is
written from beginning to end by the
official reporters of the House and" Sen
ate, who take down In shorthand every
word that is said at either end of the
Capitol. They dictate from their notes
to typewriters, and the material thus
reduced to typescript is sent over to
the printing offices In batches by mes
sengers. The Record is ready for at
tribution early next morning. One hun
dred compositors are employed exclu
sively in the business of setting type
for it, one department of the printing
office being devoted exclusively to this
publication, which Is "set up" and sent
to press Just like any newspaper, being
delivered every day to about O.OOo sub
scribers. Each representative in Con
gress gets 22 copies dally, while a Sen
ator Is entitled to 42. Anybody may
subscribe, the price being .?l",v 3
month: but the paper Is not directly
profitable to Uncle Sam, Inasmuch as it
costs $12o.OOO a year.
The printing of bills Is another Im
porta nt feature of the work of the es
tablishment. Though only a few hun
dred of the measures submitted to Con
gress In a year become laws, millions
of copies of them have to be printed.
A bill must go through a great many
phases before It can become a law, and
during the process of Its evolutiou It
has to be printed agniu and acaln per
haps dozens of times. If finally passed,
a single copy of It Is printed on the
finest parchment, and this goes to Pres
ident Roosevelt for his signature.
MAN WITH A BIG VOICE.
Member of the "Spellbinders' Trust"
Tells a Story on Himself.
Grouped in the lobby one warm day,
taking In the light southerly breeze,
were half a dozen of the House leaders.
CURIOUS SLT DEPOSITS.
One of the unique sights of California is the remarkable salt deposits nt
Salton. This region lies in a deprrsion some 3n0 feet below sea leveh and is
thought at one time to have been the bed of an ancient sea or lake. Ihe tract
of laud looks like a vast snow field.
The rock salt deposits cover about 1.000 acres, and are now worked for com
mercial purposes. The output from this place is about 2.000 tons of salt annually,
valued at from $0 to ?34 per ton. The labor is done chiefly by Indians, who are
able to withstand the intense heat of the desert (running up to 150 degrees in
June) better than the white men.
The method employed is as follows: The salt is first collected by a peculiar
plough having four wheels, in the renter of which sits an Indian to guide it.
This is run by a cable from a distant dummy engine. This machine cuts a broad
and shallow furrow eight feet wide mid three feet lone, throwing up the ridges
on both sides. Indians follow in the wake of the plough with hoes aud pile up
the salt in pyramids.
Then nnd there the "Spellbinders'
trust" was formed. The coming cam
paign and the probable amount of
speaking that would be required were
discussed nt length, and then the mem
bers of the trust drifted into anec
dotes of the stump.
Charles LIttlefield, of Maine, led off.
"I'm going to tell one on myself," said
he, aud soon he had a large nnd In
creasing audience. Including pages aud
doorkeepers. Mr. Llttlefleld's voice. It
must be remembered. Is famous from
Seattle to Eastport, nnd his constitu
ents in Maine insist that they can hear
the rumbling when he speaks In the
House.
"It wns up In Buffalo In the '90 cam
paign." he continued. "A local lawyer
and I had been assigned to a big meet
ing over on the tough side of the city.
The local man. who was evidently mnk'
ing his first campaign appearance, was
introduced first, nnd proceeded to draw
from his Inside pocket a manuscript,
from which he started to read.
"It was a pretty hard crowd, taken
nil together, but nt the same time they
were a bright lot and up-to-date. My
friend read on for some twenty min
utes under great difficulty, nnd then
the crowd began to' cheer nnd shout in
derision. Nothing like this, however,
could stop him. AH kinds of questions
were fired nt him, but he paid no atten
tion and continued to read off long lisrs
of statistics. At last the chairman of
the meeting signaled the leader of the
baud to start up. The band played
'Home, Sweet Home,' as a gentle hint,
but the speaker only waited until It
finished and then continued. At the
end of nn hour of the worst rot I ever
heard, my ambitious friend closed lu
what he thought was a blaze of glory.
