i TOOLIO IN M IX ICO BREAKING THE PINATA DUIIIN3 THE CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL. Thin .Mirth PrnvokliiR Poatlnir- Is 11"' tl-Ml Sorlnl mill Flui -Tl rt ' 11 - l-Vlt- ture of Hit Kimimiii IJim'mIujt him! Fill loir tliv Olhi. CbrlstiiuiH In Mi'xlm Is not fhe typ leal Christmas of eold ami su iw n 11: 1 iee, but one of luMj-'lit. w:u-u surshitie, cloudless bllio skies, How cvs in ni'ot'u siou, trees lu fill foliage una n life of cUt of doors. At least n week hel'.iru 'hi'isttuns In Hie prluelpal nt reels of MeN'o n reins lire I'loeted from sidewalk i. sol'-wel!.. feslooneil Willi uroliths of lowers nil I liuutinj; In Uie n ;i 1 i. :i t c nlon red. Wbltu olid tireen. tinier Hie niv'u . booths are ereelod. uud every toy miili llfaetiuvd in Moxli-o Is on sale. In every Movleim house n'reril prep orations are imnle for whnl Is eillel the "pilialn." livery eliiM heus nod scrapes nml saves Hie eeiilavos for weeks mid inonllis uliend. All Kinds of nrtleles lire made espeeially for' lliis ceremony, nud every family vies wit li its friends and neighbors to lnive its jduatti niore-lioaiitifnl mid fuue il'ul llian any one else's. The plnata Is really nn earllii invare utensil which is l:i general use for cook ing. It is culled In common parlance nn olla nnd is of In-own pottery some thing like the old fashioned earthen ware crocks uned in Hie north before enamel wnre became Hie fail. The plnntas me la rue or small, lis the purse of the purchaser permits. They are round, pot bellied and very law sit the top. They are sold from doov I door on the streets nnd In the markets. They cost only 10, 1.1 or 'JO cenlavos. but the olhi is the least expensive part of the ttnuie. The body of the olla for n woman Is covered with tissue paper: then a crin kled paper dress is fashioned; then n bodice is built up draped to represent n loose white waist, and above this is pluced a false face. The hair is made with black paper, braided into one lon-: plait at the back, as the women wear their hair In Mexico. Sometimes a white tehuana headdress Is made of the lace paper used by bakers nnd confec tioners. A flower plnata is decorated with large paper Mowers In every color of the lnlnhow. Ued, white and ureen rib bons, forming Ions streamers, and sil ver and gold tinsel, ulass balls and col ored lights nil help to make the Mower plnata very beautiful. The possibilities for dressing these plnntas are endless. In a lnrgn family the mother and daughters have their own pinatas, and great secrecy is maintained in the dec oration of the olla. It Is the aim of each to devise ns original a dressing for the plnata ns possible, and it cnu be mnde n very extravagant ornament. In the families of wealthy Mexicans the luxury of the plnata often mounts Into thousands. After tl'e olhi Is decorated t fW taste It Is filled. The tilling eons! Is i f pea nuts, hazel nuts, hard on i.. lies, like marbles, and nil kinds of Mexican clulces. Tht-c duh-es are candied fruits, uttt paste, etc. Cliristmnn night the pinatus are cur ried )u Rrent state Into the sain and suspended from the celling one nt a time. All the relatives of the family are present, nnd iis cousins of the fifth nnd slxlh degree are recognized nnd children are very numerous there Is Kenerplly a lnrge gathering. They nil sit very demurely on chairs ranged In ii row nroiind the w alls of the room. One person Is constituted muster of oremonles, tho eldest son or daughter of the house. He or she stands in the middle of the room. Near by is a jar or umbrella stand tilled with nplsaco canes or sticks. When everything Is ready a child or grown person Is se lected and called by name. She conies forward and is blindfolded. Then the fun begins. , The person blindfolded Is turned round and round until she loses all knowledge of where the plnata hangs. A eano is put in her bands, and she is told to hit the pinatu and try to break It. She Is given three chances. If she falls to hit it she sits down amid laughter and ridicule. If Rhe hits it without breaking It she is entitled to a small prize. And so it goes on, one after another being called tip, blindfolded nnd given a n ..I,.. K VnUC UUU lllll'C tJlilUl.m LO Oll'illl I lit? plnata. Finally one more fortunate than the rest succeeds In giving a hard enough blow, and, crash, the plnata falls to the grounds In hundreds of hits, nnd