Til 10 MOUNTKHANK.
;, I jive tlii'in tragedy their eyes
iwith uricf ore wet;
'And merry enmi'tly, that win
Xhcir laughter, yet
In smiles nml ton, so poor ni t
Tlu-rn is imt oiiu:.
Nn hriirili mir home awaits me, when
Th piny U done.
p
'JIonnt irn-n or women, lmvo I none
Tluit culls mn friend;
Ko iwprtliMii't, In mine begging nio
Her woes to mend;
Not nny denr jny-linllmrcd iipot
ii hero lnomnriea creep;
! Nor even one hum grnve, where I
Mny l'il tn weep.
-Clmilutie Meeker, in Ilnrper'n Weekly.
A String of Green Beads.
i
Ily CHARLOTTE FROST.
f
Tlio curlaln full nil tho last net of
"El Torondor." Tumultuous ap
plause surged through tliti great gal
lcrled limine as 1 ho liiKt notes of tho
closing thorns tiled away.
AnuiiiK Ibose who still remained
Bitting us If spellbound liy the music,
were a regally handsome lady and
her escort, both foreigners. This
lady It was who, Hiuong nil that even
ing's pnlrons, hurt most attracted tho
admiration of Louis, the pain liny
usher. Accustomed to the sight of
tieaiitlful and sumptuously-gowned
women, t his one with her majestic
air, brilliant ryes and gracious sinlli
Boomed to lilm o queen. Hogrot rally
Bhe at length rose and offered her su
perb shoulders to receive her ermine
clonk.
That night Louis' duties kept him
late, At last, ready to ro, pasHlnR
down tho nlsle, lu was attracted by a
glittering object In the seat the lady
had occupied. Closer Inspection
showed a airing of bemls curled upon
the velvet cushion, where they had
slipped from her neck. I.ouls raised
them toward the light. How t lit y
gleamed and Rclntllliiled, each bend
of pale green throwing off sparks
from its Insects as It swung from bis
hand.
"It's no use to think of restoring
them to her to-night," thought lie.
The lights were already being ex
tinguished, sit ho slipped the nock
lace . carefully Into his pocket and
started home.
The street where I.ouls '.ived wllh
his Invalid mother and little sister
was an obscure one, far from the
homes of tho pleasure seekers who
frequented tho opera; for I.ouls was
the family's boIo support. Hut It was
his ambition some way to Rive IiIb
sister, passionately fond of music and
gifted with a voice of great rromlso,
musical advantages. How, ho did
not : et know.
Ilo found both mother and Con
stance wailing up for him.
"What ninkes you look c happy,
Louis?" queried Constance, as he
opened '.ho door.
"Do 1?" replied I.ouls, Indifferent
ly, still smiling. "It must he because
tho music was wonderfully flue to
night." "Hov I'd lovo to hear It,- too!"
tried Constance. "Some time you'; i
going to take me with you, nien't
you? I dream of It all the heavenly
music, beautiful face3 and hear '.ho
singing lu my sleep really!"
"Yes, Sis, some llmo when I'm' rich
you and mother shall go evjry night
and ha' . tho best box in the house."
Loula disposed of his ten and toast
with great relish, then snlil, "What
do you suppose I've got In my pntl.et,
Bis? Want to see? Guess, mother."
"Deary me, I never could tell,"
said the liltlo mother.
Then I.ouls held up the sparkling
beads.
"Oh, Louis! did you find ..iem:
How beautiful. They seem to bo
alive, don't they mother?"
"Out not half as bautl."ul as the
lady who lost them," said Louis,
twilling the string.
"If you knov who lost them,
Louis" began Constance, who was
the soul of honor.
Then Louis explained, assuring
them the necklnce would be adver
tised In tho morning.
"Meanwhile they're yours, Sis. Pr.t
them on and play you are a great
lady."
Constance clasped the necklace
about her slender throat, turning
about to get a better view of herself
In the little mirror. Then breaking
Into a snatch of song
"I really think I could sing like
your prima donna wearing this,
Louis," she laughed merrily.
"Some Mm j, Sis," whispered he.
The next morning Louis scanned
the papers and bulletin boards in
vain. The days passed, Constance
still guarding the treasure. She had
grown fond of it, aud often opening
the drawer, where it lay on a scrap
of velvet, patted It lovingly.
