When the j
s Votes rled |
J By CLAUDE PAURARES K
> < I\\ n r*i.i*tU (
il 1 II ■ »!i jnl in |Kllitics ttlilt In,
H \ i |. \ u for the pollticlaua.
- ti i i WW Hi.- I'it In their
I i i«:«> and tin- cut iiu<!
ul fatUsi to liecome
* i ..i.<i;«t.it u as I •cause of this that
11 >n I. i.l I*lll I'liVll'd to tllO
1 •• t >;u one of tlu» mountain
\V!i. i his friends mi.l neigh
< . I of nominating hlui ho
\\ 1 hain't no eddeea
I♦••u t \<>u i.i'kou \on need any to
ln> .in h *iH-st ma."
"1 ! . ui't uuike no spiis-h."
nodi i uk already."
o.|.i, ated critters will Kit
in- iiii ; i _ ! '
l\ can't tangle up a square
mail."
\ was nominated and
it ten to fay out a
vii . \peiises, and he
. promise- They knew
his district an an hoti
it . > "ild of hlin as they
- •( i.ln itiary coonskin that was
11' s .t putTcd up with
i nation She had lit
t •> • . <!ur i.' the campaign. It
u li> n e home and told
1 i! i h- w is hstcd that she rao
i ! t » t • iivn and then wild:
\ I: i i •ly could dun say
:i, (loncst man wliku 1
married you.'"
• v ti walk straight, Til
da
i ! ten yi irs y.»u was burin' and
n. • n.ewls al> did you ever Ho
find •<• t 1n that business?"
! 1 t I was so squar' that I
.., : i ~ a 1; \ la* at It"
"I \ or s. .«n years yon have
n ii -l ■toafc ui wood-
Hrr you l«f»n n liar and
a cheat?**
. Ida 1 .o iid have lied once
~ . lit 93 r-k in, Mi I shet
iu> t<s ili li :<1 ap.- it."
Vm ..rt« ■ a dollar of most
any m. can't yon ■"
-Re -a so."
"A S i3i n • has rot your word
he ...; is on it
" "IV- >rs that way."
iii all this why you've been
I Its « ii • you've pot It good
i : . s cause your n squar* man.
\ . v.ii !s | • folks. We hain't
!' Mrs and silks and
112 !;s i,:e i.ot f or slch as us. We
•i.il yci • tv.'Mty years ago, and
tted till the end. I
I, ~ t th- i- i't complaint over
It 1 d> i't I 1 > I'd care to IK.* rl<h
and hai c grand t!; ITS. I'm satlsilcd
to _•> r.-Jt lone just like this, but
<!• t 112 us down. Alm» —don't do
that."
HI ft d*y« me Tilda V" he asked.
I ! i"t t in. Ii . a reader, but I can
t -miff i.i <• ir weekly piqier to
1. ■ '*. .t heaps men are willin' to
pari « Mh their Kkmi «tj to pet ahead in
ii I *»u*t i>. rt with yours. You
uhur you'll l*« tempted, but
•'k aflta i'- I'm lioldlu'
! Ihi h ml f«i»lln' Jest as pood
i.n «.i on th:s here inountiup. not
■ • iiot money, Al»e t but be
yuii s-.e a squar' man. If you
•iil i > 'ii.it name you'd lose mo
I'.ii loviu' you as much as a wife can,
I.it I"i kin" mighty straight when
I M you that if s<> much as a whls|>er
rinuld rone luck here that you had
• ir aqnar*MM I'd walk off and
dam t<» death la Ite woods rather
fbaii live on with you."
"Atd l wouldi i i>- : .lit in in* you. TH
d I.' r-*pl lA>eas he went out
to v. .ilk alioiit at. I liii.ik.
Ai- ll' >n vent down to the capi
tal • it.- : i l. rand trembling.
II ■ marked dov i by certain mem
bers and lob!.\ i~i . a gaod thinp, hut
tb.-> . Idm ttae to shake himself
do-. To I pi •• • There were axes
• . ion <• ery It 1. but it was the
coal n• i. i'ho had the largest. They
w ' irt.-r for a railroad to run
to ■ ' rta iiid. 1 ' 1 min.'S, It
w • to '"i id up the country
a 1 <> >• !a t.• tl, pKJJiIe, but to
IT.coal "ut i.> market They want
• 1 • of state land'; to recoup
thommlre
\ ■ . ui lobhy well supplied with
id arpuiiieiits, was on hand.
'l'ho • ,vl • iw throiipii the scheme
I kn«-w that It was a steal also
" t th.-y had their hands full to
fipht it
Al»>* - moviiii: along slowly aud
ti. ■ i l» >k head for pitfalls when
the i the railroad came up and
Ii ■ 112" I hi i*»df in the thick of It. lie
fo .: in the position of many
aMlnr baflMM Ml timo The state
• iii. l ■ -io lobliylsts to protct herself.
