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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (March 20, 1903)
Bohemia Nugget IIOWAIlll IIIIIHVN. Vuh; COTTAGE GROVE . . OREGON. (bat more elaborate hospitality should bo cxtpiulnl. (lint inoro nice things should to sold nmt iluiio In n ulcer way, limn now, when wo momentarily bump Into olio another nt nuy time liy telephone or telegraph or fast innll, limy make visit nt easy convenience In comfortable cars ti ml nre forced to The Inevitable hn happened. Cole look upon soclnl Intercourse not ns Younger will wrllo tlie story of his rnre, costly nn.l grandly forninl, but life. mtlier ns overdone. Times lmve 1 1 1 . changed ntnl custom nml manners It l believed that some of tlie skcti- ...... .n.. i. ...... t m, ,... lien who deny-the existence of trusts Somo oM 0sl,)tn, 8li linger umler have, nevertheless, taken cousldcrablo stock In tlicm conditions that reniler ihem moaning less. New courtesies have been born thnt we ilo not as yet fully nppreclntc. It Is to be wished that more men nnd women might give more thought niul care to the rights of others. It Hint tors little what one's manner may lie who has considerate regard for other people's comfort. Kind word spoken when In every day clothes arc worth mora than nil the tine compliments ever uttered in full dress. Modem manners nre the little courtesies of every day. They are no longer some- fllltlf rt l.A till, rtl,. ...Itl. I,.... It will go right on lengthening the less m n with thcin. When nil the liovellsts nro' In tho legislature nnd all tho pugilists nre on the stago we may look for some stren uous uplifting. U lins been twenty-seven years sluce Honduras had n revolution, nnd the nelglilmrs never censo to wonder what nils oor Honduras. Tho Pullman Company has decided to shorten the hours of Its employes. Hut OPINIONS OF GREAT PAPERS ON IAPORTANT SUBJECTS Ti of Its patrons by letting them pay Its porters. The Atchison Globe complains of the man who can talk nil day nnd say nothing. If thnt were only oil-but he does It tho next day. too. And the day after that. Kmpcror William Is IntereMcd In n quick telegraphy Invention which av erages 60,000 words an hour. Is Will iam about to give the world another evidence of his versatility? A considerable number of ministers In various wrts of the country nre endeavoring to unify the sentiment of their congregHtlons on the dlvorc Shnll Wo fly by 1901 ? UK United States Commissioner of Talents declare thnt In Ills opinion one vt the chief problems In progress to be denlt Willi In tho coming years la nerlnl navigation. Uxporlcneo. he nsserts, hn "dem onstrated Its practicability;" and ho ventures the prediction that when the dllllcultles thnt stand In the way nre overcome, American bruins will do the work, This assumption may te mthcr far-fetched, for It must be confessed thnt tho greatest advance made In this dlree t Ion has not Ihvh scored by n citizen of the United Stntos, but by a young Ilraxlllan, Saiitos-Dumont. Hut the head of tho Patent Otllee doubtless has In tiilnd tho numerous applications for patents for tlylng device which have been made by Yankee Inventors, nud It tuny be thnt sooner or later, the nation which has done so much to forwurd use ful Invention will succeed In solving this problem also, At nny rate, n generation which has Just seen trans Atlantic message, exchanged without the medium of wires should not bo unduly skeptical regarding future achieve ments. Whether really useful Hying machines nre de vised by Americans or foreigners Is n minor matter. Tho nosslhllltv thnt within the next twelve month m,,n inn. question. A proportion of them recom-' tcrlnl ndvnn.-e nur lie mndo tnwnnl lln.lr e,,ii,tr,,,.il,, I. im-iiu wmi ...vorco sunn not wgramr olul r tIl0 whcl, ,,-omises to ndd to the lutereat of Max Regis will keep on with his reckless dueling till be meets with an nccldcnt. Supposing he were to blto his tongue, for Instance, while light ing and sasslng simultaneously. During 11X12 the heirs of Itlcbnrd Wng- nerrccelvcduoless than $1-10,000 ns roy allies upon the compositions of the late vortlt(,s of tus restricted divorce right may be correct In their opinion that for either desertion or cruelty. This might appear to lie Intended as an op pression of Innocent wives. Most peo ple, whatever they may think about lax divorce laws, nre not likely to see In this Miggostlon n moral or social betterment. Is n woman to be com pelld to continue to risk her life lu the company of n brute? Or, If de serted, must she continue to bo sub ject at any time to the selfish whims of her unnatural husband, who would thus be able to claim legnt authority over her ami their children, though falling