CUPS AND SAUCERS TABLE APPURTENANCES THAT ARE COMPARATIVELY MODERN. Originally Cups Were Dig, Flaring Af fairs, While Saucers Were Small, Just the Reverse of Those of Today. The cup nnd saucer Is n modern In vention unknown In the days of the sixteenth century. Howls of various sties Rnicetl the banquet boards of King Hal and Queen Ness, but cups came In only with the Introduction of such drinks as tea and coffee. The beverages of the sixteenth cen tury were water, mead, sack ami ale. In the middle of the next century came tea, and with It the Chinese or "china" teacup. Strangely enough, the men who Imported It from the Orient did not themselves understand the method of tts use. as possibly the conservative Britisher preferred to Invent a style of his own. The Chinese put a pinch of tea Into n cup filled with boiling water, and then Inverted a saucer over the re ceptacle, within whose rim It closely lilted. The object was partly to retain the heat, but chletly to prevent the escape of the fragrance of the herb, which Chinese olfactories found most delicious. The infusion was permitted to stand for live minutes, when It was decanted into a second cup without a saucer and daintily sipped therefrom. John Hull, however, emphatically declined to take his tea lu Chinese fashion. lie liked the appearance of the ornamental ware upon his table, but he Insisted on placing the cup In the saucer, like a miniature llower pot. and used exclusively to drink from, preparing the beverage lu a common instead of an individual re ceptacle. In course of time England began the manufacture of cups and saucers, and pictures which have been preserved from the days of the Stunrts show big, daring cups, four inches across the top, with saucers less tlian three inches In diameter. By degrees one dwindled and the other expanded, un til in the middle of the nineteenth cen tury the opposite extreme was reached and fashionable tea services had cups only an inch and a half In diameter, accompanied by five-Inch saucers. The handle of the teacup came from Mediterranean lands. Originally It was made of thick and strong earth enware and applied to heavy Jars and lamps. Its decorative possibilities popularized it with Greek and Iloman potters, who extended Its use to small umphors and flagons ; but, as the word "amphor" indicates, the handle was double, like that of the bouillon cup today. Single handles crept Into use by slow degrees and were probably ap plied to drinking cups about the time that cofTee came Into vogue In south ern Europe, the beverage being taken almost at the boiling point, so that some device for lifting the cup with out burning the fingers was found de sirable. Traveling slowly northward, the one liundled coffee cup finally reachi-d Jreat Britain, where Its merits wen immediately recognized. It was not lo-ig before handles were applied to drinking utensils of every description. Sugar Cane In Arizona. Sugar cane is being raised in Ari zona for the first time to any extent. Some 1.200 acres of the Salt River valley are under cultivation, and next season this acreage will bo Increased to .1,000. This Innovation Is predicted to be the beginning of an extensive In dustry, as the valley lands of both Ari zona and New Mexico are considered well suited for the growth of cane, and the higher lands can also be cultivated where Irrigation, may be had. Up-to-Date Taxidermy. A Philadelphia taxidermist, who Is a naturalist and hunter as well, has not ed the fact that hitherto little atten tion has been given to tho expression of the eyes In the stuffed animals pre pared at great expense for the large museums. He says that tho same eye Is as likely to be used for a camel us for a lion. He Is now employing u 'killed portrait painter to go to the Philadelphia zoo and mnko studies of the eyes of tho various kinds of nnl mals. These eyes ure carefully mount ed, and glass eyes will be copied Jrom ihcm, with tho certulnty of Hc'curlng for each animal the eyo having the distinct