BIG HE FACTORIES.
METHODS BY WHICH THEY HANDLE
, THEIR IMMENSE PRODUCT.
Tea to Fifteen Thousand Pirn Made
and naked In a Slant The Crnata,
tha Kllltna- and the Froatlnrf AIio.
lata C'leanllneaa In tha lioa.
A rlalt to ono of tlio lorgest pie con
structing plants In n city would nmke
the nverogo housewife who prides her
self In her bilking green with envy.
The mnkcr of old fashioned domestic
pics cannot enslly conceive of n system
by which a barrel of apples and n bar
rel of flour can, figuratively speaking,
start nt one end of a long bench and
leave the other end a thousand or less
finished pies, but this system Is In use
in nil the largo pie bakeries.
The baking force goes on duty nt 10
o'clock nt night. During the day girls
have been paring and slicing apples
and pumpkins, nnd the foreman has
been spicing nnd sweetening the cook
ed fruit or uilnee, the custards and
other prepared lining which have nlso
been cooked by steam in largo stone
stew vats. When the bakers go on
duty the filling Is lu place In front of
the great dough board in tubs holding
n half barrel each, nnd tho stewed ap
ples In full sized barrels. At one end
of the bench Is n great stack of Hour,
near which stands n pall of water into
which n saucer of baking powder has
been dumped. The dough mixer at
tacks this heap and makes lu it n deep
depression, Into' which the water Is
poured. The embanknieut of Hour Is
rapidly turned into the water and
stirred with the bonds until a thick,
pasty dough has been formed. This Is
shoved nlong until n tall heap Is form
ed nt the mixer's right, nnd the kuend
cr, n spry young fellow, working with
nn Instrument resembling n plasterer's
trowel, cuts off large masses and rolls
them until the mixing Is completed
nnd then chops them into chunks of
suitable sizes for forming bottom crusts.
The men beyond roll the bottom crusts
nnd place them In the pans, which nro
arranged In large wooden trays, heap
ed ono upon another In stacks us tall
as a ninn. The stacks of trays are then
hauled to tbe filler by means of a hook
Inserted In a ring in tho truck at the
bottom.
The pies, whether 10,000 or 13,000 a
night ore baked, are nil filled by one
man. With a long handled cup similar
to. that used In dipping milk from a
can he stands over a tub of stewed
pumpkin, mince or custard and fills
pies so rapidly that all of one man's
time Is required to bring the trays to
his side nnd that of another to toke
them away, lie works like an autom
aton, a filled pie resulting from every
drop and rise of bis two hands. Nearly
a hundred pies a minute look like on
impossibility, but he sends ihem to the
lien who put on tlie top crust-i olid the
meringues ut Unit rute for many min
utes ut a s.reU'h. lie l.as, by mill ill
test put half a barrel or mince meat
into pies within ten mltmies.
The Oiled pies go Into the big wooden
trays to the men who cover them with
the top crust or who put the meringue
on with a conical shaped canvas bag
open at the smaller end, out of which
they squeeze the frosting on the fancy
pies. Tbe fancy pies and the plain
onss do not come together again until
they meet In the delivery wagon about
6 o'clock In the morning.
The top crust pies go to the draw
plate ovens and the pumpkins, cus
tards, meringues and tarts to the older
fashioned ovens, where they are ban
died with long, slender shovels. Out
of the larger drawplnte oven Is pulled
with a steel book a plnte of Iron half an
Inch thick or more already heated. The
thermometer In front of the oven shows
a temperature of 550 degrees. As
many pies as will He on this plate
about 100 at a time are placed on it
and it Is pushed Into the oven. The
hands of a dummy clock at the side are
set to indicate the moment at which the
bnklng will be finished. Another plate
Is then drawn out and filled, and the
proceeding Is repeated until the night's
work is finished. The pies, after bnklng,
go into wooden trays, ns before, nnd
are taken to the shipping room, where
they are counted nnd loaded into the
wagons for delivery.
About forty girls, boys and men by
this system produce from 10,000 to 13,-
000 pies a day. They use about fifteen
barrels of flour, six to ten barrels of
apples, nine or ten half bnrrels of
mince meat, nearly as much stewed
pumpkin and perhaps bnlf ns much
each of other fruits and custards, a bar
rel or more of lard, about two barrels
of sugar nnd large quantities of spices.
