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White Pine News.
BUY, NEVADA.
Sou Storm..
Tim connection between the aurora,
luu spots ami magnetic disturbances
haa never been explained, but many
Observations have shown that It def
initely exists. The outbreak of a cy
clonic Btorm on the sun with the for
mation of spots Is Immediately regis
tered In c-. ,-ry magnetic observatory
an the earth. Sometimes the disturb
ance of terrestrial conditions la very
marked.
For example, on Feb 13. 1892, a
(rent spot, accompanied by enormoua
cyclonic disturbances, burst forth ou
the sun's surface. That night a mag
nificent aurora was visible all over the
northern half of the t.'ulted States and
in many parts of Europe. Telegraph
lug w as carried on between New York
end Albany without batteries.so strong
were the earth currents. The tele
graph system of Sweden was com
pletely paralyzed, and In Russia much
difficulty was experienced with the tel
egraph lines. At the Kew observatory
ID England the magnetic needle swung
two degrees out of Its normal position.
All this has furnished physicists and
astronomers a fruitful field for study,
tud a vast mass of observations has
been accumulated, but so far no satis
factory explanation of the mysterious
bond of sympathy lietween solar and
terrestrial Influences has been forth
coming. nor does any one yet know the
true nature of the nurora.
Doesn't Waste Words Now.
"My husband.” said the lady wh#
tombed her Imlr straight back from
ber brotv, "used to waste words s good
deal, but lie lias gradually outgrown
the habit since be and I hare known
each other."
"And how lias this happened?" the
ather woman asked.
"It lias Just bet'ii a sort of natural
development evolution, you might per
haps call It. The first letter if? ever
wrote to me was shortly after we had
become acquainted and before there
was really anything like an under
standing lie! ween us. This Is the way
be signed It:
"Tour., ror Spur Mitt Wr»ton, mst .tncerrli
Joss Hamilton Eanton
"There, you see. were ten words —
enough for n telegram—Just to bring a
commonplace friendly letter to an end.
But after we became engaged his first
letter to me was signed In this way:
•■Yourr. mr darling, affecliongtrlj. Join.
"That, you will observe, was a re
dnctlou of .Vi i>er cent from Ills conclu
sion as a mere friend. The first letter
he ever wrote to ine after we were
married was signed:
"Tour., Joss"
She stopped for a moment and sighed
and then continued:
“We have lieen married 17 years
now. Yesterday I received a letter
from him. Here Is the way It was
signed: "J.”—Chicago Ttmcs-Herald.
Thr Belief Is Charms.
A belief In charms has existed In all
ages and has been shared by all peo
ples. It Is a natural result of supersti
tion. The phylacteries worn by Mo
hammedan and JewlBh women on the
forehead form but one phase of this
universal belief. Faith, however, Is
deemed essential aDd Is true of all tal
lamans that are copied from old pat
terns and not constructed according to
the rules of the cabalistic art.
Talismans to be efficacious must be
constructed when the planets are Id
benefic configuration. It Is then that
the magic geometrical words and fig
ures Inscribed thereon are more potent
In their results for good. The date of
birth of the person for whom the talis
man Is made must also be considered,
so that bis particular lucky star Is tak
en Into consideration.
Many great men were believers In
talismans and wore them constantly.
Napoleon especially was very supersti
tious and carried on his person a cbarm
given to him by an Egyptian priest,
which be regarded as being responsl
ble for bis great success In battle. Tile
Rothschild family. It Is said, also bas
a talisman, which Is an heirloom. It Is
In the shape of a snuffbox and Is said
to have brought the family the great
wealth for which It Is celebrated.—New
York Herald.
Settled Oat of Coort.
A barrister riding his bicycle on a
path was caught by a policeman. The
gentleman at once came off the path
and tried to reason with the policeman.
“You aren't really going to run me
In for this?" he asked.
“Yes, sir. I can’t help It.”
"Well, come In here (a public bouse
close by), and we will talk about It.”
The policeman followed the gentle
man, who ordered two glasses of beer,
une for himself, the other for the po
liceman, both of which were finished
before he again remarked:
“Surely you are not really going to
make a fuss about this?”
“I must, sir. It's my business.”
“Ah! Then at the same time It will
be my business to report you for drink
Ing beer while on duty.”
The policeman's expression sudden
ly changed.
"You're a lawyer, I suppose, sirT’
“Yes.”
