HH-Ti FOR JOURNALISTS. A Snrcastin Handbook of Standard Re portorial Phrasrs. A local newspaper man who lias for some years felt, in his own experience, tlie-need of a handbook for standard reportorial phrases has undertaken the compilation of a work of that charac ter. The writer hereof was recently permitted to glance through a number of proof pages of this work, which will undoubtedly prove of inestimable value, if not absolutely indispensable, in the teaching of the science of jour nalism, in so far as that science ap pertains to local or reportorial work. In order to impress the standard phrases upon the student's mind the compiler of the book lias arranged the material in the form of questions and answers. The excellence of this ar rangement will be shown by a few of the questions and answers taken at random from the proof pages: <J. Where does the famous man or woman in ne I of rest generally go? A. Far from the madding crowd. Q. What ceremony inevitably pre cedes the Interment of the well-known s citizen? A. The Irst sad rites. Q. lly whom is the departed citizen invariably mourned? A. lly a wide circle of sorrowing friends. Q. What notable discovery has the well-matured diva or actress always succeeded in making before the open ing of each season? A. The fountain of perpetual youth. Q. What pitiable noises always fol low a serious railroad disaster? A. The shrieks of the wounded and dying. Q. What does the doomed man al ways do on the morning be is to bang? A. He chats with tlie death-watch and partakes of a hearty breakfast of ham and eggs. Q. Who always says that the last big snow storm is the worst in bis rec ollection? A. The oldest inhabitant. Q. What always happens when a big afi"r-dark five is on? A. The lurid flames shoot into the night sky. if. By what are the burning corn- Ices of the doomed building licked? A. Tongues of flame. Q. What does the captured embez zler sometimes do? A. lie makes a clean breast of his speculations, which be admits have been going on for years. Q. How would you describe any debutante? A. As being beautiful and vivacious. Q. A bride? A. Biushlngiy beautiful. Q. A divorcee? A. Fascinatingly beautiful, i Q. How does tlie adventuress always win iter victims? A. She twists them around her little finger. Q. What always happens to a vic tim of a powder magazine explosion? A. He is burled through the air a distance of 1110 l'eet and blown into an unrecognizable mass. Q. Wiiat does tile he.ro who stops the runaway team generally do? A. He refuses to give his name and disappears in the crowd. Q. What is the roystering son of the wealthy man usually called? A. The wayward scion of a distin guished family. Q. When you are a trifle doubtful as to your facts, bow do you introduce your story? A. By saying that it is stated upon the highest authority. Q. If you wanted to interview your self on the financial situation, what authority would you give? A. An eminent figure in the world of finance, who, for obvious reasons, desired that his name be withheld. Q. What is the year's initial fall of snow? A. The first flurry of the season. (). llow would you allude to a wiped- I our polar expedition? A. More victims of the frozen north. Q. How would you intimate that an exalted couple were about, to separate? A. It Is whispered about that a scandal in high life is brewing. Q. What docs the young mother, finding herself and her child in peril, always do? A. She frenziedly clasps her babe in lier embrace. Q. Is there such a thing as a baby in these descriptions? A. No; only babes. Q. In what state does the eldest in habitant usually go hence? A. Full of years and honors. Q. What happens to the hero of the football game? A. lie'is carried off the field on the shoulders of liis enthusiastic friends. These, as stated above, are only a few quotations taken at random, but jjwiiough are given to indicate of what ■ucnlculable value (he book will be to r journulisin.—Washington Star. •'As Mat! as a Hatter." I Probably very few persons who tee- I quently use the expression "As mad I as a hatter" have any idea as to what it means or why a hatter is necessarily any more subject to fits of anger than a plumber, a blacksmith, or a carpen ter. The expression is said to have come into use half a eentury ago when I the manufacture of hats was done | wholly by baud. The most striking thing about the process was that of | the beating up of the felt. The hatter I first dipped the mass of wool and hair frequently into hot water. Then sei;;- ling a stick In each hand he belabored Itiie mass most vigorously, stopping [now and then to get Ids breath, until ■the material was matted together