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11 ABOUT HOLES IN THE GROUND. Wry Promising Reports from the Vanderbilt District. \ Great Anionnt of Development and Prospecting doing Ou. The Wilrox Mlnee at Julian -Chlno'a 151 -IONSSBI Mine—Lower California WlKtlnars— I'.ilntera from the Needles. A correspondent of the San liernar fino Times-Index under date of May I2tli, writes as follows about the Van.' Kerbilt district: Sim h my hitter of April L'lth we have had a heavy acceaeion to our population, frhirh now tiumbera several hundred, (vhilst the town ol Vanderbilt Is build fog op rapidly, both in lumbar and can vas houses. Two hoisting works are on Ihe (round, belonging to tho SI. George toiiipeny people. A. <1. Ompbell ol I! In ti has a force of men outraged in finking two different shads on lbi |! mmeraiig, one of the locations on the (•reat lleatty vein. Several un mines lave recently been bonded by L I Ange -111 people, who are here represented by .'harlea Oau field and (ieora-e Hay, aleo iy Frank Wilkinson and olliers No one doubts the richness and per manence of tho veins of litis district. I'otne 2(1 shafts and inclines ar.i now tinder way. A great deal of pmspSOtiM |i being dune some 15 or 20 miles to Ilia hortli of this, joat inside of ilo' Nevada state line, and iv Lincoln county, in Initny instances With most gralilying rosuits, the urea containing gold, silver ftnd leatl. Over in the New York district, the fame range as the Vanderhill iiiiuhh are n, the Ooloradd people lire now ruining fjuile extensively, employing about 120 men, ami extracting large <|ii»ntitiea of rich silver ore, which is being shipped to the Noeillcß mill nnd also to Deliver. The Nev.ult Southern will soon be poshed 00 to tins place, Manvel, op |>osite Now York, being the present terminus. We nre yet tv Ihe suds hs 10 mail matter, there being aa yet no con Iract let, and no disposition by 110 ds> pertinent manifested towards looking to Ihe letting oi one, so getting mid Carry ing our maris is a sort of a catch its you im, or go as yon please—now you get it, jow you don't. It rather look* as though, noting it her things, both San Bernardino and )ro Oriuide were going to colonize ou is. Charlo Lemon, I'ete Oame) and ithers of the latter place have (Ms lropped down in upon us with their lousebold goods, while from your city are Bee tHrgil X irp, who is now in the ull tide of business, tins McKlvaiu, ieorge ('lark Mid many others. Peninsular Mines. The Man Diego Union aoyn much ac tivity is noted of late in milling on tiie peninsular of Lower California. ' The most interesting movement being made Is the devolopmeut of the immense onyx beds of New I'edrara, which promise 10 become a greater bonanza than v gold mine. The Imparcial of f iuay mas says one of the mines in tbe district ol San Juan, on the gulf side of the peninsula, is produc ing ¥1400 and $1500 per day. Tho mine i« situated on n precipitous mountain, MOO feet above sea level, and theum .3 lei down on a steel cable ropeway three miles in length. The mill ie located at sen level, and water for working is ob tained from artesian weUs. George Fuller of tints city has solie ted a concession oi V(it> claims on a vein of gold, nndnr the name of Anto nio, situated on Cedros island, about threo miiea from the muling and milling company's lauding, lie has ulso solicit ed on tiie same ialaud Wi claims on a vein of iron, gold and copper, under tiie name of Prosperidad. Dr. L, Vaetiuez has bonded the I'orve nir and other prospects al I'anama, just below the line, to Han Fraucisco capi talists. MeuHre. H. Schachl, Capt. Merriman, Khodes, Caatrell and McKee of San Francisco, contracted laat June with Don BmUiano lliarrn, owner ol the gold mines of Oamalli, for the development of Heveral ol the properties. Tbey were passengers on the last a tenner lo Santo Domingo en route to taie mides to in spect, the work. Keperla reach the Lower Otvliforuian that two of the minea. the Otila aud La l'lnga, are down over i! 00 feet, with vein* and 11 feet wide, the ore averaging 128 per ton, Another prospect lately developed run I sso per ton. it is probable that a com pany will be formed to purchase the en tire group ol Sr. Inarrß. Several new footstool have been made at Alamo, though the prospects