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..ii jMijlili'lHUi ill j.BU ilia;', t '(...'j.i.'glW' jjCiiU' 1 .\?..' * it. atrecenfc meette «f tte Ac0Wiy . o$,Sci$hee>,ln BarM.tiiieWwaS Resent- '.' caj^.^ftjer jy.'^>%ijjp.6f)ij. ^B«rlMng: : •btif- sUcoesa to ififilfing- w^rictel-rttett weighing from.asl t« i|i„cBvait8 etuili by a fnew process ; o? fusing ai«i»Jnl»Ds. Back ruby'it tbeVelos© of ifte; process. oijiifts jn wo,; forming h$f .spheres, w)ilch can he:worked by lant^axtes UK* natural atones, Tile .coloi! }s find arid. lapidaries • to whom they-have bean 'Emitted say that these artificial gonf» ; have the same hardness aria take, th* jii&ie\B<jJMfa'&8 nfttiu-ale rubles- tlnfor-* •lze, Bare internal discoloration^ as* -bubbles, -But S£ Vccnculi thinks fur* tier experimentation •will enable hhu to avoid tbese defects.. A. Famine In' I'lnlnna. T^ ths political twublea from which the wibttppypeople of .Finland, are suf- fering In the iosaof their ancient liber- ' ties is added a, new calamity In a {am- ino resulting ftom crop failure in the 'northern part of (f«e country. Thou- sands; ^.families are reported suffering •torn, fltoeratfon and Its attendant dis< eases. Tko distress has not been equut- •«4 since* the gj-entAttptno of iscs, whra iOPtOOO persons psrlsaed. i -OettlnK Aoannliit'o<J. \Wo hesitated about icyting Jbjs placei\ mc thGt.Woinan who bad just » moved In, \until WO learned tli?,t the families on both aides of ns owayd tbolr houses. It ,1s so unpleasant to * live where, tbe'peoplo next door are fti- ways changing and you never know. what kind of neighbors you are going to have.\ 'Tea,\ responded the- woman on the other aide of tbo fence, \gnat's ous reason -why Wo'ro trying to se}l our houses'—Chicago Tribune, TJi« Picture, Ethel—What do yon^'think of this landscape, aunty? Aunt Hannah-Well —cr—I don't think so~mucb nf the trees, but ttuit grapevine Is pretty good. Bthel-r-Gr»povlne? . Why, dear, that ls'tho nrtlaf a signo/fure.—Philadelphia Record. Sopemiltton*. If two persons ralao their glasses t» their llpa Blmultnneously they are in- dicating tho roturi of a friend or' rola- tlvp from foreign parts. The same In- timation 1B conveyed by bubbles In coffee of by the accidental fall of a piece of soap on the floor. A flickering flnmo in tho Ore or an upright excrcscenco In a burning candle la interpreted as predicting the arrival of n guest, whoso -stature Is judged by tho length of tlio Hamc or excrescence. If one drains « glass-of the contents of which some one else has partaken ho will learn tho secrets of- thu latter. Where did that very common \word \•fudge!' cotne, from, and what does It ttalfy m'eaV? The appearance, of the w>rd In; ittsratufe is In tfe description of tbe &ttt flf-fcady- Blarney- ana ..Wiss OiaiQU# Wllb^hnha. A&eJte Stteggs- ott the, vicar .'of WaKefleld^a .\househeia'! ;*But previously; ishould havemention- ed the Very^fc^pplite behavior of Mr, Bnrcltoll,- wbi>-, during his discourse, sat with- bis face, turned to the five and.at therconclttstofl of evel-y sentence ve-oulo cry out A J?udge|! att espwslgn wbicll displeased wall-and In some measure dampened: the rising spirlt f et thfe con- Versat!en.* fc Does tbt Word j$M trenj the prwincial Fi^nch \f ushe\ or- tho low Oeraiait \futschr' Or'Bball we tifnaiely,Mor, - ps .som •way perhap . ,-« J ,. i think, fortunaitfy; manyot the stones truce it t o the stoiy of 17Q0 auofed by SSusL made*-especially ivheh of large the elder Plsraell, \Xhere was, sir, «» out times one Onptain Fudge, who al- ways brought homo his owpers'a j»Qd cargo of lies, so much tbat now atward the ship the sailors, when they hear a great lie. told, cry put,.'You fudge %& \ -rBoaton Jppi'nnh .* ,TIi« «r»ndeur ot Hlml An impeccably dressed «ehtleman <ft»- other day,\ when -walklns- along E^cca 1 * diaiy, felt ft movement in his pocket, and clapping his band thereto gej&ea the wrist of the thief. He drew forth the errtog member, and, jooldpg at It y/ith supreme disgust, \he rA'ased % saying with a grimace-of disgust, \For heaven's sake, my good man, go* and wash yow hands b'eforo you, put them In a gentleman's pocket again.