to provide for either? The ad master. Vet there nre thousands of honest and Industrious boll.rmnkcrs who are struggling nloug on ?3 per day or such a matter. l-'cw persons will be Inclined to blame the woman who has sued for a divorce from her husbnud liecanse of his habit of smoking n pipe urouud the house nt 1 a. m. No busbnuu would tolerate such n practice on the pun of his wife. The London Morning Post Is much pleased over the episode In Congrtss when a Canadian woman In the gallery called out "You He." And the Pot ad vises the Imperial government to use opinion and legislation against the re- emphatic words in dealing with the marriage of divorced persons, at least United States. Well, we like emphatic against the remarriage of the guilty words. They're the kind we use our- irarty. Statistics have repeatedly cruelty and desertion nre frequently professed or suillclcntly nctuated by collusion for the purpose of obtaining divorce In order to secure liberty to enter Into new matrimonial ties. There may be some truth In this averment. No legislation Is likely to prevent col luslou for tho dissolution of the mar riage tie when grown tedious or In tolerable to those who entered Into It believing It dissoluble. Hut no leg Islature will ever consent to refuse di vorce In proved cases of either de sertion or cruelty. The ministers would render better service to the object they have In view by promoting public selves. shown thnt more than three-fourths of the divorces In the United States are secured for the purpose of Immedi ate remarriage. Were the divorce laws A Tennessee man became so Incensed over the marriage of his daughter to a man he didn't happen to admire that I of the country unified upon n basis of he put a gun in bis pocket and proceed- Judicial separation lu extreme cases, ed to kill an Innocent person who wns with denial to the guilty of the right so unfortunate as to be mistaken In the to remarry, the morals of American so darkness for the newly made benedict. I clcty would be speedily Improved and The friends of the deceased feel rather I the rights of blameless wives and belp- strongly committed to the Idea that less children would be better safe marriage Is a failure. guarded. In this country old names, many of them of aboriginal origin, are being re placed by names not nearly so attrac tive, not nearly so distinctive, not near ly so American. The nomenclature of a country Is oue of its possessions that khould be guarded with the utmost vig ilance. It Is something that comes down to It, an ancient heritage, from Its ear nest settlers. Itespect for the pioneers. If nothing else, should prompt n reten tion of the early names. HOW BIRDS HIDE THEMSELVEF. Magic Tricks Mailt Use of br Little California Partrldssa. Young birds hnve to be taught a great many things, but there are some feats which they know without Instruction. In a large open cage In the New York Zoological Park Is a covey of six Call forala partridges, about one-third grown, and their little bantam step mother, says the New York Tribune. She dozes at one end of the range or walks slowly about, pecking among the blades of grass. The small sextet Iron was so scarce an article In Scriptural times that It was good ecou- p close together-, ami If w"e watch them for several minutes we will see omy as well as a good peace measure to beat swords Into plowshares. Con ditions have changed. The IJoers In South Africa consign their swords to the Bcrap-heap and send to the United States for American farming tools. They have recently ordered seventeen thousand elght-horso plows from a New York dealer, nnd large quantities of other tools In other parts of the country. some of the things which must have come to them ns their feathers nnd little bills came from the egg. Unlike the hen, they nre suspicious of your every movement, but In n short time they forget that you are not a lifeless tree trunk cr otlur harmless object near their cage. They teJcct a sunny spot, always on the dead leaves. never on the green grass, and here, nf- Pcrsons are accustomed to sneak of ter muc1' cuddling and pushing, but the "high spirit" of a man or a woman never a PCCI'. they squat, usually In or a horse, nnd call It a strong quality. 'rregulnr circle with heads outward That depends. A high snlrlt temntr. Unless there are dead leaves or some as we call it Is valuable only an It Is similarly colored surface In their cage under control. Parents do not always ,llc)' nevcr ECttle down contentedly for understand this. Too often, when the a kun hatlu young child flouts itself In Irritation or We wa,ch them nestle close to the, In anger, the father nnd mother laugh Kr0UU(1 anl close their eyes; then some at the exhibition. Later they learn with movcmt'"t on the part of the hen may regret mai mey nave an unrestrained . . " u """". mm. ' never let loose of It for two dnri n,i spirit to deal with. Schools do not al. on lookI"S bck again, we are amnzul ' 1, 'fi.'T", ... 