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RYAN.
A local telephone exchange was In
atalled here laBt week.
Joe Zweisler departed last week for
Montana
Miss Anna Ward, of Manchester, was
the gueBt of Mre. Summers Sunday.
A medicine show 1b billed for this
week. They hold forth in Keiliy's hall.
Thos. Carrothers, of Silver Creek, re
tained Saturday from Kansas City,
where he purchased some fancy blooded
tattle, among the lot is one cow for
which he paid ®23uO.
Jerry Buckley and nephew, Mr.
Fhalen, of Elkport, are visiting friends
here.
Tobe Houseman, of Coggon, was the
gneit of friends here Sunday.
«, EDGEWOOD.
Geo. KtiebB, of Mkport, was in town
tut Tuesday.
The little eon of Ur. and Mrs. N.
Scovil has been quite sick for the paBt
few days bat is Improving now.
Mr. Cole, of Fayette, was in town
Saturday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Peet, of Lamont,
•islted at the home of their son Floyd
and family laBt Friday and Saturday.
Minnie Haller, who has been helping
cue for her sister, Mrs. Welch, at
Delhi, returned home Saturday morn
ing.
Amos Ferry was in Manchester one
day last week.
Mr. and Mrs. John Barr are the
prond parents of a brand new boy.
Miss Mattie Brown, of Fayette, who
has been assisting Mrs. Whitehead
With her household dutieB for some
time, returned to her home Tuesday
morula?, January 28.
MIm Maggie Kirk left Saturday even
Ing for a visit with friends and rela
tives at Cedar Rapids and Waterloo.
Mr. and Mrs. John Coolidge were up
from Manchester, Sunday.
Mr. and Mis. Clifford Barr, of Prairie
da Ghlen, Wisconsin, are viBiting rela
tives and friends at this place.
MASONVILLE.
Dennis Burgary made a busineBB trip
to Dubuque Tuesday.
Mrs. M. E. Bing is viBiting at the
home of J, W. Soder.
A letter received from the Brophy
family tells of their safe arrival in
Washington which their many friends
will be pleased to hear.
Miss May McGratb, who has been
suffering from a very sore arm caused
by catching cold after being vaccinated,
Is getting along nicely.
Mrs. Norman Kenyon Ib much better.
She is being cared for by a trained
nurse from Manchester.
Invitations are out for the Forrester's
ball.
The school in district No. 11, in Bu
chanan county, was closed on Friday
on account of meaBleB. There is but
one family in the diBtrict afflicted, Mrs.
Edd Gallery and her three daughters.
Saturday, Jan. 25, was the first pay
day at the Farmers' Co-Operatlve
Creamery and the seventy-live patrons
were well pleased with the price paid.
James Hood has rented his farm
(our miles northeast of Masonville to
Frank Pogue. Mr. Hood has been em
ployed as overseer of the Buchanan
County Poor Farm, north of Independ
ence.
Quite a number from here attended
the eale at John Maines' Tuesday. Ev
erything Bold well.
Mr. Boca is thinking of building a
house on bis property in town in the
near future.
The marriage of Peter Faber and
Barbara Shearer waa announced at the
Catholic church here Sunday.
John Dobbins haB purchased Patrick
Murphy's farm of three hundred acres,
four miles south of town. The consid
eration was 860 per acre. We are sorry
to learn that Mr. Murphy and family
are thinking of moving to Dakota.
Mrs. Joseph Taylor, who moved from
here to Lawler during the holidays, and
has been constantly ill at that place, is
reported much better.
E. McCool and sons, James andTom
mle, visited at the home of W. J. Di
vine, In Newtonville, Sunday.
Wo. Ryan, of Dakota, has been vis
iting at the home of hiB parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Timothy Ryau, the paBt
week.
Miss Emma Ryan was a Manchester
caller Friday.
JameB Penny's little son is very sick
at this writing.
Geo. Burns returned from Meiburo,
111., Friday, where he waa called to at
tend the funeral of his father.
C. Swindle will have a public Auc
tion on his farm south of town Feb. 7.
Mrs. Jones, who haa been very sick,
IB reported some better.
The LynesB brothers will have a pub
lic aution on their "arm southeast of
town Tuesday, Feb. 4. Mrs. Lyness
and family are thinking of moving to
Manchester.
