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Much excitement prevails among
pearl hunters at Taylor's Falls, Minn.
John Emery found a shell In the river
which contained a large pearl perlectly
round and of that peculiar luster
which makes it very valuable. Those
who claim to know s:iy it is the finest
ever found in the west and is worth at
least $2,000.
'fe.«l. Outbreaks of typhoid and diphtheria
of a most serious charactcr have oc
curred at Belfast. In ten days 98 cases
of typhoid, all of a severe type, were
admitted to the hospital, the total un
der treatment being 254 while 19 cases
of diphtheria had been admitted in
two days. One nurse has died of ty
phoid and several others are ailing.
The number of doctors and nurses is to
be increased.
The singing of the favorite hymns ot
he late president was perhaps the
most remarkable feature of the serv
ices held in memory of him, across the
Atlantic as well as in his own laud,
In synagogue as well as in church. The
circumstance shows that. "Nearer, my
God, to Thee' 'and "Lead, Kindly
Light' express emotions that are felt
in every religious heart, be the body
that encloses it Jew or Gentile.
There was quite a sensation in Rut
land square, Dublin, recently, when a
Boer flag was found floating from the
ioof of the Orange Hall. How it got
there is somewhat a mystery. It is
surmised that some of the members,
remembering that their patron of
"glorious, pious and immortal" mem
ory came of the same stock as the
Boers, took this method of showing
their sympathy with the burghers who
are still in the field.
Owing to the incessant rains the
liver Judrio, which flows along the.
borders of Italy, Austria, and the dis
trict of the Friull, overflowed Its
banks one night recently, inundating
all the land, the surrounding towns of
Romans, Medea and Varsa. Alarm
bells were kept ringing, and the coun
try people fled in haste to the towns,
but eleven persons are reported to
have been drowned, and much damage
has been done to property and crops.
Sven Hedin has discovered a second
Dead Sea in the Highlands of Thibet—
a vast lake so impregnated with salt
that indigenous life is out of the ques
tion. It was impossible for him to get
his boat close to the shore, so that he
and his companious had to wade out
two boat lengths before she woul.1 float
and this was sufficient to coat their
legs and clothes thickly with salt. The
entire bed of the lake appeared to con
sist of salt, and the density of the life,
less water was, of course, very high.
Jorevin de Rochefort, who published
In Paris in 1671 an account of his trav
els in England, tells the following:
"While we ware walking about the
town (Worcester) he asked me If it
was the custom in France as In Eng
land that when the children went to
school they carried in their satchel
with their books a pipe of tobacco,
which their mother took care to fill
early in the morning, it serving them
Instead of breakfast, and that at the
accustomed hour every one laid aside
his book to light his pipe, the master
smoking with them and teaching -them
how to hold their pipes and draw in the
tobacco."
Lud Madison, who was to have been
hanged at Parkersburg, W. Va., for
murder recently, has been respited by
Gov. White for sixty days. Madison
claims that he has already been legally
executed, and that it is not lawful to
hang a man twice for the same offense.
Two years ago he was sentenced to be
hanged, but a stay of execution wa3
granted, and the state supreme court
granted him an appeal. Through an
error, the records of the court in
l?o
which
he was convicted showed that he was
executed instead of respited. Madison's
lawyers claim that, according to the
records, Madison is dead and cannot be
lawfully banged again. They will ap
peal the case to the Supreme Court of
the United States.
At a regular meeting of Magnolia
Lodge, Knights of Pythias of Sharps
burg, Md., resolutions were adopted de
nouncing United States Senator Wel
lington of Maryland, a member of the
order, for the remarks he is alleged to
have made in regard to the assassina
tion of President McKinley, who was
also a member of the Knights of Pythi
as, The resolutions dec'ara tbat the
remarks made by Senator Wellington
were most disgraceful, unpatriotic and
unbrotherly that he violated the prin
ciples of the order, and that he is no
longer fit to be a member. They con
clude by demanding the senator's ex
pulsion from the organization. Moun
tain City lodge, Knights of Pythias of
Frederick, Md., passed similar resolu
tions.