of tint! canip are not encouraging. H. A. Howard ol this, city has a fon-t at work on the late discoveries neai Juarez. Francisco BsCObat, an expert enced miner, is in charge of the proa peeling outfit. A Julian Mine. San Piege Sun: I !ie interest aroused 1 in the Ella/nine in the Julian mining ! district, which recently yielded s. N. Wilcox |ome $7000 from n 62-tou clean op, ie tuppleineuted by further facts re- i ceived from a correapondenl who writt-n of the Wilcox grcnp oi mines. Betides the Ella there are the Golden Gate, Pegleg and Extension, all adjoining and on the contact formation, tbe same aa the Golden Chariot mine, which pro duced from 1870 to 1805 nearly $1,000, --000. TilU latter mine is on a direct line southwesterly eoiun lour miles from tho Wilcox group. The KUa is believed to have $ 10,000 in light at the least calcu lation. Allot t! ena show croppinga of free gold, eapeciitby tbe Peglei, which ha 6on the dump one ton that will mill foil, and only n beginning. These mines have been leased several tintes in the la>-:t (ew yeara but have yielded very little, because the work waa done by tntmolins. Since 1870 the Ella has pro duced someililiirf like $33,000, hat this last ore body is a new ledge about 50 ieet higher up the mountain from the eld workings. The Wilcox family went to Julian in April, 1870, being pioneers ol the camp. Tbey have now tho most promising -roup of mines in the Julian gold belt, rith water power sufficient to run a Unap mill. The Bitumen Mine. Pha Chino Champion says: O. J. - inn will have the enperintendency it, Gird's bitumen mine, and will :i begin operations. There are riy contracts enough to keep a force nen cteadily engaged for some time. Newman's first work will consist Jn i-ending oi roadways or approaches • me deposits aad stripping the face so as to make the material easy to get at. I'\perls in Loa Angeles and Han Ber nardino have recently analyzed samples from the mine, and have pronounced them unusually rich and pure. It b hard to estimate the valne of these de posits at a source of revenue until a fit ting market has been made, aa certainly will be before long. The deposit la practically iaernauttible, and makes tbe finest possible roadbed, as the Los Ange les Paving company and the street rail way company of San Bernardino have found. Mr. Qird has offered and still offers to give any resident of Ohinn the privilege of taking out material for sidewalks, etc., around their property free. Dry Lake Placer Fields. J. S. Reed is in the city from the plscer diggings at Dry lake, about 35 miles northeast of Mojavo, tbe dlscov cry of which was first announced in j these columns two months ago. He re- I ports about fifteen people in camp, and states that they had just had a meeting, formed a district and elected a recorder. There is a scarcity of both dry washers and men. Help ia offered $2 50 per day. but cannot be aaenred. All the ground haa been located in the neighborhood of the camp, but parties coming in are finding a good thingoiitsideof the cimti. S ims excellent tinds aro reported. Mr Heed aud lt. M. HsJkcbarri struck a "pocket" and took out |SUO in three weeks. Aa a sample of what ia to be found in the plaors, Mr. Beed exhib ited a nugget that would weigh aorna- I thing over $10. — [Sau Bernardino Timea- I Index. -o- The Helvetia Mine Hold. San Snii: In accordance with a decree of court the Helvetia mine nnd Its machinery was today sold' by the sheriff". Too properly was purchased by M. .1. Qllmore, trustee foi the Pacific bank of oaii Francisco, aud a nun r of lien holders, ft is understood that par ties stand ready to give $15,000 for a clear title to the property. Pointers From the Needles. Needles Eye. Heverai carioaua oi ore irom tho Gladiator mine at New York waa run through the mill this week aa a teat. The Hold Iter Mining company lia» pold 1000 tone of ore from the Gold Bronie mine, Vanderbilt, to the Needled Reduction company. Kit Filbert an old Mohave count*. Ariz , miner, ia visiting Ne-dles. Hi intends outfitting for a trip to Vander bilt mining district in a few days. Vitnderbllt iajthe beat niiuniugcamp on tiie PaolSo coast today, abd capital (or the development of ita mines la fast flowing in. the gold is there, and in immense quantities. William