in a ■•ougli sort of felt. The lively heating Idminlstered to the felt, as if the workman were actually incensed, gave Site to the familiar siiuiie. A PERILOUS JOURNEY. A noverumpnt Gcolnglfit Khun the Canons of the Rio Grande. In the Century. Hubert T. Hill, the geologist, describes tlie successful navi gation and mapping of three hundred and fifty miles of the llio Grande one of Anierlea's greatest rivers, hith erto deemed impassable. At noon. October 180b. we pushed out into tlie river at Presidio, and started on our long journey inio the unknown. I do not claim to be the only man who has traveled the tortu ous and dangerous channel of 1 lio frontier stream: for one man. and one only. James MacMahon lias made at least three trips down tlie river. Mine, however, was the first exploring expe dition to pass the entire length "f tho canons and. with tlie exception of Ma n - Maiion's. was the only attempt that succeeded. Others, like Gano and Nev ille. have passed the fearful twelve miles of the Grand Canon de Santa Helena. The only Government expe dition. the International Boundary Sur vey, pronounced llio canons Impassa ble. and gave up the attempt to survey them, except the lower hundred mhos of the course, which Licit tenant Mieh eler passed through. MacMahon was interested neither in science, exploration, nor travel. He ventured the stream without knowl edge of its dangers, and merely be cause, as a lifelong hunter and trapper, he know that the beaver probably lived along its unmolested banks. These animals alone interested liiir. and a map made by him. if he could make such a tiling, would note only heaver banks and dnngerou? spots, for these were all that lie saw. Unguided and alone, ho loaded his boat with traps, placed it in the stream, an 1 slowly drifted down to Del Itio, brav ing :i thousand dangers, and m.nkii g the first successful passage. This man, whose name has perhaps never before appeared in print, had spent his long life in such exploits, and is one of the few old-time trapi i s si ill to he found tn the West. The finding of MacMahon was t• o first of the dozen fortuitous circum stances which made my trip possible, and there was not a day that Ids knowledge of the stream did no save us from loss and destruction. Always kind and unobtrusive, he was as cau tious as a cat. being at times appar ently over-careful. lie was ever on the lookout for a safe channel in the treacherous current heaver slides on the banks, aud border Mexicans in li e bushes. WORDS OF WISDOM. A scold chills. Love leads to truth. Exertion earns excellence. Extraction is not liberality. Many good servants make bad mas ters. Evil imagination is the poison of the soul. Courage is the cure for encourage ment. Look out for the man who looks out for himself. He who climbs need watch where the ladder ends. Tho man who is but a figurehead will not cut much figure. "'The fruits by which the heart is known drops from the iips. Love never worries about future re wards; It has its reward in loving. As faith without works is dead faith, so works without faith are dead works. A boiling indignation against sin is no good if it stops short of making steam to do good work. There is a good deal of difference be tween seeking to have the truth on your side and seeking to be on the side of truth.—Ram's Horn. Qneel* Rodents of ilie Black Canyon. In exploring the Black Canyon of tlie Gunnison, in Colorado, a party of hardy adventurers recently found sev eral strange and rarely known animals living in the perpetual gloom of that frightful gorge. One of the most curious of the little animals discovered is the kangaroo mouse. This fellow is a highly dis reputable member of the rodent fam ily. The kangaroo mouse can stand on his hind feet and make "passes" at the intruder much in the manner of the pugilist. He is a cunning little rogue and has a voracious appetite. Another member of the rodent fam ily is the pack rat, akin to tho common house rat. He is a born thief. He carries away spoons, knives, forks and other articles from the camps of trav elers. That is liow he got his name. The Jumping mouse was also found in the Black Canyon. This freak is said to be a long distance jumper and would put the jumping frog of Calav eras County—even without his dinner of shot—in the shade. The jumping mouse of tlie Black Canyon is so light that his fall is much like that of a feather, and he can leap from high crags without injury to his anatomy.