Holding her three-months-old baby
by Its clothing In her teeth, and with
one arm clasped about her four-year
old daughter, Mra. Theodore Pria,
climbed two Stories down the fire es
cape to get away from her insane hus
band, after he had attacked her and
the children with a revolver. Pria is
a Cuban barber, and lives at 745 Tin
ton avenue, In the Bronx, New York.
.The neighbors' say that he was at one
time a well-to-do tobacco grower in
Cuba, and that the loss of his planta
tion there had made him insane.
A "gentleman tramp" has fallen into
the hands of the Pari§ police. He was
found asleep outside the fortifications
and was arrested as a vagrant. At the
police station he produced documents
proving himself to be the Count de
N-—, and the possessor of a largo
fortune. Several hundred fr-nc^ in
bank notes were sewnup lu his frayed^
add tattereJ jacket.^ He e*Plained that
helijfc&dthfs Ilfe' and that he wanted to
tw jp iramp reasons best known to
JtltOMMr-.Tiie police were obliged to re
ICMft
TVJT4
Deep in the quiet grave."
The rest of the words were surpris
ing Salvation Army adaptations of the
most characteristic type., -But Frank
lin Atherton never heard them. With
a bound he had reached the side of the
singer—the girl whom he would have
asked to become his wife long ago
but that he feared to face poverty with
her. He had not seen her for nearly
two-years.
"Margaret! IJow came you with
these people?"
The' girl looked at him gravely.
"When your world—the world which
was mine "also until my father died
and left me penniless—found no time
or space or attention for me I turned
to the world in which men and women
work instead of play. Not knowing
how to work I went hungry. When I
was homeless and seeking death be
cause no other course seemed open the
Salvation Army workers found me.
They saved my life—and soul. Now I
am trying to save others."
The gong of the trolley clanged out
at the moment. It seemed like a sum
mons to another world.
"Margaret!" The words seemed
drawn from him. "Leave this life, for
God's sake! Come with me."
"As your wife, Franklin?"
The flicker of doubt and uncertainty
in his eyes was so short-lived that few
would have seen It. But the girl
turned away as though she had suf
fered a blow.
"No—dear," she answered. "Not
now. You are not strong enough to
take me just yet. But," sh^ called
after him as he sprang aboard the
trolley, "we may meet again, some
time. When we do, perhaps
But he was gone.
Three years later Franklin Atherton
!r
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"How came you with these people?"
had also disappeared from the world
which- had" once known him. Exces
sive haste to he rich, the gambling
fevef, an unlucky speculation, these
were the successive steps by which he
bad reached starvation and despair.
For a mail of his temperament all
things" seemed ended,:. He was heading
for the river when there smote upon
his jaded ear the sound of a flagellated
drum, the clear note of
Conger Wild and Woollp
Wo are cultured to the limit in the fa
mous Western land,
Christianity upon us has a cinch.
And refinement in our actiona always
Plays a winning hand—
We are getting there, dead certain. Inch
by inch.
As an ornament the pistol is completely
out of ilnte
Very rarely do we have a shutenfest,
Ave ure up with the procession and we
mean to hold our gait—
It no longer is the wild and woolly
AVest.
are short of desperadoes, scarcely
ever see a tough
With a yearning craze for shooting up
the town.
And the tenderfoot from Jersey when he
tries to run a blulT
Undergoes a rather hasty calling down.
We are drinking better liquor than we
•llil in days of yore,
And we go about more fashionably
dressed:
The a-'vance wave of progress quenched
our burning thirst for gore-
It no longer Is the wild and woolly
West.
Not a Christian man among us wears his
breeches in his boots,
And the old wool shirt is but a mem
ory now.
And we look with disapproval on the ten
derfoot galoots
Who are sporting big sombreros on the
brow.
We arc seen at church on Sunday ere the
trout begin to bite
With a holy Itame alight in every
breast.
And we're always In our couches at the
stroke of 12 at night-
It nn longer Is the wild and woolly
West.
