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JOHN A. CORBETT, Publisher.
W I I S O N N
Queer Foods of New York Epicure*.
History tells us that Confucius liked
•harks' fins and sea slugs and birds'
nests. Well and good. If a man with
an intellect like that of the great Chi
nese philosopher found these, to us,
unusual foods, palatable, they must be
worth trying. Then there are the pre
served grape leaves, the pickled
•quash, and the dried okra of the Sy
rians. These people of the orient were
civilized long before America was
•ven thought of being discovered, so
there Is no reason, argues the epicure,
why their knowledge and choice of
foods should not be well worth inves
tigating. The other countries have
their special delicacies which, If they
are sought out, appeal to the univer
sal taste and form an agreeable and
Inexpensive addition to the daily menu
of the average mortal who must eat
Bear steak from the west, kangaroo
fells pickled, which come from Aus
tralia preserved goldfish from the
Nile canned abalone from California
and dried goose from Sweden are
only a few of the queer foods kept for
sale in the New Tork markets and sold
In quantities every day. Until recent
ly, says Harriet Quimby in Leslie's
Weekly, people who relished snails
were regarded with sentiments which
savored of disgust, but that notion has
changed, and at the present time that
delicacy can be procured In almost any
of the first-class hotels and cafes in
New Tork. In order to meet the
(rowing demand, one of the largest
caterers in the city imports 25,000
snails every week from Brittany,
where the best snails ate grown.
The Alhambra Crumbling.
Since more and more American
tourists visit Spain each year, the
news that the Alhambra, (he Mecca
of all pilgrims to that country, is in
greater danger of total destruction
than ever before will arouse wide
spread interest in this country. The
government contributes 45,000 pesetas
a year for its preservation, but that
sum has proved quite inadequate for
present urgent needs, and one cannot
help wishing therefore, that some
wealthy American art patron migLt
immortalize himself by coming to the
rescue. That the Alhambra has sur
vived to this day is in itself a marvel.
During its five centuries of existence
it has been subjected to severe trials.
Shattered, at one time, by an explo
sion, and shaken by earthquakes, it
has at other times sunk so low as to
be
a
habitation of smugglers, and
even a stable for French army horses.
The present danger, explains the New
York Post, lies in the fact that the
foundations are being undermined by
water from the old ruined conduits.
Not only are the government appro
priations insufficient to meet this con
dition, but the situation is Compli
cated by a quarrel among the three
directors. This has resulted in the
resignation, after 35 years of service
of the eminent expert in oriental arch
itecture, Senor Contreras. He has
restored many of the tiles, as well as
the figures and colors and the other
mural decorations, thus giving a fair
idea of what the Moorish palace was
In the days of its glory.
Misuse of the Telephone.
Calling a husband up maliciously on
the telephone, day and night, has been
ruled in Masachusetts not to be an
actionable misdemeanor in' a wife.
The Judge added, however, by way of
gratuitous observation, this: "I think
that one having a telephone in his
house could enjoin a person from con
tinuously ringing him up day and
night upon unimportant matters which
he had no right to do, to the loss of
sleep and rest to the occupant and to
his great annoyance." With new
methods of communication come new
subjects for lawyers and the rest of
us to discuss. Take rural free deliv
ery, for instance. With the telephone,
says Collier's, this is changing the
most important aspects of country life.
Some persons oppose it because,
among other reasons, it costs money.
Such persons would probably oppose
the mail service if it were a newer
question. The rural free delivery, like
every means of intercourse, will not
be set back, but rather be a larger fac
tor constantly in our civilization. Mr.
Olmsted, the great landscape gardenei
who did so much to ruralize the cities,
said that a still more Important duty
was to urbanize the country, making
it more attractive and more nourish
ing to the mind than the tenements of
a slum.
"Silent" Smith, who has just been
married, was a great catch from the
standpoint of most women. Aside
from possessing about $43,000,000, he
has the reputation of being able to sit
and listen for hours without saying a
word.
Sir James Crichton-Browne says
that the rapid locomotion supplied by
automobiles, blinds its victim to na
tural beauty." The impression here
was that it tosses them higher than
that
"Any advice for sale, Larry? Cheap?
Then come along with me, for I am in
a dickens of a fix!" cried Ross Court
ney, collaring his chum and leading
him off per force to the boarding
house he called home.
"It's a case of excesB baggage," he
continued, as the two went up the
broad stairs two steps at a jump.