Contrary to all popular notions on
tbe subject,. tbe wholesale manufacture
of pies in a modern establishment Is
thoroughly cleanly. Workmen are not
allowed to enter tho work rooms in
their street attire or to xhange their
clothing there. Tbe use of tobacco at
til stages of the work is prohibited,
Spitting on tbe floor. or on or Into any'
thing else in the work rooms is ex
pressly and emphatically forbidden.
The walls are white, and the floors of
concrete are dustless. Every scrap of
anything that can sour is dally washed
from tbe vessels used for filling, from
the cooking vats, from tbe trays and
from the benches, and they are all ster
ilized with steam or boiling water.
The shortening, sweetening and sptc-
jig are carefully and accurately weigh
ed in exact proportions. The baking
is timed to a constant temperature, so
that there is absolute uniformity, and
all the mixing and flavoring, while
done on a large scale, are so conducted
as to Insure a uniform quullty. New
York Tribune.
Carry brightness with you to ths
home. Worry' should have no place
under tbe roof that shelters your wlfs
and children. Maxwell's Talisman.
A WONDERFUL INSECT.
Gaa Companies Not Wanted Where
the Cneujo Monrlehee.
Have yoil ever beard of the cttetijol
If you nre one of those unfortunates
who nre In the habit of grumbling nt
gns bills you will wish that the place
was swiirmuig with cucuJoh, so that
the gns companies might bo circum
vented. The cucujo Is tho firefly of tho
tropics, nnd it Is the most brilliant of
tho whole trlbo of light giving Insects
or nnlmnls. Thirty-eight of them yield
ono candle power.
Photographs bnve been printed by
two minute exposure of bromide plates
to their Illumination. People In Cuba
con II ne them in paper lanterns for go
ing about the country nt night or for
indoor lighting. Sometimes they nt
tnch one of the Insects to each foot for
traveling In the dark to serve as a
guide to the path; nlso they use them
ns ornaments for tho dress and liulr.
t'uctijos nre beetles beginning life ns
grubs. Skipjacks or sprlngtalls they
nre sometimes called because when
placed on their backs they jump over
with a clicking sound.
A small species of the same family
Is found In Florida and Texas. They
have two luminous spots on the thorax
nnd another on the nbdotnen. Damp
evenings are most favorable to the light
giving, the object of which Is presuma
bly to attract a mate. The young lar
va; feed largely on snails, to which
their bite Is poisonous. The luminous
organs nre developed before the Insects
leave the eggs.
Now, a theory formerly held was that
these tlretlles stored up light In the
daytime for emission at night, ns Is
done by the so called luminous paint
of calcium sulphide. Hut It was found
that they shone as brightly as ever
after being confined for ten days In
darkness. Some that were carried
from Cuba to Havre In the pitch black
hold of a vessel were brilliant on their
arrival.
A more striking disproof, however,
was nITorded by a batch of lurvii;
batched In the dark from eggs laid In
the dork on a piece of rotten wood, the
young Insects being kept lu darkness
for the first six months of their lives.
They shone as brilliantly as any of the
other llrellies. Oolden l'enny.
ODD NOTIONS OF WOMEN.
Itosa Itonhcur treasured a small lead
Image of St. Anthony of Padua us a
lucky charm.
Caroline Ilcrschel firmly believed that
If she met a crosseyed beggar In the
morning It presaged the discovery of a
new star that night
George Eliot was a slave to the Influ
ence of the hunchback and clubfooted
man and did no literary work upon tin
day when she sow one.
Lady Millals, the wife of the great
painter, was convinced that the crack
of doom would sound for any one who
stepped on n crock In the sidewalk.
Harriet Heecher Stowe believed Unit
it was bad luck to throw away a tooth
brush which had outlived Its useful
ness, and to the nngntsh of her house
hold preserved every one that she had
ever used.
Queen Victoria cherished a number of
superstitions, nnd among them she be
lieved that the removal of her wedding
ring would surely bring calamity and
that n pet Manx cat would bring good
luck to the royal household.
Worth Ills Welcht In Gold.
The maharajnh of Trnvaneore was.
on one occasion at least, worth his
weight In gold, for he was weighed
against a pure moss of the king of
metals, and, after the scales were bal
anced, the mass of gold wss distributed
In charity. This custom, called "Tulab
hara." Is ono of great antiquity and
is said to be traceable In Trnvaneore to
the fourth century. It Is not unknown
In other ports of India, though, of
course, gold Is only used In the case
of wealthy persons, humbler folk be
ing content to welgii themselves against
spices or grain. On the occasion men
tioned the maharajnh weighed a little
over nine stono. The nruhmans. It Is
said, wished to defer the ceremony In
the hope that the ninlinrajnli might
more nearly approach the weight of
his father, who did not undergo tho
rite until forty-seven years old. when
he weighed fourteen nnd three-quarter
stone. Golden l'enny.