And our ladies, heaven bless 'em, are so
modest, nice and sweet,
You would think them truant angels
from the skies
Never sec them dash astraddle on their
bronchos through the street,
Making hosiery displays for staring
eyes.
Not a slangy word or sentence ever rip
ples from their lips,
For a high old time they never go in
quest
Not a gun Is ever peeping from the
pocket on their hips-
It no longer is the wild and woolly
West.
Oh, you bet your filthy lucre, we're re
lined to beat the band,
We have culture to distribute to the
birds.
And the brand of fresh morality we al
ways keep on hand
Couldn't be described in common rhvmy
words.
We in every moral attribute are strictly
recherche,
And that same's no pipey visionary jest,
And we love the rugged country into
which we've come to stay-
Two Worlds and Tlieir Children.
BY ETHEL M. COLSON.
(Copyright, 1901, by Daily Story Pub. Co.)
The trolley car which had been dash
ing along toward Chicago stopped sud
denly, held upon a suburban street
corner by the inevitable coal wagon
with a tendency to break down. Frank
lin Atherton gazed idly at^the earnest
group of Salvation Army workers on
the other side of the street. Suddenly
in a momentary cessation of the pon
derous, drum-beats a clear, sweet, femi
nine voice faltered out softly:
"Ah! I have sighed to rest mo
It no longer is the wild and woolly
West.
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sllve^ {rum-
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Pet- Then, as he listened instinctive
ly:
"Ah! I have sighed to rest me
Deep in the quiet grave."
It was no dream. It was not the"
result of a fevered imagination. The
voice was unmistakable, the intonation
quite beyond question. His manhood
left him suddenly, and he sank down
upon the curbstone, sobbing. The
clear, sweet voice came nearer. A
gentle hand was laid upon his arm.
"What is the matter, my brother?
What can we do to help you?"
Soft, hurrying footsteps followed him
"What Is the matter, my brother?"
into the shadowy, darkened sldestreet
to which he hastened. Again the gentle
hand was laid upon his arm.
"It's no use, Margaret. Do you sup
pose I'll be cad enough to let you help
me, after the treatment you have re
ceived at my hand? God bless you—
good-by."
The girl made no immediate answer
—In words.
Turning, she beckoned to the blue-,
coated co-worker who had followed
her from the lighter street.
"This is a very dear friend of mine,
"Lieutenant Caldwell," she told him,
with a voice which shook a little from
varied emotions, but with eyes which
shone and sparkled, "and he is in
trouble, In need of assistance. I know
I can trust you to do all that you can
for him, for my sake as well as for the
sake of—the man who is going to be
my husband some day."
"Margaret!"
The man was humbled as neither
poverty, slights, hunger, cold, nor rag
gedness had been potent to humble
him. But there was no bitterness In
the humility with which he kissed her
fingers, there In the darkened street.
"Margaret, you are an angel, and 1
will be worthy of you yet. I Swear it.
I will be your husband some day if
the good Lord and yourself will allow
it—but I'll be a man first, by God!"
And the quiet stars) looking, down
impressively on the flagellated drum
and the throbbing hearts of the men
and women around it, saw and knew,
somehow, that a new soul had been
born.
History of the Skdnk*
The skunk first appaars in history In
ihe year 1636, when he was described
in Theodat's History of Canada. He
had been a lpng time on earth before
species of fossil skunks. The skunks
of the genius Chinca range over the
greater part of North America and as
far'south as Mexico. Other skunks are
found in Central and South America*
-New York Sun.
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"Skat" is the card game which boids
Berlin in its thrall.':. "Bridge" fascin
ates the players of London and New
York. ..
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EGYPT AS A WINTER RESORT.
Africa Mora Interesting to British Tour
ists Than Southern Europe.
