Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 28, 1902)
Bohemia Nugget I.KI5 W, HKNItr. Killtor ami ITop'r. COTTAGE GROVE. . . OREGON. A lmlv tt-nntvrlfor linn become n Hon tnmcr. l'robnbly got tired of being dictated to. Atlntn was Inokv In nnotlicr wny. H lintl no friends to come nromul telling lilui bow ho oiiRlit to bring up his boys. Klne Kdwnrd ImB distributed 400 mora eronntlon honor without notic ing tho raised finger of William Wal dorf Alitor. .Tho surgeon who operated on King Kdwnrd snys nppenillcltln Is rcnlly n Kool thing. He spcnks from the sur- geoii s standpoint. The man who killed his wife because she talked too much set nn example which, If generally followed, would soon oxlermliiate tho human race. Another time-honored proverb ex ploded. Jnhlnskl, the Riant, Is snld to be the longest Pole In the world, and ho never kuocked n persimmon In his life. Some of tho Independent steel com panies arc getting rendy to tight the big trust Or It may be that they de sire to be absorbed at profltablo fig ures. Franco wants an easier divorce law. According to reports, an easier mar riage law might obviate some of the evils. It Is so much trouble to get married that some people neglect to do it. Tho luminous and pregnant notion that the motor vehicle Is a convenience, like a cab, not a medium of sport, like a race house. Is gradually penetrating the Intellects of fnddlsts devoted to rapid motion. In the nature of things It ought to take root and bear fruits meet for latter-day civilisation. Tho continued unhealthy condition nlong the Ambcjemackomas, Eskwesk wownjo and Mcskaskeeseebuuk rivers In Maine have Induced the State Hoard of Health to decree that no further use of the waters from these streams for domestic purposes shall be made until their names have been boiled down. Queen Alexandra has revived the use of the word "lady," which has been tabooed by the polite society of Eng land In favor of "woman" during the last decade, but reported proceedings of female members of the London "swag ger set" lead to tho belief that her majesty Is premature In the revival. Modern economy permits less and less to go to waste. It gathers up the frag ments, saves odds and ends, finds a use for what once was called worthless. The saving may take a philanthropic turn, as In the case of a large factory In Jena, Germany, which utilizes Its surplus hot water In such a way as to give the laborers nearly a thousand baths a week. When the eruption of Mont Pelee wiped out the city of St Pierre and destroyed more than thirty thousand lives, the world was aghast Papers were crowded with details of the ca tastrophe, and every line was eagerly read. Since the middle of July almost as many lives have been destroyed by the cholera In Egypt, yet the only news of that loss which has reached the world at large has been a few lines In tho London papers. A curious com mentary on the power of the spectacu lar and unusual, even In death! Impoliteness or unpleasantness on the part of salesgirls Is often attributed to the 111 manners of the women who face them on the other side of the counter. Often it Is, for salesgirls are only human, but the Dry-Goods Econ omist thinks there Is nnothcr cause. It says of one store with which It is fa miliar, "Every employe In It seems to be good-natured. Why should there be . any difference In this respect between tills establishment and the average store? Is not human nature about the same the world over? True; but there Is a difference. The proprietor of this store is not only a merchant, but a gen tleman, lie treats bis employes with marked courtesy and consideration. As a consequence, they feel so kindly disposed toward him and his business that their good-will Is reflected In their treatment of his customers." Some storekeepers never find out why It Is that so few of their casual customers become regulars. If an Italian wants to praise a wo man most highly, bo does not tell you she Is beautiful, or that she Is witty, or learned, but he sums up her virtues by saying she Is stmpatlca. What praise this really is, and how much happier tho world would bo If only a larger number of us deserved Itl Sympathy Is a great power as a maker of sun shine. Think of the most sympathetic man or woman you know, and think bow great and cheerlug an Influence that person exercised over you In some time of trouble and anxiety. Very like ly you may have felt at tho time that had you been alone you could not have borne tho weight of care or sorrow, but' with tho friend's sympathy were able both to bear It, nnd even to spare thought nnd sympathy for other people. Sympathy, like mercy, "blesseth him that gives and him that takes," and those who, as It were, padlock up their powers of sympathy, lose a great deal of the Joy of life. Among the