“And a sharp one, too,” be said as
be went out and left the gentleman
to continue hla ride.—London Answers.
Pussted.
A Bangor shipmaster wrote home to
the vessel’s owner telling of the condi
tion of the freight market where be
was—out In the Windward islands.
Business was dull, and the vessel had
been In the same port for some time,
nud the captain wrote, "We are In
ntatu quo.” The owner for the next
-week was engaged In searching the at
las of the West Indies trying to find
out. as be put It, “where In thunder
this 'ere statu quo Is!”
One Thins Needful.
Irate Father (of pretty girl)—What!
Is It possible you are here again after
the treatment you received last night!
Young Man—Yes, sir. When you
kicked me down stairs and set the dog
on me. the animal tore a large piece
from my trousers.
Irate Father—Well, Isn’t thatenough?
Wbut more do you want?
Young Man—If It Isn’t too much
trouble, sir, I would Ilk# that piece
of cloth —Cblcagv Nsws.
THI OAPITAL OP OHINA.
Described Alllteratival? as (be Plar
of “Dust. Dirt and Disdain*
Pekin lends Itself to nickname oni
alliteration. Au English minister <l«
scribed It as tbe piece of "dirt, dual
and disdain." Others have found II
like Lord Amherst, a city of dcspslt
Henry Norman says that the two mo
oienta when one appreciates it are thi
llrst sight of Its frowning gates and thi
last Whatever It la or Is uot to thi
j“men of long views,” It must alway
ihe one of the nerve centers of btiuiai
Interest and international relations
During the dynasty of those Mings
Iwhose name was the warcry of thi
Talplugs, and Is to-day in the mouth:
of many of the secret societies tbs
, form tbe great difficulty of Chinese rule
and management, It wns a city of bu
second-rate Importance.
Their attention waa given to the em
belllahment of tbe now half-wastet
! city of Nankin, often called "the ua
tlonal capital.” but Pekin has been tht
Imperial capital since the Ta-Tslugi
seized tbe throne, and those who art
uuallfled to speak are of opinion Mini
any notion of degrading It from its
pride of place, to ault the convenient
of European diplomacy. Is foredoomed
to failure. It Is not only the capital
of the Mancbua, It Is the capital of the
mandarins. The official word Is of the
Pekinese stamp, and the Pekinese is
the official language, the tougtie of the
graduate and educated tnau. To the
fear It has a pleasanter and softer sound
Ebon the rough dialects of the prov
Incea, and It has beeu developed and
^molded to the elaborate and ornate
phrases of polite society. The "sh" la
Lften heard Instead of hnrder and more
(incouth conjunctions.--London Tele
graph.
A literary autobiography of William
Dean Howell*, bearing the title of
"My Acquaintance Among Author*
A Peraonal Retroapect of America u Lit.
eraturo,” li to be run a* it aerial before
being brought out in book form.
Elizabeth Itobblns, the American
actress who gained a reputation In
England as an Interpreter of characters
Id Ibaen's plays, and whose first novel,
'The Open Question," excited consld
erable comment last year, will publish
her eecond work of fiction In the au
tumn.
Maurice Hewlett, whose "Forest
Lovers" Is now two years old, and who
has In the Interval produced no sus
tained romance, Is well on hie way ta
complete a new book, of which the
title Is already announced, "Richnrd
Yea and Nay." This imperious Rich
ard Is Richard Coeur de Llou, of whom
Mcott, to name one only, has made such
tine use In romance.
"Miss Johnston typewrites her own
stories,” writes Annie Kendrick Walk
er In the New York Times Balurdny
Review after an Interview with Miss
Mary Johnston, the author of "To
Have and To Hold," which Is now
paat Its 200th thousand. "She spent
last summer ut a fashionable resort In
the Alleghenies, and the click of her
typewriter weg frequently heard far
Into the aummer'g night, as she was at
work on the concluding chapters of
"To Have and to Hold,’ then ruunlug
aerially In the Atlantic Monthly."
Everybody knows tbe tragic tale ot
tbe burning of tbe manuscript of Car
lyle’s “French Revolution” by Johu
Mill's housemaid. Carlyle, who took
so tragically tbe crowlog of cocks and
other minor distractions of life, bore
this supreme trial with tbe heroism he
worshiped in others. It Is indeed hard
to say whether for Mill or for Cnrlyle
the trial were the more severe. Mill
looked so scared wheu he came to
break tbe news of the catastrophe that
at the sight of bla face Mrs. Carlyle
was frightened. Cunulnghame lira
ham has now been through tills tlcry
ordeal. The manuscript of "Thirteen
Stories” he had written perished In the
Ballantyne Are In the winter. Like
Carlyle, undaunted, he set to work to
rewrite them, and the book will he the
next published product of his uncon
ventlonal (his too self-consciously uu
conventional) pen.
