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THE ELK CITY MIMNf 'VS
Boll Clappers of Opium.
The Infinite patience of the Chinese
Is well illustrated in a smuggling Story
which I heard from an Imperial mari
time customs official at one of the "bar
riers" on the upper Yangtze. The inci
dent occurred several years ago in an
attempt to avoid duty on u small
amount of Szechuan opium that was
headed fbr Shanghai.
"An important article of down river
trade," said the official in question, "is
the little belled and spangled cap worn
by the Chinese children from two to
six years of age. in passing a number
of boxes of these in the spring of 1900
1 chanced to notice that the tinkle
front the little bell in the center of the
can I was examining was rather muf
fled. Forcing it open purely out of
curiosity, I WM astonished to find a
tiny pellet of , opium hardly a quarter
of an inch in diameter.which had been
substituted for the clapper. Of, course
we had to search the whole lot, and
our aggregate haul from about 5,000
caps-ra couple of days', ; WQTk for us—
was less than, ten pounds of opium,"—
Wide World Magazine.
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Gleaning In England.
There is a popular but quite errone
ous belief that a common law right of
gleaming exists In England. A legal
qbiter dictum ,that a man who enters a
fjeld for the purpose of gleaning can
not be prosecuted for trespass received
the dubious, support of Blackstone.
Rut a majority of judges decided in a
*ase which came before the old court
of common pleas that to grant a gen
eral right to gleam would be contrary
^o public policy, because it would "de
moralize the poor" and "open a wide
door to fraud." In many parts of Eng
land the privilege is confined to the
wives and children of the harvesters.
Yet the privilege of gleaming became
so firmly established in England that
the local custom has been recognized
by many acts of parliament. In some
country districts the "gleaning bell" is
still regjularly rung from the tower of
the parish church during harvest tide
twice a day to let the gleaners know
when they may commence and when
they must finish. — Westminster Ga
zette.
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Persia's Great Superstition.
The greatest superstition in Persia is
what is known as the "evil eye." You
must not say to some one whom you
meet. "Flow well you are looking!" for
if you do and that person Is taken ill
It wlU be because you gave him the
evil eye. You: must not say -to a
mother, "What à pretty baby!" "What
a bright child!'', for If you do and any
thing unfortunate happens to the child
you will be .considered responsible.
Many mothers let their children go
dirty and poorly clothed in order that
they may not attract favorable atten
tion. The sign which is thought to
have some power to avert the evil eye
consists in holding the second and
third fingers of both hands close to the
palms with the thumbs, while the other
fingers are : extended straight out.
Then with the hands behind you you
make a downward movement three
times.—Los Angeles Times.
What U Fun? ,,
"I don't see what fun it c&n be for
you to go on these fishing expeditions
with your husband," said her best
friend.
"That's because you don't know any
thing abodft fishing," she replied.
"Do you?"
"Indeed I do. I can sit in the stern
<fi the.boat and give advice to the best
And when a big-fish gets
away: nobody can beat me telling how
it ought to have been or might have
been landed." v
. "1 shouldn't think that would be
a
much furi for you."
"Shouldn't you? Well, that's because
you don't know how mad it makes my
husband. Kid. you don't know what
fun la,"—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Spanish Meat Balls.
Spanish, meat balls are as palatable
u they are rare, and made thus: One
can of tomatoes, one onion chopped
fine, garlic or cayenne to taste. This
forms the "Spanish,
pounds of hamburg steak. Soak half
a loaf of stale bread; drain off dll wa
ter. Take one egg. pepper and salt to
taste, mix together, roll Into balls the
Oue and a half
size of an egg and cook in the "Span
ish" three quarters of an hour.—Na
tional Magazine.
His Suspicions Aroused.
"John, do you love your little wife?"
"Yes." /
"Do you love me very much?"
"Oh, yes."
"Will you always love me?"
"Yes. Say, woman, what have you
gone and ordered sent home now?"—
Pittsburgh Post
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Conservation Too.
"What is this domestic science?" In
quired the engaged girl.