— Los Angeles Herald. A Street Railway in Japan. A curious street-car line is that be tween Ataml ami Yoshihoma, two coast towns In the Province of Izie, Japan. The line is seven miles long, the rolling stock consists of a single car, aud the motive power is furnished by a couple of muncular coolies, who actually push the cur along wherever power is necessary. When the car comes to a down grade they jump on and ride. The coolies who work this unique road are said to be astonishing specimens of physical development. The fare for a round trip over the road, including the expected tips for the crew, is twenty-one cents.—New York 'Tribune. SHOT IN THE BACK. A Ri>lnln Who Was Not Killed by tlie Enemy. A veteran of the Civ il War was re lating some of his experiences as a soldier the other day. when he was naked if lie ever knew of an officer be ing killed In battle intentional!! • by one of his own men. "I never knel rof but one ease. That is. of my ova 'personal knowledge." he answered, "and that was the captain of one of tile com panies I served in during tlie Civil War. This captain, whom we will call Smith, for that wasn't his real name, was about as lacking in heart as any man I ever saw, or ever heard of. It was in Marco of one of tlie closing years of the war, when we were in winter quarters down South There was a young fellow in tlie company who had but lately returned from a furlough of fifteen days, granted him to visit home, where liis young wife lived with the old folks. A few (lays after his return he received word that Ids wife was very ill, and that her re covery was impossible. He went at once to his captain, asked for a few days' leave, explaining that lie wished to visit his dying wife. To the aston ishment of everyone tlie captain not only refused his request, but did so in a sneering and utterly heartless man ner. Some of the boys, when they learned of what had happened, went to the colonel, one of the best men that ever lived, and laid the facts before him, with the result that the young fel low at once received the desired leave. Before he could get away, however, his captain went to the colonel, and 111 some way or other delayed matters so that it was three or four days later before the poor fellow started for home. When he got there he found that his wife had died just twenty-four hours before bis arrival. At tlie end of his leave he again returned to his company, told Ids story, and to one or two of us declared that in tlie next bat tle we went into Ills captain would not. come out alive. Of course, we knew what he meant, but not a word did we say in disapproval. A short time after that we received orders to go to the front, and a day or two after getting there we went into one of the hottest engagements fought during the war. It continued for several hours, and one of the first of our men to fall was the captain of our company. Not one ball but a dozen or more bit him, and every one of them hit him In the back and came from guns not carried by the fel lows in gray. The young fellow I have been telling you about also fell Inter In the fight, but he was lilt in tlie breast, where every true soldier and man would lie bit. Where did the otli -ler balls that hit the captain come from? Why they came from guns held in the hands of men who had gone in to that battle with the same purpose in their hearts as that which filled that of their young comrade. As I say, this is the only case I ever had any person al knowledge of, but you can bet there have been lots of others just like it."- Wasliingtou Star. Cleaning Air. The success of an experimental aire washer in the public library of Chi cago has led the authorities to put In a complete system calculated to dense thoroughly all the air used in the building. Tlie soot and dirt-laden air of Chicago was slowly ruining the books of the library, and the fine mur al decorations, and It was necessary to do something to save them. Tlie washer which was tried not only re moved tlie dirt and soot, but the odors as well, and, presumably, many germs, so that the visitors at the library were benefited quite as much as the books and the paintings. The cleansing of the air is a very simple process. Tlie air is drawn into a box through a system of water sprays and over a series ol' metal plates. The sprays take out all the shavings, bits of straw and paper, filaments of cotton and wool, etc., which float out of a drain at the bottom of the box. The damp air is then forced over another series, of plates by a great fan. These plates are set at slight angles to each other, and have flanges which, as the air passes around them, catch the dirt. It is said that if a person's hand Is in serted in this compartment it will quickly become black with dirt. In summer the all- which emerges from the ventilators is cool, but dry, while lu winter it will be warmed by first passing over steam pipes.