poor, perhaps, tho quality Is more common than mnong tho rich, for certainly wealth, especially that which has been hardly gained, seems to cause the growth of a crust of selfishness round former kindly hearts and renders them hard, when poverty nnd sorrow would bare mndo them tender. Those who hare clung to tho Maltliu slan theory nnd have been apprehensive that population would lucreaso faster than food supply have occasion to ban ish fenr for millions of years to come. Bacteria, with which namu so much of an offending nature Is connected, have thcJr virtues, or rather we should jyr tbero are bacteria and bacteria- It has been found that somo of the genus nrc Iniportaut agents In the growing of crops. The prospect Is that farmers will go the nearest drug store, purchase the spcclnl bacteria required, Inoculate tho soil nnd be sure of n harvest. The chief of tho division of chemistry nt AVaahlngton Is authority for tho clnlms mndo for "bottled bacteria" as a ; commercial product nnd the vnlue of these organisms In Insuring n harvest. Another hopeful outlook Is the nssur mice that what Is known as "Mendall's law" has been proved nn established fact. This law relates to cross fertili zation. Its discovery promises to rovo-. lutlonlzo the hybridisation of plants nnd to turn chance Into certainty. Vor In stance, hitherto It tins been Impossible -!,( ilm ...d from nnv vn- to foretell w hat the seed rron J"1 I rletyof thc npples of wn mercc uuhr products Now by the hybridisation or two self-sterlle varieties tho variety I produced may bo porpctuntcd conltnu- ously by the seed produced. When one adds to these two Important discov eries the wonders effected In agriculture by the uso of electricity there Is little occasion to fear any failure of needed supplies. Intelligence nnd thrift left to themselves are easily nine to wnnl on Miliums and his pessimistic theories. Human life Is n school. It begins In the mother's nrnis nnd ends only on tho great Graduation Day when on your diploma nnd tulue shall bo written either "Well Done," or "Depart." The boy or girl who believes that education Is complete when commencement day has arrived makes a big mistake. That day Is n mere passage way from school life to life s school. No man or woman ever gets too old to learn something In the school of life. The first lesson that must be learned Is obedience. Duty Is the school master. He who falls to learn the first lesson will tall at all the others. Why? Because character Is the A, It, O of successful life. Bril liancy, ambition, energy all these are worthless If the Inner voice of duty Is disregarded. And this Is In the very- nature of things. He who cannot con quer himself cannot conquer obstacles outside of himself. To successfully or ganise material things a man must first organise himself. He must be In har- mony with himself, with the laws of his being. To become anything he must be that thing. If be achieves good ness be must be good. It he achieves greatness he must be great The first lesson being learned, the others are easy. Character, character, charac ter yon can build any sort of success on that firm foundation. If you build on nnytblng less your success Is Ignoble success, nnd therefore, only successful failure. Why do men stumble, morally, nil through life? Because they stumble at the first lesson. If you learn to obey the call of duty, although the other les sons may seem hard betimes and the tears may fall on the page of the book, you have only to say, "I tried to learn It Teacher." And the greatest of all Teachers will show you the solution. CHURCH WITH ONE MEMBER. Humble Structure Where a' Devout Quakeress Worships Alone. Devotion to the faith which has sus tained her for the eighty years of her life, and fear that, should she neglect ber charge for even a very brief period. It would be lost to ber forever, has led Prlscllla LIppIncott, a -steadfast Qua keress of Woodstown, K. J., to pursue a course which makes a situation unique In church annals. Miss LIppIncott Is the last of a once large and flourishing congregation of Friends that attended the little meeting house which she alone regularly visits for worship. visits tor worsuip. Every day when the church bells of Woodstown calls the people to worship sbe starts from her home for the church. TJnaceomnanled. she nnnroacbes the gate of the fence surrounding the church and, entering, walks along the narrow, grass-grown path lending to the edifice, sue opens tue cnurcu uoor ana slowly approacnes tue seni sue lias utile Demand ror cigar ana cigarette U80 0r holders by smokers nlso exists 1 Tlc Columbia, which sailed from Bos occupied for over half a century nnd j Cases aud Holders. with regard to cases for carrying clg- '0n In Kentembcr 1787. was the first there she remains, with bowed head SJ CIIL-IICII