\—Xou. donTatler. ' • _ \* Tlio Pnla ot Silence, * \We women,\ she was saying ssatfl, \suffer in ^ileijco.\ , \I can readily behove that yon do suffor in silence,\ the man replied, \You take so much pleasure In talk,\ —Philadelphia Press, —r—rw—>—^^^^i^. o< Tfco Cur*o-«»c Srntem M tlie io«4 iiai i>Bn-ui-Htt»cuiii. , Ther«:isrm glamour auound Bagdad, « jhalo ojnajite^ tinged with pomp and Constantinople, the capital pf the em- pire In which,Bagdad stands, it gUttert The nlraftnSc, properly so ca: origin, Is not merely a de^ft:e for uajj people in mind of the prp^r.tes of - , |b0 yoari .\ It is. a n aftenip-t-^stiow- 8plena'or„ /Xhe home of Iftwn\-? 1 '! wliataeartjny'hna.to. store f«r>aa»s in- nmH a»4i tl# .*e»e 'of Ws. adv^ ^atea by tU position: e* the.«t^8> 1 ff ^_S^Srln : rfv^Sa* : 'iift? •Xbousaiiid jQfld -OnerNights, but HK*!^ -astwlogical'l^ref.the. 'aestinics^oi msn are'xtiiea by the'.dluterent aspe.ctr; pt thejianetSi SQ ai^ the.Jjumsis body^ from tl)e.'dist«nce> the Hea-rei- view dis-•; jg BU j)jebt \tii tge toiBueutee'.el the eon pejllng many, a ehgrtslted ideal. Still, ^«t;<eiliitieaK thrsngh ^vhleb-the sun arr' eVcen.ataid {he strange'hygiene, w pieatt to i>assjn his.yeHfly course. A ftnalnt e£ia,ti'et'to• nnd odd -ways ef the F^enqh,aManac of ,1610 gi.v*s>a dla pjace, the resident comes across scenes gjcan, 0 | ae human body swyonade* aiid incfQents so odd «s to make on* by-all(h* signs of the wOlae andIndi - First -£Dehpefike« ^shand-^WelJ,^ I've beeaagohe. atnSjapue«V ,:*fir-«iKo' woB)dh*tpyr twei^e iatch>?»y ajfaia this mosoingi ?e % tooK.tt By fp'ree^by, fofce, toy&aAearme?- « ^econfl-WW • Xaflaitrl.... „., .... fcaafl, a»n?t let P»y wife Aeat ps&' She'll iievei*'let- the gp-Oht ^th you -again-- . . _' ; - '••' ••: ^>'' '• .',•; ; '•• hellev>it m yet |he days of 5qroun-» that the sun of history hm gone bacfi ta&W degrees pn the dlul Some.'tblngS cannot be compared with onr institu- tions; and others ean-tlie management of the malt is one .of the. latter, cites tlie varl9US|-6rgans ^#d m.emlier» QT«r whlelj these!• slg?| have pdwe'-s and : this afor a. guide pfiur lea saigneca. or to SIMWV af w^at periods blood may be let ,wtth safety. Bat the sawfe al inahac also .gives directions sensible Were are two ways of sending thU enough for tlie avoidance of the plague In Pagflnd—one the Turkish,\ the other -jriijeh. wotiJd not hefound fatilt wftb •'-\-'-\—•- - U y apaernfashlonabloBhysieiah* WM \rt'ciaiaitecp Jjt^ljosy W h«*'<» • i,ad resist the Jnfecttoti ot the plaguy, J^t lite- ^eeH-Jojf *nd eaflnesa fly, Avoid plaowwhere Infections abound Aujl cfiertsli Joyous oompany. A faw,exa,mples exist of almanacs pf tbis character before the? Invention of printhig, Although none, tt I* believed, paiHerlhaM the ; t*reifth century. Hilt eorne of the earliest apeou»en|-ot print- ing are Mack printed aorsaan sheet ial* rnanacs, which are chiefly concerned about blood Jotting,-All the Xear Rouud, < the British. Practically all letters go- ing west go by the Turkish system. By this therearo two routes,oho,by c»rne!» to- Daraaseus, un4 thence to Beirut, Whence it i s transported by steamer te Brhidlsi, had afterward by rail; tin other hy camels to Mosul and then by mules and rail to Constantinople. Let. ters from Constantinople fake some twelve days; not long ago the time sud. denly Jumped to fqi-ty-ajx days, and' when the postufljes offlclals were asked to explain, they said: \Now the pinll conies partly by rail. Hence the do- layl\ This is a sweetly arjeutal idea- a railroad to tube UilrtA'-fyur days longer than enmeis. When yo«r letters come depends up- ont when the mall arrives nnd may bt Btrw tUe \Jfonnaf of tlie Fe*«*cr«4 There Is a school of the woods, fist aa much as there\ Is a church of (lie Mlithty aieorful. Mamma had told her little daughter that she could not go oat to play, but the little maiden determined to make ono more plea. \Please otauuna, it isn't very wet.