—Waverley Magazine. The Elusive One. "Father, who is that man with the bumps all over liis face and hands?" "That, my child, is a tourist man No, he hasn't fallen on the Great Pyramid; those are only tlie forget-| me-not brands of tlie multitudinous Cairo mosquito. He is newly arrived in tlie land of the Pharoahs, and such as lie the Cairo mosquito loves with an exceeding great love. For 'tis an insect passing hard to please. He | cares not for the leathery skinned na tive, but saves up his appetite against the time when tlie tender, toothsome paleface shall flock hitherward and furnish them unto him and all ids brethren the wherewithal for a square i meal. When he has been here a few i days he will become even as you and ! I—mosquito proof—and then ids 1 friends will not need a new introduc-! tiou every time they meet him on the j street. Regard him well now, my son, for a mosquito is statibing him j unawares in the bark of tlie neck. ! Presently he will swat himself a 1 mighty blow under the back hair " "And slay the mosquito, father?" I "Not to any extent, uon. He may I think so, but when lie feels around for I tiie remains, io, tlie remains ar; waltz ing away in pastures new,'—Cairo Sphinx. BALLADE OF STRAWBERRY BLONDE. "Carrots" they called it when we were young. Tn deen disdain for the copper hue: "Red-head!"— But now that it's praised and sung. Erstwhile scoffers know their cue: "Titian loved it!" and Titian knew How the yellow and brown and the red re spond To the sun's rich ray; and they say 'tis true Cleopatra, too, was a strawberry blonde! Catherine of Russia had hair of flame Aspasia, Main ten on. Helen of Troy, Diana of Poitiers owned the same. (None with loud laughter dared them annoy!) Madame Recamier, France's joy, Anne of Austria, fair and fond. (To bronze their locks did they art em ploy?) Cleopatra, too, was a strawberry blonde. Eyes that were jewels of blue or green. Or gray or brown, these dames pos sessed : Rose-tinted flesh with a sntin sheen. In a thousand changing colors dressed. Long lines of ladies, all russet-tressed, Appear at the wave of Tradition's wand. And fairer and stranger, than all the rest, Cleopatra, too, was a strawberry blonde! ENVOI. Flavin. Queen, with the auburn locks. Take this for answer, duly (owned. Thy flaming hair when the rude world mocks: "Cleopatra, too, was a strawberry blonde!" —May Waring, in Life. PITH AND POINT. Policeman—"Whore did you got all those fish?" Erastus—"Hooked 'em." —What to Eat. The Herring— 1 "You have difficulty in speaking?" The Trout—"Yes; there is a frog in my throat."—Chicago News. Mrs. Newlywed—"My husband is very easily pleased." Miss Caustique —"Yes; I though that when he mar ried you." "Ah. music is the food of live!" She sighed. Said he: "A question: Is the sort you're guilty of That gives me indigestion?" —Catholic Standard and Times "Listen!" he whispered. Marjorie pressed his hand softly. "Not now!" she said. "It is had form to listen while the piano is playing."—Detroit Journal. "Who is the greatest master of the brush in landscape work?" queried the teacher. The small hoy's hand went lip. "The street cleaner!" he cried, tri umphantly. "Will you be satisfied with love in a cottage?" lie asked. "Yes," she replied confidently, for she had heard that the cottage was located at Newport.— Philadelphia Record. She said she meant to speak her mind. And wouldn't take much time to do it; The other said, with sneer unkind, • it wouldn't take long if she knew it. —Chicago Record. "Adelo." said the fond mother, "is reaching tho age where a girl natural ly thinks of marriage." "True," re plied the father regretfully, "but do you think we can afford a son-in-law?" —Chicago Post. Suitor—"Yes, sir, I assure you, I would he glad to marry your daughter, even if she were poor as a church mouse." Mr. Moneybags—"That set tles you! I don't want a fool In tho family."—Philadelphia Press. Freshlelgh—"Pray, how did you be come ossified?" Ossified Man—"ln my youth I was nice and soft like you; when I grew up and realized what a cruel world this is, I became hard ened."