Mercantile Appraiser's List -ron- JEFFERSON COUNTY FOR THE YEAR 1903. THE vendors of foreign add domes tlc merchandise, etc., of Jeffer son county, Pennsylvania, will take notice that thry are appraised and classified by the undersigned ap praiser of mercantile and other li cense taxes for the year 1903 as fol lows: ALLEN'S MILLS. Allen, J. CI. ft Son Retailor ANITA. Anderson, Louis Retailer Brody, A jj lllanco, Antonio " Henson & Company " Harllnro, Tony ' jj Heckman. E " Cardnmone. Gasper Carlson. Ed " Dahlln, Port Eureka Supply Co " Oltto, Steve Hoch, Laura M Ingles. William " ' Kramer, Martha " Kurtz, George H Moser, W. S McGresor, H. B " Malburg, A. J Olsen & Nelson " Olsen & Huldqulst " Ponterto, Julius " Roth. John " Rosen, Max Sohaplro, Silo " Thomas, S. & Son " Trehnrne Pros " Trozo. G. M , Warner, Annie 8 " Warner. P. M " Woodhall, John & Son " BAXTER. Ohl, J. T Retailer BEECHTREK, Benlgnl, AttlUlo Retailer Meyers, M. C " BROCKWAYVILLE. Andrews. Mrs. E. A Retailer Bias. Mike " Bond ft Cooper " Beadle, R. V. & Co " Burchfleld, W. F " Cooper, J. S Covel. E. R " Chapin. A. R " Elllnger. A. R " IeSmith, Martin " Greenblat, Jonas " Groves. D. D " Humphreys Pharmacy " Jones. C. R. & Co " Jackson, Mary A " Kearney, Lctty " Kearney. J. S " Levis, Theo " Logan, Andrew " Morey, Mrs. E " MafT.a. LiiIkI " Matson, Minnie " McCauley ft McKay " Olmstead, F. L " Pellegrlne. Ludovlco " Parolari. Frank " Pasqualtcchio, P " Ralston, Mrs. Thomas " Ross. D. B " Sibley, V. S " Sanders, J. C " Smith. J. W " Shelley, A. A " Slanlslao, Benlgnl " Thompson, Mrs. S. W " Taylor, E. B " BIG RUN. Big Run Milling Co Retailer Bowers, W. G Bloae, W. F Campbell, J. O Cochran's Pharmacy Davis, G. I Davis, J. J Davis, S. H Irvin. J. B Jordan, V. A Kuntz, Fred McClure, J. G McClure. A. F Means, Ezra Kiel. J. K Palmer & Nlburg Rlnehart, L Shaffer. I.. A Veil, E..BIg Run Bargain Store Veil, Frank Veil. C. F BROOKVILLE. Anderson & Leech Retailer Arthurs, S. B Allgeler, Philip Blood. P. P Bender, Uriah Bevier, Ed Bonnett. A Black, W. P Barton & Cooley Brook vllle Woolen Mills Brown, John Burkett, D Butflngton & Brady Craft, A. J Canning, James M Cmnmlngs ft Co Craig ft Co Craig. S. W Darr, H. E. 'ft Co Evans ft Moore English, H. W Fetzcr, W. K Fuller, Ira Guyther. J. W , Guth, C. B Hall ft Lucas Dimes, D. B. M Henry, Mrs. W. A Hughes, J. H Henderson, Mrs. A. F Henderson, R. L Henderson, D. A Humphrey Brick and Tile Co. Heber, George W Heber, Jackson Henderson, Fred B Hetrlck. Ed Huth. Natt Hamilton. J. K Jof ery, Joe Jackson, Mrs. Llna Kline, John Kelso, Wm. ft Co Kaapp, F. E Love, S. A Loebman, Albert . . . , Loux. E. J. Leathers, L. A Love, H. T McKlnley. R. R Mitchell Bros McCraekin, H. E Matson, H lfcCullough, Albert . . Matson, R. M. ft Co Moore, C. A McKlnley, C. J Meyers, A. J . . Means Bros Miller, A. A McKnlght, Son ft Co McLaln, A. B Matson, Norman D McLaln. Charles O Oaks ft Perry Pierce. J. M Patterson & Bonnett Pcarsall. Elmer E Richards & Kennedy Rankin Hardware Co Heed, George L Swntzlander, F. C HtolTer, B. O crllmer, F. C Startzel & Adelson Bros... Small, G. II Smith. II. 8. ft Co Stewart, John T Snyder. Mrs. Sedda Sandt. George L Shields. Wm Stahlman, Miss Estella ... Trilby. A. R Vanleer, Bros i Wanner, W. F Wadding. A. M Winters. J. F COAL GLEN. Abbott & Blakeslee . . .Retailer .Wholesale ...Retailer CLOE. Williams ft Clawson Eagley, T. J Gruhe, H. L. ft Co Millard, T. K CORTEZ. Clark, Kelser & Klpp..... ..Retailer . .Retailer CRENSHAW. Ackard. J. C Brogganl, Tilde Brennan. Mike Henderson. Chns Moberg. John F Montressor & Dancse Montressor, Louis Luke. Frank