All " ir lmi'iit and sophistry and
• in tin- hands of those who
■1 • Ii • The opponents of the
ia ■ ■ . Hit down with Abo
11.- ■ -.ii and ■ ■ 1 to make him under
' I i • 1 i*i-l 1. '!i dense, but real
' ' th< ■ atit.-d tn Ihi honest. Tliey
- •iiT.-d thei . Iv»-s by telling him
Ui t • h duty t • vote against the
bill i r•• mgk to At>e that
day. l.nt not so da r the next. The
lohliy had pot after him.
\ oar m • aaiaa ii or legislative lob
• ' a i .rt man He Is a student
'.f . I i • te. lb- ~ a diplomat He Is
si.-.'!. aai sit, i in nits eua when it
baaaaw ifpan at that the vote would •
t* . •• tl,. Hi Abraham Hew son
« .-ii e - ii- a! attention ('lgars
aud .-lii'! - ' ne ' ict him at every i
• it »IIS alsiut his
i. • . i; t > know that shawls |
is iii I jewelry were ,
oiiiitalu home. Tal J
• . measure him for :
< d to himself, and |
i ut that after the I
• ivoiild be wanted to j
• t Ittoa down In the j
iv.. soothing and se
i 010 it ■ had always been
. 5;,(.,.,•)> \ spado was
not a spade. The
. lotilivlsts ta tut led hlin j
np ne t.i ice t > see mat uiiuer i
lertaln dmaatanm a long handled
v|,,,.| b-. ii .e a liort handled spade. ,
He w is a in sn v. tl a grain of nat
ur 1 vanltj t>ut when peutlemen of i
w iIT ti .iii.l , i location asked hlin to sit j
,|.. , ; <•; .iik ud einoke with them
and d. ferred to Ins opinions It was
only natural that he should feel puffed
up
The dn> came when a poll of the
house showed that tin - rot.' on the rail
road ''ill would !«•• a tie Als* Ilewson
could not lie counted for certain on
either side Itoth sides claimed him,
but In* had made 110 direct promise.
The casting vote would lie Ids. Some
nt l.iu xio.mtntn unn«lltii®ii»« liu'l
but I>etween the lobbyists for
Bad the members apaiust the bill they
had soou been reduced to a state of un
certainty. For the llrst time lu the
history of the legislature an Ignorant
but honest "eoonskln" member held
the balance of power with the most Im
portant bill of two decades In the bal
ance.
Queerly enough, the lobbyists had uot
resorted to direct briliery In Ahe's case.
They might argue and cajole and
throw hints of rewards, but they felt
afraid togo further. Moth sides felt
that lie was trying to figure things out
for himself and then cast his vote as
conscience dictated.
The day Dually came when the bill
was to be put on Its tlnal passage.
That It would be a tie vote every one
was assured. Abe ilewson was lu his
seat, pale, nervous and hesitating l»e
--tween two opinions He was no near
er a decision In his own mind than a
week before. Some preliminary bus!
ness was lieinp transacted when a
messenper called him out. .lust out
side the doors he found his wife. Sho
had on her poke bonnet and heavy
shoes and calico dress aud had been
the sport of a crowd for the last ten
minutes It was thirty six miles over
the rough mountain road to the log
cabin, and she had walked all night.
She hail never been In the city before,
never seen such crowds, never lieheid
such hulldinps, never looked so many
men In the face.
"Gawd, Tilda, but you yero!" ex
claimed Abe as he laid a hand on her
shoulder
"Yes, Abe."
"Rut what for? What dun brung
ye?"
"That railroad bill, Abe. I've been
readln' of It right along, and I've dun
| been prayin*."
"And—and"—
"Prayin' tu Oawd, Abe—prayin' that
he might dun gimme light to see ray
way clear and make you see yours
The light come yesterday. Oawd he
dun wants you to vote agin that rail
road and still be an honest man. I've
walked all night to pet here and tell
you. I was skeered by the darkness,
and I'm skeered by the people. They
are laughiu' at me now. I'd never
have come, Abe—l'd never have come
In this livln' world If Oawd hadn't dun
seut me."
Half an hour later the bill was put
on Its passage, and one of the mes
sages going over the wires to people
Interested read:
"Railroad bill knocked Into a cocked
hat. Alie Hewson's wife did It."
ORIGIN OF NEW YORK NAMES
%f»i llorp I<«»(»I«*«*«»<! a Ton u Thrice
I>«-%f ro> <»tl by Fire.