—Ohio State Journal. Mr. Cripps—"Can't you induce the cook to have one of her friends come and take dinner with her to-night?" Mrs. Cripps—"Tho Idea! What for?" Mr. Cripps—"l expect to bring Jones and Smith home with me, and I'd like to have a nice dinner for them." An enthusiastic voting lady oucc vis ited a certain bishop at Torquay. She looked at tho view for a moment, then burst out with: "How beautiful! Why, it's just like Switzerland." "Yes." said the bishop, wearily, "except there are 110 mountains here and 110 sea there." The Exhibition Craze. Has anyone ever figured out the real benefits accruing to a city through an | exhibition? Could such a calculation | be possible? llow much did Philadel phia gain by the Centennial? What material aid did the World's Fair give Chicago. Somebody must profit hand somely, for the exposition craze goes on unabated. The recent Paris expo sition ruined hundreds who had paid extortionate prices for privileges, and I have not heard of any great good done to the city or State. France is the "Mother of Exhibitions," having given birth to the first one in 1798. Loudon's Crystal Palace was open 144 days, in which period it was visited by over 0,000,000 people. After all ex penses were paid there remained a balance of s7so,ooo.—Victor Smith, :n New York Press. Wellington Not a Man of Buftinees. The great Duke of Wellington was noted for his rigid integrity. Here :s an instance which occurred in refer ence to ids large estate. Some farm adjoining his lands was for sale, and his agent negotiated for him for the purchase. Having concluded the busi ness, lie went to the Duke and told him he had made a capital bargain. "What do you mean?" asked the Duke. "Why ydur grace, I have got the farm for so much, and I know it to be worth so much more." "Are you quite sure of that?" "Quite sure, your grace, for 1 have carefully surveyed it." Very well, then, pay the gentle man from me the balance between what you have already given and the real value of the estate."—Argonaut. A line of motor boats is about to be established 011 tlif Dead Sea. This will result in shortening Hie Jerusalem- Kerak route, which will greatly benefit tourists and others. Anticipating the repeal of the State wolf bounty law, a number of stockmen in the Bad river section of South Da- i lcota have contributed a handsome sum from their pockets and will keep up the warfare. The State has expended $30.- 000 for wolf scalps and the present Leg islature is not expected to keep up the appropriation. Try Graln-O! Try Grmln-OT Ask your grocer to-day to aliow you a pack ago of Grain-O. the now food drink that take? tho place of coffee. The children may drink it 1 without injury aa well iih the adult. All who try i it, like it. Gkain-0 haa that rich aeal brown I of Mocha or Java, but it ia made from pure grainß, and tho most delicate stomach receives , it without distress. % tho prico of coffee. ! 15 and 25c. pur package. Sold by all grocers. The revenue of the Dominion of Can ada for last year was $51,029,994, of which $28,376,147 came from customs and $9,868,075 from excise, the remain der being collected from public works and railways, postoffices, etc. The ex- ; penditure was $42,975,270. and the sur plus of $8,054,719 is the largest on rec- ! ord since confederation. (Congliing I.end* to Consnmption* Kemp's Balsam will stop the cough at once. Go to your druggist to-day and got a sample j bottle free. Sold in 25 and 50 cent bottles. ; Go at once, delays aro dangerous. Thirty-five prominent American sculp tors will contribute to the embellishment of the grounds and buildings of the Pan- j American exposition at Buffalo. They I are at work 011 125 original groups of statuary. The average depth of the ocean is a little less than three miles, or 15.000 feet. Who aro injured by the use of coffee. Recently thoro has been placed in all the grocery stores i a now preparation called Guaix-O, made ol ' pure grains, that takes tho place of coffee I The most delicate stomach receives it without ' distress, and but few can toll it from coffee. It dons not cost oyer >4" n* much. Children may I drink it with great benefit. 15 cts. and 25 cts. ! per package. Try it. Ask for Gbaix-Q. Lake Nicaragua is the largest frcs?!i , water lake between Lake Michigan and j Lake Titicaca, in Peru. In the police court in Cincinnati it has been decided that insanity caused by liquor is no excuse for crime. The Herb Cure Tor lEraitachm. Unlike the majority of remedies for the cure of headaches, the Garfield Headache Powders contain nothing that can injure or derange the system ; they are made from herbs. Spanish sheep are white, except those j of LaMancha, which arc black. rssiEßsmmmoFmmsN jjjjj |jj 1 .: ,;■ V ' ■"' : "lam so nervous and wretched." "I feel as if I should fly." How familiar those expressions ate! Little things annoy you ar.J make you irritable. You can't sleep, you are unfit for ordinary duties, and are subject to dizziness. That hearing-down sensation helps to make you feel miserable. You havo backache and pains low down in the side, pain in top of head, later on at the base of the brain. Such a condition