t.yle, superintendent of the Gold bar mine, has gone to Man Fran cisco to purchase four miles of pipe throng!) which to convey water irom Rocky cation to the cum p. Charles. Mnnaghan is up from the ' Pittsburg mine. He brought, with him several large specimens from the bottom of 'ho main shaft on thi mine, one oi which can he seen at. the Kye otHce. Two contracts of 2(10 feet each have been let on the Flood snd f.yle shafts on the Gold liar mine at Vanderbilt, Theae contracts will carry the shafts to a dnptli of 400 feet. The mini is showing up in splendid shape. H X ration, one of the owners of tho j Hold Bronze mine in Vanderbilt, waß in i Needles yesterday. Mr. Patton Bay« that the camp iB building up very fast anil that the mines are improving aa de velopment work progresses. KoiJfrt Hunter, no old Nevada miner, died in Vanderbilt last Thursday. This "Tit rftß first death iv camp. Sir. lluutei had arrived in camp but a month ago Mm tie northern country, and was Bic* but v short lime belore death rolievd trim bom all earthly Iroubleß. Several prospectors came into town ! this week irom the country 18 milei bl i low Needles They brought iv some ! good looking ore and will hava it.asa»yeil ' today. They claim to have a big body of ore to work ou, shou d it prove rich enough to work. Tney also fouud some good placer ground, but it was too iar 1 ftum water to pay good wageu. She ffrlMVoo .Uewi. fwnsnmuwil at the OOaversation betwect two young girls nt (lion the other evetlinj It ran something like this and shows thn femininity is tho sume the world over: "My, Carrie, what a lovely hat you nave!' "Do you think sot" with a pleasedemlh "Why, 1 think it is just horrid. I've in!, mamma ever? tiriio 1 put it on that I woulc never wear it again." "Why, 1 think It is the most, beoesnini thing you ever wore." "Do youf Now, I think that veil ><.. have got is the moat bewit hing thing I evf r paw. lf I had your st vie" "Now, how mean youarel" blushingly "1 know you are making fun of me." "Indeed 1 am not," Indignantly, "Oh where did you tret that lovely pin? I thiol It ia the prettiest thing 1 lnivo ever Been." "Well, I will tell you. Charlie gave it t. ! me —hut ymi must never, never tell. I toll : mamma that Klin B gave it to me, fn ahe doesn't belie** in me having a fellow you know." "How mean! I think your Charlie is th sweetest fellow 1 oversaw, with theexcep ion of my Fred. You know that Chart! (Hints, and" "Squints! Who squints?" "Why; Charlie doss, und"— "Well, if he does squint, he hasn't gt. ad half. If my fellow had hair aa red at our l-'ied haa, 1" "Well," Indignantly, "ifha haa pot red tair, he doesn't have to carry a telescope, 01 , oontpaaa, or a fl Bill glass, or a sextant i> lnd out when- he is at. Charlie Went dowi. >y tho electric light works nt, Little Fall? heOtbeXnigh*. He hewd the eugine in he works pulling nway. lieing nearsiglu ■d, he couldn't see where ho w as. HeWS/ ound these stai-dmjt patiently in the morn up, and a switchman noticed him imd went ip to him and nuked bhu what ho was (lo ng H ere. 'Wiiiuug for the train to goby,' ac said, pointing to tho electric light works.' "Oh, you mean thing! You just made that up ont of Whole cloth. Anyway your Fred ia accused of sotting Are to the build ings destroyed in Little Falls. I heard that ho laid do\su in tha hay at the Hockton bam, and hia hair set fire" As there waa a strong prospect of a fight right at this point the observer got nway from tho scene aa quickly as possible—Lit Uo FaUs Budget. New Attraction. "Well, what is it?" asked the judge. "It's jist dis way," explained tho caller who had dropped in before the opening of tho court. "You-Roe, lam boss of the dime museum round the corner heTo, nnd I havo been hwrtn tbe fiat woman and the living skeleton Kit married ao often that lt haaibe oomtiwhat, the pr.ife.ih calls a frost—a chest nut. S?*e? Now, I've bora think in that a di vorce s>rit wonld ho about the proper thing to-hstch the jaspers, and I called to sec if 1 could ?ft yon to hold court fer de trial in Wiy piace. 1 think 1 kiu let you In fer 20 pcr 1 cent of do gate money. Is it ago?"