All who attended the party at J.
Smith's Friday evening, report having
a good time.
RH
EAD'S GROVE.
Married, at the home of tlie bride's
parentB, near Strawbery Point, on
Wednesday, January 29th, Mr. Ozro
Tiede and Miss Lydia Tucker.
Mrs. U. S. Martin had a rimaway in
Manchester last Wednesday. The cut
ter was overturned, but Mrs. Martin waB
fortunate enough to escape withou sus
taining any serious injuries above a
few bruises.
Dick FrentreBs and wife attended the
dance at Greeley Wednesday evening.
The Ladles' Aid Society Bazaar was
held at Mrs. L. A. Wood's last Thurs
day. A large number were present and
the affair was a succesB in every partic
ular.
John Martin and Jim Fowler made a
business trip to Wood last Thursday.
Eaton Bros', sale was held on Jan
uary 30th, as advertised, and notwith
standing the inclemency of the weath
er, a very large crowd of buyers were
present and everything sold well.
Mr. Allen has sold his property In
Dutchtown to Gilbert Ferris.
John Fisbei will start for Montana
on Monday, February 3rd. His family
and alBO Mrs. Asa Miller and Eva, who
will go on to Washington will start on
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County Correspondence.
the following Thursday.
On Wednesday, Jan. 29th, occurred
the marriage of John LaBh and Katie
Edmunds, both of this place. The
marriage cermony was held at the resi
dence of Rev. Luek in Greeley. The
groom haB rented the farm of Chauncy
Morris, southeast of Edgewood, where
the new couple will be at home to their
friends after March 1st.
STRAWBERRY POINT,
Leslie Chase, Will Pettlt and L. F.
Smith left for Dakota Tuesday morn
ing.
Oscar Davis now possesses a span of
handsome black drivers. Oscar is a
lover of good horse flesh.
Miss Jo Powers, of Manchester, is
the gueBt of Rev. Father Rowe this
week.
A little daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Geo. Davis has been quite sick for
some days past with croup, but is now
much improved.
N. W. Mason left Monday evening
for GalveBton, Texas, where he will
Bpend about two months, hoping the
change may be beneficial to his health.
—Mail Press.
HOPKINTON.
The infant child of Mr. and Mrs.
Chas. Joslin died last Thursday and
was burled on Friday.
Mrs. Thos. Dewald and family are
breaking house preparatory to remov
ing to Rantoul, Kan, next month.
They will return with Joe Dewald, who
is employed at that place.
Frank Dewald is home from Chicago
for a few days, being laid up with a
felon on hiB band. He secured employ
ment with the Swift Packing Co. in
Chicago and will return again to his
job.
Godfrey Dolley, who will remove to
Coggon in March, advertises a sale for
Tuesday February 11th.
Will Ricketts was home from Cedar
Rapids over Sunday. He will complete
his studies at the business college in
six weeks more, but may conclude to
remain longer and take the course in
shorthand and typewriting.
Bulletins from the county seat: All's
quiet and peaceful along the Maquo
keta, except for a few trivial matters
like ofiiclal newspaper discussion, the
appointment of deputies, a new county
bridge, and the consideration of caudi
dates for the May primaries.—Leader.
DYERSVILLE.
MIbb Rosa Leigh went to Elkader
last Monday to visit with her brother,
Dr. Leigh and family, for a few weeks.
Henry Naber, of Bancroft, arrived
here Friday to visit with relatives for.a
number cf days.
John Domayer, of Petersburg, waBin
this city last Wednesday.
John Goedkin, of B-ar Grove, waB a
caller in town last Wednesday.
Henry Naber and Herman Luehle
returned to Bancroft Tuesday night
Geo. Schneiders was at Petersburg
last Tuesday.
Gerhard Schneiders, of Petersburg,
was in this city laBt Wednesday, the
guest of his sons, John and George.
Miss Mary Jioelker returned Tues
day evening from Remsen, where Bhe
had been visiting her relatives and
friendB. She reports a pleaBaut trip.
A gathering of young folkB of Dixon
Settlement surprised MIsb Anna Buel
tel at Barney Noethe's laBt week,
TburBday evenirg. About forty or
fifty were present and had a real pleaB
ant time.