Normand, John Rlchtarcle, Iouls , Steele & Co , Tarolll, Louis Wise. J. B Pedick & Kind a COOL SPRING Campbell, John Ekls. I. W .Retailer Kunselman, M. I Smith, Mrs. Hudson Shaffer, Lafayette CONTENT. Carrier, E. D , .Retailer CORSICA. Burns, Mrs. F. A Baker. II. T Corbett, W. F Carroll, J. E Elder ft Wilson Holden. N. E Jones, J. B , .Retailer Moore, J. J. S McKlnley. J. D Orcutt, Miss Winnie .... Rea, Mrs. Ella Topper, J. M DELANCEY. Foremaln, C. A ..Retailer Morgan, D " Mahoning Supply Co " Reed, Andrew " Samone, Chas " Saloagglo, Antonio " Sgelota, Charles " Tronzo, Alfred " Wardrup, Wm " Wallace, Mrs. Jeanle " DESIRE. Borsody, John Retailer Campbell. E. B Jehu, J. W " Kramer, Mike Lepotsky, Steve " Loss, Philip " Reed, W. J " Reed, L. H Reed. A. C " Robertson, J. S. ft Son - " Slff. Wm " Wayne. R " Wise, Mary " ELEANORA. Mahoning Supply Co Retailer Miller, M. J " EMERICKVILLE. Berkhouse. C. A Retailer Hntton, John Wiser, E " FULLER. Fuller Supply Co Retailer FALLS CREEK. Abel, A Retailer Askey, Y. A " Boyles, R. M " Curry, J. B " Dare, F. E " Dunn. E. A " Emery, H. S " Ensell, James " Fry, Mrs. Mary A " Green, James " Gray, S " Henry, E. A Henry ft Cochrane " Hons, A. G '. " Hoy, A. L " Hopkins, A. M. ft N. E " Jones, J. B " Klewans ft Henry Munch Bros " Milieu ft McConaell " Murray. P. M " Merwln, Jacob Phillips. E. L. " Rldout. J. C " Roff, John " Schnell. J. A " Smith, M. W " Strattan, II. G " Shaffner Bros " Spangler, George " Smith Bros. Co " Weaver, F. B " FROSTBURG. Gourley, Ezra Retailer Lewis, Miss Jennie . . . GRANGE. Mogle, A. B Retailer Mangle, Wm GROVE SUMMIT. Thorpe. F. W Retailer Schreckengost, I. M... HOWE Gayley, Q. M Retailer HAZEN Mayee. J. G.. Retailer Trimble, B HAMILTON, Henry, W. A ....Retailer Henry. David Niel, Sharp Ntel ft Mitchell , HORATIO. Eureka Supply Co Wlnegrove, G. A.... Williams, Mrs. D. W. HEATHV1LLE. Fenstermaker, J ...Retailer Guthrie, C. L HOPKINS. Strickland, F. P Retailer .Retailer KNOXDALE. Hopkins, Jacob ft Son... Lowry, 8. G KIRKMAN. Carbery. John , .Retailer LANUV1LL1S. Olontz, Samuel Retailor Lang, John A LANES MILLS. Corbett ft Humphrey .. ....Retailer L1NDSEY. Bernstein, Samuel P Retailer Rurgoon, 8. J " Cotiser, J. B ' Davis, J. M " Davis. J. R " Doran, J. R " (Jiubc & Co " llml, MrKean " Jdins, A. W " Jenkins. John F " Kean. Mrs. T. C Llndsey Milling Co Lloyd. -Wm " Mehiing. Ralph R " M.irgnnle. Geo. & Bros " MeClnre. Frank " Nenl. Maggie " Qulnllsk, John " Richard. Boyd " Sutter. Henry " St. Clair. James " Htlo, Nicholas " Thomas, W. G " Watklns. W. W " Wlghamnn, J. M " MARKTON. Rottenhorn, J. H. W Retailer Swelling, A. B. & Son " MUNDERF. Williamson. 8 Retailer NORTH FREEDOM BnnKhman, G. W Retailer OHIO. Reltz. A. H Retailer OL1VERBURG. Williams, J Retailer PANSY. Reltz. R. C Retailer PANIC. Plfer. Mary H Retailer TORTER. McDcvit, M. D Retailer PUEBLO. Yount. S. G Retailer PRESCOTTV1LLE, Carlson. A Retailor Handyslde, Mrs. Geo Mcllrlsht, Ed StileB, M. H PUNXSUTAWNEY. Abraham, John ft Co Wholesaler Atlantic Refining Co. . . Adams. John N Retailer Bacco, Joseph Breckstine Bros Benson, T. E Beyer ft Beyer Barry & Nlckson Burket, Omnia Beyer, J. M Brownell, R. E Pair, John R Baker, Joseph Buck. Mrs. C. C Bcrzak, Ernest Brown Hardware Co. . . Chambers, L. E Catalano, A. ft Co Clover & Edelblute Cohen, Nettle Clawson, J. C Carrick, David Drunimond Cycle Co. .. Davis. Thomas R Eberhart, J. B. ft Co... Felcht, C. M. ft Co Frcase, P. O Fackner, John C Kink, J. H Fink. J. II Wholesaler Fetterman. A. H Retailer Freedom Oil Works Fornianle, C. A Gutclius, H. C Gerson. R. B Greek American Candy