Impertinence Justly Resented.
"1 would like," she said, moving shy
ly up to the counter, "to get some col
lars for my husband."
“Yes, ma’am,” anawered the affable
clerk; “what number, please?”
Then she flared up and replied:
"Sir! The church I belong to doesn'1
recognize divorces, and we have onlt
lived In Chicago alx months, anyway.'
—Chicago Times-Herald.
Sand Sprinklers.
The New York department of high
ways has purchased four new sand
sprinkling carts, which are to t>e used
on the driveways of tbe park and or
asphalted streets. They will sprinkle a
fine layer of sand on the driveways tc
make rough places smooth, and by the
same proeess It Is thought that sllpperj
asphalt pavements can bo made safei
when covered with lee or rain.
Jewish Court In England.
There Is a Jewish court In Great Brit
aln known as Beth Din, which Is pre
sided over by the Very Rev. Dr. Adler
chief rabbi of England. Its decision!
Bre not of course legally binding, but
all who come before the court art
asked to sign a form accepting the de
clslon as Anal.
Military Victims of Alcoholism.
The Russian government has contrlh
tiled a handsome sum of money towari
the erection of a hospital for soldleri
In the army who have become vlctlmi
of alcoholism.
When you see a woman start out o:
her bouse after dark In a stealthy fasb
Ion, wlUi a bag In her arms, It mean
she Is on her way to drop kittens lnb
some yard.
Nearly every man tries to toll Iris]
•tones; only on# la n thousand can tel
them walL qj. .. ...
Suppose we sMite.
t ■ --
t HUMOROUS PARAGRAPHS FROM
THE COMIC PAPERS.
Pleasant Incident* Occurring ll**
World Orer- SajriuB* that Are Ihcer
tut to Old or Voung-Kuun) Kelei
tiona tliRt Everybody W 111 Enjoy.
“Kind lady.” he inquired as he la
apected the stuff of a great dally Jour
nal, “what Is your work iu this Journal
istic establishment?”
“I write the ‘Reveries of a Bachelor,’
kind sir.” she replied sweetly.
Woman.
“Billy never tells a funny story when
his wife is around.”
“Does she contradict him?”
“No; but If he doesn’t beffln the story
correctly In every minute jMirtlcular
•he takes It away from him, tells It
accurately in small details und leaves
out the point.”
Accommodating.
Tramp—Madam, won't you plena®
give me an ole pair of yer husband *
■hoes?
Madam—What size do you wear?
Tramp—Anything from four up
Compelled to Show Off.
"Mrs. Bliinmerton. next door. Is hav
ing her parlors and halls papered."
"Good: now she'll have to give a re
ceptlon or a luncheon or a tea."
Needed a Light.
“What did the census man ask you.
Larkin?" said Bunting.
“He asked me If I had a match almut
my clothes.”
A Iteathleaa Blossom Needed.
Holly—That perpetuated palm makes
me think
Polly—Makes yon think of what?
Dolly—Wouldn't It l>e a lovely thing
If they would make |«*n>etua ted orange
blossoms ?
An Error Corrected.
Clara iwlth thoughts of an empty
pew)—You weren’t out Sunday, were
you, Fred?
Fred (Impulsively)—Yes. 1 was—three
times—struck out twice and tiled out
to Casey at third.—Boston Courier.
Always the Way.
‘Indeed, I never say anything to my
wife about the discomforts of house
cleaning."
“Why not?"
“If I do she gets sorry for herself,
quits and goes to lied." Indlsnapolls
Journal.
The Canal Cry.
“Are you going to spend the summer
In town, Hllklns?"
"I exjiect to. My wife will do all the
spending out of town that I can af
ford.”—Philadelphia Bulletin.
May la Time.
She—They've got a new girl at HI
rain's.
He—Is that so? Can she cook any
better than the last one they had?
She—Well, hardly. This one Is only
aliout 24 hours old. -Philadelphia Rec
ord.
Love-Making in Boer Hhine.
'•Where are you trekking, my pretty
maid ?"
“To yonder kopje, sir.” elie said.