characteristics of its species. It Is claimed that the eyes of nnlmuls differ .as much In expression us those of human beings. Period of Adjustment "Why do they say that tho first year of married life Is ulmost tho most dif ficult?" "Because that's tho time she has to get used to tho fact that ho Isn't making all tho money lu tho world, and he has to adjust himself to the discovery that his little angel bus o temper and uses It at times." ( Botanic Ga Some or the. mot Houses FOH soveral years congres3 has been urged to give a now lease of llfo to ono of tho most In teresting Institutions in Wash ington tho National Uotanlc Garden by removing it to a 400-acro tract In Rock Crook park. Ono need only walk through the garden to appreci ate tho need for such a change. The giant palms In tho conserva tories aro crowding tho panes of glass out of the roofs of tho bultdlnga In which they aro housed. Itaro trees and plants encroach upon ono another pushing and struggling In their fights for llfo and beauty. Exotics that havo been coaxed to fruit and flowor In their perfection in past years aro being persuaded to do so now, undor present conditions of congestion, only by tho hardest kind of labor on tho part of tho gardeners. In this beautiful garden, started by George Washington, ono meets pcoplo from all over tho United States, says tho Washington Stnr. A mecca for school children, teachers, bridal cou ples and other tourists, as well as men and women of purely scientific turn of mind, each season that passes glvos It some new attraction, each year adds to Us collections. Recently tho garden has been par ticularly enrichod by the successful growth and fruiting of the Carlca pa paya, under tho loving care of tho superintendent, Georgo W. Hess. This papaya is something llko tho papaw of tho mlddlo West, and Is also known as the melon papaw. It Is, however, a tropical fruit, known In tropical coun tries as the molon zapoto. It comes from Mexico and Central America, and tho two young trees In tho bo tanic garden bear witness to tho fact that tho present occasion Is the first tlmo tho fruit has been produced in Washington. Superintendent Hess explained how he happened to bo ablo to produco the fruit hero. "These zapoto trees," ho said, "wero mated by me. Thoy havo been in tho botanic garden, I suppose about four teen or fifteen years. In scparato places, but I found out that thoy wero malo and femalo of the species, and put them together, and thoy pol linated, with tho result that thoy fruit ed for tho first tlmo." Too Crowded to Be Seen. Hero Is a garden, an exhibition of great scientific, educational and ro mantic Interest to say nothing of tho bits of history entwined about many of Its trees and plants which Is so filled with raro specimens that tho averago visitor cannot seo them bo cause of tho way ono Is hidden by tho other. Among tho most beautiful cre ations of nature, tho poor stunted trees and plants reach out toward tho skies for their "placo in tho sun," their sharo of tho air, that thoy may thrive and silontly teach tho lesson of the beautiful. Hero Is to bo found, really living and growing, a cedar of Lebanon, such as Is spoken of In tho Diblo, growing and thriving only on ono sldo becauso It Is crowded too much on tho other. Hero also Is to bo found tho euphorbia splendens, tho "crown of thorns," also mentioned In tho Bible. From tho "sawdust" of tho former Is mado tho lncenso used In Greek and Roman Catholic churches, highly pleasing to tho olfactory nerves. From tho latter comes a milky sap said to bo poison ous. It obtains Ito namo from Its principal characteristics, which aro thorns and growth in circles. Tho botanic garden Is rich In raro foreign plants. Thousands of natural ized foreigners, as well as school teachers, their pupils and scientists Interested In arborculturo, botany and tho other branches of plant and troo llfo, constantly visit tho garden to seo theso specimens. Tho niyrtws communis of southern Europo has recently