Co, Gigllotte, Antonio Gllbloom, S. L Gessler, W. S Graham, Frances F Hewitt, A. V. ft Co Hill, M. H Hamilton, S. E Huth, L. R Hallow, A. M. & Cabel.... Hopkins, Mrs. Lyda Haag & Huffman Hughes, Lowry John, R Jones, J. S Keltonlk, S Lyman, Ed. F Langan, John Loeb, H. J-. Lanzsndorfer, John Lucas, S. S Lewring & Lattlmer Long, Jas. K Long Bros Lowe, C. L Merrls Beef Co ...Wholesaler Moser ft Gram us Retailer McAnincb, S Mogle, Vf. A Muth, W. T Marshall Bros Meyo. Nich Marubuca. Rosa Murray ft Jordan Melson, Mrs. R. G Morris, M. H. Mogle, J. L North, H. H Neal. C. M Ollva, Andrew Oberllne C. A Pantall, J. Reese , Punxsutawney Drug Co , Pollock, J. F Plzner. C. A Punxsutawney Hardware Co. Per.nman, John M Punxsutawney Carriage Co. . Patau. T. M Prothro, T. H Quary, M. A Rumberger, John Reese, Hiram Rambos, Socrates Ruch ft Hess Rafetto, D Robinson, A. C. & Son Robinson Hardware Co Smith ft Henry Shaffer, E. E Snyder Bros , Skelton, John D. . . 8hearer. T. W Bmlth, J. W Swisher, Joseph M f Taylor, J. L ,. Turner, Harvey Torrance, W. C. Titus Supply Co. Weiss, G. A. ... Wholesaler Retailer Wehrle, EX N Williams. Alex Work, E Weiss, G. A.. Bros Walker, O. P Wtber, J. A Williams, J. D Williams ft Rearlck Zeltler.E. R Zeltler, T. C RATHMEL. Bowser, O. B Barelay, Mrs. Win llatson, Joseph .Retailer ameron, Mrs 'arney, Mrs. N. A Hughes, Ed efferson Supply Co Kraale, A. L Knllfelz. Mike eech, C. M , Moore, Lillian Manxell ft Roberts Smith. John Rathmel Trading Co Weiss & Weber WeiBS, II. B RICHARDSV1LLE. Simpson. O. W. M .Retnller -eech. W. C. ft Co lorner, II. B RINGGOLD. Holben. E. A Stewart, Charles .Retailer ROCKDALE. Moore, Thomas .Retailer Strang, Mrs. M REYNOLDS VI LLE, Arnold, C. J Retailer Albright. R. D " Alexander, W. B Butler Bros " Bohrrn. O Brenkey. D. H " Higgle, Fred Burg, Mrs. Wm. B Blng, Stoke Co narton. E " Best. Mrs. F. C " Butler. John F " Burns, .1. II " Black. Frank J Burns. H. R Copping. W " Cnmpsie, Katharine " Damore. J Daddarlo ft Copiiolo " Delaney. James " Evans. E. M Eason, H. W. ft Co " Evans. Margaret " Freidman, Sol Gibson. C. C Green & Conser Gooder, Ed Henry. W. C Henry, J. A. ft S. C Hoffman, C. F mills, j. r Hall. C. R: Hanau, N Hushes, James II HasklnB, J. P Johnson, Wm. L Jones, E. A Jefferson Supply Co. Klschart, Charles Keystone Hardware Co Koerner, Charles B Katzen, A King. J. C. ft Co Lldle, L. G., Hardware Co.. McClelland, Scott ft Co Miller, Mrs. L. P Mayo, John Meyers, J. A Moore, W. H Mllllren. A. G McConnell, F. A Marro, Joseph Northerner & Kellock Nolan, D O'Hare. John Plyler, Martin Prlester Bros Robinson Shoe Co Robinson ft Mundorf Wholesaler Rlggs. J. W Retailer Ross. W. S Rhodes, P. B Robinson & Mundorf Rlston, A. J Reynoldsvlllo Hardware Co, Spry. James 11 Shaffer, G. W Speer, Joseph Sayers, Mrs. Frances Stoke, H. A Shick & Wagner Stauffcr, D. B. ft W. B Rtormer, W. E Smith, Mrs. L Tyson, James Wiley, W. W Walsh, P. T Woodring. J. D. ft Son Wlndie, Mrs. A Young, J. V SANDY VALLEY, Boner, W, J .Retailer Bliss, Wm Sherwood, H. A SCHOFFNERS CORNERS. Davis, Blaine Retailer McFadden, D. E SUGAR HILL. McMinn ft Thompson Retailer SUMMERVILLE. Byerly. J. A. ft W. C Retailer Carrier, Mrs. S. D Clark. T. A Ef-f.elman, T. A.. Guthrie. H. F Jacox, L. J Shimmel, Mrs. J. E Summervllle Supply Store,, Strong, R. W Sml'.h, A. O SOLDIER. Barietta. Mike Retailer Jefferson Supply Co " Katzen, A " Lombardo, Frank " MaBcaro, Carlo " Petrella, G. A ; " Simon ft Ableman ; " Sowinskl. Louis " Varner, D " SYKESVILLE. Allen, William Retailer Bonnett, F. C " Rolowlek, Michael " Grinder. W. T " Rupert Hardware Co " Sykes, J. B " Smith R. B " Long, J. L " Umg ft Estes " Wisgett, Alfred " STANTON. Reltz, Edward Retailer 8PRANKLE MILLS. Elsenhart, W. M .'