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PITH AND POINT.
AgTeed.—Edna—"He's just crary t(
marry me!" May—"He must be."—
Philadelphia Bulletin.
It is one thing to do a good act
and it is another to say nothing
about it.—Chicago Daily News.
The wealth of a man is the number
of things that he loves and blesses
and that he is loved and blessed by.
—Carlyle.
What is the use of a few millions if
your nerves are on a perpetual strike
and your digestion won't work?—
Milwaukee Sentinel.
"Do you think perfection is eref
actually attained in this life?" asked
the serious youtli. "Yes," answered
Hiss Cayenne "some people become
perfect bores."—Washington Star.
The Sower.—"But, father," replied
the erring son, "you kno\V every
young fellow has to sow his wild
oats." "Yes," answered the father,
"but you ought to know when you
have a big enough crop in."—Ohio
State Journal.
Instructor—"Lord Byron said that
Macaulay woke up one morning "and
found himself famous. What great
character in American literature is
parallel to this?" Student (who had
been dozing)—"Rip Van. Winkle."—
Princeton Tiger.
His Experience.—"What we need
most in this country," said the polit
ical reformer, "is an honest count."
"They ain't no such thing," declared
Mr. Nuritch. "I know all about 'em,
for my daughter married one."—Phil
adelphia Press.
The Living Church quotes this ex
tract from, a Connecticut woman's
diary, dated 1790: "We had roast
pork for dinner, and Dr. S., who
carved, held up a rib on his fork, and
said: 'Here, ladies, is what Mother
Eve was made of.' 'Yes,' said Sister
Patty, 'and it's from very much the
same kind of critter.'"
FIGURES ON COURTSHIP.
Some Interesting and Amusing Data
Relating to Marriage and
Its Preliminaries.
A person of a statistical turn of
mind has been delving into somewhat
romantic domain for one of his prac
tical bent. He has compiled statistics
that cannot fail to prove interesting.
Eighty-one out of 100 men, he avers,
vowed they could not live any longer
without the adored ones 72 held the
ladies' hands in a tight grip 60
kissed them on the lips 10 on the
right hand, 2 on the tip of the nose,
and 1 on the shoulder 18 were so ex
cited that they could hardly speak
26 lost their eloquence through cer
tain qualms of conscience 12 said in
deep chest tones, "Thank God," and 8
frankly admitted that they were in
expressively happy.
By studying the conduct of 100 men
whose suits were rejected the statis
tician obtained the following equally
interesting figures: Forty of them
rushed in a frenzy out of the room
21 said that life henceforth had no
more value in their eyes and that
they would commit suicide 14 be
came suddenly tongue-tied and irra
tional 6 calmly resigned themselves
to the inevitable 5 avowed their in
tention to immediately emigrate to
America 3 tore out some of their
hair 2 bit their lips till the blood
came 1 stuck his hands into his
trousers pockets and whistled a pop
ular song, and another looked up to
ward heaven and began to say the
Lord's prayer.
Of the ladies, 87 per cent, knew be
forehand that the proposals were
about to be made to them. Seventy
of them sank as though embarrassed
into the arms of the loved ones and
only four fell gently down on a chair
or sofa. Fourteen covered their
blushing faces with their hands, eight
threw their arms passionately around
the necks of the men, two said,
"Please speak to mamma," and one
sneered.
One lady, who was 48 years old,
protested vigorously against giving
or receiving a kiss. Another, who was
about the same age, said, "Yes, you
may kiss me, but you must do it in
a gentlemanly manner." Such, then,
are some of the ways in which pro
posals are made and received. The
study is an interesting one and in
several ways should prove especially
instructive to members of the fair
sex.
Light on Precious Stones.
It is known that violet light fro-m an
electric arc lamp excites fluorescence
in the diamond. M. Chaumet has
proved that an intimate conection ex
ists between that property of the dia
mond and the luster exhibited in other
artificial lights, especially the lights
from candles (in which the diamond
shows to the greatest advantage).
The diamonds that send out the most
vivid rays are not always those which
aie the most regularly cut, but are
such as, examined by violet light, show
the greatest fluorescence. While dia
monds that do not fluoresce simply
Ehow
violet when so illuminated, the
most brilliant stones fluoresce strong
ly with a clear and very brilliant blue
radiation. The test is of practical
value and has been applied to other pre
cious stones—yellow diamonds, Bur
mese and Siamese rubies, etc.—Science.