There are some names of, places in
Oreater New York common enough on
the modern tongue, but the origin of
which is t.ot so generally known. New
Dorp, on Staten Island, was so named
by the 1 Mitch to distinguish It from
Otide I»orp (Old Dorp), the llrst Dutch
settlement on the island, which was
thrice destroyed by the Indians. Old
Dorp stooi 1 to the northwest of Fort
Wadsworth, about where Arrochar
now stands. Two miles to the west of
the ruins of Old Dorp the persistent
Dutch built their New Dorp.
The northeast section of Staten Is
land. which until the formation of
Greater New York was known as l.'as
tleton, and Is still generally so called,
takes Its name from the fact that It
once formed Governor Dongan's "man
or of Gastletoii." Dongan the Dongan
hills are named from him was of the
family of the Karl of Limerick, and the
seat of the earl In Ireland was Castle
town, In the County KUilare. Many of
Governor Dongan's descendants still
live on Staten Island, some of them oc
cupying and owning houses on the land
of the old manor. At first Governor
Donpan merely had a hunting lodge on
Staten Island, audit is significant of
the state of that portion of New York
city at the end of the seventeenth cen
tury that at a meeting of tl* colonial
council the governor was entered on
the minutes as "absent, being engaged
at his hunting lodge on Staten Island
killing bears."
Bedlow's island, on which the statue
of Liberty stands, was purchased lu
l"li» by an Englishman named Redlow,
who had amass.il a large fortune In the
East India trade and was an acquaint
ance of the then governor, the notori
ous Lord Oornbury. Redlow received
from Oornbury the privilege of victual
inp the Rrltisli fleets which frequented
New York, it was a most profitable
monopoly, having in it great possibili
ties of graft. < 'orubury Is supposed to
have "stood in" with Redlow. When
Redlow died suddenly < 'orubury seized
all his papers, collected all the out
standing debts due tho contractor, and
kept everything of Redlow's he could
lay his hands on, leaving Redlow's wid
ow and children In poverty. Redlow's
Island was bought and used by the con
tractor while he victualed the tleets as
a depot for his stores.
Oorlear's Hook takes its name from
Jacob Corlear, the city trumpeter lu
the old Dutch days. Governor Reek
man bought It from him. The governor
also bought a country estate, the site
of which Is commemorated by Reek
man street.
The true meaning of the word Man
hattan, originally spelled variously as
Maua ha ta, Manhattoe-i and Manhat
tan, Is hid in mystery. It is not even
certain whether it was the name of the
place or of the tribe which inhabited It,
or of both. The old idea that the word
meant Place of Drunkenness has been I
satisfactorily confuted, but what does
the word mean? New York Press.
voiding fh«» Doctor.
Dr. Sanderson, an old Scotch phy
sician, was a queer character, but a
clever doctor.
So roughly did he handle his patients
that the ignorant were chiefly anxious
to escape him. The story goes that as
he was passing along the street one
day a sweep rolled from the top to the
bottom of a staircase outside one of
the houses.
"Are you hurt?" called the doctor,
running forward.
"Not a bit, doctor—not a bit," replied
the man lu haste. "Indeed, I feel a'
the better."
>l<-iMiic«*rl«» fit Home.
Jones declined to visit the zoo with
hi* friend, says London Health. "I
don't have togo to the zoo," he said,
"b: a se my eldest daughter does the
kan.' ioo walk, my second daughter
talks like a parrot, my son laughs like
n hyena, my cook Is as cross as a bear
and my mother Jn law says I'm an old
gorilla." „ _
I ll<* «■■■■■ IIK Hl-f.
One telegraph operator WHS telling
another of a quarrel he had had with
another at the other end of a wire.
"I gave hlin fits over tho wire for
about two minutes."
"What did he say?"
"Did not give him a chance to say
anything. I Just opened the key aud
he could not come back at me'
"Goodness," put lu a bystander,
"wouldn't it be fine If we could work a
Bcheilie like that in matrimony? Just
open the key and that would be the
end of It."- New York Tribune.
| S ere.nadi ng |
| Felicia <
| By OTHO B. SGNGA<[
\ Copyritfht, I'JUO, by Ruby Douglas (
"Run out, children; run out and
play," coaxed Felicia, "shooing" them
along with the skirt of her pretty
gown.
"You come, too, Aunt Flllie," begged
Jlnnnie. "You said you'd play 'tlm
| buktu' today."
"I'm going to be very busy this
| morning, Jimmle," evaded Felicia.
"Going to try on?" cried Gladys
! ecstatically. "Oh, do let me stay!"
"I'm not going to 'try on,' Gladys; It
isn't the dressmaker who Is coming,"
Felicia smiled happily.
The brown eyes of Robby the adora
ble opened wider and then narrowed
knowingly. "You goin' to have p'tlc'lar
cony/ny?" he demanded.
Felicia's Joyous laugh rang out
sweetly. "Yes, Robby, very particu
lar company."