—ln dianapolis ieurruii. LOS ANGELES JTEBALP. SUNDAY MORNTNO, MAY 2!, 1893. ALCOHOL A LA SWISS. RESULTB OF SIX YEARS' OPERATION OF THE MONOPOLY PLAN. r Statistics Which Will Interest America* 1 Headers Because of the Fact That Rom* 6 . tint Similar Blsthoda Are I'ropoaed Ii Porta of Thia Country. Tho particular method of dealing with j the alcohol question whk his now adopt s ed in Switzerland is discussed by Mr. W, , Milliet of Uermi in a recent publication of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. There is, it seems, no appreciable cur | rent of opinion among tho Swiss in favoi ' • of total abstinence, considered either at a voluntary act or as the outcoma of 1 prohibitory legislation. It is trno fiiat by an amendment of tho federal conati- I tution passed in 18H5 the cantonal leg i islatnroH acquired the power of restrict ing tho number of places for the sale of liquor within their rospectivo jnrisdic- I tions. The power has ostensibly been i exercised in 14 cantons, but even in i these, taken ns a whole, tho number of taverns lias somewhat increased. No substantial remit, therefore, haa i followed the concession of restrictive power. Suofs, is not tho caso with tho Alcohol mtsaopoly introduced in 1887. This lias accomplished two things. It baa greatly improved the quality of tho distilled liquors consumed in Switzer land, und hits caused a marked reduction In tho use of thorn. Tho primary aim of the monopoly was to br/ng about tho substitution of fermented for distilled liquors, and short as is the period dur ing which the experiment has lasted tho results aro encouraging. D.fore the creation of tho alcohol mo nopoly, Switzerland suffered fr6m the practice) of peddling distilled liquors and from tho existence of a multitude of small stills in agricultural districts. Tho product of these stills, by reason of the primitive methods of manufacture and th* absence of rectificotion, was ex cluder) from the general market and was consequently consumed by thopeus ant distillers themselves. The effect of these small stills was to mako the daily dritikltig of "schnapps," 113 tho domestio raw Honor is called, almost universal anions farmers and agricultural labor ers, lt was tbe iilurming spread of alco holism that ensued which brought about tho chft.ngo In the federal condtitution whereby limited rights of interference with the liquor traffic wero granted to the aut iiorities, both federal and oan tonal, Sine* the creation of the alcohol mo nopoly, 1,400 largo aud small distilleries have boon suppressed by expropriation. From tho remaining 00 or 70 distilleries, the monopoly administration is the only pure has OY, The product does not go di ! roctly from distiller to purchaser. Tho administration takes it under fixed con ditions and brings it back to the trade only after it has been duly rectified. Of the profits of tho monopoly, otio-tenth, now amounting to about $140,000 a year, mut be applied to tho struggle with al coholism-—th.it is to say, to the maintc- MTMe of tho poor and the insane whoso lnistortuneß may bo traced to that mal- My. Now lis to tho effect of the mouopoly on the quantity of spirits consumed. In 1885 the consumption of distilled liquors ouTy«."3;J. "X part is due to the cessation of smuggling of distilled liquor* from Switzerland into the adja cent countries. But nfter reasonable de ductions on that scoro have been made, it is estimated that tho shrinkage in the uso of ardent spirits by tho Swiss them selves is not lens than 25 per cent The decreased consumption is obviously due not' only to tho extinction of private stills, but to the fact that a highor price must be paid for the product of distil leries. The joint effect of diminished consumption and of the greatly improvee quality of th* liquors sold is expectec" soon to show itself in tho statistics o£ al coholisra. We have said that the purpose of the Swiss legislature was not to abolish thi use of distilled liquorß, but gradually t< supplant it by that of wine or beer. T( that end, while tho price of spirits wai raised, that of fermented liquors wn lowered by relieving them from certait excise duties. So far as wino is con cemcd no marked change took place ii the volume of consumption between 188! ' aud 1830. This is attributed, however to tho remarkable decline of the homi production in the period named, a de cline which had to be made good by im porta tion. In the case of beor, on the other hand, tho effect of tho liquor monopoly on the habits of tiie Swiss people is unmistak able.. Tho consumption of beer in Swit zerland increased between 1885 and 1800 from 80 liters per capita to 45 liters, showing an advance of some 25 per cent. So far as the Swiss experiment has gone, it seems to show the possibility of sup planting to a considerable extent the use of ardent Bpirits by that of those fer mented liquors, such as beer, which con tain relatively little alcohol.