.Retailer Mllllron, W. C " Bellcr, Daniel TIMBLIN. Hans, David Tlmblln, N. A 8IGEL. Copenhaver, T. W Hepler, J. C Truman Bros.. VALIER. Means, M. E .Retailer , .Retailer .Retailer DHts, Joseph Sutter, A. P " WATSON. Berto, Albert Retailer Cummlngs, Thos. Carllll. Antonio " Glgllottl. Constantino " Grant. W, A " Grant, John " Gattl, Joo " Maza, Nuzlnnta " Morgan, J. E " Maracca, Raffaele " Parrl, Pasqual " Palinarino, Antonio " Sorenzo, M. O " Scaitgn. Glmbattlsta " .Santonin. Frank " MRhoning Supply Co " W1NSLOW. Gibson, Al WARSAW. McWIIIIams. A. O , .Retailer . .Retailer WORTHVILLE. Buzzard, Ellas Retailer GelHt. S. M " Graham, O. W lolben, Amos Matirey. Daniel.... ' Reed, Mlsa Bertha " WESTVILLE. Barclay, O. H Retailer Clntibaugli, M. B HlgglliH, Mrs. B. C luiiter. John Moore. Mrs. Violet ' McDonald. Mrs. A WISHAW. Bottah. James .' , Ewlng, James .Retailer icnibock. Louts , Johiuon & Carlson loBway, Steve Rupert, Amanda , Shnnltel, 8. E. ..' , Torqunto, John , Telll. Thos Todrlck, H. M Marzo, Jim FLORENZO. Mncklntlrc, John ..Retailer Hynlenrcz, John " TrlHcnk, John " BILLIARD AND POOL TABLES. Tables Tax ANITA. Benson ft Co 3 ISO 00 Schaplro, Silos 4 CO 00 BROOKVILLE. Arthurs. S. B 6 80 00 " Bumngton ft Brady 4 60 00 MatBon, II 3 BO 00 BROCKWAYVILLE. " OlmBtcad, F. L 4 60 00 CRENSHAW. " Normand, John 1 30 00 DESIRE. " Campbell, E. B 3 50 00 DELANCEY'. " Reed, Andrew 2 40 00 LINDSEY. Davis, J. M 3 50 00 " Sutter, H 3 60 00 PUNXSUTAWNEY. " Chambers, L. E 4 60 00 " Heemer, Fred 2 40 00 Langan, John 6 80 00 RATHMEL. Kallfetz, Mike 3 00 00 " REYNOLDS VI LLE. " BurnB, Euber ft Delaney, " bowling alley 1 30 00 Burns. J. C. Jr 3 50 oo Blggl, Fred 4 Richards, Chas 3. no oo 50 oo 30 00 McConnell, F. A 1 SYKESVILLE. Fonst. P. F 2 40 00 40 00 Grinder, W. F 2 WATSON VI LLE. Cummlnps. Thos 2 40 00 30 00 30 00 Tax. $5 00 5 00 5 00 5 00 5 00 5 00 5 00 5 00 5 00 5 00 6 00 10 00 20 00 5 00 S 00 10 00 5 00 5 00 5 00 Santorno, Frank 1 WESTVILLE. Lnhr, Joseph 1 RESTAURANT. Class. ANITA. Hopkins, Martin C 8 BIG RUN. McQuown, L. D. C 8 BROCKWAYVILLE. Burchfleld, W. F 8 Shelley, A. A 8 BROOKVILLE. Mack, Tom 8 Stoffer, D. G 8 DESIRE. Wayne, R 8 LINDSEY. Davis, J. R 8 FALLS CREEK. Rldout, J. C 8 PUNXSUTAWNEY. Rarker, Robert 8 Gleekler, C. B 8 Link, G. C 7 Henry, W. D 5 Happeny, M. J 8 REYNOLDS VILLE. Butler Bros ." 8 Elufer, W. C 7 Pyle, Mrs. D. M 8 SYKESVILLE. Foust. P. F 8 Stahl, Mrs. C ". 8 You and each of you are hereby no tified that you are appraised and rated as above for the year 1903. An appeal will be held at the Treasurer's office, Brookville, Pa., on Wednesday, April 22d, 1903. J. P. SOWERS, March 24, '03. Mercantile Appraiser. Foreigners In Chicago. In a pamphet entiled "A Sketch ot the Linguistic Conditions of Chica go" Prof. C. D.' Buck, of the University of Chicago" Prof. C. D. Buck, of the University of Chicago, says that 40 lan guages are spoken In that city, which is more cosmopolitan in character than Constantinople or Carlo, or any otnor city, past or present. Fourteen tongues are spoken by 10,000 or more persons each; newspapers appear regularly in 10 languages, and church services may be beard In about 20 languages. "Chi cago." says the Professor, "Is the sec. ond largest Bohemian city In the world, the third Sweedlsh, the third Norwe glan, the fourth Polish and the fifth German. New York being the (ourtb, Scotland shipped 11,279.421 tons ol coal last year, constituting a record EVOLUTION OF HUMOR. JAMS L. FORD BELIEVES SATIRE WILL