\ \No you cannot, Dorothy,\ said momma pleasantly, smiling a tittle at her daughter's persistency.. Dorothy regarded her mother ag- grlovedly and then said, \Well seems to mo you're mighty cheertul nbout if-New York Times. Dlrtha. In tho matter of births lh general the populnr months to their order nrc Jan- uary, March, February, April and Oc- tober. As to the hour of birth, from midnight to 0 o'clock in tho morning ushers In flO.S per cent of the children, from 6 in tho morning to noon 24.G per cent are born, from noon to 6 o'clock In the evening 22 per cent aud from 0 o'clock to midnight 2-1 per cent As to tho classes arranged according to worldly wealth and without regard to occupation, it has been asserted Hint 180 rich families) will have 813 children, 100 families of moderate means will have S00 children, while 100 poor fam- ilies will have 3(70 children. In gfeneral, there is a tendency among young cou- ples toward mile children and of mid- die aged parents to female offspring. - 4 . - -- Kotlon <• Adjourn. Carrtod. 'Who made tho motion t6 adjourn this meetlngS\ asked tho lng.-uisitive chap after the free for all battle was over. ' \Wei} I ain't sure,\ replied Cactus Jim, \Cut I reckin it was Kairtrigger Charley. I seen him make one at Threo Fingejred Iko-with a gnn-and after that the rush Cor open air come.\ —Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. A Nice DUUucUon. \If yon \were a woman,\ »aIS thi bachelor girl, who was entertaining * caller, \I'd show you my new frock, but as you aro^a man I'll show- ths •Uppers that go with It.\ * ilio ittfcfct w«r to »•** TV«t«e« \To boll water would seem to be * eery simple thing.\ writes some ono in tho Boston Cooking School Mngazluo, \and yet tho late Charles DCimonlco used to say that very few people Jcaow how 1ouo It -Tho secret Is.\ho said, •in putting good fresh water into a ket- tlo already quite warm, setting the -wa- ter to boiling quickly and then tnSclnj It right off for use In ton, coffee or oth. cr drinks heforo It is spoiled. To let it steam and simmer nnd evaporate antll tho good water Is in the ntniospaor* nnd only tho Hum and Iron and d»gs krft In the kettle is what mnkca a great\ many people sick, nnd It Is worscthnn no water at all.' For water boiled like Mils nnd flavored with a few drops of lemon Juice Mr. Pelmonico ,ns«I to charge ns much as for his best liquors, nnd ho often recommended It to his customers and friends who complolaed of loss of appetite. It Is worth trytes.\ any time ef tho day'. Perhaps one of' woods or a parliament ot the woods the most comical parts- of the servki' or a Society of United GharlUes.of the, Is the fact timt the currier eahuot lead, wood*; and, no more. There is nothing At the office ho Is told what bouses aye m the dealing of animals with their to havg letters. Then he slhigs his ha* .vowig that la the remotest way eng- over his shoulder aud trass oft*,- hop- gests human instruction and discipline, ping from side to side of the concavity ,'TJie young of all the wild creatures do that is gutter and street, \and' tfcurtnsrtluctlveiy,WHftt their parents do nnd wends.lils tortuons way through th« diO. f hey- do not have te he taught; city till h e arrives at a hoitso for Avhieh they are taught from the Jump, says'a he has m*l!„ I'pnn entering ho niislingi writer In the Atlantic Monthly. The his bag, opens It and puurs the contents bird slugs a t tho proper age and build* on tho floor, at tlte same tlulo telling its ncat,snd takes its appropriate food yon to pick, out such letters as belong without any hint at all from Its pat- to you. There is n farming naivete-enta. The yoimg ducks take to tl**> „ OncHe Conl«b»'« lib**, - -•- $adIer^\Wah.t; .'to .bhy ah^BinBtella «h,eiuvi>oss?' - •;.'. '...'•:. ';_, WefCiiaiit^Ko; ^hafa,, the haet Whenever 1 buy \an umbrella, Jopje* body steals'lt,•-•• .'.•*;. Peaaipr-^Weli. J:hi8 «nei .«hj?t- *«>?»