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MAN
University of Chicago economists
who have figured that a man and his
wife can live with great frugality on
$300 a year are distanced by the record
of ex-Judge William Cole Talcot, of
Valparaiso, lud. That aged jurist has
for several years lived with his wife at
a total expense for both of thein for
food of uot more than $1 a week, or o2
for the year. And in spite of this botli
are now in the best of health, declare
that they neve;- felt better nor could
work better in their lives, and believe
that they have solved the problem of
happiness and health in resorting to
the plainest of plain living. Though
nearly 8." years old Judge Talcot works
daily in a garden near his house or
aJjout the house itself, is never ill, and
is apparently as strong as most men
who are not within a score of years of
his age. And Mrs. Talcot, not quite
ten years his junior, though snowy
white of hair, has as fresh a color in
her cheeks as a girl of 15, and does
every day all the "housework about
their home.
Though the diet on which this is ac
complished will appear to many people
barren of everything that makes the
table attractive, yet the two who have
long made it their own declared that
desire for other things quickly disap
peared when they resorted to it, and
that they neither want nor need addi
tions to it. The rule of their table pro
vides in general that their meals shall
consist chiefly of cereal products with
milk and sugar. They eat generally
for breakfast oatmeal mush and milk
and sugar. For dinner bread and milk
and sugar, and for supper cornmeal
mush and sugar. They vary this
slightly from time to time with other
cereal foods, and when they feel a
taste for it add a bit of meat, for neith
er is a strict vegetarian.
For two-thirds of a century William
Cole Talcot has been known as a lead
er in social reforms in Northern In
diana. He came from the East in 183.")
on an excursion trip around the great
lakes on one of the earliest steamers.
The vessel ran up to the Sault'ste.
Marie, theD in the midst of the great
Northwestern wilderness. From there
it went into Green Bay, and its pas
sengers beheld along the shores of that
beautiful water the virgin forest, in
which lived Indians almost unacquaint
ed with white men, save as they met
URBANITY A PAYING QUALITY.
Instances in Which Courteous Men
Have Found Politeness Profitable.
Many years ago the late Dr. &nippen,
'of Philadelphia, left his house in early
morning and was hurrying down the
street when he noticed a singular and
ferocious-looking man, whose gaze was
fastened upon him. With instinctive
politeness and bonhommie he smiled,
raised his hat and passed on, when sud
denly he heard a shot. Turning he
found that the stranger had just left
his home with the insane intention of
killing the first man he met. He was
the first man; but his absolute fearless
ness and constitutional as well as culti
vated courtesy had put the man off his
guard, and the next passer-by had
caught the bullet intended for him.
That smile and bow had saved his life.
When the country was a century
younger and the Indian was yet in the
land, a gentleman tlpon the then fron
tier was hunting with friends, got sep
arated from them, and completely lost
his way. Every effort to retrieve his
steps led him still further into the wil
derness, and night overtook him in a
dense forest. Overcome with fatigue,
he lay down under a tree and slept pro
foundly. In the morning he awoke
with a start, with that indescribable
reeling that some one was looking at
him, and, glancing up, he saw that he
was surrounded by hostile Indians, and
that the leader of the band, in war paint
and feathers, was bending over him in
no amiable mood.
He took in the situation at a glance
knew his Immediate danger, and had
no means of averting it; neither did he
understand a word of their language.
But he was self-possessed, knew the
universal language of nature, and be
lieved that even under the war paint
and feathers "a man's a man for a'
that." He fixed his clear, bold eye up
on the Indian, and smiled! Gradually
the fierceness passed away from the
eye above him, and at last an answer
ing smile came over the face. Both
were men both were brothers and he
was saved! The savage took him under
his protection, brought him to his wig
wam, and after a few days restored
him to his friends. Courage, self-command,
and tact had gained the day.
Lippincott's Magazine.
GEN. ZEBULON YORK.
An Able Lawyer and One of the Con
federacy's Bravest Generals.