A car of a freight train on the Illi
nois Central jumped the track about
a half mile webt of DyerBVille yester
day morning which caused a delay ol
trainB for a few hours.—Commercial.
GREELEY.
Glen Baker returned from bis west
ern trip last week.
Ed Davis haB hired out to Wm.Hock
aday at Manchester.
Gay Miller has accepted a position aB
secund man in the Manchester cream
ery and will commence work at once.
The Edgewood school are closed and
all public gathering prohibited on ac
count of smallpox and scarlet fever.
Mrs. B. A. Sherman returned Mon
day from Calhoun county, where she
has been waiting on a sick brother, who
died last week.
We are pained to record the death ol
John Matthews, Jr., the only son ol
-tephen Matthews, which occurred last
Thursday morning at two o'clock, cauB
ed by an attack of the croup. His age
waB 9 years anil 3 months. The funeral
took place at the residence on Saturday
a. m. at 10 o'clock, and the remains iu
terred in the Earlvilie cemetery. Mr.
and Mrs. C. Matthews, of this place,
attended the funeral.
Our many readerB will be interested
to learn of the marriage of Miss Josle
Schneider, daughter of Mr. and MrB.
oe Schneider, and Harlen C. Stephens,
of Dubuque, which occurred at noon,
Monday, January 27th, at the residence
of the bride's parents, four mileB north
of the village, Elder Combs officiating.
Only members of the family being pres
ent. They left on the evening south
bound train for Oneida, from which
place they will take the train for Ptat
vllle, W is.,and spend a part of their hon
ey-moon visiting the groom's people af
ter which they will go to Dubuque
where they will make it their future
home, arriving there about February
10th. Mrs. Stephens is a very estima
hie young lady, and her many friendB
will regret that she must leave them,
but wish her all the happiness and en
joyment of the marriage cup. Mr.
Stephens was formerly of Manchester,
and we congratulate him securing so
worthy a life companion.—Home 1'retB.
EARLVILLE.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank South went to
Dubuque Wednesday, where they will
remain for a couple of monthB, keeping
house for an invalid aunt of Mr. South'B.
Mr. D. F. Laxson drove to Elkport
one day last week.
Lyle Parker is having the measles.
W. H. Long, of Manchester, was in
town on business Thursday.
MiBS Laura Whipple spent Sunday
In DyerBVille at the home of her friend,
Mrs. Carrier.
Fred Pierce, of Byan, was viBiting
Ed Bisgr jve went to Chicago on busi
ness Wednesday.
H. J. YanFleet sold two cars of cat
tle to Ben Loomls, of Farley, last week.
The stock was delivered on Wednesday.
J. C. Nieman shipped a car of horses
to Chicago Tuesday.
Willis Bender was compelled to re
main at home last week on account of
a severe attack of quinsy on Saturday.
His trouble was
complicated by the mea
sles setting in.
Mrs. C. A. Pierce, of Manchester, ac
companitd by her children, visited her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Millen,
over Sunday.
Henry Richardson, of Dubuque, was
In town on Friday, but returned to his
work Saturday morning.
Ed Blsgrove and wife were in Man
chester on Friday.
The third number of the lecture
course will be given on February sixth,
at the town hall. ThiB Is to be an im
personation by Mr. Craig, who comes
highly recommended.
The ladieB of the Congregational
church will hold a social in the lecture
room of the church WedneBday, Feb.
5, to which all are Invited.
Ou Friday evening about forty from
town drove in bob-sleds to the home of
Oliver RobinBon for a surprise party
upon bim.
On Friday evening Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Liebe gave a party in honor of
Miss Edith Scott, at their home, about
fifteen guests being present. Games
were played until a late hour, when the
party (Mspersed, thinking they had been
royally entertained.
Mr. and Mrs. W. I. Millen entertain
ed the teachers, Prof. Still and Misses
Wmppie, Commerford, and Murley, at
tej ou Friday night.
John Moser went to Chicago on Wed
neaday.
A wreck occurred on the Illinois
CeLtral near Dyersvllle, Thursday,
which delayed the morning passenger
trains some time, but oth rwise did
small injury.