It Was AU Arranged.
A London barrister used to tell of an
Instance that occurred In his own ex
perience of trial by Jury In Wules. A
well known local solicitor named Gnr-
nons wns concerned In a cose. While
counsel was nddresstng the Jury Its
members quietly turned from libn. put
their beads together, and then the fore
man addressed tho judge, "It's no use,
my lord, for tbe geutlemnn In the wig
to talk any more, as we u greed In the
nine Lion lust night to vote for Mr.
Garnons of Rblwgoch."
Writes and Draws,
Klppax And who is your favorite
author, Mrs. Softly?
Mrs. Softly My husband.
Klppax Pardon me. ! didn't know
be wrote.
Mrs. Softly Oh, but be does, and so
nicely checks! Town and Country.
Quite Different.
Teas So she has fallen in love with
an English nobleman.
Jess You don't tell met
Tess Surely you've beard.
Jess No. I merely heard she was
engaged to marry, one. Philadelphia
Press.
Dlvldlnar Her Weleat.
"Don't stand on that delicate table to
bang the picture, Martha. It'll break
You're too heavy."
"Oh,' no, I'm not, mum. , It'll beat
ne. I'm standing only on one foot.'
Philadelphia North' American.
A Terrible Death' Paalaanieat,
In England, during the reign of
Henry VIII., the public mind became
greatly excited through several cases
of poisoning, nnd parliament enacted a
law making boiling to death the pen
alty. This Inw was ou the statute
bonks about sixteen years. It was
made retroactive, so as to take in a
enso that chiefly prompted Its enact
ment that of Ulchnrd Ilosse, otherwise
Coke, the blshou of Rochester's cook,
who poisoned seventeen persons, two of
whom died. Coke was boiled nt Roch
ester. The Infliction wns attended with
peculiar cruelty, as Coke was put into
n cauldron of cold witter nnd gradually
cooked to death.
A few years later. In March, 1542, a
young woman nonied Mar met Davy
wns punished lu a similar way on con
viction of poisoning. The public were
not sntlHllcd us to her gulli. and, not
withstanding tbe compnrntlvely slow
travel of news In those days, tho story
of Margaret Davy's trial and punish
ment soon spread through the king
dom nnd aroused universal horror.
Hulling to dentil remained on the stat
ute books, however, ns long ns Henry
reigned, perhaps because the monarch
himself hud a dread of being polsoneU.
Immediately nfter his deuth parlia
ment repeuled the law.
C'onaulnr Clerks.
The law provides for thirteen con
sular clerks and lixes their pay for the
first five years of service ut $1,000, but
allows themnclunl expenses when
traveling or Kcmng in foreign inuus.
which Is usually the cose. Ihey ure
appointed by the president and serve
practically for life. The statute gov
erning their tenure provides that n con
sular clerk 'shall not be removed from
oilice except for cause, stated lu writ
ing, which shall be submitted to con
gress at the session lirst following such
removal." This ts the only Instance In
the history of the United Stotes where
the house of representatives has a di
rect Interest In un otllco In the execu
tive branch of the government. In
practically all presidential appoint
ments the concurrence or tlie somite is
essential, but this is the only case
where congress as a body baa an In
terestWashington Star.
A French Drink.
Tho French are noted for their deli
cate nnd delicious drinks. The advan
tage of such a one thnt Is nonalcoholic
is apparent to every one. A favorite
Parlslun recipe calls for five pounds of
raisins, five pounds of dried apples and
five gallons of water. Put all together
in a smnll eusk or lurge earthen Jar
and let It stnnil uncovered for three
days, stirring occasionally from the
bottom. At the end of that time bottle
with half a teaspoonful of sugar and a
stick of cinnamon In each bottle. Cork
tightly nnd store in a cool place. Tho
fruits having fermented, the drink will
keen for a considerable length of time
and Is really delicious when served ice
cold. It Is claimed that over oO.OOO.OOO
pnllons of this punch wore drunk in
France In n single year.
Splnnln an Kir ST.
One of Lord Kclvlu's favorite experi
ments while teaching natural philoso
phy at the University of Glasgow was
to spin an egg which was suspended
in tlie air. If tlie egg were hard boiled.