1 J 1 "nd life during th.it period. Phll.idc.phla Hultctlu. Ni When Should a Mt.n Marry? OT, When should a young man or nn old man or n mlddle-ngcd man or any astronom leal edition of man marry? but. When should a mau marry? Marriage presumes youth. . The urine particularly is never oiu. xno groom may have whlto hair, but, bless your soul. It's the violet under the snow that tells the season. The widower with six children who Is going to marry 'the widow with the may seem mentally superannuated, but who can say? Matrimony despises calendars and ago distinctions. All people about to marry are youug-aud thnt ends the tlrst part of the dlcuslou. Now the second part Is more prosaic. General Corliln still pleads that army ofllccrs should not marry too early i.ove, ne intimate, cannot thrive ou a lieutenant s pay. A bishop stand before n conference lu the South nnd says preachers should avoid early marriages. In four recent articles we have rend rich men advise the Juniors to go slow on the matrimonial market. So It runs. Some of these advice-givers married early, nud when brought to book by that fact, think they -ave themselves by declaring that condition, nowadays are different. But It Is a million to ii cancelled stamp that If they had It to do over again under modern condition they would be abend of their tlrst records. When should n man marry? About half-past after he falls In love Ilal'.Imorc Herald. The Proper Use of Leisure. 1MK, as somebody has said. Is the stuff that life Is made of, nud wc ought to keep a strict ac count of how wo spend It. The evening I the leisure time of most men, nnd leisure should not be wasted In Idleness, but should be turned to use: Every man and woman ought to read some good book for nu hour or two hours ench day. Hav ing resolved to do this, n man ought to make It n solemn duty, as It were a religious otllee, to stick to his resolution. Ti Nothing should bo permitted to interfere with his rending. If. on nny day, ho must be otherwise employed during his rending hour, let hint make It up at some other time In the same day. And If ho cannot read the full lime to day, let him mnko up for It to-morrow. Perseverance will make reading n habit and n pleasure. Tho keenest pleas ures of life nre drawn from hooks, nnd a man that hn tho rending habit would rather hnve It than titty thousand dollars. . . . The expression "killing time," Is abhor rent. Why should we wish to kill time? Time Is given us for n purpose. Wo ought to ninke the most of It. The limn who says he ha nothing to do I Ignorant or negligent of his duty to himself the duty of making himself a better, wiser, broader-minded man day by day. Killing time Is Intellectual and moral suicide. Moments nre precious. They nre not to bo thrown nwny. There Is always some thing to do. San rmuclsco Ilulletlu. , - Co-Education. Ill) University of Chicago Its decision to separate tho suit of their studies. They hnve hitherto min gled In this great Western Institution of learn ing, but with Jan. t the "segregation" system went Into operation, and women students henceforth will ho guaranteed freedom to enjoy nil the privilege of the uni versity. The new plan will, It Is said, permit co lnslriietlon only In those course offered to Junior college student for which tho registration Is not suillclcntly largo to warrant division on an economical basis, l'or example, at the present time one-third of all the courses offered to Junior college students, roughly speaking, will be offered to men, oue-thlrd to women, nud one-third will bo open to lioth men nnd women. A students Increase, tho number of courses retained a co-Instructional will bo diminished. The plan make necessary the provision of separate classrooms nnd laboratories, and Implies that oltlcer of Instruction i aM0 ffliVenfion Ti will hardly regret sexes lu their pur The smallest bone III the human body Is In the lenticular, sealed In the hu man ear. The mil of South America have been known to construct n tiiimi'l thi'ee miles In length. Poisoning by salted raw Hh Is so frequent nnd little understood Hint prle of f.l.MHl, $1.10 and "00 have been offered In ItusNla for paper Indi cating the signs, character and action of the poison, Willi method of prevent ing II formation and antidote. An article In tho Ulectrlcat ltevlew discusses the site of un atom of h)dro gen, and airlves al the conclusion that these panicles of matter are so small thnt It would take I IS.OOO.IKHl of