—New ' York Sun. An Old Custom Seldom Followed. In many old families the -mstom has obtained from time immemorial of put ting an extra plate and chair for tho stranger or an unexpected guest. In those old days there was good reason for this. Hotels were few, and traveling waa mostly done by private conveyance. It was tho unwritten law of hospitality that the sttranger could find a weleomo in almost every household. Of course conditions liovo changed,'and generosity has taken a new form.—Baltimore Her ald. I Never Let Tea Bemnin In the Pot. Tea should never bo allowed to stand npon tho "grounds." If it must unavoid ably bo made some time before it is to be used, the liquid should be poured from tho leaves. It may then be kept ready for a delayed member of the family for a long time without serious deteriora tion, or at least without the addition of any harmful qualities. — Good House keeping. Ouinc at Auction. Homes for all, and at your own price; no reserve or limit —Wolfskill tract. Two hundred choice selected lots, front ing Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth and San Pedro streets, and contiguous cross avenues, adjacent to the Southern Tacitic milroad Arcade depot. A rare chance. Maps, etc., Los Angeles Land Bureau, 20," South Broadway. EXCITEMENT IN A DUTCH VILLAGE. History of a Cnrlooa Custom In the An ri* lit Land of fjroes. One night in October wo woro ntartlod by the ringing of tho alarm belle. We expected to find a firo, bnt the peasants ac they tumbled ont of their door shout ed, "Thecowsl The cows!" which brings na back to a curions bit of local history nnd custom. As is well known, the Zuyder Zee is kept back from these villages by a great dike that connects •and dune witli sand duno. During tho low water of summer the soa retires for ft long distance and the uncovered shore becomes fine pasturage, giving tho farm ers a chance to convert their own meager grass patches into hay for the winter. Unfortunately this provision of nature cannot bo enjoyed by all. It Is a bequest to these villages from a countess who died in the year 1642; to speak exactly, each descendant of a resi dent of tho villages of Laren, Blaricum nnd Huizen of that dato has inherited tho right to pasturo seven cows. Tliis privilego cannot be brought or sold; it can bo acquired only from un ancestor of tho villago of that date. When tho spring comes, the cattle are driven to the pastures, where they remain for tho summer. Their owners commonly livo miles away, and it necessitates two dnijy milking trips, on which they jog over in ft cart with tho cans and pails at midday and midnight. Tho pastures are hundreds of acres in extent, and for a long timo it puzzled us how an owner could find his cows on a dark night, but we d.scovercd that they have trained their animals to corao to ft certain place at tho same hour each day and night by always carrying to them fiomo dainty in the shape of salt and po tatoes. During tho summer these pas tures aro used without danger, but in tho autumn thosuccession of northerly gales, in conjunction with a high tide, will put tho land under many feet of water. Sometimes the inundation is so sudden that tho cattle aro caught by the rising waters and drowned. So at tho begin ning pf September watchmen are al ways stationed on the dike to keep a sharp lookout upon tho sea. Tho church towers of tho villages aro all in sight of ono another, and tho Huizen tower is in cloeo communication with thy dike. With a rise of tho sea tho man on tho diko hangs up a lantern; if the sea rises moro lio hangs up two. which is a dan ger signal, but if it rises fast threo, which says, "Great danger; come quick ly." Similar lights aro flashed from tower lo tower by watchers in tho bel fries, and at threo lights tho alarm bells am rung. This was tho alarm we heard, and in 10 minutes tho roads wero thronged with peoplo on foot nnd on horseback, rushing to the rescue of tho herds. This year nono wero drowned, but it was perilous work, and thopeasantsheavedlongsigha of relief ns they told us tho details nnd announced that the cows wero safe in tho stables for tho next six months.