its contents are scattered far and wide. A wild scramble ensues. Everybody rushes forward to gather as much of the spilled contents as possible. The fortunate breaker of the plnata gets a handsome prize and Is awarded the scat of honor. He or she sits down and is debarred from another trial at breaking another plnnta. As soon as the confusion dies down and order Is tomewbat restored another olla Is hung up and the same routine gone through. So the fun continues until the hist plna ta Is broken, and then the prizes are awarded. The pinuta party Is the great social and fun making feature of the Christ mas season. After the plnntas have been broken and a supper has been erred there follows dancing, or a trav eling company of Indians from tho mountains Is brought in to sing and dance in native costume. These traveling Indians are some what like the singing bands which go around at Chrlat'.nas time from house to house In England, Germany, France and Italy. They have hi-en known and popular in Mexico from time Immemo rial. The lire mm !i in demand during the 'l.ri.-lmus holylay season. Kuusus CMy our. i 7 i HUTTOIM'S ONE Rl CIPE. It IttrlmltMl n I'niipr Cutter, Ink llnner nml Itulther limit!. l'erliaps the most Ingenious nnd the most original of all schemes for pro curing autographs was from a lady In n western town. She was rail ing funds for the building and support of n public library, and she had conceived the Idea of Issuing n volume to be e- Mod "The Authors' l'eclpe Ilnok." All -ion from nil over the country, the in ist distin guished of authors-alway authors with a capital A had been g id enough to send her a list of (lie lave. He dishes of their own construction, with their method of making them. The cookbook was one of the many forms of literature to which Hie recip ient had never turned his all- ili hi. He had no more Idea of cookin ; than he had of milking a cow or of harnessing a horse or of selling a lien or of build ing a dynamo. He did not even care wlijit was cooked for him so long as It I'oulaincd none of the Ingredients of tripe and none of the essence of toma to, llnl he was asked to contribute a paper, which she would have repro duced In facsimile, staling what ho could prepare most to his liking upon ii kitchen range or In n chatlng dish, with his manner of procedure. This quite nonplused him until he bethought himself of one particular nnd peculiar delicacy In the evolution of which he could safely trust his reputation as an expert. In reply, for which he received no thanks, he said: "Take a long paper cutler; attach to the same by mentis of rubber hands, nnd securely, nn Ink eraser; Insert the Ink eraser lirmly into n iiiarshmallow plug nnd hold the same over a student's lamp or study tire until the nmrshninl low begins to si.z, drops Into the ashes, puts out the light or burns your hand. And eat while hot!" lie has never seen a copy of "The Au thors' Iioeipo Hook!" Laurence llutton In I'rltlc. BULGING GUN BARRELS. The llulii Tlmt If AVroiiKlit hy Cure leu ilnmllliiK. I have sold guns for ten years, nnd In that time lour of them have had their barrels bulged, one by snow, one by dirt, one by sand and one by some thing else gelling into It. One man crawling through a fence got a little snow in the muzzle. He could not re move It with his linger, so concluded to wait nnd shoot it out, which he did, but he found a bulge like a pullet's egg on the end of the barrel. Another got some earth hi the muzzle and shot it out, nud he, too, found the same kind of u bulge on the end of his gun. An other tired his gun nt ducks, which knocked him over on his hack nnd fair ly got nway from him. When lie pick ed up the gun he found n narrow raised band around the barrel fourteen inches from the muzzle. In this case n wild hail probably lodged there. This cus tomer thinks the manufacturers ought to give him n new set of barrels. 