Frank Cole viBited his son Andy, in
Finley Hospital, Dubuque, Friday, and
reports to bis many anxious friends
that the boy iB improving and the
doctors give every hope of his recovery.
Tnis iB news which will be very gladly
received.
On Friday, thirteen of the members
of the Outlook Club responded to the
invitation of Mrs. Lindsay and daugh
ter, Margaret, of Manchester, to hold
their regular meetings at her home.
Soon alter their arrival at the home of
their hostesses they began a program
which was especially interesting. They
were served with a repast, appetizing
and delicious, which was made all the
more Bpicy by the conundrums which
each found on her name-card, and
which each endeavored to answer. An
hour or more of social conversation
following the Bupper did not detract
from the pleasure of the afternoon.
The Outlook Club has noi been BO de
lightfully entertained for many a long
aay, as it was on Friday, January 31.
On Friday, Geo. Staehle, Jr. and
John Medland succeeded in capturing
a tine jack-rabbit. Bert Cousins had
the same good fortune, on Saturday.
Mrs. M. V. Newcomb and grandson,
Floyd Young, went to Manchester,
Saturday, to spend Sunday with Mrs.
Strickland.
Edward Goodsell spent Sunday with
friends at Farley.
Morgan Dake and Walter DeBra, of
Epwortb, spent Sunday with their
friend, Ray Millen.
Miss Grace SimonB waB at home from
Epworth over Sunday.
Refuse ot the Universe.
"It was a Beothuk Indian legend that
when God made tbe world be swept
the universe of tbe refuse and cast it
into tbe sea, and when tbe white men
came from the rising place of tbe sun
they called the heap Newfoundland and
chose it for a dwelling place," says
Norman Duncan in Ainslee's. "It may
be so. In its remoter parts Newfound'
land might easily be taken for the
leavings and rejected materials of the
work of creation, there cast away. It
Is as fertile as an ash heap, which,
moreover, it resembles in that it con
tains scraps of everything which en
tered into the making of tbe world—
iron, copper, coal, gold and all other
treasures under the ground. The in
terior is a soggy, rock strewn barren,
an interminably vast waste, where not
so much us a shrub is to be seen and
no man chooses to live. Stunted for
ests fringe coast, a skinny growth of
piue aud sprucc and birch, through
which you may walk miles in vain
search for a schooner's spar. The
shore Hue is rock, in some places
swept by flood and fire bare of all
soil—grim, naked rock. To many
Newfoundlander a sandy beach would
be us great a wouder as a horse."
Meersvliaum Cost In Making.
A fire in a pipemaker's shop the
other day spoiled the proprietor's stock
of meerschaum and Incidentally dis
posed of the idea, common in most
smokers' minds, that this commodity
Is very expensive. Meerschaum itself
is not expensive. Tbat used by tbe
manufacturers in this country is im
ported us raw material from Austria,
but most of it is obtained in Asia
Minor. Usually there are three or four
different grades, running from the
rough and mixed to tbe pure and finely
grained article. There Is no duty upon
It The chunks, not uulike cannel
coal in shape, are packed in oblong
boxes, about two feet and a half long,
a foot wide and a foot high. The raw
material is quite brittle and has to be
soaked in water before it is used for
modeling.
Meerschaum pipes are expensive be
cause much of tbe material from which
the bowls are made has to be thrown
away before a piece is found tlmt lias
no lhiws in it. The shavings, however,
are never wsisted. They are used to
make a cheaper grade of pipes which
are known us chip meerschaums.—New
York Post.
Control Your Temper*
There are three reasons why one
ought to control his temper, and the
first is self respect. When one loses
command of himself and throws tbe
reins upon the neck of passion, be may
huve for the moment a certain enjoy
ment In the license, but there must
surely come a reaction of regret.
When he is calm ugaln and the fit bus
passed away, every serious person
must be ashamed of what he said and
what he did, of the manner in which
he gave himself away and the exhibi
tion he mude of himBelf. He will re­
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hiB parents here, a few dBys last week.
Chas. Hackbarth was a Manchester
visitor Friday.
call the amazement on tbe faces of his
friends and the silence which they
adopted as a protective measure and
the "Soothing language which they used,
as If they were speaking with a baby,
and the glances which passed between
them. He will not soon hold again
with them as strong as he did before
this outburst, nor will he have the
same claim upon their confidence as a
sound and clear headed man. He has
acted like a fretful, peevish child and
has for the time forfeited his title to
manhood and the pUre «f gjun.