—H. W. Ranger in Century. Petor tho "Mint Bird." If you havo a silver dollar of IPSO. 1838 or 1839, or one of Ihe first nickel cents coined in 1050, you will find upon it tho true portrait of an American eagle that was for many years a familiur sight in the streets of Philadelphia. Peter, one of the finest eagles ever captured alive, KftS .the jjc4 of J.ho Philadelphia mint bird." Not. only did he havo free access to every part of tho mint, going without hindrance into the treasure vaults, where even tho treasurer of tho United States would not go alone, but ho used his own ; pleasure in going üboitt the city, flying I over tho houses, sometimes perching | upon lampposts in tho streets. Every body knew him and admired him, and even tho street boys treated him with re spect. Tho government provided his daily fare, and ho was.as much a part of the mint establishment as the superin tendent or tho chief coiner. He was so kindly treated that he had no fear of anybody or anything, and ho might be in tho mint yet if he had not sat down to rest upon one of .the groat flywheels. The wheel started without ' warning, and Peter was caught in the j machinery. One of his wings was bro- I ken, and ho died a few dayß later. The superintendent had his body beautifully mounted with tho wings spread to their fullest extent, aud to this day Peter stands in a glass caso in 1 ho mint's cab inet, where you may sco him whenever you go there. An exact portrait of him as he stands in the caso was put upon the coins named. —Harper's Young Peo ple- Sandwich Inlanders and Their Prleate. Tho Kahunas exerted their powere in different \vays, and formerly every chief-1 tain of nolo had his pet Kahuna. In the matter of conferring with the Kahunas as to the advisability of instituting a certain undertaking or as to what tho ontcomo of such an undertaking would be the process was much tho same as the oriental plan of consulting the oracle. There were Kahunas who removed the evil spirits and who mado the sick well, and, more influential than either of these, tho Kahuna who prayed the Kana ka to death. With the advent of tho missionary In ! the islands and tho abolition of idolatry ; the Kahuna industry received a setback, and the priests and prophets of the order ! have been slowly but surely losing their ;rri;>. until at the present time the Kahu nas that remain command tho fear and respect of but a few and are rejected by tho many as mountebanks.—Honolulu Cor. Chicago Tribune. Correct Speech In Rarely Heard. The-o are errors that are fallen into as f requontly by tho educated aa by tho igno rant. It is say to say that nine people in ten in using the expression '"wile away the time" for instance spell nnd pronounco it "while away," etc. An instant's thought is sufficient toConvincoone that "wilo" is tho word, yet bow few give that instant! It is a singular fact that absolute correctness of speech is so rare ly heard that it is in danger of boing mistaken for affectation when it is mot. —Boston Advertiser. Cure Your DandrulV. Smith's Dandruff Pomade has yet to find the first case of dandruff that one bottle has failed to cure. Try it For sale by Off Ac Vaughn,, corner Fourth and spring streets. Southern Faclflo Hair Katea. One fare for the round trip to all points I in Southern California on the Southern i Pscifio every Sunday. WESDEL EAHiXTS, GEO. W. FRIJTK, Geo. Easton, t Prwiderrf, Vie* rmtitleat. Secretary, m ANGLO-CALIFOBNIAIf BANK, I GRAND AUOTOFSALE, Thursday, May 25,1893,1 o'clock p m., on the Premises. 