It would spin a long time; otherwise,
owing to the friction between Its con
tents nnd tbe shell, its motion would
soon cense. Lord Kelvin Inferred from
this that the Interior of the earth can
not be a fluid, or tbe globe's rate of ro
tation would have been checked long
ago. Once the students substituted
raw eggs for the hard boiled ones pro
vided for tho experiment. Not one
would spin properly, but Lord Kelvin
was not to bo fooled. "None of them
bollod," was bis only comment
A Crnel Joke.
Oswald, a witty and original Tarl
atan, bad a mania for practical Joking.
He was very amusing to tils frumds,
but when bis talents were exerted to
avenge some wrong there was more
bitterness than fun in bis wit.
One evening when a man who had
not treated him politely gave a recep
tion he revenged himself cruelly. The
man was slightly deformed. All the
hunchbacks of Purls, BOO in number,
presented themselves at bis reception.
They bad received notices from Os
wald thnt If they would go to this ad
dress on this evening they would learn
of a legacy which bad been left them
The Pride of Profession.
Soldiers, remarks the Kansas City
Journal, aro the only ones who really
have prldo in their profession. When
a soldier dies, be Is hauled to his grave
on the trucks of an old cannon, and
Ills memory would be disgraced if any
other vehicle were used. But think
what a bowl would go up against the
family if a dead farmer should be
hauled to bis grave on the trucka of a
sulky plow!
Flat Noses Considered Beantlfal.
In ancient Persia an aquiline nose
was ofton thought worthy of tbe
crown, but the Sumatran mother care
fully flattens the nose of her daugh
ter. Among some of tbe savage tribes
of Oregon, and also lu Arncan. contin
ual pressure Is applied to the skull lu
order to flatten It aud thus give it a
now beauty.
Not Very Smart.
"There's no use In trying to make me
believe that Francis Hacou was a very
mart man," said Senutor Sorghum.
"Have you read nuy of bis works?".
"No, but his blogrupby shows that
when there was a little flnunclal deal
on hand be wasn't clever enough to
teep from getting caught" Wushlug-
ton Star. . .
We bate noticed that the man who
begins a fight with a velvet band la
mob using a club. Atchison Glob.
' NOT A CLAPTRAPPCR.
Aa Incident of Atesaadea Salrlal's I
First State Aaaearaaee. ,
Tommnso Salvlnl, tha great actor, a I- I
though be gave every assistance to his
on when be bad proved his ability on i
the stage, wns averse at first to bis be- '
coming an actor and would not help I
him to obtain a hearing. The young
man's first nppenrnnce wns made by
favor of Clara Morris, his good friend, I
nt n charity entertainment In Yonkers,
where be recited "The Chnrge of the
Light Brlgodo."
He wns then very young, very eager
nnd still delightfully qncer In his Eng
lish. A few days before the great oc
casion some one used In bis presence
the word ctnptrnp.
"Whnt's thnt?" demnnded young
Alessnudro nt once. "Clap is so," be
struck bis bands together. "Trap la
for rats. What, then, Is clnptrap?"
"It is a vulgar or unworthy bid for
applause," bis hostess explained.
Rah!" be rejoined, with contempt
"I know him. Tbnt cheap actor who
ploys at the gallery. He is, then. In
English, a cluptrnpper, is he not?"
Ou the night of bis debut, nlthough
the poor fellow declared he was "sick
with the score," be pulled himself to
gether In time nnd delivered the poem
most stirringly.
"With a bound be wns on the scrap
of a stngo." records Clnra Morris, "and
bis high, clear 'For-w-a-r-d, the Light
brigade!' must surely bnve been heard
down In Brnndwny. It renlly wss a
clever bit of work, a trifle too florid,
but thnt was the result of nervousness.
The Instinct of the actor was twice
plainly shown once when ou making
a mistake. Instead of stammering or
going back, be swiftly 'Jumped' the
faulty lines and dashed on securely
with the others, and again when at the
close he read with much feeling the
words:
"Honor the charge they made,
Honor the I.lKht brigade,
Noble six hundred!
standing ns If looking Into an open
grave, be plucked the white flower
from his coot and cast It down, a bit
of business thnt caught the bouse In
stantly. While the people mnltrented
damp umbrellas nnd kicked out their
gum shoes In giving him a recall be
wns clutching his hair and wildly pro
testing to me:
"'Mine. Clnra. I huve never meant
thnt for a clnptrap! Never! Never!