Keeping "Within the Law.
"Are TOTI sure this automobilist was
going faster than the law allows?"
asked the judge.
"Absolutely certain, yer honor," re
plied the policeman.
"But it is possible to be mistaken
on such a pDint."
"Xot in this case, yer honor. It was
g-oing so fast that- Aid. Clancey, who
was trying to pass him, couldn't do it,
and he was driving a trotter what does
his mile on the road right along in
2:15 and better."—Automobile
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BOLIVIA'S ROAD TO THE SEA.
Efforts of the South American Coun
try to Obtain an Opening for
Traffic to the Atlantic Const.
The Bolivians have lony been try
ing to circumvent in som.y way the
great natural disadvantages under
which thej* labor in having no front
age on the ocean.
The Atlantic has been entirely closed
to them, except by one route, which
has been little utilized because it is so
expensive sometimes pack trains of
mules are loaded with silver or cop
per at Oruro in the heart of the min
ing regions, and some hundreds of
miles south of the Argentine town of
Jujuy, where the packages are placed
on the cars that take them to Buenos
Ay res. Most of the metals, the lead
ing export of the country, are, how
ever, carried by llamas or mules to
the railroads leading, to Mollendo, in
Peru, or to Antofagasta, in Chili, says
the Chicago Inter Ocean.
Freight charges on these railroads
are very high, and if the export prod
ucts were less, valuable than tin, sil
ver and copper, they could not bear
the high tax of such expensive trans
portation. The people want a good
connection with the Atlantic, and they
have spent a great deal of money in
the effort to find a practicable high
way leading to the eastern seaboard.
Most of the money has been spent
along the Pilcomayo river, anil it was
long before the people relinquished
the idea that the river could be so
improved that it would be a prac
ticable water route for hundreds of
miles between southern Bolivia and
the middle Paraguay riv^r.
Their last attempt was to send a
steamboat from the mouth of the Pil
comayo up that stream—a flat-bot
tomed boat drawing so little water
that it was believed the vessel might
be brought through to Bolivia. The
captain ascended the river till he
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PUZZLE PICTURE.
"WILL HE NEVER COMEf"
WHERE IS HE?
Avas
stuck in the mud.
He waited in vain for an expected
rise in the waters, and finally built a
dam behind his vessel, and by thus im
pounding the waters raised the lc.vel
high enough to enable him to steam a
few miles' farther. Then he built an
other dam, and proceeded a few more
miles toward Bolivia.
So he went on till he had.built seven
dams, when this resource was no long
er effective. By that time he could get
his vessel neither up nor down stream,
and was compelled to abandon the
boat and make the best of liis way
home by land.
Another enterprise, however, prom
ises to be a success, and the Bolivians
are quite happy over
fihe
prospect
that they will have a comfortable out
let to the Atlantic. Awhile ago they
sent an expedition commanded by an
Englishman named Holland to their
eastern frontier to see if the upper
Paraguay could be made available for
navigation.
Steamboats have long plied on the
Parana and Paraguay as far north as
Corumba, the river port of the Brazil
ian state of Matto Grosso. The ques
tion was whether smaller boats might
run above that point to some place on
the Bolivian frontier, which was high
enough above the great swamplands
of that region for the building of a
port on the Bolivian side of the bor
der.
The Brazilians helped the explora
tion in every way, for they believe it
would be much to the advantage of
the commerce of Matto Grosso if the
Bolivians were to make a good route
across the.': country to western Bra
zil.
The exped.'.ion found that it would
be perfectly feasible to establish
steam navigat-on between Corumba
and Lake Gaiba. which lies exactly on
the frontier, 120 .iles north of Corum
ba. There is six ft^t of water in the
river at the lowest s^age, and in some
places eight feet.
The lake is connected with the river
by a narrow channel that would have
to be widened and deepened. On one
side of this channel is land which is
perfectly suitable to permit the de
velopment of a city.
Te Bolivian government took pos
session of this land on November 21
last for the purpose of beginning the
erection of a port on its territory on
the shore of this lake, which is direct­
1
ly tributary to the navigable Para
guay. It is said that arrangements
will be made without delay to iild
a railroad to connect the port with
the populous mining region of the
mountains. The railroad line will cross
the comparatively level plains of east
ern Bolivia.
So the Paraguay river, after all, bids
fair to solve the problem of an east
ern outlet for Bolivia, though it has
often been asserted that th# river
could not be made available for that
purpose.