them. Inld In a line, lu extend n distance of oue centimeter Hint Is, an atom Is about oue third of n billionth of nil lm h In lr.e. The term Indian summer bcciiiue i tabllslicd about twenty years after Us llrsl a pica ranee, which wn lu Western Penusjlviiula, and spread to New Mug- laud by 171W, lo New York by l"l!, to Canada by IS'.' I nud to lliigliind by ISIO. The lei in Is, then, nut an Aiuerl canlsm; lo write In praise of ludlnii milliner Is now a literary convention of three continents. An estimate of the water-power used for generating electricity has been made by a Herman engineer, tier many nud Austria thus ullllxv ISO.ooo- horse powir. Hwltterlaud about UK lux), Sweden UlKl.tKH) nud the I'nlUd States 40O,(HX). The total available pow er In Sweden Is placed at !!.0O0.H) hoise power, Hint of Prance at 10,000, clothe nro not mirti'd, tho Urn unbuilt, ntnl tho result Is Hint nnii-linlf hour In iho busiest pnrt of tho day I lost. Kho hurries hi gel through nt Iho usual lime, If shu succeed you llnd thv clothes grimy rrum Imperfect rinsing! If she Is conscientious sliu will tnkn tho customary pains lo havu Ihem white, be an hnlf hour Into In getting home to her little ones, have no time to gel them n warm illnnur, Just n "cold bile" nud n hastily swallowed mouthful for herself; then she hurries nwnj lo do the second washing with out a few minute rest which aha so much needs. It pay to be prompt, nnd unless something very Important Interferes one should keep their appointments to tho minute. "GO ON, Qlnt QO ONI" It Is mm tl, n ,f 1 1..-,,,.,,,. AttMirlii Sullser. suui. ..mm, ...e.r ... o up oxium.e e qua.i.y i.eiwccu ,,, ,, , , , 10i(khi.0O0, men and women. H.ls seem like, n sensible reform. Co-I ,.,, , u s1Bnrn .....rue...... . .... r.g.u, i nH.ao.jr, ... K.iu.rrgur.ens mm pn- ...,, ..,.., ,,,,100.1100. innry nendemtes, but when young men nnd women hnvu ntlnlned the nge nud tho hnhlt of thought of university student It looks like nn axiomatic proposition thnt each sex will give the curriculum better attention when the other sex 1 not around. -Pittsburg Press. (iustnve lc Hon. who has made many experiments with cathode tays, X-rays nud the various forms of radio activity. ami whose Investigation of such sub Jecls ore well known, expresses, In the Iteviie Sclrutlihiue. the opinion thnt all ! these phenomena are pnrtlcular aspect of n new form of energy which, al SHE KNIW HISTORY. llcw an Indiana Girt Barprlscd a Vouns Man In Chicago. At the athletic club the other night this was Ceorge Ade's contribution to the stories that went nround the tnble: Dear papa struck u gas well down on the Indiana farm," said be, "and Maybellc nud mother came to Chicago to see life. The first night dear May belle went Into society she made good with a young fellow who was home from college for the holidays. Ills father owned four or five banks and n few railroads, and he was the catch of the season. He bad bis name down on Maybelle's dance card so often that all the other girls began to talk about her. About the time they began to cnll for carriages Archibald said he wanted to call at her hotel the follow ing 'night. 'I must ask mamma first,' said she. Mamma said she was foolish to grab him and hold him tight. Wise mamma had sized him up as a catch. Maybelle had a scheme, though, and told hlui be mustn't call for two days. 'Then Maybelle bunted up her dear est Indiana friend, and asked what he ought to do to make bercelf solid with Archibald. Maybellc was n little shy on polite conversation and she wanted pointers. He's a college man, and I must be careful what I talk about," she de clared. History Is nlwnys a good tonic.' said her friend. 'Put In all your time from now until to-morrow night read Ing some history. English history Is a cmcli. .Muybelle got an English history and "And then Archibald asked for Ice water." Chicago Inter Ocean. THE PLANTATION MULE. The Risks of Shaving. T N spite of the fact that those who use the razor frequent I ly cut themselves yet It Is rarely that anything mqru e- though It manifestations hate but re I rtous than n cut follows, the slight wound generally heal- ccutly been rccngnlz.d, Is as common 1 Ing quickly, nnd the risk of septlrnemla nrlslug In this In nature a electricity or heal. Ilo way would seem lo lie nuuost nil. in the mnjorlty of nlso thinks thnt cloer study along cases therefore It I clear that the razor hhulo must bo these lilies may reieal to us n connect- bacterlologlcally clean-l. e.. free from septic matter which Ing link between matter and energy, may be attributed to the fact that probably It Is dipped a sclentlllc examination of tho oil Into hot or sterilized water before Its use. or else that tho ,lmKislls lu