1 tell him if the barrels had not been good ones It would have been a burst In stead of n bulge, which might have maimed or killed him. Another mail ly Ingon n point brought down n duck with n broken wing which scurried for the water. The man ran and struck the duck with the muzzle of the gnu nud In so doing got s ind in it. He blew most of it out nnd shot out the rest of it. Well, after that shot he found n little blister two inches from the muz zle about the size of u man's little fin ger. Moral. Do not slioot obstructions of any kind out of your gun If you value your life or gun. Uncle Dan in Ama teur Sportsman. SnniPlliliiK Wnnleil. A bachelor, old and cranky, was sit ting alone In his room. His toes with the gout were aching, and his face was o'erspread with gloom, no little ones' shouts to disturb him from noises the house was free. In fact, from cellar to attic 'twas ns still as still could be. No medical aid was lacking; his serv ants answered his ring, respectfully unswered his orders and supplied him with everything. Hut still there was something wanted, which he could not command the kindly words of com passion, the touch of a gentle band. And ho said, ns his brow grow darker nnd he rang for tho hireling nurse, "Well, marriage may be a failure, but this is a jolly sight worse." A Water Cnnillrstiek. A glass of water ninkes u line emer gency candlestick. Weight one end of the candle with n nail Just large enough to hold the candle In the water so that tho water touches Its top edge, but does not touch the wick, and then light the candle. It will burn until the last vestige of wick Is gone and the flame will not flicker. 'The melted till low that runs down hut serves to hold tho candle more stationary. Bluck nnith and Wheelwright Two Vlon-n. "A man's vote is too precious to be sold," said the patriot. "Perhaps," answered Senator Sor ghum, "although a number of people of my acquaintance regard It as too valu able to be given away." Washington Star. A Secret Society. Carrie I've got a dandy Idea for a girls' secret society. Itelle A secret society! Do you think It would be 1 practical? Carrie Surely. We wouldn't : keep secrets; we'd swap them. Tuck. ' Rernixl Ilenann, There he two Individuals who cannot be reasoned with a girl in love nnd a man who Is determined to run for an office Now Oilcans Picayune. Love l nevr afraid of ( erwork. Chicago Tribune. ORIENTAL PEOPLE. fnre of tlie Women nml CliiNiita Ilrniiery cif the Men. Passing us occasionally, going to Je rusalem wllli butter nnd eggs and little jars of lubeu that showed their thick, creamy throats ns they were held up to us, were small companies of women In single llle. As one blue procession went by Hie lender called to us: "Why should you ride and we wall ? Why Is your lot better than ours?" filven the upportuulty for leisurely org uncut, we could not by any philosophy nave made Biitlsfuclory answer. We i mid only ndmlt the fact ns they saw I and rec ognize the universal world plaint of discontent. They carry themselves, t! eso wom en, like figures on an nut (qui frlore. As they stride along, holilln.: Ii sure bal ance on their beads their jai i and bas kets of homely produce, I he tread the stony paths with the grace and large ness of net lou Hint we of the i Idcnt huve grown to regard as belonging only to the age of I'm x I teles. The men lire nlso admirable In the simplicity of their gestures. Hie big Hues of their altitudes, the swing of their draperies. 1 saw a youth Ming Ids mantle over his shoulder nml fold It about li 1 in exactly in the maimer of the classic (ireck sculptural In Ills linely unconscious pose. (Sod save the day wjieu these sons of Canaan clothe their limbs In our ungainly garments!- Met ropolitan Magazine. OPEN AIR TREATMENT. IteiiNOflfl For ltd l.ooil Itcslilt In CltNrft of foiiNitmiilioii. The advantages of the open air treat ment for consumptives may he thus briefly suniinnrlzcd: The patient ex posed continuously to fresh nlr gains In appetite, assimilates his food better, sleeps more soundly nud awakens more refreshed. Free exposure to air Is the best antipyretic. Sweating at night, formerly so common a symptom, usual ly ceases. Colds are practically un known among patients lending an open nlr life. Secondary Infection, on ac count of the comparative freedom of the air from micro organisms, Is much less likely to occur. Tolerance of out side air Is very quickly established, and no one who bus tried the open air llfu will willingly go back to the former conditions of stulllness. I have never seen any one made worse by exposure to fresh nlr. Even during n thick Lon don fog patients get on belter lying in bed on a balcony or in rooms willi win dows wide open nnd a good fire burn ing than when attempts are mnde to shut out the fog by keeping the win dows shut. Dr. II. W. (J. Mnckenzlo