"It consists of making hash out of
the leftover meat and croquettes out of
the leftover hash." explained her more
experienced friend.—Louisville Cour
leivJournal.
Every opinion reacts on him who ut
ters It—Emerson. ,
BANK OF ENGLAND NOTES.
Always Fposh and Clean, as They Are
Issued Only Once.
There is as great a difference be
tween the systems <af issuing and re
deeming the notes ot the Bank of Eng
land and of the banks of the United
States as there is in the appearance
of the notes themselves!.
The English note is somflwhat longer
and much broader than ours, is of
rough white paper, with ragged edges,
and is printed on one side only, with a
few words and with no pictures or
designs, whilé ours are completely cov
ered ou both sides with vignette and
lathe work.
Our notes are Issued again and again
until they become so worn that they
are no longer serviceable. A Bank of
England note is never issued more
than once. Every note that comes in
is canceled at once, and then it Is
Stored away with other canceled notes
to be preserved for a certalii period,
when it is destroyed by burning.
It takes many clerks to keep the
record of notes issued and paid, and
so accurately Is this work done that
the date when any note was issued,
the person receiving it, the time when
it was paid into the bank and by
whom, can be ascertained from the
books. If the time was within five
years the note itself can be produced.
Many are the stories of attempts to
counterfeit these notes, which have al
ways been failures. As the average
time between the issue and the pay
ment of the notes is only five or six
days the fact that a counterfeit Is in
circulation is known almost at once,
and the system of English bankers and
merchants of keeping the numbers of
the notes received and paid gives the
clew whereby the offender is quickly
apprehended.—Exchange.
A TIP ON CHECKS.
Advica by a Woman Who Always Fills
Out the Stub First.
The west side woman was paying
with a check for some articles she had
bought at a department store, and she
was carefully filling in the.stub of her
check book first. "Oh, don't stop for
that," urged her shopping companion,
who was in a hurry. "You can do that
when you get home."
Unmoved, the west side woman fin
ished the stub with special care, then
wrote the check, gave it to the sales
mah and said to her impatient friend:
"Before I was married I took care of
some of my father's accounts. The
first time he ever asked me to fill out
a set of blank checks for him ,po he
could sign them he told me: 'Ofie rule
you must always ,observe—write the
stub first. Make - a vow to yourself,
like unto the vow of Jephthàh, that
you will never write a check until the
stub is filled. If for any reason you
should fall later to write the «heck it
would be a simple matter to. cancel
the stub, but if you write a check and
leave the stub blank you open the
door to a hundred chances of mistake.
No one's memory can be trusted on
that subject. Never try to trust yours.
Let the law of "the .stub first" be to
you as the law of the Medes and the
Persians.' I }rave always foqnd it
perfectly easy to follow that rule, and
that is one reason I have a bank ac
count today. My husband Is ; .never
afrajd I will makq him any trouble
with it.*'—New York Press.
Watching Sponges Grow.
Outside the harbor of Sfax. Tunisia,
in the shallow water of the clear Med I
terranean, is situated a biological lab
oratory for the study of sponges,
is one of the most unique in the world
and affords opportunity for observing
the development of the sponge from
tiny larva, so smalj that it can only be
studied under a microscope unfit five
years later it has developed into a per
feet sponge.
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"Loafley tells me be hasn't been so
busy for years." u
"Nonsense; That. Job he has is u
cinch. He never has to work bard
there." .'j
"That's just It He's been fired, and
he's chasing around after another job
now."—Exchange.
Interrupted Reposé.
"So you don't ears for chess?"
"Not much,
wakened every time you drop into a
pice nap merely to be told that it is
your move."—Washington Stah
It's annoying to be
■For the Plano.
Quiet Spoken Customer—You keep
everything for the piano, don't you? t
Salesman—Yes sir. We do. sir. Quiel
Spoken Customer—Give me an ax.
Puck.
Head and Foot.
A chiropodist merely wants to get a
foothold In business, while the wig
maker only wants to make a bald ex
istence.—Kansas City Star.
The best manners should be used aM
day and every day. They are none
too good for constant use.
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