"I'll bet anything it's Mr. Parker,"
grumbled Jlmmle. "I don't want togo
away If it is."
"Oh, let us stay!" cried Gladys, jump
ing up and down. "Mr. Parker'll want
to see in he always does. You know,
Aunt FiHje," argunieutatlvely, "ho
said the o'Jier he was very fond
of children."
"Yes, I know," hurriedly, "he Is
fond of children—good children, obe
dient children"—
"Thi-ti we'll thtay," agreed Donald
placidly.
"Of course," assented Gladys and
Jlmmle, with one accord, seating them
selves on the steps with cheerful alac
rity.
"Come on. Rob," Jlnnnie added pat
ronizingly.
Rut the adorable ong stood aloof,
regarding Felicia with gravely re
proachful eyes. "Has he pot somepln'
p'tlc'lar to say to you?" frigidly.
Felicia laughed and blushed rosily.
"I think so, Robby," gently. "Now,
Jlmmle," eoaxiiigiy, "you are the oldest
—you ought to set the others a good
example. Take them away and have
tliem play something. 1 want to talk
with Mr. Parker a little while, and
then perhaps we'll play."
Jlmmle rose grandly. "I'm most
nine," importantly. "I'll boss the oth
ers. Come on, kids."
lie stopped' and turned to his pretty
aunt with masculine superiority. "Rut
If you're smart you won't keep Mr.
Parker shut up in that dark parlor
very long. I bet lu* druther play 'tlrn
buktu.' Come on, Rob. What you
standin' there for?"
Felicia paused on the steps and looked
back apprehensively. The adorable
one stoixl in the path, his feet planted
wide apart, his bands thrust into tho
pockets of the recently acquired
trousers and a faraway look upon his
beautiful face that somehow filled
Felicia's heart with foreboding. Had
she known Robby better she might
have feared less or more! She ran
down the steps anil laid a detaining
hand on Jin mile's arm.
"Jlmmle, dear," she whispered Im
pressively, "remember that Robby is
your puest. and you must do every
thing you can to make him happy."
"All right," gruffly, still with a sense
of being defrauded. "Come, Hobby."
"Go with the others, Robby," coaxed
Felicia allurlugly; "they will show you
their pets."
He brought his heaven turned eyes
down to her face.
"Some day."he breathed sweetly, "I
shall give you a Sarah Nade."
"Bo you shall, Robby," gratefully,
"whenever you wish."
Robby skipped away, and Felicia ran
singing up the steps.
"Isn't It sweet of him?" she thought.
"I never heard him slug except that
once at All Saints'. I don't wonder they
call him the adorable one! Such a
lively thought, to give me a serenade!"
"This is my dorg," introduced Jlm
mle proudly. "Ills name Is Runeh o'
Rrlghtness, but we call him Runch for
every day. Get your cat, (Jail. Glad's
cat is a blue rlbboner!"
The big, fluffy Persian was brought
out for the admiration of the guest,
who regarded It with coldly critical
eyes.
"Where's Don's pet?"
"It's a parrot," explained Gladys.
"He's in the house —in a cage. When
we pot Fluff we had to shut the parrot
up, 'cause he wanted to pick Fluff's
eyes out."
"You orter hear tho parrot talk!"
cried Jlmmle. "He can say 'Now's tho
time,' 'Go it, old boy,' and 'l'll bet on
you,' plain as I can."
"Let's bring him out," tempted the
adorable oue, "and look at all three
together and see which is the nicer
esL"
"Oh, we can't!" cried Gladys hastily.
"If they should fight, Aunt Flllie would
be most scart to death."
The back of the adorable one is
turned squarely upon the timorous
Gladys. "Girls," wltheringly, "are al
ways scart!"
"I guess we'd better, Glad," said Jim
mle slowly. "She said do everything
we could to make Robby happy."
"We'll rnako everybody happy," an
swered Robby serenely. "We'll give
her a Sarah Nade!"
"What's a Sarah Nade?"
"He means lemonade," interposed
Gladys, anxious for reinstatement.
"I'll help make it."
"No, it's a Sarah Nade singing and
—and bringing gifts. You make a
p'cession and have your pets for gift«,
and we'll all sing."
"Can't we dress up?" The girl naver
wanders far from her wardrobe.
"N.r.v!" hi cone rt from the three
ma •ctilines.
"Oh, I mean play dress up," pleaded
Gladys. "I'll put on one of mamma's
dress skirts, and Jimmle can put on
papa's coat."
"Has it got tails?" The possibilities
of the prop nal appeal to the adorable
one.
"I can find one with tails," eagerly—
"two tails."
"All right. Can't you put a skirt on,
Don? Then there'll lie two ladles and
two geiitlcniens in the Sarah Nade."