200—S ELECTED LOTS—2OO OF THE WOLFSKILL TRACT. Between THIRD and SEVENTH Btreets, the WOLFSKILL DEPOT and SAN PEDRO STREET and only four short block, of the Postofflce, in the very heart of the city. Carefully selected from each block and are some of the choicest liusiness and Residence lots in the tract. Wolfskill Avenue is 100 feet wide and six of the other principal streets are 80 feet wide. Three car lines pass through this tract—two of them are electric. Lots in this Tract have sold as high as $200 per front foot. This was OUR PRICE, a°otanoe a at' them[ A at YOUR'PRICE FOR THEY ARE TO BE SOLD UNDER THE HAMMER, Sale positive. You can jadge for yonrself the prospective value of this property. This selection of fine lots are to be sold at auction Thursday, May 25th, at 1 p. m. on the premises, WITHOUT RESERVE OR LIMIT,— And Probably a chance like this will never be offered again to the home-seeker, investor and speculator. TERMS: One-third cash and balance in 1 and 3 years with interest at 8 per cent, per annum FULL PARTICULARS, MAPS AND CATALOGUES, INQUIRE AT LOS ANGELES LAND BUREAU, n. S B°MrS: *~ Why People Dislike a Book Agent. "What is there about a book agent or a peddler of any kind that is so distaste ful to tho ordinary citizen of today?' said Martin Cole. "Tho efforts of these people to make »living is conscientious, and I atn positive there ia no work, on the face of the oarth that ia half so wearisome or soul trying as this one thing of canvassing books. There is no satisfaction in it and not even a good living. Every one turns, with disgust from the book agent. Probably it in "because peoplo cannot brook anything outsido of tho regular lines of trade. They prefer to have things in their pro per places—books in a book storo, candy in a candy storo and the like throughout tho long list of earthly articles that wo use. Then they want the stores close nt hand, so that they can rush out and secure what they want, paying spot cash for it- ■. — .. gitimate lines of trade, and they are. Then when a peddler arrives, tho mer chant or tho ordinary citizen immediate ly figures out that anything that must bo brought about to him to effect a sale must not be good. It is outside the le gitimate lino, and if it wore good lt would simply bo placed upon the market through the ordinary channels and left for tho public to conceive its morite. So, then, I figure out that this dissatisfaction with book agonts and the like resolves it self into the great law of order, which is an innato desire in the heart of every one."—St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Plg» Feet nnd Terrapin. A observing business man, who has had occasion to patronize at one time or another nearly every restaurant in the purely commercial section of the city, has discovered an odd relationship be tween two nrticles of diet which rarely if over occur singly upon a bill of fare. "You can bo reasonably sure," he said the other day, "that when you see 'liver and bacon' set down among the edibles you will not have to look far to discovor that you can also obtain a 'chicken liver omelet.' Perhaps this will explain," ho added cynically, "why it is that bo often tho liver of the first dish appears in small triangular pieces in the oaielets." The gentleman might have transferred his observances also to certain up town restaurants which cater to the "swoll" mcjnbers of socioty. It's dollars to dough nuts that in at least one-half of those which boast of their lino cooking, when ever terrapin a la Maryland or Philadel ph'a or any other style is to bo had, it will require but little urging to obtain fried pigs' feet. Pigs' feet und diamond back terrapin do not closely resemble one another in their natural state, but what a difference when they are stewed, either separately or together, with Madeira wine and vari ous concomitantsi An epicure only can detect tho subterfugo by tho slightly larger bones of the pig's trotters.—New York Herald. How to Select Good Help. One of tho most astute business men in New York city, who has through his own ciiorts bnilt np an enormous estab lishment, and who gives employment to hundreds of men, some of them at very large salaries, told me he had very little difficulty in finding tho right kind of men for any deportment of his work. I was surprised to learn this and asked him what was tho secret of his success. He said: "I havo man to whom I pay as much as $0,000 a ysar. I hftvo sometimes been disappointed in my selection of helpers, but as a rule I never fail to got the kind of a man I want. My first rule is to se lect for experienced help only the men who havo succeeded in wliat they havo undertaken. "No matter how prepossessing a