the crent const nralrlo ex- soap lather 1 antiseptic. The Utter explanation seem tho tending from Umlslnna thiough Texas more prolianio or tne two. inc amount or soap rubbed , M,..!,.,. ,iiinr.. nf ,.e..,t tmn. on the skin I considerable If the shaving Is to lm In any ,irl miles, has recently 1.... .. mn.b, br degree comfortable, nnd soap has considerable antiseptic irof. n. t. Hill who describes his re- powder, n six per cent solution being sutllclcnt to destroy ,u, ulv journal of tho PrnnUlii the typhoid bacillus. ... In a word, soap In tho opera- institute. The oil wn tlrst struck In tlon of shaving not ouly facilitates the process but play mot t,r a drill ho!,. iiriimM urn t.t the samo valuablo role when the shaver Is unlucky enough deep, through clay and quicksand. More to cut himself ns does the antiseptic In surgery.-London tlinti "JOO wells nre now In operation. and one has been sunk to n depth of more than .1,000 feet. Sometimes but wntcr I struck below the oil, and a-inic-tluies the oil Itself Is hot. The deeper It is found tlie more salt the water Is. How high do birds (ly? This Is still Lancet. Ifa ways teach self-control as they ought. to D"d ,ue "t,,c bir?" llavc dlsappear- . . : cd. It Is n rnet ti,n if i Li... rtre,,luu,u uuo "ue c0"1" c" the " uuiiiiiiuu is mien an , ,. . v "'"""date of I uetter to pro i temper of chll most of both nights, and by the time d wus due she could tell the everything from the reign of arbitrary thing adapted better to pro- "en for a short time, the eye X fred the G'reat to the Ho r wTnnd voke than to control the temner or el.ll. "t Drst refuses to distinguish them . .1.?.. Utmt 10 ,De Uoer war and dren. More than half of culture Is con- :rom Ule dried leaves. Their little "uvil Mr Archibald rnii.,t r:.. vr"rt "",ufB " vuu: back. , ,,;t " ""en, Mr. Archibald caued. u. ..u rt.,.u.Ucu power is one or " r" '" '""' ' ' "". bille was a trifle disappointed when. In. men stead of nuttlne on lot nt the secicts of success. want power from It, store It up, dam When of the ocean Is behind theni! Watch tho great orator as he speaks. Analyze the force behind his plea. What Is It? Ite strained, reserved power controlled spirit. Study the passion of the great actor. There Is a greater passion In re serve. The one who "tears passion to tu'tlcrs" has none left In his storage battery. "Greater Is he that coutrolleth his own spirit than ho that taketli a city." He who permits his temper' to boll over gives the spectacle of the hur ried, heated, excited loser In the rnce. He Is sclf-liaiidlcnpped. Storo up your englucs. Keep your temper In leash. Do not push nud crowd and fume and sweat and swear. For verily, verily, I say unto you, you will get left. Tho man who has his temper well harnessed will pass you. Tho decay of manners In this day, so much bemoaned, may, after all, be but a part of the process of social evo lution, Tho Individual and Individual traits nro losing Identity In tho mass. In tho old days when strangers wero rarely met with, friends wero seen but seldom and visits wero raro and for mal affairs, Involving elaborate prepa rations nnd frequently long Journey ou horseback or by coach, It was quite natural that more fuss should bo made, ous, are exactly like the lighter shades or tome old leaves, the Imitation being uioro periect from the fact of tho col bis lingers through his hair. In fact. he started right In giving Maybelle her orlng being hu Tbroken up. 1 he 7" bu1"ch,7'111' wtat a pretty little brush of upraised feau ers n thelt dress, sl,c, on' nBd b headl,l,.i. r ... . J,,? , , ut'r Jancliis. nnd regretted thnt she helmets of the old blZI, '.ike rr"",! small, frayed-out pieces of grass or icar. If we look toward them with hnlf closed eye not a trace of the birds Is visinie. All appear sound asleep, nud as well, and a lot of the regular line that she would have enjoyed down home, "Hut Maybelle had not read English history without an object, nnd she tho llttl - l.eads'.'ag drowsily to ones'de.: ""f f, even when the strangle but nt the s Ightest no se each blnck1 . , -"iiu.. .or bead of an eye Is wide open, and six " '?""!'e; ,,U, AWbaM got hi, sec o ,... . ' ' u . oi'd wind pretty uu ck and continued scurrying pairs of legs, th farther side of tho whirring wings, carry their owners to' , "ul u'r um" uuut''- was an cnge, ns Id ,.