"You see, Percy Miles and I hap
pened into the railroad office where
they were auctioning off old, uncalled
for luggage, and just for fun each of
us bid in a trunk. I selected a small,
mannish looking one, and, here we
are! Come and view the burden of
my woes."
He led the way into a pleasant room,
pointed solemnly at a little leather
covered trunk in the middle o" the
floor, threw himself lazily upon a
couch, and exclaimed:
"Open the confounded thing! It's
full of a woman's stuff. Percy got a
fine overcoat in his, and some new
ties and things. But what can this
unincumbered man do with that tog
gery?"
"Keep it till you're married," sug
gasted Larry.
"Married! The girl I'd marry
wouldn't touch second-hand clothes!
Besides, I daren't keep it here. Mrs.
Landlady is too curious. No I'll just
dump it in the lake some dark night
and make a mystery for the police."
"And incidentally get yourself into
more trouble. But why such cruel
waste? These things cost money—
lots of it. I imagine—and you paid
a dot In the bargain. Suppose you
give it to some grown-up orphan
asylum, or—no, I say, Ross, go
through it systematically and find out
the owner's name and address—it is
surely on something—then write to
her, offering to sell the whole thing
back for a trifle."
"Good! Do an act of charity and
turn an honest penny by it! Scotch
you surely are! But there's the din
ner gong! Won't you go down with
me?"
"No had mine. I'll stay here and
rummage for you, if you like."
"Wish you would. Only lock Mrs.
McGaffey out."
Courtney disappeared, the door was
bolted, and Larry turned back to the
battered little trunk with a look of
pity on his handsome face. Had it
been lost in one of the awful catas
trophes he had read about its owner
killed anA her body, like the baggage,
unidentified? How else would a val
uable trunk remain unclaimed? They
were girlish things dainty veils, rib
bons, ginghams* silks and '.piles of
snowy linen. He lingered over a pair
of half-worn slipped, thinking-of Cin
derella and her prince.
"But not the sign of a clew!" he
murmured. "Perhaps there are let
ters in thi" box."
Its catch was bent he wrenched it
open, and out flew—his photograph!
He sat down plump upon a lace
hat and stared. On the back of it
were his initials in his own handwrit
ing, and a date he had put upon but
one photograph. Beneath the picture
were all the letters and scraps of
notes he had ever sent Nell Burr also
some comical pencil sketches he had
made of one never-to-be-forgotten pic
nicing day, and some little trinkets
he had given her.
Only one bit of paper bore other
handwriting than his own. Unfolding
it, he read:
"O to call back the days that are not!
Mine eyes were blinded, your words
were few.
Will you know the truth this side #f
Heaven?
Larry! Larry! Tender and true!"
He bent his head upon the brown
trunk and groaned aloud "And now
you are dead, dead! Oh, Nell!"
How the old love song 'Douglas,
Douglas, tender and true" brought
back the happy days they had spent
together! And now its revised
words revealed her heart and showed
him how* sadly he had misunderstood
her. And she was dead, dead!
Courtney's heavy tread on the stair
aroused him from stupor to quick ac
tion. The photo and letters were
crammed back into the little box,
which he hastily hid under his shape
less old Panama then, unlocking the
door, he met his old friend with a
stolid sort of a smile, exclaiming:
"You're right! There's not a thing
in it to tell whose it is. But I tell you
what— Sell it to me to give to that
poor little cousin of mine who is
working her way through normal
school."
"Bless your benevolent old boots!
But surely there's a clew somewhere
in it! It would be so romantic to
hunt her up. She's young, and I'll
bet she's pretty, judging by all this
flummery. Let me take a whirl at
it!" and the jolly fellow threw open
the Ud with a bang that struck a
chill to Larry's heart.
Filled with terror lest Ross should
find her name and address upon some
thing, he hovered over, watching the
ruthless handling of the precious gar
ments, and listening dumbly to his
abominable comments. It was joking
ever her coffin to the tortured Larry.
Sut he had sufficient presence of mind
to cram the box into his pocket while
Ross investigated the bottom of the
trunk. Fortunately no full name
coupled with an addresscould be found,
so at last Larry succeeded in wheed
ling the owner out of his "bargain."
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Love Letters at Auction
Late that night the two, stealthy as
By Lee McCrae *.
burglars, carried the trunk out of Mrs.
McGaffey's domain, up the street, and
into the Cowan home.
"Don't breathe only every other
time," whispered Larry. "I don't want
the folks to know—that is, until to
morrow. Here! Let's put it under
this old covered table."
