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SHE HATED LOTS OF THINGS.
And Jenny Lind Abhorred the Very
Name of Barnum.
In Jaamary, 1866, Mrs. Charles Moul-
ton met Jenny Lind in France and
tells her experience in her book “Ip
the Courts of Memory."
Mrs. Moulton describes the singer as
“peither handsome nor distinguished
looking—in fact. quite the contrary—
plain features. a pert nose, sallow skin
and very yellow hair.” Jenny Lind
asked Mrs. Moultou to visit her on the
following day. and she did so. Mrs
Moulton writes:
“1 wish you could have seen her
Bhe wus dressed in 8 white brocade
trimmed with a plece of red silk
around the bottom, u red. blousy waist
covered with gold bends sewed fan
tastically over it. perhaps odds and
ends of old finery. nud gold shoes’
Just fancy. at 11 o'clock in the morn
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“We talked music. She hated Verd!
and all be had made; she hated Ros
sini and all he bad made: she hated
the French: she hated the Americans;
she abhorred the very name of Bar
num, who, she sald. ‘exhibited me just
+ ashe did the big giant or any other of
his monstrosities.’
-“ ‘But.’ said I. ‘yon must not forget
bow you were idolized and appreciated
in America. Even as a child | can re-
member how they worshiped Jenny
Lind.’
* ‘Worshiped or not.’ she answered
sharply. ‘1 was nothing more than a
show in a showman's bands. 1 can!
never forget.'”
SAVED HIS TREASURE.
Clever Ruse of a Blind Man Who Had
Been Robbed.
“My great-uncle, who was blind,”
said a Frenchman, “once buried $4,000
in gold louis under a pear tree in his
| A Story of the Composer and His Dear
garden. His neighbor saw him do It
and in the dead of night came nnd!
stole the money. replacing the earth’
carefully.
“Some days later my uncle brought
fifty more louis down to the pear tree
for burial. He soon discovered his
Joss, and, silently weeping. he. too, re |
placed the earth, |
“He knew whom to suspect, and that
night be called on his neighbor. He |
seemed thoughtful and distrait. anc
the neighbor asked him what oppress. |
ed his mind
“ ‘Well, I'll tell you. said my great:
uncle frankly. ‘1 have 1,000 lonis hid
away in a safe place, and today a ten !
ant paid off a mortgage, and | have!
another 1.000 louis In cash on mys:
hands. | don't know whether to seek
out another hiding place for this mon
ey or put it where the other is. What
do you advise?
“'Why.' said the: neighbor eagerly.
‘if your first biding place is safe—and
you declare it to be so—I should cer
tainly put this money there too.’
“My great-uncle said firmly that that
was what he would do on the morrow
It was the wisest course. Then he took
his leave
“And when next day he went tc
the pear tree again there, sure enough
was his lost 1,000 louis. all put back
again.” ~Kxchange.
Landseer’s Persistent Wooer.
Charles Lundseer was a brother of
Bir Edwin “and for some years.” says
the writer of “Leaves From a Life."
“was the victim of the most extraordi-
nary persecution that I should think
any man ever met with. An eccentric
woman fell desperately In love with
bim and used to pester him first with
the most extravagant love letters and
then by lying in wait for bim when
ever he left the house. Finally she
issued Invitations to the wedding. pre
pared breakfast and an enormous cake
and called for poor Mr. Landseer in a
carriage and pair, the horses decked
out with white satin streamers and she
herself dressed most gorgeously ax a
bride. But that was the end of the
persecution. Her frierdAs took ber
away. and Mr. Landseer remained of
bachelor to the day of his death.”
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Just FoF's Starter
“What are you going to call the new
baby 7"
“Reginald Clande,” replied Mr. Hlig
“isn’t ‘Reginald Claude’ a ruther af
fected name?”
“Yes. | want him to grow up to be
a fighter, and 1 fancy ‘Reginald Claude
will start something every time he
goes to au new school.” - Washington
Star.
The irresponsible Child.