"Could I go with you, my pretty
maid?*'
"You could if you veldt tlmi *ay," she
said.
—New York Journal.
Merely a Hint.
He (as the dock atrlkes 12»—'This la
the hour that graveyards yawn.
She—Well, they have my sympathy.
Concerning the Bummer Girl.
Jack—Well, whatever the rammer
flrl may be, there la one thing ahe Is
not.
W1U—What’s that?
Jack—She la not contagious?
Will—How do yon mean?
Jig k—You can’t catch her.
Hie Guess at It.
“What doea It mean. Tommy," the
f)nnday school teacher asked, "where
t aaya 'they rent their clothes?’ ”
•T suppoae they couldn't afford to buy
1 them.” replied Tommy.
The Neat Question,
"Excuse me, sir,” said the census
wummtor, briskly, after the name
and age had been duly recorded, "but
what la yonr occupation?"
"I am a poet."
"But wbat do you do for a livingr
What It Wu.
Teacher (after some explanation)—
Now, children, what la an epidemic?
Bright Scholar—It's where everybody
gata sick and we don’t have to go to
•cbool for ever ao long.
i Noteworthy.
OttJ Editor—How did that deaf and
dumb wedding come off?
‘ Reporter—Very quietly.—PhUadel
1 gUa North American.
I Quit* PMitfri
"That fcirl accept* rtnat fr»m men
sbr doeib't know.''
"IIow can she?'*
"Has to. Site's a telephone girl
I'liiladclpbl* Bullet I u
Her Instrument*
*'I>oh Mist Giddy play?” asked Prof.
Dalsegno of Mr. Hunker.
1 -Oh. yen. She’s playing young <’«1
lowhlil now.”-Detroit Free Press.
Hurd and Soft.
She .She has a soft s[H>t !u her heart.
1 if you can only And it.
lie—Perhaps, but I fear I’d And It
i hard to And It.—Philadelphia Press.
Her Little Joke.
He—Her beauty quite Intoxicate, uie.
She—Perhaps It's her .tulles
the Knew Her Sex.
He—I’ve just been dancing with Mist
sharp. She was talking about you
She (Indignantly) Was she? The
nasty, spiteful thing!—Judy
Numerous Time*.
Little Mike (nurelng Ills aching Jawi
—Feyther, did yea Iver bov a toot'
pulled?
MeLubberty leueouraglngly)—Hun
dreds av 'em, me b'y; hundreds av 'em.
—Judge.
For Resumption.
Tramp—Gimme a dime, mister?
Philanthropist (suspiciously)—You've
l**en drinking, haven’t you?
Tramp tmeekly)—Yes, sir. and I’m
broke. I want the dime to resume bus
iness with at the old stand.— Dotroit
Free Press.
It Touched Her.
Excited lady (at the telephone!—I
want my husband, please, at once.
Voice i from the exchange)—Number,
please?
Excited l*ady (snappishly)—Only tho
fourth, you Impudent rhlng.—'Tld-Bits.
Getting Even.
"Please piny something more, profes
sor."
• With pleasure. But It Is 11 o’clock.
What will tiie (>eople In the next Aal
think r
"Oh. don’t consider them. They poi
soned our dog yesterday."
Rich.
“They say Jones la making all kind*
of money in Nome now."
"How’s that?"
"In the day time he stakes his claim
and In the evening he claims his
stakes."
A Uaaon from South Africa*
"To nutmanenver the enemy mean*
what, ma?"
•To outnumber them, my boy."
Any l.angnase
' <>azzuin—What! You are going to
the Paris exposition alone? Why, you
can’t speak a word of French!
Singletree—No; but I can spend
money.
The Price of Envy.
Mamma—Why don’t you eat your ap
ple. Tommy?
Tommy—I am waiting till Jimmy
Post come*. It wouldn't taste half as
good If there was nobody to see me
eat It.
And Temper,
"Do you tthlnk, professor, that bumps
on a man's head Indicate anything aa
to his character?"
"As to Ills wife’s character, 1 should
say.”
The German Idea.
"in America, am told, they have
buildings twenty stories high.”
“What bliss to lean out of the win
dow anil smoke s pipe fifteen stories
long."
No Advantage.
Young Bride (ecstatically)—I can nev
er lieglu to tell you all the exquisite de
lights of married life. Now. every
night, after dinner, my husband sings
to me.
Old Maid-My teakettle does the
same thing.