One evening, happening to be oft
duty, Louis took Constance to the
Fark. He had persuaded her, much
against her will, to wear the neck
lace. Constance, happily chatting on
the street car, heard someone behind
her say:
"Yes, strangely brilliant like that
wonderful string Mme. Z wore
as Elsa they seemed to throw oft
sparkB. But these were probably
bought for a quarter," the speaker
laughed.
A few days later Louis, taking the
beads, consulted a Jeweller. An idea
had taken possession of him sine? be
regarded himself as the rightful
owner. He grew quite pale at the
value named. The beginning of Con-
stance's career seemed assured. Still
he hesitated to sell the necklace.
There was no hurry he told himself,
A year passed and, having saved
little by little, Louis was able to give
Ccrftauc9 the long promised visit
to the opera. It was during the run
of "Lohengrin," and Constance, a- In
a dream, whs transported Into a won
derland of beauty and light. Wheu
Ulsa Plopped upon the singe radiant
as a vlHi'ir, I.ouls, with a great start.
saw Mm lady of lb" b"ads.
"It Is slid, Cons.uuee," he whis
pered.
"Aro you sure, Louis? Then we
must boo her. My beautiful beads!
II nt I shall not mluti Riving them up
to her. Bho Is divine. Hut IImUmi!
A mill I lii ri les of "llrnvo." "llrav-
IksIiiiii!" which 1111ml (hi) vast homo
as tho world-fumed Mine. 7. fin
ished her last song, Louis ami bis sla
ter mado I heir way to tho bIuro en
trance. Tho Incomparable volco of
tho great singer greeted them:
"My llttht green beads! Oh, yes,
t now remember. What! Is it that
you hnve kept Ihnm for mo so long?
And iWt llttlo girl? Hlster- on, yes.
It shall be hers, the necklace she hat
so -full l fully treasured a souvenir
of 'Klsn.' Is It Unit you enjoyed to
hour me slug, petite?"
"(lb. niiidiinie. vnu nrn so kind! if
y.,u would but hear my sister's volco
"Whn! ! Can la pelllo sliig?" And
drawing I'onslancn to the piano sho
herself touched the keys.
Mine, ?. , recognizing the prom
ise of the girl's voice, took her as
special protege. Then ranm days
when the graolois prima donna bo-
entne fairy godmother to thei all.
Lnler, when Constance :eall.ed
her cherished dream anil nppenred
for the first time upon tho slngo n
Mine. Z 's ir.nnus company, tho
little wither, who, wllh Louis, ocru
plod n bnx by favor of niadame, no
ticed about ho:' daughter's whltn
lliront tho glittering green H'relei.,
the bring- of all their Joys. IJostc
Post.
it.icxcii wiv. Tiioiiti.rs.
Louis Wlndmiillcr Kvplalm Cause of
(he licceiit Oullircitk.
In The Independent tbero Is an
nrllclo on the recent' I roubles In Mm
wine growing districts of Southern
Franco, contributed by Louis Wlntl
mnller, an old New York merchniit,
who has spent much lima in tho Midi
and Is connected wllh several import
ant benevolent Institutions in this
cily.
After tolling of (lis position of
Kruno; among the wlno growing
countries, Mr. Wlndinuller explained
tho importance of tho Industry to
I he peasant farmers of tho South of
France. The early ravages of the
phylloxera were touched upon, nml
the writer said that, ns (ho prodiie
Mon of the real wluo had been re
duced by two-thirds, adulteration be
came a common practice.
The rich native wines were blended
with cheap foreign products and wero
"fortified" with potato spirits and
sweetened with beet sugar. Tho Imi
tation wJnes so produced were so
skilfully made, says Mr. Wlndmullor,
that many experts were deceived, and
ordiunrily It was not until after tho
liquor had. been drunk that the de-
celt was discovered. Tho article con
tinues:
"Meanwhile tho hardy American
grapevines, which could not be at
tacked by the phylloxera, were
planted and improved Mia conditions
of tho French vineyards; their yield
gradually increased and is almost as
large now as It has ever been. But
in the years of scarcity wino growers
had lost customers; they are now
confronted with an unsalubleness of
their product caused by tho success
ful competition of substitutes for
wine, and by tho compounds of tho
adulterators who sell a spurious bev
erage called wine, with a finer flavor
and superior color, at a price lower
than genuine wine can be made for.