" 'Three cheers for the speaker for
finlshiug!" some one yelled.
"The cheers were given, and then I
was introduced. It was a tough prop
osition, but I Jollied along with the
crowd for some fifteen minutes, aud
then launched Into what I thought wns
my best line of talk. I finished nil
right, and the chairman said I had
made a hit.
"In driving to the hotel after the
meeting the local speaker said to me:
Mr. LIttlefield. If I only had your
voice, with what I have to say, I
would be a wonder.' "
Just then a roll call was nnnounced
and the trust adjourned. Washington
correspondence New York Herald.
HAS SOUVENIR OF KING.
It I Only a Crust of Hremi, lint Chl
coko Woman Prizes It Illicitly.
A unique souvenir of the banquet
given at the Richmond House lu Chi
cago in 180U to the Prince of Wales,
now King Edward VII., ls possessed
by Mrs. Charles Hunt, of this city.
Mrs. Hunt is the mother of Mrs. Moses
J. Wentworth. wife of the nephew of
"Long John" Wentworth. Mayor of the
city at the time of the Prince's visit.
Mr. Hunt wns Cliy Treasurer then,
and he and his wife were living at the
Richmond House. In deference to the
hotel's distinguished guest they gave
up their suite of rooms for his use. Af
ter the guests had left the dining room
at the close of the banquet Mr Hunt
went in with a number of others out
of curiosity.
Seeing others seeking souvenirs, and
thinking that, as he and his wife had
given up their rooms to the Prince they
were especially entitled to n souvenir.
Mr. Hunt took a small piece of toast
from the Prince's date. He placed it
In n liti) tmS and presrntcd it to his
wire "ns a present from the Prince"
She has carefully kept the crust, and
It is in nn excellent state of preserva
tion, a little harder to bite, however,
than it was 42 years ago.
In connection with the Prince's toast
Mrs. Moses J. Wentworth tells nn an
ecdote. It seems the Prince was not
feelingfwell on the night of the ban
quet. He hnd so lltle appetite that a
piece of toast was about all he cared to
ent. Having satisfied his slender ap
petite, nnd lieen ot the table ns long as
he wished, he announced, ns Is usual
with royalty on such occasions. "I have
finish-d." This wns the signnl for all
persons nt the table to quit eating, rise
and then follow the Prince from the
table.
Now It happened that "Long John"
Wentworth. the Mayor, was a good
dent hungrier on this occasion than the
Prince was. He had started In to eat
something of a "meal," when the
Prince's announcement, "I have fin
ished." interrupted him.
"Well, I have not finished." he ex
claimed. In a tone of good-nntured but
Injured protest. However, he arose
with the rest nnd left the table. But
he afterward told one of his friends
that he took advantage of the first op
portunity to "skip off by himself" nnd
get something more to cat Chicago
Tribune.
English Landlord's Ways.
The secretary of the Tenants' Pro
tective League sends us detuils of a pe
culiarly unjust and hard-hearted dls
truint on the part of a Peckham land-"
lord.
Last December a widow took a house
iu l'eckhani uj an amiuul tenancy,
at a rental of 39. and was foolish
enough to sign nu agreement containing
n clause which specified that the rent
was to be paid quarterly In udvance.
She was nllowed to enter without any
prepayment, nnd on the 2"th of March
six months, 10, was demanded, one
quarter due nnd one quarter iu advance.
This, of course, she was unable to pay,
and before March had run out her home
was stripped from kitchen to attic of
all its furniture save and except what
was contained in one small bedroom,
where one of her daughters lay dying
of cancer.
On Saturday last the broker pnld a
second visit nnd made a second dis
traint broke the lock and forced nn
entrance Into the sick room, aud cleared
It of everything, even to the beef tea
standing by the bedside, and would
have taken the bed upon which the dy
ing girl lay, but was prevented by the
accidental presence In the room, wher
the door wns brutally forced, of a well
known Church of England clergyman,
who was tendering to the girl dying of
cancer spiritual consolation. His de
termined protest saved the girl her bed.