I >on objected, but his minority vote
sva not lecorueti, and twenty mint..—.
later the procession stole noiselessly
tip the steps and opened the door Into
the co il. dark hall.
D .ii. bearing the bellicose parrot,
rta .'gercd patiently up the front of Ills
mother's new tailored skirt; Gladys,
w Ii Fluff's claws digging wildly Into
re arms, switched pi. a
• i <' foulard; .Himbl* held Ills
• i r the Jaws of the
„ Mrrhcli and divided his atten
tP.ii i.etween the trailing silk draper
it in front of him and the two tails
that <!ran _ed the gr >unil at his rear.
The adorable one, walking somewhat
r« uo.cly bore n » Indication of any
parti: nit ion In the nroeeedluirs
i»ou pushed aside tne portiere at ttie
parlor door.
"In a Sarah Nade," the manager had
explained before starting, "every one
sings the things he likes best. Just as
quick as we reach the curtains all be
gin!"
Don was like the heroes at Balaklava
—not Ills to question why. He poked
himself Into the dim, sweet smelling
room and opened his mouth Inn dole
ful howl. Gladys pushed In close be
hind him, shrilly yelling; Jimnile plant
ed both feet (irmly on the blii* foulard
and gruffly vociferated in an*initation
bass.
Their entrance was evidently not
happily timed An athletic young man
sprang to his feet with a smothered
exclamation, and Felicia was silent
from sheer consternation.
I ion's next step, gasping "Where tho
love In your eyes I could see," was
Inimical to renewals of any sort. Be
ing born under Cancer, his movements
were usually sldewiso and crablike,
and the clinging broadcloth skirt add
ed to his uncertainty of balance. Ho
fell heavily, and his chubby foot nnd
legs upset the shrieking Gladys and
bowled the valiant rag and bono
vender on top of his suffering sister.
Gladys in falling grasped despairingly
at the legs of the astounded l'arker
and brought him to his knees on the
howling heap.
Poll escaped from Doll's clutches
and instituted a severe Investigation
of every leg, arm or body within reach
of her vicious beak, clamoring inces
santly. "Go it, old boy! Now's the
time! I'll bet on you!' Bunch o*
Brightness showed his lighting blood
In violent attacks on Poll and the
yowling Persian.
The man disentangled himself an
grily and turned to the now hysterical
girl. "I suppose you call this funny,
Miss Austin, but 1 must confess my
idea of a Joke fails to coincide with
yours."
He stepped grimly over the strug
gling mass, kicked Bunch—not gently
—and with apparent relish cuffed the
squeaking parr >t.
"Glad tidings of great Joy I bring,"
sang a seraphic voice as Parker strode
into the hall. The adorable one was
standing in his most admired Sunday
pose, his hands loosely clasped before
him and his beautiful face turned tip-
Ward. He • lulled beatife-ally Into Par
ker's face and completed his carol.
"Did she like It?" with sweet solici
tude. "Did she like the Sarah Nade?"
"Bobby," sternly, "who put up this
Job and what Is it for?"
"Me," proudly. "We wanted to Sa
rah Nade her."
From the parlor came a pitiful sob
and then a shrill, in-i-tent. childish
voice, "Did lie say. Aunt l'illie did he
say that p'tie'lar thing he came to
say?"
Parker went back.
"I didn't, Gladys, but I'm going to
now. 1 won't be driven off so easily."
And, to the astonishment of the sere
naders, he took Aunt I'illle in Ids arms,
whispering swift, passionate words
that bror lit back the sweet Hush to
her cheeks and a tremulous, happy
smile to her lips.
Onloni.
Onions are a.; excellent cure for
fclecph -sii.-ss. They act as a kind of
soporific if taken in mall quantities
before retiring l'hey will be found to
be more appetizing it finely chopped
up and laid between two tiiiu wafers
or biscuits. Iviten In this way, they
are also easily digested. The reason
s<» many people complain of onions
disagreeing with them is that they eat
to> much of the homely vegetable.
Onions are not intended to be eaten
en masse. When they are taken raw
they tliould bi thoroughly masticated,
or, better still, the Juice of the onion
should be pressed out and taken on
bread or as a sauce In this form the
onion is splendid for liver complaints
and nets in consequence as a purifier
for a dark and muddy complexion.
SHAVE WITH HOT STEEL.
Aii Old I lit lor'* Advice to Men Who
I hc ti Itu/.or.
"Whenever 1 lime a razor," said an
old English cutler, "1 always give some
advice with it, free, gratis, and I take
great satisfaction in knowing that I
have made shaving easier and more
comfortable for more than lo.tlOU men.
Almost every barber will tell you how to
strop a razor, but it takes a cutler to
tell you ho-.v to care for your strop and
how to gef the best work out of your
<>lad(i
"A swing strop, canvass on one side
and horse hide on the other, is the best.