-pi. . . , somo'of M "Tr M XZTit mn a beautiful bit of magic, which neve' Ile 1(llew a tldng or two. So In the Decomcs less wonderful, no mutter how many times we witness It. Olvo people nn Inch and they will tnko a foot. A good plan Is to Jiimii tiiem wuen they take an Inch, and not wait for tho foot. There are lots of people who do nol thluk they get their money's worth al a theater unless they sec uu Iilshinar with pink whiskers. middle of a painful silence she gazed couquerlngly nt Archibald nud ex claimed: "Wasn't that nwful nbout Mary, Queen of Scots?' "Archibald started, stared, and stam mered: '"Why! What nbout her?' " 'My goodness! Didn't you know that tho poor thing had her head cut oft J' nsked Maybelle proudly. la Eauaclous and Uulck Wltted In Manr Kesiiectt. "The plantation mule has n curious and Interesting way of calling out tho time of day," said a man from Mis slppl to the New Orleans Times-Dem ocrat, "nnd with men who have spent any considerable length of time on a big plantation In any section of this country south of Mason and Dixon's line I supjiose the observation Is very common. Mules are wonderfully saga cious aud quick-witted In some re spects. They nre particularly apt In learning things which have to do with bodll comfort; such things, for In stance, as relates to feed time, water ing time, nud so forth. Hut tho pnr tlcular thing I had In mind was the habit of mules along about turning In time at the noon hour, nnd In the evening. They hnve a way of tell ing the time, and when more than one mule Is to bo found In the Held, they have a way of calling out to each other. They bray nt each other. One curious fact In connection with the hnhlt Is that they are never he bind time with their braying. At the njon hour they never wait until the time for the dinner horn to sound. They call out to each other, and In n short while you will be certain to hear the horn blow. As n rule they nre only a few minutes ahead of time with their braying, which shows how accurately they reason with respect to the time of tho dny. This habit furnishes n part of the music of the big plantation, and It may be said that the mule I the lender of the fnrm orchestra, for the negroes Invariably follow the first call of the mule with a halloo pe culiar to tho negro farm hand, nnd the sound Is taken up again and again un til every mule and every negro on tho place has Joined In the strange orches tration. You enn Imagine what this means on a plantation containing thou sands of acres, and where many mule and many negroes are scattered over a vast cultivated plateau. It Is an In spiring sort of thing to the man not familiar with plantation life, but a man long accustomed to It becomes dead to the sounds, and scarcely no tices them. The point I hud In mind, however, was the shrewdness, aud good sound sense of the mule with respect to matters Immediately con cernlng his welfare and comfort, lie Is a wonder In some respects and Is not to be Judged by tho dullness of bis appearance." these must of necessity be starched." The grocer, consulting bis memoran dum book, resumed: "It Is recorded that 'when the queen had ruffs mnde of lawn and cambric an unsettled qu.slloii In ornithology, for her own princely wearing there and recently the Herman Ornithological were none lu England could tell her Society requested aeronauts engaged In how to starch them, but the queen meteorological exploration, will, the made special menus' for sonic women aid of balloons, to observe the various that could starch and Mrs. (Inlllmin, heights at which birds arc found. It wife of the royul coachman, was tho Is not to satisfy mere curiosity that tlrst starchcr.' hc Information Is desired, for Iheques- "III 1501 a Flanders woman. Frau tlon of the elevation of Hie tracks pur- Van Der Plasse, came to London, and "cd by birds when migrating has a established there n school for the teach- luipoitaut bearing upon other sclentlllc Ing of starching. The school succeed- problem concerning the feathered In ed. The Flanders frnu got rich. She hnbllnnts of the nlr. At piesent It I charged IS n lewion nnd nn extra SO , Heved Hint birds generally do not rlso shillings for n recipe for the mnklng of , more llinn nbiut 1..100 feet nbovc Hi stnrch out of wheat Hour, bran nnd roots. "Yellow was the most fashionable color In starch among tho nobility. Tho fact, racing set went lu for green. The puritan used blue starch, though at first they had been against the stuff al together, dubbing It 'A certalne klnde of llqulde matter which they called starch, wherein the devlll hat willed them to wush nnd dive their ruffes. which, when they be dry, will then stand stlffe nnd Indexible nbout their necks.' ".Stnrch Is mnde from wheat, corn nud potatoes nnd starving men have of ten subsisted on It, finding It nourish ing, thought not tasty." Philadelphia lteconl. An AbsenlOIInded Painter. An authoress of note was In Naples ground, although occasionally they nt tnlu nn il'inthin of between C.IMI and 7,000 feet. OTHER FOLKS' TIME. Bin nf Wastli.ir It Itjr hot llcli. ir Prompt, 1 have wasted n