The Tenants' Protection League will
take the earliest opportunity of holding
a public meeting to protest against such
barbarous proceedings. They have ac
cordingly convened a meeting for 3
o'clock on Sunday afternoon on Peck
ham Rye, where the chairmnn will give
chapter and verse, names nnd details
of the outrageous acts here described.
London Chronicle.
Anecdotes or the Queen's Girlhood
-Mrs. Sarah Tooley, in her recently
published "Life of Queen Alexandra "
tells some very Interesting anecdotes of
her majesty. As a child the Queen's
surroundings were exceedingly simple
"Mamma," said the little Princess one
day, "why may not Dngniar and I wenr
mushn dresses?" "Because," replied
her mother, "your father Is not a rich
man, nnd muslin dresses cost so much
to get up." There were not many serv
nuts at the Gule Pnlnls, where the
Queen's early life was spent, and the
young Princesses were required to dust
their own rooms and to make them
selves useful at meal times. A gentle
man who was Invited one day to par
take of the Informal family luncheon
at the Palais recalls that the butter
dish chanced to need replenishing, and
the rlncess Louise (of Denmark), In
stead of summoning n servant turned
to her eldest daughter nnd said- "Al
exandra, will you fetch some more but
ter And the future Queen of Eng
and departed on the homely errand to
the larder.
Reason to Fear.
The following conversation Is gaId
o have taken place between two Boer
cadcrs when it was nrst announced
that the Australians were sending a
contingent to South Africa: "I 8ee
sniJ one, "that some people called Aus
ralians are coming over here. Do vou
know anything about them?" -w
" was the reply, ",JUt , hear J
elevt. of them beat All England a ver
or two ago." "Good hea vens," cre(i tZ
first tu,,v Rily tLat
of them are coming here!"
A Hani-Worked Hero.
"When I starred as The Tii..,m
IvofSldloh'-saidtheemiiSror
was on the stage during the entire
play and spoke nine-tenths of the lines
'That." said the low comedian, Cas
roll."-Baltl,nore American.
e matter of kin settles whether &
wedding s to be a home or church af
fair. Aristocratic kin who look well
on parade means a church wedding;
wuuii;iai nc,
I . . . , :i
ine ngnt to designate th..
HirnlliMi ulitntti. ...... J
- -I" "u ai tar ing I
held. In Post
" " a .
(Teun.), 55
L- R. A.. 481. t , 3 M
the carrier and not t ti.. ... &!
. the absence of a mim,.i. - K 3
lug reason to the contrary. C,5'''
The owner of a dog that'ha.
, been of a kind temper and ha. '
given occasion to suspect timtiT
I I.I.. lo l w I
"'ic in unu. iii jmrr ho. -i
(Ln.. 53 L, R. A. 071. w'Jt
dered liable In damages bv. nJl!
that the dog bites some one
owner is guilty of no negnjeacT
An agreement by the 'bolder of
tual benefit certificate to dp
by by-laws subsequent
held In Gaut vs. SuprdmeS?
L. of II. (Tcnn.), 55 L. R.
to authorize the reduction of theb
fit called for by his certlflcate. tf7
has for years paid assessment, a, h
orlglnnl value. 0
A member of a mutual benefit lociml
Is held, in Rogers vs. Uulon BewtoW.
Soc. No. 2 (Ky.). Go L. A. R. TJ
to be properly adjudged In default to
nonpayment of dues, where the amor;
of accrued sick benefits to which
entitled exceeds the unpaid dues. Wjtj
this case ls a note reviewing the io.
thorltles on application of accrued t
efits upon dues or assessments accr I
ing on a Denent certillcate.