Hts Prospects Good.
"Do you think he can support you
In good style after you are married,
dear? I hear he Is worth nothing."
"1 know Harold lan’t rich, mamma,
but he has hts life Insured for $20,000,
and I could get along quite comforta
bly on that.”—Chicago Tribune.
tin progressive.
Kasaock—llev. Stiggers has lost the
chance of lielng a very famous man.
Knaver—Iu what way?
"He resigned the pastorate Instaed
of undergoing a trial for heresy."— 1
Life.
Extra.
Here, waiter, why are you charging j
me $3 for this pigeon?"
"It was no ordinary pigeou, sir."
"What?"
"It had been taiued, sir."
Women's Canoe In Japan.
Obviously the Japanese do not agree
with Tennyson that “the woman’s cause 1
Is man’s,” for the Tokyo correspondent
of the Nagasaki Press announces that
there will appear shortly a weekly pa
per entitled the Fujo Bhlmbun (wom
an's paper), under the auspices of well
known men and women.
The prospectus Just Issued says that
the paper will be devoted to tbs promo
tion of Interests affecting the fair sex
In Japan, and will also conduct war
fare against social abuses, to which no
quarter will be given. Editor, report
ers and other members of the staff will
consist of women.
Probability as to “Papa’s” Return.
“Is your father going to be back
soon?" asked the stranger.
"I dunno," answered the small boy
In leather clothes who stood at the door
of a Crimson Oulch dwelling. "Pap
has a purty good hose, but ao has some
of the folks on the vigilance committee.
I reckon Pd Agger on pap’s gettln’ horns
m about twenty minutes, or never."—
‘ Washington I tar.
Tb» director of the Paris Observe
tory states that the map of llie heavens
on which wovk h*s been progressing
for nearly ten years Is nearly com
Sided. It will show nearly thirty mill
ion stars dowu to the fourteenth mag
blturie.
, Krauk SI. Chapman. In speaking of
Ihe migration of birds, says ihe bird*
f’hlcb do not fear attack may migrate
oldly In the daytime, but the timid
jlrds of the forest wait until dark,
then mount bigh In the air, aud I'.y In
large numbers, keeping in touch with
their fellows by constant calling.
The Pacific Submarine Telegraph
Survey, aboard the steamihip Nero,
has taken two ds**p«i’ easts and regis
tered the two -larpest temperatures
over recorded. The depths are 5,ld0
and 5,2011 fathoms, a.-.d the tempera
tures are 80.9 degrees at 5,070 fu thorns
and thirty-six degrees at 5'01 fathoms.
Th« new double telescope of the Pots
dam Observatory w«s recently dedi
cated. It consists of two very large
telescopes arrauged side by side ou one
mounting. The larger, of 82 inches
aperture and 89.4 feet focal length. Is
for photographic use; the other, of 20
, Inches aperture and 41.2 feet focal
length. Is for visual observations. The
primary object of this telescope is to
measure, with all possible accuracy,
the velocity of stars that arc approach
ing or receding from the earth.
The California Miners' Association
has recently published a treatise on the
mineral wealth of that State which
brings out some facts that are uot gen
erally known. Gold, of course, holds
the lead, but It will probably surprise
pany to learn that the value of the
quicksilver annually produced in Cali
fornia is 50 per cent, greater than the
lvalue of the silver found there, and
that even the petroleum output of the
State exceeds the sliver production In
value. Copper and borax rank among
the important minerals of California.
The filtration of the water supply of
cities by means of sand filter-beds, or
mechanical contrivances, has rapidly
advanced in this country during Ihe
past ten years; but It Is far more gen
eral In Great Britain than here. Allen
Hazen, an authority on sanitary engi
neering, avers that the fact is fully es
tabllshed that the death-rate from ty
phoid fever Is materially lowered by
the filtration of the water-supply. In
Great Britain, cities containing an ag
^regale population of more than 10,.
000,000 people use a sand-filtered
water-supply, and the result, it Is
plalmed, is shown in London's freedom
from typhoid. In this country only
one-tenth of the towns and cities have
filtered water.
The discovery of the part played by
infected rats In the dissemination of
.he bubonic plague 1ms led to u new
nterpretatlon of a passage In the l-'irst
Book of Samuel, describing a fatal
sickness which affected the Philistines
after they carried off the Hebrew Ark
pf the Covenant. Mice are mentioned
m connection with the epidemic, aud
(his fact, together with the descrip
tion of the effects of the disease, leads
Doctors Tldswell and Dick of Ihe Itoy
al Society of New South Wales to the
conclusion that the epidemic described
In Samuel was an outbreak of the bu
bonic plague. This carries the history
pf that disease 800 years farther back
than it bad previously been recorded.