SOON' BECOME POPULAR. Seeing Somebody Get the Worst of It Underlies All Funny Happening the World Around All True Wit Must Have a Foundation In Sincerity. Philosophers who look upon passing events through ' the rose-colored glasses of optimism may find cause for rejoicing by comparing our national humor of touay with that of the to called "newspaper school" that flour ished from a quarter to a third of a century ago. It was at a time when the entire American notion seemed to be liter ally hungering after something funny that "The Danbury News Man," "The Detroit Frco Press Man," "The Bur lington Hawkeye Man,' and a score of others of their class sprang Into a sudden local renown which. In many cases, grew Into national fame. Their humor was, as a general thing, of what Is known professionally as the "acro batic" school. That Is to say, It was founded on human catastrophes of the sort Incident to the treacherous ba nana peel, the putting up of the stove pipe, tho return from the lodge, the depredations of the goat and the per versities of the yellow dog. In the humor ot this school, Inebriety, In Its many droll phases, played a part whose Importance It would be hard to overestimate. We have outgrown this school at the present day, but let us not sneer at It, for, after all, It was true, stor? ling humor, founded on the same deathless prlnelplo of seeing some body get the worst ot It underlies all funny happenings the world around the same principle that forms the backbone allko of Thackery'a satire and the early English jokes of the pulllng-a-chalr-from-undcr variety, Moreover, It waa a clean, honest h mor which served the double purpose of educating the popular taste and de veloping a few writers, like Mark Twain and Eugene Field, who are now a source of national pride. For my own part, I look back with feelings to tender regret to the days when a humorist could not only write 20(i0 words upon opening a bottle of kumyss or 1500 about losing a collar button under the bureau, but also fear lessly offer It In the marts of litera ture. Those were days when a humor lBt could set up his workshop in some pleasant country place, and with no stock In trade save such familiar properties as the mother-in-law, the goat, the stovepipe, tho banana peel and the lodge grind out a living that at least gave him contentment and good health. Once or twice a month ho would visit the city, bringing with him a basket of his wares. Most of the publications In those days dealt exclusively In acrobatic humor, with the exception perhaps of one which had what was called "a refined fam lly circulation," and was, therefore, made tho victim of stories about "Our little four-year-old," or "Our friendly W., who lives In X and Is quite a wag In his way." No acrobatic jokes could be sold to the editor of that periodical, except those from which the curse had been craftily removed by crediting them to Captain X. of the Forty-seventh Massachusetts reg iment. In tho early '80s the growing popu larity of "Puck," "Life" and "Judge' led to the establishment of pages or columns of original humorous matter In a vast number of periodicals, creat Ing a demand for humor great enough to overtax the capacity of the regular ly accredited members of the craft. It was this extraordinary and unlooked for call for humorous matter that leu a vast number of men and women to abandon such serious pursuits as the cultivation of the soil, the cleansing of household linen, the mending of tinware and the picking of huckleber ries in order that they might become American humorists. But In spite of the