Every lndicatloh is forthcoming that
ihe approaching season In Cairo
and on the Nile will be a prosperous
one, and visitors will probably exceed
the record of last year, when so many
English people deserted the Riviera
for Egypt. All the hotels promise to
,Je
full.^and the newer health reports
will nptlack for patronage.1 There 'now
includfe Helotian, within half airbiour's
railway ride of Cairo, which has sul
phur baths, recommended for rheuma
tism, and several first-class hotels and
pensions, while furnished villas may
be hired. Assouan, which Is described
as the driest accessible health resort In
the world, has two large hotels and an
English church, and is growing in
popularity year by year, rivaling Lux
or, so well known to invalids and
others who dare not .face an English
winter. At Luxor, also, hotel exten
sions have taken place, and no modern
improvements are wanting. Assousan
is the starting point for the further
voyage to Wady-Holfa. Sportsmen in
search of big game are making up'par
ties for shooting buffalo, giraffe, rhino
csrous, hippotamus and elephant In
the district lying between Khartoum
and Fashoda. The regulations are
now somewhat more stringent, owing
to the increase in- the number of guns
Dahabsahs, steam and sailing, and
modernized—for the type of craft goes
back to the days of the Pharoahs—
provide the most luxurious and neces
sarily costly means of conveyance, and
the fleet available is always in keen
demand for families making applica
tion a long time in advance.—London
Telegraph.
CHINESE NOT DRINKERS.
tlie
ftarely Seen In Saloonn and Only
Loafers Smoke Opium.
"We are a temperate people," said
a Chinaman of Race street, as he re
garded one of his brothers coming out
of a saloon with a kettle of beer, "and
a sight like that is rarely to be seen
here. Joe Kee has a white wife, you
know. Maybe the baer is for her.
Anyhow, not one Chinaman in ten
in this colony would take a drink if
you should ask him, and not one in
1,000 would get drunk. Did you ever
see a drunken Chinaman? Are there
Chinese among your barroom loafers
and hangers-on? But you will say
with a sneer that we all smoke opium,
and that an opium smoker, of course,
will not drink because the pipe gives
one an aversion to alcohol. It Is true
that the opium smoker can't drink,but
it is not true that all Chinamen
smoke. For no one can smoke and
work, and it is only the loafers of
Chinatown, the card sharps and con
idence men, who hit the pipe.
"The true reason of Chinese tem
perance in this country," continud
the Chinaman, according to the Phila
delphia Record, "is one of economy.
We can't afford to drink, to get
drunk, to be arrested and to be-fined,
and therefore we don't do It. But the
Chinese as a race would like to be just
as intemperate as any oiher people,
only they control themselves."
OLD CLOTHES FOR GRAVE.
jllarylaiid
fov
judge Gives Directions
Very Plain EMneral.
The will of Judge Frederick Stump,
who for thirty-four years was on the
bench in this judicial circuit,-says a
writer at Elkton, Md., has been ad
mitted to probate. The will is dated
Oct. 30, 1900, and reads as follows:
"Disgusted with the foolish display al
most universally made at funerals, to
the great gain of undertakers and to
the deprivation of many families of
even the necessities of life for,a long
time thereafter, I hereby direct that I
be buried la a white pl'ne coffin (because
the wood decays more readily under
ground than any I know of), without
any stain, paint, covering-or other em
blems of woe on It, and if my friend,
Ned Gehr, has not already gone to
heaven before I die, I want him to
make it. I direct that no embalming
fluid or other stuff shall be injected
into my body, and that no funeral ser
mon shall be preached over it, and
that I be buried in a suit of clothes I
have worn, as I do not see the sense of
wearing old clothes when alive and be
ing buried in a new suit, when it is of
no use to you. I' desire that my exec
utor see that all my wishes are fully
carried out."
Willing to Oblige.
An Englishman at a dinner once told
ft tale of a tiger he had shot wBlch
measured twenty-four feet jtrom snout
to tail-tip. Everyone was astonished,
hut no one ventured to-irfsinuate a
doubt of the truth- of the story. Pres
ently a Scotsman told his tale. He had
once caught a^ fish which he said he
was unable to pull in alone, managing
only to land it at last with the aid of
six friends. "It was a skate, and it
covered two acres." Silence followed
this recital, during which the offended
Englishman left the table. The host
followed. After returning he said- to
the Scotsman: '"Sir, you h^ve insulted
my friend. You must apologize." "1
dinna lnsoolt him," said the Scot.