GENESIS OF GLASS WINDOWS.
They Were Not Used in Dwellings
Till Long After Tbelr Discovery.
The method of preparing glass was
known long before It was thought of
making windows of It. Klch people >u
Home had their windows, or the open
ing of tbelr baths, filled with mica or
transparent stone. It Is supposed that
glass was used for svludows durlug the
reign of Titus, fragments of glass plate
having been found at Pompeii, which
was destroyed In Ills reign, hut the first
certain mention of this use of glass is
fouud In writings of the third century.
St. Jerome also sneaks of It as used A.
I). 4--. Benedict Btscop Introduced
glass windows In Britain A. D. 074,
though they may have previously beeu
; brought In by the Homans.
The oldest glass windows at pres
ent existing are of the twelfth century
and are In the church of St. Denis.
I They appear to have beeu preserved as
part of the old church, which was
; erected before the year 1140 by the Ab
bot Huger, a favorite of Louis le tiros.
Huger hnd sapphires pounded up and
mixed with the glass to give It a blue
tint. A writer of the period accounted
it one of the most striking Instances of
splendor which he uiet In Vienna In
1458 that most of the houses hail glass
windows. Another authority, Fellblen,
says that In his time (1000) round glass
discs were set In the windows of Italy,
and we find that In France there were
glass windows In all the churches In
the sixteenth century, though there
were few In dwelling houses. The
manufacture of window glnss In Kng
land was begun In Crutched Friars,
Iiondon, early In the sixteenth cen
tury.
THE SOUTH'S SMALL FEET.
Shorter Tlua Northern Feet and with
More Aristocratic Insteps.
"There Is uo doubt a marked differ
ence,” said the manufacturer to the
New Orleans Tlmee-Democrat man, "In
the size and shape of the average foot
north and south of Masou and Dixon's
line. A great deal of nouseuse has
' been written about the so-called "cre
; ole last,’ hut the shoe best ndapted to
i high-class Southern trade does pos
sess certain distinguishing features of
1 Its own. It Is shorter than the North
ern shoe, to begin with, and lias a much
higher Instep. The difference In the In
step varies from one-half to one and a
yhalf Inches, which Is equivalent to say
ing thut a man with a typical Southern
(foot could not get Into a shoe made on
it typical Northern last. The creole
model cuts less of a figure In the trade
^iow than It did formerly, for two rea
sons: First, people wear looser foot
gear at present than they used to and
i the distinctive points are not so notice
able, and, second, an Immense sum
| bar of Northern folk have come into
I Uit Aouth and the local manufacturers
I cater to their patronage with a conatd*
; erable percentage of the factory out
put. Bui the native .Southern customer
still cull* for a short, high arched alme.
“lu the old duya every Southern gcti
I tlemati had I 's l»oots and shoes# made
to order aud the Impreaaloi. la even
now pretty general that no factory
iu»de ..rtlcle can poaalbly he ns good
>18 the hand-built ware* tuiued out by
the antebellum craftsman. That Is a
great mistake A lilgh-ehiss machine
made shoe Is b iter than anything pro
duced by hand, for tlie simple reason
that the stitching is absolutely uniform
throughout, lu hand work no two
stitches are of exactly the same ten
siou. but on the machine they are ns
like as so many peas The result of
tills uniformity Is that the shoe holds
Its shape better and lasts longer. That
Is one point out of many. The only
question Is that of being lined, aud
last-making has been reduced to tumli
an exact science that there is no di(h-»
culty with any foot not absolutely de*
formed."
LONESOME AMONG CROWDS.
Travelings Men Often Keel \N uni of Com*
l>Mnion«lii|* in siriiii>[« I'lme*.
“There are many degrees of loiielt
ness," reflectively remarked a grizzled
commercial traveler, “but there it one
that when l used to experience it hit
me worst ot ail 1 tell you.” continued
the man oi mileage books aud Humph*
trunks, "it is the sensation that comes
over a man, especially a young man.
when he is on a train carrying him Into
a great city for the first time. It g-u
orally strikes him as the outskirts of
the city are reached and the twinkling
electric lamps begin to come Into view.