competition of this cheap un skilled labor, the professionals profited greatly by this active market and the art of nursing a joke and causing it to crystallize into a dozen, or more distinct marketable forms, not one of which could be detected as a plagar ism of any of the others, was corried to a higher degree of perfection dur ing this period than ever before in the history of American letters. The best ot the humorists, however, Bought a wider Meld for their efforts in the pages of the magazines, the ac ceptance of one article or story being deemed sufficient to change them from mere funny writers to "literary men," and adding materially to the value ot their signature. At last the public began to tire ot humorous pages made up of para graphs, verses and two-line dialogues "short stuff," as it was called and displayed a marked preference for the Sunday humorous article signed by some well-known name. It was on this wave of pupular taste that Bill Nye, who bad made his first reputa tion on a western newspaper, came Into great popularity aa the pioneer ot the syndicated weekly article, which at the time ot his death, brought him an income ot (200 a week and ren dered him prosperous to a degree that the humorists ot an eldor day never dreamed of. Bill Nye was the last leador of the race of American newspaper humor ists and one of the best ot them aa well. The school which he represent ed ia fast disappearing from Its native loll, but it seems to have taken a Ann root in England under the fostering care ot Jerome K. Jerome and bia fol lowing. Aa for our own humor' In lta moat modern phase, It la mora like that ot Benjamin Franklin, the earliest hu morist of our nation, than anything that has been known here In many decades. It I satirical rather than acrobatic, and deals with mental moods rather than with disasters. Its most popular commercial form Is that of the syndicated Sunday article, and Its chief prophets are Mr. Flnley P. Dunne and Mr. George Ade. Judging from the most pronounced trend ot the popular taste of today. It Is safe to predict that satire in Its highest form will soon find a large and appreciative audience In this country. and that the time Is ripe for an Amer ican Thackeray to satirize our manners and vanes. A fact which serves to deepen the rosy tint on the humorous horoscope Is that the worst forms of British comicality have never taken root In our soli, and that, too, In spite of persistent efforts to transplant them. Machine-made epigrams of the mere tricious echoed In which Oscar Wilde chose to sink his remarkable talents, never took any real hold on us, al though a vast number of the dilettanti declared them "immensely clever" and affected to prefer them to "coarse American nowspapor Jokes." These epigrams failed to become genuinely popular here because they were not founded upon that quality of sincerity which underlies all true wit. J. L. Ford, in Collier's Weekly. . ORA8S HOUSES OF WICHITAS. Ingenious Indian Architecture That - Ha Become a Lost Art. The finest house ever designed by a redskin Is the grass house of the WichitAs, a tribe that at present lives in southern. Oklahoma. They are the only tribe that ever accomplished suc cessfully the erection of a grass struc ture. Soon they are to abandon these huts and take up their humdrum res ervation life In two-room frame shacks, which are being built Tor them by the government. The grass house, it Is claimed, Is far from being healthful, but It is certainly comfortable. There are but about fifty old men ot the tribe alive to-day who understand the art ot building one