• etealing^HschangBv, - \Mamnia.\ saia Beunie aft there ; came a brief pnime in the conversation \on the part of the callers, \isn't It time t<>% yow to ask nie-flvuat I learned at/ tli^ kindergarten today!' If fp» dph't *o It pretty span fll forlget what you told mer to say.\—Chicago Tribune. .- • j-'jiiijr itotiMSea. ; The jrtovyis to\dof a nma *ho by •*,•*•*,•- «omo uxmccfluntabie hlunffer hy tbe ap- -»»din? were b« r®ad.-r-DawjfPn. (Me, G^lerft^^fijarAoe^lleijie, t the. Ws& #J0%#^H4-.'« 4n-eatjj U . -4remM-^jgW'm^>^ ^i%dy in i^^T^^^HM4w&ifm.' For sale by ; Wh'a§, ^Macfe* : *H«^iff^i*^tie'inj54 ^baFexerclsa ; Is to ttebWy^—AfldJspni - - \ * 'ii;|iewe\wJftoui BbOks If Jitk<5.a room -without window^—•Beijelifer, ' ^asnresiwh^tsrj^ eat . lag whbout dh?es^te!g.T-Burke, Books arettJe-heat-thHiga well\used; »huse4v a^Ohgth'e Wbr^|.-^Emerspn. Next-l»-aetj»urin4f good friends tho best\ accmalatance J? , that of good ^ooks.-G6fton.- --rt-„--,> S^me boohs 1 are to k be tasted, otheni •to be swaiIoWe4'*ad Koine few to be chewed and d|gea^d,-rBacoh» Half the gossip of.soolety would pe^ Isb if tbe books thmt are truly WOJ.^ and higfsauoii'uu'ss nlmit the wbolt proceeding which stnltes tlie western- er ns Irresistibly c6mlc. When you hnvo'taken out your slinr 1 , th« remulii- der Is bundled back, ni.tl off lie goes to the nest boust-r-Np-w V»t>u i'i»«t. H CHIUO NCHT Jtaktne llaoni-vt-IISIt»» Molvlitlc)'» tnnuijurtnlon. A vice presldeut scuteil In solitary grandeur In the senate chamber, wbila water when liatcUed by a dm* and (UTO and stalk Insects and wash them- selves Just aalliclrnioUiOKidW. YoUug chickens and young,turkoya under- stand tho various calls and signals ot their mother tho first time they hear or see thorn. *At tho ftest alarm note they squat; at n call to food tney come on the first day as on tbs tenth. The hab- its of cleanliness of tho'nesOIUKS are thccercaiony of a sn-esldwiUal Inaugu- established from the llrat hour of their Slcnil .# PnmUnre. When you u ,->h to mend a piece of furniture, melt only as much glue as you think will bo neeQed. Break all tho dry glue iu;o the pot, cover with cold water, half fill tbo water bath wound it and add salt to raise the boiling point of tho bath. Boil until Itho glue Is clear and ropy. Thin for , Wliy Tttauy YouiiBT litn Ku.ll . It is the fuult nnd tho cause of tho failure of so many bright, capable young men that, boliig put into a cer- tain workday rut, they tnnkfe no effort , to climb or oven crawl out of it. They ' do not seek the! work that is not rou* tlnO and «o beyond the 'terras Of the bond in Search ot additional labor In drder to attract the approving notice • of their employers; they do not go to .their posts before or remain at them after the fixed hour; they ate content ' to clo enoiigb, and ho moreJhan'cnougb, < to eatn their hire, The Ufa ot tio av- .'. erage clerlt is generally genteel, easy, • ,;.cleanly. He. need not soli his hands .' \»pr'hlS:clOtl\es, and his ambition Is sat- tslied'with these pleasant' conditions.— ,., Swittdeiphia^edger. Different View. \You 800,\ said the old locomotiv* engineer, \railroad ofllclals don't look at tilings quite ns the public docs. On one of my rubs a year ago I fqund a certain bridgo Swept away, and I bad to back up about two nilics to get or-' ders. A« I reached the station the di- vision superintendent came out and demanded. \What's tho reason for all this?\ \Bridge over Maple river gone,\ Bays\ I. \And wby didn't you run your train into the river?\ \Sly fireman didn't wnnt to get w«t\ . \H.umpbl Bounce him for hlociting the rond, and den't you make another such mistake unless you want a year's mratlnn.\—Cbtcatrn KPW«- Early Folllteal Flatlo^tui. It Is in the seventeenth century that the first beginnings of the platform must be sought, but these early traces of its U8e are very slight That there must have heqn some little emj>ley- ment of it in a demagogic way may be tnforred from the \Characters\ of But- ler, the author of the ever niemombb) \Hadlbrns.