points unerringly to serious uterine trouble. If you had written to Mrs. Pinkham when you first ex perienced impaired vitality, you would havo been spared these houre of awful suffering. Happiness will bo gono out of your life forever, my sister, umess you act promptly. Procure Ibydia E. Pinkham's I Vegetable Compound at once. It is absolutely sure to I help you. Then write to Sirs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass., if I there is anything about your caso you do not understand. You need not he afraid to toll her the things you could not explain to the doctor—your letter is seen only by women and is absolutely confidential. Mrs. Pinkham's vast experi ence with such troubles enables her to tell you just what is best for you, aud she will charge you nothing for licr advice. Mrs. Valentine Teiis of Happy Results Accomplished by j Lycia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. "DEAR MRS. P'";:NAMIt ia with pleasure that |r— —...l I add iny testimony to your list, hoping it may induce k ; • others to avail themselves of the benefit of your val- j '■ uable remedy. Before taking kytiia JH. Pink- I f liain's Vegetable Compound, I felt very bad j tf %sii waa terribly nervous and tired, had sick headaches! J j®? no appetite, gnawing pain in stomach, pain in my i 7 back and right side, and so weak I could scarcely \ £/ stand. I was not able to do anything. Had sharp V, ff pains all through my body. Beforo I had taken half R Jl a bottle of your medicine, I found myself improv ing. I continued its use until I luid taken four bottles, and folt BO well that I did not need to Uko anj more. Xam like a now person, and your S | I lU/| ® medicine s' 1 always liave my praise."—MßS \V t— .If I i Kf ■' IP. VALENTINE, 008 Ferry Avenue, Camden, N. J! IMPS W. P. VALENTINE! tEfMKA Biroisiiiss Bfiirilpi \J> vli/ VL> Vis/ •ritw'.•|>cUt , J4rS!K-kvm* , U.'ttSrai&'tlilSSaf c® I • j Brwarit of Oinimcntt for Catarrh '■'liat Contaiui Itfcrcury. as mnrcuiy will surely destroy the sense of smell and com pletelyderunjie thewhole system when enter! ng it through the mucous surfaces. I Such articles should never be used except on I prescriptions from reputable physicians, as the ! damage they will do is ten t old to the good vou can possibly derive from them. Hull's Catarrh Cure manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., ; Toledo, 0., contains no mercury, and is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and i mucous surfaces of the system. In buying i Hall's • atarrh < uro be sure to get the genuine. It is taken internally, an I is made in Toledo, | Ohio, by F. J. heney & o. T. stiinonials tree, i Sold by Druggists; price, 75c. per boule. j Hall's Family l'ills are the best. : Experiments are being made in India with the locust fungus in the hope of exterminating that pest. Best For the Bowels. Mo matter what alls you, houdaohs to a caucer, you will never get well until your bowels arc put right. CASCARUTS btlp nature, cure you without a grip® or pain, produce easy natural movements, cost you just ID cents to start getting your health back. CASCARETS Candy Cathartic, th® genuine, put up lu metal boxes, every tub let has C.C.C. stamped on it. liewar® o£ Imitations. j During the past year there was an ! increase of nearly $30,000 in the value of : monkey skins exported from the Gold Coast. It is estimated that at least i, J 000.000 monkeys were killed in that dis i trict alone. I.ane'a Family ITTedicine Moves tho bowels eaoh day. In order to bo healthy this is necessary. Acts gently on tho liver and kidneys. Cures sick headache, Frico 25 and 50 cents. A proposition is being urged in Ten nessee to increase the salary of the gov ernor to $5,000 a year. It is now $4,- 000. It is thought also that the Stale should supply an executive mansion for his use. Scion! fe Jlscard lirute Force jin medicine. Hoxsin's Croup Cure contains I ONLY tho spirit of drugs and defies Croup, ; Bronchitis, Pneumonia ant* Diphtheria. 50cts. j There arc irrigating ditches at Las : Graces, New Mexico, that have been in 1 continuous service for three cenfries. When yon have a headache, take a Garfield Headache Powder : it will cure the pain and relieve the accompanying nervousness and depression; it in the simplest and best remedy | it ib made from herbs; it cannot hurm. j It is claimed thai Canaua furnishes I over 40 per cent, of the nickel of the world. • Throw physic to tho dogs—if you don't want tho dogs ; but if you want good diges tion chow Boon an's Pepsin Guin. i American machinery will be cmploy- I cd in the mines at Mysore, India.
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