lit London Lancet. RELIGIOUS TATTOOING. A t'lmtom Tlmt Is In Vniftie In One I'nrt of Itiil-. Ill the "vanity" section of a museum nt Florence there Is an Inteiesting col lection of blocks used for what Is cull ed "religious tattooing" among Italian pensnuls of Hie dlstncl li closed be tween the Abruzzl. I'mbri i and the Adriatic. Peasant -i in tliose parts nt work with shirt sleeves rolled up displ: y a Cluls tlan symbol of some s-ct or a text tat tooed In blue ink mi llieir h own shin. This has been imprinted oi thv occn sion of some special festival A wooden block is pressed upon the tlghlly lira v. n skin to 111:11 .c the out lines of the design. This Is ilien punc tured, and n blue ink is r ihhcd Into the wounds, which usiud! - heal In about twenty-four hours. 1 l e custom, which Is essentially Christian, Is in commemoration of the branding of St. Francis, who founded a monastery close to Loretto. London Telegraph. The (Jeiitleiiiiiii, "The true gentleman," said Cardinal Newman, "carefully avoids whatever may cause a Jar or jolt In Hie minds of those with whom he is cast nil clash ing of opinion, all collision of feeling his great concern being to make every one nt his ease nnd nt homo. Ho guards against unreasonable allusions or topics which tuny Irritate. He never speaks of himself except when compelled, never defends himself by u mere re tort. He Is scrupulous in Imputing mo tives to those who interfere with him and Interprets everything for the best, lie Is never mean or little In his dis putes, never takes tin unfair advantage, never mistakes personalities or sharp sayings for arguments." Their Only ( tinner. A party of soldiers was taken to the shooting range for the first time. The men first fired nt n target 500 yards away, and not one lilt it. They were next tried at a target 200; yards nway, and still every 0110 missed. They j wero at last tried ut one Just 100 yards nway. but no one hit It. "Attention!" thundered the drill ser geant. "Fix bayonets! Charge! It's your only chance!"-Kansas City Inde- i pendent. Neeil Never Reproach IliniKrlf. "What word did her father send nft- ' er he had found out about your elope- j ment?" "Oh, he wrote me a very kind letter, ' saying he was glad we'd taken that course, as It relieved hi::i of the no- ! eessily of giving his consent nnd hav ing it on his mind all ti e rest of his life." Chicago Iiecord-He:-ald. 1 Sjnipnllir. I "Huve you congratulated our hostess ' on her birthday V" j "No," answered Miss (Y.yonne; "I have condoled with her." Washington Btnr. 1 The Milnnllnn. Mr. Knlcker-Does y ii;r cook know I.er place? Mrs. IiocU"i- 'l hat's Just the trouble; she knows any jumber of them. Harper's Buzar. REAPED AS HE SOVED. The I ron That Wn llnlxeil hy Me Mnnler'N Clever (Inrilener. Melssonler, like iinmy other celebri ties, had n passim for gardening. His gardener, 1111 accomplished botanist, knew to perfection the seeds of every plant, and his muster had often tried In vnlu to throw him olT his guard. "This time I have him," the artist ns parked to 11 party of frlei Is nt the dinner table. And he show d them a packet containing the dried roe of 11 herring. lie then sent for 1 in garden er. "Do you know tills seed?" delsseiilcr Inquired. Tho gardener carefully 'crutlnlzed th"i grains. "Why not?" he said lit in t. "They are tin seeils of the 'Polpus llnsainus,' a very rare tropical plant." "How long will they be cctilng up?" Melssonler asked, with 11 chuckle of sup pressed exultation. "About a fortnight," was the reply. Two weeks inter the guests wero (gain assembled at Melssonicr's table, nud after dinner the gardener was an noiuiccd. "M. Melssonler," the man said, "the seed has Just come up." "All, you surprise me!" (lie arllst ex claimed us bo rose and led the way Into the garden to examine the botan ical phenomenon. The gardener lifted a glass shade and disclosed to view a small bed with three rows of pickled herrings' heads peeping out of the earth. Everybody laughed. Melssonler dismissed the Kiin tcticr on the spot, but took lilm on again next day. THE DANCE IN SPAIN. It In nn I'nxi'iillnl I'nrt of the l.lfe of tin l'eoli. Dancing Is a universal Instinct with Spanish women. The great aiiuual ferlu at Seville Is largely an orgy of dancing. As evening approaches everywhere one begins to hear Hie sound of castanets and to see the