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
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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.