Always hold it talit and draw the razor
lightly, but swiftly, from heel to point.
If you let the strop sag you will put
a round edge oil your blade. Don't for
get to cover your strop or put it away
In a drawer after using. If It bangs
in a bathroom near a window the dust
and grime get into it and soon take
the edge from your razor. Whether
you keep the strop covered or whether
you don't, rub your open hand over the
two surfaces to free it from dust.
"But what I consider my most valua
ble advice is how to do away with
shaving paper entirely and tit the same
time Improve the cutting quality of the
razor's edge. Nine men out of ten
shave themselves In a room where
there is running hot water. Now, the
way to get a most gratifying result is
tills: Lather thickly and well and let It
remain on the face half a minute be
fore you begin to shave. If you have
time wash It off, for with it will come
the grit and dirt that you have loosen
ed up in the pores of the skin, and then
apply a second coat, it will be as soft,
smooth and clean as new velvet.
"Now turn on the hot water faucet
and let it run Hold the razor under
the stream until It is heated. Then
take a slanting, or diagonal, stroke, like
a farmer does with a scythe, not a
square pull, and you will be amazed to
tlnd how beautifully and easily the hot
blade cuts the beard.
"When It is tilled with lather hold it
under the running hot water instead of
using shaving paper. This will wash
off the lather and at the same time
heat the blade again. Don't be afraid
of tuklngaout: the temper. That would
be impossible if you put the razor in a
kettle and boiled it. Try the hot blade
and you'll never shave with the cold
steel again." New York World.
\ («OOtl I . Kll 111 |»IC.
Generous Fncle I will make you a
monthly allowance; but. understand
me, I will pay no debts! Nephew All
right, uncle Neither will I. Meggen
dorfer Blatter.
Believe that every longing of your
soul com: us its own prophecy of ful
fillment Bradbury.
"But," protested the first dear girl,
"I haven't got the face to ask a favor
of him."
"Well." rejoined dear girl No. 2, "you
might visit a complexion specialist and
ha\.; your face remodeled." Chicago
News.
To smile at the Jest which plants a
thorn in another's breast Is to become
a principal In the mischief.-—Sheridan.
Tit ll'S TOfiHOSTLANI)
HAUNTED HOUSES INVESTIGATED BY
LOMBROSO.
I'nycliio I'licuoiiK'nn Which rr»\ ed
to Hi* llfyoiiil Solution by \u)
tin* lv non n I.hhn of I'livnlckl Sci
furt*—A I'll/./.l**il I'llysli'iNt.
Professor I.ombroso, the Italian phys
icist, contributed to the Anilities des
Sciences Psycbiques an account of two
psychic phenomena which lie Investi
gated purely in the interests of mate
rial Science, 'l'he article Is entitled
"Haunted Houses Which 1 Have Stud
ied," and the professor confessed that
lie set ahout his Investigations with
nothing to lie desired in the complete
ness of his skepticism.
The phenomena In question, how
ever, proved to he beyond solution by
any known laws of physical science.
Frankly, the great criminologist ad
mitted that for the first time in his
life he was in the presence of tin* In
tangible and that he was worsted In
bis attempt to grapple with the unsub
stantial.
"I was asked in November, 1900, to
investigate some strange occurrences
which had taken place at the house of
Signor l'avarino by way of l'esentorl,
Turin. One phenomenon 1 was asked
to explain was the mysterious over
turning of cups and jugs, which were
precipitated to the ground by some
unseen agency.
"These occurrences were accompa
nied by loud knockings on the walls
and the pulling of bells In various
parts of the house. The youngest
daughter was awakened on several oc
casioiis by blows aimed tit her by soma
unseen hand, and her body on exami
nation was found to be covered with
bruises, the result of severe plnchlngs.
Her sister, who slept in the same bed,
felt nothing and was not disturbed In
any way.
"The clash of raj tiers was heard In
the house at another time, accompa
nied by cries of anger and groans of
anguish. Lights were also seen pnss
lng to and fro in uniighted rooms. An
Alpine bat was continually moving
about the room, and even when It was
deliberately nailed to a chair an Invis
ible hand precipitated it to the ground.
All these mysterious happenings went
on for eight months, and In regard to
them I took the evidence of reliable
persons, who testified that they had
been eyewitnesses of the phenomena.
Even w hen the bell ropes were removed
from the bells the tinkling continued
at all hours of the day and night.
"The scene changed to a house in the
next street, by way of Bava, adjoining
by way of Pescatorl, where the news
papers of Turin began to chronicle mys
terious occurrences of almost a similar
nature to these which occurred In by
way of Pescatorl, cups and saucers,
pans and kettles being Juggled about
by an unseen agency and causing at
the time a most infernal row.