been the causa of many trips to the garden by Jewish rabbis of Washington. ThlH plant Is used by them in tho synagogues dur ing the Succoth. If n plant can bo found with threo loaves, something llko tho throoloaf clover, thoy cheer fully pay as much ns five dollars for It. It Is said at tho garden that n growor In tho West has found a way to produco tho throolcnf variety and that ho Is advertising It for sale and doing n good business. Some Rare Foreign Plants. A walk 'through tho conservatories shows this and many other foreign plants. One sees tho greater palms pushing tholr way through tho glims window roofs, at times, and tho low height of thesu roofs la tho cause of great troublo to tho caretakers and attendants. Hero Is a Washington illnfora, a gi gantic California palm, the largest In tho conservatory. Hero Is a wampoo trco, from China, which nttractfl the Chlnoso of tho Pennsylvania avonuo colony, and which produces an cdl bio fruit, used for preserving and also for a medicine, lioro Is a marlmosa alba, the sensitive plant, so called, from South America. Ono variety closes and shrivels. If touched, an other closes at night, as a bird closes Its wings and settlos down, as If to sloop. Elsewhere Is tho gamboge, which produces tho best sort of oil for artists, which is also edible and which also producos a modlclno. In nnother placo Is tho Arabian coffoo plant. In still another tho Indian breadfruit, which looks something llko a grapefruit. Nearby, Is a "travolors troo" from Madagascar, which tho na tives tap and from which thoy obtain water In tho dosort. Thoro aro ln censo trees from India, Japanoso plums, gorgeous, scarlot hybtscus, al ligator pears, and thoro aro, also, bananas, the fruit of tho latter grow ing In Washington, If you pleaso. Tho conservatory Is rich In tho llg family, many specimens bolng gath ered hero, somo of which produco rub ber and somo fruit. Tho fig of com merco belongs to tho rubbor family. Then thero Is tho lnga (not Inca, of courso) of Peru, tho most beautiful oak holly from southern Europo, wild dato palmB which fruit In winter, rat tan palms, malacca palms, sago nnd tapioca. Nearby aro nlso to bo found tho nophellum longanum, so familiarly known to our childhood as tho lycheo or lecheo nut tho Chlnoso Christmas nut. Ono finds hero, too, tho choco late plant, which lias a fruit llko tho lima bean. There aro also hotels, nuts which tho East Indian troops now In Franco fighting for England, nro reported to havo been furnished by tho British government that thoy may chow them, too largo a doso of which Is said to produco a stupor. Thero Is hemp, from which ropo Is mado, and thoro Is tho Cllvla, a beautiful lily, from tho Capo of Good Hope, named for Lord Cllvo, famouB as ono of tho earlier viceroys of India. Outside the Conservatory. OutBldo of tho conservatory thoro aro hundreds of Interesting plnnts and trees. Ono of theso Is an acacia plant ed by General Grant. Anothor Is tho Hottentot poison trco. It has a for midable namo no loss than toxlco phlaca spectablllB, or acocanthora. This Is tho BO-callod "ordeal" troo of Madagascar of which suspected as well as guilty porsons In tlmoH gono by havo boon compelled to eat. Tho "ordeal," to tost whether suspicion was Justly founded, always bo proved, according to tho bollof of tho Hotten tots, for tho auspoctod porson who wob obliged to oat of It always dlod. At tho botanic gardens It Is Bald to bo tho most poisonous of plants. It is Bald that a seed no longer than an almond Bufflcos to kill twenty porsons. To mako good uso of lolsuro Is difficult. INSURING LIVES OF OTHERS Practice That Is Largely Prevalent, Though It Is Illegal How It Is Don In tho Trenohot. A rocont caso boforo tho courts throw considerable light upon tho penchant somo pcoplo havo for spocu latlng in othor people's lives. Ono Homnn held llfo Insurances on her parents, her chlldron, her molhor-ln-law, her brothers nnd savornl friends. Of courso that sort of thing I" Illegal, but It seoms to