WITH ONE ATTENDANT. and folded bands, for an hour. Occa- slonolly she rises to give utterance to thoughts that will not remain unspoken and her voice echoes through the room deserted except for her presence. At . the expiration of the hour she goes out and locks tbe door, which remains closed until nnother service unless she visits to clean nnd dust, for she per- forms tho duties of sexton and keeps tbe church Interior spotless. Tlmo was when the meeting bouse was well filled, but that was years ago. The original members of tho congrega- tlon have gone to other and larger churches have passed I away or left for other cities, leaving the fa Uiful old Quakeress to worship alone. Ti e edifice was built ns the result of a split In the congregation, tho larger portion retain- Ing the old church and the smnllerercct- Ing a new structure. The land upon which It stands was given the church with tho understanding that when tho meeting house ceases to be a place of worship It shall revert to the heirs of the original owner. Miss LIppIncott Is determined thnt, while she has strength to journey to tbe church, It shall not bo lost to the Friends, and In her regular visits presents a pathetic figure and one calculated to lusplro admiration and respect ! I Tho pcoplo havo a wny of saying Thing tasto bettor In the country" to excuse their enormous appetites. ..,. , .... i, ' Parrot can learn our language, bu wo are too dense to acquire UieJr. ( BEmtomalsBI OPINIONS OF GREAT PAPERS ON IMPORTANT SUBJECTS Tho Vnluo of Sclf-Conndcncc. II R man who Is sure of himself I safe In any company. Belf-confidence It of Inestimable service to n man tliri.iuli out life, for It Rites him Initiative and enterprise, which are at the bottom of all great success. Timidity, dis T trust of one own power, the thought or failure, are unmanning, ino mini who is unman worn wsimiik im n w, ,11irv k(1 cm, than a gentleman. The nm, , Toco ,,lta, h i, ..Kir-.,... convention will ho heard with some 11(,uro 0f contempt. The man who pies Into n tub of cold water, one too at a time, with many grim- mi ami nitliilmtrnls. will never make It who first hnvhig welshed n project well nnd studied It from nil sides, plunges boldly Into It. as a strung swimmer Into the flood tide, and makes straight for his goal without hesitation or looking back Is the man who, ten chances to one, will sue coed. fortune has no favors for the coward or the backward, For tune requires that she be courted and that her suitors conn forward boldly and declare their Intentions. The man win fears to propose to a woman lest she dismiss him will wait ami dally and hang ironnd. until a readier fellow puts It to tin tomh to win or lose It all, and wins, most likely, thereby nit ting out his procrastinating rival. Womeii like boldnes-i hi i lover. They forgive a man more easily for going too far Hint for not using all the ropo they nre willing to giro him. The like a tiinsterful man, and the masterful man Is the anrcessfu' man In love as hi war, polities, business, society aud all llir affairs of life. do ahead, do what ou wish to do. do It boldly, and If yt.tt make a mistake your very self-conlldence will repair It and smooth It over. Don't make n habit of apologizing, for moil people do not know of your fault until you beg pardon for It. Don't ellaro yourself. Demand your rights and a little more. Never sit In a dark corner. Nctcr let other people manage an afTalr In which you are Interested. And never let another man nsurp the credit for your work. Above all. Iv positive. De soiuethlng rather than nothing. Don't wait for honors ami re tvnrds to drop Into your lap while you are sitting down. San Francisco Bulletin. Con Poor Men Save ? 0 W s IVmr Mnn Rave?" There are ble obstacles to thrift that did not exist when our fath era and grandfathers practiced that virtue. Poor men who wish to save will save ns ttiey nave done oetore. Aberncthy saved though he had to live upon bread and apples In order to do so. He was none the worse doctor lor having passed through the hard school of poverty. Tho prob It m Is not so much our Inability to save as our Inability to sum clently wish to do so. It Is a wish that we shall have to cnltl vate. and we hope that the discussion In oir columns will d something to Increase the practice of thrift. We do not wish to suggest that that virtue Is dead or dying On the contrary, all the facts at our command the enormous development of savings banks, the liicreashur attention given to Insurance, the progress of co-operation, the large proportion of the working classes who now live In their own houses, a proportion. which In some Lancashire towns especially Is surprisingly large, and to on all go to show that the world Is more and more disposed to accept the rascally lago's advice and put money In Its purse. But there Is still much room for Improvement, and our answer to those who Insist that It Is Impossible to save In these days Is that In the main the bare cost of living, apart from rent, must ... i. n.