IIov tbe Scctious Say It.
The woman from New England buys
a "table spread," while her sister from
the south buys a "tablecloth." The wo
man from Nova Scotia orders the serv
ant to "lay the table," while with most
of us natives of the United States thft
command Is to "set the table." In the
country the hostess says to her guests,
"Sit by," when it is time to eat in
town it is "Please sit down." In the
city among swells there Is no further
invitation than the announcement of
the servant that "dinner Is served."—
Mobile (Ala.) Register.
Iter Marriage Dot.
The Emperor Joseph II. was in tbe
hab't of walking about iucognito. One
morning he went into a coffee shop
aud asked for a cup of chocolate.
He was plainly dressed and the wait
ers, being ignorant of bis rank, in
solently refused it, saying It was too
early.
Without mnkiug any reply he
walked out and went into a little cof
fee house hard by aud asked for a
cup of chocolate. The landlord an
swered that it should be ready in &
moment.
While he waited for it he walked
up and down and was conversing on
different subjects when the landlord's
daughter, a very pretty girl, made
her appearance.
The emperor wished her good day
and observed to her father that it was
high time a flower in full bloom
should marry before it faded.
"Ah," replied the honest old man,
"if I had but a thousand crowns I
could marry her to a fine young man
who is very fond of her! But, sir,
the chocolate Is ready."
The emperor called for & pen, ink
and paper. The girl ran to fetch them,
when he gave her an order on his
banker for tbe thousand crowns.
A Unique Bequest.
Among the experiences that helped a
now prominent attorney to emerge
from the condition of a briefless bar
rister he tells the following: One day a
miserly old fellow came to him and
asked that the young attorney draw up
a will.
"How much cash have you?" was
the flrst interrogation.
"Waal, I dunno," responded the cli
ent "somewheres nigh on to $30,000, I
reckon."
"How do you wish it divided?"
"I want my old woman to have $15,
000, and you can say that I give and
bequeath $5,000 to each of my three
children," said the old man, unloading
himself of the legal phrase with much
gravity and deliberation.
"What else do you wish to say?"
"Say that to each of my several
nieces and nephewB I also give the
sum of $5,000."
"Hold on, sir this is a workof su
pererogation. You have already dis
posed of all your money. How are
they to be given the sums you speci
fy?"
"Gol darn 'em, let 'em work for it,
as I did!" came the answer
.—San Fran
cisco Wave.
Under a Mistake,
The strauger stepped up to the hotel
register and wrote his name thus:
"Gabriel Plunkett, Squibnocket,
Mass."
The stranger immediately behind him
then stepped up, looked at the name,
smiled somewhat incredulously and
made this entry himself:
"Israel Snodgrass,
..
Snohomish, Wash."
Then the two men glared at each oth*
er.
"Think I'm klddiu', do you?"
"Trying to make fun of me, are vou?"
Biff!
Bang!
"For heaven's sake, gentlemen," ago
nizingly exclaimed the hotel clerk,
"stop! You are under a misupprehen
sion. I know both of you and know
those to be your real names and the
real names of the towns you are from!"
By strenuous efforts he succeeded In
separating them, and a few moments
later they were apologizing profusely
and insisting with much vehemence on
treating each other.—Chicago Tribune.
The Scales on the Klatr.
If you look at a human hair under
the microscope, you will find that its
surface Is formed of successive over
lapping scales. The bristles of the hog
bear much resemblance to the human
hair, though their diameter is greater
and the tilelike scales are much finer.
Sheep's hair has much coarser scales.
It is owing to the existence of these
scales that a schoolboy Is able by a pe
culiar process to tell which is the tip
and which the other end of a hair roll
ing it between his finger and thumb.
Thus manipulated, the hair alwayB
travels In tbe direction of the base be
cause the edges of the scales prevent
it from going the other way.
Canada's Banking Business.