The recent death of General Zebulon
York at his home in Natchez, Miss.,
closed the career of one of the bravest
generals of the Confederacy. Cen. Vork
was also an able lawyer and a planta
tion owner. He was born in Maine in
1819, but his education was obtained
principally in Southern schools. After
graduating in law from the Louisiana
University he opened an office in VI
dalia, La., and was soon recognized as
one of the ablest lawyers in the State.
He invested his earnings in plantations
and negroes, and soon had, besides his
law business, a flourishing field yield
ing a handsome revenue.
Wlien the Civil War broke out Attor
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(ii .'.'(i ' uin mil a 'iiu ' in hi i t.-ri
the descendants of the early French
pioneers or the few Americans who had
penetrated thus far into the wilderness
for furs. Out through Death's Door
they came, and up the lake to Chicago,
aud from this straggling hamlet across
the lake to Michigan City. There
where a great city was expected to
grow Judge Talcot left the boat and
soon after settled in St. Joseph County.
He has lived in that vicinity nearly
ever since, and most of the time at
Valparaiso.
Even in his youth he was a thinker
along original lines. Having when a
boy been given a scholarship in college
by a church educational society, he be
came convinced during his freshman
year that the creed of the church which
was supporting him was narrow and
was founded on myths and traditions.
He therefore resigned the scholarship
and proceeded to study by himself.
After he came to Indiana the Brook
Farm communistic experiment was
made and co-operation and socialistic
colonies became much talked about.
The young Talcot took the lead in
Northern Indiana in which there were
scattered farming settlements and
small towns and in 1844 started the
Philadelphia Industrial Association.
Land was secured near South Bend,
about two miles from the original town
site, on the river, and a house and oth
er buildings put up. There were nine
families of seventy persons in the com
munity, numbering cobblers, carpen
ters, farmers and men of other trades,
aud the plan was strictly a Common
wealth. All went weH for a time. The
land, however, had been secured from
two different parties, who were at
swords' points, and the troubles be
tween these two soon destroyed any no
tion of "brotherly love" in the philadel
phic community. A big common house
had been built for a starter, having a
separate entrance and room for each
ney York raised a company which be
came a part of the Fourteenth Louisi
ana Begiment. He fought in many of
the great battles of the war and was
noted for his dash and bravery. He
was wounded a number of times and
arose from the position of captain to
that of brigadier general. After the war
he set to work to again build up a for
tune on the ruins of his once happy
home. For some years preceding his
death he lived in Natchez and there ac
quired wealth and honor. He was not
married until 1885 and his marriage
was somewhat romantic. On a bleak
January day during the war he met a
timid schoolgirl in Richmond, Va., who
was destined to become his wife. Their
meeting and engagement had a tinge of
romance. The romance was only con
cluded Aug. 25, 1885, when the General
led to his Buck Ridge plantation his
mature and polished wife, whose fine
talent and facile pen had long been a
source of comfort and happiness to
both.
Was Just Common Lying.
"The cunning of the Chinese has
been very much exaggerated," said a
former sea captain in conversation the
other day. "I will never forget my
own experience. We had arranged
with a prominent Chinese merchant of
Hong-Kong for a quantity of tea, but
at the last minute there was a hitch
about the delivery of the consignment.
He told me it had been temporarily
tied up by the officials on account of
some misunderstanding about the in
ternal taxes. I discovered by accident
later on that the lot had been sold
over my head to a chance customer
and the tax story was a mere pretext
to gain time for the substitution of an
inferior grade.
"The tea merchant was a sedate,
courtly old gentleman and he had told
me the outrageous He with perfect
calmness, looking me squarely in the
face, without a quiver. It never oc
curred to me to doubt his word and
but for chance we would have been
heavy losers. When I exposed him
indignantly before all his employes and
several foreign residents 1 supnosed
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family and a common dining-room in
the center, and there were outbuildings
and plans for larger houses, but after
two and a half years of existence the
colony finally disbanded.