_ "In particular, one circumstance was
most noteworthy. In the cellar, tilled
with full and empty bottles, much lows
to the proprietor was caused by the
smashing of the Husks by some unseen
hand, but with every trace of method
and willfulness In the way In which the
breakage lined on my entrance
into the cellar I lighted live candles,
thinking that a supernatural spirit
would a void the light. On the con
trary, I saw three empty bottles roll
about as :f pit bed by a linger and i
break close by me. I made every pos- j
--i 1 ile investigation to discover a hidden .
trick, but t'i no avail. Several bottles
wei" taken up in the air as If lifted by
the hand and dashed to the ground.
•"I he wife of the proprietor left about
that time for a visit to her father's.
While »he was away the occurrences
ceased, only to break out again iinine
diately on her return by way of Itava.
The w .'titer of the house was then re
moved ami the occurrences ceased al
together, 1 iving it to be supposed,
since no other hypothesis Is probable,
that be was the medium through which
the phenomena were rendered possible.
• In May. l'.Htt. I was asked to Inves
tigate another mysterious affair which
happened in the family of a printer
named Mlguotti, also in Turin. It was
noticed that when one of his children,
a li 111*• boy. went to bed at night loud
knockings bewail to be heard on the
wall next to which he lay. A doctor, :
the police and myself were called In 1
W»> cx indued the walls and the rooms
wilh great care.
"As soon as the boy was placed In
his bed the knocking began. It was
evidently conducted In an intelligent
manner, and it was possible to estab
lish some sort of communication. It!
v a ■ only, however, when the boy lay
awi;ke tht; the phenomenon occurred.
As soon as he went to sleep the knock
ing became very vague and Indistinct,
lb; was clearly the Immediate cause,
though beyond a high fever, when the j
phenomenon was most frequent, he
was in other respects a normal child.
I state these facts clearly and abso
lutely as I witnessed them and confess
my total inability to explain them."--
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THE TABLES OF STONE.
A < m ioiis I ali'iilation From the
Talmud ami the lliltle.
Did you ever figure on the proba
ble size and iiiiinen.se strength of
Moses, basing your catenations on the
dimensions of the tahl<* of stone, as
given by the Taltutulic writers? In
tiie Talmud (folio ."K, column 8) It is
said that the tables of stone upon
which the commandments were writ
ten were six ells long, six ells broad
;ind ?lls thick. In the Bible,
Uxodus xx.\i', 15, we are told that
"Moses went down from the mount,
i'nl the two tables of the testimony
i. ci e in his hand."
"11an.1," mind you, not hands, though
It u.tist be admitted that It would have
taken a strong pair of hands to per
forin the t i li of carrying them, even
on (lie le\el. Now, we will put the
'.'almudic and the Biblical accounts to
gether and apply the mathematical
rule. 'I he Hebrew ell or cubit was, at
its least estimate, a measure of eiglit
e i inches, which would have made
each of the tables a stone block nine
feet lure. niii • feet wide and four and
on.'-half feet thick. If common stone
''••idled as much to the square foot
then as it d ies now the tables would
tio the beam at about twenty-eight
tm ! Was Moses one of the giants
of th >. e days or lias some one made a
i i i.i! ,• i:i calculations or In the state
ment of supposed facts? —Exchange.
SARDINES.
The Way I!:<-> Are looked nml I*re-
For Mariict.
Sardines are caught in nets, and after
being well washed the heads are c'ut
off and the fish are sprinkled lightly
with salt. After lying for a few hours
they are pkeed on grids in rows almost
perpendicular. The frames are then
placed in pans containing boiling olive
oil. The oil is changed as soon as it
becomes t >o black and dirty for con
tinuing the cooking process.
As soon as the lish are considered
sufficiently <• >oked, they are withdrawn
from the puns of oil and the grids are
placed on the tables covered with zinc,
the surfut of the table Inclining to
ward a groove In the center. The oil
is thus carried to a vessel prepared to
receive it. Round the table stand the
women whose business It Is to pack the
lish closely and uniformly in boxes.
The boxes being full, the lish are cov
ered with fresh oil and the lids are then
soldered down. Thus hermetically
sealed they are placed In Iron baskets
and immersed in boiling water. Tho
smaller boxes are thus boiled for half
an hour and the larger ones somewhat
longer, in proportion to size of box.
The li b are then ready for the market.
-Pearson's Weekly.
\ liiilurlt-M.
The English language, according to a
German statistician who has made a
study of the comparative wealth
languages, heads the list with the enor
mous vocabulary of 200,000 words;
German comes next, with 80,000
words; then Italian, with 75,000;
French, ;:t\nmi; Turkish, 22.5 00, nnd
Spanish. 20.t.' <i.