All night he tossed upon his bed,
upbraiding himself for the days that
were gone and mourning bitterly for
the girl he loved. About midnight it
suddenly occurred to him that the at
tic was the only safe'place for the
trunk. His sisters delighted in "clean
ing up his den" the moment he left
home.
It was no easy task, but he suc
ceeded in getting it up the steep stairs
and stored away among the dusty
boxes and barrels. On descending he
found the whble house in an uproar.
Burglars! Everyone, even to the
sleepy Bridget had heard them, and
there was wild running to and fro.
Yes, he, too, had heard a noise and
was looking in the stairway, he ex
plained, brushing suspicious cob
web from his mustache. It took fully
an hour or more to quiet his mother
and sisters and to this day they in
clude that night among the family
scares.
The next day, with the announce
ment that he had business in the city,
Larry took a hasty departure. Any
thing was better than this horrible
uncertainty. He must know whether
Nell Burr was living or dead.
Arriving at his destination,
he
walked quickly to a familiar house in
the suburbs, rang the bell, and in
quired in as matter-of-fact a way for
Miss Burr as if it had been two days
instead of two years sime he had
stood there. But there was no trace
of surprise on the maid's face.
She
simply said:
"Come in. But she may not be able
to see you."
Presently she glided into the room,
a mere wisp of a girl, with flushed
cheeks and a look of Intense surprise
on her face. Her hand trembled as
he clasped them and her voice was
unsteady as she greeted him and
added:
"Pardon my limpness. I am just
convalescing from a severe illness—
an accident, rather. You heard I was
caught in a hotel fire? Yes. I owe
my life to a fireman. See my scar?"
and she pushed back the soft hair
upon her forehead.
He questioned her about the acci
dent until she finally said "I lost
everything I had taken with me for
my trunk was left at the station, the
check lost with my pocketbook. None
of us thought of it until I was out of
danger, and now we can get no trace
of it. You see, I have been ill for
months from the shoek. But there
was nothing of much value in the
trunk, only clothing and some—some
keepsakes."
For one delicious moment he watch
ed the flush deepen on her cheeks
then, losing all interest in the bat
tered trunk, he plunged into the theme
that had brought him there, the fool
ish misunderstanding of two summers
ago. He plead manfully, taking all
the blame upon himself, never hint
ing of the bit of paper that lent such
courage to his wooing.
It was only when their baggage
caught up with them on the wedding
tour that she first saw the little
brown trunk. To get even, she cried,
teasingly:
"Poor Larry! How cheap you must
have felt to have bid in your own
love letters at auction!"
(Copyright, 1906, by Daily Story Pub. Co.).
SANITATION IN THE HOU3E.
Some Things the Country Resident
Should Bear in Mind.
The general problem of good water
and safe sewage appeals to every
owner of a country house, says a
writer in the Atlantic. The best soil
for these purposes is a sandy one,
and wherever a rocky or tslayey soil
gives possibility of a fissure which
might connect water and drainage, ex
pert examination should be called in.
The individual plant for sewage idis
posal may often be a well and a cess
pool, the cesspool, once a bogy to
sanitation, being now justified by the
septic tank and the sand filter, both
of which principles are employed in
its construction. Two points must be
recognized here. Such a covering of
the well that the grave danger of sur
face pollution may be avoided, for it
is most essential that no pollution
should be washed through covering
boards. Also the direction of drain
age, which is generally toward' the
nearest water course, must be such
that the water'supply may be below
the poinl of the sewage disposal. With
these simple precautions of soil, cov
ering of well and proper location of
water and drainage, the isolated coun
try house owner may feel secure.
Blind Pastor's Good Work.
By the death of the Rev. Dr. Mathe
son, late of St. Bernard's, Edinburgh,
a unique personality disappears from
the Scottish pulpit. For the greater
part of his life, Dr. Matheson was
blind, yet this great physical handicap
seemed to be no impediment to the
performance of the onerous duties at
taching to the ministry of a large city
parish^
0I9FIQURKD WITH ECZEMA.
Brushed Scales from Face Like Pow
der—Under Physicians Grew Worse
—Cuticura Works Wonders.
'1 suffered with eczema six months.
I had tried three doctors, but did not
get any better. It was on my body
and on my feet so thick that I could
hardly put a pin on me without touch
ing eczema. My face was covered,
my eyebrows came out, and then it
got in my eye. I then went to anoth
er doctor. He asked me what I vras
taking for It, and I told him Cuticura.