As the train gets uearer the center of
the city and the lights multiply leu
fold the sensation iucrer.se* utmost lu
like proportion, but it doesn’t get In its
beat licks until the train stops iu the
center of the big slut ion aud i he passe n
gers begin to disembark
"Here is where the newcomer feels
Indeed that he is a stranger in a strange
land. Say the train load number* .'too
or 400 passengers. It seems to him that
every other man aud woman has some
friend or relative to meet hint, or else
! knows exactly where to go to meet
friends and acquaintances, and bow to
get there quickest As for himself. |><«
may know the name of the hotel at
which lie Intern’s to stop, hut he has
never seen It and he hasn’t the slight
cst idea In what direction to go to reach
It. lie hn* to turn to a policeman for
directions as to Its location or to n
hnckman to haul hint there. If nnv man
ever thinks of his home town, where he
knows everybody and everybody knows
him; where lie can go about blindfold
ed almost ns well ns with hi* eye* open,
he thinks of It then. And. In nine times
out of ten. he wishes himself hark
there.
"With the second trip to a city the
| lonely feeling begins to wear off and
after a while, the victim of It grows to i
looking forward to getting back there
again. But It hits the most of it* hard
the first time. Just as I have described,
and It’s a mighty depressing sensation,
you may well believe.”—Philadelphia
Inquirer.
LAW AS INTERPRETED.
Statute to license autl regulate the j
busluesa of commission merchants, or
persons selling agricultural products
ami farm produce on commission. Is I
held, lu State ex rel. Beck vs. Wngcuor
(Minn.), 4ti 1,. It. .v 4411, to be a valid
exercise of the police power, and not
an Infringement of the constitutional
rights of auch merchants.
A statute making It uulawfttl to work
more than eight hours per dny lu mines
or smelters Is held, lu re Morgan (Colo.),
47 I* It. A CD, to he lu violation of con
stitutional guaranties of liberty ami the
right to acquire, posseas anil protect
property, notwithstanding a decision of
the Supreme Court of the United States
holding that the Federal Constitution
was not violated by such a statute.
Sort lec on a person of a notice of atilt
against him In another Slate, made only
live days before he is required to tip
pear, and when It would tnke four days
of constant traveling to reach the court,
giving hlut but one day. and that Sun
day, to prepare for the trip, without
nuy allowance for accidental delays. Is
held by the Supreme Court of the Uni
ted States In Roller vs. Holly, U. S.
Adv. Sheets, 410, Insufficient to consti
tute reasonable notice or due process
of law, though the suit Is for the fore
closure of a lien upon land within the
Jurisdiction of the court.
Tlie Horning Question.
We're kind of on the anxious seat just
now in our town—
We're soon to he puffed up with pride or
sadly beaten down;
There’* some of us Republicans and some
are IVmocrata,
And each crowd wants its man to win
when 'lection eontes, but that's
Not what we’re thinkin' most about —the
thing we'd like to know
Is what the figgers gethered by the een
stta men'll show.
For we've done a lot of boastin' and we’ll
all be pretty sick
Unless our town Is bigger than the town
across the crick.
We’re had our arguments about the
Briton and the Boer.
We're wrangled and we're Jangled, hut
they trouble us no more;
We've split up on expansion and dis
cussed the Philippines,
And we've had a lot of tilts about tbs
question of esnteens;
We nearly had a riot over Agulnaldo, too,
Aud a lot of us have worried as to what
the trust’ll do,
Hut the question now before us - and we
want It settled quick—
Is whether we've been gainin’ on the
town ncrosa the crlek.
We’re discussed the labor troubles with
the strikin' and the fights.
And we’ve tuken sldea about them and
we've Jawed with all our mights;
We're worried over China and the mis
sionaries there,
And we’ve talked about the burdens that
the poor folks hare to bear,
But at present there's a question that Is
greater than them all,
And It ain't the one of winnln' at the
'lection In the tall,
For we’re done a lot of boastin' and
we'll all be mighty alck
Tf this town don't show up bigger thao
the town across the crick
-S. K. Kiser.
Every year, as a man's rheumatism
becomes worst, It seoms to take longer
tor spring to come.
A DIPLOMATIC LIBRARIAN.
lie Pleased ihr Politician Without
thin* tils I- i-h'iul u l*os11lua*
When Mr. 1'r.thiini v. ns the head of
the Public library In Bostou, a ward
leader of that i lly culled ou him to ret
ommeml a henchman for a place In th„
library.