-r. .tion nur nnrvstors were accounted "passing tlch on forty pounds a year." Incomes have while the cost or necessities nas in man tlallr declined. The best of all luxuries, -!. it,,n ihr rrere In other davs. to Dart with our superfluity In exchange for the hundred worth . w c.t. .n mni.li In ttrnr,. for lis. But less gewgaws ui i hni u, ........ .- ----- - - - - the fact has no bearing on the question, "Can Poor Men Save? London Dally News. Better Stick to tho form. IT Is said that the annual Increase of Chicago's population Is from 00,000 to "0.000. and among the new comers every year are young men from the country who arc victims of the notion that opportunity awnlts them In the cities alone. Un der this delusion they condemn themselves very probably to the disappointments of an overcrowded labor market If they ret work It Is at small wages or salary; they must live In cheap boarding houses, pass from them to cheap tenements If they have the courage to marry, find more and more that their posl tion Is one of anxious dependence, and that the Imaginary charms of city life disappear to leave nothing but the depressing reality of buildings Jammed together to the exclusion of light nnd air, of nn all-pcrvodlng noise and dirt, of a routine which gives little but a bare subslstance In the present and holds t-ut no promise for the future. In the vast majority oi cases socn musi hlli, country life mar have some serious . ,,, , . rnrAnA mistake when ther i-ome L can..,,er the qUMtlon of opportunity I ,,, of .i..r f.,nilllnr surroundings. nR in dreams of fortune building In the city ter thoroughly all the work oi a Jnrm, cultivate an interest tn It add a new Intelligence to It, take over rome fads np SMOKERS. xes, said a prominent wasmugiou rlon tot In ainnt'iiia nHlnlasi t Ti oro llfl M , " - " - , " " for the last decade In the sale of clg- ivuj uituov jsw. Uj nrs and cigarette holders, also In cns.s for both, as well as match safes. In t.ll(Ill nn(1 8nve cBnrg from )rt.nkago """"" empire, sixty-two were mar fact tho trade Is not what It used 1 1 tue I)0ckcts. These cases wero not d1'1 or ult''1 ","Il'r uIlc!oua clrcum- to bo ten or fifteen years back. Tho only reason I cau give Is to say that each of these things was a fad and had Its day, I do not mean to say thnt there are no men who still use hold ers. We still occasionally sell cigarette and cigar holders, as well as cases to carry them In, but the sales nrc more rare. There are but few flno goods disposed of now, except on special oc casions for gifts. Men no longer seem to think a holder Indispensable to the enjoyment of a cigar or cigarette. Home have always claimed that a smoke was enhanced by not nslng a holder. Tho goods we do sell now are mostly of cherry wood or the German Wels cuel. I have some customers, elderly men, who like a welscbel cigar holder. Though holders are no longer the 'fad,' wo have to have them In stock. A store of this sort would not be complete without them. "Twelve or fifteen years ago almost every young mnn, especially If he went the proper gait and had social osplra- tlons, felt that his outfit was Incom- PI(-'te without a fancy clgaretto holder, "me of the latter wero exceedingly Pre"Jr nnd wuun f f nmber aloD or of amber and meerschaum they were cost- Bome hud go d bauds around tb, "nt or 1U8 cud ,b,B h b ta w Jowejg T1)ero ww combIoat,ong mado ln tbeHe g Uaye Bola a tiircc.,nch nml)er cl ette hoiaer for ?15 Uut tbea por,on of ,t wng )ncru,tC(i wUll prccoug Btones. There were many bogus nr. teieg paiuicd oft In those days and many grades of meerschaum were on the market My fall and wlntor stock 0f meerschaum and amber goods when these 'fads' wero vigorous amounted to $2,000 or more. Now $25 worth of tho samo goods will run mo two or three years. "The goods of this character that aro sold now aro bought at Christmas times or tho holidays following, or else for birthday prcseuts, for there nro Mmo people who still keep up tho pretty old custom of giving gifts an- nunlly for this purpose, and If It wa- ,t f ' OCcfl8loM tbe Mle0 wouW nwom Into any project a CO. Hut the man niuim liit'll miiu l.llijllll 1 1 WE venture to assert without fenr of coiitradlcl that the driving of a motor car at a moderate sp In a crowded city, or at the higher speeds t obtain In suburban service, calls for closer wal r.. I. ...... .... i..l... 1...1 . tt.... .I.1..I,.,. E venture fulness no new and lmpol- T state It In cnnltnl and enormously Increased. iin "-'"" such as books, are If we are tempted 0: NE of the evils iw uie result, aim drawbacks. It is plain through an Ignorant