gracious movements of the seguldllhi, the universal Andalii slun dance. Hut the fundamental Instincts of the Spaniard for dancing and the serious and profound way In which It express es the temperament of the people are perhaps shown by nothing else so much as by the existence of religious dancing In Spain. At the time of St. Thomas of Villaiieuva, bishop of Va lencia, It was customary to dance be fore the sncred elements In the church es of Seville, Toledo, Jerez and Valen cia, licllgloiis dancing continued to be common In Catalonia and In Uousslllon (the most Spanish of tho French prov inces) up to the seventeenth century. Hut n real and unique survivnl of re ligious dancing Is the dance of the seises In Seville cathedral, when fhe choristers, wearing tho same costume ns they were 4(H) years ago, perform 11 dance to Uie accompaniment of casta nets In the space between tho high nl tar nnd the choir. Dancing Is something 1110 e than nn amusement in Spain. It l.i rt of that solemn ritual which cuter Into the whole life of the people.-Twentieth Century Home. TreeTlwil Turns (o S one. There Is n tree that growt In Mexico called the cbljol. or stone reo. It Is of enormous proportions, b it h in cir cumference and height. It I ns a num ber of brunches spreading nit widely and carrying leaves of 11 yellowish green color. The wood Is extremely line and easily worked in 11 f recti state. It Is not given to either varplng or splitting. Tho most remiirl ible thing about It Is that after belli,? cut the ,,..., 1 .mU -...,,1...,M.. 1. .....I,... .,.,.1 I.. 41. n course of a few years It s absolutely peirineti wneiner lett in tne open air or burled In the ground. From this timber houses can be built that would In a few years become completely fire proof and would last ns long ns though built of stone. The Lolmlor'n Ailvnnlnite. The lobster has been endowed by na ture with two gifts which go far to off set tlie evils nttending his lot. One is the ability to fight early, often and all the time If necessary, and the other is. the ability to grow a new member an eye, a leg or a claw whenever the orlg Innl Is lost In the fortnues of war or by reason of any domestic unpleasantness. It is these two gifts which enable him to grow up and become a useful mem ber of society, most of his members be ing secondhand, so to speak, by the time be is really grown. Four Track News. nml F.fTect of nillen. Luckily absinth Is not much drunk In England, but other bitters arc, some thnt are only less Injurious. Your read rrs should know that all bitter tonics, hnbltunlly Indulged In, nre apt to do harm to depress, not exhilarate. Such tonics should be taken rather as medi cines than ns everyday drinks. You could bring yourself to melancholy by menus of gentian, quassin or columba ns well as hy worm wood. Doctor In London Mall. How She Snreil Trouhle. "Does your Janitor attempt to show his authority?" "No," answered Mr. Flutts. "Ho didn't have to show his authority. I started In by giving him to understand that I fully recognized it without any irgunient." Exchange. The l.oniciil C'nre. "Did yon ever have Insomnia?" "Sure!" replied the man who pre- tends to know it all. "What did you do for It?" "Just slept It off." Houston Post. Women are snld to make excellent postmasters. Kind of know how to look after the males, as It were New York Mall. ANIMALS AND SCl.NT. fine of the llli-iicli'. of Kntnre Thnt Is I'nxt I nilrrHlitiiilliiir. One of the most Interesting of till the miracles of nature is scent as applied to animals. The subject Is neither un derstood nor explainable. Whether It Is 11 sixth sense or n marvelous: devel opment of one or the live Is uncertain. Quite likely, hoveer, It has very lltllo relation to (hat sense whlcl wo know ns smell. To the sportsman the (puill y of scent Is extremely impoi hint. Wl en the air Is dry nud the gr.iu.d l ard I acre Is lit tle scent. When ti:e wind Ii north or east scent Is either largely ''inning or docs not readily ililiuse llsclf. A Houlhi'i ly wind uilhout 11 In nml a westerly wind, if not too ough, nro most favorable to it. of io :rs(. f the wind is strong it blows the s cut nway, nnd severe storms entirely destroy It. It Is very dlllicult for 11 dog to follow a scent Just niter 11 shower, nml It Is dispersed by the hot sun ns well ns by the slorin. If Is a fact nlso that scent comes ns much