bo n nourishing busi ness novortholOHB. But hope delayed tnnketh tho heart Rick nnd after tho Insurers havo kopl tho premiums paid up to pretty well tho amount they would gain from tho lusuranco company, thoy boo their profit molting away and call tho law to froo tlietn from their Investment, claiming tholr premiums back on all Hurts of tngentouu defenses. Rather n rotten business, but wo aro assured that It Is much mora prova lent than wo havo an Idea of. Thoro must bo u tromondotia temptation to assist fato nt times, and In any case, when relatives form tho chief Invest ment on these Hues, It must bo rather exasperating to havo thorn politely In form un that thoy nro "uulto woll, thank you." Ono recalls that scandnloiiB "comlo" song that had such n voguo n whllo bnck wherein an Irritated hubby sang that ho was stony broke with a wad of dough staring him In tho face! Somo of tho stories of tho "swoop stakes" In tho trenchoB nro equally disturbing. Tho namo of each man In tho regiment going Into action la put Into a hat and overy man puts up a franc. Tho money Is dlvldod between all thoso who drow tho namo of a man who Is still ultra or unwoundod at tho end of tho day I A soldier can splto a chap holding his namo by de liberately courting tho attentions of a bullet. On tho othor hand, It tonds to mako thorn tondorly considerate of each others' lives nnd urgent admoni tions to "toko carol" aro not neces sarily disinterested. For Another Euripides. It soma poet or dramatist as groat as Euripides wero to rlso from the wreck of this war and write of what ho had soon ho could not bettor tho denunciation In "Tho Trojan Womon" which runs. In part. "How aro yo blind, yo treadera down of cities. . . . yoursolvos so soon to dlo." Thoso linos wore spoken whon this piny was presontod In tho now stadium of tho City collogo. Thoy brought homo to nil who board them tho sickening real ization that Europo has 'sloughod oil Its vonoor of civilization and Is back where It was six centuries boforo tho birth of Christ, when ancient Greoco, too, bellovcd that she had emerged from barbarism and did not seo tho ruin then Impending. In Franco, In Rolglum, In northern Italy nnd on tho windy plains of ancient Troy Itself tho shndo of Euripides might again do nounce thoso "that cast tomplos to desolation nnd lay wasto tombB, tho untrodden sanctuaries whero lie tho nnclont doad." In morals and lust for blood Europo haB rovertod to tho days of tho cavo man. Devil's Bible. Tho so-called Devil's Blblo Is In tho Royal Palaco library of Stockholm, Swodon. It Is a hugo copy of tho Scriptures, written upon 300 proparod nnscs' skins. Ono tradition decloros that it took flvo hundred yoars, or from tho eighth to tho thlrtoonth cen tury, to mako tho copy, which In so largo that It has a table to itself. An othor tradition affirms that tho work was done In n single night by a monk, with tho assistance of his satanlc ma jesty, who, when tho work was com plotod, gnvo tho monk n plcturo of himself for tho frontispiece, whero, amid Illuminated Incantations, It Is still to bo ueen; hence tho nnrno. Thin mnrvoloiiB manuscript wns carried off by tho Swedes during tho Thirty Yoara' war from a convent In Praguo, Honey Shortage In Britain. Evon tho boo fools tho war. Ger many has always been tho largest buy er of Amorlcan honoy, but this year has takon only $ 10,000 worth. Thoro lo a honoy shortago In England, how ovor, and our boos may bo happy yoL Takon altogether, according to official roports coming to tho department of commorco, Amorlcan bees havo bo havod handsomely this your. Thoy havo mado an unusually lurgo crop, tho avorago yield bolng 30.2 pounds for ovory colony, as compared with 32.2 pounds last year. Our ordinary crop Is RO.000,000 pounds, and It will bo grcator than that this year. Prlcoa nro down, how ovor, becauso of tho shitting market and heavy yield, and also bocauso ot a vory much hcavlor crop In tho Wost Indlos, which Is handlod horo. This country has novor sent much