ARTIFICIAL PEARLS. What a Little 8tlv«r Fish Taught a Frenjh Bcadmakar. "I'll toll you." nal<l a jeweler, "how the Motidi-rfully |H*rf>*<-t urtlikinl ¡-carl came to Ito Inveuti-d "A rich French bendmakcr. Mot«c Jaquln hr lived In the aovrnteenth century Fouad n pond lit hl* garden entered one moraine with a lovely ell- v«-ry luater. Amazed. he called hla gardener. who Mid It wae nothing - aoine nllH’ttew had got cruidiad; that waa all. "Albettee were little allver fleh, bleak*, the Muclactia alournua The ganlenrr explained that IF you crushed them they alwaya gave the water n pearly ■been like that. Jn<|tiin put on hla thinking cap "For alx years he worked with bead* and bleak«, wasting inllllona oF lattb, but Anally he achieved auccras. He learned how to extract the pearly lus ter From the bleaks' acalcs mid to cov er a glaaa tw-nd with It. "What ho did amt hla method la still u«ed waa to scrape the aenh-a From the flail, wash nnd rub them and wave the water The wkter, decanted, rive off a lustrous Auld oF the thlckncas oF oil, a veritable jw-nrl paint, a magic fluid that Imparts a lovely pearly abeeu to everything It la applied to. "It takes 1,000 bleaks to yield an ounce oF this pearl paint "—New Or leans Times Itemocrat. CIRCUS RIDERS. Thsy Earn Good Salaries, but Their Careere Are Short. A man horseback rider receive» From $75 to $125 a week, nnd his career ns a principal rider lasts about ton years. It la short not ho much iH-caitse these men got stiff nnd lose their agility ns lie cause they lotto their nerve. Nearly nil circus Folk marry young, nnd with their added responsibilities cornea a lively sense nF danger which they Ignored In younger days. A man rider wlm can not turn a HoinerHiiult on a home can not command more than $50 a week. A woman rider who can perform tills Font gets From $150 to $200 n week IF she Is a finished rider llils Isn't miicli when nil the disad vantages of the calling are taken Into consideration, but It should l>e remem- iiered that all the evpen.M's are paid, Including the care, Fet-dlng and of course the transportation oF their horses. All they have to provide Is their own clothing. For tin- men riders clothes do not constitute much of a factor, and the women nearly always make their own, except those provided by the mnnng -ment. All That He Had. “Can yon give bond?" asked fho Judge. "Have you got anything?” "Jedge,” replied (lie prisoner, "¡u-nco you ax me. I'll tell you. I halnT got nuthin* In the wort’ 'eept the spring chills, six acres o’ no 'count land, a Illg family, a hope of a heronftor an’ the ol<-' war rheumatism.'’ — Atlanta Constitution. SHORT STORIES Chalk --viitnln« 5n> different kinds of ttny shells. Taken the world over, the annual average ralufnb Is sixty inehea. The utlllzntlisi of herring for fertill zor baa been etopped l>y the Cinndlan government Tlx- highest flag |>olc In Connecticut Is said to be In Burlington Center. The pole Is Kit» fret long und stand.-« IS« feet out of tlx- ground, From It th»#tn a 26 by 14 flag Meehan I.-a In the Klondike get $10 a day and common InlMin-rs $i to $5, with l>oard. Everything donaumed In the wuy of living coats from two to three times aa much an It does In the btatea. When the chimney on the old Tris tram Goldthwalte house In Fort mil, Me., was torn down recently 10,000 bricks were taken*out. or euough to build Four ordinary chimneys. This one was bullt IX years ago. K PLAYS AND PLAYERS. According to the Ixmdou reviewers, waits In "The Merry Widow" has "created a jierfect furore •• Dorothy Tennant, whose original euc- ceea was «cored ig “The Hollege Wid ow.** Is announced as one of the new stars to twinkle uext asason. One of the acenes In "The Merry Widow,” the new Vlenucai- opera, la located In Maxim's, where the people are said to I m - the most frolicsome found In any resort In Paris. A host <>f American opera lovers will tie Interested to know that the well re- mombcri-il contrulto, Marlon Ivell, has I mm .- u engaged to appeur at the opera In Nantes for the coming aeuson. Adn Ix-wls, whom- eccentric charac terizations nre making tier name Fore most In that line of work, lias made Winnie Wiggles in "Fascinating Flora" one of the most tnlki-d of roles iu New York. French Rags High Priced. A collector of rugs offered the man ager of a large Ixinrdlng house u cer tain price for n bag of wornout linen. "These rugs are worth more that tbit," said the shrewd landlord. ** run Heverul houses In this neighbor- hood, and all nre occupied exclusively by Freuch guests." The dealer apparently considered that r< murk sulliclently explanatory. He cast a hasty glance upon the con tents of the bag. then ralsod the price. "And bo «•mild well afford to raise It, too," said the landlord. "Even nt that rate ho will make money off the things. French rags tho world over bring a higher price tlinn nny other. The rea son why? French people wear u liet- ter quality of linen nnd their castoff garments are In demand by nil mai manu facturers of high grade paper." ’—New York Press. SOCIETIES OF KLAMATH A. O. U. W-Lir.kville Ixxlge No. i 10 meets in the A. O. U. W. hall every Tues day evening. Visiting Broth ers always welcome. Walter Lenn<>x, M. W. J. W. Stemens, Recorder. Evangeline Ixxlge No. fW Degree of Honor I-odgu meets in the A. <1. U. W. hall every second and fourth Thunglavs in the month. Nancy N. White,C. of if. Jesse Marple, Recorder. W. O. W. Ewauna Camp, No. 799, W. O. W., meets every Tuesday evening at 7 :30 o'clock at Sanderson's nail. All neighbors cordially invited. C. K. 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