great amount of time In my life, by being on time, wn it well-known (.nylng of Phillips Hroohs. Is It not true thnt women (ex eluding the business women, for they nre prompt), nre guilty of stealing each other's time? You "run In" to your next door uelghlmr lo borrow an egg or n pattern, nud from her busy iiinrn Ing tnko n precious half-hour that It Is dllllcult fur her to make up. She may havo to search for the pattern, then explain soino of Its Intricacies. Your family mny not Include little folks as STARCH HA8 A HISTORY. First JIulo In l'landera and Invaded Unalai.il In ISIIzubetl.'a Time, "A package of starch?" asked the Intelligent and learned grovcr, und ns he wrapped tho package up ho talked. "Starch orlglnntod," he snld, "In Flanders. It was Introduced Into Eng land with the big ruff In tho time of Queen Elizabeth. It was like our starch of to-day, except that It was made In colors red, yellow, green, ulue. Tho effect of this, wos to tint delicately the whlto linen to which tho starch might be applied, "Heforo Queen Elizabeth's tlmo ruf. lies nnd ruffs wero made of flno Hob land, which heoulred no stiffening. Then the ruffs of cambric came and and very much (desired to kuow Mo- her does, so you stt nnd ehnt a while. relit, the famous painter, but could find knowing your morning work Is (in no one to net ns Intermediary. At Inst Islied. After your departure hu sighs she resolved to Introduce herself, nml wonder why you could not havo When she paid her visit she found tho como In nfter dinner Just as well, then studio door open, and, pushing a cur- hurries with all her energies to finish tnlu to one side, stood before tho art- the morning's duties In time to get her 1st at work, who, looking at her ab- dinner. Wo aro heartily glad that the sent-mliidedly, said: "These lines seem habit of making n caller wait Is out of to bo all right, what do you think?" fashion. I can remember tho time Ami to her murmured response went when girls would leisurely finish their on: "Hut the eyes of tho nuns do not toilet or retouch nn already dainty nno suit me; pray sit down n moment for tho snke of mero vnnlty, nnd tho your nro Just tho thing!" With In- friend lu the pnrlor Is Impntleiitly tnk ward delight tho Indy snt down nnd Ing out his wntch and wondering If ho ni ted ns model ror un Hour and a half, would bo obliged to break a later en during which time tho writer and tin gagement or loso a train. Now we artist talked as though they hud been take ono peep In the mirror, smooth friend nil their live, suddenly Mo- our hnlr n bit nnd hurry downstairs. relll stopped, took off his glnsses, and for the woman of 1002 tins no more peered nt ni hiindsoma model. "Hut, tlmo to wnsto than her caller has. excuse me, wno nro yout ne nsued. tt needless to spenk of committee Haft Offer. meetings, for no doubt we nil hnve had "What's tho price of cheese?" i sorrowful experience along that line, "Fifteen cent per Hiund." ! W,K'" ono tnrdy member disarranged "Hut the fellow onnositn sell It tnt "'o plans of nil the other, ami but ten." hulf tho prayer meeting, concert or "Then go nnd buy It there." lecture, was enjoyed becauso of her "Hut ho hasn't got nny." '"ck of promptness. "Well, then, the kind of cheese 1 " ar uunblo to bo present, wo haven't got you enn hnvo hero at 10 should mnko every effort to send n cent a pound also." Vlltlngen, messngo thnt tho others may trims- net tho business, then disperse to tholr ' various engagements. ne our tlmo Is not cqunlly valuable, the I lawyer's Is moro so than his Janitor linv'fl 11,1,1 llm Art,ttln,,ArH ....... .1... I.'.-.. Il,,r.r IM ....... ... ""I""'"" " ' "" u "f m mo cieika' who servo i in, yet wo nro nil money a good ninny times beforo I'd ,i..,in. ... .... . ' nav S10.000.000 for that Pnnnmn .i W """ ' .,y Wo i Hi Looking At. First Heporter I'm sure of thing. Second Heporter What' that? Cleveland Plain Dealer. or another nnd tho delay of ono may disturb the whole chain of links. Oe. Tho story writers have much to (,av casloually tho valuo of tlmo Is re- about "rebellious curls" escaping from versed; here Is tho washerwoman who tho ;lns ana comns a girl uses to hold comes nt 7 o ciocit sniirp, ns you nl theni. Out of tho books, when n curl wny have a Inrgo wash and sho has escapes, it means It Is a bought one, another pluco In tho afternoon, and that It fell oB. I VntUrnn you havo overslept; tho rltlckl.lll In It That Ciil.qlltrs Ht.ccras III I.lf. Arngo, Iho grcnt French nstmnotiirr, tell us Hint ho became so discouraged In the study of mathematics thnt ho almost resolved to abandon his effort. Ho wn Just nlmtlt ready to give Up when ho hnppened to notice something printed or written under tho paper binding of Ida book. Ho