Just it came to me that mouignt to
throw the flower to the dead! Think
me a fool but not oh. please not a
cluptrnpper!' "Youth's Companion.
TURKISH PROVERBS.
To tbe well man every day Is a feast
day.
Today's egg Is better thau tomorrow's
ben.
The master of the bouse Is tbe guest's
servant
Two watermelons cannot be held un
der one urm.
He who. has not rest at borne Is In
the world's hell.
The mouth Is not sweetened by say
ing honey, honey.
If you bnve to gather thorns do It by
the stranger's hand.
With patience sour gropes become
sweet and the mulberry leaf satin.'
By the time the wise mil u gets mar
ried the fool has grownup children.
Be not so severe thnt you are blamed
for It nor so gentle thnt you nre tram
pled upon for It.
Give n swift horse to hlin who tells
tbe truth, so that as soon as he hns told
It he may ride aud escape.
Only an English Visitor.
A showman who wns on a tour
through the Scotch hlghlnuds bud tbe
misfortune to lose a lurge gorilla which
to save the trouble and expense of bur
ial he left by the wayside uot far from
Pitlochry. Two highland drovers on
their way fo Perth came ucroxs the
carcass, dressed, ns It bnd been left, in
its performing garb. Never having
seen such a strange specimen before,
they were greatly puzzled what to
make of It. "Whnt'll she pe?" asked
Tonal. "Weel." replied Tugnl, "she'll
no po a highbinder or she wld line a
tartan p!old. and she'll no m a low
lander either or her trouser wld pe
gray." After consideration Tonal ex
claimed: "I'll tell ye whit she'll pe. She
just pe a wee English veesltor and pe
of nne consequence whatever."
Alwaye In Stock.
A chemist was boasting In tbe com
pany of friends of bis well assorted
stock In trade. "There Isn't a drug
missing." he suld. ,
"Come, now," said one of the by
standers by wny of a Joke. "I bet tbnt
you don't keep any spirit of contradic
tion, well stocked as you pretend to
be."
"Why not?" replied the chemist, not
In the least embarrassed nt the unex
pected sally. "You shall see for your
lelf"' So saying be left the group nnd
returned lu a few minutes lending by
(be band his wife! Loudon Tid-Rlts.
The Canary.
Do not give your canary bird sweets.
It Is sold to develop an asthmatic tend
ency, and us with the human vole
after sugar Is eaten the notes lose their
liquid purity, becoming rough and
eventually shrill. Coged birds ore very
susceptible to drafts, und even In warm
weather core should be taken to hang
tho band-bis wife! London Tlt-Blts.
Her Bueluees.
She Is she n business woman?.
He-Yes.
She What business Is she Interested
in? - '-
He Everybody's. Boston Herald.
- MetUv1 la like packing things In a
ox. A. good pucker wUI gut lu halt aa
ucb again as a bad one. Cecil,
A Dleappoli.it. J .. u tt ... .u.
At tbe time when John G. Carlisle
was senator from Kentucky bis
speeches were widely printed aud at-
traded a great deal of attention. One
day when tfce senate was In session a
tnuutit.ilneer from tbe wildest wilds of
Kentucky presented himself at the
door and asked to see Senator Carlisle.
The visitor woie homespun nnd leather
boots und was travel stained and dus
ty. He explained thnt be hnd read Mr.
Carlisle's speches and considered
them grent, nnd hnd walked more thnn
a hundred miles In order to see the
senntor from his state. Mr. Carlisle
wns busy ut the time, nnd the clerk In
formed tbe visitor thnt he could not be
disturbed. The farmer looked disap
pointed nnd seemed reluctant to de
port Finally he asked If he might be
token where he could Just catch a
glimpse of the great man he hud walked
so fur to see. Tbe request was grant
ad. and Mr. Carlisle was pointed out
to him. After a brief scrutiny tbe
farmer turned to the attendant:
"Reads a heap bctter'n he looks," be
remarked sentcntlously, and prepared
to walk back home. New York Times.
The Blectrle Bel la Very Old.
Certain species of electric fishes have
been known from very enrly times. Oc
casionally we find people ascribing
mysterious powers to them both of
good and evil. It Is certain that tbe
Abysslnlnns knew un electric eel und
used it "ns a remedy for nervous dls
roses." and the Hindoos and other na
tions of tbe east In times past were
also conscious of Its powers. Hum
boldt describes an old method of enp
turlng this eel practiced by the East
Indians, which consisted In driving
horses Into waters Inhabited by the
eel nnd allowing the eels to exhaust
themselves by nttncklng the horses
with their electric organs, when tbey
were "enslly hnrpooned by tbe Indi
ans," but subsequent travelers In the
same parts where Humboldt says the
custom was practiced have denied the
report, and It Is now nut generally be
lieved. However, tbe electric eel has
been known to those people for centu
ries. Wanted to Watch Them.