After-that Mr. Talcot was elected
Judge of the Court of Common Pleas,
with jurisdiction over six counties. He
held this office fifteen years. He had
been before this owner and editor of
the local paper the Valparaiso Vidette
and after resigning from the bench
again took charge of the paper and con
ducted it for thirty years. In the early
years he found it necessary often to
set and print as well as write the paper.
Having been thus In the public eye
for three score years, Judge Talcot has
come to have great influence among the
people of Porter County. He has kept
to his free thought, and is now leader
in the Dr. Thomas branch of the Peo
ple's Church in that city. Judge Talcot
is as keen in putting forth his reform
ideas to-day as at any time in his
earlier life, and in them he has the un
qualified support of his wife. The lat
ter was for many years a teacher of
penmanship in the "Collegiate Insti
tute" of Valparaiso, and was a close
friend of Judge Talcot and his first
wife.
"There are two things for people to
do to be happy and be healthy," says
Mrs. Talcot. "They must live plainly
and they must sleep at night instead of
half the daytime. Early to bed and
early to rise is a wise motto and plain
living Is another. In our opinion an
expenditure of $300 a year for two peo
ple would be great extravagance. To
be sure, we have no rent to pay and
we have milk sent to us by Mr. Talcot's
son, but even if we had these things to
pay for we would not need to spend
$300 a year. We do not stint ourselves,
but we follow a wise creed by living
plainly when we are at home or when
on the railroad."
he would be ashamed and disconcert
ed. An American of his standing would
have been humiliated and crushed be
yond measure. I have known men to
commit suicide for less disgrace, but
he never so much as blinked. He
heard me through blandly, made no
comment and began to talk about
something else. He had told a lie, was
caught and regarded the episode as
closed."
Instinct of Cats.
The instinct of animals in the mat
ter of self-preservation is curiously il
lustrated, sa.ys the New Orleans
Times-Democrat", "by the fact that sev
eral dozen cats found refuge during
the Ottawa fire in a wooden house
which, although the buildings on each
side were burning down, refused to
catch fire and remained intact. Cats
have a peculiar gift in this direction,
since, in addition to their reputed nine
lives, there is a pomilar superstition
that they will only eat what is good
for them.
This may or may not be a fallacy,
but the instinct of self-preservation,
which is- common to all animals, ex
cept, perhaps, horses (who, being very
bags of nerves, will during a fire be
have with suicidal obstinacy), has
been proved time and again. The rats
which, in practice as well as in theory,
desert the ship which is no longer sea
worthy, are a notable example of it;
and there are many animal lovers who
would not consider it any way extrav
agant to suggest that the quacking of
the' geese in the capltol was due to a
knowledge on their part of the facts
that the entry of tne enemy would
mean the cutting of their throats,
while the rousing of the Romans would
earn them a debt of gratitude and per
sonal immunity from the poulterer's
shop windows.
Home Folks Preferred.
Small Margaret had said her pray
ers, and her mamma was tucking hei
in to leave her to Tier slumbers, when
the child begged that mamma would
not leave her alone.
"Why, Margaret." said mamma,
soothingly, but surprised at this un
expected demand, "you know you are
never alone, for God is always with
you."
"Yes," rejoined the small maiden
doubtfully, "I know. But, mamma,
I'd rather have some of my own rela
tions." Woman's Home Companion.
A Northern Lighthouse.
The most northern lighthouse in
Great Britain, the northwest tower on
the coast of Shetland; is built on a rock
200 feet high, the summit of which
barely affords room for-the necessary
buildings.
It is learned that one zirl'
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; among the other girls is due to the fact
that whenever she visits at their bouse
sue insists upon wasnmg tne dishes.
It's a case of misdirected energy
when a young man runs after a gir
who doesn't appreciate him.
AN INGENIOUS CALCULATOR.
A Chinese Invention Remarkable for
Its simplicity.