The honking business In Canada Ib
on different plan from tlmt in this
country. The headquarters of most of
the banks throughout the Dominion Is
In Ontario, either at Hamilton, King
ston or Toronto. Each bank has its
central office, generally in one of the
cities named, and as many branches as
It cares to maintain in different parts
of Canada, some of these branches be
ing as fur distant as Dawson.
Time's Changes.
"Diogenes was a great man," said
the contemplative person, "and yet ho
had no use for money. He was con
tent to conflne his possessions to a sin
gle tub."
"Well," answered Senator Sorghum,
"a tub might have been all right In
those days, hut what a man wants
now Is a har'i."—Washington Star.
Tlierc Were No More Complaint..
A certain Benedict was In the habit
of troubling his father-in-law with
complaints about his wife's behavior.
"Iteally, tills is too bad," cried the
Irascible old gentleman one day, on
hearing of some of his daughter's de
linquencies. "If I hear any more com
plaints I will disinherit her."—London
Telegraph.
A lluBtler.
Junior Partner—I see you have en
gaged a new assistant. Is lie a good
salesman?
Senior Tartner (!ood salesman!
Great snakes! I had to' semi fnr
police to prevent him from bilking me
Into taking him Into partnership! y/i
Ideas of News,
Justice John M. Harlan of the United
State supreme .court, when a practic
ing lawyer In Louisville, once tr'ed his
hand at newspaper work, taklug the
place of a personal friend, then editor
of the Louisville Commercial. The jus
tice got along all right writing editori
als, but had ideas as to news that were
at variance with those of the city edi
tor.
One of the reporters had written a
clever account of a man who had fallen
from the fourth story of a building aud
escaped without serious injury. It
mude a story of about a column in
length. With a proof of the article in
his hand the temporary editor came to
the city editor and said:
"Mr. Smith, please have this story
cut down. I can't see anything in it
that makes it worth that space."
But it's the 'star' story of the day,
Mr. Harlan," gasped the astonished
news man. "1 think it's a remarkable
story and well worth all the space giv
en to it."
"I don't," said Justice Harlan. "If a
man bad jumped up four stories, it
would certainly have been remarkable,
but even a fool could fall down four
stories, or half a dozen, for that mat
ter."—New York Times.
The Driver's Point of View.
The hotel coach was filled with a
crowd of happy, jubilant visitors, and
the horses toiled splendidly up the
hills. As each eminence was reached
and at every turn in the road the crowd
would burst forth into cries of wonder
and delight at the magnificent scenes
which burst upon their view. The
mountain jeliu alone preserved a dig
nity and silence which rather awed the
others. At length, after a particularly
lovely view had been passed, one of the
guests at the driver's left hand re
marked:
"Yon don't seem to take much inter
est in the scenery. No doubt it'B an old
story to you."
The driver shook his head. "No,
that's not it," he answered. "I just
don't care." Then he leaned a little
closer and whispered: "But I knows
just how you folks must feel. You all
come from a long distance just to see
things, and you're bound to enjoy it
anyhow so as to get your money's
worth and not feel as though you was
cheatln' yourselves. Oh," said this
driver in a superior tone, "I don't mind
it when 1 understand how 'tis."-Les
lie's Weekly.
The Tugboat Captain.
A tug lay hard by, and the captain
added hiB bit to my sociological noc
turne, as I sat in the pilot house and
peered out on the water, where red
lights and green lights, with many of
yellow and white, dripped zigzag fash
ion down from the wharfs and ships.
"Where do you sleep?" questioned I.
"Why, here," he replied, "in this very
pilot house on that nice fluffy bunk
you're a-settln' on an' sometimes I
sleep at that wheel, a-steerin' this boat,
sir. Can't be helped, sir. The hours we
work would Btave in a trained nurse
an' send a sentinel to be shot. Why,
man, I've seed the time when I've stuck
by that wheel twenty grim hours at a
stretch. Once it was forty-two hours.
And when you read in the paper about
towin' a big propeller clean through a
dock or jammln' her into her next door
neighbor fer keeps don't you say us tug
folks are Johnnie Raws. Just say we're
worked and worked till we sleep at the
wheel. For that's God's truth, sir."—
Atlantic. vy'
Held l»y Etiquette.
When Dom Pedro, then emperor of
Brazil, was entertained at the White
House, he had been told by a confused
senator that it would be expected that
he, the emperor, should be the last of
the guests to depart.