"Yes you did, with your two-acre-fish
story. You must apologize." "Well,
said the offender, slowly, with the air
of one making a great concession, "tell'
him if he will take ten feet' off that
tiger I will see what I can do with the
fish."—London Tit-Bits.' Uj&t'&'i'*.
A Lesson on Lobsters, i'
The methods of public school in
struction, as applied in. New York city,
do not always meet-the approbation of
the parents of the pupils, as .was evi
denced the other day. when a German
woman of commanding figure strode
into the school, and, approaching the
principal, demanded: "What. it is, a
lobster?" The principal politely ex»
plained that a lobster was a species of
shellfish. "Veil, how' many legs hasit
—dls lobster?" The number of legB
was stated. "Veil,
I
work ine for a
hurry, and if your teacher cannot find
better dings than, to BBk my boy Jakey
how many legs has it, a lotrater, and
make him come home to bodder his
fadder mit questions, 'What it is,,-ai lob
ster?' it. is pad peesneas."—Youth's
Companion.
-Im
Belle*s of
Early 2)ajKf
The all-absorbing mission ol the
beauty of seventy^flve years ago was
the. culture of attractiveness and the
devices and tricks resorted to in the
frantic struggle to be irresistibly at
tractive makes the belle of the "early
20's and 30's appear to the girl of to
day a most remarkable creature. Our
great grandmothers were selfish, ego
tistical and silly little coquettes, who
studied themselves in the mirror and
brewed love potions and scented paste
for the complexin, aping to the best
of human bent the Idle caprices of
Empress Josephine and other fashion
able French women of the time. The
complexion was a religious study. Ex
periment after experiment emanated
from Parisian boudoirs to find their
way to American shores and to en
thrall the belles of Washington and
Philadelphia.
Exercise Never Indulged In.
Our great-grandmothers never ex
ercised. It was considered deplorable
and ruinous to beauty. They were
constantly advised to avoid all excite
ments and "Violent emotions, to sup
press laughter,- joy, anger, and to cul
tivate a sober, genteel life for the sake
af the features. When It was found
necessary to smile, generally by way
of coquetry, it was considered bad
form to part the lips to any greater
extent than to show four teeth. In
smiling the under lip was slightly
raised. A hearty laugh was considered
•he hight of vulgarity.
Tricks for improving the complex
Ion were simply numberless. The
luice of strawberries was a favorite
remedy for a shining, oily skin. An
internal remedy was sometimes taken,
consisting of a teaspoonful of charcoal
mixed with honey. The worst face
was eoftened by wearing a mask of
quilted cotton, wet with cold water at
night. This mask was often lined with
a poultice of bread and asses' milk.
A compress of this kind was worn
nightly for weeks In order to effect
the desired change. It is said to have
acted like a mild, imperceptible blis
ter.
The shining pallor of the poet was
affected by many women, and most
heroic treatment was undergone to ac
ERILOUS ORCHID
HUNTING
probably very few people have any
Idea that Orchid hunting, like .lion or
tiger hunting, is a dangerous sport.
The strange beauty of the flowers and
the high prices which they .bring are
the subject of common comment, hut
the fact that the beauty sometimes
fatal and that the price is the reward
of labor that is both strenuous ancT
perilous is little known outside the
trade.
On a calculation, of chances,-how
ever, it would appear that shooting
big game is a safe venture compared
with the search for .these lovely para
sites' of tropical vegetation. An arti
cle in Harmsworth's Magazine gives a,
striking story in point. It relates that
af eight orchid hunters who left Tam
•ttave, Madagascar, to look for speci
mens seven perished within a year,
while the eighth barely managed to es
:ape from the island's swamps with
lis health ruined.
It Is in such places that the search
must be pursued, and men have lost
their lives in the work not only in
Madagascar, but In Mexico, Brazil,
Ecuador, Venezuela and Sierra Leone.