Small Boy (noticing the Phi Beta
Kappa key hangiog from the minis.
ter's watch chaim-Did you find it
again, or is this another?
Minister- Why, my little man, what
do you menn? | never lost it.
Small Boy~Oh, mother said you had
lost the charm yon had when you were
young. —Jndge.
Alike In One Way.
“He's quite wealthy and prominent
now.” suid Mrs. Starvem, “and they
say he rose practically from nothing.”
“Well, well!” remarked Mr. Boarder
“That's just what | rose from-—at the
breakfast table this morning."—Lon
don Answers.
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Diplomacy,
The Fussy Patron- Why, mercy. this
shoe is a 6! The Tired Clerk—Pardon
me, adam. you have it upside down.
It is really a 9 child's size. What a
! Paris? he axked.
| my father warried my daughter be ix |
my son.
perfect fit!—-Cleveland Pain Dealer.
PUZZLED THE DRIVER.
Now He Believes the Policeman Is a
Real Mind Reader,
A certain truckman in the babit of
using the new Maubattan bridge oun bis
morning trip to Brooklyn has abandon-
ed that route because of superstition.
Several days ago while the truckman
was taking a load of chicken crates to
Brooklyn a fine cap flopped down be-
fore him just us his team had passed
under the Muanhbattun tower. He look-
ed around, und, seeing that none of the
teamsters ahead of him or behind him
was bareheaded. be picked up the cap
and put it under the cushion of his
seat.
Now, it chanced that the cap bad
been blown frow the bead of one of
the engineers of the bridge department
who was high up in the tower at the
time. Ob reaching the tower base he
called up the policeman at the Brook-
Iyn approach on the telephone, describ.
ed the tenmster and bis wagon and
told bow he bad lost his cap.
As the long tile of trucks pussed by
the policeman the lntter halted the
thieving driver, saying: "I'll trouble
you to band over that cap you picked
ap on the Manhattan side. It's a black
and white check. and you've got it
right there under your seat.”
Amazed and frightened at the cop's
demand. the driver pulled out his bid-
den find and tossed it to him. “Here
you are," he sald. “You're a mind
reader or one of thew guys what can
see around coruers.”—New York Trib-
une.
MASSENET'S HOBBY.
Friend, the Bookbinder.
In the recollections of Mussenet a
story is told. says the Hamburger
Nachricbten. illustrating the compos:
er's passionnte admiration for beaut!
ful bindings. Not a week pussed with
out a visit from him to his bookbindes
when he brought u new book or a new
edition to be bound. In the course ol
time be und his bookbinder became the
best of friends, and when Massenet ar
rived the talk was at first of every
thing on earth except the real object
of his visit
“Look here!" Massenet would say
eventually, giving the man the volume
to be bound.
“Splendid!” replied the bookbinder
and then for his customer and friend
he would devise some fresh wonder it
the art of binding.
Ope worning Massenet suddenly
learned that his friend was giving up
business. He hurried to his shop
“Heavens: Ix It true you are leaving
“Why, certainly! | bave bought @
charming little country house nea:
Nantes.” :
“What! A country house! And ir
the provinces!” And he added sadly
“Ah. my poor friend, | am partly re
sponsible for that!"
Who Am 1?
Last leap year | did not want to em-
barruss my best girl tv wake ber pro-
pose to me, xo asked her to be my wife,
and she said. "1 would rather be es-
cused.” aud I, Hke an idiot, escused
ber. But | got even with the girl. 1
married ber mother. Then my father
married the girl Now | don't know
who | am
When | married the girl's mother the |
girl became my daughter, und when |!
When my father married my
daughter she was my mother If my
futher 1s my =ou and my daughter is!
my mother, who iv thunder am 1%
My mother's mother (which is my wifes
must be my graudwother, und | being |
my grandmother's busband, | am my
own grandfuther.—Natiooal Monthly.
A Bargain.
A young society woman met a count
and fell in love with him. Her father
was opposed tu a match of this kind
and declared the foreign nobleman was
simply after hix money.