\ He describes, \a leader of a faction\ as one \vbo \sets tb* psalm, nnd all his party sing after nbn, He Is like a figure in arithmetic—th* more ciphers he stands before the mors his value amounts to. He Is a great haranguer, talks himself into author- ity, and, like a parrot, cUmbs with his beak.\ It Is probable, moreover, that the first form of the platform wast the conventicle or meeting bouse pf the Puritan or Dissenter, for Butler, In his character ot 'The Seditious Man,\ says that \if ho be a preacher he has the advantage of all others of his tribe, tor he has a way to vent BedlUori by whplesale.\ But the platform- at this time was of no practical acconut Such attempts ns there were outside parlia- ment to influence opinion were mado by means of the press, partly by the book, partly by \the pamphlet and part- ly by the Journal.—C. B. Roylance Kent in Longman's. ration to. which lie bns been Invited as nn honored guest is going on outside, iwrely presents a spectacle with an ele- ment of humor In It F«nv persons know how near Tltoodotv Roosevelt came to playing such a part on (he 4tb If Starch. 1301. Tlio senate stickle* 10 Cor minor details of etiquette thai the, most strenuous reformer would hardly venture to transgress its rales, and\ they reajJiro that a formal motion to adjourn shall he put before a doy/a session can come to a n end. After bis umnguratlon ns vice president In tbo wnato chamber Mr. Itooseveit took the gtfrel and. when the routine business was finished, directed tlio sergeant at arms, as asnal, to proceed with tho ceremony of inaugurating Mr. XicKlo- ley as president It*was then In order for snrne senator to move an atljonniment. but In tbe confusion lobouy seemed to have his wits about him, antl the whole assem- blage, Including the senators, quilled the chamber for the cast pnrtico, where the oath was to be administered nnd the address delivered. * in n few min- utes the vice president found himself alone, \vltb\ a fair prospect of remain- ing so until the day's performances were over, bat it chanced that Senator HeltfcW missed bis bat while passing through tbe corridor and eurae back to took for It. Face to fate witlrthe vice president, it occurred to. the senator that something must be wrong, so with the utmost gravity he moved \that the senate do m>w ndjonm.\ Mr. Roosevelt with eijanl solemnity, put tbe motion, declared It carried and proceeded In Mr. Heltfeid's company to the place on the presidential stand Which had been reserved for him.— Francis 12. Letipp t a Gentury. ' Tkt bksal War. A man had-a piece of news. A. reporter heard of It, jChe reporter called on the man. And asked 1dm about the news. Tixb man played balloon with the r* porter. He swelled noticeably and said: \Yon fellers never get anything right So I won't tell you/' *£he reporter did not get angry. He knew the man was a fool. He had seen hint before. He kliew the real facts could'be had' from no one else. lives. Alien a bird come* to build Its first neat and to rear its ant brood, It tnows how to proceed as welt as It does years later or as Its parents did before It. Tlio fox Is\jfroM of a trap before ho hxus had any experience with It and tlie., hsre thumps upon the ground at sight of anything strange and uniisaa!. whether lea mates be wltbln hearing or not No bird teaches Its young to fly. They -fly instinctively when their wlnga are strong enough. Ik COT low* rrotlact or tUti C«p# S«tft* Country o£ Africa. Travelers who visited or passed the. Capo Ncgna country of Africa often heard from the natives of a plant that was part spider and. that, growing, threw its legs about hi continual strug- gles to escape. It was the good fortune or Dr. WetwiUch tonfswvcr the origin of the legend. Strolling along through a wind swept tabJblaud country, a* csuno tinea a plant that rested low Upon tho gnround, bat had two enormou* leaves that blew and twisted about in the wind liko sorneats—In fact, it look nh as the natives had sold, like a gi- gantic