Nor are the risks those of climate
ilone. It may he necessary to deal
with wild animals while on a quest for
the wild flowers, and there are gen
erally hostile natives. to be placated.
All that the adventurers of old under
went when they penetrated the new
world to seek the fountain of life, and'
Fabulous miner of gold may fall to the
lot of these adventurers of a later day.
The romance is reduced, however,
to a plain business proposition. Many
of the men are sent out by regular
dealers who pay them for their ser
vices. For the person who puts the
capital into the enterprise there are
chances for large profits, hut it is -said
that a fortune is more likely to be lost
than won in these orchid speculations:
The value of the flowers consists large
ly. in their rarity, and on a rapidly
3topked market prices may fall from
The oldest postmistress in the coun
try is Mrs. Mary PaschaP of Trenton,
Ind., who was appointed»by President
Lincoln and who is now 90 years old.
To her women who hold postoffice po
sitions today owe much. Her bitter
struggle to defend the mails in the
early days of her appointment to the
office and her ultlmate success foifever
opened the field to women. She tells
the story of her adventures In a
'spirited manner.
"When i'first received my commis
sion," said the postmistress,,"I found
immediately that my path would be
very dllhcult' Not only was there the
Imperfect mail system to stumble over,
but the will of the. men of the country
was against me because of the high
feeling opposed to women holding pub
lic offices. Not infrequently I was
compelled to .remain awake all night
watching the mail bags, and occasion
ally I had difficulty in securing the
mail at all. For when the bag was
thrown from the train upon the plat
form at the depot the men of the town
would seize it before I could get with
ing reach and assort the mail to suit
themselves. Of. course, the men had
no right to disturb the mail, but: they
took the. law in their own hands, be
lieving a woman powerless.
"I tolerated this behavior for a
short time, and then purchased a sun.
One day Just befoM the mSll traln had
4 OLDEST PflSTMISTR[SS |sfEH?^"f
Peculiar Practices
to Insure Bea-Uty.
quire It. A wash of vitriol was eveB
used. It consisted of muriatic acid,
60 per cent, strong diluted in 12 parts
of water. When applied it will gradu
ally-clear away the coarse outer skin,
to give place to a beautiful velvety new
one underneath."
Dieting was an important factor in
the struggle. Still hearty meals were
the rule, in spite of the tradition for
delicate appetite among our foremoth
ers. Coarse bread, made of graham
and rye flour, was the imperative rale.
No white bread was eaten. It was es
pecially avoided as. most fatal to a
fine skin. Potatoes, celery, artichoke
and salads were eaten freely. The
wild tomato or love apple, as it was
called, was considered a wonderful
beautifier, and whole platterfuls werq
eaten at one sitting. Brown bread and
molasses was a remedy guaranteed to
produce a pink and lovely skin.
The fight against freckles and
wrinkles was an absorbing combat.
Most women sat all day long in seclu
sion with their faces covered with
court plaster patches over the wrinkled
spots In their patient efforts to smooth
out the skin. Most heroic treatment
was generally necessary, and the face
was actually coated with liquid tar
and olive oil to iron it out. Freckles
and brown spots of all kinds were
rubbed out with turpentine.
Painted Like a Wax Figure.
Strange as it may seem, in spite of
continual efforts to -beautify the skin,
paint and powder were freely and dar
ingly used. Mlladl was as artistically
painted for a public appearance as if
she were a wax figure. Rouge was
heavly-applied, and'the carmine used
in artificial flowers often acted' as a
substitute.' Washington women set
the fashions in the use of cosmetics,
and they even appeared at breakfast
with their facea covered with chalk
and rouge, "their eySb.jws stained with
walnut juice, and with tresses touched
up with bleaching liquids unless, pow
dered white. Powdered wigs were
gradually going out of fashion, and
a few to whom the white coiffure was
becoming covered the head with pow
dered starch, sifted through7 muslin,
and scented with oil of
rose3.