of these houses so that It will stand. And these refuse to work, even for generous wages. The government has offered these grass house builders lucrative employment to construct some houses that may be preserved as models of an ancient art. But they refuse, and the grass huta that used to dot the prairies of the Wichita reservation are now being torn down. The Wlchltas are deter mined that their huts shall not sur vive them. Appearances are often deceiving. One can look upon a grass house and Imagine It an easy thing to build. But no so. It Is Indeed most intricate. The grass is gathered In the spring, when it is yet fresh. The sod cutting usual ly takes place Immediately after a rain, the sod being removed to a thickness of about eight inches. Buf falo gross sod Is the only kind that will answer the purpose of the build er. He begins to lay the foundations afc does the stone mason. Jigging away the earth to a depth of about one foot. The grass portion of the chunks of sod la laid to the outside, and the house is built to a height of from 12 to 15 feet in the form of a pointed dome. There is no hole in the top for the smoke to pass through, the latter being carried away through a plpo on the outside of the hut. The door Is usually in the Fouth, and there are no windows. Through each tuft of sod is run a wil low reed string, and these strings are bound clear around the structure. The grass remains green and will grow it thero Is plenty of rain. It Is not at all uncommon to see the sides of these grass houses turn green as spring ap proaches, just as do the pastures near them. The houses are warm in winter and cool in summer. They never leak. Often tho Indians have barns made of the same material. But in these Jays the redskins are mado to live In frame shacks, and the once famous grass house will soon be but a recollection. Scientific American. 8oap In 8havlng. "Soap In shaving," said a chemist, "has two iikpk that mfin v nnrnnnA Ara not aware of. The first use is its effect on the beard. It, does not soft- f en the beard, as most of us are at firsWr inclined to think; it stiffens it vf makes it brittle. You know aoapl effect on your hair, how it dries f and takes the oil out of ItT You ctf see readily, then, Its effect on the" beard. It makes each hair stand up, it iff and brltle, so as to offer a good resistance to the razor, or the razor is a saw In reality, a tiny saw; and it will cut through a thing that la hard and stiff, but anything soft It will pass over. The other use of soap In shaving is as an antiseptic. Shaving, aa we in America conduct It; look's like a pret ty perilous business. It seems to offer to the germs ot many diseases a chance to get their work in. I, for instance, have some disease or other me-j lade) my the1 Blood gets on bis razor. The blad isn't sterilized, and germs from veins pass Into your system when barber cuts you. You, then, contract my disease. "That, I say, is the evil that shav ing Beems to cause, but as a matter of fact it does nothing of the kind. It's on account of the soap that the process Is practically harmless. The lather that shaving soap and hot water make is an antiseptic solution, quite as good as solutions used in hospital during operations. ' His lather kills the bacillus of typhoid and of the va rious skin and Mood ailments. It keeps you from contracting disease f the barber's chair." PhlladelDlA Record. The British South Africa company has decided to expend $10,000,000 on railways In the Dark Continent. in my blood. My barber cuts ., me-, r V
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