If Instead of Indulg- they w ere to ma- the lands of their I be absolutely wiped out The same de- cadence that now obtains In the nrg nml tsilri!ttcs. 1 have quite a va- t s i. i. .. .1 1 l rieu siock uu imuu. uim iiiwiiya unve, uui iiui uue uiiui ill scveiiiy-iive enr- res a cigarette or cigar case. They I u.v.t cigarettes from frizzling nt the g0 obtrusive to the gaze ns the fancy , i10(ie, ,ene carried In the pocket, but the good tasto of the owner was often has recently completed n watch made displayed by his selection of n tignr ' entirely out of Ivory tnken from n bll ense. Many were made of the different Hard ball works and case complete, metnls, aluminum nnd even silver nnd . It keeps good time. gold being used, mere wero niso cases ui pcuri. ui vuuiDi-, uui ocry uung blood could afford to carry u gold or even a silver cigarette case. The lat ter kind sometimes hail the owner's Initials, monogram fashion, on the sldo of the case. Tho majority of theso goods, however, were of various kinds of fiber. The most expensive goods of this sort were sold to college students and the price of a silver or gold cig arette case was steep. Rome of the gold ones sold for $70 and others high er still." Diamonds are worth $30,000,000 a ton. It Is estimated that more than half tliH people In the world dwell In sla. It takes about three seconds for a message to go from one end of tho At lantic cable to the other. What was probably the first public library In the United States was started In Charleston, S. 0., In 1740. Hard times In Germany are said to have caused a large diminution In tho consumption of wine and spirituous liquors. Tho bamboo holds tho record among plants for quick growth. It has been known to grow two feet In twenty-four hours. The rotation of a waterspout at the surface of the sea lias been estimated at 354 miles an hour, or nearly six miles a minute. The great bulk of chalk Is composed of eight different species of tiny shells, but nearly three hundred kinds havo been found In It. Woman's rights prevail In Abyssinia, There the wife Is boss of the shanty. Tho house, with all Its contents, belongs to her, and If the husband offend her fathers, or acquire others hy purrhnse, put Into this life all th ambition of their dreams, they would do better In Hie end llinil IK) per rent of the city people, have a greater Intellectu.il stimulus In thrlr employment, get a greater enjoyment out of living, nnd attain to nn enviable Indiiiemli'iiee. The opportunity Is rlose nt hnlul If they will only see It, tuid It adds to tho Hiiomitly of the situation that while they nre neg lecting their ii 11 turn I ndvniilage, disillusioned city men past the prime of life arc "retiring" to farms, where they waste their substance In foolish experiments owing to n belief that any one can he a farmtr. Hut these poor eoniH-lltora do not count, and It the farm hoy will stick to the form nnd make n science vf agriculture his success Is assured. American Varum'. Motormon nnd engineers to assert without fear of contradiction peed that watch nnd quicker Judgment than the driving of i fast passenger locomotive on a steam railroad. A few con derations will show this. In the first place, tho steam loco notlve runs on a fenced-in right of way, and lias the exclusive iso of Its own pair of steel rails; It movements nro controlled ly an elaborate system of signals, which is so arranged that the engineer, except In cases of extraordinary emergency. Hints every provision made to assist him In controlling his train aud maintaining It In Its proper position relative tn other trains; there are no cross streets nt every 200 or 300 feet, through which other trains may come unheralded to cross his track; nor Is there a mass of vehicular or pedestrian tralllc that may quickly gather and surge over the track In front of him, neces sitating exquisite Judgment as to pace and distance If he would arold continual arrest on the charge of culpable hnuilclde. The motorman, on the other hand, runs his car on a public thoroughfare; he has nn signals to warn lit tit of obstructions; no carefully mnrked-ou distances; no homo nnd distance sig nals; no clearly painted sign boards giving him the pitch of the hills, or even In sumo rases the curvature of the Hue; he has to depend oil his onu Judgment aa to speed and dlstauce; and it any time, when ho Is speeding his car In the effort to keep up with the company's schedule, he Is llahlo to find Hie track ahead of him obstructed by a lumla'rlng wagon or s'omo unsus. pectlug or bewildered pedestrian. We venture to repent Hint of the two men the motorman holds the more dltllcult and responsible position; and yi't we find that white In the case of the steam railroad, tnglneers are subjected to an apprenticeship of many years before they grndiiate.to