spider. \ - -Its stem was fottr feet across aa3 ant a foot high, It bad bnt two loaves In reality* that were six- or eight feet tong atid split up by the vrtnd so thai they resembled ribbons. This Is prob- ably the most estrnordtaary known. It grows for* nearly, if not yi£fa. 4 eesJai* T *feat save* apwarf W y&nd abotit a'foot^ simply expanding until it reaches tbe diameter given, looting In Its adult state like a singu lar siool oa the plain terns ten to eight een Inches In circunifercttce. When tjwsjwlnd came rushing i n from the sea, Haling the cut-tons ribbon-like leaves and tossing theai about, it al- most seemed to- the discoverer that the strange plant had suddenly become hn- bned wlta life and was struggling to escape. When a description and pic* tare of the plant were sent to England It -was, like many other discoveries, dis- credited, bnt soon the plant itself wr,* received, nnd now \Wehvilsehia. hum- bills IS known to botanists. pointing authority wits made judge of a minor court ' He eonld neither read nor *T}te, bnt that did not give blm any uneasiness, iltliough it nronsed some fears iu'tht breast af his wife. \What 1 , arc yon going tu do 'when thero's any reading or writing cornet Into cases?\ she timidly inaUhed. -•The folks that Urlngthe readin* will rend It. anil the folks that want the wrltln* -will write It,\ calmly replied his honor, \or it they can't I shall com- mit 'era. All I've got to attend m. Ult ty, is tbe jurtaln*, amy c*ii do\ «<at w «ulek us anvhodv \ * Many of the cxJnntry dani« *Bd danj »e]j in Holland look as If they had been brought up on w:tp Bud water,\ TbeV taws.glisten so pretonmturally, tli?!r pots aud par,*, the red -tiles of their floors, th «lr tables and benches all bear •wltiiftsa up unmistakably t o thou* cleana* tug ardor. I supposo a fly In the bullet they were churufag or « nured foot on the hoards they have but just serublied would bo as nearly likely to glv«i them A tit m anything eoutd be—Onamherj' Jnnnwtt **«• Pirn* m«nfc At««elc Wo have a record In the ooolf of Joshua of \the stratagem whereby Al wns tafcen.\ This tells ns how 5,000 men wens set la nnibash behind, the *>My, e> that when the king of Al and ras hosts were drawu forward td the ttght a flank atteck was tanae with overwltclmlhg snecess by tie warrior* ef Israel. Kol.tem dlnastrous was -the fat» of !*n)M,-:» «nd his tirnvc Uttlu band of herces -wheu the Persians at Thor ntopyb». led by a trnlior, took them h tho rear. 4Su B. C. * It was by a masterly maneuver nca^ ty to years later tbat Hathubat flesh one of Ms hoariest blows against the noils of Rothe. HaVlmr coacealea W». orotljcr MftgO, with a.000 home «»* foot sofdioM, *n»e»g ^he reedt, he en- tfml the Itomnn forces acres* the riv« Xfebla.- The legions foaght bratsly and held their own nntli Mage, rising from ambusb, attacked them In. th* rear and routed them, Tit* itcKNlnx ot HI«««rI«. One of my artistic friends Was apoa * btislrresa visit to a pie*nresau« di«. trlct of Perthshire tbe other day. A tittle telsurc was afforded him by the wait between trains, ana he asked a native if there were any Wstorte places la tilt* nHglibortwscdi so that her might spoil if Sim drtwo. with which he had .oad'ed ais camera. \No there** no* anythlns historic aboot the place. The Black easlle up by there ttscd to .he. hbtorlcs, but It's no? sae historic nool\ What tliat bucolic individual imagined the word \historic'' to meaif is not v*ry ttee| \Kvery oitc knows ( the dlsli'ke'Of the country person to Interfere With his nelglibaTS,\ says tbe London Globe. \A.good Instance occurred in the mid- lands. Farmer Jarvls, driving to mar- ket, saw through the. open door of a barn the body or b: neighbor auspended from a beam and drove on, rcvplvlng tlio tragedy. When he reached tiur market town, be hnparfed th& new* •with de-liberate emphasis. 'Good heav- ^.enSi'csclalnied the other. 