from 1111 animal's body us from Its feet. There Is no time that 11 (log will fol low a scent better than when the truck Is made upon white frost. If the frost Is thick over the track, of course tho scent Is buried, but ns soon as It be gins to disappear (he dog follows It easily. During thaws or melting snow scent seems to dissipate rapidly. Sled paths, swamp bottoms, dry wood nnd lee nre nil bad for holding or preserv ing scent, and so arc sandy places nnd of course plowed fields when the feet sink 111 so deep thnt the earth Is likely to fall over them. Another peculiar thing about scent Is that It generally ceases as soon as the iinliiuil Is d I. This, nt any rate, is the claim, and, for that mailer, al most all know-lodge concerning scent Is merely made by observation and Is rather unscientific, or at least liable to be erroneous. It Is claimed also that nature often protects uiilinals In the breeding season, so that they give out but little scent. For Illustration, the coon gives no scent from spring until about the middle of August, when the young begin to take care of themselves, and llieir scent Increases with their age and size. Colli the rabbit and the coon have very little scent, but the fox, deer, moose nnd elk give out a strong scent .and can be followed by a dog long after the track Is fresh. P.irds give but little scent, nnd it lias been claimed that quail dose their feathers closely when the dog Is near nud thus destroy their scent altogether. Whether sunt as we understand It ns applied to animals Is the same qual ity that human being possess in smell ing 11 flower Is uncertain. Just how a I dog, for Illustration, can distinguish j the track of his master from that of i sime one else or from 11 scon- of others j perhaps hours after the track has been I made Is simply one of those marvelous I miracles that are ns liicoinorclicnsihla ! ns eternity or limitless space. Amateur 1 Sportsman. j Ili-v.-nre (In I tril Toot I Itricih. I "111 spile of all that Is pi I inlays 11 1 m Mi f ll. e cure of -I Raid 1111 experienced New Yi j "we should have to go old if we (Icpcmlcd upon (ho p. . men nnd '..omen who have ; prime of life. It is a mis j sumo that most of tho fal.-i-1 made for old persons. I von that scarcely a d.iv passes tiled now lie teeth," vk dentist, T business I foliage of ons;cd the ake to us- teeth aro uie to say that a pa- tlent well in the sixties dee; not cotuo to my ollice for some idighl treatment to an almost perfectly soi nd set of teeth. "I have frequently treated men and never had a t()oll 0t ,, ,,, () one or t wo slight cav ities that required filling. On the oilier hand, Ave nre repeatedly called upon to make artificial teeth for very young persons. I attribute It to tho use of the hard toothbrush, which is a com paratively modern invent ion. The use of a hard brush even occasionally is a great mistake. The softest kind of bogs' bristles makes the best tooth brush." New York Press. Ilrlllxli Nnvy Diver. Three schools for the instruction of divers aro maintained by the Hritlsh nnvy. The diving service Is composed entirely of volunteers. No man Is pass ed as a candidate who has n short neck, Is full blooded or shows n florid com plexion. Those suffering from com plaints affecting the head of heart or having a sluggish circulation are also excluded. Six weeks of training at a diving school fits n man for open sea work. It Is essential to descend nnd nscend very slowly owing to the ef fects of tho great change of pressure. A murf of strong constitution Is not ndvlscd to nscend faster than two feet a second when the depth does not ex ceed eighty feet. The men lu training are first taken to slight depths, which are gradually increased to 11 maximum of 120 feet. The normal limit is 130 Vet, to which practiced divers often go. Eleelrlc Fans In Winter. The electric fan Is generally associat ed with hot weather because nt that timo we are accustomed to resort to Its use for cooling and ventilating our offices nnd living rooms, but It has Its uses In cold weather, nnd in many of flces and stores it maintains its posi tion throughout the entire year. Its use In winter Is principally to secure ventilation, though nt times It Is very onveuient for obtaining u more uni form temperature throughout 11 room. An electric fan placed above 11 heater will distribute the warm air which would