The czar of all the Russlus has never
felt safe or at borne among bis subjects.
To show the feeling of Insecurity which
was entertained by the Emperor Nich
olas I., Blsmurck used to tell the fol
lowing story, which Is one of Poseh
lnger's collected "Conversations With
Trlnce Bismarck:"
Tbe court physician bad prescribed
massuge for some ailment of the czar,
who, however, was unable to find a
single person lu bis household to whom
be cared to Intrust the task. At bis
wits' end, be nt Inst applied to Freder
ick Wllllnui IV. for a few non-commissioned
olllcers of the Prussian guard.
These were sent, and after the comple
tion of the rubbing cure returned to
Berlin heavily laden with presents.
"So long as I can look my Russians
lu the fnce," snld Nicholas, "all Is well;
but 1 will not risk letting them work
awny nt my buck."
Breaking a Will.
A wealthy woman named Silva died
at Lisbon and left her entire property
to a rooster. She was a fervid spirit
ualist, a believer In the transmigration
of souls, and Imagined that the soul of
her dead husband bod entered tbe
rooster. She caused a special fowl
house to be built and ordered her serv
anta to pay extra attention to tbetr
"master's" wants. The disgust of her
relatives over the will caused the story
to become public, and a lawsuit might
have followed bnd not one of tbe heirs
adopted the simple expedient of hav
ing the wealthy rooster killed, tbua be
coming himself tbe next of kin.
Telling a Hone's Age by Wrlnklee.
"The popular Idea that the age of a
horse can always be told by looking at
his teeth," said a veterinary surgeon,
"la not entirely correct. After the.
eighth year tbe borse has no more new
teeth, so that tbe tooth method Is use
less for telling the nge of a borse
which Is more than eight years old.
As soon as the set of teeth la complete,
however, a wrinkle begins to appear
on tbe upper edge of the lower eyelid,
and a new wrinkle Is added each year,
so that to get at the age of a borse
more than eight years old you must
figure tbe teeth plua tbe wrinkles."
Shooting Stare.
The shooting stars are small bodies.
weighing at most a few pounds and
consisting mainly of Iron and carbon.
Tbey traverse space in awarms and
also revolve around tbe sun in long,
elliptical courses, like tbe comets.
When these little bodies enter the
earth's orbit tbey are deflected to
ward tbe earth, and great numbers are
aeen in a single nlgbt
Moaualteee aad Strawberries.
Mosquitoes and strawberries make a
queer combination certainly, but that
is what tbe people In tbe neighbornooa
of Mount St Ellas can boast of In a
region of perpetual ice and snow,
Along tbe edge of tbe glacier, it is said.
ia a atrip of luxurious vegetation,
where strawberry vines cover the
ground for miles.
A Domestla Jar.
"My brain is on fire!" tragically ex
claimed Mra. Bob as she threw herself
down upon tbe sofa.
"Why don't you blow It out?" absent
mindedly replied Bob, deeply absorbed
In the uewspapers. And theu he dodged
a flying hairbrush.'
Aa Honest Horae Trade.
"I'll have you arrested for making
false representations. 1 bought that
horse of you only because you told me
he bad a record."
"Very true, but the record ia a bad
ine. You didn't ask me what kind of
.1 record ha had.'
. U I Hindi.
the Kxaerteneed aaaaaer'S Advise
to the alet Wonai,
The modest, unassuming ffdtnan had
beeu nylng for sortie time to get the
attention or a clerk, but they all seemed
to be busy, und she bad not tbe ag
gressiveness to crowd In and grab one.
The experienced shopper, having com
pleted her purchases, bad time to give a
little sympathy to the quiet one.
"Do you want to buy something?"
she asked.
"Yes," was tbe reply, "if 1 could only
get the attention of tbe clerk."
"Oh, that's easy!" asserted -the expe
rienced one. "Just do aa I say.'
"But they're all so much more stren
uous than 1 am." pleaded the quiet one.
"I'd rather go without than be aa un
womanly and disagreeable as some of
the women are. I really can't fight for
attention, yon know."