WORDS CAME BY ACCIDENT.
Singular Origin of Many Expressive
Terms lT*e«l In the English
Language.
"Hurrah!" It used to be "Hurray!"
and the cry is as old as England. It
is the battle cry of the old Norse vik
ings as they swept down to burn and
murder among the peaceful British.
"Tur aie!" was their war cry, which
means "Thor aid!"—an appeal for
help to Thor, the god of battles, says
the Philadelphia Inquirer.
"It's all humbug!" Perhaps it is.
Humbug is the Irish "uim bog,'* pro
nounced humbug, meaning bogus
money. King James II. coined worth
less money from his mint at Dublin,
his 20-shilling piece being worth two
pence. The people called it "uim bog."
It was a Roman gentleman of 2,000
years ago who first asked "where the
shoe pinches." He had just divorced
his wife and liis friends wanted
know what was the matter with tht
woman. They declared she was good
and pretty. "Now," said the lius
band, taking off his shoe, "isn't that
a nice shoe? It's a good shoe, eh? A
pretty shoe, eh? A new shoe, eh?
And none of you can tell where it
pinches me."
"Before you can say Jack Robinson"
arose from the behavior of one John
Robinson. He was a fool. He was in
such a hurry when he called on his
friends, that he would be off before
he had well knocked at the door.
"There they go, helter-skelter!"
That phrase was coined at the defeat
of the Spanish Armada. The great
fleet of the Spanish invasion was
driven by storm and stress of the
English attack north of the Helder
river and south to the Skekler riter—
the Scheldt.
Do you know why a hare is called
"push?" This is not a riddle, but
just an example of how words get
twisted. The ancient Latin word for
a hare was "lepus." The Norman
knights who came over with William
the Conqueror pronounced the word
"le puss." The puss he remains to
day.
"Go to Halifax!" That town was a
place of special terroi4 for rogues, be
cause of the first rude guillotine in
vented there by Mannaye for chopping
off felons' heads. Halifax law was that
the criminal "should be condemned
first, and inquired upon after." Cov
entry had a queer la\y in old times, by
which none but freemen of the city
could practice a trade there. Stran
gers were starved out. Hence the
phrase for shutting a man out of hu
man company—"sent to Coventry."
"Spick and span" comes from the
"spikes" and "spanners"—the hooks
and stretchers for stretching cloth
new from the loom.
To "dun" a man for debt comes from
the memory of Joe Dun, bailiff of Lin
coln, who was so keen a collector that
his name has become a proverb.
"News" is a queer word—the initials
of north, east, west, south, which ap
peared on the earliest journals as a
sign that information was to be had
here from the four quarters of the
world. The sign was N E W S and gave
us our word "news."
Hindoos Taking to Christianity.
The latest report of the British In
dian census commissioner shows that
there were 2,923,340 Christians in 7j
clia in 1901, as compared with 2,231,
3S0 in 1S91. an increise of 638,969, or
about 28 per cent., during the ten
years. The trrowt'i of Christianity in
India is much more rapid than ihr
increase in population, yet the Chris
tians are but one per cent, of the
total population*—London ^«wa.
Low Kates to Minnesota and North Dakota
From July 26th to Angnst SOth.the Great
IJorthern Railway'will sell harvest excur
sion tickets at rate of 15.00
for each person,
in parties of five or more, from St. Paul,
Minneapolis, Duluth and West Superior,
and $18.00 from Chicago, to points on Great
Northern Railway in Minnesota, North and
South Dakota.
Also on same dates tickets to all points
on thdir line in Minnesota west of Sauk
Centre and Benson, and in North Dakota
east of Minot, at following rates for each
person, in parties of five or more: From
Sioux City, la., and Yankton, ?S.OO from
Bioux Falls, §7.50,
Tickets and information from all railway
ticket agents, or upon application to F. I.
Whitnov, G. P. & T. A., St. Paul, Minn., or
Max Bass, Q. I. A.. 220 S. Clark St..Chicago.
The Skin and the Graft.
"Truly," says the patient who is being
•kin-grafted, "su/gical science is a wonder
ful thing."
"It is." says the friend who is helping
out with the required skin I "First they
skin me and then they graft you but after
you get well and they send in the bill you'll
find, that youNc been skinned for their
graft."—Judge.
.. Courtesy lie warded.