"When he could not for his hon
est liquor realize enough to pay for
the barrels and was on the point
of starvation, tho vintner blamed his
government for the poverty to which
he had been reduced, lie believes
that the treasury winks at the falsi
fiers who pay u large portion of the
millions which the French fiac an
nually gets for the duty on sugar."
Mr. Wlndinuller compares the re
cent "revolution" with the "whisky
insurrection " In Pennsylvania In
1791, and describes the troubles. He
continues:
"If the laws of France punish adul
terators of wine, they have not been
enforced with severity, such as pre
vails In Germany. A dealer near
Mayence, who recently was caught In
the act of sellins spurious Johaunis
berger, had to pay a fine of a thou
sand murk and to spend a month In
the workhouse. His vats were un-
ceermonlously hauled from his cellar
bins and emptied into the gutter. ,
"A resolution to Inflict a similar
punishment on French wine adultera-
crs has recently been adopted by the
Chamber, and It seems to have
calmed the minds of the Insurgents
already. Wheu conscientiously car
ried Into effect it will satisfy the vint
ners that their government at least
can no longer be blamed for their
distress; and when their dishonest
competitors are put out of business,
they may find a better market for the
honest Juice of their generous grapes.
Such result would not nlone benefit
all consumers of wine, but it would
strengthen the French administration
which has, by forbearance and wise
measures, accomplished It,"
Invades His First Home.
Secretary of the Treasury Cortel
you spent the afternoon In tho office
of Colonel Edward S. Fowler, Ap
pralser of the Port of New York.
Secretary Cortelyou started his ca
reer In this office as a private secre
tary when ho was a young acj Inex
perienced stenographer. Jlew York
Woria.
Lany Kinds of Fish Imitate the Birds-
Build Nests and
Stickleback's
"The unit building habit," Bald a
well known naturalist in it recent
lecture, "Is generally associated with,
birds, but there are oMior inembera
of tho animal kingdom which iudulKo
In It. HI range to relate, some of tho
most typical examples are lu be found
among tho Holies.
"Probably Mm beRt known finny
nest builder Is tho lltllo stickleback.
which Is found commonly in bruck-
bill water. The male alone Is nhlo
to build nt nest. When the mating
seiiMim arrives tho llttlo bachelor's
thoughts aro centered upon provid
ing a mist. Tho site selected Is gen
erally among tho stems of nquulla
plants, where tho water always Hows,
but not too swiftly. Ilo first begins
by carrying sma'l bits of green ma
terial, which ho nips off tho stalks
and tugs from out the bottom and
r.hles of the banks. These ho at
taches by Boinn glutinous material
that he has tho power of secreting
to tho different Btoms destined as pil
lars for his building. During Mils
opernllott ho swims against tho work
already done, splashes about und
seems to test Its durability and
strength, rubs himself against the
liny platform aud scrapes tho mucus
from his sides to use as mortar. Then
be thrusts his noso Into tho sand at
the bottom, ami, bringing up u
mouthful, scatters It over the foun
dation. This is repealed until
enough has been thrown on to weight
the slender fabric down and glvo Its
siibstnnce and stability; then more
twists, turns and splashlngs to test
tho firmness of the foundation.
('ollecllng Mutfi'lnl.i.
"The foundation once complete,
the next operation Is to collect ma
terials, chiefly pieces of si raw, roots,
leaves,, etc., anil build tho walls of
the nest. Tho nest, or nursery, when
completed, Is u hollow, somewhat
rounded, barrel-shaped structure,
worked together much In tho same
way ns the platform fastened to the'
water plants, tho whole (Irmly glued
together.
"Tho Inside of the nest Is mado ns
iniont.li ns possible by it kind of plas
tering system; tho littlo architect
nii'l builder continually goes in, then
I liming 'round and 'roand works the
mucus from his body on to the Inner
sides of tho nest, where It. hardnes
like tough varnish. Two apertures
me constructed In tho nest, one for
ingress and the other for egress.
They arc smooth and symmetrical ns
tho hole lending Into a wren's nest,
and not unllko It.
Looking Tor a Mule.
"As soon as the nest Is completed
Mr. Stickleback begins tn cast his
eyes around, for a sultnblo mate.