Gathering the-Cost*
ly Flowers is a ..
Dangerous Sport,
many pounds to a few shillings within
a short period.
Queen Alexander.
Love for children is a prominent
trait of the character of the queen con
sort. She was passionately, devoted to
her own children, and she has neVer
wholly recovered from the death of
Jier eldest born, the Duke of Clarence.
Several months after her bereavement
shei was walking in the laiies near her
home, when she met an old woman
staggering under the weight of bur
dens too heavy for her._ The princess
stopped her to speak a few words of
sympathy, and learned that .she per
formed the duties of a carrier, execut
ing commissions between two villages.
"The bundles are too heavy for me!"
she lamented, bursting into tears. "I
never carried them when Jack was
here." "Who is Jack and where is he
now?" kindly inquired the princess.
"Jack's my boy, and he's dead—dead!"
wildly exclaimed the old woman. With
another sympathetic word Alexandra
turned. away, hurriedly lowering her
yell to hide her emotion. She could
understand the sorrow of a mother who
had lost her boy. The next day there
was sent to the woman a cart drawn
by a. stout donkey. In this cart the
old carrier made her journeys in com
fort for the rest of her life.
The First-Torpedoes.
Torpedoes, when first employed by
the Americans against the British in
the Revolutionary war, were called
American turtles, and their use was
pronounced infamous and worthy only
of savages.
v^,-: Expectations.'
'When ayoung man asks a girl to clip
a. thread off his necktie., and there is
nobody else around, she may be excus
ed for being disappointed if that is all'
that happens.—Somerville Journal.
arrived I went upon the platform, lev
elled my gun and declared.^ would
shoqt the first ruffian who touched the
United States' mail. I was a pretty
good shot, having often-gone hunting
with my brothers at the old farm in
the.wilds of West Virginia,'and when
a fellow seized the bag I put a bullet
in his leg.
"That episode marked the iast of the
troubles at the station but hostili
ties did not cease at my home. 'At
night attempts were made to rob the
place, and this necessitated my sleep
ing, under theVcounter, -which I did
'for three -months. But I' could not
prevent broken windows.- .These
cqw-
ardly acts -werft ntit done by reputable
citizens,' who, nevertheless, tried more
effective means of forcing me from my
position. Several petitions against me
were sent to Washington, but Presi
dent Lincoln ..^remained my stanch
friend.
"After- a few months thechief an
noyances ceasert, and the only trouble
I had was with the imperfect mall sys
tem, for -which some people blamed
me."
Although 90 years old," the aged post,
mistress still retains her position.^
Before the "ehl this year, tele
phonic communication! will have. been
establish^ Heftreen t&e icitles ol'. Italy
and Switzerland.
TINTYPE? MAY PREVARICATE.
taacoMt and Foreign Label* Stamped
on the Cover*.
When the tintype man came out with
the pictures he asked the young couJ
pie, what address they would Ilka
stamped on the red paper cover. They
didn't seem to understand the ques
tion and he repeated It. "I can put on
any .place you like," he added. "I am
provided with rubber fjtamps, with
which I can stamp the name of every
town of impprtance from Coney Island
to Constantinople, and I can fill in
the date to suit my customers. Here
is my local stamp. It says, 'In Old
Coney Island.' I don't use that, how*
ever, nearly so often the seacoast
and foreign labels. They come in handy
for people who like to put up a "bluB
that they have been further away from
home than they really have. Thesfl
social frauds are a little late in begin
ning their deception this-year, owing
to the backwardness of the season, but
today has brought a rush of business
and the Long Branch and Atlantic City
stamps have been overworked. The
outlook is good for an unusually large
crop of pretenders who are going to
make their- friends think they have
been away this summer. To back them.
up In their assertions they are going
to lay In a good supply of tintypes.