otherwise rise toward the cell ing and only reach the lower regions when displaced by still warmer nlr. The thorough circulation nnd stirring up brought about by the fan geuernlly Insure a pretty uniform teniperntur throughout the entire room. Electrical Review. A SCHOOL FOR SPIDERS". fhe InneetK TniiRht to Wenve Their Wehia Only on llodlen. "1 ids Is my spiders' school," said the foung woman, and with 11 little stick she brushed ly few webs from the wall "Not much to look ut, Is It? Only dozen rows of wluo bottles, a great tunny spiders ami a great many webs. I lnnke nevertheless a lit le money out of the school. "Spiders' webs are In ilcin,- ml among surgeons nnd among the nml ers of cer tain nstroiioiicnl Instrument, the sur geons using them to stop lit uiorrh-iges Willi and the Instrument n.: ';ers lining iiiem 111 certain very iietle.ite in .lini ments Instruments wherein, slrniii.o to say, a human hair would not take their place, because a hair is 11 Ither fine enough nor durable enough f 1 serve the required pui-pose. "P.esldes selling the webs I also sell the spiders. A corrupt class of wine dealers buy the spiders. These men put them among bottles of new wine I train the spiders to weave on bottles only-1 tear down webs woven any where else-and It is nmazliig how quickly these well schooled, pupils of mine will cover n ense of port or claret with cobwebs, giving to the wine an appearance of great age. "Six spiders In a week will add two years to the aspect of n dozen bottles of wine; hence you will readily see how vnluiiblo the ugly little creatures are to wine merchants of a certain type."-Philadelphia Mullet in. SEWING COTTON. The I lit mill i- Oi-laln nf the t;re.it Threml ImlitNfry. The origin of sewing cotton was told nt a cotton manufacturers' meeting bv the head of the great thread house of Paisley. Scotland. It was discovered In lsol! by Ids grandfather, who bad 11 little business In Paisley, making silk twine for hMilles. which were used by every weaver. The silk came f: Hamburg, and In IKO.'i Napoleon caused the litock held there to be burned In ol der t ) hamper lirillsh trade. The we-iv ers were lu "despair, but James Cl.i, ! conceived the men that cotton yarns could be twisted together to form the twines. The experiment succeeded, nnd from this grew the Idea that cotton could be substituted for flax In the manufacture of sewing thread and would not be so coarse and harsh, lie began the maim fncture of tho thread In 11 very small way. It was at first put up lu skeiiu and had to be wound Into little balls by the purchaser, and then Mr. Chirk In vented the modern spools. He had them made by a wood turner, (iiilf a gross at n time. They cost him sixpence a doz en, and he charged the purchaser of the threait a halfpenny for the spool, which, however, wns refunded wheii the spool wns returned. The Indies of Paisley used to come to his shop with their spools nnd wait while he wound the thread on them. From this small beginning grew n great Industry. Yonni? lltinter'N llnrl l.nelc. "Some years ago," said a hunter, "when I lived down on t e eastern shore of Maryland, where I was born, 1 had passed a whole day gi nning rab bits and hail not killed on . On my way home through the woods I met a boy who had a live rabbit, shamed to go home empty handed, I gave the boy 'Jo cents for his rabbit. "I then said to myself, I will tie Mr. Kill. bit to a bush mid kl I him, and the folks at home will say Sd shot n rabbit.' I took n shopstrin .-; nnd fas tened the rabbit to a bush and then stood olT, took aim and fired. When tho gun had stopped kicking I sa-.v Mr. Rabbit flying through the woods. My bullet had cut the shoestring In twain nnd had set the little animal free." Haltimore American, Swnri! Stnndft In diarrhea. Sword stands came Into use In Lon don churches when it became custom ary to carry the city sword before the lord mayor ns he went to church In state. During service tho sword wns placed In the stnnd or enso provided for it, nud in his own church the lord mnyor generally had the stand placed conveniently near to or in his family pew. This custom, which was quite common before the end of the six teenth century, apparently began In the reign of Elizabeth. The slate vis Its to the city churches were discontin ued In the mayoralty of Sir It. N. Fow ler, 1883. London Standard. lrofltahle