Watch him as he swims toward a
group of the fair sex enjoylny them
selves amid the water plants. Ar
rayed In his best and brightest livery,
nit smiles and amiability; steadily
and In the most approved style of
stickleback love making this young
bnchelor pleads his suit, generally
with success. Then the pair return
to tho nest, in which the female de
posits her eggs, emerging wheu the
operation Is completed by the oppo
site hole. On the fomnle leaving ho
immediately enters, deposits the milt
on the eggs, taking his departure
through the back door. And now
conies the saddest part of all. Imme
diately after leaving tho nest ho
seek3 another lad;- love, introduces
her as he did the first and so on, wife
after wife, until tho nest Is filled with
eggs, layer upon layer. He then de
votes all his time to guarding the
eggs In his nest until tho young are
hatched out and have attained an age
at. which they can shift for them
selves. Shelter For Dry Shells.
"Nearly nil the nest building fishes
construct nests for the purpose of
holding their eggs, but the African
mudfish builds one for his own sal
ration. The rivers which this spe
cies Inhabits are liable to protracted
droughts each year. When such a
drought Is Imminent the fish retires
to the deeper water and excavates a
pit, In which It lies, covering itself
over with a thick layer of mud. Thus
sheltered It can suffer the complete
drying up of the river, as being gifted
with lungs as well as gills it breathes
air directly through aa aperture loft
In the top of the nest. The rains of
the west season dissolve the mud and
liberate the flsh. Sometimes these
fish are dug out from their nests and
eaten by the natives. Others have
been shipped thousands of miles In
tnose nests ana wuen the mud was
dissolved In warmish water tho flsh
came forth as lively as ever.
"It Is doubtful whether protective
mimicry among fishes is better emem
pllfied than In the case of the species
commonly known as the marbled an
gler. As It Is a poor swimmer It
spends most of Its time clinging to the
floating masses of sargassuin weed,
to rest on which, from Its peculiar
armlike pectoral (Ins, it is specially
fitted; and the color markings of the
flsh closely resemble the weed Itself,
so much so. In fact, that it is very
difficult to distinguish it. Not only
does the weed thus furnish a home
for this species, but the fish actually
constructs a nest from It and therein
deposits its eggs. Each nest Is made
of ono seaweed; the different 'twigs'
being brought together and made fa3t
to each other by means of silklike
' fibers, probably secreted by the par
ent, as in the sticklebacks. The eggs
are attached Df more fibers to the
ce3t, from which they hang like larga
clusters of (.rapes. To the superficial
observer the whole thing looks lika
a tangled mass of Beawced floating
n the surface, a most common light.
Male Like Feathered Tribe
Odd Habits
"In Ilrazll Is found n flsh shnpnd
miiwhat like tin ell which burrows
In tho mud during tho dry season.
Muring tho wet season tho iinlntnl
stores up in lis system a reservn of
fat, and then when tho dry Benson
arrives and tho rivers dry up It con
structs a deep tubulin' burrow In
which It doubles up wllh head ami
tall together. The mouth of tho bur
row Is closed wllh a most Ingenious
ly cons! meted mud (lap through
which ure several sninll perforations,
which lermlt the tiulmal to breathe
air directly, ns It Is also one of the
few species Rifled wll.ll both lllllRS
and gills. While Inclosed in lis nest
Iho llsli Is frequently dug out by the
natives, who highly prize, lis flesh,
lu the period of Incubation It lives
upon tho reserve of fat accumulated
during the rainy Benson. When the
early rains soften tho soil the flsh
emerges from Its burrow and resumes
its nqiiatlc existence. Tills Is a vor
rnre species, but few specimens hav
ing ever ruiiio Into tho possession of
scientists.
Mnlo (.'iiiirdf Kggs,
"In Lakes Huron and Krle, and In
some of tho Interior lukes of Ne-
York, Is found the bowfln. At the
beginning of the brooding season the
IIhIi makes its way from Mm dunper
water, whore It has remained slug
gish during tho winter, to the spawn
ing ground, which Is usually nt the
swampy end of a lake where there Is
an abundance of aquatic herbage In
tersected by channels of clenr water.
Here Mm flsh circles 'round and
'round until the soft weeds and root
lets are bent nml crushed aside so ns
to leave a crude form of nest, whoro
tho eggs are deposited, adhering to
tho nest in enormous numbers. The
male remains on guard until the eggs
are hatched out, when the young ap
pear to leavo tho nest In a body, still
under tho watchful care of Mm father,
who hoops tho swarm together by
circling 'round and 'round It.