*Count.” said the young woman one
evening, “you can't Imagine how my |
love for you distresses my parents.
My father told me be would give $10.
000 if 1 would never see you again.”
“Ab, darling.” said the count. “ees
| your fazaire Iv bees offees wow, you
sink?" ~Chicago Record-Herald.
Very Complimentary.
Mrs. Gray (meeting two acquaint
ances on the parade—Oh, 1 didn't
know you were here. Mrs. Greene!
Awfully pleased: You must come and
spend an evening with us.
Mrs. Greene—It's very kind of you,
but you must really excuse us. You
See, we've never been In the place be
fore, and we're only here for a few
days, so, of course, we must make the
best use of our time. — London Express.
Free and Equal.
“Do you truly and honestly believe
thar ali men are born free and equal?”
asked Jimyson of the genial philos
opher. ;
“1 sure do.” replied G. P. “Free of
all responsibility and equal to not less
than three square meals a day.” ~Life
Experience.
“How did you come out of that dea:
in Wall street?”
“l got several thousand dollars’
worth of experience. But the price
on experience has gone away off, with
no chance that | cao see of recover
ing.” —-Bxchange.
Ocean Depths.
Scientists buve found ffty-siz areas
in the oceans where the water is more
than three miler deep, ten where it ex.
ceeds four miles and four where the
bottom is further than five miles down
Duels In France, ;
A large proportion of the duels ip |
France end without bloodshed When |
the offense is not very serious it is |
agreed beforehund that the words of |
command shall be given so rapidly |
that the duelists will not have time !
to take good aim. Sometimes three
shots ure exchanged without a hit, and
then the seconds step in and—*honor
Is satistied.” At the word “Fire!” the
pistol is raised Instantly. and it must
be discharged not later than the word
three.” so the speed with which these
words are given regulates the time in
which it is possible to take alm. There-
fore the speed with which they are '
spoken is agreed upon beforehand, this
depending upun the seri~usness of the
duel. The words are timed with a
metronome. If the encounter be very
serious this ix wet at the lowest speed,
eighty beats a minute, which gives
time for taking accurate aim. A speed
of 140 beats a minute allows no time
for aiming, and therefore is used when
the seconds consider the duel should
be made as little dungerons as pos
sible.—London Answers,
Two Ways to Catch Rabbits,
By the first method “you take a lot
o' salt, mix some pepper with It
strew it ou a very hard rock, then
watch The rmbbits cum and eat the
salt, and the pepper makes ‘em sneeze
so vilent they bump thelr noses on the
rock till they fall in a swound and you
step up and pop ‘em in your bag"
The other wethod war to “build a
bustin’ tire in the woods when the
snow is plenty. Now. rabbits. you
must know, is a mite cold blooded Iit-
tle critters, so they'll cum and set
round it and warm their toes. Well,
pretty soon they'll drop off asleep and
the fire'll melt the snow into slush.
And pretty soon the fire'll die out and
the mornin’ 'll cum on sharp and ‘ll
freeze the slush into ice and ketch the
little critters fust by the paws. Then
all you have to do Is cum round with
ver ax and chop ‘em out.” - Robert
Haven Schauffler in Metropolitan Mag-
azine.
Captured by an Orang,
There is un old story told of a native
of Borneo who, with a party, went out
to hunt an orang outang to sell to
show men. This particular hunter got
separated. and at the end of the day
was still missing. A search was or-
ganized. and at the end of the second
day he wus found high up in a tree
with an orang outang by his side. A
rifle shot killed the big ape and then
the mun descended and told of his
strange adventure He had gone Into
the river to bathe, and as he came out
was seized by the orang.and carried
to its lodging In a tree. To his sur-
prise he was not otherwise molested
What the orang supposed bim to be
or what would have been the eventual
outcome of this strange captivity no
one knows. und the hunter willingly
gave up the chance of finding out.
Postal Rates In 1830.