honoy to England. Only $4,000 worth wont thoro last year. Conscience Fund Grows, Tho Unltod States tronsury con science fund Is growing. It now ox coeds $500,000, received from smug glers, tax dodgora nnd others Most Eminent Medical Authorities Endorse It. Pr. Kborlo ami Dr. Bralthwnlto n Woll na Dr. Simon all distinguished authors-agree that whatever inny bo the dlseano, tho urine seldom falls In furnishing u with a duo to tho prlnc plea upon which It Is to bo treated, and accurate knowledge concerning tho nature of dlscaso can thus bo obtained. If bnokncho, scalding urlno or frequent urination bother or dlntrrss you, or If urlo nold In llio blood has canned rhotf mntlsin, k"1 ur nolallca or you wmpecl kidney or bladder troublo lust write Dr Ptnrcont thu Surgical Institute, Bulla o, K.Y.J nend n sample of urlno and do ncrlbo symptoms. You will receive freit medical advice after Dr.Pleren s chemist lias examined tho urlno this will bo carefully done without charge, and you wilt be under no obligation. Dr. Plerco during many years of experimentation has discovered a new remedy which Im llnds Is thlrty-neven times inoro power ful than lllhln lu removing urlo uciil from tho eyatelit. If you nro nuHcrlii from bnckacho or thu pnlns of rheuiim Usui, go to your best druggl and nik for n N)-cent box of "Auune'' put up by Dr. Pierce. Dr. Pierce's I-nvoritu Prescription fur weak women and Dr. Pietce'B tloldon Medical Discovery for the blood Imvo been favorably k"iti for the past forty years ntul more. They nro standard remedies to-duynn well ns Doctor Pierce's Pleasant Pellets for tho liver nnd bowels. You can get n itimplu ot any one of theso rcmcdlci by wilting Dr. Plurco. Doctor Pierce's Pellebi nro nncqualed tw a I.Ivor Pill. One tiny, tfumir-amfrd Jlltt (i J)oe. Curo Sick Headache, Bilious Headache, DUxluces, Constipa tion, Indigestion, Bilious Attacks, and all deraugeiuoaU ot tho Liver, Htouiacl said Bowels. BUTTERFAT GONE UP If t on r. looking for Prompt ll.turn.. CooJ trio ni Squtr U..I, m.li. your noat .hlnmant of Cr.tm lo HAZELWOOD CO., PORTLAND. Tot Herat of the SitufieJ Shipper" Learned Something. "Whnt's the matter with Flubdub? He used to claim that our politicians were thu most unscrupulous In tho world." "He has been traveling abroad. I think It was a great blow to his civic pride when ho found they wero not." Louisville Courier-Journal. Thread of Interest. "This cookbook ought to bo papu lar." "Why so?" "There's n love story mixed In with tho recipes." Louisville Courier-Journal. Foolish Man. "Can't say I like that now hat of yours." "Yet you liked It In tho store." "Well, It did look pretty when tho girl tried It on." Then the trouble started. Louis ville Courier-Journal. Sticks There. The man who drops his anchor In the Slough of Despond never gots any farther Answers. .BEAN SET THE CRSSES Carried Safely Through Chance of Lifo by Lydin E. Pinlchnm'n Vegetable Compound. Illl I II liiiiillil llll!IIIIIUi'M'l!JIIIIIIII Nftshvlllo.Tonn. "When I was going through tho Change of Llfo I had u tu- inior na largo as n child's head. Thu doctor said it wuu threo years coming and gnvo mo modl clno for it until I was called away from tho city for somo tlmo. Of 'courso I could not go to him then, bo myslstcrln-lnw told mo that she thought Lydia E. Finkhnm'a Vegotablo Com pound would cure It It helped both tho Chnngo of Llfo and tho tumor and when I got homo I Jlf not iml tiie doctor. I took tho Pinkhum remedies until tho tumor was gono, tho doctor Bold, and I hnvo not folt It Blnco. I tell every ono how I was cured. If this letter will holp others you aro wolcomo to uso It." Mrs. E. II. Ukan, G2fi Josoph Avenue, Nashvlllo, Tcnn. Lydla E. Pinkhnm'a Vegetable Com pound, n puro remedy containing tho extractive properties of good old fash ioned roota and herbs, moots tho needs of woman's Bystern nt this critical period of her llfo. Try It If thoro Ih nny nymptom In your enso which puzzles you, write- to the Lydla 12. Pinkhum Medlolat Co., Lynn, Mass.