Ono Ingenious Nest.
"Tho gourauil, or paradise flsh,
builds a very Ingenious nest. A
muddy bottom Is generally selected
for this purpose. Tho flsh prefers to
uso for the nest tufts of peculiar
grass, which grows on the surface of
tho water and whoso floating roots,
rising mid falling with tho move
ment of the water, form natural gal
leries, under which the flsh can con
ceal themselves, The nest M con
structed by entangling the stems and
lenves, Intermingled with blades of
grass, and Is of a nearly Bpherlcnl
form much resembling In shapo those
of soma birds, and when completed
Is attached among the plants in one
corner of tho pond. After the eggs
have been deposited In tho nest both
parents carefully guard it for a
month, when the young are batched
out, and then continue their loving
care unl.ll the young are large enough
to shift for themselves.
"The wrnsses of the Atlantic ocean
also build nests during the breeding
season. These are generaiiy built
In crevices of rocks. The nest Is
usually In the shupe of a crescent
nnd Is six or seven Inches wide at Its
widest part, and twelvo incites high.
and is mado generally of tufts of
corallnc, seaweed, zoophytes, broken
shells, etc., fixed together at their
buses by n semi-solid mucus. It Is
tho work of both the male and the
female. There Is a small opening
leading Into the centre of the nest.
A very remarkable thing about these
nests Is th, -ft they are generally bui'.t
at half tide mark, which leaves them
exposed to tho air at least twelve
hours each day six hours at a tide.
The fish have ben seen jumping out
of the water In order to reach the
nests when the tide is rising, but had
not yet reached the nest. It was In
this family of fishes that Bleep wi.3
first observed In fishes, that fish when
In an aquarium seeking a sleeping
place at night and lying down on one
side.
"Cobles, which aro found In almost
all quarters of the globe, sometimes
build nests. The nest Is usually made
of some mollusk shell or of the cara
pace of a crab, with tho convex side
turned upward and cov..ed with
sand. The sand underneath the shell
is hollowed out and a round opening
at the side, coated by a mucus se
creted by the skin of the male flsh,
gives access to the interior. The
eggs, when ready, are stuck to the
Inner surface of the shell forming;
the roof.
"Certain catflshes construct nests
about eight Inches by six inches. T his
nest which is always located in a
spot where the water is quiet and
there are plenty of aquatic plants,
has a soft water envelope, and after
the female has deposited her eggs in
It the male hovers over it, forcing
fresh water through the mass by
rapid vibrations of his fins until after
about a week they are hatched. The
parents jealously guard the ejgs
from all enemies.
"Many of the nests are nothing but
shallow holes scooped out of the
sandy bottom by the fins and snouts
of the fishes. Such are the nests of
the black bass and salmon. The lit
Me fresh water 'Miller's Thnmb and
the larger marine 'bullheads' deposit
their eggs on stones, weeds or other
submerged objects, or in a sort of
rough nest, and here they are guard
ed by the male. The lumpsuckers.
when the breeding season, arrives,
prepare a nest by digging a pit be
tween two stones at the bottom of a
shallow portion of the sea, In which
the female deposits several hundred
thousand eggs."
- Faris derives a huge revenue Xrom
the sale ot dolls' dresses.
THE SOMKn.S.lULT CAIt.
An Automobile Hint Turns Somer
miult In Mid-Air.
Whatever limy b thought of the
. n i !il-i ii HomcrHfiultliig motor earns
a public performance, it Is certainly
a triumph of aclciillllc mechanics.