According to a table of the post of-
fices in the United States as they were
Oct. 1, 1830. the whole number of of-
fices in the United States was 8.610.
The rates of postage established by
congress in 1825 were: On a single let-
ter composed of one plece of paper for
any distance not exceeding thirty
miles. 6 cents: over thirty miles and
not exceeding eighty miles. 10 cents:
over eighty milex and not exceeding
150. 12% cents: over 150 milex and not
exceeding 400, 18% cents: over 400
miles, 25 cents: a letter composed of
two pleces was charged double these
rates: of three pleces triple and four
pleces quadruple these rates. For
newspapers the rate was 1 cent for
100 miles and 13% cents for over 100
miles.
Bells of Old England.
To one sixteenth century visitor at
least the English seemed to be a na-
tion of bell lovers. This was Paul
Hentener, a German, who wrote of
his travels in this country during the
reign of Queen Elizabeth. “The Eng-
lish.” he said. “excel in dancing and
music, for they are active and lively,
though of a thicker make than the
French They are vastly fond of great :
noises that fill the air. such as the .
Bring of cannon, druws and the ring-
ing of bells. so that in London it is
common for a number of them, that
have got a glass in their heads. to go
into some belfry and ring the bells for
hours together for the sake of exer
eise.”"—London Chronicle.
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Father's Reason.
Young Harold was late In attend
ance for Sunday school, and the min
ister inquired the cause.
“l was going fishing, but fatner
wouldn't let me.” announced the lad.
“That's the right kind of a father
to have,” replied the reverend gentle
man. “Did he explain the reason why
he would not let you go?"
“Yes, sir. He sald there wasn't bait
enough for two.” —Harper's Magasine.
A Duty Well Done,
The teacher had been giving a long
lecture to the juvenile class on the sub-
ject of morals.
“Now, Harry.” she said, “what is our
duty toward our neighbors?”
“To keep an eye on 'em.” was the
reply.—Exchange.
Marital Dialogue.
8he—The tried and loving husband
Is one who when his wife has the nen-
ralgia suffers more than she does. He
=And she generally sees to it that he
floes.— Cincinnati Enquirer.
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Sign of Wealth.
“Is he rich?"
“Say, he's so rich that his neighbors
bave all begun to tell what they'd do
for charity if they had bis money.”-
Detroit Free Press.
| flanks. broad hips. long, slim tails.
' shapely, well placed ndders. prominent
+ sutlicient not werely to fuse the earth,
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DUTCH BELTED CATTLE.
Unce Nearly Exterminated, They Are
Now Bred oy the Nobility.
Dutch belted cattle originated in
Holland several buudred years ago.
At the time of the great Holland wars
they were nearly exterminated by the
Invading armies. snd the few that re-
maine] becuive the property of the no-
bility. who have bred them pure ever
since. but do mot willingly part with
tiem. They ure known in Holland as
Veldlargers, which name means “wrap-
ped around with a sheet.”
In color they are black, with a band
of pure white entirely around the body.
They may also have white fore feet,
white bind feet and legs up to the
gumbrels and a white swith. The
“belt” varies in width. On rome it is
but a few inches wide. Ou others fit
reaches back on the hips and forward
on the shoulders. Usually it covers the
body from just in front of the hips
nearly to the shonlders.
They have the prominent eyes. thin
neck, silky bair. soft skin, elevated
milk veins and so called milk form.
which make up the dairy type of cow
They are very tame and docile. hardy
and vigorous. —G. G. Gibbs in Ameri:
can Cultivator
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STOPPING THE EARTH.
It Would Generate Heat Enough ta
Turn Our Globe to Vapor.
The stopping of us projectile always
results in the generation of heat. "he
velocity and weight of a projectile ve
ing known the amount of heat devel-
oped by its stoppage can be calculated.
In the case of Jdarge bodies moving
rapidly the result of the calculation is
something astounding.
For example, the earth weighs 6.000.