Hie throttle, and by that time are a highly Intelligent and well-paid body of mm, the average trolley car motorman, on the other hand. Is rushed Into Ids Job with absurdly Inadequate preparation; that his pay la barely half at much aa that of the locomotive engineer; and that In point of Inttlllgeiice, training aud reliability, lie does not compare with the men who, as a matter of fnct, haro tho less dllncult and exacting work to do. Scientific American. Vflluo Created By Labor. HE relative efficiency of capital nnd labor In the pro duction of wealth Is difficult to determine, nnd probably no two economists would agree If they attempted to precise terms. It Is commonly held that labor am equnlly IndUiK'Hsable, that they are Independent and that either one Is helpless without the other. Under existing conditions that may ho true hi some degree, but It Is conceivable that labor should produce wealth without capital, while It Is Inconceivable that capital should produce anything without Inlxir. Capital it the tinconsumed product of labor, stored to enable labor to lire while engaged In producing more wealth. There wat no woge fund until lalior created capital. Labor it not helpless alone, but capital la Inert and dead without labor. All the gold In the world cannot make a blade of grass grow. How labor creates value la shown striklugly In Iron manu factures. Labor takes n bit of Iron ore from the earth. Impart lug to It a value of seventy-five cents, for example. Turned Into bar Iron by more expenditure of labor, the bit of ore be comes worth . Made Into horseshoe It is worth $10, but If made Into needles it Is worth ft'sKOO. Put more labor Into the Iron, convert It Into hair springs for watches, and Its value Jumps to $400,000. Philadelphia North American. Becoming Too Scientific of the day It thoroughness ns nnnllol to sports and recreations. There s no game, however diffi cult or however simple, but it la hedged about by diffi culties which actually turn pleasure Into pain. Tlmo wnt when a game at whist, for exnmnlc. was a genuine di version; now it has become so sclent! tic that It Is distinctly hard work to play a good game. Bo ns to bicycling, golf, plug-pong everything, in a wont. We have so got Into the habit of taking our pleasures seriously that those pleasures are nn lunger recreations, or nt lenst not the recreations they might be, were perfection not so persistently Insisted upon. Oh, for a game that cannot be made scientific, that will forever escape a liter ary organ, and which will always and forever be Just good fun and nothing more! Huston Transcript shu turns him out until ho Is fully re penlnnt nnd makes nmends. H, ,),, currc(l the stars nnd stripe 1 completely around the world. Of nlncty-tlirt'O Emperors who have K,,v'r,lt'" '" wl0ll! "f n lnrc' I"1" or ". Henri Hourlct, a Swiss watchmaker, sVcral Important railways are being built In China. Notwithstanding their theoretical objections to railways, the Chinese make much uso of them when built, and trade Is nt once Improved. Six thousand Is the record number of roses produced by ono tree nt a time. This wns In Hollnnd.on Mine. Kegnew's A Mnreclinl Nlel at Whitby, Ung land, has had .1,500 blossoms on It nt the same time. The Paris Academic dea Sciences Is examining n theory to the effect thnt the key to hum a n stature Ilea In tho gland situated In the throat under the larynx. By artlllclnlly stimulating this gland It Is clnlnifd thnt any child can be made to grow to maximum height. Dog n Foster Parents. Cats havo been known to "mother" chickens, but It Is somowhat rare to find n dog displaying similar tendencies. Fritz, an Intelligent terrier belonging to n I'hlladelphla gentleman, wns ob served to udopt a half-grown brood, of chickens thnt had been left to scrntch for themselves by the mother hen. An other Interesting ense Is reported from Pittsburg. A resident of that notable town recently exhibited a "hnppy fam ily" consisting of a dog nnd threo half grown fox cubs. Tho mother fox had been traced to her den nnd killed when tho cubs wero found, and they wero so small that they did not have their oyes open. At the same tlmo tho dog was rearing puppies, nnd tho fox cubs wcru tnken homo nnd given to her. The dog took tho little orphans Into her own family, and they have becomo Insep arable. Usually when a mnn gives away n half a dollar, ho Is willing to creiito tho impression that It was a llvo-itollar bill. livery man's love affairs play a big ger part iu his history than any man would be willing to admit SOLVED 8EHVANT PHODLEM. Former Move Come to the Ketcne ol Ills Ml.tttsi. "Our I.ulher Is n Jewel," oxclitlmi'd line of Wiiihllifiton's lending society women while culling one nftei'iiooii Inst week, "And 1 Just halo In think what would beoomo of uh without Un do Mntilti. When