Not many months ago $1,000 was willed
to a conductor of The Chicago & Alton Rail
way for being attentive and courteous. A
somewhat similar circumstance has reoc
curred. Mr. H. J. Titus, a steward on one
of the "Alton's" dining-cars, recently had
for a guest a gentleman to wnom he uncon
sciously. gave such polite attention as to at
tract his patron's notice. Upon arrival of
the train in Chicago, this passenger, who
was a high official of the Mobile & Ohio
pointed the latter Superintendent Commis
sary of the Mobile & Ohio Railway. Mr.
Titus assumes his new duties August 15th,
with headquarters in Jackson, Tenn. He
will be the youngest railway superintendent
of dining-cars in the United States, his age
being but twenty-four.
Not Gnilty.
Judge—I can see dissipation written on
your face.
Remus (frightened)—Yo' kin, sah? Well,
'deed Ah didn't write it, 'cause 1 can't spell
seeh a long word—Chicago Daily News.
Splendid Opportunity to Visit Red River
Valley.
From July 26th to August 20th the Great
Northern Railway will sell harvest excur
sion tickets at rate of $5.00 for each person,
in parties of five or more, from St. Paul,
Alinneapolis, Duluth and West Superior,
and $lii.00 from Chicago, to points on Great
Northern Railway in Minnesota, North and
South Dakota.
Also on same dates tickets to all points
on their lino in Minnesota west of Sauk
Centre and Benson, and in North Dakota
east of Minot, at following rates for each
person, in parties of five or more: From
Sioux City, la., and Yankton, $8.00 from
Sioux Falls, 87.50.
Tickets and information from all railway
ticket agents, or upon application to F. I.
Whitney, G. P. & I. A., St. Paul, Minn., or
Max Baas, G. I. A.,220 S. Clark St.,Chicago.
Couldn't Help It.—"Did you ever take an
oath?" asked the judge. "Wance only, y'ur
honor," replied tlie witness. "Big Moike
eh were at me from the top av a sivin-shtory
buildin', an' I couldn't 1 ave me team t' git
at him—sn I had t' tahke it."—Cincinnati
Commercial Tribune.
What the Union Pacific is doing in en
gineering improvements is commended to
other companies that operate in parts of
the country where no such difficulties are
encountered as in the West. Straight roads
are economic roads,'and they invite tratlic.
The wild yanks and alarming rolls to which
passengers are subject on some of them
cause train sickness, which is a form of
sea sickness, and headache, and they cause
a rapid deterioration of cars and engines.
Those railroads make the best bid for
patronage that promise not merely speed,
but comfort, and steadiness is the more
comfortable, because it indicates security.
We have been eager to extend the mileage
of this country. Now we might show some
expedition in reducing it by following the
example of the Utiio.i Padlic in straighten
ing needless (urns and lowering or raising
needless grades.—Brooklyn Eagle.
An Exchange.—Mother (who has been
out for the day)—"Tommy, did you take
that medicine that I told you to, when I was
away?" Tommy—"No, nia. Willie Jones
jnme in, and he liked it so. I exchanged it
with him for a sour apple.'—The King.
Low Fates to the lSed Klver Valley.
From July 26th to August 20th the Great
Northern Railway will sell harvest exctir
eion tickets at rate of ¥5.00 for each person,
in parties of five or more, from ftt. Paul,
Minneapolis, Duluth and West Superior,
und $18.00 from Chicago, to points on Great
Northern Railway in Minnesota, North and
South Dakota.
Alf-o on same dates tickets to all points
on their line in Minnesota west of Sauk
Centre nnd Bonson, and in North Dakota
east of Minot, at following rates for each
person, in parties of flvo or more: From
Sioux City, la., and Yankton, $8.00 from
Sioux Falls, $7.50.
Tickets and information from all railway
ticket agents, or upon application to F. I.
Whitney, G. P. & T. A., St. Paul, Miun., or
Max Bass, G. I. A.,220 S. Clark St.,Chicago.
No Trouble at All.—Mrs. Smith—"I'll
have a glass of orange phosphate, please."
Courteous Salesman—"Yes, lady wi.'l you
have it sent?" Mrs: Smith—"No. I won't
trouble you. I'll take it with me.' —Boston
Transcript.
"Jast as Good"-Never,
When you ask for a well known meritor
.ous medicine like Cciscarets, see that you
get it. If something else is offered "just as
rood," it is done to sneak a few cents extra
profit. CASCARETS have a larger sale
than any medicine of the kind ift the world.