A calculator remarkable for its sim
plicity and ingenuity and entirely dif
ferent from other machines which em
ploy a series of tapes, has been patent
ed by Chow Ling Shaug, of. Macao,
"hina, and is described in the Scientific
American. The device considerably
simplifies multiplication and division.
' Our Illustrations show the complete
apparatus and one of the tapes em
ployed. Upon a base of wood or other materi
al guides are secured which form pass
ages for a series of endless tapes. In
our , illustration the tapes are desig
nated by the Roman numerals I., II.,
111., iV., etc. Lacn tape is longitudin
ally divided into two columns and into
groups of nine numerals each. In the
first group all the figures ace zeroes; in
the second group the numbers "1" to
. '-9'' are inscribed; in the third group the
number "2" and Its multiples up to "1-8"
are written, the units being in the right
hand column and the tens in the left
hand column. In the next groups are
the multiples of 3, 4, etc, up to the
multiples of 9, after which the multi
4 pies 1 to 9 appear in the center of the
; tape, the division of the tape into two
; columns being abandoned at that point.
When it is desired, for example, to
find the product of eight times eight
thousand four hundred and ninety
seven, the tapes I., II., III., IV., are
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moved until the numbers "8," "4," "9,"
"7," of the tapes are on the same hori
zontal line, the other tapes being left
in their normal positions. In the
eighth line will be found the number
"56" on tape I.; in the same line, tape
II. bears the number "72;" tape III.
the number "32;" and tape IV. the
number "04." The product is obtained
by noting for each tape the number con
tained in the right hand column of that
tape, with the addition of the number
in the left hand column of the next tape
to the right. In other words, contigu
ous numbers of different tapes are
added. Thus, in the present case, "2"
and "5" from tapes I. and II. are added.
"2" and "7" from tapes II. and III., aud
"4" and "3" from tapes III. aud V. The
result obtained is "07,970," which is the
product sought. The figuring of other
products is readily understood from
this example. To multiply by a number
larger than 10, the well-known method
of adding the results of partial multi
plications is employed.
In division the calculator Is employed
to find multiples of the divisor and to
do away with tedious multiplication.
In dividing 212,425 by 8,497, for in
stance, 21,242 Is divided by 8.497, as
usual, giving 2 as the first figure in the
quotient; the calculator may be used
for this operation, since it shows that
21 (in the thousands) is between the
double (16,994) and the triple (25.491) of
8,497. Twice 8,497 is then read off as
10,994, and subtracted from 21,242,
leaving 4,248. To this remainder Is
added the last figure, 5; and 42,485 is
then divided by 8,497. The machine
shows at a glance that 42.485 is equal
to 5 multiplied by 8.497. The result of
the division is therefore 25.
Ruskin's Mother.
"My mother's general principles of
treatment," says Mr. Ruskin, "were to
guard me with steady watchfulness
from all avoidable pain and datiger;
and, as for the rest, to leC me amuse
myself as I like, provided I was neith
er fretful nor troublesome.1
"But the law was that I should And
my own amusement. No toys of any
kind were at first allowed. Nor did I
ever painfully wish for what 1 was
never permitted for an instant to hope
for, or even Imagine the possession of,
such things as one saw In toy shops. I
think it should be related that I was
steadily whipped if I was troublesome.
"la all these particulars i tiuua tne
treatment of mychildbood was entirely
right. As soon as 1 was able to read
fluently my mother began a course of
Bible work with me, which never ceas
ed until I went to Oxford."
An Odorless Onion.
The latest product of scientific propa
gation is the odorless onion. Just how
an onion can be odorless and still re
main an onion is not explained. To
most people the odor is all there Is of
an onion and that is enough. The elim
ination of the characteristic feature of
a vegetable of such long and strong
standing in natural history ought to be
reckoned among the proudest achieve
ments of man. But an onion deprived
of that delicious tang and the pene
trating scent which goes with It, can
hardly be an onion. The palate which
loves onions will not recognize it; call
ing a whitened, innocuous, insipid,
plated bulb an onion will not make it
one.