man may be, how taking in appearance or in apparent <jualifjcs/sions, I never engage him," ho added, "if I find that he has mado » failure in anything- On tho oth er hand, no maitcr hew plain and un prepossessing a man maybe, if 1 learn from his story that ho has been promoted step by step; that he ' has always re mained in a place until he was advanced, and that every change he made was a change for the better, I engage him at once. Such men never disappoint me." —New York Mail and Express. Xce In the Government Buildings. One gets a vivid notion of the magni tude of the departments from the vast quantities of ioe and coal which are re quired to quench the thirst -of the 38,000 clerks and keep them warm. The treas ury consumes a ton and a half of ice daily, taking an average the year round. An equal qoantity is used in the war, state and navy building. But the de partment of the interior is the great de vourer of ice. Including the pension of fice, it gobbles np from five to six tons every 24 hours. The quantities utilized are variable. Each department makes its own contract much for supplying all tho frozen water required, whatever it may be. All the departments, together with their branch es, consume 84,000 pounds every day.— Washington Star. Flay Better Than Gymnastics. The pre-eminently recreative exorcise is play. This natural gymnastics brings with it an attraction that animates the most indifferent and gives inspiration to the most phlegmatic And what a con trast there is between pupils exercising in play and those upon whom syste matic gymnastics aro imposed—between English school children, for example, and French I —M. F. Lagrange in Popular Science Monthly. Bargain Goods Factor!™. Lynn, Mass., has a bargain goods fac tory, whioh turns out oheap goods of excollcnt appearance for the bargain; counters. The American bargain seeker hae called for each things, and now if shams ore made to deceive him he most not grumble. There aro 16 of such bar gain goods niaaiifaotorioa, and tho bar-: gain goods era is jj&at now at its zenith,' —Exchange. The C*»io Value of the Teacher. Since the days of Aristotle and hia predecessor, Plato, thero haa, I think, been no great ethical or political writer who haa ignored what I may perhaps call the civic value of education. Soc rates himself (if indeed the "Theages" is good authority), in a passage which is possibly familiar to you as it is quot ed by Roger Ascbamin "Tho Scholemas ter," enunciates thoopinion that "noono goeth about a more godlio purpose than ho that is mindf ull of the good bringing up both of hys owne and other men's chil dren." "What greater or better serv ice," says Cicero, "can wo render to the state than by teaching and educating tho ' young?" St. Chrysostom, setting the seal of Christian authority to the judgment of the rofined pagan world, exclaims, "There is no greater art than this of education, for what is equal to the pow er of disciplining tho character and molding tho understand of a youth?"— Contemporary Review. Women Should Try Railing Violets. Such has lieen the rage for violets this eoason that the wholesale dealers have hardly been able to supply the retailors, who have paid as high as $1.75 a hundred for thotn through Lent nnd have paid since at"times a penny apiece. Just be fore Easter one florist sold 3,000 bunches in a single day. It seems to mo there iB a suggestion in these facts for some re fined, capable woman, who would like to ' add to her income. Ask any gardener, and ho will tell you viokts aro easily 1 raised; that the forcing of tbem in frames 1 through tho winter is not at all difflctrlt. and if one can carry tho same direct to 1 tho retailer during the busy season a big ' profit is assured. Whc.t one can do on ' other may attempt, and it i* certain that 1 this season a certain olerk living in tho suburbs brought into tbo city every morning freshly picked bunches of vio \ lets which greatly increased his income. ■—B«* iklvn TZanda 5 Health, Can you buy © Wit? Yes, when it is© g possible with a single© Beecham's Pills Qto cure Indigestion X Q Biliousness and Sick-X fj headache. "VbS" X THI IiRUT f .1 A/yV^ HINDOO REMEDY XrWX^/^&f^l PKODtTCXS TH*. ABOVE a . W KKftri/rs In 80 PATH. 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