Over ten million boxes last year. The gen
uine tablets are stamped "C.C.C." and are
never sold in bulk or jars. You can buy
them at any drug store at 10c, 25c, and 50c
per box.
saved
To Have and to Hold.—Tess—"Jack told
me he was going to propose to a girl I knew WW
last night. Jess—"Yes, and he 11 never do
In£ie* Can Wear Shoes
One size smaller after using Allen's Foot
Ease. A certain cure for swollen, sweating,
bot, aching feet. At all Druggists, 25c. Ac
cept no substitute. Trial package
rcss A. S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y.
"Here's where I fall to work," said tho
well digger when the rope broke.—Indianap
olis Xevvs.
1 am sure Piso's Cure for Consumption
my life three years ago—Mrs. fhos.
Rol)bin«. Maple Street, Norwich, N. Y.,
Feb 17, 1900
There is probably nothing more pointed
than the finger of scorn.—Chicago Daily
News.
Stops the Congh
and works off the cold. Laxative Bromo
Quinine Tablets. Price 25 cents.
Whon a woman begins to flatter you, rra,
—Chicago Journal.
Minneapolis
CONVENIENCE FOR TRAVELERS.
It Is Found la the Interchangeable
Mileage Ticket.
The interchangeable mileage ticket is
sued by the New York Central is good over
more than 6,000 miles of railway east of
Buffalo, including the New York Central &
Hudson River and branches Rome, Water
town & Ogdensbureand branches Carthage
& Adirondack Mohawk & Malone St.
Lawrence & Adirondack New York &
Putnam New York & Harlem Pennsyl
vania Division of the New York Central
West Shore Railroad, including its Chenan-
fo
and Wallkill Valley branches and the
ioston & Albany Railroad
Over all of the above roads the tickets are
good in the hands of the bearer for one per
son or a dozen, and good until used, there
being no limit to t!ie ticket. They are also
accepted for passage, subject to the local
rules and regulations, on the following lines:
Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg Railway
Central Railroad of Pennsylvania Pitts
burg, Johnstown, Ebensburg & Eastern
Railroad Philadelphia & Reading Railway,
and Atlantic City Railroad.
These tickets are sold at the flat rate of
two cents per jnile, and that they are a
great convenience to the public is proven
by the fact that thousands of them are in
the hands of not only regular travelers, but
of many families that travel only occasion
ally, as they are always ready for use and
enable their holilers to travel on all the
New York Central lines east of Buffalo at
two cents per mile without waiting for re
bates or proof of ownership.—From the
Albany Argus.
Wordless Thoughts,
"Remember, my son," said the old man
to his offspxing, who was going forth into
the world to do for himself and to do oth
ers, "that there are times when it is best
to saw wood and say nothing."
"That's right, dad," replied the wise in
nocent. "If a fellow was to say what he
thinks while sawing wood it might atfect
his standing in the church."—Chicago Daily
News.
Harvest Hand Excursions.
From July 2Gth to August 20th the Great
Northern Railway will sell harvest excur
sion tickets at rate of £5.00 for each person,
in parties of five or more, from St. Paul,
Minneapolis, Duluth and West Superior,
and $18.00 from Chicago, to points on Great
Northern Railway in Minnesota, North and
South Dakota.
Also on same dates tickets to all points
on their line in Minnesota west of Sauk
Centre and Benson, and in North Dakota
vast of Minot, at following rates for each
person, in parties of five or more: Prom
Sioux City, la., and Yankton, §8.00 from
Sioux Falls, $7.50.
Tickets and information from all railway
ticket ageuts, or upon application to F. I.
Whitney, G. P. &T. A., St. Paul, Minn., or
Max Bass, G. I. A., -20 S. Clark St.,Chicago.
A Desirable Preacher.—"How did you
like the new preacher, dear?" asked Mrs.
Fijit when her husband returned from
church. "He's great," replied the husband.
"He woke me up only once."—Ohio State
Journal.
Not Dependent on Single Train.
The New York Central Lines have whole
flying batteries of trains connecting the
centers of population and the gateways of
commerce.
One cannot help But wonder if some peo
ple's admiration for their ancestors would
be as enthusiastically reciprocated ift the
positions were reversed.—Indianapolis
News.
The man who thinks leada the crowd.—
Rain's Horn.
it again." Tess—"Why, who was the girl?" WW 1
Jess-"I, and I accepted hiin."-Philadel
phia Press.
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