No true lover of onions will hail this
new invasion of science. He eats his
onion at dead of night, in silence and
solitude. He rejoices in it and sleeps
upon it. The incense of his praise fills
the room and soothes him to delicious
sleep. He rises in the morning after
his sacrifice to pass the day in purifica
tion, to see no one till the sun hath
sunk with indigestible substances, its
rudiment vegetable can command such
devotion from its votaries. It is a lux
ury and a worship. Shall he yield all
this delight for an odorless bulb? Let
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others do as they will, he will not. An
onion without Its odor would be asham
ed of itself. Milwaukee Journal, "f
How Lincoln Rebuked His Critics.
At the White House one day during
the Civil War, some gentlemen were
present from the West, excited and
troubled about the commissions or
omissions of the administration. Pres
ident Lincoln heard them patiently,
and then replied; "Gentlemen, suppose
all the property you were worth was
in gold, and you had put it in the
hands of Blondin to carry across the
Niagara river on a rope, would you
shake the cable or keep shouting out
to him, 'Blondin, stand up a little
stralghter; Blondin, stoop a little
more; go a little faster; lean a little
more to the north; lean a little more
to the south?' No, you would hold
your breath as well as your tongue,
and keep your hands off until he was
safe over. The government are carry
ing an immense weight. Untold treas
ures are in their hands. They are do
ing the very best they can. Don't
badger them. Keep silence and we'll
get you safe across."
A Remarkable Calculator.
Diamandi, a native of Pylaros, one of
the Greek Islands, seems to be a re
markable calculator. After a mere
glance at a black-board, on which
thirty groups of figures are written, he
can, it is said, repeat them In any or
der and deal with them in any arith
metical process. It is said that he never
makes an error in calculations involv
ing billions, and he can extract square
or cube roots with marvellous rapidity
and accuracy. An eminent German
specialist declared the other day that
these ready-reckoners were Idiots. This
is not the case with Diamandi, who
writes poetry and novels in the inter
vals of business, and shows consider
able intellectual capacity.
A Chinese Typewriter.
The Rev. Sheffield, a Presbyterian
minister at Tung Chow, has invented a
typewriter for the Chinese language.
This machine Is capable of writing
4,000 characters, which are carried
around the circumference oi numer
ous type-wheels. It requires the de
pression of two keys In order to print
a simple character.
A lover's quarrel is the sauce that
seasons the courtship.
"How long is the ride from your
place to the city?" asked the man who
contemplated moving.
"Well, it varies," replied the suburb
anite. "Varies? How?"
"Well, some mornings we play as
many as ten hands of whist in the
smoking car, and Other mornings not
more than seven." Philadelphia Press.
A Noticeable Coolness Between Them.
Part of the Cure.
Mr. Henpeck The doctor says I ab
solutely must go away next week for a
rest. '
Mrs. Heupeck Goodness! I can't
possibly manage to get away to go
with you then.
Mr. Henpeck Um-m! I guess the
doctor must have known that. Phila
delphia Press1.
SHEET MUSIC
"SflE IS.NOT TOIM-APIE " ft
, ,1fie'wl6H'T0 WIN AWOHANS HEART'
FAMILIAR SONGS
The Home Field.
Mr. Haywood The paper says that
relief will soon reach the ministers in
China.
Mrs. Haywood Better let Chiny look
after its own ministers while we re
Ueve ofr own. Brother Stafford told
me himself that he'd only got $12.80 in
two months, and the folks that went to
his pound party eat up all they took
except that drum for his little boy and
two cakes of soap.Denver News.
Heart Hunger.
"I verily believe Majide lias found
her affinity in Jack."
"Do you, indeed?"
"Yes, you so seldom see her chewing
i gum any more." Detroit Journal.
His Fate.
Penuer What has become of Sour
gall, the critic?
Author He wrote a book and was
found out. Life.