For the last two or three seasons peo
ple who leave New York for a day or
a week or a month of the year have
made a practice of getting their pic
tures taken in every town visited, as
a souvenir of the trip. All this photo
graphing would be expensive if high
class artists were always patronized, so
in order to curtail the cost the ambi
tious travelers look up the tintype
men. This habit of economy has been
a blessing to me as well as to the stay
at-homes. A regular photograph would
bear the name of the artist as well as
the address, and thus make deception
impossible, but most tintypes look
alike, no matter where taken, so all I
have to do is to finish the picture and
stamp on any address desired. In that
respect I am the best friend of the im
pecunious. It isn't everybody who would
take the trouble to humor their foibles,
but I go on the practice that a man
who has not. enough amiability to ac
commodate his customers has no right
to be In business, and so I help them
whenever and however possible. What
place did you say? Coney Island or—"
The maid looked at the man sheepish
ly. "Let's' put It New Haven," she
said. "That will sound better than
Coney Island."—New York Press.
LINCOLN'S AVENGER.
&ome Stories Illustrating Hoston Cor
bett's Impulsiveness and Courage.
Sallie Bruner Houston tells the Smith
County (Kan.) Pioneer a curious story
of how she received the news of the
assassination of Lincoln, Garfield and
McKinley. She was 4 years old at the
date of the assassination of Lincoln,
but she remembers that when the news
came to her father's farmhouse she
"leaned up against the big fireplace
and cried," while her mother "wiped
her own eyes with her apron." Ol
the assassination of Garfield Mrs.'
Houston relates this story: "At thai
time we were living on our farm six
miles south of Corordia, this state.
Several of the famuy, including my
self, were sitting in the yard with Bos
ton Corbett, the man who shot the as
sassin of Lincoln. At that time Cor
bett lived on a farm near us. While
we" sat there my father came from
town and brought the news of tha
shooting of President Garfield. Every
one who remembers Corbett remenf
bers his impulsive nature. He was
quick as a cat. The news seemed to
electrify him. He jumped to his feet,
saying: 'I wish I were there.' We all
knew what he meant. There would
have been no trial for Guiteau. All
who ever knew Boston Corbett knew
that he would have shot Guiteau oh
the spot had he oeen there. It was
about this timei that Corbett was ar
rested on complaint of some of hia
neighbors for some petty offense and
taken to Concordia for trial before a
justice of the peace. He thought that
hfe was not getting justice, so he drew
his ever-ready revolver and ordered
them out and thus cleared the court
room. He then mounted his little
black pony and went home. There
was a great deal of talk of having him
rearrested, and several persons went
to his home to do so, but did not have
the courage to do so. As they always
returned without him, the case was
finally, dropped."
Anarchists Elected In Borne.
The Camera di Lavoro—a body en
tirely composed of worklngmen, but
recognized officially by the municipal
ity of Rome, from which it receives
500 lire subsidy per month, might bs
translated into^ English as "trades
union." "It has between 8,000 and
9,000 members on its rolls, but only
some 2,500 took part In the elections
list week. The battle was between
the socialists single-handed and an
alliance of Republicans and anarch
ists, and the result was the complete
victory ot the coalition. Five repub
licans and three anarchists headed the
list the beaten socialists oblaiued only
thei three scats allotted to the minor
ity. The fact has Its Importance, for
It signals thq first appearance of the
anarchists in the'public life of Rome—
,less than two years since an interna
tional congresb was. held here to de-
vise measures for their suppression
and just a year after one of their party
assassinated the King of Italy.—Lon.
ddn Tablet.
Honors Basy.
She— "You know, John, you promis
ed me a sealskin wrap and—" He—
'And' you promised to keep my stock*
ings darned, and you haven't done it."
She—"Well, you don't. mean to say
you'll break your promise on that ac
count?" He—"Well, it's Just like thlitf
You don't give a darn, and I don't ^lv*1
a wrap."—Philadelphia Press.
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Compressed "Air. js
The latest" application of compressed
air to human comfort is seen in a bar
ber's shop in* New York. At each of
the barber's ,stands there Is a small
rubber tufee with a screw nozzle. The.
tubes connect. With .a large tank filled'
with compressed air in the rear of the
shop. When .the barber finishes shav
ings customer he attaches the 7
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