'And did you tut him doffnr 'Xo,' said the farmer, more slowly still; 'he wasn't dead yet,\' *«->4>-**<»w ^u|nri AJiu&icittxOilil* She was a doctor's llfrle girl. In her father's office she had seen a number of boxes On which was written, \This side up with care.\ In answer to hct question her mother bad said, **Xou see, when papa gets these boxes he doesn't know what isiin them, and if it is. something that might break if wouldn't be good for it to set it upslds down,\ The littlfc girt pondered over It for sometime. A few days later She canie to her mother, saying, \Mamma when 6od made us did he put » sigh cm our left Sides that Says, 'This side up with «aref\ \Why?\ asked the mother, : smiling. \Because t heard papa tell 1 Bdmebody that it'Was bad for people to lie on their left slaps 'cause it wotildn'l I be good for their hearts, and I kao* pftpa doesn't know what la inside ns. H « I tattle ehronlcle. - dCoirga l?*ederick Handel, the son of a Saxon narhef and Valet, Was only five yeftts old Wben his \fingers wooed Tet the reporter did the very best h« divine melodies\ f tott the spinet, conld to get at.the truth. j wlilcu o. good natured aunt had smug- Anil published the story as he got It ' gled for bdm Into an attic, so that no Then the man who haa refused to soandhfifmlght.teachuifeears of his give the facts arose early and bought a father. At eight his playing so aston> paper to see it the facts were distorted; Isfaed the? elector of Saxony that his They were. father was compelled to withdraw his And lie said: • oppositloa and allow the genius 6f the \I told yon so.\ boy to have fair play. And before he Query.-—With Whom should tlie public had reached his twelfth birthday yearn to get eVen—the reporter, who young ffandel was known, throughout did his best, or\.the arrogant fool, who Germany as a brilliant composer and deliberately refused to help blm>-Bal- vi*tttbfo,at tlie eourtrbf the emperor. UniOre AmerlCari. Ait lllnstrntlon. He-Wnit would you call a •'polite fiction?\ She-Why, if I should say to ypu, \Really llr. Jones, I hope ypu ure not tliinking of going so Soon!\-Judge. Spndcn anil n cinb. alike {teaching Pat pokerj-Well, what hov ye got? P at~,Pour trpwete and a black sham- roekv-fiuck, ..\ Uooa Faite. .Not every man can make a good flout SBlgliTni-y tfrnii Tree*. It win not do in tlils-conhtry to plant fruit trees along the public highways, as 13 done With great success in manv rluropean cottntries. The great atat* faim -of Hungary atstrlbutes 15,000 choice fruit trees without cost to towiS- ships and communities Which Will pltmt snii care for. them until bearing age. f he characterlstits American boy would never permit a fruit-of any sort that can be eaten to teach Hie age of runturlfy uttless a fiill grown bulldog was kept chained to each tree.—Farm TUe tltjjan af Taste In In.ccU. The antenna; of insects do not appear ) contain any - organ df taste, for wasps and ants qnite readily took lata -their mouths poisonous and nhpjeajaftt fdod, even swallowing <etiough it> maijri thom^elveg ill, while some bees and coctoaches fell a-ptey to the tempta* -Hon of alijui, epsoa mt& and'bther: nauseous fo6us placea'ia their Wa* to paste that can be preSerVed -withoutj'^hese substattces were ant hoWeVe*/ decay or xaold. when sach a paste Is Wallowed, but were soon spat oat th* needed, try tlie following: ixix good, crwilH««i «ni.««.»i««;-^^.iJi5i\ J .^,ifts:.ir?; will have a paste ibai-WiU hoUl wlti ^.woaaetfai tenaci^ clean Hoar with cold Water into a thick paste ond continue miriiig until the flour alid. Water are well blended. Now add boiling water\ and stir until it la tMil euoagh to spwaa With a brush. Add to this a spoonful ot two of brown sngarfB li-ttlojorrosive sublimate and . ..„ „ „ w „ w „„^ , a. fewdrops 6f oil of lavender and yotti #ilbW4'%»«a»r^-ffiee*rtSt^^'oSS crentores Sputtering angfeHy, asrii-dl* igusled witiLu.. .fesjte.