Tho car, moving down n steeply In
clined (rack, nllalns a velocity of
Iweiity-elght tulles an hour. Leaving
Iho track nt Hie base of Mm Incline It
Is shot Into the air, and turns a com
pleto somersault, before reaching n,
platform so m it feet off. The arrange
ments by which Mils remarkable feat
Is achieved are notable for their sim
plicity. Tho necessary gyrating Im
pulse Is given lo the car ns It reaches
tho huso of tho Incline by tho ar
rangement of tho guiding rails in re
lation to Mm trnck Itself. On tho In
3lln, which starts at a height of fifty
feet from Mm ground, nro a pair of
broad tracks for Mm wheels of tho
car, and between these a pair of
guldn rails. Tho car Is kept to those
rails by four ball-bearing rollers, two
In front, and two behind. The for
mer press Mm sides of tho rails, while,
the latter run In grooves on tho tops
of tho samp. This arrangement, com
bined with tho sharp upward turn
of tho rails nt Mm base of the In
cline, gives tho car Mm necessary
twisting Inipulsn Just as It leaps into
Mm air. For the front whoels of Mm
car remains on the track, whllo Mm
hind ones nro tilted up by tho buck
rollers, which run on the top of the
rallB. As Mm centre of gravily of the
car describes a parabola In Mm air,
the car Itself turns a slow somersault,
moving through 40 dog. for every
two feet horizontal advance. Hav
ing turned completely round, It will
have thus advanced nine feet, and a
collapsible platform is placed at this
distance to receive it. Tim car lands
on this In n horizontal position, Mm
force of tho Impact being taken up
by tho springs, nnd runs off it for
some Iblrty or forty feet, Tho suc
cess of tho affair consists In tho care,
fill adjustment of tho pitch of tho
rails In relation to that of tho track.
Tho car must, land on the platform all
four wheels at once. Otherwise, as
has been shown by actual occur
rence, 11m wheels first touching will
ho crushed, and Mm car damaged.
London Globe.
Tho Vnimg Lnwycr's (.'lock.
A young man In Washington, who
mnuy months ago hung up his shin
gle as "attorney-at-law," has not yet
been overwhelmed with clients. A
friend, entering tho office the other
duy, observed on Mm desk a cheap
alarm clock.
"Take It home, eh?" he observed.
"Good thing at this time of year.
Every one's liable to oversleep theso
spring mornings.'
The lawyer smiled. "I have not
purchased that clock for the reason
you mention. I keep It here to wake
mo when It's time to go homo."
(oilman.
Pennsylvania' Tree Growing Ilounty.
There is a law on the statute books
of Pennsylvania which ought to have
a wide circulation. It Is "An Act for
the Kncouragoment of Forestry."
This lav takes the best means pos
sible to encourage owners of land
to preserve and propagate timber
trees, for It allows a reduction vf
taxes to the owner of forest land
which comes up to certain require
ments of the act. The first man to
take advantage of the new law is an
Allegheny County farmer, Mr. Ten
ner, of Leet Township. Mr. Tenner
has obtained from the County Com
missioners a (eduction of $22. GO on
his taxes for complying with the pro
visions of the law.
It Is rather remarkable that the
second county in the State In point
of population should be the first to
pay a bounty for forest preservation
under the new law, but such is the
case. Pittsburg Chronicle - Tele
graph. Catcliins Fish by Telephone.
The principle of the telephone has
been applied by a German inventor to
the location of schools of fish by fish
ermen. A sensitive transmitter in a
waterproof case Is lowered In the
water with a suitable connection on
a fishing vessel or at some station.
The passage of a shoal of fiah causes
a constant tapping on the case of
the microphone, and in this manner
the presence of the fish In the water
is revealed to the fishermen at the
station, and efforts are made at once
to capture the school. The fisher
men are in readiness, and they start
at once, with the result that a great
portion of the fish are captured. The
device has been given a practical test,
and it is said that It Is possible to
determine the character of the fish
with moro or less accuracy. Her
ring and such small fish passing In
great numbers make . a whistling
noise, their numbers being largely
indicated by the pitch of the sound,
while codfish make a noise entirely
different In character. Philadelphia
Record.
rroblcm in Addition.
Little Solly (his brow puckered by
Intellectual strain as be scans on the
Blackboard a sketch of a milkmaid
and cattle) "Oae two three
three cows."
Teacher "Yes, and what else?".
Little Solly (in triumphant ba3te)
"And one lady!"
Teacher "Howmany altogether?"
Little Solly "One two three"
(stops and draws his right foot up
and down his loft les) "One two
th-th-three" (pauses In a desperate
effort to count a littlo further, then
gasps): "Oo-oo-ooh, teacber, I don't
know how to add up cows and la
dles!" Harpei's Weekly.
There Is great uncertainty about .
St. Patrick's birthplace Ho was
probably born about the year 330 at
lloulogne-Hiir-Mer, Franco.