The president's wife, however, Inform
ed her other guests that they would be
expected to follow, not precede, the
royal party in leaving the house.
The result was that no one dared to
go for fear of a breach of etiquette.
But at 3 o'clock In tbe morning a tired
woman pretended illness, and the dead
lock was broken.
Great is etiquette, but common sense
Is sometimes allowable.
A Curious Barometer.
A curious barometer Is said to be
used by the remnant of the Araucanian
race which inhabits the southernmost
province of Chile. It consists of the
castoff shell of a crab. The dead shell
Is white in fair, dry weather, but the
approach of a moist atmosphere is indi
cated by the appearance of small red
spots. As the moisture in the air in
creases the shell becomes entirely red
and remains so throughout the rainy
season.
The Lamps of the Sea.
Many kinds of jellyfish are phos
phorescent at night and present a won
derfully teautiful appearance when
slowly moving through the water, and
It is this phosphorescence which has
given them the poetic title of "the
lamps of the sea." They are not less
beautiful in the daytime, for most of
the species are striped or tinted, some
being melon shuped, with rows of
fringes dividing the sections. The ten
tacles are often plumed, and, while
waving about in graceful curves, at
tract or gather in the food of the ani
mal. The "Portuguese man-of-war" is
probably the best known, as well as
most attractive in form, of the whole
family.
Ills Gift.
Mrs. Wyles—Did your husband give
you anything for a birthday present?
Mrs. Styles—Indeed he did.
"Did it have your name on it?"
"Yes, and my husband's name too."
"That's just like selfish men. He
must share the gift with you."
"But he didn't."
"What was his name doing on it
then?"
"It wouldn't have been any good
without it. It was a check."
A western senator tells a story about
an Indiana lawyer who was something
of a wag. Leaving his office one after
noon, this man stopped in a restaurant
and to^k a drink of wbfcky. On the
car he meta prohibition friend.
"I have quit drinking, and I feel
splendid," remarked the lawyer.
"Quit drinking!" queried the prohibi
tionist, scenting the liquor on the law
yer's breath. "How long since?"
The lawyer took out his watch and
looked at it. "Three minutes ago," he
replied*—Exchange.
He "Was the Only One.'
"Did they have a goat when you
joined the lodge, Dozer?"
"M well, they had a scapegoat."—
Philadelphia Bulletin.
Since Ave make our own happiness
we should think twice before we say
this is a sorry world.-National Maga
zine.
The earliest mention of shoes Is In
an Egyptian papyrus about 2,200 years
Mb
Sailors' Ration*.
A recent writer hits this to say at
Ballots' cations: "A sailor has dlalits,
and loves them, that are little appcMt*
ated nshore. He likes 'Pnnny Adams'
and has a great fancy for 'plum duff,'
which consists of suet pudding with
raisins in it. Vegetables, though they
arc In the official harbor menu, are not
served out to the messes every day, but
on certain days som. groups of man
get all and the others none, on a sys
tem of which Jack quite approves.
"The messes whose turn It Is to have
vegetables Indulge in a 'pot mess,' as
it is styled, perhaps not Inappropriate
ly. The messes In their turn rocelve
the shins, scrag ends, neck pieces and
other odds and ends of the meat ration
—some sailors aver that every animal
has at least six shins—and this miscel
laneous assortment of remnants Is
thrown into a pot with as many vege
tables as can be got. The result Is a
'pot mess.'
"Any landlubber who desires to try
a real naval dish will have no difficulty
In getting the dish prepared, and If he
cats it on a table with uneven legs
which lunges up and down he can Im
agine he is at sea."
Narcolepsy.
Narcolepsy is a curious and some
what rare disease, whose most promi
nent symptom is Irresistible attacks of
sleep. These may come on suddenly at
any time and place, aud the patient Is
absolutely unable to stay awake. The
sleep, however, is usually of short du
ration, from ten to thirty minutes.
The disease was described and nam*
ed by Gclincau, a French physician, in
1SS0. It is thought by some specialists
to be closely allied to epilepsy. But as
the attacks resemble healthy sleep—
the muscles are relaxed, the heart and
respiration are slowed down, the pa
tient on awakening is refreshed as aft
er an ordinary nap, and there is none
of the lassitude and senBe of exhaus
tion which follows the epileptic fit
it Is certainly very different in origin
from the latter. Robin and Paul Sain*
ton have recorded cases which show a
close association between obesity
the tendency to narcolepsy.