my father wild the old hoiuestond the hoi-viihIh wimo sent-tei-tHt itrouiul In tho family, nnd I'nt'lo Mnrtlu was sent to mo. Ho wan futli er'n oldest slave, and never left our family, t am the old tuiui's favorite, nml tor Hits roil son ho linked to go to me, ami you tuny hcilcvo mo, It U tn Undo Martin Hint I owo my nullity. "My husband nnd 1 have been mar ried ten your. Tho first live I spent In looking for cooks, nnd thou ills charging them nrter their trial week. The servant problem put mo on tho verge of nervous collapse. It hue lynched such a pitch that I could hIuiiiI It no longer. I not only talked Vet flints' all day, but I drenmed of them thu few hours 1 did nm lingo to sloer. The whole atmosphere was filled wltt bud cooks nml worse illuiiei. At (Mich now burst of complaint from my hus band I would go off and cry myself sick. That wmt nil t could do, for. Ntrnngo an It may seem, I didn't know enough about kitchen mutters to tnnko tea or coffee. Well, It waa exiuily at this stale of alTalrri that t'nelo Matilu ciime, nnd, bless hlin, he Immediate ly proposed to take entire charge of the cullnnry iiffaliVi, to run that depart ment In hi own wny mid charge u so much a week for hoard, I didn't even wait to consult my husband, so afraid wns I that Martin might regret his bargain and cjinngo bis mind by dinner time, no right then and there Martin nnd I closed tho deal. "That was tho end of all my trou ble. We give Martin n stated aiini ench week, out of which he provide for the tnblc. He doe thu market ing, cooking nnd serving himself, nnd everything Is beautiful. "Of onuno. wo nre liberal with him. He has always been In the family, and I nnturally feel greatly attached to him. and think ho should havo coll cession mndo to htm. Now, when we have dinner parties 1 nlwny allow so much oxtrn a plate, aud when we hnvu guest visiting In tho home wo give him ho much extra a day, and really I never feel Imposed upon. To escape all the fret and worry of look ing after thing I sulllclcnt ruwanl for me. Now' and then I have heard the other servant speculating n to the slzo of Uncle Martin's bank ac count. My husband InvcHtlgnti-d, and found that thu otd man had a com fortablo sum on deposit, but we both decided, after n long tnlk on the hiiIh Jcet, Hint our plnu of living I by far the Ix-st, and we oven think, wo have saved money by It ndoptloti." Wash ington Post GESTURES AND SALUTATIONS. Certain gestures nrc absolutely Iden tified with certain feelings. To shake one' list Is to threaten; to hold up one' finger Is to warn. To Indicate thought wu place the tip of the linger on tho forehead; to show concentrated atten tion we apply the whole baud. To rub the hands Is everywhere a sign of Joy, nnd to clop them n lgu of ciithushiMii. It would be easy to multiply example. Affirmation, negation, repulsion, nre nil Indicated by motion that everyone un derstands. It Is the samo, In quite as great n degree, with natlomilltlo, In plte of the original diversity of the race that ma Uu them up. The mimetic diameter results at once from race, from history and from climate. The gesture of the Ktigllshmnu I fierce nnd liarh; he speak briefly, brtiHqudy; lie Is cold, iiosltlve, forceful. His salutation Is cold and accentuated, but his handshake Is loyal. The ges ture of Germany Is heavy, good-hu-morcd nnd always ungraceful. Many of the Slav people are unwilling to look one In the fnen, aud they havo a false gesture. The Spaniard and tho Portuguese, nl though dwelling In a southern land, gesticulate little; their language I rhythmic, Blow, solemn; they nre grnve, their salutation Is n llttlo theatrical. The Italian Is lively, mobile, Intelli gent, gay; bis langungc I harmonious, sonorous, warm and luminous, like hi country's sky. The salutation of tho Itnllnu Is quick and full of feeling, his gesture colored and exaggerated. Lon don Answers. Tho Hneozowooil Troo. Among Its many curious products South Africa Includes thu "sneeze wood" tree, which takes Its name from the fact that one cannot cut It with a snw without sneezing, ns the line dust has exactly tho effect of snuff. Kven In planing the wood It will nomctlmei cause sneezing. lo insect, worm, or bur' naclo will touch It. It Is very bitter to tho taste, and when placed In water It will sink. Tho color Is light brown, and tho grain very close and hard. For dock work, piers, or Jetties It Is a use ful timber, lasting a long while under water, Willow Growing. A nlco llttlo side Issue possible to a farmer who has a small stream run ning through his place Is willow grow ing. There Is a constant, a nil If any. thing Increasing, demand for basket willows, nnd In ninny locations the bushes can bo grown with little or no expense or trouble. Men who have gone Into It, however, on a very small scalo ns a trial, havo