There was no reason why the libra
rian should not linve refused at ones
and peremptorily to appoint him, but
he chose to follow another course.
After u few minutes' talk with the
politician Mr. Putnam usked him
whether Is- had ever been through all
the departments of the Institution.
•'I never have, hut I'd like to see It,”
| replied the politician,
i "It will give me much pleasure to go
with you,” said Mr. Putnam.
Mr. Putnum tools him behind the
| counters and thruugb the building
i from top to bottom, explaining the
character and the magnitude of the
work In detail. He further pointed ont,
without seeming to do so, the varied
duties of the employees and the attain
ments they must possess to do the
work. When the tour was ended, Mr.
Putnam said:
"I'm pleased to have hud a chance
to show the library to you, and If your
friend will ftII out an application blank
and send it, and If he passes the ueces
sary examination, 1 think there will
be no difficulty In placing hla uume on
the waiting list."
The politician, huwever, had seeu
enough of library work to convince
him that his constituent could find no
place ou tin- staff, and the blank was
never tilled out. Hut to the day be left
Boston Mr. Pulnnm had no warmer ad
mirer In that city than this same ward
lender.—Collier's Weekly.
HOW TO LIKE WAGNER.
Srfnl«’ Aeee**orle* Are ilfcasa^fy r*,
•i Perfect ItrnllBatlun.
Tlie strict Wagnerlte refuse* w hoar
the anisic of his favorite coayposer lu
the concert room. It whs never Intend
* ed, lie will tell you. to he performed by
j Itself, but to be played as an accompa
uiment to the action, for the purpose
i of heightening the effect of the luteuse
ly dramatic situations coupled with
gorgeous stage pictures that are lu
separable from Wagner’s famous art
work.
The most important part of a Wag
ner opera, according to the composer
himself, is not the music, but the
drama, which, indeed, the beginner
should closely follow with the aid of
the book of words, since the music Is
usually sung in German words.
The Intending Wnguerite should aJbs*
begin with the master’s most popoiar
works, “Tauuhauser" and "Lohengrin.’”
lie will then at once recognize the fa
miliar music In* has already heard
often at concerts, and, struck Us
beauties, la* will attend niaiyj □f'rform
ances of these two. Next he will
want to hear thesgkgaliL ^supplement
ed by "Tristan iffjd Isoh^," tliat wou
derful musl^ drama so* charged with
Intense qp’otlcm nud i/ihhIoii. Having
beard "Tristan'’ and liked If, he there
upon beroim-N a fill? Hodges I Wugmrlte
in the true sense* and the scasou after
he attends performances of the "Ring
der If the! ungen," or he may make n
supreme effort to get to Ilalreuth.
Prom Ilalreuth he returns the ardent
disciple of »v musician whose name he
terrifies UHi friends by pronouncing \n
the German fashion, not Wagner, but
"Vaachkner."—I/ondon Mall.
Mrilrnn Letter Writer*.
Perhaps there Is no more character
istic sight In Mexico than the so called
"evangelistns" who ply their trade 1*
the Plnzuela tie Belem nml the Plaxue
la of Santo Domingo. Those who oper
nte In the former spot make n specialty
of writing letters to the Inmates of the
prison for their Illiterate relatives on
the outside, but the "evangcllKtas" who
may be seen any day In the Plazuela of
8anto Domingo do a general business.
They write love letters, blackmailing
letters and nil sorts of letters for those
who do not know how to write at a
rate of 3, 0, W or more cents, according
to the length of tlie missive. The)
nlso undertake without extra charge to
write the address ou the envelope and
to attach the required stamp, but for
the latter they make an extra charge
of n cent It Is hardly necessary to
state that only very Ignorant people,
who are totally unacquainted even
with the simple formalities of mailing
a letter in addition to not knowing
how to write, have recourse to the
evnugellstna for stamps. Mexican
Herald.
Mine. < lilfTon'a Turn.
"Is yonr collector honest?” asked
Mrs. Downtown of her milliner merely
as a matter of curiosity.
"1 don’t know,” responded Mine*
Chiffon. "I have sent her to you with
my bills a dozen times, and she tin*
never yet given me the money."— New
Orleans Times*Democrat
WearIL
Shopman Here is a very nice thing
in revolving bookcases, madam.
Mrs. Newrich Oh, are those revolv
ing bookcases? I thought they called
them circulating libraries. — London
King.
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