He said that was a very good thing,
but that he thought my face would
be marked for life. But Cuticura
did Its work, and my face Is now
Just as clear as It ever was. I told
all my friends about my remarkable
cure. I feel so thankful I want ev
erybody far and wide to know what
Cuticura can do. It Is a sure cure
for eczema. Mrs. Emma White, 641
Cherrier Place, Camden, N. J., April
25, 1905."
LITTLE THINGS AND BIQ.
Differentiate Between the Essentlsl
.and the Non-Essentlsi.
Little things are often of great im
portance, but when they are so they
are not little. The pinion of a watch
wheel, for example, in one sense is
little, In another sense it Is not so at
all for when It Is not perfectly ad
justed, the watch Is worthless for time
keeping. It is not size that makes a
thing little or great, but Its relation to
the end for which a number of things
are combined. If a thing Is essential
It Is Important. Because so many of
the people who are always preaching
the Importance of little things fail to
discriminate between the little and the
non-essential, they often make a
wretched mess of the management of
their own and other people's affairs.
Theoretically, if every factor that con
tributes to a result is perfect* the re
sult will be perfect but practically,
for want of time, strength and oppor
tunity, the efficient man is compelled
to neglect some things for the sake of
others and, in order to do this and
yet secure the main end, he has to
discriminate between the essential and
the non-essential. The one who Is
thoroughly imbued with the false doc
trine of the importance of little things,
spends his strength without discrim
ination,. and usually succeeds in miss
ing the main chance.—The Watchman.
COPPER SAFE FROM LIGHTNING.
Belief Firmly Held in Many Parts of
the Country.
"This matter of superstitions is a
queer thing," said the man as he care
fully avoided walking under a ladder,
for even those of us who are skeptics
have at least one superstitious failing,
and mine Is walking under ladders.
"In the country this summer 1 met
a new one, which was firmly believed
in by several farmers, and that was
that a thunder storm never passed
over a copper mine or copper vein.
The old fellow who told me about it
pointed out again and again that Al
though black clouds might roll up and
lightning flash, the storm always went
around a certain spot in his farm.
"Such actions on the part of a thun
der storm could mean but one thing,
he said—that there was a copper vein
there. So sure was he of it, that he
was putting by a little each year to
have the spot investigated to see If
there was copper enough In It to
work."
More Than 8ociety Butterflies.
These are the days when women
of national celebrity vie with each
other in housewifely accomplishments.
Mrs. Philander C. Knox has just dis
patched to Mrs. Roosevelt a firkin of
butter, made with her own hands, at
the Valley Forge farm. Mrs. Roose
velt has sent delicious brandied cher
ries to her intimates, and to the Epis
copal Home for Old People in Wash
ington. Mrs, Bonaparte, wife of the
secretary of the navy, has preserved
some toothsome mangoes.
NO DAWDLING.
A Man of 70 After Finding Coffee Hurt
Him, Stopped Short.
When a man has lived to be 70 years
old with a 40-year-old habit grown to
him like a knot on a tree, chances are
he'll stick to the habit till he dies.
But occasionally the spirit of youth
and determination remains in some
men to the last day of their lives.
When such men do find any habit of
life has been doing them harm, they
surprise the Oslerites by a degree of
will power that is supposed to belong
to men under 40 only.
"I had been a user of colee until
three years ago—a period of 40 years
—and am now 70," writes a N. Dak.
man. "I was extremely nervous and
debilitated, and saw plainly that I
must make a change.
"I am thankful to say I had the
nerve to quit coffee at once and take
on Postum without any dawdling, and
experienced no ill effects. On the con
trary, I commenced to gain, losing my
nervousness within two months, also
gaining strength and health otherwise,
"For a man of my age, I am very
well and hearty. I sometimes meet
persons who have not made their
Postum right and don't like it. But I
tell them to boil it long enough, and
vail their attention to my looks now,
and before I used it, that seems con
vincing.
"Now, when I have writing tb do,
or long columns of figures to cast up,
I feel equal to It and can get through
my work without the fagged out feel
ing of old." Name given by Postum
Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Read the
book, "The Road to Wellville," In
pkgs. "There's a reason."
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Treasures for the Louvre.
Attention is called by the Travelers'
Gazette to recent acquisitions by the
Louvre, notably of a life size bust In
chalk, primitively colored, of the her
mit king of the eighteenth dynasty,
Akhoumalon, or Amenophis IV., one of
the strangest figures in the long line
of the Pharaohs. The bust Is
a
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by an American army representative
at St. Petersburg. The military au
thorities are also considering Ameri
can accoutrements, including web car
tridge belts and cavalry saddles, with
a view
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