Inventloim. No one class of Inventions lias been BO profitable to both the manufacturer and the Inventor ns musical instru ments und appliances for same. Nu merous Improvements to the pinri have been a source of large fortunes, and various devices are at present be ing continuously applied. Radically new Instruments possessing real merit are the Inventions needed in this line. The public Is always ready to adopt almost anything new In both wind and stringed Instruments. Inventor. Would Even Thlnam t p. "Oh! Oucb! Stop that!" yelled Tom my. "Why, Tommy, aren't you ashamed?" exclaimed his mother. "I wouldn't cry like that If it were my hair that was being combed." "I'll bet you would If I wuz doin' the combin'," replied Tommy fiercely. Catholic Standard and Times. A Mean Trlek. Adele-narry Is a brute! Estelle What Is the matter now? Adele He bought my engagement ring while be was on a trip to Chicago, and I will never he able to find out how much it COM. -Philadelphia Bulletin. Tlnlm la Mm irriwt tMmr f.ir If r... ' lately, peuple do what Is .iKht tuey couie to like doing It Rusklo, Wanted! Girls to learn Cloth Picking and Winding;, Enterprise Silk Co. plOWS'SYLVANTA UAILUOAD lUI-'rAbO & VAf.I.KY DIVISION. Low Grudo Division. Inf'lf 1 Nov. 27, 1J04. Ea' tir'i Standard T'rne, KAMI W A II II. riA'rioNa. IMMsiMir'K. . . , Iteil 11,1 11 k l.iiwMiiiliiim . , 1-n Hi Ihli-ln,: link uhiu Muyimil t-iOiiiiitirvllU- . Ill'iMikviilu.... town Fuller Kt-yin. Idyllic I'iOII.-OIlsl rullhtJrvuk... IiiiUiiIh bitliulit VVIniiirhiirn . . I'minllH.I. , .. Tyler Ui'iinejti.uc. .. (iriinl Driftwood... No 109 No.ll3iHii.lOINo l5;Nr.07 A. Al. A. M U. M.lc. 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On Mlliilliy.,,lj I,,,,,, I, ;IV(,N lil-lflivnod (, K.2IIH. ,., urn vi-, lliill.iw lli.OUK. In. Kelilrn Inn li u.'i n i,iIi,,k 2. in, p. , .. iirrlvcs Drifl W'Hid 1. 10 p. I,,., sioiiiiik hi. Iiuinmediiue Mil lion,. Triilns miirki il run dully; g dully, exRi-ui Mllidiiy; t II11K million, wlii lo ii;iiiil mUBI. D hIiowii. I'liiiudolphiuifc Ki-io lluilroud Divb-iou fa ollcct, Nov. 27Ui, luOl. Trains lcavo Driftwood as follows: EAS-TWAIU) J:W u m Train 12, weekdays, for Sunlmiy, llkofclmn o, Ibili-ton, lJoiisvilli!,!wraiiliii, lliimsmii-K mid t.hi! inlioiiii-illiLii! M.11 llnii,, Hrrivinir al, i'liil.'i(li-l,nili r,-.a p. rn., iSiiv V oi k, :;i p. m. ; il,-uiini.irti,:ii p. in.; Wns inu'iiin, 7:1.. n. in puilr, 1111 I'nrfor i-ur ii-ii-ii llli.'iiiijiiii i ti, l'liiluiii iphiu mid p 1B. bi-iMi rroiiiihi-, In, in r,:ui(. u, I'lill.-idoli liln, mid WiJlliirn.'Mjix 1. in UitiHiMird mid Wn-h-fnnii'ii. I2:ftn p. in. Train x, d:ul y Un- !-untmry, fiur risii.iii? nnd priiii'ipn 1 on. 1 ,n 1 nn est til. ond iirnunu al. I'hiln.li'lp.'ini 7:..:i p. m., ,,.w oi. in;2;ip. in., Iliiiiii.i.iin 7:.;ip. ia Wh-li-Inu.ii p. m. Vctn.iii, d parlor i-.irs and puvoii;.'iTi-ii:i. -Mi's, Hurra in t 'iiinj,.. Iiliin .Hid Washington, 1:111 11. in. 'train ti, daily, for l!ar-ri-.'nTir and oitrrnii'diate station", ar rivin at. t'ti i l-'ili' I i')i 1 h 1:2.: a. 11.; Nei? York, 7.lo .: in.; iiaiiiIM ... 2.;n a. ..; Washington .l.i .v. M. I'nilnii'.ii Mi;piiic cari f:-.iu llarnslnirjf Uil'liilailidjiMu n.-nl Ni-w Vurk. 10. I'M'iniiin pa-.M.it:,.(-, :!! ri'iri-ilti In si "i;r 11 nd 1st urlnd until 7:.l, a. m. iii. ii am l,,j.uiy n,r..,i iljiny, liarls- : ami i 11 i-: r.ii -l i :. t -i n I .,.,. an-Uln .-. at 'li'l,hlu, 'mi a. M. ; ,Ni v.- York, :i. id in iivi'k u;iy !,ml 10.;,, A on luii-tiHllliii'ili-, A.M.; V; -lilii.'t.,n -CiO w. t'niimni, -Ji'i: ' i's from Km-.. llilii I'll IllIC Willi ains p., ii. to li,il;.(i,.i,l,i:. :,,,, .tiii.sp.ii i in v a, olican i. i'h, ieT.;-cr mis Iriiin 1. 1- - In I'lni nlolpln.i, unit iimspin L to liail linuru. Ci'i: iVil . W TWAUli Train 7, dally for :nir,.i ut. r.in loriuin. l:4i ,. in. Train (I, dally fur Erie, Rld wh,ikI weekday fin- fJuHois, Olermout anil principal uileriricdUilu stat ions. Oftoa. m.Traiii :i, daily for Kile uud Inter ini'dlare uoims. J:lft u. in. Train tft. dllilv for HulTatn via I'.liiniililltn. i:-)i . in. i r.iln oi, weekdays for Kano and luUTlni'dln tt'slar puiN. JOIINSONIHIUO IvAILIiOAD. p. in. wkfkuas. a.m. ur Cb'Hi .out Iv ... 10 40 V miilvum .... 10 4.) lulliwiwal .... lo 4l .-inn. li s loin ... 10 Wi Instiiuo , ... 10 ft il "' l nisi. 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