Ono of the national sports of th
mountain canton of Appeiiiell, In
Swltteilund, Is tho stone throwing
contest, In which rocks of great slza
are thrown for a prlzo.
"Craps," or throwing dice, Is said
to have been originally n religious
act. In the turn of the dies was sup
posed by the prlmlllvo peoples to be
tho answer of the gods to their pray
ers. There was no element of cbanca
Involved.
A mummy factory has bcon discov
ered In Montrouge, a suburb of Paris.
Tim "mummies" aro lent to Egypt
and then returned vln Marseilles.
Many have been sold to museums la
varloin countries.
An English railroad company has,
regular form on which accidents to
animals on its system aro reported.
One of Its men had to report tho kill
ing of a cow. In answer to tho ques
tion: "Disposition of carcass?" be
wrote: "Kind und gentle."
Ono of the oddities of the lending
cafes In Carlsbad, Germany, is that
when you complete your meal you
have threo to tip the olkellnor who
collects tho bill. Mm waiter who
brought yon the food and the boy
who brought Mm drinkables.
After watching 152 women alight
from street cars tho observer report
ed that one out of each eighteen got
off correctly, facing In tha direction
Mm cars were going, and then added
that ho thought they Intended to
runko It unanimous but made mis
takes. Horseflesh Is very generally adver
tised In tho Germnn nowspapcrs, es
pecially in those of tho large Indus
trial centres, and most German cities)
have at least one market which makes
It a specialty, claiming for It a higher
percentage of nourishment than that
of either beef, veal, mutton or pork.
In Malta, a fish boy, who soils thi
flsh his father catches, carries a biff
basket on his back, and In his hands
two round flat basins, one of which
ho balances upon his head. Gradu
ally his burden lightens, and finally
he tosses his empty basins Into his
emptied basket, aud stops to play on
his way home.
TO T1IH IlKHCTK OF TIIK PIE.
The American Product In Danger
Through Attacks by Authorities.
Secretary Wilson and Dr. Wller
have struck a blow at a national In
stitution, ft almost seems that they
Might as well havo attacked the
Fourth of July or the Monroe Doc
trlno as to Impeach the purity and
salutary qualities of the American
plo. Numerous pie-eaters, high and
low, are preparing to rally to the
defense of that viand. But when it
Is understood that only tho. commer
cialized, adulterated and degraded
pie of commerce Is arraigned the ne
cessity of defense may be less evi
dent. The pie of our mothers and grand
mothers is not maligned. Those pure
domestic confections, manufactured
In family kitchens, whether from ap
ples, rhubarb, cherries, blackberries,
gooseberries, huckleberries or the al
luring but deleterious mince, with
out the Introduction of exotic chem
icals, can defy the inquisition of gov
ernment chemists, seeking for Infrac
tion of the pure food law.
But that portion of the pie product
which has passed undor the sway-of .j
pie foundries Is asserted to De mtxea
with deleterious additions. What bo
racic acid Is to meats and Iodoform
to milk, benzoate of soda is stated by
Dr. Wiley to be to the pies of trade.
And It is announced that pies of the
vintage of 1906 treated by that pre
servative, for sala In the appropriate
season of 1907, are to be put uader
the taboo of the pure food law.
He who is ruled by the true Ameri
can sentiment for pie will not object
The enforcement of this rule wilt
turn us back to true American prac
tices, and Incidentally support Prest- f
dent Roosevelt's campaign against
race suicide. That the American na
tion will go without plo is unthink
able. But that the national appetite
may be properly and legally satisfied
our wives and daughters must revive
the art of producing such pies aa
mother used to make, unseasoned by
any modern devices of chemicals or
preservatives. Pittsburg DUpatcX ,
.;
Where Some Cowns Come From.
"You'll be astonished when I tell
you," said a man who knows, "but
it's a fact that dressmakers some
times cc-nd to a fashionable underta
ker for a gown when they have a
hurry order. There was a time when
undertakers carried only shrouds ia
stcck, but In this age of luxury the
big concerts have a line of what are
known In the trale as 'ladies' flna
burial dresses.' Such materials as
henrietta, ponsec, faille and c'alffoa
taffeta are use l for these dresses and
they are made in Uie pravailing style.
The dressmakers know this, and it
they can't find what they vaat In ob
of the regular shops they don't 'Ci
tato to call on tha uai?-';'";?.-."
New Yark Sua.