"Not at all necessary," explained the
experienced shopper. "Do you see that
tray of trinkets over there?"
"Yes."
"Go over and stand by it and pick np
a few of them for closer examination.
Put them back, of course, but Just psw
the collection over without any effort
to get hold of a clerk. Reach out for
anything you see, as If yon were more
Interested In what's on the counter than
In what's behind It."
"I don't see what good that's going to
do."
"Try It and you'll find out."
The quiet woman did ns directed, nnd
within two minutes a floorwalker was
at her elbow.
"Do you want anything?" he asked
politely.
She said she did, and he made It his
business to get a clerk to wait on her.
"I told you so." whispered tbe experi
enced shopper. "Sometimes It Isn't
necessary to touch n thing. If you Just
show a desire to get close to things
thnt nre enslly curried away they'll
take yon for a shoplifter every time
and get a clerk for you so thst you
won't have nny excuse for hanging
around."
The quiet woman gasped and felt
guilty all tbe rest of the Mine she wss
In the store, but she hnd to sdmlt thnt
she bnd learned something about prac
tical shopping. Brooklyn Eagle.
HE COULDN'T FORGET.
The Sarprlae Ha Got oa Hla Thirty
aeeoad Birthday.
"I'll never forget my thirty-second
birthday In New York." sold an old
resident meditatively.
"Was It n Joyful one?" asked the
young mnn who wns lounging about
the club ns If time hung hesvy on bis
bonds.
"Joyful!" exclaimed the old resident.
"That's no name for It nt nil. It was
downright lively. I think my wife
reunited afterword thnt she rather
overdid the matter."
"Tried to surprise you. did she?"
"She not only tried to, hut she suc
ceeded. You see. she always was un
enthusiast In everything she under
took." "Bankrupted you lu getting you
presents. I suppose," suggested the
young tniin.
"Well, not exactly." returned tlie old
resident reflectively, "hut lier presents
came very near bankrupting me luter.
However, they ure a good denl of com
fort to me now. so thst I enn't suy I
regret It."
"Now!" ejaculated the young man.
"Do you mean to say that you atill
bnve them?"
"Certainly."
"And how long ago waa this thirty
second birthday?"
"Twenty years ago."
"Twenty years! Heavens! That's a
long time to keep a birthday preseut."
"Two of tueui," corrected tbe old
resident quietly.
"May I usk what they were?" in
quired the young man after a pause.
"Certainly. Twins lioth girls." re
plied the old resident. New York
Times.
Why Ralph Edward Objected.
Ralph was a great big boy, nearly
three years of age, and had never re
ceived n name, being called "Baby."
"Pet," "Love," etc. Finally tbe name
for the small mnn was decided upon.
and, dressed In his Sunday best, he
went to church with father und mother,
where be was to be baptized. As the
minister repented "I baptize thee,
Ralph Edward," he dipped bis fingers
Into the font nnd touched the child's
forehead with the shining drops. How
Important Ralph Edward felt! At last
he was somebody.
By supper time bis face waa aadly lu
need of washing, but. when mother
sturted to wash her son's brow be cried
out in dismay:
"Ob, don't wash my forehead! I'm
'frald you'll wash my name away!"
Loet Ha mar.
Mark Twain was once asked by an
English clerk In a London bookstore to
h-rlte his autograph.
"My cblrogrupby Is becoming less and
less distinct" complained the author
whlmslcully as be complied with tlie
request. "If this keeps on I'll have to
be getting somebody else to write my
autograph for me."
"Hut, sir," seriously responded the
clerk, "nobody would want It then!"
Freely Admitted.
She Women may gossip sometimes,
but they have better control of their
tongues thsn men have.
He You are right Men bave no con
trol whatever of women'l tongues.
Kansaa City Journal.
In Doabt.
"He's bald, I believer
"Yes."
"What's the reason?"
"I can't suy. I don't know whether
rather Time or bis wife got at blin
Irsf-Cbtcugo Post
Wat eves Hewer at High.
"You know that the vital energies are
it lower ebb at night than In tbe day- '
tittle." laid in old watchmaker. "Would j
yon believe that some watches spe-;
cinily tha cheaper ones are similarly ;
affected?
'toll know a good watchmaker al
ways Wants several days in which to
regulate a timepiece. That Is because :
the only way to regulate It properly is
to compare it with a chronometer at
the same hour every day. Otherwise
the variations In the speed of tbo watch
will baffle his efforts.