unfolded Hie leaf, nnd found It was from D'Alem bert. Tim letter said: "(In ou, sir; go on! Tho dlllleullles you meet will re solve HiciiisclicM a you advance. Per severe, mid the light will dinvu nud shine with Increasing clearness upon your path." Thl striking pnsg made an Impression upon the young mathematician' mind which be never forgot. It was a perpetual spur to his ambition, nnd came to Itl lit Just lu thn nick of time. Ile resolved then nud there thnt he would surmount ovory dlllleiilly: Hint lie would hccouio a great uintliematlclnii himself. II tightened his grip, nnd urged hluiiclf on until Fnuio took him up nud told the world the story of one of the great est nstronoiners of his lime. Hanging on wna one of (Irani' strong points. Ile did not know how to let go. Ho would keep pegging nwny, no matter whnt tho obstacles, until he triumphed. The race I to tho plodder. I havo lu mind several very brilliant gradu ates of last year, nml years before, who promised a great deal, ami of whom friends predicted grcnt things, but somehow they havo disappointed all expectations simply becauso they lack ticking qualities. Thry are good scholars, nud they llunglucd becnuse they ranked high In college thnt they would rank high lu llfo without great effort. Hut they lark the haiigllig-on quali ty. They do not real In, thnt In prac tical llfo the rnro It to the plodder, nml not necessarily to tho swift. This Is why so ninny brllllnnt class. leaders have become illsappolntmriita to their friends. The chain Is no stronger than Its weakest link, nud Inrk of persever ance Is a fatal deficiency which noth ing else will supply. Perhaps the greatest secret of suc cess In life la due to those sticking qualities. Grip conquers tha world the faculty of sticking anil hanging on when everyliody else lets go.-Sifting. rtqulrrel Hi. ns thn Maohlnn. Did you ever tco a squtrrol run a sewing machine? If not, you may, by Journeying to l'nst Win street, Now York, where an enterprising tewing machine company ha lilt upon thl novel method of attracting attention to Its store. Tho oxerclso wheel In the squirrel's rage Is nttnehed by n leather bnnd to the wheel of a ma chine which It nlmut four feet distant. 1 ly means of this arrangement the ma chine I alarteil every tlmo thn squirrel gel Into hi wheel mid turns It. It Is n pecullnr fnet Hint whenever the squirrel starts hi wheel to spin ning he keeps Id bark toward tho street. Never by any chance doe hn face the street until ho tin finished his lit 1 1 "stunt." Then ho run out Into hi eng., mid sits peering nut of thn window n though to tee If nny ono had been watching him Ho breathe hard aud act tired nfter enrh Inbo rloii trip lu his exerciser, but seem to like It, for ho keeps It (pinning nl most constantly. Moreover, lm look sleek nud n though tho added work were Just whnt n cnged squirrel need ed to kep htm strong nnd healthy. A the sewing machine, for which ho furnlshe tho motive power I well oiled nnd runs smoothly nml easily, snya tho Now York Times, perhnpa tho squirrel's work Isn't n Inlmrloiis nt It seem to bo to tho casual onlooker. Tim Hmnllrst Praulloal Itnllroail. What Is without doubt tho Hiunllest practical working railroad lu the world hn It terminus lu tho vlllago of Mon son, Me. Although tho track It but Inches wldo and 8 miles (1 Inches In length, tho train which runs over It ran make a speed of IV) mile nu hour with perfect enso nnd safety. It Is for the accommodation of the Inhabitant of tho village of Moiisou Junction, on the Ilnngor nnd Aroostook Ilallroad ami thoso of tho little town of Moutuii proper. The Monson Ilallroad Is tho only ono or Its kind In tho world. Ono man, James Estnbrookc, Is president of tho road, general passenger nnd freight agent, train dispatcher, geeurnl hag gngemnstcr, rondmustcr, superintend. out of construction, stntlon ngent nt Monson, conductor, biiggngetnnster, ex. press messenger and mnll clerk of tho train, Tho Illploiiintlo Doctor, Pint Doctor Why do you nlwnvs r.uiko such particular Inquiries ns to whnt your patients cut? Does thnt a. slat you In your diagnosis? Becond noctoi -not innciij but It enable mo to nsccrtnlu their soclnl position nud nmingo my fees accordingly. Poor Mary. "Have you noticed tho eagerly n. pectnnt nttitudo that Mary Wyshhni.n drop Into whenever she stands tip?" j-iiig-pong, isn i it r 'Plng-pongl No. It's tlio.wnlllnir. for tho - proposal that never comes pose," Cleveland Plain Dealer. Tho man who work eight or ten hours a day, nnd spends hi nights m home, does not work nearly so hard n tho mini who dallies und nottor round during tho day, nnd has "n good tlmo" nt night. Kvcry big man hn n lot of little ways left over from hi little duyt,