generally found It so profitable that they have devoted some thought to Its details, and havo become extensive willow producers. No Kucli Luck, "I seo thnt a pugilist was killed re cently In it slugging match." "Well, that Is not defense of tho sport." "Well I should say not. You see " "You seo we can hopo for tho samo happy result all tho time." Baltimore Herald. Just a Trial. "So you nro really going to marry," said the first Chicago girl. "Yes," replied the other, "I thought I would for a while," Philadelphia Vtei. New Wu.hlnu Machine. The washing mnchluo shown tn the m.i.ii-.iilon sminia in have till) facility of denning tho clothe without sub jecting lliem to tho harsh treatment I usual In an npimrahi of Mil charac ter, a lite pniiniler aro so attached In I the operating shaft a to yield readily tt.1,.,11 tun- liil-iru tllllss of elotlitiiil Is eiiciiuutercd, Instead of foreliirf their way through thu pile and, porlmp, tearing tho garment. Tho plunger which carry the pounder lie-nil, are connected with the actuating trim ft br curved spring", Instead of being Joined rigidly, nnd are thus illioeil to yield under procure when the obstruction I HKWMT WASItlfttl MAcninr. too great for them to force Into the (.ml. The Inner surface of the tun U covered with corrugnlrd inetnl. so ahnp cd Hint the plunger heads come In contact with the front edge first and scrub the dollies down the Inclined surfacn until the bottom I reached. It will thus bo seen thnt the rotation of tho actuating haft by tho crnnk wheel will subject the wash to practically the tamo motion that It would receive If scrubbed by Imud over a board. The machine Is conveniently shaped tor handling the washing nml It weight I not much greater than that of .the or dinary till used on washday. The Inventor Is II. A. ltobltison of l'ort Huron, Mich. I'nrmnnllr Cannlou Device, The prliidiml en use of the spoiling or fruit entitled for winter use la the ac tion of the air Inside, which Induce fermentation of the alcohol In the Julco of the fruit ulllmnldy Hilug In I ho final stage of decay. By ordinary methods of conning It Is almost Impos sible to exhaust this nlr entirely, nnd It I to nld In till work Hint the ap paratus here shown has been designed sfAi.t.ta ur atuosiiikiiio rmssunr. by William II. Fredericks, of Portland, Ore. The lulcnllun of the Inventor Is to tunke the machine exhaust the nlr from Hie run ntid then seal It auto matically without allowing a return of the nlr from tho outside. In order to accomplish this purposo the only change rendered necessary In tho Jar I tho Insertion of n valvo In tho cen ter of the screw top. The mechanism consists of n cylinder nnd piston,' the latter being lifted by n hand lever to draw tho nlr from the Jar through tho connecting mouthpiece. When It I de sired to open the can n liirn of tho valve ndnill nlr nnd makes It easy to unscrew me cover. Chicken with Pen Ho lice. Cut n young chicken ns for fricassee, and place It In n biiktug-pnn. Cover with n pint of stock; sensou with salt nml pepper and a tiibelspooiiful of chop ped parsley; cover with mother pnu, nnd let it cook for half nn hour. After It has been III the oven nbotlt lit teen minutes add to the gravy one ran of French pens. When the chicken Is cook ed take It out nml lay on n hot platter. Strain the gravy nnd pens through a sieve nnd pour over tho chicken. Cocoiinut Cookies. Ono cupful of butter, two cupfuls of sugar, two cupfuls of grated or pro pared cocoiinut. two egg. Hour enough to ma..o a stiff butter, nnd teaspoon ful of soda; drop on buttered papers In pans. Oruiige Hnun, Cover ono cup sago with two cups cold water. Hoak until water Is en tirely absorbed, then add nnothcr up boiling water. Cook till the sngo Is clear, nnd pour It over four oranges peeled nml sliced nml with all the pits carefully removed. Set aside uutll cool, anil servo with sugar. linked Pork nnd Jlriliis. But on one quart dry benns to boll In cold wntcr. In half nn hour rftcr they begin to bolt, add one-half tea spoon siilemtus. Let txill up and pour off tho wntor. Put on fresh waier, hot or cold, let boll until the benns aro tender, but not mashed. Take ono pound salt pork, clean It well, scoro tho rind nnd put It In tho center of tho beans In a largo dripping pnu. Make In a slow oven until all nro nicely browned on top. Granulated ltjrelhls, An nlum nasio mndo bv lnlililnc n small plcco or nlum Into the white of nn egg until ll curd Is formed. Aimlv to tho eyelids upon' retiring at night; tying n piece or sort Illicit over tho oyps will often etitlreiy cute the trou ble, Peanut Butter, f'nutiil nt. .rt-ltiil .. ........I,... .. if "" h-i'-O I" II I'UiTHl'l II llli w shelled aud skinned anil rousted pea- nun. mm iiiiu nun iuwiier a iiiiii-cup of butter, salt to tasto nml work tn a smooth paste.