"Tbe mnn to whom I was apprenticed
told me this, and I thought the Idea ab
surd. We were working late nne night
and he c:illed my attention !n a lot of
watches that were regulitti-d uiul ready
to deliver. It was near midnight, and
every watch was slow. The better
timepieces bad lagged behind some sec
onds. Tbe cheaper watches were a
minute or more out of tbe way. Nex't
morning every one of tbe lot was ex
actly right.
"The fact Is you can regulate a watch
to make exactly twenty-four hours a
day, but you can't persuade It to make
Just sixty minutes in each of the twenty-four
hours. Why this Is no one can
tell."-New York Times.
Wemna aad Her Rooks.
It Is tbe book a woman murka that Is
the only tme Index to her character.
This conclusion has been arrived at
after a long nnd persistent study of tbe
sex. A womnii never marks a book
openly, as a mnn does, with a flourish of
marginal notes and references convey
ing the Impression thnt he Is conversant
with other books besides this one. He
who hns a pencil always hnndy will
think nothing of using It on any and
all occasions. It Is like entering tbe
holy of holies to read books that some
women bave marked. It Is o violent
rending nsuniler of the veil which she
bangs before the door of her heart.
The marks with which n woman scores
her favorite iossoges nt eighteen will
be effaced nt twenty, and she must have
changed but little to leave those of
twenty nne .Tumi at twenty-five. New
York World.
Power of the t'alted States Senate.
Tbe senate is today tbe most power
ful single chamber In any legislative
body In the world, but this power,!
which Is shown dally by the wide at-:
tention to nil that Is suld and done in;
tbe senate of tbe United States, Is not!
tbe product of selfish and running nsur-j
patlons on the part of un ambitious'
body. It Is due to the original consti
tution of tbe sennte, to the fact that
the sennte r -.'r-s-nts states, to the pow
ers conferred upon It at tlx? outset by
tbe makers of the constitution, to its
permauency of organization nnd to the
combination of legislative, executive
and Judicial functions which sets it
apart from all other legislative bodies:
Without tlie assent of the senate no
bill cr.n become low. no office can be
filled, i-o treaty ratified. Hpury Cabot
Lodgt- n Scrllmer's. ,
A HumIiii'mm Preenmlon.
A caller nt the boarding bouse of
Mrs. Irons wns surprised to see a fine
greyhound bnsklng in the sun outside
the kltehen door. "I didn't know you
bad a dog," she snld. "He's u beauti
ful unimal. How long bave you bad
him?"
"Two or three years."
"How does it happen I have never
seen him In passing along here?"
"We don't allow him to leave the
back yard." replied Mrs. Irons, with
emphasis. "What kind of un adver
tisement would It be for a boarding
bouse to have a creature us lean as
that dog is standing round In front
of it?"
Jalee Verne's Romance.
The story of Jules Verne's courtship
and marriage Is a most romantic one.
Verne was a shy young fellow who bad
a great dislike to the society of wom
en, and It was only his affect Ion for
bis brother which led him to go to the
letter's wedding. Verne, however, ar
rived too late and found that the whole
bridal party hud left for the church
with the exception of the bride's sister,
a charming young widow, who explain
ed the mutter. Tbe friendship thus ac
cidentally begun rapidly developed Into
a warmer feeling and ended In a mar
riage which may be described us Ideal.
Interesting Norwegloa Cnatom.
Men attending state balls lu Norway
are not left In doubt us to whether or
not the women can be counted on for
dancing. The custom of the court de
crees that those women who intend to
dunce shall wear white, while those
not desiring to trip the light fantastic
toe shall appear lu black. It Is an
Idea which American men would like
to see adopted.
A Hard Problem.
A certain debuting society is discuss
ing the question ns to which Is the an
grierthe husband who goes home and
finds that the dinner Is uot ready or
the wife who bus dinner ready and
whose husband does not come home.
It Is believed that the debute will eud
In a draw.
Provoking.
"Yea, dear, be caught me In bis
arms"-
"How shocking!" ,
"and was JUBt going to kiss ne" j
"How awfully horrid!"
"when ma came In tbe room,"
"Oh, how provoking!" j
A Little Glattoa, ;
Papa Tommy, you mustn't eat so!
much. Everybody will be calling yon ai
little "glutton." Do you know what!
that la?
Tommy 1 auppose It's a big glutton's;
Uttle boy. Philadelphia Ledger. I
Borne- people are slow, but sure.' butj
If a different with cloeks.Phlladelph!a!
Eeeord.