A stipulation In a contract fortk.1
sale of a proprietary medicine tiutuf
purciinser sunn not sell it for lew Qm
a specified price, is held In Cant u
Hall & L. Co. (Mass.), 55 L. R. A, ei
not to follow the medicine Into ti( I
hands or n subsequent vendee. Tl
right of a purchaser of personal prop
erty to sell or use it free from restric.
tlotis affecting It In the hands of tot
vendor Is considered In a note of ttU I
ense.
An Instrument in the form of a fat
purporting to convey to named tru.
tees, their heirs nnd assigns, at a tpc-1
Hied price per acre, "all the pine tim
ber suitnble for saw-mill purpow
on described lots of land, and provid
ing that the balance due on each lot
shall be pnld when the lot Is entered to
cut the timber. Is held. In McRae ti
StUlwell (Ga.), 55 L. R. A. 513. to malt
It Incumbent upon the grantees or their
successors in title to cut and remov
such timber from the lots within i
reasonable length of time from th
dnte of the conveyance, and It Is held
that on failure to do so their Interert
In the timber ceases. With this ct
Is a note discussing the atithorltles on
conveyance of title to standing timber
without conveying title to the land.
The Professor's Mistake.
The members of a certain learned
clety hnd been Indulging In birthday
festivities, and when dinner and thf
subsequent enjoyments were over Pro
fessor Jones started off to trudjee the
hnlf-niile or so to his home. The pro
fessor ls a very clever man, says the
Pittsburg Bulletin, and noted for the
keenness of his lutellect.
The excitement nnd the unnsnillr
hearty dinner, followed by the abstruse
discussion In which he hnd been en
catred. had given him a hendaclie; so.
nppronchlng nn electric tight post he
pressed his throbbing brow against the
cool Iron. Thus he stood for a tew
minutes. Then, feeling a little chilly,
he buttoned his overcoat preparatory
to proceeding on his way home, but to
his horror, when he nttempted to leave
the post he found himself unable to
move.
A brain such as the professor works
nnlckh- nnd the reason for Ms deten
tion soon seemed clenr. Evidently t
current which" fed the lamp above W
become diverted from Its course and
wns passing through his body. Wnf
him to the post In the process, i
ghastly and horrible, stared him In the
face. Gradually his back-bone wooW
become dissolved to a Jelly, and ifhUe
the awful process was going w
must stand there ns helpless as a but
terfly pinned to a cork.
In his terror he gave vent to bis f'
Ings in a mighty yell. This attracted
the attention of a policeman, who hur
ried up. and then, shaking with lnosl-
ter. listened to the professor s expia
tion. When be had finished, the po
liceman unfastened the professors
overcoat from the post, ronud wW
he had Inadvertently buttoned It
Her Letter Proved It.
The sense of Importance which lit
Clara felt on being promoted to to
public school after two years of la
sons at ber grandmother's knee
greatly Increased, says Harper's Mtf
zlne. when the time came for ber am
written examination.
She studied faithfully the twefl7
pages of her spelling-book covered n?
the revlevr, and when her paper
returned she had the delight of m'"
that it was graded one hundred.
The litt!. girl at once wrote -
father the .news of her success.
"Der
uui vtiv r-ai tuvs.m-
papa," the little note run, "t MA '
i tnjss a single word In my examining
I am now purfnee In spelling.
Venezuelan Pearls.
TV,r. Iolnn.1 r.f f a fern 1-1 11 . SltUfltCd OB
-LUC .-!(.... W . .lil.lp, -------- -
the coast of Venezuela, Is one of tw
most celebrated centres of pearl fish
ery. The Spaniards In the days o
Columbus found the natives of Mr
garlta and the neighboring mainly
decked out with pearls, and the pean
producing oysters of that locality bsv
never since failed In their Prwluftl
ness. Recently the price of pearls 0
risen la the market, nnd the actitw
of the Venesuelan fishermen has to
respondlngly Increased. A French co
pnny has obtained a concession in
the Venezuelan government to flso
pearls with diving apparatus.
Children of poor parents are
lucky; thev have no inheritance
lose.
RECENT
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