000,000,000 tons and travels in its or
bit at the rate of over eighteen milles
a second. Sbould it strike a target
strong enough to stop its motion the
heat developed by the shock would be |
but also to reduce a large portion of it
to vapor. It has been calculated that
the amount of heat generated by a col-
lision so colossal would equal that ob-
tained from the burning of fourteen
globes of coal each equal to the earth
in size.
And should the earth after its stop
page fall into the sun, as it certainly
would do. the amount of heat that
would be developed by its lmpact on
the sun would be equal to that gener
ated by the combustion of 5,000 earths
of solid carbon.
Two Waterloos. |
It is a very curious fact that a good
many people do not know that two
battles were fought at Waterloo. Both
of these were fought against the
French, the first under the command |
of the Duke of Marlborough on Aug.
17, 1705. who on this date actually oc- -
cupled the sume ground as the Duke of |
Wellington did a little more than a
century later, June 17. 1815, the only
difference being that the former was
marching on Brussels and the Iautter
was marching from Brussels. In the!
first battle the French were defending |
Brussels. They marched out to meet |
Marlborough, but owing to the slack.
ness on the part of Kchlangenburg, the
Dutch gener. who was fighting with
him, it was not a success, Marlborough
only taking a few of the French troops
as prisoners. The following one, fought
against Napoleon by Wellington, proved
to be one of the greatest victorics ever
recorded in the annals of England.
On a Monday Morning.
Monday morning is a hard test for
the institution which we call life. Life |
may be all very well on Saturday
night and Sunday morning, but how
about Monday morning? If you wake
up then with a pleasurable anticipa-
tion of the week of work which is
ahead of you, you are a bappy man.
The instinct of the bad boy who plays
truant never quite dies out of us. Une
dreams of a Monday morning when
the sun is shining and the air is clear.
of slipping quietly into one's clothes,
of tiptoeing softly out of the house,
of scaling the fence and crossing the
meadow and losing oneself in the al-
luring woods, while time clocks re
main unpunched and whistles blow in
vain.—San Francisco Bulletin.
improving It.
A foreigner meeting an American
friend said to him, “How are you?"
The latter replied. “Out of sight.”
The man considered this very clever
and decided to use the expression on
the next occasion. Shortly after he
was met by a friend. who asked, “How
are you?" With visible pride be an-
swered. “You don't see me.”—New
York Giobe.
She Was Safe.
Little four-year-old Mabel was run
ning downhill. holding her dress tight-
ly.
“Be careful,” called her mother, “or
you will fall.”
“Ob. no. | won't," replied Mabel,
“’cause I'm holding tight to myself.”
Reassured.
“What is this white spot on that
goldfish I bought from you?"
“He has simply shed a scale.”
“Oh. 1 thought maybe the plating
was wearing off. Pittsburgh Post.
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Better Chance.
Ted—1"m trying to find some one who
knows me to go security on my note.
Tom-Don't you think, my boy. you'd
better look for some one who doesn't
know you?
Sorrow’s crown of sorrow Is remem.
bering happier things.— Tennyson
A young mother living in New York | —'So we're short on space? What
recently drowned herself in agony at the | shall I do with this appendix story?”
discovery that she was a consumptive
“Cut it out.”
“And this story of the man who hang-
and had transmitted to her idolized boy ed himself?”
the seeds of consumption. When the “Cut him down.”
doctors told her the child was diseased
she caught him in her arms and
died Consumption is
in which the lungs show the healed
of tuberculosis. Hope should never be
they |
together. not |
hereditary. Consumption has been cured, |
a fact which has been proven in autopsies
scars
taken from the consumptive. Itis a cer- |
tain thing that
cough, bronchitis,
weakness and emaciation, conditions
which if neglected or unskilfully treated
Ton, te
permanently cu t
use of Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Dis-
covery.
“Why do you prefer Mr. Jombat
to Mr. Wipfiddle? Mr. Wipfiddle has the
most money.
“But Mr. Jombat has only one lung.”
people with obstinate
bleeding at the lungs, |
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ush-
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ts in Embroidered Velvets and Nets, Collars,
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