It seems probable, however, as Dutll
thinks, that its closest ally is simple
hysteria.
Cat Versus Trout. %-,
A member of the Sullivan County
club caught half a dozen trout one day
last summer and carried them alive to
his cottage, iutendlng to take them to
the city. He turned the water into his
bathtub, and the trout seemed to thrive
as well there as they had done in the
streams.
That afternoon one of the fish disap
peared. The man, thinking it had
jumped out, looked all around the
room, but no trout was to be seen.
Next morning two more were gone,
and the servant was closely question
ed. Then two more disappeared, and
the fisherman waB so much concerned
that he took a place outside the bath
room window and proceeded to watch.
Pretty soon the family cat entered,
perched on the edge of the tub and,
waiting its chance, struck viciously
Into the water with one paw and
brought up the remaining trout—New
York Times.
The "War to Do Blilsnu,
"Is there any one living here under
twenty-one years of age?" inquired a
man whQ rang the doorbell at a genteel
residence the other day.
"No, there Is not," rather sharply
Replied a spinster of eight and thirty
summers who answered.
"Why, is it possible?" was the reply
of the apparently astonished man.
"Don't you live here?"
It was a neat hit, and after a little
simpering and a brief chat about the
weather the maiden purchased two
copies of a work entitled "Hints For
the Young."—London Tit-BItB.
Diet and Volee.
A musical writer states that fine vo
calists are rare in countries where fish
and meat diets prevail and that the
voice depreciates as families grow rich
and increase the amount of meat con
sumed. Naples and Genoa, where much
fish is eaten, give few of Italy's sing
ers, and the sweet voices of Ireland
are found in the country, but not in the
towns. In Norway too much fish Is
eaten for the production of singers, but
Sweden Is a land of grain and song.
The carnivorous birds croak grain eat
ing birds sing.
The Maid Blushed.
WThcn Mr. David Dear, winner of the
queen's prize at Bisley, was a law stu
dent, he once attended an "at home."
On the servant asking his name, he re
plied, "David Dear."
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The girl blushed and said, "Yes, yes
but what IB your other name, sir?"
He assured her he had no other
name, but it was of no use. Tbe serv
ant knew better and announced him as
"Mr. David."
Witty Actress.
A leading actress, who is notably
well "billed" all over town and coun
try, observed to the interviewer: "Of
course I can't get on without 'billing,*
and," she added slyly, "a little 'cooing.'
Do I use powder? Why, of course.
What do you thiuk? And, my dear sir,
I shall now depend ou you—for the
powder—oh, dear, no—for the puff!"
The Best of Reasons*
"WThy do you bring this to me?"
thundered the weary editor, thrusting
the manuscript back into the hands of
the poet
"Because," replied the bard timidly,
"I have no stamp."—Boston Post.
There is only one way to cure failure
—give up seeking excuses and seek
work.—Saturday Evening Post
A rose iu the band is worth a whole
wreath on tbe coffin.—National Maga
zine.
An Interesting Coin,
An interesting coin has just been sold
in Germany. It is one of the few coins
In tbe history of the world which can
be accused of having a humorous side
to it In 3070 the Danes descended on
the port of Hamburg, but their attack
on the famous Hanse town proved un
successful. The inhabitants of the
town struck a medal to commemorate
the occasion. The legend on the coin
was as follows: "The king of Denmark
has been to Hamburg. If tbou wouldst
know what he achieved, look on the
other side." It is needless to add that
"the other side" is a blank.
His Man Was Appointed.
As an instance of the acuteness of A!
Daggett the former Republican leader
of Kings county, N. Y,, the story is told
that when Seth Low was elected mayor
of Brooklyn some years ago he wrote
to Mr. Daggett, offering to appoint as
commissioner of elections one of any
three men be might name. A1 wrote
three lines to the mayor, as follows:
"Charles Henry Cotton, C. H. Cotton,
C. Henry Cotton." Needless to say Mr.
Cotton was appointed.
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