-Ghaihbers'rf6arC A Scotchniah had two Sons\ one it Whom' Was 6. ddcttr^aha vtheiothet 1 : 4 clei:gytnan,..of -whom, he- ~Was viry proud.. \If t hadhemy'said he, «m\ ate of m y aphs Was.'to* b& rtrtbdlcai 4<sVCr baeiiad *ujd Joaay McGoab foi WbatlsagWat Jotewf books? iti, «oniethlhg:'like a perwnal introdm-a„ u to the great and good\men of ail p a «t tfancs,'-3r6hn* Bright. '- 9Cba three pracUicai rules I nme to offer Wet Q} N*ver read any book that U not» yearToldr <2) xtever read any bnt famed books, (8) never read any but; What *OU llltn—,1S»n»r«nn * W»r »«sr«e| C»«B»r He*t. 3!he function of a negro's black skin hmuppoeed to he-tt»« conversion of* tho sun's: light lata heat. The heat thus xencrated remains la the skin and does not vpenetrat? to tho deeper tte-nos Being tbo* p»Tld.e4 with a sun proof •*rntor the- negro can stand aa amount of heat that Would bo fatal to a whit* man and, ran jlttje or no rtai of iua- ttrc-ke, - A Xenstfcy tamrl««. -She—Sanriifl pf « beautlfuhmornlai U * slgbt of whlch\\l never weary- He-Ob» but yon should see mcl Why. Ipass%hbift days JooWaj at it, —Iglgaro, X,o*V« Kxc**«. . He—Tow pasaed ma without tpesb .fn^ to me, . 8h*-i0a, X must hate been thlnkmt •bemt yoa. Hi* W«r««Bo«ut in*mm mmrlr. When Philip D. Arinsar engaged t new «cretary, he 4id not tell him at what hoar In the morning to report. trim young ro »n appeared ot o. but fotuid Mr. Armour at Work. Nothing wat HIS ahottt iM «ecretary bemg late, * ;- 9Che next-Bay h e presented hlm««tf at half past 8, Only tO find Mr. Armour ahead of him. Bo on the diy following he came at 8 o'clock, with the same result. Determined to b e on hand boron- hu boat, he ««ae at 3:30 tho next day. only tt> be greeted by ilr. Armour wim the duesticn: •Ttounr man, ivin you tell me what yon do wittr yoorfbrenoonsr MtM» tm 'Illm. ••SOtt l*3r,*» tittered the fiancee of the fetstarlan, *'that you could fairly eat a*. J?ow» ^o't that contrary to thi tenets of your belief V* \Hot at ali,\ tMtrted the tegetnrian. •^tttKyeuaterne\— *^*hottldslmptfJ»e eating a penrh.\ Ke tw* talkmjr, ihe meat diet i«n't the only thing tbat makes, the mind actlte.-Jwd*». H«W WkmlAkm*, Dr.uk I. tsiS. Thkls how oar forefathers managsl ai a tlm* -j-hen tea and coffee w«» anknowa and beer was the comnna oeversre of the Soglishman. in Uu tferthumbetJand, Household Book, CO-J tnenccd In 161*. We have ali exhnns in account af ttie dotaeslic economy pf tin great rercy family, and from it w« learn that «t breakfast; which was served at t o'clock* in the morning, the eat! sad cotuifess Bid a qtrart of bo-i and a qnart of wine between tbem; two Hon*-, v Mf- I^rne Ifercy and Mats- ter Percy,** a pottle (two quartsi ol bear, md. two chifdrea in the \Nuny* (aafliery) a quart of beer. #or dinner, it 10 o'clockf my lord and lady had a gallon tt beer aha? * pottle of wine, the two hoys it quart'efrbeorahd the youn- ger chllaren a pottle of beer. At sup- per* tt # o*c$ock; the earl and countess ahared a pottle of beer and a potUe of wine; the -children also had their al- lowance, 5\or •'Uvery,\ which wns served ha. the bedroom between 8 an-! 6 o'clock in tbe evening, the parents wete supplied with a gallon of bee. and a qaartpf wiwSaad each pah t>{ chiidreii With a pottle df beer. Surels there could in this Case have been no \cbrinkhig^ between meals t \ « bondoa Ohronlcie. * - yaleta^-^f^Atfbfir ir*th6 most ego tistleai chap I ever- m,efc Brusher-^Haw'* that? -FaIette^-Why,T6very aaie he paints i landscape he Imagines he flatters n* tu^j-MGhicagiWNews, \To.heair that young Clerk talk yo» wo^rp^mhakhe owaM^thesjplace.\ \Ilow'aihatr -**Why, he never saya-a worcv*s=f\ sf »*t e^ltfy^-tesiBUi tm Journal 0?he, dowry of a Turkish bride is fix- •M---by-eHstem^t-»ftoiat' v fl570, which amount, for politic reasons, la seldom departed from, even by the^lich. The wedaing-4ay^»tovartably*Thursday, %aa ? She ^cusfemW wedding festivi- ^ea begin «rf Monuay'aSd last four days, Kinutp are''c^rrM-'on by mea ^nd?«dai6hi^e'patately,*aiift each day Is dmtingjiished by a different cere- at the vedoint feaat r , - . .-.- •\••..- '\ -'. ' «» 'i VOLM i t t ap -( yanoyBto nobby st»l . 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