"Where are you going, my pretty maid?"
"Darned if I know ask the calf," she
said.
j New York World.
Tn Boston.
First Boy And he claimed that the
sentence was grammatically correct?
Second Boy Yes; and eventually I
j had to give him two black eyes and a
! disfigured lip; jut I respect him, for
j he fonght for what he thought was
i right. Puck.
Dressins or Filling.
"I must admit," said the mannish
girl, "that I'm Very fond of men's
clothes. You don't like them, do you?"
"Vo I do " renlied the srirlv srirl.
' frankly, "when there's a man in them."
Philadelphia Press.
A Warm Weather Tragedy.
"Ma, I brought you some ice cream
from th' drugstore."
"Ob, how thoughtful, Tommy. Where
Is it?"
"Well, ma, it was meltin' so fast me
an' Bobby had to sit down on th' curb
atone an' eat it up." Indianapolis
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He I can't see for the life of me whj
a woman would rather work In a milli
nery store, for instance, for little oi
nothing a week, than to get good wagei
and good living taking care of som
one's house.
She Well, for one thing, a hired girl
never has the delicious joy of selling
some other woman a hat that make!
her look like a fright. Indianapolil
Press.
A Chip.
Mark I saw that little boy of your
to-day.
Borroughs Did you? Think he's lik
me?
Mark Very much.
Borroughs Do you really?
Mark Yes. He asked me for som
money. Philadelphia Press.
Consistent.
Marjorie Clara had eleven dozen
spoons among her wedding presents.
Marguerite Well, that's the way shf
and Tom have been acting for the last
twelve months. SomerviUe Journal.
Convincing:.
Amicus So you have another baby
at your house. What is he like?
Eminent Critic Well, he is not very
interesting, but he is mighty con
vincingLife. BARGAINS.
It's the han behind thjgun
IflHI UUti int-WORr--
I NEED TtlE MONEY
ILLUSTRATED.
Even Later.
He had been talking and talking aiKS
talking until the poor girl was so tired
and sleepy she din't know whether it
was this week or last week, and the
clock on the mantel was holding up Its
hands, either in pity or in protest.
Finally it occurred to the young man
that an evening call had its limits.
"Bless me," he exclaimed, starting
up suddenly, "it certainly must be time
I was going home."
"Oh," she said in a dazed kind of a
way, "it must be a good deal later than
that."
A Porch-Party.
"Did you have a good talk with the
Dwiggses last night, daughter?"
"No, ma, we didn't talk; the men
quarreled about politics and Clara andl
I abused the weather."
Feconsidered.
Custodian So you changed your
mind about taking that flat as soon as
you went inside?
Portly Change nothing. Wasn't
room in there even to change my mind
I just backed out. Denver News.
Proper Precaution.
He I'm going to shave myself here
after. "
She Won't you cut yourself?
"No; I won't have my razor sharp
enough for that."
Those Dear Girl Friends.
Nell See my new shoes. Only $3.98;
aren't they good for that?
Belle Yes. Isn't it surprising that
they can sell so much leather for so very
little money? Philadelphia Record.
Do Fishes Feel the Cold?
There is no doubt that fishes, particu
larly many of those who inhabit
fresh water, feel the cold, and that
this accounts for their moving in the
winter to deep water, when they have
the opportunity of doing so. Some Usb
are much more affected than others
by severe cold. Swainson mentions an
instance of a number of fine tench hav
ing been found dead in a pond, after
the break up of a frost, and, as a
proof of vitality in other fish, he states
that, in northern latitudes, eels and
perch have retained their vitality when
frozen into solid blocks of ice, and
that advantage has been taken of the
fact to remove them from one locality
to another.
Fiercest ot All Spiders.
There is a spider in the London zoo,
obtained from somewhere in the Sou
dan, that is the fiercest beast of his
kind that ever spread out his legs in
a menegarie. The ordinary spider baa
only four legs on a side. This creature
has five.
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