"Soiim tltliiK «Vu*t on (iOod, H
The pretty darling entered the book
store. "I w uit to get 'Kidnapped,' by
Mr. Stevenson," she 1.
"Er I think." replied the clerk—"l
think I'd like that Job myself." -Bos
ton Transcript
iir.itliiK on a Train.
If you travel back and forth Into
town every day you no doubt read
your paper or a magazine on the train.
While this is n.it, Indeed, the best prac
tice for the eyes, it seems a pity to
waste so much time which might b#
turned to good account. Much of tho
annoyance which cornea from train
reading Is due to the jolting of the
cars, which continually knocks th«>
printed line out of focus with tho eye.
This can be in some degree obviated
by laying a card or some other object
below the line to be read and moving
it steadily downward while reading.
This acts as a guide to the eye and
helps to keep the. sight fixed. Those
who have tried it say that it wonder
ful ly assists to decrease the difficulty
of reading while in motion.
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"LUCKY" BALDWIN.
IIIN Whirlwind of Speculation In th«
MillillH ItrKlonx.
In 1 803 a little party of gold seekers
with a meager outlit of liorses and
wagons started for California from the
village of Kaeine, Wis. In coiiunand
of this adventurous expedition was a
young man who took with him his wife
and infant daughter. His name was
E. J. Ihtldwin and lie made a wise
flioice in shaking from his restless feet
the dust of a tamer civilization, 110
deeded a larger theater of action for his
pent-up and surging activities. While
trailing through the mountains of Utah
the pioneers were attacked by Indians,
who were beaten off during a six hour
fight in which young I'.aidwin killed
their chief. After six months of hard
ship the party reached Hang town (later
called Placerviile), in California.
Here Baldwin tarried and began
placer mining. He appears to have
been no more than an ordinary red
shifted argonaut, meeting the ups and
downs of mining luck until the dls
coveiy of the Comstock lode at Virgin
ia City. Thither lie drifted and discov
ered that liis natural bent was gam
bling with die mines that other men
had opened. Amid a whirlwind of
speculation lie fought his way with
such success that he loomed from the
smoke in a few months as "Lucky"
Baldwin, the man who had cleaned up
$7,500,0(10 in tiie gigantic deals in the
stock of the ophir mines.
San Francisco was the Mecca of
those lucky sons of fortune who were
rearing a great city by the Golden
Gate. As a stock and mining specula
tor "Lucky" Baldwin shone respen
dent, but be was also a loyal son of
San Francisco. He built hotels and
(heaters and business blocks even
while he was amazing that far from
conservative community by madly
freakish extravagances.
In a very lucid interval he bought all
the Spanish grants he could find near
Los Angeles and there spent a million
In making this ranch of his not only a
splendidly productive property, but al
so one of the most beautiful estates
ever laid out in this or any other coun
try. It was his hobby, his pet, and he
planted miles of avenues with noble
shade trees and madu wonderful trop
ical gardens, surrounding his home by
a paradise of vernal beauty.—Ralph D.
I'aine In Outing Magazine.
Truth Prevails.
"I hope," she remarked as she toyed
with the new solitaire he had Just
placed on her finger, "this Isn't a cheap
Imitation."
"No," he answered frankly; "It's the
most expensive imitation I could find.**
—Chicago News.
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-BLOOMSRUKU DIVISION
Dttlaware. Lackawanna and Western
Railroad.
In Effect Jan. 1, 1905.
TRAINS LEAVE DANVILLE
EASTWARD.
7 07 a. in.daily for Hloomsburg, Kingston,
Wllkes-Barre a..d Scranton. Arriving Scrau
ton at 9.4'J a. m., and connecting at Scranton
with trains arriving at Philadelphia at 8.48 a.
in.and New York City at H.:io n. m.
10.IS a. 111. weekly for Blooinsburg, Kingston,
Wll ken- Harre, Hcranton and intermediate sta
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connecting there with trains for New York
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mouth. KingNton, Wi l ken-Bar re, Pltttton,
Scranton and Intermediate stations, arriving
at Scranton at M.25 p. in.and connecting tiier#
with trains arriving at New York City atb.Su
a- in., Phlladelpeia 10 a. in.and Buflalo7a in
TRAINS AKITLVE AT DANVILLE
H. 15 a. in. weekly froni Hcranton, Plttston,
Kingston, Bloomshurg and intermediate sta-
leaving Scranton at 6.35 a. in., where 11
connects with trains leaving New York City
at H.SO p. 111., Philadelphia at 7 4*2 p. in.and
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Kingston, Berwick, Bloonishurgand Internie
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Plttston, Berwick. Bloonishurg and interme
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where It connects with trains leaving New
YorkCltyatl.Olip.nl., Philadelphia at 12.0U
p. in.and Buttolo at 9.30 a. m.
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